Speaker: Matthew Fletcher, Senior Pastor
Scripture: Psalm 122
Transformative Truth:
It is a great privilege to praise God with his people.
You have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels
in a joyful gathering. You have come to the assembly of God's
firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven.
You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things.
You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven
who have now been made perfect. You have come to Jesus,
the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people,
and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead
of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.
Hebrews 12:22-24
Yet she on earth hath union with God the Three in One, and mystic
sweet communion with those whose rest is won: O happy ones and holy!
Lord, give us grace that we, like them, the meek and lowly, on high
may dwell with thee.
Their Delight in Jerusalem Psalm 122:1-2
Their Description of Jerusalem Psalm 122:3-5
Jerusalem, built as a city should be, solidly united, where the tribes,
the LORD's tribes, go up to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Psalm 122:3-4 Christian Standard Bible
In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy
temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become
a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.
Ephesians 2:21-22 NIV
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
1 Corinthians 3:16
Their Dedication to Jerusalem Psalm 122:6-9
"How lovely is the sanctuary in the eyes of those who are truly sanctified!"