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Bobby Stafford God's Steadfast Love     Love December 22,  2013 Sunday AM Sermon

God’s Steadfast Love

Introduction:

“Hallelujah” That’s how Psalm 106 both begins and ends. Praise the Lord! This Psalm well illustrates God’s steadfast love for His people in the face of their repeated unfaithfulness.

Text: Psalm 106

Body:

I. Praising God for His Steadfast Love (Verses 1-5)

· Thank God for His goodness. He is the source of everything that’s good. (James 1:17) He is full of generosity. (Psalm 25:7-8)

· “Steadfast love” His love and mercy are always available; they can never run out. He can restore and revive us. He never gets tired of being good.

· Reflect on His wonderful works. (Psalm 40:5)

· Stress the need for faithfulness to God’s covenant. “Observe justice and do righteousness.” (Proverbs 28:5, I John 3:7)

· “Blessed” Blessings of a faithful life are inward peace, possession of God’s loving kindness, assured hope.

· Good things that await the child of God are gladness (Psalm 144:15) and glory of an inheritance. (I Peter 1:4

II. Illustrating God’s Steadfast Love (Verses 6-43)

· In Egypt (Verses 6-12) Israel forgot God’s past love for them and had unbelieving hearts. But God’s love caused him to show mercy and save them. (Exodus 14:30-31)

· In the desert (wilderness) (Verses 13-33) (Verses 13-15) Israel made demands of God and He gave them what they wanted. But they received more than they bargained for. Fire of the Lord burned among them. (Numbers 11) Note: If God blesses you with material prosperity, pray that He will enable you to properly use such blessings. (Verses 16-18) They were envious of God’s leaders and He disciplined them. (Numbers 16) The Earth swallowed them up. (Verses 19-23) They made a golden calf and worshipped it. But God did not destroy them due to Moses intercession. (Exodus 32) (Verses 24-27) They murmured and grumbled about the Promised Land. (Numbers 13) The spies who did not believe they could take the land did not get to enter Canaan. (Verses 28-31) They compromised their religion and God sent a plague upon them; but He relented upon Phinehas’ intercession. (Numbers 25) (Verses 32-33) People, along with Moses, lost self-control at the waters of Meribah. (Numbers 20)

· In Canaan (Verses 34-43) Israel did not destroy the Canaanites but rather had fellowship with them. [Book of Judges] But time after time, God delivered them. (Exodus 34:6, Judges 2:16, Psalm 69:16-18

III. Praying for His Continued Steadfast Love (Verses 44-48)

· (Verse 47) See Psalm 34:1-3 (Verse 48) “Amen” – Let it be so! Psalm 106 ends with Hallelujah just the same as it started.

Conclusion:

We see from this psalm that because of God’s goodness, He loves all people but hates their sins. He does not change His laws to relieve the disobedient from their suffering. We also learn God’s mercy is always available if we come to Him in simple trusting faith. 

Bobby Stafford

 December 22, 2013

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