Psalms
Psalms 1
January 11, 2026
A Sunday school sermon on Psalm 1 teaches that blessedness is an all‑encompassing life shaped by delighting in and meditating on God's Word, contrasts the fruitful righteous with the worthless wicked, points to Christ, and closes with a prayer for desire and patience in pursuing righteousness.
Summary
The speaker opens and closes with prayer and launches a Sunday school series on selected Psalms by expounding Psalm 1: the blessed person avoids the counsel, way, and seat of the wicked; delights and meditates in God's Word; and is like a tree planted by streams that yields fruit, while the wicked are like chaff whose way perishes. The sermon highlights Hebrew parallelism, the deeper meaning of 'delight' and 'meditate' (including vocal reflection), the emotional resonance of the Psalms, the clear righteous/wicked dichotomy, and how the teaching points forward to Christ—acknowledging that hungering for righteousness brings both satisfaction and struggle—and prays for desire and patience as righteousness grows.
Key Points
- Begins and ends with prayer and introduces a Sunday school series on selected Psalms
- Reads and centers the teaching on Psalm 1 (blessed is the man who avoids the wicked)
- Defines blessedness as a state rooted in relationship with God, not merely immediate happiness
- Notes Hebrew parallelism in verse 1 and uses repeated lines to develop the concept of blessed living
- Emphasizes 'delighting' in and 'meditating' on God's Word (including vocal reflection and internalizing scripture)
- Compares the righteous to a well‑watered, fruitful tree and the wicked to chaff that perishes
- Presents a clear dichotomy between the way of the righteous and the way of the wicked
- Connects the Psalm's teaching to Jesus and the idea of hungering and thirsting for righteousness, which brings both satisfaction and pain in a fallen world
- Encourages emotional engagement with the Psalms and applying them to daily life
- Concludes with a prayer asking God for desire for righteousness and patience as it grows
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