THESIS: Truth benefits those whose eyes the Lord opens to his word
I. OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WORD, 17-20 A. Bless My Listed Petitions, 17-19 1. Bestow Life Purpose, 17 Culmination 2. Bring Light to Problems, 18 Illumination 3. Banish Lonely Perils, 19 Preservation B. Bare My Longing Passion, 20 Aspiration
II. OPPOSITION TO THE WORD, 21-14 A. Worlds Antipathy, 21-23 1. They Are Punished, 21 Condemnation 2. Yet They Persecute, 22-23 a. My cry, 22 Exoneration b. My consecration, 23 Accusation B. Worships Antidote, 24 My comfort Fascination
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Key Thot: The mysterious power residing in Gods book is imparted from reading Gods book 10 WONDROUS THINGS (PS 119:18) 1. His works, 1 Chron 16:9; Job 37:14,16; Ps 26:7; 71:17; 75:1; 78:32; 105:2; 106:22; 119:27; 145:5; Jer 21:2, etc 2. His dealings, Joel 2:24 3. His word, 119:129 4. Knowledge of his providence, Ps 139:14 5. The child born and Son givne (Jesus), Isa 9:6 6. Gods counsel, Isa 28:29 7. His kindness and lovingkindness, Ps 31:21; 17:7 8. His voice, Job 37:5 9. The same rejected Jesus being accepted, Matt 21:42 10. Gods light, 1 Pet 2:9
Re f e re nc e s : Rom 8: 2- 4 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. De ut 8: 3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. Is a 28: 9- 10 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: Eph 1: 17- 19 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, 2 Pe t e r 1: 4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, Rom 12: 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.