Psalms 113:1
Psalms 113:1 says, Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD,
praise the name of the LORD.
Psalms is a book of the Bible about praising the Lord. A very big part
of praising the Lord has to do with how you treat the name of God. Do you use
the name of God as a curse word. If you say such words
and phrases as O my god, gosh, and other similar phrases or even the name of
Jesus Christ as an expression you are far from being a person that praises the
Lord.
Why should we praise the Lord? We should
praise Him because He is the Lord. He is great and all His works are great and
done in power and majesty and mercy and truth.
Psalms 113:2-3 says, Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and
for evermore. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the
LORD'S name is to be praised.
Every hour of the day every day of the week, every month of the year
God should be praised. I dont know anyone who praises God this much. One thing
is for sure praising God is for more than just when your in a church buildling.
Psalms 113:4-5 says, The LORD is high above all nations, and his
glory above the heavens. Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high.
We should praise God because He is above all things, above nations,
above men, above kings, even above the glory of the stars in the heavens. God
is greater than all these things. There is nothing nor
no one greater than God.
Psalms 113:6 says, Who humbleth himself to
behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! Its amazing to think that God humbleth himself.
The great passage in the bible on God humbling himself is found in
Philippians 2:5-11 which says, Let this mind be in
you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it
not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being
found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death,
even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and
given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every
knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things
under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Oh yes most that are familiar with the Bible know that Jesus humbled
himself when He came to this earth and died on the cross. But consider what
Psalms 113:6 is saying when it says Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are
in heaven, and in the earth! Its true God is so high and great that to
even look upon or think about earth and mankind and the things therein He must
humble himself. God is so great to even think about the angels in heaven and
all the beauty of streets paved with gold God is humbling himself
to look thereupon. O how great God is.
Perhaps we should remember this the next
time we come to God to talk to Him in prayer. God is great and mighty and He humbleth himself to even consider you. The
great eternal being whose brilliance is brighter than the sun shinning in its strength. Is God humbling himself,
He certainly is, otherwise the glory of God would blaze upon you and you would
most certainly die from its blast.
Who humbleth himself to
behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!
Psalms 113:7-8 says, He raiseth up the poor out of the
dust, and lifteth the needy out of the
dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes
of his people. These are amazing verses and they teach us something
important about what God has planned for His children.
There are several great examples in the Bible of God raising the poor
out of the dust and setting them among princes. One example is Moses. Moses was
born a Hebrew slave and raised among the princes of
God loves to take the lowly and exalt it. God loves to do things in a
way very different from what men do. God has a great plan for all those who
trust in him.
Psalms 113:7-8 says, He raiseth up the poor out of the
dust, and lifteth the needy out of the
dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the princes
of his people.
Think of it this way man is formed of the dust of the earth. And God raiseth us up out of the dunghill of sin through the blood
of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:5-6 says, And from Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of
the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood, And hath
made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Revelation
2 Timothy
From the dust of the earth
man is created. And from the dunghills of sin God wants to lift up man through
the blood of Jesus. Those who trust in Jesus have a great destiny ahead of
them. The Christians shall reign and rule on the earth during the 1000
God is a God of justice and so it makes sense that God will let the
Christians be kings and reign on the earth. It is only justice and fair to do
after all they suffer and sacrifice and after all the good Christians have done
in the world to make the world a better place.
If you follow Jesus today it may be a lonely road, it may be a down
trodden road, it may be road of persecution and suffering with a heavy bitter
cross to bear but one day your cross will be exchanged for crown and you shall
be a king on the earth ruling with Jesus for 1000 years.
Psalms 113:9 says, He maketh
the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the LORD.
This verse is teaching that God is the life giver. Which brings us to the
subject of abortion.When a child comes into this
world it is because God has given life. How precious human life is. Do
you know how precious human life is? When a baby is in the womb it is still a
human. If you put a baby in a sac is it still a baby whether it is in or out of
a sack? Yes. If you put a baby in a container is it still a human life yes. A
baby in a womb is still a baby, a human life.
Is a baby human life at
conception? Yes it is? If it was not life it would not be growing it would be
decaying. An embro and a fetus grow because their
alive. Flesh that is not alive does not grow it decays. To say it is not life
simply is not true.
As soon as conception takes
place a human life with a soul comes into existence. How do we know that Human
life begins at conception? Well one way of looking at is from a practical
physical standpoint. Just as I already said. Something that is growing is alive, something that is decaying is not. When an embryo or
a fetus dies in the Mothers womb it starts to decay. That stands to reason
that it is alive if it is going.
Of course the most important point to look at concerning the topic of
life at conception is what the Bible says. The Bible does have some verses
dealing with this topic. Lets
look at them.
One good example of the fact that a baby in the womb is a human life
is the example of John the Baptist. The Bible says of John the Baptist in Luke
1:36 and 44,
And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her
old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
For,
lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe
leaped in my womb for joy.
We know from this story that John was about 6 months old. In some
places of the world abortions are performed past 6 months. Was John alive at 6
months yes. Was John a baby? Yes. Was John an individual and not just a mass of
flesh attached to the mother yes.
But lets go back
even farther to perhaps one of the most used passages in the Bible to argue
against abortion and for life at conception. Jeremiah 1:5 says, Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before
thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and
I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
This verse is talking about the prophet Jeremiah. It says before I
formed thee in the belly I knew Thee. The key here is to understand the word
knew. What does the word knew mean? The
Word know seems like a very simple word. But if you
look up the Hebrew usage of it you will see it is a word filled with meaning.
It means to be aware of, to consider, to think about, to discover, to feel to
declare.
This brings us to the root of the problem. Human life is more than
just the physical. God is the life giver even more than a mother and father
are. The mother and father are involved in the physical part of human life. God
is too. But God is also involved in the putting of the Spirit of man into its
body. When does human life begin? Is it at conception.
Maybe it is even before. Before I formed thee in
the belly I knew thee. God creates the soul and God puts it into the
body.
Man is created in the image of God. God is the one who gives life. God
is the one who makes the barren womb to keep house. If you take God out of the
equation then you devalue human life. How do we know and understand how to even
value human life. By knowing that we are created in the image of God and that
God is the one who gives life.
Psalms 113:9 says, He maketh
the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the LORD.
Just think about how this is phrased in the Bible. He maketh the baren woman to keep
house. To keep house. What does that mean to keep
house? Why it means the womb is the babys house. The place where the baby
lives until it has grown up enough to become more independent of its more and
able to survive in the world. To keep house. The womb
is a container, the womb is a house for the baby.
One of the greatest arguments of the liberal woman who support
abortion other than the argument that a baby in the womb is not a life is the
argument that a woman has the right to do what she wants with her body. The
truth is the woman does not have the right, neither does the man. Its not part of her body its a separate body dwelling in a
house, the womb. If you have two Siamese twins is one a life and one not, does
one have the right to decide to abort the other? No. Its almost the same thing
for a woman and a baby. The two bodies are attached by the umbilical cord. But
just because the baby is attached does not make it a lifeless mass of flesh.
A baby is not a cancer tumor to be removed a baby is a life.
O how evil is abortion. Since abortion became legal in the
People get upset about war in this country and they protest against
it. They have a right to be upset and concerned because of all the young men
that go to war and sacrifice their lifes. It is a
tragedy to see any young person cut down in the prime of life.
But what about the little babies. They dont even get 18 years. They get days weeks and months.
Remember sine 1973 Roe vs wade in the United States 50-60 million babies have
been aborted.
These are statistics I got off the internet and there pretty accurate.
Its very easy to get this
kind of information online. Now comes the big horrific
statistic. How many babies have been aborted in the World not just the
The abortion of babies is a great slaughter of innocence, a great
waste of potential in human life.
You might ask yourself the quest what does this verse in Psalms have
to do with the previous verses that we were just discussing?
Well think of it this way. If God can raise a person from the dust and give
them life and bring them out of the dunghill of sin through the grace and blood
of Jesus and make their destiny to become a king and a priest on the earth.
Then this potentional destiny is something that all
men can have even those babies that are aborted.
It is important to see the potential in men. It is important to
remember what Gods plan for mankind is. By thinking about what Gods plan for
each individual is we can have a greater value of human life. If only people
would see the potential of these poor innocent babies that are aborted if only
they would remember that God wants them to have life and freedom, to grow up
trusting in Him with the possible destiny of one day becoming a king and priest
on the earth, perhaps then they would not murder the innocent babies.
Psalms 113:9 says, He maketh
the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the LORD.
God is the life giver. This why people lie to themselves and tell
themselves that the
child in the womb is not a life because they dont want to feel guilty when
they take a life. O How great God is. How great are the things that God does.
God gives life out of the dust of the earth. God raises up the sinner form the
dunghill of sin through the grace of Jesus Christ and makes them a king on the
earth.
Jesus said suffer the little children to come unto me. The great
comfort that can be found in this horrible slaughter of innocent life that we
call abortion, the great comfort we find is that little babies go to heaven.
Heaven will be filled little children and laughter and the voices of their
praise to God.
If you
have never turned from your sins to Jesus you can do so today. He can raise you
out of the dunghill of sin. Jesus can teach you how to value human life and how
to live life to fullest the way it was meant to be lived. Today is the day of
opportunity. For God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son.
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