The Great Commission
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What does true blessing mean according to Psalm 67?
Why is there so much emphasis on where the blessings come from? Perhaps it's because of our natural tendency to look for blessings in all the wrong places. True blessing is not the things that you think you can tangibly grab. But true blessing, according to Psalm 67, is a personal relationship with God and knowing and experiencing his presence and his favor in our lives.
We are a blessed people. We know God, and we have been reconciled to Him. As a blessed people, what should be our response? Welcome to the Friday edition of Renewing Your Mind. And today, you'll hear from one of our newest teaching fellows at Ligonier Ministries, Joel Kim. Today's message was recorded at Ligonier's first ever conference in Southeast Asia. Christians truly from around the world, the United States, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and other countries gathered together for several days of teaching and fellowship. It was a warm and joy-filled conference, and it felt like a glimpse of heaven that so many nations represented. If you'd like to join us for an upcoming conference, you can find all future events at Ligonier.org slash events.
Well, today only, when you respond with a donation in support of Ligonier's global outreach, we'll unlock Joel Kim's new teaching series on Colossians, Everything in Christ, and its study guide. We'll send you a copy of R.C. Sproul's title, What is the Great Commission? Simply give your gift at renewingyourmind.org before midnight tonight. Well, as a blessed people, what should be our response? Here's Reverend Kim.
This afternoon, I want to approach Matthew 28 through Psalm 67, so that all of us can recognize that the Great Commission is not a new command given to us, but an old one that displays the heartbeat of God in Christ Jesus from beginning of time, even to all of us who belong to Him in the present day. So turn with me to Psalm 67. a short one, and hear now the word of the Lord. May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O God. Let all the peoples praise you. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.
Let the peoples praise you, O God. Let all the peoples praise you. The earth has yielded its increase. God, our God, shall bless us. God shall bless us. Let all the ends of the earth fear him. One of the theological disputes we had in our family when I was a teenager was the importance of benediction in worship. Benediction is that prayer at the end, the good word declared to the congregation by the pastor, usually with his hands up, declared for the church members to hear the blessings of God, oftentimes as a young man, simply a time that indicates to us when the worship had come to an end. Here, his argument that is my father's was that benediction is an essential part of worship. My argument was skipping benediction to get to the parking lot earlier was not a bad thing for us to do.
Over time, you've come to realize that your parents are probably right. And I've come to recognize the importance of the good word, the benediction prayed at the end of worship, because there's much meaning behind the benediction delivered. Benedictions remind the worshipers that God has the first word in worship when he calls us to worship, and also the last word in worship.
How should Christians respond to being blessed?
That's the first thing you hear and the last thing you hear. The benediction reinforces the truth that God is the main message and also the main messenger in worship. Not only do we hear him declare, what he declares is about himself. The benediction declares the reign of God as a present reality and a promise of future reality. Not only is the blessings of God present with you in worship, but as you disperse from the church, the blessings of God go with you and the promises are there for you. Lastly, the benediction reminds the church of the church's blessings that the church has received from the Lord and her mission.
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