{"id":12329,"date":"2016-08-17T01:34:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T06:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/christs-mighty-scepter\/"},"modified":"2016-08-17T01:34:50","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T06:34:50","slug":"christs-mighty-scepter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/christs-mighty-scepter\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRIST\u2019S MIGHTY SCEPTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b>PSALM 110<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>The Lord said to my Lord, \u201cSit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'><i>(Ps. 110:1)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>In Psalm 110, David sets forth the perpetuity of Christ\u2019s reign and the eternality of His priesthood. First, he affirms that God conferred upon Christ supreme dominion, combined with invincible power, with which He either conquers all His enemies or compels them to submit to Him. Second, he adds that God will extend the boundaries of this kingdom far and wide. Third, he shows that Christ, having been installed into the priestly office with all the solemnity of an oath, sustains the priestly honors with those of His regal office. Finally, David reveals that this office will be a new everlasting order of priesthood, whose introduction will put an end to the Levitical priesthood. Today we will examine the first two points dealing with Christ\u2019s kingdom; and we will look at the last two points dealing with Christ\u2019s priesthood tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>This psalm is prophetic, anticipating the kingdom of Christ, of which David\u2019s throne was only a foreshadowing type. Christ made this clear when He explained the meaning of this psalm to the Pharisees. David said, \u201cThe Lord says to my Lord,\u201d showing that he was not speaking of himself but of someone else\u2014the coming Messiah. Like David, Christ was raised to His kingly office by the direct authority of God. He did not attain that position by human posturing or appointment, but only by the approval of God. While other earthly kings may acknowledge that it is by the grace of God they reign, they do not consider that they are sustained by I His power. David\u2019s throne, however, was fulfilled in Christ, and fully established by the power of God. Because Christ\u2019s kingdom is sustained by God, it can never be overcome.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent: 18.0pt;line-height:normal'>As the exalted King, Christ expands His kingdom beyond the borders of Israel. \u201cThe Lord shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion\u201d (v. 2). This points to the ingrafting of the Gentiles, through which the kingdom of heaven will abound in glory throughout the earth. In His death, Christ ripped the veil and broke down the wall of His earthly kingdom, sending the Gospel to the ends of the earth, where all His people are gathered together into the body of the church, and Christ\u2019s power is put forth to uphold and defend us.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b>CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>Proverbs 28\u201329<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;   text-align:center;line-height:normal'>2 Corinthians 7<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:   18.0pt;line-height:normal'>Most of us have difficulty comprehending what it   means to be the subject of a sovereign ruler. This psalm says God\u2019s subjects   will be volunteers in the day of Christ\u2019s power (v. 3). How voluntary is your   devotional service to the King of kings? Assess your willingness to serve   where and when the King calls.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:   normal'><i>For   further study: Dan. 7:13\u201314 \u2022 Matt. 22:41\u201346 \u2022 Rom. 11:25\u201332<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>friday<\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal'>september<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSALM 110 The Lord said to my Lord, \u201cSit at My right hand, till I make Your enemies Your footstool\u201d (Ps. 110:1). In Psalm 110, David sets forth the perpetuity of Christ\u2019s reign and the eternality of His priesthood. First, he affirms that God conferred upon Christ supreme dominion, combined with invincible power, with which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/christs-mighty-scepter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;CHRIST\u2019S MIGHTY SCEPTER&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}