The Blessings of Loving God’s Word

1. Read: Psalm 119:161-168

2. About the Text:

1) The whole of Psalm 119 is about the word of God.

2) This section of Psalm 119 is about loving God’s word.

3) Love for God’s word is mentioned in 163, 165, and 167.

4) Let’s see how loving God’s word brings great blessing.

3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.

1. God is an awesome God – “For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth” (Psalm 47:2).

2. God does awesome things – “Come and see the works of God; He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men” (Psalm 66:5).

3. God’s word is awesome for the blessings it gives us.

1. Do we not rejoice when we find something of great value?

2. “And all the people went their way to eat and drink, to send portions and rejoice greatly, because they understood the words that were declared to them” (Nehemiah 8:12).

3. “holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain” (Philippians 2:16).

1. Christians are committed to reality because God is ultimate reality.

2. “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1).

1. God’s people will praise Him perfectly.

2. We can do this by following His will – “that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians 1:10).

3. “Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name” (Hebrews 13:15).

1. “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil.4:6-7).

2. “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).

1. “Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:5).

2. “This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind the veil” (Hebrews 6:19).

1. “Jesus answered and said to him, ‘If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him’” (John 14:23).

2. “…because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved” (2 Thess.2:10b).

1. “holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able, by sound doctrine, both to exhort and convict those who contradict” (Titus 1:9).

2. “Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Cor.15:58).

1. Loving God’s word brings the blessings of . . .

1) Awe, 2) Joy, 3) Hating Falsehood, 4) Praise, 5) Peace, 6) Hope, 7) Love, 8) Faithfulness.

2. Invitation