“THE CALLING AND MAKING OF JOYFUL WORSHIPERS”

Psalm 100

1 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth! 

2 Serve the LORD with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! 

3 Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! 

5 For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. 

What is this call to serve the Lord with gladness? (V1-2, 4)

We come together in gathered worship to “serve the Lord.”

At the same time, we “serve the Lord” as we live every moment of our lives for his glory.

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing 

that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. (Colossians 3:23-24)

 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the 

 Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3:17)

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)

There is no sacred/secular divide for the Christ-follower. All of life is sacred.

 “With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?  

Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of  

rivers of oil? Shall I give myfirstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my 

body for the sin of my soul?” He has told you, O man, what is good; and 

what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6:6-8)

Worship is more than participation in worship gatherings, but it’s not less than that.

How does God make us glad? (V3, 5)

The goal of gathered worship is that every person would be able to fix their eyes on the glory of God and the gospel.

This text urges us to think of God as Creator: He made us. We are his.

This text urges us to think of God as Redeemer: We are his people, his sheep.

Gathered worship is, first and foremost, for God. Gathered worship is because of God.

We’re here because we have known Him, and we’re here to know Him more through his Word.

V5 explains everything we read not only in the OT, but the NT, and not only the NT, but it’s the story of God’s dealings with his people down to the present. God wants this life of rejoicing to impact the whole world. (V1)

Thanks Matt!