The New Life

The New Life.
heart, to Thy will, to Thy love. O forgive us ou*
sins against Thy precious word. And, Lord, let the
new life become so strong by the Spirit in us, that all
its desire shall be to abide in Thy word. Amen.
I. Ps. cxix. In the middle of the Bible stands this psalm, in
which the praise and the love of God's word are so strikingly
expressed. It is not enough for us to read through the divisions
of this psalm successively : we must take its principal points,
and one with another seek what is said in diflferent passages
upon each of these. I,et us, for example, take the following
points observing the indications of the answers, and seek in
this way to come under the full impression of what is taught us
of the glory of God's word :
1. The blessing that the word gives. Vv. i, 2, 6, 9, 11, 14, 24,
45, 46, 47, and so on.
2. The appellations that in this psalm are given to God's
word.
3. How we have to handle the word. (Observe—walk— keep
—mark—and so on.)
4. Prayer for divine teaching. Vv. 5, 10, 12, 18, 19, 26.
5. Surrender to obedience to the word. B- g. vv. 93, 105. 106,
112, 128, 133.
6. God's word the basis of our prayer. Vv. 41, 49, 58, 76, 107,
116, 170.
7. Observance as the ground of confidence in prayer. Vv.
77, 159. 176.
8. Observance as promised upon the hearing of prayer. Vv.
8, 17. 33, 34, 44-
9. The power to observe the word. Vv. 32, 36, 41, 42, 117, 135,
146.
10. The praise of God's word. Vv. 54, 72, 97, 129, 130, 144.
II. The confident confession of obedience. Vv. 102, 110, 121,
168.
la. Personal intercourse with God, seen in the use of Thou
and /, Thine and Mine.
I have merely mentioned a few points and a few verses.
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