Living for the Lord in Your Home | Psalms 101:1-5 Week 25

We are in Psalms 101 and we're on page 27 of your notes and uh we've been talking about this psalm is called he's talking about in my house he's talking about how he's going to behave himself and it's kind of the householders prayer to to pray for my family and my home this is what we're going to do. As for me in my house we will serve the Lord from Joshua chapter 24. And so he starts out with praise. I will sing of the mercy and judgment. And let me encourage you, make music an important part of your household. Now, if you somebody say, "Well, I'm not musical." You don't have to be musical to sing.

Uh you can uh sing along. You can play off the internet or off a CD and sing along with that. You can listen to good music and uh just make it a part of your life to make a joyful noise. We looked at in Psalms chapter 100. And and I believe that um if you want to have a a godly family, then you need to have godly music in your home. It needs to be an important part of your home, whether it's singing it, listening to it, or whatever it might be. And so he talked about, I will sing of the mercy and judgment unto thee, oh Lord, will I sing. He he talked about praise and and thanksgiving to God. And and then he goes into his purpose in verse number two.

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. And when we talk about a perfect heart, it doesn't mean we're always perfect and we never do anything wrong. But we have a heart that is perfecting, a heart that is is trying to do our best before the Lord and and and maturing and growing in our walk with the Lord. And so to have a perfect heart and to walk in a perfect way and is really to walk circumspectly following the path that God has given us. And um so we got down to letter F. We did that finished up last week with that when David asked when will thou come unto me.

What is really stating here is the idea of this is that first of all God if I'm going to do this I need your help. I I can't do this alone. And if I'm going to have a household that's going to follow you, if I'm going to do what's right before you, if I'm going to have a perfect heart and follow a perfect way, I need you to come to me. I need your your help and your presence. But it also comes, it talks about that he's ready, Lord. I'm going to live my life in such a way that I am ready for you to come again. Even so, come Lord Jesus Marinatha. uh that that uh you know anytime you can come because our house is ready for you know uh you ever had company come over when you weren't ready for

them your house was a disaster you were a disaster uh it was a bad day whatever else like this and but David is saying listen I want my house to be that any day Lord you can come and and so that's what he's praying for here and asking for now he goes on it says I will walk within my house and one of the the hardest yet most important places to live the Christian life is in your home. Uh go over to Deuteronomy chapter 6. Put a marker in Psalms. We'll come back there, but go to Deuteronomy chapter 6. I'm teaching on child training in Sunday school on Sunday morning. And this is one of the passages we've turned to in Deuteronomy chapter 6 and verses 4-9.

The Bible says, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, with all thy might. And these words which I command these days shall be in thine heart. And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sitest thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, when thou rise up, and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontless between thine eyes, and thou shalt write them upon the post of thy house, and on thy gates." And and so he's saying, "Listen, you need to make this uh uh something in your home that is is important and it's something you teach when you sit down, when you rise up, when you go to bed at night, whenever whenever you're going to every opportunity and is a teaching opportunity.

And I and I challenge the parents that you need to take opportunity. It's it's it's important to have a family devotion time. And it's something if you don't have with your family that you should work on establishing. Uh start with just once a week and then go to once twice a week and then every other day until you get to daily devotions with your family. And that's important to do. But but the greatest teaching times you will have is in the daily things of life as you're walking through life. when you're watching a TV program. Boy, this one of the blessings of having a remote control to pause it and just to stop it and say, you know, what they did there, was that right or wrong?

And and to talk about it um and and take as a teaching opportunity with your children. Uh whether you're say when you're in a store and and uh you see something, you can talk about it there and and taking those opportunities to really teach it to your kids. And then he goes on to say that you should bind it for a sign on the hand and as frontless between thine eyes and write them on the post of the house is get them up there where your kids can see it. One of the things I also talked about that class about is you ought to have a a a family purpose statement and this is our family. This is what our family exists for.

This is what our purpose is that that God's purpose for our family. and and to put that in one or at the most two sentences that you can put up on your wall and say this is our purpose. It can be something as simple as for as for me in my house we will serve the Lord or it can be a little bit more involved with that but what is our purpose as a family and then along with that you should have value statements. These are things that that are the values that you live by that you uh make decisions by that you practice in your home. It it can be that we we treat each other with respect. Uh we love one another.

Just having a a list of these are the values that we we say are important in our home. But you know, the problem is when we're in our house, we're our most relaxed. When we're house, we're with people that, you know, we can be more comfortable with, but yet sometimes that comfort level is so much that we don't do what's right around them. you know, things that you wouldn't do out in the world or out in public, you you will do at home. And we treat them at home differently because they have to love us. And uh and and we don't live the the standard at home that we we should be living. And and so David is here in Psalms chapter 101.

He said, "Listen, Lord, uh I will walk within my house. I want to live for you at home as well." and uh and doing that and and so uh when we behave at home, you know, how do we do that? You know, we we do a lot of things at home that we wouldn't do out in public. You know, we'll we'll be uh yelling at our kids and and then the phone rings and we'll pick up the phone and go, "Hello." You know, and uh we we treat that stranger on the phone better treating our own kids. We do things at home that we wouldn't. Now, again, you're at home and and um I I'll do things at home that I wouldn't do anywhere else, you know, and and uh and and and all and and there's things that are appropriate just like anything else and that are okay.

But at the same time, this where should I be practicing the fruit of spirit? At home. Where should I be living a life of of love and and godliness at home? Where should I do what's right? It should be at home. And and so this is what David's asking. And he kind of goes on to talk about this in these next couple verses here. So beginning with verse number three, he says, "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes." And um so the word wicked here is translated from the Hebrew word bile. And that word is used elsewhere in the Bible. Uh if you look at 2 Corinthians chapter 6 and verse number 15. 2 Corinthians chapter 6 and verse number 15.

2 Corinthians 6:15 it says, "In what concord hath Christ with bal and what part have he believeth with an infidel?" And the idea of that word bile means worthless, wicked, or destructive. Worthless, wicked, or destructive. And and so he said, "Listen, I'm not going to set anything in front of my eyes as worthless, that's wicked, or destructive. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes." And and that's a good standard to have. And especially in our world today, the problem with our world today is we've got those things right at our fingertip. All three of those. We've got things that are wicked on the internet.

We got things that are wicked on uh on uh Netflix and other uh platforms. We've got things are wicked right there on our TV. Uh we've got them right there on our phone and and we have to determine, you know, I I'm not going to watch this stuff. I'm not going to look at the stuff even in the privacy of my own home. I I'm not going to put that before mine eyes. I'm not going to put things that are worthless. There's some things that are not bad in the sense of being wicked, but they're worthless. They're they're not any value to them. And uh you know I was talking with doing my one-on-one Bible study with one of our men last night and we were talking about you know how reals you know you get

caught up in those and you just kind of go through them one after another after another and you end up spend all this time on something that's worthless you know and he's telling me there's an app uh we talking about there's an app that uh is it's it takes books and it'll give you a a 5 to 10 minute synopsis of that book. uh and uh he says he's using that instead of do reals. He's doing that now because at least there's some value in getting that synopsis out of that book and the major points of it and uh and what do we do? We we spend our time with worthless things and we spend time with things that are actually destructive.

They're they're hurting our marriage. They're hurting our family. And and we've got to we've got to make that commitment. Uh, this would be a great verse to print off and put right above your TV set. This would be a great p verse to print off and and tape it to the top of your computer uh to remind you that uh that we need to make that commitment. I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes. And and that's important for us to do. And uh so why should we set no wicked thing before our our eyes? Let's go over to 1 John chapter 2 and verse number 16. 1 John chapter 2 and verse number 16. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world.

We don't need those things the world influencing us and and impacting our lives. Look at Matthew chapter 6 and verse number 23. Matthew chapter 6 and verse number 23. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness? And the idea not not you got a a problem with your eye, but it's what you look at. And when you do that, you're just allowing the darkness of the world to saturate your thinking and to influence you and your family. Because you know what? As parents, what we watch is what our kids watch.

And uh and and and and we got to be careful of that. We've got to control that and not allow that into our home. Um look at Job chapter 31. Job chapter 31. Job chapter 31 and verse number one and ma I made a covenant with mine eyes why then should I think upon a maid in verse 7 if my step hath turned out of the way and my heart walked after mine eyes if any blot hath cleaved to my hands so again Job made a commitment he said I'm not going to set that wicked thing I'm not going to look at a girl in the wrong way I'm not going to allow that to be come into my eyes I made a covenant with mine eyes I I made a decision of what I'm going to allow myself to look at.

And and you've got to make that covenant. We deal in a society that's just saturated with pornography and wickedness all around us. And and you've got to make a commitment. In my home, we have standards of what we're going to watch and what we're not going to watch. And and to abide by those standards and then um and be serious in that commitment. Look at Matthew chapter 5 and verse number 29. Matthew chapter 5 and verse number 29. And if thy right hand offend thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is profitable for thee that the that one of thy members should perish, not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

We have to take drastic measures. I'm not saying you should plug your eye out, but you know what you could do? Cancel that subscription to Netflix or whatever service it is that's that you're misusing. Now, there's a lot of good shows on Netflix or Hulu or some of these other platforms and and they're good to watch, but but you know what? If you can't control it, you know, sometimes you say, "Well, I'm you know, if you can't keep watching the bad things on there, then you need to cancel that subscription." And by the way, there's good alternatives. How many of you heard of Pure Flick? Anybody heard that one?

It's a good alternative. They got some great great shows on there. Another one's called Angel Network, uh, which is a good alternative. They've got uh things that they have standards with. And there's a couple other ones out there as well. You can also get called something called uh Bid Angel, which will uh censor out the bad things out of shows. Uh the problem is it doesn't work with every platform, but it does work with a lot of them, and you can figure out if it does. And it's something that you can do. I say cuz it seems like with Hollywood, yeah, they'll make a good show, but it's like they've got a rule.

You got to put so many curse words in there and you got to put so many bad scenes in there even though it's it's really a decent show. It's like they they it's something there's something in their contract I guess that makes them do that. And and so it would be a good show to watch but you don't want to watch those things. And so with Vid Angel that helps you. Uh but that's also go by the way what is good about fast forwarding and having that little clicker to be able to do things with as well. But you've got to make that decision. we're not watching this and and if I can't control it, I'm cutting it off.

Or if my kids can't control Listen, f folks, I will tell you this. If you've got Netflix or HBO or anything else in your house, especially as your kids get in the teen years, they are watching things on there that you don't know about. I will guarantee it because that's just the way it is. You want, oh, not my kids. They are. And that's why you don't want to have it there for them. And that's another reason I won't have that stuff in there with with children around too because I don't want them to have access to that. And we for many years when our kids were grow, we did have cable because we didn't want to give that into our home.

And um and and so you you've got to control this and be drastic. If you can't control the internet, then either get rid of it. You how could we live in today's world without Wi-Fi? Well, figure it out. or at get some kind of control. There's a number of good programs on the internet that you can get will will not allow you to go certain places or will hold you I think the ones that hold you accountable are better whereas if you go to a certain place it's going to email someone that you've designated your accountability partner and by the way that should not be your spouse. Don't ever make your spouse your policeman.

Okay? Make get some get a man to be your accountability partner. Get another lady, be your accountability partner. Uh, but don't don't put your spouse in a position to be a policeman. They're your partner. Now, you can go to your spouse and say, "Can you help me cuz I struggle with this?" And you can go and ask them to partner with you to help you to get victory over that. But don't make them your policeman. All right? Uh, find a pointer, somebody who's willing to come along and be that accountable. But do something drastic if you have to. If you can't control it, then you make sure you get it out of there so it doesn't control you.

Get serious about it. And then going back to Psalms 101, he said, "I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes. I hate the work of them that turn aside." I hate the work of them that turn aside. Now, what what does he mean by that phrase that turn aside? Let's look at um Psalms chapter 40 and verse number four. Psalms chapter 40 and verse number four, he says, "Blessed is a man that maketh the Lord his trust and respectth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies." So he said the psalmist said, "Listen, I don't I I don't want to be around those people that turn aside uh that turn away and turn aside from and and and part of that is turning from the right path."

Look at Proverbs 4 and:es 25- 27. Proverbs 4 25- 27. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine idols look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet. Let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand, nor to the left. Remove thy foot from evil. It it it's staying on that right path. One of the challenges with social media today especially is it it turns you aside. It it brings you in for good reasons and then it pulls you off into bad areas. and and and it's gonna grab you. And that's one of the challenges with social media. It turns us aside. It's is try to take us off. There's a lot of good things about social media.

There's a lot of good things about the internet. But you get on the internet and what happens? You start out good, but then oh, I'm going to click on this and see what it is. I'm going to go over here and see what that is. And pretty soon you're turned aside. And and that's the idea is listen, I I don't want people that are going to pull me off the right path. I don't want people are going to get me to get my focus off the things that I need to be doing and and uh to have that time with it. Again, the the guy I was having Bible study when we were talking about he says, you know, the worst thing about social media is it takes my time away from reading my Bible, from praying, from doing the other things I need to be doing.

And and we turn aside and then uh what we need to do is we need to turn back. What what happens is we turn back to the world. Uh go over to to 2 Timothy chapter 4 and verse number 10. 2 Timothy 4:10. For Deus hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and has departed on Thessanica, Christians to glacia, Titus on Dalmatia. What he did is he turned back to the world. That's the thing that amazes me. You get somebody that was saved out of alcohol and and they they come to church, they're doing great, and then they go back to the alcohol. They go back to drinking. They go back to the old ways.

Going back to where they were. Listen, in Joshua, he said, "Listen, if you're going to follow the Lord, you can't go back to the old gods and you can't go to the new gods. You got to stay focused and follow the Lord." And that's hard to do. And that's why Joshua said to him, "You're not going to do this, you know, because we struggle with this. And you cannot do it your own power." But you got to realize I I don't want things that are going to turn me aside from my focus on the Lord. They're going to take my focus off. And so it's not always the bad things, the wicked things. It's sometimes things that aren't bad, but they just start pulling us away from what's what's best.

And that's what we need to focus on. And that's what he's saying here in Psalms 101. So going back to Psalms 101:3, he says that it shall not cleave to me. The word cleave is basically be glued to me. Look at Romans chap 12 and verse number N. Romans chapter 12 and verse number nine. Let love be without dissimulation or hypocrisy. Uphour that which is e evil. Cleave to that which is good. And he says I don't want these evil things to cleave to me. And you know, it's kind of like, you know, when when you walk through the the weeds, you get all those stickers on you and and that's what happens. Or or you get, you know, in kindergarten, I I never I don't have a high school diploma, but I have a kindergarten diploma.

And uh I I have my report card from kindergarten, and I I did pass kindergarten, but the teacher said I I was uh not doing well in in three areas. One was with cutting. I was not good with cutting with scissors. Uh, two was in um in coloring. I didn't stay in the lines. And three was with gluing. Uh, glue and I are not good friends. And even today, if I try to glue anything, it gets all over the place. It just makes a mess. I get it on my clothes. I end up gluing my fingers together. I end up gluing things together that I got to rip them apart cuz I glued them wrong, you know. and and and and he listen I I don't want these things to cleave to me and they have a re way of reaching out and grabbing us.

The the in Hebrews chapter 12 it talks about besetting sins and besetting sins are are the idea of that word is they reach out and grab us. It's again like those little stickers, you know, is those stickers, they you walk by and they say, "Hey, get them." And they reach out and grab you and stick to you. And and and and the psalmist says, "I don't want to have that happen." And so that's what he's he's saying. I'm not going to let them cleave to me. I'm not going to let them grab hold of me. He says, "I want to cleave to that which is good." Um cleaving to the Lord. Look at Joshua chapter 22. Joshua chapter 22 and verse number five.

Joshua 22:5. But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you to love the Lord your God and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cleave unto him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. Look at Joshua chapter 23 and verse number 8. But cleave unto the Lord your God as you have done unto this day. Uh we want to cleave to the Lord. We want to we want to grab hold of and not let go. One of my problems with gluing and it still is today is I have a lack of patience. And so when I glue something together, I I want it to hold immediately.

and and so I I I go too quick and and and and and I don't take time to really get it to glue and to solidify in that way. And we've got to make solid our relationship with the Lord. We've got to grab hold of God and just cling to him and and glue to him. You know, when you glue something, uh pressure is very important. You want to make sure you got that pressure in there. And I want to I want to cleave to the Lord. I want to grow closer. I want to grab hold of them as tight as I can. Uh go over to Acts 11 and verse number 23. Acts 11:23. Who when he came and had seen the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord to glue to the Lord.

Just to to glue there and to hold on tight, not let go. um and to be bonded through love. Look at Colossians chapter 3 and verse number 14. Colossians chapter 3 and verse 14. And above all these things, put on charity which is the bond of perfectness. That love is the glue that glues us together. And and and we need to be bound by that love together as well. So we need to cleave and and and when you cleave, it's hard to pull it apart. In fact, many times the place that's glued is stronger than the rest of it because of that glue in there. And and and so Psalmist said, "Listen, I I don't want evil to cleave to me.

I don't want that wickedness to hold grab hold of me." And it will that those those social media, the internet, the TV, it'll grab hold of me, my time, and my focus and all the other things. And I don't want that to happen. I want to cleave to the Lord. I want to cleave to that which is right and that which is good. All right. And then in verse number four, he says, "A a for forward heart shall depart from me. I will not know a wicked person." The idea of that word forward is is the idea of of uh a perverse heart. Uh uh somebody perverse. Look at Proverbs 11 and verse number 20. Proverbs chapter 11 and verse number 20.

They thereof are forward heart are abomination to the Lord, but such that are upright in their way are his delight. And so Psalmist says in Psalms 101, a a forward heart shall depart from me. I don't want that around. I don't want that perverseness and the the things. Now notice he says, a forward heart will depart from me. Now we need to come out from among them be separate. We need to, you know, when when there's evil, we need to to flee from um wickedness and lust and follow after righteousness. And and so we need to leave. When somebody's telling a dirty joke, you need to walk away. When somebody is doing something is wrong, you need to walk away.

When something comes on the TV, you need to walk away from it. But you know what? Also, you need to live your life in such a way that it's going to depart from you. that that doesn't want to be around you there because I'm a pastor and I realize that but there are certain things that you know people say oh you don't want to be there because we're you know because they know I don't want to be a part of that and they're going to depart from me if we're going to go do this then we don't want pastor along uh because he's not going to want to do that and he's not going to be happy with that and and and and I want I want evil to depart from me now when necessary I need to set I need to step aside, separate from evil.

I need to to flee from it and get away from it. But I also want it to realize no, you're not interested. One of the things about social media, if I understand it right, is social media will put on your social media based on what you look at. And so basically what happens is you get these bad things because you looked at something bad. and and and and and but when you start um looking at good things, then they stop sending that to you. They depart from you because they say, "Well, he's not interested in this anymore." And and and so we've got to have a life that says, "Listen, evil doesn't want to be here.

This isn't where the I'm not interested. There's no there's no place for you here." And and that's what he's saying here in his passage that they'll depart from me. That perverse heart. The the word I will not know a wicked person indicates the idea of a close relationship. Uh let me ask you a question. How many of you know a wicked person? Raise your hand. Everybody does, right? You know people that are drunkers. You know people that are carous, you know, immoral. And you know people that do all kinds of wicked things. We all know people like that. So what does he mean? I will not know a wicked person.

Look at first 1 Corinthians chapter I lost my place here. Let me find it again. Uh 1 Corinthians chapter where I'm at 5:es 9-11. 1 Corinthians 5 9-11. I wrote unto you an epistle not to company with fornicators yet not altogether with fornicators of this world or with the covetous or extortioners or with idolattors. For then you must need go out of the world. But now I've written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator or covetous or an idolatrer or a or drunkard or extortioner with such one know not to eat. We live in a wicked world and you know this is where a lot of the monk idea and you know being isolated came from.

Let's just come out of the world. Uh but that's not what God wants to do. We live in this world. You work with wicked people. You live next to wicked people. Um you know and and so how do you deal with that? Well, what he's saying is listen, I'm not going to know them in that personal intimate way. Uh they're not going to be my best friends. They're not going to be the people I hang around with all the time. They're not, you know, and and if we do hang around together, I I want them to realize, again, I I I really think anybody that knows me is not going to come and say, "Pastor, you want to go go to the bar with us?"

I think it's not going to happen because they know where I stand. You know, do you want to go to the X-ray movie with us? No. They they know that. See, I want to live my life in such a way that they know that, but at the same time, I want to reach those wicked people for Christ. I I want to have a testimony with them. I I want to show them the truth in the right way, but to do it in a way that they can see the difference in my life. Not to condemn them, not to go, "You're a bunch of drunkers and wicked people. You're terrible. I don't want to be around you." No. But they're not going to be my best friends.

They're not going to be the people I hang around with and and let them influence my life. and and and and and that's important for us to realize and that's what he's saying here says listen I'm not going to I'm not going to know them in that personal intimate way and then uh letter F there why should we not suffer the things listed in verse number five so in verse five it says who who so privately slanderth his neighbor him will I cut off him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer so he says listen I'm not going to suffer the the idea of the word not suffers. I'm not I'm not going to tolerate this.

This is not the kind of people I want to have in my life. Um and and talking about that, look at Proverbs chapter 6 and verses 16-19. Proverbs 6:16-19. These six things that the Lord hate, ye seven are abomination unto him. A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that we be swift in running to mischief, a false witnesses speaketh lies, and he that sow discord among the brethren. The things he's listing here in verse number five are the things God hates. And if God hates him, then I hate him. I I don't want to be around that. I don't want to be in that kind of environment.

I don't want those kind of people influencing me. And and and so I'm I'm not going to do that. So, who so privately slandereth his neighbor, that's gossip. I I don't gossip, you know. I I just I'm not going to tolerate that. I don't want to hear it. Uh look at Proverbs chapter 26 and verse number 20 through 21. Proverbs 26:20. Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out. So where there is no tail bearer, the strife ceases. As coals are to burning coals and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a tail bearer as wounds and they go down to the innermost parts of the belly.

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsh shirt covered with silver dross. In other words, he's saying listen don't add fuel to the fire. Somebody comes to you with gossip. I don't want to hear it. If there's nobody listening, then the gossip isn't going to happen. And and and the gossiper is wrong, but the listener is wrong as well. Look at James chapter 3 and:es 5 and 6. James chapter 3:es 5 and 6. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire a world of iniquity. So is a tongue among our members that is defileth the whole body and setth on fire a course of nature is set on fire of hell.

So just he said listen I'm not going to listen to gossip. I'm not going to listen to people slander others. you know, uh, and and we as Christians do that. Well, you got to pray for so and so because, and then we gossip about him, you know, he says, "I'm not going to do that. I'm not gonna allow that in my home." And you need to teach your kids that same thing. You know, where, you know, a lot of kids learn how to do that at the kitchen table. Uh, a lot of pastors are are, you know, talked about at the table and then the kids, one of the kids don't respect their pastor, don't respect their church.

you know, you you need to treat that with the right attitude. I'm not gonna allow slander. I'm not gonna allow my kids to slander. It's not going to be a part of our home. And um and then he goes on to talk about um in there then what what is a high look in in in that passage that hath a high look and a proud heart. Psalms chapter 80 18 and verse 27. Psalms 18 and verse number 27. For thou wil save the afflicted people but will bring down their down high looks. And then look at Proverbs chapter 6 and verses 16-9 19. Proverbs chapter 6. Get over there. Proverbs chapter 6 16-19 these things six things does the Lord hate and one of the first one he says is a proud look and and just that attitude of of pride thinking I'm better um just not allowing that I I don't want to I don't want to act like we're better than everybody else and so often that's what we do and and we do it our homes and we we're we're better.

Now, I will in my home say, "Listen, they may do that, but we don't. But I'm not here to judge them. I'm not here to think I'm better than now." And and and that proud look is not something I'm going to tolerate. It's not something I'm allow my home. And uh and and doing that. Now when we look at this a proud heart um the idea of a proud heart will not I suffer is is is the idea of it could be translated as broad-minded. Uh look at 1 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse number two. 1 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse number two. and you are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

A man was living in adultery with his stepmother. They were acting like ah we're we're we're modern tolerant people and you know they do what people can do what they want. No, the the psalm was saying in Psalms 101 he said listen I am not going to have this tolerant attitude like being broadminded this is okay. It's not. And and so we see this in the world there. But it says you got you got to accept the transgender. You got to accept people that live in morality. You got to accept, you know, no, we don't have to accept that. And I I'm not going to do it in a judgmental way. I'm not going to do it in a way of condemning, but I am not going to be afraid to stand up and say, listen, that is wrong.

And by the way, if you have children in your home, take time to do that. Whether it's in the news is to stop and say, you know what, what's going on there? that's wrong and explain it to your children or if it's in a TV program, you know, um you know that that they need to understand what they're doing is wrong that, you know, pause the ro and say, you know, he just he just disobeyed his parents. Is that the right thing to do? And uh and and and because a lot of TV pros will, you know, make evil look good. It's okay if as long as it has good results. And don't be broad-minded is what he's saying here in in doing that.

All right. And then um going back to Psalms 101 is um the that a very important principle that David realized it was absolutely necessary for him to walk in a perfect way. Look at verse number six and seven. It says, "Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land that they may dwell with me. He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that workketh deceit shall not dwell within my house. He that tellth lies shall not tear in my sight." And so he's he's he's looking at here. This is the kind of people that we are going to make a part of our life. We want this kind of people and not that kind of people. And and and we're going to talk about that more next week. We ran out of time here. And so we'll continue on, finish this up a little bit up and then go to our next Psalms uh next