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Senior Sunday School 4 : Psalms Book 5 : Psalm 115 : 21st July 2024

Text: Psalm 115
21 July 2024

SSS 4
Book 5
Psalms 107-150
21 July 2024

Psalm 115

1Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us,
But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.

2 Why should the Gentiles say,
“So where is their God?”

3 But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

4 Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.

5 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;

6 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;

7 They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.

8 Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.

9 O Israel, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

12 The LORD has been mindful of us;
He will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.

13 He will bless those who fear the LORD,
Both small and great.

14 May the LORD give you increase more and more,
You and your children.

15 May you be blessed by the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.

16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s;
But the earth He has given to the children of men.

17 The dead do not praise the LORD,
Nor any who go down into silence.

18 But we will bless the LORD
From this time forth and forevermore.
Praise the LORD!

Psalm 115:1-18

Psalm 115 Part 1

1Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us,
But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.

2 Why should the Gentiles say,
“So where is their God?”

3 But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

4 Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.

5 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;

6 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;

7 They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.

8 Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.

9 O Israel, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

Psalm 115:1-11

GIVING GLORY TO THE LORD

Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us,
But to Your name give glory,
Because of Your mercy,
Because of Your truth.

Psalm 115:1

1. Glory to be given to the LORD

2. Because of:

a) His mercy
b) His truth

3. Glory not to be attributed to Man

THE GOD OF ISRAEL

2 Why should the Gentiles say,
“So where is their God?”

3 But our God is in heaven;
He does whatever He pleases.

Psalm 115:2-3

1. The mocking of the Gentiles

2. The God of Israel was Invisible

3. Statement of Faith

a) God is in heaven
b) He is Sovereign
c) “He does whatever He pleases”

A STRONG WORD OF WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY

1. Part of the 10 Commandments

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Exodus 20:4-6

a) Express commandments
b) No idolatrous worship

2. The Worship of the Golden Calf

a) Exodus 32
b) Great intercession of Moses Exodus 33-34

A CRITIQUE OF IDOLATRY

4 Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.

5 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;

6 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Noses they have, but they do not smell;

7 They have hands, but they do not handle;
Feet they have, but they do not walk;
Nor do they mutter through their throat.

8 Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.

Psalm 115:4-8

1. The idols of the Gentiles

a) Made of gold and silver
b) They have human-like features
c) But they are non-functional

2. The idolaters

a) They are likened to the idols
b) Disdain expressed

A CHALLENGE TO TRUST IN THE LORD

9 O Israel, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

11 You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD;
He is their help and their shield.

Psalm 115:9-11

1. Challenge issued to:

a) Israel
b) The House of Aaron
c) All who fear the LORD

2. Two Reasons highlighted why we must exercise trust in the LORD

a) He is our Help
b) He is our Shield

3. God as Help and Shield

a) God is a present Help Psalm 46:1
b) God as a Shield Psalm 3:3; 18:2