What Path are We On

Is Our Delight in The Law of The Lord- Yes!

Ps 1.1-3 “1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked; nor does he stand in the way of sinners; nor does he sit in the assembly of mockers. 2 Instead, in the law of Yahweh is his delight, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 And so, he is like a tree planted by streams of water that gives its fruit in its season; its leaf also does not wither. Therefore all that he do1:1 The truly blessed person is the one who steers clear of the lifestyle of the ungodly. In his contacts with them he avoids complicity with them or even tacit approval of their sin and scoffing. This does not mean that the happy man isolates himself completely from the wicked. Instead he witnesses to them of “sin, righteousness, and judgment,” and seeks to introduce them to Christ, the one source of lasting pleasure. The happy man is a real friend to the ungodly, but he is not a partner with them.

1:2 It is impossible to visualize a happy man who is not also a man of God’s Book. He has an insatiable hunger for the Word of the LORD. He loves the Bible and meditates on it day and night. By this means his own life is enriched and he becomes a channel of blessing to others.

1:3 The man who is separated from sin and separated to the Scriptures has all the qualities of a strong, healthy fruitful tree.

Planted 5 by the rivers of water—he has a never-failing supply of nourishment and refreshment.

It brings forth its fruit in its season—he displays the graces of the Spirit, and his words and actions are always timely and appropriate.

Its leaf also shall not wither—his spiritual life is not subject to cyclical changes but is characterized by continuous inner renewal. As D. L. Moody put it, “All the Lord’s trees are evergreen.”6

5 The word translated “planted” (shātûl) literally means tThis kind of man shall prosper in everything he undertakes. The reason, of course, is that he is living in fellowship with the Lord, and all his service is therefore guided by the Holy Spirit. The only way to be efficient and successful in the Christian life is to be led by the Spirit of God. Self-directed activity is an enormous waste of time, money, and effort!

Believer’s Bible Commentary Psalm 1: The Good Life

1:4 The ungodly are not so; that is, they are neither well-planted, fruitful, enduring nor prosperous. Like chaff, they lack body or substance. When the storms of life blow, they prove unstable. A strong wind drives them away.

Believer’s Bible Commentary (Psalm 1: The Good Life)

1:5 The ungodly shall not stand in the judgment. They will, of course, appear before God at the Judgment of the Great White Throne. But the meaning here is that they will have no adequate defense. In idiomatic language, they won’t have a leg to stand on! Furthermore, they will never stand in the congregation of the righteous; they will be forever excluded from the company of those who are saved by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Believer’s Bible Commentary Psalm 1: The Good Life

1:6 What is the reason for all this? The LORD knows the way of the righteous. He is not only aware of their lives, but He approves them as well. What a contrast with the termination of a sinful life—eternal death!

We cannot emphasize too often, however, that a person’s destiny is not determined by the way he lives. The determining factor is whether he has ever been born again by faith in Jesus Christ. The righteous person is the one who has confessed his sin and received the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal Savior. His righteous life is the result of his new life in Christ. The ungodly person is the one who refuses to acknowledge his need and to bow his knee to the Lord Jesus. He would rather keep his sin than have the Savior, and thus he seals his doom.

Believer’s Bible Commentary Psalm 2: The Unchanging Decree

Psalm 2: The Unchanging Decree

To place this Psalm in its proper setting, we must look ahead to the close of the Great Tribulation, immediately prior to the glorious return and reign of our Lord Jesus Christ. At this time a vast federation of rulers and nations will unite in a passionate determination to prevent Christ from taking the reigns of world government.7

2:1–3 But such a federation will prove to be an exercise in futility. “Why,” asks the psalmist, “do the Gentile nations and the Jewish people enter such a hopeless conspiracy? How do the Gentile kings and Jewish rulers think they can ever succeed in rebelling against the authority of the LORD and of His Anointed?”

2:4–6 God in the heavens shall laugh at their stupid insolence. He will mock their clenched fists and fiery slogans. Their boasts and threats are the squeaks of a mouse against a lion!

Eventually God will break His silence. When He speaks it will be in such wrath and fury that His enemies will be terrified. They will hear His irrevocable decision: “I have installed My King on My holy hill of Zion.” Once God pronounces this decision, its fulfillment will be as certain as if it had already taken place.

Believer’s Bible Commentary Psalm 2: The Unchanging Decree

2:7 Then Christ Himself will add His testimony. He will reveal that in private conversation, the Father had said first of all to Him, “You are My Son, today I have begotten You.” This decree may be understood in at least four ways. First, there is a real sense in which Christ was the Son of God from all eternity. In Acts 13:33, however, the verse is quoted in reference to Christ’s Incarnation. In a third sense, Christ was begotten in Resurrection—“the firstborn from the dead” (Col. 1:18). Finally, some suggest that “this day” refers to the future day when Christ will be crowned as King.

Believer’s Bible Commentary Psalm 2: The Unchanging Decree

2:8 But the Father also added, “Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.” In other words, God the Father has promised universal dominion to His Son. All the earth will submit to His authority, and His rule will extend from shore to shore.

Believer’s Bible Commentary Psalm 2: The Unchanging Decree

2:9 Finally, God has given Christ the authority to deal with all insubordination and rebellion. He shall break … with a rod of iron those who rise up against Him, shattering them like a potter’s vessel. From other Scriptures we learn that Christ will exercise this authority both when He returns to earth and throughout His thousand-year reign. Prior to His inauguration as King, He will destroy those who do not know God and who do not obey the gospel. Then, in the Millennium, Christ will rule with a rod of iron, punishing rebellion wherever it raises its ugly head.

Believer’s Bible Commentary Psalm 2: The Unchanging Decree

2:10, 11 The voice of the Holy Spirit is heard next. In a moving evangelistic appeal, He urges kings and rulers to love and serve the LORD. To refuse Him means destruction, whereas to trust Him brings safety and true happiness.

2:12 For man to trust his Creator is the most sane, logical, reasonable thing he can do. On the other hand, to disbelieve and defy the Almighty is about as irrational a thing as a person can do