{"id":1314,"date":"2014-05-07T19:21:02","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T23:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2014-05-07T19:21:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T23:21:02","slug":"daily-bible-nugget-250-psalm-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1314","title":{"rendered":"Daily Bible Nugget #250, Psalm 1:2"},"content":{"rendered":"<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1314' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><p><strong>The Nugget:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Psalm 1:2  But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>My Comment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saints delight in the Scriptures (<em>The New Topical Textbook<\/em>, page 240). Those who are familiar with the Bible know that the term &#8220;saints&#8221; refers to those who are holy, holy because they are true Bible believers whose lives have been transformed through faith in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). The term &#8220;saints&#8221; as used in the Bible has nothing to do with canonized &#8220;saints&#8221; connected with the Roman Catholic Church. I mention this again because the media and the general public have a wrong conception of what the word &#8220;saints&#8221; refers to in a Biblical context. This site has new readers every day (about 65% of visits are from new readers, about 35% are returning visitors), so these things need to be made clear again for the benefit of new readers here. <\/p>\n<p>Saints delight in the Scriptures, and as such they are among those whom the Lord in Psalm 1:1 pronounces to be &#8220;blessed.&#8221; So if you want to be counted among those the Lord Himself calls blessed, learn to delight in the Scriptures&#8211;the Bible. The Psalmist explains how he came to delight in God&#8217;s written word in the Bible:  the Psalmist thought about what he read in the Scriptures daily: in his law he meditated day and night. If we fill our minds and lives with the content of the Bible, we allow the Bible to make a positive contribution to our lives. If more people learned to focus on God&#8217;s Word each day, you can be sure they would live happier, spiritually productive lives that honor God. They will be among those that are assured a place in heaven (Psalm 1:5, 6).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For those who desire to DIG DEEPER into this subject:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(1) Consult the cross references given in <em>Nelson\u2019s Cross Reference Guide to the Bible<\/em> on page 529 for Psalm 1:2.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Consult the cross references given in <em>The New Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/em> on pages 582-583 or in Logos 5 Bible software for Psalm 1:2.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Lacking access to those two resources, consult the cross references for this passage as I have developed them as given below:<\/p>\n<p>     Psalm 1:2.  <strong>But his delight<\/strong>.  T#1081.  *Ps 40:8.  *Ps 112:1.  *Ps 119:11, *Ps 119:35, *Ps 119:47, 48, 70, 72, *Ps 119:92, 162.  **Jb 23:12.  **Je 15:16.  Ro 7:22.  Col 3:16.  *1 J 5:3.  <strong>the law of the Lord<\/strong>.  Is 30:9.  <strong>doth<\/strong>.  FS96C9, +Ge 2:10.  <strong>meditate<\/strong>.  T#665, T#1090.  Ps 16:8.  63:5.  77:11, 12.  *Ps 104:34.  +*Ps 119:11, 15, 23, 24, *Ps 119:87-99, 148.  143:5, 6.  *Dt 17:18, 19.  **Jsh 1:8.  Da 6:10.  +Mt 14:23 (T#64, T#531).  Col 3:16.  *1 Tim 4:15.  <strong>day<\/strong>.  *Ps 88:1.  +*Ps 119:97.  Dt 6:6, 7.  *Lk 2:37.  *Lk 18:7.  *1 Th 2:9.  *2 Tim 1:3.  <strong>night<\/strong>.  +*Ps 119:148.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1314' send='true' layout='button_count' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like><span class=\"fb_share\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.realbiblestudy.com\/?p=1314\" layout=\"box_count\"><\/fb:like><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nugget: Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. My Comment: Saints delight in the Scriptures (The New Topical Textbook, page 240). 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