Psalm Chapter 105

Psalm 105: O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

Here is a psalm of true worship. It covers every part of worship. In the first verse we learn of being thankful and being a faithful witness. Make known the ways, doings and word of the Lord to other people. If we keep God's plan of salvation to ourselves, think of all those that will miss out and lose their chance for eternal life. Millions of souls die without Jesus Christ all the time.

We are to tell them about how they can be forgiven of sin and have eternal life. No one has to die in sin. God made a way for us to escape the penalty for sin and be saved.

Psalm 105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.

Another part of worship is singing to the Lord with hymns and songs. Our singing should glorify the Lord. Singing can also be a testimony to others. Take the song, "Victory in Jesus." That song tells about the atoning blood of Jesus that saves from sin in the first verse, the healing power of Jesus in the second verse, and the mansion in Heaven in the third verse.

There are some songs that are repeats of the psalms that give praise to God and speak directly to Him. All of these are good and we don't have to necessarily sing all worship choruses or all hymns. There should be room for both for both have a purpose.

Psalm 105:3 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

Giving all glory to God is important. Mankind wants to try to steal that glory. Yet, we have nothing that we did not receive from God. Give Him the glory.

Psalm 105:4 Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

In the day when we are so busy, running to and fro, seeking the Lord is becoming less and less part of our time. Yet, it is the most important part of worship. I was taught to seek the Lord. I was taught to pray not only around an altar or mourner's bench at church but at home in private. Spending hours in prayer were part of the early church and was common in the early days of the beginning of my own church forefathers.

Praise and worship with music is great but it should never be a substitute for seeking God in prayer and the study of His word. If we do not study the word, how would we know who God is and what is His commandments? Without that word in our hearts we become a prey to all those who claim superior knowledge and revelations that may or may not be true. God gave us the bible to keep this from happening.

Psalm 105:5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

We who are not the natural seed of Abraham, (the Gentiles) should be so grateful and thankful to be part of the inheritance promised to the seed of Abraham because of Jesus our Christ. Before Jesus came, we had no part in salvation or the inheritance of eternal life. The original promise of salvation was given to Abraham. His son Isaac represents the spiritual because he was a child of faith. Sarah was past child-bearing age and Isaac was a miracle. It reminds me of the miracle of being born again by God's spirit.

We become part of that inheritance because we receive God's plan of salvation by faith in Jesus as savior and Lord. We are saved from sin by faith in Jesus. We become God's children by faith. Even though God first promised salvation to Abraham and his seed, the gospel of salvation was given to the Gentiles also. The bible says in Abraham all will be blessed. Gentile believers in Jesus do not replace Israel but we become part of God's children by faith. Israel as a nation rejected Jesus Christ and was temporarily cut off.

They are still God's chosen people because of His promise to Abraham. Many Israelis have come to Jesus as the disciples and apostles did when Jesus came the first time. As a nation they still have not recognized Jesus as their Messiah (November 2025) but they will after years of much trouble just before Jesus returns a second time to gather His believers before the years of the great tribulation, then return with His believers to set up His kingdom on earth. We can be part of this by coming to Jesus in faith now.

Psalm 105:7 He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac;
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:

We must not get high-minded and forget this. This land was promised to Israel.

Psalm 105:12 When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

Touch not my anointed means do not to touch Israel. I've seen this verse interpreted many ways and used of those that teach all kinds of doctrines that we are not to oppose them or criticize anyone who claims to be anointed of God. Yet the bible is given to us to make sure the truth is taught.

I want everyone that reads my writings to check it out by the word of God. A true prophet of God or anointed minister should not be afraid of those who compare his or her teaching to the word of God. If we are afraid of the word of God then we just may not be anointed like we think.

We as Gentile (Non Jewish) believers are grafted into the vine which is Christ Jesus. He is the vine, we are the branches. We are grafted in by faith in Jesus and become part of God's anointed and whoever persecutes us or our true prophets also will suffer judgment but that doesn't mean that we are to become high-minded and think that Israel is not protected by God.

The word of God makes it clear that Israel is the original elect of God to receive the gospel. We will be grafted in through our faith in Jesus. Israel has been gathered back into their own land for a purpose and it will be fulfilled. Do not touch Israel. Do not persecute the Jewish people. If they do things we don't like, pray for them but do not touch these people or do them harm. Of course no true Christian should be doing anyone any harm.

Bigotry and prejudice have no part in the life of a person who claims to be following Jesus. We are to reprove and rebuke sin but we are not to harm, harass and persecute those that disagree with us.

Psalm 105:16 Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.

We see the story here of Israel and their influence upon heathen lands.

Psalm 105:23 Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.

The Egyptians descended from Ham, one of the sons of Noah. Israel descended from Seth and most other Gentiles descended from Japheth.

Psalm 105:24 And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.

When Israel gets away from God in disobedience or idolatry, God allows other nations to persecute them. What I really think happens is that when a nation forsakes God, His hand of protection is withdrawn. He doesn't even have to send persecution or trouble, the devil is free to do those things if there is nothing restraining him.

Fear is what usually starts the persecution. Pharaoh feared that the Israelites were multiplying too fast and he feared that they would rise up and help their enemies to overthrow the Egyptian government. Fear caused the bondage of slavery and even the killing of the male children in the days of Moses.

This happened several times in history up until the days of Hitler in Germany. There is anti-Semitism growing again all over the world. This will drive the Jewish people back to their own land. God will then plead with Israel and get them back to God.

All latter day prophecy and the return of Jesus is centered around the nation of Israel. Judgment will be severe on nations that oppress Israel. We have to recognize God's will and understand our part in it. If we fight against God and become lifted up in pride assuming that we replace Israel, we are not following the scriptures.

Both Old and New Testament show the will of God concerning Israel. True, they suffer because of their rejection of Jesus. They suffered Babylonian captivity because of their idolatry. In spite of this, God has a plan for Israel and a remnant of them shall be saved. We must not rise up against Israel and persecute them in any way. He will not forget His promise to Abraham.

Psalm 105:26 He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts.
34 He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
45 That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.

They only lost this because they stopped observing His statutes and keeping His laws. They will regain what they have lost when they return to God and receive their Messiah, Jesus the Son of God.

Stephen tells of the story of Abraham, Moses and how Jesus comes into the picture in Acts 7.

Jesus is the one who came to His own people and they did not recognize Him. Because of this rejection, the Gentiles got to hear the gospel and the door was open for them to receive Jesus as their savior. God's plan is to save all the world through Jesus Christ but only those that receive Jesus will be partakers of God's plan. This should make the Gentiles grateful not high-minded. We should be so glad to be part of God's salvation and it should cause us to love every eithnic group and desire to bring them the gospel.

Romans 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

This explains it all and it will bless us if we understand and accept the will of God. Our salvation and the salvation of all we influence depends on it. Don't be part of the coming persecution against Israel and the Jewish people. It is coming but let everyone that names the name of Christ depart from it and do not be part of it or we will be part of the judgment of God that comes during and after the great tribulation that is to come. DC

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