A Journey Through the Psalms: Reflections for Worried Hearts and Troubled Times
Preaching the Psalms Cycles A, B, C
It is an easily embraced equation. If you're good, you go to heaven. If you're bad, you go -- well -- you know where. It is precisely this notion that the psalmist here appeals to when we hear who it is that gets to "ascend the hill of the Lord." Wouldn't it be wonderful if this were true? The good, the upright, and the just get to be with God. Those who don't lie, cheat, or steal get to "stand in God's holy place," and "receive a blessing" from God. The only problem is that it's not true.