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Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!
2Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
3Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
5For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
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The words “we are his” tie belonging to God's claim on his people, giving thanksgiving a ground beyond what they have achieved.
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Psalm 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted on the earth.”Both psalms command their hearers to know that the LORD is God, making recognition of his supremacy central.
Ephesians 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.Both texts name God as the maker of his people; Ephesians specifies creation in Christ Jesus for good works.
Isaiah 43:1But now the LORD who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You …Both passages connect God's making of his people with his claim that they belong to him.
1 Corinthians 6:19Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own,Both texts speak of belonging to God; Corinthians makes that claim concrete by naming the body as the Holy Spirit's temple.
Psalm 95:6–7Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before the LORD, our Maker,Both psalms identify the LORD as the worshipers' Maker, grounding their worship in their relation to him.
Malachi 2:10Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?Both passages identify one God as the creator of a people; Malachi challenges treachery among those who share that origin.
Genesis 1:26God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the …Both texts attribute human existence to God's making; Genesis adds that humanity is made in his image.
Psalm 119:73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.Both psalms acknowledge God as Maker; Psalm 119 turns that acknowledgment into a request for understanding his commandments.
John 17:3This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.Both passages center on knowing God; John names knowing the only true God and Jesus Christ as eternal life.
Isaiah 64:8But now, LORD, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.Both passages describe God's people as made by him, using sheep and clay to express their relation to their Maker.
1 John 5:20We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. …Both texts emphasize knowing the true God; John identifies the Son of God as the one who gives that understanding.
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Belonging to God includes a place among his people. The one they worship as God is their Maker, and they are the sheep of his pasture.
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