Posted on 03/21/2021 11:35:46 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge” (Proverbs 22:19-20).
Dr. Kyle Stephens, from whom I owe much of these devotional materials, opened up a whole new can of worms with verse 21, and the previous four verses. They are really important to him and they became the thesis upon which he based his book, “The Certainty of the Words.” Particularly down around verse twenty-one.
“That I [God, personally] might make thee [you individually] know the certainty of the words of truth.”
Now, you can go over and have a talk to a Mormon fellow, and he is certain, that is, he knows for sure, that Joseph Smith was a latter-day Prophet, okay? He's wrong. Here, we have something different. Here God has made me to know the certainty of the words of truth. That Mormon could cite nothing to verify his opinion, other than he has a burning in his bosom which could be heartburn or could be bad pizza.
“That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth,” I want to know that the words of truth are true. Do you know how you know the words of truth are true? By reading the words of truth. Do you know how God's true? By reading God's word. Do you know how to know what's right? By reading what God said. Otherwise you don't know what's right. You just think you do.
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