The Psalm and sermon message for Sunday, April 2, Palm Sunday, was Psalm 118 verse 1. A Psalm that has been used by Christians to remember the works of Jesus Christ. Verses are quoted from this Psalm in the gospel accounts of Palm Sunday and Passion Week.
G. Campbell Morgan writes that “This is pre-eminently the triumph song of the Christ, He the ideal Servant, He the perfect Priest, He the Leader of the people. How much all these words meant to Him as He sang them on that night in the upper room.”
Martin Luther said this Psalm was his Psalm: "This is my own beloved psalm. . . . When emperors and kings, the wise and the learned, and even saints could not aid me, this psalm proved a friend and helped me out of many great troubles. . . .”
Verse 1- "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;" God is in every way all that He as God should be; Louis Berkhof puts it, He is ‘absolute perfection and perfect bliss in Himself.’Louis Berkhof puts it, He is ‘absolute perfection and perfect bliss in Himself.’
God’s goodness can be defined as that perfection that prompts Him to deal bountifully and kindly towards His creatures.
G. Campbell Morgan writes that “This is pre-eminently the triumph song of the Christ, He the ideal Servant, He the perfect Priest, He the Leader of the people. How much all these words meant to Him as He sang them on that night in the upper room.”
Martin Luther said this Psalm was his Psalm: "This is my own beloved psalm. . . . When emperors and kings, the wise and the learned, and even saints could not aid me, this psalm proved a friend and helped me out of many great troubles. . . .”
Verse 1- "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;" God is in every way all that He as God should be; Louis Berkhof puts it, He is ‘absolute perfection and perfect bliss in Himself.’Louis Berkhof puts it, He is ‘absolute perfection and perfect bliss in Himself.’
God’s goodness can be defined as that perfection that prompts Him to deal bountifully and kindly towards His creatures.
