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The Three Qualities of the Blessed Man
Mar Mari Emmanuel
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Mar Mari Emmanuel

The Three Qualities of the Blessed Man

Mar Mari Emmanuel · 1:14:46

Mar Mari Emmanuel teaches that the blessed man, uniquely embodied in Jesus Christ, possesses three key qualities: avoiding the counsel of the ungodly, not obstructing sinners but seeking their repentance, and rejecting the scornful, demonstrating a path to spiritual victory and holiness.
In this expository sermon, Mar Mari Emmanuel explores Psalm 1:1 to reveal the three defining qualities of the blessed man, uniquely embodied in Jesus Christ. He explains how Jesus overcame Satan's temptations, embraced sinners without condoning sin, and calls believers to a transformed life through the Word of God. The sermon offers deep biblical insights and practical applications for living a victorious Christian life.

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All right, this evening we are continuing last week's sort of topic which is Psalm 1 and verse 1 and we thank the Lord today we will take verse 1 eventually by the grace of the Lord. So we will read Psalm 1 and verse 1 and the Holy Bible says, yes Christ is risen, amen to that. So now we come to our topic Psalm 1 and verse 1 and it says, blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful and all glory be to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ forever and ever, amen.

Well last week we spoke in depth about Psalm 1 and we sort of linked it to the book of Sirach chapter 14 and verse 1 and we spoke as to why these two are connected together and we stopped last week at the qualities of this man and we said the psalmist is beginning the book of Psalms with blessed is the man and we said he is saying the man not a man because a man can be any man but since he is saying the man therefore there is no other man but Jesus Christ of Nazareth all glory to his holy and mighty name. So last week we stopped at the we said this man who is Jesus Christ of Nazareth has three qualities and these three qualities are all found in the first verse which is today's topic. So we said these qualities we found them in verse 1 and verse 1 says blessed is the man the first quality who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly second quality nor stands in the path of sinners third quality nor sits in the seat of the scornful scornful um contemptuous or insulting lofty someone who ridicules whatever you say ridicules insults scornful now let us look at how these qualities apply to one man only our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ first quality who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly now who are the ungodly satan and his foul spirits they are the ungodly satan and his foul spirits in the Lord's prayer we say lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil evil is satan and satan and his foul spirits are the ungodly the moment he chose to be a government in heaven challenging God and said I will lift up my throne above all others and I will make it equal to God he wanted to be God in heaven that moment till eternities to come he is ungodly meaning he lost God forever so blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly blessed is the man who does not adhere to satan that is the first quality in in first john 5 19 john the beloved says in his epistle first john 5 19 and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one who is the wicked one satan the whole world john the beloved says it lies under the sway under the influence under the control of satan and it is so clear so vivid my beloved when we look at this world we live in we could see that evilness that wickedness that ungodliness is so ever present in this world why because satan rules over this world that's why in the world there is destruction killing bloodshed division evil that's what you see in the world pure evil because satan rules over it the evil one now the first thing satan did he made adam and eve both fall and he said to the woman has god indeed said you shall not eat of every tree of the garden genesis 3 1 satan came to the woman and whispered in her ear he said did really god say you don't eat from any tree in the garden god didn't say you do not eat from all the trees god said do not eat from one particular tree which is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but satan is known to falsify the truth twist it and do it in a way that is contradictive to what god is truly saying and god said to adam the day you eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil surely you shall die satan came and said you will not die trust me god said you will die satan said no you will not die trust me in fact if you eat from that tree adam you will be like god knowing good and evil just like god knows everything good and evil you will become like god eat you're not gonna die what a liar what a liar and look at the world biggest lie people lie to each other act on what toward one another because that's the fruits of satan very vividly clear and seen in the world who among us my beloved when satan whispers in our ear we do not listen to him and do it do what he whispers in our ear we do it accordingly and at the end we regret it all of us have fallen into that trap of satan where he comes whispers in that ear like he did with our mother eve this whisper that says to you go and do this go over there meet that guy take that powder go and gamble go and drink go with this woman and that woman and every woman and every guy and make yourself it instead of he or she go and do whatever you want to do that's the whisper of satan and haven't we all fallen into this whisper oh yes we do have a lot of regrets every now and then i wish i had not said this i wish i had not done this i wish i had not gone over there i wish i had not mixed with these people i wish i wish i wish so many regrets but stop listening to satan's whisper stop every single person in humanity i'm not talking about christians only every single person in humanity has been targeted and marked by satan every single one has been targeted and marked by satan and influenced by his counsel and influenced by his counsel however satan came to one called jesus christ of nazareth and tried to give counsel to jesus and he ended up leaving in a big failure he failed miserably the lord jesus put satan to shame satan was shocked for the first time in his entire life a human being in the flesh a human being puts me to shame i overcame all people who is this jesus that put me to shame you see satan fought with adam and eve with food he also fought with the lord jesus with food he said to the lord if you are the son of god say to these stones to be bread just like he fought with adam and eve with food eat from this tree so as he did the same thing with jesus christ of nazareth a few other son of god say to these stones to be bread the lord jesus replied and said it is not by bread alone a man shall live but by every word that is uttered from the mouth of god could not win he fought the lord with glory he said to the lord he took him up to the pinnacle of the temple to the edge of the temple he said throw yourself from here and because it's written that god will will charge of his angels to come and carry you lest your foot you know dashes against the stone and you will be glorified before all people glory the lord jesus said do not tempt the lord your god don't put him to the test and then he fought the lord jesus with ownership he took him on a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory and he said if you bow down and worship me i'll give you this kingdom i'll make you a king ownership he said to him away with you satan it is written that you serve the lord your god and you worship him alone you worship god and you serve him alone away with you satan what the lord jesus was saying that i do not seek ownership neither from you satan nor from any man i seek it from god alone i seek it from god alone my beloved alone so the lord jesus in all the trials that he was put through he came out triumphant satan could not win with jesus the man he could not win with him no matter what he tried to do he could not win with the lord jesus so the lord came out triumphant also i can say to all of us my beloved the lord jesus sent a very comforting promise what did he say in john chapter 14 verse 30 for the ruler of this world who is satan for the ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in me so the ruler of this world is coming who is satan and he can't find any error in me no one mistake he tried every way possible to make me fall and i always put him to shame for the ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in me john 14 30 now can we claim the same statement as the lord jesus said the ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in me can i say that no only jesus was able to say it as the perfect man only jesus my beloved we are unfaithful but jesus christ of nazareth all glory to his holy and mighty name is always faithful is always faithful then if he is the only one who is faithful if he is the only one who were who was able to overcome satan then what about us what we do now the lord jesus says don't worry i will give you myself you can't overcome satan but i will give you myself so that through me you can overcome satan without me you cannot do anything john 15 five without me says the lord you cannot do anything without me satan will devour you without me you will be lost without me you will be dead 100 my son my daughter don't ever let any whisper come and brainwash you and say look this is easy i can do it myself the smallest of the smallest of the smallest things you better pray and ask the lord to be with you in it in small things and big things in all things you must ask the lord to be with you otherwise forget it my beloved child forget it you cannot do it so the lord says i will give you myself don't worry you will receive me fully you will receive me fully the lord says to us you have a spirit in you my spirit will dwell in you there is a soul in you you are a soul i jesus christ will give you my soul and my soul i give to you through the blood because the soul lies in the blood that's why he gave us his blood he gave us his soul because my spirit became corrupt he gave me his holy spirit the incorruptible my soul became also corrupt he gave me his pure soul and then he said you have a body i will give you my body here take eat my body and drink my blood he who eats my body and drink my blood lives in me and i in him so i'll give you all of me in order to overcome satan because the only person the only man that stepped and crushed the head of the snake the serpent satan was jesus christ of nazareth every other man failed and fell into sin including all prophets all holy men all patriarchs doesn't matter who that person was satan overcame all except one jesus of nazareth amen and the lord says in you there is a thought however this thought became perverted let this mind be in you which was also in christ jesus philippians 2 5 saint paul says let this mind be in you as it was also in christ jesus your thought your mind became corrupt christ gave us his mind and how did he give us his mind he gave us his word the holy bible who hasn't read it yet who hasn't opened the holy bible yet who hasn't opened this book yet my beloved the moment you read the holy bible you are receiving the mind and the thought of christ that is the only way how does your mind get shaped by what you hear how are you influenced by what you hear my beloved if you allow the world to infiltrate you and give you the knowledge of the world you will become worldly because whatever you hear and whatever you receive and accept that's what you're going to become and that's what you will end up doing you you hear a foul word before you know it you will start speaking foul words but you hear a holy word before you know it you will start praising the almighty god he will give us his mind through his word which is the holy bible he said i'll give you my word think and contemplate contemplate on this word in order to be transformed and be renewed by your mind romans chapter 12 do not be conformed to the world but rather transformed by the renewing of your mind how do you stop being worldly by being transformed and how will i be transformed and become different to the world when my mind is renewed and how is the mind renewed through the word of god the holy bible you want to change you want to give up on addictions trench yourself with the word swim in it drink it breathe it let it be your spiritual food you will change because the word changes the mind and in this the first quality of the man is given to us fully the first quality of the man is given to us fully and this first quality is what did we say he did not what who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly you want to avoid satan his temptations his attacks hold on to the word of the lord second quality second quality nor stands in the path of sinners nor stands in the path of sinners that is the second quality of the man who is jesus christ of nazareth this particular statement here or verse is misunderstood sometimes nor stands in the path of sinners now how is it misunderstood you see my beloved some think that when he sees when the lord jesus sees sinners he walks away because he did not stand in the sinner's path so the moment he saw sinners he turned he veered off and walked away from them no this verse means he did not stand in the way of sinners in other words he was never an obstacle in the sinner's way he was never an obstacle in the sinner's way let me elaborate more with us when it comes to us my beloved you know when we know a certain person and then we hear this person has done something wrong and a lot of people heard that this person has done something wrong so what do we do we walk away from that person why because we don't want to be associated with him anymore less people start talking bad about us so the moment we hear that they've done something wrong we avoid them and we walk away from them yet the ones who walked away from that sinner are as sinners as that person so sinners walk away from sinners yet the holy of holies the blameless the perfect man and the perfect god came and embraced sinners never walked away from them the perfect man who is the man our lord and savior jesus christ the holy of holies did not stand in the way of the sinners he was never an obstacle in their way or or to them but rather he said it very clearly the lord jesus said i have not come to call righteous but sinners to repentance i came exactly for the sinners exactly for the sinners my beloved in luke 15 when we read in luke chapter 15 verses 1 to 2 we it says the following then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to him meaning jesus to hear him and the pharisees and scribes complained saying this man receives sinners and eats with them so the scribes and the pharisees approached the apostles of the lord jesus and they said how come your teacher is going into sinners homes and eating with them you're claiming that your teacher is holy he is sent from god from above he came down how can he mix with sinners and eat with them so in a way they were trying to put the blame on the apostles why are you still walking with this man who is associating himself with sinners and eating with them now what do you think my beloved if i ask you this question does the lord jesus enters sinners homes and eats with them what do you think does the lord jesus enters sinners homes and eats with them yes it's very obvious isn't it come on does he enter sinners homes and eats with them absolutely not i disagree the lord jesus does not enter homes the homes of the sinners and eats with them the lord jesus however he asks sinners to let him into their home he does not enter but he awaits for the sinners to let him in there is a difference if he himself enters that means he likes the company the lord jesus loves the sinners hates sin the lord jesus loves the sinners but hates sin he can never enter willingly into a sinner's house because that means since he entered willingly that means he enjoys their sinful life never ever the lord will accept sin but he came for the sinner that's why he will not come in but he will do everything in his power to let you open the door and allow him to come in he wants the call to come from you not from him he wants you to open the door also the lord jesus did not eat with them as the tax collectors and the pharisees said to the apostles in luke 15 verses 1 to 2 he did not eat with them actually the lord gave them himself to eat he fed them he did not go and eat with them he came to feed them so the lord my beloved says i don't enter sinners homes i am waiting for them to let me in behold i stand at the door and knock if anyone hears my voice and opens the door i will come in to him and dine with him and he with me revelation 320 he's standing at the door and knocking you need to open the door if you open he will enter and he will die meaning he will have dinner it is night time my beloved the dinner is served at night and night biblically speaking is sinful life so the lord will enter in your sinful life and he will eat with you and you with him the question is what will the lord eat from your plate and what will you eat from his plate he will enter to do what he's entering your sinful life so what is he gonna eat all of your sins jealousy envy bigotry hatred pride anger you name it he will eat from your plate and your plate is full of sin and then he will allow you to eat from his plate and his plate is all holiness all salvation so in fact the lord did not enter the sinner's home but rather waited for them to allow him to enter and when he entered he did not eat he gave them himself to eat because unless you eat the body of and and drink the blood of the son of man you have no life in you you have no life in you so those scribes and pharisees they were sons of the snake to say such a statement about jesus to the disciples how come your teacher enters the sinner's homes and eats with them you know when someone does not want to open their heart to the lord someone does not wish to give their will to the lord jesus they will speak foolishly and they will remain blind in their sin and in this my beloved the complete picture of the second quality is given to us and the second quality is nor stands in the path of sinners nor stands in the path of sinners st paul puts it so beautifully my beloveds and he says in romans chapter 5 verse 8 he says but god demonstrates his own love toward us in that while we were still sinners christ died for us sums it all sums it all he was never an obstacle in the sinner's way to come into repentance he did not walk away from sinners he came specifically for sinners to bring them back to holiness my beloved now the third quality nor sits in the seat of the scornful scornful contemptuous or lofty or insulting somebody who ridicules all these kind of things and sits nor sits in the seat of the scornful now who is the seat of the scornful the sinhedrin council the israelite nation had a council made out of 70 elders it was called the sinhedrin council nowadays you could call it the parliament or the congress of the united states of america or the parliament house of australia these are all the scornful they talk talk and talk and talk and talk the council of the scornful is words no action the lord jesus said blessed is the man who sits nor sits in the seat of the scornful the sinhedrin council my beloved like we said it's like a parliament or congress of like the united states of america for example when the lord jesus came to the temple when the lord jesus came into the temple he could have entered the holies which is where he stood he could have entered the holy of holies which is the holy altar but he chose to enter the outer court just like everybody else he did not differentiate himself with no other human being he came so humble so simple so hidden he never showed himself he was never a show-off but the temple is his everything is his he is yahweh god revealed in the flesh the god of the israelites the god of the entire world the god of all worlds heaven and earth and everything that is in it he is the creator of all and everything yet when he came to his own temple to his own house he did not enter neither the holies nor the holy of holies but he stood in the outer court just like everyone else just like everyone else saint paul talks about the lord in his epistle to the hebrew chapter 8 and he says we have the high priest but he never practiced his priesthood he never offered a sacrifice like priests of the old testament did of his time he never practiced his priesthood yet he was the priest and the high priest but he never practiced his priesthood he did not offer a sacrifice even when he would heal someone he would say to that someone go and show yourself to a priest but hang on lord you are the healer you are god you are the priest you are the high priest and you just healed this man and then you say go and show yourself to the priest he said yes because i am all about humility i never show off he did not come to abolish the law but rather fulfill it perfectly he never asked to be a member in the sanhedrin council he never asked for that he did not sit in the seat of the scornful this sanhedrin council my beloved our father jacob spoke of it in genesis chapter 49 the council or the sanhedrin council the 70 elders majority of this council consisted of priests scribes and pharisees that was the majority of the sanhedrin council priests scribes and pharisees priests they all came from the tribe of levy and from the house of aaron but they were all levites priesthood in the old testament could not have come from any other tribe but the tribe of levy and specifically the house of aaron so priests came from the tribe of levy levy was one of the sons of jacob and pharisees and scribes majority came from the tribe of simeon another son of jacob now simeon leah gave birth to him and levy also leah gave birth to him you know remember the story of jacob where his uncle love laban said to him i'll give you my daughter leah for free he said no i want to marry rachel he said okay if you want to marry rachel and insist you need to work for me as a slave for seven years he served his uncle for seven years and then he said i've fulfilled my duty he said no i changed my mind i'll give you another seven years before i give you rachel he worked another seven years as a slave 14 years of slavery until he married rachel rachel gave him two sons joseph and benjamin joseph was sold by his brothers and his father cried after him until he lost his sight and benjamin killed and took away the love of jacob's life rachel while giving birth to benjamin so the one he loved the most and worked as a slave for 14 years to marry destroyed him but the one whom he married for free gave him the synhedrin counsel don't we do the same come to church for free i don't want to you go to satan you spend a lot of money you go to a concert how much do you pay you go to a club how much do you put in there between the drinks and the binglinglinglinglingling satan sucks all the blood and you love going there christ gives you his blood eternal life for free and you say no i don't want i'll work as a slave for satan but i will never work as a son for christ you need to be careful my beloved choose the lord don't ever walk away from him don't ever walk away from him so my beloved priests came from the tribe of livy scribes and pharisees came from the tribe of simeon and they were the majority of the synhedrin council our father jacob says as if he is seeing the synhedrin council in the end of times at the time of the lord jesus as if he is seeing it what does jacob say in genesis 49 when we read verses five to six look at this he says simeon and levy are brothers instruments of cruelty are in their dwelling place let not my soul enter their council let not my honor be united to their assembly jacob is prophesying and then for in their anger they slew a man for in their anger they slew a man who is this man jesus and then what and in their self-will they hamstrung an ox and who is this ox judas iscariot genesis 49 5 to 6 for in their anger they slew a man jesus and in their self-will they hamstrung an ox judas iscariot now where do i get this from you read in exodus chapter 21 verse 32 it tells you what genesis 49 5 to 6 is all about so in exodus 21 32 it says if the ox gores a male hits that male with the horns if the ox gores a male or female servant he shall give to their master so the owner of the ox shall give to the master of that servant 30 shekels of silver and the ox shall be stoned killed if the ox gores a male or female servant who was jesus on earth what was jesus on earth a servant he became a servant he emptied himself from all glory and became a servant so which one was the ox that gore the man jesus judas iscariot so what does the master of jesus iscariot do you shall give the servant's master 30 pieces of silver jesus was sold for 30 pieces of silver and judas received it from the priests the pharisees and the scribes of the israelite nation the priests gave judas 30 pieces of silver for christ's capture jacob says let not my honor be united to their assembly and the lord jesus says nor sit in the seat of the scornful the lord did not sit in the seat of the sanhedrin council the scornful and jacob says let not my honor be united to their assembly for their assembly in the end of times will be wicked and evil because they gathered together to kill jesus and that's what jacob prophesied in genesis 49 see even when they brought the lord jesus to the sanhedrin council he did not speak nor defend himself because the ox gore the servant the deal was made so you're bringing me to do what judah already received the price of exodus 21 32 why should i talk and anyway i came for this i came for this even before pontius pilate the lord jesus did not talk the only time when pilot said do you not know that i have power to crucify you and have power to release you he he forced the lord jesus to say something the lord jesus then had no choice but to answer this time is pilot you have power to crucify me or to release me well let me tell you then you could have no power at all against me unless it had been given you from above from my father who do you think you are mr president who do you think you are mr prime minister who do you think you are king you have no power unless it is given to you from above a time will come where every knee will bow before jesus christ of nazareth and they will confess with their tongues that this is god and there is no other god but him time will come he's in charge my beloved he's in control and whatever happened whatever is happening and whatever will happen it is all by the knowledge of god and it is all by him allowing it within his own plan according to his divine wisdom and divine will nothing happens without christ's approval my beloved nothing nothing at all when wars happen in certain parts of the world it's not for us to come and then start talking oh let's let's get the holy bible and say oh yes there is a prophecy about iran and there is a prophecy about iraq and there is a prophecy about i don't know what yes true there is prophecies true but we in australia we in america we in canada we in europe we in asia what are we learning from these wars are we waking up are we saying enough doing the wrong things in life are we saying enough doing it my way are we saying enough jumping and dancing and going here and there and going out naked in the streets are we saying enough are we waking up because that war can very easily move to australia or any other country before we blink our eyes it's so easy it's the lord who is managing everything oh people people people my beloved my beloved my beloved the lord jesus said to pilot if it was not given by my father to you you had no power over me i am in control but i came to be crucified that's why my dad allowed you to judge me or to even speak to me he allowed you otherwise you couldn't have you couldn't have even satan wanted to give the lord jesus ownership make him king over the kingdoms of the world and their glory the lord jesus says i do not take ownership neither from men nor from satan i take it from god and god alone psalm 2 verse 6 king david is saying here yet i have set my king on my holy hill of zion i mean this is god the father speaking through king david and talking about his beloved son jesus christ god the father is talking about his son jesus christ he's saying yet i have set my king on my holy hill of zion who was that king that was set on that high hill of of mount zion it was jesus christ of nazareth who set him there god the father blessed is the man three qualities we will receive from him if we believe and follow this man who is jesus christ and to sum up these qualities what will we receive from the lord jesus if we truly follow him and the three qualities that we just talked about the first one um who walked who walks not in the council of the ungodly what will you receive from the lord if you follow the lord the way he walked you walk in him through him by him and with him what is the fruit of being not not walking in the council of the ungodly and then nor stands in the path of sinners what is the gift you're going to receive nor sits in the seat of the scornful what gift will christ give you because he is the only man that did all of these all of us failed except this man if you believe in him if you live in him and for him whatever he has done you will receive the gifts of these three qualities that are vividly present in christ jesus the first quality who walks not in the council of the ungodly the man jesus christ of nazareth will change us from dust to rock that's the gift who walks not in the council of the ungodly he will change you from dust to rock now who is the ungodly what did we say who's the ungodly satan correct absolutely so now what is what does it mean christ will change you from dust to rock satan is also referred to as the old serpent snake snake sneaky sneaky sneaky the snake can leave a mark on the dust when the snake crawls on the dust it leaves a print behind it can the snake leave a mark on the rock the ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in me why because all of you are dust the only one in the midst of you who is the rock is jesus satan crawled on me but because i'm the rock he was not able to leave any mark on me meaning he could not ever make me fall into sin like he did with you if you hold on to this blessed is the man if you hold on to this man he is the rock and if you live in him he will make you that rock who is the rock of all ages as malachi says about christ he'll make you that rock meaning satan will not be able to overcome you in the rock that you have hid yourself in i have to sum it up the holy bible refers to the world as the desert the world is resembled by the desert in the biblical sense when we are in the desert the desert my beloved has no shelter has nothing there is one thing in the desert well there's many things but one thing in the desert for sure if i stay for too long uh it it will be fatal the sun s-u-n the sun's heat will burn me i will become dehydrated and burned so badly if i do not leave the desert or if i'm still in the desert i need to find the shelter to to prevent me and scourging sun that s-u-n here is satan the world is resembled by the desert who rules the world the desert satan satan and as the sun is burning the people that are chasing the world he will take them to hell where he belongs if they do not repent and come back to the only rock that we found in this desert when you find the rock in the desert like air's rock when you find the rock in the desert you'll find like an opening a crevice there are crevices in that rock there is a crevice where i enter like a small cave in that rock when i enter in that cave outside is 40 degrees 43 inside is 23 beautiful no more sun burning me no more sun killing me that little opening in the rock is the side of christ that was pierced by the centurion christ is the rock and he made an opening for us so that when satan comes and burn us with his deception and and make us fall into sin we need to run to that little opening in this rock and out of this rock came two things blood and water blood for the body and the blood the holy eucharist water for the holy baptism the lord jesus says i am the rock of salvation as malachi prophesied in his in his book i am that rock that saved you from satan the s-u-n that was burning in you all your life making you fall into sin come run to this little opening in this rock where uh where water came out for the baptism i gave you a new birth from above where you will die no longer and i gave you the blood which is my body and blood when you eat my body and drink my blood i will wash away all of your sins which satan made you fall into i'll wash it all and i'll make you a new creation once again the desert was not able to kill you because there was the rock in it with a little opening on the side the holy eucharist and the holy baptism you follow the man he'll change you the lord jesus will change you from dust to rock where satan can't crawl on and even if he does he cannot leave a mark because now you are fighting against satan through christ jesus no longer you because if you fight him alone you're a piece of dust satan by the way when god condemned that snake what did he say he say you will crawl on your belly all your life and you will eat the dust of the earth and what is our body made out of dust meaning satan has power to overcome your body in other words satan tempts us through the body in order to get to the spirit he can't go directly to the spirit he has no authority from god but he has been given authority from god to attack the body and what is the weakness of the body lust you know when he said if you are the son of god say to these stones to be bread he's not talking about baalbek bread lebanese no he's not talking about the italian or the french no or the persian the best bread in the world is from tehran iran he's not talking about that he's talking about lust all kind of lust and the flesh the weakness of the flesh is lost the cure for this lust is fasting what is fasting you are abstaining yourself from doing what the body loves doing so if the body loves the club say to the body shut up i'm fasting i'm not taking you to the club if the body wants to drink you will say no more if the body wants to have fun you say no more you drag the body to the church and take him into that crevice of that rock and hide in it lest satan devours you he will change you from dust to rock that's the first quality second quality nor stands in the path of sinners the man jesus christ will change you from sinner to saint i did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance i will never be a stumbling stone for the sinners i hate sin but i love the sinner that's why i came but for me to come and save you from your sinful life and enter your home and eat with you i want you to open the door my role is to knock but your role is to open i will not force myself in and if i do i am seen as a thief and i will never accept for me to be a thief unless i'm the owner of the house i cannot accept anything else i'll knock he who opens the door i will enter and dine with him i'll have dinner with him he will eat from my plate i will eat from his plate i will take all your sins and i will give you all my holiness i'll change you from a sinner to saint if you follow the man third quality nor sits in the seat of the scornful the man who is jesus christ will change us from slaves to sons that's the third quality he will change us from slaves to sons the lord said it i do not take ownership neither from you satan nor from any man i take it from my father because my father made me that king over the hill of zion i am known to be the king of all kings and i took this ownership from my heavenly father i listen to no one but my dad who art in heaven this is the man you must be proud of where that man makes god everything everything for him my daughter marry the man that loves the lord don't marry a rich man don't marry a handsome man marry a man that loves the lord you will never regret it the third quality nor sits in the seat of the scornful the man here in psalm 1 1 who is jesus christ will change us from slaves to sons yet i have set my king on my holy hill of zion psalm 2 seeks three qualities of the man that will give to all of us if we truly believe and trust in him and follow him one you'll become a rock in him satan can't leave a mark on you anymore because christ is your protector because you willingly made him your protector and he's the rock he's the only rock as the man in all of humanity all humanity are dust except jesus rock is not dust that's why his body never decayed lives forever dust decays dies his body is alive and living forever as the rock one of the church fathers of the east where i belong to says there are three ways you do not see a mark left behind three ways you do not see a print or a mark left behind one an eagle in the sky two a boat in the sea three a snake on the rock an eagle in the sky the eagle flies in the sky and goes you come you can't tell if there was an eagle that was flying here five minutes ago because there is no no mark left and who is the eagle here that flies in the sky that leaves no mark saints the life of saints is hidden why because it's a private life between them and god only a life full of secrets an intimate life between the heavenly groom and the bride who is the church a person that is truly sacrificed their life for the lord jesus do not talk much about themselves and even if they talk what they say compared with to what they don't say is not even one percent why because christ when he makes you an eagle in his heaven you will live you will fly you will walk you will talk like him what do you know about christ not much very secretive and very quiet he only spoke for three and a half years but he was silent in heaven for six thousand years biblically speaking the boat in the sea when the boat is sailing it cuts through the waters you see the path but as it leaves a couple of minutes later the water comes back and the path is wiped is gone you come you don't know if a boat passed through here or not there is no track left behind when when the lord jesus touches your heart and starts transforming you from being a slave from being a sinner from being worldly into spiritual heavenly into the sun when you walk on earth and live for christ while on earth you will sail through this earth or this world which is the sea you will sail through it but all they see is a small mark and then it fades away they don't know much about you and a lot of times they don't even know anything about you and like we said snake on the rock satan can't win with christ who is the rock no matter how much tries i'll leave a print back and then the third quality he'll make us sons nor sits in the seat of the scornful from slaves to sons what is a person when does a person become slave you can tell me do you know when we are slaves when we follow the flesh not the spirit we are slaves we become slaves to our own lusts we become slaves to the world we become slaves to other people we become slaves eventually to satan the moment we walk in the flesh in other words all we care about a person that cares about what shall i eat what shall i drink what kind of a house shall i have what kind of a car dress i need to go out i need to have fun i need to travel i need to go partying i need to go i need to do i need i need i i i i i this i is all day long being repeated by me it's about me that person becomes a slave to the lust to the world to people to satan even people will direct your footsteps all you care about is about what people think of you all you care about is to please people that's your focus because you're living for the world you are not focusing on christ therefore the moment we lose focus on christ everything becomes material christ is spirit christ is spiritual christ said it the the birds of the sky have a nest to dwell in foxes have homes to go and live in but the son of man jesus christ has nowhere to lay his head on he came to take us to heaven not to give us this world he came to give us heaven eternal life joy forever glory forever honor forever dignity forever identity forever home forever son forever no more slave son freedom is when you have the sun and if the sun sets you free truly you are free says the holy bible says the lord and if the son who is jesus christ sets you free truly you are free when do we become free when we are sons not slaves and when we are slaves when we lose track of christ we become worldly and anything and everything that is worldly is slavery slavery a slave works all their life but they own nothing they own nothing we work very hard in this world all our life and at the end death takes away everything we live with nothing that's slavery you follow the world you own nothing did anyone die and took home and car and money and gold and diamonds with them empty empty-handed i came out of the womb of my mother and it is also known that i will go back to my mother earth to the grave also empty-handed that is slavery i came with nothing i chased nothing i became a nothing slave but the son inherits the father and everything the father has now that is freedom christ the man says if you follow me and believe in me i'll make you a rock for i am the rock where satan can't win with you anymore and i will change you from a sinner to a saint where you'll fly like an eagle in the heaven of your christ and you leave no mark for others to know what christ is doing for you this is between me and you only and then i'll make you at the end my son whatever i have you have the kingdom is yours the throne is yours the glory is yours the honor is yours you are the inheritor and you are the you are the heir to my to my throne and to my kingdom everything becomes yours and not only the kingdom i will become you and you will become me we become one so my beloved this is it this is um some one one took us two weeks thank god blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly not in the way of satan nor stands in the path of sinners the one who becomes a reason for people to change and come back to christ you'll be like christ he came to win souls christ will make you win souls for him instead of being a stumbling stone you will lay the path for sinners to come back to jesus christ through you people will love the lord and blessed is the soul that is the reason for people to love christ blessed is that soul he will never stand in the path of sinners never be an obstacle in the path of sinners but rather be a reason for sinners to run to christ and say lord forgive me for i have sinned before you in heaven nor sits in the seat of the scornful the seat of the scornful are those who are slaves to their own ways slaves to the world slave to the people of the world slave to satan men in other words slaves he has gone full are the hypocrites the lord says do not be a hypocrite if you love someone then love him and if you don't then you better tell him i don't love you don't say i love you in your in their face and something else behind their back that is hypocrisy what did these priests scribes and pharisees do they were all bunch of hypocrites they chose caesar over jesus christ of nazareth he can't be any more hypocrite than this caesar enslaved you for 200 years christ came to set you free and you're saying we don't have a king we only have one king caesar what a bunch of hypocrites hypocrites are usually slaves because they suck up to people is that the slang way of saying it listen i like the prime minister of the of this country i will always pray whoever is the prime minister of this country but i will never be a hypocrite if you do something wrong i'll say it in your face my dear friend but i love you and this is the person you need to have as a friend my dear prime minister not the hypocrites that laugh in your face and stab you in the back bishop loves you he will never stab you so make me that advisor i'll fix australia tomorrow what the western world lacks is family value if you want to fix a country fix the family do not be a reason for the division of that family how dare you your brainwashed children and take them away from their family yes protect them from harmful parents but do not lose track of of good principles morals and values that make a family bond strong that's why increase the wages for moms to stay at home because child cares cannot be mom child cares cannot be mom that teacher is not mom so you are depriving that little angel from mom's love from mom's bosom you're depriving that baby now that's the whole idea that's the whole idea how do you destroy a nation by destroying the family the nation is destroyed the lord god is family father son holy spirit beautiful family because that's where love is made possible that's where love is made possible in the family when this couple got together they made family they created another human being the only place where humans are like god in creation is in the family in the marital bond that's why satan is so so so trying frantically to destroy the marital bond my son my daughter i beg you adam and steve can't be it is adam and eve and please i beg you when you are married look after this merit marital bond don't let worldly materialistic things destroy it because you are disconnecting yourself from god you need this family for god is family that's where love is only made possible in the family nowhere else nowhere else and what made the family marriage do you see how much marriage is attacked in our time and age oh my goodness why because satan doesn't want marriage in the way god chose it to be from the beginning god chose the man and the women and brought them together and said multiply increase and fill the face of the earth with children family and satan what did satan do the very first thing in the garden of eden he destroyed the family bond because satan knows the moment he destroys the family he destroys the church he destroys society he destroys humanity the western world and i know it's a deliberate act but the western world must come back to family value otherwise it will be gone with the wind never to come back if the western world thinks some of them not all of them think they believe in jesus christ the true living god which he is but you're not living the true living god there are other parts of the world where they do not believe in jesus christ as god but they're living quite comfortably you know why because they have family value i come from the middle east in the middle east family value is very highly respected and honored a son who is married he is maybe 40 40 50s of age the son when he comes to talk to his dad he will never look into his dad's face he will bow and put his head to the ground and talk to dad out of respect but this son is a father himself as a father but he talks with honor and when he comes he kisses the father's hand and the mom's this is very big even when you are not believing in jesus christ because whether you believe or not jesus christ is god and he said honor your father and mother for i shall bless you and give you a long life we need to come back to this family bond we need to be those sons once again my son don't live for yourself my daughter don't live for yourself live for the lord live for the family pray for the family if your dad is the difficult one pray for him if your mom is a difficult one pray for her don't ever be against them don't ever see them as enemies don't don't don't don't pray pray pray and beg the lord to touch everyone's heart everyone all of us pray my beloved amen um now let us stand for the finale prayer in the name of the father of the son and of the holy spirit one god amen lord make me an of your peace where there is hatred let me so love where there is injury pardon where there is doubt faith where there is despair hope where there is darkness light where there is sadness joy oh divine master grant that i may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as understand to be loved as to love for it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life amen may the lord jesus bless you guide you and protect you all the days of your life now and forevermore amen go in peace the peace of christ be with you always my beloved god bless

Sermon Outline

  1. I
    • Introduction to Psalm 1:1 and the blessed man
    • Identification of the blessed man as Jesus Christ
    • Overview of the three qualities in Psalm 1:1
  2. II
    • First quality: Not walking in the counsel of the ungodly
    • Explanation of who the ungodly are and Satan's role
    • Jesus' victory over Satan's temptations
  3. III
    • Second quality: Not standing in the path of sinners
    • Clarification that Jesus did not avoid sinners but did not obstruct them
    • Jesus' love for sinners and call to repentance
  4. IV
    • The importance of receiving Christ's spirit and word
    • Transformation through renewing the mind by God's word
    • Practical application of living like the blessed man

Key Quotes

“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly nor stands in the path of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“The Lord Jesus said, 'The ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in me.' Only Jesus can say this because He is the perfect man.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel
“Unless you eat the body of and drink the blood of the Son of Man you have no life in you.” — Mar Mari Emmanuel

Application Points

  • Avoid following the counsel of ungodly influences by grounding yourself in Scripture.
  • Embrace sinners with love and compassion without becoming an obstacle to their repentance.
  • Rely daily on Jesus and the Holy Spirit to overcome temptation and renew your mind.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the blessed man mentioned in Psalm 1:1?
Mar Mari Emmanuel explains that the blessed man uniquely refers to Jesus Christ of Nazareth.
What does it mean to not walk in the counsel of the ungodly?
It means avoiding the influence and advice of Satan and his spirits, who represent evil and temptation.
How did Jesus respond to Satan's temptations?
Jesus resisted all temptations by relying on God's word and remained faithful, overcoming Satan completely.
Does Jesus avoid sinners according to this sermon?
No, Jesus does not avoid sinners but does not stand as an obstacle in their way; He loves sinners and calls them to repentance.
How can believers overcome Satan like Jesus?
Believers can overcome Satan by receiving Jesus' spirit and word, relying on Him fully, and renewing their minds through Scripture.

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