I just preached from Psalm 100 on TV or TV broadcast two months ago, and I thought I had just preached from this for us, not too much longer than that. Too much longer than that ago. Sermon audio says it's been over a year. Doesn't matter either way. I want to preach from Psalm 100. I love preaching from Psalm 100. I have very much learned that to be so. I love this psalm.

And tonight, I want to preach this psalm from the point of view of verse five. It says, for the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations. I have titled this Three Things Concerning Our Lord. Three things concerning our Lord. Verse five says, the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations.

The Apostle Paul said, we preach Christ, who he is. who he is. He said, we preach Christ crucified, what he did, who he is and what he did. And we do that so we can know him. We tell others that who he is and what he did. We tell others that so they can know him. Paul said, oh, that I might know him. I want to know him. I need to know him. When we preach who he is, and what he did, and why he did it, and who he did it for, we grow in the knowledge of him. Every time we look at Christ in His Word, every time. I don't care if it's the same verse over and over again. I could not imagine, if the Lord tarries, I cannot imagine how many times we'll look at Ephesians 1, Ephesians 2. I can't imagine John 17, Psalm 23, Psalm 27. But it, It doesn't matter. Every single time.

You know, you get Psalm 100. A lot of people can quote Psalm 100. They learn it as a child. But it doesn't matter. Every time we look at Christ in his word, we come to know more of the character of his person. Every time. The thoughts of his mind, the feelings of his heart, And the more we know of the character of his person, the more we know of the thoughts of his mind and the feelings of his heart, the more we fall in love with him. And that's what I want to do tonight. I want us to fall in love with him just by seeing him for who he is. And this is who he is. Verse five says, the Lord His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endureth to all generations. Aren't you so glad for that? You know, we're always concerned about the next generation, our children, our children. Well, what about us? If it hadn't endured to all generations, we would have never known Him. We would have never known Christ.

He's good. He's good, the Lord is good. Webster's Dictionary and the Bible Concordance, they both gave pretty much the same definition for the word good. And I'm gonna give it to you, but first let's acknowledge this. Turn with me over to Mark chapter 10. Mark 10 verse 17, it says, and when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running and kneeled to him and asked him, good master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God. To say that the Lord is good is to say that the Lord is God. There is none good but one, that is God. The Lord is good because the Lord is God. I love having a God. I love having a God reign over me. I will, by His grace, have that man reign over me. The Lord is God. He is the almighty God, the sovereign, all-controlling, reigning, ruling God. That's the first thing that ought to bring joy to our hearts. God is good. God is good. That's good news. God is good.

Now listen to the concordance definition of the word good. It means pleasant, better, excellent, rich in value, glad, happy, Prosperous and remember all these words are describing the Lord. Kind is what the word good means. Right. Benefit. The Lord is benefit. That's good. It means the word literally means beautiful. Gracious. Joyful. The Lord is joyful. Loving. Precious. Wealth. The Lord is wealth. Wealth that can never be told. Does that not make Him sound wonderful? That's what it is to be in His presence. That's what it is because that's who He is. That's who he is.

The Lord is pleasant. You ever wonder what it's going to be like to finally stand in his presence? You ever wonder what that's going to be like? It's coming. It's coming. And this is what it's going to be like. Pleasant. It's going to be so pleasant. So pleasant to be in His presence because He is so pleasant. That's a great word. The Lord is glad. You want to know what it's like to stand in His presence? He's glad. The Lord is happy. This is what good means, the definition of good. The Lord is happy. Happy art thou who has the God of Jacob for his help. Wow, because he's happy. The Lord is happy.

Turn over to Luke 10. Let's really think about this as we read it. Luke 10, verse 21. In that hour, Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth. because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my father. And no man knoweth who the son is but the father, and who the father is but the son, and he to whom the son will reveal him. And he turned him unto his disciples and said privately, blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see. That's precious. Think about what his face must have looked like and his voice must have sounded like and the tone of his countenance must have been in that moment. He rejoiced in spirit. He said, Father, I thank you. I thank you. And he turned to his disciples privately and he said, you are a blessed people. You are a blessed. I'm so happy for how my Father has blessed you. I'm so happy for you.

Verse 24, for I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see and have not seen them, and to hear those things which you hear and have not heard them. Happy, I'm just so happy for you. Turn over to Luke 15. Verse 1 says, Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. And he spake this parable unto them, saying, What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he find it? And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders rejoicing. And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep, which was lost. I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no repentance.

He said that's exactly what happens in heaven. over every sinner that I have joyfully sought and saved. I sought them, I found them, I delivered them, and I carried them home. Cry and rejoice with me. Rejoice with me.

Look at John 15. John 15 verse 9 says, as the father hath loved me, so have I loved you. Continue ye in my love. If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my father's commandments and abide in his love. Verse 13, he said, greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. And verse 11, he said, these things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. He said, I revealed this to you so my joy could be in you and your joy could remain.

Well, the Lord is joyful. He is joyful so much so. Let me show you this. Turn over to Hebrews one. Verse one says, God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds, who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, When he had by himself purged our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high, being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

And those are both definitions of the word grace. I just quoted them to you, better, excellent. Verse four, being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they, for unto which of the angels said the father at any time, thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee. And again, I will be to him a father and he shall be to me a son. And again, when he bringeth in the firstborn into the world, he saith, and let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels, he saith, who maketh his angel spirits and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto the sun, he saith, thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom.

Now watch verse nine. For thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity, Therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." What that means is no one is as glad as him. No one. He possesses more gladness than anyone else on this earth. Anyone else on this earth? Hebrews 12 says, Our Lord Jesus Christ endured the cross of the sins of his people for the joy set before him.

The Lord is good. He's so good. He is pleasant. He is better. He's excellent. He's glad. He's happy. Joyful, benefit, the Lord is benefit. Psalm 103 says, forget not all his benefits. He forgives all our iniquities. He heals all our diseases. He redeems our life from destruction. He crowns us with loving kindness. That's another definition of good, loving, kind. Psalm 103 says he satisfies our mouth with good. His good, his riches, his value, his wealth, his prosperity, his beauty. All of that is what makes him so beautiful. He crowns us with loving kindness and tender mercy. And the reason he does that is because that's who he is. The Lord is good. And his mercy is everlasting. Everlasting.

Turn over there to Psalm 103. Verse one says, bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgiveth all thine iniquities, who healeth all thy diseases, who redeemeth thy life from destruction, who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies, who satisfieth thy mouth with good, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy. You want to know something about who he is? This is the spirit of His character, and this is His way. This is who He is.

Verse 8, the Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide, neither will He keep His anger forever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. We can and we do say that the mercy of God to us was in the fact that the Father did not deal with us after our iniquities. He laid them on Christ and he dealt with Christ after our iniquities. And that's so.

But the fact of the matter is our merciful Lord and Savior Jesus Christ volunteered for that job. The father laid it on him, but the son volunteered for that job. So it wasn't just the father that dealt with him after our sins, he dealt with his own self after our sins. It was his own voluntary will to bring that judgment on himself and that condemnation on himself. He said, for this cause came I into the world. He said, no man takes my life from me. I lay it down of my own self. He willingly died in the stead of his people. And he did that because that's who he is. That's who he is.

Would you die for somebody else? You know, maybe for a good man, as Romans 5 says, and maybe You know, maybe for your wife or your kids or your something like that. But what about an enemy? What about someone who murdered your child? This is who he is. This is who he is.

The Lord is merciful and the Lord will never stop being merciful because his mercy is everlasting. One of the most beautiful character traits in someone, I think, is being the same. Just be the same. And that is beautiful, and that is comforting, and that is reassuring, and settling, and that is stability. He won't change. He's the same. He is merciful, and his mercy is everlasting. It's everlasting.

The definition of the word mercy in the concordance is, I'll give you one word for it, pity. Pity. His pity toward his people is everlasting. You know, in glory he will still pity us. I want him to pity me. It's everlasting. Right here in Psalm 103, verse 10 says, He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children. So the Lord pitieth them that fear him, for he knoweth our frame, he remembereth that we are dust.

As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children. That will forever be so because that will forever be who the Lord is.

Turn back to Psalm 100. Verse five says, the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting. and his truth endureth to all generations. The word truth means his faithfulness, his security, his stability, his steadfastness, his firm foundation endures to all generations. There will never come a time or a generation where the Lord our God will stop being this because he can't. He cannot. This is who he is. He changes not. And that's why we sons of Jacob, generation after generation, are not consumed. He is good. He is mercy. And he is truth. And all three of those are Christ. That's Christ. Christ is the goodness of God. Christ is the mercy of God. Christ is the truth of God. That's who he is.

I'm closing with this. Because that's who he is. This is who we get to be. Because that's what he has done. This is what we get to do, OK?

Look at verse one. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. As he is, so be ye. You be it too. We get to be it too.

Verse 2. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord, he is God. It is he that hath made us and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. So enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise. Be thankful unto him and bless his name for the Lord is good. His mercy is everlasting and his truth endureth to all generations.

Oh, praise you the Lord. Praise the Lord for who he is. Amen.