Devos
10-29-2011, 05:16 AM
I Kept Thy Precepts
7 of 22 from Psalm 119
Psalms 119:49-56 ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant,upon which thou hast caused me to hope. (50) This is my comfort in my affliction:for thy word hath quickened me. (51) The proud have had me greatly in derision: yethave I not declined from thy law. (52) I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD;and have comforted myself. (53) Horror hath taken hold upon me because of thewicked that forsake thy law. (54) Thy statutes have been my songs in the houseof my pilgrimage. (55) I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in thenight, and have kept thy law. (56) This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
In myprevious writing, we delved into “TrustingIn God’s Word.” In this dissertation,we will look at the advantages of keeping the “precepts” laid outfor us in our Holy Bible.
OurSalvation is an everlasting, eternal, and forevermore Salvation. God has told us many times we are givenSalvation as a gift: consequently, it is forever.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but thegift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The “gift of God” is “eternallife through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave hisonly begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeverlasting life.
Nowwe see both “eternal life” and “everlastinglife.”(These words are synonymous.) We know byFaith that God has given us an eternal, everlasting gift. It is something we cannot lose, because it iseternal and everlasting. So, (now weknow what we have.) “Why are we requiredto keep “thy precepts?” It isn’t to keep from losing our Salvation. It is for us to “Grow” within our Salvation.
Welearn in God’s Word that “our home” is not here on earth (anymore.) “Our home” is with the Lord Jesus and HisFather in Heaven. (We are just waitingfor Jesus to come get us.)
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of thistabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made withhands, eternal in the heavens.
Our “tabernacle” is “ourbody.” “Once it quits” (dies) our saved spiritimmediately goes to Heaven to be with The Lord. When we, “Our Spirit” can no longer live within this body (tabernacle,) we are “absent” from ourbody and “present” with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willingrather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Wealso learn through the study of God’s Word that we will receive a reward inHeaven.
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgmentseat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in hisbody, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
This “appear” isfor Jesus’ determination (of the value) of “the things” we have doneon earth after our Salvation. Jesus remindsus:
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
So, “Reader, do you love Him?” If you can answer with an affirmative “yes,” realizethat to follow His precepts is not a choice. It is a command.
Howwill your “Works” for the Lord fare when you stand before Him? Do you realize that you will stand before Him,regardless?
Romans 14:11 For it is written, [I]As I live, saiththe Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
Wylie, Texas
fundamentalthoughts-preacher.blogspot.com FundamentalThoughtshttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/396602453215336106-188882067790217868?l=kjvdevos.blogspot.com
7 of 22 from Psalm 119
Psalms 119:49-56 ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant,upon which thou hast caused me to hope. (50) This is my comfort in my affliction:for thy word hath quickened me. (51) The proud have had me greatly in derision: yethave I not declined from thy law. (52) I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD;and have comforted myself. (53) Horror hath taken hold upon me because of thewicked that forsake thy law. (54) Thy statutes have been my songs in the houseof my pilgrimage. (55) I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in thenight, and have kept thy law. (56) This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
In myprevious writing, we delved into “TrustingIn God’s Word.” In this dissertation,we will look at the advantages of keeping the “precepts” laid outfor us in our Holy Bible.
OurSalvation is an everlasting, eternal, and forevermore Salvation. God has told us many times we are givenSalvation as a gift: consequently, it is forever.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but thegift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The “gift of God” is “eternallife through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave hisonly begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but haveeverlasting life.
Nowwe see both “eternal life” and “everlastinglife.”(These words are synonymous.) We know byFaith that God has given us an eternal, everlasting gift. It is something we cannot lose, because it iseternal and everlasting. So, (now weknow what we have.) “Why are we requiredto keep “thy precepts?” It isn’t to keep from losing our Salvation. It is for us to “Grow” within our Salvation.
Welearn in God’s Word that “our home” is not here on earth (anymore.) “Our home” is with the Lord Jesus and HisFather in Heaven. (We are just waitingfor Jesus to come get us.)
2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of thistabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made withhands, eternal in the heavens.
Our “tabernacle” is “ourbody.” “Once it quits” (dies) our saved spiritimmediately goes to Heaven to be with The Lord. When we, “Our Spirit” can no longer live within this body (tabernacle,) we are “absent” from ourbody and “present” with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, I say, and willingrather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Wealso learn through the study of God’s Word that we will receive a reward inHeaven.
2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgmentseat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in hisbody, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
This “appear” isfor Jesus’ determination (of the value) of “the things” we have doneon earth after our Salvation. Jesus remindsus:
John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
So, “Reader, do you love Him?” If you can answer with an affirmative “yes,” realizethat to follow His precepts is not a choice. It is a command.
Howwill your “Works” for the Lord fare when you stand before Him? Do you realize that you will stand before Him,regardless?
Romans 14:11 For it is written, [I]As I live, saiththe Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
Wylie, Texas
fundamentalthoughts-preacher.blogspot.com FundamentalThoughtshttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/396602453215336106-188882067790217868?l=kjvdevos.blogspot.com