Psalm 24 - The Promise of Sanctification
In my Bible reading recently, I read Psalm 24. It's a wonderful psalm full of profound statements about God—that's kind of how the Bible is, actually—but what I didn't realize is that it also contains one of the sweetest of God's promises to us. I thought I'd go over that promise today with you, so let's take a look at Psalm 24, and how it promises us sanctification. (You can read Psalm 24 here before we start, or you can follow along with the verses that I've pasted below.) Verses 1-2 - "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers." Right away we see God's power displayed. God owns the earth—God made the earth. Nothing in nature is more powerful than the ocean, but God made the seas. And he also owns every person. "Those who dwell therein"—he made us, and he is the divine author of our stories. Verses 3-4 -...