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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning to the book of Psalms.

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 Book of Psalms and we're on chapter 22 this morning.

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! We're taking a break from our series in Genesis to continue our summer series walking through

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! The book of Psalms.

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 And this morning we've come to one that ought to sound fairly familiar to you, at least in

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 a few verses.

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 Even if you're not completely familiar with all of Psalm 22, you should recognize some of

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 the words here because the gospel authors take this Psalm of David and apply it to the

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 crucifixion and the suffering of King Jesus.

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 So Psalm 22, when you found that in your Bible, let's stand together in honor of the reading

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 of God's Word.

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 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 Why are you so far from saving me from the words of my groaning?

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 Oh my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer.

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 And by night, but I find no rest.

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 Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.

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 In you our fathers trusted.

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 They trusted and you delivered them.

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 To you they cried and were rescued.

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 In you they trusted and were not put to shame.

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 But I am a worm and not a man.

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 Scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

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 All who see me mock me.

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 They make mouths at me.

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 They wag their heads.

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 He trusts in the Lord.

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 Let him deliver him.

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 Let him rescue him, for he delights in him.

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 Yet you are he who took me from the womb.

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 You made me trust you at my mother's breasts.

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 On you I was cast from my birth.

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 And from my mother's womb you have been my God.

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 Be not far from me.

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 For trouble is near and there is none to help.

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 Many bulls encompass me.

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 Strong bulls of Bashan surround me.

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 They open wide their mouths at me like a ravening and roaring lion.

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 I am poured out like water.

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 And all my bones are out of joint.

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 My heart is like wax.

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 It is melted within my breast.

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 My strength is dried up like a pot shirt.

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 And my tongue sticks to my jaws.

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 You lay me in the dust of death.

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 For dogs encompass me.

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 A company of evildoers encircles me.

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 They have pierced my hands and feet.

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 I can count all my bones.

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 They stare and gloat over me.

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 They divide my garments among them.

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 And for my clothing they cast lots.

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 But you oh Lord do not be far off.

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 Oh you my help come quickly to my aid.

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 Deliver my soul from the sword.

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 My precious life from the power of the dog.

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 Save me from the mouth of the lion.

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 You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.

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 I will tell of your name to my brothers.

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 In the midst of the congregation I will praise you.

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 You who fear the Lord praise him.

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 All you his offspring of Jacob glorify him.

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 And stand in awe of him all you offspring of Israel.

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 For he is not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted.

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 And he has not hidden his face from him.

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 But has heard when he cried to him.

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 From you comes my praise in the great congregation.

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 My vows I will perform before those who fear him.

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 The afflicted shall eat and be satisfied.

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 Those who seek him shall praise the Lord.

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 May your hearts live forever.

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 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord.

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 And all the families of the nations shall worship before you.

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 For kingship belongs to the Lord.

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 And he rules over the nations.

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 All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship.

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 Before him shall bow down all who go down to the dust.

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 Even the one who could not keep himself alive.

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 Posterity shall serve him.

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 It shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.

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 They shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn.

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 That he has done it.

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 Father.

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 We praise you for the great work of salvation.

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 We praise you for the gospel of Christ.

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 And again we pray now as we open up this text together.

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 Lord would you speak.

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 We pray in Jesus name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Amen.

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 I'm not sure where you were about nine years ago about this time.

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 But I know exactly where I was.

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 I was glued to my television.

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 Watching the NBA finals.

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 Where King James LeBron had led the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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 Right into a battle.

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 With one of the greatest teams ever assembled.

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 The 73 win Golden State Warriors.

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 As in 73 wins and only nine losses.

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 Now for the entire season.

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 Y'all don't look too impressed by that.

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 That's the best record in NBA history.

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 Okay.

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 Nobody's ever done it.

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 Nobody had ever won 73 games in a season before.

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 And nobody had ever come back from being down three games to one in a finals series before.

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 That is until King James climbed back from the brink of elimination.

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 Pulled off what was thought to be impossible.

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 And completed the most unlikely unbelievable comeback in NBA history.

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 Why in the world are we talking about this?

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 Because it's June.

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 And yes the finals are on.

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 But more importantly.

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 Because this morning as we look at Psalm 22.

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 What we see here in this text is another seemingly impossible comeback.

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 King David is on the brink of defeat in this text.

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 The odds are stacked against him heavily.

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 It looks like there is no way out for King David.

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 And to make matters worse.

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 It seems as if God himself doesn't even care.

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 David here.

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 He articulates something that we all feel from time to time if we're honest.

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 But maybe sometimes are afraid to say out loud.

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 He says God have you left me here in my trial?

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 God don't you care what I'm going through?

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 My God.

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 My God.

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 Have you abandoned me?

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 Of course as we'll see.

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 No.

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 God has not forsaken David.

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 And while the psalm begins in turmoil.

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 It ends in triumph.

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 And against all odds.

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 The king lives another day.

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 And he lives to tell the tale.

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 And the glory of a God who saves.

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 If I could sum up the song in one sentence.

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 I would do it like this.

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 The king's unlikely deliverance.

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 Leads to the king's universal declaration.

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 I'll say that again.

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 This is the big idea here.

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 The king's unlikely deliverance.

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 Leads to the king's universal declaration.

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 So let's look at it together.

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 And we'll see it here in three parts this morning.

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 This will be our outline.

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 If you're taking notes.

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 And I try to make it a little easy for you to follow along.

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 Three parts this morning.

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 First.

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 In verses 1 through 11.

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 We see the turmoil of the king.

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 The turmoil of the king.

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 As you look at the text.

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 Verses 1 through 11.

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 They sort of give us this sort of internal dialogue.

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 We see the interplay here between turmoil and trust.

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 And trial and truth.

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 It's like David is recording this conversation with himself.

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 And we get to listen in as he's both expressing his pain.

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 And reminding himself of the truth.

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 And you know Christian.

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 Sometimes Christians need to be reminded that it's okay to do both.

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 The world that we live in is tough.

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 In a sin cursed world.

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 We experience things like pain.

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 And loss.

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 And grief.

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 And sorrow.

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 And hardship.

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 It's okay.

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 David shows us all through the Psalms.

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 It's okay both to see that.

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 And to express that to the Lord.

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 But Christians also.

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 They face these trials by reminding themselves of the truth.

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 And so let's look here at what David has to say.

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 Verses 1 and 2.

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 He says he feels abandoned by God.

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 My God.

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 My God.

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 Why have you forsaken me?

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 Why have you abandoned me here in my suffering?

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 Why are you so far from saving me?

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 Why are you so far from my groanings?

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 This is David the king expressing a feeling that we've all experienced at some point or another.

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 God seems to be off duty when we need him most.

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 It's not as if David hasn't been reaching out.

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 David says he's praying.

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 He's calling out day and night.

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 Day and night.

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 And yet he gets no answer from the Lord.

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 His radio silence.

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 I've had this experience before where it seems like I can get Amanda on the phone anytime I want.

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 Very quickly.

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 She's usually very responsive.

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 I usually call and she usually answers unless I am in a moment of urgent need.

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 And then at that time, for whatever reason, that phone call gets lost in the airwaves.

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 She decides for whatever reason at that time, she's going to take a break from her phone.

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 And the call doesn't go through.

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 The bad news is that sometimes we pray and God doesn't immediately answer, does he?

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 Sometimes it seems like God has turned his phone off.

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 David is in turmoil because it seems like God is not answering and he feels abandoned by the Lord.

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 That's the feeling.

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 But now look here at the truth.

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 Verse 3.

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 Yet, he reminds himself, yet you are holy.

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 Enthroned on the praises of Israel.

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 You are holy.

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 You know, whatever is happening to us in our life, it doesn't change the fact that God is holy.

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 And good.

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 And praiseworthy.

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 And righteous.

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 God is not only good when things are going good with us.

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 He is good.

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 Period.

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 Period.

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 He is praiseworthy.

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 Period.

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 Period.

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 David reminds himself of this.

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 Not only this, he reminds himself in verse 4 that God has been faithful.

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 He reminds himself of God's past faithfulness.

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 In you our fathers trusted, he says.

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 Verse 4.

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 They trusted and you delivered them.

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 To you they cried and were rescued.

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 In you they trusted.

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 And they were not put to shame.

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 And no doubt David knew the stories of how God had worked in the life of his people.

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 He knew the stories of the exodus.

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 He knew the stories of the wanderings in the wilderness.

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 He knew the stories of the conquest in Canaan.

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 He knows God has worked to deliver before.

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 And there's a tension here now that David feels.

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 I know you're faithful.

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 I know you've delivered before.

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 So what about me?

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 I'd venture to say we've all experienced this before as well.

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 We have seen and we have heard stories of God working for others in powerful ways.

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 We've heard stories of God working in our friends' lives.

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 This guy gets a raise.

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 This guy seems so happy.

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 This guy's family is just so perfect.

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 This guy has so many friends.

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 He says, well God, what about me?

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 What about David?

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 He says, verse 6, I am a worm and not a man.

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 He reminds himself of another truth here, doesn't he?

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 A less popular truth.

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 He reminds himself in verse 6 of his unworthiness.

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 I am a worm, he says.

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 This trial, whatever it is, we don't know the exact context of this psalm,

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 but this trial has brought David to this place where he sees God as high and lifted up

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 and holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel, worthy of worship,

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 and himself as a lowly worm, unworthy.

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 He's come to this place where he acknowledges, God, I need you, but you owe me no response.

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 I need you, but you owe me no favor.

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 You don't owe me a thing, and yet I'm going to call out to you in faith

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 because you are good, you are holy, you are faithful, you are merciful,

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 you are powerful to save, and I have no hope apart from you.

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 What a wonderful place to be.

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 Now sometimes, intense, prolonged, terrible suffering is the tool that God uses in our lives

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 to bring us to that place of total dependence on him.

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 David calls out to the Lord as a weak, needy, unworthy man.

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 This is exactly how God wants us to come to him.

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 And look how other people respond to this.

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 Everybody around him mocks him and makes faces at him,

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 and he's become the laughingstock of everybody around him.

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 They mock him, say, he trusts in the Lord, let him save him.

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 Let the Lord rescue him, he's putting his faith in him.

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 Yet, verse 9, here's another reminder of the truth.

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 Verse 9, I'm mocked for trusting you, yet, why do I trust you?

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 David says, you've made me trust you.

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 I'm ridiculed for calling out to you, but you have put this trust in my heart.

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 From my mother's womb, you have been my God.

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 As he faces this trial, he reminds himself of God's eternal purpose in his life.

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 God chose him, not the other way around.

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 God put that trust in him, not the other way around.

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 God has taken him and preserved him and cared for him and provided him since he was a child in his mother's womb.

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 And surely, if that's true, God will not abandon him now.

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 Now, what a comfort it is to know, Christian, in times of trial,

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 in times of suffering,

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 that God himself has taken it upon himself to save you.

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 God chose you in Christ from before the foundation of the world.

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 That God called you to himself and gave you the gift of faith.

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 That God has adopted you into his own family.

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 That God did not spare his own son, but gave him up for us all.

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 How will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

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 If you belong to him, take heart.

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 He will never leave you, nor forsake you.

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 So then, in light of this truth, David prays,

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 Lord, be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.

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 In fact, we see some of the trouble in the next several verses.

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 Second point, we see the terrorizers of the king.

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 You see the terrorizers of the king.

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 Here in verses 12 through 18,

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 we get a look at the enemies here that are taunting David and terrorizing King David.

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 He says in verses 12 and 13, there's danger all around.

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 The strong bulls of Bashan are surrounding him.

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 We don't know what in the world the strong bulls of Bashan are, do we?

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 But in this context, the bulls of Bashan were strong and well-fed and meaty and terrifying animals.

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 This is language of a terrifying enemy.

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 He compares them to lions roaring with their mouths open,

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 jaws ready to clamp down and devour.

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 Down in verse 16, he compares them to dogs,

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 and this isn't like a golden doodle or a Bernese mountain dog.

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 These are vicious, dirty creatures that carry disease and eat from the garbage,

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 lick the sores of the dying.

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 This is a picture of enemies that are dirty and hungry and violent and strong,

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 and they have him surrounded and they're ready to pounce.

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 These are terrible enemies.

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 Not only this, David says he's in terrible pain.

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 He has no strength to fight these enemies.

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 Look how he describes his pain in verse 14.

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 He says, I am poured out like water.

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 All his bones are out of joint.

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 The pain is so intense.

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 He says in verse 17, he can count all his bones.

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 Just imagine that.

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 You know what it feels like when you have a fever

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 and you feel like you can just feel every little ache and pain.

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 He's saying that every single bone is crying out to him in intense agony.

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 His heart is melted within his chest.

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 His strength is no better than a broken piece of pottery.

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 His mouth is so dry that his tongue sticks to his jaws.

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 You add it all up here.

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 The bones don't work.

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 His heart doesn't work.

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 His tongue doesn't work.

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 His strength doesn't work.

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 His muscles don't work.

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 Nothing works.

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 The king is broken.

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 God himself lays him in the dust of death.

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 And all those vicious enemies start to circle around him like vultures around a carcass.

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 They cast lots for his clothing.

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 They're ready to celebrate and declare victory over the king.

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 Ask yourself, why would anyone want to kill God's anointed king?

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 Why would anyone be this eager to come and to tear apart God's anointed king?

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 Of course we know time and time again David went into battle.

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 David faced enemies.

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 It's not unusual for a king to have enemies that want him dead.

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 But we have to remember this isn't just any king, isn't it?

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 There is a spiritual dimension here that we need to understand.

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 There's a spiritual conflict that's driving this assassination attempt on King David.

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 The seed of the serpent is trying yet again to snuff out the seed of the woman.

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 We saw all the way back in Genesis 3 this promise from the Lord.

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 I will put enmity between you and the woman, between her seed and your seed.

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 The offspring of the serpent will wage war against the offspring of the woman

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 until the time comes when that promised offspring will crush the head of the serpent

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 and end the conflict for good.

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 Don't you know?

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 Satan knows the promises God made to David

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 to bring about the promised Messiah through him,

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 to give him an eternal kingdom.

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 Of course the enemy wants him dead.

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 Up until the point when the Messiah finally came,

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 the seed of the serpent is trying to snuff him out.

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 But now that he's come,

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 guess who he's after?

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 Now that the Messiah has come,

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 guess who the enemy is after?

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 If he can't have the king,

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 he will come after the citizens of the kingdom.

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 If he can no longer cut off the head,

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 he will lash out at the body.

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 The church, we, the church,

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 are God's own offspring.

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 We're citizens of the kingdom of God.

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 We are the very body of Christ the King here on earth.

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 Why should we be surprised?

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 That we also face great and powerful,

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 dangerous enemies.

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 We face enemies that are more numerous than dogs,

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 that are stronger than bulls,

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 that are more vicious than lions,

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 and enemies that want us dead.

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 We do not wrestle against flesh and blood,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 but against the rulers,

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 against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 The world is an enemy

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 with all its allure and enticements.

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 The flesh is an enemy.

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 Our flesh is weak and prone to wonder.

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 Our appetites are not always for the Lord in this life.

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 And the devil is an enemy.

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 That great enemy prowls around like a roaring lion,

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 seeking someone to devour.

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 How in the world can we face such great enemies?

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 What strength do we have to fight against them?

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 Where do we turn when we're overwhelmed

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 and under intense attack?

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 Look what David does here in verse 19.

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 He turns yet again with trust in the Lord.

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 I love this.

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 He prays yet again.

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 Do you notice that?

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 Do you see the persistence of the king?

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 He feels abandoned by God.

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 God, you're not picking up.

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 So what does he do?

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 He prays.

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 He's not getting an answer for his prayers

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 day and night, day and night, day and night.

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 So what does he do?

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 He prays.

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 He's mocked for trusting in the Lord

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 and for calling out to him.

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 So what does he do?

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 He trusts the Lord.

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 The enemies are at his throat.

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 God still has not delivered.

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 Seems like the end is near.

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 So what does he do?

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 He prays.

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 But you, O Lord, do not be far off.

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 O you, my help, come quickly to my aid.

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 Deliver my soul from the sword.

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 My precious life from the power of the dog.

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 Save me from the mouth of the lion.

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 Now when we're going through it,

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 you know what I mean, going through it.

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 Don't treat prayer and trust

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 as halfway solutions to your problem.

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 Some of y'all are problem solvers.

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 That's me.

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 I want steps to take,

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 things to do,

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 ways to resolve.

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 I want out of that situation immediately

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 and I want to take a step to get there.

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 David prays.

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 He doesn't give any action steps.

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 There's no step one, step two, step three.

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 It's simply, I have nothing.

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 I need you, Lord.

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 Prayer and trust.

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 Prayer and trust.

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 Prayer and trust.

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 And when that doesn't work,

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 prayer and trust.

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 God's people must learn to persevere in prayer.

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 Jonathan Edwards.

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 He says,

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 It is very apparent from the word of God

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 that he often tries the faith

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 and patience of his people

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 when they are crying to him

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 for some great and important mercy

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 by withholding the mercy

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 sought for a season.

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 And not only so,

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 but at first,

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 he may cause an increase

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 of dark appearances.

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 And yet he, without fail,

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 at last prospers those

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 who continue urgently in prayer

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 with all perseverance

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 and will not let him go

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 except he blesses.

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 Christian, if you are facing something

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 that feels like it's about to eat you alive,

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 remind yourself of the truth.

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 God is good.

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 God is holy.

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 God is faithful.

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 God is worthy.

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 God owes you nothing.

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 God has given you everything.

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 God has called you to himself in faith.

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 And then pray and trust.

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 And when that doesn't seem to work,

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 pray and trust.

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 David here shows us

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 what it looks like to persevere in faith

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 and tremendous suffering.

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 And what we see next

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 is that against all odds,

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 God intervenes

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 and finally answers.

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 God saves the king

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 and he lives to tell the tale.

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 So the rest of this psalm,

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 verses 22 through 31,

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 show us third,

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 the tale of the king.

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 Look there starting in verse 21.

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 This is a complete reversal

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 here in the rest of the psalm.

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 Starting at the end of verse 21,

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 he's prayed,

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 he's prayed,

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 he's prayed,

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 he's prayed,

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 he's near the end

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 and finally the end of verse 21,

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 he says,

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 you have rescued me.

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 You've rescued me

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 from the horns of the wild oxen.

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 God seemed absent,

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 but now he has come

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 in delivering power.

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 Trouble was near

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 and God was far,

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 but now everything changes.

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 God has come near

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 and the trouble fades

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 into the background.

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 The king was good as dead,

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 but now he lives

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 to tell the story.

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 Verse 22 says,

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 I will tell of your name

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 to my brothers.

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 In the midst of the congregation,

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 I will praise you.

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 He can't keep quiet.

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 He gathers the people around him

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 a little bit like

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 what we're doing right now.

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 He gathers God's people together

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 and he proclaims

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 the great work of God

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 on his behalf.

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 And then he calls them

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 to join in with him,

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 doesn't he?

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 You who fear the Lord,

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 praise him.

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 All you offspring of Jacob,

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 glorify him.

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 Stand in awe of him.

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 All you offspring of Israel,

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 this God is worthy

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 of our praise

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 for what he's done.

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 Great salvation

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 leads to great proclamation.

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 Unlikely deliverance

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 leads to universal declaration.

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 Christian,

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 this ought to be

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 the response of our heart

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 to what God has done

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 for you in Christ.

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 I love when we get

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 to celebrate a baptism.

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 We get to hear a testimony

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 of the grace of God

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 in somebody's life

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 to save them

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 and to bring them

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 to saving faith in Jesus.

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 You know,

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 that is a miracle, church.

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 That is unlikely deliverance,

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 isn't it?

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 We get to hear the story

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 how somebody went

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 and shared the gospel

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 with them,

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 whether it was mom

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 or dad

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 or a friend,

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 a neighbor,

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 a co-worker.

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 They begin to listen

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 and to hear it

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 in a new light

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 all of a sudden.

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 At some point,

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 maybe it was suddenly

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 and maybe it was over time,

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 but it was like

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.859
 the lights came on

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.299
 and they got it.

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.639
 They saw their desperate

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.740
 need for Christ.

00:27:58.699 --> 00:28:00.519
 They saw their unworthiness

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.699
 and they saw God

00:28:01.699 --> 00:28:03.099
 as their only hope.

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:05.559
 They trusted him to save.

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:06.299
 That's a miracle.

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:09.000
 And we as the congregation,

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.919
 when we hear

00:28:09.919 --> 00:28:11.079
 that sort of testimony,

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.220
 what do we do?

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:15.259
 We stand in awe of him.

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:18.500
 We stand in awe

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.740
 of the God

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.619
 who works unlikely salvation

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.699
 in sinners like us

00:28:22.699 --> 00:28:23.220
 every day.

00:28:24.679 --> 00:28:25.639
 Our salvation

00:28:25.639 --> 00:28:26.419
 is a story

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:28.579
 of unlikely deliverance.

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.220
 Now, if you're a Christian,

00:28:31.399 --> 00:28:32.339
 you know this firsthand

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:34.139
 that God does not despise

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:35.619
 or abhor the affliction

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.500
 of the afflicted.

00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:39.119
 God does not turn his face

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:40.480
 away from his children.

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:42.799
 When we cry to him,

00:28:42.899 --> 00:28:45.079
 he hears and he answers.

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:47.099
 And if you're not a Christian,

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.319
 what good news is it

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.379
 for you to hear this morning

00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:51.019
 that the Lord loves

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.279
 to save the weak?

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:55.019
 The Lord loves to save

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.919
 the unable

00:28:55.919 --> 00:28:57.299
 and the unimpressive

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.919
 and those who can't

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.819
 help themselves.

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:01.960
 The Lord loves to save

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:02.919
 those who call on him

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:04.179
 in faith and trust.

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:06.099
 Your situation's not too bleak

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.379
 or too dark

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.220
 or too low.

00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:10.339
 You are not too far gone

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.700
 from the Lord to save.

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.779
 The king's salvation

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.259
 is reason for all

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.360
 of God's people,

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.940
 all Israel to rejoice,

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:22.120
 but not just Israel.

00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:23.900
 Verse 27.

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.539
 He says,

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:28.559
 all the ends of the earth

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:30.139
 shall remember

00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:31.440
 and turn to the Lord.

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:34.220
 All the families

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.319
 of the nations

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:37.059
 shall worship before you,

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.579
 he says.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:39.259
 This is not just reason

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:41.019
 for Israel to rejoice.

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:42.680
 This is now expanding

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:45.059
 to the praise of the nations

00:29:45.059 --> 00:29:46.659
 coming in for the Lord.

00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.940
 For kingship belongs

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.579
 to the Lord

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.680
 and he's not just

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.539
 king of Israel.

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:53.700
 He is king of the nations.

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.440
 They will eat

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.079
 and worship

00:29:57.079 --> 00:29:58.259
 and celebrate

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.399
 and rejoice

00:29:59.399 --> 00:30:00.359
 and be satisfied

00:30:00.359 --> 00:30:01.119
 together.

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.920
 All the earth

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.940
 as one people,

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:05.039
 generation after generation

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:05.539
 after generation,

00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.779
 from people to people,

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.000
 nation to nation,

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:09.539
 will hear

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:11.279
 and give glory

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:12.019
 to the Lord

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:13.720
 as they tell the tale

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.619
 of a king

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.960
 who saves.

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.599
 David

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:20.299
 had a great story

00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.819
 to tell.

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:23.659
 of the amazing power

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.679
 of God to save.

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.179
 But of course,

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.619
 we know,

00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.119
 don't we?

00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:28.439
 This psalm

00:30:28.439 --> 00:30:29.539
 ultimately

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:31.220
 is pointing us

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.159
 forwards

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:33.419
 towards an even

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:35.019
 greater salvation

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:36.799
 for an even

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:38.200
 greater king

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.500
 from an even

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.859
 greater enemy.

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.859
 And those who know it

00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.819
 live to tell

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.919
 an even greater

00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:46.679
 story of God's grace

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.559
 and power

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.559
 in redemption.

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.679
 This psalm

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:51.160
 is pointing us

00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.779
 forwards

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.779
 to the coming

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:54.019
 king Jesus.

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.759
 Jesus'

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.519
 suffering

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:02.240
 was far

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.640
 greater

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.860
 than David's.

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.700
 He was surrounded

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:08.740
 by his enemies.

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.340
 He was

00:31:09.340 --> 00:31:10.860
 mocked

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.299
 and

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.380
 beaten

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.060
 to the point

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.700
 of death.

00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.380
 He was whipped.

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.120
 He was

00:31:15.120 --> 00:31:16.180
 cursed.

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:17.100
 He was hung

00:31:17.100 --> 00:31:18.000
 on a cross.

00:31:19.840 --> 00:31:20.680
 His hands

00:31:20.680 --> 00:31:21.240
 and his feet

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.940
 were pierced

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.539
 and for his

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.000
 clothing

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.820
 they cast

00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.620
 lots.

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.100
 Should you

00:31:28.100 --> 00:31:28.440
 ever be

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.980
 tempted to

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.580
 think that God

00:31:29.580 --> 00:31:30.240
 doesn't care

00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:31.080
 about your

00:31:31.080 --> 00:31:31.519
 suffering?

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.799
 Look to the

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.680
 cross of Christ

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:38.060
 and remember

00:31:38.060 --> 00:31:39.060
 God himself

00:31:39.060 --> 00:31:39.779
 has come

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.539
 and stepped

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.340
 into

00:31:41.340 --> 00:31:42.519
 our suffering

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.360
 to redeem

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.199
 what's been

00:31:44.199 --> 00:31:44.619
 broken

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.399
 and lost

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.719
 by the

00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:45.979
 fall.

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.379
 If anybody

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:48.859
 knew the

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.279
 pain of

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.659
 suffering

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.019
 it was

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.740
 Jesus.

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.639
 Not just

00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.039
 physical

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.579
 suffering

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.019
 of King

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.379
 Jesus

00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.259
 he felt

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.139
 the anguish

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.619
 of David

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:57.119
 as well

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.559
 as he hung

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:57.799
 on the

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.059
 cross

00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.679
 he quoted

00:31:58.679 --> 00:31:59.339
 this very

00:31:59.339 --> 00:31:59.899
 psalm

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.719
 my God

00:32:00.719 --> 00:32:01.759
 my God

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.659
 why have

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:02.979
 you

00:32:02.979 --> 00:32:03.719
 forsaken

00:32:03.719 --> 00:32:04.159
 me?

00:32:06.159 --> 00:32:06.699
 There's a

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.219
 mystery

00:32:07.219 --> 00:32:07.919
 here

00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:08.879
 it's hard

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.179
 for us

00:32:09.179 --> 00:32:09.539
 to fully

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.240
 grasp the

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.579
 weight of

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.139
 these words

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.960
 isn't it?

00:32:13.040 --> 00:32:13.460
 Jesus

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:15.140
 the God

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.500
 man

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.080
 suffered

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:17.340
 and died

00:32:17.340 --> 00:32:18.160
 bearing

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.940
 the full

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:19.500
 weight

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.940
 of the

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.259
 wrath

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.860
 of God

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.360
 against

00:32:21.360 --> 00:32:21.980
 the sin

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.320
 of his

00:32:22.320 --> 00:32:22.720
 people

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:24.100
 he made

00:32:24.100 --> 00:32:24.560
 him who

00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:25.200
 knew no

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.520
 sin

00:32:25.520 --> 00:32:26.220
 to become

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.700
 sin

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.680
 for us

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.360
 so that

00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.240
 in him

00:32:29.240 --> 00:32:30.240
 we might

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.800
 become

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.860
 the righteousness

00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:32.980
 of God

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.540
 the son

00:32:33.540 --> 00:32:33.960
 of God

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.820
 became man

00:32:34.820 --> 00:32:36.140
 so that

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.480
 in his

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.060
 flesh

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:38.280
 he might

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:38.780
 bear

00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:39.580
 the wrath

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:40.480
 of God

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.120
 for the

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.360
 sins

00:32:41.360 --> 00:32:41.640
 of his

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.000
 people

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:44.299
 as near

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.819
 to death

00:32:44.819 --> 00:32:45.259
 as David

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.620
 was

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:45.860
 King

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.140
 Jesus

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:46.740
 actually

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.259
 descended

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.860
 fully

00:32:47.860 --> 00:32:49.039
 to the

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.400
 grave

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:50.039
 his enemies

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.579
 divided

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.420
 his garments

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.220
 among them

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:52.900
 for his

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.319
 clothing

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:53.960
 they cast

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.380
 lots

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.920
 he was

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.500
 really

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.220
 truly

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.059
 completely

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:58.140
 actually

00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:58.799
 dead

00:32:58.799 --> 00:33:01.180
 and all

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:01.579
 the enemies

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.259
 rejoiced

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:04.860
 the seed

00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.299
 of the woman

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:05.620
 has been

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.120
 snuffed

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.779
 out at

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.200
 last

00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:07.460
 he's been

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.000
 finally

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.620
 defeated

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:10.059
 or so

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.239
 they

00:33:10.239 --> 00:33:10.599
 thought

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:13.000
 as great

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.619
 as David's

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:13.919
 comeback

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:14.539
 was

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:16.439
 the victory

00:33:16.439 --> 00:33:17.059
 of King

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.459
 Jesus

00:33:17.459 --> 00:33:17.979
 is that

00:33:17.979 --> 00:33:18.399
 much

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:19.039
 greater

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.539
 when Jesus

00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.179
 quotes this

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.739
 psalm on the

00:33:20.739 --> 00:33:21.019
 cross

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.500
 of course

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.099
 yes he's

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.779
 identifying

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:23.339
 with the

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.899
 anguish

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.459
 of David

00:33:24.459 --> 00:33:25.059
 but he's

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.799
 also

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.779
 pointing us

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:27.199
 forwards

00:33:27.199 --> 00:33:27.719
 towards the

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:28.059
 end

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.299
 you know

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.000
 Jesus knows

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.399
 how this

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:30.099
 psalm ends

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:32.359
 he knows

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.819
 it ends

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.759
 with salvation

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:35.319
 and proclamation

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:36.699
 and sharing

00:33:36.699 --> 00:33:37.579
 the story

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.980
 of the

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.460
 victory

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.059
 of the

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.379
 king

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:39.659
 and the

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.079
 glory

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.639
 of God

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:40.919
 for the

00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:41.299
 praise

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.599
 of the

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.319
 nations

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:44.779
 Christ

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.259
 knows

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:45.579
 on the

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:45.919
 cross

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.319
 that even

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.779
 as death

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.279
 approaches

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.419
 he will

00:33:48.419 --> 00:33:49.139
 live to

00:33:49.139 --> 00:33:49.799
 tell the

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.139
 tale

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:52.019
 I will

00:33:52.019 --> 00:33:52.799
 tell your

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:53.220
 name to

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.779
 my brothers

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:55.299
 in the

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.579
 midst

00:33:55.579 --> 00:33:56.220
 of the

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.859
 congregation

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.879
 I will

00:33:57.879 --> 00:33:58.419
 praise

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.740
 you

00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:01.039
 as great

00:34:01.039 --> 00:34:01.339
 as King

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.720
 David's

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.159
 proclamation

00:34:02.159 --> 00:34:03.019
 was

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.419
 Jesus

00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:04.419
 is even

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:05.240
 greater

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.819
 all the

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.079
 earth

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.559
 will bend

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:07.220
 the knee

00:34:07.220 --> 00:34:07.980
 and give

00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.860
 glory to

00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.179
 God

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.579
 for who

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.159
 he is

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.820
 and what

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.440
 he's done

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.960
 in the

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.519
 salvation

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 of the

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 king

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 Christian

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 if you

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 are

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 suffering

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 if you're

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 not now

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 gird up

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 your loins

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 prepare

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 yourself

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 if you

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 are suffering

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 if it feels

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 like trouble

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 is near

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 and God

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 is far

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 would you

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 look to

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 Christ

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.740
 who

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 was

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 forsaken

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 for you

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 would you

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 look to

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.320
 Christ

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.880
 and see

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 the holiness

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 and the

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 faithfulness

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 of God

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 on display

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 would you

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 look to

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 Christ

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 and see

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 your

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 unworthiness

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 and God's

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 graciousness

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 would you

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 look to

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 the cross

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 of Christ

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 and see

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 the salvation

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 planned by

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 God the

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 Father

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 before the

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 ages

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 began

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 would you

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 look to

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 the cross

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 of Christ

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 and see

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 all of our

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 enemies

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 defeated

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 and would you

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 look to

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 the empty

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 tomb

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 and see

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 his deliverance

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 and our

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 deliverance

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 in him

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 and until he

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 comes again

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 would you

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 tell the

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 tale

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 of the

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 king who

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 defeated

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 death

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 Christ the

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 king has

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 come

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 and conquered

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 and will

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 come again

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 to bring

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 full and

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 final salvation

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 and we

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 his people

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 will eat

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 and worship

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 and be

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 satisfied

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 for the

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:38.800
 rest of

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 eternity

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 let's pray

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 Lord

00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:45.760
 we praise

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 you for

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 your power

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 and your

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 grace

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 and your

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 goodness

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 and your

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.740
 holiness

00:35:50.740 --> 00:35:51.559
 on display

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 in the

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.940
 gospel of

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 Christ

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 if there

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 are any

00:35:55.680 --> 00:35:56.240
 here who

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:57.260
 feel far

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:57.780
 from you

00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:58.139
 if there

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 are any

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.139
 here who

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.840
 are suffering

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 who have

00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.220
 cried out

00:36:01.220 --> 00:36:01.660
 day and

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:01.900
 night

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.340
 feel like

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 they get

00:36:02.720 --> 00:36:03.620
 no relief

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:04.300
 no answer

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 Lord would

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:05.180
 you draw

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 near to

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 them

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 remind them

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 this morning

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 of your

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 nearness

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 to them

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 in Christ

00:36:10.460 --> 00:36:14.500
 if there

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 are any

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.079
 here who

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.539
 don't know

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.740
 you

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 we pray

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 that you

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 would draw

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 them to

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 yourself

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 in faith

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 we love

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 you Lord

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 we pray

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 this in

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 Jesus name

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:22.480
 Amen

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 Amen

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