12-23-2018
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Whose Son Is He?
Whose Son Is He?
Intro: Questions and curiosity
some questions grip us and unsettle us enough that they prompt us to change
I want to start in
While the Pharisees were together, Jesus questioned them, “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose Son is He?” “David’s,” they told Him.
Introduce the scene: Jesus is in a debate of sorts. Asks them this question. And they seem eager to answer. but then something happens.
He asked them, “How is it then that David, inspired by the Spirit, calls Him ‘Lord’ :
Hmm. They were certain there was a Messiah who would come.... and that it was David’s son. What is Jesus getting at?
The Lord declared to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet’?
“If David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how then can the Messiah be his Son?”
uhhh… the next verse says
No one was able to answer Him at all, and from that day no one dared to question Him anymore.
Hook
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. These things should have been done without neglecting the others.
“What do you think about the Messiah?” Is this an easy question? I would like us to linger here this morning.
And look deeper into the understanding and expectations that people had of the Messiah.
I’m hoping that as we do we will encounter our own presuppositions and be refreshed as we encounter the glory of God in the face of the Messiah.
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To do so our journey begins with trip back into the old testament.
I wondered how where the Pharisees so ready with their answer that the Messiah was gonna be the son of David.
The promises made to King David about the eternal nature of his kingdom and throne-
The promises made to King David about the eternal nature of his kingdom and throne-
He will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to Me. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with a human rod and with blows from others. But My faithful love will never leave him as I removed it from Saul; I removed him from your way. Your house and kingdom will endure before Me forever, and your throne will be established forever.’ ”
2 Samuel 7
Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and singled out for God’s good news — which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures— concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.
which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures— concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.
affirms this understanding
affirms this understanding
Sits on the throne of David. Isa. 9:7. Eze. 37:24, 25. Luke 1:32. Acts 2:30
The Messiah sits on the throne of David
The Messiah sits on the throne of David
The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.
My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My ordinances, and keep My statutes and obey them. “They will live in the land that I gave to My servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They will live in it forever with their children and grandchildren, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
NT affirms this understanding
NT affirms this understanding
Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and singled out for God’s good news — which He promised long ago through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures— concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh and who has been declared to be the powerful Son of God by the resurrection from the dead according to the Spirit of holiness.
So why did the Psalm Jesus quoted throw them off so much?
So why did the Psalm Jesus quoted throw them off so much?
And so our journey continues with trip back the old testament Psalm that Jesus quotes. By the way this is the most quoted OT verse in the NT
Let’s take a look at this Psalm. Read it aloud.
This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule over Your surrounding enemies. Your people will volunteer on Your day of battle. In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of Your youth belongs to You. The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back: “Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek.” The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His anger. He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; He will crush leaders over the entire world. He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore, He will lift up His head.
A Davidic psalm. This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule over Your surrounding enemies. Your people will volunteer on Your day of battle. In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of Your youth belongs to You. The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back: “Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek.” The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His anger. He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; He will crush leaders over the entire world. He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore, He will lift up His head.
Transition:
Psalms 110:1
so how many of you have the tradition on Christmas morning of reading this Psalm? Or when you think of Christmas your mind goes to ?
Well let’s look a the first half of the Psalm.
The King
The King
This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies Your footstool.” The Lord will extend Your mighty scepter from Zion. Rule over Your surrounding enemies. Your people will volunteer on Your day of battle. In holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, the dew of Your youth belongs to You.
Flow:
so I want to look at a couple images from this section of scripture.
What do you think of these phrases. What would you be thinking if you were a Hebrew exiled in Babylon when these Psalms were being read? Now how about this… let’s jump ahead to the bool of Revelation to see another depiction of the Messiah with similar language. Look for any links.
extend Your mighty scepter from Zion
extend Your mighty scepter from Zion
These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because He is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
rule over your surrounding enemies
rule over your surrounding enemies
Revelation 19:11-16
Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and He judges and makes war in righteousness. His eyes were like a fiery flame, and many crowns were on His head. He had a name written that no one knows except Himself. He wore a robe stained with blood, and His name is the Word of God. The armies that were in heaven followed Him on white horses, wearing pure white linen. A sharp sword came from His mouth, so that He might strike the nations with it. He will shepherd them with an iron scepter. He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty. And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS.
Revelation 19
Transition:
Well now let’s look a the second half of the Psalm.
Well let’s look a the first half of the Psalm.
The Priest
The Priest
What is the role of a priest?
What is the role of a High Priest?
Who can be a priest?
The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back: “Forever, You are a priest like Melchizedek.” The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings on the day of His anger. He will judge the nations, heaping up corpses; He will crush leaders over the entire world. He will drink from the brook by the road; therefore, He will lift up His head.
psalm 110:4-7
swearing an oath that’s a big deal
the judge the nations?
the judging the nations?
the judge? the right hand
heaping and crushing?
the day of His anger?
victory over the enemies?
Is this a description of the priest?… well, it still sounds a bit like a conquering warrior… but then again… let’s take a look
David prophesies that an eternal priest like Melchizedek will come, this is an oath, unshakeable.
David prophesies that an eternal priest like Melchizedek will come, this is an oath, unshakeable.
Heb. 5:6. Heb. 6:20. Heb. 7:15, 17.
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His priestly role, is this a contrast.
The Lord is at Your right hand
The Lord is at Your right hand
It’s a bit confusing to place who is the “your” that this refers to. The Lord is at whose right hand?
What does it mean to have one at your right hand?
see end of Pslam 109, and vs 6
1 God of my praise, do not be silent. 2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. 8 Let his days be few; let another take over his position.
In verse 6 the Psalmist prayers for a corrupt person to stand at the right hand of David’s enemy. In the courtroom, David is wanting a bad lawyer to stand for his enemies defense. He wants his enemies to be found guilty. And at the end of the Psalm David asks for God to stand at his right hand. To defend him from the enemies, those who would condemn, from accusation.
26 Help me, Lord my God; save me according to Your faithful love 27 so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, Lord, have done it. 28 Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. 29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. 30 I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. 31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him.
Psalm 109:
So what?
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm. 1 God of my praise, do not be silent. 2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. 3 They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause. 4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I continue to pray. 5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set a wicked person over him; let an accuser stand at his right hand. 7 When he is judged, let him be found guilty, and let his prayer be counted as sin. 8 Let his days be few; let another take over his position. 9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children wander as beggars, searching for food far from their demolished homes. 11 Let a creditor seize all he has; let strangers plunder what he has worked for. 12 Let no one show him kindness, and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children. 13 Let the line of his descendants be cut off; let their name be blotted out in the next generation. 14 Let his ancestors’ guilt be remembered before the Lord, and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out. 15 Let their sins always remain before the Lord, and let Him erase all memory of them from the earth. 16 For he did not think to show kindness, but pursued the afflicted, poor, and brokenhearted in order to put them to death. 17 He loved cursing—let it fall on him; he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him. 18 He wore cursing like his coat— let it enter his body like water and go into his bones like oil. 19 Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself, like a belt he always wears. 20 Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me. 21 But You, Yahweh my Lord, deal kindly with me because of Your name; deliver me because of the goodness of Your faithful love. 22 For I am afflicted and needy; my heart is wounded within me. 23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust. 24 My knees are weak from fasting, and my body is emaciated. 25 I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn. 26 Help me, Lord my God; save me according to Your faithful love 27 so they may know that this is Your hand and that You, Lord, have done it. 28 Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice. 29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace; they will wear their shame like a cloak. 30 I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth; I will praise Him in the presence of many. 31 For He stands at the right hand of the needy to save him from those who would condemn him.
Summary: The Lord at your right hand is a matter of having a defender in your court hearing. Someone who will intercede.
He is willing to enter the courtroom at your right hand, as a defendant that stands accused, and intercede for you. In this way, this becomes a picture of the role of a priest. We’ll get there in a moment.
In verse 5. I think the Psalmist say The Lord is at your right hand. Implies that the work the Messiah carries out is done in the righteousness of the LORD. There is no condemnation for this justice that is being executed. The enemies, the nations being destroyed the bodies being heaped up - there is no room left to question it’s righteousness because the LORD is at the right hand here. The judgement that the Messiah exercises is sanctioned by the LORD and defended as correct.
The High Priest
for 1) He became the sacrifice for sins
so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.
secondly) He serves as the great High Priest
But the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation ), He entered the most holy place once for all, not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood, having obtained eternal redemption.
But the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation ),
Maybe the Pharisees expectations of the Messiah were so militaristic and temporal in nature that they missed the glaring truth that He would be an eternal priest?
“My kingdom is not of this world,” said Jesus. “If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would fight, so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. As it is, My kingdom does not have its origin here.”
psalms 109
Transition:
Maybe now that we have seen and heard of the Christ and his love and sacrifice for us that we miss the glaring truth that He is the King of Kings and has the word by which we will be judged. By which you and I will be judged. He is at the right hand, and His word over you is the word that is a matter of life eternal and death eternal.
so how many of you have the tradition on Christmas morning of reading this Psalm? Or when you think of Christmas your mind goes to ?
For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself.
for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Well let’s look a the first half of the Psalm.
Maybe now that we have seen and heard of the Christ and his love and sacrifice for us that we miss the glaring truth that He is the King of Kings and has the word by which we will be judged. By which you and I will be judged. He is at the right hand, and His word over you is the word that is a matter of life eternal and death eternal.
Maybe now that we have seen and heard of the Christ and his love and sacrifice for us that we miss the glaring truth that He is the King of Kings and has the word by which we will be judged. By which you and I will be judged.
Romans 14:27Maybe now that we have seen and heard of the Christ and his love and sacrifice for us that we miss the glaring truth that He is the King of Kings and has the word by which we will be judged. By which you and I will be judged. He is at the right hand, and His word over you is the word that is a matter of life eternal and death eternal.
Is He at your right hand? and His word over you is the word that is a matter of life eternal and death eternal.
Look
psalm 109
Our journey takes us to this Crossroads. I want to ask you this morning...
What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?
What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?
1 John - 3 Confessions and 1 Command
1 John - 3 Confessions and 1 Command
Confess - in 1 John - Agree with God
Confess
Confess
Confess - Agree with God about your sin
Confess - Agree with God about your sin
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
23 No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.
Some people want the Father, but they don’t want the Son. They agree that by all means there must be a powerful creator. But the Son… well I don’t know… Here’s the call from 1 John. He is asking us to confess two more things.
Has come in the Flesh
Confess - Agree with God that the Messiah Has come in the Flesh
Confess - Agree with God that the Messiah Has come in the Flesh
Confess - Agree with God that the Messiah Has come in the Flesh
Confess - Agree with God that the Messiah Has come in the Flesh
2 This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.
Confess - Agree with God that the Messiah is the Son of God
Confess - Agree with God that the Messiah is the Son of God
14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior.
1 John 4:14-
14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God.
14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent His Son as the world’s Savior. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God. 16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 17 In this, love is perfected with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, for we are as He is in this world.
13 I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
14 Now this is the confidence we have before Him: Whenever we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
1 John
1 john 14-15
The command is to Believe and Love
Believe and Love
He is eternal King - remember he lifts his head, he is king of kings and Lord of Lords
The command is to Believe and Love
1 John 3:23
He is an eternal Priest - remember… He gave himself as the sacrifice for our sins
As Prophet it is His eternal word by which you will be held to account. “I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me.“
And a Command
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1 John - 1 Command
1 John - 1 Command
The command is to Believe and Love
The command is to Believe and Love
23 Now this is His command: that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another as He commanded us.
They go together. Believe and Love
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