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“Why Do the Nations Rage?”
“Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed …” Psalm 2:1-2. The answer to the question: because it works! The world uses cancel culture and the very threat of rejection to control Christians today and keep the gospel message contained within the walls of our church buildings. But it was not always so …. In Acts 4, this passage is quoted by the believers who prayed for boldness in proclaiming the gospel after Peter and John had proclaimed to the very body that had condemned Jesus that no other name had been “given among men by which we must be saved.” Verse 3 of the Psalm calls for us to burst the world’s “bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” God laughs in derision at the weak world’s attempts to stop the ad-vance of His Kingdom because He has set His Anointed, His King on Zion, His holy hill. But do His subjects know this? Do they act as if they believe it? Or is it time for us to pray for boldness once again to proclaim the gospel as we take refuge in Him and not our buildings. Do you live like the world is powerless against Jesus?
