Salmos 19
Adam Clarke · Citado em PreceptAustin
Salmos 19:7-14
Clarke writes that Torah is derived from… yarah, to instruct, direct, put straight, guide. It is God's system of instruction, by which men are taught the knowledge of God and themselves, directed how to walk so as to please GOD, redeemed from crooked paths, and guided in the way everlasting. TWO TYPES OF REVELATION OF GOD GENERAL & SPECIAL Revelation is primarily the giving and receiving of information from God and is usually classified as either general or special revelation. As J B
Salmos 19:7-14
Clarke notes that the "fear of the LORD" has as its object… to purge away all defilement, to make a spotless character.. Thomas Watson says the "fear of the LORD is clean" 1. In its own nature—it is a pure, crystal, orient grace. 2. In the effect of it—it cleanses the heart and life. As a spring works out the mud—so the fear of the Lord purges out the love of sin. The heart is the temple of God, and the fear of the Lord sweeps and cleanses this temple, that it may not be defiled. (Religion Our True Interest) Enduring (05975) ('amad) basically means to stand upright, literally as a soldier on watch (2Sa18:30) but in other contexts (such as this psalm, cp Ps 102:26) carries the sense of being established or immovable (cp Pr 12:7). Forever (05703) ('ad) means forever, ever, everlasting evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world, etc (cp Ex 15:18, Ps 9:5, 18, Ps 10:16, 21:4, 37:29, etc). The fear of the LORD stands to perpetuity. Enduring forever - The Scriptures are without error, deficiency, fault, or inadequacy and untouched by sin. Corrupt things decay but pure things endure. Because the Word is pure, it will endure forever (cp Mt 5:18-note, Mt 24:35). We do not need to have the Bible updated to accommodate modern thoughts and ideas. Contrary to the "enlightened" thinking of our age, truth is not relative but absolute and absolutely will endure forever because it is grounded in the unchanging (Immutable) character of the Eternal God. You can stake our life on this truth! Spurgeon… Enduring for ever. Filth brings decay, but cleanness is the great foe of corruption. The grace of God in the heart being a pure principle, is also an abiding and incorruptible principle, which may be crushed for a time, but cannot be utterly destroyed. Both in the Word and in the heart, when the Lord writes, he says with Pilate, "What I have written, I have written;" he will make no erasures himself, much less suffer others to do so. The revealed will of God is never changed; even Jesus came not to destroy but to fulfil, and even the ceremonial law was only changed as to its shadow, the substance intended by it is eternal. When the governments of nations are shaken with revolution, and ancient constitutions are being repealed, it is comforting to know that the throne of God is unshaken, and his law unaltered. (Ps19:9 Treasury of David) Adam Clarke commenting on the enduring character writes that… The fear that prevents us from offending God, that causes us to reverence him, and is the beginning as it is the safeguard of wisdom, must be carried all through life. No soul is safe for a moment without it. It prevents departure from God, and keeps that clean which God has purified.
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Clarke notes that David's prayer for words and meditations as acceptable are… Like a sacrifice without spot or blemish, offered up with a perfect heart to God. Alexander