Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name… I. GOD'S WORD FOUND. 1. It comes to us through nature. 2. It comes also through our own spiritual being, in its instinctive yearnings. 3. In the fullest sense, it has come through Christ. 4. Also through prophets and apostles — in the written Word. II. GOD'S WORD EATEN. 1. This is more than to possess its record. To have a full larder will not sustain life nor give strength. 2. It is more than an intellectual understanding of the contents of Scripture. The mere analysis of food will not give sustenance. 3. Positively, it is to turn it into the principle of life by assimilation. III. GOD'S WORD ENJOYED. 1. The joy of satisfaction. 2. The joy of strength renewed. (John Oswald.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. |
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