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[Music] good morning everyone welcome to free grace Baptist Church a warm welcome to all our visitors who are with us this morning just a couple of announcements before we begin worship the first is that there are some glasses at the back of the church on that standee thing the oak stand back there if anybody has left their glasses maybe have a look if you don't have them hopefully you haven't been driving or I know that's they might be reading glasses but you haven't been reading for the last few weeks your glasses are back there so just have a look before you leave if you are missing some the last youth meeting before the break youth and young adults meeting will be this upcoming Thursday an email will be coming out from Daniel or Josh so just for any of those who plan to attend it's at this upcoming Thursday but details will be coming via email let's turn in our Bibles then actually sorry one more announcement Chloe Butler is is pregnant so we can rejoice in that news another gift from on high we have a church full of babies and young ones and you grow from within sometimes so that's a it's nice to hear of another young one in our midst coming in the future so we can continue to pray for Lindsay and now Chloe well let's turn in our Bibles in as we begin the worship of our great triune God you can turn with me to Psalm 2 Psalm 2 a psalm often read at the outset of worship and for good reason as it sets forth the glory of the Messiah the reign of our great king and the call upon the rulers of the earth to kiss the Sun Psalm 2 beginning in verse 1 this is the Word of God why do the nation's rage and the people plot a vain thing the kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against his Christ saying let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us he who sits in the heavens shall laugh the Lord shall hold them in derision then he shall speak to them in his wrath and distress them in his deep to pleasure yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion I will declare the decree the Lord has said to me you are my son today I have begotten you ask of me and I will give you the nation's for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession you shall break them with a rod of iron you shall dash them to pieces like a Potter's vessel now therefore be wise o Kings be instructed you judges of the earth serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling kiss the son lest he be angry and you perish in the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all those who put their trust in him amen well let's stand and sing another great song that we're going to sing in the Red Trinity Psalter we'll stand together and sing Psalm 110 to a familiar tune that Psalm 110 let's stand together [Music] [Music] [Music] please be seated let's go to our God in prayer let's pray our righteous and holy God we rejoice now that we can come to you in the name of our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ we can gather in this place for the worship of our great triune God Father Son and Holy Spirit we do pray once again God that your name would be hallowed in this pray in this place that you would be praised God that you would be honored and we pray once again that throughout the world this would be the case as all your church has gathered together for worship as your Saints assemble we pray that their voices would mount up to high praise of Father Son and Holy Spirit and truly Lord God we long that you that you would be worshiped that you would be honored that you would be praised by a multitude of tongues around around the earth and we do pray that now Lord God that you by your spirit would stir up the hearts of your gathered assemblies that they might rejoice in their great God we do thank you God for the gospel of Jesus Christ our Savior we rejoice in the forgiveness of sins and we rejoice in a righteousness of Christ imputed to us received by faith alone we rejoice in the perfect work of Jesus Christ our Savior and we thank you for his life for his death for his resurrection for the glorious truth of his ascension for the fact that he now reigns that he rules and that he reigns that he subdues the hearts of his elect that he intercedes for his people we rejoice in our great Lord and in our great king and we do pray that we would sing his praises today we would pray that you'd forgive us afresh by virtue of the blood of our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ we know that we have a remaining corruption that we can still sin even as redeemed individuals and we do pray that you'd help us to put to death those sins of the flesh that we would live unto righteousness that we would grow in the Grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ our Savior and we thank you that we do have forgiveness by virtue of the perfect work and the perfect blood shedding of Jesus Christ our Savior and we pray that we would rest on nothing save for the Rock which is our Christ we do pray God that you'd be with those who need prayer for many things we think of dawn Neufeld now Lord we pray that you bless our brother that you'd strengthen him as he deals with these infections and all of those things associated with with his disease Lord we do just pray that you'd comfort him in the midst of this that you'd strengthen him physically you would cause those in the medical profession dealing with him to deal with him in prudence and in proper wisdom and we do pray for good things Lord God for healing for strength and for encouragement in the midst of pain we do pray also that you'd be with Karen as she recovers God to strengthen her and help her as she recovers after surgery and we do just pray that you be with these two and that you would strengthen for those afflicted Lord physically in in our church those here and those unable to join us the list can be long at times we do pray that you tend to your Saints we pray that you'd strengthen them in body that you would knit together those wounds of affliction and caused them to no seasons of reprieve from pains and discomforts and Lord we do ultimately pray that in the midst of these things in the midst of disease and injury and sickness that you would lift up the hearts of your people that you would cheer their hearts and that you would cause them to know that the judge of all the earth does right by his people according to his own wisdom and we do just pray Lord that you would cause your saints to to flourish and to to be strengthened and to be cheered in the midst of suffering we do pray God for for Steve and for the collie family we do just pray that you would heal that you would strengthen in your perfect wisdom and in your perfect timing that you would cheer their hearts according to the glory of your word and the glory of Christ and the promises of your glorious gospel we do pray God that you'd be with Chloe and with Lindsey as they're with child we pray that you'd strengthen these mothers as they look forward to a babies being brought forth we do pray that you be with those babies in the womb you'd strengthen and nourish them daily Lord and we do pray that in due time they would be brought forth with much rejoicing in good health and Lord God for all of our young ones in this church that in due time you would bring them forth by the power of Amazing Grace to the knowledge of Jesus Christ our Savior we do pray that you'd be Lord with the persecuted Church throughout the world as we prayed this morning there are many in Chains many being opposed many being physically assaulted even unto death we do pray that you be with our brothers and sisters throughout the world the persecuted for the cause of God and truth we would ask that you'd be near to them be their God of all comfort do help them in the midst of their distress that caused them to look with eyes of faith upon a risen and exalted Christ and to in him find their strength and their courage for for daily coming up against the opposition and the tyranny of their countrymen we do pray Lord that you would grow your gospel and grow your church throughout the world by the proclamation of the gospel by the power of the Holy Spirit we long to hear reports Lord God near and far of a multitudes of sinners being brought forth from the darkness and the deadness of sin to life and light in Christ to behold their Savior and to rejoice in their triune God we do pray for that mighty act of salvation in this place today and throughout the world we do ask God then that you'd be with us as we gather for worship we pray that you be with pastor Butler as he preaches we know that ministers of your gospel rests not on their strengths and their ingenuity and and themselves but they rest solely and alone upon a triune God who strengthens ministers of the gospel and who gives them that grace and that strength and the pulpit to proclaim richly the things of the Word of God we do pray this this morning help Pastor Butler in this pulpit and be with us lord help us to be those who are attentive who pay attention to the proclamation of the word of God who see its importance who see its ultimate value and we do pray that you would strengthen your saints encourage your saints equip your Saints by word and spirit and we do pray God for the salvation of sinners here this morning whether young or whether old we pray God that you would come upon the wings of victorious grace and raise dead sinners to life that they might leave these doors singing the praises of so great a Christ and it's in his name that we pray let's stand together and sing again as a church this time 298 you'll stand with me in sink 298 [Music] please be seated can turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke chapter 12 Luke 12 beginning in verse 49 it's our new testament scripture reading for this Lord's Day morning Luke 12 beginning in verse 49 once again the Word of God I came to send fire on the earth and how I wish it were already kindled but I have a baptism to be baptized with and how distressed I am till it is accomplished do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth I tell you not at all but rather division for from now on five in one house will be divided three against two and two against three father will be divided against son and son against father mother against daughter and daughter against mother mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law then he also said to the multitudes whenever you see a cloud rising out of the West immediately you say a shower is coming and so it is and when you see the south wind blow you say there will be hot weather and there is hypocrites you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth but how is it you do not discern this time yes and why even of yourselves do you not judge what is right when you go with your adversary to the magistrate make every effort along the way to settle with him lest he drag you to the judge the judge deliver you to the officer and the officer throw you into prison I tell you you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite there were present at that season some who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices and jesus answered and said to them do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered such things I tell you no but unless you repent you will all likewise perish or those eighteen on whom the tower in slow fell and killed them do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem I tell you no but unless you repent you will all likewise perish he also spoke this parable a certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard and he came seeking fruit on it and found none then he said to the keeper of his vineyard look for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none cut it down why does it use up the ground but he answered and said to him sir let it alone this year also until I dig around it and fertilize it and if it bears fruit well but if not after that you can cut it down amen let us pray God we rejoice in the word of God we thank you for your revelation to us we rejoice in these words of our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ and we thank you for this Savior who came down who took upon himself humanity such that he could be distressed with what he faced in the in going through the cross and going through all of that those events related to his death upon Calvary's tree we thank you for that condescension and for that redemption and for that glorious gospel of Jesus Christ our Savior we thank you for these instructions given to this particular audience we are faced Lord God with the reality of your wholesome severity upon sin upon those who would engage in wickedness in this lower world Jesus Christ our Savior did not pull those punches but spoke concerning that severity that righteousness that holiness and that judgment and condemnation that would come upon those who oppose the living and true God and we thank you for those blessed words though that those who repented those who have faith will have everlasting life and we do pray God that you would do that work of salvation that many would turn from their wickedness that many would turn from their opposition that many would turn from their hypocrisy that many Lord God simply would turn from their sin by your grace and own the Savior the Lord of lords and King of Kings and we do pray that many would that close this day nots dead in their trespasses and in their sins but that they would close by your grace owning that Savior and rejoicing in so great a salvation we pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord amen let's stand and sing again our final him before the preaching and the larger Trinity hymnal again is 217 let's [Music] to Acts chapter 2 I'll begin reading in verse 22 men of Israel hear these words Jesus of Nazareth a man attested by God to you by miracles wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst as you yourselves also know him being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God you have taken by lawless hands have crucified and put to death whom God raised up having loosed the pains of death because it was not possible that he should be held by it for David says concerning him I foresaw the Lord always before my face for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue was glad moreover my flesh also will rest in hope for you will not leave my soul in Hades nor will you allow your Holy One to see corruption you have made known to me the ways of life you will make me full of joy in your presence men and brethren let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David that he is both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day therefore being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body according to the flesh he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne he forced seeing this spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ that his soul was not left in Hades nor did his flesh see corruption this Jesus God has raised up of which we're all witnesses therefore being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit he poured out this which you now see in here for David did not ascend into the heavens but he says himself the Lord said to my lord sit at my right hand till i make your enemies your footstool therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ let us pray father in heaven we thank you for the written word we thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ and for what Peter tells us concerning him in this sermon on the day of Pentecost we thank you for his true humanity that he came into this world and he took on our nature assumed our humanity in order to save us from our sins we thank you for his predetermined death by the father on the cross so that he could atone for the sins of all the elect we thank you for His resurrection on the third day and we thank you Most High for his exaltation to the right hand of God Almighty how we praise you for that current session how we praise you that he always lives to make intercession for us that he is our advocate with the father that he will indeed come again in glory to judge the living in the dead certainly our God we pray that should cause us to set our minds our hearts upon the right hand where Jesus Christ is we know that he is altogether lovely and chief among 10,000 and we know Lord God that you are most high and most wondrous and most glorious and worthy to be praised and we would ask that you would guide us now by your Holy Spirit as we look to this section of the scripture do forgive us for our sins and our transgressions edify and encourage and strengthen your people and God save to the uttermost all who draw nigh unto you through the Lord Jesus Christ and it's in his most blessed name that we pray amen well as we have moved our way through the second chapter here of the book of Acts we see the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in verses 1 to 4 in other words this is what Jesus had told his disciples to do to tarry or to wait in Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high for the specific task of serving as witnesses unto Him so the Spirit comes and the manifestation the public evidence of that is that they spoke in other tongues it wasn't gibberish it wasn't babbling they were languages so that the persons they're assembled from various other places could here communicated to them in their own tongues the wonderful works of God and persons were amazed by this however some mocked and said that they were filled with new wine and so Peter takes this occasion he stands up in the midst of them and here specifically in acts 2 he explains that it was not the case that they were filled with new wine but rather this is what the Prophet Joel had written concerning verses 17 to 21 indicate or highlight the fulfillment of Joel chapter 2 Joel foretold the day when the Spirit of God would come in mighty and great power upon the people of God and Peter says that day has arrived and if you notice at the end of verse 21 he says it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved and then in verses 22 to 36 he's explaining who that Lord is who that object of faith is he shows that it is Jesus that Jesus is indeed Lord of all and he does that by highlighting the true humanity of Christ in verse 22 the predetermined death of Christ and verse 23 the glorious resurrection of Christ in verses 24 to 32 and now this morning will take up the exaltation of Christ in verses 33 to 36 in other words after Christ was raised from the dead what did he do did he occupy a particular dwelling place in Jerusalem did he have pets did he have a job no he was exalted by God to the right hand of God where he is entered into what's called the current session where Christ is the prophet priest and King for his church according to the hypostatic Union both humanity and deity in one glorious person and we look forward to his return again in glory to judge the living in the dead well let's look at verses 33 to 36 under three considerations first the exaltation of Christ in verse 33 secondly the application or rather the fulfillment of Psalm 110 we see that in verses 34 and 35 and then finally the implication for the hearers in verse 36 but note in the first place the supreme dignity of Christ that's what we see in the exaltation in verse 33 therefore being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the father the promise of the holy spirit he poured out this which you now see and here the same body that he had during his earthly ministry the same body that was crucified on the cross that self same body it was raised by the Father on the third day and that same body exalted on high Alexander says he now describes the present state and employments of the glorious though despised Redeemer in other words what is Christ doing now that's what Peter describes now when it says that he was exalted to the right hand of God you might have a marginal reading in your Bible in the note there it says being exalted either to the right hand of God or by the right hand of God the idea of being exalted by the right hand of God the Father exalted the son I think in the context the the preposition to is better because he's going to appeal to Psalm 110 and show that Messiah is at the right hand of the Father and so Christ now assumes this position of absolute Dominion Authority rule and glory and majesty and it highlights his dignity in fact this language of the right hand of God should be understood figuratively and the children's catechism we might ask the question and hopefully we ask the question does God have a body like men the answer of course is no God does not have a body like men Jesus teaches that God does not have a body like man in John 4:24 God is spirit we ought to understand that when the Bible speaks of his right hand or it speaks of the eyes of Yahweh running to and fro throughout the the earth or or or y'all wake demonstrating his right arm the Bible is speaking to us in the manner of men the Bible is using what is called improper predication to say something true concerning God in other words God the Father speaks to us at our particular level and so the language here of right hand of God should be understood figuratively to denote the supreme dignity and sway of our Lord Jesus CC in Peters argument this Christ whom you crucified this Christ whom God raised from the dead now occupies a position of supreme dignity and sway this would hopefully promote fear in the hearts of those who had engaged in crucifying him this would hopefully be calculated to promote in them what does occur in verse 37 you'll notice that Peter is not here first and foremost just to inform them of Bible truth he is doing that but Peter wants them to repent Peter wants them to forsake their sins Peter wants these Jerusalem sinners to come to the Lord Jesus Christ and receive mercy and forgiveness he highlights the fact that they crucified Jesus in verse 23 and he'll do it again in verse 36 I don't think it's any accident that according to verse 37 the haircut to the heart in other words Peter informing the mind in terms of what the truth of God says doesn't leave out the necessity for sinners to be saved so everybody get that Peter is dealing with guilty sinners that he wants them to know what's true concerning Jesus in his life death and resurrection but he wants these guilty sinners to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior so this morning the purpose of the text is to not only inform you concerning Christ's true humanity his predetermined death on the cross his glorious resurrection from the dead and his current session or his exaltation to the right hand of the Father but you need to you need to believe on this one you need to take seriously what Joel 2 says and what Peter says in acts 2 21 whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved now you may delude yourself and you may try to fake yourself and deceive yourself and say well I'm not like those Jerusalem sinners I didn't have a hand in those lawless hands that nailed the Savior to the tree that you're guilty of a whole host of other sins you're guilty of a vial of violating every one of the Ten Commandments you've engaged in idolatry you've engaged in blasphemy you've engaged in Sabbath breaking you've engaged in sin - in insubordination to authority whether parental or civil government you've engaged in murder and here be careful don't say well I've never stopped somebody's heart from beating Jesus says if you say in your heart raka if you say in your heart fool if you engage in character assassination which the last time I checked is pretty rife in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ if you engage in that you are guilty of violating the sixth word Jesus goes on to speak of the seventh commandment he said well I've never engaged an unlawfulness in terms of the marriage bed you have never looked upon the opposite sex with lust in your heart you're guilty you said I've never stolen I've never embezzled from my employer I've never gone down to Walmart and boosted you know candy bars you've stolen he said I've never lied do you really really want to say that the ninth word forbids lying and if just by some amazing stroke of not luck Providence you managed to successfully complete one through 10 1 through 9 10 we'll find you out this is what Jesus used on the rich young ruler remember that that young man comes to him and says good teacher what what what must I do to inherit eternal life Jesus says you know the commandments and the man's Jesus rattles off many of the second table of law and the man says all these things I have kept from my youth what one thing do I lack Jesus takes the tenth word he screws it into the man's conscience he says go sell everything you have give the proceeds to the poor and follow me he's not teaching salvation by garage sale he's teaching this man that he's a lawbreaker he's teaching this man that he has a need he is teaching this man that he is a covetous wretch that stands in need of mediation specifically by Jesus so as we come to the text this morning yes I want you to know what is true of Jesus that he really lived as a man that he really died and suffered as a man that he was raised the third day that he's now exalted to the right hand of God the Father the purpose of all of this is that you call on the name of the Lord see that's why we exist that's what we're here for yes the dissemination of biblical truth yes the passing on of knowledge from one head to another yes the exposition of Scripture but it's so that sinners be saved if you have come here this morning as a lawless one as a guilty sinner in the sight of God most I listen to what the father has provided in the son this one that whoever calls on his name will be saved this one who lived a perfect life who never engaged in lawless behavior this one who died on the cross is a sacrifice this one raised this one exalted sinners who look to him in faith will have everlasting life so listen that way listen yes for the information and hopefully the accurate exposition of the text but listen in order to be saved so Peter tells us that Jesus is exalted to the right hand of God this is the place of honor beside the king the book of Ephesians in the book of Philippians both highlight this exaltation of our Lord Jesus Christ Ephesians chapter one verses 19 to 23 and of course Philippians chapter 2 verses 9 to 11 and essentially they say what what Peter says in this text and the point is is that God was so pleased with what the son did that he highly exalted him and he station about his right hand and he gave him a name that is above every name he gave him Universal sway Universal Authority all power in heaven and on earth and a place of supreme dignity majesty and glory that's what's in view at the right hand of God turret insane majesty and glory by which he was most highly exalted by God and received a name above every name and then as well the supreme dominion which he powerfully exerts over all creatures in which he shows especially in the government and defence of the church I love that and that's Ephesians one Christ has absolute authority but especially for the church that's the the eye or the the apple of his eye that's the the apex of God's redemptive plan it's the church Christ absolutely has authority over prime minister trudeau Christ absolutely has authority over president Trump Christ absolutely has authority over everything that happened yesterday talking about tariffs or whatever's going to happen talking to North Korea Christ has absolute authority to know the primary emphasis or sphere or arena where Christ exercises that authority or where he shows his protection as love in his defense it's us it's always amazing to me that the people of God have such low views of the church why is that so I introduced you to my wife and you say she's not that great I'd probably be offended because I think she's great this is what Christians do all the time when it comes to the church they say to Jesus it's not that great well I confess brethren as one that is not that great in the midst of the people that are not that great the institution as a whole is great because it's the bride of Jesus Christ and we ought to expect the reality that he is shaping us that is sanctifying us that he is cleansing us that he is working in our it's it's a long-haul project isn't it it's not something that occurs overnight we don't all just get lumped into one local church and everybody's singing off the same page and everybody's always happy together no that's not reality but the church as church is something for which Jesus Christ died he gave himself for her and this is the point that the Apostle is highlighting in Ephesians chapter one now notice what Peter goes on to say Christ occupies this place where he shows his majesty and glory and where he shows his powerful rule in authority and then notice in the middle of verse 33 and having received from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit he poured out this which you now see in here again the Old Testament and prophesied the outpouring of the Holy Spirit Joel chapter 2 Jesus told the disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they were endued with power from on high Christ had said this Acts chapter 1 verses 4 & 5 he repeats at knacks after 1 verse 8 and we see it come to pass in Acts chapter 2 verses 1 to 4 the people heard they heard this sound of a mighty rushing wind the people saw these these cloven fiery flames descend upon the disciples the people witnessed the various disciples speaking in other languages they've been taught those things they didn't go to night school they were endued with power by the spirit and they spoke in other tongues but see here's the rub the mockers of verse 13 said ah now this is just new why this is sweet wine this is the effects of a couple of people or a handful of people in biting a bit too early in the day Peter says no it's the fulfillment of Joel's prophecy but now Peter ups the ante he says the very phenomena that you now see in here the very things that you are witnessing is the absolute responsibility of the one you crucified think about that for a moment would you they had taken him by lawless hands had him nailed to a tree instead of saying you know we worship you we praise you we love you they said away with him away with him crucify him they ask for Barabbas and notorious criminal not a robber probably but an insurrectionist a revolutionary a terrorist and yet they want the son a man to be crucified and now Peter says that it's Jesus at the right hand of the Father that has poured out the Holy Spirit you see this goes along with what I tried to point out when we first looked at this action in Acts chapter 2 the phenomena in Acts chapter 2 was not intended to dazzle people with tongues but to demonstrate the lordship and authority of Jesus this is why whenever persons come to acts 2 and they're searching for tongues they're missing the Messiah and the whole point of the Spirit coming in power is to affirm that Christ is at the right hand of the Majesty on I you see we get caught up in the tongs and we miss the Savior we get caught up in the phenomena and we miss what the phenomena is pointing us unto we get caught up in debates concerning charismatic ism or Pentecostalism and we marshal ax2 into our particular arsenal and we forget that the testimony involved is that Christ is exalted at the right hand of the Father we really are like the baby following the shiny thing I mean so many things that happen in the church or the baby following the shining thing I mean we miss large swathes of biblical truth because we're caught up and whether or not believers are supposed to speak in tongues that's not the purpose of Acts 2 to tell you whether or not you're supposed to speak in tongues the purpose of Acts 2 is coming to pass in verse 36 therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God made this Jesus both Lord and Christ whom you crucified you see don't get lost in the discussion concerning tongues and miss what Peter is highlighting F F Bruce makes this observation concerning the pour'd spirit by our Lord Jesus he says he who had earlier received the spirit for the public discharge of his own earthly ministry and had now received that same spirit to impart to his representatives in order that they might continue and indeed share in the ministry which he had begun his present impartation of the Spirit - then attended as it was by sensible signs was a further open vindication of the claim that he was the exalted Messiah now just imagine you're a Jerusalem sinner and you had out of hand in in the the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ you were there in the crowd on the day when Pilate says you want Jesus or Barabbas and you said give us Barabbas and then when he said what about Jesus you said away with them away with him crucify him now you're a few days or a few of month or two later and here you are scanning in Jerusalem and the apostles are telling you that dis Jesus whom you crucified has been raised by the father has been seated at the right hand of the fathers at the right hand of the Father and it's him that's pouring out the Spirit that's amazing now you're all looking at me like what's the point the point is that's amazing this Jesus who was crucified is now responsible for pouring out the Holy Spirit truly truly incredible now let's look what Peter does in terms of verses 34 and 35 the fulfillment of Psalm 110 he employs the same strategy as he does with the resurrection employs the same strategy that he does with the resurrection in other words what he says concerning the exaltation is that this is no new thing but it's coming to pass according to ancient prophecy just like with the resurrection it's no new thing but it's coming to pass according to ancient prophecy and with the resurrection he says Psalm 16 is not about David David wrote Psalm 16 but it's not about David and the same as the case with Psalm 110 David wrote Psalm 110 but it's not about David and this is his appeal here - psalm 110:1 notice in verse the for for David do not ascend into the heavens same argument just like he does in verse 29 men and brethren let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David that he is both dead and buried and his tomb is with us to this day just as David was dead buried and did not rise neither did David ascend into heaven and just as David wrote about Messiah in Psalm 16 who is Jesus so did he write about Messiah in Psalm 110 so he employs the same strategy to do the same thing and to demonstrate very specifically that every event that is transpiring in terms of the life and the death and the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ was prophesied by the Father remember as we entered into the book of Acts I told you and I'll continue to tell you what we will see is that the Christian interpretation of the Old Testament is true now you say of course it's true because we're Christians that's not really a good argument but okay but it's important for us to understand that when we move through the book of Acts guess who's right and guess who's the leadership of the Zion of God it ain't the Jerusalem leaders it's the apostles and the Apostles understood what the Old Testament taught it was the Jewish unbelievers that did not they rejected the truth concerning Messiah and therefore they reject the entirety of the Old Testament this idea today that we as believers have a lot in common with the Jews I mean we have blood we have circulatory systems we have brains we have eyes we have ears we have noses now we have a lot of common that way but religiously they have rejected the very Messiah whom we worship and the issue is they need to believe on that Messiah they need to look under the Lord Jesus Christ they need to call upon the name of the Lord in order to be saved so you see what Peter is doing is telling them this is how the Psalter is to be understood now note the quotation there in verses 34 and 35 the Lord said my lord sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool who are the two Lords in Psalm 110 it's a good question you've ever thought through this what is the psalmist and what is Peter saying the Lord said to my lord now you'll notice if you have probably any number of English translations the spelling is the same but the capitalization is a bit different the first instance you have capital L capital o capital R capital D and in the second second use of Lord you have L capital and then lowercase o rd I've written everybody's with me just take a breath in a moment do some heavy lifting here with reference to spelling you have to appreciate what's happening here who are the two Lords of Psalm 110 Peter is quoting the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament used the same Greek word for both Lord's correos but the Hebrew of Psalm 110 verse one uses two different Hebrew words it's literally Yahweh said to Adonai Yahweh said to atone I notice that David calls Adonai in Psalm 110 my lord it's going to be important because when we get to verse 36 and Peter says he has made him both Lord and Christ some teach that Jesus didn't become Lord and Christ till till after his resurrection and at the exaltation and and God adopted him at that particular point no he's always been Lord in Christ what's happening in verse 36 we'll deal with when we get there but for right now consider this Yahweh said to Adonai we might say it this way the father said to the sun-god the father said to God the Son so you see what Peter is doing not only to Psalm 16 find its fulfillment in our Lord Jesus specifically with reference to his resurrection but Psalm 110 finds its fulfillment in our Lord Jesus reference to his exaltation to the right hand of God on high so that's the two lords note the use of right hand in Psalm 110 the Lord said or Yahweh said to my eye don't I or the saw father said to the son sit at my right hand notice the reference to Christ sitting at the right hand it's reminiscent of what Peters already said in verse 30 concerning the Davidic covenant look at verse 30 so is there for being a prophet knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body according to the flesh he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne remember there I indicated we're not waiting for Jesus to occupy his throne in some future Millennial Kingdom Jesus has occupied his throne Jesus is king of kings and Lord of lords Jesus has absolute authority so Adonai has taken his rightful position at the right hand of Yahweh and this speaks again to his supreme dignity and it speaks to his sovereign rule fact turned back for just a moment to Matthew 22 Matthew 22 just so you can see where Christ affirms Peters interpretation I know that sounds a bit bizarre to say it quite like that but I think you'll get the the rub as we move through Matthew 22 verse 41 while the Pharisees were gathered together Jesus asked them saying what do you think about the Christ whose son is he they said to him the son of David look that's right isn't it he is the son of David he's from the line of David he's a Davidic descendant he is the one ultimately that second samuel 7 was about the son of god the son of David that would sit upon a throne that would build a house for God and rule and reign forever but notice in verse 43 he said to them how then does David in the spirit call him Lord saying the Lord said to my lord sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool if David then calls him Lord how is he his son of course they don't know right yeah you can kind of see their faces when Jesus does this to them once in a while you know they ask him by what authority are you doing these things and he says white you what do you think it John the Baptist well if we say we like John the Baptist the people get mad at us because you know or if we don't like John the Baptist people get matter that's because he's popular with them but if we say we don't like John the Baptist and so they just an answer same sort of thing yeah they just can't answer well we don't know who it's like the kid in fourth who what's 8 plus 8 huh huh that's what these Pharisees are reduced to when they come up against the one in whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hid you start Christ is absolutely intellectually superior to the Pharisees every step of the way you see Christ understand Psalm 110 to speak of Christ notice in Matthew 26 at verse 64 employing the same imagery that Psalm 110 holds forth and that Peter now applies specifically to our Lord Jesus Matthew 26 64 the high priest puts him under oath and says tell us if you are the Christ the Son of God 2664 jesus said to him it is as you said nevertheless I say to you hereafter you will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of the power and coming on the clouds of heaven you see Christ understood Psalm 110 of himself Peter understands Psalm 110 of the Lord Jesus and he says that he sits at his right hand but then notice he goes on to say till I make your enemies your footstool now this footstool imagery points to conquest footstool imagery points to conquest and Christian brothers and sisters we need to remember this I don't think that we need to be triumphal istic irritating you know people in society I don't know that we need to march down Wellington with signs that say Jesus is going to get you I don't think that's necessary I don't think that's what we're called to but I think we need to remember it at least at some level in our arts not that Jesus is going to get you but Jesus is defending his church Jesus will vindicate not only God the Father but his people Jesus Christ is triumphant Jesus Christ is lowering his foot upon his enemies and this is the language of the Psalter this is what Psalm 110 says till I make your enemies your footstool John Gill explains it's an allusion to the custom of conquerors treading upon the necks of the conquered it's applied to Jesus Joshua 1024 and the execution of the amorite kings and they drew near and put their feet on their necks it's kind of like if you had a gopher that was you know menacing your carrots and you managed to capture him and execute him and then you hung him so that other Gophers would see and fear and they wouldn't likewise go after your stuff this sends a message to others the armies of Israel lowering their feet on the on the necks of these executed amirite kings what's it communicating to the ammonites what's it communicating to the girgashites what's its tell what what is it telling every other item that don't mess with israel as well you see this in in in first kings 5-3 you know that how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord is God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side until the Lord put his foes under the soles of his feet Psalm forty-seven three he will subdue the peoples under us and the nation's under our feet now brethren walk with me one step further here and think through this implication I believe all of these passages all of these sort of images all of these figures all of this triumphant language in terms of Messiah crushing his enemies fulfills what was promised in genesis 3:15 what's the language there it's the skull-crushing seed of the woman that is going to bring victory let me say that again goal crushing seed have you ever wondered why so many enemies of Israel lost their heads literally that wasn't meant metaphorically or figuratively it was meant literally where does David deal the deathblow to Goliath it's a head wound read the book of Judges and see how many bad guys lose literally their heads genesis 3:15 I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed he shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel you see that imagery scattered throughout not only the former prophets but the latter prophets it's a frequent allusion pointing to the victory and the triumph and the rain and the glory and the exaltation and what we'll call the current session of our Lord Jesus this is her Christ this is where it gets practical you're not on the losing side your side is the winning side again don't walk down the street is some triumphalist exhorting irritating person but know in your heart of hearts that are Jesus is victorious that our Jesus does rain that in Revelation chapter 1 as John opens to address the seven churches of Asia Minor and he does so with a reference to the triune God he calls Jesus blur over the kings of the earth that's very significant in a book wherein there is a beast and that beast isn't the sort of you know monstrous figure rising out of the Mediterranean Sea he's a political figure or as the people of God are being menaced politically in the first century what's a great reminder at the very outset as we consider the particular task at hand Jesus is the ruler over the kings of the I think the Christian Church to some degree has forgotten that I think to some degree we have forgotten the reality that Christ is enthroned at the right hand of God and that he must reign till all of his enemies are made his footstool you know who didn't forget this it was the early church do you know what the most quoted verse in the New Testament is it's either directly quoted or it's what's called alluded to it's psalm 110:1 now you think you have it bad in the 21st century in Canada you might you do we have certain threats on our religious liberty we have in crouching threat on our very existence as the people of God but the Roman Empire you think were the only age that ever had to deal with publicly affirm sodomy that were the only age that ever had to deal with abortion on demand I'm not justifying it and I'm not suggesting that somehow you know we aren't suffering or these aren't horrific atrocities that are happening but the early church faced the same thing the way they committed abortion in the early church if they didn't get a boy baby they'd take the girl baby in most instances and put it on the trash heap and either the dogs would come and eat the baby or persons would come and steal the baby and then bring it up into a life of prostitution it was all still rampant it was all still going on we have just moved it from the trash heap at least on the corner curb to the trash heap which are medical offices and we've sanitized it and we have anesthetized it but the endgame is the same my point is the Brethren in the early church faced those sorts of things let's talk about religious liberty let's just talk about that for a moment who is persecuting the early church in the book of Acts initially it's unbelieving Jews then comes the oppression or the aggression of the Roman Empire you ever heard of the guy called Nero I mean he was terrible John Fox called him a beast of a man I would argue if we had more time he is the Beast of Revelation chapter 13 you see the people of God faced political oppression the people of God faced religious extermination the people of God faced everything we faced and yet the constant refrain from them was Yahweh said to add on I sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool you see brethren I think the take home application from that is the reality that Christ now rules and reigns at the right hand of the Father is a reality that ought to encourage you to get out of bed it's a reality that ought to sustain you all throughout the week it's a reality that dare I say it may even put a spring in your step and cause you to show the joy of the Lord Yahweh said to add and I sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool Calvin said he therefore sits on high transfusing us with his power that he may quicken us to spiritual life sanctify us by his Spirit adorn his church with divers gifts of His grace keep it safe from all harm by his protection restrain the raging enemies of the cross and of our salvation by the strength of his hands and finally hold all power in heaven and on earth all this he does until he shall lay low all his enemies who are our enemies - and complete the building of his church see see Peters strategy Christ rose from the dead according to ancient prophecy Psalm 16 Christ was exalted at the right hand of the Father according to ancient prophecy Psalm 110 David didn't do this David died David was buried in this tomb is with us to this day he certainly wasn't raised the third day and he certainly didn't ascend into heaven the same theme of David had the same object or subject rather of his of his of his Psalm in Psalm 16 is the same one in Psalm 110 David's son is David's Lord now let's just bring this to a close with reference to the implication for the hearers in verse 36 therefore points to implication therefore this is why I said earlier Peters not concerned just to inform his audience Peters not informed just to give them a better hermeneutic in terms of Psalm 16 in Psalm 110 Peter wants them to repent Peter wants them to be saved Peter wants them to move by the grace of God from the place of darkness in the marvelous light Peter wants them to go to heaven Peter wants them to end that day confessing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior identifying publicly with him in the waters of Baptism and then devoting themselves to doctrine and to the breaking of bread into fellowship in the prayers Peter wants that for his hearers that's what gospel preachers one they don't simply want to disseminate information no more than a parent just wants to disseminate information to their child their want they want their children to embrace that information they want that child to embrace the Savior they want that child to by the grace of God move from death unto life Peter says there for let all the house of Israel know assuredly Alexander said by the use of this phrase let it no suggest that all dispute is at an end that nothing now remains but to accept the only possible conclusion I quite like that look at what he says therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly sometimes we present the gospel and we talk about Jesus like it's contingent or it's a possibility or it may be took place or we're so feeble and we're so weak or meek and mild now I'm not suggesting you have to scream at everybody you have an encounter with the Brethren persons should know that you believe that this happened assuredly other words I'm not offering you a suggestion on how you may possibly better your life I am NOT suggesting that among men like Socrates and Plato and Aristotle there was a man named Jesus who could sort of dialogue with them and hold his own no you need to know assuredly that what I am saying to you is the absolute truth there is no other conclusion for you but to accept it there is no other option available for you than to receive it in this particular context and dare I say in ours the only possible outcome or the long only logical outcome for anybody hearing Peter or for hearing this sermon is to call on the name of the Lord this is what Peter says notice therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus both Lord and Christ whom you crucified there is a big contrast there between God and the murderers of Jesus he's already done this back in verses 23 and 24 you treated him this way but God raised him up what's that doing it's showing them their need it's demonstrating to them their sin as I mentioned earlier God's making Jesus both Lord and Christ does not infer or imply some sort of an adoption istic Christology he was always Lord and Christ I think the idea here is consistent with what we find in Romans 1 3 and 4 he was demonstrated to be the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead this son of David went into the tomb he was raised again the third day and that demonstrated that he was in fact the son of God with power as well it highlights that he's doing this according to his humanity according to his role as mediator the hypostatic union doesn't vanish it doesn't dissolve Christ will be seen by us in his humanity the flesh wasn't left remember when Jesus rose from the dead and Thomas sees him he says my Lord and my god prior to that Jesus says reach and touch 5 bleeding wounds he bears received on Calvary's that is the case that is true we will see him in that I want to say forum cuz it almost suggests some amalgamation that's not right we'll see him as he is and he is the two / are two natures and the one person forever that's what Peter means he's not saying that God the Father adopted him as his son and made him Lord and Christ in this context the verb make means that God has shown or established or brought about something by his action again romans 1 3 & 4 concerning his son Jesus Christ our Lord who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh and declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead he didn't make him this this demonstrated this affirmed this showed it forth but as well as we saw in Matthew 28 when Jesus says all authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me he's not speaking there as the second person of the Trinity I mean he is but he's not he's speaking about there with reference to his role as mediator the god man the one equipped by the father to serve as a prophet priest and King it's in that capacity it's in that state it's that dignity conferred upon him that he has all this authority of course is the second person of the Trinity he always had all authority in heaven and on earth but as the mediatorial King as the one enthroned at the right hand of the Father God has indeed made this one both Lord and Christ that's the gist and then notice the tax specifically you might have noticed that I read it a little bit differently it's literally therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus both Lord and Christ how does Peter and whom you crucified it might be a small switch it might be a small thing but I think that Peter as a preacher wants his hearers to suffer not suffer yea suffer conviction percent he wants them to be left with that it's interesting he ends on there sent the sermon is a great illustration of how sermons ought to be it begins and ends with Jesus right this Jesus this Jesus it involves the life of Jesus the death of Jesus the resurrection of Jesus Peter doesn't stand on the day of Pentecost and say let me share with you from my heart let me tell you some amusing anecdotes about the Holy Spirit let me sit down in front of you and just chill no no Peter stands up and he declares the truth concerning Jesus he lived he died he was raised the third day now you might say that seems right well today we're told that we can share the gospel through our actions no you can as virtuous as your life may be it does not communicate blood atonement on Golgotha it just doesn't you know that old piece of whatever that came from the past bad theology it said you know share the gospel at all times and when necessary use your words that's terrible you can only share the gospel with your words have you ever tried to illustrate through your life or virtue blood atonement at Golgotha you can't do it it is absolutely crucial that Christians think properly concerning the gospel now there's broader ways that that word is used Gospels refer to Matthew Mark Luke and John but the Gospel specifically is the message concerning Jesus with reference to his life death and resurrection the gospel isn't your feelings the gospel isn't your response the gospel certainly isn't your experience and the gospel is at your virtuous life the gospel is the message of Christ and him crucified Christ and him raised Christ and him alone for salvation that's the gospel and that's what Peter does but intriguingly Peter ends on their sin the Geneva Bible preserves the order well therefore let all the house of Israel know for a surety that God had made have made him both Lord and Christ this Jesus I say whom ye have crucified it's the last thing they hear and again I don't think it's any accident that in verse 37 they actually say must we do and what does Peter say he says call on the name of the Lord see Peter knows what he's doing as a gospel preacher it wasn't always good for you as an evangelistic methodology to have persons read the sermons in the book of Acts I mean that's the best specimen of gospel preaching you'll ever get yes give them Spurgeon sermons to be sure but better give them Peter sermons it's the inspired written word of God not suggesting that Spurgeon is heretical or bad but there is in the word the ability by the spirit to save sinners from their sins maybe give the max and Spurgeon just want to readjust myself there see Peters point wants to let them know that they have crucified the last thing they hear is what has already been stated in verse 23 in order to highlight their guilt and thus show them the need to do it verse 21 says whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved well brethren I want to bring home just three quick thoughts and then we'll close first the revelation of the glory of the Lord of verse 21 the revelation of the glory of the Lord of verse 21 whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved as I said Peters sermon begins and ends with Jesus as well we need to understand that the Father's purpose is all about Jesus salvation includes its true humanity salvation includes his life of obedience salvation includes his death and resurrection and exaltation it includes or God's plan includes all of those things why for the glory of God to be sure for the fulfillment to the execution or application of what's called the covenant of redemption but for us men and for our salvation why did Jesus come down from heaven for us men and for our salvation it's not beautiful that Christ went through this in accordance with the father's purpose and plan to save people like us I don't know if you ever do that you ever just wonder why is it that I'm going I mean I know in a doctrinal position all you know I'm convinced a reformed theology but why me you know 271 I think reveals that ethic or that sort of idea very well 271 in our in our Trinity hymnal and I think that the people of God probably entertained this thought once in a while says uh let me see while all our hearts and all our songs join to admire the feast each of us cry with thankful tongues Lord why was I a guest why was I made to hear thy voice and enter while there's room when thousands make a wretched choice and rather starve than come do you ever entertain that thought do you ever just say yeah and I'm going to heaven and I know it ain't because of me was it in God or what was it in me that God saw it wasn't in you he didn't look down the tunnel of time and say hey he's gonna do great things and so I'm gonna choose him no it's according to the purpose and plan and pleasure of God according to the purpose and plan and pleasure of God that Jesus Christ did what Jesus Christ did for us men and for our salvation and that in terms of the practical application of the benefits of the practical fruits rather of this what we'll call the current session that just refers to Christ ascended he's exalted to the right hand of the Father and he is currently in session he is currently reigning and ruling at the right hand of the Father or sinus says that since he who is our King our head our flash and brother sits at the right hand of the Father therefore he will grant unto us his members every good every good comes from Christ sitting at the right hand of the Father I would suggest first his continual intercession for us remember that Psalm 110 not only includes that statement in terms of the triumph of Jesus in psalm 110:1 but it also tells us that King that I don't I that song that Messiah that sits enthroned at the right hand the father also functions as what he functions as a priest he's a priest according to the order of Melchizedek according to Psalm 110 verse 4 this is drawn out in great detail in the book of Hebrews the book of Hebrews in men respect is like one great big sermon on Psalm 110 it shows us how it relates to Jesus is King Jesus as priest so when we consider the current session guess what Jesus is doing right now for you and I he's making intercession for us Hebrews 7:25 says he always lives to make intercession for us Romans 8 says he always makes intercession for us first John 2 what does John tell us my little children I write these things to you so that you may not sin Lord John's words in John first John or so that the people of God won't sin that's a noble cause isn't it it's a good thing John wants the people of God to be holy but John immediately continues and if anyone does sin I like to say John the idealist and John the realist not in terms of philosophy but in terms of practicality he's an idealist I'm writing to you so that you may not sin but that realism hits him right away but but if anyone does see it does he say they'll grovel up the mountain put ashes in your soup whip yourselves the way the Roman Catholic monks used to walk around and pout all day cuz that'll deal with your sin just show everybody if anyone has or if anyone does sin we have an advocate with the father even Jesus Christ the righteous is it that great news isn't that wonderful and glorious not so that I'll go out and sin but if I do sin i have an advocate with the father even Jesus Christ the righteous there's no sort of time frame in there I think the people of God get this in their heads while I sinned and I'm gonna confess my sin but I really need to feel bad for like 3 hours until I appreciate appropriate the grace of God I don't think that honors God any more than when you actually forgive your kids or your wife they walk around all sulky and mopey and you say why aren't you happy I forgave you you should be doing a jig be kicking up holy heels and praise and adoration should rejoice you see for the true believer the grace of God and the promise of continual forgiveness does not promote sin and license it promotes gratitude thankfulness and a frequency at the throne of grace pleading the advocacy of the Lord Jesus Christ as well with reference to the current session he gathers together and he preserves his church that's good news - because consider right now or better yet consider you know an hour and a half or two hours ago when we were reading several things concerning the persecuted church concerning persons in Africa say concerning persons in China say concerning persons all over this globe that aren't sitting in a welly well-equipped facility you know maybe a little warm maybe a little cool maybe a little bit a little bit of there's bigger problems out there than that Christ is gathering and building his church where there are eyes where there are persons where there are people where there is preaching where there are Bibles guess what Jesus doing is doing he's gathering he's building the promise of Matthew 16 which is hand in hand with the Davidic covenant the Davidic covenant is the promise of a son of God that would build a house for God that's what Matthew 16 is Peter confesses that Jesus Christ is the son of God and then Jesus says I will build my church that house of God so wherever persons are today Christ is building it's a beautiful thing never get discouraged or grow weary in this consideration thirdly we ought to appreciate the defense of the church against all her enemies now persons do violent things to the people of God Muslims do horrific things to the people of God unbelieving Jews that we see here in the book of Acts did terrible things to the people of God Roman Catholics have done terrible things to the Protestant people of God the a lot of hatred to the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ but guess who defends us it's one of his functions as rule and roles as Kings you know as a prophet he speaks to us the truth of God as a priest he he's offered up himself and he pleads his merits at the right hand and father and he's a king what does he do he rules over us and he defends us and then as well we ought to consider the destruction of all the enemies of the church now I think this kind of bothers Christians today you can't say that that's not politically correct you can't ever suggest that Jesus actually is gonna shatter heads Christian's need more songs they need more Psalm 24 they need more Psalm 110 they need more song - what's Jesus doing in Psalm 2 he's ruling over the nations with a rod of iron he's not giving love taps to the enemies with that rod of iron he's dashing them like a Potter's vessels listen to CH Spurgeon on Psalm 110 he says the monarch in terms of Christ must reign till all of his enemies are made his footstool he says the monarch of the greatest nation shall not be able to escape the sword of the Lord nor shall that dread spiritual Prince who rules over the children of disobedience be able to escape without a deadly wound he says Pope and priests must fall with Muhammad and other deceivers who are now heads of the people Jesus must reign and they must perish now it's probably at this place we're fearful that I'm gonna get dragged off and thrown into prison because you can't say that you most certainly can even if you have to go to prison for it brethren we affirm the truth of God's Holy Word under threat of whatever may happen Matthew Henry said Christ's sitting at the right hand of God pekes is much terror to his enemies as happiness to his people I love that and you know Spurgeon points out the Mon arts of you know enemy nations the Pope the priests Muhammad SAW the spirited works in the sons of disobedience we think about these enemies of the church as being false religion political threat what's the last enemy according to first Corinthians 15 that Jesus dfangs it's death it's death he defeats that enemy he destroys that enemy that foe that terrible foe that's what all the others you know that's what they try to inflict upon the people of God Christ not only deals with the agents who trying to inflict this on the people of God he actually destroys death itself that's what Christ is doing at the right hand of the Father and then as well I want you to look real quickly with me at verse 33 and I'm calling this point of application we've seen the revelation of the glory of the lord of verse 21 I want you to appreciate the manifestation of the majesty of the triune God notice in verse 33 therefore being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit he this is the son Jesus poured out this which you now see in here you see it's common among people to say well you know terney he's not in the Bible the trinny's right here in the Bible he's right there in Matthew 28 go therefore make disciples of all the nations baptizing them in the name singular of the triune God the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit but look at this particular passage therefore being exalted to the right hand of God having received from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit he poured out this which you now see and ear eternities all over the Bible he's got to see it and something that this tax shows us is that the works of God among men shine the light for us on who God is in himself not exactly and not not not I'm not exhaustively in other words what the economy of redemption teaches us shows us something true of who God is in and of himself in other words note the order that this text indicates it says the father sent the son it says that the son rather the father and the son send the spirit in this particular instance Jesus is the right hand of the Father he's the agent that pours out the Holy Spirit in John's Gospel Jesus says that he will send the spirit so you've got the father sending the son this father and son sending the Spirit this is how early trinitarianism developed that idea that the father is unbegotten the son is begotten and the spirit proceeds from the father and the son in other words what is true of God in terms of the way that he works is true of God or indicates or reflects for us something of who God is in himself the four century people in 5th century guys didn't just say you know I think these terms might you know serve the church well no it's rooted in the biblical text it's rooted in what God does among men the father sends the son the father sends the spirit the Father and the Son and the Spirit the father is unbegotten the son is begotten that doesn't mean he's made and the spirit proceeds from the father and the son it's texts like these that indicate that the son is exalted to the right hand of the father the son pours out that now that which you now see in here you see the Trinity is not an isolated teaching in the Council of Nicaea the Trinity is who God is and if you don't affirm the Trinity if you don't affirm who God is you will perish for sins this is absolutely crucial you can be different with me on eschatology you cannot give her on who God is he is one true and living God who exists eternally as Father Son and Holy Spirit and that father sent this son into this world and attends now the preaching of the gospel by the spirit to save sinners from their sins isn't that amazing that God who is this glorious and wondrous and Most High and excellent has come in the person of the son to rescue the likes of us you know I think at times we rescue things or we get things or we find things and you know we you know think about a rescue pet or a rescue dog or a rescue cat you know it's a good thing too to spare the lives of those little ones it's great to spare the lives of little humans to rescue them via adoption it's a noble thing isn't it get the rescue mission of the Son of God on behalf of sinners look at who we are we're worse than those mutts those cats because we're sinners and roba rebellious against our God and yet Christ came enable in order to save us from our sins so I would encourage you with what Peter says in verse 38 we'll investigate this more next week repent and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins as we'll notice next week this is Peter telling you to call on the name of the Lord believe the gospel hopefully you've been informed today consent concerning his humanity his life his death his resurrection his exaltation of the right hand of the Father but don't go away and perish in your sins do not continue in your sins do not continue in rebellion do not continue in rejection of him but rather call on him believe on him look to him and you will be saved it's a beautiful thing that Peter says in this passage repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for what for the remission of sins he doesn't say work harder try better get more moral than rather come to the Savior look to the Savior call upon the Savior and you will be saved well let us pray our Father we thank you for your word we thank you for your son the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior we ask that you would open hearts that you would cause the spirit to be at work here and elsewhere wherever this glorious gospel of Jesus Christ is proclaimed and we would pray that your word would run swiftly and be glorified and that multitudes from every tribe tongue people a nation would believe the gospel and I pray that for our own meeting here this morning may it be the case that sinners would call on the name of the Lord and be saved and we ask this through Christ our Lord amen well we'll close with a brief time of meditation and then be dismissed