Homilist Psalm 119:113 I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.… I. A just HATE. "Vain thoughts" are of two classes. 1. Thoughts on vain subjects. 2. Vain thoughts on true subjects. All such thoughts are evil in themselves and powerful for evil. Thought is the mightiest power in the world. Bad thoughts should be hated as devils; good ones cherished as angels. II. A just LOVE. The law should be loved — 1. Because it is the expression of the highest moral beauty. It is the transcript of the Divine heart. 2. Because it is a means to the participation in the highest moral beauty. By obedience to the Divine law men come to share in the beauty of God, the beauty of holiness. Love and hate are really one in principle. We must always hate the opposite of what we love. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: SAMECH. I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. |
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