Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
The verse is a call to all who fear God to come and hear the speaker tell what God has done for his soul, inviting others to hear of His saving work. That telling cries to God with the mouth and extols Him with the tongue, turns from cherished wrong so prayer will be heard, and blesses God because He has heard prayer and has not turned away mercy. It makes open personal testimony the privilege and language of every believer, who takes Christ into heart and home and then presents Him to neighbors so that grace is seen at work in character and Christ fully satisfies every want of the soul. By such testimony from the fullness of the soul the message of truth goes forward like a burning lamp, since people cannot believe and obey without hearing through human lips and lives. The call is exemplified in Nebuchadnezzar after God humbled his pride, when he acknowledged the living God and invited all who fear God to hear of His greatness and goodness, transformed from a tyrannical monarch who defied heaven into a witness who desired all to worship the Maker of heaven and earth.
Invitation to Hear Testimony
The verse is an invitation to all who fear God to come and hear the speaker tell what God has done for his soul. It calls those who have experienced God's love and salvation to speak openly of what they have received, so that others may hear of His saving work and be drawn to Jesus. When God's love fills the heart, the tongue speaks of His goodness in praise and thanksgiving.
That declaration tells of crying to God with the mouth and extolling Him with the tongue. It tells of forsaking iniquity in the heart so that prayer will be heard. It blesses God because He has heard and attended to the voice of prayer, and has not turned away prayer or mercy.
The verse was lived out by Nebuchadnezzar after God humbled him for pride and self-exaltation. The chastening reformed his heart and transformed his character from a tyrannical, overbearing, fierce monarch who defied and blasphemed the God of heaven into a wise and compassionate ruler who acknowledged God's power and sought the happiness of his subjects. Having at last learned that God is able to abase all who walk in pride, he publicly told those who reverence God what God had done inwardly for him, so that the greatest kingdom in the world showed forth God's praise. After God rebuked and humbled his proud heart he acknowledged Jehovah as the living God and invited all who fear God to hear what He had done for his soul. He declared his personal sight of God's greatness and taste of His goodness, desiring that all learn to worship not a golden image but the God who made heaven and earth. In this he became a witness for God, a living epistle giving warm and eloquent testimony from a grateful heart that partakes of the mercy and grace and righteousness and peace of the divine nature.
Sharing Personal Witness Daily
Open personal testimony is the privilege and language of every soul and every church member, calling all who fear the Lord to hear what He has done for the soul. It comes by dying to self and holding fast the interests of the soul, taking Jesus into the heart and into the home and then presenting Him to neighbors. Families and children then see the sweet grace of Christ at work in the heart and exemplified in the character. It declares the efficacy of the blood of Christ and His righteousness becoming personal righteousness, revealing the simplicity of the religion of Jesus where Christ is all and in all and fully satisfies every want of the soul. That declaration includes crying to God with the mouth and extolling Him with the tongue, forsaking iniquity in the heart so prayer is heard, and blessing God because He has heard and attended to the voice of prayer and has not turned away prayer or mercy.
This open testimony from the fullness of the soul is how the message of truth goes forward like a burning lamp. God's people act as His servants and co-workers with Christ to make His way known upon the earth and His saving health known among all nations through human lips and pens. Angels are not commissioned to proclaim it with audible voice, and nature alone does not teach obedience to all His commandments. People cannot believe and obey without hearing, so all who fear God are to hear God's people declare what He has done for them.
The verse calls each person to stop standing idle while others fight for souls and to stop gossiping about the faults of others. Instead each is to engage personally in the warfare by looking into the own heart with the Bible and earnest prayer. The prayer is for God to teach the heart and to show weakness, sins and follies in the light of eternity as they stand in the sight of heaven. It is pleading in humility day and night without rest until God gives a personal experience of what He has done, so the testimony of victories won can be declared to all who fear God, which is singing the songs of Zion.
The verse describes people whose hearts have been changed by God inviting others who fear Him to hear their testimony of His greatness and goodness. That change comes through forgiveness, Christ's grace, and healing of the soul. Many are drawn to the Sanitarium to become acquainted with truth and are converted through the miraculous power of God on body and soul, going away with new hearts and decided change. When they return home their lives and voices become a light to others, as lights in the world and witnesses for God declaring they have seen His greatness and tasted His goodness.
The testimony tells what Christ does in the believer. God's love strengthens the weak, steadies the faint-hearted, and gives courage. God works through Christ, and people come to the Father in the Son's name. Christ dwells in the heart by faith, sustains the faithful through trials, and strengthens and purifies them, so they can tell what the Lord has done for them.
Finding Christ and receiving His love, grace and salvation leads the believer to speak openly of His mercy so others may be drawn to Jesus. Christian zeal and consecration turn the soul's speech from a mournful cry of spiritual poverty to a declaration of God's work. The more that mercy is shared, the more there is to tell.
The verse is a call to all who fear God to come and hear the speaker tell what God has done for his soul, inviting others to hear of His saving work. That telling cries to God with the mouth and extols Him with the tongue, turns from cherished wrong so prayer will be heard, and blesses God because He has heard prayer and has not turned away mercy. It makes open personal testimony the privilege and language of every believer, who takes Christ into heart and home and then presents Him to neighbors so that grace is seen at work in character and Christ fully satisfies every want of the soul. By such testimony from the fullness of the soul the message of truth goes forward like a burning lamp, since people cannot believe and obey without hearing through human lips and lives. The call is exemplified in Nebuchadnezzar after God humbled his pride, when he acknowledged the living God and invited all who fear God to hear of His greatness and goodness, transformed from a tyrannical monarch who defied heaven into a witness who desired all to worship the Maker of heaven and earth.
Invitation to Hear Testimony
The verse is an invitation to all who fear God to come and hear the speaker tell what God has done for his soul. It calls those who have experienced God's love and salvation to speak openly of what they have received, so that others may hear of His saving work and be drawn to Jesus. When God's love fills the heart, the tongue speaks of His goodness in praise and thanksgiving.
That declaration tells of crying to God with the mouth and extolling Him with the tongue. It tells of forsaking iniquity in the heart so that prayer will be heard. It blesses God because He has heard and attended to the voice of prayer, and has not turned away prayer or mercy.
The verse was lived out by Nebuchadnezzar after God humbled him for pride and self-exaltation. The chastening reformed his heart and transformed his character from a tyrannical, overbearing, fierce monarch who defied and blasphemed the God of heaven into a wise and compassionate ruler who acknowledged God's power and sought the happiness of his subjects. Having at last learned that God is able to abase all who walk in pride, he publicly told those who reverence God what God had done inwardly for him, so that the greatest kingdom in the world showed forth God's praise. After God rebuked and humbled his proud heart he acknowledged Jehovah as the living God and invited all who fear God to hear what He had done for his soul. He declared his personal sight of God's greatness and taste of His goodness, desiring that all learn to worship not a golden image but the God who made heaven and earth. In this he became a witness for God, a living epistle giving warm and eloquent testimony from a grateful heart that partakes of the mercy and grace and righteousness and peace of the divine nature.
Sharing Personal Witness Daily
Open personal testimony is the privilege and language of every soul and every church member, calling all who fear the Lord to hear what He has done for the soul. It comes by dying to self and holding fast the interests of the soul, taking Jesus into the heart and into the home and then presenting Him to neighbors. Families and children then see the sweet grace of Christ at work in the heart and exemplified in the character. It declares the efficacy of the blood of Christ and His righteousness becoming personal righteousness, revealing the simplicity of the religion of Jesus where Christ is all and in all and fully satisfies every want of the soul. That declaration includes crying to God with the mouth and extolling Him with the tongue, forsaking iniquity in the heart so prayer is heard, and blessing God because He has heard and attended to the voice of prayer and has not turned away prayer or mercy.
This open testimony from the fullness of the soul is how the message of truth goes forward like a burning lamp. God's people act as His servants and co-workers with Christ to make His way known upon the earth and His saving health known among all nations through human lips and pens. Angels are not commissioned to proclaim it with audible voice, and nature alone does not teach obedience to all His commandments. People cannot believe and obey without hearing, so all who fear God are to hear God's people declare what He has done for them.
The verse calls each person to stop standing idle while others fight for souls and to stop gossiping about the faults of others. Instead each is to engage personally in the warfare by looking into the own heart with the Bible and earnest prayer. The prayer is for God to teach the heart and to show weakness, sins and follies in the light of eternity as they stand in the sight of heaven. It is pleading in humility day and night without rest until God gives a personal experience of what He has done, so the testimony of victories won can be declared to all who fear God, which is singing the songs of Zion.
The verse describes people whose hearts have been changed by God inviting others who fear Him to hear their testimony of His greatness and goodness. That change comes through forgiveness, Christ's grace, and healing of the soul. Many are drawn to the Sanitarium to become acquainted with truth and are converted through the miraculous power of God on body and soul, going away with new hearts and decided change. When they return home their lives and voices become a light to others, as lights in the world and witnesses for God declaring they have seen His greatness and tasted His goodness.
The testimony tells what Christ does in the believer. God's love strengthens the weak, steadies the faint-hearted, and gives courage. God works through Christ, and people come to the Father in the Son's name. Christ dwells in the heart by faith, sustains the faithful through trials, and strengthens and purifies them, so they can tell what the Lord has done for them.
Finding Christ and receiving His love, grace and salvation leads the believer to speak openly of His mercy so others may be drawn to Jesus. Christian zeal and consecration turn the soul's speech from a mournful cry of spiritual poverty to a declaration of God's work. The more that mercy is shared, the more there is to tell.