230130 Psalm 148: Hallelujah (Praise Yahweh)!

His Name Alone Is Set On High | The Church’s Comprehensive Call To Worship (?)

Intro Romans 8.18-23 “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the anxious longing of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.”

Application

Worship with fear and trembling, clothed with personal holiness - Rev 19:1-8

Ps 96.9 “Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness; Tremble before Him, all the earth.”

Obedience and Service (This is what Creation does without fail)

Ps 33.9 “For He spoke, and it was; He commanded, and it stood.”

Ps 19.1-5 “The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And the expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard. Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.”

Remember that the reason why we worship is because He has made us in His image and saved us

Titus 3.5-6 “He saved us, not by works which we did in righteousness, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,”

Spiritual service of worship is to present our bodies sacrificially as set apart to God - this is rational and reasonable as ones who have been saved

Romans 12.1 “Therefore I exhort you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice—living, holy, and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.”

Honor the name and character of God

Ps 29.2 “Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name; Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness.”

In Spirit and truth - Legitimately, come to adore Him empowered by Him

Jn 4.23-24 ““But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. “God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.””

Nadab and Abihu

Purpose is to Praise Him, to glorify Him and do so loudly

Psalm 150:5 “Praise Him with resounding cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals.”

Tepid worship

Word Frequency Counter

Praise (13)

All (10)

Him (7)

His (7) Possession

Yahweh (4)

Yah (2)

K&D describe this as originating from the church. Later from His people (deep humiliation)

Hallelujah has within the name itself the name of the Lord - Yah

I. From The Heavens (v1-6)

Psalm 148 | 1 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! 2 Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! 3 Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! 4 Praise Him, heavens of heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! 5 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For He commanded and they were created. 6 He caused them to stand forever and ever; He gave a statute and it will never pass away.

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Fiat Creation - God as Creator - Tie in to Christ - Something out of nothing

Co 1.15-20 “Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For in Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, And in Him all things hold together. And He is the head of the body, the church; Who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. For in Him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, And through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross—through Him—whether things on earth or things in heaven.”

John 1.3 “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.”

He 1.2 “in these last days spoke to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds,”

Worship of the Name (v5) - Names describe who people or God is

I AM - Yahweh - proclaims His attributes as eternal, self-sufficient, sovereign

Ex 34.6-7 “Then Yahweh passed by in front of him and called out, “Yahweh, Yahweh God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.””

This is His Name - His self disclosure of His nature

Angels - ministering servants that continually see the face of the Lord - they protect, they watch at church

Hebrews 1.14 “Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?”

Mt 18.10 ““See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.”

1 Cor 11.10 “Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.”

How does this support my Main Point

He created the Heavens and the Earth (v5)

Genesis 1.1-2 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.”

He is over all because He made all and that is why His Name is set on High

He will be treated as holy - Le 10.3 “Then Moses said to Aaron, “It is what Yahweh spoke, saying, ‘By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be glorified.’” So Aaron kept silent.”

Heaven cannot contain Him 1 Ki 8.27 ““But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built!”

Does anything in here detract from my main point

Observation

Angels are also amongst the host of heaven

Dt 4.19 “and lest you lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which Yahweh your God has apportioned for all the peoples under the whole heaven.”

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II. From The Earth (v7-12)

7 Praise Yahweh from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; 8 Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, doing His word; 9 Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars; 10 Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and winged bird; 11 Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; 12 Both choice men as well as virgins; The old with the young.

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How does this support my Main Point

Does anything in here detract from my main point

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Habitat and Product or inhabitant

Sea Monsters and deeps

Snow and hail

Fire and smoke

Noticeable that these elements are used in judgement

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v8 Controlling all elements

Josh 10.11 “Now it happened as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, that Yahweh threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.”

v9 Creation -

Genesis 1.11 “Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them”; and it was so.”

v10 Behemoth and birds and beasts

Job 40.19 ““It is the first of the ways of God; Let its Maker bring near its sword.”

Is 43.20 ““The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the wasteland, To give drink to My chosen people.”

Worship Him

Revelation 7.9 “After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;”

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III. Praise The Name Of Yahweh (v13-14)

13 Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For His name alone is set on high; His splendor is above earth and heaven. 14 And He has raised up a horn for His people, Praise for all His holy ones; For the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise Yah!

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How does this support my Main Point

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To praise the Name of Yahweh is to praise His essence

Of particular notice is His character as

Creator

Glorious One

Savior

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v14 Horn

1 Sam 2.1 “Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in Yahweh; My horn is exalted in Yahweh; My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I am glad in Your salvation.”

Ps 75.10 “And all the horns of the wicked I will cut off, But the horns of the righteous will be raised up.”

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