God word is a lamp and a light

Psalm 119:105(God word is a lamp for our feet and light on our path)

                ¹⁰⁵ Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Pro 20:27(God’s word makes the our spirit to shed light on our inmost being)

                ²⁷ The human spirit is the lamp of the LORD that sheds light on one’s inmost being.

2 Pet 1:19(God’s word is completely reliable, and like a light shining in a dark place)

                ¹⁹ We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

   Psalm 119:130(Unfolding God’s word gives light and understanding to the simple)

                ¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

   Pro 6:23(God’s command is a lamp and the teaching on God’s word is light)

                ²³ For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction
   are the way to life,

We have learned the following from the above verses

  The impact of God’s word in our life

1)      God word is a lamp for our feet and light on our path

2)      God’s word makes the our spirit to shed light on our inmost being

3)      God’s word is completely reliable, and like a light shining in a dark place

4)      Unfolding God’s word gives light and understanding to the simple

5)      God’s command is a lamp and the teaching on God’s word is light

God’s commands are boundless

Psalm 119:96

                ⁹⁶ To all perfection I see a limit, but your commands are boundless.

Psalm 19:7

                ⁷ The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. ⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

a) God’s commands are perfect

  Psalm 119:142

                ¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is perfect.

  Jas 1:25

                ²⁵ But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

b) God’s commands are Reviving soul

 Psalm 19:7

                ⁷ The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. ⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Psalm 23:3

                ³ he refreshes my soul He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.

c) God’s commands are Trustworthy

   Psalm 93:5

                ⁵ Your statutes, LORD, stand firm; holiness adorns your house for endless days.

  Psalm 111:7

                ⁷ The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.

  Psalm 119:138, 144

                ¹³⁸ The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.

                ¹⁴⁴ Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.

d) God’s commands make wise the simple

 Deut 4:6

            ⁶ Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

Psalm 119:130

                ¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

2 Tim 3:15

            ¹⁵ and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 19:7                          

                ⁷ The law of the LORD is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. ⁸ The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

Save us Lord for we are yours

Psalm 119:94, 146(Save us Lord for we are yours)

                ⁹⁴ Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.

                ¹⁴⁶ I call out to you; save me and I will keep your statutes.

Psalm 54:1(God saves us by His name and might)

                ¹ Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might.

Psalm 116:4(God saves us when we call on His name)

                ⁴ Then I called on the name of the LORD: “LORD, save me!”

Jer 17:14(God saves us when we praise Him)

                ¹⁴ Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.

Jer 31:18(God restores us for He is our God)

                ¹⁸ “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me like an unruly calf,
   and I have been disciplined. Restore me, and I will return, because you are the LORD my God.

Jer 42:11(God saves us for He is with us)

            ¹¹ Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you and will save you and deliver you from his hands.

We have learned the following from the above verses

1) God saves as we belong to Him

2) God saves us by His name and might.

3) God saves us when we call on His name

4) God saves us when we praise Him

5) God restores us for He is our God

6) God saves us for He is with us

Gods word is eternal

Psalm 119:89, 111, 144(Gods word is eternal)

                ⁸⁹ Your word, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

                ¹¹¹ Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

                ¹⁴⁴ Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.

Psalm 111:8(God’s precepts are trustworthy and they are established forever)

                ⁷ The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.
⁸ They are established forever and ever, enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.

Isa 51:6(God’s salvation will last forever)

                ⁶ Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.

Mt 5:18(Everything in the Law or word of God will be accomplished)

            ¹⁸ For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

1 Peter 1:25(The word of the Lord endures forever)

            ²⁵ but the word of the Lord endures forever.”And this is the word that was preached to you.

We have learned the following from the above verses

1)      God’s word is eternal

2)      God’s precepts are trustworthy and they are established forever

3)      God’s word gives us understanding that we might live

4)      God’s promises from His word last forever and will be true in our life.

5)      Everything in the Law or word of God will be accomplished

6)      The word of the Lord endures forever

Preserve our life Lord, according to your love

Psalm 119:88, 159(God’s unfailing love preserves our life)

          

             ⁸⁸ In your unfailing love preserve my life, that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.

          ¹⁵⁹ See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, LORD, in accordance with your love.                      

Psalm 41:2(The Lord protects and preserves His people)

             ¹ Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.
² The LORD protects and preserves them— they are counted among the blessed in the land—
   he does not give them over to the desire of their foes.              

Ezr 9:9(God has not forsaken us and has given us a wall of protection)

            ⁹ Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.                       

Psalm 71:20(God restores our life from troubles and bitterness)

            ²⁰ Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again;
from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.              

Psalm 138:7(when we are in trouble, God preserves our life)

                              ⁷ Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life. You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes; with your right hand you save me.

Psalm 143:11(God preserves our life for His name’s sake and brings us out of trouble)

                              ¹¹ For your name’s sake, LORD, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

We have learned the following from the above verses

1) God preserves our life by His unfailing love

2) God preserves our life with a wall of protection and has not forsaken us

3) God preserves our life by restoring us from many troubles and bitterness

4) God preserves our life for His name sake

5) God preserves our life as we have regard for the weak

we should not forsake God’s precepts

Psalm 119:87(we should not forsake God’s precepts)

                ⁸⁷ They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

 Isa 1:4, 28(we should not spurn the Holy One of Israel and turn our backs on him)

                ⁴ Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers,
   children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

²⁸ But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

Isa 58:2(we should not forsake the commands of God)

                ² For day after day they seek me out; they seem eager to know my ways,
as if they were a nation that does what is right and has not forsaken the commands of its God.
They ask me for just decisions and seem eager for God to come near them.

We have the following from the above verses

 1) We should not forsake God’s precepts in all facets of life

2) We should not spurn the Holy One of Israel and turn our backs on him

3) We will not forsake the commands of God by

       a) seeking God day after day

       b)the eagerness to know His ways

      c) doing what is right

Let God’s compassion come to us

Psalm 119:77(Let your compassion come to us that we may live)

                ⁷⁷ Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.

Psalm 90:13(Have compassion on your servants)

                ¹³ Relent, LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.

Psalm 103:13(The LORD has compassion on those who fear him)

                ¹³ As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;

Mal 3:17(we are God’s treasured possession, for He spares us as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him)

                ¹⁷ “On the day when I act,” says the LORD Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.”

1 John 3:1(we are called children of God because of His great love and compassion)

                ¹ See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

We have learned the following from the above verses

1)      God is compassionate towards His servants

2)      The Lord has compassion on those who fear Him

3)      God spares us as His own son, because of His compassion

4)      We are called as His children because of His great love and compassion