Basic Theology: Sufficiency of Scriptures Part 05 - Conclusion

 Conclusion:

Previous: 6. Judgement of the Lord

Psalms 19:10-13, More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse me from secret faults.
13 Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of [g]great transgression.

1. Precious

To have the Word of God is more valuable than all the precious metal.

The Word of God is the greatest possession one can have in his life. It is supremely valuable for it leads to the path of joy.

2. Pleasure

Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Nothing is as sweet, nothing is as pleasurable, nothing is as enriching, nothing is as personally meaningful. It brings the sweetest things of earth.

There’s no pleasure in life like the pleasure and the joy hours spent in the Word of God.

Scripture is the greatest possession and the source of the greatest pleasure.

3. Protection

Moreover, by them is Your servant warned.

It’s a source of protection. In the face of temptation and sin and ignorance, we need the Word. It protects us. We hide it that we might not sin.

4. Profit

It’s the source of the greatest profit, for in keeping of its truths there is great reward. The true reward is not here and now!

The true reward is the obedience to Scripture that brings about the glory to come. Instead of living for what we can amass here and now, we need to know the blessedness of living for the eternal reward.

5. Purification.

The word of is a purifier. The psalmist even as he is going through all of this, he says, “Who can understand his errors.”

Why would you ever violate that which can transform you?

Why would you ever leave which make you wise?

Why would you not fill your heart with joy?

Why would you not read which enlighten your eyes?

Why would you not purify your heart with this Word?

Why would you approach the who supplies will things comprehensively?

Why would you ever violate such truth?

How can I understand that?

Let us finish with this prayer

V14, Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.