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 So if you would, open your word, open the Bible to Psalm 34.

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 This is a Psalm of David, and the pretext before the Psalm says this.

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 It's of David when he changed his behavior before Abimelech so that he drove him out and he went away.

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 Verse 1, I will bless the Lord at all times.

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 His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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 My soul makes its boast in the Lord.

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 Let the humble hear and be glad.

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 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

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 I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.

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 Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.

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 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.

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 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and delivers them.

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 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good.

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 Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.

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 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints.

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 For those who fear him have no lack.

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 The young lions suffer want and hunger, but those who seek the Lord lack no good.

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 Come, oh children, listen to me.

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 I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

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 What man is there who desires life and loves many days that he may see good?

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 Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

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 Turn away from evil and do good.

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 Seek peace and pursue it.

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 The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and his ears toward their cry.

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 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

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 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.

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 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

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 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers them out of them all.

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 He keeps all his bones.

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 Not one of them is broken.

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 Affliction will slay the wicked and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

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 The Lord redeems the life of his servants.

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 None of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, I ask that you would cause your word to touch our hearts deeply this morning.

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 God, I pray that you'd open our minds to understand and our hearts to receive what you have for us this morning.

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 I pray in your name.

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 Amen.

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 Y'all can have a seat.

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 There's not many Psalms that give us the context.

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 But this morning we're given this context when David changed his behavior before the king of Gath.

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 If we were to read the story, we'd turn back to 1 Samuel.

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 I'm not going to read the whole thing for sake of time.

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 I'm going to paraphrase or just share the story briefly.

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 You remember when David was anointed the coming king and yet Saul was troubled by a spirit and Saul sought to destroy and kill David.

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 So more than once he threw a spirit, David intended to kill him and David sidestepped it.

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 And he left the presence of Saul and he went into the wilderness to hide from Saul.

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 Though God gave him opportunity to kill Saul more than once, he would not do it.

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 He said, who am I to kill the Lord's anointed, which Saul was anointed as king over Israel.

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 So on one of the occasions when he threw a spirit, David, David left and he fled.

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 And where did he go?

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 He went to Nod.

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 It's a city where the priests were, one of the priestly cities.

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 And that priest, he said, do you have a sword?

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 He didn't have a sword.

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 He left in a hurry.

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 He didn't have anything to defend himself.

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 Didn't even have food.

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 So they gave him food and the only sword they had in that city, at least the priest, the only sword the priest had was the sword of Goliath.

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 And so he gave David this humongous sword, this well-crafted sword.

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 Where David takes it with him and he goes of all places to hide from Saul.

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 He goes to Gath.

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 Why, David, would you go to Gath?

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 You've got the sword of Goliath who was from Gath.

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 And you go to the people of Gath.

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 What were you thinking?

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 I don't know what David was thinking.

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 There's no way for us to know what he was thinking.

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 But he ends up in the city where Goliath used to be, who lived, who was born, who was raised in Gath.

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 And he finds himself among these people who recognize him.

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 Oh yeah, you're David.

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 You're the one about whom they sing he has killed his ten thousands.

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 You're the one that killed Goliath.

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 Matter of fact, there's his sword.

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 We've got proof.

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 So what does David do to get away from this situation?

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 He finds himself in a spot that's not good.

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 He's surrounded by himself.

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 Gath.

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 He's surrounded by the people of Gath.

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 And the people of Gath.

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 And what does he choose to do?

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 He chooses to act as if he is insane.

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 He drools at the mouth.

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 He feigns being crazy.

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 And by the grace of God, instead of the king killing him, the king says,

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 What do I have to do with more crazy people?

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 I don't need another crazy people.

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 Get him out of here.

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 And David is able to leave the situation which you would have said,

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 What is the possibility he's going to be let free, set free?

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 It is interesting if we were to continue to read past that account.

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 And when the king of Gath let him go, he ends up in a cave, the cave of Abdulam.

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 And I don't know how this happened, but these men showed up at the cave.

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 What men, you might ask?

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 Well, the scripture in 1 Samuel 22 says that there's 400 men.

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 Who were these men?

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 There were men.

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 The scripture says this.

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 Everyone who was in distress and everyone who was in debt and everyone who was bitter in soul gathered to David at this cave in Adullam.

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 So as we look at this psalm, we need to keep in mind that this psalm is written by David at this time frame when he was delivered out of the hand of the king of Gath.

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 And where he's got all these other men that are in full of distress of whatever variety.

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 And they have nowhere else to go.

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 So where do they go?

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 They flee to David.

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 Why would they flee to David?

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 David is the one who helped them when they were being tormented by the Philistines.

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 And Goliath would show up day after day, 40 days worth, and defy the army.

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 And by the grace and the power of God, through this little shepherd boy, David, they were delivered.

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 So these men flocked to David as one who would lead them.

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 They've seen how God has used him, and they flocked to him as men in distress.

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 Their life is in a bad spot.

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 So you see that David was delivered by the powerful hand of God.

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 Don't know why he went to Gath, but God even so delivered him.

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 And we have all these men that are in a bad place, and they all end up in this cave.

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 And so what we see here, I believe, is we see David speaking to these men that are in distress.

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 And so what does he say?

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 What would you say?

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 If all these people gathered to you, and they look to you for leadership,

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 and they're all in a bad spot, David just got out of a bad spot,

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 what would you encourage these men to do?

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 Isn't it interesting in our psalm the first thing he does?

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 Verse 1, verse 2, verse 3.

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 What do you see?

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 It's as if we have to place ourselves in this cave

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 in order to really glean the truth of what's being said by David here.

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 And what does David do immediately?

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 The first thing David does, listen to verse 1, 2, and 3.

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 I'm going to read it.

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 I will bless the Lord at all times.

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 His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

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 David, what is your response to being delivered out of the hand of the king of Gath?

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 I will praise the Lord at all times.

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 His praise will continually be in my mouth.

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 My soul makes its boast in the Lord, not in my own ability,

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 not in the sword of Goliath,

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 not in rescue from the hand of men.

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 My soul makes its boast in the Lord and the Lord alone.

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 You know, I'll pause a second.

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 In whom do you boast, Christian, church?

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 In whom do we tend to boast?

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 Are we like David when we are in distress?

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 Do we boast in him?

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 Do we continually worship and praise?

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 Listen to what Jeremiah says in Jeremiah 9.

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 Let him who boasts, boast in this,

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 that he understands and knows me,

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 that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love,

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 justice, and righteousness in the earth.

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 You know, that's where our boast should be.

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 And that's where David's boast was.

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 David had come to know the Lord in a very personal way.

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 And he saw in his deliverance the hand of God.

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 What other explanation would David have?

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 His cunning, his wisdom?

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 No, it's the hand of God.

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 His boast is that he knows the Lord.

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 And it's my prayer that God would help us to know him

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 more and more deeply so that our response to distress

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 is very like David's response.

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 Verse 3,

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 Oh, magnify the Lord with me.

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 Can you see him in the cave?

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 Fellas, I know y'all got problems.

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 Listen, fellas, I've got problems.

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 I got the king trying to kill me.

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 He's throwing spears at me

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 and he's chased me around the wilderness.

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 He's bringing his army to try to destroy me.

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 I'm having to run and flee.

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 I'm having to live in the land of the Philistines

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 because there's no safe place for me to live

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 in the land of Israel.

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 He's after my life.

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 But brothers, let me tell you,

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 let's magnify the Lord.

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 Do it with me, brothers.

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 In our distress, here's where we need to be.

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 God is almighty.

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 He's worthy to be praised.

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 Oh, magnify the Lord with me

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 and let us exalt his name together.

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 Father, the psalm today we're going to look

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 and we're going to,

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 for those of y'all who like to take notes

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 and y'all remember when you jot things down,

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 we're going to divide the psalm today in two parts.

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 And the first part is this,

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 it's invitation.

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 What is the invitation that he gives to these men?

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 David gives three invitations to these men,

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 these men in distress.

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 And I want us to see what the invitation was.

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 Did you notice the first one?

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 The first invitation is this,

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 come, let us magnify the Lord together.

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 Men, I know you're in distress,

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 but let's start here.

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 Let's boast in the Lord and magnify him this morning.

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 And then David in verse four,

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 he shares his story with these men in the cave.

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 He says this, four through seven, he says this,

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 I sought the Lord and he answered me

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 and delivered me from all my fears.

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 Those who look to him are radiant

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 and their faces shall never be ashamed.

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 This poor man cried and the Lord heard him

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 and saved him out of all his troubles.

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 The angel of the Lord encamps around those

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 who fear him and deliver them.

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 Let me just stop for a second.

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 Do you hear David's story?

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 David is sharing with them

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 of the deliverance that just happened.

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 Number one from Saul,

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 number two from the king of Gath.

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 He's now in a cave with these distressed men.

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 And he's saying to them,

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 listen, let me tell you my story.

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 God's real.

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 I'm telling you, you can trust in him.

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 He has delivered me here.

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 Listen, I'm going to tell you my story,

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 how he's delivered me

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 and he'll deliver you too.

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 Matter of fact, it says this,

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 for all who fear him,

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 they will be delivered.

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 Do you believe it?

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 Let me ask you, Christian,

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 do you believe it?

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 Church, do you believe

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 that all who fear him will be delivered?

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 Let me share this.

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 If you look at verse 17 quickly,

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 you'll see that it also states

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 something pretty similar to verse 7.

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 Verse 7 says,

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 the angel of the Lord encamps around

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 those who fear him and delivers them.

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 Verse 17,

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 when the righteous cry for help,

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 the Lord hears and does what?

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 Delivers them.

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 Out of what?

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 Out of all their trouble.

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 All right.

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 If you're like me,

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 when I first read this,

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 I'm like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

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 David, are you saying that

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 if we fear the Lord,

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 then I'll never have any trouble?

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 Is that what you're saying?

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 Are you saying for sure

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 I can take it to the bank

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 that I'm going to be delivered

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 at all my troubles?

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 That doesn't seem to add up,

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 does it?

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 Let me ask this.

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 How many of the apostles

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 were martyred for their faith?

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 Did they get delivered?

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 As we read this,

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 we have to understand

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 there's a physical level

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 to this psalm

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 and there's a spiritual message

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 to this psalm.

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 There's a physical message.

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 There's a spiritual message.

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 Was David physically delivered

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 from both of those situations?

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 Yes, he was.

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 Does he fear the Lord?

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 Yes, he does.

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 Is he counted in this number

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 of those who fear the Lord?

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 Yes.

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 Was he physically delivered?

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 Yes.

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 Is David saying

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 that you'll always

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 be physically delivered?

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 He's not saying that.

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 But he is saying

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 that God is the source

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 of deliverance.

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 So let's look at,

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 quickly look at verse 22

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 and I want you to see

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 that there is a spiritual

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 level to this message.

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 This message of deliverance

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 that he's encouraging

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 these men

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 with this truth.

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 What is the truth?

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 Verse 22 says this.

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 There's a spiritual deliverance

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 that trumps

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 any physical deliverance

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 that we could ever receive.

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 There is a spiritual deliverance

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 from what?

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 From condemnation.

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 Does Romans 8, 1

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 echo in your ear?

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 There's therefore now

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 no condemnation to who?

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 To those who are in Christ Jesus.

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 New Testament,

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 Paul's saying

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 that there's something spiritual

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 about deliverance.

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 And here it is.

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 The Lord redeems

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 the life of his servants.

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 To redeem is to what?

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 To purchase.

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 The Lord redeems

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 or purchases

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 the life of his servants.

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 None of those,

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 none of those

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 who've been redeemed,

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 none of his servants,

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 none of those

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 who fear him,

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 none of those

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 who've entrusted

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 their life to him

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 will be what?

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 Condemned.

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 Is that deliverance?

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 Of course it is.

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 Do you all realize

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 that we need

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 to be delivered

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 from sin and death?

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 Do you realize

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 that's the biggest animal

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 in the room?

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 We can be temporarily

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 delivered

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 in a physical sense

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 from the king of Gath

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 and I can get away

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 and I can run to a cave

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 and have safety,

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 relative safety,

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 at least for a time.

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 But there's still

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 something greater

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 from which you will

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 never recover

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 and that's sin and death

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 unless

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 he provides

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 a redeemer.

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 Do you know

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 that we need

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 to be

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 redeemed

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 from sin and death?

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 That's the spiritual

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 truth

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 that underlays

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 this psalm.

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 David is worshiping

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 because he's delivered

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 physically

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 but at the same time

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 he's worshiping

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 because God

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 is the deliverer

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 who will deliver

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 his people

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 from sin and death.

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 So we go on.

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 Second invitation.

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 Do you see it?

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 Verse 8.

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 So you put yourself

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 in this cave

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 and you're just

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 a bystander watching

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 and David,

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 the one who these men

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 have come to

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 and said,

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 lead us.

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 And what does he say next?

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 He said,

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 taste and see.

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 Man,

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 do you hear

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 what I'm saying?

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 I know you're

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 in distress.

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 I know you're in debt.

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 I know you've got problems.

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 I know that you have

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 nowhere else to turn.

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 I know that you're

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 here in this cave.

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 Taste and see.

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 What does it mean

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.220
 to taste?

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 Taste and see.

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 Taste is to partake.

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 Taste and see.

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 You know,

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 when I read this,

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 where my mind went

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 is John 6.

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 Do you all remember

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 what he said

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 about himself,

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 Jesus?

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 What he said

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 about himself

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 in John 6

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 is I am

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 the bread of life.

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 And then later

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 in that same chapter

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 he says this,

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 unless you

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 eat my flesh

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 and drink my blood,

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 unless you partake

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 of me

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 by faith,

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 you're not

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 one of the fathers.

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 You're not

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 his.

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 You're not

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 his children.

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 The only way

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 to be a child

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 of God

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 is to taste

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 and see,

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 is to partake

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 of Christ.

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 He says to them,

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 taste and see.

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 What?

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 That the Lord

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 is good.

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 Men,

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 take a chance

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 and put your trust

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 in God.

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 You know what

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:05.179
 you'll discover?

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 That the Lord

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 is good.

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 Yeah,

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 I know what's

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 going on in your life

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 is not good,

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 but the Lord

00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.000
 is good.

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 And when you

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 see his goodness,

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 you know what happens?

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.160
 You worship.

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 So he says,

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 blessed is the man

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 who takes refuge

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 in him.

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 So he'll always

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 be physically delivered.

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 No,

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 no,

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 no.

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 That's not what's

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 said.

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 There's something

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 far greater

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 than being

00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.279
 physically delivered.

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 We'll see it

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 as we progress

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 here.

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 But he's saying

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:34.759
 to these men,

00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:36.039
 taste and see.

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 Step into

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 this world,

00:20:38.099 --> 00:20:38.960
 this life of faith.

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.319
 Partake in Christ

00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:41.180
 by faith.

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 Trust in the Lord

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 by faith.

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 I will pause

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 just a second.

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 I'm using the name

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 Christ a lot,

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 and this is Old Testament.

00:20:52.900 --> 00:20:54.340
 Christ is not born yet,

00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:54.620
 okay?

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.779
 But there's a spiritual

00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:58.320
 connection that I hope

00:20:58.320 --> 00:20:59.740
 you see as those of us

00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.560
 who are in New Testament

00:21:00.560 --> 00:21:00.960
 time,

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:02.019
 we're on this side

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.560
 of the cross.

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 Do you see that

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.759
 the deliverer is Jesus?

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.560
 Do you see that

00:21:07.560 --> 00:21:08.220
 it's because of

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.660
 his work on the cross

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.880
 that he has purchased

00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.580
 our redemption,

00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.259
 those of us

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.519
 who trust in him?

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:14.920
 Those of us

00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:17.180
 who taste and see?

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.940
 So in the Old Testament,

00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:20.580
 David's saying,

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:21.320
 taste and see.

00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:21.640
 Hey,

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.740
 why don't you live

00:21:22.740 --> 00:21:23.160
 like this?

00:21:23.200 --> 00:21:24.200
 Why don't you trust God?

00:21:24.360 --> 00:21:25.800
 And you pray to him

00:21:25.800 --> 00:21:27.500
 and you ask him,

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.940
 you cry out to him,

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:30.180
 and guess what he does

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.019
 on behalf of his people?

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.200
 He always hears.

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:34.200
 He always sees.

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 Do you see it

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:38.580
 in 15 and 16?

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:40.360
 The eyes of the Lord

00:21:40.360 --> 00:21:41.680
 are toward the righteous

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.600
 and his ears

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 are open to them.

00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:46.779
 Okay,

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.860
 begs a question.

00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:49.740
 Wait a minute,

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.240
 righteous?

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:55.340
 We'll get to that.

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.220
 But I want you to see

00:21:59.220 --> 00:22:00.059
 he's saying to them,

00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.059
 taste and see.

00:22:01.180 --> 00:22:03.240
 That's the second invitation.

00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.519
 If you will,

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.059
 men,

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.700
 step into this life

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.319
 of belief

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.339
 and faith in God,

00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.380
 you will see

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:11.059
 his power at work

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.920
 and it'll lead you

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.359
 to worship.

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.720
 Number three,

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:16.000
 invitation number three.

00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.319
 Verse nine.

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 These men,

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.660
 oh,

00:22:20.779 --> 00:22:21.039
 men,

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:23.359
 I'm inserting that word there,

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.079
 but it's talking

00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.559
 to these men.

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.400
 We've got to see

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.519
 the setting here.

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.259
 Oh,

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.180
 fear the Lord,

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.079
 you his saints,

00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:32.000
 for those who fear him

00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.500
 have no lack.

00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:37.119
 Those who fear him

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:38.359
 have no lack.

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.059
 The young lion

00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:41.519
 suffers want and hunger,

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.940
 but those who seek

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.460
 the Lord

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:45.420
 lack no good thing.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.420
 What in the world

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:47.859
 are you saying,

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.160
 David?

00:22:50.079 --> 00:22:50.759
 You're saying,

00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:51.099
 David,

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.160
 that if we fear

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.640
 the Lord,

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.700
 then we don't lack

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.339
 any good thing?

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:55.819
 Bingo.

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:57.359
 That's exactly

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.759
 what he's saying.

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.279
 Those who fear

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.960
 the Lord

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:01.259
 lack no good thing.

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.480
 Where do all

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.460
 good things come from?

00:23:05.139 --> 00:23:05.480
 You know,

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.220
 in our world,

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.519
 nowadays,

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.579
 in our culture,

00:23:09.359 --> 00:23:10.019
 we look,

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.879
 if we were to say,

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.240
 what are some good things?

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.819
 And we were trying

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.779
 to put together a list.

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:13.980
 Well,

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:16.240
 I like my four-wheeler.

00:23:16.379 --> 00:23:17.619
 I love going in the woods.

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.559
 I like my boat.

00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:20.279
 I love my house

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.319
 and the pretty green grass

00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:21.759
 I've got.

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.680
 We look at things

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.220
 and we say,

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.859
 that's good.

00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.599
 You know what would be good?

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.440
 If I didn't ever have to

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:27.480
 worry about finances again.

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.420
 That would be really good.

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.680
 You know,

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.779
 if I always had the food

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.220
 I wanted,

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.299
 that would be really good.

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 You know,

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.640
 if life was smooth

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.700
 and I didn't have any bumps,

00:23:35.779 --> 00:23:36.539
 I didn't have any problems,

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.079
 that would be really good.

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:38.900
 You know,

00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.680
 that's not the good

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.620
 that's being spoken of here.

00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:44.120
 This is a spiritual point

00:23:44.120 --> 00:23:46.200
 that hopefully we'll see

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:47.380
 all good,

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.599
 truly good things

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.259
 come from God.

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:52.259
 All truly good things

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.900
 affect us

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:54.099
 on a deeper level

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.339
 than just the exterior.

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:57.039
 Just our wants

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.240
 and our human desires.

00:23:59.059 --> 00:24:00.180
 Really good things

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.639
 affect us deep within

00:24:01.639 --> 00:24:02.420
 in our heart.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.440
 You know what's really good?

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:08.200
 Being in relationship

00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:09.039
 with God Almighty.

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.960
 You know what's really good?

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.379
 Is knowing for sure

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.460
 that I'm destined for heaven.

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.099
 You know what's really good?

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.539
 Is I can trust in Him.

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.180
 I know,

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.500
 even if it doesn't turn out

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.259
 the way I think,

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:21.200
 I know that God loves me.

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:23.059
 And I know He's got

00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.240
 my good in mind

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.200
 and His glory in mind.

00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.799
 I believe

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:28.380
 that whatever happens,

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.220
 He's with me

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.460
 through the whole thing.

00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.100
 That's good.

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.460
 Three invitations.

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:38.980
 One,

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.819
 magnify the Lord with me.

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.259
 Two,

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.980
 taste and see

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:44.220
 that the Lord is good.

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.880
 Partake of Him.

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.799
 Trust in Him.

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.440
 Number three,

00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:48.220
 fear the Lord.

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.539
 What does fear the Lord mean?

00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:53.379
 Verse 11.

00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:56.359
 I want you to see it again.

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.000
 We're going to see this theme

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.659
 in this psalm

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.700
 that says fear the Lord.

00:25:00.659 --> 00:25:01.379
 We're going to see it

00:25:01.379 --> 00:25:02.079
 over and over again.

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.960
 You know when things

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.519
 are repeated,

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.920
 that means that's important

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:06.099
 to the message of the psalm.

00:25:06.960 --> 00:25:07.899
 And in this case,

00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:09.460
 this phrase is repeated,

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.420
 the fear of the Lord,

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 the fear of the Lord,

00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.019
 the fear of the Lord.

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.500
 What is the fear of the Lord?

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.779
 Come,

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:15.359
 oh children,

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.200
 listen to me.

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.519
 I will teach you

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:19.039
 the fear of the Lord.

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.660
 Fear of the Lord.

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.840
 Are you in awe

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:27.640
 of who He is?

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.900
 Do you live

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.380
 in a reverent way?

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.700
 The second section

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.640
 begins here

00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:40.660
 of the psalm

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.480
 in verse 11.

00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.779
 That second section

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.559
 is instruction.

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.100
 So He invites them

00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:47.119
 to taste of the Lord.

00:25:47.219 --> 00:25:47.980
 He invites them

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.279
 to fear the Lord.

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.679
 And now this next section,

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.919
 He instructs them.

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.279
 He says,

00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:52.759
 listen man,

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.619
 let me tell you

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:56.119
 what this looks like.

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:59.519
 If you hear me

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.519
 and if you believe me,

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:00.799
 men,

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.240
 it's going to change

00:26:02.240 --> 00:26:02.899
 your life.

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:05.119
 I know you're distressed

00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:05.839
 and by the way,

00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.839
 the rest of your life

00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.819
 you're going to have moments

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.919
 and things that happen

00:26:08.919 --> 00:26:10.079
 that are going to

00:26:10.079 --> 00:26:11.679
 outwardly give you stress.

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:14.459
 But there's such a life

00:26:14.459 --> 00:26:15.339
 that inwardly

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.339
 you can have peace

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:17.659
 even when outwardly

00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.819
 the world is exploding.

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.959
 Let me tell you

00:26:22.959 --> 00:26:24.439
 what it looks like.

00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:26.919
 And so here He goes.

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.980
 He says,

00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:29.119
 I will teach you

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 the fear of the Lord.

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:32.539
 And He asks this question.

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.279
 He says,

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.899
 you,

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.459
 hey man,

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:36.459
 I know you're in distress.

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.679
 Do you desire

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.179
 to experience

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:38.799
 the goodness of God?

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.419
 Do you desire?

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:43.120
 He says that right here.

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.380
 What man is there

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:46.460
 who desires life

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.519
 and loves many days

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:48.240
 he might see good?

00:26:48.300 --> 00:26:48.480
 Anybody?

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:52.120
 Do you want to see

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:53.000
 the goodness of God?

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:54.080
 Do you want to experience

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.920
 the goodness of God?

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.259
 Men,

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.200
 do you want to step

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.120
 into a relationship

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:59.160
 that's far greater

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:00.539
 than you can possibly imagine?

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.640
 Let me tell you how.

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:04.160
 Let me tell you

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:05.160
 what that looks like.

00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.680
 And He goes on

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.340
 to say this.

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:07.779
 He says,

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.439
 keep your tongue

00:27:09.439 --> 00:27:10.299
 from evil

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:11.959
 and keep your lip

00:27:11.959 --> 00:27:13.339
 from speaking deceit.

00:27:14.199 --> 00:27:15.720
 Turn away from evil

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.459
 and do good.

00:27:16.899 --> 00:27:17.459
 Seek peace

00:27:17.459 --> 00:27:18.099
 and pursue it.

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.980
 The eyes of the Lord

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:20.539
 are toward the righteous

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.720
 and His ears

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.759
 are toward their cry.

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.159
 But,

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:25.179
 men,

00:27:26.679 --> 00:27:27.459
 the face of the Lord

00:27:27.459 --> 00:27:28.059
 is against those

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.659
 who do evil.

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.779
 Don't walk like that.

00:27:31.399 --> 00:27:31.819
 You know,

00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.419
 it's interesting

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:34.319
 that in the book

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.959
 of Peter,

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.659
 1 Peter,

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:37.340
 Peter quotes

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:39.400
 this passage

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.980
 I just read.

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:42.480
 He quotes it

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.460
 in chapter 3

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.240
 of 1 Peter.

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:46.460
 And who is he speaking to?

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:49.259
 He's speaking to

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:51.519
 the Christians

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:54.279
 in Asia Minor

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.259
 who are being persecuted,

00:27:57.980 --> 00:28:00.300
 who are suffering greatly.

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.560
 And you know,

00:28:02.840 --> 00:28:03.600
 he could have picked

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.500
 any passage

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.320
 in the Old Testament

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:05.839
 he wanted to,

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.399
 but he picked Psalm 34.

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.819
 Why did he pick Psalm 34?

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:10.539
 Because these Christians

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:12.019
 are in great distress.

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.319
 They're suffering.

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:17.039
 And he's saying to them,

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.220
 listen to what he says.

00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:21.279
 I'm just going to read

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:23.039
 a small section here.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:24.939
 Now,

00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.619
 who is there

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.799
 who will harm you

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.779
 if you be zealous

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.740
 for what is good?

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.220
 But even if you should

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:32.019
 suffer for righteousness sake,

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.319
 stop.

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.919
 Wait a minute.

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:35.400
 You mean if I fear

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.759
 the Lord,

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.519
 I might suffer?

00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:39.160
 You mean if I fear

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.519
 the Lord,

00:28:39.600 --> 00:28:40.700
 I might have hard times

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.300
 in my life?

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.620
 Peter's saying,

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.820
 absolutely,

00:28:45.080 --> 00:28:45.720
 you can take it

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.259
 to the bank.

00:28:47.560 --> 00:28:48.560
 Jesus in the Sermon

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:49.240
 on the Mount said,

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.700
 if they persecuted me,

00:28:50.800 --> 00:28:51.160
 guess what?

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:52.240
 They're going to persecute you too.

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:54.320
 You've got a devil,

00:28:54.600 --> 00:28:55.060
 an enemy,

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.900
 that is like a roaring lion

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:58.140
 seeking to devour you.

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.480
 Yes.

00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.980
 The life of a Christian

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.580
 is not supposed

00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.940
 to be a smooth sailing ship

00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:05.120
 with no ripples in the water.

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.060
 And there's a reason.

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.940
 And we'll see that here shortly.

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.620
 But here's what he says to them.

00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:12.960
 In your hearts,

00:29:13.080 --> 00:29:15.460
 honor Christ as the Lord is holy.

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.800
 In your hearts.

00:29:20.300 --> 00:29:21.180
 In your,

00:29:21.320 --> 00:29:22.020
 you know what the heart is?

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:23.220
 It's a place of desire.

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:25.860
 In your desires.

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:28.120
 In the depth of who you are.

00:29:29.160 --> 00:29:30.579
 Cause it your desire.

00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:33.140
 Honors Christ as Lord.

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.640
 And he also says,

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.440
 for sake of time,

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.180
 I won't read it all.

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.880
 But he says this,

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:41.200
 suffer for doing good

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.740
 if that should be God's will.

00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:45.019
 Are we willing to suffer

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:46.880
 for the kingdom of God?

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.259
 Man, nobody wants to say,

00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:50.039
 hey, sign me up.

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.420
 I'm ready.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.100
 I'm going now.

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:52.859
 We're not jumping

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.339
 at that invitation to suffer.

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.679
 But I'm just telling you

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.959
 the life of a Christian

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.899
 is not intended

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:59.819
 to be smooth sailing.

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.839
 Why?

00:30:02.399 --> 00:30:04.000
 Because we miss out

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.779
 on tasting what is good.

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.159
 Oh, I want you to see this.

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:16.599
 True happiness.

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.179
 True happiness.

00:30:18.419 --> 00:30:20.159
 Not temporary happiness.

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:20.600
 You know,

00:30:21.040 --> 00:30:22.180
 when we get a little puppy

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:23.400
 and that puppy comes home

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:25.000
 and it's a really nice looking puppy.

00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.279
 It's like,

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:25.920
 man,

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.080
 look at this.

00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:27.779
 I'm so excited

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.600
 to have this little puppy.

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.100
 Right?

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:30.980
 Yeah,

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.820
 you've been talking about

00:30:31.820 --> 00:30:32.320
 how much you love.

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:32.680
 Hey,

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.920
 that puppy pees on the floor

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:35.220
 and that puppy

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:36.160
 ain't going to live forever.

00:30:36.320 --> 00:30:36.740
 But you know,

00:30:36.800 --> 00:30:37.560
 there's things

00:30:37.560 --> 00:30:38.700
 that we get happy

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:40.980
 and they're surface level.

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.060
 They might touch a heart.

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.540
 But my point is

00:30:43.540 --> 00:30:45.400
 there's some true happiness

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:47.720
 that is at a level

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.080
 that a puppy can't touch.

00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:53.960
 or that a thing

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.899
 that you want,

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.439
 this thing you've been dreaming about

00:30:56.439 --> 00:30:57.019
 to purchase

00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:58.019
 so you can go have fun

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.559
 on the lake.

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.939
 It touches a little bit

00:31:00.939 --> 00:31:02.000
 of the exterior happiness.

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:02.579
 It's temporary.

00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.000
 There's something far greater.

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:04.839
 Church,

00:31:04.919 --> 00:31:06.059
 I hope you'll hear

00:31:06.059 --> 00:31:07.720
 what the psalm is saying

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.059
 right here.

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:08.639
 Listen to this.

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.960
 When the righteous cry for help.

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.359
 Wait a minute.

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.240
 God,

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.159
 why would the righteous

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:14.279
 need to cry for help?

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:18.160
 Because God allows

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.059
 these hard things

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.879
 to happen in life

00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:20.839
 of those who are righteous.

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.460
 Who are righteous?

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.759
 Those that are called

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.200
 by His name.

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.019
 In the Old Testament,

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:25.259
 there's two distinguishings.

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.599
 There's a way to distinguish

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.240
 in the Old Testament.

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.299
 The people of God,

00:31:28.599 --> 00:31:29.599
 He uses these terms

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.319
 like saints,

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.859
 righteous.

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:33.619
 Are the people of God

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:34.279
 totally righteous?

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.220
 Are you totally righteous?

00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:38.539
 Are you sinless?

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:41.259
 You know what Paul said

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.759
 about righteous?

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:43.220
 There's none righteous.

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:43.860
 No, not one.

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.559
 Not one.

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:47.620
 Unless we're covered

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.799
 by the redeeming blood

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.420
 of Jesus

00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.660
 and then we're counted

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.220
 as righteous.

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:53.259
 He puts us in this category

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.140
 of His people

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.940
 and He calls us righteous

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:57.019
 not because of what we've done

00:31:57.019 --> 00:31:57.880
 it's what Jesus did.

00:31:58.980 --> 00:32:00.019
 It's Jesus' work

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.900
 that makes us righteous.

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:02.519
 It's imputed righteousness.

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:04.339
 It's gifted to us

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.400
 and He puts us

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:05.980
 in this category.

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:06.720
 So listen again.

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.380
 When the righteous

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.420
 cry for help,

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.460
 that means there's problems,

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.180
 the Lord hears.

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:12.880
 Why?

00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.860
 Not because He loves us.

00:32:14.800 --> 00:32:16.080
 And He delivers them

00:32:16.080 --> 00:32:17.660
 out of all their troubles.

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.620
 Not all their physical troubles.

00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.920
 Spiritually speaking,

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.800
 He's the deliverer.

00:32:23.060 --> 00:32:24.580
 Does He sometimes deliver us

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:25.340
 out of physical troubles?

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.640
 Yes.

00:32:27.560 --> 00:32:28.800
 Does He always show Himself

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.900
 strong on behalf of His people?

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.260
 Yes.

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:33.060
 Notice this.

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.420
 It says,

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.580
 and He delivers them

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:35.320
 out of their troubles.

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.740
 The Lord is near who?

00:32:36.940 --> 00:32:37.740
 Who's He near to?

00:32:38.780 --> 00:32:39.740
 Let me ask this question

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.400
 before I answer that.

00:32:40.400 --> 00:32:41.440
 Do you want to be

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.940
 near to God?

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.340
 Do you want to be

00:32:44.340 --> 00:32:45.340
 near enough

00:32:45.340 --> 00:32:46.420
 to call it intimacy?

00:32:46.780 --> 00:32:47.280
 Do you want to be

00:32:47.280 --> 00:32:49.140
 so near you hear His voice?

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:55.520
 are you longing

00:32:55.520 --> 00:32:56.960
 to be in a deep relationship

00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.440
 with God?

00:32:57.780 --> 00:32:59.240
 The maker of the universe,

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:02.060
 the author of all good things,

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:04.080
 the lover of our souls,

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.940
 do you want to be

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:06.120
 deeply related to Him?

00:33:06.340 --> 00:33:07.380
 It is my prayer

00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.220
 that all of us say,

00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:09.060
 please, yes.

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.000
 And He said,

00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:11.100
 how do we do this?

00:33:11.360 --> 00:33:12.680
 Paul is telling these men,

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:14.759
 he's sitting in the cave,

00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:15.100
 he's saying,

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:17.120
 let me share this with you.

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.739
 The Lord is near

00:33:18.739 --> 00:33:19.779
 to the brokenhearted

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:22.139
 and He saves

00:33:22.139 --> 00:33:23.259
 the crushed in spirit.

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:24.679
 You know what leads

00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:25.859
 to intimacy with God?

00:33:25.979 --> 00:33:26.839
 Brokenheartedness

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.639
 and crushed in spirit.

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.000
 Woo.

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:32.739
 Anybody ready to sign up?

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.239
 Do you know

00:33:35.239 --> 00:33:36.459
 that intimacy with God

00:33:36.459 --> 00:33:37.559
 is not just

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:39.000
 a smooth sailing ship?

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:41.219
 Do you know

00:33:41.219 --> 00:33:42.439
 in order to really

00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:43.759
 experience intimacy with God,

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.619
 I love how Tozer says

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:46.819
 He doesn't ever use a man,

00:33:46.979 --> 00:33:48.719
 I'm really paraphrasing, okay?

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:51.659
 He doesn't use a man much

00:33:51.659 --> 00:33:53.519
 until He wounds him deeply.

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.279
 You know,

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:57.259
 it's the wounds

00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.379
 that come our way

00:33:58.379 --> 00:34:02.719
 that cut away the pride

00:34:02.719 --> 00:34:03.879
 and it cuts away

00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:05.239
 the fleshly tendencies,

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.500
 it cuts away

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.619
 the worldly living

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.759
 and to the point

00:34:08.759 --> 00:34:09.259
 at which we say,

00:34:09.319 --> 00:34:10.079
 God, I'm yours.

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.920
 Wherever you take me,

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.159
 whatever you send,

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.900
 I'm going to cling to you.

00:34:16.359 --> 00:34:18.119
 You know what closeness is?

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:19.559
 It's when you're in the storm

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.279
 and you cry out to Him

00:34:21.279 --> 00:34:22.119
 and He hears

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:24.819
 and you hear Him

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:26.859
 and He says to you,

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:28.159
 I'll take care of you.

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:29.039
 Y'all know a guy

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.859
 named Polycarp?

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.679
 If you haven't read

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.599
 about Polycarp,

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:36.059
 I can't encourage you enough

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.219
 to go read about Polycarp.

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.319
 There's a guy

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:39.199
 who translated

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.279
 a document

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:41.319
 that talks about him.

00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:43.500
 first century

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:45.620
 Bishop of Sardis.

00:34:45.700 --> 00:34:45.900
 You know,

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.200
 Sardis as a church

00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:48.140
 that shows up

00:34:48.140 --> 00:34:49.220
 in the book of Revelation.

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:50.940
 He was one of the leaders

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:52.260
 in the book of Revelation

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:55.760
 and the authorities

00:34:55.760 --> 00:34:57.380
 in the Roman Empire

00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:59.039
 took him captive

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.860
 and says,

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.940
 recant that you trust in Jesus.

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:02.980
 Recant.

00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:04.460
 I want you to say,

00:35:04.580 --> 00:35:05.240
 if you don't say

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:06.460
 you trust in Caesar,

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:08.059
 then you're going to be killed.

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:08.799
 He says,

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.179
 kill me.

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.619
 Kill me.

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.259
 He says,

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:13.759
 for 84 years

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.799
 He's been faithful to me.

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.960
 He's never let me down.

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.079
 I'll trust in Him.

00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.000
 Now,

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.619
 I won't give you

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.480
 the beautiful picture

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.980
 of what happened

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:20.759
 when they put him

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:22.480
 on a bunch of wood.

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.699
 They went and collected wood.

00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.139
 They made a pyre.

00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:27.380
 They put him on there

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:28.599
 and they were going to tie him.

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:28.759
 I said,

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.599
 you don't need to tie me up.

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:31.239
 God had already given him

00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:31.619
 a picture

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:33.139
 that he was going to be

00:35:33.139 --> 00:35:35.440
 martyred by fire.

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.619
 And he willingly said,

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:37.779
 God,

00:35:37.799 --> 00:35:38.519
 if that's what you want,

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:40.079
 I'm willing to do whatever.

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.880
 God gave him the strength

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.519
 to be faithful

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.719
 in the midst of the flames

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:45.380
 and he praised God

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:48.699
 because he was walking

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:50.279
 into self-sacrifice.

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.279
 He was willing

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:52.500
 to sacrifice himself

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:55.019
 for the will of God

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:56.420
 and God gave him the strength

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.319
 to walk that road.

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.519
 It's powerful.

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.579
 It lit a fire

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.719
 among Christians

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:02.420
 in that area,

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.599
 a fire that led them

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:04.179
 to be faithful

00:36:04.179 --> 00:36:04.839
 even in the midst

00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.460
 of persecution.

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.460
 You know what

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.359
 true happiness is?

00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.019
 It says,

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:09.539
 it's nearness to God

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:11.039
 and experiencing his help.

00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:12.179
 If you want to

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:14.119
 deeply know God,

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.500
 the nearness to God

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:19.880
 and experiencing his help,

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:24.139
 if we taste that,

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.699
 that's true happiness.

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:30.659
 I don't know if you buy that book

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.539
 I'm selling right here.

00:36:31.819 --> 00:36:32.419
 Do you buy it?

00:36:34.359 --> 00:36:35.619
 Do you really believe

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:39.679
 that the path to happiness

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.859
 is nearness to God?

00:36:41.980 --> 00:36:42.799
 I'm telling you.

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:46.419
 If you read John 15,

00:36:46.500 --> 00:36:47.000
 you'll hear it.

00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:48.359
 You know what it says, right?

00:36:48.879 --> 00:36:49.679
 Abide in me.

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.199
 Apart from me,

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:51.879
 you can do nothing.

00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.099
 He says,

00:36:53.140 --> 00:36:53.539
 he says,

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.500
 abide in me

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:55.860
 and at the end,

00:36:55.900 --> 00:36:56.200
 he says,

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:57.260
 these things I've told you

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.079
 in order that you might

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.680
 have joy

00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.559
 and have it to the full.

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:00.579
 You want to experience

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.640
 the fullness of joy?

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.920
 It's intimacy with him.

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.039
 You want to experience

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.599
 true happiness?

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.640
 Intimacy with him.

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.539
 Look what he's telling

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.980
 these guys.

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:08.860
 He said,

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.200
 man,

00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.559
 don't try to get,

00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:13.059
 seek happiness

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.099
 in the things you make

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.960
 and the things you build

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.480
 and the things you,

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.660
 what?

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.860
 Seek happiness

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.599
 and nearness to him

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:18.239
 and by the way,

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.960
 you got to go through

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.799
 the fire to get there.

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:21.759
 Don't run from the fire.

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:21.960
 Say,

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.159
 God,

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.900
 help me in the midst

00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:23.279
 of the fire

00:37:23.279 --> 00:37:24.259
 and when God comes

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:24.699
 and helps you

00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:25.259
 in the midst of the fire,

00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:25.839
 you know what you say?

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.480
 Woo-hoo!

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.639
 Shadrach,

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.019
 Meshach,

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.739
 and Abednego did.

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:32.199
 They experienced him

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:32.599
 in a way

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.960
 that is unbelievable.

00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.659
 The miraculous hand,

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:37.519
 redeeming hand of God.

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.400
 I wonder if you notice

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:42.480
 in verse 20.

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.539
 So verse 19

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:47.039
 echoes verse 18.

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.360
 It says,

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.360
 many are the afflictions

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.000
 of the righteous.

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:50.579
 Many are the afflictions

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:51.259
 of the righteous.

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:51.719
 Hey,

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.400
 righteous one,

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.320
 Christian,

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:54.119
 do you know

00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:55.199
 that there's many afflictions

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:55.920
 going to be in your life?

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.719
 Verse 20,

00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:00.420
 he keeps all his bones,

00:38:00.639 --> 00:38:01.980
 not one of them is broken.

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.259
 He keeps all his bones.

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:06.460
 Y'all recognize that

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:09.259
 from John 19?

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.699
 Isn't this so interesting?

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:17.559
 that the apostle John

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.439
 says this,

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:21.259
 speaking of Jesus

00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:23.599
 when his side was pierced

00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:25.179
 in that section

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:26.199
 of the book of John,

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.699
 it says,

00:38:26.699 --> 00:38:28.579
 for these things took place

00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.299
 that the scripture

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:30.480
 might be fulfilled

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.000
 saying,

00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:32.399
 not one of his bones

00:38:32.399 --> 00:38:32.980
 will be broken.

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.159
 Why in the world

00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:36.339
 would David

00:38:36.339 --> 00:38:37.539
 put that

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:39.699
 in this psalm?

00:38:39.779 --> 00:38:40.539
 Why would he

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.319
 share that

00:38:41.319 --> 00:38:42.239
 with these men?

00:38:43.739 --> 00:38:45.739
 In a physical

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.799
 type of way,

00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:47.279
 he would say,

00:38:47.359 --> 00:38:47.599
 listen,

00:38:48.059 --> 00:38:49.339
 God so delivered me

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:50.239
 not one of my bones

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:50.699
 was broken.

00:38:50.819 --> 00:38:52.099
 I was in a bad spot.

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.500
 As a matter of fact,

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.839
 God tends to do that.

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.019
 Does that mean

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.880
 that the people of God

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.539
 never break a bone?

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.619
 No, it doesn't mean that.

00:38:58.839 --> 00:39:00.500
 It's a way of saying

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.380
 this is what

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.679
 the powerful hand

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.839
 of God's deliverance

00:39:03.839 --> 00:39:04.440
 looks like.

00:39:04.699 --> 00:39:05.739
 And in this case,

00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.619
 he was really

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:07.460
 prophetically

00:39:07.460 --> 00:39:08.539
 pointing to Jesus.

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:11.000
 Have y'all ever wondered

00:39:11.000 --> 00:39:11.940
 why it was important

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.179
 for the bones of Jesus

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:14.039
 not to be broken?

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:14.779
 You remember,

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:16.739
 they broke the leg

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.799
 of the one thief

00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.799
 and they broke the leg

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.699
 of the other thief,

00:39:19.839 --> 00:39:20.900
 but Jesus' leg

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.599
 they didn't break

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:23.259
 because he is already dead.

00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:24.219
 So they do that

00:39:24.219 --> 00:39:25.799
 to speed up the death

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:26.779
 of the criminals

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.659
 that are hanging on the cross.

00:39:28.259 --> 00:39:29.179
 Well, Jesus' legs

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.839
 weren't broken.

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:31.259
 In matter of fact,

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.860
 prophetically,

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.719
 it said they wouldn't be.

00:39:34.179 --> 00:39:35.179
 Why is that important?

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.079
 Let me tell you this.

00:39:36.539 --> 00:39:37.659
 All along the way,

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.199
 God said,

00:39:38.279 --> 00:39:38.579
 I'm going to send

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.860
 a Passover lamb for you.

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.199
 I'm going to send

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:41.639
 a Passover.

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.039
 You know what

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.940
 a Passover lamb is?

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.960
 That's one

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:46.000
 on whom the people of God

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:47.699
 place all their sins

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:49.679
 on the Passover lamb

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:50.420
 and they take

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.400
 the Passover lamb,

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.880
 once a year

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.519
 and they send him

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.500
 outside the camp.

00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:54.920
 It signifies

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.820
 that the sins

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.660
 of the people

00:39:56.660 --> 00:39:57.920
 have been taken

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.740
 by another

00:39:58.740 --> 00:40:00.180
 and have left

00:40:00.180 --> 00:40:00.740
 the camp

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:02.099
 so that we no longer

00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:03.240
 are in this condition

00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:03.840
 of sin

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:06.300
 because the Passover lamb

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:07.180
 received all

00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:07.880
 of our sins.

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.720
 Do you know

00:40:08.720 --> 00:40:10.220
 that Jesus all along

00:40:10.220 --> 00:40:11.139
 was saying the lamb,

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.519
 the lamb of the world,

00:40:12.780 --> 00:40:13.780
 the lamb who was slain

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.639
 before the foundation

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.019
 of the world?

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.380
 The plan of God

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.500
 was to send a lamb

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.539
 to take all

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.619
 the sins

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:21.539
 of his people

00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.579
 and he would

00:40:22.579 --> 00:40:23.719
 carry that burden

00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.119
 away.

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:24.820
 Do you know

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:25.980
 that when

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:27.460
 the Jewish people

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:29.480
 selected a Passover lamb,

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:29.960
 do you know

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.739
 what was important

00:40:30.739 --> 00:40:31.659
 and what the word

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.340
 of God declared

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:32.980
 they had to do

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.699
 back in the first

00:40:33.699 --> 00:40:34.179
 five books

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.639
 of the Bible?

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.360
 It has to be

00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.340
 a lamb without spot.

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:39.099
 It has to be

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:40.219
 a lamb without blemish.

00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.179
 It has to be

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:42.699
 a lamb with no defect

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.519
 at all.

00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:45.440
 It was important

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:47.300
 that the Passover lamb,

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:47.840
 Jesus,

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:49.480
 would meet

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.820
 all the criteria

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.519
 of the law

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:54.320
 in order to be

00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:55.259
 acceptable

00:40:55.259 --> 00:40:56.940
 as the Passover lamb.

00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:58.400
 Jesus' bones

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.219
 weren't broken

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.699
 because he

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.420
 met every

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:03.360
 single

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:04.320
 issue,

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.000
 element,

00:41:06.280 --> 00:41:06.519
 dictate

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.480
 of the law.

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:09.420
 He was the Passover lamb

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.440
 who took my sins

00:41:10.440 --> 00:41:11.079
 and your sins

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.139
 if you've trusted in him.

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:13.079
 Let me ask you,

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.920
 have you trusted

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:15.480
 in Christ?

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:16.759
 Christ alone

00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:17.500
 for your salvation?

00:41:18.380 --> 00:41:19.179
 Have you trusted

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:20.460
 in this Passover lamb?

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.920
 Have you been

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.579
 redeemed?

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.699
 Have your sins

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:25.360
 been forgiven?

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.199
 When God

00:41:26.199 --> 00:41:26.840
 looks at you,

00:41:26.900 --> 00:41:27.400
 does he see

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.340
 any condemnation

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:28.679
 at all

00:41:28.679 --> 00:41:29.239
 or does he see

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.019
 the blood of Christ

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:30.579
 covering you?

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:32.559
 I hope

00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.699
 all of you

00:41:33.699 --> 00:41:35.219
 have understood

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.960
 the need

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:36.639
 for forgiveness.

00:41:36.980 --> 00:41:38.059
 A holy God

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:39.300
 and a sinful man

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:40.059
 can't be together.

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:42.360
 You know,

00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:43.300
 for a holy God,

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:44.100
 only those

00:41:44.100 --> 00:41:44.700
 who've been

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.519
 redeemed

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:46.500
 will be with

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.039
 them forever.

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:47.740
 Only those

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.140
 who've been

00:41:48.140 --> 00:41:48.620
 forgiven

00:41:48.620 --> 00:41:50.420
 by faith

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:51.420
 in the finished

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:52.039
 work of the

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.800
 Passover lamb,

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.200
 Jesus.

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.280
 I hope

00:41:54.280 --> 00:41:54.680
 that that's

00:41:54.680 --> 00:41:55.180
 true for you.

00:41:55.260 --> 00:41:55.660
 If not,

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.980
 I beg you

00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:58.480
 to consider

00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.000
 the truth

00:41:59.000 --> 00:41:59.360
 and I would

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:00.280
 love to share,

00:42:00.640 --> 00:42:01.240
 to talk to any

00:42:01.240 --> 00:42:01.560
 of you

00:42:01.560 --> 00:42:01.960
 who have

00:42:01.960 --> 00:42:02.700
 questions about

00:42:02.700 --> 00:42:03.019
 that.

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:05.039
 Let's pray.

00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:07.920
 Father,

00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:08.380
 we

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:14.679
 at least I

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.239
 speak for me.

00:42:15.340 --> 00:42:15.519
 God,

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:16.259
 I don't get

00:42:16.259 --> 00:42:17.019
 excited to

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.460
 think that

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.159
 I've got to

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.840
 walk straight

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.639
 into problems

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:20.940
 and difficulties

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:22.360
 and trials

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.579
 and all of

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:23.779
 that.

00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.099
 God,

00:42:24.099 --> 00:42:27.059
 I tend to

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:28.119
 walk backwards

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:28.920
 when I'm

00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:29.539
 faced with those

00:42:29.539 --> 00:42:29.759
 things.

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:29.980
 God,

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:30.880
 I tend to

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.840
 shy away

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:32.400
 from the

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:32.780
 difficult

00:42:32.780 --> 00:42:33.420
 parts of

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:33.980
 life and

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:35.360
 yet,

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:35.800
 God,

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.820
 I see

00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:37.320
 in the

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:37.780
 pages of

00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.220
 your word

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:38.800
 that the

00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.500
 path to

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:39.860
 intimacy

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.640
 with you

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:41.820
 is a

00:42:41.820 --> 00:42:42.300
 path that

00:42:42.300 --> 00:42:42.700
 includes

00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:43.900
 trials and

00:42:43.900 --> 00:42:44.680
 struggles and

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:45.300
 difficulties.

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.160
 God,

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:47.019
 in the midst

00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:47.519
 of those,

00:42:47.600 --> 00:42:47.860
 would you

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:48.640
 help us

00:42:48.640 --> 00:42:49.000
 as your

00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.460
 church

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:50.660
 embrace you

00:42:50.660 --> 00:42:51.100
 and cry

00:42:51.100 --> 00:42:51.579
 out to you

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.019
 and cling

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.539
 to you?

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.420
 God,

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.760
 would you

00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:57.519
 draw us

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:58.140
 into a

00:42:58.140 --> 00:42:58.420
 deeper

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.059
 relationship

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.640
 with you,

00:42:59.720 --> 00:43:00.500
 a relationship

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.059
 where we

00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:01.880
 trust you,

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:03.099
 a relationship

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:03.639
 where we're

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:04.599
 often praising

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.039
 you and

00:43:05.039 --> 00:43:05.519
 worshiping

00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:05.739
 you?

00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:08.519
 God,

00:43:08.579 --> 00:43:08.840
 would you

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.480
 do a

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.039
 mighty work

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.299
 in our

00:43:10.299 --> 00:43:10.599
 lives?

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:10.900
 And God,

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.360
 if there's

00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:12.519
 someone here

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:13.380
 that doesn't

00:43:13.380 --> 00:43:13.759
 know you

00:43:13.759 --> 00:43:14.099
 as Lord

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:14.500
 and Savior

00:43:14.500 --> 00:43:15.139
 that hadn't

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.559
 understood

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:16.480
 the work

00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:16.920
 of Christ

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:17.279
 on their

00:43:17.279 --> 00:43:17.639
 behalf,

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:17.860
 God,

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:18.400
 I pray

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.860
 that you

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.380
 would open

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:19.820
 their eyes

00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:20.219
 to see.

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:22.119
 God,

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.719
 be praised

00:43:22.719 --> 00:43:23.099
 this morning.

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:23.559
 We worship

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:23.920
 you in the

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.239
 name of

00:43:24.239 --> 00:43:24.539
 Jesus.

00:43:24.779 --> 00:43:25.000
 Amen.