“Where Did Jesus Go?”
Ps 110; Ac 10:34-43 April 16, 2006 Play audio
Peek - Popular or Problem?
• fun with baby extends to other games
• may seem God is hiding through hardships
A Misfit Psalm
• extension of might applies to Solomon’s situation
(1-3)
• priestly function points more to Messiah than any
Israelite king (4; 2Chron 16:16ff; 1Kings 11:9ff,33)
• Jesus, Peter viewed Psalm as Messianic (Mt
22:43ff; Ac 2:34ff)
Power at God’s Right Hand
• Jesus ascended to place of authority with the
Father (1; Jn 20:17; Ac 7:56)
• enemies made a footstool, will judge the nations
(1f, 5f; Josh 10:24; Rev 19:19; 1Co 15:25)
• God anointed Jesus with power, stronger than
devil, commands as Lord of all (Ac 10:38,42, 36)
Priest Atoning for Our Sin
• power different from earthly tyrants who exercise
authority destructively (Mk 10:42ff)
• Jesus’ pattern that of Melchizedek: peace,
righteousness, not according to ancestry (4; Gen 14:18; Heb 5:6; 7:16f)
• ordinary human priests ineffective to combat
habitual sin
• Jesus’ power in serving, giving life as ransom,
doing good, healing, forgiving sins (Mk 10:45; Ac 10:38,43)
• our mediator to God, not living secret mediocre
life as in Gnostic fiction (1Tim 2:5f; Rom 8:34; Lk 22:32; Heb 7:25;
1Jn 2:1)
Open Up Your Trunk
• need to be open before Judge of all who knows our
thoughts (Ps 139:1ff; Ac 10:42)
• blessing of Japanese new cars “religious insurance”
• be open, let the real Powerful Priest clean up and
bless your life
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