Announcement of Joy

Pastor Malcolm
Psalm 98
December 16, 2018

Background of Joy to the World

• Author: Pastor Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
• Began writing hymns as reflections on scripture, wrote nearly 800 hymns
• Set to music as we have it 120 years after composition by Lowell Mason
• Joy to the World is the most published American Christmas Hymn
• Joy to the World a reflection on Psalm 98

Outline of Psalm 98

The

of God (Psalm 98:1-3)

• Salvation is God’s
  Reveal Answer
  and
  Reveal Answer
• God makes His salvation
  Reveal Answer
  (has done this in Jesus Christ)
• God’s salvation is
  Reveal Answer
  to all the earth

The victory song of

(Psalm 98:4-6)

• Worship and praise is
  Reveal Answer
  on the
  Reveal Answer
  of God

The

response of

Reveal Answer

(Psalm 98:7-9)

• God’s saving work is a
  Reveal Answer
  salvation for
  Reveal Answer
• God’s
  Reveal Answer
  will be
  Reveal Answer
  and
  Reveal Answer
  (gen. 18:25c)

Recipe for Christmas Joy

• Reveal Answer
  Him room in your heart
• Reveal Answer
  the songs of praise and worship before God
• Reveal Answer
  His flowing blessings with others
• Reveal Answer
  the glories of His righteousness to the world