On Sunday we spoke of our instruction from the One, True, Most High, Living, Almighty God of the Bible to to preach the Gospel. Mark 16:15 in the Amplified Bible says this:
15 And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race].
The Gospel IS the "Good News" that God isn't holding anything against anyone! Jesus BECAME sin with our sin so that WE could become righteous with HIS righteousness! "Righteous (ness) is the Greek word "dikaiosunee", which means: the virtue or quality or state of him who is such as he ought to be, the quality of being right or just. GOD made us righteous and WE are to be telling everyone we meet about this wonderful righteousness that they, too, can receive simply by believing and receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior! Once we do that, THEN we can obey Psalm 145. This post will be a little longer today because I want to include ALL of Psalm 145:
1 I will extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise].
2 Every day [with its new reasons] will I bless You [affectionately and gratefully praise You]; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is [so vast and deep as to be] unsearchable.
4 One generation shall laud Your works to another and shall declare Your mighty acts.
5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wondrous works I will meditate.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your tremendous and terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness.
7 They shall pour forth [like a fountain] the fame of Your great and abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your rightness and justice.
8 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness.
9 The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created].
10 All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]!
11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power,
12 To make known to the sons of men God’s mighty deeds and the glorious majesty of His kingdom.
13 Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.
14 The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who are falling and raises up all those who are bowed down.
15 The eyes of all wait for You [looking, watching, and expecting] and You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor.
17 The Lord is [rigidly] righteous in all His ways and gracious and merciful in all His works.
18 The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth.
19 He will fulfill the desires of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.
20 The Lord preserves all those who love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy.
21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) His holy name forever and ever.
Make sure that YOU are telling of His wonderful works and ways! WE represent HIM in the earth and HE is GOOD! AMEN! Here is a new song from Hillsong United called "Empires":
Shalom in Him!
