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6 For the LORD [Yahovah] knoweth [yada`] the way [derek] of the righteous: [tsaddiyq] but the way [derek] of the ungodly [rasha`] shall perish. ['abad] KJV-Interlinear
6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish. NASB
That which is left to itself, fails.
Unbelievers, who reject Christ, look to themselves for salvation. They will fail.
Believers, who ignore doctrine, look to themselves for growth. They will fail.
God knows the ways of each person. God gave His word as a means to eternal life and eternal blessing.
Likewise, God gave us the mechanism for attaining happiness’s (plural). That means many happiness’s.
Many, does not mean two or three or four, but many means an abundance of happiness’s, an infinite compliment in types of happiness’s.
These can only be obtained through advancement to spiritual maturity.
When you were born into this world, you were incomplete as a person.
In order to complete yourself, you needed to grow up, to learn, to become responsible and so forth.
But completion in this life is only a small part of completion in ones total essence.
The spiritual life is the ultimate of completion of ones life. And for this you need doctrine, to learn it, to know it, to understand it, to live it. This in turn makes you a spiritually productive individual.
Spiritual growth generates a spiritual complex within your soul. Its fundamental structure is doctrine. But that structure must be finished, furnished, landscaped if you will. That requires your spiritual production, which is what you do when you apply doctrine to your daily life, while living in fellowship.
The Bible terms spiritual production as gold, silver, and precious stones.
Carnal production, from life out of fellowship, from out of the spiritual life, is called wood, hay, and stubble.
To achieve completion, you must grow up spiritually to maturity, you live your life as best you can and as spiritually productively as you can. You will one day, go before the Lord and receive your evaluation and eternal reward based on your spiritual production. And when this history ends and eternity begins, then you receive your final blessings. That is the ultimate completion, which is beyond your imagination.
Unbelievers are the worst losers. They go to the Lake of Fire.
Believers who think highly of themselves, who ignore doctrine, who can’t seem to accept the importance of doctrine, lose out on phenomenal blessings. Once they leave this life it will be too late to change their attitude.
However, believers who get it, who make the commitment to want spiritual maturity, to want the most for eternity, to want to be on Gods very best side, to receive the maximum’s in blessings from God, will commit themselves to a daily study so that they can learn, and understand, and grow up as far as is humanly possible in ones spiritual life.
And you have online, here in this study, the very resources to accomplish just that.
Psalm 1 is very clear. You just have to want it.
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Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Psalms 1:5
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5 Therefore the ungodly [rasha`] shall not stand [quwm] in the judgment, [mishpat] nor sinners [chatta'] in the congregation [`edah] of the righteous. [tsaddiyq] KJV-Interlinear
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. NASB
Ungodly, ‘rasha,’ means wrong, morally wrong, concretely bad, condemned, wicked.
Sinner, ‘chatta,’ means criminal or offender.
This verse distinguishes between two categories of non-spiritual people. Those who are unbelievers, and those who are believers that lack spiritual resources.
Unbelievers are people who have never believed in Christ. They are non-spiritual by default. They have no spiritual resources. They have no relationship or access to God.
Believers, on the other hand, have believed in Christ and therefore are saved. But once a person is saved, at that initial moment, the person is an infant in their spiritual life (born again). They have to grow up.
In the spiritual life, people grow up spiritually to spiritual maturity by means of Bible study.
The Bible is the food for the soul. It is the nourishment that your spiritual life demands in order to grow up healthy and strong in the spiritual life. No food, no growth. No growth, no health. It is just that simple.
The ungodly, the unbeliever will not stand, ‘quwm,’ which means the inability to stand erect on ones own. The inability to support ones self.
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In history, there are two judgments. All of us will be in one or the other.
Believers will stand before Christ at the Judgment Seat of Christ. That is a good place to be.
Unbelievers will stand before Christ at the Great White Throne. That is a bad place to be. You do not want to be in that judgment.
To stand means the ability to survive, and on ones own no person can withstand the history of eternity. Lacking eternal life, unbelievers will have no argument before the Great White Throne. They will go to the Lake of Fire.
Believers on the other hand, have believed in Christ, and therefore possess eternal life, which God gives to everyone who believes in Christ. But, those believers who do not grow up, will not stand (not evaluate well) when they stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ.
That simply means they will not receive the additional blessings for eternity, that mature believers will receive. Standing in the congregation, is the expression of believers standing together before Christ as He hands out the rewards for eternity. Immature believers receive nothing.
So, there are two losers in life. Unbelievers because they rejected Christ, and immature believers because they rejected doctrine.
If you do not want to be a loser in life, then you must believe in Christ, a one-time expression of faith (belief), and then following that, you must study the Bible daily (food is eaten everyday), learn doctrine from a legitimate instructor (you cannot teach yourself), and then use it in your daily life.
All of this study and learning and using must be done while you are in fellowship – that is a supernatural sphere that God gives to you, when you confess your sins. Confession must be done on a regular basis, daily or whenever, and consistently, for your spiritual life functions only when you are in fellowship.
Unbelievers disregard Christ and therefore will lose out in life. Believers who disregard doctrine will be losers in blessing. So if you want to be a loser, then simply do nothing.
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5 Therefore the ungodly [rasha`] shall not stand [quwm] in the judgment, [mishpat] nor sinners [chatta'] in the congregation [`edah] of the righteous. [tsaddiyq] KJV-Interlinear
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. NASB
Ungodly, ‘rasha,’ means wrong, morally wrong, concretely bad, condemned, wicked.
Sinner, ‘chatta,’ means criminal or offender.
This verse distinguishes between two categories of non-spiritual people. Those who are unbelievers, and those who are believers that lack spiritual resources.
Unbelievers are people who have never believed in Christ. They are non-spiritual by default. They have no spiritual resources. They have no relationship or access to God.
Believers, on the other hand, have believed in Christ and therefore are saved. But once a person is saved, at that initial moment, the person is an infant in their spiritual life (born again). They have to grow up.
In the spiritual life, people grow up spiritually to spiritual maturity by means of Bible study.
The Bible is the food for the soul. It is the nourishment that your spiritual life demands in order to grow up healthy and strong in the spiritual life. No food, no growth. No growth, no health. It is just that simple.
The ungodly, the unbeliever will not stand, ‘quwm,’ which means the inability to stand erect on ones own. The inability to support ones self.
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In history, there are two judgments. All of us will be in one or the other.
Believers will stand before Christ at the Judgment Seat of Christ. That is a good place to be.
Unbelievers will stand before Christ at the Great White Throne. That is a bad place to be. You do not want to be in that judgment.
To stand means the ability to survive, and on ones own no person can withstand the history of eternity. Lacking eternal life, unbelievers will have no argument before the Great White Throne. They will go to the Lake of Fire.
Believers on the other hand, have believed in Christ, and therefore possess eternal life, which God gives to everyone who believes in Christ. But, those believers who do not grow up, will not stand (not evaluate well) when they stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ.
That simply means they will not receive the additional blessings for eternity, that mature believers will receive. Standing in the congregation, is the expression of believers standing together before Christ as He hands out the rewards for eternity. Immature believers receive nothing.
So, there are two losers in life. Unbelievers because they rejected Christ, and immature believers because they rejected doctrine.
If you do not want to be a loser in life, then you must believe in Christ, a one-time expression of faith (belief), and then following that, you must study the Bible daily (food is eaten everyday), learn doctrine from a legitimate instructor (you cannot teach yourself), and then use it in your daily life.
All of this study and learning and using must be done while you are in fellowship – that is a supernatural sphere that God gives to you, when you confess your sins. Confession must be done on a regular basis, daily or whenever, and consistently, for your spiritual life functions only when you are in fellowship.
Unbelievers disregard Christ and therefore will lose out in life. Believers who disregard doctrine will be losers in blessing. So if you want to be a loser, then simply do nothing.
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
Psalms 1:4
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4 The ungodly [rasha`] are not so: but are like the chaff [mots] which the wind [ruwach] driveth away. [nadaph] KJV-Interlinear
4 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. NASB
The ungodly is the person who lacks God in their life. They can typically be the unbeliever or even be referred to as a believer who lacks spiritual resources.
The sinner, generally refers to the believer who lacks spiritual resources. They just go about their business as though they have all that they need, and care nothing for God, truth, or anything for that matter, but too, they can be the person who presumes that they know it all, or have enough already in the spiritual realm, and are in need of nothing further.
The scoffer, is the person who makes fun, either by indifference and disregard for doctrine, or through, out and out rejection of doctrine.
In any case, all three references belong to this verse as people who have no weight, no substance, nothing of value in their life.
In the agriculture world, the grain is the valuable portion of the crop and the chaff is the worthless, weightless portion, that just a little breeze can blow away.
When winnowing a crop, the harvest is dropped or tossed into the air, and against the wind, and the grain drops down, while the chaff is blown away or drifts away with the air.
And so it is in life. God drops us all sooner or later, and those who have value will fall into His hands. Those who lack value, will drift away into uselessness.
Unlike the well cared for tree, which is cared for by another, with well placed roots, and access and desire for the water of life, the chaff has no roots, has no desire for true nourishment, no weight value, and therefore produces no fruit or production of any type. The wind, even a slight breeze can blow the chaff away due to its lack of substance.
The unbeliever is the worst of the chaff, because he has no value whatsoever, has no desire for truth, and has no means of gaining truth.
The believer who disregards truth, thinks that he does not need truth, believes that he needs no instruction, fails to grow up as well, and likewise will stand before the Lord in a worthless state.
Refer back to verse one. The only person who acquires happiness’s, is the one who wants to learn, places themselves in a learning environment, listens, learns, and grows up in their spiritual life. By utilizing the doctrine that they learn, they develop wisdom and spiritual production, and therefore stand ready before Christ, for phenomenal blessings for all of eternity.
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4 The ungodly [rasha`] are not so: but are like the chaff [mots] which the wind [ruwach] driveth away. [nadaph] KJV-Interlinear
4 The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. NASB
The ungodly is the person who lacks God in their life. They can typically be the unbeliever or even be referred to as a believer who lacks spiritual resources.
The sinner, generally refers to the believer who lacks spiritual resources. They just go about their business as though they have all that they need, and care nothing for God, truth, or anything for that matter, but too, they can be the person who presumes that they know it all, or have enough already in the spiritual realm, and are in need of nothing further.
The scoffer, is the person who makes fun, either by indifference and disregard for doctrine, or through, out and out rejection of doctrine.
In any case, all three references belong to this verse as people who have no weight, no substance, nothing of value in their life.
In the agriculture world, the grain is the valuable portion of the crop and the chaff is the worthless, weightless portion, that just a little breeze can blow away.
When winnowing a crop, the harvest is dropped or tossed into the air, and against the wind, and the grain drops down, while the chaff is blown away or drifts away with the air.
And so it is in life. God drops us all sooner or later, and those who have value will fall into His hands. Those who lack value, will drift away into uselessness.
Unlike the well cared for tree, which is cared for by another, with well placed roots, and access and desire for the water of life, the chaff has no roots, has no desire for true nourishment, no weight value, and therefore produces no fruit or production of any type. The wind, even a slight breeze can blow the chaff away due to its lack of substance.
The unbeliever is the worst of the chaff, because he has no value whatsoever, has no desire for truth, and has no means of gaining truth.
The believer who disregards truth, thinks that he does not need truth, believes that he needs no instruction, fails to grow up as well, and likewise will stand before the Lord in a worthless state.
Refer back to verse one. The only person who acquires happiness’s, is the one who wants to learn, places themselves in a learning environment, listens, learns, and grows up in their spiritual life. By utilizing the doctrine that they learn, they develop wisdom and spiritual production, and therefore stand ready before Christ, for phenomenal blessings for all of eternity.
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Psalms 1:3
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3 And he shall be like a tree [`ets] planted [shathal] by the rivers [peleg] of water, [mayim] that bringeth forth [nathan] his fruit [pariy] in his season; [`eth] his leaf [`aleh] also shall not wither; [nabel] and whatsoever he doeth [`asah] shall prosper. [tsalach] KJV-Interlinear
3 And he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. NASB
The person who meditates (studies) the scriptures, is similar to the tree that is planted (not by himself) by others (instruction), will be productive (spiritual productivity), and prosper and blossom, and grow into a full and fulfilling life.
Your life is in your soul, and what is in your soul is your life.
Streams of water refer to Bible doctrine, that flows along and near the tree, from which the tree reaches out with its roots and absorbs into itself, thus growing richly and healthy.
The tree produces fruit of many different types (different trees have different production).
The tree produces, because of the constant flow of water (doctrine) and rich soil (foundation of doctrine), all from the source of God (truth) and not of this world (ungodliness, sinfulness, scornfulness).
Whatever the tree does, through doctrine, it prospers. Therefore, apply this analogy to your own life.
You have a big world out there from which you can draw your livelihood. You learn academically, and through experience, but if it all comes from worldliness (not of God), then all you have comes to nothing.
However, if you draw from doctrine, and allow yourself to be planted (taught) from the right sources, if you learn doctrine, thus filling up your soul with truth, and allow it to flow through your mind (your thought process), then the resultant spiritual growth will never fail, and you will never fail in your spiritual life.
This does not mean that you will succeed in this temporal world. Your life is destined for bigger things in eternity in heaven with God. But if you fail in your daily Bible studies, then you will fall short in eternity.
The tree takes in water constantly and daily, for all of its life. It is nourished constantly and daily throughout its life. So too, you need to be nourished daily throughout your life, in order to be spiritually successful.
To ignore doctrine, is to refuse water. And to refuse water leads to poor health or death. Therefore, desire doctrine, pursue doctrine, and acquire the success and happiness and fulfillment that everyone strives for in life, but never find from this world.
The completion of your life is located in Bible doctrine. You just have to reach out for the water (doctrine) and drink it (learn it).
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3 And he shall be like a tree [`ets] planted [shathal] by the rivers [peleg] of water, [mayim] that bringeth forth [nathan] his fruit [pariy] in his season; [`eth] his leaf [`aleh] also shall not wither; [nabel] and whatsoever he doeth [`asah] shall prosper. [tsalach] KJV-Interlinear
3 And he will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season, And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. NASB
The person who meditates (studies) the scriptures, is similar to the tree that is planted (not by himself) by others (instruction), will be productive (spiritual productivity), and prosper and blossom, and grow into a full and fulfilling life.
Your life is in your soul, and what is in your soul is your life.
Streams of water refer to Bible doctrine, that flows along and near the tree, from which the tree reaches out with its roots and absorbs into itself, thus growing richly and healthy.
The tree produces fruit of many different types (different trees have different production).
The tree produces, because of the constant flow of water (doctrine) and rich soil (foundation of doctrine), all from the source of God (truth) and not of this world (ungodliness, sinfulness, scornfulness).
Whatever the tree does, through doctrine, it prospers. Therefore, apply this analogy to your own life.
You have a big world out there from which you can draw your livelihood. You learn academically, and through experience, but if it all comes from worldliness (not of God), then all you have comes to nothing.
However, if you draw from doctrine, and allow yourself to be planted (taught) from the right sources, if you learn doctrine, thus filling up your soul with truth, and allow it to flow through your mind (your thought process), then the resultant spiritual growth will never fail, and you will never fail in your spiritual life.
This does not mean that you will succeed in this temporal world. Your life is destined for bigger things in eternity in heaven with God. But if you fail in your daily Bible studies, then you will fall short in eternity.
The tree takes in water constantly and daily, for all of its life. It is nourished constantly and daily throughout its life. So too, you need to be nourished daily throughout your life, in order to be spiritually successful.
To ignore doctrine, is to refuse water. And to refuse water leads to poor health or death. Therefore, desire doctrine, pursue doctrine, and acquire the success and happiness and fulfillment that everyone strives for in life, but never find from this world.
The completion of your life is located in Bible doctrine. You just have to reach out for the water (doctrine) and drink it (learn it).
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
Psalms 1:2
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2 But his delight [chephets] is in the law [towrah] of the LORD; [Y@hovah] and in his law [towrah] doth he meditate [hagah] day [yowmam] and night. [layil] KJV-Interlinear
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. NASB
Delight, ‘chephets,’ means will, desire, purpose of life, motivation, movement from within the soul.
Law, ‘towrah,’ means the fundamental principles, precepts, concepts, categories of thinking, knowledge, wisdom, truth. All of these flow from the root, ‘yarah,’ which means to flow as water flows in a river. All truth flows freely from God, in huge volumes.
Doctrine is the sum total of the content of the scriptures. The scriptures are the sum total of Gods truth and communication to us. In order to know them, you have to learn them. And in order to learn them, you have to commit yourself to the study of the scriptures. And in order to study them, you have to ‘want’ to study them.
Hence, the delight of the individual is in the desire, the motivation, the purpose of ones life, for learning what God wants us to learn and know.
And Bible doctrine is that knowledge. For on it sits your whole purpose and foundation for life. Without it, you have nothing.
Happiness is your ultimate objective in life. You will never find it in the things of this world. You will never find it in the opinions of this world. You will never find it nor possess it, unless you acquire it through the only legitimate mechanism which God has provided. Namely Bible doctrine.
These first two verses tell us what Gods objective is, for each one of us – happiness. And how to acquire it – desire for His Word.
The verses also tell us how we can miss out on happiness, and that is to ignore instruction, for that is what this is (instruction), and to pursue the teaching of the world rather than Gods teaching.
If you want to fail, then by all means ignore Bible study, ignore Bible instruction, and figure out life your own way, if you know better.
But to insure success, guaranteed success in life, in this life, and in eternity, then you must knuckle down and learn doctrine from instruction. No one can do it on their own, or in their own way (the arrogance of presuming that you are sufficient to yourself). You have to make doctrine an integral part of your daily thoughts and life.
Desire is a hunger, a powerful thirst. As one who has been out on the desert for a very long time, starving and dehydrated, and then comes upon a banquet. The power of the banquet table is overwhelming and impossible to resist. That is what your feelings should be, for doctrine.
God offers us all an infinite blessing package for life and eternity. Who really, really, really wants it?
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2 But his delight [chephets] is in the law [towrah] of the LORD; [Y@hovah] and in his law [towrah] doth he meditate [hagah] day [yowmam] and night. [layil] KJV-Interlinear
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night. NASB
Delight, ‘chephets,’ means will, desire, purpose of life, motivation, movement from within the soul.
Law, ‘towrah,’ means the fundamental principles, precepts, concepts, categories of thinking, knowledge, wisdom, truth. All of these flow from the root, ‘yarah,’ which means to flow as water flows in a river. All truth flows freely from God, in huge volumes.
Doctrine is the sum total of the content of the scriptures. The scriptures are the sum total of Gods truth and communication to us. In order to know them, you have to learn them. And in order to learn them, you have to commit yourself to the study of the scriptures. And in order to study them, you have to ‘want’ to study them.
Hence, the delight of the individual is in the desire, the motivation, the purpose of ones life, for learning what God wants us to learn and know.
And Bible doctrine is that knowledge. For on it sits your whole purpose and foundation for life. Without it, you have nothing.
Happiness is your ultimate objective in life. You will never find it in the things of this world. You will never find it in the opinions of this world. You will never find it nor possess it, unless you acquire it through the only legitimate mechanism which God has provided. Namely Bible doctrine.
These first two verses tell us what Gods objective is, for each one of us – happiness. And how to acquire it – desire for His Word.
The verses also tell us how we can miss out on happiness, and that is to ignore instruction, for that is what this is (instruction), and to pursue the teaching of the world rather than Gods teaching.
If you want to fail, then by all means ignore Bible study, ignore Bible instruction, and figure out life your own way, if you know better.
But to insure success, guaranteed success in life, in this life, and in eternity, then you must knuckle down and learn doctrine from instruction. No one can do it on their own, or in their own way (the arrogance of presuming that you are sufficient to yourself). You have to make doctrine an integral part of your daily thoughts and life.
Desire is a hunger, a powerful thirst. As one who has been out on the desert for a very long time, starving and dehydrated, and then comes upon a banquet. The power of the banquet table is overwhelming and impossible to resist. That is what your feelings should be, for doctrine.
God offers us all an infinite blessing package for life and eternity. Who really, really, really wants it?
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Psalms 1:1
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1 Blessed ['esher] is the man ['iysh] that walketh [halak] not in the counsel [`etsah] of the ungodly, [rasha`] nor standeth [`amad] in the way [derek] of sinners, [chatta'] nor sitteth [yashab] in the seat [mowshab] of the scornful. [luwts] KJV-Interlinear
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! NASB
The word for blessed, ‘esher,’ is in the plural and means happiness's. And it is fitting that the Psalms begin with this thought and goal of happiness. For that is the ultimate objective of God for humanity, and for each individual for themselves - happiness.
But this is not just a smile on the face. It is a happiness that runs much deeper into ones total being. Deep into the very core of your soul.
Most people associate happiness with things or with circumstances, and as go those things or situations, so goes your happiness. Like a rollercoaster, your happiness can oscillate wildly when you depend on things that are external to you.
But, when your soul, or the very essence of your being, is constructed correctly, then your happiness becomes an integral part of you, and is not dependent on something else.
That is the objective of God, as He uses doctrine as the building block for constructing the core structure of your life.
The plural of blessed, means the total package of your life, and not just one aspect or another, of your life, and that total package depends on the content of your soul.
By using the negative exclusion, God teaches us that all things negative, all things evil, all things that form human viewpoint, contribute absolutely nothing to happiness, but the contrary, they destroy it.
The ungodly, ‘rasha,’ are those who are morally wrong, unjust, unrighteous, thieves, deceivers, withholders of truth, promoters of lies, he who has no truth in him.
God is truth. Doctrine is truth. And he who does not learn doctrine, lacks truth, and is therefore lacking in God, and is therefore ungodly, despite their opinion to the contrary.
Sinners, ‘chatta,’ means to miss the mark, to pass beyond prohibited limits, to transgress, criminal, guilty. All sinners, which includes us all, are guilty and therefore criminals with respect to Gods perfect expectations. We cannot live up to Gods standards. We are incapable of that. However, through Christ, God gives us an opportunity to be lifted up to His level, by obedience to His mandates.
And those mandates begin with salvation (your one time belief in Christ), and are perpetuated through confession (a repetitive function for maintaining fellowship), and spiritual growth through learning and using doctrine in your daily life (through a commitment to that pursuit).
Sinners do not follow this pattern of life, and therefore never realize happiness as it was intended.
Scornful, ‘luwts,’ means to mock, to deride, scoff, show disrespect, to observe something or someone as beneath ones self. Scoffers promote their sinful attitude through overt actions. They can scoff truth directly through antagonism, they can scoff at truth through indifference or apathy, they can scoff at truth through the expression of their own opinion, which they see as superior to truth.
Bible doctrine is truth. Without it you are nothing more than a scoffer (ignorant of truth because you have not learned it, and do not try to learn it), you are a sinner (guilty and therefore a criminal because you do the wrong things in life), you are an ungodly person (lacking the inner resources that would make you godly – spiritual growth to maturity).
He who is none of these things – ungodly, sinner, scornful, is therefore a valid candidate for happiness’s as designed by God.
God created humanity for happiness. Every person who has ever lived, desires and pursues happiness. No one desires misery. Happiness is the ultimate objective for every person.
The summary of the human effort is the pursuit of happiness. But unfortunately, people pursue happiness in places where it does not exist and therefore cannot be found – the world.
The ungodly have their counsel and that is their pattern of life, their walk.
The sinner has their resistance to change or repentance, and that is where they stand in life.
The scoffer has their stubbornness, and that is where they sit, unmovable.
To walk, stand, and sit as described by these three characteristics, is to position ones self in an entrenched pattern of life that insures failure.
The ungodly does not listen and is therefore not teachable. The sinner adds insult to injury by practicing evil practices in their daily life. The scoffer makes fun of truth and anything that he does not agree with.
Negative volition toward God is progressive. One bad decision leads to another, leads to another, and so forth.
There is only one God, only one savior, only one truth, and there is only one way to happiness and that way is through learning doctrine and growing up to spiritual maturity.
It begins by stopping the old pattern of life and adopting Gods pattern for success.
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Psalms 1:1
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1 Blessed ['esher] is the man ['iysh] that walketh [halak] not in the counsel [`etsah] of the ungodly, [rasha`] nor standeth [`amad] in the way [derek] of sinners, [chatta'] nor sitteth [yashab] in the seat [mowshab] of the scornful. [luwts] KJV-Interlinear
1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! NASB
The word for blessed, ‘esher,’ is in the plural and means happiness's. And it is fitting that the Psalms begin with this thought and goal of happiness. For that is the ultimate objective of God for humanity, and for each individual for themselves - happiness.
But this is not just a smile on the face. It is a happiness that runs much deeper into ones total being. Deep into the very core of your soul.
Most people associate happiness with things or with circumstances, and as go those things or situations, so goes your happiness. Like a rollercoaster, your happiness can oscillate wildly when you depend on things that are external to you.
But, when your soul, or the very essence of your being, is constructed correctly, then your happiness becomes an integral part of you, and is not dependent on something else.
That is the objective of God, as He uses doctrine as the building block for constructing the core structure of your life.
The plural of blessed, means the total package of your life, and not just one aspect or another, of your life, and that total package depends on the content of your soul.
By using the negative exclusion, God teaches us that all things negative, all things evil, all things that form human viewpoint, contribute absolutely nothing to happiness, but the contrary, they destroy it.
The ungodly, ‘rasha,’ are those who are morally wrong, unjust, unrighteous, thieves, deceivers, withholders of truth, promoters of lies, he who has no truth in him.
God is truth. Doctrine is truth. And he who does not learn doctrine, lacks truth, and is therefore lacking in God, and is therefore ungodly, despite their opinion to the contrary.
Sinners, ‘chatta,’ means to miss the mark, to pass beyond prohibited limits, to transgress, criminal, guilty. All sinners, which includes us all, are guilty and therefore criminals with respect to Gods perfect expectations. We cannot live up to Gods standards. We are incapable of that. However, through Christ, God gives us an opportunity to be lifted up to His level, by obedience to His mandates.
And those mandates begin with salvation (your one time belief in Christ), and are perpetuated through confession (a repetitive function for maintaining fellowship), and spiritual growth through learning and using doctrine in your daily life (through a commitment to that pursuit).
Sinners do not follow this pattern of life, and therefore never realize happiness as it was intended.
Scornful, ‘luwts,’ means to mock, to deride, scoff, show disrespect, to observe something or someone as beneath ones self. Scoffers promote their sinful attitude through overt actions. They can scoff truth directly through antagonism, they can scoff at truth through indifference or apathy, they can scoff at truth through the expression of their own opinion, which they see as superior to truth.
Bible doctrine is truth. Without it you are nothing more than a scoffer (ignorant of truth because you have not learned it, and do not try to learn it), you are a sinner (guilty and therefore a criminal because you do the wrong things in life), you are an ungodly person (lacking the inner resources that would make you godly – spiritual growth to maturity).
He who is none of these things – ungodly, sinner, scornful, is therefore a valid candidate for happiness’s as designed by God.
God created humanity for happiness. Every person who has ever lived, desires and pursues happiness. No one desires misery. Happiness is the ultimate objective for every person.
The summary of the human effort is the pursuit of happiness. But unfortunately, people pursue happiness in places where it does not exist and therefore cannot be found – the world.
The ungodly have their counsel and that is their pattern of life, their walk.
The sinner has their resistance to change or repentance, and that is where they stand in life.
The scoffer has their stubbornness, and that is where they sit, unmovable.
To walk, stand, and sit as described by these three characteristics, is to position ones self in an entrenched pattern of life that insures failure.
The ungodly does not listen and is therefore not teachable. The sinner adds insult to injury by practicing evil practices in their daily life. The scoffer makes fun of truth and anything that he does not agree with.
Negative volition toward God is progressive. One bad decision leads to another, leads to another, and so forth.
There is only one God, only one savior, only one truth, and there is only one way to happiness and that way is through learning doctrine and growing up to spiritual maturity.
It begins by stopping the old pattern of life and adopting Gods pattern for success.
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