Temple Baptist Church - 3-31-2024
Psalm 119:105-112
Introduction:
A. Psalm 119: 176 verses, 22 stanzas, 8 verses in each stanza, each verse in the Hebrew begins with the corresponding letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. An amazing example of Divine Design.
1. In Psalm 119, we find the magnification of the Word of God.
2. In Psalm 119, we find a reciprocal relationship.
a) The relationship of the Word of God to the believer and
b) The relationship of the Believer to the Word of God.
3. In Psalm 119, we find that a one-way relationship is no relationship at all! If the Bible means little or nothing to the believer, then the Bible is of little or no help to him/her.
B. Thus, the importance of our Bible, the Word of God is magnified in this Psalm. Think about it.
1. What would we do without our Bible?
2. What would we know about God, Jesus Christ, creation, sin, and salvation without our Bible.
3. How would we fare in this life without our Bible. We would be like sheep without a Shepherd! A life of accident with no meaning.
C. Tonight, the Hebrew letter NUN is the fourteenth letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. NUN means “faithfulness.” The Psalm begins with Guidance in verse 105. The older that we get in the Lord, the more we understand His faithfulness.
2 Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
D. In the first verse of NUN, we find the faithfulness of God in guidance from beginning to end.
Psalms 119:105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
1. A Lamp to guard our Steps. Our walk with God has a beginning and the Lamp of God’s Word begins to guide each step.
Job 23:11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
Psalms 37:23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
2. A Light to light our Path. Our walk with God has an ending as God’s Word lights our Path till the end of the road.
a) His Paths are Old Paths as God does not change. Jeremiah 6:16 Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
b) His Paths are often hidden Paths as to keep our eyes upon both our steps and ultimate home. Psalms 77:19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
E. The Word of God shows the Believer that God is Faithful to guide and teaches the Believer to be Faithful to follow!
1. Verse 105. We will be Faithful in our Walk with God.
a. The Word of God is faithful to guide our Walk. Each step we take is a step in the light of the Lamp of God’s Word. If you have ever walked with a lamp, you will understand what the Psalmist is saying. You cannot see much around or ahead of you when using a lamp. But it shows you where you are stepping. So many, when come to a place where a hard decision is made, we must rely on the Bible to show us the next step to take. One step at a time and you will be fine.
b. The Word of God is faithful to guide our Path. While working in the coal mines, I wore a light on my hard hat. You could turn the button on the side of it to broaden the beam of light as to use it for close work. You could also narrow the beam of light and see at a great distance. We would call it a seal beamed light. It show you down the path but did not reveal the individual steps that it would take to get there.
c. We can see up close so as not to stumble and we can also see afar so as not to waver.
1 John 1:5-7 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: (7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
2. Verse 106-108. The Word of God is faithful to guide our Words.
a. Verse 106. Faithful to Keep our Word. Our words or vows made to the Lord are to be kept in faithfulness. So many begin right but end wrong. They begin down the road of service but are distracted and enticed by other things that take precedence.
b. Verse 107. Faithful in our Afflictions. So many serve the Lord when the going is good and great things are happening, but the Word of God helps us to trust the Lord with trial come and discouragement soon follows. They use such words as “I used to do this or that but no longer do. Faithful to death is what Paul said in 2 Timothy, chapter 4. “I finished my course.”
c. Verse 108. The Word of God is faithful to guide our Worship. Our offerings to God will be directed by being Bible oriented. In Bible College, most young preachers with families were about as poor as a “church mouse.” One preacher said that he was to broke to pay attention. There was some thing that we said to encourage each other: “Just praise the Lord anyhow!” Worship is not based upon good or bad. Worship is based upon Who and What our precious Lord means to us.
3. Verses 109-110. The Word of God is faithful to guide:
a. Verse 109. The Word of God is faithful to guide our Thinking. Our soul is in our hands. The Word of God will help us to keep our hearts in line. In order to remember something, we must have seen something, heard something, experienced something, or read something. The value of having God’s Word to read, hear, and study can expose us to Truth and have Scripture to remember when needed. We also have the precious Holy Spirit to help us to recall what we have read, heard, and studied. The Old Testament believers did not have a house full of Bibles or carry electronic devices that have the Bible on them.
b. Verse 110. The Word of God is faithful to guide us around the Pitfalls and Traps of the wicked. Satan is devious in his ways and his followers joy in watching the godly fall.
John 8:32 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
Job 33:26-28 He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. (27) He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; (28) He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
4. Verses 111-112. The Word of God is faithful to guide:
a. Verse 111. The Word of God is faithful to guide our Heart and our ways. Many believers have not had a godly heritage and have, after salvation, adapted to the ways of God’s Word and people. What a wonderful spiritual heritage we have in common. The same Father, the same Bible, the same family.
Proverbs 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
2 Peter 1:1-3 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: (2) Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, (3) According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
b. Verse 112. The Word of God is faithful to guide our Lives for the rest of our lives.
Philippians 4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Philippians 1:20-21 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. (21) For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Conclusion: We live in a “dark world.” A world darkened by sin and wickedness. A dark world where right has become the enemy and wrong the friend. The Word of God will Faithfully Guide the believer from beginning to end. The Word of God is our Friend!
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