”The Father’s Song to the Son—Part 4” | Sun AM | Psalm 110

Psalm 110. This morning we're going to

do part four of the series, the father's

song to the son. That's what we have

kind of titled Psalm 110.

And we've been walking through it. This

is the fourth sermon from just seven

verses. We've been moving very slowly

through the psalm. And we come now to

verse 5 through verse 7 this morning.

And these verses really tie everything

that we've already talked about all

together. And so I want to uh Thomas,

can you put that other slide up there?

Sorry, brother. Uh I want to walk

through just review for us what we've

already talked about and then show you

where we're going today so you can see

the whole psalm, all of Psalm 110

together. And then we'll jump in and do

some exposition from verse 5 through 7.

And there's not a there's the the the

depth of the psalm. We've already been

there. The verse 5 through7 is really

just putting the bow on top of it. And

it's a beautiful beautiful few verses. I

want you to see this slide. There's a

lot going on, but there's a lot going on

in Psalm 110. And so we've tried to put

it all together in one one screen so

that you can see it all at one time. We

have seen the Messiah as the coming

king. In verse 1 through3, we see Jesus,

God the Father, speaking to his son,

Jesus, and he is establishing Jesus

Christ as coming king. He's seated at

the right hand of God the Father. Uh he

uh he will make his enemies his

foottool. All of those phrases that uh

show us the power and the strength and

the authority of Jesus Christ. He is

coming. He is king. One day his uh his

uh his reign will be fully realized and

established. It is established it will

be fully realized in one day in the

future. We've seen him as coming king in

three ways which was our outline that we

followed. We saw him in his person.

Jesus is God. We saw it in his position.

He's seated at the right hand of God the

father. That is Jesus is sovereign. And

then we see him as coming king through

his power. Jesus is omnipotent. He has

all strength. He has all power. So

that's the first three verses of the

psalm. And then last Sunday we looked at

verse 4 which is the middle of the

psalm. It falls right in the middle and

we see the Messiah in verse four as

present priest. So we have seen him as

coming king at the beginning. Right in

the middle he is present priest. This is

where you and I live today. Jesus right

now is seated at the right hand of God

the father interceding on our behalf. He

is functioning right now as our high

priest. Hebrews tells us he is a better

high priest than the Old Testament

priesthood. And we talked much about

that last week. And so we see him as

present priest seen in his priesthood.

Jesus is mediator.

And now we come today to the final three

verses 5 6 and 7. And we see the Messiah

as conquering Christ.

It's seen in his plan. What is his

future plan? These verses are prophetic

looking forward again.

And what we find in these verses is that

Jesus is victorious.

He will be victorious. He is already

victorious over death and hell and the

grave and sin. And one day he will

conquer all of his enemies. And so we

come this morning to chapter 100. Psalm

110 verse number five. Let's read with

this backdrop behind us. Let's read the

whole psalm and look at all of it

together and then we'll look at verse

5-7

uh a little closer this morning. Verse

one, the Lord, all caps, Yahweh, God,

for sake of our understanding, we could

say God the Father,

the Lord said unto my Lord, only capital

L, that's Adoni. That's the Hebrew word

Adoni. That's master.

And so

we we'll see this later played out in

the psalm, but we have already explained

that Lord is God said unto my Lord, who

is David is writing, who is David's

Lord? That's Jesus Christ. So God

speaking to Jesus the Messiah. Here's

what he said. Sit thou at my right hand

until I make thine enemies thy foottool.

The Lord shall send the rod of thy

strength out of Zion. Rule thou in the

midst of thine enemies. Thy people shall

be willing in the day of thy power in

the beauties of holiness. From the womb

of the morning, thou hast the dw of thy

youth. The Lord hath sworn, and he will

not repent. He's not going to change his

mind. Thou art a priest. Who is a

priest? Jesus Christ. We're still

talking to Jesus. Thou art a priest

forever after the order of Melkisedc.

And then verse five, where we want to

zoom in this morning. the Lord at thy

right hand. Shall strike through kings

in the day of his wrath. He shall judge

among the heathen. He shall fill the

places with dead with the dead bodies.

He shall wound the heads over many

countries. He shall drink of the brook

in the way. Therefore shall he lift up

the head. So these three verses may seem

a little uh obscure at first, but I want

us to look at them this morning. And we

see in these three final three verses of

Psalm 110, we see his plan. Jesus is

seen as conquering king. The the one who

is coming, the one who is right now

ruling as a high priest is one day going

to return.

He is coming not as a baby the next time

he comes, but he is coming as a

conquering Christ. And we find in verse

5-7 a prophecy. And the prophecy is

simply stated in these three words.

Jesus is victorious.

These final three verses of this

powerful theological psalm show us three

components of Christ's certain victory.

Verse five, we see the warrior.

Verse six, we see the wrath.

And in verse seven, we see the worship.

The warrior, the wrath, and the worship.

Let's talk about those three things as

they relate to these three verses this

morning. And I I do not plan to preach

long at all this morning. We're going to

Florida today. I got to get on the road.

Okay? So, I'm not going to preach long.

So, just stay with me. We're going to

walk through this and we'll go get some

lunch. All right? I hope this encou I

want to encourage you this morning.

Okay? This should encourage you and

that's my goal. So, let's look at verse

5. We see the warrior. Verse five is a

summary of what will be given in

slightly more detail. And I I believe in

verse 6, what is coming in verse 6, the

details of this great battle that we're

going to see in verse 6, this wrath

that's coming in verse 6, we kind of get

a summary in verse 5. In fact, verse 5

is kind of a summary of the entire

psalm. Let me show it to you. We see

who. Notice how it starts in verse 5. He

said the Lord. Who are we talking about?

We're still talking about Jesus. Notice

that Lord is capital Lcase O R D. That's

the Hebrew word adoni, the same one

that's used for Jesus in verse number

one. So, we're still talking about Jesus

Christ. This reminds us of what we have

already looked at in his person. We're

reminded in verse 5, this summary, this

overview. Let me remind you of who we're

talking about. We're talking about Jesus

Christ. So, we see who. And then notice

we see where the psalmist is going to

repeat what he has already stated

earlier in the psalm. He said, "The Lord

at thy right hand." So, we see who and

we see where. We're reminded here of his

position. His position of authority.

He's seated at the right hand of God the

Father right now. Jesus Christ is the

person. That's who. Where is Jesus? He

is right now at the right hand of God

the Father. What is he going to do?

Well, verse 5 continues, "The Lord who's

at the right hand shall strike through

kings in the day of his wrath." This

reminds us from what we learned in verse

two and three reminds us of his power.

He's going to strike through the kings

of the world. He He is powerful. Who so

we we're reminded of his person and

we're reminded of his position. And now

we're reminded of his power that he has

all of the all power and he has all

authority and that Jesus is sovereign.

All contained right here in verse 5. And

then it even tells us when he's going to

do it. We see who and where and what.

And then notice when

in the day of thy wrath,

this is a preview of what we're getting

ready to talk about more in verse six

and 7.

When is Jesus Christ going to to strike

through the kings in the day of his

wrath? This is an important note because

the text is moving us through time.

The psalm begins with the enemies as his

foottool. That's prophetic.

One day Jesus will rule and reign over

all of his enemies. They will become his

foottool. The psalm begins in a

prophetic tone. But then in verse four,

right in the middle of the psalm, it

takes a present tone because Jesus is

right now our high priest. Jesus is

right now seated beside God the father

making intercession for you and I in a

the beautiful power. If you were not

here last week, please go back and watch

the the depth of verse number four and

what it means to have a high priest in

Jesus Christ. So we started with

prophetic then we took a present tone

and now in verse 5 6 and 7 we're going

to once again return to a prophetic tone

in the psalm. So it's important to stay

focused on how the psalmist is writing.

Now we're speaking future tense again.

One day he will make his enemies his

foottool. One day he will strike through

his enemies in the day of his wrath. The

psalm is all connected together. And

here's what we're learning in these

verses is that Jesus is a warrior.

I love the sentiment of baby Jesus in

the manger. I I love the the holiday

Christmas and the the feel. Can we just

say the feels of Christmas, right? You

you get a feeling at Christmas time and

it's it's beautiful. Everybody loves a

baby, right? Until they dirty themselves

and are screaming. Then nobody likes a

baby. Where's this kid's mom at?

Everybody loves a baby. I mean, we think

baby Jesus, I mean, it's just it's cute

and it's sweet and it's lovely. And I

love the sentiment of baby Jesus. But I

never want to get so focused on baby

Jesus that we forget that Jesus Christ

is a warrior.

He's he he controls an army. He commands

an army. And he is coming one day. He is

coming back with his army as a warrior,

not as a baby. Let me let me read some

verses to you. Can I do that? You can

write this down and check them out later

for yourself. Revelation chapter 19,

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beginning in verse number 11, and I'll

read through verse 16. Revelation 19:1,

Revelation 19:1

John is writing. He said, "And I saw

heaven opened, and behold, a white

horse. And he that sat upon was called

faithful and true, and in righteousness

he doth judge and make war." Maybe Jesus

making war. He is a warrior. Verse 12,

his eyes. Get this picture. I want you

to see Jesus on this white steed on this

stallion standing in the open portals of

heaven. Here's what he looks like. His

eyes were as a flame of fire. And on his

head were many crowns. And he had a name

written that no man knew but he himself.

And he was clothed with a vesture dipped

in blood. And his name is called the

Word of God. And the armies which were

in heaven followed him upon white

horses. That's us. Amen. Clothed in fine

linen, white and clean. And out of his

mouth, out of the mouth of Jesus, goeth

a sharp sword, that with it he should

smite the nations. And he shall rule

them with a rod of iron. We've already

talked about that. And he treadth the

wine press of the fierceness of the

wrath of Almighty God. and he hath on

his vesture and on his thigh a name

written, King of Kings and Lord of

Lords. Jesus Christ is coming back.

Psalm 110:5 is prophesying the day of

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his wrath. What day is that? It's the

day described in Revelation 19 11-16

when heaven opens up and you see King

Jesus, warrior Jesus on his white horse

getting ready to come out of heaven and

meet the armies of mankind. meet the

armies of Satan in what will be called

the battle of Armageddon. And on that

day, the day of his wrath, he will

strike through the kings of this world.

He will strike through the enemies. He

will destroy the all of the enemies of

righteousness in a single word from his

mouth and Jesus will be victorious.

That's the prophecy. That's the summary.

That's what David sees in Psalm 110. And

then John John would later see it in

Revelation and write it in Revelation

19.

Isaiah 42 and:e 13 said, "The Lord shall

go forth as a mighty man. He shall stir

up jealousy like a man of war. He shall

cry, yay, roar. He shall prevail against

his enemies. There's coming a day when

Jesus Christ will be victorious over all

of the evil in the world." How is he

going to do it? Well, that brings us to

verse six. We get a little bit more

detail.

Verse five, the warrior. Verse six, the

wrath.

There are six words used in verse 5, 6,

and 7 that communicate the outpouring of

the wrath of God upon the wicked. Let me

show them to you. You might note these

in your Bible. In verse five, we see

that word strike.

That means to smash,

to obliterate.

Then we in verse six we see he shall

judge.

That means to bring justice.

He shall judge among the heathen. He

shall fill the places with dead bodies.

The word fill means to bring to

completion, to bring to the realm.

He's going to fill the places

with dead bodies. That valley where the

battle of Armageddon will take place

will be filled.

He shall wound the heads of many

countries. That word, there's another

word wound, to smash, to break. In fact,

that word wound in verse six is the

exact same Hebrew word that's translated

as strike in verse 5. Exact same Hebrew

word. They mean the same thing. To

smash, to obliterate, to wound.

And then he says in verse 7, he shall

drink of the brook in the way.

and then he will lift up his head. So

there's six verbs in these three verses

that describe for us the day of wrath

that is introduced in verse 5. Verse 5

tells us when the day of his wrath. What

day is that? It's the day John saw in

Revelation chapter 19 when Jesus Christ

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will descend and us behind him and he

will meet the armies of evil and he will

smash them. He will strike through them.

He will obliterate them in that great

battle. and his enemy enemies will

become his foottool. You see how the

psalm has been building us to this

climax.

These words paint a very clear and

sobering scene for us.

In verse 5, really all of the psalm up

to this point, we have seen Jesus in

glorious majesty.

We have seen Jesus lifted up. All

through the first four verses, it's

Jesus Christ has been exalted. But now

we see Jesus, we see maybe a, could we

say a little different side of Jesus in

these final verses. Yes, he's still

exalted. Yes, he hasn't lost anything

that we've already talked about. But

we're adding to his description in that

he is this warrior and the day of his

wrath is coming. In verse six and seven,

we see his righteousness, his righteous

wrath poured out on the wickedness of

the earth. So what does this mean for

us? Well, it it it brings good news to

us. Jesus will be victorious over evil.

And sometimes we can look at the world

around us and we can think evil is

winning. Right? You ever thought that?

I've thought that. And it looks like the

evilness is going to win. And for a time

it may be winning, but Jesus has

conquered the evilness. Jesus has

conquered Satan. Jesus has conquered

death. Jesus will be victorious. And

there is coming a day when he will

defeat all of the wickedness, all of the

evilness of this world. And we look

forward to that day. But it teaches us

something else about Jesus which is

should be somewhat sobering, maybe even

convicting for us.

And that is that Jesus Christ is holy

and therefore hates wickedness.

Hates wickedness. In fact, he cannot he

cannot even look upon wickedness and

evilness. Jesus is God. We learn that in

verse one. And God is holy. Holy, holy,

holy. Jesus Christ hates wickedness. Not

just the wickedness of the world, but I

think maybe even more so the wickedness

in his church. Now, we're saved, right?

We're Christians. I hope you're saved

this morning. If you're not saved,

please get saved before you leave today.

I want you to be saved. But let's not

pretend we're perfect people here.

Salvation doesn't make me perfect.

Glorification. I'm looking forward to

that day when I get to heaven and I'm

glorified. But while I'm here, I'm still

me. I'm still in my sinful flesh. I

still battle. Paul battled it. Everybody

battles it. We're all sinners. So, let's

not get too highurchy that we think

we're okay and we don't sin around here.

We do sin. Here's the sobering

convicting thought. Our savior Jesus

Christ hates that sin.

He doesn't hate you. He loves you. He

died for you. He He bought his church

with his own precious blood. But he

hates the sin in his church.

And we live in a culture where sin has

overtaken the local church.

People living in sin,

Christian people, you dress up and look

nice and put on your deodorant and your

perfume when you come in here on a

Sunday, but then you go out in the world

and and you live and you look and you

act and you talk just like them.

That's sin in the Christian's life.

I don't mean to be harsh this morning.

I'm going to encourage you. I want to

encourage you. But I cannot walk past

this verse without understanding. Hey,

there is a day coming when Jesus Christ

is going to pour out his wrath on the

evilness of this world. You and I by the

grace and mercy of God alone are exempt

from that day of wrath. We'll be on the

winning side. We'll be on white horses

behind King Jesus as he comes out of

heaven. And we praise God for that. But

let's not let's not excuse our sin

simply because we've been saved. Jesus

still hates our sin.

He still hates it.

But I'm so thankful that 1 John 1:9

1 John 1:9

tells us that if we confess our sin, he

is faithful and just to forgive us our

sin and cleanse us from all

unrighteousness.

It's not that that that he hates our sin

so much he will not fellowship with us.

No, you repent, you confess, he is

faithful,

he'll welcome you right back into his

arms and the fellowship will be

restored. So we see the the wrath of

God. We see the warrior Jesus Christ.

And then in verse seven, we see the

worship.

The worship. Look at verse 7.

He shall drink of the brook in the way.

Therefore shall he lift up the head.

Now, there's some pronouns here, but I

think you can probably understand who

we're talking about. It seems pretty

clear to me. We've been talking about

Jesus and to Jesus the entire psalm. So

when we get to the last verse and we use

the pronouns he, the context would

dictate this is still Jesus Christ. So

he Jesus shall drink of the brook in the

way. Therefore shall he lift up the

head. Let me explain these verses, these

two phrases, but I'm going to invert

them. I'm going to do it backwards and

I'm going to do that on purpose. It

says, "Therefore shall he lift up the

head." What does that mean? Well, in

verse 6 and verse 7, there's a contrast.

At the end of verse 6, it says, "He

shall wound the heads over many

countries." So these are the the leaders

of the world. At the battle of

Armageddon, when Jesus Christ returns,

there will be world leaders, world

powers gathered together. And the heads

of the world governments will be

destroyed by Jesus Christ. And so so

great a battle, so great a destruction

it's going to be that the the valley

there is going to be filled with the

bodies of the men that Jesus Christ

destroys, the evil men. And by the way,

don't think for a second that Jesus is

unjust in doing this. Any of those men

could repent, right? They have the same

opportunity everybody else has. But when

they reject Jesus Christ, then Jesus

must, because he hates sin, because he

is holy, he has to judge wickedness. And

that judgment is just and righteous. And

on that day, they will be gathered

together in hatred of our savior Jesus

Christ. And he will come out of heaven

and he will wound, destroy, smash their

heads.

He'll kill them. They'll be done,

decimated.

His enemies will become his foottool.

Jesus Christ will win a great victory.

So we see that in verse six. He will

wound the heads. But then the psalm

ends, therefore shall he lift up the

head. So there are heads that are being

wounded. And then there is a head. It

says the head. It's a specific one

that's going to be lifted up.

Who do you think that might be?

I think and I I don't think there's

really much room for debate here. I

think it's Jesus Christ.

His head will be lifted up. He will be

exalted. He will be worshiped. He will

be set up. He will be king of the world.

He will rule and reign over all of the

world. Jesus Christ will be exalted on

high. He will destroy the the leaders of

the world. Those who think they are the

heads, those who think they are in

charge, those who oppose God and oppose

righteousness and live in wickedness,

they will be destroyed and Jesus Christ

will be set up as king of kings and lord

of lords and he will rule and reign over

the earth. So Jesus Christ's head will

be lifted up. That's how the psalm ends

and it's a beautiful ending and we'll

come right back to it in a minute. But

let's back up and look at the first

phrase at verse 7. It says he shall

drink

of the brook in the way.

What could this mean? There is some

debate about what this means,

but I think that I think it's a picture

and we've seen some pictures already in

Psalm 110. I think this is another

picture

and I think it's a picture of what has

to take place before Jesus Christ would

be exalted.

It's a prophecy

that Jesus Christ would come to this

earth. Let me explain it to you.

The word that's used here for drink is a

very interesting word. It means, and

there's a lot of nuances to it, so I'm

just going to summarize it. Can I just

summarize it for you? It means, if we

just put it out there in plain English,

plain language, it means something to

the effect of stopping on the side of

the road to drink from a muddy puddle.

That's the picture.

So he's going to drink from the brook in

the way. That phrase means that Jesus,

he is going to stop along his way along

his way to what? Well, the verse ends

with him being exalted. So on his way to

his eventual exaltation, to on his way

to becoming king of kings, on his way to

becoming lord of lords, he's going to

stop and he's going to drink from a

muddy, dirty puddle.

I think this picture is presented by

Paul in the book of Philippians when it

says that Jesus Christ humbled himself

and took upon him the form of a servant

and came to this earth and lived. I

think that what's being prophesied in

the last verse is a is a we're already

thinking future, right? Verse five, we

shifted the tone. We're thinking future.

So, what's coming? What is David seeing?

He's seeing the King of Kings and the

Lord of Lords. The one who sits at the

right hand of God the Father, the one

who has all authority, the one who has

all power, the one who sits in the

portals of heaven, God himself, he sees

him becoming a man. And though Jesus

Christ did not sin, though Jesus Christ

was perfect, he came into a mud pit,

didn't he,

he landed in this world as a baby in a

manger.

And the sin of this world came so

strongly against him that he only lived

33 years. And at the end of his life, he

he didn't die by an accident. No, people

killed him because of the sin and the

wickedness and the evilness of this

world. So Psalm 110, remember this is

all before Jesus Christ comes. This is

prophetic. When David's writing this,

he's hundreds of years before Jesus

would come.

But he writes, "I see the King of Kings.

Oh, I I see the Messiah as coming king.

He's going to rule and reign forever. I

see his his person. Jesus is God. And I

I see his position. He is sovereign. I

see his power. He's omnipotent. And and

then, oh, he's going to he's going to

serve as present priest. He's going to

he's going to be a high priest for

believers. And and then David says, "But

I also see him as conquering Christ.

There's coming a day when he's going to

destroy all the heads of this world.

There's a great plan that he has, and

he's going to be exalted." Oh, but but

there's one little detour before his

final exaltation.

He's got to come drink from

the sinfulness of humanity.

I think this is what is so profound and

there's no way that I can possibly

communicate

what David is communicating, what the

word of God is communicating this

morning. It's so profound about the

incarnation of Jesus Christ is that God

himself left the portals of glory, left

heaven

to come dwell in a mud hole. That's the

image. That's the picture word. That's

the word picture. That God himself would

descend and make himself lower than the

angels,

become a man, become one of us. And

though he was perfect, he still lived in

an imperfect world. That's why he had to

come. Though he was sinless, he lived in

a sinfilled world.

Though he did no wrong, everyone did him

wrong.

And almighty God had to put on flesh

and dwell

in the sinfulness of this world as a man

and do it perfectly so that he could

make the sacrifice.

His blood could be shed

so that you and I, though we live in

this sin-cursed world and we are

sinners, we're not perfect, but we have

hope of eternal life. You and I get to

read this psalm and and obviously we can

understand it on the on the far end of

all of this. Now, all of these

prophecies have been fulfilled except

the the final one, that final day of his

wrath when his enemies become his

foottool. We're still expecting that.

Everything else has been fulfilled for

us this morning, though. We get to look

back at the Messiah. We get to look back

at Jesus's birth. David was looking

forward to it.

You and I, we get to look back and

think, "Wow, what a savior that he would

come to this earth, put on flesh, become

a human, dwell in the sinfulness of this

world, and for what reason.

Look in a mirror.

He did it all for me. He did it all for

you." I'm finished. That's it. That's

the psalm. That's Psalm 110. You can

come, baby.

But it ends with this powerful powerful

phrase that we've already mentioned, but

I want to take you back there. Jesus

Christ, we've seen him in so many ways.

Oh, the the theology of this psalm is so

rich. We've seen him as as God. We know

that Jesus is God and Jesus is sovereign

and Jesus is omnipotent and Jesus is

mediator and Jesus is coming back and

Jesus is going to be victorious and

Jesus was the baby in a manger and Jesus

provided salvation for the world. And

all of these things are combined in

these simple seven verses is so rich.

Maybe this is why this is the most

quoted Old Testament psalm.

It's quoted more times in the New

Testament than any other psalm or

alluded to. Why is that? Because it

contains so much theological value. It's

so rich.

What should be our response? Well,

there's coming a day when the head Jesus

Christ will be lifted up. But there's

another picture in scripture that

pictures Jesus Christ is the head and

it's in the New Testament once the

church is established. And some people

even take this last phrase of this verse

to mean this. They don't mean it so much

at the end when Jesus Christ will rule

and reign forever, but they mean it

instead that the head Jesus Christ as

the head of the church will be exalted.

We get to the New Testament. Jesus

Christ pictures himself as the head of

the church, the head of the body of

believers. He's the one in charge. He's

the one we worship. And we're taught in

the New Testament that as a church, as a

body of believers, we have great reason

to each and every time we come together,

lift up the head of Jesus Christ. Lift

up the body and the blood of Jesus

Christ. LIFT UP THE sacrifice of Jesus

Christ. Lift up the the redemption of

Jesus Christ. Lift up the glory of Jesus

Christ. Lift up the name of Jesus

Christ.

He is the reason that we meet together.

So yes, it is prophetic. One day there

is coming a day when God will uh

establish Jesus Christ as King of Kings,

Lord of Lords. You and I will get to

rule and reign with him as Christians

and believers. It's going to be

glorious. But here's my my final

application. I hate to leave Psalm 110,

but we've got to go somewhere else in

scripture because there's more good

passages. So here's my final application

from Psalm 110. Why wait until the day

of his wrath to start lifting him up?

Let's lift him up today. Let's lift him

up tomorrow. Let's lift him up as we go

into 2026. Let's make it our goal. You

want to make a New Year's resolution?

Here's a good one to think about. This

year, I'm going to lift up the name of

Jesus like I've never lifted him up

before. This year, I'm going to get rid

of the wickedness in my life because

Jesus hates wickedness. And I'm just

going to focus on worshiping him. I'm

gonna lift up his name. He's been so

good to me. He He's been so gracious to

me. He's been so merciful to me. I just

want to lift up his name. 2026, I'm

going to lift up his name. Maybe 2025,

you didn't lift up his name like you

wanted to.

Maybe this year, you look back over the

year and you think, I I could have been

at church more, praising my savior. I

could have read my Bible more,

worshiping and fellowshipping with my

savior.

I could have been more encouraging to

other believers and helped focus them

more on Jesus and the Savior. I could

have stopped that sin a whole lot

sooner. I don't know why I let it go so

long before repenting. And I'm going to

do better this year at exalting the name

of my savior. I I'm sure that if we look

back over this past year, all of us

would say, I I let him down in some way,

right?

But hey, we got a new year. This is the

last Sunday of 2025. Next Sunday when we

meet, it will be January the 4th, 2026.

Can you believe it? But guess what?

Jesus Christ is still the same. He's the

same God that David wrote about in Psalm

110. He's still God. He's still

sovereign. He's still omnipotent. He's

still mediator. And he's still coming

back. And he is still victorious. And if

that doesn't give us, you and I, reason

to lift him up and exalt his name, then

I don't know what would. I don't know

what else could.

So my challenge to you as we conclude

2025.

You see the manger, we go through the

Christmas season. Oh, baby Jesus. Baby

Jesus is wonderful. Let's not forget

about King Jesus, though. He's coming

back. And if if if for no other reason,

church, your life is a mess, you you you

have more questions than you have

answers, and you just cannot get the joy

of Christmas this season, and you've

went through the whole season, and you

felt low, and you felt discouraged,

and you you say, "I just don't have no

reason to rejoice. My worship feels

stagnant."

You have one thing that you can look

forward to. David worshiped and he

looked forward to all of these things.

He hadn't experienced any of this. But

there is one thing left in this psalm

that has not yet happened. And if you

don't have any other reason to worship

him, you can worship him for that coming

day when he sets up his kingdom. And we

get to rule and reign with Jesus Christ

forever and ever and ever and ever in a

perfect world. Go read Revelation 20 and

21. Beautiful. New heaven, a new earth,

gold that's crystal clear. tell me I I'm

giving away messages in the future

because we're going to get to Revelation

here in a little bit. They tell me I you

can do this research on your own that

gold is yellow because of its

imperfections.

But if you get perfect gold, it's

crystal clear. And if you go read

Revelation 21 and 22 and you it begins

to describe the new heaven and new

earth, it talks about gold, but it's not

yellow gold. It's clear gold. It's like

glass. You can see straight through it.

And there's no there's no there's no

light in the new heaven and new earth.

You know who who lights it? The one who

is seated on the throne in the center of

the city of Jerusalem. There don't need

to be no lights cuz it's all made out of

crystal clearar, perfect pure glass. And

Jesus lights the entire world. And it's

pure and it's perfect. And there's no

sin and there's no night and there's no

evil. And he's going to rule and reign

supreme. and we get to enjoy that as

believers. That's what's coming. Jesus

is victorious. Don't lose heart. I don't

know what 2026 brings. I know 2025 was

rough for some,

but I know God was good and God was

faithful. And I don't know what's coming

in 2026, but I know God will be good and

God will be faithful. And at the very

least, we've got a great day coming when

we get to see Jesus on his throne.

Would you bow your heads and close your

eyes this morning? I just want you to

take a moment while she prays or she

plays and I want you to pray.