Timothy Keller Sermons Podcast by Gospel in Life

God of the Nations

Nov 20, 2024

36:16

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Exploring Psalm 96 reveals a vibrant vision of joy encompassing all creation, despite the gloom of the current world. The conversation challenges listeners to prioritize their relationship with God above worldly distractions. Singing praises is highlighted as a powerful tool for spiritual connection and emotional uplift. A hopeful view of Judgment Day emerges, reminding believers that it symbolizes divine restoration. Ultimately, it's an invitation to embrace joy, worship, and the anticipation of redemption in everyday life.

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Psalm 96 invites all of creation, including nature, to recognize and celebrate God's glory despite the world's brokenness.

Singing as a spiritual discipline is essential for true worship, integrating God's glory into daily life and transforming individual spirits.

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The Universal Call to Worship

The episode highlights Psalm 96, which emphasizes the call for all of creation, including the nations and nature, to worship and rejoice in God's glory. This psalm depicts a vision where not just humans but even the trees, fields, and mountains join in praise, reinforcing the idea that joy is meant for the entire human race and all elements of nature. Despite the current reality of a broken world filled with suffering and doubt, the psalm presents an aspirational invitation to recognize and celebrate divine glory. This joyful proclamation serves as a contrast to the prevalent turmoil, prompting listeners to ponder how humanity can transition from despair to a state of rejoicing in God's majesty.

Intro

3min

Joyful Worship in a Broken World

15min

Embracing God's Glory Through Singing

2min

The Power of Joyful Praise

7min

Joyful Anticipation of Judgment Day

7min

Embracing the Song of Redemption

3min

Psalm 96 is an astonishingly happy psalm. It depicts the whole human race and even the trees, the earth, and the sea just filled with joy and rejoicing.

That actually raises a question. This isn’t the world the way we know it. Not everybody is filled with joy, and the world itself is a broken place with natural disasters, disease, and death. How could we get from where we are to what we see in this psalm? Is this nothing but just an inaccessible, crazy idea of a world like this, or is it possible to get to a world like this?

The answer actually is in here in the links this psalm gives to the rest of the Bible. This psalm is a series of summons or invitations, and there are three basic ones that are being given to us here: 1) the call to see, 2) the call to sing, and 3) the call to rejoice in judgment.

This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on August 18, 2013. Series: Open My Lips: Studies in the Psalms. Scripture: Psalm 96.

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