WORD THAT GUIDES, GUARDS & PURIFIES

Psa 119:9-16

Psa 119:9-16 With what shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your Word. (10) With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me wander from Your Commandments. (11) I have hidden Your Word in my heart, so that I might not sin against You. (12) Blessed are You, O Jehovah; teach me Your Precepts. (13) With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth. (14) I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches. (15) I will think on Your Commandments and have respect to Your ways. (16) I will delight myself in Your Precepts; I will not forget Your Word.

IntroductionYoung people are full of ideals

◦Want do what is good and what is right, just, fair.

◦Change the wrongs of the past◦Current issues

Cleanse … What?Really means doing the right thingsProblem: How do we know what is right?70’s example:

How to walk in moving sand?

Moral relativism: is the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint (for instance, that of a culture or a historical period) and that no standpoint is uniquely privileged over all others.

A postmodern thinkingIt is self-defeating and illogicalPervasive in American society, as a license to

act at will.

What standard should we live by?The word of the Lord

◦Unchanging◦Eternal◦Trust worthy

The Word is to guard and protectProvide instruction & directionTo protect us from do wrong and

then suffering the consequences Gives, rather than to constrain our freedomNot as legalism

ConclusionHow to do right:

◦Have a passion to do right◦Have wisdom of discernment ◦Learn and heed the words of the Lord◦Know that the Word of the Lord guides,

guards and protects us