Proclaim Good Tidings of His Salvation

“Sing to the Lord, bless His name;

Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day.

Tell of His glory among the nations,

His wonderful deeds among all the peoples.

For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised;

He is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols,

But the Lord made the heavens.

Splendor and majesty are before Him,

Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.” (Psalms 96:2-6 NASB1995)

This passage of Scripture is from the Old Testament, but in the New Testament we are also instructed of God to proclaim the good tidings of His salvation from day to day. For we who are of genuine faith in Jesus Christ are God’s possession, that we may proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his wonderful light. And we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world in sharing the truth of the gospel of Christ.

And we who are disciples of Jesus Christ, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in him, are to go and make disciples of Christ of people of all nations, baptizing them (where possible), and teaching them to observe (obey) all that God has commanded us under the New Covenant. And when we believe in Jesus, and his Spirit comes to live within us, we are to be the Lord’s witnesses locally and to other cities and states and countries in the world.

For how will the people of the world be able to call on the Lord unless we are proclaiming the truth of the gospel to them? For they need to be taught the word. As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” (see Romans 10:14-15) And we are not to say, “There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest.” But we are to look, and to “lift up our eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.” (see John 4:31-38).

And Jesus said that whoever believes in him will also do the works that he did. And whoever says that he abides in Christ Jesus ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. For to this we have been called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, so that we might follow in his steps. And like Paul, we are to open spiritually blinded eyes so that they will turn from darkness (sin) to the light (Jesus, the gospel, righteousness), and from the control of Satan, to coming under the Lordship of Christ Jesus.

[1 Peter 2:9; 1 Peter 2:21; Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; 1 John 2:6, etc.]

For if our faith in the Lord Jesus is of God, and it is persuaded of God, and it is not of our own flesh, we should want to share the message of the gospel of our salvation with other people, because we love them, and because we know that faith in Jesus Christ is the only way to God and to eternal life with God. But this faith requires that we deny self, put sin to death daily, by the Spirit, and that we walk in obedience to our Lord, in his power.

For Jesus Christ put our sins to death with him on that cross so that we will now die with him to sin and live to him and to his righteousness, in walks of obedience to his ways, and to his will, and to his commands. He died that we will no longer live for self, but for him who gave his life up for us. So, if we profess faith in Jesus Christ with our lips, but then we continue in deliberate and habitual sin, and not in obedience to God, we will not have life in Him.

For the flesh of humans is an idol that many hold on to. But we cannot serve the flesh and serve God, too. And if the flesh and sin are what we obey, and not God, then we don’t know God, we are not in fellowship with him, and we will not have eternal life in him, regardless of what our lips professed. For to fear God above all gods, we must obey God, revere him, honor him as Lord, serve him with our lives, and submit to the will and purpose he has for us.

This is a summary of Romans 6:1-23 which is a summation of the gospel:

By God-persuaded faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to God and to his righteousness in walks of obedience to his commands. Thus, we are no longer to allow sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience is what we obey, it results in sanctification and its end is eternal life with God.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 1:12-13; John 6:44; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:6-8; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:5-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10]

The Lord’s Anointed  

Based off Isaiah 61

The Spirit of the Sov’reign Lord on me;

Anointed to preach the Good News;

Sent me to bind up the brokenhearted;

Proclaim freedom for the captives.

He sent me to preach release for pris’ners

Who are walking in sin’s darkness;

Proclaim God’s grace to all men who’ll listen;

And tell them about God’s judgments;

Comfort all who mourn;

Give crowns of beauty;

Oil of gladness and thanksgiving. 

They will be called oaks of God’s righteousness,

A planting of our Savior, God,

For the display of our Lord’s splendor, and

They will rebuild God’s holy church.

God will renew them, and will restore them,

And you’ll be called priests of the Lord.

You will be ministers of our God, and

You will rejoice in salvation.

The Lord loves justice;

He is faithful to 

Reward those who are seeking Him.

I delight greatly in the Lord;

My soul rejoices in my Savior, God.

He has clothed me with His salvation,

And in a robe of His righteousness.

He has given me priestly garments to wear, 

As the bride of Jesus Christ.

As the garden of our Lord and Savior, 

He causes us to grow in Him.

He makes righteousness, 

Praise, and thanksgiving

Spring up before all the nations. 

An Original Work / December 16, 2011

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

https://vimeo.com/114836524 

Proclaim Good Tidings of His Salvation

An Original Work / April 23, 2025 

Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love