MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE 11 October 2026
Text: Psalm 15
Title: “LORD, who may dwell in Your Tabernacle?”

INTRODUCTION
1 Lord, who may [ abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
2  He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
3  He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbour,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
4  In whose eyes a vile person is despised,
But he honours those who fear the Lord;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5  He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 5:1-5

1. The Righteous and the Wicked
a) They are often contrasted in the Book of Psalms
b) The Contrast is intended
2. The Wicked must be exposed for who they are
a) Violent
b) Oppressive
c) Sinful
d) Unrepentant

THE TABERNACLE OF THE LORD
Lord, who may [ abide in Your tabernacle?
Who may dwell in Your holy hill?
Psalm 15:1

1. The Tabernacle is located in Zion
2. The Tabernacle is in the Holy Hill of Zion
3. True believers
a) They ascend the Holy Hill of Zion to offer worship
b) They may abide in God’s holy hill
c) This is not a reference to the Priests and Levites
4. Who are the truly righteous worshippers?
a) Attending worship is one thing
b) Abiding in Zion is another thing altogether

A SIGNIFICANT TEXT DESCRIBING THE RIGHTEOUS
He who walks uprightly,
And works righteousness,
And speaks the truth in his heart;
Psalm 15:2

1. The Doctrine of Righteousness
a) Many speak of “Imputed righteousness”
b) And some end up disdaining “personal righteousness”
c) There should not be an unnatural dichotomy between the two aspects
2. The Truth of the matter
a) Imputed righteousness is a vital Biblical doctrine
b) But personal righteousness is the evidence of true imputed righteousness
3. The Focus of Psalm 15
a) Personal righteousness is the focus
b) It is a valid and vital focus

3. True personal righteousness has many aspects
a) The righteous person walks uprightly
b) He does works of righteousness
c) He speaks the truth in his heart

WHAT THE RIGHTEOUS PERSON WILL NOT DO
He who does not backbite with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbour,
Nor does he take up a reproach against his friend;
Psalm 15:3

1. He will not be backbiter
2. He will not do evil to his neighbour
3. He will not take up a reproach against his friend
4. James 3 is chapter that warns against the abuse of the tongue
6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our
members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and
it is set on fire by hell.
7  For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and
has been tamed by mankind.
8  But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9  With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been
made in the [ f ] similitude of God.
10  Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things
ought not to be so. 1
1  Does a spring send forth fresh water and bitter from the same opening?
12  Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? [ g ] Thus no
spring yields both salt water and fresh.
James 3:6-12

WHAT THE TRULY RIGHTEOUS PERSON WILL DO

4  In whose eyes a vile person is despised,But he honours those who fear the Lord;
He who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
5  He who does not put out his money at usury,
Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 15:4-5

1. The person who is vile will not be honoured
2. He will always honour those who fear the Lord
3. He will always keep what he has vowed
4. He does not lend his money for “usury” (interest)
5. He will not take bribes to harm the innocent
6. He will be blessed by the Lord