Psalm 1

Intro to the Psalms

 

What good are the psalms?

 

 - They teach us to pray

 - They train us to respond to all the Bible

 - They reshape our affections

 - They sweeten our emotions

 - The prevent individualism

 - They arouse us to warmth

 

They are the Bible made memorable.

 

Why sing the psalms?

 

 - Poetry makes you think without thinking!

-  Parallel thoughts in couplets

 - Songs make memorable

 - Songs enable worship together

 - Songs intensify emotion

 

Psalm 1: the righteous

 

  We want the blessed life rather than the best life!

  - Not going with the godless flow (normal general life)

  - Not standing for godlessness

  - Not sitting with God-mockery

  Christians delight in God's word:

  - From the heart

- 24/7

  Such people are vibrant and resilient

  - They bear fruit

 

Psalm 1: the wicked

 

  They are like chaff

  - In life they seemed "so weighty, so numerous, so plausible and so scornful"

  - They are actually lightweight rubbish

  They shall not stand before God.

 

Jesus sings the psalms?

 

  The psalms are songs by the king for the king (David)

  David is a picture of King Jesus

  The psalms are fulfilled in Jesus

  We receive the psalms' blessings in Christ

John 15:1-8 for example.