Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
“… what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
Summary: In this half of verse 18, Peter points to two types of people who reject the kingdom of God. While we might tend to lump them together, it is worth examining what Peter is pointing us to.
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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,
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
Today’s meditation begins another new feature at Three Minute Bible, Psalm Sunday. Each Sunday we will look into the Psalms for inspiration. I don’t know if we will jump around the book of Psalms or go straight through. Either way, there is a lot of material here so I’m not worried about running out of things to talk about.
Two Paths
In today’s verse, King David points to two different paths. One path is described as the place where the wicked are. Sinners are there as are mockers. Is this information helpful? How do we discern what is sin or what the wicked do? Mocking is easy to recognize, but is the mocker bad?
Continue reading “Psalm Sunday – Psalm 1: 1-2”