Say Amen!

Say Amen!
Ps 106:48


Intro: The word “amen” is a common word in our church setting. We use it as a closing for a prayer. We use it to express our agreement with the preacher.
We use it in a more common way to express our agreement with a statement someone makes in regard to just about any subject: the weather, politics, work, life in general. So the word “amen” becomes very common and ordinary and even gets used sometimes in an inappropriate way because of carelessness.
Still, in the Bible the word “amen” is an Important Word; A Powerful Word; a Word Full of Meaning and Purpose.
In our text tonight we read where the Psalmist Cried out: Let All the People Say Amen.
When you read the whole Psalm, he had written about the goodness and mercy of God; about his might and power in the earth; about how those who trust in the Lord are Blessed and Rejoice in Him.
The writer then rehearsed much of Israel’s history: their deliverance from Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea, the destruction of the Egyptian army.
He reminded them how their forefathers forgot the works of God and rebelled against him and he reminded of them the terrible price many paid for their rebellion. Some were slain by the Lord right at that time and eventually the entire nation was punished by being given into captivity to the heathen nations around them.
The Psalmist reminded them of God’s great mercy in spite of their sin. God regarded their cries for help and remembered his covenant with them.
Finally the Psalmist cried out in vs. 47- Save Us, O Lord our God! Gather us from among the heathen that we may give thanks unto thy holy name and triumph in thy praise. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting! And Let ALL the People Say AMEN!
In light of God’s Great Power;
In light of Israel’s great Failure;
In light of God’s Great Mercy;
Let all the people say Amen!
This is not just a word to be spoken by habit without thought; it is a word of Great Feeling Spoken from a heart that Rejoices in the Power and Glory and Mercy of God.


1) Saying Amen means I Agree with the Word of God.
When you say Amen, you are saying I agree with the Word of God.
Even when it Corrects me- I say Amen.
When it Reproves or Rebukes me I say, Amen.
When it Instructs me I say, Amen.
There’s an interesting incident in Deut 27. Moses told the people that when they crossed over Jordan into the land of Canaan, their homeland, they would make a monument of stones coated with plaster; upon this monument they would write the Law of God so they would be reminded to Obey it all the days of their lives.
Moses also told them that when they crossed over into Canaan’s land, representatives of 6 tribes would stand upon Mt Gerizim and pronounce God’s blessing upon his people. Then representatives of the other 6 tribes would stand upon Mt Ebal to pronounce the curses that would come upon them if they refused to obey the Law of God.
The instructions were given that the curse would be pronounced, and “all the people shall answer and say, Amen!” 12 times, they were told to respond to the Word of God by Crying Out, Amen!
You know what response God wants from you when you Read His Word? AMEN!
You know what response God wants from you when you Hear His Word Taught and Preached? AMEN!
Whenever God’s Word is proclaimed we are to say, AMEN and by doing so we are Saying, I Agree with God’s Word.
Now God’s Word is True and will stand forever whether you and I agree with it or not; BUT if you want your life to Stand before God with his Blessing and Approval, you Must say Amen to God’s Word.


2) Saying Amen Means that I Approve of the Ways of God.
When God proclaims his truth, I say Amen and by doing so I say, I approve of your Ways, Lord.
Ps 18:21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
Jer 7:23 Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
In Rev 15 there is a assembly of those who have gotten the victory over the Beast and are now in the glories of heaven- vs. 3 says, And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
We must say Amen and Approve the Ways of God Even when we don’t fully Understand them from our human perspective.
God told us in Isaiah 55:9 “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways...”


3) Saying Amen Means that I Appropriate the Gifts of God.
When I say Amen! From my heart I am saying, Lord, I am Personally Obeying Your Word and I am applying it to MY Life.
You provided salvation and I said, AMEN and I have been saved.
You provided means for holy living and I said, Amen and I am obeying your Word to live holy.
You provided the fulness of the Holy Ghost and I said Amen! And I am making every effort to be filled with your Spirit.
Ps. 116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.


4) Saying Amen Means that I Give my Assent to the Will of God.
Saying Amen from my heart means that I am surrendering my will to the will of God no matter what his will may be.
I know that God doesn’t deliberately use his will to “punish” us even though some to have that mentality. Some have said, “think about what you dislike the most and you can pretty well figure that it is God’s will for you.”
Nonsense!
God’s Will for your life and mine is Heaven’s Highest Intentions for us! God wants your life to be full of Purpose; full of satisfaction; full of contentment; full of joy! So, however God leads your steps, say Amen! Yes, Lord- I give my assent to your will.
Remember the prayer of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane? His human nature was recoiling at the thought of the torture, the suffering, the humiliation, and the agonizing death that was just ahead. Jesus cried out “being in agony, If it be possible let this cup pass from me...Nevertheless, not My will but Thine be done.” Jesus said, AMEN! Giving his assent to the will of God.
God’s will may not take you away from your hometown, but it might.
God’s will may not make you preach, but it might. However God works, he will use your abilities, your strengths, your potential for your best.
He will direct your steps by his Word; he will direct your steps by his Spirit within you; he will direct your steps by the circumstances of your life; he will direct your steps by that inner feeling of peace and assurance.
Say AMEN!
Say it from your heart!
Say it with your heart!
Say it with fervency and devotion.
I agree with your Word O Lord.
I approve of your Ways O Lord.
I appropriate your Gifts O Lord.
I give assent to your Will O Lord.
AMEN!