Joyful Worship

      Humanity is a creature that lives in the parentheses within eternity called time.  Because of this, we talk in three tenses—past, present, and future.  In Psalm 96, each tense of time is acknowledged as containing a reason for joyful worship of Jehovah.   …

Jehovah’s Sovereignty and Today

       Psalm 95 aptly describes how the sovereignty of God ought to have a distinct and practical two-pronged impact upon your life today.  First, the greatness of the King above all gods ought to impact your heart so that it bursts forth with joyous…

Praising Jehovah’s Sovereignty

       For the righteous, few doctrines in Scripture burst forth with greater praiseworthiness and comfort than the doctrine of Jehovah’s sovereignty.  The beginning of Psalm 95 joyously focuses upon this wondrous truth.  The resounding call to worship is trumpeted with: “Oh come, let…

Jehovah’s Sovereign Judgment

       The cross of Christ is the most glorious demonstration of the sovereignty of God.  Jesus’ death on Friday—evil’s most glorious victory in history—became Satan’s most devastating defeat on Sunday.  Just as predicted in Genesis 3:15, the seed of woman was bruised upon His…

Jehovah’s Sovereignty

       Psalm 93 is the first of three psalms that begins with the emphatic declaration: “The Lord reigns!”  Because Calvinists base their false doctrine of unconditional election and its denial of the free moral agency of humanity on their misunderstanding of God’s sovereignty, a study of…

The Righteous and Palm Trees

       Reflecting upon the picturesque imagery of Psalm 92:12’s “the righteous flourish like the palm tree” yields rich food for thoughtful contemplation.  In yesterday’s post, we considered three morsels to meditate upon—palm trees are distinctive; palm trees are hearty; palm trees are abundantly fruitful. …

The Eye of the Storm

       Although Satan sought to get Jesus to act presumptuously instead of obediently based upon his wresting of Psalm 91, this composition is most illustrative of our Lord’s life.  He lived in great peace while in the midst of titanic spiritual conflict and grave…