The Bible Will Keep Us from Sin, Or Sin Will Keep Us From The Bible

Psalm 119:11, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”

King David said he had memorized God's Word, i.e., hid the Bible in his heart, to help him gain victory over sin in his personal life. Hebrews 4:12, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” What a powerful Book! No Christian magazine, book, nor daily devotional can compare to the power of God's Word!

No wonder David said in Psalm 1:1-2, “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” David had learned a painful lesson from the horrible sins he had committed (adultery and murder). David's own family turned against him. David's kingdom fell into ruin. David's sons were killed. Bath Sheba's child died. David's name became mud.

As an old man, broken and tired, he writes the Psalms. David now realizes that it is God whom he has sinned against, because he has broken all of the Ten Commandments. We have all broken the Ten Commandments, whether in heart or by deed. God's Law will keep us from sin, if we fear God to obey Him.