"THE UNGODLY ARE NOT SO"

PSALMS 1:1

A. "THE UNGODLY ARE NOT SO; BUT ARE LIKE THE CHAFF WHICH THE WIND DRIVETH AWAY"
  1. Great truths are seen more clearly by contrast:
    1. The first Psalm contrasts the man who delights in the law of the Lord with
    2. The ungodly
  2. The contrast is:
    1. In their attitude toward the law of God
    2. And the result of their attitude B. OUR TEXT CONCERNS ITSELF WITH THE UNGODLY
  3. Who is he?
    1. "An ungodly man diggeth up evil; and in his lips there is an a burning fire" - Prov. 16:27
    2. He walks after his own lust - Jude 18
    3. He turns the grace of God into lascivious and denies the only Lord God and Jesus Christ our Lord - Jude 4. Examples: Esau was both profane and ungodly; we have no record that he ever had the name of God on his lips - Heb. 12:16; Rom. 9:13. Judas was another profane person - using the sign of a kiss to betray his Lord into the hands of the enemy - Matt. 26:49-50; 27:1-5
  4. What makes a man ungodly?
    1. When a man seeks to live without God in the world he is rightly called "ungodly"
    2. It is even possible for a man to looked upon as morally upright and respectful yet he is ungodly - God is not in his thoughts - Ps. 1-:4
    3. The ungodly is known by his character of which Paul has a lot to say - 2 Tim. 3:1-5; Gal. 5:19-21
  5. By nature we all are carnal or ungodly:
    1. Our nature is carnal - Rom. 7:1-4
    2. We hate God and his law - Rom. 8:6-7
    3. We have all gone astray and there is in us the spirit of rebellion that had its origin in the heart of an angel - Is. 14:12-17; Ex. 28:12-18. None of us has any claim to natural goodness - Is. 64:6: Rom. 3:9-23 C. IN CLOSING LET US NOTE HOW THE BIBLE CONTRASTS THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED OR UNGODLY
  6. The righteous:
    1. "Say unto the righteous that it shall be well with them" - Is. 3:10
    2. "It shall be well with him that feareth God" - Eccl. 8:12
    3. "The Lord said, Verily it shall be well with the remnant" - Jer. 15:11
    4. "He that hath not given forth upon usury...hath walked in My statutes and hast kept My judgments, to deal truly; he is just he shall surely live, saith the Lord" - Ezek. 18:8-9
    5. "Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought His judgments; seek ye righteousness; seek meekness; it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger " - Zeph. 2:2-3
  7. The wicked or ungodly:
    1. "Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him; for he shall eat the fruit of their doing" - Is. 3:11
    2. "There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked:" - Is. 48:22
    3. "But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt" - Is. 57:20
    4. "For the wages of sin is death" - Rom. 6:23
    5. "He that soweth upon the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption." - Gal. 6:7-8
    6. "Then shall He say unto them on the left hand, depart from Me ye cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels" - Matt. 25:41-43
  8. What makes the great difference?
    1. Not anything inherent in human nature because we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God - Rom. 3:23; Gal. 3:22
    2. Not that God is a respecter of persons; for He regards the person of no man - Acts. 10:34-35; Matt. 22:16
    3. The difference is Christ! Christ before the throne of God; Christ in the heart! Christ past, present, and throughout all eternity!


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