The Nugget:
Psalm 119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
My Comment:
There are many different names in Psalm 119 for the Bible, God’s written Word. Psalm 119:102 uses the title “thy judgments” for the Bible. The Psalmist states he has not departed from God’s judgments, God’s Word. The basis for the Psalmist’s faithful adherence to the Bible is the fact that God has taught him. The Psalm writer lets us know that as he made the Bible his personal subject of careful study, God through the Bible has given him understanding and has taught him what it means. God will do that for each of us too, if we will let Him. We let Him teach us when we take time to read, reread, and study His written word in the Bible. The Bible is a self-teaching, self-correcting Book. You will not go astray into false doctrine or mistaken theologies or interpretations of Scripture if you stick to carefully reading the Bible itself. I have discovered that if I am mistaken about what a passage in the Bible means, I will soon discover my error, because a mistaken understanding of one part of the Bible will create a conflict or contradiction of the meaning or teaching found in another part of the Bible. I am most certain that the few friends and acquaintances of mine who have fallen into false cults have done so because they failed to let God instruct them directly from His Word. You will be much further ahead if you let God teach you directly from His written Word in the Bible first, before you venture into unknown and unverified spiritual territory! When it comes to Bible study, there is simply no match by way of effectiveness to the Bible study method known as cross reference Bible study to ground your life in the truths of the Word of God.
For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:
(1) Consult the cross references given in Nelson’s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible on page 631.
(2) Consult the cross references given in The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge on page 676 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 119:102.
(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them further given below:
Psalm 119:102. not departed. Ps *18:21. *86:11. Dt *17:20. Jsh 23:6. 2 S 22:23. 1 K *15:5. Pr *5:7. Je 17:5. %18:14, 15. *32:40. Da 9:5. Ml 2:8. from thy judgments. ver. +7. for thou hast taught. Ps 27:11. +*32:8. 71:17. 86:11. 1 K 8:36. Pr +*4:11. Is 28:26. 30:20. *54:13. Je 31:33. Jn *6:45. 7:17. Ep *4:20-24. 1 Th **2:13. 1 J *2:20, 27.
psm 119.102 i have not wickedly departed from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me. psm 18.21 for i have kept the ways of the lord, and have not wickedly departed
from my god. pr 5.7 hear me now therefore, o ye children, and depart not from the
words of my mouth. the lord encourages jeremiah, 33.40 and i will make an everlasting covenant with them, that i will not turn away from them, to do them
good; but i will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. psm
119.9-11 wherewith shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto
according to his word. vs 10 with my whole heart have i sought thee; o let me not
wander from thy commandments. vs 11 thy word have i hid in mine heart, that i
might not sin against thee. he is ever mindful of the evil nature he has within
psm 119.176 i gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for i do not forget thy
commandments. jer 17.9 the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked; who can know it? we must ever be careful in trusting in man. jer 17.5
thus saith the lord; cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh
his arm, and whose heart departeth from the lord.
in the nt i jn 2.27-28 to “abide” in him. vs 27 but the anointing which ye have
received of him” abideth” in you, and ye need not that any man teach you; but
as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and
even as it hath taught you, ye shall” abide” in him. vs 28 and now, little children,
“abide” in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be
ashamed before him at his coming. how do we abide in him? spending 20 minutes
a day in bible study and prayer. it will change your life!