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 Let's open up our Bibles to the book of Psalms.

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 Normally it's our practice here at Seawee Bay to preach through books of the Bible.

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 We were in a series in the book of John, and we'll pick that back up, Lord willing, in the fall.

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 But for the summer, we're spending some time together in the Psalms.

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 And this morning we've made it to Psalm chapter 5.

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 So if you're using the Pew Bibles there in front of you, if you didn't bring your own Bible,

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 I believe you can find this passage on page 419 of the Pew Bible there in front of you.

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 But we want you to have God's Word open in front of you and look to what He says as we read it together.

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 So if you would, follow along with me as I read Psalm chapter 5.

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 This is a Psalm of David. He says,

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 Give ear to my words, O Lord. Consider my groaning.

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 Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God.

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 For to you do I pray.

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 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice.

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 In the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.

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 For you are not a God who delights in wickedness.

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 Evil may not dwell with you.

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 The boastful shall not stand before your eyes.

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 You hate all evildoers.

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 You destroy those who speak lies.

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 The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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 But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house.

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 I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.

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 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies.

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 Make your way straight before me.

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 For there is no truth in their mouth.

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 Their inmost self is destruction.

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 Their throat is an open grave.

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 They flatter with their tongue.

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 Make them bear their guilt, O God.

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 Let them fall by their own counsels.

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 Because of the abundance of their transgressions, cast them out.

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 For they have rebelled against you.

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 But let all who take refuge in you rejoice.

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 Let them ever sing for joy.

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 And spread your protection over them.

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 That those who love your name may exult in you.

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 For you bless the righteous, O Lord.

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 You cover him with favor as with a shield.

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 Amen.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades.

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 But God's eternal, perfect, beautiful word stands forever.

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 Would you bow with me once more as we pray?

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 Lord, I cannot begin to know the various sufferings and trials and difficulties that are represented in this room.

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 But you do.

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 And so we pray now as we open up this psalm of suffering.

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 This psalm of groaning.

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 Lord, that you would comfort us with your presence.

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 And with the hope that can only be found in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 We pray in his glorious name.

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 Amen.

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 How do believers respond in the face of danger?

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 This is the question that we've been taking up week after week after week from the psalms over the past several weeks.

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 And here as we make it to Psalm chapter 5, it is no different.

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 David is still facing threats, still facing trials.

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 I believe that he is still on the run from Absalom, his son, and the army with him.

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 And I thought, you know, just for a change of pace this morning, we would quote three different prosperity teachers to hear what they might say about how we should respond to the dangers in our lives.

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 These are our prosperity gospel teachers.

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 The prosperity gospel, you may be well aware, is a false teaching that tells us that believers should have really no difficulties and no dangers, no trials.

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 And if we just simply have enough faith, then we'll live a life of health, wealth, victory, happiness, and everything will be well.

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 I'm willing to bet that we've seen enough just four chapters into the book of Psalms by this point to not listen to anything that these people have to say.

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 All right, so let's take a look at three of them.

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 Creflo Dollar from My Stomping Grounds.

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 Creflo Dollar says,

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 Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?

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 Yet here in Psalm chapter 5, David trusts God and he groans.

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 He trusts God and he cries out day and night.

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 He is irritated by the disturbing circumstances around him.

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 Number two, Joseph Prince.

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 He says,

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 You are destined to reign in life.

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 You are called by God, the Lord, to be a success, to enjoy wealth, to enjoy health, and to enjoy a life of victory.

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 It is not the Lord's desire that you live a life of defeat, poverty, and failure.

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 But here, David is on the run from his son.

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 Once again, he's in danger.

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 He's in turmoil.

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 He's in trials.

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 His throne has been ripped away from him.

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 He's been torn out of his city.

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 His entire life is in shambles.

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 This is not a life of comfort and victory.

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 Last one.

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 Joel Osteen, he says,

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 That difficulty is not there to defeat you.

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 It is there to promote you.

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 You can handle it.

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 Take hold of your strength.

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 But here, of course, David hasn't taken hold of his strength.

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 Has he?

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 What's he doing?

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 He's taking hold, trusting in the strength of the Lord.

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 He's responding as believers do in the face of danger and looking to the strength of God.

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 You know, this type of false prosperity teaching, it sells books.

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 It draws crowds.

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 It's very popular.

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 But it simply doesn't fit well with the testimony of Scripture.

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 In fact, it doesn't fit well with the message of our passage this morning.

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 You know, the book of Psalms, one of the reasons why we are drawn to the book of Psalms,

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 one of the reasons why we love this book is because it gives us an honest picture,

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 an honest look at the sufferings and the trials and the difficulties of life.

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 The Psalms give us bad news and good news, and we'll see both this morning.

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 The bad news is that the life of a believer is filled with groaning.

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 The life of a believer is filled with groaning.

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 But the good news is that we groan with hope in the Lord.

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 So this morning, what I want to do is to let God's Word equip us to groan as those who have hope.

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 To groan as David is groaning here in this psalm.

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 So this morning, we're going to see four ways that believers groan in suffering.

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 This will be our outline this morning.

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 If you're taking notes, we'll see four ways believers groan in suffering.

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 First, believers groan with frequency.

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 Believers groan with frequency.

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 Look with me again to verse 1.

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 David says,

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 It's clear that David is once again in distress.

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 We've seen over the past several weeks that David is on the run from his son Absalom,

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 and the Lord has sustained him through the night.

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 Last week, we saw Psalm chapter 4.

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 He laid down and slept in peace.

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 And now, Psalm chapter 5, he wakes up again.

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 And once again, what does he do?

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 First thing in the morning, he groans.

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 Cries out to the Lord.

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 Now, if indeed this is the same event as I believe Psalms 3 through 9 are all focused around this event with Absalom,

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 I think it's important for us to realize that David's prayer for deliverance,

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 his lamenting of his situation, his groaning to the Lord, his crying out to God,

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 is not just a one-time event.

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 This is constant, frequent, regular groaning, praying for deliverance, calling out to the Lord.

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 It's day and night.

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 In fact, I wonder if you've noticed the pattern here in the book of Psalms over the past several weeks.

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 Psalms 1 and 2 kind of gives us the introduction to the whole book of Psalms.

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 And then Psalm 3 was a morning prayer.

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 Psalm 4 was an evening prayer.

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 Psalm 5 this morning is another morning prayer.

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 In the morning, he calls out to the Lord.

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 Lord willing, next week, Psalm chapter 6, we'll see another evening prayer.

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 See, there's a rhythm here of frequent suffering, frequent groaning, frequent calling out to the name of the Lord.

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 Day and night, day and night, day and night.

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 He wakes up again here.

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 The Lord has sustained him through the night, but the issue is still there.

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 And because the suffering is still there, he is still groaning.

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 As we read through the Psalms like this, Psalms that have groaning and calling out to the Lord like this,

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 we should ask ourselves, is this how we call out to the Lord?

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 Is this how we speak with him?

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 Believers are those who groan constantly to the Lord.

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 Are you crying out to the Lord now because of pain?

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 Because of weakness in your flesh?

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 Because of sickness?

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 Because of illness?

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 Are you groaning and crying out because of loss?

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 Because of grief?

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 Are you groaning and crying out to the Lord because of your sin?

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 We have to realize, Christian, that this type of groaning and crying out to the Lord

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 is not abnormal for the believer.

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 The groaning and pain and suffering, I'll be honest with you,

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 are a normal part of the believer's life on this side of eternity.

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 All of us, I don't know the issues that you're facing in the room, not all of them,

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 but I do know that all of us face all sorts of various trials.

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 Some may be trials of attack like David is facing here.

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 Others, trials of loss and grief, trials of sickness, trials of temptation, trials of sin.

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 And all of them ought to lead us to groan and to cry out to the Lord,

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 Lord, save me from this.

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 Lord, look at what's happening here.

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 Lord, help me.

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 Day and night, we should groan and cry out to the Lord.

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 You know, that is good and normal for a believer.

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 If we're not grieved by anything in our life,

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 if we look around us, the world that we live in as broken as it is,

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 if we're not groaning for the Lord to act,

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 if we look within us and notice our own sin

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 and we're comfortable with everything in our life,

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 we're not grieved by our own sin,

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 we're not groaning and crying out,

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 who will deliver me from this body of death?

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 You know, if we're not groaning to the Lord frequently,

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 something might be wrong.

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 Believers groan regularly.

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 I want you to hear me on this very clearly.

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 Please don't listen to anyone

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 who would tell you that having a stronger faith

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 would mean less suffering here in this life.

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 Don't listen to anyone who would tell you

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 that if you just believe, just trust,

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 just have a stronger faith

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 that you would be relieved of your groaning in this life.

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 And don't listen to anyone who would tell you

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 that you're not allowed to groan in your suffering.

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 What do I mean by that?

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 Well, I think if you're like me,

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 we all try to be tough, don't we?

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 And we tend to believe that the Lord is most pleased with us

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 when we just tough it out.

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 We just grit and bear it.

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 Men especially, I'm talking to you,

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 I'm talking to myself,

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 we don't want to whine.

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 We don't want to seem weak.

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 We don't want to seem less than.

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 But listen,

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 our groaning to God in suffering

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 is not a sign of weakness.

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 Our groaning out to the Lord in suffering

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 is not a sign of lack of faith in God.

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 On the contrary,

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 we honor God

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 when we cry out to Him in faith

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 in the midst of our trials.

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 We need to feel the freedom to lament.

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 Not grumbling and faithless complaining

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 like the Israelites in the wilderness,

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 but faithful groaning,

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 groaning in faith to the Lord.

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 There's an eternity of difference here.

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 We're going to see this more

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 as we go through the book of Psalms,

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 but do you realize that

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 over one-third of the book of Psalms is lament?

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 Over one-third of the book of Psalms,

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 the author is calling God's attention

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 to some particular trial,

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 some particular issue,

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 some particular enemy,

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 some particular difficulty,

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 calling God's attention to the trials

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 and groaning to the Lord,

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 asking Him to do something about it.

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 We need to recover a sense of freedom

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 to groan and cry out to the Lord.

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 His frequent groaning

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 isn't a demonstration of lack of faith,

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 it's a demonstration

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 of strong, deep trust in the Lord

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 to do what only God can do.

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 The Psalms,

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 they invite us to cry out to God,

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 not in bitterness,

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 not in despair,

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 but in faith in a good God

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 who hears our cries.

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 Believers groan frequently.

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 Not only this.

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 Second,

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 believers groan with confidence.

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 Believers groan with confidence.

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 Let me ask you something.

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 What makes a believer confident

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 in the face of trials?

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 When trials, temptations,

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 suffering comes into your life,

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 what is the source of your confidence?

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 What will you cling to?

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 For the believer,

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 the believer's confidence

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 in the face of suffering

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 is the character of God.

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 It's the character of God.

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 Look there at what David says here.

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 King David, ruler of God's people,

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 what does he say in verse 2?

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 He cries out to God and he says,

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 you give attention to the sound of my cry,

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 my King and my God.

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 He calls out to God,

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 his God,

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 his Lord,

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 his covenant God,

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 the covenant faithful God.

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 His confidence is in the person

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 and the character of God,

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 his God.

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 It's like a child

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 who falls down on the playground

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 and scrapes his knee.

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 What happens?

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 Where do they turn right away?

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 To mom or dad?

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 Out of all the people there

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 on the playground,

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 many kids,

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 many parents,

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 they run straight to mom,

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 run straight to dad.

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 Why?

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 Because they trust

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 in the character

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 of mom and dad.

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 They know that

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 they are there

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 to protect them,

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 that they are there

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 to serve them,

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 that they love them.

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 There's relational dependence

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 and trust and love there.

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 And so it is with David.

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 This is David's confidence here.

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 His confidence

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 in the face of suffering

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 is the character of God.

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 Look there to verses 4-6.

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 4-6

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 because David gives

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 four statements

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 of confidence here.

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 All of them

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 rooted in God's

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 holy character.

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 And I'll be honest,

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 some of these are hard

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 for us to swallow.

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 Some of these statements

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 of confidence

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 are hard for us to hear.

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 Some of these

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 will not sell books,

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 it will not draw crowds,

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 but when we understand them,

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 these are the root

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 of our confidence

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 in suffering.

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 So look there

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 to verse 4.

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 He groans with confidence

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 because, number one,

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 truth number one,

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 because God is holy.

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 Because God is holy.

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 What does he say

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 in verse 4?

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 You are not a God

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 who delights

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 in wickedness.

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 David's confidence

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 is rooted

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:10.500
 in the holiness

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 of God.

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 When we look

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 at all the evil

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 around us,

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 the evil inside of us,

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 wicked acts against us,

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 how can we be confident

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 that God will deal with it?

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 It's because God is holy.

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 And so we can call out

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 to God in confidence

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 because we know

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 that as much

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 as it displeases us,

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 it really does not

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 please Him.

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 Our confidence

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 is that God

00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:38.600
 will deal with wickedness

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 because God is holy.

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 It's in His holy character.

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 And so because of this

00:17:45.280 --> 00:17:46.000
 second statement,

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 we can be confident

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 with David

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 that the wicked

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 will not dwell

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 with God.

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 The wicked

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 will not dwell

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 with God.

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 He says,

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 evil may not dwell

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 with you.

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 This is what

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 Psalm chapter 1

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 has already laid out

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 for us, isn't it?

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 The wicked

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 will not stand

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 in the judgment

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 nor sinners

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 in the congregation

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 of the righteous.

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 David is essentially

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 praying back

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 the truth of Psalm 1

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 back to God

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 and affirming

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 this is who you are.

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 This is what you've said.

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 This is my confidence.

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 So whatever success

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 the wicked may have

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 here and now,

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 whatever victory

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 it may seem like

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 they've gained

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 here and now,

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 at the end of the day,

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 with confidence,

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 David prays,

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 the wicked

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 will not dwell

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 with God.

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 They will not triumph.

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 Why?

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 Truth number three,

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 because the Lord

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 sees every sin.

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 Look how David

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 draws attention

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 to the specific sins

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 of his enemies here.

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 Do you think that God

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 doesn't see this?

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 Do you think that God

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 isn't already aware

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 of what David

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 calls his attention to

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 here?

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 Of course he knows.

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 God sees every act,

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 he knows every thought,

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 he hears every word,

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 but David here,

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.140
 he calls God's attention

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 to the specific sins

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 of his enemies.

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 He's calling on God

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 to see and to act.

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 He says,

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 those who boast

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 will not stand before you.

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 His enemies are boastful.

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 The proud will not stand

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 before the Lord.

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 And not only that,

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 David says that

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 these enemies are liars.

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 They're bloodthirsty.

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 They're full of lies.

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 I wonder if you've ever

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 been lied about.

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 If you know how this feels.

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 David's enemies,

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 they want him dead.

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 They've lied about him.

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 Now they're boasting

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 in their arrogance.

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 David's confidence

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:42.420
 in the midst of all of this

00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:44.740
 is that surely God sees it.

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 Surely God knows

00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:49.000
 about the wickedness

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.759
 of these people.

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 But not only that,

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 he knows about it.

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 Number four,

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 verse five,

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 his confidence

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 is that God hates it.

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 Verse five says,

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 the Lord hates

00:20:04.800 --> 00:20:07.060
 all evil doers.

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 The Lord abhors

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 the bloodthirsty

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 and the deceitful.

00:20:12.800 --> 00:20:12.960
 Now,

00:20:13.800 --> 00:20:15.660
 here's where we have to pause.

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:20.480
 This is hard for us to hear.

00:20:20.580 --> 00:20:21.180
 Did he just say

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:22.080
 what I think he said?

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 That the Lord hates

00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:26.800
 all evil doers?

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.580
 What happened to

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 love the sinner,

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.120
 hate the sin?

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 This is a lot of hate

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.939
 for a God of love.

00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:35.939
 How can we understand this?

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:37.159
 That David is saying here,

00:20:37.239 --> 00:20:38.799
 the Lord abhors

00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.699
 bloodthirsty

00:20:39.699 --> 00:20:40.719
 and deceitful men.

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.919
 The Lord hates

00:20:41.919 --> 00:20:43.419
 all evil doers.

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:43.659
 Well,

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.619
 we have to understand,

00:20:45.919 --> 00:20:46.139
 church,

00:20:46.239 --> 00:20:46.899
 that the Lord

00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:48.179
 deeply,

00:20:48.739 --> 00:20:49.179
 deeply

00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:50.179
 hates

00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:50.879
 sin.

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:53.239
 He hates

00:20:53.239 --> 00:20:54.199
 sin.

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.079
 This truth

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.899
 is both

00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.680
 an offense

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.780
 to the sinful

00:20:58.780 --> 00:20:59.460
 and

00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.780
 it is the hope

00:21:00.780 --> 00:21:01.960
 of the righteous.

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:04.420
 We can't minimize this,

00:21:04.620 --> 00:21:05.580
 that God hates

00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:06.320
 sin.

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.740
 And of course,

00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.300
 that's an offense

00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:08.940
 to the sinful.

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.780
 Everybody wants to be

00:21:09.780 --> 00:21:11.200
 affirmed in their sin.

00:21:11.320 --> 00:21:12.060
 Everybody wants to keep

00:21:12.060 --> 00:21:12.720
 their sin around

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.380
 like a pet.

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.920
 And nobody wants to hear

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.660
 a message of God

00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:17.180
 hating their wickedness.

00:21:17.840 --> 00:21:18.700
 We all

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.660
 want a God

00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:20.700
 that just loves us

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.500
 and accepts us

00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.860
 just as we are.

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.580
 We don't have to change

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.540
 a thing about us.

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.519
 That's the God

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.139
 that we want,

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.799
 but that's a God

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.660
 of our imagination.

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.299
 That is not

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:29.960
 the God

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:31.160
 of the Bible.

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.519
 The God

00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.039
 of the Bible

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.639
 hates

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.480
 sin.

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.119
 It's truth.

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.119
 This is the offense

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:37.240
 of the gospel.

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:38.799
 But,

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.700
 it's also

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:41.039
 the hope

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.639
 of the righteous.

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.119
 David's confidence

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:45.559
 in the face

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.200
 of evil

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:47.460
 is God's

00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.460
 hatred of it.

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.279
 We have to understand,

00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.740
 if we take away

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.539
 God's hatred

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.259
 of sin,

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.359
 then we should have

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.200
 no confidence

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.740
 that God

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.180
 will deal

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.680
 with it.

00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:57.940
 If we

00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.580
 minimize

00:21:58.580 --> 00:21:59.900
 and undermine

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.880
 God's complete

00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:02.519
 hatred of wickedness,

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:02.920
 we should have

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.039
 no hope

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:04.380
 that God

00:22:04.380 --> 00:22:04.860
 would ever

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.620
 do away

00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.039
 with it

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.759
 as He's promised

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.480
 that He will.

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.819
 But God

00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:10.580
 hates sin.

00:22:10.700 --> 00:22:11.559
 Because God

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.880
 hates wickedness,

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.940
 we can be sure

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:15.160
 that He will

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:15.840
 do away

00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:17.299
 with all wickedness.

00:22:18.840 --> 00:22:19.259
 But here,

00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.980
 He says,

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.880
 God hates

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.420
 the sinful.

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:22.500
 sinful.

00:22:24.300 --> 00:22:24.519
 Now,

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:24.940
 this is hard

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.640
 for us to swallow,

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.460
 isn't it?

00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.200
 This is hard

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.940
 for us to swallow.

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.580
 You know,

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.380
 one reason why

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:31.600
 I think this is hard

00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.680
 for us to understand,

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.360
 why we struggle

00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:33.940
 with this,

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.460
 is because

00:22:34.460 --> 00:22:36.340
 we tend to want

00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:37.440
 to divorce

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.940
 sinful actions

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.160
 from people.

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:42.920
 As if sinful thoughts,

00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:44.140
 sinful words,

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.300
 sinful actions,

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.500
 sinful motives

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.740
 exist apart

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.340
 from sinful people.

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:49.939
 They don't come

00:22:49.939 --> 00:22:51.199
 from sinful people.

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.679
 But the Bible

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.740
 doesn't speak like that.

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.579
 The Bible,

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:55.699
 Jesus says,

00:22:55.839 --> 00:22:56.639
 the good person

00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.259
 out of the good

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.279
 treasure of his heart

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:59.159
 produces good.

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.099
 The evil person

00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:01.919
 out of his evil

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:03.599
 treasure produces evil.

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:05.519
 Out of the overflow

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.480
 of the heart,

00:23:06.939 --> 00:23:08.299
 the mouth speaks.

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.179
 Lies come

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.539
 from a lying heart.

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.939
 Murder comes

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:13.859
 from a murderous heart.

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.819
 Boasting comes

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.679
 from a boastful,

00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:16.679
 prideful heart.

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:17.279
 And the Lord

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.980
 sees it

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.840
 and the Lord

00:23:18.840 --> 00:23:20.220
 hates it.

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.580
 But you know

00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:23.140
 the real reason

00:23:23.140 --> 00:23:23.860
 why this is hard

00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.539
 for us to swallow?

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 It's because

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:28.480
 all of us

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 know

00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:31.440
 that we

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.240
 are wicked.

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.320
 That we

00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:35.740
 are wicked.

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.180
 Look there

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.720
 to verse 9.

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.640
 He's describing

00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.100
 his enemies.

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.480
 He says,

00:23:39.580 --> 00:23:40.340
 there's no truth

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:41.080
 in their mouth.

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.640
 Their inmost self

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.440
 is destruction.

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.799
 Their throat

00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:46.240
 is an open grave.

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.900
 They flatter

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.799
 with their tongue.

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.839
 This is not

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:50.079
 a very lovable image.

00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:51.599
 And Paul

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.220
 in Romans chapter 3,

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:53.539
 in fact,

00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:54.299
 turn there with me

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.960
 if you can

00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:55.539
 very quickly.

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:57.039
 Paul in Romans chapter 3,

00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.940
 he takes

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.559
 these same words,

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.220
 these same descriptions

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.519
 of the wickedness

00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.819
 that God abhors

00:24:03.819 --> 00:24:05.220
 and he applies

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.059
 them to

00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.920
 everyone.

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.339
 You

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:09.940
 and me.

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.400
 Turn with me

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.039
 to Romans 3.

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.440
 Look there.

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.839
 Romans 3 verse 10

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.420
 very briefly.

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.420
 Here's what he says.

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:16.900
 None is righteous.

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:18.060
 No, not one.

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.460
 No one understands.

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.600
 No one seeks

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.220
 for God.

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:25.340
 All have turned aside.

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:25.980
 Together

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:27.539
 they have become

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.240
 worthless.

00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.080
 I'd love to hear

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.960
 a prosperity teacher

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:31.060
 preach on this passage.

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 I'm not going to

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.160
 hold my breath.

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.539
 No one does good.

00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.660
 Not even one.

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.259
 Their throat

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.440
 is an open grave.

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:39.160
 There we go,

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.039
 quoting this passage.

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:41.320
 They use their tongues

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.039
 to deceive.

00:24:42.159 --> 00:24:43.139
 The venom of asps

00:24:43.139 --> 00:24:44.119
 is under their lips.

00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.139
 Their mouth

00:24:45.139 --> 00:24:46.200
 is full of curses

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.720
 and bitterness.

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.000
 Their feet

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.559
 are swift

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.559
 to shed blood.

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:51.039
 In their paths

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.799
 are ruin

00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.659
 and misery

00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.700
 and the way

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.139
 of peace

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:55.119
 they have not known.

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.519
 There is no fear

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.279
 of God

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.879
 before their eyes.

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.759
 If this is us,

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:08.319
 if this is our wickedness

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:11.119
 and if God feels

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:12.700
 about our wickedness

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.980
 the way that David says

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:15.000
 he feels about

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.000
 our wickedness,

00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:18.039
 this is not good

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.900
 for us.

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.960
 No one is righteous.

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:24.700
 No, not one.

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:28.079
 But if this is true,

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.180
 and it is,

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.099
 then how in the world

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.900
 could this possibly

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:33.740
 give us any confidence?

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.119
 If this is true,

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:37.619
 how can David,

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.579
 a wicked man,

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.220
 a bloodthirsty man,

00:25:40.279 --> 00:25:41.779
 one who is deeply sinful,

00:25:41.879 --> 00:25:42.779
 has already demonstrated

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.339
 his sin

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.759
 and the issues

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.519
 with Bathsheba

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.759
 and with Uriah,

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.240
 how can David

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.579
 pray with any confidence

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.119
 that the Lord

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:50.400
 would judge his enemies

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.619
 for their wickedness

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.900
 and not him

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:54.440
 for his wickedness?

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.599
 Do you see the issue here?

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:59.440
 There is one hope.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.940
 Point number three.

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.519
 Third,

00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:04.879
 believers groan

00:26:04.879 --> 00:26:05.960
 with hope

00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:08.579
 in the steadfast love

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.539
 of God.

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.700
 Believers groan

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.579
 with hope

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:15.039
 in the steadfast love

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.960
 of God.

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.119
 What is David's hope?

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.019
 God hates the wicked.

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.779
 God hates sin.

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.579
 When David looks out

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.960
 and sees armies approaching,

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.920
 when he knows

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.960
 that wicked men

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:26.359
 are coming for his life,

00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:26.940
 but he knows

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.039
 that he himself

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:29.279
 has shed innocent blood,

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.079
 that he himself

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.720
 is guilty

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.740
 and sinful.

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:33.279
 What is his hope?

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.319
 It's not his goodness.

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:37.480
 It's not his strength.

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:39.299
 It's not his skill.

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.299
 What does it say?

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.839
 Verse seven.

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.579
 But I,

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:44.220
 he says,

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.139
 through the abundance

00:26:45.139 --> 00:26:47.519
 of your steadfast love

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:49.619
 will enter your house.

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:51.759
 I will bow down

00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:53.119
 toward your holy temple

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.359
 in the fear of you.

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:55.419
 So lead me,

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.039
 O Lord,

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.899
 in your righteousness

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:58.579
 because of my enemies.

00:26:59.179 --> 00:27:00.139
 Make your way

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:01.799
 straight before me.

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.519
 Now,

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.059
 how does David

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:04.500
 enter into the presence

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.199
 of God

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:06.419
 as a wicked man?

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.519
 Listen to this.

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.519
 David escapes

00:27:09.519 --> 00:27:10.359
 the judgment

00:27:10.359 --> 00:27:11.339
 of God

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:11.939
 through

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:13.299
 the love of God.

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:15.519
 Say that again.

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:17.519
 David escapes

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.539
 the judgment

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:19.519
 of God

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:20.119
 through

00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:21.279
 the love

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:22.139
 of God

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.259
 and so do we.

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.460
 This is the hope

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.139
 of the gospel.

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.200
 Do you know

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.099
 the hope

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.779
 of the gospel,

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:30.480
 church?

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:33.180
 I know you do,

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.660
 but do you cling

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.180
 to it

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:37.000
 as your only hope?

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.539
 Do you cling

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.440
 to the steadfast

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.500
 love of God

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.279
 for you in Christ

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.720
 as your only hope

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.339
 to escape

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.759
 the wrath of God

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.119
 against your sin?

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.920
 Do you realize

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:48.079
 that that wrath

00:27:48.079 --> 00:27:48.519
 of God

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.200
 against your sin

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:50.559
 is much bigger,

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.599
 much more serious,

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.640
 much weightier

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.759
 than any trial,

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.759
 any suffering,

00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.819
 any difficulty,

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:56.740
 any attack

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.779
 you could ever face

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.960
 in this life?

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.920
 But if you have

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:02.220
 the steadfast love

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.960
 of God

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.460
 offered freely

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.339
 through Christ,

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.420
 then no trial,

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.160
 no pain,

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.599
 no suffering,

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.980
 no grief,

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.759
 no loss,

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.519
 no heartache,

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:15.379
 nothing can separate

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.660
 you from the love

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.160
 of God

00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.940
 in Christ Jesus

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.539
 our Lord.

00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.440
 This is the gospel.

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.500
 This is the hope

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:23.519
 that we have.

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.019
 And hear me,

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.740
 this love of God

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.500
 is offered freely

00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.379
 to sinners

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.160
 in Christ.

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.420
 Any who would turn

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.359
 from their wicked ways

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:33.240
 and put their faith

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.359
 in their risen Savior

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.119
 can know

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:36.359
 the steadfast love

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:37.180
 of God

00:28:37.180 --> 00:28:38.319
 for the rest

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.339
 of eternity.

00:28:40.119 --> 00:28:41.359
 This is good news.

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:44.619
 There are so many

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.219
 words that we could

00:28:45.219 --> 00:28:46.119
 use to describe

00:28:46.119 --> 00:28:47.279
 the gospel.

00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:48.219
 I want you to remember

00:28:48.219 --> 00:28:49.500
 just two this morning

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:50.219
 from this psalm.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.479
 The gospel is a message

00:28:52.479 --> 00:28:53.359
 of love

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.919
 and justice.

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:57.379
 The gospel is a message

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:58.219
 of love

00:28:58.219 --> 00:28:59.639
 and justice.

00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.079
 And we see both of them

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.559
 here.

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.579
 Now look there with me

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.159
 to verse 10.

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.599
 Psalm 5,

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:05.179
 verse 10.

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.359
 David prays,

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.779
 Make them bear

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.559
 their guilt,

00:29:09.719 --> 00:29:10.219
 O God.

00:29:10.699 --> 00:29:11.359
 Let them fall

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.859
 by their own counsels.

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.599
 Because of the abundance

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:16.339
 of their transgressions,

00:29:16.479 --> 00:29:17.279
 cast them out.

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.559
 For they've rebelled

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.240
 against you.

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.459
 You know,

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.079
 that's what the wicked

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.479
 deserve.

00:29:21.959 --> 00:29:23.139
 David is praying

00:29:23.139 --> 00:29:25.119
 in light of the holiness

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:26.119
 and the justice

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.899
 of God

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:28.059
 that the wicked

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.819
 would get

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:30.079
 what they deserve

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.359
 for their guilt.

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.899
 And they will.

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:35.439
 God will one day

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:37.620
 address every ounce

00:29:37.620 --> 00:29:39.240
 of wickedness.

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:41.080
 All of us

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:42.460
 will have to give

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.920
 an account

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:44.500
 to the Lord

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.980
 and He will bring

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:47.120
 justice.

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:50.059
 But our hope,

00:29:50.580 --> 00:29:50.840
 believer,

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.240
 our confidence

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:55.019
 is that because

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.519
 of the mercy

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.700
 and the love

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.559
 of God,

00:29:59.059 --> 00:30:00.559
 we do not

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.080
 get what we

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.920
 deserve.

00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:05.759
 because of the mercy

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:07.000
 and the love

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.759
 of God,

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.519
 we do not

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:11.259
 get what we

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.140
 deserve.

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.860
 The wicked,

00:30:14.060 --> 00:30:15.140
 because of the abundance

00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:16.620
 of their transgressions,

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.460
 are cast away.

00:30:17.600 --> 00:30:18.200
 But I,

00:30:18.320 --> 00:30:18.800
 David says,

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.700
 through the abundance

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:21.600
 of your steadfast love,

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:23.200
 will enter the presence

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.820
 of God.

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.160
 How?

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.220
 Because Christ

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:27.160
 has taken

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.120
 the wrath

00:30:28.120 --> 00:30:29.480
 that my sins

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.980
 deserve.

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.940
 That's our confidence.

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.200
 confidence.

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.460
 That's our hope,

00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:35.620
 that Jesus Christ,

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.360
 the true,

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.460
 innocent King

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.360
 of God's people,

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:40.240
 bore the wrath

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.900
 of God

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:42.160
 in our place.

00:30:44.820 --> 00:30:45.500
 You know,

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.440
 God doesn't just

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.799
 look away

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.360
 from sin.

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.140
 He can't do that.

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.840
 He's just.

00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:51.539
 All sin

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.420
 must be

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.160
 paid for.

00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.600
 All sin

00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:56.160
 must be

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.799
 atoned

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.740
 for.

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.380
 And so Christ

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.220
 died not for

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.860
 His sin,

00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.199
 but for ours.

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.519
 Justice

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.659
 was satisfied

00:31:04.659 --> 00:31:05.459
 in Him

00:31:05.459 --> 00:31:06.259
 so that

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.159
 the steadfast

00:31:07.159 --> 00:31:08.039
 love of God

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.779
 might be given

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.779
 to us

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.939
 who believe

00:31:10.939 --> 00:31:11.539
 in Him.

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.899
 You see,

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.919
 the difference

00:31:12.919 --> 00:31:13.839
 between the righteous

00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.839
 and the wicked,

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.079
 the difference

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.599
 between those

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.659
 who are righteous

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.679
 in God's sight

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.539
 and those who are

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:21.119
 wicked in God's sight,

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.479
 is it's not that

00:31:22.479 --> 00:31:23.659
 they sin

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.439
 and we don't.

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.779
 It's that by the grace

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.479
 of God,

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.259
 we have been

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:30.019
 made righteous,

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.259
 declared righteous

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.140
 because of His

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:34.140
 faithfulness,

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.059
 not ours.

00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:36.620
 And we stand

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.099
 before Him

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:38.140
 as holy

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.779
 because of the

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.380
 greatness of

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.700
 His love,

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.059
 not ours.

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:43.039
 Apart from the

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.720
 unmerited,

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:45.200
 steadfast love

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.860
 of God

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.839
 given freely

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.960
 to sinners in Christ,

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.539
 we are rebels.

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:51.960
 We are wicked.

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.360
 We are deserving

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.140
 of the fires

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.620
 of hell.

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:56.279
 We are deserving

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.979
 of the wrath

00:31:56.979 --> 00:31:57.879
 of God,

00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.779
 but God demonstrates

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.959
 His love for us

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:03.359
 and that while

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:04.699
 we were still sinners,

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.779
 Christ died for us.

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.979
 We were those

00:32:09.979 --> 00:32:10.679
 who deserve

00:32:10.679 --> 00:32:11.799
 His judgment

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.619
 because of our

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.559
 transgressions,

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.759
 but because Christ

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.659
 was pierced

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:17.239
 for our transgressions

00:32:17.239 --> 00:32:18.799
 and crushed

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.619
 for our iniquities

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:22.000
 by His wounds,

00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:23.559
 we are healed.

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.699
 That's the gospel,

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.639
 church.

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.799
 Now,

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:31.419
 what does that

00:32:31.419 --> 00:32:31.839
 have to do

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.459
 with our groaning

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:35.799
 and our suffering?

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.179
 Well,

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:41.059
 because of the

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:42.279
 love of God

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.899
 given to us

00:32:43.899 --> 00:32:45.000
 in Christ,

00:32:45.659 --> 00:32:46.779
 believers don't

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:48.219
 groan in despair.

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:50.460
 we groan

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.740
 in hope.

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.940
 If God did not

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.799
 spare His own

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.200
 Son,

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.440
 but gave Him

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.579
 up for us all,

00:32:57.660 --> 00:32:58.460
 how will He not

00:32:58.460 --> 00:33:00.059
 also graciously

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.960
 along with Him

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.259
 graciously give us

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:03.339
 all things?

00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.220
 What can suffering

00:33:04.220 --> 00:33:05.140
 do to us

00:33:05.140 --> 00:33:06.059
 but draw us

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.059
 closer to Christ?

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.660
 What can suffering

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.240
 do to us

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.140
 but make us

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.240
 more like Him?

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.940
 What can suffering

00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:12.740
 do to us

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:14.039
 but bring us

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:15.220
 to the presence

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:16.339
 of God?

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:16.620
 You know,

00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:17.219
 one of my favorite

00:33:17.219 --> 00:33:18.219
 passages to quote

00:33:18.219 --> 00:33:19.439
 for those who are

00:33:19.439 --> 00:33:20.679
 suffering is 2 Corinthians

00:33:20.679 --> 00:33:21.459
 chapter 5.

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:22.899
 And Paul says

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.500
 to the believer,

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.599
 So we do not

00:33:25.599 --> 00:33:26.779
 lose heart.

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.479
 Though our outer self

00:33:28.479 --> 00:33:29.659
 is wasting away,

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.679
 your inner self

00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.519
 is being renewed

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.759
 day by day.

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.419
 For this light

00:33:34.419 --> 00:33:36.039
 momentary affliction

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.799
 is preparing for us

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.819
 an eternal weight

00:33:38.819 --> 00:33:39.539
 of glory

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.819
 beyond all comparison.

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.219
 As we look not

00:33:42.219 --> 00:33:42.759
 to the things

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.579
 that are seen

00:33:43.579 --> 00:33:44.399
 but to the things

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.460
 that are unseen.

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:47.039
 For the things

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:47.559
 that are seen

00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.240
 are transient

00:33:48.240 --> 00:33:49.519
 but the things

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.399
 that are unseen

00:33:50.399 --> 00:33:51.500
 are eternal.

00:33:52.379 --> 00:33:52.899
 For we know

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.539
 that if the tent

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.279
 that is our earthly

00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:55.199
 home is destroyed

00:33:55.199 --> 00:33:55.960
 we have a building

00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.839
 from God,

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.339
 a house not made

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.859
 with hands,

00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:00.279
 eternal in the heavens.

00:34:00.639 --> 00:34:01.879
 For in this tent

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.859
 we groan,

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.799
 longing to put on

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.819
 our heavenly dwelling.

00:34:08.460 --> 00:34:10.000
 If indeed by putting it on

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.039
 we may not be found

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.420
 naked.

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:13.240
 For while we are still

00:34:13.240 --> 00:34:13.840
 in this tent

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.680
 we groan,

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.920
 being burdened

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.659
 not that we would

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.720
 be unclothed

00:34:17.720 --> 00:34:18.420
 but that we would

00:34:18.420 --> 00:34:20.360
 be further clothed

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.619
 so that what is mortal

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.860
 may be swallowed up

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:23.619
 by life.

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:25.440
 He who has prepared us

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.440
 for this very thing

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.019
 is God

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.820
 who has given us

00:34:27.820 --> 00:34:28.619
 the spirit

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:30.099
 as a guarantee.

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.780
 Do you have this hope?

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:41.600
 Are you clinging

00:34:41.600 --> 00:34:44.240
 to the steadfast love

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:44.920
 of God

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:47.180
 available to you

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:48.360
 freely in Christ?

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:51.040
 If not,

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:54.120
 the offer is made

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.960
 now to you

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:56.000
 to turn from your

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.660
 wickedness

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:58.360
 and to trust

00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:00.100
 in the risen Savior

00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:01.220
 Jesus Christ

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:03.519
 who bore the wrath

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.000
 of God

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.599
 for you

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.339
 so that you

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:06.019
 might know

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:07.319
 the steadfast love

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.039
 of God.

00:35:09.379 --> 00:35:10.000
 If you do

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:11.480
 know that love

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:12.159
 believer

00:35:12.159 --> 00:35:13.799
 then cling to it

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.539
 no matter what

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.379
 happens to you

00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:16.099
 in this life

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.519
 believer

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.779
 we can groan

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:19.199
 with joy.

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.959
 This is our

00:35:20.959 --> 00:35:22.139
 fourth and final

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:23.199
 point this morning.

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:23.659
 Fourth,

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.019
 believers

00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:26.139
 groan

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:27.719
 with joy.

00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:30.099
 David ends

00:35:30.099 --> 00:35:31.000
 here with another

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:32.119
 contrast between

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.599
 the righteous

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.859
 and the wicked.

00:35:33.959 --> 00:35:34.399
 Look there with me

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:34.980
 to verse 11.

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.839
 The wicked

00:35:36.839 --> 00:35:38.519
 are cast out

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.099
 away from the

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.779
 presence of God

00:35:39.779 --> 00:35:40.659
 but he prays

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.699
 in verse 11

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.879
 he says

00:35:42.879 --> 00:35:43.439
 let all

00:35:43.439 --> 00:35:44.599
 who take refuge

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.299
 in you

00:35:45.299 --> 00:35:46.199
 rejoice.

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.879
 Let them

00:35:47.879 --> 00:35:48.659
 ever sing

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.379
 for joy

00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:50.539
 and spread

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.179
 your protection

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.000
 over them

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.759
 that those

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.339
 who love

00:35:53.339 --> 00:35:54.039
 your name

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.899
 may exalt

00:35:54.899 --> 00:35:55.519
 in you

00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.959
 for you

00:35:55.959 --> 00:35:56.659
 bless the

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.079
 righteous

00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:57.679
 O Lord.

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.980
 You cover him

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.599
 with favor

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:01.299
 as with a shield.

00:36:02.459 --> 00:36:02.879
 David

00:36:02.879 --> 00:36:03.799
 claims

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:05.159
 two great

00:36:05.159 --> 00:36:05.779
 promises

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.480
 here

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.179
 for the

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.539
 righteous.

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.059
 Do you see them?

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.839
 He claims

00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.959
 God's blessing

00:36:10.959 --> 00:36:12.639
 and he claims

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.319
 God's

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:14.239
 protection

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:15.379
 over the

00:36:15.379 --> 00:36:15.699
 righteous.

00:36:15.899 --> 00:36:16.119
 And you know

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.500
 this is

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.719
 where those

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.259
 prosperity

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:19.059
 teachers go

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.379
 wrong

00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:20.039
 isn't it?

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.480
 Because they

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.219
 want to claim

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:22.939
 these promises

00:36:22.939 --> 00:36:23.779
 right now.

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.439
 Total

00:36:25.439 --> 00:36:26.179
 blessing

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.679
 total

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.279
 protection

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.820
 no

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.360
 suffering

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.600
 total

00:36:29.600 --> 00:36:30.040
 health

00:36:30.040 --> 00:36:30.440
 total

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.200
 righteousness

00:36:31.200 --> 00:36:31.720
 total

00:36:31.720 --> 00:36:32.340
 wisdom

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:32.780
 total

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.440
 wealth

00:36:33.440 --> 00:36:33.780
 total

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.280
 victory

00:36:34.280 --> 00:36:34.860
 right now

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.100
 no

00:36:35.100 --> 00:36:35.600
 suffering

00:36:35.600 --> 00:36:36.860
 but we

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.160
 have to

00:36:37.160 --> 00:36:37.480
 realize

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:38.019
 these are

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.980
 eternal

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.920
 promises

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:40.720
 aren't they?

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.720
 And we

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.760
 get hints

00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:43.660
 and taste

00:36:43.660 --> 00:36:44.100
 of these

00:36:44.100 --> 00:36:44.560
 promises

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:45.100
 here and

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:45.340
 now

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.700
 but their

00:36:45.700 --> 00:36:46.200
 fulfillment

00:36:46.200 --> 00:36:46.920
 is yet

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.680
 to come

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.680
 when Christ

00:36:48.680 --> 00:36:49.300
 our King

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:50.100
 returns.

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.620
 Suffering

00:36:51.620 --> 00:36:52.660
 comes before

00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:53.140
 glory

00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:53.900
 for Christ

00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:55.239
 and for

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.779
 the people

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:57.159
 of Christ

00:36:57.159 --> 00:36:58.539
 but what

00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.059
 we can

00:36:59.059 --> 00:36:59.519
 have

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.359
 right now

00:37:00.359 --> 00:37:01.179
 even in

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.480
 the midst

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.059
 of trials

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.799
 is joy.

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:05.339
 You see that

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.579
 there in

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.019
 verse 11?

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.519
 He says

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.059
 let all

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.539
 who take

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.379
 refuge in

00:37:09.379 --> 00:37:09.739
 you

00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:10.579
 rejoice

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:12.059
 let them

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.460
 sing

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.159
 ever sing

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.719
 for joy

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.179
 and spread

00:37:14.179 --> 00:37:14.779
 your protection

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.440
 over them

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.219
 that those

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:16.779
 who love

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.539
 your name

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.379
 may exalt

00:37:18.379 --> 00:37:19.839
 in you.

00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:20.440
 Do you know

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.000
 what it's like

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.619
 to rejoice

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.740
 in suffering?

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.740
 I know

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.900
 that you know

00:37:26.900 --> 00:37:27.820
 what it's like

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.559
 to suffer.

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.880
 Every morning

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.460
 every Sunday

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.940
 morning we

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.300
 gather

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:33.079
 we share

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.900
 prayer requests

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.880
 we talk

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.280
 about our

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.579
 suffering

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.200
 I hear it

00:37:36.200 --> 00:37:36.840
 I know it

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.880
 but do you

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.340
 know what

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:38.880
 it's like

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.940
 to rejoice

00:37:39.940 --> 00:37:41.280
 in your

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.679
 suffering?

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.860
 This is what

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.280
 we're called

00:37:44.280 --> 00:37:45.639
 to believers.

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.659
 This is why

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.840
 James calls

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.619
 us to count

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.179
 it all

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.880
 joy my

00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.240
 brothers

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:50.539
 when you

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.700
 meet

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.119
 trials

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.640
 of various

00:37:51.640 --> 00:37:52.160
 kinds

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:53.059
 for you

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:53.220
 know

00:37:53.220 --> 00:37:53.519
 that the

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:53.880
 testing

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.360
 of your

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.680
 faith

00:37:54.680 --> 00:37:55.160
 produces

00:37:55.160 --> 00:37:56.340
 steadfastness

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:57.340
 and let

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.059
 steadfastness

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.480
 have its

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.079
 full effect

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.420
 that you

00:37:59.420 --> 00:37:59.800
 may be

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.440
 perfect

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.740
 and complete

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:02.720
 lacking

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.300
 in nothing

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:04.660
 do you

00:38:04.660 --> 00:38:05.000
 know what

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.420
 it's like

00:38:05.420 --> 00:38:06.019
 to suffer

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:07.380
 with joy?

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.079
 I want

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.400
 to close

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.820
 this morning

00:38:10.820 --> 00:38:12.220
 by reading

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:13.280
 to you

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:13.619
 some of

00:38:13.619 --> 00:38:13.960
 an article

00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.280
 that I

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.640
 read this

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:14.940
 week

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.900
 by someone

00:38:15.900 --> 00:38:16.119
 named

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.519
 Joni

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.019
 Erickson

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.400
 Tata

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.900
 you may

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.260
 know that

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:18.599
 name

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.220
 if not

00:38:19.219 --> 00:38:19.980
 I would

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.659
 highly

00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.059
 encourage

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.279
 you to

00:38:21.279 --> 00:38:22.319
 go read

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:22.739
 some of

00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:23.339
 what she's

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:23.659
 written

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.079
 Joni

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:24.419
 Erickson

00:38:24.419 --> 00:38:24.699
 Tata

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:26.039
 was paralyzed

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.579
 at a

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.500
 young age

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.279
 through a

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.579
 terrible

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.079
 accident

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:30.719
 and she

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.799
 doubted

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:33.000
 was angry

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.559
 was bitter

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.259
 towards the

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:34.500
 Lord

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.759
 but the

00:38:34.759 --> 00:38:34.899
 Lord

00:38:34.899 --> 00:38:35.439
 restored

00:38:35.439 --> 00:38:36.159
 her joy

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.819
 in the

00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:37.079
 faith

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.480
 if anybody

00:38:37.480 --> 00:38:37.980
 knows what

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:38.259
 it's like

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.719
 to suffer

00:38:38.719 --> 00:38:39.500
 with joy

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.879
 it's her

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:41.359
 so please

00:38:41.359 --> 00:38:41.980
 listen to

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.339
 this as

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:42.799
 we close

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:45.460
 she says

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.940
 no one

00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.519
 understands

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.440
 the relationship

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:48.500
 between joy

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:49.140
 and suffering

00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:49.700
 better than

00:38:49.700 --> 00:38:50.060
 the son

00:38:50.060 --> 00:38:50.480
 of man

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:52.019
 my God

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.980
 became human

00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:54.400
 his love

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.120
 insisting

00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:55.900
 that I

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.280
 might not

00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:56.860
 be alone

00:38:56.860 --> 00:38:57.380
 in my

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.960
 struggles

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:59.100
 when I

00:38:59.100 --> 00:38:59.480
 hurt

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.240
 he knows

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:01.420
 but Jesus

00:39:01.420 --> 00:39:01.840
 does not

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.519
 merely

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.460
 sympathize

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.920
 with me

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.660
 he's done

00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:05.220
 something

00:39:05.220 --> 00:39:06.080
 about it

00:39:06.080 --> 00:39:07.360
 through his

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.940
 death and

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.519
 resurrection

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.220
 he has

00:39:09.220 --> 00:39:10.260
 freed me

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.120
 from sin's

00:39:11.120 --> 00:39:11.480
 power

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.019
 and in

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.480
 part

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.300
 from the

00:39:13.300 --> 00:39:13.679
 suffering

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.500
 that results

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.059
 from it

00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:15.639
 and he

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.240
 will free

00:39:16.240 --> 00:39:16.800
 me fully

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.340
 in the

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.780
 age to

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.079
 come

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:19.280
 that

00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:20.000
 coming

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.639
 age

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:21.400
 is my

00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.019
 joyous

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.440
 hope

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.659
 is hope

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:24.019
 that sees

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.360
 Jesus

00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:24.820
 on his

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.219
 throne

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.619
 with his

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:25.900
 kingdom

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.219
 filling

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:26.519
 every

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.900
 corner

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.199
 of the

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.559
 cosmos

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:28.719
 hope

00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:28.880
 that

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.320
 envisions

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:29.840
 sorrow

00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.139
 and

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.559
 sighing

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.119
 erased

00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:31.539
 from the

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:31.820
 face

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.099
 of the

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.619
 universe

00:39:32.619 --> 00:39:33.800
 hope

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:34.059
 that

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.679
 eagerly

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:35.139
 awaits

00:39:35.139 --> 00:39:35.360
 the

00:39:35.360 --> 00:39:35.740
 moment

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.300
 when

00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:36.659
 pain

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:36.860
 and

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.179
 tears

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:37.519
 will be

00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:38.079
 banished

00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:39.079
 and evil

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.480
 will be

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:39.940
 punished

00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:41.300
 but that

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:42.080
 hope

00:39:42.080 --> 00:39:43.300
 the better

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.800
 country

00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.240
 of Hebrews

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:45.039
 11 16

00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:46.160
 is still

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:46.680
 in the

00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:47.019
 future

00:39:47.019 --> 00:39:47.539
 I've likely

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.440
 got miles

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:48.920
 to go

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.480
 before I

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.860
 sleep

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.780
 and it's

00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.340
 getting harder

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.100
 to adjust

00:39:52.100 --> 00:39:52.880
 to the harsh

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.760
 encroachments

00:39:53.760 --> 00:39:54.820
 of older age

00:39:54.820 --> 00:39:55.340
 and increasing

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.740
 pain

00:39:55.740 --> 00:39:57.600
 I could easily

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:58.160
 throw down

00:39:58.160 --> 00:39:58.700
 my pick

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.260
 and shovel

00:39:59.260 --> 00:39:59.780
 collapsed

00:39:59.780 --> 00:40:00.240
 by the edge

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:00.740
 of my ugly

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.100
 field

00:40:01.100 --> 00:40:01.440
 and say

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.120
 God I am

00:40:02.120 --> 00:40:02.860
 so tired

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.480
 of this

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.640
 please no

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:04.980
 more

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:06.740
 so

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.580
 listen to

00:40:07.580 --> 00:40:07.960
 this

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:09.679
 so I

00:40:09.679 --> 00:40:10.260
 stoke

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:11.019
 my hope

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:12.599
 I am

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:13.240
 heartened

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:13.780
 by my

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.159
 precious

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.639
 savior

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:14.960
 and the

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.159
 way

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.820
 he

00:40:15.820 --> 00:40:16.559
 endured

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.599
 unthinkable

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.159
 suffering

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.639
 for the

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.300
 joy set

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:20.119
 before him

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:21.179
 I follow

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:21.599
 him

00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.619
 parking

00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:22.940
 my

00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.380
 wheelchair

00:40:23.380 --> 00:40:24.139
 on Romans

00:40:24.139 --> 00:40:24.920
 12 12

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:26.059
 rejoice

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.659
 in hope

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.840
 be patient

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.699
 in tribulation

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.920
 be constant

00:40:29.920 --> 00:40:30.980
 in prayer

00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.460
 now it's

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.920
 easy to see

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:33.340
 why God

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:34.000
 commands us

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.260
 to be

00:40:34.260 --> 00:40:34.659
 constant

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.300
 in prayer

00:40:35.300 --> 00:40:36.039
 for it

00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:36.480
 can be a

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:36.820
 struggle

00:40:36.820 --> 00:40:37.220
 to pray

00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.579
 when we're

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:37.959
 suffering

00:40:37.959 --> 00:40:38.919
 and we

00:40:38.919 --> 00:40:39.359
 understand

00:40:39.359 --> 00:40:39.959
 why God

00:40:39.959 --> 00:40:40.579
 commands us

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:40.839
 to be

00:40:40.839 --> 00:40:41.339
 patient

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:42.219
 in tribulation

00:40:42.219 --> 00:40:42.980
 for it's

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.419
 hard to

00:40:43.419 --> 00:40:43.739
 muster

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.199
 patience

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.619
 when you

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.099
 are in

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:45.500
 misery

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.359
 but it's

00:40:46.359 --> 00:40:47.179
 really

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:48.000
 hard

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:49.099
 to rejoice

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:50.059
 in hope

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:51.419
 hope can

00:40:51.419 --> 00:40:51.899
 feel so

00:40:51.899 --> 00:40:52.799
 far off

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:53.359
 vague

00:40:53.359 --> 00:40:54.299
 and nebulous

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:56.079
 yet God

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.500
 commands it

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:59.079
 for if Jesus

00:40:59.079 --> 00:40:59.779
 laid aside

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.480
 his robes

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:00.899
 to put on

00:41:00.899 --> 00:41:01.459
 the enormous

00:41:01.459 --> 00:41:02.299
 indignity

00:41:02.299 --> 00:41:02.819
 of human

00:41:02.819 --> 00:41:03.199
 birth

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:03.739
 for our

00:41:03.739 --> 00:41:04.219
 sake

00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.939
 then his

00:41:04.939 --> 00:41:05.359
 father

00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:05.980
 has the

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:06.379
 right

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:07.280
 to command

00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:07.800
 our

00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:08.260
 joy

00:41:08.260 --> 00:41:09.760
 he has

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:09.920
 the

00:41:09.920 --> 00:41:10.400
 prerogative

00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.840
 to call

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:11.840
 forth in

00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:12.420
 us a

00:41:12.420 --> 00:41:13.099
 happiness

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.880
 that's

00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.480
 commensurate

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.059
 with his

00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:15.579
 son's

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:16.180
 sacrifice

00:41:16.180 --> 00:41:17.300
 we are

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:18.019
 to cultivate

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:18.960
 a joy

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.519
 that's

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:20.039
 worthy

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:21.180
 of Jesus

00:41:21.180 --> 00:41:22.400
 our

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:22.720
 blessed

00:41:22.720 --> 00:41:23.160
 hope

00:41:23.160 --> 00:41:26.420
 believer

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:28.920
 respond

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:30.360
 to the

00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:30.840
 dangers

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.920
 of this

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.400
 life

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.960
 by taking

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.680
 refuge

00:41:34.680 --> 00:41:35.680
 in him

00:41:35.680 --> 00:41:38.160
 respond

00:41:38.160 --> 00:41:39.400
 to the

00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:39.980
 suffering

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:41.420
 of life

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:43.200
 by groaning

00:41:43.200 --> 00:41:43.980
 to him

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.940
 in confidence

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.820
 him

00:41:45.820 --> 00:41:47.000
 who spared

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.579
 not his

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.320
 own son

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:49.780
 to Christ

00:41:49.780 --> 00:41:50.440
 who suffered

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.400
 for us

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:52.640
 that we

00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:53.420
 might join

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:53.740
 him

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.860
 in glory

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:56.519
 let's pray

00:41:56.519 --> 00:42:04.280
 lord would

00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:04.840
 you lead

00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:05.460
 us

00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:06.940
 because of

00:42:06.940 --> 00:42:07.139
 our

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.539
 enemies

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:09.420
 would you

00:42:09.420 --> 00:42:10.420
 go before

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.960
 us

00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:11.719
 and lead

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:12.219
 the way

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:12.860
 as we

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.599
 walk

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:14.019
 through yet

00:42:14.019 --> 00:42:14.300
 another

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:14.719
 week

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:15.139
 as we

00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.199
 go home

00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.980
 this afternoon

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.360
 as we

00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:17.780
 face

00:42:17.780 --> 00:42:18.679
 all the

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:18.880
 many

00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.380
 trials

00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.739
 of our

00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:20.199
 life

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 lord we

00:42:21.759 --> 00:42:22.360
 pray

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.380
 with confidence

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:23.860
 in you

00:42:23.860 --> 00:42:24.480
 groaning

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.039
 to you

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.440
 lord

00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.639
 would you

00:42:26.639 --> 00:42:27.139
 see

00:42:27.139 --> 00:42:27.500
 our

00:42:27.500 --> 00:42:28.059
 weakness

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.519
 god

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:28.780
 and give

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:28.920
 us

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.420
 strength

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:30.579
 would you

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:30.740
 see

00:42:30.740 --> 00:42:30.900
 our

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.440
 trials

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:31.960
 father

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 and go

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:33.599
 before us

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.380
 lead us

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 lord even

00:42:35.240 --> 00:42:35.539
 through the

00:42:35.539 --> 00:42:36.000
 valley of

00:42:36.000 --> 00:42:36.539
 darkness

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 father

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 and we

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.139
 thank you

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:39.420
 for sending

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:40.219
 christ to

00:42:40.219 --> 00:42:41.119
 live and

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.559
 to die

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 and to

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 rise

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 for us

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.340
 that we

00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.679
 might have

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:44.380
 hope even

00:42:44.380 --> 00:42:44.760
 in the midst

00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.000
 of our

00:42:45.000 --> 00:42:45.380
 suffering

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:46.500
 we love

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:46.780
 you lord

00:42:46.780 --> 00:42:46.980
 and we

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.280
 pray this

00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:47.619
 in christ

00:42:47.619 --> 00:42:47.900
 name

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:49.240
 amen