PSALMS 19 1 FIRMAMENT CODE
«The commandment of the Lord is pure.» There is no other code of morals so pure as that revealed in the Bible. What other book can convert the soul of man except so far as it contains Biblical truth? It is without admixture of error, and without adulteration of falsehood and it proves its supernatural power by converting men from the error of their ways. «The law of the Lord is perfect.» Nothing may be taken from it, and nothing added to it, for it is perfect as it is. The Word of the Lord is our ultimate Court of Appeal we accept its teaching as infallible, we obey its commands, we desire to reflect its purity. Let us always regard this holy Book as the Word of Jehovah let us never look upon the Bible as being on a level with other books. Six sentences, according to the parallels of Hebrew poetry, all in praise of God's Word. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. May God give us more of his light and his heat that we may shine and burn to his glory! We ought so to serve God that our influence should be felt everywhere. So may it be with us may we not only have the gladness of our conversion, when we are «as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,» but may we have strength and grace to run the race set before us from the start to the finish The sun makes his influence felt wherever he goes: «there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.» So also may it be with us may our influence be felt wherever we go! The sun is a type of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness but he is also a type of what every Christian should be, for «the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day « and there should be nothing hid from the fervent heat of our Christian character. The sun is strong to go through his appointed orbit, and fulfill his ordained course.
The sun is glorious in his goings forth,-«as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,»-glad himself, and making all things glad in his gladness the whole world rejoices at the sight of the face of the sun. The sun has his place, and keeps it, so let us keep ours. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof: In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a Strongman to run a race.
Paul wrote to the Romans, «The invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead » so that those who will not see «are without excuse.» There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard, Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.Īll men must hear God's voice in nature if they are only willing to do so. If we have but ears to hear, and hearts to understand, how much of God may we see in that vast volume of nature which is spread out above us both by day and by night! Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. The heavens are always declaring God's glory if we gaze up to them by day or by night, we always read in them the power, the wisdom, the goodness, the greatness, the immutability of God. The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Happy are they who can read both these books, and see the same vein of teaching running through every page. God has written two books for us to read,-the volume of the Creation and the volume of the Sacred Scriptures,-and these two are in complete harmony.
PSALMS 19 1 FIRMAMENT FULL
Both of them are full of praise of God's Word. This Psalm has the same subject as Psalms 119:1.
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