On Point: Following the Ways of God
Main text: Psalm 119:1-11, 105
Why should we follow God’s Word?
- It is authoritative. Psalm 119:99-100
- It is permanent. Psalm 119:89
- It is liberating. Psalm 119:45
- It’s culturally freeing.
- It’s psychologically freeing.
- It’s spiritually freeing.
How do we get our lives On Point?
- Open God’s Word.
- Meditate on God’s Word.
- Surrender to God’s Word through faith.
Gospel Application:
Only Christ truly walked in the ways of God; only Christ is truly “blessed.” Praise God that Christ’s perfect obedience, death and resurrection has provided a way for us to return to the Father and to be in clothed in His righteousness. Now, through faith in Him, we can all partake of His blessedness and begin to follow His lead.
Quotes/Commentary
“If I decide what God will be, I will always find there a false god.” (Deitrich Bonhoffer)
“If we keep God’s testimonies they will keep us; they will keep us right in opinion, comfortable in spirit, holy in conversation, and hopeful in expectation.” (Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David).
“We must first get a thing before we can keep it. In order to keep it well we must get a firm grip of it: we cannot keep in the heart that which we have not heartily embraced by the affections.” (Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David).
“The reason we are not happy is that we sin, and the main reason we sin as much as we do is that we do not know the Bible well enough… Apart from being instructed by God, human beings do not know how to achieve happiness.” (James Montgomery Boice)
Comments on Psalm 119:6
“No shame in the presence of man will hinder us when the fear of God has taken full possession of our minds. When we are on the king’s highway by daylight, and are engaged upon royal business, we need ask no man’s leave.” (Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David).
There is a twofold shame; the shame of a guilty conscience; and the shame of a tender conscience. The one is the merit and fruit of sin; the other is an act of grace. This which is here spoken of is to be understood not of a holy self loathing, but a confounding shame. (Thomas Manton).
