This Weeks Sermon:

DAY 1 ESSAY VIDEO

Psalm 22

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.  3Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the one Israel praises.

4In you our ancestors put their trust; they trusted and you delivered them.

5To you they cried out and were saved; in you they trusted and were not put to shame.

6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by everyone, despised by the people.

7All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads.

8“He trusts in the Lord,” they say, “let the Lord rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.”

9Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother’s breast.

10From birth I was cast on you; from my mother’s womb you have been my God.

11Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

12Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.

13Roaring lions that tear their prey open their mouths wide against me.

14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.

15My mouth is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

16Dogs surround me, a pack of villains encircles me; they pierce my hands and my feet.

17All my bones are on display; people stare and gloat over me.

18They divide my clothes among them and cast lots for my garment.

19But you, Lord, do not be far from me. You are my strength; come quickly to help me.

20Deliver me from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dogs.

21Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.

22I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.

23You who fear the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! Revere him, all you descendants of Israel!

24For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

25From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you I will fulfill my vows.

26The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the Lord will praise him— may your hearts live forever!

27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,

28for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.

29All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before him— those who cannot keep themselves alive.

30Posterity will serve him; future generations will be told about the Lord.

31They will proclaim his righteousness, declaring to a people yet unborn: He has done it!

Psalm 110

Of David. A psalm.

1The Lord says to my lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”

2The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of your enemies!”

3Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, your young men will come to you like dew from the morning’s womb.

4The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”

5The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

7He will drink from a brook along the way, and so he will lift his head high.

Psalm 118

1Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

2Let Israel say: “His love endures forever.”

3Let the house of Aaron say: “His love endures forever.”

4Let those who fear the Lord say: “His love endures forever.”

5When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.

6The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

7The Lord is with me; he is my helper.  I look in triumph on my enemies.

8It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in humans.

9It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

11They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

12They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them down.

13I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me.

14The Lord is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.

15Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous: “The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!

16The Lord’s right hand is lifted high; the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”

17I will not die but live, and will proclaim what the Lord has done.

18The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

19Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.

20This is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous may enter.

21I will give you thanks, for you answered me; you have become my salvation.

22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

23the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.

25 Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success!

26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you.

27The Lord is God, and he has made his light shine on us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar.

28You are my God, and I will praise you; you are my God, and I will exalt you.

29Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Psalm 22:1

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?

Psalm 118:22-29

22The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;

23the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad.

25 Lord, save us! Lord, grant us success!

26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you.

27The Lord is God, and he has made his light shine on us. With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession up to the horns of the altar.

28You are my God, and I will praise you; you are my God, and I will exalt you.

29Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

Revelation 19:15

Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.”

He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.