WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.400 We've been spending our summer in the Psalms. 00:00:05.660 --> 00:00:08.320 Today our sermon text is Psalm 15, 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:10.339 the five verses of Psalm 15. 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:12.859 It's another Psalm of David. 00:00:16.120 --> 00:00:20.280 The occasion for Psalm 15 is not given to us explicitly, 00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:25.039 but the theme reminds us of Psalm 24 that we just sang. 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:28.699 Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:32.679 As I read Psalm 15, 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:36.740 you'll be hearing the law and the standard of God. 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.439 I'm not going to tell you up front what genre this is, 00:00:39.500 --> 00:00:41.899 but I want you to try to answer that question in your mind. 00:00:41.899 --> 00:00:43.780 And then about halfway through the sermon, 00:00:43.859 --> 00:00:45.480 I'll try to make that very clear as well. 00:00:48.400 --> 00:00:49.600 So as I read this, 00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:52.740 I do so believing that this is God's inspired, 00:00:53.019 --> 00:00:56.200 inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word. 00:00:56.280 --> 00:00:57.820 And if you receive it as such, 00:00:58.039 --> 00:00:59.840 when I'm done, I'll say this is the word of God 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.140 and you say, thanks be to God. 00:01:01.980 --> 00:01:03.900 Psalm 15, a Psalm of David. 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.380 Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle? 00:01:09.020 --> 00:01:11.219 Who may dwell in your holy hill? 00:01:11.219 --> 00:01:19.359 He who walks uprightly and works righteousness and speaks the truth in his heart, 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:22.459 and who does not backbite with his tongue, 00:01:22.859 --> 00:01:24.780 nor does evil to his neighbor, 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:28.680 nor does he take up a reproach against his friend, 00:01:29.439 --> 00:01:32.259 in whose eyes a vile person is despised, 00:01:32.759 --> 00:01:34.780 but he honors those who fear the Lord. 00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:39.260 He who swears to his own hurt and does not change. 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:43.280 He who does not put out his money at usury, 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:46.540 nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:52.540 He who does these things shall never be moved. 00:01:52.540 --> 00:01:54.760 This is the word of the Lord. 00:01:56.320 --> 00:01:57.180 You may be seated. 00:01:57.180 --> 00:02:11.400 Would you pray with me? 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:24.819 Lord, only you can cut us to the heart. 00:02:29.460 --> 00:02:32.379 We pray, Lord, that by the power of your Holy Spirit, 00:02:32.480 --> 00:02:34.800 you will minister your word to your people. 00:02:34.800 --> 00:02:38.380 I pray that you'll help me to be very careful 00:02:38.380 --> 00:02:44.280 as I minister and exposit the words that your Holy Spirit inspired. 00:02:44.900 --> 00:02:48.400 I pray for your Holy Spirit in every true believer to be discerning, 00:02:48.920 --> 00:02:51.620 to take only what is from you, 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.420 and that your Spirit will apply it to our lives. 00:02:55.500 --> 00:02:58.320 I pray, Lord, that for the glory of Jesus Christ, 00:02:58.420 --> 00:02:59.540 the only mediator, 00:02:59.539 --> 00:03:04.579 that your law and your gospel will be distinct 00:03:04.579 --> 00:03:08.399 and also harmonious in the life of the believer. 00:03:08.899 --> 00:03:11.599 We ask all of this for your glory, for our good. 00:03:12.139 --> 00:03:12.479 Amen. 00:03:19.139 --> 00:03:22.000 Do you think it's true that there is no place like home? 00:03:25.500 --> 00:03:27.639 We say home is where the heart is. 00:03:29.539 --> 00:03:32.479 We think of a place where you feel at home. 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:39.399 If we're pilgrims and sojourners in this life, 00:03:40.079 --> 00:03:42.579 like Peter wrote to the church, that's what we are. 00:03:43.359 --> 00:03:46.239 We should feel most at home right here 00:03:46.239 --> 00:03:50.359 with God's people, with the Holy Spirit abiding with us. 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:54.539 Do you feel at home when you're with God's people? 00:03:55.539 --> 00:03:57.500 And there's no place like home, is there? 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:02.719 In Psalm 15, David says, 00:04:02.819 --> 00:04:03.900 Lord, who may abide? 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:05.659 Who may dwell? 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.240 Who can be at home with you? 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:10.460 That's the question. 00:04:11.539 --> 00:04:13.340 So that's my question for you this morning. 00:04:14.939 --> 00:04:17.819 Who may abide or who may dwell with God? 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:23.360 On what grounds can you dwell and be at home with God? 00:04:26.579 --> 00:04:30.139 My first observation is the longing in David's heart 00:04:30.139 --> 00:04:31.560 in verses 1 and 2. 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:36.159 My proposition is that every heart has this longing. 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:38.699 Every heart has a longing. 00:04:39.740 --> 00:04:40.500 Look at verse 1. 00:04:40.500 --> 00:04:42.279 The question on David's mind is this. 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:45.560 Lord, who may abide in your tabernacle? 00:04:48.879 --> 00:04:52.439 King David had his army. 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:54.560 He had his family. 00:04:55.100 --> 00:04:57.319 He was thinking about the succession to the throne. 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:01.959 Yet he longed to be somewhere else, not in the palace. 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:05.099 He longed to be in God's house, 00:05:05.779 --> 00:05:08.099 in that little tent on Zion, 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:09.439 that little tabernacle. 00:05:10.259 --> 00:05:12.599 That's what his heart really longed for the most. 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:17.139 And as king, we don't know what emotions he's feeling, 00:05:17.299 --> 00:05:20.459 but he certainly felt the responsibility over God's people. 00:05:20.979 --> 00:05:23.899 It was the king's job to provide all the provisions for the priests 00:05:23.899 --> 00:05:25.579 to be able to do their job and minister. 00:05:25.579 --> 00:05:29.000 It was the king's job to defend the borders 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:32.659 and keep the people of God safe and stable and at peace 00:05:32.659 --> 00:05:35.099 so that they can worship their God peacefully. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:38.919 But it was the king's limitation 00:05:38.919 --> 00:05:41.959 that he depended on this other office, 00:05:42.099 --> 00:05:43.079 the office of priests. 00:05:43.899 --> 00:05:45.899 The king was not omnipotent in Israel. 00:05:46.539 --> 00:05:47.680 The king was a vessel, 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:51.779 and it was the Lord who had to welcome people onto his holy hill. 00:05:52.479 --> 00:05:54.199 So there David is with this tension. 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:55.719 He's responsible and accountable, 00:05:56.240 --> 00:05:58.920 but yet he's powerless at the same time. 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:03.719 One commentator pointed out how in 1 Samuel 6, 00:06:04.699 --> 00:06:07.399 there's the bizarre story. 00:06:08.259 --> 00:06:09.560 It's bizarre to us 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:11.259 because it's meant to shock us 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:12.819 and teach us something about God. 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:16.480 And the story is about the Ark of the Covenant, 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:19.779 which represented the presence of God with his people. 00:06:20.219 --> 00:06:21.800 And as the Ark is being transported, 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.099 the oxen that are pulling this cart stumble, 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:26.500 the Ark gets rocky and it's about to tip, 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:29.139 and a man named Uzzah reaches out 00:06:29.139 --> 00:06:32.639 and touches the holy Ark of God's covenant. 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:35.339 And the Lord strikes this man dead. 00:06:38.459 --> 00:06:42.079 John McKay, professor of Old Testament at Edinburgh, 00:06:42.659 --> 00:06:43.139 he wrote, 00:06:43.139 --> 00:06:43.199 quote, 00:06:43.579 --> 00:06:47.659 a right goal does not validate the use of improper means. 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:49.379 Wanting to help God, 00:06:49.459 --> 00:06:51.759 but doing it in a means that God has not ordained, 00:06:52.459 --> 00:06:53.560 doesn't make it okay. 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:57.740 And his comment was that perhaps because David did not feel 00:06:57.740 --> 00:07:00.860 in personal danger in handling the Ark of God, 00:07:01.339 --> 00:07:03.479 David forgot to consult the Lord and pray 00:07:03.479 --> 00:07:05.919 over instructions on how to do this. 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:09.280 We read in 1 Chronicles 13, 11, 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:10.600 that David was angry. 00:07:12.140 --> 00:07:14.460 David was emotional, perplexed, 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:16.259 frustrated, angry, 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:17.480 because this happened. 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:18.520 It was on his watch. 00:07:18.980 --> 00:07:19.960 He was responsible. 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:20.439 Lord, 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:22.719 Lord, 00:07:23.299 --> 00:07:26.319 who may abide in your tabernacle? 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:28.319 Who may dwell on your holy hill? 00:07:28.979 --> 00:07:30.339 Who can get close to you 00:07:30.339 --> 00:07:31.779 in your covenant presence? 00:07:35.180 --> 00:07:37.060 We long to be with God, 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.259 yet we know God is holy. 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:40.359 We know that if we approach God by our own terms, 00:07:40.459 --> 00:07:42.279 he has every right to strike us dead. 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:45.219 But it's still the longing of every heart 00:07:45.219 --> 00:07:47.859 to dwell on God's holy hill. 00:07:47.860 --> 00:07:50.300 If you're like me, 00:07:50.340 --> 00:07:51.819 you have friends at work or others 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:53.460 who say church is my, 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:55.819 it's in the mountains, you know. 00:07:56.259 --> 00:07:56.879 Where's your church? 00:07:56.939 --> 00:07:58.020 My church is in the mountains. 00:07:58.340 --> 00:07:59.300 I just love to go up there. 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.199 That's when I feel like I'm at home. 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:05.400 We read in Genesis that from the Garden of Eden, 00:08:05.520 --> 00:08:07.280 the rivers flowed in all four directions, 00:08:07.620 --> 00:08:08.699 and rivers flowed downhill. 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:11.139 So the Garden of Eden is this hill 00:08:11.139 --> 00:08:12.259 or this mountain 00:08:12.259 --> 00:08:14.879 where God came to dwell 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:17.439 and to be worshipped by his creatures. 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:21.139 In all of the Bible, 00:08:21.259 --> 00:08:22.660 the kingdom of God is represented 00:08:22.660 --> 00:08:24.199 as a mountain, as a hill. 00:08:25.139 --> 00:08:26.960 But it was the plot of Satan 00:08:26.960 --> 00:08:28.340 to cause these mountains and hills 00:08:28.340 --> 00:08:30.300 to become a place 00:08:30.300 --> 00:08:31.620 where idolatry would happen, 00:08:31.699 --> 00:08:33.139 where people would go up to the hilltops 00:08:33.139 --> 00:08:33.940 where the trees were 00:08:33.940 --> 00:08:36.100 and try to worship the false gods there. 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:38.879 Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? 00:08:39.240 --> 00:08:40.800 It's the longing of every heart. 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:44.019 Ecclesiastes 3.11 says that 00:08:44.019 --> 00:08:46.219 the Lord has put eternity 00:08:46.219 --> 00:08:47.659 in the hearts of man. 00:08:48.179 --> 00:08:49.899 Every man longs to be with God, 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:50.479 the Creator. 00:08:51.199 --> 00:08:52.620 Every heart has that longing. 00:08:53.959 --> 00:08:55.019 My second point, though, 00:08:55.099 --> 00:08:56.479 from Psalm 15 is that 00:08:56.479 --> 00:08:59.759 the standard of the Holy God is fixed. 00:09:00.579 --> 00:09:01.859 While we all have that longing, 00:09:02.319 --> 00:09:04.659 the standard of the Holy God is fixed. 00:09:04.659 --> 00:09:08.360 So what's the genre of Psalm 15? 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:11.839 Psalm 15 is a legal psalm. 00:09:12.539 --> 00:09:13.679 The theme of this psalm 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:15.059 is the justice of God. 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:17.579 You may dwell, 00:09:17.860 --> 00:09:18.500 you may live, 00:09:18.579 --> 00:09:19.839 you may abide with God 00:09:19.839 --> 00:09:21.399 if you do three things. 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:22.740 In Psalm 15, 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:23.759 it's you must walk, 00:09:24.299 --> 00:09:25.059 you must work, 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:26.839 and you must speak 00:09:26.839 --> 00:09:28.659 according to God's standard. 00:09:29.319 --> 00:09:30.039 Look at verse 2. 00:09:30.039 --> 00:09:33.599 You must always walk uprightly. 00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:36.059 You must work righteousness. 00:09:36.839 --> 00:09:38.719 And you must speak the truth 00:09:38.719 --> 00:09:39.699 in your heart. 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:41.779 That's God's standard. 00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:43.719 You may only stay 00:09:43.719 --> 00:09:44.839 and abide and dwell 00:09:44.839 --> 00:09:45.879 in God's presence 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:47.579 if you love your neighbor 00:09:47.579 --> 00:09:49.379 according to God's 00:09:49.379 --> 00:09:51.240 high moral standard. 00:09:51.819 --> 00:09:53.459 That's what Psalm 15 00:09:53.459 --> 00:09:54.919 preaches to us as law. 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:57.159 And then he opens that up. 00:09:57.199 --> 00:09:58.039 What does that look like? 00:09:58.079 --> 00:09:58.740 In verse 3, 00:09:58.740 --> 00:10:00.919 you must never backbite 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:01.840 with your tongue. 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:04.019 To backbite is to 00:10:04.019 --> 00:10:05.620 stab someone in the back 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:06.580 by using your mouth. 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:10.820 You must never do evil 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:11.879 to your neighbor. 00:10:13.220 --> 00:10:14.639 The Pharisees tried to twist this 00:10:14.639 --> 00:10:15.879 and get themselves out 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:16.820 of this high standard. 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:18.759 And the Lord Jesus gave 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:19.500 the parable 00:10:19.500 --> 00:10:21.159 of the Good Samaritan. 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.519 No one is off the hook. 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:24.879 And you must not take up 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:27.320 a reproach against a friend. 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:29.340 You've heard someone say, 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:30.060 are you picking up 00:10:30.060 --> 00:10:30.780 what I'm putting down? 00:10:31.660 --> 00:10:31.980 Well, this, 00:10:32.140 --> 00:10:33.240 to take up a reproach 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:34.500 means that someone 00:10:34.500 --> 00:10:35.860 took your friend 00:10:35.860 --> 00:10:37.620 and reproached him. 00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:38.760 Said all these bad things 00:10:38.760 --> 00:10:39.400 about your friend 00:10:39.400 --> 00:10:40.040 or mocked him. 00:10:40.560 --> 00:10:41.360 They put that down. 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:42.940 You went over there 00:10:42.940 --> 00:10:43.900 and you took up 00:10:43.900 --> 00:10:44.620 that reproach 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:45.420 against your friend 00:10:45.420 --> 00:10:46.300 behind his back. 00:10:47.740 --> 00:10:48.660 See, if you have done 00:10:48.660 --> 00:10:49.660 any one of these things, 00:10:49.740 --> 00:10:52.180 you cannot dwell with God. 00:10:52.179 --> 00:10:56.979 While we're talking about 00:10:56.979 --> 00:10:58.159 how well we love our neighbor, 00:10:58.839 --> 00:11:00.199 Psalm 15 piles it on 00:11:00.199 --> 00:11:00.799 even more 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:01.299 and the stakes 00:11:01.299 --> 00:11:02.139 get even higher. 00:11:02.819 --> 00:11:03.459 In verse 5, 00:11:03.539 --> 00:11:04.479 you may never hurt 00:11:04.479 --> 00:11:05.459 the poor 00:11:05.459 --> 00:11:06.599 with your money. 00:11:08.599 --> 00:11:09.819 Usury is an old term 00:11:09.819 --> 00:11:11.000 for doing just that. 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:14.299 The Hebrew word 00:11:14.299 --> 00:11:14.899 is a picture 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:16.159 of biting with your teeth. 00:11:17.559 --> 00:11:18.620 Remember how in the Psalms 00:11:18.620 --> 00:11:19.799 he says the wicked, 00:11:19.939 --> 00:11:20.240 the evil, 00:11:20.359 --> 00:11:21.059 are like wolves. 00:11:21.059 --> 00:11:22.399 They're trying to come at me 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:23.239 and devour me 00:11:23.239 --> 00:11:24.099 with their teeth, 00:11:24.219 --> 00:11:24.879 with their mouths. 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:27.459 When you misuse 00:11:27.459 --> 00:11:28.659 the power God's given you, 00:11:28.719 --> 00:11:29.719 you're doing just that. 00:11:31.179 --> 00:11:32.699 And you may never take a bribe 00:11:32.699 --> 00:11:34.159 against the innocent. 00:11:35.359 --> 00:11:36.199 It's not hard 00:11:36.199 --> 00:11:37.219 to become very wealthy 00:11:37.219 --> 00:11:38.099 in our country. 00:11:39.299 --> 00:11:40.039 All you have to do 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:41.319 is have no moral standards. 00:11:41.839 --> 00:11:43.419 You could be an expert witness 00:11:43.419 --> 00:11:44.079 and lie 00:11:44.079 --> 00:11:45.239 and hurt the poor. 00:11:45.779 --> 00:11:46.679 Make a lot of money 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:47.659 being a false witness. 00:11:48.599 --> 00:11:49.699 If that's your goal in life, 00:11:49.699 --> 00:11:50.859 if you have that much love 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:51.320 for money, 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:53.740 you're devouring the poor. 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:54.919 You're taking a bribe 00:11:54.919 --> 00:11:56.180 against the innocent. 00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:00.960 See, Psalm 15 teaches us 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:02.279 that you will only be welcome 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:03.700 on God's holy hill 00:12:03.700 --> 00:12:06.379 if you obey him 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:08.379 according to his high moral standard 00:12:08.379 --> 00:12:08.980 perfectly, 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:10.360 personally, 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.779 and perpetually. 00:12:11.779 --> 00:12:14.819 will you honor those 00:12:14.819 --> 00:12:15.620 who fear the Lord 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:16.279 in verse 4? 00:12:18.539 --> 00:12:19.419 You see someone 00:12:19.419 --> 00:12:20.579 who honors 00:12:20.579 --> 00:12:21.579 and who loves the Lord 00:12:21.579 --> 00:12:22.799 and you treat them 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:24.259 as a dear friend. 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:24.899 This is someone, 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:25.679 they love the Lord, 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:26.620 they love the same God 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:27.139 as I do. 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:28.659 That's the friendship 00:12:28.659 --> 00:12:29.919 that I'm going to value the most. 00:12:30.199 --> 00:12:31.179 This is a true brother 00:12:31.179 --> 00:12:31.779 or sister. 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:33.519 And that's hard enough 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:34.480 to do well, isn't it? 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.720 To love a Christian well. 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:37.819 But on top of that, 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:38.500 verse 4 says, 00:12:38.500 --> 00:12:40.200 you must also despise 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:41.220 the vile person. 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:42.960 That's something 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:44.440 we've probably never preached 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:45.000 very much. 00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:46.500 To be godly, 00:12:47.220 --> 00:12:48.279 you must despise 00:12:48.279 --> 00:12:49.259 the vile person. 00:12:49.980 --> 00:12:50.879 That's the standard 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:52.159 of Psalm 15. 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:55.659 When you think the stakes 00:12:55.659 --> 00:12:57.080 are already impossibly high, 00:12:57.120 --> 00:12:58.000 it gets even worse. 00:12:58.740 --> 00:12:59.299 Verse 4 00:12:59.299 --> 00:13:02.000 says that you must 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:03.000 not change. 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:05.820 If you don't do 00:13:05.820 --> 00:13:06.720 all of these things, 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:07.980 if you say you will, 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:08.600 then don't. 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:10.940 You must swear 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:12.840 to your own hurt 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:15.019 by breaking the promise. 00:13:15.820 --> 00:13:16.680 You must make 00:13:16.680 --> 00:13:18.340 a maledictory oath 00:13:18.340 --> 00:13:19.300 against yourself. 00:13:20.420 --> 00:13:21.120 You must say 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.879 that if I am not loving 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:23.680 toward my neighbor, 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.180 or if I don't honor 00:13:26.180 --> 00:13:28.159 a person who fears the Lord, 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:29.920 may I lose my home, 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:31.200 may I lose my job, 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.440 may I lose everything 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:33.159 that I hold dear. 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:35.120 That's what it means 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:36.860 to swear by my own hurt 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:38.919 if I break my promise. 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:41.740 So every heart 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.460 has a longing 00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:43.500 to dwell with God, 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:44.560 but the high standard 00:13:44.560 --> 00:13:45.120 of God, 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:45.919 it's fixed, 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.440 and it's not going anywhere. 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:49.539 So we're still back 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:50.700 to our original question 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:52.060 at the end 00:13:52.060 --> 00:13:53.419 of Psalm 15. 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.300 Who may abide 00:13:55.300 --> 00:13:57.220 in God's tabernacle? 00:13:57.220 --> 00:14:00.740 I mentioned that the theme 00:14:00.740 --> 00:14:01.500 of this psalm 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:02.460 is God's justice. 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:04.139 And if that's the theme, 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:05.100 then Psalm 15 00:14:05.100 --> 00:14:05.740 must teach us 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.600 something special 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.220 about God 00:14:08.220 --> 00:14:09.300 in relation 00:14:09.300 --> 00:14:10.120 to His justice. 00:14:11.779 --> 00:14:12.660 Before I tell you 00:14:12.660 --> 00:14:13.139 what I think 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:13.879 it's teaching us, 00:14:13.940 --> 00:14:15.680 I want to be very clear. 00:14:16.800 --> 00:14:18.000 All of us have probably 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.960 sat under false gospels 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:21.639 relating to the law 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.960 or the justice of God. 00:14:23.700 --> 00:14:24.259 So first, 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:25.360 what does this not mean? 00:14:25.779 --> 00:14:27.100 How should this not be preached? 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:30.440 One way we can twist 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:31.419 the gospel of God 00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:31.860 is to say 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:32.860 because the standard 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:34.039 of God is so high, 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:36.159 He just lowers it. 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:37.019 There really are 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:37.919 no conditions 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:39.220 for you to be counted 00:14:39.220 --> 00:14:39.840 as righteous. 00:14:41.440 --> 00:14:42.800 God lowers His standard. 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:44.519 I heard this 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.639 at a funeral sermon. 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.220 Lene was actually 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.820 there with me. 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:48.680 It was like the first time 00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:49.740 we talked about God, 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:50.120 I think. 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:52.960 We had a family 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.519 in the school 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:54.300 where we were serving 00:14:54.299 --> 00:14:56.059 and we went to this funeral 00:14:56.059 --> 00:14:57.599 at a big church in town 00:14:57.599 --> 00:14:59.139 and one of the pastors 00:14:59.139 --> 00:15:00.219 was running 00:15:00.219 --> 00:15:01.000 through the service 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.919 and the message 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:04.079 we all walked away with 00:15:04.079 --> 00:15:05.259 was that if you're funny 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.299 and charming 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:08.620 and more likable 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:09.759 than the average person, 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:10.959 you're going to be with God. 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.379 In other words, 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.039 there really are 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:13.819 no conditions, 00:15:13.979 --> 00:15:15.099 there's really no standard. 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.679 That's the message. 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.639 There was no ministry 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:18.819 of the Word. 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:20.899 There was no clear teaching 00:15:20.899 --> 00:15:22.120 about God's holy standard 00:15:22.120 --> 00:15:22.840 and what that means 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:23.419 for sin 00:15:23.419 --> 00:15:25.019 and if there's no sin, 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:25.560 there's no need 00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:26.159 for a Savior. 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.620 So that's a wrong gospel. 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.799 It's a false gospel. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:34.879 James Buchanan, 00:15:35.019 --> 00:15:36.019 a Scottish theologian, 00:15:36.060 --> 00:15:36.919 made it very clear. 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.659 Where there is no law, 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:43.159 there can be no transgression. 00:15:43.159 --> 00:15:46.719 The same token is that 00:15:46.719 --> 00:15:48.179 where there is no law, 00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:49.299 there can be no 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:50.519 objective righteousness. 00:15:52.419 --> 00:15:54.719 See, to say God has no standard 00:15:54.719 --> 00:15:56.519 or there really is no moral law, 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:58.219 it does away with both. 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:00.039 There's no objective righteousness 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:01.439 and there's no sin 00:16:01.439 --> 00:16:03.000 because what are you deciding 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:03.579 that against? 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:06.959 So to say there are no conditions 00:16:06.959 --> 00:16:08.220 or that God simply lowers 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:09.720 His standard is a false gospel. 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.819 Here's another false gospel. 00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:15.000 You are the one 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.140 who fulfills those conditions. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:19.680 Have you heard this version 00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.820 of the gospel? 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:24.500 Your final salvation, 00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:25.960 says this false gospel, 00:16:26.379 --> 00:16:29.360 it depends on your covenant keeping. 00:16:32.560 --> 00:16:33.740 Your obedience, 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:35.000 your work, 00:16:35.520 --> 00:16:37.220 is what's going to fulfill 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:38.060 your salvation. 00:16:38.900 --> 00:16:39.960 Have you been preached this? 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:43.019 In other words, 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:44.280 only those displaying 00:16:44.280 --> 00:16:45.600 relative obedience 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:47.400 to God's moral standards 00:16:47.400 --> 00:16:48.660 will be counted righteous. 00:16:50.160 --> 00:16:52.100 You must work harder 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:54.139 to meet the standard. 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:58.980 The principle there is 00:16:58.980 --> 00:17:01.160 do this in order to live. 00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:03.680 That's a principle of works. 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:05.840 That's a principle of the law. 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.740 The gospel says, 00:17:09.379 --> 00:17:10.799 live and you will do this. 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.779 There's a big difference. 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.659 Romans 3.20 and so many other passages 00:17:15.659 --> 00:17:16.799 make this very clear. 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.699 By works of the law, 00:17:19.159 --> 00:17:20.720 no one is justified 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:22.399 in God's sight. 00:17:23.359 --> 00:17:24.379 Through the law 00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:26.139 comes the knowledge of sin. 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:26.980 Amen? 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.720 Now, 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.900 as I'm trying to be 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:30.880 really clear here, 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:31.819 some of you are saying 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:33.019 what you're saying 00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.700 is simple, 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.920 common sense, 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.839 that's just the gospel. 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.740 I've heard nothing new. 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.539 There are others of you 00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.160 who have raised 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:40.140 on a few conversations 00:17:40.140 --> 00:17:41.220 and the look 00:17:41.220 --> 00:17:42.259 you're giving me right now, 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.460 it's refreshing. 00:17:44.140 --> 00:17:44.740 Thank you 00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:46.059 for making the law 00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:46.519 and gospel 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:47.940 so clear from scripture. 00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:48.400 It's not, 00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.880 it's not anything special. 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.160 It's what God's word says. 00:17:52.360 --> 00:17:53.420 So here's what 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.400 the gospel, 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:56.160 according to Psalm 15, 00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:57.680 should be. 00:17:57.880 --> 00:17:58.620 Here's how we should 00:17:58.620 --> 00:17:59.440 interpret this. 00:18:00.620 --> 00:18:01.320 Some of our youth 00:18:01.320 --> 00:18:01.800 are going through 00:18:01.800 --> 00:18:02.340 with Jonathan 00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:03.840 our principles of hermeneutics, 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:05.080 how to interpret the Bible. 00:18:06.640 --> 00:18:07.400 We're going to look 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.580 at the context here. 00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:10.019 So the context, 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.160 let's begin with the passage 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:12.700 and then let's look 00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:14.180 at the surrounding psalms 00:18:14.180 --> 00:18:15.380 and then finally 00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:16.700 the Psalter as a whole. 00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:18.279 150 psalms. 00:18:18.600 --> 00:18:19.560 And I'm going to keep it brief, 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.640 just one or two from each. 00:18:21.000 --> 00:18:21.720 So first of all, 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:23.420 are there any important phrases 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:25.320 or clues from this psalm itself? 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.659 Psalm 15. 00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.439 The first phrase 00:18:28.439 --> 00:18:29.279 is in verse 2. 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:30.119 Look at verse 2. 00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:32.879 There's a loaded phrase. 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:37.399 He who works righteousness. 00:18:39.419 --> 00:18:42.039 It's the one who fulfills the law 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:44.039 to obtain the blessing. 00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:46.819 It is a principle of merit. 00:18:47.179 --> 00:18:48.899 It is a principle of law keeping 00:18:48.899 --> 00:18:51.539 that's preached in this psalm 00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:53.000 because God is just. 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.740 He does not lower His standard. 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.140 The question is, 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:57.000 who is the one 00:18:57.000 --> 00:18:58.039 that can keep this law? 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:01.180 Works righteousness. 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.900 The next phrase is in verse 4. 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.240 Think about if this could 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:06.460 actually mean you and me 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.200 or David. 00:19:08.140 --> 00:19:08.759 Verse 4. 00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:11.619 He will swear by His own hurt 00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:13.599 and not change. 00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:16.119 Can David keep that standard? 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:18.459 We all know He can't. 00:19:19.459 --> 00:19:20.179 You and I, 00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:20.799 we change. 00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:23.119 And we ask God for forgiveness. 00:19:24.619 --> 00:19:25.399 In verse 5. 00:19:26.719 --> 00:19:28.239 He who does these things, 00:19:28.339 --> 00:19:29.379 here's the real clincher, 00:19:29.959 --> 00:19:30.259 shall, 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.819 what's the next word in yours? 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.259 Never. 00:19:33.959 --> 00:19:35.159 He who does these things 00:19:35.159 --> 00:19:37.279 shall never be moved. 00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:41.199 God's standard does not change. 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:42.559 It's extremely high. 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:43.879 It's impossibly high 00:19:43.879 --> 00:19:46.179 for anyone under the curse of Adam. 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.559 Amen? 00:19:47.679 --> 00:19:48.819 But if you're not convinced, 00:19:48.919 --> 00:19:50.200 just from Psalm 15, 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.919 let's look at the cluster of psalms. 00:19:53.179 --> 00:19:53.960 At least my view, 00:19:54.139 --> 00:19:55.139 we can talk more 00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:56.639 if you want to understand this. 00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.500 My view is that 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:59.399 not only the words of the psalms, 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.519 but also the arrangement 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.659 of our whole Bible 00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:03.519 was under the supervision 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.419 of the Holy Spirit. 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.679 So most likely, 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.119 Ezra, 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:07.559 as he's putting all of the psalms 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.899 that the people of Israel 00:20:08.899 --> 00:20:09.460 have collected 00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:10.619 over their entire history, 00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:12.059 as he's putting it together, 00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.379 he's arranging it 00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:15.299 in a way that's ordained 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.559 by the Holy Spirit as well. 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.480 So looking at a cluster 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.299 of psalms together 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.299 gives us a context 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:21.019 for the message 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.980 or the theme 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:23.039 of that part of the book. 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:26.000 So we won't look beyond 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:27.779 the chapter right before Psalm 15 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:29.619 and the chapter right after. 00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:31.299 So let's turn back 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.500 to Psalm 14 first 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:34.559 because this was our psalm last week. 00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:39.079 In Psalm 14, verse 3, 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:42.679 you remember this from last week, 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:45.579 all have turned aside. 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:48.059 All have become corrupt. 00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:52.439 There are none who do good. 00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.839 No, not one. 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.740 That's what we just read 00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.480 in Psalm 14 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.980 and then we come to Psalm 15. 00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:01.199 That's what's in our mind. 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:02.139 That's the context. 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:04.099 He is giving the law 00:21:04.099 --> 00:21:05.279 and making it clear 00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:06.559 that none can keep the law 00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.799 to obtain their own righteousness. 00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:10.579 So that's the psalm right before. 00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:11.759 How about the psalm right after? 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:13.059 Let's go to Psalm 16. 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:17.279 In Psalm 16, verse 2 first, 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:19.619 notice what David says. 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.279 He says, 00:21:22.639 --> 00:21:24.099 You are my Lord. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.819 My goodness 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:27.659 is nothing 00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:29.879 apart from you. 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:32.359 There's one to memorize, isn't it? 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.720 You are Lord. 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.639 My goodness 00:21:34.639 --> 00:21:36.440 is nothing apart from you. 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:38.720 In other words, 00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.779 if there is fruit, 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.899 if there is goodness, 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.679 good works, 00:21:42.919 --> 00:21:43.960 if there is law keeping 00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:45.399 and a growing longing 00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:46.240 to be with God, 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.839 that's good. 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:48.200 But it's nothing 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:49.339 on David's own. 00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:51.299 It's nothing apart from God. 00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.759 Well, let's look at the whole Psalter 00:21:54.759 --> 00:21:57.480 and if you've been paying attention 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.799 to what we've arranged 00:21:58.799 --> 00:21:59.460 as the elements 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.319 for today's service, 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.179 you'll know which psalm 00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:01.819 we're going to. 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.299 Psalm 24. 00:22:04.419 --> 00:22:05.500 We sang this. 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:07.319 Psalm 24, verse 3. 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.940 The question in Psalm 24 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.740 is the same 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.940 as Psalm 15. 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.759 Who may ascend 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.980 the hill of the Lord? 00:22:16.059 --> 00:22:16.740 Who may stand 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.839 in His holy place? 00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:21.359 This is a glorious psalm 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.960 describing 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:23.880 the Lord 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:24.720 entering 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:25.960 His kingdom. 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.819 Be lifted up, 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.420 gates. 00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.460 Lift your heads, 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:33.299 you everlasting doors. 00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:35.899 Now look at the answer. 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.960 Who is it that may ascend 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.659 the hill of the Lord? 00:22:37.740 --> 00:22:38.539 Look at verse 10. 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:41.019 The King of glory. 00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:42.379 And who is this King of glory? 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.559 It's the Lord of hosts. 00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:46.779 He is the King of glory. 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:49.960 So the answer to Psalm 15 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:51.919 is answered by David himself. 00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:53.419 It's the Lord alone 00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:54.599 who may ascend 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.599 His hill. 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:58.599 You and I are in a dilemma 00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.500 that's impossible. 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.279 But God has taken 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.279 what's impossible 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.759 that sinners could dwell 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.159 with Him 00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:05.839 and He's made it possible. 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.740 Let's celebrate the gospel 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.959 of how He has done this. 00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:11.379 The only possible solution 00:23:11.379 --> 00:23:13.059 to sinners like us. 00:23:14.199 --> 00:23:15.000 We see the gospel 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.319 in Psalm 15. 00:23:16.539 --> 00:23:17.539 You can turn there again. 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.319 Psalm 15, verse 4. 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.699 That little whisper. 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.779 That little shadow 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:24.339 of the glorious gospel. 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.079 Verse 4. 00:23:25.899 --> 00:23:27.359 The Lord is the one 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.440 who swore 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:30.480 by His own hurt. 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.879 Psalm 10. 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.160 Yahweh has sworn 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.660 and will not relent. 00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.740 You, 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.579 speaking to God the Son 00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.740 as Jesus Christ, 00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:42.799 you are a priest forever. 00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.319 Do you see how 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.920 Psalm 15, Psalm 24, 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.720 the whole Bible, 00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.399 God does not lower 00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.099 His standard. 00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:52.359 But God the Son 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:53.299 took on flesh 00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.419 and He alone 00:23:54.419 --> 00:23:55.339 perfectly, 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.219 personally, 00:23:56.459 --> 00:23:57.079 perpetually 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:58.000 obeyed, 00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:59.879 fulfilled God's moral law. 00:24:01.459 --> 00:24:02.439 And God decreed 00:24:02.439 --> 00:24:03.819 that our Lord Jesus Christ 00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.399 would become the Lamb 00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:07.639 slain for our sins. 00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.279 As Revelation 13 calls Him, 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.159 He is the Lamb 00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:12.219 that is slain 00:24:12.219 --> 00:24:13.159 from the foundation 00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:14.299 of the world. 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.079 Jesus Christ 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:17.599 willingly obeyed 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.179 His Father. 00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:20.299 Isaiah 49.8, 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.500 the Father promised, 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.680 I will preserve you 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:24.680 and give you freely 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.779 as a covenant 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.539 to the people 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.720 to restore the earth. 00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.720 Praise God 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:31.240 that verse 4 says, 00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.700 our Lord, 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:33.299 He swore by His own hurt 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.880 and He is the only one 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:36.539 who does not change. 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:40.400 In Isaiah 50.7, 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.120 we get the words 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:41.940 from the perspective 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.640 of the Son. 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.980 The Lord God 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.680 will help me. 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:46.400 I will not be disgraced. 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.660 Therefore, 00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:49.060 I have set my face 00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:50.180 like a flint 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.340 and I know 00:24:51.340 --> 00:24:52.220 that I will not 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.160 be ashamed. 00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.560 Our Lord did not 00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.620 change on His mission 00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:56.960 marching to the cross 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.620 of Calvary. 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:01.100 Psalm 15.5 says, 00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.960 He who does these things. 00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:05.019 And in Hebrews 5.8, 00:25:05.540 --> 00:25:06.519 the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:07.660 He learned obedience 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:09.220 and He fulfilled the law 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:11.120 and He shall never be moved. 00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:13.600 Psalm 2.6 says, 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.579 I have now set my King 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:17.759 upon my holy hill of Zion. 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:20.199 The Father has taken Christ 00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:21.159 with His finished work 00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:22.519 and put Him forever, 00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.459 unmovable, 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:25.099 on the holy hill of heaven, 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.619 ruling over His people. 00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.959 Psalm 110.1, 00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.279 Yahweh said to my Lord, 00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:31.859 sit at my right hand 00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:33.679 till I make your enemies 00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.980 your footstool. 00:25:35.919 --> 00:25:37.279 Our Lord Jesus Christ 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.319 has done it. 00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:40.059 He has ascended 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.839 the holy hill of the Lord 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.559 and He shall not 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:45.039 be moved ever. 00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:46.919 Praise the Lord. 00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:54.500 Well, how does the holy God 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.679 bring you and me 00:25:55.679 --> 00:25:56.959 to dwell with Him? 00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:59.459 How does the holy God 00:25:59.459 --> 00:26:00.179 bring you and me 00:26:00.179 --> 00:26:01.579 to dwell with Him? 00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:06.579 David's longing in verse 1 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.599 was to dwell 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:09.419 in the tabernacle of God. 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:13.480 In John 1, 00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.019 we read 00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:16.400 that our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:18.259 the very word of God, 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.180 God Himself, 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.420 the creator of all, 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:22.140 has tabernacled 00:26:22.140 --> 00:26:23.440 among us. 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:26.580 The Lord Jesus Christ 00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:28.900 became God's tabernacle. 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:31.680 He became the meeting point 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:33.340 between the holy God 00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:35.500 and saved sinners like us. 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:39.140 As the ruler of God's people, 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:41.039 like David, 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.559 our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.660 He is concerned 00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.940 for the well-being 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:46.539 spiritually of His people. 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.839 Better than David, 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.279 however, 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.640 our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:52.480 He does rule over you 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.160 supremely. 00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.660 He's not only the king, 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.859 He's also the priest 00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:57.079 and the prophet. 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:59.319 He does have authority 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.559 over His people. 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:02.079 He conducts our worship. 00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.920 God has made Him 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.680 a better priest 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.620 from a better order 00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:07.160 that cannot be shaken. 00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:09.460 Our Lord Jesus Christ 00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.700 secured this ministry 00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:12.519 because He submitted Himself 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:14.180 to God's own law 00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:15.600 and He achieved it 00:27:15.600 --> 00:27:16.980 for you and for me. 00:27:20.300 --> 00:27:22.220 That high stake of verse 2, 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.480 to walk, 00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.400 to work, 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.360 and to speak, 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.100 our Lord Jesus Christ 00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:27.660 fulfilled 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:29.080 because we can't. 00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.240 He fulfilled it for us. 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:34.599 Jesus always walked uprightly. 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:36.660 He always worked righteousness. 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.299 And He always spoke 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.779 the truth in His heart. 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.880 And this is good news 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:44.259 because Jesus turned around 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:46.120 and He preached in John 8. 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.799 Truly, truly, 00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:49.660 everyone who practices sin 00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:51.339 is a slave to sin. 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:53.359 God's standard does not get lower. 00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:57.259 And the slave does not remain 00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.819 in the house forever. 00:27:58.819 --> 00:28:00.480 But the good news is 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.500 that Jesus Christ, 00:28:01.619 --> 00:28:02.539 the Son of God, 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.839 He remains forever. 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.359 And He's the one 00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.960 who became the tabernacle 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.000 and brings you in 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.819 and He says, 00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:10.659 in me, 00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.759 you are free. 00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.720 You are not a slave 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.519 to your sins. 00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:16.059 Our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:28:16.179 --> 00:28:16.899 He removed 00:28:16.899 --> 00:28:18.099 every barrier 00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:19.299 that could impede us 00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.779 from approaching God. 00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:22.379 And our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.779 He sends His Holy Spirit 00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:26.139 to dwell inside of us. 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:28.180 And He supplies us 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:29.660 as a nation of priests 00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:31.520 so we have all the resources 00:28:31.520 --> 00:28:33.400 we need to serve Him 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:35.240 in the ways that He's ordained. 00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:38.560 So who is it 00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:39.720 that can abide 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:41.520 in God's tabernacle? 00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:45.040 It's all those 00:28:45.040 --> 00:28:47.720 whom Christ's perfect life 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.340 and precious blood 00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:50.520 freely cover. 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.520 Amen. 00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:51.620 Amen. 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.700 Romans 4, 7, 00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.920 And blessed are those 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:57.580 whose lawless deeds 00:28:57.580 --> 00:28:58.340 are forgiven 00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.660 and whose sins 00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.480 are covered. 00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.880 Romans 4, 24, 00:29:02.080 --> 00:29:02.940 Jesus our Lord 00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:04.360 was delivered up 00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.740 for our trespasses 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.220 and He was raised 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.799 for our justification. 00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.279 It's all the work 00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.980 He has done 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:12.440 that justifies you. 00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.900 The Lord of hosts, 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:17.539 He is the King of glory. 00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.960 It's the righteousness 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:21.440 of our Lord Jesus Christ 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.880 that God freely counts 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:24.100 to you and to me 00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:25.360 who believe in Him. 00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:28.240 And when God gives you 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.300 a new heart, 00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:31.420 you do long, 00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:32.200 like David, 00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:33.500 to be in God's house. 00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.000 Don't you? 00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.420 How do you know 00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.500 if you've been washed clean? 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.100 You're at home 00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:39.080 with God's people. 00:29:40.020 --> 00:29:41.100 You long to dwell 00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.960 with Him more and more 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.960 and to not go away. 00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.480 Let's stay with God. 00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.860 Well, this is not 00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.540 the end of it. 00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:51.319 This is our justification, 00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:53.440 but there's even more glory, 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.259 more promises 00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.680 that God pours out 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.319 through Christ. 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.079 The final question 00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.019 I want to open up 00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.799 for us is this. 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.460 What happens to you 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.980 and to me 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:05.139 as we abide with God 00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:06.359 through Christ? 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:08.399 As we abide 00:30:08.399 --> 00:30:09.879 with God through Christ, 00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:12.039 something happens to us. 00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:17.500 it struck me 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:19.899 that the tabernacle 00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.659 is a tent. 00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:23.079 It's not a walled city. 00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:25.200 It's not a shining, 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.960 expensive palace. 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:29.759 But it's a tabernacle 00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:32.359 and it's enough shelter 00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.460 to protect us 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:35.319 from rain and heat 00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:37.460 and from the storms of life. 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:42.840 You long to be 00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:44.100 in the tabernacle 00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:45.140 in this life, 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.519 don't you? 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.920 David was a shadow 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.420 of Christ 00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:50.340 in His first coming. 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.600 My understanding 00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.640 is that Solomon 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:54.620 is a picture for us 00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.039 of Christ 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.019 in His second coming. 00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:59.180 There is a glorious 00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.400 kingdom of heaven, 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.700 not just a tent, 00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.220 but it's an entire city now 00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:04.620 that will descend 00:31:04.620 --> 00:31:06.220 and there will be 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.900 a new heavens, 00:31:06.900 --> 00:31:07.560 a new earth 00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:08.940 and Christ will reign 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.820 like Solomon did 00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:11.220 over all of the land, 00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:12.220 over all the world. 00:31:13.560 --> 00:31:14.780 And when Christ returns, 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.080 we will be with the Lord 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.640 forever, 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:18.240 not just in a tabernacle, 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:20.200 in His house. 00:31:21.300 --> 00:31:22.140 Jesus was so eager 00:31:22.140 --> 00:31:23.000 to tell His disciples 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:24.280 about His Father's house 00:31:24.280 --> 00:31:26.940 and He's not left us 00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.620 as orphans. 00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.759 By His Holy Spirit, 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:30.320 we are drawn to Him. 00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:31.500 We abide with Him 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.400 through faith now 00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:33.740 in this little tabernacle 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.460 on this earth. 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:36.559 and as we commune 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.960 with Him, 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:39.079 we are being made holy. 00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:42.500 Sinclair Ferguson said, 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.259 to be holy 00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.620 or to be sanctified 00:31:44.620 --> 00:31:45.980 is to become 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:47.600 like those with whom 00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.620 you are communing. 00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.480 Isn't that true? 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:53.480 You become like the people 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.819 you spend a lot of time with. 00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.620 That's another reason 00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.680 we should stick together, 00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:58.019 stay with God's people, 00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:59.319 stay with the church. 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.519 Ferguson wrote, 00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:03.940 sanctification is simply 00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:06.519 the outworking of communion. 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.339 Do you see the difference 00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.799 in tone? 00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:11.379 It's not do this and live. 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:13.160 It's live with God, 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:13.960 abide with Him. 00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.639 And you'll have 00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:16.500 His eternal life. 00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:19.339 Sanctification means 00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.099 you are becoming 00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:21.400 like Christ 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.519 by His power. 00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:27.160 Buchanan once again commented, 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:30.060 your increasing obedience 00:32:30.060 --> 00:32:31.420 to God's moral law 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:33.100 by the Holy Spirit's 00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.720 power 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:35.540 is a good thing. 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.080 In other words, 00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:39.160 Christians should be 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.880 checking themselves. 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.779 We should not be 00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:42.620 taking bribes against the poor 00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.940 or backstabbing our neighbor 00:32:43.940 --> 00:32:45.660 or taking up a rebuke 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.779 against a friend. 00:32:47.040 --> 00:32:48.140 We should become 00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:49.259 more and more like Christ. 00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.300 But it's 00:32:50.300 --> 00:32:52.420 the effect of your faith, 00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.680 not the cause. 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:55.759 It's the fruit of faith, 00:32:55.960 --> 00:32:56.620 not the root. 00:32:56.619 --> 00:32:58.699 It's the evidence of faith, 00:32:59.019 --> 00:33:00.639 not the condition for faith. 00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.679 He wrote, 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:03.299 as such, 00:33:03.399 --> 00:33:04.399 your sanctification 00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:05.679 cannot form 00:33:05.679 --> 00:33:07.199 any part of the ground 00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:09.019 on which your justification 00:33:09.019 --> 00:33:10.279 depends. 00:33:12.199 --> 00:33:13.359 But according to 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.699 1 Corinthians 6.17, 00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:16.299 we have this glorious promise. 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.719 Ken and the brothers 00:33:18.719 --> 00:33:19.479 on Wednesday morning 00:33:19.479 --> 00:33:20.479 helped me to see this one. 00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:22.079 Jonathan brought this verse to us. 00:33:23.979 --> 00:33:25.500 1 Corinthians 6.17, 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.599 we read this earlier 00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.299 in our service. 00:33:27.900 --> 00:33:28.940 You who are joined 00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.779 to the Lord, 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.740 you are one spirit 00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.559 with Christ. 00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.240 Verse 19, 00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.980 your body 00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.220 is the temple 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.700 of the Holy Spirit 00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:38.940 who is in you. 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.380 From you, 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.319 I'm sorry, 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.940 whom you have from God 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.759 and so you are not your own. 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.559 For you were bought 00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.299 at a price. 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.740 Therefore glorify God 00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.500 in your body 00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.839 and in your spirit 00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:55.119 which are God's. 00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.599 Do you remember 00:33:57.599 --> 00:33:59.339 how David 00:33:59.339 --> 00:34:00.720 was troubled 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:02.259 that this Ark of the Covenant 00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:03.180 is so sacred 00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.440 no one could touch it 00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:05.079 or approach it? 00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.900 God has made that lesson 00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.380 very clear. 00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.819 Moses, 00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:08.940 do you remember 00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.960 how the priest 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.760 couldn't even enter 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.480 the tabernacle 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:12.320 because the glory 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.800 of the Lord 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.139 so filled the tabernacle? 00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:16.320 And at the dedication 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.340 of the temple 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.139 under Solomon, 00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:18.559 do you remember 00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.440 the same thing happened? 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.559 The priest could not 00:34:20.559 --> 00:34:21.519 even go inside 00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.780 because of the weight 00:34:22.780 --> 00:34:23.940 of God's glory. 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:26.059 So when God's glory 00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:28.039 fills the dwelling place, 00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.260 everything else 00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:30.059 is pushed out. 00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.320 What a glorious picture 00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:33.579 of what the Spirit does 00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.700 in our sanctification. 00:34:37.220 --> 00:34:38.840 Because you belong to Him, 00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:40.300 our catechism says, 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:40.760 Christ, 00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:42.000 by His Holy Spirit, 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.099 He assures you 00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.980 of eternal life 00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:45.480 and He makes you 00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.119 wholeheartedly willing 00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.820 and ready 00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:49.140 from now on 00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.840 to live 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.680 for Him 00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.680 increasingly, 00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:52.680 progressively, 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.660 more and more. 00:34:58.080 --> 00:34:59.160 Last week we sung 00:34:59.160 --> 00:35:00.240 this powerful song, 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:02.019 does the Father 00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.019 truly love us? 00:35:03.580 --> 00:35:04.220 He does. 00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.500 Does the Spirit 00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:08.039 move among us? 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.080 He does. 00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:11.000 And does Jesus, 00:35:11.160 --> 00:35:11.760 our Messiah, 00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:13.680 hold forever 00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:15.039 those He loves? 00:35:16.080 --> 00:35:17.080 He does. 00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.920 Does our God 00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.880 intend to dwell 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.900 again with us? 00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.140 He does. 00:35:23.620 --> 00:35:24.640 So long to be 00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:25.900 in God's holy presence. 00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:28.340 Long to abide 00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:29.019 with God 00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:30.300 through Jesus Christ, 00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:32.160 God's tabernacle 00:35:32.160 --> 00:35:33.460 in this life. 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:34.960 And know that 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:35.660 He promises 00:35:35.660 --> 00:35:36.360 that as you 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:37.720 abide in Christ, 00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:39.920 He holds you forever. 00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:41.240 You shall never 00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:42.180 be moved. 00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.660 Dwell with Him. 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:46.460 T'was grace 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.339 that brought you 00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:48.440 safe thus far 00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.960 and grace 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.379 will lead you home. 00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.159 Amen. 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.799 Let's pray. 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.139 Lord, we praise You 00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.879 for Your grace 00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:59.500 from start to finish 00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.539 so that no man 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.079 may boast. 00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.679 Thank You 00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.440 for Your powerful 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:05.279 Holy Spirit 00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:07.440 who gives a new heart, 00:36:07.899 --> 00:36:08.599 who draws us 00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.299 to Yourself 00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:11.260 and who keeps us 00:36:11.260 --> 00:36:11.680 with You. 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.320 As we commune 00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.740 with You, 00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.680 You make us 00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.560 more like Your Son. 00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:19.519 All glory be to God. 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.620 We ask that You 00:36:20.620 --> 00:36:21.539 will do this work 00:36:21.539 --> 00:36:22.519 in the lives 00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.039 of each one 00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.600 that You have brought 00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.440 here today, Lord, 00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:25.620 for Your glory. 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.320 Amen. 00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.500 Amen. 00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.500 Amen.