The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Psalm 29:1-4: “Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to His Name; worship the LORD in holy array.

3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the LORD is over many waters.

4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is majestic.”

The entirety of what we know and call “Psalms” is a collection of 150 psalms, averaging some 30-odd psalms in each of five groups. Book One concerns man’s beginning in blessedness, his fall into sin, and recovery at the LORD’s hand.

Book Two tells of Israel’s ruin, her Redeemer, and redemption. Books Three through Five speak of the holy counsel of God, the earth, as man’s dwelling place, and the living Word of the Gospel (Jesus) as man’s Redeemer.

The word “worship” (Heb. shachah) means literally “to bow down.” Thus, the LORD, who is our Redeemer, possesses absolute authority by which to demand our proper recognition of Him as our only Redeemer. Nations that are basically ruled by one person understand their leader’s superiority and their own need to treat him with reverence. That’s why we also bow in prayer. All mankind is equally required to worship Jesus Christ with the utmost spiritual reverence.

The concept “…the LORD is over many waters” (v. 3b) verbally indicates the universal authority of the LORD Jesus Christ. When the King of England arose from his seat at the commencement of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus, he was acknowledging the authority of the LORD Jesus Christ. As believers, we can do no less.

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.

United States of America

“We will never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.”

– Corrie ten Boom