Psalm, Chapter 97
The Lord’s Power and Dominion.
97 The Lord [a]reigns, let the earth rejoice;
Let the many [b]islands be glad.
- The title of this message is The Lords Power and Dominion
- This is about The Lords Power
o The Power to create
o The Power to give life
o The Power to grow
o The Power to bless
o The Power to correct
o The Power to Judge
o The Power to punish
o The Power to destroy
o God’s Power is complete
- And Dominion
o This means He is in complete control of all (it is His)
- The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice
o If you know the Lord is a loving God and He reigns it causes you to rejoice
o Thank God evil does not reign
o The entire earth should be rejoicing (acting with thanksgiving & praise)
- Let the many islands be glad
o Islands seem like their alone
o Islands get beat against wave after wave
o Christians are not meant to be alone (no such thing as a Island Christian)
o The islands are glad because they know God’s power sustains them
§ Waves won’t wear them out
§ The power of the ocean is not stronger than God
§ So too, we should be glad that God won’t let the waves of life wear us out
2 Clouds and thick darkness surround Him;
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
- Clouds and thick darkness surround Him
o If it didn’t we could not handle His glory
o It seems like perfect conditions to birth lightening
- Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne
o Righteousness is doing what is right all the time
o Justice rewards good behavior and punishes evil behavior; therefore, its just
o These are the foundations of His throne (that which is His house is built upon)
3 Fire goes before Him
And burns up His adversaries round about.
- Fire goes before Him
o Fire consumes everything it touches unless its pure (without fodder)
o This speaks of instant testing, judgement and destruction of the impure
- And burns up His adversaries round about
o Consumes His adversaries (those against Jesus Christ)
4 His lightnings lit up the world;
The earth saw and trembled.
- His lightnings
o Light which emanates from Him
o Lit up the world (not just a local area; the world!)
- The earth saw and trembled
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