Tabor Baptist Church

Introduction

• Overview:
  • Tells us about God
  • Tells us about the Saviour
  • Tells us about 2 ways to live
• Psalm 1 is about life

God

1. Only one God
   • This is what the Scripture teaches – Ps 91, 93
2. God the Creator
   • A reminder of the Garden of Eden
   • Example of the Universe – 20% matter
3. The Covenant Lord/God
   • v2,6 – Yahweh
   • A personal God
   • Isa 57 – God condescends to His people
4. God rules over the nations
   • God watches over the righteous and the wicked
   • Part of His Omnipresence
   • Ps 2

• Psalms written to help us praise
• Psalms written to help instruct us
  • Who God is
  • To teach the nations who God is
  • To teach people to commit to the one true God

The Saviour

• A blessed man
  • v1-3
  • Example of the tree planted by the river in Erddig Hall & Gardens in Wrexham
• Not so much a description of what we should be but a portrait of someone
  • A man much greater than any king, than any person
  • The Lord Jesus Christ – both God and man
    • He always did the will of God
    • He is the perfect Saviour for the nations of the world
• What is a Saviour?
  • Example of lifeboat
  • Ps 1 teaches us that Jesus it the perfect Saviour for you and me
    • He died for our sins
    • He rose again from the dead
    • When we trust in Him – His perfect life is accounted to us
      • As if we had never been wicked
    • When we trust in Jesus – all our sins are forgiven
• Some have called Ps 1 – a gateway Psalm
  • Into the rest of the Psalms
  • The Psalms do not primarily teach us to how to have a better life
  • The Psalms teach us to trust in Jesus
• We need to repent and put our trust in Jesus
  • Our filthy rags of sin – are removed
  • The righteousness of Jesus covers us

2 ways to live

• Trust in the Saviour or reject the Saviour
• Trust and follow the Saviour
  • They instruct the believer how to live
  • We find out desires have changed
    • We do not want to follow the ways of the world
    • We want to follow the ways of the Saviour
  • We delight in God’s law and meditate upon it
    • "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness"
    • Such a person is like a strong tree producing good fruit
    • Example of the film ‘The pursuit of happiness’
    • We trust in true happiness
    • Spiritual prosperity that comes through righteousness
  • Are you seeking these things?
• Reject the Saviour and ignore His ways
  • The wicked
    • Not walking but standing or sitting
    • Like the chaff – explanation
    • To invest only in this life – is to lose your soul (v5)
      • Such will not stand in the judgment
• An invitation to stand with the righteous
  • Which way are you living?

Closing Remarks