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!!!
The Greatness of the Lord
!!! Psalms 29
 
!!! Introduction:
On March 23, 1743, when "The Messiah" was first performed in
London, the king was present in the great audience.
When the
majesty of the Lord was proclaimed by the words of the Hallelujah
Chorus, "For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth", everyone was so
deeply moved that they rose as one to their feet--including the
king -- to show their respect and to worship the Sovereign of the
Universe.
That began the tradition of standing throughout the
Hallelujah Chorus.
Countries like older England that have an impressive tradition
of royalty and a reigning king that is accorded the utmost respect
and allegiance have a better understanding of majesty than we do
today in the United States.
Our leaders are subjected to intense
scrutiny and often harsh criticism and unjustified attacks.
One
doesn't get the sense of majesty and respect in the tone of a Sam
Donaldson or a Dan Rather as they interact with our leaders.
Instead our leaders are the subject of laughter and ridicule as our
comedians make a living off of their perceived weaknesses and
mistakes.
Our view of God has suffered from our failure to capture a
sense of His Majesty.
The God of contempory evangelicalism is a
very personal God--someone with whom we can enjoy intimate
fellowship.
He is our best friend and the one to whom we can bring
all of our troubles.
We have a great high priest who became flesh
and blood so that He can be a perfect mediator between God and man.
But in stressing our closeness to God we have lost sight of His
majesty -- the great gulf that exists between God and us because of
His greatness.
He is not like us -- God is not limited like we are
in His wisdom, in His presence, in His power, in His effectiveness.
He is eternal, infinite, almighty.
Our hymns reflect this emphasis on a personal God who is very
much like ourselves.
The short, catchy, repetitive tones of our
popular choruses lack the organ pealing of the traditional hymns of
the faith that proclaim such a greater depth about the character of
our God.
Our prayers reflect this emphasis--we are having a
 
conversation with a friend that is right here sitting beside us
rather than approaching the throne of grace of the God who sits on
High -- not that He is distant from us in space, but that He is far
above us in greatness and deserves our reverence and adoration.
The
majesty of God should be directly tied to the fear of God.
Packer in Knowing God has a chapter on the Majesty of God that
is very helpful.
He notes that our lack of the sense of the Majesty
of God is one key reason why our faith is so weak and our worship so
flabby.
We don't have a God who is big enough to solve our
problems.
We don't have a God who is worthy of time and effort
expended in prayer and praise and adoration.
We have a God that we
have remade in our own image instead of the King of Kings and Lord
of Lords who reigns in Supremacy over the universe.
!!! I.                   A Call to give to the Lord what is due His name
 
1.
A declaration of the need to give v. 1
Give to the Lord:  Doesn’t say what, but implies that much is due
O you mighty ones:  I think it is the mighty ones of earth:  No matter hw great and might a person may be, he owes something to the Lord
 
2.
The reason something is due to His name:  Who He is
      LORD is used 18 times in this Psalm = Yahweh
Most significant name of God in the OT
1)      He is self existent:  He does not need anything outside of Himself
2)      He is the eternal one:  No beginning and no end
3)      He is Israel’s redeemer and the one who is able to meet all our need
 
3.
What is due to Him? Vv. 1-2
1)      Glory and strength
               Amounts to saying “Praise His name.”
How do we go about praising His name?
Testimony, song, prayer, life of praise-not negative
 
2)      Glory
 
3)      Worship in the beauty of holiness
               Adoration, awe, etc.
 
!!! II.
The greatness or majesty of God seen in His voice vv.
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The voice of God is referred to 7 times, each showing something of the greatness of God
 
1.
The voice of the Lord is over the waters v. 3
What does this make you think of?
When I think of the waters I think of:
         Vastness:  Stand at ocean side and look out, seemingly no end
                     ~*~*God is greater than we can think or imagine
                     ~*~*God is over the waters:  great power
 
Greater than man’s control:  We put up flood walls, etc. as if we can control the waters, we see regularly that we cannot
~*As much as it seems we are in control of the waters all we can really do is run when danger comes.
2.
The voice of the Lord is powerful:
What are some examples of the power of God’s voice?
Creation is greatest
Jesus spoke:  “Lazarus come forth.”
3.
The voice of the Lord is full of majesty
How would you explain majesty?
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