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 Go ahead and take your copy of God's Word and open up to Psalm 34.

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 Psalm chapter 34.

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 My daughter, we think, has been teething lately, and so you can imagine how my nights have been.

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! So I had way more coffee than I should have, so if I start shaking uncontrollably, it's not the Spirit or, you know, anything like that.

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 It's just a lot of caffeine.

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 So, but yeah, we'll be looking at Psalm 34 this morning.

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 And, you know, I feel like since we're doing kind of random psalms this summer, every week started off with like an apologetic, like, why I picked this psalm.

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 I picked this one because it relates heavily to the Sermon on the Mount, so you know I was going to take that opportunity, because if you know me, I'll take any excuse to bring that up.

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 But then as I finished prep today, or yesterday, sorry, as I finished prep, I realized I never actually got to it.

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 I didn't have time, so I was really sad and disappointed.

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 So I say that on the front end to encourage you this week, if you have time, to read this side-by-side with the Beatitudes, Matthew 5, verses 3 through 12.

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 And I trust that that will be a great benefit to you.

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 But our text today is Psalm 34.

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 This is a psalm that David wrote after his incident before Achish, the king of Gath.

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 And you'll notice our psalm says, in the superscript, it says,

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 After David changed before Abimelech.

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 Okay, but Abimelech is not a name.

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 It is a title.

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 His name was Achish.

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 And if you're familiar with this story, you'll recall from 1 Samuel, chapter 21, verses 10 through 15, that David was fleeing King Saul for his life.

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 And in his evasion of Saul, he went into pagan territory, the homeland of Goliath, in fact, the giant that he had killed.

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 And he went to Gath.

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 And the residents of Gath recognized David and essentially said to themselves,

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 Isn't this that guy that killed a bunch of our buddies?

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 Isn't this why card night has been poorly attended?

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 It's a lot of empty chairs.

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 And David, recognizing that they were likely preparing to take vengeance to kill him,

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 he begins to act as though he were crazier, loonier, insane to save himself.

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 Right?

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 And he did this to the point of letting spit run down his beard,

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 which was a powerfully shameful image in the ancient world.

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 And so why did he do this?

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 Again, to preserve himself.

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 He was hoping that, oh, they'll see I'm crazy, take pity on me, and not even take the time to kill me,

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 because I'm just this crazy guy.

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 And so it was.

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 David was able to leave Gath with his life at the expense of great personal shame.

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 But Psalm 34 records his thoughts after this event.

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 Our psalm today is a reflection, then, of what was spurned in his mind by that event.

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 And it leads him to worship the Lord, to testify concerning the Lord,

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 and to instruct others for things pertaining to life and godliness.

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 So our outline is simple, just a three-step outline.

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 Number one, David's testimony.

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 Number two, David's teaching.

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 And number three, David's conclusion.

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 So number one, David's testimony, verses 1 through 10.

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 We'll begin reading in verse 1.

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 David writes,

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 So it's remarkable that David begins his psalm with praise.

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 So contextually, remember, he's on the run from Saul, who wants to kill him.

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 He narrowly escapes the Philistines by pretending to be crazy.

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 And they, too, wanted to kill him.

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 He's surrounded by his followers out in the wilderness,

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 nowhere to safely lay his head and nowhere to safely worship the Lord,

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 without the constant threat of death.

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 And yet, here he is, worshiping the Lord.

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 Verse 1,

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 I will bless the Lord at all times.

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 This praise is continually in his mouth.

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 And that should be convicting to us all.

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 I think of the times you've neglected Bible reading, neglected prayer, neglected fasting,

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 neglected singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs because of whatever,

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 behind on work, family obligations.

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 I'm tired.

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 I don't feel like it.

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 We've all used those excuses before.

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 And here is David, who probably had the best excuse, right?

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 Lord, sorry, a bunch of people are trying to kill me.

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 Don't have time to talk to you right now.

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 Yet, he is worshiping the Lord.

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 So this, for me, and I trust for all of us,

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 was warrant to stop pretending as though our lives are so busy,

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 as if our lives are so chaotic that we can't find time each day

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 to worship the Lord through the means he has intended.

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 And so I would encourage any of you who are limping spiritually right now

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 to go before the Lord in prayer,

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 to go before him and confess your sin

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 and make a game plan to return to the restful work of worshiping the Lord.

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 It is good for us to be humbly worshiping him

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 and boasting of him and him alone.

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 And in verse 3, don't miss the fact

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 that David is worshiping the Lord in community.

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 He's talking to somebody.

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 He's talking to his guys,

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 the guys with him out in the wilderness.

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 He says, magnify the Lord with me.

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 Let us exalt his name together.

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 So these men who chose God's chosen,

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 these men who have sided with David over Saul.

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 This is the faith community, right?

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 This is, dare I say, the church, right?

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 This is the faith community in the Old Testament gathered around David,

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 worshiping the Lord, being persecuted by the falsely religious Saul.

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 And David invites them all to worship the Lord,

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 and he's about to give testimony to God's goodness.

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 So I would extend the same invitation to us all this morning,

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 that as we read, as we meditate, as we think on God's word,

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 we would worship the Lord and reflect upon his goodness to David together,

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 recognizing that God's care for David and his band

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 is paradigmatic for how he cares for us today.

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 So looking at verse 4,

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 we'll see David's testimonial of God's salvation and deliverance begin.

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 He writes in verse 4,

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 So why does David praise God?

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 Because David has been delivered from all his fears.

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 I don't know what all of his fears were exactly,

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 but we can have a good idea, right?

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 I get a good sense that he's probably afraid of Saul.

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 He's probably afraid of Philistines.

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 Death is probably on his mind constantly.

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 He probably feared starving on the run, right?

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 You can read stories of him taking bread from the priests.

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 He left even without his weapons.

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 So I'd imagine he's pretty fearful of these things.

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 He's probably fearful of failure, right?

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 All these men who've chosen to side with him out in the wilderness,

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 their lives, their family lives, all at stake.

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 And the amount of pressure and the fear

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 that often accompanies such pressure for someone like David

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 is unimaginable.

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 Unimaginable.

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 David testifies that those who look to God

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 shall never be ashamed in verse 5.

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 And the language of this verse is reminiscence of Moses,

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 whose face changed in the presence of God in Exodus 34,

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 verses 29 through 35.

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 If you recall, Moses came down from Mount Sinai,

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 and when he came down, his face was radiant,

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 and all of Israel was afraid of him

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 because of how radiant his face was.

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 It changed every time he met with God.

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 And likewise, we have the benefit of the New Testament,

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 which gives us a portrait of the greater Moses,

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 our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Matthew 17 records Jesus' transfiguration

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 before the disciples, the inner circle.

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 And Jesus' face shone, is the words.

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 His face shone like the sun,

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 and his clothes became white as light.

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 So Moses, his face was merely radiant,

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 a reflection.

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 It radiated the light of God.

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 But here, Jesus, the light just came out from him,

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 because he is God.

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 So that greater description of Christ,

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 clothes, in fact, lit up white.

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 And David's testimony in verse 5,

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 that all who look to God are radiant,

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 and their faces shall never be ashamed,

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 is language used throughout the Bible

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 to describe those who draw near to God.

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 Language used to describe those who put their trust in God.

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 They are looking to him and him alone for deliverance,

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 and he will deliver.

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 They will not be ashamed.

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 And so David's confidence is so strong,

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 despite the circumstances.

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 He says repeatedly and emphatically

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 that God saves those who look to him,

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 the righteous, the humble,

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 the brokenhearted,

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 as we shall see.

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 And David's confidence is strong

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 because it is in the Lord and not himself.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 David says of himself,

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 This poor man cried,

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 and the Lord heard him

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 and saved him out of all his troubles.

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 This poor man cried.

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 And again, the emphasis of it being

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 all of David's troubles that he is saved from.

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 God saves the whole man

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 from the whole of his issues.

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 So perhaps you came to church today

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 by dragging yourself,

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 right?

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 Finances have you weighed down,

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 you're anxious,

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 strife in your families,

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 consuming your thoughts and energy,

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 right?

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 You're bitter, angry, or frustrated

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 that you're incapable of reconciling

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 all the wrongs.

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 Perhaps a sense of loss,

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 whether it be someone you know,

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 a phase of life that you miss,

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 or a friend who has moved away,

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 your discontent.

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 Perhaps you don't even know why you are,

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 but you just know that you are

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 dragging day to day,

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 moment to moment.

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 And one way or another,

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 you've come to a place

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 where you just recognize

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 that you are powerless

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 to do anything meaningful.

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 You are incapable of effectively

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 seeing the change

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 you want to see in life.

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 In fact, you recognize that

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 even if you did have that power,

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 you don't even know

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 what's good for you,

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 so you wouldn't bring it about

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 because you don't know

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 what to bring about.

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 So even if you were this powerful,

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 you recognize that ultimately

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 you are weak, foolish, blind,

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 deaf, and dumb.

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 I can't do anything on my own.

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 I can't provide for myself.

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 I cannot save myself.

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 If you've come to that place,

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 that's the kind of state

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 David was in,

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 right?

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 That blessed, poor man.

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 David does not look to his kingship.

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 He does not look to his army.

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 He does not look to anything like that,

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 but to God.

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 And by grace,

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 the Lord heard his cries,

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 and he will hear ours too

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 if we'd only look to him,

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 right, to seek him

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 and to worship him

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 with fear and reverence,

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 like David.

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 And for those of us

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 who do fear the Lord,

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 who recognize that we're broken,

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 that we're poor,

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 that we deserve death

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 and condemnation

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 because of our sin.

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 There's good news

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 in verse 7.

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 The angel of the Lord

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 encamps around those

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 who fear him

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 and delivers them.

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 Again, David seems

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 to be picking up

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 on Moses

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 and his writings.

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 The Lord encamped

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 in the midst of Israel

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 when they traveled

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 in the wilderness.

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 The Levite priests

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 were tediously instructed

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 on how to march

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 with the Lord's tabernacle

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 at the center.

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 And the priests

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 would surround it

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 in the way they marched

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 and the way they camped

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 and the way they did everything.

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 Numbers 1,

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 chapter 1,

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 verse 53,

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 explains why.

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 Moses writes,

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 But the Levites

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 shall camp

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 around the tabernacle

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 of testimony

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 so that there may be

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 no wrath

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 on the congregation

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 of the people of Israel.

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 So Levites,

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 as priests,

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 provided a hedge

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 of protection,

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 so to speak,

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 from God's holiness

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 destroying the unholy people

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 whom he tabernacled with.

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 This was the means

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 by which God

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 was able to dwell

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 with Israel

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 by priests,

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 by sacrifice,

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 by bloodshed,

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 by a covering.

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 And the priests

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 functioned as that covering.

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 But notice Psalm 34,

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 7 doesn't say

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 the Levites

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 encamp around his people.

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 It says the angel

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 of the Lord

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 encamps

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 around his people.

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 David seems

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 to understand

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 that this angel

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 of the Lord figure

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 is one who will take

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 the role of priest.

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 This is one

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 who will be a barrier

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 between us

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 and the wrath of God

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 which we justly deserve.

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 And we know,

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 of course,

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 from the New Testament

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 that the angel

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 of the Lord

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 is Jesus Christ.

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 He provides

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 the perfect sacrifice

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 by offering himself

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 on the cross

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 to bear the wrath

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 of God

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 which we deserve.

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 He intercedes

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 before the Father

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 on our behalf.

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 Whoa.

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 And he takes

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 the role

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 not only of high priest

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 but the role

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 of sacrificial lamb.

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 Okay?

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 And only he is fit

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 for such a role.

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 Who better

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 to encamp

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 around the people

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 of God

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 to shield us

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 from the wrath

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 of God

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 than God

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 himself.

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 And we could show

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 that the angel

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 of the Lord

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 is Jesus

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 in a number

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 of ways

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 but spice it

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 to say

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 the angel

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 of the Lord

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 appears

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 throughout

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 the Old Testament.

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 One example

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 is when Abraham

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 is about

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 to sacrifice Isaac.

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 We know

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 from Genesis 22

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 11 through 18

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 it's the angel

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 of the Lord

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 who shows up

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 and says don't.

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 And then again

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 in Exodus 3 too

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 it's the angel

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 of the Lord

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 who speaks

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 to Moses

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 through the burning bush.

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 And very significantly

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 the gospel

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 of John

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 opens by explaining

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 how the word

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 became flesh

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 and Jesus

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 was the word.

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 John writes

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 in chapter 1

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 verse 14

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 and this is the translation

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 I like

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 he writes

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 and the word

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 became flesh

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 Jesus became flesh

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 and tabernacled

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 among us.

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 Now the Greek word

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 here is usually

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 translated as

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 dwelt

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 or

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 encamped.

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 However

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 John seems

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 intentionally

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 to be picking

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 this word

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 in a context

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 where he's

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 showing the deity

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 and humanity

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 of Christ.

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 All that to say

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 that

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 John seems

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 to have

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 the ideas

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 of tabernacle

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 of wilderness

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 wanderings

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 of God

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 among man

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 all these things

00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.340
 seem to be

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 streaming through

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 this one

00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:38.120
 word choice

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:39.560
 tabernacled

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 this angel

00:16:41.300 --> 00:16:41.820
 of the Lord

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 who encamps

00:16:42.540 --> 00:16:43.259
 around those

00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:44.000
 who fear him

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 our Lord Jesus

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 who delivers us.

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 that's who

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 David is

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 talking about.

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 So what does

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 it mean

00:16:53.020 --> 00:16:53.580
 to fear

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 the Lord

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 then?

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 What does

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 it mean

00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:56.360
 to look

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 like one

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 who is

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 of that

00:16:57.640 --> 00:16:58.060
 community

00:16:58.060 --> 00:16:58.700
 who fears

00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:59.180
 the Lord

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 who will be

00:17:00.020 --> 00:17:00.600
 shielded

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 from the

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 wrath

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.200
 to come?

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 Well we'll

00:17:03.680 --> 00:17:04.059
 come back

00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.380
 to that

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 in verse

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 11

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.880
 as David

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 does

00:17:07.299 --> 00:17:08.380
 but looking

00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:08.799
 at verses

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.759
 8-10

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.140
 see how

00:17:11.140 --> 00:17:11.660
 David cannot

00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.359
 help but

00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:13.299
 burst into

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:14.559
 praise again.

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 He says

00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:15.980
 in verse

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 8

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 O taste

00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:18.759
 and see

00:17:18.759 --> 00:17:19.299
 that the

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 Lord is

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 good.

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 Blessed

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.779
 is the

00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.319
 man who

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 takes refuge

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:24.700
 in him.

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 O fear

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 the Lord

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 you his

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 saints

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 for those

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 who fear

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:28.660
 him

00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.740
 have no

00:17:29.740 --> 00:17:30.359
 lack.

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.660
 The young

00:17:31.660 --> 00:17:32.440
 lions suffer

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:32.960
 want and

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.240
 hunger

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.779
 but those

00:17:33.779 --> 00:17:34.220
 who seek

00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:34.759
 the Lord

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:35.460
 lack

00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:35.900
 no

00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.440
 good

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.200
 thing.

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:39.039
 Now I

00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:39.400
 love

00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:39.860
 eating.

00:17:40.860 --> 00:17:41.240
 I love

00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:41.860
 good food.

00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.140
 And when I

00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:43.440
 picture an

00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:44.120
 ideal time

00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.740
 with family

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.400
 or friends

00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:45.960
 or whoever

00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.319
 food is

00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:47.940
 a constant.

00:17:48.940 --> 00:17:49.480
 I picture

00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:49.779
 you know

00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.380
 ribs,

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.019
 fries,

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.980
 you name it,

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.580
 watermelon,

00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:54.680
 all that

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.039
 stuff.

00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.559
 And there's

00:17:56.559 --> 00:17:57.080
 just something

00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:58.140
 amazing about

00:17:58.140 --> 00:17:58.980
 tasting.

00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.279
 And there's

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.059
 really no

00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.660
 substitute

00:18:01.660 --> 00:18:02.340
 for tasting.

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:02.799
 I can't

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.259
 really think

00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.740
 of anything

00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.140
 that is

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.620
 like

00:18:04.620 --> 00:18:05.880
 tasting.

00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:07.280
 In fact,

00:18:07.320 --> 00:18:07.600
 one of the

00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:08.040
 times I

00:18:08.040 --> 00:18:08.420
 felt the

00:18:08.420 --> 00:18:09.100
 most subhuman

00:18:09.100 --> 00:18:09.560
 in my

00:18:09.560 --> 00:18:10.280
 life was

00:18:10.280 --> 00:18:10.500
 when I

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:10.940
 had COVID

00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:12.120
 and lost

00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:12.600
 my taste.

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:12.800
 It was

00:18:12.800 --> 00:18:12.960
 like,

00:18:13.020 --> 00:18:13.420
 oh man,

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:13.760
 like there

00:18:13.760 --> 00:18:14.340
 goes half

00:18:14.340 --> 00:18:14.900
 my life.

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:17.040
 It was

00:18:17.040 --> 00:18:17.560
 miserable.

00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.300
 And God

00:18:19.300 --> 00:18:20.000
 designed us

00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:20.860
 with taste buds

00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.960
 for a reason,

00:18:22.080 --> 00:18:22.220
 right?

00:18:22.280 --> 00:18:23.020
 To enjoy

00:18:23.020 --> 00:18:23.700
 his gifts

00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.200
 of food,

00:18:24.280 --> 00:18:24.880
 not in a

00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:25.540
 gluttonous

00:18:25.540 --> 00:18:25.800
 way,

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.360
 but still

00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:27.080
 to enjoy

00:18:27.080 --> 00:18:28.260
 nonetheless,

00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:28.760
 right?

00:18:28.780 --> 00:18:29.120
 All the

00:18:29.120 --> 00:18:29.660
 variety,

00:18:29.780 --> 00:18:30.040
 all the

00:18:30.040 --> 00:18:31.140
 nuance that

00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:31.560
 you can get

00:18:31.560 --> 00:18:32.080
 just from

00:18:32.080 --> 00:18:32.400
 a piece

00:18:32.400 --> 00:18:33.000
 of steak

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.720
 and how

00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.320
 salted it

00:18:34.320 --> 00:18:34.560
 is,

00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.120
 how grilled

00:18:35.120 --> 00:18:35.560
 it is,

00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:35.840
 or how

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.379
 smoked it

00:18:36.379 --> 00:18:36.579
 is,

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.319
 all the

00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:37.679
 things you

00:18:37.679 --> 00:18:37.980
 can do

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.279
 to that

00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:38.819
 little guy

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:39.359
 that just

00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:41.059
 invites it,

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.639
 you know?

00:18:42.839 --> 00:18:43.480
 And then you

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.899
 add in,

00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.240
 you know,

00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:44.959
 vegetables,

00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:45.419
 if they're

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:45.879
 buttered and

00:18:45.879 --> 00:18:46.099
 cooked,

00:18:46.199 --> 00:18:46.500
 of course,

00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:46.779
 you know?

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.919
 All these

00:18:47.919 --> 00:18:48.259
 kind of

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.679
 things.

00:18:49.779 --> 00:18:50.159
 And so I

00:18:50.159 --> 00:18:50.899
 love David's

00:18:50.899 --> 00:18:51.559
 imagery here,

00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:52.220
 taste,

00:18:52.939 --> 00:18:53.879
 that the

00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.720
 Lord is

00:18:54.720 --> 00:18:55.139
 good,

00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:56.459
 right?

00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:57.159
 The nuance,

00:18:57.359 --> 00:18:58.039
 the flavor,

00:18:58.240 --> 00:18:59.980
 the experience

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.720
 from bite to

00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.000
 bite,

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:01.480
 from hotter

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.899
 to colder,

00:19:01.959 --> 00:19:02.139
 I mean,

00:19:02.159 --> 00:19:02.839
 just all those

00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:03.199
 things.

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.660
 How much

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.440
 more so

00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:05.840
 with the

00:19:05.840 --> 00:19:06.059
 Lord?

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.480
 How much

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:06.920
 greater,

00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:07.279
 how much

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.080
 more satisfying,

00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.500
 how much

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:10.340
 more joyful

00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:11.580
 is it to

00:19:11.580 --> 00:19:12.140
 taste that

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:12.880
 the Lord is

00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.680
 good in so

00:19:13.680 --> 00:19:14.960
 many ways,

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.539
 in every

00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:16.279
 way?

00:19:17.580 --> 00:19:18.180
 And David

00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.019
 invites us to

00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.580
 see that he

00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:20.120
 is good,

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:20.940
 too.

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.420
 You know,

00:19:22.460 --> 00:19:23.140
 what is it

00:19:23.140 --> 00:19:24.059
 about a smile

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.740
 from someone

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.380
 that is so

00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:26.059
 comforting?

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.180
 What is it

00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:27.700
 about seeing

00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.360
 someone look

00:19:28.360 --> 00:19:29.000
 at us with a

00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:30.200
 caring eye,

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:30.920
 or loving

00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.319
 eye?

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:32.980
 What is it

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.420
 about seeing

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.220
 great rocks

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.740
 and trees

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.240
 and mountains

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.580
 and these

00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:36.180
 kinds of

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 things that

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 evokes awe,

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:38.759
 beauty,

00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.519
 and goodness

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.539
 in our

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 hearts and

00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:41.559
 minds?

00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:42.980
 Again,

00:19:43.100 --> 00:19:43.980
 whatever that

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.500
 is,

00:19:45.160 --> 00:19:46.180
 imagine seeing

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:46.940
 God in our

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.720
 faces becoming

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:49.180
 radiant because

00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.480
 of his

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.259
 surpassing

00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.980
 goodness,

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:52.019
 his surpassing

00:19:52.019 --> 00:19:53.460
 glory,

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.940
 to imagine

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 that.

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:56.940
 In a way,

00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.420
 David is

00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:57.640
 saying,

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.319
 give God

00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.779
 the eye

00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.159
 test.

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 And with

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.799
 great confidence,

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:02.299
 he's saying,

00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:03.039
 if you look

00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:03.519
 to him,

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.079
 if you give

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.419
 him that

00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:04.740
 test,

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.579
 if you try

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.000
 him out

00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.319
 in this

00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:06.819
 way,

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.119
 no doubt

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.659
 you'll see

00:20:08.659 --> 00:20:09.519
 he is

00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:10.700
 good.

00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:12.480
 Not evil,

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.139
 not a

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.619
 disappointing

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:13.919
 eye,

00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:14.379
 not an

00:20:14.379 --> 00:20:14.799
 unloving

00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.179
 father,

00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:15.599
 not a

00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:15.960
 distant

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.480
 father,

00:20:16.839 --> 00:20:17.279
 not a

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:17.539
 shady

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:18.000
 character

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 whom we

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 don't know

00:20:18.939 --> 00:20:19.799
 what to

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 make of,

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 but we'll

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.139
 see and

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:22.240
 know the

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 Lord is

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 good.

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 And the

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.519
 man who

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.200
 takes refuge

00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:27.659
 in this

00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:28.200
 good Lord

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:28.860
 is called

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.559
 blessed.

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 So you

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:31.160
 can see

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.539
 the Sermon

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:31.740
 on the

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:31.940
 Mount,

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 right?

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.559
 Oh,

00:20:32.600 --> 00:20:32.819
 man.

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.380
 This is a

00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.960
 beatitude,

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 and they

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.819
 are found

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.319
 throughout

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.120
 Scripture,

00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:38.900
 Old and

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.960
 New Testament.

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 Essentially,

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.140
 the idea

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.819
 is that

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 someone is

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.220
 considered

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.759
 blessed

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 when the

00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.380
 sum of

00:20:46.380 --> 00:20:46.819
 their life

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.360
 will equate

00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:48.039
 to flourishing,

00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:48.799
 to happiness,

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.700
 fortunate,

00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.460
 or bliss.

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 This does

00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.680
 not mean

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.600
 that a person

00:20:53.600 --> 00:20:53.920
 will not

00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:54.519
 experience

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.180
 persecution

00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:55.960
 or trials,

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.259
 but that

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:57.500
 in the

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.860
 grand

00:20:57.860 --> 00:20:58.200
 scheme

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.360
 of

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:58.559
 things,

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:58.880
 in the

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.180
 sum

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.600
 total,

00:20:59.700 --> 00:20:59.840
 the

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:00.319
 negatives

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.940
 are

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:01.579
 insignificant.

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:02.880
 Why?

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.400
 Because they

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.860
 are only

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.400
 used,

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.420
 beatitudes

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:05.759
 that is,

00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.019
 they are

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.779
 only used

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.720
 to describe

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.180
 true

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.900
 believers.

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.640
 So in

00:21:09.640 --> 00:21:10.059
 the grand

00:21:10.059 --> 00:21:10.360
 scheme

00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:10.880
 of things,

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.660
 even though

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:11.940
 you might

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.480
 be boiled

00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:13.079
 in a pot

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:13.440
 in this

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:13.940
 life for

00:21:13.940 --> 00:21:14.380
 Christ's

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:14.720
 sake,

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.160
 in the

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:16.480
 grand

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:16.759
 scheme

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.120
 of things,

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.420
 you are

00:21:17.420 --> 00:21:17.799
 blessed

00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.180
 because you

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.700
 will reign

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:18.880
 in

00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.279
 eternity

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.940
 with God

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.600
 by grace.

00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:23.379
 So anyone

00:21:23.379 --> 00:21:25.419
 in this

00:21:25.419 --> 00:21:26.099
 life can

00:21:26.099 --> 00:21:26.559
 see that

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:26.959
 the Lord

00:21:26.959 --> 00:21:28.099
 is good,

00:21:28.199 --> 00:21:28.619
 but only

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:29.159
 the one

00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:30.059
 who takes

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.919
 refuge in

00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:31.359
 the Lord

00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:32.699
 will feast

00:21:32.699 --> 00:21:33.179
 and enjoy

00:21:33.179 --> 00:21:33.919
 him forever

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.559
 and eternity.

00:21:35.619 --> 00:21:36.439
 Those of us

00:21:36.439 --> 00:21:36.679
 who have

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.079
 recognized

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.639
 that we

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.679
 are poor

00:21:38.679 --> 00:21:39.339
 men like

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:39.819
 David and

00:21:39.819 --> 00:21:40.819
 have sought

00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.259
 the Lord

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.000
 alone for

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.619
 this refuge,

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.679
 this deliverance,

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.480
 this salvation

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.079
 with which he

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.579
 speaks,

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:47.019
 will not

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:48.279
 be disappointed.

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:50.599
 So what

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:50.879
 are we

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.379
 to do?

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:52.319
 Well,

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:52.759
 David says

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.180
 in verses

00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.859
 9-10

00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.220
 that we

00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:54.539
 are to

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.200
 fear the

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.539
 Lord.

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.019
 Why?

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.960
 Because he

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.619
 encamps

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:58.480
 around those

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.000
 who fear

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.180
 him.

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.899
 He saves

00:21:59.899 --> 00:22:00.379
 those

00:22:00.379 --> 00:22:01.399
 who fear

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:01.619
 him.

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:01.980
 And because

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.319
 he is

00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.299
 good to

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.700
 those

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.899
 who fear

00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.160
 him,

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.940
 they lack

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.839
 no good

00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.740
 thing.

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.480
 Others

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.259
 will starve

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.859
 and hunger

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.480
 and thirst

00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:11.819
 and shall

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.339
 not be

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.839
 satisfied

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.920
 like young

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:15.019
 lions,

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.079
 but we

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.539
 who place

00:22:16.539 --> 00:22:17.039
 faith in

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:17.500
 Christ

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.259
 will not

00:22:18.259 --> 00:22:19.220
 be ashamed.

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:19.640
 We will

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:19.960
 be

00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.960
 delivered.

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.400
 Now we

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.680
 get asked

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.140
 the question,

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.500
 what does

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.039
 it mean

00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.660
 to fear

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.460
 the Lord?

00:22:27.099 --> 00:22:27.379
 We've

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:28.039
 had David's

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.460
 testimony

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.279
 of God's

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.920
 goodness

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.480
 from verses

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.299
 1-10

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.539
 to which

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.039
 he discussed

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.539
 the fear

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.759
 of the

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.180
 Lord a

00:22:34.180 --> 00:22:34.559
 lot,

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.579
 but what

00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.160
 actually

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.400
 is it?

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.619
 Well,

00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.180
 here David's

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.019
 second invitation

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.279
 verses 11-12

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.819
 he says,

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:42.720
 come,

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.279
 oh children,

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.339
 listen to

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.720
 me.

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.980
 I will

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.480
 teach you

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.099
 the fear

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.619
 of the

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:47.899
 Lord.

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.459
 So

00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:48.699
 everything

00:22:48.699 --> 00:22:48.939
 we're

00:22:48.939 --> 00:22:49.279
 about

00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.679
 to read

00:22:49.679 --> 00:22:50.159
 will cover

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.479
 this.

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:50.719
 What

00:22:50.719 --> 00:22:51.119
 is the

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.279
 fear

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.479
 of the

00:22:51.479 --> 00:22:51.679
 Lord?

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.259
 But he

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.659
 goes on

00:22:53.659 --> 00:22:53.959
 in verse

00:22:53.959 --> 00:22:54.559
 12 to

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.339
 spice it

00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:55.679
 up more.

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.019
 He says,

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.899
 what man

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.599
 is there

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:59.099
 who desires

00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:00.019
 life and

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.579
 loves many

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:01.979
 days that

00:23:01.979 --> 00:23:02.359
 he may

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.779
 see good?

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.199
 He's

00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.559
 asking,

00:23:05.719 --> 00:23:06.219
 who loves

00:23:06.219 --> 00:23:06.819
 life and

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.359
 desires a

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.699
 long,

00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.239
 full,

00:23:08.739 --> 00:23:09.179
 flourishing

00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:09.779
 time on

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.899
 earth by

00:23:10.899 --> 00:23:11.539
 walking with

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.799
 God,

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.479
 by seeing

00:23:12.479 --> 00:23:13.439
 good?

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.500
 God,

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.080
 he may

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.580
 have

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.380
 to

00:23:16.380 --> 00:23:17.080
 love

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.440
 him.

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:20.220
 And I

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:20.539
 just want

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.920
 to pause

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.200
 for a

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.620
 moment and

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.220
 reflect on

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.980
 something here.

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.700
 You know,

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.340
 I cannot tell

00:23:25.340 --> 00:23:25.980
 you how often

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.580
 I've expressed

00:23:26.580 --> 00:23:27.480
 something like,

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:29.059
 I can't wait

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.960
 till this is all

00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:30.259
 over.

00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.059
 Right?

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.720
 Not in a

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.680
 depressed sense,

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.180
 not in a

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.180
 suicidal sense,

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.460
 but just simply

00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:36.380
 recognizing that

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:37.140
 once this life

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.720
 is over,

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.440
 I'm not going

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.039
 to miss it.

00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.559
 Right?

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:39.920
 I'm going to be

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.360
 in heaven,

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.000
 I'm going to

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.740
 enjoy God,

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.579
 there's nothing

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.120
 in this life

00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.400
 I would

00:23:43.400 --> 00:23:44.140
 prefer over

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.579
 that.

00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.259
 And so

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.799
 there's been

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.539
 this expression

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.960
 of just,

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.180
 man,

00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.759
 I can't wait

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.299
 for this all

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.900
 to be over,

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.500
 the suffering,

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.339
 the pain,

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:51.900
 the agony,

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.240
 all of it.

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.160
 And I've

00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.440
 heard many

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:54.759
 of you

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.500
 express this

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.039
 in similar

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.539
 ways.

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.599
 But here,

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.519
 David assumes

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.259
 we ought

00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:01.740
 to long

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.620
 for a long

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.720
 life to

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:05.220
 see good.

00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:06.599
 And I am

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:08.180
 so encouraged

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.839
 by this.

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.000
 Like me,

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.640
 you've probably

00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:11.339
 looked at the

00:24:11.339 --> 00:24:11.720
 world and

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.299
 just thought,

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:12.700
 wow,

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.059
 it was already

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:14.839
 bad and it

00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.920
 just seems to

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.860
 be aggressively,

00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.000
 unceasingly

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.279
 getting worse

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.360
 at a rapid

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.720
 rate.

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.360
 I can't even

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.539
 keep up with

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:22.799
 it.

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.100
 Right?

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.980
 We wake up

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.740
 and the reality

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.319
 is pretty much

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.960
 every week we're

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.500
 hearing about a

00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.200
 school shooting.

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.120
 Right?

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.759
 More anger,

00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.759
 more confusion,

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.259
 more broken

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.039
 families,

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.839
 sexual revolution

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.460
 is going on

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.420
 in more directions

00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.920
 than ever imaginable

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:39.940
 and on and on.

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:41.820
 And this rightly

00:24:41.820 --> 00:24:42.559
 makes us all

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.460
 just long

00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.160
 for Christ's

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.480
 return,

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:46.580
 long for heaven.

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.420
 But even so,

00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.900
 David,

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.720
 in the midst

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.320
 of the same

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:51.100
 fallen and

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:52.059
 broken world,

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.720
 holds out the

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.240
 enticement.

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.299
 Who desires

00:24:55.299 --> 00:24:56.580
 a long life

00:24:56.580 --> 00:24:57.920
 that they may

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.420
 see good?

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:01.039
 Who wants to

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.880
 live a long life

00:25:01.880 --> 00:25:02.680
 and see good

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.740
 despite all

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.820
 the evil

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.580
 in this world?

00:25:06.399 --> 00:25:06.899
 This was like

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.579
 a Frodo

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.299
 moment for me.

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:08.879
 It was Sam

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.519
 Wise just told

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.939
 me, you know,

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.720
 there's good

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.240
 in this world

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.639
 and it's worth

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.259
 fighting for.

00:25:12.399 --> 00:25:12.539
 I mean,

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.199
 it's just like,

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:14.139
 oh, you know.

00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.220
 So how do we

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:17.259
 find this good?

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.579
 How do we

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.699
 experience God

00:25:19.699 --> 00:25:20.519
 here and now?

00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:20.960
 How do we

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:22.199
 live the good

00:25:22.199 --> 00:25:23.439
 in long life

00:25:23.439 --> 00:25:24.740
 in this fallen,

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.279
 broken,

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.279
 dark world

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.439
 if the Lord

00:25:27.439 --> 00:25:28.339
 wills?

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:29.939
 Well,

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.899
 let's look at

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.799
 David's teaching,

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.379
 the second part

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:32.919
 of our outline,

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.899
 David's teaching

00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:35.600
 in verses 11

00:25:35.600 --> 00:25:36.480
 through 20.

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.080
 So what is

00:25:37.080 --> 00:25:37.700
 David teaching?

00:25:37.800 --> 00:25:38.259
 As we said,

00:25:38.300 --> 00:25:38.840
 he's teaching

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.860
 the fear

00:25:39.860 --> 00:25:40.940
 of the Lord

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.400
 as he says

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:42.120
 in verse 11

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:43.759
 and he describes

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.300
 it in verses

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:45.460
 13 through 14

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.280
 where he writes,

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.620
 keep your tongue

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.460
 from evil

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:51.040
 and your lips

00:25:51.040 --> 00:25:51.700
 from speaking

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.360
 deceit.

00:25:52.840 --> 00:25:53.660
 Turn away

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.259
 from evil

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.620
 and do good.

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.480
 Seek peace

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.640
 and pursue it.

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.960
 According to

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.180
 David,

00:26:01.280 --> 00:26:02.019
 the fear of the

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.360
 Lord is obedience

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.039
 or at least

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.939
 it results

00:26:04.939 --> 00:26:06.000
 in obedience.

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.559
 And that should

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.219
 sound familiar,

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.399
 right?

00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:09.219
 Doesn't that sound

00:26:09.219 --> 00:26:09.939
 like our study

00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:10.639
 of James

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.139
 which we went

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:12.559
 through recently?

00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.839
 Control your tongue,

00:26:15.019 --> 00:26:15.819
 practice good,

00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:16.479
 seek peace,

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.099
 pursue it

00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:17.959
 wherever you

00:26:17.959 --> 00:26:18.919
 don't have it.

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.779
 The good life

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.979
 is not one full

00:26:21.979 --> 00:26:22.740
 of cursing

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.240
 and bitterness

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.019
 and anger

00:26:24.019 --> 00:26:24.899
 and conflict

00:26:24.899 --> 00:26:26.519
 and loose talk

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.119
 or sin,

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.899
 but it is full

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.500
 of peace,

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.019
 joy,

00:26:30.199 --> 00:26:30.619
 love,

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.679
 harmony,

00:26:31.879 --> 00:26:32.259
 wholeness.

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:33.839
 These good

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.579
 things.

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.480
 And we begin

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.599
 this good life

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.539
 according to

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.720
 David,

00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.200
 we begin

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:39.960
 this good life

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.980
 by repenting.

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.660
 Right?

00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:41.920
 He says,

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.879
 turn away.

00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.759
 You could replace

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.200
 that with the

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:45.000
 language repent

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:46.859
 from evil

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.539
 and do

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.799
 good.

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.879
 Now,

00:26:50.920 --> 00:26:51.480
 perhaps you're

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:52.200
 frustrated by

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.579
 some of the

00:26:52.579 --> 00:26:52.960
 things I'm

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.480
 saying like

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:54.099
 earth to Zach,

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.339
 people in this

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.480
 life are evil

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.240
 and they hate

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.660
 us.

00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:58.980
 Right?

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.460
 How can I

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.500
 ever live in

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.039
 peace when

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.339
 they will

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.299
 give me none?

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:02.920
 How can I

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.019
 ever hold my

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.539
 lips when

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:04.819
 they do

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.460
 nothing but

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.259
 let theirs

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:06.779
 go?

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.720
 How can I

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.620
 not repay

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:10.240
 evil for

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.680
 evil?

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.720
 But keep

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.299
 reading verses

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.980
 15 through

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.539
 18 and

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.099
 notice the

00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.799
 contrast.

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.720
 David writes,

00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.539
 the eyes

00:27:18.539 --> 00:27:18.920
 of the

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.660
 Lord are

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.319
 toward the

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:20.880
 righteous

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:22.600
 and his

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.559
 ears toward

00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.299
 their cry.

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.700
 The face

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:25.940
 of the

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.279
 Lord is

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.299
 against those

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.720
 who do

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.660
 evil to

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.279
 cut off the

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.019
 memory of

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.559
 them from

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.220
 the earth.

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.620
 When the

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.539
 righteous cry

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.960
 for help,

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.380
 the Lord

00:27:34.380 --> 00:27:34.980
 hears and

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.680
 delivers them

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.559
 out of all

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.240
 their troubles.

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.120
 The Lord

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.259
 is near to

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.660
 the broken

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:42.059
 hearted and

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:43.819
 saves the

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.380
 crushed and

00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:45.039
 spirits.

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.140
 So the

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.720
 contrast,

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.900
 God is

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.640
 for the

00:27:48.640 --> 00:27:49.519
 righteous and

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.380
 he opposes

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:51.799
 the evildoer.

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.680
 We won't

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.519
 even remember

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.039
 the wicked,

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.480
 nor will

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:55.600
 anyone remember

00:27:55.600 --> 00:27:56.799
 the wicked.

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:58.759
 Their evil

00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.000
 lives and

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.460
 the damage

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.860
 they do

00:28:00.860 --> 00:28:01.460
 during those

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.680
 lives is

00:28:02.680 --> 00:28:03.400
 so small,

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.640
 so inconsequential

00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.360
 and so

00:28:05.360 --> 00:28:06.400
 brief.

00:28:07.600 --> 00:28:08.059
 As Job

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.779
 18.5

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.160
 says,

00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:09.559
 indeed,

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.400
 the light

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.620
 of the

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.160
 wicked goes

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.500
 out and

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.960
 the flame

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.339
 of his

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.440
 fire gives

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:14.440
 no light.

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.120
 In other

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.400
 words,

00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:15.839
 they will

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.279
 all

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.299
 die.

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:18.779
 Nothing

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.119
 will be

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:19.660
 left of

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:19.839
 them,

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.139
 nothing

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.599
 left of

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:20.740
 their

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.200
 works

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.480
 or

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.980
 anything.

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:22.680
 There's

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:22.960
 nothing

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.359
 they can

00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.980
 do in

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.680
 this life

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.599
 that will

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.099
 permanently

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.759
 damage

00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:27.579
 us.

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.059
 It will

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:28.680
 not affect

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.299
 our

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.740
 eternity

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:31.079
 with God.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:32.839
 And Jesus

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.539
 picks up on

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.899
 this theme

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.319
 in Matthew

00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.039
 10,

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.700
 verse 28.

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.279
 He says,

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.139
 do not

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:37.819
 fear those

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.139
 who can

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.579
 kill the

00:28:38.579 --> 00:28:38.960
 body

00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.079
 but cannot

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.740
 kill the

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.099
 soul.

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.359
 Rather,

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.279
 fear him

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.920
 who can

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.619
 destroy both

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:45.259
 soul and

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.299
 body in

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.579
 hell.

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.539
 In other

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:48.779
 words,

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:50.220
 fear God

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.980
 alone.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:51.480
 He's picking

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.220
 up on this

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.059
 Psalm 34

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.859
 idea.

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.680
 Set aside

00:28:54.680 --> 00:28:55.660
 all your

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.480
 worldly fears

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.599
 in exchange

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.379
 for a healthy,

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.500
 good fear

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.240
 of the

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.519
 Lord.

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:00.660
 word.

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.079
 Now,

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.259
 if you're

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.859
 looking for

00:29:03.859 --> 00:29:04.359
 additional

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.220
 reason or

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.759
 encouragement

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.599
 to pray this

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:06.940
 week,

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.359
 look no

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.940
 further than

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.900
 verses 15

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:09.799
 and 17.

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.480
 As a

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.220
 God-fearer,

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.839
 a person

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.480
 practicing

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.220
 righteousness,

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.160
 the Lord's

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.759
 ear is

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.940
 toward your

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.420
 cry.

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.720
 You have

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.879
 his attention.

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.500
 And further,

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.180
 when you cry

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.920
 out to God,

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.079
 he will

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.660
 hear your

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.240
 prayer and

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.720
 he will

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.379
 save you

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:28.559
 out of all

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:29.079
 your troubles.

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:30.779
 Now,

00:29:30.819 --> 00:29:31.159
 this doesn't

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:31.539
 mean he'll

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:32.159
 answer any

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:32.679
 prayer you

00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:32.980
 pray,

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.240
 right?

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:33.559
 He's not

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:33.799
 going to

00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:34.259
 drop a

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.779
 Lamborghini

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.099
 out of

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.319
 heaven.

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:37.819
 That would

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.500
 be ridiculous.

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.639
 But this

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.359
 is a promise

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.279
 ultimately that

00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.980
 God will

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.839
 bless you.

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.139
 He will

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.639
 strengthen

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.119
 you to

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.980
 endure in

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.299
 your

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.919
 troubles.

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.419
 He will

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:47.859
 eventually

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.960
 remove your

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.379
 troubles,

00:29:49.939 --> 00:29:50.539
 either in

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.460
 this life or

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:52.000
 by ending

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.779
 your life and

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.319
 bringing you

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.339
 to heaven.

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.740
 All will

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:57.059
 be well

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.919
 or blessed.

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.120
 it.

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.940
 Your prayer

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.640
 will be

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.400
 answered when

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.060
 your prayer

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:03.840
 reflects the

00:30:03.840 --> 00:30:04.180
 will of

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.539
 God.

00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:07.240
 So commit

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.800
 yourself to

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.519
 prayer and

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.200
 pray often,

00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.019
 pray long,

00:30:10.180 --> 00:30:10.900
 pray short,

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:11.960
 pray,

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.240
 and God

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:13.680
 will hear

00:30:13.680 --> 00:30:14.740
 you and

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.160
 answer.

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.720
 And there's

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.140
 something else

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.400
 in these

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.940
 verses I do

00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.620
 not want to

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:19.980
 miss.

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.640
 Notice that

00:30:20.640 --> 00:30:21.620
 David brings

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:21.940
 up the

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.620
 dwelling or

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:23.220
 encamping

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.500
 language again

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:24.920
 in verse

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.420
 18.

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.940
 He says

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.279
 the Lord

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.940
 is near

00:30:27.940 --> 00:30:28.279
 to the

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.860
 brokenhearted

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.680
 and saves

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.980
 the crushed

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.640
 in spirit.

00:30:32.820 --> 00:30:33.420
 Now by

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.920
 itself,

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.539
 this may

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.060
 not be

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.740
 shocking to

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:35.920
 you,

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.220
 but I

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.660
 found this

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.200
 verse a

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.940
 little shocking

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.880
 in the

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.460
 flow of

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.980
 the chapter.

00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:41.360
 Just

00:30:41.360 --> 00:30:42.019
 moments ago

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.360
 in verse

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:42.860
 12,

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.220
 David is

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.840
 assuming we

00:30:44.840 --> 00:30:45.300
 want to

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:46.060
 live long

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:46.860
 lives to

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.600
 see good.

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.380
 And that

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.900
 good is

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.880
 real in

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.560
 this life.

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.140
 But here

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.700
 he is saying

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:53.000
 that the

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.740
 faith community

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.400
 is one

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.680
 of broken

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.220
 hearted

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.660
 people.

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.299
 People who

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.279
 are crushed

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.720
 in spirit.

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.740
 And we

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.859
 might see a

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.420
 problem in

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:03.960
 holding these

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.539
 two things

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:04.839
 out.

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.759
 We want to

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.380
 live long

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.140
 lives to

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.620
 see good

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.019
 and yet

00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.880
 crushed in

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.319
 spirit,

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.039
 broken

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.660
 hearted.

00:31:11.480 --> 00:31:12.299
 But David

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.880
 has no

00:31:12.880 --> 00:31:13.740
 problem talking

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.120
 in these

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.380
 terms.

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.019
 He has no

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.759
 problem holding

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.900
 both as

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.299
 true.

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:18.960
 And again,

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.799
 I find this

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:21.440
 so encouraging.

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:23.080
 I find it

00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.500
 encouraging

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.620
 because on

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.059
 the one hand

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.799
 I do see

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.480
 good in

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:27.019
 this life.

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.880
 I love my

00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:28.299
 family.

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.019
 I think about

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.180
 my wife and

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.860
 daughter all

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.480
 the time when

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.960
 I'm not with

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.200
 them.

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.400
 I spent two

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.700
 weeks in

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.180
 Louisville a

00:31:34.180 --> 00:31:34.539
 few weeks

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.059
 ago and

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.960
 basically spent

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.700
 half my time

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:37.160
 looking at

00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:37.920
 photos of

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.420
 my baby

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:38.720
 girl.

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.799
 I love my

00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:41.559
 church family.

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.279
 I love the

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.620
 beauty of

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.080
 nature.

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.120
 I love

00:31:44.120 --> 00:31:44.799
 singing great

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.360
 hymns that

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.080
 praise God.

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.980
 I love sharing

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.600
 meals with

00:31:47.600 --> 00:31:48.100
 brothers and

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.539
 sisters.

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:49.860
 I mean,

00:31:49.920 --> 00:31:50.700
 I could go on

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.420
 and on about

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.620
 good things I

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.400
 have seen and

00:31:53.400 --> 00:31:54.059
 experienced in

00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:54.620
 this life,

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.680
 good things that

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.440
 I have in

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.000
 my life,

00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:58.180
 all by God's

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.680
 grace and

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.100
 kindness,

00:31:59.360 --> 00:31:59.779
 all of it

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.019
 being so

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:01.500
 good.

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.880
 But at the

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.400
 same time,

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.299
 I feel exactly

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.680
 what David is

00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.480
 talking about,

00:32:07.860 --> 00:32:08.019
 right?

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.600
 Day to day,

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.340
 crushed in

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:09.740
 spirit,

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.740
 brokenhearted.

00:32:12.120 --> 00:32:12.279
 You know,

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.019
 primarily I think

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.759
 about this because

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.680
 of my own sin,

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:15.480
 right?

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.019
 Day to day,

00:32:16.120 --> 00:32:16.779
 recognizing that

00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.980
 I fail to

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:18.480
 honor God

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.340
 rightly in so

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:19.960
 many ways,

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.400
 in varying

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:20.860
 ways,

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.340
 in varying

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:21.860
 degrees.

00:32:23.299 --> 00:32:23.660
 Likewise,

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.480
 I am broken

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:25.160
 hearted and

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:25.660
 crushed in

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.079
 spirit.

00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:27.279
 When I look

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.779
 at the world

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.579
 around us,

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.420
 every day it

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.240
 just seems like

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.420
 everything's

00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:32.000
 falling apart

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.420
 more and

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.740
 more.

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.340
 With all of

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.759
 creation,

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.539
 I'm groaning

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:37.279
 for Christ's

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.660
 return.

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:38.299
 So why am I

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:38.799
 encouraged by

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.160
 these two

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:39.600
 realities?

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.279
 I'm encouraged

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.840
 because they

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.519
 are normal

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.640
 and to be

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.759
 expected in

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.140
 the Christian

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:45.620
 life.

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.360
 I don't know

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.700
 about you,

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.340
 but whenever I

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:49.140
 feel these things

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.600
 in tension

00:32:49.600 --> 00:32:50.240
 in my mind,

00:32:50.280 --> 00:32:50.759
 in my heart,

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.580
 I sometimes

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.120
 start to think

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.500
 like I'm

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.020
 weird or

00:32:53.020 --> 00:32:53.420
 something's

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.920
 wrong,

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:54.820
 you know,

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.180
 that I can

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.740
 swing from

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.320
 one degree

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.820
 to the other

00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:57.480
 so quickly

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.360
 by the hour.

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.360
 But it is

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:00.900
 normal.

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.860
 And I'm

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.460
 encouraged because

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.259
 David and his

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.300
 followers felt

00:33:05.300 --> 00:33:05.820
 this way,

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.460
 thought this

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:06.900
 way, right?

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:07.880
 I'm not the

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.660
 only one.

00:33:09.580 --> 00:33:10.340
 The same God

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.840
 who proved

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.520
 faithful,

00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.200
 able,

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.100
 and gracious

00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:14.460
 to sustain

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:15.880
 David will

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:16.660
 sustain me

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.140
 and he

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.840
 will sustain

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:19.160
 all of us

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.480
 who believe.

00:33:22.060 --> 00:33:22.680
 In fact,

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.100
 look at the

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:23.620
 next two

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:23.980
 verses,

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.759
 verses 19

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.320
 through 20.

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:28.040
 David writes,

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:29.540
 many are the

00:33:29.540 --> 00:33:30.160
 afflictions,

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.580
 so they're

00:33:30.580 --> 00:33:30.920
 real,

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.759
 he's recognizing

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.100
 them,

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.519
 though they're

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.840
 small,

00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.300
 though they're

00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:33.720
 brief,

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.860
 there they

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.040
 are.

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:36.560
 Many are

00:33:36.560 --> 00:33:37.480
 the afflictions

00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:37.880
 of the

00:33:37.880 --> 00:33:38.259
 righteous,

00:33:39.300 --> 00:33:39.720
 but the

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.420
 Lord delivers

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.080
 him out of

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.680
 them all.

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.900
 He keeps

00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.500
 all his

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.900
 bones,

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.519
 not one

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:44.980
 of them

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:46.220
 is broken.

00:33:47.120 --> 00:33:47.660
 So though

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.000
 there may

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.460
 be many

00:33:48.460 --> 00:33:49.259
 afflictions

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.839
 of many

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.299
 kinds

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:50.720
 and many

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.180
 degrees,

00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:51.799
 the Lord

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.860
 delivers us

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.680
 out of

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.120
 all of

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.360
 them.

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.720
 Not one

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.299
 bone is

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.660
 broken,

00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.140
 meaning he

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.759
 keeps us,

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.420
 he preserves

00:33:58.420 --> 00:33:58.700
 us,

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.220
 no one

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.839
 and nothing

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:01.319
 can interfere

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.180
 with God's

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.099
 plan,

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.660
 with what

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:04.039
 the Lord

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.120
 has in

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.500
 store.

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.779
 That is

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.199
 David's

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.500
 teaching,

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.119
 fear the

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.380
 Lord,

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.099
 obey the

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.360
 Lord,

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.240
 seek the

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:11.519
 Lord,

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.559
 and he

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.139
 will not

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.039
 disappoint.

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.880
 So David's

00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:17.320
 conclusion,

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.099
 verse 21

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.900
 through 22,

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.619
 he writes

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.420
 in verse 21,

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.099
 Affliction

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.960
 will slay

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.719
 the wicked,

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:26.159
 and those

00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:26.639
 who hate

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.360
 the righteous

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:28.380
 will be

00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:28.940
 condemned.

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:30.440
 The Lord

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:31.119
 redeems

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.740
 the life

00:34:31.740 --> 00:34:32.139
 of his

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.740
 servants.

00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:33.940
 None of

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.280
 those who

00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:34.920
 take refuge

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.360
 in him

00:34:35.360 --> 00:34:35.780
 will be

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.280
 condemned.

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.579
 So notice

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.280
 that shift.

00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:40.179
 We believers

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.920
 will be

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.320
 delivered

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.440
 from our

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.179
 afflictions,

00:34:43.179 --> 00:34:44.159
 while the

00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:44.400
 wicked

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.800
 will be

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.700
 delivered

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:46.300
 to

00:34:46.300 --> 00:34:47.420
 affliction.

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:49.400
 God will

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:50.160
 punish the

00:34:50.160 --> 00:34:50.760
 ungodly.

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.559
 It is only

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.059
 a matter

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:53.340
 of time.

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.840
 And frankly,

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.680
 even now,

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.380
 their punishment

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.579
 has begun

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.420
 to some degree

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.960
 because they

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:00.059
 are without

00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.579
 God.

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.740
 They refuse

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.559
 to taste

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.139
 and see

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:04.079
 his goodness.

00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:04.440
 They don't

00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:04.920
 even know

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.539
 how to

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:06.240
 enjoy this

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:06.660
 life.

00:35:07.680 --> 00:35:07.980
 They're

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:08.380
 denying

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:08.940
 themselves

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:10.139
 true delight

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.740
 in God

00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.760
 for false

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:12.180
 delight

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:13.039
 in their

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.360
 idols.

00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.920
 they hate

00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:14.300
 God

00:35:14.300 --> 00:35:14.559
 and they

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:14.760
 hate

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.099
 God's

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.480
 people

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.320
 and on

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.599
 both

00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:17.180
 accounts

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:18.120
 they will

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:18.300
 be

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.720
 condemned.

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.300
 Justice

00:35:19.300 --> 00:35:20.320
 will

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.780
 reign.

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.640
 And I

00:35:22.640 --> 00:35:22.860
 think it

00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.320
 is fitting

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.039
 that David

00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:25.220
 in this

00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.740
 circumstance

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.220
 where he's

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.860
 reflecting on

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.460
 such a

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.059
 moment,

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.519
 right,

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.820
 in this

00:35:28.820 --> 00:35:29.280
 fleeing of

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.519
 Saul,

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:29.960
 this fleeing

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:30.220
 of the

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.840
 Philistines

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.820
 with his

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:32.079
 men,

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:32.480
 facing

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.940
 death,

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.900
 facing

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.740
 unnecessary

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.500
 persecution

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.840
 in the

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.140
 sense that

00:35:36.140 --> 00:35:36.380
 it is

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.920
 evil and

00:35:36.920 --> 00:35:37.300
 wrong,

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.000
 facing all

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.579
 these things

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:39.860
 and his

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.779
 final thoughts

00:35:40.779 --> 00:35:42.239
 are on

00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:42.639
 the future,

00:35:42.799 --> 00:35:43.319
 on judgment,

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:43.599
 on the

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.239
 great day

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.639
 in which

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.739
 Christ will

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:47.079
 come and

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.679
 separate the

00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:48.319
 goats from

00:35:48.319 --> 00:35:48.819
 the sheep.

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.420
 He finds

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:51.179
 comfort in

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:51.880
 knowing that

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.019
 I don't have

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.500
 to right the

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.900
 wrongs,

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.360
 there is a

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:54.840
 lawgiver,

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.360
 there is a

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.679
 judge,

00:35:55.779 --> 00:35:56.139
 there is a

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.539
 king and

00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:56.900
 he is

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:58.199
 coming who

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:58.659
 is able

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.299
 and powerful

00:35:59.299 --> 00:36:00.019
 to save

00:36:00.019 --> 00:36:00.319
 and to

00:36:00.319 --> 00:36:00.860
 destroy,

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.860
 who will

00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.519
 bring about

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.619
 justice.

00:36:03.619 --> 00:36:06.119
 So for

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.859
 those who

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:07.339
 have truly

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:07.839
 repented,

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.139
 who have

00:36:08.139 --> 00:36:08.719
 sought the

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.299
 Lord in

00:36:09.299 --> 00:36:09.460
 our

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.099
 brokenness,

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:12.059
 like David,

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.440
 we will

00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:12.880
 not be

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.339
 condemned,

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.179
 we will

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.519
 not be

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.099
 ashamed,

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.299
 but we

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:16.619
 will be

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.980
 delivered.

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:18.079
 Let's

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.259
 pray.