And Forget Not All His Benefits – Psalm 103:1-5

Outlines in Psalms

Psalm 103:1-2 reads, “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 [the benefits of spiritual revival]:”

  I.  He Remits (Forgives) All the Guilt of Our Iniquities. (Psalm 103:3a)
 II.  He Removes the Affliction of His Chastening Hand. (Psalm 103:3b)
III.  He Redeems Our Lives from Our Sin’s Destructiveness. (Psalm 103:4a)
IV.  He Restores Our Walk to His Blessed Fellowship. (Psalm 103:4b)
 V.  He Renews Our Souls in Abundant Spiritual Life. (Psalm 103:5)

  I.  He Remits (Forgives) All the Guilt of Our Iniquities.

      Psalm 103:3a – “Who forgiveth all thine iniquities.”

      1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
      unrighteousness.”

 II.  He Removes the Affliction of His Chastening Hand.

      Psalm 103:3b – “Who healeth all thy diseases.”

      Hosea 6:1 – “Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten,
      and he will bind us up.”

III.  He Redeems Our Lives from Our Sin’s Destructiveness.

      Psalm 103:4a – “Who redeemeth thy life from destruction.”

      Psalm 40:1-2 – “I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.  He brought me 
      up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.”

IV.  He Restores Our Walk to His Blessed Fellowship.

      Psalm 103:4b – “Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies.”

      Isaiah 57:15, 18-19 – “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I
      dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the
      humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones . . . .  I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead
      him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.  I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to
      him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.”

 V.  He Renews Our Souls in Abundant Spiritual Life.

      Psalm 103:5 – “Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

      John 15:4-5 – “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine;
      no more can ye, except ye abide in me.  I am the vine, ye are the branches.  He that abideth in me, and I in
      him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”

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