..." to fulfil the law and the prophets." " Lo, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me, 1 delight to do thy will, 0 my God : yea, thy law is within my heart." (*i) To the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children. — Shows...

...forcshadowings found their complete fulfilment ; and He came to earth with this glorious purpose, " I delight to do Thy will, 0 my God : yea, Thy law is within my heart." The temptation at the beginning of His ministry consisted in the choice between using His...

...burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come to do what thy law commands. I delight to do, thy will, 0 my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. 1 have not hid thy righteousness within my heart: I have declared thy faithfulness and thy...

...forcibly is this aspect of Christ's work expressed in the psalm from which onr text is quoted : " I delight to do thy will, 0 my God ; yea, thy Law is within my heart." " Jesus saith, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work." "...

...hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come ; in the volume of the book it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, 0 my God : yea, thy law is within my heart." 3 " O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. For thou desirest...

...not desire ; mine ears hast Thou opened ; burnt offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required ; I delight to do Thy will, 0 my God ; yea, Thy law is within my heart." Here the Psalmist reckons as the law of God only that which is inscribed in his heart, and...

...without grudging: He was glad to do it; for He describes His work for us in these ancient words, "I delight to do Thy will, 0 my God; yea, Thy law is within my heart." Death did not surprise or overtake Christ ; He deliberately went forward to meet it. He...

...offering hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come with the volume of the book written for me : I delight to do thy will, 0 my God : yea, thy law is written within my heart " (Ps. xl. 7—9). 6. Faith and Confidence in God. — God is All-kind, All-wise,...

...there with the anointing, I become able to adopt in some humble degree the language of the Messiah, ' I delight to do Thy will, 0 my God : yea, Thy law is within my heart.' After all this, there is another law. What becomes of the remainder of the oil ? Only a...

...cheerful sacrifice, no glad fellowship with God. The Psalmist was not the only on« who could say, " I delight to do Thy will, 0 my God ; yea, Thy law is within my heart" (Ps. xl. 8). It was with willing hearts that the people offered of their substance both for...