WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:23.300 There are 150 psalms. 00:00:23.420 --> 00:00:26.679 The Psalter are the prayer book and the song book of God's people. 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:31.359 The time period of the Psalms is the entire Old Testament. 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:38.039 Moses lived and from his pen came the first five books all the way up until the end of Revelation. 00:00:38.980 --> 00:00:44.399 So the Psalms are what Christ and the church received as a prayer book and a song book. 00:00:45.060 --> 00:00:50.100 So now we, with all of the scripture, with the intended meaning of the Holy Spirit and all the Bible, 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:53.500 we get to go back and study the Psalms in that way, in that light. 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:57.600 Every Psalm that we're studying, I just, I feel like it's just wonderful. 00:00:57.740 --> 00:01:00.480 I want that to be my prayer every week. 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:04.099 Psalm 11 certainly has done that for me as well. 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:08.120 Before I read this, I'll explain a couple things about it. 00:01:08.460 --> 00:01:10.240 This is another Psalm of David. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:12.599 David was the king of Israel. 00:01:13.099 --> 00:01:14.760 He was also a musician and a poet. 00:01:14.760 --> 00:01:19.660 There's a superscription here. 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:22.400 In some versions, you'll read that it's upon the shimineth. 00:01:22.620 --> 00:01:23.680 And that's the Hebrew word. 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:26.040 The meaning of these old words is uncertain. 00:01:26.300 --> 00:01:30.800 But that actually adds to the authenticity of how ancient these Psalms truly are. 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:35.900 The best, I guess, guess of scholars is shimineth. 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:37.800 It has to do with the number eight. 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:41.920 It could be the eighth chord on a harp, the eighth note. 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:46.640 But the other meaning that John Gill pointed out, I thought was very interesting, at least 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:52.920 worth considering, is all the scholars, even the Jewish rabbis, saw that this is a messianic 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:53.200 Psalm. 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:57.980 It's talking about a future fulfillment that David would never see with his eyes on earth. 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:02.420 And so in that sense, the Lord Jesus came on the day of the Lord, which is the eighth 00:02:02.420 --> 00:02:04.620 day, the first day of the new creation. 00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:12.580 Well, as I read Psalm 11, we read it trusting that this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, 00:02:12.800 --> 00:02:14.120 clear, and sufficient word. 00:02:14.259 --> 00:02:16.300 It's God's very own word for you, his people. 00:02:16.819 --> 00:02:20.480 When I'm done reading, I'll say, this is the word of the Lord, and we'll respond, thanks 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:21.020 be to God. 00:02:22.060 --> 00:02:25.080 Psalm 11, I'm reading from the Christian Standard Bible. 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:29.120 I have taken refuge in the Lord. 00:02:30.219 --> 00:02:33.760 How can you say to me, escape to the mountains like a bird? 00:02:34.480 --> 00:02:37.320 For look, the wicked string bows. 00:02:37.860 --> 00:02:43.340 They put their arrows on bow strings to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart. 00:02:44.600 --> 00:02:47.820 When the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? 00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:49.780 Verse four. 00:02:49.780 --> 00:02:52.879 The Lord is in his holy temple. 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:56.039 The Lord, his throne is in heaven. 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:58.080 His eyes watch. 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:01.560 His gaze examines everyone. 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:08.159 The Lord examines the righteous, but he hates the wicked and those who love violence. 00:03:09.259 --> 00:03:12.819 Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked. 00:03:13.460 --> 00:03:16.979 Let a scorching wind be their portion and their cup. 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:18.780 For the Lord is righteous. 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:21.020 He loves righteous deeds. 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.979 The upright will see his face. 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:25.879 This is the word of the Lord. 00:03:27.180 --> 00:03:28.039 Thanks be to God. 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:28.659 You may be seated. 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:43.360 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever. 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:43.920 Let's pray. 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:48.900 Let's pray. 00:03:48.900 --> 00:03:48.920 Let's pray. 00:03:48.919 --> 00:04:00.459 Lord, we rest in you. 00:04:00.459 --> 00:04:04.459 Lord, we rest in you. 00:04:05.060 --> 00:04:09.079 You have not let your children be on earth as orphans. 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:11.859 Instead, you've given us your Holy Spirit, the comforter. 00:04:11.860 --> 00:04:12.860 Lord, we rest in you. 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:13.860 Lord, we rest in you. 00:04:13.860 --> 00:04:16.379 And though we're in this world, we are not of the world. 00:04:16.379 --> 00:04:26.980 Lord, though we are surrounded by sin and evil, and we battle even the remaining sin in our own flesh, Lord, we trust your promise that the wicked do not win. 00:04:26.980 --> 00:04:30.100 The wicked do not prevail in the end. 00:04:30.100 --> 00:04:31.100 Lord, we rest in you. 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:36.740 You are a God who sees all and who is close, and you sustain your people. 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:38.800 You are the head of the church. 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:40.080 You build your church. 00:04:40.960 --> 00:04:44.020 The gates of hell cannot prevail against you. 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:46.820 We trust these promises, Lord. 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:55.720 I pray that you will minister your word from Psalm 11 to strengthen this army, these soldiers, this church. 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:56.960 Amen. 00:05:01.960 --> 00:05:06.860 There's much in the West that's crumbling and eroding all around us. 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:11.860 Freedom of speech is crumbling in the West. 00:05:11.860 --> 00:05:27.080 In March of 2023, a Canadian pastor named Derek Reimer was arrested for a second time, this time for speaking out against drag events for kids. 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:33.319 Each time, the government fined him $10,000. 00:05:35.060 --> 00:05:37.960 Freedom of speech is crumbling in the West. 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:43.979 How do pastors like that remain at their post where God has put them? 00:05:46.779 --> 00:05:52.979 The acceptance by the public of God's moral law is crumbling in Colorado. 00:05:53.659 --> 00:05:56.000 Let's be specific and let's be real. 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:01.279 There's been a mass exodus in recent years. 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:10.040 People fleeing Colorado, going to states that support values that they hold dear as a family. 00:06:10.660 --> 00:06:12.800 And there's also been a mass influx. 00:06:13.060 --> 00:06:15.040 So the replacement ratio is equal. 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:26.780 But people are pouring into Colorado specifically for lax abortion laws and aggressive gender expression laws protected in the state. 00:06:27.760 --> 00:06:30.460 How do Christians remain here in Colorado? 00:06:31.300 --> 00:06:32.300 You've wrestled with this. 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:33.800 I know you have as a family. 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:48.420 Within our own little body here, one of our own has had to be very clear about her values and her boundaries as a Christian at work, especially this month. 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:57.980 And in retaliation, her boss has assigned her Sunday mornings that shift specifically to keep her from gathering with God's people. 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:01.220 How do we remain? 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:06.180 Each one of you is a follower of Christ. 00:07:06.560 --> 00:07:09.340 Each one of you takes up your cross daily following him. 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.100 And each one of you is not on your own. 00:07:12.200 --> 00:07:13.819 He's put us together as a body. 00:07:14.580 --> 00:07:18.300 Each one of us has a role to play in this body, this army of God. 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:20.300 Each one has a function. 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:22.819 Each one has a spiritual post. 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:30.779 During the week when you pray for anyone here that you visited with who the Lord put on your heart and burdened you to pray for them, 00:07:31.180 --> 00:07:34.839 you are fighting at your post before the throne of heaven. 00:07:36.740 --> 00:07:39.079 And God has a post for every single member here. 00:07:39.579 --> 00:07:46.399 Sometimes as a family we'll gather to pray and little Alyssa will pray for one of you for something I didn't even know about. 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:48.300 That's her role in her post. 00:07:49.300 --> 00:07:51.719 Each one has a place in God's army. 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:59.180 How do we remain together, remain as the church militant in this life, 00:07:59.660 --> 00:08:04.820 when it feels like the bricks underneath our posts on the walls are crumbling away? 00:08:05.020 --> 00:08:06.460 Doesn't it feel like that many times? 00:08:08.520 --> 00:08:11.140 Well, that's the imagery we get in Psalm 11. 00:08:13.300 --> 00:08:17.240 These wicked people are telling David, flee like a bird. 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:19.320 Don't stay at your post. 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:19.720 Flee. 00:08:19.720 --> 00:08:19.800 Flee. 00:08:21.720 --> 00:08:22.960 And there's King David. 00:08:23.080 --> 00:08:25.960 You can almost picture one of those ancient walls with the towers. 00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:31.880 And the soldiers looking out with their bows drawn to fend away the enemy. 00:08:32.279 --> 00:08:33.160 But it's much worse. 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:34.600 The enemy is on the inside. 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:36.899 And those bricks are being pulled out. 00:08:36.980 --> 00:08:38.279 These towers are wobbly. 00:08:39.420 --> 00:08:40.960 How does he stay at his post? 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:49.780 So, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, today I want to exhort you, remain at your post. 00:08:51.300 --> 00:08:53.700 Remain at the post God has given you. 00:08:53.700 --> 00:08:59.560 The first point is why it's hard to remain at your post. 00:08:59.940 --> 00:09:01.680 It's hard to remain at your post. 00:09:01.780 --> 00:09:02.340 Why is that? 00:09:03.540 --> 00:09:07.920 In verse 1, we see that the wicked, they're appealing to David's soul. 00:09:08.780 --> 00:09:09.920 It's persuasive. 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:11.240 It's convincing. 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:13.779 The soul is the personality. 00:09:14.180 --> 00:09:15.039 It's your emotions. 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:20.879 And he says, why wicked people do you say to my soul, flee like a bird? 00:09:21.279 --> 00:09:22.240 It's getting to him. 00:09:22.940 --> 00:09:23.860 He wants to flee. 00:09:25.240 --> 00:09:27.759 They're saying, abandon your post, David. 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:29.779 Take another job. 00:09:30.779 --> 00:09:32.279 Relocate somewhere easier. 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:36.480 Well, isn't that exactly what the enemy wants? 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:39.059 He wants to scatter the troops. 00:09:39.860 --> 00:09:42.839 He wants you and me to abandon our post and to retreat. 00:09:44.439 --> 00:09:47.100 So, the wicked appeal to your soul. 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.059 Why else is it hard to remain at your post? 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:53.980 The wicked mock your faith. 00:09:55.419 --> 00:09:58.480 In verse 1, they say, flee like a bird to your mountain. 00:09:59.019 --> 00:10:01.399 They jeer at David's witness. 00:10:02.620 --> 00:10:08.559 You've experienced that when the wicked instruments of Satan will take something that's right, 00:10:08.980 --> 00:10:13.720 but they'll say it back to you in a way that mocks and makes you want to not do the right thing 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.399 just to not let them be right about it. 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:16.879 You've had that happen. 00:10:18.379 --> 00:10:20.059 Flee like a bird to your mountain. 00:10:20.659 --> 00:10:23.799 Well, that's the right thing to do as we take our refuge in the Lord. 00:10:24.459 --> 00:10:28.000 The Psalms are full of describing the mountain of God as a place that's safe 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:31.139 and that the Lord surrounds his people on his mountain. 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:35.279 But the wicked are mocking this witness that David has told them. 00:10:35.779 --> 00:10:37.720 David's fine saying, I am like a bird. 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:40.019 He puts himself very low in the Psalms. 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:42.639 And they're mocking that very witness he gave. 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:45.220 It's hard to remain at your post. 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.460 The wicked also stir up your fears. 00:10:50.059 --> 00:10:54.639 The wicked stir up paranoia and distrust from inside. 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:58.139 You've seen that happen in churches, haven't you? 00:11:00.279 --> 00:11:03.819 They say, behold, David, the wicked, verse 2, 00:11:03.980 --> 00:11:05.240 the wicked bend the bow. 00:11:05.779 --> 00:11:07.799 They have fitted their arrow to the string 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.480 to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart. 00:11:12.559 --> 00:11:14.199 David, get out of here. 00:11:14.659 --> 00:11:17.279 You don't even know how bad it is inside the kingdom. 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:19.779 From the shadows, from the dark. 00:11:20.439 --> 00:11:22.120 There are trained assassins. 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:25.019 They've taken the arrow and put it in the string, 00:11:25.120 --> 00:11:26.360 and their bow is bent. 00:11:26.779 --> 00:11:27.959 And what are they aiming at? 00:11:28.339 --> 00:11:31.220 They're aiming at the soul of God's people, the righteous. 00:11:32.339 --> 00:11:35.740 The ones that the enemy wants to flee and abandon the post. 00:11:35.839 --> 00:11:37.120 They're coming after you. 00:11:38.360 --> 00:11:40.559 They're stirring up distrust, paranoia. 00:11:41.079 --> 00:11:42.620 The fear is inside of our heart. 00:11:42.620 --> 00:11:46.039 But it's hard to remain at your post when that's going on, 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:47.779 especially from the inside, isn't it? 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:54.600 Well, who are these people that the enemy are going after 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:56.539 and trying to chase them out of the kingdom? 00:11:57.779 --> 00:12:00.639 In Psalm 11, they're called the upright in heart. 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:03.799 One who is holy in heart. 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:07.879 One who is observant of the divine commands 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:09.940 in practice in their actual life. 00:12:09.940 --> 00:12:13.040 To illustrate this from the Bible, 00:12:13.880 --> 00:12:15.440 who comes to mind when you think of one 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.660 who is upright in heart, 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:20.840 who's desiring to observe God's commandments in practice 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:22.940 within a wicked, evil kingdom? 00:12:24.280 --> 00:12:26.960 You're probably thinking of maybe Joseph or Daniel. 00:12:27.660 --> 00:12:28.900 Great examples to us. 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:31.740 And it's for that very reason 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:34.260 that they went after both Joseph and Daniel, wasn't it? 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:38.460 The wicked hate that Daniel is praying to his Lord 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:39.440 three times a day. 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:41.220 Trusting in a greater kingdom. 00:12:41.680 --> 00:12:44.340 That makes Daniel a target to the wicked. 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:47.680 And one last thing that the wicked do 00:12:47.680 --> 00:12:49.540 that makes it hard to remain at your post. 00:12:51.080 --> 00:12:53.180 The wicked want you to be hopeless. 00:12:54.500 --> 00:12:56.300 The wicked want you to have no hope. 00:12:57.780 --> 00:12:59.080 In verse three, they say, 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:00.920 if the foundations are destroyed, 00:13:01.340 --> 00:13:02.520 what can the righteous do? 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:05.620 They say, don't you see all the signs, 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:07.040 all the evidence around you? 00:13:07.300 --> 00:13:08.540 There is no hope. 00:13:08.539 --> 00:13:10.219 This kingdom is crumbling. 00:13:10.819 --> 00:13:12.379 All the pillars are wobbly. 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:13.860 There's cracks in the flooring. 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.240 The base has already shifted out from under your feet. 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:20.379 That tower you're standing on is tipping over. 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:24.039 You can't stand and fight where you are anymore. 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.419 They make you feel hopeless. 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:30.039 It's hard to remain at your post. 00:13:30.039 --> 00:13:35.480 What is it then that Psalm 11, 00:13:35.699 --> 00:13:37.299 by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:40.559 teaches believers to do in response to this reality? 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.019 Verse four is when it turns good. 00:13:44.379 --> 00:13:45.419 Look at verse four with me. 00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:51.279 What I see is that Psalm 11 teaches believers 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:53.500 to take your eyes off the wicked. 00:13:54.339 --> 00:13:55.699 Take your eyes off the wicked. 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:57.579 But you can't just not look. 00:13:57.919 --> 00:13:59.500 You have to put your eyes somewhere else. 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.419 Notice where he puts his eyes in verse four. 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:05.039 He puts them on the Lord by faith. 00:14:05.199 --> 00:14:05.679 Verse four, 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:09.000 The Lord is in his holy temple. 00:14:09.599 --> 00:14:11.939 The Lord's throne is in heaven. 00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:15.479 Take your eyes off the wicked. 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:17.319 Put your eyes on the temple 00:14:17.319 --> 00:14:21.339 and on the throne of the Lord in heaven by faith. 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.779 Yes, everything your physical eyes are seeing 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:25.599 will lead you to be hopeless, 00:14:26.239 --> 00:14:27.859 discouraged, and to want to flee. 00:14:28.479 --> 00:14:30.579 But instead, put those eyes by faith 00:14:30.579 --> 00:14:33.939 on the temple and the throne of God in heaven. 00:14:33.940 --> 00:14:36.840 Notice what the Psalms, 00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:39.500 just limiting to this near context of the Psalms, 00:14:39.560 --> 00:14:41.160 what the Psalms say about both the temple 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:42.780 and the throne of God. 00:14:42.900 --> 00:14:43.680 First, the temple. 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:45.500 Psalm 5, 7. 00:14:45.580 --> 00:14:46.580 We saw this last summer. 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.760 David says, 00:14:48.040 --> 00:14:49.920 I will come into thy house 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:52.080 in the multitude of thy mercy. 00:14:52.660 --> 00:14:54.140 When you think of the temple of the Lord, 00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:55.440 think of a multitude, 00:14:55.920 --> 00:14:58.080 a lavish, abundant mercy, 00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.560 and go there. 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:02.080 And in thy fear, 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:05.020 I will worship toward thy holy temple. 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.080 Psalm 18, 6. 00:15:07.460 --> 00:15:08.540 In my distress, 00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:10.540 I called upon the Lord 00:15:10.540 --> 00:15:12.100 and cried unto my God, 00:15:12.280 --> 00:15:14.100 and he heard my voice 00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:15.400 out of his temple, 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.660 and my cry came before him, 00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:19.040 even into his ears. 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:21.080 If you're distressed, 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:23.400 if you're crying out desperate, 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:25.440 that prayer goes straight 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:27.900 to the temple of God who hears you. 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:30.139 Praise God 00:15:30.139 --> 00:15:32.299 that he rules and ministers 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:33.419 from his holy temple. 00:15:33.539 --> 00:15:33.759 Amen? 00:15:35.539 --> 00:15:36.439 So he says, 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:39.019 the Lord is in his holy temple, 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:40.419 and here's what I know about that. 00:15:40.779 --> 00:15:41.379 He also says, 00:15:41.500 --> 00:15:42.459 the Lord's throne 00:15:42.459 --> 00:15:43.879 is in heaven. 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:44.799 Verse 4. 00:15:45.439 --> 00:15:46.959 The Lord's throne is in heaven. 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.059 Here's what the Psalms 00:15:48.059 --> 00:15:50.000 say about the throne of the Lord. 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:51.899 Psalm 93, 2. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.039 The throne of God 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:55.720 is established of old. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:58.040 These wicked seem to have crept up 00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:59.180 and taken over out of nowhere. 00:15:59.560 --> 00:16:00.480 The throne of the Lord 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.200 is of old. 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:04.000 He is from everlasting. 00:16:04.680 --> 00:16:05.740 Psalm 45, 6. 00:16:05.860 --> 00:16:06.899 Thy throne, O God, 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:08.259 is forever and ever. 00:16:08.700 --> 00:16:10.100 It will not go away. 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:11.660 His rule extends 00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:13.000 for all generations 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:13.899 and for eternity. 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.879 The scepter of the kingdom of God 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.519 is right. 00:16:18.100 --> 00:16:19.279 These wicked make everything 00:16:19.279 --> 00:16:20.300 crooked and twisted, 00:16:20.700 --> 00:16:22.120 but God's scepter, 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:23.899 what he holds up as the king, 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.960 it is straight. 00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:27.080 Psalm 47, 8. 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:28.160 God reigns 00:16:28.160 --> 00:16:29.820 over the wicked as well. 00:16:30.800 --> 00:16:32.399 God sits upon the throne 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:33.259 of his holiness 00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:34.399 and he reigns 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:35.580 over this kingdom, 00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.940 over the wicked even. 00:16:37.920 --> 00:16:38.879 That's the temple 00:16:38.879 --> 00:16:40.420 and the throne of the Lord. 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:41.960 That's what we put our eyes on 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:43.820 instead of looking at the wicked. 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.139 You'll be invited 00:16:46.139 --> 00:16:47.519 to exhort one another 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:48.720 with these words in a moment. 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:51.720 Turn your eyes upon Jesus. 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:55.840 Look full in his wonderful face. 00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.480 What happens? 00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.379 The things of earth 00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:01.399 will grow strangely dim 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.940 in the light 00:17:02.940 --> 00:17:05.220 of his glory and grace. 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.319 Amen. 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:08.980 So take your eyes off the wicked 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.120 and put them on the Lord. 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:12.920 Number three we see in Psalm 11. 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.360 David reminds himself 00:17:15.360 --> 00:17:17.440 of who God is. 00:17:17.440 --> 00:17:20.820 When it's hard to remain 00:17:20.820 --> 00:17:21.600 at your post, 00:17:21.860 --> 00:17:22.799 remind yourself 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.940 of who God is, 00:17:24.440 --> 00:17:25.200 his attributes. 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.000 Three attributes 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:27.900 are in focus 00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:28.700 in Psalm 11. 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.299 First, 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:31.600 the Lord is omniscient. 00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:34.660 The Lord is all-knowing. 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:36.180 Verse 4, 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.360 his eyes 00:17:37.360 --> 00:17:38.600 see the children 00:17:38.600 --> 00:17:39.380 of man. 00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:41.440 Who is the children 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:41.900 of man? 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:43.180 It's every human being 00:17:43.180 --> 00:17:44.019 that came from Adam. 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:46.700 Wicked and righteous alike. 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:47.980 God sees all. 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:50.359 God is all-knowing, 00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.019 omniscient. 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.559 Number two, 00:17:53.059 --> 00:17:54.480 the Lord is good. 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:56.519 The Lord is good. 00:17:57.700 --> 00:17:58.839 And he exercises 00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.500 his goodness 00:17:59.500 --> 00:18:01.119 by providentially 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:02.519 using whatever 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.259 the wicked 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:04.139 intend for evil 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:05.440 God uses for good. 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.160 Verse 4, 00:18:07.660 --> 00:18:08.500 his eyelids, 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:09.660 or another translation, 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.519 his gaze, 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.400 tests the children 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:12.940 of man. 00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.539 And verse 5 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.799 specifically says 00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.620 he tests 00:18:16.620 --> 00:18:17.580 the righteous. 00:18:18.460 --> 00:18:19.740 So God sees all. 00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.519 And when he sees 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:22.700 the wickedness 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.980 happening to his people, 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.500 the righteous, 00:18:24.900 --> 00:18:25.920 he tests them. 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.740 He uses that 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.880 to refine, 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:28.840 to purify, 00:18:29.320 --> 00:18:30.440 to prepare them 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:31.640 for eternal glory. 00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:34.360 With this translation 00:18:34.360 --> 00:18:35.400 of eyelids, 00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:37.360 think about that. 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.100 Both are true. 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.180 God's eyes 00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:40.019 see everything, 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:41.900 but also his eyelids 00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.500 test. 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:45.279 When it seems like 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.059 God's eyes 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:46.900 are closed 00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:48.299 to what you are 00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:49.680 suffering and enduring, 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.740 it seems that way. 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:52.000 You know he sees all, 00:18:52.320 --> 00:18:53.160 but it seems like 00:18:53.160 --> 00:18:53.660 all you're getting 00:18:53.660 --> 00:18:54.100 right now 00:18:54.100 --> 00:18:55.140 are his closed eyes, 00:18:55.660 --> 00:18:56.279 his eyelids. 00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:59.980 It appears to you 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:01.519 that he is not 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:03.620 looking at you 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:05.340 or seeing what 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.340 you're having to endure, 00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:08.359 but he sees you. 00:19:08.359 --> 00:19:10.480 And when it feels 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.899 that way, 00:19:10.959 --> 00:19:11.399 it's because 00:19:11.399 --> 00:19:12.980 he is purifying you. 00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:15.299 He is preparing you 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.379 through the suffering 00:19:16.379 --> 00:19:18.879 for eternal glory 00:19:18.879 --> 00:19:20.119 and communion with him. 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.899 And the Lord, 00:19:23.139 --> 00:19:23.419 finally, 00:19:23.859 --> 00:19:24.480 he's not only 00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.639 omniscient and good 00:19:25.639 --> 00:19:26.500 to rule over 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.240 with providence, 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.539 but he's also holy. 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:29.939 The Lord is holy 00:19:29.939 --> 00:19:30.539 and righteous. 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.179 Look at verse 5. 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:33.880 His soul hates 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.660 the wicked 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.240 and the one 00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:37.080 who loves violence. 00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:39.660 Thomas Brooks commented, 00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:41.560 All sin strikes 00:19:41.560 --> 00:19:43.460 at the holiness of God, 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.600 the glory of God, 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:46.920 the nature of God, 00:19:47.040 --> 00:19:48.000 the being of God, 00:19:48.060 --> 00:19:49.340 and the law of God. 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:51.140 All sin strikes 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:52.400 at the very essence 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.420 of who God is. 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.759 And therefore, 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:56.019 God's heart, 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:56.840 so to speak, 00:19:57.300 --> 00:19:59.300 rises up against all sin 00:19:59.300 --> 00:20:01.040 because God is holy. 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.680 God is righteous. 00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:06.180 And God is also just. 00:20:07.320 --> 00:20:08.400 So remind yourself 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.580 of who God is. 00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.460 The next thing 00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:12.380 in verse 6 00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:14.779 is that David prays 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.680 for God 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:17.480 to display his justice. 00:20:18.220 --> 00:20:18.860 David knows 00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:20.300 these are true of God. 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.340 This is who God is. 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.400 But then he prays 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.519 for God to put that 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.240 on display. 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.040 Use your power. 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:27.080 Use your omniscience. 00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.560 Respond 00:20:28.560 --> 00:20:29.740 because you are holy 00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.920 with justice, God. 00:20:31.940 --> 00:20:32.580 This is the part 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.080 of the Psalms 00:20:33.080 --> 00:20:34.000 that stretch us. 00:20:34.840 --> 00:20:35.920 But we should pray as well 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.220 for God to display 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.080 his justice 00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:39.580 when we see so much 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.639 wickedness prevailing. 00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:42.199 In verse 6, 00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.559 he says, 00:20:42.899 --> 00:20:43.799 let God 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.960 rain coals 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.899 on the wicked. 00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:49.119 He says, 00:20:49.199 --> 00:20:49.419 Lord, 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.179 give the wicked 00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:51.000 their due. 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:53.059 children, 00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:53.700 coals, 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:54.740 if you have a fireplace 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.440 in the winter, 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.819 it's when the wood 00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.579 is burned down 00:20:57.579 --> 00:20:59.140 so it's at its hottest point. 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.480 And we've had some hail 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.660 this summer. 00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:04.119 Can you imagine 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:05.000 if every one of those 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:06.000 little pieces of hail, 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.000 instead of being hail, 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:08.339 was a block of coal 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.160 at its hottest, 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.279 falling across Colorado 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:13.319 with the dry grass, 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:14.640 the wildfires 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.480 would be rampant. 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.620 That's how David 00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.599 is praying for God 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:18.960 to display 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.779 his justice 00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.420 on the wicked. 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.200 Verse 6, 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.339 may fire 00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.500 and sulfur 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:27.000 and a scorching wind 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.779 be the portion 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.519 of their cup. 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.559 Okay, 00:21:29.660 --> 00:21:30.140 the phrase 00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:31.579 portion of their cup, 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.860 it's a measured 00:21:33.860 --> 00:21:35.500 out punishment 00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:36.819 that correspond 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:38.059 to what is deserved. 00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:40.259 David's saying 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.200 their wickedness 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:42.240 deserves so much 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.880 punishment. 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:44.520 this is what needs 00:21:44.520 --> 00:21:45.260 to go in their cup. 00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.740 It needs to be 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.360 in proportion 00:21:46.360 --> 00:21:47.840 to their wickedness. 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.760 God, 00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:52.220 in righteous judgment, 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.560 must appoint 00:21:53.560 --> 00:21:54.460 to the wicked 00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:56.140 what they need 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.760 to drink 00:21:56.760 --> 00:21:58.740 as a just retribution, 00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.000 as a display 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.860 of his justice 00:22:00.860 --> 00:22:02.180 against their evil. 00:22:03.060 --> 00:22:03.700 And what is it 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.260 that should go 00:22:04.260 --> 00:22:04.880 in the cup 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.880 in the portion 00:22:05.880 --> 00:22:06.460 of the wicked 00:22:06.460 --> 00:22:07.500 that David prays? 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.140 In verse 6, 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.940 he asked that God 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.420 would put 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.860 fire 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:13.139 and sulfur 00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:14.019 in their cup. 00:22:15.099 --> 00:22:16.359 This is an illusion 00:22:16.359 --> 00:22:17.519 of how the Lord 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.639 rained down fire 00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.719 and sulfur 00:22:19.719 --> 00:22:21.139 from heaven 00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:22.599 upon Sodom and Gomorrah. 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:24.079 And the New Testament 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.579 tells us 00:22:24.579 --> 00:22:25.359 that the destruction 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.439 of Sodom and Gomorrah 00:22:26.439 --> 00:22:28.639 was an illustration 00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:29.379 and a type 00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:31.159 of the final coming judgment 00:22:31.159 --> 00:22:32.059 on the whole earth, 00:22:32.679 --> 00:22:33.679 the eternal fire 00:22:33.679 --> 00:22:34.500 of hell 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.679 and judgment. 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.439 That's what goes 00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:38.179 into the cup 00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:39.279 of sinners. 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.759 That's what they need 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.319 to drink. 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.799 The last image 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.460 in verse 6 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:46.700 is a scorching wind. 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.839 These scorching winds 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.480 could blow up 00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.819 from the northern part 00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:51.359 of Africa, 00:22:51.640 --> 00:22:52.279 sweeping across 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.980 the Mediterranean. 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.220 They could also blow 00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.940 from the east. 00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.420 Do you remember 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.960 in Job, 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:57.039 a strong, 00:22:57.160 --> 00:22:57.980 hot east wind 00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:59.160 blows and kills 00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.819 his little plant? 00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:02.180 The name for this type 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:03.259 of scorching wind 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:04.480 is Sirocco. 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.859 Sirocco. 00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:07.039 It's a hot, 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.839 dust-laden, 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.299 cyclonic wind 00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.819 that goes 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.359 at the speed 00:23:11.359 --> 00:23:11.980 of a hurricane. 00:23:13.679 --> 00:23:15.099 Imagine this gem 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.740 here filled 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.419 with sand 00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:17.119 and that sand 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:18.220 brought to a feverish 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.720 temperature. 00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:21.179 And then imagine 00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:21.939 the Lord moving 00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:22.299 the air 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.220 in such a powerful 00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.879 way that this 00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.319 hot, 00:23:24.579 --> 00:23:25.220 sandy wind 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.199 blasts 00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:27.139 whatever's in front 00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:27.419 of it. 00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:29.359 David is praying, 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:29.579 Lord, 00:23:29.699 --> 00:23:30.500 take that 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.939 destructive wind 00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:32.659 that would burn 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.459 and wipe out 00:23:33.459 --> 00:23:34.179 anything in front 00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:34.399 of it. 00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.579 Put it in the cup 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.379 of the wicked 00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.159 and make him 00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.699 drink that. 00:23:39.919 --> 00:23:40.559 Psalm 11 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:41.339 teaches us 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.659 to pray for God 00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:43.879 to display 00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:45.240 his just rule. 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.819 And if we don't 00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.699 see it in this life 00:23:47.699 --> 00:23:48.419 with these eyes, 00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:49.939 the Lord will bring 00:23:49.939 --> 00:23:50.619 it one day 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.819 in glory. 00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:55.919 Well, 00:23:56.179 --> 00:23:57.079 as we look at 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.899 the final part 00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:59.039 of Psalm 11, 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:01.579 there's a response. 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.240 David responds 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.519 to how he's feeling, 00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.059 who he sees God 00:24:06.059 --> 00:24:06.400 as, 00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.759 what he needs. 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.460 So that's my 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.319 exhortation to you 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.160 is respond 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.160 in the light 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:13.019 of who God 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.519 is. 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.480 I want to draw 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.920 your attention 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.759 to the bookends 00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:17.380 of this Psalm, 00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.319 the first verse 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.920 and the seventh, 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.539 the last. 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.859 In verse one, 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:22.140 here's his response. 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:22.920 He just tells you 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.259 up front, 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.180 here's how I resolve 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.539 this. 00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.839 In the Lord 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:28.039 I take refuge. 00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.240 Why do you take 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.000 refuge in the Lord, 00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.339 David? 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:32.720 Verse seven, 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.259 for the Lord 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.160 is righteous. 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.759 He loves 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:38.299 righteous deeds. 00:24:40.120 --> 00:24:40.779 We've seen 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.359 how God 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.220 loves the upright 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.720 in heart, 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.319 how God is holy, 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.900 and how anyone 00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.620 who is a sinner 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.620 deserves to drink 00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.200 this cup 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.019 of judgment. 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.500 How can David 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:51.380 be so sure 00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.759 that he can take 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.680 refuge in the Lord? 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.120 How can David 00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:56.079 know that God 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:57.620 loves righteous deeds 00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.420 and that's good news 00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.900 for David? 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:00.200 Everybody knows 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.000 publicly David 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.559 is a sinner. 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:04.519 John Calvin wrote, 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.740 the just God 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.899 is the rewarder 00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:08.399 of perfect righteousness 00:25:08.399 --> 00:25:09.599 and the avenger 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:10.179 of sin. 00:25:11.659 --> 00:25:12.339 None here 00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.879 are perfectly 00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:13.440 righteous. 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.700 All of us 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.539 deserve for our 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.659 sin to be avenged. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:20.899 That description 00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.579 of the cup, 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.179 the portion 00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.679 of the wicked, 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.399 that's what each 00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.099 one of us 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:25.879 deserves to drink. 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:26.279 Amen? 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:28.920 This is what 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.720 we were born 00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.619 deserving 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.460 and this is what 00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.319 our own sins 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.619 piling on 00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:35.000 merit for us. 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.079 Calvin also wrote, 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.019 but in Christ 00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.259 God's face 00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.500 shines out 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.759 full of grace 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.559 and gentleness 00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.720 to poor 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.539 unworthy 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.059 sinners 00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:47.039 like David, 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.799 like me 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.559 and like you. 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.740 God justly 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:53.019 does this. 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.879 He can offer 00:25:53.879 --> 00:25:54.819 refuge because 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.779 Jesus Christ 00:25:55.779 --> 00:25:56.899 obeyed. 00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.700 Jesus Christ 00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:58.939 said, 00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.159 Lord, 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.960 if it's your will, 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.980 take this cup 00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.839 away from me 00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.339 so I don't have 00:26:02.339 --> 00:26:02.919 to drink it. 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.639 But Jesus 00:26:04.639 --> 00:26:05.159 prayed 00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:06.740 because of God 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.859 being gracious 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.480 towards sinners 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.019 like us, 00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.779 not my will 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.500 but your will, 00:26:10.659 --> 00:26:10.819 Father, 00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.299 be done. 00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.359 And our Lord 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:14.419 took the cup 00:26:14.419 --> 00:26:15.339 of God's wrath 00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.839 on the cross 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:18.079 and he drank 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:18.779 it down 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.220 to the very 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.019 last drip. 00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.579 That's why 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.159 you and I, 00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:24.259 we can turn 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.699 our eyes 00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.639 to the hillside 00:26:25.639 --> 00:26:27.259 of Calvary 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.000 where justice 00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.099 and mercy 00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.799 embraced. 00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.259 There the Son 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.759 of God 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.959 gave his life 00:26:32.959 --> 00:26:33.939 for us 00:26:33.939 --> 00:26:35.059 and our 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.179 measureless debt 00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:37.220 was erased. 00:26:38.159 --> 00:26:39.220 So we can say 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.079 with David now, 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.079 in the Lord 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.359 I take refuge 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.599 for the Lord 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.439 is righteous. 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.939 He loves 00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.919 righteous deeds 00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.559 not mine 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.459 but Christ's 00:26:48.459 --> 00:26:49.019 righteous deeds 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.619 that he put 00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.679 on as if 00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.359 they were mine. 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.639 I take refuge. 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:56.619 John Gill pointed out 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.359 David is not 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.019 taking refuge 00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.699 in himself 00:26:58.699 --> 00:26:59.679 in his own heart 00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.659 in his own 00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:01.139 righteousness 00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:02.000 and strength 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.079 nor in men 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.379 the greatest of men 00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:05.500 the princes of the earth 00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:07.099 nor in his armies 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.759 or any outward 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:09.919 force. 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.599 He is taking refuge 00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.399 in the Lord 00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.500 who is righteous. 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.919 I take refuge. 00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:18.779 One commentator 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.339 pointed out 00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.519 the tense of the verb 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.779 this phrase 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.459 is denoting 00:27:22.459 --> 00:27:23.579 a continued 00:27:23.579 --> 00:27:24.679 exercise 00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:26.079 of faith 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:26.819 in the Lord. 00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.099 I took refuge 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.659 in the Lord 00:27:28.659 --> 00:27:29.199 yesterday. 00:27:30.199 --> 00:27:31.319 I take refuge 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:31.839 in the Lord 00:27:31.839 --> 00:27:32.500 right now 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.779 with all of you. 00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.299 This afternoon 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.619 I need to take refuge 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.219 in the Lord 00:27:37.219 --> 00:27:37.719 again. 00:27:38.659 --> 00:27:39.059 Tomorrow 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.779 you and I 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.719 need to take refuge 00:27:40.719 --> 00:27:41.319 in the Lord 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:42.299 we continue 00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.240 to take refuge 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.159 in God 00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.960 trusting in who 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.460 he is. 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.299 Trusting his words 00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.019 to us. 00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.899 In Isaiah 00:27:50.899 --> 00:27:51.720 the Lord Jesus 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:52.399 quotes this 00:27:52.399 --> 00:27:53.460 as his own words 00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:54.299 fulfilling his 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.720 covenant faithfulness. 00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.379 And we sing this 00:27:57.379 --> 00:27:58.079 fear not 00:27:58.079 --> 00:28:00.000 I am with thee 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.839 oh be not dismayed 00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:03.740 for I am thy God 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:05.000 and will still 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.859 give thee aid. 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.279 I'll strengthen thee 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:07.839 help thee 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.639 and cause thee 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:09.440 to stand 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.640 upheld by 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.620 my righteous 00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.880 omnipotent 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.560 hand. 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.740 That's how we 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.380 respond 00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.340 in the light 00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.980 of who God is 00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.780 we trust him 00:28:17.780 --> 00:28:19.220 and we trust his word. 00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.420 Lord. 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.460 Now the blessing 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.100 of the gospel 00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.920 is not just 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.579 that our sins 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.460 have been forgiven. 00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.339 That's merely 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:28.799 a means 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.460 to an even 00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.799 greater end. 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.779 This last little bit 00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.460 could have just 00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.000 been short 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.620 but it became 00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:35.960 long. 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:36.759 I'm just warning you 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:37.220 because this 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.500 really consumed 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.039 my thoughts 00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.559 this week. 00:28:40.420 --> 00:28:41.440 Look at verse 7. 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.039 The upright 00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:45.680 shall behold 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:47.580 God's face. 00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:51.060 So my final 00:28:51.060 --> 00:28:51.700 exhortation 00:28:51.700 --> 00:28:52.620 from Psalm 11 00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.860 is look forward 00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.420 to the day 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.060 when God 00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.960 will fully 00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:57.060 finally 00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:58.360 fulfill his 00:28:58.360 --> 00:28:58.860 promises. 00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.259 Look forward 00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:00.900 to that day. 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.680 There is more 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.200 to come. 00:29:03.160 --> 00:29:03.539 Yes we're 00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:04.160 forgiven now. 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.860 We take refuge 00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.420 in him now 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.140 and continuously 00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:07.000 but there's 00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.860 greater glory 00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.880 greater blessing 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.460 to come. 00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.600 Okay so the ESV 00:29:11.600 --> 00:29:12.380 translates this 00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.220 as the upright 00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:14.039 shall behold 00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.779 his face. 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.899 The King James 00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.480 has the 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:18.059 order switched 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.440 around. 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.379 You have to decide 00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.940 which one you 00:29:19.940 --> 00:29:20.399 think is 00:29:20.399 --> 00:29:21.819 maybe the best 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.379 representation 00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:23.680 of Psalm 11. 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.740 King James 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.599 has it this way. 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.740 His 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.720 God's 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.460 in the plural 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.379 countenance 00:29:29.379 --> 00:29:30.899 beholds the upright. 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.559 Well the nice 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:33.019 thing is that 00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.559 these are both 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.299 biblical truths. 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.240 Does the triune 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:36.000 God behold 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.559 the upright 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.240 and see you? 00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.559 Yes. 00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.500 He already said 00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:38.879 that in this 00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.460 very Psalm. 00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.740 Is it also true 00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.740 that the upright 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.379 shall behold 00:29:42.379 --> 00:29:43.059 the face of God? 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.339 Yes. 00:29:43.460 --> 00:29:43.799 Both are 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.559 biblical truths. 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.079 The wonderful 00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.680 thing about 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.779 Hebrew in particular 00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:49.099 is it's poetic 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.559 that way. 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:50.599 It can be taken 00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.420 to represent 00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:52.079 more than one 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.940 truth because 00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.700 it's one meaning 00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:54.599 one interpretation. 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.420 So the upright 00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:58.000 you who now 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.799 by the work 00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.180 of God 00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.819 and the application 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.700 of the Holy Spirit 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.740 have grown to 00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.519 love the moral 00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.259 law of God 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.759 John Gill said 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.460 God looks at 00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.480 you with pleasure 00:30:06.480 --> 00:30:07.660 and he takes 00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.480 delight in you 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.480 he takes care 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:09.799 of you 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.660 he protects 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.980 you and 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:11.700 defends you 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.759 and he will 00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:13.519 at last 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.519 save you 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.259 God 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.099 sees you 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.759 Father 00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.200 Son 00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:18.079 Holy Spirit 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:19.240 he sees you 00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.240 and sustains you 00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.259 who take refuge 00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.799 in him 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:25.339 you whom God 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.379 has freely made 00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.859 upright 00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.779 by grace 00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:29.039 you shall also 00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:30.319 behold his face 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:32.559 would you turn 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:34.139 to Psalm 17 00:30:34.139 --> 00:30:35.159 maybe one page 00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.460 over 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:37.039 Psalm 17 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.619 and look at 00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.599 verse 15 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:42.839 this is such 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:43.539 a great verse 00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.500 memorize this one 00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.579 and use it 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.099 when you feel 00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:46.639 like it's hard 00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:47.059 to remain 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.839 at your post 00:30:47.839 --> 00:30:49.579 Psalm 17 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:51.039 15 says 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.740 I shall see 00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.740 your face 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.639 in righteousness 00:30:54.639 --> 00:30:56.139 I shall be 00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.720 satisfied 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.980 when I awake 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.960 with seeing 00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.840 your form 00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:03.519 there's a 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.279 satisfaction 00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:06.039 that overwhelms 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.559 the believer 00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.700 when he sees 00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.160 God 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:09.980 and this is a 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.539 promise that 00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.120 Christians 00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.319 believers from 00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:13.140 every generation 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:14.440 will see God 00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.279 by the work 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.880 of Christ 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:17.039 and when you 00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:17.620 see him 00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:18.079 you will be 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:18.779 satisfied 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:21.299 this is called 00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.180 the beatific 00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.920 vision 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:24.500 the first part 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.920 of that little 00:31:24.920 --> 00:31:25.620 word means 00:31:25.620 --> 00:31:27.640 blessed 00:31:27.640 --> 00:31:28.520 and the last 00:31:28.520 --> 00:31:29.020 part means 00:31:29.020 --> 00:31:29.640 to make 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.900 like the 00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.540 beatitudes 00:31:31.540 --> 00:31:31.960 are the 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.380 blessings 00:31:32.380 --> 00:31:33.960 so beatific 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.620 means to 00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.540 make blessed 00:31:35.540 --> 00:31:36.500 or satisfied 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.860 it's a vision 00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.280 of God 00:31:38.280 --> 00:31:38.780 that will make 00:31:38.780 --> 00:31:39.740 you incredibly 00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:40.480 blessed 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.420 and satisfied 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.800 notice how 00:31:42.800 --> 00:31:44.020 Jesus brings 00:31:44.020 --> 00:31:44.540 this to the 00:31:44.540 --> 00:31:44.920 forefront 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.340 on the 00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.860 Sermon on the 00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.080 Mount 00:31:46.080 --> 00:31:47.340 Matthew 6 00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.660 6 00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.400 blessed are 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.120 they who 00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.759 hunger and 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.320 thirst after 00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.860 righteousness 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.880 for they 00:31:51.880 --> 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exhortation from Psalm 11 00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:19.460 remain at your post 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:24.140 don't stop meeting together as some are in the habit of doing 00:36:24.140 --> 00:36:26.440 pray for one another 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.300 serve one another 00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.720 love one another 00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:33.760 don't move to Texas 00:36:33.760 --> 00:36:37.099 we need you at Reformed Heritage Church 00:36:37.099 --> 00:36:39.639 don't abandon your ministry here 00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:44.179 like the hymn says 00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:46.659 ever lift thy face upon me 00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:49.839 as I work and wait for thee 00:36:49.839 --> 00:36:53.360 resting neath thy smile Lord Jesus 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.679 earth's dark shadows flee 00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:58.639 it's not the Christians who need to flee 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:03.079 the dark shadows flee from the light of the presence of God 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:05.819 brightness of my Father's glory 00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:08.019 sunshine of my Father's face 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:10.059 keep me ever trusting 00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.280 resting 00:37:11.280 --> 00:37:13.400 and fill me with thy grace 00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:13.900 amen 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:15.100 amen 00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:18.440 let's spend time in prayer responding to the word that we've heard 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:20.940 thank you very much being here 00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.920 going