Psalm 119:160

Psalm 119:160

This is true!

This is a verse that expresses a very simple form of worship. There are no complaints, no prayers or pleas, no condemnations of the wicked, just an unpretentious statement of fact, “All Your words are true; all Your righteous laws are eternal.” 

In a Bible Teaching session this week I was trying to ram home the fact that the devil is a liar! Jesus upset His Jewish contemporaries by accusing them of belonging to their father, the devil. He pointed out that “There is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and that father of lies.” John 8:44. It follows that those who follow him believe lies, speak lies and live out lies for everything he is, is false. Our God, on the other hand, is pure truth, His written Word is truth, we should never question its integrity or its reliability. We may trust the Lord absolutely, and in a world directed by lies, that is incredibly reassuring.

It is also comforting to know that what God has given us through His law, is eternal. His laws will not change when He creates a new heaven and earth. There will be no different standards in heaven than here on earth. Angels and other heavenly beings have to obey the same regulations as we do, there are not separate rules for different classes of beings. Righteous laws are those that define God’s standard of what is good, and they are completely the opposite of what are generally acceptable on earth. They are black and white, and they are given to protect those who obey them and to make it possible for us to draw close to our Lord and Father. Hallelujah!

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