The King We Need

LifePoint Church Chicopee

Psalm 2:1-12

Summary: There is an eternal difference between the King we need and the king we want. Thank God that He sent us Jesus Christ.

Psalm 2:1–12 (ESV)1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

4He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, 6“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”

7I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. 9You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

10Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. 11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

12Kiss 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.

1. There is a king that we want.

2. There is a conflict over the king.

Psalm 2:1–3 (ESV)1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, 3“Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.”

3. There is an answer from God.

Psalm 2:4-6. He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, 6“As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.”

Psalm 2:7-9. I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

8Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession. 9You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”

4. There is a warning to the world.

PSALM 2:10,11 Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

5. There is an invitation to all.

Psalm 2:12 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.