Psalm 119:165 Great peace have they which love your law: and nothing shall offend them. I. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY LAW. The law holds our entire being in its grasp — our heart, our secret acts, our words, our life, and there is no escape: nor is there any breaking of the law with impunity. II. WE CAN HAVE NO TRUE PEACE WHILE OUT OF HARMONY WITH LAW. The consciousness of wrong-doing brings a weight upon the soul (Psalm 32:4; Psalm 38:4). An unwillingness to submit creates internal strife (Romans 7:12-24): therefore there is no peace to the wicked. III. HOW CAN HARMONY WITH DIVINE LAW BE ATTAINED? By pardon through the atonement. By the renovation of our nature, so that the law is written on the heart (Hebrews 8:10) — so that the heart delights in that which the law enjoins (Ezekiel 36:25-27). IV. GREAT PEACE RESULTS FROM THIS HARMONY. 1. Absolutely perfect peace with and in God: the King is now our friend: loyalty is natural — "perfect love casteth out fear." 2. Peace with ourselves — the internal war is ended. Conscience is at rest, duty is a delight. 3. Peace with all mankind so far as lies in our power. 4. Peace with the universe, for when we are in harmony with law we are in harmony with God, and therefore with the whole God-pervaded universe. (C. O. Eldridge, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.WEB: Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble. |
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