Psalm 100

A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. 3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Introduction

When we read and interpret the Bible we should first try to understand what it meant for the original audience, then we can try to find application for today.

Have you ever wanted a “do-over”?

In Golf there is such a thing called a Mulligan

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition) Mulligan

a free shot sometimes given a golfer in informal play when the previous shot was poorly played

A new year is kind of like a mulligan

The original audience were Jews who worshipped not in a church building, or a synagogue, but at the tabernacle, and later on the temple.

Worship the Lord

A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. 2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

1. Shout for the Lord

Contrary to what has been often implied making a “joyful noise” unto the Lord, it is not singing out of tune, but with a joyful demeanor...

Spurgeon said, “The original word signifies a glad shout, such as loyal subjects give when their king appears among them.”

The Treasury of David, Volume 4: Psalms 88–110 Exposition

The original word signifies a glad shout, such as loyal subjects give when their king appears among them

The Treasury of David, Volume 4: Psalms 88–110 Exposition

Our happy God should be worshipped by a happy people

The Treasury of David, Volume 4: Psalms 88–110 Exposition

Our happy God should be worshipped by a happy people

Spurgeon also said, “Our happy God should be worshipped by a happy people”

We should have a wholesome enthusiasm for the Lord

C. H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David: , vol. 4 (London; Edinburgh; New York: Marshall Brothers, n.d.), 233.

Our enthusiasm for the Lord will show…you can’t hide it

Enthusiasm should be genuine, God sees through falseness

2. Serve the Lord

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

You serve the Lord by serving others in the name of the Lord

“..Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.”

There are rewards for serving

For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

3. Sing unto the Lord

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Come before his presence

Singing

The Lord gives us a new Song

Singing is

The Word of the Lord

Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

1. Reminds us who He is

He is God

He is the Creator

Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

2. Reminds us of who we are

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

His People - We Represent Him

His Sheep - We are dependent on Him

For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Note: Prayer reminds us who God is and who we are (it reminds us that we need Him)

Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Walking with the Lord

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Personally

1. How to Walk with the Lord

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

Gates allow or deny access

Disney’s Frozen - (Gates were closed, but when they finally opened it was exciting!)

With God the Gates are Open for us

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

A. With Thanksgiving

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

B. With Praise

The New American Commentary: Psalms 73–150 A. Call to Praise 100:4

thanksgiving for what the Lord has done flows into praise for who he is

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Corporately

2. Why we should walk with the Lord

2. Why we should walk with the Lord

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

He is good

His Goodness

Nearness is likeness

Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

A. His Mercy

How can we really describe God’s mercy, it is indescribable really…the best attempt I have seen in in Psalm 36

Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.

B. His Truth

For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

C. H. Spurgeon, The Treasury of David: , vol. 4 (London; Edinburgh; New York: Marshall Brothers, n.d.), 233.