Psalm 15

Hey, welcome to coffee and devotions this Sunday evening. This is January 24th That's where you and I we get together. We get into God's Word and we grow in our love for the Lord together in this year 2021 We'll make it through all the wisdom literature. Well today we are at Psalm 15 and my best friend is here with me So why don't we go ahead and we'll have some we're gonna have tea tonight Olivia and I we have some tea work and we'll pray and we'll get into God's Word Let's pray.
Father, we thank you so much for this day. Thank you for the great blessing it is to get to come to your word tonight. We pray that you would let us rely on you. We pray that we would know who we are and who you are and what great love you have for us. In Jesus name. Amen. All right. What if I read verses one through three and you do four and five? Is that good? All right. A Psalm of David.
Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle? who may dwell in your holy hill, he who walks uprightly and works righteousness and speaks the truth in his heart, he who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend. and whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honors those who fear the Lord. He who swears to his own hurt and does not change. He who does not put out his money at usury, nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
All right, so this is a Psalm of David, but I have a question. Do you think David is talking about himself? I don't know. Yeah, right. This is a real difficult thing, you know, because David is writing, but yet he's carried by the Holy Spirit. And yeah, he might be thinking about himself. Maybe this is before his sin with Bathsheba, you know, his falling away from kind of any sense of self-righteousness he could possibly have. But what does he say?
Who is it who's allowed to dwell in God's house? He walks uprightly and in righteousness. You're my wife. Do I get to stand in God's temple then? Yeah. On my own righteousness? No. What? I'm not righteous? Not as enough for God. What? Man, I'm telling people brutal truth here tonight. Yeah, but right? He who walks uprightly and works righteousness and speaks truth in his heart. There's a reality here that, you know, if this is the standard, then who could possibly stand in God's temple? Could you? No. So who is this talking about then? Maybe Christ.
Yeah, I think it's ultimately speaking about Christ. I think that it's Jesus who walks uprightly. It's Jesus who works righteousness. It's Jesus who speaks truth in his heart. It's Jesus who does not backbite with his tongue. It's Jesus who did no evil to his neighbor. It's Jesus who does not take up a reproach against his friends. It's Jesus who ultimately fulfills all these things. He doesn't take a bribe against the innocent. Beyond loaning with usury, he gives grace freely as a gift.
So what would you underline in your Bible as the key verse that you would put here? Maybe two. Yeah, I like that one. I'm going to underline one and two. I like that. Well, now we get into the nitty-gritty calling. Does this give you any hope for your life? Yeah, if this is talking about Jesus. Yeah, if it's not talking about Jesus, does it give you any hope? No. This is one of the beautiful things about the Psalms. The Psalms point us to Christ. If we're honest with ourselves, it strips us of our self-righteousness. But let's think about Hebrews. What does the book of Hebrews call Jesus?
He's our high priest. And is he a sinful high priest like all the other high priests who have to go every single year? No. No. But he was tempted in every way like we are yet without sin. So what hope does that give you? That he's our perfect covering. Yeah, he's a perfect high priest. Perfect sacrifice. Yeah, better than just our priest, he's also our sacrifice. What does that do for you though? How does that look in your daily life? It gives me hope, peace, strength. Good. It gives hope, peace, and strength. Good. What about you?
In your life? knowing that you have such a great high priest who can sympathize with you in every way because he also suffered being tempted. Can you also have hope knowing that your righteous one is in heaven dwelling in the tabernacle? Why don't we go ahead and pray.
Father, we thank you so much for this day and we thank you for Jesus Christ. We thank you that he is righteous and walks in uprightness. Lord, we pray that you would let us fix our eyes upon Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, our priest, our sacrifice, our king, and our prophet. Give us hope, strength, and confidence in him. In Jesus' name, amen. May the Lord bless you today. May you fill your heart with joy and peace, and may you go to sleep resting in Jesus Christ. Bye.