WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.300 All right. 00:00:01.960 --> 00:00:05.040 God, we're thankful here to be before you this evening. 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:08.560 God, we recognize your goodness. 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:09.900 God, we recognize your perfection. 00:00:10.660 --> 00:00:14.820 We come recognizing the great love that you have for us. 00:00:14.859 --> 00:00:19.359 God, we ask as we gather here this evening that we would be honoring to you. 00:00:19.460 --> 00:00:23.539 God, we'd be honoring to you with the thoughts that we have, with the songs that we sing. 00:00:23.900 --> 00:00:27.140 God, with the inclination of our heart that it would be towards you. 00:00:27.140 --> 00:00:30.900 And it would be towards proclaiming your goodness. 00:00:31.200 --> 00:00:33.179 God, it would be towards the advancement of your kingdom. 00:00:33.500 --> 00:00:34.780 We ask all of this in your name. 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:35.179 Amen. 00:00:36.500 --> 00:00:39.579 Let me read Psalm 53 for us. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.579 The fool says in his heart, there is no God. 00:00:46.060 --> 00:00:49.640 They are corrupt doing abominable iniquity. 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.260 And there is none who does good. 00:00:52.259 --> 00:00:59.739 God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. 00:01:00.519 --> 00:01:02.420 They have all fallen away. 00:01:02.920 --> 00:01:04.780 Together they have become corrupt. 00:01:05.299 --> 00:01:09.519 There is none who does good, not even one. 00:01:10.200 --> 00:01:18.079 Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God? 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:23.579 There they are in great terror, where there is no terror. 00:01:24.159 --> 00:01:27.400 For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you. 00:01:28.039 --> 00:01:32.120 You put them to shame, for God has rejected them. 00:01:32.659 --> 00:01:38.640 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion when God restores the fortune of his people. 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:40.219 Let Jacob rejoice. 00:01:40.759 --> 00:01:42.980 Let Israel be glad. 00:01:42.980 --> 00:01:54.380 As we look at the psalm, we're going to look at it as a dichotomy in the sense of being an either-or option. 00:01:54.780 --> 00:01:58.240 The psalm prevents for us an either-or option. 00:01:59.260 --> 00:02:01.620 No middle third option. 00:02:01.620 --> 00:02:14.219 So the two groups that are presented here in the psalm are the opposers of God and the people of God. 00:02:14.980 --> 00:02:25.060 So the opposers of God are described there with this foolish attribute that comes through in verse 1. 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:32.199 They're described as a fool because they say in their heart, there is no God. 00:02:32.640 --> 00:02:36.219 This is a description that overwhelms who they are. 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.759 This belief, this lack of belief in God, this lack of reverence for God. 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:46.259 And these opposers of God in verse 1 are also said that there is none who does good. 00:02:46.259 --> 00:03:00.000 And in verse 3, it goes on to explain that as God inspects them, God finds there is none who does good, not even one. 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:11.280 One of the things we see with the opposers of God in this psalm is that there's no mitigation in God's description. 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:14.539 These people are without virtue. 00:03:14.539 --> 00:03:18.979 They are people who stand in complete opposition to God. 00:03:20.099 --> 00:03:32.340 And as we come and look at these people, we are left with the realization that even their seemingly good actions are going to be corrupted by self-interest. 00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:42.919 So I think as we look out upon people who are not part of the people of God, people who oppose God, people who say there is no God in their heart, 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:49.179 we want to come and say it's maybe not that bad or there's still some good in them. 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:53.719 There's still something righteous in them that's inclined towards God. 00:03:54.099 --> 00:03:57.219 We don't want to see them as completely opposing God. 00:03:57.659 --> 00:04:00.139 But this is how the psalm describes such people. 00:04:00.359 --> 00:04:05.500 These ones, the fool who would say there is no God, they are completely without good. 00:04:05.500 --> 00:04:07.719 They are not even one that's found. 00:04:08.500 --> 00:04:18.500 And so as we come and think, how do we understand these seemingly good acts that people who are not following God are doing? 00:04:18.980 --> 00:04:29.480 As we come and evaluate those, one of the things we can find is that these good acts can be an attractive disguise for a corrupted heart. 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:35.160 So it looks good on the outside, but the motivations within are not God-honored. 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:51.980 In fact, the motivations are self-honoring, which speaks to really the fundamental nature, the fundamental problem that humans have is this nature, this inclination towards self-honoring choices rather than decisions that are God-honoring. 00:04:51.980 --> 00:05:07.600 I think an illustration that might be helpful as we think of a con artist who comes and with much kindness and concern and apparent love approaches someone in an effort to build up their confidence. 00:05:08.960 --> 00:05:20.040 And then as it comes to find out that the con artist has really done all these good things in an effort to perform sort of a trick or deception upon the person. 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:25.780 And so as we come and think about these opposers of God, what about the good things that they're doing? 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.280 And we come and ask, where's the heart? 00:05:30.780 --> 00:05:32.520 That's the question that we need to ask. 00:05:32.760 --> 00:05:35.939 It's not what are they doing, but where is the heart? 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:38.520 Because the heart is that which will truly guide them. 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:51.560 And we also see that these opposers of God, that they are described as eating of God's people as they eat bread. 00:05:52.099 --> 00:05:54.899 So there in verse 4, you can see that description of them. 00:05:55.459 --> 00:06:00.579 And we see that these opposers are those who experience some temporary success. 00:06:00.740 --> 00:06:01.699 Some things go well. 00:06:02.259 --> 00:06:04.000 They're feasting on God's people. 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:09.980 They seem to have some sort of advantage that is taking place there. 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:12.720 But ultimately, God will respond to that. 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:22.199 We see in verse 5 that God responds with great terror, with great fear that God will put upon these people. 00:06:23.959 --> 00:06:27.500 I said we were looking at two opposite things today. 00:06:27.560 --> 00:06:30.040 We had the opposers of God, but we also have the people of God. 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:33.639 And so the second half of the psalm brings up the people of God. 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:41.240 And as we come and think about the people of God, I think it's important to know that the people of God are not righteous either. 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.939 And we've looked at the flaws of the opposers of God, but the people of God are just as flawed. 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:57.480 Deuteronomy chapter 9 is a lengthy description of God's people and specifically how God's people are not righteous. 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:01.620 Let me read part of that passage for you. 00:07:01.900 --> 00:07:07.700 Just so we can see that the people of God, even though they are the people of God, have no righteousness of their own. 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:11.379 So it's in Deuteronomy chapter 9, verses 6 through 8. 00:07:11.379 --> 00:07:19.779 Know therefore that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness. 00:07:20.579 --> 00:07:23.199 For you are a stubborn people. 00:07:23.920 --> 00:07:29.120 Remember and do not forget how you provoke the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:37.060 From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:45.839 Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you. 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:49.959 So we come and think of the people of God. 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:58.959 That God has chosen them and preferred them, not based on their righteousness, but based on God's choice for them. 00:07:59.959 --> 00:08:05.579 We will find that the people of God, despite not being righteous, that God will defend his people. 00:08:05.579 --> 00:08:07.240 That God will defend them. 00:08:07.740 --> 00:08:11.979 And we see in verse 5 that God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you. 00:08:13.419 --> 00:08:21.139 And as we think of God defending his people, I think for us that's an important thing that we can use in our life. 00:08:21.519 --> 00:08:24.120 It's the recognition that God will defend us. 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:28.479 So often we want to rely upon our own strength, our own power. 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:34.879 When people oppose us, when people bring evil upon us, when people bring frustrations upon us. 00:08:36.220 --> 00:08:39.860 Rather than looking to God and saying, God, defend me now. 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:41.600 God, take up my case. 00:08:42.460 --> 00:08:44.159 God, I come before you to implore you. 00:08:44.420 --> 00:08:47.200 God, be the one who battles for me. 00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:53.300 Another thing that we see for the people of God is that God offers hope. 00:08:54.400 --> 00:09:03.620 And there in verse 6 we see the psalmist as the psalmist reflects upon the forthcoming goodness that God will provide. 00:09:04.180 --> 00:09:05.500 There in verse 6 the psalmist says, 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:10.020 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion. 00:09:10.019 --> 00:09:14.779 So this idea of salvation for Israel. 00:09:15.419 --> 00:09:18.840 We come and we find that fulfilled in the work of Jesus. 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:22.079 Because God's people, they're not righteous. 00:09:22.699 --> 00:09:23.879 They need God's help. 00:09:24.299 --> 00:09:27.720 And there is a salvation that the psalmist look forward to. 00:09:28.100 --> 00:09:32.259 It's a salvation that we can look and see that is fulfilled in the work of Jesus. 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:36.439 As Jesus comes and lives a perfect life. 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:40.620 Is able then to stand on behalf of these unrighteous people. 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:42.860 And make a way to God. 00:09:43.760 --> 00:09:46.600 And so when we come and see the psalmist look for the salvation. 00:09:47.260 --> 00:09:53.700 We know that that salvation for which the psalmist look is ultimately fulfilled in the work of Jesus. 00:09:54.500 --> 00:09:58.300 And even as the psalmist had hope in the salvation that was to come. 00:09:59.080 --> 00:10:02.760 We too on this side of Jesus' work still have a hope. 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:05.620 A hope in the fulfillment of Jesus' kingdom. 00:10:05.620 --> 00:10:08.460 That was started when he first came. 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:10.379 And started with his ministry. 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:12.919 But has not reached its culmination. 00:10:13.360 --> 00:10:15.080 So even now we are filled with hope. 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:17.759 As we look forward to the work of Jesus. 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:19.639 And the completion of his kingdom. 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.120 And all things in creation being brought together. 00:10:23.840 --> 00:10:24.980 As we've looked today. 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.000 There's been two groups of people. 00:10:28.299 --> 00:10:30.820 The opposers of God and the people of God. 00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:32.620 There's no middle ground. 00:10:32.620 --> 00:10:35.460 And there's... 00:10:35.460 --> 00:10:37.100 We come and think about that. 00:10:37.259 --> 00:10:44.220 I think that's a hard reality for me to utilize as I interact with people on a daily basis. 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:46.799 Because I want there to be some middle ground. 00:10:47.759 --> 00:10:50.580 I want to be able to look at people who oppose God. 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:53.460 And recognize, oh look at what they're doing. 00:10:54.259 --> 00:10:56.039 Or think, you know what? 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.019 They're moving closer to God. 00:10:58.019 --> 00:11:00.559 But there's really no middle ground. 00:11:01.220 --> 00:11:02.759 There are people who oppose God. 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:04.559 And there are the people of God. 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:08.179 And without that middle ground. 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:10.039 That I personally would... 00:11:10.039 --> 00:11:11.480 It's easy to gravitate towards. 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.620 I would say my experience with people within a church. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.519 Is that it's easy for those faithful people of God. 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:19.779 To also gravitate toward. 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.539 To move away from that. 00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:23.159 That recognition that God... 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:25.139 God looks upon people who without Him. 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:27.959 And says these people have a judgment that's coming. 00:11:29.179 --> 00:11:31.199 A judgment that they don't want. 00:11:31.579 --> 00:11:33.959 A judgment that separates them permanently from God. 00:11:34.939 --> 00:11:36.459 That's what awaits. 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:39.379 That's what awaits these people who oppose God. 00:11:39.959 --> 00:11:43.120 Because in these people who oppose God, there's no righteousness to be found. 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:47.360 As we think of that recognition. 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:49.120 I think it... 00:11:49.120 --> 00:11:50.580 For me... 00:11:50.580 --> 00:11:54.399 It provides an urgency towards sharing the good news with people. 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.840 An urgency towards evangelism. 00:11:57.200 --> 00:12:01.000 Recognizing there's opposers and there's people of God. 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:05.519 And we want people who are opposing God to become people of God. 00:12:06.340 --> 00:12:08.080 And there's nowhere in between. 00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:10.440 They need to turn towards God. 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:13.440 And with this recognition... 00:12:14.320 --> 00:12:16.880 I think it does bring us about an urgency. 00:12:17.320 --> 00:12:18.780 An urgency of the gospel. 00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:23.000 An urgency of the gospel that goes beyond simply what we think. 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:25.000 But an urgency of the gospel. 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:26.540 The urgency to share the good news. 00:12:26.780 --> 00:12:29.720 That goes into the way we live on a daily basis. 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.440 And on a daily basis... 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.440 We have this... 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:34.440 Compulsion... 00:12:35.340 --> 00:12:36.880 To share the good news with people. 00:12:37.820 --> 00:12:38.980 The people around us. 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:40.680 The people that God has put into our path. 00:12:41.180 --> 00:12:41.800 Our neighbors. 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:42.620 Our co-workers. 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:43.300 Our family. 00:12:43.580 --> 00:12:44.320 Our friends. 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:47.080 The people we meet on the street. 00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:48.560 The people we meet at a park. 00:12:49.860 --> 00:12:52.460 The people that our life brings us in contact with. 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:55.960 Do we have an urgency of the gospel for them? 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:58.980 As we think of this urgency of the gospel... 00:12:58.980 --> 00:13:03.460 When we look at an example... 00:13:03.460 --> 00:13:05.100 That comes from the scripture. 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:06.460 It comes from Jesus. 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:09.159 If there was anyone who had an urgency... 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:10.840 To tell people about God... 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.620 It was Jesus. 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.379 So I'm going to read... 00:13:13.379 --> 00:13:15.600 A bit of a passage here... 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:17.180 From Matthew chapter 14. 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:20.480 It's just an event that takes place in Jesus' life. 00:13:20.740 --> 00:13:22.860 And what has happened just prior to this... 00:13:22.860 --> 00:13:24.580 Is that Jesus has learned... 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:25.960 Of John the Baptist's death. 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:27.680 So John the Baptist... 00:13:27.680 --> 00:13:28.840 Who was actually Jesus' cousin... 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:29.700 Was a relative. 00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:32.759 But also it seems to be someone that he knew. 00:13:33.100 --> 00:13:34.139 Someone that he's close to. 00:13:34.780 --> 00:13:36.259 And John the Baptist... 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:38.400 Who seems to have lost his life... 00:13:38.400 --> 00:13:39.940 And just on a whimsy. 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:43.700 And now as Jesus has learned about that... 00:13:43.700 --> 00:13:46.860 He is trying to withdraw himself from the people. 00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:49.320 Obviously experiencing great grief. 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:51.820 Let me read for you here... 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:53.259 In Matthew chapter 14. 00:13:53.500 --> 00:13:54.360 It's beginning in 13. 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:55.500 And as I'm reading... 00:13:55.500 --> 00:13:56.700 I want you to think about... 00:13:56.700 --> 00:13:58.259 The urgency of the gospel. 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:00.080 That we see with Jesus. 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:03.159 As he is in a time of great personal grief. 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.539 Now when Jesus heard this... 00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:08.860 That being the death of John the Baptist... 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:12.060 He withdrew from there in a boat... 00:14:12.060 --> 00:14:13.680 To a desolate place by himself. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.700 But when the crowds heard it... 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:16.900 They followed him... 00:14:16.900 --> 00:14:18.220 On foot from the towns. 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:20.500 When he went ashore... 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.759 He saw a great crowd. 00:14:22.660 --> 00:14:24.980 And he had compassion on them. 00:14:25.280 --> 00:14:26.620 And healed their sin. 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.180 Now when it was evening... 00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:31.300 The disciples came to him and said... 00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:32.840 This is a desolate place. 00:14:32.900 --> 00:14:33.980 And the day is over now. 00:14:34.280 --> 00:14:35.620 Send the crowds away... 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.720 To go into the village... 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:38.140 And buy food for themselves. 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:40.620 But Jesus said... 00:14:40.620 --> 00:14:42.180 They need not go away. 00:14:42.480 --> 00:14:43.759 You give them something to eat. 00:14:44.520 --> 00:14:45.660 They said to him... 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:47.899 We only have five loaves here... 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.559 And two fish. 00:14:49.259 --> 00:14:50.120 He said... 00:14:50.120 --> 00:14:51.819 Bring them here to me. 00:14:52.579 --> 00:14:53.600 Then he ordered the crowds... 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:54.579 To sit down on the grass... 00:14:54.579 --> 00:14:55.759 And take in the five loaves... 00:14:55.759 --> 00:14:56.319 And the two fish. 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.899 He looked up to heaven... 00:14:57.899 --> 00:14:58.539 And said a blessing. 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:00.459 And then he broke the loaves... 00:15:00.459 --> 00:15:01.699 And gave them to the disciples. 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:03.939 The disciples gave them to the crowds. 00:15:04.620 --> 00:15:06.539 And they all ate... 00:15:06.539 --> 00:15:07.360 And were satisfied. 00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:08.939 And they took up twelve baskets... 00:15:08.939 --> 00:15:09.659 And they took up twelve baskets... 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:11.379 Full of the broken pieces left over. 00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.899 And those who ate... 00:15:12.899 --> 00:15:14.759 Were about five thousand men. 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.059 Besides... 00:15:16.059 --> 00:15:17.000 Women and children. 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:20.840 You think of Jesus... 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:21.899 Just trying to be by himself. 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:23.799 A moment of personal greed. 00:15:24.819 --> 00:15:26.500 And yet he asked compassion... 00:15:26.500 --> 00:15:27.000 For the crowds. 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:29.299 And then it comes to a moment... 00:15:29.299 --> 00:15:30.799 Where even his disciples were like... 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:32.100 Jesus just send them away. 00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:35.179 Jesus had that moment there. 00:15:35.279 --> 00:15:36.720 A perfectly legitimate moment. 00:15:36.980 --> 00:15:38.259 To send the crowds away. 00:15:38.980 --> 00:15:40.460 Because that's really what he wanted. 00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:42.200 But Jesus is like... 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:43.340 No, we're not sending them away. 00:15:44.040 --> 00:15:45.120 We will not send them away. 00:15:46.220 --> 00:15:48.540 Jesus shows great urgency... 00:15:48.540 --> 00:15:50.040 To tell people about God. 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:52.080 And we likewise... 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.200 Need to show great urgency... 00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:56.040 To tell people about God. 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:58.120 To tell people the good news... 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.759 For them... 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:00.080 That comes through the work... 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.860 Of Jesus Christ. 00:16:01.900 --> 00:16:02.980 Let me pray for us. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.980 God... 00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:08.659 As we do come before you this evening... 00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:10.360 We are thankful... 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:13.440 That you have provided your son. 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:15.279 You have provided Jesus... 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.060 As a way that we might have... 00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:18.100 A relationship with you. 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:19.840 God... 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:22.100 As we come through this life... 00:16:22.100 --> 00:16:23.399 And the events of this life... 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.560 God... 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:25.279 And the distractions of this life... 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:25.860 God... 00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:27.580 Let not the wonder... 00:16:27.580 --> 00:16:29.180 Of our salvation... 00:16:29.180 --> 00:16:30.919 Ever become far from our minds. 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:31.659 God... 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:33.159 Let us always remember... 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.560 The greatness of our God. 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:35.139 God... 00:16:35.139 --> 00:16:36.259 The amazing gift... 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:37.580 That you have provided... 00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.539 In singing your son... 00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.060 On our behalf. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:40.600 We ask all of this in your name. 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:41.240 Amen. 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.340 Amen.