How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.ב BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.Wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
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… Go to verse 9 with me in Psalm 119. How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to your word. With my whole heart I have sought you. Oh, let me not wander from your commandments. Your word I have hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you. Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your statutes. With my lips I have declared all the judgments of your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies. as much as in all riches. I will meditate on your precepts and contemplate your ways. I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. Now we're gonna skip a lot. Go over to verse 97 now. You have to probably turn a page like I did. Psalm 119, verse 97. Oh, how I love your law. Listen, it is my meditation all the day. You, through your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. …
… Why did He say in Psalm 119, How can a young man keep his way pure by living according to your word? Two verses later, I've hidden your word in my heart that I might not do what? Sin against you. This is the fuel that we have in becoming fully devoted followers of Christ and in showing Christ and teaching Christ. If we try to do it apart from the word, we will fail miserably. We are foolish to think that we can live this Christian life and accomplish this mission apart from his word. His truth sanctifies us in the world. We need his word. You will not get sanctification from TV and DVDs and internet. You will not get sanctification from all those things. You will find sanctification in the word. We've got to have. So we value his word as gift and we experience those effects. Now that mainly deals with how we follow Christ as disciples of Christ. We value His Word. We're seeing the example of Jesus here. But how does this look now, not just in my life, but in others' lives? …
… HEART, THE SOUL. THAT IS THE CITADEL. NOW HERE'S WHAT DAVID SAID IN PSALM 119, WHEREWITHAL SHALL A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY? BY TAKING HEED THERETO ACCORDING TO THY WORD. WITH MY WHOLE HEART HAVE I SOUGHT THEE. OH, LET ME NOT WANDER FROM THY COMMANDMENTS. THY WORD HAVE I HID IN MINE HEART, THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THEE. BLESSED ART THOU, O LORD, TEACH ME THY STATUTES. WITH MY LIPS HAVE I DECLARED ALL THE JUDGMENTS OF THY MOUTH. I HAVE REJOICED IN THE WAY OF THY TESTIMONIES AS MUCH AS IN ALL RICHES. I WILL MEDITATE IN THY PRECEPTS AND HAVE RESPECT UNTO THY WAYS. I WILL DELIGHT MYSELF IN THY STATUTES. I WILL NOT FORGET THY WORD. NOW MY DEAR FRIEND, BEYOND THE SHUTE OF ANY DOUBT OR PER ADVENTURE, THE SUBJECT HERE IS HOW TO HAVE A CLEAN THOUGHT LIFE. BEYOND ANY DOUBT. LOOK IN VERSE NINE, WHEREWITHAL SHALL A YOUNG MAN CLEANSE HIS WAY. NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU THREE STEPS. AND I PRAY GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT, WILL ETCH THESE THINGS UPON YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS AND UPON YOUR MIND. IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM, SOMEBODY YOU KNOW NEEDS THEM. AND IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SEXUAL LUST, YOU CAN APPLY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY TO THE PROBLEM OF ANGER OR PRIDE OR GLUTTONY OR ANY OTHER KIND OF PROBLEM. THE PRINCIPLE IS THE SAME. SO LET'S SEE WHAT OUR LORD HAS TO SAY. NUMBER ONE, NUMBER ONE, ADMIT YOUR PROBLEM AND GET CLEAN. ADMIT YOUR PROBLEM AND GET CLEAN. LOOK IN VERSE NINE, …