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To the dismay of many old time Christians, the Christian Church today seems to have forgotten about Jesus, the one who brought them, and the one David called God in the Psalms. He did, you know! And so did the prophet Isaiah as seen in Isaiah 35:4-7: "Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming. … to save you. And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unstop the ears of the deaf." This is an unmistakable reference to Jesus', the one true God, and the one who came and died for the sins of the world. And too, it was Jesus himself who put this thought in our minds, just the way he did for Thomas in the upper room when he called Jesus My Lord and My God. But very few Christians believe this today, a sad commentary on the Christian Church, the ones he love.
In Psalm 7 David said this to Jesus: "I have come to you for protection O Lord my God." And we know that this is Jesus he is calling God because Jesus said right after he rose from the dead (Luke 24), "The Psalms are about me." And too, Jesus said in Revelation 1:8 that he is the one of old from everlasting that the prophets wrote about, the Almighty God. See, in this verse David is preaching the Gospel ahead of time, long before we read it in the New Testament, and long before Paul preached it. And even though David didn't express it as clearly as the New Testament writers did, it was still the Gospel, nevertheless.
What I am saying is, David knew that the God he knew as YHWH God in the Old Testament is the New Testament Jesus. As I said, the one who would die on the cross to pay for the sins of the world, and the one I am preaching to you now. That's why he said in Psalm 118:25, "Please, Lord, please save us." And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, the people said the same thing: "Hosanna" they cried , which literally means, "Lord save us now ."
So David says to Jesus, "So save me Lord Jesus! If you don't they will maul me like a lion and tear me to pieces. And the lion David is talking about here is Satan; the arch enemy of Christ, and the evil one who tells people to do bad things and give us bad dreams and makes us sin.
Then David says in verses 7-8: "You gather the nations before you and sit on your throne high above them, passing judgement on all who have sinned against you." This is speaking of the last day when Jesus comes back as God to judge the world. And again, we might not think we sin against Jesus, but we do. That is to say, the greatest sin of the Christian Church today is that we deny Jesus as our God.
But notice that David speaks of Jesus as "you, he or him", one person. See, God is a single person like us, and David knew this. The Trinity is in the way he speaks. See God is like an actor playing three parts at the same time. And each part is him. You've seen actors do this. So when he says "The Father sent me", or "I go to the Father", he is speaking about himself by this other name. And when he says "In my Fathers house" he is speaking about himself too, only in the third person.
In fact, every time he mentions the Father he is speaking of himself. And this is true of the Holy Spirit, too. But when he says "I say" or "But I say" he is speaking of himself as Jesus!
This means that the term "Son of God is just a metaphoric expression to explain Jesus' stay on earth. And too, he called himself "The Son of Man" too, another metaphoric expression.
It was hard for the people of Jesus' day to understand what he was saying because of their lack of understanding and their limited minds. And too, because of the unwillingness of their leaders to believe in him. And the same is true of us today. We go out our way not to believe in him, too; that is, to say he is not God. What he is doing is revealing his other names (John 17:26) to us so we can know him better, and to show us the full extent of his love. But he is doing it in a metaphoric way. And we are supposed to ask him what he means by this, or why he is speaking to us this way, and he will tells us in other Scriptures.
See, that's what people do when they like you. They tell you their other names, and give you other personal information about themselves. But as I said, we call him Jesus because he tells us to. Look at how many times he calls himself Jesus in the Gospels. And too, Jesus is the name by which he saves us. And the name the angel gave him at his birth. What I mean is, Jesus is all of God you will ever see, so don't look for anymore, or anyone else, or any other God! As Peter said to the Jews in Acts 2:21; "Anyone who calls on the name of Jesus will be saved." And it will be this way when we get to heaven. We will say to him, "Lord show us the Father." And he will say to us, "When you see me you have seen the Father, we are the same person. So follow me." (John 14)
So David says in another place, "So listen to my cry O Lord Jesus and be merciful to me. For my heart has heard you say 'Come and talk with me.'" And I say to you, 'Yes Lord Jesus, I am coming!'"
God bless you,
Rev. Autrey
To the dismay of many old time Christians, the Christian Church today seems to have forgotten about Jesus, the one who brought them, and the one David called God in the Psalms. He did, you know! And so did the prophet Isaiah as seen in Isaiah 35:4-7: "Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming. … to save you. And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unstop the ears of the deaf." This is an unmistakable reference to Jesus', the one true God, and the one who came and died for the sins of the world. And too, it was Jesus himself who put this thought in our minds, just the way he did for Thomas in the upper room when he called Jesus My Lord and My God. But very few Christians believe this today, a sad commentary on the Christian Church, the ones he love.
In Psalm 7 David said this to Jesus: "I have come to you for protection O Lord my God." And we know that this is Jesus he is calling God because Jesus said right after he rose from the dead (Luke 24), "The Psalms are about me." And too, Jesus said in Revelation 1:8 that he is the one of old from everlasting that the prophets wrote about, the Almighty God. See, in this verse David is preaching the Gospel ahead of time, long before we read it in the New Testament, and long before Paul preached it. And even though David didn't express it as clearly as the New Testament writers did, it was still the Gospel, nevertheless.
What I am saying is, David knew that the God he knew as YHWH God in the Old Testament is the New Testament Jesus. As I said, the one who would die on the cross to pay for the sins of the world, and the one I am preaching to you now. That's why he said in Psalm 118:25, "Please, Lord, please save us." And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, the people said the same thing: "Hosanna" they cried , which literally means, "Lord save us now ."
So David says to Jesus, "So save me Lord Jesus! If you don't they will maul me like a lion and tear me to pieces. And the lion David is talking about here is Satan; the arch enemy of Christ, and the evil one who tells people to do bad things and give us bad dreams and makes us sin.
Then David says in verses 7-8: "You gather the nations before you and sit on your throne high above them, passing judgement on all who have sinned against you." This is speaking of the last day when Jesus comes back as God to judge the world. And again, we might not think we sin against Jesus, but we do. That is to say, the greatest sin of the Christian Church today is that we deny Jesus as our God.
But notice that David speaks of Jesus as "you, he or him", one person. See, God is a single person like us, and David knew this. The Trinity is in the way he speaks. See God is like an actor playing three parts at the same time. And each part is him. You've seen actors do this. So when he says "The Father sent me", or "I go to the Father", he is speaking about himself by this other name. And when he says "In my Fathers house" he is speaking about himself too, only in the third person.
In fact, every time he mentions the Father he is speaking of himself. And this is true of the Holy Spirit, too. But when he says "I say" or "But I say" he is speaking of himself as Jesus!
This means that the term "Son of God is just a metaphoric expression to explain Jesus' stay on earth. And too, he called himself "The Son of Man" too, another metaphoric expression.
It was hard for the people of Jesus' day to understand what he was saying because of their lack of understanding and their limited minds. And too, because of the unwillingness of their leaders to believe in him. And the same is true of us today. We go out our way not to believe in him, too; that is, to say he is not God. What he is doing is revealing his other names (John 17:26) to us so we can know him better, and to show us the full extent of his love. But he is doing it in a metaphoric way. And we are supposed to ask him what he means by this, or why he is speaking to us this way, and he will tells us in other Scriptures.
See, that's what people do when they like you. They tell you their other names, and give you other personal information about themselves. But as I said, we call him Jesus because he tells us to. Look at how many times he calls himself Jesus in the Gospels. And too, Jesus is the name by which he saves us. And the name the angel gave him at his birth. What I mean is, Jesus is all of God you will ever see, so don't look for anymore, or anyone else, or any other God! As Peter said to the Jews in Acts 2:21; "Anyone who calls on the name of Jesus will be saved." And it will be this way when we get to heaven. We will say to him, "Lord show us the Father." And he will say to us, "When you see me you have seen the Father, we are the same person. So follow me." (John 14)
So David says in another place, "So listen to my cry O Lord Jesus and be merciful to me. For my heart has heard you say 'Come and talk with me.'" And I say to you, 'Yes Lord Jesus, I am coming!'"
God bless you,
Rev. Autrey
