Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

"We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture."




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May 27, 2019.

"We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." Ps 100:3b

I was blessed to be refreshed with the truths stated in this wonderful Psalm.

Consider the seven-fold reasonable duties matched by the grand seven-fold incredible basis.

1¶[[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.

The Psalmist exhorts God's people unto so many blessed and delightful duties befitting the saints of the LORD, in all the earth:
1. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD.
2. Serve the LORD with gladness.
3. Come before His presence with singing.
4. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving.
5. Enter into his courts with praise.
6. Be thankful unto him.
7 Bless His name.

The Psalmist reminds the ground of these reasonable duties urged upon the people of the LORD

1. Know ye that the LORD he is God:
- since the LORD is God, He deserves and is worthy of all those acts of worship from us.

2. It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves:
- since we are His creatures, those acts of worship are justly due to the Creator.

3. We are his people:
- He has redeemed and made us His covenant people; we are people of the covenant-keeping LORD.
- O, all those acts of worship are justly and properly due to our redeemer LORD.

4. We are the sheep of his pasture.
- consider His tender loving care for His redeemed people. We are likened to sheep, placed in His own pasture, under the watchful eyes of His Shepherd.
- Surely all those acts of worship are reasonable expectations for such gracious and loving care.

5 For the LORD is good:
- Amen, divine goodness deserves to be reciprocated to cheerful gratitude of service, rendering those acts of worship due Him.

6. His mercy is everlasting:
- Every moment of divine mercy calls for the joyful rendering of these acts of worship.
- Divine mercy spares us to glorify the LORD our God. Man's chief is to glorify God and to enjoy Him through those acts of worship.
- Everlasting means it lasts to the end of time. There is no more need of mercy after the general resurrection and glorification.

7. His truth endureth to all generations.
- His truth remains the same to all generations, even to the end of the last and final generation when time shall be no more.
- Since the truth that dictates the ground for our duties remains unchanged, our good and reasonable duties remain to the end of time, when we shall be ushered into our glorious and eternal inheritance.

O, the blessed truth set before us. May the LORD our God stir up our heart and mind to out just and reasonable duties. Amen.

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