Seeing Jesus Through The Eyes Of David Series

Alpha and Omega, Part 23

Seeing Jesus through the eyes of David

Psalm 22:1-31

Introduction

- Last week wrapped up part 1 of our Alpha and Omega series

-- CHALL: Do we live with the knowledge that God knows what He’s doing?

-- From creation to this moment, God has been preparing us for redemption

-- This is why the end of this series (next 6 mo.) is so pivotal

- FACT: What is to come? God’s wrath for humanity’s disobedience

-- Why? B/C His holiness demands it – yet His grace provides a way through it

- God’s grace, through His sacrifice of Jesus … is why we’ve unpacked all of this

-- It is the ultimate representation of love and forgiveness for our rebellion

-- From the first commitment (Gen 3:15) to Abraham, our redemption is promised

- Today, I want us to look at Psalm 22, and see Jesus through David’s eyes

-- I have taught on this before, but with a slightly different angle; lead up to Easter

- Handout: prophecies of Jesus to come – most of the major ones (for your review)

-- Crucial to see Jesus in scripture – He is the Revelation we need; the One to come

- See this … today is Father’s Day, and what an incredible Father we have!

- Psalm 22 is an amazing piece of scripture

-- It is written about 600 years before the birth of Christ

-- KEY: What I want us to see is that David is NOT talking about himself

- Rather, this is David revealing life of Jesus Christ … how can we be sure?

1. There are no records of David suffering like this Psalm depicts

2. The Psalm uses certain phrases that parallel Jesus’s suffering

3. The Psalm does not discuss David’s sin, or his desire to be forgiven

4. What this does do, is reveal to us one who is coming

- Let’s dive in … Read Psalm 22 / Pray

- In this Psalm, we see 5 critical points as David reveals to us the Christ

Point 1 – Jesus will be abandoned by God

- (v1) speaks of a rejection, a turning away of fellowship or companionship

-- David proclaims: “Why have you abandoned (or forsaken) me?”

-- Exact words that Christ said on the cross … written ~630 yrs. earlier

-- Matt 27:46, “ … Jesus called out “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?”

- And the silence comes from God is the response to his plea (v2a)

-- Get this: Silence was so that God’s wrath could be poured out

-- RE: Isaiah 53:10 “It was the LORD’s will to crush him & cause Him to suffer”

- God’s silence was unusual for Jesus b/c He had constant fellowship

-- Crying out “by day” represents time Jesus suffered, the scourging / humiliation

-- As time turned to “night” his suffering intensified, was alone and rejected

-- Even crying out in prayer brought no relief (v2b): ref: Jesus in the garden

- Consider: If Jesus would be abandoned by God, how can we endure? Know …

Point 2 – Jesus’s strength comes from God

- There is a strengthening of faith (v3) because of God’s holiness

-- God’s silence did not mean he vacated His authority; or forgot His servant

-- Silence was so that He could be separated from sin; for Jesus to take the Wrath

- Why? (v4-5) To demonstrate God’s ultimate plan for us

-- Just as Israel (ancestors) put their trust in God … so will the Messiah

-- IMP: David knew that God’s trust is what his ancestors demonstrated / taught

-- He repeats this promise, the same one that Abraham received and spoke of

- Jesus also knew this, and so he persevered to endure the cross

-- APP: Jesus’s trust in God would not end His shame; rather, it empowers Him

- TR: But even with God’s strength, there will still be the pain of denial …

Point 3 – Jesus’s rejection is delivered by God’s people

- We know that Jesus is to be rejected by people (reread v6)

-- Jesus would lament as an outcast; one that mankind had no use for

-- Isaiah 53:5, “He was despised and rejected, a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief, He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.”

-- Knowing this, He would see himself as one who was unacceptable or discarded

- He would be ridiculed by the people He came to save (v7-8)

-- Mocked (v7a) … consider the crowd’s reaction to Him to Calvary

-- Insulted (v7b-8) … they spit on Him, beat Him, ridiculed Him

- APP: People even mocked his claim and trust in God (did it at the cross) as well