Psalm 1 Is NOT About You

One of the most famous Psalms that most everybody reads, because it's at the beginning of the book, is Psalm 1.

And Justin and I want to help you understand the distinction between the law and the gospel from Psalm 1 and start by this statement.

Psalm 1 actually is not about you.

It's not about how God blesses those who obey Him.

I know that's a very bold statement, but if you keep listening, we're going to show you, you don't show up until Psalm 2, and that's where the gospel is.

Stay tuned.

If you're new to Theocast, you may not have heard of this word.

It's called pietism.

Have you ever felt like the Christian life is a heavy burden versus rest and joy?

That you wake up worrying about how well you're going to perform instead of thinking about what Christ has done for you.

It's dread versus joy, really.

That's pietism.

Pietism causes Christians to look in on themselves and find their hope, not in what Christ has done, but what they're doing.

And we have a little book for you.

It's free.

We want you to download it, and we're going to explain the difference between pietism and what we call confessionalism, reform theology, really, how it is that we walk by faith, seeing the joy of Christ.

And when Jesus says, Come to me and I will give you rest, what does that look like?

You can download it at our website.

Just go to theocast.org.

Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ.