Devin Bible Study - Psalm 15 Week 4 (The way of the righteous)

Scripture Memorization

Psalm 15 LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?  The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor,  and casts no slur on others;  who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;  who lends money to the poor without interest;  who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things  will never be shaken.

Monday

S - Psalm 15:1

LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

S - Exodus 19:23

Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, because you yourself warned us, ‘Put limits around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

S - Numbers 18:1-3

The LORD said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood. 2 Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the tent of the covenant law. 3 They are to be responsible to you and are to perform all the duties of the tent, but they must not go near the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar. Otherwise both they and you will die.

S - Hebrews 10:10-11

And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

O -

1. What is God's holy mountain?

2. Who could go up on God's holy mountain?

3. Who was allowed to come into God's sacred tent?

4. What would happen if the ministers of the tent would not follow the ordinances that God had outlined?
5. Since we are not Levites, what purifies us as holy so that we can enter God's holy mountain or His tent?

P - Praise God for His salvation, for setting you apart, and enabling you to dwell on His holy mountain.

Tuesday

S - Psalm 15:2-3

The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor,  and casts no slur on others

 O -

1. How can you have a blameless walk?  What does that look like?

2. What does it mean to do what is righteous?

3. Speaking the truth from your heart implies a certain way that we are supposed to speak the truth.  In what way are we supposed to speak the truth?

4. Look up and write the definition for the word slander.

5. How do you cast a slur on someone?

A -

Evaluate your heart and ask God to reveal any way's in which you have done unrighteous deeds.  Journal your thoughts.

P -

Ask God for forgiveness and praise Him for His instruction through His word.

Wednesday

S - Psalm 15:4a

who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD;

 S - Matthew 5:43-44

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’  But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

S - Romans 12:12-14

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.  Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.

O -

1. How can you despise a vile person, but love your enemy?

2. List some way's that You can love Your enemy?

3. What are some sins that You despise?

4. How are you supposed to honor those who fear the LORD according to Romans 12:12-14?

A -

Practice some of the ways that you have given to honor those who fear the LORD. Journal how you felt when you did those things.

P -

Pray for those who are currently involved in sinful behavior, ask God to set them free through His unfailing love, mercy, and grace. Pray for those who fear the LORD.

Thursday

S - Psalm 15:4b

who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind

S - 1 Samuel 15:29

He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind; for he is not a human being, that he should change his mind.”

O -

1. Does God change His mind?  Does begging and pleading with Him to have Your way and Your wants work with Him?

2. Have You made any promises that You haven't kept? List them in your journal.
3. How do you feel when someone breaks a promise?
4. How does know God doesn't change His mind help make you feel more secure in following Him?

P -

Thank God for keeping His promises and being unchanging. Ask God to help you be a man who keeps his promises.

Friday

S - Psalm 15:5

who lends money to the poor without interest;  who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things  will never be shaken.

S - 2 Corinthians 9:7

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

S - Matthew 7:24-27

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.  The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”

O -

1. Are you supposed to lend money and add interest to it?
2. According to 2 Corinthians 9:7, how are you supposed to give?
3. Read Psalm 15 complete again and then read Matthew 7:24-27.  What is God's promise if you follow His teaching and leading?  What happens when you don't?

A -

Make a bookmark today and on it list the way a righteous man walks.

P -

You can not walk righteously without God's help and leading. Read Psalm 23 today out loud in prayer.