Text: “O send out Thy light and Thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto Thy Holy hill, and to Thy tabernacles.”
Psalm 43:3.
Good morning, Christian enlightened by
truth! You and I are not floundering
around in the darkness of man’s so-called ‘scientific’ and ‘educated’
opinions. No! We are walking in the light of God’s truth;
we are focused on King Jesus Christ, the light of the world! Hallelujah!
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,
I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.” (John
8:12)
‘Religion’, of every hue and diverse mode,
purports to teach a way that man can approach unto God and join with Him in
unity and fellowship forever. However,
genuine Christianity - the Bible-believing, born again, variety - possesses the
only God-directed way of Eternal Salvation contained within the precious pages
of our KJV Bible. We have God’s own
inspired (God-breathed) Word on this vital matter:
“Neither is there Salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under Heaven given among men, whereby we must be
saved.” (Acts 4:12)
We are enlightened, Spiritually, by God’s
truth, because the Lord Jesus Christ IS ‘the Truth’, and He IS the true ‘light
of the world’. All other ‘religions’ are
false religions that lead nowhere but Hell and its torments forever. Either this is truth, or God is a liar!
“Jesus saith unto him (Thomas), I am the
way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me.” (John 14:6)
Our Bible text for this morning’s lesson,
verses 3 & 4 of Psalm 43, reveal to us God’s twin graces – light and truth
– and His Son, Jesus Christ is known by both concepts. Christ IS light, and Christ IS truth
personified. Praise His Holy Name!
The Psalmist is crying out to God for both
‘light’ and ‘truth’ to lead him to the ‘Holy Hill’ of God; for without genuine
Spiritual ‘light’ and ‘truth’, no sinful soul can ever be Eternally saved. The unsaved soul must cry out to God for
these two graces, if the Lord grants him/her faith to do so. Only those elected to receive Salvation, in
Eternity, before the foundation of the world, will ever be blessed with these
vital twin graces. Fact. Many others will hear with their ears the
Gospel message of Salvation in Christ alone, but they will not, cannot, respond
– for the Lord God has rejected, ‘passed over’, them in Eternal reprobation.
“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them,
and they follow Me; and I give unto them Eternal life; and they shall never
perish, neither shall any man (including ourselves!) pluck them out of My
hand. My Father, which gave them Me, is
greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand. I
and My Father are One.” (John 10:27-30)
Only
God’s chosen ‘sheep’ are called to Salvation and saved – no ‘goats’ are called
or saved. The Lord God only grants His
pre-ordained, elect, ‘sheep’ faith to truly believe.
“When the Son of man (the risen Jesus
Christ) shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall
He sit upon the throne of His glory: and before Him shall be gathered all
nations: and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth
his sheep from the goats: and He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the
goats on the left. Then shall the King
say unto them on His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” (Matthew 25:31-46)
Many today falsely believe that souls can
be saved by making a ‘decision for Christ’.
Nonsense! People can make all the
‘decisions’ they wish, but if the Lord God has not elected them to Salvation
and written their name in the Lamb’s Book of Life – before the very foundation
of the world – they will never be saved.
This is the Gospel truth!
“For unto us (the sheep) was the Gospel
preached, as well as unto them (the goats): but the Word preached did not
profit them (the goats), not being mixed with faith (the gift of God) in them
that heard it.” (Hebrews 4:2)
The Lord God only grants His gift of faith
to those whom He has chosen (elected) to receive Salvation. Without this true, God-granted, faith – a
sinner’s soul can never be saved.
“For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves (you cannot whip it up!): it is the gift of God: not
of works, lest any man/woman should boast.
For we (God’s elect) are His workmanship, CREATED in Christ Jesus unto
good works, which God hath before (in Eternity) ordained that we should walk in
them.” (Ephesians 2:8-10)
Reader, what I have thus far set forth in
this weekly Bible Lesson IS merely the ‘light’ and the ‘truth’ of God’s twin
graces of Eternal Salvation in Christ Jesus and in His Cross alone. I have not set forth any of my own personal
opinions, thoughts, or imaginations. I
have merely quoted God’s Own Word, and given the Lord God’s Own Divine
Authority – chapter and verse – to prove the truth of what I have written. One either believes it or one does not!
“For unto us (the sheep) was the Gospel
preached, as well as unto them (the goats): but the Word preached did not
profit them (the goats), not being mixed with faith (the gift of God) in them
that heard it.” (Hebrews 4:2)
Verse 3. “Light and truth. “In the day that thou eateth thereof, thou
shalt surely die!” Adam ate, and in that day became the subject of sin and
death. This was truth executing
judgement. But light arose around the
darkness; beams of mercy tempered the heavy cloud. The promise of the Great Deliverer was given;
then faithfulness was enlisted on the side of grace and became engaged for its
bestowment; “...mercy and truth met together; righteousness and peace kissed
each other.” Since then, all humble and
trusting souls have beheld them united and have made their union the ground of
their confidence and joy.” (Henry March
1839)
Verse 3.
“...Let them lead me. Be these my star to guide me to my
rest. Be these my Alpine guides to
conduct me over mountains and precipices to the abodes of grace.
“Let them bring me unto Thy Holy hill, and
to Thy tabernacles. We seek not light
to sin by nor truth to be exalted by it, but that they may become our practical
guides to the nearest communion with God.”
C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, page 208)
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