PSALM CHAPTER 36
MAINTAINING HAPPINESS:
Discerning Things With Truth, Not Imagination !

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Learning How To See Things
Through God's Eyes !

1. SEEING THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE.   V. 1.
   A. REQUIRES THE VIEW FROM A RENEWED HEART.
   B. REQUIRES A DEPENDENCE ON GOD-SUPPLIED SOURCES:
        —THE WORD. HEB. 4:12,
        —THE HOLY SPIRIT. JOHN 16:13.
        —SOME BELIEVERS HAVE EXPANDED ABILITIES IN THESE
               AREA OF DISCERNMENT - 1 COR. 12:10.
   C. GOD PLACES HONESTY IMPORTANT WHETHER JUDGING
        SAVED OR LOST PEOPLE. ROM. 13:13, 1 THES. 4:12.

2. THE INTENT OF THE HEART IS SEEN BY GOD.    V.2.
   A. CAN BE UNDERSTOOD BY ACTIONS.
        —ELIJAH - 1 KINGS 20:41.
        —DISRESPECT OR LACK OF ESTEEM FOR THE THINGS OF
               GOD CAN BE SEEN. 1 COR. 11:29
   B. CAN BE UNDERSTOOD AS GOD REVEALS IT IN SPECIAL
        WAYS. THOSE CHOSEN FOR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS.
               —THE WISE MEN - MATT. 2:12.
               —JOSEPH - MATT.2:13.

3. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD
          (SOMETHING THAT LOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE.)
   A. BEGINNING OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE.
        PROV. 9:10, PROV. 1:7.
   B. IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE TRUE SPIRITUAL LIVING.
        PROVERBS 14:27
        —THROUGH IT PEOPLE FLEE SIN. PROV. 16:6
        —THROUGH IT PEOPLE HAVE GREATER SATISFACTION.
             PROVERBS 19:23
4. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WICKED    (INCL. GENERATIONS)
   A. NO FEAR OF GOD.
   B. SELF-FLATTERY. ROM. 1:30, 2 TIM. 3:2
   C. WORDS ARE INIQUITY AND DECEPTION. 2 TIM. 3:13
   D. STOPPED SEEKING WISDOM.
        PROV. 3:7, 12:15, 16:2, 21:2, IS. 5:21.
   E. STOPPLED DOING GOOD. JAMES 4:17
   F. THINKS MISCHIEF. PROVERBS 6:16-19.
   G. NO LONGER HATES EVIL. PS. 97:10, PROV. 8:13.

5. THE CONTRAST: GOD WHO IS RIGHTEOUS.   
   A. IT STANDS ABOVE ALL THE REST. V. 6. ROM. 5:7-8
   B. IT REVEALS GOD'S LOVE. IS. 59:16
   C. IT RESULTS IN SOME PEOPLE RESPONDING TO GOD WITH
        FAITH. ROMANS 3:25, MATT. 6:33.

6. THE CONTRAST: PEOPLE WHO LOVE GOD.    V. 8
   A. ARE ABUNDANTLY SATISFIED. PSALM 17:15
        —NOT AS THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD. PROV. 27:20
   B. FILLED WITH PLEASURE FROM GOD.
        —THE WORLD SEEKS THE WRONG PLEASURES.
             HEB. 11:25, LUKE 8:14, TITUS 3:3.
   C. ARE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT. PS. 89:15, 1 JOHN 1:7

7. CONTRASTS IN THE RESULTS OF FELLOWSHIP
   ***CANNOT SEE LIGHT UNTIL FIRST LIGHT REACHES YOUR
                        EYE. THUS, MUST HAVE IT TO SEE IT.
   A. FELLOWSHIP WITH DARKNESS.
        —1 JOHN 1:6. WALKING IN IT MAKES IT EASY TO LIE ABOUT
          OURSELVES AND OTHERS.
        —HATING A BROTHER RESULTS IN AN UNCERTAIN PATH
          AHEAD. 1 JOHN 2:10
        —THOSE BENT UPON DOING AVOID THE LIGHT. JOHN 3:20
   B. FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. HE IS LIGHT. JOHN 8:12.
        —REV. 21:23- THE LAMB IS THE LIGHT !

8. BLESSINGS AND CURSES. PROV. 18:21, PS. 36:10-12.
   A. HAVE A BASIS IN THE BIBLE. DEUT. 11:26, NUM. 5:23,
        NUMBERS 26:6 (Balaam), MARK 11:21.    B. TO THE LOST. GAL. 3:10, 2 PETER 2:14
   C. TO THE SAVED. 2 KINGS 2:24.
               NOT TO INITIATE THEM, BUT BLESSINGS, INSTEAD !
               LUKE 6:28, JAMES 3:9-10