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 we have been working our way through the letter of James,

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 but I was conscious that with government restrictions,

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 we don't know for how much longer we'll be able to meet

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 before we have to sort of curtail activities.

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 And so as much as I was enjoying working through James,

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 decided for today to switch our attention to Psalm 46.

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 So let's hear God's word.

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 You'll find it on page 570 of the Church Bible, Psalm 46,

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 and we'll read this whole psalm.

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 God is our refuge and strength and ever-present help in trouble.

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 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way

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 and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,

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 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake

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 with their surging.

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 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,

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 the holy place where the Most High dwells.

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 God is within her.

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 She will not fall.

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 God will help her at break of day.

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 Nations are in uproar.

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 Kingdoms fall.

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 He lifts his voice.

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 He lifts his voice.

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 The earth melts.

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 The Lord Almighty is with us.

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 The God of Jacob is our fortress.

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 Come and see the works of the Lord,

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 the desolations he has brought on the earth.

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 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth.

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 He breaks the bow and shatters the spear.

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 He burns the shields with fire.

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 Be still and know that I am God.

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 I will be exalted among the nations.

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 I will be exalted in the earth.

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 The Lord Almighty is with us.

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 The God of Jacob is our fortress.

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 One of those psalms that encourage the people of God

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 to strong confidence and faith in God,

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 even when crises emerge.

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 Another psalm that reminds us of God's protective care

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 that we're going to sing now is Psalm 121.

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 We'll find this on page 416 of our blue 46 in your Bibles,

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 page 570 in our church Bibles,

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 as we think about trusting in our powerful and gracious Lord.

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 This is one of these psalms where we find,

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 in this case, the sons of Korah confessing faith

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 in the heat of a battle.

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 And we're not clear exactly what circumstance

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 triggered the writing of this psalm,

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 what particular trouble,

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 if there was a particular trouble in mind.

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 As we go through the psalms,

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 we see various dangers and fears are mentioned.

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 Natural disaster, political turmoil,

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 enemies coming from outside Israel

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 to wage war on the people of God.

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 But there's no specific focus here.

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 And that perhaps is part of its purpose.

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 And certainly for us today,

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 it's part of its value,

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 because it means that you and I,

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 regardless of what situation we find ourselves,

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 regardless of what trouble we might find ourselves in,

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 we can take hold of this psalm and its truths,

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 and we can make it sing in our own hearts and lives.

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 So today, we're all sort of caught up collectively

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 in the trouble of the coronavirus.

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 But there will also be situations and circumstances beyond that

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 in our own personal lives,

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 at home, at work.

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 And there is truth, and there is comfort,

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 and there is hope for the people of God

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 in this wonderful psalm.

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 It causes us to ask,

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 can we honor God when trouble comes

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 by trusting His power?

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 Will we find confidence in a crisis

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 as we draw comfort from looking to

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 God's past acts of salvation?

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 Will we be among those who can stand confidently

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 on the promises of God

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 when the floods and the storms of life come to us?

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 Many people in our world today,

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 and we know this to be true,

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 are feeling overwhelmed,

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 overwhelmed by all the information that's coming,

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 overwhelmed by all the decisions that have to be made,

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 overwhelmed by the consequences of those decisions.

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 For us today,

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 will we give attention to God and His Word?

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 Will we find comfort and strength from His voice?

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 Will we listen to Him more than we listen to those news reports?

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 Can we catch hold of the character of God

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 and the work of God

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 so that we might have peace even when others panic

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 because we have found this place of safety

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 that the sons of Korah sing about?

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 For us in the New Testament age,

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 can we find peace as we look to Jesus

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 as our Savior,

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 as our Lord,

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 as our King?

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 I just want very briefly to look at this

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 in the two sections.

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 So we find a repeated refrain in verses 7 and 11,

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 which serve as section markers for us.

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 So in verse 1 to 7,

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 one big point that we can see the psalmist making

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 is that there is only one safe place

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 in a dangerous world.

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 The Bible is honest.

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 The Bible will say to us

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 that the world was created perfect,

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 but because of sin,

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 there's dislocation,

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 brokenness,

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 all is now not good,

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 and now there is danger.

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 But there's also confidence

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 and hope presented in the Bible.

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 We find it here in the psalm,

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 beginning in verse 1.

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 God is our refuge and strength

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 and ever-present help in trouble.

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 Here is the source of true security.

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 It's God and God alone,

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 not God plus our natural resources,

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 not God plus our opportunities.

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 It's God alone.

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 And sometimes it takes a national and global crisis

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 to draw us back,

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 even as the people of God,

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 to a simple loyalty to God as Lord.

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 So we have our true security here.

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 We are told of God as our refuge,

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 the refuge that we run to,

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 a salvation for us,

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 providing shelter.

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 We find God as a source of strength,

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 positively the God who is acting

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 and working for His people.

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 Not only is He a shelter for us,

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 He also acts for our good.

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 And in verse 1,

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 we're told that God is an ever-present help

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 in times of trouble.

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 God is always ready.

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 God is always willing to be found,

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 to be relied on,

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 to be our rock and our refuge.

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 We put our trust in other people

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 and other things.

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 Sometimes we find that they come through for us.

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 Other times they're not able to

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 for one reason or another.

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 God is not like that.

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 He is always an ever-present help

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 in times of trouble.

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 Our section alternates

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 between these truths

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 that we can find safety in God

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 and also sections that show us danger

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 in the world.

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 So the first of these,

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 verse 2 and 3,

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 there are pictures of dangers

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 in the natural world.

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 Therefore we will not fear,

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 though the earth give way

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 and the mountains fall

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 into the heart of the sea,

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 though its waters roar and foam

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 and the mountains quake

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 with their surging.

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 Here is a clash

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 at one and the same time

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 of the most unchanging

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 and solid forces in our world,

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 the earth and the mountains,

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 with the forces of chaos,

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 with surging waters.

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 Even when it seems like

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 the world is coming undone,

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 the psalmist is saying,

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 the people of God are safe

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 and do not need to fear.

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 Even in the midst of all the turmoil

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 of natural disaster,

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 the people of God

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 are known, loved,

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 and kept by God's care.

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 There is another danger

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 that the psalmist,

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 they refer to

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 in verses 5 and 6.

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 Not this time,

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 the raging of the forces of nature,

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 but the raging of men

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 against God and his people.

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 In verse 5,

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 God is within her.

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 She will not fall.

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 God will help her

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 at break of day.

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 Nations are in uproar.

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 Kingdoms fall.

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 He lifts his voice.

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 The earth melts.

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 So the picture here

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 is of a city under siege.

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 Jerusalem,

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 the city of God

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 under siege.

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 The enemies of God

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 attacking in their pride,

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 looking to do away

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 with God and his people.

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 But here again,

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 there is strong confidence

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 for the people of God.

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 Verse 5,

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 God is within this city.

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 ensuring that the people of God

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 will not fall,

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 ensuring the protection

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 of his church.

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 And in verse 6,

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 when God lifts his voice,

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 when God speaks in power,

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 there is defeat

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 of those rebel powers.

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 There is nothing

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 and no one greater

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 than our God

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 in all creation.

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 Therefore,

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 there is cause for faith.

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 Israel,

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 in their history,

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 were taught

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 to look back

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 to their time

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 in Egypt

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 when God

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 delivered them

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 from the hand

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 of Pharaoh

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 in his determination

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 to destroy

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 the people of God,

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 to remember

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 God's redeeming power,

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 to remember

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 God's good salvation.

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 And it's always good

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 for us

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 to look back,

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 for us,

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 from our vantage point

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 in history,

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 we look back

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 to the cross

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 and to see

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 Jesus win

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 that decisive victory

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 over sin

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 for his people.

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 But when these storms

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 are raging,

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 whether it's natural disaster,

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 whether it's the rage

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 of people

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 and opposition

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 to God

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 and his purposes,

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 where is the safe place?

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 Because there is

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 a safe place

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 in a dangerous world,

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 we're told

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 in this psalm.

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 And the answer

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 is pictured

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 as verse 4,

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 the city of God.

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 And that's a safe place

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 because that's the place

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 God is with his people.

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 It's the holy place

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 where the Most High dwells.

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 That's the safety

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 that we need to find.

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 That's the one safe place

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 for us

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 to be dwelling

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 where God is,

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 to be united

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 to God

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 by faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 That's where safety

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 is found.

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 And then the psalmist

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 goes on

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 to explain

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 who is this God

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 who is with his people

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 and providing safety

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 in verse 7.

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 He is the Lord Almighty.

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 He is the God

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 of power,

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 the God

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 of strength.

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 But he's also

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 the God

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 of Jacob.

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 And we've been thinking

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 about Jacob

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 in the mornings.

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 This is a reminder

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 that this is the God

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 of covenant grace.

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 This is the God

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 who in loving kindness

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 commits himself

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 to a people

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 for their good

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 and for his glory.

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 So there is safety

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 when we are found

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 in this God

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 who is both powerful

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 and gracious

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 when we make him,

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 according to verse 7,

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 our fortress,

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 our high mountain

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 castle fortress

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 that nobody

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 can penetrate.

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 God,

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 our only safe place

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 in a dangerous world.

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 John Calvin,

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 the reformer,

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 he said this.

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 He said,

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 if we desire

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 to be protected

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 by the hand of God,

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 and who doesn't

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 want that?

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 It's not just Christians

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 who pray

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 and want protection

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 from God.

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 If we desire

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 to be protected

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 by the hand of God,

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 we must be concerned

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 above all things

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 that he may dwell

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 amongst us.

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 For all hope

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 of safety

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 depends upon

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 his presence

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 alone.

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 To be where God

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 is.

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 To have God

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 with us

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 is where

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 we find

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 strength.

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 What is our hope

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 in life

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 and death?

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 It's Christ alone.

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 Jesus,

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 our Emmanuel.

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 There's this promise

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 here of the Almighty

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 Lord who is with

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 his people

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 and that promise

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 is fulfilled

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 perfectly in Jesus

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 coming to be

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 our Emmanuel,

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 God with us.

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 Now what did Jesus

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 promise his church?

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 He said,

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 I will never leave you

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 or forsake you.

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 I am with you

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 till the end

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 of the age.

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 So just as

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 the sons of Korah,

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 we are invited

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 to draw comfort

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 from God's

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 past acts

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 of salvation,

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 to look at

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 his strength

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 and grace

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 for and towards

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 his people,

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 especially we are

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 to look to the cross

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 as the source

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 of our salvation

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 and eternal life.

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 So we look back

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 but just like

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 the psalmist too,

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 we run to

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 the Almighty Lord

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 as our refuge,

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 as our fortress.

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 We run to Jesus,

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 our safe place

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 in a dangerous world.

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 The second section

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 is both similar

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 and different

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 where the sons

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 of Korah

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 are helping us

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 to see that

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 there's only

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 one safe place

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 from the judgment

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 of God.

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 In their psalm,

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 they turn to

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 a vision

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 of the future

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 from verse 8

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 onwards.

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 They're now looking

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 towards the end

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 of time.

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 Verse 8

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 and 9,

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 come and see

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 the works

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 of the Lord,

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 the desolations

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 he has brought

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 on the earth.

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 He makes wars

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 cease

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 to the ends

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 of the earth.

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 He breaks the bow

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 and shatters

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 the spear.

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 This is looking

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 to the end

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 of time

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 and it promises,

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 this section

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 promises peace

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 for the people

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 of God

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 but it's important

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 for us to recognize

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 that peace

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 comes beyond

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 and through

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 judgment.

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 there is that

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 recognition

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 within this psalm

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 of the suffering

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 that will be

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 our present reality

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 until we go

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 to be with Jesus

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 or until Jesus

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 returns

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 but on that day

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 there will be

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 peace

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 that will break

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 out

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 and will

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 never cease.

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 The come and see

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 language of verse 8

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 presumes that

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 the works of God

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 presumes that

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 the judgment

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 of God

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 are good news.

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 So as the sons

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 of Korah

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 are singing

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 they're inviting

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 the people of God

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 to have that

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 perspective

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 to see themselves

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 as those who have

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 been adopted

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 into God's family

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 and so they want

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 to see God's

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 purposes come

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 because when you

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 think about it

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 when he starts

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 to speak about

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 judgment coming

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 desolation

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 being brought

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 on the earth

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 that judgment

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 would be terror

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 and not hope

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 unless we knew

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 that our future

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 was secure

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 because of our

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 faith in God

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 in Jesus.

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 but for the church

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 there is certainty

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 being presented

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 here to give

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 us hope

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 that there is

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 a safe place

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 for us

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 beyond judgment.

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 there is a promise

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 that the raging

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 of the nations

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 against God

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 and against God's

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 purposes

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 will end.

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 There is a certainty

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 that rebellion

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 against God

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 in the end

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 will be

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 crushed

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 so that after

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 judgment

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 there will

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 be peace.

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 peace.

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 That wonderful

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 picture of

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 Jesus

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.460
 and his church

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 together

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 in Revelation

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 21

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 comes after

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 the defeat

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 the destruction

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 the judgment

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 of Satan

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 and his

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 forces.

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 Peace comes

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 beyond

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 judgment.

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 And then there is

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 verse 10

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 be still

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 and know

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 that I am God

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 I will be

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 exalted

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 among the

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 nations

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 I will be

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 exalted

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 in the

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 earth.

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 Maybe you

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 like me

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 think about

00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:25.100
 that verse

00:18:25.100 --> 00:18:25.800
 in terms of

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 quiet meditation

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 here is an

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 opportunity

00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:30.019
 for us

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 as Christians

00:18:31.360 --> 00:18:32.540
 to be still

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 to take some

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 time to think

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 about God

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 and that's

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 part of it

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 but in the

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 first place

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 those words

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 stand as a

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 rebuke

00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:42.440
 to a

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 restless

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 world

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 to a world

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 that is

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 opposed

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 to God.

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 It is a

00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.420
 way to

00:18:49.420 --> 00:18:49.720
 say

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 you need

00:18:50.560 --> 00:18:51.200
 to stop

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 fighting

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 because this

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 is a

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 fight you

00:18:53.080 --> 00:18:53.539
 cannot

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 and you

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 will

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 not

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 win.

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 So it

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 brings to

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 us this

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 reality

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 that there

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 is a

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 God who

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.300
 is good

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 and loving

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 and gracious

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 but there

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 are also

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.200
 people who

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.140
 stand opposed

00:19:06.140 --> 00:19:06.560
 to God

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:06.880
 and want

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 nothing

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 to do

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 with him

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 but

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 verse 10

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:11.460
 is also

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.800
 at the

00:19:11.800 --> 00:19:12.519
 same time

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:14.079
 the hope

00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:15.720
 of the

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 church

00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:18.099
 that great

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.759
 hope that

00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:19.720
 God will

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.799
 be exalted

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.019
 and recognized

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 and honored

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 among the

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 nations.

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 It's the

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 great hope

00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:30.940
 of the

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.700
 New Testament

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.440
 church

00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.660
 the second

00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.420
 coming of

00:19:34.420 --> 00:19:34.980
 Jesus when

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.660
 he'll return

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.460
 with glory

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:37.500
 and we'll

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.440
 see him

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 and there'll be

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 joy on that

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 day and there'll

00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:42.079
 be deliverance

00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:43.279
 on that

00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:44.259
 day as our

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.740
 salvation is

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:47.319
 complete and

00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:47.940
 we spend

00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:49.500
 eternity with

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.660
 our God.

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.700
 Jesus the

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.380
 one safe

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:55.099
 place beyond

00:19:55.099 --> 00:19:56.160
 judgment.

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 And then the

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:58.400
 refrain returns

00:19:58.400 --> 00:19:59.240
 in verse 11

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 the Lord

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 Almighty is

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 with us

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 the God of

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 Jacob is

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 our fortress

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 and there is

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 good news

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 that it's

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 this God

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 who is

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 with us

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 this God

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 who will

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 act to

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 judge and

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 to deliver

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 so that the

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 people of

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 God might

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 know perfect

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 peace with

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 him.

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 And this

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 truth the

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 Lord Almighty

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 is with us

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 again is seen

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 in Jesus

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 our Emmanuel

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 Jesus who

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 said quiet

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 be still

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 to a

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 raging storm.

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 Jesus who

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 at the

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 cross

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 faced

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 in himself

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 the storm

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 of God's

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 judgment

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 for our

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 sin and

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 guilt to

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 secure

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 our peace

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 through his

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 punishment.

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 Jesus the

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 one who

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 fulfills

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 verse 4

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 the one who

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 provides those

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 streams of

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 life giving

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 water as

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 he gives

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 his spirit

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 to the

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 church.

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 So as the

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 people of

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 God we are

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 united to

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 Christ and

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 he lives

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 in us

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 by his

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 spirit and

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 united by

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 faith to

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 Jesus we

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 need fear

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 nothing.

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 Our hope

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 is certain

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 our future

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 is secure

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 in him just

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 as we died

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 with him

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 so we

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 have been

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 raised with

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 him and we

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 will go to

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 glory to be

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 with him at

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 the end of

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 our lives.

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 Jesus the

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 one who

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 has been

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 exalted

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 among the

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 nations

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 the one who

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 will return

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 and every

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 knee will

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 bow and

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 every tongue

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 will confess

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 Jesus is

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 Lord.

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 Psalm 46

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 is encouraging

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 you and me

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 to make

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 Jesus our

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 safe place

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 in whatever

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 we face

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 and we

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 don't know

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 what tomorrow

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 will bring

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 in terms of

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 government

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 regulations and

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 what it will

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 mean to

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 our daily

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 lives.

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 We may

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 find that

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 we are unable

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 to meet

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 together as a

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 church for a

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 time but

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 here is this

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 wonderful promise

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 that cannot

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 be quarantined.

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 Jesus our

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 Lord is with

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 us always

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 and wherever

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 we are.

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 And we

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 may find that

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 our life gets

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 challenging and

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 even painful

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 in coming

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 months.

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 But we

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 recognize that

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 we have in

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 God a refuge

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 and strength

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 and ever

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 present help

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 in times of

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 trouble.

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 Jesus the

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 one who

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 continues to

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 be with

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 us and

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 for us

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 till the

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 end.

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 And so we

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 have in

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 this psalm a

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 source of

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 confident faith

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 even in the

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 midst of

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 crisis.

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 And may that

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 be true for

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 us, may it

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 be true for

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 our church, may

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 it indeed be

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 true for the

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 people we love,

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 our nation,

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 our city,

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 our world,

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 that there

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 might be a

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 turning in

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 the midst of

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 chaos to

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 this solid

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 rock, this

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 strong fortress.

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 Let's pray

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 together.

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 Lord,