The Doxology (Jude 24-25)
The Doxology (Jude 24-25). Preached by Pastoral Intern Jason Anspach on 09/27/09.
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Jude 24-25
24 Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, 25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
Come, Bless the Lord (Pslam 134)
Come, Bless the Lord (Psalm 134) preached by Pastoral Intern Jason Anspach on 07/12/09.
Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church
Psalm 134
A Song of Ascents.
1 Behold, bless the LORD,
All you servants of the LORD,
Who by night stand in the house of the LORD!
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the LORD.
3 The LORD who made heaven and earth
Bless you from Zion!
Devotional Feelings
No doubt, devotional feelings were habitual in the hearts of our first parents. No doubt, they sent up, more formally, their morning and evening prayers; but more time is needed to daw off the thoughts from visible thigns, and to concentrate them on the great invisible Giver of existence. Short snatches of time ar enot sufficient to perform this noblest of all duties in a proper manner. A whole day, at certain periods, was needed, so that there might be time for the contemplation of divine things, and for the full and free exercises of devotion.
- A.A. Alexander
A Day of Salvation
God hath made it our duty, by His institution, to set apart this day [the Sabbath] for special seeking of His grace and blessing. From which we may argue, that He will be especially ready to confer His grace on those who thus seek it... The Sabbath day is an accepted time, a day of salvation, a time wherein God especially loves to be sought, and loves to be found...
- Jonathan Edwards
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We need not detract from the excellency of private devotions, to magnify the public prayers of the church. Both are necessary, and highly pleasing to God. Yet it is no wrong to the private devotions of a particular saint, to give the precedency to the public prayers of the church. God Himself tells us He "loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob," Ps. 87:2. No doubt the prayers which the faithful put up to heaven from under their private roofs were very acceptable unto Him; but, if a sain'ts single voice in prayer be so sweet to God's ear, much more the church choir - His saints' prayers in consort together. A father is glad to see any one of his children when he visits him, but much more when they come together: the greatest feast is when they all meet at his house. The public praise of the church are teh emblem of heaven itself, where all the angels and saints make but one consort.
- William Gurnall
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