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 Now, please open your Bibles with me to Psalm 130 on page 624.

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! We're going to read the whole psalm.

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! Psalm 130.

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 Out of the depths, I cry to you, Lord.

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 Lord, hear my voice.

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 Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.

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 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

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 But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can with reverence serve you.

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 I wait for the Lord.

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 My whole being waits.

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 And in his word, I put my hope.

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 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

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 Israel, put your hope in the Lord.

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 For with the Lord is unfailing love, and with him is full redemption.

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 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

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 Amen.

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 This is God's word.

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 And you will have heard that powerful image.

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 We sang it in Psalm 140.

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 It begins here again.

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 It's the image, perhaps, of a person who has lost its sea,

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 and they feel like they're drowning.

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 Or they've fallen into quicksand.

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 And they're kicking and they're scrabbling, but it's only making things worse.

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 Or perhaps, think of someone who's fallen down a mine,

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 or some kind of deep pit,

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 and there's no way back up.

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 The image is vivid.

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 Somebody who's utterly hopeless and helpless.

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 With a sensation of going under.

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 Trapped.

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 Cannot get their footing.

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 Cannot find stability or security.

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 It's a powerful image, I think, many of us,

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 and many people in our world could identify with.

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 In our Psalm, we discover that for this songwriter,

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 the cause of his distress is that sense of guilt for sin.

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 He knows God is holy and he is impure.

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 That God is just and he deserves judgment.

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 And maybe some of us, we think about that image of being in the depths

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 and we relate to the Psalms' experience directly.

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 John Wesley.

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 Some of you have heard of John Wesley.

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 He was a famous preacher in the 18th century.

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 On May the 24th, 1738, he wasn't a Christian.

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 He visited St. Paul's Cathedral.

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 And the choir was singing Psalm 130, Lord from the depths.

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 And for John Wesley, in that moment, he said,

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 it mirrored his spiritual distress.

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 And that evening, he went to another church

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 and became a Christian listening to an introduction

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 to the book of Romans.

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 And I wish reminded him of God's grace for guilty sinners.

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 So that may be our relation to this image.

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 But the image, of course, works far more broadly.

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 That somebody can have absolutely no sense of guilt,

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 but can still feel a sense of total despair.

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 It could be that our circumstances,

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 it create that sensation that we are trapped

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 or we are drowning.

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 It may be that we are facing a particular challenge,

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 a particular kind of suffering.

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 Or maybe for many, that sense of feeling so hopeless

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 and in the depths is just because we feel ashamed.

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 Because we think there is a standard

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 that we should be reaching.

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 There are things that we should have achieved by now,

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 and we simply haven't.

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 It's not matching up to the world's standards

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 or even our own.

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 This is an image, I think,

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 that's big enough for all of our circumstances.

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 There's a Christian writer who was sharing

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 that when his mother-in-law was going through

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 an aggressive cancer treatment,

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 both his mother-in-law and himself,

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 they turned to Psalm 130 day after day

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 to find hope and comfort.

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 It's a wonderful psalm

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 because it's so honest and it's so hopeful.

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 The image of being in the depths

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 is broad enough for all of us to relate to.

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 And the message of hope in Psalm 130

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 is good news that we can all cling to.

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 Because we find even within the psalm

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 this steady climb towards assurance.

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 We go from the depths of despair

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 to hope and rejoicing in God's redemption.

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 The psalmist personally comes to discover

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 God's grace and goodness in his own life,

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 and by the end,

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 he's confidently inviting all Israel,

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 all the people of God,

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 into that experience.

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 So we're going to look at our psalm together,

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 and we're going to use that image

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 to frame our psalm.

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 So we begin in verses 1 and 2

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 in the depths that we find ourselves in.

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 Then verse 3 and 4 and verse 7 to 8

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 we're introduced to the rope

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 that we must grab hold of.

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 And finally in verses 5 and 6,

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 there's a climb that we each need to make.

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 So let's begin in the depths.

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 So we've said this is a vivid image

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 that's used in other psalms.

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 So we already sang Psalm 140

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 that reminds us,

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 God lifted me out of the slimy pit,

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 and he set my feet on a rock.

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 We could have gone to Psalm 69.

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 Listen to how Psalm 69 begins.

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 Save me, O God,

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 for the waters have come up to my neck.

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 I sink in the miry depths

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 where there is no foothold.

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 Some of God's people have related to this

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 in a very literal way.

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 Think of the prophet Jonah.

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 Remember what happens in the story of Jonah?

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 God tells him to go and preach,

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 and he turns,

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 and he wants to run away from God,

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 and he's thrown overboard,

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 and he's swallowed by a fish,

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 but he's also sinking to the depths.

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 And in chapter 2,

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 we find a prayer of Jonah,

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 which sounds very like a psalm,

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 where he confesses that sense

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 of going under and being trapped

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 and knowing God's rescue.

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 Most often, of course, it's a metaphor.

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 I feel as if I'm going under.

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 I feel as if in my life

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 I can't quite get my footing.

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 I sense that I'm all at sea

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 in a sea of trouble.

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 Out of the deck.

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 But notice,

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 there is a striking cry of faith here.

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 Out of the depths,

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 I cry to you,

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 Lord.

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 And notice,

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 Lord is written in capital letters,

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 and whenever we see that,

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 we are reminded,

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 this is God's personal name.

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 This is the name of the covenant God

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 of steadfast love.

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 And in his distress,

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 this singer turns

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 to his covenant God.

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 He has come to discover

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 in the depths.

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 There is no one else to cry to.

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 There is no one else to look to

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 for mercy.

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 But faith looks up

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 and cries,

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 Lord, have mercy on me,

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 a sinner.

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 Verse 3 reveals,

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 as we said,

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 the cause of his distress.

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 If you, Lord,

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 kept a record of sins,

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 who could stand?

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 God keeps the record

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 and invites us

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 to give an account

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 of our lives.

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 If the live stream feed

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 of your life

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 was played

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 before God

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 and we were invited

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 to answer for it,

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 each and every one of us

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 would be condemned

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 as guilty.

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 And in humility

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 and in need,

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 faith cries out,

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 not for justice,

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 but for the mercy of God,

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 his undeserved kindness

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 and forgiveness.

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 And this psalm reminds us

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 of something that maybe

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 we've come to know personally.

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 Sometimes it takes our lives

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 hitting rock bottom,

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 as it were,

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 before we look up

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 and cry to God

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 for mercy.

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 If you know the story

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 of John Newton,

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 who famously wrote

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 Amazing Grace,

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 that happened to him literally.

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 He was caught up

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 in one of those

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 huge Atlantic storms

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 that the boat

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 was taking in water

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 and was beginning

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 to go under

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 and it was at that point

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 that he cried out

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 to God for mercy

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 and for salvation.

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 Maybe you resonate

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 with that.

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 But most of the time,

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 if we are honest,

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 I think our instinct

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 when trouble hits,

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 maybe we find ourselves

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 in the depths,

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 often our instinct

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 and certainly the message

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 that we hear

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 from the world

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 is look inside

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 of yourself

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 for the answers,

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 for salvation.

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 One way that we saw this

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 in recent years

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 in wider society

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 was when COVID hit.

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 Do you remember

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 when COVID hit

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 and it felt like

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 the window was open

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 just a crack

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 and people were beginning

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 to seek for God

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 and lots of people

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 were tuning in

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 to online services

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 and reading Bibles

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 and it felt like

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 the window opened.

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 But then,

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 what by and large happened

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 is the window shut

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 because people decided,

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 oh, it's okay,

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 science has the answers.

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 We've got a vaccine

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 so everything is fine.

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 we tend to look inside

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 of ourselves

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 for the answers.

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 At the level of

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 our own individual lives,

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 we can often think,

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 well, I should be able

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 to handle this

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 so I will handle this.

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 I'm going to draw

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 on my own resources,

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 my own resilience,

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 maybe my own relationships

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 to get me out of

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 whatever depth

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 I happen to be in.

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 The problem,

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 of course,

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 comes

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 when we discover

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 that there are times

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 when we can't

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 and then we feel

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 that we're really drowning.

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 Drowning under that sense,

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 perhaps,

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 of I'm not achieving my goals.

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 I'm not climbing

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 the ladder of success.

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 I'm putting in

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 all this effort

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 but life doesn't seem

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 to be getting much better.

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 It's entirely possible

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 that you may be here today

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 and you don't feel

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 you have a sin problem

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 but you can still feel

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 worthless.

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 You can still feel

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 ashamed.

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 You can still feel

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 a sense of guilt

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 for not measuring up.

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 And you might find yourself

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 in the depths

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 but you don't know

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 where to turn.

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 Well, this is when

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 the message of Psalm 130,

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 it's where the message

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 of Christianity

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 becomes such good news

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 because it says to us,

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 relentlessly,

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 don't look inside

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 of yourself

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 but look outside

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 of yourself

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 for salvation.

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 This Psalm reminds us

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 to look away from self

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 and look in faith

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 to the Lord Jesus

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 to find mercy.

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 That's where hope

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 is found.

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 That's where rescue begins.

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 Sometimes being in the depths

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 can be a very

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 eye-opening experience.

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 A time of trouble

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 can make us reflect

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 on where our life

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 is heading

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 and our priorities.

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 Just return to the sea

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 for a moment

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 when a boat

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 is sinking.

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 What will a crew

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 do?

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 Well, they'll begin

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 trying to bail

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 out the water,

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 see if they can

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 equalize themselves

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 that way

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 but if that's not working,

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 everything will go

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 overboard

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 that represents

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 extra weight

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 that's just dragging

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 the boat

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 down.

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 Maybe it's when

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 we get into

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 the depths

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 that we discover

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 there are idols

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 that we cling to.

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 There are things

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 that we look to

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 for salvation

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 that we actually

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 need to let go of

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 because they will

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 not save us

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 and they're only

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 dragging us down.

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 And it's time

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 to turn instead

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 to the living God

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 for mercy.

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 Thomas Watson

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 the Puritan

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 said this,

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 he said,

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 faith can make

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 use of the waters

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 of affliction

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 to swim faster

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 to Christ.

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 Our trouble

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 can make us,

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 should make us

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 as Christians

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 certainly,

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 turn to Christ

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 for mercy

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 and salvation.

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 That's where

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 we're going to turn

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 next.

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 We're going to turn

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 secondly to the rope

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 that we must

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 grab hold of.

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 So think about

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 that image

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 that we began

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 within the depths.

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 There's one thing

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 whether we're

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 thinking about

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 the ocean

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 or quicksand

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 or a mine pit,

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 one thing is true.

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 If you're in

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 that situation

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 you need a rescuer

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 to come with

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 the right equipment.

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 So whether that's

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 you,

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 you need the coast guard

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 to throw out

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 a life belt

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 or whether you need

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 a friend on dry ground

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 to throw out

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 a solid branch

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 to drag you back

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 out of the quicksand,

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 whether you need

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 somebody with

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 the winch

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 and the rope

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 and the harness

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 to come and bring you up.

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 You need rescue,

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 you need the right equipment

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 and Psalm 130

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 describes both for us.

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 It describes

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 in a sense

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 the rope

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 that God

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 drops down

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 to us.

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 It's a rope

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 made of two strands.

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 We need

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 to cling hold

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 of two things

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 that God provides,

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 only God provides.

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 First of all,

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 a new record

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 and secondly,

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 a new

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 redeemer.

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 So look with me

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 at verses 3 and 4

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 and let's think

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 about a new record.

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 If you,

00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:25.679
 Lord,

00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:27.419
 kept a record of sins,

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 Lord,

00:14:27.740 --> 00:14:28.419
 who could stand?

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 But with you

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 there is forgiveness

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 so that we can

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 with reverence

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 serve you.

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 Now,

00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.000
 in case you hadn't noticed,

00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.279
 we are just

00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:39.740
 at the beginning

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 of Edinburgh Fringe

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 Festival season

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 and there are

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 hundreds of shows

00:14:44.680 --> 00:14:46.320
 available to watch

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 but I have not yet

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 seen one

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.259
 where the star

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 of the show

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 as his solo show

00:14:51.680 --> 00:14:52.700
 would put on

00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:53.940
 public display

00:14:53.940 --> 00:14:55.539
 all of their

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 deepest,

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 darkest

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 words,

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 thoughts,

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 actions

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 and desires.

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 Imagine if you

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 walked into that show.

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 Imagine how uncomfortable

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 it would be

00:15:05.700 --> 00:15:06.299
 in the audience.

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 Imagine how uncomfortable

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.519
 it would be

00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.419
 if you had to perform

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 in that show.

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 Psalm 130

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 is facing

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 the reality,

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 the knowledge

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 that God

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 sees

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 everything

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 and so he's very honest

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 and he says

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 if God kept a record,

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 if God kept a watch

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 over every single

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 detail of my life

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 and if he was to

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 hold me

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 account

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 for those,

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 if he wrote it down

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 as public record

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 and I had to answer

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 for those,

00:15:41.259 --> 00:15:42.019
 knowing God

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 is holy

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 and pure

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.519
 and he hates sin,

00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.019
 any lack of love,

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.679
 any pride,

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.259
 any anger,

00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:50.120
 any lies,

00:15:50.939 --> 00:15:52.699
 who could stand?

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 This is why

00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.799
 he's in the depths.

00:15:56.439 --> 00:15:57.220
 He knows his guilt

00:15:57.220 --> 00:15:58.059
 before God

00:15:58.059 --> 00:16:00.799
 and truly

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 we would all be law

00:16:01.879 --> 00:16:04.120
 for the ways

00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:04.740
 that we have treated

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.419
 one another,

00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:07.579
 for the ways

00:16:07.579 --> 00:16:07.979
 that we've treated

00:16:07.979 --> 00:16:08.819
 God himself.

00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.360
 But then there's

00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:11.919
 that wonderful

00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.000
 verse 4,

00:16:13.339 --> 00:16:15.279
 but with you,

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.120
 Lord,

00:16:16.939 --> 00:16:17.899
 there is

00:16:17.899 --> 00:16:18.899
 forgiveness.

00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:20.819
 That God

00:16:20.819 --> 00:16:21.620
 has made

00:16:21.620 --> 00:16:22.179
 provision

00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:23.240
 to meet

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.019
 the problem

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.959
 of human need,

00:16:25.059 --> 00:16:25.740
 that sin

00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:27.019
 that destroys

00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.860
 relationships

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.740
 that ruins

00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.959
 God's created

00:16:29.959 --> 00:16:30.799
 order.

00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:32.759
 It's this

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.099
 wonderful explosion

00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:35.000
 of God's

00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:36.220
 undeserved

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:37.659
 grace.

00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:39.700
 We saw

00:16:39.700 --> 00:16:40.259
 something of the

00:16:40.259 --> 00:16:41.040
 same gospel

00:16:41.040 --> 00:16:41.659
 contrast

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.620
 in the book

00:16:42.620 --> 00:16:43.120
 of Romans.

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.860
 Let me remind

00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:44.800
 you of

00:16:44.800 --> 00:16:45.680
 verses 23

00:16:45.680 --> 00:16:46.279
 and 24

00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:47.340
 of Romans 3.

00:16:48.100 --> 00:16:48.840
 Verse 23,

00:16:49.040 --> 00:16:50.420
 all have sinned

00:16:50.420 --> 00:16:51.940
 and fall short

00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:52.940
 of God's glory.

00:16:53.060 --> 00:16:53.540
 So there's

00:16:53.540 --> 00:16:54.720
 the depths.

00:16:56.420 --> 00:16:57.639
 And all

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.860
 are justified

00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.560
 freely

00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:01.040
 by his grace

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:01.980
 through the

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.519
 redemption

00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:03.279
 that came

00:17:03.279 --> 00:17:04.180
 by Jesus

00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.579
 Christ.

00:17:04.680 --> 00:17:05.119
 So there's

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.539
 the rope,

00:17:05.659 --> 00:17:05.960
 there's

00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:06.460
 the new

00:17:06.460 --> 00:17:07.379
 record.

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.779
 How can

00:17:07.779 --> 00:17:08.319
 we have

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.500
 this new

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:10.180
 record?

00:17:10.299 --> 00:17:10.420
 Well,

00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:10.720
 the Bible

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.240
 tells us

00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:11.720
 it's only

00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.200
 through

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:13.000
 Jesus.

00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.559
 Because

00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.420
 Jesus came

00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:16.339
 on a mission

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:17.299
 to become

00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.920
 one of us,

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:18.639
 ultimately to

00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.299
 take our

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:20.420
 record of

00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:20.759
 debt,

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.519
 all our

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.119
 wrongdoings,

00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:22.720
 and to pay

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.799
 that price

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.500
 in full,

00:17:24.659 --> 00:17:25.279
 and in

00:17:25.279 --> 00:17:26.180
 exchange to

00:17:26.180 --> 00:17:26.559
 give us

00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:27.859
 his record

00:17:27.859 --> 00:17:28.939
 of perfect

00:17:28.939 --> 00:17:29.759
 righteousness.

00:17:30.639 --> 00:17:31.619
 So that by

00:17:31.619 --> 00:17:32.359
 faith in

00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.740
 Jesus,

00:17:32.919 --> 00:17:33.319
 you and I

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.299
 can stand

00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:36.339
 because of

00:17:36.339 --> 00:17:37.059
 God's grace

00:17:37.059 --> 00:17:38.399
 shown to us

00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:39.139
 through the

00:17:39.139 --> 00:17:39.839
 sacrifice of

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.740
 Jesus at

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.379
 the cross.

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.379
 And so

00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:43.799
 faith takes

00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.959
 hold of

00:17:44.959 --> 00:17:46.019
 Jesus and

00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.519
 that new

00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.179
 record that

00:17:47.179 --> 00:17:47.819
 he provides.

00:17:48.939 --> 00:17:50.199
 Because God

00:17:50.199 --> 00:17:50.959
 now deals

00:17:50.959 --> 00:17:51.559
 with us

00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.259
 and our

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.779
 sin

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:54.039
 according

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.799
 to his

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.579
 steadfast love

00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.059
 and mercy

00:17:57.059 --> 00:17:57.899
 towards us

00:17:57.899 --> 00:17:58.599
 in Jesus.

00:17:59.259 --> 00:17:59.839
 He doesn't

00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.319
 deal with us

00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.899
 according to

00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.379
 our sin

00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:01.879
 anymore.

00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:03.399
 He deals

00:18:03.399 --> 00:18:03.879
 with us

00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:05.779
 according to

00:18:05.779 --> 00:18:07.259
 his love

00:18:07.259 --> 00:18:07.539
 and his

00:18:07.539 --> 00:18:07.940
 mercy

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.879
 in Jesus.

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:11.980
 And that

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.339
 can make

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:12.759
 such a

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.200
 profound

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.759
 difference

00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:14.200
 to how

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:14.919
 we live.

00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:16.519
 As we

00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.079
 understand

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:18.200
 that God's

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.659
 eyes are

00:18:18.659 --> 00:18:19.119
 the only

00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.740
 eyes that

00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:20.240
 matter,

00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:21.740
 and that

00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.279
 when God

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:22.919
 looks on

00:18:22.919 --> 00:18:23.279
 us,

00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.099
 he looks

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.460
 on us

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.179
 with love.

00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:26.539
 Not seeing

00:18:26.539 --> 00:18:26.819
 us in

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:27.240
 our sin,

00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.779
 but seeing

00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.420
 us in

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 his son.

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 And he

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 loves us

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 fully and

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 completely.

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 So now it's

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 no longer

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 what other

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 people think

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 of me that

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 matters.

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 Now it's

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 not even

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 what I

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 think of

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 myself that

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 matters.

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 Now it's

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 what God

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 says of

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 me.

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 That's what

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 counts.

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 And when we

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 are justified,

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 when we are

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 declared righteous,

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 that's where we

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 find the

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 secure

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 foothold.

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 That's where

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 we find

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 stability for

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 life, even

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 in the

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.000
 depths.

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 It's in

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 God's

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 steadfast

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 love.

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 So that's

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 the first

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 strand, a

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 new record.

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 The second

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 strand is

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 this.

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 We need

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 to cling

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 on to

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 a new

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 redeemer.

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 Look with

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 me at

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 verses 7

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 and 8,

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 and you

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 hear some

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 very focused

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 and very

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 emphatic

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 language.

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 Israel, put

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 your hope

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 in the

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 Lord, for

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 with the

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 Lord is

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 unfailing

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 love, and

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 with him

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 is full

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 redemption.

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 He

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 himself

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 will

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 redeem

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 Israel from

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 all their

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 sins.

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 Hear the

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 emphasis.

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 He wants

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 us to

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 hear the

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 only

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 redeemer

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 is the

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 Lord God,

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 and he

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 himself has

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 promised he

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 will redeem

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 his people

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 from all

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 of their

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 sins.

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 Now, why

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 does that

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 emphasis

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 matter?

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 Here's one

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 reason it

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 matters, because

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 God's people

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 are often

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 prone to

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 forget.

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 It was

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 absolutely the

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 case for

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 Old Testament

00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:07.620
 Israel.

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 Think about

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 the amazing

00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.500
 privileges they

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 had.

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 You know, God

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.720
 had acted in

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 such power to

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 save them from

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 slavery.

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 God gave

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 them such

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 wonderful

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 promises to

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 be their

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 God, that

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 they would be

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 his people.

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 They enjoyed

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 his presence.

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 They saw

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 his shining

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 cloud of

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 glory.

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 He lived

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 among them.

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 They witnessed

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 his miracles,

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 but time and

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 time and

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.339
 time again,

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 they chose

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 idols.

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 They chose

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 other nations

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 to be their

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 allies in

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 war that they

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 would trust

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 in.

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 They forgot

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 God was

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:42.839
 their

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.220
 redeemer.

00:20:46.139 --> 00:20:46.700
 As

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 Christians,

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 we might

00:20:49.420 --> 00:20:51.200
 say, I

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.039
 trust in

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.800
 Jesus as

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 Savior, but

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 when it

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.320
 comes down

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 to it, we

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 might find

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 ourselves

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 looking to

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.900
 our work

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:03.019
 perhaps, a

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.880
 relationship,

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:06.259
 our money,

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.180
 to be our

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 rescuer.

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 That's where

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.640
 we instinctively

00:21:11.640 --> 00:21:13.200
 turn to fix

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.900
 what's broken,

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 to give us the

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 sense of life

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 and joy.

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 And so

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 even as

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 Christians, we

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.620
 can find

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 ourselves utterly

00:21:20.400 --> 00:21:21.800
 crushed if

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 we miss a

00:21:22.300 --> 00:21:22.900
 promotion or

00:21:22.900 --> 00:21:23.660
 if we don't

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.420
 get recognition,

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 if our

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 relationship

00:21:26.020 --> 00:21:27.000
 fails, or

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.620
 if someone

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:28.680
 else sees

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:30.000
 our flaws.

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 Now, why

00:21:32.040 --> 00:21:32.700
 is that?

00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:34.880
 Could it

00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:37.560
 be that we

00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:38.200
 so easily

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.800
 turn to

00:21:38.800 --> 00:21:39.280
 trust in

00:21:39.280 --> 00:21:39.540
 other

00:21:39.540 --> 00:21:40.040
 redeemers

00:21:40.040 --> 00:21:40.880
 besides Jesus

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.440
 alone?

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:43.500
 And so

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.320
 Psalm 130

00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:45.240
 invites us to

00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.359
 reflect, is

00:21:46.359 --> 00:21:47.599
 all my

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.640
 hope in

00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.120
 the Lord

00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.599
 Jesus

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.480
 alone?

00:21:51.420 --> 00:21:52.039
 Will I

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.859
 place all

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.859
 my weight

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.799
 on this

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.400
 rope?

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.220
 Do I

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.460
 trust His

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:58.180
 word, His

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:59.339
 promise, His

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.980
 salvation?

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:02.220
 So one

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.779
 reason for the

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.960
 emphasis is

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.559
 that we're

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.000
 prone to

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.359
 forget.

00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.480
 The second

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.980
 reason for

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:07.519
 the emphasis

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:09.700
 is that the

00:22:09.700 --> 00:22:10.579
 new Redeemer

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.380
 who's promised

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:12.980
 is the

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.500
 Lord

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.120
 Himself.

00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:16.079
 prophecy

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.420
 there's

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.220
 an element

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.259
 of prophecy

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:18.799
 here.

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.059
 And what

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.599
 the singer

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.400
 is seeing

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.519
 in shadow,

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:24.299
 we see in

00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:24.819
 the full

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.240
 light of

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.359
 day, in

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.779
 the coming

00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.299
 of Jesus.

00:22:28.099 --> 00:22:28.640
 Because with

00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.000
 the coming

00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.519
 of Jesus,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.420
 what do we

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.640
 have?

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.059
 We have the

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.680
 Lord Himself,

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.420
 the eternal

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.319
 Son of God,

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.279
 becoming one

00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:34.660
 of us.

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.960
 And why does

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.480
 He become one

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.779
 of us?

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.559
 So that He

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:39.120
 Himself can

00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.720
 redeem us.

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:41.059
 So He

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.620
 takes on

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.620
 human flesh

00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.299
 so that He

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:43.900
 can bear

00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:45.600
 our human

00:22:45.600 --> 00:22:46.059
 sin.

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.519
 So that He

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:48.539
 can act for

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.440
 us to secure

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:50.299
 our redemption.

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.039
 So the

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.720
 Lord Jesus,

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.240
 He left the

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.700
 glory of

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:56.680
 heaven and

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.019
 He came

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.539
 down into

00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:58.120
 the depths.

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.420
 Into the

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.200
 depths of

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:05.160
 suffering and

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.120
 forsaken

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:08.619
 and enduring

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.559
 God's wrath

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.059
 on our

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:12.279
 behalf to

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.779
 raise us

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.759
 up to

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.319
 life with

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.759
 God.

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.519
 And so He

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:17.279
 is the rope

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.000
 we must grab

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.939
 hold of by

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:19.319
 faith.

00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.319
 There is no

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.519
 other way

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:22.719
 back to

00:23:22.719 --> 00:23:23.479
 God and

00:23:23.479 --> 00:23:23.919
 to life.

00:23:24.479 --> 00:23:25.000
 So we've

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.259
 seen the

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.899
 depths, we've

00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:26.199
 seen the

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:26.359
 rope.

00:23:26.459 --> 00:23:27.099
 Very briefly,

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.239
 let's think

00:23:28.239 --> 00:23:28.699
 about the

00:23:28.699 --> 00:23:28.979
 claim.

00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:29.659
 And the

00:23:29.659 --> 00:23:30.299
 surprise about

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.919
 the claim,

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.279
 so when you

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:33.619
 think about

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.219
 claiming, you

00:23:34.219 --> 00:23:34.679
 think about

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.179
 action.

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.160
 And so you

00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:36.700
 might expect

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.200
 an active

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.539
 word.

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.180
 But look

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.620
 with me at

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.480
 verses 5 and

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.860
 6.

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.840
 This is an

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.680
 active word,

00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:42.560
 but it kind

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:42.860
 of sounds

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.460
 passive as

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:43.720
 well.

00:23:44.060 --> 00:23:44.940
 I wait

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.360
 for the

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.680
 Lord.

00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.240
 My whole

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.340
 being waits,

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.680
 and in

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.600
 His word I

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.160
 put my

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.539
 hope.

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:53.060
 I wait

00:23:53.060 --> 00:23:53.460
 for the

00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.880
 Lord.

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.860
 More than

00:23:54.860 --> 00:23:55.680
 watchmen wait

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:55.960
 for the

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.299
 morning,

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.460
 more than

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.960
 watchmen wait

00:23:58.960 --> 00:24:00.400
 for the

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:00.740
 morning.

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:01.360
 And this is

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.060
 such a helpful

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.860
 word because

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.500
 it, again,

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:04.120
 is reminding

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.600
 us we need

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.120
 to look out

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:06.119
 inside ourselves

00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:06.959
 for salvation.

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.399
 Faith waits,

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.679
 faith trusts

00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.839
 in God.

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 And it also

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.779
 reminds us that

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 this is a

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.799
 process.

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 This is a

00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.439
 long and

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:17.619
 steady claim

00:24:17.619 --> 00:24:18.500
 of trusting

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 in Jesus

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 day by

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 day.

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 There's a

00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:23.779
 new image

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 in verse

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 6.

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 So the

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.219
 psalm pictures

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 the watchmen

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 of the city.

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 So picture

00:24:30.059 --> 00:24:30.759
 them either

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 stationed at

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 the gates or

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 maybe on the

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 city walls,

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 and it's

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 pitch black

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 and they're

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 there all

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 night.

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 And they're

00:24:38.299 --> 00:24:38.839
 checking to

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 see if there's

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 enemies,

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 they're checking

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 to see if

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 there's any

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 danger.

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 And when

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 they see

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 dawn,

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 there is

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.940
 relief,

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 there is

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.960
 rest for

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 them.

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 The night

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.940
 was long,

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 but the

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:53.659
 morning

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.099
 come.

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 Even more

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 so, the

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:57.519
 psalmist

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.759
 says,

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.799
 the Christian

00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.879
 waits on

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 the Lord

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 sometimes,

00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.280
 maybe often

00:25:02.280 --> 00:25:02.660
 in the

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.100
 darkness,

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 but knowing

00:25:04.100 --> 00:25:04.700
 the light

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 will dawn.

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 Mercy

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 comes in

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 the morning.

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 And so

00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:13.040
 we wait

00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:14.620
 patiently.

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.520
 I wait,

00:25:16.780 --> 00:25:17.460
 notice this,

00:25:17.540 --> 00:25:18.380
 I wait for

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.400
 the Lord.

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.040
 The longing

00:25:21.040 --> 00:25:21.780
 isn't just,

00:25:22.100 --> 00:25:22.820
 I really want

00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.260
 to get out of

00:25:23.260 --> 00:25:23.720
 this trouble

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.340
 in this dark

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.960
 situation.

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.880
 The longing

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:26.579
 is for

00:25:26.579 --> 00:25:27.140
 God

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:27.860
 himself.

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.779
 So this

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.460
 waiting is

00:25:30.460 --> 00:25:31.100
 active because

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.600
 it's also

00:25:31.600 --> 00:25:32.079
 worship.

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:34.059
 We're told

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.740
 to wait

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:36.680
 expectantly.

00:25:37.600 --> 00:25:38.000
 My whole

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.000
 being waits

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.480
 and in his

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.840
 word I put

00:25:40.840 --> 00:25:42.480
 my hope.

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.500
 I know

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:46.319
 he will

00:25:46.319 --> 00:25:46.920
 be faithful

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:47.319
 to his

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.640
 promise.

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.000
 I know

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:49.600
 that day

00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:51.100
 will break,

00:25:51.380 --> 00:25:51.980
 that darkness

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.980
 will give

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.779
 way to

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.100
 light.

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:56.000
 And we

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.740
 wait together.

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.200
 We wait

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:58.880
 corporately.

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.340
 Israel,

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.680
 notice he

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.259
 summons the

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.640
 whole people

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:02.980
 of God.

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:03.500
 Israel,

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.480
 put your

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.799
 hope in

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.539
 the Lord.

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.120
 So there's

00:26:07.120 --> 00:26:07.700
 this powerful

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.279
 picture of

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.700
 the whole

00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.319
 church

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.160
 locked

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.660
 together,

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.380
 summoned

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.259
 together

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.720
 to wait

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.660
 with faith

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.319
 on the

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.019
 God of

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.860
 unfailing

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:18.100
 love and

00:26:18.100 --> 00:26:18.720
 full

00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.720
 redemption.

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.740
 And so

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.240
 we find

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.460
 good news

00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:25.660
 even in

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.940
 the depths

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.579
 of sin,

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.860
 of suffering,

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.980
 of shame.

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.140
 There is

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.559
 good news

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:33.299
 because God

00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.880
 in Christ

00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.539
 is ready to

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:34.960
 meet us

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.240
 there.

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.740
 There is

00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.140
 good news

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.600
 because the

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.200
 Lord Jesus

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.100
 promises a

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.799
 new record

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.819
 and to be

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.480
 our new

00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.100
 and true

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:42.640
 redeemer.

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.019
 So that you

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.640
 and I can

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.380
 live day

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.160
 by day

00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.180
 waiting with

00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:48.400
 hope in

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.200
 God's mercy

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:50.559
 and God's

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:50.900
 love.

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.019
 So let's

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.819
 pray and

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.460
 give thanks

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:54.880
 to God

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.279
 together.

00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.460
 Lord,

00:26:57.580 --> 00:26:58.100
 we thank

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.360
 you.

00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:58.860
 Thank you

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.160
 for the

00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.799
 honesty of

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.180
 the Bible

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.779
 because so

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.180
 often it

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.000
 reflects our

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.360
 human experience

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.400
 of feeling

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:04.920
 and being

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.299
 in the

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.779
 depths.

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.860
 But Lord,

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.340
 we thank

00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:07.620
 you that

00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.180
 the Christian

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.660
 faith offers

00:27:09.660 --> 00:27:10.259
 us such

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.200
 deep hope

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.660
 in your

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.200
 character,

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.799
 in your

00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:13.259
 word,

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.380
 and in

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.120
 your salvation

00:27:15.120 --> 00:27:16.539
 because you've

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.940
 given us

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.320
 Jesus.

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:18.539
 Thank you

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.840
 that he

00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.340
 was willing

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:20.019
 to come

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.160
 into the

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:22.460
 depths in

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.039
 order to

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.740
 raise us

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.140
 up to

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.920
 glorious new

00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.279
 life.

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.380
 And so we

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.960
 pray that you

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.440
 would enable

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.259
 us to wait

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.900
 with hope,

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.880
 to summon

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:30.640
 one another

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.820
 to place

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.580
 our hope

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:32.920
 in the

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.500
 Lord Jesus,

00:27:33.620 --> 00:27:34.000
 to be a

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.480
 source of

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.059
 help and

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.660
 encouragement

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.680
 to each

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.000
 other in

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.420
 the various

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:37.980
 things that

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.380
 we go

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:39.019
 through in

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.400
 life,

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:40.539
 that together

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.000
 we might

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:42.080
 lift our

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.660
 eyes and

00:27:42.660 --> 00:27:43.259
 lift our

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.539
 voices to

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.000
 Jesus,

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.940
 our great

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.360
 redeemer,

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.959
 as we

00:27:46.959 --> 00:27:47.279
 pray in

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.799
 his name.

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.559
 Amen.