What Do You Think About the Christ?

October 30, 2022
Bryan Wolf
He Hears Us
Psalms

SCRIPTURE

Psalm 110

Sit at My Right Hand

A Psalm of David.

110 The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand,
until I make your enemies your footstool.”

²The Lord sends forth from Zion
    your mighty scepter.
    Rule in the midst of your enemies!
³Your people will offer themselves freely
    on the day of your power,
    in holy garments;
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.
⁴The Lord has sworn
    and will not change his mind,
“You are a priest forever
    after the order of Melchizedek.”

⁵The Lord is at your right hand;
    he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
⁶He will execute judgment among the nations,
    filling them with corpses;
he will shatter chiefs
    over the wide earth.
⁷He will drink from the brook by the way;
    therefore he will lift up his head.

OBSERVATIONS

Christ is our exalted King.

Psalm 110: 1, 7 ~ The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.” ⁷He will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will lift up his head.
Matthew 22:41-46 ~ Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, ⁴²saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The son of David.” ⁴³He said to them, “How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,⁴⁴“‘The Lord said to my Lord,“Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet”’? ⁴⁵If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” ⁴⁶And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Hebrews 10:11-13 ~ And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. ¹²But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,¹³waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

Christ is the conquering Warrior.

Psalm 110:2-3, 5-6 ~ The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! ³Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. ⁵The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath. ⁶He will execute judgment among the nations, filling them with corpses; he will shatter chiefs over the wide earth.

Christ is our great High Priest.

Psalm 110:4 ~ The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”
Genesis 14:18-20 ~ And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) ¹⁹And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; ²⁰and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand!” And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.
Hebrews 7:11-25 ~ Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one named after the order of Aaron? ¹²For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change in the law as well.¹³For the one of whom these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.¹⁴For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.¹⁵This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, ¹⁶who has become a priest, not on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent, but by the power of an indestructible life.¹⁷For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.” ¹⁸For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness ¹⁹(for the law made nothing perfect); but on the other hand, a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. ²⁰And it was not without an oath. For those who formerly became priests were made such without an oath, ²¹but this one was made a priest with an oath by the one who said to him “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever.’” ²²This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant. ²³The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, ²⁴but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. ²⁵ Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

When we study God’s Word, it should lead us to both rejoicing and repenting.

What stands out to you from the text?
What questions or comments do you have about it?
In what ways did you find yourself encouraged and/or rejoicing when you heard the message?
In what ways were you challenged to repent or change when you heard the message?
How did the teacher connect this passage to Christ? What other connections do you see between this message and the redemptive work of Christ?

CONCLUSION

What is one thing that you want to remember from this sermon?
Why is that important to you?