Perhaps the clearest picture of the Power of Scripture was painted by a shepherd boy on a grassy hill in the Middle East 3,000 years ago.
Unquestionably, the most majestic and awesome affirmation of the Divine Scriptures is in Psalm 19. As we turn there, think with me… how did David, the shepherd boy, a man after God’s own heart, arrive at such an incredible understanding of the Word? Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. (KJV) In Hebrew hashe-mayim mesaperim-kevoth-ale, the heavens are shouting the glory of their Almighty Creator God.
WHEN YOU COME TO PSALM 19, GOD SAYS THE HEAVENS ARE SHOUTING THE WONDERS OF THEIR CREATOR!
As a boy, David must have chosen to focus his heart on studying God’s two great books: NATURE and SCRIPTURE. Think of this: so careful was David’s study of these two books that he compared and contrasted them. He skillfully magnifies the wondrous character and person of the Author in both!
Psalm 19 magnifies God’s Revelation of Himself.
I. In v. 1-6, through CREATION, God is revealed in a general way. (general revelation)
II. In v. 7-14, the SCRIPTURES especially reveal God. (special revelation)
One of the fantastic ways nature reveals its Almighty Creator is the majesty of an ordinary thunderstorm. David watched many as he sat long hours on lonely hills watching his flock. They were so much a part of his life that they crop up repeatedly in his and Asaph’s writing of the Psalms.
• Psalm 18:13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. (KJV)
• Psalm 29:3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. (KJV)
• Psalm 77:18: The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightning lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. (KJV)
• Psalm 78:48: He gave up their cattle to the hail and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. (KJV) (This is a pretty accurate description since a thunderbolt is about 30,000 degrees Centigrade, hotter than the Sun’s surface temperature).
• Psalm 81:7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. (KJV)
BYT-11 – The Power Of Scripture (960929AM)
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