Points of Interest - Psalm 118 Part 1

I. Call to Worship: Psalm 70:4,5 

II. Offering passage: Exodus 25:1,2 

III. Scripture references: 
• Matt. 21:9 – ‘The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!”’ 

• John 12:35,46 - “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes … I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.” 

• John 6:65 – “And He was saying, “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.” 

• John 10:14,15 – “I am the good shepherd, and I knowMy own and My own know Me, even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.” 

• Acts 2:23,24 - “this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. But God raised Him up again …” 

• Acts 4:12 – “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” 

IV. Cross-references: 
• Matthew 21:33-46 
• Acts 4:7-13 
• I Peter 2:4-9 

V. Quotes: 
• Matthew Henry - “In singing this psalm we must glorify God for his goodness, his goodness to us, and especially his goodness to us in Jesus Christ.”