The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1892-03-30
THE GOOD MANS WAY
LESSON !. SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
/ NATIONAL SERIES. APRIL 8.

in the way of sinners, nor stitch In the
seat of the scOrnful." The whole book of
Psalms is divided into five books, the end
ings of which are easily seen (xli, l3; Xxi,
10: xxxix, 81, cvi. IS; elk. %. 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 ivefold word to the congregation.
and the Psalter is the congregational five
fold word to the Lord. Psalm is the pref
ace to the whole book or the text of the
sermon. Thesubject 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. %, and the last in Dan.
xii, 70. 1t is different word from another
which is translated Blessed" signifying
TO bend the knee to- or worship, and used
over 800 times. In this negative descrip-
tion of the happy man observe the three
times three of the down grade of the
wicked, which he avoids-walð 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. IL; xlxxxiii, "a; xxxii,
s, margin.
9 But his delight is in the law of the
LorS and in his law doth he mediate day
and night" This is the positive descrip-
tion 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 10 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
Is forgiven whose sin is covered and to
whom iniquity is not imputed Cps. cxix,
40. xxi, l. 3 Rom. iii. 10, -. Lev. xvii. I'D.
Having. rs q poor man-one possessing
nothing but Sin-found the riches of the
Lord yea durable riches and righteous
ness prov. viii. is l9), his heart goes out
10 others who are rs poor as he once was,
and so carrying to them the word of the
Lord which made him rich, and seeing the
Lords grace TO them, he learns to delight
greatly in the Lord FPS XII. l; lisa lviii, s,
Il, 14)
8. And he shall he like a tree planted
By the rivers Of water. that bringeth forth
MS Irtllt IN MS season. MS lear also snail
not wither, and whatsoever he doeth shall
prosper" He learns TO say with Thomas
A kempis II have no rest but in "A nook
with the Book" and thus eating the word
day and night his roots 20 down deep by
the living water and he learns to say to
God, al my springs are in Thee" CPS.
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 Lord
to be heard and felt Gen xxx, 2. %;
Acts xvi 25). The fruit OF the Spirit, love,
Joy, peace. etc. is only ripened, mellowed
and brought out more beautifully by the
fruits of aliliction. In Jer. xvii, Z. S, 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. III Jesus dwelleth all
the fullnesS Of the Godhead bodily and we
are filled full in Him (Gen. xvii. l; Ii Cor
vi. L. is Col. ii, g. l0)
f. The ungodly are not so, but are like
the chaff which the wind driveth away"
And yet Christ died for the ungodly Rom.
V. 81 and is not willing that any should
perish (ll Pet iii, 81, entreating those whose
sins are rs deepdyed as scarlet and crimson
to come to II i'm and be made whittier than
snow lisa. j. ls). But if they will not turn
TO Him. persisting in disobedience and re-
belliou. then when He gathers His wheat
into the garner He will burn up the chaff
with unquenchable fire (Math. iii. 12). He
will say unto some Depart from me, We
cursed, into everlasting fire prepared for
the devil and his angels" These shall go
inf Sfiutr hut the
righteous into life eternal (Math. XIV, IL,
46l. Chat is just like wheat in form, but
it is all form aud no substance. Let US
take heed.
s. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand
in the judgment, nor sinners in the con-
gregation of the righteous" Thus early
in Scripture do we find reference TO the
distinctive resurrections and judgments of
righteous and unrighteous which are SO
clearly spoken of in the New Testament.
The word stand" in this verse is in
Ps lxxxviii, 10, and elsewhere translated
"arise;" so we might read, The ungodly
shall not arise in the Judgment" The
Scriptural programme Is simply this: At
death the spirits of the righteous enter
into conscious bliss, the spirits of the lost
into conscious torment, the bodies of all
alike going to corruption; when Christ
comes to the air for His saints their bodies
rise, and soul and body reunited appear at
His judgment seat to receive rewards for
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
lennium, or thousand years, at the end OF
which the ungodly arise to stand before
the great white throne and go away into
the lake of fire duke xvi, %, %; Phil. i,
q, %. | Thess. iv, 1913; ii Cor. V, 10;
Luke xix, ILLS; Rev. iii, 81; Cor. vi, 2;
Rev XXX. l-l5).
6. "For the Lord knoweth the way of the
righteous, but the way of the ungodly
shall perish" He looks with approval
upon the way of the righteous for they
walk in his way. Their prayer is ''Show
me thy way. o Lord teach me thy paths
Cps. XIV, a. and they find that all His
ways are pleasant and His paths are peace
prov iii, III. The ways of the Lord are
right, and the Just shall walk in them, but
the transgressors shall fall therein (Hos.
xiv, o. The way of the wicked is an
abomination unto the Lord prov. XIV. 81.
There are openly ungodly people who con
TESS that they care not for the way OF the
Lord; these are not the worst enemies Of
Christ. although by their own confession
they are without God and without Lope in
the world. There are others who bear the
name of the people of God, and, like the
remnant in Jeremiah's day. say, Pray for
us INTO the Lord thy God, that the Lord
thy God may show us the wSy wherein we
NAV walk and the thing that we may do.
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