Psalm, Chapter 100

All People Exhorted to Praise God.

A Psalm for [a]Thanksgiving.

100 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.

-        The title of this message is instruction based

o   It is addressed to all people

o   We have all been “exhorted”

§  To strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something

o   Here is what we have been “exhorted to do”

§  Praise God

o   Praise is a verb in connotes action and requires

§  Premeditated thought

§  Preparation of the heart

§  Determination of the soul

§  Movement of the lips

§  Raising of arms and/or hands or both

§  With absolute adoration, approval and gratitude

-        It is a Psalm for Thanksgiving

o   This is the purpose of this activity

§  to Thank God for what He has given

§  His Son to pay for all sin

§  His Plan of salvation before the earth began

§  His Will making it impossible to fail

§  His Love for “while we were  yet sinners He sent His Son to die on a cross”

·       In other words while we were misbehaving badly, He still loved us

§  His Faithfulness

·       Keeping His word (all His promises) even when we don’t

§  His Grace

·       Giving us what we do not deserve

§  His Mercy

·       Not giving us what we do deserve

§  His Home

·       The very place called “The New Jerusalem”

·       A 1,500 mile cube made of precious stones & clear gold

·       Heaven a much bigger version of the New Jerusalem up yonder

§  His Power

·       Giving us the power to overcome everything on earth

·       Greater is He that is in us than he that is the world

§  His Forgiveness

·       Forgiving us for every sin (past, present & future)

§  His making us white as snow

·       Not only forgiven but washed in the blood & made white as snow

·       As if we have never sinned

§  His Rebirth

·       Christ rose from the dead 3-days later

·       Now we can be born again in this life (a new creation not the same)

§  His Reconciliation

·       Bringing us back into intimate relationship with Himself

·       A Holy God with His People (made Holy again by His Righteousness)

§  His Provision

·       He provides food, water, oxygen, health, ability to see, hear, smell, taste, touch, speak

§  His protection

·       Shelter from the storms of life

·       Protection against the plans of evil men

·       Protection against evil forces in high places

·       Against the power of the devil and all his mininions

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