Psalms 119:96 - Homilies By C. Short

The breadth of God's Law.

I. CAUSES THAT WARRANT OUR THOUGHTS OF THE DIVINE LAW .

1. Indulgence of sinful habits .

2. Tendency to justify ourselves in what we do —or self-love.

3. Deference to worldly maxims .

4. False views of its relation to our salvation .

II. ILLUSTRATIONS OF ITS BREADTH .

1. It applies to every relation we bear to God and man .

2. It has to do with omitted duties as well as positive transgressions .

3. It is spiritual—widening to our view the higher we rise .

III. LESSONS SUGGESTED .

1. It rebukes self-complacency .

2. It shows how impossible it is that we can be justified by it .—S.