Today’s devotional was actually my Easter sermon, so it’s longer than usual. And the first minute of the sermon was lost. Here is the essence of that lost intro:

This Easter morning, I would like to address two questions. How did Jesus have so much confidence in his resurrection? And how can we have a similar confidence in ours?

First, let’s discuss how Jesus could have so much confidence in his resurrection. That he had confidence ought not be controversial. In Luke 9:21-22, for example, we see him predict, well in advance, that he would suffer, be killed, and on the third day be raised. In a similar way, Jesus predicted his resurrection many times. Even to the point that, in John, he states that he has authority not only to lay down his life, but also take it back up.

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Psalm 16 – Confident resurrection

• 1-3 : Commitment
• 4-8: Contentment
• 9-11: Confidence

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Psalm 15 – Who can live with God

• 1: Question
• 2-5a: Answer
  • 2: character
  • 3: conduct
  • 4: conviction
  • 5a: concern
• 5b: Conclusion – no-one can evict you

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Psalm 14 – The inspection of humanity

• 1: Rejection
• 2-3: Inspection
• 4-6: Interrogation
• 7: Salvation

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Psalm 13 – When there’s no end in sight

• 1-2: What we’d like to know
• 3-4: Why we’d like to know it
• 5-6: How Jesus handles not knowing

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Psalm 12 – Deliverance from deception

• 1-4: Deception
• 5-8: Reality

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Psalm 11 – Faith or flight?

• 1-3: Temptation to flee
• 4-7: Foundation of faith
  • 4a: God rules
  • 4b: God sees
  • 5-6: God judges
  • 7: God reveals

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Psalm 10 – Where is your justice? (Acrostic completed)

• 1: Theme question
• 2-11: The status quo
  • 2-6: Arrogance prospers
  • 7-11: Aggressiveness pays
• 12-15: The steadfast appeal
• 16-18: The strengthening confession

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Psalm 9 – Praise for Yahweh’s justice (ACROSTIC)

• 1-12: Praise
  • 1-4: Justice in the king’s own situation
  • 5-10: Justice in all the world
  • 11-12: Join in the praise
• 13-20: Request
  • 13-14: Be gracious so I might praise
  • 15-18: Continue justice among the nations
  • 19-20: Put men in their place

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Psalm 8 – Yahweh’s majestic glory revealed in the weakness of the ruling son of man

• 1, 9: Inclusio – Majesty of Yahweh in all the earth
• 2-8: Majesty revealed in two examples of weakness
  • 2: Mouths of children that silence the enemy
  • 3-8: Weak Son of man (lower than angels) crowned to rule

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Psalm 7: When you are falsely accused

• 1-2: Cry for deliverance
• 3-5: Claim of innocence
• 6-16: Call for judgment
  • 6: Arise, O Lord
  • 7-10: Future, final judgment
  • 11-16: Present, temporal judgment
• 17: Praise for Yahweh’s righteousness