"Make a joyful shout....Serve the Lord with gladness...." (Psalm 100)
We can, "shout," joyfully, and, "Serve...with gladness," because there is just no greater "comfort zone" than to know, "We are His people and the sheep of His pasture," and literally that, "He has made us and not we ourselves." If we did not "made ourselves," then do not try to rule, "ourselves," decide, "ourselves," or anyone else, for that matter.
"Know that the Lord, He is God," none other. "Know that...it is He who has made us." If you and I, "know," this, then we will live this. It is only Jesus Who has claimed, "I and the Good Shepherd;" hence, "we are the sheep of [Jesus'] pasture. " Our text speaks of Jesus, "the Lord, He is God." It is only of Jesus that the Bible declares, "[Now] Jesus is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; Jesus is the first born," i.e., "the Preeminent One over all creation. For it was in Jesus that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Jesus [by Jesus' service, intervention] and in and for Jesus."---------- not Mohammed, not the Buddha, not the anyone or anything. It is Jesus, only Jesus.
Now, in view of the aforementioned, "Make a joyful noise." In view of Jesus, Who is, "the Lord, He is God,..Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Jesus, and bless Jesus' Name. For Jesus is good; Jesus' mercy is everlasting, and Jesus' truth endures to all generations." When we celebrate Jesus, in Whom Father is, "well pleased," and of Whom Father says, "Hear Him," then Father is very, very happy.
We can, "shout," joyfully, and, "Serve...with gladness," because there is just no greater "comfort zone" than to know, "We are His people and the sheep of His pasture," and literally that, "He has made us and not we ourselves." If we did not "made ourselves," then do not try to rule, "ourselves," decide, "ourselves," or anyone else, for that matter.
"Know that the Lord, He is God," none other. "Know that...it is He who has made us." If you and I, "know," this, then we will live this. It is only Jesus Who has claimed, "I and the Good Shepherd;" hence, "we are the sheep of [Jesus'] pasture. " Our text speaks of Jesus, "the Lord, He is God." It is only of Jesus that the Bible declares, "[Now] Jesus is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; Jesus is the first born," i.e., "the Preeminent One over all creation. For it was in Jesus that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Jesus [by Jesus' service, intervention] and in and for Jesus."---------- not Mohammed, not the Buddha, not the anyone or anything. It is Jesus, only Jesus.
Now, in view of the aforementioned, "Make a joyful noise." In view of Jesus, Who is, "the Lord, He is God,..Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Jesus, and bless Jesus' Name. For Jesus is good; Jesus' mercy is everlasting, and Jesus' truth endures to all generations." When we celebrate Jesus, in Whom Father is, "well pleased," and of Whom Father says, "Hear Him," then Father is very, very happy.
Father, in Jesus' Name, You Whom no one has ever seen, thank You that You have appeared in Jesus, Son of God, Son of man. May Your Name, the Name of the Living Triune God, empower, encourage, bless, heal, deliver me and my friend forever and ever. Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
