Psalm 138:2 (ESV) — 2 I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love
and your faithfulness,
for you have exalted above all things
your name and your word.
NOTE: This is a
psalm of praise by David. David is bowing down, in submission and surrender to
the name that is above all names and all things, and to God's word which is
similarly placed. David specifically mentions two things associated with the
name of God, steadfast love and faithfulness. God's love cannot be earned, but
is given freely by the creator. And once given, it cannot be taken away, else
it was never really love. Love is a commitment to another that does not end.
Love is faithfulness to the other person loved until death separates. God's
love is not separated even by death. It remains because it defines who he is.
God is love. And God's love is a perfect love that will never disappear. This
is why Islam does not worship the same God. Because in Islam, God is not
personal. He does not love people. He measures a person on the basis of a
person's works and rewards according. The God of the bible is personal and
chooses to love, and bases his love on the finished work of Christ. The only
test is whether we have believed in God's one and only son, Jesus. And if we
have not, we stand condemned. That is the message of the word of God and
it cannot be changed. John 3:18 (ESV) — 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but
whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in
the name of the only Son of God.
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