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 I want to begin with a very basic gospel question.

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 Really, two questions.

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 One question with two parts, whatever.

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 Here's what it is.

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 What is sin's principal problem and salvation's principal purpose?

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 And I just want you to think on it for just a moment.

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 What is sin's principal problem?

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 What is salvation's principal purpose?

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 Of course, that is according to the scriptures.

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 Now, we may be prepared to offer many answers to these questions,

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 but I want you to notice what I'm asking.

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 I'm not asking about all of sin's consequences.

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 I'm not asking for a list of all the various things that sin does

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 and that results from our sin and from Adam's sin.

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 I'm not asking about all of salvation's benefits,

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 all of the blessings that come from knowing Christ

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 and being redeemed by Christ.

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 That's not the question.

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 The question is, what is the principal issue of sin?

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 What is the principal aim of salvation?

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 What's it really all about when you get to the very heart of it?

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 Now, let's think of it in relation to the very first sin.

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 If you can bring your mind back to creation and fall

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 as recorded in Genesis 1 through 3.

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 The principal issue of Adam's fall

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 was not his expulsion from Eden,

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 and it was not his expiration of life or his death.

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 It was his exclusion from God's presence,

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 his exclusion from a peaceful, intimate relationship with the creator.

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 And once we understand that,

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 that is the presentation of the scripture.

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 That's not my opinion of what it says.

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 That's actually the presentation of how the scriptures

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 describe this for us and explain it to us.

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 And once we have that understanding,

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 then we can move on to the second part of the question,

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 which is about the principal benefit

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 of salvation and redemption and restoration.

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 So let's think of it this way.

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 If Adam's most significant consequence

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 was his expulsion from the Garden of Eden,

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 what would then be the chief aim of his salvation?

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 It would be a return to the Garden.

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 If the principal issue was that he could no longer be in Eden,

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 then the principal aim of restoration

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 would be to bring him back to Eden.

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 Okay?

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 Let's change the question.

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 If the principal issue,

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 the supreme consequence of Adam and Eve's sin,

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 was death,

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 what then would be the chief aim of their salvation?

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 It would be life, right?

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 Eternal life.

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 If the principal issue of Adam's sin

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 was conflict with others,

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 what then would be the goal of his salvation?

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 It would be a peaceful marriage.

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 It would be lasting friendship.

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 It would be enduring partnership.

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 Now, don't misunderstand what I'm saying.

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 Remember, I'm not asking about all the consequences of sin.

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 All of those things are real consequences of sin.

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 Neither am I asking about all of the benefits of salvation.

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 All of those things are actually benefits of salvation

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 according to the Scriptures.

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 They're benefits that we should rejoice in,

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 but they aren't the principal purpose of salvation.

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 Since the principal problem of Adam's sin

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 was his separation from God,

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 the principal aim of his salvation

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 is reconciliation with God.

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 Okay?

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 You follow?

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 Now, I think the vast majority of people,

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 even many professing Christians,

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 do not understand this.

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 In our sinful condition,

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 we focus on every consequence of sin

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 except the principal one.

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 We spend our lives trying to achieve

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 the pleasures of Eden.

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 We think of what would life be

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 if we weren't in a fallen world?

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 And we live our lives trying to restore

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 that fallenness in some way,

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 or at least the experience of it.

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 We want the pleasure,

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 as much of it as we can possibly get.

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 Or we spend our lives chasing more life,

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 trying to extend life in some way.

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 But we desire all of those things

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 apart from the presence of God, typically.

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 It's an earthly mindset.

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 It's a carnal perspective, unfortunately,

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 that has influenced the church

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 and its presentations of the gospel message.

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 So some professing Christians,

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 they speak as if the goal of salvation

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 is heaven

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 and the pleasures that are contained therein.

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 To think of heaven primarily as a place of worship

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 seems to them a disappointment.

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 We can go to passages like Revelation 4.

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 We see the great throne room of God

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 where all of God's people are gathered around

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 with all of His creatures

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 and all of His angels,

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 and they cast their crowns at His feet.

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 They cry out to Him,

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 holy, holy, holy.

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 And we think, wow, that's amazing.

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 I hope there's more.

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 Why do we do this?

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 Why does thoughts of heaven

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 as primarily a place of worship

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 seem a disappointment?

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 Because our thoughts of salvation

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 are fixated on escaping difficulty

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 and experiencing pleasurable ease instead.

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 Little consideration seems to be given

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 to enjoying God

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 who actually is the one

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 who makes heaven desirable.

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 And we seem to miss that.

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 And my concern

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 is that many people

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 would be perfectly content with a heaven

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 where God is not actually present.

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 If everything that we know

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 from the scriptures

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 about the nature of heaven,

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 if we were to go to Revelation in particular

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 and we were to grasp

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 the fullness of John's vision,

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 if we were able to see

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 what John saw,

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 the streets of gold,

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 the gates of pearl,

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 the walls of jasper,

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 the sea like crystal,

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 all of the things

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 that we long for,

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 all of the things

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 that will be blessing

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 in eternity,

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 if we could see all of it

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 and if we could have all of it

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 without God,

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 would we be content with that?

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 And I think the answer

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 for many people

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 is

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 yeah,

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 that's actually what we're after.

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 We're after the pleasure.

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 We're after the ease.

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 We're after the escape

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 from difficulty.

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 And if God chooses

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 not to be there,

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 that's fine

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 as long as he provides

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 the ease.

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 You see the problem.

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 Of course,

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 this also affects

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 our presentations

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 of the gospel.

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 We present

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 a truncated

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 form of the good news

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 that has as its climax

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 escape from torment

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 and entrance

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 into paradise.

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 God's role

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 in those presentations

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 is essentially

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 to act

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 as a means

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 to a more

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 fantastic end,

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 which is

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 personal pleasure.

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 We present the gospel

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 to people that,

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 hey,

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 there's no hope here.

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 Things will be much better

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 in heaven

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 and God's made a way.

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 So if you really just want

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 things to be better,

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 God will make a way

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 for you

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 and you can enjoy

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 better things.

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 Friends,

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 that's not the gospel.

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 You can lead somebody

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 in a wonderful prayer

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 about Jesus,

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 but if their hope

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 is simply

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 pleasure

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 that may or may not

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 be a part of heaven

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 and in their mind

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 is nothing

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 with consideration

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 to the glory of God

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 and the reconciliation

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 with God

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 and the enjoyment of God,

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 you have not presented

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 the gospel

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 and they are not Christians.

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 Christ's sacrifice

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 on the cross

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 is emphasized

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 as a means

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 to a better life

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 and a future

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 rather than God's plan

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 for restoring fellowship

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 to his creatures.

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 This kind of gospel message,

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 it would be like

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 going to your wife

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 and saying,

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 you know,

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 the chief aim

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 of our marriage

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 is sexual fulfillment.

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 You're great,

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 I'm glad you're around,

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 but what I really love

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 is the pleasure

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 that I get from you.

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 And we would say

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 that's a pretty terrible

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 view of marriage,

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 isn't it?

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 Our wives would not

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 be very pleased with us

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 if that were our view

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 of marriage

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 and yet it's basically

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 the perspective

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 that many people

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 bring to the gospel.

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 I'm glad God's there.

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 I'm happy

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 that Jesus

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 was willing

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 to do so much

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 in order to secure

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 my pleasure,

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 but the thing

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 that I really want,

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 I just want heaven,

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 I want ease,

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 I want the pleasure.

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 Again,

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 don't misunderstand me.

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 I'm not saying

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 that those things

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 aren't realities

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 or that we shouldn't

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 crave those things.

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 They are blessings

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 from God.

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 He gives them to us

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 as a description

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 in His Word

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 in order that He might

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 give us a foretaste

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 of what eternity

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 will be for those

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 who are in Him,

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 but it's not

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 the principal aim.

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 And what many

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 have failed to realize

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 is that heaven and hell

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 are secondary consequences

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 of one standing

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 with God.

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 He is the goal

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 of salvation,

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 not the means

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 to something else.

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 And to rightly speak,

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 of the realities

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 of heaven and hell,

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 we must put them

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 in their proper place.

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 Salvation is not primarily

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 about entering heaven.

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 It is about being reconciled

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 in a peaceful,

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 intimate relationship

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 with the Creator

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 in whom

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 is the greatest

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 possible experience

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 of pleasure

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 and love

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 and joy

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 if we are to believe

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 that what the Bible

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 says is true.

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 And of course,

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 I do believe it.

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 And the story

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 of the Bible,

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 it's all about

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 God's pursuit

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 of this peace

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 with His creatures.

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 And the ministry

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 of the gospel

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 is one of

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 reconciling sinners

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 to God

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 through the perfect work

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 Paul says this

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 plainly for us.

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 2 Corinthians chapter 5.

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 All this is from God.

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 Speaking of salvation.

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 Who through Christ

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 reconciled us

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 to Himself.

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 And then He gave us,

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 that is the apostles

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 and beyond that,

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 everyday Christians.

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 He gave to us

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 the ministry

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 of reconciliation.

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 And what does He mean?

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 Well, He tells us

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 that is,

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 in Christ,

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 God was reconciling

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 the world

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 to Himself.

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 Not counting

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 their trespasses

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 against them

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 and entrusting

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 to us,

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 believers,

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 this message

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 of reconciliation.

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 Therefore,

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 Paul turns

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 to his audience

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 and he says,

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 we are ambassadors

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 for Christ.

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 We're proclaimers

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 of good news.

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 Therefore,

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 God is making

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 His appeal

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 to you

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 through us.

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 And what's the appeal?

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 He tells us

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 in the very next statement.

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 We implore you,

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 for Christ's sake,

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 be reconciled

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 to God.

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 Can I tell you

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 what my purpose is

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 right now,

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 in this moment,

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 is to be an ambassador

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 for Christ,

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 to proclaim

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 the good news,

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 God making

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 His appeal

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 to you

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 through me.

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 And therefore,

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 my appeal,

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 I implore you,

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 be reconciled

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 to God.

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 Be reconciled

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 to God.

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 You say,

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 well,

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 why does this

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 have to do

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 with Psalm 15?

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 I'm saying all

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 of this

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 because it would

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 be quite easy

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 for us to make

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 Psalm 15

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 about how a person

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 can get to heaven.

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 In fact,

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 early in the week

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 in my study,

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 I was tempted

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 to actually make

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 that the title

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 of the sermon,

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 How to Get to Heaven.

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 And it was through

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 the conviction

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 of that

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 that I realized,

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 no,

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 that's actually

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 the problem

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 many times

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 is all

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 we're really

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 concerned about

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 is heaven,

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 but that's not

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 what David's

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 concerned about here.

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 Heaven's a wonderful

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 implication of this text,

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 don't get me wrong,

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 but it's not

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 what David had in mind

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 when he was writing

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 this psalm.

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 The point

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 of Psalm 15

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 is to paint

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 a portrait

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 of the one

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 who can dwell

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 with God,

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 the one

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 who has

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 this peaceful,

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 intimate

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 fellowship

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 with the creator.

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 The character sketch,

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 it includes a question,

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 it includes the answer,

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 and then it includes

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 a blessing,

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 and we're going to work

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 through all three

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 of those things,

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 but as we work

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 through these sections,

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 you're going to

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 quickly pick up

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 on a serious problem

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 in black for us.

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 So at the end,

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 after we have worked

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 through the psalm,

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 we will look

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 to Jesus

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 as the fulfillment

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 of the psalm

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 and the agent

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 of our reconciliation

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 to God.

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 Okay?

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 First, let's see

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 the question.

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 Look again at verse 1.

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 Here's what David asked.

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 O Lord,

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 who shall sojourn

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 in your tent?

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 Who shall dwell

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 on your holy hill?

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 The question David

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 presents here,

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 it's all about

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 who can dwell

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 in the presence

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 of the Lord.

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 In David's context,

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 a tent was a place

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 where someone lived.

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 It was their abode,

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 their place of dwelling.

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 The tent of God,

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 however,

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 in the Old Testament

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 has special meaning.

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 It speaks of

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 a particular place.

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 It speaks of,

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 the tabernacle

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 in David's time

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 where the presence

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 of God

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 was manifested

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 among his chosen people.

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 And this is

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 an important connection

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 in the scriptures.

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 God has always desired

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 to dwell with mankind

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 and for that relationship

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 to be peaceful

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 and intimate

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 as we've said

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 a number of times already.

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 That was the reality

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 of Adam and Eve's existence

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 before they fell.

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 There seemed no surprise

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 to them

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 that God was willing

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 after their sin

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 to come in the cool

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 of the day

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 to walk with them

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 in the garden.

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 And we don't know

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 if that was a daily event

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 or if it was

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 multiple times a day.

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 We don't know

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 the nature of it.

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 We just know

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 it was no surprise

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 to them so much

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 so that they hid themselves

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 knowing that God

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 was coming.

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 There was fellowship,

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 intimacy,

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 relationship

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 between God

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 and his creatures.

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 God desired that.

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 He received glory

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 and pleasure

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 through that.

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 Of course,

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 that was until

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 their fall.

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 And the Bible's

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 overarching message

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 is about God's plan

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 to restore that.

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 And we see it

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 progressively unfolding.

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 We see these

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 snapshots of it.

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 First we see

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 the tabernacle.

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 God uses Moses,

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 the people of Israel

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 in the wilderness

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 to build it.

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 What was that all about?

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 It was about

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 God's presence

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 being manifested

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 among his people.

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 Then it was

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 the temple.

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 We read

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 in 1 Chronicles 16

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 to open the service.

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 What was that

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 psalm?

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 What was that

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 a prayer for?

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 Was that the dedication

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 of the temple,

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 Solomon's temple?

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 What was happening

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 in that moment?

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 The presence of God

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 filled the temple.

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 It was a manifestation

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 of God's presence

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 among his people.

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 And then we see it next

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 in the incarnation.

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 John tells us

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 that God

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 tabernacled

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 with us.

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 He tempted

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 with us

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 to use

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 David's language.

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 How?

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 In the incarnation

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 And then Jesus

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 ascended back to heaven

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 and then

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 what happened?

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 God the Father

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 and God the Son

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 send the Holy Spirit

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 eternally proceeding

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 from the Father

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 and the Son.

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 And what does he do?

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 He dwells

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 within

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 each believer.

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 And what happens

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 in the end?

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 Jesus returns.

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 Why?

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 So that he might

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 take us

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 to be with him

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 and to dwell

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 with him.

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 This is the Bible.

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 This is the

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 big picture

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 of the Bible.

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 This is what's happening.

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 That's what David

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 is referring to here.

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 Who can be

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 in your presence

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 in this way God?

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 Who can dwell

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 in your tent?

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 Who can actually

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 come into the tabernacle?

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 If he had

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 the universal

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 tabernacle in mind

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 of all of God's creation.

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 Who can be

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 in your presence God?

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 That's the question

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 he's asking.

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 The emphasis here

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 is not on a place.

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 It's on the presence

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 of God itself.

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 But then he uses

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 another statement.

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 He speaks of

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 God's holy hill.

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 That's the second

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 question isn't it?

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 Who shall dwell

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 on your holy hill?

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 Well we've seen

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 this term before.

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 In Psalm 2

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 in verse 6

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 Zion is the

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 holy hill

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 from which

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 God rules over

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 all of his creation.

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 Issuing his

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 judgment against

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 the wicked.

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 Blessing all

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 who trust

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 in his appointed

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 king.

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 And again

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 the emphasis

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 is on access

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 to God's presence

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 to his safety

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 to sweet

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 fellowship with him.

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 David understood

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 that the deepest

00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.740
 longings

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.759
 of the human

00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:43.200
 heart

00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:44.639
 love

00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.700
 safety

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.680
 joy

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:49.539
 all of these

00:19:49.539 --> 00:19:50.299
 things can only

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.079
 be satisfied

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.039
 in God

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:54.359
 which is a statement

00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.319
 he'll make explicitly

00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:56.180
 in the very next

00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.519
 Psalm.

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:57.559
 Psalm 16

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.299
 in verse 11

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 you make known

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 to me the path

00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:00.859
 of life he says

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:02.920
 in your presence

00:20:02.920 --> 00:20:04.759
 there is fullness

00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:05.480
 of joy

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.480
 David says.

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 At your right

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.759
 hand

00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:10.259
 there are

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.819
 pleasures

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.480
 forevermore

00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.700
 eternal pleasures

00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:13.879
 beyond our

00:20:13.879 --> 00:20:14.539
 imagination

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:16.059
 all of it

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.680
 in connection

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:18.200
 with God's

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.680
 presence.

00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:20.079
 These opening

00:20:20.079 --> 00:20:20.599
 questions

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.180
 they reflect

00:20:21.180 --> 00:20:21.720
 the deepest

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.279
 longing of

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.960
 David's heart

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.579
 and the hearts

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.079
 of all who

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.819
 will seek God

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 to dwell in

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.440
 his presence

00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.099
 where there is

00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.960
 eternal security

00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.440
 and blessing

00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.859
 that's

00:20:30.859 --> 00:20:31.680
 that's his

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.519
 desire here

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:34.180
 but David's

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.859
 also fully

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.299
 aware

00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:37.159
 that sinners

00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:37.919
 cannot dwell

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.460
 with God.

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.700
 We've seen him

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.299
 talk about this

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:40.700
 already.

00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:42.299
 Psalm 5

00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:43.440
 verse 4

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:45.079
 you are not

00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.480
 a God

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.059
 who delights

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.859
 in wickedness

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:48.180
 evil

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:50.159
 those who

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:50.740
 commit it

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:52.799
 may not

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.440
 dwell with you.

00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:56.019
 So who then

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:57.200
 can gain access

00:20:57.200 --> 00:20:58.279
 to God's presence

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.180
 and dwell

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.799
 in his safety

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:00.339
 and love?

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.519
 Well that's

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.919
 what the

00:21:01.919 --> 00:21:02.279
 psalm

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.879
 seeks to

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.339
 answer

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:05.480
 which brings

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.939
 us to

00:21:05.939 --> 00:21:07.079
 the answer.

00:21:07.339 --> 00:21:07.579
 We've seen

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.119
 the question

00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:08.799
 now let's

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.439
 see the

00:21:09.439 --> 00:21:09.899
 answer.

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 And what

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.199
 follows in

00:21:11.199 --> 00:21:11.720
 these verses

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.339
 verses 2

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.000
 through 5

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.779
 it's a

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.599
 character sketch.

00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:15.879
 It's a

00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.379
 portrait of

00:21:16.379 --> 00:21:16.899
 the person

00:21:16.899 --> 00:21:17.500
 who has

00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:18.099
 access to

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.439
 God

00:21:18.439 --> 00:21:19.519
 who enjoys

00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:19.980
 perfect

00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:20.359
 fellowship

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:20.720
 with the

00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.099
 creator.

00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:21.980
 And here's

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.179
 how I'd

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.399
 like to

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.779
 break it

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.000
 up.

00:21:23.179 --> 00:21:23.379
 I want

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:23.699
 to break

00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:23.959
 it up

00:21:23.959 --> 00:21:24.439
 by every

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 two

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.279
 lines

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.279
 that we've

00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:26.480
 talked

00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:27.359
 before about

00:21:27.359 --> 00:21:28.059
 chiasms

00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.480
 a literary

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.019
 structure

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.460
 that is

00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:29.740
 common

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.019
 in the

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.359
 psalms.

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:30.960
 There's

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.400
 no chiasm

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.700
 here.

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.539
 What we

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:32.879
 have here

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:34.259
 is parallelism.

00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.480
 You don't

00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:35.700
 have to

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:35.940
 know that

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.240
 word.

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:36.920
 You know

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.400
 it from

00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:38.200
 your poetry

00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.900
 classes in

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.379
 high school.

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.539
 It's a

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.799
 rhythm.

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.900
 It's a

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.379
 prose

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.799
 and to

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.240
 poetry.

00:21:43.559 --> 00:21:43.660
 Right?

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.339
 And as

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.660
 we work

00:21:44.660 --> 00:21:44.980
 through this

00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.400
 every two

00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:45.779
 lines you

00:21:45.779 --> 00:21:46.139
 find a

00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:46.779
 parallelism.

00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:47.539
 But here's

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.940
 the point.

00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:48.799
 No matter

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.220
 how you

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.599
 break this

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.000
 apart,

00:21:50.639 --> 00:21:51.039
 as many

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.639
 or as few

00:21:51.639 --> 00:21:52.180
 characteristics

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.700
 as maybe

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.160
 you decide

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:53.559
 to do,

00:21:53.779 --> 00:21:54.559
 the primary

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.240
 point here

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.639
 that I want

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:55.839
 you to

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:57.079
 see is

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.799
 that moral

00:21:57.799 --> 00:21:58.539
 perfection

00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:00.700
 is what

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.539
 qualifies a

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.079
 person for

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.359
 God's

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.759
 presence.

00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.740
 Moral

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.319
 perfection.

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.099
 Okay?

00:22:05.559 --> 00:22:06.039
 Let's work

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.399
 through it.

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.099
 Look first

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.619
 at verse

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:07.859
 two.

00:22:09.220 --> 00:22:09.519
 Who can

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:09.920
 do this?

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.619
 He who

00:22:11.619 --> 00:22:11.920
 walks

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.819
 blamelessly

00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:14.539
 and does

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:14.879
 what is

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.139
 right.

00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:15.920
 He who

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.200
 walks

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:16.879
 blamelessly

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:17.779
 and does

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.079
 what is

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.319
 right.

00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.319
 This first

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:19.619
 set of

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.159
 characteristics,

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.659
 it's a

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.399
 summary

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:22.159
 heading for

00:22:22.159 --> 00:22:22.500
 everything

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.920
 else that

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.339
 follows.

00:22:24.700 --> 00:22:25.059
 When the

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.399
 scriptures,

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.259
 as you

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.920
 probably are

00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.200
 aware,

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.640
 when they

00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.360
 speak of

00:22:28.360 --> 00:22:28.799
 walking,

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.440
 it's a

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.940
 reference to

00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.440
 a person's

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.740
 way of

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.160
 life.

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.460
 David

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.000
 asserts

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:33.620
 here that

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.539
 one who

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.980
 can dwell

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.480
 in peace

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:35.960
 with God

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.380
 must have

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.900
 a totally

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.680
 blameless

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.539
 way of

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.940
 life.

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.580
 That is,

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.900
 his inner

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:43.080
 integrity

00:22:43.080 --> 00:22:45.500
 always reveals

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.900
 itself in

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.380
 outward

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.019
 righteousness.

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.860
 He's without

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:51.380
 blame in

00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:51.799
 both his

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.559
 inner spirit

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.740
 and his

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.000
 outward

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.619
 actions.

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.879
 Always

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.599
 doing

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:56.940
 what's

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.240
 right.

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:58.619
 Now,

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:58.839
 you may

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.079
 look at

00:22:59.079 --> 00:22:59.200
 that

00:22:59.200 --> 00:22:59.500
 and say,

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.000
 you know,

00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:00.480
 I've got

00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.779
 a piece

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.019
 of that

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.399
 together.

00:23:01.919 --> 00:23:02.359
 I pretty

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.859
 much always

00:23:02.859 --> 00:23:03.240
 do what's

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.500
 right on

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:03.879
 the outside,

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.319
 but you

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:04.859
 know your

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.220
 heart.

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.220
 You know

00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.619
 it's not

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:06.960
 true on

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.539
 the inside.

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.119
 That's not

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.500
 the case

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.839
 for this

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.119
 man.

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.639
 What's

00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:11.960
 the next

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.200
 one?

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:12.919
 Again,

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.779
 verse

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.099
 two.

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.899
 He speaks

00:23:15.899 --> 00:23:16.659
 truth in

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.099
 his heart

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.859
 who does

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.579
 not slander

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:19.960
 with his

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.299
 tongue.

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.259
 You feel

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:21.539
 the rhythm

00:23:21.539 --> 00:23:21.859
 of that,

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.059
 right?

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.259
 And speaks

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.679
 the truth

00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:23.919
 in his

00:23:23.919 --> 00:23:24.240
 heart,

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.659
 does not

00:23:25.659 --> 00:23:26.019
 slander

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.379
 with his

00:23:26.379 --> 00:23:26.740
 tongue.

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.740
 Again,

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.240
 the pair

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.240
 begins with

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.639
 the inner

00:23:30.639 --> 00:23:31.220
 person,

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:33.419
 ends with

00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.779
 outward

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.659
 behavior that

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:36.259
 reflects the

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.700
 nature of

00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.059
 his heart.

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.740
 We know

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.179
 this is how

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:38.839
 life works.

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.379
 Out of the

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.899
 abundance of

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.200
 the heart,

00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:41.559
 the mouth

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:41.960
 speaks,

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.720
 Jesus says.

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.679
 The Proverbs

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.359
 tell us that

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.619
 you ought not

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.079
 follow your

00:23:46.079 --> 00:23:46.659
 heart because

00:23:46.659 --> 00:23:47.359
 it will end

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.259
 in destruction.

00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:49.879
 It's deceitfully

00:23:49.879 --> 00:23:50.220
 wicked.

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:50.720
 Who can

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.259
 know it?

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:52.279
 We're

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.619
 told.

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:53.900
 Well,

00:23:54.079 --> 00:23:54.799
 this person,

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.980
 his outward

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.819
 behavior is

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.220
 always a

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.759
 reflection of

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.059
 his heart

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.279
 and it's

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.819
 always good.

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.720
 In his

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.960
 heart,

00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:03.700
 this individual

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.420
 is completely

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.579
 trustworthy,

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.839
 reliable,

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:10.059
 a lover of

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.559
 truth.

00:24:12.440 --> 00:24:13.200
 He's the

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.859
 opposite of

00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.379
 the foolish

00:24:14.379 --> 00:24:15.279
 one who

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.140
 Solomon said

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.619
 gives an

00:24:16.619 --> 00:24:17.339
 answer before

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.180
 he hears.

00:24:18.180 --> 00:24:18.299
 truth.

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.700
 It's

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.140
 Proverbs

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.500
 18,

00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:20.960
 13.

00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:21.840
 Instead,

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:23.279
 he loves

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.960
 truth.

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:25.100
 He seeks

00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.980
 the truth.

00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.440
 He always

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.279
 acts according

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:28.500
 to what is

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.779
 true.

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.720
 Says Spurgeon,

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.940
 such will not

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:33.180
 lie even in

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:34.000
 the closet of

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.560
 their hearts

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.680
 for God is

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.060
 there to

00:24:36.060 --> 00:24:36.360
 listen.

00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:38.060
 They scorn

00:24:38.060 --> 00:24:38.900
 double meanings,

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.340
 evasions,

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.519
 equivocations,

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.860
 white lies,

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.500
 flatteries,

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.100
 and deceptions.

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.919
 And the

00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.759
 truthful nature

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.359
 of this

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.099
 person's heart

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.839
 means that

00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.299
 he's never

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:49.779
 guilty of

00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.240
 slander.

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.500
 That's the

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.079
 second part

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.379
 of the

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.740
 parallels,

00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:53.500
 isn't it?

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.139
 It calls out

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.579
 slander.

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.199
 But what is

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.559
 slander?

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.799
 It is to

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.879
 deceptively

00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:59.000
 damage another

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.579
 person's

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:00.819
 reputation by

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:02.059
 misrepresenting

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.459
 them to

00:25:02.459 --> 00:25:03.159
 someone else.

00:25:03.919 --> 00:25:04.839
 We learn to

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.539
 do this from

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.819
 our youngest

00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:07.339
 age.

00:25:08.139 --> 00:25:08.939
 When we

00:25:08.939 --> 00:25:09.519
 very quickly

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.079
 run to our

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.639
 parents to

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.199
 tell on our

00:25:11.199 --> 00:25:11.740
 brother or

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.219
 our sister,

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:13.179
 misrepresenting

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.600
 an entire

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.700
 situation in

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.279
 hopes that

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.900
 we will be

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.779
 seen as a

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.220
 victim and

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.680
 they will be

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.779
 seen as an

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.240
 abuser.

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.940
 And a wise

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.779
 parent, as they

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.900
 inquire into

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.539
 the actual

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.460
 event, find that

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.340
 perhaps it's

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.840
 actually quite

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.420
 the opposite.

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.660
 He doesn't

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.140
 go about

00:25:32.140 --> 00:25:32.640
 looking for

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.400
 ways that he

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.039
 might accuse

00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.460
 someone.

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.100
 He doesn't

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:37.039
 spin a story

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.700
 to exalt

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.420
 himself by

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:39.019
 tearing someone

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.539
 else down.

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.960
 Next,

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.060
 verse 3,

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.600
 he does

00:25:44.600 --> 00:25:45.060
 no evil

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.420
 to his

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.740
 neighbor,

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.400
 nor takes

00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.700
 up a

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.299
 reproach

00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:48.820
 against

00:25:48.820 --> 00:25:49.340
 his

00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:49.660
 friend.

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.700
 Does no

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.039
 evil to

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.200
 his

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.480
 neighbor,

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.660
 takes up

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.480
 no reproach

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.299
 against

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.560
 his

00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:54.920
 friend.

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.900
 Now,

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.299
 this pair

00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:56.720
 of traits,

00:25:56.799 --> 00:25:57.240
 it focuses

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.660
 on how

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.720
 one treats

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:59.120
 the other

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.539
 people in

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.060
 his life,

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.759
 whether they

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.299
 are just

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:01.740
 merely

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.640
 acquaintances

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:04.120
 or friends

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.519
 to whom

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.180
 some level

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:06.259
 of loyalty

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:07.060
 is expected.

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.960
 To perform

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.900
 evil would

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.440
 be anything

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.060
 that falls

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:11.799
 short of

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.120
 Jesus'

00:26:12.120 --> 00:26:12.860
 command,

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.960
 to love

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.180
 your

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.600
 neighbor

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.640
 as

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.240
 yourself.

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.220
 It's

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.460
 Matthew

00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:18.039
 22,

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:19.200
 37-40.

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.360
 When

00:26:21.360 --> 00:26:21.700
 someone

00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:22.180
 asked

00:26:22.180 --> 00:26:22.660
 Jesus

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.060
 to

00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:23.400
 then

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:24.180
 define

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.420
 who

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.620
 is

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:25.860
 my

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.180
 neighbor

00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:26.640
 then,

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.960
 that's

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.279
 when he

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.720
 told the

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.060
 parable

00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.380
 of the

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.560
 good

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.160
 Samaritan.

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.960
 And what

00:26:30.960 --> 00:26:31.259
 was the

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.500
 meaning

00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.820
 there?

00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:33.519
 That our

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.900
 neighbor,

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.680
 to whom

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.039
 we should

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.580
 extend

00:26:36.580 --> 00:26:37.519
 loving

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.240
 compassion,

00:26:39.060 --> 00:26:40.320
 is those

00:26:40.320 --> 00:26:40.799
 who would

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.140
 even

00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:41.940
 otherwise be

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.340
 considered

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:42.779
 an enemy.

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.299
 That's the

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.620
 man of

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.160
 Psalm 15.

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.480
 Christopher

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.080
 Ash said

00:26:50.080 --> 00:26:51.059
 that reproach

00:26:51.059 --> 00:26:52.240
 here is a

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.980
 strong word

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.539
 in the text.

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:54.460
 It means a

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.500
 personal attack,

00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.320
 a cutting

00:26:56.320 --> 00:26:56.960
 criticism,

00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.340
 something that

00:26:58.340 --> 00:27:00.160
 destroys a

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.980
 person's good

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:02.600
 name, which

00:27:02.600 --> 00:27:03.400
 the Bible says

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.900
 is of great

00:27:03.900 --> 00:27:04.400
 value.

00:27:05.799 --> 00:27:07.019
 To take up a

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.720
 reproach goes

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.740
 further than

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:10.059
 simply uttering

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.740
 criticism.

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.919
 It carries

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.579
 the sense

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:13.799
 of latching

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:14.519
 on to

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.240
 something you've

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.440
 heard from

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.879
 others,

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:19.599
 giving currency

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.740
 to it,

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.539
 and then

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.319
 passing it

00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:23.319
 on to

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.019
 other people.

00:27:24.659 --> 00:27:25.299
 We call it

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.099
 gossip usually.

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.139
 In the

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.779
 context of

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.259
 this verse,

00:27:29.359 --> 00:27:30.079
 in Psalm 15,

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:31.059
 this kind of

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.779
 action, it

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.500
 isn't taken

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.259
 against just

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.599
 anyone.

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.299
 It's taken

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.000
 against someone

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.619
 who is known

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.119
 to be a

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:38.980
 friend and a

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.539
 companion.

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.519
 David says,

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.180
 one who can

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.599
 come into

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.299
 God's presence

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.799
 and enjoy

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.519
 fellowship with

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.460
 the Lord is

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.620
 blameless regarding

00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.380
 these things,

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:50.559
 not guilty of

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:50.799
 it.

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.819
 Verse 4,

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.720
 in whose eyes

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.740
 a vile person

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.860
 is despised,

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.720
 but who honors

00:27:58.720 --> 00:28:00.460
 those who fear

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.920
 the Lord.

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.880
 Meditate on

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.140
 that.

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.480
 In whose eyes

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:06.480
 a vile person

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.480
 is despised,

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:09.099
 but who honors

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.980
 those who fear

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.860
 the Lord.

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.519
 Who does a

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.200
 person tend

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.019
 to esteem

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.480
 and honor?

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.539
 And what kind

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:18.000
 of person

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.539
 does he tend

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.339
 to despise

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.200
 and disapprove

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.400
 of?

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.539
 If you'll allow

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.059
 me a moment

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.559
 to meddle.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.059
 There is a

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.099
 cancerous

00:28:28.099 --> 00:28:29.279
 trend

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.819
 among

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:32.019
 evangelicals,

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:34.240
 and we're

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.220
 being called

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.720
 out on it

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.319
 by the world.

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:38.179
 they see

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:39.159
 the inconsistency

00:28:39.159 --> 00:28:39.460
 here.

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.720
 Christians

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.379
 actively

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:44.480
 esteeming

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.980
 a vile

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:47.339
 political

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.919
 figure,

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:49.720
 musician,

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.439
 athlete,

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.839
 so on.

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.839
 And at the

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.379
 same time

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.119
 aggressively

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:57.480
 condemning

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.099
 the faithful

00:28:58.099 --> 00:28:59.379
 pastor down

00:28:59.379 --> 00:28:59.899
 the street

00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.259
 with whom

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.700
 they have

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:02.220
 only secondary

00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:03.059
 disagreements.

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:07.500
 Jesus tells

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.139
 us that

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.679
 the world

00:29:08.679 --> 00:29:09.179
 will know

00:29:09.179 --> 00:29:09.539
 that we

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.960
 are his

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.539
 out of our

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.019
 love for

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.819
 one another.

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.779
 Of course,

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.359
 there's command

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.859
 there for

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.440
 loving everyone.

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.639
 The emphasis

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.339
 and the impact

00:29:17.339 --> 00:29:17.799
 of the statement

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.460
 is for those

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.879
 who are in

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.379
 the faith.

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.139
 And yet,

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:22.639
 many times in

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:23.099
 our lives,

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.819
 it is those

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.200
 who are in

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.819
 the faith

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.619
 whom we are

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.460
 most hateful

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.940
 towards.

00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:29.880
 those who

00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:30.460
 are characterized

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.080
 by the

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.680
 vileness

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.019
 of the

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.360
 world

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:32.720
 and its

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.240
 philosophies

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.480
 and its

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.779
 systems

00:29:33.779 --> 00:29:34.340
 who we

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:34.860
 tend to

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.680
 defend

00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:38.039
 and give

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:38.559
 approval.

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:39.940
 But to

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.360
 walk in

00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.799
 the footsteps

00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.259
 of the

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.620
 blessed

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.100
 man of

00:29:42.100 --> 00:29:42.680
 Psalm 1

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:43.820
 means that

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.340
 one will

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:45.380
 not esteem

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:46.420
 the counsel

00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:46.720
 of the

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:46.960
 wicked

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:48.120
 or the

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.440
 way of

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.779
 sinners

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.980
 or the

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.299
 seat of

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.820
 scoffers.

00:29:51.779 --> 00:29:52.799
 The portrait

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:54.360
 of Psalm 15

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.920
 is one who

00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:56.000
 has never

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:57.119
 found guilty

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.480
 of doing

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.980
 what Paul

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.579
 condemns in

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.160
 Romans 1

00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.599
 which is

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.140
 when he

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.480
 says in

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.059
 verse 32

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.700
 though they

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.980
 know God's

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.799
 righteous decree

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.920
 that those

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.559
 who practice

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.240
 such things

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.880
 deserve to

00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.420
 die,

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.500
 they not

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.019
 only do

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.440
 them,

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.500
 they give

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.420
 approval to

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.920
 those who

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.299
 practice

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:12.720
 them.

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.880
 Finding

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.460
 some kind

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.200
 of justification

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.240
 for it,

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.980
 esteeming

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.640
 what's vile,

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.460
 condemning

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.599
 those who

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.160
 actually fear

00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:24.559
 the Lord,

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.400
 imperfectly

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.640
 maybe.

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.500
 But fear

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.900
 the Lord.

00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:29.299
 Again,

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.680
 Christopher

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.299
 Ash says

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.700
 the one

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.799
 here described

00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:32.559
 thinks little

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.160
 of a vile

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.799
 person because

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.220
 he knows

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.619
 that such

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:34.839
 a one

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.740
 is abhorred

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.220
 by God.

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.619
 That is in

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:36.880
 the sense

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.319
 of judgment.

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:39.180
 This will

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.680
 not stop

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.200
 him loving

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.500
 him,

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:40.759
 showing

00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:41.180
 kindness

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.839
 and compassion

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.339
 to him,

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.920
 but it

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.619
 will prevent

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.539
 him looking

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.099
 up to the

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.819
 vile person

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.200
 as an

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.859
 example to

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.599
 be emulated.

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.799
 On the

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.279
 contrary,

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.059
 he honors

00:30:51.059 --> 00:30:52.039
 those who

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.559
 fear the

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:52.859
 Lord,

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.859
 no matter

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:55.240
 how unimpressive

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.420
 they may

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.859
 be in the

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.200
 eyes of

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.559
 the world.

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.240
 Again,

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:00.720
 verse 4,

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.880
 who swears

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.240
 to his

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.859
 own hurt

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:04.460
 and does

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.220
 not change.

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.099
 Simply,

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.180
 if he's

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.500
 made a

00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.099
 promise and

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.839
 later discovers

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.299
 that the

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.819
 promise is

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.339
 not working

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.700
 to his

00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:11.180
 advantage,

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.940
 he perseveres

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.180
 in the

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.519
 promise

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.980
 anyways.

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.799
 He doesn't

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.359
 go back

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.640
 on his

00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.799
 word even

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.279
 when it is

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.640
 to his

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:18.960
 harm.

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.620
 Harper

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.099
 and I had

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.599
 a discussion

00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.160
 about Psalm

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.720
 15 this

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:22.900
 week.

00:31:22.900 --> 00:31:23.240
 I often

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.840
 practice on

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.300
 my family

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.700
 before I

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.000
 preach.

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.540
 We were

00:31:26.540 --> 00:31:26.840
 sitting at

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.200
 the table

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.519
 and I

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:27.680
 said,

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:27.940
 Harper,

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.680
 have you

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:29.960
 ever made

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.500
 a promise

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:32.060
 and you

00:31:32.060 --> 00:31:32.519
 went back

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.780
 on it

00:31:32.780 --> 00:31:33.180
 because you

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.660
 realized that

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.280
 that promise

00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:35.480
 hurt you

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.880
 instead of

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.280
 helped you?

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.640
 I've done

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:39.060
 that before.

00:31:41.200 --> 00:31:41.680
 Ashlyn and

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.040
 I had a

00:31:42.040 --> 00:31:42.240
 similar

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.860
 conversation

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.340
 in Belk

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.700
 yesterday.

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.220
 Ashlyn,

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:45.080
 have you

00:31:45.080 --> 00:31:45.420
 ever led

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.800
 somebody

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:46.259
 along,

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.320
 made them

00:31:48.320 --> 00:31:48.720
 think one

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:48.920
 thing,

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.160
 and then

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:49.360
 when you

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:49.860
 realized that

00:31:49.860 --> 00:31:50.160
 it wasn't

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.580
 the best

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.759
 thing,

00:31:50.820 --> 00:31:51.080
 you kind

00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.340
 of pulled

00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:51.860
 back and

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:52.080
 it was

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.720
 damaging to

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.019
 them?

00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:53.680
 She said,

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:53.960
 yeah.

00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:54.660
 You know

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:54.819
 what,

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.059
 Ashlyn,

00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:55.319
 I've done

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.460
 it.

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.180
 I've done

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.460
 it.

00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.240
 Done it

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.900
 many times.

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.660
 The one

00:32:02.660 --> 00:32:02.920
 who can

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.299
 come into

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.640
 God's

00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.059
 presence

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.799
 has never

00:32:05.799 --> 00:32:06.279
 done that.

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:08.819
 His

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.319
 yea is

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.640
 always

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.940
 yea,

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.380
 his nay

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:10.880
 is always

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.160
 nay,

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.480
 according

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.940
 to Jesus.

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.000
 Verse

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.339
 five,

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.360
 who does

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.799
 not put

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.180
 out his

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.819
 money at

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.299
 interest,

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.980
 does not

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.339
 take a

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.740
 bribe

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.240
 against the

00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.539
 innocent.

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.000
 God

00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.099
 is

00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.099


00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:21.339
 central

00:32:21.339 --> 00:32:21.740
 focus

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.000
 here

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.220
 is

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:23.440
 it's

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:23.579
 a

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.359
 trait

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.740
 of

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.619
 greed

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:25.960
 and

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.799
 covetousness,

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:28.779
 taking

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.539
 advantage of

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:29.819
 others'

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:31.099
 personal gain

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:32.039
 without any

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.700
 regard for

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:33.359
 their well-being.

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:35.859
 the Bible

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.740
 routinely

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.399
 condemns

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:37.719
 using

00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:38.599
 financial

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.179
 power

00:32:39.179 --> 00:32:39.459
 to

00:32:39.459 --> 00:32:39.979
 manipulate

00:32:39.979 --> 00:32:40.279
 and

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.639
 abuse

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.159
 others,

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.339
 especially

00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:42.959
 the poor.

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:46.039
 It

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.339
 doesn't

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.699
 condemn

00:32:46.699 --> 00:32:47.139
 interest

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.639
 entirely.

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:48.059
 We need

00:32:48.059 --> 00:32:48.319
 not get

00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.579
 the wrong

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:48.919
 picture

00:32:48.919 --> 00:32:49.219
 here.

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.399
 There

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:49.559
 are

00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:50.039
 times

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.159
 where

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:50.279
 the

00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.479
 Bible

00:32:50.479 --> 00:32:50.919
 actually

00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:52.619
 recommends

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.119
 for good

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.599
 stewardship

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:54.079
 that you

00:32:54.079 --> 00:32:54.399
 would have

00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:54.799
 good

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.319
 business

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.979
 practices,

00:32:55.979 --> 00:32:56.659
 but it

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:56.979
 does

00:32:56.979 --> 00:32:57.479
 condemn

00:32:57.479 --> 00:32:58.019
 this

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.479
 fiscal

00:32:58.479 --> 00:32:59.339
 manipulation

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.819
 that

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.019
 takes

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.519
 advantage

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.119
 of other

00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.539
 people's

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.339
 misfortune

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:03.159
 and

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.639
 vulnerability.

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.699
 We're all

00:33:05.699 --> 00:33:06.240
 prone to

00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.939
 doing this.

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.779
 It's in

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.220
 our nature.

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:10.259
 The one

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:10.559
 who can

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.000
 dwell with

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:11.379
 God is

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.879
 blameless

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.299
 in his

00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:12.659
 dealings

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:12.819
 with

00:33:12.819 --> 00:33:13.139
 people.

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.000
 He

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.179
 doesn't

00:33:14.179 --> 00:33:14.619
 manipulate

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.279
 or abuse

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.619
 others

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:15.959
 for his

00:33:15.959 --> 00:33:16.099
 own

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.599
 advantage.

00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.759
 So we

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:18.939
 have the

00:33:18.939 --> 00:33:19.240
 question.

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:19.679
 The question

00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:19.899
 is,

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.079
 Lord,

00:33:20.159 --> 00:33:20.459
 who can

00:33:20.459 --> 00:33:21.299
 enjoy

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.799
 access

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.179
 to your

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.500
 presence?

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.720
 Who

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.000
 can have

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.240
 the

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.639
 safety

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.699
 of

00:33:24.699 --> 00:33:25.419
 dwelling

00:33:25.419 --> 00:33:25.879
 on your

00:33:25.879 --> 00:33:26.179
 holy

00:33:26.179 --> 00:33:26.459
 hill?

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:26.699
 Who

00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.079
 can

00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:28.199
 enjoy

00:33:28.199 --> 00:33:28.659
 you,

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.119
 have the

00:33:30.119 --> 00:33:30.559
 blessings

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.159
 that come

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.659
 from knowing

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:31.980
 you,

00:33:31.980 --> 00:33:32.660
 being

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:32.960
 with

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:33.279
 you?

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:33.980
 And the

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.599
 answer is

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:35.339
 this

00:33:35.339 --> 00:33:35.940
 sketch.

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:36.960
 And then it

00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.700
 finishes with

00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:39.120
 a blessing,

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.220
 an amazing

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.519
 blessing.

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:40.860
 Actually,

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.360
 look again

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.160
 at verse

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.980
 five.

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:44.400
 He who

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.799
 does

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.140
 these

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.660
 things

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.299
 shall

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.640
 never

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:46.860
 be

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.279
 moved.

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.259
 That's

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.680
 amazing.

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.380
 It's a

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:49.640
 wonderful

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.059
 promise,

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.420
 actually,

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.839
 isn't it?

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.660
 Whoever

00:33:51.660 --> 00:33:52.259
 meets the

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.660
 conditions

00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.059
 of this

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.400
 portrait

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.980
 will not

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.599
 only be

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.079
 welcomed

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.440
 into

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.819
 God's

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.319
 presence,

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.059
 but will

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.960
 be eternally

00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.819
 secured

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.900
 in God's

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.319
 presence.

00:34:00.319 --> 00:34:02.659
 wonderful.

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.919
 To be

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.619
 moved is

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.099
 to have

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:07.359
 stability

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.199
 taken from

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.659
 your life

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.000
 so that

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.340
 all the

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.819
 promises

00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:10.279
 of the

00:34:10.279 --> 00:34:10.779
 text

00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.579
 are stripped

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.139
 away from

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.380
 you.

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.159
 And

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.480
 essentially

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.960
 what David

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.340
 is saying

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.659
 is if

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.539
 you meet

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.139
 the conditions

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.480
 of the

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.819
 portrait

00:34:17.819 --> 00:34:18.739
 and if

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:20.199
 God brings

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.480
 you to

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:20.880
 his holy

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.219
 hill and

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.639
 you dwell

00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.259
 with him,

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.500
 he will

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.159
 not remove

00:34:24.159 --> 00:34:24.739
 that blessing

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.360
 from you.

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.400
 You will

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.819
 not be

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.360
 moved,

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.860
 he says.

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:30.019
 Wonderful.

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.980
 That

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.539
 absolute

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.120
 eternal

00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:35.640
 assurance

00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:36.480
 is precisely

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.420
 what God

00:34:37.420 --> 00:34:38.480
 offers here.

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:41.300
 At least

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.780
 for all

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.760
 who qualify

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.780
 according to

00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:44.360
 the description

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.920
 that David

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.360
 gives.

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.480
 Which

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:47.900
 brings us

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.160
 to the

00:34:48.160 --> 00:34:48.400
 final

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.980
 application

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.280
 of the

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.539
 text.

00:34:51.780 --> 00:34:52.660
 Psalm 15,

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.039
 it really

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:53.660
 is an

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:55.039
 incredible

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.640
 song of

00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:56.019
 worship.

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:58.759
 it presents

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.159
 the very

00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:00.380
 real possibility

00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:01.259
 of enjoying

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.860
 God in

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.280
 the safety

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.539
 of his

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.960
 presence.

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.340
 It echoes

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.219
 God's promise

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.719
 that all

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.199
 who find

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.920
 refuge in

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.559
 him will

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:07.960
 never be

00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.519
 moved from

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.800
 it.

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.739
 Not only

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.320
 can this

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.619
 be a

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.400
 reality for

00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:12.539
 us,

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.000
 according to

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.460
 the psalm,

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.079
 it's an

00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.579
 eternal

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:15.139
 reality,

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.519
 not a

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.820
 temporary

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.199
 one.

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:17.820
 This is

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.440
 a glorious

00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.039
 psalm.

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:21.139
 But surely

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:22.179
 you see

00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:22.679
 the tension

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.039
 here.

00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:26.119
 surely

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.480
 you feel

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.000
 the tension

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.300
 of the

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.739
 text.

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:30.360
 Though

00:35:30.360 --> 00:35:30.960
 it contains

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.199
 these

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.820
 unbelievable

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.559
 promises,

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:32.880
 the

00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:33.480
 qualifications

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.539
 for dwelling

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.559
 on God's

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.940
 holy hill

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.619
 are impossible

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.059
 for us

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.460
 to meet.

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.099
 So we

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.360
 need to

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.759
 conclude

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.539
 with four

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.980
 critical

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.840
 questions.

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.539
 Question

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:45.960
 one,

00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:48.400
 who of

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.759
 us has

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.199
 met these

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.639
 conditions?

00:35:50.960 --> 00:35:51.559
 Who of

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.820
 us has

00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.099
 met the

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.480
 conditions?

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:54.779
 clearly

00:35:54.779 --> 00:35:55.219
 none of

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.619
 us

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.639
 have.

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.840
 Not

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.239
 one.

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.480
 Even

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.960
 the best

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.460
 of us

00:36:02.460 --> 00:36:03.719
 has not

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.199
 met

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:05.119
 this

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.480
 portrait.

00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:07.960
 We may

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.380
 have the

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.800
 outline of

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.199
 the portrait,

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.619
 but it's

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:10.019
 marred.

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.619
 It's

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.219
 destroyed by

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:12.639
 our fallen

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.000
 nature,

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.219
 our

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.759
 sinfulness.

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.039
 Who of

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.420
 us has

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.679
 lived

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:17.539
 blamelessly,

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:19.219
 always doing

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:19.480
 what's

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.779
 right?

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:21.400
 Who of

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.759
 us

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.760
 love

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.820
 us?

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.100
 Always

00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:25.000
 is

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.340
 committed

00:36:25.340 --> 00:36:25.580
 to

00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:26.040
 truth.

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.140
 Always

00:36:27.140 --> 00:36:27.600
 loves

00:36:27.600 --> 00:36:27.940
 others

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.280
 as we

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.420
 love

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.860
 ourselves.

00:36:29.020 --> 00:36:29.280
 Always

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:30.020
 esteems

00:36:30.020 --> 00:36:30.640
 the

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.040
 righteous

00:36:31.040 --> 00:36:31.400
 above

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.600
 the

00:36:31.600 --> 00:36:31.880
 wicked

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.800
 who's

00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:33.020
 never

00:36:33.020 --> 00:36:33.340
 taken

00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:33.780
 advantage

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:33.980
 of

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.400
 someone

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.080
 to

00:36:35.080 --> 00:36:35.400
 benefit

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.920
 themselves.

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.960
 Who of

00:36:36.960 --> 00:36:37.120
 us

00:36:37.120 --> 00:36:37.380
 meets

00:36:37.380 --> 00:36:37.600
 this

00:36:37.600 --> 00:36:38.020
 description?

00:36:39.020 --> 00:36:39.360
 Not

00:36:39.360 --> 00:36:39.880
 one.

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:43.440
 one

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.260
 might

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.619
 argue

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:46.000
 that

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.220
 really

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.400
 what

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:46.579
 the

00:36:46.579 --> 00:36:46.860
 psalm

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.079
 means

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.260
 to

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.640
 say

00:36:47.640 --> 00:36:47.960
 is

00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:48.140
 that

00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:48.300
 if

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.440
 your

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.720
 life

00:36:48.720 --> 00:36:48.900
 is

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.579
 generally

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.780
 categorized

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.440
 by

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.740
 this

00:36:51.740 --> 00:36:52.000
 kind

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.160
 of

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.640
 righteousness,

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.660
 it's

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.300
 enough

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:55.300
 to be

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.760
 accepted

00:36:55.760 --> 00:36:56.420
 into

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.860
 God's

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.059
 good

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.700
 graces.

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.220
 That's

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.440
 a very

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.660
 real

00:36:59.660 --> 00:36:59.960
 argument.

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:00.700
 Perhaps

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:02.380
 maybe it's

00:37:02.380 --> 00:37:02.539
 something

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:02.720
 you're

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:02.860
 even

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.079
 dealing

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.240
 with

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:03.539
 now

00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.760
 as

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.320
 we're

00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.599
 working

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:04.800
 through

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.019
 this

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.340
 text.

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.680
 Well,

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.220
 he's

00:37:06.220 --> 00:37:06.400
 not

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.720
 speaking

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:06.880
 in

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.340
 absolutes

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.519
 here.

00:37:07.600 --> 00:37:07.780
 He's

00:37:07.780 --> 00:37:08.019
 speaking

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.200
 in

00:37:08.200 --> 00:37:08.820
 generalities

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.000
 that

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:09.160
 if

00:37:09.160 --> 00:37:09.360
 your

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:10.380
 life

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:11.840
 is

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.140
 characterized

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:12.460
 by

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:12.700
 these

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:12.920
 things

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.480
 more

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.740
 than

00:37:13.740 --> 00:37:13.880
 it

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.400
 isn't,

00:37:14.740 --> 00:37:14.980
 then

00:37:14.980 --> 00:37:15.360
 that's

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.039
 enough

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.340
 to

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.559
 kind

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:16.720
 of

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.140
 bring

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:17.360
 you

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.720
 into

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.300
 God's

00:37:18.300 --> 00:37:18.920
 good

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.460
 graces.

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:22.360
 A

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.900
 logical

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.620
 approach

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:23.920
 to the

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.320
 scriptures

00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:25.059
 refutes

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.559
 that idea

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:25.800
 though.

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:26.960
 Just

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.320
 think

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:27.720
 for just

00:37:27.720 --> 00:37:27.840
 a

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.100
 moment.

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.780
 It

00:37:29.780 --> 00:37:30.120
 took

00:37:30.120 --> 00:37:30.840
 one

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.960
 offense

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.620
 against

00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:33.079
 God.

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:34.579
 For

00:37:34.579 --> 00:37:34.840
 Adam

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:35.000
 and

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.320
 Eve,

00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.820
 to be

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.240
 expelled

00:37:36.240 --> 00:37:36.500
 from

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.640
 his

00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:37.100
 presence.

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.920
 Only

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.320
 one.

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.800
 And

00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:41.960
 we

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.100
 could

00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:42.280
 look

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.400
 at

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.579
 that

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:42.720
 and

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:43.019
 say

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:44.200
 it

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.559
 wasn't

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.760
 a

00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:44.980
 big

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.320
 deal.

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.640
 They

00:37:46.640 --> 00:37:46.880
 ate

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.120
 some

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:47.420
 fruit.

00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.800
 We've

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:48.940
 done

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.260
 way

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.600
 worse,

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:49.820
 haven't

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.000
 we?

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.300
 All

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.519
 of us

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.700
 have.

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:53.000
 And

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.120
 I'm

00:37:53.120 --> 00:37:53.240
 sure

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.400
 they

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.800
 continued

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.039
 to.

00:37:55.620 --> 00:37:56.160
 But

00:37:56.160 --> 00:37:56.260
 it

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.440
 only

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.660
 took

00:37:56.660 --> 00:37:56.940
 one.

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.039
 Who

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.180
 are

00:37:58.180 --> 00:37:58.340
 we

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:58.460
 to

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.720
 think

00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.000
 that

00:37:59.000 --> 00:37:59.140
 it

00:37:59.140 --> 00:37:59.300
 will

00:37:59.300 --> 00:37:59.700
 take

00:37:59.700 --> 00:38:00.539
 a

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.800
 hundred

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:02.440
 or

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.579
 a

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:02.980
 thousand

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:04.340
 or

00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.640
 ten

00:38:04.640 --> 00:38:05.120
 thousand

00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:06.339
 offenses

00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:07.539
 for God

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.920
 to judge

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.259
 us in

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.599
 the same

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:08.900
 way.

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.279
 Is that

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.839
 not the

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.279
 pinnacle

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:13.500
 of pride

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.079
 and

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:14.679
 arrogance?

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:16.639
 To say

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:16.920
 that I'm

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.400
 so much

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:17.859
 better than

00:38:17.859 --> 00:38:18.259
 Adam and

00:38:18.259 --> 00:38:18.519
 Eve

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.859
 that God

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:20.319
 will not

00:38:20.319 --> 00:38:20.779
 judge me

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.619
 as severely

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:23.500
 as he will

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.039
 judge them

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:25.099
 or has

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.539
 judge them.

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.380
 The fact

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:28.739
 is it's

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.259
 impossible

00:38:29.259 --> 00:38:30.000
 to support

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.679
 moralism

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.000
 as a

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:31.420
 means of

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.960
 reconciliation

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.679
 with God.

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.579
 Present

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.259
 goodness

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:35.559
 cannot

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.300
 atone

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:37.460
 for past

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:37.900
 sin.

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:38.739
 It's

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.279
 just not

00:38:39.279 --> 00:38:39.779
 logical.

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:43.119
 Second

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.519
 question.

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.519
 Why is

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.079
 the standard

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.480
 moral

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.960
 perfection?

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:49.199
 None of

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:49.679
 us meets

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.259
 the description

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:50.619
 here.

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.860
 Why does

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.380
 God set

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.760
 the bar

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:53.400
 so high?

00:38:54.900 --> 00:38:55.680
 It doesn't

00:38:55.680 --> 00:38:56.119
 actually seem

00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:56.599
 very fair.

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.059
 God

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.940
 didn't expel

00:39:00.940 --> 00:39:01.519
 man from

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.079
 his presence

00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:02.599
 because he's

00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:02.960
 full of

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.180
 hate.

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.539
 That would

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:05.240
 be some

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:06.160
 conclusions.

00:39:06.380 --> 00:39:06.700
 I don't

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.220
 think that's

00:39:07.220 --> 00:39:07.840
 what we

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.599
 are able to

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.099
 discern from

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.539
 the scriptures.

00:39:11.160 --> 00:39:11.880
 He did

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.460
 so because

00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:12.720
 he's

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.200
 absolutely

00:39:13.200 --> 00:39:13.760
 holy.

00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:17.860
 psalm 5

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.140
 and verse

00:39:18.140 --> 00:39:18.520
 4 I

00:39:18.520 --> 00:39:18.960
 quoted it

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.240
 a moment

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:19.520
 ago.

00:39:19.720 --> 00:39:20.200
 It affirms

00:39:20.200 --> 00:39:20.760
 that sinners

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.360
 can't dwell

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:21.740
 with God

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.060
 but why

00:39:22.060 --> 00:39:22.460
 is that?

00:39:23.200 --> 00:39:23.400
 We

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:23.780
 shouldn't

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.400
 understand

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.640
 the

00:39:24.640 --> 00:39:25.340
 relationship

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:26.860
 of sinners

00:39:26.860 --> 00:39:27.520
 to God

00:39:27.520 --> 00:39:28.020
 the same

00:39:28.020 --> 00:39:28.500
 way that

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.040
 we might

00:39:29.040 --> 00:39:29.580
 understand

00:39:29.580 --> 00:39:30.360
 the relationship

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:31.460
 of kryptonite

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:32.200
 to Superman

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:34.520
 for you

00:39:34.520 --> 00:39:35.980
 comic nerds.

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:38.040
 Sometimes we

00:39:38.040 --> 00:39:38.420
 equate it

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:38.800
 that way.

00:39:39.040 --> 00:39:39.680
 That's not

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.060
 the way we

00:39:40.060 --> 00:39:40.320
 need to

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:40.680
 think about

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.039
 this.

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.440
 Sin isn't

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.279
 a disease

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:45.339
 that God

00:39:45.339 --> 00:39:46.039
 can catch.

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.000
 It's not

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.679
 a weapon

00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:48.899
 that can

00:39:48.899 --> 00:39:49.759
 destroy him.

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:51.940
 Sinners

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.819
 can't harm

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:53.359
 God.

00:39:54.379 --> 00:39:55.919
 But they

00:39:55.919 --> 00:39:56.699
 can't enter

00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:57.559
 his presence

00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:59.000
 without him

00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:00.000
 harming

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:00.579
 them.

00:40:01.859 --> 00:40:02.460
 Moving

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.399
 to swift

00:40:03.399 --> 00:40:04.739
 eternal

00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:05.159
 judgment.

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:08.219
 So we

00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:08.440
 need to

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:08.799
 understand

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.359
 that God's

00:40:09.359 --> 00:40:09.659
 inerrant

00:40:09.659 --> 00:40:10.299
 holiness

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:10.820
 and

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:11.440
 perfection.

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.039
 It

00:40:12.039 --> 00:40:12.980
 demands

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.860
 that he

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.400
 judge

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.039
 sin

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.860
 and those

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.120
 who are

00:40:16.120 --> 00:40:16.360
 guilty

00:40:16.360 --> 00:40:16.620
 of it.

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:16.800
 It

00:40:16.800 --> 00:40:17.360
 demands

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.580
 it.

00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:18.200
 If he

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.720
 is not

00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.480
 just

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.400
 in judging

00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:20.840
 sin

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.220
 then he

00:40:21.220 --> 00:40:21.680
 is not

00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.080
 holy

00:40:22.080 --> 00:40:22.660
 himself.

00:40:24.860 --> 00:40:25.539
 And yet

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.039
 we know

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.340
 he's

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:26.700
 holy

00:40:26.700 --> 00:40:27.140
 and we

00:40:27.140 --> 00:40:27.340
 know

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:27.680
 he's

00:40:27.680 --> 00:40:28.080
 just.

00:40:30.080 --> 00:40:30.640
 We

00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:31.100
 also need

00:40:31.100 --> 00:40:31.700
 to understand

00:40:31.700 --> 00:40:32.220
 that God's

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:32.620
 holiness

00:40:32.620 --> 00:40:34.080
 is in

00:40:34.080 --> 00:40:34.500
 relation

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:34.960
 to his

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:35.240
 loving

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:35.740
 grace.

00:40:35.860 --> 00:40:35.940
 You

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.120
 can't

00:40:36.120 --> 00:40:36.440
 have one

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:36.620
 without

00:40:36.620 --> 00:40:36.840
 the

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.080
 other.

00:40:38.700 --> 00:40:38.960
 Think

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.380
 again.

00:40:40.119 --> 00:40:40.340
 Adam

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.720
 and Eve.

00:40:41.659 --> 00:40:42.079
 He

00:40:42.079 --> 00:40:42.400
 could have

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.599
 just

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.960
 simply

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.300
 killed

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:43.539
 them.

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:45.300
 I mean

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.599
 why not

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:45.880
 start

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.199
 over?

00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:47.340
 Why go

00:40:47.340 --> 00:40:47.840
 through all

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.360
 of this?

00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.179
 They ate

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.639
 the fruit.

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.519
 He said

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:51.800
 they would

00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:52.500
 surely die.

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:53.380
 Why not

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.240
 just destroy

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:55.360
 them and

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.139
 start over?

00:40:56.480 --> 00:40:56.740
 But he

00:40:56.740 --> 00:40:57.159
 doesn't do

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.519
 that.

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.119
 They go

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.460
 on to live

00:40:59.460 --> 00:40:59.920
 very long

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.199
 lives,

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:00.500
 fruitful

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.980
 lives.

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:02.059
 Have you

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.480
 ever wondered

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.480


00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.880
 why that

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.199
 is?

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.519
 It's

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:05.860
 God's

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:06.199
 loving

00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.840
 grace

00:41:06.840 --> 00:41:07.960
 at work.

00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:09.699
 God

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:10.320
 cast

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:10.800
 Adam

00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:11.119
 and Eve

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:11.480
 from his

00:41:11.480 --> 00:41:11.880
 presence

00:41:11.880 --> 00:41:12.719
 because for

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.119
 them to

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:14.059
 remain in

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:14.760
 his presence

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:15.340
 as sinners

00:41:15.340 --> 00:41:16.599
 would require

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.380
 immediate

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:17.900
 judgment.

00:41:19.760 --> 00:41:20.320
 But God

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:20.639
 in his

00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:21.400
 great love

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:22.039
 and grace

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:23.099
 gave them

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.679
 life,

00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:25.179
 time

00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:25.960
 for

00:41:25.960 --> 00:41:26.519
 repentance

00:41:26.519 --> 00:41:28.039
 and

00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:28.679
 restoration.

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:30.559
 Moral

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.139
 perfection

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.739
 is not

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:32.159
 one of

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.460
 many

00:41:32.460 --> 00:41:33.019
 options

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.519
 and God

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.039
 just happens

00:41:34.039 --> 00:41:34.619
 to choose

00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:35.400
 that and

00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:35.920
 apply it

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.219
 to our

00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:36.839
 situation.

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.739
 No,

00:41:37.879 --> 00:41:38.639
 there actually

00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:39.159
 are no

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.819
 options.

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:42.619
 It's the

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.639
 only possible

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.339
 standard there

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:45.119
 could be

00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:46.519
 because God

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.319
 is perfectly

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:48.420
 holy.

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.239
 Third

00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:51.639
 question,

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.739
 is there

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:54.199
 any hope

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:54.659
 for us?

00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.679
 Is there

00:41:56.679 --> 00:41:57.159
 any hope?

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.259
 If we

00:41:59.259 --> 00:41:59.839
 take Psalm

00:41:59.839 --> 00:42:00.359
 15,

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.639
 on its

00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:01.940
 own,

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.400
 it's

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:03.819
 bleak.

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.619
 It's

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:06.839
 very

00:42:06.839 --> 00:42:07.199
 bleak.

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.699
 We can't

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.079
 take Psalm

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.599
 15 on

00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:09.980
 its own.

00:42:11.259 --> 00:42:11.980
 We have

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.259
 to look

00:42:12.259 --> 00:42:12.539
 at it

00:42:12.539 --> 00:42:13.259
 in relation

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.719
 to the

00:42:13.719 --> 00:42:13.859
 whole

00:42:13.859 --> 00:42:14.199
 Bible.

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.039
 And the

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:16.339
 good news

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:16.599
 of the

00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.139
 gospel is

00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:18.000
 that we

00:42:18.000 --> 00:42:18.299
 don't

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:18.940
 actually have

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:19.299
 to earn

00:42:19.299 --> 00:42:19.799
 our way

00:42:19.799 --> 00:42:20.699
 into God's

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.079
 presence.

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:21.940
 This is,

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.819
 I think,

00:42:23.879 --> 00:42:24.379
 more wonderful

00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:25.019
 than sometimes

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:26.000
 we allow

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.679
 ourselves to

00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:26.980
 feel.

00:42:26.980 --> 00:42:29.159
 we feel

00:42:29.159 --> 00:42:29.900
 the weight

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.679
 of the

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.340
 sinful part.

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:31.800
 We feel

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.440
 the weight

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:32.760
 of the

00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:33.159
 fact that

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.880
 we have

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:35.280
 sinned

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:35.699
 against God

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:35.960
 in our

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.599
 very nature.

00:42:36.760 --> 00:42:37.139
 We deserve

00:42:37.139 --> 00:42:37.619
 His judgment.

00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:38.900
 We feel

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.139
 that,

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:39.619
 but then it's

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.139
 almost as if

00:42:40.139 --> 00:42:40.679
 sometimes we

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:41.639
 don't allow

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.260
 ourselves to

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:42.780
 feel the

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.760
 wonder of

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.559
 this part,

00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:45.280
 which is that

00:42:45.280 --> 00:42:45.880
 you don't have

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.400
 to earn your

00:42:46.400 --> 00:42:46.740
 way to

00:42:46.740 --> 00:42:47.340
 His presence.

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.780
 He has

00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.159
 made a

00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:50.440
 way.

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.500
 He has

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.000
 opened the

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:53.179
 door.

00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:53.639
 We didn't

00:42:53.639 --> 00:42:54.320
 even ask for

00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:54.420
 it.

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:54.820
 He just

00:42:54.820 --> 00:42:55.280
 did it.

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:55.700
 Why?

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:56.559
 Because He

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.500
 loves us.

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:59.079
 Because He

00:42:59.079 --> 00:42:59.740
 loves you.

00:43:00.720 --> 00:43:01.360
 He's made

00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:01.800
 a way.

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:02.360
 He's opened

00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:02.780
 a door.

00:43:03.180 --> 00:43:03.539
 And then He

00:43:03.539 --> 00:43:04.659
 invites you

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.920
 to turn

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.480
 from that

00:43:06.480 --> 00:43:07.039
 rebellion,

00:43:07.240 --> 00:43:07.800
 to walk

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.300
 in His

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:09.420
 way by

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.079
 faith.

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:13.019
 What is

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.500
 the way?

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.039
 What is

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.659
 that door?

00:43:16.800 --> 00:43:17.139
 It's

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:17.619
 Jesus.

00:43:18.760 --> 00:43:19.680
 John 14

00:43:19.680 --> 00:43:20.139
 6,

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:20.960
 Jesus says

00:43:20.960 --> 00:43:21.340
 it right

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:21.680
 away.

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.180
 I am

00:43:23.180 --> 00:43:23.700
 the way.

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:25.680
 I'm

00:43:25.680 --> 00:43:26.300
 the truth.

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.440
 I'm

00:43:27.440 --> 00:43:27.960
 the life.

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.019
 No one

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.539
 comes to

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.180
 the Father

00:43:30.180 --> 00:43:31.599
 except through

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:31.860
 me.

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:32.420
 Now notice,

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.840
 going back

00:43:32.840 --> 00:43:33.240
 all the way

00:43:33.240 --> 00:43:33.460
 to the

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:33.860
 beginning of

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.300
 the sermon,

00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:35.240
 notice what

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:36.280
 Jesus doesn't

00:43:36.280 --> 00:43:36.619
 say.

00:43:37.099 --> 00:43:37.820
 He doesn't

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.920
 say no

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.680
 one comes

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:40.360
 to heaven

00:43:40.360 --> 00:43:41.659
 except through

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:42.139
 me.

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:43.960
 He doesn't

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:45.619
 say no

00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:47.360
 one experiences

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:49.000
 pleasure unless

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.700
 they come

00:43:49.700 --> 00:43:50.519
 through me.

00:43:51.059 --> 00:43:51.559
 Those things

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.059
 are true.

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:52.700
 That's not

00:43:52.700 --> 00:43:53.300
 what He says.

00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:53.960
 What does

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.360
 He say?

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.440
 No one

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:56.019
 can get

00:43:56.019 --> 00:43:56.760
 to God's

00:43:56.760 --> 00:43:57.559
 holy hill.

00:43:57.940 --> 00:43:58.639
 No one

00:43:58.639 --> 00:43:59.539
 can sojourn

00:43:59.539 --> 00:43:59.840
 in His

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.139
 tent.

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.179
 No one

00:44:01.179 --> 00:44:01.599
 can be

00:44:01.599 --> 00:44:02.099
 at peace

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:02.720
 with Him

00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:04.960
 unless they

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.460
 come through

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:05.760
 me.

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.260
 I'm the

00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.619
 way.

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:07.780
 And then

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.199
 He says

00:44:08.199 --> 00:44:08.599
 in John

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:08.900
 10,

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.360
 I'm the

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:09.679
 door.

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.639
 If anyone

00:44:12.639 --> 00:44:13.440
 enters by

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:13.800
 me,

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.820
 he will

00:44:14.820 --> 00:44:15.639
 be saved.

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.619
 This is a

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:17.159
 promise,

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.300
 even more

00:44:18.300 --> 00:44:18.639
 than it's

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.260
 an invitation.

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:19.380
 salvation.

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:20.680
 Jesus

00:44:20.680 --> 00:44:21.200
 states

00:44:21.200 --> 00:44:21.880
 fact.

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:23.380
 I am

00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:24.080
 salvation.

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.720
 If you

00:44:25.720 --> 00:44:26.260
 come to

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:27.040
 me and

00:44:27.040 --> 00:44:27.420
 you come

00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:27.820
 to God

00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.560
 through me,

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:30.660
 you will

00:44:30.660 --> 00:44:31.840
 be saved.

00:44:32.080 --> 00:44:32.520
 There's no

00:44:32.520 --> 00:44:33.060
 question.

00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:33.880
 You don't

00:44:33.880 --> 00:44:34.240
 have to

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:34.620
 wonder.

00:44:35.100 --> 00:44:35.420
 You don't

00:44:35.420 --> 00:44:35.700
 have to

00:44:35.700 --> 00:44:35.940
 look at

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.460
 your life

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:36.820
 and say,

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:36.980
 well,

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.380
 did I do

00:44:37.380 --> 00:44:37.700
 enough?

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:38.200
 You don't

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:38.420
 have to

00:44:38.420 --> 00:44:38.640
 look at

00:44:38.640 --> 00:44:39.040
 your life

00:44:39.040 --> 00:44:39.340
 and say,

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:39.480
 well,

00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:39.760
 was I

00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:40.400
 too bad

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:40.680
 in this

00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:40.980
 area or

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.420
 I still

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:41.840
 messed

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.360
 it up?

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:43.820
 No.

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:44.940
 Your

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.320
 goodness

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.860
 isn't the

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:46.200
 door.

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.660
 Jesus

00:44:47.660 --> 00:44:48.180
 is the

00:44:48.180 --> 00:44:48.539
 door.

00:44:49.059 --> 00:44:49.340
 And he

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.620
 says,

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:49.960
 if you

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.539
 will walk

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:51.300
 through his

00:44:51.300 --> 00:44:51.820
 door,

00:44:52.420 --> 00:44:52.880
 you will

00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:53.599
 be saved.

00:44:53.680 --> 00:44:53.980
 It's a

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.320
 guarantee.

00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:55.220
 It's good

00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:55.700
 news.

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:57.800
 It should

00:44:57.800 --> 00:44:58.400
 come as no

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.079
 surprise to

00:44:59.079 --> 00:44:59.559
 us then,

00:45:00.059 --> 00:45:00.700
 based on our

00:45:00.700 --> 00:45:01.180
 study of

00:45:01.180 --> 00:45:01.660
 these first

00:45:01.660 --> 00:45:02.660
 15 Psalms,

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:06.320
 that only

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:06.960
 the blessed

00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.539
 man of

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.320
 Psalm 1

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:09.400
 and the

00:45:09.400 --> 00:45:09.800
 anointed

00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:10.559
 king of

00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:11.280
 Psalm 2

00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:12.039
 and the

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:12.659
 exalted

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.179
 man of

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:14.000
 Psalm 8

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:15.219
 perfectly

00:45:15.219 --> 00:45:16.019
 fulfills

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:17.500
 Psalm 15.

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:18.739
 What is it

00:45:18.739 --> 00:45:19.039
 that I'm

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.840
 always telling

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.219
 you?

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:21.039
 The

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:21.519
 scriptures,

00:45:22.019 --> 00:45:23.219
 they're all

00:45:23.219 --> 00:45:24.039
 about

00:45:24.039 --> 00:45:25.019
 Jesus.

00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:26.259
 They all

00:45:26.259 --> 00:45:27.099
 take us

00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:27.900
 to Jesus.

00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:28.840
 Why?

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:30.000
 Because he

00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:30.480
 is the

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:30.820
 way.

00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:32.539
 He's the

00:45:32.539 --> 00:45:32.900
 way.

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:35.199
 And while

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:35.960
 who,

00:45:36.840 --> 00:45:37.360
 in Psalm

00:45:37.360 --> 00:45:38.159
 15 1

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:38.980
 is generic,

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.039
 embracing

00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:41.880
 every person

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.380
 who matches

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:42.980
 the portrait,

00:45:43.180 --> 00:45:43.740
 we know

00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:44.940
 that only

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:45.780
 Jesus has

00:45:45.780 --> 00:45:46.400
 done so

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:47.180
 to perfection.

00:45:48.619 --> 00:45:49.440
 And indeed

00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:50.099
 he has.

00:45:51.700 --> 00:45:52.720
 Only he

00:45:52.720 --> 00:45:53.280
 meets the

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:54.140
 qualifications

00:45:54.140 --> 00:45:54.660
 here.

00:45:55.660 --> 00:45:56.559
 And it is

00:45:56.559 --> 00:45:57.140
 only through

00:45:57.140 --> 00:45:57.840
 him that we

00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:58.220
 can be

00:45:58.220 --> 00:45:59.039
 reconciled to

00:45:59.039 --> 00:45:59.320
 God.

00:45:59.780 --> 00:46:00.039
 You say,

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:00.980
 how can we

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:02.260
 know that

00:46:02.260 --> 00:46:03.500
 Jesus actually

00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.400
 did enough?

00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:04.500
 Well,

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:08.519
 great question.

00:46:10.179 --> 00:46:11.159
 I know

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:11.599
 that my

00:46:11.599 --> 00:46:11.980
 Redeemer

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.460
 lives.

00:46:13.679 --> 00:46:14.480
 And all

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:15.000
 my life

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:15.380
 is bound

00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:15.900
 to his.

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:17.360
 That's the

00:46:17.360 --> 00:46:17.679
 answer.

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.239
 It's in the

00:46:19.239 --> 00:46:19.719
 resurrection

00:46:19.719 --> 00:46:20.300
 that we know

00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:20.780
 the answer.

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:23.559
 You ever

00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.000
 known anyone

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:24.679
 else to be

00:46:24.679 --> 00:46:25.079
 raised from

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:25.440
 the dead

00:46:25.440 --> 00:46:25.980
 because they

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.400
 perfectly

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:27.019
 fulfilled the

00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:27.519
 law of God?

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:29.039
 No.

00:46:30.780 --> 00:46:31.400
 Because it

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:31.960
 hasn't happened

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:33.679
 except one

00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:33.960
 time.

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:36.039
 And it was

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.599
 Jesus of

00:46:36.599 --> 00:46:36.960
 Nazareth,

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:38.199
 the Son of

00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:38.500
 God,

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:39.900
 born of a

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:40.179
 virgin,

00:46:40.740 --> 00:46:41.699
 who lived a

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:42.400
 perfect life,

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.800
 who lived the

00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:44.380
 life we were

00:46:44.380 --> 00:46:45.000
 meant to live,

00:46:45.699 --> 00:46:46.340
 but failed

00:46:46.340 --> 00:46:47.579
 to live.

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:48.960
 And then

00:46:48.960 --> 00:46:49.440
 died the

00:46:49.440 --> 00:46:50.639
 death that

00:46:50.639 --> 00:46:51.139
 we deserve

00:46:51.139 --> 00:46:51.679
 to die

00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:54.059
 so that we

00:46:54.059 --> 00:46:54.659
 might be

00:46:54.659 --> 00:46:55.099
 saved.

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.860
 Don't you

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:57.079
 see?

00:46:58.760 --> 00:46:59.420
 Don't you

00:46:59.420 --> 00:46:59.659
 see?

00:46:59.659 --> 00:47:03.739
 His atonement

00:47:03.739 --> 00:47:04.440
 is sufficient.

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:07.899
 He has

00:47:07.899 --> 00:47:08.659
 made peace

00:47:08.659 --> 00:47:10.799
 between God

00:47:10.799 --> 00:47:11.239
 and man.

00:47:12.739 --> 00:47:13.759
 It's done.

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:15.619
 Nothing else

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:16.139
 is left.

00:47:18.799 --> 00:47:19.739
 And he just

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:19.960
 says,

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:20.299
 come.

00:47:22.259 --> 00:47:22.899
 He says,

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:23.219
 come.

00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:25.299
 He invites

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:26.079
 us to be

00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:26.980
 reconciled to

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.359
 God.

00:47:27.360 --> 00:47:27.440
 God.

00:47:28.640 --> 00:47:29.260
 And how

00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:29.860
 do we

00:47:29.860 --> 00:47:30.400
 do that?

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:33.220
 Stop

00:47:33.220 --> 00:47:33.940
 pursuing your

00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:34.460
 moralism.

00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:35.660
 Stop

00:47:35.660 --> 00:47:36.200
 pursuing

00:47:36.200 --> 00:47:36.860
 Christianity

00:47:36.860 --> 00:47:38.160
 as a

00:47:38.160 --> 00:47:38.500
 thing.

00:47:41.180 --> 00:47:41.820
 Turn

00:47:41.820 --> 00:47:42.220
 from your

00:47:42.220 --> 00:47:42.519
 sin,

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:42.760
 or at

00:47:42.760 --> 00:47:43.380
 least your

00:47:43.380 --> 00:47:43.760
 disposition

00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:44.640
 towards sin,

00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:46.880
 and come

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:47.280
 to him.

00:47:48.740 --> 00:47:49.240
 Trust

00:47:49.240 --> 00:47:50.039
 that what

00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:50.480
 he's done

00:47:50.480 --> 00:47:51.720
 is sufficient.

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.559
 Follow

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:54.920
 him

00:47:54.920 --> 00:47:56.340
 as Savior

00:47:56.340 --> 00:47:56.780
 and Lord.

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:59.680
 no one

00:47:59.680 --> 00:48:00.559
 whom God

00:48:00.559 --> 00:48:01.300
 has not

00:48:01.300 --> 00:48:01.900
 regenerated

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:02.340
 in heart

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:03.440
 will do

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:03.640
 that.

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:07.440
 And you

00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:07.860
 may feel

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.280
 the tug

00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:08.599
 of that

00:48:08.599 --> 00:48:08.920
 now.

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:10.140
 It's not

00:48:10.140 --> 00:48:10.840
 because you're

00:48:10.840 --> 00:48:11.880
 just finally

00:48:11.880 --> 00:48:12.440
 getting it.

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:14.599
 That's the

00:48:14.599 --> 00:48:15.120
 work of God

00:48:15.120 --> 00:48:15.360
 in your

00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:15.720
 life.

00:48:16.500 --> 00:48:16.960
 Don't

00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:17.240
 ignore

00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:17.579
 that.

00:48:18.780 --> 00:48:19.240
 Come

00:48:19.240 --> 00:48:19.680
 to him.

00:48:21.200 --> 00:48:21.660
 Fourth

00:48:21.660 --> 00:48:22.059
 question,

00:48:22.559 --> 00:48:23.079
 importantly.

00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:26.259
 do these

00:48:26.259 --> 00:48:26.799
 qualities

00:48:26.799 --> 00:48:27.279
 still

00:48:27.279 --> 00:48:27.940
 matter

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:30.019
 if we're

00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:30.519
 safe in

00:48:30.519 --> 00:48:30.880
 Christ?

00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:33.279
 Do the

00:48:33.279 --> 00:48:33.679
 qualities

00:48:33.679 --> 00:48:34.460
 still matter

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:35.500
 if we're

00:48:35.500 --> 00:48:35.860
 safe in

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:36.059
 Christ?

00:48:36.159 --> 00:48:36.319
 So,

00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:37.219
 one argument

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:37.699
 might be,

00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:38.000
 well,

00:48:38.759 --> 00:48:39.440
 grace,

00:48:40.759 --> 00:48:41.199
 salvation,

00:48:41.400 --> 00:48:41.860
 and forgiveness

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:42.819
 that comes

00:48:42.819 --> 00:48:43.360
 from Jesus

00:48:43.360 --> 00:48:44.920
 is for the

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:45.460
 sins that I've

00:48:45.460 --> 00:48:45.759
 committed,

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.380
 the sins that I

00:48:47.380 --> 00:48:47.880
 am committing,

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:48.980
 and the sins

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.380
 that I will

00:48:49.380 --> 00:48:49.539
 commit.

00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:50.480
 And to

00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:50.739
 that we

00:48:50.739 --> 00:48:50.920
 say,

00:48:51.019 --> 00:48:51.239
 amen.

00:48:52.659 --> 00:48:53.019
 Yes,

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:54.019
 that's true.

00:48:55.759 --> 00:48:56.279
 Some would

00:48:56.279 --> 00:48:56.800
 look at that

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:57.159
 and they would

00:48:57.159 --> 00:48:57.759
 then conclude

00:48:57.759 --> 00:48:58.079
 that,

00:48:58.179 --> 00:48:58.259
 well,

00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:58.739
 then I don't

00:48:58.739 --> 00:48:59.179
 have to be

00:48:59.179 --> 00:48:59.539
 really all

00:48:59.539 --> 00:49:00.159
 that concerned

00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:01.860
 about sinning.

00:49:03.519 --> 00:49:04.059
 That's not

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:04.500
 what the Bible

00:49:04.500 --> 00:49:05.179
 presents to us

00:49:05.179 --> 00:49:05.300
 though,

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:05.519
 is it?

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:07.860
 We need to

00:49:07.860 --> 00:49:08.340
 see Psalm

00:49:08.340 --> 00:49:09.259
 15 first

00:49:09.259 --> 00:49:09.759
 through the

00:49:09.759 --> 00:49:10.179
 lens of the

00:49:10.179 --> 00:49:10.480
 gospel.

00:49:11.259 --> 00:49:11.800
 But that

00:49:11.800 --> 00:49:12.500
 doesn't mean

00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:12.860
 that we

00:49:12.860 --> 00:49:13.279
 shouldn't

00:49:13.279 --> 00:49:14.719
 strive to

00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:15.440
 attain

00:49:15.440 --> 00:49:16.400
 something of

00:49:16.400 --> 00:49:16.840
 the portrait

00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:17.380
 of holiness

00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:18.000
 that's painted

00:49:18.000 --> 00:49:18.259
 here.

00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:20.340
 Our

00:49:20.340 --> 00:49:20.920
 acceptance

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:21.719
 with God

00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:23.539
 is based

00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:24.579
 solely

00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:26.159
 and entirely

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:27.480
 on the

00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:27.900
 righteousness

00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:28.659
 of Christ.

00:49:30.599 --> 00:49:31.539
 But he

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:32.639
 desires to

00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:33.300
 conform

00:49:33.300 --> 00:49:34.480
 his people

00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:35.500
 to the

00:49:35.500 --> 00:49:35.900
 image of

00:49:35.900 --> 00:49:36.400
 his son.

00:49:36.699 --> 00:49:36.920
 You say,

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:37.039
 well,

00:49:37.079 --> 00:49:37.420
 what's the

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:37.779
 image of

00:49:37.779 --> 00:49:38.119
 Christ?

00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:38.940
 Psalm 15

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:39.279
 is.

00:49:40.420 --> 00:49:40.639
 You're

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:40.759
 saying,

00:49:40.820 --> 00:49:41.179
 God wants

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:41.539
 me to

00:49:41.539 --> 00:49:42.000
 try to

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:42.300
 be like

00:49:42.300 --> 00:49:42.559
 that?

00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:44.039
 Yeah.

00:49:45.159 --> 00:49:45.940
 Not as a

00:49:45.940 --> 00:49:46.279
 means of

00:49:46.279 --> 00:49:46.719
 earning your

00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:47.179
 way into

00:49:47.179 --> 00:49:47.519
 his good

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:47.820
 graces,

00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:48.340
 but because

00:49:48.340 --> 00:49:49.099
 you're already

00:49:49.099 --> 00:49:49.519
 there.

00:49:49.539 --> 00:49:50.800
 because he's

00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:51.480
 already saved

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:51.759
 you.

00:49:52.559 --> 00:49:52.960
 Hebrews

00:49:52.960 --> 00:49:53.579
 chapter 12

00:49:53.579 --> 00:49:53.880
 and verse

00:49:53.880 --> 00:49:54.519
 14 is so

00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:55.019
 helpful here.

00:49:55.340 --> 00:49:55.659
 Here's what

00:49:55.659 --> 00:49:55.980
 the writer

00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:56.440
 says.

00:49:56.820 --> 00:49:57.519
 Strive

00:49:57.519 --> 00:49:58.579
 for peace

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.300
 with everyone,

00:49:59.420 --> 00:49:59.980
 he says,

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:02.820
 and for

00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:03.719
 the holiness

00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:06.159
 without which

00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:07.960
 no one

00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:08.759
 will see

00:50:08.759 --> 00:50:09.779
 the Lord.

00:50:11.840 --> 00:50:12.460
 I want you

00:50:12.460 --> 00:50:12.699
 to think

00:50:12.699 --> 00:50:13.179
 about that.

00:50:13.179 --> 00:50:14.440
 strive for

00:50:14.440 --> 00:50:17.259
 the holiness

00:50:17.259 --> 00:50:18.440
!

00:50:18.440 --> 00:50:21.859
 We might

00:50:21.859 --> 00:50:22.159
 say,

00:50:22.299 --> 00:50:22.480
 without

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:23.119
 which no

00:50:23.119 --> 00:50:23.559
 one will

00:50:23.559 --> 00:50:24.739
 dwell on

00:50:24.739 --> 00:50:25.099
 his holy

00:50:25.099 --> 00:50:25.419
 hill,

00:50:25.599 --> 00:50:26.339
 without which

00:50:26.339 --> 00:50:26.739
 no one

00:50:26.739 --> 00:50:27.399
 will sojourn

00:50:27.399 --> 00:50:27.659
 in his

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:27.879
 tent.

00:50:29.099 --> 00:50:29.679
 Here's what

00:50:29.679 --> 00:50:30.039
 the writer

00:50:30.039 --> 00:50:30.619
 does not

00:50:30.619 --> 00:50:30.839
 mean.

00:50:31.899 --> 00:50:32.379
 He does

00:50:32.379 --> 00:50:32.919
 not mean

00:50:32.919 --> 00:50:33.659
 that we

00:50:33.659 --> 00:50:34.279
 must reach

00:50:34.279 --> 00:50:34.759
 a measure

00:50:34.759 --> 00:50:35.319
 of holiness

00:50:35.319 --> 00:50:35.759
 to see

00:50:35.759 --> 00:50:36.159
 the Lord.

00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:37.539
 He's

00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:38.279
 acknowledging

00:50:38.280 --> 00:50:39.740
 that

00:50:39.740 --> 00:50:40.940
 positionally

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:42.180
 that holiness

00:50:42.180 --> 00:50:42.760
 has already

00:50:42.760 --> 00:50:43.320
 been applied

00:50:43.320 --> 00:50:43.780
 to those

00:50:43.780 --> 00:50:44.000
 who are

00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:44.519
 in Christ.

00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:46.580
 His

00:50:46.580 --> 00:50:47.320
 instruction

00:50:47.320 --> 00:50:49.080
 then is

00:50:49.080 --> 00:50:49.519
 that we

00:50:49.519 --> 00:50:50.120
 continue

00:50:50.120 --> 00:50:51.240
 striving to

00:50:51.240 --> 00:50:52.200
 live up to

00:50:52.200 --> 00:50:53.640
 the holiness

00:50:53.640 --> 00:50:54.460
 that has been

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:55.220
 credited to

00:50:55.220 --> 00:50:55.860
 us by

00:50:55.860 --> 00:50:56.400
 grace.

00:50:56.980 --> 00:50:57.800
 Isn't that

00:50:57.800 --> 00:50:58.160
 helpful?

00:50:59.440 --> 00:51:00.260
 What does

00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:01.040
 salvation do?

00:51:01.700 --> 00:51:02.360
 It makes

00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:03.160
 you free

00:51:03.160 --> 00:51:04.580
 to do

00:51:04.580 --> 00:51:05.519
 righteousness

00:51:05.519 --> 00:51:07.940
 because you're

00:51:07.940 --> 00:51:08.380
 already

00:51:08.380 --> 00:51:09.159
 positionally

00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:09.460
 righteous

00:51:09.460 --> 00:51:10.039
 in Christ.

00:51:11.059 --> 00:51:11.679
 That's not

00:51:11.679 --> 00:51:12.039
 what's at

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:12.519
 stake here.

00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:14.019
 And the

00:51:14.019 --> 00:51:14.519
 writer says,

00:51:14.599 --> 00:51:14.900
 so here's

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:15.159
 what we

00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:15.500
 do as

00:51:15.500 --> 00:51:15.880
 believers.

00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:17.440
 We strive

00:51:17.440 --> 00:51:18.340
 to live

00:51:18.340 --> 00:51:18.639
 up to

00:51:18.639 --> 00:51:18.920
 that.

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:19.900
 Not as

00:51:19.900 --> 00:51:20.179
 a means

00:51:20.179 --> 00:51:20.820
 of salvation,

00:51:21.440 --> 00:51:22.679
 but because

00:51:22.679 --> 00:51:23.039
 we want

00:51:23.039 --> 00:51:23.460
 to honor

00:51:23.460 --> 00:51:24.019
 our Lord.

00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:25.860
 Because we

00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:26.220
 want to

00:51:26.220 --> 00:51:26.860
 please him.

00:51:27.659 --> 00:51:28.200
 Because we

00:51:28.200 --> 00:51:28.539
 want to

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:29.679
 be like

00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:30.099
 him.

00:51:31.760 --> 00:51:32.260
 Though

00:51:32.260 --> 00:51:32.780
 we'll never

00:51:32.780 --> 00:51:33.119
 reach

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:33.700
 perfection,

00:51:34.539 --> 00:51:35.659
 we must

00:51:35.659 --> 00:51:36.800
 if we are

00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:37.079
 to be

00:51:37.079 --> 00:51:37.500
 obedient.

00:51:37.940 --> 00:51:39.280
 be as

00:51:39.280 --> 00:51:39.780
 holy as

00:51:39.780 --> 00:51:40.200
 possible.

00:51:41.200 --> 00:51:41.800
 Which is

00:51:41.800 --> 00:51:42.220
 why Paul

00:51:42.220 --> 00:51:42.780
 says this

00:51:42.780 --> 00:51:43.059
 to the

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:43.559
 Philippians

00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:44.320
 in Philippians

00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:44.960
 chapter 3.

00:51:46.220 --> 00:51:46.900
 He acknowledges

00:51:46.900 --> 00:51:47.500
 not that I

00:51:47.500 --> 00:51:48.079
 have already

00:51:48.079 --> 00:51:48.980
 obtained this,

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:49.820
 this measure,

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:50.720
 this stature

00:51:50.720 --> 00:51:51.900
 of holiness,

00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:53.639
 and it's

00:51:53.639 --> 00:51:54.119
 not that I'm

00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:54.900
 already perfect,

00:51:55.579 --> 00:51:56.780
 but I press

00:51:56.780 --> 00:51:57.519
 on to make

00:51:57.519 --> 00:51:58.139
 it my own.

00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:00.280
 Because Christ

00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:00.900
 Jesus has

00:52:00.900 --> 00:52:01.539
 made me

00:52:01.539 --> 00:52:02.220
 his own.

00:52:02.980 --> 00:52:03.260
 Oh,

00:52:03.619 --> 00:52:04.340
 do you

00:52:04.340 --> 00:52:04.900
 see it?

00:52:04.900 --> 00:52:06.300
 it's the

00:52:06.300 --> 00:52:06.720
 same thing

00:52:06.720 --> 00:52:07.139
 the author

00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:07.539
 of Hebrews

00:52:07.539 --> 00:52:07.980
 is saying.

00:52:09.260 --> 00:52:10.000
 Paul says,

00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:10.559
 Christ has

00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:10.940
 made me

00:52:10.940 --> 00:52:11.220
 his own.

00:52:11.280 --> 00:52:11.400
 He's

00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:11.840
 cleaned me

00:52:11.840 --> 00:52:14.240
 up without

00:52:14.240 --> 00:52:14.840
 any merit

00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:15.280
 on my

00:52:15.280 --> 00:52:15.660
 part.

00:52:17.019 --> 00:52:17.820
 And since

00:52:17.820 --> 00:52:18.380
 he's made

00:52:18.380 --> 00:52:18.760
 me his

00:52:18.760 --> 00:52:19.079
 own,

00:52:19.639 --> 00:52:20.519
 I want

00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:21.240
 to strive

00:52:21.240 --> 00:52:22.340
 to be

00:52:22.340 --> 00:52:22.920
 like him.

00:52:24.079 --> 00:52:24.559
 Brothers,

00:52:24.660 --> 00:52:25.119
 I do not

00:52:25.119 --> 00:52:25.760
 consider that

00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:26.139
 I've made

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:26.660
 it my own.

00:52:26.940 --> 00:52:27.460
 He's not

00:52:27.460 --> 00:52:27.920
 where he

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:28.260
 wants to

00:52:28.260 --> 00:52:28.500
 be.

00:52:29.500 --> 00:52:30.079
 But one

00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:30.440
 thing I

00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:30.680
 do,

00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:32.240
 forgetting

00:52:32.239 --> 00:52:32.779
 what lies

00:52:32.779 --> 00:52:33.179
 behind,

00:52:34.179 --> 00:52:34.619
 straining

00:52:34.619 --> 00:52:35.459
 forward to

00:52:35.459 --> 00:52:36.019
 what lies

00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:36.519
 ahead,

00:52:37.299 --> 00:52:37.899
 I press

00:52:37.899 --> 00:52:38.279
 on.

00:52:38.819 --> 00:52:39.500
 I press

00:52:39.500 --> 00:52:40.039
 on toward

00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:40.639
 the goal

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.039
 for the

00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:41.699
 prize of

00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:42.099
 the upward

00:52:42.099 --> 00:52:42.659
 call of

00:52:42.659 --> 00:52:43.500
 God in

00:52:43.500 --> 00:52:44.079
 Christ Jesus.

00:52:44.219 --> 00:52:44.419
 And now

00:52:44.419 --> 00:52:44.799
 notice what

00:52:44.799 --> 00:52:45.099
 he says,

00:52:45.179 --> 00:52:45.579
 Christian,

00:52:47.099 --> 00:52:48.199
 let those

00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:48.979
 of us who

00:52:48.979 --> 00:52:49.939
 are mature,

00:52:50.879 --> 00:52:51.299
 spiritually

00:52:51.299 --> 00:52:51.839
 mature,

00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:53.639
 let us

00:52:53.639 --> 00:52:54.179
 think this

00:52:54.179 --> 00:52:54.439
 way.

00:52:56.159 --> 00:52:57.000
 If we

00:52:57.000 --> 00:52:57.219
 are going

00:52:57.219 --> 00:52:57.539
 to live

00:52:57.539 --> 00:52:58.059
 as spiritually

00:52:58.059 --> 00:52:58.419
 mature

00:52:58.419 --> 00:52:58.939
 Christians,

00:52:59.239 --> 00:53:00.000
 we will

00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:00.519
 pursue

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:01.039
 holiness,

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:02.559
 not justify

00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:03.239
 worldliness.

00:53:05.820 --> 00:53:06.860
 If you're

00:53:06.860 --> 00:53:07.619
 in Christ,

00:53:09.019 --> 00:53:10.519
 God has

00:53:10.519 --> 00:53:11.059
 blessed you

00:53:11.059 --> 00:53:11.340
 with the

00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:12.079
 most amazing

00:53:12.079 --> 00:53:12.500
 gift.

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:15.559
 It's the

00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:16.019
 indwelling

00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:16.800
 presence

00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:18.480
 of his

00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:19.099
 Holy Spirit.

00:53:21.320 --> 00:53:21.659
 David

00:53:21.659 --> 00:53:22.079
 asked,

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:23.860
 who will

00:53:23.860 --> 00:53:24.279
 dwell with

00:53:24.279 --> 00:53:24.420
 you,

00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:24.679
 God?

00:53:25.599 --> 00:53:26.500
 The New

00:53:26.500 --> 00:53:26.820
 Testament

00:53:26.820 --> 00:53:27.519
 tells us

00:53:27.519 --> 00:53:29.320
 God still

00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:29.900
 dwells with

00:53:29.900 --> 00:53:30.259
 us.

00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:32.019
 And he

00:53:32.019 --> 00:53:32.519
 dwells

00:53:32.519 --> 00:53:33.639
 in us,

00:53:34.639 --> 00:53:35.259
 those he's

00:53:35.259 --> 00:53:35.699
 redeemed.

00:53:37.619 --> 00:53:38.340
 Here's the

00:53:38.340 --> 00:53:38.679
 blessing.

00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:40.360
 Do you

00:53:40.360 --> 00:53:40.679
 know what

00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:40.980
 the Holy

00:53:40.980 --> 00:53:41.739
 Spirit does?

00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:44.259
 The Holy

00:53:44.259 --> 00:53:44.599
 Spirit,

00:53:44.759 --> 00:53:45.360
 he's freed

00:53:45.360 --> 00:53:47.079
 you from

00:53:47.079 --> 00:53:47.699
 the bondage

00:53:47.699 --> 00:53:48.079
 of sin.

00:53:48.860 --> 00:53:49.420
 You're free.

00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:50.960
 Truly

00:53:50.960 --> 00:53:51.900
 free.

00:53:54.420 --> 00:53:55.279
 And he's

00:53:55.279 --> 00:53:55.940
 working in

00:53:55.940 --> 00:53:56.300
 you to

00:53:56.300 --> 00:53:57.279
 transform your

00:53:57.279 --> 00:53:58.099
 affections

00:53:58.099 --> 00:53:59.079
 day by

00:53:59.079 --> 00:53:59.380
 day.

00:54:01.059 --> 00:54:02.279
 He is

00:54:02.279 --> 00:54:02.759
 enabling

00:54:02.759 --> 00:54:03.059
 your

00:54:03.059 --> 00:54:03.539
 righteousness.

00:54:06.920 --> 00:54:07.699
 He has

00:54:07.699 --> 00:54:08.119
 given you

00:54:08.119 --> 00:54:09.739
 power to

00:54:09.739 --> 00:54:10.860
 live according

00:54:10.860 --> 00:54:11.259
 to Psalm

00:54:11.259 --> 00:54:11.639
 15.

00:54:13.440 --> 00:54:13.920
 Therefore,

00:54:14.759 --> 00:54:15.500
 keep in step

00:54:15.500 --> 00:54:15.900
 with him.

00:54:15.980 --> 00:54:16.259
 That's what

00:54:16.259 --> 00:54:16.659
 Paul says.

00:54:17.539 --> 00:54:18.339
 Keep in step

00:54:18.339 --> 00:54:18.619
 with the

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:18.839
 Spirit.

00:54:19.259 --> 00:54:20.259
 Walk in the

00:54:20.259 --> 00:54:20.539
 Spirit,

00:54:20.679 --> 00:54:21.119
 he says,

00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:22.299
 and you

00:54:22.299 --> 00:54:22.819
 will not

00:54:22.819 --> 00:54:24.259
 satisfy the

00:54:24.259 --> 00:54:24.920
 desires of

00:54:24.920 --> 00:54:25.639
 the flesh,

00:54:26.920 --> 00:54:27.799
 but you

00:54:27.799 --> 00:54:28.299
 will live

00:54:28.299 --> 00:54:29.059
 according to

00:54:29.059 --> 00:54:29.539
 what God

00:54:29.539 --> 00:54:30.199
 has saved

00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:31.279
 you to

00:54:31.279 --> 00:54:31.539
 live.

00:54:31.539 --> 00:55:01.519
 Thank you.