The Wonder Of His Word Psalms 1:1-3 Psalms 33:4 Psalms 119:9-16 Psalms 119:105 Psalms 119:89-93 Hebrews 4:12 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Matthew 5:17-18 Psalms 37:30-31 Psalms 119:165 02.01.21

 

THE WONDER OF HIS WORD

BREAD

¹ Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.  ² But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. ³ He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither.  Whatever he does prospers.  Psalms 1:1-3 (NIV)

⁴ For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.  Psalms 33:4 (NIV)

 

⁹ How can a young man keep his way pure?  By living according to your word.  ¹⁰ I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.  ¹¹ I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.  ¹² Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees. ¹³ With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.  ¹⁴ I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.  ¹⁵ I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. ¹⁶ I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.  Psalms 119:9-16 (NIV)

 

¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.   Psalms 119:105 (NIV)

 

⁸⁹ Your word, O LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.    ⁹⁰ Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.  ⁹¹ Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.  ⁹² If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. ⁹³ I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.  Psalms 119:89-93 (NIV)

 

¹² For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)

 

¹⁶ All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, ¹⁷ so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.  2 Timothy 3:15-17 (NIV)

 

¹⁷ “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. ¹⁸ I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.”  Matthew 5:17-18 (NIV)

 

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.  ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.  Psalms 37:30-31 (NIV)

 

¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.  Psalms 119:165 (NIV)

BUTTER

 

“I will honor My Word, and I will honor those who give My Word the sacred preeminence it deserves.  My Word shall never return void.  It shall accomplish My purposes.”   Frances J. Roberts 

“Be struck with reverence for the greatness of God and the authority of His Word, and yield your spirit to it.”  Jeremiah Burroughes

“God’s Word to you is never a passing word or line — God’s Word is your very lifeline. In tumultuous times, there is only one voice that can calm seas.”  Ann Voskamp

 

“God encourages us and we are to encourage others.  We do this through the Scriptures as they are the ultimate “Paraklesis” – encouragement, aid, help, comfort, exhortation, consolation and comfort.  Are we familiar enough with God’s Word to share its life-giving, strengthening, comforting Truths?   When we know the Word we have something of infinite benefit to share with and encourage others.”  BHY

“Listen to the sermon with an open Bible; Don’t rush from the Word of God to the rest of your life; Get in God's Word as a way of life; Check your Bible like you check your phone: frequently & consistently; Approach the Bible with eager expectation; Hunger for the Word of God; Prepare to study the Word deeply; read, read, read; Be confident that YOU are able to discover biblical truth; Examining is hard work, but you don't need to be a genius; Test difficult doctrines against Scripture before discarding them (Examples include marriage, sexuality, predestination); Be discerning; Some things which claim to be from the Bible are not; Be humble to submit to the Bible- no matter who you are; Give the Bible the final say on every matter on which it means to speak.”  Kevin DeYoung (10 Ways to be Noble like the Bereans)

“Do not be afraid to hear the hard.  Weigh counsel against the Truth of God’s Word.  If the shoe fits deal with it through the Holy Spirit’s power.  Wallowing in a wayward way gets you nowhere fast and keeps you from experiencing God’s best for your life – His richest blessings and peace.  ‘There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death’ (Proverbs 14:12).  Thank those who are willing to tell you the hard things – for your good, for His glory.”  BHY

“God is honored when we approach his words as those that revive the soul and rejoice the heart, as those that are more to be desired than gold and sweeter than honey. The summary and culmination of Psalm 119’s unashamed tribute to God’s words is this: great reward. He means for us to experience his words as ‘my delight’, as ‘the joy of my heart’, as ‘the delight of my heart’, as ‘kindling for the fires of our joy.’  God gives us his own life-giving words to steady our souls and the souls of others.”  David Mathis 

 

“Our claim is that God has revealed Himself by speaking; that this divine (or God-breathed) speech has been written down and preserved in Scripture; and that Scripture is, in fact, God’s Word written, which therefore is true and reliable and has divine authority over men.”   John Stott

“God’s standards are absolute. They don’t change. Even if the culture changes, God’s Word does not change.”   Greg Laurie

“The healthy Christian is not necessarily the extrovert, ebullient Christian, but the Christian who has a sense of God’s presence stamped deep on his soul, who trembles at God’s word, who lets it dwell in him richly by constant meditation upon it, and who tests and reforms his life daily in response to it.”  J. I. Packer

“Scripture is like a lion.  Who ever heard of defending a lion?  Just turn it loose; it will defend itself.”   Charles H. Spurgeon

“If there were one piece of advice, one bit of encouragement, that I could give you, that would be: know God’s word for yourself and have it memorized. Take those Scriptures that you read and take the time to get them deep and embedded into your heart and your mind. Because here’s what happens in life: you hit a moment of crisis. Many times, it can come out of the blue. It’s not something that you always get a forewarning or impression that something’s coming. And what will hold you, and what held me on that darkest day, are God’s word and His promises.”  Cathe Laurie

“Jesus is the Word made flesh and in Him is perfect peace – a state of untroubled, undisturbed well-being.   Therefore, as His followers we are to encourage one another, in the midst of life’s chaos and storms, with the living and powerful Word of God.  As our Lord did, He spoke the Word and calmed the sea.  Just as it was true then, it is still true today – His Word calms and He can speak it even through a donkey.  His Word is alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword.  It is able to divide soul and spirit, joint and marrow.  It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  It is not to be merely idle words for us as Moses told the Israelites, it is to be our life.  God’s Word is a balm for every needy soul – and truly, what soul isn’t needy?”   BHY  

“Upon the authority of God’s Word, I declare that Christ is the answer to every baffling perplexity which plagues mankind.  In Him is found the cure for care, a balm for bereavement, a healing for our hurts, and a sufficiency for our insufficiency.”   Billy Graham

 

“The One who is the Word wants to have a word with you.  To neglect the only Voice that calms waves is to invite internal chaos.  One day, either this world is going to blow apart, or your own world is going to blow apart, and the only way you’re going survive is if you’ve set time apart to let God’s Spirit blow in.  Apathy for God’s Word leads to atrophy of a soul.”   Ann Voskamp

 

HEART SAVOR

 

• ·         God’s Word is living and active, penetrating to even dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow and judges the thoughts and attitudes of our hearts.
• ·         We keep our way pure by living according to God’s Word.
• ·         We are the ultimate losers if we do not seek to study and apply God’s Truth to our lives.  Having it stored up in one’s heart keeps us from sinning.