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 Please take your Bibles and open them up this morning again to the book of Psalms.

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 We've been walking our way through several of the Psalms this summer and we've come to Psalm

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! chapter 37 this morning. If you don't have a copy of God's Word with you, if you didn't bring one,

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 that's okay. We have them in the seat backs nearby and feel free to make use of that. Our text is

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 Psalm! chapter 37. It is another Psalm of David and when you've found that, let's stand in honor of

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 the reading of God's Word this morning. Psalm! chapter 37.

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 David writes,

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 Fret not yourself because of evildoers. Be not envious of wrongdoers, for they will soon fade like grass and

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 wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good. Dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness.

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 Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the

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 Lord. Trust in Him and He will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your

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 justice as the noonday. Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for Him. Fret not yourself over

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 the one who prospers in His way, over the man who carries out evil devices. Refrain from anger and

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 forsake wrath. Fret not yourself. It tends only to evil. For the evildoers shall be cut off, but those

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 who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. In just a little while the wicked will be no more.

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 Though you look carefully at His place, He will not be there. But the meek shall inherit the land

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 and delight themselves in abundant peace. The wicked plots against the righteous and gnashes

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 his teeth at Him. But the Lord laughs at the wicked, for He sees that His day is coming.

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 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy,

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 to slay those whose way is upright. Their sword shall enter their own heart and their bows shall be

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 broken. Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked. For the arms of

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 the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous. The Lord knows the days of the

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 blameless and their heritage will remain forever. They are not put to shame in evil times. In the days

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 of famine they shall have abundance, but the wicked will perish. The enemies of the Lord are like the glory

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 of the pastures. They vanish like smoke. They vanish away. The wicked borrows but does not pay back. But the

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 righteous is generous and gives. For those blessed by the Lord shall inherit the land, but those cursed

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 by Him shall be cut off. The steps of a man are established by the Lord when he delights in his way.

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 Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds His hand.

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 I have been young and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or His children begging

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 for bread. He is ever lending generously and His children become a blessing. Turn away from evil

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 and do good. So shall you dwell forever. For the Lord loves justice. He will not forsake His saints.

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 They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall

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 inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom and His tongue

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 speaks justice. The law of His God is in His heart. His steps do not slip. The wicked watches for the

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 righteous and seeks to put him to death. The Lord will not abandon him to his power or let him be

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 condemned when he is brought to trial. Wait for the Lord and keep His way, and He will exalt you to

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 inherit the land. You will look on when the wicked are cut off. I have seen a wicked, ruthless man

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 spreading himself like a green laurel tree, but he passed away, and behold, he was no more. Though I

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 sought him, he could not be found. Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the

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 man of peace, but transgressors shall be altogether destroyed. The future of the wicked shall be cut off.

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 The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord. He is their stronghold in times of trouble.

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 The Lord helps them and delivers them. He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they

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 take refuge in Him. The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father, we pray as we just sang, God, would you show us Christ?

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 Would you reveal your glory through the preaching of your word this morning? We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen. You may be seated.

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 One of my favorite games to play as a kid was the game of life. Have you ever played the game of life?

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 If you've played the game, then you know that you quite literally work your way through many of life's

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 important milestones. You get an education, you get your first job, you get married, you have kids,

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 and you work your way all the way through the winding turns until you get to the end of the game and you

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 retire. And the point of the game is whoever stacks up the most money by the end of the game

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 wins the game of life. Imagine playing the game of life with someone who has no regard whatsoever for

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 the rules of the game. So you take a few turns and after a while you realize when nobody is looking,

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 when they think you're not looking, they slip a couple extra hundreds out of the bank and into

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 their money pile. And when it comes time for them to pick their career, they stack the cards in their

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 favor so they make sure that they get the highest paying job in the game. And when they spin the wheel,

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 they make certain that they only land on all the good tiles. And if they do accidentally land on

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 something bad, well, they just blame the wheel and they spin again. Meanwhile, there you are trying

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 your very best, playing the game according to the rules. And yet you are struggling to get by. It's

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 totally unfair. And their little car is cruising their way through the game of life while your little

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 car is struggling, moving at a snail's pace, paying off your debts, following all the rules. You

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 would probably be frustrated playing that game, wouldn't you? In fact, you would probably at

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 some point wonder, where in the world is mom or dad? Don't they care that the rules are being broken?

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 And won't they come and set things right and make certain that things are played by the rules? This

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 isn't how it should be. And yet sadly, this unfair experience is oftentimes not just a game. For many,

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 this is how real life goes. You may have experienced some of this frustration yourself in your own life.

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 Your non-believing neighbors who do not follow the Lord, do not profess faith in Christ, do not seek

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 to obey his law. They are seeming to have life on easy mode while you face trial after trial after trial

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 your co-worker lies and cheats his way into yet another promotion while you just keep your head

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 down and quietly do your job and no one seems to notice. Why is it so? And you may be prone to wonder,

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 well, where is God in all of this? Does he not see how unfair this is? Will he not step in and make this

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 right? Does he not care that the wicked seem to succeed while the righteous seem to struggle?

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 This is the tension that David is dealing with in Psalm chapter 37. He wrestles with this tension

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 of the success of the wicked and the struggle of the righteous. But in the end, he calls all of God's

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 people to lift up our head from the game for just a minute, take a step back and remember the confidence

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 that we have in our good God and the promises that he's made to us in Christ. Here's the main idea for us

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 this morning in Psalm chapter 37 is this. God's promised future produces present faithfulness

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 despite our present frustration. And the Psalm, as you may have noticed, as I read is long as 40 verses

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 long and it's actually an acrostic poem in the Hebrew. It's one of several in the book of Psalms.

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 It is a wisdom Psalm and you may have noticed that it, it kind of reads a little bit more like the book

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 of Proverbs than it does like a Psalm. And in fact, several of these verses, the first verse is quoted

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 verbatim in the book of Proverbs in Proverbs 24 verse 19. This is family wisdom that's passed down

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 from King David to King Solomon and now down to us this morning. And so because this is a wisdom Psalm

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 and because it is an acrostic poem, it's not really progressing linearly like many of the texts do. It

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 doesn't go in a straight line from verse 1 to verse 40. And so we're not going to walk straight

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 through it like we ordinarily would in a more linear text. Rather, we're going to take it in three

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 clear themes. Now, hopefully you heard, as I read through the Psalm, three clear movements that we

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 see here in Psalm 37. Again, we're going to see our present frustration, our promised future,

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 and our patient faithfulness. This will be our outline this morning. If you're taking notes,

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 our present frustration, our promised future, and our patient faithfulness. First, let's consider

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 our present frustration. This Psalm, like many of the Psalms, it again, it makes this clear distinction

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 to us between these two groups of people. There are the righteous and there are the wicked. Two groups

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 of people, every single person in the world, every single person in this room belongs to one or the

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 other of these two groups. You either are counted righteous by faith in Christ. That's the only way

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 to be in this group. Or you are by nature, default, you are in this category of the wicked. There's no

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 neutral. There's no third category. There's nowhere in between. Two groups of people, the righteous or

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 the wicked. And that wickedness is seen, David shows us, in the fruit and all sorts of bad fruit in a

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 person's life. David calls them evildoers, wrongdoers in verse one. He says that they plot against the

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 righteous. In verse 12, they gnash their teeth at them. They draw the sword. They bend their bows to

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 bring down the poor and the needy and to slay those whose way is upright. Apparently, these wicked

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 people, they are plotting and scheming ways to destroy the righteous. They're not indifferent

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 towards the righteous. They don't ignore the righteous. They are antagonistic. They get ahead

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 by putting the righteous ones down. Verse 32 says, the wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put

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 him to death. We recently finished going through the book of Genesis. Don't you remember? In the Garden of

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 Eden, this is the ongoing conflict ever since the Garden of Eden between that seed of the woman and the

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 seed of the serpent. This is ongoing enmity between those who belong to the enemy, that great serpent

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 Satan, and those who belong to the Lord. Ultimately, those who belong to Christ. Church, we have to remember that

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 we are not in peacetime. We are in wartime. And Satan and all who belong to him are presently waging war

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 against all who belong to the Lord. Just last week in Nigeria, you may have seen this, the Fulani people

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 attacked the village of Neridon in Nigeria, targeting, especially, specifically targeting Christians. I mean, this was not a

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 random attack. They went from house to house shooting and ultimately killed 30 professing Christians.

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 Eleven of them were children. The youngest was three years old. Church, it's hard for us to fathom that

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 sort of hardship and persecution here where we live. I mean, my goodness, in Allendal and Mount Pleasant,

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 we can hardly even wrap our minds around this, but this is very real and is happening to our

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 brothers and sisters throughout the world, even right now. And what's worse, those who gave an

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 interview afterwards, they said that the local police refused to come in time to help.

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 Our brother Sampson in Ghana is still on the run for his life. His church is still scattered. His people

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 are still being hunted and they have made appeal after appeal after appeal to every form of authority

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 that they can think of, and yet every form of authority has turned them a blind eye to their

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 struggles and their persecutors. Get away with it. Why is this so? Do you ever get frustrated by this?

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 How the wicked just seem to succeed and they get away with whatever they want to do while the righteous

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 struggle? How is it fair that so many false prosperity gospel teachers are living in luxury and abundance,

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 while so many gospel preaching church planters are struggling to make ends meet? How is that fair?

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 This is the frustration that we often face here in a fallen world. And then you add to it the confusion

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 that we feel because God's word often paints a different picture than what we see in front of

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 our eyes, doesn't it? And don't you remember what God said in Psalm chapter one? Blessed is the man who

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 walks not according to the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat

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 of scoffers, but his delight is in the law of the Lord. And on his law, he meditates day and night.

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 In all that he does, it says he prospers. And yet, what do we see with our eyes? It's the wicked who seem to be blessed.

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 It's the wicked who seem to prosper. It's the wicked who have the money and the comfort and the luxury.

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 And it's the wicked who get ahead while the righteous fall behind. Everything seems to be upside down.

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 It's frustrating. It's frustrating. And to play by the rules and yet to constantly feel like you're falling behind.

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 Church, look how David calls us to respond here in verse one.

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 He says, fret not yourself because of evildoers.

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 Be not envious of wrongdoers.

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 Fret not yourself because of evildoers.

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 He says in verse seven, fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way,

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 over the man who carries out evil devices.

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 He says in verse eight, fret not yourself.

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 It tends only to evil.

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 This word fret, it essentially means anger not.

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 Don't get yourself so angry and so anxious and so agitated,

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 so bothered over the wicked and their success.

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 Don't fixate on it so that you get so hot under the collar and bothered by it.

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 The Christian standard Bible translates it,

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 don't be agitated by the evildoers.

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 Church, when you see the injustice done to our brothers and sisters throughout the world,

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 do you fret?

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 Or do you envy their success?

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 And when you jump onto social media and you see the luxurious life of a non-believer,

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 are you tempted to envy?

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 When you see a clip like what I saw this week of Tom Brady sailing down the river on his $12 million yacht,

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 right, not a care in the world,

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 are you ever prone to think,

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 man, that would be nice to have what he has?

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 David says,

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 be not envious of wrongdoers.

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 But church,

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 how in the world is that type of response possible?

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 How in the world is that even possible?

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 How can we look on at the success of the wicked here

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 and not get upset?

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 And how can we look at what they have

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 and not be envious

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 and wish that that were us and not them?

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 Well, David tells us,

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 second,

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 he says,

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 fix your eyes on our promised future.

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 Fix your eyes

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 on our promised future.

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 I know that it is frustrating

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 to play a losing game.

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 I am more competitive than most.

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 I promise you.

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 I guarantee you,

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 I'm more competitive than you.

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 How would you feel, though,

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 if you knew that in the end,

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 church,

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 that you won

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 and the wicked lose?

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 How would it change things for you

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 to know with certainty

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 that the end of the game

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 has already been decided?

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 That whatever twists and turns

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 life takes you here and now,

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 it does not ultimately matter

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 because soon and very soon

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 the game will be over

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 and you will have won.

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 How would it change things

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 for you to know

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 that the success of the wicked

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 is short-lived

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 and momentary?

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 Your suffering,

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 the suffering of the righteous

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 is also short-lived

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 and momentary.

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 Christian,

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 don't you realize

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 this is the advantage

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 that we have here and now?

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 This ought to radically transform

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 the way we go through our life.

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 We don't know

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 when this will happen,

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 but we know with certainty

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 because the Lord has told us

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 what will happen

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 soon and very soon.

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 The Lord Jesus will return

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 and He will make

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 all things right.

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 We've seen that there are

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 two very different groups

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 of people in the world,

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 but here,

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 David points us to now

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 the radically different future

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 for these two groups of people.

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 The radically different future

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 for the wicked

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 and for the righteous.

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 Let's think first

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 about the future

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 of the wicked.

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 David says that

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 the wicked person

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 who lives this luxurious life

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 here and now,

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 verse 2,

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 he says,

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 they will soon fade

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 like the grass

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 and wither

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 like the green herb.

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 Church,

00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.120
 right now,

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:32.339
 the wicked are watered

00:19:32.339 --> 00:19:33.259
 and fed

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.599
 and nourished

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:36.079
 by the common grace

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:37.339
 blessings of the Lord.

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 But what happens

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.559
 when those common grace

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:42.039
 blessings are removed

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:43.539
 and all that's left

00:19:43.539 --> 00:19:45.140
 is the scorching heat

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:46.319
 of God's wrath

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.359
 against the wicked?

00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.839
 He says that wicked person

00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:52.740
 who lives in open rebellion

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.579
 against the Lord

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:55.599
 and seems to get away with it

00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:56.259
 here and now,

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:58.120
 who seems to have it all together,

00:19:58.259 --> 00:19:59.900
 who seems to have no worries

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.700
 in this life,

00:20:00.779 --> 00:20:01.380
 verse 20,

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:03.039
 says like smoke,

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:04.259
 they vanish away.

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.120
 Just like that.

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 The wicked seem like

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.219
 they're rooted

00:20:10.219 --> 00:20:11.479
 and stable now,

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:13.099
 like nothing can shake them.

00:20:13.199 --> 00:20:13.859
 But David says

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.699
 in verse 35,

00:20:15.219 --> 00:20:16.039
 I have seen

00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:16.559
 the wicked,

00:20:16.719 --> 00:20:17.439
 ruthless man

00:20:17.439 --> 00:20:18.679
 spreading himself

00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:20.339
 like a green laurel tree,

00:20:20.739 --> 00:20:21.039
 rooted

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:22.399
 and stable

00:20:22.399 --> 00:20:23.659
 and strong

00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.639
 and secure.

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 And yet,

00:20:25.419 --> 00:20:26.019
 what does he say?

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 They passed away.

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 And behold,

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:31.159
 he was no more.

00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.179
 Though I sought him,

00:20:32.239 --> 00:20:34.419
 he could not be found.

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 And we should remember

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 that the appearance

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.400
 of stability

00:20:39.400 --> 00:20:40.840
 and security

00:20:40.840 --> 00:20:41.820
 and success

00:20:41.820 --> 00:20:42.840
 that the wicked have

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.500
 here and now,

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 it is all momentary

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 and fading

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 in light of eternity.

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 It simply will not last.

00:20:50.820 --> 00:20:51.259
 In fact,

00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:52.019
 you ask,

00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.680
 where is God

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.500
 in all of this?

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.940
 David tells us

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:58.380
 the Lord is not absent.

00:20:58.680 --> 00:21:00.560
 He's not ambivalent.

00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:01.580
 He's not indifferent.

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.800
 He's not ignorant

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.740
 of what's happening

00:21:03.740 --> 00:21:04.399
 in his world.

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:04.779
 Rather,

00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:05.619
 verse 13,

00:21:06.619 --> 00:21:07.220
 it says,

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.839
 while the wicked

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:09.159
 plot against the righteous,

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:11.139
 the Lord laughs

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:12.519
 at the wicked.

00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:13.119
 Why?

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.919
 For he sees

00:21:14.919 --> 00:21:15.839
 that his day

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:17.299
 is coming.

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.319
 Yes,

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:22.079
 everything is upside down

00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:22.740
 right now.

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 But again,

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:23.919
 church,

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.079
 one day soon,

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:26.039
 our God

00:21:26.039 --> 00:21:26.839
 will come

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 and make it

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 right.

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 we confess this

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 in our statement

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 of faith

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 and what we profess

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 to believe together

00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.140
 as a church.

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 We say,

00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:37.080
 we believe

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:38.279
 that the end of the world

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:39.380
 is quickly approaching,

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.640
 that at the last day,

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.820
 Christ will descend

00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.580
 from heaven

00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.519
 in glory

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:46.500
 and raise the dead,

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.980
 both righteous

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.080
 and the wicked,

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 from the grave

00:21:50.360 --> 00:21:51.360
 to final judgment.

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:53.660
 A solemn separation

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:55.000
 will then take place,

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:56.180
 which will fix forever

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:58.200
 the final state of men

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.019
 on principles

00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:00.400
 of righteousness.

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.299
 The wicked

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:03.320
 will be adjudged

00:22:03.320 --> 00:22:04.440
 to endless

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.779
 conscious punishment

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.480
 in hell.

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.160
 Those belonging

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.799
 to Christ

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.220
 will have eternal life

00:22:10.220 --> 00:22:11.580
 in the new heavens

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.460
 and the new earth

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:13.840
 and will dwell forever

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:14.580
 with God

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.360
 in righteousness,

00:22:16.100 --> 00:22:16.480
 peace,

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.640
 and joy

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.779
 to the glory

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.560
 of God.

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 These are sobering

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.340
 words,

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.799
 aren't they,

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.180
 church?

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.779
 It is not fun

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.820
 and it is not popular

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.559
 to talk about

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.659
 the reality of hell.

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.079
 In fact,

00:22:28.179 --> 00:22:29.639
 several popular

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.740
 Bible teachers,

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.779
 public figures,

00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:33.419
 have recently come out

00:22:33.419 --> 00:22:34.639
 denying the reality

00:22:34.639 --> 00:22:35.359
 of a true,

00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:36.339
 eternal place

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.759
 of torment

00:22:36.759 --> 00:22:37.379
 for the wicked.

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:40.079
 The truth is unpopular,

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:40.819
 but friend,

00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:42.139
 we're not wiser than God.

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.500
 Paul tells us

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:46.419
 in 1 Thessalonians 1.9,

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.279
 they,

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.899
 the wicked,

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.460
 will suffer

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.139
 the punishment

00:22:50.139 --> 00:22:51.819
 of eternal destruction

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.519
 away

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.740
 from the presence

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.379
 of the Lord

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.040
 and away

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:55.820
 from the glory

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.580
 of His might.

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.700
 Jesus Himself

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.240
 tells us

00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:59.560
 in Matthew 25,

00:22:59.780 --> 00:23:00.220
 46,

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:01.140
 and these,

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.640
 the wicked,

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:02.820
 will go away

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:04.600
 into eternal punishment,

00:23:04.780 --> 00:23:05.460
 but the righteous

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:07.260
 to eternal life.

00:23:07.320 --> 00:23:07.720
 Do you see

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.580
 the radically

00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:09.460
 different destination

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.500
 here between these

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.220
 radically different

00:23:11.220 --> 00:23:11.860
 groups of people?

00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:14.040
 The righteous

00:23:14.040 --> 00:23:15.560
 will look to the place

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:16.080
 where the wicked

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.800
 stood,

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:18.640
 harassing God's people,

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.980
 living in common

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.820
 grace blessings

00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:22.600
 while denying

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.139
 the God

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.980
 who made them,

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.059
 and in that day

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.919
 they will be

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:28.179
 no more.

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:29.139
 Ask yourself,

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.259
 why would I envy

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.899
 that person?

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.659
 Why would I want

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.639
 what they have?

00:23:35.919 --> 00:23:37.079
 Why would I fret

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:38.439
 over their success

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.019
 here and now?

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:39.639
 It's going to be

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.539
 gone like that,

00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:41.819
 like smoke in the air.

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.519
 It'll vanish.

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.259
 It'll go away

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.579
 like in an instant.

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.980
 Why would I envy

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:47.379
 that person?

00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:48.240
 Church,

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:49.659
 we shouldn't envy them

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:50.779
 and we shouldn't

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.980
 fret over them.

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.080
 You know our response?

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.600
 It should be

00:23:53.600 --> 00:23:54.259
 we should have

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.480
 compassion on them.

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.840
 We should long

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.519
 for them

00:23:58.519 --> 00:24:00.140
 to come to know

00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:01.019
 the grace of the

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.960
 Lord Jesus Christ

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.740
 as we have.

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.500
 We should pray

00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:05.120
 for them

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.160
 that the Lord

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.860
 would be gracious

00:24:06.860 --> 00:24:07.380
 to them

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:08.440
 as He's been to us.

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.840
 We should pursue

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.560
 them with the

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.540
 gospel of Christ.

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:12.920
 We should call

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:14.140
 them to repentance

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:15.540
 and to faith in Jesus.

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.380
 But we should

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.900
 never,

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.540
 ever,

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.880
 envy them.

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:21.980
 If we're prone

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.620
 to fret

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:24.100
 or envy the wicked,

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.680
 we should know

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.680
 that our frustration

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.580
 here and now,

00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.600
 it often stems

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.340
 from a lack

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:29.240
 of eternal

00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:30.340
 perspective.

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:32.180
 That's the future

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.780
 for the wicked.

00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.260
 Look,

00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.060
 look at what David

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.940
 says about the future

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.560
 for the righteous.

00:24:37.760 --> 00:24:38.840
 Five times

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:40.000
 here in Psalm 37,

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.960
 five times,

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.800
 David assures us

00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.660
 the righteous

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.760
 will inherit

00:24:44.760 --> 00:24:45.700
 the land.

00:24:45.820 --> 00:24:46.340
 Did you hear that

00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:47.140
 promise repeated?

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.860
 Verse 9,

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:49.620
 the evildoers

00:24:49.620 --> 00:24:50.600
 shall be cut off,

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.320
 but those who

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:52.180
 wait for the Lord

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.580
 shall inherit

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.700
 the land.

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.620
 Verse 11,

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.520
 the meek

00:24:56.520 --> 00:24:57.420
 shall inherit

00:24:57.420 --> 00:24:58.280
 the land

00:24:58.280 --> 00:24:59.040
 and delight

00:24:59.040 --> 00:24:59.660
 themselves

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.200
 in abundant

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.760
 peace.

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.720
 Verse 22,

00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:02.680
 those blessed

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.320
 by the Lord

00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:04.180
 shall inherit

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.080
 the land,

00:25:05.180 --> 00:25:05.780
 but those cursed

00:25:05.780 --> 00:25:06.300
 by Him

00:25:06.300 --> 00:25:07.380
 shall be cut off.

00:25:07.620 --> 00:25:08.180
 Verse 29,

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:09.020
 the righteous

00:25:09.020 --> 00:25:10.080
 shall inherit

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.940
 the land

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.680
 and dwell upon

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.180
 it forever.

00:25:12.520 --> 00:25:13.200
 Verse 34,

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.760
 wait for the Lord

00:25:14.760 --> 00:25:15.720
 and keep His way

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.900
 and He will exalt

00:25:16.900 --> 00:25:18.060
 you to inherit

00:25:18.060 --> 00:25:18.900
 the land.

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.540
 You will look on

00:25:20.540 --> 00:25:21.019
 when the wicked

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.780
 are cut off.

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.400
 David holds out

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.240
 this hope

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.200
 for God's people.

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.300
 He assures

00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:27.840
 his people,

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.220
 yes,

00:25:28.280 --> 00:25:29.340
 it may look bleak

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.759
 now,

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.820
 but the righteous

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.759
 look ahead

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.759
 to God's promises.

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.640
 The righteous

00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.320
 remember,

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.759
 God has promised

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.960
 this time

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.759
 and this place

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.480
 when you will be

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.240
 with me

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.000
 in the land.

00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.140
 This land promise

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:44.240
 we know for Israel,

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.779
 that's much more

00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.420
 than just a piece

00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:47.120
 of property.

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:48.120
 This was the hope

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:49.220
 of God's people.

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.500
 This was their hope.

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.259
 This was a place

00:25:52.259 --> 00:25:53.319
 like a new Eden.

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.460
 It was a place

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.880
 where God's people

00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:57.779
 would again dwell

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.579
 with God,

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.620
 where He would be

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.279
 their God

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.920
 and they would be

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.620
 His people,

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.200
 where they would

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.519
 worship Him together,

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.259
 where they would have

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:05.539
 peace from their enemies.

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.740
 David says,

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.380
 the wicked

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.440
 will not be there,

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:10.380
 but the righteous

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.900
 and the meek

00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:13.099
 will inherit

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:14.019
 the land.

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.619
 But church,

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.179
 of course,

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.759
 we know

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:18.799
 this land promise

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:20.959
 is ultimately

00:26:20.959 --> 00:26:21.699
 fulfilled

00:26:21.699 --> 00:26:23.219
 in the new Eden

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:23.899
 to come,

00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.839
 the new heavens

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:27.299
 and the new earth

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:28.899
 and not just a patch

00:26:28.899 --> 00:26:29.279
 of land

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.059
 in the Middle East,

00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:32.219
 but all the world

00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:32.819
 renewed

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.899
 and restored

00:26:33.899 --> 00:26:35.759
 for all of God's people.

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:37.359
 This is our hope

00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.279
 in Christ.

00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.779
 A place

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:42.339
 in a day

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:43.839
 where there is

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.579
 no sin,

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.899
 where the wicked

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:47.240
 are no more,

00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.440
 where all of God's people

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.420
 can dwell with Him

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.899
 forever,

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.480
 where He will be

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.139
 our God

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:54.480
 and we will be

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.079
 His people.

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:56.379
 This is what John saw

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:57.559
 in Revelation 21.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.799
 He says,

00:26:59.859 --> 00:27:01.220
 I saw a new heaven

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.519
 and a new earth

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.420
 for the first heaven

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.240
 and the first earth

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:06.160
 had passed away

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:07.339
 and the sea

00:27:07.339 --> 00:27:08.220
 was no more.

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.880
 And I saw

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.720
 the holy city,

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.579
 New Jerusalem,

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.559
 coming down

00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:13.500
 out of heaven

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.319
 from God,

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.860
 prepared as a bride

00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:17.100
 adorned for her husband.

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.000
 And I heard

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.759
 a loud voice

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.460
 from the throne

00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:19.940
 saying,

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.019
 Behold,

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.380
 the dwelling place

00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.120
 of God

00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:24.259
 is with man.

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.620
 He will dwell

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:26.200
 with them

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.779
 and they will be

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.480
 His people

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.759
 and God Himself

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.100
 will be with them

00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.240
 as their God.

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.940
 He will wipe away

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.700
 every tear

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.720
 from their eyes

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:35.559
 and death

00:27:35.559 --> 00:27:36.660
 shall be no more.

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:38.120
 neither shall there

00:27:38.120 --> 00:27:38.820
 be mourning

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:40.100
 nor crying

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:41.180
 nor pain

00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:41.840
 anymore

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.980
 for the former

00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:43.779
 things have

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:45.000
 passed away.

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.920
 Church,

00:27:46.060 --> 00:27:47.340
 this is our

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:48.940
 future in Christ.

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.900
 Can't you endure

00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:52.740
 a little suffering

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.120
 here

00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:55.040
 to know

00:27:55.040 --> 00:27:55.640
 that that day

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.600
 is coming soon?

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.040
 Friend,

00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.680
 if you are

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.400
 still

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:03.019
 amongst

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.759
 the wicked,

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:05.779
 if you have

00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.140
 not yet

00:28:06.140 --> 00:28:06.900
 put your faith

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.619
 in Christ,

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.279
 the call

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:09.259
 here is clear.

00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:10.079
 The response

00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.000
 of this passage

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.879
 for the wicked

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:13.000
 is turn from

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.579
 your sin

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:14.319
 and put your

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.339
 faith in Christ

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.379
 and you too

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:16.779
 will have

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.420
 this confident

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.140
 future ahead

00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.559
 of you.

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.299
 And the response

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:23.200
 of the righteous

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:25.900
 is to respond

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.700
 here and now

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.799
 until that day

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.940
 with patient

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:30.660
 faithfulness.

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:32.440
 this is what

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.960
 we see in our

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.620
 third and final

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.279
 point this

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:34.660
 morning.

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.120
 Third,

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:36.600
 in light of

00:28:36.600 --> 00:28:37.540
 all of this,

00:28:37.600 --> 00:28:37.980
 in light of

00:28:37.980 --> 00:28:38.640
 this glorious

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.400
 promise that we

00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:40.000
 have ahead of

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.240
 us,

00:28:40.360 --> 00:28:40.620
 third,

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.640
 we are called

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:42.740
 to patient

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:44.040
 faithfulness

00:28:44.040 --> 00:28:44.980
 here and now.

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.600
 Again,

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.620
 if you knew

00:28:46.620 --> 00:28:47.160
 that at the

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.700
 end of this

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.140
 game,

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:49.820
 while the

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.519
 cheater sat

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.980
 and counted

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.400
 up his

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:51.720
 money,

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:52.680
 at some

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.080
 point,

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.779
 dad is

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.019
 going to

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.380
 come,

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.660
 he's going

00:28:54.660 --> 00:28:55.019
 to take

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.340
 away

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.960
 everything

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.519
 that he's

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.900
 gained,

00:28:57.060 --> 00:28:57.400
 he's going

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:57.779
 to hand

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.420
 it to you,

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:58.960
 he's going

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.480
 to pick up

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.820
 your little

00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:00.240
 car,

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.140
 he's going

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.480
 to bring

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.859
 it all

00:29:01.859 --> 00:29:02.319
 the way

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.940
 safely to

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.339
 the finish

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:03.720
 line,

00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.319
 he's going

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.759
 to declare

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.299
 you the

00:29:05.299 --> 00:29:05.779
 winner and

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.140
 him the

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.500
 loser,

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.480
 how would

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.339
 that transform

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:08.740
 the way

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.200
 you go

00:29:09.200 --> 00:29:09.920
 through life?

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.579
 You could

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.039
 play this

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.400
 game with

00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:13.180
 a smile,

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.859
 knowing that

00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:15.259
 no matter

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.000
 what happens,

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.400
 the end

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.980
 is secure.

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.120
 Our

00:29:19.120 --> 00:29:19.700
 promised

00:29:19.700 --> 00:29:20.539
 future

00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.460
 ought to

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.920
 produce

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.640
 present

00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:23.599
 faithfulness

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.259
 despite

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.519
 our present

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.579
 frustration.

00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.559
 David calls

00:29:27.559 --> 00:29:28.000
 us to

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:29.039
 several

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.519
 practical

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.119
 responses

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.099
 here in

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.299
 this

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.660
 psalm.

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.200
 It is

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.940
 so full

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.240
 of

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.379
 imperatives

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:35.519
 and commands

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.000
 for us,

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.680
 directing us

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.200
 what to

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.740
 do.

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.759
 I just

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:38.980
 want to

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.500
 group them.

00:29:39.619 --> 00:29:39.960
 I want us

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.279
 to think

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:40.819
 in five

00:29:40.819 --> 00:29:41.420
 categories

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.599
 here as

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.180
 we close

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.559
 by way

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.240
 of response.

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.139
 The first,

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.119
 protect

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:46.779
 your heart.

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.819
 Protect

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.460
 your heart.

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:51.180
 In other

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.359
 words,

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:51.859
 do not

00:29:51.859 --> 00:29:52.480
 join them

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.920
 in their

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.299
 game.

00:29:53.299 --> 00:29:55.460
 when you

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.279
 see the

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.980
 success

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.579
 of the

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:57.899
 wicked

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.659
 Christian,

00:29:58.859 --> 00:29:59.319
 do not

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.899
 fret,

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.539
 do not

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.279
 envy,

00:30:01.399 --> 00:30:01.759
 he says

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.139
 in verse

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.480
 1.

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.440
 Do not

00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.659
 be

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.599
 wrathful,

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:04.980
 do not

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:06.059
 be angry,

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.579
 he says

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:06.960
 in verse

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.319
 8.

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.379
 Do not

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.919
 be tempted

00:30:08.919 --> 00:30:09.419
 to join

00:30:09.419 --> 00:30:09.960
 in with

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.279
 them,

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:10.619
 and they're

00:30:10.619 --> 00:30:10.980
 evil,

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.399
 he says

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:11.720
 in verse

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.339
 27.

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.899
 You're

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.299
 going to

00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.500
 feel

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.919
 tempted

00:30:13.919 --> 00:30:14.159
 from

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.379
 time

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:14.500
 to

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.700
 time

00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:14.879
 to

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.159
 wish

00:30:15.159 --> 00:30:15.339
 that

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.480
 you

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:15.700
 had

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:15.839
 what

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.000
 they

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.379
 have.

00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.980
 Right?

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.160
 But remember

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.940
 the promise,

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.519
 church.

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.039
 Remember

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.779
 what lies

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.279
 ahead of

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.480
 you.

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.059
 Remember

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.860
 that this

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.319
 present

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.799
 moment

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.360
 will be

00:30:26.360 --> 00:30:26.779
 over

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.200
 before

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.480
 you

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:27.740
 know

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:27.900
 it,

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.240
 and so

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.799
 protect

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.180
 your

00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.559
 heart

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.059
 from

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.500
 envy.

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:30.759
 The

00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:31.039
 second,

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.500
 put your

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.860
 trust

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.360
 entirely

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.740
 in the

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:33.980
 Lord.

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:35.960
 Put

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.160
 your

00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.519
 trust

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:36.980
 entirely

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.059
 in the

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.299
 Lord.

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.200
 Fix

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.599
 your

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.200
 eyes

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:42.519
 on our

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:42.980
 great

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.980
 and

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.400
 sovereign

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:44.900
 God.

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.440
 And

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:46.900
 remember

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.220
 who

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.500
 is

00:30:47.500 --> 00:30:47.720
 in

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.100
 charge

00:30:48.100 --> 00:30:48.480
 of

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.680
 this

00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.080
 world

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.540
 even

00:30:49.540 --> 00:30:49.920
 when

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.420
 things

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.900
 look

00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.740
 bleak.

00:30:51.820 --> 00:30:51.940
 So

00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:52.200
 David

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.640
 says,

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:53.480
 trust

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:53.820
 in the

00:30:53.820 --> 00:30:54.120
 Lord.

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.460
 Verse

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.740
 three,

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:55.060
 do you

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.360
 trust

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.600
 him?

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.280
 Do you

00:30:57.280 --> 00:30:57.580
 trust

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:57.840
 him to

00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.000
 do

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.280
 what's

00:30:58.280 --> 00:30:58.620
 right?

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.200
 Do

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.360
 you

00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.759
 trust

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.000
 him

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.140
 that

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.380
 he's

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:01.540
 in

00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:01.940
 control?

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.480
 Do

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.620
 you

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:03.960
 trust

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.120
 him

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.259
 to

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.519
 bring

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.060
 justice

00:31:05.060 --> 00:31:05.300
 in

00:31:05.300 --> 00:31:05.440
 the

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.700
 end?

00:31:07.540 --> 00:31:07.980
 Delight

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.580
 yourself

00:31:08.580 --> 00:31:09.019
 in

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.240
 the

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:09.580
 Lord.

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:09.880
 Verse

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.240
 four,

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.460
 and

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.660
 he

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:10.840
 will

00:31:10.840 --> 00:31:11.120
 give

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.320
 you

00:31:11.320 --> 00:31:11.519
 the

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.080
 desires

00:31:12.080 --> 00:31:12.420
 of

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.580
 your

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:12.960
 heart.

00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:13.920
 Commit

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.120
 your

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:14.400
 way

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.580
 to

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:14.740
 the

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.040
 Lord.

00:31:15.340 --> 00:31:15.759
 Trust

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.120
 him

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.340
 and

00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:16.540
 he

00:31:16.540 --> 00:31:16.820
 will

00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:17.320
 act.

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:17.460
 You

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:17.560
 know,

00:31:17.620 --> 00:31:17.759
 the

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:18.120
 wicked

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.580
 take

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:18.900
 this

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.080
 as

00:31:19.080 --> 00:31:19.300
 a

00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:20.380
 prosperity

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.060
 promise.

00:31:21.280 --> 00:31:21.519
 If I

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:21.759
 just

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.160
 delight

00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:22.320
 in

00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:22.480
 him

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.880
 enough,

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.380
 I'll

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.500
 get

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:23.800
 whatever

00:31:23.800 --> 00:31:24.040
 I

00:31:24.040 --> 00:31:24.320
 want,

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:24.580
 right?

00:31:26.040 --> 00:31:26.220
 But

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.340
 the

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:26.820
 righteous

00:31:26.820 --> 00:31:27.980
 know

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.300
 better.

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.519
 We

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.780
 know

00:31:28.780 --> 00:31:29.040
 that

00:31:29.040 --> 00:31:29.740
 the

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.180
 Lord

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.840
 himself

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.380
 is

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:31.560
 the

00:31:31.560 --> 00:31:32.040
 greatest

00:31:32.040 --> 00:31:32.680
 treasure

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.160
 in

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.540
 all

00:31:33.540 --> 00:31:33.740
 the

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.120
 world,

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.460
 far

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.759
 better

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.019
 than

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.500
 riches,

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.220
 far

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.480
 better

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.720
 than

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.340
 luxury,

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.040
 far

00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.300
 better

00:31:38.300 --> 00:31:38.540
 than

00:31:38.540 --> 00:31:39.500
 momentary

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.220
 success.

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.640
 We

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:40.880
 know

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.160
 Psalm

00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:42.000
 1611

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.360
 in

00:31:42.359 --> 00:31:42.599
 his

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.099
 presence

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.339
 there

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.519
 is

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:44.240
 fullness

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.679
 of

00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:45.039
 joy.

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:45.619
 At

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:45.819
 his

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.099
 right

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.399
 hand

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.579
 are

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.079
 pleasures

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.919
 forever

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.579
 more.

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.119
 So the

00:31:49.119 --> 00:31:49.659
 call to

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.079
 God's

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.419
 people

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.879
 here and

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.219
 now,

00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.000
 delight

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.479
 yourself

00:31:52.479 --> 00:31:52.699
 in

00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:52.979
 him.

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.679
 Trust

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:54.939
 in

00:31:54.939 --> 00:31:55.279
 him.

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:56.799
 Commit

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.279
 yourself

00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.519
 to

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:57.899
 him and

00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.459
 one day

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:58.939
 soon

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.500
 he will

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.959
 bring

00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:00.240
 you

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.639
 into

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:00.919
 the

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.279
 land

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.500
 to

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.779
 be

00:32:01.779 --> 00:32:02.059
 with

00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.319
 him

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.799
 forever.

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:04.799
 Do you

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.219
 delight

00:32:05.219 --> 00:32:05.399
 in

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.639
 him?

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.599
 Third

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.179
 category,

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.599
 David

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.759
 calls us

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.079
 to

00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:11.539
 pursue

00:32:11.539 --> 00:32:12.359
 what

00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:12.519
 is

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:12.859
 good.

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.899
 Pursue

00:32:14.899 --> 00:32:15.980
 what

00:32:15.980 --> 00:32:16.159
 is

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:16.500
 good.

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.899
 One

00:32:16.899 --> 00:32:17.159
 of

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:17.519
 the

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.480
 common

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.299
 mistakes

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.839
 that we

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.019
 can

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.500
 easily

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:20.879
 walk

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.220
 into

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.279
 because

00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:22.480
 we

00:32:22.480 --> 00:32:22.659
 know

00:32:22.659 --> 00:32:22.819
 what

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:22.919
 the

00:32:22.919 --> 00:32:23.159
 future

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.579
 holds

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.919
 is

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:25.159
 that

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:25.740
 might

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.179
 lead

00:32:26.179 --> 00:32:26.480
 us

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:26.720
 to

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.699
 passivity.

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.019
 We

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.159
 know

00:32:29.159 --> 00:32:29.339
 what's

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.439
 going

00:32:29.439 --> 00:32:29.500
 to

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:29.759
 happen

00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.099
 anyway.

00:32:30.199 --> 00:32:30.419
 God

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.500
 is

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:30.599
 going

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:30.679
 to

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.019
 come.

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.259
 He's

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:31.699
 going

00:32:31.699 --> 00:32:31.779
 to

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:31.980
 set

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:32.220
 things

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.579
 right.

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:32.799
 We'll

00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:32.939
 be

00:32:32.939 --> 00:32:33.799
 with

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:33.960
 him

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.339
 soon.

00:32:34.460 --> 00:32:34.819
 Why

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.059
 not

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.379
 just

00:32:35.379 --> 00:32:36.059
 sit

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.419
 back

00:32:36.419 --> 00:32:36.579
 on

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:36.740
 our

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.059
 hands

00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:37.199
 and

00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:37.519
 wait?

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.639
 I

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.099
 love

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.299
 that

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:39.559
 David

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.439
 no

00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:41.099
 believer

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.699
 do

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.279
 good.

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:42.579
 Verse

00:32:42.579 --> 00:32:42.879
 3

00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:44.720
 Dwell

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:44.899
 in

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.039
 the

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.399
 land.

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:46.079
 Befriend

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:47.159
 faithfulness.

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.759
 Lend

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.399
 generously

00:32:48.399 --> 00:32:48.740
 and

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.059
 give.

00:32:49.119 --> 00:32:49.199
 He

00:32:49.199 --> 00:32:49.439
 says

00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:49.679
 verse

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:50.099
 21

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.659
 Utter

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.220
 wisdom.

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:53.779
 Speak

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.579
 justice.

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.339
 He

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.619
 says

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:55.879
 verse

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.259
 30

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.740
 In

00:32:57.740 --> 00:32:57.960
 other

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.220
 words,

00:32:58.619 --> 00:32:58.919
 Christian,

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.319
 we are

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.819
 called

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.259
 to be

00:33:00.259 --> 00:33:00.839
 active

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.259
 in

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.799
 pursuing

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.339
 good

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.819
 here

00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:02.980
 and

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.279
 now

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.659
 while

00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:03.859
 we

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.240
 wait

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:04.419
 for

00:33:04.419 --> 00:33:04.559
 the

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.759
 Lord

00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:04.939
 to

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:05.240
 come.

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.159
 We

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.299
 don't

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.500
 just

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.740
 sit

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.019
 back

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.179
 on

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.299
 our

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.639
 hands

00:33:07.639 --> 00:33:07.839
 and

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.299
 do

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.720
 nothing.

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.039
 We

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.779
 pursue

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.339
 good.

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.859
 We love

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.039
 our

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.379
 neighbor

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:12.079
 as

00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:12.579
 ourselves.

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:12.920
 We put

00:33:12.920 --> 00:33:13.460
 our hands

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.740
 and our

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.079
 feet

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.379
 and our

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:15.279
 mouths

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.079
 to the

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:16.559
 pursuit

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:16.819
 of

00:33:16.819 --> 00:33:17.720
 righteousness.

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.379
 The

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:19.779
 certain

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.240
 future

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.519
 that we

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:20.740
 have

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.139
 ahead of

00:33:21.139 --> 00:33:21.519
 us

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.379
 ought to

00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:22.899
 produce

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.399
 in us

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.379
 a radical

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.059
 commitment

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.940
 to live

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.259
 for the

00:33:26.259 --> 00:33:26.740
 glory of

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.099
 God

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:27.559
 and the

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:27.799
 good of

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:27.960
 our

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.220
 neighbor

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.619
 here

00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.099
 and

00:33:29.099 --> 00:33:29.680
 now.

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:30.000
 Are we

00:33:30.000 --> 00:33:30.200
 doing

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.599
 this,

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.180
 church?

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:33.299
 Does

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.480
 your

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.900
 future

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.600
 hope

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:34.980
 shape

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.160
 the

00:33:35.160 --> 00:33:35.340
 way

00:33:35.340 --> 00:33:35.580
 you

00:33:35.580 --> 00:33:36.100
 speak?

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:38.120
 Does

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.299
 your

00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:38.620
 future

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.120
 hope

00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.980
 shape

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.200
 the

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:40.420
 way

00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:40.779
 you

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.380
 think

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:41.660
 about

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.080
 money?

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.860
 Does

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.019
 your

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.320
 future

00:33:44.320 --> 00:33:44.680
 hope

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.740
 shape

00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:45.900
 the

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.039
 way

00:33:46.039 --> 00:33:46.180
 you

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.360
 think

00:33:46.360 --> 00:33:46.519
 about

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.660
 the

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.860
 way

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:47.100
 that

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:47.640
 you

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:48.120
 live?

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.680
 Pursue

00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.640
 good.

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.039
 Fourth

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.640
 category

00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:51.960
 David

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.680
 calls us

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:54.360
 practice

00:33:54.360 --> 00:33:55.480
 patient

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.660
 endurance.

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.640
 Practice

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.799
 patient

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.759
 endurance.

00:34:00.879 --> 00:34:01.119
 Here's a

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.399
 difficult

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.779
 one.

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.220
 Be

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:03.559
 still

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:05.220
 he says

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.779
 verse

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.019
 7.

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.919
 Be

00:34:07.919 --> 00:34:08.380
 still

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:09.199
 before

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.400
 the

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:09.679
 Lord.

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.639
 Wait

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:13.259
 patiently

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:14.219
 for

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.519
 him.

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:16.440
 Wait

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.059
 for the

00:34:17.059 --> 00:34:17.360
 Lord

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:17.880
 and keep

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.400
 his way

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.759
 he says

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.059
 in verse

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:19.500
 34.

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.380
 Don't

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:21.179
 feel a

00:34:21.179 --> 00:34:21.579
 need

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:22.340
 to act

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.099
 on every

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:23.860
 impulse

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.599
 to right

00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.139
 every

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:25.719
 wrong

00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.320
 and take

00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.219
 every matter

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:27.699
 into your

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.099
 own

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.599
 hands.

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.199
 Rather

00:34:29.199 --> 00:34:29.759
 he calls

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.040
 us

00:34:30.040 --> 00:34:30.260
 verse

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.680
 11

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.360
 be

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:32.760
 meek.

00:34:35.160 --> 00:34:35.840
 Would

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:35.940
 you

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.360
 describe

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.700
 yourself

00:34:36.700 --> 00:34:36.940
 as

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.320
 meek?

00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.820
 Would

00:34:39.820 --> 00:34:40.540
 others

00:34:40.540 --> 00:34:41.960
 describe

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.200
 you

00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:43.160
 as

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.560
 meek?

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:43.920
 The

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.340
 kingdom

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.700
 of

00:34:44.700 --> 00:34:45.020
 God

00:34:45.020 --> 00:34:45.240
 does

00:34:45.240 --> 00:34:45.460
 not

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.820
 belong

00:34:45.820 --> 00:34:46.000
 to

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.320
 those

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.460
 who

00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.640
 are

00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:47.600
 strong

00:34:47.600 --> 00:34:48.080
 and

00:34:48.080 --> 00:34:48.920
 prideful

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.420
 and

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.580
 can

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:49.820
 take

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.320
 care

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.460
 of

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:50.680
 every

00:34:50.680 --> 00:34:51.120
 problem

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.300
 that

00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.560
 comes

00:34:51.560 --> 00:34:51.740
 their

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.060
 way

00:34:52.060 --> 00:34:52.200
 in

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.340
 their

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.540
 own

00:34:52.540 --> 00:34:53.060
 strength.

00:34:53.160 --> 00:34:53.460
 Rather

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.680
 what

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:53.780
 does

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:53.980
 verse

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:54.280
 11

00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:54.640
 teach

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:54.940
 us?

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.380
 The

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.980
 meek

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.400
 shall

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:56.860
 inherit

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.460
 the

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.900
 land.

00:34:58.180 --> 00:34:58.240
 And

00:34:58.240 --> 00:34:58.440
 don't

00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.580
 you

00:34:58.580 --> 00:34:58.760
 know

00:34:58.760 --> 00:34:59.060
 again

00:34:59.060 --> 00:34:59.460
 Jesus

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.780
 quotes

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:01.079
 this

00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:01.440
 verse

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.740
 in the

00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:01.980
 sermon

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.300
 on the

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.539
 mount.

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:02.699
 We

00:35:02.699 --> 00:35:02.940
 read it

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.099
 this

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.440
 morning.

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.519
 Again

00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.240
 transforming

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.519
 this

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.940
 for us

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.179
 so that

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.300
 we

00:35:06.300 --> 00:35:06.720
 see

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.139
 this

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.500
 promise

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.940
 is not

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.220
 just

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.480
 the

00:35:08.480 --> 00:35:08.880
 land.

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.240
 Rather

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.559
 what does

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:09.960
 he say?

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.420
 the

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.720
 meek

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.000
 shall

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.380
 inherit

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.820
 the

00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.260
 earth.

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.460
 Are

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:14.699
 you

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.740
 meek?

00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:17.980
 Fifth

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.179
 and

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.460
 final

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.980
 category

00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.280
 David

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.720
 says

00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.360
 Christian

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.159
 pay

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.659
 attention

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.059
 to

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.240
 the

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:22.740
 righteous.

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.480
 Pay

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.980
 attention

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.179
 to the

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:26.519
 righteous.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.099
 David

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:28.280
 reflects

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:29.400
 back as

00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:29.720
 an old

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:30.119
 man

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.539
 in

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.720
 verse

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.139
 25.

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:32.820
 He

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:33.079
 looks

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.360
 out

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:33.579
 and he

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.800
 says

00:35:33.800 --> 00:35:34.000
 I

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.280
 have

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.500
 been

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:34.900
 young

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:35.079
 and

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.320
 now

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.539
 I'm

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.940
 old

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.139
 yet

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.280
 I

00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:36.400
 have

00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:36.699
 not

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.059
 seen

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.259
 the

00:35:37.259 --> 00:35:37.679
 righteous

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.460
 forsaken

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.259
 or his

00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:39.699
 children

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.079
 begging

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.380
 for

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.860
 bread

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.299
 and

00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.619
 so

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:41.920
 verse

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.559
 37

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:42.820
 he

00:35:42.820 --> 00:35:43.099
 says

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:43.920
 mark

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.239
 the

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:45.039
 blameless

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:46.059
 and

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.699
 behold

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.079
 the

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.579
 upright

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:49.619
 mark

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.860
 the

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.579
 blameless

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.799
 and

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.500
 behold

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:53.360
 the

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.920
 upright

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:54.139
 we

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.480
 have

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:55.199
 a

00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:55.920
 choice

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:57.199
 what

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.400
 we

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:57.699
 pay

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.139
 attention

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.559
 to

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.820
 don't

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.000
 we

00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:01.279
 we

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.460
 have

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:01.579
 a

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:01.880
 choice

00:36:01.880 --> 00:36:02.119
 what

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.299
 we

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:02.639
 set

00:36:02.639 --> 00:36:02.940
 our

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.519
 eyes

00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.039
 on

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.159
 and

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:04.299
 the

00:36:04.299 --> 00:36:04.900
 temptation

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.360
 is

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.820
 to

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.039
 pay

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:06.420
 attention

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.639
 to

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:06.880
 this

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.460
 successful

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:07.960
 wicked

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.420
 man

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.599
 but

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:08.840
 haven't

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:08.960
 we

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.200
 seen

00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.420
 this

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.740
 lens

00:36:09.740 --> 00:36:10.240
 only

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.420
 to

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.039
 frustration

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.200
 the

00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.940
 world

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.640
 lifts

00:36:13.640 --> 00:36:14.079
 up

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.460
 and

00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:14.780
 pays

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.240
 attention

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.740
 to

00:36:15.740 --> 00:36:15.900
 the

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.519
 successful

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.140
 wicked

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.940
 man

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.640
 instead

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:19.380
 Christian

00:36:19.380 --> 00:36:19.880
 we're

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.099
 called

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:20.320
 to

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.619
 pay

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.200
 attention

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.280
 and

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.820
 learn

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.119
 from

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.420
 those

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.640
 whose

00:36:23.640 --> 00:36:24.260
 life

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.539
 although

00:36:24.539 --> 00:36:24.740
 it

00:36:24.740 --> 00:36:24.880
 may

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.240
 lack

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:25.420
 the

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.960
 flash

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.480
 and

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.640
 the

00:36:26.640 --> 00:36:27.260
 glamour

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.640
 and

00:36:27.640 --> 00:36:27.880
 all

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.039
 the

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.340
 things

00:36:28.340 --> 00:36:28.480
 that

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:28.599
 the

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:28.900
 world

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.280
 deems

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.680
 worthy

00:36:29.680 --> 00:36:29.900
 of

00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.380
 attention

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.119
 their

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.599
 life

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:31.940
 is

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:32.260
 marked

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.500
 by

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:33.059
 steady

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.840
 faithfulness

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:33.980
 to

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.119
 the

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.380
 Lord

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:36.099
 their

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.400
 life

00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:36.780
 is marked

00:36:36.780 --> 00:36:37.079
 by

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.119
 meekness

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:38.980
 do you

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.180
 have

00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.400
 anyone

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.840
 like that

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.079
 in your

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.380
 life

00:36:40.380 --> 00:36:42.940
 I think

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.139
 it would

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:43.440
 be

00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.559
 to our

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:44.920
 benefit

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.639
 if each

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.139
 and every

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.480
 one of

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:47.019
 us took

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.680
 our eyes

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.320
 off of

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.480
 the

00:36:48.480 --> 00:36:48.840
 temporary

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.559
 success

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:49.920
 of the

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.180
 wicked

00:36:50.180 --> 00:36:51.119
 and instead

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.960
 fixed

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.660
 our eyes

00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:53.039
 on the

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.599
 eternal

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:54.260
 promises

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.820
 to the

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.200
 meek

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.680
 and the

00:36:55.680 --> 00:36:56.240
 righteous

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:58.720
 and

00:36:58.720 --> 00:36:58.940
 friend

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.460
 no one

00:36:59.460 --> 00:37:01.040
 has

00:37:01.040 --> 00:37:01.440
 embodied

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.700
 this

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:01.980
 more

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.180
 than

00:37:02.180 --> 00:37:02.420
 King

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.920
 Jesus

00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:06.040
 King

00:37:06.040 --> 00:37:06.620
 David

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:07.420
 experienced

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.700
 the

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.300
 frustration

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.760
 that we

00:37:08.760 --> 00:37:09.560
 often feel

00:37:09.560 --> 00:37:10.200
 struggling

00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.560
 in

00:37:10.560 --> 00:37:11.120
 righteousness

00:37:11.120 --> 00:37:11.740
 while the

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:11.980
 wicked

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.440
 seemed

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.620
 to

00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:13.180
 succeed

00:37:13.180 --> 00:37:14.000
 but

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.280
 church

00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:14.780
 nobody

00:37:14.780 --> 00:37:15.340
 knew

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:15.620
 this

00:37:15.620 --> 00:37:15.860
 more

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.320
 intimately

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.640
 than

00:37:16.640 --> 00:37:16.900
 King

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.320
 Jesus

00:37:17.320 --> 00:37:19.780
 Jesus

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.340
 Christ

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:21.280
 is

00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:21.780
 the

00:37:21.780 --> 00:37:22.140
 righteous

00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.660
 man

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:24.280
 who

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.539
 was

00:37:24.539 --> 00:37:24.900
 hunted

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:25.260
 and

00:37:25.260 --> 00:37:25.580
 hated

00:37:25.580 --> 00:37:25.940
 by

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.180
 the

00:37:26.180 --> 00:37:26.460
 wicked

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.820
 who

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:28.059
 was

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.760
 truly

00:37:28.760 --> 00:37:29.420
 blameless

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.980
 and upright

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.300
 who

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:30.680
 never

00:37:30.680 --> 00:37:31.140
 once

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:31.700
 envied

00:37:31.700 --> 00:37:31.900
 the

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:32.160
 wicked

00:37:32.160 --> 00:37:32.660
 who

00:37:32.660 --> 00:37:32.900
 never

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.220
 once

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:33.780
 fretted

00:37:33.780 --> 00:37:33.960
 over

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.160
 their

00:37:34.160 --> 00:37:34.760
 success

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.140
 who

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:35.800
 completely

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.120
 and

00:37:36.120 --> 00:37:36.519
 totally

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.120
 entrusted

00:37:37.120 --> 00:37:37.680
 himself

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:37.940
 to

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.360
 God

00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:38.800
 and

00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:39.039
 yet

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.240
 in

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.400
 the

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:39.720
 most

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.480
 unfair

00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:40.940
 moment

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.180
 in

00:37:41.180 --> 00:37:41.559
 human

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.039
 history

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.660
 this

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:43.140
 righteous

00:37:43.140 --> 00:37:43.700
 man

00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.400
 suffered

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.980
 and

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.420
 died

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:45.800
 a

00:37:45.800 --> 00:37:46.200
 sinner's

00:37:46.200 --> 00:37:46.500
 death

00:37:46.500 --> 00:37:48.460
 it

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.579
 was

00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:48.860
 against

00:37:48.860 --> 00:37:49.400
 Jesus

00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:50.219
 ultimately

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.599
 that

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:51.260
 the

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.619
 wicked

00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.219
 gnashed

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.460
 their

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.880
 teeth

00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.340
 and

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:54.099
 bent

00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.360
 their

00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:54.780
 bows

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.099
 and

00:37:55.099 --> 00:37:55.599
 for

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:55.739
 a

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.019
 brief

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.420
 moment

00:37:56.420 --> 00:37:56.619
 on

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:56.739
 the

00:37:56.739 --> 00:37:57.019
 cross

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.219
 it

00:37:57.219 --> 00:37:57.539
 looked

00:37:57.539 --> 00:37:57.820
 as

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.039
 if

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:58.800
 wickedness

00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.019
 had

00:37:59.019 --> 00:37:59.500
 won

00:37:59.500 --> 00:37:59.840
 the

00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:00.199
 day

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:00.739
 but

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.179
 church

00:38:01.179 --> 00:38:02.760
 as

00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:02.900
 we

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.159
 fix

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.360
 our

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.679
 eyes

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:03.860
 on

00:38:03.860 --> 00:38:04.440
 Christ

00:38:04.440 --> 00:38:05.519
 we

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:05.699
 look

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:06.000
 back

00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:06.139
 at

00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:06.260
 the

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.699
 cross

00:38:06.699 --> 00:38:06.880
 we

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.260
 see

00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.739
 in

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:07.860
 the

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.139
 great

00:38:08.139 --> 00:38:08.559
 wisdom

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.940
 of

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.139
 our

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.519
 God

00:38:09.519 --> 00:38:10.159
 even

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.579
 this

00:38:10.579 --> 00:38:11.119
 greatest

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.679
 moment

00:38:11.679 --> 00:38:11.960
 of

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.679
 wickedness

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.000
 the

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.239
 world

00:38:13.239 --> 00:38:13.400
 has

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:13.659
 ever

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.119
 seen

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.559
 was

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.000
 his

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.599
 eternal

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.139
 plan

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.379
 for

00:38:16.379 --> 00:38:16.839
 good

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:19.319
 this

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:19.679
 meek

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:19.859
 and

00:38:19.859 --> 00:38:20.219
 lowly

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.719
 king

00:38:20.719 --> 00:38:22.519
 crucified

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:22.960
 for

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.400
 us

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:25.359
 crushed

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.659
 the

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.059
 powers

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.259
 of

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.519
 sin

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.719
 and

00:38:26.719 --> 00:38:27.019
 death

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.219
 and

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:27.539
 now

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:27.839
 by

00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:28.400
 right

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.279
 rules

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.599
 and

00:38:29.599 --> 00:38:30.159
 reigns

00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:30.500
 over

00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:31.059
 all of

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.279
 heaven

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:31.480
 and

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.739
 earth

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.119
 and

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.659
 promises

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.279
 us

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.659
 that

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.019
 those

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.179
 who

00:38:34.179 --> 00:38:34.339
 are

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.839
 righteous

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:35.099
 by

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.579
 faith

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:35.900
 in

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.299
 him

00:38:36.299 --> 00:38:36.859
 one

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.119
 day

00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:37.579
 soon

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.960
 will

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.379
 reign

00:38:38.379 --> 00:38:38.659
 with

00:38:38.659 --> 00:38:38.940
 him

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.119
 for

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.339
 all

00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:39.799
 eternity

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:43.039
 can

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.160
 you

00:38:43.160 --> 00:38:43.360
 bear

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:43.600
 a little

00:38:43.600 --> 00:38:44.140
 suffering

00:38:44.140 --> 00:38:44.720
 Christian

00:38:44.720 --> 00:38:47.340
 can

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.480
 you

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.680
 bear

00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:47.980
 a little

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:48.840
 unfairness

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.340
 for a

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.620
 moment

00:38:49.620 --> 00:38:52.280
 Christian

00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:52.580
 if you

00:38:52.580 --> 00:38:52.760
 are

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:53.320
 discouraged

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:53.800
 or

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.880
 frustrated

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:55.400
 by the

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.800
 apparent

00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.560
 success

00:38:56.560 --> 00:38:57.039
 of the

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.280
 wicked

00:38:57.280 --> 00:38:57.580
 here

00:38:57.580 --> 00:38:57.720
 and

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:57.960
 now

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.120
 if

00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:58.260
 you

00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:58.480
 are

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.380
 are

00:38:59.380 --> 00:38:59.940
 frustrated

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.480
 by your

00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.300
 struggles

00:39:01.300 --> 00:39:02.760
 fix

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.080
 your

00:39:03.080 --> 00:39:03.539
 eyes

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:03.880
 on

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:04.380
 Christ

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:06.760
 mark

00:39:06.760 --> 00:39:07.160
 the

00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:07.780
 blameless

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:09.620
 behold

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.200
 the

00:39:10.200 --> 00:39:10.780
 upright

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.500
 delight

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.120
 yourself

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.500
 in

00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:12.900
 him

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.720
 trust

00:39:13.720 --> 00:39:14.100
 in

00:39:14.100 --> 00:39:14.519
 him

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.400
 wait

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.800
 on

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.220
 him

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:16.920
 commit

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.480
 yourself

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:17.780
 to

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.100
 him

00:39:18.100 --> 00:39:18.500
 you

00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.680
 are

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:19.160
 following

00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.680
 him

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.220
 first

00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:20.540
 through

00:39:20.540 --> 00:39:21.120
 suffering

00:39:21.120 --> 00:39:21.480
 but

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:21.860
 then

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.320
 into

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.780
 glory

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:24.140
 this

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.460
 light

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.660
 and

00:39:24.660 --> 00:39:25.200
 momentary

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:25.780
 affliction

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.900
 is

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.280
 preparing

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.900
 for us

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.100
 an

00:39:28.100 --> 00:39:28.640
 eternal

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:29.180
 weight

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:29.400
 of

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.820
 glory

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:30.240
 beyond

00:39:30.240 --> 00:39:30.880
 all

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.600
 comparison

00:39:31.600 --> 00:39:32.640
 as

00:39:32.640 --> 00:39:32.760
 we

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:32.920
 look

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.140
 not

00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:33.260
 to

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.400
 the

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:33.660
 things

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:33.800
 that

00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:33.900
 are

00:39:33.900 --> 00:39:34.220
 seen

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:34.400
 but

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.560
 to

00:39:34.560 --> 00:39:34.700
 the

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.040
 things

00:39:35.040 --> 00:39:35.260
 that

00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.519
 are

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:36.560
 unseen

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:38.219
 father

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:38.500
 we

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:40.039
 pray

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.340
 god

00:39:40.340 --> 00:39:40.480
 that

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.619
 you

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:40.820
 would

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.039
 give

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.219
 us

00:39:41.219 --> 00:39:41.440
 this

00:39:41.440 --> 00:39:41.980
 perspective

00:39:41.980 --> 00:39:42.360
 when

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.539
 we

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.719
 are

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:43.500
 frustrated

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.940
 by the

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.380
 success

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.699
 of the

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:45.960
 wicked

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.219
 when

00:39:46.219 --> 00:39:46.360
 we

00:39:46.360 --> 00:39:46.539
 look

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:46.739
 out

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:46.880
 and

00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.059
 see

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.279
 our

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.559
 brothers

00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:47.799
 and

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.199
 sisters

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:49.840
 harassed

00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:50.139
 for

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.699
 professing

00:39:50.699 --> 00:39:51.259
 christ

00:39:51.259 --> 00:39:52.519
 when

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.699
 we're

00:39:52.699 --> 00:39:53.099
 prone

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.639
 to

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.480
 despair

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.820
 in

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:55.980
 our

00:39:55.980 --> 00:39:56.420
 suffering

00:39:56.420 --> 00:39:56.679
 here

00:39:56.679 --> 00:39:56.799
 and

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.000
 now

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.259
 god

00:39:57.259 --> 00:39:57.420
 would

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.539
 you

00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.980
 remind

00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.360
 us

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:58.619
 of

00:39:58.619 --> 00:39:59.079
 what

00:39:59.079 --> 00:39:59.460
 christ

00:39:59.460 --> 00:39:59.679
 has

00:39:59.679 --> 00:39:59.920
 done

00:39:59.920 --> 00:40:00.320
 for

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.639
 us

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:00.759
 and

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:00.920
 what

00:40:00.920 --> 00:40:01.299
 christ

00:40:01.299 --> 00:40:01.480
 has

00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.699
 yet

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:01.900
 to

00:40:01.900 --> 00:40:02.139
 do

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.480
 for

00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.799
 us

00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:03.139
 lord

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.539
 that

00:40:04.539 --> 00:40:04.719
 he

00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.000
 has

00:40:05.000 --> 00:40:05.420
 endured

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:05.940
 all

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.279
 sorts

00:40:06.279 --> 00:40:06.440
 of

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.839
 suffering

00:40:06.839 --> 00:40:07.039
 on

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.219
 our

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:07.679
 behalf

00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:07.859
 and

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.000
 he

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.139
 will

00:40:08.139 --> 00:40:08.400
 come

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.799
 again

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.000
 to

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.139
 put

00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:09.259
 an

00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:09.500
 end

00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:09.719
 to

00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:09.940
 all

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.400
 suffering

00:40:10.400 --> 00:40:11.359
 when

00:40:11.359 --> 00:40:11.480
 he

00:40:11.480 --> 00:40:12.000
 returns

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.699
 lord

00:40:12.699 --> 00:40:12.960
 we

00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:13.699
 pray

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:13.920
 all

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.019
 of

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.179
 this

00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:14.319
 in

00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:14.579
 jesus

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:14.920
 name

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:16.119
 amen