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OH, SING UNTO THE LORD!

“ Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.   Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.   Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name .  For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” (Psalm 100).   My wife, Terry, and I were both saved in 1971.  It was toward the end of the “hippie” era, and we considered ourselves part of that counter culture.  We were part of a rock and roll band along with a few of our friends and did covers of songs by many popular rock bands of the time.  We were involved with all of the experimentation and excess that went along with that culture.  We experienced much of the angst associated with the civil unrest, racial tensions, anger ...
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WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST

"There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.  For he that is entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His ." (Hebrews 4:9, 10 NKJV).    It is very rewarding, after spending hours mowing and trimming the grass, edging around the walkways, and mulching the flower beds, to sit down with a cold drink in hand and rest from one's labors.  It is good also, after feeling the stress and activity of one's job all year long, to just get away on vacation and relax for a time.  Such times of rest are all the sweeter to us because we feel that we have earned them by our labors.  God’s view of rest is not the same as our view of rest, however.  He has a different rest that He has promised to His people.   In the Old Testament (under the old covenant), God commanded the Israelites to cease from all their work and rest every seventh day of the week.  "But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy G...
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HE THAT OVERCOMETH

There are many promises in the Bible that are addressed specifically to "him that overcometh."  They include:   ·   To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.  (Revelation 2:7). ·   He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death [lake of fire and brimstone] .  (Revelation 2:11). ·   To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.  (Revelation 2:17). ·   And he that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations [to rule and reign with Christ in the Kingdom of God] .  (Revelation 2:26). ·   He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before My Father, and before His ang...
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