WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.780 Psalm 57. 00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:16.120 Psalm 57 is on page 576. 00:00:17.379 --> 00:00:20.760 So when you've looked that up, then turn to Psalm 142. 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:23.920 Because that's going to be the other one. 00:00:26.560 --> 00:00:27.960 Psalm 57. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.159 And then Psalm 142. 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:45.399 All right? 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:46.740 We all got there? 00:00:47.740 --> 00:00:50.760 Okay, let's read then Psalm 51. 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:53.840 57 starting at verse 1. 00:00:53.840 --> 00:01:02.180 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:08.760 I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:15.000 I cry out to God most high, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. 00:01:15.520 --> 00:01:20.640 He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me. 00:01:21.500 --> 00:01:24.680 God sends his love and his faithfulness. 00:01:26.040 --> 00:01:27.520 I am in the midst of lions. 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:28.519 I am in the midst of the earth. 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:29.519 I am in the midst of the earth. 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:30.060 I am in the midst of the earth. 00:01:30.060 --> 00:01:35.159 Men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. 00:01:36.479 --> 00:01:39.019 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. 00:01:39.679 --> 00:01:42.079 Let your glory be over all the earth. 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:45.299 They spread the nets for my feet. 00:01:45.780 --> 00:01:47.700 I was bowed down in distress. 00:01:48.579 --> 00:01:50.519 They dug a pit in my path. 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:53.319 But they had fallen into it themselves. 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:57.120 My heart is steadfast, O God. 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:58.539 My heart is steadfast. 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:00.500 I will sing and make music. 00:02:00.900 --> 00:02:02.019 Awake, my soul. 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:04.140 Awake, heart and lyre. 00:02:04.579 --> 00:02:05.939 I will awaken the dawn. 00:02:05.939 --> 00:02:09.659 I will pray to you, O Lord, among the nations. 00:02:10.379 --> 00:02:12.460 I will sing of you among the peoples. 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:15.979 For great is your love reaching to the heavens. 00:02:16.699 --> 00:02:19.240 Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:23.039 Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:26.360 Let your glory be over all the earth. 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.960 And then turn to Psalm 142. 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:38.040 And Amy's going to read that for us. 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:43.180 Psalm 142. 00:02:43.540 --> 00:02:46.420 I cry aloud to the Lord. 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:48.879 I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. 00:02:49.500 --> 00:02:51.400 I pour out my complaint before him. 00:02:51.879 --> 00:02:53.540 Before him I tell my trouble. 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.100 When my spirit goes faint within me, 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:58.680 it is you who know my way. 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.800 In the path where I walk, 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:03.180 men have hidden a snare for me. 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:05.500 Look to my right and see. 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:07.060 No one is concerned for me. 00:03:07.219 --> 00:03:08.240 I have no refuge. 00:03:08.460 --> 00:03:09.680 No one cares for my life. 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:11.640 I cry to you, O Lord. 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:13.620 I say you are my refuge, 00:03:13.860 --> 00:03:15.460 my portion in the land of the living. 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:17.300 Listen to my cry, 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:19.100 for I am in desperate need. 00:03:19.659 --> 00:03:22.120 Rescue me from those who pursue me, 00:03:22.659 --> 00:03:24.319 for they are too strong for me. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:26.760 Set me free from my prison, 00:03:26.760 --> 00:03:28.379 that I may praise your name. 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.379 Then the righteous will gather about me 00:03:32.379 --> 00:03:34.180 because of your goodness to me. 00:03:34.180 --> 00:03:47.340 As I say, over the summer, 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:48.760 we're looking to do the plan. 00:03:49.400 --> 00:03:52.080 And we have two speakers today. 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:54.760 And next week, Michael is going to be preaching. 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:56.080 I'm going to pray for him, 00:03:56.460 --> 00:03:57.200 and for us, 00:03:57.640 --> 00:03:58.640 and then we'll be. 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:00.000 Listen carefully. 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.219 Father, thank you for your word to us. 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:06.439 Thank you for the Psalms, 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:08.500 for all that they teach us 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:10.379 about you, 00:04:10.819 --> 00:04:12.379 the world in which we live, 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:15.759 and about the struggles that we go through. 00:04:16.079 --> 00:04:18.420 And we pray that through this morning, 00:04:18.540 --> 00:04:19.939 we would have a bigger picture 00:04:19.939 --> 00:04:22.540 of the great God that you are, 00:04:23.459 --> 00:04:24.579 your faithfulness, 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:25.959 and your love. 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:27.620 We pray for Michael, 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:29.259 help him to communicate well. 00:04:29.259 --> 00:04:32.860 And we pray that you would pour out your spirit 00:04:32.860 --> 00:04:34.659 upon him and upon us, 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:37.079 that we may see you 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:38.719 and understand you better, 00:04:39.659 --> 00:04:41.579 and that our lives will be changed 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:42.459 as a result. 00:04:43.240 --> 00:04:44.779 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:04:44.779 --> 00:04:45.659 Amen. 00:04:49.739 --> 00:04:51.239 It's nice to be back with you 00:04:51.239 --> 00:04:52.659 once again in Cargilline. 00:04:53.099 --> 00:04:54.759 And we're going to be looking, 00:04:54.919 --> 00:04:55.319 as I say, 00:04:55.379 --> 00:04:57.619 at these two Psalms this morning. 00:04:58.500 --> 00:05:01.479 The background of these two Psalms 00:05:01.479 --> 00:05:02.259 is this. 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:04.259 If you look at the title of both of them, 00:05:05.059 --> 00:05:10.699 you'll have the idea of David being in a cave. 00:05:10.699 --> 00:05:13.399 The title of Psalm 57 is 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.620 When He Fled from Saul into a Cave, 00:05:15.719 --> 00:05:17.740 and Psalm 142, 00:05:18.459 --> 00:05:19.620 the title of it, 00:05:19.719 --> 00:05:21.420 When He Was in the Cave. 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:26.240 And we can identify the time 00:05:26.240 --> 00:05:28.579 when David was indeed 00:05:28.579 --> 00:05:32.699 hiding from Saul in a cave. 00:05:33.539 --> 00:05:34.680 David left Gath, 00:05:34.740 --> 00:05:37.839 we read in 1 Samuel 21, 2 and verse 1. 00:05:37.980 --> 00:05:40.659 He left Gath and escaped to the cave 00:05:40.660 --> 00:05:41.820 of Adelam. 00:05:42.580 --> 00:05:44.580 And then in 1 Samuel 24, 00:05:44.760 --> 00:05:45.540 and verse 2, 00:05:45.640 --> 00:05:48.340 we read that Saul took 3,000 chosen men 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:50.700 to look for David. 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:53.500 And we read that a cave was there. 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:56.600 And Saul went in to relieve himself, 00:05:56.940 --> 00:05:58.360 and David and his men 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:00.840 were far back in the cave. 00:06:01.760 --> 00:06:04.260 And it's out of these experiences 00:06:04.260 --> 00:06:08.480 that David writes these particular Psalms. 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:11.780 He's not enjoying a package holiday. 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.100 He's not at a tourist spot, 00:06:15.200 --> 00:06:17.259 which he has booked over the internet. 00:06:18.379 --> 00:06:20.340 He's in one particular place, 00:06:20.400 --> 00:06:21.900 in a public toilet, 00:06:22.280 --> 00:06:24.680 hiding from Saul. 00:06:25.400 --> 00:06:26.420 He's in hiding. 00:06:27.140 --> 00:06:29.980 His life is literally on the line. 00:06:30.520 --> 00:06:33.420 Death stares him in the face. 00:06:33.420 --> 00:06:36.960 And he writes down his experiences 00:06:36.960 --> 00:06:39.520 in the words of these Psalms. 00:06:39.620 --> 00:06:41.640 And it gives us an idea 00:06:41.640 --> 00:06:43.480 of what life was like, 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:45.840 an insight into what life was like 00:06:45.840 --> 00:06:47.680 on the run. 00:06:48.640 --> 00:06:50.340 Life in a cave, 00:06:50.420 --> 00:06:51.540 which he refers to 00:06:51.540 --> 00:06:53.080 as a prison. 00:06:54.139 --> 00:06:56.259 I'm not going to look at these Psalms 00:06:56.259 --> 00:06:57.379 verse by verse, 00:06:57.379 --> 00:06:59.519 but I want us to have an overview, 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:00.379 as it were. 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:02.259 I want to think that we might learn 00:07:02.259 --> 00:07:04.159 something of David's experience, 00:07:04.360 --> 00:07:07.939 that we might also learn for ourselves, 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:09.579 how we can be helped 00:07:09.579 --> 00:07:11.879 in times of difficulty. 00:07:12.579 --> 00:07:14.339 But also I trust these Psalms 00:07:14.339 --> 00:07:17.279 will enable us to look to Christ, 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:20.279 who entered into time for us 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:22.240 and knew what it was himself 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:25.560 to suffer similar privations. 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:28.060 Now we notice as far as 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:30.480 David's circumstances were concerned 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:31.420 that there was 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:33.780 a physical assault 00:07:33.780 --> 00:07:35.480 of his life. 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:38.759 There were physical repercussions 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:41.160 because he was being chased 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:43.180 by Saul and his men. 00:07:43.980 --> 00:07:46.800 If you look at Psalm 57 and verse 6, 00:07:47.220 --> 00:07:47.680 he says, 00:07:47.819 --> 00:07:50.699 they spread a net for my feet. 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:52.500 And he goes on to say, 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:56.100 they dug a pit in my path. 00:07:56.899 --> 00:07:59.180 Psalm 142 in the latter part 00:07:59.180 --> 00:08:00.199 of verse 2 says, 00:08:00.699 --> 00:08:02.560 in the path where I walked, 00:08:02.680 --> 00:08:04.680 men have hidden a snare for me. 00:08:05.339 --> 00:08:07.160 And he goes on to say in verse 6, 00:08:07.540 --> 00:08:09.259 listen to my cry, 00:08:09.620 --> 00:08:11.379 for I am in desperate need. 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:14.600 Rescue me from those who pursue me, 00:08:14.779 --> 00:08:16.660 for they are too strong for me. 00:08:17.060 --> 00:08:19.879 Set me free from my prison. 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:22.879 David can understand something 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:24.540 of what he is going through 00:08:24.540 --> 00:08:25.939 even as you read these. 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:29.159 Many of you have been involved 00:08:29.159 --> 00:08:30.480 themselves with hunting. 00:08:31.339 --> 00:08:32.720 You know that there is 00:08:32.720 --> 00:08:34.340 the stalking of the prey. 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.279 There's the looking for the creature 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:39.340 that is at the end of your sights. 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:42.059 And that's what David is. 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:44.940 He's at the end of Saul's sights. 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:46.860 He's at that position 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:49.880 where he's soon to be taken. 00:08:50.760 --> 00:08:53.000 He's soon to be held captive 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:54.780 or even worse, 00:08:54.980 --> 00:08:56.140 put to death. 00:08:57.440 --> 00:08:59.940 If you look at the 1 Samuel, 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:02.680 you discover that 3,000 00:09:02.680 --> 00:09:05.000 of Saul's chosen men 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:06.780 have been sent out 00:09:06.780 --> 00:09:08.200 to look for David. 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:09.940 His elite, 00:09:10.820 --> 00:09:12.780 the elite from Saul's army, 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:14.299 his commandos, 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:15.019 if you like, 00:09:15.079 --> 00:09:16.459 his SAS. 00:09:18.579 --> 00:09:19.839 President Obama 00:09:19.839 --> 00:09:22.360 and other leaders of the war 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:23.299 in Afghanistan 00:09:23.299 --> 00:09:25.879 have ordered a surge. 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:28.139 The desire is 00:09:28.139 --> 00:09:29.559 to hunt down the Taliban 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:32.500 and to destroy their capabilities. 00:09:33.339 --> 00:09:34.360 And something like that 00:09:34.360 --> 00:09:35.419 is happening here. 00:09:36.539 --> 00:09:39.480 Saul has urged a surge. 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:41.360 And David 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:42.820 is the prey. 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.480 He wants to bring 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:45.639 his influence 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:46.840 to naught. 00:09:47.420 --> 00:09:47.779 Remember, 00:09:47.940 --> 00:09:49.060 people have said 00:09:49.060 --> 00:09:50.460 Saul has killed 00:09:50.460 --> 00:09:51.159 his thousands 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:52.340 but David is 00:09:52.340 --> 00:09:53.659 tens of thousands 00:09:53.659 --> 00:09:54.759 after David 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:55.440 had killed 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:56.720 Goliath. 00:09:57.800 --> 00:09:58.440 And now 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:00.519 Saul is at him, 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:01.820 snapping at his heels. 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:03.820 And David can feel 00:10:03.820 --> 00:10:04.779 their breath 00:10:04.779 --> 00:10:05.899 on his back. 00:10:06.420 --> 00:10:07.240 The nets are there 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:08.100 to trap him. 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:09.300 He's been hunted 00:10:09.300 --> 00:10:10.680 like a wild animal. 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:12.300 And it's obviously 00:10:12.300 --> 00:10:14.139 physically draining. 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:15.820 His cave, 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:16.820 he tells us, 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.560 has become 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:18.560 a prison. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:20.259 There's physical 00:10:20.259 --> 00:10:21.100 discomfort 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:22.680 of life 00:10:22.680 --> 00:10:24.060 on the run. 00:10:24.560 --> 00:10:25.200 Those are 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.980 David's circumstances. 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:28.560 This physical 00:10:28.560 --> 00:10:29.440 assault 00:10:29.440 --> 00:10:30.500 upon his 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:31.940 very life. 00:10:32.460 --> 00:10:33.120 But it doesn't 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:33.960 stop there. 00:10:34.519 --> 00:10:35.180 It's not just 00:10:35.180 --> 00:10:35.759 that he's being 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:36.340 chased 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:37.540 and he's indifferent 00:10:37.540 --> 00:10:38.300 to what is 00:10:38.300 --> 00:10:39.360 happening to him. 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:40.560 There's also 00:10:40.560 --> 00:10:41.660 the mental 00:10:41.660 --> 00:10:42.259 pressure 00:10:42.259 --> 00:10:43.139 and that's 00:10:43.139 --> 00:10:43.680 very much 00:10:43.680 --> 00:10:44.420 part of his 00:10:44.420 --> 00:10:45.160 experience 00:10:45.160 --> 00:10:46.060 at this time. 00:10:47.560 --> 00:10:48.460 Psalm 57 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:49.420 and verse 6 00:10:49.420 --> 00:10:50.560 I was 00:10:50.560 --> 00:10:51.840 bowed down 00:10:51.840 --> 00:10:53.259 in distress. 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:54.080 Of course 00:10:54.080 --> 00:10:54.800 he was. 00:10:56.500 --> 00:10:57.300 Verse 2 00:10:57.300 --> 00:10:58.019 of Psalm 00:10:58.019 --> 00:10:59.360 142 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:01.159 I pour out 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:02.259 my complaint 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:03.180 before him. 00:11:03.700 --> 00:11:04.800 Before him 00:11:04.800 --> 00:11:06.080 I tell 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:07.399 my trouble. 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:09.620 When my 00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:10.100 spirit, 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:10.779 he says, 00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:12.120 grows faint 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:13.120 within me. 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:14.320 Verse 3 00:11:14.320 --> 00:11:14.960 of Psalm 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:16.220 142 00:11:16.220 --> 00:11:17.379 and verse 4 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:17.740 of that 00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:18.460 fame salt. 00:11:18.820 --> 00:11:19.600 Look to my 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:20.460 right and see 00:11:20.460 --> 00:11:21.539 no one is 00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:22.480 concerned for me. 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:23.519 I have no 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:24.039 refuge. 00:11:24.420 --> 00:11:25.519 No one cares 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:26.180 for my life. 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:26.820 Do you get 00:11:26.820 --> 00:11:27.360 the picture? 00:11:28.160 --> 00:11:29.260 This mental 00:11:29.260 --> 00:11:30.140 assault. 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:31.160 It's not just 00:11:31.160 --> 00:11:32.220 physical hurt. 00:11:32.860 --> 00:11:33.580 He's feeling 00:11:33.580 --> 00:11:35.280 it inside. 00:11:36.180 --> 00:11:36.820 Mentally, 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:38.160 he's in 00:11:38.160 --> 00:11:38.540 turmoil. 00:11:38.900 --> 00:11:40.120 He feels 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:40.820 alone. 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:42.940 And if you 00:11:42.940 --> 00:11:43.900 delve into 00:11:43.900 --> 00:11:45.060 further into 00:11:45.060 --> 00:11:45.940 David's 00:11:45.940 --> 00:11:46.720 background at 00:11:46.720 --> 00:11:47.280 this time, 00:11:47.900 --> 00:11:48.760 you discover 00:11:48.760 --> 00:11:49.720 some of the 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:50.900 reasons why 00:11:50.900 --> 00:11:52.100 he was having 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:53.020 this mental 00:11:53.020 --> 00:11:53.520 pressure. 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:54.699 It wasn't 00:11:54.699 --> 00:11:55.159 just the 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:55.600 physical 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.960 assault of 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:57.740 Saul and 00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:58.500 his men, 00:11:59.120 --> 00:12:00.039 but also 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:00.740 he was 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:01.899 hearing news 00:12:01.899 --> 00:12:02.699 from time 00:12:02.699 --> 00:12:03.279 to time 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:03.939 of what 00:12:03.939 --> 00:12:04.480 was going 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.399 on out 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:06.620 there away 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.259 from the 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:07.740 cave. 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:09.319 In 1 00:12:09.319 --> 00:12:10.539 Samuel 22 00:12:10.539 --> 00:12:11.779 and verse 6, 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:13.319 he discovered 00:12:13.319 --> 00:12:14.220 that Saul 00:12:14.220 --> 00:12:15.559 had put to 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:16.819 death 85 00:12:16.819 --> 00:12:17.779 of the 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:18.299 Lord's 00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:18.840 priests. 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:20.500 Not just 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:21.299 the priests, 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:22.679 but also 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:23.539 their wives 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.120 and their 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.959 children were 00:12:24.959 --> 00:12:25.639 put to 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:25.959 death. 00:12:26.819 --> 00:12:27.819 Because Saul 00:12:27.819 --> 00:12:29.279 believed that 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:29.719 they had 00:12:29.719 --> 00:12:30.599 sided with 00:12:30.599 --> 00:12:31.039 David. 00:12:31.459 --> 00:12:32.079 David had 00:12:32.079 --> 00:12:32.919 turned up 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:34.319 and he'd 00:12:34.319 --> 00:12:35.039 been handed 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:35.679 bread. 00:12:36.319 --> 00:12:36.679 He'd been 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:37.239 given the 00:12:37.239 --> 00:12:38.059 sword of 00:12:38.059 --> 00:12:38.579 Goliath. 00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:39.259 Therefore, 00:12:39.659 --> 00:12:40.399 the priests 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:41.319 are in 00:12:41.319 --> 00:12:41.939 league with 00:12:41.939 --> 00:12:42.979 David and 00:12:42.979 --> 00:12:43.839 Saul has 00:12:43.839 --> 00:12:44.479 them all 00:12:44.479 --> 00:12:45.000 put to 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:45.359 death. 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:46.759 And a 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.179 man by 00:12:47.179 --> 00:12:47.740 the name 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:48.759 of Abiathar 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:49.859 escapes and 00:12:49.859 --> 00:12:50.620 tells David 00:12:50.620 --> 00:12:51.359 what has 00:12:51.359 --> 00:12:51.839 happened. 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:53.279 And this 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:53.620 is what 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:54.120 he says 00:12:54.120 --> 00:12:54.620 in 1 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.679 Samuel 22 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:56.199 and verse 00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:56.759 22. 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:58.519 I am 00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.439 responsible 00:12:59.439 --> 00:13:00.739 for the 00:13:00.739 --> 00:13:01.379 death of 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:02.599 your father's 00:13:02.599 --> 00:13:03.819 whole family. 00:13:04.179 --> 00:13:04.539 He's 00:13:04.539 --> 00:13:05.699 weighed down. 00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:06.819 You see 00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:07.779 the mental 00:13:07.779 --> 00:13:08.459 pressure. 00:13:09.599 --> 00:13:09.979 He may 00:13:09.979 --> 00:13:10.559 not be 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:11.339 responsible, 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:12.099 but he 00:13:12.099 --> 00:13:12.979 feels he's 00:13:12.979 --> 00:13:14.219 responsible for 00:13:14.219 --> 00:13:14.939 the death of 00:13:14.939 --> 00:13:15.639 all these 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:16.679 priests and 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:17.579 their family. 00:13:17.819 --> 00:13:18.419 So there's a 00:13:18.419 --> 00:13:19.339 physical assault, 00:13:19.579 --> 00:13:20.019 there's a 00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:21.219 mental pressure. 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:23.220 death of 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:23.320 God. 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:23.500 But then 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:23.720 there's 00:13:23.720 --> 00:13:24.580 something else 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:24.960 as we 00:13:24.960 --> 00:13:25.680 consider his 00:13:25.680 --> 00:13:26.519 circumstances. 00:13:27.800 --> 00:13:28.740 There was a 00:13:28.740 --> 00:13:29.720 spiritual battle 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.460 going on, 00:13:30.580 --> 00:13:31.180 wasn't there? 00:13:32.300 --> 00:13:33.019 A battle is 00:13:33.019 --> 00:13:33.660 going on 00:13:33.660 --> 00:13:34.720 between Saul, 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.360 who at this 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.080 time has been 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:38.340 rejected as 00:13:38.340 --> 00:13:39.759 king because 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.740 he disobeyed 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:41.399 the Lord's 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:41.980 command, 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.460 and David 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:44.300 who has been 00:13:44.300 --> 00:13:45.840 anointed in 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:46.759 his place. 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.320 In 1 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.300 Samuel 15 00:13:49.300 --> 00:13:49.780 and verse 00:13:49.780 --> 00:13:50.640 26, 00:13:51.260 --> 00:13:52.060 Samuel says 00:13:52.060 --> 00:13:52.680 to Saul, 00:13:53.160 --> 00:13:54.060 you have 00:13:54.060 --> 00:13:55.180 rejected the 00:13:55.180 --> 00:13:56.080 word of the 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:56.900 Lord, and 00:13:56.900 --> 00:13:57.940 the Lord has 00:13:57.940 --> 00:13:59.000 rejected you 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:00.280 as king over 00:14:00.280 --> 00:14:00.860 Israel. 00:14:02.600 --> 00:14:03.020 And in 00:14:03.020 --> 00:14:04.240 verse 35 of 00:14:04.240 --> 00:14:05.000 1 Samuel 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:06.920 15, it 00:14:06.920 --> 00:14:07.379 says, the 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.260 Lord was 00:14:08.260 --> 00:14:09.420 grieved that 00:14:09.420 --> 00:14:10.060 he had made 00:14:10.060 --> 00:14:10.780 him king, 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:11.640 that is Saul, 00:14:11.960 --> 00:14:13.440 over Israel. 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:15.360 And then we 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:16.040 go on to 00:14:16.040 --> 00:14:17.280 read in 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:18.699 16, 14 of 00:14:18.699 --> 00:14:19.600 1 Samuel, 00:14:20.220 --> 00:14:20.699 that the 00:14:20.699 --> 00:14:21.519 spirit of 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:22.059 the Lord 00:14:22.059 --> 00:14:23.139 had departed 00:14:23.139 --> 00:14:24.199 from Saul, 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:25.319 and an 00:14:25.319 --> 00:14:26.100 evil spirit 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.639 from the 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:28.439 Lord tormented 00:14:28.439 --> 00:14:28.899 him. 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:30.539 So Saul 00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:31.079 had been 00:14:31.079 --> 00:14:31.740 utterly 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:32.519 rejected. 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:34.699 Saul had 00:14:34.699 --> 00:14:35.539 been put 00:14:35.539 --> 00:14:36.399 to one 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:36.919 side. 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:37.799 God 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:38.220 has said, 00:14:38.319 --> 00:14:38.879 no more 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:39.259 will you 00:14:39.259 --> 00:14:40.019 reign over 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.779 my people. 00:14:41.159 --> 00:14:41.579 He had 00:14:41.579 --> 00:14:42.799 been rejected, 00:14:43.220 --> 00:14:43.939 cast out, 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:44.480 if you like, 00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.559 from God's 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:46.199 presence. 00:14:46.200 --> 00:14:47.200 Saul. 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:47.480 And we 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:47.940 read in 00:14:47.940 --> 00:14:48.640 that account 00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:49.580 that Samuel 00:14:49.580 --> 00:14:51.320 no longer 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:52.460 met with 00:14:52.460 --> 00:14:52.759 Saul. 00:14:53.640 --> 00:14:54.460 That showed 00:14:54.460 --> 00:14:55.400 that God 00:14:55.400 --> 00:14:55.879 was not 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.340 going to 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:56.840 talk to 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.560 him anymore, 00:14:58.560 --> 00:14:59.920 because he 00:14:59.920 --> 00:15:01.240 rejected the 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.400 word of the 00:15:02.400 --> 00:15:02.700 Lord. 00:15:03.520 --> 00:15:03.759 And you 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:04.300 remember, 00:15:04.900 --> 00:15:05.480 in his 00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:06.040 place, 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.259 David had 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:08.259 been anointed. 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.520 1 Samuel 16 00:15:10.520 --> 00:15:11.500 and verse 13, 00:15:11.840 --> 00:15:12.620 so Samuel 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.360 took the 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.020 horn of 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:14.779 oil and 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.279 anointed 00:15:15.279 --> 00:15:16.059 David in 00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:16.600 the presence 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:16.980 of his 00:15:16.980 --> 00:15:17.340 brothers. 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:18.179 And from 00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:18.840 that day 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:19.419 on the 00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:20.079 Spirit of 00:15:20.079 --> 00:15:20.439 the Lord 00:15:20.439 --> 00:15:21.779 came upon 00:15:21.779 --> 00:15:23.399 David in 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:24.340 power. 00:15:26.620 --> 00:15:27.519 So here 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:27.819 is the 00:15:27.819 --> 00:15:28.199 man. 00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:30.000 Saul, 00:15:30.299 --> 00:15:30.460 the 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:30.759 spirit 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.399 departed, 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:33.360 but David, 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:34.039 the spirit 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:34.419 had been 00:15:34.419 --> 00:15:34.779 given, 00:15:35.939 --> 00:15:36.500 and in 00:15:36.500 --> 00:15:37.419 power he 00:15:37.419 --> 00:15:38.039 goes out 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:38.679 to do the 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:39.220 Lord's 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:39.579 business. 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:41.059 So what's 00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:41.819 happening here? 00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:43.080 it's not 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:43.840 just a 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.500 physical 00:15:44.500 --> 00:15:45.520 thought upon 00:15:45.520 --> 00:15:46.240 his body. 00:15:46.860 --> 00:15:47.480 It's not 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.180 just that he's 00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:49.420 suffering mental 00:15:49.420 --> 00:15:50.100 pressure. 00:15:51.580 --> 00:15:52.160 There's this 00:15:52.160 --> 00:15:53.240 spiritual battle 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:53.900 going on 00:15:53.900 --> 00:15:54.520 between the 00:15:54.520 --> 00:15:55.180 forces of 00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:56.120 evil and 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:56.820 the forces 00:15:56.820 --> 00:15:57.860 of God. 00:16:00.260 --> 00:16:00.820 And the 00:16:00.820 --> 00:16:01.280 psalmist 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:02.320 David brings 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:03.060 it out. 00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.640 In verse 00:16:04.640 --> 00:16:05.379 4 of 00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:06.160 Psalm 57, 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:06.780 he says, 00:16:06.960 --> 00:16:07.680 I'm in the 00:16:07.680 --> 00:16:08.400 midst of 00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:09.040 lions. 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:10.919 I lie 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:11.399 among 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:12.079 ravenous 00:16:12.079 --> 00:16:12.679 beasts, 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.000 men whose 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.839 teeth are 00:16:14.839 --> 00:16:15.899 spears and 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.360 arrows, 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.579 whose tongues 00:16:17.579 --> 00:16:18.439 are sharp 00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:18.799 swords. 00:16:19.099 --> 00:16:19.879 The imagery 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.059 is powerful. 00:16:22.539 --> 00:16:23.299 Spurgeon 00:16:23.299 --> 00:16:24.519 commenting on 00:16:24.519 --> 00:16:25.299 this particular 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:25.959 verse says, 00:16:26.579 --> 00:16:27.219 the teeth 00:16:27.219 --> 00:16:28.059 of these 00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:28.740 men are 00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.439 canine, 00:16:29.819 --> 00:16:30.439 leonine, 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.279 wolfish, 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.219 devilish, 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:32.740 and they 00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.199 are. 00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:35.899 And their 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:36.539 tongues are 00:16:36.539 --> 00:16:37.659 sharp swords, 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:39.079 no weapon 00:16:39.079 --> 00:16:40.120 is so 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.860 terrible as 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.439 a tongue 00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:42.699 sharpened on 00:16:42.699 --> 00:16:43.299 the devil's 00:16:43.299 --> 00:16:44.100 grindstone. 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:45.439 And this 00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:45.799 was the 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:46.179 case, 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:47.339 this spiritual 00:16:47.339 --> 00:16:47.839 battle, 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:49.019 the rejected 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:50.539 Saul and 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.299 the anointed 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:52.399 David. 00:16:52.659 --> 00:16:53.360 Did David 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:54.379 deserve the 00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:55.059 treatment he 00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:55.519 was going 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:55.879 through? 00:16:56.179 --> 00:16:56.759 What had he 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.519 done wrong? 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.740 Hadn't he 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.620 served Saul? 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.019 Hadn't he 00:17:01.019 --> 00:17:01.779 killed his 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:02.319 enemies? 00:17:02.839 --> 00:17:03.379 Hadn't he 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:04.240 sung to him 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.119 sweet songs 00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.980 when he was 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.779 in the depths 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.480 of despair? 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.259 Even when 00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:09.680 he had an 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.720 opportunity to 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.319 kill Saul, 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:12.359 he had held 00:17:12.359 --> 00:17:12.980 back. 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.220 He was the 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:15.359 innocent party 00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.480 pursued by 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.160 the guilty. 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.039 This was 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.539 David, 00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.599 the anointed 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.220 of God, 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.119 the man 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:21.639 from the 00:17:21.639 --> 00:17:22.579 tribe of 00:17:22.579 --> 00:17:22.960 Judah, 00:17:23.399 --> 00:17:23.920 the one 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:24.339 that would 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:24.839 be the 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.920 ancestor of 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.460 the man 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:27.319 Christ Jesus 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:28.460 according to 00:17:28.460 --> 00:17:29.079 the flesh, 00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.059 the one 00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.420 who would 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.160 come into 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:31.759 the world 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.759 as king 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.579 of kings 00:17:33.579 --> 00:17:34.519 and lord 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.279 of lords 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.200 and all 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:37.639 the principalities 00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:38.500 and powers 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:39.740 are at work 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:41.680 to destroy 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.440 David. 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.940 It is 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:45.279 a spiritual 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.539 attack. 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.779 So as we 00:17:48.779 --> 00:17:50.379 see David's 00:17:50.379 --> 00:17:51.259 circumstances, 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.200 we see 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:54.200 the physical, 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.079 we see the 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.440 mental, 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.180 and we see 00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:58.920 the spiritual. 00:17:59.839 --> 00:18:00.279 And they're 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:02.400 all intermingled, 00:18:02.400 --> 00:18:03.540 which is 00:18:03.540 --> 00:18:04.560 often the 00:18:04.560 --> 00:18:05.040 case. 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.519 Isn't it 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:07.300 true in our 00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:08.519 own experience? 00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:09.800 When we 00:18:09.800 --> 00:18:10.780 suffer physically, 00:18:11.780 --> 00:18:12.600 it affects 00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.640 us mentally, 00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:15.680 and we 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.460 find ourselves 00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:17.160 at times 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:18.180 in a 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.880 spiritual 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.740 battle. 00:18:21.380 --> 00:18:22.560 Psalm 57 00:18:22.560 --> 00:18:24.259 and Psalm 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.840 142 00:18:25.840 --> 00:18:26.440 are the 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.259 experiences 00:18:27.259 --> 00:18:28.960 of a real 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.580 person 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:30.879 who is 00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:31.220 going 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:31.759 through 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.099 the 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:32.379 mill. 00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:34.139 And we 00:18:34.139 --> 00:18:34.599 can 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.579 identify 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.500 with him. 00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:38.119 We might 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.759 say with 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.059 him, 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:41.139 Psalm 142 00:18:41.139 --> 00:18:41.939 in verse 4 00:18:41.939 --> 00:18:42.299 says, 00:18:42.619 --> 00:18:43.519 look to my 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:44.099 right and 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:44.359 see, 00:18:44.679 --> 00:18:45.500 no one is 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.379 concerned for 00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:46.539 me, 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:47.699 I have no 00:18:47.699 --> 00:18:48.259 refuge, 00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.279 no one 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.299 cares for 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.000 my life. 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.359 We may 00:18:53.359 --> 00:18:53.960 feel like 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.259 that, 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.859 but the 00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.419 truth of 00:18:56.419 --> 00:18:56.799 the matter 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.460 is that 00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.839 we do 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.480 have one 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.920 who knows 00:18:59.920 --> 00:19:01.799 and who 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.220 does 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.579 understand. 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.360 One 00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:06.099 who 00:19:06.099 --> 00:19:06.720 identified 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:07.620 with us, 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:07.940 who 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.059 suffered 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:10.120 physically, 00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.220 who 00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:12.120 suffered 00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:13.039 mental 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.839 turmoil, 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.299 who fought 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.339 a spiritual 00:19:16.339 --> 00:19:17.279 battle against 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.599 the principalities 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.920 and powers. 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:21.980 And there 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.380 is a 00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:23.420 parallel here 00:19:23.420 --> 00:19:23.960 surely 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:25.779 with David's 00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.200 life. 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:27.680 David the 00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:28.299 anointed 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:28.840 of the 00:19:28.840 --> 00:19:29.200 Lord, 00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:31.180 David's 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:31.519 son, 00:19:31.840 --> 00:19:32.299 the Lord 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:33.400 Jesus Christ 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:33.840 who was 00:19:33.840 --> 00:19:34.460 also 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.700 David's 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.019 Lord. 00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.059 And people 00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:38.279 spread a 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.259 net for 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.779 him. 00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:42.940 And as 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.420 David 00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.100 suffered 00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:45.420 all these 00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:46.160 torments, 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:46.940 when the 00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.640 Spirit of the 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.340 Lord came 00:19:48.340 --> 00:19:49.279 upon him, 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.279 so our 00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.120 Lord and 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.740 Saviour, 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:52.680 when the 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.380 Spirit came 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.259 upon him, 00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.879 also suffered 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:57.200 those same 00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:58.359 torments. 00:19:59.420 --> 00:20:00.140 Think of the 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.740 Lord Jesus 00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.460 in his 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:01.960 suffering 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:03.240 physically, 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.440 when he 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.000 was here 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.920 upon earth, 00:20:06.140 --> 00:20:06.980 perhaps not 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.700 in a 00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.160 cave, 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.480 but he 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.079 says in 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.839 Matthew 8 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.319 and verse 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.839 20, 00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:13.160 the foxes 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.819 have holes 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.240 and the 00:20:14.240 --> 00:20:14.859 birds of 00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.299 the air 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:16.240 have nests, 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:16.940 but the 00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.519 Son of 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.140 Man has 00:20:18.140 --> 00:20:19.440 nowhere to 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.259 lay his 00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.740 head. 00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:22.519 God 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.660 and we 00:20:23.660 --> 00:20:24.240 begin, 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:24.740 when he 00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:25.620 begins his 00:20:25.620 --> 00:20:26.220 ministry, 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.359 he's out 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:27.900 in the 00:20:27.900 --> 00:20:28.599 desert doing 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.460 battle with 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.660 Satan himself. 00:20:31.559 --> 00:20:32.279 And as we 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:32.900 go through 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:33.559 his life, 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.500 we see the 00:20:34.500 --> 00:20:35.500 awful physical 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.599 suffering of 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.859 Calvary at 00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.579 the time of 00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.880 his crucifixion, 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.960 when people 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.960 plucked out 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.680 his fear, 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.640 when they 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.420 beat him, 00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.160 when they 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:45.799 scourged 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.019 him, 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.680 when they 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.359 thrust that 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:48.200 crown of 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:49.120 thorns on 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:49.759 his head, 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.519 and then 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.420 nailed him 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:53.039 to the 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.140 cross at 00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.879 Calvary, 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:57.279 as Jesus 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.960 knew what 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.680 it was for 00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.279 men to 00:20:59.279 --> 00:20:59.900 spread their 00:20:59.900 --> 00:21:01.039 nets for 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.460 him. 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:04.180 The physical 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.980 suffering of 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.539 our Savior 00:21:05.539 --> 00:21:06.339 must never 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:08.799 be underestimated. 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:10.940 But think 00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:12.000 also of his 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.220 mental suffering, 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.759 as he goes 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.700 to Calvary, 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:18.099 he prays in 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.960 Gethsemane. 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:21.759 Matthew 26 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.960 and verse 37 00:21:22.960 --> 00:21:23.379 says, 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.839 he began to 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:26.140 be sorrowful 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:27.440 and troubled. 00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:29.640 My soul 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:31.019 is overwhelmed 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.119 with sorrow 00:21:32.119 --> 00:21:33.660 to the point 00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.700 of death. 00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.559 What is 00:21:35.559 --> 00:21:36.119 happening? 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.200 Why this 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.940 anguish? 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:38.539 Well, he's 00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:39.339 being hunted 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.299 down, isn't 00:21:40.299 --> 00:21:40.519 he? 00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.379 Just like 00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:41.799 David. 00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.559 Religious 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.440 leaders have 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.000 laid their 00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.240 nets. 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.099 They're out 00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.539 for his 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.879 blood. 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.780 But much 00:21:48.780 --> 00:21:49.380 more than 00:21:49.380 --> 00:21:50.020 that, he 00:21:50.020 --> 00:21:50.780 was fulfilling 00:21:50.780 --> 00:21:51.760 the prophecies 00:21:51.760 --> 00:21:52.520 of the Old 00:21:52.520 --> 00:21:53.000 Testament 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.960 concerning 00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:55.880 himself, that 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.280 he was 00:21:56.280 --> 00:21:58.020 numbered with 00:21:58.020 --> 00:21:59.420 the transgressors. 00:22:01.020 --> 00:22:01.380 He was 00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:02.060 about to 00:22:02.060 --> 00:22:02.800 endure the 00:22:02.800 --> 00:22:03.440 wrath of 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.880 God against 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.380 sin. 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.420 And as David 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.540 cried out to 00:22:08.540 --> 00:22:09.100 the living 00:22:09.100 --> 00:22:11.600 God, so he 00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:13.420 cried out to 00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:13.860 the living 00:22:13.860 --> 00:22:14.360 God. 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:16.319 God, as 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.240 David was 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:19.579 innocent as 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.679 far as the 00:22:20.679 --> 00:22:21.439 crimes that 00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:22.019 Paul was 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:23.139 accusing him 00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:24.679 of, the 00:22:24.679 --> 00:22:25.219 Lord Jesus 00:22:25.219 --> 00:22:26.079 was certainly 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:27.079 innocent of 00:22:27.079 --> 00:22:27.899 the crimes 00:22:27.899 --> 00:22:29.179 that he was 00:22:29.179 --> 00:22:29.959 being accused 00:22:29.959 --> 00:22:30.299 of. 00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:32.419 And as the 00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:33.419 psalmist says, 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.879 I cry out to 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.679 God most 00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:37.119 high, to 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.559 God who 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.740 fulfills his 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.319 purposes for 00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.679 me. 00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:43.380 Jesus 00:22:43.380 --> 00:22:44.420 prayed that 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:45.779 in a way 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.480 that no one 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.400 else could 00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.700 do. 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.340 He suffered 00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:50.779 physically, he 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:52.000 suffered mentally, 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.240 and he 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.840 suffered 00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.840 spiritually. 00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.820 Father, if 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.720 you are 00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.680 willing, take 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.820 this cup from 00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:01.000 me, yet not 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.000 my will but 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:03.160 yours be 00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:03.779 done. 00:23:04.640 --> 00:23:05.279 There was 00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.420 that spiritual 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:06.940 battle. 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.360 The greatest 00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:09.200 battle of 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.799 all surely 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.720 took place 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.200 on that 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.100 hill far 00:23:13.100 --> 00:23:14.200 away where 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:15.039 stood an 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:16.240 old rugged 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.960 cross. 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.100 And all 00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:19.019 the powers 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.759 of darkness 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:21.180 were arrayed 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.240 against him, 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:22.920 and the 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.900 experience of 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:24.680 the psalmist 00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.759 was his, 00:23:26.120 --> 00:23:26.740 and more 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.740 so, no 00:23:27.740 --> 00:23:28.940 one cares 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.680 for my 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.140 life. 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:32.019 And the 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.620 one who 00:23:32.620 --> 00:23:33.600 died says, 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.740 my God, 00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.299 my God, 00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:37.680 why have 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:39.220 you forsaken 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.940 me? 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.279 Can we 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.720 understand 00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.259 that? 00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.139 No, we 00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.700 can't. 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.240 But it 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.700 happened. 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.159 And as the 00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:50.680 psalmist 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.919 overcame, so 00:23:51.919 --> 00:23:53.240 he overcame. 00:23:53.639 --> 00:23:54.720 As Saul, as 00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.539 David had the 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.619 victory over 00:23:56.619 --> 00:23:57.839 Saul and 00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.899 established his 00:23:58.899 --> 00:23:59.839 kingdom, so 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.740 the Lord Jesus 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.779 conquers the 00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:03.399 principalities and 00:24:03.399 --> 00:24:04.960 powers to set 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.700 up a kingdom 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.240 that will 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.440 know no end. 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:08.319 And you 00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.160 and I, if 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.740 we are in 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.440 Christ this 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:11.200 morning, are 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.340 part of that 00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.319 kingdom that 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.360 will know 00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.819 no end. 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.120 We are 00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.759 found in 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:21.460 Christ, and 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.000 we shall 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:23.900 overcome in 00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.440 him. 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.180 But we 00:24:26.180 --> 00:24:27.580 think of the 00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:28.580 physical suffering, 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:29.360 the physical, 00:24:30.140 --> 00:24:31.420 as far as 00:24:31.420 --> 00:24:32.759 David was 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.500 concerned, 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.400 his condition 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:37.460 his place 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:39.220 there as 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:39.720 he suffers 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:41.580 physically, as 00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:41.980 he suffers 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.840 mentally, as 00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.380 he suffers 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.360 spiritually. 00:24:45.340 --> 00:24:45.820 And think of 00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:47.680 the parallels of 00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.380 our Lord and 00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:49.140 Saviour, Jesus 00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:50.259 Christ, in his 00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.700 life. 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.040 But think also 00:24:53.040 --> 00:24:54.160 of David's 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:54.860 confidence. 00:24:55.820 --> 00:24:56.420 Where is 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.560 David's confidence 00:24:57.560 --> 00:24:58.800 through this time 00:24:58.800 --> 00:24:59.620 of difficulty 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.059 deep and 00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.459 trial? 00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.659 Well, his 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.939 confidence is 00:25:02.939 --> 00:25:03.899 in the 00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:05.119 living God. 00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.779 And is 00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.279 brought out 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.219 again and 00:25:08.219 --> 00:25:09.579 again in 00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:11.000 these psalms. 00:25:11.739 --> 00:25:12.899 Psalm 57 00:25:12.899 --> 00:25:13.639 and verse 00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:14.179 1. 00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:15.679 Have mercy 00:25:15.679 --> 00:25:16.779 on me, O 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.679 God, have 00:25:17.679 --> 00:25:18.959 mercy on me, 00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.399 for in you my 00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:21.359 soul takes 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.059 refuge. 00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.159 I will take 00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:24.319 refuge in the 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:25.299 shadow of your 00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.859 wings until the 00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:28.559 disaster is 00:25:28.559 --> 00:25:29.299 past. 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.879 And then in 00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.619 verse 3, 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.899 He sends 00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.659 from heaven 00:25:33.659 --> 00:25:34.839 and saves 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:36.379 me, rebuking 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.199 those who 00:25:37.199 --> 00:25:38.179 hotly pursue 00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:38.619 me. 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.299 God sends 00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:41.079 his love 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:42.219 and his 00:25:42.219 --> 00:25:43.639 faithfulness. 00:25:44.179 --> 00:25:44.899 And then in 00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.659 verse 7, 00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:46.939 My heart 00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:48.159 is steadfast, 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.839 O God, 00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.859 my heart 00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.740 is steadfast. 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.920 I will sing 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:53.180 and make 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.940 music. 00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.559 And if you 00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.480 go to Psalm 00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:58.819 142 and 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.559 verse 1, 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.380 you will see 00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.480 the same idea 00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.319 coming through 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.700 there. 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:04.019 His trust and 00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.779 his confidence 00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:06.019 in the 00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:07.019 living God. 00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.599 In verse 1, 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.140 He says, 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.279 I cry 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:11.500 aloud to 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.039 the Lord. 00:26:12.220 --> 00:26:13.220 I lift up 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.140 my voice to 00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.059 the Lord for 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.880 mercy. 00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:17.120 And in 00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:17.819 verse 2, 00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.400 He says, 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:20.060 I pour 00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.800 out my 00:26:20.800 --> 00:26:21.400 complaint 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:22.200 before Him. 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.519 Before Him 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.380 I tell 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.420 my trouble. 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.620 And verse 00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.140 5, 00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.100 I cry 00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:28.880 to you, 00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.540 O Lord. 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.300 I say, 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:31.360 you are 00:26:31.360 --> 00:26:32.280 my refuge, 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.560 my portion 00:26:33.560 --> 00:26:34.519 in the 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.400 land of 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.860 the living. 00:26:37.320 --> 00:26:38.820 The situation 00:26:38.820 --> 00:26:39.840 is difficult, 00:26:40.120 --> 00:26:40.620 but David 00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:41.400 doesn't see 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:42.259 the situation 00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.580 as hopeless. 00:26:44.300 --> 00:26:44.940 He sees 00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.660 the forces 00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.100 that are 00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.519 arrayed 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.200 against him 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.259 as powerful. 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:50.019 but there's 00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.980 refuge for 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.300 him. 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:52.540 He has 00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:53.660 that protection 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.840 of the 00:26:54.840 --> 00:26:56.019 wings of 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:57.019 the almighty 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:58.080 God of 00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.540 Israel, 00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.519 the Lord, 00:26:59.780 --> 00:27:00.360 Yahweh, 00:27:01.300 --> 00:27:02.000 the sacred 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.420 name. 00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.120 The Jews 00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.580 were so 00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.180 afraid of 00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.980 using this 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.500 name for 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.200 God that 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:06.560 they had 00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.400 substituted 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.900 the name 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.440 Adame. 00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.980 It is 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:11.700 the eternal 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.220 God, 00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.040 the great 00:27:13.040 --> 00:27:13.840 I am, 00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:15.380 the unchangeable 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:15.700 God, 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.700 the covenant 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.300 God who 00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.059 was and 00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.799 is and 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.399 will continue 00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.859 to be 00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.519 faithful to 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.079 his people. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.399 And there's 00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.220 David's 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.299 confidence in 00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:25.639 this God. 00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.339 Psalm 57 00:27:28.339 --> 00:27:29.079 verse 3, 00:27:29.419 --> 00:27:30.299 God sends 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.980 his love 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.079 and mercy. 00:27:33.399 --> 00:27:34.039 He's a 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.419 God of 00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:34.980 grace. 00:27:35.919 --> 00:27:36.419 He couldn't 00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:37.359 expect mercy 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.259 from Saul, 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.700 but mercy 00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.480 could be 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.399 expected from 00:27:41.399 --> 00:27:42.159 the God 00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.799 of mercy. 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:43.639 so he 00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:44.159 makes his 00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.859 appeal to 00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.200 him. 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.480 He had 00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:47.279 no strength 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.299 to deliver 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.960 himself. 00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.419 His enemies 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:50.899 were too 00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.460 strong, 00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:51.919 but the 00:27:51.919 --> 00:27:52.559 Lord could 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:53.500 rescue him. 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.839 There was 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.579 no freedom 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.220 for him 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:58.180 apart from 00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.839 that which 00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.419 the Lord 00:27:59.419 --> 00:28:00.639 could provide. 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.399 He fled 00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:04.000 to God 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.879 alone. 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.539 He hid 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.180 himself 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:08.440 beneath the 00:28:08.440 --> 00:28:09.980 wings of 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.680 the eternal. 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.559 God 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:13.539 wanted 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.880 refuge, 00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.240 not the 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.720 cave. 00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.500 And that 00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.000 was a 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.680 shore 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.559 refuge. 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.220 And we 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.599 were over 00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.099 in England 00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:23.839 recently. 00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.299 We stayed 00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.140 in a house 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:27.099 and we 00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.519 were looking 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.319 out on 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.779 a meadow. 00:28:29.579 --> 00:28:30.000 The grass 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.539 was long, 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.160 but I gather 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.779 it had been 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.519 cut earlier 00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.539 in the season. 00:28:35.360 --> 00:28:35.819 And when 00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.539 they finished 00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.160 cutting the 00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.559 grass, 00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.259 they noticed 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.940 that a 00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.299 pheasant 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.960 was there. 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.019 They built 00:28:43.019 --> 00:28:43.579 his nest 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:43.940 in the 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.339 grass. 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.579 The mower 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.960 had gone 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.619 over it. 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.000 It was 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.539 still in the 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:48.980 grass, 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.359 protecting the 00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:50.720 chicks. 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.279 The chicks, 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.000 sad to say, 00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.559 had also 00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.039 died. 00:28:55.420 --> 00:28:56.019 It wasn't 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.660 a shore 00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:57.640 refuge. 00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.660 The hen 00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.960 had done 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.460 all that she 00:29:01.460 --> 00:29:02.000 could to 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.539 protect, 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.980 but it 00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.599 was inadequate. 00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:08.699 but the 00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:09.240 wings of 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.419 the 00:29:09.419 --> 00:29:09.980 almighty, 00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:11.980 what 00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.859 protection? 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.879 We can 00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:17.599 never be 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.399 taken away 00:29:18.399 --> 00:29:19.019 from that 00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:20.539 protection if 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.599 we are found 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.500 in Christ. 00:29:22.959 --> 00:29:23.579 And David 00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.619 knew that. 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.740 The wings of 00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.500 the almighty, 00:29:26.919 --> 00:29:27.699 the sovereign 00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:28.159 God, 00:29:28.459 --> 00:29:29.419 are a 00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:30.359 sure refuge. 00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.719 You are 00:29:31.719 --> 00:29:32.579 my refuge, 00:29:32.659 --> 00:29:33.339 he says in 00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:35.059 verse 5 of 00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.279 142, 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.659 my portion 00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.559 in the 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.439 land of 00:29:39.439 --> 00:29:39.899 the living. 00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.819 All that 00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.359 he needs 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.079 is found 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.679 in the 00:29:42.679 --> 00:29:43.699 living God. 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.220 Or as he 00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.879 puts it in 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.720 verse 10 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.799 of Psalm 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.500 57, 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.899 for great 00:29:49.899 --> 00:29:50.480 is your 00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:50.859 love, 00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.220 reaching to 00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.919 the heavens, 00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:54.579 your faithfulness 00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.720 reaches to 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:56.599 the sky. 00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.059 No wonder 00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.859 he can say, 00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.299 my heart 00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:02.079 is steadfast. 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:03.859 Think of 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.259 that, 00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.439 of a love 00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:07.279 that reaches 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:07.699 and a 00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:08.419 faithfulness 00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:09.039 that reaches 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.779 to the 00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.399 skies. 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.679 We cannot 00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:14.059 measure the 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.439 heavens, 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.279 they're too 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:15.799 vast. 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:17.179 The scientists 00:30:17.179 --> 00:30:18.059 speak to us 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.879 of life 00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.839 years because 00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:21.459 the distance 00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:22.179 is so 00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.819 great. 00:30:24.939 --> 00:30:25.379 Well, 00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:26.279 in the same 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.759 way, we 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.359 cannot measure 00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:29.059 the love of 00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.439 God. 00:30:31.179 --> 00:30:31.779 It reaches 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.980 the skies. 00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.599 Surely, it's 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:34.960 what the 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.680 Apostle Paul 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.279 was speaking 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.859 about when 00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.299 he spoke 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.920 about the 00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.559 height, the 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:39.980 breadth, and 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.460 the length 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.220 and depth of 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:41.740 the love of 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:43.220 God in 00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.700 Christ Jesus. 00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.319 Is your 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.099 heart 00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.259 steadfast 00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:49.119 this morning? 00:30:49.819 --> 00:30:50.240 Is your 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.460 confidence in 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.559 the living 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.059 God? 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.220 And when 00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:55.920 we think of 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.539 David's 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.460 confidence in 00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.839 the living 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.519 God, he 00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.079 is also 00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.299 assured as 00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.059 to his 00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.899 future. 00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.240 When he 00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.799 says in 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.799 Psalm 57 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.419 and verses 00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.419 1, the 00:31:08.419 --> 00:31:09.099 latter part, 00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:09.679 he says, 00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.179 until the 00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:12.500 disaster is 00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.659 past. 00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:15.919 It's not 00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.259 going to be 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.919 here all 00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.500 the time. 00:31:17.699 --> 00:31:18.059 It's 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.740 passing. 00:31:19.699 --> 00:31:20.279 The best 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.119 is yet 00:31:21.119 --> 00:31:21.819 to be. 00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.059 He goes 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:23.579 on to say, 00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.460 I cry out 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.960 to God 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.659 most high, 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.839 to God 00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.659 who fulfills 00:31:27.659 --> 00:31:28.759 his purposes 00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:30.240 for me. 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.900 Has he 00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.379 not been 00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.900 anointed 00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.940 as king? 00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.079 Will God 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.980 allow him 00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.379 to be 00:31:36.379 --> 00:31:37.299 killed by 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.779 Saul? 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.539 So he 00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.460 looks beyond 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.259 the present 00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.140 circumstances 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:42.019 to a 00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:43.140 God who 00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.220 works his 00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:45.299 purposes out. 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.500 Saul's 00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:46.920 kingdom 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.920 will grow 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.940 less and 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.440 less, and 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.240 his influence 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.799 will grow 00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.740 less and 00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.460 less, where 00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.180 David's 00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:54.059 influence will 00:31:54.059 --> 00:31:55.099 grow and 00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:55.559 grow. 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:57.980 should we 00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.519 have the 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.839 same 00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.639 confidence 00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.740 as David? 00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:02.500 Well, of 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.940 course we 00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.359 should. 00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.899 How can we 00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.399 have that? 00:32:06.500 --> 00:32:07.139 Well, I urge 00:32:07.139 --> 00:32:07.859 you to look 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.619 to Christ. 00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.799 He too 00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:12.399 was in a 00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:13.639 cave situation, 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.759 but his 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.639 confidence was 00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.200 in God. 00:32:18.379 --> 00:32:19.139 He faces 00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:20.039 the cross, 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.440 but he 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.659 looks beyond 00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:24.079 to resurrection. 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:25.980 Hebrews 5 00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.679 and verse 7 00:32:26.679 --> 00:32:27.019 says, 00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.819 During the 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.539 days of 00:32:28.539 --> 00:32:28.879 Jesus' 00:32:29.179 --> 00:32:29.619 life on 00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.279 earth, he 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:31.000 offered up 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:32.019 prayers and 00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.919 petitions with 00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:34.439 loud cries and 00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.720 tears to the 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:36.799 one who could 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.960 save him from 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:39.119 death, and 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.939 he was heard 00:32:40.939 --> 00:32:42.279 because of his 00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.960 reverent 00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.619 submission. 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.639 And the 00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.439 same God 00:32:46.439 --> 00:32:47.679 who fulfilled 00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.559 his purposes 00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:49.799 bringing David 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.699 to the throne 00:32:50.699 --> 00:32:52.500 brought David's 00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.679 greater son to 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.880 the throne of 00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:56.380 glory, where 00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:57.220 he sits in 00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:58.279 throne for you 00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.039 and for me, 00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:00.100 where he ever 00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:01.299 lives to make 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:02.160 intercession. 00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.420 Our future 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.600 is ensured 00:33:05.600 --> 00:33:06.980 because of 00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.299 him. 00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.600 We shall 00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:10.000 reign with 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.740 him. 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.620 We are 00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.720 more than 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.539 conquerors 00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.420 through him 00:33:15.420 --> 00:33:16.200 who loved 00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.080 us and 00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:18.299 gave himself 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:19.539 for us. 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:21.099 And all of 00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.579 this should 00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.200 cause our 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.339 hearts to 00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.200 rejoice. 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.920 For as David 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.680 bears his 00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.399 heart before 00:33:27.399 --> 00:33:27.839 the Lord, 00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:29.019 telling the 00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:29.859 Lord exactly 00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.559 how it is 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.099 with him, 00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.319 he doesn't 00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:33.240 forget to 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.700 praise God. 00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:36.019 Be exalted, 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.720 he says in 00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.000 verse 5 of 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.119 Psalm 57, 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.720 O God, 00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.579 above the 00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.960 heavens, 00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:41.799 let your 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.700 glory be 00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.879 over all 00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.460 the earth. 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:45.720 And he 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.339 goes on to 00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.519 say, 00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.980 I will 00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.920 praise you, 00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.559 O Lord, 00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:49.559 among the 00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.079 nations, 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.839 I will 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.440 sing to 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.400 you among 00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.180 the peoples. 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.559 He's not 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.660 so concerned 00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.160 with his 00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.000 circumstances 00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.180 that he 00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.680 forgets the 00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:02.000 glory of 00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.500 God. 00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.859 He remembers 00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.599 that that is 00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.259 his chief 00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.000 end, to 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:07.680 glorify God. 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:08.259 And that 00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:08.739 should always 00:34:08.739 --> 00:34:09.519 be our 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.179 concern, 00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.340 that God 00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.000 should be 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.719 glorified, 00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:15.500 even in our 00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.119 difficulties. 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:16.940 and in our 00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:18.099 trials and 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:19.099 tribulations. 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.119 Here and 00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.460 now, 00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.980 should be a 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:24.039 preparation for 00:34:24.039 --> 00:34:24.699 that great 00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:26.239 day, when 00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:26.699 we shall 00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.719 praise the 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.539 Lamb who 00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:30.420 sits upon 00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.279 the throne. 00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:33.159 And remember 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:35.079 him, when 00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.659 he suffered 00:34:35.659 --> 00:34:36.619 his physical 00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.619 and mental 00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.139 suffering, 00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.819 and he 00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:40.440 took on 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.679 the powers 00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.420 of darkness 00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:43.319 and triumphed 00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.839 over them. 00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:45.600 he too 00:34:45.600 --> 00:34:46.600 praised God 00:34:46.600 --> 00:34:47.820 and longed 00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.120 for the 00:34:48.120 --> 00:34:48.740 glory of 00:34:48.740 --> 00:34:49.120 God. 00:34:49.860 --> 00:34:50.559 Father, he 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.940 says, the 00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.640 time has 00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:53.079 come. 00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:55.400 Glorify your 00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:57.039 Son, that 00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.820 your Son 00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:59.760 may glorify 00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.720 you. 00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.539 So as we 00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.500 come to the 00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.120 end of our 00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:05.079 time together 00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:06.120 this morning, 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.700 may we be 00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.800 enabled to 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.720 say with the 00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:11.779 psalmist, my 00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.759 heart is 00:35:12.759 --> 00:35:13.879 steadfast, O 00:35:13.879 --> 00:35:14.219 God. 00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.959 My heart is 00:35:15.959 --> 00:35:16.699 steadfast. 00:35:17.359 --> 00:35:18.279 I will sing 00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:18.859 and make 00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:19.359 music. 00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:20.599 Awake my 00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.059 soul. 00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:22.259 Awake harp 00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:22.799 and lyre. 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.380 I will 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.360 awaken the 00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.700 dawn. 00:35:25.019 --> 00:35:25.360 I will 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.380 praise you, O 00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:27.100 Lord, among 00:35:27.100 --> 00:35:27.800 the nations. 00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:28.920 I will sing 00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:30.019 of you among 00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.700 the peoples. 00:35:31.060 --> 00:35:32.180 For great is 00:35:32.180 --> 00:35:32.720 your love. 00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.620 Reach into 00:35:33.620 --> 00:35:34.240 the heavens. 00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.820 Your faithfulness 00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.880 reaches to 00:35:36.880 --> 00:35:37.519 the skies. 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.780 Be exalted, 00:35:39.180 --> 00:35:39.780 O God, 00:35:40.240 --> 00:35:41.220 above the 00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:41.620 heavens. 00:35:42.900 --> 00:35:43.620 Let your 00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:45.519 glory be 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:47.260 over all 00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:47.960 the earth. 00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.800 Let's pray 00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.340 together. 00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:53.059 Father, we 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:54.100 thank you and 00:35:54.100 --> 00:35:54.860 praise you 00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:56.539 that we have 00:35:56.539 --> 00:35:57.340 these psalms, 00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.920 a real 00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:59.039 experience of 00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:00.000 real people. 00:36:01.120 --> 00:36:01.780 Thank you 00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.519 too that we 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.320 have a 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.840 saviour who 00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.640 entered into 00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:07.440 time and 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.039 suffered and 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.140 died in our 00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.519 place. 00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.900 Thank you 00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.880 for all that 00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:13.360 we enjoy in 00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.760 him. 00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:15.680 We pray, O 00:36:15.680 --> 00:36:16.320 Lord, then, 00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:16.820 that we will 00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.559 go from this 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:19.800 place rejoicing, 00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:21.360 in all that 00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:21.960 you are, 00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.800 the 00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.280 great, 00:36:24.100 --> 00:36:24.620 the almighty 00:36:24.620 --> 00:36:25.140 God. 00:36:26.140 --> 00:36:26.579 Amen. 00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:56.559 Thank you.