Where Hallelujah Begins

Enjoying the Journey

Scott Pauley

Non-profit, Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Business, Christianity

4.9 • 819 Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Psalm 146. The final psalms are God's "Hallelujah Chorus," and this psalm shows us where the hallelujah's begin. Our praise begins with His person! He never changes. Join Scott Pauley's study through Scripture this year. Find resources for every book of the Bible by Dr. Pauley and Enjoying the Journey at enjoyingthejourney.org/journey-through-scripture/.Whether you're a new believer or have walked with the Lord for years, you'll find thousands of free devotionals, Bible studies, audio series, and Scripture tools designed to strengthen your faith, deepen your understanding of the Bible, and help you stay rooted in the Word of God. Explore now at EnjoyingTheJourney.org.Extend the Work Enjoying the Journey provides every resource for free worldwide. If you would like to help extend this Bible teaching, you may give at enjoyingthejourney.org/donations/

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	We all would like to think that we know where we are going and how to get there.
0:12.0	But at every stage in life, we need divine direction. God has promised to guide us if we simply follow.
0:19.0	The fifth and final section of Psalms are referred to as
0:22.5	Deuteronomy Psalms because they remind us to keep returning to the truth of God's word.
0:28.6	Join us as we study them with Scott Pauli today.
0:35.0	The last five Psalms in the book of Psalms lead us to a great crescendo of praise.
0:41.3	They have been referred to as the hallelujah chorus.
0:44.3	For obvious reasons, if you look at Psalm 146, 147, 148, 149, and 150, they all begin and end the same way.
0:53.3	They all begin with these words, praise ye the Lord.
0:58.1	The word, hallelujah, that's exactly what it means. Praise the Lord. It is essentially the same
1:04.6	expression of gratitude to God. And these Psalms, five of them, were written, it is believed, on the dedication of the
1:13.3	second temple.
1:14.2	So at a moment in the nation of Israel, where there had been great answer to prayer and great
1:18.9	victory and great blessing, what is the response?
1:22.2	It is not to praise men.
1:24.1	It is not to become self-satisfied.
1:26.4	Rather, it is to praise ye the Lord. We begin today with
1:30.7	Psalm 146, the first of the Hallelujah Psalms. And Psalm 146 is a fitting entrance to this section
1:38.0	of Psalms because it shows us where Hallelujah begins. It takes us back to the foundation of our faith to who god is you see you can
1:47.2	only praise a god you can trust and psalm 146 shows us that god it begins this way praise you the
1:54.7	lord praise the lord oh my soul while i live will i praise the lord I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
2:04.9	So first of all, he tells us who should trust. Who should trust the Lord? We should trust the
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Scott Pauley, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Scott Pauley and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.