KISS THE SON

Sunday Morning:  December 10, 2000

Text: Psalms 2:10-12  "Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. 11. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him."

LACK OF WISDOM

Psalms 2:1-3  "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3. Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us."

KISS OF WORSHIP

1 Kings 19:18  "Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him."

IDOLS

Hosea 13:2  "And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves."

RESPECT AND HONOR

Exodus 18:7  "And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent."

COMMITMENT

1 Samuel 10:1  "Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his (Saul) head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?"

SAMUEL MOURNED FOR SAUL

1 Samuel 15:35  "And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel."

1 Samuel 16:1  "And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons."

RESPECT

1 Kings 19:20  "And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?"

LOVE AND AFFECTION

Genesis 29:11  "And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept."

JACOB

Genesis 50:1  "And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.

JOSEPH

Genesis 45:15  "Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him."

RUTH AND ORPAH

Ruth 1:9  "The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept."

JONATHAN

1 Samuel 20:41  "And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded."

EPHESIAN ELDERS

Acts 20:37  "And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,"

ACCEPTANCE

Genesis 29:13  "And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things."

JOSEPH’S SONS

Genesis 48:10  "Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them."

THEY ARE MINE

Genesis 48:5  "And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine."

FORGIVENESS RECONCILIATION

Genesis 27:41  "And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob."

ESAU KISSED JACOB

Genesis 33:4  "And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."

THE PRODIGAL SON

Luke 15:20  "And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."

KISS OF GRATITUDE

Luke 7:44-47  "And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. 45. Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 46. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. 47. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little."

JUDAS KISS

Mark 14:44-45  "And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. 45. And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him."

WITH A KISS?

Luke 22:47-48  "And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. 48. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?"

KISS THE SON AND BRETHREN

1 Thessalonians 5:26  "Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss."

KISS OF LOVE

1 Peter 5:14  "Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen."

2 Corinthians 13:11-13  "Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect [joined together], be of good comfort [exhorted], be of one mind, live in peace (with one another); and the God of love and peace shall be with you. 12. Greet one another with an holy kiss. 13. All the saints salute you."