1 Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day
and night.
COMMENTARY:
THESE VERSES EMPHASIZES ON THE NEED TO MEDITATE CONSTANTLY THE WORD OF GOD...
AND TO FIND HAPPINESS AND DELIGHT IN GOD'S LAW...
THE LAW OF GOD IS LOVE,
THE LOVE OF GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS
AND SECOND THE LOVE OF
NEIGHBOR...
THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR ENTAILS RESPECT OF MEN AS OURSELVES,
TO LOVE THEM AS WE LOVE OURSELVES...
LOVE OF NEIGHBOR ENTAILS USING THE SAME STANDARDS WE USE FOR OURSELVES FOR OUR FELLOW MEN...
AND THIS IS LINKED WITH RESPECTING OUR FELLOW MEN AND VALUING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF FELLOW MEN...
THAT IS WHY THE FIRST VERSE SAYS:
1 Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.
FOR WALKING IN THE COUNSEL OF THE WICKED MAKES US WICKED, FOR COMPANY INFLUENCES FELLOW MEN...
THEREFORE STANDING IN THE WAY OF SINNERS WILL MAKE US SINNERS...
AND SEATING IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL WILL MAKE US SCORN...
WICKEDNESS, SINFULNESS, BEING SCORNFUL ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD, AND MAKES US TREAT PEOPLE UNFAIRLY AND UNJUSTLY, VIOLATING THE "LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES."
WHEN WE TREAT PEOPLE UNFAIRLY, AND BECOME UNJUST TO THEM, WE VIOLATE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR...
WHEN WE DO EVIL UPON FELLOWMEN, WE VIOLATE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR...
WHERE DO PEOPLE THINK GOD RESIDES? NO MAN MADE TEMPLE OR MAN MADE IMAGES WILL BECOME GOD'S TEMPLE EXCEPT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, TEMPLE OF SOLOMON...
GOD RESIDES IN THE HEART OF MEN...
AS LONG AS GOOD PREVAILS OVER EVIL...
THEREFORE, LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES IS JUST...
FOR EVERY MAN WHO HAS GOODNESS IN THEIR HEARTS IS A TEMPLE OF GOD...
THEREFORE, TREATING EVERY PERSON WITH RESPECT
IS RESPECTING THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN MAN...
ANOTHER MEANING OF THIS VERSE IS:
DO NOT WASTE TIME IN DOING WICKEDNESS,
SINFULNESS, AND SCORNING OTHERS...
GIVE TIME IN DEVOTION IN CONSTANT MEDITATION IN GOD'S WORDS...
LEARN TO READ THE SCRIPTURES FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE SPIRIT--- DO NOT READ THE SCRIPTURES BY THE LETTER...
IT IS SAID THAT THE LETTERS OF THE LAW KILL,
BUT THE WORD GIVES LIFE...
FOCUS ON THE ESSENCE, AND NOT THE LETTER...
ANOTHER MEANING TO THIS IS TO AVOID FANATICISM IN EVERY POINT...
INSTEAD, MEDITATE ON GOD'S LAWS (WORDS) DAY AND NIGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF THE SCRIPTURES...
THEREFORE, MEDITATION OF GOD'S LAWS IS NECESSARY- TO UNDERSTAND WHY SUCH LAWS ARE MADE BY GOD...
THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS IS A WISE GOD, ENCOMPASSING...
EVERYTHING THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS DO OR PUT INTO LAW HAS A DEEPER REASON, AND THAT REASON IS LOVE...
IF ANYTHING IN THE LAW GOES OUT OF REASON AND GOES OUT OF CONTEXT OF GOD'S LOVE, IT IS NOT FROM THE GOD OF GODS BUT WAS INVENTED BY MEN TO FIT THEIR SELFISH INTENTIONS...
AND THESE THINGS WERE PUT INTO LAW TO CONTROL PEOPLE...
UNDERSTANDING THE WISDOM BEHIND THE SCRIPTURES IS IMPORTANT...
GOD DOES NOT WANT FANATICAL FOLLOWING...
OR FOLLOWING TO THE LETTER...
WHAT GOD WANTS ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW...AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW OF GOD IS LOVE...
FOR GOD IS LOVE...
AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM...
TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.
nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day
and night.
COMMENTARY:
THESE VERSES EMPHASIZES ON THE NEED TO MEDITATE CONSTANTLY THE WORD OF GOD...
AND TO FIND HAPPINESS AND DELIGHT IN GOD'S LAW...
THE LAW OF GOD IS LOVE,
THE LOVE OF GOD ABOVE ALL THINGS
AND SECOND THE LOVE OF
NEIGHBOR...
THE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR ENTAILS RESPECT OF MEN AS OURSELVES,
TO LOVE THEM AS WE LOVE OURSELVES...
LOVE OF NEIGHBOR ENTAILS USING THE SAME STANDARDS WE USE FOR OURSELVES FOR OUR FELLOW MEN...
AND THIS IS LINKED WITH RESPECTING OUR FELLOW MEN AND VALUING THE DIGNITY AND RIGHTS OF FELLOW MEN...
THAT IS WHY THE FIRST VERSE SAYS:
1 Happy is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.
FOR WALKING IN THE COUNSEL OF THE WICKED MAKES US WICKED, FOR COMPANY INFLUENCES FELLOW MEN...
THEREFORE STANDING IN THE WAY OF SINNERS WILL MAKE US SINNERS...
AND SEATING IN THE SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL WILL MAKE US SCORN...
WICKEDNESS, SINFULNESS, BEING SCORNFUL ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD, AND MAKES US TREAT PEOPLE UNFAIRLY AND UNJUSTLY, VIOLATING THE "LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES."
WHEN WE TREAT PEOPLE UNFAIRLY, AND BECOME UNJUST TO THEM, WE VIOLATE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR...
WHEN WE DO EVIL UPON FELLOWMEN, WE VIOLATE LOVE OF NEIGHBOR...
WHERE DO PEOPLE THINK GOD RESIDES? NO MAN MADE TEMPLE OR MAN MADE IMAGES WILL BECOME GOD'S TEMPLE EXCEPT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT, TEMPLE OF SOLOMON...
GOD RESIDES IN THE HEART OF MEN...
AS LONG AS GOOD PREVAILS OVER EVIL...
THEREFORE, LOVE OF NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES IS JUST...
FOR EVERY MAN WHO HAS GOODNESS IN THEIR HEARTS IS A TEMPLE OF GOD...
THEREFORE, TREATING EVERY PERSON WITH RESPECT
IS RESPECTING THE PRESENCE OF GOD IN MAN...
ANOTHER MEANING OF THIS VERSE IS:
DO NOT WASTE TIME IN DOING WICKEDNESS,
SINFULNESS, AND SCORNING OTHERS...
GIVE TIME IN DEVOTION IN CONSTANT MEDITATION IN GOD'S WORDS...
LEARN TO READ THE SCRIPTURES FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE SPIRIT--- DO NOT READ THE SCRIPTURES BY THE LETTER...
IT IS SAID THAT THE LETTERS OF THE LAW KILL,
BUT THE WORD GIVES LIFE...
FOCUS ON THE ESSENCE, AND NOT THE LETTER...
ANOTHER MEANING TO THIS IS TO AVOID FANATICISM IN EVERY POINT...
INSTEAD, MEDITATE ON GOD'S LAWS (WORDS) DAY AND NIGHT TO UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF THE SCRIPTURES...
THEREFORE, MEDITATION OF GOD'S LAWS IS NECESSARY- TO UNDERSTAND WHY SUCH LAWS ARE MADE BY GOD...
THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS IS A WISE GOD, ENCOMPASSING...
EVERYTHING THE GOD OF GODS, LORD OF LORDS DO OR PUT INTO LAW HAS A DEEPER REASON, AND THAT REASON IS LOVE...
IF ANYTHING IN THE LAW GOES OUT OF REASON AND GOES OUT OF CONTEXT OF GOD'S LOVE, IT IS NOT FROM THE GOD OF GODS BUT WAS INVENTED BY MEN TO FIT THEIR SELFISH INTENTIONS...
AND THESE THINGS WERE PUT INTO LAW TO CONTROL PEOPLE...
UNDERSTANDING THE WISDOM BEHIND THE SCRIPTURES IS IMPORTANT...
GOD DOES NOT WANT FANATICAL FOLLOWING...
OR FOLLOWING TO THE LETTER...
WHAT GOD WANTS ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW HIM IN THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW...AND THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW OF GOD IS LOVE...
FOR GOD IS LOVE...
AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM...
TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.
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