Progressive Declension

Pastor Martin expounds the remaining negatives of Psalm 1:1 -- 'nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.' He shows that 'standing in the way of sinners' means identifying with their course of life contrary to God's law, while carefully distinguishing this from Christ's deep friendship with sinners for redemptive purposes. 'Sitting in the seat of the scornful' describes the settled posture of contempt toward God's Word. He warns against the progressive descent from absorbing ungodly counsel to identifying with sinners to settled skepticism.