PSALM 45
PSALM CHAPTER 45
How Shall People Know The Beauty of The Messiah
Unless Those Who Know Him Tell It ?
1. DAVID’S HEART IS FOCUSED ON SOMETHING GOOD. V.1.
A. THE CHOICE IS OURS, AS WELL.
PHIL. 4:8, PS. 63:6, PS. 77:12, 1 TIMOTHY 4:15.
B. HE IS WILLING TO SHARE WHAT HE HAS DISCOVERED.
THE FOCUS REMAINS ON GOD, NOT SELF. PROV. 20:6
HE PUBLISHES HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. DEUT. 32:3.
C. HE IS WILLING TO USE THE GIFTS GOD GAVE HIM TO DO
THAT. PS. 86:12, PS. 103:1.
2. HIS IDENTIFICATION OF THE KING OF KINGS. V. 2.
A. HE RECOGNIZES HIM AS GOOD AND THE KING. V.1.
B. HE SEES HIM AS FAR BETTER THAN MERE HUMANS. V.2.
C. HE SEES HIM AS A WARRIOR. EXODUS 15:3.
—THE SWORD. V. 3., REV. 19:15.
—THE BATTLE STEAD. V.4., REV. 19:11.
—THE ARROWS. V. 5., DEUT. 32:39-42.
D. HE SEES HIM AS A JUDGE. ISAIAH 2:4, ROMANS 2:16.
—TRUTH, MEEKNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS. V. 4,7.
E. HE SEES HIM AS THE KING OF KINGS. REV. 19:16.
—HE HAS A THRONE. V.6., REV. 3:21.
—HE WAS ANOINTED BY THE FATHER. V.7., ACTS 10:38.
3. OUR FITTING RESPONSE TO HIS AUTHORITY. V. 10
A. FORGETTING NATIONALITY AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
WHY ? THOSE THINGS REVOLVE AROUND US.
—TO FOCUS ON THE LORD BETTER. V.10. COL. 3:1-2,
—TO RECOGNIZE WHERE OUR HOME REALLY IS.
PHIL. 3:20, HEBREWS 11:13.
B. RESULTS IN BLESSINGS TO US, AS WELL.
*ALPHA & OMEGA PRINCIPLE-JAMES 1:17, COL. 3:23, REV. 4:11.
—THE LORD WILL DESIRE US. V.11. HEB. 12:2,
—THE NATIONS SHALL HONOUR US BECAUSE OF HIM. V 12
JOHN 12:26.
C. REJOICING OVER PEOPLE RESPONDING TO HIM. V. 15
—IN THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS IN HEAVEN. LUKE 15:10.
—BY FAITHFUL BELIEVERS. PSALM 126:6.
4. WITH FAITH IN THE LORD, THE FUTURE IS BETTER THAN
THE PAST. V.16.
A. CONTRARY TO THE WORLD’S PHILOSOPHY. 1 COR. 15:32.
B. WE HAVE A STABILE PLACE TO GO TO. HEBREWS 13:14.
C. WE MUST MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THOSE TIMES OR THE
OUTCOME WILL NOT BE GOOD. 1 TIM. 6:18,19.
D. WE ARE ASSURED OF THIS BY THE PROMISES OF GOD.
—RICHES OF GRACE. EPH. 2:7.
—TRUE REST AND DAYS OF CELEBRATION. COLOSSIANS 2:17.
—FAR GREATER POWERS THAN WE HAVE NOW. HEB. 6:5
—TO BE DELIVERED FROM THE WRATH TO COME.
1 THES. 1:10, MATTHEW 3:7.
