Blessed Is the Man

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. ungodly: or, wicked - Psalms 1:1

    "That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly." What is the counsel of the ungodly? It is the so-called wisdom of the world. It is the opinions and philosophy of natural man. This blessed man does not listen to their counsel, nor agree with, nor act according to what these "wise men" think. Peer pressure is no problem for him.

    "He does not stand in the way of evil men." The way of sinners is the way of self, pride, materialism, and the way of death. "There is a way that seems right to the natural man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Prov. 14:12). "Every way of a man is right in his own eyes but the Lord weighs and tries the heart" (Prov. 21:2).

    "He does not sit in the seat of the scornful." You meet the scornful every day; the news media, the world of entertainment, the intellectuals, the sarcastic in-your-face crowd. They are not teachable and are seated in the seat of the scornful. How does a person come to be so hardened as to sit in the seat of the scornful?

1. First he walks with them, listens to them, keeps company with them, and then…

1. He stops and listens to their so-called wisdom, opinions, and philosophy and is impressed, and then…

1. He sits down with them and becomes as evil and perverted as they are, and perishes in the way.

    “But our delight is in the law of the Lord and in his word do we meditate day and night.” Oh! "Blessed is the man."