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SCRIPTURE:
INTRO:
Dad was tired of hearing his son complain about what his friends had and he did not have.
Dad had an idea: set a higher standard for his son.
The next time his son began his complaining, the father stopped him: “Is this what Jesus would do?
Would Jesus complain about the clothes he had and want to wear the same thing your friends are wearing?
Is it so important that you wear just what your friends are wearing?
Why can’t you be more like Jesus?”
The son waited for his father to catch his breath and then interrupted, “All right, Dad, I give up; just tell me what Jesus is wearing, and I’ll wear it too!”
Though the intent didn’t get through clearly between that father and son, the message is still true: Jesus is worthy for us to follow.
This Psalm points all its readers to the Priest/King Messiah.
It is one of the most cited Old Testament passages, and it inspires us to faithfully follow our Priest-King.
As we will see today, this Psalm is clearly what we call a Messianic Psalm: one that points to Jesus Christ.
Interwoven in this Psalm, we will find six applications to take home—all inspiring us to follow Jesus, our Priest-King.
Let’s begin with OT verse most cited by the NT: verse one.
I think of David Livingstone, the pioneer missionary to Africa, who walked over 29,000 miles.
His wife died early in their ministry and he faced stiff opposition from his Scottish brethren.
He ministered half blind.
His kind of perseverance spurs me on.
As I run, I remember the words in his diary: Send me anywhere, only go with me.
Lay any burden on me, only sustain me.
Sever me from any tie but the tie that binds me to Your service and to Your heart.
Joseph Stowell, Through The Fire, Victor Books, 1988, p. 150
MESSAGE:
God spoke to God. (vs. 1)
Jehovah/Yahweh said to Adonai—the Davidic king.
Verse one is quoted more times in the N.T. than any other O.T. verse.
This same verse cited in the NT helps us see a number of things of Christ:
Peter preaching at Pentecost:
Identity of Christ (Acts 2:32-35)
Identity of Christ
To Jewish believers contemplating going back to Judaism:
Superiority of Christ
Superiority of Christ (Hebrews 1:13-14)
Finished work of Christ
Finished work of Christ (Hebrews 10:12-13)
Declaration of Christ
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Jesus to the sitting high priest at His trial:
Declaration of Christ (Matthew 26:63-66)
Jesus to the Pharisees after being tested with questions from Sadducees and Pharisees:
Diety of Christ
Deity of Christ (Matthew 22:41-46)
No one asked Jesus any more questions from that point.
1) See Jesus as Lord.
A Colorado native moved to Texas and built a house with a large picture window from which he could view hundreds of miles of rangeland.
“The only problem is,” he said, “there’s nothing to see.”
About the same time, a Texan moved to Colorado and built a house with a large picture window overlooking the Rocky Mountains.
“The only problem is I can’t see anything,” he said.
“The mountains are in the way.”
People have a way of missing what is right before them.
Don’t miss seeing Jesus as Lord.
God will send the Messiah to rule as King with His willing people.
(vs.
2-3)
Out of Zion
In the midst of enemies
With willing servants adorned in righteousness
There’s no need to wait:
It is our reasonable service to present ourselves now to God as a living sacrifice
We ought to be transformed in expectation of God’s will.
2) Be a willing servant.
God will fulfill His oath of an eternal Priest and King through the Messiah.
(vs.
4)
A fulfilled promise of God.
O.T. prophesy of a priest-king.
Those roles were always to be separated.
Jesus was sent from the Father to be our High Priest
Jesus was sent from the Father to be our High Priest
As High Priest, Jesus offered Himself as our sacrifice, not an animal
Jesus is Priest after the order of Melchisedec, not the Levitical priesthood.
The law and Levites helped fore run a new promise of God.
The law and Levites brought in a new promise of God.
Jesus is our promised, unchangeable and eternal High Priest.
Jesus is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate, and exalted.
3) Go to your High Priest.
God declares the victory.
(vs.
4-7)
One night at a basketball banquet the president of a junior college was congratulating the coach and the team profusely.
The beaming coach asked the president, “Would you still like me as much if we didn’t win?”
“I’d like you as much,” the president replied.
“I’d just miss having you around.”
Everyone enjoys being on the winning team!
4) Rejoice in the declared victory.
Rejoice in the declared victory.
CONCLUSION
The last two are applications from the larger picture of both Testaments.
5) Seek things that matter where Christ is now.
(Colossians 3:1)
The place was Bethel, Vermont, nestled in the vast expanse of the Green Mountains.
It was a hot day, a perfect day for a walk to enjoy the view of the river and the surrounding mountains.
My trail was the railroad tracks that seemed to endlessly imitate the direction of the river.
By the tracks stood an old mill that was being converted into some kind of a workshop.
From my vantage point on the tracks, I could see a stop sign on one of the windows of the shop.
No doubt it said, “NO TRESPASSING!” but I had to check it out just to make sure.
I was right.
But the sign said a lot more than I had expected.
There in black and white on that dusty window were these words:
“Trespassers will be shot;
Survivors will be shot again.”
Without letting on how I felt at that point, I glanced over my shoulders and scouted the bush and the riverbank for signs of life, particularly property owners who carried loaded guns.
I rapidly came to the conclusion that I did not belong in that place, that I was passing through.
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