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 We're reading from Psalm 14.

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 There is none who does good, not even one.

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 Have they no knowledge?

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 All the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread

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 and do not call upon the Lord?

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 There they are in great terror.

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 For God is with the generation of the righteous.

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 He would shame the plans of the poor.

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 But the Lord is his refuge.

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 O that salvation for Israel will come out of Zion

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 when the Lord restores the fortunes of his people.

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 Let Jacob rejoice.

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 Let Israel be glad.

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 Okay, let us pray.

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 Almighty God, as we come before you,

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 we want to see the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Help us to have an undivided heart,

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 find our wandering hearts,

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 that we might glorify you in our thoughts,

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 in my saying, hearing your words.

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 Thank you, Lord.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So Psalm 14 is, I suppose,

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 is quite familiar to most of us,

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 even though we might not know that from Psalm 14,

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 but Romans 3 quoted it,

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 and then Don just now mentioned it,

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 about none,

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 and so that's quite familiar.

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 So today I'm going to approach it from a different angle.

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 Hopefully that would help some of you.

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 In Psalm 14, verse 1,

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 the fool says in his heart,

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 there's no God.

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 We might think that this statement does not apply to us.

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 We will never say such thing.

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 The problem is that we may not know

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 or may not be conscious

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 what we say in our hearts.

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 The term heart and mind can mean the same thing.

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 However, by mind,

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 we usually mean thoughts that we can,

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 we know that we are conscious of

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 and heart are the thoughts

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 that we may not be conscious of.

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 So, for example,

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 we may ask someone,

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 we say,

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 deep in your heart,

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 do you really love me?

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 Or deep in your heart,

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 do you really like this?

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 It's a sort of question that

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 to help people to think deeper

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 what is in their heart.

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 And we also know people

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 who can appear quite normal,

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 but they can often do things

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 that are harmful to themselves,

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 like committing suicide,

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 their loved ones,

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 or the people around them.

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 So, what's happening in their minds

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 when people commit acts of atrocity?

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 And so there's an area of life

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 that is a bit mysterious to us.

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 So, to think about this,

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 we can get some,

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 you might be able to get some help

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 from Sigmund Freud.

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 As I was preparing for this sermon,

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 Joe just completed a course

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 on psychology online,

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 and he talked about Sigmund Freud,

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 and that reminded me about him

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 because I studied him as well

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 in first year of medicine.

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 So, Freud was the forerunner

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 of modern psychology.

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 He was born as a Jew in 1856

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 and lived in Vienna

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 most of his life

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 until the beginning of World War II

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 when he was, in a way,

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 forced to move to London,

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 and he died very shortly

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 after the move

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 at 83 years of age,

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 just before World War II,

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 or at the beginning of World War II.

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 So, he was the first scientist

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 who started analyzing human minds

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 because before then,

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 humans are considered as sacred

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 and you don't just study humans.

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 But after the theory of evolution

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 being accepted,

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 so people started to see humans

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 as one of the animals,

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 and so you can analyze human beings.

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 And he was the first psychologist

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 to push the idea of unconscious minds.

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 He believed that in each of us

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 there was a part of our minds

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 that we were not aware of.

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 So, Freud's main interest

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 is to explain human behavior,

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 including his own.

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 So, in Psalm 14,

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 I'm trying to help us to see

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 what is in the minds of people,

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 in the mind of the fools,

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 of God's people.

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 And so, that's why I've just

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 briefly explained

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 what Freud thinks,

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 and that formed the basis

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 of psychology,

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 even though Freud's idea

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 has been superseded,

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 but he formed the basis

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 of what modern psychology

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 is nowadays.

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 So, his basic

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 model is that

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 the human mind

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 has got three parts.

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 So, a part that is

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 mostly unconscious mind

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 is called the

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 I-Eat,

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 I-D,

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 or in Latin it's I-D,

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 but English it,

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 I-T.

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 It means the,

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 sort of,

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 it implies that the animal part,

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 even though he thinks that

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 human beings are one of the animals,

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 but this is the animal part,

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 the instinct part of the mind,

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 that it comes naturally,

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 as we were born with,

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 and it's pleasure-seeking.

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 It's a part that gives us,

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 makes us want to do things

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 that's pleasurable,

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 and it's mostly hidden.

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 And the other part is super-ego.

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 It is the part that

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 is the ideal self,

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 what we want,

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 what we want,

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 we want us to be.

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 what is our ideal,

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 that is,

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 give us honour,

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 reputation,

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 and it's usually nurtured,

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 it's not born with,

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 but we learn,

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 as we grow,

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 we see what the society,

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 what our parents value,

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 and that is what we

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 think about that.

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 And the third part is equal,

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 it means I, basically.

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 So that is the part that we are,

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 you know,

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 you see me,

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 or I see you,

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 that is the equal part,

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 that we are apparent,

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 that is the,

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 on the surface,

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 that's who we are,

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 and that is the part that

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 will strive for survival,

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 as the main concern.

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 And it is the rational part,

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 that thinks about the consequence

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 of things,

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 doing or not doing.

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 So,

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 so just think about a movie,

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 inside a movie,

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 the hero,

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 when we,

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 when we watch a movie,

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 we would like to be,

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 the hero.

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 That hero is a super ego,

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 of,

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 of our mind,

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 that is what we like,

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 to be.

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 And there is the villain,

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 the bad guy,

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 the bad guy,

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 we like,

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 the bad guy,

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 is the,

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 the one that is just,

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 seeking for pleasure.

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 And so,

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 and then,

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 there is the supporting actors,

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 or all the rest,

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 the ordinary people,

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 and that is the ego,

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 that is,

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 the real,

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 or the,

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 the me that is,

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 apparent,

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 apparent to,

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 to other people.

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 So,

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 the Freud,

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 then use this,

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 as a basis,

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 for his psychoanalysis,

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 trying to,

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 understand,

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 why people do,

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 what they,

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 what they do.

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 Now,

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 Freud is not,

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 a Christian,

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 no,

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 he's an atheist,

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 and so,

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 he,

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 he didn't take anything,

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 about spiritual thing,

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 into account.

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 So,

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 his,

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 this is,

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 his basic model,

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 and therefore,

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 I mean,

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 his,

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 model is not,

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 complete,

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 and also,

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 it's,

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 quite simplistic.

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 However,

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 even a simple model,

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 helps,

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 for us to,

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 understand,

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 our minds,

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 and we are,

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 not,

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 in terms of,

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 we can modify on it,

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 or,

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 we can think,

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 deeper,

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 based on what,

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 Freud has,

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 given us.

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 Okay.

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 So,

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 for this,

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 I'm going to,

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 even,

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 simplify,

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 even more,

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 my,

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 three parts of the,

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 the mind,

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 I'm going to use,

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 a heart,

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 because I'm,

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 talking more about,

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 the part that,

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 we are,

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 less conscious of.

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 So,

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 they're,

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 also divided into,

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 three parts,

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 and,

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 it's similar to,

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 Freud's,

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 division.

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 So,

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 part one is,

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 the pleasure,

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 that we,

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 are seeking for.

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 So,

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 you can see the,

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 diagram with the,

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 me,

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 inside the middle,

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 I'm seeking for,

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 the pleasure.

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 Pleasure,

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 it is,

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 drives us to seek,

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 for enjoyment,

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 and to avoid pain.

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 And so,

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 we get addicted to things,

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 because they give us,

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 pleasure.

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 And,

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 the pleasure,

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 we can think about,

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 in two broad types.

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 There's a,

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 sensory pleasure,

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 and aesthetic pleasure.

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 Sensory pleasure,

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 is the pleasure,

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 that we get from our senses.

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 Taste,

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 smell,

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 touch,

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 hearing,

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 and we are born with that,

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 with,

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 even from baby,

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 we know that baby,

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 seeks for such,

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 pleasure.

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 Aesthetic pleasure,

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 is,

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 more,

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 sort of,

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 refined,

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 you need to develop that,

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 and it's,

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 usually to do with art.

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 So,

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 we learn to appreciate,

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 painting,

00:10:38.660 --> 00:10:39.100
 a poem.

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 So,

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 I,

00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:42.260
 I,

00:10:42.260 --> 00:10:42.760
 I,

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 I got friends,

00:10:43.980 --> 00:10:44.540
 who spend,

00:10:44.539 --> 00:10:45.279
 all their,

00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:45.939
 earnings,

00:10:46.659 --> 00:10:47.719
 on music records,

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 and sound system,

00:10:49.579 --> 00:10:50.779
 so they can have a good,

00:10:51.539 --> 00:10:53.199
 sound system at home,

00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:54.399
 they enjoy,

00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:55.059
 that,

00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:56.179
 good quality music.

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 So,

00:10:57.039 --> 00:10:58.039
 listening to music,

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 give us sensory pleasure.

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 But,

00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:01.620
 appreciating,

00:11:01.779 --> 00:11:02.860
 how the music is,

00:11:03.539 --> 00:11:03.980
 composed,

00:11:04.679 --> 00:11:05.679
 how they put together,

00:11:06.199 --> 00:11:07.099
 that is the aesthetic,

00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:08.199
 pleasure,

00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:08.959
 that I have.

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 So,

00:11:10.740 --> 00:11:11.659
 that is the pleasure part.

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 And then,

00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:12.480
 honor,

00:11:12.819 --> 00:11:12.919
 the,

00:11:12.919 --> 00:11:14.079
 part of us,

00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:14.819
 is seeking honor,

00:11:15.620 --> 00:11:17.500
 it gives us a sense of self-worth,

00:11:18.860 --> 00:11:20.500
 and it drives us to behave,

00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.279
 in such a way,

00:11:21.339 --> 00:11:22.579
 that will gain us respect.

00:11:24.439 --> 00:11:24.599
 So,

00:11:24.659 --> 00:11:25.939
 what we do for honor,

00:11:26.079 --> 00:11:26.479
 changes,

00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:27.860
 depends on the trend,

00:11:27.979 --> 00:11:28.679
 of the society.

00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:29.959
 Sometimes,

00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:31.439
 we stand for the rights,

00:11:31.439 --> 00:11:32.219
 of the minorities,

00:11:34.099 --> 00:11:34.819
 like,

00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:35.459
 the voice,

00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:36.259
 that is going on,

00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:36.759
 at the moment,

00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:37.740
 people said,

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 because everybody,

00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:40.939
 value that,

00:11:40.940 --> 00:11:41.300
 so,

00:11:41.640 --> 00:11:42.040
 the people,

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 will just stand up for it.

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 Sometimes,

00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:45.520
 we stand for,

00:11:45.560 --> 00:11:46.180
 environmental,

00:11:47.120 --> 00:11:47.540
 preservation,

00:11:48.580 --> 00:11:48.940
 sometimes,

00:11:49.060 --> 00:11:49.600
 we stand for,

00:11:49.660 --> 00:11:50.420
 animal rights,

00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:51.440
 all depends on,

00:11:51.520 --> 00:11:51.900
 what the world,

00:11:51.980 --> 00:11:52.840
 seems the most.

00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:54.780
 And,

00:11:54.920 --> 00:11:56.260
 the self-preservation part,

00:11:56.420 --> 00:11:57.360
 is part of the mind,

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 that is rational.

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 It helps us to do things,

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 that will keep us safe,

00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:01.840
 and alive.

00:12:03.300 --> 00:12:03.720
 So,

00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.780
 when we take medicine,

00:12:05.420 --> 00:12:06.220
 we do not do it,

00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:06.800
 for pleasure,

00:12:07.280 --> 00:12:07.980
 or for honor,

00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:09.680
 but for survival.

00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.440
 Pleasure,

00:12:11.560 --> 00:12:12.200
 may drive us,

00:12:12.300 --> 00:12:13.580
 to eat excessively,

00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.360
 self-preservation,

00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:16.240
 would stop us,

00:12:16.300 --> 00:12:17.000
 from doing so.

00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:19.360
 Self-preservation,

00:12:19.539 --> 00:12:20.460
 also adjudicate,

00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.360
 between pleasure,

00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:21.820
 and honor,

00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.340
 to see,

00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:23.399
 which one,

00:12:23.960 --> 00:12:25.200
 it would choose,

00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:25.600
 to do.

00:12:26.920 --> 00:12:27.120
 So,

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 to give an example,

00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:28.740
 of how our hearts,

00:12:28.860 --> 00:12:29.980
 determine our behavior,

00:12:30.740 --> 00:12:31.720
 let us consider,

00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:32.240
 a boy,

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 who has been told,

00:12:33.560 --> 00:12:34.220
 by his father,

00:12:34.399 --> 00:12:35.539
 to spend an hour,

00:12:35.659 --> 00:12:36.379
 to do his homework.

00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.659
 So,

00:12:37.740 --> 00:12:38.399
 the pleasure part,

00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:38.779
 of the boy,

00:12:38.860 --> 00:12:39.600
 wants to play,

00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:40.460
 games.

00:12:41.320 --> 00:12:42.240
 The honor part,

00:12:42.299 --> 00:12:42.720
 of the boy,

00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:44.019
 wants to obey his father.

00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:45.379
 So,

00:12:45.500 --> 00:12:46.480
 the self-preservation,

00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:47.399
 part of the boy,

00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:48.039
 decides that,

00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:48.600
 it is better,

00:12:48.700 --> 00:12:49.379
 to do homework,

00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:50.419
 for an hour,

00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:51.439
 before playing games.

00:12:51.919 --> 00:12:52.620
 In doing so,

00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:53.259
 he can avoid,

00:12:53.320 --> 00:12:54.240
 the pain of punishment,

00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:55.580
 and gain the respect,

00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:56.220
 of his father.

00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:56.759
 So,

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.980
 that is a simple,

00:12:58.559 --> 00:12:58.939
 model.

00:12:59.559 --> 00:12:59.740
 Right,

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 so we,

00:13:00.539 --> 00:13:01.220
 go to,

00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:02.379
 Psalm 14,

00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:02.980
 verse 1,

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 the fool says,

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 in his heart,

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 there is no God.

00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:08.639
 First of all,

00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:09.100
 we note that,

00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:09.740
 it does not say,

00:13:09.840 --> 00:13:10.299
 a fool,

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 but it says,

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 the fool.

00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:14.039
 What does that,

00:13:14.279 --> 00:13:14.740
 imply?

00:13:15.419 --> 00:13:16.120
 It implies that,

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 it is not because,

00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:17.679
 the foolishness,

00:13:17.700 --> 00:13:18.519
 of a person,

00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:19.679
 that they seem,

00:13:19.919 --> 00:13:20.340
 to say,

00:13:20.439 --> 00:13:21.279
 there is no God.

00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:23.039
 It is the willful,

00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:24.100
 rejection of God,

00:13:24.200 --> 00:13:25.080
 that makes a person,

00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:25.519
 a fool.

00:13:26.899 --> 00:13:27.100
 So,

00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:27.500
 the fool,

00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:28.159
 is not someone,

00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:28.720
 who is lacking,

00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:29.439
 intelligence.

00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:30.779
 It is someone,

00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:31.379
 who choose,

00:13:31.439 --> 00:13:32.159
 to solely live,

00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:33.120
 for his own pleasure,

00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:34.259
 honor,

00:13:34.539 --> 00:13:35.159
 and survival.

00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.139
 The fool,

00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:38.080
 says in his heart,

00:13:39.019 --> 00:13:39.659
 the fool,

00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.279
 may not even,

00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:40.940
 be conscious,

00:13:41.060 --> 00:13:41.639
 of what he says,

00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:42.299
 in his heart.

00:13:43.179 --> 00:13:43.580
 The fool,

00:13:43.659 --> 00:13:44.080
 may appear,

00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:44.960
 to believe in God,

00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:46.259
 but,

00:13:46.500 --> 00:13:47.179
 deep in his heart,

00:13:47.299 --> 00:13:47.759
 he says,

00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.679
 that there is no God.

00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:50.240
 Our behaviors,

00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:50.799
 reveal,

00:13:50.940 --> 00:13:52.000
 what we really say,

00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:53.460
 is deep in our hearts.

00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.500
 That is where,

00:13:54.500 --> 00:13:55.799
 Freud's,

00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:57.240
 psychoanalysis,

00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.860
 come in.

00:13:58.440 --> 00:13:59.100
 He looked at,

00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:00.340
 people's behavior,

00:14:01.139 --> 00:14:01.580
 and then,

00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:02.159
 from there,

00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:03.319
 he tried to deduce,

00:14:03.980 --> 00:14:05.199
 what is in the mind.

00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:07.799
 When we believe,

00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:08.079
 that,

00:14:08.459 --> 00:14:09.959
 when believing in God,

00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:11.439
 give us good reputation,

00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:13.360
 among social circles,

00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:15.339
 so the honor part,

00:14:15.899 --> 00:14:17.279
 and self-preservation,

00:14:17.439 --> 00:14:18.219
 part of our heart,

00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:19.439
 will cause us,

00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:19.759
 to say,

00:14:19.839 --> 00:14:20.639
 we believe in God.

00:14:21.779 --> 00:14:22.439
 Though the pleasure,

00:14:22.579 --> 00:14:23.100
 part of our heart,

00:14:23.219 --> 00:14:24.139
 really dislike God.

00:14:24.719 --> 00:14:24.879
 So,

00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:25.379
 that is,

00:14:25.959 --> 00:14:27.220
 the hidden part,

00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.759
 that we can say,

00:14:28.839 --> 00:14:29.240
 in our hearts,

00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:30.159
 that there is no God,

00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:30.779
 even though,

00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:31.679
 we are,

00:14:31.959 --> 00:14:32.439
 in our,

00:14:32.439 --> 00:14:34.319
 conscious part of the mind,

00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:35.240
 we say that there is God,

00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.480
 there is a God.

00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:37.439
 So,

00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:38.019
 what drives,

00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:38.959
 a fool's behavior,

00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.019
 just coming from,

00:14:40.219 --> 00:14:41.299
 back to Psalm 14,

00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:43.079
 one,

00:14:43.319 --> 00:14:43.879
 pleasure,

00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.159
 what sort of pleasure,

00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.740
 they have,

00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:46.860
 by persecuting,

00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.079
 the,

00:14:47.199 --> 00:14:48.339
 God's people,

00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:49.519
 or,

00:14:49.919 --> 00:14:50.600
 doing things,

00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.639
 whatever way they like.

00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:52.139
 So,

00:14:52.339 --> 00:14:53.039
 verse 4,

00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:53.719
 says that,

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.659
 they eat up,

00:14:54.699 --> 00:14:55.279
 God's people,

00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.480
 as they eat bread.

00:14:56.480 --> 00:14:57.279
 So,

00:14:57.399 --> 00:14:58.379
 we see that these people,

00:14:58.460 --> 00:14:59.340
 derive pleasure,

00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:01.220
 from abusing others,

00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:03.779
 and they,

00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:05.879
 just keep doing that,

00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:06.180
 as,

00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:07.639
 people can get addicted,

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.519
 to it.

00:15:10.200 --> 00:15:11.100
 In World War II,

00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:12.820
 when the Japanese,

00:15:12.980 --> 00:15:14.019
 invaded China,

00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:15.879
 suddenly,

00:15:16.259 --> 00:15:16.759
 the soldiers,

00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:17.480
 become like,

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.300
 animals.

00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:19.700
 They were killing,

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:20.200
 and raping,

00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:21.320
 and torturing people.

00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:22.120
 Even though,

00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:23.060
 in the culture,

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.100
 the Japanese people,

00:15:24.100 --> 00:15:24.980
 are very polite,

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.539
 and good manner.

00:15:27.460 --> 00:15:28.019
 And they bow,

00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:28.720
 to one another,

00:15:29.159 --> 00:15:30.600
 in their own culture.

00:15:30.740 --> 00:15:30.860
 But,

00:15:31.420 --> 00:15:32.659
 once they,

00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:33.779
 liberate,

00:15:34.060 --> 00:15:34.899
 in the sense that,

00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:36.080
 they are no longer,

00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:37.039
 bound by the,

00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:37.720
 cultural,

00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:39.980
 the honor part of it,

00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.840
 in a foreign country,

00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.460
 the pleasure part of it,

00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:44.360
 of them,

00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:44.779
 just,

00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:45.600
 play up,

00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:45.920
 and,

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:46.960
 they just,

00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:47.940
 derive pleasure,

00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:48.320
 by,

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:50.320
 killing people.

00:15:51.159 --> 00:15:51.740
 And,

00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:52.060
 so,

00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:52.379
 they,

00:15:52.920 --> 00:15:53.480
 turn themselves,

00:15:53.700 --> 00:15:54.340
 into monsters.

00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:54.920
 And,

00:15:54.920 --> 00:15:55.259
 that's what,

00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:56.399
 people can do.

00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:58.019
 As we just,

00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.320
 do what we,

00:16:00.420 --> 00:16:01.680
 according to our pleasure,

00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:02.519
 eventually,

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.899
 we are turning to monsters,

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:04.740
 and,

00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:05.920
 become further,

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.340
 and further,

00:16:06.519 --> 00:16:07.100
 from God,

00:16:07.300 --> 00:16:07.480
 and,

00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:08.980
 accumulating God's wrath.

00:16:10.680 --> 00:16:10.899
 So,

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:12.060
 the pleasure part,

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.960
 and the honor part,

00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:13.960
 so,

00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:14.860
 in a society,

00:16:15.720 --> 00:16:16.840
 that admires,

00:16:17.100 --> 00:16:17.800
 heroism,

00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:18.800
 and power,

00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:19.480
 so,

00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.000
 people derive,

00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.460
 their honor,

00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.720
 by conquering others.

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.440
 There are also,

00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:27.460
 societies that admire,

00:16:28.060 --> 00:16:28.560
 heroism,

00:16:28.680 --> 00:16:29.180
 and tolerance,

00:16:29.540 --> 00:16:29.660
 so,

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.340
 people derive,

00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:30.740
 their honor,

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.519
 by standing up,

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.820
 for the minority group.

00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:33.879
 And,

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.240
 so,

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.100
 during the time,

00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:36.440
 of the Old Testament,

00:16:37.160 --> 00:16:37.220
 it's,

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:38.759
 people,

00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:40.019
 heroism,

00:16:40.180 --> 00:16:40.560
 is by,

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:41.500
 conquering.

00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.480
 And,

00:16:42.540 --> 00:16:42.980
 that's why,

00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.820
 these people,

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.540
 derive,

00:16:44.680 --> 00:16:45.240
 their honor,

00:16:45.340 --> 00:16:45.840
 part of it,

00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:46.600
 by conquering,

00:16:47.100 --> 00:16:47.620
 the weaker,

00:16:48.040 --> 00:16:48.600
 nations.

00:16:48.600 --> 00:16:51.480
 and,

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:53.139
 the self-preservation,

00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:53.639
 part,

00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:55.120
 of the,

00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.220
 the,

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:55.840
 whose,

00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:56.820
 heart,

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.200
 is,

00:16:57.320 --> 00:16:58.320
 that,

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 they want to,

00:17:01.180 --> 00:17:02.139
 have the most,

00:17:02.259 --> 00:17:02.759
 material,

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 for survival.

00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.220
 Okay.

00:17:04.900 --> 00:17:05.099
 So,

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:05.319
 you,

00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.660
 you,

00:17:05.860 --> 00:17:06.579
 if you conquer,

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.839
 the weaker people,

00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:08.940
 you get more,

00:17:08.940 --> 00:17:10.079
 uh,

00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:10.599
 material,

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:12.160
 and there's a gain,

00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:13.059
 for your survival.

00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:16.359
 And,

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:16.879
 also,

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:19.379
 to have survival,

00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.519
 you remove the threat.

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:21.399
 So,

00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:22.339
 the people of God,

00:17:22.619 --> 00:17:23.480
 to the pagans,

00:17:24.399 --> 00:17:25.339
 are a threat to them,

00:17:25.419 --> 00:17:25.799
 because,

00:17:26.679 --> 00:17:27.159
 people of God,

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.700
 do not live,

00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.500
 according to,

00:17:28.659 --> 00:17:29.419
 the worldly standard.

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 And,

00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:31.259
 and they don't like that.

00:17:31.379 --> 00:17:31.960
 They deny that.

00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:32.119
 And,

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 that's why,

00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:33.480
 uh,

00:17:33.980 --> 00:17:34.440
 conquering,

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 the Israelite people,

00:17:35.919 --> 00:17:36.779
 is,

00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.159
 uh,

00:17:37.879 --> 00:17:38.519
 uh,

00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.299
 satisfied,

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 the,

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.200
 uh,

00:17:41.379 --> 00:17:41.759
 the,

00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:43.000
 the heart's demands,

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.839
 in terms of getting,

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.000
 pleasure,

00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:45.720
 honor,

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.579
 and,

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:46.879
 uh,

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:47.960
 self-preservation.

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:50.440
 The fools do not know God,

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 and do not depend on God.

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 They do not call upon the Lord,

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 for their needs.

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 They rob others,

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 to get what they want.

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 They distance,

00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.899
 themselves,

00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:01.460
 from God,

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.960
 and become,

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:03.019
 more and more foolish.

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.099
 That is,

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.379
 uh,

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 verse 4.

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.259
 So,

00:18:07.339 --> 00:18:08.960
 another group of people,

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 mentioned in Psalm 14,

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 are called the people of God,

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 the descendants of Jacob,

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 the Israelites,

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 and God has,

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:18.679
 God has chosen,

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 to make a covenant with them,

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 they have been given God's law.

00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:25.940
 In this Psalm,

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 God's people are victims,

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 of the godless people.

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 And,

00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:30.500
 we know that in the Old Testament,

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 a thousand,

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 hundred,

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 history of Israel,

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 and more than 90% of the time,

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 they were living in fear,

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 of surrounding nations.

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 They are,

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.120
 most of the time,

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.560
 they are,

00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:42.420
 uh,

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 persecuted by the,

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 the surrounding nations.

00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:45.940
 So,

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 why,

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.680
 were they usually wicked,

00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.300
 in the full?

00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:50.300
 Uh,

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 there are,

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.180
 there are two reasons.

00:18:52.280 --> 00:18:52.920
 There's a superficial,

00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:54.380
 superficial reason,

00:18:55.040 --> 00:18:55.980
 and the deep reason.

00:18:57.860 --> 00:18:58.780
 The superficial,

00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.860
 superficial,

00:18:59.860 --> 00:19:00.920
 uh,

00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:02.140
 superficial reason,

00:19:02.140 --> 00:19:03.720
 is that they have been given God's law.

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.000
 So,

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.860
 paradoxically,

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.000
 they,

00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:07.579
 I mean,

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:08.240
 given God's law,

00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:09.019
 you should be,

00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.399
 uh,

00:19:09.959 --> 00:19:11.619
 a more organized country,

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.019
 uh,

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.479
 nation,

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.519
 more powerful.

00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.579
 But,

00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:15.240
 uh,

00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.899
 depends how you use God's law,

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:17.919
 uh,

00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:18.959
 how they live their life.

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:19.479
 The,

00:19:19.699 --> 00:19:20.679
 God's law basically,

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.159
 limit,

00:19:21.159 --> 00:19:21.959
 uh,

00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.399
 them,

00:19:22.919 --> 00:19:23.519
 in terms of,

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.659
 what they can do.

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.079
 Uh,

00:19:26.639 --> 00:19:27.079
 like,

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:27.899
 uh,

00:19:27.899 --> 00:19:28.399
 they can't,

00:19:28.479 --> 00:19:29.159
 they cannot cheat,

00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:29.719
 or steal,

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.179
 or kill,

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:31.019
 to get what they want.

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:33.139
 And so,

00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:33.519
 they,

00:19:33.959 --> 00:19:34.659
 when they fight,

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.660
 in a sense,

00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.940
 when they fight with the godless people,

00:19:38.540 --> 00:19:39.080
 they are,

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.080
 they are a bit bound,

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:40.820
 in terms of,

00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.340
 uh,

00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:42.019
 the behavior.

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:42.840
 They,

00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:43.920
 uh,

00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:44.759
 and they are a bit,

00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:45.340
 uh,

00:19:45.340 --> 00:19:47.120
 less vicious,

00:19:47.580 --> 00:19:48.100
 in terms of,

00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.560
 because they don't live in that way.

00:19:50.380 --> 00:19:50.500
 Uh,

00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.100
 and so,

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.380
 the,

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:52.420
 the barbarians,

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.800
 have an upper hand,

00:19:53.880 --> 00:19:54.820
 stronger than them,

00:19:55.100 --> 00:19:55.620
 physically.

00:19:56.620 --> 00:19:56.940
 uh,

00:19:57.840 --> 00:19:58.279
 and,

00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:00.160
 the,

00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:01.180
 just like,

00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:01.860
 uh,

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.540
 being Christians,

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.480
 if you,

00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:03.879
 uh,

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.359
 don't,

00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.139
 uh,

00:20:05.139 --> 00:20:06.299
 work on Sundays,

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:09.559
 or you don't open the shop on Sundays,

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.779
 then,

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:12.139
 it's hard for you to compete,

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.639
 uh,

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.500
 with people who,

00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.839
 who open their shop,

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.980
 24 hours a day,

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.779
 seven days a week.

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:17.960
 Uh,

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.559
 and,

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.680
 and so on,

00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.079
 you can think about the,

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.779
 uh,

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.759
 disadvantage of,

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.079
 uh,

00:20:23.559 --> 00:20:23.960
 uh,

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.700
 in a society,

00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.879
 when you try to,

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.119
 uh,

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.480
 follow,

00:20:26.899 --> 00:20:27.480
 God's law.

00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.500
 So,

00:20:28.579 --> 00:20:29.940
 that is the superficial reason.

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.460
 The deep reason is that,

00:20:31.460 --> 00:20:33.900
 their hearts do not love God's law.

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:36.059
 They,

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.980
 what they want,

00:20:37.640 --> 00:20:38.539
 is God's blessing.

00:20:40.360 --> 00:20:40.840
 They,

00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.700
 the pleasure,

00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:42.380
 they derive,

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.779
 is getting blessing from God,

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.779
 not from God,

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.840
 not God himself.

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.559
 And so,

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.620
 the,

00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:51.319
 the middle of the heart is still me.

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.660
 They're still living for themselves.

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.220
 Uh,

00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:55.340
 so,

00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.600
 Psalm 14,

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.259
 verses 2 and 3,

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.160
 says that,

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:01.420
 there's no one who understands,

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.640
 no one who seeks,

00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:03.759
 after God,

00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:05.019
 no one who does good.

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:05.759
 So,

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:07.420
 this includes God's people as well.

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:09.039
 There's no one who understands,

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.980
 the things of God.

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:11.319
 They do not,

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:13.100
 understand the greater pleasure,

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.480
 the greater honor,

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.960
 and the greater life,

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.960
 that are only found,

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:18.120
 in the relationship with God.

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.340
 They,

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.340
 do not seek,

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.980
 after God.

00:21:21.140 --> 00:21:21.579
 They only seek,

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.720
 after worldly things,

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.319
 that maximize,

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.200
 their,

00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.120
 pleasure,

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:26.579
 honor,

00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:27.120
 and life.

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:29.019
 They do what is good,

00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:30.460
 according to their own hearts,

00:21:30.900 --> 00:21:32.259
 not according to God's heart.

00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:35.319
 All the seeking is for oneself,

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.140
 therefore,

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:37.059
 no one does good.

00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:39.420
 Doing good,

00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.640
 means ultimate good,

00:21:40.860 --> 00:21:41.519
 eternal good.

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:43.519
 Such good can only be done,

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:44.559
 from the perspective,

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.000
 uh,

00:21:46.420 --> 00:21:47.319
 of the ultimate,

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.319
 and eternal being.

00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.140
 So,

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.900
 if we do good,

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:51.220
 because we think that it's good,

00:21:51.840 --> 00:21:52.660
 but in God's eye,

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.340
 it may not be.

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.360
 And,

00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.779
 the good that we think is good,

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:57.360
 usually make us proud.

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.839
 Yeah.

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:58.939
 So,

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.779
 when we obey God,

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.339
 it is not,

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:01.759
 only good,

00:22:01.939 --> 00:22:03.399
 because we trust God's wisdom,

00:22:03.479 --> 00:22:03.959
 and plan,

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:04.899
 but,

00:22:05.199 --> 00:22:06.399
 also ultimately good,

00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:07.240
 for ourselves,

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.919
 even though,

00:22:07.979 --> 00:22:08.619
 obeying God,

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.599
 could be difficult,

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.959
 in the society like this.

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.000
 So,

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.299
 that is the heart of God's people.

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.399
 Then we look at,

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.359
 the heart of God.

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:17.099
 In Psalm 14,

00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:17.779
 we can see,

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.839
 at least three aspects,

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:19.859
 of God's heart.

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.339
 One is,

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.119
 faithfulness.

00:22:22.719 --> 00:22:23.719
 That is in verse 7,

00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:24.679
 that we read just now.

00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:26.400
 God is faithful to his covenant.

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:28.680
 He still calls Israelites,

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.620
 his people,

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:32.019
 despite the breaking of the covenant.

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:33.900
 So,

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:35.160
 because of his faithfulness,

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.980
 he will do something,

00:22:36.320 --> 00:22:37.060
 to restore,

00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:39.100
 the heart of his people.

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.279
 And,

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.420
 verse 7 says,

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.860
 salvation will come out,

00:22:43.620 --> 00:22:44.259
 of Zion.

00:22:45.820 --> 00:22:46.820
 Two is holiness.

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.799
 In verse 5,

00:22:49.019 --> 00:22:49.640
 it says that,

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.960
 God is with the generation,

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.500
 generation of the righteous.

00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:54.500
 God,

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.519
 God,

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:56.460
 is not with any,

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.339
 other generation.

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.660
 God cannot be with,

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.380
 evil doers.

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:01.099
 He can only be with,

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.980
 the generation of the righteous.

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:05.160
 He will establish,

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.240
 the real people of God,

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.200
 the generation of the righteous.

00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:09.819
 Now,

00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.980
 are the people Israelites,

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.200
 the Israel,

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.900
 inherently righteous?

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.480
 No,

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:17.859
 there is no one,

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:19.339
 no one does good.

00:23:20.159 --> 00:23:20.480
 But,

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:23.639
 like Abraham,

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.459
 they were considered righteous,

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:28.459
 because of God's,

00:23:28.459 --> 00:23:29.779
 grace,

00:23:29.959 --> 00:23:30.839
 just like we are.

00:23:31.980 --> 00:23:32.919
 They were righteous,

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.559
 because of,

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.079
 what God,

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:35.759
 reckoned,

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.759
 to them.

00:23:37.459 --> 00:23:37.579
 Okay,

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:38.359
 so there is,

00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.779
 they are righteous in that way,

00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.579
 because of God's,

00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:40.819
 own,

00:23:41.379 --> 00:23:41.919
 mercy.

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.199
 And so,

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.579
 the third thing is,

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.240
 God's mercy,

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.899
 in verse 6,

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.539
 it says that,

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:48.579
 God is a refuge for the poor,

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:49.599
 and the needy.

00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.920
 He does not,

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:52.039
 turn away anyone,

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.659
 who pleads,

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.720
 mercy.

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:57.099
 When Jesus said,

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.159
 he had come to,

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.539
 be the salvation of Israel,

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.039
 Israel,

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.440
 the Jews,

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.359
 were expecting him,

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.399
 to terrify their,

00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:04.420
 godless enemies.

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.579
 They were,

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.420
 they were waiting,

00:24:06.680 --> 00:24:07.180
 for someone,

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.599
 to restore their fortunes.

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:11.119
 While they could see,

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:11.379
 Jesus,

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.220
 helping the,

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.299
 the poor,

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.039
 and the needy,

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.240
 they did not think,

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.180
 Jesus was the one,

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.460
 they were waiting for,

00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:20.019
 as Jesus did not seem,

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:20.859
 to have restored,

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.700
 their fortunes.

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.879
 The Jews,

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.639
 did not understand,

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.519
 the things of God,

00:24:25.659 --> 00:24:26.019
 they were,

00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.460
 just wanting God,

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:27.960
 to restore,

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:29.700
 their worldly fortunes.

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.659
 God wants to restore,

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.779
 far greater things.

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.700
 God wants to restore,

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.899
 the hearts of his people.

00:24:37.839 --> 00:24:38.460
 The Lord Jesus,

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.319
 told us that,

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.859
 there will be,

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.779
 a final judgment,

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.420
 for everyone.

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.200
 Those who reject God,

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.039
 and those who harm,

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.859
 God's people,

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.259
 will be,

00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:46.940
 will be in great,

00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:47.599
 terror,

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:49.019
 in that judgment day.

00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.420
 During the Old Testament,

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:52.899
 time,

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.000
 while God,

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:55.579
 used the stronger nations,

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.200
 to terrify,

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.139
 and punish,

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:58.500
 the,

00:24:58.500 --> 00:25:00.440
 the godless people.

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.200
 It's not the final judgment.

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.579
 There is still,

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:09.099
 a final judgment to come.

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:10.159
 And when,

00:25:10.159 --> 00:25:14.259
 and when,

00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.000
 and so,

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.039
 on that day,

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.759
 Psalm 14,

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.619
 will be,

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:20.319
 fully fulfilled.

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:20.719
 But,

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.980
 we can look at the history,

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.159
 all the nations,

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.579
 that,

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.959
 terrified,

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.759
 Israel,

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.819
 were themselves,

00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:30.899
 terrified by,

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.799
 stronger nations,

00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:32.879
 repeatedly.

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:36.140
 So,

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.060
 God wants a heart,

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.080
 that understands,

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.280
 takes after him,

00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.920
 and does good.

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.600
 Jesus understood,

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.920
 the heart of God,

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.400
 and he understood,

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.160
 the heart of God,

00:25:46.320 --> 00:25:46.660
 that is,

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:48.240
 in the heart of God,

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.380
 that is not legalistic.

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.700
 It's not that,

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.500
 you have to do this,

00:25:51.540 --> 00:25:52.320
 and you don't do this,

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.260
 but,

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:54.340
 the heart of God,

00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:54.620
 is,

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.760
 very relational.

00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.940
 The law was given,

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:00.300
 to keep the Israelites,

00:26:00.300 --> 00:26:01.440
 from being fools.

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:03.000
 The law reveals,

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.480
 to them,

00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.539
 how they can relate,

00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.019
 to God.

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:07.140
 Jesus lived,

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:08.200
 in perfect obedience,

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.880
 to God's law,

00:26:09.320 --> 00:26:09.880
 not because,

00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:10.960
 of the fear,

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:12.039
 of punishment,

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.140
 but because,

00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.299
 of his love,

00:26:14.380 --> 00:26:14.960
 towards God.

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.320
 Through Jesus,

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.279
 only fools,

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:18.240
 would choose,

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.180
 to live by the ways,

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.740
 of the world,

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.840
 and ignore,

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.600
 the ways,

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.360
 of the good God.

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.980
 Jesus delighted,

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.480
 in God.

00:26:25.080 --> 00:26:25.559
 Jesus came,

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.620
 to do the will of God.

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.539
 He did,

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.100
 what was,

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.559
 what pleased God,

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.779
 even amid,

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.220
 suffering,

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.039
 and persecution.

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.019
 While the Israelites,

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:36.259
 suffered the persecution,

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.259
 of God's people,

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.819
 Jesus suffered,

00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.519
 the persecution,

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:41.079
 of religious people.

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:42.960
 While,

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:43.319
 said,

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.539
 Jesus became poor.

00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.640
 The religious people,

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.620
 made fun of Jesus.

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.839
 They laughed,

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.019
 at his plan,

00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:51.039
 to save God's people.

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.140
 They said,

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.240
 if he,

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.339
 he could not,

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.319
 even save himself,

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.640
 from,

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.160
 the crucifixion.

00:26:59.740 --> 00:27:00.600
 How could he save,

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.779
 anyone else?

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.719
 Those people,

00:27:03.719 --> 00:27:04.659
 had no knowledge.

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.219
 They did not know,

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.439
 that the Savior,

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.119
 should suffer,

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.539
 before he entered,

00:27:09.699 --> 00:27:10.419
 into his glory.

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.319
 Those who hear,

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.699
 Jesus' voice,

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.899
 will see the glory,

00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.279
 of God,

00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:15.779
 in Jesus.

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.059
 They will know,

00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:17.519
 the truth,

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.119
 about God,

00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:19.059
 and about their own,

00:27:19.259 --> 00:27:19.599
 hearts.

00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.719
 They will have,

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.179
 their hearts,

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.839
 restored.

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.799
 They will understand,

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.519
 the honor,

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.079
 that they get,

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:27.059
 from their performance,

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:27.779
 is nothing,

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:29.240
 compared to the honor,

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.980
 of being called,

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:30.859
 the people of God,

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.120
 and the children of God.

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.039
 They will understand,

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.480
 that such great honor,

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.420
 cannot be exchanged,

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.200
 with their achievement.

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.819
 It is given free,

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.299
 because of Jesus' sacrifice.

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:41.640
 They will wait,

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.559
 for the greater honor,

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.500
 that is to come.

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.359
 Because,

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.259
 having Christ,

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:45.880
 in them,

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.700
 they have,

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.620
 the hope of glory.

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.059
 They will begin,

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.680
 to seek,

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.400
 after God,

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.980
 as a joy,

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:52.660
 of knowing God.

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:52.700
 God,

00:27:54.300 --> 00:27:55.440
 the joy,

00:27:55.540 --> 00:27:55.900
 of knowing God,

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.480
 experience,

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.540
 surpasses,

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:58.400
 all physical,

00:27:58.600 --> 00:27:59.259
 and aesthetic,

00:27:59.620 --> 00:27:59.920
 pleasure.

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.660
 Because of,

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.420
 the blood of Jesus,

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.240
 they no longer,

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.540
 face the wrath of God.

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.320
 Instead,

00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.259
 they have the pleasure,

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.540
 of being loved by God,

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.820
 and loving God.

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.060
 And they will begin,

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:11.519
 to live,

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.440
 according to God's view.

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.840
 The decision,

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.360
 they make,

00:28:14.540 --> 00:28:15.000
 no longer,

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.259
 just based on,

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.140
 their own needs,

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.620
 of honor,

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.120
 pleasure,

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.800
 and survival.

00:28:19.320 --> 00:28:19.640
 Because,

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.580
 they have received,

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:23.899
 abandoning,

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:24.859
 everything,

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.759
 that they need,

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.259
 in Christ.

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:27.879
 They will learn,

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.899
 to live by faith,

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:29.980
 and not by sight.

00:28:32.259 --> 00:28:32.740
 About,

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.619
 a hundred years ago,

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.199
 Freud,

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:35.019
 considered God,

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.000
 as a fantasy.

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.939
 And based on,

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.619
 the infantile,

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.139
 need,

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.019
 for a dominant,

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.899
 father figure,

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.299
 with religion,

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.279
 as a necessity,

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.319
 in the development,

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.439
 of early civilization,

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.220
 to help restrain,

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:50.119
 our violent impulses.

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:52.279
 And this,

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.500
 could be discarded,

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.740
 in favor of science,

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.259
 and reason.

00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:57.819
 Over the,

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:58.839
 past hundred years,

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.319
 people have indeed,

00:29:00.399 --> 00:29:01.119
 rejected God,

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:02.759
 mostly.

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.639
 Has our world,

00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.679
 become a better place,

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.179
 to live?

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.619
 Has there,

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:11.699
 been more fortune,

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.500
 for most people,

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.039
 of the world?

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.379
 No,

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.000
 we've seen,

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.679
 so many,

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.799
 wars,

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:19.159
 over the last hundred years,

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:20.240
 so many people die,

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:23.279
 signs,

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.939
 and reason,

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.759
 do not give us,

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.259
 wisdom.

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.339
 In fact,

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:26.639
 they,

00:29:26.699 --> 00:29:27.299
 they make us,

00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.599
 more foolish.

00:29:30.679 --> 00:29:31.519
 In the past,

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.299
 few years,

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.759
 as I work in Newcastle,

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.399
 I,

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:37.579
 you see that,

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.659
 the number of psychologies,

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:38.980
 have,

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.379
 at least doubled.

00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:41.679
 There's always,

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.439
 a new psychology,

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:43.480
 opening,

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:44.699
 every,

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:45.799
 week.

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:45.839
 week.

00:29:46.399 --> 00:29:47.279
 But at the same time,

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.619
 they're always full.

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.720
 When I refer patients to them,

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.859
 they have to wait for a long time.

00:29:54.319 --> 00:29:55.019
 Why suddenly,

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:55.839
 there's so many people,

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.419
 who are sick,

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.200
 counseling,

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.279
 because of depression,

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.859
 anxiety.

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.159
 People,

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.240
 human hearts,

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.480
 are more fragile than ever.

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:05.039
 We get hurt easily.

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.759
 We cannot handle,

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.539
 disappointments,

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.419
 and disapprovals.

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.339
 At the end,

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:11.559
 our rejection of God,

00:30:11.619 --> 00:30:12.379
 and God's people,

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:13.119
 will prove,

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:14.500
 that we are fools.

00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:16.239
 The sad thing is that,

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.419
 we do not even know,

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.479
 we have played a fool.

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:19.659
 We keep on,

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.199
 complaining,

00:30:20.439 --> 00:30:21.519
 about the misery,

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.899
 in life.

00:30:24.099 --> 00:30:24.439
 Keep on,

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:25.599
 blaming others,

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.279
 the government,

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.419
 or other people,

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.819
 for our unhappiness.

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.719
 We will not realize,

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.500
 or admit that,

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:33.299
 the restness in our hearts,

00:30:34.199 --> 00:30:34.939
 is a consequence,

00:30:35.179 --> 00:30:36.359
 of our rejection of God.

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.859
 Psalm 34,

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.699
 verses 8 to 10,

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:40.979
 says,

00:30:41.519 --> 00:30:42.439
 All taste and see,

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.700
 that the Lord is good.

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:45.380
 Blessed is the man,

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:46.720
 who takes refuge in him.

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:48.400
 Oh,

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.039
 fear the Lord,

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.420
 you,

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.200
 his saints,

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.640
 for those who fear the Lord,

00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:52.539
 have no lack.

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:53.980
 The young lion,

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:55.600
 suffer want and hunger,

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.980
 but those who seek,

00:30:57.120 --> 00:30:57.519
 the Lord,

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:59.180
 lack no good thing.

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.299
 Unlike the fool,

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.220
 those whose heart,

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.620
 have been restored by God,

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.200
 have tasted,

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 the goodness of God.

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 They will call on the Lord,

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 for their needs.

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 May we,

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 open our hearts to him,

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 today.

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 Let us pray.

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 Father,

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 we,

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 thank you for your mercy upon us,

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 that you,

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 did not,

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 despise us,

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 you did not,

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 you did not give us up.

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 And while we were,

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 yet sinners,

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 Christ died for us,

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 and we thank you for such a love,

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 and care towards us.

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 Father,

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 help us to,

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 be your glory,

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.