Monday
Carpenter Diem (Because Jesus Was a Carpenter and Is Now Preparing a Home for His People)
The resurrection of God the Son, Jesus Christ, is crucial to the Christian faith. In Luke 24:13-35, we read of the resurrected Savior walking the road to Emmaus. This specific geographical reference reminds us of the absolute accuracy of God’s Word in all areas. In verse 27, Jesus begins to teach from the Old Testament; He not only walked the talk but also talked the walk! This passage does not reveal the exact Scriptures Jesus employed to teach these journeying believers, but we do know that He fulfilled the entire Old Testament (Matthew 5:17,18). Fulfilled prophecy is one of the major reasons that we can be certain that our faith in Jesus is not misplaced. (I will be using this opening paragraph for each of the brief messages in this series. The following material will change daily.)
Jesus is found throughout the Psalms. In yesterday’s sermon synopsis, we looked at the remarkably specific detail of Psalm 22 and its fulfillment in the crucifixion of our Savior. Today we will consider Psalm 110:1. This verse presents a powerful statement of the deity of the Messiah. David, the writer of this Psalm, was King of Israel; there was no one higher or greater than David on earth. Who then is the second “Lord” of this verse? No one would dispute that the first “Lord” is God the Father; no one should dispute that the other is God the Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself makes this very point in Matthew 22:41-46. The Son of David (his human descendant) was also the Lord of David. Psalm 110:1, in fact, is the most frequently cited Old Testament verse in the New Testament, a total of 18 times (which sounds suspiciously and ever threateningly like a future 18-point sermon). For our purposes today, let us marvel at the perfect union of man and God in the person of Jesus, and let us also marvel at the depth and clarity of God’s Word.