I will Behave Wisely in a Perfect Way

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• I will Behave Wisely in a Perfect Way
• Psalm 101

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Background - Psalm 101

• A Psalm of David
• Believed to be early as king. Possibly an
  inaugural psalm with promises of an
  administration with integrity

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 1, Praising God in song for His mercy and
  Justice

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 2, I will behave wisely in a perfect way.
• Perfect (blameless) Noah Gen. 69 Job
  Job 11Phil. 214-15, 2 Pet. 314

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 2, How often do we begin a serious task with
  good intentions?
• The challenge is to keep that perfection as time
  wears on.
• How do we do that?
• Consider this psalm!

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 2, Oh, when will You come to me?
• Davids desire for the Lords influence (cf. John
  155)

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 2, I will walk within my house with a
  perfect heart.
• The pure heart (Matt. 58)
• Purity if found not only when in public, but also
  when in the privacy of our home!
• When did David lust? (2 Sam.112-3)

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 3, I will set nothing wicked before my
  eyes.
• 1 John 215-16Matt. 622-23

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 3, I hate the work of those who fall away
  It shall NOT cling to me.
• Pick your associates carefully
• 1 Thess. 522, Rom. 129, Psalm 97102 Cor. 614

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Davids Personal Integrity

• Vs. 4, A perverse heart shall depart from me, I
  will not know wickedness.
• Determination to avoid wickedness at all costs,
  cf. Mat. 1623, 410Psalm 119115

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 5-8, Davids Associates
• Associates include friends family, his
  administration and those with whom he conducted
  business. 1 Cor. 1533
• How do we know who we should associate with?
• Consider this psalm!

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 5, Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor,
  Him I will destroy.
• Have nothing to do with the gossip! 2 Thess.
  311, Prov. 2019, James 411

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 5, The one who has a haughty look and a
  proud heart, him I will not endure.
• Pride is a grave danger! James 46, Rom. 1216

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 6, My eyes shall be on the faithful of the
  land, that they may dwell with me.
• Just as we avoid the ungodly, we seek out the
  godly to associate with Psa. 154, cf.1
  Thess. 512

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 6, He who walks in a perfect way, He shall
  serve me.
• blameless same word as vs. 2
• David CHOOSES who will be around him and work
  with him.

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 7, He who works deceit shall not dwell
  within my house.
• HONESTY! Needed everywhere. IF your associates
  are dishonest with others, will they be honest
  with you? Prov. 2912, 616-19

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 7, He who tells lies shall not continue in
  my presence.
• Honesty illustrated! See Rev. 218, Eph. 525,
  Therefore, putting away lying, Let each one of
  you speak truth with his neighbor.

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 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.
• Take care of ungodliness quickly! Rom. 612

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Davids Associates

• Vs. 8, Every morning I will destroy all the
  wicked of the land, NASUMorning by morning I
  will destroy ESV Something addresses often and
  constantly

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• Am I behaving wisely?
• What about my associates?