Sermon by Pastor David Prince
The Way of Blessing
Psalm 1:1a, 2:12d
Blessed is the man …
Psalm 1:1a
… Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 2:12d
Blessed are the Meditators …
Who Think Scripture Out
Psalm 1:1-2
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Psalm 1:1
but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:2
Blessed are the Meditators …
Who Take Scripture In
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
Psalm 1:3
Blessed are the Meditators …
Who Treasure Scripture Up
Psalm 1:4-2:12
4The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
5Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
Psalm 1:4-5
for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 1:6
1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
Psalm 2:1-2
“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”
Psalm 2:3
4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”
Psalm 2:4-6
7I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you. 8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
Psalm 2:7-8
9You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” 10Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.
Psalm 2:9-10
11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
Psalm 2:11