Psalms 50:1
“God Hath Shined”
Psalms 50:1-3 says, “The mighty God,
even the LORD hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto
the going down thereof. Out of
The mighty God, even the LORD hath
spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down
thereof. God is Almighty there is none more powerful because the lord Jesus
Christ is the all powerful mighty God. This means that with God all things are
possible.
In mentioning the mighty God what is
said is that God has spoken and called the earth. What does it mean to call the
earth? It is much the same as God calling a person to something. God is the
Creator and God created this earth. He set a purpose, a plan, a function for
this planet and 24 hours a day from the rising of the sun unto the going down
thereof the earth spins around the sun proving a home for man. That is the
purpose of the earth a place for man to live and dwell in this vast universe of
uninhabitable planets. God has called the earth.
God has also called man. The
difference is the earth does exactly what God has called it to do man does not.
Man has sinned and rebelled against God. Has God called you?
Acts 17:28-31 says, “For in Him we live, and move, and have
our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his
offspring. Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think
that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and
man’s device. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth
all men everywhere to repent: Because He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that
man whom He hath ordained; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in
that He hath raised Him from the dead.”
It is a great and gracious thing to be
called of God. Called unto eternal life and called unto forgiveness of sins.
Many are called but few are chosen Jesus said.
God reaches out and calls all men with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Psalms 50:2 says that, “God hath
shinned.” To shine means to shew forth. Out of Zion God hath shinned. In
other words the truth about God was revealed when Jesus came to this earth and
spent 33 years 3 of years publicly teaching the word of God and then Jesus died
on a cross for your sins and min. God hath shinned; He hath shinned on the
cross of Calvary.
Psalms 50:3 says, “Our God shall
come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before Him, and it shall
be very tempestuous round about him.” Fire speaks of judgment. Notice that
concerning judgment it says God shall not keep silence. When the innocent and
sinless Jesus was on this earth and stood accused of crimes he had not
committed he kept silent. But when Christ returns he will not keep silent but
will return in judgment of this world.
Notice the order of things mentioned
here in Psalms 50:1-3: God spake, God shinned, God shall come. This reveals God
is in control. God has a plan and that plan is coming to pass exactly has God
has intended for it to do. God planned out the creation of the world, God
planned out Jesus coming born of a virgin to die on the cross for the sins of
man, and God has planned out the return of Christ and the judgment that will
accompany it.
The great events of human history always centre around God and what God is doing. The next great event of
human history will not be men landing on mars or some other fantastic feat but
the next great event of human history is the return of Christ. God shall come,
and shall not keep silent.
The rest of Psalms 50 focuses on the judgment of
God. Psalms 50:4-5 says,
“He
shall call to the heavens, from above, and to the earth, that he may judge His
people. Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with
me by sacrifice.”
In talking about judgment the first
thing mentioned is the judgment of the believers. Yes unbelievers will be
judged for their sins and believers will be judged too. 2 Corinthians 5:10
says, “For we must all appear before
the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his
body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
God shall come and shall not keep silent. The next great event in
human history is Christ’s return. Christ comes quickly. Now God hath shinned in
sending His only begotten son to defeat the power of the grave and God hath
called just as surely as God hath called the earth God hath called you to turn
from your sins unto life eternal by faith in the name of Jesus Christ.
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