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Important Lessons From The Psalms The psalms present many practical lessons that we would do well to learn: |
Important Lessons From The Psalms
The psalms present many practical lessons that we would do well to learn:
- There Is A God In Heaven – They knew Him as the creator and their God and its showed in their life (Ps. 19:1, 14:1, 53:1, 8; cf. Rom. 1:20, 12:1-2).
- Respect God’s Word – Psalm 119 beautifully extols God‟s Word as pure (v140; 12:6), right (v128; 33:4), truth (142, 151, 160), awe inspiring (v161), precious (v127), and protective/guiding (11, 105); such it should be to us (Jn 17:17, 8:31-32, 1 Tim. 4:15-16, Rom. 10:17).
- Righteous Living Is To Be Valued Over Riches – better to be spiritually rich than physically (37:16; cf. Lk. 16:19-31; Matt. 16:26) but to be spiritually rich we must live a righteous life (15:2-5, 119:172; cf. Acts 10:35; 1 John 3:7).
- Life Is Short – Our time here is brief and thus is to be spent wisely (39:5; 90:10, 12; cf. Eccl. 12:13; Eph. 5:15-16; James 4:14).
- Sin Is Destructive – regardless of how it presents itself, sin has consequences (137:1; 9:17) and brings with it heavy weight (38, 51). Such is true still (Rom. 6:23, 16).
- God Is Always There – in the good or bad, the psalmist knew where to turn (46; 16:1, 18:2, 20:7; 25:2; 91:2, 118:8, cf. 2 Cor. 1:3; 2 Tim. 4:16-17; 1 Pet. 5:7; Heb. 13:5 ).
