WEBVTT 00:00:00.580 --> 00:00:05.000 And so Psalm 2 is on page 543, in case you haven't got it. 00:00:08.199 --> 00:00:14.700 Psalm 2, why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? 00:00:15.500 --> 00:00:22.440 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his anointed one. 00:00:23.699 --> 00:00:28.600 Let us break their chains, they say, and throw off their fetters. 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:33.340 The one enthroned in heaven laughs, the Lord scoffs at them. 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:38.740 Then he rebukes them in his anger and terrifies them in his wrath, saying, 00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:42.980 I have instilled my king on Zion, my holy hill. 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:47.219 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord. 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:51.260 He said to me, you are my son, today I have become your father. 00:00:51.820 --> 00:00:54.600 Ask of me and I will make the nations your inheritance. 00:00:55.219 --> 00:00:56.740 The end of the earth your possession. 00:00:56.740 --> 00:00:59.500 You will rule them with an iron scepter. 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:02.140 You will dash them to pieces like pottery. 00:01:03.620 --> 00:01:07.780 Therefore, you kings, be wise, be warned, you rulers of the earth. 00:01:08.019 --> 00:01:10.659 Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. 00:01:11.579 --> 00:01:15.520 Kiss the sun, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way. 00:01:16.540 --> 00:01:18.400 For his wrath can flare up in a moment. 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:21.060 Blessed are all who take refuge in him. 00:01:21.060 --> 00:01:37.560 Thanks very much, Jez. 00:01:38.300 --> 00:01:40.900 So you can keep your Bibles open there at Psalm 2. 00:01:41.219 --> 00:01:43.599 And if you want to take notes, you can do. 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:49.300 If there's anything you want to follow up with afterwards, delighted to chat that through with you. 00:01:49.299 --> 00:01:55.060 Well, let's pray and ask for God's help as we look at this psalm together. 00:01:55.060 --> 00:01:55.299 Amen. 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:11.680 Our Father God, we thank you again for your word. 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:23.780 Thank you for making yourself known to us so that we can not only read about you, 00:02:24.580 --> 00:02:30.460 but we can also know you personally, intimately. 00:02:30.460 --> 00:02:37.540 And it's our desire that we would experience your work in our life. 00:02:41.140 --> 00:02:47.420 And that we would be people who see you as you declare yourself to be. 00:02:47.419 --> 00:02:57.919 That we wouldn't put our own slant or we wouldn't put our own particular view on things. 00:02:59.379 --> 00:03:04.679 But that we would humbly come before you and let you declare to us who you are. 00:03:06.359 --> 00:03:09.439 And how we as your people should respond. 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:18.240 So at the very outset, we bow before you. 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:20.900 We kneel before you. 00:03:22.900 --> 00:03:26.520 And humbly ask that you would change us and transform us 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:30.719 to be more and more like your Son, the Lord Jesus. 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:39.000 So that the beauty of Christ is reflected in our lives, 00:03:39.099 --> 00:03:42.400 in everything we do and in everything we say. 00:03:45.879 --> 00:03:50.719 So help us now and pour out your Spirit generously upon us all. 00:03:50.719 --> 00:03:58.580 We ask this in Jesus' name for his honour and for his glory. 00:04:00.139 --> 00:04:00.659 Amen. 00:04:05.060 --> 00:04:07.860 Well, my kids love to fight me. 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.099 That should come as no surprise, I guess, if you've got children. 00:04:12.939 --> 00:04:16.100 Putting their differences aside, they combine forces, 00:04:16.740 --> 00:04:17.560 gang up on me. 00:04:18.019 --> 00:04:19.920 They mock me and they threaten me. 00:04:20.720 --> 00:04:22.980 They call me chubby and baldy. 00:04:23.960 --> 00:04:25.180 Throw cushions at me. 00:04:25.920 --> 00:04:28.500 And whatever other missiles there are to hand. 00:04:29.520 --> 00:04:31.640 Sometimes they get very brave. 00:04:32.460 --> 00:04:35.720 They even punch me and push me to the ground. 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:40.320 But they know it's a pointless exercise. 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:44.240 Because Dad always wins. 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:46.240 At the moment, anyway. 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:50.480 Whether they like it or not, and whether they accept it or not, 00:04:50.720 --> 00:04:53.500 I'm bigger and I'm stronger. 00:04:54.180 --> 00:04:57.900 Fighting Dad is a futile exercise. 00:04:57.899 --> 00:05:03.719 Well, Psalm 2 is all about a fight. 00:05:04.879 --> 00:05:06.539 Not a pretend fight. 00:05:06.539 --> 00:05:11.620 But a serious fight between the people of the world 00:05:11.620 --> 00:05:14.479 and the creator of the world. 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:15.480 It's a fight. 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:17.939 It's a fight that we have started. 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:18.100 It's a fight that we have started. 00:05:18.100 --> 00:05:25.040 And that we continue to fuel despite God's offer of peace. 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:33.420 More specifically, our fight is against God's chosen king. 00:05:34.819 --> 00:05:37.080 And as we will see through this psalm, 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:41.780 we can either fight him and face his wrath, 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:48.120 or we can submit to him and find refuge. 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:52.860 So what is this fight all about? 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:56.000 Well, first of all, our rebellion. 00:05:56.699 --> 00:05:57.959 Verses 1 to 3. 00:05:59.780 --> 00:06:03.139 The fight against God is seen individually, 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:04.560 within our own lives, 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:06.579 and also nationally. 00:06:07.100 --> 00:06:07.980 Look at verse 1. 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:08.759 He says, 00:06:08.759 --> 00:06:12.000 Why do the nations conspire? 00:06:12.620 --> 00:06:15.839 And the peoples plot in vain. 00:06:16.779 --> 00:06:21.839 In fact, there is a worldwide united rebellion against God. 00:06:21.939 --> 00:06:22.439 Verse 2. 00:06:23.039 --> 00:06:25.399 The kings of the earth take their stand, 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:26.620 and the rulers, 00:06:27.060 --> 00:06:30.219 well, they gather together against the Lord 00:06:30.219 --> 00:06:32.860 and against his anointed one. 00:06:32.860 --> 00:06:36.060 Let us break their chains, they say, 00:06:36.060 --> 00:06:38.540 and throw off their fetters, 00:06:38.620 --> 00:06:40.500 everything that binds us to him. 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:44.560 The people of the world, that's you and me, 00:06:45.759 --> 00:06:49.560 we long to break free from God's rule and authority. 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:53.120 Of course, we may speak a different language, 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:55.420 we may come from different cultures, 00:06:56.100 --> 00:07:00.480 but the world is united in a common goal 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:04.220 to plot the downfall of God. 00:07:04.220 --> 00:07:10.160 We could say there is an anti-godness in our world. 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.420 It's what Adam and Eve sought to do in the Garden of Eden, 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:17.680 and it's what people continue to do today. 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:20.520 Just simply turn on the television, 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:21.720 listen to the radio, 00:07:22.240 --> 00:07:26.160 and any influence or any talk of God, 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:28.820 well, it's quickly shut up. 00:07:29.480 --> 00:07:30.800 People don't want to know. 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:35.259 We simply do not want God interfering with our lives. 00:07:35.960 --> 00:07:37.860 In fact, we react strongly 00:07:37.860 --> 00:07:40.220 when we are confronted with God's authority. 00:07:40.759 --> 00:07:42.280 In defiance, we say, 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:44.379 this is my life, 00:07:45.139 --> 00:07:48.580 and I will not be told how to live. 00:07:52.139 --> 00:07:54.040 Of course, the real test 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:56.379 of whether we are fighting against God, 00:07:56.379 --> 00:07:57.959 and this is a test for us, 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:00.620 a question that we can put to ourselves. 00:08:00.719 --> 00:08:02.659 Am I fighting against God or not? 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:04.920 Well, the real test 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.920 to know whether we are fighting against God 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:10.019 is how we treat God's king. 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:11.980 Look at verse 2. 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:14.060 It says, 00:08:14.060 --> 00:08:33.620 The anointed one is a title. 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:35.340 It's the Messiah, 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:38.360 God's specially chosen king. 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:42.320 And the identity of this king, 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:43.480 this anointed one, 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.139 is revealed to us very clearly 00:08:46.139 --> 00:08:48.800 in Acts chapter 4. 00:08:49.620 --> 00:08:51.600 So keep your finger in Psalm 2 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.879 and jump forward to the New Testament 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:55.460 to Acts chapter 4. 00:08:58.600 --> 00:09:00.500 And in Acts chapter 4, 00:09:00.620 --> 00:09:03.580 we read here of Peter and John 00:09:03.580 --> 00:09:06.060 who've just been released from prison 00:09:06.059 --> 00:09:09.019 because they've been preaching 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:11.939 about the rule and authority 00:09:11.939 --> 00:09:14.399 of Jesus Christ. 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:21.239 And they were put in prison for doing that. 00:09:21.319 --> 00:09:22.519 And now they've been released 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:23.559 and they get together 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:25.539 with the rest of their disciples 00:09:25.539 --> 00:09:28.659 and in response to what has happened, 00:09:28.779 --> 00:09:30.119 they turn to God in prayer. 00:09:30.239 --> 00:09:31.179 And we're going to pick it up 00:09:31.179 --> 00:09:32.719 in chapter 4, verse 24. 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:38.239 Acts 4, verse 24. 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:39.399 When they heard this, 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:41.979 they raised their voices together 00:09:41.979 --> 00:09:42.939 in prayer to God. 00:09:43.079 --> 00:09:44.279 Sovereign Lord, they said, 00:09:44.659 --> 00:09:45.719 you made the heaven 00:09:45.719 --> 00:09:47.359 and the earth and the sea 00:09:47.359 --> 00:09:48.939 and everything in them. 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:51.459 You spoke by the Holy Spirit 00:09:51.459 --> 00:09:53.859 through the mouth of your servant, 00:09:54.079 --> 00:09:55.479 our father David. 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:57.819 And there he quotes Psalm 2. 00:09:58.539 --> 00:10:00.879 Why do the nations rage 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:03.459 and the peoples plot in vain? 00:10:03.460 --> 00:10:05.840 The kings of the earth take their stand 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.320 and the rulers gather together 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:08.240 against the Lord 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:10.400 and against his anointed one. 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:12.320 Who's the anointed one? 00:10:12.420 --> 00:10:12.940 Read on. 00:10:13.940 --> 00:10:15.879 Indeed, Herod and Pontius Pilate 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:17.860 met together with the Gentiles 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:19.160 and the people of Israel 00:10:19.160 --> 00:10:20.139 in this city 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:23.940 to conspire against your holy servant, 00:10:24.660 --> 00:10:25.080 Jesus, 00:10:26.139 --> 00:10:28.259 whom you anointed. 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:31.879 Jesus Christ, 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:32.879 very clearly, 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.679 is God's anointed one. 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:39.179 And they are taking their stand 00:10:39.179 --> 00:10:40.539 against Jesus. 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:44.220 And here with the people 00:10:44.220 --> 00:10:45.939 described there in Acts 4, 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:47.720 you have the most unlikely 00:10:47.720 --> 00:10:49.559 of alliances. 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:52.259 You have the people of Israel 00:10:52.259 --> 00:10:53.620 who were the Jews 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:56.679 and you've also got the Gentiles 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.019 and the Jews and the Gentiles 00:10:59.019 --> 00:11:00.740 were completely religiously 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:02.580 and culturally pulled apart. 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:05.639 Then you had Herod 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.000 and Pontius Pilate 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:09.659 who politically never got on. 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:11.840 But together, 00:11:12.060 --> 00:11:13.340 all four of them 00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:15.360 have joined forces 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.500 in a united attack 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:18.700 on God's King, 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:20.279 Jesus Christ. 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.419 The people 00:11:22.419 --> 00:11:23.699 and the rulers, 00:11:24.319 --> 00:11:24.679 religious 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:26.039 and political, 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:27.699 uniting together 00:11:27.699 --> 00:11:28.360 and they're doing 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:30.039 everything in their power 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:31.819 to destroy Him. 00:11:34.319 --> 00:11:35.100 In fact, 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:36.659 they had Him put to death 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:38.179 on a cross. 00:11:39.819 --> 00:11:40.579 You see, 00:11:40.679 --> 00:11:41.919 at the heart of our fight 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:42.720 with God 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.019 is a worldwide 00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:46.620 active rebellion 00:11:46.620 --> 00:11:49.179 against Jesus Christ. 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:51.339 People may cope 00:11:51.339 --> 00:11:52.179 with the idea 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:52.839 of a God. 00:11:53.199 --> 00:11:54.519 They may even find it 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:55.459 comforting to know 00:11:55.459 --> 00:11:56.519 that there is a God. 00:11:57.319 --> 00:11:59.179 But as soon as we introduce 00:11:59.179 --> 00:12:00.120 and say that 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:01.259 Jesus Christ 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:03.039 is God's King, 00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:05.779 His anointed one 00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:06.459 and that we should 00:12:06.459 --> 00:12:07.399 submit to Him 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:08.539 and obey Him, 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.039 well, 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:11.319 that's a step too much. 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:13.879 We do not want 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:15.059 a King over us. 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:17.740 Back to Psalm 2, 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:20.079 verse 3. 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:21.799 Let us break 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:22.519 their chains, 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:23.159 they say, 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:24.899 and throw off 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.439 their fetters. 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:26.259 Let us cut 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:27.459 every bind 00:12:27.459 --> 00:12:28.740 and every tie. 00:12:29.799 --> 00:12:30.919 Let's get rid 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:31.480 of Jesus 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:34.240 and let's live 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:36.019 as we choose. 00:12:39.100 --> 00:12:39.360 Well, 00:12:39.399 --> 00:12:39.699 second, 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:41.679 God's response. 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:44.039 Verses 4 to 6. 00:12:44.139 --> 00:12:44.819 Look how God 00:12:44.819 --> 00:12:45.959 responds to this 00:12:45.959 --> 00:12:46.980 plot 00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:48.539 to dethrone Him. 00:12:48.539 --> 00:12:49.959 verse 4. 00:12:50.019 --> 00:12:50.579 The one 00:12:50.579 --> 00:12:52.360 enthroned in heaven, 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:54.599 ha, ha, ha, ha, 00:12:54.599 --> 00:12:57.279 the Lord scoffs 00:12:57.279 --> 00:12:57.719 at them. 00:12:59.439 --> 00:13:00.699 Rather than God 00:13:00.699 --> 00:13:01.779 becoming a joke, 00:13:03.219 --> 00:13:04.620 we are the joke 00:13:04.620 --> 00:13:06.639 for fighting Him. 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.620 I remember 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:10.340 when I used to 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:11.019 try and fight 00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:11.620 my dad 00:13:11.620 --> 00:13:12.580 when I was small. 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:14.559 Maybe you remember 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.419 something like this. 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:16.039 He would simply 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:17.159 put his hand 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:17.939 on my head 00:13:17.939 --> 00:13:19.100 and hold me 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.960 at a distance. 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:21.460 And there I was, 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:22.539 for all I was worth, 00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.639 swinging punches, 00:13:23.819 --> 00:13:24.759 punching thin air, 00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:26.480 and all I could hear 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:27.299 was his great 00:13:27.299 --> 00:13:28.100 big laugh. 00:13:28.819 --> 00:13:29.699 Couldn't touch him. 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:32.100 Well, 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:32.860 fighting God 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:34.160 is a futile exercise. 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:36.720 It's pointless. 00:13:37.660 --> 00:13:38.720 And the very thought 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:39.540 of fighting God 00:13:39.540 --> 00:13:40.300 is laughable 00:13:40.300 --> 00:13:41.020 because, 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:42.420 look at verse 6, 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.680 he says, 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.680 I have 00:13:44.680 --> 00:13:45.640 installed 00:13:45.640 --> 00:13:46.540 my king 00:13:46.540 --> 00:13:47.420 on Zion, 00:13:48.040 --> 00:13:48.980 my holy hill. 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:50.980 I already 00:13:50.980 --> 00:13:52.200 rule over you. 00:13:52.440 --> 00:13:53.640 I am your king 00:13:53.640 --> 00:13:54.200 whether you 00:13:54.200 --> 00:13:55.259 accept it or not. 00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:56.540 Every attempt 00:13:56.540 --> 00:13:57.500 to get rid of me, 00:13:57.500 --> 00:13:59.440 every act of defiance 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:00.720 is like a little child 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:02.740 swinging his powerless fists. 00:14:03.940 --> 00:14:04.860 It's a laugh. 00:14:08.379 --> 00:14:09.580 But there is also 00:14:09.580 --> 00:14:11.019 a very serious side 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.879 to this rebellion. 00:14:12.059 --> 00:14:13.019 Look at verse 5. 00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:17.720 Then he rebukes them 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:18.620 in his anger 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:21.639 and terrifies them 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:22.659 in his wrath, 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:23.460 saying, 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:25.039 I have installed 00:14:25.039 --> 00:14:25.759 my king. 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:28.139 This 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:30.360 is no laughing matter. 00:14:31.820 --> 00:14:32.440 God 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:33.519 is angry 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.480 at our rebellion 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:36.720 and he is angry 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.860 that we reject 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:38.940 his king. 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:42.500 Now, 00:14:43.059 --> 00:14:44.080 God 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:44.679 and anger, 00:14:45.179 --> 00:14:46.179 we don't like 00:14:46.179 --> 00:14:47.500 to put those two together, 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:47.899 so 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:49.620 we mustn't 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:50.580 view God 00:14:50.580 --> 00:14:52.360 like some 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:53.279 vindictive 00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:53.919 tyrant 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.080 who picks 00:14:55.080 --> 00:14:55.899 on powerless 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:57.500 mortals like ourselves 00:14:57.500 --> 00:14:58.959 and bullies us 00:14:58.959 --> 00:14:59.699 into submission 00:14:59.699 --> 00:15:00.360 as if we are 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.340 thrown into the ring 00:15:01.340 --> 00:15:02.579 with a heavyweight boxer 00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:04.679 and we start saying, 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:05.159 stop, 00:15:05.319 --> 00:15:05.600 stop, 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.120 stop. 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:08.340 It's not like that. 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:11.819 God has lovingly 00:15:11.819 --> 00:15:12.779 provided us 00:15:12.779 --> 00:15:13.459 with a king 00:15:13.459 --> 00:15:14.759 to rule over us. 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:16.179 A loving 00:15:16.179 --> 00:15:17.340 and generous 00:15:17.340 --> 00:15:17.799 king. 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:19.139 A kind 00:15:19.139 --> 00:15:19.620 king 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.720 who always 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.579 does what is 00:15:21.579 --> 00:15:22.720 right and best 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.860 for his people. 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:25.680 And it's 00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.539 under his 00:15:26.539 --> 00:15:27.000 rule, 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:27.680 under his 00:15:27.680 --> 00:15:28.340 loving and 00:15:28.340 --> 00:15:29.100 caring rule, 00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:30.180 that we find 00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:30.800 our deepest 00:15:30.800 --> 00:15:31.860 needs met. 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:33.180 Here we find, 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:34.300 living under him, 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:35.159 we find 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:36.019 satisfaction 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:37.000 and security. 00:15:38.220 --> 00:15:38.860 Under this 00:15:38.860 --> 00:15:39.120 king, 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:39.659 we find 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:40.240 freedom 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:41.440 and forgiveness. 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:43.180 He's the kind 00:15:43.180 --> 00:15:43.560 of king 00:15:43.560 --> 00:15:44.100 that we all 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.759 long for 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.740 and dream of. 00:15:45.980 --> 00:15:46.680 A good 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:47.139 king. 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:50.960 So, 00:15:51.060 --> 00:15:51.480 when we 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.300 rebel against 00:15:52.300 --> 00:15:52.680 him, 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:54.379 we're not 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:55.079 only turning 00:15:55.079 --> 00:15:55.699 our backs 00:15:55.699 --> 00:15:56.099 on him 00:15:56.099 --> 00:15:56.639 and walking 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.319 away from 00:15:57.319 --> 00:15:57.639 him, 00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.699 we are 00:15:59.699 --> 00:16:00.099 actually 00:16:00.099 --> 00:16:00.639 breaking 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:01.179 what the 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.500 Bible 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.179 calls 00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:03.259 shalom. 00:16:04.719 --> 00:16:05.359 Shalom 00:16:05.359 --> 00:16:05.979 is the 00:16:05.979 --> 00:16:06.879 harmony, 00:16:07.699 --> 00:16:08.459 the beauty, 00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.279 the order, 00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:10.620 the togetherness 00:16:10.620 --> 00:16:12.299 of the world. 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:13.919 So, 00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.359 when we 00:16:14.359 --> 00:16:14.859 turn our 00:16:14.859 --> 00:16:15.219 backs 00:16:15.219 --> 00:16:15.679 on this 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:16.059 king, 00:16:17.099 --> 00:16:17.599 we are 00:16:17.599 --> 00:16:18.059 actually 00:16:18.059 --> 00:16:19.019 fighting 00:16:19.019 --> 00:16:19.659 against 00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.399 his good 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:21.339 and perfect 00:16:21.339 --> 00:16:21.839 order. 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:22.600 we are 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.460 destroying 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:24.440 and breaking 00:16:24.440 --> 00:16:25.040 his good 00:16:25.040 --> 00:16:25.600 design. 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:27.519 And the 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:28.040 results 00:16:28.040 --> 00:16:29.500 are all 00:16:29.500 --> 00:16:29.860 too 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.540 common. 00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.259 Broken 00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:33.200 relationships, 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.120 family 00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.259 breakup, 00:16:38.580 --> 00:16:39.080 loneliness, 00:16:40.780 --> 00:16:41.420 loss of 00:16:41.420 --> 00:16:42.019 meaning and 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:42.639 purpose, 00:16:43.920 --> 00:16:44.660 violence and 00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:45.220 aggression. 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.440 Nationally, 00:16:46.580 --> 00:16:46.980 we see 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.700 wars, 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.460 we see 00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.080 oppression, 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:50.860 injustice. 00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.040 The shalom, 00:16:53.300 --> 00:16:53.920 the harmony, 00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.700 the beauty 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:55.480 of the world 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:56.460 is being 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.000 broken 00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:58.320 by our 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.120 rebellion. 00:17:01.300 --> 00:17:02.220 And God 00:17:02.220 --> 00:17:02.600 says, 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.240 I will not 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:03.720 allow you 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.279 to go on 00:17:04.279 --> 00:17:04.940 ruining this 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:05.840 world forever. 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.920 And he 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.519 will judge 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.000 us, 00:17:09.840 --> 00:17:10.340 as verse 00:17:10.340 --> 00:17:10.880 five 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:12.120 describes. 00:17:12.119 --> 00:17:14.399 But we 00:17:14.399 --> 00:17:14.739 mustn't 00:17:14.739 --> 00:17:15.199 think that 00:17:15.199 --> 00:17:15.599 God's 00:17:15.599 --> 00:17:16.159 anger is 00:17:16.159 --> 00:17:16.579 in some 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:16.979 kind of 00:17:16.979 --> 00:17:17.579 way like 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.199 a temper, 00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.119 as if we 00:17:19.119 --> 00:17:19.719 just push 00:17:19.719 --> 00:17:20.159 the wrong 00:17:20.159 --> 00:17:20.699 button and 00:17:20.699 --> 00:17:21.059 he just 00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:21.699 flips and 00:17:21.699 --> 00:17:22.179 he blows 00:17:22.179 --> 00:17:22.899 his fuse. 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.059 And he 00:17:24.059 --> 00:17:24.719 acts like 00:17:24.719 --> 00:17:26.000 an out-of-control 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:26.839 madman. 00:17:27.939 --> 00:17:28.159 No, 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.859 God's 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:30.059 wrath is 00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.979 his just, 00:17:31.979 --> 00:17:32.639 fair, 00:17:33.419 --> 00:17:34.159 settled, 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:36.079 and controlled 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:37.079 response to 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:37.959 sinners like 00:17:37.959 --> 00:17:38.699 you and me 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:41.120 who have 00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:42.259 destroyed and 00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:43.960 ruined his 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.120 good and 00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:46.200 beautiful world. 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:49.100 The problem 00:17:49.100 --> 00:17:49.920 is not that 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:50.819 Jesus Christ 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.720 is king. 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.660 Here's the 00:17:53.660 --> 00:17:54.039 problem. 00:17:55.120 --> 00:17:56.000 When we 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.700 fight the 00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.000 king, 00:17:57.779 --> 00:17:58.980 we face 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.680 the king's 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.220 anger. 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:02.180 And that 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.980 is no 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:04.299 laughing matter. 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.299 So what 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.700 has God 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.159 done about 00:18:09.159 --> 00:18:09.579 all of 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:09.839 this? 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.200 Well, 00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:10.639 third, 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.240 God's 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.720 decision. 00:18:13.460 --> 00:18:14.059 If we 00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.359 are in 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:14.899 any doubt 00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.259 as to 00:18:15.259 --> 00:18:15.680 God's 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:16.039 rule, 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:17.700 look what 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.319 he has 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:18.980 said and 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.399 look what 00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:19.799 he has 00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.119 done. 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.419 Verse 00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:20.740 seven, 00:18:21.700 --> 00:18:22.460 I will 00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:23.139 proclaim 00:18:23.139 --> 00:18:24.220 the decree 00:18:24.220 --> 00:18:25.000 of the 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:25.339 Lord. 00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.639 He said 00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:27.019 to me, 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.460 you are 00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:29.159 my son. 00:18:30.180 --> 00:18:31.119 Today I 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:31.859 have become 00:18:31.859 --> 00:18:32.599 your father. 00:18:34.379 --> 00:18:34.579 Well, 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.059 what's that 00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:35.779 talking about? 00:18:35.919 --> 00:18:37.000 Who's the 00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.279 son? 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.920 What's 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.119 this 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:38.579 decree? 00:18:38.779 --> 00:18:39.079 What's 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:39.240 this 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:39.720 statement? 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:41.839 Well, 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:42.139 again, 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.920 this decree 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.819 is picked 00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.220 up and 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.559 it's 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:45.079 helpfully 00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.639 explained 00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.160 for us 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.279 again in 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.599 the book 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.399 of Acts. 00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.559 Go to 00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:49.879 Acts 00:18:49.879 --> 00:18:50.299 chapter 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:51.019 13. 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.379 Acts 00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:57.779 chapter 00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.440 13, 00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:58.879 verse 00:18:58.879 --> 00:18:59.799 32. 00:18:59.799 --> 00:18:59.879 32. 00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.379 Here it's 00:19:05.379 --> 00:19:06.000 been Paul 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.500 who's been 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:06.960 preaching 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:10.440 and he 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.919 makes a 00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.740 direct link 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.220 between 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.579 verse 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.200 seven of 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:13.779 Psalms 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:15.000 and what 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.319 he is 00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.599 saying 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.119 here. 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.039 Acts 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:18.339 chapter 00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:18.819 13, 00:19:18.919 --> 00:19:19.099 verse 00:19:19.099 --> 00:19:19.579 32. 00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.419 He says, 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.899 we tell 00:19:20.899 --> 00:19:21.240 you the 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:22.039 good news. 00:19:23.480 --> 00:19:24.099 What's 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.419 the good 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:24.839 news? 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:26.319 what God 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:26.959 promised 00:19:26.959 --> 00:19:28.079 our fathers, 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.919 he has 00:19:29.919 --> 00:19:30.819 fulfilled for 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.939 us their 00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:33.959 children by 00:19:33.959 --> 00:19:35.220 raising up 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.939 Jesus. 00:19:37.399 --> 00:19:38.379 As it is 00:19:38.379 --> 00:19:39.220 written in the 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.059 second Psalm, 00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.559 you are my 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:41.980 son. 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.740 Today I have 00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:45.000 become your 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.559 father. 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:50.139 son is 00:19:50.139 --> 00:19:51.559 not just 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:52.220 Jesus, 00:19:52.980 --> 00:19:53.799 but the 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.319 risen 00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:54.879 Jesus. 00:19:56.059 --> 00:19:56.559 Remember, 00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.179 the world 00:19:57.179 --> 00:19:57.919 thought they 00:19:57.919 --> 00:19:58.480 had got 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.039 rid of 00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.679 Jesus when 00:19:59.679 --> 00:20:00.279 they killed 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.940 him and 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.359 hung him 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.659 on the 00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:02.200 cross. 00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.679 But the 00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:05.379 good news, 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:05.899 as Paul 00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:06.599 describes, 00:20:06.700 --> 00:20:07.399 is now that 00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.259 this king, 00:20:08.700 --> 00:20:09.220 who you 00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.720 thought you 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.319 had killed, 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.619 is the 00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:12.159 risen 00:20:12.159 --> 00:20:12.659 king. 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.440 And the 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.980 decree, 00:20:15.179 --> 00:20:15.319 the 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:16.039 proclamation 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.799 upon him 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.139 is to 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.399 say, 00:20:17.399 --> 00:20:18.359 you are 00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:19.119 my son, 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.460 and I 00:20:20.460 --> 00:20:20.819 am your 00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.439 father. 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.119 His 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:24.099 victory over 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.539 death, 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:25.759 his conquering 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.200 of the 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.599 grave, 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.659 proves his 00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.659 right to 00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.019 rule. 00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:31.919 You cannot 00:20:31.919 --> 00:20:33.079 defeat him, 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.740 and you 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:35.200 cannot destroy 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.500 him. 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.119 He has 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.679 broken 00:20:36.679 --> 00:20:37.220 death, 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.000 and he 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.019 lives and 00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.700 reigns 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.339 forever. 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.779 And look 00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.179 what God 00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.799 says about 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.399 this risen 00:20:44.399 --> 00:20:44.779 king. 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.920 back to 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.379 Psalm 00:20:46.379 --> 00:20:47.660 chapter 2. 00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.599 Two things. 00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.039 First, 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.680 that this 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.779 risen Jesus, 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:54.420 he owns 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.119 the nations, 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.839 verse 8. 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.339 Ask of me 00:20:58.339 --> 00:20:59.019 and I will 00:20:59.019 --> 00:20:59.539 make the 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.059 nations 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.160 your 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.960 inheritance, 00:21:03.059 --> 00:21:03.660 the ends 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:03.960 of the 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.720 earth your 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.619 possession. 00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:05.719 nation. 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.359 You know, 00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.159 every nation, 00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:10.479 including our 00:21:10.479 --> 00:21:10.739 own, 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.939 has their 00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.859 own flag and 00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.719 national anthem. 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:15.239 We sing it 00:21:15.239 --> 00:21:16.000 proudly, we 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.619 wave our 00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:18.219 flags with 00:21:18.219 --> 00:21:18.939 pride. 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.579 It's a 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.379 reflection of 00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.159 independence, 00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:23.019 a statement 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:24.479 of sovereignty. 00:21:25.779 --> 00:21:26.679 And every 00:21:26.679 --> 00:21:27.619 nation gets to 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.279 make up their 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.279 own rules and 00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:29.959 they decide 00:21:29.959 --> 00:21:31.039 who's allowed to 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.659 come into their 00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:32.439 country and who 00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:33.159 has to go. 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.900 But you 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.300 know what? 00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:35.920 In reality, 00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:37.060 our flags and 00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:39.240 our anthems are 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.900 just like a 00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:40.800 kid waving a 00:21:40.800 --> 00:21:41.320 banner and 00:21:41.320 --> 00:21:41.900 blowing a 00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.240 trumpet. 00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.720 To God, 00:21:44.800 --> 00:21:45.820 our attempt to 00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:47.200 own our 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:48.820 nation is 00:21:48.820 --> 00:21:49.279 just a 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:49.620 game. 00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:51.340 No nation 00:21:51.340 --> 00:21:52.220 has true 00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:53.380 independence. 00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:54.280 no nation 00:21:54.280 --> 00:21:55.280 has absolute 00:21:55.280 --> 00:21:55.920 sovereignty 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:57.620 because Jesus, 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.040 verse 8, 00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.080 is the 00:22:00.080 --> 00:22:00.980 rightful owner. 00:22:01.760 --> 00:22:02.320 He has 00:22:02.320 --> 00:22:03.820 possession upon 00:22:03.820 --> 00:22:05.400 every nation. 00:22:05.700 --> 00:22:06.120 He owns 00:22:06.120 --> 00:22:06.660 Ireland, 00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.560 he owns 00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:08.120 America, 00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.960 China belongs 00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.600 to Jesus, 00:22:11.020 --> 00:22:11.680 and Brazil 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.540 belongs to 00:22:12.540 --> 00:22:12.860 Jesus. 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.140 It all 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:15.660 belongs to 00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.000 him. 00:22:17.780 --> 00:22:18.780 But not 00:22:18.780 --> 00:22:19.380 only does he 00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.940 own the 00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:20.360 nations, 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.559 nations. 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.039 Jesus also 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:24.019 rules the 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:25.019 nations as 00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.459 the risen 00:22:25.459 --> 00:22:25.839 Lord, 00:22:25.959 --> 00:22:26.559 verse 9. 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.339 You will 00:22:28.339 --> 00:22:29.019 rule them 00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:29.439 with an 00:22:29.439 --> 00:22:30.379 iron scepter. 00:22:30.959 --> 00:22:31.279 You will 00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:31.959 dash them 00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:32.559 to pieces 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:34.119 like pottery. 00:22:36.159 --> 00:22:36.979 Before the 00:22:36.979 --> 00:22:37.459 days of 00:22:37.459 --> 00:22:38.439 Xbox and 00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:39.319 PS3, 00:22:40.479 --> 00:22:41.299 we used to 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.959 play board 00:22:41.959 --> 00:22:42.539 games. 00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:43.279 Do you 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.639 remember what 00:22:43.639 --> 00:22:44.039 they looked 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.259 like? 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.939 They came 00:22:44.939 --> 00:22:46.139 in boxes 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.319 and you 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.939 kept them 00:22:47.939 --> 00:22:48.659 in cupboards. 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:50.759 And one 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.160 of those 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.920 board games 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.259 that we 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.580 used to 00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:52.960 play was 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.240 a game 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.560 called 00:22:53.560 --> 00:22:54.100 Risk. 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:54.980 Maybe 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.400 some of 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:55.840 you played 00:22:55.840 --> 00:22:56.000 it. 00:22:56.060 --> 00:22:56.380 It was a 00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:56.860 game about 00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.240 world 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.940 domination. 00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.360 And the 00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.600 way it 00:22:59.600 --> 00:22:59.960 was, you 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.220 were all 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.680 assigned 00:23:00.680 --> 00:23:01.080 different 00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.660 countries 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.320 or parts 00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:02.640 of the 00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.040 globe. 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.779 You were 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.160 all given 00:23:04.160 --> 00:23:04.660 certain 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.920 armies of 00:23:05.920 --> 00:23:06.700 value and 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:07.660 strength. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.620 And the 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.220 object was 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.680 to fight 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:10.180 each other 00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.580 by the 00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.019 throw of 00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.580 dice and 00:23:11.580 --> 00:23:12.820 to control 00:23:12.820 --> 00:23:13.880 the whole 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.240 world. 00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.800 And whoever 00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:16.180 controlled the 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.740 whole world, 00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.259 well, they 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.540 were the 00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:17.960 winner and it 00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.420 could go on 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:18.920 for days 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:19.400 and weeks 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:19.960 this game. 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.300 But at 00:23:20.300 --> 00:23:20.880 the end, 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:22.500 what happened 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.680 to the 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:23.240 board game? 00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:25.100 It got 00:23:25.100 --> 00:23:26.140 simply closed 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:28.039 up and 00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.580 the armies 00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.220 got put 00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.740 back into 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.360 their box 00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.480 and the 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.060 countries 00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:33.100 got put 00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.460 away. 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.060 It was 00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.480 just a 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:34.840 game. 00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:37.759 The 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.060 most 00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.440 same 00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:38.900 power 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.380 games 00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.860 happen 00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.560 in reality. 00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:42.400 One 00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:42.860 side 00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.480 calls it 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:43.940 the war 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.580 on terror. 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.580 Another 00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:45.980 side 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.660 calls it 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:47.279 jihad. 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.660 we see 00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:49.079 it played 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.500 out on 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:50.000 our TV 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.819 screens as 00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.480 North Korea 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.240 threatens to 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.980 nuke South 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.359 Korea. 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.700 The allied 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.599 forces threaten 00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.220 to invade 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.700 Syria. 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:57.740 And that's 00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.119 not to 00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:59.220 mention every 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.500 border skirmish 00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.259 and every 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.359 revolution taking 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.119 place across 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:03.759 the globe. 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.220 But to 00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.119 Jesus, as he 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:07.019 looks down on 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:08.059 all our 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.519 acts of 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.819 power and 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.559 control, 00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.059 to Jesus, 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.660 it's as if 00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.200 we're playing 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.860 risk. 00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.960 It's like a 00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.580 board game 00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.019 to him. 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.500 Our 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.220 attempts to 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.620 rule are 00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:20.059 just a 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.460 game and 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:20.900 one day 00:24:20.900 --> 00:24:21.400 the board 00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.740 is going 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.299 to close 00:24:22.299 --> 00:24:23.140 over and 00:24:23.140 --> 00:24:24.180 every army 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.880 and every 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.880 nation will 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.580 be crumpled 00:24:26.580 --> 00:24:27.000 up. 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.759 We may 00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.519 ignore the 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.220 risen Jesus. 00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.140 We may 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.279 even reject 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.180 the risen 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:36.640 Jesus. 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.360 But that 00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.840 does not 00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.420 mean he 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:40.039 is not 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.539 king. 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:45.460 So what 00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.779 is our 00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:48.099 response to 00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:49.039 this awesome, 00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:50.980 mighty and 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.940 great king? 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.379 Well, God's 00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.259 rule expressed 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.839 through his 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.680 son Jesus 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.019 Christ requires 00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:59.240 our very 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.200 careful and 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.359 wise response, 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.059 verse 10. 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.379 Therefore, 00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.399 you kings, 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.220 be wise, 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.359 be warned, 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.220 you rulers 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.440 of the 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:10.880 earth. 00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.839 Because 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.640 fighting God 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.019 is a 00:25:15.019 --> 00:25:15.519 futile 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.019 exercise. 00:25:17.740 --> 00:25:18.519 So how 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:18.920 are we to 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.420 respond? 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:20.160 Verse 11. 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.220 Serve the 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.759 Lord with 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.740 fear and 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:26.440 rejoice with 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.079 trembling. 00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.640 Kiss the 00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:28.980 son, 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.519 lest he be 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.880 angry and 00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:32.319 you be 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.259 destroyed in 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:33.880 your way for 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.819 his wrath can 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:36.460 flare up in 00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.960 a moment. 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.059 You know, 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.319 in the 00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.779 days of 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.200 kings, 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.740 there were 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.339 two ways 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.640 you could 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.000 come and 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.680 approach the 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:44.920 king. 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.319 First, 00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.700 you could 00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.400 simply come 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:47.720 in and 00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.039 you would 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:49.100 make a 00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:51.700 bow at 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.860 your service, 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:53.900 your majesty. 00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:55.319 It was an 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.839 act of 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:58.079 submission to 00:25:58.079 --> 00:25:58.900 one greater 00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.539 than you. 00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.660 Second, 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:02.059 you could 00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.720 also come 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.059 in and 00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.600 not just 00:26:03.600 --> 00:26:04.140 bow, 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.579 but you 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.140 would actually 00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:07.500 kneel and 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:08.700 kiss the 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.599 feet of 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.099 the king. 00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:11.559 Oh, 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.539 great and 00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.500 mighty king. 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.119 It was an 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.660 act of 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.119 honour. 00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:18.759 So to 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.980 serve the 00:26:19.980 --> 00:26:20.380 Lord, 00:26:20.619 --> 00:26:21.279 verse 11, 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.319 and to 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:24.200 kiss the 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.559 son, 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:25.859 verse 12, 00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.680 describes how 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:28.259 we should 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.799 come to 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.279 the risen 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.019 Lord Jesus. 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.200 He deserves 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.900 nothing less 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.299 than our 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.400 full submission 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.720 of bowing 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.880 down and 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.720 our complete 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.220 honour. 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:39.480 And we 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.200 declare to 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:40.599 him, 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.660 at your 00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.440 service, 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.579 Lord Jesus, 00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.720 for you 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.440 are a 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:46.460 great and 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:46.839 mighty 00:26:46.839 --> 00:26:47.279 king. 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.319 We can 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.779 point the 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.319 finger at 00:26:53.319 --> 00:26:54.000 the rebellious 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.500 world, 00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:57.059 but I 00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.460 think we 00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.960 all know 00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.579 that we 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.619 still live 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.660 in defiance. 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:04.079 Every 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.519 sin, 00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.059 every 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.539 thought, 00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.319 every word 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.420 that we 00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.079 say out 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:09.740 of temper, 00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:12.019 every action 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.740 that is 00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.319 unloving, 00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.819 is an 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.480 attempt on 00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.079 our part 00:27:16.079 --> 00:27:16.859 to simply 00:27:16.859 --> 00:27:18.159 dethrone 00:27:18.159 --> 00:27:18.980 Jesus. 00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.579 In 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.299 defiance, 00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.000 we say, 00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.539 this is my 00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.059 life, 00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.259 and I will 00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.299 not be told 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.960 how I should 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.240 live. 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.339 love, 00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:31.500 and so we 00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.700 regularly need 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.099 to come 00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:33.599 back, 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.720 and we 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.180 need to 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.759 bow in 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.359 humility, 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:39.480 and kiss 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.059 the feet 00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.420 of the 00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.740 sun, 00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:42.640 at your 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.160 service, 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.819 Lord Jesus, 00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:46.359 for you are 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:46.839 the great 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.359 and mighty 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.759 king. 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:47.819 king. 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.779 And should 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.119 you ever 00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.119 question why? 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.000 Well, 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.500 because of 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.920 this, 00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:58.960 because this 00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.900 king died 00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.660 for you. 00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.480 This very 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.980 king, 00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:04.779 who rules 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.920 over all, 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.299 came into 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.879 this world 00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.519 for us, 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.339 and stood 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:10.900 in our 00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.460 place, 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.539 and exchanged 00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.440 places with 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.740 us, 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:16.120 and suffered 00:28:16.120 --> 00:28:17.080 God's 00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:18.539 wrath for 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.140 us. 00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.120 He is the 00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.580 one who 00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:22.519 deserves to 00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.380 be served, 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.580 but he is 00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.059 the one who 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.500 came to 00:28:26.500 --> 00:28:27.440 serve us, 00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.680 and to 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.039 give his 00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.920 life for 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.279 us. 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.180 He is the 00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.720 one who 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.840 deserves to 00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.480 be kissed, 00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:36.420 but he is 00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.400 the one who 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.240 kissed us, 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.299 and embraced 00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.799 us, 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.740 and welcomed 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.620 us into 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.420 his family, 00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.880 treating us, 00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.960 as his 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.299 own son. 00:28:48.120 --> 00:28:49.160 This king 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.840 has reached 00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.279 out, 00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.059 and has 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.860 made peace 00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:53.500 with us. 00:28:54.900 --> 00:28:56.019 Jesus is 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.740 the perfect 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.220 king, 00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.779 wise, 00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.660 good, 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.779 kind, 00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.019 the kind 00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.420 of king 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:03.900 we all 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.700 dream of, 00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.700 and so he 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.519 deserves our 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.500 full submission, 00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.080 and our 00:29:10.080 --> 00:29:10.920 complete honor. 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:13.920 to defy 00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.519 this king, 00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:16.740 well, 00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:18.759 remember, 00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.380 his wrath 00:29:19.380 --> 00:29:20.300 can flare up 00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:20.840 in a moment. 00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.440 It simply 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:23.080 means that we 00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.800 do not know 00:29:23.800 --> 00:29:24.539 the day or 00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.220 the hour when 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.980 Christ will 00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.480 return, 00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.640 and your 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.840 life will 00:29:29.840 --> 00:29:30.400 have to be 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.800 given an 00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.460 account for. 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.220 But, 00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:37.380 to rest in 00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:37.620 him, 00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.100 look at the 00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.420 end of 00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.039 verse 12, 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.960 look how 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.460 the psalm 00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.019 finishes, 00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:43.980 blessed 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.720 are all 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.220 who take 00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.879 refuge 00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:49.139 in him. 00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.319 Do not 00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:51.879 ignore the 00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.319 king's 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.740 command 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:54.279 to 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.299 continually 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:57.220 bow down 00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.940 and kiss 00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.440 the sun. 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.059 Let's pray 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.639 together. 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:15.620 let's just 00:30:15.620 --> 00:30:16.020 take a 00:30:16.020 --> 00:30:16.460 moment 00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:20.620 in 00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.140 personal 00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.860 reflection, 00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:27.420 perhaps for 00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.880 the first 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.360 time, 00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:32.579 but maybe 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.079 we come 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.740 back again 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:37.039 and in 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.639 our hearts 00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.159 and in 00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.699 our minds 00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.119 we 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:40.799 simply 00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.179 bow 00:30:41.179 --> 00:30:41.919 before the 00:30:41.919 --> 00:30:42.279 risen 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.819 king 00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.240 Jesus. 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.419 Jesus 00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:47.559 we kiss 00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.179 the feet 00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.519 of the 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:48.859 sun 00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:53.559 at your 00:30:53.559 --> 00:30:54.279 service, 00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.679 your 00:30:56.679 --> 00:30:57.240 majesty, 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.079 for you 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.839 are the 00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.379 only 00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:01.019 great and 00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.359 mighty 00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:03.039 and awesome 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.379 king. 00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:06.819 Thank you 00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.419 for serving 00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:07.879 us. 00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.240 Thank you 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.779 for dying 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.459 for us. 00:31:13.459 --> 00:31:14.319 Thank you 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.740 for giving 00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.299 your life 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.779 for us 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.219 so that 00:31:16.219 --> 00:31:16.759 we might 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:17.399 have life 00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.420 in all 00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:18.620 its 00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:18.980 fullness 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:21.700 so that 00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.080 we may 00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.800 no longer 00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.580 fear 00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:24.820 your 00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.320 wrath 00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:27.560 but 00:31:27.560 --> 00:31:28.380 enjoy 00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.860 you 00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.780 forever. 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:38.880 We 00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:39.420 thank you 00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.960 in Jesus 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.400 name. 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.880 Amen. 00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:47.700 Well our 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.200 song that 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.600 we're going 00:31:48.600 --> 00:31:48.980 to 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.600 conclude 00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:50.900 with 00:31:50.900 --> 00:31:51.660 before we 00:31:51.660 --> 00:31:52.180 gather 00:31:52.180 --> 00:31:52.880 around to 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.300 continue 00:31:53.300 --> 00:31:53.580 our 00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.000 worship 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.920 of the 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.180 Lord 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.580 around 00:31:55.580 --> 00:31:56.140 his 00:31:56.140 --> 00:31:56.660 table 00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.040 around 00:31:57.040 --> 00:31:57.240 the 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:57.620 Lord's 00:31:57.620 --> 00:31:57.880 supper. 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.580 Could you 00:32:00.580 --> 00:32:01.140 flick on to 00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:01.720 the chorus 00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.220 there for 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.320 me?