Title: Joy and Thanksgiving of the Saints
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< The joy and thanksgiving of the saints (Psalm 100:1-5)
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I. Jehovah Became Our God
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< The psalmist was filled with emotion and excitement in Psalm 100:1,2, and said that we should sing praises with joy and joy to all the earth, the world, the universe, all mankind. Why should we rejoice and give thanks? “Know that the LORD is our God.” This is why the LORD is our God and my God. What kind of God is Jehovah? “I am who I am” (Exodus 3:14), Almighty God. He is the God who makes the covenant (Exodus 6:2), and the God who fulfills the covenant.
Verse 5 says, “The Lord is good, and his lovingkindness endures forever, and his faithfulness endures from generation to generation.”
“Good” Jehovah is not only a God of majesty and power, but also a God of mercy. “Charity endures forever.” Jehovah is not only a God of justice, but also a God of mercy. He is a merciful God who has compassion and forgives human sin. “His faithfulness shall pass from generation to generation.” It means that God is good and merciful to the generations to come.
There are many gods in this world. All are gods of fear and terror. If you serve well, he will bless you, but if you do something wrong, he is a fearful god that you cannot help but serve. But Jehovah God is a God who is very good, infinitely merciful, and abundant in love. He is the God who makes a covenant with humans and faithfully fulfills that covenant. This Jehovah is our God. This is the greatest blessing. It is a greater blessing than owning everything in this world. Dear all! I pray that you will become the saints who rejoice and give thanks that the Lord is my God.
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II. God Became Our Creator
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< How beautiful is the world God created? How beautiful are the sun, moon and stars? How beautiful are the mountains, rivers and seas? We should thank God for creating a beautiful world. In Psalm 139:14, “I give thanks to the Lord, for the creation of me is exceedingly marvelous.” The psalmist thanked God when he saw himself. How can you build like this? very weird Said it was bizarre. Man is the perfect work of God. I have to thank God for creating me as a perfect work of God.
Even more grateful is the redemption and renewal of fallen man. Isn't this called rebirth? You should be grateful for this. D. L. Moody said he was grateful for creating himself as a human being more precious than all creation in the first creation, and thanked him for making himself a child of God as the most precious among fallen human beings in the second creation. Dear all! I pray that you will become saints who give thanks to God who is the Creator.
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Ⅲ. that we belong to God
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< We rejoiced and were thankful that we belonged to God. “We are his” (verse 3). Hallelujah! We belong to Almighty God, the most good and merciful God. All fallen human beings became the property of the devil. The Bible says that all human beings are by nature children of wrath. But, by the grace of God, I was saved. Jesus Christ died on the cross and paid the price to redeem us from sin, the curse, and death. So, we belong to God and belong to God. “I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine” (Isaiah 43:1). As a man spares his own son, so God loves us.
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IV. We become God's people
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Ⅴ. that we have become the sheep of God
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< David who wrote this psalm was originally a shepherd. I have experience tending sheep in the pasture of my father, Jesse, in the fields of Bethlehem. We know that sheep are happy when they meet their shepherd well. Sheep are good as long as they meet the shepherd. Humans are happy only when they meet the shepherd well. I am happy when I become the sheep that God raises. “He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside still waters” (Psalm 23:2) This poem was written in a place where the desert of Palestine occupies most of the land, a barren wilderness. That is, to lead you to green pastures and to still waters means to lead you to a place where all things are satisfied. Everyone! This world is like a wilderness. However, God leads the children of God who are the sheep of God to green pastures and still waters. What are you afraid of? This world lives in a place like the valley of the shadow of death. But there is nothing to be afraid of. God's staff and staff protect you, so no one can harm you. And the Lord who saved us by giving up our lives is our shepherd today.
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