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  • Mem

    Mem

    Psalm 119

    A review from the King James Version:

    • ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way
    • BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
    • GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant
    • DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust
    • HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes
    • VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD
    • ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant
    • CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD
    • TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD
    • JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me
    • CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation
    • LAMED. For ever, O LORD

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet –

    Mem

    97 Oh how I love your law!
    It is my meditation all the day.

    Do you see the respect and relationship between the one who prays and the Lord?

    He loves the Torah (law) of God. It keeps pure, cleanses, and reveals God’s mercy.  His meditation, defined as reflection and prayer, is continual all the day. This continues to be command of the Lord. Hear Paul’s First Letter to Thessalonians from the New Testament:

    • 5:16 Rejoice evermore.
    • 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
    • 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
    • 5:19 Quench not the Spirit.
    • 5:20 Despise not prophesyings.
    • 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
    • 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

    And Paul confirms by closing his list with an affirmation sounding much like the teaching of Psalm 119.

    1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    This prayer is a relationship with the LORD. His ways are higher than our ways. (Isaiah 55:9) This we must acknowledge as servants of the LORD.

    98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,
    for it is ever with me.
    99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
    for your testimonies are my meditation.
    100 I understand more than the aged,
    for I keep your precepts.

    101 I hold back my feet from every evil way,
    in order to keep your word.
    102 I do not turn aside from your rules,
    for you have taught me.
    103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!

    Are God’s words of scripture sweet to your mouth?

    104 Through your precepts I get understanding;
    therefore I hate every false way.

    Yes! We should hate sin. Yes! We must hate every lie, deception, disappointment and falsehood. Yes! We must hate the wide way and the crooked path that leads to sin and death and destruction.

    We must hate most of all our own sin. We must hate all the ways we have transgressed the law and commandment of the Lord.

    Our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus said:

    “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” – Matthew 26:41

  • Lamedh

    Lamedh

    Psalm 119

     יְהֹוָה

    English Standard Version (ESV)

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Lamedh

    89 Forever, O Lord, your word
    is firmly fixed in the heavens.
    90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations;
    you have established the earth, and it stands fast.

    Try to wrap your small mind around this:

    GOD

    LORD, JEHOVAH, THE EXISTING ONE, THE “I AM” – all Names of God, holy and separated from the sin of man.

    YHWH –  יְהֹוָה

    Or, perhaps in terms of place, consider that the volume of just the earth where we stand is about 108.321 to the 10th power (I forget how many zeros that adds) cubic meters ( 1 cubic meter = 39″x 39″ x 39″).

    Perhaps, by comparison, you might consider that a casket of 87″L x 32″W x 29″H is less than 81,000 square inches.

    This section of Psalm 119 in the KJV (first published in 1611) begins:

    “LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.”

    If we cannot grasp the size of the earth or the distance of the light, certainly we fail to grasp even the smallest dimension of the LORD and eternity.

    Thy word is settled in heaven.

    thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

    91 By your appointment they stand this day,
    for all things are your servants.
    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 given me life.

    Compared to the LORD; compared to all eternity: our biggest of problems and short time are a small thing. Yet in our humility we ask the Lord to save us, because we are His.

    94 I am yours; save me,
    for I have sought your precepts.
    95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
    but I consider your testimonies.
    96 I have seen a limit to all perfection,
    but your commandment is exceedingly broad.

    Has the command of God not created the heavens and the earth and mankind? Is the LORD our God not the Father of all perfection and Christ Jesus our redemption from the sin and destruction of disobedience?

  • Kaph

    Kaph

    What does it mean to be saved? (What is salvation?)

     The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,

    And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death

    Light has dawned.” – Matthew 4:16 NKJV (quoting Isaiah 9:2)

    Luke 3:6 KJV And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.

    Psalm 119

    English Standard Version (ESV)

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Kaph

    81 My soul longs for your salvation;
    I hope in your word.
    82 My eyes long for your promise;
    I ask, “When will you comfort me?”

    The word salvation occurs 164 times in the KJV of the Bible. Do you realize the importance of your salvation in Christ Jesus?

    In the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) salvation of God is hoped for and anticipated in the Person of the Messiah. It is a time of darkness and sin into which Jesus was born as a Son of Man in a manger in Bethlehem and sacrificed for our sins on a Cross in Jerusalem. Jesus IS our salvation.

    A thousand years before Christ, when David and Solomon ruled as Kings of Israel, the Law of God and His statutes were the present hope of Israel. The true hope of Israel was born in Christ Jesus, prophesied and predicted in the Psalms and by many Prophets during and following the fall of the earthly Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

    83 For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke,
    yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
    84 How long must your servant endure?
    When will you judge those who persecute me?

    85 The insolent have dug pitfalls for me;
    they do not live according to your law.
    86 All your commandments are sure;
    they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
    87 They have almost made an end of me on earth,
    but I have not forsaken your precepts.

    88 In your steadfast love give me life,
    that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth.

    Even unbelievers know a portion of salvation:

    John 3:16-19

    16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 

    He has not saved our life for ourselves, but for His own glory.

    Jesus IS Lord and Savior.

    Into the world is born a Messiah, prophesied by John the Baptist, prophesied by his father, Zechariah, the high priest of God:

    Luke 1:76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
    77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    in the forgiveness of their sins,
    78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
    79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”