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INTRODUCTION:
I- REJECT THE WORLD’S WAY.
(Psalm 1:1)
A- Don’t follow the counsel of worldly people.
1- They will counsel you to compromise with the world.
a.
Like Jezebel in Thyatira.
(Revelation 2:18-29)
B- Don’t copy the behaviors and of the world.
1- Believers are not to live like the unsaved people around them.
(Romans 12:1-2)
(2 Corinthians 6:17)
C- Don’t adopt the attitudes of the world.
1- Following the ways of the unsaved around you will lead to the development of ungodly attitudes toward the things of God.
a. Doubt
b.
Denial of God’s direction and power
c.
Debauched attitudes that is critical toward the things of God and those who live for him.
(1 Corinthians 15:33)
My relative who began well, but wound up in this condition.
II- PURSUE GOD’S WAY (Psalm 1:2)
A- Choose the pathway of obedience to God.
1- Delight in the study of God’s word.
a- Take seriously the pursuit of God’s truth.
Like the Bereans (Acts 17:11)
b- Take seriously the application of scripture in life.
The Apostle Paul admonishes us to do so.
(1 Corinthians 11:1)
c- Delight in obeying the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
Like Phillip did.
(Acts 8:26-40)
B- Learn to focus on Godly principles of living.
1- Meditate on the principles found in your study of God’s word.
Ask yourself these questions (and journal the answers):
What general principle can be drawn from this passage of scripture?
What specific direction for my life can be drawn from this principle?
What specific action can I take to put this principle and direction into practice in my life?
III- ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF FOLLOWING GOD’S PATHWAY.
(Psalm 1:3-6)
A- The benefits of faithfulness (Psalm 1:3)
1- Growth
a- Resulting from the continual supply of nourishment from God.
(1) The tap-root of your spirit anchored deep in the life-giving soil of God’s word, invigorated with the constant flow of the Holy Spirit.
(1 Peter 2:2)
(2 Peter 3:18)
A person like this can’t be defeated!
2- Fruitfulness
a. Bearing fruit in the time given to him.
(John 15:4-7)
b.
Bearing fruit after his time is gone.
(Revelation 14:13)
3- Endurance
a. Adversity will not destroy him.
(Romans 5:3-5)
4- Prosperity
a.
The work for Jesus he does is not in vain.
(1 Corinthians 15:58)
B- The escape from the curses of unfaithfulness.
(Psalm 1:4-6)
1- Instability (Psalm 1:4)
a. Purposelessness
b. adversity
c. circumstances dictate happiness.
2- Condemnation (Psalm 1:5)
(John 3:18-19)
(Revelation 20:11-15)
3- Ruin (Psalm 1:6)
a. Ruin for life
b.
Ruin for eternity
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