1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:05,640 A number of weeks ago, 3 or 4 weeks ago, I, I told you that as 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:12,040 a church, our, our passion is to pursue the Christ and that is to 3 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:15,720 be done in a way that, that honors the Lord. 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:22,280 And so that that pursuit is to be done aggressively, not 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:27,200 passively. And because our, our passion is 6 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:33,400 to pursue him, our, our priority is to portray him. 7 00:00:34,720 --> 00:00:38,600 And that portrayal is to be done authentically, not 8 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,240 hypocritically. And then we, we told you that 9 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:48,040 our, our purpose is to proclaim the Christ and that is to be 10 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:55,000 done authoritatively. But our practice is to praise 11 00:00:55,080 --> 00:01:00,040 the Christ, and that is to be done automatically. 12 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:08,000 In other words, the Lord said Isaiah 23 or Isaiah 41 verse #23 13 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:14,640 the people that I have formed for myself, they will declare my 14 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,920 praise. In other words, praise is that 15 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:23,480 which is automatically done by those whom Christ has formed for 16 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,200 Himself. It's not something that you have 17 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:30,800 to necessarily muster up. It's part of our spiritual DNA. 18 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,440 And so we give praise and honor to God. 19 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:39,480 And you always have to wonder what, what is our praise life 20 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,720 like? This morning I want to talk to 21 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,200 you about the people of praise. We're on this pathway. 22 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,800 It's called the pathway of praise. 23 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,640 We began with the privilege of praise, then we move to the 24 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,840 prophet of praise. And today I want to talk to you 25 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,160 about the people of praise. What are they like? 26 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:01,200 What do they praise the Lord for? 27 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:07,880 The expectation is in Hebrews 13 verse #15 which says through 28 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:12,760 Him. Then let us continually OfferUp 29 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:18,040 a sacrifice of praise to God. That is the fruit of lips that 30 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:25,480 give thanks to His name. Through Him Christ is in us and 31 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,920 we are in Christ. And yet through him, like we are 32 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:34,000 to rejoice in the Lord, we are to give thanks through him by 33 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,880 offering up a sacrifice of of praise, the fruit of our lips, 34 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:44,160 which is giving thanks to God. And this is to be done 35 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,640 continually. The psalmist said it this way in 36 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:52,200 in Psalm Psalm 34. We said these words. 37 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:57,880 Psalm 34, verse #1 I will bless the Lord at all times. 38 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:07,000 His praise shall continually be in my mouth continually. 39 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:15,960 Psalm 71, verse #6 He says by you I have been sustained from 40 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,080 my birth. You are He who took me from my 41 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:24,560 mother's womb. My praise is continually of You. 42 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:32,200 I have become a marvel to many, for You are my strong refuge. 43 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:38,920 My mouth is filled with Your praise and with Your glory all 44 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:44,400 day long. In other words, because He 45 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:49,160 continually praises the Lord, because his mouth is filled with 46 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:53,400 the glory of the Lord all day long, He has become a marvel to 47 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:59,120 all those who are around him. Because you see, for the most 48 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:03,480 part, people just don't do that. But the psalmist did. 49 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,400 He understood it. That's who we are. 50 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,440 Listen to the words of Charles Spurgeon. 51 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:16,959 He says these words. We are to offer the sacrifice of 52 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:21,800 praise to God continually, because in so doing you will 53 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:29,480 answer the end of your being. Every creature is happiest when 54 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:35,320 it is doing what it is made for. A bird that is made to fly 55 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:42,000 abroad Pines in a cage, an eagle would die in the water, even as 56 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:46,640 a fish that is made to swim perishes on the river's bank. 57 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:52,440 Christians are made to glorify God, and we are never in our 58 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,000 element till we are praising him. 59 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:59,960 The happiest moments you have ever spent were those in which 60 00:04:59,960 --> 00:05:03,640 you lost sight of everything inferior and bowed before 61 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,920 Jehovah's throne of light with reverent joy and blissful 62 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,280 praise. When your whole soul is full of 63 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:16,600 praise, you have at last reached the goal that your heart is 64 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:21,160 aiming at. Your ship is now in full sail, 65 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:26,200 your car is on the tram lines. Your life moves smoothly and 66 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:30,840 safely on. This is the groove along which 67 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,480 it was made to slide. Before you were trying to do 68 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:41,360 what you were not made to do, but now you are at home for the 69 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:45,400 praise of God. Your new nature has fashioned 70 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:51,560 and it finds its rest there in Keep to this work and do not 71 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,560 degrade yourself by doing something less. 72 00:05:57,120 --> 00:06:00,480 So true. Why would we degrade ourselves 73 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,680 by doing something less than praising God? 74 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:08,640 Because that's what the people whom God has formed for himself 75 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:14,960 have been created to do. And so we offer up continually 76 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,720 praise to God. These Hebrew people in the book 77 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,560 of Hebrews would be wondering if you want me to embrace the new 78 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,680 covenant and forgo the old covenant. 79 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:29,840 And then under the old covenant we are offering sacrifices day 80 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:34,160 and night always to God. What kind of sacrifices will we 81 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:38,160 offer under the new covenant? And so the writer of Hebrews 82 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,680 answers that question by saying you will offer a sacrifice of 83 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:44,400 praise to God. And it would be a great 84 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,440 sacrifice for them because they were Hebrew people. 85 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:51,560 And in so doing, they would be ousted from their homes, they 86 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,320 would be ousted from the synagogue, they would be ousted 87 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,720 from their friends. They'd be all alone. 88 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:00,920 And when you give praise to God and give thanks to him for what 89 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,920 he has done, because the shadow now is gone, because it's filled 90 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,000 with the substance, all the ceremonies that you've engaged 91 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,720 in have all been fulfilled by the one who came, the Messiah, 92 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,240 Christ, and now you're praising him. 93 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:19,040 It will be a great sacrifice for you to do that because your 94 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,600 friends won't, your family won't, but you do. 95 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:26,240 And that's a sacrifice you offer. 96 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:30,280 You would go to the temple and you will offer sacrifices in the 97 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,120 morning. You would go to the temple, You 98 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,400 would offer sacrifices at night. But guess what? 99 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,520 Your body now is the temple of the Holy Ghost of the Holy 100 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:42,320 Spirit. And now you are the sanctuary, 101 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,120 You are the holy place. And in that holy place you 102 00:07:46,120 --> 00:07:48,400 OfferUp a sacrifice of praise to God. 103 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:52,280 And you do it continually because you are now priests in 104 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:55,560 His Kingdom. You're priests in that temple, 105 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,680 which is your body where you OfferUp sacrifices of praise and 106 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:06,800 giving thanks to your God, and Satan doesn't want you to do 107 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,280 that. The enemy will fight against 108 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,080 your your praise. He he wants you to complain. 109 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,720 He wants you to grumble. He wants you angry and bitter. 110 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,200 He wants you to have an unforgiving spirit. 111 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:29,120 He wants you just to never lift a voice of praise and 112 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,360 Thanksgiving to God doesn't want you doing that. 113 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,320 Isn't it interesting that in the Old Testament that the the the 114 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:40,840 psalmist was always raising his hands in praise? 115 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:54,160 The psalmist that this way in, in Psalm 63 verse #4 so I will 116 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,560 bless you as long as I live. I will lift up my hands in your 117 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:05,480 name. I will lift up my hands in your 118 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,720 name. That is according to your 119 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:14,400 person, You're the Messiah, you're the king. 120 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:19,760 I will lift up my hands. And then the psalmist says these 121 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:25,080 words in Psalm 119. He says, I shall lift up my 122 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:31,360 hands to your commandments. So not only does a psalmist lift 123 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:39,400 up his hands to the person of God, he lifts up his hands to 124 00:09:39,400 --> 00:09:49,840 the precepts of God. And then over in in Psalm 134, 125 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:55,360 he says, behold, bless the Lord, all servants of the Lord who 126 00:09:55,360 --> 00:10:00,680 serve him by night in the House of the Lord, lift up your hands 127 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,840 to the sanctuary and bless the Lord. 128 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,400 So he lifts up his hands to the person of God. 129 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:18,800 He lifts up his hands to the place of God, and he lifts up 130 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:24,360 his hands to the precepts of God, but he can't lift up dirty 131 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:28,400 hands. They have to be clean hands. 132 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:35,480 The psalmist says in Psalm 24, verse #3 Who may ascend into the 133 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:40,600 hill of the Lord, or who may stand in his holy place? 134 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:46,800 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted 135 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:52,760 up his soul to falsehood and is not sworn deceitfully. 136 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:57,200 In the Old Testament, the the the Hebrew people would lift 137 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:02,120 their hands and praise to God, but they would only lift clean 138 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:05,760 hands because clean hands represented a pure heart. 139 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:12,520 And they would they would lift empty hands, not hands filled 140 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:13,600 with something else. Why? 141 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,040 Because their hands would be consecrated to God. 142 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,240 Not just clean hands, but consecrated hands. 143 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,880 Why? Because they're they're employed 144 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:24,160 to be used in the service of God. 145 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,480 And if my hands are holding something else, then my 146 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:30,560 employment in the service of God will be hindered. 147 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,960 So the hands are, are open, they're clean, and they're 148 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,560 consecrated to God to be used by him in any way possible. 149 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,840 And that's why they would, they would praise the place of God, 150 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,000 they would praise the person of God, they would praise the 151 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,920 precepts of God. Why? 152 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,000 Because I'm here to be used by you, O Lord. 153 00:11:50,360 --> 00:11:54,400 So the writer of Hebrews comes along and says through him, 154 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,400 through the Messiah, through the one who has fulfilled all the 155 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:02,360 the shadows that were portrayed in the Old Testament, the 156 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:07,440 substance has arrived. Let us OfferUp a a sacrifice of 157 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:13,080 of praise to him. Let us offer thanks, the fruit 158 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:17,440 of our lips, giving thanks to God for all that he has done, 159 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:22,880 praising his glorious name. That's the people of praise. 160 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,760 In fact, it's illustrated in in the book of Acts and you could 161 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:28,240 read all throughout the book of Acts. 162 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:32,600 But if you just go to Acts chapter chapter 2, it says these 163 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,280 words verse 46 day by day continue one mind in the temple 164 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,160 and breaking bread from house to house. 165 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:42,120 They were taking their meals together with gladness and 166 00:12:42,120 --> 00:12:46,600 sincerity of heart, praising God, having favor with all the 167 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,120 people, and the Lord was adding to their number day by day, 168 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:54,280 those who are being saved, that that's just a great testimony. 169 00:12:55,560 --> 00:12:58,360 God was adding to their number because they were appraising 170 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,040 people. God was adding to their number 171 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:05,160 because they were doing what they were created to do that 172 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:08,480 they were filled with praise in spite of the fact that this 173 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:12,040 Jewish community in Jerusalem would be ousted because of the 174 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:14,440 sacrifice of praise. But they didn't care. 175 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,600 That was irrelevant to them. They had recognized all that God 176 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,200 had done and they wanted to praise his glorious name. 177 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:26,240 And God says, I'm going to add to your number daily because of 178 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:29,520 your praise to me. Could it be that that we we 179 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:33,520 hinder our family coming to Christ because we're not 180 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,360 praising God as we should continually? 181 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,560 They see in us a a downcast spirit. 182 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:43,360 They see in us a bitter spirit. They see in us an angry spirit. 183 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:47,000 They see in us a complaining, grumbling, mumbling spirit. 184 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:48,360 And they're like, wow, that's just that. 185 00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:49,560 That's me. I do that. 186 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:54,680 And yet they say they they, they worship the King. 187 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,120 They say they're Christians, they say they love the Lord, but 188 00:13:58,120 --> 00:13:59,760 they don't live like they love the Lord. 189 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,440 Because if you really love him, you'll praise him and honor him 190 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:06,480 and glorify his blessed name. His praise will be continually 191 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:12,560 on your lips all the day long, which would cause your family 192 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:16,440 then to marvel as they did the Psalmist. 193 00:14:17,760 --> 00:14:22,680 Does your unsafe family marvel at the fact that you continually 194 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,080 OfferUp a praise to God no matter what the situation, no 195 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,800 matter what the circumstance, because you want to give thanks 196 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:34,880 to his glorious name? Early church, they were a people 197 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:38,160 of praise. You go to Acts chapter 3 and 198 00:14:38,160 --> 00:14:40,040 you've got the physically disabled man. 199 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:45,320 He was disabled from birth from his mother's womb. 200 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:50,720 And when Peter healed him, verse 8, with a leap, he stood upright 201 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,120 and began to walk. And he entered the temple with 202 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:56,040 them, walking and leaping and praising God. 203 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,720 And all the people saw him walking and praising God, and 204 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:04,360 they were taking note of him as being the one who used to sit at 205 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,240 the beautiful gate of the temple to beg alms. 206 00:15:07,240 --> 00:15:11,280 And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had 207 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:16,280 happened to him. Of course he would praise the 208 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,240 Lord. He'd been lame from birth. 209 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:24,760 And Peter healed him and everything changed his life. 210 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:30,040 They began to leap and to praise and honor his God. 211 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:35,360 And people wondered were filled with awe because of what God had 212 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:42,240 done. But in Acts chapter 5 it says 213 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:47,280 these words in verse 40. They took his advice, and after 214 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:51,200 calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them 215 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,120 not to speak in the name of Jesus and then release them. 216 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:58,680 So they went on their way from the presence of the council, 217 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:02,720 rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer 218 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:08,120 shame for His name again. They, they would continually 219 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,240 OfferUp a sacrifice of praise. They were told you can't speak 220 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,640 in the name of Jesus anymore. But they, they kept doing that. 221 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,440 So they flogged them. They flogged them. 222 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:23,480 That that's, that's 29 lashes on the back and 10 on the front. 223 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:28,280 They, they were cut to the quick and they were bleeding, but yet 224 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,680 they rejoiced. Why? 225 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:35,760 Because their praise was a sacrifice and they as priests in 226 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:39,720 the the Kingdom of God, wanted to OfferUp their continual 227 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,960 praise to God no matter what, because they had suffered for 228 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:47,840 his namesake. And then over in Acts chapter 229 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:50,920 16, you have Paul and Silas. They're in prison. 230 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:55,200 It says in verse 22 these words. The crowd rose up together 231 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,120 against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off 232 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:02,960 of them, and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods. 233 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,800 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into 234 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,319 the prison, commanding the jailer to to guard them 235 00:17:09,319 --> 00:17:13,520 securely, and he, having received such a command, threw 236 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:18,440 them into the inner prison and fasten their feet and stalks. 237 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:23,920 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing 238 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:30,240 hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to 239 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,320 them, and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the 240 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:38,840 foundation of the prison house were shaking, and immediately 241 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:44,160 all the doors were open and everyone's chains were 242 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:48,560 unfastened. Instead of cursing God like 243 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,760 everybody else in prison did, because they were in chains and 244 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:57,120 were beaten with rods, instead of blaspheming the name of God 245 00:17:57,120 --> 00:18:00,720 and instead of complaining that that they were in prison, they 246 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:06,880 began to pray and then sing praises to God, giving thanks to 247 00:18:06,880 --> 00:18:10,640 God, and everything changed from that standpoint. 248 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,440 Now you see that the point is this, that so many times we are 249 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,600 in the the chains of bitterness and the chains of stubbornness 250 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:21,560 and the chains of selfishness and the chains of unforgiveness. 251 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,040 Why? Because we refuse to give praise 252 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:29,440 to God and we kept keep ourselves bound by those chains 253 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:33,200 because we're unwilling to praise God for what he has done 254 00:18:33,360 --> 00:18:35,720 and what he's going to do. They had no idea that their 255 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:37,920 chains would fall off. They had no idea they'd be 256 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,480 released from prison. They had no idea that the jailer 257 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:41,840 would be saved. They had no idea. 258 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:45,680 They just knew that they had to offer continually a sacrifice of 259 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,960 praise to their God. That's the people of praise. 260 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:53,040 Those are those on the on the pathway to praise who recognize 261 00:18:53,040 --> 00:18:56,920 the fact that this is my sacrifice that I give to God 262 00:18:57,120 --> 00:19:00,840 continually, day after day, no matter the hardship, no matter 263 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,040 the pain, no matter the difficulty, no matter the 264 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:07,120 negative circumstances, I'm going to offer praise to God. 265 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:12,720 So what do you say? What do you do? 266 00:19:13,960 --> 00:19:17,080 Let me give you 6 principles that will help you understand 267 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,480 what you want to say when you give praise to God. 268 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:27,560 Here's the first one. You need to always recite His 269 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:34,440 wonderful works. You begin to praise him by 270 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:41,800 reciting His wonderful works. Listen to Psalm 145. 271 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,600 Let the let the Word of God speak for what it is. 272 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:50,000 I would extol you, Oh my God, O King, I will bless your name 273 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,080 forever and ever. Every day I will bless you. 274 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:55,520 I will praise your name forever and ever. 275 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,600 Great is the Lord and highly to be praised. 276 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:03,760 His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise your 277 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:08,640 works to another and shall declare your mighty acts. 278 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:12,280 He's going to recite the the wonderful works of God. 279 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:17,040 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty, on on your wonderful 280 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,840 works, I will meditate. Men shall speak of the power of 281 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,760 Your awesome acts, and I will tell if Your greatness. 282 00:20:24,360 --> 00:20:27,080 They will eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant 283 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:30,520 goodness, and will shout joyfully of Your righteousness. 284 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:35,240 The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and 285 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:40,240 great in loving kindness. The Lord is good to all, and His 286 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,600 mercies are over all His works. All your work shall give thanks 287 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:49,480 to you, O Lord, and your godly ones will bless you. 288 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,480 They shall speak of the glory of Your Kingdom and talk of your 289 00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:59,480 power to be known to the sons of men, Your mighty acts, and the 290 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,360 glory of the majesty of Your Kingdom. 291 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,400 Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and your dominion 292 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,160 endures throughout all generations. 293 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,720 He recites the wonderful works of God, He recites his 294 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:16,640 greatness, He recites his glory, he recites his goodness, he 295 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:21,240 recites his grace, he recites his government, and then he 296 00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:24,440 recites his generosity. He says this. 297 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:29,800 The Lord sustains all who fall, and raises up all who are bowed 298 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:34,320 down. The eyes of all look to you, and 299 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:38,440 you give them their food. In due time you open your hand 300 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:42,440 and satisfy the desire of every living thing. 301 00:21:43,360 --> 00:21:48,800 The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all his deeds. 302 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:53,920 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon 303 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,720 Him in truth, He will fulfill the desire of those who fear 304 00:21:57,720 --> 00:22:00,880 Him. He will also hear their cry and 305 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,000 will save them. The Lord keeps all who love him, 306 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,840 but all the wicked. He will destroy. 307 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:15,280 My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and all flesh will 308 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:18,200 bless His holy name forever and ever. 309 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:25,160 What a great Psalm, He says. Let me recite the works of God. 310 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:30,560 Let me recite not just His goodness and His greatness, not 311 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,720 just His government and His grace, but let me recite to you 312 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:39,160 His generosity. Because this is the God who 313 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:44,000 sustains the lowly. Here's, this is the God who 314 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:51,720 satisfies their longings. This is the God who who saves 315 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:58,920 the lost. This is the God who secures his 316 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,680 loved ones. You. 317 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,000 You praise him by reciting his wonderful works. 318 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:13,000 That's why Psalm one O 6 is such as a sad a sad Psalm because in 319 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,920 Psalm one O 6, they are continually forgetting all that 320 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:22,160 God had said and all that God had done. 321 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:27,120 It says in in Psalm one O 6 these words, they did not 322 00:23:27,120 --> 00:23:32,960 remember your abundant kindness. Verse 13, they quickly forgot 323 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:36,800 your works. They did not wait for your 324 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:41,080 counsel. Verse 21, they forgot God their 325 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:47,640 Savior, who had done great things in Egypt so easily. 326 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:53,160 We forget all the great things that God has done that that's 327 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:57,080 why you spend time reading the Psalms, recognizing that the 328 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,680 Psalms or the psalmist would recite the wonderful works of 329 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,280 God. And that's where our praise 330 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,560 begins. And once you recite the 331 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:12,520 wonderful works of God, then you respond with thankful hearts. 332 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,120 You respond with thankful hearts. 333 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,320 He was 1315. You give thanks to his name. 334 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:31,000 It says over in, in Psalm 63, Psalm 63, these beautiful words 335 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:34,840 with a psalmist said these words. 336 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:49,400 Psalm 63 verse #4 in fact, I'll begin with verse #3 because of 337 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:51,240 your loving kindness is better than life. 338 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,840 My lips will praise you so I will bless you as long as I 339 00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:56,640 live. I will lift up my hands in your 340 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,680 name. My soul is satisfied as with 341 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:04,480 Morrow and fatness, and my mouth offers praises with joyful lips. 342 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:09,960 When I remember you on my bed, I meditate on you in the night 343 00:25:09,960 --> 00:25:15,080 watches for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your 344 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:20,440 wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to you. 345 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:30,840 Your right hand upholds me Over in Psalm 100, the psalmist said 346 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:36,280 these words in verse #1 Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the 347 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,320 earth. Serve the Lord with gladness. 348 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,480 Come before him with joyful singing. 349 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,200 Know that the Lord Himself is God. 350 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,760 It is He who has made us and not we ourselves. 351 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,240 We are His people in the sheep of His pasture. 352 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,280 Enter his gates with Thanksgiving, and his courts 353 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:53,560 with praise. Give thanks to Him. 354 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:57,440 Bless his name, for the Lord is good. 355 00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,800 His loving kindness is everlasting and His faithfulness 356 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:07,640 to all generations. When you begin to recite the 357 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:12,120 wonderful works of God, there's one response, and that's to 358 00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:18,760 respond with thankful hearts, Thanking and praising God for 359 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:26,800 all that He's done #3 recognize His powerful hand. 360 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:32,960 Recognize His powerful hand. Remember back in First Samuel 361 00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:41,360 chapter 2 where Hannah would give praise to God because the 362 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:46,120 Lord had answered her prayer. The Lord had remembered her and 363 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,240 opened her womb and gave her a son. 364 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:55,720 Son's name would would be used by God in a mighty way, young 365 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,960 Samuel. But she says in verse #1 She 366 00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:02,520 prayed and said, My heart exalts in the Lord. 367 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,000 My horn or my strength is exalted in the Lord. 368 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:11,640 My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, because I rejoice in 369 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,760 your salvation. She said there is no one holy 370 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,840 like the Lord. Indeed there is no one beside 371 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:22,840 you, nor is there any rock like our God. 372 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,800 Then she says these words in verse 6. 373 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:32,240 The Lord kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol and 374 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:36,360 raises up. The Lord makes poor and rich. 375 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,800 He brings low. He also exalts. 376 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,560 He raises the poor from the dust. 377 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:46,320 He lifts the needy from the ash heap to make them sit with 378 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:48,880 nobles and inherit a seat of honor. 379 00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:53,880 For the pillars of the earth are the Lords, and He set the world 380 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,200 on them. He keeps the feet of his godly 381 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:01,800 ones, but the wicked ones are silenced in darkness, for not by 382 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:06,720 might shall a man prevail. Those who are contented with, or 383 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:10,120 those who contend with the Lord will be shattered against them. 384 00:28:10,120 --> 00:28:13,400 He will Thunder in the heavens, and the Lord would judge the 385 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,960 ends of the earth, and He will give strength to his king, and 386 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:20,360 would exalt the strength of his anointed. 387 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:25,760 Hannah recognized that God's hand was over everything, that 388 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:30,280 God. God kills and God saves. 389 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:37,520 God raises up and God puts down. God makes a man rich, God makes 390 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,800 a man poor. She recognized the mighty hand 391 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,480 of God over everything. And so when you're praising God, 392 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:46,680 you're recognizing his powerful hand. 393 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:52,160 David did the exact same thing over in Second Samuel chapter 12 394 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:58,200 after the sin with Bathsheba and the baby was born and, and, and 395 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,240 the baby was going to die. God told him the baby was going 396 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,840 to die. And David began to pray and and 397 00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:08,120 to fast. And it says in verse 18 it 398 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:12,440 happened on the 7th day that the child died. 399 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,480 Verse 19. But when David saw that his 400 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,600 servants were whispering together, David perceived that 401 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,640 the child was dead. So as David said to his 402 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,480 servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 403 00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:33,040 So David arose from the ground, washed and anointed himself, and 404 00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,720 changed his clothes. And he came into the House of 405 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:43,640 the Lord, and he worshipped, he offered a sacrifice of praise to 406 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,240 his God. Then he came to his own house, 407 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,280 and when he requested they set food before him and he ate. 408 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:54,640 The servant said to him, What is this thing that you have done 409 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,200 while the child was alive? You, you fasted and wept. 410 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,320 But when the child died, you arose and ate food. 411 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,440 And he said, while the child was still alive, I, I fasted and 412 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,240 wept. For I said, Who knows, the Lord 413 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,640 may be gracious to me that the child may live, but now that he 414 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:20,200 has died, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? 415 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,680 I will go to him, but he will not return to me. 416 00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,800 Here is David recognizing the mighty hand of God, the powerful 417 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:34,960 hand of God, and submitting to that that that strength of his 418 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,640 hand, knowing that God was in control of the life of his Son. 419 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:48,800 And when the Son died, he arose, He changed his clothes, and he 420 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,960 worshipped You. Give praise to his God. 421 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,960 Why? Because he recognized the 422 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,640 powerful hand of God. And that's what the people of 423 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,680 praise do. They recite his wonderful works, 424 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:08,360 they respond with thankful hearts, and they recognize his 425 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:13,400 powerful hand #4 here's a good one. 426 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:19,200 They radiate with cheerful giving. 427 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:27,600 They radiate with cheerful giving back. 428 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:40,440 In First Chronicles, First Chronicles chapter 29, David had 429 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:47,640 collected from the people of God and offering that would be used 430 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,480 in the building materials for the temple. 431 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:56,320 It says in verse #9 and First Chronicles 29 Then the people 432 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:00,960 rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they 433 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:04,760 made their offering to the Lord with a whole heart. 434 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:10,320 And King David also rejoiced greatly. 435 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,400 So David, bless the Lord in the sight of all the assembly. 436 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:19,240 And David said, Blessed are you, O Lord God of Israel, our Father 437 00:32:19,320 --> 00:32:22,720 forever and ever. Yours, O Lord, is the greatness 438 00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:26,680 and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, 439 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:30,080 indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth. 440 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:37,240 Yours is a dominion, O Lord, and you exalt yourself as head over 441 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:41,800 all. Both riches and honor come from 442 00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:47,560 you, and you rule over all. And in your hand is power and 443 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:52,280 might, and it lies in your hand to make great and to strengthen 444 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,960 everyone. Now, therefore, our God, we 445 00:32:55,960 --> 00:33:00,080 thank you and praise your glorious name. 446 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:06,280 David knew that the people of Israel would give willfully. 447 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:11,760 They would give liberally to the work of the Lord, and that would 448 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:16,080 bring glory and honor to God. David, recite riches and honor 449 00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:19,160 come from you. We have what we have because of 450 00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:23,480 you, and therefore we give back to you that which you've already 451 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:26,960 given to us. And they they would radiate with 452 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:32,720 cheerful giving that that's what people of praise do, that 453 00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:37,280 there's this certain cheerfulness about giving. 454 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:41,520 That's why in Second Corinthians Chapter 9, it says that the Lord 455 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:45,080 loves a a cheerful giver. Why? 456 00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:48,240 Because the Lord wants you to give willingly and freely to 457 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:53,920 him, not grudgingly, not bitterly, but because you 458 00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,400 recognize that he is the giver of all things. 459 00:33:57,000 --> 00:34:01,120 Listen, those who recognize that what they have is from the Lord 460 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:05,560 are the ones who give the most back to the Lord. 461 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:09,080 Those who do not recognize that what they have is from the Lord. 462 00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:12,199 They want to keep holding on to what they have as if they earned 463 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:15,639 it, as if they were the ones who obtained it, as if they were the 464 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:21,679 ones who worked hard for it. But it's God who makes 1 rich. 465 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:27,920 It's God who makes 1 poor. It's God who gives to man, and 466 00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:31,080 therefore the people of God. They recognize that, and they 467 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:36,560 radiate with cheerful giving because they recognize His 468 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:41,800 powerful hand, and they respond with thankful hearts because 469 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:48,679 they recite His wonderful works. Next, the people of praise 470 00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:53,159 remember his purposeful sacrifice. 471 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:59,560 They remember His purposeful sacrifice. 472 00:35:00,720 --> 00:35:04,480 This morning we're going to partake of the Lord's table, and 473 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:12,760 the Lord said, do this in remembrance of me and the people 474 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:17,720 of praise. They remember the purpose behind 475 00:35:18,040 --> 00:35:22,640 this sacrifice, that it was for their welfare, their welfare, 476 00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:27,440 their well-being, their salvation, and so they remember 477 00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:32,280 Jesus Christ. 2nd 28 The Senate of David risen from the dead, 478 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:36,400 which is my gospel. Paul said they give thanks into 479 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:42,720 God for his indescribable gift. 2nd Corinthians 9 verse #15 They 480 00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:49,280 understand, as First Corinthians 1557 says, thanks be to God who 481 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:52,280 gives us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. 482 00:35:53,920 --> 00:36:03,120 They remember His purposeful sacrifice, and #6 They rejoice 483 00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:12,000 in Worshipful Psalm. The people of praise rejoice in 484 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:18,160 Worshipful song. Psalm 69 verse #30 I will praise 485 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:27,360 the name of the Lord with Psalm. The Bible says in Psalm one O 4 486 00:36:29,040 --> 00:36:33,960 verse number 33, I will sing to the Lord as long as I live. 487 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,960 I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. 488 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,120 Let my meditation be pleasing to him. 489 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:50,800 As for me, I shall be glad in the Lord on the eve of the 490 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:58,760 crucifixion, after they had celebrated the last Passover 491 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:06,960 with the first Communion table, after our Lord had prayed His 492 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:11,040 High priestly prayer. The Bible says in Matthew 493 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:21,320 chapter 26 verse #30 after singing a hymn they went out to 494 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:27,440 the mount of all of us. So they would gather together 495 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:32,080 that one. Last night Christ would wash the 496 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,760 disciples feet. He would give them instruction 497 00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:42,640 as to what was going to happen. He would pray with them for them 498 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:49,160 and before they left the upper room they would sing a hymn. 499 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,880 The question is which hymn did they sing? 500 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,040 Well, the answer to that is that because it was Passover, they 501 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:05,280 would sing the the six songs of the Hallel, which means to 502 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:12,200 praise, and more than likely they would sing the last of the 503 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:17,840 Psalms of Hallel. Psalm 118 and Psalm 118 begins 504 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:22,640 this way. Give thanks to the Lord, for He 505 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:29,120 is good. So here was our Lord leading 506 00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:34,960 them in a final hymn of praise before he's about to be 507 00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:41,960 sacrificed on Calvary's mount. And they sing Give thanks to the 508 00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:47,280 Lord, for he is good. In fact, the last verse of that 509 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:52,440 same Psalm says Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. 510 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:59,640 But right in the middle of that, these are the words of the sixth 511 00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:05,480 song of the halal, verse 21. The stone which the builders 512 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:10,720 rejected has become the chief cornerstone. 513 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:17,120 They were singing the praise that the Messiah of the stone 514 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:22,720 would be rejected. And then it says this is the 515 00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:27,040 Lord's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. 516 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,520 What is the Lord's doing? The Lord's doing is that his Son 517 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:37,840 would be rejected. The Lord's doing is that his Son 518 00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:44,120 would be crucified. For Isaiah 53 says it pleased 519 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:52,680 the Lord to crush his Son. And then that very familiar 520 00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:58,560 verse, Psalm 119, or excuse me, Psalm 118 verse #24 this is the 521 00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:06,000 day which the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad. 522 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:11,360 What day is that? It's the day of the crucifixion. 523 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:17,600 We use that verse quite readily in the everyday conversation. 524 00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:20,960 Well, this is the day that the Lord has made, but particularly 525 00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:23,840 significantly. It speaks of one day. 526 00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:29,760 That was the day the the stone would be rejected. 527 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,520 That would be the day that was marvelous in our Lord's eyes. 528 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,360 That would be the day that the Lord has made, the day in which 529 00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:45,360 the Messiah would die. We will rejoice and be glad. 530 00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:51,920 And the Lord LED them in that last song of praise, knowing 531 00:40:52,080 --> 00:40:56,760 that he would make his way down the Kidron Valley, back up again 532 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,960 and ascend unto the Mount of Olives. 533 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:04,200 He would go there to pray. And it would be that night that 534 00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:08,400 he would be betrayed, be that night that the temple police, 535 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:12,360 the temple guards, the Sanhedrin, the Pharisees would 536 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:16,520 come to take him away to be beaten and crucified. 537 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:23,400 That you and I might be saved. That's why we rejoice and be 538 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,040 glad. Why? 539 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:27,120 Because that's the day that the Lord made. 540 00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,840 He made that day. He was delivered up by the 541 00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:36,120 predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God. 542 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:42,280 It was always the plan. And that's why, as our Lord LED 543 00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:48,040 them in a a song of praise, He would sing along with them. 544 00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:52,520 This day is marvelous in the Lord's eyes. 545 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:55,600 For this is the day that the Lord has made. 546 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:58,960 Let us rejoice and be glad. Why? 547 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:07,920 Because the Lord is good and His long-suffering, His loving 548 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:15,520 kindness is everlasting from generation to generation in the 549 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:21,360 people of praise. Praise Him by rejoicing in 550 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:25,280 worship for Saul. Let's pray together, Father. 551 00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:29,120 We thank you, Lord, for this morning and the reminder of the 552 00:42:29,120 --> 00:42:32,440 people of praise. This is who we are. 553 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,360 This is what we do. We don't forget your wonderful 554 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,240 works. We recite them, we remember 555 00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:43,440 them. We respond with a thankful 556 00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:49,280 heart. We are the ones who who radiate 557 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:55,400 with cheerful giving. We are the ones who truly 558 00:42:55,680 --> 00:43:02,800 remember your sacrifice and rejoice knowing that we have the 559 00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:09,200 benefactors of Your great grace. As you partake at the Lord's 560 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:15,320 table, help us never to forget what you did for us on Calvary's 561 00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:24,160 tree, that we might obtain eternal life in Jesus name, 562 00:43:24,880 --> 00:43:25,280 Amen.