This Psalm can be like meeting a well-known celebrity and not knowing it. This Psalm offers much more than what initially meets the eye. Below is an outline summary of the sermon for your further study and deeper reflection.

SERIES: Summer in the Psalms, Vol. 3
TEXT: Psalm 45
TITLE: A Pleasant Theme
PREACHER: Tim Lambros
BIG IDEA: Seeing the love of our bridegroom moves us to fresh affections for our  Savior.

POINTS:
I. The Groom is King and Messiah
II. The Glorious Princess is the Bride and Church

SERMON EXCERPTS:
All quotes and text emphasis are taken directly from the pastor’s notes.

ILLUSTRATION: Queen Elizabeth not being recognized by tourists

“The subscript says this is a love song. The context is a royal wedding with all the normal and expected emotions and pomp we would experience at a King’s wedding. This is a  unique Psalm. There is no other Psalm like this one.”

“This Psalm is located at the beginning of Book 2 of the Psalms, follows some dark Psalms, and acts as a wedding celebration and a hint of future dynasty and victorious reign.”

“Structurally, the Psalmist speaks in first person in V. 1 and then at the end in V. 16-17, acting as bookends. Verses 2-9 address the groom, and V. 10-15 address the bride.”

“The Psalmist wrote this for the King. Whether it is sung by a choir or the entire  congregation, it’s clear that it is addressed to the King. NOTICE V. 1. Scholars can’t be sure which king the Psalmist might be addressing. What’s clear is that he would be in the Davidic lineage.”

“ NOTICE the author says his heart overflows with a pleasing theme. Overflow is like the author is stirred up or moved. A pleasing theme is literally “a good word.” The author is  stirred and moved and has this sense that he’s got a good word.” 

“The Psalmist is indeed writing about a pleasing theme. In fact, we’ll see he’s writing about the theme of themes. So his heart appropriately overflows.”

“A king, and especially the royal wedding in this Psalm, can be difficult for many of us to imagine. Apart from God’s active, illuminating work of the Holy Spirit, the natural mind has difficulty imagining the king, the primary object of this poetic love song.” 

“FIRST, we don’t live under a monarchy, have no day-to-day context for or about a king in our lives or American culture. So it’s difficult to imagine a royal wedding unless you are engaged with the gossip columns surrounding the British Monarchy.  SECOND, the king in this wedding would be part of the Davidic line of kings. There’s a certain weight and future promise attached. God had promised that the Savior would come from David’s line. Scholars aren’t sure if this wedding was Solomon’s or some other king, but all agree this love song, this poem concerning a royal wedding, would be for a king in David’s lineage. THIRD, it gets even more difficult because we will see clear evidence in the NT that this royal wedding involves not just a king in the family tree of David, but it points ultimately to King Jesus. The bridegroom in this wedding will emerge as King and  Messiah.” 

“So, let’s allow God’s Word, through this poetic song, ILLUMINE our minds and hearts – helping us to SEE & KNOW - knowing we have the Holy Spirit helping us.” 

“Verses 2-9 focus on the king. The Psalmist writes about his physical looks and his speech. He is handsome and skilled in using his words. Then in v. 3-4 he describes his military victories.”

“THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE NEW TESTAMENT CONCEALED. THE NEW  TESTAMENT IS THE OLD TESTAMENT REVEALED.”

“If V. 1 was a hint that maybe the author’s ‘pleasing theme’ has more to do with the future King of Kings, then notice V. 6. He doesn’t address him as King like in V. 1. He now calls Him God! To call an earthly king God would be blasphemous yet that’s what the Psalmist does.”

“So we have this paradox – The king is addressed as God, but God is his God. It’s clearly stated in God’s Word. But the best confirmation and clarity come from the NT. Hebrews 1:8- 9 shows us the Psalmist is speaking of another King.”

“The author of Hebrews is making the argument that Jesus is greater than any of the angels, and in that argument, he quotes Psalm 45:6-7 explicitly revealing that the text we’re looking at today refers to Jesus!” 

“Handsome – Our eternal bridegroom didn’t come to be admired for His physical attributes – His beauty goes far beyond being handsome. The king of kings/Messiah – our eternal bridegroom is the essence of righteousness. He hates evil, and God sent Him to come and die for our rebellion and evil against him.  He is victorious in battle – Jesus came from the glories of heaven to win the battle that you and I could not. NOTICE v. 6 – Your throne is FOREVER. God has made Him an eternal king.”

“If this royal wedding were to have been Solomon’s wedding, he could be regarded as one of the wisest kings known to man. But no one addressed him as God. No one addressed him as God, who had God as his God. This is a Psalm bursting the banks with OT language. The only fulfillment could be the future King of Kings, Jesus.”

“The romance, ceremony, a handsome king, a military conqueror, thrones, fragrant robes all in the context of a royal wedding – take on much more meaning when we see from holy Scripture it’s about our Savior Jesus Christ. Yet there’s another piece to this royal wedding scene. You don’t have a wedding without a bride.” 

“Verse 10 now addresses the bride. First, a three-part exhortation. The bride is called to hear, consider, and to incline her ear. The exhortation calls her to forget her former people and her father’s household. Positively, she is to bow or submit to her bridegroom who is also her king.”

“Remember, Jewish weddings involved a procession from one house to another. Notice in v. 13 she is glorious in her beauty, adorned with robes like we heard earlier about the King. In her multi colored robes, she is led to the king. This hints at the original wedding of God bringing Eve to Adam. There is joy and gladness as she is led in this procession to meet  her bridegroom and enter the palace of the king.” 

“Since we know the king here is fulfilled in Christ, this amazing picture emerges of Christ and His love for His bride the Church. If the OT is the NT concealed and the NT is the  OT revealed, then what Paul wrote in Ephesians 5 is another lens to understand some of the imagery we see in Psalm 45.”

“The bride gives up all allegiance to her prior people, father, and household, and fully gives herself – she bows to her new king. You and I, as Christians, are called to repent of our prior love for anything in this world and devote ourselves to Christ the King.  

As the bride “leaves” her prior “chamber,” so we leave our prior place and are led to our  King. There is joy and gladness not because an earthly king chose his bride but because the King of the universe left His place, His royal, perfect place of intimate fellowship with the Godhead, and came and died so create a way for His bride, the Church, to be led  into relationship with Him!”

QUOTES:
ESV Study Bible - “You Are a King of Beauty, Majesty, and Justice. These words speak to the king, praising him for his appearance and gracious speech, military power, and commitment to promoting justice for his subjects. These words focus the attention of a young king on the ideals he should hold for his reign and character. These are what lead to God’s  blessing for his people’s king, and to the king’s own respected position in the world.”

Derek Kidner - “This paradox is consistent with the incarnation but mystifying in any other context. It is an example of Old Testament language bursting its banks, to demand a more-than-human fulfilment.”

Christopher Ash - “Rather than try to twist the verse to make it plausible for an address to a historical Old  Testament King, it is better to see this as another indication that these Spirit-inspired words look beyond Old Testament history to the coming of the Messiah.”

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE:
Hebrews 1:8–9
2 Corinthians 11:2

APPLICATION:
Identity 
We are the bride of Christ. Let the affections we see in the bride/groom freshly stir up in each of us the glory of our new identity. This can be a powerful weapon in your sanctification – the expulsive power of a new  affection 

Ambassador  
For evangelism, knowing the love King Jesus has for His bride is a ‘theme’ or ‘matter’ of glad tidings all should hear – we are the aroma of Christ in this world. We bring an aroma as we live, speak, and do our deeds in a lost and dying world. 

SONGS FROM THIS SUNDAY:
Be Thou My Vision
Our Song From Age To Age
The Steadfast Love of Christ
Turn Your Eyes
How Great (Psalm 145)

NEXT WEEK’S PASSAGE:
GUEST PASTOR: KYLE HOULTON

THE BOOK OF THE QUARTER:

The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin

By Lundgaard, Kris A.

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What comfort and hope do I have, do we have, in the middle of the night (i.e. the repeated sufferings of this life)? We believe that one of the kindest things that your pastors can do for you is prepare you for the suffering that marks this life. It is for this purpose that we consider Psalm 16 today. Below is an outline summary of the sermon for your further study and deeper reflection.

SERIES: Summer in the Psalms, Vol. 3
TEXT: Psalm 16
TITLE: An Unshakable Calm in Jesus
PREACHER: Tom Wilkins
BIG IDEA: God’s preservation of our life produces a beautiful contentment and an unshakable calm of our soul.

POINTS:
I. A Content Life (In Christ - Vs. 2-6)
II. A Calm Life (In Christ - Vs. 7-11)

SERMON EXCERPTS:
All quotes and text emphasis are taken directly from the pastor’s notes.

“Until we step onto the golden shores of heaven, we will face trial after trial after trial. Ps 16, written by David, speaks into “the night” of life… into the trial that is this life, BUT it does not simply say “Hang on! Heaven is coming!” WHICH IS RADICALLY TRUE. Ps 16 speaks of a real and lasting and PRESENT hope and anchor for the soul.”

“Ps 16 begins with a cry for PRESENT help (that He would “preserve” us right now) and it grants us PRESENT help right now.”

“Are you happy today and rocked tomorrow? All seems well. The sea of your life is placid… and then… wave after wave. Don’t we long for calm? Don’t we long for rest? Isn’t this possibly our daily pursuit? And just when we think we have reached a ‘good’ stretch in life… things fall apart.”

“Yet today we find that God’s preservation of our life leads to an unshakable calm of our soul. There is a profound effect on our soul when our soul remembers and believes and grabs hold of the truth that God saves and guards the believer… preserving them forever… and the effect of that truth produces an unshakable calm in this life.”

“Verse 1 ‘Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.’ In the opening words in Verse 1, David calls out, ‘Preserve me, O God’, and the sense is that we sing-pray that God would guard and save our very lives. There is no specific or imminent threat mentioned because the Psalm is a cry for God to preserve us throughout our whole life! All the days of my life, O God, guard my life!”

“Following Verse 1, we have in Verse 2, ‘I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.”’ David declares that the LORD is our Lord, and he acknowledges that anything truly good in this life is found only in and with Him, and nothing truly good is found anywhere else. That which is truly good is found only in one place: in God!”

“Now… we begin to see godly contentment take shape in our text. Verse 2 shapes biblical contentment.”

“First, contentment confesses that God is the Lord of our life! Second, contentment, biblically speaking, acknowledges that good is only found in God, and that is enough for me.”

“Contentment excludes our thinking that we have any goodness to bring and to add to God’s. Godly contentment is a deep satisfaction in all that is found in God alone and nothing else and nowhere else. Our greatest satisfaction in this life is in the Lord, and there is no lasting satisfaction apart from Him!”

“Our confession becomes: In you, Lord, is found only good. There is no evil in you, God, but only that which is righteousness and goodness. ‘Preserve my life, O God.’ ‘Guard my life, God. Guard my life in Your goodness.’”

“David now describes a people, God’s people, calling them saints. Here we have a description of God’s people in whom the king delights because they are God’s saints. And his delight in them is compared to those of Vs 4…”

“The saints… he delights in. These idolaters… (Vs 4b) He has no delight in but only disdain of their idolatry and silent rejection. They have turned “apart” (Vs 2b) from God and have run after another god in an attempt to find good, and pleasure, and joy, and satisfaction.”

“The altogether discontent people of Vs 4 do not find the good life they crave, but only that which multiplies and compounds sorrow! Their running from God to other gods leads them into a perpetual state of UNREST. Their discontent gifts them sleepless nights of the soul. Nothing satisfies them. No one satisfies them.”

“The craving of the human heart is to live the good life. Yet our sin and this world redefine what a good life is. Day after day, we wake up hoping it’s going to be a good day.
A good life is _______________?
…prosperity
… conflict-free free fruitful relationships
…health
…sexual fulfillment
…a full stomach”

“Psalm 16 teaches us an uncomfortable truth: If we look to anyone else but God and go anywhere else but God, “running after/acquiring other gods,” in the end, we do not get what we were looking for. Our searching, grasping, on-to-the-next-new-thing, ends only in our sorrow ‘multiplying.’”

“A lack of contentment in God is not simply going about our day, not thinking about him, but our discontent has lead us to turn to another god - an impatient, insatiable desire that is looking for the next high, for the next sense of feeling good/ok/angst-free… going everywhere… anywhere… to anyone… but God.”

“Discontentment is not satisfied by adding this fix to that fix. Discontentment itself multiplies, and discontentment with God, leads to trouble and sorrow that only MULTIPLY.”

“BUT THERE IS GOOD NEWS! Recalling Vs. 2, “LORD, you are my Lord. I have no good apart from you.” We now come to the part of the Psalm that shapes a beautiful satisfaction of the soul. Let these words sink into your soul.”

“Here, in the words of Verses 5-6, is a PLACE. That place is the LORD himself in the words of the “promised land” Using these words: my chosen portion, my cup, my lot, my lines. The marking of the place where God is AND where he isn’t. A place that God has drawn the borders… therein is my pleasant places. Therein is my beautiful inheritance. Therein is our beautiful satisfaction. (Outside of the place, there is only mounting unhappiness and unresolved grief.)”

“[The contented person] has found satisfaction. He has found rest in his soul. A contentment with God, and a satisfaction in God, that leads to rest… a rest for the soul. Godly contentment leads to a godly calm in our lives, no matter what may happen.”

“The contentment of the soul is anchored in a deep trust in God, and taking us somewhere… into a deep calm of the soul.”

“And this remains true in the night - there will be sorrow, but not only sorrow. The reassuring counsel that God gives “in the night” brings a calm rest to the soul. The reassuring instruction “in the night” of our hearts that are informed by the promises of God brings a calming security to our soul.  Vs 9: My heart can be glad, my whole being can rejoice, my flesh also can live SECURE.”

“Yet, how is Vs 10 possible? Read with me Acts 2:22-32.”

“Now we find that Psalm 16 is Messianic - It has been leading us to see the Promised One of Israel - Jesus Christ!”

“Hear our Lord’s voice as He speaks the words of vs 5-6. Our Savior was given a ‘chosen portion and… cup’. In the Garden, Jesus falls to the ground… The lines of His lot were drawn (had “fallen”) for Him and His lot included a cup that was almost too much to bear - the Cross!”

“The cross of Christ and His resurrection, as revealed in Verse 10, lead to dwelling with glad hearts and living in a confident calm as described in Verse 9. Even our flesh will dwell securely knowing that death will not leave us in the pit to rot forever but will, in the twinkling of an eye, come alive forevermore!”

“Even in death - THE true nightmare in the night… my soul can be reassured!  1 Thes 4 - in death - HOPE because of vs 10 - the hope of the resurrection grants and leads us into a calm reassurance in Christ!”

“An Unshakable Calm is possible RIGHT NOW in the midst of sorrow and grief. It will see us through the night and into gladness and rejoicing. Understanding the wrath of God is satisfied at the Cross of Jesus leads to this unshakable calm of our soul.”

“Jesus will not be abandoned to hell. Jesus will not see the corruption. In Jesus, we will not be abandoned to hell! In Jesus, we will not see the corruption!”

QUOTES:
Jerry Bridges - “The contented person experiences the sufficiency of God’s provision for his needs and the sufficiency of God’s grace for his circumstances. He believes God will indeed meet all his material needs and that He will work in all his circumstances for his good. …The godly person has found what the greedy or envious or discontented person always searches for but never finds. He has found satisfaction and rest in his soul.”

Thomas Brooks, The Transcendent Excellency of a Believer’s Portion above All Earthly Portions - “A Christian knows that death shall be the funeral of all his sins, his sorrows, his afflictions, his temptations, his vexations, his oppressions, his persecutions. He knows that death shall be the resurrection of all his hopes, his joys, his delights, his comforts, his contentments.”

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE:
Acts 13:32-39

APPLICATION:
Set the Lord always before you. DON'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE. Go to Him. Don't go to another God. All that awaits there is sorrow multiplied!

GO to the Cross of Jesus and see him there! Don't go anywhere else
- When all seems ok… set Him before you
- In the night, when all hell seems to be breaking loose… Don’t go anywhere else. Set the LORD before you!

SONGS FROM THIS SUNDAY:
Christ Our Hope In Life And Death
Glorious
Hallelujah What A Savior
O My Soul Arise

NEXT WEEK’S PASSAGE:
Psalm 45

THE BOOK OF THE QUARTER:

The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin

By Lundgaard, Kris A.

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Righteousness and Peace come together in Jesus our King and Priest! Below is an outline summary of the sermon for your further study and deeper reflection.

SERIES: Summer in the Psalms, Vol. 3
TEXT: Psalm 110
TITLE: Jesus, Our King and Priest Forever
PREACHER: Tom Wilkins
BIG IDEA: Jesus has become our King and Priest, so we freely give ourselves to Him and His kingdom.

POINTS:
I. Jesus, Our King (Vs. 1-3)
II. Jesus, Our Priest (Vs. 4-7)

SERMON EXCERPTS:
All quotes and text emphasis are taken directly from the pastor’s notes.

“As a people, we have a problem with kings.”

ILLUSTRATION: Google search of AI “No Kings Day”

“It sounds like we don’t like kings. But 1 Samuel 8 tells a very different story… we crave kings… we love kings… we love kings that give us what we want. The people demanded “Give us a king to judge us.” and God told Samuel to give them what they want. They ‘have rejected me from being king over them.’”

“We have a problem with kings. But in Psalm 110 we have been given a King… the very King that we desperately need!”

“Psalm 110 has the following Structure: Biblically, an oracle is a divine message from God Himself that is spoken/written by a man (in this case, King David) to the hearers/readers (that would be us)
Vs 1 - A Divine Declaration - followed by
Vs 2-3 The Explanation
Vs 4 - A Divine Declaration -  followed by
Vs 5-7 The Explanation”

“Verse one says several things: 1. ‘The LORD speaks to my Lord:’ (Capital letters and then lower case letters)”

“David hears what no man ever deserved to hear. Yet YHWH permits it. He permits a mortal ear to hear, and a human pen to record what should have been a ‘secret conversation’.”

“And we know that this clearly is Jesus as we look into what is next: 2. ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool’.”

“First, the phrase ‘sit at my right hand’ is seen elsewhere in Scripture, like Ps 45, 1 Kings 2, Matt. 25, and combined with ‘footstool,’ we discover that this is enthroning in honor and majesty and in victorious triumph as seen in Joshua 10:24-25 - where the commanders of the army would place their feet on the necks of defeated kings. Vs. 2 adds further emphasis to this Kings rule as ‘The LORD sends forth from Zion [His] mighty scepter.’”

“The word ‘until’ in this second part of verse 1 makes it clear that this King’s rule over his enemies has begun, but will, one by one, put His enemies underfoot - on their neck - in a final glorious and righteous act of judgement - His victories will be completed! Vs. 2 will describe His rule as ‘in the midst of your enemies!’ It is ongoing with end-times certainty of victory over every single last enemy of God and His saints. He is the King at war now, anticipating the day that enemies are finally his ‘footstool’.”

“None other than Jesus Himself alludes to and directly quotes Psalm 110:1, asserting He is the one whom David spoke of. Jesus’ words are recorded in the 3 synoptic gospels. [below]”

“If Jesus said that what David wrote was in reference to himself, Jesus’ testimony would be sufficient! …and, yet, adding to the sufficient self-witness of Christ, the witness of Scripture goes on in Acts 2:29-36 (Peter says that this is Jesus).”

“After a little of study who David is calling his “Lord” in Ps 110:1, it becomes abundantly clear that “my Lord” is the Messiah. David’s Lord is Jesus Christ, the Son of God!”

“Psalm 110 makes much of Jesus. Psalm 110 is lifted up higher and higher by Scripture itself. And this Psalm preaches Jesus… Jesus who is the Lord… the King who sits in power over all!”

“Verses 2 and 3 provide further explanation of this King's rule. We find in verse 3 that God’s people FREELY offer themselves up for their King in these battles that are being waged. In “holy garments,” they are dressed in honor of their King.”

“‘From the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours.’ The last part of Vs 3 is a bit more difficult to interpret, but likely means those who honor and give themselves to the King are doing so with a daily renewed energy for the fight and honor.”

“Something amazing is now spoken to Jesus our King. God speaks again to His Son. He declares an irrevocable oath to His Messiah King - ‘You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.’ Jesus, Our King is also Our Priest to God - and He will represent us to God. He intercedes for us. HE is our King who is being represented to us. HE is our Priest who represents us to God.”

“Genesis 14 and Hebrews 7 make it clear that this priest, Melchizedek, was before the law. He was not making intercession to God under the law… He was a type and foreshadowing of Jesus, the greater King and Priest of Psalm 110 that would usher in a better and eternal covenant.”

“According to Hebrews 7:2, his name means king of righteousness and being from a town called Peace, he was the king of peace. - Melchizedek was the king of righteousness and peace!”

“Righteousness and Peace come together in Jesus our King and Priest! In Psalm 110:4, God is declaring that a GREATER priest than that of Levitical priesthood… completely outside and greater! - Jesus, my Son, who is on My Throne forever is Our GREAT HIGH PRIEST forever!”

“Sinners cannot approach a Holy God without a mediator, without an intercessor, without a priest that brings a bloody sacrifice as offering to God as a sign of atonement for their sin. The whole priesthood, tied to the law that proved our guilt, was put into place to teach us, to reveal God’s Holiness and our sinfulness. There is no other way for sinners to come near a Holy God.”

“So, the priest represented us to God through the daily sacrifice. OVER AND OVER AND OVER Hebrews 10 describes this daily sacrifice as a shadow (a sign) of what was to come. In fact, the act of these priests could never remove our sin.”

“Our original hope was tied to the Law of the Levitical Priesthood, yet in the end, sinners like us were hopeless without forgiveness! BUT, now eternal hope is being prophesied in Psalm 110 and FULFILLED in the coming of our GREAT HIGH PRIEST - JESUS! And He, under His new and better covenant, brings us in His righteousness before God! Our KING and PRIEST became Our Lamb that shed His blood for our forgiveness and eternal peace!”

“We desperately need Jesus Our King-Priest, because of the wrath of God.”

“In our fallen condition, we seek to be our own mediator, but we need someone who will bring us before God in righteousness. We believe that we don’t need a King-Priest. This will lead to our destruction. We both willfully will not see and blindly cannot see apart from the power of the Gospel to open our eyes to our King and Priest, Jesus. YET, our application is first found in Vs 3 [Read Vs 3 with me]. Willing and Freely (there is a Gladness in our response to King Jesus)”

QUOTES:
C.H. Spurgeon - “Jehovah said unto my Adonai: David in spirit heard the solemn voice of Jehovah speaking to the Messiah from of old. What wonderful intercourse there has been between the Father and the Son! From this secret and intimate communion spring the covenant of grace and all its marvellous arrangements. All the great acts of grace are brought into actual being by the word of God;... How condescending on Jehovah’s part to permit a mortal ear to hear, and a human pen to record his secret converse with his co-equal Son! How greatly should we prize the revelation of his private and solemn discourse with the Son, herein made public for the refreshing of his people I Lord!”

John Calvin - “Having the testimony of Christ that this psalm was penned in reference to himself, we need not apply to any other quarter for the corroboration of this statement…”

Martin Luther - Psalm 110 “is the very core and quintessence of the whole Scripture. No other psalm prophesies as abundantly and completely about Christ.”

Dane Ortland - “Christ is your king, representing God to you, but he is also your priest representing you to God.”

ADDITIONAL SCRIPTURE:
Matthew 22:41-46
Mark 12:35-37,
Luke 20:41-44
Who is Melchizedek?: Genesis 14, Hebrews 7

APPLICATION:
1. We need Jesus, Our King, because we were made for Him.
2. We need Jesus, Our Priest, because He is holy!
The height of our pride leads to believe that we don’t even need a king. (“we are a government of the people”… or better yet a government of me). What in the world is a monarchy anyway? Who needs that? In our fallen condition, we cannot see that we are in the battle for our lives, our eternal lives. We were made for THE King. Yet, in our sin (1 Samuel 8:7), we reject God as our king and we demand a temporary earthly king who will get us what we want. Worse, we live as if we are the king over our own lives, and everyone around us is our subjects.

Q. We see Christ as King, but what is the importance of having Him as our priest? Why do we even need a priest? Why do we need this HIGH KING and PRIEST? Answer: Because of Verses 1 and 5-7! The King reigns and is coming in just, righteous, fury, and wrath upon all His enemies (sinners). Without this Priest-King (of righteousness and peace), we are justly “shattered” and crushed. We need a righteous Priest to bring us before the righteous King!! Death is demanded. Blood is called for and requires a priest… a mediator… an intercessor between us and God.

Knowing that we belong to the King of Heaven (turning away from our self-ruling and away from the kingdom of darkness) Vs. 3 - We freely offer ourselves as willing sacrifices for our King and Priest Jesus out of worship of Him for He sacrificed Himself for us.

SONGS FROM THIS SUNDAY:
Behold Our God
Your Great Name We Praise
My Soul Will Wait (Psalm 62)
From Everlasting (Psalm 90)
Before The Throne Of God Above

NEXT WEEK’S PASSAGE:
Psalm 16

THE BOOK OF THE QUARTER:

The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin

By Lundgaard, Kris A.

Buy on Amazon