WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.000 Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. 00:00:05.860 --> 00:00:10.480 I said to the Lord, You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing. 00:00:11.259 --> 00:00:15.620 As for the saints who are in the land, they are the glorious ones in whom is all my delight. 00:00:16.420 --> 00:00:19.800 The sorrows of those will increase who run after other gods. 00:00:20.539 --> 00:00:25.219 I will not pour out their libations of blood or take up their names on my lips. 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:28.820 Lord, you have assigned me my portion and my cup. 00:00:28.820 --> 00:00:31.140 You have made my lot secure. 00:00:31.899 --> 00:00:35.480 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places. 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:37.920 Surely I have delightful inheritance. 00:00:38.899 --> 00:00:41.219 I will praise the Lord who counsels me. 00:00:41.620 --> 00:00:44.140 Even at night my heart instructs me. 00:00:44.939 --> 00:00:46.980 I have set the Lord always before me. 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:50.299 Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 00:00:51.519 --> 00:00:54.539 Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices. 00:00:54.539 --> 00:00:57.159 My body also will rest secure. 00:00:57.600 --> 00:00:59.780 Because you will not abandon me to the grave. 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:02.719 Nor will you let your Holy One see decay. 00:01:03.460 --> 00:01:06.140 You have made known to me the path of life. 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:08.939 You will fill me with joy in your presence. 00:01:09.299 --> 00:01:11.879 With eternal pleasures at your right hand. 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:26.179 Let's pray. 00:01:26.179 --> 00:01:26.199 Let's pray. 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:39.439 You are my Lord. 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:45.200 Apart from you, I have no good thing. 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:54.900 Father, our prayer this morning is that we all here would be able to say 00:01:54.900 --> 00:02:00.100 that apart from you, without you, we have no good thing. 00:02:00.099 --> 00:02:11.259 So please bring us to that place where we are resting in you as our eternal refuge. 00:02:13.740 --> 00:02:16.579 Teach us this morning by your Holy Spirit. 00:02:18.259 --> 00:02:29.400 Speak to us in such a way that we turn away from all our other places of refuge. 00:02:30.099 --> 00:02:32.500 And turn alone to you. 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:34.979 Help us. 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:36.719 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:02:37.579 --> 00:02:38.060 Amen. 00:02:44.379 --> 00:02:50.979 Well, in 2014, Muhammad al-Hajj Ali escaped the terrors of Syria 00:02:50.979 --> 00:02:54.479 with his two sisters, brother and parents. 00:02:54.479 --> 00:03:04.799 Muhammad fled to the city of London. 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:11.239 Being granted asylum, he settled down to begin a new life. 00:03:13.479 --> 00:03:20.799 Tragically, Muhammad was the first named victim of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:22.719 just the other week. 00:03:24.340 --> 00:03:25.760 His friend commented, 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:29.700 He survived the war in Syria, 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:34.500 only to die in a tower block in London. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:38.400 This is horrible after all he has been through, 00:03:39.140 --> 00:03:40.720 and a place of safety 00:03:40.720 --> 00:03:44.080 leads to death. 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:48.420 Let those words sink in. 00:03:48.420 --> 00:03:49.680 This is horrible. 00:03:50.540 --> 00:03:52.820 After all he has been through, 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:56.240 and a place of safety 00:03:56.240 --> 00:03:58.900 leads to death. 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:02.180 It makes us wonder, 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.820 is there anywhere we can find 00:04:04.820 --> 00:04:06.380 true refuge? 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:10.020 You see, we all look for safety and security. 00:04:10.020 --> 00:04:15.620 In fact, our whole lives are focused on trying to build or create a bubble 00:04:15.620 --> 00:04:18.379 or this place of protection around us. 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:21.240 We install security systems. 00:04:21.780 --> 00:04:24.019 We buy cars with the latest braking technology. 00:04:25.060 --> 00:04:28.040 We go on special diets and fitness regimes. 00:04:28.460 --> 00:04:30.759 We go to health and safety classes. 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:34.319 We strive to build a place of protection 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.400 around our fragile lives. 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:44.180 But the experience of life keeps reminding us 00:04:44.180 --> 00:04:48.419 that not one of us is safe in this world. 00:04:49.240 --> 00:04:50.899 Accidents do happen. 00:04:51.919 --> 00:04:53.339 Sickness strikes. 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:55.319 Wars rage on. 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:57.939 Tower blocks do go on fire. 00:04:58.979 --> 00:05:02.199 And if we manage somehow to escape all of those things, 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:06.299 we do eventually die. 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:11.460 So is there anywhere we can find refuge? 00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:16.920 Well, Psalm 16 that we read together just now 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:20.680 shows us how and where we can find refuge. 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:21.819 Look at verse 1. 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:24.060 And don't forget the little heading. 00:05:25.540 --> 00:05:26.439 A miktam. 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:28.860 I don't know what that is, 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.000 nor does anybody else apparently, 00:05:31.740 --> 00:05:33.120 when you read the commentaries. 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:35.180 It could be a musical term. 00:05:35.180 --> 00:05:35.800 Who knows? 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.420 It's a miktam. 00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:40.040 More importantly, it's David. 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:41.040 King David. 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:42.740 Who wrote it. 00:05:43.300 --> 00:05:45.280 And listen to what he said. 00:05:45.939 --> 00:05:46.500 Verse 1. 00:05:48.100 --> 00:05:51.079 Keep me safe, O God. 00:05:52.019 --> 00:05:54.960 For in you I take refuge. 00:05:55.579 --> 00:05:59.460 This Psalm is showing us that refuge is not found in a place. 00:05:59.459 --> 00:06:01.959 It's not a physical location. 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:04.199 Not in a place, 00:06:04.539 --> 00:06:06.379 but in a person. 00:06:07.739 --> 00:06:10.120 In you, O God, 00:06:10.579 --> 00:06:11.979 I take refuge. 00:06:13.479 --> 00:06:15.859 The Psalms, if you were to go through them, 00:06:15.979 --> 00:06:19.779 speak often about God being a refuge. 00:06:20.740 --> 00:06:23.099 We started this this morning. 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:24.500 Psalm 46. 00:06:24.719 --> 00:06:27.199 God is our refuge and strength 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:28.860 an ever-present help in trouble. 00:06:30.539 --> 00:06:32.979 Or what about Psalm 61, verse 3. 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:35.319 You have been my refuge. 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:38.599 A strong tower 00:06:38.599 --> 00:06:40.899 against the foe. 00:06:43.159 --> 00:06:44.539 Or Psalm 91. 00:06:44.539 --> 00:06:47.180 I will say of the Lord, 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.120 He is my refuge 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:52.980 and my fortress, 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:57.120 my God in whom I trust. 00:06:58.620 --> 00:06:59.280 Refuge, 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:00.819 shelter, 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:01.639 protection 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:04.319 is not found in a place, 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:06.600 not found in a building like this, 00:07:07.019 --> 00:07:08.600 but in a person. 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:12.160 God is our tower. 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.480 So let's see how we can know 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.780 and experience God as a refuge. 00:07:19.620 --> 00:07:21.939 We're going to look at two big ideas 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:22.980 from this Psalm. 00:07:23.720 --> 00:07:24.200 First, 00:07:25.320 --> 00:07:26.660 God is our refuge 00:07:26.660 --> 00:07:28.460 in life. 00:07:29.620 --> 00:07:30.740 Verses 2 to 8. 00:07:31.140 --> 00:07:32.640 If God is our refuge, 00:07:32.980 --> 00:07:34.879 what does that actually look like? 00:07:35.440 --> 00:07:37.400 What is it that constructs 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:38.140 the shelter 00:07:38.140 --> 00:07:39.680 in which we can say 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:40.500 God is our refuge 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:41.959 that we run to? 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:44.300 Well, three things. 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:47.660 God is all sufficient 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:49.319 in life. 00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:50.360 Look at verse 2. 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:52.459 I said to the Lord, 00:07:53.379 --> 00:07:55.300 You are my Lord. 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:56.720 You are my boss. 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:57.939 You are my master. 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.120 Apart from you, 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:01.339 I have no good thing. 00:08:01.459 --> 00:08:03.019 Or without you, 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.120 I have no good thing. 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.480 Nothing else satisfies 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.500 and provides 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:14.000 like God. 00:08:15.500 --> 00:08:16.080 You see, 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:17.540 we can own a house 00:08:17.540 --> 00:08:18.920 and a car. 00:08:19.640 --> 00:08:20.920 We can have a job. 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:22.200 We can have good health. 00:08:22.620 --> 00:08:23.620 We can have friends. 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:24.580 We can have family. 00:08:24.700 --> 00:08:26.259 We can have all of these things. 00:08:26.640 --> 00:08:27.660 And all of these things 00:08:27.660 --> 00:08:28.819 are good things 00:08:28.819 --> 00:08:30.860 that God has given to us 00:08:30.860 --> 00:08:31.900 for our enjoyment. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:33.500 And in some sense, 00:08:33.560 --> 00:08:34.440 they provide us 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.399 and give to us refuge. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.519 These are the things 00:08:39.519 --> 00:08:40.079 we look to, 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:41.319 the people we turn to 00:08:41.319 --> 00:08:42.419 when we need safety 00:08:42.419 --> 00:08:43.340 and security. 00:08:45.220 --> 00:08:46.980 But all of these things, 00:08:47.079 --> 00:08:47.959 none of them, 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.840 are guaranteed to last. 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:52.199 They are all 00:08:52.199 --> 00:08:53.079 false 00:08:53.079 --> 00:08:54.600 refuge. 00:08:55.959 --> 00:08:56.419 In fact, 00:08:56.500 --> 00:08:57.559 they can all disappear 00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:58.959 in the passing of a day. 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:00.960 A letter of redundancy 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:01.819 from our boss, 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:03.399 unexpected news 00:09:03.399 --> 00:09:04.139 from our doctor, 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:05.580 a freak accident. 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:08.019 Everything can be taken 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:09.019 just like that. 00:09:10.580 --> 00:09:11.259 You see, 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:12.139 look at verse 4. 00:09:13.460 --> 00:09:14.639 The sorrows 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.100 of those 00:09:16.100 --> 00:09:16.899 will increase 00:09:16.899 --> 00:09:17.819 who run after 00:09:17.819 --> 00:09:18.819 other gods. 00:09:20.299 --> 00:09:20.699 Now, 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:21.759 we might worship 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:23.179 pagan gods 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:24.340 or have little temples 00:09:24.340 --> 00:09:24.939 built up 00:09:24.939 --> 00:09:25.819 in our back garden, 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:27.139 but we've all got 00:09:27.139 --> 00:09:28.139 our little gods, 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:28.740 haven't we? 00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:30.740 Gods that we look to 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:31.700 for our refuge. 00:09:32.319 --> 00:09:33.100 It might be 00:09:33.100 --> 00:09:34.399 the security of a job. 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.940 I've got my job. 00:09:36.019 --> 00:09:37.040 I've got a good income. 00:09:37.300 --> 00:09:38.180 I'm safe. 00:09:38.860 --> 00:09:39.920 Or I'm married. 00:09:40.180 --> 00:09:41.019 I've got a wonderful 00:09:41.019 --> 00:09:41.980 wife or husband. 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:43.399 They're good to me. 00:09:44.540 --> 00:09:46.320 Or I've got great health. 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.040 Never been to the doctor. 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:49.360 Never had a night 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:50.000 in hospital. 00:09:51.259 --> 00:09:52.940 But none of those things 00:09:52.940 --> 00:09:53.800 are guaranteed. 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.120 They are all 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:55.940 a false 00:09:55.940 --> 00:09:57.040 refuge. 00:09:57.540 --> 00:09:58.399 Verse 4. 00:09:58.399 --> 00:09:59.360 For the sorrows 00:09:59.360 --> 00:09:59.919 of those 00:09:59.919 --> 00:10:00.819 will increase 00:10:00.819 --> 00:10:02.120 who run after 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:03.000 other gods. 00:10:03.179 --> 00:10:03.919 So if we look 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:04.659 for our refuge 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:05.779 in other things 00:10:05.779 --> 00:10:07.259 or look for our rest 00:10:07.259 --> 00:10:08.480 from other people, 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.079 well, 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:10.779 ultimately, 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:11.399 he's saying, 00:10:11.459 --> 00:10:12.379 you will experience 00:10:12.379 --> 00:10:12.919 sorrow. 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:13.480 They'll not 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:14.500 satisfy. 00:10:15.720 --> 00:10:16.519 They will not be 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:17.159 the shelter 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:17.980 that we need. 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:19.899 You see, 00:10:19.959 --> 00:10:20.459 if we are to 00:10:20.459 --> 00:10:21.959 no true refuge, 00:10:22.439 --> 00:10:24.100 we are to run away 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:25.139 from our false 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:25.819 refuge 00:10:25.819 --> 00:10:27.960 and run to, 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:29.139 literally repent, 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:30.559 turn away from 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:31.759 and turn to 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:33.819 the all-sufficient 00:10:33.819 --> 00:10:34.379 God. 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:35.659 Verse 2. 00:10:36.559 --> 00:10:37.199 Who is 00:10:37.199 --> 00:10:38.779 my Lord? 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:40.860 Apart from you 00:10:40.860 --> 00:10:41.759 I have no 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:42.299 good 00:10:42.299 --> 00:10:43.340 thing. 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:45.460 Now, 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:46.360 part of God's 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:47.120 sufficiency, 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:49.279 part of God's 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:50.019 provision and 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:50.539 care 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:52.620 is experienced 00:10:52.620 --> 00:10:53.519 through his 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:54.039 people. 00:10:54.039 --> 00:10:55.259 So look at 00:10:55.259 --> 00:10:55.819 verse 3. 00:10:58.039 --> 00:10:58.519 Remember, 00:10:58.639 --> 00:10:59.360 David is writing, 00:10:59.480 --> 00:10:59.699 he says, 00:10:59.779 --> 00:11:00.759 as for the saints 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:01.919 who are in the 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:02.299 land, 00:11:02.939 --> 00:11:03.480 they are the 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.599 glorious ones 00:11:04.599 --> 00:11:05.159 in whom 00:11:05.159 --> 00:11:06.659 is all my 00:11:06.659 --> 00:11:07.240 delight. 00:11:08.319 --> 00:11:09.219 David was a 00:11:09.219 --> 00:11:10.079 king and he 00:11:10.079 --> 00:11:11.000 enjoyed all the 00:11:11.000 --> 00:11:11.839 privileges and 00:11:11.839 --> 00:11:12.819 the status of 00:11:12.819 --> 00:11:13.620 being a great 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:13.959 king, 00:11:14.259 --> 00:11:15.299 access to so 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:15.679 much. 00:11:16.899 --> 00:11:17.539 But look who 00:11:17.539 --> 00:11:18.099 he looks to. 00:11:18.219 --> 00:11:19.279 It's the saints, 00:11:19.799 --> 00:11:20.699 God's people, 00:11:20.839 --> 00:11:21.799 he delights in. 00:11:22.199 --> 00:11:22.939 The people 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:23.800 are his 00:11:23.800 --> 00:11:24.840 support and 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:25.260 strength. 00:11:25.420 --> 00:11:26.120 He says it's 00:11:26.120 --> 00:11:26.720 good to be 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:27.340 with them. 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:29.320 And that's 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:29.880 what God 00:11:29.880 --> 00:11:30.380 has done 00:11:30.380 --> 00:11:31.260 for us. 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:32.280 He has 00:11:32.280 --> 00:11:33.140 provided a 00:11:33.140 --> 00:11:34.080 shelter for 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:34.780 his people, 00:11:35.140 --> 00:11:35.660 the church, 00:11:35.920 --> 00:11:36.660 not just a 00:11:36.660 --> 00:11:37.580 physical building. 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:38.300 When we talk 00:11:38.300 --> 00:11:38.820 of church, 00:11:38.920 --> 00:11:39.360 we're thinking 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:40.160 of God's 00:11:40.160 --> 00:11:40.620 people, 00:11:41.300 --> 00:11:41.840 people who 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:42.500 trust in 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:42.820 him. 00:11:43.680 --> 00:11:44.460 And through 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.120 his church, 00:11:45.260 --> 00:11:45.580 through his 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:45.880 people, 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:47.140 God provides 00:11:47.140 --> 00:11:48.080 rest for the 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:48.420 broken. 00:11:48.419 --> 00:11:48.579 him. 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:51.379 That doesn't 00:11:51.379 --> 00:11:51.959 mean to say 00:11:51.959 --> 00:11:52.860 church takes 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:53.539 the place 00:11:53.539 --> 00:11:54.019 of God. 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:54.879 No, the 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.000 community of 00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:56.899 God's people 00:11:56.899 --> 00:11:57.679 is the 00:11:57.679 --> 00:11:58.419 means by 00:11:58.419 --> 00:11:59.459 which God 00:11:59.459 --> 00:12:00.419 brings refuge. 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:01.459 So if you've 00:12:01.459 --> 00:12:02.120 come here this 00:12:02.120 --> 00:12:03.439 morning and 00:12:03.439 --> 00:12:04.139 you're seeking 00:12:04.139 --> 00:12:05.199 that refuge and 00:12:05.199 --> 00:12:05.579 you're looking 00:12:05.579 --> 00:12:06.579 for that rest, 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:08.279 well it could 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:09.000 be coming from 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:09.759 the person you're 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:10.539 sitting beside, 00:12:11.339 --> 00:12:11.740 through the 00:12:11.740 --> 00:12:12.459 words that they 00:12:12.459 --> 00:12:13.519 speak to you. 00:12:15.839 --> 00:12:16.759 Now I know 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:17.419 we let each 00:12:17.419 --> 00:12:17.919 other down, 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:18.299 we're not 00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:19.199 perfect people. 00:12:20.199 --> 00:12:20.860 And I know 00:12:20.860 --> 00:12:21.379 that I have 00:12:21.379 --> 00:12:22.719 let down 00:12:22.719 --> 00:12:23.679 many of you. 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:25.860 But amidst 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:26.360 all our 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:27.240 flaws and 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:28.079 failures of 00:12:28.079 --> 00:12:28.679 saying the 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:29.159 wrong thing 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:29.679 and doing 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:30.139 the wrong 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:30.539 thing, 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:31.740 God in 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:32.240 his goodness 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:33.219 works through 00:12:33.219 --> 00:12:33.939 people like 00:12:33.939 --> 00:12:34.479 you and me 00:12:34.479 --> 00:12:35.319 to speak 00:12:35.319 --> 00:12:35.899 words of 00:12:35.899 --> 00:12:36.699 encouragement 00:12:36.699 --> 00:12:38.599 as we 00:12:38.599 --> 00:12:39.459 point each 00:12:39.459 --> 00:12:40.379 other towards 00:12:40.379 --> 00:12:42.120 God who 00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.519 is our 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:43.199 refuge. 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:45.699 God works 00:12:45.699 --> 00:12:46.339 through his 00:12:46.339 --> 00:12:47.740 people to 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:48.680 bring refuge 00:12:48.680 --> 00:12:49.259 and care 00:12:49.259 --> 00:12:49.919 and comfort 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.840 to one 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:51.159 another. 00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:53.419 So can 00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:54.080 you say 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:55.200 in verse 00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:55.639 two, 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:57.799 you are 00:12:57.799 --> 00:12:58.560 my Lord, 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.539 apart from 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:00.919 you I 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:01.519 have no 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:02.500 good thing. 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:02.940 Can you 00:13:02.940 --> 00:13:03.580 say that? 00:13:04.340 --> 00:13:04.879 That God 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.539 is sufficient, 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.200 that God 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:06.759 is enough 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:07.820 and he is 00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:09.200 my refuge? 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:09.280 refuge. 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:11.920 Well, 00:13:11.940 --> 00:13:12.379 another way 00:13:12.379 --> 00:13:12.720 in which 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.140 God 00:13:13.140 --> 00:13:15.379 provides refuge, 00:13:15.460 --> 00:13:16.060 not only is 00:13:16.060 --> 00:13:16.740 he sufficient 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.500 in providing 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:18.020 and giving 00:13:18.020 --> 00:13:18.680 to us, 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:19.860 he is 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:20.440 sovereign 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:21.900 over our 00:13:21.900 --> 00:13:22.379 life. 00:13:23.400 --> 00:13:23.860 To be 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:24.820 sovereign means 00:13:24.820 --> 00:13:25.300 that he's 00:13:25.300 --> 00:13:26.540 in charge, 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:27.700 he rules 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:28.600 over everything. 00:13:29.640 --> 00:13:29.960 David, 00:13:30.100 --> 00:13:30.420 of course, 00:13:30.500 --> 00:13:31.000 the writer 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:31.400 of this 00:13:31.400 --> 00:13:31.680 psalm, 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:32.259 was a 00:13:32.259 --> 00:13:32.500 king. 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:33.460 He ruled 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:33.960 over a 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:34.259 people, 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:34.840 over a 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:35.220 nation. 00:13:35.940 --> 00:13:36.259 But he 00:13:36.259 --> 00:13:36.879 looks beyond 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.540 himself to 00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:38.360 the ultimate 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:38.819 king, 00:13:39.579 --> 00:13:40.719 the ultimate 00:13:40.719 --> 00:13:41.360 sovereign. 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:42.299 Look at 00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:42.980 verse five. 00:13:43.959 --> 00:13:44.759 He says 00:13:44.759 --> 00:13:45.219 of God, 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:45.740 Lord, 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.139 you have 00:13:47.139 --> 00:13:47.860 assigned 00:13:47.860 --> 00:13:48.919 me my 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:49.599 portion 00:13:49.599 --> 00:13:50.740 and my 00:13:50.740 --> 00:13:50.919 cup. 00:13:51.019 --> 00:13:51.259 Whatever 00:13:51.259 --> 00:13:52.120 I have, 00:13:52.980 --> 00:13:53.599 everything 00:13:53.599 --> 00:13:54.179 that we 00:13:54.179 --> 00:13:54.579 have, 00:13:54.699 --> 00:13:55.199 our health 00:13:55.199 --> 00:13:55.860 and strength, 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:57.039 right down 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:57.439 to our 00:13:57.439 --> 00:13:58.019 places of 00:13:58.019 --> 00:13:58.319 work, 00:13:58.559 --> 00:13:59.199 everything 00:13:59.199 --> 00:14:00.019 comes 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:00.620 from 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:01.500 God. 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.000 He 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.639 supplies, 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:03.860 he 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:04.579 sustains, 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:06.039 in fact, 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:06.819 our whole 00:14:06.819 --> 00:14:07.500 life, 00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:08.699 is in 00:14:08.699 --> 00:14:09.120 the hands 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:09.500 of God. 00:14:09.579 --> 00:14:09.839 Look at 00:14:09.839 --> 00:14:10.519 verse six. 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:12.199 The 00:14:12.199 --> 00:14:12.819 boundary 00:14:12.819 --> 00:14:13.599 lines have 00:14:13.599 --> 00:14:14.439 fallen for 00:14:14.439 --> 00:14:15.480 me in 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.159 pleasant 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:16.919 places. 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:18.759 Surely 00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.459 I have a 00:14:19.459 --> 00:14:20.159 delightful 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:20.860 inheritance. 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:22.259 Let's 00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:22.799 think about 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:23.059 that, 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:24.199 the boundary 00:14:24.199 --> 00:14:25.139 lines falling 00:14:25.139 --> 00:14:25.759 in pleasant 00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.360 places. 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:27.559 We've 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:27.839 got to 00:14:27.839 --> 00:14:28.379 think back 00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:28.839 in here a 00:14:28.839 --> 00:14:29.159 little bit 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:29.459 in our 00:14:29.459 --> 00:14:30.419 history to 00:14:30.419 --> 00:14:31.339 when God 00:14:31.339 --> 00:14:32.019 had rescued 00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:32.699 his people 00:14:32.699 --> 00:14:33.219 out of 00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:33.779 Egypt and 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.159 brought them 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:34.559 into the 00:14:34.559 --> 00:14:34.899 promised 00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:35.360 land. 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.360 Remember 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:36.919 when God 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:37.320 did that 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:37.919 great act 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.200 and he 00:14:38.200 --> 00:14:38.800 gave 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:39.340 orders, 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:39.759 he gave 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.560 instructions 00:14:40.560 --> 00:14:42.180 about where 00:14:42.180 --> 00:14:42.960 each group, 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.860 each tribe 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.480 should live. 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:45.779 Boundary 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.659 markers were 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:47.500 laid out and 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:47.659 said, 00:14:47.980 --> 00:14:48.580 this family 00:14:48.580 --> 00:14:49.060 is to live 00:14:49.060 --> 00:14:49.279 here, 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:50.039 this is your 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:50.440 boundary, 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:51.399 this family 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:52.080 is to live 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:52.320 here, 00:14:52.560 --> 00:14:53.180 this is your 00:14:53.180 --> 00:14:53.600 boundary. 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.759 And so as 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.460 David looks 00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:56.200 back over the 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:56.800 course of his 00:14:56.800 --> 00:14:57.019 life, 00:14:57.320 --> 00:14:57.980 he can see 00:14:57.980 --> 00:14:58.440 that God 00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:59.080 has ordered 00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.940 and directed 00:14:59.940 --> 00:15:00.460 his life, 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:01.240 he is where 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:01.800 he is because 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:03.019 God has 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.419 them there. 00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:06.959 And this 00:15:06.959 --> 00:15:08.359 God is 00:15:08.359 --> 00:15:09.399 sovereign over 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:10.639 your life. 00:15:11.979 --> 00:15:12.620 He sets 00:15:12.620 --> 00:15:13.679 boundaries, 00:15:15.259 --> 00:15:16.439 boundary lines 00:15:16.439 --> 00:15:16.879 for your 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.339 life. 00:15:18.859 --> 00:15:19.159 Have you ever 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.699 thought about 00:15:19.699 --> 00:15:20.219 where you're 00:15:20.219 --> 00:15:20.819 living right 00:15:20.819 --> 00:15:21.139 now? 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.759 You live here 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:23.599 in Carragalline, 00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:25.500 okay, but the 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.319 house where you 00:15:26.319 --> 00:15:27.439 live, the 00:15:27.439 --> 00:15:28.099 place where you 00:15:28.099 --> 00:15:28.559 work, the 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:29.179 person you're 00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:29.759 married to if 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.099 you're married, 00:15:30.100 --> 00:15:31.300 all of these 00:15:31.300 --> 00:15:32.360 things have 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:33.200 all been set 00:15:33.200 --> 00:15:34.240 part of God's 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:35.360 boundary lines. 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:37.480 Nothing takes 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.720 God by surprise. 00:15:39.560 --> 00:15:40.259 Nothing happens 00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:40.820 in our life 00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:41.540 without God's 00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:41.980 permission. 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.460 Our life is 00:15:43.460 --> 00:15:44.580 not a random 00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:45.580 set of chances 00:15:45.580 --> 00:15:46.480 in which I've 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:46.940 just kind of 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.800 got to figure 00:15:47.800 --> 00:15:48.560 my way out 00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.159 and do my 00:15:49.159 --> 00:15:49.639 best. 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:50.639 God is 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:52.379 over my 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.820 life. 00:15:54.300 --> 00:15:54.800 And knowing 00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.240 that the 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:55.920 God who 00:15:55.920 --> 00:15:56.700 created the 00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:57.360 universe in 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:57.759 which we 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.660 live has 00:15:58.660 --> 00:15:59.080 set a 00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.820 boundary 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:00.460 around our 00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:01.379 life means 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:02.040 that in 00:16:02.040 --> 00:16:02.500 God I 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:02.860 have a 00:16:02.860 --> 00:16:03.480 refuge. 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:05.040 And that's 00:16:05.040 --> 00:16:05.560 what David 00:16:05.560 --> 00:16:06.000 is looking 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:06.480 to here. 00:16:06.800 --> 00:16:07.120 He says 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.879 the boundary 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:08.440 lines have 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:08.900 fallen for 00:16:08.900 --> 00:16:09.020 me. 00:16:09.160 --> 00:16:09.740 I can 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.540 trust this 00:16:10.540 --> 00:16:10.920 God. 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:13.100 He has 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.720 my life 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:16.240 in his 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:16.740 hands. 00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.780 He directs 00:16:18.780 --> 00:16:19.540 and orders 00:16:19.540 --> 00:16:20.120 your life. 00:16:20.660 --> 00:16:21.220 He alone 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:21.940 permits and 00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.960 allows what 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:23.740 is in 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.740 your life. 00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:24.879 God. 00:16:26.879 --> 00:16:27.320 So we 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:28.019 rest in 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.500 the knowledge 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.039 that God 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:29.680 is over 00:16:29.680 --> 00:16:30.259 everything. 00:16:30.419 --> 00:16:30.740 He is 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.720 sovereign. 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.779 But he's 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:35.220 not just 00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:35.779 sufficient. 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:37.799 He's not 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:38.299 just a 00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:39.220 sovereign over 00:16:39.220 --> 00:16:39.759 our life. 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.060 He is a 00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:41.560 God who 00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:43.279 stands with 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.259 us through 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:44.680 life. 00:16:45.620 --> 00:16:46.220 Look down 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.600 at verse 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:46.899 eight. 00:16:46.899 --> 00:16:50.980 He says 00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.299 I have 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:51.840 set the 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.539 Lord always 00:16:52.539 --> 00:16:53.139 before me. 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:53.539 So his 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:54.399 focus, his 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:55.939 attention is 00:16:55.939 --> 00:16:56.600 on God. 00:16:57.340 --> 00:16:59.600 Because he 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:00.419 is at my 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:01.759 right hand, 00:17:02.059 --> 00:17:03.179 I will not 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:03.879 be shaken. 00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.000 Now to 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:06.639 have someone 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.059 at your 00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:08.200 right hand 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.779 is to have 00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.400 someone who 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:11.720 stands with 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.019 you. 00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.259 It's like 00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.900 an armed 00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:15.759 soldier in 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.099 battle. 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:17.919 he stands 00:17:17.919 --> 00:17:19.039 alongside you, 00:17:19.199 --> 00:17:19.799 covering you, 00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:20.699 covering your 00:17:20.699 --> 00:17:21.599 back, protecting 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.119 you, looking 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:22.799 out for you. 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.179 Or to 00:17:25.179 --> 00:17:25.740 have someone 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.079 at your 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.799 right hand 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.539 in court 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.599 is to have 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.119 someone who 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:29.839 speaks up 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.179 for you, 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.059 pleading your 00:17:31.059 --> 00:17:31.639 cause. 00:17:33.659 --> 00:17:34.279 Or others 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.939 talk of it in 00:17:34.939 --> 00:17:35.519 this way as 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.199 if you were 00:17:36.199 --> 00:17:36.879 going on a 00:17:36.879 --> 00:17:38.039 journey, to 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.599 have someone 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:38.939 at your 00:17:38.939 --> 00:17:39.559 right hand 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.019 as you go 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.319 on your 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:41.019 journey is 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.879 someone who 00:17:41.879 --> 00:17:42.339 will be a 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.339 companion to 00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:44.000 you, a 00:17:44.000 --> 00:17:44.719 loyal friend 00:17:44.719 --> 00:17:45.339 who walks 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:45.779 with you, 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.639 doesn't give 00:17:46.639 --> 00:17:47.859 up, supports 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.240 you. 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:49.519 They're on 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:50.420 your side, they 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:51.139 stand with 00:17:51.139 --> 00:17:51.879 you, not 00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.740 against you. 00:17:53.379 --> 00:17:54.119 And David 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.899 is looking to 00:17:54.899 --> 00:17:55.319 God and 00:17:55.319 --> 00:17:56.220 saying, you're 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:56.779 my right 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.099 hand. 00:17:58.099 --> 00:17:59.019 You stand 00:17:59.019 --> 00:18:00.119 alongside me. 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:03.740 Well, in 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.339 what sense 00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:04.920 does God 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:06.299 stand alongside 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:06.940 us? 00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.559 How does 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.160 he kind of 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:11.019 speak up for 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:11.519 us and how 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:11.859 does he 00:18:11.859 --> 00:18:12.720 support us? 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.700 God 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:13.720 do you 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:13.759 know? 00:18:13.759 --> 00:18:13.819 Well, I 00:18:13.819 --> 00:18:14.160 think the 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:14.660 clue for 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.120 us comes 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.559 in verse 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.059 seven, the 00:18:16.059 --> 00:18:16.600 preceding 00:18:16.600 --> 00:18:17.000 verse. 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.279 Look what 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:18.819 it says in 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.380 verse seven. 00:18:20.259 --> 00:18:20.700 He says, I 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.319 will praise 00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:21.839 the Lord 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.339 who counsels 00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:26.640 me, even 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.420 at night my 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:28.799 heart instructs 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.039 me. 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:30.779 So, you 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.160 see, it's 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:31.539 through the 00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.620 counsel and 00:18:32.620 --> 00:18:33.339 the instruction 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:34.880 of God that 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.660 he stands 00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.640 with us. 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:38.520 Do you 00:18:38.520 --> 00:18:38.780 remember 00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:39.700 Psalm 1 we 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.500 looked at the 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.000 other week? 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:42.360 Have a look 00:18:42.360 --> 00:18:42.840 back there, 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:43.600 just flick 00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:44.160 back to the 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.600 beginning of 00:18:44.600 --> 00:18:45.120 the Psalms, 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.759 Psalm 1. 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:49.700 Remember 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.640 these opening 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:51.300 words? 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:54.600 Blessed, so 00:18:54.600 --> 00:18:55.420 blessed we were 00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:56.000 thinking there 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:57.060 about a 00:18:57.060 --> 00:18:57.740 blessed person 00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.460 is a happy, 00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.980 contented person. 00:19:00.840 --> 00:19:01.500 So the 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.220 contented or 00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:03.160 happy person 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:05.300 does not walk 00:19:05.300 --> 00:19:06.060 in the counsel 00:19:06.060 --> 00:19:06.580 of the wicked. 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.200 So they're not 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:08.420 listening to 00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.020 what the wicked 00:19:09.020 --> 00:19:09.780 have to say. 00:19:10.560 --> 00:19:11.040 They don't 00:19:11.040 --> 00:19:12.060 stand in the 00:19:12.060 --> 00:19:12.740 way of sinners 00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:13.480 or they don't 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.280 sit in the 00:19:14.280 --> 00:19:15.300 seat of mockers. 00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:16.460 They're not 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:17.240 looking to them 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:18.680 for advice 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.160 or for 00:19:19.160 --> 00:19:19.860 instruction. 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:20.840 Instead, 00:19:21.020 --> 00:19:21.500 verse two, 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.680 his delight 00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.300 is in the 00:19:23.300 --> 00:19:24.140 law or the 00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.920 word of the 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.200 Lord. 00:19:25.520 --> 00:19:26.220 And on his 00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:27.160 law or on 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:27.940 his word he 00:19:27.940 --> 00:19:29.020 meditates 00:19:29.020 --> 00:19:31.020 day and 00:19:31.020 --> 00:19:31.620 night. 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.960 So you 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.880 see, it's 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.320 through the 00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:36.220 word that 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:37.200 God draws 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:38.319 alongside us 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:39.740 and counsels 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.120 us and 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:41.440 instructs us. 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.660 God's word 00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.759 is like a 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:44.180 refuge. 00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:45.000 So the 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.860 Bible that 00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.400 we're using 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.839 here this 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:47.299 morning, that 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:48.220 we're speaking 00:19:48.220 --> 00:19:49.740 from, this 00:19:49.740 --> 00:19:51.019 in a sense is 00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.640 our refuge. 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:54.380 It's how God 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:55.620 speaks to us. 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.579 It's how he 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.559 counsels us, 00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:58.319 how he 00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.559 instructs us. 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.559 He's at our 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.460 right hand as we 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.420 listen to him. 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:04.180 He is speaking 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.180 those words to 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.259 us, giving 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.100 us that sense 00:20:07.100 --> 00:20:08.140 of refuge, 00:20:08.820 --> 00:20:09.880 speaking comfort, 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.600 speaking assurance, 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:13.160 speaking help. 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:16.480 So first, 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.240 in life, 00:20:18.100 --> 00:20:18.940 God is our 00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:19.580 refuge. 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:20.380 He's all 00:20:20.380 --> 00:20:20.900 sufficient. 00:20:22.060 --> 00:20:23.039 He's sovereign 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.160 over your life 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:26.100 and he stands 00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:26.940 with us as we 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:28.460 walk through 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:28.920 life. 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:32.380 But he's not 00:20:32.380 --> 00:20:32.840 just our 00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:33.759 refuge in 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:34.279 life. 00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:35.380 Here's the 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:36.180 second big 00:20:36.180 --> 00:20:36.759 idea. 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.259 He is our 00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:38.940 refuge in 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.300 death. 00:20:41.080 --> 00:20:41.500 You see, 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.440 even when 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.019 death 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:44.480 threatens us, 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:46.140 God is our 00:20:46.140 --> 00:20:46.500 refuge. 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:49.120 There's three 00:20:49.120 --> 00:20:50.200 promises here 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:51.779 we're going to 00:20:51.779 --> 00:20:52.080 look at. 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.440 Here's the 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.920 first one. 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:54.279 The promise 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.340 of physical 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:56.380 protection. 00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:57.940 Look at 00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.519 verse 9. 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.300 It starts, 00:21:00.580 --> 00:21:01.120 therefore, 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.620 my heart is 00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:02.840 glad. 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.240 Therefore, 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.380 why is he 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.880 saying therefore? 00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.519 Because God 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:07.160 is a refuge 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.800 in life. 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.000 He's sufficient. 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.759 He's sovereign. 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:11.720 He stands 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.340 with us. 00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.240 Therefore, 00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.560 my heart is 00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:15.220 glad and my 00:21:15.220 --> 00:21:16.160 tongue rejoices. 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.240 My body, 00:21:17.480 --> 00:21:18.140 that is my 00:21:18.140 --> 00:21:19.279 physical body, 00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.800 as we are 00:21:20.800 --> 00:21:21.500 sitting right 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.800 now, 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.500 my body 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.340 will rest 00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:25.039 secure. 00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.220 How can we 00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.860 be so sure 00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.420 that we'll just 00:21:28.420 --> 00:21:30.039 rest secure? 00:21:30.300 --> 00:21:30.680 Look at 00:21:30.680 --> 00:21:31.240 verse 10. 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.460 Because, 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.900 he says, 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.960 you will not 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.060 abandon me 00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:37.019 to the grave. 00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:39.620 You'll not 00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.340 abandon me 00:21:40.340 --> 00:21:41.039 to the grave, 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.940 nor will you 00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.360 let your 00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:43.060 holy one 00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.779 see decay. 00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.400 What an 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.620 incredible promise. 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:49.440 God is saying 00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.060 to David, 00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:52.420 you're not 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.200 going to die. 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:55.880 you're not 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.340 going to 00:21:56.340 --> 00:21:56.779 decay. 00:21:57.840 --> 00:21:58.380 Whoever 00:21:58.380 --> 00:21:59.200 or whatever 00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.980 is threatening 00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.779 David's life, 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.360 we're not 00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:01.640 told, 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.460 but something 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.059 is threatening 00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.660 his life, 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.680 he has 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.200 absolute 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:05.779 confidence 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.400 and total 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:06.840 assurance 00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.620 that God 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:07.960 is going 00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.580 to preserve 00:22:08.580 --> 00:22:09.259 his life. 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:10.840 Sickness 00:22:10.840 --> 00:22:11.299 isn't going 00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:11.620 to kill 00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:11.779 him. 00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:12.819 People 00:22:12.819 --> 00:22:13.480 aren't going 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:13.799 to kill 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:13.960 him. 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:14.759 David 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.799 is somehow 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.380 going to 00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:16.779 escape 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.259 death. 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:19.379 you will 00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:20.259 not let, 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.960 or look 00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.279 at verse 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.779 10, 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.680 you will 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.500 not abandon 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.180 me to the 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.640 grave. 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.000 He's going 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.240 to be 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.740 protected. 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.559 God is 00:22:28.559 --> 00:22:29.660 his refuge, 00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.400 keeping him 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.500 safe and 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.019 secure. 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:33.839 Now, 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:34.980 isn't that 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.319 the kind 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.879 of refuge 00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.299 you and 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.740 I want 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.180 as we go 00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.680 about our 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.359 day-to-day 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.900 lives? 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.160 One who 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.720 will keep 00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.160 us and 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:43.900 preserve us 00:22:43.900 --> 00:22:44.859 even when 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:45.539 life is 00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.019 threatened. 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:47.059 Do you 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.599 think that's 00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.059 possible? 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.039 Well, 00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.680 hold that 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.440 thought in 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.819 your mind 00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.299 and we'll 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.779 come back 00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.240 to it. 00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.420 Because 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.900 that's not 00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.279 all that 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.879 is promised. 00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.139 There is 00:22:58.139 --> 00:22:58.859 the promise 00:22:58.859 --> 00:23:00.180 of 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.079 lasting 00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:01.779 pleasures. 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.299 Verse 11, 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:04.480 at the 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.920 very end 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.180 of the 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.480 psalm, 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.319 he says, 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:06.579 you've 00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.379 made known 00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:07.700 to me 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.299 the path 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.779 of life, 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.440 you will 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:09.920 fill me 00:23:09.920 --> 00:23:10.619 with joy 00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:10.980 in your 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.460 presence, 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.059 with 00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.940 eternal 00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.759 pleasures 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:15.440 at your 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.000 right hand. 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.220 hand. 00:23:17.220 --> 00:23:18.160 David has 00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:18.819 this total 00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.339 confidence 00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.019 that God 00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.500 will be 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.019 his 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:22.019 eternal 00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.759 refuge, 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.859 not just 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.420 a shelter 00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:24.839 through 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.299 life, 00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.039 not just 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.879 preservation 00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.740 when life 00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.139 is being 00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:29.539 threatened, 00:23:29.900 --> 00:23:30.420 but a 00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:30.980 refuge 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.279 forever. 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:33.900 Do you 00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:34.139 see what 00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.440 it said 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:34.700 at the 00:23:34.700 --> 00:23:34.980 end of 00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.519 verse 11? 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.579 With 00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:38.059 eternal 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.720 pleasures 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:39.460 at your 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.160 right hand. 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.759 God 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:42.079 was at 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.559 his right 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:42.799 hand 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.059 through 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:43.519 life, 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.599 life, 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.279 and God 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:45.660 is going 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:45.980 to be 00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.680 his right 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.000 hand 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.740 for all 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.319 eternity. 00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.819 You see, 00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:52.059 at the 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.740 very beginning, 00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.519 David cried 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.940 out in 00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.440 verse 1, 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.799 keep me 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.279 safe, 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:56.879 O God, 00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.759 for in 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.200 you I 00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.160 take refuge. 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.639 And now 00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.220 with absolute 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.859 assurance at 00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.200 the very 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.539 end, 00:24:02.980 --> 00:24:03.420 he can 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:03.940 say to 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.339 God that 00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.920 not even 00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.559 death 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.400 itself 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.160 has the 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.599 power 00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.779 to destroy 00:24:08.779 --> 00:24:09.519 or break 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:10.039 down the 00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.480 shelter 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.500 that God 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:12.380 has over 00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:12.839 David. 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.799 David's 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.240 life is 00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:14.980 eternally 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:15.960 safe and 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.400 secure. 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:17.120 He will 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:17.360 have 00:24:17.360 --> 00:24:17.980 eternal 00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.519 pleasures. 00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.660 Now 00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.099 just think 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.759 about that. 00:24:25.200 --> 00:24:26.000 Is that 00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.380 actually 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.819 true? 00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.160 Is that 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.680 possible? 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.519 How could 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.360 David be 00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.220 so sure 00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:33.839 his life 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.559 was safe? 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:36.059 Because in 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.660 some sense 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.900 his life 00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:38.220 in the 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.680 world is 00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.160 no different 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.539 to you 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.920 where he 00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.299 faced 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.799 dangers 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.019 and 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.440 struggles 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.639 and 00:24:41.639 --> 00:24:41.920 people 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.180 got 00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.519 sick 00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.700 and 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:44.259 how 00:24:44.259 --> 00:24:44.460 could 00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:44.559 he 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:44.700 be 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.000 so 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.559 sure 00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:46.539 his 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:46.879 life 00:24:46.879 --> 00:24:47.099 was 00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.480 safe? 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.259 Well, 00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.519 there's a 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.740 third 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.259 promise. 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.920 The 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.379 promise 00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.039 of the 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.399 prophet. 00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.920 Remember, 00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:57.819 David 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:59.279 was God's 00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.599 king. 00:25:01.480 --> 00:25:02.279 And God 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.879 also had 00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.420 prophets. 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.180 Prophets 00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:04.680 were people 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.599 who spoke 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.920 on behalf 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.500 of God 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.639 to the 00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.000 people. 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.619 And 00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:11.039 Nathan 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.579 was one 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.980 prophet 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.539 who spoke 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:14.899 to 00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.539 King 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:15.920 David. 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.279 And we're 00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.440 going to 00:25:16.440 --> 00:25:16.740 have a 00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.240 look at 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.779 what this 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.259 prophet 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.299 spoke to 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.940 King 00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.299 David. 00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.279 So go 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.940 back to 00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.980 2 Samuel 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.920 chapter 7 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:26.220 which I 00:25:26.220 --> 00:25:26.879 think is on 00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:28.460 page 311. 00:25:28.639 --> 00:25:28.879 If you're 00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.519 using a 00:25:29.519 --> 00:25:29.940 church 00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.899 Bible, 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.319 that's the 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.899 red-covered 00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.079 one. 00:25:32.159 --> 00:25:32.440 It's on 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.920 page 00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:34.180 311. 00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:39.620 2 Samuel 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.360 chapter 7 00:25:40.360 --> 00:25:40.700 we'll pick 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:40.960 it up 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.759 verse 12. 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:42.080 So 00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.580 MBC 00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.279 students 00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:44.500 should all 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.060 be familiar. 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.680 Get your 00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.620 hermeneutical 00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.580 hats on 00:25:47.580 --> 00:25:48.080 and do 00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:48.259 your 00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:48.799 interpretation 00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.360 here. 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:51.259 So 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.820 2 Samuel 00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.720 chapter 7 00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:54.039 verse 12. 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.000 So 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.580 Nathan 00:25:55.580 --> 00:25:56.220 the prophet 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:57.220 is speaking 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.000 to 00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:59.779 David, 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.240 King 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:00.600 David. 00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.240 and here's 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.819 what the 00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.079 prophet 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.579 says. 00:26:02.899 --> 00:26:03.639 Verse 12. 00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.639 Nathan's 00:26:06.639 --> 00:26:07.139 speaking to 00:26:07.139 --> 00:26:07.379 David. 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:07.980 When your 00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.539 days are 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:10.399 over and 00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.099 you rest 00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.539 with your 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.000 fathers. 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.419 Now, 00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.500 hang on a 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.639 minute. 00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:16.119 David's just 00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.719 been saying 00:26:16.719 --> 00:26:17.019 in the 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.339 psalm, 00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:18.439 I'm not 00:26:18.439 --> 00:26:18.679 going to 00:26:18.679 --> 00:26:19.019 see the 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.459 grave, 00:26:19.659 --> 00:26:19.939 I'm going 00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.139 to be 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.579 protected 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.199 in death. 00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.879 And now 00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.519 somebody's 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:23.919 coming along 00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.259 saying, 00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.159 well no 00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:25.859 actually David, 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.839 when your 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:27.319 days are 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:28.079 over and 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.559 you rest 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.079 with your 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.439 fathers, 00:26:29.679 --> 00:26:30.559 you are 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:30.940 going to 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.220 die, 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:32.419 you are 00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.799 going to 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.099 go to 00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.240 the 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.619 grave. 00:26:35.179 --> 00:26:35.659 So 00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:35.899 what's 00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:36.440 going on? 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.799 Well let's 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.220 read verse 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:38.700 12 again. 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.179 When your 00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.859 days are 00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:41.159 over and 00:26:41.159 --> 00:26:41.740 you rest 00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.159 with your 00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.619 fathers, 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.000 I will 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.759 raise up 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.399 your 00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.419 offspring to 00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:47.299 succeed you, 00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.460 who will 00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:49.019 come from 00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.740 your own 00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.139 body, 00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.440 and I 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.279 will establish 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:53.159 his 00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:54.240 kingdom. 00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:56.019 He is 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.339 the one 00:26:56.339 --> 00:26:56.639 who will 00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:57.000 build a 00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.440 house for 00:26:57.440 --> 00:26:57.980 my name, 00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.740 and I 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.500 will establish 00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.240 the throne 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.059 of his 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.620 kingdom 00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:03.559 forever. 00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.900 So, 00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:07.539 you see, 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.620 David knew 00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.839 he was 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.799 going to 00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.400 physically 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.160 die. 00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:13.559 The 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:13.980 prophet had 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.359 told him, 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.980 you know, 00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.420 you are 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:15.880 going to 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.140 die, 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.559 David. 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.599 He would 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.220 be placed 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.559 in the 00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:18.839 grave, 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.279 he would 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.079 decompose 00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.539 and decay 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.240 like everybody 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:21.559 else, 00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.339 his body 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.859 would rot 00:27:22.859 --> 00:27:23.140 and be 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.539 eaten like 00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:24.160 worms or 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.740 whatever else, 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.339 he would 00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.759 die. 00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:27.799 But David 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:28.640 also knew 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.200 that God 00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.859 promised 00:27:29.859 --> 00:27:30.339 through the 00:27:30.339 --> 00:27:31.140 prophet Nathan 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.200 that there 00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.539 was an 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.119 eternal 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.779 king to 00:27:33.779 --> 00:27:34.099 come. 00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:35.859 One of 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.539 David's 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.160 descendants 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.359 whose 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.920 kingdom 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.960 and throne 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:41.059 would 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.720 never 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:42.220 ever 00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.220 end. 00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.119 Look at 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.900 verse 16 00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:45.440 of 2 00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.240 Samuel 7. 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:47.400 Your house 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:47.720 and your 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.039 kingdom 00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.920 shall endure 00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:50.079 forever 00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.920 before me. 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.920 Your throne 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.359 shall be 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:53.079 established 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.539 forever. 00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.519 Now go 00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.039 back to 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:00.000 Psalm 16. 00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.159 An 00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.759 eternal 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.220 king, 00:28:04.419 --> 00:28:06.099 one of 00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.679 David's 00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.199 descendants 00:28:07.199 --> 00:28:08.099 would come 00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:09.759 who would 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.539 defeat 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.899 death or 00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.740 somehow 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.819 destroy 00:28:13.819 --> 00:28:14.460 death and 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.539 therefore he 00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:16.339 would reign 00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.919 forever, 00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.399 he would 00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:17.879 live 00:28:17.879 --> 00:28:18.740 forever. 00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.559 And 00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.240 because of 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.439 this promise, 00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:23.140 because of 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.299 this death 00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.860 defeating 00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:25.559 king that 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.080 was coming, 00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.279 David could 00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.840 say in 00:28:27.840 --> 00:28:28.680 Psalm 16 00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.299 verse 10, 00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.360 you will 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.120 not abandon 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.580 me to 00:28:31.580 --> 00:28:32.140 the grave, 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.000 nor will 00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.580 you let 00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:35.519 your 00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.779 holy one 00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:37.660 see decay. 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.320 So he's 00:28:38.320 --> 00:28:38.779 no longer 00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.440 talking about 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.820 himself, 00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.580 he's talking 00:28:40.580 --> 00:28:42.019 about your 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.799 holy one, 00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.720 one to 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.140 come. 00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.100 So David 00:28:47.100 --> 00:28:47.860 knew that 00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.500 his life, 00:28:48.840 --> 00:28:49.720 his future 00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.039 destiny was 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.980 wrapped up in 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.960 God's holy 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.400 one to 00:28:53.400 --> 00:28:53.579 come, 00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:54.299 a promised 00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.180 king who 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.579 was going 00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.000 to come, 00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.740 an eternal 00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.180 king. 00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.799 And because 00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.539 this king 00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.200 would reign 00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:00.680 and live 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:01.079 forever, 00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.980 it meant 00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.740 that David 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.940 would also 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:05.759 live forever. 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.079 David's 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.000 refuge is in 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.599 God who 00:29:09.599 --> 00:29:10.240 promised, 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.259 a death 00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:11.839 defeating, 00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.339 death 00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:13.120 destroying 00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:14.099 king. 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.519 Well you 00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.720 say, 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:18.099 well that's 00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.559 great for 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.279 David that 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.900 he had this 00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.319 king who 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:20.579 was going 00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:20.899 to come 00:29:20.899 --> 00:29:21.319 and live 00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.679 forever 00:29:21.679 --> 00:29:23.539 and somehow 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.259 be able to 00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.720 deal with 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.259 David's 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.599 death, 00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:26.759 but what 00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.279 about you 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.720 and me? 00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:29.960 Because you 00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.439 and I are 00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:30.699 going to 00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:30.939 die, 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.699 what's 00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:31.899 going to 00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.119 happen 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:32.559 to us? 00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:36.039 Well, 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.720 have a 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.019 look at 00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.980 Acts 2, 00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.519 which is 00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.139 on page 00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:42.740 1094. 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:45.500 Acts 2. 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.539 Acts 2. 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.220 24. 00:29:51.220 --> 00:29:52.019 You see, 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.440 the Bible 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:52.899 is not 00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.359 just a 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.899 random 00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.639 set of 00:29:54.639 --> 00:29:55.339 books or 00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.220 stories just 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.659 kind of 00:29:56.659 --> 00:29:57.839 collected and 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.480 shoved in 00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.180 together between 00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.039 two covers. 00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.639 It's one 00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:03.099 big story 00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.559 and every 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.639 story connects 00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:07.039 to the 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.000 greatest story, 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.960 the story of 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.440 Jesus. 00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.259 So look at 00:30:10.259 --> 00:30:11.000 what Acts 2 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.659 has to tell 00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:12.000 us. 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.319 Acts 2, 00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:14.279 verse 24. 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:15.839 And the 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.440 person here 00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.240 speaking is 00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.639 Peter, 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.119 one of 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.480 Jesus' 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.319 disciples. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.539 And he's 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:21.000 preaching. 00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.220 He's telling 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.720 the people 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:23.879 about the 00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.819 resurrection of 00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.539 Jesus Christ 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.839 from the 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.000 dead, 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.519 that Jesus 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.059 died and 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.500 he rose 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.839 again. 00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:29.000 And look 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.220 what it 00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:29.559 says in 00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.399 verse 24. 00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.399 He says, 00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.079 Acts 2, 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:32.740 verse 24, 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:34.279 God raised 00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:36.099 Jesus from 00:30:36.099 --> 00:30:36.759 the dead, 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.960 freeing him 00:30:38.960 --> 00:30:39.519 from the 00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.220 agony of 00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:40.899 death because 00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.220 it was 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:42.599 impossible for 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.059 death to 00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.480 keep its 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.920 hold on 00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.059 him. 00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.000 So Jesus 00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:46.139 died but 00:30:46.139 --> 00:30:47.019 death couldn't 00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.519 hold its 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.099 grip on 00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:48.440 Jesus. 00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:50.240 God brought 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.019 Jesus back 00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.500 to life 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:51.839 again. 00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.319 That's what 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:55.779 Peter is 00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.500 talking about. 00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.839 Then Peter 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.859 starts quoting 00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:02.220 Psalm 16. 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.359 Look at 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.139 verse 25. 00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:07.039 David said 00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:09.019 about him. 00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:11.019 Jesus, I 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:31.779 saw the Lord 00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.660 always before 00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:32.920 me. 00:31:33.240 --> 00:31:33.900 Because he 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.400 is at my 00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:35.000 right hand, 00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.559 I will not 00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.119 be shaken. 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.940 Therefore 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.819 my heart is 00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.319 glad and 00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.779 my tongue 00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.419 rejoices. 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.319 My body 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:40.839 will also 00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.639 live in 00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.779 hope because 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.359 you will 00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.139 not abandon 00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.679 me to the 00:31:44.679 --> 00:31:45.679 grave nor 00:31:45.679 --> 00:31:46.220 will you let 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.740 your Holy 00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.259 One see 00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:47.559 decay. 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.619 You have 00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:49.139 made known 00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.619 to me the 00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.200 path of 00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.440 life. 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:51.079 You will 00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.519 fill me 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.379 with joy 00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:53.079 in your 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.659 presence. 00:31:56.919 --> 00:31:57.319 And now 00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.059 Peter starts 00:31:58.059 --> 00:31:58.940 commenting or 00:31:58.940 --> 00:32:00.039 explaining this 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.359 Psalm. 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.940 Look at 00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.740 verse 29. 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.500 He says 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.900 brothers, 00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.500 brothers and 00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:04.859 sisters, 00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.900 I can tell 00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.960 you confidently 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:07.700 that the 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.859 patriarch David, 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.900 King David, 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.620 died and 00:32:11.620 --> 00:32:12.460 was buried in 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:12.980 his tomb. 00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.500 It's here to 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.940 this day. 00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.220 So go check 00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.480 it out. 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.099 Go down the 00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:16.279 road. 00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.759 You can dig 00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.000 it up. 00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.460 You'll find 00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.880 his bones. 00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.019 David died. 00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.759 He's dead. 00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:23.099 But, 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.579 verse 30, 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:26.900 David was 00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.700 a prophet. 00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.380 So as he 00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.880 wrote, 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.059 he was 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.519 speaking 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.500 prophetically 00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:34.200 and knew 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:34.899 that God 00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.599 had promised 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.339 him on 00:32:36.339 --> 00:32:37.299 oath that 00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.700 he would 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.419 place one 00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.139 of his 00:32:39.139 --> 00:32:40.200 descendants on 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.899 his throne. 00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.879 Seeing what 00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.319 was ahead, 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.220 looking into 00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.799 the distance, 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.419 not quite 00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:46.179 knowing everything 00:32:46.179 --> 00:32:46.759 what it would 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.200 be like, 00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.220 but looking 00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.799 ahead, 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.319 David spoke 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.859 of the 00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.519 resurrection 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.379 of Jesus 00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.960 Christ, 00:32:55.139 --> 00:32:55.740 that he 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.559 was not 00:32:56.559 --> 00:32:57.579 abandoned to 00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.200 the grave, 00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.779 nor did 00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.419 his body 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:00.920 see 00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.420 decay. 00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.200 God has 00:33:03.200 --> 00:33:03.980 raised this 00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:04.800 Jesus to 00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:05.160 life, 00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.700 and we 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.120 are all 00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.560 witnesses 00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:08.740 of that 00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.640 fact. 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:13.460 You see, 00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.580 Jesus Christ 00:33:14.580 --> 00:33:16.019 is the 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.640 promise, 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.880 death-defeating, 00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:19.120 death-destroying, 00:33:19.580 --> 00:33:20.019 eternal 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.420 king. 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:22.380 Jesus did 00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.759 die, 00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:24.259 but he 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:24.740 was not 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.360 abandoned 00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:26.060 to the 00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.420 grave. 00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:26.920 He did 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.480 not see 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.000 decay. 00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.140 Three days 00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.500 later, 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.039 we read 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.380 that he 00:33:30.380 --> 00:33:31.240 rose from 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.740 the dead, 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.880 becoming an 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.259 eternal refuge 00:33:34.259 --> 00:33:35.259 for all 00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.680 who would 00:33:35.680 --> 00:33:36.279 trust in 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.599 him. 00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.380 You see, 00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.900 the world 00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.500 we live 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.940 in is 00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.360 not a 00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.200 safe place. 00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:44.779 Our 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.559 places of 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.160 protection, 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.140 the little 00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:47.900 bubbles that 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.519 we create 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.160 around us, 00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.000 cannot 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:51.579 withstand the 00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.180 onslaught 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.640 of death. 00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:53.539 One day, 00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.099 death is 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.539 going to 00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.200 confront us, 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.900 and whatever 00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.720 little protection 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.120 we have 00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:57.680 around us, 00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.460 it ain't 00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:58.740 going to 00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.100 work. 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:01.660 Sooner or 00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.019 later, 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.759 every single 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.279 one of us 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.620 in this 00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:06.000 room will 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.340 die. 00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.539 But, 00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:10.740 if like 00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.320 David, 00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.220 our faith 00:34:12.220 --> 00:34:12.579 is in 00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.900 Christ, 00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.539 because as 00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:13.960 he wrote, 00:34:14.320 --> 00:34:14.760 he was 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.659 looking forward 00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:16.380 to God's 00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.900 promise, 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.220 that there 00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:18.740 would come 00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.240 a king 00:34:19.240 --> 00:34:20.220 who would 00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.920 defeat death 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.599 and destroy 00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:22.059 death. 00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.360 So if 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.019 our faith 00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.780 is like 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.660 David in 00:34:25.660 --> 00:34:26.200 Christ, 00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.840 then as 00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.380 we look 00:34:28.380 --> 00:34:29.200 back to 00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.820 Christ and 00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.180 to his 00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:30.740 resurrection, 00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.980 then Jesus 00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.180 becomes our 00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:34.000 refuge in 00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:34.240 death. 00:34:36.580 --> 00:34:37.380 You see, 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.940 our whole 00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.660 life is 00:34:38.660 --> 00:34:39.380 wrapped up 00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:39.700 in the 00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.200 eternal 00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:41.040 destiny of 00:34:41.040 --> 00:34:41.420 Jesus. 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.640 If Jesus 00:34:42.640 --> 00:34:43.340 rose from 00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.960 the grave, 00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:45.519 we too 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.260 will rise 00:34:46.260 --> 00:34:46.640 from the 00:34:46.640 --> 00:34:46.900 grave. 00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:47.519 Yes, 00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:47.920 we will 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.340 physically 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:48.800 die, 00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:49.519 but he 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.940 will come 00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.420 back and 00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.780 he will 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:52.040 restore us 00:34:52.040 --> 00:34:52.580 to life 00:34:52.580 --> 00:34:53.420 in his 00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:53.900 eternal 00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:54.380 kingdom. 00:34:54.780 --> 00:34:56.080 So in 00:34:56.080 --> 00:34:56.680 that sense, 00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.180 death is 00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.720 not the 00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.100 end. 00:34:59.640 --> 00:35:00.100 And we 00:35:00.100 --> 00:35:00.760 can say 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:01.900 with David, 00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.900 with absolute 00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:03.860 confidence and 00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.920 total assurance, 00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.100 Psalm 16 00:35:06.100 --> 00:35:06.800 verses 10 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:07.300 and 11, 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.420 you will 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.620 not abandon 00:35:09.620 --> 00:35:10.220 me to the 00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.620 grave. 00:35:11.260 --> 00:35:11.720 You will 00:35:11.720 --> 00:35:12.500 not let 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.040 your Holy 00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:13.540 One see 00:35:13.540 --> 00:35:13.920 decay, 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.820 for you 00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.260 have made 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:15.760 known to 00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:16.140 me the 00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.800 paths of 00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.040 life. 00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:18.000 You will 00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.560 fill me 00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:19.180 with joy 00:35:19.180 --> 00:35:19.560 in your 00:35:19.560 --> 00:35:20.000 presence, 00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:20.820 with 00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:21.720 eternal 00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.340 pleasures 00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:23.320 at your 00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:24.360 right hand. 00:35:24.780 --> 00:35:28.019 what a 00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.680 promise, 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.800 refuge, 00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.500 shelter, 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.140 protection 00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:35.740 for all 00:35:35.740 --> 00:35:36.400 eternity. 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.019 No more 00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.540 evil, 00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.380 no more 00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.980 suffering, 00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:40.880 no more 00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.740 burning down 00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:42.220 towers, 00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.100 no more 00:35:43.100 --> 00:35:43.800 wars, 00:35:45.040 --> 00:35:45.620 no more 00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:46.260 death. 00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.840 And that 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:48.400 is all 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.920 found not 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.240 in a 00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:50.680 place, 00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:53.099 but in 00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.799 a person, 00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.399 the person 00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:56.059 of Jesus 00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:56.980 Christ who 00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:57.960 conquered 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.940 death and 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.460 lives 00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.819 forever 00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.779 more. 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:05.859 So my 00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.559 question to 00:36:06.559 --> 00:36:07.000 us all, 00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.639 to myself 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.219 included, 00:36:08.419 --> 00:36:10.599 is where 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.019 is your 00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.440 refuge? 00:36:12.919 --> 00:36:13.980 Where do 00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:14.319 you run 00:36:14.319 --> 00:36:15.099 to or who 00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.679 do you look 00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:17.299 to to keep 00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:17.919 you safe? 00:36:17.920 --> 00:36:20.800 there is 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.440 only one, 00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.180 and that is 00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:23.880 Christ our 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.460 refuge, 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.280 the eternal 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.460 death-defeating, 00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:29.000 death-destroying 00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:29.360 king. 00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.860 Can you 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.300 say, 00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:35.280 Psalm 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:35.880 16, 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.519 verses 1 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:37.920 and 2 00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.700 for yourself 00:36:38.700 --> 00:36:39.340 personally, 00:36:40.340 --> 00:36:40.860 can you 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.519 say this? 00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.619 May this 00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.340 be our 00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:45.360 prayer as 00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:46.039 we close. 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:48.000 keep me 00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:48.739 safe, 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:49.840 O God, 00:36:50.759 --> 00:36:51.840 for in 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:53.400 you I 00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.380 take refuge. 00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:56.420 I said 00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.800 to the 00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.099 Lord, 00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.579 you are 00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.619 my Lord, 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:01.279 apart from 00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:01.960 you I 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.739 have no 00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.460 good 00:37:03.460 --> 00:37:04.259 thing. 00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.639 Can you 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.059 say that 00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:06.659 for yourself? 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.099 Can you 00:37:08.099 --> 00:37:09.039 confront death 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.440 with the 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.219 confidence and 00:37:10.219 --> 00:37:10.460 say, 00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.759 my refuge 00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:12.139 is in 00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.400 him, 00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.500 apart from 00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:14.860 him I 00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.259 have no 00:37:15.259 --> 00:37:15.480 good 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.779 thing. 00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:18.039 run to 00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:18.300 him. 00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.840 Find your 00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:20.619 refuge and 00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.259 your rest 00:37:21.259 --> 00:37:22.199 in our 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.679 eternal 00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.059 king. 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.360 Let's pray 00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.940 together. 00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:25.019 Amen. 00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.500 Amen. 00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:26.500 Amen. 00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:26.519 Amen. 00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.019 Amen. 00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.039 Amen. 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:28.779 Amen. 00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:30.980 Amen. 00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.159 Amen. 00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.699 Amen. 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.679 Amen. 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:33.539 Amen.