Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church,
located at 2709 Rock Springs Road in Kingsport, Tennessee,
would like to invite you to listen to a message of sovereign grace
by their pastor, Gabe Stoniker. For information and service times,
visit www.ksgc.church. And now, Gabe Stoniker. I would like to bring a message
to you today from Psalm 96 titled, His Glory. That's what this Psalm
speaks of, His Glory. Verse one, if you have your Bible
and would like to read along, verse one says, O sing unto the
Lord a new song. Sing unto the Lord all the earth. Sing unto the Lord, bless His
name, show forth His salvation from day to day. Declare His
glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people. For
the Lord is great and greatly to be praised. He is to be feared
above all gods. For all the gods of the nations
are idols, but the Lord made the heavens. Honor and majesty
are before Him. Strength and beauty are in His
sanctuary. Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds
of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory
due unto His name. Bring an offering and come into
His courts. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty
of holiness. Fear before Him all the earth. Say among the heathen that the
Lord reigneth. The world also shall be established,
that it shall not be moved. He shall judge the people righteously. Let the heavens rejoice, and
let the earth be glad. Let the sea roar in the fullness
thereof. Let the field be joyful and all
that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the
wood rejoice before the Lord, for he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with
righteousness and the people with his truth. That's a beautiful
psalm, isn't it? That's a glorious psalm. This
is speaking of our God who is Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. That's who our God is. That's
who this Psalm is talking about. The Lord Jesus Christ. He is
the God of the Old Testament who was and is and forever will
be the Lord Jesus Christ. And verse three right here said,
declare his glory. declare his glory. That's what
we need to do. We need to declare his glory. The end of verse seven said,
give unto the Lord glory and strength. Verse eight said, give
unto the Lord the glory due unto his name. That's what we are
to do. And that's the desire of a child
of God. That's what a child of God wants
to do at all times, especially in worship. Every time we gather
for worship, that's the deep desire of every child of God.
In our worship, we want to be fed. We gather around the word
because we want to be fed. We want to be blessed. We want
to be comforted. We want to be encouraged. But
above all of that, we want Him to be glorified. We want Him
to be praised and exalted. Isn't that what we want? All
glory and praise be unto Him. That is the new song that God
puts in the heart of His people. It cries, not unto us, O Lord,
not unto us, but unto thy name give all the glory. All the glory. I pray that he might be glorified
today. I pray he might be praised today
in our hearts. I pray he might be honored and
exalted. I pray that God's Holy Spirit
might put that new song. That's what verse one begins
by saying, sing unto the Lord a new song. And I pray that God's
spirit might put that new song in us that cries all glory and
praise to the lamb that was slain who has borne all our sins and
has cleansed every stain. Hallelujah, thine the glory. Hallelujah. Amen. Amen. That means so be it. That means
I want it to be that way. All glory goes to Him. All of it. I pray that might
be the case for us. There is an old song of the flesh. This Psalm speaks of a new song. Sing a new song. Well, there's
an old song. that man has by nature. This is the old song
of the flesh. And here's what the old song
cries. It cries, all glory be unto me. Isn't that what the
flesh wants? All the glory to come to me.
All the praise be unto me. All the honor be unto me for
what I have done for myself. What I have done for God and
what I have done for myself. There's an old song of false
religion and that's what it says. What I'm gonna do for myself
to help myself and to help God. Here's the new song of the Spirit
though. It cries His glory alone. When the Spirit comes to a sinner,
and puts the truth in that center and quickens that center and
causes that center to cry. That's what the center cries.
All glory be unto him. All the glory be unto him. It's
his work alone. It's not my cooperation with
him. It's not my anything. It's his
work alone. It's all his credit alone. It's
to his credit. It's his praise alone. Alone. And that's the key alone by himself. I pray that that is the song
that he has put in our hearts. I truly do. Verse one says, Oh,
saying unto the Lord, a new song saying unto the Lord, all the
earth. Verse two says, sing unto the
Lord, bless his name, show forth his salvation from day to day. Verse three says, declare his
glory among the heathen. That's all I want to do today.
As we look at this together, that's all I want to do. By his
grace, everything is by his grace. We're just going to declare his
glory by his grace. We're going to see. And in our
hearts, we're going to sing. I pray we do this new song of
his glory. That's our theme, his glory,
his glory. I don't know of a better. clearer
physical example of an old song being changed into a new song
than this right here. The old song of the flesh, again,
I'll repeat it. The old song of the flesh says,
the glory goes to me. The glory goes to me. The new song of the spirit cries,
the glory goes to Christ. All glory goes to Christ. And this is a beautiful example
of this. There's an old song and you probably know it. It's in many hymnals. Many people
have sung this song throughout the years and the generations,
but the song is called, I Surrender All. And this is how the song
goes. These are the lyrics of the song.
It says, all to Jesus, I surrender. All to Him I freely give. I will ever love and trust Him
in His presence daily live." That's saying, I'll keep myself
there. The song goes on to say, I surrender
all. Do we hear that? Do we see that?
I surrender all. All to thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all. That's the old song of the flesh. That's the song of false religion. That's the song that glorifies
man for what man is going to do. If you want to know whether
or not you're hearing the truth of God's word or the false religion
of man, Ask yourself this question as you're hearing the message
being preached. Ask yourself, who gets the glory? Who's getting
the glory in this? Who gets the credit? Who's doing
the work? False religion says, now you
have to do the work. This is on you. You better make
your decision and you better get to work. The truth of God's
word cries, Christ made the decision. Christ accomplished the work.
Christ did it all. That old song of the flesh cries,
I, I, all right? Here's the new song of the spirit
that glorifies Christ. I know a man, I personally know
a man who rewrote the words of that song I just quoted to you.
And he made a new song out of it. And it's so good. Here's
how it goes. All for me, Christ did surrender. All for me, he freely gave. Holy One made sin for sinners. By His death, my soul is saved. He surrendered all. That's a
big difference, isn't it? He surrendered all. All to be my blessed Savior,
He surrendered all. Thank God. Thank God. That right
there is the declaration of His glory. His glory. It's all about His glory. Salvation
is all about His glory. Heaven is all about His glory.
Everything is all about His glory. Verse 2 here in Psalm 96, it
says, Sing unto the Lord, bless His name, show forth His salvation
from day to day. Sing unto the Lord, bless His
name. Oh, the glory of His name. The glory of His name. What is
His name? His name is Savior. His name
is salvation. Psalm 21 verse five says this. It says, His glory is great in
thy salvation. So great, His glory is so great
in it, it's all. It's everything in salvation.
That's His name, Savior. That's His name. Verse 2 says,
Sing unto the Lord, bless His name, show forth His salvation
from day to day. Declare His glory in that. All
glory belongs to Christ in salvation. all glory. If we want to talk
about salvation, we need to talk about Christ. He is salvation. He accomplished salvation. He
gets all the glory and salvation. Verse three says, declare his
glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people, his
wonders among all people, his wonders. Oh, the glory of his
providence, the glory of his providence, all of these wonders
that are taking place. We see things in the news and
we see things all over these wonders that are taking place.
All of these wonders are his wonders. All of them. They're all his wonders. Let's
not ever forget that. We need to never forget to declare
that. If you are following along with me, you can hold your place
right here and turn over to Genesis 50. Over in Genesis chapter 50,
this is the story of Joseph and Joseph's brethren. If you know
the story of Joseph, here's the end. We've come to the end of
it. And his brethren are standing before him, realizing he has
just revealed to them who he is. And they are realizing that
he is the very one that they sold into slavery. and considered
to be dead, dead to them, dead to the family. And now they're
afraid. They're very afraid because their
life is in Joseph's hands. In verse 19, Genesis 50, verse
19, Joseph said unto them as they stood before him, he said,
fear not for am I in the place of God, but as for you, You thought
evil against me. They sold him into slavery and
everything they they did. He said you thought evil against
me. but God meant it unto good to
bring to pass as it is this day to save much people alive. Now
therefore, fear ye not, I will nourish you and your little ones."
And he comforted them and spake kindly unto them. He said, you
meant everything that you did for evil. But he said, God meant
every piece of it for good. every piece for eternal good.
It was all according to his perfect will and purpose. And that is
always the case. Thank God that is always the
case. Every wonder that we see in this
world is his wonder. They're all his wonder. It's
all happening according to his providence and we need to declare
his glory in it. We need to declare His glory
in it. We need to give Him the credit for it, whatever it is.
We need to sing of His glory in it because there's a new song
in everything that happens. There really is. Well, back in
Psalm 96, verse three says, declare His glory among the heathen,
His wonders among all people, For the Lord is great and greatly
to be praised. He is to be feared above all
gods. Oh, the glory of his greatness. The glory of his greatness. He
is high above all things. all things. There are many Psalms
right here in this area. Look at Psalm 79 verse nine. It says, for thou Lord are high
above all the earth. Thou art exalted far above all
gods." All these little man-made imagination gods, far above. Psalm 99 verse 2 says, the Lord
is great in Zion and he is high above all the people. High above
even the imagination of all the people. Every false god that
man could possibly imagine. His glory is above it. His name
is above it. He is greatly to be praised. Greatly. Back in Psalm 96, verse
5 says, For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord
made the heavens. Oh, the glory of His creation.
the glory of his creation. He gets the glory in creation,
doesn't he? He gets the glory, not some big
bang that took place. He gets the glory in creation,
all of it. How did all this get here? How
did we get here? John 1 verse 3 says, all things
were made by him, speaking of Christ. And without him was not
anything made that was made. Colossians 1.16 says, By Him,
speaking of Christ, were all things created that are in heaven,
that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones
or dominions or principalities or powers, all things were created
by Him and for Him. He gets the glory. He gets the
glory for all of it. That needs to be declared, doesn't
it? That needs to be declared. Verse six here in our psalm,
it says, honor and majesty are before him. Honor and majesty. Oh, the glory of his kingship. This is the king. This is his
royal highness. Oh, the glory of his kingship
and his lordship, his honor, his majesty. before him, it precedes
him. Colossians 1 says he is before
all things and by him all things consist. And he is the head of
the body, the church, who is the beginning, meaning Christ
is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things
he might have the preeminence. That means he's first. He's first
in all things. Verse six says, honor and majesty
are before him. Strength and beauty are in his
sanctuary. Oh, worship the King. It's in
his sanctuary. Oh, worship the King, all glorious
above. 1 Timothy 1.17 says, Now unto
the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and
glory forever and ever. Amen. Worship Him. Bow down to Him. Give the glory
to Him. Give the glory to whom it's due.
Give all the glory to who it belongs to, Christ alone. Verse
7 says, Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, give
unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory
due unto His name. Bring an offering and come into
His courts. What could we possibly offer
a God of this kind of glory? What could we possibly offer
God, a God who is this glorious in His salvation and in His providence
and in His greatness and in His creation and in who He is as
the King of kings and Lord of lords? What could we possibly
bring as an offering to Him? All we have to offer Him is thanks. That's all we have to offer him,
the fruit of our lips, the fruit of our hearts. In thankfulness,
we worship him. We worship him. We just say,
thank you, Lord, for who you are and for what you have done
for your people. Thank you. Verse nine says, oh,
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before him
all the earth. Oh, the glory of his holiness,
his holiness, the glory of his perfection, holiness, his purity,
his righteousness, his sanctification. God being holy means he must
do what's right. He is only good. He is only right. He is only perfect. That's what
holy means. He must do what's right. Shall
not the judge of the earth do right? Who is the judge of the
earth? Jesus Christ is. We shall all stand before the
judgment throne of Christ. All judgment has been given to
his hand. Oh, the holiness. Thank God he
can and will only do what's right because he's holy and we glorify
him in that. We glorify him greatly. John
1 14 says, The word was made flesh and dwelt among us, speaking
of Christ, and we beheld his glory. the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, full of holiness,
full of purity. Isaiah said, in the year that
King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord. And he said, I saw his throne.
I saw his temple. I saw his heavenly host. And
he said, I heard them cry continually, holy, holy, holy. The whole earth is full of his
glory. He gets all the glory in his
holiness. He gets all the glory in our
holiness. The only holiness that we have
is His holiness. We are only holy in Him. We are only sanctified in Him
and what He has robed us in and covered us in. He gets all the
glory for it. Verse 10 says, say among the
heathen that the Lord reigneth. The world also shall be established,
that it shall not be moved. He shall judge the people righteously."
He said, the Lord reigneth. He reigns. Thy God reigneth. Tell the people, he said, your
God reigns. He is sovereign. Sovereign. He reigns in his sovereignty. Don't we glorify him in his sovereignty
over all things? Thank God he is sovereign over
all things. He himself said to Moses that
it was his greatest glory. Moses said, Lord, show me your
glory. And he said, here it is right
here. I will be merciful to whom I will be merciful. to Him. He said, I will be gracious to
whom I will be gracious. In my sovereignty, I'll show
mercy and grace. He gets the glory. Verse 11 says,
let the heavens rejoice and let the earth be glad. Let the sea
roar and the fullness thereof. Let the field be joyful and all
that is therein. Then shall all the trees of the
wood rejoice before the Lord. For he cometh, for he cometh
to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with
righteousness and the people with his truth. He cometh, he
cometh, he's coming. Oh, the glory of his return.
He said, let everything rejoice because the Lord is coming back.
The Lord is coming back and it's going to be a glorious return.
The first time he came, he came in his humility. The second time
he comes, he's coming in his glory. He's coming in all of
his glory and it's going to be seen. All of those who belong
to him are going to see his glory for all those who love him, who
have been caused to love him. His return is going to be glorious
and it's going to be unto eternal glory with him. David said, oh,
declare that to people. Remind his people of that and
they'll rejoice in it. Now let me close this message
with two verses. This is Jude. It only has one
chapter. Jude chapter one, verses 24 and
25 say this. Now unto him that is able to
keep you from falling and to present you faultless before
the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise
God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power,
both now and ever. Amen. May His glory be declared
forever. Amen. You have been listening
to a message by Gabe Stoniker, pastor of Kingsport Sovereign
Grace Church in Kingsport, Tennessee. If you would like a copy of this
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