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Ps 119:11
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
d) it gives understanding
Psalm 119:130 The unfolding of your
words gives light; it gives understanding
to the simple."
E) it is part of the armor of God that we as
his soldiers use
Eph 6:17
Take the helmet of salvation and the
sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God.
What must our response be to
the Word ?
1. We must read the word determined to
follow everything the Lord tells us
Ps 40:8
I desire to do your will, O my God; your
law is within my heart."
2)We must humbly accept the word planted in us
James 1:19-21
My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone
should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow
to become angry,for man's anger does not bring
about the righteous life that God desires.
Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil
that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word
planted in you, which can save you.
3) We must keep His word
Rev 3:8
I know your deeds. See, I have placed
before you an open door that no one can
shut. I know that you have little strength,
yet you have kept my word and have not
denied my name.
4) We must tremble at his word
Isa 66:2
Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?" declares
the LORD. "This is the one I esteem: he
who is humble and contrite in spirit, and
trembles at my word.
5)The word must be in our hearts
Deut 30:14
the word is very near you; it is in your
mouth and in your heart so you may obey
it.
Deut 6:6
These commandments that I give you
today are to be upon your hearts.
6) The word must constantly be in our
consciousness and in our unconscious. Gising o
tulog. Naglalakad o nakaupo.
Deut 6:7-9
Impress them on your children. Talk about them
when you sit at home and when you walk along
the road, when you lie down and when you get
up.
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind
them on your foreheads.
Write them on the doorframes of your houses
and on your gates.
7) Let the word of God be like water on
your heart; let your heart drink it like plants
drink rain, let it fall into your heart
Deut 32:2
Let my teaching fall like rain and my words
descend like dew, like showers on new
grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
8) Love the word of God, delight in it…Think of
the word all day long, think of it night and day
Ps 119:97
Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day
long.
Ps 1:1-2
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the
counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of
sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on
his law he meditates day and night.
Conclusion:
1.We need to hear the word and
understand it.
Ps 119:34
Give me understanding, and I will keep
your law and obey it with all my heart.
Once you understand, you will obey.
Matt 13:9 He who has ears, let him hear.“
Matt 13:11-16
11 He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of
the kingdom of heaven has been given to you,
but not to them.
12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will
have an abundance. Whoever does not have,
even what he has will be taken from him.
13 This is why I speak to them in parables:
"Though seeing, they do not see; though
hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of
Isaiah: "'You will be ever hearing but never
understanding; you will be ever seeing but
never perceiving.”
15 For this people's heart has become
calloused; they hardly hear with their ears,
and they have closed their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
hear with their ears, understand with their
hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'
16 But blessed are your eyes because
they see, and your ears because they
hear.
Letus see with the eyes of our heart. Let
us hear with the ears of our heart. And
move on to understanding and obedience.
Ps 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with
them that fear him; and he will show them
his covenant.
Proverbs2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom,
from His mouth come knowledge and
understanding
Col2:3 in Christ are hidden all the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
2. Let your heart be inclined to fear God and follow
Him
Deut 5:28-29
28 The LORD heard you when you spoke to me
and the LORD said to me, "I have heard what
this people said to you. Everything they said was
good.
29 Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear
me and keep all my commands always, so that it
might go well with them and their children
forever!
3. We must not be obsessed with wisdom
and knowledge of the word.
It’s not just about wisdom, it’s about
knowing the Lord.
It’s about loving the Lord. When we love
the Lord above all else, we understand
Him, we understand His heart.
Mark 7:6
6 "Isaiah was right when he prophesied
about you hypocrites; as it is written:
"'These people honor Me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from Me.”
Jer9:23-24 This is what the LORD says:
"Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom
or the strong man boast of his strength or
the rich man boast of his riches, but let
him who boasts boast about this: that he
understands and knows me, that I am the
LORD, who exercises kindness, justice
and righteousness on earth, for in these I
delight," declares the LORD.