Sermon Tone Analysis

| *Heavenly Hallelujahs \\ (Revelation 19:1–10)* |

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1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 2 For true and righteous/ are/ his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

3 And again they said, Alleluia.

And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and whitea: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed/ are/ they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.

And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him.

And he said unto me, See/ thou do it/ not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

*” *(19:1–10)

 

Intro.

The Bible lists many reasons for giving thanks to God.

§       *He is to be praised first of all for all the perfections of His glorious being*.

“/Through Him then,” urged the writer of Hebrews, “let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name”/ (Heb.

13:15; cf. 2 Sam.

22:50; Pss.

7:17; 44:8; 122:4; 140:13).

1.        *One of the perfections God is to be praised for is His holiness*.

In Psalm 30:4 David declared, “/Sing praise to the Lord, you His godly ones, and give thanks to His holy name”/ (cf. 1 Chron.

16:35; Pss.

97:12; 106:47).

2.       God is also to be praised for His mercy.

Concluding a psalm in which God’s lovingkindness is praised in every verse, Psalm 136:26 commands, /“Give thanks to the God of heaven, for His lovingkindness is everlasting”/ (cf. 1 Chron.

16:41; 2 Chron.

20:21; Pss.

107:8, 15, 21, 31; 118:1, 29; Jer.

33:11).

3.        Scripture also extols God’s goodness: “/Praise the Lord!”/ cried the psalmist, “/Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good”/ (Ps.

106:1; cf. 1 Chron.

16:34; Ezra 3:11; Pss.

54:6; 107:1).

4.       The comforting knowledge of God’s nearness caused the psalmist to exclaim, “/We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks, for Your name is near”/ (Ps.

75:1).

§         God is to be praised not only for His attributes, but also for His mighty works.

1.        Isaiah wrote, /“O Lord, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; for You have worked wonders”/ (Isa.

25:1; cf. 1 Chron.

16:9; Pss.

9:1; 26:7; 89:5; 105:2; 107:8, 15, 21, 31).

2.       Chief among those works are creation (Ps.

139:14; Rev. 4:11) and salvation (1 Sam.

2:1; Pss.

9:14; 13:5; 35:9; Acts 11:21–23; 16:34; Rom.

6:17; 2 Thess.

2:13).

3.        The many rich blessings God bestows on His people also call forth praise, chief of which is the gift of His Son.

That matchless gift caused Paul to exclaim, “/Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!”/ (2 Cor.

9:15; cf.

Isa.

9:6; Luke 2:38; John 3:16).

4.       Paul also praised God for his deliverance from…

a.           indwelling sin (Rom.

7:23–25),

b.          believers’ triumph over death and the grave (1 Cor.

15:57),

c.

And the triumph of the gospel (2 Cor.

2:14; 4:15).

d.

His call to the ministry (1 Tim.

1:12),

e.          the faith exhibited by others (Rom.

1:8; 2 Thess.

1:3),

f.

And the grace God poured out on believers (1 Cor.

1:4) also caused Paul to be thankful.

g.