This is the answer the world cannot provide - that God’s gracious purpose to extend mercy through his son Jesus, the Anointed One, to a restless and rebellious world brings the joy and deliverance the world desperately wants.Hearthstone had a meteoric rise in popularity, hitting more than 100 million total players in 2018. It culminates in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The psalmist speaks of deliverance that is echoed throughout the entire Bible. God will judge their rebellion against Him and His wrath will be fierce. While they dream and plan for a world of their own happiness, their attempts are futile because of their ignorance of God. Martyn Lloyd-Jones preaches through the text of Psalm 2 and Acts 4 to explain the vain and empty pursuits of those who purposefully rebel against God. But why? How do we account for the troubles that are common throughout history? Why do the nations rage? The story of humanity shows a restless world always searching for answers that never provide relief. Pain, suffering, and ultimately death are inescapable parts of life. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!ġWhy do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?ĢThe kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,ģLet us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from …ģLet us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.ĤHe that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.ĥThen shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.ĦYet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.ħI will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee.ĨAsk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.ĩThou shalt break them with a rod of iron thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.ġ0Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.ġ1Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.ġ2Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Let yourselves be instructed, you judges of the earth.ġ2Kiss the Son, that He not be angry and you perish on the way,
You shall shatter them like earthenware.’ ”
(ESV)Īgainst the L ord and against His Anointed, saying,Ħ“But as for Me, I have installed My Kingħ¶“I will announce the decree of the L ord:Ĩ‘Ask it of Me, and I will certainly give the nations as Your inheritance,Īnd the ends of the earth as Your possession.ĩ‘You shall break them with a rod of iron, Lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,īlessed are all who take refuge in him. He who sits in the … Why do the nations rageĪsk of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,Īnd the ends of the earth your possession.Īnd dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” Against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying,
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