TOTAL PRAISE
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PSALM 100:5 - FOR THE LORD IS GOOD; HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING; AND HIS TRUTH ENDURETH TO ALL GENERATIONS.
PSALM 100:5 - FOR THE LORD IS GOOD; HIS MERCY IS EVERLASTING; AND HIS TRUTH ENDURETH TO ALL GENERATIONS.
PSALM 100:5 CSB - FOR THE LORD IS GOOD, AND HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER; HIS FAITHFULNESS, THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.
PSALM 100:5 CSB - FOR THE LORD IS GOOD, AND HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER; HIS FAITHFULNESS, THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.
BIG IDEA: WE PRAISE GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOOD!
BIG IDEA: WE PRAISE GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOOD!
I GOT DRESSED AND DROVE TO GBBC THIS MORNING, SIMPLY TO TELL YOU THAT GOD IS GOOD!
I DON’T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW THAT HE’S GOOD; I’VE JUST RESOLVED TO USE TODAY’S SERMONIC SESSION TO RESTATE IN A MYRIAD OF WAYS THE GOODNESS OF OUR GOD!
THIS VERSE. VERSE 5. ANSWERS THE QUESTION OF WHY TO ALL THAT’S BEEN WRITTEN IN PSALM 100.
THE WHO: ALL YE LANDS…(THE WHOLE EARTH)
THE WHAT: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE - SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS - COME BEFORE HIS PRESENCE WITH SINGING - KNOW YE THAT THE LORD HE IS GOD.
WHERE: AS WE ENTER HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING AND HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE.
THE FIRST WHY? BECAUSE HE MADE US!!!
AND THE WHY FOR TODAY (AGAIN) IS BECAUSE THE LORD IS GOOD...
SO, WE MAKE NOISE - WE PRAISE AND OFFER UNENDING THANKSGIVING TO GOD, ACCORDING TO PSALM 100:3, BECAUSE HE IS OUR CREATOR (HE MADE US), OUR SUSTAINER (HE UPHOLDS US), OUR PROTECTOR (HE COVERS US), OUR PROVIDER (HE GIVES TO US), AND OUR DIVINE OVERSEER (HE WATCHES OUT FOR US)!
BY THE TIME THE PSALMIST ARRIVES AT VS. 5 - ALL THAT REMAINS IS TO SUCCINCTLY SAY: THE LORD IS GOOD!
I DON’T HAVE TO ASK IF I HAVE A WITNESS TODAY, BECAUSE IF YOU’RE LISTENING, YOU OUGHT ALREADY BE PRAISING!!!
YEAH, A TOTAL PRAISE!!!
Y’ALL KNOW AT EVERY GRADUATION, THERE ARE LEVELS OF HONOR BESTOWED UPON THOSE WHO’VE DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL: CUM LAUDE - MAGNA CUM LAUDE & SUMMA CUM LAUDE.
IN THE REALM OF GIVING PRAISE, THERE IS HIGH PRAISE - HIGHER PRAISE - AND HIGHEST PRAISE!
YOUR FRIENDS CAN GET HIGH PRAISE. OTHER FOLKS IN YOUR LIFE CAN GET HIGHER PRAISE!
BUT GOD IS THE ONLY ONE WHO DESERVES THE SUMMA CUM LAUDE OF PRAISE - THE HIGHEST PRAISE! THIS KIND OF PRAISE SHOULD BE RESERVED ONLY FOR HIM!!!
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE - OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH - WAVE YOUR HANDS - AND DECLARE, “GOD IS GOOD - AND HE’S WORTHY TO BE PRAISED!”
COME EVERYONE - TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD!!
King James Version Psalm 100
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
And his truth endureth to all generations.
Christian Standard Bible Psalm 100
5 For the LORD is good, and his faithful love endures forever;
his faithfulness, through all generations.
VERSE 5 GIVES READERS A GLIMPSE INTO GOD’S NATURE!
THE GOODNESS OF GOD IS A BEDROCK OF GOD’S NATURE, RECORDED FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW TESTAMENTS.
BUT NOTE, GOD IS NOT ONLY GOOD (IN HIS ESSENCE). GOD IS GOOD TO US (IN HIS ACTIONS)!
THIS IS WHAT SEALS OUR SEASON OF THANKSGIVING - PRAISING GOD BECAUSE OF HIS GOODNESS: HIS BENEVOLENCE - HIS PATIENCE - HIS BLESSINGS!
GOD IS GOOD, AND GOD IS GOOD TO YOU!
JUST PICTURE THIS PROCESSION OF WORSHIPPERS, AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE TEMPLE - MAKING NOISE - ENTERING HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING - AND HIS COURTS WITH PRAISE - ALL DECLARING: “GOD IS GOOD - ALL THE TIME…AND ALL THE TIME - GOD IS GOOD!”
AND THEN, TESTIFYING TO ONE ANOTHER ABOUT HOW GOD MANIFESTED HIS PRACTICAL GOODNESS TOWARDS THEM: PROVIDING FOR THEIR FAMILY - HEALING OF A LOVED ONE - RECLAIMING A WAYWARD CHILD - RESTORING A DEAD MARRIAGE!
THEY WERE ALL-BUT BATTLING FOR WHO COULD GIVE GOD THE HIGHEST PRAISE! THE MOST DEMONSTRATIVE OF THANKSGIVINGS!!
ON THE CONTRARY, IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY SEEING OR EMBRACING THE GOODNESS OF GOD, IT COULD VERY WELL BE BECAUSE YOU ARE AN UNGRATEFUL CHILD. SEE, THERE ARE MANY PARENTS WHO HAVE UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN. IT’S FRUSTRATING AS PARENTS. PARENTS SPEND SO MUCH TIME WORKING TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, AT NO COST TO THEIR CHILDREN: FREE FOOD, FREE HOUSING, FREE CLOTHING, FREE SPENDING MONEY…THINKING ABOUT THE INGRATITUDE CAN MAKE MOM AND DAD MAD! NOW, PARENTS DO THESE THINGS OUT OF LOVE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, BUT MOST KIDS SIMPLY DON’T RECOGNIZE OR APPRECIATE THEIR BLESSINGS…THEY ONLY SEE THE RESTRICTIONS THAT COME ALONG WITH BEING A CHILD, AND HENCE THEY CHOOSE TO COMPLAIN: WHY CAN’T I GO? WHY CAN’T I HAVE THIS OR THAT?
ANYONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE CHALLENGES OF LIVING WITH UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN UNDERSTAND HOW GOD FEELS ABOUT HIS OWN UNGRATEFUL KIDS. GOD GIVES GOOD THINGS DAILY, BECAUSE HE IS GOOD…BUT UNGRATEFUL CHILDREN MISS GOD’S GOODNESS...
AWWW BELOVED, DON’T ALLOW YOURSELF TO MISS YOUR ULTIMATE BLESSING: NOT JUST BEING A RECIPIENT OF GOD’S GOODNESS, BUT BEING A PARTICIPANT IN CELEBRATING HIS GOODNESS! CELEBRATING HIM IS THE BEST PART! THANKING HIM IS THE BEST PART! DEMONSTRATING GRATITUDE IS THE BEST PART...
SECONDLY AND FINALLY, AS WE EXAMINE THE NATURE OF GOD, WE NOT ONLY DO WE SEE HIS GOODNESS, BUT LASTLY, WE SEE HIS FAITHFULNESS!
…AND HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER; HIS FAITHFULNESS THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS.
I LEARNED THAT HEBREW POETRY HAS A CUSTOMARY STYLE OF RESTATING THE SAME IDEA OR CONCEPT FOR BOTH CLARITY AND FOR EMPHASIS.
Theology of the Old Testament God’s Faithfulness
This use of parallelism helps us to understand the meaning of Hebrew words which might otherwise be difficult to translate.
SO, THE B & C CLAUSES (OF VS. 5) ARE ESSENTIALLY RESTATING THE SAME PRINCIPLE: GOD IS LOVINGLY FAITHFUL IN HIS NATURE! (HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER; HIS FAITHFULNESS THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS)!
FAITHFUL - RELIABLE - STEADY!
Be Exultant Thankful (vv. 4–5)
It is the same word used in Exodus 17:12 to describe Moses’s hands “staying steady,”
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 17
12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.
HIS FAITHFUL LOVE (HESED) AGAIN IS APART OF HIS ESSENCE AND HIS ACTIONS!
HIS LOVINGKINDNESS! HIS LOYAL LOVE!
GOD’S FAITHFUL LOVE WAS FULLY DEMONSTRATED IN ROMANS 5:8
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 5
8 But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 3
16 For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
GOD IS LOVINGLY FAITHFUL IN HIS NATURE (BOTH IN ESSENCE AND IN ACTIONS)!
THE PSALM CONCLUDES BY DECLARING, AND HIS FAITHFUL LOVE ENDURES FOREVER - THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS!
WE SEE HERE THAT GOD’S LOYAL LOVE: BOTH ENDURES AND EXPANDS...
THERE IS AN ETERNAL - NEVER-ENDING QUALITY TO GOD’S LOYAL LOVE! IT ENDURES!
IT WON’T RUN OUT!
IT WON’T LOSE IT’S POWER OR ESSENCE...
GOD’S FAITHFULNESS IS EVEN MORE RELIABLE THAN OXYGEN. CONSIDER THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SIX AND A HALF BILLION PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED BEFORE WE GOT HERE, AND APPROXIMATELY SIX AND HALF BILLION PEOPLE LIVING NOW! AND YET, WE HAVE NEVER RUN OUT OF OXYGEN. NOW WHILE THE QUALITY MAY BE COMPROMISED, WE’VE NEVER RUN OUT! JUST THINK ABOUT THAT: GOD HAS BUILT INTO NATURE THE ABILITY FOR REPLICATION.
BUT EVEN GREATER, GOD’S FAITHFULNESS - HIS LOVINGKINDNESS SUPERNATURALLY REPLICATES ITSELF. NEVER RUNNING OUT. NEVER LOSING ITS POWER..."Great is Thy faithfulness, " O God my Father,
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be.
"Great is Thy faithfulness!" "Great is Thy faithfulness!"
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided—
"Great is Thy faithfulness, " Lord, unto me!
GOD IS LOVINGLY FAITHFUL IN HIS NATURE. IT ENDURES...
BUT FINALLY, IT EXPANDS…(THROUGH ALL GENERATIONS)!
THERE IS BOTH LONGEVITY (ENDURES) AND REACHABILITY (EXPANDS) TO GOD’S FAITHFULNESS - GOD’S STEADINESS!
THERE ARE NO GENERATIONS WHO HAVE NOT KNOWN GOD’S FAITHFULNESS - NONE!
Tom Constable’s Expository Notes on the Bible 2. Grateful worship 100:4–5
Every generation that benefits from Yahweh’s goodness, loyal love, and faithfulness should carry out this psalm’s exhortation to serve God happily and worship Him gratefully.
GOD’S FAITHFULNESS EXPANDS ACROSS THE HORIZON, TOUCHING ALL GROUPS - ALL GENERATIONS - ALL PEOPLE!
WE OWE IT TO GOD TO PRAISE HIM...
WE OWE IT TO GOD TO THANK HIM...
WE OWE IT TO GOD TO WORSHIP HIM...
Oh magify the Lord with me
Let us exalt His name together
And as we enter into the house of the Lord
We sing can praises, praises to our God!
I’M FINISHED: IT’S TOTAL PRAISE - WE PRAISE GOD BECAUSE HE IS GOOD!
IT’S HIS NATURE!
HE’S GOOD!
IN ESSENCE AND IN ACTIONS!
IT’S HIS NATURE!
HE’S FAITHFUL!
IN ESSENCE AND IN ACTIONS!
HE IS LOVINGLY FAITHFUL! IT ENDURES AND EXPANDS...
WE WILL NEVE KNOW LIFE WITHOUT KNOWING AND EXPERIENCING GOD’S GOODNESS AND FAITHFULNESS!
MY IPHONE 12 MINI IS 5G. THE BEST NETWORK. HOWEVER, THEY SAID THAT THE COVERAGE AIN’T EVERYWHERE. SO WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NO COVERAGE, MY PHONE WILL REVERT BACK TO THE LOWER QUALITY NETWORK. NOW MY PHONE CAN HANDLE 5G, BUT 5G AIN’T EVERYWHERE!
WHEN I FULLY EMBRACE THE EXPANSIVENESS OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS, THERE IS NO WHERE I CAN GO WHERE HIS FAITHFULNESS IS NOT PRESENT!
THERE ARE NO COMPROMISES WITH HIS COVERAGE.
NO DROPS TO HIS LOVE.
NO LAPSES TO HIS GOODNESS...