DESCRIBING
THE GREATNESS OF GOD'S WORK.
( Psalms 111:4-6 ) [4]He hath made his wonderful
works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
[5]He hath given meat unto them
that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
[6]He hath shewed his people the
power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
1. HE HAS MADE HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO BE REMEMBERED.
a. God designed His saving acts to be remembered among His people. It is
a dishonor to him and a failure of man that the miracles of His redemption are
forgotten, or worse yet denied.
* We remember the 3000 precious souls saved and baptized in
(Acts 2:41 ) Then they that gladly received his
word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three
thousand souls.
* We remember the Multitudes of souls got saved that cannot be able to
count in
* This was the results of soulwinning of godly men and women of God in
Jerusalem Church.
(Acts 6:5-7) [5]And the saying pleased the
whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy
Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and
Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
[6]Whom they set before the
apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
[7]And the word of God increased;
and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great
company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
* So many records from the Word of God of many precious souls got saved
that we should remember.
* The expression wonderful works opens up another line of thought. It is
a single word, * Wonders’, and refers most often to the great saving acts of
God.”
2. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS AND FULL OF COMPASSION.
a. God’s great work of grace and love. He is full of these qualities in
His being, and expresses them in his great works.
( Lamentations
3:22-26 ) [22]It is
of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail
not.
[23]They are new every morning:
great is thy faithfulness.
[24]The LORD is my portion, saith
my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
[25]The LORD is good unto them
that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
[26]It is good that a man should
both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
* God is gracious and full of compassion towards his people, as appears
from his works and carriage towards us, in sparing, and pardoning, and
restoring, and preserving us when we have deserved to be utterly destroyed.
3. HE HAS GIVEN FOOD TO THOSE WHO FEAR HIM
a. Perhaps the David psalmist had in mind God’s provision for Israel
through the wilderness, or the more general principle David wrote of in
( Psalm 37:25 ) I have been young, and now am old;
yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
* Food: “The word signifies what is taken in hunting – wild beasts,
venison, or fowls of any kind; particularly such as were proper for food. It
also signifies spoil taken from enemies.
4. HE WILL EVER BE MINDFUL OF HIS COVENANT.
a. God will never forget the covenant He made with Abraham and his
descendants
(Genesis 12:1-3) [1]Now the LORD had said unto
Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's
house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
[2]And I will make of thee a great
nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing:
[3]And I will bless them that
bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of
the earth be blessed.
* God made a covenant to Moses with Israel at Mount Sinai.
Exodus 24:7-12 [7]And he took the book of the
covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the
LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
[8]And Moses took the blood, and
sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which
the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
[9]Then went up Moses, and Aaron,
Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel:
[10]And they saw the God of
Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire
stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
[11]And upon the nobles of the
children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and
drink.
[12]And the LORD said unto Moses,
Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of
stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach
them.
5. HE HAS DECLARED TO HIS PEOPLE THE POWER OF HIS WORKS.
a. God did not hide His greatness, but declared it to His people the
power of His works.
Psalms 111:1-10 [1]Praise ye the LORD. I will
praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the
congregation.
[2]The works of the LORD are
great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
[3]His work is honourable and
glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
[4]He hath made his wonderful
works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
[5]He hath given meat unto them
that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
[6]He hath shewed his people the
power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
[7]The works of his hands are
verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
[8]They stand fast for ever and
ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
[9]He sent redemption unto his
people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
[10]The fear of the LORD is the
beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his
commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
God bless you all always *
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