”The Father’s Song to the Son—Part 3” | Sun AM | Psalm 110

Take your Bibles and join me in Psalm

110 this morning. We're going to

continue part three of walking through

this psalm. We've titled the this psalm

the father's song to the son. And it's

part of our larger series over the

holiday season, Songs of the Season from

the book of Psalms. This will be the

third message that we've preached from

Psalm 110. And we come this morning to

verse number four. Now, maybe you're

thinking, "Pastor John, why are we

spending so much time in Psalm 110,

especially around the Christmas season?"

Because there's so many passages that

explicitly lean themselves to Christmas

preaching. Why are we studying this

chapter so in-depth uh and so

purposefully during this this month,

this Christmas season? Well, I think

that there's a lot of good reasons for

that, but I want to just give you four

things about this psalm by way of

introduction this morning. And I'll do

this very quickly. I just want to

mention four things about this psalm

that make it stand out to us, especially

this time of year. First of all, Psalm

110 is a significant psalm. What I mean

by that is what we have already noted in

previous sermons that Psalm 110 is the

most referenced Old Testament passage in

the New Testament. In fact, Psalm 110

verse1 is the most quoted verse in the

New Testament. It's quoted over and over

and over. And our passage this morning,

verse number four, is often quoted as

well, especially in the book of Hebrews.

Uh David Montgomery Boon in his

commentary on this psalm counted at

least 27 times that this psalm is

directly quoted or alluded to in the New

Testament. And so it's a very

significant psalm. It was significant to

Jesus. It was significant to David. So

it's a significant psalm. But number

two, why Psalm 110? Well, Psalm 110 is

also a savior psalm. What I mean by that

is that it is a messianic psalm. It is a

psalm all about the Messiah. It's a

psalm all about Jesus. And during the

Christmas season, what better place to

be than in a place that draws our minds

and our hearts to Jesus Christ in all of

his fullness and in all of his glory. If

there's any place that we need to be

focusing our attention during this

holiday season, I think it's on the

person of Jesus Christ. And this psalm

does that very well. Psalm 110 number

three is a sovereign psalm.

Psalm 110 and we've already mentioned

this and talked about it, but it is a

conversation. I I I use the word

carefully uh because I don't want to I

don't want to diminish the trinity at

all, but I I use the term

intertrinitarian

conversation. You have God the Son and

he's speaking to God the Father or

excuse me, you have God the Father and

he's speaking to God the Son. And David

uh gets the privilege through

inspiration of the Holy Spirit to hear

the conversation and he records it for

us in Psalm 110. God the Father is

establishing his son as God. That's

Psalm 110. It's a sovereign psalm. It is

this dialogue from the mouth of God the

Father to the ear of God the Son. And we

get to reap its blessings. And so it's a

powerful psalm that we lean into. And

then number four, Psalm 110 is a stately

psalm. And what I mean by stately is

that it is a royal psalm.

In fact, Psalm 110 was known as a

coronation psalm.

What that means is when they would

coronate the the coronation ceremony,

the crowning ceremony of a new king over

Israel, this psalm would often be

chanted or sung or at least quoted

during those ceremonies. It was used at

at every time that they established a

new king in Israel, this psalm was

present.

David is writing the psalm and and we're

thankful that he pinned it. Then every

king after David would be established

through the reading of this coronation

psalm at that ceremony. Now they did not

fulfill the psalm. The psalm's not about

them. The psalm's about Jesus. But they

would read it to remind themselves of

the picture that this kingdom that was

being established at this ceremony was

temporary. But there was coming a king

who would be eternal. There was coming a

kingdom that would last forever. Jesus

was coming to set up his eternal

kingdom. And so it was a picture though

the earthly kingdom did not fulfill it.

It pictured this psalm. So it's a very

stately psalm. It's a royal psalm. It's

a precious psalm. We've already

established a working outline. We've

seen so far in verse 1 through3. We've

seen the coming king. But this morning

in verse number four, we're going to see

the present priest.

We've already seen the coming king. And

this morning we're going to see a

present priest here. Here's the outline

that we're walking through. We've

already noticed his person in first part

of verse one. Jesus is God. We establish

it right on the forefront. Jesus is God.

And then we notice in the last part of

verse one, his position. Jesus is

sovereign.

And then we noticed in verse two and

verse three last Sunday, his power.

Jesus is omnipotent.

And this morning we come to verse number

four.

And this morning we're going to we're

going to see that his priesthood is

established. I want us to read verse one

through verse four this morning to

remind ourselves of the context.

Beginning in verse number one, Psalm

110.

The Lord, notice all caps, Yahweh

Jehovah,

I am God. The Lord said unto my Lord,

David is writing this. David is king.

Who could be the king's Lord?

Well, there's only really one answer for

that, and we dove into some detail about

this weeks ago when we first started,

but my Lord, David saying, my Lord is

Jesus Christ. So, God the Father speaks

to my Lord. God the Father speaks to God

the Son. Here's what he said. Sit thou

at my right hand. Se seated because the

work is complete. He said, "Sit thou at

my right hand until I make thine enemies

thy foottool." That's coming victory.

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 and

the beauties of thy holiness. From the

womb of the morning thou hast the do of

thy youth. And then we come to verse

four. Just one verse this morning.

God says, "The Lord," again, you notice

all caps, Yahweh, I am God Almighty, God

the Father, the Lord hath sworn and will

not repent.

Thou art a priest forever after the

order of Melkisedc.

What we've seen already, God the Father

has communicated his son's person. Jesus

is God. God the Father has communicated

his son's position. Jesus is sovereign.

God the Father has communicated his

son's power. Jesus is omnipotent. And

this morning, God the Father will

communicate his son's priesthood. Jesus

is mediator.

Now, I'm going to define that word for

you because I don't want no confusion.

Bear with me this morning. We've got to

teach for just a few moments, but once

we understand this, I'm going to preach

and I'm praying that God will just fill

this place up because the application of

this verse is so practical and so

powerful. I pray not one person in here

leaves without being helped this

morning. So bear with me while we teach

and you're you're going to really love

the preach. At least that's my prayer.

All right. What is a mediator? A

mediator is someone who stands between

two separated parties and he brings them

together.

Psalm 110 tells us that Jesus stands

between a holy God and a sinful man as

our high priest.

There are many things about the Catholic

Church that I believe are problematic

uh as far as their doctrine goes. I have

nothing against Catholic people but

their doctrine is problematic. One of

the major false teachings of the

Catholic Church is that they have uh

they have completely minimized the

priesthood of Jesus Christ. The way they

have done this is by establishing a

human priest as necessary to intercede

on our behalf before God. You know how

this works. If if you've been around

Catholics or maybe was raised Catholic,

if you sin as a Catholic, then you have

to go to the confessional. You get in

the little booth and you confess the

sins to the priest who's on the other

side. Well, that little priest on the

other side, little or big, I don't know

how whatever size he is, he's no closer

to God than you are. He's a human just

like you. And so the the priesthood as

we would know it today, that's probably

the closest understanding we have of

what a priest is. That really falls well

short of even what the priest would do

in the Old Testament. It's a completely

different thing alto together.

And so this morning

I want us to look at the true priest.

the the priest that based on verse

number four is irreplaceable. There's

there's no new priest needed. There is

no other priest necessary because of our

high priest Jesus Christ.

Scripture teaches that we have a more

perfect mediator than a human. We have

the man Christ Jesus who is seated at

the right hand of God the Father. And

from his position, he makes intercession

for us. He pleads our account before the

father through his blood. And now there

is no more need for human intercessory

because we go th straight through the

blood of Jesus Christ. This activity of

Jesus Christ as our mediator is

portrayed through the doctrine of the

priesthood of Jesus Christ. That's the

overview of everything I'm getting ready

to tell you. So let's go to verse number

four. Let's expound the verse phrase by

phrase. I'm going to give you three

simple things. I'm going to go real

fast, just explain the verse. Three

simple things from verse number four.

First of all, there is an irreversible

oath.

Look at what it says. Verse four,

beginning, "The Lord hath sworn and will

not repent." We've already recognized

who is speaking. This is God. We're

reiterating the fact that God is

speaking to his son. God is establishing

his son. He's already established him as

coming king. Now he is establishing him

as present priest.

God makes a solemn pledge or a promise

regarding his son the Messiah. God makes

this promise that his son will have a

priestly rule. He will not only be king

but he will be king and priest. He is

the priest king. God has established it.

It cannot and it will not be undone. You

know this is true. A promise is only as

good as the person who makes it, right?

We've all been made promises by someone

and they don't hold up their end of the

deal. The promise falls short and the

next time that person comes to you and

says, "I promise."

You don't trust them as much, do you?

You may not trust them at all. you you

probably will in talking with someone

else about their promise say, "We'll see

if it comes through, but I'm not going

to hold my breath." Why? Because a

promise is only as good as the person

who makes it. In in Psalm 110 and verse

number four, there is a promise made.

There's an irreversible oath made, but

it's not made by just some person. It's

made by God Almighty himself. It's made

by Jehovah.

And I don't know if you know this, but

God has never broken a promise.

When God promised Abraham way back in

the book of Genesis, he kept all those

promises. God promis made promises to

Moses, he kept all those promises. God

made promises to David who's writing the

psalm. God's kept all those promises.

God has made promises to the nation of

Israel. He'll keep all those promises.

God has made promises to you and I as

New Testament believers, the New

Testament church, he keeps all of those

promises. Everything that God has said

he will do, he will do. By the way,

that's what faith is. This is an aside.

Can I chase a rabbit for one second?

When you talk about faith, here's what

you're talking about. I'm simply

believing. I'm simply trusting that God

is going to do what he has already said

he's going to do. I have enough faith in

the person who's made the promise to

just trust he's going to come through

with it. That's faith. That's why we

walk by faith and we live by faith

because he's promised to take care of

us. He's promised to provide for our

needs. He's promised to to to know the

very hairs of our head. Some of those

some of us have more than others. God

knows exactly how many hairs you have on

your head. And he's promised that if he

takes care of the birds, if he takes

care of the sparrows, he's going to take

care of you. So, we walk by faith and we

make decisions by faith just believing

that God is trustworthy enough to keep

his promises. So, when we come back to

Psalm 110 in verse number four, the Lord

hath sworn

will not repent. He's not going to

change his mind about it. He's made an

oath. He's made a promise and he is not

changing it. And what is the promise

that he has made? Well, thou art a

priest. Now, understand that this is a

conversation. This is a dialogue from

God the Father to God the Son. So, the

thou in verse number four shouldn't

confuse us too much. Who is he talking

to? He's talking to Jesus Christ. He's

talking to the Messiah. Thou, Jesus, the

Messiah, art a priest forever.

So, first thing we see this morning in

this verse is the irreversible oath. But

I want you to notice in the second place

an irreplaceable office.

There's an irreplaceable office.

God makes the oath. He establishes Jesus

Christ as priest. Thou art a priest

forever.

In order to completely understand this,

we're going to have to go back just a

little bit into the culture that David

was writing this and even before that

into the Israelite culture, specifically

the priesthood.

The the function of the priest in the

Old Testament were they had many jobs.

They would do a lot of things, but

really there was two specific things

that that they had to do. The priest was

responsible to make the sacrifices for

the sins of the people. It was the

priest who would cut the throat of the

lamb. It was the priest who would take

the blood and sprinkle it on the altar.

It was the priest who would make the

sacrifice, take the the spotless lamb

and he would kill that lamb and atone

from the blood of that lamb for the sins

of the people. The Bible is very clear.

Without the shedding of blood, there can

be no remission of sins. there has to be

a pure blood shed in order to pay for

our sins.

And so that's in the Old Testament. They

every day they had to make these

sacrifices and the priest would make the

sacrifices. That was job one. The other

major thing that they would do and these

two go together very well is they would

mediate.

You remember our word? They would

mediate between God and the people.

The people were sinners. The priest was

a sinner. No priest was perfect. The

priest would have to atone for his own

sin and then he could make a sacrifice

and atone for the sin of the people and

then he would take the blood and he

would mediate. He would be the gobetween

between the sinful people and the holy

God and he would come with the sacrifice

of blood. All right, you have to

understand this because I'm going

somewhere. Are we you're with me? Every

day they would make sacrifices. One day

out of the year called the day of

atonement,

the high priest would get to go into

what was called the holy of holies. On

the day of atonement, one man one time a

year would get to go into the holy of

holies. History tells us that when they

would go in, this high priest would have

to wear a robe and and on the hem of his

robe were bells and they would tie a

rope around his ankle. The reason for

that is if this priest went into the

holy of holies which contained the ark

of the covenant, it contained the very

presence of God. If the priest went into

the holy of holies and he had not atoned

for his sin, meaning if there was

unconfessed and unrepented sin in his

life and he entered through that thick

veil into the holy of holies, he would

die and nobody could go in after him

because he was the only one allowed to

go in there one day a year. So they tie

a rope around his ankle and if they

heard the bells stop moving, they'd have

to just pull him out. So one man, one

day a year would go into the Holy of

Holies on the day of atonement and he

would atone for the sins of the people.

This is the Old Testament priesthood.

I want you to go home today and read

Hebrews 56 and 7 for homework because

the book of Hebrews is very clear that

you and I have a better priesthood.

That's the Old Testament system. You and

I live on the other side of the Messiah,

Jesus Christ. And Hebrews, the author of

Hebrews, is very clear that we have a

better priesthood, a better system than

they had.

In the Old Testament, the priest had to

come from the tribe of Levi or be a

descendant of Aaron. Another thing that

you have to know is that David writes

this psalm, Psalm 110, nearly a thousand

years before Jesus actually comes.

When David writes this psalm, there were

two offices that could not be combined.

Stay with me. We are going somewhere,

but you got to get the teach. Okay?

There are two offices that could not be

combined. Those two offices were the

office of king and the office of priest.

They were distinct. David was king and

then there were priests and the priest

they made the sacrifices and the king

ruled the people. You remember when king

Saul the first king of Israel became

king. He made a major mistake.

The mistake was that he tried to combine

the two offices in himself. Saul as king

got impatient did not wait on Samuel to

come and make the sacrifice and Saul

decided he would make the sacrifice

himself. So as king he tried to perform

the office of priest and God removed his

kingdom from him because he had

disobeyed. You could not do both. One

man could not do both. Not in the nation

of Israel the way that God had set it

up. They had to be distinct.

So when David is writing this psalm,

he's writing in verse 1 through3 about a

coming king. But now in verse four, he

begins writing about a present priest.

And can you imagine the way his head

might have spun around those ideas? But

that's impossible.

A man cannot be priest and king. They're

two offices. They're distinct. No person

is allowed to hold both offices.

And God's going to rectify that

situation in just a moment. correct that

situation.

I want you to notice one other thing

and then I'm going to pull it all

together. Okay?

There is an incomparable order.

He says in verse number four, "The Lord

hath sworn and will not repent. Thou art

a priest forever." So we understand the

promise. We understand the priesthood.

He said, "Thou art or priest forever

after the order of MelkiseDC." An

incomparable order. We're introduced

here to a man who is one of the most

interesting characters in all of the

Bible. He's only mentioned two times in

your Old Testament. He's mentioned in

Genesis 14. That's where we're

introduced to him. And then he's

mentioned again by David in Psalm 110.

When David writes Psalm 110, all he has,

all he knows is Genesis 14.

And yet God through inspiration brings

this man MelkiseDC to his mind so that

David can write his name again for us in

Psalm 110 to kind of connect the dots

here. MelkiseDC is mentioned in the New

Testament. He's mentioned in the book of

Hebrews. Again, your homework

assignment. Hebrews 5:6 and 7. Count how

Hebrews 5:6

many times the name Melkisedc shows up

or at least he's referenced in those

chapters talking about our better

priesthood.

In the Old Testament, in order to be the

priest, you had to come, you had to be a

descendant of Aaron or you had to be a

Levite. You had to be from the tribe of

Levi or or a direct descendant of Aaron.

That's why when you hear us talk about

the Old Testament priesthood, we talk

about it. We say it's the ironic

priesthood

or the Levitical priesthood because

that's where you had to come from. Now,

here's a problem.

David is writing about a coming Messiah

who will be king and priest and and the

prophecies tell us that he will be from

the tribe of Judah. He will be the lion

from the tribe of Judah. So how can he

fulfill the office of priest if he is

not a descendant of Aaron? He's not an

ironic priesthood and he's not from the

tribe of Levi. He's from the tribe of

Judah.

H you ever thought about that? Well, God

fixes it for us. There's no problems in

the Bible. God fixes it for us. He fixes

it for us through this interesting man

named Melkisedc.

Again, he's mentioned in Genesis 14.

He's only mentioned in the Old Testament

again here in Psalm 110. And then in the

book of Hebrews,

I found a a quote from a a teacher who

said this when talking about MelkiseDC.

He said, "He's one of the most

influential people in helping us put our

Bible together." and not only helping us

put our Bibles together, but seeing who

Jesus is. And I think that's a great way

to view MelkiseDC. Now, I will I will

allow that there is a lot of confusion

around this individual. There are a lot

of things about MelkiseDC that we don't

know. I'm not interested in all that. I

want us to focus for just one moment on

what we do know about him. What do we

know about this man MelkiseDC? And why

would God compare Jesus Christ to the

priesthood of MelkiseDC and not to that

of Aaron? Well, we know a few things

about him. His name means king of

righteousness.

He was the king of Salem or Jerusalem.

The the king of peace. Shalom. Salem.

He's the king of peace. He rules in

Jerusalem. He's the king of

righteousness.

He was considered to be the priest not

of not of Israel. He's the priest of the

most high God and he was a type of

Christ. Now understand Melkisedc comes

before the ironic priesthood. Melkisedc

is in the life of Abraham in Genesis 14.

Abraham and Melkisedc have an

interaction. So he's before the ironic

priesthood is established.

And this individual Melkisedc, he is

both king of Salem and priest of the

most high God. So we have an individual

who combines the two offices.

Okay? His name is king of righteousness.

He is the king of peace. He is the

priest of the most high God. There's a

lot of similarities here between

Melkisedc and Jesus Christ. So many in

fact that many people would argue and uh

I'm not opposed to this argument. I

don't know that I would hold to it but

I'm not opposed to it. They would say

that MelkiseDC was a pre-incarnate

appearance of Jesus Christ, meaning that

Jesus was actually the the man

Melkisedc. And I don't know that I would

hold to that, but the similarities are

certainly there. Some other people

believe that this is Shim, Noah's son,

was Melkisedc. I don't find evidence of

that, but it's an interesting thing to

study. So, there's a lot of things we

don't know about him, but we know that

he was a man who was a king and he was a

priest. And so we can come to this

conclusion safely I think and that is

that MelkiseDC is a very clear type of

Christ. He is a picture of Jesus Christ.

He pictures what Jesus Christ would

fulfill thousands of years later. So

there is an irreplaceable order, an

incomparable order. Not like the not

like the priest of Aaron's day but like

the priest of Melkisedc who was

different. Or we could be better maybe

say it better this way, a better

priesthood. All right, y'all good? Let's

pull all this together. It's Christmas

time, so let's wrap it up. Okay, can we

wrap all this together and try and and

then we'll apply it to our lives.

God Almighty is establishing Jesus

Christ, the Messiah, as priest. He's

doing it according to the order not of

the ironic priesthood which David was

familiar with, but he's doing it

according to the Melkisedcian priesthood

which was before that because it's a

different order. And Christ is going to

fulfill all of the things that are

required by to be king and priest. He's

going to pull the two offices together.

So what does that mean? Well, we know

he's coming king. That's verse 1

through3. But he has to fulfill the

functions of the Old Testament priest.

So remember there were two primary

functions that the Old Testament priest

would do. One, they would make

sacrifice. They were the ones who shed

the blood. They were the ones who killed

the lamb and and brought the the blood

sacrifice to atone for sin. That was the

priest. Did Jesus accomplish that?

Absolutely. Jesus went to the cross and

he did not shed another lamb's blood.

But he was the lamb of God which was

slain before the foundations of the

world. He went to the cross and shed his

own blood. A perfect spotless lamb.

Blood that was sufficient not just for

one year but blood that was sufficient

for all people, all places, all times.

That's why in verse four, God clearly

states that he will be a priest forever.

It's an eternal priesthood. There's no

need for more priests. There's no need

for more sacrifice. There's no need for

more uh works. It's all finished. It's

all been paid by our high priest Jesus

Christ. He made the ultimate sacrifice

when he gave himself. He fulfilled the

office of the priest. But then there was

a second

function and that is that he would be

mediator

meaning he would stand between. Jesus is

mediator meaning he stands between a

holy God and a broken sinful world and

he intercedes.

He He speaks on our behalf. He mediates

on our behalf as the Old Testament

priest would do. You can come.

So what does this mean for you and I? Is

this just a bunch of Bible knowledge

that we can fill our minds with? Or is

there a practical application?

I believe there is a practical

application

and I think it's ext extremely powerful

and I'm going to do my best for just two

minutes to try and picture it for you in

your mind.

How many of you know the feeling

of being saved

and you've you've received the sacrifice

of Jesus Christ on your behalf. His

blood was shed for the sins of the

world. You acknowledge that you were a

sinner. You call on the name of Jesus

Christ. Whosoever shall call on the name

of the Lord shall be saved. And Jesus

Christ gloriously saved you through the

shedding of his blood on Calvary. And

today you know what it means to be

saved. You've experienced that. But you

also know what it feels like to fail.

As a Christian, you know what it feels

like to fail.

You know what it feels like to make a

mistake. You know what it feels like to

say something you should have never

said. You know what it feels like to go

somewhere you should have never been.

You know what it's like to harbor

bitterness in your heart. You know what

it's like to feel envy toward another

brother or sister in Christ. You know

what it feels like to to commit sins of

omission, meaning we omit our church

attendance or we omit our Bible reading

or we omit our friendliness and we stop

doing things that God has clearly

commanded us to do. And you know the

feelings of grieving the Holy Spirit in

your life, right? We all do. Nobody's

perfect. Being saved doesn't make us

perfect. Being glorified will make us

perfect, but being saved doesn't make us

perfect.

We still mess up and we still sin. We

know that feeling all too well.

And what we need is not a cubicle or a

confessional booth. We already have

everything that we need when we mess up.

And we will. I'm not condoning sin, by

the way. I'm not saying it's okay to

mess up. I'm just saying when we do, cuz

we're all sinners and we will. So when

we sin, what we need is someone who will

intercede on our behalf. We need

somebody who is perfect. Uh we need

somebody who is without sin. We need

somebody who can stand between a holy

God and a sinful world. We need a man

because he's got to touch the world. But

we need God because he's got to touch

God. We need somebody. And there's only

one person who can fulfill the office of

mediator connecting a holy God to a

sinful world, and that is the man Christ

Jesus.

>> And a and a Catholic priest is no closer

to Jesus than you and I are. But my high

priest is actually very close to to to

Almighty God. In fact, Jesus sits right

beside him at his right hand. He's right

next to him. He's in the presence of

almighty God all the time. He is God. As

verse one clarifies, our high priest is

not burdened down by sin and the cares

of this life. He's not trying to give us

a piece of advice. No, he has already

made the sacrifice for the sin that you

committed. And here's what happens.

You sin, I sin. And we have a mediator.

We have a friend. We have an intercessor

who is seated at the right hand of God

the Father whose blood was shed on our

behalf. And when I mess up and when you

mess up, he looks down to us on this

earth. And he said, "They made a

mistake." But if they confess that sin,

forsake that sin. Here's what's going to

happen. I'm going to look at God the

Father and say, "Don't look at the sin.

Look at the son's blood. You look at me.

I don't want you to see their sin. I've

covered their sin. The sacrifice has

been made for their sin. It's under the

blood. It's finished. It's done. There

is no more need for sacrifice. There's

no more need for shedding of blood.

There's no more need for works. I have

completed it all. That's why I'm seated

here with all authority. And so in this

moment, they may have messed up. And

they will mess up again, but that's why

I died for them. Because they'll never

be perfect. They can't earn their way to

heaven. They can't mediate themselves.

They needed the God man, Jesus Christ,

the only person in the world who is a

perfect human being. And and then he

took his perfection and he shed his

blood so that his blood would cover the

sins of the world. And now he's seated

on the right hand of God the Father. And

he's seated there because the work is

completed, the sacrifice was sufficient,

and he has been given all power.

Remember last week, the rod of strength

that's in his hand. Listen, friends,

Jesus Christ, I'm going to put this all

together. Lord, help me right now. Jesus

Christ is seated on the right hand of

God the Father with the rod of strength

in his hand. There's coming a day when

he will be coming king and he will rule

and reign. He'll make his enemies his

foottool. But right now, he's present

priest and right now he is seated at the

right hand of God the Father. And right

now, he has all power. You know what

that means for you and I? That means our

mediator, our savior, our Messiah is

bigger than any addiction. Our Messiah

is stronger than any mess up. He is

bigger than any curse word. He's bigger

than any alcohol. He's bigger than any

uh marital problem. He's bigger than any

broken relationship. He's bigger and

he's bigger than anything that you could

think to do. He's bigger than any

bitterness. He's bigger bigger than any

envy. He's bigger than any pride. He's

bigger than any selfishness. He's bigger

than any mistake. He's bigger than any

divorce. He's bigger than anything you

and I could do. He's perfect. He holds

all power in his hand. And he has

already made the sacrifice for your sin

and my sin. And he has been seated

beside God the Father. And he is seated

there as present priest. Why is he there

today? He's there so that he can talk to

God about your sin. so that you don't

have to be accountable for your

mistakes.

I don't know about you, but I need that

because I mess up.

And if it was up to me, listen, you

don't have a perfect pastor.

And trust me, I do not have perfect

church members.

If it was up to us, friends,

we'd have no hope except to spend

eternity eternity in a burning hell.

But Jesus came.

He came as a man, but he didn't sin. He

came as a perfect man. And he died. He

shed his blood for me.

And one day, I get to stand

in the presence of God himself

because of the sacrifice of Jesus

Christ.

I'm done with this right here, but came

to my mind. I've got to go there.

One time, one day a year, one man would

enter into the tabernacle was called the

Holy of Holies. The holiest of place

where the ark of the covenant was.

Separating the holy place from that holy

of holies was this curtain.

was thick

and no nobody that's why they tied a

rope around them. You couldn't go in

past that curtain.

Only the high priest could go past the

curtain.

There was a day of atonement though.

And Jesus Christ was on the earth.

He had been rejected and he had been

marked and he had been ridiculed and he

had been despised and he had been

dejected. And on this day of atonement,

while the high priest went behind the

curtain to make a sacrifice, the

precious lamb of God carried a cross

down the via delar roa out the city of

Jerusalem.

His black back bloodied crown of thorns

on his head and they nailed the darling

son of God to a cross and they stood it

up in place. And on this specific day of

atonement,

Jesus Christ, the lamb of God, died

making the eternal sacrifice for the

sins of the world. And something very

interesting happened inside the

tabernacle on that day of atonement.

That curtain that separated the holy

place from the holiest of holies,

the Bible tells us, was ripped from the

top to the bottom.

symbolizing that there was no more need

for one man one time a year, but that

now all men had access

to the presence of God. And how do we

have access to the presence of God? It

is through the lamb that was hanging

outside of Jerusalem. It's through the

blood of the sacrifice that he was

spilling as the high priest.

Psalm 110 pictures that it prophesies

that. And God said, "I've established my

son as priest forever."

Friend, this morning

there is no sin

that Jesus has not paid for.

The devil will get on your back and

he'll say, "You're a bad Christian. A

good Christian wouldn't act like that. A

good Christian wouldn't say that. A good

Christian wouldn't go there. You're such

a bad Christ. Does God even really love

you? And if you're not careful, you'll

begin to listen to the little voice of

the devil in your ear telling you just

how bad of a Christian you are. The next

time he does that, I want you to just

tell him, "Yep, you're right, Satan. I

am a bad Christian, but I have got a

very good high priest. And though I may

not be able to be very good in of

myself, and though I may not be able to

accomplish much in myself, there's

coming a day when my high priest will

rapture me up to glory. and I'll get to

sit at the feet of Jesus in a glorified

body. You know what? You're right,

devil. I ain't got much going for me

except that I have a high priest who has

all power and has made the ultimate

sacrifice. And right now, while you're

trying to discourage me, he is

interceding for me on my behalf. That's

why the book of Revelation says that the

devil is the accuser of the brethren.

He's going to accuse you and he's going

to accuse you and he's going to accuse

you and he's going to accuse you. But

Jesus is interceding for you. He's not

accusing him. I want you to stand all

over the church right now.

She's going to play for a moment.

And I think it would be a good idea

for you to do a couple a couple of

things. One, we all have we all have

imperfections.

Maybe today you could just come and

kneel at an altar and say, "God, revive

me. I don't want to live in sin.

I don't want to make the mistakes. I

know I have this flesh to deal with, but

I can live in victory through the

finished work of Jesus Christ. So today

I come, revive my spirit.

Maybe today you need to repent. Maybe

there's a sin in your life, keeps coming

up, and today is the day where you say,

"No more.

Jesus died for me. He shed his blood for

me. Today I repent and I'm going to get

it right and I'm going to keep it right

through the help of my intercessor Jesus

Christ. Or maybe today you just want to

come and say, "Thank you, Jesus.

Thank you that you love me when I'm the

unlovable.

Thank you that you intercede for me when

nobody else can."

She's going to play. I'm standing right

here. I want you to come.