who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
and on his law he meditates day and night".
The Psalmist opens the book up by pronouncing a blessing on those who
meditate on the law of God. He is saying that understanding the biblical
counsel comes from the experience we have when we are illuminated by
the Spirit when we mediate on these Psalms. In order for us to
understand Gods counsel we must be in the practice of using the five
gifts that the Psalmist pronounces as he stands, walks and sits.
We must understand that the Psalmist is not describing the American system of psychological and emotional integration.I am not gonna discuss physical brain injuries that lead to chemical imbalances. That require a Psychiatrist who can prescribe medication. But we must understand that the context of all these words used in the Psalms are fighting political , religious, and national wars. We are taught that we are born in a world were we are caught in spiritual battle between God and Satan who control the wicked. The Psalms give us five gifts to fight in this war that is beyond our power and ability. The five gifts are the law, covenants, curses, statutes and promises. So the world of integration is a imaginary world.Because it lowers the image of man and position that God established in order for man to prosper. It gets man to focus on the things that are only temporary solutions. And it also lowers the power and blurs the deceptive schemes of the opposition.Any time we integrate behaviors in order to change a relationship we are only satisfying the desires of the parties involved. We are destroying the underlying opposition.
This why the apostle teaches us to put the flesh to death by the Spirit. In other words we must kill all opposition by Spirit and word. This is the approach that we find in the Psalms. These five gifts that we are given are the tools that we use to establish our way in confronting the spiritual schemes of the wicked. The law is Gods gift that speaks death to violators. It sets the standard that cannot be lowered. God does not lower the standard of the law in order to give us success. The spiritual success that we experience is accomplished by God whose will cannot be thwarted. The covenants are Gods sworn oath to His own hurt that He will perform His purpose in our lives. God is moved to answer our petitions based solely on His covenants. The curses are Gods weight of sorrow that prevents the wicked from prospering. The promises or the blessings are Gods goodness that prevents us from acting toward our brothers outside of His completed kingdom. It allows us to grow by the principle of learning our new identity. So we fight against the counsel of political and religious opposition. We are engaged in a national war.
We must understand that the Psalmist is not describing the American system of psychological and emotional integration.I am not gonna discuss physical brain injuries that lead to chemical imbalances. That require a Psychiatrist who can prescribe medication. But we must understand that the context of all these words used in the Psalms are fighting political , religious, and national wars. We are taught that we are born in a world were we are caught in spiritual battle between God and Satan who control the wicked. The Psalms give us five gifts to fight in this war that is beyond our power and ability. The five gifts are the law, covenants, curses, statutes and promises. So the world of integration is a imaginary world.Because it lowers the image of man and position that God established in order for man to prosper. It gets man to focus on the things that are only temporary solutions. And it also lowers the power and blurs the deceptive schemes of the opposition.Any time we integrate behaviors in order to change a relationship we are only satisfying the desires of the parties involved. We are destroying the underlying opposition.
This why the apostle teaches us to put the flesh to death by the Spirit. In other words we must kill all opposition by Spirit and word. This is the approach that we find in the Psalms. These five gifts that we are given are the tools that we use to establish our way in confronting the spiritual schemes of the wicked. The law is Gods gift that speaks death to violators. It sets the standard that cannot be lowered. God does not lower the standard of the law in order to give us success. The spiritual success that we experience is accomplished by God whose will cannot be thwarted. The covenants are Gods sworn oath to His own hurt that He will perform His purpose in our lives. God is moved to answer our petitions based solely on His covenants. The curses are Gods weight of sorrow that prevents the wicked from prospering. The promises or the blessings are Gods goodness that prevents us from acting toward our brothers outside of His completed kingdom. It allows us to grow by the principle of learning our new identity. So we fight against the counsel of political and religious opposition. We are engaged in a national war.
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