The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call upon him, To all that call upon him in truth.
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… To worship the one true and living God through his only son and mediator, Christ Jesus. That is worship in truth. God's son, Jesus Christ, opens the way to honor him in worship. Psalm 145, verse 18 and 19 say it this way, that the Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him. He also hears their cry and saves them. When we approach the living and true God through his only son and mediator, he is pleased with our worship. So the practical point here is worship that honors a jealous God is not scary, it's not confusing, and it's not burdensome. The bar may be high, there may be new words to learn in the hymnal, There may be long prayers to participate in and pay attention to, but worship that honors a jealous God is clear, and it is true. It has a clear object and a clear goal that the people of God would be blessed as the name of God is glorified in our hearts, in our families, in our churches, and soon across the whole earth. Let's pray and praise God for that. Gracious God, we thank you again for this house, these pews, these musical instruments, hymnals full of rich hymnody, Bibles that we can read in our own language. We thank you for faithful elders who will administer and guard the sacraments, and Lord, I thank you especially for a people interested in honoring …
… but God's word says he's very present in my difficulty. Psalm 145, verses 18 through 19 tell us that the Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call upon him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He will also hear their cry and save them. Now those are some verses that you can desperately cling to in seasons of difficulty for sure. You see, the cries of God's people here in Exodus, they had reached his ears. Exodus 2, verses 23 through 25, just before our text of Exodus 3, the verses immediately preceding, tell us this. Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage and they cried out and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel and God acknowledged them. …
The Spirit of God makes intercession for them, as it is that Spirit which in some respect indites their prayers, and leads them to pour out their souls before God. Therefore the saints are said to worship God in the spirit; Phil. iii. 3. “We are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit;” and John iv. 23. “The true worshippers worship the Father in spirit and in truth.” The truly godly have the spirit of adoption, the spirit of a child, to which it is natural to go to God and call upon him, crying to him as to a father. But hypocrites have nothing of this spirit of adoption: they have not the spirit of children; for this is a gracious and holy spirit, given only in a real work of regeneration. Therefore it is often mentioned as a part of the distinguishing character of the godly, that they call upon God. Psalm cxiv. 18,19. “The Lord is nigh to them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him; he will also hear their cry, and will save them.” Joel ii. 32. “It shall come to pass, that whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” It is natural to one who is truly born from above to pray to God, and to pour out his soul in holy supplications before his heavenly Father. This is as natural to the new nature and life as breathing is to the nature and life of the body. But hypocrites have not this new nature. Those illuminations and affections which they had, went away, and left no change of nature. Therefore prayer naturally dies away in them, having no foundation laid in the nature of the soul. It is maintained awhile only by a certain force put upon nature. But force is not constant; and as that declines, nature will take place again. …