Scripture Points: Being Transformed Through The Word

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By Arthur W. Lindsley on January 1, 2010 ,

Scripture Points: Being Transformed Through The Word

Scripture Points: Being Transformed through the Word
Dr. Art Lindsley
Psalm 1:1-6
“(1) How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! (2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. (3) And he will be like a tree firmly
planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither; and in whatever he does, he prospers. (4) The wicked are not so, but they are like chaff which the wind drives away. (5) Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. (6) For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.”

  • Ungodly thoughts, attitudes, and actions are self-destructive.
    By contrast, the godly delight in God‟s Word (in this case, the Law) and meditate on it day and night.
  • Whatever shapes your mind shapes your soul.
  • The word for meditate (in Hebrew) is the same as the word for “plot” in Psalm 2:1. It means to think hard about God‟s will to the degree that you murmur about it. We are to meditate according to Wesley, “Not seldom and slightly, but diligently and constantly.” Matthew Henry says, “To meditate in God‟s Word is to discourse with ourselves concerning the great things contained in it; with close application of mind and fixedness of thought. . .

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Arthur W. Lindsley

Senior Fellow for Apologetics, CSLI Arthur W. Lindsley is the Vice President of Theological Initiatives at the Institute for Faith, Works, & Economics. He has served at the C.S. Lewis Institute since 1987 both as President until 1998 and currently as Senior Fellows for Apologetics. Formerly, he was director of Educational Ministries at the Ligonier Valley Study Center, and Staff Specialist with the Coalition for Christian Outreach. He is the author of C.S. Lewis's Case for Christ, True Truth, Love: The Ultimate Apologetic, and co-author with R.C. Sproul and John Gerstner of Classical Apologetics, and has written numerous articles on theology, apologetics, C.S. Lewis, and the lives and works of many other authors and teachers. Art earned his M.Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh.  

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