The solution to the problem is in the cross where the
price of disobedience was paid and where perfect obedience to God was
demonstrated. Since Christ has fulfilled the demands of the Law, believers in
Christ are free from the curse of the Law as a means of finding favor with God.
The suggested Psalm emphasizes the excellence of God’s law the Lord requires.
Psalm 69:14-16; antiphon, Psalm 69:9—The Introit sets the theme
for the day: meeting the demands of the law.
Without the Lord by our side, there is nothing we can do but fall. Yet,
with the Lord, we are sustained and rescued, and we rise to new life rather
than sink.
The sufferings of Christ
were here particularly foretold, which proves the Scripture to be the word of
God; and how exactly these predictions were fulfilled in Jesus Christ, which
proves him to be the true Messiah. The vinegar and the gall given to him were a
faint emblem of that bitter cup which he drank up, that we might drink the cup
of salvation.
Whatever deep waters of affliction
or temptation we sink into, whatever floods of trouble or ungodly men seem
ready to overwhelm us, let us persevere in prayer to our Lord to save us.
Collect for Psalm 69: God our Father, you fulfilled the ancient
prophets in Christ’s Passover from death to life. Through the contemplation of
his healing wounds, make us zealous for your Church and grateful for your love;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.[1] 01 March 2021
[1] Collect for Psalm 69, For All the Saints, A Prayer book for and by the Church © 1995 The American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, Delhi, NY
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