Psalm 119:89-96 For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.… I. THE SOURCE OF THE DIVINE ORDER. "Heaven." The heavens of creation declare the eternal order of the spiritual heavens. Be our views of the methods of creation what they may, it runs in the channels of the eternal order. Reflect upon it thus, as manifested in creation, moral government, redemption — in the infinitely great and the infinitely little. II. ITS STABILITY. Thy Word is "settled" in heaven. It is not established upon the floods, by and by there shall be "no sea"; it is not founded upon the hills, by and by "the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed"; it is not dependent upon the astronomical heavens, for by and by heaven and earth shall itself pass away; it is settled in Heaven, whose light, strength, and stability is God. Much should be said of the breadth and universality of the eternal order. III. ITS PERMANENCE (vers. 90, 91). The eternal order implies infinite prevision, conscious purpose, consistency of aim, absoluteness of authority, harmony of design, beyond the possibility of chance or change to affect; it is inclusive of all operations, interests, duties, and possibilities; a grand plan, of which Jesus Christ is the Administrator, the Bible, for us men, the completed Revelation and Clue; the Blood the Seal; the Holy Spirit the Agent; and Glory the Consummation. 1. Sin is violation of, and opposition to, the eternal Order. It is the way to certain destruction. 2. Salvation is the voluntary falling in, by faith in Christ and a life of holiness, with the eternal Order. "Thy statutes are my songs." 3. The practical effect of the contemplation of the eternal Order should be a faith which fears no foe. (Joseph Morris.) Parallel Verses KJV: LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. |
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