A Faithful and Righteous Judge!

Psalm 75

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, June 19.

Psalm 75 gives thanks to God for being a faithful and righteous Judge. There is powerful imagery in today’s psalm that was used by the prophets – the cup of God’s wrath, as described by Asaph in verses 7-8, “But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another. For a cup is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams; it is well mixed, and He pours out of this; surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs.”

In Jeremiah 25:15-16, God described the judgment of the nations, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them.” In Isaiah 51:17-23, the prophet declared that God would remove “the cup of His anger,” “the cup of reeling,” and “the chalice of My anger” from His people’s hand so that He may comfort them.

How was this prophecy fulfilled and the cup of God’s wrath satisfied? The night before His crucifixion, Jesus prayed in Matthew 26:39, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will.” The cup Jesus was praying to the Father about was the cup of His wrath; Jesus saw it being poured out on Him on the cross, and the severity of it shook Him to the core of His humanity. It was for this reason that Jesus came from Heaven to Earth: to satisfy God’s wrath, by drinking “the cup of His anger” down to its dregs – Jesus is the propitiation for the sins of the world (1 John 2:2; 4:10).

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 75, meditating upon the cup of God’s grace extended to you every time you participate in the Lord’s Supper, in remembrance of Jesus (1 Corinthians 11:25).

God bless you!

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