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 The Psalms, they just reflect life.

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 It's no wonder that their intended, their initial intention was to be incorporated into the liturgy of Israel's worship.

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 They don't water down anything about the realities of this life, do they?

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 They don't try to sugarcoat anything.

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 They actually speak to the rawness of hardship, to the confusion of understanding, on one hand, what God has proclaimed himself to be,

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 seeing examples of that, living out examples of that goodness of God in real time,

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 but then also being confused at why they don't seem to experience that at all times.

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 I mean, just over and over and over, it's this struggle, isn't it?

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 They acknowledge the tremendous hardship and doubts that are part and parcel of human existence,

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 but they help us to process life in light of God, who he is, and how he promises to act.

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 And we come to these things, and we think about them, and we can apply them in various ways, of course.

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 And how can we not sit back and think, okay, this is not only the experience of Christians,

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 this is the experience of just humanity, right?

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 We live in a fallen world.

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 We struggle with life in a fallen world.

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 How is it possible that anybody who doesn't know Christ,

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 who doesn't understand the things that have the promises of God,

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 the hopefulness that is the person and the work of God,

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 how can they cope with these things?

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 We come to them, and the Psalms are quite helpful for us

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 because they acknowledge the realities of the difficulty of living life under the sun,

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 as Solomon called it,

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 a fallen world, tremendous hardship and suffering,

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 while also helping us to interpret those things in light of the promises of God.

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 David and the other psalmists,

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 they show us what it looks like to face the realities of life

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 while still clinging trustingly to God,

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 trustingly to Christ.

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 The situation presented in Psalm 12

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 is probably best understood as an expansion

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 on the idea that is put forward in Psalm 11 in verse 3,

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 where we're told that the moral foundations of society were being destroyed.

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 They were eroding.

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 We dealt with that in great detail last week.

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 It's as if when we get to Psalm 12,

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 certainly these two are connected,

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 David is now unpacking what that means.

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 He's unpacking what the moral erosion of society looks like,

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 and in this case, he's narrowed his focus.

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 He's not including every possible circumstance

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 or every possible moral decline.

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 He's zeroed in on just one facet of it.

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 He's highlighting the unrestrained deceit

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 that has permeated his culture.

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 Lies are everywhere.

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 Flattering lips,

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 double-hearted speech,

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 boasting,

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 so much so that David looks around and he says,

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 there's no more faithfulness left.

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 Everybody,

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 it has permeated our society

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 so that the moral foundations have been destroyed.

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 I can't find righteousness and honesty and truth anywhere.

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 His world was dominated by the destructive power of the tongue

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 as he explains it here.

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 And so David does what he always does.

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 He brings that observation to the Lord.

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 He makes his complaint,

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 if we can call it that,

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 really probably lament is the better word.

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 He makes his lament to the Lord,

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 and he asks for God to act.

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 He asks that God would rescue the faithful

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 from such a terrible predicament,

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 that he would bring resolution to it,

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 that he would do something.

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 But then he also reaffirms his confident hope

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 that believers have in taking God as their refuge.

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 So while seeking the Lord's help for present issues,

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 David teaches us that we must also just trust in his promises

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 and trust that his purposes are good

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 as we wait his action.

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 Easy thing to say to do.

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 Really hard thing to live, isn't it?

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 Let's think about just the structure of the psalm itself.

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 Just briefly, I think it will be helpful for us in this case to do it.

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 As a song for worship, Psalm 12,

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 contrast, really the primary thing happening here,

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 it's contrasting the deceitfulness of the wicked,

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 the deceitfulness of the world,

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 if we're going to think of it in connection to 1 John 2

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 that we read a minute ago.

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 The deceitfulness of the world

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 is being contrasted with the absolute trustworthiness of God.

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 In the first half, we're presented with,

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 this is the deceit-dominated society.

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 In the second half, we are lifted up by the reality

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 that though we can trust no one else,

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 we can trust the Lord.

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 His words are pure words.

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 He is able to be trusted.

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 While we live in a society

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 in which using deceptive means

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 to take advantage of people is all too common,

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 we can actually always trust the word of God.

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 Deceit may reign in our world.

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 God's truth will ultimately prevail.

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 And there is a chiastic structure to this.

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 I know we could probably find a chiism everywhere in the Psalms.

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 I don't intend to just confuse you with that,

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 but it is actually helpful to us.

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 It's interesting to see it in this case.

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 There's a diagram for you on the screen

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 so that you can see what I mean.

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 Remember, a chiism, it takes a particular poetic shape

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 to emphasize a particular point.

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 So verse 1 corresponds with verse 8.

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 Verse 1 deals with the fact that the faithful have vanished.

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 Verse 8 closes that same thought by saying,

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 David is surrounded by the wicked.

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 So think about how those relate together.

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 David looks around.

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 He's observing his situation.

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 He says, there's not faithfulness anywhere.

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 And then he connects that then at the end with,

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 I'm surrounded by the wicked, right?

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 And then as we move a little bit closer,

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 a little bit more narrow in the structure,

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 verse 2 corresponds to verse 7.

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 In verse 2, we're told that his society is dominated by deceit.

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 In verse 7, in contrast to that,

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 David emphasizes that God will keep his word.

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 That all around you is lies, flattery,

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 but God's going to keep his word.

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 He's not deceiving you.

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 And then it moves in a little more narrower,

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 where verse 3 corresponds to verse 6.

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 Verse 3, what do we find?

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 God will judge these deceivers.

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 David prays for that.

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 He says, let them cut off their tongues, he says.

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 Cut off the person who boasts.

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 And what do we find in verse 6?

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 That God's words are pure.

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 The fact that God's words are pure

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 is an indication of his righteousness,

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 which gives him the right and the authority

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 to carry out the judgment that is displayed in verse 3.

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 See how they're connected?

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 And then we get to the very center of the chiasm.

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 This is kind of the point.

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 It's driving the focus here.

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 In verse 4, we have the speech of the deceivers.

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 Verse 5, we have the speech of God.

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 God makes his statement.

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 Now that's helpful for us,

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 because it helps us to understand

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 what David is doing poetically,

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 in song, in rhyme, in lyric,

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 in order to emphasize a particular truth.

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 That in this world,

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 there's lies and deceit,

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 it's inundated with it,

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 but you can trust God.

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 You can trust the Lord.

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 His words are pure.

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 That's the main drive of this psalm.

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 If you don't get anything else out of what I say,

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 that's the main drive.

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 That as you look around the world around you,

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 and you get discouraged at the fact

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 that you can't trust anybody,

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 you can trust the Lord.

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 You can trust his word.

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 You can cling to him.

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 He is trustworthy.

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 He is a true shelter and refuge.

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 So let's unpack it.

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 Let's unpack it all by considering

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 two distinct things.

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 We want to consider the real experience

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 of living in a society

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 that is dominated by lies,

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 and then we want to consider after that

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 how we can find hope

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 in the pure words of God, okay?

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 Number one, look at a deceitful society.

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 Deceitful society.

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 Verse one again.

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 Save, O Lord, for the godly one is gone.

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 For the faithful have vanished

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 from among the children of man.

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 Everyone utters lies to his neighbor

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 with flattering lips

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 and a double heart they speak.

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 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips,

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 the tongue that makes great boasts.

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 Those who say with our tongue,

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 we will prevail.

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 Our lips are with us.

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 Who is master for us?

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 Now it's interesting to me

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 that David speaks,

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 that before David speaks

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 about the specific issue

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 of a deceit-dominated society,

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 he first states that there seem

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 to be no faithful people left

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 among the children of man.

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 What's he communicating here?

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 Not just the reality

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 that he's surrounded by wickedness,

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 but there's no trace of faithfulness.

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 The emphasis is on a different thing.

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 I think he's communicating

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 that feeling of loneliness

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 and isolation

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 as one who truly wants

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 to live in obedience to the Lord.

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 He observes the world around him.

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 Finding truly faithful people

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 was incredibly difficult to do.

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 Perhaps he's discouraged

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 over the fact that

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 many who would have been committed

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 to obeying the Lord,

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 standing shoulder to shoulder

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 with David at some point

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 in honoring the Lord

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 and worshiping the Lord

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 and being faithful to him

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 and living in holiness

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 according to his law.

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 Maybe he's discouraged

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 by the fact that those people

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 now are walking

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 in the counsel of the wicked.

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 They're standing

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 in the way of sinners.

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 They're sitting

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 in the seat of the scornful,

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 the scoffers.

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 The moral foundations

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 were collapsing around them

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 and he felt alone

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 in being concerned about it.

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 Surely you understand

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 what this is like.

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 You can not only be discouraged

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 at the great wickedness

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 that is our world,

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 but then it's devastating

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 when you look around

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 and you say,

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 this person used to say

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 they love the Lord.

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 They used to stand with me

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 on truth

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 and now I can't find

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 faithfulness anywhere.

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 The faithful have vanished.

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 It's an emotion

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 so often felt

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 by those standing for truth.

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 It's overwhelming

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 to consider the raging

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 wickedness of society.

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 Even more challenging

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 to see those

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 who once contended

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 for the faith

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 now abandoning that faith.

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 It can be spiritually

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 debilitating, can't it?

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 The feeling of loneliness.

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 Elijah experienced that,

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 remember?

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 After this tremendous victory

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 over the prophets of Baal,

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 Elijah cries out to the Lord.

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 He runs to the wilderness.

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 He cries out to the Lord

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 and he says,

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 he says,

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 Lord, will you just take my life?

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 I'm the only one left, God.

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 There's nobody left.

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 Which, of course,

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 is an emotion

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 that we often feel

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 but isn't actually

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 conveying truth, is it?

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 God always has his remnant.

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 He's always doing his work

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 and that's exactly

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 how God responded to Elijah.

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 He said,

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 Elijah,

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 stop whining.

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 I got 7,000 people

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 in Israel

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 that have not yet

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 bowed the knee

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 to Baal, Elijah.

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 Just keep going, Elijah.

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 We know what this is like.

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 This is common

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 in the scriptures.

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 It's common

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 in our real lived experience.

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 Things being so bad

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 that the faithful

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 seem to have vanished

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 and what does David do

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 in response to that?

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 Save us, God.

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 Do something, God.

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 Rescue the faithful

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 that remain.

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 But then beginning

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 in verse 2,

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 David explains

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 the particular issue

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 at hand

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 and you'll notice

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 that it all has to do

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 with sins of the tongue.

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 Four different kinds

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 of sins related to speech

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 are mentioned here.

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 First, David says

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 that everyone is lying

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 to everyone else.

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 Everyone utters lies

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 to his neighbor.

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 Culture is dominated

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 by deceit.

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 And based on the impact

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 that these sins had

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 on the vulnerable

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 in verse 5,

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 what we find is that

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 this isn't merely

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 just like vain lies.

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 This isn't stretching

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 the truth to make ourselves

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 look better to other people.

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 That probably is happening.

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 This sounds like scheming.

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 Deceptive schemes

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 meant to take advantage

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 of others

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 in order to benefit

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 oneself.

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 Then David recognizes

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 flattery

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 as a particularly

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 devastating problem.

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 We might understand

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 flattery

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 as smooth talking.

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 Offering

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 disingenuous compliments.

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 Or feigning interest

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 in a person

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 in order to gain

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 something from them.

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 ladies ever

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 get hit on

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 by a smooth talker?

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 Some of you

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 married some smooth talkers,

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 right?

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 It worked.

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 Feigning a little bit

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 of interest,

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 overdue compliments

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 that they don't really

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 intend in order

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 that they might

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 gain something

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 from you,

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 of course,

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 that happens

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 all the time.

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 It's a sin

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 frequently overlooked,

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 to be honest with you,

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 but routinely present

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 among Christians.

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 People using

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 flattery in order

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 to advance

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 themselves in the church,

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 in order to gain

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 maybe some kind

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 of power,

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 in order to

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 do something,

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 in order to

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 have advantage

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 for themselves.

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 it's disingenuous.

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 Still,

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 the scriptures

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 speak of its dangers.

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 Solomon said

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 in Proverbs 26

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 that a flattering

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 tongue works

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 ruin.

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 It's not

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 merely that

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 you're giving

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 somebody encouragement

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 that you don't mean.

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 It's going to

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 ruin them

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 is what it does.

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 Daniel said

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 that flattery

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 would be

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 key

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 to the seduction

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 of the Antichrist

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 at the end of the age.

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 Daniel 11,

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 32.

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 He will be

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 by nature

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 a flatterer.

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 Jude included

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 flatterers

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 among the ungodly

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 who will face

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 God's eternal

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 judgment

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 in Jude 16.

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 And yet,

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 it seems to be

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 a sin of the tongue

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 that Christians

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 don't speak

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 much about.

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 Rather,

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 they tend

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 to indulge it.

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 Third,

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 David speaks

00:15:44.699 --> 00:15:46.279
 of double-hearted

00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:46.939
 speech.

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 double-hearted

00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:49.019
 speech.

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 James Johnston

00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:53.079
 describes it

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 this way,

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 the double-hearted

00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:55.860
 man is thinking

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 two things

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 at the same time.

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 What he wants

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 and what he needs

00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.419
 to say

00:16:01.419 --> 00:16:02.939
 to get what he wants.

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 Truth

00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:06.340
 takes a backseat

00:16:06.340 --> 00:16:08.100
 to selfishness.

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.100
 sin.

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 And then the final

00:16:10.800 --> 00:16:11.500
 kind of sin

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 is in verses

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 three and four,

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 which underscore

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 boasting.

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 The people

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 that David

00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:18.759
 sees,

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 they've gotten

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 so good

00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.159
 at deception

00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:22.000
 that they now

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 boast of prevailing

00:16:23.540 --> 00:16:24.639
 over God

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 and his people.

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 Their strength

00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:29.420
 is in their ability

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 to persuade

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 people.

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 and they know

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 it

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 and they're

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 using

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:36.279
 that ability

00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:38.319
 to

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 gain

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 advantage

00:16:40.339 --> 00:16:41.019
 for themselves

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:42.539
 and to

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 abuse

00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:43.579
 the vulnerable.

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:46.679
 They've

00:16:46.679 --> 00:16:47.059
 deceived

00:16:47.059 --> 00:16:47.539
 themselves

00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:48.139
 into thinking

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 also that

00:16:48.739 --> 00:16:49.439
 they're going

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 to get by

00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:50.419
 with it.

00:16:50.419 --> 00:16:54.379
 Now it's bad

00:16:54.379 --> 00:16:54.939
 enough

00:16:54.939 --> 00:16:55.919
 for these

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.599
 kinds of sins

00:16:56.599 --> 00:16:57.240
 to exist

00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:57.919
 in society.

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 It's devastating

00:17:00.479 --> 00:17:01.459
 when they are

00:17:01.459 --> 00:17:02.559
 commonplace.

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 I mean,

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.619
 who can you

00:17:05.619 --> 00:17:06.379
 actually trust?

00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:08.980
 We know,

00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:09.859
 our society

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.420
 is no different

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:10.839
 than this,

00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:11.099
 right?

00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:11.920
 We can look,

00:17:12.019 --> 00:17:12.819
 we see this

00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.339
 corruption

00:17:13.339 --> 00:17:14.500
 everywhere.

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.460
 We can point

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 to politicians

00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:19.879
 or maybe

00:17:19.880 --> 00:17:20.940
 used car

00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.560
 salesmen.

00:17:21.760 --> 00:17:22.300
 That's low

00:17:22.300 --> 00:17:22.940
 hanging fruit,

00:17:23.020 --> 00:17:23.200
 right?

00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:23.860
 We can say

00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:24.120
 that,

00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:24.360
 okay,

00:17:24.580 --> 00:17:25.960
 we all get

00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.440
 that there's

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:27.080
 probably a lot

00:17:27.080 --> 00:17:27.600
 of deceit

00:17:27.600 --> 00:17:28.300
 going on there.

00:17:28.580 --> 00:17:28.900
 A little bit

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.660
 of flattery

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.740
 happening there.

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.440
 Certainly

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.580
 some boasting

00:17:32.580 --> 00:17:33.360
 going on.

00:17:33.620 --> 00:17:34.140
 But this is

00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.460
 everywhere.

00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.780
 We see this

00:17:36.780 --> 00:17:37.300
 in the medical

00:17:37.300 --> 00:17:37.720
 community,

00:17:37.800 --> 00:17:38.060
 don't we?

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.240
 On both

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.960
 extremes of it.

00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:41.080
 On one side,

00:17:41.180 --> 00:17:41.640
 we see

00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:42.260
 pharmaceutical

00:17:42.260 --> 00:17:43.020
 companies that

00:17:43.020 --> 00:17:43.640
 are pushing

00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:44.840
 medicines that

00:17:44.840 --> 00:17:45.560
 are very,

00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.340
 very expensive.

00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:49.020
 And when you

00:17:49.020 --> 00:17:49.500
 watch those

00:17:49.500 --> 00:17:49.880
 ads,

00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:50.279
 what is it?

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.660
 They get to

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:51.019
 the part

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.279
 where they

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:51.740
 actually tell

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.000
 you what

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.440
 the medicine

00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.079
 does to you

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:54.220
 and it's

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:54.660
 like super

00:17:54.660 --> 00:17:55.339
 fast and it's

00:17:55.339 --> 00:17:55.900
 like this may

00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.440
 cause you to

00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:56.700
 die,

00:17:56.880 --> 00:17:57.359
 but these

00:17:57.359 --> 00:17:57.680
 people are

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.180
 really happy.

00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.339
 They're really

00:17:59.339 --> 00:18:00.039
 happy about it,

00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:00.339
 right?

00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:02.039
 You go to the

00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.660
 other extreme

00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:03.380
 and you have

00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:05.359
 the naturalists

00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:08.740
 that are giving

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.920
 themselves over

00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:11.000
 to lies and to

00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:11.660
 slander and

00:18:11.660 --> 00:18:12.859
 conspiracy just

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.859
 to make a point

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:15.539
 to drive all

00:18:15.539 --> 00:18:17.740
 of that influence

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.519
 away from the

00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:18.920
 pharmaceutical

00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:19.599
 company over

00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:19.839
 to their

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.539
 side instead.

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:21.180
 And then you

00:18:21.180 --> 00:18:21.519
 get to the

00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:21.880
 end of it and

00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:22.220
 you go to the

00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:22.700
 doctor and you

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:22.940
 think,

00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:23.380
 well,

00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:23.880
 who can I

00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.519
 trust here?

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:26.480
 This doctor

00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.920
 seems to be

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:27.519
 taking advantage

00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:27.819
 of me.

00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:28.660
 This person

00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:29.240
 seems to be a

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.640
 quack.

00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:30.839
 Who can I

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.579
 actually trust?

00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:33.000
 And you may

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.299
 determine,

00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.140
 I don't know

00:18:34.140 --> 00:18:34.480
 that I can

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.099
 trust anyone.

00:18:35.279 --> 00:18:35.819
 And maybe you

00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.240
 can't.

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.420
 It's not just

00:18:38.420 --> 00:18:38.680
 that.

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.160
 Again,

00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.240
 that's maybe

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.059
 low-hanging fruit.

00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.180
 Journalists

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.980
 understand the

00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.460
 power of the

00:18:45.460 --> 00:18:45.700
 tongue,

00:18:45.779 --> 00:18:46.039
 don't they?

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:47.879
 They understand

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.460
 it well.

00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.180
 They use it to

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.700
 their advantage.

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.680
 They know how

00:18:51.680 --> 00:18:53.039
 they can formulate

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.879
 their words in

00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:54.899
 order to drive a

00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:55.960
 particular emotion.

00:18:56.119 --> 00:18:56.579
 And we see it

00:18:56.579 --> 00:18:57.879
 constantly in these

00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:58.799
 election cycles,

00:18:58.879 --> 00:18:59.220
 don't we?

00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.859
 Driving fear on

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.819
 one hand in order

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.740
 to push people to

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.359
 one particular

00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:03.819
 candidate,

00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:04.379
 right?

00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:06.339
 Driving maybe

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:07.500
 empty promises on

00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.200
 the other hand with

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.819
 the language that

00:19:08.819 --> 00:19:09.579
 they use,

00:19:09.579 --> 00:19:10.759
 all reporting on

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.319
 the same thing,

00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:12.299
 but using language

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.180
 to their advantage

00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.799
 in order that they

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.740
 might deceive.

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.620
 Now,

00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:15.940
 that's not

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.460
 universal,

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:17.059
 but they

00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.620
 understand the

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.220
 power of it,

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.700
 and it certainly

00:19:18.700 --> 00:19:19.599
 is commonplace.

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.539
 Perhaps there's

00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.940
 no greater place

00:19:23.940 --> 00:19:25.120
 where this

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 is seen

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:27.460
 and where the

00:19:27.460 --> 00:19:28.440
 danger exists

00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.980
 than in the

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.380
 church.

00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.779
 Charlatans

00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:36.900
 who understand

00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:38.740
 that they have

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.599
 the power of

00:19:39.599 --> 00:19:40.400
 persuasion,

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:42.580
 and they stand

00:19:42.580 --> 00:19:43.220
 at a pulpit

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:44.640
 Sunday by Sunday

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.720
 and they know

00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:46.420
 how to manipulate

00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:47.240
 the people that

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.040
 hear their voice

00:19:48.040 --> 00:19:50.360
 and they will

00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:51.120
 work that to

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.860
 their advantage

00:19:51.860 --> 00:19:53.140
 to build a

00:19:53.140 --> 00:19:54.120
 platform or

00:19:54.120 --> 00:19:55.259
 influence or

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.680
 pad their

00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.120
 pockets,

00:19:56.540 --> 00:19:57.100
 whatever it may

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 be.

00:19:58.519 --> 00:19:59.300
 We can look

00:19:59.300 --> 00:19:59.540
 around,

00:19:59.620 --> 00:19:59.960
 we can see

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:00.660
 every part of

00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.600
 society and say,

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.120
 yeah,

00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:02.700
 I get what

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:03.160
 David was

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:03.540
 saying.

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:04.960
 Everybody's

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.519
 kind of lying

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:05.840
 here.

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.460
 Everybody's

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.060
 trying to take

00:20:08.060 --> 00:20:08.820
 advantage of me

00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.100
 here.

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:11.000
 people are

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:11.759
 boasting that

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.199
 they're good

00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.619
 at it.

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:14.079
 What do we

00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.419
 do?

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.480
 Save us,

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:16.699
 Lord.

00:20:18.219 --> 00:20:18.959
 Help us,

00:20:19.959 --> 00:20:20.240
 Lord.

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.399
 Almost every

00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:24.179
 lament David

00:20:24.179 --> 00:20:24.779
 has offered

00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:26.819
 involved these

00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:27.539
 sins in some

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:27.679
 way.

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.099
 Have you noticed

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.419
 that?

00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.119
 In all these

00:20:29.119 --> 00:20:30.459
 Psalms, so much

00:20:30.459 --> 00:20:30.879
 of it comes

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.519
 back to sins

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:32.000
 of the tongue.

00:20:33.079 --> 00:20:33.959
 The reason

00:20:33.959 --> 00:20:35.079
 for that is

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:35.779
 that sins of

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.279
 speech are

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:36.719
 among the

00:20:36.719 --> 00:20:37.699
 most destructive

00:20:37.699 --> 00:20:38.539
 sins.

00:20:39.099 --> 00:20:40.019
 They have

00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.959
 the ability

00:20:40.959 --> 00:20:42.279
 to disintegrate

00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.000
 the moral

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.599
 fabric of

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.079
 society.

00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:45.219
 James makes

00:20:45.219 --> 00:20:45.659
 this clear

00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:45.980
 for us.

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 In James

00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.019
 chapter 3,

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.759
 he writes,

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:48.279
 the tongue

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:49.079
 is a fire,

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.639
 a world

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.740
 of unrighteousness.

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.259
 The tongue

00:20:53.259 --> 00:20:54.079
 is set among

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.679
 our members,

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.740
 staining the

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.299
 whole body,

00:20:56.699 --> 00:20:57.699
 setting on fire

00:20:57.699 --> 00:20:58.319
 the entire

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.819
 course of

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.259
 life,

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.859
 set on fire

00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:01.500
 by hell.

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.359
 Every kind

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.839
 of beast

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.319
 and bird

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:04.980
 and reptile

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.599
 and sea creature

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.279
 can be tamed

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.139
 and has been

00:21:07.139 --> 00:21:07.559
 tamed by

00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:07.899
 mankind,

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.820
 but no

00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.400
 human being

00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:09.840
 can tame

00:21:09.840 --> 00:21:10.259
 the tongue.

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:11.660
 It's a

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.400
 restless evil,

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.940
 he says.

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:13.780
 It's full

00:21:13.780 --> 00:21:14.320
 of deadly

00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:14.860
 poison.

00:21:15.300 --> 00:21:15.759
 With it,

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.540
 we bless

00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.040
 the Lord

00:21:17.040 --> 00:21:17.580
 and Father

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.100
 on Sunday

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:18.480
 morning,

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.380
 and with it

00:21:19.380 --> 00:21:19.880
 we curse

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:20.380
 people that

00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:20.700
 are made

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.280
 in the likeness

00:21:21.280 --> 00:21:21.620
 of God

00:21:21.620 --> 00:21:22.080
 Monday to

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:22.460
 Saturday.

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.680
 From the

00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:25.320
 same mouth

00:21:25.320 --> 00:21:25.880
 come blessing

00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.420
 and cursing.

00:21:26.540 --> 00:21:26.900
 Brothers,

00:21:27.120 --> 00:21:27.800
 these things

00:21:27.800 --> 00:21:28.620
 ought not to

00:21:28.620 --> 00:21:29.140
 be so.

00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:30.060
 He understood

00:21:30.060 --> 00:21:30.920
 the destructive

00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.759
 power of the

00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:32.200
 tongue.

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.140
 If death

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:34.960
 and life

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.440
 are in the

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.060
 power of the

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.360
 tongue,

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.679
 which is

00:21:36.679 --> 00:21:37.279
 what Solomon

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.839
 tells us

00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.319
 in Proverbs

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.799
 18,

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.899
 what must

00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.539
 that mean

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.879
 for a

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.459
 society

00:21:41.459 --> 00:21:42.139
 that is

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:43.019
 permeated

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.779
 by lying?

00:21:46.159 --> 00:21:46.659
 Permeated

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.539
 by flattery

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.899
 and double

00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.459
 speech?

00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.259
 It was

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.759
 David's

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.219
 circumstance.

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.019
 It's ours

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.559
 as well.

00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.079
 And it's

00:21:55.079 --> 00:21:55.579
 not hard

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:55.839
 for us

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.379
 to see

00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.559
 why David

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.119
 felt this

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.599
 was a

00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:58.979
 desperate

00:21:58.979 --> 00:21:59.659
 circumstance

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:01.039
 that needed

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.459
 God's

00:22:01.459 --> 00:22:01.959
 intervention.

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:03.720
 So he

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.220
 prayed that

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.460
 the Lord

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.019
 would rescue

00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:06.140
 them and

00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.340
 that he

00:22:06.340 --> 00:22:06.759
 would do

00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:07.299
 so by

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.799
 dealing a

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:09.059
 decisive blow

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:09.920
 to the

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.200
 wicked,

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.779
 cutting off

00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.319
 the flattering

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.039
 lips and the

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:13.360
 boasting

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:13.740
 tongue.

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.519
 Again,

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.240
 the Psalms

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:18.640
 emphasizing,

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.140
 warning us

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:20.539
 of the

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.360
 reality of

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:21.900
 God's

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.779
 judgment,

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:24.059
 his people

00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.059
 praying for

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.299
 it,

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.480
 and then God

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:27.799
 responding with

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.340
 the promise

00:22:28.340 --> 00:22:28.720
 of it.

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:29.840
 Now,

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.380
 before we move

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.560
 on,

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:30.900
 let's

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.580
 consider

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:31.980
 this.

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:33.420
 Where do

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.980
 we fall

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.620
 into this?

00:22:36.900 --> 00:22:37.080
 Have you

00:22:37.080 --> 00:22:37.620
 ever broken

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.360
 God's moral

00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.020
 law with

00:22:39.020 --> 00:22:39.440
 a sin of

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.880
 the tongue?

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.120
 Of course.

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:46.060
 Most of us

00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.500
 are probably

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.020
 pretty good

00:22:47.020 --> 00:22:47.500
 at it.

00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:51.120
 Have you

00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:51.680
 ever lied

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.300
 or flattered

00:22:52.300 --> 00:22:53.980
 or deceived

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.780
 someone to

00:22:54.780 --> 00:22:55.280
 gain some

00:22:55.280 --> 00:22:55.680
 kind of

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.020
 personal

00:22:56.020 --> 00:22:56.520
 advantage?

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.360
 Maybe you

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:57.580
 did it in

00:22:57.580 --> 00:22:58.140
 your business.

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.780
 Maybe you

00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:00.240
 did it with

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.819
 your spouse.

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.539
 Maybe you

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:04.079
 did it in

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.460
 the church.

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:04.779
 Maybe you

00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:05.059
 did it with

00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.299
 friendship.

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:05.759
 Whatever.

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.359
 We're all

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:08.900
 probably guilty

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.160
 of it,

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.359
 right?

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.620
 This

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.160
 judgment

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.539
 against

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.180
 deceivers

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.859
 that is

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.579
 prayed for

00:23:14.579 --> 00:23:15.140
 by David

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:15.519
 and then

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.339
 promised by

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.960
 God later

00:23:16.960 --> 00:23:17.240
 in the

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.539
 Psalm,

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.160
 it extends

00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.880
 to all of

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.140
 us who

00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.539
 have sinned

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.799
 in this

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:21.059
 way.

00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:22.039
 All of

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.299
 us.

00:23:23.620 --> 00:23:24.180
 You and

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:24.660
 me included.

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.420
 So,

00:23:27.620 --> 00:23:28.140
 where does

00:23:28.140 --> 00:23:28.620
 that leave

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:28.880
 us?

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:33.039
 there is

00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:33.559
 some hope.

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.960
 In fact,

00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.180
 it's a

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.819
 certain hope.

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.900
 There was

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.319
 a man

00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:42.259
 who never

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.759
 flattered,

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.460
 who never

00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:44.960
 boasted,

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.380
 who never

00:23:46.380 --> 00:23:46.940
 deceived.

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.319
 Peter said

00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:49.819
 that Jesus

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.680
 committed no

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.099
 sin,

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.079
 neither was

00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.019
 deceit found

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.319
 in his

00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.640
 mouth.

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.480
 Even when

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:55.859
 he was

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.480
 reviled,

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.920
 he did not

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.720
 revile in

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.099
 return,

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.439
 but he

00:23:59.439 --> 00:23:59.899
 continued

00:23:59.899 --> 00:24:00.519
 entrusting

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:02.279
 himself to

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.779
 the judgment

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.119
 of the

00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.480
 Father.

00:24:04.959 --> 00:24:05.539
 The good

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.899
 news of

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.459
 the gospel

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:07.699
 is that

00:24:07.699 --> 00:24:08.379
 though we

00:24:08.379 --> 00:24:09.079
 should be

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.799
 condemned by

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.259
 God for

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.119
 our lies,

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.480
 our sins

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:13.939
 can be

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.379
 forgiven.

00:24:15.219 --> 00:24:15.679
 Christ's

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.159
 righteousness

00:24:16.159 --> 00:24:17.039
 can be

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.159
 applied to

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.539
 our account.

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.059
 Peter

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.879
 continues in

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.199
 the next

00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:22.539
 verse,

00:24:22.939 --> 00:24:23.799
 he himself

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.899
 bore our

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.839
 sins in

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.419
 his body

00:24:26.419 --> 00:24:26.759
 on the

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.079
 tree,

00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:28.039
 that we

00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.899
 might die

00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.759
 to sin

00:24:29.759 --> 00:24:31.220
 and live

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.419
 to

00:24:31.419 --> 00:24:31.960
 righteousness.

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.339
 By his

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.079
 wounds

00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:35.399
 we are

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.839
 healed.

00:24:36.419 --> 00:24:37.079
 Peter says,

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.839
 quoting Isaiah,

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.679
 by repenting

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:39.939
 of your

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.259
 sin,

00:24:41.339 --> 00:24:42.220
 trusting in

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.559
 Jesus'

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.099
 atoning

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.779
 death and

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.319
 resurrection,

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.539
 you will

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.699
 escape the

00:24:46.699 --> 00:24:47.240
 judgment of

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.599
 God for

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.199
 your sins.

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.139
 Jesus has

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.819
 taken the

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.500
 punishment for

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.819
 sin,

00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.500
 and he

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.139
 offers

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:53.679
 forgiveness

00:24:53.679 --> 00:24:54.299
 and eternal

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:55.199
 life to

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.859
 all who

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.299
 will come

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:56.879
 to him

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.199
 in personal

00:24:58.199 --> 00:24:59.459
 faith to

00:24:59.459 --> 00:25:00.240
 receive it.

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.500
 This is the

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.000
 promise of

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.519
 the gospel,

00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:03.740
 the offer

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.240
 of new

00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:05.039
 life through

00:25:05.039 --> 00:25:05.959
 Jesus Christ,

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.000
 the perfect

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.339
 one,

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.359
 the sinless

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.839
 one,

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:09.939
 who takes

00:25:09.939 --> 00:25:10.579
 the place

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.619
 of sinners

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.699
 like you

00:25:12.699 --> 00:25:13.079
 and me.

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.240
 So there's

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.740
 the perilous

00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:19.419
 condition of

00:25:19.419 --> 00:25:20.019
 a deceitful

00:25:20.019 --> 00:25:20.639
 society.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.939
 Now we see

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:22.379
 in the second

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.839
 half of the

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.219
 psalm,

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.399
 we see the

00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:24.879
 trustworthy

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.520
 God,

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.180
 the trustworthy

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.760
 God.

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:30.200
 Three truths

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.700
 in the second

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.180
 half of the

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.400
 psalm give

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:33.560
 us hope in

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:34.400
 perilous times.

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.420
 The first

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.040
 one is this,

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.300
 the Lord

00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:38.080
 will save

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.820
 the poor

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:39.280
 and needy.

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.600
 The Lord

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.020
 will save

00:25:41.020 --> 00:25:41.340
 the poor

00:25:41.340 --> 00:25:41.760
 and needy.

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.420
 Look at

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.040
 verse 5.

00:25:44.060 --> 00:25:45.000
 This is

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.760
 God's statement

00:25:45.760 --> 00:25:45.980
 now.

00:25:46.080 --> 00:25:46.680
 God is saying

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.140
 these words,

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:48.160
 because the

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.560
 poor are

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:48.960
 plundered,

00:25:49.300 --> 00:25:50.020
 because the

00:25:50.020 --> 00:25:50.780
 needy groan,

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:52.260
 I will now

00:25:52.260 --> 00:25:53.080
 arise,

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.060
 says the

00:25:54.059 --> 00:25:54.299
 Lord,

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.019
 I will

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.960
 place him

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.779
 in the

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.279
 safety

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:58.419
 for which

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.159
 he longs.

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.159
 David

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.659
 asks for

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.159
 salvation

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:02.799
 in verse

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.179
 1,

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.839
 which is

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.399
 precisely

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:04.980
 what God

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.519
 promises

00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:06.339
 in verse

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.899
 5.

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:09.200
 He knows

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.819
 the plight

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.159
 of the

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.639
 vulnerable

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.419
 who are

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.980
 the first

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.599
 to suffer

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:12.960
 in a

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:13.419
 deceitful

00:26:13.419 --> 00:26:14.019
 society,

00:26:14.019 --> 00:26:15.220
 and he

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.700
 will come

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.000
 to their

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.539
 defense.

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.779
 That's the

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.419
 promise here.

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.720
 The Lord

00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:21.039
 hates the

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.299
 wicked.

00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:22.440
 He seeks

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.519
 justice

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.559
 for the

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.880
 helpless.

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.580
 But we

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:26.940
 need to

00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:27.640
 understand

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:29.019
 what God

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.519
 is actually

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.059
 promising

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.500
 here.

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.840
 In the

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.420
 context of

00:26:33.420 --> 00:26:34.019
 this psalm,

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.019
 poor and

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.320
 needy are

00:26:36.320 --> 00:26:37.120
 terms that

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.900
 are representing

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 what Psalm

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.600
 11 called

00:26:39.600 --> 00:26:40.420
 the upright

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.220
 in heart.

00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.920
 Those at

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.480
 whom the

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.059
 wicked aim

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.960
 their arrows

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:46.100
 in 11

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.720
 and verse

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.039
 2.

00:26:48.539 --> 00:26:49.200
 David

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.680
 includes

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.340
 himself in

00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:50.799
 this group.

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.519
 Just look

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:51.960
 at the

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.399
 very next

00:26:52.399 --> 00:26:53.359
 verse.

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.039
 Or excuse

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.319
 me, in

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:55.139
 verse 7.

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:55.960
 You, O

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.339
 Lord, will

00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.839
 keep them,

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.599
 your words,

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:58.319
 you will

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.659
 guard us,

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.700
 he says,

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.139
 from this

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.599
 generation

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.019
 forever.

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.619
 He includes

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:04.139
 himself in

00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.539
 this group,

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.019
 this group

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.460
 of poor

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.779
 and needy.

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.419
 Well, David

00:27:06.419 --> 00:27:06.839
 physically

00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.460
 speaking was

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.180
 neither poor

00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.740
 nor needy,

00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.879
 nor weak,

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.079
 nor vulnerable.

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.960
 He was

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.500
 the king.

00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.059
 He was

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.500
 the king.

00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:16.039
 He had

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:17.159
 power.

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.799
 He had

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.399
 wealth,

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.599
 prestige,

00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.879
 and yet

00:27:21.879 --> 00:27:22.480
 he includes

00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:22.919
 himself in

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.019
 this.

00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.579
 So that

00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.680
 forces us

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.259
 to go back

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.819
 and say,

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.559
 well, what

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:27.159
 is God

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.159
 actually promising?

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.919
 Is he

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:30.079
 promising that

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.879
 every person

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.720
 who experiences

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.659
 an injustice

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.680
 in this life

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:35.000
 will find

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.159
 rescue from

00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.819
 that judgment,

00:27:37.139 --> 00:27:37.759
 that injustice

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.619
 in this life?

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.579
 No, that's

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.039
 not the

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.720
 promise that

00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.440
 he's making.

00:27:43.599 --> 00:27:44.519
 While God

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.579
 certainly cares

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.799
 about injustices

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.359
 against the

00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:48.240
 physically vulnerable,

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.639
 this psalm has

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.140
 those who

00:27:50.140 --> 00:27:51.100
 are faithful,

00:27:51.820 --> 00:27:52.400
 especially

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.640
 in mind.

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.440
 Think about

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.020
 it in

00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:57.020
 relationship to

00:27:57.020 --> 00:27:57.300
 Jesus'

00:27:57.520 --> 00:27:57.980
 ministry.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.860
 God's

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.680
 concern for

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.259
 the physically

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.960
 vulnerable

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:03.400
 is exemplified

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.960
 in Jesus.

00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:05.920
 He was

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.540
 constantly

00:28:06.540 --> 00:28:07.520
 gravitating

00:28:07.520 --> 00:28:07.980
 toward the

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.340
 helpless

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:09.360
 and the

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.880
 needy.

00:28:10.580 --> 00:28:10.980
 MacArthur

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.620
 emphasizes

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.420
 often that

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:13.060
 during the

00:28:13.060 --> 00:28:13.680
 three years

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.120
 of Jesus'

00:28:14.380 --> 00:28:14.820
 earthly

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.360
 ministry,

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.240
 he

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.120
 essentially

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:18.259
 eradicated

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.139
 disease

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.199
 from Israel.

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.459
 I mean,

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.459
 everywhere he

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:22.959
 went,

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.759
 hundreds and

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:25.439
 thousands of

00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:25.919
 people are

00:28:25.919 --> 00:28:27.000
 receiving his

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:28.019
 healing touch.

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.000
 Amazing.

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.879
 He gravitated

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.339
 toward those

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.599
 people.

00:28:32.859 --> 00:28:33.299
 His heart

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.159
 broke for

00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:34.819
 those people.

00:28:35.119 --> 00:28:35.599
 He wanted

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.099
 to help

00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.759
 those people.

00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:37.819
 However,

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.399
 miraculous

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.500
 healings were

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.039
 not the

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.619
 purpose of

00:28:41.619 --> 00:28:41.859
 Jesus'

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.579
 ministry.

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:45.299
 He himself

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.240
 underscored

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.119
 the deeper

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.200
 meaning of

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.099
 the promise

00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.480
 that is

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.240
 highlighted here

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.619
 in this

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.019
 psalm.

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.839
 That God

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.639
 will save

00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.619
 his people

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:55.079
 represented

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.759
 as poor

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.259
 and needy,

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:56.759
 weak and

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.259
 vulnerable

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:58.579
 from the

00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.220
 wickedness

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.740
 of this

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.099
 world.

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:00.720
 He will

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.220
 redeem

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.559
 them.

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.039
 He will

00:29:02.039 --> 00:29:02.440
 save

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.599
 them.

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:02.960
 He will

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.720
 rescue

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.079
 them.

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.720
 It's a

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.099
 promise

00:29:05.099 --> 00:29:05.539
 that's

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.200
 guaranteed.

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:09.019
 Think about

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.359
 it in

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:09.700
 Jesus'

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.119
 own

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.500
 teaching.

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.879
 In Luke

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.599
 chapter 4,

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.319
 we're told

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.700
 that

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.920
 he came

00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:16.100
 to

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:16.640
 Nazareth

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.519
 where he

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:17.840
 had been

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.400
 brought up

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.860
 and as

00:29:18.860 --> 00:29:19.259
 was his

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.660
 custom,

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.620
 he went

00:29:20.620 --> 00:29:20.980
 to the

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.279
 synagogue

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:21.700
 on the

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:21.960
 Sabbath

00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.340
 day and

00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.700
 he stood

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.059
 up to

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.440
 read.

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.380
 And the

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.940
 scroll of

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.400
 the prophet

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.000
 Isaiah

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.519
 was given

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.100
 to him.

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.279
 He unrolled

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.880
 the scroll

00:29:28.880 --> 00:29:29.799
 and found

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.259
 the place

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.559
 where it

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.000
 was written,

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.200
 the spirit

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.600
 of the

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:32.980
 Lord is

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.680
 upon me

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:34.720
 because he

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.480
 has anointed

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:36.440
 me to

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.140
 proclaim good

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.580
 news to

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:38.600
 the poor.

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.480
 He has

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:41.080
 sent me to

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:41.779
 proclaim liberty

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.500
 to the

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:44.100
 captives.

00:29:44.700 --> 00:29:45.319
 And

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.860
 recovering

00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.460
 of sight

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:46.920
 to the

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.960
 blind

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:49.080
 to set

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.680
 at liberty

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.340
 those who

00:29:50.340 --> 00:29:50.740
 are

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.819
 oppressed

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:53.980
 to proclaim

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.680
 the year

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:54.960
 of the

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.299
 Lord's

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:55.720
 favor.

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.120
 And he

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.460
 rolled up

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.920
 the scroll

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.440
 and gave

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.819
 it back

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.100
 to the

00:29:59.100 --> 00:29:59.460
 attendant

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.900
 and sat

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.380
 down and

00:30:00.380 --> 00:30:01.160
 the eyes

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.500
 of all

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.759
 in the

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.039
 synagogue

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.539
 were fixed

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.799
 on him

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:02.960
 and he

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.360
 began to

00:30:03.360 --> 00:30:03.700
 say to

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:03.860
 them,

00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:04.519
 today

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.100
 this

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.500
 scripture

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.000
 has been

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.539
 fulfilled

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.779
 in your

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:08.180
 hearing.

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:10.680
 Jesus

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:12.160
 interpreted

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.860
 Isaiah's

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.600
 message

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.779
 as referring

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.380
 to his

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:16.160
 gospel

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.220
 purpose.

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.560
 The

00:30:19.560 --> 00:30:20.060
 poor,

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.000
 the

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.460
 captive,

00:30:22.560 --> 00:30:22.740
 the

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:23.200
 blind,

00:30:23.320 --> 00:30:23.400
 the

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:23.779
 oppressed,

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.000
 they

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.519
 represented

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.080
 sinners

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.480
 in need

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:25.640
 of

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.160
 salvation

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.720
 and

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.180
 Jesus'

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.880
 purpose

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.480
 in coming

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.140
 was to

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.860
 bring that

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.519
 salvation

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.620
 through his

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.000
 death and

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.539
 resurrection.

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.680
 Did he

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.039
 meet the

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.340
 physical

00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:34.779
 needs of

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:34.980
 people?

00:30:35.060 --> 00:30:35.240
 Did he

00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:35.560
 care to

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:35.860
 do that?

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.820
 Absolutely.

00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.980
 Is that a

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.240
 partial

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.759
 fulfillment

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.419
 of Isaiah's

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.700
 words?

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.740
 Of course

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.339
 it is.

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:41.859
 Is it

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.339
 the point?

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:43.240
 No.

00:30:44.899 --> 00:30:46.019
 Will Jesus

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.919
 eradicate

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:47.639
 all evil

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.000
 in the

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.319
 end?

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.639
 Yes,

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.500
 we cling

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.019
 to that

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.480
 hope.

00:30:54.419 --> 00:30:55.179
 But the

00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.639
 promises

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.299
 made by

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:56.659
 God

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.179
 must be

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.639
 interpreted

00:30:57.639 --> 00:30:58.099
 with their

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.539
 spiritual

00:30:58.539 --> 00:30:59.220
 meaning.

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.480
 When we

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.939
 come to

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:01.460
 a passage

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.059
 like Psalm

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.519
 12,

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.740
 the promise

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.379
 is not

00:31:04.379 --> 00:31:05.039
 a guarantee

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:06.259
 that God

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.679
 will bring

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.080
 justice

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.460
 to the

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.860
 oppressed

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.480
 in this

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:08.940
 life,

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.660
 though he

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.440
 often does

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.799
 that.

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.420
 The promise

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.960
 is that he

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.519
 will bring

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.640
 spiritual

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.480
 salvation

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.860
 for all

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.299
 who will

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.740
 repent

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.840
 and believe.

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.880
 Not a

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.620
 single one

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.360
 will fail.

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.560
 The physical

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:25.360
 fulfillment of

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.920
 this promise

00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.320
 in Psalm

00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:27.080
 12 will

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.460
 come at

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.039
 the final

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.500
 judgment.

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.299
 All of

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.640
 the wicked

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.019
 will be

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.500
 judged by

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.820
 God.

00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:31.680
 All of

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.080
 the weak

00:31:32.080 --> 00:31:32.580
 and vulnerable

00:31:32.580 --> 00:31:32.960
 who are

00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:33.320
 believing

00:31:33.320 --> 00:31:33.759
 will be

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.480
 vindicated

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.900
 in that

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.360
 moment.

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.539
 But the

00:31:36.539 --> 00:31:37.099
 spiritual

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.699
 fulfillment

00:31:37.699 --> 00:31:38.099
 of this

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.459
 promise,

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:39.139
 it's already

00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.039
 taken place.

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.699
 It was

00:31:40.699 --> 00:31:41.639
 fulfilled in

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.719
 the crucifixion

00:31:42.719 --> 00:31:43.299
 and the

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.819
 resurrection

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.459
 of Jesus.

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.579
 That's why

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.000
 we can

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.519
 hope in

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.759
 it.

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.379
 God

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:49.599
 says,

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:49.919
 I will

00:31:49.919 --> 00:31:50.219
 now

00:31:50.219 --> 00:31:50.979
 arise.

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.539
 I will

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:53.039
 deal with

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.279
 it.

00:31:53.399 --> 00:31:53.839
 And he

00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.379
 did.

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:55.299
 He dealt

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.659
 with it

00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.199
 in the

00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:56.839
 person and

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.259
 work of

00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:57.559
 Jesus

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.259
 Christ,

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.639
 bringing

00:31:59.639 --> 00:32:00.639
 salvation to

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.159
 the poor

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:02.400
 and needy,

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.400
 the lost

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.900
 and oppressed

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:05.600
 by sin.

00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:08.040
 That's the

00:32:08.040 --> 00:32:08.480
 first thing

00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.000
 that gives

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.340
 us hope.

00:32:09.800 --> 00:32:10.200
 Number two,

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.400
 the Lord's

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.300
 promises are

00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:12.800
 trustworthy.

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:13.840
 They're

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.140
 trustworthy.

00:32:14.340 --> 00:32:14.740
 Verse six,

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:16.080
 the words of

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:16.540
 the Lord are

00:32:16.540 --> 00:32:17.400
 pure words,

00:32:17.540 --> 00:32:18.560
 like silver

00:32:18.560 --> 00:32:19.360
 refined in a

00:32:19.360 --> 00:32:19.880
 furnace on

00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.420
 the ground,

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:22.380
 purified seven

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.100
 times.

00:32:23.800 --> 00:32:24.380
 Now think about

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:24.840
 what the

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.300
 psalm is doing.

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.660
 Think about

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:26.220
 the progression

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.560
 here.

00:32:27.420 --> 00:32:27.920
 We're first

00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.500
 presented with

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.100
 the predicament.

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.200
 Here is the

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.680
 deceitful

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.140
 society.

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.500
 This is

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:31.799
 troubling.

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.220
 We need

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.920
 salvation from

00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.279
 this.

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.360
 And then we

00:32:34.360 --> 00:32:34.960
 have God's

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.279
 promise that

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:36.880
 he will

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.920
 redeem the

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.340
 faithful.

00:32:39.340 --> 00:32:40.160
 And immediately

00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:41.019
 following that

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.960
 promise, we

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.580
 might look at

00:32:42.580 --> 00:32:43.059
 it and say,

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.819
 well, if I

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.299
 can't trust

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.880
 anybody else,

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.319
 what makes

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.819
 me think that

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.279
 I should be

00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:46.600
 able to

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.200
 trust God?

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.940
 And David

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.480
 answers that

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.880
 for us in

00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:49.360
 the very next

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:49.559
 thing.

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:49.980
 And he

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.380
 says, oh,

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:51.140
 listen, the

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.580
 words of

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:51.880
 God, they're

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.380
 very different

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:52.720
 from the

00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.400
 words of

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:53.799
 this world.

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:54.380
 They are

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:55.500
 pure words,

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.140
 he says.

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.299
 They're like

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.080
 silver that's

00:32:58.080 --> 00:32:58.740
 been refined

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.700
 seven times.

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.180
 It doesn't

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.920
 have a single

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.640
 trace of

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.920
 dross or

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:04.059
 impurity left.

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:04.960
 That's how

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.819
 trustworthy the

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.380
 Lord's words

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:07.700
 are.

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.680
 You can trust

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.380
 his promises,

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.380
 David says.

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.200
 In another

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.680
 psalm, he

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.140
 says, this

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.860
 God, his

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.299
 way is

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.799
 perfect.

00:33:15.180 --> 00:33:15.640
 The word

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:15.940
 of the

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.920
 Lord proves

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.460
 true.

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.299
 He really

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:18.819
 is a

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:20.279
 shield for

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.940
 all who

00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.920
 take refuge

00:33:21.920 --> 00:33:23.160
 in him.

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.000
 That gives

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.460
 us hope,

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.019
 doesn't it?

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.400
 That God

00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:29.200
 promises to

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.620
 save his

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:29.980
 people.

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:31.160
 And that

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.860
 his promises

00:33:31.860 --> 00:33:33.559
 never fail.

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:36.039
 Says

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.360
 Spurgeon,

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.940
 so clear

00:33:38.940 --> 00:33:39.680
 and free

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.360
 from all

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.099
 alloy of

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:42.240
 error and

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.920
 unfaithfulness

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.500
 is the

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:44.000
 book of the

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.380
 words of

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:44.740
 the Lord.

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:46.299
 The Bible

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.920
 has passed

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.380
 through the

00:33:47.380 --> 00:33:47.920
 furnace of

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:48.539
 persecution,

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.839
 literary

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.620
 criticism,

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.200
 philosophic

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.779
 doubt,

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.039
 and scientific

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.700
 discovery,

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:55.700
 and has

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.740
 lost nothing

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.759
 but those

00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:58.200
 human

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:59.059
 interpretations

00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.700
 which clung

00:33:59.700 --> 00:34:00.180
 to it as

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:01.539
 alloy to

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.039
 precious

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.440
 ore.

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.720
 The

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.600
 experience of

00:34:04.600 --> 00:34:05.240
 saints has

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:05.920
 tried it in

00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.740
 every conceivable

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.180
 manner,

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.300
 but not a

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.300
 single doctrine

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.960
 or promise

00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.420
 has been

00:34:10.420 --> 00:34:11.659
 consumed in

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.240
 the most

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.820
 excessive

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:14.019
 heat.

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.139
 faith.

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.619
 What a way

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.179
 to say

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:18.980
 you can

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:19.739
 trust him.

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:22.079
 It's true.

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.759
 You can

00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.659
 believe him.

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:26.039
 He'll never

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.460
 fail.

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.000
 Which brings

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.420
 us to the

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.300
 final promise

00:34:29.300 --> 00:34:29.719
 in verses

00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.259
 seven and

00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.619
 eight.

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.900
 The Lord

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.480
 will not

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.119
 forsake his

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.480
 people.

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.980
 He will

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.480
 not forsake

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.920
 his people.

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:36.820
 Okay,

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.260
 again,

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.659
 think about

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.099
 the progression

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.340
 here.

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.039
 Here on one

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.480
 hand we have,

00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:39.900
 okay,

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.519
 here's a promise

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.940
 of the Lord

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.659
 for salvation,

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.699
 and then that's

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.159
 followed up

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:43.699
 with the emphasis

00:34:43.699 --> 00:34:44.019
 that,

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.559
 and you can

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:44.980
 trust it,

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.240
 you can

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.579
 trust his

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:45.820
 word,

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.360
 which is

00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:46.820
 then followed

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.280
 up by,

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.099
 and he's

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.380
 never going

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.639
 to change

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.019
 his mind.

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.460
 He's never

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.659
 going to

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:50.980
 change his

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.159
 mind.

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:52.980
 He's never

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:53.179
 going to

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.559
 turn around

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.119
 from this.

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.179
 He'll never

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:56.760
 forsake his

00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.000
 people.

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.260
 Look at

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.719
 verse seven.

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.599
 You,

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.000
 O Lord,

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.420
 will keep

00:34:59.420 --> 00:34:59.619
 them.

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.820
 You will

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.460
 guard us

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:01.880
 from this

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.440
 generation

00:35:02.440 --> 00:35:03.079
 forever.

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.400
 On every

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.880
 side,

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.300
 the wicked

00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.860
 prowl,

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.579
 his vileness

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.340
 is exalted

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:07.800
 among the

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.280
 children of

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.500
 men.

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.639
 In this

00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:11.240
 final note,

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.240
 David confessed

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.900
 his faith

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.199
 in the

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:13.500
 Lord.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.340
 In the

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.099
 last verse,

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.119
 the wicked

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.559
 are still

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.599
 prowling.

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.780
 The vile

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.539
 are being

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.099
 exalted

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.519
 by the

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.199
 world still

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.559
 yet,

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.460
 but David

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.360
 was confident

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:26.619
 that God

00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.179
 would guard

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:27.740
 those who

00:35:27.740 --> 00:35:28.360
 trust him

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.679
 to the

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.220
 very end.

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:31.480
 there's a

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.379
 shift that

00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:32.919
 has happened

00:35:32.919 --> 00:35:33.239
 here,

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.639
 a shift

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.179
 that takes

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:35.579
 place

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.899
 throughout

00:35:35.899 --> 00:35:36.559
 the psalm.

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.259
 It opens

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.639
 in verse

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.119
 one with

00:35:39.119 --> 00:35:39.659
 fear.

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:41.500
 Lord,

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.339
 save.

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.159
 But after

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.239
 David considers

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:46.059
 God's perfect

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.519
 word,

00:35:46.839 --> 00:35:47.500
 his fear

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.459
 transforms

00:35:48.459 --> 00:35:49.279
 to an

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.839
 act of

00:35:49.839 --> 00:35:50.319
 faith,

00:35:51.379 --> 00:35:51.639
 the

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.399
 circumstances

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.899
 do not

00:35:52.899 --> 00:35:53.480
 change.

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.179
 He's still

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.539
 going to have

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.019
 a hard time

00:35:56.019 --> 00:35:56.679
 finding faithful

00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:57.099
 people.

00:35:57.359 --> 00:35:58.099
 He's still

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.980
 surrounded by

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.480
 wickedness.

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.240
 the world

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:00.619
 in which

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.159
 he lives

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:02.079
 exalts

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:03.079
 the vile.

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.940
 That has

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.699
 not changed.

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.659
 What's

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.179
 changed?

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.699
 David has

00:36:09.699 --> 00:36:10.159
 changed.

00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:11.679
 David has

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.079
 changed.

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.559
 This is

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:13.920
 why we

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.059
 must remain

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.900
 grounded and

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.719
 rooted in

00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:17.320
 the scriptures.

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.679
 Like the

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.320
 blessed men

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:19.860
 of Psalm

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.340
 1,

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.099
 our

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:22.059
 flourishing

00:36:22.059 --> 00:36:23.300
 will only

00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:23.920
 come through

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.800
 being planted

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.519
 by the rivers

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.139
 of water,

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.300
 which is

00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:27.740
 God's

00:36:27.740 --> 00:36:28.220
 word.

00:36:29.180 --> 00:36:29.300
 In

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:30.039
 perilous

00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.700
 times,

00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.539
 we have

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.400
 the pure

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.620
 words of

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.240
 God as

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.920
 our hope.

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:35.600
 And as

00:36:35.600 --> 00:36:36.500
 we bring

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.519
 our frustrations,

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.480
 as we bring

00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.260
 our fears,

00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:39.960
 and our

00:36:39.960 --> 00:36:40.620
 concerns,

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.180
 and our

00:36:41.180 --> 00:36:41.880
 laments to

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.380
 the Lord,

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.280
 as we come

00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:43.680
 to the

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:44.019
 scripture,

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.800
 and to

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.240
 prayer,

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.039
 what is it

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.640
 that happens?

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.620
 The circumstance

00:36:47.620 --> 00:36:48.580
 will very rarely

00:36:48.580 --> 00:36:49.220
 change.

00:36:49.560 --> 00:36:50.300
 God changes

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.480
 us instead.

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:54.159
 He puts

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.780
 faith in

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.219
 our hearts.

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.219
 He strengthens

00:36:56.219 --> 00:36:56.440
 us.

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.599
 He becomes

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.240
 a refuge

00:36:58.240 --> 00:36:59.519
 for us

00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:01.300
 rather than

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.840
 delivering us

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.240
 from all

00:37:03.240 --> 00:37:03.619
 hardship.

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:05.079
 Notice in

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.679
 verse 7,

00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.400
 the Lord

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.860
 has not

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.480
 said to

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.360
 remove the

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.960
 faithful from

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.740
 their circumstance.

00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:11.099
 Instead,

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.800
 it is said

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.219
 that He

00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.519
 will guard

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.500
 them and

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.579
 carry them

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.940
 through their

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.599
 circumstance.

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:21.199
 our prayer,

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.299
 like David's

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:22.819
 in verse 1,

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.360
 is often,

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:24.519
 Lord, will

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:25.059
 you just

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:26.159
 fix this?

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:28.420
 And God's

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.179
 answer most

00:37:29.179 --> 00:37:30.179
 often is,

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.659
 no, but

00:37:31.659 --> 00:37:32.739
 I'll fix

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.239
 you.

00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.319
 And I'll

00:37:35.319 --> 00:37:36.059
 help you.

00:37:36.839 --> 00:37:37.559
 And I'll

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.519
 strengthen you.

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.360
 And I'll

00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:41.279
 encourage you.

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.679
 The wicked

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.360
 can do a lot

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.839
 to us.

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.360
 They can.

00:37:46.440 --> 00:37:47.159
 They have

00:37:47.159 --> 00:37:47.920
 great power

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.379
 over us

00:37:48.379 --> 00:37:48.639
 in this

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:48.960
 life.

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.719
 They really

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:49.960
 do.

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.839
 But they'll

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.399
 never be able

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:54.000
 to rob us

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.279
 of the

00:37:54.279 --> 00:37:54.659
 guarantee

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.279
 of God's

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:56.679
 grace and

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.119
 salvation.

00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.500
 Never.

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:58.839
 He will

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.539
 not forsake

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.839
 us.

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:03.219
 He will

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:03.799
 lose none

00:38:03.799 --> 00:38:04.299
 who belong

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:04.699
 to Him.

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.359
 He will

00:38:06.359 --> 00:38:06.759
 guard them

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.199
 all to the

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:07.759
 very end.

00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:09.559
 And David

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.219
 was confident

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.679
 of that.

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:13.000
 So though

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.859
 the foundations

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:14.779
 of society

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:15.659
 continued to

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:16.099
 crumble

00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:17.219
 around us,

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:19.980
 the stronghold

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.639
 of God

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:22.259
 will remain.

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.380
 And all

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.880
 who take

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.559
 refuge in

00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:25.880
 Him,

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:27.759
 and only

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.339
 those who

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:28.920
 take refuge

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.380
 in Him

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:30.319
 by faith

00:38:30.319 --> 00:38:32.440
 will be

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:32.739
 blessed

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.139
 forever.

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.299
 That's the

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.880
 words of David

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.519
 that we close

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.079
 with in verse

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.400
 7.

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.219
 Oh Lord,

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:40.699
 you will keep

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.119
 your word.

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.119


00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.460
 you will

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.179
 guard us,

00:38:44.259 --> 00:38:44.519
 you will

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.960
 guard your

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:46.279
 people from

00:38:46.279 --> 00:38:48.159
 this generation

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.500
 for how long?

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:51.239
 forever

00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:53.659
 forever and ever