Psa 100:4 Enter his at with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!

Entering His gates:

I. God's command to enter

• A. Hebrew word "bo" means; to come in, come, go in, go 

• B. Also used to express "brought" as in Cain brought his offering. Gen 4:3 

ll. God's gate

• A. Hebrew word, Sha-ar, a gate of entrance, a gate of space such as inside a marketplace, public meeting place, also used as the gate into a city palace tabernacle gate into heaven.

  • 1.  Examples of a place of meeting, Genesis 19:1 speaks of Lot sitting in the gate of Sodom. 1

  • 2.  where elders, judges, king, sat officially.

lll. God's presence with thanksgiving

• A.  Thanksgiving....Hebrew word "todah" in all the cases it was used in conjunction with the sacrifices offered to the Lord. It was an offering.

• B.  This brings an expanded collection of thoughts behind the phrase Sacrifice of Praise Heb 13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.