“God, the Righteous Father” (Psalm 146)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, June 17, 2018 (Fathers’ Day)
Psalm 146 (NIV)
1Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul. 2I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. 3Do not put your trust in princes, in human beings, who cannot save. 4When their spirit departs, they return to the ground; on that very day their plans come to nothing. 5Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God. 6He is the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them— he remains faithful forever. 7He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, 8the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. 9The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 10The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.
1. A Father Worthy of Praise
a. Communal Praise (“Praise the Lord” – Plural Imperative)
b. Personal Praise (“Praise the Lord, my soul.” – Singular Imperative)
c. Enduring Praise (“All my life”… “As long as I live.”
2. A Father You Can Depend On
a. The frustrating situation of those who depend on human strength:
i. The illusion of human power and influence (even of princes).
ii. The frailty of mortal human beings.
iii. The disappointment of unfulfilled plans and promises.
b. The blessed situation of those who depend on God their Father:
i. The certainty of Divine power.
ii. The endurance of the eternal.
iii. The hope of unfailing plans and promises.
3. A Father Who Does What Is Right
a. Upholding justice for the oppressed.
b. Demonstrating compassion for the afflicted.
c. Offering love to the righteous.
4. A Father to the Fatherless
a. A gracious host to the foreigner.
b. A father to the fatherless.
c. A husband to the widow.
d. A just judge to the wicked.
5. A Father Who Lives Forever
a. A never-ending life.
b. A never-ending kingdom.
Main Idea: The Lord is a Father worthy of praise because he is a father you can depend on, one who always does what is right, serving as a father to the fatherless, forever and ever.
Isaac Watts:
I'll praise my Maker while I've breath;
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers.
My days of praise shall ne'er be past
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.
How happy they whose hopes rely
on Israel's God, who made the sky
and earth and seas with all their train;
whose truth forever stands secure,
who saves the oppressed
and feeds the poor,
and none shall find God's promise vain.
The Lord pours eyesight on the blind;
the Lord supports the fainting mind
and sends the laboring conscience peace.
God helps the stranger in distress,
the widowed and the parentless,
and grants the prisoner sweet release.
I'll praise my Maker while I've breath;
and when my voice is lost in death,
praise shall employ my nobler powers.
My days of praise shall ne'er be past
while life and thought and being last,
or immortality endures.
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