All right, Psalm chapter 2. Why do the heathen rage? And the people imagine a
vain thing. The kings, pay attention now, the kings of the earth set themselves and
the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed saying.
Now last week we did Psalm 1, right, and what was the main teaching out of Psalm
1 that I could probably, or one of the main teachings, was that we shouldn't
take counsel from the ungodly, right? It's going to ruin your life. Yes, the
ungodly seem to be profitable in this earth. They seem to be doing well. You
know, it's very tempting to take counsel from ungodly people, right? And so we
instructed not to do that. We instructed to have good Christian friends, good
Christian fellowship, good Christian influences in our life, so we would not
partake in the ways of the world. And then what we see here in Psalm 2, in verse
number 2, we see that the kings of the earth, the rulers, you know, the kings, the
prime ministers, the presidents of the earth, those that are in high powers,
those that rule this world, you know, some people call it the Illuminati, some
people call it the Bilderberg group, and you know, some people have all these
names. At the end of it, whoever it is that's pulling the strings, whoever it is
that's pulling the strings of the presidents and the kingdoms of this
this world, at the end of the day we know that on top of that food chain is Satan.
We know that it's the forces of the devil, right? And so what we see here, and
this is God, these are God's words. Can we take them seriously? God is telling us
that the kings and the rulers of this world take counsel together. They get
together and they say, what do they say? They take counsel together against
the Lord. Can you believe that? Against God and against his anointed. Saying, now
we'll get there in a minute, but one thing that you're going to be deceived
in this world, and look, I'm not against government. Of course, God has instituted
government, you know, in our lives for a purpose, right? To punish evildoers. It's
something God wants, you know, to maintain order and for, you know, for evildoers to
be punished. There's a purpose for government. God has instituted that
government, right? That institution. That's God's plan. But God
is also telling us, hey, when these people get in power, they take counsel
together against the Lord. They actually, on purpose, put laws into place, put rules
into place that are against the Bible, that are against God, that are against
his anointed. We'll find out who the anointed is in a moment. But they take
league together, and quite often the media will portray the left and right
paradigm, right? You know, like in Australian government, we talk about the
Australian government, we've got the the Labor government, they're portrayed as
the left, they're portrayed as the progressive, you know, progressive in
philosophy, progressive in politics, and then we get presented with the liberal
government, right? The liberals. They're supposedly the conservatives, they're
supposedly the right wing. So the media likes to portray the right and
left paradigm. But what does God say? They take counsel together. You know, there's
no such thing as left and right. They're in it together. They're working
together. And probably the best example of that in our recent days is this
same-sex marriage, is this homosexual marriage, you know, the reprobates, the
sodomites of this world now in Australia are legally allowed to get married. Now
under what government did that happen? Under the liberal party, right? Malcolm
Turnbull is the liberal Prime Minister. Under a liberal government, which is
supposed to be conservative, which is supposed to be right-wing, it was a Labor
Party that was pushing the gay agenda, but who brings it in? Who legalizes it?
The liberal party. The liberal government. So if that doesn't prove to you that
these guys are working together, I don't know what will. Yes, the media is going to
portray they're in argument, they're fighting, so you can feel like you can
choose one or the other, but God is telling us, no, they take counsel
together. Their action, I'm not saying every single person in government, don't
get me wrong, but I'm just saying, as far as, you know, the powers that go, and
Satan that is actually pulling the strings at the end of the day, they're
purposely bringing in laws into this country that are against God, and I want
you to understand that. I want you to understand that, you know, this is, these
are God's words, I don't have to tell you this, these are God's words, they take
counsel together, okay? They're not on opposite sides as much as you think they
are, okay? They do that to play the game, they do that so they can be elected, they
do that so they can maintain their positions in government, and make it seem
like everything is legit, and so on and so forth, but it's not, okay? Now, they take
counsel together against the Lord, and against his anointed. Now who's his
anointed? So it's against the Lord God, and against his anointed. Now, I'm sorry,
I'm going back to the Hebrew now, but that word anointed is the Hebrew word
meshiach, right? So the Hebrew word meshiach is translated into English as
anointed, right? But what's the transliteration, okay? So the English word
for a meshiach is anointed, but the transliteration of meshiach is Messiah,
okay? Messiah. So this is referring to Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ the anointed,
Jesus Christ the Messiah, these words are synonymous, so the same thing, and then in
Greek, what's the Greek word for Messiah and anointed? It's the Christ. Jesus
Christ. So Christ means Messiah, means anointed, okay? Now, you know, the Bible
uses all these three words, you know, but it's a reference to Christ. They take
counsel together against the Lord, against God, and against Jesus Christ. Now
what do they say in verse number three? Let us break their bands asunder, and cast
away their cause from us. This is what the kings and the rulers of this world
want. They want to break the bands of God's law. They want to cast away the
things of God. They want to cast away biblical Christianity. They want to cast
away the laws of God, and the judgments of God, and the righteousness of God. They
feel restricted by that, right? Because even in this wicked generation, people
still, there's still a respect for God's Word, okay? There's still a respect for
God. People still know the Ten Commandments. They still generally agree
with those Ten Commandments, right? I mean, sometimes when you talk to people at the
door, they're like, yeah, I'm trying to keep the laws of God. I'm doing my best,
you know. People still, and you know, you pull out your Bible, you show them things
from the Word of God. People still respect that more than your own word,
okay? And yet we see the kings and the rulers, they want to get rid of this. They
feel restricted. They feel they can do more for the world if they get rid of
God's Word, okay? They're against the laws of God. They're purposely working
together to come against God. They're seeking to destroy the laws of God, and
to cast away anything that resembles biblical truth. That's why abortion is
legal in Australia. That's why the homosexuals can get married, because they
know it's against the Bible. It's not like they thought, hey, this was a
wonderful idea. No, they know what the Word of God says, and they say, hey, let's do
the opposite. Let's do the opposite. That's exactly what's going through
their mind. That's the reality of kings, presidents, and prime ministers in this
world. So don't be surprised, and I know we can be frustrated at it, but don't
be surprised when they bring in new laws that are against the Word of God, all
right? You know, they bring in new laws, they do new things. It's
like, man, don't they know what the Bible says? Well, they know what the Bible says,
and that's why they're doing the opposite, because that's what God's
telling us. They take counsel against the Lord and against His anointed, okay?
They're not atheists, okay? These powers that be, they're not
atheists. They know there's God. They know there's Jesus Christ. They know this is
true, and they're purposely trying to do away with the laws of God and the
commandments of God. You might say, well, Kevin, that sounds, you know, conspiratorial.
It sounds like conspiracies. We don't see this openly. Well, that's what the
Word of God says. They take counsel together. They're against the Lord.
You believe the media, or you believe the Word of God. It's up to you, you know?
God is telling us that the world powers are actively working toward
wanting a new world order, which does not reflect biblical Christianity
in any way, you know? And you might say, well, Kevin, I've never heard them
speaking against God. I've never heard them speaking against Jesus Christ.
Well, God says they do. God tells us, yes, that's exactly what they're doing. They
take counsel together. They're speaking against God. They're speaking against
Jesus Christ. Sometimes that counsel is done openly, right? It's covered by the
media, okay? Sometimes it is done, you know, the United Nations, when they meet
together, or, you know, sometimes you can see, I forget the political channel on
TV, which covers what's going on in Government House and when they're
talking. Yeah, that's all done openly. You know, yeah, they're not talking against
God and against Christ and those counsels, but what this tells me, if the
Word of God is true, that tells me that behind the scenes, behind the scenes,
they're taking counsel together. Behind the scenes, they're getting together, you
know, labor leadership, liberal leadership, getting together, who knows,
playing golf together, coming up, how can we, you know, progress this new world
order agenda? How can we progress against Christianity and against the
Bible? It's been done in secret. You know, there's no other way. You think you
see openly what you see on TV and the media? No. They're doing other counsel
together, behind the scenes, against God and against the anointed. It's done
behind closed doors, and again, there's no such thing as atheists when it comes to
these people. They know very well that God exists and that Jesus Christ is the
Savior of the world. They want to do away with that. But look at verse number
four. God laughs. So first thing I want you to pick up from the verses that we
read is that God hears. God sees. God hears what these people are doing. Yes,
it's behind closed doors. They take counsel together. We don't necessarily see
what's going on, but God sees it. God hears it, right? And then what does He do
in verse number four? God laughs. God laughs at them. God laughs them to scorn.
Verse number four. He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh. The Lord shall have
them in derision. Now what does derision mean? That means they're being derided.
They're being made fun of. They're being mocked. God looks at these men and mocks
and laughs at them. Now this is a side of God that most churches aren't going to
tell you about, you know. God, you know, is, you know, is love and He of course He
is and He's long-suffering and He's merciful and He's gracious and of course
all those things are true. But when it comes to wicked leaders, when it comes to
wicked governments of this world, the wicked powers that be, God sits in
heavens and mocks them. Not laughs like haha laughing with them. No, laughing at
them, okay. Laughing at them that they think they can do away with God. They can
do away with Christ. Not so. God laughs at them. Laughs at the evil plans of
these world powers. Mocks them. So, you know, there's there's no need for us to
be afraid. You know, we see these laws come into place and go, man, I can't
believe it. Against the Lord. Against, you know, this could bring persecution to
Christians. You know, we might, you know, if it's ever illegal to knock doors and
preach the gospel. If it's ever illegal to get together and, you know, in some
parts of the world it is illegal to get together and have church unless it's
officially, you know, done through the government, you know, system. But then
you're forced to preach on what they want you to preach, you know. And that's
why, you know, in China and some other countries they have churches, you know,
underground churches. You know, hidden churches of fear that they would be
persecuted. But we should not fear if the laws of our nation or the laws of this
world are against Christians. Why? Because our God's laughing at it, you
know. Our God that we worship, the God that loves us so much. He came and sent
Jesus Christ to die for us. Saved us from our sins. Saved us from hell. That same
God that we love and that we worship, that we sing praises to, the same God is
laughing at them. He thinks it's all a joke. He can't, he can't believe these
kings are trying to take power and authority in this world away from
himself. You know, God still sits on that throne. God still holds all authority
in his hands. God is in control. But then, so God hears what they're saying. God
laughs and then God responds. God responds in verse number five. Verse
number five. Then shall we speak unto them in his wrath. Now would you like to
face the wrath of God? Okay. So, you know, this just proves to you that God's not
laughing with them. He's laughing at them. He's mocking them, right. Then he says he
shall speak to them in his wrath. God's angry at them. God hates the wicked, okay.
God hates wickedness. He speaks them in his wrath and vex them in his sore
displeasure. So obviously it displeases the Lord that this institution of
government that he wants for the world is actively going against him, going
against Christ, going against the laws of God, going against Christians, persecuting
his people. It displeases the Lord and the Lord will speak to them in his wrath.
Man, I would never want the Lord to speak to me in his wrath, right. I mean, I'm
glad I'm covered by the righteousness of Christ, right, you know. Otherwise, you
know, those that have not received Christ, those that hate the Lord, they're going
to face the wrath of God. And then what does it say here? Well basically, he shall
speak to them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure. I want you to
notice there that this is the Father speaking, because what I think what you
realize here in this chapter is that when God responds, the Father
speaks, then the Son speaks, and then the Holy Spirit speaks. All of this in
this chapter, right. So the Father says, you know, he shall speak to them in his
wrath and vex him in his sore displeasure. Then he says this, the Father says this
in verse number six, yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. So, you
know, God's laughing at these kings, the kings of the earth, and as his response
is, I'm going to set my king. You know, who's this king? It's the anointed. It's
Messiah. It's Christ. He said, I have set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Now
this is a reference to Christ, because Christ is going to come back. We've been,
you know, listening to sermons recently about this. The second coming of Christ
is going to come, destroy the Antichrist, destroy the beast, destroy the armies
that go up against him, and set up his millennial kingdom, right. He's the king
of kings, and he's the Lord of Lords. And one of the questions that might come up
is, what is Zion? You know, we read about Zion so many times in the Bible.
It's mentioned over a hundred times, I believe, throughout the Bible, especially
the Old Testament. It's covered more in the Old Testament than it is in the New
Testament, but Zion is basically, it's a progressive term. It changes. It's not
always the same location. But the first mention of Zion, you don't need to turn,
they'll just read it to you. The first mention of Zion is in 2 Samuel chapter 5,
and I'll just read to you verses 6 and 7. The Bible says, and the king and his
men, so this is after David has become the king of Israel, okay. So you
know, obviously, there was Saul before him, and then before Saul, the judges
ruled in Israel. They were the ones that called the shots. So this is much later,
after Israel has gone into the land of Canaan, and then David is set up as the
king in verse number 6. And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the
Jebusites. So Jerusalem was once inhabited by these people called the
Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, which spake unto David, saying, except
thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither, thinking
David cannot come hither. So you know, David's come in against them. They're in
war, and they're saying to David, the only people you can defeat are the blind
and the lame. You're not going to come in here. You're not going to come to
Jerusalem. And then I love verse 7, because I'll just read
verse 6 again, where it says, thinking, this is what they're thinking, David
cannot come in hither. There's no way David can come into Jerusalem. And then
verse 7, nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, the same is the city
of David. That's it. So you have the Jebusites, they're so
sure that King David is not going to be able to come and take over Jerusalem. You
know, the only people you can defeat are the blind and the lame. And then like in
one sentence, yeah, David took over it. You know, it's like with the power of God,
you know, it's done. I just love how it's just one word. You know, we don't see the
fight that takes place. But we see David took the stronghold of
Zion. So Zion, the first mention of Zion is this stronghold, is this fortress in
Jerusalem, where the armies, obviously the barracks, I guess, of the armies of the
Jebusites went up against David and against his armies. They defeated
them. Zion at this reference here is that stronghold, is that fortress.
Okay, then it says the same is the city of David. The same is the city of David. So
Jerusalem now is being referenced as the city of David. Now where have you heard
that term before, the city of David? It's a reference to Jerusalem, but it's a
reference to another city. We've just had Christmas, and if you remember what it
said, that when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, that he was born in the city
of David. I don't know if you remember that reference, or if you've read, you know,
but basically Bethlehem is the city of David, because that's where he was born,
and Jerusalem is the city of David, because that's the city that he took
over, he defeated, and that became, Jerusalem became the capital of Israel.
Okay, so both the city and the town are referenced as the city of David,
which is obviously interesting, because Jesus, Jesus who's the seed of David,
Jesus who's a descendant of David, obviously as well was born in Bethlehem,
was born in the city of David, and that's why, if you remember, when Jesus
sat on the donkey, sat at the ass, and was going into Jerusalem,
they were going into Jerusalem, the people were rejoicing, right? They thought
the kingdom was coming. They thought Christ was going to set up his kingdom
right now. Why? Because it pictured King David, right? King David was born in
Bethlehem, Jesus was born in Bethlehem, King David went and took, you know, took
over Jerusalem. Remember in that time Israel was governed by Rome,
governed by, yeah, by Rome, by the Roman Empire, and so when they saw Jesus going
into Jerusalem, they thought Christ is going to bring the kingdom. He's going,
he's doing the exact same thing that King David did. Defeated the enemies,
defeated the Jebusites back in David's day, going to defeat that Roman Empire,
but of course know that week that he went there was to die on the cross for
our sins. Christ is going to come back. God is promising us that he's going to
set up his king one day in that holy hill of Zion. Now, so Zion started as this
fortress, became known as the city, and you might also be familiar with the term
Mount Zion. Now Mount Zion, because like I said it kind of changes, but Jerusalem
is surrounded or covered, parts of it, of seven hills, seven mountains. One of those
mountains was Mount Zion. Now I had a look geographically to find out which
one it is, and it's disputed. Like you won't even know really which mount it is
that's referenced as Mount Zion, but it's one of those mounts in Jerusalem today.
So you've got Mount Zion, you've got the fortress called Zion, you've got
Jerusalem called Zion, but then Judah, so after Israel was divided in the northern
and the southern kingdom, Judah the southern kingdom became known as Zion as
well. I'll just read it to you from Zechariah chapter 9 verse 13. Zechariah
9 13. When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bowl with Ephraim and raised
up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the mighty sword
of a mighty, sorry, made thee as the sword of a mighty man. So when I have bent Judah
for me, referring to Judah, filled the bowl with Ephraim and raised up thy sons, O
Zion. So Zion is Judah, the southern kingdom, being referenced there as well.
Okay, so these are references to the Old Testament. I just want to show you what
Zion is, because if you're like me, I like to find out what things mean, and then
when you find these inconsistencies you kind of go, why is that? Well, it's a
progressive term, right? The fortress, the mount, the city, then all of Judah is
referenced as Zion. But that's not the end of Zion, because Zion is mentioned in the
New Testament as well. Turn to Hebrews chapter 12. Hebrews chapter 12, Hebrews
chapter 12, verse 22. What is Zion in the New Testament? Now you probably know this,
right? You probably know that a lot of things in the Old Testament, a lot of
things in the Old Covenant, are pictures of something spiritual, right? You know,
the serpent being raised, the bronze serpent being raised,
healing the people of Israel from their snake, venom, bites, right? That was just a
picture of Christ being raised in the New Testament, right? You know, the priests
going in and doing the sacrifices, again, a picture of Christ and His sacrifice,
you know? The picture of Israel going through the Red Sea, you know, when
the Red Sea was opened and they walked through that Red Sea,
the New Testament says that's a picture of baptism. They were baptized, in a sense,
you know? It's a picture of something spiritual. And so Zion in the New Testament,
we see Zion in the Old Testament, which is Israel and Judah, that's just the
picture of something greater. And that's Hebrews chapter 12, verse 22.
Hebrews chapter 12, verse 22. But ye are come unto Mount Zion. So Zion is just the Zion,
same thing. Ye are come unto Mount Zion and unto the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem. You guys remember what the heavenly Jerusalem is? The new
heavens and the new earth? When the new Jerusalem, the heavenly Jerusalem, descends from heaven?
That is the real Zion. That is the heavenly Zion. That is the Zion of heaven.
When he says, I'm going to set a king upon the holy hill of Zion, he's
referring to the end times, right? Of course, Christ is going to come and
rule from Jerusalem in the millennium. Don't get me wrong, but all of these
things are pictures of what's to come in the end times. Look at verse 23.
The General Assembly and Church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven,
and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect.
So this Mount Zion, which the Church of the General Assembly are part of, right now
is in heaven. Okay? But once Christ reigns in his millennium, once God creates this
new heaven and new earth, that Mount Zion, that new Jerusalem, is going to come and
descend to the earth. So we see God's plan, right? He sees the kings now.
He sees how corrupt they are. He sees that they hate the way of God, and his plan
is, obviously, to bring his own king and bring Mount Zion with him, which is that
new heavenly Jerusalem. That's the end goal. That's the plan. This chapter is
actually about the end times. Okay? Now, we've seen the Father speak.
Look at verse—if you can go back to Psalm 2. Go back to Psalm 2. Now we're going to
see Jesus speak, and we're going to see the Son speak. Psalm 2, verse 7.
Psalm 2, verse 7. Jesus speaking,
So the Lord that was speaking is now saying something to me. Saying something to somebody, right?
What does it say?
You see how these are the words of Christ? The Father is saying to the Son,
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. But it's Jesus telling us that
that's what the Lord has said unto him. You see? So these are the words of
Christ. I will declare the decree, The Lord hath said unto me, me being Jesus
Christ, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Now this is the first
reference that you're going to get of Jesus Christ as the begotten Son of God.
Because obviously in the New Testament, I'm sure you know many references where
Christ is called the begotten of the Father, the begotten Son. You know John
3.16, the only begotten Son. Now I wanted to cover this very quickly. Well, maybe
not so quickly. But a lot of people don't understand when we reference Jesus
Christ as the begotten Son, there's a lot of confusion. And even I was confused
some years ago, right? Because a lot of, because when we talk about like my kids,
like like Nicholas was playing the piano, he's my begotten Son, right? So you know
there was a time when he was born and you know he's come from from me, he's
come from my wife, he's our begotten Son, right? And sometimes people mistakenly
refer to Jesus Christ as the begotten Son in reference to his birth, in
reference to his birth in Bethlehem, okay? Now I understand the confusion. I
understand it. But what you, when you walk down that path, what you'll come to
conclude is that Christ was not always the Son of God. You're going to conclude
that Christ at some point, you know 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, when he was born,
that's when he was begotten of the Father, as far as the Son of God, right?
And that's why some people, some people teach, some churches teach, that Christ
was not always the Son and then he won't always be the Son either. Like
he was just the Son while I was on the earth and then you know at some point in
the future he's no longer the Son. And no, so I want you to understand what it
means to be begotten and we're going to, this phrase actually is referenced three
times in the New Testament, okay? And if you remember what I mentioned to you
last time is that the Psalm is heavily, heavily quoted in the New Testament. Turn
to Hebrews chapter 1. I would keep a finger in Psalms 2 because you know
we're going back to Psalms 2. But Hebrews chapter 1, Hebrews chapter 1 verse 4.
Because this phrase from the Father to the Son is something that glorifies
Jesus Christ. It's something that uplifts Christ, okay? And I want to show you all
three references here. Hebrews chapter 1 verse 4. Being made so much better than
the angels, referring to Christ, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more
excellent name than they. So it's exalting Christ above the angels here.
Verse 5. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, thou art my Son, this
day have I begotten thee. See that's from Psalm 2. And again I will be to him a
father and he shall be to me a son. So these are words he's never said to angels.
And again when he bringeth in the first begotten into the world. Who's the first
begotten? Who's the begotten Son? Jesus Christ. He saith and let all the angels
of God worship him. Let all the angels worship him. The first thing I want you
to notice, that's borrowing from Psalm chapter 2, is that this reference of
Christ being the begotten of the Father is to exalt him above the angels, okay?
Christ is not just an angel. He's not just some heavenly host, some created
being. No, he is the Son of God, okay? And he existed before the angels. He has a
more excellent name before the angels to the point that the angels worship him.
The angels worship the Son, okay? Now go to Hebrews chapter 5. Hebrews chapter 5
verse 1. So Jesus Christ is not just some angel, okay? Hebrews chapter 5 verse 1.
Obviously we know Christ is God, okay? Hebrews chapter 5 verse 1.
For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining
to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. So it's talking about the
priest giving the sacrifices for sins, and it's referencing the Old Testament
high priest. We'll see that in a second. Verse 2. Who can have compassion on the
ignorant and on them that are out of the way, for that he himself also is
compassed with infirmity? And by reason thereof he ought, as for the people, so
also for himself, to offer for sins. And no man taketh this honor unto himself,
but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. Okay? So no priest, no high priest
decided to call himself the high priest, okay? They were ordained by God. Aaron in
verse 4 was ordained by God to be that high priest for
Old Testament Israel. To offer those sacrifices, right? But then look at verse
5. So also Christ glorified not himself, Christ did not come and glorify himself.
Remember he came in humility. He made himself a little lower than the angels
when he came to this earth, right? He put aside the glory of heaven, he put aside
the worship of the heavenly host, he became a man, but then it says he also
Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest, but he that said unto
him, so the person that glorified him is the one that said unto him, thou art my
Son, today have I begotten thee. Okay? So Christ did not come to glorify himself,
the Father glorified Christ. Okay? We get that from verse number 5. In verse number
1 we see that the Father glorifies Christ above the angels as well. The
angels come and worship the Son. Now at this point I'm still not not showing you
exactly what it means to be begotten, but I just want to show you that this is a
phrase that glorifies Jesus Christ. The Father loves to refer to Christ as his
begotten Son because it brings glory to Christ. Okay? And that's why I hate those
modern Bible versions that take away the begotten nature of Christ, right? It's
just the only Son of God rather than the begotten Son of God. They're taking away
glory that God the Father has put upon the Son. That's why you stick to your
King James Bible because it's perfect. It's right. It glorifies Jesus Christ.
Now turn to Acts 13. Acts 13. Let's understand what it means to be the
begotten of the Father. Acts 16. Sorry, Acts 13. Acts 13, verse 30. Acts 13, verse 30.
Acts 13, verse 30. But God raised him from the dead. Who did God raise? Jesus
Christ from the dead, right? We're talking about his resurrection. And he was seen
many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are
his witnesses unto the people. And we declare unto you glad tidings, how
that the promise which was made unto the fathers. God hath fulfilled the same unto
us their children, in that he have raised up Jesus again to the resurrection, as it
is also written in the second Psalm, thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Which day did God begat Jesus Christ? The day of the resurrection. Do you see
that? When Christ was resurrected from the dead, raised up Jesus from the dead,
that is when the second Psalm is fulfilled. That is the day when God says
to his son, thou art my Son. Thou art my Son in the sense that that's his
position with the Father. Okay? It's not like he became the Son. He is the Son, but
it's this day, the day of his resurrection, that I have begotten thee,
says the Father. So when we refer to Jesus Christ as the begotten of the
Father, it's not when he was born in the manger. It's not when he was
born as a baby. The begotten nature of Christ is his resurrection. That's when
he was glorified as well. Okay? He received his glorified resurrected body
at that point. That is the reference of the begotten of the Father. Let me just
read to you Revelation 1 verse 5. Why is that important? Revelation chapter 1
verse 5 says this. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness and the
first begotten of the dead, the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of
the kings of the earth, unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in
his own blood. Now Christ, who is God, who is the creator of all things, we know
John 1 when we had it read earlier, you know, the Word was God and in the
beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. And then
what did it say in verse 3? I'll just turn there quickly. John chapter 1
verse 3. I wish I had it memorized.
All things, referring to the Word, referring to Jesus Christ, all things were made by
him and without him was not anything made that was made. So everything that
was created on this world, on this earth, all the life was made by Jesus Christ.
He gets all the glory of creation. The Father has allowed that to be, that
the Son gets the glory for creation. It's Christ that created all things. But not
only does he get the glory for creation, for the new life, but Christ is also the
first begotten of the dead. He gets all the glory of someone that was once dead
and is made alive. He gets all the glory of our salvation because we were
all once dead, once spiritually dead, without Christ. And he gets the glory.
He's the first begotten of the Father and so we in Christ can be born again. We in
Christ can have new life. We in Christ can have that new revived spirit in us
and eventually in Christ as his resurrected body, once he was his
glorified resurrected body, we too in Christ will have that new body. But
Christ was the first to have those things and through him we too can have
all that. That's why he's the first begotten of the dead also. He's brought
everything into this world but then us who have died spiritually, he gives us
that new life through him. He gets all the glory. There's no one
else that gets the glory of creation and gets the glory of the new life, the
eternal life. Now I just wanted to read something to you from the NIV. So the
NIV, This Day Have I Begotten Thee, reads this. In the NIV it says, You are
my son. Today I have become your father. That's what the NIV says. Today have I
become your father. What does that say? That means there was a time
when Jesus was not the son and the father was not his father. That's what
the NIV says. And it does apply this also to the resurrection so
they got that bit right. But then that's saying that at the resurrection of
Christ that's when Christ became the son of the father and the father became his
son. No. Do you see how these modern versions bring in false teaching? God the
Father makes a statement, Thou art my son. It's not you've become my son. No, you are
my son. That's your position. That's your eternal position. You know Micah 5 2 says,
But thou Bethlehem Ephrathah, though thou be little among the
thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me, that is to be
ruler in Israel, whose going forth have been from old from everlasting. That's a
prophecy of Christ. Christ comes from everlasting. He didn't become the son at
some point. He's not a created being. He's not just an angel. He's the glorified God.
That's who he is. He's the son of God. Okay. So please if you've got your
modern version, get rid of those modern versions. It's going to bring heresy and
false doctrine into your life. Now another false teaching that
I've heard is I've heard people say this. It's possible to be saved by just
believing on Jesus. That sounds good but you know obviously when we preach the
gospel, the gospel is the death burial and resurrection. Okay. So what we preach
is not just Jesus Christ but the fact that he came to die on the cross for our
sins and then he rose again from the dead. Right. We want them to believe the
whole gospel but there are some that will tell you, no, you don't need to
believe the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. You just have to believe in Jesus.
You just have to trust him and you don't even need to know about his
death, burial and resurrection. Now the reason and I've heard this said, I've heard
this not personally but I've seen this on like on YouTube on some videos and
stuff and the reason for that is they turn to John 3 16. I just read it to you.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoso
believeth in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. Right. So there he
goes well where does it say there that Christ was was crucified and died for
our sins and rose again from the dead. Right. And so they say well if we believe
John 3 16, you know the cross is not even referenced. His death, burial and
resurrection is not even referenced. So it's possible to just believe in Jesus.
Yeah but here's what you don't understand. That he gave his only begotten
Son and what does that mean to be the begotten Son? It's that he was
resurrected. John 3 16 is referencing that Christ will die and would be
resurrected. Right. Because they don't understand what it means to be the
begotten Son. The begotten Son is a reference to him being raised from the
dead. Not born in Bethlehem's manger. That's not when he was begotten. Okay. Now
is it true that before his resurrection we're going to read about him being the
begotten Son? He's going to be late. Of course. John 3 16 is the proof of that.
Alright. But it's just like anything. You might say well why was he called the
begotten Son before he was resurrected? Well it's like well you know Christ was
crucified 2,000 years ago and yet the Bible tells us he's the lamb slain from
the foundation of the world. Right. As far as God is, God's internal. Christ is the
begotten Son. God knew of course that Christ would be crucified on the cross.
That's what he is. Right. He's the Lamb of God that take that take away the sin of
the world said John the Baptist. But he hadn't died for the sins. He hadn't shed
his blood just yet when he said those words. Okay. So just understand that you
know John 3 16 does cryptically have the death, burial and resurrection of Christ
because it referenced there the begotten Son. And again that's why the NIV have
messed it up. They take away that word and they don't even it's like they don't
even know what it means. You know. But I don't want you guys to be ignorant. I
want you guys to understand what it means to be the begotten Son of the
Father. Back to Psalm chapter 2. Psalm 2. Psalm 2 verse 8. Psalm 2 verse 8. So this
is Jesus. He continues speaking. He says, Ask of me and I shall give thee the
heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy
possession. Thou shall break them with a rod of iron. Thou shall dash them in
pieces like a polished vessel. Now here's what's interesting. We know this is a
reference to Christ. We know when he comes back in the millennium he's going
to reign over the kings, reign over the world with a rod of iron. Now here's what
here's what I find funny. The kings of the earth counsel together against the
Lord, against the Word, against his laws. Completely against God. Completely
against Christ. You know aiming to bring in that Antichrist at the end of you
know at the end of the world. But when Christ comes he's going to undo it all.
He's going to undo all their work and rule with a rod of iron. What's he
going to rule from? The Word of God, right? The judgments, the righteousness, the
commandments of the Word of God. These kings that are trying to get rid of it.
Christ in one day when he returns is going to rule with a rod of iron. Bring
that back into this world. So whatever they're planning to do that's why God's
laughing because God says I've got my king and he's going to bring it and he's
going to rule you guys with a rod of iron. But here's the thing. Notice what
Jesus says in verse 8. Ask of me. He's speaking to us. Ask of me and I shall
give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the
earth for thy possession. Thou shall break them with a rod of iron. Thou shall
dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Now I'm going to read to you
Revelation 2 if you guys want to turn that you can because there's a
reference here very very similar to Psalm chapter 2. Revelation 2 verse 26.
Revelation 2 26. Because you might be going oh Kevin that's not about us
ruling with a rod of iron. That's just Jesus Christ. No. Christ is going to give
some of us that authority to rule with a rod of iron as well. Revelation chapter
2 verse 26 says this is Christ speaking to the churches and here that
overcometh so what does it mean to overcome to be saved we've covered that
before and here that overcometh and keepeth my works unto the end so that
those that do great works for Jesus Christ to him will I give power over the
nations and he shall rule them with a rod of iron as the vessels of a potter
shall they be broken to shivers even as I received my father so even as the
father gives me the authority over the nations to rule with a rod of iron so
too am I going to give it to those people that have overcome those that are
saved and they have done great works great rewards there's going to be great
rewards for those you've done great things for God some of that some of us
hopefully all of us I don't know are going to be able to rule one day with
that rod of iron over over the earth it's it's a great honor it's it's
amazing you know quite often you hear about Christ ruling for a rod of iron
no it's going to be believers as well ruling and reigning with him yeah and so
I just find it funny that the Kings they're trying to get away from the Word
of God one day bang when they say peace and safety that sudden destruction
cometh upon them Christ later will come and bring his kingdom it's all over for
them and we're going to have righteousness upon this earth look at
Psalm 2 verse 10 Psalm 2 verse 10 now I believe this is now the spirit that
speaks the Holy Spirit Psalm 2 verse 10 because why because the Bible was
written by men that were moved by the Holy Ghost right so the Holy Ghost is in
the radar of the Bible then what does it say here in verse 10 be wise now
therefore all ye kings be instructed you judges of the earth serve the Lord we
fear and rejoice with trembling so is there still a chance for these corrupt
kings yes there's still a chance right they're not all corrupt the government
there are legitimate politicians that are just trying their best right there
are legitimate politicians that fear the Lord and want to make sure you know they
do the best they can for their people the Holy Spirit speaks to these people
and says be wise now therefore all ye kings be instructed where are they going
to get their instruction from from the counsel of their mates the counsel of
the Kings no you take instruction from the Word of God right he says be wise
problems 15 verse 33 for the fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom and
before honor is humility the fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom so
these kings that ought to be this instructed first need the fear of God in
their lives right and then it says that and before honor is humility they need
humility there's too many politicians and prime ministers and presidents full
of pride full of themselves looking at the kingdoms that they believe they've
they've got right that's why the hearts are far from the Lord the Holy Spirit is
telling these kings get humble get instructed by the Word of God when you
bring in the laws take the laws of God and bring him into your nation that's
what brings righteousness and I had a look at the Australian Constitution the
Australian Constitution of not in 1900 right and these are some of the first
words we read in the Australian Constitution it says whereas the people
of New South Wales Victoria South Australia Queensland and Tasmania
humbly humbly relying on the blessing of Almighty God have agreed to unite in one
undissolvable federal Commonwealth under the crown of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and under the Constitution hereby established so when
our government when our president you know our leaders put together the
Constitution so we can be a federal nation in 1900 what are they the same
kind of politicians that we have today now they say we come humbly before the
Almighty God now were they saved I don't know I don't know if they were Christians
or saved but at least they had the fear of God in them at least they were
humbly have to say hey God we need your help you know we're going to establish
this nation you know we need the laws of God we need to come before you and seek
your guidance you know I thank God that at least the United States you know the
politicians you know at least still reference God Almighty and yes I know
their hearts are far from him and they're just giving him lip service I
understand that but you know in Australia when's the last time you've
heard the Prime Minister on our Christ on a on a God be humble humble himself
before before the Word of God we don't see that in our politicians you know
they've moved away from the instruction of God and they've taken the counsel
amongst themselves and against the Lord turn to first Timothy chapter 2 keep
your finger in Psalm 2 first Timothy chapter 2 verse 1 you know and so we can
get frustrated by it by the government we can get frustrated by the Kings and
the Prime Ministers but we see that the Holy Ghost is still term hey there's
still a chance be wise take instruction Kings right judges of the earth take
instruction serve the Lord we fear and rejoice we trembling we see the Holy
Ghost is still urging these kings to you know there's still some there that can
you know serve the Lord and so we're instructed in first Timothy chapter 2 to
pray for our government to pray for our rulers to pray for the Kings first
Timothy chapter 2 verse 1 I exhort therefore that first of all supplications
prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men all men verse
2 for Kings and for all that are in authority why why do we want to pray for
these kings why do we want to pray for these politicians so they can continue
to serve us forever so they can get their huge paychecks and they can
continue to bring in ungodly laws so they would you know be assured of being
voted in in the next election is that what we're praying for no verse 2 says
we're praying for them that we that we as Christians may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in all godliness and honesty so what we're praying for is not
that they would have a successful career that they would be lifted in pride and
and be you know you know be remembered as the greatest Prime Minister of
Australia no we pray that God will instill fear of God into their hearts
they would you know govern this nation with the laws of God they would leave
our Christian liberty alone they would let us as Christians serve the Lord so
we can be in peace it's a bit for our sake that we pray for the Kings you
might say Kevin I don't want to pray for our government no you don't understand
you're praying so we can live in peace so our children can grow up in a nation
they can continue to serve the Lord and I know things are going to deteriorate I
know that things are getting worse and worse but we still at least in Australia
we still have freedom we still have Bibles we still can have church we can
still knock doors and preach the gospel let's pray that you know God will make
their path slippery if they try to stop these things and you know hopefully
reverse their trend bring back these laws of God against against the wicked
against crime so there can be at least some peace in this world you know as
little as we can enjoy before you know all things turn turn crazy with the
Antichrist on the loose you know verse 3 in 1st Timothy chapter 2 verse 3 for
this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior you want to be good
and acceptable you want to bring him pleasure then pray for the Kings pray
for the government right so that we could live quiet and peaceful lives
verse 4 who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of
the truth so even these wicked kings that hate the Lord you know and God
laughs at them you know unless they reprobate you know but these people that
are not you know going with the flow God's still willing that all men to be
saved like it's still his desire for all men to be safe it's still this he
desired that these kings would serve him in the right place that the institution
of government that God has placed for them now go back to Psalm 2 just the
last one the last verse there Psalm 2 verse 12 the memory verse Psalm 2 verse
12 kiss the Sun kiss the Sun lest he be angry and you perish from the way when
his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all day that put their trust
in him so you know it says you know to these kings you know kiss the Sun you
know what does that mean it's like you know it says in the New
Testament greet each other with our holy kiss it's just it's greeting one another
it's honoring one another right it's a bring look honor the Sun kiss the Sun
lest he be angry look because God's wrath is being kindled right God's wrath
is being built up and we know that God will pour out his wrath one day on this
earth before Christ comes and reigns and rules and you perish from the way when
his wrath is kindled but a little you know you know I kind of sometimes think
Australia and and and this world does need God's wrath to be kindled just a
little right just just a little because like even a little of his wrath is going
to cause these people to perish in their way so I mean it just tells me how my
how I for things to continue the way they are it just tells me that God is a
gracious God God is a merciful God God is like a God of long-suffering and very
patient his wrath is being built up man if you just have his wrath kindled just
a little bit not even his whole wrath just a little these people to perish in
their way right and I kind of I kind of wish God would kindle his wrath a little
right just to just to destroy the wicked of this world and to bring fear the fear
of God back into into our lives and of course you know his wrath is going to be
completely destroyed when the Antichrist comes second Thessalonians 2 verse 8
verse 7 I'll just read that to you quickly for the mystery of iniquity
doth already work only he who now let it full let until he be taken out of the
way and then shall the wicked be revealed referring to the Antichrist
referring to the Beast these kings are working together to bring in this one
world government one day this Antichrist this wicked will be revealed
right because the mystery of iniquity is already working it was working in the
time of Paul and that's why our nation is so ungodly that's why our government
is so ungodly because they're still working to bring in this mystery of
iniquity referring to the Beast referring to the Antichrist but then it
says this whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming so when Christ comes that
millennial war is going to destroy the Beast destroy the Antichrist destroy the
one world government to come and that should assure us because at the
birth at the end of verse 12 it says blessed are the all day that put their
trust in him okay blessed are all day that put their trust in him there is
still time for some rulers and some Kings to do right there is still time
for them to have a fear of the Lord for you guys we are to put our trust in him
it shouldn't upset us it shouldn't worry us it shouldn't concern us God has
revealed to us in his word that things are going to wax worse and worse this
world's going to get worse this world's going to become more ungodly but we put
our trust in Christ we know God is laughing at them we know God has a plan
we know Christ is going to come back and rule with Rotavine we know if we serve
and work with him he's going to give us that opportunity to rule with Rotavine
as well there's great things coming for us this isn't just some pipe dream this
isn't just some intangible vision this is the truth of God's Word one day
Christ will be on this earth we are going to be on this earth with him in
our new resurrected bodies and ruling and reigning with him we put our trust
in him God knows what's going on don't feel like it's out of control no God
knows exactly what's going on laughing at them mocking at them but at the same
time as Christians we ought to you know not not just hate these people all the
time but also God says hey that he wants them to be saved as well he wants them
to turn he wants them to fear the Lord and so we doesn't matter what door we
knock one day we knock on the door of a politician we don't like hey it's our
job to give him the gospel right and hope that he gets saved right so we are
not to be fearful God wants us to trust him even in the midst of this world
that's turning their back on him