Homilist Psalm 119:11 Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you. I. A great REVELATION. "Thy Word." A word is a revelation of intelligent moral mind. The value of a word depends up the intellectual and moral worth of the mind it expresses. The words of thoughtless men are wind and nothing more. The words of corrupt men are the channels of impurity. The words of the holy and the strong are amongst the most elevating forces in society. But what is a human word compared with the Word of God? The revelation of a mind infinitely wise, immaculately holy, boundlessly loving and almighty in strength. This Word we have here, and it is given us in order to work our spiritual renovation, and to restore us to the moral image of its Author. II. A great ACT. "Thy Word have I hid in mine heart." 1. There are many wrong uses of this Word. (1) The infidel uses it in order to throw doubt upon its contents, invalidate its authority and caricature its discoveries. (2) The sectarian uses it in order to sustain his own crotchets and justify his own exclusiveness. (3) The worldly-minded uses it in order by writing or preaching, or profession, to promote his secular gains and advance his social influence. 2. What is the right use of it.? To hide it in the heart. Hide it as golden grain in the soil that it may germinate and grow, and produce abundant fruit. It is a wonderful thought that God has given man the capacity to take into his nature the Word, and profoundly solemn is the thought that it is only as he takes in this Word into the depths of his nature and hides it there that he can reach a happy destiny. III. A great PURPOSE. "That I might not sin against Thee." 1. Sin is a terrible evil. It is worse than hell, for it is the cause and spirit of it. 2. There is a propensity in man to fall into this evil. This, alas, is true to all history universal. Experience and our own consciousness. 3. God's Word in the heart is the efficient counteractive. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.WEB: I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. |
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