Salmos 19

Salmos 19:7-14

Trapp says, "Old people are all for profit, the young for pleasure; here's gold for the one, yea, the finest gold in great quantity; here's honey for the other, yea, live honey dropping from the comb." The pleasures arising from a right understanding of the divine testimonies are of the most delightful order; earthly enjoyments are utterly contemptible, if compared with them. The sweetest joys, yea, the sweetest of the sweetest falls to his portion who has God's truth to be his heritage. (Ps 19:10 Treasury of David) The Word of God is often compared to food - Pr 24:13,14 Dt 8:3 Job23:12 Ps119:103 Je15:16 Eze2:8 3:1 Mt 4:4 1Pe 2:2 ><>><>><> Soul Food - Grocery shopping with my wife, Martie, is like taking a seminar in nutrition. I’ll often pick up a box of something that looks good, and she’ll say: “Look at the label. Are there trans-fats? What’s the calorie count? How about the cholesterol rating?” I have to confess that if she weren’t the nutrition cop in my life, I’d look like Shamu the whale! More important than making good choices in the grocery store is thinking carefully about the food we digest for our souls. I love the verse that says: “Your words were found, and I ate them” (Jer. 15:16). When we read God’s Word, we have to be doing more than checking it off our to-do list. We have to read it to digest it. Slow, thoughtful absorption of the Word of God with quiet reflection on its implications is high in nutrition. His Word provides all the ingredients we need to thrive spiritually: • a direct connection to the sustainer of our soul • brain food that makes us wise and discerning • a daily check-up revealing the condition of our hearts • preventive medicine keeping us from sin • a spiritual shower of peace, hope, and comfort Eat God’s Word. It’s a spiritual feast! God’s Word provides the nourishment That Christians need if we’re to grow; But if we do not feast on it, A vibrant faith we’ll never know. —Sper The Bible contains all the nutrients for a healthy soul. ><>><>><> Remember Cracker Jack? - I don’t know whether I’m going through a second childhood or what, but lately I’ve been craving a box of Cracker Jack. Do you know what I’m talking about —the candy-covered popcorn and peanuts in a box with young Sailor Jack on the label? I remember the slogan: “The more you eat, the more you want!” Cracker Jack is great, but there is something far better. David said it is “sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb” (Ps. 19:10). And like the candied popcorn, “the more you eat, the more you want.” The more you read the Bible, the more you will desire to read it. It is an appetite that grows as it feeds, and feeds as it grows. Bible study is habit-forming; like your teatime or coffee break. One of the first things I do when I rise in the morning is put the kettle on. It’s a habit, for I want my coffee. And then with my coffee I sit down with the Book. Reaching for the Bible the first thing in the morning can become a real habit—and a good one. You wouldn’t think of going to work without breakfast, but are you going into the day without your spiritual food? Get the early morning Bible-reading habit, and keep it up until you can’t break it. Reach for the Book! Then let me love my Bible more And take a fresh delight By day to read these wonders o'er And meditate by night. —Watts Those who only sample the Bible never acquire a taste for it. THE VALUE OF THE WORD… 1. Ps 19:10 - our most valuable Possession. - "more to be desired than gold" 2. Ps 19:10 - our most valuable Pleasure. - "sweeter than the honeycomb" 3. Ps 19:11 -our most valuable Protection - "moreover by them is thy servant warned." 4. Ps 19:11 -our most valuable source of Profit - "and in keeping of them there is great reward." 5. Ps 19:12, 13 our most valuable Purifier - "acquit… keep back. Psalm 19:11 MOREOVER, BY THEM THY SERVANT IS WARNED; IN KEEPING THEM THERE IS GREAT REWARD. Moreover: Ps 119:11 2Ch 19:10 Pr 6:22,23 Eze 3:17-21 33:3-9 Mt 3:7 Ac 20:31 1Co 4:14 1Th 5:14 Heb 11:7 Keeping: Pr 3:16-18 11:18 29:18 Isa 3:10,11 Mt 6:4,6,18 Heb 11:6,26 Jas 1:25 2Jn 1:8 Rev 14:13 Spurgeon's Sermon - Psalm 19:11 David Warned and Rewarded Greek Septuagint (Lxx): NOTE: The NT passages are NOT cross references but passages what use the preceding Greek word kai gar o doulos sou phulassei (3SPAI: Ac12:4) auta en to phulassein (present tense: Acts 22:20) auta antapodosis (stresses the action of repaying ~ reward Col 3.24 Ps 103:2) pole (much Mt 26:9) Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint: For thy servant keeps to them: in the keeping of them there is great reward. Moreover by them - Note that the most immediate antecedent noun is God's "judgments". They would certainly warn. But not everyone has "ears to hear". Only God's bondservants will hear with obedience (Ro 6:17) Servant (05650)(`ebed; Lxx = doulos [word study]) applies to one who either by appointment, office, or choice commits himself to the execution of someone else's will--in this context, the covenant Lord. David a man after God's Own heart (Acts 13:22 "who will do all My will") sees himself as not his own but as a possession of the Most High God (cp Titus 2:14 1Co 6:19,20, Lev 20:26. Are you living as if you are "your own"? Are you living for time or for eternity? If you are living only for yourself and only for time you are living a vapid [dull, unanimated, spiritless, flat] life!). Other OT servants of God - Moses Dt 34:5, Josh 1:1, 13, 15 8:31, 33 11:12 12:6 13:8 14:7 18:7, 22:2, 4, 5, 2Ki 18:12, 1Chr 6:49, 2Chr 1:3, 24:6, 9, Da 9:11, Joshua - Josh 24:29, Jdg 2:8, David - Ps 18:1, 36:1 Puritan writer John Bunyan was right when he said of the Bible This Book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this Book. Warned (02094) (zahar) means to teach, to warn, to shine, to enlighten by cautioning. The idea is that of shining upon so that the right way is illuminated, as is needed in cases of doubt, danger, ignorance or potential sin. God's servant (remembering that the servant's will is subsumed in the Master's will) sees clearly so that he might walk worthily of his high calling. Zahar - 21x in 18v in the NAS - Ex 18:20; 2Ki 6:10; 2Chr 19:10; Ps 19:11; Ec 4:13; 12:12; Ezek 3:17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 33:3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. NAS = give them warning(1), receive instruction(1), take warning(2), taken warning(1), teach(1), took warning(1), warn(6), warned(7), warns(1).