Commentary on Selected Psalms

                                Psalm 119:89-91 (KJB)

The absolutely perfect and pure Word of God abides in Heaven. These are the books that Christ will open when He judges the dead in the end of the world. Revelation 20:1-2 (KJB). On the earth, God has a pure, written Word of God in English which is the King  James Bible. The Old Testament pure Word of God is the Masoretic Text. The pure Word of God in Greek is the Received Text that was translated into the King James Bible. Psalm 12:6-7 (KJB). All other so-called versions are based on grossly corrupted manuscripts. But the perfect Word of God on earth is not as absolutely perfect as is the Word of God in Heaven.

Holy men were directly inspired by the Holy Spirit to write the Word of God. II Peter 1:21 (KJB). But parts of the Bible were written by men who could not have been directly inspired by the Holy Spirit, such as the letters that were written by the enemies of the Jews to the king of Persia and the letter written by a Roman soldier to the governor Felix which explained why he arrested the Apostle Paul. Ezra 4:11-16; Ezra 5:7-17; Acts 23:26-30 (KJB). Yet, God allowed many such uninspired writings to become a part of His inspired Word because they make the stories in the Bible understandable. In this way, they helped to teach the truths of the Word of God. Even holy men of God sometimes wrote instructions which could not have been directly inspired by the Holy Spirit as when Moses wrote a law that, under certain circumstances, the Israelites could practice divorce. Deuteronomy 24:1-4 (KJB). Jesus taught that divorce was always a sin. Mark 10:1-12 (KJB). So why did God allow Moses to write divorce into the law? God meant to teach those who read the Word of God that sin itself can be unavoidable. Sometimes, divorce cannot be avoided because it becomes the lesser of two evils. The same can be said about defensive wars. When a person fights for his country against an invader, he commits a sin which cannot be avoided. God even allowed those who wrote the Bible to make mistakes and contradictions so that, in that way, God teaches humans that they are fallible in everything they do. But the believer saved by grace who prayerfully reads God's Word guided by the Holy Spirit can easily discern the difference between man-made errors and contradictions and the beautiful, spiritual content and message of God's Word. John 8:43; Matthew 16:13-17; I Corinthians 2:14; Ezekiel 20:25 (KJB).

God understands that because of the influence of spiritual death within every human, sin becomes unavoidable. Genesis 2:17 (KJB). For this reason, God's mercy endures forever, and His compassion always makes Him willing to forgive any human who confesses and repents of his sins, even after they die and become confined to the regions of death. Psalm 136:1; John 11:25-26; I John 1:9; Revelation 5:11-14 (KJB). God's main problem with humans, which engenders His wrath, happens when humans commit deliberate and willful evil acts. Such evil acts demonstrate rebellion against God and the worship of some other god. Numbers 15:22-41 (KJB). Such evil acts ignore God and cause humans to adopt the gods of the love of money, power, ideology, philosophy, pleasure, and religion. Such evil brings humans very close to eternal, spiritual death. John 8:21-24 (KJB). But Christ suffered the eternal deaths of all His living humans on the cross so that He could save them all. John 6:32-33; John 6:47-51 (KJB). God will eventually save even those rebellious humans because He will cause them all, sooner or later, to repent and return to faith in Him as their Savior. Psalm 68:18; Psalm 107:1-21; John 5:24; John 11:25-26; John 12:31-32; Revelation 5:11-14 (KJB).

God extends His faithfulness "unto all generations;" that is, to every human who ever lived because He creates and loves every human, and He can never lose anything His has ever created, and His Love can never fail. Genesis 1:27; Ecclesiastes 3:14; I Corinthians 13:8; Revelation 21:5; Psalm 36:6 (KJB). God has a plan to return every living human to faith in Him and save them all from eternal sin, evil, and eternal death. John 5:24; Revelation 5:11-14 (KJB). All humans are God's servants whom He loves and can never fail to save. God knows that all humans need Him and not their gods who can only ruin them.

God is never restrained by sin and evil because the Bible teaches that He holds all power over all sin, evil, spiritual death, and the Devil. Jesus judged only the Devil and all evil when He suffered and died on the cross, not any of His living humans whom He creates and loves. John 12:31-32; John 12:47 (KJB). Sin, evil, and the Devil does not bother God because He knows He has all power to purge it all from His creations, and He can recreate it all to be pure and holy. II Peter 3:9-13; Revelation 21:5 (KJB). God's Power is not restrained by physical death or by any choices that humans can make. John 11:25-26; John 12:47 (KJB).