Psalm 115:1-8 - Our God is the Living God!

Pastor Mike Impact Ministries · Dec 19, 2023 · 4m

Psalm 115 does not have a title like many of the psalms that reveals who wrote them or what was the occasion or history behind them. But we believe that it was written to the remnant that returned to the Promise Land after the 70 years of captivity in Babylon around 538 B.C. They needed some encouragement and how to give an answer to the “Gentiles”, the idol worshipping pagans that lived around them who would ask them, “Where is your God?”

The psalmist first gives glory and praise to God for His mercy, truth and faithfulness that brought them back to their beloved Promise Land (v. 1). Then in…