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The Chaff

 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 

—-Psalm 1:4 (KJV)

 

Judgment is Coming

 

In Psalm 1:4, we have a stark contrast to the tree thriving in the proverbial rivers of water described in Psalm 1:3. God uses a simile to describe the ungodly and their eventual judgment: “the chaff which the wind driveth away.” The Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary defines the word “Chaff” as: “the fine, dry material, such as husks (seed coverings) and other debris, that is separated from the seed in the process of threshing grain.”

 

God loves to use contrast as a tool to illustrate powerful points. The righteous person trusts the Lord Jesus as their Savior and their sins are taken away. They are in dwelt by the Holy Spirit and are planted by the proverbial river which is Jesus and his Holy Word. The Holy Spirit teaches the believer the righteous ways of God (even though they will never reach perfection in this life – see Romans Chapter 7). Matthew 6:33 (KJV) says, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Notice that I emphasized “his”. It’s Jesus’s righteousness we should seek. We will be judged on his righteousness not ours.

 

The unrighteous will be judged and discarded like chaff because their sins weren’t taken away by the blood of Jesus. Those that reject the free offer of salvation and seek to live for themselves and mocks God with their words and deeds will not stand in the congregation of the righteous.

 

God is a holy God and will not have sin in his presence. The Word Of God sometimes describes the righteous as wheat that will be harvested while the chaff (the unrighteous) will be burned up with unquenchable fire. In Matthew 3:12 (KJV), John the Baptist says this about Jesus on the final Judgment day, “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

 

There is Hope


There is hope in Jesus! Sin is snake poison to the soul. In the Old Testament, when Israel sinned against God, he sent serpents to kill them as judgment. Israel, in it’s sorrow and misery, came to Moses to repent, God instructed him to make a brass serpent so that whosoever gazes upon it will be spared the judgment: 

 

And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 

 

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. (Numbers 21:8-9 KJV) 

 

Likewise, Jesus can take away your sins so that you can stand before God, white as snow. John 3:14-17(KJV) says:

 

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:  

 

That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 

 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

 

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

 

Believe in Jesus to have eternal life. It’s worth it. You will have an eternal relationship with a loving God. He will be your God and you will belong to him. Revelation 21:1-4 (KJV) provides a glimpse of our reward: 

 

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

 

And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

 

And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

 

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

 

Believe on Jesus so that the Chaff becomes a tree by the river of life thriving forever.

 

Further reading

King James Bible

Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary

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