August 6th, 2023

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sermon notes

Summer Mixtape: The Greatest Hits from the Psalms
Where is Your Joy?

Speaker: Pastor Stephen Hsu
Scripture: Psalms 1&2

1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked
Or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season
And whose leaf does not wither–whatever they do prospers.
4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. —Psalms 1

1 Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles.”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6 “I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
7 I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.
8 Ask me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You will break them with a rod of iron; you will dash them to pieces like pottery.”
10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear and celebrate his rule with trembling.
12 Kiss his son, or he will be angry and your way will lead to your destruction, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him —Psalms 2

  1. WHY don’t we have joy?
    a. We seek

    Reveal Answer
    things (1:1, cf.2:1-3)
    b. We
    Reveal Answer
    God’s law/judgement (1:4-6, cf. 2:4-5)

  2. HOW do we find joy?
    a.

    Reveal Answer
    His Word (1:2)

    but whose DELIGHT is in the law of the Lord, and who MEDITATES on his law day and night. —Psalms 1:2
    b.

    Reveal Answer
    His Son (2:6-12)
    ‘This is what I told you while I was still with you: everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms’ —Luke 24:44

3 Steps to Train to be a Fruitful Tree (1:3)
1. Open the Bible
2. Meditate on the Bible
3. Delight in the Bible

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight… —Jeremiah 15:16a

BIG IDEA:
The good life is about finding our joy in God’s Word leading us to His Son.