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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
The King of Glory
Series Psalms
| Sermon ID | 915242158321938 |
| Duration | 20:32 |
| Date | |
| Category | Midweek Service |
| Bible Text | Psalm 24:7-10 |
| Language | English |
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