Sermon Introduction

• Worship and praise of the LORD are paramount in the life of a believer, yet true worship and praise of the LORD is often shallow and lethargic.

• The Psalms are filled with praise and worship unto the LORD and reveal to us the heart of one who truly does worship and praise the LORD.

• In Psalm 150, the word “Praise” is said 13 times in 6 verses, ending with the familiar verse, “Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.”

• Psalm 150 should exemplify the normal Christian’s worship and praise of the LORD.

• How can the believer come to overflowing praise unto the LORD?

• The passage before us in Psalm 1 reveals the foundations of true worship and praise unto the LORD. Psalm 1 truly contrasts the believer in Christ and the ungodly without Christ.

I. The Righteous in Christ - Vss. 1-3

“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. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.”

II. The Ungodly without Christ - Vss. 4-5

“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.”

III. The Summation by Christ - Vs. 6

“For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.”

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