Reflections on God's Everlasting Love and Sovereignty in Psalms
The Psalms in this content reflect on God's blessings, forgiveness, nature of love, fatherly compassion, and sovereignty over all. The passages emphasize the divine qualities of forgiveness, love, compassion, righteousness, and justice as portrayed through the imagery of a father's care and a sovereign ruler. Through these reflections, believers are encouraged to remember God's faithfulness, trust in His commands, and praise His eternal dominion.
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1. Gods Blessing (Ps 103:1-5): Forgiveness Of David. 1Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.2Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits 3who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love [ ese ] and compassion, 5who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle s.
2a. Gods Nature (Ps 103:6-12): Love. 6The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love [ ese ] for those who fear him; 12as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
2b. Fatherly Love (Ps 103:13-18) 13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;14for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. 15The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field;16the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. 17But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD s love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children s children 18with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
3. Gods throne (19-22). Sovereignty. 19The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. 20Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. 21Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. 22Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul.
Remember Remember and Obey (Ps 78:1-72) My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.I will open my mouth with a parable.. we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. ..so the next generation would know them Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. They would not be like their ancestors a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him (Ps 78:1-2, 4, 6-8).
How does Psalm 78 point to Christ? 1. Jesus taught in parables (Ps 78:2). So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden since the creation of the world (Mt 13:35). 2. Jesus is the Rock that supplied Israel in the wilderness (Ps 78:15). ..they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ (1 Cor 10:4). 3. Jesus is the Bread from Heaven (Ps 78:24). I am the bread of life. I am the bread that came down from heaven (Jn 6:35. 41). 4. Jesus is the ultimate good shepherd. And David shepherded them with integrity of heart (Ps 78:72). I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep (Jn 10:11).
BENEFITS God s Blessings and Benefits (Psalm 103). Sun, 4/28/2023. Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits (Psalm 103:1-2).
Praising God in 3 concentric circles 1. God s Blessing (1-5). Forgiveness. who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases (3). God s grace personally. 2. God s Nature (6-18). Love. He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love (7-8). God s love nationally. 3. God s Throne (19-22). Sovereignty. The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all (19).God s dominion universally.
1. What should Christians always do and never forget (1-2, 22)? Of David. 1Praise [Bless] the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all his benefits 22Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul.
1a. Why is David arousing his soul, his inmost being? Psalm 42:5, 11; 43:5: Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 57:7-8: My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. Do you arouse your inmost being to praise God?
1b. What happens if Christians forget Gods benefits? Deuteronomy 8:10-14:10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God for the good land he has given you.11Be careful that you do not forget the LORD your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,14then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 1 Corinthians 10:11: These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us
2. What are the benefits that we should never ever forget (Psalm 103:3-5)? 3who forgives all your sins [2 Sam 12:13] and heals all your diseases, 4who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love [ ese ] and compassion [ra am], 5who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle s. Isaiah 40:30-31: 30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; 31but those who hope in the LORDwill renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Gods Love and Compassion (Lam 3:22-23). 22Because of the LORD s great love [ ese ] we are not consumed, for his compassions [ra am] never fail. 23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
3. To whom are God's righteousness and justice revealed(6-7)? 6The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 7He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: [Exodus 20:2] How is God s character described (8-10)? 8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love [ ese ] 9He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness (Exodus 34:6).
4. How is the extent of God's love depicted (11-13)? 11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love [ ese ] for those who fear him; 12as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13As a father has compassion [r am] on his children, so the LORD has compassion[r am] on those who fear him;
5. Why is God compassionate toward us (14-18)? 14for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust. 15The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; 16the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. 17But from everlasting to everlasting the LORD s love [ ese ] is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children s children 18with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.
6. Why should all creation praise God (19-22)? 19The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. 20Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word. 21Praise the LORD, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will. 22Praise the LORD, all his works everywhere in his dominion. Praise the LORD, my soul.
How does Psalm 103 point to Christ? he does not treat us as our sins deserve (Ps 103:10). 1. Jesus is why God does not treat us as our sins deserve. Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing (Luke 23:34). For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures (1 Cor 15:3). God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God (2 Cor 5:21).
How does Psalm 103 point to Christ? for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust (Psalm 103:14). 2. Jesus knows experientially, existentially and exactly that we are dust. Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death that is, the devil (Hebrews 2:14). The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth (John 1:14).
How does Psalm 103 point to Christ? The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. (Ps 103:19). 3. Jesus is enthroned in heaven. Christ Jesus is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us (Rom 8:24). When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne (Mt 25:31).
How does Psalm 103 point to Christ? 1. Jesus is why God has not dealt with us according to our sins (Ps 103:10). God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God (2 Cor 5:21). 2. Jesus knows experientially and existentially that we are dust (Ps 103:14). Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death that is, the devil (Heb 2:14). 3. Jesus is enthroned in heaven (Ps 103:19). Christ Jesus is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us (Rom 8:24). When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne (Mt 25:31).
Ps 1-2: HAPPINESS. Blessed is the man who.. (Ps 1:1-2). Ps 78: REMEMBER. My people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth (v.1). Ps 89: DISAPPOINTMENT. But you have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry (v.38). Ps 119: INSTRUCTION. Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long (v. 97). Ps 146-150: PRAISE. Praise the LORD.Praise the LORD, my soul. I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live (Ps 146:1-2).
