WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.219 Psalm 24. 00:00:04.900 --> 00:00:06.140 Psalm of David. 00:00:07.459 --> 00:00:10.540 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. 00:00:11.540 --> 00:00:13.880 ! The world and those who dwell therein. 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:19.140 ! For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. 00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:22.240 ! Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? 00:00:22.839 --> 00:00:25.160 And who shall stand in his holy place? 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:29.780 He who has clean hands and a pure heart. 00:00:30.719 --> 00:00:33.079 He does not lift up his soul to what is false. 00:00:33.880 --> 00:00:35.480 He does not swear deceitfully. 00:00:36.579 --> 00:00:41.700 He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. 00:00:42.899 --> 00:00:45.420 Such is the generation of those who seek him. 00:00:45.740 --> 00:00:47.840 Who seek the face of the God of Jacob. 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:49.060 Selah. 00:00:51.140 --> 00:00:52.960 Lift up your heads, O gates. 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:55.519 And be lifted up, O ancient doors. 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:58.019 That the King of glory may come in. 00:00:58.020 --> 00:01:00.820 Who is this King of glory? 00:01:01.700 --> 00:01:04.420 The Lord, strong and mighty. 00:01:05.180 --> 00:01:06.980 The Lord, mighty in battle. 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:10.240 Lift up your heads, O gates. 00:01:10.800 --> 00:01:12.520 Lift them up, O ancient doors. 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:14.759 That the King of glory may come in. 00:01:15.399 --> 00:01:17.000 Who is this King of glory? 00:01:17.739 --> 00:01:18.979 The Lord of hosts. 00:01:19.979 --> 00:01:22.280 He is the King of glory. 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:23.719 Amen. 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:36.359 There are a few passages in the Bible that we return to over and over because they so helpfully summarize the gospel message. 00:01:37.180 --> 00:01:45.259 I just want you to think about some of those passages that maybe you return to over and over because of how they cover this amazing gospel. 00:01:45.260 --> 00:01:49.620 The most famous is probably John 3, 16, right? 00:01:50.180 --> 00:01:58.780 For God so loved the world that he gave his only son that whoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life. 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:02.880 A wonderful verse to memorize and have in our hearts. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:09.120 Something that kind of concisely brings the heart of the message of the gospel that we can be encouraged by day by day. 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:12.480 That we can share with others in our evangelism and so on. 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:14.879 But there's a lot of passages like that, aren't there? 00:02:15.620 --> 00:02:20.640 You might think of a passage like Philippians 2, 11 to 15. 00:02:21.400 --> 00:02:24.300 That great Christology, or excuse me, 6 to 11. 00:02:24.300 --> 00:02:34.159 That great Christology about Christ who, though he was in his essence God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 00:02:34.159 --> 00:02:42.659 but took on human flesh and became lower, a servant, obedient to death, even the death on the cross, 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:45.300 so that now he is exalted as the Lord of all, right? 00:02:46.099 --> 00:02:47.439 We might return to that one again and again. 00:02:47.659 --> 00:02:50.919 Isaiah 53, we read it just a minute ago with the prayer of confession. 00:02:51.019 --> 00:02:56.759 We might go to that all the time just thinking about the goodness of the atonement of Christ that he has made for our sins. 00:02:56.759 --> 00:03:08.979 I want to suggest this morning that Psalm 24 is one of those gospel texts that we should return to again and again and again. 00:03:09.519 --> 00:03:15.579 That like Isaiah 53 and John 3, 16 and Philippians 2 and a host of other passages, 00:03:15.580 --> 00:03:28.640 this one really helpfully summarizes and almost gives an expansive look at the whole message of the Bible from beginning to end. 00:03:29.580 --> 00:03:32.960 It starts with God and creation. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:36.840 Then it confronts us in our sinful condition. 00:03:37.020 --> 00:03:42.140 Then it points us to a Savior who does what we were unable to do 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:47.959 and then rejoices in our place in God's kingdom. 00:03:48.959 --> 00:03:54.259 And it does all of this by keeping one thing at the forefront of the attention. 00:03:54.799 --> 00:03:58.159 Rather, one person at the forefront of the attention. 00:03:59.159 --> 00:04:00.139 The King of Glory. 00:04:01.099 --> 00:04:06.839 The Anointed King that David writes about over and over and over in these psalms. 00:04:06.839 --> 00:04:10.399 It's a great gospel psalm. 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.400 Now, no specific setting is given for it. 00:04:15.500 --> 00:04:22.879 And to be honest with you, attempts to try to force it into a historic setting, I think, tend to be unhelpful. 00:04:23.579 --> 00:04:33.199 Many have suggested that perhaps this was a liturgical psalm used at an event like when David goes up with the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem. 00:04:33.540 --> 00:04:36.840 But there's no real context clues that make that plain for us. 00:04:36.920 --> 00:04:37.879 It's conjecture. 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:44.540 And to be honest, I think it might hinder, actually, the proper understanding of the psalm. 00:04:45.379 --> 00:04:47.219 What we do know is that David wrote it. 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:49.199 That's what's plain to us, isn't it, in the superscription. 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:50.699 That this is a psalm of David. 00:04:50.699 --> 00:05:08.219 And it is enough to know that David authored the psalm and that he placed it in a series of other songs that are focused on the salvation that will come to God's people through his promised king. 00:05:08.220 --> 00:05:11.580 That's the theme of the psalms that we're in right now, isn't it? 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.620 Repeatedly, David speaks of this king. 00:05:15.740 --> 00:05:17.420 He speaks of the salvation of this king. 00:05:17.620 --> 00:05:22.720 He speaks of the overflow of the blessing of this salvation on the king's people. 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:27.700 Clearly, he's pointing us forward to the promised king, Jesus. 00:05:29.220 --> 00:05:36.340 Now, historically, Christians have used Psalm 24 in their celebrations of the ascension of Christ. 00:05:36.540 --> 00:05:42.960 Ascension Day, which in some liturgical circles comes 40 days after Easter every year. 00:05:42.959 --> 00:05:49.959 And Psalm 24 would be at least a reading, if not something of an exposition or homily in those services. 00:05:50.479 --> 00:06:01.959 I think that's actually quite appropriate, given that the emphasis in this psalm is on the king's return to glory after winning salvation for his people. 00:06:02.799 --> 00:06:06.000 But no matter when you use it or where you use it, 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:12.300 the fact remains that this song is rich with gospel truth. 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:19.300 And we know that that gospel is the power of God unto salvation for all who believe. 00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:22.439 Now, I'm not going to give you a bunch of headings today. 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:26.240 I just want to walk from beginning to end in Psalm 24. 00:06:27.139 --> 00:06:32.420 And what I want to show you is how you can get to heaven from Psalm 24. 00:06:32.420 --> 00:06:36.879 How you can get to the kingdom from Psalm 24. 00:06:37.460 --> 00:06:39.480 Look with me at verses 1 and 2 again. 00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:44.800 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. 00:06:45.620 --> 00:06:47.900 The world and those who dwell therein. 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:53.240 For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:57.520 Now, as David often does, we've seen this a number of times already. 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:03.039 He opens the song, turning our attention to the glory of God in creation, doesn't he? 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:09.839 This time, however, his emphasis is on the Lord's ownership of the world, 00:07:11.219 --> 00:07:14.719 particularly the people who dwell in it. 00:07:15.139 --> 00:07:16.419 Do you see that in the first verse? 00:07:17.219 --> 00:07:21.519 The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof. 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:26.139 The world is his and all who dwell in it. 00:07:26.139 --> 00:07:32.439 The language is possessive, literally, to the Lord, the earth in its fullness. 00:07:34.159 --> 00:07:39.199 Asserting that all existence, everything we see, everything that exists, it belongs to God. 00:07:39.419 --> 00:07:42.159 And it serves the purpose of his will. 00:07:42.419 --> 00:07:45.579 We might find the echo of this in the book of Revelation. 00:07:46.259 --> 00:07:47.680 I think it's in chapter 4. 00:07:48.099 --> 00:07:50.779 The great multitude that lift up their praise to God. 00:07:50.779 --> 00:07:53.579 Holy are you, Lord God. 00:07:54.079 --> 00:08:00.399 For you have created all things, and for your purpose, by your will, you have created them. 00:08:01.559 --> 00:08:03.399 We're told it's the worship in heaven. 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:08.399 I think that's an echo of this truth that's here, that the Lord owns the world. 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:14.099 He owns all who live in the world, and for his purposes, he has made it. 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:20.640 He governs the world according to his sovereign will, and all people are accountable to him. 00:08:20.780 --> 00:08:22.660 I think that's the emphasis of his ownership. 00:08:24.020 --> 00:08:25.120 He owns us. 00:08:25.660 --> 00:08:26.980 We are his. 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:31.080 Therefore, we are accountable to him. 00:08:32.180 --> 00:08:36.139 Now, in verse 2, we find the grounds for that assertion. 00:08:36.139 --> 00:08:43.860 Why is it that David can say in verse 1 that the earth belongs to the Lord, that he has sovereign right over it, 00:08:43.980 --> 00:08:48.340 and that we are accountable to him as people who live in the world? 00:08:48.620 --> 00:08:53.620 Well, he can say that on the grounds that the Lord himself is the creator of the world, 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:56.860 and that he is the creator of those who dwell in the world. 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:03.000 So that in verse 2, we find not only the lordship of God over the world, 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:11.139 but we find now his power, his goodness, his majesty in its creation. 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:22.399 He founded and established a stable and habitable place set above the levels of the seas, 00:09:22.460 --> 00:09:23.779 and the rivers, we're told. 00:09:24.100 --> 00:09:25.200 Why would he do that? 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:32.600 So that the people he has created to dwell in it could live and flourish according to his design. 00:09:32.600 --> 00:09:36.840 Now, David is doing something with brevity that would take me an hour to do. 00:09:37.620 --> 00:09:42.519 In just two verses, he's letting us know that we belong to the Lord, 00:09:42.800 --> 00:09:46.879 we're accountable to him, and we are because he's our creator, 00:09:47.519 --> 00:09:51.519 and this world that we live in is the work of his hands, 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:58.660 and it is stable, and it is habitable so that we might live and flourish. 00:09:58.659 --> 00:10:01.259 That is who this God is. 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:04.819 That is what he has done, and we are his. 00:10:04.820 --> 00:10:10.080 Now, there's a question, we mention this from time to time. 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:13.560 Why is there something rather than nothing? 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:16.740 Why is there something rather than nothing? 00:10:18.040 --> 00:10:22.420 It's an existential question that we all have to reckon with at some point. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:26.580 And many people, people that you know, people that you love, 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:29.540 they do everything that they can to wrestle with this question 00:10:29.540 --> 00:10:34.580 and to provide some kind of answer for their own existence 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:39.360 that doesn't require that they acknowledge a creator in the midst of it 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:43.100 or a God that they must be held accountable to 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:46.500 for the way that they exist and the way that they live. 00:10:46.500 --> 00:10:53.600 But I contend that the only satisfactory answer to that question 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.220 is the Bible's answer, 00:10:55.700 --> 00:10:59.299 and it's the answer that's provided for us in these two verses. 00:10:59.860 --> 00:11:01.860 What is it that David is telling us? 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:06.600 You exist because God made you. 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:09.740 You are not an accident. 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:14.659 You did not evolve over millions of years just by chance 00:11:14.659 --> 00:11:16.899 and will be here for a little while 00:11:16.899 --> 00:11:20.459 and then you'll go off and die and that's it. 00:11:20.839 --> 00:11:23.519 That's not true of you. 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:27.759 You exist because God made you. 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:31.779 Your purpose in existence is the one that he, 00:11:32.199 --> 00:11:34.919 as your creator, has assigned to you. 00:11:34.980 --> 00:11:37.919 Namely, that you would reflect his glory, 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:40.459 that you would know him personally, 00:11:40.779 --> 00:11:44.379 that you would flourish in the world that he has created. 00:11:44.659 --> 00:11:45.839 For your good. 00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:49.799 And because you are his creation, 00:11:50.339 --> 00:11:54.279 you are accountable to him as creator. 00:11:56.019 --> 00:11:58.659 Now, when we consider the psalm as a whole, 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:03.039 these opening verses seem almost out of place, don't they? 00:12:03.299 --> 00:12:04.740 We just read the whole thing together. 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:06.879 Now that you go back and reflect, 00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:09.319 there's amazing truth in the first two verses, 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:12.159 but how is it that they actually fit with the rest of the psalm? 00:12:12.980 --> 00:12:14.339 Seems a bit scattered, doesn't it? 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:16.459 Why did David put them here? 00:12:17.459 --> 00:12:19.299 How do they fit with the rest of the psalm? 00:12:20.079 --> 00:12:22.879 Well, for one, it prepares us, 00:12:22.959 --> 00:12:24.879 just to give you a hint here, 00:12:25.219 --> 00:12:29.919 it prepares us for this amazing payoff at the end of the psalm. 00:12:30.219 --> 00:12:31.919 But you have to wait before we get to that. 00:12:32.980 --> 00:12:34.279 What it also does, 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:38.899 this emphasis on man's accountability to God by virtue of creation, 00:12:39.339 --> 00:12:46.159 is it anticipates a crucial question that is asked in verse 3. 00:12:46.959 --> 00:12:48.120 So set your eyes on verse 3. 00:12:49.459 --> 00:12:52.299 Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:55.000 This God who has created all things, 00:12:55.259 --> 00:12:56.939 who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? 00:12:56.940 --> 00:13:00.360 Who shall stand in his holy place? 00:13:02.120 --> 00:13:05.120 The hill of the Lord, the holy place, 00:13:05.460 --> 00:13:09.820 they refer to God's exalted place above his creation, 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:11.840 that he is higher than us. 00:13:12.180 --> 00:13:15.060 He exalted above us as Lord. 00:13:16.260 --> 00:13:19.080 It's the throne from which he governs the world 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:21.460 and issues his divine judgments. 00:13:21.460 --> 00:13:25.280 In Psalm 2, perhaps you'll remember, 00:13:25.460 --> 00:13:29.460 God's holy hill is where he has placed his anointed king 00:13:29.460 --> 00:13:32.980 who executes justice against his enemies. 00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:38.540 In Psalm 15, God's holy hill is where God is, 00:13:38.780 --> 00:13:42.440 and it's where David longs to dwell and to dwell with God. 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.620 The Israelites, depending on which point in history 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:48.759 they may have been singing this song, 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:51.120 might have first thought of the tabernacle, 00:13:51.460 --> 00:13:53.340 or the temple, 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:57.620 which was the place of God's presence on earth. 00:13:58.660 --> 00:14:01.060 But notice what David is asking. 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:05.180 If the hill of the Lord is where God is, 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:07.940 if it's where he rules his creation, 00:14:08.120 --> 00:14:10.540 if it's where he issues divine judgments, 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:12.480 if it's the place of his presence, 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:14.280 the question is, 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.980 who can get there? 00:14:17.400 --> 00:14:18.860 Who can be there? 00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:24.100 Who can enjoy that place with the Lord? 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:30.740 The only way for man to get to God 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:33.159 is to ascend. 00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:35.300 That's what it says. 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.320 Who shall ascend? 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:40.279 Underscoring the Lord's place above his creatures. 00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:44.379 To ascend is often used in the Old Testament 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:46.820 to speak of going up to God in worship. 00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:50.559 But then there's another thing in the second part of the verse. 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:51.600 To stand. 00:14:52.299 --> 00:14:55.100 To stand after ascending 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:57.879 means to stand in judgment, 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.600 proving worthy 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:05.539 to remain in God's presence. 00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.939 That's the question. 00:15:08.099 --> 00:15:09.919 The questions posed are about 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:11.459 who qualifies 00:15:11.459 --> 00:15:13.899 to go into God's presence 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:15.339 safely. 00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:18.759 Who can survive 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.259 his judgment? 00:15:21.259 --> 00:15:22.659 Who can enjoy 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:23.959 his presence? 00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.279 Who can worship him 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:27.919 on his holy hill? 00:15:28.539 --> 00:15:29.799 We might say it this way. 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:31.799 Who can go to heaven? 00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:34.659 Who can enter 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.759 the kingdom? 00:15:36.479 --> 00:15:37.539 Who is it 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.699 that God will 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:39.699 accept? 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:42.759 And the answer is in verse 4. 00:15:43.259 --> 00:15:44.139 Set your eyes on it. 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:46.319 He 00:15:46.319 --> 00:15:48.319 who has clean hands 00:15:48.319 --> 00:15:50.639 and a pure heart 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.339 who does not lift his soul 00:15:53.339 --> 00:15:54.759 to what is false 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:56.240 and does not swear 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:57.879 deceitfully. 00:15:59.079 --> 00:16:00.319 Let's break this apart. 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.659 What does he mean? 00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.419 Well, 00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:04.779 to have clean hands 00:16:04.779 --> 00:16:06.399 is to be innocent 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:08.079 of wrong action. 00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:10.039 You've heard the phrase 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:11.299 caught red-handed, 00:16:11.719 --> 00:16:12.000 right? 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:15.699 To have a pure heart 00:16:15.699 --> 00:16:17.779 is to be innocent 00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:20.579 of a corrupt nature. 00:16:21.219 --> 00:16:22.319 That is, 00:16:22.439 --> 00:16:24.399 to be pure of soul 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:25.639 in the inner man. 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.839 If clean hands 00:16:26.839 --> 00:16:27.919 is the external 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:29.599 action, 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:31.680 a pure heart 00:16:31.680 --> 00:16:33.259 is the inner man 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.460 that no one else sees. 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.680 What's actually true 00:16:35.680 --> 00:16:35.940 of you 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.820 that no one else 00:16:36.820 --> 00:16:37.240 may know 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:38.019 is true of you. 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:39.840 Your nature. 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:43.379 Not lifting up 00:16:43.379 --> 00:16:44.000 one's soul 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.820 to what is false 00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:46.159 means to be innocent 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:47.779 of false worship 00:16:47.779 --> 00:16:49.259 is the idea there. 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.580 And then, 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:50.920 of course, 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.600 not swearing falsely 00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.000 is to be innocent 00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.600 of deceit 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.279 deceit 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.620 and hypocrisy 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.800 the way that we live. 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.639 That's pretty high standard, 00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.139 isn't it? 00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:00.800 Clean hands, 00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:02.500 pure heart, 00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:05.779 does not swear falsely, 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:07.660 does not lift himself up 00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.759 in false worship. 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:09.880 Now, 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.380 here's the thing 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:11.240 about these categories. 00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.539 They're not relative. 00:17:15.140 --> 00:17:16.120 They're absolute. 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:17.839 In the psalm, 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:18.180 they are. 00:17:18.180 --> 00:17:22.299 David does not mean 00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:22.980 to say 00:17:22.980 --> 00:17:25.039 that the one 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:25.720 who is allowed 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:26.360 to enjoy 00:17:26.360 --> 00:17:27.320 the presence of God 00:17:27.320 --> 00:17:27.920 who will stand 00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:28.500 in the judgment 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.620 is the one 00:17:29.620 --> 00:17:30.420 whose hands 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.420 are clean 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.560 relative 00:17:32.560 --> 00:17:33.660 to the dirtiness 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:34.920 of someone else's. 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.299 That's not 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.960 what he's saying. 00:17:38.340 --> 00:17:39.820 He is not saying 00:17:39.820 --> 00:17:40.580 that the one 00:17:40.580 --> 00:17:41.799 who will be accepted 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:42.580 by God 00:17:42.580 --> 00:17:43.600 is the one 00:17:43.600 --> 00:17:44.620 who is pure 00:17:44.620 --> 00:17:45.200 in heart 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.880 relative 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:47.100 to the impurity 00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:48.579 of someone else's heart 00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:50.980 or that has been 00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:52.059 faithful in worship 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.819 relative 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:54.219 to the unfaithfulness 00:17:54.219 --> 00:17:55.419 of someone else's worship 00:17:55.419 --> 00:17:56.319 or has lived 00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.919 a life of honesty 00:17:57.919 --> 00:17:59.159 and truthfulness 00:17:59.159 --> 00:18:00.139 and genuineness 00:18:00.139 --> 00:18:01.000 in relation 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:02.480 to someone else 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.500 who has not done so. 00:18:04.619 --> 00:18:05.379 That's not what 00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:06.159 David is saying. 00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.980 This is not relativism. 00:18:08.179 --> 00:18:09.139 It can't be. 00:18:09.439 --> 00:18:11.259 It's absolute categories here. 00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:14.079 Relativism, then, 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:16.439 is an express lane 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:18.000 to eternal hell. 00:18:19.460 --> 00:18:20.960 It is a doctrine 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:22.259 of demons 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:24.279 that deceives 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:25.600 countless souls 00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.840 into thinking 00:18:26.840 --> 00:18:27.440 that God 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.500 will accept them 00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.900 because they aren't 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.640 as bad 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:32.259 as someone else's. 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.840 And somewhere 00:18:34.840 --> 00:18:35.940 along the way, 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.680 we started using 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:39.480 the most wicked people 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:40.700 we can think of 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:42.720 as the measurement 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:44.539 or the standard 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:46.100 by which to judge 00:18:46.100 --> 00:18:46.980 our own goodness. 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.600 Now, here's what I mean. 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:51.339 Hitler is everyone's favorite, 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:51.700 right? 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.200 Perhaps you've had 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.559 somebody, 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.400 an unbeliever, 00:18:55.700 --> 00:18:56.240 or maybe even 00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:57.160 a professing Christian 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:58.039 who has made 00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:59.220 a statement like this 00:18:59.220 --> 00:18:59.519 to you. 00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.440 Well, I think 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.680 someone like Hitler 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:03.059 deserves to go to hell. 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:03.920 Look at all that he did, 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.579 but I don't deserve 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.160 to go to hell. 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:06.500 I'm not as bad 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.220 as he is. 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:12.319 As long as I'm not 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.039 as wicked as 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:14.480 someone like Hitler, 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:17.200 God will reward me 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.200 for being a good person. 00:19:18.360 --> 00:19:18.600 Surely, 00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:20.059 I'm a good person 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.920 in God's eyes. 00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.940 Look at all these 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.400 other people 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.120 who are so much 00:19:23.120 --> 00:19:24.019 worse than me. 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:25.120 We take the most 00:19:25.120 --> 00:19:25.819 wicked people 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.660 we can think of 00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:28.000 and we let them 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:29.140 be the standard 00:19:29.140 --> 00:19:30.660 by which we judge 00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:31.400 our own goodness. 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:33.299 That is the opposite 00:19:33.299 --> 00:19:34.299 of what the Bible does. 00:19:34.559 --> 00:19:35.180 That's why I say 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.559 this idea of relativism, 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.759 it is a doctrine 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.359 of demons, 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.980 it is a deceit. 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.700 Don't fall for it. 00:19:42.220 --> 00:19:43.179 Don't fall for it. 00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.480 Make sure your friends 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:45.000 and family 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:46.220 aren't falling for it. 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:47.220 The Bible does 00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.419 the exact opposite. 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:49.799 The standard 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:50.960 for our goodness 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:53.119 is never the wicked. 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:54.759 The standard 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.720 for our goodness 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.659 is always 00:19:56.659 --> 00:19:57.899 the most righteous. 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:01.079 Matthew 5, 20, 00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.179 Jesus says, 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.819 I tell you, 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.359 unless your righteousness 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.559 exceeds that 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.359 of the scribes 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:07.299 and Pharisees, 00:20:07.419 --> 00:20:08.179 you will never 00:20:08.179 --> 00:20:08.859 enter the kingdom 00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.319 of heaven. 00:20:10.219 --> 00:20:10.579 Now, 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.740 the people that Jesus 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:12.699 is addressing there, 00:20:12.959 --> 00:20:13.699 when they think 00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:14.699 scribes and Pharisees, 00:20:14.759 --> 00:20:15.319 they think these are 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.339 the holiest people around. 00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:18.299 Nobody knows the law 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:19.459 and observes the law 00:20:19.459 --> 00:20:20.299 like they do. 00:20:21.419 --> 00:20:22.419 And Jesus is saying, 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.939 unless you can beat them 00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:25.519 in self-righteousness, 00:20:25.699 --> 00:20:26.859 you're not going to make it. 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:29.639 Later on in the same chapter, 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:31.199 Jesus takes it even further. 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.619 He says, 00:20:31.619 --> 00:20:31.979 therefore, 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:34.000 you must be perfect 00:20:34.000 --> 00:20:36.719 according to what standard? 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:39.379 As your heavenly Father 00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:40.199 is perfect, 00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.379 he says. 00:20:42.239 --> 00:20:42.699 Well, 00:20:42.739 --> 00:20:43.299 that's a completely 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.419 different standard now. 00:20:45.259 --> 00:20:46.319 What is Jesus 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.539 training us to do? 00:20:47.679 --> 00:20:49.319 To judge our goodness, 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.279 not on the basis 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:51.319 of the wicked people 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.859 in our lives, 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:53.000 but to judge 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.919 our goodness 00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:54.699 on the basis 00:20:54.699 --> 00:20:56.219 of the righteous one. 00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:58.660 Peter does it 00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.740 in 1 Peter 1, 00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.799 15 and 16. 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.400 As he who called you 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.880 is holy, 00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.940 you also be holy 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.980 in all your conduct. 00:21:06.220 --> 00:21:07.180 Since it is written, 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.440 you shall be holy 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:10.019 for I am holy. 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.740 The standard 00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.539 for goodness 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.519 and righteousness 00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.860 according to the Bible 00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.759 and the way that God 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.360 teaches us 00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:17.059 and speaks to us 00:21:17.059 --> 00:21:18.220 is never the wicked. 00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.380 It is always 00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:20.059 the righteous. 00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.400 So what then, 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.920 when we come back 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.579 to Psalm 24, 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:25.579 what then qualifies 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.259 an individual 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:27.779 to dwell with God 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:29.159 according to David? 00:21:30.679 --> 00:21:32.439 Moral perfection. 00:21:33.879 --> 00:21:34.919 Moral perfection. 00:21:35.419 --> 00:21:36.399 The only way 00:21:36.399 --> 00:21:37.259 you get to heaven 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.199 is through 00:21:38.199 --> 00:21:39.179 moral perfection. 00:21:39.919 --> 00:21:40.939 The only way 00:21:40.939 --> 00:21:41.879 you stand 00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:43.199 on the holy hill 00:21:43.199 --> 00:21:43.659 of God 00:21:43.659 --> 00:21:44.419 in that judgment 00:21:44.419 --> 00:21:47.259 is moral perfection. 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:50.819 The Lord is so holy, 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:53.259 a consuming fire 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:54.259 according to the writer 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.879 of Hebrews. 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:57.040 that no speck 00:21:57.040 --> 00:21:58.120 of unrighteousness 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:59.420 can enter his presence 00:21:59.420 --> 00:22:01.480 without being consumed. 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.520 What is David 00:22:04.520 --> 00:22:05.220 giving us here? 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.060 He's giving us 00:22:07.060 --> 00:22:09.620 a big God theology. 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.500 A mighty God. 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.620 A holy God. 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.920 A God who will not 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.840 tolerate sin. 00:22:18.140 --> 00:22:19.840 Who cannot tolerate sin. 00:22:20.020 --> 00:22:21.500 Even the most minute 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:23.020 of sins 00:22:23.020 --> 00:22:24.380 according to our judgments. 00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:26.380 He will consume. 00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.100 Now, 00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:29.840 it's worth noting 00:22:29.840 --> 00:22:32.580 that David uses 00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.460 the singular 00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.660 he 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:36.420 at this point. 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.680 Notice it 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.300 in verse 4. 00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:39.840 Who shall ascend? 00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:40.960 He 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.400 who has clean hands 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.020 and a pure heart 00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:43.500 and so on. 00:22:44.760 --> 00:22:45.020 Well, 00:22:45.020 --> 00:22:46.000 that could just be 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.300 a simple reference 00:22:47.300 --> 00:22:48.220 to a type 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.900 of person. 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.960 that anyone 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:52.460 who is able 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.280 to maintain 00:22:53.280 --> 00:22:53.940 this type 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.800 of moral perfection 00:22:54.800 --> 00:22:56.420 will be able 00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:57.060 to ascend the hill 00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:57.620 and there's a sense 00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.400 in which that's true 00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.180 but I don't think 00:22:59.180 --> 00:22:59.759 that's what David 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.400 is communicating. 00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.120 I don't think he's 00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.980 talking about a type 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.420 of person. 00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:03.460 I think he's talking 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.460 about a particular 00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:05.040 person 00:23:05.040 --> 00:23:07.580 and that will become 00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.320 abundantly clear 00:23:08.320 --> 00:23:09.060 here in just a moment. 00:23:10.060 --> 00:23:10.360 Now, 00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:11.220 we know that David's 00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:12.400 not talking about himself. 00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.840 We know that's true. 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:16.399 David readily admitted 00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.039 that he didn't have 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:17.679 clean hands. 00:23:18.199 --> 00:23:19.039 That he didn't have 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.720 a pure heart. 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.919 I don't know of a time 00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.740 where he engaged 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.619 in false worship 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.939 except while we might 00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:26.159 define false worship 00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.939 as just the idols 00:23:26.939 --> 00:23:27.659 of our hearts 00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:29.119 but he certainly 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:30.019 was dishonest. 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.379 He certainly 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.659 was hypocritical 00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:35.179 in some places. 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:35.379 Right? 00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.519 David's not talking 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.339 about himself here. 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.819 Who's he talking about? 00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:43.819 There's only one possibility. 00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:46.480 David writes here 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:48.039 of this future 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.079 Messiah King 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.059 promised by God 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.720 in his covenant 00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.939 with David. 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.339 Only Jesus 00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:56.839 meets the qualifications 00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:58.720 of moral perfection 00:23:58.720 --> 00:24:00.679 required to stand 00:24:00.679 --> 00:24:01.619 in God's presence. 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.839 He alone 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:04.919 is worthy 00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:05.959 to ascend 00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.500 the hill 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.480 of the Lord. 00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.859 And in verse 5 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.740 we find 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:12.159 the king's reward 00:24:12.159 --> 00:24:13.399 for this righteousness. 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.580 Set your eyes 00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:14.860 on that. 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.440 Verse 5. 00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.800 He that is 00:24:16.800 --> 00:24:18.280 this righteous one 00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:19.100 from verse 4. 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.860 He will receive 00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.820 blessing 00:24:21.820 --> 00:24:23.080 from the Lord 00:24:23.080 --> 00:24:24.340 whereas everyone else 00:24:24.340 --> 00:24:25.340 who stands before the Lord 00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:26.320 will receive judgment, 00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.200 condemnation. 00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.460 Oh, not this one. 00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.620 He will receive 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:31.019 blessing from the Lord 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.340 and righteousness 00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:33.740 from the God 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.200 of his salvation. 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.740 Because of his 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.780 perfect righteousness 00:24:38.780 --> 00:24:40.380 the king will receive 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.720 blessing from the Lord 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:43.240 and that blessing 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:45.259 is the declaration 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.460 of his righteousness 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:48.160 from the God 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.980 of his salvation. 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.279 Now we talked about this 00:24:50.279 --> 00:24:51.440 last week in Lakeside Connect. 00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.259 What is this? 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:53.940 Justification. 00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.779 This is the 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.880 formal 00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:58.120 declaration 00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:59.279 of righteousness. 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.140 The Lord, 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.420 the creator 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:05.600 looks at his king 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:07.059 and says 00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.500 righteous 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:11.119 vindication. 00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:13.579 But notice 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.480 who it is 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.559 that vindicates 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.139 the king. 00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:18.399 Notice what David says. 00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.000 He receives 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.159 righteousness, 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:22.759 the declaration 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.279 of righteousness, 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:23.959 justification 00:25:23.959 --> 00:25:26.159 from the God 00:25:26.159 --> 00:25:26.619 of what? 00:25:27.459 --> 00:25:28.559 His salvation. 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:31.159 Well, that introduces 00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:32.220 an important question, 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.759 doesn't it? 00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:35.279 How is it 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:37.119 that the righteous one 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:39.319 needs salvation? 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.919 Just the fact 00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:43.819 that the God 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.440 of salvation 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.000 is the term 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.440 that's used 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.519 requires that 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.220 there must be 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:48.240 something from 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.839 which he must 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.399 be saved. 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.779 But how is it 00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.940 that the righteous one, 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.879 the only one 00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.940 worthy to ascend 00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.740 the hill of the Lord, 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:56.279 how is it possible 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.460 that he needs 00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.339 salvation? 00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.899 And if he is 00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.799 truly righteous, 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.940 why does he 00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.399 need to be 00:26:03.399 --> 00:26:03.980 vindicated 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:05.539 or declared 00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.019 righteous? 00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.559 Wouldn't we 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.179 already know? 00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.339 As I've said 00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:11.839 over the last 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.419 few weeks, 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.879 there's some 00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.679 things that David 00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.279 didn't know 00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.779 for sure. 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.659 There are 00:26:15.659 --> 00:26:16.079 mysteries 00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.419 that are revealed 00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:18.659 in the New 00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.359 Testament gospel, 00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.740 is it there? 00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.339 But there are 00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.679 some things 00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.099 that David 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.519 did know. 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.240 David knew 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.720 that the glory 00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.440 of the Messiah 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.599 King would 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.000 come through 00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.460 suffering. 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.279 And that in 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.919 his suffering, 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.679 God would 00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:32.759 openly deliver 00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:34.379 and vindicate 00:26:34.379 --> 00:26:35.639 his future 00:26:35.639 --> 00:26:35.960 King. 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.399 This is the 00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:39.139 mystery of the 00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:40.059 gospel declared 00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.740 in the Psalm, 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.980 revealed in the 00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:45.460 person and work 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:46.319 of Jesus Christ. 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.480 We just read it 00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:49.000 a moment ago, 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.259 again, 00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.259 in Isaiah 53. 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.259 What is it that 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.159 verse 4 says? 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.259 We read it just a 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.679 moment ago. 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:56.340 Surely he has 00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.100 borne our griefs 00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.620 and carried our 00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.000 sorrows. 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.720 Well, how did 00:26:58.720 --> 00:26:59.840 we perceive that? 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.220 How did humans 00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.420 looking on at 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.299 this sacrifice 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.680 perceive what 00:27:04.680 --> 00:27:05.240 was happening? 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.000 We esteemed 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.980 him stricken, 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.320 smitten by God 00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:11.000 and afflicted. 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.720 When we look 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.340 on the Christ, 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.019 when humans 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.580 looked on the 00:27:14.580 --> 00:27:14.860 Christ, 00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.440 they said, 00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.279 this is the 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:17.160 judgment of God 00:27:17.160 --> 00:27:17.900 for his sin. 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.680 And what is it 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:20.240 that Isaiah 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.060 then turns around 00:27:21.060 --> 00:27:21.960 and clarifies for 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.180 us? 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.080 Oh, but he 00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:23.740 was pierced 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.960 for our 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:26.360 transgressions. 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.519 This is giving 00:27:28.519 --> 00:27:29.279 us a picture. 00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.200 It's pointing us 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.580 forward to the 00:27:31.580 --> 00:27:32.900 crucifixion and 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.720 the death of the 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.759 Lord Jesus Christ. 00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.500 Jesus, the 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.259 righteous one, 00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.440 of Psalm 24, 00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.759 suffered death 00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:41.060 for the sins of 00:27:41.060 --> 00:27:41.460 mankind. 00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.740 And how was he 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.279 vindicated? 00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.060 Through resurrection. 00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.740 We look at the 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.500 crucifixion. 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.360 Humans, that is 00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:50.060 sinful humans, 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.580 look at the 00:27:50.580 --> 00:27:51.400 crucifixion and 00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.740 say, 00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.100 he's being 00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:54.180 judged by God 00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.820 for his sin. 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.380 And then three 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:56.019 days later, 00:27:56.340 --> 00:27:57.380 God raises him 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.100 from the dead 00:27:58.100 --> 00:27:59.180 with a megaphone 00:27:59.180 --> 00:27:59.779 that says, 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.640 righteous, 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.920 righteous, 00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.240 righteous. 00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:06.039 It's justification. 00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.420 Salvation 00:28:08.420 --> 00:28:09.759 through his 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.259 suffering. 00:28:11.200 --> 00:28:11.759 And why did 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.200 he suffer? 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:14.220 Not for his 00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.620 sins. 00:28:16.080 --> 00:28:16.920 But he made 00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.600 an atonement 00:28:17.600 --> 00:28:19.600 for sinners. 00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.420 Which brings us 00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:22.140 to verse 6. 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:25.299 Such is the 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:27.039 generation of 00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.620 those who 00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.140 seek him, 00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.820 who seek the 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.440 face of the 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.080 God of Jacob. 00:28:32.060 --> 00:28:32.640 And then David 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.240 gives us this 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.039 liturgical note, 00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.519 Selah. 00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.500 He just says, 00:28:35.600 --> 00:28:36.640 just stop for just 00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:36.799 a second, 00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.539 just think about 00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.720 that. 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:38.759 Just think about 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.320 it, he says. 00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.560 So let's think 00:28:41.560 --> 00:28:41.900 about it. 00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:45.120 The blessing 00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:46.900 of the one 00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:49.259 in verse 5. 00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.540 Here in verse 6 00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:53.780 becomes the 00:28:53.780 --> 00:28:54.160 blessing 00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:56.040 of the many. 00:28:58.780 --> 00:28:59.259 Such 00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.780 is the 00:29:00.780 --> 00:29:01.580 generation, 00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.259 a group. 00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.820 This is not 00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.720 speaking of 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.740 millennials 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:08.420 or boomers, 00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.940 whatever you 00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:09.400 may be, 00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:10.160 or Gen Z 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.460 or whatever. 00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.019 It's not that 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.579 kind of generation. 00:29:11.680 --> 00:29:12.099 It's speaking of 00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.740 a group of 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.319 people, right? 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.799 A group of 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.039 people. 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:16.500 This blessing, 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.859 this declaration 00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.900 of righteousness 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:20.220 and justification, 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:22.579 taken and given 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.519 rightly to the 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:24.180 righteous one, 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.880 is now shared 00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.900 by a group of 00:29:27.900 --> 00:29:28.140 people, 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.180 a generation of 00:29:29.180 --> 00:29:29.539 people. 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:32.539 Jesus is the 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.220 only one who 00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:34.159 qualifies to 00:29:34.159 --> 00:29:34.659 ascend the 00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.200 hill of the 00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.240 Lord and to 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.779 stand in his 00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.339 holy place. 00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.480 But because he 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.019 died in the 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.920 place of sinners, 00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:41.579 a whole generation 00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.720 of people are 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.779 now able to 00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.159 ascend the 00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:45.599 hill of the 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.940 Lord with 00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:47.339 him. 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.139 He took our 00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.399 penalty so 00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:52.180 that we can 00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.960 receive his 00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.319 blessing. 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.039 2 Corinthians 00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.000 5.21, 00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.099 for our 00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:00.319 sake he was 00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.079 made to be 00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.099 sin who knew 00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.519 no sin so 00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.480 that in him 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.159 we might become 00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.799 the righteousness 00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.519 of God. 00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.819 Now Jesus 00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:11.439 rightly ascends 00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:12.059 the hill of 00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:13.279 the Lord based 00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:14.359 on his perfect 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.879 righteousness. 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.099 But we don't 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.559 have that 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.019 righteousness. 00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.539 How is it 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.779 possible that 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:21.139 we might ascend 00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.699 the hill of 00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:23.019 the Lord with 00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.759 Jesus the 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.419 righteous one? 00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.119 Well it tells 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.619 us in verse 00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:27.139 6, such is the 00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.899 generation of 00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.939 those not 00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.660 who are able 00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.019 to be 00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.600 righteous as 00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:30.900 he is 00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.880 righteous, such 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.220 as the 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.019 generation of 00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.820 those who 00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:35.180 seek him, who 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.140 seek the face 00:30:36.140 --> 00:30:36.700 of the God of 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.039 Jacob. 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.180 What is this? 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.420 It's justification 00:30:39.420 --> 00:30:40.740 by faith. 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.480 Jesus the 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.460 righteous one 00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:48.200 truly is able 00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.840 to ascend. 00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.620 And then he 00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.299 imputes that 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.120 righteousness onto 00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:53.720 us so that we 00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.480 can ascend not 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.160 because of our 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.799 righteousness but 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.559 because of his 00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:57.639 and because our 00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:59.799 faith in his 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.460 own righteousness. 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.680 It's amazing. 00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.799 That's what it 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.519 means to seek 00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.440 him and to 00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.000 seek the face 00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.339 of God. 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:08.440 It is salvation 00:31:08.440 --> 00:31:09.399 by faith alone. 00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.740 Just as Jesus 00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.399 is declared 00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:12.419 righteous by God 00:31:12.419 --> 00:31:13.700 the Father, so 00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.299 are those who 00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.740 seek him. 00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.519 His righteousness 00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:18.359 is applied to 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.099 the account of 00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:20.759 all who trust 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:22.440 in him by 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.720 faith. 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.840 So what 00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.400 leaves us 00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.420 discouraged in 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.860 verse 3 and 00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:29.160 4 to 00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.960 acknowledge that 00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.799 there is no 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.620 righteousness that 00:31:31.620 --> 00:31:32.220 we can bring, 00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.559 that standing 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.259 before the Lord 00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.700 on our own, 00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.880 all we have is 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.680 judgment and 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:38.080 hell. 00:31:39.660 --> 00:31:40.360 We're now 00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:41.240 lifted up in 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.980 verse 6. 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.880 Because of the 00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.580 righteous one, 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.460 we have been 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.960 blessed. 00:31:48.460 --> 00:31:49.100 Romans 3, 00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.799 we are 00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.640 justified, we 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.200 are declared 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.500 righteous by 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.080 his grace as 00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.560 a gift. 00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:57.620 Through the 00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:58.480 redemption that 00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.100 is in Christ 00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.800 Jesus, through 00:31:59.800 --> 00:32:00.660 this salvation 00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.300 that he has 00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:02.840 won, whom 00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:03.860 God put forward 00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.980 as a propitiation 00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:06.680 by his blood, a 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.980 full satisfaction 00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:09.800 of God's wrath 00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:10.720 against sin. 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.680 And how do we 00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:13.340 receive that? 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:15.420 Paul says to 00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:17.100 be received by 00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:17.400 faith. 00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.100 Nothing else. 00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:21.060 It's not faith, 00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.679 as the church 00:32:22.679 --> 00:32:23.159 of Rome would 00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.859 say, faith, 00:32:24.099 --> 00:32:24.480 plus your 00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.279 baptism, plus 00:32:25.279 --> 00:32:26.000 the Eucharist, 00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.659 plus the 00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:27.700 sacraments, plus 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:28.159 a little bit of 00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.980 time in purgatory, 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.619 plus all the 00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.159 things that will 00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:31.079 gradually purify 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.740 you until you 00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.139 are truly 00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.500 righteous. 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.440 No, it's not 00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:33.700 that. 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.379 It's faith 00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:34.819 alone. 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.099 Trust Christ. 00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.119 It's him 00:32:37.119 --> 00:32:37.599 alone. 00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.139 Romans 4, 00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.740 righteousness 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.500 will be counted 00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:43.659 to us who 00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.440 believe in him, 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.179 who raised from 00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:46.619 the dead, 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.279 Jesus our 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.220 Lord, who was 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.179 delivered up for 00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:50.580 our trespasses, 00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:52.519 and was raised 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.880 for our 00:32:53.880 --> 00:32:54.480 justification. 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.799 Now that brings 00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.400 us to the last 00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.840 part of the 00:32:57.840 --> 00:32:58.440 psalm, verses 00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:59.200 7 to 10. 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.680 Lift up your 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.660 heads, O gates. 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.600 Be lifted up, O 00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.320 ancient doors, 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.279 that the king of 00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:07.080 glory may come 00:33:07.080 --> 00:33:07.360 in. 00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:09.519 Who is this king 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.980 of glory? 00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.500 The Lord, 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.460 strong and 00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.779 mighty. 00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.640 The Lord, 00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:14.640 mighty in battle. 00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:15.840 And then it's 00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.460 repeated for 00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.380 dramatic effect. 00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.340 Lift up your 00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:19.220 heads, O gates, 00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.240 and lift them 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.959 up, O ancient 00:33:20.959 --> 00:33:22.119 doors, that the 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:22.879 king of glory 00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.639 may come in. 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.159 Who is this 00:33:25.159 --> 00:33:25.799 king of glory? 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.839 And here's the 00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.299 change. 00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.799 The Lord of 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.159 hosts. 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:32.279 He is the 00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:33.000 king of glory. 00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.159 And we come to 00:33:35.159 --> 00:33:35.839 the final movement 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:36.459 and we think, 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.539 wow, this 00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:37.899 doesn't, 00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.579 what is this? 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.859 Shouldn't this 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.279 just be a 00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.799 psalm on its 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.079 own? 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.599 No, it fits 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:44.159 perfect. 00:33:44.459 --> 00:33:44.819 It's just the 00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.480 image changes 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.000 somewhat. 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.480 In this 00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.200 final movement, 00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.400 David turns 00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.119 the focus to 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.779 the king of 00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:52.019 glory, the 00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.619 righteous one, 00:33:52.940 --> 00:33:53.460 from the middle 00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.980 of the psalm. 00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:56.160 The image 00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:57.019 here is 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.180 again the 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.740 hill of the 00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.000 Lord. 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.000 The righteous 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.059 one, now 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.759 called the king 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.259 of glory, 00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.660 stands before 00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:06.079 the gates of 00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.839 God's holy 00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:08.280 place, of the 00:34:08.280 --> 00:34:08.800 kingdom, of 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.679 heaven, of 00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:10.239 his throne. 00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:12.299 And with 00:34:12.299 --> 00:34:14.139 him are all 00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.699 those whom 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.019 he has 00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.219 redeemed in 00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:16.719 the battle 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.359 against death 00:34:17.359 --> 00:34:17.739 and hell. 00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:19.459 And the 00:34:19.459 --> 00:34:20.379 king commands, 00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:22.719 summons, for 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.319 the gates to 00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.819 be opened. 00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:25.139 Open the 00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:27.199 gates so 00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.519 that the 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:27.939 king and 00:34:27.939 --> 00:34:28.399 his people 00:34:28.399 --> 00:34:28.839 may come 00:34:28.839 --> 00:34:29.139 in. 00:34:30.819 --> 00:34:31.439 And then 00:34:31.439 --> 00:34:32.159 the doorkeepers 00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:32.959 respond like 00:34:32.959 --> 00:34:33.719 good doorkeepers. 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.979 King of glory, 00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.639 who is this 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.299 king of glory? 00:34:38.459 --> 00:34:38.919 Oh, and then 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:39.280 comes an 00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.740 astounding 00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:40.220 answer. 00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.740 The Lord, 00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.659 strong and 00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.019 mighty. 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.980 The Lord, 00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.639 mighty in 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.019 battle. 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.599 The Lord of 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.039 hosts. 00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.680 He is the 00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.559 king of glory. 00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:56.840 Here, the 00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.559 king of glory 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.440 is identified 00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.500 as Yahweh 00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.039 himself. 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:02.500 The Lord 00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.960 himself. 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.880 Now, where 00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.920 else have 00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.539 we seen 00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:08.599 Yahweh 00:35:08.599 --> 00:35:09.739 in the 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:10.179 psalm 00:35:10.179 --> 00:35:11.579 at the 00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.920 beginning. 00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.159 Verses 00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.500 one and 00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:13.759 two. 00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.819 To 00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:16.440 Yahweh, 00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:17.860 the earth 00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.579 and its 00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:18.900 fullness. 00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:21.679 The Lord 00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.360 who created 00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.039 everything 00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:23.679 and to 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.119 whom all 00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.719 people are 00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.219 accountable. 00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.759 He is 00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.279 the king 00:35:27.279 --> 00:35:27.920 of glory 00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.900 who fights 00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.500 our battle, 00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.519 who ascends 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:30.920 the hill 00:35:30.920 --> 00:35:31.179 of the 00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.579 Lord with 00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.980 all of 00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.460 his people 00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.980 in tow. 00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.259 He summons 00:35:34.259 --> 00:35:34.779 the gates 00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.360 to open 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.000 so that 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.440 all who 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.819 are with 00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.199 him may 00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:37.839 enter into 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:38.440 his kingdom 00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:39.539 and enjoy 00:35:39.539 --> 00:35:40.160 his eternal 00:35:40.160 --> 00:35:40.620 blessing. 00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.820 Now, here's 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.440 the payoff. 00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:44.680 If the 00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.680 Lord himself 00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.720 is the 00:35:46.720 --> 00:35:47.180 king of 00:35:47.180 --> 00:35:47.680 glory, 00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:48.579 whom we 00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.240 said in 00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.539 the middle 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:49.820 of the 00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.260 psalm, 00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.880 must 00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.579 absolutely 00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.380 refer to 00:35:52.380 --> 00:35:53.000 the person 00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.840 of Jesus 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.220 Christ. 00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:54.780 If that 00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.140 is who 00:35:55.140 --> 00:35:55.519 the Lord 00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.980 is, if 00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.340 that is 00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:56.579 who the 00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.900 king of 00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.500 glory is, 00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.280 if he 00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.559 is the 00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.840 one who 00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.300 ascends, 00:35:59.620 --> 00:35:59.980 then he 00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.640 must first 00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.059 have 00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:02.420 descended 00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:04.200 from his 00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.660 exalted 00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.260 place as 00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.740 creator, 00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:06.459 which is 00:36:06.459 --> 00:36:06.939 established 00:36:06.939 --> 00:36:07.419 in verses 00:36:07.419 --> 00:36:07.859 one and 00:36:07.859 --> 00:36:08.039 two. 00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.839 He cannot 00:36:09.839 --> 00:36:10.759 ascend the 00:36:10.759 --> 00:36:11.559 hill unless 00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:12.000 he has 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:13.399 first descended 00:36:13.399 --> 00:36:14.039 from that 00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.339 hill. 00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:14.959 And where 00:36:14.959 --> 00:36:15.179 do we 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.839 find that? 00:36:15.959 --> 00:36:16.399 In the 00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:17.319 incarnation of 00:36:17.319 --> 00:36:17.579 the Lord 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.319 Jesus Christ. 00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.439 Jesus 00:36:19.439 --> 00:36:19.979 himself 00:36:19.979 --> 00:36:20.399 affirms 00:36:20.399 --> 00:36:21.039 this in 00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.319 John 00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.899 chapter 3 00:36:21.899 --> 00:36:22.659 verse 13. 00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.619 No one 00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.319 has ascended 00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:25.039 into heaven 00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:26.239 except he 00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.979 who has 00:36:26.979 --> 00:36:28.019 descended from 00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.819 heaven, the 00:36:28.819 --> 00:36:29.319 son of 00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:29.719 man. 00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:31.199 What is 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:31.879 this teaching 00:36:31.879 --> 00:36:32.199 us? 00:36:32.379 --> 00:36:32.599 What is 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.319 David teaching 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:33.620 us? 00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.820 This 00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:35.280 Messiah 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:37.039 king, this 00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.519 savior, this 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.019 king of 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:41.660 glory is 00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:42.039 the Lord 00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.500 himself. 00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.200 Jesus is 00:36:45.200 --> 00:36:46.000 not just a 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.100 man who 00:36:47.100 --> 00:36:47.800 is superior 00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:48.420 to all 00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.100 other men. 00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.840 That's not 00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.260 who Jesus 00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.780 is. 00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.980 He is the 00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:53.340 king of 00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.700 glory. 00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.740 He is the 00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.840 eternal God 00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.940 who became 00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.940 man to 00:36:57.940 --> 00:36:58.620 fulfill 00:36:58.620 --> 00:36:59.960 Psalm 24. 00:37:01.260 --> 00:37:02.260 For us to 00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:02.920 be saved, 00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:03.920 so that we 00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.880 can ascend 00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.300 the hill 00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.820 and stand 00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.079 in the 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.320 judgment. 00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:06.880 The only 00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.380 way that's 00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:08.460 possible is 00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:08.820 if the 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.619 Lord himself 00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.380 were to 00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.240 descend to 00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:12.760 us and 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.400 take on 00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:14.340 human flesh 00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.440 and fulfill 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.300 the law that 00:37:16.300 --> 00:37:16.880 we have all 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.920 broken and 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.420 pay the 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.119 penalty of 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.700 our sin 00:37:19.700 --> 00:37:20.200 through his 00:37:20.200 --> 00:37:21.240 death and 00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.680 then be 00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:22.820 vindicated by 00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.480 rising from 00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:24.480 the dead and 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.420 ascending back 00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:26.360 to his throne to 00:37:26.360 --> 00:37:27.420 guarantee our 00:37:27.420 --> 00:37:28.139 entrance to his 00:37:28.139 --> 00:37:28.440 kingdom. 00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.380 That is the 00:37:29.380 --> 00:37:30.740 only way that 00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.820 we could ever 00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:33.120 stand before 00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:33.460 God. 00:37:33.740 --> 00:37:34.220 It's the 00:37:34.220 --> 00:37:34.840 only way that 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.340 any of us 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:36.160 will ever be 00:37:36.160 --> 00:37:36.880 accepted by 00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.220 God. 00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.220 Not on the 00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:39.160 basis of our 00:37:39.160 --> 00:37:40.400 righteousness but 00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.200 on the sole 00:37:41.200 --> 00:37:42.440 basis of the 00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.220 righteousness of 00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:43.640 the Lord 00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:44.820 himself, the 00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.700 king of glory, 00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.380 Jesus Christ, 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.500 the righteous 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.860 one. 00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.820 And by faith 00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:52.519 we enter into 00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.080 his glory. 00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.080 He has done 00:37:55.080 --> 00:37:56.600 for us what 00:37:56.600 --> 00:37:57.120 we could not 00:37:57.120 --> 00:37:58.039 do for ourselves 00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:59.360 and he has 00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.059 done it out of 00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.759 his measureless 00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.079 love. 00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.480 He did not do 00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.039 it because he 00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.699 had to do it. 00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.500 Why would he 00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:06.019 do this? 00:38:08.340 --> 00:38:08.960 Why would he 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.440 do this? 00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.880 There's only one 00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.239 answer. 00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.739 Love. 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.779 God shows his 00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.599 love toward us in 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.279 that while we are 00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.900 yet sinners, 00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:21.599 Christ dies for 00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.880 us. 00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.719 God so loved the 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:26.380 world that he 00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.000 gave his only 00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.739 begotten son. 00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:29.900 And whosoever 00:38:29.900 --> 00:38:30.480 believes in him 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.039 will not perish 00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.699 and have everlasting 00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.159 life. 00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:34.340 In this is the 00:38:34.340 --> 00:38:34.820 love of God. 00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.460 Not that we have 00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:36.219 loved him but that 00:38:36.219 --> 00:38:37.159 he has loved us 00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.980 and has sent his 00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:39.099 only son to be the 00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:40.019 propitiation for 00:38:40.019 --> 00:38:40.539 our sins. 00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.159 That's what John 00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:41.480 says. 00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.300 Love. 00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.300 Love is why he's 00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.719 done it. 00:38:46.539 --> 00:38:47.699 And he invites us 00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:48.559 into this love. 00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:51.019 He invites you 00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:53.000 into this love 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:55.800 by faith. 00:38:58.039 --> 00:38:59.619 To try to do it 00:38:59.619 --> 00:39:01.900 with anything 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.820 except faith 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:05.340 is an insult 00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.759 to the king of 00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:07.079 glory. 00:39:10.079 --> 00:39:11.480 To try to think 00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.599 or insist 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:14.519 that I will follow 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.480 Jesus but I will be 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:16.300 truly accepted 00:39:16.300 --> 00:39:18.000 if I get all these 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.759 other things right 00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:20.699 and if I get 00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.099 baptized 00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.880 and if I do the 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.199 stuff 00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.739 and if I live 00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.119 a pretty good 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:25.460 life 00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:28.579 is to spit 00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:29.199 in the face 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:29.759 of the Savior 00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:31.319 who descended 00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:32.119 from the throne 00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:34.579 and was crucified 00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.419 on a cross 00:39:35.419 --> 00:39:37.480 to provide a 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:38.119 sufficient 00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:40.159 and final 00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.199 offering 00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.359 for your guilt 00:39:42.359 --> 00:39:45.339 and to insist 00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:46.119 that it's anything 00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.980 but stepping 00:39:46.980 --> 00:39:48.059 into that love 00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:48.719 by faith 00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:50.539 is a mockery 00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.179 of what he has 00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.419 done. 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:54.500 And yet 00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.599 he says 00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.159 come 00:39:57.159 --> 00:40:00.819 this is for you 00:40:00.819 --> 00:40:04.339 believe my gospel 00:40:04.339 --> 00:40:07.199 turn from your sin 00:40:07.199 --> 00:40:10.159 he's opened the gates 00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:11.679 he's flung them 00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.319 wide open 00:40:12.319 --> 00:40:13.859 for all 00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:15.459 who will repent 00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.539 and believe 00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:18.240 which leaves us 00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:18.860 with only one 00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.699 question to ask 00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:22.420 will you believe 00:40:22.420 --> 00:40:24.099 we leave everything 00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.480 else 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.699 stop trying 00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:26.119 to do all 00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:26.480 the stuff 00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.460 just 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.579 follow 00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.360 him 00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:30.059 leave it all 00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.420 behind 00:40:30.420 --> 00:40:31.980 and trust 00:40:31.980 --> 00:40:32.619 his gospel 00:40:32.619 --> 00:40:34.000 trust his 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.480 righteousness 00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.220 as sufficient 00:40:35.220 --> 00:40:37.139 and enter 00:40:37.139 --> 00:40:37.679 his kingdom 00:40:37.679 --> 00:40:38.820 by faith 00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.780 and by faith 00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.099 alone 00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:41.500 only those 00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.039 who do that 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:44.159 will be able 00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:44.720 to stand 00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.799 on the hill 00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.319 of the Lord 00:40:46.319 --> 00:40:45.799 on the hill 00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.339 of the Lord