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 Psalm 36, to the choir master of David, the servant of the Lord.

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 Psalm 36, to the choir master of David, the servant of David, the servant of David, the

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 Lord sets himself in a way that is not good.

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 He does not reject evil.

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 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens.

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 Your faithfulness to the clouds.

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 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God.

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 Your judgments are like the great deep.

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 Man and beast you save, O Lord.

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 How precious is your steadfast love, O God.

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 The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.

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 They feast on the abundance of your house.

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 And you give them drink from the river of your delights.

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 For with you is the fountain of life.

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 In your light do we see light.

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 O continue your steadfast love to those who know you.

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 And your righteousness to the upright of heart.

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 Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

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 There the evildoers lie fallen.

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 They are thrust down and unable to rise.

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 Amen.

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 There's been a great many attempts through the centuries to beautifully capture the depths of God's love in a song.

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 We've sung a few songs this morning that I've attempted to do that.

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 My favorite song, perhaps, that really does that well was written by a man named Frederick Lehman.

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 It was published first in its completed form in 1919, a little more than 100 years ago.

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 Lehman was a German immigrant.

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 He was living in Pasadena, California at the time, working in a citrus packing plant.

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 And having written the first two verses and a chorus to the song, he couldn't find a way to complete it.

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 A couple of years go by and he comes across a nearly thousand-year-old Hebrew poem that he felt perfectly fit for a third verse in this hymn that he had been working on for so long.

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 So he adapted it to the song and he added it in.

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 Now, if you can imagine living just a few miles from the Pacific Ocean, you can imagine Lehman's unique vision of God's love as he writes,

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 Could we with ink the ocean feel, and were the skies of parchment made,

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 were every man on earth or every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade?

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 To write the love of God above would drain the ocean dry, nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.

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 Now, that is a beautifully, beautiful description of God's love for us.

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 In Psalm 36, David is writing his own beautiful ballad of God's incomprehensible love.

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 It's a psalm intended for corporate worship from its very inception.

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 We see that in the superscription of the psalm.

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 It's sent to Israel's choir master.

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 It's meant to be sung by all of God's people as they gather together for worship.

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 But it's sent by the servant of the Lord, a title that is teeming with messianic significance.

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 It's really only applied in the psalms and in the scriptures to a few unique individuals,

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 Moses and then David, and of course, them pointing forward to God's servant, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 David writes it and sends it to the choir master so that God's people would always sing of God's saving love

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 displayed ultimately in the work of his promised king.

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 Lots of people talk of God's love.

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 Many people speak of God's love actually without seeming to truly grasp its significance, reality.

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 You don't really understand the depths of it.

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 Cultural ideas of divine love is really more of a view of unconditional approval,

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 unconditional kindness, universal kindness to all people.

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 And of course, God is kind to all his grace shows up to the righteous and the unrighteous.

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 We know that that's true.

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 But the cultural idea of God's love, those who would acknowledge it,

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 is they picture more of a doting grandfather.

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 We spent the last couple of days with Julie's dad and stepmom.

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 They brought all of the grandkids to the Great Wolf Lodge.

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 And you can watch, some of you have met Charles, Julie's dad.

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 You can watch him with his grandchildren.

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 He dotes on them.

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 In his eyes, they've never done anything wrong.

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 And nor would they ever do anything wrong.

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 They've never disobeyed.

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 There's nothing worth judging in them.

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 He just wants to love them.

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 He wants to give to them.

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 He wants to provide for them in every way.

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 Lots of people, when they're thinking of God's love,

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 that's the picture that they have in mind.

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 Kind of this doting grandfather who sees no real wrong in you,

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 but just wants to shower you with all the things that your heart might desire.

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 But that's not at all what so excited and moved the affections of King David in Psalm 36

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 or Frederick Lehman as he reflected on the love of God in his great hymn.

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 The love of God is actually far more profound than that.

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 And this psalm, it gives us just a taste of the true significance of God's love.

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 David takes us on a bit of a journey here.

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 The first thing that he does for us is he paints for us a portrait of the human condition.

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 A portrait of the human condition.

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 Look with me again at the first four verses.

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 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart.

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 There is no fear of God before his eyes.

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 He flatters himself in his own eyes so that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

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 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit, and he ceased to act wisely and do good.

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 He plots trouble while on his bed.

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 He sets himself in a way that's not good.

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 He does not reject evil.

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 What is this?

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 It's a portrait of the human condition here.

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 David begins the song of God's glorious love in a surprisingly sour place.

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 This opening stanza doesn't actually look to the Lord's beauty.

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 It looks to the ugliness of human sin.

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 And herein actually lies a key to recognizing the true wonder of God's love.

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 You cannot truly value it until you've come to terms with the reality of your own depravity and corruption.

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 The portrait David paints here is not a picture of the worst of sinners.

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 This is a picture of every sinner.

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 This is the every man.

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 We can fiddle around with the language even.

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 You'll notice probably there's a footnote even in the bottom of the page in your Bible on that first verse.

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 Or actually what this literally reads as is,

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 transgression speaks into my heart, deep into my heart, David writes.

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 This is every one of us.

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 It's a poetic display of the human condition.

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 This is a picture of you here.

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 It's a picture of me.

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 So as we were carefully examining a portrait in an art gallery,

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 let's just take a moment and soak in what it is that David says about this.

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 Because this is actually the key to really understanding God's love.

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 Five things stick out to me here.

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 First, sin comes from within us.

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 Sin comes from within us.

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 Look again at verse 1.

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 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart.

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 Transgression here is a crossing of a moral boundary.

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 Speaks is interesting because this is typically the term that's used for the oracles of God.

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 It's as if David is taking transgression, sin.

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 He's personifying sin and letting sin take the place of God as it speaks.

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 And where is it that this transgression and this sinfulness speaks?

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 Deep within us.

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 Deep within our hearts.

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 The popular idea is that with maybe just a few exceptions,

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 people are basically good.

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 That if we just reach down deep inside of us,

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 there's something good there and we can all be better and do better and make things better.

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 The scriptures actually teach the opposite of that.

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 It says in Jeremiah that our hearts are deceitful,

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 that they're wicked beyond what we can even really understand.

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 They're desperately sick,

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 incapable,

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 apart from grace,

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 of being healed.

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 And that's what David's on about here.

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 Sin personified enters deep in our hearts,

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 meaning it comes from within us rather than being foisted upon us from an external source.

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 You see,

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 we could go back to that 1 Peter chapter 5 and verse 8 that we read a few moments ago.

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 And we could say,

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 okay,

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 that's where sin really comes from.

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 Sin is not something I do.

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 Sin is something that the adversary forces me to do.

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 It's that great devil made me do it that you use when you're finally getting in trouble as a kid, right?

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 Wasn't me,

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 mom.

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 Satan made me do it.

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 No,

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 the scripture actually says the opposite here.

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 No,

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 it's actually coming from within you.

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 James clarifies this for us in James chapter 1 when he says that each of us is tempted

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 when we are,

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 Lord and enticed,

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 not by an external source.

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 We are Lord and enticed of our own desire,

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 of the own lust that's in us.

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 When we want what we want,

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 we are then enticed to sin against the Lord.

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 That's our nature.

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 In other words,

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 we sin because it's in our nature to do it.

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 We're not sinners because we sin.

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 We sin because we're sinners.

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 That's what David's on about here.

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 Transgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart.

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 Sin comes from within us.

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 The second thing that sticks out to me here is this.

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 Our nature has no fear of God.

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 This is our human condition before Christ apart from grace.

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 We have no fear of God.

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 Get the second part of verse 1.

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 There's no fear of God before his eyes.

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 Paul quotes this.

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 Some of you will remember in Romans chapter 3.

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 Paul strings along a number of different Old Testament passages.

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 He's asserting that all people are sinful before God,

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 that we're all sinners.

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 This is the one he concludes with.

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 He quotes this very phrase.

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 There is no fear of God before their eyes.

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 That's why we come back to this passage,

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 and we say this isn't really about highlighting

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 the extreme wickedness of a select few.

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 No, this is every man.

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 This is the human condition.

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 Paul affirms that for us in Romans chapter 3.

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 What is he talking about?

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 But this is not the typical Hebrew word for fear,

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 that reverential fear.

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 It's a different kind of word that's being used here.

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 This is abject terror that is meant here.

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 David says,

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 Christopher Ashe says,

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 It's not simply that they have not learned reverence,

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 but they have not learned to be properly frightened of God

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 in his majesty and holiness.

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 To be frightened of God is the necessary precursor to grace.

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 Not to tremble before God

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 is both the root and the result of transgression, he writes.

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 And that's helpful.

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 If we take the popular idea

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 that God's love really is just like this doting grandfather

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 who doesn't really see much wrong,

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 all he wants to do is shower us

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 with the deepest desires of our hearts,

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 then we're completely missing a huge piece of this.

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 In order to really understand his love,

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 we have to understand his holiness.

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 That's one of the biggest problems with that popular view.

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 It minimizes, sometimes outright denies God's holiness

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 and his just wrath against sinners.

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 That's a fatal error.

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 Until you tremble before his holiness,

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 you cannot understand the fullness of his love.

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 Third thing that sticks out here.

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 In our human condition,

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 our fallen nature apart from grace,

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 we are self-deceived.

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 Self-deceived.

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 Verse two.

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 He flatters himself in his own eyes

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 so that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

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 I'd encourage you to go and look

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 at what Jonathan Edwards has said about this.

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 He's written so many ways that we flatter ourselves

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 in our sin.

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 We're self-deceived,

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 but the sense of the verse is simple.

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 The sense of it is that we are so self-deceived

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 that we're blind to our own lostness,

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 never able to learn to hate our own sin.

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 That's a common picture of us in the Bible, isn't it?

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 That we're blind.

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 We're in darkness.

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 Self-deceived.

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 The New Testament says that

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 until the Lord returns,

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 people will go on being deceived

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 and deceiving themselves

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 and deceiving others.

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 It will just continue

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 again and again and again.

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 That's the human condition.

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 Fourth thing.

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 We're totally corrupted.

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 Totally corrupted.

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 Verse three.

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 The words of his mouth

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 are trouble and deceit.

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 He has ceased to act wisely and do good.

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 It's that common dual paradigm of word and deed.

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 What's David saying?

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 He's saying everything about us

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 is touched by sin and depravity and corruption.

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 There's no part of our lives

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 where our corruption is not evidence.

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 It's in the way that we talk.

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 It's in the things that we do.

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 It's everywhere.

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 It shows itself in everything.

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 And then the fifth thing we find in verse four

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 that our sin is all-consuming.

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 He plots trouble while on his bed.

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 He sets himself in a way that's not good.

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 That is, he digs his heels in.

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 He digs his heels in

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 in these things that isn't right.

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 He doesn't reject evil in his life.

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 He pursues his own sinfulness.

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 Think about this picture here.

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 He plots trouble while on his bed.

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 There's a reason that stress and anxiety

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 affect our sleep.

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 We lay in bed at night.

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 Life is quieted.

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 Distractions are removed

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 unless you have a three-month-old.

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 You're alone in the privacy of your own thoughts.

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 It's often in those moments

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 that those thoughts begin to rage

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 with various anxieties in our life.

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 We're laid in your bed at night

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 and you thought about those who crossed you

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 or those who you're unhappy with

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 and you began plotting,

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 boy, if they just said this to me,

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 this is what I would say back.

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 Or if they just did this,

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 this is how I would get my vengeance

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 or this is how I'm gonna deal with this thing.

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 It's in our nature, isn't it?

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 It's in our nature to do it.

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 It's in that stillness that we ought to pray,

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 that we ought to repent.

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 Instead, our nature plots

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 and our hearts are further hardened

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 in that self-deception.

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 What's David doing here at the beginning

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 before he ever mentions

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 the first thing about God's love?

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 He has to set the proper stage for that love.

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 By saying, here's who we actually are.

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 This is what's true of our nature,

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 true of our human condition.

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 And this is an essential backdrop

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 to the dramatic description of God's love

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 that we find in the next stanza.

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 So that we not only see a portrait

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 of the human condition,

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 then we come to see the preciousness

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 of God's steadfast love.

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 The preciousness of it.

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 Look at verse five.

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 Your steadfast love, O Lord,

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 it extends to the heavens.

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 Your faithfulness to the clouds.

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 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God.

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 Your judgments are like the great deep.

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 Man and beast you save, O Lord.

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 How precious is your steadfast love, O God.

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 The children of mankind take refuge

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 in the shadow of your wings.

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 They feast on the abundance of your house

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 and you give them drink from the river of your delights.

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 For with you is the fountain of life.

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 In your light do we see light.

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 Standing in stark contrast to man's nature

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 is the nature of God.

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 David lists four divine attributes here.

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 The capstone of those,

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 the most preeminent of those in this psalm

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 is steadfast love.

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 God's steadfast love,

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 it refers particularly to his covenantal love.

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 Throughout the Bible,

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 we see a series of covenants

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 that God makes with his people.

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 All of them are pushing forward to something.

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 They're pushing forward

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 to a promised salvation

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 through a savior king.

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 And that covenant,

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 again and again,

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 it is steadfast

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 in that it's unchanging.

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 He will never renege.

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 Even more than that,

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 it's rooted entirely in love.

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 How is God's covenant rooted entirely in love?

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 In this sense,

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 nothing else compels God

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 to make a saving covenant with man

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 except love.

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 It's the only possible explanation

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 for God's desire

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 to provide any salvation

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 from this sinful state at all.

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 There's no other explanation.

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 We can offer him nothing.

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 We bring nothing to the table.

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 One old preacher said,

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 we bring nothing to our salvation

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 except the sin that makes it necessary.

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 He can get nothing from us

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 that he cannot create in a moment.

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 Why would he do it?

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 Why would he make this covenant?

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 Because he loves us.

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 It's the only explanation.

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 Flowing out of that steadfast love

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 is seeing all of these other attributes

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 that David mentions here.

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 Because he loves us,

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 because that love is steadfast,

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 he will always be faithful

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 to do what he's promised.

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 Because he loves us

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 and because that love is steadfast,

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 he will be righteous

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 in executing this promise.

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 Because he loves us,

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 because that love is steadfast,

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 he's perfect in his judgments

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 to establish that promise.

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 And we see it unfolding progressively

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 through the scriptures.

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 Step by step by step,

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 more and more and more of God's love

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 do we see.

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 Because he never changes his promise.

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 He is faithful to it

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 even when we are unfaithful.

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 And all of those attributes,

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 we're told in verse six,

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 are working toward the salvation

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 of those hopelessly described

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 in the first four verses.

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 Notice what he says.

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 The end of verse six is amazing.

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 All of these attributes

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 are working to this salvation.

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 Man and beast you save,

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 oh Lord.

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 What does he mean by that?

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 He only means to say

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 that God's salvation,

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 what all of this is moving towards,

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 is total in its scope.

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 That God in salvation

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 is doing a greater work

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 than just providing you forgiveness.

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 He is pushing forward

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 to a great recreation of all things

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 in the new heavens,

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 in the new earth.

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 This salvation that he provides

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 out of his divine love

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 is total.

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 It's complete in all things.

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 Paul reminds us in Romans eight,

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 the world itself,

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 nature itself,

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 it groans under the curse of sin

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 and it's awaiting

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 the great revelation

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 in his return

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 when he sets all things right.

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 Not only are you forgiven,

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 but God is making all things new.

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 This salvation he provides

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 out of his divine love,

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 it is a total and complete

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 and precious salvation.

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 And who is it for?

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 It's for the people

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 that David described

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 in verses one to four

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 because that's the only people

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 that there is.

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 That's why God's love

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 is so great.

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 Do you see how the psalm

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 is now beginning to take shape?

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 Do you see why David

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 began where he did?

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 Though we are wretched

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 and totally corrupt

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 in our nature,

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 God is faithful

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 and his love compels him

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 to rescue us

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 from sin and death.

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 great emphasis

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 is given in verses

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 five and six

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 to the extent

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 of this covenantal love.

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 Look at how

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 David describes it.

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 This steadfast love,

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 it extends to the heavens.

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 His faithfulness

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 goes to the clouds.

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 His righteousness

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 is like the great mountains

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 of God.

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 His judgments

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 are like the great deep.

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 He's using nature

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 as a picture

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 of the extent

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 of God's love.

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 He's saying it,

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 it's limitless.

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 We can't plumb

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:02.980
 the depths

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 of God's love

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 any more than we can

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.579
 plumb the depths

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:07.839
 of the great deeps.

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 His steadfast love,

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 in other words,

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 it has no end.

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 I want you to think

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 about that

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 in relationship

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 to the first four verses.

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 The first four verses,

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 we have a picture

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:23.399
 of total corruption.

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 our sin

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 that is in our nature,

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 it affects

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 every part of our lives,

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 our thoughts,

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 our words,

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 our deeds,

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 everything.

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 It's there,

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 it's present.

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 But even still,

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.980
 God's love

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:38.539
 is greater.

00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.359
 His steadfast love

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 is more profound.

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 Calvin says this,

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 this is so good.

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 However great

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 the depth

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 of wickedness

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 which there is

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.759
 among men

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 and though it

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 seem like a flood

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 which breaks forth

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 and overflows

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 the whole earth,

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 yet still greater

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.839
 is the depth

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 of God's providence

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 by which he rightly

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 disposes

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 and governs

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 all things.

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 And what is that

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.119
 providence

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 working toward?

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 Romans 8 tells us

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 it's all working

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 for the good

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 of those who love him,

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 who are called

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 according to his purpose.

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 it's all working

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 for the salvation

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 of his people

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 promised

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 in his covenant.

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 As great

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 as your sin is,

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 God's love

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:34.240
 is greater still.

00:25:35.359 --> 00:25:36.059
 Isn't that amazing?

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 A few of us

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.680
 this week

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 had an opportunity

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 to visit

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:42.440
 with the community

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 pregnancy center

00:25:43.379 --> 00:25:44.119
 in Lake Norman.

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 We pray for them

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 on a regular basis.

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 I know you pray

00:25:46.639 --> 00:25:47.379
 for them regularly.

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 If you ever get

00:25:48.560 --> 00:25:49.180
 an opportunity

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 to go and visit

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 at one of their

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 open houses,

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 I'd really encourage

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 you to do that.

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 Sarah Lynn kind of

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 works as a liaison

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 between our church

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 and that ministry

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 and I'm sure she has

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:59.920
 some of those dates

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 in her mind

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 she could share

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 them with you

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 and I would encourage

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 you to do that

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 to hear about

00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.080
 what they're doing.

00:26:05.900 --> 00:26:06.760
 In their building,

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:08.000
 the lady that gave us

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.900
 a tour the other day,

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 there's a room

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 in there

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 where there's

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:13.120
 a giant tree

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.940
 painted on the wall

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 and coming out

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 from that tree

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 are just a bunch

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.720
 of branches

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 and the branches

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 are extending

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.120
 around the other

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.759
 walls in the room.

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 It's almost

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.880
 to the point

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 where it begins

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.380
 to surround

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 whoever comes

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:24.779
 in the room.

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 On those branches

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 are individual leaves

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 and on the leaves

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 are names,

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 all kinds of names.

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 Each of those names

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:38.580
 represents a child

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 who was murdered

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.980
 in his or her

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.580
 mother's womb.

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 they're on the wall

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 because at some point

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.639
 after the abortion

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.980
 she said

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 sometimes it's days,

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 sometimes it's months,

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 sometimes it's decades.

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 Mother has come

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 to them for counsel,

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.119
 has repented,

00:27:01.119 --> 00:27:02.059
 trusted Christ,

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:03.939
 given her baby

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.480
 a name,

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.919
 given her baby

00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.779
 a burial

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:10.579
 and they put that name

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.359
 up on the wall.

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.819
 and what has that

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:14.099
 meant to communicate

00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.639
 to us?

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.879
 It's the wonderful

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:20.179
 extent of God's love.

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:24.319
 There is no sin

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.959
 so great

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:28.319
 that God's love

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:29.479
 is not greater still.

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.419
 There is no sinner

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:34.519
 so corrupt

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:36.759
 that his faithfulness

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:38.639
 is any less sure.

00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:41.740
 you think of the greatest

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.640
 sin that you've ever

00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.060
 committed,

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:44.820
 the greatest sinner

00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.440
 that you know.

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.660
 God's love

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.880
 is greater still.

00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.960
 His mercy

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:52.340
 is faithful

00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:54.000
 and it's true

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.420
 and it's there

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.140
 for those women

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:58.020
 and those men

00:27:58.020 --> 00:27:59.420
 who do such things.

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:01.120
 It's there for those

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:02.420
 who do even greater

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.380
 things than that.

00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:05.640
 that's the extent

00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:06.440
 of God's love.

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.360
 And then we get

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.640
 to verses 7 and 9

00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:10.160
 and we see

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.300
 David begins

00:28:11.300 --> 00:28:12.120
 to drill down

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:13.160
 even a little further

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.860
 to describe

00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:15.560
 the benefits

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.640
 of God's love.

00:28:18.120 --> 00:28:19.120
 So glorious

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.920
 is his love

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:21.160
 that the faithful

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.420
 finds shelter

00:28:22.420 --> 00:28:24.160
 beneath the shadow

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.900
 of his wings.

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.480
 How precious

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.880
 is your steadfast love,

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.220
 O God!

00:28:28.280 --> 00:28:28.840
 The children

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.740
 of mankind

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.380
 take refuge

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:32.400
 in the shadow

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.060
 of your wings.

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.800
 They feast

00:28:33.800 --> 00:28:34.500
 on the abundance

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.500
 of your house.

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.960
 You give them

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:38.040
 drink from the river

00:28:38.040 --> 00:28:39.020
 of your delights

00:28:39.020 --> 00:28:40.520
 for with you

00:28:40.520 --> 00:28:41.140
 is the fountain

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.760
 of life

00:28:41.760 --> 00:28:43.560
 and in your light

00:28:43.560 --> 00:28:45.260
 do we see light.

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.900
 How can this be?

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:52.080
 Sinners were condemned

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.020
 in verse 1

00:28:53.020 --> 00:28:54.020
 for not trembling

00:28:54.020 --> 00:28:55.680
 in abject fear

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.780
 before the Holy God.

00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:58.140
 Is it not then

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.840
 a contradiction

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:00.379
 to just a few verses later

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.899
 say that we may then

00:29:01.899 --> 00:29:02.819
 run to him

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.240
 like little chicks

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.480
 run beneath the wings

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.339
 of a mother hen?

00:29:06.439 --> 00:29:07.119
 That's the picture.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.500
 Is that not a contradiction?

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:12.759
 No, it's no contradiction

00:29:12.759 --> 00:29:13.240
 at all.

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.480
 It's the benefit

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:16.799
 of God's steadfast love.

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:19.639
 Because of his limitless love

00:29:19.639 --> 00:29:21.019
 those who tremble

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.740
 before him

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:23.419
 may also rest

00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:25.079
 beneath the shadow

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.619
 of his wings.

00:29:26.619 --> 00:29:29.059
 those who seek refuge

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:29.959
 in him

00:29:29.959 --> 00:29:32.039
 feast at his table.

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:33.539
 They drink deeply

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:35.339
 of his delights.

00:29:36.919 --> 00:29:38.500
 God makes his enemies

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:40.679
 to be his children

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:42.479
 and their inheritance

00:29:42.479 --> 00:29:44.259
 is life

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.979
 and light.

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.919
 Those who were once

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:49.119
 self-deceived

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.979
 in darkness

00:29:49.979 --> 00:29:51.000
 and blind

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.479
 now have seen light.

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.140
 those who were once

00:29:55.140 --> 00:29:55.640
 dead

00:29:55.640 --> 00:29:56.660
 in their trespasses

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.440
 and sins

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:58.480
 have now

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.640
 in his shelter

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:01.279
 been given life

00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:02.700
 and life eternal.

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.620
 By nature

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:07.019
 we're in darkness

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.819
 we're deceived

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:09.039
 we're destined for death

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:10.140
 but those who seek

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:11.200
 the Lord by faith

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.559
 are brought to life

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.480
 they're delivered

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.240
 from darkness

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.980
 into his marvelous light

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.160
 of truth

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.839
 and righteousness.

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:19.720
 And thus

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.279
 with David

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.980
 we sing

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.819
 that the steadfast love

00:30:22.819 --> 00:30:23.420
 of the Lord

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:26.019
 is not just wonderful

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:27.460
 it's precious

00:30:27.460 --> 00:30:28.819
 to us.

00:30:29.440 --> 00:30:30.299
 It's precious

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:33.099
 and the preciousness

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.980
 of that love

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:35.980
 is then to drive

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.900
 everything in our lives

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.579
 which brings us

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:40.620
 to the final section

00:30:40.620 --> 00:30:41.319
 of the song.

00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:43.519
 David shows us

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.019
 a portrait

00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.240
 of the human condition

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:46.180
 he speaks

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.420
 of the preciousness

00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:49.400
 of God's steadfast love

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:51.280
 and then he provides

00:30:51.280 --> 00:30:51.640
 for us

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:52.380
 a prayer

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:54.259
 for the faithful

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.440
 a prayer

00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:56.160
 that the faithful

00:30:56.160 --> 00:30:56.780
 can pray

00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:58.120
 together.

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:01.000
 At the end of the song

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.780
 he brings those

00:31:01.780 --> 00:31:02.840
 other two truths

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.640
 together

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.259
 the truth

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.240
 that we are

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:07.060
 dreadful sinners

00:31:07.060 --> 00:31:08.640
 and God's steadfast love

00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:09.240
 is precious

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:11.120
 he merges them now

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.580
 as he calls

00:31:12.580 --> 00:31:13.700
 us to action

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.340
 this is a prayer

00:31:14.340 --> 00:31:15.019
 we're to pray

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:17.120
 but it's not a prayer

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.800
 that just anyone

00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.380
 can pray

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.600
 or that anyone

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:20.220
 would pray

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:22.460
 it's a prayer

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:24.140
 that only those

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.780
 who quote

00:31:24.780 --> 00:31:25.720
 know you

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.500
 and the quote

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.800
 upright in heart

00:31:28.800 --> 00:31:29.980
 would ever pray

00:31:29.980 --> 00:31:32.740
 they're not upright

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.200
 in heart

00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:33.880
 because they're

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.740
 without sin

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.740
 they're upright

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.260
 in heart

00:31:36.260 --> 00:31:37.240
 in this context

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:38.220
 because they fear

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.680
 the Lord

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.780
 and they trust

00:31:39.780 --> 00:31:40.700
 in his steadfast

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.180
 love

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:42.400
 for salvation

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:44.160
 the prayer

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.440
 sounds three notes

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.300
 that should be

00:31:46.300 --> 00:31:47.200
 routine

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.480
 in our own prayers

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:50.140
 first

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.420
 the prayer

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.460
 seeks God's

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.480
 steadfast love

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:53.880
 anew

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:55.319
 it seeks it anew

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:56.019
 look at verse 10

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:57.100
 oh continue

00:31:57.100 --> 00:31:58.480
 your steadfast love

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.660
 to those who know you

00:31:59.660 --> 00:32:01.000
 and your righteousness

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:03.180
 to the upright of heart

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:05.860
 why ask God

00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:06.420
 for something

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.600
 that is by definition

00:32:07.600 --> 00:32:08.740
 enduring

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.860
 and everlasting

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:11.279
 and limitless

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:13.799
 this isn't a prayer

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.460
 of anxiety

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:15.299
 this isn't

00:32:15.299 --> 00:32:16.519
 coming from the heart

00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:16.980
 of someone

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.759
 who is worried

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.200
 that maybe

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.279
 God will change

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.759
 his mind

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.139
 and therefore

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:21.279
 must plead with him

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.960
 and beg him

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.039
 not to change his mind

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:23.839
 and to continue

00:32:23.839 --> 00:32:25.259
 in that steadfast love

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.139
 that's not what this is

00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:26.940
 this is a prayer

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.579
 of faith

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.599
 it's a prayer

00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.119
 of faith

00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:29.559
 that God

00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.180
 will indeed

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.660
 do

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.559
 what he said

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.559
 he would do

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:34.139
 Spurgeon said

00:32:34.139 --> 00:32:34.379
 although

00:32:34.379 --> 00:32:35.599
 a continuance

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.160
 of mercy

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.859
 is guaranteed

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.599
 in the covenant

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.759
 we are yet

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:39.319
 to make it

00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:39.719
 a matter

00:32:39.719 --> 00:32:40.379
 of prayer

00:32:40.379 --> 00:32:42.299
 the real

00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:42.679
 prayer

00:32:42.679 --> 00:32:43.559
 of faith

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:47.500
 asks God

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:47.899
 to do

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.619
 what he's promised

00:32:48.619 --> 00:32:49.219
 to do

00:32:49.219 --> 00:32:50.819
 do your prayers

00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.480
 look that way

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.480
 what is your heart

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.019
 of prayer

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.659
 in moments

00:32:53.659 --> 00:32:54.240
 like this

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:55.240
 are you praying

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.719
 because you're

00:32:55.719 --> 00:32:56.240
 just worried

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.639
 that God

00:32:56.639 --> 00:32:57.480
 won't be faithful

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.579
 or are you crying

00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.339
 out for God

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:00.199
 simply to fulfill

00:33:00.199 --> 00:33:00.740
 his promise

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.539
 because your heart

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.179
 is sure

00:33:02.179 --> 00:33:03.179
 that he will

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.819
 be faithful

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:05.059
 that's the difference

00:33:05.059 --> 00:33:06.259
 that's what David

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:07.219
 calls us to hear

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:08.920
 he seeks

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.740
 God's steadfast

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.220
 love anew

00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:10.660
 but then

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.519
 he does something

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.839
 different

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.480
 he acknowledges

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.960
 the weakness

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.019
 of his own flesh

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:17.019
 verse 11

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:19.460
 let not the foot

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:20.220
 of arrogance

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:21.279
 come upon me

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:23.140
 nor the hand

00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.779
 of the wicked

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:25.799
 drive me away

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:28.660
 drive me away

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.360
 from what

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:31.799
 the steadfast

00:33:31.799 --> 00:33:32.579
 love of the Lord

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:34.860
 from trust

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:36.460
 in his grace

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:38.600
 what is this

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:39.279
 part of the prayer

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.640
 it's a prayer

00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.660
 for sanctification

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:43.940
 it's a prayer

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.360
 that God

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.140
 will sanctify

00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:45.720
 us through

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.579
 that steadfast

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.039
 love

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.039
 so that we

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.620
 will not be

00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:48.960
 driven

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.640
 to abandon

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.279
 the faith

00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:52.500
 again says

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.019
 Christopher

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.460
 Ash

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.799
 at one level

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.660
 this is a prayer

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.340
 against being

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:56.799
 conquered

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:57.819
 by an ungodly

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.299
 power

00:33:58.299 --> 00:34:00.180
 at a deeper

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.640
 level

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:02.180
 it's a prayer

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.759
 against all

00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.299
 the forces

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.039
 of sin

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.240
 the world

00:34:05.240 --> 00:34:06.399
 and the devil

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.740
 that wage war

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.800
 against our souls

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:10.539
 for the greatest

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:12.119
 danger to the church

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:13.900
 and to the individual

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.519
 believer

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:16.519
 is not so much

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.300
 that we will be

00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:17.840
 persecuted

00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:18.800
 by an enemy

00:34:18.800 --> 00:34:21.340
 but that we will be

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.039
 seduced

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:23.920
 or pressured

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:25.380
 by the power

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.039
 of sin

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:28.039
 into denying

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.739
 faithfulness

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.340
 to Christ

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:31.360
 that's what

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.900
 this prayer

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.340
 is

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:34.680
 don't let

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:35.800
 the sin

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:37.120
 that is in me

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:38.500
 drive me away

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.039
 from you

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:41.960
 that's a humble

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.320
 prayer

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:44.440
 we read it

00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:44.800
 earlier

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.920
 humble yourselves

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.620
 therefore under

00:34:46.620 --> 00:34:47.320
 the mighty hand

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.760
 of God

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:49.280
 what is that

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.640
 about

00:34:49.640 --> 00:34:50.360
 it's about

00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:51.039
 recognizing

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.579
 your own

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.180
 tendency

00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:54.539
 prone to wonder

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.960
 Lord I feel it

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.700
 prone to leave

00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.420
 the God I love

00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:57.900
 we sing

00:34:57.900 --> 00:35:01.500
 no one

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.340
 ever left

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.920
 the faith

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:04.380
 who didn't

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.180
 first cease

00:35:05.180 --> 00:35:06.019
 to acknowledge

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:07.400
 their continued

00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:08.500
 susceptibility

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:10.280
 to sin's

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.500
 persuasive power

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:14.539
 spiritual pride

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:16.220
 is what leads

00:35:16.220 --> 00:35:17.300
 to this abandonment

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:19.380
 and it's only

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:20.059
 humility

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:21.660
 and humility

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:22.360
 and prayer

00:35:22.360 --> 00:35:23.780
 that tethers

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.579
 us tightly

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.599
 to faithfulness

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.240
 to Christ

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:29.839
 behooves

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.339
 us then

00:35:30.339 --> 00:35:32.000
 to remain

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.819
 steadfast

00:35:32.819 --> 00:35:33.199
 in this

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:33.739
 acknowledgement

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.659
 seeking always

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.099
 that God

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:36.000
 hold us

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:36.639
 fast

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.919
 in his

00:35:37.919 --> 00:35:38.539
 covenantal

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:38.979
 love

00:35:38.979 --> 00:35:40.559
 why

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.519
 because the

00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:43.039
 third note

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.679
 sounded in the

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:43.959
 prayer

00:35:43.959 --> 00:35:44.839
 verse 12

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:46.500
 it recognizes

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.299
 the end

00:35:47.299 --> 00:35:48.359
 for the

00:35:48.359 --> 00:35:48.919
 impenitent

00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:49.239
 wicked

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:50.559
 it recognizes

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.219
 their end

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:52.379
 you have

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:52.939
 verse 12

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:54.840
 there

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:56.880
 the evildoers

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.599
 lie fallen

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.260
 where is

00:35:58.260 --> 00:35:58.740
 there

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.900
 it's

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.420
 wherever the

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:01.039
 place is

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.400
 that has

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:02.220
 driven the

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.860
 singer away

00:36:02.860 --> 00:36:03.579
 from God's

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.000
 steadfast

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.420
 love

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.720
 it is

00:36:05.720 --> 00:36:06.460
 the place

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:07.280
 outside of

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.760
 the covenant

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:07.760


00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.360
 there

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.760
 evildoers

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:11.659
 lie fallen

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.759
 they are

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.279
 thrust

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.920
 down

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.839
 and here's

00:36:14.839 --> 00:36:15.559
 this amazing

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.079
 phrase

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:17.519
 they're unable

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.139
 to rise

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:21.679
 the prayer

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.159
 envisions

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.659
 a final

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.139
 judgment

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.639
 in which

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.359
 God's

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:24.779
 wrath

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.119
 will be

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.399
 poured

00:36:25.399 --> 00:36:25.679
 out

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.119
 on them

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.319
 in

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:27.000
 eternal

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.579
 death

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.739
 notice

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.000
 the

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.420
 contrast

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.859
 between

00:36:29.859 --> 00:36:30.259
 the wicked

00:36:30.259 --> 00:36:30.579
 and the

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:30.859
 faithful

00:36:30.859 --> 00:36:31.440
 as we've

00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:31.759
 studied

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.119
 several

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.480
 psalms

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:32.879
 in a row

00:36:32.879 --> 00:36:33.199
 now

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:33.920
 those

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.139
 who

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.579
 trust

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:34.739
 in

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.079
 God's

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.539
 steadfast

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.019
 love

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:37.059
 will be

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.339
 raised

00:36:37.339 --> 00:36:37.899
 to life

00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:39.480
 those

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.680
 who

00:36:39.680 --> 00:36:40.139
 continue

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.820
 in sin

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.700
 are rendered

00:36:41.700 --> 00:36:42.840
 unable

00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:44.240
 to rise

00:36:44.240 --> 00:36:47.139
 their

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.599
 judgment

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.460
 is decisive

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.300
 it's

00:36:49.300 --> 00:36:49.900
 eternal

00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:51.700
 and remembering

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.639
 their end

00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.840
 is a

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.300
 safeguard

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.740
 against

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.180
 joining

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.480
 them

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:57.260
 and it's

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:57.660
 a great

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.320
 motivation

00:36:58.320 --> 00:36:59.780
 for sharing

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.300
 the gospel

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.880
 with them

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:02.700
 would you

00:37:02.700 --> 00:37:03.180
 just flip

00:37:03.180 --> 00:37:03.500
 a few

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.900
 pages

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.280
 to the

00:37:04.280 --> 00:37:04.579
 right

00:37:04.579 --> 00:37:04.800
 to

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.099
 psalm

00:37:05.099 --> 00:37:05.720
 73

00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:07.759
 this

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.239
 was

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:10.359
 Asaph

00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:10.559
 who

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.000
 wrote

00:37:11.000 --> 00:37:11.299
 psalm

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.819
 73

00:37:11.819 --> 00:37:13.000
 this

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:13.199
 was

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.519
 something

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.859
 of his

00:37:13.859 --> 00:37:14.239
 plight

00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:14.619
 there

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:16.039
 in the

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.319
 beginning

00:37:16.319 --> 00:37:16.619
 of the

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:16.919
 psalm

00:37:16.919 --> 00:37:17.359
 he tells

00:37:17.359 --> 00:37:17.599
 us

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:17.959
 that

00:37:17.959 --> 00:37:18.959
 his

00:37:18.959 --> 00:37:19.339
 feet

00:37:19.339 --> 00:37:19.459
 had

00:37:19.459 --> 00:37:19.759
 almost

00:37:19.759 --> 00:37:20.179
 stumbled

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.439
 his

00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:20.879
 steps

00:37:20.879 --> 00:37:21.159
 had

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.879
 nearly

00:37:21.879 --> 00:37:22.439
 slipped

00:37:22.439 --> 00:37:22.699
 and the

00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.019
 reason

00:37:23.019 --> 00:37:23.219
 in

00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:23.399
 verse

00:37:23.399 --> 00:37:23.639
 3

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:23.799
 is

00:37:23.799 --> 00:37:24.079
 because

00:37:24.079 --> 00:37:24.259
 he

00:37:24.259 --> 00:37:24.419
 was

00:37:24.419 --> 00:37:24.779
 envious

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:24.980
 of

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.099
 the

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:25.439
 arrogant

00:37:25.439 --> 00:37:26.159
 when

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.279
 he

00:37:26.279 --> 00:37:26.439
 saw

00:37:26.439 --> 00:37:26.619
 the

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.139
 prosperity

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.319
 of

00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:27.439
 the

00:37:27.439 --> 00:37:27.679
 wicked

00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.399
 in

00:37:28.399 --> 00:37:28.559
 other

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:28.719
 words

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:28.879
 he

00:37:28.879 --> 00:37:29.119
 looked

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.259
 at

00:37:29.259 --> 00:37:29.579
 those

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:29.739
 who

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:29.899
 did

00:37:29.899 --> 00:37:30.059
 not

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.239
 love

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.379
 the

00:37:30.379 --> 00:37:30.659
 Lord

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:30.939
 who

00:37:30.939 --> 00:37:31.500
 lived

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:31.679
!

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:31.779
 the way

00:37:31.779 --> 00:37:32.019
 they

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.239
 wanted

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.440
 to

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:32.659
 live

00:37:32.659 --> 00:37:32.759
 and

00:37:32.759 --> 00:37:32.880
 he

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.340
 realized

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:33.679
 that

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.239
 life

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.619
 seems

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:34.940
 to be

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.300
 better

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:35.519
 for

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:35.800
 them

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.199
 you

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.340
 ever

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.500
 felt

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:37.699
 that

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.000
 way

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.199
 of

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:39.340
 course

00:37:39.340 --> 00:37:39.440
 you

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:39.820
 probably

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:40.340
 have

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:41.739
 and

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:41.840
 he

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:42.280
 becomes

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:42.800
 nigh

00:37:42.800 --> 00:37:44.159
 he's

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.360
 very

00:37:44.360 --> 00:37:44.780
 nigh

00:37:44.780 --> 00:37:45.659
 to

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.039
 just

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.900
 leaving

00:37:46.900 --> 00:37:47.119
 the

00:37:47.119 --> 00:37:47.340
 faith

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:47.820
 altogether

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.079
 his

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.320
 feet

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:48.599
 are

00:37:48.599 --> 00:37:49.199
 about

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.440
 to

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.800
 slip

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:51.519
 but

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:51.639
 then

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.759
 look

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:51.900
 what

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.039
 he

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.539
 says

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:54.480
 verse

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.179
 16

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:57.799
 but

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:57.940
 when

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.059
 I

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.379
 thought

00:37:58.379 --> 00:37:58.599
 how

00:37:58.599 --> 00:37:58.739
 to

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.219
 understand

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.799
 this

00:37:59.799 --> 00:38:00.799
 it

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.239
 seemed

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:01.379
 to

00:38:01.379 --> 00:38:01.480
 me

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.639
 a

00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:02.059
 wearisome

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.639
 task

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.779
 until

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.119
 I

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.319
 went

00:38:04.319 --> 00:38:04.519
 into

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.779
 the

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.199
 sanctuary

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:05.599
 of

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.960
 God

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:07.480
 and

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.699
 then

00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:07.859
 I

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:08.379
 discerned

00:38:08.379 --> 00:38:08.559
 their

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.000
 end

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.659
 and

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:09.799
 what

00:38:09.799 --> 00:38:09.919
 is

00:38:09.919 --> 00:38:10.019
 it

00:38:10.019 --> 00:38:10.159
 that

00:38:10.159 --> 00:38:10.279
 he

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.899
 discerned

00:38:10.899 --> 00:38:11.099
 verse

00:38:11.099 --> 00:38:11.599
 18

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:13.059
 truly

00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:13.379
 you

00:38:13.379 --> 00:38:13.639
 set

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:13.819
 them

00:38:13.819 --> 00:38:13.980
 in

00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:14.299
 slippery

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:14.879
 places

00:38:14.879 --> 00:38:16.059
 you

00:38:16.059 --> 00:38:16.279
 make

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:16.460
 them

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.699
 fall

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:16.919
 to

00:38:16.919 --> 00:38:17.279
 ruin

00:38:17.279 --> 00:38:18.539
 how

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:18.719
 they

00:38:18.719 --> 00:38:18.859
 are

00:38:18.859 --> 00:38:19.379
 destroyed

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:19.559
 in

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:19.679
 a

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:19.960
 moment

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.359
 swept

00:38:20.359 --> 00:38:20.739
 away

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.059
 utterly

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.339
 by

00:38:21.339 --> 00:38:21.799
 terrors

00:38:21.799 --> 00:38:21.980
 like

00:38:21.980 --> 00:38:22.139
 a

00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:22.460
 dream

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.639
 when

00:38:22.639 --> 00:38:22.799
 one

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:23.159
 awakes

00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.179
!

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.419
 oh

00:38:23.419 --> 00:38:23.679
 Lord

00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:25.579
 self

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.480
 you

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.139
 despise

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.319
 them

00:38:27.319 --> 00:38:27.500
 as

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.199
 phantoms

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:29.579
 and

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:29.719
 when

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:29.960
 my

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.199
 soul

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.399
 was

00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:30.919
 embittered

00:38:30.919 --> 00:38:31.039
 when

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.159
 I

00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:31.299
 was

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:31.659
 pricked

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.799
 in

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.079
 heart

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:32.239
 I

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.379
 was

00:38:32.379 --> 00:38:32.879
 brutish

00:38:32.879 --> 00:38:33.059
 and

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.359
 ignorant

00:38:33.359 --> 00:38:33.539
 I

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.699
 was

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:34.199
 like

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:34.399
 a

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:34.679
 beast

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:34.940
 toward

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.219
 you

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 but

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 because

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 he

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 seen

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 their

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 end

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 he

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.659
 says

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 nevertheless

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 I

00:38:41.399 --> 00:38:41.579
 am

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 continually

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 with

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 you

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 because

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 you

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 hold

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 my

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 right

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 hand

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 you

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 guide

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 me

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 with

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 your

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 counsel

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 and

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 afterward

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 you

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 will

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 receive

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 me

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 into

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 glory

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 it's

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 the

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 same

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 thing

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 we're

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 seeing

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 in

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 Psalm

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 36

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 recognizing

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 and

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 acknowledging

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 the

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 end

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 of

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 the

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 wicked

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 is

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 a

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 great

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 motivator

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 to

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 live

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 and

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 remain

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 in

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 holiness

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 and

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 faithfulness

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 to

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 the

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 Lord

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 God

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 as

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 he

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 holds

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 us

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 fast

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!

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 God

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 has

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 actually

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 proven

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 this

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 steadfast

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 love

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 and

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 he

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 has

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 proven

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 it

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 he

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 proved

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 it

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 by

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 himself

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 taking

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 on

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 human

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 flesh

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 in

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 the

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 person

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 so

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 that

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 he

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 might

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 die

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 in

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 our

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 place

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 that's

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 how

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 it's

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 proven

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 Romans

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 5

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 God

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 shows

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 his

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 love

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 for

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 us

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 in

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 that

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 while

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 we

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 were

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 still

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 sinners

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 Christ

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 died

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 for

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 us

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 1

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 John

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 4

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 in

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 this

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 the

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 love

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 of

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 God

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 was

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 made

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 manifest

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 it

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 was

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 displayed

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 among

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 us

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 that

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 God

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 sent

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 his

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 only

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 son

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 into

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 the

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 world

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 that

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 we

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 might

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 live

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 through

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 him

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 in

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 this

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 is

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 love

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 not

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 that

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 we

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 have

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 loved

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 God

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 but

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 that

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 he

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 loved

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 us

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 and

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 how

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 was

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 that

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 love

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 proven

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 John

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 he

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 says

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 he

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 proved

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 it

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 because

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 he

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 sent

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 his

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 son

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 to

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 be

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 the

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 propitiation

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 for

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 our

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 sins

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 that's

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 such

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 an

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 important

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 word

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 his

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 son

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 completely

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 satisfies

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 his

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 wrath

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 against

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 sinners

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 described

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 in the

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 first

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 four

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 verses

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 of

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 our

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 psalm

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 that's

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 how

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 God

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 proves

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 the

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 love

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 he

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 doesn't

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 just

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 state

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 the

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 love

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 but

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 he

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 himself

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 becomes

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 a

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 man

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 in order

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 that

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 he

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 might

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 die

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 our

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 death

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 Tim

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 Keller

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:00.500
 said it

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 this

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 way

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 we

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:02.279
 are

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 more

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 sinful

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.299
 and

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 flawed

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 in

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 ourselves

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 than

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 we

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 ever

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 dared

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 believe

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 and

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 yet

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 at

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 the

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 very

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 same

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 time

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 we

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 are

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 more

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 loved

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 and

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 accepted

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 in

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 Christ

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 than

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 we

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 ever

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 dared

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 hope

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!

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 who just doesn't want to do anything

00:41:46.799 --> 00:41:48.400
 but tell us how great we are

00:41:48.400 --> 00:41:50.480
 and give us all the things that we ask him for.

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:52.099
 That's not love.

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:55.940
 No, the beauty of God's love

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:59.400
 is that all of us are undeserving of it.

00:41:59.779 --> 00:42:02.679
 And yet he goes to tremendous lengths

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:06.299
 in order that he might redeem us and forgive us.

00:42:07.500 --> 00:42:09.739
 And that's why it's so precious.

00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:13.420
 That's why it's so precious.

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:17.980
 And so we should never stop writing songs about it.

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:21.460
 And we should never stop preaching sermons about it.

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:26.039
 Because if David's right, and I think he is,

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:28.460
 we'll never be able to exhaust

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:31.420
 the glorious love of the Lord

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:34.299
 and his steadfast love for his people.

00:42:35.139 --> 00:42:35.799
 Let's pray together.