Psalms 93:5

"Thy testimonies are very sure:

Holiness becometh thy house,

O Jehovah forevermore."

Here the psalm moves from the turbulent and rebellious nations of mankind and the absolute control over them by the reigning Jehovah to the calm security of eternal truth. Two tremendous lessons appear in this verse.

(1) First, is the absolute trustworthiness and truth of the Word of God. No matter what considerations may seem to point in another direction, God's Word is always right. As an apostle stated it, "Let God be true, and every man a liar."

The "testimonies" here mentioned are of many kinds. There are warnings, instructions, commandments, promises, ordinances, prohibitions, prophecies and axioms of eternal truth; and all of them are to be trusted implicitly.

(2) The second great lesson here is that "holiness" or sanctity is alone appropriate for the house of God. The sacred fellowship of the family of God must not be defiled by wanton, lustful behavior. No person whomsoever can remain within the periphery of the grace of God who does not strive continually "to walk worthily of the saints." Holiness is that quality, "without which no man shall see God." The "cheap grace" featured in modern pulpits today seems to contradict this, but God's Word can be trusted.