True
Blessedness
Pastor
Cornelius R. Stam
It has been said that the word
“blessed,” in our English Bible, simply means happy. Thus the “blessed man” of
Psalm 1 is a happy man and the “blessed God” of I Timothy 1:11 is a happy God.
(We refer to the Hebrew and Greek words most often rendered blessed).
To say the least, this is a
superficial understanding — or misunderstanding — of one of the most wonderful
words of Scripture. A fool can be happy, a drunkard can be happy, a wicked man
can be happy, but none of these are truly blessed, for one who is blessed has a
deeply valid reason to rejoice.
Thus Psalms 1:1,2 says that the man
who shuns “the counsel of the ungodly ,” “the way of sinners” and “the seat of
the scornful” and meditates and delights in the law of God, is “blessed.” He is
well off and has great reason to rejoice.
Few, of course, would dare to claim
that they have fully lived up to this passage in the Psalms, but God’s Word has
good news even for such. In Romans 4:6-8, St. Paul declares:
“David also
describeth the blessedness of the man unto whom God imputeth righteousness
without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and
whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute
sin.”
This blessedness is not a mere
feeling of happiness. It is rather the state of being well off; with a deep and
abiding reason to rejoice.
Thus Psalm 40:4 says: “Blessed is
that man who maketh the Lord his trust,” and when the Galatians stopped
trusting completely in the Lord and began leaning on their own works, the
Apostle asked them: “Where is then the blessedness ye spake of?” (Galatians
4:15).
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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