For Jehovah is greatly to be praised

 “2 I poured out my prayer before him; I declared my trouble before him. 3 when my spirit fainted within me, then you knew my path. in the way [in] which I walked they have secretly laid a snare for me.” (Psalms 142:2-3 MKJV)
“[A psalm of David.] O Jehovah, I cry to you; make haste to me, give ear to my voice when I cry to you.” (Psalms 141:1 MKJV)

 “but my eyes [are] on you, O lord Jehovah; in you I take refuge, do not leave my soul naked.” (Psalms 141:8 MKJV)

 “15  the idols of the nations [are] silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. 16 they [have] mouths, but they do not speak; they [have] eyes, but they do not see; 17 they [have] ears, but they do not hear, nor is there breath in their mouths.” (Psalms 135:15-17 MKJV)

“[A song of degrees.] behold, bless Jehovah, all servants of Jehovah, who stand by night in the house of Jehovah. lift up your hands [in] the sanctuary, and bless Jehovah. [may] Jehovah, who made the heavens and earth, bless you out of Zion.” (Ps 134:1-3 MKJV)

“for Jehovah your god [is] god of gods, and lord of lords, a great god, the mighty, and a terrible god, who does not respect persons nor take a bribe.” (Deuteronomy 10:17 MKJV)

“praise Jehovah! praise the name of Jehovah; praise him, servants of Jehovah. [those] who stand in the house of Jehovah, in the courts of the house of our god, praise Jehovah; for Jehovah [is] good; sing praises to his name, for [it is] full of delight. for Jehovah has chosen Jacob to himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure. for I know that Jehovah [is] great, and our LORD [is] above all gods. every thing Jehovah pleased, he did in the heavens and in earth, and in the seas and all deep places. he causes the vapors to rise from the end of the earth; he makes lightnings for the rain; he brings wind out of his storehouses.” (Ps 135:1-7 MKJV)

“for Jehovah [is] great, and greatly to be praised; he [is] to be feared above all gods.” (Psalms 96:4 MKJV)

“for Jehovah [is] a great god, and a great king above all gods.” (Psalms 95:3 MKJV)

 “I will praise you; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made; your works [are] marvelous and my soul knows [it] very well.” (Psalms 139:14 MKJV)

“let my prayer be set forth before you [as] incense, [and] the lifting up of my hands [as] the evening sacrifice.” (Psalms 141:2 MKJV)

“1  [A psalm of David.] I will praise you with my whole heart; before the gods I will sing praise to you. 2 I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving-kindness and for your truth’s sake; for you have magnified your word above all your name.” (Psalms 138:1-2 MKJV)

“now thanks [be] to god, who always causes us to triumph in christ, and he revealing through us the odor of the knowledge of him in every place. for we are to god a sweet savor of christ, in those being saved, and in those being lost; to the one [we are] the savor of death to death, and to the other we are the savor of life to life. and who is sufficient for these things?” (2Co 2:14-16 MKJV)

“blessed [is] Jehovah; he daily bears burdens for us, the god of our salvation. Selah.” (Psalms 68:19 MKJV)

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Man reading Psalms at the Western Wall. Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine, March 2007 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

1. Songs of Moses and the servants of God
2. Song of Praise for the Elohim Set-Apart
3. Praise and give thanks to God the Most Highest
4. Worship and worshipping

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Not all will inherit the Kingdom

(1 Corinthians 6:9-11) ⁹ What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God's kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men, ¹⁰ nor thieves, nor greedy persons, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit God's kingdom. ¹¹ And yet that is what some of YOU were. But YOU have been washed clean, but YOU have been sanctified, but YOU have been declared righteous in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the spirit of our God.

Jesus said that we must, first of all,  take in knowledge of both "the only true God" and the one that he sent forth:
(John 17:3) ³ This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ.
Therefore we do have to work, because taking in knowledge does not go from itself. First we have to get to know Jehovah, the Elohim and we have to believe fully in Him. We also do have to believe in God's Plan for sending His promised Saviour, the Messiah Jesus Christ, the Nazarene whom  Jehovah provided as our ransom sacrifice:

(John 3:16) ¹⁶ "For God loved the world so much that he gave his only-begotten Son, in order that everyone exercising faith in him might not be destroyed but have everlasting life.
In case we want to be called Christians, we do have to follow Jesus, which mean that we should do that what he said that we must do. He gave several tasks to his disciples, and when we want to be a disciple of Christ, it means those wishes of Christ are also fro us. Also did he urge to do  the will of his Father who was in heaven:
(Matthew 7:21) ²¹ "Not everyone saying to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will.

Jesus here gives a hint that perhaps many may call themselves disciples of him, but would not be recognised as such by him. Namely those who not imitate Christ, obey not his commands, and shall not enter the Kingdom. Only those who follow the commandments (=do that work) and live by his teachings shall be saved and be able to enter God's Kingdom. What Jesus put first in the model prayer was that we should pray for the Father's name to be sanctified, and our attitude of, and reverence for that name is of paramount importance. so we do have to work on that attitude.


(Malachi 3:16-18) ¹⁶ At that time those in fear of Jehovah spoke with one another, each one with his companion, and Jehovah kept paying attention and listening. And a book of remembrance began to be written up before him for those in fear of Jehovah and for those thinking upon his name. ¹⁷ "And they will certainly become mine," Jehovah of armies has said, "at the day when I am producing a special property. And I will show compassion upon them, just as a man shows compassion upon his son who is serving him. ¹⁸ And YOU people will again certainly see [the distinction] between a righteous one and a wicked one, between one serving God and one who has not served him."
(Romans 9:17) ¹⁷ For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "For this very cause I have let you remain, that in connection with you I may show my power, and that my name may be declared in all the earth."
(Romans 10:13) ¹³ For "everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will be saved."
This latter verse is a quote from Joel 2:32:
(Joel 2:32) ³² And it must occur that everyone who calls on the name of Jehovah will get away safe; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will prove to be the escaped ones, just as Jehovah has said, and in among the survivors, whom Jehovah is calling."

We need to associate with God's people, as Christians in the first century did, however Jesus said that along with the "wheat" there would also be mixed in with them the "weeds". So we have to examine the beliefs of those we consider to associate with to see if these are in harmony with the Bible.

We need to obey the Christ. He gave all true Christians a commission, as recorded at Matthew 28:19,20, and that is what Christians do. Another example of a command that we obey is found at Acts 15:28. We should use God's name, preach to our neighbours about God's Kingdom, teach interested ones free of charge about what God requires of us, and practice what the bible teaches everyday in such things as the sanctity of blood and the right way of living.

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