Psa 113:4-9 “Worship the Father in Spirit and in truth” – Part 2

Psa 113:4  The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 
Psa 113:5  Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 
Psa 113:6  Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! 
Psa 113:7  He raiseth; up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 
Psa 113:8  That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 
Psa 113:9  He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. 

The opening verse of our study “The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens” reminds us why it is possible for the redeemed of the Lord to declare that they are redeemed “from the hand of the enemy” as stated in Psalm 107:2. The enemy, or the powers and principalities against which we are wrestling (Eph_6:12), can be and are likened unto nations that we understand are both within and without ourselves.

Psa 107:2  Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 

Luk 1:69  And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 
Luk 1:70  As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 
Luk 1:71  That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; (Mat_24:9 , Rev_5:9-10)

Mat 24:9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. 

Rev 5:9  And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 
Rev 5:10  And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. 

Rom 6:14  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 

1Co 15:26  The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 

Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Those nations are being witnessed against, or are being made known by God, “what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; [nations within and without] which is Christ in you, the hope of glory”.  While all things are for our sakes without ourselves, all things are for our sakes as the body Christ within each member, and all things both within and without “work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

Rev 11:3  And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 

2Co 4:15  For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 

Those gentile nations being shown “the riches of the glory” within us are learning that we can go from “glory to glory” through Christ by way of “the riches of his goodness”, and in the day of the world’s visitation to which we all initially are blinded, the world will remember their perspective of God’s elect as being one of looking down on us, as though we were the ones who were spiritually impoverished as opposed to having the true riches that are produced through having His judgements in our lives, judgments that produce His righteousness [those judgments represent the day of our visitation when we are granted to see that we would remain “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” unless God sent his word to heal us]. 

2Co 3:18  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

Rom 2:4  Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 

Luk 19:41  And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 
Luk 19:42  Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 
Luk 19:43  For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 
Luk 19:44  And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 

1Pe 2:12  Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 
1Pe 2:13  Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 

Luk 16:19  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 

Luk 16:27  Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 
Luk 16:28  For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 
Luk 16:29  Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 
Luk 16:30  And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luk 16:31  And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. [Eph_2:6, Mat_7:22 – God’s judgment which will torment the world will finally bring about the conversion that God had always planned to come about at this exact moment in the lake of fire where humanity will finally be persuaded (1Co_6:3)].

Isa 26:9  With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

That rich man is also within us but, Lord willing, is being identified through repentance — a repentance that is represented as the eyesalve and clothing that is acquired through gold that is purchased and tried in the fire. That gold is the rich man within us whose faith needs to be tried in the fire in order to become precious and truly spiritually rich with eyes that see. This most precious moment of the trying of our faith brings about the understanding that all these words apply to us inwardly and that it is the Lord alone who “He raiseth; up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill“.

Joh 9:41  Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth [the rich man!].

Rev 3:18  I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. [Heb_12:6]

1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 
1Pe 1:4  To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, [Psa_107:2]
1Pe 1:5  Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 
1Pe 1:6  Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: [Rev_2:10] 
1Pe 1:7  That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

Our ability to overcome the enemy [death – represented by the gentile nations within and without] can only be conquered by the power of God’s holy spirit. We are more than conquerors through Christ, who is progressively little by little bringing us to that place of being completely persuaded that there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God. 

Psa 107:2  Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; 

Luk 1:68  Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, 
Luk 1:69  And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; 
Luk 1:70  As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: 
Luk 1:71  That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;

Rom 6:14  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 

Joh 8:36  If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.  

Zec 4:6  Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. 

Rom 8:37  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 
Rom 8:38  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 
Rom 8:39  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

We worship God in “spirit and in truth“, and that is only possible because of the liberty that we have in Christ that makes it possible for us to worship Him in “spirit and in truth” and live our lives out as overcomers who are progressively overcoming in Him.

2Co 3:17  Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 
2Co 3:18  But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: 

Psa 113:4  The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 

In our introduction, we discussed how those “nations” are both within and without, and this first verse is a parable that explains these following verses for those who God is giving dominion over sin in this age.

Eph 1:21  Far above all principality, [The LORD is high above all nations] and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: 

Eph 1:11  In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 
Eph 1:12  That we should be to the praise of his glory [his glory above the heavens], who first trusted in Christ. 

Psa 113:5  Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 

There is none “like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high” as these verses declare. 

Isa 45:5  I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: 
Isa 45:6  That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west [Psa_113:3], that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. 

Psa 113:3  From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised. 

Isa 33:5  The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness [Oba_1:21]. 
Isa 33:6  And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. 

Oba 1:21  And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.

We are seated with Christ in earnest today, being humbled in our flesh as God works all things out according to the counsel of his will, both in our spiritual heavens, as well as in all the earthly events that we are experiencing personally. All these predetermined events are unfolding for our sakes as we are being saved “by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God”.

Eph 1:14  Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. 

Mat 6:10  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. [Php_2:13]

Rom 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. [Luk_12:32]
Rom 8:29  For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 

Eph 2:6  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: 
Eph 2:7  That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. 
Eph 2:8  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 

Rev 3:21  To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 
Rev 3:22  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Rom 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. [Php_2:13]

Psa 113:6  Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!

The Lord is the author and finisher of our faith and understands the difficult journey we are on where we are told to arm ourselves with Christ’s mind, and so we are admonished to not be surprised by the process of having our heavens and earth humbled by our Great Creator who is humbling us under His mighty hand so that we may be exalted in due time.

1Pe 4:1  Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; 
1Pe 4:2  That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 

1Pe 2:21  For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 
1Pe 2:22  Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 
1Pe 2:23  Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:[Who humbleth himself ]

1Pe 4:12  Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: 
1Pe 4:13  But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; [Mat_5:10-12] that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 

1Pe 5:6  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 
1Pe 5:7  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

Psa 113:7  He raiseth; up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; 

Verse seven of our psalm reminds us that in God’s eyes we are weak clay that is marred in His hand, for the purpose of creating something new in Christ Jesus as these following verses declare: 

Eph 2:10  For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Jer 18:4  And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. 

1Co 1:26  For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 
1Co 1:27  But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 
1Co 1:28  And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 
1Co 1:29  That no flesh should glory in his presence. [1Co_15:50]
1Co 1:30  But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, [Joh_14:20-21] who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 
1Co 1:31  That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

Php 3:8  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 

Php 3:12  Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 
Php 3:13  Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 

1Jn 3:3  And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 
1Jn 3:4  Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 
1Jn 3:5  And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

1Jn 1:7  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 
1Jn 1:8  If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 
1Jn 1:9  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Php 3:14  I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 
Php 3:15  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 

Psa 113:8  That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. 

We are raised from a very humbling position that God fashions and works in our life so “That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people”. All this being typified so powerfully through the life of Joseph who is a type of God’s elect.

Gen 37:24  And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. 

Gen 39:19  And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. 
Gen 39:20  And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
Gen 39:21  But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy [Rom_11:30-32], and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. [Rev_2:10]

Gen 41:14  Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out [1Co_15:52-58] of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment [Isa_61:9-11], and came in unto Pharaoh.

1Co 15:51  Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 
1Co 15:52  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 
1Co 15:53  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 
1Co 15:54  So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
1Co 15:55  O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? 
1Co 15:56  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 
1Co 15:57  But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
1Co 15:58  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. 

Isa 61:9  And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. 
Isa 61:10  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 
Isa 61:11  For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.[Luk_19:40]

Psa 113:9  He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.

Our “seed shall be known among the Gentiles” is a statement in Isaiah (Isa_61:9) that correlates with the thought that God “maketh the barren woman to keep house“. 

That barren woman is God’s elect who, like Joseph, will be raised into positions of rulership to “keep house”.

Gal 3:16  Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 

Gal 4:26  But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. 
Gal 4:27  For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. 

Isa 54:3  For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. 
Isa 54:4  Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. 
Isa 54:5  For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. 

God’s elect will be showing the house to the house of Israel (all the world) who will be judged and brought into a right relationship with God through the church, through the pillars that God has established for that purpose.

Eze 43:10  Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. 

1Co 6:3  Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 

Eph 3:10  To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

Psa 75:2  When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. 
Psa 75:3  The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 

Rev 3:12  Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

What greater joy could we possibly experience than to know that we can be instrumental with Christ as our head in bringing in all of His creation into a loving relationship that will last for all eternity. That is why it is written that God’s elect are “a joyful mother of children” who understand that all these events of bringing us out of darkness and into a position to rule and reign under our Lord were predestined from the foundation of the world and teach us that “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” These things were all created by our Lord who has granted that we can be part of a stedfast relationship today where we “Worship the Father in spirit and in truth” to the end that we can teach the rest of His creation to do the same.

Rev 4:8  And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 
Rev 4:9  And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 
Rev 4:10  The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 
Rev 4:11  Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. 

Joh 4:23  But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 
Joh 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.