WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.399 My name's Steve, I haven't met you before. 00:00:02.800 --> 00:00:05.540 Senior pastor here is St Paul's, and if you've just joined in, 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:10.320 we are now partway through a series looking at the Bible, 00:00:11.099 --> 00:00:13.900 and with the hope that we would grow in confidence 00:00:13.900 --> 00:00:16.620 that what we have in front of us is God's Word, 00:00:16.699 --> 00:00:19.100 because we want confidence not just so much in God's Word, 00:00:19.179 --> 00:00:21.780 but we certainly want confidence in the God of His Word. 00:00:22.320 --> 00:00:25.900 So we've looked at God's Word as truth in its entirety, 00:00:25.900 --> 00:00:28.440 we've looked at why we should be able to take it seriously, 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:33.480 historically, and now we just started last week 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:35.740 in looking at some of the attributes of the Bible, 00:00:36.380 --> 00:00:39.980 such as God's Word is enough, the sufficiency of Scripture, 00:00:40.140 --> 00:00:43.840 and today we're looking at the necessity of the Bible. 00:00:44.820 --> 00:00:49.280 So keep your books, Bibles open, sorry, at Psalm 19. 00:00:50.620 --> 00:00:54.120 In his book, Reflections on the Psalm, C.S. Lewis declares 00:00:54.120 --> 00:00:58.219 that Psalm 19 is the greatest poem in the Psalter. 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:01.879 And one of the greatest lyrics in the world. 00:01:02.619 --> 00:01:04.620 And so that puts a little bit of pressure on me this morning. 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:06.560 Thank you for that, C.S. 00:01:07.179 --> 00:01:11.099 But Psalm, I would agree, Psalm 19 is a phenomenal psalm. 00:01:11.599 --> 00:01:16.120 It's all about how God communicates to us. 00:01:17.219 --> 00:01:21.000 And this psalm breaks up beautifully, for my sake, into three parts. 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:24.540 It tells us about the silent Word of God, 00:01:24.859 --> 00:01:27.299 the perfect and powerful Word of God, 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:30.819 and finally, the necessity of the Word of God. 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:33.799 That's the three steps we're taking this morning. 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:38.379 So the first six verses in the silent Word of God 00:01:38.379 --> 00:01:40.060 are all about communication. 00:01:40.060 --> 00:01:44.820 They refer to declaring, proclaiming, speech, 00:01:44.960 --> 00:01:47.600 revealing knowledge about God and His glory. 00:01:48.579 --> 00:01:53.460 This speech is coming from the natural world. 00:01:54.040 --> 00:01:56.460 It's from the heavens, the moon, the stars, 00:01:56.659 --> 00:01:59.340 the oceans, the mountains, the valleys, that sort of thing. 00:01:59.340 --> 00:02:03.060 The paradox of this speech in verse 3, 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:04.480 which says, 00:02:05.480 --> 00:02:07.620 they have no speech, 00:02:08.140 --> 00:02:10.199 they use no words, 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:13.980 no sound is heard from them. 00:02:14.699 --> 00:02:16.520 And yet, verse 4, 00:02:17.819 --> 00:02:21.060 their voice goes out into all the earth, 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:23.819 the words to the ends of the world. 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:27.620 That's the paradox in verses 3 and 4. 00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:29.960 There is no sound, 00:02:31.379 --> 00:02:34.360 and yet there isn't a place in all creation 00:02:34.360 --> 00:02:39.080 where the knowledge of God isn't loudly heard, 00:02:40.259 --> 00:02:42.400 clearly heard. 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:48.219 This paradox is simply a poetic way 00:02:48.219 --> 00:02:51.319 of describing non-verbal communication. 00:02:52.659 --> 00:02:57.280 There is such a thing as speechless speech. 00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:00.360 As wordless words. 00:03:01.640 --> 00:03:05.700 That is, we can communicate through gestures, 00:03:05.980 --> 00:03:09.080 we can communicate through facial expressions. 00:03:09.080 --> 00:03:12.940 The natural world, 00:03:12.940 --> 00:03:13.800 is what it's saying here, 00:03:13.880 --> 00:03:15.380 is sending us 00:03:15.380 --> 00:03:19.380 non-verbal information about God. 00:03:21.340 --> 00:03:23.140 Psalm 19 is an answer 00:03:23.140 --> 00:03:25.220 to a whole set of questions, 00:03:25.460 --> 00:03:26.180 if you like. 00:03:27.320 --> 00:03:28.160 Questions like, 00:03:28.320 --> 00:03:30.300 why is it when we gaze at the ocean, 00:03:31.140 --> 00:03:32.860 or see a sunset, 00:03:33.100 --> 00:03:34.500 or an eagle soaring, 00:03:34.500 --> 00:03:36.460 or stand before a mountain peak 00:03:36.460 --> 00:03:38.539 that's capped with snow, 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:42.879 or stand on the precipice of a huge gorge, 00:03:43.020 --> 00:03:44.879 or lay on our back in the darkness 00:03:44.879 --> 00:03:45.819 out in the country, 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:47.280 can't do this in Chatswood, 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:48.560 and you look up 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.860 and you see the galaxies before you, 00:03:50.860 --> 00:03:53.700 why do these things 00:03:53.700 --> 00:03:55.340 captivate us? 00:03:57.920 --> 00:03:58.960 Move us. 00:03:59.940 --> 00:04:01.420 Fill us with a sense of 00:04:01.420 --> 00:04:02.780 joy, 00:04:03.020 --> 00:04:03.720 or wonder, 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:05.020 or grandeur, 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:05.660 or 00:04:05.660 --> 00:04:08.100 the wow factor. 00:04:09.160 --> 00:04:10.380 Why does it do that? 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:13.240 The answer of the Bible 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:16.000 is nature affects us 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:16.400 like 00:04:16.400 --> 00:04:18.019 great art, 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:18.840 or a 00:04:18.840 --> 00:04:20.800 blockbuster movie, 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:23.720 or a great piece of architecture, 00:04:23.900 --> 00:04:25.300 or well-written music, 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:27.900 because that is what 00:04:27.900 --> 00:04:29.740 the created order is. 00:04:30.579 --> 00:04:31.939 It's a masterpiece. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:34.900 It's a masterpiece. 00:04:36.019 --> 00:04:38.460 It is the work of God's hands. 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:40.360 Everything in nature 00:04:40.360 --> 00:04:41.920 is declaring to us 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:44.420 that we are not an accident, 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:46.960 that we are a product 00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:49.160 of an artistic vision. 00:04:51.580 --> 00:04:53.620 We're the product of design. 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:56.240 We're the product of passion, 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:58.160 of imagination, 00:04:58.800 --> 00:04:59.620 of purpose, 00:04:59.819 --> 00:05:00.879 of intentionality, 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:03.120 of the greatest artist 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:04.420 and designer 00:05:04.420 --> 00:05:05.480 that this world 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:06.460 has ever 00:05:06.460 --> 00:05:07.660 or will ever know. 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:11.439 And even if 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:12.219 our life 00:05:12.219 --> 00:05:13.360 is a entire 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.180 mess, 00:05:14.980 --> 00:05:16.560 or even if 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:17.680 we don't believe 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:18.379 in God 00:05:18.379 --> 00:05:19.199 at all, 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:23.600 you still can't help 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:24.459 to be captivated 00:05:24.459 --> 00:05:25.439 by the natural world. 00:05:29.779 --> 00:05:30.600 No matter 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:31.860 our belief system, 00:05:31.980 --> 00:05:33.339 we can't stop 00:05:33.339 --> 00:05:34.139 the natural 00:05:34.139 --> 00:05:34.560 order 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:35.939 speaking to us. 00:05:35.939 --> 00:05:39.459 we are not an accident. 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:42.819 Verse 4 tells us 00:05:42.819 --> 00:05:43.879 that at some level 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:46.579 everyone is hearing 00:05:46.579 --> 00:05:47.519 this message 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:48.420 in the world. 00:05:49.699 --> 00:05:50.959 As John Calvin 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:51.459 puts it 00:05:51.459 --> 00:05:52.279 in his commentary 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:53.220 on the Psalms, 00:05:53.220 --> 00:05:54.439 there is certainly 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:55.019 nothing 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:56.279 so obscure 00:05:56.279 --> 00:05:57.600 or contemptible 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:58.899 even in the 00:05:58.899 --> 00:05:59.620 smallest 00:05:59.620 --> 00:06:00.279 corners 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:01.259 of the earth 00:06:01.259 --> 00:06:02.199 in which 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.079 some marks 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:03.839 of the power 00:06:03.839 --> 00:06:04.599 and the wisdom 00:06:04.599 --> 00:06:05.159 of God 00:06:05.159 --> 00:06:06.719 may not be seen. 00:06:07.619 --> 00:06:08.539 There is no 00:06:08.539 --> 00:06:09.239 language 00:06:09.239 --> 00:06:10.519 nor speech 00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:11.879 where their voice 00:06:11.879 --> 00:06:12.759 is not heard. 00:06:17.379 --> 00:06:17.979 Frankly, 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:18.919 I don't know 00:06:18.919 --> 00:06:19.579 of another 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:20.959 view of reality 00:06:20.959 --> 00:06:22.719 that gives 00:06:22.719 --> 00:06:23.259 us 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:24.659 a higher view 00:06:24.659 --> 00:06:25.620 of the natural 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:26.219 world 00:06:26.219 --> 00:06:27.179 than Christianity. 00:06:28.859 --> 00:06:29.939 Eastern religions 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:31.039 and philosophies 00:06:31.039 --> 00:06:31.899 basically see 00:06:31.899 --> 00:06:32.699 the natural world 00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:33.360 as an illusion. 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:34.979 The Western 00:06:34.979 --> 00:06:35.839 secular world 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:36.599 sees the natural 00:06:36.599 --> 00:06:37.019 world 00:06:37.019 --> 00:06:37.839 as a random 00:06:37.839 --> 00:06:38.399 accident. 00:06:41.579 --> 00:06:42.399 What other 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:43.259 view of reality 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:44.620 gives us 00:06:44.620 --> 00:06:46.459 more reverence 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:48.139 for the world 00:06:48.139 --> 00:06:49.319 and for others 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:50.399 than biblical 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:51.039 Christianity? 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:54.419 Now, 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:54.779 as good 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:55.079 as all 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:56.000 this is, 00:06:57.480 --> 00:06:58.399 Psalm 19 00:06:58.399 --> 00:06:59.839 cannot end 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:00.819 at verse 6. 00:07:02.699 --> 00:07:03.579 nature 00:07:03.579 --> 00:07:04.199 by itself 00:07:04.199 --> 00:07:04.519 is not 00:07:04.519 --> 00:07:05.019 enough. 00:07:06.159 --> 00:07:06.420 Nature 00:07:06.420 --> 00:07:07.139 doesn't tell 00:07:07.139 --> 00:07:07.800 us enough 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:08.399 about God. 00:07:08.479 --> 00:07:08.759 It doesn't 00:07:08.759 --> 00:07:09.159 give us 00:07:09.159 --> 00:07:10.680 everything we 00:07:10.680 --> 00:07:11.199 need to 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:11.620 know. 00:07:12.599 --> 00:07:13.599 As great 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:14.560 as nature 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:15.439 is in 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:15.899 terms of 00:07:15.899 --> 00:07:16.439 revealing 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:17.959 a divine 00:07:17.959 --> 00:07:18.560 designer, 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:19.719 that 00:07:19.719 --> 00:07:21.860 information, 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:22.819 that revelation, 00:07:23.039 --> 00:07:23.519 if you like, 00:07:23.579 --> 00:07:24.360 is mixed. 00:07:24.779 --> 00:07:25.519 It is unclear 00:07:25.519 --> 00:07:27.480 and non-verbal 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:27.959 communication 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:28.980 is always 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:29.740 like that. 00:07:29.740 --> 00:07:30.920 You cannot 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:31.600 communicate 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:32.439 specifics 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:33.680 non-verbally. 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:35.019 You cannot 00:07:35.019 --> 00:07:35.439 say, 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:36.100 I'll meet you 00:07:36.100 --> 00:07:36.420 at dinner 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:37.259 at 6 o'clock 00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:37.900 tonight down 00:07:37.900 --> 00:07:38.439 at the Bavarian 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:39.139 Beer Cafe 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:40.840 in Chatswood 00:07:40.840 --> 00:07:41.379 and it's on 00:07:41.379 --> 00:07:42.000 this street. 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:42.819 You can't 00:07:42.819 --> 00:07:43.220 communicate 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:44.240 that non-verbally. 00:07:45.819 --> 00:07:46.699 You need 00:07:46.699 --> 00:07:47.259 specifics. 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:47.939 You need 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:48.500 words. 00:07:50.759 --> 00:07:51.400 Non-verbal 00:07:51.400 --> 00:07:51.840 communication 00:07:51.840 --> 00:07:53.060 is always 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:53.660 mixed. 00:07:56.340 --> 00:07:57.220 Falling to 00:07:57.220 --> 00:07:58.000 sleep during 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:58.259 the middle 00:07:58.259 --> 00:07:58.860 of a sermon 00:07:58.860 --> 00:07:59.959 is a form 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:00.480 of non-verbal 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:01.079 communication. 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:02.660 But it's 00:08:02.660 --> 00:08:02.879 mixed 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:03.560 communication. 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:05.920 You may 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:06.660 be entirely 00:08:06.660 --> 00:08:08.439 bored or 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:09.339 you may 00:08:09.339 --> 00:08:09.699 have sleep 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:10.040 apnea. 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:14.339 It's still 00:08:14.339 --> 00:08:14.819 non-verbal 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:15.120 even if 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:15.220 you're 00:08:15.220 --> 00:08:15.480 snoring, 00:08:15.600 --> 00:08:15.740 by the 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:15.939 way. 00:08:19.540 --> 00:08:20.040 It's a 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:20.379 result of 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:21.000 many things. 00:08:23.939 --> 00:08:24.879 So does 00:08:24.879 --> 00:08:26.100 nature really 00:08:26.100 --> 00:08:26.819 point to a 00:08:26.819 --> 00:08:27.459 designer and 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:27.939 a creative 00:08:27.939 --> 00:08:28.319 God? 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:28.819 Yes. 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:29.579 But there 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:29.980 are mixed 00:08:29.980 --> 00:08:31.879 messages because 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:32.759 in this same 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:33.820 created order we 00:08:33.820 --> 00:08:34.379 have natural 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:35.039 disasters. 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:36.700 We have all 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:37.000 sorts of 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:37.539 disease and 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:37.940 decay. 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:39.159 And Romans 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:40.320 1 tells us 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:41.379 it is so 00:08:41.379 --> 00:08:42.200 easy to 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:43.080 misinterpret 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:44.500 and repress 00:08:44.500 --> 00:08:45.820 what nature 00:08:45.820 --> 00:08:46.419 is telling 00:08:46.419 --> 00:08:46.840 us. 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:48.299 We need 00:08:48.299 --> 00:08:49.179 something more 00:08:49.179 --> 00:08:50.120 than God's 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:51.419 silent word. 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:52.919 We need 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:53.720 his perfect 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:54.340 and powerful 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:54.740 word. 00:08:54.740 --> 00:08:54.860 God. 00:08:54.860 --> 00:08:56.460 The doctrine 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:57.080 of the 00:08:57.080 --> 00:08:57.860 necessity of 00:08:57.860 --> 00:08:58.379 scripture 00:08:58.379 --> 00:09:00.639 reminds us 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:01.360 of our 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:01.960 predicament. 00:09:03.379 --> 00:09:04.279 The God 00:09:04.279 --> 00:09:05.600 who we 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:06.200 need to 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:07.039 know the 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:08.519 most cannot 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:09.259 be discovered 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:10.060 on our 00:09:10.060 --> 00:09:10.539 own. 00:09:11.700 --> 00:09:12.299 It also 00:09:12.299 --> 00:09:13.080 assures us 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:13.440 that the 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:14.080 solution to 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:14.840 our predicament 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:15.879 is in fact 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:16.580 to create a 00:09:16.580 --> 00:09:17.759 God who 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:18.299 has made 00:09:18.299 --> 00:09:18.899 himself known 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:19.360 through his 00:09:19.360 --> 00:09:19.779 word. 00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:21.039 So as 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:21.240 the 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:21.699 Westminster 00:09:21.699 --> 00:09:22.240 Confession 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:22.620 of Faith 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:23.139 puts it, 00:09:23.459 --> 00:09:23.819 although the 00:09:23.819 --> 00:09:24.360 light of 00:09:24.360 --> 00:09:25.139 nature and 00:09:25.139 --> 00:09:25.579 the works 00:09:25.579 --> 00:09:26.299 of creation 00:09:26.299 --> 00:09:27.179 and providence 00:09:27.179 --> 00:09:28.539 do so far 00:09:28.539 --> 00:09:29.439 manifest the 00:09:29.439 --> 00:09:29.699 goodness, 00:09:29.959 --> 00:09:30.339 wisdom and 00:09:30.339 --> 00:09:30.819 power of 00:09:30.819 --> 00:09:31.419 God as 00:09:31.419 --> 00:09:32.059 to leave 00:09:32.059 --> 00:09:33.079 humanity 00:09:33.079 --> 00:09:34.459 inexcusable, 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:36.939 yet are 00:09:36.939 --> 00:09:37.419 they not 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:38.220 sufficient to 00:09:38.220 --> 00:09:38.659 give that 00:09:38.659 --> 00:09:39.159 knowledge of 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:39.759 God and 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00:10:03.159 and we 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:03.480 see 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:04.120 ourselves. 00:10:05.460 --> 00:10:05.800 That's 00:10:05.800 --> 00:10:06.259 Institutes 00:10:06.259 --> 00:10:06.680 Book 1 00:10:06.680 --> 00:10:08.100 chapter 6 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:08.940 in case you 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:09.200 want to 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:09.740 look that 00:10:09.740 --> 00:10:10.120 one up. 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:12.580 We cannot 00:10:12.580 --> 00:10:14.060 truly know 00:10:14.060 --> 00:10:14.500 God, 00:10:15.279 --> 00:10:16.039 his will 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:16.779 or the 00:10:16.779 --> 00:10:17.159 way of 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:17.659 salvation 00:10:17.659 --> 00:10:18.340 apart from 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:18.780 the Bible 00:10:18.780 --> 00:10:19.160 and we 00:10:19.160 --> 00:10:19.759 see this 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:21.300 in Psalm 00:10:21.300 --> 00:10:21.980 19. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:22.600 In verses 00:10:22.600 --> 00:10:23.100 7 to 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:23.580 12, 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:25.580 King David, 00:10:25.660 --> 00:10:25.980 the author 00:10:25.980 --> 00:10:26.340 of this 00:10:26.340 --> 00:10:26.759 psalm, 00:10:27.280 --> 00:10:28.160 introduces 00:10:28.160 --> 00:10:28.840 us to 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:29.480 the perfect 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:29.920 word. 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:31.399 This is 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:31.899 the perfect 00:10:31.899 --> 00:10:32.460 necessary 00:10:32.460 --> 00:10:33.000 word of 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:33.320 God. 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:34.080 The 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:34.480 perfect 00:10:34.480 --> 00:10:35.100 necessary 00:10:35.100 --> 00:10:35.720 particular 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:36.360 specific 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.080 communication 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:37.720 to God, 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:38.879 from God 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:40.220 to humanity 00:10:40.220 --> 00:10:40.920 comes to 00:10:40.920 --> 00:10:41.660 us through 00:10:41.660 --> 00:10:42.320 the 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:42.720 scriptures, 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:43.120 the 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:43.440 Christian 00:10:43.440 --> 00:10:43.860 Bible. 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:45.019 Notice 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:45.540 again the 00:10:45.540 --> 00:10:46.379 emphasis in 00:10:46.379 --> 00:10:46.900 these verses 00:10:46.899 --> 00:10:47.860 on words, 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:48.679 laws, 00:10:48.899 --> 00:10:49.360 statutes, 00:10:49.500 --> 00:10:50.000 precepts, 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:50.379 commands, 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:50.919 decrees, 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:51.819 they are all 00:10:51.819 --> 00:10:52.939 different ways 00:10:52.939 --> 00:10:54.000 to express 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.159 the same 00:10:55.159 --> 00:10:56.539 reality and 00:10:56.539 --> 00:10:57.299 that is 00:10:57.299 --> 00:10:58.519 the entire 00:10:58.519 --> 00:10:58.919 word of 00:10:58.919 --> 00:10:59.279 God, 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:00.779 the scriptures. 00:11:02.340 --> 00:11:03.039 They're not 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:03.980 referring to 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:04.879 different parts 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:05.539 of the Bible, 00:11:06.079 --> 00:11:06.740 they are all 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.519 different ways 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:08.379 of referring to 00:11:08.379 --> 00:11:09.220 the Bible. 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:09.320 people. 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:12.200 And these 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:13.000 verses tell us 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:13.740 two things 00:11:13.740 --> 00:11:14.220 about the 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:14.540 Bible. 00:11:15.040 --> 00:11:15.360 Firstly, 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:16.480 the perfection 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:17.420 of the 00:11:17.420 --> 00:11:17.720 Bible. 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:19.000 See the 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:19.379 words that 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:19.759 are used 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.200 to describe 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:20.620 the Bible 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:20.960 in the 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:21.759 perfect, 00:11:22.440 --> 00:11:22.840 trustworthy, 00:11:23.560 --> 00:11:23.879 right, 00:11:24.420 --> 00:11:24.920 radiant, 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:25.840 firm, 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:26.740 precious, 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:27.840 sweet. 00:11:28.660 --> 00:11:29.240 They are 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:30.200 very good 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:30.920 and they 00:11:30.920 --> 00:11:31.360 are very 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:32.500 strong words. 00:11:33.680 --> 00:11:33.960 Take, 00:11:34.100 --> 00:11:34.360 for instance, 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:34.840 the word 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:35.680 right in 00:11:35.680 --> 00:11:36.040 verse 00:11:36.040 --> 00:11:36.639 eight. 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:37.840 It's a 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:38.100 really 00:11:38.100 --> 00:11:38.539 important 00:11:38.539 --> 00:11:39.080 word because 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:39.679 it literally 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:40.220 means the 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:41.039 straight edge. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:44.059 It's a 00:11:44.059 --> 00:11:44.720 straight edge 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.220 by which 00:11:45.220 --> 00:11:46.319 all other 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:46.919 things are 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:47.220 measured. 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:47.740 God's 00:11:47.740 --> 00:11:48.419 word is the 00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:49.059 straight edge 00:11:49.059 --> 00:11:49.460 by which 00:11:49.460 --> 00:11:49.980 all other 00:11:49.980 --> 00:11:51.179 words are 00:11:51.179 --> 00:11:51.519 measured. 00:11:53.179 --> 00:11:53.759 We cannot 00:11:53.759 --> 00:11:54.439 determine 00:11:54.439 --> 00:11:55.179 whether 00:11:55.179 --> 00:11:56.059 scripture is 00:11:56.059 --> 00:11:56.779 true or 00:11:56.779 --> 00:11:57.439 right by 00:11:57.439 --> 00:11:58.179 any other 00:11:58.179 --> 00:11:58.740 standard. 00:11:59.919 --> 00:12:00.740 All other 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:02.080 standards are 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:03.159 judged by 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:03.720 the scriptures 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.340 themselves. 00:12:05.379 --> 00:12:05.939 Take also 00:12:05.939 --> 00:12:06.620 verse nine. 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:07.439 where it 00:12:07.439 --> 00:12:07.779 says the 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:08.819 decrees of 00:12:08.819 --> 00:12:09.240 the Lord 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:10.100 are firm 00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:11.279 and all 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:11.559 of them 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:12.039 are righteous. 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:12.419 The word 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:13.039 firm there 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:13.899 means sure 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:14.720 and certain, 00:12:14.980 --> 00:12:15.360 bedrock, 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:16.019 foundational. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:17.699 This verse 00:12:17.699 --> 00:12:18.100 is saying 00:12:18.100 --> 00:12:18.960 that every 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:20.100 single 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.259 part of 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:21.819 scripture 00:12:21.819 --> 00:12:23.480 is equally 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:24.100 sure, 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:24.899 equally 00:12:24.899 --> 00:12:25.519 certain, 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:26.340 equally 00:12:26.340 --> 00:12:26.919 trustworthy, 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:27.759 equally 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:28.299 right, 00:12:28.580 --> 00:12:28.879 equally 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:29.480 perfect. 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:30.080 All of 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:30.240 it. 00:12:33.439 --> 00:12:33.659 The 00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:34.340 perfectionist 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:34.700 scripture 00:12:34.700 --> 00:12:36.460 scripture is 00:12:36.460 --> 00:12:37.180 stated in 00:12:37.180 --> 00:12:37.560 the most 00:12:37.560 --> 00:12:38.280 remarkable 00:12:38.280 --> 00:12:39.500 way in 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:41.080 this psalm. 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:42.200 But the 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:42.560 second thing 00:12:42.560 --> 00:12:42.960 we notice 00:12:42.960 --> 00:12:43.360 is the 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.120 power of 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:44.580 the Bible 00:12:44.580 --> 00:12:45.860 in these 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:46.759 verses. 00:12:47.340 --> 00:12:47.900 I get this 00:12:47.900 --> 00:12:48.280 from the 00:12:48.280 --> 00:12:49.560 second line 00:12:49.560 --> 00:12:50.120 of each 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:50.480 of the 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:50.800 poetic 00:12:50.800 --> 00:12:51.320 statements. 00:12:52.420 --> 00:12:52.800 So for 00:12:52.800 --> 00:12:53.000 instance, 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:53.500 verse seven, 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:53.980 the Bible 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:54.379 has the 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:54.980 power to 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:56.220 refresh the 00:12:56.220 --> 00:12:56.700 soul. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:59.000 I'm just 00:12:59.000 --> 00:12:59.300 going to pick 00:12:59.300 --> 00:12:59.860 up three of 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:00.020 them. 00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:01.259 has the 00:13:01.259 --> 00:13:01.620 power to 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:02.199 refresh the 00:13:02.199 --> 00:13:02.460 soul. 00:13:02.659 --> 00:13:03.039 The word 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:03.519 soul there 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:03.840 in verse 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.279 seven, 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:05.240 the original 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:05.779 word is 00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:06.100 the word 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:06.579 psych. 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.299 The best 00:13:08.299 --> 00:13:08.639 way to 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:09.220 translate 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:10.960 this is 00:13:10.960 --> 00:13:11.340 that the 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:12.299 Bible has 00:13:12.299 --> 00:13:13.059 the power 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:14.220 to show 00:13:14.220 --> 00:13:14.960 you who 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:16.000 you are, 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:17.620 who you 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.799 really are. 00:13:20.699 --> 00:13:21.379 It has the 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:22.299 power to 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:24.819 restore who 00:13:24.819 --> 00:13:25.639 you are, 00:13:26.620 --> 00:13:27.659 to restore 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:28.319 your true 00:13:28.319 --> 00:13:28.939 identity. 00:13:30.019 --> 00:13:31.419 Of course, 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:32.220 this means 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:33.460 that there 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:33.860 is something 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:34.279 desperately 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:35.000 wrong with 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:35.159 our 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:35.639 identities. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:37.939 We are 00:13:37.939 --> 00:13:38.500 out of 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:40.059 touch with 00:13:40.059 --> 00:13:40.559 who we 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:41.100 are, 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:43.379 who we 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:44.139 really are. 00:13:44.319 --> 00:13:44.600 It's an 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:44.939 amazing 00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:45.480 claim. 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.519 It's saying 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:48.159 only the 00:13:48.159 --> 00:13:49.199 Bible can 00:13:49.199 --> 00:13:49.960 do that 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:50.720 because when 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:51.600 David writes 00:13:51.600 --> 00:13:51.980 in verse 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:52.319 seven, 00:13:52.419 --> 00:13:52.779 the law 00:13:52.779 --> 00:13:53.000 of the 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:53.340 Lord is 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:53.720 perfect, 00:13:53.819 --> 00:13:54.100 refreshing 00:13:54.100 --> 00:13:54.759 the soul, 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:56.480 he is in 00:13:56.480 --> 00:13:57.240 this moment 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:58.559 contrasting the 00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:59.179 scriptures 00:13:59.179 --> 00:13:59.419 scriptures 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:00.659 with 00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.179 nature. 00:14:05.179 --> 00:14:05.699 The 00:14:05.699 --> 00:14:06.379 Bible and 00:14:06.379 --> 00:14:06.819 the Bible 00:14:06.819 --> 00:14:07.559 alone can 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:08.319 show you 00:14:08.319 --> 00:14:09.579 and make 00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:10.319 you who 00:14:10.319 --> 00:14:10.819 you are 00:14:10.819 --> 00:14:11.159 meant to 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.439 be. 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.459 Nature 00:14:12.459 --> 00:14:13.059 cannot do 00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.419 that in 00:14:13.419 --> 00:14:13.939 itself. 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:17.639 Even 00:14:17.639 --> 00:14:18.159 though when 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:18.620 we're all 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:18.979 out of 00:14:18.979 --> 00:14:19.419 sorts, 00:14:20.959 --> 00:14:21.620 nature is 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.159 often the 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:22.659 first place 00:14:22.659 --> 00:14:23.199 we escape 00:14:23.199 --> 00:14:23.479 to. 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:28.539 please do 00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:28.779 that. 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:28.960 I mean, 00:14:28.980 --> 00:14:29.120 it's a 00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.420 great thing 00:14:29.420 --> 00:14:29.860 to do, 00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.259 but take 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.580 your Bible 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:31.940 with you. 00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.300 The 00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:37.080 Bible shows 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:37.639 us just 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.240 how much 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:38.620 we are 00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.000 broken, 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:39.960 how sinful 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:40.320 we are, 00:14:40.379 --> 00:14:41.220 how flawed, 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:43.159 even more 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:43.539 flawed than 00:14:43.539 --> 00:14:43.980 we're prepared 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.519 to acknowledge, 00:14:44.680 --> 00:14:45.300 but also at 00:14:45.300 --> 00:14:45.680 the same 00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:46.159 time, 00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:47.340 how valued 00:14:47.340 --> 00:14:48.100 and affirmed 00:14:48.100 --> 00:14:48.680 and forgiven 00:14:48.680 --> 00:14:49.379 and accepted 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:49.879 and loved 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:50.320 we are, 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:50.940 more than 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:51.440 we'd ever 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:52.340 possibly imagine 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:52.860 or dream. 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:55.300 We are 00:14:55.300 --> 00:14:56.580 far worse 00:14:56.580 --> 00:14:57.600 and far 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.000 better than 00:14:59.000 --> 00:14:59.519 we ever 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.019 imagined, 00:15:00.100 --> 00:15:00.340 and the 00:15:00.340 --> 00:15:01.000 Bible shows 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:01.300 us who 00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:01.780 we truly 00:15:01.780 --> 00:15:02.259 are. 00:15:04.980 --> 00:15:05.460 The 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:06.019 Bible has 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.620 the power 00:15:06.620 --> 00:15:07.320 to refresh 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:07.960 the soul, 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.180 but it 00:15:10.180 --> 00:15:10.700 also has 00:15:10.700 --> 00:15:11.000 the power, 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.480 verse 7 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:11.840 again, 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:12.899 to make 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:13.500 wise the 00:15:13.500 --> 00:15:13.820 simple. 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:14.680 It has 00:15:14.680 --> 00:15:15.259 the power 00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:15.720 to make 00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.660 us wise 00:15:16.660 --> 00:15:17.519 so that 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:17.800 we are 00:15:17.800 --> 00:15:18.280 able to 00:15:18.280 --> 00:15:19.160 navigate 00:15:19.160 --> 00:15:19.920 God's 00:15:19.920 --> 00:15:20.820 world 00:15:20.820 --> 00:15:21.560 well. 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:22.739 One of 00:15:22.739 --> 00:15:23.319 my favourite 00:15:23.319 --> 00:15:24.239 quotes from 00:15:24.239 --> 00:15:24.679 American 00:15:24.679 --> 00:15:25.379 humorist and 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:25.919 author Mark 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:26.219 Twain, 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:26.599 in fact it's 00:15:26.599 --> 00:15:26.899 probably the 00:15:26.899 --> 00:15:27.359 only quote 00:15:27.359 --> 00:15:28.139 really, 00:15:28.859 --> 00:15:29.239 I should have 00:15:29.239 --> 00:15:29.879 clarified that, 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:30.639 the only one 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:30.959 that I can 00:15:30.959 --> 00:15:31.339 remember, 00:15:32.199 --> 00:15:32.639 and it's 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.059 therefore my 00:15:33.059 --> 00:15:33.639 favourite one, 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.459 is the one 00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:35.079 where he says 00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:35.659 he's reflecting 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.379 on his life, 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.379 later in life 00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:37.939 reflects on his 00:15:37.939 --> 00:15:38.399 life and he 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:38.839 made this 00:15:38.839 --> 00:15:39.739 claim, 00:15:39.859 --> 00:15:40.139 he said, 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:40.939 when I was 00:15:40.939 --> 00:15:41.579 16, 00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:43.259 he said, 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.119 I could not 00:15:44.119 --> 00:15:45.099 believe how 00:15:45.099 --> 00:15:46.219 ignorant my 00:15:46.219 --> 00:15:47.099 father was 00:15:47.099 --> 00:15:48.159 about the 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.699 ways of the 00:15:48.699 --> 00:15:49.000 world. 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:51.120 he said, 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.399 when I 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.399 turned 25, 00:15:52.899 --> 00:15:53.340 I was 00:15:53.340 --> 00:15:54.419 astounded by 00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:54.899 how much 00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:55.360 he'd grown 00:15:55.360 --> 00:15:55.679 up. 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:01.759 Every 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.500 growing, 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:03.500 developing, 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:04.480 maturing 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:05.399 person I 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:06.500 know is 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.080 able to 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:07.659 look back 00:16:07.659 --> 00:16:08.080 on their 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:08.919 life 15 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:09.679 years ago 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.779 and see 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.419 how foolish 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:11.899 they were 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:12.399 back then. 00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.340 Now it's 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:15.919 pretty obvious 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:16.360 when you 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:16.860 compare your 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.500 10-year-old 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:17.940 self with 00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:18.940 your 25-year-old 00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:19.360 self. 00:16:20.080 --> 00:16:20.600 You look 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:21.120 back on your 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:21.640 10-year-old 00:16:21.640 --> 00:16:22.020 self and 00:16:22.020 --> 00:16:22.240 you go, 00:16:22.420 --> 00:16:23.380 I knew 00:16:23.380 --> 00:16:23.760 nothing. 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:24.800 But it's 00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:25.440 also true 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:25.760 when you 00:16:25.760 --> 00:16:26.220 compare your 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:27.060 25-year-old 00:16:27.060 --> 00:16:27.420 self with 00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.200 your 40-year-old 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:28.620 self. 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:30.740 Or in 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.200 my case, 00:16:31.280 --> 00:16:32.200 my 55-year-old 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:32.400 self, 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:33.100 my 40-year-old 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:33.280 self, 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.500 and you 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:33.860 realise, 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:34.540 I didn't 00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:35.040 know my 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.620 heart as 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.060 well then 00:16:36.060 --> 00:16:36.480 as I do 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:36.840 now. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:39.980 I can 00:16:39.980 --> 00:16:40.600 think back 00:16:40.600 --> 00:16:41.220 of things 00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:41.880 in that 00:16:41.880 --> 00:16:42.520 time and 00:16:42.520 --> 00:16:43.300 I view 00:16:43.300 --> 00:16:44.040 them differently. 00:16:44.220 --> 00:16:44.360 My 00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:44.940 perspective 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.520 has changed. 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.200 My heart 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:46.460 and my 00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.220 emotions have 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:47.600 shifted. 00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.560 In that 00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:48.960 time. 00:16:50.760 --> 00:16:51.740 How much 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.260 has changed 00:16:52.260 --> 00:16:52.800 in 15 00:16:52.800 --> 00:16:53.120 years? 00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:53.500 I was 00:16:53.500 --> 00:16:54.140 simple then. 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:54.760 I'm wiser 00:16:54.760 --> 00:16:55.540 on those 00:16:55.540 --> 00:16:56.240 things now. 00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.080 Of course, 00:16:58.160 --> 00:16:58.660 you realise 00:16:58.660 --> 00:16:59.420 the implications 00:16:59.420 --> 00:16:59.880 of this, 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.280 don't you? 00:17:00.280 --> 00:17:00.400 So, 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:04.420 our current 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:05.220 selves are 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.420 going to 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.200 look simple 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:06.839 and foolish 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:07.220 to our 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:07.819 15 years 00:17:07.819 --> 00:17:08.220 from now 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.619 selves, 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:10.579 which means 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:10.940 you're 00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:11.639 foolish now. 00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.700 It means 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:14.940 you're 00:17:14.940 --> 00:17:15.740 simple now. 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:17.960 Well, 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.400 me too. 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:18.839 I mean, 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.339 I'm throwing 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:19.740 myself in 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.000 that one 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.259 as well. 00:17:20.379 --> 00:17:20.859 It's not 00:17:20.859 --> 00:17:21.519 an accusation. 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:22.019 I'm throwing 00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.500 myself in 00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:22.740 that one 00:17:22.740 --> 00:17:23.099 as well. 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:25.039 So, 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:25.339 what do we 00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:25.859 do with 00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.099 that, 00:17:26.199 --> 00:17:26.480 with the 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:26.980 acknowledgement 00:17:26.980 --> 00:17:27.459 that God's 00:17:27.459 --> 00:17:27.819 word is 00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.299 telling me 00:17:28.299 --> 00:17:28.659 that I'm 00:17:28.659 --> 00:17:29.279 simple and 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:29.899 foolish now? 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.619 Verse 11, 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.419 by them, 00:17:31.519 --> 00:17:32.199 talking about 00:17:32.199 --> 00:17:33.339 his word, 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:34.419 your servant 00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:35.559 is warned 00:17:35.559 --> 00:17:37.159 in keeping 00:17:37.159 --> 00:17:37.439 them, 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:37.799 there is 00:17:37.799 --> 00:17:38.879 great reward. 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:40.040 The Bible 00:17:40.040 --> 00:17:41.400 warns us 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.360 against the 00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:42.920 foolishness 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.380 of life 00:17:43.380 --> 00:17:44.000 now, 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.500 to get 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.800 wise now. 00:17:47.060 --> 00:17:47.580 It makes 00:17:47.580 --> 00:17:48.760 wise the 00:17:48.760 --> 00:17:49.200 simple 00:17:49.200 --> 00:17:50.300 now. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.300 Third one, 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:56.680 the Bible 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:57.220 also has 00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:57.700 power to 00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.800 delight our 00:17:58.800 --> 00:17:59.180 hearts. 00:17:59.260 --> 00:17:59.860 Verse 8, 00:18:00.840 --> 00:18:01.480 the precepts 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:01.860 of the Lord 00:18:01.860 --> 00:18:02.560 are right, 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:03.580 giving joy 00:18:03.580 --> 00:18:04.320 to the heart. 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.100 Verse 10 00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:05.780 expands on 00:18:05.780 --> 00:18:06.280 that joy. 00:18:06.280 --> 00:18:07.040 They are 00:18:07.040 --> 00:18:08.400 more precious 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.320 than gold, 00:18:09.800 --> 00:18:10.259 than much 00:18:10.259 --> 00:18:11.200 pure gold. 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.700 They are 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.220 sweeter than 00:18:12.220 --> 00:18:12.519 honey, 00:18:12.620 --> 00:18:13.000 than honey 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:13.720 from the 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.960 honeycomb. 00:18:18.259 --> 00:18:19.200 What is 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.680 interesting 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.620 about this 00:18:20.620 --> 00:18:21.800 is that 00:18:21.800 --> 00:18:22.519 we would 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:23.280 normally, 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:24.140 for the 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.759 Christian person, 00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.080 we would 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:25.580 normally 00:18:25.580 --> 00:18:26.440 associate 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.680 the sweet 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:29.400 words of 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:30.019 God, 00:18:30.800 --> 00:18:31.440 attach them 00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:32.360 to his 00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.160 promises, 00:18:33.800 --> 00:18:34.519 his mercy 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.019 and his 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:35.519 grace. 00:18:35.960 --> 00:18:36.440 We would 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:37.259 not normally 00:18:37.259 --> 00:18:37.940 attach the 00:18:37.940 --> 00:18:38.700 sweetness of 00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.019 God's 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:39.860 word to 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.380 his law 00:18:40.380 --> 00:18:40.700 and his 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.340 commands. 00:18:42.620 --> 00:18:43.220 We would 00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:43.640 not normally 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:44.100 do that. 00:18:46.320 --> 00:18:47.279 We put up 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:47.660 with the 00:18:47.660 --> 00:18:48.059 laws and 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.660 the commands 00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:49.380 because of 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.860 the sweetness 00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.180 of your 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.620 character. 00:18:51.120 --> 00:18:51.500 That's how 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:51.799 we would 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.100 normally 00:18:52.100 --> 00:18:52.620 respond. 00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.620 Verse 1 00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:55.380 says a 00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:55.960 similar thing 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.320 as this, 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.039 blessed is 00:18:57.039 --> 00:18:57.519 the one 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:58.320 whose delight 00:18:58.320 --> 00:18:58.820 is in the 00:18:58.820 --> 00:18:59.200 law of 00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.740 the Lord, 00:18:59.900 --> 00:19:01.100 who meditates 00:19:01.100 --> 00:19:01.700 on his 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.559 law day 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.320 and night. 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.379 commands. 00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.119 You see, 00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.460 left to 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.859 our own 00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.399 devices, 00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:07.919 we don't 00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:08.519 know how 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:08.980 to obey 00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.619 commands 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.679 except through 00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.359 some kind 00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:12.159 of coercion. 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.000 How do 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:15.460 we get to 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.019 the point 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:17.019 where we 00:19:17.019 --> 00:19:18.359 delight in 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:18.799 God's 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.359 commands in 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:20.119 such a way 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.799 they are 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.339 sweet, 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.000 they are 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:22.399 good, 00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:22.939 they are 00:19:22.939 --> 00:19:23.359 majestic, 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:23.899 they are 00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.319 beautiful, 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.779 they are 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.179 joyful? 00:19:27.179 --> 00:19:27.799 How do 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.179 we get to 00:19:28.179 --> 00:19:28.639 that point? 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:32.860 that requires 00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:33.860 a complete 00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:35.980 reset of 00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.900 the driving 00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:37.880 motivations of 00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.520 our lives. 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:42.060 How do 00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.580 we get to 00:19:42.580 --> 00:19:44.520 this entire 00:19:44.520 --> 00:19:45.600 reformed 00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:46.259 identity 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:48.480 where the 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:48.940 simple are 00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.720 made wise 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:51.080 and the 00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:51.759 reset of 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.160 the inner 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:53.240 drive of 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.040 our lives? 00:19:56.600 --> 00:19:57.420 How does 00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:57.700 that come 00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:57.980 about? 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.180 This is 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.540 where we 00:20:00.540 --> 00:20:01.040 turn to 00:20:01.040 --> 00:20:01.420 the last 00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.320 section of 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:03.480 Psalm 19 00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:03.960 and my 00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.620 last point. 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.500 Reading from 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.080 verse 12. 00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:07.880 But who 00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:08.500 can discern 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.020 their own 00:20:09.020 --> 00:20:09.480 errors? 00:20:10.540 --> 00:20:11.160 Forgive my 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.900 hidden faults. 00:20:13.020 --> 00:20:13.620 Keep your 00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.460 servant also 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.259 from willful 00:20:15.259 --> 00:20:15.780 sins. 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:17.100 May they 00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:17.720 not rule 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:18.400 over me. 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:19.380 Then I 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:19.720 will be 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.320 blameless, 00:20:20.520 --> 00:20:21.060 innocent of 00:20:21.060 --> 00:20:21.320 great 00:20:21.320 --> 00:20:21.960 transgression. 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.320 May these 00:20:23.320 --> 00:20:23.980 words of 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.560 my mouth 00:20:24.560 --> 00:20:25.560 and this 00:20:25.560 --> 00:20:26.240 meditation of 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.600 my heart 00:20:26.600 --> 00:20:27.259 be pleasing 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.860 in your 00:20:27.860 --> 00:20:28.259 sight. 00:20:28.640 --> 00:20:29.480 Lord my 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.040 rock and 00:20:30.040 --> 00:20:30.280 my 00:20:30.280 --> 00:20:30.640 redeemer. 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.480 Now, 00:20:32.940 --> 00:20:33.840 there's a 00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.259 contradiction 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:34.759 in these 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.160 verses. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.200 An apparent 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.660 contradiction 00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:37.980 to these 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.259 verses. 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.340 David starts 00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:41.600 with who 00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:43.080 can discern 00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:44.620 their own 00:20:44.620 --> 00:20:45.100 errors. 00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:46.300 It's a 00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.740 rhetorical 00:20:46.740 --> 00:20:47.900 question where 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:48.300 you're meant 00:20:48.300 --> 00:20:48.960 to come up 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.180 with the 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.759 conclusion of 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:50.140 well actually 00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.500 no one 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.780 can. 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.000 No one 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.540 can know 00:20:52.540 --> 00:20:53.160 their own 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.680 errors. 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.940 And then 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.539 he adds 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.560 keep your 00:20:56.560 --> 00:20:56.960 servant 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:58.039 also from 00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.620 willful 00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.100 sins. 00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.539 May they 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.120 not rule 00:21:00.120 --> 00:21:00.799 over me. 00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:01.660 Then I'll 00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.279 be blameless, 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.120 innocent of 00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.380 great 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:03.980 transgression. 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:07.740 He adds 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.820 there that 00:21:08.820 --> 00:21:09.420 the very 00:21:09.420 --> 00:21:10.160 best he 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.720 can hope 00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.700 for is 00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:11.960 that he 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.400 might be 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.000 able to 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.600 at very 00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:14.779 least identify 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:16.660 the obvious 00:21:16.660 --> 00:21:17.120 sins in 00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.680 his life, 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.799 the willful 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.279 sins in 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.740 his life, 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:21.339 the ones 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:21.700 that he 00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.420 deliberately 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.339 chooses to 00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:23.720 break, 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.160 if you like, 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.900 the laws 00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.559 he chooses 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:25.980 to break. 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:26.960 And he 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:27.400 says if I 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:27.839 can avoid 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.720 those, 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.920 then I'll 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.559 be innocent 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.220 of great 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:32.039 transgressions. 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.620 He's speaking 00:21:32.620 --> 00:21:33.240 here like a 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.839 moralist. 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:35.160 If I can 00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.620 avoid the 00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.279 big things, 00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.539 then I'll 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:36.900 be innocent 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.339 of great 00:21:37.339 --> 00:21:38.099 transgressions, 00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.620 the obvious 00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:39.019 ones, 00:21:39.299 --> 00:21:39.759 the deliberate 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.039 singing, 00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.539 the stuff 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.880 everyone 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.460 sees. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.599 But one 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.059 thing he 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:44.099 says that 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.880 I cannot 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:45.819 overcome 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:48.420 the sins 00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.759 that are 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.180 deep down 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.500 in my 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.880 heart. 00:21:50.880 --> 00:21:51.320 I can't 00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.600 overcome 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:52.259 those ones. 00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.980 I can't 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.240 overcome 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.700 them because 00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.420 I can't 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.880 even see 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:57.180 them. 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.900 It's the 00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:04.480 sin that's 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.039 below the 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.299 sin. 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:06.940 It's the 00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:08.060 driving force 00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.980 that gives 00:22:08.980 --> 00:22:09.779 rise to 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.420 the obvious 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.180 sins and 00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:11.539 the breaking 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.820 of the 00:22:11.820 --> 00:22:12.080 law. 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.640 The pride, 00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:14.920 the self 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.680 justification, 00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.420 the defensiveness, 00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.019 the greed, 00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.720 the resentment, 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:20.660 the unkindness, 00:22:21.420 --> 00:22:22.259 all the 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:23.480 stuff that 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.279 is ultimately 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.920 the things 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.180 that are 00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:25.700 keeping us 00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.259 awake and 00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.799 messing up 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.580 our lives 00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.440 are the 00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:29.100 things that 00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.640 we cannot 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.259 see. 00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:33.220 Ironically, 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.840 the sin 00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.560 that most 00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.259 dominates 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:35.519 us, 00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:35.960 the sin 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.580 that most 00:22:36.580 --> 00:22:37.460 hurts us 00:22:37.460 --> 00:22:38.420 and hurts 00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.680 others are 00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.539 the ones 00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.519 that we 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.560 cannot see 00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:43.940 and therefore 00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.019 we justify. 00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:47.879 to quote 00:22:47.879 --> 00:22:48.240 Derek 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.599 Kidner 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.799 on this 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.319 verse, 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.500 the fault 00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.000 may be 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.420 hidden 00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.879 not because 00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.539 it is too 00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.519 small to 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.700 see but 00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.440 because it 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.900 is too 00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:58.539 characteristic 00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.559 to register. 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.200 It is so 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:03.259 much part of 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.000 our life 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.359 it has become 00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.500 acceptable to 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.920 us. 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:12.420 it has become 00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.980 respectable, 00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:14.980 justifiable. 00:23:18.320 --> 00:23:19.259 David goes 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.740 on to say 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:20.100 in verse 00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.640 14, 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:22.200 may these 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.700 words of 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.259 my mouth 00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:24.160 and this 00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.900 meditation of 00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.300 my heart 00:23:25.300 --> 00:23:25.960 be pleasing 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.519 in your 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.980 sight, 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:27.860 Lord, 00:23:28.000 --> 00:23:28.600 my rock 00:23:28.600 --> 00:23:29.080 and my 00:23:29.080 --> 00:23:29.460 redeemer. 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:32.279 the word 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.940 pleasing 00:23:32.940 --> 00:23:33.400 here 00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.600 is crucial. 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.660 It's a 00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.279 word that's 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.840 used 00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:39.600 in every 00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.340 instance in 00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.660 the Old 00:23:40.660 --> 00:23:41.200 Testament 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.740 referring to 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.460 the sacrificial 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.079 system. 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.500 The aroma 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.420 was pleasing 00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.120 to God. 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.940 The sacrifice 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.799 was pleasing 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.400 to God. 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.819 And the 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.700 sacrifice we 00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.240 know that 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.779 was pleasing 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.539 to God 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.480 was an 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:58.000 animal 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.779 without 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.599 blemish. 00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.339 And so 00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.279 David here 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.200 appears to 00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:04.480 be, 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.700 if you like, 00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.200 confidently 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.059 contradicting 00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.500 himself. 00:24:10.379 --> 00:24:11.160 How can 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:11.920 he say, 00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.000 may these 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.579 words of 00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:14.220 my mouth 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.579 and this 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:15.139 meditation 00:24:15.139 --> 00:24:15.519 of my 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.759 heart 00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.680 be pleasing 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.000 without 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.519 blemish, 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.000 without 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.500 fault, 00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.220 without 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.819 failing, 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.879 in your 00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.460 sight, 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:24.079 when he 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.799 can't even 00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.660 see them. 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.180 And he 00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.500 can't 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.880 overcome 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.380 them. 00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.580 How can 00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:31.960 he say 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.279 that? 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:37.000 How can 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.440 you say 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:37.720 that? 00:24:39.080 --> 00:24:39.539 How can 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.960 I say 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.279 that? 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.960 That the 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.480 meditations 00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.880 of my 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.340 heart are 00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:44.940 pleasing to 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.740 God when 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.100 I've got 00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.680 sin there 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:46.880 that I 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.060 can't 00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:47.560 even see? 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.659 me? 00:24:52.659 --> 00:24:53.579 The only 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.159 possible 00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.779 answer is 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.099 the very 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:56.059 last words 00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.639 of this 00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.059 psalm. 00:24:58.419 --> 00:24:58.919 Lord, 00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.220 my rock 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.179 and my 00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.500 redeemer. 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.299 The reason 00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.819 why David 00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.200 is so 00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.659 confident 00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.859 is because 00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.279 he knows 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:06.740 that God 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.359 is his 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:07.799 redeemer. 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.599 And what 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:11.179 is, if you 00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.599 like, a 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:11.960 general 00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.679 statement for 00:25:12.679 --> 00:25:13.419 David here 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:14.480 is a much 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.259 more specific 00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:16.160 statement for 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.759 the Christian 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.740 now. 00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.100 You see, the 00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.960 Bible tells us 00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.320 that King 00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:21.340 David was 00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.519 the forerunner, 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.100 the shadow 00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.740 of a much 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.560 greater king, 00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.980 one who 00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.400 delighted in 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.240 the law of 00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.120 God completely, 00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:30.700 one who was 00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.920 completely pure 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.640 of heart, 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:34.200 sinless 00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.320 in perfection. 00:25:35.319 --> 00:25:38.240 the New 00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:38.599 Testament 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.319 declares that 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.339 Jesus himself, 00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.200 Jesus Christ, 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.700 is the king 00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.359 of kings. 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.000 He is the 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.500 great King 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.899 David. 00:25:46.139 --> 00:25:46.859 And notice 00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:47.240 that at 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.460 every instance, 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:49.899 Satan and 00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:50.720 others tried 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.480 to divert 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.119 him to 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:53.139 move into 00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:53.799 sinfulness 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.399 himself. 00:25:55.579 --> 00:25:56.179 Satan comes 00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:57.039 after him. 00:25:57.399 --> 00:25:58.119 And what is 00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.480 Jesus' 00:25:58.679 --> 00:25:59.439 response to 00:25:59.439 --> 00:25:59.759 Satan? 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.500 I mean, he 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.879 was already 00:26:01.879 --> 00:26:02.480 out in nature, 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.879 he was out 00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.059 in the 00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.339 wilderness. 00:26:03.339 --> 00:26:05.179 What was 00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:05.939 his response 00:26:05.939 --> 00:26:06.839 to Satan? 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.359 Have a look 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:08.959 around at the 00:26:08.959 --> 00:26:09.319 moon and the 00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.919 stars to see 00:26:09.919 --> 00:26:10.220 the glory. 00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.679 No. 00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:13.339 It is 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:13.699 written. 00:26:15.199 --> 00:26:16.099 It is 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.439 written. 00:26:17.419 --> 00:26:18.039 It is 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.359 written. 00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.659 When the 00:26:21.659 --> 00:26:23.099 religious elite 00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.759 came after 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:25.399 him, it 00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:26.059 is written. 00:26:26.699 --> 00:26:27.319 It is 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.699 written. 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.859 It is 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.199 written. 00:26:29.659 --> 00:26:30.079 In the 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.519 Garden of 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.240 Gethsemane, 00:26:31.639 --> 00:26:32.480 on the way 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.319 to crucifixion, 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:34.939 the cross 00:26:34.939 --> 00:26:36.939 itself, it 00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.599 is written. 00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:38.720 It is 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.119 written. 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:40.159 It is 00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.539 written. 00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.619 Scripture 00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:43.220 after 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.799 scripture 00:26:43.799 --> 00:26:44.299 after 00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.859 scripture 00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.339 after 00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.919 scripture, 00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:47.079 in every 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.000 part of 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.980 his life, 00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.659 Jesus, you 00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.379 cut him and 00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:52.079 he bleeds 00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.619 scripture. 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:57.079 In every 00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:57.740 instance of 00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.019 life, 00:26:58.199 --> 00:26:58.879 scripture was 00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.720 his response. 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:02.299 Jesus 00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.319 delighted in 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.720 scripture. 00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.880 He is the 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:05.720 only one who 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.420 completely 00:27:06.420 --> 00:27:07.500 delighted in 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:07.960 scripture. 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.500 He is the 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.440 only one who 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:11.059 ever kept 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.299 every precept, 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.680 every law, 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.839 every command. 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:20.339 and he dies 00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.980 on the cross 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.599 as our 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.079 substitute 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:26.179 for our 00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:27.079 disobedience, 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:28.819 our 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.319 breaking 00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:32.079 of every 00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.459 command. 00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.039 And by 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.659 his death, 00:27:35.699 --> 00:27:35.959 he has 00:27:35.959 --> 00:27:36.659 redeemed us. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.919 He's paid 00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.439 the price. 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:39.879 He's brought 00:27:39.879 --> 00:27:40.419 us back into 00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.839 God. 00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:40.879 God. 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:42.839 And so 00:27:42.839 --> 00:27:43.220 when we 00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.740 see our 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.240 failure, 00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:47.039 we come 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.439 to him, 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.019 we trust 00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.399 in him, 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.019 and his 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.000 great reward 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.500 becomes 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.179 ours. 00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.459 His 00:27:54.459 --> 00:27:54.959 fulfillment 00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.599 of all 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.039 the law 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.500 becomes 00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.079 ours. 00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.480 It's the 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.319 great exchange, 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.939 the punishment 00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:01.439 for our 00:28:01.439 --> 00:28:02.099 imperfect 00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.819 law keeping 00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:03.779 has gone 00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.399 across to 00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:04.899 him and 00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.399 the reward 00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:05.779 for his 00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.699 perfect record 00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.500 transfers to 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:07.899 us. 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:10.099 This is 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:10.699 the gospel. 00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.480 this is 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.939 the good 00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:12.579 news of 00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:13.059 Christianity 00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:14.019 and it's 00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.079 only this 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:16.299 that ultimately 00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:17.259 rewires the 00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.619 heart. 00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.500 It's only 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.779 this that 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.619 gives us a 00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.139 firm and 00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.539 confident 00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.419 identity 00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:25.159 regardless of 00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:25.859 the reality 00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.359 of our 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.959 ongoing 00:28:26.959 --> 00:28:28.500 imperfections 00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.059 and failures 00:28:29.059 --> 00:28:29.579 and sin. 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.539 Nature, 00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.879 the created 00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.619 order in 00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.579 itself can 00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.500 never rewire 00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.959 the heart 00:28:36.959 --> 00:28:37.519 like that. 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:39.519 God's 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.519 solution 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.000 The Bible 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:42.279 is absolutely 00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.759 necessary for 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.500 us to see 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.099 our true 00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.639 predicament, 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:46.980 God's 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.240 solution and 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.160 therefore the 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.379 rewiring of 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.400 our hearts 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.819 in such a 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.980 way that 00:28:53.980 --> 00:28:55.299 God's word 00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.220 becomes 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.879 glorious, 00:28:58.879 --> 00:29:01.299 majestic, 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:03.700 sweet, 00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.859 delightful, 00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.659 joyful. 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.240 You see, 00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.960 the moralistic 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.839 religious person 00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.299 seeks to 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:13.740 obey the 00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.079 word of 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.419 God out 00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:14.960 of fear. 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:16.980 The 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:17.659 relativistic 00:29:17.659 --> 00:29:18.379 person is 00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:19.039 indifferent to 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.440 the word of 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.740 God. 00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.139 The 00:29:21.139 --> 00:29:21.579 Christian 00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:22.379 delights 00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.700 in God's 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.079 word 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.559 word 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.199 because 00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:25.799 Jesus, 00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.119 the one 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.819 who delights 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.159 in the 00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.480 word, 00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.159 became a 00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.659 curse 00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.939 for you 00:29:30.939 --> 00:29:31.259 and for 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.519 me. 00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.359 He is 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:33.639 our 00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.079 redeemer 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.399 and because 00:29:35.399 --> 00:29:35.960 he is our 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.319 redeemer, 00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:36.960 he is our 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:37.379 rock, 00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:39.460 he is our 00:29:39.460 --> 00:29:40.019 refuge, 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.699 he is our 00:29:40.699 --> 00:29:41.439 safe place 00:29:41.439 --> 00:29:42.779 and the 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.460 Bible is 00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:44.159 absolutely 00:29:44.159 --> 00:29:45.259 necessary for 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.000 refreshing the 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.359 soul, 00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.359 for making 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:48.039 wise the 00:29:48.039 --> 00:29:48.419 simple, 00:29:49.379 --> 00:29:50.099 for delighting 00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.679 the heart 00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:53.059 because when 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.699 the Christian 00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.860 through the 00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.340 work of the 00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.000 spirit looks 00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.480 into the 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.880 Bible, 00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.960 they see 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.500 beauty, 00:29:59.160 --> 00:29:59.860 they see 00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.400 majesty, 00:30:00.580 --> 00:30:01.000 they see 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.559 glory. 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.620 The Bible 00:30:02.620 --> 00:30:03.539 becomes the 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.900 window through 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.880 which we see 00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.480 the beauty 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.160 and the 00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.080 majesty and 00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:08.860 the glory 00:30:08.860 --> 00:30:10.940 of everything 00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:11.420 else. 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.840 That's why I 00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.640 appreciate a 00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.840 David Attenborough 00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:19.279 and some of 00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.840 the insights 00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.420 he has and 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.880 the little 00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:22.180 crews that 00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.799 he has of 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.460 filming the 00:30:23.460 --> 00:30:23.900 intricate 00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.740 details. 00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.500 And yet I've 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.880 got something 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.360 more than 00:30:28.360 --> 00:30:28.600 him. 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.500 I see 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.100 glory when 00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.480 he doesn't 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.059 see glory. 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.360 The Bible 00:30:38.360 --> 00:30:39.000 becomes the 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.519 window through 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.200 which we see 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.940 beauty and 00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.539 majesty and 00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:42.900 glory in 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.440 God who 00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:43.960 redeems, 00:30:44.059 --> 00:30:44.640 the God who 00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.360 creates and 00:30:45.360 --> 00:30:46.240 recreates. 00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:47.240 glory. 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:50.140 All of us 00:30:50.140 --> 00:30:51.319 crave glory. 00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:53.359 We're designed 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.819 to crave glory. 00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.440 We are 00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.420 designed by 00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.420 God to 00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.359 marvel at 00:30:59.359 --> 00:30:59.980 majesty, 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.880 to have the 00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.660 wow factor. 00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.660 glory. 00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:06.100 And every 00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.720 one of us at 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.279 some point in 00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:08.180 life need to 00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:09.320 go beside 00:31:09.320 --> 00:31:10.779 us, you 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.200 know, the 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.060 sea or 00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.980 stare at the 00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.759 ocean or to 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:14.279 look at the 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.180 galaxies or 00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:15.580 whatever it 00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.180 might be to 00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.620 get that 00:31:16.620 --> 00:31:17.240 awe factor, 00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.259 if you like, 00:31:18.560 --> 00:31:19.220 to make us 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:19.880 feel hopeful, 00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:21.660 to make us, 00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.279 give us 00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.060 perspective on 00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.480 life. 00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.779 And yet the 00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:27.060 necessary source 00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:28.200 of the greatest, 00:31:28.540 --> 00:31:29.860 greatest glimpses 00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:30.539 of glory we 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:33.339 have is 00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.899 sitting on our 00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.479 bookshelves.