Psalm 15:2
2 He that walketh [halak] uprightly, [tamiym] and
worketh [pa`al] righteousness, [tsedeq] and speaketh [dabar] the
truth ['emeth] in his heart. [lebab] KJV-Interlinear
2 He
who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his
heart. NASB
Walk, ‘halak,’ is a
descriptive term that describes the manner of life, the pattern of life. Life
is often portrayed in the Bible as a journey, a travel, a story, a song, that
describes the makeup of ones existence in this world.
Uprightly, ‘tamiym,’
speaks of morality, integrity, without spot, without blemish, pure, complete,
and this describes the persons attitude and outlook and function in their day
to day living activities.
Work, ‘paal,’ refers to
the production, the output, the commitment of your moment to moment activities,
thoughts, actions, decisions, intents and so forth, in life.
Righteousness, ‘tsedeq,’
refers to the right things in life. The
activities, thoughts and so forth without sin or evil content.
Speak, ‘dabar,’ means to
speak, but also means to arrange, to prepare, organize, assemble, state, express,
present or presentation, and refers to the content of what you intend for
others to see or glean from you.
Truth, ‘emeth,’ means
factualness, reality, fact, actual, verity, assured, establishment, permanent,
certain.
In truth there is no
lie. In truth there is no false. In truth there is no deceit. In truth there
is no misrepresentation or ambiguity. In
truth there is clarity and discernment.
And finally in the heart,
‘lebab,’ refers to the interior organ of the physical body, but it also refers
to its function as a pump or cause of the circulation throughout the body, or
ones essence. In the soul then this is a
reference to the activity of thoughts and intents and decisions or the thinking
activity, made by the individual moment by moment.
So when you put all of this
together it paints a picture of living ones life based on the principles of
doctrine, which is truth. Truth comes
only from the content of the scriptures which is the origin and source of all
truth.
There is no room for
double standards, no room for living just a little on the dark or seedy side of
life. There is no room for sincerity
based on ones feelings or personal or self-defined beliefs apart from
doctrine. There is no room for the
nobility of human intent. There is no
room for concepts like rights or rights of passage, which are just little clichés
for making excuses for doing wrong things or making wrong things as acceptable.
This then is the person
who can live within their spiritual sphere, and thus associate with God.
In all else, there is no ongoing
association with God.
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