Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
Be With Me is a daily 7 minute chronological walk through the New Testament hosted by Michael Smith. It is for everyone who is curious about what Jesus actually said and did in the gospels. Most episodes will leave you with at least one good thought to chew on for the rest of the day. We start with the Bible and hopefully end with Awe. We are walking through the chronological events of Jesus' life and then thoughtfully considering them. It is meant to spur the devotional life of the Christian and the not-yet-Christian. We occasionally venture into the Old Testament when it helps our understanding of the New Testament events. Everybody has 7 minutes. Everybody needs to wonder. Be With Me is hosted by Michael Smith who has absolutely no special qualifications to do a podcast. He is not a pastor. He has not been to seminary. He does not lead a mega-church. He is not a professional and he has no more credentials than you do. He does, however, follow a great God with an observant eye and a curious heart. Each day, he starts with a study bible and aims for astonishment. ‘be with him’ for 7 minutes as he sets out daily to discover the God who invites us to ‘Be With Me.’
Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder
“Offer yourself freely to God” or what? s30e118 ps110
In our previous video, we left with a beautiful image of jumping on the bed for 1 ½ hours straight. Today, we have another vision worth considering: "Offer yourself freely to God."
God does not compel belief. He offers us the opportunity to offer ourselves. If we do so, on the day of His power and wrath, we will find ourselves jumping on the bed.
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“Offer yourself freely to God” or what? s30e118 ps110
Yesterday we cherry picked a beautiful image from Ps110. It was of my favorite grandson jumping on his bed for an hour and a half straight. He illustrated the renewing freshness of v. 3 from the womb of the morning, the dew of youth will be yours. He best enacted the dew of youth that God promises in the womb of every morning.
So this is just pure fun to think about. It is proclaimed in a very serioius , prophetic, psalm. It is called a ROYAL psalm because of the direct associations with the Messiah Jesus.
Listen to the 7 verses of Ps110
110 A Psalm of David.
1 The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
2 The Lord sends forth from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your enemies!
3 Your people will offer themselves freely
on the day of your power,
in holy garments;
from the womb of the morning,
the dew of your youth will be yours.
4 The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
after the order of Melchizedek.”
5 The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
6 He will execute judgment among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs
over the wide earth.
7 He will drink from the brook by the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.
This is a psalm of prophesy, power, judgment, future reign.
It describes a certain day:
On the day of His wrath
On the day of His power
On the day His mighty scepter is sent forth and enemies are ruled over
It is the day when rebellious kings are shattered
It is the day when judgment and justice are achieved among the nations
This is a messianic psalm: foreshadows the coming Jesus. How do we knowthis? The Bible tells us 4x in the NT. Quoted in mt, mk, luk and Acts2
during Peter’s sermon at Pentecost.
He is making an argument that Jesus is indeed God Himself. He uses what line of reasoning? PS 110.. 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses. 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing. 34 For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says,
“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
35 until I make your enemies your footstool.” ’
36 Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
this reinforces the truth that The Father identifies Jesus as both Lord and Christ.
Ps110 refers to Jesus. How do we know? Because the Bible best interprets the Bible. In it, we use other inerrant, God-given teaching to clarify what wasn’t first clear.
1 The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”
David initially occupies the “throne of David”
Jesus finally and forever rules from this throne
Even more profoundly, Jesus sits “at the right hand” of the Father
This denotes His diety and power
He is referred to v4 as a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek
In Gen 14, Abraham returns from battle, and humbly receives Mel.blessing, and offers a tithe to Him
One of Mel. Unique features is that he occupied TWO OFFICES: one of KING: ruler, powerful one
MESSIAH: Anointed one to help us spiritually where we couldn’t help ourselves. It is this pattern, “after the order of Mel” that Ps110 emphasizes.
Jesus is similar to this person of the OT: He occupies two distinct offices or roles: He is “AFTER THE ORDER of”, similar to this priest in these
KING: ruler, conquerer, making enemies your footstool, shattering king
PRIEST: I am interceding for you; I work on behalf of your blessing
Even in Peter’s speech He Identifies Jesus as occupying both the offices of Lord and Christ; of King and priest; of power and ofcompassion
Conclusions
There is a great contrast of Ps 110
on the day of His wrath, and the day of His power
We have God occupying the office of KING and PRIEST in Jesus
On the day of His power, His enemies are made his footstool
Yet on that same day, the people who have offered themselves freely have the dew of their youth, jumping on the beds, renewed.
He can and will restore the Dew of Youth to us on the day of His power. Spiritually, we get this back. We get the fountain of spiritual youth. Choice: wrath, or party. v.3 your people freely offer…Let’s offer ourselves freely, while it is still today, before day His Power