Ps 119:9 "How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word." NIV
Every one of us has struggled against sin and temptation in our lives. There is no person besides the Lord Jesus who has ever lived a sinless life. From the fall of the very first man and woman in the Garden of Eden all of humanity has been tainted by the stain of sin. This stain of sin has so marked the human race that the Apostle John writes in 1 John 1:8 “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us” NIV. It is self-deception to deny the claims of the scripture that all men are guilty of sin. But this is not the end of the story. John continues on to give us hope by writing a few verses later in 1 John 2:1 “if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense-Jesus Christ, the Righteous One” NIV.
So, I am a sinner but I can easily be forgiven. But does this mean that I am destined to constantly fall short of God’s standards? What hope is there of staying clean in both word and deed? Surely there must be a means of maintaining a pure heart before God? Psalm 119:9 provides a simple answer to this question. “How can a young man keep his way pure?” There is so much temptation in this world what hope do I have of living pleasing to God? The psalmist points us to the light, to the way of hope. Live by the Word of God! The Psalmist calls us to build our lives and personal decisions upon the sure foundation of the word of God. As we obey the word of the Lord purity reigns in our hearts and our ways please the Lord.Psalmn
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