Psalm 68 “Jesus the Conqueror” this Psalm is a Victories (King)Messiah over the power of His enemies.
What we will learn is Jesus conquers &…
Some fear and some praise Vrs 1-6
-Enemies fear because they are against Him and His power is greater then theirs.
-Those who trust the Lord find comfort and therefore praise Him for things like…
-Fathers the fatherless
-Protector of the widow
A good king takes care of the downtrodden and those in need
-Leads prisoners out (delivers)
Traditionally when a King would conquer his enemy he would go and retrieve and release the prisoners
Q1. Which side are you on… “fearing” or “praising”? GOSPEL
It reminds us of what He is capable of. Verses 7-18
This would be a reference of how God delivered the Israelites into the promised land. David would be singing this to remind himself and others that God is far more then capable to deliver His people through any difficult time.
It is a staunch reminder that we can have faith in the Lord because He has kept His promises.
We as Christians need to spend time reflecting on what the Lord has done in our lives to be reminded that He is capable of bringing us through whatever we are going through.
Often times we get to where we are in life and forget to praise the Lord for what He did. We feel like we delivered ourselves.
Q2 What has God done in your life that it is evident now that it was only possible because of Him?
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I want to point out Vrs 18 is where are Messianic value of this psalm hinges.
Vrs 18 “Leading a host of captives in your train”
We were prisoners to sin and now we are delivered and not turn back to prison but to use our gifts in service of the King.
You see we are no able to be effective without Jesus empowering us.
Ephesians 4:8 gives us the reason why God led us out of the slavery of sin…
The chapter talks about how Christians need to be unified and work together and serve one another and the world in the name of Jesus Christ.
To give you a clearer picture it is like we were captured by the enemy and then Jesus came and conquered set us free and then enlisted us into His service and gave us gifts to serve and be His people and His church in the world until He comes back.
Then Ephesians 4 talks about our new life with Jesus, no longer are we slaves to sin but we are children and servants of King Jesus to do His work. This means that we should not fall back into what we used to be…a prisoner.
When we see the work of God’s people the church on this earth it makes us realize that He is capable of using us…sinful people, who were once incapable prisoners… to do His work.
It saves His people Vrs 19-31
-Our personal sin v 19-20 GOSPEL
-Deliverance of His people. Vrs 21-33
For the people of Israel it meant that only their King (the Lord) can save His people.
For us that means that God takes care of His church (gates of hell shall not prevail)
The church in general has suffered many attacks but Jesus still uses His church. But we need to continue to pray for the church globally and locally because we are the representative of Jesus on the earth.
Q3 What would you like to see us as church do better?
Please start praying about how the Lord may use you as an agent of change.
We should respond in praise Vrs 32-35
When I read this it makes me realize a Christian without joy is contradiction in terms.
Our praise should be to the Lord and for others to see how great He is. This is the reason why when a battle is won we have parties and parades, because for so long we were in misery but deliverance has come so we have a good time and praise.
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