Homiletic Review Psalm 138:2 I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving kindness and for your truth… I. WHAT IS MEANT BY MAGNIFYING THIS WORD ABOVE ALL THY NAME? 1. It means putting special honour upon it; and this God has done — (1) In the manner of revealing it. (2) In the subject-matter of the revelation itself; and — (3) In the special care He has taken to preserve it in its integrity and entirety. 2. It means giving it the first and chief place in the system of truths and agencies for the enlightenment and salvation of the world. And this is what God in His providence, as well as in His Sovereign purpose, has done. (1) The Scriptures alone reveal God in Christ. (2) The Scriptures alone direct the perishing soul to the Lamb of God which taketh away sin. (3) The Scriptures alone teach the immortality of existence, the resurrection of the dead, and the certainty of future awards and punishments. II. HOW GOD MAGNIFIES HIS WORD. 1. By making it the power of God in the conversion of the soul. The only voice that can calm and inspire hope is the voice that sounds from Calvary out of God's written Word. 2. By making it a sanctifying Word. Nothing but this will make them holy and fit for heaven. The philosophies and teachings of men never did and cannot do it. 3. By making it a comforting and a saving Word. It is the Christian's solace. It helps him over life's rough way. It is food, and drink, and shelter to him in his pilgrimage. It sweetens every cup. It kindles hope and assurance as the end draws nigh. It lights up the death chamber and puts the words of victory on the lips of the departing saint. (Homiletic Review.) Parallel Verses KJV: I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. |
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