Shalom,
Our Teaching this morning will continue from Psalm 119.105-120.
AND THE TITLE OF OUR MESSAGE IS, YOUR WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
And with that said, let’s read Psalm 119.105-120.
PSALM 119.105 YOUR WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE WRITER IS WRITING ABOUT EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE THAT IS A LAMP UNTO OUR FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO OUR PATH.
WORD IN HEBREW, AS IN, GOD’S WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH, IS DAH’VAHR, MEANING, ANSWER, COMMANDMENT, DECREE, JUDGMENT, MESSAGE, PROMISE, PURPOSE, REASON, SENTENCE, AS IN A JUDICIAL DECISION, AND OF COURSE, THE WORD THAT GOD SPEAKS.
SO EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE IS YOUR ANSWER, GOD’S COMMANDMENT, GOD’S DECREE. THAT IS, GOD’S SPOKEN WORD IS LAW. GOD’S WORD IS ALSO HIS JUDGMENT. GOD’S JUDGMENT IS HIS DECISION, AND HIS SENTENCE FOR A CRIME. AND GOD’S JUDGMENTS ARE LAW. GOD’S SPOKEN WORD IS HIS MESSAGE, HIS PROMISE, HIS PURPOSE, HIS REASON. AND GOD’S WORDS SPOKEN IN THE BIBLE ARE THE VOICE OF GOD TO GUIDE YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO.
THEREFORE EVERYONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE GODLY IN MESSIAH YESHUA, WHO IS GOD ALMIGHTY, SHOULD TAKE HOLD OF GOD’S WORD FOR A LAMP UNTO YOUR FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO YOUR PATH TO GUIDE YOU THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE.
EVERY SPOKEN WORD OF GOD IN THE BIBLE INCLUDES GOD’S LAWS, TEACHINGS, AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES IN THE FIRST FIVE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. AND THEY SHOULD BE A LAMP UNTO YOUR FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO YOUR PATH.
PSALM 119.106 I HAVE SWORN, AND I WILL PERFORM IT, THAT I WILL KEEP YOUR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS.
WHY WOULD ANYONE SWEAR TO PERFORM GOD’S RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS? WHY? BECAUSE GOD’S RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ARE LAW WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES. AND LIVING BY GOD’S RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS ALONG WITH FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA FOR YOUR ATONEMENT IS THE GOSPEL, THE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU TO HAVE A GOOD AND SUCCESSFUL LIFE ON EARTH, AND ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN.
DEUTERONOMY 4.1 LIVING BY GOD’S JUDGMENTS, HIS WORD WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND HAVING FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA FOR YOUR ATONEMENT IS LIFE, ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN. THAT IS THE GOSPEL.
DEUTERONOMY 7.11-15 KEEPING GOD’S JUDGMENTS IS LIFE, EVEN ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN. HAVING GOD’S MERCY, AND GOD’S LOVE. AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN, AND YOUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN. AND GOD WILL BLESS YOUR WORK AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED ABOVE ALL PEOPLE, AND GOD WILL TAKE AWAY FROM YOU ALL SICKNESS, AND WILL PUT NONE OF THE EVIL DISEASES OF EGYPT UPON YOU, BUT WILL LAY THEM UPON THOSE WHO HATE YOU. ALL BECAUSE YOU OBEY GOD’S JUDGMENTS, HIS LAWS WRITTEN IN TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES.
ISAIAH 51.4 GOD’S JUDGMENTS ARE HIS LAWS THAT ARE LIGHT. THE LIGHT IS GOD’S TRUTH WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES FOR ALL PEOPLES AND NATIONS. AND GOD’S WORD IS LIGHT THAT IS A LAMP UNTO YOUR FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO YOUR PATH.
MATTHEW 12.18 MESSIAH YESHUA TEACHES JUDGMENT TO THE GENTILES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. MESSIAH TEACHES THE GENTILES THE TRUTH OF THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE WORD OF GOD WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE THAT GENTILES MUST OBEY. MATTHEW 13.8, 23
LUKE 2.30-32, SIMEON, A JUST AND DEVOUT JEWISH MAN PROPHESIED THAT MESSIAH YESHUA WOULD BE A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES BY TEACHING THE GENTILES THE TRUTH THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE. EVERY WORD SPOKEN BY GOD IN THE BIBLE THAT INCLUDES HIS LAW OF MOSES IS TRUTH. AND GOD’S TRUTH IS TO BE OBEYED BY ALL PEOPLES AND NATIONS. AND MESSIAH YESHUA, SIMEON PROPHESIED, WILL BE THE GLORY AND HONOR TO GOD’S PEOPLE ISRAEL. MATTHEW 4.4, DEUTERONOMY 8.3
SO WHY WOULD ANYONE SWEAR TO PERFORM THE JUDGMENTS OF GOD? BECAUSE LIVING YOUR LIFE BY GOD’S JUDGMENTS IS THE GOSPEL FOR A GOOD, SUCCESSFUL, AND HEALTHY LIFE ON EARTH, AND ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN.
PSALM 119.107 I AM AFFLICTED VERY MUCH. QUICKEN ME, O LORD, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.
WE ALL KNOW WHAT AFFLICTION IS. TROUBLES AND PROBLEMS. THEY HAPPEN TO ALL OF US. IT’S CALLED LIFE.
O LORD GOD, THE WRITER PLEADS, I AM AFFLICTED VERY MUCH. QUICKEN ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. REVIVE ME, SAVE ME, DELIVER ME FROM THESE AFFLICTIONS, THESE TROUBLES AND PROBLEMS, O LORD ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD.
AND GOD WILL. HE WILL DELIVER YOU FROM ALL YOUR TROUBLES AND AFFLICTIONS ACCORDING TO HIS WORD BECAUSE YOU LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND YOU LIVE BY HIS WORD.
ISAIAH 57.15, PSALM 34.19
PSALM 119.108 ACCEPT, I BESEECH THEE, THE FREEWILL OFFERINGS OF MY MOUTH, O LORD, AND TEACH ME YOUR JUDGMENTS.
A FREEWILL OFFERING IS A VOLUNTARY OFFERING TO THE LORD.
HEBREW BIBLE DEUTERONOMY 23.24, CHRISTIAN BIBLE DEUTERONOMY 23.23
THE WRITER IS OFFERING THE FREEWILL OFFERINGS TO THE LORD BY THE WORDS HE SPEAKS TO THE LORD.
TEACH ME YOUR JUDGMENTS, O LORD. TEACH ME YOUR TORAH, YOUR LAW OF MOSES, O LORD. THAT IS WHAT WE SHOULD ASK GOD, TEACH ME YOUR JUDGMENTS, TEACH ME YOUR LAW SO THAT I WILL LIVE A GODLY LIFE IN YOUR SIGHT. AND IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT LEARNING GOD’S JUDGMENTS, HIS LAW OF MOSES, GOD WILL TEACH YOU AND GIVE YOU UNDERSTANDING. AND HIS LAW IS NOT DIFFICULT. AND THAT IS THE PATH TO ETERNAL LIFE WITH FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA FOR YOUR ATONEMENT. 1 JOHN 5.3
PSALM 119.109 MY SOUL IS CONTINUALLY IN MY HAND, YET I DO NOT FORGET YOUR LAW.
MEANING, MY LIFE IS ALWAYS AT RISK. BUT THE LORD YOUR GOD WATCHES OVER THE JUST, THOSE WHO OBEY GOD, THOSE WHO OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE INCLUDING HIS LAW OF MOSES.
PROVERBS 1.33, PROVERBS 3.33, PROVERBS 12.21, PROVERBS 13.21, PROVERBS 15.3, PROVERBS 19.23, PSALM 91.7-16
PSALM 119.110 THE WICKED HAVE LAID A SNARE FOR ME. YET I DID NOT ERR FROM YOUR PRECEPTS.
WICKED IN HEBREW IS RAH’SHAH THAT NOT ONLY MEANS WICKED, BUT ALSO UNGODLY. SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TRAP US, OR TRICK US FOR WHATEVER STRANGE REASON. BUT THE GODLY NEVER GO ASTRAY FROM GOD’S PRECEPTS, HIS TORAH, THE LAW OF MOSES.
PSALM 119.111-112 YOUR TESTIMONIES HAVE I TAKEN AS A HERITAGE FOREVER. FOR THEY ARE THE REJOICING OF MY HEART.
I HAVE INCLINED MY HEART TO PERFORM YOUR STATUTES ALWAYS, EVEN UNTO THE END.
HOW OFTEN DO WE HEAR A PREACHER SAY, EVERY WORD SPOKEN BY GOD IN THE BIBLE IS A REJOICING TO MY HEART?
THE WORD HERITAGE IN HEBREW IS NAH’KHAHL THAT MEANS INHERITANCE.
THESE ARE POWERFUL WORDS. GOD’S TESTIMONIES ARE EVERY WORD HE SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE. AND EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE IS YOUR INHERITANCE, EVEN UNTO THE END. AND THERE IS NO END BECAUSE WHEN YOU OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE, YOU INHERIT ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN WITH THE ALMIGHTY GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, YESHUA HA MAHSHIAKH. BECAUSE GOD’S WORD IS A REJOICING TO YOUR HEART.
PSALM 119.113 I HATE VAIN THOUGHTS, BUT YOUR LAW DO I LOVE.
IN HEBREW, BUT YOUR LAW DO I LOVE, IS, V’TORAH’TEH’KHAH AH’HAHV’TEE.
HOW OFTEN DO WE HEAR A MESSAGE ON HOW I LOVE YOUR LAW OF MOSES?
WE OFTEN HEAR BELIEVERS IN MESSIAH YESHUA SAY, OH, I CAN’T WAIT FOR MESSIAH’S RETURN.
WHEN MESSIAH RETURNS AND ESTABLISHES HIS KINGDOM ON EARTH IN ISRAEL FOR 1,000 YEARS, EVERYONE WILL BE SAYING TORAH’TEH’KHAH AH’HAHV’TEE, YOUR LAW DO I LOVE.
WHEN JAN AND I WERE IN ISRAEL, WE SAW A LARGE GROUP OF YOUNG MEN PARADING DOWN A STREET IN JERUSALEM PLAYING ON BONGOS, WAVING ISRAELI FLAGS AND SHOUTING TORAH TOV, TORAH TOV, THE LAW IS GOOD, THE LAW IS GOOD.
THAT IS THE PATH TO SALVATION WITH FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA FOR YOUR ATONEMENT. AND THAT IS THE GOSPEL OF MESSIAH YESHUA. AND THAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN THE CHURCHES AND THE MESSIANIC CONGREGATIONS, TORAH TOV, THE LAW IS GOOD.
PSALM 119.114 YOU ARE MY HIDING PLACE AND MY SHIELD. I HOPE IN YOUR WORD.
SO MANY PEOPLE SING AND SAY, LORD, YOU ARE MY HIDING PLACE. AND IF GOD IS THEIR HIDING PLACE, WHY WILL THOSE PEOPLE NOT DO THE VERY BASIC THING GOD ASKS OF THEM, OBEY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE?
AND WHY WOULD THEY LISTEN TO A BIBLE TEACHER WHO TEACHES FALSE DOCTRINE THAT JESUS ABOLISHED THE LAWS OF THE ONE WHOM THEY CALL THEIR HIDING PLACE THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES?
AND WHY WOULD THEY LISTEN TO A FALSE DOCTRINE THAT JESUS SUPPLANTED THE WORD OF THE ONE THEY CALL THEIR HIDING PLACE THAT IS WRITTEN IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?
IS THAT LOVE AND RESPECT FOR GOD WHOM THEY CALL THEIR HIDING PLACE? NO.
PSALM 119.115 DEPART FROM ME YOU EVIL DOERS FOR I WILL KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF MY GOD.
THAT IS A SAD COMMENTARY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD WHICH ARE GOD’S LAWS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES. THE WRITER CALLS THEM EVIL DOERS BECAUSE THEY REJECT GOD’S LAWS, TEACHINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES.
LET’S SPEND A MOMENT ON SOME OF THE MYSTERIES WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE SUCH AS THE MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, THE MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN WISDOM OF GOD, THE MYSTERY OF MESSIAH, THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH IN A PURE CONSCIENCE, THE MYSTERY OF GOD, AND THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY.
A MYSTERY IS ANYTHING THAT IS UNKNOWN. YET THE MYSTERIES SPOKEN OF IN THE BIBLE ARE KNOWN AND SOLVED IN THE BIBLE THAT THE WORLD DOES NOT SEE NOR CAN THEY SEE BECAUSE GOD HAS HID IT FROM THEIR EYES. AND THE MYSTERIES ARE SOLVED IN THE LAW OF MOSES, AND THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE, AND IN THE WORDS THAT MESSIAH YESHUA TEACHES.
AND THIS IS WHAT SOLVES THE MYSTERY; OBEDIENCE TO EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE THAT INCLUDES THE LAW OF MOSES, AND HAVING FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA FOR YOUR ATONEMENT. THAT SOLVES THE MYSTERY, AND THAT IS THE GOSPEL FOR A GOOD LIFE ON EARTH AND ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN.
ISAIAH 6.8-10, MATTHEW 7.7-8, MATTHEW 13.10-11, MATTHEW 22.14, MYSTERY SOLVED LUKE 4.4, DEUTERONOMY 8.3
THE MYSTERY IS THIS; OBEDIENCE TO EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE INCLUDING THE LAW OF MOSES THAT THE WORLD CANNOT SEE, HEAR, OR UNDERSTAND. MATTHEW 7.21-23
PSALM 119.116-117 UPHOLD ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD THAT I MAY LIVE, AND LET ME NOT BE ASHAMED OF MY HOPE.
HOLD ME UP AND I SHALL BE SAFE, AND I WILL RESPECT YOUR STATUTES CONTINUALLY.
THE WRITER OF PSALM 119 HAS SOLVED THE MYSTERIES BY LIVING HIS OR HER LIFE ACCORDING TO THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD IN THE BIBLE. ASKING THE LORD TO SUPPORT HIM, AND HOLD HIM UP ACCORDING TO HIS WORD. AND ASKING THE LORD TO HELP HIM NOT TO BE ASHAMED FOR HIS HOPE. BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE DISOBEY GOD AND DON’T EVEN KNOW IT, OR DON’T CARE, OR CAN’T SEE, HEAR, OR UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH WRITTEN IN THE LAW. BUT THE WRITER WILL CONTINUE TO RESPECT AND HONOR THE STATUTES OF GOD, GOD’S LAWS, TEACHINGS, AND INSTRUCTIONS WRITTEN IN THE LAW OF MOSES. AND SO SHOULD WE.
PSALM 119.118-120 YOU HAVE TRODDEN DOWN ALL THEM THAT ERR FROM YOUR STATUTES, FOR THEIR DECEIT IS FALSEHOOD.
YOU PUT AWAY ALL THE WICKED OF THE EARTH LIKE DROSS. THEREFORE I LOVE YOUR TESTIMONIES.
MY FLESH TREMBLES FOR FEAR OF YOU AND I AM AFRAID OF YOUR JUDGMENTS.
THE MYSTERY OF INIQUITY IS SOLVED WHEN YOU KNOW THAT SIN IS BREAKING THE LAW OF MOSES, AND YOU BEGIN TO LIVE BY THE LAW OF MOSES.
AND YOU SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD HAVING ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN WHEN YOU LIVE BY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE WITH FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA FOR YOUR ATONEMENT.
AND YOU SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, AND THE MYSTERY OF GOD AND MESSIAH YESHUA WHO IS GOD ALMIGHTY WHEN YOU LIVE BY EVERY WORD GOD SPEAKS IN THE BIBLE AND HAVE FAITH IN MESSIAH YESHUA FOR YOUR ATONEMENT.
THEN YOU REMAIN WRITTEN IN GOD’S BOOK OF LIFE, AND YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE IN HEAVEN.
DANIEL 12.1-2, 1 JOHN 3.4
Shalom,
Ira Weinstein
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