psalm 1 what are your influences?
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Slides from sermon at Adelaide Place Baptist Church, Glasgow.TRANSCRIPT
What are your
influences?
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Psalm 1
The Path of Lifein the Psalms
Good Bad
Righteous Wicked
Good Bad
2choices
The Bad
Choice
The Good Choice
The Bad
Choice
The Bad
Choice
…like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
James 1:6
The Bad
Choice
But didn’t Jesus eat with “tax collectors and sinners”?
The Good Choice
“but his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and
night.”
The Good Choice
meditate [ˈmɛdɪˌteɪt]vb
1. (intr; foll by on or upon) to think about something deeply2. (intr) to reflect deeply on spiritual matters, esp as a religious act3. (tr) to plan, consider, or think of doing (something)
Collins English Dictionary
The Good Choice
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The Good Choice
“In all that he does, he prospers.”
Really?
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The Good Choice
“The point of the simile is not that the righteous will not suffer, but rather that the
righteous will always have in God a reliable resource to
face and endure life’s worst.”
J Clinton McCann
What would my life look like if I tried to live out this psalm?
The Good Choice
1. I would grapple with the Bible, trying to understand it.
2. I won’t be afraid to ask questions.
3. I will be part of an inquiring community.
4. I will look outwards.
The Good Choice
Jesus ate with “tax collectors and sinners”.
The Good Choice