1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,920 Father God, we thank you for today and all the things that 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:06,320 you do, and we're grateful, Lord, for the word of the Lord. 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:09,880 We're grateful that we can study it and that we can learn about 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,880 who you are and that we can grow on our walk with you. 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,440 We're thankful, Lord, that you allow us to gather together in 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:21,200 the middle of the week to spend time looking deep into the Word 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:23,120 of God. Tonight. 8 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:26,440 Lord, we just ask you to work in all of our hearts 'cause us, 9 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:29,840 Lord, to be open and receptive to the things that we hear. 10 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:35,880 Help us to have soft hearts and not hard hearts that we might be 11 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:40,880 truly broken and understand clearly You're marching orders 12 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,360 for your your children. We truly want to live like 13 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,120 children of the King. And so as we study your sermon 14 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,360 about how to do that, we just pray that you would just direct 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:58,240 us, lead us and guide us that we might be honoring to you not 16 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:01,280 just today, but through all the days of our lives. 17 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:06,640 We pray in Jesus name, Amen. Take your Bible and turn to 18 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:13,760 Matthew chapter 5 as we continue to look at at the Sermon on the 19 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,200 Mount. The last time we were together, 20 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:21,720 we were looking at Matthew 5, verses 17 to 20 by way of 21 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:24,760 introduction. Let me read it for you just to 22 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:29,680 set it in your in your minds it says, do not think that I came 23 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:31,880 to abolish the law or the prophets. 24 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,200 I did not come to abolish, but to fulfill. 25 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,280 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not 26 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:42,080 the smallest letter of stroke shall pass from the law until 27 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,640 all is accomplished. Whoever then knows one of the 28 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,720 least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same, 29 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:51,880 shall be called least in the Kingdom of heaven. 30 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,160 But whoever keeps and teaches them, you should be called great 31 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,880 in the Kingdom of heaven. For I say to you that unless 32 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,080 your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and 33 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:10,960 Pharisees, you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven. 34 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,480 Now these verses point to a very pivotal aspect to Christ's 35 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,600 sermon. Because truly He is the 36 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:25,800 fulfillment of the law. The law is all about the Christ. 37 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,080 So he wants everybody on the mountainside to understand that 38 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,000 he is not saying anything contrary to that which has 39 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,680 already been said, that He is the fulfillment of the Law. 40 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:45,000 So let me illustrate that to you by taking you to the Gospel of 41 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,800 Luke, Luke chapter 24, the resurrection of Christ. 42 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:54,520 Remember in verse #1 of Luke 24 it says on the first day of the 43 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,800 week, at early dawn they came to the tomb, bringing the spices 44 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:02,680 which they had prepared, and they found the stone rolled away 45 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:05,440 from the tomb. But when they entered, they did 46 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,720 not find the body of the Lord Jesus. 47 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,240 While they were perplexed about this, behold, 2 men suddenly 48 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,440 stood near them in dazzling clothing. 49 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,880 As the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, 50 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:23,280 the men said to them, Why do you seek the living One among the 51 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:27,320 dead? He is not here, but He has 52 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,480 risen. Remember how we spoke to you 53 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,160 while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must 54 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:40,480 be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified. 55 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:47,200 And the third day rise again. Don't you remember all the 56 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,800 things that He already said to you specifically about His 57 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:59,560 death, burial and resurrection? Move down to verse #13 and 58 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,160 behold, 2 of them were going that very day to a village named 59 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:08,720 Emmaus, which was about 7 miles from Jerusalem, and they were 60 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:11,680 talking with each other about all these things which had taken 61 00:04:11,680 --> 00:04:14,640 place. While they were talking and 62 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,320 discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began travelling 63 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,720 with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. 64 00:04:24,280 --> 00:04:28,160 He said to them, What are these words that you are exchanging 65 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:29,560 with one another as you are walking? 66 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:35,040 And they sit still looking sad. One of them named Cleopas 67 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,480 answered and said to him, Are you the only one visiting 68 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,320 Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here 69 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,320 in these days? And he said to them, what 70 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:49,440 things? And they said to him the things 71 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:55,800 about Jesus the Nazarene. And remember, Christ never asks 72 00:04:55,800 --> 00:05:00,640 question to receive information. He knows everything. 73 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:07,520 He only asks questions for your illumination, not for his 74 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,080 information. It's always important to realize 75 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:12,840 that. So Jesus asked him, what are you 76 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:14,960 talking about? What things? 77 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:20,720 So they begin to tell him, they said, Jesus the Nazarene, who 78 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,520 was a prophet, mighty in deed and word, in the sight of God, 79 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:27,040 and all the people and of the chief priests and our rulers, 80 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,920 delivered him to the sentence of death and crucified him. 81 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,080 But we were hoping that it was he who was going to redeem 82 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,160 Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is 83 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:39,240 the third day since these things happen. 84 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:45,000 But also some women among us were among us amazed us. 85 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,200 When they were at the tomb early in the morning and did not find 86 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:54,360 his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of 87 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:57,200 angels who said that he was alive. 88 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,960 Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it, 89 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,480 just exactly as the women also had said. 90 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:11,520 But Him they did not see. And he, Jesus said to them, O 91 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:17,080 foolish men, and slow of heart, to believe in all the prophets 92 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:20,480 have spoken. Was it not necessary for the 93 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:25,000 Christ to suffer these things and to enter into his glory? 94 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:29,920 Christ immediately takes him back to the prophets, the Old 95 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:35,480 Testament, to show them that this was all prophesied, because 96 00:06:35,480 --> 00:06:40,160 he came not to abolish the law. He came to fulfill the law, all 97 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:44,600 of the law. Then beginning with Moses and 98 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,560 with all the prophets, he explained to them the things 99 00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:52,360 concerning himself in all the Scriptures. 100 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:59,120 So he would explain to them him. He would explain to them who He 101 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:04,960 is, what the Old Testament said. So they would be without excuse. 102 00:07:06,440 --> 00:07:09,960 So they would understand that the Old Testament had one theme. 103 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,320 The theme was the Messiah, the Redeemer, the Deliverer of 104 00:07:14,320 --> 00:07:17,440 Israel. Verse 28. 105 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:22,560 And they approached the village where they were going, and he 106 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:24,400 acted as though He was going further. 107 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:28,520 But they urged him, saying, Stay with us for his getting toward 108 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,600 the evening, and the day is now nearly over. 109 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,600 So He went to stay with them. He reclined at the table with 110 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,520 them. He took the bread and blessed 111 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,560 it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them. 112 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:47,440 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he 113 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:52,840 vanished from their sight. They said to one another, We're 114 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:59,480 not our hearts burning within us while he was speaking to us on 115 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:06,800 the road, while he was explaining the Scriptures to us, 116 00:08:08,520 --> 00:08:14,240 that that verse is so important. Their hearts were not burning 117 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,080 because of the revelation of the Savior. 118 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,160 Their hearts were burning because of the revelation of the 119 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:29,960 Scriptures. Which begs the question, as you 120 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:36,480 were following along and reading with me, was your heart on fire? 121 00:08:38,159 --> 00:08:40,360 Was your heart burning on the inside? 122 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,320 Because you see the Lord said to Jeremiah the prophet Jeremiah 123 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:53,560 2329 is not my word like a fire? It is. 124 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:57,240 We have to ask ourselves the question, why is it when we read 125 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,960 the word that a fire doesn't well up within our soul? 126 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:04,880 Why is it we can read it and be so cold? 127 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,560 Why is it we read it and we not moved or motivated? 128 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:17,120 Why is it when we read it, it's as if it's just another book? 129 00:09:18,680 --> 00:09:24,920 But these people, these two men on the road to Emmaus, had Jesus 130 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:29,000 explaining to them the Scriptures, and their hearts 131 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:34,160 burned within them when they came to realize that the 132 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:39,640 Scriptures spoke only of Christ, and He was able to explain that 133 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:44,680 to them. They would go back to Jerusalem, 134 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,400 they would meet with the other apostles. 135 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:53,800 And Jesus said these words in verse #44 Now He said to them, 136 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,920 These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with 137 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:02,120 you, that all things which are written by about me in the law 138 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:07,600 of Moses and the prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. 139 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:12,160 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and 140 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,760 He said to them, Thus it is written that the Christ would 141 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:21,040 suffer and rise again from the dead the third day. 142 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:27,160 He would open their eyes, help them understand that. 143 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,640 Listen, everything in the law of God, everything written by the 144 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:35,240 prophets, everything written in the Psalms, everything in your 145 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:42,800 Scripture is all about me, the light of the world. 146 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:50,280 And therefore, whenever God's Word is explained to you, there 147 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:54,280 must be something within you that wells up on the inside. 148 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:59,680 There must be something in you that catches a blaze. 149 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:06,360 There must be some flicker of a flame in your heart that when 150 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:12,080 God's Word is read and explained, you are motivated and 151 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:17,280 you are moved to action. There's something about it that 152 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:23,400 excites you, and if there's not, you got to ask yourself the 153 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:28,800 question why? Why is it I am not motivated? 154 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,480 The Bible says in First Thessalonians 2 verse #13 that 155 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:41,600 God's Word works effectively in those who believe. 156 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:45,840 It could be that you don't believe. 157 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,840 We don't think of it that way. But if you're a believer and you 158 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:54,800 hear the Word of God, it does something on the inside of you. 159 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:57,680 There's something to motivate you. 160 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:00,120 It does something to to excite you. 161 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,400 It does it does something to cause you to want to obey 162 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:14,320 because it always works in those who believe in fact, listen to 163 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:20,840 this verse, the book of Colossians, the book of 164 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:25,920 Colossians, the first chapter. Listen to what Paul says. 165 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:34,480 Colossians chapter one verse #5 He says, because of the hope 166 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:39,240 laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in 167 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:44,560 the word of truth. So the word which is true has 168 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:51,680 given you a hope of heaven, just as in all the world, or excuse 169 00:12:51,680 --> 00:12:53,920 me, the word truth, the gospel which has come to you, just as 170 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:58,880 in all the world also, it is constantly bearing fruit and 171 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:05,840 increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day 172 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:10,680 you heard of it and understood the grace of God In truth. 173 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:17,080 He says since the day you heard of the gospel of truth, you 174 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:24,720 began bearing fruit, and you continue to bear fruit because 175 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:29,880 of the word of truth. In other words, he is affirming 176 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:36,080 First Thessalonians 213 that God is using His word to always work 177 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:40,760 in the life of the believer. This is the uniqueness of the 178 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,000 power of God's word. That's why Paul would say I am 179 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:47,160 not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of 180 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:52,680 God and His salvation to the Jew 1st and also to the Greek there 181 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:56,960 is power in the gospel. So here's the point. 182 00:13:57,600 --> 00:14:03,040 If when you hear the Word of God and you read the Word of God and 183 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,840 you understand the word of God, if you're not moved by that, 184 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,960 there's a good chance you are not a believer in Christ, Then 185 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,240 you are a believer in Christ because it's always bearing 186 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:21,160 fruit in you and continuing to do so even to this day. 187 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:25,360 Paul says to the Church of Colossae, we have to stop 188 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,800 thinking that people are saved when they live like the unsaved. 189 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,320 We have to stop thinking people and assuring people that they 190 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,000 are born again because of some decision that they made one day 191 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,880 down the road or some prayer they prayed 20 years ago. 192 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:42,680 Is there fruit bearing in their lives? 193 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:48,320 Is there evidence of the word of God bearing fruit in them, 194 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:51,800 motivating them to live for Christ? 195 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:58,440 Because it effectively works in those who believe. 196 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:03,400 That means it doesn't work in those who do not believe. 197 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:07,800 And so we need to understand that from the very beginning, 198 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,600 because here is Christ saying, I've come not to to abolish the 199 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:15,000 law, to get rid of the law. Instead, I've come to fulfill 200 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:17,200 it. I am the embodiment of the law. 201 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:20,400 And so the words I'm going to give to you are not going to be 202 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,240 contrary to the words that have already been spoken to you in 203 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:27,120 the word of the living God. It's there. 204 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:33,120 I am it, which leads us to our introduction, which leads us to 205 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,560 the brilliance of the law. We talked about this two weeks 206 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:38,080 ago. And from the brilliance of the 207 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,280 law, we're going to, we're going to move from there and we are 208 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,120 automatically going to talk about the importance of the law, 209 00:15:44,280 --> 00:15:46,760 the endurance of the law, and the relevance of relevance of 210 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:49,520 the law. But I want to take you back and 211 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,120 look once again at the brilliance of the law because 212 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:54,760 it's so powerful, it's so unique. 213 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:59,920 And we need to understand how magnificent, how brilliant, how 214 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:05,560 incredible God's Word is. So let's go back to Psalm 19 215 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,480 because that's where we left off 2 weeks ago to help you 216 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:14,320 understand the brilliance of the word of the living God told you 217 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,880 last time. Then the 1st 6 verses he talks 218 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,680 about the beauty of the work of God. 219 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:23,960 And now he talks about the brilliance of the Word of God in 220 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:28,360 verses 9 or excuse me, verses 7, the following because it's 221 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:32,840 absolutely brilliant. And he gives 6 titles for the 222 00:16:32,840 --> 00:16:35,040 word of God. We covered these last time. 223 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:44,440 The law of the Lord is perfect, complete, sufficient, restoring, 224 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:51,080 converting, redeeming the soul. There's nothing more complete 225 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:54,200 than the word of God to redeem a soul. 226 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,480 And then he says the testimony of the Lord, the divine witness 227 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:05,000 of the Lord Christ is his own witness, but the divine witness 228 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,839 of the Lord is immovable. It's sure it's unshakeable, 229 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:16,480 making wise the simple. The simple person becomes 230 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:24,079 extremely wise simply because of the testimony of the Lord. 231 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,280 Then it says the presets of the Lord are right. 232 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:32,800 The statutes of the Lord, the divine principles of the Lord 233 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,760 are right. Not not necessarily right as 234 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,520 opposed to wrong, but right in terms of directing in a straight 235 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:44,280 path, a direct path so you know which way to go. 236 00:17:45,120 --> 00:17:50,760 Rejoicing the heart. And then he says the commandment 237 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,520 of the Lord, the mandates of the Lord, they're not optional. 238 00:17:53,520 --> 00:18:02,000 They're mandates is pure, lucid, clear, enlightening the eyes. 239 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,160 In other words, there's no mystery here. 240 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:07,760 There's there's nothing confusing in the Word of God. 241 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,400 Yeah, there are some things that are hard to understand. 242 00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,320 That's true. And Peter speaks about that. 243 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:14,200 But it doesn't mean that's confusing. 244 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:19,800 It's very clear. The fear of the Lord is clean. 245 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,560 In other words, the fear of the Lord is another title for the 246 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:28,640 word of the Lord. Isaiah 33 verse #6 says the fear 247 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:33,920 of the Lord is His treasure. In other words, the fear of the 248 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,480 Lord is another title for the word itself. 249 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,240 That's why the Proverbs says in Proverbs one verse #7 that the 250 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,760 fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 251 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:47,680 Where does wisdom begin? It begins with the dispensing of 252 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,640 God's fear, which is His truth that it gives you. 253 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,520 Proverbs 9 verse #10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of 254 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:58,400 wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 255 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,800 So here he says that the fear of the Lord, which is His treasure 256 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:08,080 is clean and it endures forever. The judgements of the Lord are, 257 00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,040 are true. In other words, when God passes 258 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:16,480 judgement, it's never an error. It's always done righteously and 259 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:18,920 true. They are righteous all together. 260 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,440 And that is that is the, what we call the, the preciousness of 261 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,840 the word of God. God, God's Word is so precious 262 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:33,440 that it's sufficient enough to make sure that our we, we have 263 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:37,080 the vision that we need, the joy that we need, the eyes that 264 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:41,760 clearly see, and that we are righteous all together and that 265 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:45,240 we are able to endure. God's Word does all that. 266 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:50,040 That's why it's so precious. And then we move from its 267 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,560 preciousness to its pleasurableness. 268 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,400 It's absolutely pleasurable. That's what he says in verse #10 269 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:00,160 They are more desirable than gold. 270 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,360 Yes, and much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the 271 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:07,520 drippings of the honeycomb. There is nothing more 272 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:12,440 pleasurable than the truth of God's Word, nothing more 273 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,600 valuable than the truth of God's Word. 274 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,760 And David's trying to explain to us how great, how brilliant it 275 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:24,320 really is. Nothing more desirable than the 276 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:28,920 truth of God's Word. We are to feed on that and we 277 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,240 are to hunger for it. That's why Christ said, blessed 278 00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:36,080 are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they and 279 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,800 they only shall be satisfied. The other people are not 280 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:42,280 satisfied. They're always looking to 281 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:45,320 satisfy the the the inner longings of the soul. 282 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,880 But but the believer is satisfied by the truth that they 283 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:52,640 embrace. That's why Jeremiah said, Thy 284 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:54,200 words are found. And I did eat them, and they 285 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,680 were the joy and the rejoicing of my heart. 286 00:20:57,280 --> 00:21:01,160 And Jeremiah could say that even though he was all alone and even 287 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,200 though no one would listen to the words in which he said, and 288 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,400 although God said you can't get married, so he was all alone, 289 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,320 even though he'd be thrown into a pit, Jeremiah said, I got your 290 00:21:10,320 --> 00:21:12,680 word. As long as I got your word, I'm 291 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:18,040 good, I'm satisfied. But for us, it's like we need 292 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:20,960 something else. We need to live in boys. 293 00:21:20,960 --> 00:21:24,720 If God's word is not sufficient for my loneliness, it's not 294 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,640 sufficient for my isolation, it's not sufficient for my pain, 295 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,760 it's not sufficient for my difficulties, it's not 296 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:34,000 sufficient for whatever it is I'm going through. 297 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:39,040 But Jeremiah says, Oh no, I found your words. 298 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:42,200 I ate them. I consumed them because they 299 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,320 were the joy and rejoiced in them. 300 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:49,000 They satisfied my heart because listen, no one's, no one's going 301 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,280 to listen to the word of God anyway. 302 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:52,000 No one's going to follow God anyway. 303 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,560 They're going to throw me in a pit anyway. 304 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:57,800 I can't get buried anyway. So. 305 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,800 So where does my joy come from? It comes from the relationship I 306 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:05,480 have with the living God and the word that He gives me to impart 307 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:10,880 to others. But for us today, that's just 308 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:14,520 not enough. We are saying to God, your 309 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:18,120 words, your word's great. It's just not sufficient enough 310 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,880 to meet me in my time of need. Really. 311 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:28,440 Do we really have that attitude? And David's saying, aw man, 312 00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:31,680 God's word is so desirable. It's so sweet. 313 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,480 Even the drippings of the honeycomb can't match the 314 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:41,960 sweetness of God's holy word. Those are the two points we 315 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,240 covered last week under the brilliance of His, of His word. 316 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,440 Number one is precious #2 it's pleasurable. 317 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:53,840 Here's #3 it's protective. God's word is so brilliant, it 318 00:22:53,840 --> 00:22:58,360 protects you. We all, we all want protection. 319 00:22:59,360 --> 00:23:04,840 We all want to be watched over. We all want to be safe, right? 320 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:09,240 Listen, there's only one safe space. 321 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:21,240 It's right here there, there is no no room, no person, no place 322 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:26,080 that's going to cause you to be safe and protected. 323 00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:31,280 But the word of God, nothing. There's something there you will 324 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:37,760 fear, but God's word is a protective agent unlike anything 325 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:40,240 else. That's the way he says, MO over 326 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:43,280 by them. Your servant is warned, and in 327 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:47,600 keeping them there is great reward. 328 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,560 In other words, there's something about the Word of God 329 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,320 that warns me of impending danger. 330 00:23:55,920 --> 00:24:01,160 It warns me of sin. It warns me of temptation. 331 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:07,040 It warns me of false teaching. It warns me about wrong 332 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,360 relationships. It warns me about error. 333 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:16,120 God, God's Word, protects me from falling into error 334 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,920 falsities. It protects me from falling the 335 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:27,160 sin and temptation. Listen to what Solomon said in 336 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:32,760 Proverbs chapter 4 verse one. Hear, O sons, the instruction of 337 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:37,400 a father, and give attention that you may gain understanding, 338 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,520 for I give you sound teaching. Do not abandon my instruction 339 00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:47,600 When I was a son to my father tender, and the only son in the 340 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,480 side of my mother. Then he taught me and said to 341 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:55,600 me, Let your heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments and 342 00:24:55,880 --> 00:25:00,040 live. Those 4 verses should 343 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,320 revolutionize every dad in the room. 344 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:11,440 Those 4 verses should challenge every dad in the room. 345 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:15,400 Listen to your father's instruction. 346 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,160 Listen to what I'm going to tell you. 347 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:20,840 Because when I was young, Stalin was saying this when I was 348 00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,680 young, and I was very tender. I remember sitting with my 349 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:27,960 father, it was King David and he telling me the truth of the word 350 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:34,120 of God, that somehow he would teach me and say, let your heart 351 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:38,520 hold fast my words, keep my commandments and you will live. 352 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,920 You remember that. What are your sons and daughters 353 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,360 going to remember about what you taught them? 354 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:51,240 Are they going to be able to say excuse me to their children? 355 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:56,480 When I was young and I was tender and I was being raised by 356 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:01,600 my mom and by my dad, my dad taught me keep my commandments 357 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,360 and live. So I'm going to teach you God's 358 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:11,320 commandments so you can live. But I wonder what your children 359 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:16,200 would say today. Would they be able to reminisce 360 00:26:17,080 --> 00:26:22,320 as Solomon did and remember what his father taught him when he 361 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,320 was young? Read on. 362 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,080 Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding. 363 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,880 Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. 364 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:35,680 Do not forsake her. She will guard you. 365 00:26:36,400 --> 00:26:39,160 Love her, she will watch over you. 366 00:26:40,120 --> 00:26:43,480 See that God's Word is protective. 367 00:26:45,360 --> 00:26:48,960 Acquire wisdom, get understanding. 368 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:51,880 Where do you get that from? The truth of the living God. 369 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,240 Don't forsake her. Don't turn your back on her. 370 00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:58,840 Why? She's going to watch over you, 371 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:03,160 going to guard you, protect you. Verse 7. 372 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,720 The beginning of wisdom is acquire wisdom and with all your 373 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,960 acquiring, get understanding. Prize her and she would exalt 374 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,280 you. She will honor you if you 375 00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,040 embrace her. She will place on your head a 376 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,240 Garland of grace. She will present you with a 377 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,720 crown of beauty. Hear my son and accept my 378 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:22,800 sayings, and the years of your life will be many. 379 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,040 I have directed you in the way of wisdom. 380 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,200 I have led you in upright paths. When you walk, your steps will 381 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:37,360 not be impeded, and if you run, you will not stumble. 382 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,160 See, God's word is protective. Take hold of instruction. 383 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:49,440 Do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. 384 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:57,320 Wow, God's Word is your life. Later in Proverbs 6, he would 385 00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:01,840 say this verse 20, my son, observe the commandment of your 386 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,400 father and do not forsake the teaching of your mother. 387 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,400 Bind them continually on your heart. 388 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:09,440 Tie them around your neck. Now these are he's teaching them 389 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,040 the commandments of God. He's not teaching them his 390 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,720 opinion. He's not giving them some kind 391 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,960 of secular education. He's giving them the 392 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,240 commandments of God, the truth of God's word. 393 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:25,360 Bind them around your heart. You see, we, we, we, we are so 394 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:31,760 we, we are so into our children doing their homework from school 395 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,080 but not doing any studying of the word of God. 396 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,040 And one gives life and the other doesn't. 397 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,640 But yet we are so in tune with our educational system and 398 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:47,720 making sure our children receive the right kind of education. 399 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,440 And I do agree you should receive an education, but not at 400 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,520 the expense of biblical instruction and learning what 401 00:28:56,520 --> 00:29:02,120 the Bible says. He says when you walk about, 402 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,360 they will guide you. I'm going to give you the word 403 00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:06,880 of God because you need guidance. 404 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,040 So whenever you walk about, you're going to be going in the 405 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,080 right direction because you're going to know what the word of 406 00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:17,200 God says. And he says this, when you 407 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:23,360 sleep, they will watch over you. Now, how does God's word watch 408 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:26,480 over you? Because it's protective. 409 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,600 And so when you are being guided by the Word of God, being led by 410 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,840 the word of God, knowing that you are taking a step in the 411 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,400 power of the Spirit of God, under the guidance of the Word 412 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:40,720 of God, guess what? You sleep like a baby at night. 413 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,000 Why? Because you're inside the will 414 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:50,840 of God. And you, you sleep well when you 415 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:57,600 awake, they will talk to you. That's that's just so good. 416 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:00,720 The commandments of God will talk to you. 417 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:04,280 But this is the word of God, right? 418 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,040 This is the, the, the God breathed word. 419 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:13,440 So God is going to speak to each and everyone of you through his 420 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,760 word. He's already spoken everything 421 00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,320 He needs to say. He's already said. 422 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,760 He said in His words. So every time you open the book 423 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:27,480 and you read the word of God, God is speaking to you because 424 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:31,520 these are His words. And so He wants to converse with 425 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:33,800 you. How does God converse with you? 426 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,880 He's giving you His word. Read it. 427 00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,960 Whenever you read it, you're conversing with God. 428 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,560 He's talking to you. Your prayer life is responding 429 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,800 back to Him. Your obedience is responding 430 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,680 back to Him, but God is conversing with you through His 431 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,960 Word. And so he speaks. 432 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:57,760 So Solomon says to his son, I'm going to give you instruction. 433 00:30:57,760 --> 00:30:59,040 I'm going to give you the commandments of God. 434 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,640 So when you, when you walk about, they're going to guide 435 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,800 you so much so that that you, you know, you're going the right 436 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,200 way so that when you go to bed at night, they'll watch over 437 00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:09,000 you. And then when you get to the 438 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,800 next day, you're going to talk to God some more. 439 00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:13,280 You're going to converse with God some more and you're going 440 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:14,960 to read his word. He's going to talk to you. 441 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,600 He's going to he's going to explain to you who he is and 442 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:21,440 what he wants for you. He's going to converse with you. 443 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:29,760 And then he says for the commandment is a lamp and the 444 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:35,160 teaching is light. Not only do you get direction, 445 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:42,760 protection, conversation, you get illumination because his 446 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:49,960 commandments are are light. And then he says and reproves 447 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,200 for discipline on the way of life. 448 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,160 Admonition. God's Word will admonish you. 449 00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:59,800 God will speak to you through His word. 450 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,880 You read it, you'll be admonished when you're out of 451 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:06,000 line, when you're out of step, and God's Word will do that to 452 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:11,400 you. Verse 24 to keep you from the 453 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:18,200 evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress, God's 454 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:23,840 word's going to protect you, guide you, watch over, you see 455 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,440 that this is the brilliance of the word of God. 456 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:30,560 But we, we have, we have minimized the impact of God's 457 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,000 word. We've taken God's word, we've 458 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:33,920 set it aside. We'll, we'll, we'll pick it up 459 00:32:33,920 --> 00:32:36,080 on Wednesday night when we go to church for Bible study. 460 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,440 We'll pick it up on Sunday morning or, or we might read a 461 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:41,280 verse here or a verse there. You know, a verse a day keeps 462 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:43,200 the devil away. And so we'll just read it a 463 00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,880 little bit here, a little bit there, but we don't dive into 464 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:47,360 it. We don't, we don't study it. 465 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:49,000 We don't. We don't grapple with it. 466 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:55,840 We don't examine it. And yet this is how God speaks 467 00:32:55,840 --> 00:33:00,160 to you through His Word. It's His conversation to you. 468 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,920 It's how He communicates to you. He wants you to hear Him speak, 469 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:09,440 and He speaks through the written word that He's already 470 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:14,120 given to us. This is the power of the Word of 471 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:18,400 God. And so we need to recognize how 472 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:25,320 protective God's word truly is. So the brilliance of God's word 473 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:28,800 is simply that it is precious, it is pleasurable, it is 474 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:34,720 protective, and it is powerful, powerful. 475 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,440 And again, I want to emphasize this because I think that we 476 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,720 don't understand the power of the Word of God. 477 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,160 And so let me just give you a a few words that will explain it 478 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,240 to you. OK, you have to write these 479 00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:54,920 down. Just follow along with me as I 480 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:58,480 go to show you the power of the word of God. 481 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:04,320 God's word is powerful enough to crush your soul. 482 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:11,239 Is not my word like a fire? Jeremiah 2329 And then he says, 483 00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:19,800 is not my word like a hammer? Listen, you know, somebody's got 484 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,480 a hard heart. You, you can't break their 485 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,800 heart. You can't crush the hardness of 486 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:32,280 their soul, but God's word can. You see, it's a spiritual 487 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:35,080 battle, right? Only be one through spiritual 488 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,440 means. So it's only through the word of 489 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,679 God that a heart is crushed, a soul is crushed. 490 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,760 It's not my word like a hammer. That's why. 491 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,679 What if you said today? If you hear his voice, do not 492 00:34:48,679 --> 00:34:51,080 harden your hearts as in the day of provocation in the 493 00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,880 wilderness. If you hear the voice of God, if 494 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,239 you hear the word of God, don't turn away from it. 495 00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,680 Don't turn your back on it. You'll become hardened. 496 00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,520 Let the word of God crush your soul. 497 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,760 Let it shatter your independence, because God's Word 498 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:13,080 does that. But we don't necessarily believe 499 00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:18,480 that, and we kind of write people off, but we need to 500 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:23,160 recognize that through the constant reiteration of the Word 501 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:28,680 of God by giving them what God's Word says, not my opinion, not 502 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:34,480 my philosophy, not my ideas. God's Word says this. 503 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:40,680 It brings conviction on people's hearts, which is number 2. 504 00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,400 It crushes the soul. It convicts the soul. 1st 505 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:50,680 Corinthians 1424 and 25 If you prophecy that as you speak forth 506 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:54,800 the truth of God's word, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man 507 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,240 enters your congregation, he is convicted by all. 508 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,240 He is called to account by all. The secrets of his heart are 509 00:36:02,240 --> 00:36:06,880 disclosed, and so he will fall on his face and worship God, 510 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,920 declaring that God is certainly among you. 511 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:11,320 Paul. Paul is trying to help you 512 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:13,000 understand. Look, you're all concerned about 513 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,960 speaking in tongues and making sure that you had this ecstatic 514 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:18,920 utterance. But if you just understand that 515 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,480 the prophecy, the the teaching of the Word of God, the giving 516 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,520 forth of the Word of God, when someone who's an unbeliever 517 00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:27,440 walks into your assembly and they hear the word of God, 518 00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,240 that's what's going to convict them. 519 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,000 It's going to cause them to fall on their face and worship the 520 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,120 living God. Your ecstatic utterances is not 521 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:42,440 going to do that, but God's word will. 522 00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:49,040 It brings conviction upon the soul because it crushes the soul 523 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:55,840 #3 it converts the soul. We read it in Psalm 19 verse #7 524 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,600 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul. 525 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:03,000 Romans 10/17 Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by a 526 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:06,160 specific utterance of the words concerning the Christ. 527 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:10,920 The only way a person's ever converted is because of the 528 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:15,120 truth of the Word of God. And so you preach the word, you 529 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:18,000 teach the word. When you go out and do you go 530 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,040 door to door evangelism or you go and you, you preach the 531 00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,560 gospel or, or you go to talk to your friends, you, you give them 532 00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:28,920 the Word of God because the Word of God convicts, it crushes and 533 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:34,360 it converts the soul. Nothing else does. 534 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,280 That's how powerful God's word is. 535 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:41,160 It cleanses the soul. That's number four, John 15, 536 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:43,840 three. You are already made clean to 537 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,160 the word that I've spoken unto you. 538 00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:49,800 Psalm 119. How could a man keep his way 539 00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:54,360 pure? By keeping it according to the 540 00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:59,680 Word of God? The only way a soul is cleansed 541 00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,600 is through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of 542 00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:07,480 the Spirit of God. It comes through God's holy 543 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,760 Word. You are made clean through the 544 00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:16,360 word that I've spoken unto you. You've heard it said many times 545 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:20,360 before. I'll say it to you again, that 546 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,240 sin will keep you from this book, or this book will keep you 547 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:27,960 from sin. It's true. 548 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:34,000 So you master the truth, you memorize the truth, you learn 549 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:38,080 the truth, you bathe yourself in the truth of the living God. 550 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,960 It corrects the soul. Second to me. 316 all scriptures 551 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,160 inspired by God and it's profitable for correction. 552 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:50,880 It turns you back around again. It puts you on the right path. 553 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,200 It number number six, I think it is. 554 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,160 It conquers the enemy of your soul. 555 00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:59,600 How do you conquer the enemy of your soul? 556 00:39:00,680 --> 00:39:03,080 The word of God? Read Matthew chapter 4. 557 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,040 Christ temptation in the wilderness. 558 00:39:06,240 --> 00:39:08,560 What did he do? He quoted the book of 559 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,720 Deuteronomy. He quoted the word of God. 560 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,440 Did he have to do that? No. 561 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,280 It whatever he spoke would be the word of God. 562 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:18,120 But he quoted the Old Testament. Why? 563 00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:22,040 Because He set a pattern for you and me on how to conquer the 564 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:25,040 enemy of your soul. Man shall not live by bread 565 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,720 alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. 566 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:30,320 That's why He's given us the sword of the Spirit, which is 567 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,760 the word of God, right? And through the sword of the 568 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:36,880 Spirit, we're able to conquer the enemy of our soul, simply 569 00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,520 because we are able to take whatever temptation comes our 570 00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:45,520 way and take it specifically to a passage of Scripture and 571 00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:49,000 defeat the enemy that wants to destroy our lives. 572 00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,040 Only God's Word does that, nothing else. 573 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,520 It comforts the soul. It comforts the soul. 574 00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:03,880 Psalm 9419 One of my anxious thoughts, overwhelming thy 575 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:11,680 consolations, comfort my soul. Psalm 11950 This is my comfort 576 00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:15,840 in my affliction. Your word has revived me. 577 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:19,640 Verse 52 I've remembered your ordinance from of old, O Lord, 578 00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:25,720 and comfort myself. Verse 76 O may your loving 579 00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:32,240 kindness comfort me according to your word to your servant. 580 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:37,760 The only comfort a soul will ever receive that is satisfying 581 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:42,880 is the truth of the living God. That's how powerful God's Word 582 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:46,280 is. So it crushes the soul, 583 00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,320 convicts, converts, cleanses, corrects, conquers the enemy of 584 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,520 your soul. It comforts the soul. 585 00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:58,040 It cheers the soul. Psalm 19. 586 00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:01,640 Verse #8 The presets of the Lord are right. 587 00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:06,760 Rejoicing the heart. Psalm 1/19/14 I have rejoiced in 588 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,880 the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. 589 00:41:11,080 --> 00:41:13,840 Verse 16. I shed the light in Your 590 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,280 statutes. I should not forget Your word. 591 00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,960 Verse 35. Make me walk in the path of Your 592 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,360 commandments, for I delight in it. 593 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:32,160 The only soul that can be cheered is a soul that truly is 594 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,680 sold out for Christ in the Word of the living God. 595 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,600 That's it. God's Word does that. 596 00:41:40,360 --> 00:41:45,960 God's Word counsels the soul. Psalm 1/19/24. 597 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,320 Psalm 1/19/24. Your testimonies also are my 598 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:54,200 delight. They are my counselors. 599 00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:57,480 There is no better counselor than the word of God. 600 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,720 It says in verse 105, Your word is the lamp to my feet, a light 601 00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,280 to my path. Verse 130. 602 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,120 The unfolding of your word gives light. 603 00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:08,840 It gives understanding to the simple. 604 00:42:09,720 --> 00:42:17,680 God's Word counsels the soul. God's Word compels the soul. 605 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:23,960 Psalm 11932 I've chosen the faithful way. 606 00:42:24,880 --> 00:42:29,080 I've placed your ordinances before me. 607 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:35,720 I've chosen the faithful way. I've I'm compelled to do the 608 00:42:35,720 --> 00:42:37,680 right thing. Why? 609 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:42,520 Because of your word. It compels the soul. 610 00:42:44,720 --> 00:42:49,920 It critiques the soul. He was 412 For the Word of God 611 00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:53,680 is living and active and sharper than any 2 edged sword, and 612 00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,760 piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both 613 00:42:56,760 --> 00:43:00,320 joints and Morrow, and able to judge the thoughts and 614 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:06,440 intentions of the heart. God's Word critiques the soul, 615 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:12,240 so when you read it, it goes to the depths of your soul and 616 00:43:12,240 --> 00:43:16,280 divides it up and shows you where you're in error so you can 617 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:19,560 do the right thing. It challenges the soul. 618 00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:25,040 Psalm 11937 Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity and 619 00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:30,640 revive me in your ways. Verse 133 Establish my footsteps 620 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:35,360 in Your Word, and do not let any iniquity have dominion over me. 621 00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:38,520 Nothing will challenge you more than the truth of the living 622 00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:40,920 God. It confirms the soul. 623 00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:44,600 Psalm 11928 My soul weeps because of grief. 624 00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:48,520 Strengthen me, confirm me according to Your word. 625 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:51,480 Sustain me, verse 118. Excuse me 116. 626 00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:55,240 Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live, and do 627 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:58,160 not let me be ashamed of my hope. 628 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,440 God's Word is a strengthening agent to confirm you, to 629 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:04,640 establish you, to make you as solid as granite. 630 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:10,640 It controls the soul. Colossians 316. 631 00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,600 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you with all 632 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,200 wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns 633 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:20,560 and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your heart 634 00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:26,160 to the Lord. In other words, let the word of 635 00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:29,840 Christ be at home in your heart. Let dwell safely within you. 636 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:31,640 Why? Because it controls you. 637 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:36,520 It moves you to action. It clarifies the soul. 638 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:42,760 Psalm 1/19, 1:40 Your word is very, very clear, therefore Your 639 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:47,280 servant loves it. Psalm 19-8 Precepts of the Lord 640 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:49,040 are right. Rejoice in the heart. 641 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:53,520 The command of the Lord is pure, enlightening the soul. 642 00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,160 So it clarifies. It clarifies which direction to 643 00:44:57,160 --> 00:44:59,000 go. It clarifies what decision to 644 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,120 make. It clarifies what relationships 645 00:45:01,120 --> 00:45:03,400 to have and not have. It clarifies everything. 646 00:45:04,600 --> 00:45:09,160 It condemns the soul. Proverbs 1313 The one who 647 00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:15,080 despises the word will be in debt to the Word. 648 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:20,440 So God's word condemns the soul, but God's word also completes 649 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:22,840 the soul. The law of the Lord is complete 650 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:26,400 or perfect, restoring the soul. Psalm like 19 verse #7 it 651 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:29,880 consecrates the soul. Nehemiah 1028 to 29. 652 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,720 The people consecrated their lives unto God based on what the 653 00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:40,560 Word of God said. So you can count on the Word of 654 00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:45,440 God to do exactly what it says. See, that's the power of the 655 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:49,040 Word of God. But do we trust it enough to 656 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:53,360 confirm our soul, to cheer the soul, to critique the soul, to 657 00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:56,560 challenge the soul, to convert the soul, to crush the soul? 658 00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:01,560 Do we trust the Word of God to do all that stuff we should? 659 00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:07,160 Because the psalmist says in Psalm 19, these words verse 12, 660 00:46:08,080 --> 00:46:15,240 who can discern errors, equip me of hidden faults and also keep 661 00:46:15,240 --> 00:46:18,400 back your servant from presumptuous sins. 662 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,240 Let them not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and I 663 00:46:22,240 --> 00:46:24,400 should be acquitted of great transgression. 664 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,800 God, you were does that it corrects me, it cleanses me. 665 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:30,600 It keeps me on the straight and narrow. 666 00:46:30,720 --> 00:46:32,320 It moves me in the right direction. 667 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:35,320 It's so important for us to understand this why? 668 00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:39,200 Because the brilliance of the Word of God is everything. 669 00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:44,120 Which leads us to our last point, and that is this. 670 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:47,880 God's word is precious, pleasurable, protective, 671 00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:52,960 powerful, and priceless. That's why it's so brilliant. 672 00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:58,920 Proverbs 2323 Buy truth and never sell it. 673 00:47:00,200 --> 00:47:06,000 Why buy truth? Listen, the cost of truth is 674 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:10,560 high. Truth will cost you your family. 675 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:13,760 Truth will cost you your friends. 676 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:16,960 Truth might even cost you your job. 677 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:23,400 Buy truth, Never compromise it. Do whatever you have to do to 678 00:47:23,400 --> 00:47:26,560 obtain it, and never sell it out. 679 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:30,040 Why? It's priceless. 680 00:47:31,400 --> 00:47:39,160 It's so valuable. The Bible says in the book of 681 00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:45,120 Matthew 13 chapter, the Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure 682 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:50,280 hidden in the field which a man found and hid again, and from 683 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:56,640 joy over he goes and sells all that he has and buys the field. 684 00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:01,360 Christ is talking about the inestimable, inestimable value 685 00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:06,480 of the Kingdom of God. Verse 45 again, the Kingdom of 686 00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,400 heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, and upon 687 00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:14,680 finding 1 Pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had 688 00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:19,840 and he bought it. That's why Christ says in 689 00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:26,400 Matthew 16 these words, What would a profit a man if he gains 690 00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,120 the whole world and forfeits his soul? 691 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:36,880 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? 692 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:43,560 That's the question Christ asks. The word exchange is a banking 693 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:47,040 term. When you get saved, there's a 694 00:48:47,040 --> 00:48:50,920 transaction that takes place. I'm not sure you understand this 695 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:54,800 or not, but there is a there is a transaction that takes place 696 00:48:54,800 --> 00:49:00,160 when you are saved, and that is you are willing to give your 697 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:05,600 life away in order to obtain life's, Christ's life. 698 00:49:07,080 --> 00:49:08,760 That's the exchange in salvation. 699 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,040 What's the profit a man if he gains the whole world, but he 700 00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:14,680 loses his own soul? If he gained everything in the 701 00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:18,280 world, What profit is it there if when it's all said and done, 702 00:49:18,280 --> 00:49:21,960 you lose your soul? So what will you now give in 703 00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:26,520 exchange for your soul? Will you give your life away in 704 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:32,040 order to obtain Christ's life? That's what salvation is to 705 00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:34,120 recognize, recognizing that I have nothing to offer. 706 00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:40,960 I have nothing to give, but I'm going to give away my life to 707 00:49:40,960 --> 00:49:46,840 Christ so that He owns my life because He bought my life. 708 00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:51,280 He died for my life. So Lord, you paid the ransom. 709 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:54,040 I'm going to give you my life. That's my exchange. 710 00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:56,480 That's my transaction. That's all I have to give. 711 00:49:56,480 --> 00:50:00,040 I'm just going to give my life away so I can have your life. 712 00:50:02,160 --> 00:50:06,000 That's what salvation is. It's a transaction that takes 713 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:09,840 place between you and God, which says my life is nothing. 714 00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:14,120 I can't earn heaven, I can't gain heaven, I can't buy heaven. 715 00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:15,960 I can't do anything to get heaven. 716 00:50:16,160 --> 00:50:18,000 The Kingdom of God is so valuable. 717 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:21,960 I'm willing to do all I can to obtain it, but I can't because I 718 00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:24,320 have nothing to offer. So, Lord, just take my life. 719 00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,000 Let it be wholly consecrated unto Thee. 720 00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:31,680 That's it. What would a man give in 721 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:35,920 exchange for his soul? You see, God's Word is 722 00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:43,200 priceless. It's so valuable that when you 723 00:50:43,200 --> 00:50:48,040 understand the gospel, you're willing to sell all that you 724 00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:50,800 have to obtain what Christ offers. 725 00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:56,040 That's what the parable of the lost treasure and the pearls all 726 00:50:56,040 --> 00:50:58,840 about. There's nothing in the world 727 00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:02,880 that's more valuable than the priceless treasure of the 728 00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:07,000 gospel, the truth, God's holy Word. 729 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:11,600 It's so valuable. That's why it's so brilliant, 730 00:51:13,040 --> 00:51:14,600 because there's nothing that compares to it. 731 00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:20,640 Nothing on earth compares to the eternal word of the living God, 732 00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:26,600 which is his truth. You see, when I, when I preach 733 00:51:26,600 --> 00:51:29,560 this, my heart burns on the inside. 734 00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:33,480 My, my heart's a flame on the inside. 735 00:51:35,640 --> 00:51:38,040 There's not, there's not a, a flicker that's there. 736 00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:42,800 My, my heart on the inside's on fire because of the truth of 737 00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:46,280 God's Word, because of the power of God's Word, the pleasure of 738 00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:52,000 God's Word, the preciousness of God's Word, the pricelessness of 739 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:57,520 God's Word, it's everything. That's why it's brilliant. 740 00:52:00,280 --> 00:52:02,560 So what are some principles? Let me give them to you real 741 00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:09,960 quick, really quick. If God's word is precious, God's 742 00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:15,080 word is pleasurable, God's word is protective, God's word is 743 00:52:15,080 --> 00:52:19,160 powerful, and God's word is priceless. 744 00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:23,760 Principle number one is as I would do all I can to protect 745 00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:31,440 it, I will guard it. I will protect it, Paul tells 746 00:52:32,080 --> 00:52:38,480 Timothy in First Timothy chapter 6 these words. 747 00:52:40,440 --> 00:52:45,000 Oh Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. 748 00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:51,240 Protect it Timothy in verse 14 of chapter 6, he said keep 749 00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:55,000 guard, Protect the commandment without stain or reproach until 750 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,640 the appearing of the Lord Jesus Christ. 751 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:02,080 In second Timothy 1 he says, verse 14, guard through the Holy 752 00:53:02,080 --> 00:53:04,920 Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been 753 00:53:04,920 --> 00:53:07,000 entrusted to you. Guard it, protect it. 754 00:53:08,240 --> 00:53:11,160 Jude says, contend earnestly for the faith that was once 755 00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:14,320 delivered to the Saints. Do all you can to watch over, 756 00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:18,240 keep guard. Protect the priceless treasure, 757 00:53:19,600 --> 00:53:23,200 that precious treasure of the Word of God. 758 00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:33,040 So you protect it #2 you proclaim it sick. 759 00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:37,720 Activity 42 Preach the Word in season, out of season. 760 00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:44,480 Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and patience, But 761 00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:46,680 you preach it in season, out of the season. 762 00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:50,120 If it's that powerful, if it's that protective, it's that 763 00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:52,240 pleasurable, it's that priceless. 764 00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:57,280 What are you talking about? Talk about the Word. 765 00:53:57,600 --> 00:54:03,000 Preach the Word, give the word. If it actually says it does what 766 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:06,520 it promises, then why don't I preach it? 767 00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:10,640 All the more so people will respond in obedience to the Word 768 00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:14,960 of God. I think that the reason we don't 769 00:54:14,960 --> 00:54:17,840 preach the Word in season and out of season is because we 770 00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:21,560 really don't believe it crushes the soul or converts the soul or 771 00:54:21,560 --> 00:54:26,080 convicts the soul, or condemns the soul or cheers the soul or 772 00:54:26,080 --> 00:54:29,200 critiques the soul. We don't really believe that 773 00:54:29,480 --> 00:54:32,960 because if you did, you'd be preaching it all the time, 774 00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:36,880 telling people this is the priceless treasure, the 775 00:54:36,880 --> 00:54:38,800 brilliance of the Word of God. You got to obtain it. 776 00:54:39,440 --> 00:54:42,480 You got to digest it, you got to examine it, you got to, you got 777 00:54:42,480 --> 00:54:45,800 to buy into the truth of the Word of God and never sell it 778 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:53,000 because it's everything. So you, you protect it, you 779 00:54:53,000 --> 00:54:55,440 preach it. How about this? 780 00:54:56,720 --> 00:55:04,160 You pray it? Psalm 145, verse #18 The Lord is 781 00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:09,360 near to all those who call upon Him, to all those who call upon 782 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:17,560 Him in truth, in truth to all those who call upon Him in 783 00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:21,880 truth. So in other words, I pray truth. 784 00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:27,480 Do you pray the truth? Do you pray the Word of God? 785 00:55:29,120 --> 00:55:32,760 Are you praying what God has already said so that you're 786 00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:34,720 lying? Your life is in line with His 787 00:55:34,720 --> 00:55:39,040 line. We need to pray the truth if 788 00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:42,680 it's that priceless, if it's that pleasurable, if it's that 789 00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:47,560 protective, that I need to pray. Proverbs 4, Proverbs chapter 6, 790 00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:51,200 Psalm 19, Psalm 119. I need to pray those truths 791 00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,200 because the Lord is near to those who call upon Him in 792 00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:59,560 truth. Think about that. 793 00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:08,520 So you protect it, you proclaim it, you pray it, and you 794 00:56:08,520 --> 00:56:11,480 practice it. You just live it out. 795 00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:17,640 You practice the truth. That's where Matthew 519 comes 796 00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:20,480 in. Christ says those great in the 797 00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:23,960 Kingdom of God, they teach the word of God and they keep the 798 00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:28,200 word of God. They teach it so others can hear 799 00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:31,240 it and keep it. We talked about it on Sunday. 800 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,880 Revelation 1, Revelation 22, Revelation, Revelation 1, three. 801 00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:40,280 Revelation 22 seven Blessed are those who hear the word of God 802 00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:43,000 and keep it. So what do we do? 803 00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:48,880 We practice it. We we live it out reminded of 804 00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:53,960 the the words of our Lord in John 14. 805 00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:57,800 He says he who has my commandments and keeps them as 806 00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:01,120 the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by 807 00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:03,480 my father and I will love him and will disclose myself to him. 808 00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:11,840 Verse 23 If anyone loves me, He will keep my word, and my Father 809 00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,000 will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with 810 00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:17,920 Him. He who does not love me does not 811 00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:22,280 keep my words. I mean, that's just so clear. 812 00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:24,640 Can you get any clearer than that? 813 00:57:25,960 --> 00:57:28,800 If you love me, you just practice what I say. 814 00:57:30,160 --> 00:57:31,560 But if you don't love me, guess what? 815 00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:39,280 You don't keep my words. Just do what you want to do in 816 00:57:39,280 --> 00:57:46,400 the life of our Lord. Luke 11 Jesus was preaching, 817 00:57:48,440 --> 00:57:51,400 teaching, and somebody interrupts them. 818 00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:55,120 I can't imagine interrupting Christ. 819 00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:59,640 But they did. And one of the women in the 820 00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:02,720 crowd raised her voice and said to him, Blessed is the womb that 821 00:58:02,720 --> 00:58:05,040 bore you in the breast at which you nursed. 822 00:58:06,040 --> 00:58:09,120 There's Jesus speaking and teaching, and some woman stands 823 00:58:09,120 --> 00:58:14,200 up and yells that out. Jesus very calmly says these 824 00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:18,480 words. On the contrary, I wish I could 825 00:58:18,480 --> 00:58:22,840 have been there. On the contrary, blessed are 826 00:58:22,840 --> 00:58:28,800 those who hear the word of God and observe it. 827 00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:36,360 That's a blessed person, just so, so pointed, so clear, so 828 00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:41,880 concise. Blessed is the womb that bore 829 00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:44,360 you. Blessed are the breasts that fed 830 00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:48,760 you. Christ says, Oh no, you want to 831 00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:52,920 know true blessing, I'm going to give it to you, those who hear 832 00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:57,000 my word and keep it. That's where the true blessing 833 00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:01,120 comes. And so we, we are committed to, 834 00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:04,720 to preaching the word of God and praying the word of God and, and 835 00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:08,080 practicing the word of God. And we are committed to 836 00:59:08,080 --> 00:59:12,000 protecting the word of God because it's priceless. 837 00:59:13,040 --> 00:59:16,840 Nothing more valuable in all the world than the word of God. 838 00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:25,640 Nothing buy it, never sell it. It protects, it pleasures, it's 839 00:59:25,640 --> 00:59:33,160 precious, it's powerful. That's the brilliance of the 840 00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:38,720 word of God. May God give us the grace to 841 00:59:38,720 --> 00:59:41,480 accomplish what he has said. Let's pray to God. 842 00:59:43,240 --> 00:59:44,600 Lord God, we thank you for tonight. 843 00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:49,200 And we have spent a few moments in the word of the living God. 844 00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:53,280 And our prayer is that we would adhere to all that you've said, 845 00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:57,640 that truly we would believe what we've read. 846 00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:02,920 It's true. And our prayer, Lord, is that 847 01:00:02,920 --> 01:00:07,360 you would work in all of our hearts and cause us to live in 848 01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:10,800 accordance with your word. That we would leave here 849 01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:15,840 believing in its power, believing in its pleasure, 850 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:23,720 believing, believing in its protection, knowing that there's 851 01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:29,520 nothing more valuable. Than the priceless truth of the 852 01:00:29,520 --> 01:00:33,560 living God, Pray in Jesus name, Amen.