You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
The apostles appeal to God's own promise through David: their requests are not presumptuous invention, but what God Himself has sworn to perform. The kingdom of Christ now stands, and though the whole world rage against it, all their efforts shall prove vain. Their godliness shows itself in caring less for their own necks than for the advancement of Christ's kingdom.
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No sooner were they freed than they returned to their own company, unswollen by the honor shown them, unafraid of threats. Christ's followers do best in company, provided it be their own company, seeking the public good rather than private comfort.
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Commenting on Acts 4:23-31
The apostles quote Psalm 2 as David's own work, and the ancient Jewish doctors themselves understood it to concern the Messiah. The whole Psalm belongs to Him: the vain attempts of earthly kings against Him, God's decree to make Him king despite their efforts, the nations as His inheritance, the worship and adoration He receives.
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