Clearing The Way-5 Series

CLEARING THE WAY-part 5—Psalm 119:9-16

The psalmist described the means by which a young man was to cleanse his way or make his way straight in the world.

A young man entering adulthood &/or fatherhood can properly maintain his way in the world.

How can a man(person) entering adulthood maintain/make his(their) way in the world?

How can a Christian man maintain/make his way in the world?

12 Disciplines to maintaining/making your way in the world.

Previously we had found that Clearing the Way(for Father’s Day) demands sustained...

1. A PURIFYING Heart(:9a)

2. A KEEPER’s/GUARD’s/PROTECTOR’s Heart(:9b)

3. A HUNTER’s Heart(:10a)

4. A NAVIGATOR’s Heart(:10b)

5. A TREASURING Heart(:11a)

6. A REASONING Heart(:11b)

7. An ADORING Heart(:12a)

All these disciplines can either be limited to your little world or they can be brought into the realm of service to God.

8—Clearing the Way(for Father’s Day) demands...

An OPEN Heart(:12b)

Explanation:(:12b)Enterprising student

:12—“...Teach me Your statutes!”

Recognizing the blessed” position of God, the young man submits his endeavors to be “taught” God’s “statutes.” A godly young man sees the benefit of God’s “statutes” & offers his own mindset & energy to learning them. He is aware that in knowing the “statutes,” he knows the mind of God. He does not merely learn some rules of approach but rather seeks the very heart of God.

“Teach”—dml law-mad’—Piel(intensive/intentional/repeated/extended) Imperative—1) To learn. teach, exercise in—1b) (Piel)--To teach. Strong—a primitive root; properly--To goad, i.e. by implication--To teach(the rod being an Oriental incentive).

“Statutes/Decrees”(See :16—hqx)—qx khoq—1) Statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due—1a) Prescribed task, 1b) Prescribed portion, 1c) Action prescribed (for oneself), resolve, 1d) Prescribed due, 1e) Prescribed limit, boundary, 1f) Enactment, decree, ordinance, 1g) Enactments, statutes.

Argumentation:

**Mat. 10:24-25—“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, & a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!”

**1Tim. 2:9-12—“in like manner also[as per the men lifting up holy hands in prayer], that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety & moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. Let a woman learn[manyanw] in silence[hsucia] with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence[hsucia].”

1Tim. 6:13-16—“I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, & before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed & only Potentate, the King of kings & Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor & everlasting power. Amen.”

**Ps. 119:27, 33, 64, 66, 68, 71—“Make me understand the way of Your precepts; So shall I meditate on Your wondrous works.”.....“Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall keep it to the end.”....“The earth, O LORD, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes.”.....“Teach me good judgment & knowledge, For I believe Your commandments.”.....“You are good, & do good; Teach me Your statutes.”.....“It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.”

2Kgs. 17:21-41—“For He tore Israel from the house of David, & they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, & made them commit a great sin. For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them, until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day. Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, & from Sepharvaim, & placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; & they took possession of Samaria & dwelt in its cities. And it was so, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which killed some of them. So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The nations whom you have removed & placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the rituals of the God of the land; therefore He has sent lions among them, & indeed, they are killing them because they do not know the rituals of the God of the land.” Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Send there one of the priests whom you brought from there; let him go & dwell there, & let him teach them the rituals of the God of the land.” Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came & dwelt in Bethel, & taught them how they should fear the LORD. However every nation continued to make gods of its own, & put them in the shrines on the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in the cities where they dwelt. The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, & the Avites made Nibhaz & Tartak; & the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech & Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. So they feared the LORD, & from every class they appointed for themselves priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. They feared the LORD, yet served their own gods--according to the rituals of the nations from among whom they were carried away. To this day they continue practicing the former rituals; they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances, or the law & commandment which the LORD had commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel, with whom the LORD had made a covenant & charged them, saying: “You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them; but the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power & an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, Him you shall worship, & to Him you shall offer sacrifice. And the statutes, the ordinances, the law, & the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall be careful to observe forever; you shall not fear other gods. And the covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods. “But the LORD your God you shall fear; & He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.” However they did not obey, but they followed their former rituals. So these nations feared the LORD, yet served their carved images; also their children & their children’s children have continued doing as their fathers did, even to this day.” **Lk. 24:44-48—“Then He[Jesus] said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses & the Prophets & the Psalms concerning Me.” And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. Then He said to them, “Thus it is written, & thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer & to rise from the dead the third day, & that repentance & remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.”