Lesson 6 – Praising (Outline)

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Lesson 6 – Praising

Psa. 22:3 But You are holy, You who sit enthroned / Upon the praises of Israel.

Heb. 13:15 Through Him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing His name.

Psa. 119:164 Seven times a day I praise You / For Your righteous ordinances

  1. The importance of praising
    1. Praising is the highest work carried out by God’s children.
    2. Praising is the highest expression of a saint’s spiritual life.
    3. Praising is the way to overcome spiritual attacks 1
    4. Our praising is to glorify God 2
    5. God Himself is exalted through praise 3
  2. The nature of praising – an offering, a sacrifice 4
  3. The producing of praising
    1. Faith produces praise 5
    2. Obedience produces praise.
    3. The enjoyment of Christ will make us so strong to utter a complete and a perfected praise to the Lord.
  4. The content of praising
    1. The example of the Psalms: Christ and the church are for God’s kingdom, house, and city (as typified by the holy temple and Jerusalem)
    2. The example of Psalm 8: Christ’s work of incarnation, human living, death, resurrection, ascension, enthronement, and His being made Lord, Christ, and King of kings, that is, the unique Ruler of the universe.
  5. The practice of praising
    1. Praise before understanding 6, 7
    2. Praise at least seven times a day 8
    3. Praise the Lord all our life 9

READING

Bible References:

  1. Save us, O Jehovah our God; / And gather us out of the nations, / That we may give thanks to Your holy name, / That we may glory in Your praise. (Psalm 106:47)
  2. Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me; / And to him who sets his way right I will show the salvation of God. (Psalm 50:23)
  3. But You are holy, You who sit enthroned / Upon the praises of Israel. (Psalm 22:3)
  4. Through Him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips confessing His name. (Hebrews 13:15)
  5. Then they believed His words; / They sang His praise. (Psalm 106:12)
  6. Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies Me; / And to him who sets his way right I will show the salvation of God. (Psalm 50:23)
  7. For now we see in a mirror obscurely, but at that time face to face; now I know in part, but at that time I will fully know even as also I was fully known. (1 Corinthians 13:12)
  8. Seven times a day I praise You / For Your righteous ordinances. (Psalm 119:164)
  9. I will praise Jehovah while I live; / I will sing psalms to my God while I yet have being. (Psalm 146:2)