Know That the LORD is God - Psalms 100:3

In Psalms one hundred the Psalmist said, “Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing”, and in chapter one hundred and verse three of Psalms the Psalmist said, “know you that the LORD he is God” where we read,

Know you that the LORD he is God: it is he that has made us, and not we ourselves;

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

The verse begins, “Know you that the LORD he is God: it is he that has made us, and not we ourselves;” The Psalmist began with the words, “know you” or “perceive, understand, acknowledge, consider and declare you, people listening and reading the Psalmist's words” “that the LORD” which means “that Jehovah who is the existing One and the proper name for the One True God” “he is God” or “he, Jehovah God, exists as the Divine judge, ruler and Supreme God”: “it is he” which means “Jehovah God exists as the One” “that has made us” or “who formed, fashioned, effected and produced us, the Psalmist and his readers and listeners”, “and not we ourselves” which means “and in no way or manner we, the Psalmist and his readers and listeners, their own selves”. The Psalmist beckoned his readers and listeners to perceive and understand that the Divine judge Jehovah God created us, and we in no way did this on our own.

The verse goes on to say, “we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.” The Psalmist continued with the words, “we are his people” or “we, the Psalmist and those reading and listening to his words were his, Jehovah God's, human beings both male and female”, “and the sheep” which means “and the small cattle grazing animals or sheepfold” “of his pasture” or “belonging to his, Jehovah God's, pasturing, shepherding and flock”. The Psalmist said he and the people who were reading and listening to his words were Jehovah God's “people”, and they were as the “sheep” in His sheepfold.

When we consider the words in this verse, we see how the Psalmist called upon the people who were reading and listening to his words to “know” that Jehovah God is the Divine judge and ruler, and he declared the people and himself as Jehovah God's “sheep” or fold of people for whom God tended and cared. God loves people, and because our sins separated us from a personal relationship with Him, He sent His Son Jesus to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind. When we yield ourselves to Him, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and allow us to come under His care and concern as our “good shepherd”. (See John 10:11,14)

Next time the Psalmist says, “enter into his gates with thanksgiving”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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