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 But what about those theological and existential questions that never seem to have a complete resolution?

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 What about those questions? What are we to do with them?

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 Psalm 10, I think, presents us with such a predicament.

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 After being told in Psalm 9 of God's nearness to the afflicted, we are now challenged here with the feeling of God's distance, particularly in times of trouble.

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 As Derek Kidner said, there in Psalm 9, the center of gravity was the judgment of God that is to come.

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 But here, it is the present age where injustice and wickedness is rampant.

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 And the intention of this psalm is made actually very clear in the first two verses.

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 Observing the tragic injustices that are committed against the vulnerable, the unnamed author of the psalm,

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 Ask God why he seems so distant in this evil.

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 Where are you, Lord, in this?

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 The question, it doesn't suppose that God is actually absent or that he has lost interest in the issue at hand,

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 but it does reflect the psalmist confusion with God's delay.

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 Surely, there has been some time in your life before and after Christ where you have looked at the rampant wickedness of this world

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 and you've asked something similar to this psalmist.

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 Lord, where are you in this evil?

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 Why aren't you doing something?

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 Why do you let this continue?

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 Why do abusers and warmongers and cheats continue to get by with oppressing the weak and helpless?

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 Lord, are you there?

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 So, the psalmist asked God to act.

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 Let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised, he prays.

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 Which, interestingly enough, if you think back on the previous psalms that we've studied,

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 this has been a common theme, hasn't it?

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 In relation to God's judgment, there is always this focus on a future judgment.

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 But some of these psalms indicate that God does indeed sometimes work now to judge the wicked.

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 And he has a particular way that he often does that.

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 And that is by turning their wickedness against them.

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 And this facet, feature of God's work and God's judgment is prevalent in the scriptures.

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 Do you remember in the book of Esther, the antagonist is a man named Haman.

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 And Haman prepares a set of gallows in order that he might hang Mordecai,

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 which is Esther's uncle, if I remember correctly.

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 And God uses Esther to orchestrate events in such a way that it's actually Haman who ends up being hanged on those gallows.

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 Do you remember that story?

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 A more familiar one to you would be Daniel.

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 Do you remember Daniel's enemies?

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 They prepare a den of lions.

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 And they craft a scheme not to serve justice as rulers,

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 but specifically so that they might entrap Daniel in his faithfulness.

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 And as soon as he falls into their trap, he's thrown into this den of lions, but God closes their mouths.

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 And then he orchestrates the events in such a way that the ones who ultimately are destroyed by the lions

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 are the very ones who provided the den to begin with.

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 The way that the book of Daniel describes it is that when they were cast into the den,

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 what hit the ground was their bones.

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 A poetic way of saying they were absolutely destroyed as God opened the mouths of the lions.

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 We know that God works this way.

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 The psalmist knows that God works this way.

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 And as he steps back in the psalm and he observes the wickedness that's happening,

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 and he sees that God isn't doing anything, at least it doesn't seem like he is.

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 And so he cries out in verse 2, in this summary of his prayer,

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 let them be caught, Lord, do what you normally do.

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 Bring justice in a way that I know you're pleased to do against the wicked.

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 The difficulty presented in Psalm 10 is the seeming contradiction of God's righteousness on one hand

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 and his delay of justice on the other hand.

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 The psalmist, and we, if we're honest, often look at these types of situations,

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 and on one side we say we know that God is righteous,

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 we know that God judges the wicked,

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 we know that God is not pleased by this,

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 but we can't understand why he's not acting.

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 Why is he letting children starve?

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 Why is he letting the vulnerable be abducted and sold into the sex trade around the world?

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 Why do needless murders continue?

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 Why do wars continue to grow?

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 Where is the Lord?

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 We know you're righteous God.

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 Why aren't you doing anything?

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 And while the scriptures do,

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 they help us to find answers to this kind of question,

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 that's not actually the intention of this psalm, funny enough.

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 It presents the problem.

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 It offers no solution.

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 It's not the reason for it.

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 The purpose of Psalm 10, rather,

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 is to give us a model for approaching God in such moments of doubt and confusion.

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 The author is not trying to give you all the answers about that particular question.

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 The author, through the inspiration of God's Spirit,

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 is teaching us how to come to God when we're in a similar place.

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 As he was in this moment.

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 The song is straightforward, actually.

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 There's three straightforward elements to the prayer here

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 that teach us how we might appropriately ask God,

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 why?

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 Why?

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 So let's just walk through them quickly.

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 The first thing I want you to see is the psalmist concern.

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 Notice the psalmist concern.

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 We find it enumerated in verses 3 through 11.

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 I won't read them all again now.

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 We'll walk through them together.

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 But what we see is that the first thing that the psalm teaches us to do

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 is actually to bring our concerns.

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 We might even call them complaints.

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 Bring our complaints to the Lord.

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 Foolish is the one who says it's inappropriate to ever ask God,

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 why?

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 That's foolish.

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 It's certainly not biblical.

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 God invites us, actually, to cast our anxieties upon him,

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 for he cares for us, Peter says.

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 And there is certainly a sinful way that we might go about doing that.

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 But the thing itself, bringing our concerns, bringing our complaints,

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 bringing our cares to the Lord, the thing itself is good and right.

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 Notice that more than half of this psalm,

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 which was meant to be repeated as an act of worship among God's people,

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 half of it is committed to the psalmist expressing his confusion

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 and his concerns and his complaints.

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 How could we come to a psalm like this and ever say,

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 it's never appropriate to ask God why he's not doing something

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 or where is he in a particular situation?

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 This was meant to be repeated in worship.

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 And more than half of the psalm is a complaint, a concern.

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 As he observed the injustices performed by the wicked,

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 the psalmist voiced four particular complaints about the wicked to the Lord.

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 First, he expresses his confusion about their pride.

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 Look with me at verse 2.

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 In arrogance, the wicked hotly pursue the poor.

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 Verse 3.

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 For the wicked boast of the desires of his soul,

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 the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.

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 Verse 4.

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 In the pride of his face, the wicked does not seek him.

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 All his thoughts are there is no God.

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 It's the wicked's pride that drives his pursuit of the poor

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 and it's his pride that drives his blasphemy against the Lord.

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 And there's two dimensions to his pride.

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 First, there is this horizontal dimension.

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 In which he considers himself superior to the weak.

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 His injustices here, as they are recalled by the psalmist,

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 they're always aimed, if you notice, at the vulnerable.

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 Why does the wicked always aim, in this context,

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 his injustices toward the vulnerable?

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 Because he believes in his arrogance that he is superior to them.

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 That they are inferior people.

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 Therefore, he is justified in coming against them

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 and in abusing them.

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 You say, well, how does this work out in our lives around us?

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 Well, you don't have to look very far.

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 You pick up a newspaper and you'll probably see just about every day

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 a number of occasions where this is happening all around us.

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 This week, we'll celebrate the independence of our nation.

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 A wonderful celebration.

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 Andy mentioned the other day, it's his favorite, right?

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 Is that what you mentioned recently?

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 Favorite holiday of the year.

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 It's exciting.

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 Julie and the girls and I are planning to go to Washington, D.C.

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 for a few days in September.

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 And I always love going there.

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 It's one of my favorite places to visit

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 because there's so much about our nation, our independence,

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 and the boldness and courage of those who have gone before us

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 that is worth celebrating.

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 You know, we would do well this week

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 that in the midst of our celebrations,

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 we would recognize and stop and give attention

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 to our nation's history in regards to this very wickedness

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 that's described here.

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 Does this not describe the nature of the chattel slavery

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 of which many in our nation were guilty for so long?

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 The strong oppressing the weak,

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 believing that black people were less than human?

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 Wasn't that the argument?

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 That on one hand, we can write in our declaration of independence

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 that all people are created equal,

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 but we get the right to choose who is a person

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 and who is not a full person?

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 And that was the argument.

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 What is that if it's not what's being described in Psalm 10?

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 The powerful, the strong,

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 taking advantage of the vulnerable and the weak

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 in order that they might build themselves up.

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 Advocates of abortion make a similar argument.

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 They espouse a similar kind of reasoning

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 that an unborn child is something less

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 than a full human with an equal right to life.

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 The strong taking advantage of the weak,

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 aiming their injustices at the vulnerable.

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 There's a horizontal dimension to this pride

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 that we are better.

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 There is something superior in us than in them.

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 That's how the wicked one thinks.

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 Then there's this vertical dimension to the pride, isn't there?

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 So that the wicked, we're told,

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 renounces the Lord,

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 refuses to seek him,

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 and then mockingly declares,

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 there is no God.

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 There is no God to judge me.

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 That's what they say.

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 So there's this horizontal pride.

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 Then there's this vertical pride in the two are not unrelated.

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 Psalmist complains that the wicked

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 not only pursue the poor and renounce the Lord,

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 but they go so far as to boast in their evil deeds.

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 That's what he says in verse three.

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 The wicked boast of the desires of his soul.

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 He believes his desires are justified.

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 There is this Darwinian-like worldview

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 in these individuals that believe

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 only the strongest should and will survive.

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 They boast in predatorial behavior,

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 seeing a desire to win at all cost

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 as a virtue.

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 It is a prevalent,

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 although perhaps sometimes masked,

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 worldview of our day.

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 That all you need to do

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 is follow your heart,

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 choose your dream,

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 and don't stop at anything

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 to get there.

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 Let no one get in your way.

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 Let no relationship stand in the way

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 of your autonomy and your freedom

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 and your dream and your pursuit.

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 We only need to look at

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 even the candidates

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 for this year's presidential election

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 to see how this wickedness

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 is trumpeted as a virtue.

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 The wicked have an unmitigated pride,

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 and the psalmist can't understand

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 why God hasn't intervened.

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 Do you feel that?

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 Do you feel the raw emotion of this prayer

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 as he witnesses this?

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 And he says,

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 Lord, why aren't you doing something about this?

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 So there's their pride.

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 Then there's their prosperity.

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 Verse five.

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 His ways prosper at all times.

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 Your judgments are on high out of his sight.

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 As for all his foes,

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 he puffs at them.

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 He says in his heart,

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 I shall not be moved

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 throughout all generations.

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 I shall not meet adversity.

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 So that in addition to their pride,

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 the psalmist struggles to understand

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 their prosperity,

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 which increases their arrogance even more.

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 This is precisely what drove

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 another psalmist named Asaph

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 to nearly abandon the faith altogether.

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 Flip over to Psalm 73, would you?

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 It'll be a few years before we get to this one,

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 so we might as well look at it now.

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 Psalm 73.

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 This prayer of Asaph,

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 truly God is good to Israel,

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 to those who are pure in heart,

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 but as for me,

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 my feet had almost stumbled.

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 My steps had nearly slipped.

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 Why, Asaph?

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 For I was envious of the arrogant

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 when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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 That sounds similar, doesn't it?

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 They have no pains until death.

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 Their bodies are fat and sleek.

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 I didn't know those two things worked together.

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 They have lots to eat.

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 They're wealthy.

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 They are not in trouble as others are.

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 They are not stricken like the rest of mankind.

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 Therefore, pride is their necklace.

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 Violence covers them as a garment.

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 Their eyes swell out through fatness.

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 Their hearts overflow with follies.

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 They scoff and speak with malice.

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 Loftily, they threaten oppression.

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 They set their mouths against the heavens,

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 and their tongue struts through the earth.

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 Therefore, his people turn back to them

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 and find no fault in him.

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 Do you see what Asaph is saying there?

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 That these people,

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 if we can follow the same theme

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 as the political environment of our nation right now,

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 these same people,

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 they see this wickedness that's happening,

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 and they just assume,

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 we can't do anything about it.

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 We might as well support it

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 so that the people of God say,

00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:57.240
 we can find no fault

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 in these wicked people.

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 Verse 11,

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 and they say,

00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:03.279
 how can God know?

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 Is there knowledge in the Most High?

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 Behold, these are the wicked,

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 always at ease.

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 They increase in riches.

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 And what did this cause Asaph to believe?

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 Verse 13,

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 all in vain have I kept my heart clean.

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 All in vain it feels

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 that I've lived in holiness

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 and in righteousness.

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 Asaph knew what the psalmist of Psalm 10

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 was talking about.

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 We can all relate to this confusion on some level.

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 Why does God allow the wicked

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 not only to continue in their sin,

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 but prosper in it?

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 The way of the world is such that

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 the unrighteous increase in power,

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 the crooked gain tremendous wealth,

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 the corrupt are celebrated

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 when they should be incarcerated.

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 The struggle for a believer then

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 is that we expect God

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 to punish these people

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 when in fact they continue to prosper.

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 And we step back like the psalmist

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 so very often,

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 if you're paying attention,

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 and you just say,

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 Lord, where are you?

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 Why?

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 Then there's their plans

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 that frustrate the psalmist.

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.580
 Verse 7,

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 his mouth is filled with cursing

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 and deceit and oppression.

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 Under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

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 He sits in ambush

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 in the villages and hiding places.

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 He murders the innocent.

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 His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless.

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 He lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket.

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 He lurks that he may seize the poor.

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 He seizes the poor

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 when he draws him into his net.

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 It's the plans of the wicked.

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 Have you noticed how often

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 sins of the tongue

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 have been at the forefront

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 of the injustices described

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 in the first few psalms?

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 It feels like almost every psalm,

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 doesn't it?

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 There is some cry

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 against the words of the wicked,

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 the lies of the wicked,

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 the slanders of the wicked,

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 the cursing of the wicked.

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 It's not that the wicked

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 occasionally bend the truth to win.

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 The psalmist says their mouths are full of it.

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 They're full of cursing.

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 They're full of deceit.

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 They're full of oppression.

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 These sins of speech

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 are actually crucial to their schemes.

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 They know that if they do not engage

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 in this level of deceit and manipulation,

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 they will not achieve the goals

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 for which they desire.

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 And so it's crucial.

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 So that where you find a liar,

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 you are sure to find an oppressive scheme

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 shortly after.

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 He who has an ear,

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 let him hear.

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 Plans of the wicked

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 are marked by stealth.

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 Like a lion hurting her prey,

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 they wait in the shadows

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 until the weak are most vulnerable.

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 And when the time is right,

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 they take advantage

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 of the most helpless of people.

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 How many stories have we heard

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.960
 in recent days

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 about abusers,

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 quote,

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 grooming

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 their prey?

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 Of thieves

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 baiting those,

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 sometimes in elaborate schemes,

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 in order to steal from them.

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 Of the powerful,

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.880
 manipulating people

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 that they just plan to use

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 to advance their own desires,

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 and they're going to leave them

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 in the dust.

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 This is our world.

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 It's always been our world

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 since sin came in.

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 Then there's

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 the product of all of this

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 that frustrates the psalmist,

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 verse 10.

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 The helpless are crushed.

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 They sink down.

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 They fall by the might

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 of the wicked.

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 And then he says in his heart,

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.720
 God is forgotten.

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 He's hidden his face.

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 He will never see it.

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 The psalmist laments

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 the products of the pride

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 and prosperity

00:21:27.299 --> 00:21:28.319
 and plans of the wicked.

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 All of it leads

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 to the helpless being crushed

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 and the wicked

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 increasing in their arrogance.

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 They say God has forgotten

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 and hidden his face

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 so that the wicked

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 will continue to succeed

00:21:41.619 --> 00:21:43.380
 in their schemes.

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 No one to hold them to account.

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 So now we come to this point

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 in the psalm

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 and we think,

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 okay, now we understand

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.579
 that opening question

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 a little better.

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 Not only is he confused

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 about what seems like

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 a contradiction

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:02.059
 in God's righteousness

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 and God's action,

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 but we get to this

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 particular verse

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 and we think,

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 you know,

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.899
 maybe the psalmist

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 has heard this declaration

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 of the wicked

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 in verse 11

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 that God doesn't see

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 and that he's distant

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 and that he doesn't care

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 and that he's not going to judge

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 and now even the faithful

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.099
 are starting to wonder,

00:22:20.699 --> 00:22:21.740
 maybe they're right.

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 Maybe he doesn't see.

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 Has God actually

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 hidden his face?

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 Where is he?

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 Why hasn't he intervened?

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 Now the point of all of this

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 is to say

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 that though it is never right

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.860
 to charge God

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.599
 with an injustice,

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 the psalmist is not doing that.

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 It's never right

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.420
 to charge God

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 with an injustice,

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 but that doesn't mean

00:22:46.819 --> 00:22:47.360
 it's wrong

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:48.480
 to bring your cares

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.640
 and your concerns

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.420
 and your complaints

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.140
 to him in prayer.

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 Psalm 10 is a model for us

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 that when we too

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.940
 look around

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 and see things like this,

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 that it is okay

00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.839
 to go to the Lord

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 and pour out your heart

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:02.960
 to him

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.880
 and your confusions

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.279
 to him

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.880
 and your doubts

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:06.100
 and your frustrations

00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.480
 to him.

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.100
 Lord, why?

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.819
 Why is it this way?

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.799
 We have the model.

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.059
 So we see

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.980
 the psalmist concern.

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.660
 Secondly,

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:15.839
 we see the psalmist prayer.

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.259
 The psalmist prayer.

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 Look with me

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.360
 at verse 12.

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 Arise, O Lord,

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.920
 O God,

00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.019
 lift up your hand.

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.019
 Forget not

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.059
 the afflicted, Lord.

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:27.539
 Why does the wicked

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.279
 renounce God

00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:29.019
 and say in his heart

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.079
 that you will not

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.779
 call to account?

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.119
 You do see.

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.279
 You note mischief

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.119
 and vexation

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:36.859
 and you note it

00:23:36.859 --> 00:23:37.539
 so that you may

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.700
 take it into your hands

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.259
 for judgment.

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.819
 So to you,

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:43.200
 the helpless commits himself

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.319
 and you have been

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:44.700
 the helper

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.579
 of the fatherless.

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.559
 So, Lord,

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.500
 break the arm

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.099
 of the wicked

00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.159
 and evildoer.

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.720
 Call his wickedness

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.399
 to account

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:53.740
 till there's no more left.

00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:55.440
 So he moves

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.859
 from the passion,

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.019
 the emotion

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.319
 of the question itself

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:01.400
 to a passionate,

00:24:01.700 --> 00:24:02.620
 emotive,

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.140
 prayer to the Lord

00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:04.799
 to act.

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:08.599
 We've seen his concern.

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.440
 Now we recognize

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.240
 what he does

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.660
 and what he does not do.

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.279
 Psalm 10,

00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:16.819
 at this point,

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:18.220
 brings us to a proverbial

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.480
 fork in the road.

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:22.900
 One leads to the dismantling

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.839
 of one's faith,

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.420
 determining that

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.860
 if there is a God,

00:24:27.519 --> 00:24:28.380
 there must be

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.620
 some injustice in him.

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.740
 The other path,

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.160
 however,

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.519
 is the model of faith

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:36.480
 that trusts the Lord

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:38.099
 even when his ways

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.620
 are difficult

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.480
 to comprehend.

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.660
 And the psalmist here

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:43.539
 chooses to walk in faith,

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.019
 doesn't he?

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:47.200
 Asaph was nearly

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:49.200
 about to abandon

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.720
 the faith.

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.579
 Perhaps the psalmist

00:24:52.579 --> 00:24:53.160
 in Psalm 10

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.720
 was as well,

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.819
 but neither one of them

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:55.339
 do that.

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.279
 They trust the Lord.

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.220
 They model faith.

00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.720
 The psalmist

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.819
 doesn't accuse God.

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.759
 He doesn't doubt

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.400
 God's goodness.

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.559
 Instead,

00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.500
 he casts his cares

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.000
 on the Lord.

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:06.359
 He pleads with him

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.319
 to act according

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:09.039
 to his righteous character.

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.980
 Habakkuk

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.339
 had a similar

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.740
 predicament,

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.120
 didn't he?

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.039
 Faith was

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:19.640
 his answer from God

00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:20.180
 when he prayed

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.460
 a similar prayer.

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:25.000
 Habakkuk 2, 4,

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.839
 the righteous

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.420
 shall live by faith.

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.839
 So that while

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.759
 the wicked

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:32.000
 live in skepticism,

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.400
 the righteous

00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:35.339
 continue in faith

00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:36.460
 even when they

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.799
 don't have

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.400
 all the answers.

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:40.480
 Rather than

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.599
 believe the words

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.039
 of the wicked

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.839
 in verse 11,

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.079
 the psalmist

00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:44.759
 responds with

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.240
 what he knows

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.719
 to be true

00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.099
 of God,

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.519
 doesn't he?

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.480
 He doesn't know

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.879
 the reason

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.699
 for God's delay,

00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:52.480
 but he affirms

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.379
 that God does

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.699
 indeed see our works.

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:56.039
 He keeps a record

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.899
 of our deeds,

00:25:56.959 --> 00:25:57.980
 and in time,

00:25:58.359 --> 00:25:59.899
 he will judge

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.939
 all of us.

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.559
 That's his affirmation

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.119
 here, isn't it?

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.919
 God will be a helper

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.980
 to the fatherless,

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.740
 those who have

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.779
 no one else

00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.679
 to care for them.

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:11.620
 psalmist knows

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:13.640
 that God's heart

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:15.180
 beats for the oppressed,

00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.560
 and his prayer

00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:17.660
 warns the wicked

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:19.259
 regarding their judgment.

00:26:21.120 --> 00:26:21.900
 He says,

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.480
 you may think

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.160
 you're getting by

00:26:23.160 --> 00:26:23.700
 with it,

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:26.100
 but God sees you.

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:29.200
 He's keeping a record

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:30.460
 of everything you do,

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.539
 and one day

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.360
 you will stand

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.180
 before him,

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:35.960
 and you will

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.759
 give an account

00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:38.880
 for your sin.

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.720
 Proverbs 5, 21,

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.880
 a man's ways

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.779
 are before the eyes

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.340
 of the Lord,

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:48.299
 and he ponders

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.160
 all of his paths.

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:52.200
 Proverbs 15, 3,

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.060
 my dad quoted this

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:55.180
 to me so often,

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.640
 growing up,

00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:57.299
 the eyes of the Lord

00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.660
 are in every place,

00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:00.580
 keeping watch

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:02.340
 over the evil

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.039
 and the good.

00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:03.079
 God,

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.500
 he does see.

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.980
 He sees you.

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:09.079
 He sees your works.

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:11.000
 He knows your heart.

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.519
 He knows your thought,

00:27:12.659 --> 00:27:13.379
 and it may seem

00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.159
 like things are working

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.619
 out for you

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.500
 just fine right now,

00:27:15.680 --> 00:27:16.579
 but all of us

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.059
 are going to stand

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.940
 before him one day.

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.200
 All of us.

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.539
 So the psalmist

00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.339
 knows that judgment

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:24.220
 will eventually come,

00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.079
 but his prayer

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:26.059
 desires that God

00:27:26.059 --> 00:27:27.119
 will bring it now,

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.599
 doesn't it?

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:30.399
 Wait no longer,

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:30.879
 God.

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.299
 Break the power

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.440
 of the wicked now.

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:36.039
 Judge the wicked

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.659
 until there's

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:38.779
 no unrighteousness left.

00:27:41.379 --> 00:27:42.680
 We know this is

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.960
 ultimately going to be

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:44.779
 fulfilled in the

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.419
 final judgment,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.299
 but that doesn't mean

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.980
 that we cannot

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:48.159
 or should not

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.539
 pray for it now.

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:51.379
 It doesn't mean

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:52.119
 that we shouldn't

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.299
 act against the wicked

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.319
 now.

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:58.379
 If God cares for the

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.299
 afflicted,

00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.720
 and he does,

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.039
 then so should his

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.460
 people.

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.159
 And that care

00:28:05.159 --> 00:28:06.119
 should be expressed

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.740
 in our prayers first,

00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.939
 praying for God

00:28:08.939 --> 00:28:09.539
 to act,

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.700
 and then that care

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.579
 should be expressed

00:28:11.579 --> 00:28:13.500
 in real advocacy

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:15.179
 for the vulnerable

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:16.179
 and the weak.

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:19.240
 The scripture makes

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.839
 this clear.

00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:21.139
 God himself says

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.700
 to Israel

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.579
 through Isaiah,

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.899
 wash yourselves,

00:28:24.199 --> 00:28:25.119
 make yourselves

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.659
 clean,

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.980
 remove the evil

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.579
 of your deeds

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.799
 from before your eyes,

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:29.519
 and what will

00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.279
 that result in?

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.299
 You will cease

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.019
 to do evil,

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.480
 learn to do good,

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.740
 seek justice,

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:37.879
 correct oppression,

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.439
 bring justice

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:41.079
 to the fatherless,

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.639
 plead the widow's

00:28:42.639 --> 00:28:43.199
 cause.

00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:45.319
 Yes,

00:28:45.439 --> 00:28:46.199
 God is the judge,

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:46.939
 but he expects

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:47.519
 his people

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.240
 to advocate

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.199
 for the vulnerable.

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.759
 That's our

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.480
 responsibility,

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.339
 church.

00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:55.259
 We must do this.

00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.120
 As James makes

00:28:57.120 --> 00:28:57.680
 very clear,

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.880
 religion that is

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:00.440
 pure and undefiled

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.599
 before God the Father

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.220
 is this,

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.720
 to visit orphans

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.299
 and widows

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.200
 in their affliction

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.720
 and to keep oneself

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.980
 unstained from the world.

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:11.339
 Part of our responsibility

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:12.380
 as God's people,

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.579
 as his church,

00:29:13.819 --> 00:29:15.099
 is to live in holiness

00:29:15.099 --> 00:29:17.059
 and then to help

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:18.380
 the afflicted.

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:21.280
 That's why we love

00:29:21.280 --> 00:29:22.180
 people like Andy

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.560
 and Amy

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.300
 who have committed

00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:25.080
 themselves to adoption.

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.520
 That's why we love

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:27.180
 what,

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.780
 what,

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:32.440
 foster care.

00:29:32.800 --> 00:29:33.500
 I was losing it.

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:33.900
 I was losing,

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.120
 starting to lose my mind.

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.260
 We love it.

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.900
 We love what Kristen

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.760
 does for a living.

00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:40.460
 She helps children

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:42.340
 who are parentless

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.600
 or at least in situations

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:44.300
 where their parents

00:29:44.300 --> 00:29:45.240
 are not good.

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.300
 They're in affliction

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.919
 and they're oppressed

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.460
 and she helps.

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:48.240
 That is,

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:50.279
 that is very Christian.

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.500
 It's very Christian.

00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:53.919
 It's why we advocate

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:56.180
 for the right to life

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.000
 for the unborn.

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:58.159
 It's why we want

00:29:58.159 --> 00:30:00.180
 to support organizations

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.680
 that are helping

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:03.759
 crisis pregnancy issues.

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.519
 It's why we want

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.659
 to support organizations

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.240
 that are helping

00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:06.759
 the homeless

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.259
 and helping supply needs.

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:10.059
 This is the heartbeat

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.460
 of God.

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.599
 It should be our heartbeat

00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.319
 as well.

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:16.939
 the model given to us

00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:18.240
 after we voice

00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.240
 our concerns to God.

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.159
 It's good and right

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:21.779
 to pray that he act

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.700
 according to his

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.700
 righteous character.

00:30:24.419 --> 00:30:25.839
 And while we trust

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.500
 his purposes,

00:30:26.939 --> 00:30:28.000
 we should seek

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.619
 for his work

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.419
 to be accomplished

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:31.299
 in the here and now.

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:32.879
 And how do you think

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:34.099
 he's going to accomplish that?

00:30:34.939 --> 00:30:36.019
 He's going to accomplish

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:37.000
 it through his people.

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.700
 Through his people.

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:42.440
 We see the psalmist

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:42.940
 concerned.

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:44.500
 We see the psalmist

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:44.759
 prayer.

00:30:44.920 --> 00:30:45.539
 Finally, we see

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:47.380
 the psalmist praise.

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:49.140
 We see his praise.

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:50.759
 Verse 16.

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.480
 The Lord is king

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.360
 forever and ever.

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.940
 The nations perish

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.799
 from his land.

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.319
 O Lord, you hear

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.680
 the desire of the afflicted.

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:03.440
 You will strengthen

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.019
 the heart.

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:05.360
 You will incline

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.920
 your ear

00:31:05.920 --> 00:31:07.279
 to do justice

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.180
 to the fatherless

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:08.900
 and the oppressed

00:31:08.900 --> 00:31:10.640
 so that man

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.519
 who is of the earth

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.440
 may strike terror

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.039
 no more.

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.740
 Psalm 10 ends

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.299
 with a moment

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:16.840
 of worship.

00:31:18.060 --> 00:31:18.940
 A declaration

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:20.140
 of confidence

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.840
 that God will act

00:31:21.840 --> 00:31:22.519
 as the psalmist

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.080
 has prayed.

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.940
 But what's interesting

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.500
 about it

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:27.960
 is that this

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.980
 conclusion

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.240
 does not follow

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.200
 a resolution.

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.279
 It does not follow

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.900
 an explanation

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:37.480
 to the question

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:38.120
 that he asked.

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.740
 In verse 1.

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.360
 Do you remember

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.840
 how he opened?

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.279
 Why, Lord?

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:44.880
 Why are you distant?

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:46.259
 Where are you

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:47.019
 in times of trouble?

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.360
 And God never

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.019
 gives an answer.

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.900
 He doesn't offer

00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.600
 an explanation.

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:53.920
 He doesn't usually.

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.299
 God more often

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.279
 deals in promises

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.880
 than he does

00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.640
 in explanations.

00:32:00.060 --> 00:32:00.720
 The psalmist

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.759
 clings to the promises

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.220
 of God

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.720
 and that's why

00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.400
 he prays the way

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:03.799
 that he does

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.400
 and he worships

00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:05.120
 the way that he does.

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.679
 But this worship

00:32:06.679 --> 00:32:07.419
 and this confidence

00:32:07.419 --> 00:32:08.439
 it doesn't follow

00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:09.079
 an explanation

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.139
 and I think

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.719
 that's important

00:32:10.719 --> 00:32:11.459
 for us to see.

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.899
 The faithful

00:32:12.899 --> 00:32:13.699
 are not without

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.500
 their questions.

00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:17.519
 Neither is their faith

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.879
 crippled by those questions.

00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:24.079
 Faith doesn't come

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.639
 from having

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:25.439
 all the answers.

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.979
 Faith is trusting God

00:32:27.979 --> 00:32:28.679
 especially

00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:30.539
 when you don't have

00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.719
 all the answers.

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:33.680
 That's what faith is.

00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:36.420
 And we find it

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.120
 modeled here.

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.600
 Despite the emotion

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:40.339
 of the question

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:40.860
 at hand

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.940
 the faithful

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:42.880
 can

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:45.259
 genuinely worship.

00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:47.279
 You can

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.579
 have real confidence

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.740
 that God is present

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.100
 and that he

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:52.380
 is doing what is right

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:54.120
 and what is good

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:55.860
 according to his purposes.

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.980
 Perhaps this is

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.880
 challenging for you.

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.600
 Perhaps the most

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.240
 challenging thing

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.579
 for you

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.839
 is to genuinely

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.399
 worship

00:33:04.399 --> 00:33:06.059
 to express

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.199
 confidence in the Lord

00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:08.139
 when you actually

00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:09.000
 do have doubts

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:09.639
 and confusion

00:33:09.639 --> 00:33:10.439
 about his ways.

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:12.679
 The problem of evil

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.419
 is a common

00:33:13.419 --> 00:33:15.079
 it's a common issue

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.919
 for everybody

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:16.819
 to grapple with.

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.819
 There are people

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:19.199
 that we pray for

00:33:19.199 --> 00:33:19.719
 regularly

00:33:19.719 --> 00:33:20.699
 that the reason

00:33:20.699 --> 00:33:21.799
 that they are

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.719
 reluctant

00:33:22.719 --> 00:33:23.819
 to trust the Lord

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:24.279
 is because

00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:25.139
 they don't actually

00:33:25.139 --> 00:33:25.959
 believe he's good.

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:27.259
 They look at the problem

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.639
 of evil

00:33:27.639 --> 00:33:28.159
 and they say

00:33:28.159 --> 00:33:28.899
 there is injustice

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:29.399
 in God

00:33:29.400 --> 00:33:30.720
 and we'd be lying

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.380
 to say

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.060
 that there's never

00:33:32.060 --> 00:33:32.400
 a time

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:33.140
 where we're like

00:33:33.140 --> 00:33:34.180
 confused

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:36.220
 like the psalmist

00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.820
 is confused

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:39.320
 and in those moments

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:39.980
 it's difficult

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.440
 isn't it?

00:33:40.540 --> 00:33:41.100
 It's difficult

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:42.660
 to engage

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.560
 authentically

00:33:43.560 --> 00:33:44.620
 in worship

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.660
 on a Sunday morning

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:47.080
 to have confidence

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:48.220
 in your evangelism

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.800
 when you know

00:33:48.800 --> 00:33:49.740
 that this issue

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.540
 is not only

00:33:50.540 --> 00:33:50.980
 in your mind

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.540
 but it's probably

00:33:51.540 --> 00:33:52.080
 in the minds

00:33:52.080 --> 00:33:53.060
 of others around you

00:33:53.060 --> 00:33:53.700
 and it's difficult

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.980
 to be genuine.

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.759
 What the psalm

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.500
 teaches us here

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.180
 is that you

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.259
 actually can

00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.200
 be genuine

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:01.620
 in both your worship

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.420
 and your confidence

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:04.519
 and the key

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.039
 to both of these things

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:09.079
 is in personal

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.460
 communion with God.

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.659
 That's the key.

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.340
 You say

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.099
 that sounds too simple

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.940
 it doesn't sound

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.920
 like that could work.

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.940
 It's the key.

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:24.539
 This is the model

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.260
 of Psalm 10.

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.619
 This is why

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.380
 it's so important.

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.659
 It is in the regular

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.920
 study of the Bible

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.059
 and prayer

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:35.059
 that we don't

00:34:35.059 --> 00:34:36.159
 convince ourselves

00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:36.980
 that things

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:39.079
 are okay

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:41.940
 but that the Holy Spirit

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:43.920
 strengthens our hearts

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:45.659
 in His power

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:47.340
 despite the fact

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.340
 that we don't have

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.480
 a lot of answers.

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.700
 Isn't that what

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.519
 the psalmist says?

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.640
 He worships the Lord

00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:54.400
 and then he says

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.780
 in verse 17

00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:57.180
 you hear the desire

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:58.440
 of the afflicted

00:34:58.440 --> 00:35:00.160
 you will strengthen

00:35:00.160 --> 00:35:00.680
 their heart.

00:35:02.640 --> 00:35:03.900
 I can't strengthen

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.480
 your heart

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:06.880
 but He will strengthen

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.500
 your heart

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:09.600
 and how does He do it?

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.760
 By the Spirit

00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:13.880
 through His Word

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:16.280
 in the prayer closet

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:19.280
 Derek Kidner says

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.000
 however distant

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.640
 may be the day

00:35:20.640 --> 00:35:21.160
 of justice

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:22.280
 one promise

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:23.360
 is not delayed

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:25.360
 you will strengthen

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.420
 their heart.

00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:28.960
 This is what

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.840
 Asaph discovered

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.700
 in Psalm 73

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.580
 flip back to it

00:35:31.580 --> 00:35:33.960
 we'll just read

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.480
 the whole thing

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:36.860
 Psalm 73

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.680
 look this time

00:35:37.680 --> 00:35:38.660
 at verse 16

00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:42.400
 after Asaph

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.200
 makes his complaint

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.980
 and he tells us

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:45.140
 where he had come

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:46.480
 notice what he does

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:48.440
 when I thought

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.739
 to understand this

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:51.739
 it seemed to me

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.839
 a wearisome task

00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:53.420
 I kept trying

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:53.819
 to come up

00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.400
 with a solution

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.000
 with answers

00:35:55.000 --> 00:35:55.739
 and I couldn't do it

00:35:55.739 --> 00:35:56.379
 and now I'm burdened

00:35:56.379 --> 00:35:56.859
 by it

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:58.900
 so what does he do?

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.659
 He doesn't abandon

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.219
 his faith

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:03.559
 verse 17

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.519
 until I went

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.299
 into the sanctuary

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:05.920
 of God

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:08.139
 then I discerned

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.440
 their end

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:11.139
 not their present

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:12.859
 then I discerned

00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.299
 their end

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:16.680
 truly you set

00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.340
 them in slippery

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:17.840
 places

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.680
 you make them

00:36:18.680 --> 00:36:19.560
 fall to ruin

00:36:19.560 --> 00:36:20.880
 hell they are

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.700
 destroyed in a

00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:21.980
 moment

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.019
 swept away

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.720
 utterly by

00:36:23.720 --> 00:36:24.280
 terrors

00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.580
 like a dream

00:36:25.580 --> 00:36:26.360
 when one awakes

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.900
 oh Lord

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.080
 when you rouse

00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.640
 yourself

00:36:28.640 --> 00:36:29.640
 you despise

00:36:29.640 --> 00:36:30.680
 them as phantoms

00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:32.500
 when my soul

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.380
 was embittered

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.019
 when I was

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:34.840
 pricked in heart

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.820
 I was brutish

00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:36.460
 and ignorant

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.340
 I was like a

00:36:37.340 --> 00:36:38.240
 beast towards you

00:36:38.240 --> 00:36:38.920
 nevertheless

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:40.340
 I am continually

00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:41.100
 with you

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:42.679
 you hold

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.460
 my right

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.980
 hand

00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.759
 in my

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.339
 questions

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:45.860
 and doubts

00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.619
 and confusions

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:48.199
 you guide me

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.860
 with your

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.619
 counsel

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.839
 and afterward

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:52.299
 you will receive

00:36:52.299 --> 00:36:53.199
 me to glory

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:54.799
 whom have I

00:36:54.799 --> 00:36:55.199
 in heaven

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:55.679
 but you

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.039
 Lord

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.059
 there is

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.679
 nothing on

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:57.860
 earth

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.599
 that I desire

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.519
 besides you

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.579
 my flesh

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.219
 my heart

00:37:01.219 --> 00:37:01.819
 may fail

00:37:01.819 --> 00:37:03.219
 but God

00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:04.139
 is the strength

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.019
 of my heart

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.559
 and my portion

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.119
 forever

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:09.019
 for behold

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:09.719
 those who are

00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:10.440
 far from you

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.099
 shall perish

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.019
 you put an

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.819
 end to everyone

00:37:12.819 --> 00:37:13.719
 who is unfaithful

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.259
 to you

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:15.359
 but for me

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:16.059
 it's good to be

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.659
 near to God

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:18.199
 I have made

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.559
 the Lord

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.380
 my refuge

00:37:19.380 --> 00:37:20.639
 that I may

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.679
 tell of all

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.980
 your words

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:24.339
 isn't that

00:37:24.339 --> 00:37:24.940
 wonderful

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:26.440
 what does

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.179
 Asaph do

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.639
 he goes to

00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:29.179
 the Lord

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.000
 and what does

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.739
 the Lord do

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:32.239
 he strengthens

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.839
 his heart

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:35.860
 it's what

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.700
 Habakkuk

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.280
 discovered as

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.600
 well

00:37:37.600 --> 00:37:38.700
 Habakkuk 3

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:39.220
 17

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:39.900
 though the

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.400
 fig tree

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.860
 should not

00:37:40.860 --> 00:37:41.380
 blossom

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:42.300
 nor fruit

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:42.760
 be on the

00:37:42.760 --> 00:37:43.200
 vines

00:37:43.200 --> 00:37:44.180
 the produce

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:44.519
 of the

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.800
 olive

00:37:44.800 --> 00:37:45.280
 fail

00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:45.920
 and the

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:46.280
 fields

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:46.539
 yield

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.260
 no food

00:37:47.260 --> 00:37:48.260
 the flock

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.700
 be cut

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.079
 off from

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.539
 the fold

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.079
 and there

00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:50.579
 be no

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.960
 herds

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.380
 in the

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.740
 stalls

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.440
 by the

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.620
 way

00:37:52.620 --> 00:37:52.900
 that's

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.440
 exactly

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.820
 what was

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:54.180
 happening

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:54.740
 to Habakkuk

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:54.980
 and the

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.340
 people of

00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.559
 Israel

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:55.920
 at that

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.180
 time

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:57.940
 their

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.240
 life

00:37:58.240 --> 00:37:58.420
 was

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.079
 absolutely

00:37:59.079 --> 00:37:59.680
 destroyed

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:00.760
 what does

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.180
 he say

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.820
 though all

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.140
 of that

00:38:02.140 --> 00:38:02.400
 be

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.720
 yet

00:38:03.720 --> 00:38:04.180
 I will

00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:04.800
 rejoice

00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.160
 in the

00:38:05.160 --> 00:38:05.400
 Lord

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.380
 I will

00:38:06.380 --> 00:38:06.680
 take

00:38:06.680 --> 00:38:07.180
 joy

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.500
 in the

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:07.820
 God

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.200
 of my

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.820
 salvation

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.639
 because

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.300
 God

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:10.619
 the

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.039
 Lord

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.680
 is

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.059
 my

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:13.059
 strength

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:14.700
 your

00:38:14.700 --> 00:38:15.500
 strength

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.340
 does not

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.880
 come

00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.860
 from having

00:38:17.860 --> 00:38:18.180
 it all

00:38:18.180 --> 00:38:18.539
 together

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.480
 and being

00:38:19.480 --> 00:38:19.940
 able to

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.220
 answer

00:38:20.220 --> 00:38:20.480
 every

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.840
 question

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.180
 that you're

00:38:21.180 --> 00:38:21.360
 ever

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.760
 asked

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.000
 about

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.599
 theology

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:22.820
 and

00:38:22.820 --> 00:38:23.240
 existence

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:24.300
 that's

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.519
 not where

00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:24.639
 your

00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:24.960
 strength

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.240
 comes

00:38:25.240 --> 00:38:25.539
 from

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.960
 it

00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.360
 comes

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:26.559
 from

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.760
 your

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:27.260
 communion

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.559
 with

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:27.840
 God

00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:28.200
 if

00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:28.420
 you're

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.840
 struggling

00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:29.099
 with

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.300
 this

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:29.760
 question

00:38:29.760 --> 00:38:30.300
 bring

00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:30.460
 your

00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:30.900
 concern

00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.099
 to

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:31.240
 the

00:38:31.240 --> 00:38:31.440
 Lord

00:38:31.440 --> 00:38:32.119
 but bring

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.440
 it to

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.579
 him

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:32.880
 in

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.480
 private

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.700
 prayerful

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.480
 communion

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.659
 study the

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.059
 word

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.000
 pray

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.619
 sincerely

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.320
 to him

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.380
 he will

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.019
 do this

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.559
 work

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.619
 in you

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.400
 it's his

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:43.880
 promise

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:45.039
 he will

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.639
 do it

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.380
 he will

00:38:46.380 --> 00:38:46.880
 strengthen

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:48.639
 your heart

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.960
 the best

00:38:49.960 --> 00:38:50.700
 place to take

00:38:50.700 --> 00:38:51.119
 your doubts

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:51.820
 and confusion

00:38:51.820 --> 00:38:53.200
 is to the

00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.639
 throne room

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:54.139
 of God

00:38:54.139 --> 00:38:55.659
 there he

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:56.179
 will meet

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.500
 you

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:58.059
 and he

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.219
 will

00:38:58.219 --> 00:38:58.659
 strengthen

00:38:58.659 --> 00:38:58.880
 your

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.179
 heart

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.579
 as no

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:00.300
 explanation

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:01.179
 will

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:01.360
 ever

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.539
 do

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:03.559
 now

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:05.119
 to

00:39:05.119 --> 00:39:05.820
 close

00:39:05.820 --> 00:39:07.079
 I want

00:39:07.079 --> 00:39:07.360
 us to

00:39:07.360 --> 00:39:07.880
 consider

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.760
 the

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.559
 implications

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.260
 of the

00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:10.719
 gospel

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.820
 on this

00:39:11.820 --> 00:39:12.300
 question

00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:13.000
 okay

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.800
 just think

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.199
 about how

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:15.559
 does this

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:16.000
 relate to

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:16.519
 the gospel

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:18.880
 regarding

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.599
 the question

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.300
 of why

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:20.960
 God allows

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.360
 evil to

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:21.760
 continue

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:23.199
 we may

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.719
 never have

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.159
 a fully

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:24.739
 satisfying

00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.179
 answer

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.579
 this side

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:25.960
 of heaven

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.759
 don't

00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:28.139
 expect

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.340
 that

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:28.559
 there's

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:28.699
 ever

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:28.840
 going

00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:28.920
 to

00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:29.079
 come

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.380
 a day

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.559
 where

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.920
 finally

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.159
 you

00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:30.319
 just

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.500
 got

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 it

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 all

00:39:30.739 --> 00:39:30.960
 figured

00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:31.319
 out

00:39:31.319 --> 00:39:32.340
 his

00:39:32.340 --> 00:39:32.599
 ways

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:32.739
 are

00:39:32.739 --> 00:39:32.940
 not

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 our

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.619
 ways

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.920
 we're

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 not

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:35.259
 going

00:39:35.259 --> 00:39:35.380
 to

00:39:35.380 --> 00:39:35.819
 comprehend

00:39:35.819 --> 00:39:36.059
 it

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.239
 like

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.579
 that

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:38.119
 but

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.299
 there

00:39:38.299 --> 00:39:38.539
 are

00:39:38.539 --> 00:39:38.759
 some

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.500
 affirmations

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:39.699
 that

00:39:39.699 --> 00:39:39.840
 we

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.159
 can

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:40.380
 make

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.519
 that

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:40.679
 may

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:40.880
 bring

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:41.019
 us

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:41.179
 some

00:39:41.179 --> 00:39:41.559
 peace

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.819
 one

00:39:42.819 --> 00:39:43.440
 affirmation

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.679
 is

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:43.900
 that

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.219
 God

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.900
 is

00:39:44.900 --> 00:39:45.239
 indeed

00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:46.119
 righteous

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:47.840
 this

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:47.960
 is

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.099
 what

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.440
 Abraham

00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:48.860
 says

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.019
 as

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.139
 he

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.679
 converses

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:49.860
 with

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.139
 God

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.380
 about

00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:50.539
 the

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:50.940
 destruction

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.179
 of

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.519
 Sodom

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.139
 I

00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:56.319
 know

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:56.500
 it's

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.799
 right

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.400
 because

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:57.719
 you

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:57.880
 are

00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.179
 right

00:39:58.179 --> 00:39:58.420
 you

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:58.579
 are

00:39:58.579 --> 00:39:59.039
 righteous

00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:02.000
 another

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.699
 affirmation

00:40:02.699 --> 00:40:03.079
 is that

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:03.199
 he

00:40:03.199 --> 00:40:03.360
 is

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.039
 always

00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:04.559
 working

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:04.779
 for

00:40:04.779 --> 00:40:04.980
 his

00:40:04.980 --> 00:40:05.360
 glory

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:05.559
 and

00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:05.679
 the

00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:05.779
 good

00:40:05.779 --> 00:40:05.880
 of

00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:06.000
 his

00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:06.319
 people

00:40:06.319 --> 00:40:07.619
 that's

00:40:07.619 --> 00:40:07.819
 Romans

00:40:07.819 --> 00:40:08.059
 8

00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.299
 isn't

00:40:08.299 --> 00:40:08.779
 it

00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:10.159
 all

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:10.380
 things

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.519
 are

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.819
 working

00:40:10.819 --> 00:40:11.279
 together

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.779
 for

00:40:11.779 --> 00:40:12.059
 the

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.500
 good

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:14.159
 not

00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:14.360
 all

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.559
 things

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.719
 are

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.019
 good

00:40:15.019 --> 00:40:15.900
 all

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.039
 things

00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.159
 are

00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:16.400
 working

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.679
 together

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.139
 for

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.380
 the

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:17.779
 good

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:19.079
 of

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.179
 his

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.500
 people

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.759
 we

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:20.940
 may

00:40:20.940 --> 00:40:21.079
 be

00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:21.659
 conformed

00:40:21.659 --> 00:40:21.739
 to

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:21.860
 the

00:40:21.860 --> 00:40:22.059
 image

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.199
 of

00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:22.559
 Christ

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.400
 that

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:23.579
 we

00:40:23.579 --> 00:40:23.900
 may

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.420
 trust

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:24.759
 the

00:40:24.759 --> 00:40:25.099
 Lord

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.900
 and

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:26.119
 bring

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:26.279
 him

00:40:26.279 --> 00:40:26.699
 glory

00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:28.139
 another

00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:28.819
 affirmation

00:40:28.819 --> 00:40:29.219
 would be

00:40:29.219 --> 00:40:29.480
 that

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.799
 God

00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:30.679
 delays

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.380
 his

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.839
 justice

00:40:31.839 --> 00:40:32.099
 to

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.259
 give

00:40:32.259 --> 00:40:32.460
 the

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.679
 wicked

00:40:32.679 --> 00:40:33.059
 time

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.259
 for

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.659
 repentance

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:35.940
 it's

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.339
 clear

00:40:36.339 --> 00:40:37.420
 that's

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.719
 Romans

00:40:37.719 --> 00:40:38.339
 2

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:40.440
 do

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.599
 you

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:40.860
 not

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.259
 know

00:40:41.259 --> 00:40:42.000
 that

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.440
 God's

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:42.920
 kindness

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:44.199
 is

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.380
 meant

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:44.599
 to

00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:44.880
 lead

00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:45.019
 you

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.219
 to

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.659
 repentance

00:40:45.659 --> 00:40:47.940
 another

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.639
 affirmation

00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:49.079
 would be

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.480
 that

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.219
 God's

00:40:50.219 --> 00:40:50.619
 delays

00:40:50.619 --> 00:40:51.239
 allow

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:51.480
 the

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:51.719
 wicked

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.039
 to

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.440
 store

00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:52.659
 up

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.179
 wrath

00:40:53.179 --> 00:40:53.420
 for

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:53.579
 their

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:53.860
 coming

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.259
 judgment

00:40:54.260 --> 00:40:55.240
 again

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:55.560
 that's

00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:55.840
 Romans

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:56.140
 2

00:40:56.140 --> 00:40:58.340
 God

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.760
 desires

00:40:58.760 --> 00:40:59.100
 to lead

00:40:59.100 --> 00:40:59.280
 them

00:40:59.280 --> 00:40:59.540
 to

00:40:59.540 --> 00:40:59.900
 repentance

00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.140
 but

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:00.240
 he

00:41:00.240 --> 00:41:00.500
 also

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.920
 allows

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.080
 them

00:41:01.080 --> 00:41:01.240
 to

00:41:01.240 --> 00:41:01.420
 keep

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.800
 storing

00:41:01.800 --> 00:41:02.040
 up

00:41:02.040 --> 00:41:02.400
 wrath

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.600
 so

00:41:02.600 --> 00:41:02.820
 that

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.060
 day

00:41:03.060 --> 00:41:03.220
 of

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:03.520
 judgment

00:41:03.520 --> 00:41:03.800
 will

00:41:03.800 --> 00:41:04.020
 be

00:41:04.020 --> 00:41:04.560
 very

00:41:04.560 --> 00:41:05.000
 very

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.420
 clear

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:08.540
 another

00:41:08.540 --> 00:41:09.260
 affirmation

00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:09.720
 would be

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.100
 that

00:41:10.100 --> 00:41:11.000
 if

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.220
 God

00:41:11.220 --> 00:41:11.520
 were

00:41:11.520 --> 00:41:11.740
 to

00:41:11.740 --> 00:41:12.000
 act

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:12.120
 in

00:41:12.120 --> 00:41:12.500
 immediate

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.980
 judgment

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.460
 whenever

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.620
 some

00:41:14.620 --> 00:41:15.100
 wickedness

00:41:15.100 --> 00:41:15.300
 took

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.760
 place

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:17.060
 it

00:41:17.060 --> 00:41:17.240
 would

00:41:17.240 --> 00:41:17.640
 result

00:41:17.640 --> 00:41:17.800
 in

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:17.940
 the

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.340
 immediate

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:19.000
 damnation

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.200
 of

00:41:19.200 --> 00:41:19.460
 all

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.840
 people

00:41:19.840 --> 00:41:21.640
 not

00:41:21.640 --> 00:41:21.920
 just

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.120
 the

00:41:22.120 --> 00:41:22.380
 most

00:41:22.380 --> 00:41:22.680
 wicked

00:41:22.680 --> 00:41:23.059
 among

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:23.400
 us

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:26.120
 all

00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:26.260
 of

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:26.420
 these

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:26.600
 things

00:41:26.600 --> 00:41:26.720
 are

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:26.980
 true

00:41:26.980 --> 00:41:27.260
 all

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:27.380
 of

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.539
 these

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:27.740
 things

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:27.940
 can

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:28.160
 bring

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.300
 us

00:41:28.300 --> 00:41:28.420
 a

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:28.640
 measure

00:41:28.640 --> 00:41:28.800
 of

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.000
 peace

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.400
 it

00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:29.640
 doesn't

00:41:29.640 --> 00:41:29.860
 mean

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.140
 that

00:41:30.140 --> 00:41:30.320
 they

00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:30.780
 completely

00:41:30.780 --> 00:41:31.360
 satisfy

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.600
 all

00:41:31.600 --> 00:41:31.680
 of

00:41:31.680 --> 00:41:31.780
 our

00:41:31.780 --> 00:41:32.220
 questions

00:41:32.220 --> 00:41:32.539
 about

00:41:32.539 --> 00:41:32.740
 it

00:41:32.740 --> 00:41:33.079
 but

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.200
 they

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.380
 are

00:41:33.380 --> 00:41:34.019
 affirmations

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.200
 that

00:41:34.200 --> 00:41:34.360
 we

00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:34.579
 can

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:34.720
 and

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:34.860
 should

00:41:34.860 --> 00:41:35.360
 make

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.079
 as

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:36.200
 we

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.400
 think

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.600
 about

00:41:36.600 --> 00:41:36.840
 it

00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:38.700
 but

00:41:38.700 --> 00:41:38.880
 to

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.360
 comprehend

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.960
 God's

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.380
 heart

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:40.700
 in

00:41:40.700 --> 00:41:40.920
 all

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:41.039
 of

00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:41.360
 this

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.380
 we

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.620
 have

00:41:42.620 --> 00:41:42.780
 to

00:41:42.780 --> 00:41:42.960
 look

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.100
 to

00:41:43.100 --> 00:41:43.260
 the

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.720
 cross

00:41:43.720 --> 00:41:46.440
 God

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:46.620
 does

00:41:46.620 --> 00:41:46.860
 not

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.180
 stand

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.960
 distanced

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.579
 from

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:48.779
 our

00:41:48.779 --> 00:41:49.179
 suffering

00:41:49.179 --> 00:41:52.159
 he

00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:52.379
 does

00:41:52.379 --> 00:41:52.559
 not

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:52.759
 even

00:41:52.759 --> 00:41:53.099
 stand

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:53.599
 close

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:53.819
 to

00:41:53.819 --> 00:41:54.079
 it

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.940
 and

00:41:54.940 --> 00:41:55.599
 peer

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.399
 and

00:41:56.399 --> 00:41:57.019
 observe

00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:58.039
 what

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.219
 we

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:58.440
 deal

00:41:58.440 --> 00:41:58.779
 with

00:41:58.779 --> 00:42:01.379
 God

00:42:01.379 --> 00:42:02.219
 in

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.359
 his

00:42:02.359 --> 00:42:02.639
 great

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:03.199
 love

00:42:03.199 --> 00:42:04.119
 instead

00:42:04.119 --> 00:42:05.599
 enters

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:06.559
 our

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.099
 suffering

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:09.480
 he

00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:09.859
 becomes

00:42:09.859 --> 00:42:10.339
 a man

00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:10.699
 taking

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:10.919
 on

00:42:10.919 --> 00:42:11.399
 flesh

00:42:11.399 --> 00:42:11.759
 Jesus

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.199
 Christ

00:42:12.199 --> 00:42:12.419
 the

00:42:12.419 --> 00:42:12.579
 son

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:12.719
 of

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.039
 God

00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:14.859
 subjecting

00:42:14.859 --> 00:42:15.419
 himself

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.400
 to

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:16.639
 the

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:17.619
 severest

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:18.260
 of

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:19.099
 oppressions

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:21.280
 he

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:21.700
 leaves

00:42:21.700 --> 00:42:21.900
 the

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.220
 throne

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.420
 room

00:42:22.420 --> 00:42:22.559
 of

00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:22.880
 heaven

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:24.340
 to

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:24.539
 be

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.000
 born

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:26.440
 on

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.599
 a

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.059
 stable

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:27.559
 floor

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:30.380
 every

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.740
 part

00:42:30.740 --> 00:42:30.820
 of

00:42:30.820 --> 00:42:30.960
 his

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.260
 life

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:31.480
 was

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:31.880
 threatened

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.200
 from

00:42:32.200 --> 00:42:32.360
 its

00:42:32.360 --> 00:42:32.599
 very

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:33.039
 beginning

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.559
 from

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:33.720
 its

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:33.960
 very

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.639
 conception

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:37.180
 every

00:42:37.180 --> 00:42:37.559
 part

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:37.639
 of

00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:37.780
 his

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.039
 life

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.200
 was

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:38.400
 a

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:38.820
 struggle

00:42:38.820 --> 00:42:40.400
 in

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:40.579
 his

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.099
 ministry

00:42:41.099 --> 00:42:41.320
 the

00:42:41.320 --> 00:42:41.519
 son

00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:41.659
 of

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:41.940
 God

00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.260
 said

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:42.880
 foxes

00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:43.059
 have

00:42:43.059 --> 00:42:43.559
 holes

00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:44.440
 birds

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.700
 have

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:45.240
 nests

00:42:45.239 --> 00:42:45.679
 the

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:45.899
 son

00:42:45.899 --> 00:42:46.039
 of

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:46.279
 man

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:46.679
 has

00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:47.119
 nowhere

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.439
 even

00:42:47.439 --> 00:42:47.659
 to

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:47.819
 lay

00:42:47.819 --> 00:42:48.039
 his

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:48.299
 head

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:48.739
 and

00:42:48.739 --> 00:42:48.859
 then

00:42:48.859 --> 00:42:49.019
 of

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.199
 course

00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:49.379
 is

00:42:49.379 --> 00:42:49.839
 ultimately

00:42:49.839 --> 00:42:50.279
 seen

00:42:50.279 --> 00:42:50.399
 at

00:42:50.399 --> 00:42:50.539
 the

00:42:50.539 --> 00:42:50.899
 cross

00:42:50.899 --> 00:42:51.419
 not

00:42:51.419 --> 00:42:51.619
 only

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:51.859
 does

00:42:51.859 --> 00:42:52.159
 God

00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:52.939
 enter

00:42:52.939 --> 00:42:53.539
 our

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:54.319
 brokenness

00:42:54.319 --> 00:42:54.719
 but

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:55.000
 he

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.799
 suffers

00:42:55.799 --> 00:42:57.000
 at

00:42:57.000 --> 00:42:57.359
 our

00:42:57.359 --> 00:42:57.959
 hand

00:42:57.959 --> 00:42:59.419
 those

00:42:59.419 --> 00:42:59.659
 whom

00:42:59.659 --> 00:42:59.939
 he

00:42:59.939 --> 00:43:00.679
 created

00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:02.679
 he

00:43:02.679 --> 00:43:03.359
 allows

00:43:03.359 --> 00:43:03.639
 to

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.019
 nail

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.239
 him

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:04.399
 to

00:43:04.399 --> 00:43:04.579
 a

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:04.939
 tree

00:43:04.939 --> 00:43:05.879
 why

00:43:05.879 --> 00:43:07.239
 so

00:43:07.239 --> 00:43:07.500
 that

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:07.779
 he

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:08.159
 might

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:08.619
 take

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:09.539
 the

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:09.939
 wrath

00:43:09.939 --> 00:43:10.119
 of

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:10.500
 God's

00:43:10.500 --> 00:43:10.919
 judgment

00:43:10.919 --> 00:43:11.799
 in

00:43:11.799 --> 00:43:11.979
 their

00:43:11.979 --> 00:43:12.639
 place

00:43:12.639 --> 00:43:14.920
 he

00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:15.019
 said

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.119
 I

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.239
 don't

00:43:15.239 --> 00:43:15.619
 understand

00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:15.940
 everything

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.179
 there

00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:16.359
 is

00:43:16.359 --> 00:43:16.500
 to

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:16.920
 know

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.839
 about

00:43:17.839 --> 00:43:18.199
 why

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:18.500
 God

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:18.859
 does

00:43:18.859 --> 00:43:19.119
 things

00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:19.279
 the

00:43:19.279 --> 00:43:19.440
 way

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:19.579
 that

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:19.679
 he

00:43:19.679 --> 00:43:20.039
 does

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.539
 and

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:20.679
 I

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:20.799
 can

00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:21.379
 often

00:43:21.379 --> 00:43:22.199
 pray

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.679
 Psalm

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.079
 10

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.639
 as a

00:43:23.639 --> 00:43:24.000
 legitimate

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.359
 prayer

00:43:24.359 --> 00:43:24.599
 of my

00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:24.819
 heart

00:43:24.819 --> 00:43:25.079
 because

00:43:25.079 --> 00:43:25.239
 I

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:25.799
 don't

00:43:25.799 --> 00:43:26.559
 understand

00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:27.079
 all the

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:27.420
 time

00:43:27.420 --> 00:43:27.940
 but

00:43:27.940 --> 00:43:28.139
 I

00:43:28.139 --> 00:43:28.699
 cannot

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.519
 logically

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.299
 conclude

00:43:30.299 --> 00:43:31.139
 that

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.779
 something

00:43:31.779 --> 00:43:32.099
 in

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.339
 God

00:43:32.339 --> 00:43:32.539
 is

00:43:32.539 --> 00:43:33.139
 unloving

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:33.940
 if

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.099
 I

00:43:34.099 --> 00:43:34.559
 turn

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:34.779
 my

00:43:34.779 --> 00:43:35.199
 attention

00:43:35.199 --> 00:43:35.460
 to

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:35.639
 the

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:35.980
 cross

00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.179
 of

00:43:36.179 --> 00:43:36.679
 Christ

00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:37.219
 the

00:43:37.219 --> 00:43:37.519
 very

00:43:37.519 --> 00:43:38.480
 condescension

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.739
 of

00:43:38.739 --> 00:43:39.159
 Christ

00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:39.639
 that

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:39.799
 he

00:43:39.799 --> 00:43:40.000
 would

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.420
 even

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.000
 come

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:41.239
 to

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:41.659
 be

00:43:41.659 --> 00:43:41.859
 a

00:43:41.859 --> 00:43:42.179
 man

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:42.839
 is

00:43:42.839 --> 00:43:43.420
 speaking

00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:44.859
 measureless

00:43:44.859 --> 00:43:45.500
 about

00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:45.739
 his

00:43:45.739 --> 00:43:46.199
 love

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.599
 but

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:46.779
 to

00:43:46.779 --> 00:43:47.059
 see

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:47.279
 that

00:43:47.279 --> 00:43:47.440
 he

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:47.779
 lays

00:43:47.779 --> 00:43:48.019
 down

00:43:48.019 --> 00:43:48.219
 his

00:43:48.219 --> 00:43:48.699
 life

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:50.139
 even

00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.399
 to

00:43:50.399 --> 00:43:50.579
 the

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:50.819
 point

00:43:50.819 --> 00:43:50.980
 of

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:51.420
 death

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:52.639
 even

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:52.940
 the

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:53.279
 death

00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:53.500
 of

00:43:53.500 --> 00:43:53.699
 the

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:54.299
 cross

00:43:54.299 --> 00:43:55.960
 there

00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:56.159
 I

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:56.319
 can

00:43:56.319 --> 00:43:56.599
 see

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.000
 God's

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:57.359
 heart

00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:58.539
 there

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:58.799
 I

00:43:58.799 --> 00:43:58.980
 can

00:43:58.980 --> 00:43:59.679
 understand

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:01.119
 his

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:01.639
 love

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:03.339
 and

00:44:03.339 --> 00:44:03.460
 though

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:03.679
 we

00:44:03.679 --> 00:44:04.579
 can't

00:44:04.579 --> 00:44:05.039
 always

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:05.579
 comprehend

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.039
 how

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.179
 he

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:06.619
 works

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.599
 because

00:44:07.599 --> 00:44:07.920
 of

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.059
 the

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:08.500
 cross

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:09.619
 we

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:10.039
 cannot

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:10.920
 logically

00:44:10.920 --> 00:44:11.619
 and

00:44:11.619 --> 00:44:12.119
 reasonably

00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:12.619
 charge

00:44:12.619 --> 00:44:12.880
 him

00:44:12.880 --> 00:44:13.599
 as

00:44:13.599 --> 00:44:13.840
 being

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.300
 unloving

00:44:14.300 --> 00:44:15.940
 but

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.159
 there's

00:44:16.159 --> 00:44:16.360
 one

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:16.559
 more

00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:16.860
 step

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:17.000
 to

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.119
 the

00:44:17.119 --> 00:44:17.400
 gospel

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:17.599
 that

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:17.900
 helps

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.079
 us

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.239
 with

00:44:18.239 --> 00:44:18.579
 this

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:21.099
 after

00:44:21.099 --> 00:44:21.519
 Jesus

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:21.800
 his

00:44:21.800 --> 00:44:22.320
 resurrection

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.659
 from

00:44:22.659 --> 00:44:22.800
 the

00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:23.159
 dead

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:24.019
 what

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.539
 happens

00:44:24.539 --> 00:44:25.780
 he

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:26.260
 ascends

00:44:26.260 --> 00:44:26.579
 doesn't

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:26.760
 he

00:44:26.760 --> 00:44:27.539
 he

00:44:27.539 --> 00:44:28.019
 ascends

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.179
 to

00:44:28.179 --> 00:44:28.340
 the

00:44:28.340 --> 00:44:28.900
 exalted

00:44:28.900 --> 00:44:29.519
 position

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:29.780
 in

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:30.039
 heaven

00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:31.780
 he

00:44:31.780 --> 00:44:32.340
 is

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:33.000
 Lord

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:34.699
 to

00:44:34.699 --> 00:44:34.900
 which

00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:35.199
 every

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.699
 man

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.639
 woman

00:44:36.639 --> 00:44:37.860
 boy

00:44:37.860 --> 00:44:38.620
 and

00:44:38.620 --> 00:44:38.960
 girl

00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:39.840
 will

00:44:39.840 --> 00:44:40.039
 have

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.160
 to

00:44:40.160 --> 00:44:40.300
 give

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:40.420
 an

00:44:40.420 --> 00:44:40.800
 account

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.320
 for

00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:41.500
 their

00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:41.780
 deeds

00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:41.920
 in

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.079
 this

00:44:42.079 --> 00:44:42.380
 life

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:44.220
 part

00:44:44.220 --> 00:44:44.320
 of

00:44:44.320 --> 00:44:44.440
 the

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:44.760
 gospel

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:45.260
 message

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:46.300
 is

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:46.500
 the

00:44:46.500 --> 00:44:46.760
 good

00:44:46.760 --> 00:44:47.099
 news

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.360
 that

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:47.940
 Jesus

00:44:47.940 --> 00:44:48.860
 the

00:44:48.860 --> 00:44:49.460
 exalted

00:44:49.460 --> 00:44:49.840
 Lord

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.160
 and

00:44:50.160 --> 00:44:50.519
 Savior

00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:52.079
 will

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.980
 judge

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.240
 the

00:44:53.240 --> 00:44:53.599
 earth

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:54.680
 and

00:44:54.680 --> 00:44:54.860
 he

00:44:54.860 --> 00:44:55.059
 will

00:44:55.059 --> 00:44:55.300
 make

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:55.599
 all

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:55.960
 things

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.280
 new

00:44:56.280 --> 00:44:59.760
 we

00:44:59.760 --> 00:44:59.960
 don't

00:44:59.960 --> 00:45:00.200
 often

00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:00.460
 see

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:00.680
 that

00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:01.059
 now

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:02.500
 but

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:02.680
 we

00:45:02.680 --> 00:45:02.840
 can

00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:03.120
 rest

00:45:03.120 --> 00:45:03.559
 assured

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:03.820
 that

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.200
 because

00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:04.399
 of

00:45:04.399 --> 00:45:04.559
 the

00:45:04.559 --> 00:45:04.879
 death

00:45:04.879 --> 00:45:05.259
 and

00:45:05.259 --> 00:45:05.819
 resurrection

00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:06.759
 and

00:45:06.759 --> 00:45:07.539
 exaltation

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.719
 of

00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:08.059
 Jesus

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:09.119
 the

00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:09.419
 final

00:45:09.419 --> 00:45:09.839
 judgments

00:45:09.839 --> 00:45:10.199
 coming

00:45:10.199 --> 00:45:12.319
 even

00:45:12.319 --> 00:45:12.659
 so

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:12.980
 come

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.259
 Lord

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:13.619
 Jesus

00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:13.899
 we

00:45:13.899 --> 00:45:14.199
 pray

00:45:14.199 --> 00:45:16.699
 Psalm

00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:16.899
 10

00:45:16.899 --> 00:45:17.139
 it

00:45:17.139 --> 00:45:17.619
 truly

00:45:17.619 --> 00:45:17.939
 is a

00:45:17.939 --> 00:45:18.199
 helpful

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.699
 model

00:45:18.699 --> 00:45:19.099
 for how

00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:19.259
 to

00:45:19.259 --> 00:45:19.500
 ask

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:19.699
 God

00:45:19.699 --> 00:45:20.000
 why

00:45:20.000 --> 00:45:21.960
 in

00:45:21.960 --> 00:45:22.099
 our

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.659
 confusion

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:22.980
 we

00:45:22.980 --> 00:45:23.239
 should

00:45:23.239 --> 00:45:24.219
 bring

00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:24.379
 our

00:45:24.379 --> 00:45:24.779
 concerns

00:45:24.779 --> 00:45:25.000
 to

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.299
 God

00:45:25.299 --> 00:45:26.599
 we

00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:26.779
 should

00:45:26.779 --> 00:45:27.059
 pray

00:45:27.059 --> 00:45:27.259
 for

00:45:27.259 --> 00:45:27.399
 him

00:45:27.399 --> 00:45:27.559
 to

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:27.859
 act

00:45:27.859 --> 00:45:27.980
 and

00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:28.119
 then

00:45:28.119 --> 00:45:28.299
 we

00:45:28.299 --> 00:45:28.500
 should

00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:28.739
 be

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:29.179
 his

00:45:29.179 --> 00:45:29.679
 instrument

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:29.939
 of

00:45:29.939 --> 00:45:30.339
 action

00:45:30.339 --> 00:45:30.599
 if

00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:30.739
 he

00:45:30.739 --> 00:45:30.939
 so

00:45:30.939 --> 00:45:31.419
 wills

00:45:31.420 --> 00:45:33.079
 and

00:45:33.079 --> 00:45:33.240
 we

00:45:33.240 --> 00:45:33.480
 should

00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:33.940
 trust

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.200
 that

00:45:34.200 --> 00:45:34.380
 he

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:34.559
 is

00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:34.780
 doing

00:45:34.780 --> 00:45:35.059
 what's

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:35.340
 right

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:36.740
 but

00:45:36.740 --> 00:45:36.880
 in

00:45:36.880 --> 00:45:37.039
 the

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.300
 end

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:37.780
 we

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:38.200
 must

00:45:38.200 --> 00:45:38.760
 ultimately

00:45:38.760 --> 00:45:39.039
 look

00:45:39.039 --> 00:45:39.180
 to

00:45:39.180 --> 00:45:39.320
 the

00:45:39.320 --> 00:45:39.720
 cross

00:45:39.720 --> 00:45:41.420
 there

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.480
 we

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.800
 find

00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.300
 mercy

00:45:43.300 --> 00:45:44.039
 for

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.380
 our

00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:45.039
 wickedness

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:45.860
 and

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:46.380
 hope

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:47.180
 for

00:45:47.180 --> 00:45:47.420
 our

00:45:47.420 --> 00:45:48.139
 justice