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Sharon Reformed Presbyterian Church · Sermon study sheet

Sweeter than Honey, More Precious than Gold! (Psalm 19:7-14)

Bryan Schneider · December 29, 2019

Psalm 19:7-14

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Summary

  • Psalm 19 presents God's Word—not the costly self-help marketplace—as the trustworthy source of wisdom, joy, guidance, warning, and life.
  • The law, testimony, statutes, commandment, fear, and judgments all describe a Word that is perfect, sure, right, pure, clean, enduring, true, and altogether righteous.
  • Scripture is more valuable than fine gold and sweeter than scarce honey because it feeds and directs the soul.
  • By the Spirit, the Word converts, makes the simple wise, rejoices the grieving heart, enlightens darkened eyes, and warns believers away from destruction.
  • Scripture exposes hidden faults, announces cleansing in Christ, and teaches believers that sin need not retain dominion over them.
  • Christians take hold of this gift by reading, studying, meditating on, memorizing, hearing preached, and singing God's Word.

Reflection and discussion

  • What source of advice, prosperity, or comfort do I value more highly in practice than God's Word?
  • Do I trust Scripture as perfect, sure, right, pure, enduring, true, and righteous even where it challenges me?
  • Which promise of Scripture can bring light or joy into a present season of grief or darkness?
  • What warning sign in God's Word am I presently tempted to ignore?
  • What hidden fault has Scripture begun to expose in my heart, speech, or conduct?
  • Do I believe that Christ cleanses confessed sin and that sin need not remain my master?
  • Which practice—reading, study, meditation, memorization, hearing, or singing—most needs deliberate cultivation?

Key terms

Law of the LORD
God's revealed instruction, represented by the Torah and applied in the sermon to the whole written Word.
Self-attesting Scripture
God's Word bearing divine authority and truth in itself rather than receiving authority from human approval.
Meditation
Slow, repeated reflection that savors Scripture and presses its truth into understanding, affection, and conduct.
Secret faults
Sins hidden from others or even unnoticed by the sinner until God's Word exposes them.
Presumptuous sins
Willful transgressions committed knowingly and allowed to seek mastery over a person's life.

Notes and prayer