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Introduction:

The Weightlessness Of God: Practical Atheism

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“On Practical Atheism,” Stephen Charnock wrote: “That the title of ἄθεοι [atheists] doth not only belong to those who deny the existence of God…but it belongs also to those who give not that worship to God which is due to him, who worship many gods, or who worship one God in a false and superstitious manner, when they have not right conceptions of God, nor intend an adoration of him according to the excellency of his nature.”

I take this phrase “the weightlessness of God” from David Wells’ book God in the Wasteland.

Wells says this: [God] rests upon the world so inconsequentially as not to be noticeable.

He has lost his saliency(the quality of being particularly noticeable or important; prominence. ) for human life.

Those who assure the pollsters of their belief in God’s existence may nonetheless consider him less interesting than television, his commands less authoritative than their appetites for affluence and influence, his judgment no more awe-inspiring than the evening news, and his truth less compelling than the advertisers’ sweet fog of flattery and lies.

That is weightlessness.

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We have turned to a God that we can use rather than to a God we must obey; we have turned to a God who will fulfill all our needs rather than to a God before whom we must surrender our rights to ourselves.

He is a God for us, for our satisfaction—not because we have learned to think of him this way through Christ but because we have learned to think of him this way through the marketplace.

In the marketplace, everything is for us, for our pleasure, for our satisfaction, and we have come to assume that it must be so in the church as well.

And so we transform the God of mercy into a God who is at our mercy.

To see God as weightless gives Him no credibility, no merit, no attention, no love, no respect; We invite Him into our homes, but we ignore His presence.

How do we ignore His presence?

By conducting ourselves in a way that offends Him 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

There is a decorum to praise God!

There is a behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety that leads us to a life of praise and holiness.

To treat God as weightless is to treat Him less than what the bible declares Him to be.

We live in a world that treats God cavalier adj showing haughty disregard; offhand; arrogant condescending haughty scornful disdainful insolent.

It reminds me of a quote be Rodney Dangerfield which states, “ I get no respect”.

His list of crass jokes embodied the life of a man who did not get any respect.

)adjshowing haughty disregard; offhand

People of God, if anybody can throw His weight around its God.....We who believe in His name and trust in His character must take a long stare at the person of God, the weight of God, the heaviness of God in a world that will strip down your praise if you let it, reduce Jesus to nothingness....and leave you and I in a state of sadness and depression when life gets hard....

We have a reason and a motive to praise Jesus in a world that don’t care about Him, tries to discredit Him, and denounce Him.

In :

Contents: Call to praise God because of the glories of His Kingdom

Characters are: God, Moses, Samuel, Aaron and Psalmist

Conclusion: The Holiness of God’s name makes it truly great to His friends and terrible to His enemies.

let us worship Him in all humility, praise His great name, and Give Him the Glory due unto it.

The Father has revealed Himself in His Son Jesus Christ.

Jesus is the King, the Mercy Seat is His Throne, and the scepture which He sways is holy Just like Him.

As we exalt Him and exercise our right , let us draw near with humility and adoration.

Shine is defined as: to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.

to be bright with reflected light; glisten; sparkle.

There are many challenges in this word that want’s to knock off your shine.....When you feel the enemy trying to attack your shine ....tell the devil I have a right, and a reason to give God Praise....Here’ Why this Psalm gives us 3 objectives to praise His Holiness:

The Outline (Main points) of the Chapter: The outline is according to the threefold reference

The Monarchy of God ()

The Manner of God

Point#1- ”His Holy Monarchy”()

A monarchy is a form of government in which a single person holds supreme authority in ruling a country, also performing ceremonial duties and embodying the country's national identity.

“It is precisely in the exercise of the royal power of God, notably in his acts of judgment and salvation, that the kingdom of God is seen.”

Kingdom thus is viewed as the lawful exercise of royal power, as over against tyranny, the unjust use of such authority.

In the teaching of Jesus, however, as in the NT as a whole, the kingdom of God has specific reference to the fulfillment of the promises of God in the OT of the time when God puts forth his royal power to end injustice and oppression by this world’s evil powers and to establish his rule of righteousness, peace and joy for humanity—in a word, to fulfill his purpose in creating the world.

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Jehovah-God/Jesus Christ is the "KING OF KINGS, AND

LORD OF LORDS" ().

— The LORD says to my lord, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool."

— 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet" '?

(NASB)

25  For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

26  The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

27  For HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET.

But when He says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him.

1.

The Reigning by the Monarchy (, ) The reigning of Jehovah-God is the theme of this verse.

• The proclamation of the reigning.

"The Lord [Jehovah-God] reigneth" ().

This is a triumphant announcement that should bring great joy to the righteous.

After the night and darkness of the reign of evil, righteousness finally reigns.

• The place of the reigning.

The place of the reigning is especially Jewish in application here.

First, the cherubims.

"He sitteth between the cherubims" ().

This is in reference to the fact that God announced He would meet with Israel and commune with them from between the cherubims on the mercy seat, the cover of the Ark ().

Second, the city.

"The Lord is great in Zion" ().

Zion is Jerusalem where the Temple was, where the cherubims were, and where the throne was.

Jesus Christ will reign over the earth from Jerusalem.

• The position of the reigning.

"He is high above all the people" ().

Those who profane God and legislate Him out of society will learn someday that He is above all the people to their great consternation and condemnation.

2. The Reaction to the Monarchy ()

The reaction to the fact that God reigns is one of great effect upon the people and the earth.

The words "tremble" and "moved" in our text () are very similar in meaning but in application have some differences.

• The quivering.

"Tremble" ().

This trembling of people is to show the "fear of God" which supposedly the Quakers and Shakers religious people had when they trembled.

While we do not advocate the Quaker and Shaker theology, we think this trembling honors God.

Men will one day tremble before Him rather than profane Him.

• The quaking.

"Moved" ().

This is a more violent shaking and is the reaction commanded of the earth.

3. The Reverence for the Monarchy () "Let them praise thy great and terrible [awesome] name; for it is holy" ().

This is the first of three calls to worship and praise God.

Each of the three sections in this psalm ends with this special call to honor God.

• The praise in the reverence.

"Praise thy great and terrible [awesome] name."

God is worthy of all praise.

Yet, instead, we praise many things that are not worthy of praise and oppose the honor of the most praiseworthy Person ever.

• The purity for the reverence.

"It is holy" Scholars say it should be "He is holy" instead of "it is holy."

We concur.

This is the first of three great references to the holiness of God.

Holiness is His fundamental attribute.

Point #2- His Manner (, )

Three great practices of this Divine king will thrill the righteous.

Unlike the wicked rulers of history, Jehovah-God will have a government that promises, proclaims, and performs in a manner that exalts high character.