Psalms 100:3. Know ye that the LORD he is God:
One says, "Man, know thyself," and another says, "The proper study of mankind is man." Not so; man, know thy God; the proper study of mankind is God. He who knows God knows himself; that is, he knows himself to be nothing. "Know ye that Jehovah, he is God." There is but one God, it is the same God in the Old Testament as in the New, Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Psalms 100:3. It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
Note the negative, as if to deny that we had any hand in our own making, and this is also worthy of notice spiritually. It is the Lord who hath made us Christians, and not we ourselves; he has created us in Christ Jesus. There are some who lay such stress upon the human will, and I know not what besides in man, that it is necessary to put in the negative as well as the positive: "It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves."
Psalms 100:3. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Praise him, then. Praise him because he is your Maker; praise him more sweetly because he is your Shepherd. If we are his people, here is his electing love, here is his effectual calling, here is the grace of his Spirit that made us so. "We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." He leads us, he feeds us, he protects us, he has bought us with his precious blood. Truly, this is good reason why we should make a joyful noise unto God, and serve him with gladness: "We are his people and the sheep of his pasture." Are you his people? O my dear hearer, ask thyself, art thou one of the sheep of his pasture?
Psalms 100:3. Know ye that the LORD he is God:
One says, "Man, know thyself," and another says, "The proper study of mankind is man." Not so; man, know thy God; the proper study of mankind is God. He who knows God knows himself; that is, he knows himself to be nothing. "Know ye that Jehovah, he is God." There is but one God, it is the same God in the Old Testament as in the New, Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God and Father of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
Psalms 100:3. It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
Note the negative, as if to deny that we had any hand in our own making, and this is also worthy of notice spiritually. It is the Lord who hath made us Christians, and not we ourselves; he has created us in Christ Jesus. There are some who lay such stress upon the human will, and I know not what besides in man, that it is necessary to put in the negative as well as the positive: "It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves."
Psalms 100:3. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Praise him, then. Praise him because he is your Maker; praise him more sweetly because he is your Shepherd. If we are his people, here is his electing love, here is his effectual calling, here is the grace of his Spirit that made us so. "We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture." He leads us, he feeds us, he protects us, he has bought us with his precious blood. Truly, this is good reason why we should make a joyful noise unto God, and serve him with gladness: "We are his people and the sheep of his pasture." Are you his people? O my dear hearer, ask thyself, art thou one of the sheep of his pasture?