Exalting Jesus in Psalms 51-100 Quotes

“Psalm 90:12 says, “Teach us to number our days carefully so that we may develop wisdom in our hearts.” When you know God is eternal and you know your time on earth is limited, then you make each day count for that which will last in eternity. You realize that how much money you make doesn’t matter; what matters is what you do with the money you make. You realize that the people around you are far more important than the things on your to-do list. You realize that, as a parent, the most important thing in the lives of your children is not the clothes they wear or the sports they play or even the grades they get; what’s most important is that they know God. In your own life you realize that knowledge of God and obedience to God are far more important than the achievements you accomplish and the positions you attain. You also realize that every person in your life—at home, at work, in your neighborhood, in your city, and around the world—is either headed to an everlasting heaven or an everlasting hell, and the only difference is what they do with Jesus. So you speak about Jesus. That’s how you live today for what lasts forever”
― David Platt, Exalting Jesus in Psalms 51-100

“fact, this is the central message of the Bible. Every person is a sinner who deserves holy judgment from God. If we received what we deserve, then we would all be in hell right now. Thankfully, God is gracious, and he has sent Jesus, his Son, to die on a cross for our sin. Therefore, anyone in the world who turns from his sin and cries out for grace from God through Jesus can be forgiven of all his sins and reconciled to God—now on earth and forever in heaven.”
― David Platt, Exalting Jesus in Psalms 51-100

“gospel provides us with a compelling reason to be consumed with constant joy in God (Eph 5:18-20; Col 3:15-16). The prescribed festivals and observances in the Old Testament merely serve as a shadow of the constant joy we have because of God’s grace in Christ Jesus (Col 2:16-17; cf. Rom 14:5-9). We are warned, however, against the individualism that’s manifested in “neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing” (Heb 10:25). “No time is amiss for praising God . . . but some are times appointed, not for God to meet us (he is always ready), but for us to meet one another, that we may join together in praising God” (Henry, Matthew Henry’s Commentary,”
― David Platt, Exalting Jesus in Psalms 51-100