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 Psalm 102. The subtitle of the psalm says,

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 A prayer of one afflicted when he is faint and pours out his complaint before the Lord.

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 It's a pretty descriptive title.

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 Did you use this one when it started with three?

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 It was 103.

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 I don't think it was 102, yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Oh, I think we used 103 in the service maybe?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 All right, let me read it out loud.

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 It says,

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 Hear my prayer, Lord.

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 Let my cry come to you.

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 Do not hide your face from me in the day of my distress.

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 Incline your ear to me.

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 Answer me speedily in the day when I call.

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 For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.

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 My heart is struck down like grass and has withered.

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 I forget to eat my bread.

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 Because of my loud groaning, my bones cling to my flesh.

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 I am like a desert owl of the wilderness, like an owl of the waste places.

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 I lie awake.

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 I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

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 All the day my enemies taunt me.

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 Those who deride me use my name for a curse.

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 For I eat ashes like bread and mingle tears with my drink because of your indignation and anger.

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 For you have taken me up and thrown me down.

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 My days are like an evening shadow.

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 I wither away like grass.

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 But you, O Lord, are enthroned forever.

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 You are remembered throughout all generations.

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 You will arise and have pity on Zion.

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 It is the time to favor her.

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 The appointed time has come.

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 For your servants hold her stone dear and have pity on her dust.

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 Nations will fear the name of the Lord,

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 and all the kings of the earth will fear your glory.

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 For the Lord builds up Zion.

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 He appears in his glory.

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 He regards the prayer of the destitute and does not despise their prayer.

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 Let this be recorded for a generation to come,

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 so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord,

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 that he look down from his holy height,

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 that from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,

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 to hear the groans of the prisoners,

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 to set free those who are doomed to die,

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 that they may declare in Zion the name of the Lord.

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 And in Jerusalem his praise,

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 when peoples gather together in kingdoms to worship the Lord.

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 He has broken my strength in midcourse.

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 He has shortened my days.

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 O my God, I say,

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 take me not away in the midst of my days,

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 you whose years endure throughout all generations.

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 Of old you lay the foundation of the earth,

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 and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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 They will perish, but you will remain.

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 They will all wear out like a garment.

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 You will change them like a robe, and they will pass away.

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 But you are the same, and your ears have no end.

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 The children of your servants shall dwell secure.

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 Their offspring shall be established before you.

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 Job 14, 1-2 says,

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 Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble.

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 He comes out like a flower and withers.

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 He flees like a shadow and continues not.

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 It's kind of a sad outlook on life, right?

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 But even for those of us who seem to live charmed lives

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 with everything kind of going their way,

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 even they experience plenty of suffering

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 and heartache in this life,

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 in this short life that we live.

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 And sometimes the hardships of life

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 can leave us feeling hopeless and depressed.

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 And Psalm 102 really comes from the perspective

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 of someone that's in that kind of a place,

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 between a rock and a hard place.

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 That's why the title of this psalm says,

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 A Prayer of One Afflicted When He's Faint

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 and Pours Out His Complaint Before the Lord.

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 And the main message of the psalm

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 that the Lord is trying to teach us

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 is that the eternal life of God,

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 His will, gives us hope

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 in the midst of our temporary existence.

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 So like in the first section,

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 verses 3 to 10,

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 we see our transience,

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 our temporary fleeting nature of our life.

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 And then verses 12 to 22,

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 we see God's permanence,

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 His unchanging eternality.

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 And then in the last section,

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 we see that salvation offered towards Christ's salvation.

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 So 1 to 2 is kind of what introduces

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 the body of the prayer.

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 It's an introduction.

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 It says,

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 Hear my prayer, O Lord.

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 Let my cry come to you.

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 Do not hide your face from me

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 in the day of my distress.

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 Incline your ear to me.

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 Answer me speedily in the day when I call.

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 In the day of distress,

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 this is instructive for us.

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 Because in the day of distress,

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 when we are distressed,

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 instead of turning to our own resources,

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 instead of turning to other people,

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 other confidants for help and support,

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 the psalmist here is turning to the Lord

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 with an urge and cry for help.

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 And this is counterintuitive, right?

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 Because sometimes when feeling down or overwhelmed,

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 that's exactly when we don't want to go to God.

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 But here,

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 precisely when he feels the most needy,

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 when he's in distress,

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 he says,

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 when he feels abandoned by God,

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 that's exactly when the psalmist turns to him

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 and cries out to him all the more.

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 And then verses 3 to 11 give us the reason

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 for the psalmist's desperate prayer.

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 He describes his suffering this way.

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 He says,

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 For my days passed away like smoke.

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 My bones burned like a furnace.

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 My heart is struck down like grass and is withered.

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 I forget to eat my bread.

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 Because of my loud groaning,

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 my bones cling to my flesh

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 like a desert owl of the wilderness,

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 like an owl of the waste places.

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 I lie awake.

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 I am like a lonely sparrow on the housetop.

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 So he feels like he's this vapor,

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 like smoke that's just kind of vanishing into thin air.

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 He feels like he's about to fade into oblivion,

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 die and disappear.

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 And he seems to have some kind of physical illness as well.

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 So he says his bone feels like a furnace.

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 He's got fever.

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 He's downcast.

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 He's like a withered, burnt up grass.

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 And his suffering is so bad,

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 he forgets to eat.

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 And he's so thin now from not eating

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 that his skin is sticking to his bones.

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 And because in his days,

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 sickness was regarded often as a punishment for sin,

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 he's also being ridiculed and mocked and cursed

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 by those around him.

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 And his name is being used as a curse.

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 So he's facing not just physical suffering,

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 but also social suffering.

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 And so he feels like a lonely desert owl,

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 he says,

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 is being taunted.

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 But that's not the worst of it.

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 The worst of it all

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 is in verse 10.

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 Because of your indignation and anger,

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 for you have taken me up and thrown me down.

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 The psalmist believes in the sovereignty of God,

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 and because of that,

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 he feels that ultimately,

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 God himself is responsible for his suffering.

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 Because he's not outside of his control.

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 And that's what's most difficult for the psalmist,

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 because he trusts in God.

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 And this God in whom he trusts,

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 he's using his might,

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 he feels like,

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 to afflict him.

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 And so he feels deep sorrow,

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 maybe even a sense of betrayal.

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 And again and again,

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 in this section especially,

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 the psalmist highlights

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 kind of the fleeting nature of his life,

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 human existence.

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 He begins and ends with that,

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 that same idea and phrase.

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 In verse 3,

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 he says,

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 my days pass away like smoke.

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 Again,

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 in verse 11,

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 at the end he mentions,

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 my days are like an evening shadow.

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 Same thing in verse 4,

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 he says,

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 my heart is struck down like grass

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 and has withered.

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 And in verse 11,

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 he says,

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 I wither away like grass.

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 I mean,

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 you guys,

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 we've all seen grass before,

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 right?

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 And you,

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 grass springs up one day,

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 but another day,

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 it's cut down

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 or scorched by the sun

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 or it's frozen dead

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 another day.

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 It's a great picture

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 of fleeting existence.

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 And that's how the psalmist feels.

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 And this,

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 this kind of transience

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 of psalmist,

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 of human beings

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 is contrasted

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 in the next section

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 by the permanence

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 and eternality of God.

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 Verse 12 says,

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 but you,

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 so that's a contrast,

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 but you,

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 O Lord,

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 are enthroned forever.

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 You are remembered

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 throughout all generations.

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 So verses 1 to 11

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 were full of all these

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 first person pronouns,

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 right?

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 I,

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 my,

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 right?

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 But then in verse 12 to 22,

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 the focus is on the name

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 of the Lord.

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 The phrase name of the Lord

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 occurs twice,

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 verse 15 and 21.

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 And the word Lord,

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 which is the,

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 in Hebrew is actually

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 the proper name of God,

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 occurs seven times

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 in this section.

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 So I am dying,

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 you know,

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 my days are fleeting,

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 but the Lord reigns forever

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 and he will be remembered

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 and worshiped

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 through all generations.

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 That's the contrast

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 that's being drawn.

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 And this permanence of God

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 is what then becomes

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 the basis for the psalmist's

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 confidence and trust

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 as he continues

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 in his prayer.

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 So he says in verses

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 13 to 17,

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 you will arise

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 and have pity on Zion.

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 It is a time

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 to favor her.

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 The appointed time

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 has come

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 for your servants

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 hold her stones dear

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 and have pity

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 on her dust.

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 Nations will fear

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 the name of the Lord

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 and all the kings

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 of the earth

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 will fear your glory.

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 For the Lord

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 builds up Zion.

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 He appears

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 in his glory.

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 He regards

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 the prayer

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 of the destitute

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 and does not

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 despise their prayer.

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 So even though

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 that kind of

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 the first section

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 felt like a personal

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 individualistic song,

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 like here we see

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 the corporate dimension

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 because his suffering

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 is tied up

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 with the kind of

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 the destruction

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 of the people of God.

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 And so because

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 the city of God

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 is in ruins.

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 And because psalmist

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 knows that he belongs

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 to the people of God

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 and he knows

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 that God has made

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 a covenant

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 with his people

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 and promised

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 to come to their aid,

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 because of that

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 connection,

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 he feels confident

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 that the Lord

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 will come to his aid

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 because he will come

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 to the aid

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 of his people.

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 So even though

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 he feels like

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 God has abandoned him,

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 the psalmist knows

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 about the covenant

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 and that he knows

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 that God reigns forever.

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 And if God reigns forever,

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 that the city of God

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 where God has chose

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 to put his name

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 is not going to remain

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 in ruins forever.

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 So that's kind of

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 his logic.

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 God's not going to

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 leave this city

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 ruined forever

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 because it's his city

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 and he's still reigning.

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 He's still in power.

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 He's not been overthrown.

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 And so he trusts

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 that God will show

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 pity and favor

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 to his people.

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 So he continues

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 in verses 18 to 26,

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 Let this be recorded

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 for a generation

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 to come

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 so that a people

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 yet to be created

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 may praise the Lord

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 that he looked down

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 from his holy height

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 from heaven

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 the Lord looked

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 at the earth

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 to hear the groans

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 of the prisoners

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 to set free

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 those who are doomed

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 to die

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 that they may declare

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 in Zion

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 the name of the Lord

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 and in Jerusalem

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 his praise

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 when people

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 was gathered together

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 in kingdoms

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 to worship the Lord.

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 Because the Lord

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 reigns forever,

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 the psalmist

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 wants his words

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 to be written down

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 for future generations' sake

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 that they too

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 may worship the Lord

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 and because he knows

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 that Zion

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 will be restored

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 the city of God

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 and the prisoners

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 will be freed

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 and then once again

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 kingdoms all over the world

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 and all the peoples

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 of earth

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 will gather in Jerusalem

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 to worship the Lord.

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 And then

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 in the last section

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 23-28

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 the psalmist

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 summarizes

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 the entire psalm again.

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 So in 23-24

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 we see him

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 lamenting

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 his fleeting life again.

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 He has broken

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 my strength

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 in midcourse.

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 He has shortened

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 my days again.

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 Oh my God

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 I say

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 take me not away

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 in the midst

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 of my days

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 you whose years

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 endure throughout

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 all generations.

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 So he prays

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 that God

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 whose years

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 endure forever

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 would not shorten

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 his days.

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 But then

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 in verse 25-20

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 he turns his attention

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 again to God

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 and his permanence.

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 Of old

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 you laid the foundation

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 of the earth

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 and heavens

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 are the work

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 of your hands.

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 They will perish

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 but you will remain.

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 They will all wear out

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 like a garment.

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 You will change them

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 like a robe

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 and they will pass away.

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 But you

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 are the same

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 and your ears

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 have no end.

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 The children

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 of your servants

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 shall dwell secure.

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 Their offspring

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 shall be established

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 before you.

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 So even

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 the seemingly

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 permanent sky

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 and earth

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 will wear out

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 like a garment.

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 God will change

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 them like a robe.

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 They will pass away

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 but the Lord

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 remains the same.

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 And this is

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 a really helpful image

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 because we all

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 have clothes

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 that we have

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 outgrown

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 or that have

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 been worn out

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 that we've tossed.

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 Socks get holes

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 right where the toes are.

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 Jeans get holes

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 right around the knees

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 or the pockets

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 or shirts,

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 t-shirts get holes

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 under the armpits

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 or colors get

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 crinkled

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 or stained.

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 And we change

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 them out.

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 We change that

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 clothes.

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 That's what we do.

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 They get worn out

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 and we throw them out.

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 We change them out.

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 And that's what

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 heaven and earth

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 are like.

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 That's what

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 human beings

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 are like.

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 Our suffering

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 will pass.

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 Our circumstances

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 will change

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 and we will all

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 die.

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 But through it all

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 our God

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 will remain.

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 He reigns

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 forever.

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 He does not

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 change.

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 That's what we call

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 the immutability

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 of God.

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 He doesn't change.

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 That's an attribute

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 of God.

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 He's immutable,

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 permanent.

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 And a great

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 Dutch theologian

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 named Herman

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 Bavinck

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 puts it this way.

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 He says,

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 quote,

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 The doctrine

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 of God's

00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:01.840
 immutability

00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:02.680
 is of the

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 highest significance

00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:04.340
 for religion.

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 The contrast

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 between being

00:14:06.800 --> 00:14:07.780
 and becoming

00:14:07.780 --> 00:14:09.240
 marks the difference

00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:10.360
 between the creator

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 and the creature.

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 Every creature

00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:13.259
 is continually

00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:13.980
 becoming.

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 It is changeable,

00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:16.820
 constantly striving,

00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:17.940
 seeks rest

00:14:17.940 --> 00:14:19.000
 and satisfaction,

00:14:19.420 --> 00:14:20.340
 and finds this

00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:21.360
 rest in God,

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.519
 in Him alone,

00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:23.779
 for only He

00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.799
 is pure being

00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:25.759
 and no becoming.

00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:26.860
 Hence,

00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:27.500
 in Scripture,

00:14:27.679 --> 00:14:28.220
 God is often

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:29.319
 called the rock.

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 So when your life

00:14:31.819 --> 00:14:32.740
 is constantly

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.639
 in flux,

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:35.019
 when you're unsure

00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:35.620
 of how you're

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.279
 going to make

00:14:36.279 --> 00:14:38.860
 it through the week

00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.779
 or through the day,

00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:40.819
 when you feel

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 out of control,

00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:44.419
 that's what's

00:14:44.419 --> 00:14:44.879
 helpful for us

00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:45.259
 to remember

00:14:45.259 --> 00:14:45.779
 that God

00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:47.120
 is unchanging,

00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:49.019
 that we are

00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:49.419
 becoming,

00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:50.019
 we are changing,

00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:50.480
 but the Lord

00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:51.539
 remains the same.

00:14:51.539 --> 00:14:52.579
 He's called

00:14:52.579 --> 00:14:52.819
 like,

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 I am the I am.

00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.039
 Yeah,

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 which is actually

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 what the Lord

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 is from,

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 right?

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:57.939
 The name of the Lord.

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 And He's the same

00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.259
 yesterday,

00:15:00.419 --> 00:15:00.579
 today,

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:00.980
 and forever

00:15:00.980 --> 00:15:01.899
 as Hebrews 13.

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 Jesus is too.

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 And that's

00:15:05.839 --> 00:15:06.519
 what gives us

00:15:06.519 --> 00:15:07.139
 hope,

00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:07.439
 right?

00:15:07.459 --> 00:15:08.000
 That the children

00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:08.860
 of God's servants

00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.199
 shall dwell secure.

00:15:10.559 --> 00:15:11.079
 Their offspring

00:15:11.079 --> 00:15:11.919
 shall be established

00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:12.819
 before God.

00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:15.740
 And the eternal reign

00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.759
 of God gives us hope

00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.219
 in the midst

00:15:17.219 --> 00:15:17.959
 of our temporary

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 existence.

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 And what's

00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:21.159
 fascinating is

00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:22.500
 that the last

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 couple verses,

00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:24.919
 verses 25 to 27,

00:15:25.459 --> 00:15:26.879
 are actually quoted

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:28.819
 in Hebrews 1,

00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:29.819
 10 to 12.

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 And there,

00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:31.799
 interestingly,

00:15:32.000 --> 00:15:32.439
 these verses

00:15:32.439 --> 00:15:33.539
 which speak of God

00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:34.079
 are attributed

00:15:34.079 --> 00:15:35.339
 to His Son,

00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.360
 Jesus Christ.

00:15:37.579 --> 00:15:38.620
 And this is

00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.500
 because of the

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.240
 early believer's

00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:40.899
 understanding of

00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.939
 the Son's role

00:15:41.939 --> 00:15:42.599
 in creation,

00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.459
 that He's the,

00:15:43.860 --> 00:15:44.599
 that Colossians 1,

00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.079
 16 says,

00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.099
 by Christ all

00:15:46.099 --> 00:15:46.819
 things were created

00:15:46.819 --> 00:15:47.620
 in heaven and on earth,

00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.360
 visible and invisible.

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 So the author of Hebrews

00:15:50.259 --> 00:15:52.299
 takes Psalm 102,

00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:53.600
 verses 25 to 27,

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.679
 which says,

00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.620
 of old you lay

00:15:55.620 --> 00:15:56.560
 the foundation of earth

00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:56.980
 and the heavens

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.940
 are the work of your hands.

00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:58.980
 And then they apply

00:15:58.980 --> 00:15:59.620
 it to Jesus,

00:15:59.940 --> 00:16:00.899
 saying He's the one

00:16:00.899 --> 00:16:02.139
 who is like this,

00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:03.000
 who remains forever,

00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:03.620
 same yesterday,

00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.360
 today, and forever,

00:16:04.460 --> 00:16:05.179
 as it says in Hebrews.

00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:07.860
 And that's how

00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.600
 this Psalm really

00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:09.340
 points to Jesus

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.220
 for us

00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:12.340
 as we have this,

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 I guess,

00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:15.860
 perspective

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.419
 from,

00:16:16.800 --> 00:16:17.639
 as a new covenant

00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:18.060
 people.

00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:20.159
 It's that Jesus,

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.940
 as the Father

00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.600
 gave it to Him

00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.680
 to have life in Himself.

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:25.100
 So Jesus has life,

00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.840
 the eternal life

00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:26.680
 of God in Himself

00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.419
 as John 5,

00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.840
 26 says.

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.720
 And whoever believes

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.279
 in the Son

00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:32.300
 has eternal life,

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:32.519
 right,

00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.379
 as John 3,

00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:34.220
 36 says,

00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:34.519
 right.

00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:37.379
 And that's the life

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 that He imparts to us

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 and He's able

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 to impart

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 this eternal life

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 because there's

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 that tension,

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 right,

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 of our,

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 that contrast

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 between our

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 temporary existence

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 and God's

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 forever existence.

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 And there's a tension

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 of how come we

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 as God's people

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 can't,

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 if God reigns forever,

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 how come we die?

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 How come we suffer?

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 How come we fade?

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 And that tension

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 is resolved in Jesus

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 because He's the one

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 that brings eternal life

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 to God's people,

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 to resurrection life

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 by dying for our sins

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 so that we might

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 live forever.

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 and it's,

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 and that should

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 give us hope

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 as we live

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 in this fleeting existence

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 in a life

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 that is few

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 and full of suffering

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 that we remember

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 that God has offered us

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 this eternal life,

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 resurrection life

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 in Jesus

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 and that should

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 give us hope

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 as we live.

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 Let's think about that

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 and then

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 God Да lor

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 the time

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 that is

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 and that's

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 who

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 that we

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 Hillary

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 and

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 get