538. Love for the Book<\/p>\n
\u201cO How I Love Thy Law\u201d Psa_119:97<\/p>\n
Spurgeon\u2019s love for the Bible is happily illustrated in the following, found on the copy he used:<\/p>\n
\u201cC. H. Spurgeon, 1856.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lamp of my study\u2014\u201dThe light is bright as ever, 1861.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, that mine eyes were more opened, 1864.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing worn to pieces, rebound 1870. The lantern mended and the light as joyous to mine eyes as ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mark the growing appreciation of the Book. In 1856 the Word was the \u201clamp of my study;\u201d in 1861 his appetite is as keen as ever; in 1864 his prayer is intense for opened eyes, and in 1870 \u201cthe light as joyous as ever.\u201d May we have a like appreciation. If we love the Word of the Lord, we shall be like the Psalmist in Psalms 119.<\/p>\n
1. Delight in God\u2019s commandments, \u201cwhich I have loved\u201d (Psa_119:47).<\/p>\n
2. Lift up our hands in appeal, for we shall say, \u201cmy hands also will I lift up unto Thy commandments which I have loved\u201d (Psa_119:48).<\/p>\n
3. Meditate in God\u2019s law \u201call the day,\u201d and say, \u201cO how I love Thy law\u201d (Psa_119:97).<\/p>\n
4. If we love God\u2019s law, we shall turn away from our own thoughts\u2014Psa_119:113.<\/p>\n
5. Gold will have a subordinate place if we love God\u2019s commandments\u2014Psa_119:127.<\/p>\n
6. Because God\u2019s Word is \u201cvery pure\u201d we shall say, \u201cThy servant loveth it\u201d (Psa_119:140).<\/p>\n
7. We shall be able to say if we love God\u2019s Word, \u201cConsider how I love Thy precepts\u201d (Psa_119:159).<\/p>\n
8. We shall turn away from the evil and keep to the good \u2014Psa_119:163.<\/p>\n
9. We shall enjoy \u201cgreat peace\u201d through loving God\u2019s law\u2014Psa_119:165.<\/p>\n
10. As we go on keeping God\u2019s testimonies we shall \u201clove them exceedingly\u201d (Psa_119:167).<\/p>\n
By: DR. F. E. MARSH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
538. Love for the Book \u201cO How I Love Thy Law\u201d Psa_119:97 Spurgeon\u2019s love for the Bible is happily illustrated in the following, found on the copy he used: \u201cC. H. Spurgeon, 1856. \u201cThe lamp of my study\u2014\u201dThe light is bright as ever, 1861. \u201cOh, that mine eyes were more opened, 1864. \u201cBeing worn to … Continue reading “0549. 538. Love for the Book”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}