Psalm 112: God Bless You!

Do you want to merely be happy or blessed? Is there a difference between experiencing the blessing of God and happiness? What does it mean to be truly blessed by God? Here is this Psalm's main point or central idea: The LORD blesses those who live FOR Him and LIKE Him. What describes the person the LORD blesses? The answer: You live FOR Him. What is the overall lifestyle of the person the LORD blesses? The answer: You live LIKE Him. What is the future of the person under God’s judgment, not His blessing? The answer we find in verse 10: Eternal hell. The word “Righteous” is repeated in this Psalm. Verse 3—his righteousness endures forever. Verse 4—he is righteous. Verse 6—the righteous will never be moved. Verse 9—his righteousness endures forever.  How do you become righteous? What does this mean? Can you produce this righteousness in yourself? Can you attain this righteousness by being good or obeying the Ten Commandments? We need righteousness that comes from outside of us—a righteousness given to us as a gift of grace. We call this the doctrine of justification by faith alone. Through God’s grace, we are justified and counted as righteous. God declares us NOT Guilty and forever accepts us as forgiven in His sight. You can purchase Sean’s two books here:   40 Days in Philippians: Finding Joy in Jesus:   https://g3min.org/shop/books/g3press/40-days-in-philippians-finding-joy-in-jesus-sean-cole/   Your Identity in the Trinity: Discovering God’s Grace in the Gospel:  https://rb.gy/yoa223     VISIT OUR WEBSITE:   www.seancole.net     FOLLOW on:   Apple:   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/understanding-christianity/id979729949   Spotify:   https://open.spotify.com/show/5F5IniTefWZPu2DjaazxPc?si=c37f71675a6e4321     FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIALS:   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6G2ed1EaAY    Facebook:   https://www.facebook.com/sean.cole.16144   Twitter/X:   https://x.com/sdcole