Aug.
21, 2017 Monday Message:
“Praise
the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures
forever.” Psalms
106:1 NIV
In
the Hebrew Bible, “Praise the Lord”
is simply “Hallelujah.” “Hallelu” means praise or exalt – like saying
“thank-you” to God for all He has done for us. “Jah” or “Yah” is God’s name. Some
people translate God’s name as Jehovah or Yahweh, but the truth is that we
don’t know the correct pronunciation of his name. Shout it out - Hallelu-Jah!
“His
love endures forever” describes a special kind of love: chesed or khesed in
Hebrew. There are many degrees of love, but the English language only gives us
one word – love. When we say, “I love my car,” “I love my wife,” or “I love my
God,” they have very different meanings.
Chesed
love is similar to the love a parent has for their child. The child might be
far from perfect, but the parent still loves the child simply because it’s a
parent/child relationship. God told David that He would be a Father to David’s
son Solomon. Jesus taught us to pray to “our Father in heaven.” It’s that
love-of-a-child relationship that God has for his people.
Older
translations of the Bible used the words “everlasting lovingkindness” to
describe chesed. That’ll engage “auto-correct” or at least “spell-checker”
nowadays, but it clearly describes God’s love.
All
people matter to God. Therefore all people should matter to us.
Norton
Lawellin
Jesus
in the City Fellowship gathers next Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, 3249 30th
Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406, 10:30 AM. Lead Pastor Michael Pilla brings a
message from God’s Word.
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