Praise the Lord for His Sovereignty and Mighty Deeds. Psalm 135 is a call to wholehearted praise, summoning the servants
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Jesus Christ.
John 1:17
Sandor Viczian
The Holy King: Reverent Worship, Righteous Justice, and God Who Answers
Psalm 99 exalts the LORD as the sovereign King whose reign causes the nations to tremble, because His rule is holy and unshakable. He loves justice and establishes what is right, not by human preference but by righteous judgment. The psalm calls God’s people to worship Him with reverent fear—at His “footstool”—because approaching the Holy One is never casual. It remembers that the LORD answered faithful intercessors (like Moses, Aaron, and Samuel), proving He is near to those who call on Him in truth. Yet it also warns that God’s forgiveness does not erase His discipline: He pardons, but He also corrects iniquity. The chapter ends where it began—worship the LORD, because His holiness is the center of everything.
Psalms 99:1 – 99:9
1 The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The Lord [is] great in Zion; and he [is] high above all the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.
4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance [that] he gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God [is] holy.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…
In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;
In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;
That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.
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