Old Llantrisant Hill
Mark 14
- Starting in Mark 14 - reading about the Institution of the Lord's Supper
- v26 – they sang a hymn
- Does a song go round your mind/get stuck in your head?
- What was in Jesus' head during the trial of Gethsemane and the crucifixion
- What did he have to help Him?
- Jesus is both God and man
- v35-36 - Jesus prays
- Example of Margaret Thatcher
- How do we view Jesus Christ?
- Does He change between human and divine?
- We see Him recoiling in the Garden of Gethsemane
- We cannot perform gymnastics with words
- What did Jesus Christ have to sustain Him?
- Everything He learnt was from the Scriptures and the Holy Spirit ministered to Him
- Singing a hymn - the Holy Spirit ministering to Him
- Psalms 113 - 118 would often be sung during the Passover meal
- These Psalms were likely sung/read by Jesus
- Example of Philip Ross
- There is extra-revelation for us in these Psalms
- 1 Pet 1:10-12
- Luke 22:22a
- These songs/psalms were in a sense written for the Lord Jesus Christ
Psalm 113
- We do not know the musical form of these psalms in Jesus' day
- Praise the Lord - v1
- Praise His name
- Consider the names of the Lord - e.g. Yahweh, Adonai, etc
- Praise God for His attributes - e.g. justice, mercy
- When something is revealed to you about God - praise Him
- Praise unending - v2
- The congregation and praise will never cease
- Praise everywhere - v3
- Praise will occur all over the world
- Praise occurring in different countries
- There will not be a corner of God's creation - where He is not praised
- Praise overriding – v4-5
- There is no-one like God
- Example of AW Tozer
- God is above all creation
- In His power, majesty, purity and holiness
- Praise humbled - v6
- God humbles Himself
- He looks down
- He is not distant from His creation
- He has revealed Himself to sinful men and women
- Jesus sings this Psalm - no-one who has sung this psalm is like God - except Jesus Christ
- Here is the revelation of God - v6
- How low will He descend for His people? - v7
- How low will He go? - all the way to the shame of the cross and take upon Himself the wrath of God
- Jesus suffered in the Garden of Gethsemane
- He comes to raise us out of the dust
- He lifts us out of eternal death
- He lifts us out of the ash heap
- He does this to seat us with princes (v8) - this is a reassurance that He will be raised
- Hope for all of God's people too
- We will be made heirs with Christ
- The barren will be joyful - v8
- Whatever you have lost - you will gain far greater
- This is the promise to the Lord Jesus Christ
- To be a Christian is costly
Closing Remarks