Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 87. It's been interesting working through these Psalms in the Third Book of the Psalms, and especially these more recent ones: the constantly recurring themes of God's people's love for the people of God; God's delight in His people; the importance of the body of Christ, of the church. And as we look at this Psalm tonight, not only do we think of John Newton's great hymn Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken (the song is taken right out of the third verse of this Psalm), but we think a little bit of Ephesians. Paul's themes in Ephesians 1, 2, and 3 cycle around many of the very ideas that are set forth in this Psalm. Tonight I want to concentrate on three parts in this Psalm. First, in verses 1-3, I…