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 This summer we've been preaching through the Psalms, and today we're ready for Psalm 12.

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 It's another Psalm of David, according to the Shimoneth.

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 It's a Messianic Psalm, looking forward to God's vengeance one great day.

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 Psalm 12.

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 As I read this, we do so trusting that God's Word is inspired, it is inerrant, it's infallible,

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 it's clear, and it's sufficient for His people.

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 After I'm done reading, I'll say this is the Word of the Lord.

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 You can say thanks be to God.

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 Psalm 12.

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 Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains.

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 The loyal have disappeared from the human race.

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 They lie to one another, they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts.

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 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully.

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 They say through our tongues we have power.

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 Our lips are our own.

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 Who can be our master?

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 Because of the devastation of the needy and the groaning of the poor,

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 I will now rise up, says the Lord.

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 I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.

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 The words of the Lord are pure words,

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 like refined silver in an earthen furnace,

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 purified seven times.

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 Verse 7.

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 You, Lord, will guard us.

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 You will protect us from this generation forever.

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 The wicked prowl all around,

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 and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 Pray.

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 Pray.

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 Lord, your word is purified like silver seven times through the furnace.

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 There's no impurity, no imperfections in your word.

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 Lord, we pray, Lord, by the power of your Holy Spirit,

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 you will minister your word to your people today,

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 for our good and for your glory.

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 Amen.

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 Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I want to talk with you today

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 about what the walk of faith is like.

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 I think Psalm 12 shows us the walk of faith

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 is not what many would hope or expect.

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 So what is the walk of faith like?

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 I want to share with you a story.

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 It's a true story that I heard just this week

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 from a little missionary book.

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 Take place in Egypt,

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 and the main character's name is Ramsey.

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 Ramsey wore the federal Egyptian uniform,

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 and he held a respected position

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 within the National Postal Service.

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 If you wanted to mail something into Egypt,

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 it will go through Ramsey's office.

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 Ramsey dreamed of owning a car himself one day,

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 and part of his culture was acceptable

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 to use some of the perks of your high position.

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 So when packages would come through,

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 he would shake them,

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 and he'd try to see what's inside the package.

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 Many times he would open them

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 and help himself to whatever it was

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 that was intended for someone else.

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 Culturally, Ramsey was Muslim,

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 lying, stealing.

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 These were normal parts of society.

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 To not do it would be weird and accepted.

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 It was a normal part of his walk

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 to steal and to lie about it.

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 This culture in which Ramsey lives

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 could be described in these words from Psalm 12.

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 Everyone lies to his neighbor, verse 2.

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 They say,

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 Who is Lord over us?

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 Verse 4.

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 Well, this one particular parcel

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 was intended for a Christian

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 who worked as a school teacher.

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 Ramsey shook it.

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 He thought there were some stacks of cash inside.

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 That's what it felt like.

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 So he opened it up,

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 and he was disappointed

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 because it was a New Testament.

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 It was the Bible.

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 Well, there's that Christian

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 living in this Muslim country

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 full of corruption

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 that never received his package,

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 never got the pure word of God.

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 And it felt to that Christian teacher

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 that wickedness is all around.

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 The wicked walk on every side,

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 and what is vile is exalted.

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 Verse 8.

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 Those verses describe

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 Denver Metro, Colorado, USA,

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 just as much as Muslim Egypt.

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 Everyone seems to lie to their neighbor.

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 Everyone's attitude seems to be,

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 who is Lord over me.

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 The wicked walk on every side

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 of every Christian, it feels.

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 And vileness is exalted in the land.

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 So what is the walk of faith like

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 for you and for me?

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 First observation from Psalm 12

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 is that your walk of faith,

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 it will be filled with lament.

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 You want to walk following Christ,

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 this walk of faith?

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 You should expect it to be filled

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 with lament.

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 Lament is to grieve,

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 to weep,

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 to bewail,

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 to mourn,

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 to express sorrow

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 with cries from your soul.

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 It's to cast up

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 pain-induced complaints

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 toward God.

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 Have you lamented recently?

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 I looked up how many psalms of lament

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 are there?

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 There are 42 psalms of lament.

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 Well, you know how many psalms

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 there are total,

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 150.

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 42 out of 150,

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 that's about one-third

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 of the psalms

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 are giving followers of God,

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 believers,

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 ways to pray through lament.

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 If,

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 to the extent of the psalms

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 are the prayer book

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 and the song book

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 of God's people,

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 which they are,

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 that's about one-third

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 of the emotions

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 we will feel

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 in the Christian life.

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 It's common

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 for it to be lament.

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 It's that common.

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 Well, what is it

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 that the psalmist laments?

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 Three things I see here.

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 In verse 1,

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 he laments

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 the feeling of loneliness.

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 To walk as a believer

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 feels very lonely

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 many times,

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 doesn't it?

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 He's praying,

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 Lord,

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 only you can save me.

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 I'm all alone.

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 In verse 1,

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 he says,

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 Help, Lord.

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 Save,

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 for no one is faithful anymore.

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 Those of faith

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 have all vanished

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 from mankind.

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 He laments

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 the feeling of loneliness.

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 Number two,

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 he laments

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 that it's not just

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 the words

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 of the people

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 all around him.

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 It's their hearts.

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 He says,

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 Lord,

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 everyone's speech

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 and hearts

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 seem evil

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 all the time.

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 Verse 2,

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 Everyone lies

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 to his neighbor

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 and they speak

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 with flattering lips

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 and a double heart.

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 To flatter

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 is to confirm

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 your good opinion

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 to yourself.

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 It's to tell someone

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 what you know

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 they want to hear,

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 to praise and exalt them

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 in their own estimation.

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 And it's always

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 for malicious

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 and tense.

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 That's the double heart

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 behind flattery.

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 Proverbs 29.5

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 says,

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 A man

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 that flatters

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 his neighbor

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 spreads a net

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 for their feet.

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 Don't fall for it.

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 And the truth is

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 that if God

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 were not pleased

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 to dwell inside

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 of you and me

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 by grace,

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 our hearts

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 are prone

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 toward evil.

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 We're prone

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 to deceive

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 and to want

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 to be greedy

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 and envious

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 and then use

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 our tongues

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 to get that.

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 That's the bent

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 of every one

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 of our hearts

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 as well.

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 And it's lamentable.

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 It's lamentable

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 when we feel it

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 and experience it

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 and suffer it

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 from another

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 and when I see

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 that bent

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 in my own heart,

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 I want to lament

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 it all,

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 don't you?

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 The third thing

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 he's lamenting

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 in this psalm

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 in verse 4

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 is that this evil

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 is directly

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 toward God.

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 He says,

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 Lord,

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 they boast against you.

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 Don't you see it?

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 In verse 4,

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 they have said,

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 with our tongues

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 we will prevail.

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 Our lips

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 are our own.

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 Who is Lord

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 over us?

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 They have no thought

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 for God.

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 God.

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 Why would the Lord

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 allow Christians

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 or followers of God

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 in any generation

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 to experience

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 so much sadness

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 and so much lament

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 as we walk

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 this life on earth?

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 Getting to know you

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 and the hardest times

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 you've been through

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 in your life,

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 you've also shared

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 those times

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 of deepest lament

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 have been the times

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 when God taught me

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 the most to pray.

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 Isn't that your testimony?

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 Lament,

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 sadness in my heart,

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 it puts me down

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 on my knees

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 in prayer.

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 It's not the fun way

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 to learn it,

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 but God makes

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 his people

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 depend on him.

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 He makes us

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 cry out

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 and pray.

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 Lament

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 drives

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 prayer.

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 Even though

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 we're justified

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 by our own flesh,

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 we would not

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 turn to God

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 in prayer

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 so often

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 unless he made us

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 feel that lament

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 so deeply.

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 It's gracious.

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 John Bunyan

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 felt this.

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 He said,

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 the truths

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 that I know best

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 I have learned

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 on my knees.

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 I never know

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 a thing well

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 till it is burned

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 into my heart

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 by prayer.

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 prayer.

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 So what's

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 the walk of faith

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 like?

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 The walk of faith

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 will be filled

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 with lament.

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 But that lament

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 drives us

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 to pray.

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 Amen?

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 The second way

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 we can answer

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 that question

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 is this.

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 while the walk

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 of faith

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 is hard

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 and sad

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 it will feel

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 like lament

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 maybe a third

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 of the time

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 the Lord

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 will continue

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 to fuel

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 your walk

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 of faith

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 by his word.

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 This is one

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 of the promises

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 in Psalm 12.

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 It will be hard

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 but the Lord

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 will fuel

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 your walk

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 of faith.

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 He will feed

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 energize

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 and increase

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 your faith

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 as you walk

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 with him

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 and he will do

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 that by his word.

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 The word of God

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 is trustworthy.

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 This is the witness

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 David is bearing.

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 He's saying

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 I've tested it

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 it's true

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 hear my witness

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 believers.

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 The word of God

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 you can trust.

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 God will not

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 deceive you.

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 Do you see the contrast?

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 See the problem

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 in this Psalm

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 that's getting to David

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 is the deceitfulness

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 of man.

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 It's their tongues

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 their lips

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 their words.

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 That's the problem.

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 Look at the contrast

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 in verse 6.

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 Yahweh's words

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 are flawless

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 words.

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 Yahweh's words

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 are refined

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 like silver

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 in a clay furnace

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 seven times over.

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 You can trust

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 the word of God.

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 To purify silver

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 you would take

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 you would take

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 that chunk

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 that mineral

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 you would slide

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 it into a furnace

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 these clay furnaces

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 on the ground

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 would get

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 extremely hot

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 so that it would

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 melt

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 and the dirt

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 would separate

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 from the fine metal

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 and then you would

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 pull it out

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 let it cool

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 remove the dirt

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 and do it a second time

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 removing more impurities.

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 It would not take

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 seven times

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 till you had pure silver.

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 Seven is the number

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 of completion.

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 We know this.

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 So to say

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 the word of God

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 is that trustworthy

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 there is nothing

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 impure

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 in what God

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 has given his people.

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 His word

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 is purified

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 and it's precious.

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 You can trust

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 God's word.

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 We not only

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 read God's word

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 we must meditate

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 we must let it

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 be our fuel

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 we must take it in

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 so that it can

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 energize

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 and sustain

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 and increase

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 our faith.

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 Thomas Brooks

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 one of the Puritans

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 he wrote this

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 remember that it is

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 not hasty reading

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 of God's word

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 but serious

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 meditation

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 on holy

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 and heavenly

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 truths

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 that makes them

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 prove sweet

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 and profitable

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 to the soul.

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 It is not

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 the mere touching

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 of the flower

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 by the bee

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 that gathers honey

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 but her abiding

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 for a time

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 on the flower

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 that draws out

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 the sweet.

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 Stay with God's word

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 meditate upon

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 God's word

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 receive his

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 heavenly truth

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 as that sweetness

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 as you take it in

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 soak it up

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 let it be your fuel

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 to walk with him.

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 Well not only

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 is God's word

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 trustworthy

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 he also fuels you

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 through his word

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 because his word

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 is extremely personal

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 in his word

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 he gives you himself.

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 Notice this

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 in verse 5

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 because of the

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 oppression

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 of the weak

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 and because of

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 the groaning

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 of the needy

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 I will now

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 arise

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 says the Lord

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 I will set him

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 in safety

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 from those who

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 malign

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 or puff

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 at him.

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 The Lord's word

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 is personal

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 he pledges

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 himself

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 he personally

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 hears your cry

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 and he personally

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 rises up

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 to come to save.

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 That's the source

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 of our energy

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 it's God

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 coming in

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 through his word

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 by faith

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 to dwell with his people

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 and to sustain

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 and preserve

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 and save you

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 once again.

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 the beauty

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 of Hebrew

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 poetry

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 in verse 5

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 is that

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 there's some

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 puffing going on.

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 Now who does

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 the puffing

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 different interpreters

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 have taken

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 different ways

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 I think both

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 are part of that

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 beautiful Hebrew

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 poetry

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 so you need

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 to hear them both.

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 On one hand

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 the Lord

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 says I will

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 set him

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 in safety

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 from those

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 who are

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 puffing

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 at you

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 you know

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 picture like

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 a dog

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 slobbering

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 and salivating

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 breathing in

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 and out

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 through their nose

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 coming to devour

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 you

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 God will

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 save you

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 from that

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 but I also

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 like how the

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 Christian Standard

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 Bible

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 has translated

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 I think it

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 handles the

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 Hebrew very well

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 also

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 which puts it

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 this way

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 God says

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 I will provide

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 safety

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 for the one

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 who longs

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 for it

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 or puffs

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 or breathes

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 it in

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 I'm panting

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 like a deer

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 as the other

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 psalm says

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 for God

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 to come

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 save me

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 so God's

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 word is

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 trustworthy

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 God's word

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 is personal

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 and God

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 specifically

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 pledges himself

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 to preserve

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 your walk

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 of faith

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 look at verse

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 seven

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 you will

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 preserve them

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 you will

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 keep them

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 Yahweh

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 David as the

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 king of Israel

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 he knows his

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 limits

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 he's just a

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 man

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 he can't

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 fight all the

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 evil that seems

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 to have spread

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 throughout the

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 whole kingdom

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 it has to be

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 the Lord

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 to preserve

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 his own

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 people

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 and he

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 trusts

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 and he

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 prays

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 you will

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 do this

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 Yahweh

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 because you've

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 promised

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 to do

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 this

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 the Lord

00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.360
 will continue

00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:11.620
 to fuel

00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.519
 your walk

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 of faith

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 by his

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 word

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 so stay

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 in his

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 word

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 number

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 three

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 we see

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 in Psalm

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 12

00:16:20.720 --> 00:16:21.040
 that it

00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:21.960
 is impossible

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 to walk

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 by faith

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 unless

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 God preserves

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 you

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 did you

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 notice how

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 this Psalm

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 ends in

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 verse 8

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 it ends

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 with even

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 more lament

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 begins with

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 lament

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 and it ends

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 with lament

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 the wicked

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 walk on

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 every side

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 when what

00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:47.919
 is vile

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 is exalted

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 among the

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 sons of

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 man

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 if we

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 follow the

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 history of

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 redemption

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 throughout the

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 Old Testament

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 it only gets

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 worse for

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 the next

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 generation

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 after David

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 throughout the

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.220
 Old Testament

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 we hear

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 cries of

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 lament

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 Jeremiah's

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 whole preaching

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 ministry was

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 a ministry

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 of lamentation

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 they're lamenting

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 the failure

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 of the vineyard

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 the failure

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 of God's

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 old covenant

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 people to

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 bear the

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 fruit that

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 God requires

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 of them

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 in Micah

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 7 2

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 we read

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 that the

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 faithful

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 have been

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 swept from

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 the land

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 hear the

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 similarity

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 there is

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 not one

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 upright person

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 that remains

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 Micah

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 wrote

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 everyone lies

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 in wait

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 to shed

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 blood

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 they each

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 hunt each

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 other with

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 nets

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 it's impossible

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 for God's

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 people to

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 walk with

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 him and to

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 please him

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 and to bear

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 the fruit

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 unless God

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 himself puts

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 it in them

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 the Lord

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 Jesus when he

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 came to the

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 earth as the

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 son of the

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 owner of the

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 vineyard he

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 explained why

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 a righteous

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 walk is

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 impossible

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 in our

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 human condition

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 under the

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 curse of

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 Adam the

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 first federal

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 head

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 in Matthew

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 12 33

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 Jesus said

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 either make

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 the tree

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 good and

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 its fruit

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 good or

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 make the

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 tree bad

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 and its

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 fruit bad

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 for the

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 tree is

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 known by

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 its fruit

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 you brood

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 of vipers

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 how can you

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 speak good

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 when you

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 are evil

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 for out of

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 the abundance

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 of the heart

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 the mouth

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 speaks

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 have you

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 lamented the

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 words that

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 have come out

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 of your

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 mouth

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 recently

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 I have

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 that's even

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 more convicting

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 because it's

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 the overflow

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 of my heart

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 I need the

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 Lord to

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 purify my

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 heart

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 Jesus said

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 the good

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 person out

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 of his

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 good

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 treasure

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 brings forth

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 good and

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 the evil

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 person out

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 of his

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 evil treasure

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 brings forth

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 evil I

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 tell you on

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 the day of

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 judgment people

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 will give

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 account for

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 every careless

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 word they

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 speak for

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 by your

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 words you

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 will be

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 justified and

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 by your

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 words you

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 will be

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 condemned

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 in the

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 first coming

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 Jesus comes

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 to bring

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 grace and

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 to accomplish

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 that that

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 work that he

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 can offer

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 freely to all

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 will have

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 faith in him

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 but he's

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 warning even

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 in that first

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 coming there

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 is a greater

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 judgment and

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 the second

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 coming of

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 God is the

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 day when

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 psalm 12 will

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 finally be

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 fulfilled the

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 vengeance of

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 the Lord will

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 be poured

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 out the

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 wrath of

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 God will

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 be upon

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 those whose

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 unclean heart

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 is exposed by

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 their unclean

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 words you

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 need a clean

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 heart before

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 Christ returns

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 the walk of

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 faith is

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 impossible by

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 our own

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 strength but

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 even in

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 psalm 12 the

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 Lord promises

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 I am faithful

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 forever look

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 at verse 7

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 one more

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 time I

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 will preserve

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 them this

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 is referring

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 to the

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 people of

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 God who

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 have faith

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 in God

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 and he

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 says from

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 this generation

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 forever

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 every generation

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 that rises up

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 and is evil

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 within that

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 there has been

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 a remnant

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 a people set

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 apart for the

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 Lord that

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 receive him by

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 faith and he

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 promises to

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 preserve you

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 it's impossible

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 for us to walk

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 by faith unless

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 he does

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 well here's the

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 good news from

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 psalm 12

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 it is possible

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 for you and

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 me to walk

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 by faith because

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 the Lord Jesus

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 Christ has made

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 this lament

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 his own

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 it is possible

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 for you and

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 me to walk by

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 faith because

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 Jesus came to

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 the earth and

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 the lament in

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 psalm 12 he

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 made it his

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 own in verse

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 5 we read that

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 it's because of

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 the oppression

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 of the weak

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 because of the

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 groaning of the

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 needy the Lord

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 says I will

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 now arise

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 the Lord arose

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 in the fullness

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 of time and he

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 came to earth and

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 he took on flesh

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 and he had

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 compassion on the

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 multitudes that

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 were groaning

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 and needy

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 and the Lord

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 Jesus Christ he

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 arose to

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 experience even

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 the sting of

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 deceit the

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 lament in verse

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 two is flattering

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 lips and a

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 double heart

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 in Matthew

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 15 verse 8

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 and 9 quoting

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 Isaiah 29 13

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 Jesus said

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 they draw near to

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 me with their

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 mouth and they

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 honor me with

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 their lips but

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 their heart is

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 far from me in

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 vain do they

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 worship me teaching

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 as doctrine rules

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 made by men

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 Jesus saw their

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 double heart he

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 saw their flattering

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:39.440
 lips he felt that

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 sting and he

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 lamented it the

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 Lord Jesus Christ

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:45.759
 also arose from

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.559
 heaven to

00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:48.259
 experience the

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:50.539
 screech of evil

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 men boasting that

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 there's no Lord

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 over us we just

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 heard the passage

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 in Matthew 21

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 Jeremy read Jesus

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 telling this parable

00:22:01.120 --> 00:22:02.720
 of God's people the

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 vineyard and the

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 father the owner of

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 the venue saying I

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 will send my own

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 son and in Matthew

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 21 37 finally he

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:11.879
 sent his son to

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 them saying they

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 will respect my

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 son but when the

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 tenants saw the

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 son they said to

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 themselves this is

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 the heir come let

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 us kill him and

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 have his inheritance

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 and they took him

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 and threw him out

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.639
 of the vineyard and

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 killed him Jesus

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 came with all the

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 authority of heaven

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 he declared to them

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 I am the promised

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 Messiah I am God

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 and they said we

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 will have no Lord

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:38.279
 over us they

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 carried him out and

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 killed him the very

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 son of God the

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.740
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.879
 arose to experience

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 the burn of

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 loneliness in verse

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 one he laments

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 there is no one

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 faithful his was a

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 wicked and faithless

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 generation that same

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 crowd that had cried

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:03.779
 Hosanna very soon

00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:05.339
 started crying crucify

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 him even the

00:23:07.959 --> 00:23:08.839
 disciples John

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.579
 Gill commented

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 they were

00:23:11.659 --> 00:23:12.679
 faithless one

00:23:12.679 --> 00:23:13.399
 betrayed him

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 another denied

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 him all forsook

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.879
 him and fled and

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 even at his death

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.699
 they lost all hope

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 in Jesus

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 our Lord Jesus

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.720
 experienced deceit

00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:29.199
 boasting

00:23:29.199 --> 00:23:30.559
 loneliness

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:32.839
 holiness and you

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 and I are the ones

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 guilty of every one

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 of those toward him

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 had he left us on

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 our own

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 we read in Ephesians

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 2 2 that you

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 church once walked

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 according to the

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.599
 course of this world

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 but our Lord Jesus

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 Christ in the words

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 of Hebrews 12 to the

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 author and perfecter of

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 our faith who for the

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 joy that was set before

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 him endured the cross

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 despising the shame

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 the Lord Jesus was

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 cut off

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 and buried

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 but then the Lord

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 Jesus arose and he

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 is now seated at the

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.659
 right hand of the

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 throne of God

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 in verse 3 of Psalm

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 12 the psalmist

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 asked for God to take

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.039
 justice into his own

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 hands he says Lord

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 may you cut off all

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 flattering lips and a

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 boasting tongue

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 David's a warrior and a

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 king in ancient times

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 and this was a practice

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 that continued all the

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 way up until the Roman

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 Empire maybe later

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 you capture your enemy

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 and you cut off their

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 tongues

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 usually it was it was to

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 make an example to

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 others

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 here's someone who

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 practiced treason

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 they spoke out against

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 the kingdom

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 cut off their tongue

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 a person who would speak

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 blasphemy against God

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 that's what they deserve

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 that very tongue

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 will be cut off

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 you can never speak

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 blasphemy again

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 it's a show of force

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 when a person's tongue

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 was cut off

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 normally they would not

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 bleed to death right

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 away but in those

00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.380
 ancient times they would

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 often become infected

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 and swell up making it

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 very difficult for them

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 to swallow or eat and

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 so they would die

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 eventually

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:18.380
 David's prayer for the

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 Lord to cut off the

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 tongues of the wicked

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 is not answered

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 and David doesn't take

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 matters into his own

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 hands with the sword

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 and do that for God

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 either

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 I've meditated on

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 how did that part of

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 this psalm get fulfilled

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 if ever

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 maybe you're a little bit

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.159
 ahead of me

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 you process faster

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.919
 why did the Lord

00:25:38.919 --> 00:25:40.539
 not cut off the tongues

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.139
 of the wicked

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 it's because he's coming

00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.379
 again

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 and on that day

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.720
 when he returns

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 you know what happens

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 every knee

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.980
 shall bow

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 what's the next part

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:54.759
 every tongue

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:56.320
 shall confess

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 that Jesus Christ

00:25:58.060 --> 00:25:59.060
 is Lord

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 amen

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 he fulfills

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.840
 Psalm 12

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:06.020
 my last encouragement

00:26:06.020 --> 00:26:06.800
 to you is that

00:26:06.800 --> 00:26:07.500
 the Lord

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.920
 who walked by faith

00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.880
 who made this lament

00:26:11.880 --> 00:26:12.460
 his own

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:14.020
 he calls you and me

00:26:14.020 --> 00:26:14.900
 to follow him

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:16.620
 the Lord

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.680
 walked on earth

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.360
 by faith

00:26:18.360 --> 00:26:19.300
 according to his

00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.920
 human nature

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:21.340
 and he calls you

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.600
 and me

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:22.960
 to follow him

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:25.039
 trusting his word

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:27.800
 maybe some of you

00:26:27.800 --> 00:26:28.400
 have had to be

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.180
 in sales

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:30.580
 or been a recruiter

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:32.840
 and it's very hard

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.920
 to not pull a bait

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.779
 and switch on people

00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.560
 when you're recruiting

00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:37.259
 you promise something

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.920
 better

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.880
 something good

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:40.279
 and you under deliver

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:42.200
 you notice how

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.200
 Jesus invites you

00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.180
 and me to follow him

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.560
 Luke 9 23

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.840
 if anyone

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:48.240
 would come after me

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:50.700
 let him deny himself

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:52.519
 take up his cross

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.980
 daily

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.299
 and follow

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:54.920
 me

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:58.400
 God is real

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 God deals with truth

00:27:00.420 --> 00:27:02.859
 Psalm 12

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.779
 a psalm of lament

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.539
 is real

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:06.400
 it's for real people

00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:07.140
 like you and me

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:11.200
 and so you can go to God

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:11.660
 because

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:13.120
 there's no bait and switch

00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:14.279
 he's up front

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.180
 it's going to be

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.900
 full of lament

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:17.059
 it's going to be

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.059
 a cross daily

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:19.720
 follow me

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:22.519
 Yahweh's words

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:23.359
 are flawless

00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.179
 words

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:25.419
 as refined

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 in a clay

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.980
 furnace

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.919
 purified

00:27:27.919 --> 00:27:29.319
 seven times

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:30.519
 and God's word

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.960
 says

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.240
 in Romans 8 1

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.119
 there is

00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:34.419
 therefore now

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:35.899
 no condemnation

00:27:35.899 --> 00:27:36.819
 for those

00:27:36.819 --> 00:27:37.519
 who are in

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.319
 Christ Jesus

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.480
 and who walk

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.139
 according

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.319
 to his spirit

00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:43.339
 Romans 6 4

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.480
 Christ was raised

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.259
 from the dead

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.339
 through the glory

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:47.000
 of the father

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.480
 why

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.619
 so that you

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:48.960
 and I

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.640
 may walk

00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:50.480
 in newness

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.180
 of life

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:55.980
 I started off

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.619
 telling you about

00:27:56.619 --> 00:27:57.099
 Ramsey

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.940
 who took away

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.660
 that package

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.519
 so the Christian

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.119
 school teacher

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.099
 never could get

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.619
 his Bible

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:05.900
 well Ramsey's name

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.700
 was changed

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:08.140
 to keep him safe

00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:09.380
 by the Bible

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:10.940
 International League

00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:12.339
 Bible League

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.859
 International

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:15.559
 and Ramsey

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.039
 didn't just

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.479
 throw that

00:28:16.479 --> 00:28:17.199
 package in the

00:28:17.199 --> 00:28:17.519
 trash

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.319
 he kept

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.119
 this New Testament

00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:21.179
 and he started

00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.959
 reading it

00:28:21.959 --> 00:28:22.599
 from the very

00:28:22.599 --> 00:28:23.219
 beginning of the

00:28:23.219 --> 00:28:23.459
 cover

00:28:23.459 --> 00:28:23.979
 so he read

00:28:23.979 --> 00:28:25.079
 through the

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.740
 gospel according

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.299
 to Matthew

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.479
 then he read

00:28:27.479 --> 00:28:28.119
 through the

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.479
 gospel

00:28:28.479 --> 00:28:29.319
 the life and

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.939
 work of Jesus

00:28:29.939 --> 00:28:30.579
 according to

00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:30.879
 Mark

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:32.039
 then Luke

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:33.000
 by the time

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.579
 he got to the

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.679
 gospel according

00:28:34.679 --> 00:28:35.299
 to John the

00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.939
 fourth time

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:38.139
 he changed his

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.859
 reason for wanting

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.479
 to read it

00:28:39.479 --> 00:28:40.339
 at first he was

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:41.179
 wanting to mock

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.279
 and just understand

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.820
 this is what

00:28:42.820 --> 00:28:43.539
 Christians believe

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:44.180
 how crazy

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.500
 by the fourth

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.180
 time he said

00:28:46.180 --> 00:28:46.759
 this is what

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.259
 I believe

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.000
 I do believe

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.779
 Jesus is the

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.400
 son of God

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.500
 how could he

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.140
 not be what

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:52.039
 I just read

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:54.940
 and then he

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.480
 kept reading

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:55.920
 to get his

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.600
 question answered

00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.279
 because he knew

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.120
 if Jesus is the

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.660
 son of God

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.200
 but I'm a

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.480
 sinner

00:28:59.480 --> 00:29:00.860
 I'm full of

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.400
 vileness

00:29:01.400 --> 00:29:02.560
 my lips

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.560
 are deceiving

00:29:03.560 --> 00:29:05.220
 there's no hope

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:05.720
 for a person

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.240
 like me

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.720
 how could I

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.660
 ever be saved

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.660
 and this burden

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:10.560
 was not lifted

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.399
 but he kept

00:29:11.399 --> 00:29:12.259
 reading God's

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.519
 word

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:13.940
 finally the

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.559
 Lord by his

00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.079
 Holy Spirit

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:16.159
 answered Ramsey's

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.599
 question

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:17.859
 when he got

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.879
 to Acts 16

00:29:18.879 --> 00:29:19.299
 30

00:29:19.299 --> 00:29:20.899
 that Philippian

00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.399
 jailer

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:23.079
 who put these

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.940
 believers in

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.279
 prison

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.259
 a corrupt

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.799
 government

00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.500
 official just

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:26.980
 like him

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:28.099
 he asked that

00:29:28.099 --> 00:29:28.460
 question

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.099
 what can a

00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:29.519
 person like

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.000
 me do to

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.559
 be saved

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.379
 and they

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.799
 preached the

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.319
 gospel to

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.579
 him

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:35.159
 believe in

00:29:35.159 --> 00:29:35.539
 the Lord

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.319
 Jesus Christ

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.799
 and you

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.720
 will be

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.419
 saved

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:40.880
 well Ramsey

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:42.880
 got saved

00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:43.940
 by faith

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.460
 in Christ

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:46.539
 he looked

00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:46.920
 up that

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.240
 Christian

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.920
 school teacher's

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.180
 address

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.019
 found some

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.700
 other Christians

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:50.420
 bought a

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.920
 copy of the

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.360
 New Testament

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:52.060
 from them

00:29:52.060 --> 00:29:53.220
 gave it to

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:54.160
 that Christian

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:55.320
 apologized to

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:55.560
 him

00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:56.500
 joined the

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.800
 Christian

00:29:56.800 --> 00:29:57.279
 fellowship

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.820
 in Egypt

00:29:57.820 --> 00:29:58.740
 and now

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.200
 he is

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.759
 one of the

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.039
 biggest

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.880
 distributors

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.620
 of Bibles

00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.539
 he gives

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:02.960
 out New

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.480
 Testaments

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.360
 to Egyptian

00:30:04.360 --> 00:30:04.840
 Muslims

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.860
 as much

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.300
 as the

00:30:06.300 --> 00:30:07.080
 Bible League

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.519
 International

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.299
 can supply

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.720
 him with

00:30:08.720 --> 00:30:08.920
 he is

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.400
 giving them

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.619
 out

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:10.200
 so that

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:10.680
 more people

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.000
 can hear

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.359
 the good

00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:11.639
 word

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.160
 this is

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.480
 the word

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.920
 of God

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.720
 purified

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:15.079
 seven times

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.420
 over

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:16.240
 and it is

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.559
 enough

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.460
 for God

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.779
 to use

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.160
 to save

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.500
 a person

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 like me

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 of course

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 he can

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 save you

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 that is

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 Ramsey's

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 testimony

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 and that is

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 why we are

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 here church

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 2 Corinthians

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 6 16

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 the word

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 of God

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 says that

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 you Christians

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 you are

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 the temple

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 of the living

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 God

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 even as

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 God said

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 I will

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 dwell in

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 them

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 and I

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 will walk

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 in them

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 I will

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 be their

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 God

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 and they

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 will be

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 my people

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 it's

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 through the

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 word of

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 God

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 he walks

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 with us

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 he ministers

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 among his

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 church

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 we just

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 sang and we

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 exhort each

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 other

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 speak oh

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 Lord

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 till your

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 church is

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 built

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 and the

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 earth is

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 filled

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 with your

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 glory

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 and by

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 grace

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 we'll

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 stand

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 on your

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 promises

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 and by

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 faith

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 we will

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 walk

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 as you

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 walk

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 with us

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 you can

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 walk by

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 faith

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 because the

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:05.940
 Lord

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 walks with

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 his

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.440
 people

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:07.880
 he

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 feeds

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 his

00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:08.840
 people

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 he

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 ministers

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 to us

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 by his

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 word

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 and so

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 as we read

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 in Hebrews

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 12 1 and 2

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 let us also

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 lay aside

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 every weight

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 and sin

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 which clings

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 so closely

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 and let us

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 walk

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 no let us

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 run

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 with endurance

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 the race

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 that is set

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 before us

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 looking to

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 Jesus Christ

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 the author

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 and the anchor

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 of our faith

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 amen

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 amen

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 let us

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 spend some

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 time in

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 prayer

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.200
 praising

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 the Lord

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 trusting

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 him

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 thanking

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 him

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 that he

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 turns

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 our

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 lament

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:43.279
 into a

00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:43.620
 fulfilled

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:44.059
 promise

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 that we

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.819
 rest in

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 by faith

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 yet again

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.019
 today

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

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 amen

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:46.960
 amen