Scripture Reading: Psa. 15—16
Ⅰ
"Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You"—Psa. 16:1:
A
Christ took refuge in God and trusted in God's preservation.
B
The life the Lord Jesus lived on earth was a life of continually trusting in God; His life was a trusting life—1 Pet. 2:23; Luke 23:46.
Ⅱ
"I say to Jehovah, You are my Lord; / No good have I beyond You"—v. 2:
A
Christ took God as His Lord and had no good beyond God.
B
When the Lord Jesus was a man on earth, He always held the attitude of recognizing God the Father as His Lord.
C
The Lord Jesus had no pleasure or enjoyment other than God the Father.
Ⅲ
"As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent; / All my delight is in them"—v. 3:
A
The Lord Jesus loved God the Father, and He had His delight in the saints in God's kingdom.
B
The saints implies the church, the Body of Christ; Christ delights in the saints because they are the members who constitute His Body.
Ⅳ
"The sorrows of them who bartered for some other god will be multiplied; / Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, / Nor will I take up their names upon my lips"—v. 4.
Ⅴ
"Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; / You maintain my lot"—v. 5:
A
God is the portion of the inheritance and of the cup; inheritance refers to a possession; cup refers to enjoyment.
B
God the Father was the portion of the inheritance and of the cup to Christ as a man on earth; in His human living, God was His possession and enjoyment.
Ⅵ
"The measuring lines have fallen on pleasant places for me; / Indeed the inheritance is beautiful to me"—v. 6:
A
Christ chose nothing for Himself; He left His destiny and all the choices to His Father—Matt. 11:25-30.
B
He appreciated the possession given by God to Him under the measuring lines on pleasant places and the beautiful inheritance given to Him by God—Psa. 2:8; Rev. 11:15; cf. 2 Cor. 10:7-18.
Ⅶ
"I will bless Jehovah, who counsels me; / Indeed in the nights my inward parts instruct me"—v. 7:
A
The Lord Jesus denied Himself and received the Father's counsel, taking God the Father as His Counselor—Isa. 50:4.
B
The inward parts of Christ were one with God; when God counseled Him as a man, His inward parts instructed Him—cf. Phil. 1:8.
Ⅷ
"I have set Jehovah before me continually; / Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken"—v. 8:
A
Christ set God before Him continually, and He was not shaken, because God was at His right hand.
B
While the Lord Jesus was on earth, He was never alone, because the Father was always with Him—John 8:29.
Ⅸ
"Therefore my heart rejoices and my glory exults; / Even my flesh dwells securely"—v. 9:
A
In His death Christ's heart was rejoicing, and His glory, His spirit with His tongue, was exulting.
B
Christ was willing and happy to die for the accomplishment of God's economy.
C
The Lord Jesus rested physically in His burial, waiting to be resurrected.
Ⅹ
"For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, / Nor let Your Holy One see the pit"—v. 10:
A
God would not abandon Christ's soul to Sheol (Hades), nor let His body see corruption, decay.
B
Christ's soul would be raised up from Hades, and His physical body would be resurrected from the tomb—Acts 2:31.
Ⅺ
"You will make known to me the path of life"—v. 11a:
A
God would make known to Christ the path of life—resurrection.
B
In His incarnation Christ brought divinity into humanity; in His resurrection He brought humanity into divinity—John 1:14; Rom. 8:3; 1:2-4; Acts 13:33.
Ⅻ
"In Your presence is fullness of joy; / At Your right hand there are pleasures forever"—v. 11b:
A
Christ is in God's presence participating in fullness of joy; this indicates that Christ has ascended to the heavens for His attainments and His obtainments—Acts 1:11; Phil. 2:9-11.
B
In His ascension Christ is enjoying pleasures forever at God's right hand.
C
Christ is at the right hand of God in His ascension for the accomplishment of God's eternal economy concerning the church, the Body of Christ—Eph. 1:20-23.