Psalm 119:130 The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. 1. THE LIGHT-GIVING QUALITY OF GOD'S WORD. It is significant to find that the old saints found in the earlier revelation they received in the Old Testament precisely the same peerless power of holy illumination as we can testify to in the perfected message in Jesus Christ. There is nothing that more strikingly reveals the underlying unity and identity of the sacred Scriptures. The volume and momentum of the revelation have varied, but its essential power to quicken and enkindle the human soul has been steadfastly maintained from the first wonderful utterance of the Divine voice in its sacred pages. 11. THIS QUALITY FURNISHES A HIGH TEST OF ITS DIVINITY. "The opening of Thy Word giveth light" means not only that God's Word gives light, but that this light divinely grows with the growing revelation or understanding of the Word. As the Word opens before the soul the Divine shines forth from it more clearly, and the glory of the present God becomes more wonderful. And the more we know of the Gospel of Christ, the more irresistibly Divine and beautiful will it prove itself to be. III. THE WORD OF GOD IMPARTS THIS LIGHT BY THE DIVINEST MEANS. The Word translated "giveth light" is the same Word which is used concerning God in ver. 135 — "Make Thy face to shine upon Thy servant." As His face shines upon us, He makes our hearts shine back upon Him and upon the world. He does not illuminate our path mechanically, but sets His light within us livingly. He does not use us as passive reflectors of His brightness, but as burning and shining lights. (J. Thomas, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.WEB: The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. |
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