“The Right Way and the Wrong Way” (Psalm 1)

“The Right Way and the Wrong Way” (Psalm 1)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, April 28, 2019

Psalm 1:1–6 (NIV)
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.

1. Two Different Directions

a. Clearly Distinct Directions
b. Directions of Choice
c. A Direction of Grace
d. Progressive Directions
e. Solitary vs. Crowded Paths

2. Two Different Dividends

a. Blessedness vs. Futility/Frustration
b. Flourishing vs. Withering

3. Two Different Destinies

a. In this life
b. In the life to come

Main Idea: Those blessed by the Lord walk the path of delight in his Word. Their life is a flourishing one that leads to eternal life. The foolish and the mockers walk the path of self-determination, refusing to delight in or follow God’s Word. Their life is characterized by futility and ultimately ends in death and judgment.