WEBVTT 00:00:00.880 --> 00:00:07.120 Psalm 14. I've tried to just explain how there are a few different genres of the psalms. 00:00:07.900 --> 00:00:13.519 So what you can listen for as we read Psalm 14 initially is the type of psalm this is. 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:17.100 You can see in verse 1, he says, the fool is this. 00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:19.839 And so what's the opposite of a fool? 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:22.100 It's a wise person. 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:25.960 And so it's not talking about a person who has a mental impairment. 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:35.299 This comes from a king who was called a fool as he danced celebrating, praising God for God's grace and faithfulness. 00:00:35.899 --> 00:00:43.719 And it comes from an underdog army that's been called foolish and hopeless in this world, easily crushed, 00:00:44.460 --> 00:00:50.219 that had God standing in their midst delivering and proving himself to be faithful as their God. 00:00:50.219 --> 00:00:58.060 So he's using that mockery that the people of God had received and he's proclaiming the truth about God. 00:00:58.159 --> 00:00:59.879 What is true wisdom in this psalm? 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:01.579 Psalm 14. 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:05.200 To the chief musician, a psalm of David. 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:08.379 That superscription we believe to be inspired as well. 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.700 And it shows that God's covenant people were organized in their singing. 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:17.980 They practiced, they sounded, you know, probably different than the other nations. 00:01:17.980 --> 00:01:23.520 But this was part of what it means to belong to God as he puts rejoicing and singing on the lips of his people. 00:01:23.820 --> 00:01:25.620 Just as we've begun singing today. 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:28.100 Verse 1. 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:31.359 The fool has said in his heart, there is no God. 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:32.820 They are corrupt. 00:01:33.260 --> 00:01:35.120 They have done abominable works. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.500 There is none who does good. 00:01:38.520 --> 00:01:46.040 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:48.280 They have all turned aside. 00:01:48.660 --> 00:01:50.280 They have together become corrupt. 00:01:50.800 --> 00:01:52.540 There is none who does good. 00:01:52.660 --> 00:01:54.360 No, not one. 00:01:56.040 --> 00:02:05.620 We all have all the workers of iniquity, no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call on the Lord. 00:02:06.440 --> 00:02:08.219 There they are in great fear. 00:02:08.700 --> 00:02:11.080 For God is with the generation of the righteous. 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:15.300 You shame the counsel of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge. 00:02:16.040 --> 00:02:19.280 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion. 00:02:19.980 --> 00:02:26.700 When the Lord brings back the captivity of his people, let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:27.220 Amen. 00:02:27.939 --> 00:02:29.240 This is the word of the Lord. 00:02:30.380 --> 00:02:31.420 Thanks be to God. 00:02:31.480 --> 00:02:32.060 You may be seated. 00:02:41.080 --> 00:03:06.380 As we just read, Lord, we ask that you will rule us by your word and spirit in such a way that more and more we will submit to you. 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:09.740 Keep your church strong and add to it. 00:03:09.740 --> 00:03:11.620 Destroy the devil's work. 00:03:12.100 --> 00:03:17.040 Destroy every force which revolts against you and every conspiracy against your word. 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:24.280 Do this until your kingdom is so complete and perfect that in it you are all in all. 00:03:24.700 --> 00:03:25.060 Amen. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:25.200 Amen. 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:26.199 Amen. 00:03:28.939 --> 00:03:29.419 Amen. 00:03:33.799 --> 00:03:41.699 Abby Wardell in Ogden, Utah was still a baby when she had her first open heart surgery. 00:03:42.699 --> 00:03:46.500 She was in and out of the hospital as she got older, 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:51.299 and when she was 11 years old, some of you are 11 or close to that now, 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:56.579 the doctors told her that her heart, that most important muscle of the body, 00:03:56.679 --> 00:04:01.060 was only pumping at about 13% capacity. 00:04:02.099 --> 00:04:04.679 Her family had no idea this was the case. 00:04:06.259 --> 00:04:08.139 And so it came as a big shock, 00:04:08.139 --> 00:04:14.379 and they set into a time of grieving and mourning over the condition of their daughter's heart. 00:04:16.060 --> 00:04:18.919 Well, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:04:19.719 --> 00:04:24.979 from Psalm 14, I want to preach today to you and whoever God gives ears to hear 00:04:24.979 --> 00:04:29.519 that all of us were born with a sick heart. Amen? 00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:33.120 We were all born with a heart problem. 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:37.500 What's the problem with your heart? 00:04:38.860 --> 00:04:41.319 According to Psalm 14, verse 1, 00:04:41.419 --> 00:04:44.360 what is the problem with your heart and mine since birth? 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:51.259 David says, the fool says there is no God. 00:04:52.279 --> 00:04:55.099 And where does David say this of the fool? 00:04:55.979 --> 00:04:59.639 Where is it in the fool that he wants to believe there's no God? 00:05:00.599 --> 00:05:01.599 It's in the heart. 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:05.260 And he makes it very clear. 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:07.580 He's not just speaking about one individual. 00:05:07.700 --> 00:05:11.060 He's speaking about an entire category of creatures. 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:15.200 Men and women, children, made in the image of God. 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:18.339 And as God looks from heaven over all the earth, 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:22.000 there is not one who has a good heart. 00:05:23.039 --> 00:05:26.360 So you and I were born with a heart that in its natural state 00:05:26.360 --> 00:05:30.579 is not a tabula rasa, as John Locke taught. 00:05:30.579 --> 00:05:31.859 It's no blank slate. 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:33.359 It's corrupt. 00:05:33.500 --> 00:05:34.180 It's twisted. 00:05:34.359 --> 00:05:36.240 It's inclined toward evil. 00:05:38.039 --> 00:05:40.699 Psalm 14, verse 1 says that sin, 00:05:41.419 --> 00:05:43.479 it has a place of dominion, 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:44.879 and that's the heart. 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.300 You were born with a proud heart 00:05:48.300 --> 00:05:52.300 that wants to deny the awesome reality 00:05:52.300 --> 00:05:53.899 that you have a maker. 00:05:55.639 --> 00:05:58.000 Your heart does not want to submit 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:00.920 that there is a Lord, a creator over all. 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:05.659 Your heart and mine does not want to be accountable to God. 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:10.860 Our Lord Jesus confirmed this powerful, fundamental problem. 00:06:11.439 --> 00:06:12.920 Matthew 15, 19, 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.340 Out of your heart come evil thoughts. 00:06:18.020 --> 00:06:22.180 This is something that every generation will admit 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:25.160 if God gives them the grace to be humble 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:26.480 and accept the truth. 00:06:26.620 --> 00:06:28.160 Jeremiah 17, 9 said, 00:06:28.340 --> 00:06:31.379 The heart is more deceitful than all else. 00:06:31.860 --> 00:06:34.259 The heart is desperately wicked. 00:06:35.259 --> 00:06:36.600 It's desperately sick. 00:06:37.400 --> 00:06:39.740 Who can understand their own heart? 00:06:39.740 --> 00:06:43.519 Your heart and mine, when we were born, 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:47.500 it kept us full of blindness and spiritual ignorance. 00:06:47.980 --> 00:06:50.280 We were born alienated from God 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:53.040 because we were born under the curse of Adam. 00:06:55.660 --> 00:06:57.920 Romans 1, 24 and 28 says, 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:01.340 Because we refused to have God in our knowledge, 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:04.540 not only were we born under Adam's curse, 00:07:04.620 --> 00:07:07.420 we also refused that in the pride of our corrupted hearts, 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:11.340 and because of that, God gave sinners like you and me up 00:07:11.340 --> 00:07:15.780 to a reprobate mind and to the lusts of our hearts 00:07:15.780 --> 00:07:19.740 to do what is wicked in God's eyes. 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:25.360 Do you agree we have a serious heart problem from birth? 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:28.360 No one is exempt. 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:30.740 No one who came from Adam. 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:34.400 That's the problem with our heart. 00:07:36.319 --> 00:07:38.939 And this sick heart also has several effects. 00:07:39.620 --> 00:07:41.540 The effects of your sick heart. 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:45.240 Your sick heart makes your life corrupt. 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:47.000 Verse 1. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:49.160 The word for corrupt, 00:07:49.939 --> 00:07:53.420 it's like milk that you leave out of the refrigerator too long. 00:07:53.420 --> 00:07:54.620 You set it out in the sun. 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:56.759 And if you're to take that 00:07:56.759 --> 00:07:58.900 and to try to put it into your mug and make coffee, 00:07:59.140 --> 00:08:00.100 you'll spit it out. 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:03.480 That's what happens to our heart 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:04.819 under the curse of sin. 00:08:05.500 --> 00:08:06.200 Verse 1 says, 00:08:06.340 --> 00:08:08.780 You do abominable deeds. 00:08:09.140 --> 00:08:12.700 These are deeds that are hardly able to be spoken of 00:08:12.700 --> 00:08:14.100 in God's eyes 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:16.220 because they're so grotesque and evil. 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:17.879 Why is it that humans do that? 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:19.939 It's because we have a sick heart. 00:08:19.939 --> 00:08:23.439 The effects of a sick heart 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:26.399 in verse 1 are both sins of commission 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.199 and sins of omission. 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:30.379 You commit a sin. 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:33.200 You do abominable deeds. 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.600 But also you omit to do what God has commanded 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:37.980 which is a sin of omission. 00:08:38.419 --> 00:08:40.000 He says no one does good. 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:49.820 There's a cliche t-shirt that you can buy at any target near you 00:08:49.820 --> 00:08:50.879 and it says, 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:52.299 Be a good person. 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:55.259 That's legalism. 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:58.940 Every human being has a conscience 00:08:58.940 --> 00:09:00.340 because we're made in God's image. 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:01.179 Romans 1 says, 00:09:01.340 --> 00:09:03.240 We all know in our hearts and our minds 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:04.080 what is sin. 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:04.620 We know it. 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:06.860 And these t-shirts say, 00:09:06.980 --> 00:09:08.080 Be a good person. 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:10.600 Well, how good of a person do I have to be? 00:09:10.780 --> 00:09:11.920 And how do I know what's good? 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:14.500 No one does good. 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:15.639 Not good enough. 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:18.940 There's no spiritual meritorious goodness 00:09:18.940 --> 00:09:19.960 that we can do. 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:23.540 Your sick heart affects your life. 00:09:24.220 --> 00:09:25.620 Isaiah 59 7 says, 00:09:25.780 --> 00:09:28.240 Your feet run to evil. 00:09:29.160 --> 00:09:31.180 They are swift to shed innocent blood. 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:34.020 Your thoughts are thoughts of iniquity. 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:38.259 Desolation and destruction are in your highways. 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.039 Watch out for a person with a wicked heart. 00:09:41.980 --> 00:09:44.539 They will destroy everything in their path. 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:46.579 That's a fool. 00:09:47.199 --> 00:09:48.980 It could be the most intelligent person. 00:09:49.319 --> 00:09:51.539 That's a foolish way to live your life, 00:09:51.620 --> 00:09:52.759 being ruled by your heart. 00:09:54.899 --> 00:09:56.039 So your sick heart, 00:09:56.139 --> 00:10:00.019 it also means that you will never choose to seek God 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.059 if you're left in that natural state. 00:10:02.480 --> 00:10:03.199 Look at verse 2. 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:06.240 The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man 00:10:06.240 --> 00:10:09.620 to see if there are any who understand, 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:11.300 who seek after God. 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:15.220 There are none who seek after God 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:16.100 because their hearts, 00:10:16.540 --> 00:10:17.780 ours and yours as well at birth, 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:18.640 are so corrupt, 00:10:18.740 --> 00:10:20.320 we're inclined away from God. 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:23.660 We will never choose to seek God. 00:10:23.659 --> 00:10:26.699 Some of you maybe are here today 00:10:26.699 --> 00:10:28.579 or in this last season of your life 00:10:28.579 --> 00:10:31.199 and you find yourself seeking after God 00:10:31.199 --> 00:10:33.919 and His truth maybe like you never have before. 00:10:35.059 --> 00:10:37.379 That's because God, by His grace, 00:10:37.419 --> 00:10:38.839 is drawing you to Himself. 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:43.519 He has called you away from your own fallen heart 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.379 to see Him, 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.019 to follow Him and to hear His truth. 00:10:47.019 --> 00:10:50.199 Genesis 6.12 says, 00:10:50.319 --> 00:10:52.679 God saw the earth and it was corrupt 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:56.699 for all flesh had corrupted their way on earth. 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:00.319 You will never choose to seek God on your own. 00:11:00.960 --> 00:11:01.659 In your sick heart, 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:03.340 it corrupts everything you do. 00:11:03.439 --> 00:11:04.199 Look at verse 3. 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.240 They have all turned aside. 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.460 Together they have become corrupt. 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:11.000 None good. 00:11:11.560 --> 00:11:12.780 Not even one. 00:11:13.900 --> 00:11:14.800 A triple negative. 00:11:15.860 --> 00:11:17.160 Proverbs 14.12 says, 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:20.900 There is a way which seems right to man, 00:11:21.420 --> 00:11:24.060 but in the end it leads to death. 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:28.240 There is a way that man thinks is right. 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:30.980 You're following your heart 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:34.580 and in the end it leads to death. 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:40.060 Everything you do has become corrupted. 00:11:42.340 --> 00:11:46.399 Finally, your sick heart makes you hate God's people. 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:50.539 If you're wanting to know right now, 00:11:50.820 --> 00:11:52.300 maybe some of what this guy up here 00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:53.600 is trying to tell me is true. 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:55.440 Well, here's a quick test. 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:58.560 Do you love the people of God? 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:01.479 If God has given you a new heart, 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:03.039 you will be with God's people. 00:12:03.439 --> 00:12:05.219 You will not give up meeting together. 00:12:06.379 --> 00:12:08.379 If you feel like I don't need those people, 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:10.079 I'm not one of them. 00:12:10.859 --> 00:12:13.159 I'm going to live my life following my own heart. 00:12:13.739 --> 00:12:15.199 You have no assurance. 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:18.939 You have no assurance that you are part of God's people 00:12:18.939 --> 00:12:22.839 because the sick heart makes you hate God's people. 00:12:22.979 --> 00:12:23.619 Verse 4 says, 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:39.259 There are a people that God has set aside for himself 00:12:39.259 --> 00:12:40.360 in every generation 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:43.259 who by his grace alone call upon his name. 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:46.980 And this people are odd. 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:48.659 They come together. 00:12:49.180 --> 00:12:51.799 What they do seems very odd in the eyes of the world. 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:55.120 And the world will want to mock, 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:56.919 take advantage, 00:12:57.199 --> 00:12:58.579 maybe in business or otherwise. 00:12:59.339 --> 00:13:01.519 Eat up God's people like you eat bread 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.859 because they're disposable. 00:13:05.699 --> 00:13:06.740 The sick heart, 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:08.399 it makes you hate 00:13:08.399 --> 00:13:10.599 those whom God has called righteous 00:13:10.599 --> 00:13:12.659 and whose lives are being conformed 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:14.359 to the image of Christ 00:13:14.359 --> 00:13:16.579 by the grace and the power of the Holy Spirit. 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:17.959 You will hate that 00:13:17.959 --> 00:13:20.399 because that's pointing to your conscience. 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:22.419 There's something missing in my life 00:13:22.419 --> 00:13:24.059 and I can't get it together. 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:27.019 Those are some of the effects 00:13:27.019 --> 00:13:28.779 of a sick heart 00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:30.620 according to Psalm 14. 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:35.220 Well, here comes some good news. 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:37.939 Beginning in verse 5, 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:39.139 we read of God now. 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:41.360 David, once again in the psalm, 00:13:41.439 --> 00:13:42.879 takes his eyes off of the world, 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:43.799 off of man. 00:13:44.199 --> 00:13:45.639 Don't you need to do that at least 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:47.039 once a week with God's people? 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:49.819 And he puts his eyes on God. 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:53.120 And what I see in verse 5 and 6, 00:13:53.240 --> 00:13:54.980 it's the stance that God takes. 00:13:55.439 --> 00:13:56.980 It reveals God's heart. 00:13:58.419 --> 00:14:00.339 God stands with one group of people 00:14:00.339 --> 00:14:02.699 and he stands against another group of people. 00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:03.879 Look at verse 5. 00:14:04.379 --> 00:14:07.860 God is with the generation of the righteous. 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:10.419 But God stands against those 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:13.079 who conspire to humiliate God's people, 00:14:13.599 --> 00:14:14.759 whom he calls the poor. 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:17.620 These are those who are poor in spirit, 00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.939 who are depending on God, 00:14:19.039 --> 00:14:20.120 not on their own strength. 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.179 God is against those who are proud, 00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:24.259 arrogant, 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:27.019 and whose hearts are hard toward God. 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:30.899 God stands against you in verse 6, 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:33.439 who would shame the plans of the poor. 00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.759 But God is with those, 00:14:36.799 --> 00:14:37.439 verse 5, 00:14:37.720 --> 00:14:39.559 whom he has called righteous. 00:14:40.139 --> 00:14:42.220 Another translation handles this very well. 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:42.620 It says, 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:46.300 God stands in the company of the righteous. 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:49.420 And because God stands with his people, 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.420 the poor, 00:14:50.800 --> 00:14:51.320 the needy, 00:14:51.379 --> 00:14:51.840 the wretched, 00:14:52.620 --> 00:14:55.220 he's standing against those 00:14:55.220 --> 00:14:56.440 who hate his people. 00:14:57.540 --> 00:14:59.600 God stands with his people 00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:00.840 who he has called righteous. 00:15:01.540 --> 00:15:02.759 Former fools, 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:04.700 saved sinners. 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.560 Those are the people of God. 00:15:06.559 --> 00:15:08.439 That reveals his heart. 00:15:10.659 --> 00:15:12.459 Verse 6 says that God stands 00:15:12.459 --> 00:15:13.539 as the refuge 00:15:13.539 --> 00:15:15.479 for those who are poor 00:15:15.479 --> 00:15:18.439 and for those who would get devoured 00:15:18.439 --> 00:15:20.559 by the world otherwise. 00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:25.739 God's stance reveals his heart. 00:15:26.699 --> 00:15:28.639 When our Lord Jesus took on flesh, 00:15:29.359 --> 00:15:30.939 God the Son came to earth. 00:15:30.940 --> 00:15:35.040 He did not join the elite of Israel 00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:35.860 and Jerusalem. 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.340 Even at his birth, 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.620 he was always on the run. 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:41.940 He was not to be found in the palace. 00:15:42.380 --> 00:15:43.540 He is with the poor. 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:46.420 He is with those who need a Savior. 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.640 He is with the sick, 00:15:48.880 --> 00:15:49.300 the wounded. 00:15:50.260 --> 00:15:51.200 And he comes to show, 00:15:51.540 --> 00:15:52.960 this is my heart 00:15:52.960 --> 00:15:55.200 to save those who will need me 00:15:55.200 --> 00:15:56.500 and who will come to me humbly. 00:15:56.500 --> 00:16:00.379 Let me ask you this question 00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.960 as we look at the last couple verses. 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.919 If this is God's heart 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.279 and this is God's stance, 00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:09.419 what do you want your heart to feel 00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:11.080 for all eternity? 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:14.220 What do you want your heart to feel 00:16:14.220 --> 00:16:15.500 for all of eternity? 00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.600 Because according to Psalm 14, 00:16:17.740 --> 00:16:19.019 your heart will experience 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:20.399 for eternity 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:22.039 either great terror 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.340 or great rejoicing. 00:16:26.500 --> 00:16:28.860 Look at verse 5. 00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:30.860 Because of where God stands, 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:33.240 those alienated from God 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:35.100 are in great terror. 00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:39.100 The Hebrew, it's fear of fear, 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.500 terror of terror. 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:43.559 I picture David 00:16:43.559 --> 00:16:44.940 as that underdog, 00:16:45.419 --> 00:16:46.879 commander in the army, 00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:49.279 and he knows there's a moment 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.159 that something changes in the battle. 00:16:51.559 --> 00:16:52.440 Now all of a sudden, 00:16:52.580 --> 00:16:53.799 we're on the offensive. 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:54.940 They're in terror. 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:55.180 Remember, 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.560 we were hunkered down 00:16:56.560 --> 00:16:57.660 but the tide has turned. 00:16:59.260 --> 00:17:00.700 Some of you have played sports 00:17:00.700 --> 00:17:01.500 and team sports 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:03.220 or maybe like taekwondo 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:04.039 or something like that. 00:17:04.100 --> 00:17:05.080 You know that moment 00:17:05.080 --> 00:17:06.000 where it turns. 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:07.460 Your team rallies 00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:08.299 in the third quarter 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.860 and now all of a sudden, 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:10.860 we have the confidence. 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.779 We're getting those 50-50 balls. 00:17:13.080 --> 00:17:14.360 The tide is on our side. 00:17:17.120 --> 00:17:19.120 If you're among God's people, 00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:20.180 you're in the company 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.880 of those God has called righteous. 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:24.000 You don't live in fear. 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.740 In the book of Acts, 00:17:25.860 --> 00:17:26.900 there's that turn. 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.900 They are cowering 00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.660 in a building 00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.660 behind closed doors 00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:32.440 and then the Lord 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.720 gives them the Holy Spirit 00:17:33.720 --> 00:17:34.500 and in confidence, 00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:35.140 they come out 00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:36.000 and they proclaim. 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:36.780 They get arrested 00:17:36.780 --> 00:17:37.260 and beaten 00:17:37.260 --> 00:17:38.140 and thrown in jail 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:39.100 and when they're released, 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:40.240 they come back out again 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:41.080 in the public 00:17:41.080 --> 00:17:42.240 proclaiming the name 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:43.320 of Jesus Christ 00:17:43.320 --> 00:17:44.600 because there's no salvation 00:17:44.600 --> 00:17:45.820 apart from Him. 00:17:45.819 --> 00:17:47.339 and the disciples 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:49.079 die as martyrs 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:49.899 except for John 00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:51.220 who's dipped in oil, 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.379 burned, 00:17:52.859 --> 00:17:53.460 and sent to be 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:54.019 all alone 00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:55.319 on the island of Patmos. 00:17:57.339 --> 00:17:59.179 There is no fear 00:17:59.179 --> 00:18:00.399 in God's people. 00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.559 Instead, 00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.500 there's rejoicing. 00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.379 Paul and Silas 00:18:03.379 --> 00:18:04.720 behind the prison doors 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.099 praying loudly 00:18:06.099 --> 00:18:07.119 so everyone can hear, 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.460 singing hymns 00:18:08.460 --> 00:18:08.980 and songs 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.879 and spiritual songs 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:10.919 just like we did now, 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.819 proclaiming the good news 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:14.559 unashamed of the gospel 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.799 of Jesus Christ. 00:18:15.919 --> 00:18:17.059 There's great rejoicing. 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.220 But there will be 00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.919 great terror 00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:24.480 for those who reject God now. 00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:26.419 For any who are ashamed 00:18:26.419 --> 00:18:28.480 of Christ in this life, 00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:30.519 they are in great terror. 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:34.079 For God is with His people. 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.939 Verse 7 says, 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:38.179 When the Lord restores 00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:39.599 the fortunes of His people, 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:41.460 let Jacob rejoice, 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:43.519 let Israel be glad. 00:18:44.840 --> 00:18:46.880 Psalm 14 is looking forward 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.960 to deliverance 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:49.380 coming from Jerusalem, 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:51.660 from the temple, 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.340 and David in the office 00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:55.400 of worship leader and king. 00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:57.960 The Holy Spirit is ministering 00:18:57.960 --> 00:18:58.500 and giving him 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:59.740 these prophetic words 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.880 of a coming Messiah, 00:19:01.620 --> 00:19:02.880 a day when the fortunes 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.500 will be turned, 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.420 where the tide is now 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:06.360 in favor of those 00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:08.039 with whom God is standing 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:09.360 and His army is advancing. 00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:11.179 He looks forward 00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:12.159 to that great day. 00:19:13.959 --> 00:19:15.299 We receive this now 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.240 knowing that Christ 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.219 is the Messiah. 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.379 He is the one 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:19.500 that comes out of Zion 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.779 to bring deliverance 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.579 for His people. 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.359 And we can also read 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.899 Psalm 14 00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.559 looking forward 00:19:24.559 --> 00:19:26.019 to an even greater deliverance. 00:19:26.879 --> 00:19:27.519 We look forward 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.000 to that day 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.359 when Christ will return. 00:19:30.179 --> 00:19:31.359 And Jesus in His own words 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:32.359 in Mark 8 said, 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:34.639 whoever will be ashamed 00:19:34.639 --> 00:19:36.419 of me and my words 00:19:36.419 --> 00:19:37.919 in this sinful generation, 00:19:38.099 --> 00:19:38.939 the Son of Man 00:19:38.939 --> 00:19:40.379 will also be ashamed 00:19:40.379 --> 00:19:40.859 of Him 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.979 when He comes 00:19:41.979 --> 00:19:43.659 in the Father's glory 00:19:43.659 --> 00:19:45.599 with the holy angels. 00:19:46.219 --> 00:19:46.939 Do you look forward 00:19:46.939 --> 00:19:47.439 to that day 00:19:47.439 --> 00:19:48.059 when Christ 00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.639 will come again? 00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:51.139 Amen. 00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.119 Come quickly, 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.659 Lord Jesus. 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:56.259 So will you have 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:56.959 great terror 00:19:56.959 --> 00:19:58.159 or will you have 00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:59.179 great rejoicing 00:19:59.179 --> 00:19:59.939 forevermore 00:19:59.939 --> 00:20:01.419 at Christ's return? 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:04.099 I don't want anyone 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.459 to leave here unclear 00:20:05.459 --> 00:20:07.399 about how it is 00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:07.919 that you, 00:20:08.459 --> 00:20:09.439 the worst of sinners 00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.559 like Paul 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.319 and like I feel, 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:13.259 can have rejoicing 00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.959 and confidence 00:20:13.959 --> 00:20:15.099 that I belong to God 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:16.419 through Jesus Christ. 00:20:16.699 --> 00:20:17.619 How can sinners 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.379 like you and me, 00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:19.500 how can fools 00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:20.279 like those of us 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:21.219 who want to say 00:20:21.219 --> 00:20:21.599 in our heart 00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.259 there's no God 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.039 and live like 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.139 a practical atheist, 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.679 how can we rejoice? 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.679 Especially when 00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:28.799 verse 3 says, 00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.579 they have all 00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.339 turned aside. 00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.279 Together, 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.339 they have become 00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:32.839 corrupt. 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.299 None are good. 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.519 Not even one. 00:20:37.199 --> 00:20:38.099 In God's holy, 00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:38.959 just, 00:20:39.439 --> 00:20:40.019 and faultless 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.759 evaluation, 00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:43.019 there's not a single 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.039 person on earth 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:45.059 in any generation 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:46.299 that has a heart 00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:47.379 that's good enough. 00:20:48.699 --> 00:20:50.119 How can we rejoice? 00:20:52.699 --> 00:20:53.980 If there are none 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.039 who do good, 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.799 none who, 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.699 who can 00:20:57.699 --> 00:20:59.839 be in the presence 00:20:59.839 --> 00:21:00.599 of a holy God 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:00.919 and God 00:21:00.919 --> 00:21:02.000 can justly say, 00:21:02.179 --> 00:21:03.579 you are good enough, 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.039 you have enough 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.899 love in your heart 00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.379 for me, 00:21:07.459 --> 00:21:08.619 then how can we 00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.019 rejoice? 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.059 You and I 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.419 need a new heart. 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.879 The heart 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.619 we're born with 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:17.899 in our birth, 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.879 it's not enough. 00:21:19.179 --> 00:21:19.879 We need God 00:21:19.879 --> 00:21:20.619 to intervene 00:21:20.619 --> 00:21:21.459 and to do something 00:21:21.459 --> 00:21:22.819 inside of us, 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.199 don't we? 00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:26.279 I told you about 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.620 Abby, 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.120 that girl 00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.759 that was born 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.960 with a bad heart. 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.100 Her family 00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.420 and her 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.220 collected some 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.680 of the facts 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.440 from her story. 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.039 They reported 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.660 it this way. 00:21:40.660 --> 00:21:41.480 Her need 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:42.259 at age 11 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.920 was listed 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:43.539 on a Monday. 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.039 She got a call 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.640 on a Thursday 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:46.340 and she said, 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.039 the night before 00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.860 I couldn't sleep. 00:21:47.859 --> 00:21:49.079 I just had 00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.479 this really 00:21:49.479 --> 00:21:50.319 strong feeling 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.019 that my heart 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.899 was coming. 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.859 On Friday, 00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.859 April 13th, 00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:56.919 Abby got 00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.519 a new heart. 00:21:58.399 --> 00:21:59.259 It was a new 00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:00.039 beginning for her. 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.779 She said, 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:03.219 I felt amazing. 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.799 I had so much 00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.279 energy. 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.899 I had never felt 00:22:06.899 --> 00:22:07.500 my own heart 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.500 beating like that. 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.819 So I thought 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.399 it was working 00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:11.079 too well. 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.059 She said, 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:12.639 it's working 00:22:12.639 --> 00:22:13.240 too well. 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:13.879 Why is it 00:22:13.879 --> 00:22:14.699 working so well? 00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:16.139 She said, 00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.740 I could feel 00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.639 my heart beating 00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.580 all the way 00:22:18.580 --> 00:22:19.400 to my fingers 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.680 and my toes. 00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.440 Some of you, 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.540 that's your story 00:22:25.540 --> 00:22:26.100 spiritually. 00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:28.240 You've known 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.980 your heart 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:30.060 is broken 00:22:30.060 --> 00:22:30.580 and sick. 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.960 And you also 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.040 can testify, 00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.500 God gave me 00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:36.140 a new heart. 00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.580 He's given me 00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.140 a care 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:39.000 and a love 00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:40.000 for Him, 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.300 for His people, 00:22:41.400 --> 00:22:41.900 for the church 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:43.340 I had no capacity 00:22:43.340 --> 00:22:43.680 for. 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.740 My heart might 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.660 be working too well. 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:48.440 I want to serve Him. 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.120 I want to proclaim 00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.600 the gospel 00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.640 from the rooftops. 00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:51.820 Is this supposed 00:22:51.820 --> 00:22:52.540 to be this way? 00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.800 Praise the Lord. 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:56.140 I want you to turn 00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.460 with me, 00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:56.800 please, 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.880 before we see 00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.680 how God fulfills 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.220 this with the 00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.940 outpouring of the 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.220 Spirit. 00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.320 See a promise. 00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.240 This is God's promise 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.960 all the way through. 00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:04.000 Please turn to 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:06.340 Ezekiel chapter 36. 00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:08.640 Ezekiel 36. 00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.320 I'm just going to 00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:09.779 read a couple 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.120 verses. 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.620 You're welcome to 00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.519 stay there in your 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.800 Bible. 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.240 Otherwise, 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.940 just listen. 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.120 To give you 00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:18.740 context, 00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.200 Psalm 14 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.039 comes from David. 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.980 This is when 00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.759 the kingdom of God 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.759 is being settled in. 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.759 Jerusalem is just 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.779 conquered and 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.299 becoming their 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.680 capital. 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.200 Not very far 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:30.019 along in Israel's 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.319 history. 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.019 Well, we know 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.819 the problem with 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.660 national Israel. 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.000 Their hearts 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.579 were corrupt. 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:36.680 They could not 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.519 keep God's moral 00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.819 law. 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:38.759 And their 00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.539 disobedience 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.779 brought the 00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:42.000 punishment of God 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:43.019 to send them 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.700 into exile 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:44.860 outside of the 00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:45.180 land. 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.740 And while 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.200 they're outside 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.680 of the land 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.220 in Babylon, 00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.660 God raised 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.460 up this prophet, 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.100 Ezekiel, 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.420 and he didn't 00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.039 even live in 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.380 Israel. 00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.360 And yet, 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.740 some of the 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.460 most glorious 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.460 prophecies about 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.240 how God will 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.100 keep his promise 00:23:58.100 --> 00:23:58.860 came from 00:23:58.860 --> 00:23:59.319 Ezekiel. 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:02.200 So there are 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.960 God's people in 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.559 Babylon in 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.059 captivity. 00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.779 The northern 00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.480 tribes are in 00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.039 Assyria. 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.279 What hope do 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.779 they have? 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.580 How will God 00:24:08.580 --> 00:24:09.840 be faithful and 00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.460 make all things 00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:10.779 right? 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.000 In Ezekiel 36, 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.720 starting at 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.680 verse 26, 00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.940 the word of 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.740 the Lord comes 00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.339 to the people 00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.880 of God. 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:20.140 God says, 00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.519 I will give 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.579 you a new 00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:24.019 heart and 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.640 put a new 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.339 spirit in 00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:25.519 you. 00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.839 I will remove 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.980 from you your 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.859 heart of stone 00:24:28.859 --> 00:24:30.160 and give you a 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.960 heart of flesh 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:32.259 and I will put 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.079 my spirit in 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:34.339 you and move 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:35.359 you to follow 00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.599 my decrees and 00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.440 be careful to 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.339 keep my laws. 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:38.399 promise. 00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.480 The promise is 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.500 that those who 00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.179 are far off, 00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:44.699 those who are 00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.079 foolish, 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.699 those who have 00:24:45.699 --> 00:24:46.599 failed and 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.399 disobeyed and 00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.119 rebelled against 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:49.039 God time and 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.699 time again, 00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:51.339 the Lord promises 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.159 he will be 00:24:52.159 --> 00:24:52.599 faithful. 00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.019 He will give 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:54.539 you a new 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.879 heart. 00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.879 You can't come 00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.399 up with it on 00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.799 your own. 00:24:57.319 --> 00:24:57.879 He will pour 00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:58.740 out his spirit 00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.379 on you. 00:25:02.179 --> 00:25:03.679 In Romans 3.21, 00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.879 we read how our 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.919 Lord Jesus Christ 00:25:05.919 --> 00:25:07.459 took on flesh. 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:09.980 to give you a 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.440 new heart. 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.480 And you receive 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.559 it not by being 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.440 a good person, 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.980 but you receive 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:17.539 it freely through 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.440 faith in Jesus 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:20.140 Christ for all 00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:21.019 who will believe. 00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.559 Romans 3.23, 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.960 for all have 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:25.120 sinned and fall 00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.720 short of the 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.500 glory of God, 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.319 but they are 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.460 justified by his 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.660 grace as a gift 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.880 through the 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:32.039 redemption that 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.680 is in Christ 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:33.079 Jesus. 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.880 Jesus stood in 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.759 your place and 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.440 in mine on the 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.779 cross and he 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.460 took the wrath 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:41.279 of God against 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.420 your sins and 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:44.519 mine so that he 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.519 could justly be 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:47.640 the justifier of 00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:47.980 sinners. 00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:50.039 He could justly, 00:25:50.100 --> 00:25:50.840 without violating 00:25:50.840 --> 00:25:51.680 the justice of 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.440 God, turn around 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.620 and pour out the 00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:54.580 blessings of heaven 00:25:54.580 --> 00:25:55.940 through the Holy 00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.880 Spirit applied to 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.340 his people. 00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.559 And only then can 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.580 sinners and fools 00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.920 like us rejoice. 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.060 peace. 00:26:06.060 --> 00:26:06.880 I invite you to 00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.920 reflect and ponder 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.700 how is your 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.560 heart today? 00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.460 How is your 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.080 heart today? 00:26:14.840 --> 00:26:16.080 Have you received 00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:17.380 this promise from 00:26:17.380 --> 00:26:18.000 verse 7? 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.680 Have you received 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:21.900 the salvation that 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.900 God sent from 00:26:22.900 --> 00:26:24.900 Zion, his very own 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:26.080 son, Jesus Christ, 00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.460 our Lord? 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.880 has he restored you 00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.940 from being desperate 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:33.840 and needy in a 00:26:33.840 --> 00:26:34.600 dire, miserable 00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.100 state? 00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.799 Has he filled your 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.220 heart with rejoicing, 00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.779 with gladness? 00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.940 Titus 3, 4 says, 00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:45.019 when the good news 00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:46.680 and the loving kindness 00:26:46.680 --> 00:26:47.819 of God our Savior 00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:49.980 appeared, he saved 00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:52.220 us, not because of 00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:53.380 works done by us in 00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.220 righteousness, but 00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:55.759 according to his own 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.920 mercy, by the 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.740 washing of 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:59.500 regeneration and 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.579 renewal of the 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.759 Holy Spirit, whom 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.879 he poured out on us 00:27:02.879 --> 00:27:04.000 richly through 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.519 Christ Jesus, our 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:05.940 Savior. 00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:09.000 Regeneration, it's a 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:09.920 new creation that 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:11.059 happens inside of 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.200 you. 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.700 It's what Ezekiel 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.920 prophesied, that 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.599 heart of stone is 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.119 replaced. 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.700 It's spiritual open 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.599 heart surgery. 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:22.940 And a good heart is 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:24.720 put inside of you by 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.379 God's grace. 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:27.559 There is no one with 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.559 a good heart that's 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.379 born of Adam. 00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.960 That's why our Lord 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.259 Jesus Christ was not 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.299 from the line of 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:33.539 Adam. 00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:35.339 He was born of a 00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.619 virgin. 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.160 His heart, according 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.059 to his human nature, 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:41.200 was good, perfect, 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:41.819 righteous. 00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:44.039 And as he puts his 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.019 good, righteous heart 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:47.819 in his people, the 00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:49.319 Father can look at 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.220 this company of 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.220 people, a generation, 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.640 and say, I just see 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.539 the righteousness of 00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:55.059 my son. 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.279 That's all I see. 00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:59.119 I dwell with such a 00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.420 people. 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:01.779 This is who I stand 00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.119 with. 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:09.339 Romans 3, verse 28, 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:11.639 gives us great caution. 00:28:12.940 --> 00:28:14.099 Because that's how God 00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:15.500 saves us, there is no 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:17.480 room for any one of us 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.099 to boast. 00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.539 Amen? 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:20.839 We don't wear shirts 00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.779 that say, be a good 00:28:21.779 --> 00:28:23.180 person as you carry 00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:24.019 around your expensive 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.420 coffee. 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:24.659 No. 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:27.460 We say, repent of 00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.920 being a bad person by 00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:29.519 God's grace. 00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.720 Ask for a new heart. 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:35.500 no room for boasting. 00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:37.700 For we hold that if you 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.240 are unified to Christ, 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.440 you are justified by 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:42.339 faith apart from the 00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.240 works of the law. 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:45.220 Faith does not overthrow 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.240 God's moral law. 00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:48.140 On the contrary, the new 00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:49.360 hearts inside of God's 00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:52.079 people give the power, 00:28:52.460 --> 00:28:53.700 the love that we lack on 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:55.200 our own to uphold his 00:28:55.200 --> 00:28:57.240 law slowly, imperfectly, 00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.620 gradually by his strength 00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:59.880 working in us. 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:02.140 He doesn't give us a new 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.380 heart to send us off to 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:05.319 be licentious, to be 00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:07.019 antinomian, lawless. 00:29:07.660 --> 00:29:10.400 No, his new heart increases 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.039 the love for God because 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.140 he first loved us. 00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:17.000 Ezekiel 36, 27, once 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:20.079 again, God has kept his 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:22.099 promise to you who are 00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:23.920 regenerated, to you who are 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:26.220 saved, to you who have even 00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:29.039 a small faith and a growing 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:30.019 love for Christ. 00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:33.940 In God's words, I have 00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.839 given you a new heart. 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.980 I have put a new spirit in 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.160 you. 00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:40.180 I have removed from you 00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:41.880 your heart of stone and I 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:43.000 have given you a heart of 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.400 flesh. 00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:45.799 I have put my spirit in you 00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:48.500 and now I move you to 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.759 follow my decrees and 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:51.180 because of my son's heart 00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:53.420 in you, you are now 00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:57.660 grateful and joyful and 00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:59.960 gladly desiring to keep my 00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.220 love. 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:04.120 Abby and her family got 00:30:04.120 --> 00:30:05.800 connected with the donor 00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:06.279 family. 00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:08.660 A little boy from Colorado 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:10.500 whose heart was donated so 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.620 she could have that surgery 00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.220 she needed. 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.960 Abby reflected that this boy 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.900 lived in Colorado. 00:30:16.080 --> 00:30:16.960 He was a little bit older 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.400 than her. 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.920 He played lacrosse and 00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.240 football. 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:22.200 She said, I have a feeling 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.299 like he enjoyed making 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.099 people laugh. 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:27.460 This person had such a huge 00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:29.519 impact on my life, she said. 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.519 And her mother agreed. 00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:34.359 The words, thank you, feel so 00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.920 inadequate. 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.940 But there's no way to really 00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.200 express how you feel for 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:40.480 someone and a family who 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.900 made that kind of sacrifice. 00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:45.099 What is that new heart of 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.660 God's people? 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:48.900 We are overwhelmed with 00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.400 gratitude. 00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:53.120 Our words feel so limited. 00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:55.300 Our singing feels so soft. 00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:57.460 But that's the Holy Spirit 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:59.540 taking even our groanings and 00:30:59.540 --> 00:31:02.360 mediating it as a joyful sound 00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:04.279 to the loving heart of God in 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:04.519 heaven. 00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.640 If God has given you a new 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.900 heart, rejoice. 00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:12.920 You desire to obey Him out of 00:31:12.920 --> 00:31:16.100 that humble gratefulness. 00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:19.280 Let's spend some time reflecting 00:31:19.280 --> 00:31:21.240 on Psalm 14 and the long 00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.480 gospel that you've heard today. 00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:25.360 If you don't know whether you 00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:26.620 have a heart of stone still, 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:30.080 this is the hour God calls you 00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.880 to respond. 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:34.420 By His providence, in ways I 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:36.580 can't explain, no one else can, 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:38.980 He causes each one to hear 00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:41.740 the gospel and to respond. 00:31:42.199 --> 00:31:43.460 Don't go away here with a 00:31:43.460 --> 00:31:44.039 hard heart. 00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.879 If God is causing you to seek 00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:49.039 Him, respond in obedience with 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.279 the power of the Spirit inside. 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:50.960 Amen.