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For the Chief Musician. A song. A Psalm.
66:1 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
66:2 Sing to the glory of his name! Offer glory and praise!
66:3 Tell God, “How awesome are your deeds! Through the greatness of your power, your enemies submit themselves to you.
66:4 All the earth will worship you, and will sing to you; they will sing to your name.”
Matthew 7v21-29 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’ Then I will tell them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.’ Everyone therefore who hears these words of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on a rock. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock. Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell-and great was its fall.”
It happened, when Jesus had finished saying these things, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
A Radical Choice
Up until now, Jesus has been issuing instructions. It is here, therefore, that He issues the 2 choices we face when having heard His words~ He concludes his sermon with a heart-wrenching application. Last week we heard about false prophets, and this week false professors, from unsound teachers to unsound hearers. Jesus confronts us with himself, sets before us the choice between obeying his words and disobeying them. He then proceeds to call us to firm commitment of mind, will & life to himself and his teaching. In v21-23, he warns us of mere spoken profession, and in vs. 24-27 of a mere intellectual knowledge without any practical knowledge. Each one of these, is a substitute for the obedience that Jesus asks for.
These final two passages, are very similar. Both contrast the right & wrong responses to Jesus & his teaching. Both show a definite decision must be made; and that nothing replaces an active, practical obedience. The only difference between the passages, is that the first is to people who only say they are Christians and the second is to people who only have an intellectual acceptance of Jesus and his teachings.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
65:1 Praise waits for you, God, in Zion.
To you shall vows be performed.
65:2 You who hear prayer,
to you all men will come.
65:3 Sins overwhelmed me,
but you atoned for our transgressions.
65:4 Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near,
that he may live in your courts.
We will be filled with the goodness of your house,
your holy temple.
65:5 By awesome deeds of righteousness, you answer us,
God of our salvation.
You who are the hope of all the ends of the earth,
of those who are far away on the sea;
65:6 Who by his power forms the mountains,
having armed yourself with strength;
65:7 who stills the roaring of the seas,
the roaring of their waves,
and the turmoil of the nations.
65:8 They also who dwell in faraway places are afraid at your wonders.
You call the morning’s dawn and the evening with songs of joy.
65:9 You visit the earth, and water it.
You greatly enrich it.
The river of God is full of water.
You provide them grain, for so you have ordained it.
65:10 You drench its furrows.
You level its ridges.
You soften it with showers.
You bless it with a crop.
65:11 You crown the year with your bounty.
Your carts overflow with abundance.
65:12 The wilderness grasslands overflow.
The hills are clothed with gladness.
65:13 The pastures are covered with flocks.
The valleys also are clothed with grain.
They shout for joy!
They also sing.
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We come tonight to a very interesting passage of Scripture. From Chapter 2 to 7, we have had a wide angled panoramic view, and now from Chapter 8 to 12 we zoom in on specific areas which were previously covered in Chapters 2 to 7. In Chapter 7, we have seen that the prophet Daniel had a dream of 4 animals, which were a winged lion, a bear, a winged leopard and a beast. So let us read together Daniel 8.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
64:1 Hear my voice, God, in my complaint. Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
64:2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
64:3 who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
64:4 to shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
64:5 They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”
64:6 They plot injustice, saying, “We have made a perfect plan!” Surely man’s mind and heart are cunning.
64:7 But God will shoot at them. They will be suddenly struck down with an arrow.
64:8 Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
64:9 All mankind shall be afraid. They shall declare the work of God, and shall wisely ponder what he has done.
64:10 The righteous shall be glad in Yahweh, and shall take refuge in him. All the upright in heart shall praise him!
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