Daily Devotional--9/14/2010

Acts 2:29-36

²⁹"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is here to this day. ³⁰But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne. ³¹Seeing what was ahead, he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to the grave, nor did his body see decay. ³²God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the fact. ³³Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. ³⁴For David did not ascend to heaven, and yet he said,
" 'The Lord said to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
³⁵until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet." '

³⁶"Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ."

Psalm 110:1-7

¹ The LORD says to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet."

² The LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;
you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

³ Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy majesty,
from the womb of the dawn
you will receive the dew of your youth.

⁴ The LORD has sworn
and will not change his mind:
"You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek."

⁵ The Lord is at your right hand;
he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

⁶ He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead
and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

⁷ He will drink from a brook beside the way;
therefore he will lift up his head.

In this excerpt from Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost, Peter is again addressing a predominately Jewish crowd regarding the identity of Jesus by appealing to David’s words in Psalm 110 and applying them to Jesus.

• What is the relationship between the first phrase in verse 33 and Peter’s quote from Psalm 110 in verse 34?
• How has Jesus’ resurrection and exaltation fulfilled Messianic pronouncements of Psalm 110?
• What connections between Psalm 110 & Acts 2 would you focus on in sharing the gospel with a person from a Jewish background?