The Blessed Man
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The Blessed Man
…Blessed by God
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• In Psalms 1, the writer wants to teach man the way of true happiness – he also wants to warn him of the sure destruction of sinners
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• 1:1-3 The Blessedness of a godly man• 1:4-6 A contrast of the righteous
with the ungodly
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I. The Blessed Man (vs. 1-3)
• “Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful” (v.1)
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I. The Blessed Man (vs. 1-3)
• Blessed = happy, fortunate• The Psalmist is looking at the
righteous man and the blessedness of being righteous
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61. He does not walk (live) in the counsel of the ungodly
• The blessed man takes counsel or advice from the wise • He walks in the commandments
of the Lord
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Ps. 119:105
• Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
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Ps. 73:24
• Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
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• The blessed man does not follow the wicked ways of sinful men
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2. He does not stand in the way of sinners
• He does not associate with people who do wrong• Exodus 23:2• “Thou shalt not follow a
multitude to do evil”
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1 Cor. 15:33 (ASV)
• Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
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3. He does not sit in the seat of the scornful
• He finds no pleasure in those who make jokes about God, sin, heaven, hell etc.• He reverences God and does not
want to hear God’s name blasphemed
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Proverbs 14:9
• Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
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• The seat of the scornful can be found in many colleges, universities, films, books etc.
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Walketh –sitteth - standeth
• These are arranged to show the progression of sin in the lives of those who follow after sin• The blessed man puts away evil
things and evil persons from him
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• “He that would be kept from harm must keep himself out of harm’s way.”• Proverbs 13:20• “He that walketh with wise men shall
be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”
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• “But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” (v.2)
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4. “His delight is in the law of the Lord”
• He loves to read and study God’s Word• He reads the Word by day and
meditates upon it by night
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Js. 1:25
• But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
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• What a man meditates upon determines the real inner man• “A man may not be what he
thinks he is, but what he thinks, he is.”
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Acts 17:11
• These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
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225. He is a man who prospers in all things (v. 3)
• “And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”
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• Being fruitful is a requirement of all of God’s children• Jn. 15:5• “I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
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Gal. 5:22-23
• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
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• The righteous man prospers when he does things God’s way• His life is nourished by God’s
blessings
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1 Pet. 3:10-12
• For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it…
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• For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
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II. The Ungodly man (vs. 4-5)
• “The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.” (v. 4)• Chaff = the tiny husk around the
grain; worthless, without substance
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• “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.” (v.5)
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• The ungodly will not stand approved in judgment• There will not be one ungodly
person in heaven
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Rev. 21:27
• And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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Rev. 22:15
• For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
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III. The two ways contrasted (v.6)
• “For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” (v.6)
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• God knows of and approves the way of the righteous• The ungodly shall perish –
eternally lost in hell• They will be punished because of
the life they chose to live!
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• The ungodly:• 1. Are life chaff• 2. They shall not be acquitted on
the day of judgment• 3. They will not be in heaven