Grateful Praise Psalm 113 Grateful Praise Psalm 113

Grateful Praise Psalm 113

Grateful Praise Psalm 113

Hallelujah (v 1) verb ‘halal’ + name ‘YH’

Hallelujah (v 1) ‘YH’ = YHWH God’s personal name Means “I am”

Hallelujah (v 1) ‘halal’ = to praise, to boast in prayer, speech, song, dance includes awe of who God is includes thanks for what God’s done

Hallelujah (v 1) similar to “worship” declaring God’s goodness and greatness to Him and to one another

Pre-req’s for Worship (v 13) ① Submission “servants/slaves of the Lord” Psalm 95: 6 Come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.

Pre-req’s for Worship (v 13) ① Submission ② Knowledge “name of the Lord” Essentials Bible Study Tozer’s “Pursuit of God”

Pre-req’s for Worship (v 13) ① Submission ② Knowledge ③ Consistency “from this time forth and forever” “from the rising of the sun to its setting”

Inspiration for Worship (v 49) God’s Greatness (v 4 -5) “high above all nations” = sovereign “glory above the heavens” = God’s power, size, majesty > the universe’s

Our Universe 93 billion light years across 80 billion galaxies

10, 000 galaxies 5, 000, 000 stars (= 5 quadrillion)

10, 000 galaxies 5, 000, 000, 000 stars 15 (5 x 10 = 5 quadrillion) (= 5 quadrillion)

Inspiration for Worship (v 49) God’s Greatness (v 4 -5) “high above all nations” = sovereign “glory above the heavens” = God’s power, size, majesty > the universe’s

Inspiration for Worship (v 49) God’s Greatness (v 4 -5) God’s Grace (v 6 -9)

Inspiration for Worship (v 49) God’s Greatness (v 4 -5) God’s Grace (v 6 -9) What’s Amazing: He’s Both!

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Great AND Gracious Psalm 113

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Just AND Justifier Romans 3: 23 -26

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Unapproachable Sovereign AND Approachable Daddy 1 Timothy 6: 15– 16. . . He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. . .

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Unapproachable Sovereign AND Approachable Daddy Romans 8: 15– 16 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Terrifyingly Glorious AND Tenderly Loving Revelation 20: 11 Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them.

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Terrifyingly Glorious AND Tenderly Loving Revelation 21: 3– 4 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them. . .

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Terrifyingly Glorious AND Tenderly Loving Revelation 21: 3– 4. . . and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away. ”

Glorious Paradox: God is both. . . Great AND Gracious Just AND Justifier Unapproachable Sovereign AND Approachable Daddy Terrifyingly Glorious AND Tenderly Loving