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 That is a fairly complicated psalm, which we're going to have some fun with.

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 I don't know what your first reaction is when you hear that read out.

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 You might be a little bit uncomfortable, particularly with a few verses in there

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 where David calls down God's fiery anger on his enemies.

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 You might be excited.

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 You might think, finally, I've got biblical evidence that it's okay to call down God's judgment on those who I don't like.

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 But the question has to be kind of lingering for us.

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 What do we do with something like that?

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 It doesn't seem to fit with the message of Christianity that we talk about,

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 the call to love our enemy, the mercy and grace that God shows.

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 So what is a psalm like this teaching us?

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 We can't just kind of skip over those six or seven verses that are a little bit uncomfortable.

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 We actually have to wrestle with them because they're not the only verses that say something like this in the Bible.

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 So the question we've got to ask is, what are they doing there?

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 Are they telling us that it's okay to pray down judgment?

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 And I'm sure you're sitting there nervously saying, no, it can't be that.

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 But if it's not that, what is it teaching us?

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 So for us to wrestle with that, I want to pray and ask God to help us have his mind on his word.

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 So please join me as we pray.

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 Father God, I want to thank you for your word and I thank you that you give it to us so that we might know you better.

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 Lord, I pray that as we wrestle with a difficult passage that you would keep us from bringing our own ideas to the passage,

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 but that we would come teachable and humble and ready to hear you speak.

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 Lord, I pray that the result of wrestling with something like this would be that we see you more clearly,

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 that we have a bigger picture of who you are.

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 And I pray that by your spirit, you would illuminate your word and shape our hearts,

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 that we might love you more and honor you more with the lives that you've given us.

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 Amen.

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 Okay, Psalm in front of you, Psalm 69.

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 The first thing that we need to understand and grab from this Psalm is that it's a Psalm of David.

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 It's there right in the title.

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 It's of David.

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 And David is the king.

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 He's God's anointed leader for the people.

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 And he is facing some sort of severe persecution.

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 The Psalm doesn't go into heaps of detail about what that is, but it's severe.

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 You can see it as he goes through.

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 He's nearly overwhelmed.

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 The waters are reaching up to his neck.

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 The mud's dragging him down.

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 There's no way out.

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 He's worn out from crying out for help.

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 He's exhausted, waiting for God's deliverance.

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 And more numerous than the hairs on his head are the people who hate him and seek to destroy him.

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 And three times in the first four verses, in fact, particularly in verse four,

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 David explains that his suffering, what he's going through, is unjust, is unfair.

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 It's not his fault.

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 If you have a look at verse four,

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 Now, it's not that David is saying,

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 I'm perfect and anything bad that happens to me is unfair because of all the characters in the Bible,

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 David's epic failures are probably more documented than others.

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 But he's saying that this issue here is not to do with him.

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 This is not a Bathsheba problem.

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 This is not something that David's done that has brought on the fire upon him.

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 Because he acknowledges that he's not perfect in verse five.

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 He says,

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 You know my folly, O God.

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 My guilt is not hidden from you.

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 But he is saying,

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 But I am innocent of this.

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 This suffering that I'm facing right now, it's not my fault.

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 And from that position of despair and being overwhelmed, David cries out to God there in verse one.

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 That's the point of the whole psalm.

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 Save me, O God.

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 And that just builds momentum as we go through all 36 verses.

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 That is David's heart's desire that he would be saved from this circumstance and opposition that he is facing.

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 But there's something about that salvation that David wants that we need to wrestle with.

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 We need to actually understand what is it that is driving his cry for salvation.

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 Because it might not be what we first think.

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 Have a look at verse nine with me.

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 Because in verse nine, David actually expresses what it is that's causing him such anguish.

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 He articulates his frustration.

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 And it's there.

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 It says in verse nine,

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 Zeal for your house consumes me.

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 And the insults of those who insult you fall on me.

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 He's talking to God here.

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 David says,

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 I'm consumed with a passion for you and for your name.

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 It's the relationship that David has with God that is causing people to persecute and oppose him.

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 That is the basis for the hatred that he receives from his enemies.

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 See, his enemies hate God.

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 And David is the person that they can see as representative of God.

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 So he becomes the object of their hatred.

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 The insults aimed at David's heavenly father fall squarely on his shoulders.

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 It's not dissimilar to a story that I was told recently about a man who was found guilty of a crime in Spain.

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 This man was born in Britain.

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 He was an American citizen.

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 But in Spain, he was convicted of a crime that everybody knew he hadn't done.

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 People were aware that he was innocent.

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 But he was convicted and sentenced to firing squad.

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 Now, at this point, the British embassy and the American embassy came out and said,

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 If you shoot this man, we'll declare war on you.

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 And when the day came for his firing squad,

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 the two ambassadors came out and draped the flag of America and the flag of Britain around him

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 and said, If you fire a shot, we'll declare war.

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 And sure enough, the firing squad turned around and walked away.

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 But in the same way that that man was representative of those nations at that particular point,

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 David here is representative of God.

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 He is God's king.

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 He's the leader of God's people.

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 And so when they see David,

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 they see an opportunity to vent their hatred and opposition towards God.

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 And so when David, in verse 13, returns to his quest for salvation,

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 his cry for rescue and redemption is a cry for God's name to be vindicated.

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 See, as David gets attacked, he feels this burden,

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 not because his own character is under fire,

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 not because his own name is being dragged through the mud.

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 His fear is that God's name is being shamed.

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 His fear is that somehow God would be found guilty

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 or God's people would be found guilty.

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 And so he eagerly desires that he would be delivered

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 because these enemies of his are his enemies because they're God's enemies.

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 And he bears their hatred and their shame for the sake of his God.

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 David's in anguish not for his own comfort,

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 but because of God's name and God's reputation.

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 David is wounded by the rejection that God is facing.

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 You've got to understand this here,

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 that David's pain in these verses, and it's significant.

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 There is this sense that it's almost beyond hope.

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 And this is because his God is under fire.

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 This is not a personal protection issue.

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 This is him carrying the burden for the holy name of his holy God.

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 And so it's from that context that we come back to these verses

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 that make us feel a bit uncomfortable and we need to look at them again.

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 I want you to have a look at verse 22

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 because we will probably take the rest of the psalm and think,

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 fantastic, God save your people when they're hurting.

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 But it's this bit that we need to wrestle with.

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 And it's David with a deep concern for his father's holy name

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 who articulates these words.

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 Speaking of his enemies, he says,

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 May the table set before them become a snare.

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 May it become retribution and a trap.

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 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see

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 and their backs be bent forever.

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 Pour out your wrath on them.

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 Let your fierce anger overtake them.

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 May their place be deserted.

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 Let there be no one to dwell in their tents,

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 for they persecute those you wound

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 and talk about the pain of those you hurt.

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 Charge them with crime upon crime.

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 Do not let them share in your salvation.

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 May they be blotted out of the book of life

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 and not be listed with the righteous.

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 I don't think that there is a harsher word

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 that David could have spoken.

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 I can't even begin to comprehend a circumstance in my life

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 where I would utter these words

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 against even my most hated enemy.

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 David is praying that God would direct his fierce, jealous wrath

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 on these enemies,

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 that they might be destroyed,

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 that they might be blotted out.

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 But here's the key.

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 David is not asking for revenge.

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 David is not asking God to destroy David's enemies

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 because they have hurt David.

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 David is asking for justice against God's enemies.

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 That is his heart's desire.

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 Not that David would win,

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 but that God's enemies would receive what they deserve.

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 See, this psalm is a psalm about God's name.

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 It's a psalm about God's reputation.

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 And David is God's representative.

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 And so as he endures the hatred and scorn

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 that is directed at his God,

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 even David's plea for salvation

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 is actually a plea for God

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 to vindicate his own character.

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 In verse 1, when David says,

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 save me, O God,

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 his heart's desire,

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 you can see it as we work through the psalm,

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 is that God's name,

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 the result of him being saved,

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 the point of him being saved

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 is that people would realize

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 that God is powerful and just

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 and mighty and righteous to judge.

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 Now I know we get nervous

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 when we talk about the wrath of God.

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 There's that sense that we need to water it down

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 with God's love.

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 But David is simply asking

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 that those who hate God

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 get what they deserve.

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 That's all he's asking for.

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 David is saying,

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 I am your chosen representative on the earth, God.

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 I'm the one you anointed to be king

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 and leader of your people.

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 And if they reject me,

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 they are rejecting you.

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 And so please give them what they deserve.

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 What you said you were going to give them.

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 It's right that those who oppose God

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 and reject his representative

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 face judgment.

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 That's right.

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 That's fair.

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 That's correct.

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 Because if you reject the Savior,

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 then all that's left

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 is the wrath

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 that you could have been saved from.

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 It's like a man walking by a river

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 who falls into the river.

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 The river begins to pick up momentum

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 and soon enough he realizes

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 that the momentum

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 is because there's a waterfall up ahead.

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 If that man chooses to ignore

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 the safety rope that is thrown to him,

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 then the waterfall is a fair enough result

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 for that individual.

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 In the same way,

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 if people choose to reject

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 the Savior that God offers,

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 then the destruction

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 is a fair and right outcome.

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 The New Testament quotes

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 this difficult section

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 in Psalm 69 twice

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 to show us

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 just how just it is.

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 The first one comes in Acts chapter 1.

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 And verse 25 of Psalm 69 is quoted.

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 Verse 25 says,

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 May their place be deserted.

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 Let there be no one to dwell in their tents.

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 When that comes into the New Testament,

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 do you know who it's talking about?

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 Judas.

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 The disciple who betrayed Jesus

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 for 30 pieces of silver.

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 When we think Judas,

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 we think that is right.

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 He deserves to be judged.

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 He betrayed his Savior

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 from right under his nose.

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 From the inner group

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 who spent time and traveled with Jesus,

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 God's wrath deserves

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 to be poured out on Judas.

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 The second quote of this section

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 comes in Romans chapter 11

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 and it's a bigger chunk.

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 And here Paul quotes the passage

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 pointing to the Jews

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 who have rejected Jesus

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 as God's Savior.

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 Now Paul's not looking for revenge

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 on the Jews

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 because Paul himself is a Jew.

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 And Paul expresses his desire

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 that the Jews would come to faith in Jesus.

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 But he's saying

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 if you reject God's anointed one,

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 in this case Jesus,

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 if you reject the Savior

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 that he offers you,

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 then it is right and fair and just

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 that you receive the wrath

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 that all creation deserves.

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 Paul is simply saying

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 the Jews are in the river

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 and they are ignoring

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 the life rope of Jesus

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 and so it is inevitable

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 that they will face the judgment.

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 See, David is not crying out

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 in this psalm

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 because of his own suffering.

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 He is driven by a zeal

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 for God's house.

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 By a desire that God's name

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 would not be trampled by men,

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 that it would not be okay

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 for people to ignore him,

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 pretend like he doesn't matter.

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 David is grieved by sin

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 because that's what sin is

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 at its core.

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 It's a rejection of God,

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 a rejection of Jesus

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 as King and Savior.

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 And David isn't saying,

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 God, make me strong

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 so I can beat my enemies.

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 He's saying,

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 God, you're God.

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 You're my God.

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 I'm your representative.

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 These are your enemies.

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 Pour out your wrath

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 like you said you would.

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 And this is really,

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 really important.

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 God has already promised

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 Abraham,

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 way back in Genesis chapter 12,

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 that he would judge those

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 who rejected his people.

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 I want you to flick back

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 with me to Genesis chapter 12

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 really quickly.

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 Keep your finger in Psalm 69

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 so that you're there,

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 ready to go.

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 But Genesis chapter 12

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 is the promises

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 that God makes to Abraham,

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 who's David's great,

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 great, great, great, great,

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 great, great, etc.,

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 grandfather.

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 And the promises

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 that God makes to Abraham

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 are the basis

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 for Israel's relationship

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 with God.

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 They're the basis

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 for David's relationship

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 with God.

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 They define what

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 that interaction looks like.

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 And in verse 3

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 of Genesis 12,

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 listen to what God says.

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 I will bless those

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 who bless you

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 and whoever curses you

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 I will curse.

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 It was right there

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 in the beginning.

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 This shouldn't surprise us.

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 God said

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 from the starting point,

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 those who curse you,

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 those who reject you,

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 my people,

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 my representative,

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 reject me

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 and they will face

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 my curse.

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 They will face

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 my judgment.

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 They will face

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 my anger.

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 God had promised this.

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 Those who oppose

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 his people

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 would be cursed

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 because rejecting

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 God's people

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 is the same

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 as rejecting him

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 and for that

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 God promised

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 his enemies

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 would face judgment.

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 David is not asking

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 for permission

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 to have revenge

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 on his enemies.

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 That is not what

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 this psalm is about.

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 He's asking for God

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 to keep his promises,

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 to keep his covenant,

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 to bring justice,

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 and to save him

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 and that all

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 goes together

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 because in Genesis 12

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 God promised

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 that he would

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 save his people.

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 That's what the blessing is.

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 That's why David

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 can say in verse 13,

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 I pray to you

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 in the time of your favor

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 in your great love,

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 O God,

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 answer me with your

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 sure salvation.

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 He's confident

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 because God

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 has already promised it

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 and necessary

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 to that salvation

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 that God

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 has promised

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 is judgment

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 on the enemies

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 of God.

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 See,

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 there's no separation

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 of those two things

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 for King David.

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 He doesn't see

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 salvation as one request

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 and the pouring out

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 of his wrath

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 as a second request.

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 Salvation happens

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 by God pouring out

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 his wrath

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 on his enemies.

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 The pouring out

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 of God's wrath

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 on his enemies

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 brings salvation

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 for those who hope

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 in God.

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 They are one

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 and the same action.

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 Now,

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 I want to say that again

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 because this is really

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 important

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 and you need

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 to grasp this.

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 Without judgment,

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 there is no salvation.

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 Without judgment,

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 there is no salvation.

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 We get very nervous

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 about the ideas

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 of judgment

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 and wrath,

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 but biblically,

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 you need judgment

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 for salvation.

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 That is how it works.

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 That is how it worked

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 from the beginning.

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 That is how Israel

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 was rescued from Egypt

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 by God bringing judgment

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 on the Egyptians

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 for oppressing his people.

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 That is the pattern

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 that he builds

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 throughout Scripture.

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 Judgment is something

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 that makes us nervous,

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 maybe correctly

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 because it is so horrific,

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 but it is necessary

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 for salvation.

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 In this psalm,

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 David's deep desire

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 is God's glory.

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 That is what he cares about

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 more than anything else

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 and we need to ask God

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 to shape our hearts

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 so that we desire

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 his glory

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 more than anything else.

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 Our biggest struggle

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 with this psalm

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 is when we think enemy,

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 we think those who hurt me.

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 The possibility

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 of being as offended

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 by what people say

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 about God

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 or the way they interact

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 with God

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 is just foreign to us

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 because we are so self-absorbed

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 in our own world.

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 It is easy to hate

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 those who have hurt us,

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 but only as God

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 renews our hearts

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 and teaches us

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 to love what he loves

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 can we begin

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 to be offended by sin

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 in the way that he is

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 and that needs to be our prayer

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 and that is the evidence

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 of God's work

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 in David's life

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 that David is so offended

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 by those who reject God

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 that he is grieved

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 to the point

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 of being overwhelmed

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 and crying out

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 for God to do something.

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 We need to ask God

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 to be shaping our hearts

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 that we might love him

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 and desire his glory

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 more than our own.

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 But that is where

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 the question of this psalm

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 gets even more pointed.

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 As we begin to see

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 and hate sin

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 with the same zeal

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 that God does

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 and with the same zeal

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 that David does,

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 how then do we respond

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 to that sin?

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 How then do we respond

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 to injustice

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 because in our world

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 God is still rejected

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 and hated

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 by billions of people?

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 In our world

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 there is still oppression

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 and injustice

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 all around us

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 so how would God

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 have us respond?

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 I mean we've already said

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 that in this psalm

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 David is praying

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 in line with the covenant

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 and promises

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 that God made to him

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 but the question is

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 as we look at sin around us

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 is it right for us

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 to pray the same thing?

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 Is it okay for us

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 to call down God's judgment

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 on the sinners

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 that we see

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 in the world around us?

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 The New Testament

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 quotes this psalm

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 quite a lot

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 and I want to quickly

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 show you three quotes

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 in John's Gospel.

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 You don't need to flick there

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 if you really fast

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 go for it

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 but if you want

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 just scribble these down

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 and check them out

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 later on.

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 In chapter 2

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 of John's Gospel

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 Jesus discovers

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 that the temple

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 is being used

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 as a market

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 and he is so angry

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 that he fashions

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 a whip for himself

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 and goes through

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 cracking his whip

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 and turning over tables

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 and chasing out

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 the people

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 who are in there

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 and his disciples

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 are watching him do this

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 watching his anger

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 burn

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 at these people

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 who have perverted

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 the use of his

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 father's house

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 and suddenly

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 for the disciples

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 it clicks.

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 Jesus is

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 Psalm 69

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 verse 9

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 Zeal

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 for God's house

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 is consuming Jesus

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 that is what's going on

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 and John 2

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 says they remember

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 this psalm

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 and realise

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 Jesus is doing it.

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 Second one

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 in chapter 15

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 Jesus is sitting down

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 with his disciples

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 and explaining

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 that they're going

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 to be persecuted

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 just like him.

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 He's explaining

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 that they're going

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 to hate you

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 just like they hated me

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 and at the end

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 Jesus says

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 the world's rejection

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 and hatred of him

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 is a fulfilment

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 of Psalm 69

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 verse 4

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 those who hate me

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 without reason

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 outnumber the hairs

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 of my head.

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 He says

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 that is me

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 in that psalm.

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 He says

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 I'm experiencing

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 all those things

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 that David talked about

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 and kind of

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 foreshadowed earlier on

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 this is about me

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 and one last one

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 in John chapter 19

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 Jesus is on the cross

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 this is beginning

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 at verse 28

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 in John 9

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 and Jesus has been

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 whipped and bloodied

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 he's about to die

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 but one last thing

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 he does

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 so he's not sitting

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 there thinking

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 what boxes do

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 I have to tick

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 this was about him

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 from the beginning

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:17.240
 and he says

00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:18.280
 as he's hanging there

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 so that the scripture

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:20.600
 might be fulfilled

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:22.620
 I'm thirsty

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:24.740
 and he's given a drink

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 of wine vinegar

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:29.460
 Psalm 69

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 verse 21

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 they put gall

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 in my food

00:21:31.859 --> 00:21:32.940
 and gave me vinegar

00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.400
 for my thirst

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 it's not a coincidence

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.460
 this psalm

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.960
 is about God's

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:40.960
 anointed king

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.559
 and leader

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 it is about

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:43.619
 King David

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 absolutely

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 it's first about

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:45.740
 King David

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 but then

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.819
 it is about Jesus

00:21:47.819 --> 00:21:49.240
 he fulfills

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:50.180
 this psalm

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 he is the eternal king

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:53.579
 David was the temporary king

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 the word used

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 to describe

00:21:55.400 --> 00:21:56.140
 David's role

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 is the same word

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:57.520
 that's used

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 to describe

00:21:58.040 --> 00:21:59.100
 Jesus' saviour

00:21:59.100 --> 00:21:59.940
 in the New Testament

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 because the king

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.740
 was like the saviour

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.280
 but Jesus

00:22:02.280 --> 00:22:04.120
 is the saviour

00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:05.060
 of God's people

00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:06.800
 Jesus lives out

00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:07.420
 this psalm

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 but the reaction

00:22:08.220 --> 00:22:09.259
 that Jesus has

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.860
 to his enemies

00:22:09.860 --> 00:22:11.240
 is very different

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.140
 to David's

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 it's like Jesus

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 is saying

00:22:14.840 --> 00:22:15.259
 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 the whole way through

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 and then he gets

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 to verse 22

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 and something shifts

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 because

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.279
 in Gethsemane

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 you see

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.539
 Jesus praying

00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:25.940
 prayers

00:22:25.940 --> 00:22:26.480
 that kind of

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.879
 reflect

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.519
 what David's

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 feeling

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:29.159
 Jesus

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.440
 feeling

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.980
 that anguish

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 of if there's

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 another way

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:31.420
 God

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 can you do it

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 but we get

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.639
 to verse 22

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 and it's where

00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:37.000
 David and Jesus

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.539
 it becomes obvious

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.519
 just how different

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 they are

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 because Jesus'

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.240
 prayer is

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:45.059
 Father forgive them

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:46.559
 for they know

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.359
 not what they do

00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.879
 see Jesus

00:22:49.879 --> 00:22:51.240
 actually embodies

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.019
 the judgment

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:52.719
 that David

00:22:52.719 --> 00:22:53.699
 prays for here

00:22:53.699 --> 00:22:55.359
 he experiences

00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.019
 the judgment

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.679
 he takes it

00:22:56.679 --> 00:22:57.399
 on himself

00:22:57.399 --> 00:22:58.519
 Jesus wraps up

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.979
 all of verse 22

00:22:59.979 --> 00:23:00.979
 through to 28

00:23:00.979 --> 00:23:02.279
 on himself

00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:05.939
 Jesus on the cross

00:23:05.939 --> 00:23:07.819
 is not just about

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.719
 physical pain

00:23:08.719 --> 00:23:09.859
 there is significant

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.719
 physical pain

00:23:10.719 --> 00:23:11.939
 but it is more

00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.839
 about what this

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.779
 psalm talks about

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 it is more about

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.619
 the fierce

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:17.519
 anger

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.439
 of a holy

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:18.939
 God

00:23:18.939 --> 00:23:21.239
 being poured

00:23:21.239 --> 00:23:21.599
 out

00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:23.639
 on his son

00:23:23.639 --> 00:23:26.699
 Jesus takes

00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:27.519
 that judgment

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.439
 in verses 22

00:23:28.439 --> 00:23:29.019
 to 28

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.179
 and rolls it up

00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:31.119
 with the rejoicing

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.119
 that David has

00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:33.399
 in verses 29

00:23:33.399 --> 00:23:34.179
 to the end

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 he combines

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:35.619
 them together

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.500
 and judgment

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.419
 and salvation

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:38.259
 become

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:39.279
 inseparably

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.819
 connected

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:42.899
 Jesus

00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:44.239
 far surpasses

00:23:44.239 --> 00:23:44.719
 anything

00:23:44.719 --> 00:23:46.179
 that David

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.500
 could have

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.019
 even begun

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.519
 to hope

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:47.820
 for

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:49.519
 we get

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.019
 excited

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.360
 when we

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.660
 glory

00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:50.940
 in the

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.340
 forgiveness

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.080
 that comes

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.460
 by the

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.759
 cross

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.100
 of our

00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.440
 Savior

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.360
 but we

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:54.740
 cannot

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.240
 fully

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.840
 understand

00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:56.060
 the

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.420
 forgiveness

00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.880
 that we

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.180
 have

00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:57.660
 we cannot

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.019
 fully

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.420
 understand

00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:58.840
 the love

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.240
 that God

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.680
 has shown

00:23:59.680 --> 00:23:59.940
 us

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:01.160
 unless we

00:24:01.160 --> 00:24:01.920
 understand

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.600
 that at

00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.240
 exactly

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.960
 the same

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.519
 time

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.740
 as that

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.140
 forgiveness

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.740
 was won

00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:09.799
 the most

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.220
 direct

00:24:10.220 --> 00:24:10.799
 and severe

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.299
 act of

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.720
 judgment

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.120
 that this

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.319
 world

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.680
 will ever

00:24:12.680 --> 00:24:12.960
 know

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.380
 was being

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.680
 poured

00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.000
 out

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:20.660
 until we

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.120
 grasp

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:21.859
 that all

00:24:21.859 --> 00:24:22.460
 of God's

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.940
 wrath

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:24.799
 was poured

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.160
 out on

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.480
 Jesus

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.099
 instead of

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.500
 us

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.420
 we will

00:24:27.420 --> 00:24:27.700
 never

00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.140
 begin

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.380
 to

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.000
 understand

00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.380
 the love

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.880
 that God

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.299
 has shown

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.680
 us

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:35.900
 can we

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.340
 pray this

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:36.660
 prayer

00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:39.660
 as

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.060
 forgiven

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.580
 sinners

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.019
 wrath

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.420
 is not

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.700
 ours

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.180
 to give

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:45.700
 we

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.060
 have a

00:24:46.060 --> 00:24:46.380
 covenant

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.720
 that is

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.160
 better than

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.460
 the one

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.920
 that David

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.279
 knew

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.759
 we have

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.240
 a covenant

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:50.120
 that guarantees

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.680
 our eternal

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.259
 salvation

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:51.620
 through the

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.940
 blood of

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.440
 our son

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.019
 and as

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.440
 forgiven

00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:56.039
 sinners

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.759
 wrath

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.120
 is not

00:24:57.120 --> 00:24:57.340
 ours

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.799
 to give

00:24:57.799 --> 00:24:58.500
 it is

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:58.820
 God's

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.160
 alone

00:24:59.160 --> 00:25:01.140
 as

00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:01.500
 followers

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.740
 of

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.100
 Jesus

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.720
 the

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.060
 model

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.360
 that we

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.500
 are

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.720
 given

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.180
 is to

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.500
 love

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.720
 our

00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.259
 enemies

00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:06.620
 love

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:06.940
 for our

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.259
 brothers

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.840
 and our

00:25:07.840 --> 00:25:08.340
 enemies

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.320
 there's a

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.960
 great set

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.320
 of verses

00:25:10.320 --> 00:25:10.860
 in Romans

00:25:10.860 --> 00:25:11.700
 chapter 12

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.160
 beginning at

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.700
 verse 17

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.120
 it says

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:13.420
 do not

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.220
 repay anyone

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.860
 evil for

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.220
 evil

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.180
 be careful

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.540
 to do

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:16.779
 what is

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.080
 right

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:17.360
 in the

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.580
 eyes

00:25:17.580 --> 00:25:17.720
 of

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.120
 everybody

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.480
 if

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.600
 it

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:18.759
 is

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.200
 possible

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.480
 as

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.720
 far

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:19.840
 as

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:19.940
 it

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.279
 depends

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:20.460
 on

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.620
 you

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.140
 live

00:25:21.140 --> 00:25:21.320
 at

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:21.660
 peace

00:25:21.660 --> 00:25:22.120
 with

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.560
 everyone

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:22.759
 and

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:22.960
 here's

00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.160
 really

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.560
 important

00:25:23.560 --> 00:25:24.320
 do not

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:24.600
 take

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.120
 revenge

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.340
 my

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.940
 friends

00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:27.200
 but leave

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.820
 room for

00:25:27.819 --> 00:25:28.379
 God's

00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.759
 wrath

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.980
 for it

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.099
 is

00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.359
 written

00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:30.659
 it

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:30.819
 is

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.299
 mine

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.700
 to

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.319
 avenge

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.039
 I

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.259
 will

00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.659
 repay

00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.079
 says

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.259
 the

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.539
 Lord

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.439
 on

00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:35.579
 the

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.099
 contrary

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.759
 if

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:36.919
 your

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.179
 enemy

00:25:37.179 --> 00:25:37.419
 is

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.779
 hungry

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.679
 feed

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:38.960
 him

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.799
 if

00:25:39.799 --> 00:25:39.919
 he

00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.099
 is

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.559
 thirsty

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.159
 give

00:25:41.159 --> 00:25:41.319
 him

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:41.599
 something

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:41.819
 to

00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.200
 drink

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:43.119
 in

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:43.359
 doing

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:43.759
 this

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.019
 you

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:44.179
 will

00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.419
 heap

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:44.759
 burning

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.159
 coals

00:25:45.159 --> 00:25:45.299
 on

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.439
 his

00:25:45.439 --> 00:25:45.759
 head

00:25:45.759 --> 00:25:46.980
 do

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.159
 not

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.599
 overcome

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:47.879
 by

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:48.279
 evil

00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:48.879
 but

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.319
 overcome

00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:49.759
 evil

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.359
 with

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:50.659
 good

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:53.080
 the

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:53.420
 command

00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.620
 to

00:25:53.620 --> 00:25:53.900
 love

00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.320
 doesn't

00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:54.779
 remove

00:25:54.779 --> 00:25:55.000
 the

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.360
 desire

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.580
 for

00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.180
 justice

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.640
 it

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:57.900
 just

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.220
 helps

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.380
 us

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.820
 understand

00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.019
 what

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.380
 justice

00:25:59.380 --> 00:25:59.680
 really

00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.160
 is

00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:01.980
 justice

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.420
 isn't

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.720
 my

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.420
 vindication

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.779
 it's

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 God's

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.820
 vindication

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 it's

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 those

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.000
 who have

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.460
 rejected

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.800
 him

00:26:08.800 --> 00:26:09.300
 receiving

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 what

00:26:09.540 --> 00:26:09.700
 they

00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.220
 deserve

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 and

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:12.880
 those

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 who have

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 trusted

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.680
 in

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 the

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 son

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 being

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.480
 given

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 the

00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.000
 life

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.180
 that

00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.300
 they

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 do

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 not

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 so

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:20.000
 how do

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.119
 we

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.559
 respond

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:20.740
 to

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.240
 injustice

00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:21.599
 and

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:21.839
 sin

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:21.960
 in

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.079
 the

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.240
 world

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:22.559
 around

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.019
 us

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.740
 as

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.039
 God

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:25.480
 does

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.960
 shape

00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:26.160
 our

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.460
 heart

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.660
 to

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:26.839
 love

00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.140
 him

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.380
 more

00:26:27.380 --> 00:26:27.539
 than

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:27.819
 us

00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:27.960
 and

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.119
 as

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 we

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.660
 do

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.039
 God

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.380
 willing

00:26:29.380 --> 00:26:29.660
 become

00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:29.960
 more

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.420
 offended

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.440
 by

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.619
 the

00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.119
 irreverence

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.259
 that

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.460
 we're

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.799
 surrounded

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.140
 by

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.559
 how do

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:33.700
 we

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.119
 respond

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:37.859
 like

00:26:37.859 --> 00:26:38.240
 David

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:38.779
 ultimately

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.180
 did

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:41.579
 from

00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:41.839
 verse

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.319
 29

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:43.259
 he

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:43.460
 says

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.819
 I'm

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:43.960
 in

00:26:43.960 --> 00:26:44.259
 pain

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.420
 and

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.960
 distress

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.559
 may

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.920
 your

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.500
 salvation

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:46.740
 oh

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:46.940
 God

00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.299
 protect

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.599
 me

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.359
 I

00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:48.539
 will

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.119
 praise

00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:49.479
 God's

00:26:49.479 --> 00:26:49.679
 name

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:49.859
 in

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.159
 song

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.379
 and

00:26:50.379 --> 00:26:51.000
 glorify

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.259
 him

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.459
 with

00:26:51.459 --> 00:26:52.079
 thanksgiving

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.739
 this

00:26:52.739 --> 00:26:52.939
 will

00:26:52.939 --> 00:26:53.239
 please

00:26:53.239 --> 00:26:54.000
 the

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.219
 Lord

00:26:54.219 --> 00:26:54.500
 more

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.679
 than

00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:54.859
 an

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.239
 ox

00:26:55.239 --> 00:26:55.759
 more

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:55.899
 than

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.099
 a

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.299
 bull

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.500
 with

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.679
 its

00:26:56.679 --> 00:26:57.059
 horns

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.199
 and

00:26:57.199 --> 00:26:57.359
 its

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.639
 hoofs

00:26:57.639 --> 00:26:57.739
 and

00:26:57.739 --> 00:26:57.859
 he

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.500
 rejoices

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.219
 because

00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:00.619
 even

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.019
 though

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.379
 he's

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.719
 surrounded

00:27:01.719 --> 00:27:01.939
 by

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.539
 injustice

00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:03.679
 back

00:27:03.679 --> 00:27:03.859
 in

00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.059
 verse

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:04.359
 13

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:04.599
 he

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:04.819
 already

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.179
 knows

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.359
 that

00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:05.939
 salvation

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.319
 is

00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:06.719
 sure

00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.319
 that

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.719
 judgment

00:27:07.719 --> 00:27:08.079
 will

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.439
 come

00:27:08.439 --> 00:27:08.659
 that

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:09.039
 God

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.239
 will

00:27:09.239 --> 00:27:09.579
 bring

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:11.199
 justice

00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:12.319
 and

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.779
 judgment

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.179
 and

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.799
 salvation

00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.619
 respond

00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:16.939
 like

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.259
 David

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.719
 ultimately

00:27:17.719 --> 00:27:18.019
 did

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.319
 but

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.759
 more

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:18.940
 than

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.220
 that

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.539
 respond

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.859
 like

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.200
 Jesus

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.559
 did

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:23.299
 with

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.000
 sacrificial

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.599
 love

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:26.440
 even

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.680
 especially

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.200
 for those

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.960
 who persecute

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.359
 us

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.839
 because we

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.519
 are confident

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:34.619
 that God

00:27:34.619 --> 00:27:35.339
 will bring

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.920
 justice

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:38.400
 we are

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.940
 confident

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.119
 because in

00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:40.500
 Jesus

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.960
 he's already

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.700
 begun to do

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:42.879
 it

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:44.599
 and because

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:44.879
 he has

00:27:44.879 --> 00:27:45.279
 promised

00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:45.680
 that when

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:45.980
 Jesus

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.759
 returns

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:49.060
 he will

00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.259
 bring

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:49.680
 justice

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.100
 fully

00:27:50.100 --> 00:27:51.400
 and

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.759
 forever

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:54.480
 let's

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.759
 pray

00:27:54.759 --> 00:28:02.480
 father

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.759
 god

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:02.960
 we

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.460
 acknowledge

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.840
 that

00:28:03.840 --> 00:28:05.200
 it is

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:05.720
 our

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.000
 hearts

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.400
 first

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.779
 desire

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:06.940
 to

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.299
 protect

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.860
 ourselves

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.340
 but we

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:08.779
 ask that

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.039
 you would

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.279
 strip

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.460
 that

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:09.799
 away

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:11.960
 please

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:13.119
 shape our

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.379
 hearts

00:28:13.379 --> 00:28:13.700
 that we

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.200
 would love

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.480
 you

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.319
 as you

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.700
 deserve

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.819
 that we

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:17.259
 would care

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.740
 more about

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.500
 your glory

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.019
 and your

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.519
 honor and

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.139
 your name

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.539
 and your

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.299
 purpose than

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.960
 any of our

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.659
 own ambition

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:25.440
 father

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.860
 as you

00:28:25.860 --> 00:28:26.519
 shape us

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:26.940
 and as we

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.600
 recognize

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.220
 just how

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.740
 sinful

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.420
 and dark

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.880
 our world

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.400
 is

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:33.600
 may we

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:33.980
 be moved

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.540
 to love

00:28:34.540 --> 00:28:35.140
 like you

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.519
 loved

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:37.440
 maybe we

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.040
 move to

00:28:38.040 --> 00:28:38.400
 love

00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.320
 sacrificially

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:40.320
 humbly

00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.660
 without

00:28:40.660 --> 00:28:41.240
 judgment

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.540
 knowing that

00:28:42.540 --> 00:28:43.019
 it's you

00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.740
 who judges

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:47.740
 give us

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.300
 the ability

00:28:48.300 --> 00:28:48.840
 to love

00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.279
 and forgive

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.759
 those who

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.340
 hurt us

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.980
 again

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.640
 knowing that

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:52.060
 it's you

00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.579
 who judges

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.960
 and that

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.539
 your judgment

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:54.299
 is sure

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.919
 and right

00:28:54.919 --> 00:28:55.740
 and just

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:58.059
 father

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.759
 be enough

00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.480
 for us

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:01.220
 that we

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.599
 might be

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:01.919
 content

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.579
 in you

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.940
 that we

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.299
 might be

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:04.799
 released

00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.740
 to love

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.159
 especially

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.559
 when it

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.980
 hurts

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:09.500
 father

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.960
 we thank

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.200
 you for

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:10.759
 your son

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:12.500
 we thank

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.859
 you that

00:29:12.859 --> 00:29:13.779
 he was

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.299
 willing to

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.720
 take

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:16.240
 the punishment

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.679
 that we

00:29:16.679 --> 00:29:17.299
 deserved

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:18.839
 lord

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.299
 may that

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:19.700
 truth

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.379
 daily

00:29:20.379 --> 00:29:21.440
 break

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.200
 our hearts

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:24.820
 and excite

00:29:24.820 --> 00:29:25.200
 us

00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:26.480
 to share

00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:26.860
 that love

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.279
 with others

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.640
 who don't

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.340
 deserve it

00:29:28.340 --> 00:29:30.100
 thank you

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.559
 god for

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.160
 your word

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:32.740
 amen

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:37.940
 so

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:39.359
 you

00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:40.359
 you

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:43.420
 other

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:45.539
 who