The Goodness of God
Psalm 119:68
You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes.


I. AS SUBSISTING IN HIMSELF.

1. It constitutes the perfection of His nature. Godhead and goodness are convertible terms.

2. It is original and underived.

3. It harmonizes with all the perfections of His nature.

4. It is impressed with the immutability of His will.

II. ITS DISPLAY.

1. The rich provision which God has made for the happiness of man.

2. The mysterious price by which man is redeemed.

3. The modes employed for the recovery of man.

4. The glorious result of all this in time and in eternity.

(T. Lessey.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.

WEB: You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.




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