WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.200 Just bow your heads in prayer. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:10.339 Father, I've made my voice all croaky from leading singing, 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:15.439 and so I ask that you help my throat to be fine for the rest of the service. 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:20.580 Father, a small prayer, but we know that you care about even the small things in our lives. 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:22.440 Father, far more importantly, 00:00:23.400 --> 00:00:27.960 you have written a text of the Bible that 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:32.820 we turn our eyes and our ears and our mind away from. 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:38.240 At best, we think it applies to others and not to ourselves. 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:45.480 And so, Lord, we ask that you would do a gentle but wonderful work of mercy and grace in our lives 00:00:45.480 --> 00:00:49.159 and bring this word deep into our hearts, 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:53.760 that we might know the full warning and the full promise, 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:56.820 the depths of both in our lives, 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:59.280 claiming, heeding the warnings, 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:01.299 believing the promises, 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.879 and growing in liberty and freedom as we live to bring you glory. 00:01:06.299 --> 00:01:09.299 And we ask this in the name of Jesus, your Son and our Savior. 00:01:09.840 --> 00:01:10.180 Amen. 00:01:10.859 --> 00:01:11.760 Please be seated. 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:11.820 Amen. 00:01:14.820 --> 00:01:17.380 So, true story. 00:01:17.820 --> 00:01:25.020 I once, once was invited to give the commencement address for the graduating class, 00:01:25.100 --> 00:01:29.140 the graduating ceremony at a small Christian university. 00:01:29.140 --> 00:01:35.659 And so I was thinking about what to say, 00:01:35.980 --> 00:01:37.859 and they think I could say whatever I wanted. 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:42.540 And I don't know, like me being me, a bit angular, I guess, 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.359 I chose the Acts 17, 00:01:46.039 --> 00:01:50.760 which is the story, the part of Acts 17 where Paul goes to Athens. 00:01:50.760 --> 00:02:04.600 And the message I gave them was that there's only one place in the Bible where it talks about the city or the area being completely and utterly full of idols. 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:14.719 And the one place in the Bible where it says that there are many, many, many idols is the functional equivalent of the modern university or college. 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:20.280 And then I went on to talk about idolatry, and I've never been invited back to give a commencement address. 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:27.840 Probably what they were hoping I would talk about would be something like the normal commencement addresses, 00:02:28.099 --> 00:02:35.479 probably at Christian universities, but definitely if you go to the University of Ottawa or Carleton or Queens or some other university, 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:40.780 McGill, you go to a high school or junior high, and usually when there's a commencement address, 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:44.360 they say that you need to know yourself. 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:46.280 You need to be true to yourself. 00:02:46.520 --> 00:02:48.680 You need to, only you can do you. 00:02:48.680 --> 00:02:56.719 You need to follow your dreams, follow your desires, that you need to go and change the world, 00:02:56.939 --> 00:03:00.400 that you've now been equipped to do great things and good things, 00:03:00.540 --> 00:03:04.260 and you should pursue that, and you should go for that, and you should do that. 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:08.900 And that is probably what they were hoping that I was going to say to the Christian university students 00:03:08.900 --> 00:03:12.319 who are graduating and their family and the current students and the professors, 00:03:12.560 --> 00:03:14.460 and I neglected to do that. 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:18.540 But if I had done that, I would probably, maybe I would have gotten invited back. 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:28.840 The thing that I should not have done if I was to give a talk like that was to actually use Psalm 36 as my text, 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:35.080 because Psalm 36 says that all of that advice is rubbish. 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.219 And not only rubbish, it's actually quite dangerous. 00:03:39.219 --> 00:03:40.960 So let's look at it. 00:03:40.960 --> 00:03:42.099 Psalm 36. 00:03:43.379 --> 00:03:52.259 And it's, in fact, not what we'd like to hear, but it's what we need to hear, because it's true. 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:54.879 So Psalm 36, what does it say? 00:03:55.819 --> 00:03:57.360 It begins like this. 00:03:58.460 --> 00:04:03.819 Remember I said the normal commencement address would be, you know, look deep within, 00:04:03.819 --> 00:04:09.459 you know, figure out your desires, pursue your desires, be you, all of these types of things. 00:04:09.579 --> 00:04:11.560 And Psalm 36, verse 1 begins, 00:04:12.299 --> 00:04:16.199 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart. 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:20.719 There is no fear of God before his eyes. 00:04:21.659 --> 00:04:26.539 Now, if you're interested afterwards, you can talk to me. 00:04:26.540 --> 00:04:32.780 There's some translation issues with chapter, you know, one, Psalm 36, verse 1. 00:04:34.140 --> 00:04:39.939 One of the things that the original languages do sometimes is they have bad grammar. 00:04:40.580 --> 00:04:49.180 It's almost as if the writers were looking down the ages and wanted to speak like Yoda occasionally, 00:04:49.420 --> 00:04:51.500 in Yoda-like sentences. 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:56.779 And modern translators don't know what to do with stuff like that, so they try to smooth it all out 00:04:56.779 --> 00:04:57.680 and make it good English. 00:04:58.079 --> 00:05:01.199 And that's sort of what's going on there, which is why the NIV and others have, you know, 00:05:01.220 --> 00:05:02.339 slightly different translations. 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.199 There's a Yoda-like moment at the beginning. 00:05:06.100 --> 00:05:09.100 But if you're looking at your own Bibles, you'll see the little note. 00:05:09.180 --> 00:05:13.779 And, in fact, the better translation is that this is a psalm of David. 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.920 It's meant to be sung, believe it or not. 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:25.300 Well, and it's not only meant to be sung, but he describes himself as a servant of the Lord. 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:31.640 And it actually should say, transgression speaks to the wicked deep in my heart. 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:35.500 So he's not talking about other people. 00:05:35.620 --> 00:05:36.920 He's talking about himself. 00:05:37.080 --> 00:05:39.400 And he's just described himself as a servant of the Lord. 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:43.700 Transgression speaks to me deep in my heart. 00:05:43.699 --> 00:05:49.860 And the word for transgression is a word that's not just sort of stepping over a boundary you shouldn't step over. 00:05:50.659 --> 00:05:56.199 But it's a word that implies, it's like a military term, and it implies rebellion. 00:05:56.939 --> 00:06:01.560 It implies revolution against lawful authority. 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:10.099 I guess it's sort of what Trudeau thought was happening with the bouncy castles on Parliament Hill 00:06:10.099 --> 00:06:13.120 and brought in the equivalent of the War Measures Act. 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:17.560 But, you know, that this was something rebellious against lawful authority. 00:06:19.840 --> 00:06:21.280 And that's what he's saying. 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:24.079 Actually, you know, Claire, I was going to do this after the second verse. 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:27.019 Could you put up the first point, please? 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:28.480 That would be very helpful if you did now. 00:06:29.060 --> 00:06:32.620 What the text is saying is that transgression, this rebellion, 00:06:34.259 --> 00:06:39.079 speaks to you and to me all the way down to your depths. 00:06:39.079 --> 00:06:40.079 Transgression. 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:46.879 That right down to your depths. 00:06:49.399 --> 00:06:49.839 Transgression. 00:06:50.939 --> 00:06:52.699 Most of the time it's just whispering. 00:06:53.860 --> 00:06:55.459 George, did God really say? 00:06:56.500 --> 00:06:57.839 That's not really wrong. 00:06:58.719 --> 00:07:00.579 George, it would be way better if you did this. 00:07:00.579 --> 00:07:08.699 I mean, sometimes, as we all know, with transgression, it shouts at us, grabs us by the collar, and makes us come. 00:07:08.819 --> 00:07:11.000 But it's always speaking to us. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.259 The deeper we go, it's still there. 00:07:13.259 --> 00:07:18.259 And then it has this really weird line. 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:20.920 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart. 00:07:21.060 --> 00:07:23.699 There is no fear of God before his eyes. 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:32.039 And, you know, if you were to ask most Canadians what would their criteria be for God to exist 00:07:32.039 --> 00:07:37.939 and for him, she, or it, or they to be worshipped, 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:42.319 I think the average Canadian would say that you should never fear them. 00:07:43.860 --> 00:07:47.579 That's like a criteria for the average Canadian to define their God. 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:56.300 And actually, the text here is even worse in the original language than it is in English. 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:00.000 The word, we've been reading a book on the fear of God, 00:08:00.420 --> 00:08:05.019 and that's not the Hebrew word which is used here. 00:08:05.019 --> 00:08:09.139 Actually, more literally, it says the dread of God. 00:08:09.259 --> 00:08:12.199 There is no dread of God before his eyes. 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:15.599 Now, I'm not going to talk about that right now, 00:08:15.719 --> 00:08:17.539 but I am going to talk about it in a couple of verses, 00:08:17.779 --> 00:08:19.019 and hopefully I don't forget. 00:08:19.219 --> 00:08:21.479 If I do forget, make sure you talk to me afterwards. 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:27.099 But this is how the psalm describes you and me as human beings. 00:08:28.299 --> 00:08:31.479 It describes us. 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:33.840 In fact, it gets even worse. 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:34.840 Look at verse 2. 00:08:35.019 --> 00:08:37.639 So, you know, verse 1 is, 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:40.939 transgression speaks to the wicked deep in my heart. 00:08:41.980 --> 00:08:44.740 There is no fear of God before my eyes, 00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:46.679 for his eyes. 00:08:47.299 --> 00:08:50.220 For he, and this is where the Hebrew gets word, 00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:52.879 because he uses my in that first thing, doing the Yodism, 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:54.120 and then he goes back to his. 00:08:54.199 --> 00:08:56.059 That's why they have trouble translating it. 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:57.480 Verse 2, 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:01.100 For he flatters himself in his own eyes. 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:03.019 That his iniquity. 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:08.879 Iniquity means here, evil that you do that troubles others. 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:11.440 That's what iniquity means. 00:09:11.600 --> 00:09:13.500 Evil that you do that troubles others. 00:09:14.100 --> 00:09:18.100 That his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:28.620 And obviously, others know that you're doing evil, but that you flatter yourself so that when you're doing troublesome things to others that are wrong, 00:09:28.620 --> 00:09:31.120 you don't see that you're doing that. 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.860 You flatter yourself that you're doing something different. 00:09:33.860 --> 00:09:38.300 Yes, it was good that I shared that slander. 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:42.240 It's going to be very helpful to people if I share that slander. 00:09:42.480 --> 00:09:49.779 It's very good that I tore a strip off of that person at the office in front of other people, 00:09:49.940 --> 00:09:51.980 because now everybody will learn, 00:09:52.100 --> 00:09:57.060 and it was a really important, helpful piece of feedback, 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:58.759 which is only going to make them perform. 00:09:58.759 --> 00:10:05.500 We find ways to flatter ourselves to not actually realize what we're doing. 00:10:06.259 --> 00:10:08.000 In fact, if you could put up the second point, 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:10.539 what the psalm is saying, 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:12.519 to your depths, 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:17.139 you are defined by self-flattery. 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:19.899 To your depths, 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:21.919 to my depths, 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:24.399 in and of myself, 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.419 I am defined 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:28.580 by self-flattery. 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:32.840 Now, the Bible has a lot more to talk about 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:34.360 about our inner life than this, 00:10:34.439 --> 00:10:36.100 and there's balancing texts, 00:10:36.299 --> 00:10:41.419 but even for many of us who deal with despair about ourselves, 00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:45.580 part of our despair is that at certain times, 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.860 it's impossible for us to flatter ourselves 00:10:48.860 --> 00:10:51.700 as much as we've been flattering ourselves, 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:57.379 and our inability to flatter ourselves in this situation 00:10:57.379 --> 00:11:00.740 can lead us to a moment of crushing despair. 00:11:03.300 --> 00:11:06.620 But most of the advice that we get about how to deal with it 00:11:06.620 --> 00:11:13.820 is ways to appeal to us to be able to flatter ourselves out of the issue. 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:18.140 Now, most of you are probably thinking, 00:11:18.300 --> 00:11:19.980 this all seems a little bit extreme, 00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:23.500 and I'm going to give you an example 00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:26.080 about why on one level we know this is true, 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:30.420 but we don't want to acknowledge that we believe it's true. 00:11:31.420 --> 00:11:33.420 In fact, I'm going to give you an example in a moment 00:11:33.420 --> 00:11:36.320 that Hollywood knows that this is true. 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:38.800 Tinseltown. 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:42.159 But it both knows it's true 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:46.219 and actually models verse 2 00:11:46.219 --> 00:11:48.559 in a very, very subtle 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:51.879 and a way that we can easily drink down, 00:11:52.419 --> 00:11:55.240 and so we understand this about human beings, 00:11:55.319 --> 00:11:56.419 but we do it in such a way 00:11:56.419 --> 00:11:58.439 that fills us with self-flattering pride. 00:11:59.179 --> 00:11:59.879 But before I do that, 00:11:59.959 --> 00:12:01.399 let's look at verse 3 and 4, 00:12:01.539 --> 00:12:03.240 and then we'll go back. 00:12:03.299 --> 00:12:04.019 Look at verse 3. 00:12:04.079 --> 00:12:04.679 It goes like this. 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:05.339 It continues. 00:12:05.340 --> 00:12:10.500 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit. 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:12.600 In other words, they're not true. 00:12:12.700 --> 00:12:13.379 They deceive. 00:12:14.920 --> 00:12:20.200 He has ceased to act wisely or prudently and do good. 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.879 He plots trouble while on his bed. 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:27.660 He sets himself in a way that is not good. 00:12:28.280 --> 00:12:29.780 He does not reject evil. 00:12:30.660 --> 00:12:32.860 And those last three little lines, 00:12:32.860 --> 00:12:35.080 which all sort of connect with each other 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:36.500 in the Hebrew poetry, 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:39.139 is that even while we're on our bed, 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:40.139 before we go to sleep, 00:12:40.220 --> 00:12:41.879 or in the morning when we wake up, 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:44.120 we think about ways that we can get even 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:45.600 or we can make that deal 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:49.840 or we can talk in such and such a way 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:51.300 that we're going to get what we want 00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:52.980 or get out of trouble or whatever. 00:12:53.780 --> 00:12:54.720 And then the second one, 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:56.660 he sets himself in a way that is not good. 00:12:56.900 --> 00:12:58.500 It's that there's times that we just, 00:12:59.220 --> 00:13:01.700 we're not going to move. 00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:03.540 We're not going to change. 00:13:04.259 --> 00:13:05.759 You know, on one hand, 00:13:05.900 --> 00:13:07.820 others might say what you're doing isn't right. 00:13:07.900 --> 00:13:08.660 It's not helpful. 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:10.020 It's wrong. 00:13:10.140 --> 00:13:12.320 But we set ourselves in that way. 00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:13.379 We're not going to budge. 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:15.020 We're going to be persistent in it. 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:17.920 And then the final one is that we don't reject evil, 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:19.980 either when we're plotting or thinking about 00:13:19.980 --> 00:13:21.460 or scheming about what we're going to say 00:13:21.460 --> 00:13:23.280 to get what we want or to get out of trouble 00:13:23.280 --> 00:13:25.360 or to gaslight people 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:27.780 or to do some other type of thing like that. 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:29.419 But we don't want to, 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:31.240 we sort of don't want to reject anything 00:13:31.240 --> 00:13:32.959 that actually might be wrong. 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:35.899 Now, as I said, 00:13:35.959 --> 00:13:40.259 many of us probably think that this is too extreme. 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:42.779 But here's a couple of things to consider. 00:13:43.019 --> 00:13:43.600 First of all, 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:46.360 every single one of us, if we're honest, 00:13:46.459 --> 00:13:48.259 knows somebody who this has described. 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:52.519 That often what we describe now, 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:54.240 it's a common problem, 00:13:54.699 --> 00:13:57.019 is flaming narcissists. 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:59.759 And probably every single one of us 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:01.919 knows somebody that's a narcissist. 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:04.980 And they're causing trouble in their own life 00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:06.699 and they don't seem to see it. 00:14:07.299 --> 00:14:10.659 And one of the things about people like this, 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:11.939 like these narcissists, 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:14.819 is if they were to hear a text like this 00:14:14.819 --> 00:14:16.159 without me talking about it, 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:19.740 or maybe I'd just say a couple of very simple things about it, 00:14:19.819 --> 00:14:20.179 they'd say, 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.819 oh yeah, I know somebody that that describes. 00:14:21.819 --> 00:14:22.959 You know, one of the funny things 00:14:22.959 --> 00:14:26.559 about the narcissist who thinks it describes another person 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:29.239 is that they don't think it describes themselves. 00:14:31.459 --> 00:14:34.000 But what if others, 00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:37.119 what if you were to, 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:38.919 after church, 00:14:39.619 --> 00:14:41.099 you were to discover, 00:14:41.539 --> 00:14:41.859 or, you know, 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.179 after you've left your coworkers or whatever, 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:45.299 if you were to discover 00:14:45.299 --> 00:14:48.659 that your coworkers were talking about you 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:50.659 and say, 00:14:50.719 --> 00:14:50.839 you know, 00:14:50.860 --> 00:14:52.319 there's a lot of ways that describes, 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.000 you know, 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.339 Bob, 00:14:53.459 --> 00:14:55.059 there's a lot of ways that describes Sue, 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.079 there's a lot of ways that describes George, 00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:57.559 you know, 00:14:57.620 --> 00:14:58.360 he won't bend, 00:14:58.480 --> 00:14:59.879 he won't change, 00:14:59.939 --> 00:15:00.959 even though it's wrong. 00:15:02.199 --> 00:15:04.120 And he seems completely blind about it 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.039 and he sees it in others, 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.379 but doesn't see it in himself. 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:08.439 Like, 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:10.139 what about that if that's a possibility? 00:15:10.139 --> 00:15:11.439 If we all know people 00:15:11.439 --> 00:15:12.639 that to some degree 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:14.059 this describes them, 00:15:15.819 --> 00:15:18.259 is it in fact possible to our horror 00:15:18.259 --> 00:15:21.319 that there are people in the world 00:15:21.319 --> 00:15:25.000 who think that this text describes you and me? 00:15:27.340 --> 00:15:27.819 Wow. 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:28.439 One moment. 00:15:29.100 --> 00:15:30.000 You don't want to think that. 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.240 Why? 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:31.659 Because we flatter ourselves. 00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:34.700 But here's how Hollywood shows 00:15:34.700 --> 00:15:35.620 that we are, 00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:38.779 that this text is true. 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:40.759 there's lots of examples. 00:15:40.899 --> 00:15:41.720 I'll just give one. 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.480 But you see, 00:15:42.579 --> 00:15:43.419 one of the things that we'll say, 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:43.579 well, 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:43.779 George, 00:15:43.819 --> 00:15:44.500 that might be true. 00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:44.759 You know, 00:15:44.779 --> 00:15:46.419 that there's a type of superficial thing 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:48.019 that we do that's sort of wrong. 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:49.919 And it's superficial, 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.259 but, 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:50.439 you know, 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.120 deep down, 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:52.000 like one of the things that, 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:53.819 I don't know if Jordan Peterson still says this, 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:55.779 I don't follow Jordan Peterson really closely 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.720 or anything like that. 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:56.899 But, 00:15:57.240 --> 00:15:57.360 I mean, 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.959 one of the things that he talks about all the time 00:15:58.959 --> 00:16:00.059 is the divine spark, 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:01.819 which implies that there's very, 00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:03.759 very deep down at the very center of us, 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:05.360 there's some type of divine spark, 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.079 which is good. 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.299 And it's a very, 00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.000 very common, 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:08.980 in other words, 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:11.419 what Psalm 36 says 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:13.120 goes against what Jordan Peterson says. 00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:14.720 It's a weakness in his thinking. 00:16:15.620 --> 00:16:15.740 And, 00:16:15.820 --> 00:16:16.860 but maybe he's changed. 00:16:16.940 --> 00:16:17.200 I don't know. 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:18.580 Maybe that's from a couple of years ago. 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:20.399 But, 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:20.559 you know, 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:21.279 many people will say, 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:21.419 well, 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:21.639 George, 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:21.940 you know, 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:22.580 you know, 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.500 but maybe at the superficial level, 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:24.759 you know, 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.879 we say things to hurt people, 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.940 but deep down, 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.820 deep down, 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.659 deep down, 00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.940 we're not like that. 00:16:30.580 --> 00:16:32.379 But think of disaster movies, 00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.919 or like movies where, 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.299 like the world is about to end in some way. 00:16:37.219 --> 00:16:38.139 On my holidays, 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:39.959 one of the things I did at the beginning of my holidays 00:16:39.959 --> 00:16:42.639 was re-watched the Brad Pitt film, 00:16:42.859 --> 00:16:43.899 World War Zed. 00:16:45.479 --> 00:16:48.000 Nothing like zombie invasions to get the, 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.759 to say you're on holidays. 00:16:50.259 --> 00:16:51.359 And in lots of ways, 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.199 I really liked the movie. 00:16:52.319 --> 00:16:52.679 By the way, 00:16:52.719 --> 00:16:53.359 if you're curious, 00:16:53.719 --> 00:16:55.219 the book is a hundred times better. 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.019 But, 00:16:56.139 --> 00:16:56.659 you know, 00:16:56.679 --> 00:16:57.379 it's a fun movie. 00:16:57.599 --> 00:16:57.639 But, 00:16:57.839 --> 00:16:59.379 but what are movies like that show? 00:16:59.500 --> 00:17:00.439 What are movies like, 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:00.759 you know, 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:02.000 the aliens have invaded, 00:17:02.519 --> 00:17:04.759 the virus is spreading, 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.980 the zombies are invading, 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:09.259 the world as we know it is about to come to end. 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:11.099 It always features two things. 00:17:11.619 --> 00:17:13.859 And one of the things it features is this, 00:17:14.799 --> 00:17:18.720 that when it comes down to your self-preservation, 00:17:19.859 --> 00:17:23.579 and all the external things are gone, 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:27.160 we reveal ourselves as we really are. 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:30.820 And what we really are is looting, 00:17:31.300 --> 00:17:31.920 violent, 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.140 raping, 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.720 transgressive people. 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:39.279 Take away the veneer, 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:42.360 take away the worry that if I was to fully act on that, 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:44.320 I'd be fired from my job, 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.920 and people wouldn't like me, 00:17:45.960 --> 00:17:47.660 and my wife would divorce me, 00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:49.860 and my kids wouldn't want to have anything to do with me. 00:17:49.940 --> 00:17:52.080 Take away all of those external things 00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:55.480 that sort of keep me under some type of control, 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.620 and deep down, 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:58.960 every one of those zombie virus, 00:17:59.120 --> 00:18:00.720 alien invading movies, 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:02.400 Hollywood is saying, 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:05.539 we will just become these violent people. 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.720 Grasping. 00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:12.819 And one of the reasons those movies are popular 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:14.259 is because we say yes. 00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:16.839 That is what people are really like. 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.740 Good grief. 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:25.819 They're saying transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart. 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:28.900 There is no dread of God before their eyes, 00:18:28.980 --> 00:18:32.099 and they flatter themselves in their own eyes 00:18:32.099 --> 00:18:35.140 that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated, 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:37.259 and their words are trouble and decease. 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:39.579 They've ceased to act wisely and do good. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:41.319 They plot trouble on their bed, 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:43.519 set themselves in a way that is not good, 00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:44.700 and they do not reject evil, 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:46.259 and they say that's actually true. 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:48.680 It's what World War Z says. 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.319 But then it flatters ourselves, 00:18:53.879 --> 00:18:56.579 because why do we watch movies like that? 00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:59.319 We watch movies like that 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:02.079 because inwardly we think, 00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:05.400 I'm not those bad people. 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:07.359 I'm Brad Pitt. 00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:13.579 I'm the noble one protecting my family 00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:15.680 who's going to save the world. 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:19.400 What have we just done? 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:21.400 You see, that's what Hollywood does. 00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:24.240 It says this is what human beings are like, 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.500 but then it provides a means by which we say 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:30.059 that's what all the other human beings in the world are like. 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.440 But I'm Brad Pitt. 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.559 In other words, I'm saying, 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:35.240 what's going to happen to all of you, 00:19:35.640 --> 00:19:36.259 the zombie thing, 00:19:36.299 --> 00:19:37.879 you're all going to turn into those types of people, 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.400 but not me. 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:39.039 I'm Brad Pitt. 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.920 And you're thinking to yourself, 00:19:41.140 --> 00:19:42.460 George, that's completely ridiculous. 00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.339 I'm Brad Pitt. 00:19:43.420 --> 00:19:44.799 You're going to be one of the guys out there 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:46.220 doing all those terrible things. 00:19:46.379 --> 00:19:47.700 And we're all thinking that. 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:50.960 And in an odd way, 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:53.100 movies like World War Z 00:19:53.100 --> 00:19:55.740 show that we actually believe that this is true 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:57.640 and that we actually act on it. 00:20:00.340 --> 00:20:02.519 In fact, if you just think about it at work, 00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.360 if you think about it, 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:05.980 the other co-workers and stuff like that 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.640 or your neighbors, 00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.080 and you think, 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.400 really? 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:09.559 You think you'd be the one who'd be Brad Pitt? 00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.160 No way. 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:12.000 You'd be one of the first people out there 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.059 doing all the bad things 00:20:14.059 --> 00:20:15.259 and hoarding things. 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:18.279 Now, 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:21.399 if the sermon 00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:23.079 and the psalm 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:24.359 just ended right there, 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:26.259 I say, 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:28.220 go in peace to love and serve the Lord. 00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:30.339 It's just a pretty depressing type of thing. 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.740 But the psalm 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:34.039 does something which is very different. 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.740 And what we expect now 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:37.599 from our culture 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.819 and our hearts 00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:41.039 is we expect now 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.700 the psalm, 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.600 if it's going to continue 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:44.259 to do certain types of things. 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.660 We expect 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:47.960 that now it's going to extol 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:49.480 the virtue of mindfulness 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:51.900 or yoga techniques 00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:53.539 or it's going to talk about 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:55.160 how you should go to mass 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:56.380 every Sunday 00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:58.279 or how you should 00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.660 homeschool your kids 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:01.799 or how you should listen 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:03.960 to a show 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:05.100 on Christian radio 00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:06.160 on a Sunday afternoon 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:07.059 that will tell you 00:21:07.059 --> 00:21:08.580 the four types of steps 00:21:08.580 --> 00:21:09.660 that you need to do 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:11.539 to have success 00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:13.240 or it's going to talk about 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.659 how beside your mirror 00:21:14.659 --> 00:21:16.039 you need to have a Bible verse 00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.639 that says, 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.019 you know, 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:18.619 I can do all things 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.220 through him 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.279 who strengthens me. 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.559 I love the Bible, 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:23.180 Babylon B meme 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.740 that says 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.940 I can do all things 00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.859 through a Bible verse 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:27.039 taken out of context. 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:29.259 But that's, 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:31.079 those things sell 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:32.099 lots of books 00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:33.279 and make lots of money 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.680 and that's what we expect to do. 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.639 But the psalm 00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.680 does something 00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.899 completely and utterly 00:21:37.899 --> 00:21:38.759 unexpected. 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.019 well, 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.680 let's look. 00:21:40.819 --> 00:21:41.500 Verse 5. 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:44.160 So verses 1 to 4, 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.420 it's been this 00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:47.500 sobering reflection 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:48.359 that transgression 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:49.339 speaks to you 00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.879 and me 00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:50.660 all the way down 00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.339 to your depths 00:21:51.339 --> 00:21:52.240 and it speaks 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.900 to my depths 00:21:52.900 --> 00:21:54.920 and that to my depths 00:21:54.920 --> 00:21:55.980 I am defined 00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:57.240 by self-flattery. 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:00.980 and then that the psalm 00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:02.460 goes like crazy. 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:03.839 Verse 5. 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.720 Your steadfast love, 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.240 O Lord, 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.900 extends to the heavens. 00:22:09.859 --> 00:22:11.460 Your faithfulness 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:13.039 to the clouds. 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.779 Your righteousness 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:17.579 is like the mountains of God, 00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.920 the greatest mountains. 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.799 Your judgments 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:22.839 are like the great deep. 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.279 Man and beast 00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.680 you save, 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.160 O Lord. 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:31.180 Completely different direction 00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.299 from what we're expecting. 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:34.899 You know, 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:36.519 all of a sudden 00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:36.799 it says 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:37.899 your steadfast love 00:22:37.899 --> 00:22:39.420 and steadfast love 00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.960 means 00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:42.519 it means that God's love 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.660 is steadfast. 00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:45.200 It means it's unfailing 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:46.680 and 00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:49.759 it means that it's pure 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:51.240 and it's also 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.460 a type of love. 00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.079 that word 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:54.519 it's a type of love 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:56.000 that's relational love 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:00.279 that includes human beings. 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:03.140 It's a love 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:04.000 that's described 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:06.019 that's of God's very nature 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:07.460 that he extends 00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:07.860 to 00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:10.440 the human beings 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:12.519 described in verses 1 to 4 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.640 and that he will make 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:16.940 a covenant with them. 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:20.480 and this steadfast love 00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.460 extends to the heavens. 00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.059 In other words, 00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:24.680 as far as you can go, 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:26.920 as high as you can go, 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:29.400 you will never go so high 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:31.380 that what characterizes 00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:33.460 the triune God 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.960 is steadfast love. 00:23:35.140 --> 00:23:35.500 It doesn't matter 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.920 how high you go into God. 00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.400 It doesn't matter 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.420 how further in 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.539 and higher up 00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.279 you go into him. 00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.900 At every moment 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.880 that you go higher up 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.440 and higher up, 00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.240 all you see 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:46.400 is the steadfast love 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:47.500 of the triune God. 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.559 And then it says 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.460 your faithfulness 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.539 and the word faithfulness, 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.779 that faithfulness 00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.480 is a good word, 00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.140 but in Hebrew 00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:56.079 it also has this 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.859 aspect of dependability, 00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.799 of solid ground. 00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:01.559 It would be as if 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:03.140 you know, 00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.400 in February 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.039 and March 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.660 in Ottawa, 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:07.160 it's hard to believe, 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.720 but we'll have 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.859 a big snowfall 00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:10.019 and then after 00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.679 the snowfall 00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:11.559 it'll get warm 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:13.179 and they haven't 00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:15.099 plowed the sidewalks yet 00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.879 and so everything 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.799 is sludge. 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:17.719 You know that 00:24:17.719 --> 00:24:18.179 when you're trying 00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.740 to walk through 00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.579 that snow 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.839 that's like this, 00:24:20.899 --> 00:24:21.919 it's just all sludge. 00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:23.179 And then finally 00:24:23.179 --> 00:24:24.319 you get off of that 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.740 onto something solid, 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:28.379 something you can step on 00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:29.099 and stand on 00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.659 and walk 00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:30.559 and you just like, 00:24:30.719 --> 00:24:31.519 you feel like 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.639 you have an energy boost 00:24:32.639 --> 00:24:33.679 because you can step 00:24:33.679 --> 00:24:34.199 on something 00:24:34.199 --> 00:24:34.879 which is solid, 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.479 dependable, 00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:37.279 and that's what 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:38.319 the word faithfulness 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.279 means about God. 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.139 That the triune God 00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.399 is, 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.019 this is what 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.039 characterizes him 00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.599 and once again 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.119 it doesn't matter 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:46.099 how high you go 00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.299 that you'll always 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:48.460 meet this about God. 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.920 And then verse 6, 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.680 your righteousness 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.639 is like the mountains 00:24:51.639 --> 00:24:52.099 of God. 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:52.559 In other words, 00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:54.019 the hugest mountains. 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.460 It's like being 00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.779 in Vancouver 00:24:56.779 --> 00:25:00.899 or in Canmore, 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.859 Alberta 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.500 and the mountains 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.319 are just there 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:05.139 and they're obvious 00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:06.119 and they're huge 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:06.980 and they're majestic 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.480 and they're awe-inspiring 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:10.380 and they're immovable 00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:12.940 and you can't ignore them 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.200 and they're hard 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.900 and unbending 00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:16.500 and if you crash into them 00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:17.500 it's just going to hurt you 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.640 not the mountain. 00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.120 You try to, 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:19.960 you know, 00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:21.059 you can say 00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.880 you're a Chuck Norris 00:25:21.880 --> 00:25:22.500 type of joke 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.299 but Chuck Norris 00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.299 runs into the Rockies 00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:25.319 it's him who's going to get hurt 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.099 not the Rockies. 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:28.460 Like that's just the way it is 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:30.620 and that's what God's righteousness 00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:30.940 is, 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.279 goodness, 00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.059 his justice, 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.559 that's what it's like. 00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:35.920 It's this reality 00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:37.300 which is just so hard 00:25:37.300 --> 00:25:38.039 and solid 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.940 and judgments 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:40.160 is not only the fact 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.039 that God makes decisions 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.519 out of his steadfast love 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:44.300 and faithfulness 00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:44.900 and his goodness 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.680 and his mercy 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:47.120 and he makes judgments. 00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.720 It's the word there, 00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.160 judgments, 00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:50.200 in the Hebrew is 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:52.279 I know there's at least 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.820 one lawyer in the room, 00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.539 maybe there's at least 00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.620 two lawyers in the room 00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.900 and that's when 00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:58.519 the judge has made a decision 00:25:58.519 --> 00:25:59.400 and it's written down 00:25:59.400 --> 00:26:00.500 and it implies both 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.460 everything from the fact 00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.380 that they make decisions 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:03.700 and that it's like the Bible. 00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:05.340 It's been written 00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:06.299 and we can read it 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.100 and we can know it 00:26:07.100 --> 00:26:08.480 and then the way 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.059 that we know 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.080 that all of these things 00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.600 are true 00:26:10.600 --> 00:26:12.759 is that God saves us. 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.720 If you read the New Testament, 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:18.460 if you read John's Gospel 00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:19.420 in particular, 00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:21.180 it's very, very clear 00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:22.700 that the way God 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:24.380 is most perfectly known 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:25.059 and understood 00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:27.700 is when you see Jesus 00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:29.759 dying on the cross. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.200 that's when you know 00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:34.140 most perfectly 00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.859 and completely 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:36.259 that he's good. 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:37.400 If you could put up 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.440 the third point, 00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.980 that would be very helpful. 00:26:41.140 --> 00:26:42.299 The triune God 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.920 is real and true 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.680 and he is love, 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.539 goodness, 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.500 justice, 00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.700 and mercy. 00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.799 And in a sense, 00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.720 you cannot think 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.619 about God enough. 00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:56.460 The real God. 00:26:56.460 --> 00:27:00.380 And then the fourth, 00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.799 if you could put up 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.519 the fourth point, 00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:03.380 you need to be saved 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:05.460 down to your depths 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:08.240 and he can 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.920 and will save you. 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:13.500 I have here 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:16.320 the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, 00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:18.600 which is basically unchanged 00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:20.180 from 1552. 00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:22.400 1552. 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:27.480 And we're a church 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.539 of the English Reformation. 00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:31.460 And in a communion service, 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.420 these are after you've confessed 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:34.220 your sins, 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.519 these are the four words, 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:38.080 the four scripture sentences. 00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:39.779 It's called the comfortable words. 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.039 that was part of 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:44.320 to be the weekly life 00:27:44.320 --> 00:27:45.120 of Christians. 00:27:47.800 --> 00:27:48.480 1552. 00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:50.140 Here are the four words. 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.320 Hear what comfortable words 00:27:52.320 --> 00:27:53.539 our Savior Christ 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.820 saith unto all 00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.400 that truly 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.560 turn to him. 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.539 Come unto me 00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:00.560 all that travail 00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:02.220 and are heavy laden 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:04.640 and I will refresh you. 00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.160 In other words, 00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.000 for those of us 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:08.300 laboring 00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.559 under the ways 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.059 that verses 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.819 one to four 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.759 of this psalm 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.019 bend us out of shape 00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.759 and beat us up, 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:16.859 he quotes a word 00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.819 of Jesus saying, 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.039 I know 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.700 that is what 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.759 who you are. 00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.079 Come to me 00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.079 and I will give you rest. 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:26.279 Listen to the second word. 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:30.200 God so loved the world 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:32.940 that he gave his only begotten son 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:34.120 to the end 00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:35.539 that all that believe in him 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.759 should not perish 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.720 but have everlasting life. 00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.299 Hear also 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.720 what St. Paul says. 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:44.180 This is a true saying 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:46.140 and worthy of all men 00:28:46.140 --> 00:28:46.559 and women 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.600 to be received 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:49.420 that Christ Jesus 00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:51.539 came into the world 00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.819 to save 00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.640 sinners. 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:56.100 And finally, 00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.759 hear also 00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:58.080 what St. John says. 00:28:59.020 --> 00:28:59.940 If any man 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.640 or any woman 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.360 sins, 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.380 we have an advocate 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:05.440 with the Father, 00:29:06.040 --> 00:29:07.240 Jesus Christ 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:08.080 the righteous 00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:09.660 and he 00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:11.400 is the propitiation 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.000 for our sins. 00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.560 And propitiation 00:29:14.560 --> 00:29:15.140 means 00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:16.100 that act 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.200 of God 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:18.480 that takes away 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.440 his anger 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.900 at sin. 00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:23.580 You need to be saved 00:29:23.580 --> 00:29:24.580 down to your depths. 00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.320 He can and will save you. 00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:28.000 Now, 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.320 we're going to wrap up 00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:30.100 in a couple of minutes 00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:31.060 by looking at the other 00:29:31.060 --> 00:29:32.259 verses quite quickly 00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:33.420 but I want to go back 00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.560 to that earlier thing. 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.340 I said to you 00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:36.900 the very first verse 00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.720 was transgression 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.840 speaks to the wicked 00:29:38.840 --> 00:29:39.940 deep in their heart. 00:29:40.100 --> 00:29:41.420 There is no dread 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.300 of God 00:29:42.300 --> 00:29:43.640 before their eyes. 00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.240 And 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.620 this is 00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.660 profoundly 00:29:47.660 --> 00:29:48.980 anti-Canadian 00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.720 Canadians 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.360 would say 00:29:50.359 --> 00:29:50.899 this is 00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.740 completely 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.279 and utterly 00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.079 wrong-headed. 00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.240 So, 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.559 well, 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.119 here's the thing. 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.619 My wife 00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.259 just stepped out 00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.659 for a moment. 00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.159 We have some 00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:07.119 grandkids visiting. 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.859 Probably have to go 00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.459 to the bathroom. 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.039 If I was to tell you 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.539 while she's out 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:10.899 of the room, 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.279 you know, 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:11.839 my wife and I 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.219 have been married 00:30:12.219 --> 00:30:13.299 for over 40 years 00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:14.839 and she's never 00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.759 been mad at me. 00:30:16.619 --> 00:30:17.839 I can't even say it 00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:18.519 without laughing. 00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.699 Like, 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.279 how many of you 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.399 would, 00:30:22.479 --> 00:30:22.939 let's say I could 00:30:22.939 --> 00:30:23.679 do it with a, 00:30:23.799 --> 00:30:24.059 like, 00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:24.899 like, 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.619 like a straight face, 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.679 like Matt Walsh 00:30:27.679 --> 00:30:28.579 interviewing people 00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:29.359 in what is a woman 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.719 and I can't believe 00:30:30.719 --> 00:30:31.419 he wouldn't laugh 00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:31.879 actually. 00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.519 And, 00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:32.819 and, 00:30:32.919 --> 00:30:33.159 you know, 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.500 my, 00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:34.000 my wife, 00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.959 she's never been 00:30:34.959 --> 00:30:35.459 mad at me 00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:36.019 in 40 years. 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.539 You'd just say, 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.819 George, 00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.539 you're lying, 00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.779 you know, 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.959 or if it turned out 00:30:39.959 --> 00:30:40.459 it was true, 00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:40.939 you'd think, 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.779 what's the secret 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:43.139 to how you gaslight her 00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:44.099 so that she never 00:30:44.099 --> 00:30:45.039 actually, 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.079 she gets talked 00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.680 out of her anger 00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.319 all of the time. 00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:47.960 And, 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:48.399 and, 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.039 you know, 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.779 one of the problems 00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:50.579 that people have 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.039 is they, 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.920 especially, 00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.180 I mean, 00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.619 I know, 00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:53.839 I know they're, 00:30:53.879 --> 00:30:54.680 they're single people 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.019 in the room. 00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.799 Part of the problem 00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.379 that we, 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.379 when you're single 00:30:57.379 --> 00:30:59.240 you have is that 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.420 when you think 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.119 of your girlfriend 00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.619 or your, 00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.599 if you're a guy 00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.079 and you're thinking 00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:04.440 of your future girlfriend 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.539 or your future wife 00:31:05.539 --> 00:31:06.940 is it's very easy 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.759 to have an imaginary, 00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.220 like an image 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.799 of what they're going 00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.200 to be like, 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.059 which is imaginary. 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.679 And one of the differences 00:31:13.679 --> 00:31:15.799 between an imaginary girlfriend 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:17.200 and a real girlfriend 00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:18.559 is imaginary girlfriends 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:20.019 never get upset with you. 00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.099 Just like the difference 00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:23.859 between an imaginary wife 00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.700 and a real wife 00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:26.339 is that the imaginary wife 00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:28.099 never actually gets mad at you. 00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:29.000 And not only 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.139 do they never get mad at you, 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:31.099 it's not that they've, 00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:32.759 they're right to be mad at you 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.240 as well, 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.240 which is the other thing, 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.460 right? 00:31:34.899 --> 00:31:35.759 You might think of them 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.480 being mad at you 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:37.700 but then you win them over 00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:39.119 but you're really good guy 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.759 and good heart. 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.980 But in real world 00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.400 you do things 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:44.059 and they have every right. 00:31:44.599 --> 00:31:44.940 In fact, 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.759 if my wife was to tell you 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.240 some of the things 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.140 I'd done 00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.940 and she got mad, 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.380 you'd go, 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.740 you go girl, 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.620 like you're right 00:31:51.620 --> 00:31:52.480 to be mad at George 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.740 if he did something like that. 00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:55.480 And so it's a bit 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.460 of a shocking thing 00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.059 but if, 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:57.860 if, 00:31:58.140 --> 00:32:00.240 if the real God, 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:03.720 his steadfast love 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.819 extends to the heavens, 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.740 his faithfulness 00:32:05.740 --> 00:32:06.420 to the clouds, 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.319 his righteousness 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.380 is like the mountains 00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.019 of God, 00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:10.120 his judgments 00:32:10.119 --> 00:32:11.419 are like the great deep. 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.759 And if that's true, 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:20.519 you and I 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:22.219 do things 00:32:22.219 --> 00:32:24.539 that means 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.219 there's going to be 00:32:25.219 --> 00:32:26.079 consequences 00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:28.799 and we should dread them. 00:32:28.799 --> 00:32:34.960 I don't recommend 00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.440 watching Peaky Blinders 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:37.559 but I just finished 00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.419 the sixth season 00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:40.079 and there's a scene 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.919 towards the end 00:32:40.919 --> 00:32:41.799 where one character 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.680 says to the main, 00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:44.180 the main guy 00:32:44.180 --> 00:32:45.779 after he's killed somebody 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:48.059 that, 00:32:48.139 --> 00:32:49.019 he says, 00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:49.559 I'm going to, 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.579 there's some swear words 00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:51.839 in it 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.619 which I won't say 00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.279 but basically 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.980 he says to them, 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.099 I can see how other people 00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:55.859 are going to go to heaven 00:32:55.859 --> 00:32:57.879 but you, 00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.379 I think you're royally 00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.519 and you can finish 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:01.179 the sentence 00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:03.740 and we should dread 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:05.019 the consequences 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.240 of our action 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.039 if God is real. 00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.639 See, 00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.419 the fact of the matter 00:33:09.419 --> 00:33:10.199 is that the average 00:33:10.199 --> 00:33:10.699 Canadian, 00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.759 what they long for 00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:12.959 is an imaginary God 00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:13.699 not a real God 00:33:13.699 --> 00:33:15.419 because just like 00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.179 a real 00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:18.019 wife or girlfriend 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.139 will get mad at you 00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:20.019 because you will do 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.919 things which are wrong 00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:21.699 and they will be right 00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.740 to be mad at you 00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:24.460 if there is a God 00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.460 who's at all described 00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:26.500 by justice and goodness 00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:27.059 and mercy, 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.299 you are doing 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.380 and have done things 00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:30.400 that mean that 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:32.480 you will have consequences 00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:34.420 and you should dread that 00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:36.440 and what describes 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:38.019 the average Canadian 00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:39.160 is that if I was 00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.319 a stand-up comic 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.680 and I got up 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:42.200 and began, 00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:42.980 you know, 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.759 lately I've been, 00:33:43.839 --> 00:33:44.099 you know, 00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:45.079 worried about how God's 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.740 going to treat me 00:33:45.740 --> 00:33:46.579 for some of the things 00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:46.880 I do 00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.700 and everybody would laugh 00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:49.880 because it's ridiculous 00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:52.000 to even think like that 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.720 and they'd know 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:53.339 they'd go on 00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.359 and make fun of, 00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:55.039 you know, 00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:55.799 whatever the priests 00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.380 or the Bible 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.400 or whatever types of things 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:58.359 and that's what Canadians 00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.779 are like. 00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.539 We don't have anything 00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:02.460 that makes us think 00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:05.539 that this is wrong. 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.019 You know, 00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.400 one of the things 00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.179 which is so brilliant 00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:09.059 about this text, 00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:10.340 remember the first four verses 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:12.739 are so hard on us 00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.760 but so accurate 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:16.139 that there's, 00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:18.219 transgression speaks to me 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.400 down to my depths 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.159 all the way down 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:22.139 and that self-flattery 00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:24.219 is true of human beings 00:34:24.219 --> 00:34:25.119 all the way down 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:27.859 and then we have this God 00:34:27.859 --> 00:34:30.259 who really does exist 00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:33.159 and no matter how deep you go, 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:36.099 he's the same 00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:37.739 and no matter how high you go 00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.699 or broad you go, 00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.599 he is the same 00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.480 and he's real 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.039 and he's like that fixed stuff, 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.539 not like, 00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:44.179 not like the sludge 00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.279 and the slippery stuff 00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:46.599 but the stuff you step on 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:47.279 that's solid 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.540 and you're glad 00:34:48.540 --> 00:34:49.240 you're stepping on 00:34:49.240 --> 00:34:50.120 something solid 00:34:50.120 --> 00:34:51.960 and one of the things 00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.920 that this text does 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.640 is you see that 00:34:53.640 --> 00:34:55.260 we human beings 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.180 left to ourselves, 00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.860 we look in 00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:58.280 and we're consumed 00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:59.060 with ourselves 00:34:59.060 --> 00:34:59.840 and it's as if 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.720 the psalm is saying 00:35:00.720 --> 00:35:02.980 there's a, 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.720 not only is, 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.000 are you not the only person 00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.420 in the universe, 00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.300 there's a person 00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:08.880 in the universe 00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:09.480 that you need 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:10.360 to take account of 00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:12.280 and he's big 00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:15.059 and you know, 00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:16.160 the life of trying to, 00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.440 of justice 00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.200 and of goodness 00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:18.940 and of mercy 00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.660 and of beauty 00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.400 and of truth, 00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.420 it's big, 00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:23.660 there's this big world 00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:24.500 out there 00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:26.079 which is real 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:30.079 and the sun shines, 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:30.960 well, 00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.200 and look at the other things 00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:33.320 it's going to describe, 00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:34.420 verses seven to nine, 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.160 this is after you've been saved, 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.599 how precious 00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:40.019 is your steadfast love, 00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.460 O Lord, 00:35:41.879 --> 00:35:42.679 precious means 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.980 of great value, 00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.739 it's as, 00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:45.139 you know, 00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:45.519 if, 00:35:45.879 --> 00:35:46.819 it's just of, 00:35:46.879 --> 00:35:47.099 you know, 00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.920 great incomparable worth, 00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.279 your steadfast love 00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.579 to me, 00:35:50.699 --> 00:35:51.179 O God, 00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:52.319 is precious, 00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:54.899 the children of humanity 00:35:54.899 --> 00:35:56.079 take refuge 00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:57.399 in the shadow 00:35:57.399 --> 00:35:58.420 of your wings, 00:35:59.279 --> 00:36:00.399 it's just this image, 00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.559 remember verses one to four 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.079 are all there 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.839 but it's as if 00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.980 to know that God, 00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:05.199 once God saves you 00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.099 to realize that 00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:08.039 his longing for you 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.000 is that not only 00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.679 do you need sanctuary 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:10.199 from others, 00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.839 you need sanctuary 00:36:10.839 --> 00:36:11.699 from yourself 00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:13.579 and there's this image 00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.279 of being covered 00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.159 by his wing 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:16.319 and pressed up 00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:17.299 against his side 00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:17.819 and you can, 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:19.199 you get his warmth 00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.880 and you can feel 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.579 his heartbeat 00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.279 and you can hear 00:36:21.279 --> 00:36:21.880 his breath 00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:24.319 and the children 00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.920 of mankind 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.819 take refuge 00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:26.440 in the shadow 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:27.199 of your wings, 00:36:27.339 --> 00:36:28.079 they feast 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.460 on the abundance 00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.279 of your house 00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:31.539 and you give them 00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.699 drink from the river 00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.519 of your delights 00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:34.339 and a more accurate 00:36:34.339 --> 00:36:35.059 way of translating 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.519 and delights 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.320 is pleasure 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:38.340 that you give them 00:36:38.340 --> 00:36:39.559 drink from the river 00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.559 of your pleasure 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:43.099 for with you 00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:44.139 is the fountain 00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.860 of life 00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:46.179 in your light 00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:47.860 do we see 00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.799 light. 00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:53.000 If you could put up 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.719 the next points 00:36:53.719 --> 00:36:54.500 that would be helpful, 00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:54.820 Claire, 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:56.139 you need to feed 00:36:56.139 --> 00:36:56.699 and drink 00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.639 from his hand 00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.619 in his presence. 00:37:01.159 --> 00:37:01.380 Yeah, 00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:03.199 I'll end up, 00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.899 you know, 00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.219 and then the next 00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.519 thing is, 00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.799 you know, 00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.439 you need to feed 00:37:06.439 --> 00:37:06.779 and drink 00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.359 from his hand 00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:08.079 in his presence. 00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:08.419 It's, 00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.319 sure, 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.839 that's, 00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.799 there'll be ways 00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:12.379 that I'll flatter 00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:13.500 myself and all 00:37:13.500 --> 00:37:13.679 of that, 00:37:13.739 --> 00:37:14.019 but you see, 00:37:14.119 --> 00:37:14.939 here's the thing 00:37:14.939 --> 00:37:15.419 about it. 00:37:17.939 --> 00:37:19.259 I need to be 00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.819 nourished. 00:37:20.899 --> 00:37:21.659 I need to, 00:37:21.719 --> 00:37:22.799 I need to know 00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.699 his delights. 00:37:25.319 --> 00:37:26.439 I need to be 00:37:26.439 --> 00:37:27.559 fed by him 00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.599 and to drink 00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.719 and have him 00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.339 provide me 00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:30.699 drink. 00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.360 And yes, 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.960 there'll be ways 00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:33.019 I flatter myself 00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:34.360 and all of those 00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:35.259 types of things, 00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.599 but, 00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.639 you know, 00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.380 it's not about, 00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.860 it's not about me. 00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.259 It's about the 00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.400 greatness of God 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.519 and his love 00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.239 and compassion 00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:44.960 for me. 00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.000 And, 00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.380 and, 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.239 and he's, 00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:49.699 he's, 00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:50.339 all those other 00:37:50.339 --> 00:37:50.639 things, 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:50.839 you know, 00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:51.739 he saved me 00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.179 from them 00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.259 and it's to receive 00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:54.199 this nourishment 00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.739 in this, 00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.139 at his hands 00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.599 that I, 00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:57.460 I need. 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:00.159 So I can, 00:38:00.379 --> 00:38:00.659 in fact, 00:38:00.759 --> 00:38:01.659 even if I twist 00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.339 it for my own 00:38:02.339 --> 00:38:02.879 flattery, 00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:03.420 but it's still 00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.379 good that's done 00:38:04.379 --> 00:38:04.940 and it's still 00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:06.259 truth which is said 00:38:06.259 --> 00:38:06.920 and it's still 00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.980 love that's shown 00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:09.219 and forgiveness 00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:10.279 that is practiced 00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:12.099 and hope 00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:13.119 that is restored 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.480 and justice 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.460 which is done 00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.559 and beauty 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.359 which is 00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:18.639 performed 00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.440 and spoken 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.679 and appreciated. 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.000 And if you could 00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.639 put up the final 00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.019 point, 00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:25.819 the final three 00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.420 verses end 00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:27.100 with a prayer, 00:38:27.600 --> 00:38:28.580 David conscious 00:38:28.580 --> 00:38:29.280 of the fact 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:29.880 that on one 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.220 hand, 00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.900 verses one 00:38:30.900 --> 00:38:31.200 to four 00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:31.960 describe him, 00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.420 on the other 00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:32.860 hand, 00:38:34.140 --> 00:38:34.980 verses five 00:38:34.980 --> 00:38:35.720 to nine 00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.660 are true 00:38:36.660 --> 00:38:37.580 and God 00:38:37.580 --> 00:38:38.120 is who he 00:38:38.120 --> 00:38:38.680 is and he 00:38:38.680 --> 00:38:39.580 saved me 00:38:39.580 --> 00:38:40.780 and in his 00:38:40.780 --> 00:38:41.740 saving of me 00:38:41.740 --> 00:38:43.019 he calls me 00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.940 and beckons me 00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:45.900 to eat of him 00:38:45.900 --> 00:38:47.120 and to drink 00:38:47.120 --> 00:38:47.800 at his hand 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.760 and eat at his 00:38:48.760 --> 00:38:49.140 hand. 00:38:50.080 --> 00:38:50.660 And so the 00:38:50.660 --> 00:38:51.940 final point 00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:52.720 is this prayer, 00:38:52.900 --> 00:38:53.559 Lord help me 00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.660 remember who I 00:38:54.660 --> 00:38:55.140 am. 00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.800 who you 00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.340 are 00:38:57.340 --> 00:38:58.880 and pray 00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.539 with trusting 00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.160 confidence. 00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.860 Lord help me 00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.700 remember who 00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:03.720 I am, 00:39:04.660 --> 00:39:05.660 who you 00:39:05.660 --> 00:39:06.280 are 00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:08.000 and I guess 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.460 I could add 00:39:08.460 --> 00:39:09.780 what you've 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:10.720 done for me 00:39:10.720 --> 00:39:12.120 and are doing 00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.800 for me. 00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.440 Help me to 00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.300 remember that 00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:15.680 and to pray 00:39:15.680 --> 00:39:16.380 with trusting 00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:17.160 confidence. 00:39:18.800 --> 00:39:19.440 Listen to how 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.080 it ends. 00:39:20.120 --> 00:39:20.660 It ends with a 00:39:20.660 --> 00:39:20.940 prayer. 00:39:21.840 --> 00:39:22.480 Verses 10 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.039 to 12 00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:25.500 Oh continue 00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.420 your steadfast 00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.579 love to 00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:27.980 those who 00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:28.519 know you 00:39:28.519 --> 00:39:29.380 and your 00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.840 righteousness 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.280 to the 00:39:30.280 --> 00:39:30.719 upright of 00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:31.039 heart. 00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.119 He's saying 00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.760 just continue 00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.699 Father to 00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.219 send that 00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.699 to me. 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.900 I desperately 00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.599 need, 00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:37.940 given how 00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.639 true verses 00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.280 1 to 4 00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.599 are, 00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.840 I need your 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.880 steadfast love 00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:43.559 and your 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.059 righteousness 00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:46.199 to continue 00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.880 to come to 00:39:46.880 --> 00:39:47.059 me. 00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.340 You see, 00:39:47.460 --> 00:39:47.900 at the end 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.320 of the day, 00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.699 it's only 00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:51.920 if it's as 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:53.179 verses 5 to 00:39:53.179 --> 00:39:53.940 9 become 00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:54.500 more real 00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.900 to our 00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:55.340 heart, 00:39:56.299 --> 00:39:56.779 that we 00:39:56.779 --> 00:39:57.139 have a 00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:57.659 place to 00:39:57.659 --> 00:39:59.000 stand to 00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.519 consider 00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.279 verses 1 00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.860 to 4 00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.480 in our 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:01.980 lives. 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:05.759 It's only 00:40:05.759 --> 00:40:06.219 as verses 00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:07.179 5 to 9 00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:07.880 become more 00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.400 real to 00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.059 our heart 00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:10.259 and our 00:40:10.259 --> 00:40:11.019 imagination 00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:12.099 and our 00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:12.960 affections 00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:14.279 that we 00:40:14.279 --> 00:40:14.619 can have 00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.340 the courage 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:16.000 to see 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.480 how verses 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.140 1 to 4 00:40:17.140 --> 00:40:17.539 are true 00:40:17.539 --> 00:40:17.820 in our 00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:18.260 lives. 00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.079 So he 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.500 begins by 00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:19.760 praying, 00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.200 verse 10, 00:40:20.240 --> 00:40:21.019 continue your 00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.780 steadfast love, 00:40:21.880 --> 00:40:22.539 continue that, 00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:24.600 have it come, 00:40:24.800 --> 00:40:25.079 Lord, I 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:25.539 need it, 00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:26.260 have your 00:40:26.260 --> 00:40:27.079 steadfast love 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.559 to those who 00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.079 know your 00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.079 righteousness 00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.500 to the 00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.880 upright of 00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.039 heart. 00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:30.640 Then he 00:40:30.640 --> 00:40:30.860 says, 00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:31.600 let not 00:40:31.600 --> 00:40:32.000 the foot 00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.559 of arrogance 00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.420 come upon 00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.600 me. 00:40:33.640 --> 00:40:33.820 In other 00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:33.980 words, 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:35.200 don't let 00:40:35.200 --> 00:40:35.680 arrogance, 00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.780 the image 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.220 is of 00:40:38.220 --> 00:40:39.300 somebody who's 00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:39.940 conquered another 00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.840 person and you 00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.200 have their 00:40:41.200 --> 00:40:42.180 foot on their 00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.420 net. 00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.760 He said, 00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:43.380 don't let 00:40:43.380 --> 00:40:44.200 me be defeated 00:40:44.200 --> 00:40:45.059 by arrogance 00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.639 or the 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:46.099 arrogant. 00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.259 And then it 00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:47.500 says, 00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:49.239 nor the 00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:49.679 hand of the 00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.279 wicked drive 00:40:50.279 --> 00:40:50.679 me away. 00:40:50.799 --> 00:40:51.139 Don't let 00:40:51.139 --> 00:40:51.860 me be so 00:40:51.860 --> 00:40:52.579 completely and 00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.440 utterly consumed 00:40:53.440 --> 00:40:53.940 by my 00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.219 culture that I 00:40:55.219 --> 00:40:55.739 turn my 00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.480 back on you, 00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.559 that I think 00:40:57.559 --> 00:41:00.980 that I want 00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:01.500 to turn my 00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:02.019 back on 00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.880 following you 00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.420 and trusting 00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.739 you. 00:41:04.219 --> 00:41:04.799 Don't let 00:41:04.799 --> 00:41:06.699 that happen. 00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:08.039 And then the 00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:08.719 very final 00:41:08.719 --> 00:41:10.639 verse is 00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.259 in the 00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:11.579 original 00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:12.099 language. 00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.699 It's a 00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:14.659 prophetic perfect. 00:41:15.059 --> 00:41:16.360 It's a 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:16.699 way of 00:41:16.699 --> 00:41:17.679 expressing the 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.900 future as 00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.500 being so 00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:21.099 certain that 00:41:21.099 --> 00:41:21.739 you can use 00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.420 the past 00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:23.099 tense. 00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.480 And that's 00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:24.980 what it is in 00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.320 the original 00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.779 language. 00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:26.340 The last 00:41:26.340 --> 00:41:26.820 verse, 00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.139 it's something 00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:29.400 so certain 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:30.400 about the 00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:31.759 future that 00:41:31.759 --> 00:41:32.299 you can use 00:41:32.299 --> 00:41:32.860 the past 00:41:32.860 --> 00:41:33.360 tense. 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.059 There the 00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:36.059 evildoers 00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:37.039 lie fallen. 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:39.500 they are 00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.460 thrust down, 00:41:41.519 --> 00:41:42.440 unable to 00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:42.840 rise. 00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:45.099 They begin 00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:46.360 by describing 00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:47.139 the wicked 00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.619 as saying, 00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:47.920 we have 00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.380 nothing to 00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.719 dread. 00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:50.019 Judgment 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.440 of God. 00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.500 Good 00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.320 punchline in 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:53.759 a comedy 00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:54.279 routine. 00:41:55.920 --> 00:41:56.300 But the 00:41:56.300 --> 00:41:56.860 psalm ends 00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.279 with this 00:41:57.279 --> 00:41:57.659 prophetic 00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.920 insight of 00:41:58.920 --> 00:41:59.400 the future 00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.019 which is so 00:42:00.019 --> 00:42:00.599 certain the 00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:01.119 past tense 00:42:01.119 --> 00:42:01.500 can be 00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.880 used. 00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:03.539 But the 00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:03.980 point of 00:42:03.980 --> 00:42:04.760 this is 00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.260 not, 00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.720 the point 00:42:06.720 --> 00:42:07.160 of this 00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:07.780 is to 00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.680 have us 00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:08.860 say, 00:42:09.000 --> 00:42:09.280 Lord, 00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:10.200 I want 00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:11.960 to 5 00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.619 to 9, 00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.539 5 to 10, 00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.680 5 to 11, 00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:17.320 Lord, 00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:18.140 have mercy 00:42:18.140 --> 00:42:18.800 on me. 00:42:19.619 --> 00:42:20.500 Have mercy 00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:21.240 on me and 00:42:21.240 --> 00:42:21.880 may that be 00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:22.599 the story of 00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.200 my life and 00:42:23.200 --> 00:42:23.640 help me to 00:42:23.640 --> 00:42:24.260 grow in that. 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:24.980 And that's 00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.559 what God 00:42:25.559 --> 00:42:25.940 wants. 00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.360 That's why 00:42:26.360 --> 00:42:26.940 the scripture 00:42:26.940 --> 00:42:27.320 has been 00:42:27.320 --> 00:42:27.740 revealed. 00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:28.860 I invite you 00:42:28.860 --> 00:42:29.360 to stand. 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.980 And close 00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.519 with prayer. 00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.980 Let's pray. 00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.380 Father, 00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.000 it's a 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.700 sobering 00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:43.460 truth to 00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:44.119 be told 00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.519 how 00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.500 transgression 00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:47.019 is 00:42:47.019 --> 00:42:48.480 something that 00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:49.000 speaks to 00:42:49.000 --> 00:42:49.280 us, 00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:49.780 even to 00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.440 our very 00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.920 depths. 00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:52.260 And that 00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:53.019 self-flattery 00:42:53.019 --> 00:42:53.480 is something 00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:53.960 which we 00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.180 do, 00:42:54.240 --> 00:42:54.640 even to 00:42:54.640 --> 00:42:55.019 our very 00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:55.440 depths. 00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:56.920 And Father, 00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.440 we give 00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:57.920 you thanks 00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.460 and praise 00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.860 for your 00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.860 kindness that 00:42:59.860 --> 00:43:00.480 you both 00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.320 warn us 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:03.160 of our 00:43:03.160 --> 00:43:03.940 situation. 00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.880 But then, 00:43:06.120 --> 00:43:06.600 rather than 00:43:06.600 --> 00:43:07.080 just warning 00:43:07.080 --> 00:43:07.580 us and 00:43:07.580 --> 00:43:08.880 leading us 00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:11.280 to destruction, 00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:12.760 in your 00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:13.140 mercy, 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:13.860 you reveal 00:43:13.860 --> 00:43:14.340 who you 00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:15.620 are and 00:43:15.620 --> 00:43:16.019 you act 00:43:16.019 --> 00:43:16.440 to save 00:43:16.440 --> 00:43:16.760 us. 00:43:18.200 --> 00:43:18.840 And you 00:43:18.840 --> 00:43:19.200 let us 00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:19.800 know that 00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.440 your heart 00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.059 for us, 00:43:21.580 --> 00:43:22.300 even though 00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:23.140 one to four 00:43:23.140 --> 00:43:23.880 is all true 00:43:23.880 --> 00:43:24.320 of us, 00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:24.640 that your 00:43:24.640 --> 00:43:25.120 heart for 00:43:25.120 --> 00:43:26.600 us is 00:43:26.600 --> 00:43:26.860 that we 00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:27.320 would come 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.760 to you 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:29.140 and we 00:43:29.140 --> 00:43:29.620 would allow 00:43:29.619 --> 00:43:31.679 ourselves 00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.139 to be 00:43:32.139 --> 00:43:32.819 saved by 00:43:32.819 --> 00:43:33.079 you, 00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:35.440 that we 00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:35.980 might enter 00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.500 into a 00:43:36.500 --> 00:43:37.179 covenant of 00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.739 love with 00:43:37.739 --> 00:43:37.960 you, 00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.659 that you 00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.219 would be 00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.460 our 00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:41.339 Father in 00:43:41.339 --> 00:43:41.920 heaven who 00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.619 is sovereign 00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:43.319 over all 00:43:43.319 --> 00:43:43.880 the earth, 00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:44.299 but you 00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:44.759 are still 00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.500 our Father 00:43:45.500 --> 00:43:46.199 who loves 00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:47.159 us and 00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.900 cares for 00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:48.299 us and 00:43:48.299 --> 00:43:48.880 who will 00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:49.539 feed us 00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:49.940 and give 00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.639 us drink, 00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.339 that we 00:43:52.339 --> 00:43:52.900 might know 00:43:52.900 --> 00:43:53.539 the liberty 00:43:53.539 --> 00:43:54.119 of knowing 00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:54.440 you, 00:43:55.900 --> 00:43:57.039 both beginning 00:43:57.039 --> 00:43:57.559 now in 00:43:57.559 --> 00:43:58.139 this world 00:43:58.139 --> 00:43:59.400 and until 00:43:59.400 --> 00:43:59.840 the very 00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.300 end of 00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.639 the end 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:00.900 of the 00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.639 end when 00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:01.960 you bring 00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:02.179 in the 00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.539 new heaven 00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:02.779 and the 00:44:02.779 --> 00:44:03.219 new earth. 00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:04.559 And so 00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:04.820 Father, 00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.380 fan into 00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:05.920 flame within 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.380 us these 00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:06.679 deep 00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.320 longings. 00:44:08.759 --> 00:44:09.380 Help us 00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:11.000 Father to 00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:11.480 have Psalm 00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.480 36 rule 00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:12.779 in our 00:44:12.779 --> 00:44:13.159 hearts. 00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:13.779 And we 00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:14.579 ask this in 00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.059 the name of 00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:15.380 Jesus, 00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:15.900 your Son 00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.239 and our 00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:16.539 Savior. 00:44:17.480 --> 00:44:17.820 Amen.