WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.940 And today, our sermon passage is Psalm 30. 00:00:05.379 --> 00:00:06.259 Psalm 30. 00:00:06.860 --> 00:00:13.660 I'll read this trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful word for you and me as people. 00:00:14.339 --> 00:00:15.780 ! Please receive it that way. 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:18.980 And after I'm done reading, I'll say the word of God for the people of God. 00:00:19.019 --> 00:00:20.679 And we say, thanks be to God. 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:22.900 Psalm 30. 00:00:22.899 --> 00:00:35.000 And I'll remind you that the superscription, the part that comes at the top above the actual poem or lyrics, is also inspired and preserved as God's word. 00:00:35.299 --> 00:00:41.759 And it's helpful, in some cases more than others, as we understand the context or the occasion of a psalm. 00:00:42.719 --> 00:00:43.439 Psalm 30. 00:00:44.519 --> 00:00:50.159 A psalm, a song at the dedication of the house of David. 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:53.319 And that's very close to the word for word. 00:00:55.299 --> 00:00:56.699 Verses 1 through 12. 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.119 And give thanks at the remembrance of his holy name. 00:01:23.619 --> 00:01:26.140 For his anger is but for a moment. 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:28.579 His favor is for life. 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:31.579 Weeping may endure for a night. 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.299 But joy comes in the morning. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:39.679 Now in my prosperity, I said, I shall never be moved. 00:01:40.359 --> 00:01:44.500 Lord, by your favor, you have made my mountain stand strong. 00:01:45.199 --> 00:01:46.620 You hid your face. 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:47.859 And I was troubled. 00:01:47.859 --> 00:01:49.879 I cried out to you, O Lord. 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:52.099 And to the Lord I made supplication. 00:01:52.539 --> 00:01:55.480 What profit is there in my blood when I go down to the pit? 00:01:55.780 --> 00:01:57.120 Will the dust praise you? 00:01:57.379 --> 00:01:58.980 Will it declare your truth? 00:02:00.019 --> 00:02:02.980 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me. 00:02:03.420 --> 00:02:04.560 Lord, be my helper. 00:02:05.960 --> 00:02:10.979 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing. 00:02:11.620 --> 00:02:16.680 You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness. 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:23.180 To the end that my glory may sing praise to you and not be silent. 00:02:24.240 --> 00:02:29.659 O Lord, my God, I will give thanks to you forever. 00:02:30.580 --> 00:02:32.580 The word of God for the people of God. 00:02:33.219 --> 00:02:34.200 Thanks be to God. 00:02:34.620 --> 00:02:35.300 Please be seated. 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:44.200 Please pray with me. 00:02:49.420 --> 00:02:54.020 O Lord, we praise you that we can cry out to God the creator. 00:02:55.240 --> 00:03:01.080 The God who is self-existent, self-sufficient, eternal. 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:04.420 And you hear us, Lord. 00:03:05.600 --> 00:03:09.240 Tiny, weak, frail creatures here on earth. 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:11.420 You hear our cry. 00:03:12.580 --> 00:03:15.400 And not only do you hear it, Lord, it's your spirit. 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:19.500 The spirit of God himself who draws us to cry out to you. 00:03:19.960 --> 00:03:22.880 To pray that you will dwell with us through prayer. 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:25.759 This is your purpose in saving a people. 00:03:26.799 --> 00:03:31.960 We thank you how, as we read earlier, Jesus declared, quoting from Isaiah, 00:03:32.159 --> 00:03:36.639 that your house, God, will be a house of prayer for all the nations. 00:03:37.639 --> 00:03:42.379 You delight when your people come before you in your presence and pray to you 00:03:42.379 --> 00:03:44.120 and cry out to you together. 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:47.620 Father, we pray that we can do this, Lord, even through the sermon. 00:03:48.340 --> 00:03:50.500 That you'll receive, Lord, our prayers. 00:03:51.620 --> 00:03:53.240 Our cries from our soul. 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:55.420 As your word resonates, Lord. 00:03:55.860 --> 00:03:58.520 We pray that your spirit will do this in a powerful way. 00:03:58.819 --> 00:04:02.580 These same words that you breathed out and preserved in scripture, Lord. 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:06.439 We pray that you will cause them to stir the hearts of your people. 00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:09.000 To draw us into communion with you. 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:11.599 To pray, to receive from you. 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:13.659 And to respond in obedience. 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.439 We ask this for Christ's sake alone. 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:17.399 Amen. 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:38.780 Well, every house has a different set of expectations for those who are invited inside. 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:44.100 Some houses, it's expected that we'll take our shoes off before we go in. 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:47.519 If you visit the house of someone in South America. 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:52.939 I told the congregation recently we got to go back to Brazil where I grew up as a missionary kid. 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:58.680 If you go to someone's house in Brazil, they'll expect you to stay with them and visit for at least an hour. 00:04:59.639 --> 00:05:02.220 These are the expectations as you enter someone's house. 00:05:02.220 --> 00:05:05.280 I was very curious to know this. 00:05:05.280 --> 00:05:14.140 So according to my very quick research, if you are invited into the White House, you must follow the proper protocol and etiquette. 00:05:14.139 --> 00:05:20.919 As a guest invited to visit what many consider the highest seat of power in the modern world. 00:05:20.919 --> 00:05:26.159 The place from where the leader of this nation carries out his executive powers. 00:05:26.419 --> 00:05:28.219 You should do several things. 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:29.740 These are the expectations. 00:05:29.740 --> 00:05:31.759 You should dress professionally. 00:05:32.460 --> 00:05:36.400 All bags, weapons, vapes, and outside food are strictly prohibited. 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:38.939 You should arrive 30 minutes early. 00:05:39.579 --> 00:05:48.000 Silence your phone and follow secret service instructions without touching historical artifacts or taking video footage. 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:58.300 You should maintain a respectful tone throughout the tour and avoid security jokes or loud political debates. 00:05:58.779 --> 00:05:59.639 So there you go. 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:05.439 If you ever get invited to the White House, you can try to remember that list or look up a fresher list at that time. 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:10.540 So the question is, how should we enter the house of God? 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:14.180 How should we enter the house of the King of Kings? 00:06:14.180 --> 00:06:17.879 In Psalm 30 we read, this is a psalm. 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:19.259 It's a song. 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:22.259 And then here it is, word for word, one more time. 00:06:22.400 --> 00:06:26.100 At the dedication of the house of David. 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.900 All of those words are in the Hebrew passage. 00:06:31.100 --> 00:06:34.720 And because of this dedication, this language, 00:06:35.319 --> 00:06:40.160 there's not a strong consensus on the exact occasion for which this psalm was to be used. 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:45.600 The house that it's referring to, it could mean one of David's palaces. 00:06:46.300 --> 00:06:50.540 2 Samuel 5.11 says that the king of Tyre, a foreign nation, 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.120 sent messengers, meaning ambassadors, to David, 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:59.520 and cedar trees and carpenters and masons who would work with the stone cutting. 00:07:00.200 --> 00:07:02.600 And they built David a house. 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:11.060 We read in 2 Chronicles 15.1 that David built houses, many palaces for himself in the city of David. 00:07:11.280 --> 00:07:12.000 That's Jerusalem. 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:20.540 And he prepared a place for the ark of God, which was a tent pitched for the ark. 00:07:21.300 --> 00:07:26.220 So there it was, the tabernacle, a tent as the house of God, 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:28.320 a place for the ark of the covenant, 00:07:28.320 --> 00:07:31.900 but palaces all around Jerusalem for King David. 00:07:32.679 --> 00:07:34.439 So what was the occasion of Psalm 30? 00:07:35.299 --> 00:07:39.419 We know that David desired to build a house for God as well, 00:07:39.500 --> 00:07:40.959 but God said, you're a man of blood. 00:07:41.579 --> 00:07:42.459 It won't be for you. 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:45.319 And Solomon was the king who got to build the temple. 00:07:46.539 --> 00:07:50.439 Some have interpreted the comma after the word house 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:54.359 to mean the dedication of the house, meaning the house of God. 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:58.680 Maybe David writing this psalm so that when the temple is built by Solomon, 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:03.379 they could pull Psalm 30 out and sing Psalm 30 at the dedication of the temple. 00:08:03.379 --> 00:08:09.219 Now, one other interpretation would be the house represents a dynasty. 00:08:09.219 --> 00:08:13.339 So the dedication of the house of David, meaning the dynasty of David. 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:16.860 So every new king that would be inaugurated from the line of David, 00:08:17.219 --> 00:08:19.199 this would be the occasion to sing Psalm 30, 00:08:19.540 --> 00:08:23.339 praising God for sparing David's life and keeping this going. 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.339 Now, whether Psalm 30 was written for the dedication of each new king taking office, 00:08:28.339 --> 00:08:31.919 or for the celebration of the Lord's house, the temple, 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:34.600 here's the truth for you and me. 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.399 Psalm 30 is relevant for us. 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:43.000 It's a guide for how we are to enter the house of our king, 00:08:43.699 --> 00:08:46.620 the house of the king of kings, Jesus Christ. 00:08:47.100 --> 00:08:49.699 And we get to do this at the start of each new week, 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:53.339 every Lord's Day when we gather to worship him as a congregation. 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:57.159 So the outline for our sermon today is four ways 00:08:57.159 --> 00:09:00.779 for you and I to enter the house of our king. 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:04.379 Four ways to enter the house of our king. 00:09:04.959 --> 00:09:07.919 Number one, as you enter the house of your king, 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:13.860 Psalm 30 teaches us to sing of God's faithfulness over the grave. 00:09:14.839 --> 00:09:16.480 The first way to do it is this, 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:18.339 as you enter the house of the king, 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:22.059 sing of God's faithfulness over the grave. 00:09:22.819 --> 00:09:25.120 I want to show you this in verses one through four. 00:09:25.459 --> 00:09:27.019 Look at verse one with me. 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:29.019 David writes, 00:09:29.120 --> 00:09:31.399 I will extol you, O Lord, 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:33.559 for you have lifted me up 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:37.240 and I've not let my foes rejoice over me. 00:09:38.779 --> 00:09:41.980 It seems like David is feeling the end is imminent. 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:45.980 This is going to be my last day on this earth. 00:09:46.079 --> 00:09:48.539 My foes, the people who have been trying to kill me all along, 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:49.759 they're going to rejoice. 00:09:50.259 --> 00:09:51.039 They'll be happy. 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:54.699 And everyone who's been loyal to me will be mourning and sad. 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:59.179 It's going to be the end of my life, my reign, my kingdom, my house. 00:10:00.179 --> 00:10:02.159 God, you are not going to keep your promises. 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:05.259 I won't get to see my enemies destroyed. 00:10:05.259 --> 00:10:08.480 They'll be the ones cheering at my destruction instead. 00:10:09.419 --> 00:10:11.000 And verse two gives us insights. 00:10:12.419 --> 00:10:17.200 Many have concluded that most likely this end that David felt approaching to him 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:18.899 came because of physical sickness. 00:10:18.899 --> 00:10:23.980 It tells us he was likely having a life-threatening illness. 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:25.559 Look at verse two. 00:10:25.620 --> 00:10:28.579 O Lord, my God, I cried out to you and you healed me. 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:31.120 And verse one, when he says, 00:10:31.120 --> 00:10:32.419 You lifted me up. 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:35.600 You lifted me up out of a sickness, perhaps, 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:37.100 out of the deathbed, 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:39.580 and put me back on my feet upright. 00:10:40.560 --> 00:10:43.200 That verb, to be lifted up by God, 00:10:43.539 --> 00:10:48.759 it's the same word used to describe drawing water out of a deep cistern. 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:51.980 You know, so you picture a well, a pit that's dug very deep, 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:57.000 and someone much stronger has to lift up the water 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.039 or a captive that's been thrown inside that cistern. 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:05.500 David doesn't just need God to give him a little hand. 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.580 David needs God to reach down all the way into the depths 00:11:09.580 --> 00:11:11.620 and lift him up. 00:11:11.940 --> 00:11:13.240 Lord, you do the lifting. 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.279 I don't even have strength to help at all. 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:20.360 He's been in this dark, suffocating pit. 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:21.840 He's trapped. 00:11:21.980 --> 00:11:22.500 He's helpless. 00:11:23.820 --> 00:11:25.659 And he cried out to the Lord. 00:11:26.060 --> 00:11:27.159 The Lord healed him. 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:30.240 The Lord mended him. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:32.080 The Lord set him right again. 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:34.879 Look at what he says in verse 3. 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:37.639 Oh, Lord, you brought up my soul from the grave. 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:40.340 You have kept me alive. 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:43.960 He says literally next, he says, 00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:46.100 you kept me alive. 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:50.180 You kept me from those that are descending to the pit to death, 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:52.440 that I should not go down to the pit. 00:11:52.980 --> 00:11:55.620 I was on the path of destruction, of perdition. 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:57.820 I was being carried downward. 00:11:58.299 --> 00:12:03.000 And you're the one who pulled me out of that broken downward pattern. 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:04.860 You preserved me. 00:12:05.700 --> 00:12:06.879 You healed me. 00:12:07.340 --> 00:12:08.539 You mended me. 00:12:08.539 --> 00:12:20.500 As you enter the house of your king, sing of God's faithfulness over the grave to give us life at all. 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:28.360 Now, the Lord has preserved some of you and some of your loved ones from physical death, from physical illness. 00:12:28.500 --> 00:12:29.740 You shouldn't be here right now. 00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:36.419 I can think of near-death experiences in my own life and probably many more that I'm not even aware of. 00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:38.939 And the Lord is the preserver of life. 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:40.279 He's the one who has kept you. 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:45.899 He's the one who has kept you from going down to the pit and given you life and preserved you. 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:52.439 You enter his house praising him for life, for keeping you from the grave, for being faithful, 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:55.699 fulfilling the purposes he has for you here still. 00:12:57.279 --> 00:13:01.319 When we think of a person on their deathbed and a near-death experience, 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:09.040 I know some of you are praying, and I've prayed from up here before with you for Pastor James Dolezal. 00:13:09.860 --> 00:13:14.720 He's a professor at one of our seminaries and a faithful brother in Christ. 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:19.300 As some of you might remember, he was going for a walk near his home, 00:13:19.640 --> 00:13:25.200 and he was using a crosswalk, and a car hit him by accident. 00:13:26.020 --> 00:13:29.420 But it collapsed his ribs, broke them. 00:13:29.419 --> 00:13:32.000 Almost all the ribs are broken and puncturing his lungs. 00:13:32.179 --> 00:13:33.259 Both lungs collapsed. 00:13:33.819 --> 00:13:36.419 He was intubated, all the fluid filling up the lungs. 00:13:37.179 --> 00:13:43.459 Mentally, he was in almost a comatose state, off and on for many, many weeks. 00:13:45.339 --> 00:13:48.139 And then this, finally, as I'm checking the Caring Bridge, 00:13:48.219 --> 00:13:50.240 every time they update it, almost every day. 00:13:50.939 --> 00:13:54.459 And this wonderful message came through just a couple days ago from his son. 00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:56.420 Quote, 00:13:56.420 --> 00:13:59.840 Seeing my dad was extremely encouraging. 00:14:00.560 --> 00:14:06.759 When we left him three weeks ago, he was intubated, mostly unconscious, incoherent, delirious. 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:12.200 But tonight, he was able to have a fairly normal conversation with us. 00:14:12.600 --> 00:14:18.519 He was happy that we are there and continued to talk about God's care for him after his accident. 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:25.240 The scripture that they encouraged everyone who would read that with is this. 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:29.120 Acts 17, 24 and 25. 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:30.120 Amen. 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:58.100 The Lord preserves us from the grave every moment we have on this earth still. 00:14:58.100 --> 00:15:00.940 The Lord is the giver of life. 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:05.100 And yes, we worship him, but not because he lacks anything. 00:15:05.899 --> 00:15:09.240 He is the one who a temple cannot contain. 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:15.379 His throne in the spiritual realm of heaven, it is coming with power to earth. 00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:22.259 One day, the new heavens and the new earth will fill this cosmos with the glory of God and all will behold him. 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:28.580 And so when we have life and breath, even in these broken bodies that deserve to be dead already, 00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:36.259 we have life and breath to praise him, to sing to him, to give thanks for his faithfulness over the grave. 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:38.559 And that's what we're exhorted to do in verse 4. 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:39.100 Look at that. 00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:45.540 Now the king turns to the people, the people of God as the representative of the king of heaven. 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:47.460 And David commands the people, 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:51.860 Sing praise to the Lord, you saints of his. 00:15:52.580 --> 00:15:57.120 Give thanks at the remembrance of his holy name. 00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:59.100 You see what David did? 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:03.720 By God preserving the life of his mediator, the anointed king, 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.899 God is now issuing praise to all the people. 00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:11.440 Because God preserved the life of the anointed one, 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:15.100 and God was faithful over the grave of his anointed king. 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:18.240 All the people of God are called to praise God, 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:23.220 and to remember the holy name of God because of this great deed. 00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:26.240 We're only one-third of the way through this psalm, 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:31.440 and I'm sure you can already see how this points to final fulfillment in our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:38.879 Give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness, his holy name. 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.919 That's the essence of God. 00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:42.960 That's the being of God. 00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:47.240 His glorious attributes, and where are they most brightly displayed? 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:53.820 Hebrews says it's the full radiance of God's essence displayed in the person of Jesus Christ. 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.539 His anointed. 00:16:56.240 --> 00:17:01.100 These first four verses point us to Jesus Christ, the king. 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:05.519 Brothers and sisters, and whoever has an ear to hear, 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:11.980 Jesus Christ is the king whose enemies rejoiced over him, shouting, 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:13.000 Crucify! 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:21.059 Jesus Christ is the king who cried out in a loud voice from the cross in agony to God. 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:27.379 Jesus Christ is the king who lived and suffered in obedience to God. 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:31.759 Jesus Christ is the king who was buried in the grave. 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:37.720 David was spared the grave at this moment, but Jesus died, was buried. 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:45.039 And yet God proved his faithfulness over the grave of King Jesus. 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:51.079 Jesus Christ is the king whose life was brought up from the grave. 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.940 He was restored. 00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:59.140 Jesus Christ is the king who calls all God's people to sing praises to God. 00:17:59.140 --> 00:18:04.100 When you worship the Lord, when you sing, when you cry out to him, 00:18:04.420 --> 00:18:07.860 you are obeying the command of your king, King Jesus. 00:18:10.820 --> 00:18:12.560 Remember his holy name. 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:23.119 Jesus Christ is also the Lord whose kind work in his life and his death and his faithful words 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:27.319 to keep all the promises of God, to secure our righteousness, 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:31.079 to secure everlasting life not only for himself, 00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:34.440 but for all whose lives are bound up in his. 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:37.379 He is the one we praise. 00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:43.440 We praise the Lord for the life of King Jesus, don't we? 00:18:44.280 --> 00:18:49.160 We praise God for lifting up Jesus from hell. 00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:53.800 The Apostles' Creed professes he descended into hell. 00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:59.160 He didn't skip a step in fulfilling God's plan. 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.140 He fully endured all God's wrath in our place. 00:19:03.820 --> 00:19:06.920 So as you and I now enter the house of our king, 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:11.300 we sing of God's faithfulness over the grave of King Jesus. 00:19:12.240 --> 00:19:16.140 And because we're in him over our graves as well. 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:19.480 That's the first way we enter the house of our king. 00:19:20.220 --> 00:19:22.820 The second way we enter the house of our king is 00:19:22.820 --> 00:19:27.259 by singing of God's loving, fatherly discipline. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:32.820 Enter the house of your king singing of God's loving, fatherly discipline. 00:19:33.160 --> 00:19:34.620 This is what David does next. 00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.820 Look at verse 4. 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:38.220 Sing praise to the Lord. 00:19:38.579 --> 00:19:39.299 Verse 5 says, 00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:41.939 For his anger is but for a moment, 00:19:42.679 --> 00:19:45.720 but his favor is for life. 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.799 Verse 5, 00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:50.779 His anger is but for, literally, for a twinkling. 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:55.279 His displeasure at sin is real. 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.819 The sin of this world, 00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:58.960 the sin of this world, 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:04.180 it reveals that God is just and holy. 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:09.279 God does not turn a blind eye or pretend like sin is that bad. 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.099 It's not that bad. 00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:14.720 No, God sees all that happens and he knows the intentions of man's hearts. 00:20:15.859 --> 00:20:18.759 And his wrath against sin is real. 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:21.119 But that's not the emphasis. 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:23.160 The emphasis is the contrast. 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:26.079 While his wrath against sin is real, 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:28.200 it's just for a moment, a twinkling. 00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:30.779 His favor is for life. 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:34.740 He doesn't pass over the judgment that we deserve, 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:38.380 but his favor is for life. 00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:39.700 And that word favor, 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:44.200 it's the same root of the word for delight or pleasure. 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:46.700 When God looks at you, 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:49.240 he sees Christ. 00:20:50.099 --> 00:20:52.099 And he sees you united to Christ. 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:54.319 There's no room for wrath. 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.480 Christ absorbed all the wrath. 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:58.200 If you're in Christ, 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:01.519 God has no anger toward you. 00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:04.160 He is a loving father. 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:06.839 He has pleasure in you. 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:09.240 He has delight in you, 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:10.380 his precious child. 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.120 David says, 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:15.099 weeping may endure for a night. 00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:17.360 You can just picture around his deathbed, 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:20.240 all his loved ones and family members and the nobles 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:22.599 and all those whose lives might be threatened 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.880 if their king dies now. 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.079 They're mourning. 00:21:25.220 --> 00:21:25.799 They're weeping. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:27.740 In the ancient Jewish way. 00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:29.000 And he says, 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:31.099 but joy comes in the morning. 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:34.339 That word joy, 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:36.039 it doesn't mean a quiet, 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.539 internal happiness. 00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:41.480 It's a loud, piercing cry. 00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:43.440 It's a shout of joy. 00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.899 A shout of triumph. 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:47.819 A ringing shout of praise 00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:50.180 that breaks the silence of the night. 00:21:51.940 --> 00:21:53.859 Well, because Christ fulfills this psalm, 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:58.419 this is how we reflect on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:21:59.159 --> 00:21:59.899 They're mourning. 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.459 They're weeping at his graveside. 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:03.719 But on the third day in the morning, 00:22:04.219 --> 00:22:05.059 the tomb is empty. 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:08.240 And there's a shout from all of heaven, 00:22:08.699 --> 00:22:09.759 the host of angels, 00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:10.959 the great cloud of witnesses. 00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:12.319 And those on earth, 00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:14.439 those women who got to go and see it, 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:16.139 and Peter and John, 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:18.020 they join by faith, 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:20.460 shouting in their hearts with joy 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:22.240 at the resurrection of the king. 00:22:23.300 --> 00:22:25.700 When we sing many of our favorite hymns, 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.960 we're joining by faith, 00:22:27.540 --> 00:22:30.120 shouting for joy at the gospel. 00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:33.100 I love that line that we sing sometimes. 00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:35.879 Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing, 00:22:36.419 --> 00:22:38.559 my great Redeemer's praise, 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:41.819 the glories of my God and King, 00:22:41.939 --> 00:22:43.859 the triumphs of His grace. 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.639 That's what we celebrate 00:22:45.639 --> 00:22:48.179 in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:54.099 Now, we praise God on the other side of suffering. 00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:57.399 Yes, there's favor. 00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:59.199 Yes, there's joy. 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.839 But there's also mourning. 00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:03.339 And there's also weeping in this life. 00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:05.319 You know this very well. 00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:08.740 Here's the encouragement from Psalm 30, 00:23:09.219 --> 00:23:10.539 from David's own testimony. 00:23:11.459 --> 00:23:15.719 God uses our suffering in this short life 00:23:15.719 --> 00:23:19.699 to make us better worshipers forevermore. 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:23.059 God uses our suffering, 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:25.380 our weeping, our mourning in this life 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:28.480 to make us better worshipers of Him 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:30.019 now and forevermore. 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:35.680 That's the testimony I heard recently 00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:37.460 from James Dolezal, 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:39.000 and not only him, but his family. 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:41.799 You notice how he told his son 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.140 of how well God had cared for him 00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.500 after his accident. 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:48.240 You're probably wondering like me, 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.200 how's his wife doing? 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.900 How is Courtney Dolezal, for example, 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:53.259 handling this suffering in this life? 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:55.740 Well, she wrote right after her son. 00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.220 She said, 00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:59.039 insurance authorization came through today, 00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:00.400 and James was transferred 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.080 to a great rehabilitation hospital nearby. 00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:05.440 Thank you for your prayers about this. 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:08.360 I am so thankful for this move. 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.559 At this facility, 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:11.000 James will receive physical, 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.620 speech, occupational, 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:14.259 and cognitive therapy. 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:16.460 He will be worked hard, 00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:18.319 and we hope for great improvements 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:19.740 in all these areas. 00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:21.340 Now listen carefully. 00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:21.880 She wrote, 00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:26.039 I trust that as God has used this trial 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:29.299 to glorify Himself in our lives, 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:32.279 as we watch God answer prayers 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.579 time and time again, 00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:34.960 and preserve James, 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.200 and provide for our family, 00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.120 she says, 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:40.579 God will use it also for James' good 00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:43.279 as He continues to heal James 00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:47.059 and form him into the image of Christ, 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:50.699 however that will look in the future. 00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:53.759 She's bearing witness 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.840 that the suffering in this life 00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:58.039 serves God's purposes 00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:59.680 to shape us 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:02.519 to be better worshipers forever. 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.940 This life is short. 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:06.299 These years, 00:25:06.420 --> 00:25:07.000 these bodies, 00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.740 they're fleeting. 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.620 But our union to God, 00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.220 our worship of God, 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.539 our communion with Him, 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:16.340 as we're conformed in the image of Christ, 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.319 remember, 00:25:17.460 --> 00:25:18.360 Christ is the King 00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:20.360 who calls the people to worship God, 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.979 in spirit and in truth. 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.439 This is forever. 00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:27.419 You might be wondering, 00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.000 how can that type of testimony 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:30.279 even come to be? 00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:35.959 And it's only by God's life-transforming grace. 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:39.219 When each of you write out your testimony 00:25:39.219 --> 00:25:41.259 and join this church 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.919 through our membership process, 00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:44.000 we get to hear this, 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.679 how God's grace 00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:47.539 has slowly but surely 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.919 continued to transform 00:25:48.919 --> 00:25:50.299 your life and mine. 00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.879 This is what the great hymn writers 00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.479 have captured 00:25:53.479 --> 00:25:54.979 in their testimonies as well. 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.579 We sing, 00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.740 when through fiery trials, 00:25:59.439 --> 00:26:00.619 and this is the word of God 00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:01.359 to His people, 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.979 thy pathway shall lie, 00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:05.199 my grace all sufficient 00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:07.259 shall be thy supply, 00:26:07.719 --> 00:26:09.439 the flame shall not 00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.799 ultimately hurt thee, 00:26:11.179 --> 00:26:12.339 I only design 00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:14.099 thy dross to consume 00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:16.359 and thy gold to refine. 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:19.119 the suffering of this life, 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:22.899 it makes us better worshipers forevermore. 00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:25.679 This is the loving kindness 00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:27.339 of our Father for us. 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:33.459 we can shout at the victory of Jesus Christ. 00:26:34.459 --> 00:26:35.799 He rose from the dead. 00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:38.319 His house is inaugurated. 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:41.179 And no matter what we are suffering in this life, 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:43.819 no matter how hard and sleepless 00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:46.439 and sorrowful the night was, 00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:48.660 we know at least by faith, 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:50.100 with the help of the Spirit, 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:52.539 His joy comes in the morning. 00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:55.759 And then the eternal sense, 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.840 this life is a nighttime. 00:26:57.839 --> 00:27:00.740 And the eternal morning 00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:02.000 is coming soon. 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.980 The rising sun 00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:06.459 to bring that inaugurated house of God 00:27:06.459 --> 00:27:08.339 to fill this whole earth, 00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:10.500 to give us our resurrected bodies, 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.919 to dwell with Him 00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:13.500 in perfect peace forevermore. 00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:17.039 So we enter the house of our God, 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.720 singing His praise, 00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:21.279 remembering that He is our loving Father. 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.399 Number three, 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:25.019 as you enter the house of your King, 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:26.259 sing of His kindness 00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:28.660 to pardon your pride. 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:31.180 As you enter the house of your King, 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.220 sing of His kindness 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:35.019 to pardon your pride and mine. 00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.680 This is what David confesses next. 00:27:37.779 --> 00:27:38.579 Look at verse six. 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:41.640 Now in my prosperity, I said, 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:43.379 I shall never be moved. 00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:45.519 Literally, I shall never be shaken. 00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:48.140 It's like David's saying, 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.799 in my pride, 00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.519 I thought my life was stable. 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.920 In my pride, 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:53.900 I thought I controlled my own destiny. 00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.460 In my pride, 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.940 I thought, 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:58.039 I'm securing a dynasty 00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:00.000 for my own glory on this earth. 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.799 But now, 00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:04.000 loving Father has humbled him. 00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.140 He says, 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:07.000 I see that any glory, 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:10.420 anything praiseworthy in my life, 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:12.360 it's all of God's doing. 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:14.480 And I should receive no glory. 00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:16.620 All the glory goes to God. 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:19.340 In the ancient world 00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:20.700 and in prophetic language, 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:23.279 kingdoms are represented by mountains. 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.879 And so that's what David says. 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.099 He says, 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.819 that God rejects 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:33.319 men who seek their own glory. 00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:34.579 But in verse seven, 00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:34.859 Lord, 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.839 by your favor, 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.480 you have made my mountain 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.859 stand strong. 00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:40.039 Yes, 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.839 there's a dynasty. 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:42.279 There's the house of David. 00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:43.019 There's a kingdom 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:44.799 in the bloodline 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:46.000 of this one man on earth 00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.019 for God's purposes. 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:48.440 But it's the Lord 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.759 who made this mountain, 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.400 this kingdom, 00:28:50.879 --> 00:28:51.740 stand strong. 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.839 Not David, 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.400 as he thought in his pride 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.579 or his prosperity. 00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.639 David confesses 00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.980 he had to learn this the hard way. 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.559 And how was it 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:02.079 that God corrected him? 00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.519 In verse seven, 00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.480 David says, 00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:04.900 Lord, 00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.500 you hid your face 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:08.559 and I was troubled. 00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:11.200 We know what this is like, 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.639 don't we? 00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:13.159 God gets our attention. 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.659 To have the holy God 00:29:15.659 --> 00:29:17.179 look upon you with favor, 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:19.240 that's the greatest blessing, 00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.559 the greatest joy, 00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:22.039 the greatest peace 00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:24.099 that a person can ever experience 00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:25.740 is the face of God 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:27.859 shining his glory on us. 00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.980 But when it feels like God 00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:31.419 has hidden his face from you, 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:33.460 you feel troubled. 00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:35.059 You feel heavy laden, 00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.079 uneasy, 00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:36.919 restless. 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:39.800 Yet God is so kind. 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:41.940 He always turns us back to him. 00:29:43.080 --> 00:29:44.019 Have you felt this 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:45.320 where you were troubled 00:29:45.320 --> 00:29:48.200 and the Lord turned you back to him 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:49.860 to seek his face one more time? 00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:52.620 God is patient with David 00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:54.000 to do this again and again 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.779 because you and I need it 00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.980 as much or more as David. 00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:58.440 God does it to us again 00:29:58.440 --> 00:30:00.160 and again and again. 00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.660 He humbles us. 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:04.080 He makes us hunger for him. 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:06.600 He makes us want to seek his face 00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.699 and to cry out to him. 00:30:08.199 --> 00:30:09.619 That's what David does in verse 8. 00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.279 One more time. 00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.079 I cried out to you, Lord. 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:14.500 To the Lord I made supplication. 00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:18.500 And then he pleads God's own purposes 00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:20.240 for his life in his prayer. 00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.240 In verse 9, 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:24.439 he reminds us of the purpose of our life 00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:25.559 to glorify God 00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:26.719 and enjoy him forever. 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:29.600 And he stirs this up again 00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:31.620 as he makes supplication, 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.940 as he cries out to God. 00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.339 Look at verse 9. 00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:36.860 What profit is there in my blood 00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:38.700 when I go down to the pit? 00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.380 Will the dust praise you? 00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:42.140 Will it declare your truth? 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.259 He's saying, 00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:44.579 Lord, give me life 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.940 so that I can praise you. 00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.980 I was made from dust. 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.440 To dust I will return. 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:51.000 But as long as I have breath, 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.579 as long as you sustain me, 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:54.000 do it for your glory, 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.960 for the purpose for which you made me, 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.240 to sing your praise. 00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.680 Give me life 00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:01.000 so that I can declare your truth. 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.680 We can pray this way too. 00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.680 Lord, I am weak, 00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.559 but you are strong. 00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:09.220 I fail often, 00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:11.599 but you never fail, Lord. 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:13.900 I don't deserve mercy, 00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:16.720 but God, you are merciful. 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:20.579 Lord, I fail in my words. 00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:22.299 I don't keep those desires 00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:23.859 and those prayers that I ask. 00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:25.819 But you are always faithful 00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.960 to your word. 00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.700 And our Lord commands sinners 00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:31.180 like David, like you and me, 00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.920 to cry out for pardon 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:36.099 again and again and again. 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:39.079 No matter what you've done, 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.380 brother or sister, 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:42.259 no matter what you've done, 00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:46.019 especially if you feel the weight 00:31:46.019 --> 00:31:47.779 of your sin before God, 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.240 especially then, 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.960 cry out to God. 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.200 Trust that God is kind. 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.700 He will pardon you. 00:31:56.340 --> 00:31:58.000 He's humbled you from your pride. 00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:00.259 And he's done this in his kindness 00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.600 to be able to forgive you 00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:03.160 and restore you. 00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:06.039 David prays in verse 10, 00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:07.279 hear, O Lord, 00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:09.440 have mercy on me. 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:12.279 Lord, be my helper. 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:14.480 He confessed his pride. 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:17.319 Now we see him confessing his need 00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:19.680 for God to be his helper. 00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:22.539 As you enter the house of your king, 00:32:23.059 --> 00:32:24.180 sing of his kindness 00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.480 again and again 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:27.759 to pardon your pride in mine. 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.660 Well, fourth and finally from today, 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.539 from Psalm 30, 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.759 as you enter the house of your king, 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:35.359 sing of his life 00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:37.500 transforming grace. 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:40.420 As you enter the house of your king, 00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:44.019 sing of his life transforming grace. 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.900 Look at verse 11. 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:49.299 You have turned for me 00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:51.339 my mourning into dancing. 00:32:52.640 --> 00:32:54.380 The word for mourning here 00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:57.200 in the ancient Jewish culture, 00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:59.920 it's like a group of people 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:02.180 gathered around for a funeral. 00:33:02.180 --> 00:33:04.460 And they're beating their chests 00:33:04.460 --> 00:33:07.539 and they're wailing loudly. 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:11.360 They're in sorrow together. 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:14.200 That's the mourning he's describing. 00:33:15.100 --> 00:33:18.240 But God turns that mourning into dancing. 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.360 And that word for dancing, 00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:23.740 it's like if you pictured a Jewish wedding 00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:25.539 where a bunch of people are in a circle 00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:26.660 and they're linking arms 00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:29.240 and jumping around in a circle, 00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.500 whirling, 00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.799 cheering, 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.320 full of joy. 00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:37.100 It's a complete reversal. 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:40.360 The nation gathered around 00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:42.580 the death of the grave of the king 00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:44.480 is now turned to a nation 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.680 celebrating a wedding. 00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:49.940 The greatest picture of life, 00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.860 celebration together. 00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:53.880 He says, 00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.060 another beautiful image. 00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.940 You have put off 00:33:55.940 --> 00:33:57.539 the sackcloth 00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:59.600 of my mourning or weeping 00:33:59.600 --> 00:34:01.279 and clothed me instead 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.319 with gladness. 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.079 Word for word, 00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.480 he says, 00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:04.839 you have, 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.379 you are belting me, 00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.879 putting a belt around me 00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:09.199 of rejoicing. 00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:11.219 So God 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:12.659 loosed or took off 00:34:12.659 --> 00:34:14.059 that sackcloth, 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.300 that burlap, 00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.219 rough bag 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.019 that you would put on 00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:17.800 when you put ashes 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.559 over yourself 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.500 and you, 00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.559 you look miserable 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:22.679 to reflect how you feel inside. 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.779 And instead, 00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.460 God has 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.659 wrapped him up 00:34:25.659 --> 00:34:26.880 with gladness 00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.779 like it's a cloth. 00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:29.980 And God has done this 00:34:29.980 --> 00:34:31.300 for a specific purpose. 00:34:31.700 --> 00:34:32.540 Look at verse 12. 00:34:33.060 --> 00:34:34.160 Why does God do this? 00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.740 It's to the end 00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:38.140 that the glory 00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:39.660 of this worshiper 00:34:39.660 --> 00:34:40.720 may sing praise 00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.700 to God 00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:43.240 and not be silent. 00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:46.120 He says, 00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.120 it's to the end 00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:48.040 that the glory, 00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:49.540 that's word for word, 00:34:49.600 --> 00:34:50.240 the glory, 00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.880 meaning the weightiest 00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.920 part of David, 00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.940 we translate it as 00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.640 his soul 00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.679 or his inner man, 00:34:56.759 --> 00:34:57.679 his inner being. 00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:59.219 It's the heaviest, 00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.599 most worthy, 00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.699 most noble part 00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:02.759 of a person 00:35:02.759 --> 00:35:03.859 that the Lord 00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.659 stirs up 00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:06.359 to sing his praise 00:35:06.359 --> 00:35:07.980 instead of be silent 00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:09.179 and for the soul 00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:09.659 to be 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:11.739 without a body 00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.559 to praise God 00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.059 and to be 00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.900 entered the realm 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.460 of the dead. 00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:17.139 To be silent 00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.879 is to be 00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:19.639 cut off, 00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.940 to be dumb, 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.179 to be 00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.900 utterly unable 00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.480 to worship 00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.180 your creator. 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.539 If a person 00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.880 never experiences 00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.500 the life 00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.460 that Christ offers, 00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:32.920 your soul 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.880 is never united 00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.380 to him, 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.680 your spirit 00:35:35.680 --> 00:35:36.700 remains dead. 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.639 You are unable 00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.460 to fulfill 00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.000 the purpose 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.400 for which 00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:41.300 he created you. 00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.940 But if the Lord 00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.579 has united 00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:44.139 your soul 00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.700 to God 00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.840 through Jesus Christ, 00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.940 then you will 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:49.220 sing his praise. 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.599 You will not 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:51.000 be able 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.099 to be silent. 00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:53.500 You will 00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.920 practice 00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.619 in this life 00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:55.000 what you're 00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.699 designed to do 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.599 for all eternity. 00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.199 This is his 00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.679 life 00:35:58.679 --> 00:35:59.739 transforming 00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.759 grace. 00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:04.119 These contrasts 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.719 point out 00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.219 to us 00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:06.579 this wonderful 00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.420 transformation, 00:36:08.619 --> 00:36:08.920 mourning 00:36:08.920 --> 00:36:09.779 to dancing, 00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.380 weeping 00:36:11.380 --> 00:36:12.679 to gladness. 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.739 From guilt 00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.759 to grace, 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.159 this is how 00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.880 God moves us 00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.460 in Christ. 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:21.099 from bondage 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:22.059 to freedom, 00:36:22.639 --> 00:36:23.559 from filth 00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:24.519 to purity, 00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:26.099 from mourning 00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.800 to dancing, 00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.579 from weeping 00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.720 to rejoicing, 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.840 from death 00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.760 to life. 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:33.019 Why does 00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.320 the Lord 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.860 do this? 00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:36.039 It's so that 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.860 David 00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.840 and all that 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:38.579 God would save 00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.159 under the old 00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.519 covenant 00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.579 and all of us 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.420 that God is saving 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.059 under the new 00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.780 covenant now, 00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.380 including you 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:43.760 and I, 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.440 and whosoever 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.460 will hear of 00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:47.300 this good news 00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.579 may believe 00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:49.779 and testify 00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.819 together 00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:52.239 of God's 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.659 life 00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.639 transforming 00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.420 grace 00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.440 in the person 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.400 of Jesus Christ. 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:57.860 That's the theme 00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.440 of our worship 00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.440 every time we gather 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.599 in his name. 00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.819 Jesus 00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:03.759 breaks the power 00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.619 of canceled 00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.139 sin. 00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.000 He sets 00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.599 the prisoner 00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.019 free. 00:37:07.579 --> 00:37:08.299 His blood 00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:09.319 can make 00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.759 the foulest 00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:11.539 clean 00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.940 and his blood 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.719 availed 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.460 for me 00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.559 and for you. 00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.619 David says, 00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.079 finally, 00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.400 O Lord 00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:20.019 my God, 00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.980 I will 00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:22.139 give thanks 00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:23.019 to you 00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.859 forever. 00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.679 The dedication 00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:27.380 of the house 00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.859 of the Lord 00:37:27.859 --> 00:37:28.619 ends with 00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.599 thanks 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.359 to God 00:37:30.359 --> 00:37:31.460 forevermore. 00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:34.219 The word 00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:34.839 forever 00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:36.099 is eon. 00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.980 It's where we 00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.420 get our word 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.039 in English. 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:39.259 Eon 00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:40.799 stems from 00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.139 a root 00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.519 meaning 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:41.980 hidden 00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.219 or concealed. 00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:45.459 we say 00:37:45.459 --> 00:37:46.459 eons of time 00:37:46.459 --> 00:37:46.739 meaning 00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.259 time 00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:48.119 stretching on 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.539 beyond 00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.079 where we 00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.559 could see. 00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:51.299 It represents 00:37:51.299 --> 00:37:53.419 a vanishing 00:37:53.419 --> 00:37:54.039 point that we 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.559 can't even 00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:56.079 behold with 00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.659 our sight 00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:58.179 beyond human 00:37:58.179 --> 00:37:58.579 vision. 00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.480 So our 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.019 thanks will 00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.659 bubble up 00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.639 and rejoice 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:04.379 and overflow 00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:05.000 in gratitude 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.679 to God 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.119 enduring 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.739 into an 00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.379 unseen 00:38:08.379 --> 00:38:09.459 boundless 00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.300 immeasurable 00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.159 endless 00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.119 ongoing 00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:13.420 future age 00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.179 of gratitude 00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:15.280 and thanks 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:16.199 to God. 00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.280 This is how 00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.619 we will 00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.059 enter 00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.380 his kingdom 00:38:19.380 --> 00:38:20.559 and his 00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.240 constimated 00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:22.320 final stage. 00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:24.119 We get to 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.740 practice this 00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:25.139 type of 00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.800 worship now. 00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.860 If Jesus 00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.460 Christ is 00:38:28.460 --> 00:38:29.000 your king 00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:30.720 you sing 00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.460 of his 00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.099 faithfulness 00:38:32.099 --> 00:38:32.619 to conquer 00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.159 sin 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.980 Satan 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:34.760 and the 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.179 grave 00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:36.019 for you. 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.659 If Jesus 00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:38.260 Christ is 00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:38.820 your king 00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.720 then your 00:38:39.720 --> 00:38:40.500 life is 00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.160 bound up 00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:42.080 in his. 00:38:43.200 --> 00:38:43.940 If Jesus 00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.960 Christ is 00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.500 not your 00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:45.780 king 00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:48.840 then consider 00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.240 how your 00:38:49.240 --> 00:38:49.800 suffering 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:51.800 is God 00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:53.240 drawing you 00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.620 back to 00:38:53.620 --> 00:38:54.100 himself 00:38:54.100 --> 00:38:55.160 humbling 00:38:55.160 --> 00:38:55.519 you 00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:57.320 causing you 00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:57.960 to desire 00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.960 his face 00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.559 to shine 00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.039 upon you 00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.360 in his 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:00.680 grace 00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.059 one more 00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.420 time. 00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.720 Because if 00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:03.340 Jesus is 00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.760 your king 00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.480 then you 00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:04.820 will have 00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.440 the blessing 00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.400 the honor 00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:07.340 and the joy 00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.840 of being 00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.220 in his 00:39:08.219 --> 00:39:08.480 holy 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.019 presence 00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:09.719 and we 00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:09.980 get to 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.359 experience 00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:10.759 that in 00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.399 a concentrated 00:39:11.399 --> 00:39:11.879 way 00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.679 every time 00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.179 we gather 00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:13.919 in his 00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.279 name. 00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.519 The house 00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.919 of God 00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:16.379 on earth 00:39:16.379 --> 00:39:17.659 his temple 00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.500 the congregation 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:19.059 of his 00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.379 people 00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:20.059 his church 00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:22.039 if Jesus 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:22.659 Christ is 00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.079 your king 00:39:23.079 --> 00:39:23.519 you will 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:24.119 delight 00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:25.000 to praise 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.379 him 00:39:25.379 --> 00:39:26.159 in his 00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.539 house 00:39:26.539 --> 00:39:27.379 in this 00:39:27.379 --> 00:39:27.859 life 00:39:27.859 --> 00:39:28.799 in preparation 00:39:28.799 --> 00:39:29.439 for the 00:39:29.439 --> 00:39:29.859 life to 00:39:29.859 --> 00:39:30.139 come. 00:39:31.279 --> 00:39:32.059 So dear 00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.539 servants 00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:33.000 of King 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.439 Jesus 00:39:33.439 --> 00:39:34.859 enter his 00:39:34.859 --> 00:39:35.219 house 00:39:35.219 --> 00:39:35.959 with joy 00:39:35.959 --> 00:39:37.459 with gladness 00:39:37.459 --> 00:39:38.619 and proclaim 00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.480 his life 00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.480 transforming 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.019 grace 00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.839 together 00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.299 with his 00:39:42.299 --> 00:39:42.659 people 00:39:42.659 --> 00:39:43.719 now 00:39:43.719 --> 00:39:44.259 and 00:39:44.259 --> 00:39:44.899 forevermore. 00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.139 Let's 00:39:46.139 --> 00:39:46.339 pray. 00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:47.419 Oh 00:39:47.419 --> 00:39:47.699 Father 00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.279 we praise 00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.480 you. 00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.299 We thank 00:39:50.299 --> 00:39:50.579 you that 00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.099 you welcome 00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.519 us into 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.199 your presence 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.059 that we 00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.539 can know 00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.799 you 00:39:53.799 --> 00:39:54.699 that you're 00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:55.079 a God 00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:55.739 who changes 00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.119 us 00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:57.019 who transforms 00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:57.599 us 00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.439 that we 00:39:58.439 --> 00:39:59.000 can taste 00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.480 in our 00:39:59.480 --> 00:39:59.899 soul 00:39:59.899 --> 00:40:00.659 the joy 00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.159 of heaven 00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.000 even though 00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.480 our bodies 00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.919 suffer 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.840 and are 00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.200 wasting 00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:04.579 away. 00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:05.980 Please make 00:40:05.980 --> 00:40:06.460 this real 00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:06.760 to your 00:40:06.760 --> 00:40:07.340 people Lord 00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:08.300 please press 00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:08.740 this upon 00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.260 our lives 00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:09.639 by your 00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:10.039 grace 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.840 for your 00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.320 glory we 00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:11.680 ask. 00:40:12.119 --> 00:40:12.360 Amen.