Psalm 1:4 The Ungodly Man

II.  The Ungodly Man

The ungodly man stands in stark contrast to the godly man whom has received God's blessing. 

A.  He is Different (4)

The godly man is blessed.  He is firmly rooted by the Lord and the Lord provides his needs.  He fills his life with purpose and prospers him.  He preserves him through the trials and storms of life.

• The ungodly are not so:  In the Hebrew this reads: Not so the ungodly, not so: It is a double negative and is used to emphasize the great difference between the godly man who has God's blessing and the ungodly man who does not.

B.  He is Wasting his Life.

• ...but are like the chaff:  the light waste product left over from harvesting grain.  In Scriptural terms it refers to those who do evil. The chaff was usually burned so it could not be carried by the wind back into the grain.

Isaiah 5:24 (KJV) ²⁴  Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Matthew 3:12 (KJV) ¹²  Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

The ungodly are living a life that has no eternal value. 

• ...which the wind driveth away

Their life is without worth spiritually and they like the chaff will be burned with fire.  Death shall carry them into a fiery eternity. 

Revelation 21:8 - But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Matthew 10:28 - And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Revelation 20:14 - And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Revelation 20:15 - And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Matthew 25:46 - And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.