The Man (Woman) Who Loves God - Sermons in the

Psalms Series
Sermons in the Psalms Series
Scripture: Psalms 1:1-6
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 believers 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 hers
brothers and sisters He is about the Fathers 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 worksor being godlya 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
Jesushands; they are grateful to Him and, in the realization of what Christ did
for them, gladly turn their lives over to Him.
Conclusion.