Victory In Jesus
Psalms 21
December 30, 2018
Tonight we return to our study of the Psalms
Where we are learning not only about the songs of the church,
But also of the very character of God Himself.
These are the songs of praise that He inspired.
These are the songs that He ordained we sing.
In their theology we find our theology
In their praise we find our praise
In their hope we find our hope
They are encouraging and uplifting
And extremely fulfilling in the life of the believer.
Tonight we come to this 21st Psalm.
If you pick up a commentary you’ll quickly realize that
Most (if not all) scholars link this Psalm to the previous one.
If you remember Psalm 20, we called it “A Prayer for Battle”
• Trouble had come to Israel and David must go and meet it.
• Before the battle David had entered the tent to offer sacrifices and request God’s favor for the upcoming battle.
• While David was on this inside the people gathered outside and began to pray that God would answer David and calm his spirit, and that God would accept him and his offering and ultimately grant him the request of his lips.
• When David emerged from the tent the people encouraged him that they indeed believed God would.
• David no doubt agreed as he confessed that when he went to battle he would not trust in his horses or his chariots but in God would give him the victory.
• And as David rode off the people again began to pray for God to save the king.
It was a Prayer for Battle.
We have called it a commissioning Psalm.
Most agree that Psalm 21 is the Psalm of David’s return after the battle.
It is a Psalm of victory
It is a Psalm of thanksgiving
It is a Psalm of gratitude
You have here David announcing that the great victory he just won
Had nothing to do with his own power,
But was in reality all due to the powerful hand of God.
And a quick reading of the Psalm brings that easily to light.
• (1) “in YOUR strength the king will be glad”
• (1) “in YOUR salvation how greatly he will rejoice”
• (2) “YOU have given him his heart’s desire”
• (2) “YOU have not withheld the request of his lips”
• (3) “YOU meet him with the blessings”
• (3) “YOU set a crown of fine gold on his head”
• (4) “YOU gave [life] to him”
• (5) “YOU place [splendor and majesty and glory] upon him”
• (6) “YOU make him most blessed”
• (6) “YOU make him joyful”
• (7) “through [YOUR] lovingkindness he will not be shake”
• (8) “YOUR hand”
• (8) “YOUR right hand”
• (9) “YOU will make”
• (9) “The LORD will swallow”
• (10) “YOU will destroy”
• (12) “YOU will turn them back”
• (13) “Be exalted, O LORD, in YOUR strength; We will sing and praise YOUR power”
It’s rather obvious isn’t it?
• David has returned from battle victorious,
• But he’s not about to take credit for a single aspect of the victory.
Before the battle he entreated that God would deliver him.
God did deliver him and David now gives God the credit and the glory.
God saved, and David is honoring God and rejoicing in that salvation.
And from a simple sense I think we can ALL IDENTIFY WITH THIS
And from that alone would find reasoning for singing this song.
Every salvation, every deliverance, every victory, every moment of endurance, every successful ministry – it’s all because of God.
Paul said it remarkably well in 2 Corinthians:
2 Corinthians 2:14 “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.”
Romans 8:37 “But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.”
1 Corinthians 15:57 “but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
It’s safe to say that “Victory in Jesus”
Is fitting song for the believer to sing.
None of us looks at the successes or victories in our life and assumes that it had anything to do with our strength or our intelligence.
• God did it for us
• God did it in us
• God did it through us
It was not us, it was him.
That is David’s heart here, and if we went no further
We could sing this song right now crediting God for all our victories.
But there is something else here in this song that I think must be noticed,
And in recognizing it, may thrust your praise even deeper this evening.
It is also obvious when reading this Psalm
That David writes it in the 3rd person.
He DOESN’T write, “in Your strength I will be glad, And in Your salvation how greatly I will rejoice!”
And we have to admit that this is a little peculiar.
Now, we could possibly back up and say, “Well that’s because David was teaching this song to the congregation and when they sang about his victories he wanted them to sing about how God delivered him.”
And I really am ok with that, especially in the first 7 verses.
But when we get to verses 8 through 12,
The Psalm shifts gears and takes on a different feel.
Verses 8-12 don’t look back with gratitude,
They look forward with confidence.
• Those 5 verses speak that every time this king goes to battle he will totally annihilate his foes.
• Those 5 verses promise that no one’s plot against this king will ever succeed.
They drive hard into the prophetic realm of promise and confidence.
Now maybe we can even push this to be about David’s life,
And say something to the effect that David will always be victorious.
(We could probably go there)
But then how will this song ever be sung after David’s death?
Could you really sing this song with regard to Jeroboam, or Ahab, or Manasseh?
So David writing this in the 3rd person
Does cause a little bit a question
If we think this Psalm is referring only to David or his sons.
But I think David wrote this Psalm in the 3rd person,
Not because he wanted the congregation to sing about him or his sons.
I think David wrote in the 3rd person because
When David was talking about “the king”
He wasn’t necessarily talking about himself.
I think this is a prophetic Psalm referring to “the king”;
The Messiah; the Christ; Jesus.
This Psalm has within in it a feel
Much like some of the other prophetic Psalms David wrote.
Remember Psalms 2?
Psalms 2:7-9 “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. ‘Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.'”
Remember Psalms 16?
Psalms 16:10 “For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.”
Or there is another big one that we haven’t come to yet.
Psalms 110:1 “The LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”
Regarding that Psalm Jesus even announced
That Psalms 110 wasn’t about David, but about Himself.
Matthew 22:41-46 “Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “The son of David.” He said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying, ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET”‘? “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?” No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question.”
Those were Psalms written by David about the King
But we quickly learned that they could not be about David.
They had to look past David to the Messiah
And that is why David wrote them in the 3rd.
I think Psalms 21 is of the same mold.
ON ONE HAND
• Sure it is a song of gratitude by David for the victory God had just granted.
• Sure it is a common song of gratitude by all believers for all the victories God grants.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND,
• It is actually a prophetic picture of the certain victory which God will grant the Messiah.
We need to read the Psalm in that light
And then we’ll talk about why you sing it now.
So let’s look at this Psalm and then I’ll remind you
Why you’re going to love that David spoke prophetically here.
First just look at the opening statement here.
(1) “O LORD, in Your strength the king will be glad, And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!”
Now someone might say, “Well this can’t be about Jesus because Jesus didn’t need to be saved, and therefore can’t rejoice in salvation.”
Are you sure?
• Salvation here doesn’t necessarily refer her to spiritual death and salvation in the sense that we refer to it today.
• Salvation can be any deliverance which God ordained on behalf of the Son.
• We can be speaking of any victory, any deliverance, any show of strength on Christ’s behalf.
And Christ most certainly received
A great victory from the hand of the Father.
We call it: THE RESURRECTION
It was this victory which Peter preached so boldly at Pentecost.
Remember Peter quoted from Psalms 16 about how God would not allow His anointed to undergo decay, and how this must be about Christ.
And then Peter went on:
Acts 2:29-36 “Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. “And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY. “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. “Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. “For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET.”‘ “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ — this Jesus whom you crucified.”
That is Peter speaking of Christ’s great victory after the battle.
• You attacked Him!
• You beat Him!
• You mocked Him!
• You crucified Him!
• But God raised Him from the dead and exalted Him!
• God gave Him the victory!
Romans 1:4 “[He] was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,”
That is what we are singing about here.
It is Christ’s victory; Christ’s resurrection.
Ultimately is David looking at all that God has done for Christ
And marveling at the exaltation that He has now received.
Let’s walk through these BENEFITS that are Christ’s.
#1 ANSWERED PRAYER
Psalms 21:2
“You have given him his heart’s desire, and You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah”
Again, don’t just think of this in a single instance
As when God answered David’s most recent prayer.
Think of this as though David were watching Christ
And acknowledging that God always answers Christ’s prayers.
Incidentally, Jesus attested to this on earth.
At the tomb of Lazarus:
John 11:41-42 “So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. “I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me.”
Simply put, Jesus doesn’t prayer prayers that don’t get answered.
God always grants His requests,
Because He always prays according to the will of God.
That reality is what makes chapters like John 17 so encouraging.
That great High Priestly prayer of Jesus where He prayed things like:
• “Holy Father keep them in Your name”
• “Sanctify them in the truth”
• “for those also who believe in Me through their word; that they may all be one”
• “I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am going so that they may see My glory”
Those aren’t wild hopes of Jesus.
Those are the requests of Jesus, and the Father always answers Him.
• Because Jesus prayed that we’d be kept, we are kept.
• Because Jesus prayed that we’d be sanctified, we are sanctified.
• Because Jesus prayed that we’d be one, we are one.
• Because Jesus prayed that we’d see His glory, we will see His glory.
God answers the prayers of His anointed, namely Christ.
And David rejoices in that.
You always grant His requests.
Answered Prayer
#2 GOOD THINGS
Psalms 21:3
Here David says, “For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of fine gold on his head.”
This is David marveling at the blessings which have fallen on Christ,
And he recounts that Christ has been given “good things”
Like “a crown of fine gold”
See it as authority…
See it as a reward…
See it as the spoils of war…
It doesn’t really matter, it’s just a general observation by David
As he stares at the future King and realizes that
God has showered “good things” upon Him.
And we read:
Matthew 11:27 “All things have been handed over to Me by My Father…”
We know what Psalms 84 teaches:
Psalms 84:11 “For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly.”
And we know that Christ alone has truly walked uprightly.
Therefore we have no difficulty in understanding that
God has not withheld one single good thing from Christ.
David is marveling at this.
Answered Prayer, Good Things
#3 ETERNAL LIFE
Psalms 21:4
“He asked life of You, You gave it to him, Length of days forever and ever.”
That of course cannot be about King David since David didn’t live forever.
But God raised Christ from the dead.
And Christ knew He would:
John 2:19-21 “Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?” But He was speaking of the temple of His body.”
Or consider:
Titus 1:2 “in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago,”
I remind you that the statement “long ages ago”
Is literally translated “before time began”
That means that before God ever said “Let there be light”
He made a promise of “eternal life”.
And the question we have to ask is, “To who?”
Well this was before creation.
• There were no angels, there were no humans,
• This can only be a promise from the Father to the Son.
“He asked life of You, You gave it him, Length of days forever and ever.”
David now rejoices that God’s Christ has not only received answered prayer, and all good things, but also that He has received eternal life.
#4 GLORY AND HONOR
Psalms 21:5
“His glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You place upon him.”
And we saw this on earth.
Matthew 3:16-17 “After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased.”
Matthew 17:5 “While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!”
We certainly were told it was coming in even greater degree.
Philippians 2:9-11 “For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
We’ve read Revelation 4 and 5 and heard the heavenly choirs giving blessing and honor and glory and power to the Lamb who was slain.
God poured upon Him the highest glory.
God poured upon Him the highest honor.
Answered Prayer, Good Things, Eternal Life, Glory and Honor
#5 GLADNESS IN YOUR PRESENCE
Psalms 21:6
“For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.”
The blessing referred to here is obviously the nearness of God.
Asaph said:
Psalms 73:25-28 “Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You. But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.”
Asaph understood the immeasurable blessing of the nearness of God.
David here announces that the Christ has received that blessing.
He has “gladness in Your presence.”
And what did Jesus tell us?
John 14:12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.”
John 14:28 “You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.”
John 16:10 “and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;”
Jesus would go to be exalted at God’s right hand.
• That’s what Peter said at Pentecost.
• Jesus has been exalted in God’s presence.
• The writer of Hebrews reminded that He sat down at the right hand of the majesty on High.
Now, those are the first 5 benefits that David recognized about the Christ.
• God answers His prayers
• God gives Him every good thing
• God granted Him eternal life
• God crowned Him with glory and honor
• God satisfied Him with the blessing of His presence
Those are big!
And then David takes 1 verse
To explain why the Christ received all these things.
(7) “For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken.”
To put it simply.
Christ trusts God, and God is loyal to Christ.
And we see that everywhere throughout the gospels.
One good verse here is:
John 8:28-29 “So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. “And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”
And we are reminded that the reason Christ received all those blessings
IS BECAUSE HE EARNED THEM.
• He earned the right for God to answer His every prayer.
• He earned the right for every good thing.
• He earned the right of eternal life
• He earned the right of glory and honor
• He earned the right of God’s presence
It’s not peculiar that He has those things, He earned them.
And then David gives ONE LAST BENEFIT that the King enjoys.
#6 VICTORY
Psalms 21:8-13
The first 7 verses of this Psalm is about a past victory; the resurrection.
But the rest of this Psalm is about a future victory; the Second Coming and the day He defeats all His foes.
And notice the confidence with which David sings about that victory.
(8) “Your hand will find out all your enemies; Your right hand will find out those who hate you.”
That is to say all Your enemies will be DISCOVERED.
They can’t hide.
Revelation 6:15-17 “Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; and they said to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
They may cry to the mountains and the rocks to fall on them
And hide them from Your presence, but they will not be able.
(9) “You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.”
Not only will Your enemies be discovered, but they will be DEVOURED
Revelation 14:9-11 “Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. “And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
Revelation 20:15 “And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
We have seen that anyone who takes the mark of the beast,
Or anyone whose name is not written in the Lamb’s book of life
Is thrown into the lake of fire.
Christ’s enemies will not escape, and they will not survive.
(10) “Their offspring You will destroy from the earth, And their descendants from among the sons of me.”
God will discover and devour all Christ’s enemies,
And then He will DESTROY their offspring.
Often times in the Kings we see that when a King was overthrown, they would also kill all of his children so that none of the survivors might hold a grudge and one day come back and challenge for the throne.
No such threat will remain against this king.
All of His enemies and all their offspring will be destroyed.
Satan and all his children will be destroyed
And Christ will reign unchallenged and supreme.
Revelation 19:20-21 “And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.”
(11-12) “Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed. For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces.”
All of His enemies and all of their plans will be DEFEATED
Revelation 20:7-10 “When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”
It’s just a strong reminder that the future victory also belongs to this King.
And so the Psalm rightly ends:
(13) “Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; We will sing and praise Your power.”
That is to say, when we look at the coming King
And see all that You have done for Him and all You will do for Him
We will rejoice and sing of Your power and Your salvation.
David loves what God has done and will do for this coming King.
Let’s makes sure we are clear now one the blessings that are Christ’s from God.
• God answers all His prayers
• God gives Him all good things
• God gives Him eternal life
• God gives Him glory and honor
• God gives Him the blessing of His presence
• God gives Him total and final victory
Can you see that?
• Do you agree that Christ has earned all those things?
• Do you agree that God will in fact give Him all these things?
Well then let me tell you WHY YOU SING this song.
Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,”
If I’m “in Christ” and Christ is receiving all of these benefits, then I am too!
That was really one of the main points of Paul’s letter to the Ephesians
To try and get them to understand all that was theirs in Christ.
Ephesians 1:18-19 “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.”
Ephesians 3:14-21 “For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen.”
That is Paul’s way of saying,
• I wish you could understand that blessings and benefits that are Christs.
• And I wish you could understand that in Him those blessings are yours.
Let me quickly get a little clearer.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US
GOD ANSWERS THE PRAYERS OF CHRIST.
John 14:13-14 “Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. “If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.”
John 15:16 “You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.”
John 16:23-24 “In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. “Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.”
GOD GIVES ALL GOOD THINGS TO CHRIST
Ephesians 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,”
GOD GIVES ETERNAL LIFE TO CHRIST
John 11:25-26 “Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 14:19 “After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.”
Romans 8:11 “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”
GOD GIVES CHRIST GLORY AND HONOR
Romans 8:16-17 “The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.”
2 Timothy 4:7-8 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
GOD GIVES THE SATISFACTION OF HIS PRESENCE TO CHRIST
Revelation 21:1-4 “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
GOD GIVES VICTORY TO CHRIST
1 Corinthians 15:55-57 “O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Do you see now why David is rejoicing in how God saved Christ?
Do you see now why we rejoice in this salvation?
Because in Him, these blessings
(that we have no doubt He deserves)
THESE BLESSINGS ARE ALSO OURS!
2 Corinthians 1:19-22 “For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us — by me and Silvanus and Timothy — was not yes and no, but is yes in Him. For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.”
SO
• Sing this song of victory!
• Rejoice in the benefits Christ has received!
• In Him, those are your blessings as well!