For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations. For the LORD is goodThe phrase "For the LORD is good" begins with the acknowledgment of God's inherent goodness. The Hebrew word for "good" is "טוֹב" (tov), which encompasses a broad spectrum of meanings including pleasant, agreeable, and beneficial. This goodness is not merely an attribute but the essence of God's nature. Historically, the goodness of God has been a central theme in the Hebrew Scriptures, reflecting His benevolent actions towards His creation. In a conservative Christian perspective, this goodness is seen as unchanging and eternal, providing a foundation for trust and worship. His loving devotion endures forever
The phrase "His loving devotion endures forever" highlights the Hebrew word "חֶסֶד" (chesed), often translated as lovingkindness, mercy, or steadfast love. This term is rich with covenantal significance, indicating a loyal, faithful love that is rooted in God's promises. The endurance of this loving devotion is emphasized by the word "forever," suggesting an eternal, unbreakable commitment. In the context of the Bible, God's chesed is demonstrated through His actions and promises to Israel, and ultimately through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. This enduring love assures believers of God's unwavering faithfulness. His faithfulness continues through all generations
The phrase "His faithfulness continues through all generations" speaks to the reliability and constancy of God. The Hebrew word for "faithfulness" is "אֱמוּנָה" (emunah), which conveys a sense of steadfastness, trustworthiness, and fidelity. This attribute of God assures believers that He is dependable and true to His word. The continuation "through all generations" underscores the timelessness of God's faithfulness, transcending human history and reaching into the future. From a conservative Christian viewpoint, this faithfulness is seen in God's unchanging nature and His ongoing relationship with humanity, providing hope and assurance to all who trust in Him. Persons / Places / Events 1. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal and unchanging nature. In the Hebrew text, "Yahweh" is used, highlighting His personal relationship with His people. 2. GenerationsThis term refers to the descendants of the people of Israel and, by extension, all believers. It emphasizes the continuity of God's faithfulness across time. Teaching Points The Goodness of GodGod's goodness is an intrinsic part of His nature. As believers, we are called to trust in His goodness even when circumstances are challenging. Enduring Loving DevotionThe Hebrew word for "loving devotion" is "chesed," which encompasses love, mercy, and covenant faithfulness. This enduring love is a foundation for our faith and hope. Faithfulness Across GenerationsGod's faithfulness is not limited to a single generation but extends to all who come after. This assurance should encourage us to pass on our faith to future generations. Response of Worship and GratitudeRecognizing God's goodness, loving devotion, and faithfulness should lead us to a life of worship and gratitude, acknowledging His work in our lives. Trust in God's Unchanging NatureIn a world of change and uncertainty, we can find stability and peace in the unchanging nature of God, who remains faithful and good. Bible Study Questions 1. How does understanding the original Hebrew word "chesed" deepen your appreciation of God's loving devotion? 2. In what ways can you see God's faithfulness in your life and the lives of those around you? 3. How can you actively pass on the knowledge of God's goodness and faithfulness to the next generation? 4. Reflect on a time when you struggled to see God's goodness. How did you overcome that challenge, and what role did Scripture play? 5. How can you incorporate worship and gratitude into your daily routine as a response to God's enduring attributes? Connections to Other Scriptures Exodus 34:6-7This passage describes God's character as compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, which parallels the attributes mentioned in Psalm 100:5. Lamentations 3:22-23These verses speak of God's mercies being new every morning and His great faithfulness, reinforcing the enduring nature of God's loving devotion. James 1:17This verse highlights that every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change, connecting to the unchanging goodness of God. People David, PsalmistPlaces JerusalemTopics 101, Continues, David, Endures, Endureth, Everlasting, Faith, Faithfulness, Forever, Generation, Generations, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, Never-ending, Psalm, Steadfast, Truth, UnchangingDictionary of Bible Themes Psalm 100:5 1050 God, goodness of
1140 God, the eternal Psalm 100:4-5 8352 thankfulness Library Within the Veil
Gerhard Ter Steegen Ps. c. 4 God is present with us--let us fall and worship, Holy is the place; God is in the midst, our souls are silent, Bowed before His Face. Lord, we kneel before Thee, Awed by love Divine, We of Thee unworthy Own that we are Thine. Gladly cast before Thee all delights and pleasures, All our hoarded store-- Lord, behold our hearts, our souls, and bodies, Thine, and ours no more. We, O God, Thine only, Nevermore our own-- Thine the praise and honour, Thine, and Thine alone. …
Frances Bevan—Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others all People that on Earth do Dwell
[964]Old Hundredth: Louis Bourgeois, 1551 Psalm 100 William Kethe, 1561 All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice: Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice. Know that the Lord is God indeed; Without our aid he did us make: We are his flock, he doth us feed, And for his sheep he doth us take. O enter then his gates with praise, Approach with joy his courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless his Name always, For it is seemly so to do. For …
Various—The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
[1182]Winchester New: Hamburg, 1690 Psalm 100 Isaac Watts, 1719; Arr. John Wesley DOXOLOGY Before Jehovah's awful throne, Ye nations, bow with sacred joy; Know that the Lord is God alone; He can create, and he destroy. His sovereign power without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to his fold again. We are his people, we his care, Our souls, and all our mortal frame: What lasting honours shall we rear, Almighty Maker, to thy Name? …
Various—The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA Letter ix. Meditation.
"Meditate upon these things."--1 TIM. 4:15. MY DEAR SISTER: The subject of this letter is intimately connected with that of the last; and in proportion to your faithfulness in the duty now under consideration, will be your interest in the word and worship of God. Religious meditation is a serious, devout and practical thinking of divine things; a duty enjoined in Scripture, both by precept and example; and concerning which, let us observe, 1. Its importance. That God has required it, ought to …
Harvey Newcomb—A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females The Outbreak of the Arian Controversy. The Attitude of Eusebius.
About the year 318, while Alexander was bishop of Alexandria, the Arian controversy broke out in that city, and the whole Eastern Church was soon involved in the strife. We cannot enter here into a discussion of Arius' views; but in order to understand the rapidity with which the Arian party grew, and the strong hold which it possessed from the very start in Syria and Asia Minor, we must remember that Arius was not himself the author of that system which we know as Arianism, but that he learned the …
Eusebius Pamphilius—Church History The Christian Man
Scripture references: Genesis 1:26-28; 2:7; 9:6; Job 33:4; Psalm 100:3; 8:4-9; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Acts 17:26-28; 1 Corinthians 11:7; Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10; 1 Corinthians 15:45; Hebrews 2:6,7; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Corinthians 2:9. WHAT IS MAN? What Shall We Think of Man?--Who is he? What is his place on the earth and in the universe? What is his destiny? He is of necessity an object of thought. He is the subject of natural laws, instincts and passions. How far is he free; how far bound? …
Henry T. Sell—Studies in the Life of the Christian Every Thing Proceeding from the Corrupt Nature of Man Damnable.
1. The intellect and will of the whole man corrupt. The term flesh applies not only to the sensual, but also to the higher part of the soul. This demonstrated from Scripture. 2. The heart also involved in corruption, and hence in no part of man can integrity, or knowledge or the fear of God, be found. 3. Objection, that some of the heathen were possessed of admirable endowments, and, therefore, that the nature of man is not entirely corrupt. Answer, Corruption is not entirely removed, but only inwardly …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion How Shall the Soul Make Use of Christ, as the Life, which is under the Prevailing Power of Unbelief and Infidelity.
That we may help to give some clearing to a poor soul in this case, we shall, 1. See what are the several steps and degrees of this distemper. 2. Consider what the causes hereof are. 3. Shew how Christ is life to a soul in such a case; and, 4. Give some directions how a soul in that case should make use of Christ as the Life, to the end it may be delivered therefrom. And, first, There are many several steps to, and degrees of this distemper. We shall mention a few; as, 1. When they cannot come …
John Brown (of Wamphray)—Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life The Great Shepherd
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. I t is not easy for those, whose habits of life are insensibly formed by the customs of modern times, to conceive any adequate idea of the pastoral life, as obtained in the eastern countries, before that simplicity of manners, which characterized the early ages, was corrupted, by the artificial and false refinements of luxury. Wealth, in those …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 The Being of God
Q-III: WHAT DO THE SCRIPTURES PRINCIPALLY TEACH? A: The Scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requires of man. Q-IV: WHAT IS GOD? A: God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. Here is, 1: Something implied. That there is a God. 2: Expressed. That he is a Spirit. 3: What kind of Spirit? I. Implied. That there is a God. The question, What is God? takes for granted that there …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity An Address to the Regenerate, Founded on the Preceding Discourses.
James I. 18. James I. 18. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. I INTEND the words which I have now been reading, only as an introduction to that address to the sons and daughters of the Lord Almighty, with which I am now to conclude these lectures; and therefore shall not enter into any critical discussion, either of them, or of the context. I hope God has made the series of these discourses, in some measure, useful to those …
Philip Doddridge—Practical Discourses on Regeneration Trinity Sunday the Article of Faith on the Trinity.
Text: Romans 11, 33-36. 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen. THE ARTICLE OF FAITH ON THE TRINITY. 1. This epistle is read today because the festival …
Martin Luther—Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Man's Chief End
Q-I: WHAT IS THE CHIEF END OF MAN? A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Here are two ends of life specified. 1: The glorifying of God. 2: The enjoying of God. I. The glorifying of God, I Pet 4:4: That God in all things may be glorified.' The glory of God is a silver thread which must run through all our actions. I Cor 10:01. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.' Everything works to some end in things natural and artificial; …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
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