”The Father’s Song to the Son—Part 1” | Sun AM | Psalm 110

Psalm 110 this morning. Psalm 110 is, I

believe, the father's song to the son.

The father's song to the son. How many

of you would agree with this? that

Christmas time, though it is meant

oftentimes portrayed as a time to slow

down, is actually the opposite and seems

to be the busiest, most hectic time of

the year. You agree with that? Is that

true? I a safe assumption to make. Uh I

I find that to be true. Now, we we say

Christmas time is a time to relax and be

with family and and it's a good idea. It

sounds good in our head, but we all know

it's just not true. Things are busier

than ever this month out of the year.

So, here's what I want us to do as a

church family. I want us in our

preaching time every week this month to

slow down. Typically, I'm doing the I

did this last month. I would take a

whole psalm and we would overview it and

we move fast through it and we pull out

the high points. And then on Wednesday

nights, we're going through the book of

Revelation and we're moving quickly.

We're not we're not getting down in the

weeds. We're just moving quickly through

the book of Revelation. So, we're

covering portions of scripture and we're

throwing a lot of information out really

fast. And it can almost be a little

overwhelming at times. It's overwhelming

for me at times. Here's what I want us

to do for the month of December on

Sunday mornings. We're going to look at

seven verses, one psalm the entire

month. We're going to take it one verse,

two verses at a time. We're going to

break it down word by word, phrase by

phrase, and we're going to get

everything we can out of this little

psalm, Psalm 110. It is a beautiful,

beautiful psalm. It is I I believe it is

the the father speaking to the son. And

you'll see this, it is God the Father

speaking to the son, Jesus Christ. Psalm

110 is one of the most interesting

psalms in the book of Psalms. Let me

give you some Bible trivia, okay? Okay.

And I'll tell you why I'm giving you

this in a moment. Uh it's it's most

likely

not a psalm that in your Bible right

now, maybe there's some things

highlighted, but most likely the first

time you read this psalm, you you

probably didn't underline and highlight

a whole bunch of things. And and when

you read the book of Psalms, you you

read it with a highlighter because it's

so practical and it's so it's so easy to

read and it's so encouraging and you're

just underlining and highlighting and

circling and man, this is just great.

And then you get to Psalm 110 and it's

seven verses and you probably most

Christians read through it and think,

hm, I'll come back to that someday. And

you go on to Psalm 111. Praise ye the

Lord, and I will praise the Lord with my

whole heart. Yes. Okay, we're back to

good stuff here. But Psalm 110 is, I

believe, perhaps the most theologically

rich psalm of any psalm in the book of

Psalms. It it is I I can actually think

I can prove that to you in some way.

The the Psalm 110

is the most referenced Psalm in the New

Testament. Now, last week we talked

about Psalm 118. Psalm 118 is uh my

understanding my I think that I'm

correct in this. Psalm 118 is quoted 11

times, directly quoted 11 times in the

New Testament. Psalm 110 is directly

quoted nine times in the New Testament.

So if you look at direct quotation,

Psalm 118 is the most directly quoted

psalm in the New Testament. However,

there are entire chapters of the New

Testament that are written as a as out

of Psalm 110. And so though it may not

be directly quoted the most, it is by

far and away the most referenced psalm

in the New Testament. And additionally

on top of that, Psalm 110 verse number

one, the verse that we're going to look

at this morning is the most quoted verse

out of the entire Old Testament. It is

the most quoted verse in the New

Testament. Psalm 110 verse number one.

So, so, and in fact, Jesus even quotes

Psalm 110 verse one. On three different

occasions, Jesus is is quoting the

psalm. He quotes it in the book of

Matthew. He quotes it to confound the

the Pharisees. It's a fascinating,

wonderful little verse. It's so packed.

I have 10 pages of notes this morning on

verse one.

Does that scare you? Okay, it shouldn't

scare you. We'll go fast. Okay, so we

find Psalm 110, verse number one. I

think it's the if it's not the most

theologically rich, it's definitely up

there with some of the most

theologically rich portions of scripture

that you will find. uh the commentary

commentary written by David Montgomery

Boyce, he counted 27 times that this

psalm is directly quoted or alluded to

in the New Testament. Directly quoted or

referenced in the New Testament 27 times

and it is the most quoted verse one is

the most quoted verse in the New

Testament. Now, I tell you all this

trivia not just to give you trivia, but

to demonstrate the significance of this

little psalm to the New Testament

believer because these quotations are

found in the New Testament. They're

found in the book of Hebrews. They're

found in the book of Corinthians.

They're found in the book of Peter.

They're found in these books that are

written to the New Testament church. And

so, this psalm, Psalm 110, carries great

weight and great significance to you and

I as New Testament believers.

The psalm is composed as a conversation

between God the father and God the son.

David is the human author and he is the

recipient of this prophetic messianic

powerful message. I wrote this statement

in my notes and it helps me kind of wrap

my mind around the structure of the

psalm. Psalm 110 is a dialogue from the

mouth of God the father to the ear of

God the son and we get to reap its

blessings through the pen of King David.

So it's a dialogue from the mouth of God

the father to the ear of God the son and

we get to reap the blessings from it

through the pen of David of King David.

I broke the psalm into five sections.

We're going to look at the first two

sections this morning. They're both

found in verse one. And then we're going

to look at the next three sections over

the next three Sundays. Uh if the Lord

allows us to and that's his his plan for

us, which is what my plan is right now.

Here's the five sections of the psalm.

Number one, in verse one, the first part

of verse one, we see the son's person.

The second part of verse one, we see the

son's position. The verse two and verse

three, we see the son's power. That'll

be next week. Verse four, we see the

son's priesthood.

And then in verse 5 through 7, we see

the son's plan. And so for the month of

December, we're going to dive in and

we're going to dig just a little bit.

We're going to take it one verse at a

time and we're going to see what God has

to reveal to us in this amazingly deep,

rich psalm, Psalm 110. So with that

introduction, that backdrop, look with

me at verse number one. We'll just read

verse one this morning.

The Lord said unto my Lord, "Sit thou at

my right hand until I make thine enemies

thy foottool."

Number one, write down his person.

In verse one, the first phrase in Psalm

110 is the Lord said unto my Lord. We

are introducing the characters of the

dialogue. We're introducing the players

in the psalm. Who is communicating to

who? Who is talking to who? Now, this

this passage I've already said is the

most quoted. This verse, verse one of

Psalm 110, is the most quoted verse in

the New Testament. But for some reason,

it is also the the source or the hub of

some intense debate about who's talking

to who and what this actually means.

Now, we shouldn't be too confused about

it. It's very clear. Jesus even talks

about it in the New Testament to clarify

any confusion that there may be. But for

some reason, humans have decided to

confuse this most quoted verse. And so,

let's teach for a moment. Can we teach

for a moment? And let's look at what

this is and let's see who's talking to

who? And let's identify the person, the

son's person. There are two words used

that are the same word in our English,

but it's different word in the Hebrew

and it's spelled uh with slightly in a

slightly different way in the English.

So you see the Lord, the second word,

you'll notice something about that word

Lord. In your King James Bible, it's

capital L, capital O, capital R, capital

D. It's all caps. The King James

translators when they translated the

Bible they did that on purpose to

identify the Hebrew word Yahweh or

Jehovah in the Hebrew that is the most

holy name for God. But then you see the

other word the Lord Jehovah Yahweh says

to my Lord. Now it's the same word but

it's looks a little bit different.

Right? This time it's spelled capital L,

but it's lowercase O, lowercase R,

lowercase D. That word in the Hebrew is

Adoni. It means simply Lord. It means

master. It could be used of God. It

often is. But it can also be used of of

a a person uh talking about a person who

is higher than them. In fact, David

would at one point call Saul his Adonai,

his lord, because Saul was king over

David at the time. And so we have the

two words here. And this is where people

get so confused about this. I'm not

going to get super into the weeds, but

I've done a lot of study on it o over

the last few days. And I want to just

simplify it and clarify it. Can I do

that? First of all, the first one I

believe we can label as his

introduction.

Jesus is God. We are introduced to

Yahweh Jehovah. That is all of who God

is. We might could say that this

conversation is an intertrinitarian

conversation. So we have two players of

the Godhead inside of the Trinity. Both

are God, but they're talking to one

another. Are you confused? So the first

one is Yahweh, Jehovah, all of who God

is, God the Father. Jesus is included in

Yahweh but he's talking to Adoni that is

the Lord. So if Yahweh is his

introduction, Adonai is his occupation.

This is what he does. He acts as master.

He acts as Lord. So he is God Yahweh but

he is also Adoni the master. Yahweh is

the covenant name for God. I find this

interesting and fascinating, so I'll

share it with you. Don't be confused by

this extremely long word. Okay? In

Hebrew culture, they called the word

Yahweh.

I almost hesitate to tell you this

because it's going to scare you, but

don't be scared. It's just a word. Okay?

In Hebrew, in the Hebrew culture, they

called Yahweh the ineffable

tetragrammaton.

Okay? Ineffable meaning you cannot

pronounce it. You don't say it. It's the

ineffable tetra grammaton. It's special.

It's high. It's holy. When they came to

the word Yahweh, when a scribe was

pinning down, copying the Bible. And he

came to the word capital L, capital O,

capital R, capital D, Yahweh in the

Hebrew, when he would come to Yahweh.

Tradition tells us, history tells us

that he would take uh he would pause. He

would put down his pen. He would leave

the table where he was writing. He would

take a a a wash. He would take a bath.

He would change his clothes. He would

wash his hands again. He would find a

new pen. He would get new ink. And he

would sit down again and write the word

Yahweh because he wanted to be perfectly

clean and perfectly pure before even

writing the name.

The Hebrews changed the spelling of the

name because they didn't want to spell

the name Yahweh with just the

consonants. So they they they uh they

would add in other uh letters so that it

wouldn't be it wouldn't be strictly

Yahweh. In fact, many Hebrews when they

see the word Yahweh, they pronounce it

Adoni because they don't want to say the

word Jehovah.

So it is when you come to when you see

in your Bible in your King James Bible

all caps Lord in all caps your mind

should immediately think this is

everything that God is. It's the it's

the introduction that he used to with

Abraham at the burning bush when Abraham

said who am I going to tell Pharaoh or

Abraham I'm sorry Moses. And Moses said

uh who am I going to tell Pharaoh that

sent me? The bush said,

"Tell him I am. I am everything. I am

all sufficient. I am Yahweh."

So we see the first one, Lord. This is

Yahweh. Then the second Lord is Adoni.

This is the second person of the

Trinity. He's talking to Jesus Christ.

The image that we think about when we

consider this psalm is this

intertrinitarian dialogue. God the

Father

prophetically commending his son, the

person of Jesus Christ within the bounds

of the Trinity. So, it's fascinating. I

hope that you're just like, "This is

amazing." We've not even got to the

psalm yet. There's one more thing I want

you to see about his person, and that is

the little two-letter word before Adoni.

That is the word my.

David is in the middle

through the inspiration of Almighty God.

We have Yahweh commending Adoni and

placed in the middle of this dialogue is

David who is able to hear what is being

said and he writes it through

inspiration of the Holy Spirit. He

writes what is being communicated. Now

notice what David says. He personalizes

who is speaking. He said Yahweh who

would have been regarded as God who is

most holy says to my Lord. When David's

writing this he is most likely king of

Israel. So David is king. But yet king

of Israel is submitting himself to the

king of kings and he is saying he is my

lord. I'm submitted to king Jesus. So

that's his person. Don't be confused.

It's clearly identified.

It is God the Father speaking about and

to God the Son. Hence the title, the

Father's Song to the Son. Now, let's

notice verse number two. And this is the

message this morning.

His position. We see his person. Now,

notice his position in the last part of

verse one.

It says, "Sit thou at my right hand

until I make thine enemies thy

foottool."

To sit at the right hand of a king was

an extremely high honor.

When Solomon became the king of Israel

after David had passed off the scene, he

he places a chair on his right hand for

Ba Sheeba to sit in. It was a sign of of

honor and dignity and love. Only the the

king's most precious people in his life

were permitted to sit at the right hand.

And yet in this psalm, God tells Jesus,

"Sit thou at my right hand."

What does this teach us? Well, let me

give you let's just break it down into a

couple into three three individual

phrases. We'll label each one. We'll

talk about each one. First of all, set

thou. Notice his posture. He's seated.

The posture of Jesus signifies his

approval. The father's approval of him.

He is seated down because the work is

complete. Now, this is interesting. You

have to remember this. This is

prophetic.

At the time David is writing this, Jesus

Christ has not yet went to the cross.

But you and I read it as reality because

now Jesus is seated at the right hand of

God the Father. So God is prophesying to

David about the Messiah that would come

and be seated at his right hand once the

work was complete.

His posture

clarifies his approval.

It says this, the fact that Jesus is

seated at the right hand says that the

sacrifice is sufficient.

In the Old Testament, they had to take

lambs and they had to sacrifice all the

time. It was only a temporary sacrifice.

They would take the lamb and they would

sacrifice the lamb and then they would

have to do it again and they would have

to do it again so that the blood of that

lamb could temporarily atone for sin.

But

God is prophesying of the Messiah that

his sacrifice would be sufficient for

forever for all time. It would be

complete. And when Jesus came his

sacrifice was complete. Hebrews chapter

Hebrews 7 · chapter mention

7 references back Hebrews chapter 7,

Hebrews 7 · chapter mention

Hebrews chapter 10, Hebrews chapter 9.

Hebrews 10 · chapter mention Hebrews 9 · chapter mention

All of those passages contain parts of

Psalm 110 in them. They're built off of

Psalm 110. Let me give you some verses.

Hebrews 7 and verse 27. Who needeth not,

speaking of Jesus, Jesus needeth not

daily as those high priests who offer up

sacrifice for his own sins and then for

the peoples. For this he did once when

he offered up himself. that Jesus

doesn't have to go offer himself daily

every day. He doesn't have to go offer

new sacrifices. No, he did one sacrifice

and it was sufficient. It was complete.

It was approved. So he is seated.

Hebrews chapter 9 and verse 28. So

Hebrews 9 · chapter mention

Christ was once offered to bear the sins

of many. And unto them that look for him

he shall appear the second time without

sin unto salvation. Christ offered one

time the sins of many. His sacrifice was

sufficient. Hebrews chapter 10. This is

Hebrews 10 · chapter mention

a a wonder. Write this reference down

and go go look it up this afternoon. I'm

going to read it to you. Hebrews

Hebrews 10:10–14

10:10-14.

By the which will we are sanctified

through the offering of the body of

Jesus Christ once for all. And every

priest standeth daily ministering and

offering of times the same sacrifices

which can never take away sins. But this

man, speaking of Jesus, after he had

offered one sacrifice for the sins

forever, sat down on the right hand of

God, from henceforth, expecting till his

enemies be made his foottool. For by one

offering, he hath perfected forever them

that are sanctified.

What David is hearing from God to the

son is a prophecy that the sacrifice of

Jesus Christ, the sacrifice of the

coming Messiah would be sufficient to

take away the sins of the entire world,

all people, all places, all times, yours

and mine included. The sacrifice is

sufficient. 1 Peter 2 and verse 24. Who

his own self bear our sins in his own

body on the tree that we being dead to

sin should live unto righteousness by

whose stripes we are healed. 2

Corinthians 5 and verse 21. For he hath

made to be sin. He made him to be sin

for us who knew no sin that we might be

made the righteousness of God in him.

Could we say it very simply like this?

Jesus paid it all. It's all finished.

It's all paid for. The sacrifice was

enough. There's no need for you and I to

go and attempt to work our way to heaven

or buy our salvation or do some good

deed or get baptized or give money in an

offering plate so that we can go to be

with God so that we can pay for our

sins. Two problems with that. First of

all, it ain't going to work. There is no

sacrifice. Even the sacrificial system

in the Old Testament was insufficient.

It was only temporary. So it doesn't

matter what you do, you cannot redeem

yourself. You're unable. God the father

is so holy. He will not accept anything

other than the perfect spotless lamb of

his son. So there's nothing you can do

to earn your way to heaven. That's the

first problem. The second problem is

Jesus has already paid the way. So why

are you still working for it? Why are

you still trying to earn something

that's already been paid for? Jesus paid

it all. So two little words in Psalm 110

and verse one. Sit thou

Messiah is seated. Why? Because God the

Father has approved and accepted the

sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. It has

paid for the sins of the entire world.

But notice what's next.

He said, "Sit thou

at my right hand.

Sit thou is his posture. At my right

hand is his place.

It signifies his authority.

The right hand was a place of

significant honor, a place of prestige.

Hebrew culture teaches us that the right

hand was for an exalted position that

showed power and might.

And those things would contrast the

weaker left side. So the right hand side

was lifted up. It was a place of

exaltation.

And Jesus is seated because the work is

approved. But he is seated at the right

hand. This is the father declaring the

sovereign rule of Jesus Christ. He is

seated. That says his sacrifice is

sufficient. But he is seated at the

right hand. That tells us that his

sovereignty is settled.

Being at the right hand of the father,

we see that Jesus holds all authority

and all power. He is sovereign. He has

all authority. He has all power. He has

all control. He has all might. He has

all oversight. He has all dominion. He

has all command. He has all

authorization. Jesus has all permission

to do whatever he wants, whenever he

wants, however he wants, with whoever he

wants. And you and I have no place to

question the sovereign hand of God. The

seat at the right hand demonstrates that

Jesus Christ is over all. All things

were created by him and for him all

things exist. The book of Colossians

tells us Jesus is high and lifted up and

exalted in his seat at the right hand.

It signifies that God has given to Jesus

all power. There is nothing that Jesus

lacks. He is in full and complete

sovereign control over the affairs of

men.

And so we see the Messiah

sit thou prophetic at my right hand

prophetic.

And then notice the last phrase until I

make thine enemies thy foottool.

That is his preeminence. We see his

posture. We see his place and then we

notice his preeminence.

It signifies that he is almighty.

The terminology here communicates

complete subjection.

The foottool symbolizes an enemy who has

been completely crushed and conquered.

There's no hope of this enemy is

completely crushed under the foot. He's

completely conquered. He is underfoot.

We have dominated.

And God says to the Messiah, he

prophesies of the Messiah, his son, that

there will be a day when Jesus Christ

will sit on the right hand until the

enemies are crushed under his foot. Now,

it's interesting. The first two

prophecies, sit thou completed, right?

Check. Jesus right now is seated at the

right hand of God the Father. So, sit

thou at the right hand. two prophecies

that the sacrifice will be sufficient.

Check it was. That the sovereignty is

settled. Check. It is. But this third

prophecy

has not yet been completed. This one is

still future for you and I this morning.

Right now, yes, Jesus is sovereign over

all. But right now, he has allowed the

devil to have some slack in the chain.

Yes, God controls everything that

happens. Yes, God is above all. Yes,

Jesus Christ is in control. He controls

the governments. He controls the world.

He's in charge of it all. But for a

time, he has allowed Satan to be the

prince and the power of the air. And the

devil has some liberty right now. God

granted liberty to work in this world.

But there's coming a day when Jesus

Christ

will

place his foot upon the neck of Satan

and all of his demons and he will rule

and reign in complete victory. His

enemies will become his foottool. He

will crush them. He will dominate them.

Satan will be eternally expelled. And

you and I will get to rule and reign

with Christ forever and ever and ever

and ever and ever and ever. This this

statement, his enemies be his foottool,

it it clarifies for us, it communicates

to us that victory is certain. It may

not look like we're going to win right

now. It may not look like God's in

control right now. It may not look like

everything's going the way God planned

it right now, but brothers and sisters,

can I tell you this morning, Jesus is

still in control. He's seated at the

right hand of God the Father. He's

ruling and he's reigning. He has all

sovereignty. His sacrifice is

sufficient. He has done everything he

needed to do to pay for your sins, to

pay for my sins. And now he rules and he

reigns at the right hand of God the

Father, awaiting the day when Almighty

God looks at him and says, "Go ahead,

son. Go get your bride." And Jesus is

going to split. WOO! JESUS IS GOING TO

SPLIT THE clouds and he's going to step

out and he's going to call the church

home and we're going to get to go up to

glory. And then down come the trumpets

and down come the judgments. The church

goes up and the judgments come down and

God begins the tribulation and he begins

to pour out his his judgment and his

wrath on a wicked world. And you and I

will be seated around the marriage

supper of the lamb. And we'll be

glorifying and we'll be bowing before

the throne. and we'll be casting th

crowns at his feet and we'll be singing

the praises of our savior and then we'll

get to come back with him and they'll

all be gathered waiting on him at the

battle of Armageddon and they'll be

saying we're going to win. We've got it.

Look at this world. Look at the chaos

we're in. We're finally going to win

this and the old devil's going to be

there awaiting and here comes the white

horse out of heaven and behind King

Jesus comes you and I wearing white

robes. Heard a preacher say recently,

"Why are we going to war when we're

wearing white?" And the preacher said,

"We ain't going to war. We're going to

watch because we're coming behind Jesus.

And as Jesus comes out of the clouds on

his white horse, it's the word that

comes out of his mouth and woof, it's

done. It's finished. The enemies have

become his foottool. And he will rule

and reign forever and ever and ever and

ever in all power. Thank you, Almighty

God, for your goodness and your plan.

Somebody needs to help me preach and

give God praise this morning

>> cuz I'm dying right now. Good night.

Come on.

Psalm 110.

Verse number one. One simple verse.

What a verse.

No wonder it's quoted so often in the

New Testament. Philippians chapter 2 10

Philippians 2 · chapter mention

and 11 says it in this way. Wherefore

God hath highly exalted him, and given

him a name, that is above every name,

that at the name of Jesus, every knee

should bow, of things in heaven, of

things in earth, of things under the

earth, that every tongue should confess

that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory

of God the Father. Whatever you're going

through right now, church, understand

this. His sacrifice was sufficient. His

sovereignty is settled and his victory

is certain. He's coming back and you and

I as the people of God this morning,

we'll get to rule and reign with him for

all of eternity. He came the first time

as a baby in a manger.

They crucified him. But he will come the

next time as the king of glory. And he

will put his enemies as his foottool.

And all the evil and all the brokenness

and all the pain and all the agony will

be gone cuz King Jesus will be on the

throne and he'll rule and reign forever.

Would you stand with me this morning?

She's going to play for just a moment.

And while she plays, I'm going to invite

you to just take a moment and talk to

the Lord.

Maybe you just need to recommmit and

say, "Oh Lord, I've lost focus of who

you are.

Your position is so high and exalted.

Lord, you are coming back and I want to

live for you." Just recommmit right now.

He's worthy of it all.

Maybe you just need to say, "Thank you.

Haven't said thank you, Lord, for all

your goodness in a while. and you're so

good. Right now, I just want to say

thank you.

Whatever you need to do while she plays,

you take a moment. The altar's open if

you want to come pray.