Psalm 119:2-3

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Source Scripture #

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!

• Psalm 119:2-3 (ESV)

Blessed and favored by God are those who keep His testimonies, And who [consistently] seek Him and long for Him with all their heart. They do no unrighteousness; They walk in His ways.

• Psalm 119:2-3 (Amplified)

Happy are those who follow his commands, who obey him with all their heart. They never do wrong; they walk in the LORD's ways.

• Psalm 119:2-3 (GNT)

Cross-references #

Blessed are those who keep his testimonies ... #

“Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God."

• Ezekiel 36:22–28 (ESV)

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him." Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?" Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you."

• John 14:15–26 (ESV)

... who seek him with their whole heart #

And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you. And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

• Deuteronomy 4:27–29 (ESV)

"For thus says the LORD: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart."

• Jeremiah 29:10–13 (ESV)

.... who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! #

No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God.

. 1 John 3:9

We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

• 1 John 8:18

Observation #

1. Again, like the previous verse, we have an echo ... those who keep his testimonies, are those who seek him with all their heart
2. The way that keep his testimonies is through the power of GOd's spirit (Ezekiel, John)
3. God promises that we will find him, if we seek him with all our heart (Jeremiah)
4. We know if God dwells in us by if we make a practice of sinning or not

Application #

The only way that we can keep God's commandments is through the power of the Holy Spirit. The way that we are empowered is by walking in obedience by consistently talking to God and asking him for help.

Jeremiah 29:13 is one of the most amazing verses in the Bible ... if we seek God, we will find him! The current culture tells us to follow our heart. God tells us to have our hearts seek out Him