In this Christmas sermon, Pastor Dave Capoccia examines Psalm 2 and King David’s exhortation there to do homage to God’s Son. King David gives three reasons why:
1. The World Rebels against God’s Good Messiah (vv. 1-3)
2. The Father Easily Confounds Man’s Rebellious Plans (vv. 4-6)
3. The Son Testifies He Will Rule All (vv. 7-10)
Application: Do Homage to the Son from the Heart (vv. 11-12)
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let’s pray together God in heaven I pray now that in this hour you would help me to explain from your word just how great King Jesus is and Lord spirit I pray that you would impress upon the listeners impress upon all gathered here just what a great King Jesus is is and what he is worthy of in Jesus name amen you know Christmas when you really think about it it’s a surprisingly popular holiday no holiday in America is as widely or as extravagantly celebrated in some ways this is not surprising because well most Americans still identify themselves as Christians one way or another our culture frequently or our culture has a large set of nostalgic Christmas traditions and songs and if you’re a business owner Christmas is a great time for making money but in a more fundamental way Christmas popularity is very surprising because Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus considering who Jesus claimed and demonstrated himself to be considering what Jesus taught concerning sin and salvation concerning what the Bible teaches regarding jesus’ future return to Earth and what he will do most people in America and around the world would not like Jesus at all if they really knew him and they would not want to celebrate his Incarnation to many the full truth regarding Jesus is passed over during Christmas for the image of the baby in the manger on Christmas Jesus is just a well- behaved baby boy born on a sleepy night in Bethlehem Jesus is not demanding or threatening he’s just a good baby after all he came to bring peace and happiness to the Earth there’s nothing to fear from Jesus right well if we think that way if people think that way that is a Dangerously inp complete picture of Jesus the Jesus of the Bible the Jesus who actually is he deserves and demands your full obedience and worship and to those who refuse these demands God himself promises the most terrifying consequences really if you misunderstand who Jesus is this Christmas well not only will you miss out on the true joy of the season but your very soul is in danger you need we need a full picture of Jesus to respond to him in a way that is desperately necessary for us and that way is to do homage to the son do homage to the sun that’s the title of our Christmas theme sermon today do homage to the Sun and to expl expl what that means and why you absolutely must do this let’s examine a prophecy about Jesus in Psalm 2 so if you please take your Bibles and open to Psalm 2 or if you’re using the Pew Bible in front of you turn to page 552 or we’re going to look at this together Psalm 2 page 552 in the Pew Bible as you turn there allow me to give you some brief background on this Psalm the Psalms in total they are a collection of Holy Spirit inspired worship songs poems and prayers that were used during the days of the Kingdom of Israel and afterwards the author of Psalm 2 is not stated but acts 4:25 the New Testament identifies the author as David King David the one-time sheep tending youth whom God raised up to be the anointed ruler of Israel now Psalm 2 is about one’s attitude to God’s King the Messiah really the title Messiah it just means anointed one equivalent to the term Christ in Greek and this refers to the anointing with holy oil that the Kings of Israel would receive before they became king marked out as God’s ordained and specially empowered ruler now what aspects of this Psalm apply to David its original author who was a messiah an anointed king of Israel and aspects of this Psalm apply to Solomon and to all of David’s seed this Psalm was ultimately about the king the anointed king who was to come to come Jesus Christ Jesus is the only Messiah who fully fulfills the words of Psalm 2 as the books of Acts Hebrews and Revelation in the New Testament additionally confirm so let’s hear what David prophesies in this Psalm regarding Jesus the coming Messiah please follow along as I read Psalm why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples devising a vain thing the kings of the Earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord that is Yahweh against Yahweh and against his anointed saying let us tear their feeds apart and Cast Away their cords from us he who sits in the heavens laughs the Lord scoffs at them then he will speak to them in his anger and tear terrify them in his Fury saying but as for me I have installed my king upon Zion my Holy Mountain I will surely tell of the decree of Yahweh he said to me you are my son today I have begotten you ask of me and I will surely give the Nations as your inheritance and the Very ends of the Earth as your possession you shall break them with a rod of iron you shall shatter them like Earth and wear now therefore o Kings show discernment take warning oh judges of the earth worship Yahweh with reverence and rejoice with trembling do homage to the son that he not become angry and you perish in the way for his wrath May soon be kindled how blessed are all who take refuge in him beautiful Psalm this Psalm is an exhortation to submit to to serve and to rejoice in God’s Messiah King who is Jesus the psalmist says Those Who persist in Rebellion against the Messiah will be destroyed while those who repent and submit to Messiah will be saved and protected in this Psalm King David led by the Holy Spirit presents three reasons why you must do homage to God’s son three reasons why you must do homage to God’s son and I want to look at those reasons together with you the reasons appear in verses 1 to9 and then there’s an exhorted response in verses 10 to 12 so let’s look at the first reason to do homage number one the world Rebels against God’s good Messiah the world Rebels against God’s good Messiah let’s reread verses 1 to 3 why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples devising a vain thing the kings of the Earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against Yahweh and against his anointed saying let us tear their feeds apart and Cast Away their cords from us notice the terms Nations and peoples in verse one David the psalmist says whole nation vast amounts of people all over the world are in uproar they are in tumult they are raging they are frantically trying to find a solution to an extremely irritating problem and what’s that problem the Lord’s anointed the Messiah we must find a way to be rid of the rule of God’s Messiah they say to themselves thus they cannot rest or be at peace until they achieve this aim notice in verse one it says that they are also devising devising is the idea of that word is thinking meditating or plotting the peoples are scheming for a good way to nullify or overthrow the rule of God’s appointed King psalmist though you may notice from verse one he notes these actions of men in question form why why are they doing these things there’s an implication there the peoples do not realize that their raging efforts make no sense and are in vain it’s not just the Common People however because verse two says that Kings and rulers are also standing against the Messiah the anointed of God great men those with power wealth influence they also take counsel plot consult together and determin to stand as one one against God’s anointed the end of verse two says they not only stand against God’s Messiah but against the Lord himself word translated the Lord there in those small Capitals in your Bible that’s just the way our Bibles indicate the Hebrew name Yahweh which sounds like the Hebrew for he is it is a reference to God’s self- declaration in Exodus 3 of his eternal self-existence and self-sufficiency when he said I am who I am according to verses 1 and two then King and commoner all over the world are united in one purpose ruler and ruled strong and weak determined together to fight against God and against God’s Messiah and we hear their rallying cry in verse three let us tear their feathers apart and Cast Away their cords we don’t want the rule of God or is Messiah let’s cast off their yoke let’s gain independence from them we’ll no longer subject ourselves to their rule these are quite Brazen acts and words this is wickedly bold to not only oppose the Messiah but Yahweh himself one must ask why why do the peoples of the world want to do this why do they resent the rule of God and his Messiah so much well why does anyone desire Rebellion against a ruler is it because they do not or is it not because they don’t like the way the ruler rules we hate this King they say in their hearts for his burdensome laws and his harsh commands he’s an oppressor a tyrant he does not desire our good he wants to take from us all that we enjoy and love we therefore want to throw off his shackles and be free to enjoy our lives without him yet how can one say such things about God or God’s Messiah the scriptures abundantly demonstrate God’s good works and character he is a good god did not God create the world and deserve obedience from his Creations to whom he gave life did not God make the world very good when he created it without death futility or sin does not God sustain all men even now and give to them the things that they need for every day of life he provides all the Earth with food he sends the rain he causes the sun to continue to warm mankind he gives companionship he gives us meaningful work he gives marriage he gives many other gifts to men to mankind God even gives people the opportunity to come and be at peace with him and have a happy relationship with him God’s actions have demonstrated himself to be good but God has also declared his heart the scriptures tell us again and again that God loves Justice he hates evil he will not let evildoers go unpunished but he will enact Vengeance and Vindication for the righteous he protects and he saves the oppressed he is only ever truthful he is eternal glorious faithful compassionate merciful and wise there is no fault in God everything that is good has its origin in him and God’s son the Messiah he is of the same Divine Essence God’s King is also perfect in glory in righteousness and kindness and Justice and knowledge and Truth everything that the father is the son is so why why do the peoples and rulers of of the earth despise Yahweh and his Messiah so much why was this true in David’s time when he wrote this Psalm why was this true in jesus’ time when he came and why is this still true now well there can only be one answer and it’s the same one that the Bible gives elsewhere it’s because people are evil mankind all people they are sons of the devil and not sons of God they love darkness and hate the light as Jesus says in John 3:19 they practice lawlessness and don’t want their evil Deeds reproved or exposed it’s actually the very goodness of God and of his Christ that mankind cannot stand mankind would rather continue and slavery to sin and suffer sin’s curse and embrace God or his King as Master this is why man Rebels he Rebels angrily frantically openly secretly with constant scheming and counsel United together in the goal to oppose and overthrow God and His Messiah but you may say surely this is not the case I know many kind and good people in the world well to that I must say not every Rebel is an open one many are secret Rebels putting up a front of righteousness when truly their deeds are corrupt with pride with love of man’s approval love of self some hope to do enough good works to Plate God to keep him off their backs so that they can then live their own way but this too is rebellion it’s just another form of rebellion such persons still do not want to acknowledge God’s Messiah as their rightful ruler in every aspect of their lives such people still when you get down to it they love Idols instead of the true God they prefer the Treasures of the world more than the treasures of Christ and if one still wishes to protest and say no that cannot be well God Cate categorically declares this to be the case in his word all men are Rebels Psalm 14 Psalm 14: 2-3 says Yahweh has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there are any who understand who seek after God they have all turned aside together they have become corrupt there is no one who does good not even one Isaiah the prophet adds Isaiah 536 the beginning part Isaiah 536 all of us like sheep have gone astray yes even we religious people all of us like sheep have gone astray each of us has turned to his own way man has always rebelled against God and His king and the psalmist prophesies that they will continue to do so even in the last days of the earth as the Book of Revelation also says but what about you listening today do you love and Obey God’s Messiah with all your heart or do you still love and obey your yourself he’s not really the king you’re the king maybe you’ll follow God and Jesus when it’s convenient or when it makes sense to you but ultimately you’re committed to your own way and your own desires above all well if the latter is true then know that you have wickedly joined with the world and its rebain against God’s good Messiah I should give you pause for a little while this Rebellion may seem strong promising after all the peoples have made careful plans according to verses 1 to3 they’ve banded together they’ve Enlisted the support of Great Men but the psalmist has already hinted to us that this worldwide Rebellion is doomed Folly it’s absolute foolishness and pmon explains why and a second reason second reason that we must do homage to the son this is Verses 4 to six number two the father easily confounds man’s rebellious plans the father easily confounds man’s rebellious plans let’s R read Verses 4 to6 he who sits in the heavens laughs the Lord scoffs at them then he will speak to them in his anger and terrify them in his Fury saying but as for me I have installed my king upon Zion my Holy Mountain notice in verse four the laughter and scoffing of God as he notices the Raging rebellious mockin nation of mankind it makes him laugh you know surprising fact the only instance that the Bible records where we have God laughing is when God sees man’s ridiculous pride and and sinful plans you see this here you see this in Psalm 37 you see this in Psalm 59 the only thing the Bible records is making God laugh is man’s sinful prideful Rebellion why does God laugh contemptuously so against man’s rebellious plans well notice the first part of verse four one reason is location God is in heaven man is on the Earth man is a finite creature God is transcendent and Powerful therefore how can man who cannot even enter Heaven hope to overcome the god of Heaven that’s a silly plan furthermore man plots thinking he can outwit God and that God will not see or know the rebellious schemes that man has connected but God is in heaven he sees it all God essentially says I know everything that you’re doing I know your Rebellion I know what’s really going on I see your pretense and hypocrisy you thought you could deceive me I see it all plainly you are totally exposed also notice verse four says that God sits in heaven man is Raging and rushing and scheming and trying to find a way to defeat God’s purposes and secure Independence but God just sits enthroned calm confident not worried at all about what man is planning God doesn’t even need to react right away which man of course takes man of course takes God’s in action as a sign of man’s impending success aha see I told you we’d get away with it God hasn’t done anything he’s not going to do anything our Rebellion is going to succeed wrong it’s just that God is completely confident in his own wisdom and power and he’s waiting for the perfect time to act speaking of power the difference of power between man and God Is So vast that any kind of reion even rabion led by Kings or consisting of Every Nation on the earth still to God is laughable look at verse five again God sits confidently in heaven because what is it that God has already purposed to do verse 5 says that he will simply speak to the rebels he will speak to them in his anger God won’t throw Thunderbolts he won’t send fire he won’t swing a sword he won’t unleash missiles he won’t send out any of his angels none of that’s mentioned here God’s plan response to man’s Rebellion is simply to speak and His holy anger against man and what will God declare tells us in verse six I have installed my king on Mount Zion that is I have put my king in Jerusalem in the prophesied place of messiah’s rule the i in verse 6 is emphatic in the Hebrew which is brought out of The New American Standard 95 translation with the phrase as for me so God’s plan is to tell mankind I just me myself I have already firmly established that my son Jesus will be installed on Mount Zion just thought I’d mention that and notice back in verse five what’s what is the result of this simple indignant Declaration of God to mankind absolute Terror according to verse five the word of Adon the Lord the master it paralyzes mankind with fear God’s simple word is enough to make all the rebellious plans of mankind useless God simply has to declare I set up my king and that’s it man has no recourse he’s stupified stunned his schemes come to a screeching halt but this shouldn’t surprise us in Genesis God spoke the earth into creation into existence which mean God can speak Earth and any part of it out of existence God can cause creation to do whatever he wants by a simple word or command Isaiah 55 says that God’s word never goes out and comes back void indeed God’s word is terrifyingly powerful it never fails to be obeyed no matter the command from God be made be unmade be prosperous be ruined be alive be destroyed all instantly accomplished by God so if just the mere announcement of messiah’s kingship in Zion is enough to send the rebels to flight how can one not laugh at the supposingly ingenious plan of mankind to oppose to escape from or to depose King Jesus and considering our own situation if the father easily confounds man’s rebellious plans shouldn’t you also stop rebelling and do homage to the son and it’s not simply that God will make an announcement God has has already made an announcement that further guarantees the total submission of the whole world to God’s Christ as we see in the next section the third reason that you must do homage to the Sun appears in verses 7 to9 this is number three the son testifies he will rule all the son testifies he will rule all let’s reread these verses I will surely tell the of Yahweh he said to me you are my son today I have begotten you ask of me when I will surely give you the Nations as your inheritance and the Very ends of the Earth is your possession you shall break them with a rod of iron you shall shatter them like Earth and wear notice the shift in voice in these verses now the son Messiah himself speaks to us the son declares a decree an unch changeable Proclamation from Yahweh God himself and what is this decree it has three parts Yahweh first declares the Messiah to be his son you are my son he says today I have begotten you after that you may scratch your head for a moment wait does this statement mean that Messiah God’s son had a be had a beginning there was a day in which he was begotten well no not at all this decree is not given at messiah’s coronation in fact the timing of this decree is not stated here anywhere it just happened some time before and based on other scriptures the best understanding of the timing of this decree at least as applied to Jesus is not a specific point in history but in the unfathomable space of Eternity past though of course the decree did become manifest to the world in history it was declared it was given in eternity because you see the son is eternally begotten we’ve talked about this in John recently the son is one with and of the same essence of the father yet distinct from the father and the son he came from and was begotten of the father yet there was no time in which the son did not exist or was not begotten he’s always been the son begotten of the father now that’s a wondrous mystery to be sure we believe it because the Bible declares it and just as the son was eternally begotten so the the decree declaring his begotten is eternal it is outside of time it is before time but what is significant then what is significant about this eternal announcement of divine sunship and begotten well it affirms that Jesus is of the same substance as the father to be the Son of God means also to be God which is what the Jews of Jesus day well understood and resented very much about Jesus it didn’t like that he claimed to be God but this decree here in verse 7 this first part of it it also affirms the fitness of Jesus the son to rule the whole world after all after all a royal son receives whatever belongs to his Royal father all the universe belongs to the father therefore total rule of the universe is also the sons messiah’s son’s right by inheritance but how is this rule bestowed on the Sun not just by right but by request the second part of the decree we see in verse 8 the father tells the son ask for me the kingdom and I will freely bestow it all notice the great boundaries of this Kingdom according to verse 8 Messiah will have dominion of the Nations not just Israel but the Gentile Nations too even to the ends of the Earth the messiah’s kingdom inheritance will be over the whole world all nations All Peoples will be subjected to him whenever he requests it but you may say but we’ve already seen from the first part of the psalm the Nations have rejected messiah’s kingship over them what is to be done well God is Not thwarted in the slightest nor is Messiah the least bit styed and in Verses 4 to six the word of the Father terrifi the rebels that would have been enough but verse 9 the third part of the father’s decree says that Messiah him self will soon break his enemies with a rod of iron you say what does that mean well it means that Christ’s scepter of rule will come smashing down upon his enemies like heavy iron with the result that all Rebels will be broken to pieces like an earn pot is Shattered by Iron you see this Psalm is declaring and other scriptures agreed there’s no successful underground resistance to Messiah certainly not in the future when the kingdom is bestowed on God’s son there will be no Guerilla War there will be no Army to continually battle King Jesus no Christ rules with an iron scepter he will find out every one of his enemies and Destroy them but you say Jesus is the gentle lamb surely he will not act with such violence Jesus is the Lamb of God and he meekly came to suffer and to save Sinners and that’s the truth that we celebrate especially around Christmas time but Jesus is not just the lamb he is also the lion the lion of the tribe of Judah who will one day come to rule and when he does he will not show any Mercy to his adversaries when the kingdom of God’s Messiah comes there will be no more patience no more compassion no more the gentle leading or the prodding staff of the shepherd instead there will be the iron scepter of absolute and Invincible sovereignty all enemies of of Messiah will be in that day suddenly and totally crushed if you are even partially in rebelling to Jesus right now you should be afraid of his iron scepter but maybe someone will say well surely I will escape surely I will escape the anger of Christ and my Rebellion will go unnoticed hopefully don’t kid yourself instead consider the testimonies given in God’s Bible clearly proving that you cannot resist God and win you cannot somehow Escape God’s holy and wrathful gaze in the days of Noah God brought a sudden and catastrophic flood on an unsuspecting yet rebellious world and only eight people were saved in the days of lot got God brought down fire from heaven on a naive and lenti City and its surrounding towns only three people were spared from that judgment in the days of Moses Joshua David and Hezekiah Gentile Nations fought against Israel with massive armies they withstood sieges from Israel and in seemingly impregnable fortresses yet those heathen armies were annihilated and their supposedly impregnable fortresses were cast down and overthrown in the days of jesus’ birth as we read earlier in this service Wily Herod thought he could discover Christ’s birthplace so that he might murder the baby Messiah he schemed he acted but though Herod massacred many innocent boys God protected his Messiah and Herod perished in paranoia at the end of Jesus ministry the Jews and Gentiles United together to put God’s son to death and were seemingly successful finally we’re rid of the rule but the Triumph as we know from the Scriptures it was turned into a humiliating defeat because Jesus rose again from the grave and later ascended to the right hand of God of course the ultimate example of futile resistance for all of us to consider is what is prophesied for the future we see it in part here but we get a more explicit we get a more specific Prophecy in the Book of Revelation Revelation 1911 to 21 we don’t have time to read it now but that passage John speaks by the spirit of God he foretells the most literal manifestation of man’s Rebellion against God’s Messiah and what’s that it’s when in the plains of harmageddon the rulers and armies of the earth gather to do literal battle with Christ as he returns from Heaven I mean how more foolish can you be you’re going to turn your weapons upon God’s son what is the result of this battle this future outright war against Messiah Jesus Revelation says it’s a Slaughter of all messiah’s enemies he strikes them down with what a word from The Sword of his mouth he strikes them down the scriptures say he just has to speak and his enemies are slaughtered and and their bodies are not even buried that should sober us if any of you are openly or secretly remaining in Rebellion against the Lord and his Christ that is your fate it is to be found found out judged and eternally destroyed by Messiah you will be struck down at the command of Christ and then afterwards you will be judged at the great white throne for your sin your whole record recounted Put on display and and then you will be thrown into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever according to God’s holy anger and Justice as I said there is no successfully resisting Messiah you cannot fight against God and win God has indeed irreversibly decreed that messiah’s rule will be established totally upon the Earth Philippians 2:10 says Philippians 2:10 at the name name of Jesus every knee will bow of those who are in heaven and on Earth and under the Earth and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father believe this testimony from the Son about the father’s decree the son Jesus will surely rule all how then should you respond how should you responds this awesome and yes fearful Revelation about the Messiah well it’s like I said to you at the beginning you must do homage to the Sun from your heart do homage to the Sun for this is what the psalmist himself urges as part of the application section of his song we see this in verses 10 to 12 let’s read those verses again now now therefore oh King show discernment take warning oh judges of the earth worship Yahweh with reverence and rejoice with trembling do homage to the son that he not become angry and you perish in the way for his wrath May soon be kindled how blessed are all who take refuge in him notice that these words are addressed to a specific group to the world’s Kings and judges there’s an argument from the greater to the Lesser here if the most powerful and influential are instructed to Humble themselves to surrender to God while they can well then surely the weaker the common people like you and I must do that as well notice the word discernment in verse 10 David the psalmist urges the rulers of the earth to act in discernment show wisdom act in light of reality in light of the fact that God’s Messiah cannot be successfully opposed what does it mean to surrender to stop Rebellion verses 11 and 12 show us it means first to worship and rejoice in Yahweh God is great and has done great things give him the praise and the honor and The Obedience that he deserves let him be your treasure not the idols of the world love the Lord for he is good seek out his commands to do them repent of every old and evil way and commit to following God’s way in everything as soon as you discover oh this is what God wants me to do you say that’s what I want to do because he’s the king no longer delight yourself in sin but delight yourself in God surrender means you come to worship God as you ought and this is to be done according to verse 11 with reverence with trembling the word for reverence can also simply be translated as fear you are to worship and serve god with fear now yes there is a respect for his power and judgment in that fear but the holy fear that the Bible talks about this is not not talking about the Crave and trembling that you might have even after repentance saying oh I hope God still doesn’t smite me even though I’ve sought refuge in him we’re not talking about that we’re talking about that realization that conviction that God is transcendent Eternal and mighty there is no one like him he is a consuming fire I must take take him and his words seriously the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom it’s that affectionate reverence with which he is due ending your Rebellion means coming to worship it means embracing that Holy fear it also means doing homage to the son you see that in verse 12 the phrase is literally in the Hebrew kiss the son then The New American Standard 95 translators have sought to give us the sense of what this kiss means kissing a sovereign can be a sign of loyalty Allegiance devotion a kind of doing homage but a kiss can also be a sign of making peace engaging in worship showing affection really all of those should become our new attitude towards God the son you are to give your full loyalty and de otion to Jesus don’t keep any for yourself and your own way it’s all his make peace with him give him the praise the worship and obedience that he deserves become like him love him love him for the holy and loving King he is for there truly is no King like King Jesus a king who laid aside who temporar temporarily laid aside the dazzling glory of God to become man yes even a baby to save you and me from our sins King Jesus grew up and lived a perfectly righteous life he allowed himself to reject suffer rejection from his rebellious people and he died a humiliating death on a cross bearing the wrath of God so that he might Rescue all those who believe in him save them once and for all for any men to be saved you must understand their Blasphemous Rebellion against God must be punished someone’s got to pay for it God’s perfect Justice always needs satisfaction but Jesus willingly King Jesus willingly offered himself as that just payment he suffer to the full wrath of God against sin that you are supposed to suffer again why so that those who trust in Jesus those who believe in Jesus those who do homage to Jesus those who really come and devote themselves to Jesus might have their sins completely paid for and might be forever clothed in Jesus own perfect righteousness and thereby inheriting eternal life King Jesus did that for Sinners Like You and Me Jesus sacrifice was of course accepted by the Father and Jesus rose from the dead and ascended to heaven where he sits now or where he is now where he waits now at the right hand of the father until God bestows upon him all nations of the world as his inheritance no King in history is like King Jesus no King has been so good so humble so compassionate so holy and today this King yes via this text via the word words of my mouth he invites you to come be at peace with him and do homage to him if Jesus is not yet your Savior and Lord won’t you take him up on his outstandingly gracious offer stop your Rebellion stop your senseless raging and striving stop trying to earn peace with God by your own efforts or trying to secure salvation by yourself come to the son take him as your substitute give up your own way take up the Yoke of his way upon yourself and easy and light yoke Jesus says in John or Jesus says through John in 1 John 5:3 this Commandments are not burdensome they are good they are wise they are lifegiving those who truly have come to know Jesus they more and more want to follow jesus’ commands because they love Jesus of course it’s not that keeping jesus’ commands saves you rather keeping Jesus words is the proof the witness as to whether you’ve come and believed in Jesus as Lord and Savior at all because you’ve been saved you look to obey not to be saved so I would be remiss if I don’t beg you as the apostles begged their listeners on behalf of God on behalf of Jesus Christ be reconciled to God through Christ it’s a free gift it’s an open invitation Yahweh has given you the opportunity to kiss the sun take advantage before it’s too late because time is running out there will come a time when God’s patience runs dry because if you notice in verse 12 again it says do homage to the son kiss the son or else he will become angry the anger of the Lord he who has the iron scepter it will eventually flash forth and when it does you will perish you do not know when will be yes it will be at his coming but for you it might be before then it says here his wrath May soon be kindled how soon is soon I don’t know his patience could run out for you today Christ could come back this very hour to begin his judgment on the world tonight you may have a sudden medical crisis and die God demanding your soul from you you cannot wait you cannot wait until it’s too late to make peace don’t delay any longer there’s danger in waiting but there’s also such a gracious invitation already open to you come and do homage to the son come and make peace know that in doing so you not only protect yourself from God’s overwhelming wrath which is upon you right now as we speak if you have not come and done homage to the son you not only protect yourself but you also in coming to Jesus you secure for yourself the highest happiness look at again at the end of verse 12 it says how blessed are all who take refuge in him what does that mean well first of all who’s the himm that’s the son that’s Jesus the Messiah Jesus is the only mediator between God and man he’s the only rescue from the wrath of God if you come to Jesus he is your refuge and you become blessed what does blessed mean well it means happy or fortunate taste and see that the Lord is good the psalmist urges in another place rejoice in the Lord coming to Jesus means your gladness when you stop being a rebel and you make Jesus your King Jesus is no longer your enemy but now your Advocate your savior your provider your protector your help your rest your friend he imparts his own joy and peace to you he’s so good when he makes peace with you he even intimately discloses himself to you let me show you how good I am truly as the Apostle Paul says there’s no Greater Joy in life than to know Jesus indeed you are blessed if you take refuge in him because he’s the source of all life and joy and you can see the great contrast in verse 12 it fits with what Romans 11:22 says there’s such a difference in attitude towards in God towards those who are reconciled and those who are not to those who stubbornly follow sin and won’t come to do homage to King Jesus they experience God’s blistering severity but to those who come who love and follow Christ well they experience God’s abounding kindness he is a god who’s eager to be be generous to bestow life on all who come to him you know it’s true that God came humbly and gently on that first Christmas night to bring peace to the Earth but only in this sense God was providing the world with the one and only way to be reconciled to him it was not peace automatically to everyone it was a way of peace now open to everyone if you reject King Jesus Christmas is not an announcement of your salvation and joy but in reality of your doom your damnation so for the sake of wisdom for the sake of Happiness this morning for the sake of life eternal life do homage to the sun of course that is an exhortation for any of you who do not belong to Jesus Christ or are continuing in Rebellion against him but if you do belong to Jesus Christ notice the great comfort the teaching of this Psalm gives to you you have been made reconciled to God you need not fear the iron scepter of Messiah it’s actually your comfort you have done homage to the son you’ve been made his beloved citizen even his fellow Heir and you have a sure and eternally secure refuge in your lord moreover you know you now know that the world’s rebellions against Christ will not succeed we see this discouraging us all the time right we see our Brethren being persecuted all over the world we see Jesus being opposed and blasphemed we see the commands of God repudiated even by enshrining in laws that make sins protected rights it’s disheartening to see such evil and Injustice but David says the spirit spirit says through David take comfort friends this Rebellion will not succeed the Messiah will not be overcome all evil will be recompensed and God’s Own will be rescued and Vindicated at the right time Christ will come to establish his kingdom and every knee will bow to him the Nations truly rage in vain do not be disheartened and as I alluded to all already take comfort in this that when Christ Reigns and it is Promised here that he will reign you know what so will you Revelation 20:4 says that when Christ destroys his enemies at Armageddon the dead in Christ will be raised up and they will rule with Christ for a thousand years even in the Eternal State the scripture says God’s people will reign with the sun right Revelation 22: 3:5 describes the New Jerusalem the capital city of this eternal State Revelation 22: 3 to 5 there will no longer be any curse and the Throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it and his bonder servants will serve him they will see his face and his name will be on their foreheads and there will no longer be any Knight and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun because the Lord God will illumin them and they will Reign forever and ever one incredible Grace is this not only that we should be spared by the Sun but that we should be with him serve him and Rule with him forever truly there is no King like King Jesus praise God for sending such a king into the world let us therefore worship Him and do homage to him like the wise men did and let us look forward in joyful and holy expectation to our King’s soon return let’s pray together oh Lord God how magnificent you are how glorious is King Jesus a king who did not come the way that people expected and yet came in a way more glorious than we could possibly have imagined who is a king like you Jesus who lays down his life for his rebellious citizens like you do rebellious subjects and you make them into to no longer enemies but friends even fellow inheritors what amazing abundant kindness but Lord we must be aware of your [Music] severity you are a king whose rule will be established and those who remain in stubborn Rebellion will be judged how fearful is your judgment according to this word you are the gentle l but you also are the fierce lion so God I pray that your work of conviction would happen today as a result of this message Lord that your people will be encouraged to follow after you more zealously but Lord those who are playing with sin who are still stubbornly sticking to their own way that they would fear and they would seek peace terms with the Messiah you are a holy God not to be trifled with but how great is your amazing invitation towards salvation it’s free it’s free to anyone who will give up his sin and it is so abundant Lord glorify Yourself by Saving and sanctifying people today in Jesus name amen amen please stand is