PSALM CHAPTER 65
~~ A Reminder of Why We Should Praise God ~~
GOD IS PRESENT IN OUR (true, not mechanical) PRAISES !
Psalms 22:3
But Thou art holy, O Thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
1. PRAISE WAITS. V.1.
A. WHAT IT IS WAITING FOR ?
—PAYING OUR VOWS TO GOD. ACTS 18:18, ACTS 21:23.
JONAH 1:16, SOMETIMES REQUIRES MOTIVATION.
B. WHY WOULD YOU HOLD BACK PRAYER ?
2. PRAYER IS HEARD. V. 2-3.
A. PRAYER IS NEEDED FOR INEVITABLE CONFLICTS AHEAD.
1 JOHN 3:1-4, 2 PETER 3:11-12,
B. FAITH IS NEEDED TO PRAISE. WE MUST BELIEVE IN THE
FORGIVENESS OF THE LORD. ROMANS 4:7, 1 JOHN 2:12.
3. HAPPINESS IS PRESENT. V.4.
A. KNOWING THAT YOU ARE CHOSEN. EPH. 1:4, 2 THES. 2:13,
B. KNOWING THAT WE CAN APPROACH THE LORD. HEB. 7:25,
HEBREWS 12:18-22.
C. KNOWING WE WILL BE SATISFIED & BLESSED.
—IN THE FUTURE. PS. 17:15.
—WITH GOD’S SALVATION. JEREMIAH 31:12-14.
D. WILL WE BE BLESSED WITH HIS HOUSE ?
—THE EARTHLY HOUSE(S) OF GOD. JOHN 2:16, GEN. 28:17,
JUDGES 20:18. WHAT MAKES IT GOD’S HOUSE ?
>NT CONCEPT, TOO ? 1 PETER 4:17, 1 TIMOTHY 3:15.
—THE HEAVENLY HOUSE OF THE LORD. JOHN 14:2,
HEBREWS 9:11, HEBREWS 9:24.
4. HE CAN BRING ABOUT FEAR-INDUCING THINGS.
A. THE EVENTS BETWEEN MOSES AND PHARAOH. DEUT. 10:21.
B. THE RED SEA EVENTS. PS. 106:22.
C. THE EVENTS ON THE MOUNT. ISAIAH 64:3.
5. HE IS THE GOD OF NATURE, AND RULES IT.
A. WHO PREPARED A GREAT FISH ? JONAH 1:17, ALSO 4:6,7,8.
B. WHO BROKE THE EARTH APART AND FLOODED IT ? GEN. 6:7.
C. WHO PARTED THE WAVES ? EXODUS 14:21.
D. WHO CONTROLS THINGS OUTSIDE THE ATMOSPHERE ?
LUKE 17:29, 2 KINGS 1:10-14.
E. WHO BRINGS LAST DAYS SIGNS ? MATT. 24:29, LUKE 21:11.
6. HE IS THE ONE WHO BLESSES THE EARTH. V. 9-13
A. WITH THE RIVER OF GOD. (ONLY PLACE PHRASE IS USED)
—SHOWN TO ISRAEL IN WILDERNESS. IS. 4:21, 1 COR. 10:4.
—NOT JUST PHYSICAL RAIN. JOHN 7:38.
—COMING SOON. REV. 22:1-2.
B. THE INSIGNIFICANT PLACES ARE BLESSED.
—LITTLE PLACES, HILLS, PASTURES. MICAH 2:5.
—LITTLE PEOPLE. 1 SAM. 15:17, ISAIAH 60:22, LUKE 17:1-2.