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Sermon Outline

Summer in the Psalms - Psalm 1
Pastor Clark Pfaff 

1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. (Psalm 1:1-6, NIV)

 

Key Point: The person who receives God’s blessing

a. They follow God’s Word.

Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers…(Psalm 1:1, NIV)
 

If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God.(James 4:4b, NLT) 
 

If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. (1 John 2:15b, NIV) 

b. They find delight in God’s Word.

2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.(Psalm 1:2, NIV)

Key Point: The person who is a blessing

2 “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”(Genesis 12:2-3, NIV)
 

That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.(Psalm 1:3, NIV)

It is more blessed to give than to receive.(Acts 20:35, NIV)

Key Point: The person who needs a blessing

4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. (Psalm 1:4-6, NIV)
 

His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(Matthew 3:12, NIV)