“The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;”
God's Word is Pure
No error defiles God’s Word, no sin pollutes it. It is clear, clean, sincere, as defined in the Hebrew. It is not mixed with any blackness, any untruth, any corruption.
In our world, “pure” oftentimes isn’t completely 100% pure. But the Scriptures are. They are a thousand times more pure than anything we can imagine on this earth. It is free of any mixture of men’s inventions or the dross of corrupt knowledge (Charles Spurgeon). It is clear of all chaff and impurity. In all ways, it is perfectly pure. Listen to what David says about God's Word:
The apostle Peter offers application: "As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby" (1 Peter 2:2). Let us desire this 101% pure milk, for by it we will grow. It is not defiled with anything that would hurt us, but will only teach and train us, purifying us even as it is pure.
“The words of the Lord are pure words,Like silver tried in a furnace of earth,Purified seven times.” ~Psalm 12:6
The apostle Peter offers application: "As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby" (1 Peter 2:2). Let us desire this 101% pure milk, for by it we will grow. It is not defiled with anything that would hurt us, but will only teach and train us, purifying us even as it is pure.
God's Word is Purifying
God’s Words are the enlightening of our eyes. Oftentimes, we face a problem and we just can’t make sense of it. Something comes up and we don’t know what to think of it. But because God’s Word is completely pure itself, it can remove the layer over our own eyes.
God’s Word purifies our own thoughts, removing all the darkness and sin within our minds so that we might clearly see with His perspective. It enlightens us to our own sin and depravity, which we ourselves are often blind to.
God’s Word reveals even to us as believers sins we have not noticed, and outlines a way that we might repent and turn from our sins. It shares with us a message of hope, opening our eyes to the love of our Lord. Indeed, the Scriptures enlighten our eyes in so many ways.
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." ~Psalm 119:105
Amen! Let us take time to study this pure Word, because, even as it is pure, so it will purify our heart, our emotions, our minds, and our actions. It will remove the sin, the dirt, and the grim. It will cleanse us from the defiling worldviews of the culture. Indeed, God's Word enlightens our eyes, giving us wisdom from above to know how God would have us to act and believe. Let us devote ourselves to the Scriptures, my friends!
Amen! Reminds me of Psalm 12:6, "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times."
ReplyDeleteThe Scriptures speak so much of the purity of God's Word. When the Lord emphasizes something that many times, you know He means it!