In days gone by (and in some lands today), merely to possess a copy of the Bible in your native tongue was considered a rare privilege. It once performed an important part in the growth of the plant. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Psalm 19:1-3 ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources "THE WORD OF THE LORD" Intro: Many times I have heard people say, "I wish God would speak to me," and all the while God is saying, "I wish they would listen to me." I didn't know a tree could breathe." 5. Sustenance. (3) The foundation fact — "God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. Either of them is a misfortune so great that we can scarcely think less of it than that it is very ruining to character. (Wayland Hoyt, D. D.)LinksPsalm 1:3 NIVPsalm 1:3 NLTPsalm 1:3 ESVPsalm 1:3 NASBPsalm 1:3 KJVPsalm 1:3 Bible AppsPsalm 1:3 ParallelPsalm 1:3 Biblia ParalelaPsalm 1:3 Chinese BiblePsalm 1:3 French BiblePsalm 1:3 German BiblePsalm 1:3 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)good companions;(3)good books.4. And the rock hung together, and braced itself, and tried its best not to give way. The truth is applicable to all God does. Why, in the commonest garden vegetable there is a force capable of lifting an enormous weight. I. At other times there are seasons of depression, almost intolerable weariness, somewhat indeed of sickness of heart, as if a great pain had fixed itself within us; at other times we know that we are not bringing forth fruit to the glory of God or for the use of man, and in such times we call ourselves cumberers of the ground, and urge our idleness against ourselves with all the force of a criminal accusation. Rowland. It has fallen from the higher powers of the organic world and it comes under the power of the inorganic. None but the temperate, the regular, and the virtuous know how to enjoy prosperity. Chaff is a dead leaf that was once green and flourishing and full of sap and life. Exactly to that spot the tree sent off a long stretch of roots, which forced their way through this soft wood plug, choking up the passage; "and there," says the account, "they were found drinking, like so many thirsty animals." Christian activity takes many forms, and a man will do most good and do it best who is no servile imitator of another, but who works in his own groove, and in the way most natural to himself. There are no capabilities in the place. There is a time for rest, for recruital, and time spent in legitimate sleep is time made for larger and harder work. Some time, years ago, a little cone lodged in the crevice of that rock, and pretty soon the rains and the warm sun caused one of the little seeds in the cone to germinate and grow. For Jesus said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. We are taught to cast our care upon God, 1 Pet. If anything, it elevates the necessity for holiness because of the spiritual realities of being in Christ. The image of the tree of nature — of the tree in its wild untended state — has been freely used by a school of thinkers as against any doctrine of human education whatever. Palmer. If it was not for the trees and other plants breathing the air would soon become filled with poisonous gas which would make everyone sick, and soon cause us all to die. The figure leaves room for the development of varieties of goodness. This tree is an everlasting tree; it lives forever. And no doubt the grim old rock would have laughed, if rocks could laugh, and would have said to the tiny little pine tree, "You insignificant little sprout, you can't grow here, for I won't let you, so you may as well not try." This means that God’s people do not live according to ungodly principles. What is present is never sufficient to give us full satisfaction. It drew supplies from an abiding source. inspired to write Psalm 40, he was reflecting on at least one (but likely several) of these circumstances when he wrote (Psalm 40:2a): “He (God) brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay.” David was, metaphorically speaking, in a miry pit. It is reflected back upon him from everyone whom he makes happy.4. The symmetrical man is one who has attended to the development of the mind, body, and spirit.6. "He being dead, yet speaketh." We are not to look even in Christian life for what is ordinarily understood by "fruit" all the year round. We should attend to these bodies of ours. They pass beyond the sphere of the grace of God into the passive realms of matter.3. 2. Seasons of sorrow, of joy, and of temptation, these all have their appropriate fruit.II. 3. You cannot see. Importance. And to every individual. He expects you to bear fruit.2. You have to use a microscope or magnifying glass, and then you can see them. BY RECEPTION.1. All of the labels that our culture uses have little or nothing to do with the Creator of the Universe. He is morally free, he is social; in these things there must be development. They have been so made by God that they have the power to produce subtle chemical changes in these unpalatable materials, which they thus transform into delicious food for man. Some believe that Psalm 91 is also a Messianic Psalm, partly because satan quoted verses 11-12 to Jesus during His temptations (Luke 4:10-11). They have truly learned that first lesson of the Cross of Christ. This is a complete contrast.1. There, we see a positive example from David, communicating the same idea we have in. Other psalms refer immediately to the writer himself, and have come to be regarded as Messianic because some of the words therein were quoted the Lord Jesus Christ and adopted as his own. Which are we?(H. P. Stanley, D. D.)A believer like a treeDr. In other words, it is thirsty, just as we are thirsty, and it eagerly seeks for water to drink. refuse to practise wrongly, "way of sinners." Another very interesting branch of our subject is in regard to the habits or instincts of the trees. Chaff is a dead leaf that was once green and flourishing and full of sap and life. In your baptism you have been given to Christ and are His. (How right Shakespeare was when he wrote, “The devil can cite scripture for his purpose” in ‘The Merchant of Venice’). I will mention three.1. Seasonableness is itself a virtue. What are your views on politics, on culture, on men and women, on economics, and so on and so forth? For the tree, as for our spirits, it holds true that a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. Tempests have swept over it, but still it stands. The captain shouted to him to bring back the colours; but the ensign replied, "Bring the men up to the colours." And so with the ungodly man. But now it is effete and has no vital connection with the plant. Counsel — that is, the thought or creed of the ungodly. But losing this he becomes a mere part of the creation, instead of having personal relations with the personal God. Therefore we will not fear, even though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though its waters roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Childhood has its fruits. It is rarely, if ever, alluded to in the Scriptures. They, as He, come not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give their life for others. You cannot see. And if you go down here on the road a little way, some time, you can see a huge rock that has been broken right in two by the strength of a little tree not much larger round than my arm. By worldly assistance it is vain to think of providing any effectual defence, seeing the world's mutability is the very cause of our terror.3. How worthless does a human being become who has lost his true life by sin. Your walk is your life; and the nature of your walk is determined by the standards which govern your life. We can also bring in how the rest of the Bible defines man: Children of God and the children of the devil, The saints of Christ and the men of the world. If it was not for the trees and other plants breathing the air would soon become filled with poisonous gas which would make everyone sick, and soon cause us all to die. Counsel — that is, the thought or creed of the ungodly. Again, the tree brings forth his fruit in his season. these little mouths with the naked eye. Just look at the entertainment industry, and see the numerous satires about the Church, the parodies about Christ, and the jokes about God. And so with the ungodly man. Yet, how do we do that? Right is might with him. But losing this he becomes a mere part of the creation, instead of having personal relations with the personal God. The man will refuse to think wrongly. 4. Here is a magnificent illustration of being blessed by God. This is a window into the heart of the righteous man. One condition of the development of the soul is the discipline of the will. They look at the places in which some of God's servants are planted, and say it is Impossible they should bear fruit there. It is driven away. But a tree is not all root. The year is not one season, nor is human life one monotonous experience. Childhood has its fruits. By this means his work is simplified. Either of them is a misfortune so great that we can scarcely think less of it than that it is very ruining to character. The tree grows not on some barren waste, but "upon the rivers of water." Ascertain the object on which the heart is fixed and you have ascertained the direction in which moral and spiritual life is moving. You can try this experiment if you want to, and see if it is not so.4. 1. The corrupted temper and the guilty passions of the bad frustrate the effect of every advantage which the world confers on them. 2. What is present is never sufficient to give us full satisfaction. Religion forms good men to the most proper ,temper for the enjoyment of prosperity. But the little tree kept growing, and pretty soon began to press hard on the sides of the crevice; harder" and harder it pushed, and twisted round to get a good hold, filling up the whole space with its insinuating roots. FOR THIS SUITABLE MEANS MUST BE EMPLOYED. But they do, if it does surprise you, and they could no more live without breathing than could you orI. Mr. Darwin confessed himself "atrophied" toward music, painting, poetry, etc., through the so constant using of himself in ways simply scientific. The Christian should deal with himself reasonably in all these things. is sometimes used poetically to mean becoming involved with something. He will receive all ennobling and uplifting objects of affection; but his delight is in the "law of the Lord." Psalm 18:1-3 THE GOD WE WORSHIP Intro: I read the inscription that precedes this Psalm because it gives us some insight into the background for these verses. God’s word is completely sufficient for all of those things. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of waters. Young men and maidens, be sober minded and strong minded too.3. The years of drought are the years of little growth. But at last one dark night CRACK it went, and broke in two right in the middle. Separation from the ungodly is one of them.2. And all because of the little tree, which it had thought so weak and small. They who live near the Lord, who delight themselves in His law and meditate on it day and night, are ever growing and fruitful. But you may have long to wait for it.III. And in an age like this, when destructive criticism is so popular, it is needful for the believing student to be the more accurate, clear, and firm. Intro: We are allowed a glimpse in these verses into the heart of King David. Psalm 33., 46., 48., 78., 81., 89., and many others, are illustrations of this. At the battle of Ahna, in the Crimean War, one of the ensigns stood his ground when the regiment retreated. Let this be our conclusion, that, both in prosperity and in adversity, religion is the safest guide of human life. Youth has its fruit. does not walk in the counsel of the wicked. sets us on the ultimate cross-roads, where we are only given two roads to life: The way of the righteous, and the way of the wicked. Its leaf shall not wither. But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. in this context means to associate, to be a part of. Do you say, "Well, I never thought of that before! 1. The words "in his season." 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