The Devotional - 1519 - The LAW of Faith

The Devotional – 1519 – The LAW of Faith

Psalm 119:137-144 – Righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments. Your testimonies, which You have commanded, are righteous and very faithful. My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words. Your word is very pure; therefore Your servant loves it. I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your precepts. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth. Trouble and anguish have overtaken me, yet Your commandments are my delights. The righteousness of Your testimonies is everlasting; give me understanding, and I shall live. 

Comments and Challenges: TZADDI

1.       137 – You are Righteous YAHWEH, Your JUDGMENTS are upright.

2.       138 – You have commanded Your STATUTES in Righteousness, therefore they are fully trustworthy.

3.       139 – My zeal wears me out, because my enemies ignore Your WORDS.

4.       140 – Your PROMISES have been thoroughly, and Your servant loves them.

5.       141 – I am small and despised, yet I do not forget Your PRECEPTS.

6.       142 – Your Righteousness is an everlasting Righteousness, Your LAW is truth.

7.       143 – Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your COMMANDMENTS are my delight.

8.       144 – Your TESTIMONIES are Righteous forever. Give me understanding that I may live. 

Last evening our church met for the midweek service as do many churches throughout our “homeland”. What folks do in their local churches is their own “service of worship” (Romans 12:1-2) and they are accountable to the LORD Jesus just as we are in our local assembly so this is not a “blast of what is right or wrong” – all churches in the land are imperfect, and all churches are inspected daily. Revelation 2:1-20 through Revelation 3:1-22.  

No not a blast, but a sincere plea for all churches in the land to take serious the JUDGMENTS of JESUS CHRIST. He alone is Righteous therefore all of His STATUTES are fully Trustworthy. One of the thoughts that struck me (among many) last evening; in the teaching of the Holy Word of God which was on the subject of “conscience” (personal conscience and being conscience toward others) was the mention of the LAW of Faith. I have thought about this on and off throughout the evening so let’s take a look in Romans where Paul makes this statement.

Romans 3:27 – Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law! Of works? No, but by the law of faith. In the context of Romans 3 we can clearly see that the JUDGMENTS of God are not understood by many in the light of the LAW of works. So there must be another LAW a LAW that is TRUSTWORTHY, a PROMISE that the people who SEEK God can BELIEVE and spoken here in this verse as the LAW of Faith; the definition of this law of faith is, in God alone; apart from ANY works of one’s personal conscience.

Simply, there is NO other WAY to please God, but to abide in Him BY FAITH, faith in His JUDGMENTS that are PILLARS of Uprightness. His STATUTES which are fully TRUSTWORTHY,  or His WORD which is ignored by His enemies (are you ignoring His WORD)? His PROMISES, oh yes! His promises; do you know that throughout the Living WORD of God, He promises to never leave or forsake His children. To Jacob in Genesis 28:15; and I like Deuteronomy 31:6-8 spoken to Joshua; and in Joshua 1:5. Note also Hebrews 13:5. Of course all of these promises were to the Jew first, but also TO the church.

Those of us who TRUST God are despised by the world, this sometimes saddens our heart since many are within our own families, they will quickly tell us that we are a minority. Why? Because we do not forget the PRECEPTS of the kingdom of God, we worship these for these belong to our Savior. We also do not worship the precepts of the kingdom of this world. God’s PRECEPTS are “yea and amen” as one friend and pastor used to say and the precepts of the world are simply COUNTERFEIT to the LAW of faith. So today delight yourself in the COMMANDMENTS and TESTIMONIES of our LORD. Ask God to give you understanding, or the co-knowledge of your conscience as the Holy Spirit guides you into ALL TRUTH.