Psalms Insights Part 2

First, scripture synonyms.

Now, there's some religious terms that I feel we use so often that they start to lose their meaning.

Scriptures is one of those words.

And when we use that term, I think that most of us are gonna picture the actual books of scripture, the physical object, uh, of cover, binding, ink, and page.

But that's not really what scripture is.

It's not just a, a mere physical object or a publication.

So much more than that.

Scripture is divinely revealed truth, the gospel, the law, the message.

That divinely revealed truth can come in many forms, and it can come in the form of stories, in the form of sermons.

It comes in the form of laws and commandments.

It comes in the form of hymns.

But there are many other terms that we could use to describe scripture, and I think that when we use one of these other scripture synonyms, it tends to have a greater impact, or it at least gives us a deeper understanding of what scripture is all about.

Now, interestingly enough, you are not going to find the word scripture anywhere in the Book of Psalms, and yet they are a major theme.

So with the following crossword puzzle, see if you can find all the scripture synonyms that Psalms uses.

Here we go.

Three across.

From 78:2, dark sayings of old.

Now, dark in this context doesn't mean foreboding or obscure or secret.

A better translation would probably be the word sacred, or truths that have been hidden from man for a time, but can be revealed to the righteous.

That's the scriptures.

They're sacred messages that have been passed down from generation to generation.

And hopefully, old doesn't hold a negative connotation for us here.

Old as in established, eternal, time-tested, or deeply rooted.

Five across, from 25:10, 78:56, 93:5, and 99:7.

Testimonies.