The God of Truth

20 February 2011 - Dr. Timothy Keller

14th Sermon in the Series - To Know the Living God

Psalm 119 - Partial

¹ Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the LORD.
² Blessed are those who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart—
³ they do no wrong
but follow his ways.
⁴ You have laid down precepts
that are to be fully obeyed.

¹¹ I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.

¹⁴ I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.

²⁹ Keep me from deceitful ways;
be gracious to me and teach me your law.

³⁸ Fulfill your promise to your servant,
so that you may be feared.

⁴⁵ I will walk about in freedom,
for I have sought out your precepts.

¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light;
it gives understanding to the simple.

¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant
and teach me your decrees.

¹⁵¹ Yet you are near, LORD,
and all your commands are true.
¹⁵² Long ago I learned from your statutes
that you established them to last forever.

• All of the Bible is authoritative and considered Law.
• In the Modern world, truth is subjective as opposed to the authority of God's Law.
• The entire book of Psalms 119 contains 176 things that the Truth can do for you.
• Truth frees you to think independently and helps you escape the tyranny of the cultural moment.
• Hospitals and orphanages are Christian based, not Greek---preaches compassion for the disaffected.
• The Truth empowers you to act decisively.
• Jane Eyre doesn't go off with the married guy.
• Believing in absolute truth gives you a humility.
• Study the Bible text closely and make it a part of you.