Saturday, October 4, 2008
Great is our Lord and worthy to be praise!
Great Is The Lord - Majestic Creator of the Universe
by Henry Morris, Ph.D.
"For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens" (I Chronicles 16:25-26). This testimony is in the heart of a great hymn of thanksgiving (vv.7-36) composed by David when the ark of the Lord was brought back to Jerusalem. It is a testimony of the unique greatness of the God of Israel, with recurring expressions of gratitude for His deliverances and blessings. This God of Israel was no mere tribal-god or nature-god, such as Dagon, the fish-god of the Philistines from whose hands the Ark had been delivered. All such "gods" of the peoples of the earth whether wooden images in a shrine, astrological emblems in the heavens, or mental constructs of evolutionary humanistic philosophers are nothing but idols (that is, literally, "good for nothing," "vanities"). It is Jehovah God who is not only in the heavens, but who made the heavens! It is their Creator who one day will "Let the sea roar" and "the fields rejoice," when "the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because He cometh to judge the earth" (vv.32-33). As Creator and Savior, all His people are exhorted also to "show forth from day to day His salvation. Declare His glory among the heathen; His marvelous works among all nations" (vv.23-24). Because of His power, the world itself "shall be stable [that is, `permanently established'], that it be not moved" (v.30). This "God of our salvation" (v.35), and the wonderful Heavens and Earth He created, will be forever. The psalm ends with the exhortation: "O give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. . . . Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for ever and ever" (vv.34,36). Now, if Israel needed such an exhortation, our modern science-worshiping world needs it still more urgently. HMM
This article was originally published November, 2003. "Great Is The Lord", Institute for Creation Research, http://www.icr.org/article/19047/ (accessed October 04, 2008).
Monday, September 29, 2008
Great is our God - Our God is an awesome God
Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from heaven above,
With wisdom, power and love,
Our God is an awesome God!
Our God is an awesome God,
He reigns from heaven above,
With wisdom power and love,
Our God is an awesome God!
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Great is the Lord and most worthy of worship!
“The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise” (Psalm 51:17).
“If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened” (Psalm 66:18).
“He who brings thanksgiving as his sacrifice honors Me; to him who orders his way aright I will show the salvation of God!” (Psalm 50:23).
“For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: ‘I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite’ ” (Isaiah 57:15).
Jesus Himself made it clear that humility and integrity are the most important aspects of worship when He responded to the Samaritan woman’s comment about the proper place for worship (John 4:19-20).
“But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth” (John 4:23-24).
Monday, September 15, 2008
For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise!
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
Sing to the LORD, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
he is to be feared above all gods.
Psalm 96:1-4
The GOD of all creation,
The GOD of power, the GOD of love,
The GOD of our salvation. —Schutz
Saturday, September 13, 2008
How Great is our God
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God
Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God