Bragging on God

Do you like music?

Do you like to sing?

Listen to music or singing?

most people, even if they have “tin ears” or can’t sing or play an instrument enjoy music to some degree.

Music shapes the films we watch. Music sets to tone for the programs we watch. Music is part of the worship service in a church and music is part of the Christian life.

Because the way the Hebrew language is written, Hannah’s prayer is a song. Perhaps she said it or sung it out loud in the Tabernacle at Shiloh when her son, Samuel was dedicated to the service of the Lord.

Her “Song” is a good example of how we can brag on God.

Bragging, boasting, touting

Brag on God a Little Bit Each Day.

Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 2 Hannah’s Prayer (2:1–11)

As a general metaphor, one’s horn represents one’s strength, pride, and security. Hannah clearly understands Psalm 75:10, that the Lord is the One who exalts the horn of the righteous but cuts off the horn of the wicked. Thus, she rejoices in the Lord that her “horn is lifted high”—an expression that may sometimes refer to having posterity.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible Chapter 2

Hannah prayed, and said—Praise and prayer are inseparably conjoined in Scripture (Col 4:2; 1 Ti 2:1). This beautiful song was her tribute of thanks for the divine goodness in answering her petition.

Who was Hannah’s Enemy? Her husbands other wife, Peninnah. Her mouth can now open wide and not flaunt or boast in self, but praise God for answering her prayer! She is bragging on God!

Be Successful 3. God Receives Praise and Worship. (1 Sam. 2:1–11)

“I rejoice in thy salvation” suggests more than Hannah’s being delivered from barrenness. Hannah sees this miracle as the beginning of new victory for Israel who time after time had been invaded, defeated, and abused by their enemies (Judg. 2:10–23). But the word “salvation” is yeshua—Joshua—one of the names of the promised Messiah. King David would be God’s yeshua to deliver Israel from her enemies, and Jesus, the Son of David, would be God’s yeshua to deliver all people from the bondage of sin and death.

It's OK to Brag on God!

Interestingly, Hannah reveals 3 prophecies in her song:

Deliverance of the People from Oppression. 1. “Salvation is Jeshuah”

Resurrection of believers. 6

A Future King in Isreal. 10. Isreal is not a kingdom yet because it has no king. Her son would be the one to anoint the first 2 kings.

God is Holy. 2

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary Holy One

HOLY ONE [Heb qādôš (קָדֹושׁ)]. A title used in the Hebrew Bible for God. The most frequent use of the title is in the book of Isaiah, where the phrase occurs thirty times as a reference to Yahweh. The term appears also in the writings of some of the other prophets (Hosea, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Habakkuk), in the book of Psalms, and in Job. To speak of God as “the Holy One” is to emphasize God’s separateness, God’s otherness, God’s mystery. This idea is expressed in Hos 11:9 when Yahweh says, “I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst.” Likewise, Deutero-Isaiah reports the words of “Yahweh your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,” who says, “My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” (Isa 55:8). In the NT, Jesus is called the Holy One (Gk hagios, Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34; John 6:69; Acts 3:14; Rev 3:7; cf. 1 John 2:20 where “the Holy One” could be God or Jesus).

God is All-Knowing. 3

Today's Best Illustrations, Volumes 1-4 Be Holy, Not Omniscient

Be Holy, Not Omniscient

God asks us to be holy, not omniscient.

—Erik Johnson, Leadership, Vol. 15, no. 1.

We want to know. We want to know the conspiracy theories about the government, or covid, or - you name it. Christians do not have “Secret knowledge. The gnostics were always looking for new, secret information to claim superiority. We have a time tested knowledge of love and redemption found in Jesus.

God knows everything- we don’t. We know what He has clearly revealed to us in His Word.

Ecclesiastes 12:14 AV

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

God is All-Powerful. 4-8

1 Corinthians 2:5 AV

That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

God is Judge. 9-10

2 Peter 2:9 AV

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

2 Peter 3:7 AV

But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

It's OK to Brag on God!

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