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 Psalm 30, a Psalm of David, a song at the dedication of the temple.

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 I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

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 O Lord, my God, I cried to you for help and you have healed me.

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 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.

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 You restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit.

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 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints.

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 Give thanks to his holy name.

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 For his anger is but for a moment and his favor is for a lifetime.

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 Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

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 As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

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 By your favor, O Lord, you had made my mountain stand strong, but then you hid your face and I was dismayed.

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 To you, O Lord, I cry.

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 To the Lord, I plead for mercy.

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 What profit is there in my death if I go down to the pit?

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 Will the dust praise you?

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 Will it tell of your faithfulness?

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 Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me.

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 O Lord, be my helper.

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 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing.

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 You have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.

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 That my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.

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 Amen.

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 O Lord, my God.

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 I will give thanks to you forever.

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 Amen.

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 Well, how fitting is it for us to hear God's word from Psalm 30 on a special day like this one?

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 It was King David who authored it, which is always of special interest to us.

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 But he had a specific purpose for this song.

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 As you'll see in the superscription, he assigned it for worship at the dedication of the temple,

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 which was a service we read about a moment ago.

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 It actually took place quite a bit after his death.

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 The question is, why this song?

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 It says absolutely nothing about the temple.

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 Why would David write this one and put it to music and decide, even before his death,

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 that whenever the dedication of the house of God comes,

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 that this is what Israel should sing as part of their worship on that day?

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 What did David want to be foremost in Israel's worship on such a momentous day?

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 Well, it isn't a song of praise to the God who gives his people wonderful places in which they can worship.

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 That's not what the song is.

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 Certainly, we want to do that.

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 We want to praise God for his provision and for his faithfulness and the kindness and goodness of his hand

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 that would do such things, but that's not what the song praises the Lord for.

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 It's a song of praise to the God who rescues his people from death

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 in order that he might give them life.

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 That's what the song is about.

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 That's what David wanted to be foremost in Israel's mind.

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 Now, the setting of the psalm, it reminds us that David is reflecting on a time when he was as good as dead.

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 And as we read through it, we find that he felt he was as good as dead,

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 not because of some enemy in his life,

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 but because he was actually facing the judgment and the wrath of God for his sin.

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 Eventually, he repents.

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 And when he repented, God's anger was assuaged,

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 and God mercifully delivered David from this death.

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 And so, in response to this great salvation that God has given him,

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 he says in the end he will praise God forever.

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 His thanksgiving to God will always be on his lips for the rest of eternity

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 for this great gift of life and salvation.

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 So then, in the dedication of the temple,

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 the king then is leading his people in joyful worship

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 for a life that will never come to an end.

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 That's the theme of the psalm.

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 That's the summary of it.

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 The exact moment that David is recalling in his life isn't specified here,

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 but it's hard to ignore how closely this psalm tracks

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 with a specific moment in David's life.

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 You can read about it in 1 Chronicles 21.

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 It was a specific sin of David's life recorded for us

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 when he numbered the people.

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 It was a census that he engaged in

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 in order that he might determine

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 how many mighty warriors are actually at his disposal,

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 thinking that his victory and his triumph

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 would come at the hands of men,

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 which you would understand to be a great problem for the Lord.

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 It was a grievous act of pride.

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 It came in a season of prosperity,

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 and that comes through in the song as well.

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 And what we find when we read 1 Chronicles 21

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 is that God's judgment was severe.

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 In the end of it, 70,000 of those men that David numbered

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 were killed by a pestilence at the hand of the judgment of God.

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 The account ends with God mercifully staying his hand.

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 The angel of the Lord, we're told in that chapter,

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 is prepared to bring destruction to the city of Jerusalem.

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 The angel has situated himself on a place,

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 a threshing floor that belonged to a man named Ornan.

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 David and his company, they go to where this angel is,

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 and it's at that place that David cries out to God

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 and begs for him to stay his anger and to show mercy

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 and to kill no one else,

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 not to destroy the city of Jerusalem.

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 And God hears his cry,

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 and he stops his judgment.

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 And then he gives David a command

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 that he said, build an altar on that place

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 where the angel of the Lord was sending forth this destruction.

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 And that's exactly what David does.

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 He builds an altar,

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 and then he purchases Ornan's threshing floor,

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 and he designates the site of Ornan's threshing floor

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 to be the place where the future house of God,

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 the temple of Israel, would be built.

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 It's fitting then that when we come to Psalm 30,

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 that we would think of David's connection

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 between this psalm and the dedication of that very temple.

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 David wanted the people to remember on that day

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 not that God can prosper them to build magnificent structures.

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 He wanted them to remember on that day

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 that God is a God of mercy

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 and that salvation from his own wrath

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 is what he offers his people.

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 At the heart of the psalm is an invitation

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 to join in the king's praise.

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 It's a call for us to give praise to the God of life

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 for salvation from death

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 is given to all who will belong to him by faith.

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 And we know that this life

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 is provided through not David,

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 but the greater David, Jesus,

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 who ultimately fulfills the meaning of the psalm.

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 So then all of King Jesus' people

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 may then join him in his song of praise

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 to the God of life.

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 There's five stanzas in the psalm.

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 I'm gonna group them together into three sections.

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 In the first section,

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 we see that we are to praise the God

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 who raises the dead.

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 We praise the God who raises the dead.

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 Look at the first three verses.

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 I will extol you, O Lord,

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 for you have drawn me up

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 and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

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 O Lord, my God,

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 I cried to you for help

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 and you have healed me.

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 O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol.

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 That's the realm of the dead.

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 You restored me to life

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 from among those who go down to the pit.

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 The word pit there

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 is gonna be used later in the psalm,

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 but it's a different Hebrew word.

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 It means something different later in the psalm.

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 Here, it just means a pit,

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 a hole in the ground

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 where you put the dead body

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 and you commit it back to the earth.

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 David says,

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 you have restored me to life from that place

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 and from among those

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 who are placed in the ground

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 in order that they may decay

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 and be corrupted.

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 That this is a song of praise

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 is clear from the opening determination

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 that he will extol the Lord.

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 You'll notice the king's praise here,

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 David's praise,

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 it is not at all perfunctory.

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 He doesn't merely go through

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 the motions of worship

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 seen in dull

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 and routine acts of ritual.

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 So often we fall into Sunday by Sunday.

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 That is not what's happening in the psalm.

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 No, this praise is passionate.

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 It's sincere.

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 It's sincere.

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 It's enthusiastic.

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 Three times in the first three verses,

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 nine times overall for the whole song,

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 but three times in the first three verses,

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 he uses the covenant name of God.

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 One time adding in the intimately personal,

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 my God,

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 oh Lord,

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 oh Yahweh,

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 my God,

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 you have healed me.

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 You have brought me up.

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 You have restored me to life.

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 Why is that significant?

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 What God has done for David

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 is the outworking

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 of his covenant faithfulness.

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 He's fulfilling a promise

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 to David in this.

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 David recognizes that

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 and he employs this covenant name

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 that represents the faithfulness of God

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 and the covenant of God

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 to his king and to his people.

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 He's fulfilled that promise

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 and enthralled

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 by the goodness of God,

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 David responds

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 with this opening shout of praise

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 for what God has done for him.

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 But what exactly is it

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 that God has done for him?

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 How has he so fulfilled his covenant?

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 How has he so thrilled his king?

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 He's restored him to life

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 from certain death.

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 David here was not merely

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 on the brink of death,

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 but it was such a death

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 that comes from God's own wrath

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 against him.

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 It wasn't ordinary danger

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 in which we ask God

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 to simply rescue us

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 from worldly enemies.

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 God himself was the danger.

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 God himself was the one

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 against David

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 in this moment.

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 And knowing the severity of God,

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 David writes

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 as if he were truly dead.

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 And yet God raised him

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 from that death,

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 delivering him

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 from his own judgment.

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 He, quote,

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 drew him up from death

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 as one would draw water

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 out of a well.

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 Why?

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 So that David's enemies

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 and the enemies of God

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 would have no reason

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 to rejoice in his death.

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 That's not just death.

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 That's a specific kind of death

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 that would bring shame to David

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 and to the people of Israel

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 that would be able to rejoice

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 and say,

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 see, this God you've trusted in

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 is worthless.

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 That's what he's been drawn up from.

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 It's not just about dying.

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 It's about death by judgment.

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 Strikingly,

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 David speaks of it

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 in terms of resurrection.

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 In verse 3,

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 God has rescued

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 not merely his body

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 from danger,

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 he has rescued his soul

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 from the realm of the dead,

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 from the nether regions.

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 He has restored him to life

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 from the grave itself.

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 And for David,

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 this resurrection is metaphorical,

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 but it's not at all difficult

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 for us then to see

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 how Jesus fulfills the psalm

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 in its truest sense.

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 See, anytime,

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 this is why I say,

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 anytime we read the psalms of David

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 in particular,

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 they're of special interest to us

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 because as we look back historically

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 to the person of David,

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 it's as if we're seeing King David

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 there waving at us with one hand,

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 welcoming us in to his intimacy,

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 to his real experience.

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 But then with the other hand,

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 he's pointing us to someone else.

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 He's saying,

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 you can see what's happening here,

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 but it's fulfilled there.

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 And he's pointing toward the Lord Jesus,

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 the true and better David.

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 And that's what's happening here in the psalm.

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 David's life is foreshadowing

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 the death and the resurrection

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So then as we praise the God

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 who raises the dead,

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 we must first look with praise

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 to the resurrection of Jesus Christ

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 for that is how we know for sure

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 that God really is the one

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 who raises the dead.

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 But we can't miss where he moves

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 in this part of the song.

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 Verses four and five.

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 Notice,

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 David turns his attention to the people.

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 Sing praises to the Lord.

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 Lord,

00:14:19.079 --> 00:14:20.419
 all you his saints,

00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:23.100
 and give thanks to his holy name

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 for his anger

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 is but for a moment.

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 His favor though,

00:14:30.459 --> 00:14:31.980
 when you get his favor,

00:14:32.439 --> 00:14:33.539
 it's not temporary

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 like the judgment

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 that David experienced.

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 No,

00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:37.399
 it is life.

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 It's a lifetime.

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 It's never ending

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 is the implication here.

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 And he takes it further.

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 Weeping

00:14:44.579 --> 00:14:46.340
 may last for a night,

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 but the implication being

00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:48.519
 that night will eventually

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 come to an end

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 and it will break forth

00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:52.500
 into the joy of mourning

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 that has no end.

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 He invites us then

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 to join him

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:02.860
 in this praise.

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 A praise

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:06.259
 set on

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 the king's experience

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 of resurrection

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 before it is

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 our own experience

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 of resurrection

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 and life.

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 It's amazing.

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 It shows us

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 that this

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 resurrection power

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 is extended

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 to the king's people.

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 We may give

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 thanks to God

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 ourselves

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 because his

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 saving benefits

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 of mercy

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 and favor

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 are applied

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 to all his saints,

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 all those

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 who will love

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 and serve him

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 and obey him.

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 And of course

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 this blessing,

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 this blessed state,

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 it doesn't preclude

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 God's discipline.

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 Surely we do

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 at times

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 face his anger

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 and the consequences

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 of our sin.

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 Neither does it

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 deny the real

00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:54.279
 experience of grief.

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 Weeping does come

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 even for the saints.

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 But we may rest

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 in the fact

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 that our trials

00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:04.659
 are but momentary.

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 the favor

00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.419
 of the Lord,

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 the joy

00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:08.620
 of the Lord,

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 it has no end.

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 Even when it

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 comes to death

00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.199
 itself,

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 we understand

00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:16.139
 as saints

00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:16.620
 of God

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.699
 that that death

00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:19.659
 is but momentary.

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 It is a weeping

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 that lasts

00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.959
 only for a night

00:16:23.959 --> 00:16:25.719
 but breaks forth

00:16:25.719 --> 00:16:26.500
 into life.

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 And the life

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 that he gives,

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 it's true,

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 it's unending.

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 And those of us

00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:34.939
 who have received

00:16:34.939 --> 00:16:36.000
 it by faith

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.980
 must join

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.159
 the king's song

00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:39.100
 of praise

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.759
 to God

00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.839
 who raises

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 the dead.

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 This is not

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 the only reason

00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:44.480
 that we are

00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:45.559
 praising God

00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:45.779
 here.

00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.639
 We praise the God

00:16:46.639 --> 00:16:47.519
 who raises

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 the dead

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:48.419
 but then we

00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.279
 praise God

00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:50.639
 who responds

00:16:50.639 --> 00:16:51.500
 to our cries

00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:52.219
 for mercy.

00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.159
 Look at verses

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 six and seven.

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 As for me,

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 I said in my

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.600
 prosperity,

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 I shall never

00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:00.779
 be moved.

00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:03.639
 By your favor,

00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.180
 O Lord,

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 you made my

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.079
 mountain stand

00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.700
 strong

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 but then you

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 hid your face

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:11.740
 and I was

00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.180
 troubled.

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 I was dismayed.

00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.180
 In these two

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 stanzas,

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.660
 David is

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.599
 rewinding the

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.019
 tape,

00:17:20.500 --> 00:17:21.259
 so to speak.

00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:21.619
 Now,

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:22.119
 half the room

00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.460
 doesn't know

00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.079
 what that means

00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:25.000
 but those of you

00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.480
 who grew up

00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:26.099
 with blockbuster

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:27.639
 and cassette

00:17:27.639 --> 00:17:28.139
 tapes know

00:17:28.139 --> 00:17:28.679
 exactly what

00:17:28.679 --> 00:17:29.159
 that means.

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.319
 He's rewinding

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.879
 the tape,

00:17:30.959 --> 00:17:31.559
 so to speak,

00:17:31.639 --> 00:17:32.039
 so that he

00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:33.039
 might explain

00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:33.879
 the circumstances

00:17:33.879 --> 00:17:34.659
 that led

00:17:34.659 --> 00:17:35.419
 to the praise

00:17:35.419 --> 00:17:36.379
 that he gives

00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:36.819
 in the first

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 five verses.

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 Okay,

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 so we already

00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:39.259
 know from the

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.819
 beginning of the

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:40.139
 song,

00:17:40.459 --> 00:17:41.039
 God has given

00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.500
 him life

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:42.579
 and it's been

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 magnificent.

00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:43.980
 Now,

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.859
 after he's

00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:45.599
 established that,

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.240
 now he's

00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:46.959
 rewinding and

00:17:46.959 --> 00:17:47.279
 he's saying,

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 now let me

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 explain just a

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 little bit more

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.839
 about how this

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 all came about.

00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:50.959
 Let me explain

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 a little bit more

00:17:51.599 --> 00:17:52.459
 about what

00:17:52.459 --> 00:17:53.399
 actually was

00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:54.079
 happening.

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:56.039
 In a time

00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:56.699
 of blessing,

00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:58.879
 David grew

00:17:58.879 --> 00:18:00.159
 presumptuous

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:01.899
 and he acted

00:18:01.899 --> 00:18:02.500
 in pride.

00:18:03.419 --> 00:18:04.159
 I said in my

00:18:04.159 --> 00:18:04.699
 prosperity,

00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:05.960
 I shall never

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.519
 be moved.

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:09.359
 The implication

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.980
 is that he

00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.659
 began to think

00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.179
 of himself

00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:13.559
 as self-sufficient

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.439
 rather than

00:18:15.439 --> 00:18:16.299
 dependent on

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 grace.

00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.919
 God had given

00:18:18.919 --> 00:18:19.559
 him tremendous

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.359
 security,

00:18:20.919 --> 00:18:21.939
 but then

00:18:21.939 --> 00:18:22.740
 suddenly he

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.679
 hides his

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:24.440
 face from

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:24.740
 David.

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.539
 He removes

00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:27.039
 his blessing

00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:27.620
 so that

00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.680
 David feels

00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.500
 as he stands

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.380
 against the

00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:31.019
 wrath of God

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.340
 and the

00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:31.980
 judgment of

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.440
 God that

00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.200
 he is as

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 good as

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:35.140
 dead as

00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.580
 he stands

00:18:35.580 --> 00:18:36.080
 before the

00:18:36.080 --> 00:18:36.360
 Lord.

00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:37.380
 Why?

00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:38.820
 Because of

00:18:38.820 --> 00:18:39.120
 his own

00:18:39.120 --> 00:18:39.580
 sin.

00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.940
 He found

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.580
 himself to

00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:42.900
 be the

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.519
 object of

00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.880
 God's

00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:44.480
 wrath.

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.340
 It greatly

00:18:46.340 --> 00:18:46.940
 troubled him.

00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:47.259
 It should

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.840
 trouble you.

00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:52.240
 He wasn't

00:18:52.240 --> 00:18:52.579
 at the

00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.000
 brink of

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.599
 death because

00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.339
 of unfortunate

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:55.279
 circumstances.

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.799
 He wasn't

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.059
 at the

00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:57.439
 brink of

00:18:57.439 --> 00:18:58.039
 death because

00:18:58.039 --> 00:18:58.339
 of the

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:58.799
 threat of

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.259
 some human

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.559
 enemy.

00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:00.259
 He was

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:01.000
 facing the

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.480
 direct

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:02.099
 judgment

00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:03.199
 of the

00:19:03.199 --> 00:19:03.859
 holy God.

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.339
 And so

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.659
 it was

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.259
 with Jesus.

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:09.740
 His

00:19:09.740 --> 00:19:10.579
 crucifixion,

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:12.159
 despite what

00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:13.039
 some may

00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.659
 say,

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.339
 it wasn't

00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:14.759
 the result

00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:14.919
 of

00:19:14.919 --> 00:19:15.599
 misfortune.

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.059
 Neither

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.439
 was he

00:19:18.439 --> 00:19:19.079
 hopelessly

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:19.559
 caught up

00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:20.099
 in the

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.859
 machinations

00:19:20.859 --> 00:19:21.439
 of Jewish

00:19:21.439 --> 00:19:22.599
 leaders or

00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:23.240
 the tyranny

00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:24.500
 of Roman

00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:25.439
 oppression and

00:19:25.439 --> 00:19:25.939
 the way that

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:26.379
 they dealt

00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:26.740
 with who

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.159
 they thought

00:19:27.159 --> 00:19:28.539
 were criminals

00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.659
 and insurrectionists

00:19:29.659 --> 00:19:30.059
 of the day.

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.039
 That's not

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.699
 what's happening

00:19:31.699 --> 00:19:32.059
 there.

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.119
 On the

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:34.699
 cross,

00:19:35.339 --> 00:19:35.980
 Jesus was

00:19:35.980 --> 00:19:36.720
 the direct

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.339
 object of

00:19:38.339 --> 00:19:39.619
 God's just

00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:40.459
 wrath.

00:19:42.039 --> 00:19:42.779
 He didn't

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.319
 face the

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.319
 wrath of

00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:45.000
 Caiaphas.

00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:46.980
 He didn't

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.419
 face the

00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:47.859
 wrath of

00:19:47.859 --> 00:19:48.519
 the Pharisees.

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:48.740
 He didn't

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.159
 face the

00:19:49.159 --> 00:19:49.659
 wrath of

00:19:49.659 --> 00:19:50.679
 Pilate or

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:51.200
 of Caesar.

00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.720
 He faced

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.339
 the wrath

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.359
 of his

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.059
 own father.

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.559
 Only he

00:19:57.559 --> 00:19:58.099
 did not

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.700
 face that

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.359
 judgment as

00:19:59.359 --> 00:19:59.759
 a sinner

00:19:59.759 --> 00:20:00.359
 himself.

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.259
 He faced

00:20:01.259 --> 00:20:02.019
 that judgment

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.599
 from God

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.399
 as a sin

00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:04.579
 bearer.

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.339
 And in

00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:06.980
 bearing the

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.980
 just wrath

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.659
 of God,

00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.740
 Jesus stood

00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:10.639
 in the place

00:20:10.639 --> 00:20:11.200
 of sinners,

00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:12.119
 in the place

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.639
 of sinners

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.500
 like David.

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.480
 The place

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:15.939
 of sinners

00:20:15.939 --> 00:20:16.679
 like me

00:20:16.679 --> 00:20:17.980
 and the

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.480
 place of

00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.720
 sinners

00:20:18.720 --> 00:20:19.539
 like you.

00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.500
 How did

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.159
 David go

00:20:24.159 --> 00:20:24.659
 from the

00:20:24.659 --> 00:20:25.399
 object of

00:20:25.399 --> 00:20:25.759
 God's

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.179
 judgment

00:20:26.179 --> 00:20:27.519
 to

00:20:27.519 --> 00:20:28.339
 extolling

00:20:28.339 --> 00:20:29.039
 God for

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.460
 restoring him

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.079
 to life?

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.339
 The answer

00:20:32.339 --> 00:20:32.700
 is in his

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.079
 prayer.

00:20:33.879 --> 00:20:34.039
 Look at

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:34.480
 verses 8

00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.960
 to 10.

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:36.839
 To you,

00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:37.179
 O Lord,

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.700
 I cried,

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.119
 and to the

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.339
 Lord,

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:39.339
 I pled for

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 mercy.

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 And he

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 gives us

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 what he

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 prayed.

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 What profit

00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.119
 is there

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.480
 in my

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.919
 death

00:20:44.919 --> 00:20:46.220
 if I

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.559
 go down

00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:46.859
 to the

00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.099
 pit?

00:20:48.119 --> 00:20:48.399
 Now,

00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:48.759
 I told you

00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:49.379
 earlier in

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.839
 the psalm,

00:20:49.919 --> 00:20:50.240
 it uses

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.599
 the English

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.200
 word pit.

00:20:51.419 --> 00:20:51.619
 It's a

00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.099
 different Hebrew

00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.480
 word.

00:20:53.119 --> 00:20:53.419
 There it

00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:54.119
 actually means

00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:54.480
 a hole

00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:54.720
 in the

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.019
 ground.

00:20:55.879 --> 00:20:56.359
 Here it

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:56.740
 actually means

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.220
 corruption.

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 So maybe

00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.599
 you reflect

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.599
 on a psalm

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:01.359
 like Psalm

00:21:01.359 --> 00:21:01.859
 16,

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.819
 where David

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.279
 says you

00:21:03.279 --> 00:21:03.720
 will not

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.139
 let your

00:21:04.139 --> 00:21:04.819
 holy ones

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.659
 see corruption

00:21:05.659 --> 00:21:06.980
 or decay.

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.500
 That's

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.319
 quoted by

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.819
 Peter in

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.220
 Acts chapter

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.420
 2,

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.960
 that great

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.460
 sermon at

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:10.700
 the day

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.460
 of Pentecost.

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.360
 He uses

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:13.039
 that to

00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.000
 preach the

00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:14.460
 resurrection

00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.019
 of Jesus

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.339
 Christ.

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.200
 Same word

00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:16.799
 David's now

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.420
 using here.

00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.519
 For some

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:18.740
 reason,

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.620
 it's recorded

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.140
 for us here

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.700
 as pit,

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.160
 but it

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.779
 means corruption.

00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:22.980
 David

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.220
 says,

00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:23.819
 what profit

00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:24.279
 is there

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:25.620
 if I go

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:25.839
 to the

00:21:25.839 --> 00:21:26.200
 grave and

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:26.500
 I stay

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:26.779
 there?

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.259
 Will the

00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.559
 dust

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.120
 praise you?

00:21:31.339 --> 00:21:32.079
 Will what

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.700
 becomes of

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.259
 my body

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.819
 be any

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.940
 good to

00:21:34.940 --> 00:21:35.279
 you or

00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:35.660
 to anyone

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.039
 else,

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.339
 Lord?

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:38.460
 Will it

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:38.839
 tell of

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.019
 your

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.779
 faithfulness?

00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:40.819
 Hear,

00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:41.720
 O Lord,

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.299
 be merciful

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.940
 to me.

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.539
 O Lord,

00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.140
 be my

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.599
 helper.

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.180
 David

00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.819
 cries.

00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:51.599
 You've

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.019
 heard that

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.519
 dead men

00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:53.019
 tell no

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.480
 tales.

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.720
 They give

00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:56.299
 no praise

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.579
 either.

00:21:59.160 --> 00:22:00.039
 Don't be

00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.539
 mistaken.

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.480
 David isn't

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.339
 bribing God

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.980
 here as if

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.500
 God has

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.299
 this desperate

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:05.140
 need to

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:06.079
 be recognized

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:07.019
 by us.

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.139
 He doesn't

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:08.699
 need us.

00:22:09.419 --> 00:22:09.779
 That's not

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.319
 what David's

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.639
 doing.

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.559
 David knows

00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.439
 that God

00:22:14.439 --> 00:22:14.799
 will be

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.919
 glorified most

00:22:15.919 --> 00:22:16.659
 in showing

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.240
 mercy,

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.720
 fulfilling his

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.059
 covenant,

00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.500
 fulfilling his

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.179
 promise to

00:22:22.179 --> 00:22:22.480
 David,

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.139
 and preventing

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:24.740
 him from

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.579
 seeing this

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.579
 corruption,

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.819
 death maybe,

00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.439
 but not

00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.759
 eternal death,

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.199
 not corruption,

00:22:31.879 --> 00:22:32.779
 not decay.

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:33.039
 praying.

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.200
 We can hear

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.839
 Jesus

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.720
 pray this

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.139
 prayer,

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.940
 knowing that

00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.359
 there would

00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:42.200
 indeed be

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.740
 no profit

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:45.119
 for anyone

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:47.039
 if he were

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.599
 left in the

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:47.960
 grave.

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:50.379
 There would

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:50.839
 be neither

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.859
 glory for God,

00:22:51.940 --> 00:22:52.339
 neither would

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.960
 there be hope

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.460
 for any of

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.940
 the rest of

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.319
 us.

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.119
 You say,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.960
 when did

00:22:56.960 --> 00:22:57.639
 Jesus ever

00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.079
 pray a

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.500
 prayer like

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.899
 this?

00:22:58.900 --> 00:23:00.840
 listen to

00:23:00.840 --> 00:23:01.180
 the writer

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:01.740
 of Hebrews,

00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:03.100
 Hebrews 5,

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.640
 verse 7,

00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:04.259
 in the days

00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.560
 of his

00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:04.960
 flesh,

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:06.240
 Jesus offered

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.920
 up prayers

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:08.019
 and supplications

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.940
 with loud

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.820
 cries and

00:23:09.820 --> 00:23:10.780
 tears to

00:23:10.780 --> 00:23:11.440
 him who

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.000
 was able

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.680
 to save

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.080
 him from

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.620
 death,

00:23:13.860 --> 00:23:14.660
 and he

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.580
 was heard

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:17.440
 because of

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.300
 his reverence,

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.660
 and he

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.220
 became the

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.740
 source of

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.120
 eternal

00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.800
 salvation

00:23:22.800 --> 00:23:24.360
 to all

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:24.900
 who obey

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:25.220
 him,

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.560
 who obey

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:27.140
 the God

00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:28.280
 who raises

00:23:28.280 --> 00:23:28.880
 the dead.

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:30.080
 who will

00:23:30.080 --> 00:23:30.480
 come to

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.960
 the God

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.600
 who responds

00:23:32.600 --> 00:23:33.759
 to our

00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.420
 cries for

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.860
 mercy.

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.840
 Isn't that

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.180
 what we're

00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.840
 praising for

00:23:37.840 --> 00:23:38.120
 in the

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:38.440
 psalm?

00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:40.320
 These are

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.780
 the prayers

00:23:40.780 --> 00:23:41.100
 that we

00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.700
 repeatedly

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.400
 find God

00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:43.280
 responding to

00:23:43.280 --> 00:23:43.759
 throughout the

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.120
 Bible.

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.720
 Over and

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.019
 over,

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.519
 the people

00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:46.820
 that we

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.360
 feel God

00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.140
 see God

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:49.180
 drawing to

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.780
 are those

00:23:49.780 --> 00:23:50.120
 who are

00:23:50.120 --> 00:23:51.140
 humble and

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:52.120
 contrite and

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.380
 broken and

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:54.220
 poor in

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.640
 spirit.

00:23:57.040 --> 00:23:57.600
 Remember,

00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:58.440
 in Jesus'

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.160
 own life,

00:23:59.240 --> 00:24:00.320
 he shows

00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:00.640
 this,

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.200
 he shows

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.600
 the glory

00:24:01.600 --> 00:24:01.920
 of God

00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.220
 in this

00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:02.660
 way as

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.840
 he sits

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:05.019
 with sinners

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:06.160
 and prostitutes

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.980
 and publicans,

00:24:07.080 --> 00:24:07.539
 the people

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.340
 who the

00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.000
 Jews hated.

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.460
 He sat

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.779
 with them

00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:12.279
 at dinner,

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.820
 not to

00:24:12.820 --> 00:24:13.480
 condone their

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.279
 life or to

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.740
 condone their

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.080
 behavior,

00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:15.660
 but to

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.460
 call them

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.080
 away from

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.360
 it.

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.500
 The Pharisees,

00:24:18.660 --> 00:24:19.039
 those who

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.920
 were high-minded

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.680
 about themselves,

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.059
 who thought

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.880
 much of

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:22.640
 themselves and

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.180
 their religion

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.640
 would come

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.039
 by and

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.140
 said,

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:24.980
 why on

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:25.560
 earth would

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:25.980
 you sit

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.680
 with them?

00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.800
 To which

00:24:27.800 --> 00:24:28.680
 he responds,

00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:32.000
 a healthy

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.480
 man needs

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.060
 no physician,

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:35.520
 only a

00:24:35.520 --> 00:24:36.120
 sick man.

00:24:37.020 --> 00:24:37.820
 I didn't

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.360
 come to

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.880
 call those

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.200
 who think

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.400
 they're

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:39.759
 righteous.

00:24:40.780 --> 00:24:41.480
 I came

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.100
 for those

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.480
 who know

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.100
 they're not.

00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.400
 That's who

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.140
 God responds

00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.780
 to, not

00:24:47.780 --> 00:24:48.100
 to the

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.759
 arrogant and

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.500
 the prideful,

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.060
 those who

00:24:50.060 --> 00:24:50.440
 think they

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.840
 have their

00:24:50.840 --> 00:24:51.480
 life together,

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.000
 those who

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.400
 think they're

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:52.560
 going to

00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:52.980
 be good,

00:24:53.080 --> 00:24:53.500
 those who

00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.500
 assume

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.759
 arrogantly

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.240
 that God

00:24:57.240 --> 00:24:59.380
 will reward

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.980
 those who

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.300
 do their

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.900
 best and

00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:01.320
 try their

00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.700
 hardest.

00:25:01.820 --> 00:25:02.360
 That is not

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.700
 the God

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:02.900
 of the

00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.180
 Bible.

00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:03.860
 He does

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.660
 not reward

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.120
 you.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.420
 He gifts

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:09.180
 you with

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.960
 grace and

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.620
 that grace

00:25:10.620 --> 00:25:11.540
 is received

00:25:11.540 --> 00:25:12.880
 through this

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:13.400
 kind of

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.060
 penitence.

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.880
 They are the

00:25:15.880 --> 00:25:16.360
 humble,

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.320
 penitent

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.980
 prayers of

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.500
 those who

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.080
 set their

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.920
 hope on

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.460
 the mercy

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.060
 of God,

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.180
 not setting

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:22.759
 their hope

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.160
 on what

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.740
 they think

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.140
 may be

00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.460
 good in

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.060
 themselves.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.200
 The Bible

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:27.160
 echoes again

00:25:27.160 --> 00:25:27.600
 and again

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.060
 that our

00:25:28.060 --> 00:25:28.620
 righteousness

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.400
 is like a

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.380
 filthy rag

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.019
 to God.

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.940
 It means

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.840
 nothing to

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:33.279
 Him.

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.820
 Our

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.279
 righteousness

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.820
 is not

00:25:36.820 --> 00:25:37.340
 our own.

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.060
 If you

00:25:38.060 --> 00:25:38.480
 have any

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:38.880
 hope,

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.580
 it won't

00:25:39.580 --> 00:25:40.180
 be because

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.680
 you stand

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.299
 before Him

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.660
 and say,

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:41.840
 well,

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.340
 look at how

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 I live

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:43.660
 my life,

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:43.920
 God,

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.220
 and He

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.720
 rewards you.

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 It won't

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.500
 happen.

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:47.000
 We just

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.660
 sang about

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:47.880
 it.

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 When Satan

00:25:49.140 --> 00:25:49.759
 tempts me

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.539
 to despair

00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.579
 and tells

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.240
 me of

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.940
 the guilt

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:53.279
 within,

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:53.839
 my real

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.139
 guilt,

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.639
 my own

00:25:54.639 --> 00:25:55.180
 sin,

00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.519
 upward I

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:57.960
 look and

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.619
 see Him

00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:00.180
 there who

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:00.599
 made an

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:00.920
 end to

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.339
 all my

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.700
 sin.

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.779
 Because the

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.460
 sinless

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.659
 Savior died,

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:07.480
 my sinful

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.379
 soul is

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:09.259
 counted free.

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.440
 For God,

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.139
 the just

00:26:11.139 --> 00:26:11.420
 one,

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.440
 is satisfied

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:13.500
 to look

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:14.299
 on Him

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.460
 and pardon

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.859
 me.

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.740
 Not to

00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.079
 look on

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.440
 me,

00:26:18.159 --> 00:26:18.599
 to look

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.259
 on Him.

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.579
 Who

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.039
 is it

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.459
 that God

00:26:21.459 --> 00:26:22.039
 responds

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.259
 to?

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.579
 Whose

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.240
 prayers

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.199
 does God

00:26:24.199 --> 00:26:24.759
 actually

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:25.219
 hear?

00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.539
 Not the

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.000
 prayers of

00:26:27.000 --> 00:26:27.599
 the spiritually

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:28.119
 arrogant,

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.000
 but the

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.480
 prayers of

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:30.000
 the humble,

00:26:30.439 --> 00:26:30.939
 those who

00:26:30.939 --> 00:26:31.539
 cry out

00:26:31.539 --> 00:26:32.299
 for mercy.

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.959
 Don't you

00:26:33.959 --> 00:26:34.719
 realize that

00:26:34.719 --> 00:26:35.519
 God invites

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.879
 you to

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.500
 do this?

00:26:37.959 --> 00:26:38.399
 Isaiah

00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.899
 1,

00:26:39.139 --> 00:26:39.759
 18,

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.119
 come now,

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:41.899
 let us

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.879
 reason together,

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.459
 says the

00:26:43.459 --> 00:26:43.759
 Lord.

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.459
 Though your

00:26:45.459 --> 00:26:45.939
 sins are

00:26:45.939 --> 00:26:46.779
 like scarlet,

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:48.319
 I will

00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.779
 make them

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.220
 white as

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.660
 snow.

00:26:50.899 --> 00:26:51.960
 He invites

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.339
 you,

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:53.940
 come to

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:55.599
 Him to

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.379
 receive this

00:26:56.379 --> 00:26:56.859
 mercy.

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.759
 Micah 7,

00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.879
 who is a

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.399
 God like

00:27:00.399 --> 00:27:00.720
 you,

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.440
 pardoning

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.000
 iniquity,

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.019
 passing

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.480
 over

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.680
 transgression

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.139
 for the

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:06.980
 remnant of

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.519
 your people.

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.139
 He does

00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.759
 not retain

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.220
 His anger

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.680
 forever,

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.859
 but He

00:27:11.859 --> 00:27:12.660
 delights

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:14.319
 in steadfast

00:27:14.319 --> 00:27:14.879
 love.

00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:17.840
 Psalm

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.440
 130,

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.260
 3 and

00:27:19.260 --> 00:27:19.580
 4,

00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:19.980
 if you,

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.380
 O Lord,

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:20.940
 should mark

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.400
 iniquities,

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:22.600
 if you

00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.100
 should count

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.760
 sins,

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.100
 O Lord,

00:27:25.160 --> 00:27:25.440
 who could

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.940
 stand?

00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:27.060
 Answer,

00:27:27.620 --> 00:27:28.360
 no one.

00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.700
 But the

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.020
 psalmist

00:27:32.020 --> 00:27:32.560
 continues,

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:34.440
 but with

00:27:34.440 --> 00:27:35.000
 you there is

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.420
 forgiveness,

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.680
 that you

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.080
 may be

00:27:38.080 --> 00:27:38.400
 feared,

00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:38.700
 that you

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.040
 may be

00:27:39.040 --> 00:27:39.740
 loved and

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.960
 obeyed and

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.620
 revered,

00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:43.100
 not merely

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.620
 because of

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.220
 your greatness,

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.819
 but because

00:27:44.819 --> 00:27:45.160
 of your

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:46.000
 mercy.

00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:49.360
 Lamentations

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.740
 3,

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.559
 21 and

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.600
 23,

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.220
 but this

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.600
 I call

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:53.039
 to mind

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.480
 and therefore

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.920
 I have

00:27:53.920 --> 00:27:54.279
 hope,

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.559
 that the

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.059
 steadfast

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.440
 love of

00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:56.759
 the Lord

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.420
 never ceases.

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.039
 His

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.539
 mercies

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.100
 never come

00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:00.400
 to an

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.620
 end,

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:00.920
 they're

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.620
 new every

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:01.920
 morning,

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.640
 great is

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:02.960
 your

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:04.339
 faithfulness,

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.620
 O God.

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.779
 Or if you

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.100
 need a

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.620
 New Testament

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.220
 passage,

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.940
 how about

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.279
 Jesus'

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.000
 own words

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.380
 in Matthew

00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.819
 11,

00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.559
 come to

00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.819
 me,

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.480
 all who

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:12.920
 labor and

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.360
 are heavy

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:13.860
 laden,

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.660
 who's he

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.299
 talking to?

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.819
 He's talking

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.220
 to all of

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.620
 those people

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:18.799
 who are

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.420
 working so

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.480
 hard to

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.079
 earn something

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.500
 from God

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.799
 that they'll

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:22.259
 never be able

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.620
 to earn.

00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:25.140
 He says,

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.500
 you,

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:26.740
 come to

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.079
 me,

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.500
 I'll give

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.940
 you rest

00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.339
 from those

00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:29.880
 laborers.

00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.680
 Come to

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.180
 me and you

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.559
 will find

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.120
 rest for

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.640
 your soul.

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.079
 Perhaps you

00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:38.539
 would prefer

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.960
 Paul.

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.900
 Whosoever

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.620
 will call upon

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.039
 the name of

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.380
 the Lord,

00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.580
 will be

00:28:44.580 --> 00:28:44.920
 saved.

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.480
 Perhaps you

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:46.000
 like Andy's

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.580
 passage better

00:28:46.580 --> 00:28:47.160
 from earlier

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:47.640
 in the

00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.060
 service.

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.240
 If you

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:51.560
 say you

00:28:51.560 --> 00:28:51.900
 have no

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.100
 sin,

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.360
 you're a

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:52.600
 liar.

00:28:53.540 --> 00:28:54.220
 But if you

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.880
 confess your

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.120
 sin,

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.580
 he is

00:28:56.580 --> 00:28:57.000
 faithful

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.400
 and just

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.200
 and will

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.760
 forgive your

00:28:59.760 --> 00:29:00.900
 sin and

00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.520
 will cleanse

00:29:01.520 --> 00:29:03.200
 you from

00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.400
 all unrighteousness.

00:29:05.760 --> 00:29:06.060
 Our

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.820
 righteousness is

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:07.140
 not our

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.420
 own.

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:08.400
 It's an

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:08.660
 alien

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.140
 righteousness.

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:09.980
 It's

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.580
 imputed

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:11.300
 onto us.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:11.639
 It's the

00:29:11.639 --> 00:29:12.059
 righteousness

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.839
 of Christ.

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.220
 As he

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.579
 stands

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.059
 condemned

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.440
 in our

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.000
 place,

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.579
 he then

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.079
 puts his

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.539
 righteousness

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:20.019
 on his

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.319
 people.

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.240
 David can

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.220
 extol God

00:29:23.220 --> 00:29:23.819
 who raises

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:24.379
 the dead

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.879
 because he

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.519
 had personally

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.299
 experienced

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.180
 God who

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:28.039
 responds to

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:28.680
 our cries

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.319
 for mercy.

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.779
 And it's

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.379
 because of

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.059
 this experience

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.480
 that he

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.119
 could affirm

00:29:34.119 --> 00:29:35.079
 that God's

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.779
 anger is

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.419
 indeed only

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:36.819
 for a

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.099
 moment,

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.720
 but his

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.419
 favor is

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:38.960
 life.

00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.800
 God saves

00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:41.960
 from himself,

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.039
 mind you.

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.140
 He saves

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.200
 from himself

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:46.080
 all who

00:29:46.080 --> 00:29:46.720
 will acknowledge

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.480
 their sin,

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.560
 turn to him

00:29:48.560 --> 00:29:49.140
 in faith,

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.900
 and seek

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.519
 his mercy.

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.560
 And those

00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.100
 who have

00:29:52.100 --> 00:29:52.880
 received it

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:54.060
 can thus

00:29:54.060 --> 00:29:55.340
 join in

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:55.940
 this song

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.440
 of praise.

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.019
 But you

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.680
 can't join

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.140
 this song

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.580
 of praise

00:29:58.580 --> 00:29:59.080
 until you've

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.700
 gotten there.

00:30:00.680 --> 00:30:01.100
 Notice

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.620
 again,

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.400
 verse 4,

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.160
 who is it

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.700
 that's called

00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.160
 to join

00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.519
 the king

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.820
 in this

00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:05.279
 praise?

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:05.920
 Not

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.380
 everyone.

00:30:06.380 --> 00:30:08.360
 Not

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:08.720
 everyone.

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.720
 His

00:30:10.720 --> 00:30:11.180
 saints,

00:30:12.100 --> 00:30:13.040
 those who

00:30:13.040 --> 00:30:13.620
 have done

00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:14.300
 as David

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.880
 has done,

00:30:15.020 --> 00:30:15.380
 those who

00:30:15.380 --> 00:30:15.700
 will look

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.320
 to Christ

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:17.900
 by faith

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:19.140
 and will

00:30:19.140 --> 00:30:19.540
 love the

00:30:19.540 --> 00:30:19.940
 Lord and

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.440
 trust him

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.760
 and cry

00:30:20.760 --> 00:30:21.080
 out for

00:30:21.080 --> 00:30:21.560
 his mercy.

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.760
 That's

00:30:22.760 --> 00:30:23.040
 who can

00:30:23.040 --> 00:30:23.440
 sing the

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.700
 song.

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.160
 So we

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.800
 praise God

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.300
 who raises

00:30:26.300 --> 00:30:26.860
 the dead.

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:27.900
 We praise

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.400
 God who

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.060
 responds to

00:30:29.060 --> 00:30:29.540
 our cries

00:30:29.540 --> 00:30:30.140
 for mercy.

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.500
 Finally,

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.120
 we praise

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:33.120
 God who

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.660
 rejoices

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.440
 our hearts.

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:35.740
 Rejoices

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.320
 our hearts.

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.180
 Verses 11

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.720
 and 12.

00:30:39.540 --> 00:30:40.080
 It's wonderful

00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:40.400
 here.

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.700
 David moves

00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:42.280
 on from this

00:30:42.280 --> 00:30:43.000
 experience and

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.460
 he returns

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.000
 to praise.

00:30:44.340 --> 00:30:44.600
 You have

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.400
 turned for

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.720
 me my

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.580
 mourning into

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:48.140
 dancing.

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.160
 That's why we

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.640
 know David

00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:50.080
 wasn't a

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.380
 Baptist.

00:30:51.760 --> 00:30:52.580
 You have

00:30:52.580 --> 00:30:53.240
 loosed my

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.100
 sackcloth.

00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:55.440
 You've

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.120
 clothed me

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.180
 with gladness.

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.900
 Why?

00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:01.320
 So that

00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:02.080
 my glory

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:03.480
 may sing

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.320
 your praise

00:31:04.320 --> 00:31:05.420
 and never

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:06.060
 be silent.

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.640
 And then

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.120
 there's this

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:08.760
 promise he

00:31:08.760 --> 00:31:09.060
 gives.

00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:10.680
 Oh Lord,

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.900
 my God,

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.760
 I will

00:31:13.760 --> 00:31:14.320
 give thanks

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:14.900
 to you

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.800
 forever.

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.480
 God's

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.840
 judgment,

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.780
 it clothes

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.220
 us in

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.640
 grief.

00:31:24.320 --> 00:31:24.580
 You

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:24.980
 consider

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.500
 your sin

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.800
 when you

00:31:25.800 --> 00:31:26.280
 really

00:31:26.280 --> 00:31:26.980
 confront

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.480
 the glory

00:31:28.480 --> 00:31:29.060
 of God

00:31:29.060 --> 00:31:29.460
 and God

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:30.260
 confronts you

00:31:30.260 --> 00:31:30.660
 with that

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:31.080
 glory.

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.179
 glory,

00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.379
 you should

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.279
 be dismayed.

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.939
 It should

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.339
 bring you

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.720
 grief.

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.980
 That's why

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.480
 our service

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:37.960
 is structured

00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.279
 the way

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:38.500
 that it

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.679
 is.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.159
 We begin

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.859
 by looking

00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.199
 to the

00:31:40.199 --> 00:31:40.439
 greatness

00:31:40.439 --> 00:31:40.879
 of God

00:31:40.879 --> 00:31:41.139
 and then

00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.519
 immediate

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.000
 from there

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.319
 we go

00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:43.319
 to humility

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.659
 and a

00:31:43.659 --> 00:31:44.039
 confession

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.579
 of sin.

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.399
 Because to

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.960
 really see

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.359
 God for

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:48.019
 who he is

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.699
 means you're

00:31:48.699 --> 00:31:49.039
 really going

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:49.339
 to see

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.980
 yourself for

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.339
 who you

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:50.980
 are and

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.359
 that will

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.960
 produce

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.059
 grief.

00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:55.000
 His

00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.439
 judgment,

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.000
 it closes

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.480
 with grief.

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.839
 But when

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.480
 we turn

00:31:57.480 --> 00:31:58.319
 to him

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.860
 in repentance

00:31:58.860 --> 00:31:59.420
 and faith

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.680
 he removes

00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.819
 the sackcloth

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.839
 of our guilt.

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:03.860
 But he

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.319
 doesn't just

00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:05.220
 remove the

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.700
 sackcloth

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.299
 of our guilt

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.960
 he puts

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.460
 in its

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.059
 place

00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:09.839
 the joy

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.220
 of our

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.839
 salvation.

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.079
 He clothes

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.720
 us then

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.200
 with gladness

00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:15.120
 and the

00:32:15.120 --> 00:32:15.860
 fruit of

00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.960
 this gladness

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.160
 is endless

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:18.880
 praise.

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.400
 Those

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:22.059
 whom God

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.640
 has made

00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.220
 glad

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:24.019
 cannot

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.819
 help

00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.860
 but sing

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.839
 his praise

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.959
 not merely

00:32:27.959 --> 00:32:28.479
 with their

00:32:28.479 --> 00:32:29.019
 lips

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.879
 but with

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.479
 their whole

00:32:30.479 --> 00:32:31.319
 being.

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.059
 This

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.299
 praise,

00:32:34.479 --> 00:32:35.500
 this promise

00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:36.039
 of worship

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:36.699
 here moves

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:37.719
 beyond merely

00:32:37.719 --> 00:32:38.959
 singing a set

00:32:38.959 --> 00:32:39.500
 of songs

00:32:39.500 --> 00:32:40.019
 on a Sunday

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.439
 morning.

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:41.839
 If that's

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.359
 all this

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.099
 was this

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.479
 would not

00:32:43.479 --> 00:32:43.799
 be as

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.259
 exciting

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.599
 as it

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:44.899
 actually

00:32:44.899 --> 00:32:45.359
 is.

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.000
 It's

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.359
 not just

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.079
 about that.

00:32:47.959 --> 00:32:48.659
 It's a

00:32:48.659 --> 00:32:49.939
 life that

00:32:49.939 --> 00:32:50.639
 is wholly

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.359
 dedicated

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.139
 to God's

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:52.559
 glory.

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.339
 It is

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.159
 the genuine

00:32:54.159 --> 00:32:54.899
 fruit

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:56.700
 of real

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.540
 salvation.

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.880
 Not only

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.519
 the song

00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:00.860
 that you

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:01.360
 sing

00:33:01.360 --> 00:33:01.800
 but the

00:33:01.800 --> 00:33:02.259
 life

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.880
 that you

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.540
 live

00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:04.080
 and the

00:33:04.080 --> 00:33:04.540
 way that

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:05.180
 you obey

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.480
 him

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:05.740
 and the

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.120
 way that

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.660
 you love

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:06.900
 him

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.140
 and the

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.440
 way that

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:07.860
 you love

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.540
 his people

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:08.920
 and his

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.460
 church

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:09.780
 and the

00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:10.580
 way that

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:11.120
 you commit

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.519
 yourself

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.200
 to worship

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.600
 and the

00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:13.000
 way that

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.759
 you commit

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.240
 yourself

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.759
 and all

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.120
 that you

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.640
 do not

00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:16.019
 for your

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.259
 own

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.600
 pleasure

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:16.980
 but for

00:33:16.980 --> 00:33:17.140
 the

00:33:17.140 --> 00:33:17.620
 pleasure

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:18.259
 of the

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.540
 God

00:33:18.540 --> 00:33:18.860
 who has

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.160
 given

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.380
 you

00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:19.860
 life.

00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:21.360
 That's

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.820
 what this

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.360
 is.

00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:25.959
 Consider

00:33:25.959 --> 00:33:26.479
 your own

00:33:26.479 --> 00:33:26.939
 life for

00:33:26.939 --> 00:33:27.539
 a moment.

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:35.019
 Is your

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.819
 life truly

00:33:35.819 --> 00:33:36.819
 dedicated to

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.199
 God's

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.599
 glory?

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.659
 Not because

00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.240
 you think

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:42.059
 in some

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:42.519
 kind of

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.979
 commitment

00:33:42.979 --> 00:33:43.419
 you will

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:44.179
 earn something

00:33:44.179 --> 00:33:44.599
 from him

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.459
 but because

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:46.659
 you cannot

00:33:46.659 --> 00:33:47.379
 help but

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.199
 recognize what

00:33:48.199 --> 00:33:48.699
 he has done

00:33:48.699 --> 00:33:49.199
 for you

00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:50.319
 and you

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.660
 will give

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.279
 your life

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.500
 to his

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.920
 glory

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:54.340
 and to

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:54.960
 his gospel.

00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:55.819
 Is that

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.480
 your life?

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:58.039
 That's the

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.920
 Christian life.

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.580
 That's what

00:34:01.580 --> 00:34:02.100
 it means to

00:34:02.100 --> 00:34:02.340
 be a

00:34:02.340 --> 00:34:02.720
 Christian.

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:03.940
 It means

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.660
 to recognize

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.140
 the goodness

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.799
 of Christ

00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.559
 and live

00:34:06.559 --> 00:34:06.980
 the rest

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.240
 of your

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.700
 days in

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.079
 light of

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.380
 that.

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.440
 Has

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.119
 he turned

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.579
 your mourning

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.440
 into dancing?

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.280
 has

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:21.820
 he turned

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.039
 your

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.559
 weeping

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.880
 into joy

00:34:23.880 --> 00:34:25.039
 and your

00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.559
 sorrow

00:34:25.559 --> 00:34:26.679
 into

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.420
 gladness?

00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:31.920
 And if

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.360
 you believe

00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:33.059
 he has

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.099
 the question

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.579
 is

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.840
 is that

00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.360
 actually

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:37.320
 evidenced

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.119
 in the

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.619
 fruit of

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.019
 the life

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.320
 that you

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:39.700
 live

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.720
 and in

00:34:40.720 --> 00:34:41.019
 the way

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.380
 that you

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.700
 worship

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:42.800
 or in

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.099
 whether or

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.340
 not you

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.679
 worship

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.179
 at all?

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:48.279
 Perhaps

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:48.500
 you've

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.779
 come here

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.279
 this morning

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.079
 thinking that

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.980
 everything is

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.339
 good but

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:51.899
 the reality

00:34:51.899 --> 00:34:52.339
 is your

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:53.019
 life proves

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.440
 that everything

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.919
 is not

00:34:53.919 --> 00:34:54.199
 good.

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:55.819
 You may

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.199
 feel good

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.899
 about it

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:58.719
 but it's

00:34:58.719 --> 00:34:59.099
 not very

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.440
 good.

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.980
 David

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.460
 ends the

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:03.940
 song with

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.559
 a promise.

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.399
 He will

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:06.899
 give thanks

00:35:06.899 --> 00:35:07.259
 to God

00:35:07.259 --> 00:35:07.639
 forever.

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.379
 How can

00:35:08.379 --> 00:35:08.659
 he do

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:08.940
 that?

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.079
 Is that

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.519
 not its

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.000
 own kind

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.599
 of presumption

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.199
 and pride

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.159
 that he

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.879
 would expect

00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.900
 to live

00:35:14.900 --> 00:35:15.300
 forever?

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.300
 Well that

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:19.039
 promise is

00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:20.220
 rooted in

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:20.700
 a promise

00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:21.300
 from God

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:22.619
 that for

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:22.980
 David

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:24.320
 there will

00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:24.760
 be a

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.160
 forever

00:35:25.160 --> 00:35:26.440
 in which

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.860
 he may

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.539
 give thanks

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:29.099
 and he

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.599
 is committed

00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:30.059
 to doing

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.760
 just that.

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.660
 He

00:35:32.660 --> 00:35:33.380
 anticipates

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.820
 here a

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.740
 more profound

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.860
 salvation

00:35:35.860 --> 00:35:36.500
 that goes

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:37.000
 beyond

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.500
 whatever

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.460
 earthly

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.260
 experience

00:35:39.260 --> 00:35:39.940
 provides the

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.300
 background

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.680
 of this

00:35:40.680 --> 00:35:40.960
 song.

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.180
 It's

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:41.760
 moving

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.380
 past that.

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:42.599
 That's

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:42.880
 not what

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.139
 he has

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.500
 in mind

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:43.779
 at the

00:35:43.779 --> 00:35:44.059
 end.

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:46.339
 Because

00:35:46.339 --> 00:35:46.900
 God

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.119
 has

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.500
 delivered

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.759
 him

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:48.279
 from

00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.759
 death

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:49.339
 he

00:35:49.339 --> 00:35:49.980
 believes

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.480
 truly

00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:50.779
 that

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.079
 God

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.279
 will

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.619
 also

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:51.980
 deliver

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.339
 him

00:35:52.339 --> 00:35:53.279
 through

00:35:53.279 --> 00:35:53.799
 death.

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.079
 This is

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.579
 what Paul

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.839
 is on

00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:57.099
 about.

00:35:57.199 --> 00:35:57.460
 In 1

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.819
 Corinthians

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:58.519
 15 he

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:58.839
 says

00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.739
 the last

00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.079
 enemy

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.500
 to be

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.019
 destroyed

00:36:01.019 --> 00:36:01.679
 is

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.219
 death.

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:02.839
 That

00:36:02.839 --> 00:36:03.179
 means

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.460
 you

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.819
 will

00:36:03.819 --> 00:36:04.339
 die.

00:36:06.779 --> 00:36:07.339
 Victory

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:07.960
 is not

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.659
 in avoiding

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.099
 that.

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:09.859
 Victory

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.399
 is coming

00:36:10.399 --> 00:36:10.980
 through

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.539
 that

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.539
 to receive

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.139
 a life

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:13.879
 that moves

00:36:13.879 --> 00:36:14.299
 beyond

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.799
 this one.

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.639
 That's

00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:16.239
 what David's

00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:16.619
 on about

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.920
 at the

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.239
 end.

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.839
 How could

00:36:18.839 --> 00:36:19.159
 we be

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.480
 hopeful

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.019
 for such

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.359
 a thing?

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.379
 The hope

00:36:21.379 --> 00:36:21.759
 of this

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:22.099
 eternal

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.539
 life

00:36:22.539 --> 00:36:23.599
 is assured

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:24.019
 to us

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.319
 in the

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:24.839
 resurrection

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.579
 of Christ

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.579
 who ultimately

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.299
 fulfills

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.799
 David's

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.399
 words here.

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.379
 Christopher

00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:30.819
 Ash

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.639
 writes so

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:32.159
 helpfully,

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.119
 David's

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.799
 rescue from

00:36:33.799 --> 00:36:34.399
 death was

00:36:34.399 --> 00:36:34.799
 somehow

00:36:34.799 --> 00:36:35.779
 necessary for

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:36.139
 the glory

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:36.619
 of God

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.420
 and yet

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.980
 David

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.639
 died.

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:42.539
 Do you

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:42.900
 see what

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.539
 David is

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.940
 promising

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:44.539
 here is

00:36:44.539 --> 00:36:45.019
 not that

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.759
 if you

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.819
 just do

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:47.119
 everything

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.480
 that he's

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.839
 telling you

00:36:47.839 --> 00:36:48.179
 to do

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.559
 you will

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:48.739
 never

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.019
 actually

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.379
 die.

00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:50.239
 That God

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.619
 will never

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.420
 allow you

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.199
 to actually

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:53.339
 face death

00:36:53.339 --> 00:36:53.859
 itself.

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.599
 That's not

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:54.980
 what the

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:55.759
 psalm promises.

00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:57.039
 David

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.059
 died.

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.859
 So the

00:37:01.859 --> 00:37:02.279
 fulfillment

00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:02.719
 of the

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:03.099
 psalm

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.619
 has to

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:04.059
 await

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.480
 something

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.019
 else.

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:07.359
 It

00:37:07.359 --> 00:37:07.779
 awaits

00:37:07.779 --> 00:37:08.319
 actually

00:37:08.319 --> 00:37:09.299
 the

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:09.839
 resurrection

00:37:09.839 --> 00:37:10.139
 of

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.379
 Jesus

00:37:10.379 --> 00:37:10.819
 Christ.

00:37:12.879 --> 00:37:13.699
 The

00:37:13.699 --> 00:37:14.099
 hope of

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:14.299
 this

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:14.579
 psalm

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.879
 it

00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:15.460
 doesn't

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.960
 ultimately

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.699
 rest in

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:17.199
 David's

00:37:17.199 --> 00:37:17.859
 deliverance

00:37:17.859 --> 00:37:18.259
 from the

00:37:18.259 --> 00:37:18.679
 danger

00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.400
 of death.

00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:20.799
 It

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.619
 rests in

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:21.960
 Jesus'

00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:22.859
 resurrection

00:37:22.859 --> 00:37:23.559
 from death

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.119
 itself.

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:25.980
 That's

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:26.299
 where the

00:37:26.299 --> 00:37:26.799
 hope is

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.119
 here.

00:37:28.659 --> 00:37:29.259
 Concealed

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:29.920
 in mystery

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:30.879
 with David

00:37:30.879 --> 00:37:31.559
 he's but a

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:31.960
 shadow

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:33.099
 but the

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.480
 substance

00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:33.980
 of that

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.480
 shadow

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:34.740
 in

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.019
 psalm

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.380
 30

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:36.260
 is the

00:37:36.260 --> 00:37:36.440
 Lord

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:36.719
 Jesus.

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.119
 Our

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.679
 hope in

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.280
 singing this

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:41.179
 song of

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.699
 praise to

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.059
 God

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:43.240
 is not

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:44.059
 finally to

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.480
 live a

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.400
 longer life

00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:46.119
 to extend

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:46.840
 our days

00:37:46.840 --> 00:37:47.539
 on earth.

00:37:48.039 --> 00:37:48.840
 That's not

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.440
 why we would

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.960
 sing this

00:37:49.960 --> 00:37:50.320
 song in

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.559
 praise.

00:37:50.639 --> 00:37:50.760
 It's not

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:50.980
 what we're

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.360
 looking to

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.599
 do.

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.280
 It's not

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:52.539
 what you

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.820
 should be

00:37:52.820 --> 00:37:53.219
 looking to

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.380
 do.

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:54.980
 That's not

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.300
 the heart

00:37:55.300 --> 00:37:55.559
 of it.

00:37:57.119 --> 00:37:57.880
 It is to

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.420
 receive

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.920
 eternal life

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:01.240
 that comes

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.900
 through faith

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:03.000
 in the

00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.420
 Lord Jesus

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:03.920
 Christ.

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.880
 Who bore

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.440
 our sins

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:06.720
 in his

00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.360
 body on

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:07.880
 the tree

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.680
 and was

00:38:08.680 --> 00:38:09.260
 raised from

00:38:09.260 --> 00:38:09.720
 the dead

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.099
 so that

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.659
 your faith

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.240
 and hope

00:38:11.240 --> 00:38:12.099
 are in

00:38:12.099 --> 00:38:12.480
 God

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.740
 writes Peter.

00:38:14.539 --> 00:38:15.139
 Jesus

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:16.119
 himself says

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.380
 if you

00:38:16.380 --> 00:38:16.980
 remember the

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:18.000
 story with

00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:19.240
 Martha and

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.800
 Mary and

00:38:19.800 --> 00:38:20.500
 Lazarus and

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.800
 Lazarus' death

00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:22.599
 and Jesus

00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:23.340
 raising him.

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.980
 What is it

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.559
 that he says

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.720
 to Lazarus'

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.159
 sister?

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:28.619
 I am the

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.099
 resurrection

00:38:29.099 --> 00:38:29.500
 and the

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.840
 life.

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.240
 Whoever

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.940
 believes in

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.200
 me

00:38:33.199 --> 00:38:34.639
 though he

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.179
 die

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:37.419
 will live.

00:38:39.399 --> 00:38:40.079
 That's the

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.699
 fulfillment of

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.139
 what David

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.739
 writes here.

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:42.659
 We don't

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.019
 look to

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:43.599
 David with

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:43.799
 joy.

00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:44.119
 We look

00:38:44.119 --> 00:38:44.599
 to Jesus

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.179
 with joy.

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.279
 This is

00:38:49.279 --> 00:38:49.779
 what David

00:38:49.779 --> 00:38:50.419
 wanted Israel

00:38:50.419 --> 00:38:50.919
 to think

00:38:50.919 --> 00:38:51.539
 of as they

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.500
 dedicated

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:53.099
 the temple.

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.480
 It's what we

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.859
 should think

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.219
 of every

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:56.619
 time we

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:56.919
 come to

00:38:56.919 --> 00:38:57.500
 this place.

00:38:58.939 --> 00:38:59.460
 Sunday

00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.159
 by Sunday

00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:02.339
 singing our

00:39:02.339 --> 00:39:02.879
 song of

00:39:02.879 --> 00:39:04.639
 praise to

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:04.940
 the God

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.500
 of life.

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.299
 You know

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:08.199
 that's why we

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:08.699
 gather on

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:09.039
 Sunday.

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.440
 Right?

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.940
 It's to

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.599
 celebrate the

00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:13.299
 resurrection of

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.579
 Jesus.

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.659
 For us

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:16.059
 every Sunday

00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:16.579
 is Easter.

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.859
 It really

00:39:18.859 --> 00:39:19.239
 is.

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.879
 We receive

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.539
 this life

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.599
 life.

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:26.039
 We just

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.480
 acknowledge

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:26.980
 before we

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.440
 close.

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.920
 That if

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.320
 you do

00:39:31.320 --> 00:39:31.920
 not receive

00:39:31.920 --> 00:39:32.559
 this life

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.000
 and if

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.420
 you go

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.659
 to

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:34.119
 corruption

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:34.539
 and you

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:34.960
 face

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.320
 God's

00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:35.679
 eternal

00:39:35.679 --> 00:39:36.199
 wrath and

00:39:36.199 --> 00:39:36.500
 judgment,

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:38.840
 it won't

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.400
 be because

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.860
 God was

00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:40.260
 mean to

00:39:40.260 --> 00:39:40.500
 you.

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.639
 It will

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.340
 be because

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:43.860
 in this

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:45.320
 moment and

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:45.780
 in moments

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.380
 like it,

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.579
 when you've

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.940
 heard the

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.280
 truth of

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:48.739
 the gospel,

00:39:49.739 --> 00:39:50.659
 you ignored

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.699
 it and

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.179
 you rejected

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.039
 it and

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.460
 you denied

00:39:53.460 --> 00:39:53.699
 it.

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:55.559
 You will

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:56.039
 go to an

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:56.760
 eternal hell

00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.940
 because of

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:59.539
 you and

00:39:59.539 --> 00:39:59.880
 no one

00:39:59.880 --> 00:40:01.179
 else and

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:01.860
 nothing else.

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:03.840
 But there

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.219
 is hope

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.639
 for you.

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.659
 He extends

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:08.380
 this offer

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:10.239
 of life

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:11.599
 through Jesus

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.940
 to you

00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:14.400
 if you

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:14.780
 will but

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.179
 come to

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:15.659
 him for

00:40:15.659 --> 00:40:15.920
 it.

00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:18.219
 Turn from

00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.760
 your sin

00:40:18.760 --> 00:40:19.280
 and self

00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:19.599
 and your

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.420
 self-sufficiency

00:40:20.420 --> 00:40:20.920
 and your

00:40:20.920 --> 00:40:21.940
 self-satisfaction

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.320
 and everything

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:23.460
 you think is

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:23.860
 good about

00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:26.619
 you and

00:40:26.619 --> 00:40:27.139
 cry out

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.619
 to him

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:29.179
 because

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.579
 truly,

00:40:30.139 --> 00:40:30.820
 whoever

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.380
 will call

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.699
 out to

00:40:31.699 --> 00:40:32.460
 him in

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.900
 Christ

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.519
 will be

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:34.960
 saved.

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.960
 And if

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:37.300
 you turn

00:40:37.300 --> 00:40:37.760
 to Christ

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.199
 today,

00:40:38.800 --> 00:40:40.159
 this life

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:41.239
 will be

00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:41.719
 yours.

00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:43.340
 And we'll

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:43.699
 look forward

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.139
 to seeing

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.639
 you next

00:40:44.639 --> 00:40:45.000
 Sunday

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.360
 as we

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:46.659
 gather

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:47.139
 again

00:40:47.139 --> 00:40:48.980
 to praise

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.500
 the God

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.679
 of life.