2.7.21 - An Introduction to the Psalms & Psalm 1 (Kenny Camacho)

SCRIPTURE: Psalm 1

REFLECTION/DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

  1. [on the sermon] The Psalms are a collection of earnest songs expressing most every emotion: joy, fear, sadness, anger, envy, bitterness, excitement, hope, and more. Why would the Israelites preserve this collection and even use it in worship? What might this teach us about what worship should be?

  2. One of the most remarkable things about the psalms is that they often express pretty “un-Christlike” desires, including the punishment and destruction of the psalmist’s enemies. How can we hold the teachings of the psalms in one hand…and the teachings of Jesus (who revered the psalms!) in the other?

  3. What is David’s symbolic connection to the psalms? Why is he such an important figure to Israel, and what is the connection between him and the coming Messiah?

  4. What do the Psalms do? How can we use them effectively in our own worship?

  5. [on Psalm 1] What does it suggest that the "blessed man" does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the way of sinners, or sit in the seat of scoffers? Why those 3 verbs?

  6. Think on the comparison the psalmist makes between meditating on the law and a tree planted by streams of water. How might we be challenged by this comparison?

Kenny Camacho