Psalm 1 – “The Good Life”

Jan 5, 2025 | Pastor's Blog, Psalms

Timeless Biblical Truth.

The obedient believer who lives a lifestyle that avoids the influence of the ungodly but delights in God’s Word will live a spiritually stable and productive life and will be delivered from YHWH’S judgment of the ungodly.

  1. The Life of the obedient believer [the righteous], To have a spiritually stable and productive life the obedient believer must avoid the influence of the ungodly [unbelievers] and take delight in God’s Word (1-3).
    1. Negative: The obedient believer [the righteous] avoids being progressively emmeshed in the thinking and lifestyle of sinners (1).
    2. Positive: The obedient believer [the righteous] delights to ponder continually on God’s Word (2).
    3. Result. The obedient believer [the righteous] lives a stable and productive life (3).
  2. The life of the unbeliever [the ungodly]: Unbelievers will produce nothing of ultimate value and have no future with God (4-5).
    1. The life of the unbeliever [the ungodly] will be seen to be worthless (4).
    2. The life of the unbeliever [the ungodly] will not survive God’s judgment (5).
  3. The judgment: The obedient believer [the righteous] will be delivered from God’s judgment but the unbeliever [the ungodly] will perish (6).
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