Psalm 119:4

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Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
~ Psalm 119:4

The previous verses have dealt with the blessed state. It has been described and now is commanded. There may be few who truly exist daily in this blessed state, but we are all alike commanded to it.

The command necessarily relieves the godly man of any right to glory in himself. If he keeps the precepts, he is but doing what is commanded of him to do. He is as the unprofitable servant in Luke 17:10.

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

On the other hand, we note that the blessed man is not one by accident. He is commanded to keep the precepts of God. This requires diligence and labor. To keep God’s precepts requires deliberate and determined purpose. We need the exhortation of Barnabas to the Antioch Christians, “Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord” (Acts 11:23).

The word for precepts means mandates or charges and appears 21 times in this Psalm. This refers to God’s charges or mandates which are prescribed to us in His Word. Also, we are to attend to them diligently, which word comprehends the idea of vehemence, speed, and exceeding. Surely this would allow no cavalier attitude toward the precepts of God. Certainly, we are to expend energy and haste to keep His Word.

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1 Comment

  1. Alexander July 4, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    Christian life is not following a set of rules of “dos” & “don’ts”.But obedience to the voice of the Holy Spirit is important for the growth of a Christian.When we obey the known truth of the Bible,God teaches us more truth with the illumination of the Holy Spirit.(John 16:13).We have to keep the commandments of God out of love for him as we grow in maturity.(John 15:17)

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