Psalm 1..pt a. Ps. 1:3-6

PSALMS CLASS…………………………………09/19/2022

Psalms 1 & 2

PSALMS 1 (Continued)…….

Vs. 3 He shall be like a tree Planted by the [c]rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

“Like A Tree”

This Metaphor speaks of stability, Strength, Longevity ( See California Redwoods, some trees 4000 years old)..also being immoveable…a tree is never easily moved/uprooted…Also as  WELL as FRUITFULNESS

This is a picture of stable, immoveable, persistent , FRUITFUL …Lasting eternal SAINTS….Because they are so strong In God They also offer protection/security for others

Song..”I shall not be, I shall not be Moved….just like a tree planted by the waters, I shall not be moved”

Ps. 15:5 He who does not put out his money at usury, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent He who does these things shall never be moved.

Ps. 46:5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be [b]moved; God shall help her, just [c]at the break of dawn.(city/ house of God)

Matt15:13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted.

“PLANTED” This is a tree, that God PLANTED, This shows God’s nurturing care & cultivation of this specific Tree. God did this intentionally, this is not just any wild tree or bush

“By” literally ‘on’ or ‘over’..planted right OVER water like an oasis, a tree of righteousness

We are to Be  right in The Water (SPIRIT) of God ..Ro. 8:9, Gal. 5:16, 25;Eph. 2:22

“RIVERS” Plural in the Hebrew…could be canal or channels, has the idea of a ‘DIVIDE’…shows cultivation…irrigation ( we work with Abba to irrigate)…Trees like willow trees ‘hunt’ for water with their root…A Garden of EDEN experience

“RIVERS”…shows a Free-flowing Life in God..Jn.7:37-39 out of ones belly RIVERS of Living water shall flow…A CONTINUAL source of life Giving Water provided(joel 2:23)

Rev. 7:7 For the Lamb at the center of the throne     will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[a]     ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[b

Jn. 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

II Peter 2:17 wells without water

God will keep the woman/man who delights & meditates In Him flowing in His Spirit

“That brings forth its fruit in its season,” …Times & ‘SEASONS” ( ECC. 3) of Fruitfulness…Wonderful & healthy fruit is brought forth, in correct season & order

We get ‘rooted’  to provide good fruit as we ABIDE in Abba…Gal. 5:22,23 …

Jn. 15:4-5 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

Jn. 15:16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.

Gal. 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

A natural process to produce FRUIT in Abba’s season for the BLESSED Man/Woman!..FRUIT is the proof of our quality, character , nature….we as God’s children may produce different fruit.

“Whose leaf also shall not wither”….this speaks of what we do, Godly activity in Kingdom work….we will not dry up, we are receiving Plenty of SON shine…because of our delight & meditation in ABBA we are ALWAYS Receiving & growing…producing fruit to nourish ourselves + others(chlorophyll, process)  ..Like a healthy fruit tree we are alive, fresh & full of ‘green’ life

 

“And whatever he does shall prosper…” This is The PROOF of BLESSING For one committed to ABBA…To be a success, , Be profitable…from a root to Push forward or break out

Psalm 92:12,13 The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; They will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable].  Planted in the house of the Lord, They will flourish in the courts of our God.

Genesis 39:3  And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all he did [a]to prosper in his hand….23 The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under [a]Joseph’s authority, because the Lord was with him; and whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.

Genesis 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Jeremiah 17:5-8 Thus says the Lord:

“Cursed is the man who trusts in man And makes flesh his [a]strength, Whose heart departs from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, And shall not see when good comes, But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, In a salt land which is not inhabited.

7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not [b]fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

II Chron 31:20,21

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and true before the Lord his God. 21 And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in the law and in the commandment, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. So he prospered.

 

 

THE CONTRAST………Ps. 1:4,5,6

Vs. 4, 5 & 6

4)The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

6)For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Vs 4)” The ungodly are not so,…” literally, ‘NOT  SO The Unrighteous!’..emphatic Hebrew expression….NONE of the Righteous mans Blessings will ever apply to the ungodly man/woman

Last 3 verses of chpt. Refer in contrast to the righteous …now the ungodly

Refers back to phrase in verse 1 ‘Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly…’(both ½ lines)

“CHAFF”     

This word is used to show the unrighteous/ungodly as being opposite in character/life style of the Godly……Strong TREES have ROOTS, Life…..CHAFF is blown about, no substance, sustenance or LIFE=WORTHLESS…chaff is Dry & barren….processed in a ‘threshing barn’ to separate it out from GOOD grain…slats built in to BLOW away worthless chaff….chaff is unstable & of no use.

Matthew 3:11,12   11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Daniel 2:35  Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain and filled the whole earth.

Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw     and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay     and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty     and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Jude 12,13 12 These people are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm—shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted—twice dead,

1. 5) Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in Judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous

Not in the sense of Resurrection…speaks of being honored or debased….a state of shame is in view NO Justification in sin sacrifice or Christ’s blood  , rather a condemning Judgment…as wicked will be cut off

“Stand In judgment”

Literally, ‘’they shall arise in vindication”  

 “Congregation” = community, assembly, gathering…a root= to TESTIFY

Ps. 5:5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;

Ps. 26:12 My foot stands in an even place; In the congregations I will bless the Lord.

Ps. 73:18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

Goats/sheep….wheat/tares…fruit/chaff

God is moving now to expose sin In His Church..I Peter 4:17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?

Re. 6:17 “For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”

Parallelism ….

1. 6)For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

• The ultimate factor in a life Is God KNOWING Us ….implies
• He has accepted Me, & Is INVOLVED INTIATELY with Me(YADA)

II Tim. 2:19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of [a]Christ depart from iniquity.”

 

1. 6…………(KNOWS) continued

I Cor. 8:1-3 Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge [a]puffs up, but love [b]edifies. 2 And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know.   if anyone loves God this one is KNOWN by Him

Matthew 7:21-23 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Job 23:10 But He knows the way that I take; When He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

Jn. 14:6 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Heb. 10:20 20 by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh,

PSALM 139

Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are numbered

He Knows more about Us than even we know of ourselves

“PERISH”

Literally , “To Wander”

A Person left to their own way & uncared for ,wanders aimlessly like a lost child & ends up perishing

PSALM 16:8 I have Ever set the Lord Before Me

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

PSALM 112:1,2 Praise[a] the Lord!

Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.

2 His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed