WE WILL SET UP OUR BANNERS

Psalms 20:1-7

1 “May the LORD answer you when you are in distress

may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

2 May he send you help from the sanctuary and grant you

support from Zion.

3 May he remember all your sacrifice and accept your

burnt offerings.” Selah cont.

4 “May he give you the desire of your heart and make all

your plans succeed.

5 We will shout for joy when you are victorious and will

lift up our banners in the name of our God. May the

LORD grant all your requests.

6 Now I know that the LORD saves his anointed; he

answers him from his holy heaven with the saving

power of his right hand.

7 Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we

trust in the name of the LORD our God.”

“… WE WILL LIFT UP OUR

BANNER IN THE NAME OF OUR GOD.”

The word ‘Banner’ occurs only in this Psalm and in SONG OF SOLOMON 5:10, Where it is translated,

‘OUTSTANDING’ or ‘CHIEFEST’

“… THE CHIEFEST(THE BANNER)AMONG

TEN THOUSAND”

… It really means, “ The Standard Bearer

Among Ten Thousand.”

The Challenge for each of us is to rally around the standard bearer; the chiefest among ten thousand,

THE LIVING LORD HIMSELF

Historical records tell us that armies in the process of military campaigns always marched UNDER THE BANNER or STANDARD which represented their loyalty.

Francis Scott Key confirms the truth of the matter in the national anthem:

“ and the rockets red glare

the bombs bursting in air

gave proof through the night

that our flag was still there”

A flag; a standard; a banner can make the difference between a mighty advancing army and a confused, unorganized mob.

-Today’s masses are tossed about

by every wind and wave.

- A great need of this day is for

something in which people can

BELIEVE, a song the masses can

sing, a FLAG, a banner; which

they can follow.

• Let us set up our BANNER

• Let us establish our STANDARD

...By doing so we fulfill our mission by leading people out of confusion and darkness.

WHAT MUST OUR BANNER BE?

- “There’s a royal banner given for display to

the soldiers of the king.”

- As an ensign fair we lift it up today while as ransomed ones we sing

- Marching on, marching on for Christ count everything but loss

- And to crown Him king we’ll toil and sing beneath the banner of the cross.”

The hymn tells us that for the

Christian there is a banner for

display

- It is the….

BANNER OF THE CROSS OF

CHRIST

- It is the banner under which we

must live

It is the banner under which we must march into a lost world with the good news of salvation

“… in the name of our God, let us lift

our Banners.”

I. OUR BANNER MUST MARK OUR ALIGNMENT

- The banner, the flag; is used to identify who we are.

Throughout history, men have been identified by their banner or standard.

Men Choose Many Banners Under Which To Live

- The banner of..

POWER, WEALTH, POPULARITY, PRESTIGE

Psalms 20:7

“Some trust in chariots and some in horses,

but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.”

Our living, and all our glorying is in the …..

….CROSS OF JESUS

And its eternal meaning.

Galatians 6:14

“But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” (NKJV)

II. OUR BANNER IS A MARK OF OUR ALLEGIANCE

- Once we set up our banner, it must never suffer loss.

- Once we set up our standard which aligns us with Christ, it must always be honored.

If it marks our alignment….

… IT MUST MARK OUR ALLEGIANCE

Galatians 2:20

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer

live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the

body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved

me and gave himself for me.”

- We truly are marching under the

banner of the …..

.…CROSS

- We are to;

“PREACH CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED”

….lifting up our banner before a lost

and dying world.