Because the cattle on a thousand hills belong to Jehovah (Psalm 50:10), what God finds of great value is quite different than the typical thinking of humans. Jesus recognized the profundity of this frequent difference when He told the Pharisees: “what is highly…
“Praise the Lord!” is the theme and focus of the book of Psalms. It is the expressed theme and focus of Psalm 115. This composition begins with “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because…
God is no respecter of persons. “He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great” (Psalm 115:13). Send article as PDF
Several years ago, the word “worshiptainment” was coined to describe a popular phenomenon occurring in our society. The word sought to reflect the fact that entertainment has been injected into the worship activities of various religious organizations. It is a sad testament to…
The importance of worship is clearly enunciated in the first eight verses of Psalm 115. Here, it is written: “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth. Why should the Gentiles…
The foundation of acceptable worship is a proper reverence for God’s sovereignty and might. The final psalm recited by a Hebrew prior to his observance of the Passover was Psalm 114. It reads: “When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people…
At the Passover meal, the faithful Jew would traditionally sing Psalms 113 and 114 at the beginning of his observance and then sing Psalms 115, 116, 117, and 118 at its close. Matthew 26:30 lends credence to the possibility that Jesus did this…
From the outset of the book of Psalms, there is a clear distinction between the righteous and the wicked. Psalm 1 declares that it is like the difference between a deep-rooted, healthy tree and chaff which can easily be blown about by the…
Living your life so that you are blessed is important to God. Therefore, the Bible has a host of beatitudes informing you how you live so as to be abundantly blessed by God. The book of Psalms begins with a beatitude and contains…
The ultimate litmus test of your faith is how extensively it transforms your character and conduct into the imitation of God. Send article as PDF
