| Back | Contents | Next |
{Sermons on Ephesians 5:15
The Doctrine Explained
Precisians Are the Sort Who Walk in the Right Way
The Right Way Proved Most Excellent
It Is the Way of Truth}
“I have chosen the way of truth” (Psalm 119:30). “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). The Truth—that is, the Word of God—prescribes to us a way; this way is the precise way. This true way, the Word of God, is what it declares itself to be: the truth in all the parts of it. The way of sinners is a lie, a way made up of lies. The evil works of sinners are lies. “The wicked work a deceitful work” (Proverbs 11:18). The works of the wicked, as the words signify, are a lie. Their words are lying words. Their very duties are a lie. “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies” (Hosea 11:12 NKJV). This refers to lying duties, lying prayers, lying sacrifices, and lying praises. Their prayers are no prayers, and their sacrifices are no sacrifices. They only dissemble with God and deceive themselves in all their performances. Their hopes are a lie, their comforts are a lie, and their refuges are a lie; the way of sinners is entirely made up of lies. But the way of Christians is a true way. Their duties, their comforts, their joys, and their hopes have truth and reality in them. “All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies” (Psalm 25:10 NASB). Now observe how excellent truth is above a lie. Likewise, the excellency of this way of Christians is great above all other ways.
| Back | Contents | Next |