{"id":37024,"date":"2026-04-01T08:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=37024"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:42:09","slug":"nanosermon-a-command-for-diligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/nanosermon-a-command-for-diligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanosermon: A command for diligence!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u>Listen to our nanosermons<\/u> on:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soulfoodgospel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Soul Food Gospel Radio<\/b><\/a> every Monday, repeated every Wednesday, at 10.00am UK time.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heartsonglive.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Heartsong Live Radio Scotland (DAB)<\/b><\/a> Mondays &#8211; Sundays 8.30am &amp; 2.30pm UK time.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"www.soarisemusic.com\/soariseradio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>So Arise Radio Antigua &amp; Barbuda<\/b><\/a> Mondays and Fridays at 7:30 AM AST (11.30 am GMT).<br \/>\n<a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"www.fitfmja.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>FitFM Jamaica<\/b><\/a> every Sunday at 10am EST (3pm GMT).<br \/>\n(Atlantic Standard Time is always 4 hours behind GMT. Eastern Standard Time is always 5 hours behind GMT).<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/nanosermons-bible-articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More nanosermons and teachings \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Know the mind of God. Read the whole Bible in one year<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/product\/lamplight-1-year-bible-reading-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORDER OUR \u2018LAMPLIGHT\u2019<br \/>\nBIBLE READING PLAN \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p><u>Watch this nanosermon here<\/u>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1f4Hnfg6RWA?si=pHYC92nDoJrQh-Se\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Nanosermon Script:<\/h2>\n<p>Come with me to Psalm one hundred and nineteen, and verse four:<\/p>\n<p><b>Psa 119:4 Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>So far in this mighty psalm we have seen what the famous nineteenth-century preacher Charles Spurgeon described as a &#8216;double blessing&#8217; in the first two verses:<\/p>\n<p><b>Psa 119:1 ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.<\/b><br \/>\nAnd<br \/>\n<b>Psa 119:2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When you are determined to be undefiled by sin, walking day by day in his law, when God is a living reality to you and you seek him wholeheartedly, you are blessed and blessed again. Then something dramatic happens in your heart:<\/p>\n<p><b>Psa 119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Walk in God\u2019s ways<\/h2>\n<p>Not only are you blessed by God, it becomes instinctive in you to turn from sin and walk in God&#8217;s ways, not those of the world. Now, in verse four, as if to emphasise the point, the psalmist reminds us that God has commanded us to keep his precepts, or commandments, diligently, that is both carefully and enthusiastically.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you may say, &#8216;I can&#8217;t do that without Christ&#8217; or &#8216;without the Holy Spirit.&#8217; Then pray to be so in Christ and so filled with the Holy Spirit that you do it. Be sure the devil is diligent at trying to drive a wedge between you and the Lord, to steal your blessing. So when temptation comes, just as diligently refuse it. Simply walk in his ways and keep his precepts.<\/p>\n<p>This verse, like all the first eight verses in psalm one hundred and nineteen, begins with the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet, the letter &#8216;aleph&#8217;, which here begins the word <i>attaw<\/i>, the second person singular pronoun, translated in the King James Version as &#8216;thou&#8217;. &#8216;Thou&#8217; is not a respectful address, it is one of familiarity, but my, what a respectful sentiment it leads into!<\/p>\n<h2>\u2019Careful obedience\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Spurgeon said, about this verse: \u2018God&#8217;s precepts require careful obedience: there is no keeping them by accident. Some give to God a careless service, a sort of hit or miss obedience, but the Lord has not commanded such service, nor will he accept it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;His law demands the love of all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; and a careless religion has none of these. We are also called to zealous obedience. We are to keep the precepts abundantly.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He draws this parallel: \u2018As a man diligent in business arouses himself to do as much trade as he can, so must we be eager to serve the Lord as much as possible. Those who are diligent in business rise up early and sit up late, and deny themselves much of comfort and repose.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are not soon tired, or if they are they persevere even with aching brow and weary eye. So should we serve the Lord. Such service he demands, and will be content with nothing less.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h2>Obedience vs \u2018legalism\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>And Spurgeon goes on: &#8216;God has not commanded us to be diligent in <u>making<\/u> precepts, but in keeping them. Some bind yokes upon their own necks, and make bonds and rules for others: but the wise course is to be satisfied with the rules of holy Scripture, and to strive to keep them all, in all places, towards all men, and in all respects.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Now, you might be concerned to avoid what you may think of as &#8216;legalism&#8217;. As Spurgeon just pointed out, if by that you mean following man-made regulations, you could be right, but if you mean a close adherence to the moral laws which God has laid down in scripture, that isn&#8217;t legalism, that&#8217;s just obedience.<\/p>\n<p>I want to reassure you that no-one will ever be barred from heaven because he kept the laws of God too diligently. It&#8217;s God&#8217;s command to keep his precepts diligently, and your responsibility to obey and make your double blessing secure.<\/p>\n<p>SCRIPT ENDS<\/p>\n<h2>Bible Reading Plan<\/h2>\n<p>In the link below you&#8217;ll find a Bible reading plan to help you read through the Bible in one year in a smart and structured way. It&#8217;s only a pound or two and worth every penny. 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Is that being &#8216;legalistic?&#8217; No! 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