Okay, one more time in Psalm 119 and we're going to be looking again at the portion. He. Verses 33 through 40. And this morning I'd like to read the first four verses of this, and then we'll read all of these, but then we're gonna be looking primarily at verses 33 through 36.

It says, verse 33 of Psalm 119, teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. Make me to go in the path of thy commandments, for therein do I delight.

Incline mine heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn mine eyes away from beholding vanity, and quicken thou me in thy way. Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. Turn away my reproach, which I fear, for thy judgments are good. Behold, I have longed after thy precepts. Quicken me in thy righteousness.

And once again, we're gonna be looking at verses 33 through 36 this morning. We started this section last week and read through these, and we noted once again that in this section that those 10 words were repeated through this section again, and those words, statutes, and thy law, thy path, thy commandments, thy testimonies, thy way, thy word, thy judgments, thy precepts, and thy righteousness And these 10 words, as it started out in the section, all referring to within a different light a little bit, a different light, a different thought of God's communicating with us through his word.

And whatever form of that word it is, we have written down as law or commandment type writing. We have poetry. We have letters that are written in the gospels and other places. We have prayers that we have, that we've seen in the Old Testament that God's people have prayed to him in dire straits and in good times and for his strength and his doing and his power. different ways that God has communicated through his word, and that these are a theme through Psalm 119, and as a greater way or a more manifold way of saying God's word to us, and we consider that, these sections.

And in verse 33, And I'd like to call this, look at it today, Schooled of God. Schooled of God in these four verses. In the first one, verse 33 says, teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. And there's four four points that we're going to look at in these first four verses, and they all have to do with, again, with God teaching us, God schooling us, as it were, and in setting his word before us in this way here. It says, O Lord, the way of thy statutes And this teaching here is as we would think of teaching.

It is bringing out what the word has to say when we approach the word. Teach me the word of God brought before our eyes. That's the first, kind of the first step. Whether we read it as we read our word, and we've talked about that a number of times, that is what the word is for is to be read personally and out loud and in pulpits and in different places, but that the word is to be read and to be brought out. And that here, this word teach has the meanings of to point out, to indicate, to instruct, to teach, It says, teach me the way of thy statutes. We have to be taught that. We have to be shown that.

And the first, like I say, the first one is that word being brought forth, either from being taught or preached or read as we do. before our eyes, set up before our eyes. And we're gonna look at a couple of scriptures that speak to this, to bringing the word forth.

In Psalm number 51, Psalm 51. In Psalm 51, this Psalm, remember through here, this is after David had had quite a problem. And Nathan came to him and pointed out that there was a problem. But in this passage, Psalm 51 verse 13 says, it says, above that, verse 12, Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit.

And verse 13 says, Then will I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee. And here that same thought, I will teach transgressors thy way, will bring that word before the people, before people, and whether it's in a gathering or whether it's under a tree by yourself or however, but the word, it brought before the people and brought before transgressors who, all of God's people are transgressors, and we may be and are sinners, but God's people are forgiven sinners and not unforgiven, but sinners nonetheless, and that that word has to be brought before us. In 1 John, in the book of 1 John, in the second chapter, First John chapter two, starting with verse 21. Here's John writing to those believers.

And starting with verse 21, it says, I have not written unto you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father, but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father.

Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son and the Father. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. And here, especially where it says here, verse 24, let that therefore abide in you which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son and in the Father.

And the admonition or the thought here is that that the truth you have heard in the scriptures has to be there, has to be the foundation, that if that which you have heard from the beginning remain in you, and that which they heard from the beginning speaking about is of the Lord himself and of Christ. the three R's that was taught to them, as we said before, ruined by the fall and redeemed by the blood of Christ and regenerated by the Holy Spirit. And that isn't worded like that in the scripture, the three R's, but that is the fact of the matter of the condition that man is in and what God for his people has done and does do. And those things it says, We need to hang on to those and they have to remain in us.

And then in Isaiah chapter two, Isaiah chapter two, It says, in verse three, Isaiah chapter two, verse three, it says, and many people shall go and say, come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths, for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. and we're speaking here particularly of the word of the Lord and that which we hold in our hands, which at that time, I don't know how much of it they had in their hands. Probably the books of Moses maybe at that time, but they had that, but the word that they had both in print that they might have had or in scroll, But that was brought down by those that said, the Lord saith. And those are the prophets that they said, if the Lord, they say the Lord says it and it comes a path. They are the Lord's prophets. If they don't, get rid of them. But the word that was handed down by God to his people and faithfully passed along in that manner, that he put in them and puts in his people and reveals to his people.

And then in Matthew 28, speaking about bringing forth bringing forth the scriptures. You probably know where this is headed. One more page. Matthew 28. And starting with verse 16 of Matthew 28, This is after the Lord's crucifixion and crucifixion and His being raised and come back again. And here it says, verse 16, Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

And when they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and earth. Go ye therefore, verse 19, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. And this, spoken of as the Great Commission, but here, teaching all nations, it says, and teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you, and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world." And that was given to them at that time, but that still stands, that thought of holding forth the word of God. As it was delivered, and as God had delivered it, and we have it completed in our hands, and that is what is to be held forth. That is the commission is to bring that in.

It says teaching them to observe all things, and I think that covers a lot of ground. But the teaching has to at least be brought out, it has to be brought forth. And as we've said before, what teachers and preachers do is bring forth the word and hold forth the word. We can't do God's work, and we're gonna look at that in a couple more verses here, but it has to be brought forth. It has to be faithfully held forth and brought forth. The Great Commission, we can but teach the word of God, that is bring his word to our attention, to the physical ears and physical eyes, we have to hold forth his word as we have it by his doing, comparing scripture with scripture." That's the first. That's the basic thing, and that is what is to be done, and bring that forth, and we're gonna see what that has to do with the others here in just a minute.

But that has to be comparing scripture with scripture. That, again, not holding to a system, but what the scripture had to say. And we've seen that in ourselves in recent years, things that we might have had a thought towards, and we see what the scripture has to say. Boy, I didn't realize it said that or didn't say it that way or didn't connect with what else is being said. And that's an ongoing thing with God's people is if we ever get to the point where we think we have it down and we understand everything and have seen it all, we're probably a little bit blinded still, blind still.

So the first of these four teach me, and it has to be brought before us, has to be in contact with us. And then verse 34, verse 34 says, give me understanding. and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. And as the first part, teach me thy way, and again, that's not, it's not the end of itself, isn't teach me the word of it, it is that I shall keep it unto the end. We shall hold it. We shall keep that word and have that. And the verse says that, thy word have I hid in my heart, or stored away in our heart by his doing, that we may not sin against him. And it is here, as it says, teach me those things, and I shall keep it unto the end by his doing. And then verse 34, give me understanding and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it.

And here verse 34 is the word set before our mind and give us understanding, not just the words of it. There are many that know the words and probably very well Memorize maybe the physical words of them. That's not enough. That's still not enough. Give us the understanding of that. So the word is set before our mind. It's not just set before our eyes and ears. Give me that understanding.

In Nehemiah chapter eight, Okay, Nehemiah chapter eight, we're going to read a couple of spots here, Nehemiah chapter eight. And there are those that returned from captivity and That's where we are at this particular spot in this reading. In chapter eight of Nehemiah, starting with the first verse, it says, and all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate.

And they spoke unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding upon the first day of the seventh month. And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday before the men and the women and those that could understand and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law."

Okay, these three verses, they brought the book, They're reading the book to those that it said that understood and hear those that comprehend the words that were being read. They could understand the words of the language of what was being said. And then skip down to verse seven. Word is being read in verse seven of Nehemiah chapter eight says, also Jeshua and Bani and Sherebiah, Jamin, Aqab, Shabbat, Thayai, Hodgai, Masai, Kelita, Azariah, Jezebel, Hanun, Peliah, and the Levites caused the people to understand the law and the people stood in their place. So they read the book of the law of God distinctly and gave the sense and caused them to understand the reading. In verse nine, and Nehemiah, which is the Tershithah, And Ezra the priest, the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people said unto all the people, this day is holy unto the Lord your God. Mourn not, nor weep, for all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

There's more to the story, obviously, but here, they brought the word, they read it, in one part, they read it for like six hours. They read the law there as they were standing and waiting and listening to it. But here in verse eight, it said, they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. So here, setting the word before our mind, they read it, as it says here, distinctly. They read it so they could understand what they were saying, the words. And it says, and gave the sense of it and caused them to understand the reading. So that there was no doubt when they read that what was being discussed and what it had to do with.

I think that says a lot for today for anybody that is bringing the word that it should be distinctly. The language of it, we're going to get a little more specific in a minute about the understanding by the heart and not just by the understanding of the mind, but here it has to be cause them to understand, it said. And when the word is approached, it must be done in this manner before any further discussions can take place. The bell must be distinct, must have a distinct sound, as we've read before. And that has to be clear as what's being said before anything else can, it can go any farther than that.

And turn to the book of Acts, if you would, please. Acts chapter 8, we've been in this neighborhood in the book of Acts. And this is a familiar place, we just spent some time in here. Philip, in the Ethiopian eunuch, it'll probably say across the top of your column there somewhere. And I'd like to read this starting with verse 26.

It says, and the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. And he arose and went, and behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship. was returning and sitting in his chariot read Isaiah the prophet. And verse 29, it says, then the spirit said unto Philip, go near and join thyself to this chariot. And Philip ran thither to him and heard him read the prophet Isaiah, or Isaiah, and saith unto him, understandest what thou readest.

And he said, how can I accept some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this. He was led as a sheep to the slaughter and as a lamb done before his shears, so openly not his mouth. In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. and who hath declared his generation, for his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this of himself or of another man? Then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same scripture and preached unto him Jesus. And they went on their way and he baptized him.

But here in this, it says, Two things that he said, if he understood it, he said, how can I understand it? He didn't understand what was being talked about in Isaiah chapter 53. And I think there's a lot of people that have probably read through that and not understood what it says. We can understand the reading of it, but he didn't understand what it was being talked about.

And as Philip, it said, opened his mouth and began at the same scripture and preached unto him Jesus. And I suspect he backed up and what Isaiah 53 is speaking about what the Lord had done for his people as that lamb slain before the foundation of the world and all that that entailed through that, he'd probably never heard that before. where Philip started with that, Isaiah 53, that's a good place because you got the three R's, then you have the next one is redeemed by the blood, and that's what that, that's what that deals with there. And so he didn't understand that, and the Lord had sent Philip to him to not just to He did read it distinctly and plainly, I'm sure, and gave him the sense of it, but he went farther than that because he preached Christ unto him from that spot. And that is part still of teaching and bringing it before the eyes and before the understanding as far as comprehending the thoughts, but that still isn't the end of that.

And these four verses in Psalm 119, we're not done with that thinking yet, that it has to be brought forth this way. the understanding and then. In 1st Corinthians where we're still on on this verse, this give us understanding. 1st Corinthians Chapter 14. OK, 1st Corinthians Chapter 14. And I'm going to start with the first three verses say, follow after charity and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy.

For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God. For no man understandeth him, how be it in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification and exhortation and comfort. the bringing forth and it says prophesy unto men to edification and exhortation and comfort. And as the scriptures brought forth and distinctly, the sense of it and the understanding of it is for these purposes and that it should be to the edification and exhortation, it says, and comfort. building up God's people, teaching God's people in what His way is, what God says about those things, and for comfort of His people. That's what the Word is for and is purposed for, for God's people. And then, starting with verse six, it says, Now brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? For if a trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? So likewise, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? For ye shall speak into the air.

Now this, we're gonna look a little farther down here, but this passage is generally people use it for arguing pro or con speaking in tongues. And, in those thoughts, and what he's saying here holds true there, but here too. And as it says here, what shall I profit you except I speak unto you either by revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying or by doctrine? from the word, God's word, not just our word, but God's word. And then as it says here, like it said in Nehemiah, it has to be done distinctly so that there's no confusion about what is being said and what is being talked about for those purposes, as it said, for edifying or building up his people or for comfort. And then, Skip down to verse 14, and I think by these three pieces of it, it doesn't do any ill to the scripture here. Verse 14 says, for if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.

What is it then? I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. Else when thou shalt bless with the Spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayeth? For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all.

Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. That could be well put on a lot of churches' walls in some places, the understanding. And I think this speaks to exactly what it's talking about in Psalm 119, that this be done, and that this is the way that is made and understood. And that in the church, I'd rather speak five words with my understanding. and that my voice might teach others than 10,000 words in an unknown tongue.

And I think this could be directed at not in gibberish tongues or like people think of, but there are those that speak at a level that I don't even know if they understand. Greek, Hebrew, and all the Chaldean and whoever else might be in there in the mix, that does me no good. It may do me good as to understand what a word means. in the Hebrew or Greek, and we have it. We have those resources that we can see what that word means, but there are those that get at a level that I think is not to edify necessarily.

And as it says here, that five understood words are better than a volume of un-understood words and not understood words. I think that that gives us the understanding of the words of Scripture that we may comprehend what it says. It must make what is necessary for salvation to be easily understood, what the gospel is, and not changing the gospel or changing the word, but it has to be presented from God's word as what it says. In Luke chapter 24, one more time in Luke, a spot here that it speaks volumes, that's for sure, as do the rest of scripture. But here I would like to look at just three verses of Luke chapter 24.

Here what the Lord, it says, to the two on the road to Emmaus after he asked them or told them that they were barking up the wrong tree at what they were looking for. But verse 27 says, and beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And that's the Lord himself speaking that. And there was one that, I don't know who said it, but we've said the saying several times that the job or the import of the preacher or the teacher is to get on the path that leads to Christ as soon as possible. And I think that that's, as he was saying here, all the scriptures, things concerning himself. And so that's what it all, boils and gets down to the scripture and keeping those things and thoughts straight when the word is preached or brought forth.

And then verses 44 and 45, and he said unto them, these are the words which I spake unto you while I was yet with you. that all things must be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses and in the Psalms and in the prophets and in the Psalms concerning me.

Then opened he there their understanding that they might understand the scriptures. And we're gonna get to the next point in just a minute here, but where it says, then he opened their understanding that they might understand the scriptures. And there was a good bit of the scriptures that they didn't understand, we sure don't understand, and if he doesn't open our understanding, they are just words, and we may understand the language of it, but understanding the sense of it and the import of it has to be open to us, it has to open our understanding for those things. And they knew the words but didn't understand or comprehend what he was speaking about till he opened their eyes to this.

And in the book of Romans, in the book of Romans chapter 10, Romans chapter 10, And it talks about up above here. I'd like to start with. Verse 11, and reading down a ways here in Romans chapter 10, it says, for the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

How then shall they call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they've not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they, pardon me, preach except they be sent? And it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things. And verse 16, but they have not all obeyed the gospel.

For as Isaiah saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? And verse 17, so then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So there's a connection there as it follows down here that the word must be brought forth. And God sends and has his people that do indeed bring them forth. And it says the gospel of peace and glad tidings of good things. But they have not all obeyed the gospel, it says, for Lord, who hath believed our report? Isaiah gave the report and he said, How long do we give the report? The Lord said forever. The report is here.

It's not for us to do that part of it, but to faithfully do that. But it says here, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Person cannot be saved without the gospel being preached and them hearing the gospel and the spirit working that gospel in them. Not gonna be saved out in the woods somewhere. We can see things and we can see testimony of that there is a God, that there was somebody that created things, that is not salvation. And God uses his word, the preaching of his word and by his spirit, brings the new birth about through the Word, the preaching of the Word, and not just out of somewhere.

And consequently, and this is a transliterated quote from an old preacher that said, consequently, faith comes by hearing the message, and the message through the Word is Christ. And I don't know how you say that part of it any more concise than that. It's hearing the, faith comes by hearing the word as it said here in Romans, but the message through the word is Christ. And that Christ himself said, he went to all the scripture concerning himself, speaking of himself. So that's the bringing the word forth and bringing it so that we can hear it. And not just knowing the way, but to walk in it.

We're gonna see that in verse 35. The word set before our feet. And we're gonna, we're going to, I thought this was gonna be shorter than this was gonna be. So we're gonna, we're gonna stop at this point for today and pick up with verse 35. The word set before our feet. Make me go thy way and then verse 36, the word set before our heart and that is. Stay tuned for that for that one. And with that.