Message Notes

SSS 4 31 December 2023
Book 4
Psalms 90-106

Text: Psalm 101

A Psalm of David.
1 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not know wickedness.

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbour,
Him I will destroy;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

6 My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a perfect way,
He shall serve me.

7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.

Psalm 101:1-8

THE DETERMINATION OF DAVID

1. To practise his faith in life

2. The principles of his faith would be applied in his administration

3. This is a rare glimpse of how David picked people to serve the nation

THE KEY WORD

1. It is found in the word “Perfect” Psalm 101:2, 6

2. Definition:

a) It is not a reference to “sinlessness”

b) It describes:

i) Faithfulness

ii) Blamelessness

iii) Righteousness

PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS

1 I will sing of mercy and justice;
To You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way.
Oh, when will You come to me?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Psalm 101:1-2

1. Personal Faith in the LORD

a) This is foundational

b) This faith would be expressed in worship

2. Personal Faith translated in behaviour

a) Behaving wisely

b) Righteously and Uprightly

3. Personal Faith in his own house

a) To walk uprightly in his house

b) To desire to please the LORD so that He would come and visit

PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS

3 I will set nothing wicked before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not cling to me.

4 A perverse heart shall depart from me;
I will not know wickedness.

Psalm 101:3-4

1. Will set nothing wicked before him

2. Will hate the work of those who fall away

3. No perversity of heart

4. Outright rejection of wickedness

DEALING WITH ALL WHO PRACTISE WICKEDNESS

5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbour,
Him I will destroy;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud heart,
Him I will not endure.

7 He who works deceit shall not dwell within my house;
He who tells lies shall not continue in my presence.

8 Early I will destroy all the wicked of the land,
That I may cut off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.

Psalm 101: 5, 7-8

1. A short list of people whom David are concerned about:

a) The slanderers

b) The haughty and proud

c) The deceitful

d) The liars

e) The wicked of the land

f) The evil doers

2. What David would do to uphold justice

a) He will destroy them

b) He will not endure them

c) He will cut off the evil doers in the land

HONOURING OF THE FAITHFUL

My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land,
That they may dwell with me;
He who walks in a perfect way,
He shall serve me.

Psalm 101:6

1. He will regard the faithful of the land

2. They walk “in a perfect way”

3. They will dwell with him

4. They will be appointed to serve the king