Dr. Pothana's Teaching

2. I will Behave
Wisely in a Perfect
Way
Psalm 101

3. Background - Psalm 101
• A Psalm of David
• Believed to be early as king.
Possibly an inaugural psalm –
with promises of an
administration with integrity

4. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 1, Praising God in song
for His mercy and Justice

5. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 2, “I will behave wisely
in a perfect way.”
• Perfect (blameless)
Noah – Gen. 6:9
Job – Job 1:1
Phil. 2:14-15, 2 Pet. 3:14

6. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 2, How often do we begin
a serious task with good
intentions?
• The challenge is to keep that
perfection as time wears on.
• How do we do that?
• Consider this psalm!

7. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 2, “Oh, when will You
come to me?”
• David’s desire for the Lord’s
influence (cf. John 15:5)

8. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 2, “I will walk within my
house with a perfect heart.”
• The pure heart (Matt. 5:8)
• Purity if found not only when in
public, but also when in the
privacy of our home!
• When did David lust? (2
Sam.11:2-3)

9. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 3, “I will set nothing
wicked before my eyes.”
• 1 John 2:15-16
Matt. 6:22-23

10. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 3, “I hate the work of
those who fall away; It shall
NOT cling to me.”
• Pick your associates carefully
• 1 Thess. 5:22, Rom.
12:9, Psalm 97:10
2 Cor. 6:14

11. David’s Personal Integrity
• Vs. 4, “A perverse heart
shall depart from me, I will
not know wickedness.”
• Determination to avoid
wickedness at all costs, cf.
Mat. 16:23, 4:10
Psalm 119:115

12. David’s Associates
• Vs. 5-8, David’s Associates
• Associates include friends &
family, his administration and
those with whom he conducted
business.
1 Cor. 15:33
• How do we know who we should
associate with?
• Consider this psalm!

13. David’s Associates
• Vs. 5, “Whoever secretly
slanders his neighbor, Him I
will destroy.”
• Have nothing to do with the
gossip! 2 Thess. 3:11,
Prov. 20:19, James 4:11

14. David’s Associates
• Vs. 5, “The one who has a
haughty look and a proud
heart, him I will not
endure.”
• Pride is a grave danger!
James 4:6, Rom. 12:16

15. David’s Associates
• Vs. 6, “My eyes shall be on the
faithful of the land, that they
may dwell with me.”
• Just as we avoid the ungodly,
we seek out the godly to
associate with – Psa. 15:4,
cf.1 Thess. 5:12

16. David’s Associates
• Vs. 6, “He who walks in a
perfect way, He shall serve
me.”
• “blameless” – same word as vs.
2
• David CHOOSES who will be
around him and work with him.

17. David’s Associates
• Vs. 7, “He who works deceit
shall not dwell within my
house.”
• HONESTY! Needed everywhere.
IF your associates are dishonest
with others, will they be honest
with you?
Prov. 29:12, 6:16-19

18. David’s Associates
• Vs. 7, “He who tells lies shall
not continue in my presence.”
• Honesty illustrated!
See Rev. 21:8,
Eph. 5:25, “Therefore,
putting away lying, ‘Let each
one of you speak truth with his
neighbor.’”

19. David’s Associates
• Vs. 8, “Early I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
that I may cut off all the
evildoers from the city of
the Lord.”
• Take care of ungodliness
quickly! Rom. 6:12

20. David’s Associates
• Vs. 8, “Every morning I will
destroy all the wicked of the
land,

21. Am I behaving
wisely?
What about my
associates?