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 If you want to go ahead, you can turn to Psalm chapter 7. That's where we'll be today.

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 But as you're turning there, I want you to think about this.

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 Some of the times that are most frustrating in this life are when we are falsely accused of something that we didn't do.

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 Can we all agree with that?

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 Sometimes the most frustrating times in life is when you're accused falsely of something and you know that you didn't do it.

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 Whether it be at work, at home, my personal favorite is when Catherine wakes up mad at me in the mornings.

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 And just wakes up and just is already, I can tell something is off.

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 I'm like, are you okay?

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 And you know, what's wrong?

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 And I'm like, I didn't even have time to do anything this morning.

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 It can't be something that I've done this morning.

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 We just woke up and come to find out she had a dream that I did something and now she's mad at me.

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 I'm like, I love it.

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 I'm like, I didn't do it, sweetie.

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 I promise I didn't do it.

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 That wasn't me.

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 Or Resi and Jacob get accused of things all the time because they have a little sister that will throw them under the bus faster than anything.

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 If she feels like she's going to be able to get out of something by blaming it on Jacob or Resi, she will say that so quickly.

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 And it's frustrating.

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 And it should be because those are things that we didn't do.

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 And they're justified by being frustrated with it.

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 But Psalm 7, in part, is about injustice.

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 David is here.

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 He's being accused of something that he's saying, look, look, I didn't do this.

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 God, look at me.

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 Check my life.

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 Look at my life.

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 This is not something that is a part of who I am.

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 I did not do this.

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 And so when you look at the heading of this passage, when you look at the superscript that is there above verse 1, you'll see that it says this.

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 It says,

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 Now, first of all, what in the world is a shagayan?

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 I don't even know if I'm saying that right, much less what exactly this is.

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 This most likely refers to some type of musical reference, but we're not exactly sure what it means.

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 If you look it up, some of the commentators will suggest that it refers to this.

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 It says,

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 When I read that, I was like, I'd love to hear Clay sing that.

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 This would be a fun song to hear him sing.

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 But the truth is, we really don't know what it is.

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 We're not completely sure what this refers to.

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 But it's some type of song in which David sang to the Lord concerning the words of Cush.

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 Yet again, we're stumped because the historical narratives that we have throughout Scripture,

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 we really don't know who this Cush is.

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 It's referred to here, but we really don't know this interaction from other places.

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 Now, some scholars, James Hamilton in particular, he makes a very strong case

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 that this Cush here in Psalm chapter 7 is the same Shammai that earlier when David was fleeing from Absalom.

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 He was a relative of Saul.

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 And so we know from 2 Samuel that this Shammai, when he was talking to David,

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 David fleeing from Absalom, he began to curse David, saying all kinds of things about David

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 and accusing him of all kinds of things.

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 And so when you look at the context of this psalm,

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 when you look at some of the issues that he's addressing,

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 it seems most likely that this Cush may be this Shammai.

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 But again, we really aren't sure.

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 But those will hopefully give us a little bit of background

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 as we come into this psalm to help us understand it in a greater way.

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 And so if you've had time to turn to Psalm chapter 7,

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 I want you to follow along as we read these verses.

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 Now, this is the longest psalm that we've gotten to so far in the Psalms,

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 and it's 17 verses.

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 But I think you'll find that they flow together well to help paint this picture for us.

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 Starting in verse 1, it says this,

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 Oh, Lord, my God, in you do I take refuge.

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 Save me from all my pursuers and deliver me.

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 Lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,

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 rending it to pieces with none to deliver.

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 Oh, Lord, my God, if I have done this,

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 if there is any wrong in my hands,

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 if I have repaid my friend with evil

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 or plundered my enemy without cause,

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 let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it.

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 And let him trample my life to the ground

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 and lay my glory in the dust.

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 Selah.

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 Arise, oh Lord, in your anger,

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 lift up against the fury of my enemies.

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 Awake for me, for you have appointed a judgment.

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 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you.

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 Over it return on high.

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 The Lord judges the peoples.

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 Judge me, oh Lord.

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 Judge me, oh Lord.

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 Where did I go?

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 Judge me, oh Lord.

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 According to my righteousness

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 and according to the integrity that is in me.

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 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end

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 and may you establish the righteousness.

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 You who test the minds and hearts, oh righteous God.

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 My shield is with God who saves the upright in heart.

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 God is a righteous judge

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 and a God who feels indignation every day.

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 If a man does not repent,

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 God will wet his sword.

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 He has bent and readied his bow

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 and he has prepared for him his deadly weapons,

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 making his arrows fiery shafts.

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 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil

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 and is pregnant with mischief

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 and gives birth to lies.

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 He makes a pit, digging it out

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 and falls into the hole that he has made.

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 His mischief returns upon his own head

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 and on his own skull his violence descends.

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 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness

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 and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord most high.

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 And so in this psalm as we read this,

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 there are going to be several things that we see David calling for,

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 David calling out for.

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 And so as we work our way through this,

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 there's going to be periods where we see something in David's heart

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 that we should have in our heart.

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 As we look at these calls that David places,

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 we'll see how this applies to us.

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 And so to begin with,

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 the first call that we see in this passage

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 is a call for help.

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 We see a call for help here.

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 Verses 1 and 2,

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 Oh Lord my God, in you do I take refuge.

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 Save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,

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 lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,

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 rending it to pieces with none to deliver.

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 You see, David begins this psalm

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 by appealing to his strongest relationship.

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 He begins this psalm by appealing to his strongest thing in his life,

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 and he's appealing to the Lord

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 by calling out to the Lord himself.

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 And I think there's a really simple reminder

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 that we would probably all agree with,

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 but it's important for us to consider today.

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 And it's this,

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 that when you are in need,

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 call for help from God.

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 When you're in need,

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 call for help from God.

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 This sounds,

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 I know this sounds incredibly simple,

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 but I firmly believe that this is a reminder

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 that we all must consider today.

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 We all call for help when we're in need.

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 The question becomes,

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 where are we looking for help?

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 You see, each and every one of us,

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 when we are in need of something,

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 when we're in despair,

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 we're going to call for help from somewhere.

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 The question becomes,

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 where are we calling from help from?

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 Think about your own life.

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 The last time that you were going through

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 a difficult time in your life,

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 where did you turn for help?

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 Was it God or did you call on something else?

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 Something else to temporarily fix the problem

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 or to take your mind off of the problem?

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 Many times it can be things that aren't bad

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 or that aren't sinful in themselves,

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 but in those moments when we turn to them

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 to provide something to us

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 that only God can provide,

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 those things are at best unhealthy,

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 at worst are sinful in our lives.

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 When we turn to things that we know

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 are just going to take our mind off of it,

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 when we know they can't provide

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 what they're promising to deliver,

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 that only God can provide it,

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 yet we turn to those things

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 in those moments of need.

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 When we deal with our stress or anxiety or depression

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 by spending hours scrolling through social media

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 to fill a void,

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 to take our mind off of it,

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 what we are doing is making that void bigger.

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 When we mask our problems through alcohol or drugs,

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 they're not being dealt with.

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 When we try to take our mind off of our problems

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 by spending more money than we have,

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 what we're ultimately doing is

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 we're not fixing the problem

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 and we're creating other problems in our life.

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 And so the question becomes,

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 in your moments of need,

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 in your time of need,

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 where are you looking for help?

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 And David gives us a strong reminder

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 that he is looking to the Lord

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 in this time of need.

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 And so as we go through this passage,

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 it's important for us to see

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 how this points us to Jesus

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 because he is our ultimate call for help.

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 To help us see this,

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 Danny Akin, he provides some helpful insight.

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 He says,

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 when it comes to the Lord Jesus,

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 these words,

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 talking about here,

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 these first few verses here in this psalm,

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 perfectly describe the intent

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 of the religious leaders who persecuted him,

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 talking about Jesus.

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 They tried to arrest him,

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 insult his death,

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 yet being in the center of God's will,

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 he was saved and rescued.

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 He rested,

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 in other words,

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 he found refuge in his father,

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 as refuge until his hour arrived,

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 to go to the cross,

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 the Lamb of God

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 who takes away the sin of the world.

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 And it's a reminder,

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 call on the Lord.

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 When you are under attack or in danger,

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 he is available.

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 He cares.

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 He hears your cries for help.

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 Now this doesn't mean that

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 we always get what we ask for,

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 but we can take great confidence

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 in knowing that God hears us

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 when we cry out to him.

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 That as believers,

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 he has already met our greatest need,

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 our need for a savior.

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 And he has promised us

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 eternal life with him.

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 A life that will one day

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 be free of those disappointments

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 and heartache that we face in this life.

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 But yet this hope

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 is not just a hope for eternity.

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 It's not just a hope

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 for some far off day in the future.

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 It's a hope for us today.

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 It's a hope for us for tomorrow.

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 And yes,

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 it is a hope for all of eternity.

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 And so what David is realizing here,

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 in this moment of great distress,

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 he calls on the name of the Lord for help.

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 It's a call for help

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 to the one and only

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 who can provide that.

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 So the next thing that we find

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 in this passage

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 is a call for examination.

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 A call for examination.

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 Verses 3 through 5.

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 Oh Lord my God,

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 if I have done this,

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 if there is wrong in my hands,

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 if I repaid my friends with evil

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 or plundered my enemy without cause,

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 let the enemy pursue my soul

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 and overtake it.

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 And let him trample my life to the ground

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 and lay my glory in the dust.

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 Selah.

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 Now remember from our study of Psalm 3.

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 When we see this word Selah here,

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 it's instructing us to pause for a moment

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 and think about what is just being said.

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 Again, these verses give credibility

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 to the argument that the man called Cush here

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 in the heading is the same person

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 that we read earlier in 2 Samuel,

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 that is Shimei.

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 Back in 2 Samuel 16,

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 we are told that Shimei cursed David

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 when he was on the run saying,

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 he says,

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 Get out, get out,

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 you man of blood,

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 you worthless man.

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 The Lord has avenged on you

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 all the blood of the house of Saul

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 in whose place you have reigned.

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 And the Lord has given the kingdom

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 into the hand of your son Absalom.

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 See, your evil is on you

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 for you are a man of blood.

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 This is what Shimei was calling on.

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 This is what he was cursing David with.

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 This is what he was accusing David of.

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 In the accounts of David's life,

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 we have no proof of these claims.

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 And in fact,

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 the accounts that we have

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 say just the opposite.

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 Cush's words truly were false accusations

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 and David's conscience was clear in this matter.

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 Now sometimes you can fool other people.

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 Sometimes you can get your crew in your corner

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 and say,

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 I didn't do this.

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 I had nothing to do with this

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 when the truth is you did.

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 Or maybe you can see it

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 when you watch the NFL on Sundays.

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 You'll see a player take a cheap shot

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 and then act like they're the victim

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 when somebody else retaliates

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 to try to get the penalty caused on them.

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 But now we have replays

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 so we can see it all in just real time

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 and also in replay.

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 But yeah,

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 we can try to fool other people

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 and say,

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 hey,

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 I didn't do anything wrong.

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 But there's no fooling God.

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 And so here in this passage,

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 David is saying,

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 God,

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 take a look at my life.

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 Look at my life.

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 If I've done any of these things,

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 if I've done any of these things,

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 then let it come down on me.

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 If I have made this bed,

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 then let me lay in it.

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 He uses the word if three times

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 to emphasize his innocence.

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 He's not claiming complete innocence,

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 but he's claiming innocence in this matter.

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 For example,

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 when a defendant pleads not guilty in a court,

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 they're not saying that they're not guilty

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 of any crime that has ever been committed.

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 They're saying,

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 I'm not guilty of this crime

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 that I'm being accused of.

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 They're not saying I've never speeded.

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 I've never,

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 you know,

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 not buckled up.

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 I've never looked at my phone

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 when I'm driving.

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 They're not saying

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 I haven't done anything wrong,

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 but I'm just saying

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 in this accusation,

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 I'm not guilty.

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 And that's what you have David doing here.

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 He's not saying that he's not,

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 that he's blameless

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 in every aspect of his life

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 because he would later write in Psalm 53

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 that Romans 3 quotes

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 where it says,

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 none is righteous,

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 no, not one.

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 No one understands,

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 no one seeks for God.

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 We must all understand

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 that there will be times

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 when we get falsely accused

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 of things that we did not do.

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 Few things in life

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 are as frustrating

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 as when that happens.

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 When we are guilty,

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 well,

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 we get the just cause of our guilt.

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 But when we did nothing wrong

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 and get accused of it anyway,

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 it can be frustrating.

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 This is where David finds himself.

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 In those moments,

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 we naturally want to retaliate.

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 We want to argue.

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 And oftentimes,

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 we find ourselves

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 on the same level

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 and starting to slander as well,

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 falsely accusing them,

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 well,

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 if they're going to do this to me,

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 then I'm going to respond here.

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 David's first response here

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 was to take a look at his own life,

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 to examine himself,

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 to recognize that we all have sinned,

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 that we are all sinners,

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 but then David asked God

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 to examine his life.

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 He takes these accounts

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 and he says,

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 Lord, if I have done this,

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 look at my life.

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 If I have done this,

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 then let it come down on me.

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 Before we go on the defensive

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 and play the part of the victim,

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 let us understand

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 that we are first all sinners

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 and only secondly

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 are we sinned against.

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 Let us understand

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 that we all have guilt

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 and only secondly

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 are we sinned against.

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 Before we get on our high horse,

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 let us humbly come before God

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 and say,

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 Lord, examine my life.

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 Before we start arguing

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 and trying to justify

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 everything in our lives,

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 let us say,

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 God, examine my life.

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 Help me to respond to this

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 in a way that is honoring

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 and glorifying to you.

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 Help me respond

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 to these false accusations

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 in a way that doesn't lead to sin,

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 but in a way that honors you

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 and who you are

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 because we ultimately know

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 he is perfect in his justice,

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 which brings us to the next call

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 that we see in this passage.

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 And we're really going to tie in two things

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 because I wanted to separate them,

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 but then they went together so well

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 and so we just have two calls right here

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 in this next point

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 that we want to make

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 and it's this,

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 a call for action

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 and a call for justice.

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 A call for action

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 and a call for justice

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 because ultimately

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 this justice is God acting.

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 And so what we see

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 in verses six through nine

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 says,

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 Arise, O Lord.

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 In your anger,

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 lift up against the fury

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 of my enemies.

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 Awake for me.

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 You have appointed a judgment.

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 Let the assembly of all the peoples

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 be gathered about you.

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 Over at return on high,

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 the Lord judges the people.

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 Judge me.

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 O Lord,

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 according to my righteousness

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 and according to the integrity

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 that is mine,

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 O let the evil of the wicked

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 come to an end

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 and may you establish

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 the righteous.

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 You who test the minds

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 and hearts,

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 O righteous God.

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 David uses three strong imperatives

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 in verse six

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 to call for action.

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 He says to the Lord,

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 he says,

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 Arise, O Lord.

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 Lift yourself up.

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 Awake.

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 Well, we know that we serve a God

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 who never sleeps

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 and never takes time off,

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 but he's just,

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 he's emphasizing,

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 Lord, I need you to act in this.

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 God has declared

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 that he is just

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 and will always do

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 what is just

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 and David is confident

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 that he will.

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 And so he's calling him

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 to act

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 as a part of who

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 his character is.

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 He's calling him

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 to act justly.

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 In our prayers to God,

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 the things that we ask God,

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 especially concerning

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 other people,

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 are we asking God

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 to act in a way

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 that is consistent

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 with his character

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 or are we asking him

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 to act in a way

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 that is characteristic

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 and consistent

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 with our sinful motivations?

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 And so when we come

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 before God

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 and we call him

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 to act

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 and we're calling him

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 to say,

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 God,

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 will you please work

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 in this situation?

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 Are what,

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 is what we're asking God,

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 is we asking him

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 to work

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 and to act

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 in a way

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 that is consistent

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 with who he is

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 or are we begging him

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 and asking him

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 to act in a way

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 that is consistent

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 with our sinful motivations?

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 I think that's the heart

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 behind what David

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 is calling God

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 to do here.

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 He's calling him

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 to act in a way

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 that is consistent

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 with who he is.

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 David knows

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 that God is the judge

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 of all the world.

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 His great hope

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 is that God

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 will give him justice

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 in the heavenly courtroom.

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 Here's the thing,

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 you may go to your grave

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 wrongly accused

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 of something.

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 The history books

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 may be wrong about you

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 and slander your name

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 to the coming generations,

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 but there

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 is a final justice

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 in this world

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 and it comes

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 from God himself,

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 the great judge

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 who knows all

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 without ever having

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 to call a witness,

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 who not only knows actions,

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 but he knows motivations

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 behind the actions

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 and what he does

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 is he acts

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 in truth.

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 He knows

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 not only these actions,

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 but the motivations.

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 God is bigger

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 than lies.

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 Truth will triumph.

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 And this is something

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 that we can count on

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 so we can call

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 on the name of God

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 to take action

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 and to act justly

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 and we can rest assured

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 that he will do this.

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 So this call for action

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 is a call for justice

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 that we see

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 in verses 10 through 16.

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 In these verses,

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 we see a couple examples

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 of how God's justice

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 plays out naturally

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 in this world

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 many times.

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 It gives you two images here,

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 this one image

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 of conception and birth

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 and then also digging a pit

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 and falling into it.

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 To begin with,

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 we see it says,

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 Behold,

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 the wicked man

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 conceives evil

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 and is pregnant

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 with mischief

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 and gives birth

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 to lies.

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 Because evil

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 has filled him up,

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 he eventually

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 conceives trouble

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 and gives birth

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 to deceit.

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 Is this not how

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 sin works in our life?

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 Is this not how

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 the pattern that sin

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 takes so many times,

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 it works its way out

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 from the inside.

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 It starts with our hearts

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 and our minds

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 when no one else

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 is around

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 and works its way out

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 but God sees

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 all of it.

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 Even the private,

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 even in our minds,

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 God sees it

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 and will act justly.

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 Those things

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 that start in private

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 often times come out

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 in very real ways

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 and many times

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 in very public ways.

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 And so what we're seeing here

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 is a God

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 who's acting justly

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 where those sins

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 that we try to keep in private,

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 they will come to light.

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 They will come out,

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 they'll give birth

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 to what we see

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 coming next.

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 And we also see

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:11.039
 this justice at work

00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.940
 in that sin

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 never produces

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 the desired outcome.

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 I love this next part.

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 It says,

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 the psalm tells us,

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 it says,

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 he makes a pit.

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 So there's this man

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 makes a pit

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 digging it out

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 and then he falls

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 into the hole

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 that he has made.

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 His mischief returns

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 upon his own head

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 and his own skull

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 his violence descends.

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 You see,

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 part of God's justice

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 plays out in sin

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 because it never

00:21:38.340 --> 00:21:40.440
 delivers on what it promises.

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 I love how Eugene Peterson

00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.320
 says this,

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 he says,

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 mischief backfires

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 and violence

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.740
 boomerangs.

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 Mischief backfires

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 and violence

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 boomerangs.

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 See,

00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.019
 we have high hopes

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 that sin is going

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 to give us

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 our deepest desires,

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 but part of God's justice

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 and I would say

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:01.599
 part of God's mercy

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 is showing us

00:22:03.159 --> 00:22:04.220
 that sin

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 never delivers

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:06.059
 on what it promises.

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 Part of God's justice

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 and I would say

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.000
 at the same time

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 part of God's mercy

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 is showing us

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.220
 that sin

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 never delivers

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 on what it promises.

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 In this passage

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 we have a call

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 for God

00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.960
 to act justly.

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 The call

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.440
 is for God

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 to act justly

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 and this is going

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 to happen

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 whether we pray it

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 or not

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 because that's

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 who God is.

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 But we must then

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 take this characteristic

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 of God

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 and apply it

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 to our lives.

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 We must have

00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.519
 this heart

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.480
 for justice

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 that God has

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 in situations.

00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:39.400
 James Montgomery Boyce

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.660
 in talking about this

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 he says

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 in order for us

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 to have this justice

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.360
 talked about here

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 in Psalm chapter 7

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 there's going to be

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.880
 several things

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 at least three ways

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:50.620
 in which this plays out.

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 We must be champions

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 for the poor

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 and disadvantaged.

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 Who will help them?

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.520
 They are unable

00:22:57.520 --> 00:22:58.200
 to help themselves

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 so we must be champions

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 for the poor

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 and disadvantaged.

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 We must be upright

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.259
 in conduct.

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.700
 We cannot honestly

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.580
 pursue justice

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.299
 for others

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.980
 if we do not

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:08.179
 practice it ourselves.

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 And finally

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.819
 we must seek

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.659
 vindication

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.619
 of the righteous.

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 We must see

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 those who do good

00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:16.740
 are acknowledged

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.679
 to be good

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 and those who are wicked

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.639
 are identified

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 as such.

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 Will we be serious

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.619
 about this justice

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.319
 in the world

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 even if it doesn't

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:27.099
 directly affect us?

00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:29.559
 Will we seek justice

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:31.099
 even when it doesn't

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.859
 affect us

00:23:31.859 --> 00:23:32.779
 in a way

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.699
 that is consistent

00:23:33.699 --> 00:23:35.339
 not with our own

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.240
 character

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.220
 but in a way

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.879
 that is consistent

00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:39.059
 with God's character?

00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:40.259
 In other words

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.859
 will we look

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.599
 in this world

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.759
 and will we see

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.619
 injustices

00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.619
 that are taking place

00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:45.779
 all over this world

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.819
 that don't really

00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.879
 necessarily directly

00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.639
 affect us

00:23:48.639 --> 00:23:49.099
 that we could

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:50.619
 turn a blind eye to

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.119
 and it wouldn't

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.859
 change anything

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:52.679
 about us

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.919
 are we going

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.659
 to see those

00:23:54.659 --> 00:23:55.319
 injustices

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.000
 and are we going

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:57.199
 to act in a way

00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:58.319
 that is consistent

00:23:58.319 --> 00:23:59.759
 with who God is?

00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:00.879
 Because if we

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.919
 love justice

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:03.539
 then we must

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.240
 act in a way

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.000
 that is consistent

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.980
 with how God

00:24:05.980 --> 00:24:06.640
 calls for this

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.880
 finally very quickly

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:09.060
 we see a call

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.740
 for praise

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:11.960
 verse 17

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.880
 I will give to the

00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.880
 Lord the thanks

00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:15.140
 due to his righteousness

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:16.480
 and I will sing praise

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.660
 to the name of the

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:19.380
 Lord the most high

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:21.060
 all of this

00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.740
 should cause us

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.660
 to praise God

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.620
 the fact that we

00:24:23.620 --> 00:24:24.340
 can come to him

00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.180
 in our most difficult

00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.700
 times

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:27.360
 and that he hears us

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:28.480
 how wonderful

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.960
 is it to know

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.820
 that before God

00:24:29.819 --> 00:24:30.539
 we will never be

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.599
 wrongly accused

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.960
 because God is

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:34.000
 perfect in his

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.639
 justice

00:24:34.639 --> 00:24:36.099
 but this also

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.720
 means that he

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:38.319
 will act justly

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:40.220
 against our sin

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.859
 he'll act justly

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.740
 against sinners

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.240
 because it tells us

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.759
 if a man does not

00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.259
 repent

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.639
 God will wet

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.379
 his sword

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.500
 he has bent

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.859
 and readied his bow

00:24:50.859 --> 00:24:51.839
 he has prepared

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.839
 for him deadly

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.399
 weapons

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.539
 making his arrows

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:56.240
 fiery shafts

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.379
 this is a picture

00:24:57.379 --> 00:24:58.700
 of God's justice

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.840
 justice and wrath

00:24:59.840 --> 00:25:01.340
 against sin

00:25:01.340 --> 00:25:03.340
 we as sinners

00:25:03.340 --> 00:25:05.080
 are objects of this

00:25:05.080 --> 00:25:06.480
 wrath and justice

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:08.039
 but this is also

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.180
 a cause to praise

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:11.400
 because God made a way

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.759
 for Jesus' death

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:14.740
 to count as ours

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.039
 the penalty

00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:17.039
 the just penalty

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.740
 for sin

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:19.000
 is death

00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:20.100
 and so death

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:21.259
 is going to be

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.980
 present

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:23.420
 some of you may have

00:25:23.420 --> 00:25:24.299
 seen the movie

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.059
 National Treasure

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.319
 before

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.740
 anybody seen

00:25:25.740 --> 00:25:26.360
 National Treasure

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:27.400
 it's kind of an

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.100
 older one now

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.700
 but many of you

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.220
 have seen it

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:29.800
 at the end

00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:32.600
 Benjamin Gates

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:34.140
 he's already stolen

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:34.780
 the Declaration

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:35.360
 of Independence

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.200
 broken all of these

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.500
 laws

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.120
 and he's sitting

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.860
 next to the FBI

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.720
 agent that's been

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.660
 pursuing him

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.320
 and the FBI

00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:43.140
 agent asks him

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.800
 what do you want

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:44.280
 to get out of

00:25:44.280 --> 00:25:44.920
 all of this

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.940
 and he says

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.720
 well I just

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:47.259
 really don't want

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.880
 to go to jail

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:49.060
 I mean if I

00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:50.140
 could not go to jail

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:51.120
 that would be great

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:52.259
 and the FBI agent

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:52.680
 looks at him

00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:52.940
 and says

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.040
 well somebody

00:25:54.040 --> 00:25:55.220
 has to go to jail

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:57.079
 there's been crimes

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.600
 that have been

00:25:57.600 --> 00:25:58.019
 committed

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:59.319
 there's been crimes

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.620
 that have been

00:25:59.620 --> 00:25:59.980
 committed

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:01.779
 and somebody's

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.579
 going to have

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.539
 to pay the penalty

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.299
 for those crimes

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.200
 so somebody

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.440
 is going to have

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.640
 to go to jail

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:09.279
 when we

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.000
 we all want

00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.960
 forgiveness and mercy

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.940
 but in order for

00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.539
 there to be

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.160
 forgiveness

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:14.279
 a payment

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.480
 must be made

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:17.000
 God's justice

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.420
 cannot be

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:19.039
 compromised

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.120
 the penalty

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.819
 for sin

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.940
 is death

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.620
 and that can

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.059
 either be

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.799
 your death

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.900
 or Jesus's

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.299
 death

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.440
 but a penalty

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.860
 is going to be

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.039
 made

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.840
 and God's

00:26:27.840 --> 00:26:28.240
 justice

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:29.000
 is what now

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.440
 gives us

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.039
 assurance

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:31.600
 because God's

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.380
 perfect in his

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:32.820
 justice

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.900
 he can never

00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.960
 punish us

00:26:34.960 --> 00:26:35.680
 for what he's

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.299
 already punished

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.240
 Jesus for

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.779
 he can never

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.660
 punish us

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:41.160
 for our sin

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.700
 because he's

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.680
 already emptied

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.920
 that he's poured

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.920
 out that punishment

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.860
 on Jesus

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.680
 and so that gives

00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.640
 us assurance

00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:49.440
 that as believers

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.200
 as those who've

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.019
 placed our faith

00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.579
 and our trust

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.160
 in Jesus

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.720
 when God

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.400
 looks at us

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.279
 he doesn't see

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.180
 our sin

00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.779
 and our shame

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.420
 he sees his

00:26:57.420 --> 00:26:58.539
 son's holy

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.180
 and perfect

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.799
 life

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:01.079
 and so we can

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.240
 take assurance

00:27:02.240 --> 00:27:03.539
 that God's

00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:04.420
 justice has

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.160
 been satisfied

00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.740
 and it is my

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.119
 prayer

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:07.019
 that as we've

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.559
 studied this

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.039
 psalm today

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.460
 that it will

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.200
 be clearly

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.539
 a reminder

00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.420
 of where we

00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.180
 turn for help

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.900
 in this life

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:14.119
 that we will

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 see our sin

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 and that when

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 we are wronged

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 it won't produce

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 more sin

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 in our life

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 but it will

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 produce thankfulness

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 for the joy

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 of God's

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 perfect justice

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 but more than

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 anything I hope

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 that this psalm

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 points us

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 to Jesus

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 the one and only

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 truly innocent

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 God man

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 that laid down

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 his life

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 so that we can

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 experience new life

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 the only one

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 that will

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 can and will

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 take your sin

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 shame and regret

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 if you place

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 your faith

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 and your trust

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 in him

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 will take that

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 on himself

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 pay for it

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 and full

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 on the cross

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 and give you

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 his perfect

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 and righteous

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 life

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 and so that

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 when God

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 looks at you

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 we can clearly

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 say we can

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 confidently say

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 God look at

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 my life

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 because it's

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 no longer

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 my life

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 that is counted

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 but it's

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.759
 Christ's life

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.299
 that is counted

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.080
 in my place

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 and so we can

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:07.259
 stand confidently

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:07.880
 before God

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.160
 and say

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 I am righteous

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 not because of

00:28:10.120 --> 00:28:10.779
 what I've done

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 but because of

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.140
 what Jesus

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:13.200
 has done

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.519
 and God

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 is perfectly

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 just

00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.299
 to look at

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 us

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.299
 because that

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 payment has

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.620
 been satisfied

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 and call us

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.940
 his son

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 or his daughter

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 that's the

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.799
 beauty of this

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 that's the

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:27.840
 the hopefulness

00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.740
 of this psalm

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 that even in

00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.420
 those false

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.960
 accusations

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.920
 may point to

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 us and realize

00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:33.100
 that we really

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.779
 are sinners

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 and that even

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 though we are

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.160
 falsely accused

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:36.480
 of things

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 we really do

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.740
 have sin in

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:38.080
 our life

00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.960
 but Jesus

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.559
 is the only

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.580
 truly perfect

00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:41.140
 innocent

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:42.700
 that was slain

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.580
 for us

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 so may it

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.100
 produce in us

00:28:45.100 --> 00:28:45.560
 joy

00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:46.640
 that nothing

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.759
 else can

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.660
 father thank you

00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.200
 so much

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.340
 for your word

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.880
 thank you for

00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:51.520
 what it teaches

00:28:51.520 --> 00:28:52.440
 us about you

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.520
 thank you for

00:28:53.520 --> 00:28:54.360
 for for

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:55.520
 placing these

00:28:55.520 --> 00:28:56.480
 psalms like this

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:56.980
 in scripture

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.759
 that are real

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.620
 that are authentic

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.759
 that we can

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.759
 identify with

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.180
 and we can

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.720
 resonate with

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.160
 that even

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.140
 King David

00:29:03.140 --> 00:29:03.820
 was struggling

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.500
 with many of

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.840
 the things

00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.540
 that we struggle

00:29:05.540 --> 00:29:06.620
 with but God

00:29:06.620 --> 00:29:07.440
 you were there

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.020
 with him

00:29:08.020 --> 00:29:08.500
 and we know

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.160
 that you'll be

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.580
 here with us

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.699
 and so Lord

00:29:11.699 --> 00:29:12.379
 help us to

00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:13.059
 look at this

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.480
 passage

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.379
 help us to

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.439
 see our sin

00:29:15.439 --> 00:29:16.139
 and help us

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:16.740
 to see you

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.720
 as the only

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.799
 truly perfect

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.159
 the only

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:20.159
 truly righteous

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.240
 one who

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:21.939
 paid our

00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.619
 sin debt

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.480
 so that we

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.839
 could have

00:29:23.839 --> 00:29:24.419
 a relationship

00:29:24.419 --> 00:29:25.019
 with you

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:26.019
 and so Lord

00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.779
 help us

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:28.019
 to act in

00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.539
 ways that

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.539
 bring honor

00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.159
 and glory

00:29:30.159 --> 00:29:31.059
 to your name

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.039
 and act in

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:33.039
 a way that

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.819
 truly shows

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.399
 our gratitude

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.000
 for all that

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.379
 you've done

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.960
 for us

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:37.099
 we love you

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.779
 and we thank

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.419
 you for Jesus

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:39.019
 and it's in

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.539
 his name we

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.859
 pray

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.519
 amen

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.319
 I'm going

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:41.599
 to invite

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:41.879
 you to

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.099
 stand

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.359
 we're going

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:42.559
 to sing

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.019
 a song

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.639
 of invitation

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.200
 here this

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.440
 morning

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.920
 if God

00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:45.519
 is speaking

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.980
 to you

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.519
 this morning

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.420
 won't you

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.079
 respond as

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.500
 we stand

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.920
 together

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.660
 and sing