Sermons in the Psalms Series
Scripture:
Psalms 1:1-6
Topic: The man who loves God
Topic: The man who loves God
Introduction:
The godly man fails from the earth.
It is difficult to find Christians committed to the Lord. It is easy to find confessors, but hard to
find those who put feet to their action, those who live and believe the
Scriptures. What do the real men, women,
boys, and girls who are godly look like?
Psalms 1 gives us the outline.
Psalms 1:1-6
v. 1 - 2 – Definition
of a godly man
v. 3- 4 – Direction
of a godly man
v. 5 – 6 – Destination
of a godly man.
A.
Definition
of a godly man (v.1 -2).
a. Negative: This section deals with various postures of
the body and what they might represent in the believer’s life. One who walks is moving forward, one who
stands is being firm in his present condition, and one who is sitting is
resting for a time. On the negative
side, the Christian does not walk in ungodly counsel, stand in the way of
sinners, or sit in the seat of men who scorn and bring derision.
b. Positive: His delight is in the law of Lord and he
meditates in the Bible day and night.
Instead of walking in bad advice, standing in the path of a sinful
lifestyle, or gossiping endlessly about his or her’s brothers and sisters – He is
about the Father’s business as found in the Word of God.
B.
Direction
of a godly man (v. 3-4)
a. Godly: He is in a state of spiritual growth; he
brings forth his fruit in his season, his leaf shall not whither. He prospers.
The direction of the godly man is upward in growth.
b. The
ungodly: During the
harvest of the Jews, a person separates the chaff from the wheat. The wheat is throw in the air by a rake; the
simple air separates the wheat and chaff.
The chaff is so light, so fluffy, and so weightless – the air easily
carries it away. So too, the ungodly are simply thrown in the air and is driven
away easily by any passing wind.
C.
Destination
of a godly man. (v. 5-6)
a. Ungodly: He shall not stand in the judgment of rewards
for the righteous, nor will they hang out in the congregation of the righteous
in the end.
b. Godly: The Lord knows the way of the righteous, but
the way of the ungodly shall perish. (compare
to 2 Timothy 2:19) God knows perfectly
the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish. The Lord see everything the righteous does;
He knows who is His and He is the one who judges the hearts and motives of us
all. Commit yourself to God.
Observations:
·
Notice no where in Psalm 1 is ‘good
works’ or ‘being godly’ a path to salvation.
Instead, it is the evidence
that salvation is or is not present. The
ungodly simply follow the path of ungodliness, the godly simply follow the path
of godliness. No works-salvation is
implied in this section.
·
When preaching the section, be careful
not to infer that God does not love those who are struggling in sin. Nothing is further from the truth. Instead, preach that the Christian walks in
the path of holiness because of the nail print in Jesus’ hands; they are
grateful to Him and, in the realization of what Christ did for them, gladly
turn their lives over to Him.
Conclusion.
