Lesson Ten-The Shout of Triumph
Psa_47:1
To the chief Musician, A Psalm
for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people;
shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
1. Why Shouting?
-Some
Christians would question the need for shouting or noisy praise as a new
covenant reality. In the Bible, God said in the last days that He was restoring
the tabernacle of David.
·
Act_15:16 After this I will return, and will build
again the tabernacle
of David, which is fallen
down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
·
Psa_5:11 But let all those that put their trust in
thee rejoice: let them ever shout
for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be
joyful in thee.
- We are
to follow not the traditions of men when it comes to praise and worship, but
rather what the Bible says. We have learned that we are to follow the biblical
pattern for praise and worship as we saw that we are to worship in spirit and
in truth (John 4). Worshipping in truth is worship according to the Bible.
2. Where do we find shouting
in the scriptures?
-Let’s
take a look at the word shout in the scriptures:
There
are 36 references to the word, “shout” in the scriptures.
-The
Shout of Joy:
rânan
raw-nan'
A primitive root; properly to creak
(or emit a stridulous sound), that is, to shout (usually for joy): -
aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful, (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to)
shout (for joy), (cause to) sing
(aloud, for joy, out), triumph.
·
This type of praise is a response
to what God has done for us, His presence, His goodness, and we can’t help but
respond with joy! He makes us rejoice!
o
Isa_12:6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
o
Psa
92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
o Isa
35:1:The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the
desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and
rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of
Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall
see the glory of the LORD, and
the excellency of our God.
o Psa 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye
righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
o
Psa
35:27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:
yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure
in the prosperity of his servant.
This shout is one of joy and rejoicing! This is the
way we are encouraged to respond to the goodness and wonder of our God. This
word was also used in the Hebrew language as “sing” as a joyful response to the nature and works of our God
as seen in the Psalms:
·
Psa 95:1-3 O come, let us sing
unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For
the LORD is a great God, and a
great King above all gods.
·
Isa
44:23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout-ruwa,
ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest,
and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself
in Israel.
·
Isa
52:8-9 Thy watchmen
shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing:
for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. Break
forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD
hath comforted his people, he hath
redeemed Jerusalem.
Within
the people of God is a joyful sound that must be released as a response the
greatness of their God. Remembering His wonders and the glory of who He is
creates this type of response!
We see
David responding to the Lord in this manner. In the Psalms this word is also
seen as the word, “rejoice”.
·
Psa
71:23 My lips
shall greatly rejoice
when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
·
Psa 98:1-4 O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his
right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. The LORD hath made
known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of
the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of
Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the
earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
o Make
a loud noise, rejoice, and sing praise!
Here we are instructed to respond to the deliverance
and mercy of God by making a joyful noise, a loud noise, rejoicing, and singing
praise! When we have a revelation of what God has done and will do, we can’t
help but respond accordingly.
·
Psa
115:17 The dead
praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.
·
Luk
19:40 And he
answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace,
the stones would immediately cry out.
The Shout of
Triumph
rûa‛
roo-ah'
A primitive root; to mar (especially by
breaking); figuratively to split the ears (with sound), that is, shout
(for alarm or joy): - blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a
joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
When the children of Israel were to be or were
delivered from their enemies, they shouted for the triumph or the victory! It
is the same with us today, we shout in response to the deliverance from sin and
death and the ongoing victory that God brings in our lives.
·
Isa
44:23-24:
Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower
parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every
tree therein: for the LORD
hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he
that formed thee from the womb, I am
the LORD that maketh all things;
that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abr the victory in the book of Joshua.
o
Jos 6:5 And it shall come to pass, that when they
make a long blast
with the ram's horn, and
when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city
shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before
him. Josh 6:16:,
“Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.”
Truwah-acclamation
of joy-battle cry: The
great shout from the Jericho story is this Hebrew word
·
This shout was seen when the ark
of the covenant entered the camp of the Lord even the enemies of God heard it:
o 1Sa_4:5
And when the ark of the covenant
of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth
rang again. And when the Philistines
heard the noise of the shout,
they said, What meaneth
the noise of this great shout
in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was
come into the camp..
·
This is a response to the
revelation the King of Kings is present!
o
Num_23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither
hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is
among them.
Truwah-his is the
battle cry:
This is when we shout unto the Lord until He comes and fights for us.
There
is a great example of this truth in 2 Chronicles 20: when Jehoshaphat sought the Lord because a
great multitude had arisen against them. A prophet from in the midst of the
congregation prophesied the battle plan included praise!
·
2Ch 20:17 Ye
shall not need to
fight in this battle:
set yourselves, stand ye still,
and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear
not, nor be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. And
Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
And the Levites, of the children
of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a
loud voice on high.And they rose early in the morning, and went forth
into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD
your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye
prosper. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto
the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the
army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to
sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of
Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were
smitten.
·
The
word, “sing” here
refers to the word triumph, a sound of triumph! Praise is a great weapon in the
spirit! As the King of the Earth is exalted He destroys the enemies and
mountains that we face in our lives. Jesus has already done the work, He has
overcome the world. We are to speak forth the victory in our own life and praise
the Lord for what He has done! Rather than get in the trenches with the enemy,
we praise the Lord for His greatness and mercy and the work has already be
done!
4. The Bible
gives us many reasons to shout!
·
Psa_5:11 But let all those that put their trust in
thee rejoice: let them ever shout
for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be
joyful in thee.
·
Zec_9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of
Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass,
and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
o
Let
not a rock cry in your place, you know how to respond to the King of Kings!
5. Biblically How Should our Worship Sound?
·
1Sa_4:5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD
came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. And when the Philistines heard the noise of
the shout, they
said, What meaneth
the noise of this great shout
in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was
come into the camp..
o
Even the enemy of God understood
why His people were worshipping!
·
Act 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and
sang praises unto God: and the prisoners
heard them.
·
Ps. 66:8: O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
·
Ezr 3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of
the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets,
and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the
ordinance of David king of Israel. And
they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD;
because he is good,
for his mercy endureth
for ever toward Israel. And all the
people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the
foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
6. We Shout in Response to His
Presence:
·
2Sa 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD
hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of
God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom
into the city of David with gladness. And
it was so, that when
they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and
fatlings. And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the
ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
o
Even with Michal glaring at him ,
David had stripped himself of his title and his honor and worshipped the King
of all the Earth as a priest! This the worship He requires and it brings Him
honor.
·
Lev 9:22-24 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the
people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and
the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and
came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all
the people. And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon
the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they
shouted, and fell on their faces.
·
Luk 19:37-40 And when he was come nigh, even now at the
descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had
seen; Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name
of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. And some of the Pharisees from among the
multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should
hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
7. God Enjoys Shouting:
·
Psa 47:5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with
the sound of a trumpet.
·
1Th 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from
heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
·
Exo 19:16 And it came to pass on the third day in the
morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the
mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that
was in the camp
trembled.
Shouting
is in response to the glory of God, the revelation of His majesty, His
deliverance, a battle cry, a response of rejoicing to the goodness of God, a
command to the believer, and an encouragement to the discouraged!
WHY
NOT SHOUT! He is so worthy!
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