Psalm 1
1. Setting: David, teaches about how those of "two ways" end up.
2. There are two promises talked about. The first is that to those who are happy in the Lord, and dwell in his word and ways, they will be like a fruitful, strong tree. Everything they do will prosper, and the Lord will watch over whomever is righteous. The second promise is that those who despise God's ways/the wicked/ taking the path of sinners/group of mockers will be like chaff which will be lost in the wind, and the wicked will not survive judgment, and they will not be in the community of the righteous. It also says God leads the path of the wicked to ruin.
3. i think the sin that is being dealt with is pride. For those who humble themselves to God's will, will enter his protection and rest. For it is pride of the wicked that leads them to ruin.
4. With this, I need to continually pray that god will remove my pride so i can grow closer to him.
Jude 1:1-4
1. Setting: Jude, slave to Jesus Christ and a brother of James is writing to a church to exhort them to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints one and for all.
2. The main characters are Jude, Jesus, and the church that is being written to about ungodly men.
3. Jude had wanted to write about the common salvation they had, but things were brewing in this church. This body was being corrupted from the inside by ungodly men, leading people away and putting down/denying Jesus. So Jude writes to them to exhort them to the things they know, which is to love, bring peace and give mercy.
4. The promise: it says that those who hold to Christ are kept by him and loved by God.
5. The sin in this passage is the deceitfulness. (if that's even a sin. i think it is)
6. I need to continue to dive in the word and become familiar with it so I may be able to pick out the deceivers.
