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 Psalm 119, starting at 25.

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 The word right above it is left in Hebrew.

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! It's one of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet.

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!

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 Because the whole psalm is an acrostic.

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 Daleth.

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 My soul clings to the dust.

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 Revive me according to your word.

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 I have declared my ways, and you answered me.

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 Teach me your statutes.

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 Make me understand the way of your precepts.

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 So shall I meditate on your wonderful works.

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 My soul melts from heaviness.

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 Strengthen me according to your word.

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 Remove from me the way of lying, and grant me your law graciously.

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 I have chosen the way of truth.

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 Your judgments I have laid before me.

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 I cling to your testimonies, O Lord.

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 Do not put me to shame.

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 I will run the course of your commandments.

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 For you shall enlarge my heart.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades,

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 but the word of the Lord stands forever.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Oh, living God, the giver of life,

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 thank you for breathing out your scriptures,

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 and thank you for how your Holy Spirit now takes your scriptures,

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 and the word of God in the hand of the Holy Spirit, so to speak,

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 is sharper than a two-edged sword.

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 Lord, we pray, Lord, that your spirit will use your word,

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 and all that you reveal in your word about who you are,

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 and about Jesus Christ,

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 and the good news of salvation for sinners like us,

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 in God, through Jesus.

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 That you'll make this so clear today, Lord.

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 We pray that your word will wash over us, Lord,

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 like a tide from the most pure ocean,

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 that you'll cleanse us by your word, Lord.

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 You'll sanctify us.

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 You'll prepare our souls for eternity with you.

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 Lord, for those who are in darkness

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 and know nothing about your word,

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 we pray that today you will shine the glory

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 of who you are on these dear souls,

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 that they will not be the same,

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 that they will know you through your word, we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Oh, how lovely is the word of the Lord.

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 Amen.

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 Oh, how lovely is the word of the Lord.

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 That's my one message for you today,

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 but let's walk through this passage one verse at a time

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 and appreciate it more and more together.

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 Psalm 119 is anonymous.

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 It's also the longest chapter in the whole Psalter,

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 in the whole Bible.

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 Some possible authors include David

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 because many of the phrases and the style

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 is very similar to David's.

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 Another possibility is Ezra

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 because he was the priest who taught the people the law.

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 This would be a very fitting psalm

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 for them to sing over and over,

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 remembering this lesson of the precious word of God.

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 Others have supposed possibly Daniel or Jeremiah.

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 Both lived in a similar time.

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 Both were raised up by the Lord and were in exile,

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 so they're lamenting the loss

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 and longing to have that worship of God restored,

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 which comes through in this psalm.

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 Now, the beautiful thing about God's word

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 is while we don't need to know

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 who the human author was

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 because we have the divine author,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 who breathed out all of Scripture.

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 And he does this in such a gentle, kind way.

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 As I mentioned,

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 Daleth is the Hebrew letter D.

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 So A, B, C, D.

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 It's early on in the sequence.

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 To use our own English spin on that,

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 the mood or the tone,

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 the condition of the author,

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 the human author,

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 is dire, depressed, and doubting.

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 Now, the Bible gives us here

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 one little snapshot, like a case study,

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 but we can turn to a number of other parts of the Bible

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 and we're going to hear very different tones,

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 very different styles.

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 The beautiful thing about God's word

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 is that the one Holy Spirit breathed it out

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 through the pen of over 40 different human authors

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 on three different continents

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 in three different languages.

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 Well, you know Hebrew in the Old Testament,

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 Greek in the New Testament,

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 what was the third?

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 There are portions, like in Daniel,

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 which were Aramaic.

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 Very good.

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 It was written over 1,500 years.

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 And despite all this diversity

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 and all this variance from a human perspective,

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 the Bible, the Holy Word of God,

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 reveals one way of salvation,

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 one God, one hope, one promise.

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 The one message of all the scriptures

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 is life in Christ alone,

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 by grace alone, through faith alone.

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 That's what it very clearly presents

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 to everyone who God will give an ear

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 to hear the good news.

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 2 Peter 1, verses 19 and 21 says,

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 we have the prophetic word confirmed,

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 which you do well to heed

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 as a light that shines in a dark place

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 until the day dawns,

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 knowing that scripture

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 came through holy men of God,

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 speaking as they were moved

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 by the Holy Spirit.

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 That's how this glorious,

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 lovely library,

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 this Bible came to be.

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 The reason I picked our passage today,

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 more broadly,

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 it's because all of Psalm 119

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 is all about the word of God.

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 Every single couplet

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 is going to mention the law,

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 the word,

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 the testimonies of God

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 in some form or another.

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 The whole psalm lifts up

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 the loveliness of God's word.

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 But the reason I chose Dalif,

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 specifically,

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 this little stanza,

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 is because we're so small,

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 I'm able to know our congregation

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 very well,

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 very easily,

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 very naturally.

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 And this psalm,

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 this stanza in particular,

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 is for those who feel dead.

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 Yes, Christians,

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 who have the Holy Spirit,

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 but we feel a deadness.

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 We need reviving.

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 It's for Christians who feel weak,

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 and that's who we are.

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 Some of us,

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 army crawled this morning

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 just to be here.

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 It's for those who are so aware

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 of their sin

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 and hate their sin.

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 And it's for us who feel very unloving

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 much of the time.

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 That's why I picked it.

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 It's because I don't want to just tell you

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 what God's word is.

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 I want you to be reminded

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 and experience it

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 in the condition that we are right now,

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 in our weakness.

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 Let the power of God's word in Christ

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 wash over us.

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 So here's four encouragements

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 from this passage.

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 Number one,

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 when your soul clings to the dust,

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 ask the Lord to disciple you

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 in his word.

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 When your soul clings to the dust,

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 ask the Lord to disciple you

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 in his word.

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 Look at verse 25.

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 That's exactly what the psalmist cries out.

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 My soul clings to the dust.

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 Revive me according to your word.

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 I have declared my ways

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 and you answered me.

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 Teach me your statutes.

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 By the light of nature,

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 every one of us can clearly see

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 God's goodness, wisdom, and power.

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 So every one of us,

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 before this holy God,

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 is left without excuse.

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 We sit here knowing that

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 God is my creator.

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 He is holy and just,

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 and I owe him worship.

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 We know this.

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 Yet we also know that we fall

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 short of his glory,

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 don't we?

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 We don't glorify and enjoy God,

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 even though that's the end

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 for which he created us.

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 And so we know what dust is,

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 the way the psalmist uses it poetically.

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 God made us human beings

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 from the dust.

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 Dust we are,

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 and to dust our bodies

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 shall return.

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 So when he says,

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 my soul clings to the dust here,

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 dust stands for

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 the lust of our flesh,

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 this body that we're in

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 in this life,

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 our pride in this life,

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 worldliness.

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 That's the dust

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 that his soul is clinging on to.

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 We know what this is like,

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 don't we?

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 Ephesians 2, 3,

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 speaking to the church,

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 people like you and me,

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 reminds us that

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 we were all slaves to the dust.

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 By nature,

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 children of God's wrath.

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 We all once conducted ourselves

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 in the lust of our flesh,

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 fulfilling the desires of the flesh

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 and of our fallen minds.

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 He says,

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 my soul clings to the dust.

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 That verb,

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 to cling,

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 it's used and translated

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 in other parts as cleaves.

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 It sticks to it.

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 It's intimately joined together.

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 It's a bond

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 that's exceptionally tight.

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 It's like two objects

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 that are glued together,

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 unwavering,

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 deep affection for that thing.

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 Specifically in Genesis 2, 24,

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 it's the exact same word

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 used to describe

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 how a man will leave

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 his father and mother

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 and shall cling

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 or cleave to his wife

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 and the two will be one flesh.

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 And this is what

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 the psalmist is saying.

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 My soul clings

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 to the dust.

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 Put it in our own words,

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 it could be like this.

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 My body

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 will return to dust

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 when I die.

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 I know this.

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 But my inner man,

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 my soul,

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 still clings

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 for this perishing life.

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 My thoughts,

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 my desires,

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 my personality,

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 who I am inside,

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 it clings to this earth,

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 the dust from which

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 I was made.

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 And so what's the solution?

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 Look again at this verse.

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 He says,

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 revive me according

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 to your word.

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 I've declared my ways

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 to you.

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 I've confessed

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 this is who I am

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 and you answered me.

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 You spoke.

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 He says,

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 teach me

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 your statutes.

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 The solution

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 is the same for us

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 as for the psalmist.

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 because this is my condition,

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 because this is the

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 bent of my soul.

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 I need God himself

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 to disciple me.

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 Teach me

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 according to your word.

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 Look in verse 25.

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 He uses that

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 to describe the scriptures.

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 He calls it

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 the word of God.

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 This is one of seven terms,

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 one of seven titles

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 given to the scriptures.

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 The word of God

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 is the most broad.

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 It's the way

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 that God has revealed

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 or unveiled

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 and made known

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 what his promises are.

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 He says,

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 Lord,

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 I'm declaring this

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 to you about my ways.

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 My soul is crooked.

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 If left to myself,

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 my soul

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 will still actively

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 and persistently

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 choose dust

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 over glory.

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 If left to myself,

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 I will hold tightly

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 to this world

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 instead of

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 to the world to come.

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 If left to myself,

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 my affections

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 will grasp

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 tightly to this life

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 instead of the next.

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 My flesh is too powerful

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 for any other philosophy,

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 any other course of study,

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 any other teacher.

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 No other source of truth

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 in this world

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 is sufficient

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 to give me

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 the knowledge of God,

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 to know the will of God,

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 that it's necessary

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 for salvation,

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 that God reveal himself

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 to me.

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 And in his word,

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 he's given us

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 the full revelation

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 of how he can bring life

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 to a soul

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 that's twisted like that.

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 The psalmist

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 confesses,

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 Lord,

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 I need you to speak to me.

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 Answer me,

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 he says.

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 In verse 26,

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 teach me your statutes.

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 This is how God speaks to him

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 and answers his cry.

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 And it's the second term used,

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 statutes.

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 Statutes describe

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 God's binding,

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 permanent decrees.

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 Statutes are permanent

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 because the literal Hebrew word

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 is engraving something

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 in stone,

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 inscribing it

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 somewhere that won't get erased.

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 These are the statutes of God.

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 He says,

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 Lord,

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 your word is stable.

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 My soul is not stable.

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 I'm going to put myself

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 under your teaching,

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 your statutes over me.

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 And you discipline me,

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 you disciple me.

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 You correct my heart.

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 You be my teacher.

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 I'll be your student.

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 And your statutes

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 are my curriculum.

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 Revive me, Lord.

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 Put your life

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 inside my body.

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 My body,

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 my flesh,

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 it's like a bag of dust.

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 Breathe life into me,

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 enliven me

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 according to your word.

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 And he says

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 he trusts God to do this

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 because God has promised

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 this in his word.

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 And the psalmist

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 didn't have the full revelation

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 which we do now.

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 We can turn to 1 Peter 1.23

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 and be reminded

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 how we too

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 are born again

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 of incomparable,

00:14:08.959 --> 00:14:10.099
 incorruptible seed

00:14:10.099 --> 00:14:11.500
 through the word

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 of God

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 which lives

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 and abides

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 forever.

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 It's the same prayer

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 in the New Testament.

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 And this means this.

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 God is the one

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 who spoke

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 and creation

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 came to be.

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 And that same

00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:29.360
 word of God

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 that creates

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 life

00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:33.100
 is just as powerful

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:34.540
 to revive again

00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:35.080
 my soul

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 and to sustain

00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:38.040
 his life

00:14:38.040 --> 00:14:39.000
 inside of me.

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 So dear brothers

00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:41.780
 and sisters,

00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:43.540
 when your soul

00:14:43.540 --> 00:14:44.760
 is clinging

00:14:44.760 --> 00:14:45.680
 to the dust

00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:46.580
 and it will do

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 this again

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 as long as

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 we're in this life,

00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.540
 ask the Lord

00:14:50.540 --> 00:14:51.680
 to disciple you

00:14:51.680 --> 00:14:52.840
 according to

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 his word.

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 One more time.

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 And if you

00:14:56.680 --> 00:14:57.800
 feel spiritually

00:14:57.800 --> 00:14:58.639
 dead today

00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:00.340
 or at another

00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:00.920
 moment maybe

00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:01.780
 later this week,

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 through

00:15:03.780 --> 00:15:04.879
 his word

00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:05.780
 the Lord

00:15:05.780 --> 00:15:06.320
 promises

00:15:06.320 --> 00:15:07.300
 to revive you

00:15:07.300 --> 00:15:07.720
 again.

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 Oh how lovely

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 is the word

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 of our Lord.

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 The second

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 encouragement

00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:15.759
 is this.

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 When your soul

00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:18.319
 is depressed

00:15:18.319 --> 00:15:19.839
 meditate on

00:15:19.839 --> 00:15:20.459
 what the Lord

00:15:20.459 --> 00:15:21.519
 has done

00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.339
 in his word.

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 When your soul

00:15:23.740 --> 00:15:24.539
 is depressed

00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.719
 meditate

00:15:25.719 --> 00:15:26.879
 on what

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 the Lord

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 has done

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 in his word.

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 Look at verse 27.

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 Make me understand

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 the way

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:34.399
 of your precepts

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 so shall I

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 meditate

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.199
 on your

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 wonderful works.

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 My soul

00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.319
 melts

00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:40.720
 from heaviness.

00:15:41.819 --> 00:15:42.379
 Strengthen me

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 according

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 to your word.

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 When was the

00:15:46.399 --> 00:15:46.779
 last time

00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.360
 you experienced

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 this level

00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:50.000
 of depression?

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 I know that

00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:53.080
 for some of us

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 it was just

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 this past week.

00:15:55.879 --> 00:15:56.639
 Verse 28

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 he describes it

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 as the soul,

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 the inner man

00:15:59.779 --> 00:16:00.580
 melting

00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:02.299
 because of a

00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.200
 great heaviness.

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 can you imagine

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:08.500
 the weight

00:16:08.500 --> 00:16:09.120
 it would take

00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:10.080
 to collapse

00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:11.080
 your soul

00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.759
 down to that

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.100
 point

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.600
 of liquefying

00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:13.820
 it

00:16:13.820 --> 00:16:15.320
 and letting

00:16:15.320 --> 00:16:15.800
 it drip

00:16:15.800 --> 00:16:16.320
 out of your

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 body.

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 It's like

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.020
 he's saying

00:16:20.020 --> 00:16:20.460
 I don't know

00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:21.259
 how to describe

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:21.820
 it but

00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:22.620
 the heaviness

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.200
 upon me

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:24.200
 is so

00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:25.000
 unbearable.

00:16:25.900 --> 00:16:26.780
 My body

00:16:26.780 --> 00:16:27.560
 is like a

00:16:27.560 --> 00:16:27.860
 vessel

00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:28.320
 that's just

00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:29.280
 leaking out

00:16:29.280 --> 00:16:30.660
 my very soul.

00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:33.259
 what he says

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.899
 next in verse

00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.539
 27

00:16:34.539 --> 00:16:35.919
 make me

00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:37.000
 understand

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.899
 the way

00:16:37.899 --> 00:16:38.179
 of your

00:16:38.179 --> 00:16:39.319
 precepts.

00:16:40.219 --> 00:16:40.799
 God

00:16:40.799 --> 00:16:41.600
 I can't even

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.000
 understand

00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.459
 what's going

00:16:42.459 --> 00:16:42.939
 on inside

00:16:42.939 --> 00:16:43.319
 my own

00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:43.740
 soul

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.740
 and so

00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:45.199
 please

00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:46.379
 make me

00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.459
 understand

00:16:47.459 --> 00:16:48.419
 your

00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.259
 precepts.

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:49.980
 And here's

00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:50.379
 the third

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.100
 word he uses

00:16:51.100 --> 00:16:51.919
 in this

00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.279
 stanza

00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:53.379
 to describe

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:53.699
 the word

00:16:53.699 --> 00:16:54.039
 of God

00:16:54.039 --> 00:16:54.279
 it's

00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:54.659
 precepts.

00:16:54.659 --> 00:16:56.579
 Precepts

00:16:56.579 --> 00:16:56.959
 highlights

00:16:56.959 --> 00:16:57.759
 the detailed

00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.819
 specific

00:16:58.819 --> 00:16:59.580
 instructions

00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.039
 appointed

00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.759
 by God

00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:01.879
 to govern

00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.460
 his people.

00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.240
 And it's

00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:04.619
 something that

00:17:04.619 --> 00:17:04.940
 we won't

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.460
 understand

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:05.980
 naturally.

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.500
 We can't

00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:06.839
 just sit

00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.180
 there with

00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:07.480
 God's

00:17:07.480 --> 00:17:07.900
 word and

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:09.200
 completely

00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.940
 grasp it

00:17:09.940 --> 00:17:10.559
 on our

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 own.

00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:11.940
 It has

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.200
 to be

00:17:12.200 --> 00:17:12.579
 the Holy

00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.079
 Spirit

00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:14.400
 illuminating

00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:14.619
 it,

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.240
 teaching

00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:15.460
 it,

00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:15.879
 showing

00:17:15.879 --> 00:17:16.480
 through

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.059
 meditation

00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.660
 on God's

00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:17.940
 word

00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:19.160
 the details

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.640
 inside

00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:20.180
 his word

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:21.779
 that are

00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.420
 life-giving

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.259
 that are

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:23.720
 a blessing

00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.339
 for us.

00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.000
 He prays

00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.500
 so to

00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:27.759
 speak,

00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.880
 take my

00:17:28.880 --> 00:17:29.160
 thoughts

00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:29.700
 off of

00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.220
 myself

00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.339
 and put

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:31.920
 my thoughts

00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:32.700
 on your

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.440
 word instead.

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:34.960
 Lord,

00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:35.380
 I'm so

00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:35.839
 depressed

00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:36.259
 by my

00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.759
 own guilt,

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.920
 by what

00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.240
 I have

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.559
 done,

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:39.799
 so teach

00:17:39.799 --> 00:17:40.240
 me to

00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:40.619
 meditate

00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:41.339
 instead

00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.440
 on your

00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.299
 wonderful

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:44.160
 works.

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.420
 Strengthen

00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:46.559
 me,

00:17:46.660 --> 00:17:46.779
 Lord,

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.500
 as I

00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:47.900
 ponder

00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:48.579
 you,

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.240
 what you

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.799
 have done

00:17:50.799 --> 00:17:52.220
 as recorded

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.599
 in your

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 word.

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 Romans

00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:55.200
 15,

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:56.480
 4 tells

00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:56.640
 us,

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 this is

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.460
 why we

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:57.660
 have

00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:57.820
 the

00:17:57.820 --> 00:17:58.120
 Bible.

00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.060
 God's

00:17:59.060 --> 00:17:59.280
 word

00:17:59.280 --> 00:17:59.540
 was

00:17:59.540 --> 00:17:59.800
 written

00:17:59.800 --> 00:18:00.100
 for

00:18:00.100 --> 00:18:00.540
 our

00:18:00.540 --> 00:18:01.000
 learning

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:02.180
 that

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.380
 we

00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:02.720
 through

00:18:02.720 --> 00:18:03.280
 the

00:18:03.280 --> 00:18:03.780
 patience

00:18:03.780 --> 00:18:04.160
 and

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.580
 comfort

00:18:04.580 --> 00:18:04.860
 of

00:18:04.860 --> 00:18:05.080
 the

00:18:05.080 --> 00:18:05.520
 scriptures

00:18:05.520 --> 00:18:06.300
 might

00:18:06.300 --> 00:18:06.600
 have

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 hope.

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 Turn

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 to the

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:08.720
 scriptures

00:18:08.720 --> 00:18:09.160
 when we

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 need

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 hope,

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 when our

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 souls

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 are

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 depressed.

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 We

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 can

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 thank the

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 Lord

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 and the

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 language

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 of our

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 confession.

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 God,

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 you have

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 revealed

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 yourself

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 in writing.

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 By

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 your

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 word,

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 you

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 establish

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 and

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 comfort

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 the

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 church

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 with

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 greater

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 certainty

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 against

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 the

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 corruption

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 of the

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 flesh,

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 the

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 malice

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 of

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 Satan,

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 and the

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 worldliness

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 of the

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 world.

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 Because of

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 your

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 statutes,

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 we know

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 the

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 truth.

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 And this

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 authority

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 that God

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 gives us

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 through

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 his

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 word

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 does not

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 depend

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 on the

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 testimony

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 of any

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 person

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 or

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 church,

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 but on

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 God,

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 the

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 author

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 alone,

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 who is

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 truth

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 itself.

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 Your

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 word is

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 a perfect

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 treasure

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 of

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 heavenly

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 instruction.

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 It

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 has

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 God

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 for

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 its

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 author,

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 salvation

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 for

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 its

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 end,

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 and

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 truth

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 without

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 any

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 mixture

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 of

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 error

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 for

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 its

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 matter.

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 How

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 lovely

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 is

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 God.

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 So

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 brothers

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 and

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 sisters,

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 when your

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 soul

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 is

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 depressed,

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 meditate

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 on what

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 done

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 as

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 recorded

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 in

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 his

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 word.

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 If

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 you

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 feel

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 weak,

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 remember

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 how

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 through

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 his

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 word

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 the

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 Lord

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 promises

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 to

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 strengthen

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 you

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 and

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 me.

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 How

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 lovely

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 is

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 the

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 word

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 of

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 our

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 Lord.

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 The

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 third

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 encouragement

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 is

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 this,

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 when

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 your

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 deeds

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 accuse

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 you,

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 lay

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 before

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 you

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 what

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 decreed

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 in

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 his

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 word.

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 When

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 your

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 deeds

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:42.659
 accuse

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 You

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 lay

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 before

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 you

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 what

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 the

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 Lord

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.619
 has

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 decreed

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 in

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 his

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 word.

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 Look at

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 verse

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 29.

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 The

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 psalmist

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 prays,

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 remove

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 from

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 me

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 lying

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 and

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 grant

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 me

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 your

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 law

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 graciously.

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 30.

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 I

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 have

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 chosen

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 truth.

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 Your

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 judgments

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 I

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 have

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 laid

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 before

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 me.

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 In

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 these

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 verses,

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 the

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 psalmist

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 knows

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 the

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 temptation

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 to

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 lie,

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 to

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 sin.

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 He's

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 in need

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 of

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 grace.

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 He

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 sees

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 options

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 before

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 him.

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 He's

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 tempted

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 away

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 from

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 the

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 truth

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 and

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 the

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 Lord

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 persuades

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 him

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 on

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 the

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 way

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 of

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 truth.

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 And

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 he

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 says

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 in the

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 last

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 phrase

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 there,

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 your

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 judgments

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 I

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 have

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 laid

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.660
 before

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 me.

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 This

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 is how

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 God

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.460
 did

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 it.

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 So

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 he's

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 guilty.

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 He's

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 accused.

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 He's

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 wrestling

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.500
 with his

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 own

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 sin.

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 The

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 Bible

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 tells us

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 that the

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.700
 devil is

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 the

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 accuser

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.019
 of

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 God's

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 people.

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 Even

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 though

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 Christ

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 has

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 silenced

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 our

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 adversary

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 before

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 the

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 throne

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 of

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 God,

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 the

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 devil

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 gets

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.400
 no

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 audience

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.580
 in the

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 throne

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.039
 of

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 heaven

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 to

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 accuse

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 God's

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 people

00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:58.320
 any

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 longer.

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 But

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 the

00:20:59.740 --> 00:20:59.960
 devil

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.539
 still

00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:01.740
 accuses

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:01.980
 you

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.480
 and

00:21:02.480 --> 00:21:02.660
 me

00:21:02.660 --> 00:21:02.840
 to

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.340
 ourselves,

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 doesn't

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 he?

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.480
 The

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.700
 devil

00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.060
 lays

00:21:06.060 --> 00:21:06.259
 our

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:06.779
 recent

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.259
 and

00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.080
 past

00:21:08.080 --> 00:21:08.600
 sins

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:08.960
 before

00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.320
 us.

00:21:10.060 --> 00:21:10.279
 The

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.539
 devil

00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:11.000
 speaks

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.000
 condemning

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:12.460
 thoughts

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.720
 into

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:12.920
 our

00:21:12.920 --> 00:21:13.340
 ears.

00:21:13.840 --> 00:21:14.120
 The

00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:14.320
 devil

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:14.660
 tries

00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:14.920
 to

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.259
 burden

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.140
 God's

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.500
 people.

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:18.580
 with

00:21:18.580 --> 00:21:18.980
 guilt.

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.060
 And how

00:21:21.060 --> 00:21:21.340
 is it

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.600
 that the

00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:21.799
 Lord

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.360
 ministers

00:21:22.360 --> 00:21:22.940
 to us

00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.259
 in those

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.720
 moments?

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 Verse

00:21:25.820 --> 00:21:26.220
 29,

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:26.640
 he says,

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 remove

00:21:27.060 --> 00:21:28.060
 from me

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.420
 the way

00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:28.920
 of lying.

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.799
 Lord,

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.080
 I don't

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.400
 ask you

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:31.799
 to lower

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.039
 your

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.440
 standard

00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:32.660
 of

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.140
 righteousness.

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.640
 A

00:21:35.640 --> 00:21:35.820
 lie

00:21:35.820 --> 00:21:36.100
 is a

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.320
 lie.

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.460
 And I

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.240
 have a

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.620
 bent

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:38.960
 toward

00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.200
 being

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:39.799
 deceitful.

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 But he

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 says next,

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 grant me

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 your law

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 graciously.

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 Your law

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 is good,

00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:48.880
 but I

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.279
 can only

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.960
 receive

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.799
 from you

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 the grace

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:52.920
 that the

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.759
 law exposes

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 my great

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 need of.

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 And here

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 he uses a

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 fourth term

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 for the

00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:58.120
 word of

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 God,

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 law.

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 The

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 Hebrew word

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 is Torah.

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 The first

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.420
 five books

00:22:03.420 --> 00:22:03.660
 of the

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.100
 Bible and

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:05.039
 also the

00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.299
 law.

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 So it's

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 the law

00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:07.680
 of God.

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 It can

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 mean teaching

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.220
 or direction,

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 instruction.

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 It's

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 revelation

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 that

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 steers

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 the

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.200
 believer

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 away

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 from the

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:16.039
 path

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 of

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 deceit

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 that

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 leads

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 to

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 destruction.

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 He

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.619
 says your

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 judgments

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 I have

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 laid

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.720
 before me.

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 And there's

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 the next

00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.099
 term,

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 the fifth

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 one,

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:25.980
 judgments,

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 the judgments

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 of God.

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 Another

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 English

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 translation

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 would be

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 rules or

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 ordinances.

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 These are

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 God's

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 legal

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 declarations

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 about what

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 is right,

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 true,

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 and good.

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 2 Timothy

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 3.15

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 says help

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 me to

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 know the

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 holy

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.740
 scriptures

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.219
 which are

00:22:45.219 --> 00:22:46.319
 able to

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.740
 make you

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 wise for

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.899
 salvation

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:49.299
 through faith

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 in Jesus

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:50.699
 Christ.

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 And so

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.399
 what he

00:22:52.399 --> 00:22:52.779
 does,

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 the psalmist

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 crying out in

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 his sin is

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 to say Lord

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 your judgments

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 what you have

00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.679
 said is right

00:22:58.679 --> 00:22:59.159
 and wrong,

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 I lay it all

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 before me.

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 I don't

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 dodge your

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 law,

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.439
 I don't

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 try to

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.359
 bend it or

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.639
 find a way

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.000
 to work

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.599
 around it.

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 It's all

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:06.939
 laid before

00:23:06.939 --> 00:23:07.199
 me.

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.179
 And now

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.500
 you need

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.000
 to minister

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.519
 your law

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:09.839
 to me

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.099
 in a

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.399
 gracious

00:23:10.399 --> 00:23:10.859
 way.

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 And so

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 what God

00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.679
 does is

00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:14.379
 he gospels

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.879
 him through

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.119
 it.

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 And that's

00:23:16.479 --> 00:23:16.719
 what the

00:23:16.719 --> 00:23:17.219
 Lord loves

00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:17.559
 to do,

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 it's to

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.559
 gospel you

00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:19.000
 and me

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.079
 out of

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.559
 our guilt

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.799
 time and

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.619
 time again.

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:24.259
 We can

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.819
 rehearse this

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.479
 together this

00:23:25.479 --> 00:23:25.699
 way.

00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:26.799
 We can

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.219
 pray like

00:23:27.219 --> 00:23:27.740
 the psalmist

00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.099
 Lord,

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.919
 I know

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.299
 you are

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.479
 holy and

00:23:30.479 --> 00:23:30.939
 just.

00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:32.119
 I know

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.659
 your law

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.219
 is good.

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.039
 Lord,

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.500
 I'm a

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.899
 sinful

00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.599
 law

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:37.059
 breaker.

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.220
 I lay

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.579
 all your

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:38.960
 judgments

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.659
 before me

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.619
 and that's

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:40.899
 what it

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.319
 makes me.

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.000
 I confess

00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.480
 my heart

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.319
 is deceitful,

00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.279
 my lips

00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.799
 have lied,

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:47.059
 and I've

00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.679
 rejected the

00:23:47.679 --> 00:23:47.980
 way of

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.319
 truth.

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 But I

00:23:49.659 --> 00:23:50.139
 know from

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.659
 your word

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.579
 that I

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.500
 deserve a

00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:52.859
 capital

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.399
 punishment

00:23:53.399 --> 00:23:53.839
 for my

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.379
 sin against

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.639
 you.

00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.519
 When I

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.940
 sin against

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.099
 you,

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.679
 I'm acting

00:23:57.679 --> 00:23:58.720
 as if I'm

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.000
 God.

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.599
 But yet,

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:00.819
 Lord,

00:24:00.879 --> 00:24:01.139
 in your

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.740
 same word,

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.559
 you show

00:24:02.559 --> 00:24:03.179
 that you are

00:24:03.179 --> 00:24:03.879
 gracious to

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.039
 me.

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.319
 you bound

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:06.379
 yourself to

00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:06.799
 a wretched

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.460
 sinner like

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.299
 me by

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.879
 your covenant

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.700
 of grace.

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.839
 You've

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.399
 ministered your

00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.299
 law graciously

00:24:13.299 --> 00:24:13.839
 to me.

00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.139
 And it's

00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.500
 by the

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.940
 blood of

00:24:15.940 --> 00:24:16.460
 the only

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.059
 substitute

00:24:17.059 --> 00:24:17.960
 that you

00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:18.680
 could rightfully

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.220
 accept.

00:24:19.859 --> 00:24:20.619
 That's the

00:24:20.619 --> 00:24:21.279
 life and

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.779
 the death

00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.319
 of Jesus

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.839
 Christ.

00:24:24.119 --> 00:24:24.599
 He's the

00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:24.960
 one who

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.500
 chose the

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.859
 way of

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.859
 truth when

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.440
 I failed.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.039
 Your

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.480
 judgment

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.000
 that I

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.519
 must pay,

00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.599
 you took

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:32.319
 upon yourself

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.919
 instead,

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.079
 upon our

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.460
 Savior,

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:35.859
 the Lord

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.220
 Jesus.

00:24:37.419 --> 00:24:38.079
 We know

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.500
 by your

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.879
 word,

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.779
 your decree

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.399
 to save

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:40.839
 a people

00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:42.000
 for yourself.

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.939
 We know

00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:43.319
 by your

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.539
 word,

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.039
 your decree

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.919
 to love

00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.500
 us in

00:24:45.500 --> 00:24:46.500
 Christ while

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.839
 we were

00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.399
 still your

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:47.819
 enemies.

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.519
 We know

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.919
 by your

00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.259
 word,

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.159
 your decree

00:24:51.159 --> 00:24:51.720
 before the

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.179
 foundation

00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:52.939
 of the

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.740
 world to

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.480
 redeem us

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:55.399
 in Christ.

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:56.879
 We know

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.220
 by your

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:57.480
 word,

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.000
 your decree

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.839
 to be

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.460
 our God

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.119
 and to

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.679
 have us

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:01.599
 be your

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.000
 people.

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.059
 forevermore.

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.519
 We know

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.339
 this by

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.899
 your word

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:07.720
 and I've

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.779
 laid all

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.039
 of your

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.460
 word in

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.919
 front of

00:25:09.919 --> 00:25:12.000
 me to

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.619
 receive your

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.079
 grace one

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.559
 more time.

00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.359
 We can

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.799
 thank the

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.200
 Lord for

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.659
 his lovely

00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.079
 word.

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.740
 His holy

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.379
 scriptures are

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:21.759
 the only

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.439
 sufficient,

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:23.819
 certain,

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.559
 and infallible

00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:27.500
 standard of

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.220
 all saving

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.720
 knowledge,

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.200
 faith,

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.960
 and obedience.

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.160
 obedience.

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.500
 We praise

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.960
 God through

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.340
 the Holy

00:25:34.340 --> 00:25:34.779
 Spirit.

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.720
 It's his

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.299
 spirit who

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.680
 makes us

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.779
 to see the

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:39.160
 heavenliness of

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.880
 the contents

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.620
 of the

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:40.940
 Bible,

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.960
 the power

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.460
 of the

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:42.980
 system of

00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.299
 truth,

00:25:43.799 --> 00:25:44.420
 the majesty

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.819
 of the

00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.240
 style,

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.180
 the harmony

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:46.860
 of all the

00:25:46.860 --> 00:25:47.220
 parts,

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.079
 and the

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.960
 central focus

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.860
 on giving

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:51.120
 all glory

00:25:51.120 --> 00:25:51.700
 to God

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.559
 in Jesus

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.779
 Christ by

00:25:53.779 --> 00:25:54.340
 his word.

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:56.019
 So,

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.559
 brothers and

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:56.839
 sisters,

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.359
 when your

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.859
 deeds accuse

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.199
 you,

00:26:00.819 --> 00:26:01.480
 lay before

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.379
 you what

00:26:02.379 --> 00:26:02.819
 the Lord

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:04.099
 has decreed

00:26:04.099 --> 00:26:05.199
 in his

00:26:05.199 --> 00:26:05.539
 word.

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.179
 When you

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.919
 feel sinful

00:26:07.919 --> 00:26:08.879
 before the

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:09.480
 holy God,

00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.379
 remember that

00:26:11.379 --> 00:26:12.019
 through his

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.379
 word,

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:13.339
 the Lord

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.339
 removes you

00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:15.039
 from the

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.659
 way of sin.

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.139
 He reminds

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.500
 you you're

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.379
 covered in

00:26:18.379 --> 00:26:18.779
 Christ's

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.259
 righteousness.

00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.559
 And we have

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.240
 certainty of

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.579
 this because

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.539
 it comes from

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.059
 the very

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.259
 word of God.

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.799
 himself.

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.519
 Oh,

00:26:25.579 --> 00:26:26.119
 how lovely

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.039
 is the

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.939
 word of

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.399
 our Lord.

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.240
 Or the

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.740
 fourth and

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.480
 final encouragement

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.119
 for today

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.500
 is this.

00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:33.839
 When you

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.899
 cling to

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.279
 what the

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.679
 Lord has

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.319
 declared in

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.819
 his word,

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.939
 he shall

00:26:37.939 --> 00:26:38.859
 direct

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:40.000
 your desires.

00:26:40.919 --> 00:26:41.500
 When you

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.799
 and I

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.879
 cling to

00:26:42.879 --> 00:26:43.240
 what the

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.659
 Lord has

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.579
 declared in

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.059
 his word,

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:46.220
 he shall

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.119
 direct

00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:48.299
 our desires.

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.259
 Look at

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.859
 verse 31.

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.019
 He says,

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.720
 I cling

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.500
 to your

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.179
 testimonies,

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.600
 O Lord.

00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.560
 Do not

00:26:55.560 --> 00:26:55.980
 put me

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:56.519
 to shame.

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.860
 I will

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.240
 run the

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.840
 course of

00:26:58.840 --> 00:26:59.000
 your

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.539
 commandments,

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.720
 for you

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.060
 shall

00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.840
 enlarge

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.360
 my

00:27:02.360 --> 00:27:02.680
 heart.

00:27:05.080 --> 00:27:05.560
 You

00:27:05.560 --> 00:27:06.039
 notice this

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.560
 beautiful

00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.860
 full circle.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.600
 It's a

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:09.880
 great

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.940
 redirection

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.320
 of the

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:11.799
 psalmist's

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:13.019
 soul from

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.320
 where he

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:13.880
 started in

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.400
 this stanza

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.240
 and where

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.700
 he is now

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.000
 at the

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.299
 end of

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.420
 it,

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:16.660
 isn't

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:16.820
 it?

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.900
 At the

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.360
 beginning of

00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:19.920
 this stanza,

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.580
 when he

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.160
 started this

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.460
 prayer,

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.420
 you remember

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.880
 what his

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.539
 soul clung

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.820
 to?

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.720
 You can

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.160
 say it,

00:27:27.060 --> 00:27:27.519
 it clung

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:27.820
 to the

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.200
 dust.

00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.360
 In

00:27:29.360 --> 00:27:30.000
 verse 25,

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.580
 but now

00:27:30.580 --> 00:27:30.920
 look at

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.560
 what the

00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:32.100
 soul clings

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.300
 to,

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.640
 it's the

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.259
 same word,

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:35.420
 the same

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:36.180
 verb in

00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.800
 verse 31,

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:37.620
 I now

00:27:37.620 --> 00:27:38.920
 cling to

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.340
 your

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.600
 testimonies.

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:42.140
 Here's our

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.800
 sixth term

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.460
 for the

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:43.779
 word of

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.080
 God,

00:27:44.840 --> 00:27:45.560
 testimonies.

00:27:46.560 --> 00:27:46.940
 These are

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.360
 God's

00:27:47.360 --> 00:27:48.000
 solemn

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.120
 witnesses

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.300
!

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.119
 about

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.440
 his

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.779
 own

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.279
 character

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.079
 and

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.319
 his

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.720
 covenant.

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.139
 It's

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.319
 so

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.779
 glorious,

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.159
 it's

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.379
 so

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.139
 otherworldly

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.859
 that no

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.480
 human mind

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:58.339
 could conceive

00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.159
 of a

00:27:59.159 --> 00:27:59.940
 creator

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.399
 God,

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.440
 and that

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.119
 this God

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.059
 would covenant

00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:04.240
 himself to

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.700
 a people.

00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.159
 It's God

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:07.639
 self-testifying,

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.359
 it's the

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.180
 testimonies of

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.919
 who God

00:28:10.919 --> 00:28:11.299
 is,

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.779
 preserved for

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.220
 us in

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.599
 writing,

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:14.700
 so that we

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:14.980
 can have

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.519
 certainty

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.759
 and believe.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:18.519
 it's like

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.019
 the psalmist

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.279
 says,

00:28:19.379 --> 00:28:19.559
 I've

00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:19.980
 tasted

00:28:19.980 --> 00:28:21.240
 now by

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.539
 the end

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:21.799
 of the

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.220
 stanza

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.079
 in your

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.579
 word that

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.480
 you are

00:28:24.480 --> 00:28:25.279
 God.

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.180
 I've

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.779
 experienced

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.259
 through your

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:28.480
 word that

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.779
 you are

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.279
 good,

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.700
 and now

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:32.200
 I'm stuck,

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:33.359
 I cling

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.500
 to Christ

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.259
 through the

00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:35.799
 ministry of

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.180
 the word.

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.799
 I cling

00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:38.160
 now to

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.339
 your

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.119
 testimonies.

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.180
 Lord,

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.519
 you have

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.140
 knit my

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.700
 soul

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:43.180
 intimately

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.039
 together with

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.539
 Christ,

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.619
 your living

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.059
 word.

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.799
 I'm glued

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.379
 to your

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:48.660
 word.

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.059
 I have a

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.920
 deep affection

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.299
 for you,

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:52.720
 oh Lord,

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.599
 through your

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.980
 word,

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.660
 your

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.420
 testimonies.

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.559
 The quality

00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:57.900
 of your

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.779
 word is

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.420
 incomparable.

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.700
 It's

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.140
 lovely.

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.079
 The

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.779
 perfections

00:29:02.779 --> 00:29:03.079
 of your

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.900
 word are

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.519
 matchless.

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.059
 Lord,

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.619
 I'm trusting

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:07.539
 your testimonies,

00:29:07.879 --> 00:29:08.500
 your promises,

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.779
 your word.

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:10.940
 I trust,

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.160
 I receive,

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.400
 I rest in

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:13.859
 your word.

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:13.979
 Lord,

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:16.419
 by your

00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.639
 help,

00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:17.059
 I'm not

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.939
 hedging my

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:18.519
 bets anymore.

00:29:19.679 --> 00:29:20.599
 I'm throwing

00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.359
 myself on what

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.000
 you've promised

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.679
 with abandon.

00:29:23.959 --> 00:29:24.719
 That's what he

00:29:24.719 --> 00:29:24.939
 says,

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.579
 let me not

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.699
 be put to

00:29:26.699 --> 00:29:27.059
 shame,

00:29:27.219 --> 00:29:27.359
 Lord.

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.419
 Prove

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:28.779
 yourself

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.159
 true.

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.619
 Don't

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.359
 stop being

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:32.259
 faithful now,

00:29:32.719 --> 00:29:32.959
 Lord.

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.439
 I need

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:35.179
 your steadfast

00:29:35.179 --> 00:29:36.559
 love again

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:36.899
 now.

00:29:37.459 --> 00:29:38.179
 I need

00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:38.759
 your covenant

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.719
 faithfulness

00:29:39.719 --> 00:29:40.539
 again.

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.619
 run.

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:43.019
 And I

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.460
 love verse

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.940
 32.

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.299
 He says,

00:29:44.399 --> 00:29:45.039
 I will run

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.980
 the course

00:29:45.980 --> 00:29:46.299
 of your

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.779
 commandments.

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.059
 Here's the

00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.599
 seventh and

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.659
 final term

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.039
 for the

00:29:50.039 --> 00:29:50.359
 word of

00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.639
 God.

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:51.779
 Commandments.

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.680
 Commandments

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:55.200
 are God's

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:56.019
 authoritative

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.559
 orders.

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:57.859
 It's what a

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:59.639
 king pronounces

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.279
 over his

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.599
 kingdom.

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.240
 They provide

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.799
 a clear,

00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.299
 defined path

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.259
 for how the

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:06.379
 citizens of

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:06.839
 the kingdom

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.839
 are to

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.200
 live.

00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.279
 And he's

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.480
 saying,

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:10.920
 Lord,

00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.259
 prove

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.700
 yourself

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.700
 once more

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.099
 like you

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.659
 always do.

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.480
 And notice

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.799
 how he's

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.339
 asking it

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:18.059
 in prayer

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.519
 form.

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.339
 Verse 32.

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.480
 I will

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.539
 run the

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.920
 course of

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.059
 your

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.480
 commandments,

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.099
 but he

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.559
 hasn't run

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:23.879
 yet.

00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:24.920
 And he

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.119
 says,

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.599
 for you

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.299
 shall

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.819
 enlarge

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.259
 my heart.

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:27.899
 God

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.259
 hasn't

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.659
 enlarged

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.019
 his heart

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.359
 yet.

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.500
 He's

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.720
 praying

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:31.119
 this with

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.399
 hope,

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.099
 trusting

00:30:32.099 --> 00:30:32.740
 the promises,

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.740
 trusting

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.139
 what the

00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:34.539
 king has

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:34.839
 said.

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:38.000
 It's

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.440
 still in

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:38.659
 prayer

00:30:38.659 --> 00:30:39.139
 form,

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.220
 but it's

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.860
 prayed as

00:30:40.860 --> 00:30:41.380
 a believer

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:42.339
 who has

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.640
 known God's

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.660
 tender mercies

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.500
 and who

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.960
 needs them

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.339
 again.

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.980
 It's a

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.480
 believer who

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.600
 knows that

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.319
 God's mercies

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.900
 are new

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.940
 every morning.

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.319
 How do we

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.799
 know this?

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.660
 From his

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:53.980
 word.

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.240
 He said so.

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.299
 It's like he's

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.480
 saying,

00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.100
 Lord, I know

00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:58.759
 you will do

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.480
 this again

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.860
 because you

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:02.360
 are faithful.

00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.799
 You promise

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.519
 yourself to

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.000
 your people

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.960
 again and

00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.400
 again in

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:06.799
 your word.

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:08.099
 I love

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.399
 how we

00:31:08.399 --> 00:31:08.859
 sing this

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:09.200
 when we

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.519
 hide it

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.720
 in our

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.079
 hearts.

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.379
 Lamentations

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:12.819
 3, 22

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.539
 and 23.

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:14.980
 The word

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.419
 of God.

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.220
 The steadfast

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.240
 love of

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.779
 the Lord

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:20.559
 never fails.

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:22.000
 His mercies

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.460
 never come

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.180
 to an end.

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.599
 They are new

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:26.220
 every morning.

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.500
 Great is

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.539
 thy faithfulness,

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.579
 O Lord.

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:29.659
 Lord.

00:31:31.439 --> 00:31:31.740
 And then

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.259
 he says,

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:33.919
 I shall

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.960
 run for

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.639
 you shall

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.439
 enlarge

00:31:36.439 --> 00:31:37.460
 my heart.

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:40.220
 Our legs

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.000
 run toward

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.639
 whatever our

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:43.119
 hearts consider

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.639
 lovely,

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.179
 don't they?

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:46.259
 That's what

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.819
 we move

00:31:46.819 --> 00:31:47.139
 toward.

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.759
 We move

00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.799
 closer to

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.379
 something we

00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.740
 love.

00:31:51.879 --> 00:31:52.759
 We come to

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.299
 love something

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.659
 when we

00:31:53.659 --> 00:31:54.240
 behold it

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.899
 as lovely.

00:31:56.419 --> 00:31:57.220
 And it's

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.859
 true that

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.599
 the more we

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.220
 love something,

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.460
 in general,

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.240
 despite our

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:01.839
 own weakness,

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:02.960
 the faster

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:03.579
 we will move

00:32:03.579 --> 00:32:03.939
 to that

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.220
 thing.

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.819
 Our hearts

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.379
 are small,

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.839
 so that's

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.379
 our problem.

00:32:09.439 --> 00:32:09.839
 We don't

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.319
 have great

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.559
 capacity to

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.740
 behold how

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.519
 lovely God

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:13.859
 is.

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.439
 And so,

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.240
 first the

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.619
 Lord has

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:18.019
 to enlargen

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.939
 the heart.

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.259
 He has

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.559
 to make

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.019
 our hearts

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:22.199
 capable of

00:32:22.199 --> 00:32:22.819
 great love.

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.099
 The wonderful

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.539
 word in

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.159
 English for

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:27.139
 a great

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.439
 heart,

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.159
 an enlarged

00:32:28.159 --> 00:32:28.460
 heart,

00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:29.079
 is

00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:30.119
 magnanimity,

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.799
 magnanimous.

00:32:32.139 --> 00:32:32.619
 It means

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.539
 big-hearted.

00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:35.679
 That's what

00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.059
 the Spirit

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:37.299
 does to

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.699
 Christians.

00:32:37.899 --> 00:32:38.759
 He expands

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.119
 our capacity

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.919
 for love,

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.699
 and he

00:32:42.699 --> 00:32:43.359
 fills us

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:44.139
 with more

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.220
 love for

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.579
 God,

00:32:46.159 --> 00:32:47.019
 because God

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:48.279
 first loved

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.659
 us.

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.659
 So for you

00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.039
 and I,

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.579
 who in our

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.980
 flesh,

00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:52.919
 we feel

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.599
 unloving,

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:54.919
 remember that

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.439
 through his

00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:55.679
 word,

00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:56.259
 the Lord

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.480
 promises to

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.259
 enlarge

00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.180
 our hearts.

00:33:00.539 --> 00:33:01.240
 We can

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.680
 be fully

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.519
 persuaded and

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:02.940
 assured,

00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.799
 like the

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.340
 psalmist of

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.320
 the infallible

00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:06.799
 truth and

00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.420
 the divine

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:08.160
 authority of

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:08.660
 the scriptures.

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:09.960
 And these

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.680
 come from the

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.600
 internal work of

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.120
 the Spirit,

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.080
 who bears

00:33:13.080 --> 00:33:14.519
 witness by and

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.380
 with the

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.340
 word in our

00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:16.740
 hearts.

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.640
 Much more

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.700
 powerful than

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.060
 our own

00:33:20.060 --> 00:33:20.460
 flesh.

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.620
 So when you

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.060
 and I

00:33:22.059 --> 00:33:24.200
 are tempted

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.960
 to cling to

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:25.379
 the dust

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.740
 one more

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.059
 time,

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.759
 we trust

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.139
 the word

00:33:28.139 --> 00:33:28.579
 of God,

00:33:28.679 --> 00:33:29.240
 the promises

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.700
 of God,

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.000
 and the

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.819
 power of

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.220
 the Spirit

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.819
 to apply

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.179
 the word

00:33:32.179 --> 00:33:32.599
 of God,

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.519
 to cause

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.859
 our hearts

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:35.000
 instead to

00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.579
 cling to

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.220
 what God

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:37.240
 has declared

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.659
 in his

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:38.019
 word,

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.099
 trusting he

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.419
 will,

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.859
 by his

00:33:39.859 --> 00:33:40.240
 power,

00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.659
 direct our

00:33:41.659 --> 00:33:42.919
 desires back

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.460
 toward him.

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.740
 Oh,

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.279
 how lovely

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:46.319
 is the

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:47.279
 word of

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:47.740
 our Lord.

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.059
 Let's pray

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.460
 and thank

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:49.639
 him.

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:51.519
 Oh,

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.839
 Father,

00:33:52.059 --> 00:34:01.440
 it's so

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.179
 marvelous to

00:34:02.179 --> 00:34:02.579
 think of

00:34:02.579 --> 00:34:04.099
 how you

00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.359
 even

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.919
 communicate

00:34:04.919 --> 00:34:05.460
 with us,

00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:05.679
 Lord,

00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:06.319
 our creator,

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.219
 and how

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.559
 you have

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.579
 acted in

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.360
 human history

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:12.139
 every single

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.820
 generation,

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:14.440
 how you've

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.360
 revealed yourself

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:16.279
 and you've

00:34:16.279 --> 00:34:17.079
 testified of

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.019
 who you are

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.500
 in your

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:18.860
 word.

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.259
 We thank

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.579
 you for

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.239
 this treasure,

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.579
 Lord,

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:23.019
 and how

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.559
 through the

00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:23.880
 scriptures,

00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.299
 by the

00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:24.619
 work of

00:34:24.619 --> 00:34:25.119
 the spirit,

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.119
 you draw

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.480
 us to

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.940
 yourself.

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:29.059
 You magnify

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.699
 your glory

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.119
 to us.

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.539
 You cause

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.259
 us to

00:34:31.259 --> 00:34:31.980
 behold your

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.639
 loveliness.

00:34:33.380 --> 00:34:33.739
 And your

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.360
 spirit then

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.059
 applies this

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:35.699
 powerfully,

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:37.000
 pulling our

00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:38.440
 hearts closer

00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:38.900
 and closer

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.579
 to Christ.

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.619
 Lord,

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:42.099
 we praise

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.400
 you that

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:43.960
 Jesus ran

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:46.319
 perfectly the

00:34:46.319 --> 00:34:46.960
 course of your

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.440
 commandments.

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.619
 needs.

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.500
 Thank you

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:51.099
 that you

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.460
 give us

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.019
 a desire,

00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:52.360
 Lord,

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.019
 to be

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.579
 closer to

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.800
 you,

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.119
 to walk

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.639
 as a

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.320
 disciple of

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.619
 Jesus.

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.139
 We thank

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.519
 you for

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.059
 our Lord

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.740
 Jesus who

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:01.059
 turns to

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.420
 us and

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.800
 says,

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.519
 simply,

00:35:03.240 --> 00:35:03.940
 follow me.

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.380
 May you be

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.019
 glorified in

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.539
 our lives,

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.500
 in the life

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.800
 of this

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.059
 church,

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.500
 we pray,

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.599
 for Christ's

00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:10.059
 sake alone.

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:10.920
 Amen.

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.079
 Amen.

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.119
 Amen.

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.119


00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.119


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00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.119


00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.119


00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.119


00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.119


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00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:13.119
 Amen.

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.119


00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.119


00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.119


00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.119


00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:15.119
 Amen.