It seems like most people today are anti-God and anti-Jesus. They will claim they believe in a god, somewhere, but most people follow a god of their own invention. Psalm 2 starts with the words, “Why do the nations rage?” The psalm goes on to tell of rulers plotting against God. Today I don’t think there are many people who shake their fist at the heavens and curse God. Yet by their very behavior it is clear they are raging against God.
Rulers in America have not given God a second thought, it seems, in decades. With the Supreme Court making same-sex-marriage mandatory and with politicians and leaders shouting “we won,” it is clear there is a contest or a fight going on. People today want to break the moral bondage of God’s standard. They want to do whatever their selfish, sinful, pleasures and desires tell them without any consequences.
The trouble is, verse 1 of Psalm 2 also asks the question, “why do they plot in vain.” Anyone who thinks they can do whatever they want is plotting in vain. As the years go by, people are becoming more and more immoral, in public. Sins that were hidden in the past are now celebrated. Because the police do not consider their actions criminal and because the Supreme Court has sanctioned their cause, people think they can do anything and everything with everyone and there will be no consequences.
I hear two thoughts on the idea of consequences. Many people believe that God exists and he is love. Because God is love, he will universally accept everyone into heaven. This is universalism and it is blasphemy. The second view is called the new Atheist view. God is ignored and people say they do not believe in him. Denying belief, they think, insulates them from any judgment that God may have. God will not hurt them if they don't believe in him.
The truth is, Everyone dies and when people die, they go to one of two places. Torment for those who do not actively pursue Christ and heaven for those whose name is written in the Book of Life. At the end of the age, those in torment stand before Christ and are judged on their life. Anyone whose name is not in the Book of Life is thrown into the Lake of Fire for all eternity, never to leave. So the stakes for this life are quite high.
Psalm 2 is a messianic psalm. When David wrote it 3,000 years ago he had no idea who Jesus Christ was, but he knew there was a redeemer and a sacrifice for sins. That redeemer is Jesus Christ. By no other name can people be saved. And so we all have a choice. The default choice, if nothing is done, is to die in your sins. The better choice is to accept Jesus Christ, gain eternal atonement for sins and live forever in glory.
Rulers in America have not given God a second thought, it seems, in decades. With the Supreme Court making same-sex-marriage mandatory and with politicians and leaders shouting “we won,” it is clear there is a contest or a fight going on. People today want to break the moral bondage of God’s standard. They want to do whatever their selfish, sinful, pleasures and desires tell them without any consequences. The trouble is, verse 1 of Psalm 2 also asks the question, “why do they plot in vain.” Anyone who thinks they can do whatever they want is plotting in vain. As the years go by, people are becoming more and more immoral, in public. Sins that were hidden in the past are now celebrated. Because the police do not consider their actions criminal and because the Supreme Court has sanctioned their cause, people think they can do anything and everything with everyone and there will be no consequences.
I hear two thoughts on the idea of consequences. Many people believe that God exists and he is love. Because God is love, he will universally accept everyone into heaven. This is universalism and it is blasphemy. The second view is called the new Atheist view. God is ignored and people say they do not believe in him. Denying belief, they think, insulates them from any judgment that God may have. God will not hurt them if they don't believe in him.
The truth is, Everyone dies and when people die, they go to one of two places. Torment for those who do not actively pursue Christ and heaven for those whose name is written in the Book of Life. At the end of the age, those in torment stand before Christ and are judged on their life. Anyone whose name is not in the Book of Life is thrown into the Lake of Fire for all eternity, never to leave. So the stakes for this life are quite high.
Psalm 2 is a messianic psalm. When David wrote it 3,000 years ago he had no idea who Jesus Christ was, but he knew there was a redeemer and a sacrifice for sins. That redeemer is Jesus Christ. By no other name can people be saved. And so we all have a choice. The default choice, if nothing is done, is to die in your sins. The better choice is to accept Jesus Christ, gain eternal atonement for sins and live forever in glory.
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