SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/30/2017
9:41 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-3 The Resurrection of Christ
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Acts 2:24-32
Message of the
verses: “24 “But God raised Him up
again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to
be held in its power. 25 “For David says of Him, ’I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS IN MY
PRESENCE; FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. 26
’THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL
LIVE IN HOPE; 27 BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES, NOR ALLOW YOUR
HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY. 28 ’YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU
WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.’ 29 "Brethren, I may confidently say to you
regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is
with us to this day. 30 "And so,
because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO
SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, 31
he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS
NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY. 32 “This Jesus God
raised up again, to which we are all witnesses.”
We need to begin with a quote from John MacArthur “Peter’s
quote of Psalm 16:11 has puzzled some commentators, since it doesn’t appear to
advance his argument. The phrase ‘the
ways of life’ (the Hebrew text of Psalm 16:11 uses the singular ‘path of life’),
however, can be interpreted as a reference to the resurrection. It would thus have the sense of ‘the path to
resurrection life.’ The context strongly
implies such an interpretation. As a
result of the resurrection, Messiah would be ‘full of gladness’ as He
experienced God’ presence.
“Peter now comes to the crux of his argument. Addressing them once again as ‘brethren,’ he ‘confidently’
reminds them that ‘the patriarch David both died and was buried.’ In fact, his ‘tomb’ provided visible evidence
that he had not fulfilled the prophecy of Psalm 16. David spoke as a prophet, however, not of
himself. He ‘knew that God had sworn to
him with an oath to seat one of his descendants upon his throne.’ That promise is recorded in 2 Samuel 7:11-16:
‘The LORD also declares to
you that the LORD will make a house for you. 12
"When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I
will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I
will establish his kingdom. 13 "He
shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom
forever. 14 "I will be a father to
him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him
with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, 15 but My lovingkindness shall not depart from
him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. 16 “Your
house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be
established forever."’"”
“David then, ‘looked ahead
and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ,’ who, in contrast to David, ‘was
neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.’
“Peter’s argument from Psalm 16 can be summarized as
follows: The psalm speaks of the
resurrection. Since David however, was
not resurrected, it cannot speak of him.
Thus David speaks in the psalm of the Messiah. Hence, Messiah will rise from the dead. Peter now delivers his powerful
conclusion: ‘This Jesus God raised up
again, to which we are all witnesses.’
The argument is conclusive: Jesus
of Nazareth is the Messiah.”
Answer to yesterday’s Bible
question: “With kindness” (Genesis
33:4).
Today’s Bible
question: “Out of what metal were
shrines of Diana made?”
Answer in our next SD.
7/30/2017 10:01 PM
No comments:
Post a Comment