When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you must worship Him in truth with gladness and joy, praise Him, and be thankful to Him.
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When David wrote Psalm 100, he wrote it not only for God’s people, the Israelites, but also for us today who believe by faith in Jesus Christ. To praise the Lord, to serve, and to worship Him, the living God.
When you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, you must worship Him in truth with gladness and joy, praise Him, and be thankful in Him. The moment you accepted Him, you became the sons of God. The Bible says in John chapter 1, verse 12
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:”
1. Make a joyful noise.
1. Make a joyful noise.
- Verse 1 “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, All ye lands.”
- Hebrew chapter 2 verse 12 “Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.”
2. Serve the LORD.
- Verse 2, “Serve the LORD with (what?) gladness, come before his presence with singing.”
- Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher
of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” - Luke chapter 10 verse 21 “In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth…”
- Mark chapter 14 verse 26 “And when they had –what?—sung a hymn…”
3. Know that He is God.
- verse 3, “Know ye that the LORD is… ”
a. He is God.
John chapter 1 verse 1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”
John chapter 1 verse 14 “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”
John chapter 10 verse 18 “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”
John chapter 8 verse 58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily verily I say unto youBefore I Abraham was I am.”
John chapter 8 verse 56 "Your Father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”
John chapter 1 verse 14 “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.”
John chapter 10 verse 18 “No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.”
John chapter 8 verse 58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily verily I say unto youBefore I Abraham was I am.”
John chapter 8 verse 56 "Your Father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”
b. He made us.
In verse 3, “It is he that hath –what?—made us, and not we ourselves.”
Genesis 1 verse 26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.”
John chapter 1 verse 2 “The same was in the beginning with God. All
things were made by him. (that is Jesus); and listen again-- without him was not anything made that was made.”
Colossians chapter 1 verse 16 “For by Him (Jesus Christ) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth.”
c. We belong to Him.
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 2 “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
In verse 3 “… we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
John chapter 10 verse 27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
John chapter 10, verse 11 “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”
John chapter 14 verse 6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
4. We must praise Him.
In verse 4 “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”
In verse 5 “For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting.”
Romans chapter 8, verses 38 to 39 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Genesis chapter 1 verse 1, "In the beginning..."
Revelation chapter 1 verse 8 “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending”
Colossians chapter 1 verse 16 “For by Him (Jesus Christ) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth.”
c. We belong to Him.
Ephesians chapter 2 verse 2 “Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:”
In verse 3 “… we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.”
John chapter 10 verse 27 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.”
John chapter 10, verse 11 “I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”
John chapter 14 verse 6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
4. We must praise Him.
In verse 4 “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.”
In verse 5 “For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting.”
Romans chapter 8, verses 38 to 39 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Genesis chapter 1 verse 1, "In the beginning..."
Revelation chapter 1 verse 8 “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending”