Christian Walk

Pastor Martin introduces Psalm 1 as a foundational didactic psalm describing the way of blessedness, contrasting it with the way of ungodliness. He outlines the psalm's structure, explains why the negative precedes the positive in Scripture, and begins examining the first phrase: 'walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,' showing that the counsel of the wicked is rooted in a man-centered perspective that excludes God, actively opposes Him, and assumes human self-sufficiency.