WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:01.360 With us today. 00:00:01.840 --> 00:00:06.320 Well, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:10.560 In fact, turn with me this morning to Psalms 100. 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:31.760 And this Psalm concludes a series of Psalms starting really at Psalms 91 that goes through Psalms 100 and which look ahead to the event and coronation of the King, the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:42.719 In actuality, it is really, these really nine Psalms are dealing with the setting of the millennial reign. 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:44.079 It really is. 00:00:44.719 --> 00:01:03.840 But with these things that we're going to be looking at, even talking about looking at the millennial reign, this psalm for everyone this morning can still give us some fantastic principles for what you and I can be thankful for. 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:05.680 And that gets me excited. 00:01:05.920 --> 00:01:12.640 Aren't you excited and thankful to know that if you're a Christian, now listen to me, one day we're going to live in a utopia. 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:13.599 We really are. 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:17.760 There is such a thing as where the lion lays down with the lamb. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:23.760 There is such a thing where there be no disease and no sorrow and no cancer. 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:24.959 And I could go on. 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:25.760 Amen? 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:28.239 Is that not exciting, folks? 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:34.319 So with that said, there's some principles that we can learn, though, for today. 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:35.760 And we see that. 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:43.920 In fact, this whole Psalm, Psalm 100, is a call to Thanksgiving, which is the title of the message. 00:01:44.239 --> 00:01:48.959 In fact, the title literally reads, are you ready? 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.079 A Psalm of Shouting. 00:01:53.120 --> 00:01:56.239 A Psalm of Shouting. 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:05.760 It is a plea from the psalmness to the hearts of his readers to look to the Lord and to exalt his name. 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:07.840 That's what it really is. 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:14.560 In fact, let me just remind you: God's not interested in any secret disciples. 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:15.680 Can I get an amen? 00:02:16.400 --> 00:02:18.080 He's not interested in that. 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:32.080 In fact, he's very excited about you expressing yourself for who he is and what he is and who he is and what he's done for each and every one of us. 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:42.879 In fact, there's a couple of verses that says in Matthew 10, 32, he says, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess before my father. 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:44.719 Now watch this. 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:54.080 The next verse, verse 33, says, But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I deny before my father. 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:57.759 Pretty serious speaking from Jesus Himself. 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:07.919 So we want to look at this Psalm in the area of how we can praise Him and be thankful to Him. 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:12.479 Now, Thanksgiving, let me give you a quick little history about Thanksgiving. 00:03:13.520 --> 00:03:22.240 You know, on Thanksgiving in a couple of weeks, well, actually about 11 days, we carry out a tradition that is old as America. 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:39.120 In 1621, listen to this, after a terrible year in which half the members died of starvation or disease, the pilgrims set aside three, by the way, there are pilgrims in our history. 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.240 People are trying to rewrite our history. 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:44.080 And that's so sad. 00:03:44.639 --> 00:04:00.960 But listen, we see that on that first year, we see that the pilgrims, after a horrible year, set aside three days in December to praise the Lord for a bountiful harvest that they had just had. 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:17.199 And then we also know that many years later, in 1789, President George Washington, listen to this, proclaimed November the 26th as a national day of Thanksgiving unto the Lord. 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:25.040 And this was in response to God's granting America's independence from Britain. 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:29.439 You've heard this thing called the Revolutionary War. 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:39.920 So we see history of Thanksgiving really goes back to the very heart of the birth of our country. 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:44.000 And then in 1863, watch this. 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:45.040 This is good. 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:51.439 Abraham Lincoln revived the old tradition of rendering thanks unto the Lord. 00:04:51.920 --> 00:05:04.800 And then finally, in 1941, the United States Congress decreed that the fourth Thursday in November was to be a national day of Thanksgiving unto the Lord. 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:11.120 So, folks, what we are about to enter into and observe is awesome. 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:12.319 It really is. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:13.920 Thanksgiving. 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:22.160 For many, Thanksgiving is a day when family and friends come together and we have and we eat an enormous meal. 00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:23.360 Amen. 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:25.920 Do you like? 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:28.800 Hey, does anyone in here like to eat? 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:34.079 Is not Thanksgiving one of the best days of the year? 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:35.839 And guess what? 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:41.199 I know many of us have missed our fellowship together, our love feast together. 00:05:41.360 --> 00:05:44.480 That's what's made this church for eight years unique. 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:52.800 Well, listen, next week we're going to have a family Thanksgiving lunch right here. 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:54.079 We're going to do it. 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:55.040 We're going to do it. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:55.920 We'll be safe. 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:56.480 Amen. 00:05:56.639 --> 00:05:57.839 We're going to do it. 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:03.360 So don't miss next Sunday because it's going to be a beautiful day. 00:06:03.759 --> 00:06:05.759 The service is going to be awesome. 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:08.639 I'm going to preach on the Lord's Supper. 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:15.439 We're going to partake of the Lord's Supper, being thankful to God for all that he's done for us in our church. 00:06:15.600 --> 00:06:20.319 And then we're going to break a meal and bread together. 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:35.040 We're going to have a Thanksgiving feast, thanking God for all that he's done in the last eight years for this church, and thanking him for what we're about to do, hey, in the future of 2021. 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:38.800 I see nothing but great and mighty things for this church. 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:40.079 It's going to happen. 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:41.839 We got to be patient, though. 00:06:42.000 --> 00:06:43.839 And I'm talking to me, not you. 00:06:44.079 --> 00:06:45.439 You got to be patient. 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:49.839 But God's in control and God's leading every step that we make. 00:06:49.920 --> 00:06:53.279 And we're just seeking God and praying and fasting. 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:56.319 I've been doing a lot of praying and fasting here lately. 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:00.399 Asking God to give us wisdom and divine direction. 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:03.759 So next week, what's the meal? 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:04.800 What else? 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:06.160 It's Thanksgiving. 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:07.839 Turkey and dressing. 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.040 Oh, it's going to be a great meal, I promise you. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.800 And some of you need to buy a cake to bring next week so we can eat on it. 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:16.240 Just a thought. 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:20.879 But anyway, but it is more than just a meal. 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:27.439 It's more than sitting around a TV and watching football all day, which I enjoy that. 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:29.199 But it's more than that. 00:07:29.360 --> 00:07:36.160 In fact, God goes so far as to say that being thankful to him is his will. 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:38.720 Now listen, for our lives. 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:42.959 He says, rejoice evermore, pray without ceasing in everything. 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:48.800 Now listen, give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:52.319 1 Thessalonians 5, 18. 00:07:52.879 --> 00:08:05.040 So we see Colossians 3, 17, and whatsoever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of Jesus, giving thanks to God. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:12.959 So, ladies and gentlemen, it's God's will for us to be thankful and praise his name. 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:19.519 And that's why the title of the message this morning is A Call to Thanksgiving. 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:21.199 And I love that. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:23.199 A call to thanksgiving. 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:39.519 Therefore, since we are about to celebrate Thanksgiving, let's take a few moments this morning and try to understand what this Psalm teaches us about praise to the Lord and about thanksgiving to the Lord. 00:08:39.759 --> 00:08:42.000 The first thing, look at verses 1 and 2. 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:43.519 Psalms 100. 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.080 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.080 Serve the Lord with gladness. 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:53.039 Come before his presence with singing. 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:54.639 Oh, I love it. 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:56.480 Serve the Lord with gladness. 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:58.320 Come before his present with singing. 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:05.919 The first thing in our outline today, I want us to look at is our entrance into his presence. 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:12.720 The psalmist opens this psalm by issuing a call to worship and praise before the Lord. 00:09:12.879 --> 00:09:16.639 Notice, he teaches us how we are to come into God's presence. 00:09:17.120 --> 00:09:18.080 I love that. 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:24.559 By the way, nothing brings us into the presence of the Lord like lifting his name. 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:25.759 I really believe that. 00:09:25.919 --> 00:09:28.960 In fact, Psalms 22, 3, I want you to see this verse. 00:09:29.039 --> 00:09:30.720 I think we got it there for you. 00:09:30.960 --> 00:09:34.399 It says that God, now what, are you ready for this? 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:38.240 God inhabits the praise of his people. 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:39.840 Did you understand that? 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:43.200 God inhabits the praise of his people. 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:49.840 What that means is God gets as excited as you do about praising him. 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:58.399 And if you are excited about praising him, and I hope you are, and you can't help it if you really come into his presence. 00:09:58.799 --> 00:09:59.440 Amen? 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:00.559 And you will see that. 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:07.519 When Isaiah came into the presence of God in Isaiah chapter 6, two things happen. 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.200 Well, three things happen, and we're going to look at it, but I'll give you a little preview. 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:14.000 He said, first of all, woe is me. 00:10:14.559 --> 00:10:15.919 I'm a sinner. 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:19.279 I need, hey, I speak with unclean lips. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:25.200 But whoa, he says, I've been touched by the Holy Spirit of God, by the fire. 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:28.080 And he says, I've been cleansed. 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:34.000 And then you know he praised him and started just exalting God. 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:38.080 And then he said, Here my Lord, send me. 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:44.000 So we're going to see what this call to thanksgiving really is. 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:48.000 I love Psalms 47, verse 1. 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:49.840 In fact, we're going to look at it. 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:53.600 Number one, what does it mean to enter into his presence? 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.799 There's three great manifestations of praise. 00:10:56.960 --> 00:10:57.840 Now, what's this? 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.000 That brings us into the presence of God. 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:01.679 Here's how we do it. 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.120 Here's how God's word says you come into his presence. 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:07.679 Number one, enter with shouting. 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:08.480 Uh-oh. 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:10.799 Oh, pastor. 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:14.080 We like it a little calm around here. 00:11:14.559 --> 00:11:17.759 We like it a little quiet around here. 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:19.919 Oh, okay. 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.279 All right. 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:23.759 Notice what it says, verse 1. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:24.960 What does it say? 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:26.080 Make a what? 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:27.840 A what? 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.279 And it comes from the Hebrew word. 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:33.600 You're going to love this. 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.720 It's the Hebrew word ruha. 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.759 Ruha! Can you say that with me? 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.720 Ruha! And you know what that means? 00:11:42.960 --> 00:11:47.679 Ruha! Hoorah! Yeah, that's we know that's the marine. 00:11:47.840 --> 00:11:49.600 Hoorah! But what is that? 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:51.120 It means shout. 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:57.279 The Hebrew word means to shout, and it was used to shout out an alarm. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:01.600 It was used to shout out for joy. 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:04.799 It was used to shout out for triumph. 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:14.720 Hoorah! So we see how important it is, and we see a vocal praise here unto the Lord. 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:17.360 It's kind of old-fashioned today. 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:21.360 You don't see a lot of that, but it's still okay in God's economy. 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:22.159 Amen. 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:29.039 We verbally declare his praise to him and for him. 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:31.360 And it glorifies his name. 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:35.360 In fact, listen to what Psalm 47.1 says. 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:42.399 Shout unto God with a voice of triumph. 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:43.120 There it is. 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:48.639 And then verse 2 says, For the Lord most high is awesome. 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:49.919 I love that. 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:52.000 He is awesome. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:57.759 Hey, he is a great king over all the earth. 00:12:58.080 --> 00:12:58.720 Wow. 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:00.000 Wow. 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:08.320 And also in John 4, 23, the hour has come and now he is when everybody will worship God in spirit. 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:11.200 In truth, the hour is now. 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:17.039 And then he says in verse 24, for God the Father seeks such to worship him. 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:19.919 He seeks our praise. 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:21.759 He seeks our joy. 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:25.600 He seeks our exuberance for him. 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:28.799 Folks, people ask me all the time, you just crazy. 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.399 No, I can't have that. 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:36.559 When you get full, something's gotta give. 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.639 And it comes out. 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.080 It comes out. 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:42.320 So enter his presence with shout. 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.000 Notice a second thing. 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:46.559 We enter with service. 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:49.039 Look at what he says. 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:52.559 We are challenged to serve the Lord with gladness. 00:13:53.200 --> 00:14:00.960 Now service requires dedication, sacrifice, and commitment. 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:08.399 And that is we are never allowed, we should never allow our labor for the Lord. 00:14:08.559 --> 00:14:09.759 Now watch, this is good. 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:10.720 Now listen to me. 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:12.080 This will help us. 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:15.279 Become drudgery. 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:26.559 We should never allow our service to feel like we're obligated or we have to do it. 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:27.840 Never. 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:29.759 It ought to be a joy. 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:34.480 We are not to grow weary in well-doing. 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:36.080 Galatians 6 9. 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:40.000 He says, be not weary in well-doing, but in due season. 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:49.360 Hey, if we stay the course with gladness of heart, serving him with joy, hey, we shall reap what we sow. 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.320 We shall be prosperous. 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.320 Man, that's so good. 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.759 Oh, I needed that. 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:57.600 It means joy. 00:14:57.840 --> 00:15:00.240 The word gladness means joy. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:04.720 In fact, it's sema, the Hebrew word, sema. 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.679 It means to rejoice with fullness, with full pleasure. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:11.120 Oh, that's so good. 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:14.559 In other words, you are so excited. 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:18.799 Now, and I know I use this all the time, but that's the way Alabama is. 00:15:19.039 --> 00:15:20.559 Either you're Auburn or Alabama. 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.600 There's no in between. 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:22.799 Well, let me tell you who I'm for. 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.320 I'm Liberty University. 00:15:26.799 --> 00:15:28.559 That's my alma mater. 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:29.120 Yeah. 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:33.919 And do you realize we're in the top 25 for the first time in the history of our school? 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:34.799 Ha ha! 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:36.639 Woo! Huh? 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:41.360 Hurrah! Hey, but we beat Virginia Tech. 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:43.120 We're beating everybody. 00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.879 It's awesome. 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:48.879 By the way, I see Pam back there and Christy and Brett. 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:52.320 Hey, thank you for letting us have Auburn's quarterback. 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:54.240 Y'all didn't want him, so thank you. 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:54.639 Thank you. 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.600 Thank you very much. 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:58.639 One of the leading quarterbacks in the country right now. 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:01.039 But amen. 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:04.480 But we get excited about football. 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:14.399 If I could get our godly people, our church people, not just our church, I'm talking about church people in all general. 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:26.799 If we could get them as excited about coming to church on Sunday morning and when they got here being excited about God as they are their football, folks, we would have a pep rally every Sunday. 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:30.080 Wouldn't that be awesome? 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:39.279 Pep rally for Jesus! Give me an hey, hey, give me a W, give me an E, give me an S, give me an O, give me an M. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:40.080 Give me an E. 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:41.120 What does that smell? 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:41.759 Awesome. 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:43.600 What does that smell awesome? 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:46.639 Jesus says, what awesome. 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:49.360 Hey, y'all just think I'm crazy. 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:50.720 You think I lost it. 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:52.000 Well, I did. 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:55.120 Because it's in here. 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:56.480 Amen. 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.720 Why do you think I've got everything I got, Jesus is awesome's on it. 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:02.240 I'm thankful. 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:05.200 I can't give him back enough. 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:06.880 Enough. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:12.640 We're to look upon our service to the Lord as a cause for rejoicing. 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:14.079 I want you to see this. 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:15.599 I guess something's going on. 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:17.440 I'm not seeing any verses. 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:22.000 But but listen, listen to 1 Timothy 1 12. 00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:25.519 This is a powerful verse. 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:29.519 It says, I thank Christ Jesus, our Lord. 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.720 Now watch. 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:36.799 Who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful. 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:39.839 Now watch, putting me into the ministry. 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:43.519 Woo! First of all, he enabled me. 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:45.519 Let me tell you something new. 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:49.119 If you're serving God in the flesh, you won't last long. 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:54.799 If you're coming to church for a personal reason, you won't last long. 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.799 Won't work. 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:59.839 Because God has to enable you. 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:11.759 But once God has enabled you and filled you with the person of the Holy Spirit of God, and you don't quench that spirit, you allow that spirit to grow you in the likeness of Christ. 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:18.079 Buckle up, hold on, because you're in for the ride of your life. 00:18:19.759 --> 00:18:21.359 Just be faithful. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:27.680 Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that need not be ashamed. 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:29.440 Rightly dividing the word of truth. 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.400 2 Timothy 2.15, our one of verse. 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:38.319 When you do that, but grow in the grace and in the knowledge of a Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 2 Peter 3.18. 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:45.599 When you do that, folks, when you're in Christ, you can't help but realize what He's done for you. 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:48.160 And when you realize that. 00:18:48.319 --> 00:19:00.160 And then, secondly, how He has blessed you, you can't help but to praise Him because He inhabits the praise of His people. 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.759 Can I get an Amen? 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.680 Boy, that's awesome. 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:05.200 That's awesome. 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:11.759 So we must realize, now don't miss this, that obedience is an expression. 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.200 Now watch, of worship unto the Lord. 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:25.680 See, if all you do is come in here and listen to our praise band, worship, and you clap and you lift your hands, and I'm all for that. 00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.720 I love it. 00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:30.640 I do it when I'm not in, I do it in my car. 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:41.839 I mean, I have literally a couple of times just stopped the car, got out, run around and said, Woo! That's good, God. 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.079 I have. 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:52.000 I was cried in joy and just so full, I just had to, I call it happy feet. 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.720 You get so full, you have happy feet. 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:58.079 You gotta move. 00:19:58.400 --> 00:20:00.880 My papa used to have happy feet all the time. 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:03.039 I used to think he's crazy. 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:06.000 The older I've gotten, the more I am like him. 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.960 And he's up there saying, I told you, son. 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.960 I told you. 00:20:11.119 --> 00:20:14.640 Just follow him, stay in him, you'll have happy feet. 00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:16.640 Notice the third thing. 00:20:16.880 --> 00:20:21.359 We enter with shouting, we enter with service, and thirdly, we enter with singing. 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.160 The word literally means to ring out a cry. 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:32.559 Lifting our souls unto the Lord through song is a tremendous way to bless his name and to exalt him. 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:35.519 That's why this praise and worship team is so important. 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.640 To lead us. 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:41.200 By the way, you don't pay attention to them, you just pay attention to him. 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:44.799 And you listen to what they're singing. 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:57.200 That's why I'm adamant about the words being on the screen, because it's the words that exalt Jesus Christ when He's when you're singing, you want to know what you're singing. 00:20:57.440 --> 00:21:01.599 Every song ought to exalt him and teach you truth about him. 00:21:05.920 --> 00:21:09.920 And the beat and the flavor of all that other, that's up to you. 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:14.160 Baskin Robbins has 31 flavors, and I like them all. 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.279 Amen. 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:20.160 And I like all the donuts too. 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:23.759 So, enter with singing. 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:26.240 Psalms 41 through 3. 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.920 David declared that. 00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:30.319 Listen to what Ephesians 5.19 says. 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:32.400 Speaking to yourselves in Psalms. 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.319 Now watch, hymns and spiritual songs making melody in your heart. 00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:39.359 And remember, last week we we saw what that meant. 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:41.039 We saw what that meant. 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:44.319 So, number one, our entrance into his presence. 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.160 Now let's look at the second thing. 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:50.559 And by the way, don't forget what David said in Psalms 122 1. 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.759 I was glad. 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.799 There's that word. 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.799 Rejoicing, joyful. 00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:59.039 I was glad when they said, Let us go into the house of the Lord. 00:21:59.279 --> 00:21:59.599 Amen. 00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:02.559 I can't wait every Sunday to come to church. 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.440 I mean that. 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.880 I can't wait. 00:22:05.119 --> 00:22:06.400 I can't wait to see you. 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:08.240 I can't wait to hug you. 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:14.559 I can't wait to just pray with you and know what's going on in your life. 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:18.319 And then I can't wait to worship with you. 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.160 Because the Father seeketh such to worship him. 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:24.400 Oh, that's beautiful, folks. 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.640 We worship with our family. 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:29.440 But notice the second thing, verse 3. 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:32.720 Our enlightenment concerning his person. 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.640 Hmm. 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:36.720 This gets pretty deep. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:40.079 Know ye that the Lord, he, now what? 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.880 Is God. 00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.759 You believe that? 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.559 Say amen. 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:44.240 He's Elohim. 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:47.200 It is He that hath made us. 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.000 Uh-oh. 00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.039 You didn't come from a monkey. 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:55.680 He made who made you? 00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.920 Come on, better than that. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.640 Who made you? 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.559 God. 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:21.920 In fact, Psalms, the book of Psalms, tells us, and boy does he tell us, he tells us, actually in Psalms 139, verses 4 through 16, and we'll see that in a minute, but he says that he even knew us before, hey, as he was forming us in our mother's womb. 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:26.240 And he goes on to say that you're fearfully and wonderfully made. 00:23:26.480 --> 00:23:28.720 Marvelous are God's works. 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:33.359 Folks, you are a marvelous thing to God. 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.599 Woo! Amen. 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:39.119 God doesn't make any joke. 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:44.720 Now, for some of us, like me, he came pretty close, but he doesn't make any joke. 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.160 He made us. 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:52.559 It is he hath made us, and not we ourselves. 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:56.960 We are his people and the sheep of his pasture. 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.680 Oh. 00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:09.839 God, help us that we never reach the place where we fail to be amazed by the creation of who God really is. 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:24.400 And with that said, we must realize everything we do, everything we are, everything in our lives rises or falls on the perception of who God is. 00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:31.279 That's why right now you can be at peace if you really believe God is who he says he is. 00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.359 Amen. 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:38.000 I I didn't say, I know you how you feel. 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:40.720 I'm not asking you about your feelings. 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:53.839 But if you really know who God is, and you really believe Romans 8.28, if you really believe Genesis 50, 20, Satan meant it for evil, but God meant it for good. 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.640 Hello? 00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.319 You say, but I don't see the good. 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.839 Got to be patient. 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.839 Gotta be patient. 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:02.079 That's the hardest thing for me to do. 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:05.359 I can be patient as long as you get it done by tomorrow. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.920 Anyone else like that? 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:11.680 I'm a little better the older I've gotten, I think. 00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.880 Am I a little better? 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:14.160 Oh, a little bit. 00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:25.200 So, with that said, let us then learn all that we can about him and rejoice in that what we learn. 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.079 And here it is. 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:30.799 Let me give you, let me give you some three good things. 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:34.559 Oh, first of all, a word about his power. 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.119 A. 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.039 A word about his power. 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:40.720 This reminds us of his creative power. 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:48.799 In fact, Hebrews 11, 3 says, by the word, his word, God created the heavens and the earth. 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.759 Hello? 00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:56.960 There wasn't a Big Bang theory, and all of a sudden out of the sky, everything was created. 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:13.680 That'd be like me taking my watch right here, taking it all to pieces, throwing it in a bag, and shaking it up and doing this, and all of a sudden it comes out looking like that. 00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:15.440 Are you crazy? 00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.640 Come on. 00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:25.119 You are beautifully and wonderfully made. 00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:28.000 Marvelous are his works. 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:33.759 You think God's marvelous works just happen in a big bang theory? 00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:34.799