“Truth for Truckers” *May 28, 2014* Psalm 118 “O
give thanks unto the LORD for He is good”
This somewhat lengthy Psalm begins and
ends with a very thorough statement of praise: “O give thanks unto the LORD for He is good: because His mercy endures
forever.” (v.1, 29) The Psalm is then divided up in a number of sections
highlighting numerous things that we must be thankful to the LORD for these
things which He has done.
But, in the midst of these different
sections is a prophecy concerning the Lord Jesus Christ: “The Stone which the builders refused is become the Head Stone of the
corner. This is the Lord’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes.” (v.22, 23)
The Lord Jesus Christ is “The Stone which
the builders [the Jews] refused”.
Jesus quoted this verse when
he was battling the chief priests and Pharisees concerning His identity: “Jesus said unto them, Did ye never read in
the Scriptures, The Stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the
Head of the corner: this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes?”
(Matthew 21:42)
Peter also told the rulers of the people,
and elders of Israel: “This is the Stone
which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the Head of the
corner. Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is no other name
under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:11, 12) Paul
too wrote along these same lines: “For
other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.” (I
Corinthians 3:11)
The Psalm, a thousand years before the
Lord Jesus arrived on planet earth gave this remarkable and miraculous prophecy
concerning how the Lord would be rejected and refused by the religious establishment
of the Jews, the people He came to minister to at His first Coming. Our God is
truly the only God who can tell the future in His precious Word.
Therefore,
Drivers, we must give thanks to Him for sending His Son to earth to suffer, die
and rise again for our sins!
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