The Psalm of the cross
25 February 2024
Pastor Gabriel
Acts 3:19
Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,
Jesus said: Take it this is My body broken for you, do it in remembrance of Me
My sins and lawless deed, He remember no more
I proclaim His death
I proclaim, declaring to power of darkness, mind and heart, He dies so that I may life and He came to give me life and have it more abundantly
John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
I experienced life and life more abundantly
I dont have to give, I get to give
It's privileged and honour. acknowledge that He first give/ bless me
Jesus loves me to the uttermost
Pastor Lawrence
God is good, always, only good
Matthew 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.”
He is in the midst to perform miracles
God wants to restore the importance and glory of the first day, the day Jesus resurrected on Sunday
God wants to gather us together on Sunday coz He wants to perform miracle for me
My God is a God of miracle
He truly is a God of miracle
Receiving a word of knowledge so specific
God is moving in my midst
When I consistently give the word of knowledge company by word of healing, 2 gifts
God have called me
Believe in God prophet and I will prosper
John 16:23
“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
Promise, church of Jesus Christ, supernatural force work in miracle, sign, wonders
This is the year I received my breakthrough, miracle, I see healing like never before
Let my faith arose, expect great things from God
He is everywhere, God power not show everywhere coz he works in faith
Am I still believing? Keep on believing, never give up.
2024 is my best year
Paul for the message of the cross is foolishness, those save is wisdom and power of God. Jesus Christ and Him crucified is e definite article power wisdom of God
Galatians 6:14
But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
For Jesus died on the cross, from sinners to saints
Focus and priority is look at Jesus Christ and what He have done for me
Lord supper remember His death and suffering at the cross
Blood shed so we may be forgiven
Broken body so that I have healing
In this fallen broken world, I have trial and challenges, but my eyes must always look at the cross
At the cross, I determine Jesus indeed is with me and for me.
Psalm 22 Powerful psalm
Before us we have a description both of the darkness and of the glory of the cross, the sufferings of Christ and the glory which shall follow. Oh for grace to draw near and see this great sight! We should read reverently, putting off our shoes from off our feet, as Moses did at the burning bush, for it there be holy ground anywhere in Scripture it is in this psalm. - Charles Spurgeon on Psalm 22
Psalm 22:1-2
1 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?
2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.
Book of Psalms many of them are songs
“Deer” in psalm 22 : feminine Persian fellow deer
Non aggressive gentle creature
Matt 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am [a]gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
I will read the Messiah at the cross
Tribe of Naphtali
Genesis 49:21 KJV
Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Hind (female deer) - Picture of the Lord
Matthew 4:13-16
13 And leaving Nazareth, He came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan,
Galilee of the Gentiles:
16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light,
And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death
Light has dawned.”
Psalm 22 the deer of the Dawn - picture of Lord
o the Chief Musician. Set to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David.
1 My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?
2 O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.
3 But You are holy,
Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
David is psalmist here, Holy Spirit inspired David
Psalm 22:1 - a cry some of us experience it
When Jesus at the cross, bv Jesus likewise cried out My God My God why have You forsaken me? Matthew 27:45-47/ Mark 15:33-34
Jesus quoted the entire Psalm
Last of Psalm: He have done this, it is finish
In Jesus entire ministry, He refers to God as His Father
Pray like this saying: "my Father in heaven"
Crucified at cross the cried out my God because He became sin at the cross, He was forsaken by God, 3hours of darkness, He is wearing my sins, totally completely forsaken by God so that I will never ever be forsaken
Hebrews 13:5
Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Relationship with Father is broken
Jesus betrayed by Judas, He walked with Judas 3.5years but Judas betray Him for 30 pieces of silver
Peter denied Him with cursing and swearing
Jesus knows what it is to be betrayed and forsaken by men
Jesus have close relationship with Father
I will never walk alone
God is with me
God loves me what is there to fear? what can man do to me
I never ever need to declare, don't leave by feeling, live by Scripture
God is with me and He will never ever forsaken me
Psalm 22:3-5
3 But You are holy,
Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in You;
They trusted, and You delivered them.
5 They cried to You, and were delivered;
They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.
Even though God have forsaken yet He said but I am Holy
Beautiful about this
Job vs Jesus
Job suffered because of devil
Job is a great man of God
Problem with Job, self righteous, he justified himself and condemn God Job 32:1-2
1 So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
2 Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was aroused against Job; his wrath was aroused because he justified himself rather than God.
Job 33:8-13
8 “Surely you have spoken [a]in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words, saying,
9 ‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.
10 Yet He finds occasions against me,
He counts me as His enemy;
11 He puts my feet in the stocks,
He watches all my paths.’
12 “Look, in this you are not righteous.
I will answer you,
For God is greater than man.
13 Why do you contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
What happen to Job, will not happen to me
Theology to understand John 10:10 let my theology to base on this
Job 34:5-6
5 “For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my justice;
6 Should I lie concerning my right?
My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
He said that many times he have no sin, God is unfair
It’s not the Lord who took things away from him, it’s the devil
Consider the ending of Job how God is compassionate to him.
Ending was God , God appear to Job, Job repented and he humble himself
Job 40:3-5
3 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
4 “Behold, I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
There’s Things I don’t understand
Let us not justified myself and condemn God and thinks God owes me
Who owe who? I owe God
Humble myself
Do I know everything? I don't
Let's have good opinion of God
Pastor ask Lord: where’s your compassion?
Who gave the commandments to pray for the sick
Who paid the price for the sick to be heal? Jesus die at cross so that sick will heal
Who have compassion?
Job humbled himself and God restored him
I need to be humble, don't blame God for the things I don't know
Things I don’t know, Stop asking why and move on, believe in God
Sickness not from God
39 old testaments, 27 new testaments every word is from God every word is truth
Don’t gauge God from my circumstances, ignorance and naivety
God asked to pray for sick, obey Him, believe His goodness, this is who they rebuke Himself to me, I don't care the outcome
He paid for His friends and God restores Job's losses
Consider remember the ending of job, a lesson how I humble myself and receive from the Lord
My God is always and only good
David In his suffering, he honoured God
Jesus in his suffering, He praise God
Job in his suffering, he condemn god
Psalm 22 ends with shout of victory
People trust you and they are delivered
Jesus spirit, He is victory through and through He is my Savior
Psalm 22:6-8
But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7 All those who see Me ridicule Me;
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;
Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”
At the cross Jesus void Himself from all human dignity, He became a worm because He became sin. Totally rejected by man and by God all alone becoming the curse hanging between heaven and earth for my sin
Work- scarlet worm
Worm - Coccus Ilicis
"When the female of the scarlet worm species was ready to give birth to her young, she would attach her body to the trunk of a tree, fixing herself so firmly and permanently that she would never leave again. The eggs deposited beneath her body were thus protected until the large were hatched and able to enter their own life cycle. As the mother died, the crimson fluid stained her body and the surrounding wood. From the dead bodies of such female scarlet worms, the commercial scarlet dyes of antiquity were extracted.
Picture of the Lord
Philippians 2:8
And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
I'm child of most High God, King and Priest
Psalm 22:14-18
14 I am poured out like water,
And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted within Me.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death.
16 For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
They pierced My hands and My feet;
17 I can count all My bones.
They look and stare at Me.
18 They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.
Precisely fulfilled by Jesus at the cross
David wrote this 1000 years before birth of Christ and its fulfilled by Lord
Psalm of the Cross
Psalm 22:17 "I can count all my bones", Jesus skin was torn apart after wip, by His stripes I am healed
Jesus Broken heart, so that my heart will never be broken
7 Statements of Christ at the cross
1. Father, do forgive them, for they know not what they do. - Luke 23:34
2. Today shalt thou be with Me in paradise. - Luke 23:43
3. Woman, behold thy Son! Behold your mother! - John 19:26-27
4. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me? - Mark 15:34
5. I thirst. - John 19:28
6. It is finished! - John 19:30
7. Father, into Thy hands I commend My Spirit. - Luke 23:46
Every statement got to do with loving a person
He take the sour wine (curse), he took every curse for me
He died at the cross, it's actually cry of victory
Spirit that Jesus carried:
Psalm 22:22-23
I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23 You who fear the Lord, praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
My attitude when I go through affection trial challenge, the things I don’t understand, praise the Lord
Deuteronomy 1:16
“Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the casesbetween your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger who is with him.
Quoted in Hebrews 2:12
saying: “I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”
As a worshipper
Telling me to sing in the midst of my trials, challenges and affliction
I praise God, I sing Hallelujah
Praise is my weapon (mouth to open to praise Jesus and not complain)
In all His pain, He praise the Lord
He is beautiful in every way
Psalm 22:25-26
25 My praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!
Start with anguish and ends with praise , shout of victory
In the midst of his suffering and pain he encourage us to praise the lord
Psalm 22:27-31
27 All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the [a]nations
Shall worship before [b]You.
28 For the kingdom is the Lord’s,
And He rules over the nations.
29 All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
All those who go down to [c]the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.
30 A posterity shall serve Him.
It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
31 They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,
That He has done this.
No matter what, I praise the lord
Acts 15 on the last day, God is restoring tabernacle of David, people come everyday they praise Him
I'm called to worship
My highest call is to praise and worship Him
After Psalm 22 is psalm 23:1
That he has done this
Key point 3 words
Praise the Lord
He is the example in His greatest affliction He Praise The Lord
My affliction will turn around
David said: At all times I will praise him
Psalm 34:1
A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Praise the Lord and give glory to Lord
Acts 12 church prayed for Peter, an angel appear to Peter, his chain was loose and he walk out of jail
Acts 16 Paul and Silas also pray and sang praise to God, all the chains of all the prisoners everyone was loose, all the doors open
Acts 16 they sang praise
In the midnight darkest hour in my affection dontvjust pray, sang praise and I will praise and praise and praise
This demon, difficulties will not stop me, I will praise and praise and praise Jesus
Psalm 113/118 oh give thanks to the Lord for he is good for his love endures forever
Worship is ordained by God
David brought arc to upper room Mount Zion, anyone can come
There’s praise and worship day and night
Picture of church Amos 9
My enemy are spiritual forces, I fight them by mouth. Complaint lose already. It’s to praise the Lord
Be filled with spirit with Psalm, Hymn, Melody…
Understand praise Him
That’s how I get out of trouble
That’s how I gain victory
In my difficulties keep on priasing
It’s a turning point
Darkest hour, praise the Lord
Turning point is when I praise the lord
Praise Him, Holy Spirit rise up
Thank you Jesus!
Amen!
