Praise the Name of the Lord

 

 

Psalm 148:1-14

 

December 20, 2022

 

Praise the Name of the Lord

 Praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord from the heavens; praise him in the heights!   Praise him, all his angels; praise him, all his hosts!

 Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars!  Praise him, you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!  Let them praise the name of the Lord!  For he commanded and they were created.  And he established them forever and ever; he gave a decree, and it shall not pass away.   Praise the Lord from the earth, you great sea creatures and all deeps, fire and hail, snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!  Mountains and all hills, fruit trees, and all cedars!  Beasts and all livestock, creeping things, and flying birds! Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes, and all rulers of the earth!  Young men and maidens together, old men and children!  Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty is above earth and heaven.   He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him.  Praise the Lord!

 

What do you believe, and to whom do you trust, you cannot have it both round and square, the truth is one or the other.  The Church of 2022 has a big problem, it is not a new problem, it is the same one that has faced mankind from their fall, who will you believe your Creator or the serpent?  Joshua asked this question a long time ago, it is found in Joshua 24:14-15, “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.  And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

 

Jan and I may the choice, as for me and my house we will serve the Lord, at all costs.  I must share Mark 8:38, “If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in His Father's glory with the holy angels."  It will cost you in this culture we live in to trust God.  For this present darkness is under the control of the devil and his followers.  They have rejected God’s Word, look to man and his technology, and are trying to put their square peg in a round hole.

 

The Church has allowed the modern culture to creep in, but it is not a new thing it began when they did not take a stand on the garbage that the Church keeps quiet on things of government.  Hitler got the German Church to do that and it did not turn out so well.  And Church it is not ever going to do so, we have a jealous God.  My dad always said I love you too much to allow you to do, whatever, and the whatever always brought about an adjustment in my direction.  

 

We the Church should take a stand against anything that goes against the teaching of Scripture, and I mean anything, for if we are not standing with truth, who will tell the children that Jesus is the Truth?

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice