Blessedness

Pastor Martin introduces Psalm 1 as a foundational didactic psalm describing the way of blessedness, contrasting it with the way of ungodliness. He outlines the psalm's structure, explains why the negative precedes the positive in Scripture, and begins examining the first phrase: 'walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,' showing that the counsel of the wicked is rooted in a man-centered perspective that excludes God, actively opposes Him, and assumes human self-sufficiency.

Pastor Martin contrasts the counsel of ungodly materialism with the blessed man who meditates in the law of God. Drawing from Genesis through the Epistles, he demonstrates that things were never meant to bring blessedness, that sin has deceived man into thinking otherwise, and that judgment falls on those who pursue blessedness through material accumulation. He shows practically how the blessed man receives and relinquishes things according to God's will, using Job and the Apostle Paul as examples.