We draw near because Christ our Mediator has gone where we never could, and he has brought us with him.
The Israelite God was different from all the other gods, thus, the worship of Yahweh differed from that of all other gods.
David finally found the truth that it was not his seed of kingship but the promise made to Abraham that made him holy. From that, David refused to be moved and wrote this Psalm by the necessity of the Spirit as the assurance of faith. The law never made a man holy, not even one as robust as David; yet faith did this great thing without lifting a finger.

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What does it take to be a Christian? Christ.
Even as children of God, we have down days. That’s just a fact of being sinful and living in an evil world.
Only when we stand where God has located Himself for us do we find an imperishable promise.
Jesus is our confidence because he reveals truth from falsehood, right from wrong, and reality from appearance, so that we may rely on him for our every need of body, soul, and mind.
There is a power that is stronger and mightier than the power of separation in death. And that power is the power of God’s love for you and me.
Miracles, for all their wonder and encouragement, rely on the dazzling of our senses to work. Because miracle-faith produces sensory-faith, it is of a poor quality.
Your prayers are not what make you acceptable in his sight. You have already been made acceptable through the blood of Christ.
He is not ashamed to call us brothers and sisters, even as we curse and yell at him for not pleasing us with our pettish wishes.
In Christ Jesus, through faith, we’ve received everything we need for our bodies and lives, and life eternal.
I rededicated my life as many times as I could when the guilt was unbearable. I would read my Bible more and pray more, yet I still struggled. I knew deep down, I was breaking God’s heart with my failure at being his child.
It is that love, finally, which comes back again and again, not as an afterthought, but as the underlying theme of the entire section.
The good news of Jesus Christ guides us into godly worship, not self-worship.