Seize the Moment – Day 1238

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07
Aug '23

Seize the Moment – Day 1238

Posted on Aug 7, 2023 by Jerry Ingalls in Devotions, General |

07
Aug '23

The Rock of Our Faith!

Psalm 110

 

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, August 7.

 

Psalm 110 is a messianic psalm, and it is the psalm most quoted in the New Testament. After giving us the Greatest Commandment, Jesus quoted Psalm 110:1 to declare His identity as the Christ in Matthew 22:41-45:

 
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’ saying, ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet” ’? If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”
 

In referencing Psalm 110, Jesus’ claim did not stop with verse 1, but carried the implications of the entirety of the psalm, including verses 4-6, “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, ‘You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.’ The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. He will judge among the nations.” When you meditate upon today’s psalm and recognize how often it is quoted in the New Testament, there can be no confusion of Jesus’ claim.

 

The heart of today’s psalm is the rock of our Christian faith – Jesus Christ is the divine King who has been installed at the right hand of God where He is presently mediating for you as the great High Priest. Jesus Christ is the conquering King who is coming again to execute a final judgment on the nations so that every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that He is Lord, the only way to peace with the Sovereign God.

 

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 110, meditating upon the claim of Jesus. Do you believe Jesus is “the Christ, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16)? It’s upon this “rock” He is building His church.

 

God bless you!

 

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