Have you noticed the
dilemma of figuring out how to have a relationship with God? The Bible
has many things to say along these lines. Often times people just get
lost in the shuffle. Occasionally in scripture a prophet just stops and
gives you a principled summary. Would you like a principled summary
about “How to live with God” absent all the technical discussions? Would
you like to find a passage of scripture that just unlocks the point in
clear terms that anyone can understand?
The first Psalm is one such passage. It is obviously an Old Testament passage rather than a New Testament one but here the two testaments agree. The author is not trying to tell you how to establish a relationship with God, that subject is dealt with elsewhere. (See Jesus' comments in Mark 15:15-16 for example) The Psalmist is simply describing how to have an ongoing relationship with our Creator. Today we would say that once you become a Christian (a Jew in OT times) then this is how to live.
Let’s allow him to lead us through the principles of a blessed life before our God.
The first Psalm is one such passage. It is obviously an Old Testament passage rather than a New Testament one but here the two testaments agree. The author is not trying to tell you how to establish a relationship with God, that subject is dealt with elsewhere. (See Jesus' comments in Mark 15:15-16 for example) The Psalmist is simply describing how to have an ongoing relationship with our Creator. Today we would say that once you become a Christian (a Jew in OT times) then this is how to live.
Let’s allow him to lead us through the principles of a blessed life before our God.
Psalm 1: 1. 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.
Have
you noticed that oftentimes the first step in accomplishing good is to
avoid evil? Paul describes how that all of us (Paul included) were born
good. We do not always stay that way.
