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 All right, well this morning we come to our last psalm in our summer series through the psalms.

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 It's hard to believe already that summer's gone and we're heading into September here,

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 but we are looking at Psalm 49 today.

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 So if you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to Psalm 49.

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 And instead of reading it all through at the beginning here,

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 I'm going to kind of read through it bit by bit as we go.

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 So Psalm 49, let me just pray and then we'll jump in.

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 Father in heaven, thank you for your word.

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 Thank you for the power that is in your word.

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 And we ask that you would give us ears to hear in these moments.

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 We ask that you would speak directly to our hearts.

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 That you would convict us, that you would encourage us,

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 that you would reveal your truth to us,

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 and that we would be changed forever because of what we hear.

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 in your word.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 So as you can see from the superscription at the top of the psalm,

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 it says,

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 For the director of music of the sons of Korah.

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 A psalm.

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 So this was written by the sons of Korah.

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 Korah was a descendant of Levi.

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 Levi was one of the 12 sons of Israel.

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 And way down the line,

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 some of Korah's descendants were installed by King David

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 as musical worship leaders at the tabernacle

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 and later at the temple.

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 This is all about a thousand years before Christ came.

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 And one of these guys,

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 or maybe one or two of them,

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 wrote this psalm

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 and gave it to the director of music.

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 So this was actually sung at the tabernacle

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 and probably later at the temple.

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 And if we look at verse 4 there on the screen,

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 we see that the writer was a harpist.

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 The actual word is lyre,

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 so you can imagine that little U-shaped harp

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 that you can almost hold in your lap.

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 That was the instrumentation of this song.

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 So as we work through this,

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 keep that in mind,

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 that this is music,

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 this is song lyrics all the way through.

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 The opening lyrics of this song

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 invite us to listen.

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 Verses 1 to 4.

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 Hear this, all you peoples.

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 Listen, all who live in this world,

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 both low and high,

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 rich and poor alike.

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 My mouth will speak words of wisdom.

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 The meditation of my heart

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 will give you understanding.

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 I will turn my ear to a proverb.

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 With the harp,

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 I will expound my riddle.

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 So the first thing that the songwriter does

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 is he asks for our attention.

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 He says,

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 Hear this.

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 Listen.

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 Give me your ear for a moment.

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 Now who is his intended audience?

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 Who is he talking to?

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 Who is this song for?

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 Hear this, all you peoples.

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 Listen.

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 All who live in this world,

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 both low and high,

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 rich and poor alike.

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 So right out of the gate,

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 he lets us know that this song is for everyone.

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 All peoples.

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 All who live in this world.

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 That's as broad as it gets.

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 Doesn't matter whether you're upper class,

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 famous,

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 influential,

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 popular,

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 or whether you're lower class.

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 Doesn't matter whether you're rich,

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 or you're well-to-do,

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 you've got the means,

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 or whether you're poor,

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 or whether you're struggling,

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 trying to get by.

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 This song is for you.

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 So this is how he starts.

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 Listen up, everybody.

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 This song is for you.

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 No matter who you are,

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 give me your ear for a moment.

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 Verse three,

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 I have some wisdom to speak to you.

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 There's something I've been meditating on in my heart.

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 And with this song,

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 I'd like to give you that same understanding.

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 I'd like to share that wisdom with you

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 so that you can be wise.

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 So we get a bit of a clue

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 about the kind of song that this is.

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 Even though it's going to be sung at the tabernacle,

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 it's not a song of praise.

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 It's not even addressed to God.

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 It's not a prayer.

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 This is a wisdom song.

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 And the purpose of it is to impart God's wisdom

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 to the hearer,

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 to make us wise.

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 If we look at verse four there,

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 we see that this is almost like Proverbs set to music.

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 It's the clever sayings of the wise

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 explained, revealed with an instrument.

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 So this is how the song begins.

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 He begins by asking for our attention

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 and offering words of wisdom.

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 And then immediately following this,

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 he introduces the main theme of the song.

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 He puts the theme in the form of a rhetorical question

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 in verses five and six.

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 Why should I fear when evil days come?

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 When wicked deceivers surround me,

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 those who trust in their wealth

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 and boast of their great riches.

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 So this song has one big question

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 and this is it.

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 And it's the big question

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 because it's the only question in the whole song.

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 It's the main question.

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 Everything that follows is the answer

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 to this question.

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 And it's a big question.

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 I mean, it's a long question.

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 It's got lots of phrases and parts to it.

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 But if we boil it down and simplify it,

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 the question is,

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 why should I fear when evil days come?

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 And then these lines which follow

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 kind of explain more about that.

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 What is it that makes these days evil?

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 And he puts words to this.

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 These are days when wicked deceivers surround me.

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 In particular,

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 those who trust in their wealth.

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 These are wealthy wicked deceivers.

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 They're people who are boasting

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 of their great riches.

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 So there's a lot here.

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 Notice that word surround.

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 All around me.

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 And the temptation

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 is to fear.

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 To be afraid.

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 To be anxious.

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 To be worried.

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 Because these are men of great power.

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 They're wealthy.

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 And with their wealth,

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 they're not known

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 for giving that money to charity.

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 And doing nice things

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 to help people in need.

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 They're known for their deceitfulness.

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 And their cruelty.

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 This was written in troubling days.

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 If you've been reading

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 through the Old Testament,

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 I'm not sure if you've got

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 to that point yet.

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 Hopefully.

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 In your Bible reading this year.

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 The book of Judges.

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 It was a time of great trouble

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 in the history of Israel.

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 There was war.

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 There was lawlessness.

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 There was tribalism.

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 There were enemy kings

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 and nations

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 and raiders

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 and armies.

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 And finally,

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 Israel did get their own king.

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 But then things didn't go

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 all too well with him.

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 There was more wars.

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 There was more battles.

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 There was corruption.

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 There was oppression.

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 Those things were normal.

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 Finally,

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 they did put King David

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 on the throne of Judah.

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 But even after that,

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 there was still a lot of turmoil

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 in those early years

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 of David's reign.

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 And so,

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 this is how things have been

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 for people

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 leading up to this song

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 being written.

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 Even within the land of Israel,

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 amongst ethnically related peoples,

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 there hasn't been stability.

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 There often hasn't been justice.

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 The strong and the wealthy

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 and the powerful

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 often trampled the weak

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 and the poor.

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 And so,

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 we have to know

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 that this question

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 in verse 5

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 probably struck a chord

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 in the hearts of the people

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 in these days.

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 They knew

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 what it was like

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 to live with fear

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 and anxiety,

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 with insecurity.

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 They'd seen some evil days,

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 either witnessed it

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 or some of them

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 even been victims.

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 The wealthy

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 and the powerful,

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 they were those people

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 who bullied,

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 who oppressed,

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 who stole,

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 and often there was no justice

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 and nobody

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 to stand up

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 to those guys.

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 So there's a sense

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 in which this question

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 may feel a little bit

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 far away

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 to us today,

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 a little bit irrelevant

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 because,

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 if we're honest,

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 we all enjoy

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 a good measure

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 of peace and safety

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 here in these days,

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 in this place.

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 We don't feel

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 imminently threatened

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 by the wicked

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 or by wealthy people

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 all around us.

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 But, you know,

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 as I thought about

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 this some more,

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 I realized

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 that maybe this is

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 a little more relevant

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 after all.

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 I mean,

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 it was just a couple

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 years back

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 when I watched

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 as the temperature,

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 even here in our own church,

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 changed

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 as we endured

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 the whole COVID thing.

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 Fear rose

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 in many of our hearts.

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 Anxiety,

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 stress.

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 We all struggled

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 as we talked

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 to different people

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 and heard different

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 things in the news

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 and online

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 and we struggled

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 to know

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 who's telling the truth

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 and who are those people

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 who are trying

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 to deceive us.

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 Many became

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 increasingly dissatisfied

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 with leaders

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 and politicians

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 in government

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 and rightly so

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 because we hear

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 about all kinds

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 of corruption.

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 We hear about

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 scandals.

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 We hear about lies.

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 We hear about

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 promises

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 that are not

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 being kept

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 and we know

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 that many in power

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 in our own country

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 are the wealthy.

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 We know

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 that they're

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 manipulating

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 and maneuvering

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 oftentimes

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 behind the scenes.

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 Now,

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 COVID is over.

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 At least,

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 that's my opinion.

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 But still today,

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 we're seeing

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 the prices of gas

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 and food

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 and groceries

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 increasing.

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 Then we look over

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 and we see others

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 around us

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 who somehow

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 are able to afford

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 a brand new car

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 or holiday trailer

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 or house

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 or whatever,

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 go on an expensive

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 vacation.

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 So are we immune

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 to this fear

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 that evil days

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 have come?

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 I don't think so.

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 Are we tempted

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 to fret

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 as we watch

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 some around us

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 prospering,

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 getting things easy

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 while we struggle

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 to pay the bills?

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 I think so.

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 This is the amazing

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 thing here.

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 He raises

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 all of this

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 with a question

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 but it's a rhetorical

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 question.

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 He's not asking it

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 because he doesn't

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 know the answer.

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 He does know

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 the answer.

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 He's actually

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 making a statement

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 like,

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 why should I fear

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 when evil days come?

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 When wicked deceivers

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 surround me,

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 those who trust

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 in their wealth

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 and boast

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 of their great riches.

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 It's a statement.

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 I'm not going

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 to fear

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 in evil days.

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 I'm not going

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 to worry

00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:09.420
 about the wicked

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 or what they

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 might do to me.

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 I'm not going

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 to envy the rich.

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 Those who take

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 such confidence

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 in their wealth

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 or boast

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 in their possessions,

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 their investment

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 holdings,

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 their bank accounts.

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 And why not?

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 Well, the rest

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 of the psalm

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 is the answer.

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 It's the reasons

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 and we're going

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 to look at

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 two main reasons.

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 We'll see

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 two main reasons

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 come out.

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 And the first one

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 we'll just lay it

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 out right up front

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 and then we'll see it.

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 I'm not going

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 to fear

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 in evil days

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 when the wicked,

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 when the wealthy

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 surround me,

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 when they're prospering.

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 And his answer

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 is basically this

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 because they're

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 all going to die

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 and lose everything.

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 They will get

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 what they deserve

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 and no amount

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 of wealth

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 will keep them

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 from that.

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 Let's see this

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 starting in verse 7.

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 He says,

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 he asked the question,

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 why should I fear

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 when evil days come?

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 No one,

00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.300
 verse 7,

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 can redeem

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 the life of another

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 or give a ransom

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 to God

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 for them.

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 The ransom

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 for a life

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 is costly.

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 No payment

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 is ever enough

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 so that they should

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 live on forever

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 and not see

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 decay.

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 So there's a great

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 leveler,

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 he says,

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 that's coming

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 for all of us

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 and that's death.

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 And no amount

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 of money,

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 no amount

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 of possessions,

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 no amount

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 of health care

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 coverage

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 can change the fact

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 that someday

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 you will die.

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 and in these verses

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 he makes it quite clear,

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 it doesn't matter

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 how much money

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 you have,

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 it's not enough.

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 You can't buy

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 an unending life

00:14:02.819 --> 00:14:04.339
 from God.

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 You can't stave off

00:14:06.699 --> 00:14:07.459
 death forever.

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 Death came to humanity

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 as a punishment

00:14:11.799 --> 00:14:12.659
 from God

00:14:12.659 --> 00:14:13.519
 for sin

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 and you can't

00:14:16.120 --> 00:14:17.039
 pay your own ransom

00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:18.699
 or the ransom

00:14:18.699 --> 00:14:19.519
 of another

00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.860
 to God

00:14:20.860 --> 00:14:22.000
 so that he's going

00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.639
 to somehow

00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:23.179
 grant you

00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:23.980
 to live forever.

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 Both low and high,

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 rich and poor

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 alike,

00:14:29.259 --> 00:14:30.399
 we all die

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 and our bodies

00:14:32.439 --> 00:14:33.679
 see decay.

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 They come to rot

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 in the ground.

00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:39.740
 Verse 10,

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 for all can see

00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:43.039
 that the wise

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 die,

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.379
 that the foolish

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.519
 and the senseless

00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:50.719
 also perish,

00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.199
 leaving their wealth

00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:54.860
 to others.

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 Money can do

00:14:56.980 --> 00:14:57.939
 a lot of good things

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 but there's one thing

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 that it cannot do.

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 It cannot keep us

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 from the punishment

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.480
 that we all deserve

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 for our sins.

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 Sooner or later,

00:15:09.719 --> 00:15:10.740
 one way or another,

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:13.139
 death will have

00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.799
 all of us

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 whether you are

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 a wise person

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 or a fool.

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 And on that day,

00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:20.860
 he says,

00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.720
 all the wealth

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 you have

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 will be left

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 for another.

00:15:27.259 --> 00:15:28.080
 Verse 11,

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 their tombs

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 will remain

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 their houses

00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:32.680
 forever.

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 Their dwellings

00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:35.940
 for endless generations

00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:36.700
 though they had

00:15:36.700 --> 00:15:37.700
 named lands

00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:39.159
 after themselves.

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 Now there's a bit

00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.240
 of a translation

00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:42.100
 variance here

00:15:42.100 --> 00:15:43.279
 depending on what

00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:44.579
 translation in English

00:15:44.579 --> 00:15:45.059
 you have.

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 It'll read a little

00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.519
 differently but in

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 either case,

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 it's about

00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:50.000
 the permanence

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 and finality

00:15:51.039 --> 00:15:52.179
 of death

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:55.120
 despite the pride

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.139
 and the presumption

00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:58.980
 of the wicked.

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 Even though they

00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:02.100
 lived in houses,

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.179
 strong,

00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:04.220
 established dwelling

00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.980
 places that they

00:16:04.980 --> 00:16:05.720
 thought would last

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.179
 forever.

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 They even named

00:16:09.340 --> 00:16:10.080
 land after

00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.679
 themselves,

00:16:11.220 --> 00:16:12.100
 laying claim to it.

00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:12.740
 This is my

00:16:12.740 --> 00:16:13.360
 territory.

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.759
 Yet it's the tomb

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.820
 over in the hillside

00:16:16.820 --> 00:16:18.080
 that will be their

00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:18.980
 house,

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.659
 their dwelling

00:16:19.659 --> 00:16:20.960
 place forever.

00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:22.860
 as it says

00:16:22.860 --> 00:16:24.000
 in verse 12,

00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.759
 people

00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:26.740
 despite

00:16:26.740 --> 00:16:28.200
 their wealth

00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:29.680
 do not

00:16:29.680 --> 00:16:30.060
 endure.

00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:32.580
 They are like

00:16:32.580 --> 00:16:33.340
 the beasts

00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.860
 that perish.

00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:36.960
 Again,

00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:37.840
 the main point

00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:38.139
 here,

00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:39.560
 death

00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:40.680
 is inevitable.

00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.519
 It's coming.

00:16:43.800 --> 00:16:44.940
 It's coming

00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.620
 for you.

00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.800
 One way

00:16:47.800 --> 00:16:48.259
 or another,

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:48.960
 sooner

00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:49.639
 or later,

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:52.419
 wise or

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:52.819
 foolish,

00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:53.720
 it doesn't

00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.000
 matter.

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:54.259
 It doesn't

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.620
 matter how

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.100
 much money

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.519
 you have,

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:55.980
 doesn't matter

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.460
 how many

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:56.960
 possessions

00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:58.080
 you have

00:16:58.080 --> 00:16:58.519
 or what

00:16:58.519 --> 00:16:59.279
 quality they

00:16:59.279 --> 00:16:59.600
 are,

00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:00.639
 doesn't matter

00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.480
 how sturdily

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:01.980
 you built

00:17:01.980 --> 00:17:02.639
 your house

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:03.819
 or what

00:17:03.819 --> 00:17:04.099
 kind of

00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:04.720
 renovations

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.099
 you did

00:17:05.099 --> 00:17:05.539
 to it,

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:07.400
 none of

00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:07.879
 these things

00:17:07.879 --> 00:17:08.519
 will stop

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.759
 your day

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.720
 from coming.

00:17:12.879 --> 00:17:13.779
 Your net

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.160
 worth,

00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.480
 the minute

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.039
 after you

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:16.299
 die,

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:17.799
 will be the

00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:18.579
 same as

00:17:18.579 --> 00:17:19.099
 everybody

00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:19.699
 else's

00:17:19.699 --> 00:17:20.220
 net worth

00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:20.559
 the minute

00:17:20.559 --> 00:17:21.139
 after they

00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:21.419
 die.

00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:24.460
 That thing

00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:24.980
 you bought

00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.519
 or built

00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:26.039
 might have

00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:26.439
 been built

00:17:26.439 --> 00:17:27.059
 to last,

00:17:28.199 --> 00:17:28.919
 but what

00:17:28.919 --> 00:17:29.240
 does that

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.679
 matter if

00:17:29.679 --> 00:17:30.039
 you aren't

00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:31.079
 here to

00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.559
 make use

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:31.859
 of it?

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.740
 It's going

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:32.939
 to be

00:17:32.939 --> 00:17:33.639
 someone else's

00:17:33.639 --> 00:17:33.960
 soon.

00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.759
 People,

00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:38.879
 despite their

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.279
 wealth,

00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:39.879
 do not

00:17:39.879 --> 00:17:40.240
 endure.

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.059
 They are

00:17:42.059 --> 00:17:42.379
 like the

00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:43.059
 beasts that

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.500
 perish.

00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:46.039
 How many

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.539
 of you have

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.339
 seen something

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.959
 like this

00:17:47.959 --> 00:17:49.039
 in your

00:17:49.039 --> 00:17:49.679
 travels this

00:17:49.679 --> 00:17:50.179
 summer so

00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:50.459
 far?

00:17:52.159 --> 00:17:52.939
 After about

00:17:52.939 --> 00:17:54.119
 almost 5,000

00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.779
 kilometers to

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.359
 Indianapolis

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:55.799
 and back,

00:17:55.859 --> 00:17:56.399
 I saw quite

00:17:56.399 --> 00:17:57.179
 a lot of

00:17:57.179 --> 00:17:57.839
 roadkill

00:17:57.839 --> 00:17:58.819
 on the

00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.099
 side of

00:17:59.099 --> 00:17:59.500
 the road.

00:18:02.659 --> 00:18:03.179
 Got

00:18:03.179 --> 00:18:03.759
 thinking about

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:04.059
 that.

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.980
 The beasts

00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.799
 that perish,

00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.919
 that roadkill

00:18:09.919 --> 00:18:10.419
 on the side

00:18:10.419 --> 00:18:10.980
 of the road,

00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:13.619
 that's what

00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.039
 things will be

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.720
 like for

00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:16.079
 you and

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:16.579
 for me.

00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.019
 Soon

00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.379
 enough.

00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.220
 Now,

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.000
 of course,

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.720
 with roadkill,

00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:23.379
 the end of

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 that animal's

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.579
 life was

00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:25.339
 sudden and

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:25.659
 violent,

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:28.460
 but regardless,

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.200
 death was

00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:30.039
 coming for

00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.579
 that critter

00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.019
 at some

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.299
 point.

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.539
 We all

00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.000
 know that.

00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:33.639
 Animals

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:34.099
 don't live

00:18:34.099 --> 00:18:34.460
 forever,

00:18:34.759 --> 00:18:35.639
 and the

00:18:35.639 --> 00:18:36.159
 truth is

00:18:36.159 --> 00:18:36.579
 that he's

00:18:36.579 --> 00:18:37.200
 saying here,

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:38.940
 neither do

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:39.159
 we.

00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:41.579
 We are

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.079
 like them

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.559
 in that

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:43.019
 regard.

00:18:43.199 --> 00:18:43.359
 We,

00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:43.659
 too,

00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:43.899
 will

00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.359
 perish.

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 Our time

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.740
 will come.

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.339
 Verse

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.740
 13,

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.439
 this is the

00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:51.919
 fate of

00:18:51.919 --> 00:18:52.279
 those who

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.720
 trust in

00:18:52.720 --> 00:18:53.220
 themselves,

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:54.439
 and of

00:18:54.439 --> 00:18:55.000
 their followers

00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.679
 who approve

00:18:55.679 --> 00:18:56.439
 their sayings.

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 They are

00:18:57.079 --> 00:18:57.679
 like sheep

00:18:57.679 --> 00:18:58.599
 and are

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:59.179
 destined to

00:18:59.179 --> 00:18:59.500
 die.

00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:00.939
 Death

00:19:00.939 --> 00:19:01.240
 will be

00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:01.460
 their

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:01.819
 shepherd.

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:02.939
 Their

00:19:02.939 --> 00:19:03.579
 forms will

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.359
 decay in

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:04.899
 the grave,

00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.740
 far from

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.359
 their

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:07.859
 princely

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:09.019
 mansions.

00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:10.939
 That

00:19:10.939 --> 00:19:11.619
 contrasts

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:11.919
 in verse

00:19:11.919 --> 00:19:12.599
 14 is

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:12.839
 pretty

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 powerful.

00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:14.959
 Their

00:19:14.959 --> 00:19:15.719
 forms will

00:19:15.719 --> 00:19:16.500
 decay in

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.119
 the grave,

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.939
 far from

00:19:18.939 --> 00:19:19.539
 their

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.059
 princely

00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:21.419
 mansions.

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 Think about

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.399
 your house,

00:19:24.979 --> 00:19:26.199
 all that

00:19:26.199 --> 00:19:26.579
 you've put

00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.139
 into it,

00:19:27.639 --> 00:19:29.559
 but that's

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.259
 not where

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.500
 you will

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.000
 end up.

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 You'll

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:32.479
 end up

00:19:32.479 --> 00:19:32.859
 about a

00:19:32.859 --> 00:19:33.779
 mile west

00:19:33.779 --> 00:19:34.239
 of town

00:19:34.239 --> 00:19:35.179
 in the

00:19:35.179 --> 00:19:35.519
 Davidson

00:19:35.519 --> 00:19:36.219
 Cemetery,

00:19:37.339 --> 00:19:37.699
 unless,

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.019
 of course,

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.299
 you have

00:19:38.299 --> 00:19:38.639
 another

00:19:38.639 --> 00:19:39.379
 cemetery

00:19:39.379 --> 00:19:40.000
 picked out.

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.460
 and there

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:41.880
 he says,

00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.339
 your body

00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.599
 will

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.019
 decay.

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.539
 Far

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.740
 from

00:19:45.740 --> 00:19:45.900
 your

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.279
 house.

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.319
 Again,

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.980
 the point

00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.059
 that he's

00:19:51.059 --> 00:19:51.460
 making,

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.819
 I'm not

00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.099
 going to

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.640
 fear in

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.279
 evil days

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.619
 when the

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:55.859
 wicked,

00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:56.359
 when the

00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:56.720
 wealthy

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.480
 surround me,

00:19:57.539 --> 00:19:57.839
 when they

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.359
 prosper,

00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.640
 because they're

00:19:59.640 --> 00:20:00.279
 all going

00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:00.660
 to die.

00:20:00.740 --> 00:20:01.059
 We're all

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.420
 going to

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:01.859
 die and

00:20:01.859 --> 00:20:02.099
 lose

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.660
 everything,

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:03.920
 and they

00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.480
 will get

00:20:04.480 --> 00:20:04.880
 what they

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.359
 deserve,

00:20:05.940 --> 00:20:06.940
 and no

00:20:06.940 --> 00:20:07.500
 amount of

00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:07.880
 wealth

00:20:07.880 --> 00:20:09.260
 will keep

00:20:09.260 --> 00:20:09.720
 them from

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:09.940
 it.

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.380
 And there's

00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:12.760
 a lesson

00:20:12.760 --> 00:20:13.120
 here,

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.660
 verse 16.

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.020
 He says,

00:20:16.740 --> 00:20:17.180
 do not

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.440
 be overawed

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.380
 when others

00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:20.240
 grow rich,

00:20:21.080 --> 00:20:21.760
 when the

00:20:21.760 --> 00:20:22.440
 splendor of

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:22.860
 their houses

00:20:22.860 --> 00:20:23.440
 increase.

00:20:25.520 --> 00:20:26.240
 That word

00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:26.840
 overawed is

00:20:26.840 --> 00:20:27.380
 maybe a little

00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:28.080
 bit misleading.

00:20:28.280 --> 00:20:28.580
 It almost

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:29.100
 sounds like,

00:20:29.260 --> 00:20:29.580
 whoa,

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:31.020
 but really

00:20:31.020 --> 00:20:31.700
 it means to

00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:32.260
 be greatly

00:20:32.260 --> 00:20:32.860
 afraid,

00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.340
 or overly

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:35.060
 concerned,

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.820
 or worried,

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:37.299
 and it

00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.879
 just ties

00:20:37.879 --> 00:20:38.279
 right back

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.579
 in with

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:38.899
 the big

00:20:38.899 --> 00:20:39.379
 question.

00:20:40.939 --> 00:20:41.579
 Why should

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.319
 I fear?

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.519
 He says,

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.119
 don't worry

00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.740
 about them.

00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:46.559
 Don't fear.

00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:47.419
 Don't get

00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:47.939
 bent out of

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.379
 shape when

00:20:48.379 --> 00:20:49.019
 the wicked

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:50.519
 around grow

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.279
 rich,

00:20:51.919 --> 00:20:53.240
 when the

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:54.379
 world prospers.

00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:55.159
 Why not?

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.839
 Because,

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.639
 verse 17,

00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.139
 for they

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.639
 will take

00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.619
 nothing with

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:00.980
 them when

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.480
 they die.

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.359
 Their

00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:04.019
 splendor

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.759
 will not

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.359
 descend

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:06.140
 with

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.480
 them.

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.319
 Though

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.680
 while they

00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.099
 live,

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:09.740
 they count

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:10.220
 themselves

00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.900
 blessed,

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.720
 and people

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.339
 praise you

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:12.720
 when you

00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.119
 prosper,

00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.319
 they will

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.119
 join those

00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:15.480
 who have

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.099
 gone before

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.420
 them,

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.680
 who will

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.579
 never again

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:20.379
 see the

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.799
 light of

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:21.160
 life.

00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.799
 Again,

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.619
 don't worry.

00:21:27.379 --> 00:21:27.799
 Don't be

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.599
 overly concerned

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.200
 in evil

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.980
 days as the

00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.579
 wicked seem

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:30.960
 to get

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.539
 their way,

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:33.079
 as they

00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.539
 prosper,

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.259
 because they're

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.579
 all going

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.000
 to die

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.940
 and lose

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.639
 everything.

00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.740
 They'll get

00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:38.119
 what they

00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:38.559
 deserve,

00:21:38.779 --> 00:21:39.339
 which here

00:21:39.339 --> 00:21:41.659
 is described

00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:43.839
 as never

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.839
 again see

00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:46.099
 the light

00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:46.720
 of life.

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.500
 Think about

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:49.700
 that.

00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:50.460
 That's eternal

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.139
 darkness,

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.339
 eternal

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.220
 death.

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.119
 They will

00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:55.779
 never again

00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.920
 see the

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.259
 light of

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.579
 life.

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:57.619
 life.

00:22:00.919 --> 00:22:01.639
 Maybe you've

00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:01.919
 heard it

00:22:01.919 --> 00:22:02.199
 said,

00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:04.500
 there's no

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.919
 U-Haul

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.460
 behind the

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.799
 hearse.

00:22:06.439 --> 00:22:06.859
 I think

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.399
 Billy Graham

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:08.099
 was known

00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.579
 for saying

00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:08.879
 that.

00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:09.899
 Apparently

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.319
 Denzel

00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.759
 Washington

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.460
 was too.

00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:13.099
 And how

00:22:13.099 --> 00:22:13.859
 this picture

00:22:13.859 --> 00:22:14.359
 came to be,

00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:14.879
 I have no

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.279
 idea.

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:15.939
 Maybe somebody

00:22:15.939 --> 00:22:16.519
 thought they'd

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:16.980
 just do it

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:17.559
 for a joke.

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.379
 But I like

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.939
 that saying,

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:22.359
 there's no

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.699
 U-Haul

00:22:22.699 --> 00:22:23.199
 behind the

00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:23.519
 hearse.

00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:25.619
 You can't

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.079
 take your

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.519
 possessions

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.139
 with you

00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:28.019
 when you

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.319
 die.

00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:30.019
 You can't

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.319
 take your

00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.740
 money with

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:30.859
 you.

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.220
 Death

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.940
 separates

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.279
 you

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.839
 permanently

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:33.720
 from all

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.519
 your stuff.

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.180
 You leave

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.400
 it all

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.799
 behind.

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.400
 And so

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.680
 again,

00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.420
 he charges

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.700
 us,

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.319
 don't worry,

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.279
 don't get

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.700
 bent out of

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.000
 shape.

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.859
 When you

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.339
 see other

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.559
 people getting

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:44.960
 ahead,

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.819
 prospering,

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.779
 getting rich,

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.759
 getting into

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.420
 those positions

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.400
 of power and

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.579
 influence all

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.220
 around you,

00:22:52.639 --> 00:22:53.420
 they won't

00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:53.960
 have those

00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.440
 things for

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.720
 long.

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.600
 They're going

00:22:56.600 --> 00:22:57.019
 to lose it

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.259
 all.

00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.840
 And he

00:22:58.840 --> 00:22:59.600
 ends in

00:22:59.600 --> 00:23:00.140
 verse 20

00:23:00.140 --> 00:23:00.500
 with a

00:23:00.500 --> 00:23:00.740
 similar

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.360
 statement to

00:23:01.360 --> 00:23:01.720
 that in

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.340
 verse 12.

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.220
 People who

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.880
 have wealth

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.680
 but lack

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.580
 understanding

00:23:05.580 --> 00:23:07.039
 are like

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.800
 the beasts

00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:08.580
 that perish.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.680
 It's hard

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.100
 to imagine

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.660
 that as kind

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:12.060
 of the

00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.700
 clincher

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.160
 phrase of

00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:14.620
 the song.

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.580
 Like the

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:16.100
 beasts that

00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.500
 perish,

00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.860
 you know.

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.740
 Just not a

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.519
 pleasant feeling.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.200
 But this is

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.580
 a wisdom

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.060
 psalm.

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.720
 And his

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.380
 first answer

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.800
 to this

00:23:25.800 --> 00:23:26.580
 big question,

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.539
 don't worry.

00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:31.480
 Don't worry

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.060
 when evil

00:23:32.060 --> 00:23:32.779
 days come.

00:23:33.340 --> 00:23:33.820
 The people

00:23:33.820 --> 00:23:34.340
 that make

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.980
 those days

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.480
 evil,

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.759
 they're going

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:37.080
 to lose

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:37.380
 it all

00:23:37.380 --> 00:23:37.720
 when they

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.000
 die.

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.600
 And they

00:23:38.600 --> 00:23:39.039
 will get

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.380
 what they

00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.840
 deserve.

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:42.220
 And their

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:42.860
 money can't

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.259
 save them

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.759
 from that.

00:23:44.060 --> 00:23:44.200
 Their

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:44.759
 positions,

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.660
 their power

00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.279
 can't save

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.620
 them from

00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:46.860
 that.

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.640
 What's the

00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.120
 big issue

00:23:49.120 --> 00:23:50.039
 here with

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.700
 these people?

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:50.759
 people.

00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.580
 It is a

00:23:53.580 --> 00:23:54.080
 problem that

00:23:54.080 --> 00:23:54.340
 they are

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.600
 wicked.

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.440
 It is a

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.920
 problem that

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.700
 they're deceitful.

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:58.900
 It is a

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.500
 problem in

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.240
 verse 11 that

00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:00.880
 they're proud.

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.880
 But probably

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.380
 all of those

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.980
 things are more

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.779
 symptoms of a

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.460
 deeper problem.

00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.940
 I think verse

00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.860
 6 highlights

00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:09.319
 what their

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.039
 problem is.

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.600
 They are

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.160
 those who

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.620
 trust in

00:24:15.620 --> 00:24:16.220
 their wealth.

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:17.740
 They are

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.120
 those who

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.600
 boast of

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.119
 their great

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.259
 riches.

00:24:23.199 --> 00:24:24.000
 Money is

00:24:24.000 --> 00:24:24.279
 the thing

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.519
 that they

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:24.899
 put their

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.379
 hope in.

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.299
 Their

00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:26.659
 stuff.

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.059
 Their

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.319
 bank

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:28.799
 accounts,

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:29.740
 their cars,

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.419
 their houses,

00:24:30.699 --> 00:24:31.399
 their properties.

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.740
 Verse

00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:34.279
 16.

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.599
 Beautifying

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.219
 their houses,

00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.059
 making the

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.740
 splendor of

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.219
 their house

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.899
 increase.

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.539
 We're

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.759
 talking

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.399
 expensive

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.339
 renovations,

00:24:43.500 --> 00:24:44.039
 luxurious

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:47.000
 things,

00:24:47.219 --> 00:24:47.500
 fine

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.119
 furniture.

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:50.079
 lavish

00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:50.819
 comforts.

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.179
 These are

00:24:52.179 --> 00:24:52.519
 the things

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.879
 that matter

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.339
 most to

00:24:53.339 --> 00:24:53.899
 these people.

00:24:54.139 --> 00:24:54.500
 And it's

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:54.859
 not just

00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.139
 that they

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.779
 trust in

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:55.879
 it,

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.240
 but they

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.099
 boast in

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.259
 it.

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.259
 They love

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.459
 it.

00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.459
 They celebrate

00:24:59.459 --> 00:24:59.819
 it.

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.659
 And when

00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.000
 the days

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.599
 become evil,

00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.019
 they look

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.439
 at what

00:25:03.439 --> 00:25:04.059
 they have

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.579
 as their

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.279
 security,

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.619
 their

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.139
 protection.

00:25:08.719 --> 00:25:09.119
 In

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:09.740
 verse 13,

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.059
 they are

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.339
 further

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.119
 described as

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:11.579
 those who

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.319
 trust in

00:25:12.319 --> 00:25:12.899
 themselves.

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.539
 They

00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.379
 foolishly put

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:17.079
 confidence in

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.699
 what they have

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:19.180
 achieved for

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.799
 themselves.

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.460
 But according

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.759
 to the

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.299
 songwriter,

00:25:23.259 --> 00:25:23.900
 their confidence

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.900
 is terribly

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.900
 misplaced.

00:25:26.860 --> 00:25:28.000
 It's utterly

00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:29.019
 short-sighted.

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.100
 Their confidence

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:32.200
 is based on a

00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:32.559
 lie.

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.420
 This lie

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.620
 that they will

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.420
 live on forever.

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:39.200
 That they will

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.960
 never face a

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.920
 trouble that

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.420
 their money

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.380
 can't fix.

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.860
 And so they

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.420
 are fools.

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:46.259
 they are

00:25:46.259 --> 00:25:47.300
 those who

00:25:47.300 --> 00:25:47.759
 lack

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.800
 understanding.

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.500
 In verse

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.860
 20.

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.660
 So I found

00:25:52.660 --> 00:25:53.340
 a question in

00:25:53.340 --> 00:25:53.920
 here that I

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:54.259
 thought I'd

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.039
 just ask this

00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.360
 morning.

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.500
 As you think

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.000
 about some of

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.620
 these things that

00:25:59.620 --> 00:26:00.200
 we're hearing in

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.740
 this psalm,

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.779
 what would you

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:03.380
 say is the

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.140
 greater danger

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.820
 for you

00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.580
 personally?

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.360
 Is it being

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:11.400
 overly concerned

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:13.060
 about others

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.119
 prospering all

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.859
 around us?

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.099
 Or is it

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.839
 falling for the

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.579
 same lie that

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.019
 they do?

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:26.059
 What's the

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.679
 greater temptation

00:26:26.679 --> 00:26:27.399
 for you?

00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.359
 The greater

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.819
 problem?

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.359
 Is it being

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:31.419
 overly concerned,

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:32.059
 fearful,

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.019
 worried about

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.259
 those around us

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.079
 who are prospering,

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.619
 who are getting

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.500
 ahead, who are

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.539
 jockeying, who

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.279
 are doing things

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.659
 that are not

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:39.000
 good?

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:42.879
 Or is the

00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.600
 greater temptation

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.840
 for you falling

00:26:44.840 --> 00:26:45.640
 for that same

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.300
 lie that they

00:26:46.300 --> 00:26:46.580
 do?

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.020
 I can get

00:26:49.020 --> 00:26:49.300
 that.

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.180
 I'll be happy.

00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:51.900
 Then I'll

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.520
 really have

00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:53.060
 life.

00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:02.020
 We've already

00:27:02.020 --> 00:27:02.540
 looked at the

00:27:02.540 --> 00:27:03.320
 answer, number

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:04.900
 one, to this

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:06.200
 big question.

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.500
 But there's a

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:08.820
 secondary answer

00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:10.100
 nestled within

00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:10.480
 this.

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.779
 If this is

00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:13.779
 how it goes

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.719
 at the end

00:27:14.719 --> 00:27:15.439
 of our lives,

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:18.279
 then we

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.779
 should also

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.879
 know that we

00:27:19.879 --> 00:27:20.579
 shouldn't be

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:21.459
 among those

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:22.279
 who desire

00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:24.500
 wealth like

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:24.939
 they do.

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.599
 We shouldn't

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.439
 be among those

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.799
 who trust in

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.339
 it, who look

00:27:29.339 --> 00:27:30.179
 to money and

00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:31.259
 stuff and

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.019
 houses for

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.519
 fulfillment.

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:41.019
 their forms

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.639
 will decay in

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.700
 the grave, far

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.480
 from their

00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.920
 princely

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.099
 mansions.

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:49.519
 But, verse

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.099
 15, some

00:27:50.099 --> 00:27:50.240
 of you have

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.660
 been waiting,

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.099
 where's the

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.180
 good news in

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.400
 this?

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.279
 But, here

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.460
 it is, verse

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:56.400
 15, God will

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:58.220
 redeem me from

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.859
 the realm of

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.259
 the dead.

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.599
 God, he

00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:01.220
 will surely

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:03.039
 take me to

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.559
 himself.

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.759
 So, there is

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.140
 hope.

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.299
 There is an

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:07.039
 alternative to

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.519
 putting your

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.599
 trust in wealth,

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.400
 in your stuff,

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.740
 in your

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.200
 possessions.

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.279
 You can put

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:13.079
 your hope in

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.500
 God.

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.660
 You can put

00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.339
 your trust in

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.619
 him.

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.200
 And, here in

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.019
 verse 15, the

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.879
 singer tells us

00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:22.299
 that his

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:23.200
 confidence is

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:24.180
 that his fate is

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:24.660
 going to be

00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.599
 totally different

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:27.579
 from those who

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.000
 trust in

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.539
 themselves.

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:31.599
 God will

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.940
 redeem me from

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.539
 the realm of

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:33.980
 the dead.

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.279
 He will

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.059
 surely take me

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.700
 to himself.

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.720
 So, death is

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.339
 still coming.

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.779
 He's still

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.440
 going to the

00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:40.879
 realm of the

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.099
 dead.

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.559
 He knows

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.960
 this.

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.900
 But, there's

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:45.099
 a hope beyond

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:45.519
 that.

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:47.259
 Because, God

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.539
 will redeem me.

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.440
 He will buy me

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.599
 back from

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.019
 death.

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.019
 This word

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.640
 takes us back

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.299
 to verse 7.

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.000
 No one can

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.140
 redeem the life

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.720
 of another so

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.160
 that they should

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:58.839
 live on forever

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.419
 and not see

00:28:59.419 --> 00:28:59.819
 decay.

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.639
 But, wait.

00:29:02.459 --> 00:29:03.000
 There is

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.599
 someone who

00:29:03.599 --> 00:29:04.000
 can pay

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.659
 death's ransom.

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.399
 There is

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.839
 one who has

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.919
 enough to

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.559
 redeem us,

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.139
 to ransom

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.659
 us from the

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.379
 eternal clutches

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.959
 of death.

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:14.159
 God will

00:29:14.159 --> 00:29:15.399
 redeem me.

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.699
 Quite

00:29:15.699 --> 00:29:16.119
 literally.

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.639
 God will

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.619
 redeem my

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.599
 soul, my

00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:20.579
 life, from

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:21.480
 the hand

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:22.879
 of Sheol.

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.000
 Sheol.

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:25.180
 Now, Sheol

00:29:25.180 --> 00:29:25.500
 was that

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.320
 ancient Hebrew

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.820
 proper name

00:29:27.820 --> 00:29:29.000
 for the

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.760
 realm of

00:29:29.760 --> 00:29:30.240
 the dead.

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.260
 And, here,

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:32.860
 Sheol is

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:34.200
 personified as

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.800
 if it was

00:29:34.800 --> 00:29:35.140
 like a

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:36.040
 powerful being

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:37.200
 who's got

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.640
 his hand

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.300
 outstretched

00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:38.980
 to receive

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.740
 you when

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.240
 you die.

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.720
 And, so,

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.320
 it's beautiful

00:29:43.320 --> 00:29:43.820
 how he

00:29:43.820 --> 00:29:44.640
 phrases this.

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.120
 God is

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.400
 going to

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:47.020
 pay the

00:29:47.020 --> 00:29:47.540
 ransom

00:29:47.540 --> 00:29:49.820
 to set me

00:29:49.820 --> 00:29:50.660
 free from

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.100
 the grip

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.599
 of death.

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.639
 He's going

00:29:53.639 --> 00:29:54.059
 to receive

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.219
 me.

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.819
 Death's hand

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.159
 is not

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.399
 going to

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.919
 receive me.

00:29:56.159 --> 00:29:56.579
 He's going

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:56.959
 to receive

00:29:56.959 --> 00:29:57.099
 me.

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.459
 He's going

00:29:57.459 --> 00:29:57.819
 to take

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:59.079
 me to

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.599
 himself.

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.339
 So, the

00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:01.919
 psalmist has

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:03.019
 this beautiful

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.899
 confidence and

00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.539
 hope in God

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.939
 that even

00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.339
 though he

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.879
 will die,

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:07.079
 just like

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.759
 everybody else,

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.259
 God is

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.839
 able to

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.480
 rescue him

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:10.240
 from that.

00:30:12.199 --> 00:30:12.699
 Do you

00:30:12.699 --> 00:30:13.099
 hear this

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.319
 contrast in

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.059
 verses 14

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.679
 and 15?

00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.859
 Their forms

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.439
 will decay

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.199
 in the grave

00:30:18.199 --> 00:30:19.199
 far from

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:19.779
 their princely

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.399
 mansions,

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.440
 but God

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.160
 will redeem

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.200
 me from

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.759
 the realm

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.780
 of the

00:30:24.780 --> 00:30:25.080
 dead.

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.920
 So, you

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.460
 look at those

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.019
 people over

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.320
 in the

00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:28.740
 cemetery

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.180
 there.

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.900
 Because I

00:30:31.900 --> 00:30:32.560
 trust in

00:30:32.560 --> 00:30:33.360
 the Lord,

00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:34.100
 my fate

00:30:34.100 --> 00:30:34.540
 will not

00:30:34.540 --> 00:30:34.980
 be the

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.380
 same as

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.840
 theirs,

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:36.960
 is what

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.420
 he's saying.

00:30:37.780 --> 00:30:38.340
 The ultimate

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:39.040
 end of my

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:40.240
 life, my

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.960
 story, will

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.740
 not be that

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.160
 my body

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.740
 just rotted

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.200
 away in

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.720
 the grave.

00:30:44.540 --> 00:30:45.380
 I may go

00:30:45.380 --> 00:30:45.820
 into that

00:30:45.820 --> 00:30:47.200
 grave, but

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.660
 I'm coming

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.220
 out of it

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:50.360
 because God

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.539
 will ransom

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.579
 me from

00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.279
 the hand

00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:54.019
 of Sheol

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:55.480
 and receive

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.839
 me to

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.319
 himself.

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.539
 We skipped

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:00.140
 over a part

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:01.019
 of verse 14

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:04.480
 here in

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:04.980
 parentheses.

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:07.039
 He said,

00:31:07.120 --> 00:31:07.640
 they are like

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.220
 sheep and are

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.720
 destined to

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.039
 die.

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.240
 Death will

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.620
 be their

00:31:10.620 --> 00:31:12.180
 shepherd, but

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:13.339
 the upright

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.180
 will prevail

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.120
 over them

00:31:15.119 --> 00:31:16.279
 in the

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.579
 morning.

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.019
 I love

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.579
 this statement.

00:31:20.699 --> 00:31:21.379
 So here's

00:31:21.379 --> 00:31:21.799
 the second

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.399
 answer to

00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:24.319
 this big

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.879
 question.

00:31:25.459 --> 00:31:25.959
 Why shouldn't

00:31:25.959 --> 00:31:26.599
 I fear when

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:27.199
 evil days

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.739
 come, when

00:31:27.739 --> 00:31:28.779
 the wicked

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.619
 prosper all

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.239
 around me?

00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.319
 Because we

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.639
 who are

00:31:31.639 --> 00:31:32.339
 upright and

00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.899
 trust in

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.500
 God will

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.339
 prevail over

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.779
 the wicked

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.159
 in the

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.459
 end.

00:31:37.419 --> 00:31:38.139
 This is

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.619
 the long

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:38.859
 view.

00:31:38.979 --> 00:31:39.299
 This is

00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:39.739
 the truth

00:31:39.739 --> 00:31:40.139
 of what's

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:40.539
 coming.

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:45.399
 In other

00:31:45.399 --> 00:31:45.920
 words, God

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.379
 may allow

00:31:46.379 --> 00:31:46.980
 evil days

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.440
 to come

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.460
 here on

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.720
 earth.

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:50.819
 He may

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:51.680
 allow wicked

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.420
 deceivers to

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.059
 afflict his

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:54.399
 people, but

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:54.779
 it's just

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:56.500
 momentary for

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.859
 a short

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:59.180
 time, like

00:31:59.180 --> 00:31:59.659
 the darkness

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.220
 of night.

00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.680
 But dawn is

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.000
 coming.

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.079
 Morning is

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.379
 coming.

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.220
 A new day

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:06.920
 is coming for

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.440
 this world.

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.779
 And when it

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.680
 comes, the

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.339
 righteous, the

00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.179
 upright, those

00:32:11.179 --> 00:32:12.319
 who trust in

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:13.199
 the Lord, they

00:32:13.199 --> 00:32:15.579
 will prevail over

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.019
 the wicked.

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:16.599
 I love that

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:16.959
 language.

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.699
 It speaks of

00:32:17.699 --> 00:32:18.139
 triumph.

00:32:18.939 --> 00:32:19.599
 It assures us

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.059
 that no matter

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.179
 what people do

00:32:21.179 --> 00:32:22.000
 here on this

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.139
 earth, we

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.639
 need not be

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:24.919
 worried.

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.220
 We don't need

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.639
 to fret.

00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:27.119
 We don't need

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.919
 to be anxious

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.899
 or fearful

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.539
 because in the

00:32:29.539 --> 00:32:30.419
 long scheme

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.919
 of things,

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.359
 justice is

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.939
 coming.

00:32:33.939 --> 00:32:34.439
 And the

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.220
 tables will be

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.500
 turned.

00:32:36.359 --> 00:32:36.879
 That great

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.379
 leveler, death

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.359
 is coming.

00:32:39.359 --> 00:32:41.299
 for all of

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.599
 us.

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.419
 And at the

00:32:43.419 --> 00:32:44.339
 end, when the

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.299
 sun rises, when

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.139
 Jesus Christ

00:32:46.139 --> 00:32:46.779
 returns in

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.379
 glory, God

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.299
 will vindicate

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.419
 his people.

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.119
 He'll put us

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.359
 on the

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.039
 victor's throne.

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.319
 So this song,

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:55.719
 I mean, it

00:32:55.719 --> 00:32:57.059
 really drives us

00:32:57.059 --> 00:32:57.979
 to this most

00:32:57.979 --> 00:32:58.959
 important question.

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:01.519
 Have you put

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.779
 your trust

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:04.139
 in the Lord?

00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:08.020
 Lord, is your

00:33:08.020 --> 00:33:10.180
 hope in him?

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:12.560
 Is he your

00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:12.960
 treasure?

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.759
 Are you

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.460
 depending on

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.700
 him?

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.380
 Is he the one

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.740
 that you're

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.480
 living for?

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.600
 A thousand

00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:21.300
 years later,

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.100
 God sent his

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:23.080
 son, Jesus.

00:33:24.120 --> 00:33:24.700
 And Jesus,

00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:26.520
 amazingly, not

00:33:26.520 --> 00:33:27.500
 really surprisingly,

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.280
 preached the

00:33:28.280 --> 00:33:28.960
 same message.

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:31.059
 on one

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.819
 occasion, Mark

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.740
 8, 36, he

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.160
 asked this

00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:34.279
 question, what

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.880
 good is it for

00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:35.500
 someone to gain

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.440
 the whole world

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.779
 yet forfeit

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:38.380
 their soul?

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.880
 Same kind of

00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.640
 idea in this

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:42.980
 psalm.

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:44.880
 He went on and

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.660
 asked a follow-up

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.079
 question.

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:48.660
 What can anyone

00:33:48.660 --> 00:33:49.759
 give in exchange

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.500
 for their soul?

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.779
 Answer,

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:54.579
 nothing.

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:56.720
 No payment is

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.019
 enough.

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:58.099
 It's the same

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.579
 message.

00:34:03.220 --> 00:34:04.059
 He said, do

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.740
 not work for

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.220
 food that

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.339
 spoils, but

00:34:06.339 --> 00:34:06.920
 for food that

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:07.519
 endures to

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.340
 eternal life,

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.980
 which the

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.480
 Son of Man

00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:10.860
 will give

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.079
 you.

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.460
 One of my

00:34:15.460 --> 00:34:16.219
 favorite sayings

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.000
 of Jesus to

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:19.800
 Mary, I am

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.519
 the resurrection

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.199
 and the life,

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.639
 he said.

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.019
 The one who

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.739
 believes in me

00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:24.440
 will live,

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.420
 even though

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:25.960
 they die,

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:27.159
 and whoever

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.900
 lives by

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.500
 believing in

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.639
 me will

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.199
 never die.

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.760
 He preached

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.139
 the same

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.599
 message.

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.460
 As God in

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:36.539
 the flesh, he

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:37.240
 called people to

00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:38.039
 trust in him

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:39.420
 and in the

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.720
 Father.

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:40.840
 He promised

00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:41.800
 eternal life,

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.039
 resurrection,

00:34:43.559 --> 00:34:44.300
 raising him up

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.159
 at the last

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:47.900
 day, and then

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.400
 he went on to

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.980
 pay the ransom

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:50.220
 for us that

00:34:50.220 --> 00:34:52.440
 God's penalty

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.019
 of death

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:54.159
 required.

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.799
 He died on

00:34:54.799 --> 00:34:55.319
 the cross

00:34:55.319 --> 00:34:57.599
 to redeem

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:59.719
 us, to

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.359
 buy us back

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:00.899
 for God.

00:35:02.799 --> 00:35:03.539
 He came

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.139
 not to be

00:35:04.139 --> 00:35:04.639
 served, but

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.339
 to serve and

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:05.940
 to give his

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.460
 life as a

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.460
 ransom for

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:08.759
 many.

00:35:10.339 --> 00:35:10.940
 Three days

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.399
 after he

00:35:11.399 --> 00:35:12.440
 died, God

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:12.940
 gave us the

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.779
 ultimate sign

00:35:13.779 --> 00:35:15.460
 that the hope

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:16.659
 of this songwriter

00:35:16.659 --> 00:35:17.379
 here in verse

00:35:17.379 --> 00:35:18.559
 15 was well

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.019
 placed.

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.619
 God raised

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.359
 Jesus back

00:35:21.359 --> 00:35:21.859
 to life

00:35:21.859 --> 00:35:22.239
 from the

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.859
 dead, and

00:35:23.859 --> 00:35:24.400
 his promise

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:24.900
 is that he

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.420
 will do the

00:35:25.420 --> 00:35:26.539
 same for

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.679
 all who

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.539
 trust in

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.900
 the Lord,

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.460
 who trust

00:35:29.460 --> 00:35:29.940
 in him.

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.359
 Have you

00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:31.699
 put your

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.199
 trust in

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:32.400
 him?

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:33.619
 It's the

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.239
 most important

00:35:34.239 --> 00:35:35.659
 decision of

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.000
 life.

00:35:37.139 --> 00:35:37.519
 There are

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.019
 only two

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.659
 fates to be

00:35:38.659 --> 00:35:38.940
 had.

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.799
 Which do

00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.299
 you choose?

00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:44.900
 Once we've

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.380
 got that

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:47.159
 straight, and

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.500
 I'll end

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.940
 with this,

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.639
 there are two

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.359
 questions that

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.820
 this song

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:50.320
 leads us

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.660
 to, and

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:50.920
 I just

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.140
 want to

00:35:51.140 --> 00:35:51.640
 leave these

00:35:51.640 --> 00:35:52.000
 with you

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.440
 to think

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.360
 about through

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:53.800
 the week.

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:56.840
 The first

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.480
 question is

00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:02.680
 this, have

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.340
 I got my

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:03.860
 priorities

00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.640
 straight?

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.260
 Have I

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.620
 got my

00:36:09.620 --> 00:36:10.140
 priorities

00:36:10.140 --> 00:36:10.620
 straight?

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.460
 Oh, this

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:14.059
 song hits

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.000
 us there about

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.460
 this.

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.599
 And two, am

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.500
 I fretting

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.319
 needlessly

00:36:20.319 --> 00:36:22.299
 about others?

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.400
 We may

00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:26.699
 need to

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.239
 confess some

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.659
 things to

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:28.339
 God today

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:28.739
 or this

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:30.099
 week, and

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.639
 to repent.

00:36:30.819 --> 00:36:31.259
 We may need

00:36:31.259 --> 00:36:31.880
 to come back

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.279
 to the

00:36:32.279 --> 00:36:33.119
 priorities that

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:33.759
 he has for

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:33.900
 us.

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.199
 We may

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.619
 need to

00:36:34.619 --> 00:36:36.759
 find the

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:38.259
 peace that

00:36:38.259 --> 00:36:38.980
 he has for

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.139
 us, for

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.519
 our hearts

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:40.880
 today.

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.940
 Let's pray.

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.059
 Let's

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.079
 pray.

00:36:45.759 --> 00:36:46.420
 Father in

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.900
 heaven, thank

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.900
 you for this

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:49.019
 sober reminder

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:50.260
 that you've

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.800
 given us in

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.420
 this song, that

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:52.740
 our lives are

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:58.500
 short, and

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.220
 that we can

00:36:59.220 --> 00:37:01.340
 waste our

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.500
 lives going

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.220
 after things

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:03.820
 that we will

00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.220
 lose.

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.780
 And I pray

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:07.220
 that you would

00:37:07.220 --> 00:37:07.880
 do that work in

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.500
 our hearts, that

00:37:08.500 --> 00:37:09.400
 you would put

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:10.039
 that wisdom

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:11.000
 inside of us,

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.639
 convict us of

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.980
 our sins, Lord,

00:37:15.200 --> 00:37:16.340
 set our priorities

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:16.900
 straight.

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:19.300
 Forgive us for

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:20.440
 those times,

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:21.140
 those moments

00:37:21.140 --> 00:37:21.660
 where we have

00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:22.539
 chased after the

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.160
 stuff of this

00:37:23.160 --> 00:37:23.539
 world.

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.559
 We ask for

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.720
 that peace, that

00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.920
 security that

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:33.220
 cannot be shaken

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:34.519
 by anything.

00:37:36.140 --> 00:37:36.940
 Put our eyes

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.960
 on Jesus and

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.480
 on the life

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.140
 that he gives.

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.840
 We ask in his

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.079
 name.

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.420
 Amen.

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:43.519
 Amen.