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It cannot be denied that there was an aspect of exclusiveness in the religion of Jewry, as seen in the days of our Lord. But it is a question how far this was a lawful and how far an unlawful development of the teaching which had come from above. To some extent it was necessary that the people of God should be separated, in intercourse as well as in thought and sympathy, from the nations around them. We may, however, be assured that the narrow and bigoted ideas which were so firmly embedded in the Jewish mind were the product of their own misconstructions of the Divine Word. Our text, indeed, shows:

1. That the Jewish nation was taught to feel that God was their God in a peculiar sense. He was continually spoken of, in worship, as "the Lord God of Israel" (ver. 36). He had not dealt with any nation as with Israel: he had not made known his judgments to any people as he had to them (Psalm 147:20). He was their God, inasmuch as he had shown peculiar and distinguishing favour to them.

2. That they looked to God for deliverance and separation from other nations. "Save us... and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen" (ver. 35). They were led to regard surrounding peoples, with their idolatries and immoralities, as foes over whom they might religiously triumph, and from contact with whom they would wisely shrink. Yet, on the other hand, in distinction from this element of exclusiveness and this narrowness of view and ambition, we have certain elements of breadth. They were taught to regard -

I. THE ENTIRE EARTH AS GOD'S CREATION, AND THE WHOLE WORLD AS UNDER HIS RULE. They sang "of his marvellous works among all nations" (ver. 24). So far were they from imagining that the gods of other nations made those lands, while Jehovah brought themselves and their own land into being, that they sang continually, "All the gods of the people are idols, but the Lord made the heavens" (ver. 26); "The world also shall be stable, that it be not moved" (ver. 30). They undoubtedly believed that the God whom they worshipped had unbounded sovereignty over all lands and nations.

II. THE HEATHEN AS THOSE WHO OUGHT TO WORSHIP GOD. They were invited, in their public worship, to express the sentiment that it was only "due to the Name of the Lord" that "all the earth" "should sing to him, and show forth his salvation from day to day;" that all "kindreds of the people" should ascribe "glory and strength" unto him (vers. 23, 28, 29). They expressed, before God, their desire that his glory might be declared among the heathen (ver. 24), that all the earth should fear him (ver. 30). They evidently felt that it was right and due that anthems of praise should be sung to Jehovah by every lip, that before him every knee should bow.

III. THE HEATHEN AS THE FUTURE INHERITANCE OF GOD. In their higher moods and more exalted hours, they looked forward to the time when all the world should be subject to the Divine sway. How far this grand hope took possession of the popular mind we cannot tell, but it was not beyond the reach of those who thought the most and saw the furthest (vers. 31-35). All inanimate creation was invoked to rejoice, because the Lord was coming to judge the earth, because the good and merciful One (ver. 34) was to reign over all the nations (ver. 31). It is for us:

1. To rejoice that what was only dimly foreshadowed to them is clearly revealed to us. We have a clear vision of the blessed and glorious time when "Jesus shall reign where'er the sun," etc.

2. To rejoice that God's gracious purpose is being fulfilled before our eyes. All nations are coming and worshipping, etc. (Psalm 86:9).

3. To do our part in our generation towards the blissful consummation. God has committed unto us the word of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:19). - C.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto His name.
I. GOD IS ENTITLED TO AND CLAIMS THE HOMAGE OF HIS CREATURES.

II. These claims are made upon us, HIS INTELLIGENT CREATURES.

III. THE WORSHIP AND HOMAGE REQUIRED ELEVATES THE MAN WHO PAYS IT.

(J. Robinson.)

The whole preceptive part of the Bible is contained in this one command. Every being has a right and may justly claim to be regarded and treated by all who know him in a manner suitable to the nature and character which he possesses to the relations and offices which he sustains, and to the works which he performs. Consider what is due to Jehovah.

I. AN ACCOUNT OF HIS NATURE. He is God alone. He deserves something which is due to no other being in the universe — religious worship and adoration.

II. On account of THE CHARACTER HE POSSESSES. It is absolutely perfect. There is something in His character suited to excite every proper affection of which the human soul is capable.

III. On account of THE RELATIONS AND OFFICES WHICH HE SUSTAINS.

1. Creator.

2. Preserver.These imply that God must necessarily be the universal Teacher, Master, Sovereign, and Judge.

IV. On account of THE WORKS WHICH HE HAS PERFORMED. Conclusion:

1. How reasonable are God's requisitions! He merely requires the payment of a great debt.

2. How immeasurably great, then, is the debt which our world has contracted, and under the burden of which it now groans.

(E. Payson, D. D.)

These claims are founded —

I. ON OUR RELATION TO GOD AS HIS CREATURES.

II. ON THE MANIFESTATIONS OF THE DIVINE EXCELLENCE VISIBLE IN THE UNIVERSE AROUND US.

III. IN THE CONSTITUTION AND SUSCEPTIBILITIES OF OUR MINDS. Worship is not only fit and proper as an act of the mind, but one to which it is naturally prone.

IV. ON A CONSIDERATION OF WHAT IS MOST CONDUCIVE TO THE WELL-BEING OF MEN. The very act itself elevates the mind; it reminds us of our true position as the creatures and the servants of God. Conclusion:

1. These acts of worship divide the world into two great classes — those that fear God and those that fear Him not.

2. That as the public worship of God is one most important means of proclaiming the great facts of His existence and government, it demands the special and constant attention of all that fear God.

3. That as worship and homage are the requirements and the just rights of the Supreme Being, and as they are intimately connected with our well-being in this life and that which is to come, it is a serious and important inquiry how we may be able to present it most acceptably.

(J. Robinson.)

Bring an offering
I. WHAT DO WE COME TO CHURCH FOR? Not merely to get but to give. Not to take only but to offer. Not to hear simply, but to worship: "bring an offering," "worship the Lord."

II. WHAT IS THE OFFERING THE BRINGING OF WHICH CONSTITUTES WORSHIP? It is the offering of ourselves. Spirit, soul, body, substance. Conclusion:

1. This true explanation of the object of our meeting in God's house gives the clearest condemnation of those who absent themselves. "I can read my Bible at home" might be an answer if we be but "hearers"; none if we be "worshippers."

2. How great is the honour of being allowed to honour God — as worshippers!

3. Our direct worship shall be the smoke of the incense; but our whole life shall be, as it were, a compound of sweet spices.

(J. R. Vernon, M. A.)

The religion of the gospel of Christ is the "beauty of holiness," as it concerns —

I.ITS AUTHOR.

II.ITS PLAN.

III.ITS FRUITS.

(Legh Richardson.)

People
Asaph, Benaiah, David, Eliab, Gibeon, Heman, Hosah, Isaac, Jacob, Jahaziel, Jeduthun, Jehiel, Jeiel, Levites, Mattithiah, Obededom, Shemiramoth, Uzziel, Zadok, Zechariah
Places
Canaan, Gibeon, Jerusalem
Topics
Ascribe, Families, Glory, Honour, Kindred, Kindreds, Nations, O, Peoples, Relatives, Strength
Outline
1. David's festival sacrifice
4. He orders a choir to sing thanksgiving
7. The psalm of thanksgiving
37. He appoints ministers, porters, priests, and musicians, to attend the ark

Dictionary of Bible Themes
1 Chronicles 16:8-36

     8609   prayer, as praise and thanksgiving

1 Chronicles 16:23-29

     8440   glorifying God

1 Chronicles 16:24-28

     1194   glory, divine and human

1 Chronicles 16:28-29

     8315   orthodoxy, in OT
     8608   prayer, and worship
     8660   magnifying God

1 Chronicles 16:28-31

     5003   human race, and God

Library
Man's Chief End
Q-I: WHAT IS THE CHIEF END OF MAN? A: Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever. Here are two ends of life specified. 1: The glorifying of God. 2: The enjoying of God. I. The glorifying of God, I Pet 4:4: That God in all things may be glorified.' The glory of God is a silver thread which must run through all our actions. I Cor 10:01. Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.' Everything works to some end in things natural and artificial;
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity

Covenanting a Duty.
The exercise of Covenanting with God is enjoined by Him as the Supreme Moral Governor of all. That his Covenant should be acceded to, by men in every age and condition, is ordained as a law, sanctioned by his high authority,--recorded in his law of perpetual moral obligation on men, as a statute decreed by him, and in virtue of his underived sovereignty, promulgated by his command. "He hath commanded his covenant for ever."[171] The exercise is inculcated according to the will of God, as King and
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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