Psalm 100

​Psalm 100:1-2:
Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
2 Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Wilhelmus a’Brakel

“Serve the Lord with gladness: come before His presence with singing” (Psalm 100:2). You must know that singing is not a neutral matter in which you may or may not engage. Rather, it is God’s command. As we have shown you before, God requires this from you and desires to be served by you in this manner. Consider these and similar quotes and impress them upon your heart as being mandatory. Begin to engage in this duty with an obedient heart; break open your mouth and your closed heart will open as well.”  --Wilhelmus a'Brakel

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Psalm 100:3:
Know that the Lord Himself is God;It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Jacobus Arminius

​“[Theology] may be defined, the doctrine or science of the truth which is according to godliness, and which God has revealed to man that he may know God and divine things, may believe on Him and may through faith perform to Him the acts of love, fear, honour, worship and obedience, and obtain blessedness from Him through union with Him, to the divine glory... On this account, theology is not a theoretical science or doctrine, but a practical one, requiring the action of the whole man, according to all and each of it's parts -- an action of the most transcendent description, answerable to the excellence of the object as far as the human capacity will permit.”
                ― James Arminius, The Works of James Arminius, Volume 2

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​Psalm 100:4-5:
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.