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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 100:1-5

Psalms 100:1-5Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.WorshipWorship is at once the duty of all duties, the service of all services, the joy of all joys.I. It is founded on knowledge (verse 3).1. A knowledge of what God is in Himself--the absolutely good.2. A knowledge of what God is in His relations.(1) Our Maker.(2) Our Owner.(3) Our Preserver.II. It is developed in service. This should be--1. Gladsome (verse 2).2. Thankful (verse 4).3. Demonstrative.“With praise.” True worship does... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 100:2

Psalms 100:2Serve the Lord with gladness. Glad serviceI. There are essentials which God and our own nature require in order to render spiritual service with gladness.1. There must be reconciliation with God through faith in Christ.2. There must be love to God as the motive (Galatians 5:6).3. We must take God’s will as our rule in the service.4. We must serve Him in hope of success and reward.II. The reasons there are why we should serve the Lord with gladness.1. Because of our indebtedness to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 100:3-5

Psalms 100:3-5Know ye that the Lord He is God. The claims of God“Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever.” There is a vast amount both of theology and philosophy in that simple answer, which our old divines have put into the mouth of a child. Were we to-day what we should be, it would be our element to love, to serve, to adore our God, and we should not need ministers to stir us to our pleasurable duty or remind us of Jehovah’s claims.I. Thy claims of God, on what are they... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 100:4

Psalms 100:4Enter into His gates with thanksgiving. ThankfulnessThankfulness denotes a composite emotion, whose elements are joy for a gift, and love for the giver. It differs from gratitude, not essentially, but only in form; the one being necessarily a feeling only, the other that feeling both existent and expressed.I. The hindrances which practically interfere with this great moral and Christian duty.1. The habit of looking too much at other people, and too little at ourselves. If the poor... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 100:1

Psalms 100:1 « A Psalm of praise. » Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. A Psalm of praise ] Suavis et gravis, short and sweet; appointed, likely, to be sung at the thank offerings, quando pacifica erant offerenda, say the Italian and Spanish annotators. See Psalms 100:4 . Enter with thanksgiving, or with thank sacrifice, Leviticus 7:12 . Ver. 1. All ye lands ] Both Jews and Gentiles, Romans 15:10-11 , for your common salvation. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 100:2

Psa 100:2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Ver. 2. Serve the Lord with gladness ] The Cabbalists have a proverb, The Holy Ghost singeth not but out of a glad heart. Cheerfulness is much called for in both Testaments, God loveth a cheerful server. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 100:3

Psa 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Ver. 3. Know ye that the Lord he is God ] Be convinced of it, ye heathens, whose fantasies have forged false gods; and ye Jews, acknowledge the true God to be Three in one, and One in three. It is he that hath made us ] And newly made us; "for we are his workmanship" (a second time) "created in Christ Jesus unto good works," Ephesians 2:10 . The... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 100:4

Psa 100:4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name. Ver. 4. Enter into his gates, &c. ] As sheep into his sheepfolds, frequent his public ordinances, wait at the posts of the gates of wisdom; there, as at a heavenly exchange, the smuts present duty, and God confers mercy. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 100:1

praise: or, thanksgiving Make: Psalms 32:11, Psalms 47:1, Psalms 47:5, Psalms 66:1, Psalms 66:4, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 95:2, Psalms 98:4, Isaiah 24:14-Nehemiah :, Isaiah 42:10-2 Kings :, Zephaniah 3:14, Luke 19:37 all ye lands: Heb. all the earth, Psalms 67:4, Psalms 68:32, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 117:2, Deuteronomy 32:43, Zechariah 14:9, Romans 15:10 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:12 - And ye Deuteronomy 26:11 - rejoice Deuteronomy 27:7 - rejoice 1 Kings 8:66 - joyful 1 Chronicles 15:16 - lifting... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 100:2

Serve: Psalms 63:4, Psalms 63:5, Psalms 71:23, Psalms 107:21, Psalms 107:22, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 16:11, Deuteronomy 16:14, Deuteronomy 28:47, 1 Kings 8:66, Acts 2:46, Acts 2:47, Philippians 4:4 come: Psalms 42:4, Psalms 95:2, 2 Chronicles 20:27, 2 Chronicles 20:28, 2 Chronicles 31:2 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 26:11 - rejoice Deuteronomy 27:7 - rejoice 1 Chronicles 15:25 - with joy 1 Chronicles 16:28 - ye kindreds 2 Chronicles 5:13 - as one 2 Chronicles 7:10 - glad 2 Chronicles 29:30... read more

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