INTRO old days before iPods & digital file mp3s = mix tapes, put together a playlist of favorite songs for road trips, etc.
TRANSITION next several weeks push play as we learn from Psalms, God's song book
Three types of Psalms (HUMOR use kids song Itsy Bitsy Spider to illustrate)
1-> ORIENTATION
itsy bitsy spider went up water spout
2-> DISORIENTATION
down came rain washed spider out
3-> REORIENTATION
out came sun dried up all the rain...
Psalm 1 visually presented on slide 2 columns b/w
ILLUSTRATION slide b/w 2 columns way world works: orderly list of God things, jumble world things
Luke questions why doesn't Psalm 1 talk more about gray areas? Is Psalm writer naive? Why so many rules? Aren't good & evil closer to the middle instead of opposite sides?
In a gray world, we need ground/anchor Psalm 1
Reality = there are only 2 ways, God'd v world'd
Focus of Psalm 1 not why questions (later Psalms talk about those head-on) BUT how to live
Hebrew word Torah "law, instruction"
Blessed are ... HUMOR PICS church ladies, choir boys, nerdy-know-it-alls, angelic cats
Ddanger of self-righteousness
We have misconception word "righteous" Philippians 3:9; Galatians 2:21
Wwe don't earn our own righteousness - comes from Jesus
"autonomous": self law - my own law
Eexample of what "delighting in" means: marriage
List blesseds