Go with me if you would back
to Psalm 1. Psalm chapter 1. I love this psalm. I love this
psalm. My love for this psalm skyrocketed. I mean skyrocketed. The first
time I ever heard a man preach to me that this is the Lord Jesus
Christ. I never knew that. I read this
and saw how I ought to be, and then all of a sudden somebody
said, that's Christ. And I said, that's wonderful. That's wonderful. Verse 1 here,
it says, blessed is the man. You think we'll be saying that
throughout glory? Blessed is the man. Blessed is
the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly. knowing that while our Lord was
here on this earth, He never walked in the counsel of anybody
except for Himself, His Father, and His Spirit. Never. Never. He never walked in the
counsel of the ungodly. Father, Son, and Spirit, these
three are one. All of the fullness of God dwells
in him. And Isaiah said, he said in chapter
9 verse 6, his name shall be called Counselor. We just sang about it. Counselor. He never walked in the counsel
of anybody. He didn't receive counsel. He
only gave it. Counselor. Isaiah 40 says, with
whom took he counsel? Who taught him? He's the counselor. Don't you love that? The counselor.
Verse one says, blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners. Don't you love knowing that our
Lord is sinless? Don't you love knowing that?
Absolutely sinless. There are some little g-gods
on this earth that people worship who were men at one point, and
if you study anything about them, you'll realize they were sinners.
They were sinners. Our God is sinless. Sinless. It gives me, I know
it gives you, so much confidence and so much assurance in the
God that we believe in. Knowing that He never committed
one sin. Never. Never. Never ever. Never will. He stood in the way
for sinners. But he never stood in the way
of sinners. Never. Verse 1 says, 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. He never sat in the seat of the
mocker. That's what scornful means. The mocker. Never. He had every
right to. But he never did. He had every
right to. I'll tell you what's more amazing
than the fact that he never sat in the seat of the mocker. Is
he allowed himself to stand before the seat of the mocker. Isn't
that amazing? Look with me at Psalm 22. Psalm 22. This is the Lord Jesus
Christ. This entire Psalm is the events
of the cross. Verse 1 says, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? So this is our Lord. Verse 6,
He said, But I am a worm. That's an amazing statement,
isn't it? The Lord Jesus Christ said, But I am a worm. Why did He say that? You know what He said in Isaiah,
I believe 41? He said, Fear not thou worm,
Jacob. That's substitution. He stood
there as this worm. He said, I am a worm and no man,
a reproach of men and despised of the people. All they that
see me laugh me to scorn. That's amazing he tolerated that. They shoot out the lip. They
shake the head saying he trusted on the Lord that he would deliver
him. Let him deliver him. Seeing he
delighted in him. What he's saying is they're all
mocking me. They're all mocking me. All he
would have had to do is say come. and legions upon legions upon
legions. Can you imagine the armies of
heaven storming this earth, this little bitty earth? They would
have ripped this place apart. That's all he had to say. But
he never did that. This blessed, blessed man never
sat in the seat of the scornful, never. Back in Psalm 1, verse
1 says, 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, but his delight is in the law
of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night." The
scripture says, pray without ceasing. He did. I mean, he did. The Scripture
says, Obey every single commandment. And He did. The Scripture says,
Delight yourself in nothing but God, His Word, and His people. And that's exactly what He did.
That's exactly what He did. Verse 3 says, And He shall be
like a tree planted by the rivers of water that bringeth forth
his fruit in his season." And that's exactly what happened.
He was brought forth as a root out of dry ground. And he grew
up before men, he grew up in the stead of men as the tree
of life. Started as a root out of dry
ground on this earth. And he grew up the tree of life
and then God cut him down. And he was planted by the rivers
of God's wrath on the sin of his people. And
all that happened that he might bring forth his fruit in his
season. Every bit of that. Verse 3 goes
on to say, His leaf also shall not wither. His blessed body
never saw corruption. Never. And his work, his own
work, never failed. You know, when Adam and Eve sinned,
they covered themselves with fig leaves. That's what they
sowed together. Fig leaves, trying to cover themselves,
trying to make a righteousness, trying to make an atonement for
themselves. Fig leaves represent man's works. And while our Lord
was here, he cursed the fig tree. He cursed man's works, and those
fig leaves withered and died. But His leaf, His work, the covering
of His righteousness, the payment of His blood, it's never going
to wither. Verse 13 says, And whatsoever He doeth shall prosper. Whatever he does will prosper.
I love how not only does Isaiah 42 say he shall not fail, we
all love how it says he shall not fail, but it also says nor
be discouraged. He's not even going to be discouraged.
Whatever he does, whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Verse 4 says the ungodly are
not so. but are like the chaff which
the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, but the way
of the ungodly shall perish." And that's true. That's true
for every soul outside of Christ. Every soul that this blessed
man was not mocked for. He allowed himself to be mocked
because that's exactly what I deserved. And he took it for me. And every
man or every woman that this blessed man was not planted in
the rivers of God's wrath for. Every soul that this blessed
man did not prosper for is going to perish. Every single soul. But let me show you something
over in Romans 5. Romans 5 verse 6, For when we were yet without
strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. He died for the ungodly. In Psalm
1 we read about the ungodly and we think that's not us. That's
them, that's not us. The Apostle Paul says, that is
us. That's us. In due time, Christ
died for the ungodly. Now go back over to Psalm 1 with
me. Verse 4 says, the ungodly, that's
me and you, are not so. We are nothing like this blessed
man, not in and of ourselves, nothing like him. All we've ever
done is walk in the counsel of ungodly men. All we've ever done
is stand in the way of sinners in this flesh. All we've ever
done is sit in the seat of the scornful. We've mocked and we've
mocked. All we've ever done is delight
in this flesh, not in the law of the Lord and in this flesh. All we've ever done is wither
and fail. That's all we've ever done. But
blessed be our God, all of the chaff. All of the chaff of this
flesh, the wind of God's Holy Spirit is going to drive it away.
Verse 4 says, The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff
which the wind of God's Holy Spirit comes to and blows every
bit of that away. Verse 5 says, Therefore the ungodly
shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation
of the righteous. And we didn't. We didn't. Christ died in our
stead. It was a true substitution. And as we stood there, we were
judged and we died. We could not stand. And we did
not stand in Him. We were crucified with Him. And
if He did not do that for us in the judgment, we could not
stand in His righteousness. stand in him as his righteousness,
in his righteousness. He made him to be sin for us
that we might be made his righteousness, the righteousness of God. And
that's our only hope, isn't it? That's our only hope. Verse 6
says, For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous, all those
that have been made to be righteous in him. The Lord knows the way
of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly shall perish. Now, what led me to all this is, I
was sitting in my study Monday, thinking about this fact, and I pray the Lord will send
His Spirit into this room and touch our hearts with it. We are so blessed. We are so blessed. Whatever this world brings, Whatever
comes, whatever sorrow is around the corner, oh there's sorrow,
there are trials, there's trouble, there is heartache, there's hardships,
it's hard work. But when you get right down to
it, we are so blessed. We are so, so if you stop for
just one minute and just cut down to the heart of our existence
in this blessed man, this blessed man who stood there and was mocked
for us. This blessed man who endured
all of the trial, he was planted in God's wrath for us. Everything he came here to do
for us. If you just get down to the core
of what all this means for us, for eternity, for right now,
for every single day, we are so, so blessed. So blessed. With him, He is the reason for
all of the blessing. And with Him, we are just as
blessed as He is. We are just as blessed. If we
are in Him, we are just as blessed as He is. In Christ, we can honestly
say, blessed is the man. Really. Blessed is the man. I jotted down some scriptures
that tell us what makes us such blessed men and women. This is
the reason why we are such blessed men and women. Psalm 1 verse
1 tells us it's because He delivered us from false religion. He delivered us from false religion. Now, just think about that. He delivered us from false religion. Thanks be to God, we don't walk
in the counsel of the ungodly. Aren't you so glad for that?
Our Lord called them blind leaders of the blind. He said they're
all going to fall into the ditch. He could have left us there.
And we could have believed it. We could have followed it. But
thanks be to God, He didn't leave us there. And we do not walk
in the counsel of the ungodly. Thank God. Thank God. We do not stand in the way of
sinners. All right, now, we are sinners. But do you know what our Lord
said? Our Lord said, every sin committed against me shall be
forgiven. That's good news, isn't it? He
said, but one, the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost, and you
know what that is? Unbelief. not believing on Christ, not
trusting His blood. And I'm going to tell you something.
By God's grace, we don't stand in unbelief. We don't. Are there still moments of unbelief? Absolutely. But we don't stand
in them. We don't stay in them. God in mercy always pulls us
out. We do not stand in the way of
sinners. By God's grace, we do not make
a mockery. Verse 1 goes on to say, Nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful. The mocker. By God's grace, we
do not make a mockery out of Him, out of His worship, out
of who He is and what He's done. Our Lord delivered us. He delivered
us from false religion. And what blessed men and women
we are. Aren't we so blessed to not be
in false religion? Thank God we're not in false
religion. Thank God. Look with me over
at Psalm 65. Psalm 65 verse 4 says, Blessed
is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto
thee. You know what makes us so blessed?
You know why we are so, so blessed? God chose us and drew us to Himself. We're blessed. We are so blessed. He caused us to approach unto
Him. He caused that. Had He not done
that, we would have perished in our ungodliness. That's what would have happened.
But He chose us and He caused us to approach Him for mercy. And then He gave us what He caused
us to approach Him for, mercy. He said, come here, ask, receive. and go in peace. How blessed
we are. He started it. He finished it. And we just ended up with it. Mercy. Blessed. Look with me
at Psalm 94. Psalm 94 verse 12. Blessed is the man whom thou
chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law. Why is that a blessing? Because it means we are his children. It means He loves us. Whom the
Lord loves, He chastens. His Word, this Word does not
prick the heart of those who do not belong to Him. It does not. If His Word makes
us cry, really, O wretched man that I am, then we're blessed. If we can
cry that, if we can honestly cry Oh, wretched man that I am. If we can truly believe that
we're absolutely wretched, if God would ever make us absolutely
sick and tired of ourselves, then we'd be blessed people.
So blessed. Look with me at Psalm 112. Verse 1 says, Praise ye the Lord,
blessed is the man that feareth the Lord. That's a blessed man. God, if He's put fear, and He
has, He's put fear in us, hasn't He? He has put a reverence in
us. He has put a holy respect and
a holy love in our hearts for Him, for the true and living
God of heaven, the true God. We are so blessed because He
made us bow. So blessed. Thank God He made
us bow. Go to Proverbs 8. Proverbs 8 verse 1 says, Doth
not wisdom cry? What is wisdom? It's not a what,
it's a who. Well, what does wisdom cry? Verse
34, Proverbs 8 verse 34, Blessed is the man that heareth me. watching daily at my gates, waiting
at the post of my doors. We've been given ears to hear. We have been given eyes to see. How blessed, so blessed. Have you ever tried to show somebody
something in the Word, opened up the Bible, touched it with
your finger, ran it across the line, and they just can't see
it? Giving them a message, listen
to this, and they just can't hear it. We are blessed. We're so blessed. Look at Jeremiah
17, just a couple more. Jeremiah 17, verse 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth
in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. We have been given somebody
to trust in. And I pray the Lord will let
us enter into this. We've been given somebody to
trust in. There is nobody outside of Christ, there is nobody in
this world that you can honestly trust. You cannot trust yourself. People make the statement all
the time, I don't trust anybody but myself. You cannot actually
trust yourself. You can't. Outside of Christ
there is nobody to lean on. Really. That brings true trust. We have been given somebody. We have been given someone that
we can trust in. And we do. We rest in him. Decisions need to be made. What
do we do? Wait on the Lord. Isn't that
what we do? The Lord's going to handle it. Isn't that what we say? We rest
in Him. We fall back on Him. We do. And nobody but God's people have
been given that. Nobody. We have someone that
we can honestly trust. He eases our worries. He settles our heart. And to
have that makes us blessed. Truly, truly blessed. Now go
to Romans 4. Romans 4, I love this one. Romans 4 verse 8 says, Blessed
is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. It's Christ that died. Blessed
is the man. Can you imagine? of all the people in the world.
Our God looks at us. Sin is mixed with all that we
do, but because of Christ, He looks at us and He says, I will
not impute sin. Will not do it. We are so blessed
to have the one that our sin was imputed to. We're so blessed. God imputed it to Him and not
us. And He'll never come back to us. Never. All right, I'm
going to close with this one, okay? Go to Revelation 1. Revelation 1 verse 3 says, blessed
is he that readeth and they that hear the words of this prophecy
and keep those things which are written therein for the time
is at hand. The time is at hand. The time
is at hand, and we are so blessed to have this Word. We're so,
so blessed to have this Word. This Word tells us all these
things. If we didn't have this Word,
we could not know all of these things. So blessed. These right here are spiritual
blessings from God, spiritual blessings from heaven. They're
all found in Christ. They're all freely given to us. All the blessings. And we're
so blessed to be notified of it. God told us about it. I pray the Lord will allow us
to really enter in to how blessed we are. Thank God for the blessed
man. Because of the blessed man, we
are so blessed in him, blessed men and women in him. May God
bless that to our hearts. Let's all stand together.