For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
David says first in verse 10 that the words of God are "more to be desired than gold, even much fine gold." That's why I said at thebeginning that dead people don't prevail in prayer, and foolishpeople don't prevail for the right things, and miserable peopledon't prevail in the right spirit, but that the Word of God is thekey to prevailing in prayer for the right things and in the rightspirit because it makes dead people alive, and foolish people wise,and miserable people happy. Verse 8: "The precepts of the Lordare right, rejoicing the heart." Verse 10 at the end: "[Theordinances of the Lord are] sweeter than honey and drippings of thehoneycomb." The Word of God rejoices the heart and has an effect inour lives that compares to eating the most enjoyable thing Davidcould think of—fresh honey straight from the comb.Questions and answers with John PiperThe New Testament confirms David's teaching. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 1 Peter 1:7 | View whole chapter | See verse in context That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: And the lightof reality shines from the Bible, not from the God-ignoringworld.So the first point is that the Scriptures are the Word of theLord, and that's why they have effects that are better for us thananything else you can read or watch or listen too. If you have a choice between the Word of God and GOLD, choose the Word of God. So for example, self-denial willlook foolish and laying up treasures on earth will look wise onlyif you are in the dark about the reality of heaven (Luke 12:33) andthe danger of riches (Mark 10:25) and the rewards of sacrifice(Matthew 19:29). He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. But if youlive in the light of the reality ofheaven and the reality of the danger of riches and the reality ofthe staggering rewards of sacrifice, then it makes sense to obeythe command of the Lord to deny yourself for his sake. So to help usdo what is so patently reasonable and useful for us, let's look at. You have laid up treasure in the last days. Some reject the stone and stumble over it into eternal doom, but as verse 7 says, "To you who believe, he is precious." If you have a choice between the Word of God and MUCH gold, choose the Word of God. Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. Paul says in 2Timothy 3:16, "All scripture is inspired by God and is profitable .. .
Adults look on and shake their heads and tryto teach children how to see what is really more valuable. This is the context. Therefore a worldwithout God (our world!)
A wise person is a person whose life makes sense in the light(the "enlightening") of reality. If you have a choice between the Word of God andMUCH gold, choose the Word of God. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. The name of the first is the Pishon.
He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever.