get into this, I'll explain it in a moment. But we are on verses 7 to 10, OK? And this is basically what we have on our sheet. So it says, lift up your heads, O ye gates. And B, lift up. Turn on my mic, is Josh around? Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up. Ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? Not yet, brother. But you are spot on. All right. We're going to read it here, and then you got it, though. That's the idea. Amen. We're gonna read it through, I'm gonna explain it, then we'll get to our parts. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates. Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of Glory shall come in. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of Hosts. He is the King of Glory, Selah. So turn in your notes to number three. Worship the king as the king of glory. Worship the king as the king of glory. That's what this last part of this psalm is all about, worship. Now, many of the Psalms seem to have been arranged for antiphonal singing. One voice, or one choir, asking a question, and another choir, of course, answering it. That's what we're doing. Psalm 24 is quite obviously like this. Verses 8 and 10 ask the question, who is this King of Glory? And then that could have been sung solo. I don't know if Relby wants to sing it solo, but like I said, we don't have the music tonight. The other parts are either introductions or responses. They were probably sung by mass choirs. That's why all of us, when you begin The chorus is approaching with the king to the gates. This is real, okay? This is real. And everyone together in unison, and don't do it yet, I'm explaining it. So we're all gonna come in and say this together in unison. Then a voice from within the walls, we're still outside the walls, in a procession, coming to the gates. And then that's where Relby comes in. He's he's on the other side of the wall. As we are coming to the gate, he's going to cry out, who is this king of glory? And then a spokesman for the king, Brother John. He's going to answer back to Brother Relby, the Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. And then we're all going to come in together, everyone, everyone, everyone. Lift up your heads, O ye gates. And then again, Relby's gonna respond after that. And then everyone together, all of us together will conclude, the Lord of hosts, he is the king of glory, Selah. So this is a real song. that was sung by the saints of God. Amen. As they were going up to Jerusalem. Is everyone ready to get your sheets together? Do you need to stand? Do we need to form a choir here? All right. So I'm going to just count on three. We begin everyone together in unison. And then Ralphie responds, John, everyone together. Brother Relby and everyone together. So I want everyone to participate. Because one day you'll be singing this in the heavenly Jerusalem. Amen. One, two, three. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty. Lift up your heads. Oh ye gates even lift them up the everlasting doors and the king of glory shall come in Everyone the Lord of hosts. He is the king of glory Selah Amen Brother John you were a little weak there Get you and Faye to do this around the house, okay? Marchin' around, amen. You know, the lesson isn't long tonight, but there's some spiritual applications, brethren. Letter A, there's a need, amen? The need is to open up the gates and doors to the King of Glory. So think about the Ark coming in, right? David coming to the walls with the Ark of God. Remember, God chose his glory to reside upon that Ark. And as they're coming, they're announcing it. Who's who's wanting to enter the king of glory? Amen. God, the king of glory, the Lord Jesus Christ. That's what's going on here. But think about your life. Have you invited the king of glory, have you opened the doors and the gates and invited the king of glory into your life? Amen. The reason, letter B. The king of glory is the Lord who is strong and mighty, verse 8. Who is the king of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty. The Lord, mighty in battle. Amen. So what's happening? The gatekeeper, he's requesting more information about the identity of the king of glory. The procession will respond first by announcing his name. He is the Lord. Amen. He is the Lord. Jehovah. They would declare his power and might. Finally, they would proclaim he's a mighty warrior, triumphant in battle. And mighty, as we said, is describing a military champion. That's our God. Now, think about this in the light of all three audiences. Think about the nation of Israel. That's who they're singing before the nation of Israel. Think about all the battles that God fought for Israel. He delivered them from Egypt. He was driving out the wicked and the depraved inhabitants of the promised land. And we know that the ark of God brought His protective presence into their midst. Think about Jesus as he's coming into Jerusalem, his triumphal entry. We celebrated that during the Easter holiday. What did Jesus do? He came into Jerusalem to fulfill God's will for his earthly life. And then on the cross, he's battling Satan. He's battling sin. He's battling death. And then he emerged triumphant from the grave. He's a glorious victor over all. Who is this king of glory? Strong and mighty is he. Amen. The Lord, mighty in battle, that's Jesus Christ. Think about him. We've learned all through the Bible, what's he doing? He's coming back to establish God's kingdom. Read, if you just want to take a little bit of time, read Revelation 19. It will tell you how Jesus comes back and what He's going to do as a warrior. And He's going to destroy all the enemies of God before taking His place on the throne of David. And then we have verses 9 and 10, the need and the reason re-emphasized. Again the request for entrance into the city is repeated. He's the Lord of Hosts. Amen. On this one, verse 10, who's the King of Glory? He's the Lord of Hosts. Think about that. The Lord of hosts. He's declaring that he has the army, the armies of the angels at his command. Amen. He's the Lord of hosts, the host of heaven. Now, think, I know. People don't see the unseen world of the spirits, the spirit world. But can you imagine if God just gave us a glimpse of all those angels coming back with Jesus Christ, the Lord? I'll tell you, everyone's going to be frightened in that day. Terror is going to fill their hearts when they see him coming back. But for us, it's an encouraging image, amen? We're going to be coming back with them, but he's going to be doing all the battling. So when we think of God, when we think of the Lord Jesus Christ, he is a divine warrior. He is the commander of all power in heaven and earth, as we know, Matthew. Chapter 28, verses 18 to 20. But in his battles, listen, we're on the winning side. In his battles, he always gets the victory. Amen. You are on the victor's side. There's a chorus about that on the victory side. And we are on the victory side. Now, brethren, when we go through this and if you just Meditate on this and really put yourself there and thinking, you know, this is what's going to happen. This is what's going on. Who is the king of glory? Who is the Lord? Who is the Lord of hosts? Strong and mighty, mighty in battle. Brethren, this should bring comfort to our lives because what it's teaching us is he drives out all the enemies. How about when we go back to Jesus Day? Oh, yeah, this might be beautiful to us. This may be As we did this tonight, this is a moving and beautiful. But how about the priests and the people in Jesus day? Though they sang it. They sang it. They did not really do what they were singing. Did they? All the Pharisees and Sadducees in Jesus day, did they, did they do what they were singing? No. They let Jesus into the city, then into the temple area where he threw out the money changers. But although they let him in, they didn't actually let him into their hearts, did they? Why? Because Jesus told them that, oh, you draw near to God with your lips, but your heart is far from him. So they they let him in, but not really. They didn't let him into their hearts and into their lives. And this, brethren, is the way he wants to come in. He wants to come into your life to save you, he wants to come into your life to change you. And really, if we just. Truly. The king of glory shall come in, the king of glory shall come in, whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Will you respond to the king? not like the Pharisees, not like the religious crowd, but truly open up your heart and invite him in. Here's what Spurgeon wrote about this. It is possible that you are saying, I shall never enter into the heaven of God, for I have neither clean hands nor a pure heart. Look then to Christ, who has already climbed the holy hill. He has entered as the forerunner of those who trust Him. Following His footsteps and repose upon His merit, He rides triumphantly into heaven, and ye, you shall ride there too, if you trust Him. But how can I get the character described, say you, the spirit of God will give you that he will create in you a new heart and a right spirit. Faith in Jesus is the work of the Holy Spirit and has all virtues wrapped up in it. Amen. Think about what Jesus is offering to us tonight. He offers everything. He is to us. He is love. His love, His presence, His power, His comfort, His guidance, His provision are ours. Forgiveness of sin and eternal life are ours when we open up our hearts to Him. But for those who have heard and not heeded God's call, the Savior will not invade their lives. He will not intrude or enforce His way into their hearts. They have to open their hearts if they want Him to come in. We all need to heed the call that concludes this triumphant psalm. Lift up your head and open your life to Christ. He will come in and give you victory over all the enemies of your life. You can live in his glorious presence now and throughout eternity. That's what this psalm is all about. Remember, as we started, when we think of putting this psalm back together, brethren, worship the king, his creator. He made it all. Amen. Verses one and two. The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and all that dwell therein. For he hath founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods. Worship him as creator, but then worship him as savior. Obviously, that's what Spurgeon, when I read that quote, he's talking about who who shall ascend to the hill of the Lord, who shall stand in his holy place. Remember, the rest of the psalm says he's the king of glory. He shall go in. And guess what? He opens the way for us. And if we know him as savior, we're going in with him. Because he gives us clean hands, a pure heart. Obviously, we're we're going to follow him and not idols, a man or our tongues, our mouths are going to speak truth now. not deceitful lies. Amen? That's salvation. And he said in verse 5, he shall receive the blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of salvation. Brethren, that righteousness is by faith. Is by faith. And then Verse, he says, verse six, this is the generation that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob Selah. To seek God's face, brethren, is to have an audience with him. And that is only done through Jesus Christ. The Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We have a blessed psalm, amen. Remember Jacob. God saved him by grace and God gave him righteousness. And that's the same God that wants to save us and give us his righteousness by faith. Amen. Let's pray. Father, tonight we do