Week 3 Fall Quarter

Pastor Ted Kau
Rooted in God’s Word
Pslam 1:1-6

So much brokenness and hardship can result from not being rooted in God’s word.
Christ, God’s son, is uniquely revealed in God’s word
How do we know lyrics and jingles so well? It’s because we’re exposed so much to them. What about God’s word??? How well can you finish a verse?

“God’s word will keep you from sinning, or sin will keep you from God’s word.” Richard Baxton
In a survey, a majority of Christians only read their Bible four times a year.
On the average, we spend 3.5 hours on social media, while we spend 3 minutes a day reading God’s word. Ratio: 70 world: 1 the Word
If we do not hide God’s word in our hearts, what do we hide there instead?

It’s not because of the speaker that you are convicted by God’s word. It’s because of the receptivity of your heart.
v1 Blessed (happy) is the person who

• does not walk in the wicked’s counsel
• does not stand in the way of sinners (normalize what sinners do)
• does not ridicule God’s people

It’s not about doing good or evil, it’s about where you find your delight.

Is your delight in the sinner’s way, or in God’s way?

v3 Being rooted in God’s word will cause us to prosper spiritually, to bear good fruit, to be spiritually resilient.
v4 sinners will be blown away
v5 the arguments and evidence of the sinner will have no weight before God’s judgment
v6 we will have no more sin in heaven, because the way of the wicked will perish
GODS WORD CHANGES. TRANSFORMS. FEEDS YOUR SOUL. SPIRITUAL FLOURISHING WILL OCCUR. BE ROOTED IN HIS WORD!!!
You can have a good relationship, good kids, good career, but you need God’s word, otherwise you are just like any nonChristian.