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God Is To Be Praised
(Ex15:11; Rm9:5)
He dwells in praises (Ps22:3) and
He is worthy to be praised for there is no one like Him in being, attributes, works etc and
Those who lift up His name He also lifts up (Ps91:14).
Faith is setting one’s heart to praise God (Ps108:1) and
The life of this faith is to give the sacrifice of praise to God for all one’s life (Ps146:2; He13:15).
Praise is the act of lifting God up, for which all things were made.
However, there was a rebellion in the spiritual heaven:
An archangel made to praise became proud (Eze28:12-18) and
Attempted to ascend the throne, the place to receive praise — he is Satan.
God did not spare him but contained him until the great day of judgment (2Pe2:4; Jude1:6),
In Hades, the lowest point, the darkness, the universe (Is14:11-15; Ob1:2-4).
Adam, the ancestor of all men, fell into the deceit of the devil, Satan, to be like God and
Ate the forbidden fruit (Ge2:17, 3:4-6), and as a result
All men became slaves of the devil, bound to follow him to hell (Mt25:41; 2Pe2:19).
Through God’s signs the Israelites who had been slaves in Egypt were delivered and
Walked through the sea on dry grounds and as soon as they set their feet on the land,
Praise burst out of their mouths (Ex15:1-11; Ps126:2).
The Bible records through the history of Israel the praise of God:
1) Object: God, the name Jehovah, the King etc (Ps66:2, 47:6);
2) Content: a. His attributes — His greatness, righteousness, faithfulness, mercy, justice etc
b. His works — creation, saving Israel, wonders etc (Ex18:10; Ps89:5).
3) Method: voice, lips, claps, dancing, all instruments, psalms (2Ch30:21; Ps98:5, 150);
4) Time: all life, from morning until night, always;
5) Place: wherever, especially centered around the temple;
6) Who: all created things — angels, the sun, the moon, the stars, the seas, everything that has breath (Ps148:1-5);
7) Practical result: the bonds of wickedness are loosed, saved from the fall (1Ch20:17-22).
David was the most successful one in giving praise for
Before Jehovah, he humbled and humiliated himself and
Praised Jehovah who appointed such a lowly man to be a ruler (2Sa6:14-22).
Thus he was blessed to minister before the ark,
Extol, thank and praise always for 40 years inside the tent (1Ch16:4).
The Temple of Jerusalem was where
“Jehovah = the praise of Israel = the God of Israel” (Dt10:21) was.
So the Jewish leaders were astonished
When Yeshua said, “Destroy the temple and I will raise it again in three days,”
But through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would let not only the people of Israel but also all peoples, their souls (Rm15:11)
Praise not the name Jehovah but the Father’s name Yeshua (Jn5:43).
During His public life He healed the sick and let them praise God (Lk18:43)
But because He acknowledged that He is the Son of the One to be praised,
He was passed over to death (Mk14:61-64).
As He died, He said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Though the very nature God, equal to God, humbled himself obedient to death and exalted the Father, praised the Father (Php2:6-11);
2) Judged the devil who attempted to lift himself up (Is14:12-15; Eze28:12-18; 2Pe2:4); and
3) In the beginning — the Word — the God to be praised — became flesh (Jn1:1, 14)
His death / lowered Himself — exalted the Father — redeemed all men
His blood / grace — the forgiveness of sins — to praise the glory of His grace (Eph1:3-12).
He resurrected, ascended to heaven and sat on the throne.
Thousands of thousand angels in heaven and those who received grace on earth lift up praises
To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb for ever and ever (Rev5:13, 7:12).
The Holy Spirit comes to the church where
Those who know grace praise the glory of His grace in the assembly (He2:12) and
Lets them offer a sacrifice of praise (He13:15; Rev2:12).
The Christian praises with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs (Eph5:19) for
His great works, that is, creation and the grace of His redemption, in tears, in loud voice, and
Chains come undone (Ac16:25-26) and he never falters in life for he always praises (Ps42:5) for
When Yeshua Christ returns he longs to be lifted up high and be taken up into heaven.
O Lord,
He’s the name above all names, You are worthy of all praise,
My heart will sing how great is our God!
Lord, You become bigger and bigger
I become smaller and smaller, my problems become smaller and smaller…
O Lord, in that day, let not even one of us remain on earth! Amen.