This document contrasts the blessed and the cursed, the righteous and the ungodly. It discusses biblical examples that show two ways and two destinies for people. The righteous are like trees planted by rivers that bear fruit, while the ungodly are like chaff that perish. It emphasizes the need to be born again and notes signs of new spiritual life include delighting in Scripture, growing in Christlikeness, bearing good fruits, and loving other believers.

1. The Blessed & The Cursed
Psalm 1

2. Only 2 Gates & 2 Ways
Matthew 7:13
• Cain & Abel
• Isaac & Ishmael
• Jacob & Esau
• David & Saul
• Wicked & Righteous
• Born Once & Born Again

4. A Tale of Two People

5. Blessed is the man…
Do NOT
• WALK... in the counsel of the
ungodly
• STAND... in the path of sinners
• SIT... in the seats of the scornful

6. Jesus & taxcollectors

8. What he likes…..
•Delights in the law of the Lord
• Meditates day & night on God’s word

9. Like a Tree..
•planted
by the river
• bears fruit in its
season
• leaves do not
wither
• What he does --
prospers

10. An Interview with Joni

11. People on the Broad Way
• “ungodly”, “wicked”
• like chaff
• blown away by the wind

12. What happens to them?
• NOT STAND
• in judgment
• in the congregation of the righteous

13. Why the Certainty…
•For the LORD knows
• the way of the righteous
• the way of the ungodly
• shall perish

14. “Unless you be born again...”
• John 3
• Nicodemus -- a Pharisee, a Bible
teacher
• Jesus: “..you will NOT enter the
Kingdom of God”

15. False Evidences
• Matthew 7
• 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord,
Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in
your name drive out demons and in your
name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will
tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away
from me, you evildoers!’-

16. Signs of New Life
• A delight in the Bible
• Growth in knowing God better &
becoming more like Jesus
• Bear fruits
• Love for fellow believers