Worship in the Splendor of Holiness

 

Psalm 96:1-13

 

8-10-2022

 

Worship in the Splendor of Holiness

Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth!  Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day.  Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!  For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; he is to be feared above all gods.  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.  Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.   Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord's glory and strength!   Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!   Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness, tremble before him, all the earth!  Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!  Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.”  Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it!  Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth.  He will judge the world in righteousness, and the people in his faithfulness.

 

The Psalm tells us to sing a new song to the Lord, it also tells us to bless His name.  Jesus to my knowledge never instructed us to sing a new song to Him but he gave us clear directions on telling of His salvation from day to day.  We find that in Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”   

Is that a suggestion or a command, when my dad said Bob go cut the grass, it was never when you want to, it was a go now and cut the grass, he never had to tell me twice?  Why do you and I pay so little attention to the “go” from Jesus?

 

He is to be feared above all the gods you allow to come into your life.  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.  Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.   Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord's glory and strength!   Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts!   Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness, tremble before him, all the earth!  Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!   What is a  worthless idol, anything that you put a value on above the Lord?

 

If we could just get President Biden and the ones that or in the religion Biden and the ones that or in the religion of “Climate Change” to read the Scriptures they would understand the foolishness of believing a man could destroy what God has made.                     Often in the Psalm, we find statements like; “Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved.”

 

And we will end as the Psalmist did; Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth.  He will judge the world in righteousness, and the people in his faithfulness.  When you stand before God in judgment will your sins be covered in the blood of Jesus, if so God will call you His child, but if you try to stand before the all-knowing Judge without the blood of Jesus wiping clean your sins, you will be condemned to eternal punishment.  But God never planned hell for mankind, it was designed for the devil and his angels, why would anyone choose to go to a never-ending punishment and darkness?  No beer party with your friends, no Scriptures tell us it's isolation.  When you tell someone to go to hell, you have no understanding of what you are saying.  I believe the most wicked man alive today is George Soros, and I have asked the Lord to open his eyes to the truth before it is too late, 

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice