Psalm, Chapter 95
Praise to the Lord, and Warning against Unbelief.
95 O come, let us sing for joy to the Lord,
Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
- The title of this message contains two messages
o Praise to the Lord (this is 1st and most important)
o And Warning against Unbelief (this is 2nd but still important)
o God want us to Praise Him (don’t forget this)
o God wants to warn us against unbelief (don’t forget this either)
2 Let us come before His presence with [a]thanksgiving,
Let us shout joyfully to Him with [b]psalms.
- Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving
o Thanking Him for giving us grace & mercy
o Thanking Him for giving us salvation
o Thanking Him for being a Loving Father & God
o Thanking Him for hearing our prayers
o Thanking Him in advance for answering our prayers!
- Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms
o Does your joy rise to the level of a shout or is it a slight wimper
o When you praise Him it should be JOYFULL & LOUD
o When you praise Him it should include psalms (repeating His word; His promises!)
o Thank Him that His word is true and applies today as it did yesterday & forever!
3 For the Lord is a great God
And a great King above all gods,
4 In whose hand are the depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are His also.
- For the Lord is a great God And a great King above all gods
o This is a declaration of who He is (there is none like Him)
o He is the One True Almighty, All powerful, Omniscient, Ever Present God
- In whose hand are the depths of the earth
o Imagine Him scooping down His hand to the bottom of the Ocean?
o Imagine Him scooping down His hand to center of the Earth?
o This speaks of the power in His hand (consider the power & love)
- The peaks of the mountains are His also
o Consider the from the depths of the earth to the highest peaks of mountains
o The mountains speak of His majesty, size, power, strength, awesomeness
5 [c]The sea is His, for it was He who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.
- Imagine owning the Ocean
- Imagine if you had the power to make it
- Imagine using your hands to gather up the dry land like clay
6 Come, let us worship and bow down,
Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
- Come (in light of what you just learned about Him)
- Let us worship and bow down
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