INTRODUCTION

1. Sober realization concerning life

a) The mortality of human life

b) The meaning of our life

2. The mercy of the Lord

a) What undergirds the mercy of the Lord?

b) The righteousness of God

 

OUR HUMAN MORTALITY

14 For He knows our frame;

He remembers that we are dust.

15 As for man, his days are like grass;

As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone,

And its place remembers it no more. Psalm 103:14-16

1. What is man?

a) He is made from dust

b) “For dust you are, and to dust we shall return” Genesis 3:19

2. Another perspective of man

4 What is man that You are mindful of him,

And the son of man that You visit him?

5 For You have made him a little lower than the angels Psalm 8:4-5

a) Man compared to angels

b) He is “a little lower than the angels”

3. The lifespan of Man

a) It is compared to grass

b) It is further compared to the flowers of the field

c) Man’s life is very limited

4. The fragility of life

9 For all our days have passed away in Your wrath; We finish our years like a sigh.

10 The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty years,

Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (Psalm 90:9-10)

a) We may incur God’s wrath

b) Our years finish like a sigh

c) The length of our life is limited

d) Its boasts is “labour and sorrow”

 

THE MERCY OF THE LORD

17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting

On those who fear Him,

And His righteousness to children’s children,

18 To such as keep His covenant,

And to those who remember His commandments to do them. Psalm 103:17-18

1. The mercy of the Lord described

a) It is from everlasting to everlasting

b) It is immeasurable

i) In its quantity

ii) In its quality

iii) But it is not given randomly

2. Mistaken comprehension

a) That the Mercy of God is available on demand

b) That we can access His mercy indiscriminately

c) That God will always grant mercy even if we continue to walk in the path of sin

3. The Recipients of the mercy of God

a) To those who fear Him

i) This is well-taught

ii) It is emphasised

iii) It is commanded

b) To those who keep His commandments

i) The blessings of God are conditional

ii) Those who keep His commandments faithfully will be blessed

c) To those who faithfully do what God commands

i) Hearing God’s word is not sufficient

ii) Doing God’s word is expected by God

 

CONCLUSION

1. Mercy is badly needed in life

2. Blessings from God are just as much needed

3. The challenge is to have a life that is well-pleasing

4. Then would the Lord grant significant blessings