PSALM 1
Pastor Rick
Jackson
I. PLACES
TO AVOID [v. 1]
1. Avoid
Walking in the Advice of the Ungodly [Jude 14-16]
And Enoch
also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to
convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they
have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners
have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their
own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons
in admiration because of advantage.
2. Avoid the
Lifestyle of the Lost Sinner [Rm. 1:32]
Who knowing
the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death,
not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
3. Avoid the
Dwelling of the Derisive (mocker) [Pr. 14:9]
Fools make a
mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
II.
PLACES TO INHABIT [v. 2]
1. The Place
of Delight [Psalms 40:8]
I delight to
do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
2. The Place
of Deliberation [Ps. 143:5, Pr. 15:28]
-I remember
the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
-The heart
of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out
evil things.
3. The Place
of Permanence [Psalm 63:6]
When I
remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
III.
PLACES OF PARTICIPATION [v. 3-6]
1. Planted
in Prosperity [v. 3, Joshua 1:8]
This book of
the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day
and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written
therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have
good success.
2. Hearing
from Heaven [v. 4-5, Mt. 7:24-27]
Therefore
whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto
a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for
it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine,
and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house
upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
3. Valley of
Decision [v. 6, Joel 3:14, Joshua 24:15]
-Multitudes,
multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the
valley of decision.
-And if it
seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve;
whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the
flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and
my house, we will serve the LORD.
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