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THE GOOD MANS WAY
LESSON I. SECOND QUARTER, INTER
+ NATIONAL SERIES. APRIL 8.


In the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way Of sinners. nor stitch in the
scat of the scornful" The whole book Of
Psalms is divided into five books, the end
ings of which are easily seen (xli, 49, lxxii,
10. lxxxix, 81 cvi, As; elk, O.. The an
cient Rabbins saw in the five books Of
Psalms the image of the five books Of the
law. II has been said that the Law is the
Lords fvefold word to the congregation,
and the Psalter is the congregations five
fold word to the Lord. Psalm is the pref
ace to the whole book or the text of the
sermon. The subject is the happiness of the
righteous and the destruction of sinners.
The word translated Blessed" or more
literally. 20 the blessings" is used over
forty times in the Old Testament, twenty
five of which are in the Psalms. The first
is in Deut. xxxiii, 20, and the last in Dan.
xii, 10 1t Ia "A different word from another
which Is translated Blessed" signifying
to bend the knee to, or worship, and used
over 300 times In this negative descrip-
ton of the happy man observe the three
times three of the down grade of the
wicked, which he walketh, stand.
eth, sitteth, the counsel, the way the seat;
the ungodly, sinners, the scornful The
counsel would be to let religion alone.
The way is that of the theater, the gam.
bier, the drunkard The seat is that of
confirmed impiety. BY resisting the first
we get victory over all The following are
very helpful texts in reference to counsel
Ps cvi, 43; xxxiii, 10, II; xlxxxiii, "a, xxi,
8, margin.
Q. But his delight is in the law Of the
Lord, and in his law doth he mediate day
and night" This is the positive descrip
ton of the happy man and the secret of his
blessedness. In the word of God he finds
God Himself, and God becomes his delight.
The entrance of the word has enlightened
him. caused him to see his sinfulness and
plead guilty, led him to the blood that
maketh atonement for the soul, and now
he is the happy man whose transgression
10 forgiven whose sin is covered and to
whom iniquity is not imputed (Ps cxix,
$780, xxxii, |, 2, Rom. iii, 10, "a, Lev. xvii, ~.
Having. M poor man-one possessing
nothing but sn-found the riches of the
Lord, yea durable riches and righteous
ness prov viii, IS, l9), his heart goes out
to others who are as poor as he once was
and 80 carrying TO them the word of tn
Lord which made him rich. and seeing the
Lords grace to them, he learns to delight
greatly In the Lord (Ps. xii, |; lisa. lviii, 8
II, ~
g. "And he shall be like 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" He learns to say with Thomas
A. Kempis, 81 have no rest but in nook
with the Book" am thus eating the word
day and night, his roots 90 down deep by
the living water and he learns to say to
God, IAN my springs are in Thee" ops
lxxxvii. ~ And though he may be out
wardly oppressed and afflicted, even falsely
accused and imprisoned like Joseph, or
actually beaten like Paul and Silas yet he
prospers, and can make his joy in the Lorn
to be heard and felt (Gen. xxx, 3, %;
Acts xvi, e5) The fruit of the Spirit, love,
Joy, peace, etc, is only ripened, melowed
and brought out more beautifully by the
fruits OF affection. In Jer xvii, Z, 8, there
IL "a very similar description Of one whose
trust Is In the Lord, and whose hope the
Lord is The secret is that the Almighty
God Is the all sufficient home of the soul
or, In other words, in Jesus dwelleth all
the fullness of the Godhead bodily and w,
are filed full in Him Gen xviii |, II Cor
vi, II, IS, Col. ii, 9, 10Y.
4. 1.-THE ungodly are not SO, but are like
the chaf which the wind driveth away. "
And yet Christ died for the ungodly (Rom.
v, o. and IL not willing that any should
perish I'll Pet iii ~, entreating those whose
sins are as deep dyed as scarlet and crimson
TO come to Him and he made whittier than
snow Usu l. 49, But If they will not turn
TO Him, persisting in disobedence and re
bellion, then when He gathers His wheat
into the garner He will burn up the chnff
with unauenchable fire (Math, iii, l2), He
will say unto some, depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for
the devil and his angels" "These shall go
away into everlasting punishment, but the
righteous into life eternal (Math, XIV, Al,
a6). Chalf is Just like wheat in form, but
IL Is all form and no substance. Let us
take heed.
8. therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the Judgment, nor sinners in the con
pregation of the righteous" Thus early
In Scripture do we find reference to the
distinctive resurrections and judgments OF
righteous and unrighteous which are SC
clearly spoken of in the New Testament
The word stand" in this verse is IN
Ps. lxxxviii, 10, and elsewhere translated
,"arise;" 80 we might read, 1.-THE ungodly
shall not arise in the judgment" The
Scriptural programme is simply this Al
death the spirits Of the righteous enter
into conscious bliss, the spirits of the lost
into conscious torment, the bodies OF nj
alike going to corruption; when Christ
comes to the air for His saints their bodice
rise, and soul and body reunited appear III
His Judgment seat TO receive rewards FOL
service and places in His kingdom, Only
believers are in that judgment, They re
turn with Him to Judge the living nations
and convert Israel and bring in the mil
lenniun, or thousand years, ut the end o
which the ungodly arise to stand betor'
the great white throne and go away int
the lake Of fire duke xvi, ~, %, Phil
81, %; | Thess w, 1913, ii Cor V, l0
Luke xix, Ills; Rev, iii, 81; Cor vi, :
Rev. Xxx, l-l5)
q "For the Lord knoweth the way OF tin
righteous, but the way of the ungodl!
shall perish" He looks with approya
upon the way of the righteous for the.
walk In his way. Their prayer is "ShoV
me thy way, 0 Lord teach me thy paths'
Ps. XIV, y, aud they find that all Iii
WAYS are pleasant and His paths are peac
proy. III. IN The ways of the Lord ar
right. and the Just shall walk in them, bu
the transgressors shall fall therein llios
xiv, o. The way of the wicked is a
abomination unto the Lord prov, XIV y
There are openly ungodly people who cor cor
fess that the care not for the way OF In
lord. these are not the worst enemies c
Christ, although by their own coniessio
they are without God and without hope !
the world. There are others who bear tn
name of the people of God, and, IKE "a
remnant in Jeremiah's day, say Pray io
us unto the Lord thy God, that the l'or
q I,.axS " wi ~
may walk and the thing that we may do.
Then when Gnd,s MnN is made known I