"Seeing Jesus in the Psalms": His Name is Jesus

Community Group Questions
1. Share a time in which your love for another person had to endure a hardship.
2. Share a time in your life that you felt God’s power working through a situation.
3. Do you feel you are known by others as a joyful person?
4. In what area of life do you feel the most needed and useful?
5. How has a broken trust from someone you trusted changed the way you look at Jesus?

This psalm is what is known at Hallel Psalm which is a song of praise about the works of the Lord in the lives of His people.

Most likely the last hymn sung by Jesus with His disciples at the last supper.
Through this Psalm of praise we will learn at least three things.

1. The enduring love of the Lord Vrs 1-4

Enduring love- we should be comforted by the fact His love has staying power and endures even though we do not deserve that love, it is like a pursuing love.

Parent endures under the disobedience of a child. (Prodigal Son)

Why because it is steadfast which means it is firm, pointed with purpose and unwavering.

From the Lord we learn that this is the type of love we need to have for those around us.
As Christians we should endure, when people wrong us. We endure when people don’t follow through with their commitments to us. We endure when things don’t change as quick as we think they should.

Bottom line is we need to emulate the love of the Lord.

Next we will see…
2. What the Lord is capable of giving to you and me. Vrs 5-18

-Salvation Vrs 5 Romans 10:13 “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” Romans 10:13-21
-Someone to trust. Vrs 6-9 Is the One we can trust. Trust in the Lord not in man. (You may not be able to trust anyone)

-Power. Vrs 10-13 We get power from the Lord. “I can do all things through Christ”

-Joy. Vrs 14-16 Salvation should result in joy. In this passage we see the psalmist in song.
Because it is valiant (bold, heroic)

-Purpose Vrs 17 The Lord keeps us alive to bring glory to Him while we are here. People want purpose…ask a child what they want to do when they grow up.

When the Lord does something for us it is a great thing to do to make it known.

-Security Vrs 18 The Lord disciplines those He loves (Tim Keller father illustration I really act like a father when I have to discipline)

The final thing we learn is who the Lord is

3. The Lord’s name is Jesus and He is... This is important because this Psalm never says the name of Jesus but these last 11 verses are clearly about Jesus,

-The Gate Vrs 19-21 Jesus is the gate John 10:1

-The Stone Vrs 22-23 The Messianic value Matt 21:42-44
Jesus is the stone
Jewish leaders are the builders of the nation…the kingdom would be taken from them and given to others Matt 21:43

-The Creator Vrs 24 He is creator of the day John 1:9 “World made through Him”

-The Life Giver Vrs 25 He gives success John 10:10

-The One we waited for. Vrs 26 More prophecy John 12:13

-The Light Vrs 27 He is the light of the world John 12:46 and

-The Sacrifice His sacrifice is that light 1 Cor 5:7 “Christ our Passover lamb has become our sacrifice” GOSPEL


In Conclusion Vrs 28-29 we praise Jesus for what He is capable of doing for us and the fact that His love endures.