King of Glory (Psalm 24)

The Lord is holding the World in His Hands

Our sin disqualifies us from standing in the presence of God

Jesus Stands In God’s presence As our High Priest and Cleanses us

We ought to rejoice and celebrate Jesus, our King and High Priest

FCF: We are not worthy to enter in to God’s holy place, we are contaminated with sin.

CFC: Christ has ascended the hill, has entered the holy place, and has washed us clean so that we may follow him in.

Call: Lift up your heads and rejoice in the King of glory, Jesus Christ.

The Lord is magnificent and all-powerful (verses 1-2)

Who can possibly stand in his presence? We are unworthy (verses 3-6)

Jesus is the one who could and did stand before God for our sake. By his sacrifice for us, he has opened a way for us to join him. (verses 3-6)

Jesus is the King of glory, and we ought to celebrate him, our Redeemer, High Priest, and King.

THINK THROUGH

A tender way to introduce: How can I stand before God? How can I meet with him?

What are people struggling with? How does this affect their lives?

This world is ordered and founded by God (waters are chaos)

Struggling with getting right with God: You’ve tried, and you’ve failed. that hurts.

Think about really digging into the imagery

Three truths that sustain us:

this world belongs to God still, we are not in chaos

There is full blessing with the LORD through Christ

There is a King of Glory that is reigning, that is joyous

XR Passages:

Hebrews 9:1–14 ESV

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place. Behind the second curtain was a second section called the Most Holy Place, having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant. Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties, but into the second only the high priest goes, and he but once a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people. By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing (which is symbolic for the present age). According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper, but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation. But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

The Call:

Hebrews 10:19–25 ESV

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.