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 We're in familiar territory with this psalm, aren't we?

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 It's another lament from David concerning yet another season of distress,

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 which seems to now be common in David's life as we work through these psalms.

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 Every psalm seems to be another moment of suffering, another moment of trial.

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 And if we aren't careful, that will cause us to be just a bit jaded, won't it?

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 And we bring all of these psalms together and we see over and over suffering, affliction, distress,

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 and it'll cause us to start to get a little pessimistic about the life that God has given us.

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 And surely this is representative of what life is like, isn't it?

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 David gives us a fair picture that there are peaks that we get to enjoy

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 and there are many valleys that we have to suffer through in this life.

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 And so once again, we find David in a particular distress.

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 And the nature of that distress is actually, it's quite easy to discern here,

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 even if we don't have all the details.

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 Simply an individual named Cush spoke against David in such a way

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 that his enemies multiplied and his life was in grave danger.

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 It's fairly simple, at least from that perspective.

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 Unfortunately, Cush's identity has been lost to time,

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 but it is his heritage as a Benjaminite that helps us to understand the background of David's lament here.

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 You'll remember that King Saul, who tried multiple times to murder David,

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 was from the tribe of Benjamin,

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 and the tribe had set itself often,

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 if you read back through those historical narratives of 1 and 2 Samuel,

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 you'll see that the tribe of Benjamin often set itself against David

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 as a really quite foolish act of loyalty,

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 not to God,

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 but a loyalty to Saul.

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 Let me just walk you through a few passages here.

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 They're on the screen.

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 You don't have to turn.

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 We see in 1 Samuel 22 and verse 7,

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 Saul calls for Benjamin's allegiance against David.

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 Here's what he says.

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 And Saul said to his servants who stood about him,

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 Hear now, people of Benjamin,

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 will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards?

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 Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

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 In other words, what he's saying is,

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 is I will be better to you than David will be.

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 Therefore, do not conspire against me.

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 Conspire against him.

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 Saul calls for the allegiance of his own tribe

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 to support him in his fight against David.

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 That's really where it begins.

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 And then it continues.

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 2 Samuel 3 and verse 1.

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 After Saul dies,

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 Benjamin leads an opposing army in civil war.

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 Did you realize that after Saul's death,

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 it still took eight years for David to assume the throne in Israel?

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 The reason is because of this civil war.

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 And the opposing army against David was led,

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 spearheaded by none other than the tribe of Benjamin.

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 And we read about it in 2 Samuel 3.

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 There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David.

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 But God was good, wasn't he?

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 David grew stronger and stronger while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

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 And then it continues again.

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 2 Samuel 16 verses 7 and 8.

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 When Absalom ran David out of Jerusalem,

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 Shimei, another Benjaminite,

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 curses David.

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 And the basis of his curse is he was claiming divine vengeance for Saul.

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 Now there happened to be there a worthless man who's,

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 or excuse me,

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 and Shimei said as he cursed,

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 Get out, get out, you men of blood, you worthless man.

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 The Lord has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul,

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 in whose place you have reigned.

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 And the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son, Absalom.

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 2 Samuel chapter 20.

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 After Absalom's revolt,

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 another Benjaminite named Sheba

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 led another revolt against David.

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 Here's the verse.

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 Now there happened to be there a worthless man

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 whose name was Sheba,

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 the son of Bichri,

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 a Benjaminite.

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 And he blew the trumpet and said,

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 We have no portion in David.

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 We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

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 Every man to his tent.

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 So Israel.

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 So all the men of Israel withdrew from David

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 and followed Sheba,

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 the son of Bichri.

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 But the men of Judah followed their king steadfastly

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 from Jordan to Jerusalem.

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 So we see the pattern here, don't we?

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 It's not so much that we need to know who Cush is.

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 That doesn't really matter.

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 This situation that David's in,

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 it could have fallen in a number of different scenarios in his life.

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 But the pattern that we see is that there was this ongoing feud

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 between the tribe of Benjamin,

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 those who would have identified themselves with King Saul.

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 If we step back and we look at the big picture of the Bible,

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 we're looking at people who would identify as the seed of the serpent

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 that are fighting constantly against the seed of the woman

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 represented in David,

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 which ultimately points us to the person of Christ.

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 So the hostility of Benjamin toward David is well established,

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 though we cannot be sure of the exact issue at hand here.

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 But one feature of this hostility over and over and over with Benjamin

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 repeatedly comes to the surface.

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 And it is this.

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 False accusations that lead to threats against David's life.

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 That goes all the way back to Saul.

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 In fact, there's a passage in 1 Samuel as Saul is trying to kill David,

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 and David meets up with his best friend, Jonathan,

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 who happens to be Saul's son.

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 You'll remember the exchange here.

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 What is it that David says?

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 He says, what have I done to your father?

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 What sin have I committed?

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 What have I done?

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 I have done nothing but serve him, but he seeks my life.

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 And the implication there, or the inference there,

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 is that what Saul was doing was conjuring up in his own mind

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 false accusations about David.

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 He felt threatened by David,

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 and therefore he spread the false accusations,

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 and he tried to murder him.

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 And that's exactly what we see the tribe of Benjamin doing

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 again and again and again.

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 They're raising false accusations against David

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 in order that they may threaten his life

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 and take the throne for themselves.

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 And Psalm 7 is fundamentally a prayer for vindication,

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 that God would expose the truth in relation to Cush's lies,

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 and that by doing that, he would save the righteous,

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 in this case, David,

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 and bring justice against the wicked,

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 in this case, Cush the Benjaminite.

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 Okay?

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 So that's the background here, right?

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 That's what's happening, and that will help us.

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 Now, before we walk through the song itself,

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 we need to recognize that there is a key verse here.

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 The key verse is verse 11a.

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 Set your eyes on it.

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 Verse 11, here's what David says.

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 God is a righteous judge.

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 God is a righteous judge.

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 All of the content of this prayer

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 flows from David's faith in this one statement,

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 which means that if we're going to grasp

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 the foundational understanding of this psalm,

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 if we're going to apply this psalm the right way,

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 then we need to understand these two foundational affirmations

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 that David is making.

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 Affirmation number one is that God is the ultimate judge.

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 David is the sufferer.

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 He has authority that is limited.

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 He does have authority,

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 but even he recognizes ultimately God is the judge.

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 Affirmation number two,

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 God is righteous in all his judgments.

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 God is righteous in all his judgments.

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 Okay, so follow me here.

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 That's all in just that one statement.

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 God is a righteous judge.

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 God is the ultimate judge.

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 All of us will ultimately stand before him,

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 and when God issues his judgment,

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 it is always right.

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 He always does what's right.

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 That's what Abraham says, right?

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 And Abraham, when he's having that conversation

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 with God related to Sodom,

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 what is it that he says to God?

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 He said,

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 shall not the judge of all the earth do that which is right?

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 He says,

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 we know you're the righteous judge,

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 that all of your judgments are good and right.

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 Paul says it again in 1 Timothy,

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 when he talks about his crown of life,

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 that the Lord,

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 the righteous judge,

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 will give to him on that day.

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 He even recognizes there is coming a day,

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 a final judgment.

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 God will rule over all of us,

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 and all of his judgments will be right.

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 Now, everything David prays in Psalm 7

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 flows from his faith in this statement.

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 Without this statement,

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 none of the rest of the psalm makes any sense.

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 It all flows from this.

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 And these affirmations,

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 they're repeated throughout the scriptures,

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 and they are universally held

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 by true believers.

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 fundamental to the Christian faith

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 is the fact that God,

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 through Christ,

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 will judge the world.

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 And his judgment

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 will be perfectly just.

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 Why?

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 Because he himself

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 is truly righteous.

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 righteous.

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 And as we will see in David's song,

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 God's righteous judgment,

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 while it is certain,

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 happens according to his timeline,

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 not ours.

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 In some cases,

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 some injustices are judged now,

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 while others are addressed

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 in the final judgment.

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 But in both cases,

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 these two affirmations

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 drive David's prayer for vindication.

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 And they must also be the things

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 that drive our prayers

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 for vindication as well.

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 So, when facing circumstances

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 such as David's,

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 affirming these truths

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 will lead us to four actions

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 modeled by David in Psalm 7.

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 Okay?

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 We're looking at four actions

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 modeled by David

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 for us to follow

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 in similar circumstances.

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 Action number one.

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 Put your ultimate hope

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 in God.

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 Put your ultimate hope

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 in God.

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 Look again at verses one and two.

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 Oh, Lord my God,

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 in you

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 do I take refuge.

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 Save me from all my pursuers

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 and deliver me.

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 Lest like a lion

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 they tear my soul apart,

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 rending it in pieces

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 with none to deliver.

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 This is now the third time

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 that the notion

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 of taking refuge in God

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 has been stated

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 in these opening psalms.

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 In Psalm 2 and verse 12

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 we're told,

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 blessed are all

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 who take refuge

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 in God's King,

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 God's anointed Son.

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 Psalm 5 verse 11,

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 let all who take refuge in you

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 rejoice,

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 let them ever sing for joy

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 and spread your protection

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 over them

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 that those who love your name

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 may exult in you.

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 refuge.

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 What is a refuge?

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 Refuge is simple.

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 It's a shelter

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 amidst a storm.

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 If you ever go golfing

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 with Terry over at Cowan's Ford

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 and a storm comes up,

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 there are various shelters

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 on the course

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 where you might hunker down

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 and take refuge

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 until the storm passes through.

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 Every once in a while,

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 we will have the threat

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 of a tornado in our area,

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 which kind of blows my mind

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 a little bit.

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 If you're like me,

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 you grew up watching Twister.

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 So I thought tornadoes

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 only happened in Oklahoma,

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 but apparently

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 they happen here too.

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 And I think one of

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 Julie's deepest fears

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 is that we will get hit

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 by a tornado.

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 And someone told her

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 at some point along the way

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 that you know

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 a tornado is coming

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 if it sounds like a train,

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 like a big train

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 is coming through, right?

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 And I don't know

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 how many times

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 the wind has been howling

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 during a storm during the night.

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 And Julie has woken me up,

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 Jared, is that a train?

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 Is that a train?

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 And she'll pull up her app

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 on her phone

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 and it'll say

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 there's a tornado warning

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 in the area

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 and Julie is very quick

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 to gather her brood

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 and to take us

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 into the pantry downstairs

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 in order that we might find refuge

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 in case the storm

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 does actually impact our house

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 and wreck it.

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 Such is the picture

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 that David gives us

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 again and again

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 in the Psalms

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 of taking refuge in God.

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 It is to find shelter

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 and security in Him

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 as the storms of your life

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 roar around you.

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 In this case,

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 seeking vindication

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 when false accusations

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 have been made about us,

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 it is only when we have

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 these two foundational affirmations

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 in view

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 that we will truly take refuge

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 in God as David did.

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 Isn't that what he does?

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 He does not appeal

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 to his own authority here.

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 He submits his calls

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 to the Lord.

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 In you do I take refuge.

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 Which is significant

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 for us, isn't it?

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 Because in situations

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 like David's,

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 we are always tempted

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 to retreat

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 to our own devices.

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 we want to defend ourselves,

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 don't we?

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 Rightfully so.

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 Rather than taking refuge

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 in God,

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 often,

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 instead of trusting Him

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 as the righteous judge,

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 we seek shelter

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 in human wisdom.

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 We'll take matters

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 into our own hands,

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 won't we?

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 It's actually incredible

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 what this communicates

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 when we do this kind of thing,

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 and all of us

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 are probably guilty

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 of doing it

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 at some point along the way

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 at various trials

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 in our lives.

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 What it communicates

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 is that

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 what we really believe

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 in our heart of hearts

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 is that we will treat

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 ourselves better

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 than what God

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 will treat us

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 if we submit

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 to His purposes

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 in our lives.

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 Have you ever thought

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 about that?

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 When we don't take refuge

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 in God,

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 when He is not

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 the source of our hope

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 in various situations

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 of our lives,

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 what we're saying

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 is,

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 God,

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 I love you,

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 but I think

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 I'll take better care

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 of me now

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 than what you will

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 take care of me.

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 And so we resort

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 to human devices

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 all the time,

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 don't we?

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 We might consider

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 in a situation

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 like David's,

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 fighting fire

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 with fire,

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 sinking into the same sin

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 as our accusers.

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 We might insist

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 on our own innocence

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 so widely

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 that what we end up

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 doing is attracting

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 suspicion rather

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 than dispelling it.

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 And I want to be clear

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 that to take refuge

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 in God doesn't mean

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 that we do nothing.

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 That's not what it means.

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 Notice what David does.

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 David's enemies,

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 they pursued him

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 indicating that he

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 ran away.

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 He was doing something.

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 It's not that we do nothing.

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 It's good and right

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 to use whatever

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 righteous means

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 are available to us

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 when seeking justice.

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 And David does

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 what he needs to do

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 to escape

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 but his ultimate hope,

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 his trust,

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 was in the Lord.

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 He submits his calls

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 to the Lord

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 when he could run

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 no further,

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 when he could do

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 nothing else.

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 James Johnston

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 says this,

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 I found this so helpful,

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 if your ultimate hope

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 is not in God,

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 anxiety

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 will churn you up

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 inside

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 when you cannot

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 reverse injustice.

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 the false accusation

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 will eat you up

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 when you cannot

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 do anything

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 about it.

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 So what do we do then?

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 When we trust that God

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 is the righteous judge,

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 I think we'll find it

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 most natural

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 to take refuge in him

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 in seasons of distress.

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 It doesn't mean

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 that we never act.

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 It means that we always

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 commit our calls

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 to him.

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 Like Nehemiah,

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 as he builds the wall

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 around Jerusalem,

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 remember what he did

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 when he had threats

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 of enemies

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 coming against him.

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 He prays to God

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 and then what did he do?

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 He set a guard.

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 Trusting God

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 doesn't negate

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 human action,

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 but all of our

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 human action

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 must be surrendered,

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 committed to his calls.

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 Our trust

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 must not be

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 in our ability

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 to fix the problem.

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 Our trust and hope

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 must be in God's goodness

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 as the righteous judge.

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 Action number two.

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 Boldly plead

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 before his throne.

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 Boldly plead

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 before his throne.

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 Look at verses

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 three through five.

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 David continues,

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 O Lord my God,

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 if I have done this,

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 if there is wrong

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 in my hands,

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 if I have repaid

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 my friend with evil

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 or plundered my enemy

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 without cause,

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 let the enemy

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 pursue my soul

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 and overtake it.

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 Let him trample

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 my life to the ground

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 and lay my glory

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 in the dust.

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 Selah.

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 David claims

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 his innocence here.

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 Declares it boldly

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 before God.

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 And it bears mentioning

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 that David

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 isn't claiming

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 to be innocent

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 of all sin.

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 That's not his claim.

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 We can read

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 in other Psalms,

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 particularly Psalm 51,

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 that David was very aware

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 of not only

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 a sinful behavior

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 but a sinful condition.

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 This is not a claim

00:18:34.559 --> 00:18:35.539
 to total innocence.

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 We understand that.

00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:38.480
 It's a claim

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 to innocence

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 regarding the charges

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 that are brought

00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:42.099
 against him

00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:43.039
 in this case.

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 And the nature

00:18:44.459 --> 00:18:45.339
 of those charges

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:45.959
 is revealed

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 in verse four.

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 Look at it again.

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 David's enemy,

00:18:49.860 --> 00:18:50.779
 Cush the Benjaminite,

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 accused him of

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:53.360
 repaying a friend

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 with evil

00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:56.160
 and plundering

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 an enemy

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 without cause.

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 In other words,

00:18:59.740 --> 00:19:00.380
 David is being

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.740
 misrepresented

00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.759
 as a tyrant

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.080
 who is unjustly

00:19:05.080 --> 00:19:06.100
 hurting others

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 in pursuit

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:09.140
 of personal advantage.

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 That's the accusation

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 on the table

00:19:12.340 --> 00:19:13.039
 against him.

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 A common sin,

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 isn't it?

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 We see this kind

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 of thing everywhere.

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 It's not only common,

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.539
 it's destructive.

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 And anyone who is guilty

00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.319
 of it

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:28.440
 is certainly worthy

00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:32.400
 of severe consequences.

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 Sins like this,

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 they are expressed

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:38.140
 on a spectrum,

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:38.460
 aren't they?

00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:39.700
 On one hand,

00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:40.400
 we would see

00:19:40.400 --> 00:19:41.240
 this kind of sin

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 expressed

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:43.100
 in the extreme behavior

00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:43.939
 of a terrorist

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 who attacks

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.719
 an enemy

00:19:47.719 --> 00:19:48.559
 unprovoked,

00:19:50.539 --> 00:19:51.579
 repaying an enemy

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.859
 without cause.

00:19:54.459 --> 00:19:56.039
 It may also be expressed

00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:57.139
 in a much subtle way,

00:19:57.439 --> 00:19:58.159
 the betrayal

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 of a colleague

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 that is in line

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.319
 for a promotion

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 ahead of you,

00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:04.819
 cheating on your spouse

00:20:04.819 --> 00:20:05.439
 with the spouse

00:20:05.439 --> 00:20:07.099
 of a friend,

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 repaying a friend

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:11.839
 with evil things.

00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.460
 And the guilty

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 would be worthy

00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:16.119
 of serious consequences.

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 So this is no

00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:18.200
 small accusation.

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 Whatever it is,

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 whatever this is

00:20:20.139 --> 00:20:20.940
 in relation to

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 in David's life,

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 whether it's

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 big,

00:20:24.980 --> 00:20:25.299
 little,

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 public,

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 or private,

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.119
 this is a serious

00:20:28.119 --> 00:20:29.000
 accusation.

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 But notice,

00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.779
 David does not

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.680
 go into detail

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.519
 to prove his innocence,

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.039
 at least not

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.779
 in the psalm.

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.319
 What does he do?

00:20:37.899 --> 00:20:39.059
 He takes his case

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.779
 before the Lord.

00:20:40.819 --> 00:20:42.039
 He takes his case

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.939
 before the one

00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:44.119
 who sees behind

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.980
 every mask,

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:46.119
 who knows the truth

00:20:46.119 --> 00:20:47.279
 of all of our hearts.

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:48.879
 Why?

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.899
 Because his declaration

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.819
 of innocence

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:54.240
 flows from his belief

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.359
 that God actually

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:56.220
 truly is

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 the righteous judge.

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.879
 On the one hand,

00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.379
 it wouldn't make sense

00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:04.779
 to fake innocence,

00:21:05.179 --> 00:21:06.059
 feign innocence

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:07.299
 before the omniscient

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:07.779
 God.

00:21:08.139 --> 00:21:09.259
 Who knows the truth?

00:21:09.899 --> 00:21:10.440
 What would be the

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.200
 purpose in that?

00:21:13.079 --> 00:21:14.000
 Even more,

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 if David were

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 truly guilty,

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 we know by the

00:21:18.819 --> 00:21:19.839
 pattern of his life,

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 he would not have

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 cried for justice.

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 He would have

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 cried for mercy.

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 And all of these

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.139
 things point toward

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 his true innocence.

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 But it does

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 something else for us.

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 it calls us

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 to examine ourselves

00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:36.919
 before we make

00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.679
 our appeal to God,

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.099
 doesn't it?

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 We should be careful

00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:42.839
 to know whether

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 it is justice

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 or mercy

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 for which we

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.559
 should pray.

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 But in either case,

00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.659
 David teaches us

00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:51.480
 that we can come

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 boldly to God's throne

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.539
 with our pleas.

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 because he knows

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.319
 God to be the

00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:57.039
 righteous judge,

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 David trusts that

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.279
 the Lord will indeed

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 vindicate him

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 because he knows

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.139
 himself to be

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 innocent.

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 So he doesn't

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:05.299
 waste his time

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.799
 trying to clear

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.460
 his name

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.299
 before his enemies.

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 He takes his

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.279
 calls to the one

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 who can actually

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 exercise true

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 authority in the

00:22:13.619 --> 00:22:13.920
 matter.

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 He commits his

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 calls to the Lord.

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 He declares his

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 innocence to the one

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.899
 who knows,

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 to the one who is

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 the righteous judge,

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.940
 who will indeed

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 vindicate him

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 in time.

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 Action number three.

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 David confidently

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:31.500
 anticipates true

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.920
 justice.

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 David confidently

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:37.180
 anticipates true

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.700
 justice.

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 Look at verse six.

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 Arise, O Lord,

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 in your anger.

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 Lift yourself up

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 against the fury

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 of my enemies.

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 Awake for me.

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 You have appointed

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 a judgment.

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 Now I want you to

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 notice just in

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 between verses

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 five and six

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 is that little

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 word selah.

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 We've talked about

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 it a couple of

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.579
 times already,

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 haven't we?

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 There's only one

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 in this psalm

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 and its place

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:04.099
 in between verses

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 five and six

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 signal that there

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.720
 is a significant

00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:10.200
 transition happening

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.059
 in the psalm.

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 So David has

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.419
 opened with

00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:16.000
 an appeal to God

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.799
 for his refuge.

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 He has pleaded

00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.000
 his innocence

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.460
 and now

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:22.220
 there's a shift

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.859
 happening here.

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.099
 Now he's addressing

00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.759
 God in a different

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.160
 way.

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.359
 He calls on God

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.619
 to take action

00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.019
 now.

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:30.380
 Arise with anger.

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.460
 Lift himself

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.259
 against his enemies.

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.400
 Awake for the

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.200
 appointed judgment.

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 In other words,

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.920
 David is painting

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.700
 a picture for us.

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:39.059
 It is time for the

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.799
 heavenly court

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:41.000
 to begin its session

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.400
 and the song

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.240
 now brings us

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:44.380
 into that courtroom

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:46.100
 of the righteous

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 judge.

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 And this will

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.200
 take us almost

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.900
 to the very end

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.480
 of the psalm.

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:51.900
 And as David

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.840
 presents us

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.540
 with the courtroom

00:23:53.540 --> 00:23:54.200
 of the righteous

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.800
 judge,

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:56.280
 he has two

00:23:56.280 --> 00:23:57.340
 judgments in view.

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:58.820
 First,

00:23:59.520 --> 00:24:00.420
 a final judgment.

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:02.160
 A final judgment.

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.700
 Look again

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:05.020
 at verse six.

00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:06.360
 He says,

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.260
 you have appointed

00:24:07.260 --> 00:24:08.780
 a judgment.

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 Let the assembly

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.680
 of the peoples

00:24:11.680 --> 00:24:12.660
 be gathered about

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.980
 you over at

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.920
 return on high.

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.839
 The Lord judges

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.460
 the peoples.

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.359
 Judge me,

00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.200
 O Lord,

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.899
 according to my

00:24:19.899 --> 00:24:20.379
 righteousness

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.680
 and according to

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.319
 the integrity

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.339
 that is in me.

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.099
 O let the evil

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.700
 of the wicked

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.579
 come to an end.

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.000
 And may you

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.799
 establish the

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.119
 righteous,

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.779
 you who test

00:24:30.779 --> 00:24:31.480
 the minds

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.119
 and hearts,

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:33.680
 O righteous God.

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.859
 My shield

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.859
 is with God

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:37.180
 who saves

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.879
 the upright.

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.720
 In the heart.

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.440
 Final judgment.

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.519
 Here,

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.139
 the attention,

00:24:45.480 --> 00:24:46.660
 it shifts away

00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.460
 from David's

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.420
 present circumstance.

00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.639
 And it focuses

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.539
 momentarily

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:53.759
 on God's judgment

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.680
 of the nations.

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.839
 Let me prove

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.599
 that to you, okay?

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.259
 If you're wondering

00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.220
 how I got to that,

00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.339
 let me show you.

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:01.379
 At the end of verse six,

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:03.099
 David refers

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:05.059
 to an appointed judgment,

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:07.160
 a specific judgment

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.319
 that could be

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:09.079
 in just relation

00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:10.319
 to his circumstance.

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.740
 I think it probably

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.740
 has something

00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.379
 more significant

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:14.019
 in mind.

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.799
 And this appointed

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.439
 judgment,

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.700
 he goes on to say,

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.899
 involves all

00:25:19.899 --> 00:25:21.000
 the peoples.

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.500
 Peoples

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.859
 being plural.

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:26.379
 These are people,

00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:26.960
 groups,

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.679
 nations.

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:28.960
 kings.

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:31.039
 So that the peoples

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.779
 in verse seven

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.620
 and eight,

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.720
 I believe,

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.860
 recalls the raging

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:38.220
 nations and the plotting

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:39.840
 peoples of Psalm 2,

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.600
 who we read there,

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:43.680
 set themselves against God

00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.680
 and his anointed king.

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.740
 And then he describes

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.380
 the wicked

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:49.039
 in verse nine,

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:50.120
 which I believe

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:51.060
 refers to those

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:52.160
 in Psalm 1

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:54.340
 who will not stand

00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.240
 in the judgment,

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:57.259
 but will perish

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.220
 instead.

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.019
 Now,

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.839
 David recognizes

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.940
 that even if he

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.839
 does not receive

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.839
 justice now,

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.359
 I think the picture

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.980
 he's painting

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.880
 is that there

00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.900
 is coming a day

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:11.279
 when the righteous

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.980
 judge

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.839
 will gather

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.740
 all the wicked,

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.480
 will carry out

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:16.120
 swift

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:17.500
 and final

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.400
 justice

00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:19.559
 on them.

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:21.940
 In other words,

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:24.379
 even if Cush

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.299
 gets away

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:26.379
 with the slanderous

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:27.319
 lies now,

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:29.319
 he will not

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:29.839
 get away

00:26:29.839 --> 00:26:30.379
 with them

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.099
 forever.

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:32.539
 Why?

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.240
 Because David

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.079
 knows,

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.679
 he knows

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.399
 that God

00:26:37.399 --> 00:26:38.059
 has appointed

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.899
 a judgment,

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.519
 that God

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.559
 looks at the

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.000
 peoples

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.299
 who are raging,

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.179
 the nations

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:45.299
 who are plotting,

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.419
 and Psalm 2

00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:47.579
 says he laughs

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.399
 at them

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.740
 because they

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.220
 are all

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:50.580
 headed

00:26:50.580 --> 00:26:52.019
 to an

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.360
 eventual

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:52.840
 judgment

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:54.580
 when God

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:54.940
 will have

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.380
 the final

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.680
 word.

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.280
 That's the

00:26:58.280 --> 00:26:58.920
 truth of

00:26:58.920 --> 00:27:00.060
 the big

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:00.720
 picture of

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.080
 the Bible.

00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.080
 God

00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.740
 creates,

00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.740
 his creation

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.340
 falls,

00:27:06.860 --> 00:27:07.980
 and then we

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.440
 have to ask,

00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:08.940
 where is all

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.500
 this going?

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.940
 And the

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.420
 Bible gives

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.900
 us a clear

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.540
 answer about

00:27:13.540 --> 00:27:13.940
 that.

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:15.160
 All of

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.720
 creation

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.340
 is moving

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:16.820
 toward a

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.440
 final

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:19.220
 eschatological

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.860
 judgment

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:21.340
 in which

00:27:21.340 --> 00:27:21.880
 God,

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.660
 the righteous

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.279
 judge,

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.700
 the one

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.180
 who David

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.880
 says here,

00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.640
 tests the

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.220
 hearts and

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.620
 minds of

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.000
 us all.

00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:28.420
 What does

00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.860
 he mean by

00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.080
 that?

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.960
 He knows

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.480
 what's true

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.799
 of every

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.080
 one of

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.380
 us.

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.700
 He knows

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.000
 what's

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.259
 true.

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.160
 No one

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.440
 will be

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.720
 able to

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.400
 stand before

00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:37.039
 God in

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.660
 that judgment

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:39.100
 and fool

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:40.519
 him because

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.140
 he tests

00:27:41.140 --> 00:27:41.640
 the minds,

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.140
 he tests

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.519
 the hearts,

00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:42.980
 he sees

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.640
 what we do

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.039
 not see,

00:27:44.100 --> 00:27:44.799
 he understands

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.759
 what we do

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.460
 not understand,

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.079
 he knows

00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:47.559
 the truth

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.279
 of every

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.880
 person.

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.759
 And all

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.440
 of creation

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.900
 is headed

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.420
 toward this

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.340
 eschatological

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:53.579
 judgment where

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.380
 God will bring

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.620
 an end to

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.819
 evil by

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.779
 ruling against

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.200
 sinners.

00:27:59.579 --> 00:28:00.360
 And the

00:28:00.360 --> 00:28:01.019
 Bible makes

00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:02.360
 it clear that

00:28:02.360 --> 00:28:03.960
 all unrepentant

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.000
 sinners will be

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:06.000
 sentenced by

00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.840
 this righteous

00:28:06.840 --> 00:28:08.180
 judge to

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:10.039
 eternity in

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.519
 hell.

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.160
 Revelation

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.039
 chapter 20

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.279
 gives us the

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.960
 clearest picture

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.380
 of it.

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.079
 Then I saw

00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:18.579
 a great

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.440
 white throne

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.759
 and him

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.120
 who was

00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:21.640
 seated on

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:21.860
 it.

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.660
 From his

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.100
 presence

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:24.660
 earth and

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.319
 sky fled

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.640
 away.

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.579
 No place

00:28:26.579 --> 00:28:27.120
 was found

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.579
 for them.

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:28.799
 And I

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.420
 saw the

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.819
 dead,

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.100
 great and

00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.660
 small,

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.360
 in other

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.660
 words,

00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.799
 young and

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.340
 old,

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.759
 standing

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.380
 before the

00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.779
 throne of

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.120
 God.

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.400
 And books

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.860
 were opened.

00:28:41.840 --> 00:28:42.400
 Another book

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:42.860
 was opened,

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.779
 which is the

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.360
 book of life.

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.000
 And the

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.399
 dead were

00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:46.019
 judged by

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.359
 what was

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.740
 written in

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.199
 the books,

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.500
 according to

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.039
 what they

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.979
 had done.

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:52.139
 And the

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.799
 sea gave up

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:53.159
 the dead

00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.579
 who were in

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.679
 it.

00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:54.419
 Death and

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.119
 Hades gave

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.379
 up the

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:55.819
 dead who

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.119
 were in

00:28:56.119 --> 00:28:56.419
 them.

00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.199
 And they

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:58.139
 were judged,

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:59.019
 each one of

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.179
 them,

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.819
 according to

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.159
 what they

00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.659
 had done.

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.599
 Then death

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.139
 and Hades

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.719
 were thrown

00:29:02.719 --> 00:29:03.139
 into the

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:03.459
 lake of

00:29:03.459 --> 00:29:03.799
 fire.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.879
 This is the

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.659
 second death,

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.139
 the lake

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.819
 of fire.

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.779
 And if

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.799
 anyone's name

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.740
 was not found

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.359
 written in the

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:11.059
 book of life,

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.059
 he was thrown

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.619
 into the

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.819
 lake of fire.

00:29:14.959 --> 00:29:15.259
 David

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.799
 understands.

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.299
 He may not

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.699
 have been able

00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:17.259
 to voice it

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.579
 in those

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.099
 words like

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.599
 John did.

00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.199
 John had a

00:29:19.199 --> 00:29:19.759
 special vision

00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.479
 to be able

00:29:20.479 --> 00:29:20.879
 to write

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.339
 that to

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:21.699
 us.

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.099
 But David

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.699
 understood all

00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.199
 of this is

00:29:25.199 --> 00:29:25.699
 heading toward

00:29:25.699 --> 00:29:26.119
 a judgment.

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.119
 And even if

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.579
 I don't get

00:29:27.579 --> 00:29:28.679
 vindication now,

00:29:28.979 --> 00:29:29.599
 God will

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.479
 vindicate me

00:29:30.479 --> 00:29:31.659
 then because

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.339
 we will all

00:29:32.339 --> 00:29:33.039
 stand before

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:34.339
 him and

00:29:34.339 --> 00:29:34.939
 sinners will

00:29:34.939 --> 00:29:35.579
 be judged.

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.359
 But we're

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.099
 reminded here

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:40.279
 also that the

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.939
 righteous will

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:42.639
 be saved in

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.139
 this final

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.519
 judgment.

00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:44.859
 Isn't that

00:29:44.859 --> 00:29:45.399
 what he says

00:29:45.399 --> 00:29:45.619
 here?

00:29:45.859 --> 00:29:46.379
 Look again

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.939
 at verse

00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:48.479
 8.

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.659
 Judge me,

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:50.979
 O Lord,

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.500
 according to

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.219
 my righteousness,

00:29:52.719 --> 00:29:53.159
 according to

00:29:53.159 --> 00:29:53.740
 the integrity

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:54.379
 that is in

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:54.679
 me.

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.740
 Verse 10,

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.339
 my shield is

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.719
 with God,

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.719
 who saves

00:29:58.719 --> 00:29:59.439
 the upright

00:29:59.439 --> 00:30:00.379
 in heart.

00:30:02.979 --> 00:30:03.419
 So,

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.159
 the righteous

00:30:04.159 --> 00:30:04.819
 will be saved

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.339
 in this final

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.679
 judgment.

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.819
 No escape.

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.439
 But see,

00:30:08.479 --> 00:30:08.779
 here's the

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.219
 problem.

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:11.200
 the scriptures

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:11.960
 repeatedly

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:13.960
 affirm that

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.600
 no one is

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.360
 truly righteous.

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.860
 That's a

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.140
 pretty big

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.680
 problem for

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:18.819
 us,

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:19.200
 isn't it?

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.880
 If everything

00:30:20.880 --> 00:30:21.539
 in creation

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.980
 is headed

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:22.519
 toward this

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.640
 final eschatological

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.100
 judgment,

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.920
 and the

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.519
 righteous will

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.100
 be saved

00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.440
 then,

00:30:27.440 --> 00:30:28.240
 what do we

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.700
 do with

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.440
 passages like

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.059
 Romans 3

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.720
 where Paul

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:32.240
 strings together

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.220
 a number of

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.100
 quotations from

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.819
 the Psalms and

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.140
 from the

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.079
 prophets in

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.720
 order that he

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:38.120
 might affirm

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.700
 for us that

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.519
 there is none

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.039
 righteous,

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.960
 no not one.

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.420
 He goes on to

00:30:42.420 --> 00:30:42.579
 say,

00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.319
 all have turned

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.720
 aside,

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.880
 all have sinned

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.240
 and fallen

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.880
 short of the

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.539
 glory of God.

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.019
 And the

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.640
 question then

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.019
 becomes,

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:50.339
 how can David

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.240
 speak so

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:53.059
 confidently about

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:54.160
 standing in that

00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:55.420
 judgment when

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:56.380
 we know he was

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.019
 sinful?

00:30:59.140 --> 00:31:00.100
 How can he have

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.640
 this kind of

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.019
 confidence?

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:03.559
 Is this kind

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.120
 of confidence

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.519
 foolish?

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.019
 Can we actually

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.559
 have it?

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.400
 Can you and

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.460
 I be so

00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:09.579
 confident as

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:10.420
 David that

00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:10.880
 when that

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:11.559
 final judgment

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.920
 comes,

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.860
 we will stand

00:31:12.860 --> 00:31:13.460
 rather than

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.140
 perishing with

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.460
 the wicked?

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.299
 And it's here

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:18.759
 that we must

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.460
 remember that

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:20.620
 David often

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:22.200
 speaks prophetically

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:23.600
 in the Psalms,

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:24.039
 doesn't he?

00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.460
 He's not only

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:27.019
 a king,

00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:29.559
 he's the

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.339
 Old Testament

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.420
 type pointing

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.220
 us forward

00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:34.140
 to a greater

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.620
 David,

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.579
 the true and

00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.400
 better David.

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.019
 Jesus Christ.

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:39.039
 David often

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.860
 in the Psalms

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.660
 he speaks

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.039
 his own words

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.860
 that are then

00:31:42.860 --> 00:31:43.660
 fulfilled,

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:45.019
 not in him,

00:31:45.360 --> 00:31:46.279
 but are fulfilled

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.660
 in Christ.

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.640
 The singular

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:50.839
 me and my

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:51.759
 in verses 8

00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.559
 are not

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:53.620
 ultimately about

00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.980
 David,

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.059
 they're ultimately

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.600
 about Jesus.

00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.720
 He was truly

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.440
 sinless,

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.440
 sinless,

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.380
 and as the

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.400
 sinless son

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.960
 laid down

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.779
 his life

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:07.039
 in our place

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.519
 as a substitute

00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.200
 for sinners

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.759
 who would come

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.299
 to him in

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.680
 faith.

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.799
 And those

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.440
 who do come

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.900
 to him in

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.259
 faith,

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:15.380
 we're told

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.759
 are justified,

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.519
 that word

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.180
 justified,

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.820
 it means

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.600
 in a legal

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.000
 sense,

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.940
 to declare

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.539
 someone

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:22.259
 righteous

00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:23.340
 even though

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.180
 they are not

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.080
 actually

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:26.279
 righteous.

00:32:26.279 --> 00:32:26.460
 righteous.

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.359
 And the

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.319
 Bible tells us

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.819
 that because

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.579
 of what Jesus

00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.180
 has done,

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.379
 all who come

00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.980
 to him in

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:34.180
 faith are

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:35.319
 declared by

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:36.000
 the righteous

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.440
 judge to

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:38.579
 be righteous

00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.660
 even though

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.680
 they are not

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.480
 actually

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.660
 righteous.

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.000
 That's why

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.639
 he has this

00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:46.059
 confidence.

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.000
 He may not

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:47.379
 have been able

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.000
 to piece all

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.599
 of that together

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.079
 the way that

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.799
 we can looking

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.359
 back from a

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:50.759
 New Testament

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.420
 perspective,

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.319
 but the Lord

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.859
 is speaking

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.500
 through him

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.799
 here.

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.740
 Let me prove

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.220
 it to you.

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.279
 2 Corinthians

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:58.099
 chapter 5

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:58.680
 verse 21.

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.579
 For our

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.879
 sake he

00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.599
 made him

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:02.299
 to be sin

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.799
 who knew

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.519
 no sin.

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.559
 Why?

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.700
 So that

00:33:05.700 --> 00:33:06.539
 in him

00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.859
 we might

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:08.660
 become the

00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.139
 righteousness

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.940
 of God.

00:33:10.839 --> 00:33:11.920
 A transaction

00:33:11.920 --> 00:33:12.779
 takes place

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.519
 at the cross

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.539
 whereby the

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:15.539
 sins of those

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.139
 who believe

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:17.200
 are given

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.259
 to the one

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.859
 who never

00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.500
 committed a

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.799
 sin.

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.660
 And that

00:33:20.660 --> 00:33:21.379
 transaction

00:33:21.379 --> 00:33:22.259
 is completed

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.200
 when the

00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:23.720
 righteousness

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.420
 of the one

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.019
 who is truly

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.480
 righteous

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.599
 is imputed

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.400
 onto those

00:33:27.400 --> 00:33:27.740
 of us

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.200
 who come

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.839
 to him

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.400
 in faith.

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.400
 So that

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.039
 in that

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.539
 judgment

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.099
 as we

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.700
 stand before

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.319
 the righteous

00:33:33.319 --> 00:33:33.799
 judge

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.579
 who knows

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.140
 our hearts

00:33:35.140 --> 00:33:35.900
 who knows

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.539
 our minds

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.339
 who has

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.500
 final authority

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.599
 he does not

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.440
 look to us

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.039
 in righteousness

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.319
 he looks to

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:43.059
 the righteous

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.620
 one

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.640
 who has given

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.140
 us his

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.680
 righteousness.

00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:47.460
 That's how

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.099
 we stand

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:48.480
 in that

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.900
 judgment.

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:49.980
 It's said

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.519
 over and over

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.180
 again in the

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.500
 scriptures

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.360
 Romans chapter

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.299
 three we

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.379
 are justified

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.979
 again declared

00:33:55.979 --> 00:33:57.439
 righteous by

00:33:57.439 --> 00:33:58.279
 his grace

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:59.219
 as a gift

00:33:59.219 --> 00:34:00.879
 through the

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.839
 redemption that

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.559
 is in Christ

00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:04.039
 Jesus whom

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.740
 God put

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.279
 forward as a

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.659
 propitiation by

00:34:07.659 --> 00:34:09.279
 his blood to

00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:10.079
 be received

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.859
 by faith.

00:34:11.859 --> 00:34:13.039
 This was to

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:14.539
 show God's

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.420
 righteousness

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:15.519
 righteousness

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.940
 so that he

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.539
 might be

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.280
 just

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:21.159
 and the

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.920
 justifier

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:23.019
 of the

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.500
 one who

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.099
 has faith

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.639
 in Jesus.

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.800
 Don't let

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.320
 me lose

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.659
 you.

00:34:28.820 --> 00:34:29.639
 Think about

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.039
 what this

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.680
 is saying.

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.680
 God the

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.099
 righteous

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.820
 judge

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:36.180
 is just

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:37.039
 in forgiving

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.539
 us

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:39.280
 not because

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:39.960
 he turns a

00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.639
 blind eye

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.059
 to our

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.500
 sins

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.820
 but because

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.680
 he punishes

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:44.280
 his son

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.559
 in our

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.180
 place

00:34:45.179 --> 00:34:48.339
 that he

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:49.399
 might rightly

00:34:49.399 --> 00:34:49.940
 as the

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.319
 righteous

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:51.039
 judge

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:52.719
 justify

00:34:52.719 --> 00:34:53.500
 us

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.339
 who

00:34:54.339 --> 00:34:54.759
 come to

00:34:54.759 --> 00:34:55.119
 him in

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.480
 faith.

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.339
 Therefore

00:34:56.339 --> 00:34:57.019
 Romans 5

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.519
 chapter 1

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.119
 says therefore

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:59.000
 since we

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.500
 have been

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.319
 justified

00:35:00.319 --> 00:35:01.039
 declared

00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:01.599
 righteous

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.859
 by faith

00:35:02.859 --> 00:35:03.799
 we now

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.599
 have peace

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:05.440
 with God

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.719
 and we

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.239
 have that

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.699
 peace

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.679
 not through

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.119
 our own

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.579
 righteousness

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.819
 we have

00:35:10.819 --> 00:35:11.599
 that peace

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.579
 through our

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.279
 Lord Jesus

00:35:13.279 --> 00:35:13.940
 Christ

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.679
 Christ

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.240
 which again

00:35:15.240 --> 00:35:15.720
 leads us

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.220
 to Romans

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:16.920
 chapter 8

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.420
 that we read

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:18.059
 earlier in the

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:18.539
 service

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.559
 there is

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.500
 therefore now

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:22.320
 no condemnation

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.920
 for those

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.780
 who are in

00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:26.039
 Christ Jesus

00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.940
 Jesus is the

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:28.639
 fulfillment of

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.280
 David's words

00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:29.559
 here

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:32.159
 in the final

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.659
 judgment

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:34.359
 all who

00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:35.099
 trust in the

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.500
 righteousness

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.259
 of Christ

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:37.139
 the blessed

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.519
 man

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.839
 will be

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.279
 saved

00:35:39.279 --> 00:35:40.920
 but there's

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.639
 another judgment

00:35:41.639 --> 00:35:42.119
 that David

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.719
 has in view

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.000
 here

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.699
 it's an

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.179
 immediate

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.719
 judgment

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.559
 an immediate

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.879
 judgment

00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.519
 look with me

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.399
 at verse 11

00:35:47.819 --> 00:35:48.759
 God is a

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.719
 righteous judge

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:51.000
 and a God

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.619
 who fills

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:52.519
 indignation

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.399
 every day

00:35:53.399 --> 00:35:55.199
 if a man

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.619
 does not

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.039
 repent

00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:56.619
 God will

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.139
 wet his

00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.579
 sword

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.579
 he has bent

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.159
 and readied

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.879
 his bow

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.559
 he has

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.300
 prepared for

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.480
 him

00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:01.960
 his deadly

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.519
 weapons

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.780
 making his

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.119
 arrows

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.960
 fiery shafts

00:36:05.960 --> 00:36:06.640
 behold the

00:36:06.640 --> 00:36:07.220
 wicked man

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:08.280
 conceives evil

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.000
 and is pregnant

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.700
 with mischief

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.420
 and gives

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.220
 birth to lies

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:12.220
 he makes a

00:36:12.220 --> 00:36:12.460
 pit

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.000
 digging it

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.280
 out

00:36:13.280 --> 00:36:13.960
 and he

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.539
 falls into

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.019
 the hole

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.360
 that he's

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:15.800
 made

00:36:15.800 --> 00:36:17.539
 his mischief

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.340
 returns upon

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.700
 his own

00:36:18.700 --> 00:36:19.039
 head

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:20.440
 and on his

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.019
 own skull

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.800
 his violence

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:23.220
 descends

00:36:23.220 --> 00:36:25.039
 David I

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.480
 think now

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.740
 turns back

00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.119
 to his

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.420
 present

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.000
 circumstance

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.440
 though he

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.019
 knows a

00:36:31.019 --> 00:36:31.699
 final judgment

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.219
 is coming

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:33.000
 he also

00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.599
 recognized

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.079
 that God

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:35.519
 often brings

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.420
 justice

00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:37.360
 in the

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.699
 here and

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.019
 now

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:40.280
 he declares

00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:40.599
 that

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.739
 verse 11

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.300
 God is a

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.920
 righteous judge

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.739
 who feels

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.880
 indignation

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.599
 every day

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:48.840
 that indignation

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.380
 is not

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:50.440
 solely reserved

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.079
 for the final

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.500
 judgment

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:53.340
 it is indicated

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:54.099
 day

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.300
 by day

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:57.039
 in other

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.300
 words

00:36:57.300 --> 00:36:58.260
 while the

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.500
 wicked

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.060
 await a

00:36:59.060 --> 00:36:59.460
 final

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:00.280
 eschatological

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:00.880
 judgment

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:02.260
 the Lord

00:37:02.260 --> 00:37:03.080
 also works

00:37:03.080 --> 00:37:03.660
 to condemn

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.240
 and judge

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.920
 their wickedness

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.280
 now

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:08.740
 and often

00:37:08.740 --> 00:37:10.460
 the way

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.100
 God uses

00:37:11.100 --> 00:37:11.760
 the weapons

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.760
 described in

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.560
 verses 12

00:37:13.560 --> 00:37:14.260
 and 13

00:37:14.260 --> 00:37:16.039
 as wetting

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.660
 his sword

00:37:16.660 --> 00:37:17.360
 bending

00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:17.980
 his bow

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.280
 and preparing

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:21.200
 his fiery

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.900
 arrows

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:24.000
 often the way

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.340
 that God

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:25.060
 carries those

00:37:25.060 --> 00:37:25.740
 weapons out

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.339
 in judgment

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:28.299
 is by turning

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.099
 the wickedness

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.579
 of the wicked

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.299
 against them

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:31.679
 in verses 15

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.199
 and 16

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:33.299
 you see what

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:33.939
 he says there

00:37:33.939 --> 00:37:35.879
 the wicked

00:37:35.879 --> 00:37:36.579
 makes a pit

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.639
 and then he

00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.359
 falls into it

00:37:38.359 --> 00:37:40.319
 not because

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:40.879
 he's a loser

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:42.479
 or just

00:37:42.479 --> 00:37:42.939
 really that

00:37:42.939 --> 00:37:43.419
 foolish

00:37:43.419 --> 00:37:45.319
 but because

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:46.219
 God turns

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.819
 his wickedness

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:47.759
 against him

00:37:47.759 --> 00:37:49.419
 verse 16

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:51.180
 his mischief

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:51.860
 returns upon

00:37:51.860 --> 00:37:52.240
 his own

00:37:52.240 --> 00:37:52.579
 head

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:53.180
 his own

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.700
 skull

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:55.200
 on his own

00:37:55.200 --> 00:37:55.420
 skull

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.960
 is violence

00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:56.480
 to sins

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.700
 this is the

00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:58.420
 fiery arrows

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.780
 of the Lord

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.539
 there is a

00:37:59.539 --> 00:37:59.940
 judgment

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.320
 and a

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:00.980
 condemnation

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.559
 in the here

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:01.900
 and now

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.519
 God often

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.119
 does carry

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.780
 that out

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.880
 on behalf

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.139
 of his

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.519
 people

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:07.619
 how and

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.099
 when

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.380
 God issues

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:09.940
 his judgment

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.380
 is his

00:38:10.380 --> 00:38:10.880
 business

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:12.460
 but taking

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.480
 refuge in

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.860
 him

00:38:13.860 --> 00:38:14.820
 means

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.500
 confidently

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:16.400
 anticipating

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.119
 his judgment

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.920
 both now

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.239
 and in the

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.639
 future

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:22.019
 he is the

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.880
 righteous judge

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.779
 he will

00:38:23.779 --> 00:38:24.659
 vindicate his

00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.359
 people in one

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.980
 way or another

00:38:25.980 --> 00:38:26.839
 and that's a

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:27.639
 truth that like

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.519
 David you can

00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.319
 be certain of

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:29.819
 and you can

00:38:29.819 --> 00:38:30.400
 take comfort

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.779
 in

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:33.139
 he will not

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:33.839
 forsake

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.960
 your calls

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:37.079
 he will come

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.880
 to your aid

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:39.739
 he will judge

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.199
 the wicked

00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:41.599
 and you can

00:38:41.599 --> 00:38:42.619
 confidently pray

00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.259
 to him for

00:38:43.259 --> 00:38:43.579
 that

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:46.000
 but there's

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.440
 an important

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.099
 qualification

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:48.259
 in verse 12

00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.599
 that we

00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:49.339
 cannot miss

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:51.639
 notice that

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:52.400
 God's judgment

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.839
 here is

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.500
 conditional

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:57.039
 he wets

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.679
 his sword

00:38:57.679 --> 00:38:58.880
 and readies

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.440
 his bow

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.639
 not against

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:01.299
 all sinners

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:02.940
 but against

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.500
 the man

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.440
 who does

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:05.079
 not repent

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:06.199
 against the

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.539
 man who

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:06.900
 does not

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:07.159
 repent

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:09.480
 this means

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:11.139
 that though

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.759
 you deserve

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.400
 his judgment

00:39:12.400 --> 00:39:13.860
 he's made

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.259
 a way

00:39:14.259 --> 00:39:14.819
 for you

00:39:14.819 --> 00:39:15.339
 to escape

00:39:15.339 --> 00:39:15.559
 it

00:39:15.559 --> 00:39:18.059
 though we

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.519
 all deserve

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.019
 his judgment

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:20.420
 he's made

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:20.840
 a way

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.639
 for all

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:21.840
 of us

00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.320
 to escape

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:24.519
 Christ

00:39:24.519 --> 00:39:25.219
 has fulfilled

00:39:25.219 --> 00:39:25.739
 the law

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.639
 on our

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.039
 behalf

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:28.880
 and anyone

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.880
 who repents

00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:30.320
 of their

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.799
 sin

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.799
 and trust

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.099
 in the

00:39:32.099 --> 00:39:32.460
 righteousness

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.099
 of Christ

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.840
 for salvation

00:39:33.840 --> 00:39:35.440
 will be

00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.019
 saved

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.759
 from this

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:37.179
 judgment

00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:38.619
 notice what

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.440
 David says

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:41.079
 if a man

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.559
 will not

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.079
 repent

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:42.940
 God

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.380
 will ready

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.860
 his bow

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.200
 and wet

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:44.679
 his sword

00:39:44.679 --> 00:39:47.300
 implication

00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:47.860
 being

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:49.019
 that if a

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.619
 man does

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.059
 repent

00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:51.440
 he will

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.059
 be welcomed

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:53.059
 and forgiven

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:55.400
 it also

00:39:55.400 --> 00:39:55.880
 means

00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:57.139
 that praying

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:58.119
 for justice

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:59.960
 doesn't preclude

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:00.659
 our desire

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:01.159
 for people

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.900
 to be saved

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:04.940
 even if it

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.519
 means that we

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:06.240
 have to live

00:40:06.240 --> 00:40:06.579
 with the

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.159
 consequences

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:07.599
 of their

00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:07.859
 sin

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.559
 against us

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:09.940
 we should

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.440
 desire

00:40:10.440 --> 00:40:10.940
 first

00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:11.299
 that our

00:40:11.299 --> 00:40:11.639
 enemies

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.279
 turn

00:40:12.279 --> 00:40:13.359
 to Christ

00:40:13.359 --> 00:40:14.779
 that they

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.440
 turn from

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:15.960
 their sin

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:16.219
 and their

00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:16.779
 wickedness

00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.839
 and that

00:40:17.839 --> 00:40:18.379
 they trust

00:40:18.379 --> 00:40:18.859
 in him

00:40:18.859 --> 00:40:20.719
 that like

00:40:20.719 --> 00:40:21.139
 us

00:40:21.139 --> 00:40:22.379
 they will

00:40:22.379 --> 00:40:22.779
 escape

00:40:22.779 --> 00:40:23.379
 the judgment

00:40:23.379 --> 00:40:23.839
 that we

00:40:23.839 --> 00:40:24.379
 all deserve

00:40:24.379 --> 00:40:26.859
 to have

00:40:26.859 --> 00:40:27.399
 received

00:40:27.399 --> 00:40:28.239
 such amazing

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:28.719
 forgiveness

00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:29.440
 from God

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:30.460
 should drive

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:30.819
 us to

00:40:30.819 --> 00:40:31.420
 extend

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.599
 that same

00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:33.000
 forgiveness

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.599
 to those

00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.179
 who do

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.399
 wrong

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:35.119
 against us

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:36.379
 so that

00:40:36.379 --> 00:40:36.739
 while we

00:40:36.739 --> 00:40:37.379
 pray for

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:37.919
 God to

00:40:37.919 --> 00:40:39.159
 be just

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:40.199
 and to

00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:40.859
 bring justice

00:40:40.859 --> 00:40:41.939
 we also

00:40:41.939 --> 00:40:42.479
 pray that

00:40:42.479 --> 00:40:42.799
 he would

00:40:42.799 --> 00:40:43.459
 so work

00:40:43.459 --> 00:40:43.759
 in their

00:40:43.759 --> 00:40:44.039
 hearts

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.339
 that they

00:40:44.339 --> 00:40:44.819
 would turn

00:40:44.819 --> 00:40:45.179
 from their

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.559
 sin

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.179
 and turn

00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:46.459
 to him

00:40:46.459 --> 00:40:46.859
 in faith

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:47.479
 and then

00:40:47.479 --> 00:40:48.019
 withhold

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:49.000
 that justice

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:50.639
 from them

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:52.799
 that he

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:53.079
 would be

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.579
 the righteous

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:54.119
 judge for

00:40:54.119 --> 00:40:54.639
 them as he

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:54.919
 has been

00:40:54.919 --> 00:40:55.339
 the righteous

00:40:55.339 --> 00:40:55.759
 judge

00:40:55.759 --> 00:40:57.079
 for us

00:40:57.079 --> 00:40:59.299
 remember

00:40:59.299 --> 00:40:59.799
 God is

00:40:59.799 --> 00:41:01.579
 righteous

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.119
 to condemn

00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:02.679
 sinners who

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.019
 will not

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.379
 repent

00:41:03.379 --> 00:41:03.939
 and since

00:41:03.939 --> 00:41:04.579
 Christ has

00:41:04.579 --> 00:41:04.959
 made a

00:41:04.959 --> 00:41:05.359
 sufficient

00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:05.919
 sacrifice

00:41:05.919 --> 00:41:06.579
 for sin

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.559
 he is

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:07.900
 righteous

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:08.480
 to forgive

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.980
 all who

00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.559
 seek refuge

00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:10.019
 in him

00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:11.299
 in either

00:41:11.299 --> 00:41:11.759
 case

00:41:11.759 --> 00:41:13.719
 our prayers

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.239
 are based

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:14.519
 on our

00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:14.920
 belief

00:41:14.920 --> 00:41:16.079
 that he

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.480
 is

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:17.319
 the

00:41:17.319 --> 00:41:17.599
 righteous

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:18.019
 judge

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.559
 fourth

00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:19.920
 action

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:20.279
 final

00:41:20.279 --> 00:41:20.719
 action

00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:22.079
 worship

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.559
 the

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.079
 righteous

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.980
 Lord

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.819
 worship

00:41:25.819 --> 00:41:26.860
 the

00:41:26.860 --> 00:41:27.159
 righteous

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:27.380
 Lord

00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.639
 look at

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.319
 verse 17

00:41:28.319 --> 00:41:29.159
 notice how

00:41:29.159 --> 00:41:29.819
 David closes

00:41:29.819 --> 00:41:30.279
 this is

00:41:30.279 --> 00:41:30.699
 he does

00:41:30.699 --> 00:41:31.000
 this so

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.279
 often

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:31.559
 it's so

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:31.759
 good

00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:32.340
 I will

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:32.900
 give to

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.060
 the

00:41:33.060 --> 00:41:33.260
 Lord

00:41:33.260 --> 00:41:33.460
 the

00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:33.780
 thanks

00:41:33.780 --> 00:41:34.020
 due

00:41:34.020 --> 00:41:34.260
 to

00:41:34.260 --> 00:41:34.640
 his

00:41:34.640 --> 00:41:34.900
 what's

00:41:34.900 --> 00:41:35.020
 that

00:41:35.020 --> 00:41:35.220
 next

00:41:35.220 --> 00:41:35.580
 word

00:41:35.580 --> 00:41:37.300
 righteousness

00:41:37.300 --> 00:41:39.100
 I will

00:41:39.100 --> 00:41:39.560
 sing

00:41:39.560 --> 00:41:40.080
 praise

00:41:40.080 --> 00:41:40.420
 to the

00:41:40.420 --> 00:41:40.620
 name

00:41:40.620 --> 00:41:40.900
 of the

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.260
 Lord

00:41:41.260 --> 00:41:42.220
 most

00:41:42.220 --> 00:41:42.560
 high

00:41:42.560 --> 00:41:43.980
 so

00:41:43.980 --> 00:41:44.380
 David's

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:44.740
 belief

00:41:44.740 --> 00:41:45.080
 in those

00:41:45.080 --> 00:41:45.400
 two

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.240
 affirmations

00:41:46.240 --> 00:41:46.580
 I gave

00:41:46.580 --> 00:41:46.740
 you at

00:41:46.740 --> 00:41:47.160
 the beginning

00:41:47.160 --> 00:41:47.820
 they lead

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:48.040
 him to

00:41:48.040 --> 00:41:48.640
 take refuge

00:41:48.640 --> 00:41:48.920
 in the

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.180
 Lord

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:50.280
 they lead

00:41:50.280 --> 00:41:50.560
 him to

00:41:50.560 --> 00:41:51.000
 boldly

00:41:51.000 --> 00:41:51.360
 declare

00:41:51.360 --> 00:41:51.580
 his

00:41:51.580 --> 00:41:51.940
 innocence

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.300
 before

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:52.500
 the

00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:52.760
 Lord

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.860
 they lead

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.180
 him to

00:41:54.180 --> 00:41:54.760
 confidently

00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:55.420
 anticipate

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.060
 a coming

00:41:56.060 --> 00:41:56.500
 judgment

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:56.920
 either

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.840
 here and

00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.180
 now

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.960
 or

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.339
 ultimately

00:41:59.339 --> 00:41:59.759
 in the

00:41:59.759 --> 00:42:00.159
 future

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.159
 in the

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:01.399
 great

00:42:01.399 --> 00:42:01.799
 judgment

00:42:01.799 --> 00:42:03.379
 and in

00:42:03.379 --> 00:42:03.940
 the end

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.899
 all of

00:42:04.899 --> 00:42:05.359
 this

00:42:05.359 --> 00:42:06.259
 leads

00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:06.719
 him to

00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:07.299
 worship

00:42:07.299 --> 00:42:07.579
 the

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:07.940
 Lord

00:42:07.940 --> 00:42:09.039
 specifically

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.839
 for

00:42:09.839 --> 00:42:10.480
 his

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.159
 righteousness

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:14.059
 it gives

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.399
 us a

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:14.899
 pattern

00:42:14.899 --> 00:42:15.599
 so that

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.059
 we can

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.839
 specify

00:42:16.839 --> 00:42:17.239
 our

00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:17.559
 praise

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.739
 to

00:42:17.739 --> 00:42:18.079
 God

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.679
 so that

00:42:18.679 --> 00:42:18.859
 in

00:42:18.859 --> 00:42:19.219
 similar

00:42:19.219 --> 00:42:19.940
 situations

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:20.539
 even if

00:42:20.539 --> 00:42:20.839
 they are

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:21.219
 not yet

00:42:21.219 --> 00:42:21.659
 resolved

00:42:21.659 --> 00:42:22.440
 we might

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.059
 knowing

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.579
 that God

00:42:23.579 --> 00:42:23.879
 is the

00:42:23.879 --> 00:42:24.159
 righteous

00:42:24.159 --> 00:42:24.599
 judge

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:25.319
 turn our

00:42:25.319 --> 00:42:25.759
 praise

00:42:25.759 --> 00:42:26.539
 and praise

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.179
 him for

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.480
 his

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.980
 righteousness

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.400
 God

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.260
 I know

00:42:29.260 --> 00:42:29.500
 you're

00:42:29.500 --> 00:42:29.619
 the

00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:29.920
 righteous

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.400
 judge

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.800
 I

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.340
 know

00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:31.659
 that

00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.000
 you

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.300
 will

00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:32.980
 vindicate

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.240
 your

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:33.780
 people

00:42:33.780 --> 00:42:34.460
 because

00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.780
 of

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.240
 Christ

00:42:35.240 --> 00:42:35.880
 and I

00:42:35.880 --> 00:42:36.460
 praise

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:36.639
 you

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:36.840
 for

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:37.039
 that

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.559
 righteousness

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:38.199
 that's

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.420
 what

00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.000
 David

00:42:39.000 --> 00:42:39.380
 does

00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:39.639
 here

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.019
 he

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.619
 determines

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.139
 to give

00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:41.440
 God

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:41.980
 thanks

00:42:41.980 --> 00:42:42.260
 do

00:42:42.260 --> 00:42:42.440
 his

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:42.920
 righteousness

00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:43.880
 and he

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.360
 directs

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.840
 his song

00:42:44.840 --> 00:42:45.179
 to the

00:42:45.179 --> 00:42:45.460
 most

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:45.860
 high

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.500
 who

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:46.940
 rules

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:47.199
 over

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.539
 all

00:42:47.539 --> 00:42:48.280
 creation

00:42:48.280 --> 00:42:50.000
 indeed

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.639
 all

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:50.900
 that

00:42:50.900 --> 00:42:51.199
 God

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.619
 is

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:51.820
 and

00:42:51.820 --> 00:42:52.280
 does

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.480
 is

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.019
 ultimately

00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.420
 for

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.619
 his

00:42:53.619 --> 00:42:54.000
 glory

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.659
 and

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:55.980
 when we

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.460
 have those

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.659
 two

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.380
 affirmations

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.880
 in view

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:59.360
 our lives

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.000
 will pour

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.500
 forth

00:43:00.500 --> 00:43:01.300
 praise

00:43:01.300 --> 00:43:02.920
 to the

00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:03.220
 righteous

00:43:03.220 --> 00:43:03.700
 judge

00:43:03.700 --> 00:43:05.480
 now

00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:06.340
 let me finish

00:43:06.340 --> 00:43:06.800
 this way

00:43:06.800 --> 00:43:07.780
 would you turn

00:43:07.780 --> 00:43:08.240
 with me to

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:08.780
 1st Peter

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.960
 chapter 2

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:13.059
 1st Peter

00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:13.720
 chapter 2

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:19.139
 when I step

00:43:19.139 --> 00:43:19.959
 back to the

00:43:19.959 --> 00:43:20.879
 30,000 foot

00:43:20.879 --> 00:43:21.559
 view again

00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:22.619
 of what's

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:22.939
 happening

00:43:22.939 --> 00:43:23.299
 in this

00:43:23.299 --> 00:43:23.559
 song

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:26.519
 David

00:43:26.519 --> 00:43:26.919
 is in a

00:43:26.919 --> 00:43:27.379
 circumstance

00:43:27.379 --> 00:43:28.019
 where

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:29.379
 an enemy

00:43:29.379 --> 00:43:29.839
 has brought

00:43:29.839 --> 00:43:30.159
 false

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.719
 accusations

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.239
 against

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:31.559
 him

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:33.000
 and his

00:43:33.000 --> 00:43:33.459
 life is

00:43:33.459 --> 00:43:33.959
 in danger

00:43:33.959 --> 00:43:34.619
 as a result

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:35.939
 he commits

00:43:35.939 --> 00:43:36.399
 his calls

00:43:36.399 --> 00:43:36.699
 to the

00:43:36.699 --> 00:43:36.959
 Lord

00:43:36.959 --> 00:43:37.899
 and he

00:43:37.899 --> 00:43:38.639
 must decide

00:43:38.639 --> 00:43:39.259
 in doing

00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:39.719
 so

00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:40.559
 how he

00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:40.719
 will

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:41.159
 react

00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:42.319
 will he

00:43:42.319 --> 00:43:43.279
 react

00:43:43.279 --> 00:43:43.819
 in his

00:43:43.819 --> 00:43:43.959
 own

00:43:43.959 --> 00:43:44.339
 devices

00:43:44.339 --> 00:43:44.739
 or will

00:43:44.739 --> 00:43:44.899
 he

00:43:44.899 --> 00:43:45.159
 commit

00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:45.339
 the

00:43:45.339 --> 00:43:45.539
 call

00:43:45.539 --> 00:43:45.859
 solely

00:43:45.859 --> 00:43:46.039
 to

00:43:46.039 --> 00:43:46.199
 the

00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:46.459
 Lord

00:43:46.459 --> 00:43:46.939
 and

00:43:46.939 --> 00:43:47.179
 trust

00:43:47.179 --> 00:43:47.359
 the

00:43:47.359 --> 00:43:47.619
 Lord

00:43:47.619 --> 00:43:48.339
 to

00:43:48.339 --> 00:43:48.519
 deal

00:43:48.519 --> 00:43:48.659
 with

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:48.819
 his

00:43:48.819 --> 00:43:49.159
 enemies

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.799
 the way

00:43:49.799 --> 00:43:49.959
 he

00:43:49.959 --> 00:43:50.179
 sees

00:43:50.179 --> 00:43:50.359
 fit

00:43:50.359 --> 00:43:50.500
 to

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:50.659
 deal

00:43:50.659 --> 00:43:50.839
 with

00:43:50.839 --> 00:43:51.019
 them

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:53.399
 Jesus

00:43:53.399 --> 00:43:53.959
 gives us

00:43:53.959 --> 00:43:54.439
 the model

00:43:54.439 --> 00:43:54.959
 of this

00:43:54.959 --> 00:43:56.599
 1st Peter

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:57.279
 chapter 2

00:43:57.279 --> 00:43:59.039
 verse 22

00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:01.079
 Jesus

00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:01.519
 committed

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.159
 no sin

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:03.739
 neither

00:44:03.739 --> 00:44:04.039
 was

00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:04.460
 deceit

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:04.699
 found

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:04.980
 in his

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.279
 mouth

00:44:05.279 --> 00:44:06.739
 though

00:44:06.739 --> 00:44:06.900
 he

00:44:06.900 --> 00:44:07.059
 was

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.619
 accused

00:44:07.619 --> 00:44:08.279
 of

00:44:08.279 --> 00:44:08.559
 both

00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:08.980
 things

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:11.699
 when

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:11.800
 he

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:11.960
 was

00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:12.559
 reviled

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.759
 he

00:44:13.759 --> 00:44:14.000
 did

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.179
 not

00:44:14.179 --> 00:44:14.619
 revile

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:14.800
 in

00:44:14.800 --> 00:44:15.239
 return

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:15.679
 in

00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:15.820
 other

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.000
 words

00:44:16.000 --> 00:44:16.119
 he

00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:16.259
 did

00:44:16.259 --> 00:44:16.420
 not

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:16.679
 fight

00:44:16.679 --> 00:44:16.960
 fire

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.159
 with

00:44:17.159 --> 00:44:17.440
 fire

00:44:17.440 --> 00:44:19.159
 when

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.320
 he

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:19.779
 suffered

00:44:19.779 --> 00:44:20.659
 he

00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:20.920
 did

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:21.119
 not

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:21.559
 threaten

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:23.039
 what

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:23.159
 did

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:23.259
 he

00:44:23.259 --> 00:44:23.500
 do

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.519
 he

00:44:24.519 --> 00:44:25.079
 continued

00:44:25.079 --> 00:44:25.679
 entrusting

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.119
 himself

00:44:26.119 --> 00:44:26.360
 to

00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:26.759
 him

00:44:26.759 --> 00:44:27.360
 who

00:44:27.360 --> 00:44:27.639
 does

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:27.920
 what

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:29.639
 judges

00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:30.900
 justly

00:44:30.900 --> 00:44:32.000
 the

00:44:32.000 --> 00:44:32.340
 righteous

00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:32.740
 judge

00:44:32.740 --> 00:44:34.720
 and

00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:34.940
 how

00:44:34.940 --> 00:44:35.099
 did

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.200
 he

00:44:35.200 --> 00:44:35.340
 do

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:35.639
 that

00:44:35.639 --> 00:44:38.400
 he

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.920
 himself

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:39.220
 bore

00:44:39.220 --> 00:44:39.440
 our

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.760
 sins

00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:39.880
 in

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:40.019
 his

00:44:40.019 --> 00:44:40.300
 body

00:44:40.300 --> 00:44:40.440
 on

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.579
 the

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:40.860
 tree

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:42.200
 that

00:44:42.200 --> 00:44:42.380
 we

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.639
 might

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:42.880
 die

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.079
 to

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:43.360
 sin

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:43.519
 and

00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:43.659
 live

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:43.820
 to

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:44.280
 righteousness

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:45.639
 by

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:45.900
 his

00:44:45.900 --> 00:44:46.220
 wounds

00:44:46.220 --> 00:44:46.440
 you've

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:46.579
 been

00:44:46.579 --> 00:44:46.880
 healed

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:48.000
 for

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.139
 you

00:44:48.139 --> 00:44:48.280
 were

00:44:48.280 --> 00:44:48.619
 straying

00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:48.619


00:44:48.820 --> 00:44:48.840
 like

00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:49.119
 sheep

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.300
 but

00:44:49.300 --> 00:44:49.599
 now

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:50.000
 returned

00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:50.159
 to

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.300
 the

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.599
 shepherd

00:44:50.599 --> 00:44:50.800
 and

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:51.240
 overseer

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:51.420
 of

00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:51.559
 your

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:51.840
 souls

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:51.840


00:44:52.680 --> 00:44:52.760
 How

00:44:52.760 --> 00:44:52.900
 does

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.159
 Jesus

00:44:53.159 --> 00:44:53.539
 model

00:44:53.539 --> 00:44:53.900
 this?

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.039
 He

00:44:55.039 --> 00:44:55.400
 carries

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.559
 it

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:55.800
 out

00:44:55.800 --> 00:44:55.960
 to

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.119
 its

00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:56.400
 fullest

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:56.760
 end

00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:59.780
 Jesus

00:44:59.780 --> 00:45:00.080
 was

00:45:00.080 --> 00:45:00.620
 crucified

00:45:00.620 --> 00:45:00.980
 the

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.380
 charges

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:01.860
 against

00:45:01.860 --> 00:45:02.080
 him

00:45:02.080 --> 00:45:02.220
 were

00:45:02.220 --> 00:45:02.440
 that

00:45:02.440 --> 00:45:02.640
 he

00:45:02.640 --> 00:45:03.060
 was

00:45:03.060 --> 00:45:03.340
 an

00:45:03.340 --> 00:45:03.980
 imposter

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:05.500
 that

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:05.580
 he

00:45:05.580 --> 00:45:05.680
 was

00:45:05.680 --> 00:45:05.840
 a

00:45:05.840 --> 00:45:06.180
 liar

00:45:06.180 --> 00:45:07.480
 that

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:07.560
 he

00:45:07.560 --> 00:45:07.700
 was

00:45:07.700 --> 00:45:08.500
 blasphemous

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:08.660
 that

00:45:08.660 --> 00:45:08.840
 he

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:09.080
 had

00:45:09.080 --> 00:45:09.720
 made

00:45:09.720 --> 00:45:10.080
 himself

00:45:10.080 --> 00:45:10.440
 to be

00:45:10.440 --> 00:45:10.720
 something

00:45:10.720 --> 00:45:10.960
 that

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.140
 he

00:45:11.140 --> 00:45:11.540
 wasn't

00:45:11.540 --> 00:45:11.740
 in

00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.020
 being

00:45:12.020 --> 00:45:12.440
 God

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:12.600
 he

00:45:12.600 --> 00:45:12.740
 had

00:45:12.740 --> 00:45:12.980
 made

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.320
 himself

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:13.640
 equal

00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:13.880
 with

00:45:13.880 --> 00:45:14.220
 God

00:45:14.220 --> 00:45:15.060
 that's

00:45:15.060 --> 00:45:15.200
 why

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.380
 the

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:15.640
 Jews

00:45:15.640 --> 00:45:15.980
 hated

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:16.200
 him

00:45:16.200 --> 00:45:17.040
 that's

00:45:17.040 --> 00:45:17.200
 why

00:45:17.200 --> 00:45:17.400
 they

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:17.840
 murdered

00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:18.340
 him

00:45:18.340 --> 00:45:20.980
 of

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.200
 course

00:45:21.200 --> 00:45:23.200
 all

00:45:23.200 --> 00:45:23.320
 of

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.440
 that

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:23.600
 was

00:45:23.600 --> 00:45:23.820
 true

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.040
 about

00:45:24.040 --> 00:45:24.220
 him

00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:25.000
 not

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.159
 that

00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:25.279
 he

00:45:25.279 --> 00:45:25.419
 had

00:45:25.419 --> 00:45:25.719
 sinned

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:25.819
 in

00:45:25.819 --> 00:45:26.000
 those

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.239
 ways

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:26.439
 but

00:45:26.439 --> 00:45:26.699
 that

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.319
 he

00:45:27.319 --> 00:45:27.599
 actually

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:27.819
 is

00:45:27.819 --> 00:45:28.219
 God

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:29.619
 and

00:45:29.619 --> 00:45:29.679
 he

00:45:29.679 --> 00:45:29.819
 had

00:45:29.819 --> 00:45:29.980
 no

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:30.119
 to

00:45:30.119 --> 00:45:30.419
 sin

00:45:30.419 --> 00:45:31.119
 there

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:31.279
 was

00:45:31.279 --> 00:45:31.419
 no

00:45:31.419 --> 00:45:31.819
 deceit

00:45:31.819 --> 00:45:31.899
 in

00:45:31.899 --> 00:45:32.059
 his

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:32.359
 mouth

00:45:32.359 --> 00:45:32.959
 he

00:45:32.959 --> 00:45:33.159
 was

00:45:33.159 --> 00:45:33.339
 not

00:45:33.339 --> 00:45:33.639
 saying

00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:33.779
 that

00:45:33.779 --> 00:45:33.859
 he

00:45:33.859 --> 00:45:34.000
 was

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.259
 something

00:45:34.259 --> 00:45:34.439
 that

00:45:34.439 --> 00:45:34.539
 he

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:34.679
 was

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:35.019
 not

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:37.079
 he

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:37.439
 could

00:45:37.439 --> 00:45:37.619
 have

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:37.939
 poured

00:45:37.939 --> 00:45:38.159
 out

00:45:38.159 --> 00:45:38.599
 wrath

00:45:38.599 --> 00:45:38.799
 on

00:45:38.799 --> 00:45:39.059
 them

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:40.019
 then

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:41.319
 he

00:45:41.319 --> 00:45:41.459
 had

00:45:41.459 --> 00:45:41.899
 authority

00:45:41.899 --> 00:45:42.119
 to

00:45:42.119 --> 00:45:42.279
 do

00:45:42.279 --> 00:45:42.480
 that

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.739
 just

00:45:42.739 --> 00:45:42.919
 as

00:45:42.919 --> 00:45:43.219
 David

00:45:43.219 --> 00:45:43.480
 had

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.639
 a

00:45:43.639 --> 00:45:43.879
 certain

00:45:43.879 --> 00:45:44.179
 measure

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:44.299
 of

00:45:44.299 --> 00:45:44.619
 authority

00:45:44.619 --> 00:45:44.839
 to

00:45:44.839 --> 00:45:45.059
 carry

00:45:45.059 --> 00:45:45.199
 out

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.379
 that

00:45:45.379 --> 00:45:45.699
 judgment

00:45:45.699 --> 00:45:46.239
 against

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:46.519
 Cush

00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:46.679
 the

00:45:46.679 --> 00:45:46.980
 Benjamin

00:45:46.980 --> 00:45:47.239
 night

00:45:54.219 --> 00:45:54.679
 to

00:45:54.679 --> 00:45:54.819
 the

00:45:54.819 --> 00:45:55.000
 one

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.159
 who

00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:55.480
 judges

00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:55.919
 justly

00:45:55.919 --> 00:45:56.119
 which

00:45:56.119 --> 00:45:56.359
 meant

00:45:56.359 --> 00:45:56.519
 that

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:56.659
 it

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:56.919
 cost

00:45:56.919 --> 00:45:57.039
 him

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.159
 his

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.559
 life

00:45:57.559 --> 00:46:01.279
 he

00:46:01.279 --> 00:46:01.739
 knew

00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:03.159
 that

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:03.359
 his

00:46:03.359 --> 00:46:04.099
 vindication

00:46:04.099 --> 00:46:05.139
 would

00:46:05.139 --> 00:46:05.500
 come

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:07.239
 and

00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:07.359
 it

00:46:07.359 --> 00:46:07.539
 did

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:07.859
 come

00:46:07.859 --> 00:46:09.259
 it

00:46:09.259 --> 00:46:09.739
 came

00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:10.539
 in

00:46:10.539 --> 00:46:10.679
 his

00:46:10.679 --> 00:46:11.239
 resurrection

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:13.519
 three

00:46:13.519 --> 00:46:13.959
 days

00:46:13.959 --> 00:46:14.319
 after

00:46:14.319 --> 00:46:14.559
 they

00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:15.059
 murdered

00:46:15.059 --> 00:46:15.439
 him

00:46:15.439 --> 00:46:15.679
 for

00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:16.079
 something

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:16.339
 he

00:46:16.339 --> 00:46:16.599
 did

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:16.859
 not

00:46:16.859 --> 00:46:17.279
 do

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:17.959
 God

00:46:17.959 --> 00:46:18.679
 raised

00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:18.879
 him

00:46:18.879 --> 00:46:19.079
 from

00:46:19.079 --> 00:46:19.259
 the

00:46:19.259 --> 00:46:19.639
 dead

00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:19.839
 in

00:46:19.839 --> 00:46:20.199
 Acts

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:20.579
 2

00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:20.799
 or

00:46:20.799 --> 00:46:21.239
 yeah

00:46:21.239 --> 00:46:21.579
 Acts

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:21.839
 2

00:46:21.839 --> 00:46:22.179
 Peter

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:22.639
 says

00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:23.179
 because

00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.500
 death

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:23.699
 had

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:23.959
 no

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:24.480
 claim

00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:24.720
 on

00:46:24.720 --> 00:46:25.159
 him

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:26.460
 he

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:26.659
 was

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:27.320
 sinless

00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:29.059
 his

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.880
 vindication

00:46:29.880 --> 00:46:30.800
 is

00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:31.079
 seen

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:31.220
 in

00:46:31.220 --> 00:46:31.380
 his

00:46:31.380 --> 00:46:31.980
 resurrection

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:33.280
 our

00:46:33.280 --> 00:46:34.019
 vindication

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:34.840
 in

00:46:34.840 --> 00:46:35.199
 relation

00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:35.440
 to

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:35.740
 whatever

00:46:35.740 --> 00:46:35.920
 it

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.079
 may

00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:36.420
 be

00:46:36.420 --> 00:46:37.840
 will

00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:38.119
 also

00:46:38.119 --> 00:46:38.340
 be

00:46:38.340 --> 00:46:38.720
 seen

00:46:38.720 --> 00:46:39.599
 in

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:39.840
 our

00:46:39.840 --> 00:46:40.380
 resurrection

00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:42.220
 you

00:46:42.220 --> 00:46:42.420
 may

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:42.599
 not

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 receive

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 justice

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 for

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 the

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 wrongs

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 committed

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 against

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 you

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 now

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 you

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 will

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 be

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 vindicated

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 on

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 the

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 day

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 that

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 the

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 Lord

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 returns

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 and

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 the

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 dead

00:46:50.619 --> 00:46:51.179
 Christ

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 are

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 raised

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 transformed

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 forever

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 with

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 the

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 Lord

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 indication

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 will

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 come

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 you

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 don't

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 have

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 to

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 have

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 it

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 now

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 it

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 would

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 be

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 nice

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 wouldn't

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 it

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 you

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 don't

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 have

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 to

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 have

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 it

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 now

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 your

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 future

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 is

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 certain

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 it

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 is

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 certain

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 better

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 better

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 better

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 better

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 better

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 better

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 better

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 better

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 better

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!

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 better

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 better

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 better

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00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:38.620
 sinner who has ever lived, including our enemies.

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 And may that be a comfort to us and a help to us in times like David's.