1. Ps 100
Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. NKJV

2. Ps 100
Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. NKJV

3. Ps 100
Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. NKJV

4. Ps 100
Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands! 2 Serve the Lord with gladness; Come before His presence with singing Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. 5 For the Lord is good; His mercy is everlasting, and His truth endures to all generations. NKJV

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

6. YAHWEH ELOHIM CREATOR Ps 100:3
Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
YAHWEH
ELOHIM
CREATOR
Gen 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

7. Ps 100:3
Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Humanism & Evolution seek to do away with God.
If we do not see God as our Creator we don’t need to be thankful!
Rom 1:21 ~ although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, …
Rom 1:25 ~ worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator.
“Self-made” man

8. “Before” the beginning
Creator
Builder
Maker
“It is He Who has made us…” ~ Psalm 100:3
Eternal
“In the beginning, God”
“Before” the beginning

9. God Created from Nothing
“out of nothing”
Before creation there was nothing except God.
John 1:3 ~ All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
Heb 11:3 ~ By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Rom 4:17 ~ God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. NASU

10. The Power of God’s Word! John 1:1-3 > the agency of a personal WORD
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.”

11. Ps 33:6, 8,9 ~ By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. … Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.
Gen 1:3,6 ~ Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. … Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
Matt 8:8 ~ "Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.”

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

13. Ps 100:3 ~ Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; …