LIFE’S BINARY CHOICE
Psalm 1
Summer Psalms – Part 1 of 7
Deuteronomy 30.15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.” (esv)
v. 6 “… the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.” (esv)
THE TWO WAYS TO LIVE ARE …
Driven BY DIFFERENT Loves
Matthew 13.44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” (esv)
Governed BY DIFFERENT Certainties
v. 3 “He is like a tree planted …” (esv)
v. 4 “The wicked are … like chaff that the wind drives away.” (esv)
Planted –
Productive – “… that yields its fruit in its season …”
Protected – “… its leaf does not wither.”
Purposeful – “In all that he does, he prospers.” (esv)
Headed FOR DIFFERENT Destinies
vv. 5-6 “Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment … but the way of the wicked will perish.” (esv)
John 5.24 “… whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.” (esv)