WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.860 Psalm 19, to the choir master, Psalm of David. 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:12.099 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 00:00:13.099 --> 00:00:17.519 ! Day to day pours out speech, night to night reveals knowledge. 00:00:19.140 --> 00:00:25.379 There is no speech, nor are there words, whose voice is not heard. 00:00:25.379 --> 00:00:30.759 Yet their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. 00:00:31.859 --> 00:00:38.479 In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.960 like a strong man runs its course with joy. 00:00:43.280 --> 00:00:46.879 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, its circuit to the end of them, 00:00:47.420 --> 00:00:49.500 and there is nothing hidden from its heat. 00:00:50.700 --> 00:00:54.659 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. 00:00:55.380 --> 00:01:00.820 The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 00:01:02.100 --> 00:01:06.240 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. 00:01:07.420 --> 00:01:11.260 The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. 00:01:12.520 --> 00:01:15.939 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. 00:01:16.939 --> 00:01:21.960 The rules of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:27.339 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold. 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:31.659 Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. 00:01:33.099 --> 00:01:37.539 Moreover, by them, as your servant warned, in keeping them there is great reward. 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:40.579 Who can discern his errors? 00:01:40.579 --> 00:01:44.219 Declare me innocent from hidden faults. 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:48.299 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:50.400 Let them not have dominion over me. 00:01:51.579 --> 00:01:55.219 Then I shall be blameless and innocent of great transgression. 00:01:57.140 --> 00:02:03.900 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight. 00:02:03.900 --> 00:02:08.140 O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. 00:02:09.379 --> 00:02:09.740 Amen. 00:02:12.540 --> 00:02:20.300 As Christians, there are certain words, concepts that are so deeply ingrained into our vocabulary. 00:02:21.259 --> 00:02:24.659 We use them regularly, maybe in some cases even daily. 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:32.639 And we can tend to use them with little thought or consideration for the significance of their meaning. 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:40.039 God's glory is one of those common concepts. 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:42.159 And we use it in different ways. 00:02:42.900 --> 00:02:47.479 Sometimes we speak of glory as something we give to God. 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:49.859 And that's our proper understanding. 00:02:50.039 --> 00:02:57.280 It is something we give to God in the sense that we ascribe honor and thanksgiving to him in worship. 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.120 We give him glory in that sense. 00:03:00.659 --> 00:03:01.379 And that's useful. 00:03:02.699 --> 00:03:09.659 In a similar way, we sometimes use it to refer to a purposeful act of obedience. 00:03:10.219 --> 00:03:14.500 Whereby we would say we want to glorify God in our lives. 00:03:14.579 --> 00:03:16.839 We want to glorify God in our worship. 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:19.300 We want to glorify God in our obedience. 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:21.680 Or we want to glorify God in our work. 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:22.920 Or in our parenting. 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:23.780 Or in our marriage. 00:03:23.819 --> 00:03:24.500 Or whatever it is. 00:03:24.599 --> 00:03:25.759 We think of it that way. 00:03:25.860 --> 00:03:28.120 That not only are we giving God glory in worship. 00:03:28.180 --> 00:03:31.300 But we want to glorify him in just regular obedience to him. 00:03:31.340 --> 00:03:31.520 Right? 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:33.400 Whether it's using words or not. 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:35.340 We want our life to bring him glory. 00:03:37.340 --> 00:03:40.439 Most often, when we speak of God's glory. 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:46.819 What we mean and the way we're using the term is we're referring to what we are meaning to be in this. 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:51.400 As an essential part of his divine being. 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:58.640 As if glory is something that God intrinsically possesses. 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:00.300 We speak of God's glory. 00:04:00.379 --> 00:04:01.699 As something that he has. 00:04:01.699 --> 00:04:06.519 As something that radiates from him. 00:04:07.079 --> 00:04:08.280 Most often in the scripture. 00:04:08.839 --> 00:04:12.079 Most often when we speak of God's glory. 00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:14.359 That's the idea that we mean. 00:04:14.500 --> 00:04:16.800 But what do we actually mean by it? 00:04:17.219 --> 00:04:20.019 How do we define God's glory? 00:04:20.019 --> 00:04:29.919 I don't know personally of anyone who has invested more thought into the realities of God's glory than John Piper. 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:31.779 Many of you have heard him preach. 00:04:31.859 --> 00:04:32.620 You've read his books. 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:34.060 And they're so helpful. 00:04:34.159 --> 00:04:36.319 And you know this to be true of his writings. 00:04:36.799 --> 00:04:37.459 He's written. 00:04:37.599 --> 00:04:40.000 He's spoken extensively about it. 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:43.839 But in one sermon, Piper defined God's glory as this. 00:04:44.620 --> 00:04:54.240 He defined it as the infinite beauty and greatness of God's manifest holiness. 00:04:56.000 --> 00:04:58.000 And I say that again because I know it's a mouthful. 00:04:58.319 --> 00:04:58.500 Right? 00:04:59.180 --> 00:05:00.860 But each word is so important. 00:05:00.860 --> 00:05:04.280 He says God's glory is the infinite. 00:05:04.840 --> 00:05:06.460 I mean it's infinite in scope. 00:05:06.580 --> 00:05:08.819 It's unending in scope. 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:11.220 It is the infinite beauty and greatness. 00:05:11.500 --> 00:05:12.699 Speaking of his majesty. 00:05:13.080 --> 00:05:17.060 His majestic being in nature. 00:05:17.780 --> 00:05:22.520 It's the infinite beauty and greatness of God's manifest holiness. 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:27.900 The display of his perfections. 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:30.040 Now that's a good definition. 00:05:30.860 --> 00:05:35.879 When Piper uses this definition, he's speaking in relationship to Isaiah chapter 6. 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:37.520 Which we read for our prayer of confession. 00:05:38.400 --> 00:05:40.819 Remember at the beginning, Isaiah has this vision. 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:42.360 And he sees the seraphim. 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:43.439 Six wings. 00:05:43.580 --> 00:05:44.480 They cover their face. 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:45.819 They cover their feet. 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:47.319 They fly with the other two. 00:05:48.020 --> 00:05:49.900 And one cries out to the other. 00:05:49.980 --> 00:05:51.139 And what is it that he cries out? 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:52.939 Isaiah 6, 2 and 3. 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:54.740 Above him stood the seraphim. 00:05:54.740 --> 00:05:56.540 One called out to another and said, 00:05:57.300 --> 00:06:00.100 Holy, holy, holy. 00:06:00.860 --> 00:06:02.420 Is the Lord of hosts. 00:06:03.460 --> 00:06:07.680 The whole earth is full of his glory. 00:06:08.379 --> 00:06:10.360 Now glory is a surprising word there. 00:06:10.900 --> 00:06:12.340 If you'd never heard the verse. 00:06:12.420 --> 00:06:13.360 If you'd never heard the statement. 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:19.660 You might be a little surprised to find glory as the final word. 00:06:19.660 --> 00:06:22.420 Notice what the seraphim says. 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:26.260 Holy, holy, holy. 00:06:27.140 --> 00:06:28.380 And we might expect. 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:29.200 If we haven't heard it before. 00:06:29.300 --> 00:06:30.000 We might expect. 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:31.060 That they would say then. 00:06:31.260 --> 00:06:34.720 The whole earth is full of his holiness. 00:06:35.460 --> 00:06:36.540 But that's not what they say. 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:38.800 They say, holy, holy, holy. 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:42.220 The whole earth is full of his glory. 00:06:42.220 --> 00:06:42.420 Holy, holy. 00:06:44.820 --> 00:06:46.060 God's holiness. 00:06:47.260 --> 00:06:52.100 Notably stated in secession three times by the angelic beings. 00:06:52.200 --> 00:06:55.460 Refers to God's otherliness. 00:06:55.780 --> 00:06:56.800 His otherness. 00:06:58.280 --> 00:07:02.880 Holiness is the term we use to say that God is not like us. 00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:08.259 He is other than his creatures. 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:11.719 His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. 00:07:11.819 --> 00:07:15.420 His ways are greater than our ways. 00:07:15.939 --> 00:07:20.000 He is infinitely perfect in every possible way. 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:22.959 And the extent of those perfections. 00:07:23.100 --> 00:07:24.120 Of that holiness. 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:25.019 That beauty. 00:07:25.159 --> 00:07:26.060 And that greatness. 00:07:26.579 --> 00:07:29.959 Is beyond our ability to fully comprehend. 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:31.920 As finite creatures. 00:07:31.920 --> 00:07:38.000 For us to begin to even understand in any way. 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:39.960 And praise God's holiness. 00:07:40.199 --> 00:07:43.480 That infinite beauty and greatness of his perfections. 00:07:43.640 --> 00:07:44.920 It requires first. 00:07:45.780 --> 00:07:50.040 That God put his holiness on display for us to see. 00:07:51.780 --> 00:07:54.720 He must reveal it to us. 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:56.560 And that's what we mean. 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:57.920 When we use this phrase. 00:07:59.040 --> 00:07:59.920 God's glory. 00:08:01.920 --> 00:08:03.080 What we mean. 00:08:03.080 --> 00:08:07.520 Is that the infinitely perfect God. 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:12.120 Has put those perfections on display. 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:13.140 For his creatures. 00:08:14.140 --> 00:08:15.000 To see. 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:18.740 And according to the seraphim. 00:08:18.840 --> 00:08:20.720 Who worship at his throne. 00:08:21.939 --> 00:08:23.139 The whole earth. 00:08:23.139 --> 00:08:25.399 Is full. 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.180 Of the glorious displays. 00:08:29.379 --> 00:08:31.399 Of God's beauty. 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:32.960 And greatness. 00:08:33.500 --> 00:08:35.159 And perfections. 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:37.600 Now. 00:08:37.740 --> 00:08:38.779 Why am I saying all this? 00:08:40.299 --> 00:08:41.860 Because God's glory. 00:08:42.259 --> 00:08:43.340 Is the theme. 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:44.740 Of Psalm 19. 00:08:44.740 --> 00:08:46.779 It's the theme. 00:08:46.779 --> 00:08:48.480 It's what the whole thing's about. 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:50.680 In it. 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:52.980 David recognizes three categories. 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:56.120 In which God's holiness is on display. 00:08:57.360 --> 00:08:59.620 And he wrote this beautiful psalm. 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:02.000 So that God's people might rightly. 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:04.060 Ascribe glory. 00:09:04.059 --> 00:09:05.359 To the Lord. 00:09:06.099 --> 00:09:06.659 In worship. 00:09:07.619 --> 00:09:08.959 And what I want to do this morning. 00:09:09.099 --> 00:09:10.639 Is just walk through. 00:09:10.779 --> 00:09:12.679 These three categories. 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:13.599 Of God's glory. 00:09:13.599 --> 00:09:15.699 The way that he has displayed. 00:09:16.119 --> 00:09:17.599 His divine perfections. 00:09:18.599 --> 00:09:19.579 In the world. 00:09:20.979 --> 00:09:21.879 And then at the end. 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:23.179 I want to circle back around. 00:09:23.259 --> 00:09:24.219 And I want to show you. 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:26.439 How all of these areas. 00:09:27.219 --> 00:09:28.599 All of God's glory. 00:09:29.219 --> 00:09:30.819 Is chiefly revealed. 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:31.980 In a person. 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:34.180 Chiefly revealed. 00:09:35.040 --> 00:09:36.060 In Jesus Christ. 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:39.060 And I think if we can get a glimpse. 00:09:39.400 --> 00:09:40.440 Of that glory. 00:09:41.540 --> 00:09:43.900 We'll be able to truly worship him. 00:09:44.340 --> 00:09:45.080 In response. 00:09:46.280 --> 00:09:47.660 First thing I want you to see here. 00:09:47.780 --> 00:09:48.740 Is that God's glory. 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:51.020 Is revealed in creation. 00:09:52.300 --> 00:09:54.440 God's glory is revealed in creation. 00:09:55.040 --> 00:09:57.140 Now I want you to look at verses 1 to 6 again. 00:09:58.560 --> 00:10:00.620 The heavens declare the glory of God. 00:10:01.500 --> 00:10:03.580 The sky above proclaims his handiwork. 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:05.860 Day to day pours out speech. 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:07.740 And night to night reveals knowledge. 00:10:09.520 --> 00:10:10.700 There is no speech. 00:10:10.820 --> 00:10:11.620 There's no words. 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:12.920 Whose voice is not heard. 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:14.360 And yet there is a cry. 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:15.440 That goes out from them. 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:16.400 Throughout all the earth. 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:18.940 And their words go to the end of the world. 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.480 In them he has set a tent for the sun. 00:10:22.560 --> 00:10:24.500 Which comes out like a bridegroom. 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:25.480 Leaving his chamber. 00:10:26.340 --> 00:10:27.380 Like a strong man. 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:28.900 Runs its course with joy. 00:10:28.899 --> 00:10:32.079 Its rising is from the end of the heavens. 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:33.819 Its circuit to the end of them. 00:10:34.779 --> 00:10:35.919 And there is nothing hidden. 00:10:36.699 --> 00:10:37.579 From its heat. 00:10:39.079 --> 00:10:43.120 With intentional echoes of Genesis chapter 1. 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:45.659 David opens the song of praise. 00:10:45.659 --> 00:10:47.960 By reflecting on how God's glory is revealed. 00:10:47.960 --> 00:10:49.560 In the existence. 00:10:50.220 --> 00:10:50.659 Wonder. 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:52.340 And stability. 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:54.340 Of the universe. 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:55.539 He created. 00:10:57.139 --> 00:10:58.220 These verses. 00:10:58.560 --> 00:10:59.659 The cosmos. 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:00.960 Is personified. 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:03.399 As a grand worshiper. 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:05.100 Who does not cease. 00:11:05.460 --> 00:11:06.179 To quote. 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:08.299 Declare the glory of God. 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:08.379 God. 00:11:10.099 --> 00:11:10.699 The heavens. 00:11:10.859 --> 00:11:12.319 Are the outer heavens. 00:11:12.459 --> 00:11:13.259 Outer space. 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:13.919 Upon which. 00:11:13.919 --> 00:11:15.039 David gazed. 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:16.000 Night after night. 00:11:16.099 --> 00:11:17.479 As he kept his father's flocks. 00:11:17.479 --> 00:11:18.359 Near Bethlehem. 00:11:19.479 --> 00:11:20.679 The sky above. 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:22.000 Is the earth's atmosphere. 00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.819 The firmament. 00:11:22.939 --> 00:11:23.139 Which. 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.479 Day by day. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.759 Displays something new. 00:11:25.899 --> 00:11:26.399 And awesome. 00:11:26.579 --> 00:11:27.259 And beautiful. 00:11:27.719 --> 00:11:27.839 And. 00:11:28.599 --> 00:11:29.799 Sometimes terrifying. 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:33.659 God's glory. 00:11:33.859 --> 00:11:33.919 Is. 00:11:34.179 --> 00:11:35.079 It's not only revealed. 00:11:35.219 --> 00:11:36.500 In the universe's existence. 00:11:36.699 --> 00:11:37.099 But here. 00:11:37.100 --> 00:11:38.040 In David's language. 00:11:38.040 --> 00:11:38.860 We see that. 00:11:39.060 --> 00:11:39.820 It is shown. 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:40.980 In its stability. 00:11:40.980 --> 00:11:42.100 In its function. 00:11:43.800 --> 00:11:44.820 Scientists tell us. 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:45.639 That even the most. 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:47.120 Minor adjustments. 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:48.560 Adjustments in the cosmos. 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:49.120 Could have. 00:11:49.779 --> 00:11:50.899 Catastrophic effects. 00:11:51.340 --> 00:11:51.920 On earth. 00:11:52.180 --> 00:11:52.659 And yet. 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:53.899 Day by day. 00:11:54.100 --> 00:11:55.159 It's held together. 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.300 Functioning. 00:11:57.440 --> 00:11:59.200 With meticulous precision. 00:11:59.620 --> 00:12:01.500 So as to sustain life. 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:04.720 The universe has no voice. 00:12:04.840 --> 00:12:05.700 There are no words. 00:12:05.820 --> 00:12:05.980 There's. 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:07.080 This is not a. 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:08.639 A voice that you hear. 00:12:08.779 --> 00:12:10.000 It's a voice that you see. 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:12.800 It cries out. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:13.720 The glory of God. 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:15.360 From one end of the cosmos. 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:16.100 To the other. 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:18.759 That's what David's referring to here. 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:20.920 God has revealed his glory. 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:21.879 His grandeur. 00:12:21.940 --> 00:12:23.220 His perfections. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.100 In the existence. 00:12:25.340 --> 00:12:26.039 And in the wonder. 00:12:26.259 --> 00:12:27.480 And in the stability. 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:29.600 Of the created world. 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:31.700 And just this week. 00:12:31.700 --> 00:12:32.259 Julie. 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:32.300 Julie. 00:12:32.400 --> 00:12:33.040 If you've been around her. 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:33.560 Very often. 00:12:34.280 --> 00:12:35.460 You know that. 00:12:35.580 --> 00:12:36.540 She's becoming a. 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.960 A weather nut. 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:40.860 And she has some meteorologists. 00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:41.400 That she likes. 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:41.700 Kristen. 00:12:41.780 --> 00:12:42.460 I think gets in on this. 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:43.060 Sometimes too. 00:12:43.500 --> 00:12:43.840 There's. 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:45.220 Her favorite meteorologist. 00:12:45.220 --> 00:12:45.759 In the area. 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.680 Is Brad Panovich. 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:48.520 And she likes to keep up. 00:12:48.580 --> 00:12:49.660 With what he's got going on. 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:50.220 And this week. 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:52.000 He. 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:53.799 He addressed some buzz. 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:55.019 Around a phenomenon. 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:55.639 Called. 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:56.779 The Saharan. 00:12:57.320 --> 00:12:58.059 Air layer. 00:12:58.720 --> 00:12:59.539 I'd never heard of this. 00:12:59.620 --> 00:13:00.279 Perhaps you have. 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:01.379 But I live under a rock. 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:02.220 So I don't know much. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.200 About these kinds of things. 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:03.779 But apparently. 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:05.200 Every year. 00:13:05.860 --> 00:13:07.080 A mass of dry. 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:07.899 Dusty air. 00:13:08.100 --> 00:13:09.700 Forms over the Sahara Desert. 00:13:09.820 --> 00:13:10.480 In North Africa. 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:12.279 And gradually. 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:14.340 Travels across the Atlantic Ocean. 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:15.259 Toward the Caribbean. 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:16.279 And the Florida. 00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:18.399 Gulf Coast area. 00:13:19.659 --> 00:13:20.100 Apparently. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:20.679 Folks. 00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:21.279 This week. 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:22.399 Had heard about this. 00:13:22.539 --> 00:13:23.059 Phenomenon. 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:24.120 And were a little concerned. 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:25.220 About air quality. 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:26.039 And what might come. 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:27.100 As a result of it. 00:13:27.199 --> 00:13:27.620 And so what. 00:13:27.779 --> 00:13:28.759 Brad Panovich did. 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:29.480 Is he got on Facebook. 00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:30.039 And he said. 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:30.339 Look. 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:31.100 Chill. 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:32.699 Here's what's happening. 00:13:32.879 --> 00:13:33.360 Apparently. 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:35.279 This Saharan air. 00:13:35.839 --> 00:13:36.159 Layer. 00:13:37.740 --> 00:13:38.220 Is. 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:40.100 An annual event. 00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:41.819 And he went on. 00:13:41.860 --> 00:13:42.319 To explain. 00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:43.459 What it actually does. 00:13:44.839 --> 00:13:45.439 It's amazing. 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:45.839 Actually. 00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.120 In addition. 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:47.980 To providing us. 00:13:48.079 --> 00:13:49.199 With really amazing. 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:50.699 Sunsets. 00:13:50.700 --> 00:13:52.560 The dry air. 00:13:52.560 --> 00:13:52.940 Acts. 00:13:52.940 --> 00:13:53.700 As a hurricane. 00:13:53.700 --> 00:13:53.720 As a hurricane. 00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:54.460 Suppressant. 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:55.520 The dust. 00:13:55.520 --> 00:13:56.220 In this layer. 00:13:56.220 --> 00:13:57.020 Of the atmosphere. 00:13:57.020 --> 00:13:58.200 It sucks up moisture. 00:13:58.200 --> 00:13:59.020 So that as we get into. 00:13:59.220 --> 00:14:00.140 Hurricane season. 00:14:00.140 --> 00:14:01.160 Later on in the year. 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:02.160 The storms are. 00:14:03.020 --> 00:14:03.500 Diminished. 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.480 From what they could. 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:05.500 Otherwise be. 00:14:05.580 --> 00:14:06.520 But it doesn't only do that. 00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:07.140 It provides. 00:14:07.540 --> 00:14:08.580 Necessary minerals. 00:14:08.580 --> 00:14:09.420 Like iron. 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:09.820 To. 00:14:10.540 --> 00:14:10.820 The. 00:14:11.820 --> 00:14:12.220 Ocean. 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:13.879 So that it might. 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:14.960 Help sustain. 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.900 Its ecosystem. 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:16.560 So that it might. 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:17.520 Function. 00:14:18.800 --> 00:14:19.259 Sustain. 00:14:19.259 --> 00:14:19.919 Sustain life. 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.279 Which then helps. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.360 Sustain human life. 00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:23.299 And apparently. 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:24.360 This happens every year. 00:14:24.500 --> 00:14:25.379 And most of us. 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:25.799 Probably. 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:27.179 Have never heard of it. 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:27.840 Or at least. 00:14:27.899 --> 00:14:28.899 Didn't know much about it. 00:14:29.299 --> 00:14:30.039 Now I can tell you. 00:14:30.080 --> 00:14:30.720 With certainty. 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:32.200 That this event. 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:33.120 Does not occur. 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.120 By chance. 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:36.340 Rather. 00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:38.539 It's part of God's. 00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:39.240 Meticulous. 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:40.080 Providence. 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:40.899 In the world. 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:41.600 He created. 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:44.899 He's so great. 00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:46.139 He's so powerful. 00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:47.620 He's so majestic. 00:14:47.620 --> 00:14:48.559 That he can create. 00:14:48.559 --> 00:14:50.000 A stable world. 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.919 That has something like this. 00:14:52.019 --> 00:14:52.539 That happens. 00:14:52.699 --> 00:14:52.939 Year. 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:53.659 After year. 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:54.460 After year. 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.199 After year. 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.019 After year. 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:57.080 With the effect. 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:58.519 That it makes life. 00:14:58.519 --> 00:14:59.460 More sustainable. 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.139 And better. 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:01.439 For us. 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:05.059 It's just one of an infant number of ways. 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.419 That creation displays. 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:09.100 The glory of God. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.159 But David uses a specific illustration. 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.620 Doesn't he? 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.799 He points to the sun. 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:14.579 As his example. 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:17.659 He says God has made a place. 00:15:17.659 --> 00:15:18.799 For the sun to dwell. 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:19.419 In the heavens. 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.819 And every single day. 00:15:20.819 --> 00:15:22.599 It fulfills its purpose. 00:15:22.599 --> 00:15:23.439 And majesty. 00:15:23.439 --> 00:15:24.219 And power. 00:15:26.219 --> 00:15:28.419 Since the dawn of time. 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:31.179 There hasn't been a single moment. 00:15:31.179 --> 00:15:32.459 That the sun. 00:15:32.699 --> 00:15:34.139 Didn't do precisely. 00:15:34.139 --> 00:15:36.179 What God said it in the heavens to do. 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:39.059 And this personified sun. 00:15:39.179 --> 00:15:39.879 In the psalm. 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:41.159 Does its work. 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.120 With joyful. 00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.620 Obedience. 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:43.899 Notice. 00:15:45.699 --> 00:15:48.199 But notice that David's emphasis. 00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:49.240 Through these verses. 00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:52.759 Is that the cry of the heavens. 00:15:52.959 --> 00:15:54.659 And the circuit of the sun. 00:15:54.979 --> 00:15:56.039 Is hidden. 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:58.139 From no one. 00:15:59.459 --> 00:16:00.539 The voice. 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.240 Of the heavens. 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:02.579 It goes from one end of the world. 00:16:02.659 --> 00:16:03.099 To the other. 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:04.199 The sun. 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:04.979 Does its circuit. 00:16:05.339 --> 00:16:07.159 Nothing is hidden from its heat. 00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:10.399 In creation. 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:12.399 God's glory. 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.079 Is revealed. 00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:14.379 In every corner of the earth. 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.679 No person. 00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:17.439 Can claim ignorance. 00:16:18.079 --> 00:16:18.939 Of the message. 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:20.459 The created world declares. 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.439 That God is. 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:23.379 Holy. 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.399 Holy. 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:25.759 Holy. 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:28.259 Which is why. 00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.679 Paul draws on this. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.860 In Romans chapter one. 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.060 He says. 00:16:32.060 --> 00:16:33.759 For what can be known about God. 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.519 Is plain. 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.320 To them. 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:36.940 Because God has shown it to them. 00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:38.600 Well how has he shown it to them. 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.220 He continues. 00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:40.639 He says. 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:42.460 God's invisible attributes. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.080 Namely. 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.960 His eternal power. 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:46.879 And his divine nature. 00:16:47.019 --> 00:16:47.259 That is. 00:16:47.419 --> 00:16:48.379 His glory. 00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.940 Have been clearly perceived. 00:16:50.940 --> 00:16:52.740 Since the creation of the world. 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:54.480 In the things. 00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.720 That have been made. 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.220 So that each one of us. 00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.899 Is without excuse. 00:17:01.899 --> 00:17:03.860 The context of that excuse. 00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:05.900 Is in reference to those. 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.500 Who would worship the creature. 00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:09.480 Rather than the creator. 00:17:10.640 --> 00:17:11.839 And Paul says. 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:13.539 You can't possibly look. 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.880 At this world. 00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:16.140 And determine. 00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:18.140 That the world itself. 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:19.079 Is worthy. 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:19.980 Of your. 00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:20.900 Worship. 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:21.700 But rather. 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:22.420 You must look. 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.700 Beyond it. 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:25.140 To the creator. 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:29.259 He has made himself known. 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.120 Why is there something. 00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:35.220 Rather than nothing. 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:37.279 Is that. 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:38.680 Existential question. 00:17:38.819 --> 00:17:40.079 That every intelligent being. 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:40.920 Has to wrestle with. 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.519 At some point. 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:44.079 Why is any of this here? 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.220 Why am I here? 00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.339 What purpose. 00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.339 Does any of it serve? 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:54.440 The only satisfying answer. 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:55.059 Is the one. 00:17:55.059 --> 00:17:55.799 That is proclaimed. 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:55.799 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:57.200 By the cosmos itself. 00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:00.379 All of this is here. 00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.139 Because God. 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.619 Put it here. 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:05.559 And it's very purpose. 00:18:06.419 --> 00:18:06.819 Your. 00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.460 Very purpose. 00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.839 Is to display. 00:18:11.019 --> 00:18:12.379 His matchless glory. 00:18:12.659 --> 00:18:13.159 In the world. 00:18:13.259 --> 00:18:13.960 That he created. 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:15.779 The existence. 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.639 And the wonder. 00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.539 And the stability. 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.539 Of the universe. 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:18.539 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.559 And all that is in it. 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.680 Points to the glory. 00:18:20.680 --> 00:18:22.579 Of the thrice holy God. 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:24.500 Says Psalm 24. 00:18:24.500 --> 00:18:25.420 The earth. 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:26.379 Is the Lord's. 00:18:26.619 --> 00:18:27.879 And the fullness thereof. 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:28.720 The world. 00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:30.539 And those who dwell in it. 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:33.019 For he has founded it. 00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.839 Upon the seas. 00:18:33.899 --> 00:18:34.619 And established it. 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.440 Upon the waters. 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:37.039 It's the first thing David says. 00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:38.039 In his prayer of praise. 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.779 He says. 00:18:39.859 --> 00:18:40.659 The heavens declare. 00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.399 The glory of God. 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:43.120 So we will declare his glory. 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.780 Because of it. 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:47.120 His glory is revealed in creation. 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:47.960 Number two. 00:18:48.280 --> 00:18:49.460 God's glory is revealed. 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:50.340 In the scriptures. 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.519 God's glory is revealed. 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.460 In the scriptures. 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:55.300 Verses seven to eleven. 00:18:55.600 --> 00:18:57.060 The law of the Lord is perfect. 00:18:57.420 --> 00:18:58.420 Reviving the soul. 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:00.820 The testimony of the Lord is sure. 00:19:01.320 --> 00:19:02.640 Making wise the simple. 00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:05.060 The precepts of the Lord are right. 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.120 Rejoicing the heart. 00:19:06.340 --> 00:19:08.040 The commandment of the Lord is pure. 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.320 Enlightening the eyes. 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:11.220 The fear of the Lord is clean. 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.740 Enduring forever. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.500 The rules of the Lord. 00:19:14.540 --> 00:19:16.000 Or the judgments of the Lord. 00:19:16.060 --> 00:19:16.600 Are true. 00:19:16.600 --> 00:19:18.140 And righteous altogether. 00:19:19.120 --> 00:19:20.740 More to be desired are they. 00:19:20.880 --> 00:19:21.480 Than gold. 00:19:21.560 --> 00:19:22.960 Even much fine gold. 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:25.060 Sweeter also than honey. 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:27.019 And the drippings of the honeycomb. 00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:28.100 Moreover by them. 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.759 Your servant is warned. 00:19:30.300 --> 00:19:31.320 And in keeping them. 00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:33.259 There is great reward. 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:36.240 Theological terms. 00:19:36.380 --> 00:19:37.960 We speak of verses one to six. 00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:39.660 As general revelation. 00:19:40.280 --> 00:19:41.360 And what we mean by that. 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.440 Is that there are general things about God. 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.640 That are revealed to us. 00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:47.420 In creation itself. 00:19:49.120 --> 00:19:49.640 However. 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:52.040 There are a limited amount of things. 00:19:52.040 --> 00:19:54.180 That we can discern about the creator. 00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:57.960 Simply by observing his creation. 00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:02.000 And yet God still desires to be known. 00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:05.279 So we can't rely only on general revelation. 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:07.259 We need another kind of revelation. 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.279 And what God has done. 00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:10.160 Is he has provided us with what we call. 00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:12.140 Special revelation. 00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:16.420 Which is his self-revelation in the scriptures. 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:20.440 He reveals himself in the Bible. 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:23.039 He tells us who he is. 00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:25.619 He tells us what he does. 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:27.640 He tells us who we are. 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:29.880 He tells us how all of that. 00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.380 Connects together. 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.460 God's glory. 00:20:34.100 --> 00:20:35.920 Is displayed in the content. 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.100 Character. 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:38.900 And effect of the Bible. 00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:41.100 In verses seven to eleven. 00:20:42.560 --> 00:20:44.640 Now the significance of this shift. 00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.320 In revelation. 00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.020 Is seen in. 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.740 Even the way David changes the name. 00:20:49.820 --> 00:20:50.980 That he uses for God. 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:53.320 In verses one to six. 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:54.140 You'll notice that. 00:20:54.560 --> 00:20:56.660 David uses the general name for God. 00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.100 God. 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.340 God. 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.279 Almighty God. 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:01.460 But when he gets to seven through eleven. 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.759 He leaves off. 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.220 El. 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:04.800 And he turns now to what? 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.279 Lord. 00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:07.759 Yahweh. 00:21:08.680 --> 00:21:09.160 Jehovah. 00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:10.759 As we might say sometimes. 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:13.019 This is the covenant name of God. 00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:14.080 Do you see what's happening? 00:21:14.320 --> 00:21:16.880 He's moving from the grand scale of creation. 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:18.880 That everything on earth. 00:21:19.080 --> 00:21:20.300 Can discern and see. 00:21:20.640 --> 00:21:22.100 And then he moves into. 00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.080 The intimate. 00:21:24.160 --> 00:21:24.779 The covenant. 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:24.940 The covenant. 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:28.160 That only his people can discern. 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:30.060 That he displays. 00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:31.279 In the Bible. 00:21:32.800 --> 00:21:34.920 So that if you want to see God's power. 00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:35.540 Generally. 00:21:36.820 --> 00:21:38.220 Simply observe the universe. 00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:39.019 In which you live. 00:21:40.300 --> 00:21:42.380 But if you want to know the Lord. 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.140 Personally. 00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.259 Covenantally. 00:21:46.259 --> 00:21:47.720 You must come to the Bible. 00:21:49.100 --> 00:21:50.140 Now I'm not going to dwell. 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:51.320 On all the specific terms. 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.259 David uses here. 00:21:52.259 --> 00:21:53.220 Where it would take us. 00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:55.099 Many sermons to do that. 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.579 But at least. 00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:58.940 Want to note the three categories. 00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.700 That he uses. 00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.500 In his pattern. 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.279 Each line. 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:03.059 There's six of them. 00:22:03.119 --> 00:22:04.279 But each line includes. 00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:06.079 A name for the scriptures. 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:07.640 That relates to his content. 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.779 Law. 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:10.720 Testimony. 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.400 Precepts. 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.519 Commandment. 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.619 Fear. 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.480 Rules. 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:18.160 Each line also. 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:19.579 Includes a characteristic. 00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:21.259 Of that content. 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:22.640 The law. 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.360 Is perfect. 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.579 The testimony. 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.259 Is sure. 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.819 The precepts. 00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:27.380 Are right. 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.759 The commandment. 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.400 Is pure. 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.400 The fear. 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:31.079 Is clean. 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:32.380 The rules. 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.120 Or the judgments. 00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.120 Are true. 00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:35.940 And then. 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:36.559 Each line. 00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.079 Contains. 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:38.099 An effect. 00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:40.000 That the scripture. 00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.579 Has. 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.259 On us. 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.579 On the worshiper. 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:44.139 The law. 00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.220 Revives. 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.720 The soul. 00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.759 The testimony. 00:22:48.659 --> 00:22:49.099 Makes. 00:22:49.199 --> 00:22:49.639 The simple. 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.220 Wise. 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.939 The precepts. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.359 Rejoice. 00:22:52.439 --> 00:22:52.919 The heart. 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.319 The commandment. 00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.879 Enlightens. 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.500 The eyes. 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:56.740 Gives. 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:57.019 Light. 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.480 And darkness. 00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.159 The fear. 00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.679 Endures. 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.079 Forever. 00:23:00.199 --> 00:23:00.699 The rules. 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.179 Are righteous. 00:23:02.419 --> 00:23:02.759 Altogether. 00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:03.980 I think. 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.579 John MacArthur. 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:05.059 Is helpful. 00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.819 In his illustration. 00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.419 Of this. 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.639 He. 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.619 He views. 00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:08.039 These six. 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.579 Descriptions. 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.119 Like a. 00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.299 Like as if. 00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:11.419 We were at a jewelry store. 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.939 And we were looking. 00:23:11.939 --> 00:23:12.460 At a beautiful. 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.940 Diamond. 00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.059 They all. 00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.360 Refer. 00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:16.920 To the same. 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.279 Object. 00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.279 Which is. 00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:18.920 God's word. 00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.579 And they. 00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.220 Communicate. 00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:22.100 A singular. 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.700 Perfection. 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.700 And beauty. 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:26.039 But just like. 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:26.640 With a diamond. 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.180 Each time. 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.840 You turn it. 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.559 Just a little. 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.700 You see. 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.200 A different. 00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:30.860 Facet. 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.600 Of that beauty. 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:31.900 A different. 00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.500 Facet. 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.259 Of that. 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.140 Perfection. 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.660 A different. 00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.759 Way. 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.259 Of giving. 00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.519 God. 00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:37.920 Glory. 00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.740 Again. 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.440 I'm not going to go through. 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.940 All of them. 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.860 But do you want to focus. 00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.779 On the first line. 00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.439 Because I think. 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.159 The first line. 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.879 In verse seven. 00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.919 Is functioning. 00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.719 Like a header. 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:48.119 Under which. 00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:48.759 All the others. 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.679 Are following. 00:23:51.179 --> 00:23:51.699 Law. 00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.539 Is not a reference. 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.519 To legislation. 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.419 Or rules. 00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.559 In particular. 00:23:57.959 --> 00:23:58.740 It means. 00:23:58.979 --> 00:23:59.359 Torah. 00:24:00.139 --> 00:24:01.199 Which is the first. 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:01.599 Five. 00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.740 Canonical books. 00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.539 Of the old testament. 00:24:03.699 --> 00:24:04.519 Given through Moses. 00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:07.359 David's using it here. 00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:08.000 Like he used it. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.920 In Psalm one. 00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.740 The blessed man. 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.339 Delights. 00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.799 In the law. 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.319 Of the Lord. 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.019 He meditates. 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:13.380 On it. 00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.400 Day and night. 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:15.920 The Torah. 00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.700 Of God. 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:18.539 In David's mind. 00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:20.140 At that point. 00:24:20.640 --> 00:24:21.119 Historically. 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:21.619 That's the. 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.980 Comprehensive. 00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.140 Scriptures. 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:25.539 The comprehensive. 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:26.460 Word of God. 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.380 And God's revelation. 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.819 In the Bible. 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.119 It contains. 00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:32.160 All the other elements. 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.900 That are listed here. 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.000 David declares. 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.880 That the Torah. 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.819 The word of God. 00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.420 Is perfect. 00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.460 It's perfect. 00:24:38.460 --> 00:24:39.619 Because God himself. 00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.680 Is perfect. 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.819 And the scriptures. 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.900 Then are unique. 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:45.160 And necessary means. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.220 For God. 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.460 To display his glory. 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.700 The manifest. 00:24:48.900 --> 00:24:49.220 Beauty. 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.000 Of his holiness. 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.799 To me. 00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.200 And you. 00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.440 It's amazing. 00:24:54.640 --> 00:24:55.480 But notice. 00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.759 Also. 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.559 What they do. 00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.420 In this display. 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.039 Of glory. 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:01.779 We see God's. 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.799 Action. 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.519 Through the word. 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:06.419 What is it. 00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.399 That the law does. 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.379 It revives. 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.960 The soul. 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.119 Revives. 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:13.539 The old translations. 00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.079 Say convert. 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.619 It converts. 00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.180 The soul. 00:25:17.859 --> 00:25:19.480 Not that the soul. 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.399 Converts itself. 00:25:21.399 --> 00:25:22.399 In relationship. 00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.859 In relationship. 00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.639 To the Torah. 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.899 No. 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.180 David says. 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.899 The Torah. 00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:28.000 Itself. 00:25:29.359 --> 00:25:29.399 Revives. 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.559 The soul. 00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.539 The word. 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.419 Gives life. 00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:38.319 We can observe. 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:39.039 The cosmos. 00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:40.740 And be amazed. 00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.639 By God's glory. 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.359 But we can study. 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.000 The scriptures. 00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:47.319 And be changed. 00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.919 By it. 00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.779 Be converted. 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.240 By it. 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.319 Be revived. 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:52.740 By it. 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.200 Be brought. 00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.879 To life. 00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.759 The apostles. 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.339 Spoke of this. 00:25:58.399 --> 00:25:58.740 Often. 00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.700 Hebrews chapter 4. 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.440 The word of God. 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.059 Is living. 00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:02.279 It's active. 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:03.940 It's sharper. 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:05.279 Than any two-edged sword. 00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:05.960 It pierces. 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.720 To the division. 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.700 Of soul. 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.359 And spirit. 00:26:09.139 --> 00:26:10.379 It discerns. 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:10.919 The thoughts. 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:11.480 And intentions. 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:12.259 Of the heart. 00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:13.819 You see. 00:26:13.899 --> 00:26:14.299 My brother. 00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.159 Say all the time. 00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.339 There's all kinds of books. 00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.960 That we read. 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.779 There's one book. 00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:19.099 That reads us. 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.339 It discerns us. 00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:24.139 Peter says. 00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.059 In his first letter. 00:26:25.939 --> 00:26:26.959 Speaking to Christians. 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.419 He says. 00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.859 You have been born again. 00:26:28.959 --> 00:26:30.220 You have been regenerated. 00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.839 By the spirit. 00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:32.899 Not of perishable seed. 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:34.000 But of imperishable. 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:35.240 How? 00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.419 Through the living. 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.639 And abiding word of God. 00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:41.179 And then he quotes that verse. 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.679 That we quote. 00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:43.119 Every week in our worship. 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.259 He quotes. 00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:46.099 All flesh is like grass. 00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.759 All its glory. 00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:49.259 Like the flower of grass. 00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:51.279 The grass withers. 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:53.159 The flowers fall. 00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:55.539 But the word of the Lord. 00:26:56.219 --> 00:26:57.159 Remains forever. 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.879 He says. 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.719 And this word. 00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:01.079 Is the good news. 00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.019 Preached to you. 00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:04.079 Seen supremely. 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.379 In Jesus. 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:08.240 What does David mean to say here? 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.500 He says. 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.980 God's word is a living book. 00:27:12.139 --> 00:27:12.819 It's used by. 00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.079 God's power. 00:27:14.959 --> 00:27:15.759 To transform. 00:27:15.759 --> 00:27:16.539 Our souls. 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.740 To make us wise. 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.599 To bring joy. 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.400 To our hearts. 00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.960 He gives light. 00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.660 In our darkness. 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:23.240 It's truth. 00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.119 Endures forever. 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:25.220 Because God does. 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.720 And it's altogether righteous. 00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.200 In it's judgments. 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.200 The word itself. 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.099 And it's perfections. 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:32.200 Are just declaring. 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.559 That it's author. 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.200 Is perfect. 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.920 And holy. 00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.099 And right. 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.259 And good. 00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.519 And finally. 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.240 David says. 00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.420 That because of this. 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.440 It's content. 00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.079 It's character. 00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.579 It's effect. 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.559 The word of God. 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.559 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.039 Is of supreme value. 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.119 It's more desirable. 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.920 Than gold. 00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.539 And honey. 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.160 Things that. 00:27:53.379 --> 00:27:54.420 We consider to be. 00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.779 The source of satisfaction. 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.460 And fulfillment. 00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:57.079 He says. 00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.720 It's more valuable. 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.519 Than those things. 00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.319 Which then. 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.339 By way of application. 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.019 We may say. 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:02.960 Why would we spend. 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.819 All of our time. 00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.299 Chasing those things. 00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.559 When the more valuable. 00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.779 And desirable thing. 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:09.019 The thing that can actually. 00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.940 Benefit us. 00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.480 For eternity. 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:13.420 Is in the word of God. 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:17.039 It warns us. 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:19.120 It shows us the way. 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:21.180 It rewards us. 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:25.200 You believe this is true. 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.180 About God's word. 00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.259 God. 00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.720 If you believe this is true. 00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:33.080 If you would affirm that. 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:36.279 Does it show. 00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:36.840 In the. 00:28:37.100 --> 00:28:38.580 Way that you live your life. 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:42.340 Does that affirmation. 00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:42.799 Of belief. 00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:44.000 Actually show itself. 00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:45.140 In the way that you meditate. 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:46.000 On God's word. 00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:47.200 Do you read your bible. 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:50.100 Did you go to your bible. 00:28:50.100 --> 00:28:51.860 To see the glory of God there. 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.799 Not to develop. 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.759 Some kind of dogma. 00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.660 That you could argue. 00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.160 With the. 00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.720 Person that you work with. 00:28:59.720 --> 00:29:00.940 Or your neighbor next door. 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.140 But that you might. 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.640 Get a sense of who God is. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.319 And that in getting a sense. 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.240 Of who God is. 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.200 He might use his word. 00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.299 To transform you. 00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:13.400 To actually change you. 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.360 You see. 00:29:14.559 --> 00:29:15.180 As Christians. 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.960 Conservative Christians. 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:16.480 We say this. 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.500 We say this is what we believe. 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:18.079 About the bible. 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.019 And yet so many of us. 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.559 Feign to. 00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.559 Pick it up. 00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:24.599 And actually meditate on it. 00:29:25.860 --> 00:29:26.460 Study it. 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.099 Do you believe that. 00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.759 The word gives life. 00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.099 Does that show. 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.680 In the way that you evangelize. 00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.259 The lost. 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:40.779 Do you give them the word. 00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.700 Why don't we. 00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:44.140 Tell you and encourage you to. 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.400 Bring your friends and family. 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.960 And neighbors. 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.640 And people. 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.940 Bring them to a service. 00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:51.259 Not because they need to hear me. 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.640 But because they need the word. 00:29:52.780 --> 00:29:54.220 If the word gives life. 00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:55.700 If this is really what it does. 00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.580 If this is true. 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:59.640 Why wouldn't we be doing everything we can. 00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.640 To try to get people here. 00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.320 To hear it. 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:03.540 Why wouldn't we be doing everything we can. 00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:05.100 To try to take it to others. 00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.740 Why wouldn't we be doing everything we can. 00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:10.880 To meditate on it. 00:30:11.100 --> 00:30:11.759 Day and night. 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.619 As the blessed man. 00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.319 In Psalm 1. 00:30:14.859 --> 00:30:16.519 In it we find the glory of God. 00:30:16.579 --> 00:30:18.519 And in it the glory of God transforms us. 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.640 That brings us to the third and final thing. 00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:22.819 The glory of God is revealed. 00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.240 In redemption. 00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:27.379 The glory of God is revealed in redemption. 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:29.420 So it's revealed in the world he's created. 00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.799 It's revealed. 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.920 In the word. 00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:33.940 He has written. 00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:36.980 It's revealed in the worshiper. 00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.799 He redeems. 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.180 Verses 12 to 14. 00:30:42.840 --> 00:30:45.559 David now reflects on everything that he's just written. 00:30:45.660 --> 00:30:46.039 He says. 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:48.779 Who can actually discern his errors? 00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:54.799 The word can search me out better than I can search me out. 00:30:54.860 --> 00:30:55.320 David says. 00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.820 Who can actually discern this but God? 00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.799 And then he prays. 00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:03.120 Lord declare me innocent from hidden faults. 00:31:03.959 --> 00:31:06.819 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. 00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.759 Let them not have dominion over me. 00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:10.599 Then. 00:31:11.419 --> 00:31:12.359 Then being. 00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:13.259 If. 00:31:13.879 --> 00:31:14.739 God will. 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.000 Forgive him. 00:31:16.379 --> 00:31:17.219 Of the hidden faults. 00:31:17.399 --> 00:31:17.719 If. 00:31:18.239 --> 00:31:21.399 God will graciously restrain him from presumptuous sin. 00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:23.899 Break the dominion of sin in his life. 00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.619 Then. 00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:27.079 David will truly be blameless. 00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.799 And innocent. 00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.419 Of great transgression. 00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.719 And then he turns and he says. 00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:32.239 This prayer of consecration. 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.640 Let the words of my mouth. 00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:35.599 And the meditation of my heart. 00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:37.680 Be acceptable in your sight. 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.819 Oh Lord. 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.859 My rock and my redeemer. 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:44.599 While God displays his glory in creation. 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.140 There's a. 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.700 Specific creature. 00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:49.960 That he made to display his glory. 00:31:50.099 --> 00:31:51.140 Unlike anything else. 00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:54.680 The crown of God's creation. 00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.319 Was man. 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.799 And woman. 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:59.960 The scriptures say. 00:32:00.159 --> 00:32:01.000 That God made man. 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.399 In his own image. 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:02.759 Meaning. 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.519 Adam was to display. 00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.319 God's glory. 00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.819 In a way that was distinct. 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.519 From the rest of his creation. 00:32:10.819 --> 00:32:12.019 Man was created. 00:32:12.200 --> 00:32:13.579 To mirror God's beauty. 00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.220 And greatness. 00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:15.899 In so far as a creature can. 00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.419 And of course. 00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:20.720 Sin and rebellion. 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:22.180 Have marred that image. 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:23.359 It's distorted it. 00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:27.259 Romans 3 makes this clear. 00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:29.379 All have sinned and fallen short of what? 00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:31.199 God's glory. 00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:35.319 We're created to display his glory. 00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:36.099 But all of us. 00:32:36.179 --> 00:32:37.059 The sun does its thing. 00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.719 It does exactly what it's supposed to do. 00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.939 The scripture. 00:32:40.439 --> 00:32:40.759 Perfect. 00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.979 But then there's us. 00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:45.039 The crowning part of his creation. 00:32:45.719 --> 00:32:47.000 Designed to mirror him. 00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.939 Unlike the word. 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.199 Designed to mirror him. 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:50.299 Unlike creation. 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.139 And yet. 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:53.240 We're the ones that have fallen short of that purpose. 00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.520 We've fallen short of. 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.920 The display of God's glory. 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.020 That we were created to give. 00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:59.600 David here recognizes. 00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:01.340 Man's fallen condition. 00:33:02.540 --> 00:33:02.960 However. 00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:04.620 He understands God's glory. 00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.660 To still be revealed. 00:33:06.020 --> 00:33:07.460 Despite our fall. 00:33:08.300 --> 00:33:09.380 It is revealed. 00:33:09.940 --> 00:33:10.780 In redemption. 00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:13.660 It's revealed. 00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.460 In salvation. 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.600 Notice the two ways. 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.840 David speaks of his sin. 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.899 First he notes. 00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.119 Hidden faults. 00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:24.359 Sins of ignorance. 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.779 That he's. 00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:26.399 Even unaware of having committed. 00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:31.339 He acknowledges that just as nothing is hidden from the sun's heat. 00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:34.039 He knows nothing in our hearts is hidden from God. 00:33:34.679 --> 00:33:36.679 Nothing is unsearchable by his word. 00:33:37.959 --> 00:33:38.919 We all stand. 00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.679 In judgment. 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.720 By it. 00:33:42.720 --> 00:33:43.899 Hebrews 4.13. 00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:45.799 No creature is hidden from his sight. 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:49.039 But all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him. 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:51.179 To whom he must give account. 00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.759 So David recognizes. 00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:54.039 There's things about myself. 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:55.220 I don't even know. 00:33:56.599 --> 00:33:57.720 There are failures. 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.559 In my nature. 00:33:59.699 --> 00:34:00.419 And in my behavior. 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.599 That I don't even recognize. 00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:02.480 As sinful. 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.639 But God knows it all. 00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.859 He sees it all. 00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.519 Which should be for David. 00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.380 Terrifying. 00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:10.799 But it's not in this moment. 00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.179 Why? 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.539 The second part of the verse. 00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:13.199 What does he say? 00:34:13.400 --> 00:34:14.880 He says declare me innocent. 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.679 What is this? 00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:17.139 It's a prayer for forgiveness. 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:19.879 It's a prayer for mercy. 00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:23.719 Knowing that there is sin in him. 00:34:23.779 --> 00:34:25.619 That he doesn't even know is sin. 00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:28.019 David pleads for God to declare him innocent. 00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:30.019 To grant him mercy. 00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:32.519 Because he knows God to be merciful. 00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.679 And full of steadfast love. 00:34:34.879 --> 00:34:36.819 That in redemption and forgiveness. 00:34:37.279 --> 00:34:39.659 God's glory is supremely displayed. 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.859 And David prays for it. 00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:44.320 The second way he speaks of his sin. 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:46.220 Is in presumptuous sins. 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.700 So we have hidden faults. 00:34:49.120 --> 00:34:51.240 And then we have presumptuous sin. 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:53.840 Speaking of man's proclivity to rebel. 00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:56.599 Knowingly sin against God. 00:34:57.120 --> 00:34:58.539 I heard Kevin DeYoung say this week. 00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:02.599 That he often prays that God will prevent him from being sinful. 00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:04.120 And from being stupid. 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:09.220 Both seem to be included here in David's mind. 00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:11.259 Lord don't let me be ignorant. 00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:13.039 And whatever ignorance is in me. 00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:15.459 Please show me mercy. 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:18.359 But then he says something different about the presumptuous sins. 00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.980 The knowing sins. 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.939 The knowing rebellion. 00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:23.919 He asks for God's restraining grace. 00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:27.059 To keep him from presumptuous sins. 00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:29.059 That God might give him freedom. 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.959 Where sin has dominion. 00:35:33.459 --> 00:35:34.459 Do you see it there? 00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:37.039 Keep back your servant. 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.219 Restraining grace. 00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:38.919 Restraining grace. 00:35:39.219 --> 00:35:42.859 Let them not have dominion over me. 00:35:43.899 --> 00:35:45.859 Free me from this. 00:35:45.939 --> 00:35:46.659 David says. 00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.139 Free me. 00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:50.019 From my sin. 00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.799 And rebellion. 00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:54.319 All of this speaks of God's glory. 00:35:54.459 --> 00:35:55.379 And redeeming man. 00:35:56.839 --> 00:35:58.959 If God supplies forgiveness. 00:35:59.239 --> 00:35:59.739 And freedom. 00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:02.299 Then David's standing before God. 00:36:02.459 --> 00:36:04.619 Will be considered blameless. 00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.759 And innocent. 00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:07.899 He says in verse 13. 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:10.740 Not a true blamelessness. 00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.720 Not a true innocence. 00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:15.880 But a blamelessness and an innocence. 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.760 A righteousness. 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:19.800 That is credited to him. 00:36:19.800 --> 00:36:21.900 And there's only one way. 00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:23.180 That that's possible to happen. 00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:26.780 If David's failures. 00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.420 His hidden sins. 00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.620 His hidden sins. 00:36:28.620 --> 00:36:29.180 His hidden sins. 00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:31.360 And his presumptuous sins. 00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:34.220 Are credited to someone else. 00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:36.760 That's the only way this is possible. 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:41.240 And God provides this forgiveness and freedom. 00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:43.740 In Jesus Christ. 00:36:44.540 --> 00:36:46.460 Who died for our sins. 00:36:46.620 --> 00:36:48.160 So that we might be forgiven. 00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:51.000 So that sin's dominion might be broken. 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:53.900 And that forgiveness and freedom. 00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:55.400 And that forgiveness and freedom is applied. 00:36:56.199 --> 00:36:57.880 To whoever will repent. 00:36:58.380 --> 00:37:01.139 And believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:03.000 His righteousness. 00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:04.159 His perfect righteousness. 00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.940 Credited to us. 00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.980 Because our sin. 00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:09.880 Was credited to him. 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.239 On the cross. 00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.820 Remember Isaiah 6. 00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:17.240 The angel comes with the burning coal. 00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.000 And he says. 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:21.460 Your sin has been atoned for. 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:24.519 God makes the provision for Isaiah's atonement. 00:37:24.620 --> 00:37:25.260 In the image. 00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:29.860 God makes the provision for your atonement. 00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.660 In Jesus Christ. 00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.120 And he says. 00:37:35.220 --> 00:37:36.400 Come and receive it by faith. 00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:40.300 And he does so. 00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:42.820 Because this is the supreme show. 00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.460 The supreme show. 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:46.080 Of his glory in man. 00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.720 God's glory revealed. 00:37:50.480 --> 00:37:51.920 In the salvation of sinners. 00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.640 Like you and me. 00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:55.059 David understands that. 00:37:55.960 --> 00:37:57.519 But that leaves one more verse for us. 00:37:57.600 --> 00:37:58.340 In verse 14. 00:38:00.240 --> 00:38:02.260 David speaks now of his desire. 00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.840 To display God's glory. 00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:06.300 In the way that he was created to do. 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:10.160 Now that he's been forgiven. 00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:11.500 Now that he's counted blameless. 00:38:11.600 --> 00:38:12.300 He wants to. 00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:14.100 Do what's right. 00:38:16.180 --> 00:38:17.900 He wants the words of his mouth. 00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.440 To be like the voice of the cosmos. 00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:21.140 Declaring God's glory. 00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:23.280 He wants the meditation of his heart. 00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.780 To be on the Torah of God. 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.720 So that his life may be acceptable. 00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:27.820 And pleasing to God. 00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:29.200 And he wants this. 00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:30.539 Because God has supplied. 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:33.039 His glorious mercy and grace. 00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:35.240 To David's sinful condition. 00:38:35.239 --> 00:38:42.879 This is why the scriptures always speak of salvation being evidenced in the transformation of our lives. 00:38:43.879 --> 00:38:45.659 Not in mere morality. 00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:48.159 Which anyone can feign. 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:52.759 But in the transformation of our affections. 00:38:52.759 --> 00:38:53.639 But in the transformation of our affections. 00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:58.319 Once redeemed by God's grace. 00:38:58.319 --> 00:39:01.139 The sinner's affections are radically altered. 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:05.359 His greatest desire now is not gold. 00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.879 Even much fine gold. 00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:09.339 His greatest desire is no longer honey. 00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:11.099 And the drippings of the honeycomb. 00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:14.739 His greatest desire is the pleasure and the glory of his creator. 00:39:14.739 --> 00:39:20.439 And this transformation is yet another display of God's glory. 00:39:21.959 --> 00:39:23.659 God, is this true of you? 00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:28.779 Can you pray this verse in truth? 00:39:30.939 --> 00:39:35.179 Because Christian churches are full of people who subscribe to a kind of moralism. 00:39:36.879 --> 00:39:39.639 That does not equate to genuine salvation. 00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:49.559 A possible sign of it is arrogance rather than humility. 00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:54.420 Judgment rather than grace. 00:39:57.299 --> 00:40:01.219 Prejudice rather than forgiveness and mercy. 00:40:02.799 --> 00:40:06.980 Think of the parable Jesus told of the unclean spirit. 00:40:08.219 --> 00:40:09.619 Who leaves a person. 00:40:09.639 --> 00:40:12.019 And he goes out. 00:40:12.099 --> 00:40:14.759 I think this might be in Matthew 24 or something like that. 00:40:14.900 --> 00:40:17.900 And he goes out and he can find no other place. 00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:20.699 So the unclean spirit decides that he's going to go back to his original home. 00:40:20.779 --> 00:40:22.159 Back to that original person. 00:40:22.279 --> 00:40:23.960 And when he gets to that person, what does he find? 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:25.460 He finds the house. 00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.719 Their body, their life is cleaned up. 00:40:27.779 --> 00:40:28.480 It's swept up. 00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:30.960 It looks real, real nice. 00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:37.739 And Jesus said, this unclean spirit comes with many more spirits with him. 00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:41.639 And that person's condition at the last is worse than it was at the beginning. 00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:48.019 And yet there was a span in that person's life where all of us would have looked at them and said, Christian. 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.679 Faithful. 00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.679 Moral. 00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.559 Moral. 00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:52.679 Moral. 00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:59.019 What David is putting on display in verse 14 is not mere moralism. 00:40:59.639 --> 00:41:05.239 It's not moralism attached to some idea of Christian theology. 00:41:05.359 --> 00:41:06.099 That's not what's happening. 00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:10.039 This is the genuine transformation of heart. 00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.960 Of the affections. 00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:16.599 What is it that David wants to do here? 00:41:18.259 --> 00:41:19.799 He wants to bring God glory. 00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.719 That's what's in his mind. 00:41:22.360 --> 00:41:27.400 He doesn't want to be regarded by everybody else as the best of the best and the one that's got it all together. 00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:29.000 No, that's not what he's saying here. 00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:31.960 He's saying, no, I want to genuinely love the Lord and please the Lord. 00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:33.279 I want to bring him glory. 00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.519 It's a change of affection. 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.440 A change of desire. 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:38.260 It's indicative of genuine conversion. 00:41:38.639 --> 00:41:39.840 Is that true of you? 00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:42.159 Is that your desire? 00:41:43.139 --> 00:41:44.300 To bring him glory? 00:41:46.139 --> 00:41:53.679 Now, it's only when we acknowledge God's glory in the world that we will rightly ascribe glory to him in worship. 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:56.300 Which is the whole purpose of this song. 00:41:56.940 --> 00:41:59.159 We see God's glory on display in the universe. 00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:01.639 We see God's glory on display in the scriptures. 00:42:01.639 --> 00:42:05.879 We see God's glory on display in redemption through Jesus Christ. 00:42:06.039 --> 00:42:09.699 And in response to all of those things, we turn to him and we give him praise. 00:42:09.699 --> 00:42:13.299 That's why we would sing Psalm 19. 00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:22.400 Just like we would praise our wives for an amazing meal or praise an artist for a beautiful painting. 00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:27.080 We are to praise the Lord for the many displays of his divine perfections. 00:42:28.120 --> 00:42:36.140 As wonderful as these three categories are, God's glory is chiefly revealed, as I said at the beginning, in a person. 00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:39.980 I just want to read you three passages. 00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:42.139 Hebrews 1. 00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:46.460 In these last days, God has spoken to us. 00:42:46.679 --> 00:42:50.099 He has revealed himself by his son. 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:54.860 Notice the connections here with Psalm 19. 00:42:55.659 --> 00:43:01.380 Whom he has appointed the heir of all things, through whom he also created the world. 00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:07.079 He is the radiance of the glory of God. 00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:10.639 He is the exact imprint of his nature. 00:43:11.159 --> 00:43:15.099 He upholds the universe by the word of his power. 00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:23.059 And after making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high. 00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:27.759 What's the author getting at in his opening verses of this book to the Hebrews? 00:43:28.559 --> 00:43:31.480 That Jesus is the glory of God. 00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:34.719 Colossians 1. 00:43:36.760 --> 00:43:40.059 Jesus is the image of the invisible God. 00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:42.240 Where the image of God is marred in us. 00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:43.280 It is perfected. 00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:44.920 It is restored in him. 00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:48.260 The firstborn of all creation. 00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:52.740 For by him all things were created in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible. 00:43:53.340 --> 00:43:55.579 Thrones, dominions, rulers, authorities. 00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:59.619 All things were created through him and for him. 00:44:00.460 --> 00:44:01.820 And he's before all things. 00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:04.380 And in him all things hold together. 00:44:04.380 --> 00:44:10.920 For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. 00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:16.420 And through him to reconcile to himself all things. 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:20.059 Making peace by the blood of his cross. 00:44:21.180 --> 00:44:22.579 Do you see in those two passages? 00:44:23.380 --> 00:44:24.880 The glory of God in creation. 00:44:25.519 --> 00:44:27.440 The glory of God in the word. 00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:29.740 The glory of God in redemption. 00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:33.860 Chiefly seen in the person of Jesus. 00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:35.559 Let me give you one more. 00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:37.280 John chapter 1. 00:44:38.660 --> 00:44:41.039 In the beginning was the word. 00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:43.400 The word was with God. 00:44:44.059 --> 00:44:45.360 The word was God. 00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:47.760 He was in the beginning with God. 00:44:48.160 --> 00:44:50.019 All things were made through him. 00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:53.300 And without him was not anything made that was made. 00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:56.820 And the word became flesh. 00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:59.380 And dwelt among us. 00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:03.380 And we have seen his glory. 00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:05.720 What glory? 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.599 The glory. 00:45:08.160 --> 00:45:10.880 As of the only son from the father. 00:45:11.640 --> 00:45:13.180 Full of grace and truth. 00:45:13.700 --> 00:45:15.260 For from his fullness. 00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:18.700 We have received grace upon grace. 00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:21.340 For the law was given through Moses. 00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:24.140 But grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:26.079 No one has ever seen God. 00:45:26.079 --> 00:45:29.719 The only God who is at the father's side. 00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:32.239 He has made him known. 00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:33.259 Do you see it again? 00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:35.159 Creation. 00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.139 The word. 00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.380 The law of Moses. 00:45:39.840 --> 00:45:40.400 Redemption. 00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:45.219 All chiefly seen in a person. 00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:48.399 If you want to see God. 00:45:49.239 --> 00:45:50.439 Look at Jesus. 00:45:51.579 --> 00:45:53.699 If you want to hear God. 00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:55.579 Listen to Jesus. 00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:58.219 If you want to know God. 00:45:59.019 --> 00:46:00.319 Come to Jesus. 00:46:01.319 --> 00:46:02.599 God's glory. 00:46:03.439 --> 00:46:05.619 Sublimely displayed in his son. 00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:08.419 And every category of Psalm 19. 00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:12.159 is meant to point us ultimately to him. 00:46:12.659 --> 00:46:14.440 So that in Christ. 00:46:15.220 --> 00:46:16.900 We might truly. 00:46:18.200 --> 00:46:20.519 Offer and ascribe to him the glory. 00:46:21.180 --> 00:46:22.280 That he's worthy of. 00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:23.440 Let's pray. 00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:53.420 Thank you.