Jesus Christ is the true King of the earth!

10/19/2018

Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s son. He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. Psalm 72 NKJV

Solomon prayed for his son. He asked God to help his son rule with wisdom and justice.

When David died Solomon became the king of Israel. One of the first things he did is pray for wisdom to rule over God’s people. It was an honorable request. The Lord answered his prayer. Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived.

Solomon’s reign began with so much promise. Over time Solomon began to feed his flesh more than his spirit. He drifted off into a life of vanity. Solomon pursued knowledge riches and pleasure. He forgot the Lord.

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who only does wondrous things! And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen. Vs 19

The first paragraph of this Psalm focuses on Rehoboam the son of Solomon. Then the psalmist turns his attention to the glory and universal reign of Jesus Christ, the true King of Israel.

Like many other kings Rehoboam did not rule in righteousness. He led his people into sin. Did God answer Solomon’s prayer?

God’s did not want Israel to be ruled by kings. The Lord wanted Israel to be different than other nations. Israel wanted to be ruled by a king the way surrounding nations were. God granted their request by giving them kings after their own hearts.

God promised David, “And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever.” God kept His promises to David in Jesus Christ. He is the object of our trust and hope today!

God has always appointed leaders over His people. He does not want them to be the object of our trust and hope. None of them will ever rule in righteousness. They will either legislate with compromise or oppress through fear.

The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. Vs 20

David did not stop praying until he died. God wants us to pray all the days of our lives.

Pray for your children. Pray for your leaders. Pray fervently for God’s will to be carried out from one corner of creation to the other!

Make Jesus Christ the object of your trust and hope. Jesus will rule with perfect justice and wisdom. We will live in eternal peace when Jesus’ throne is established upon the earth!

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Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling. This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” And this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18 NKJV

The slave girl was speaking the truth. She was possessed by an evil spirit. The evil spirit was drawing people away from Christ!

This attack came as God’s servants went to prayer. The enemy of our souls attacks when we step out in faith. Satan seeks to distract us. He wants us to focus our attention on things other than Jesus.

The devil perverts the truth. He uses it against us. No one can serve two masters. This girl was speaking the truth about Paul and his companions while practicing witchcraft. When people claim to speak for God we must consider how they live.

The girl followed the disciples for several days before they cast the demon out of her. It is important for us to wait on the Lord before stepping out in faith. The bible tells us Paul was greatly annoyed by this girl. Paul was not fearful. The Lord was with Him!

Paul and Silas were put in jail. The owners of the slave girl were angry at the loss of income when the demon was cast out of her. While Paul and Silas were in jail they shared the gospel with the jailer. His entire household was saved.

God uses Satan’s attacks for His glory and our salvation!

Satan is a real being. He takes people captive to do his will. There really are demons who seek to destroy God’s people and bring destruction to our world.

We have nothing to fear from the devil or his demons when we live according to God’s will. We have nothing to fear from anyone or anything when we step out in faith to serve Jesus!

Jesus wants us to fear Him and Him alone. He wants us to know His power and authority are unequaled in all of creation.

God wants you share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the people in your life. Jesus wants you to walk in great boldness because He is with you everywhere you go!

Jesus can use you to shake the foundations of the prison and set people free!

Jesus Christ is the true King of the earth!

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