Ramsey Creek Baptist Church

Psalm 46 said that Israel’s God is the true and powerful and victorious God. Psalm 47 says that all people witness this and are now called to obey Israel’s King and join in their chorus of enthusiastic praise. The psalmist is driving home this point: the Lord Most High is not a god like those other gods, He is the Great King over ALL THE EARTH, over ALL PEOPLES, over EVERYONE. “The reasons for God’s love are in Him, not in the ones He loves.” – David Guzik [v.6-7] give a specific command about how to celebrate – sing (5 times in 2 verses). Music is not only a means of connecting with and glorifying God, it also connects us to one another. When we sing the same song together, our differences begin to fade. God has “come down” in the form of a servant, taking on human likeness, giving up the glories of heaven, to be the perfect sacrifice for sin. And He has “gone up” in victory by defeating death and the grave, and sits at the