February 15, 2021 -- Psalm 2:7-12 -- Cast all mocking aside

I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
    and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
    and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”

10 Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
    be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
    and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son,
    lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
    for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 2:7-12 English Standard Version

What a perverse sense of right and wrong our world has right now. Today is “Family Day” in Canada. Stores are shut up tight. However, Sundays are truly the day for families. It is the day designated by the Father and Christ His Son for worship. Single or married, young or old, all are invited to be joined with the Family of God and glorify the Son. Yet, on Sundays stores are wide open so that people can bring their gifts to the altars of consumerism. Why does this matter? Psalm 2 is calling on kings and legislators, prime ministers and premiers, and all ‘ordinary Christians’ to be wise, not in the eyes of society, but to be wise in the eyes of the LORD.

There are two ways to “kiss the Son”—Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus with a kiss. It was the height of mocking and cursing. Yet, many Christians betray Jesus in the same way. They follow Jesus in public, but watch porn in private. They praise Jesus in church and curse out their sister in their hearts. Kissing the Son, paying merely lip service to Jesus, is not acceptable.

The believer is warned by these words! To kiss the Son in truth is to bring your life into conformity with His rule in public and private. It is to take refuge in Jesus while the storms of life rage and temptations assault you incessantly and you know, with trembling in your heart, unless the Spirit of God moves in and through you, sin will master you. To kiss the Son is to confess you sin and call out to Him, save me—fill me with Your Spirit so that my life public and private, free time and working time all flow together bringing honour and glory to the Father.

Your majesty is dreadful and great, LORD God of Heaven and Earth. Hear Your people as we confess the hollowness of our worship and the times we “do devotions” in order to check this off our list and then go and do the things our wayward hearts clamor for us to do thereby merely kissing the Son in mocking. Spirit of God apply the Word to us as the restraining grace of Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus, by the Spirit and His lightning illumination of the Word may our lives thunder in praise to God the Great and Glorious Judge. Bring many into real and deep fellowship with You, Father-Son-Holy Spirit One God blessed now and forevermore. Amen.

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