God is Eternal: Psalm 90:1-17

Remember that God’s attributes fall into two categories: communicable (those more shared with us) and incommunicable (those less shared with us).

God is infinite with regards to time.  God has no beginning or end; He pre-exists everything, including time itself, and is in no way bound by time.  However, God is able to experience time and act within time.

I.              The Majesty of the Eternal God (Psalm 90:2-4)

a.     God pre-exists everything, including time itself (2a). Jude 24-25

b.    God has no beginning or end (2b).

c.     God is in no way bound by time (2-4). 2 Peter 3:8

d.    God is able to experience time and to act within time.

II.            The Mortality of Fallen Mankind (Psalm 90:1,3-11)

a.     Whereas God is eternal (immortal), man is merely mortal (3,5-6,9-10). James 4:13-15

b.    Part of our mortality is owing to the fact that we have sinned against the eternal God (3,5,7-8,11).

c.     What we do with the eternal God in our mortal life will determine our eternal destiny (11). 

d.    As mortal men and women, we need the eternal God to become an eternal refuge for us.

III.         The Appropriate Response of Mortal Man to the Eternal God (Psalm 90:12-17)

a.     We should ask the Lord to teach us to number our days so that we may gain a heart of wisdom (12).

b.    We should ask the Lord to have mercy on us (13).

c.     We should ask the Lord to satisfy us with His steadfast love so that we may rejoice and be glad all of our days (14-15).

d.    We should ask the Lord to show our children and us His works and glorious power (16).

e.     We should ask the Lord to let His favor be upon us (17).

Conclusion: Ecclesiastes 12:13-14