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NASB | Psalm 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth. [Ps 19:9; John 17:17] |
Subject: Imperatives not true or false |
Bible Note: Hello Steve, Correct, Gordon Clark. Had the privilege of meeting him before he died. His meaning of imperative is the ordinary dictionary definition, that is, a command or request. Within the set of imperatives (the Decalogue) of Exodus 20 there are indicative statements. So, while the "Thou-shalt-nots" of the Decalogue are neither true nor false, we do have within it indicative statements that can indeed be true or false. God's imperatives are not given in a vacuum. Although the sufficient reason for all God commands is that He is God, he does many times give us other reasons for his commands. Some commands are also given in their historical or situational context to make the reason they are given understood. So, I think that the truth that the psalmist and Paul are talking about is not the imperatives themselves, but the whole system in which the imperatives are imbedded. The commands are given in an historical or situational context, and/or God gives additional reasons for the command. So it is in the context and reasons that we find truth, and these truths are inseparable from the commands. They form a system called the Law of Lord (Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.). Peace, |
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