Psalm 146
The Lord an Abundant Helper.
146 Praise [b]the Lord!
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
- The Lord an Abundant Helper
o This is who He is
o Abundant means more then enough (pressed down, shaken together, overflowing)
o This is His nature and the amount of help He is ready to give you and I
o And anyone who calls upon the name of Jesus Christ
- Praise the Lord!
o Why?
o Because the Lord is an Abundant Helper
- Praise the Lord, O my soul!
o Its repeated for emphasis
o The word “soul” is added the 2nd time to draw attention to the fact that his Help is eternal
o That’s worth thinking about twice (or more)
2 I will praise the Lord while I live;
I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
- I will praise the Lord while I live
o This is the main activity we should be doing if we have been helped (saved)
o While I live means for ever and ever because He promised us eternal life
- I will sing praises to my God while I have my being
o As long as you have life and breath you should use your voice to sing praises!
o If you know for sure you have been saved (helped), then your joy should rise up through your throat and come out of your mouth (in song!)
o Are you full of joy because you have been saved?
§ Maybe you should tell you face about it
§ Maybe you should tell your mouth about it
§ Can anyone else notice the joy you have because you are saved?
· Is your salvation and gratitude visible or audible?
3 Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation.
- Do not trust in princes
o This means men of power or position or resources
o If you trust in man he will always let you down
o Man can never take God’s place (don’t up anyone in such high regard as God)
- In mortal man (there is no salvation). It only comes from the Lord Jesus Christ & not pastors or bosses or friends or doctors or kings, etc.
4 His spirit departs, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.
- Notice what happens to mortal man
- His spirit departs (it leaves the body)
- He returns to the earth (from dust you were made; to dust you will return)
- In that very day (the day you die)
o His thoughts perish (there are no more thoughts)
o His opinions or words don’t mean anything anymore
o The point is (therefore, don’t hold man in such high esteem)
o He is very temporary (here but just a moment)
5 How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,
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