WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160 Trusting it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word. 00:00:05.240 --> 00:00:07.480 ! It's God's very own word for you, his people. 00:00:08.080 --> 00:00:07.480 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.579 But with the crooked you prove yourself shrewd, for you rescue and oppress people, but you 00:00:36.579 --> 00:00:38.159 humble those with haughty eyes. 00:00:39.539 --> 00:00:41.140 Lord, you light my lamp. 00:00:42.120 --> 00:00:43.519 My God illuminates my darkness. 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:48.460 With you I can attack a barricade, and with my God I can leap over a wall. 00:00:49.379 --> 00:00:51.140 God, his way is perfect. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:53.179 The word of the Lord is pure. 00:00:54.179 --> 00:00:56.420 He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. 00:00:57.700 --> 00:00:59.560 For who is God beside the Lord? 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:01.100 And who is a rock? 00:01:01.579 --> 00:01:02.439 Only our God. 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:06.859 God, he clothes me with strength and makes my way perfect. 00:01:07.379 --> 00:01:09.460 He makes my feet like the feet of a deer. 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:11.219 He sets me securely on the heights. 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:13.680 He trains my hands for war. 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:15.719 My arms can bend a bow of bronze. 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:18.640 You have given me the shield of your salvation. 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:22.920 Your right hand upholds me, and your humility exalts me. 00:01:23.920 --> 00:01:28.439 You make a spacious place beneath me for my steps, and my ankles do not give way. 00:01:28.439 --> 00:01:31.379 I pursue my enemies and overtake them. 00:01:31.819 --> 00:01:34.000 I do not turn back until they are wiped out. 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.900 I crush them, and they cannot get up. 00:01:37.359 --> 00:01:38.599 They fall beneath my feet. 00:01:39.659 --> 00:01:42.039 You have clothed me with strength and for battle. 00:01:42.700 --> 00:01:45.719 You subdue my adversaries beneath me. 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.239 You have made my enemies retreat before me. 00:01:49.739 --> 00:01:51.780 I annihilate those who hate me. 00:01:52.780 --> 00:01:55.799 They cry for help, but there is no one to save them. 00:01:56.500 --> 00:01:58.920 They cry to the Lord, but he does not answer them. 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:02.439 I pulverize them like dust before the wind. 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:05.219 I trample them like mud in the streets. 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:08.780 You have freed me from the feuds among the people. 00:02:09.659 --> 00:02:14.319 You have appointed me the head of nations, a people I had not known serve me. 00:02:15.460 --> 00:02:16.900 Foreigners submit to me, cringing. 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:19.759 As soon as they hear me, they obey me. 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.579 Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications. 00:02:24.819 --> 00:02:25.719 The Lord lives. 00:02:26.099 --> 00:02:27.079 Blessed be my rock. 00:02:27.080 --> 00:02:29.380 The God of my salvation is exalted. 00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:33.580 God, he grants me vengeance and subdues people unto me. 00:02:34.420 --> 00:02:35.880 He frees me from my enemies. 00:02:36.920 --> 00:02:38.520 You exalt me above my adversaries. 00:02:39.220 --> 00:02:40.680 You rescue me from violent men. 00:02:42.040 --> 00:02:44.720 Therefore, I will give thanks to you among the nations, Lord. 00:02:45.300 --> 00:02:47.020 I will sing praises about your name. 00:02:48.140 --> 00:02:49.980 He gives great victories to his king. 00:02:50.600 --> 00:02:54.580 He shows loyalty to his anointed, to David and his descendants forever. 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:59.380 The word of God for the people of God. 00:03:00.480 --> 00:03:01.480 Thanks be to God. 00:03:01.540 --> 00:03:02.120 You may be seated. 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:10.100 As you're seated, I encourage you to keep Scripture open in front of you to Psalm 18 00:03:10.100 --> 00:03:14.000 as we work through this wonderful song of praise together. 00:03:14.820 --> 00:03:17.820 Isaiah 40 tells us that the grass withers and the flower fades, 00:03:18.280 --> 00:03:20.680 but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:03:21.660 --> 00:03:25.740 In Luke 1, we hear that no word from God shall be void of power. 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:26.760 Let's pray. 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:28.080 Let's pray. 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:28.080 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:29.080 Let's pray. 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:29.080 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:29.080 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:30.080 Let's pray. 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:30.080 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:31.080 Let's pray. 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:31.080 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:32.080 Let's pray. 00:03:32.080 --> 00:03:33.080 Let's pray. 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:34.080 Let's pray. 00:03:34.080 --> 00:03:35.080 Let's pray. 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:36.080 Let's pray. 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.920 Oh, God, you are the living rock, the rock of ages. 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:44.520 We pray that you will speak to your people by your power. 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:49.780 We thank you for how you are the same yesterday, today, and forever. 00:03:50.600 --> 00:03:57.060 How we can run to you, and how by your gentleness, your humility in Christ, 00:03:57.060 --> 00:04:02.159 you uphold your people by the power of your Holy Spirit that you've poured out. 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:04.699 Please minister to your people today, Lord. 00:04:05.159 --> 00:04:07.979 Please equip us according to your purposes we ask. 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:08.780 Amen. 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:09.639 Amen. 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:18.120 Well, as we are here reading this poetry from ancient Israel by the great King David, 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:25.219 the military leader and conqueror, many have mentioned to me this morning how there are 00:04:25.219 --> 00:04:28.819 missiles flying across the sky between Israel and Iran. 00:04:28.819 --> 00:04:36.500 the whole world is watching what is going on in that part of the world this made me curious to 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:44.860 look up where's the church in both of those nations right now it was 1.5 percent of the 00:04:44.860 --> 00:04:50.579 population of Iran that are Christians there are Christians there very very small minority 00:04:50.579 --> 00:04:59.740 then I looked it up for Israel 1.9 percent in Israel are Christians and 75 percent of that less than 00:04:59.740 --> 00:05:05.120 2 percent total 75 percent are Arabs living in Israel that are Christians 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:12.779 someone mentioned to me how in both of those countries they're still running into the rocks 00:05:12.779 --> 00:05:18.939 and the bunkers in the caves and behind the mountains to find shelter we can only imagine 00:05:18.939 --> 00:05:26.079 the terror of being in a a nation with a land war especially nowadays with this technology 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:37.800 under that type of oppression the greatest hope possible is for victory in fear for all of us 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:47.120 our greatest need is shelter when you're at war your biggest desire is rest in terror with hatred 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:55.319 from generations piling on feelings of wanting of revenge and vengeance what we really long for is to be 00:05:55.319 --> 00:06:04.340 happy at peace and resting again the word in the bible for that feeling is blessed 00:06:04.340 --> 00:06:12.579 and what both of those countries need and what the Christians in either country can find comfort in 00:06:12.579 --> 00:06:20.419 is exactly what psalm 18 lifts up for us and this is your comfort and mine today it's your hope 00:06:20.419 --> 00:06:27.539 in mind that we will be able to pray and I hope with even more conviction in the next moments what David 00:06:27.539 --> 00:06:36.560 prays in verse 46 would you please look there David cries out to God remember he says this at the end of 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:42.579 his ministry at the end of second Samuel calling all the nation all of God's people to declare this together 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:53.639 blessed be my rock and that's my encouragement for us today that you will be able to say that blessed be my rock 00:06:53.639 --> 00:07:08.000 the first movement is this this great rock for God's people it provides a source of shelter for them to enjoy life 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:17.300 so life in the shade of the rock life in the shade of the rock would you look at the beginning of psalm 18 look at verse 2 00:07:17.300 --> 00:07:22.740 I'm going to come back to this verse several times the first thing I want to point out is he says 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:27.540 the Lord is my rock he's letting us know right at the beginning of this psalm here's my theme 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:39.780 he says God is my strength my God in whom I trust there is a professor at a university in New Zealand 00:07:39.780 --> 00:07:46.639 a few decades ago and he noticed many of these images especially in the Old Testament describing God 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:52.340 and brought richness to this so I learned this through James Montgomery Boyce quoting this 00:07:52.339 --> 00:08:00.339 professor the first image is this I want to highlight five today a rock is a source of 00:08:00.339 --> 00:08:05.139 protection in shade he wrote that in the climate in the Middle East where it's hot and sandy 00:08:05.139 --> 00:08:12.139 the natural elements are merciless we understand that a little bit better here in the high desert of 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:19.459 Colorado if you spend three hours without sunscreen in the elements it's merciless imagine in the Middle East 00:08:19.459 --> 00:08:27.459 he said that in a period of 12 months there will be spring rains and you'll see this really thin layer 00:08:27.459 --> 00:08:36.259 of green like a carpet but that's doomed to quickly turn into sand again after it's scorched by the sun and 00:08:36.259 --> 00:08:45.460 it only lasts about two weeks out of 12 months however if you were to put a boulder there or go to a site that has a 00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:53.460 same patch of sand that cannot sustain life on the the shady side of that massive boulder an oasis will develop 00:08:53.460 --> 00:09:03.460 life will flourish up against this rock and travelers can then go and stop and enjoy rest in the shade and be sheltered 00:09:03.460 --> 00:09:09.460 sheltered from the elements during the hottest hours 00:09:09.460 --> 00:09:31.460 so I think what we have in verses 25 through 29 is a description of life in that oasis in the shade of the great rock the rock of course is an image of God's kingdom and we get insights into the values of God's kingdom look at verse 25 he first gives us three virtues in a row that are pleasing to God 00:09:31.460 --> 00:10:01.440 he says with the merciful or faithful literally in the Hebrew it's with those who are kind you will show yourself kind with the blameless literally with a master of flawlessness one who is above reproach we can say God will show himself blameless in verse 26 with the pure literally with one being 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:31.420 purified you will show yourself blameless you will show yourself pure those are the three virtues but then there's one displeasing vice verse 26 continues with the devious you will show yourself shrewd this is interesting because the Lord his his attributes correspond to what is good and what men would recognize as good and pleasing because it comes from him but when it comes to a way in which mankind 00:10:31.419 --> 00:11:01.319 is twisted and fallen is twisted and fallen like being devious or distorted you can't say that of God so he has to pick a more careful word like shrewd and then verse 27 you will save the humble but you will bring down one with haughty looks one who is proud so he's laying out the values of the kingdom of God this is the type of life that will flourish in the shade of the rock and this is the type of attributes that don't fit in this kingdom 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:05.500 that God will pluck out like a weed that God will pluck out like a weed and cast onto the scorching sand 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:21.300 Martin Luther had a good comment I thought here he said see how God deals with the perverse man who perverts everything God turns everything for that man into the opposite of what he hoped for 00:11:21.300 --> 00:11:29.480 there's something intrinsically frustrating about sin sin has no place in the kingdom of God 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:56.899 Isaiah 32 verse 2 says behold a king will reign in righteousness and princes will rule with justice now listen to this a man will be as a hiding place from the wind a shelter from the tempest as rivers of water in a dry place as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land 00:11:56.899 --> 00:12:10.679 there will be an anointed king that will come and live in the shadow of a great rock and he will rule with justice and there will be peace for all those who are gathered into his kingdom 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:13.299 he's describing the coming Messiah 00:12:13.299 --> 00:12:21.559 so to the extent that David hides himself next to God in the shade of the rock he's a type of Christ who will come 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:27.859 and fulfill all of these prophecies piled up about the kingdom of God anchored to the rock of God himself 00:12:27.859 --> 00:12:33.739 the people will thrive under such a king 00:12:33.739 --> 00:12:37.559 a king who is in submission to and protected by 00:12:37.559 --> 00:12:39.679 God as his rock 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:43.000 now notice what he says in verses 28 and 29 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:45.559 for you will light my lamp 00:12:45.559 --> 00:12:48.620 the Lord my God will enlighten 00:12:48.620 --> 00:12:49.580 my darkness 00:12:49.580 --> 00:12:51.980 this is describing life 00:12:51.980 --> 00:12:53.480 in the kingdom of God 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:56.120 1 Samuel 21 17 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:58.419 refers to Samuel the prophet 00:12:58.419 --> 00:13:00.519 as the lamp of Israel 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:02.399 what was his job as the prophet 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:04.779 the prophet represents God to the people 00:13:04.779 --> 00:13:06.940 Samuel was the mouthpiece of God 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:08.980 he was giving the people God's word 00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:10.460 and it's a lamp 00:13:10.460 --> 00:13:12.740 for them to live in and flourish under 00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:17.560 a lamp is associated with God's word 00:13:17.560 --> 00:13:20.279 and whose light the people can enjoy life 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:23.680 now he describes in verse 29 00:13:23.680 --> 00:13:28.440 how much safety he enjoys in this kingdom of God 00:13:28.440 --> 00:13:31.379 in contrast to the nations all around him 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:35.120 he says for by you I can run against a troop 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:38.440 a troop may be like a raiding party 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:42.560 remember in 1 Samuel how the Philistines had their raiders that would go around 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:48.539 in these you know fast mobile chariot driven battalions to destroy and terrorize villages 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:51.559 but he says I can run against them 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:54.739 or it could also be soldiers forming a barricade 00:13:54.739 --> 00:13:58.479 it reminds us of 2 Samuel chapter 5 00:13:58.479 --> 00:14:01.179 the Jebusites were mocking David 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:03.679 they said this mountain fortress 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:05.759 this one is impenetrable 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:07.759 they mocked David saying 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:09.259 the blind and the lame 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:10.659 will take care of him 00:14:10.659 --> 00:14:11.759 they'll ward David off 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.319 there's no way David can capture this one 00:14:14.319 --> 00:14:17.979 and God helps David to take this fortress 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.879 which was called Zion 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:22.599 and it became the headquarters then Jerusalem 00:14:22.599 --> 00:14:25.899 he describes what it was like 00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:27.100 in verse 29 00:14:27.100 --> 00:14:28.539 by my God 00:14:28.539 --> 00:14:31.340 I can leap over a wall 00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:33.860 in verse 30 he says 00:14:33.860 --> 00:14:34.879 as for God 00:14:34.879 --> 00:14:36.679 his way is perfect 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:39.379 the word of the Lord is proven 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.519 it's his testimony 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:42.220 I trusted God's word 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:43.879 and he proved himself 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:46.340 he is a shield 00:14:46.340 --> 00:14:47.379 to all 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.459 who trust 00:14:48.459 --> 00:14:49.120 in him 00:14:49.120 --> 00:14:52.199 that's what life is like 00:14:52.199 --> 00:14:53.379 in the shade 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.399 of the rock 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:56.779 I'm guessing that 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.740 depending on what 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:59.439 each of us is going through right now 00:14:59.439 --> 00:15:01.460 we're either enjoying that 00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:02.019 and we can say 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:02.399 yes 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:02.820 amen 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:04.220 that's my testimony 00:15:04.220 --> 00:15:05.039 at this moment 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.899 or maybe some of us 00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:07.919 need to be called back 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:08.860 into the shade 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:09.759 of the rock 00:15:09.759 --> 00:15:10.519 of God's kingdom 00:15:10.519 --> 00:15:12.639 maybe the Lord 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:13.419 and his providence 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:14.200 has allowed you 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:16.139 to be on the hot sand 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:18.580 and feel those elements 00:15:18.580 --> 00:15:19.820 in your soul a bit 00:15:19.820 --> 00:15:21.460 and he's saying 00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:22.139 come back 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:23.919 come thrive 00:15:23.919 --> 00:15:25.679 come enjoy life 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:27.580 against my rock 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:29.659 with Jesus as your king 00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:34.519 Isaiah 26 verse 4 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:36.019 calls us to trust 00:15:36.019 --> 00:15:38.000 in the Lord forever 00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:39.720 for the Lord God 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:42.139 is a rock of ages 00:15:42.139 --> 00:15:44.519 what that means 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:46.039 is that God's nature 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.000 is everlasting 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:49.960 God's strength 00:15:49.960 --> 00:15:51.840 has no end 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:55.560 enjoy life 00:15:55.560 --> 00:15:56.340 in the shade 00:15:56.340 --> 00:15:57.100 of the rock 00:15:57.100 --> 00:16:00.560 next 00:16:00.560 --> 00:16:01.340 he moves into 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:02.399 military language 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:04.340 I want to show you 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:04.600 how 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:05.759 in battle 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:07.460 this rock 00:16:07.460 --> 00:16:08.639 is proven 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.660 he just said it 00:16:09.660 --> 00:16:11.120 God's way is perfect 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.100 his word 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.000 is proven 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.320 let's show 00:16:14.320 --> 00:16:15.060 let's see now 00:16:15.060 --> 00:16:16.280 using David's imagery 00:16:16.280 --> 00:16:17.060 how this rock 00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.680 is proven 00:16:17.680 --> 00:16:18.780 in war 00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:20.779 notice back in 00:16:20.779 --> 00:16:21.059 Psalm 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:22.199 chapter 18 00:16:22.199 --> 00:16:22.839 verse 2 00:16:22.839 --> 00:16:24.339 he says 00:16:24.339 --> 00:16:25.519 God is my shield 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.100 and my stronghold 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:28.039 let's focus on those 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:28.639 two words 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:31.379 so we get 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:33.120 four more images 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:34.000 now of God 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.720 as a rock 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.559 the first is God 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:36.360 as refuge 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:37.720 and strength 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:39.019 think of how 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:40.579 as the superscription 00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:41.259 to Psalm 18 00:16:41.259 --> 00:16:41.699 says 00:16:41.699 --> 00:16:42.799 David was on the run 00:16:42.799 --> 00:16:44.079 from all the enemies 00:16:44.079 --> 00:16:45.559 even from Saul 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:46.480 the king of Israel 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:48.740 but God was his protection 00:16:48.740 --> 00:16:50.820 he was forced to flee 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.920 and hide in caves 00:16:51.920 --> 00:16:54.940 and then he reflects 00:16:54.940 --> 00:16:56.060 back in verse 31 00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:57.080 what we have already 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:57.860 seen earlier 00:16:57.860 --> 00:16:58.399 in this Psalm 00:16:58.399 --> 00:16:58.860 which is 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.620 a testimony 00:16:59.620 --> 00:17:00.720 of God's 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:01.440 deliverance 00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:02.399 but here he's 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.240 meditating on it 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.000 a second time 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:04.839 in the same Psalm 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:07.079 Spurgeon's comment 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.640 about that 00:17:07.640 --> 00:17:08.240 was this 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:09.640 the second thoughts 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:10.759 about God's mercy 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.819 should be 00:17:11.819 --> 00:17:12.940 and often are 00:17:12.940 --> 00:17:13.519 the best 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.460 so in verse 31 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:16.299 David says 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:17.579 for who is God 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.440 except the Lord 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:19.680 and who is a rock 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.200 except our God 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:22.960 it is God 00:17:22.960 --> 00:17:23.919 who has armed me 00:17:23.919 --> 00:17:25.059 with strength 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:26.279 and it is God 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.500 who makes my way 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:28.180 perfect 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:29.279 well you notice 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:29.839 how in the verse 00:17:29.839 --> 00:17:30.720 right before that 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.559 he says 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.299 God's way 00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:33.200 is perfect 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.879 now he says 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:36.019 as I walk 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:36.720 in God's way 00:17:36.720 --> 00:17:37.559 he makes my way 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:38.019 perfect 00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:39.440 my way 00:17:39.440 --> 00:17:40.720 aligns to God's 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.399 perfect way 00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:44.379 what a blessing 00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.000 to walk 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.619 in the way 00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.139 of the Lord 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:47.560 in verse 33 00:17:47.560 --> 00:17:48.160 he says 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:48.580 God 00:17:48.580 --> 00:17:49.900 makes my feet 00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.960 like the feet 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:51.980 of a deer 00:17:51.980 --> 00:17:53.500 and he sets me 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:55.040 on high places 00:17:55.040 --> 00:17:57.440 a deer is a picture 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.320 of agility 00:17:58.320 --> 00:18:00.140 swiftness 00:18:00.140 --> 00:18:01.700 and sure footedness 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:04.240 we were hiking 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.640 around 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.000 the other day 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:07.060 and just as we're 00:18:07.060 --> 00:18:07.700 on the normal 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.660 sidewalk trail 00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:10.040 we saw something 00:18:10.040 --> 00:18:10.700 amazing 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.620 which was this 00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.640 a young deer 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.620 maybe one year old 00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.539 not just 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.079 trotting 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.319 you know 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.879 like a horse 00:18:15.879 --> 00:18:16.339 would trot 00:18:16.339 --> 00:18:17.299 but bounding 00:18:17.299 --> 00:18:17.799 it was like 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.099 all four legs 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:19.839 all up in the air 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.500 all at once 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:22.059 out of nowhere 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:22.819 just right through 00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.839 the kind of 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.279 the gutter 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.979 and kept going 00:18:24.979 --> 00:18:26.319 it was just amazing 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:26.899 so it was almost 00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.739 like deer in a 00:18:27.739 --> 00:18:28.639 class of their own 00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.739 and especially 00:18:29.739 --> 00:18:30.839 David on the run 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.699 you know 00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.139 the enemy 00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:33.199 persecuting him 00:18:33.199 --> 00:18:34.619 running into the cliffs 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.319 he's a shepherd 00:18:35.319 --> 00:18:35.859 he's simple 00:18:35.859 --> 00:18:37.039 he can go in there 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.519 and hide 00:18:37.519 --> 00:18:38.659 remember in 00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.259 first Samuel 00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.059 how the Philistines 00:18:40.059 --> 00:18:41.200 they're very 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.259 wealthy and powerful 00:18:42.259 --> 00:18:42.899 and they had 00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.639 these iron 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:44.419 chariots 00:18:44.419 --> 00:18:45.519 well what good 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:46.079 is a chariot 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.500 going to do 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:46.940 if you're in the 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.440 middle of these 00:18:47.440 --> 00:18:48.619 desert rocks 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:49.519 you can't chase 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:49.919 them down 00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:51.339 so there he is 00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.659 poor 00:18:51.659 --> 00:18:52.119 simple 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:52.480 humble 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.460 trusting the Lord 00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.159 and it's like 00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:54.539 the Lord 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:54.980 makes him 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.779 like a deer 00:18:55.779 --> 00:18:56.399 bounding 00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:56.980 they can't even 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.819 come close 00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:59.000 to catching him 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.299 in verse 34 00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.899 he says 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.960 he teaches 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:03.859 my hands 00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.659 to make war 00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.960 so that my arms 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.579 can bend 00:19:06.579 --> 00:19:07.359 a bow 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.259 of bronze 00:19:08.259 --> 00:19:09.819 notice how he's 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.740 using his own 00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:11.839 body to reflect 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.720 on God's 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.319 faithfulness 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:14.039 he started 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.799 with his feet 00:19:14.799 --> 00:19:16.000 in verse 33 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:17.099 now he's onto 00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.779 his hands 00:19:17.779 --> 00:19:18.819 in verse 33 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:20.179 also in his arms 00:19:20.179 --> 00:19:21.619 now in verse 35 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.059 he says 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.720 you also 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.939 have given me 00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:24.899 the shield 00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:26.279 of your salvation 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.679 your right hand 00:19:27.679 --> 00:19:28.980 has held me up 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:30.519 your gentleness 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.939 has made me 00:19:31.939 --> 00:19:32.839 great 00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:35.319 verse 36 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.179 you enlarged 00:19:36.179 --> 00:19:37.039 my path 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.980 underneath me 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:39.179 so my feet 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:40.320 did not slip 00:19:40.320 --> 00:19:41.720 some translations 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.460 say so my 00:19:42.460 --> 00:19:42.980 ankles 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.200 didn't twist 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:46.779 this is what 00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:47.340 it's like 00:19:47.340 --> 00:19:49.340 to be under 00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:50.000 the rock 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:50.840 of God 00:19:50.840 --> 00:19:52.120 even at war 00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:53.400 even persecuted 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.420 may this be 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.940 the comfort 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:56.160 for God's people 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:57.060 around the world 00:19:57.060 --> 00:19:57.880 and for you 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.160 and me 00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:58.779 with spiritual 00:19:58.779 --> 00:19:59.299 attacks 00:19:59.299 --> 00:20:00.460 and persecution 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:01.080 as well 00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:03.680 Jesus said 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.500 in Matthew 7 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.240 verse 24 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:06.039 whoever 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:07.180 obeys 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.240 God's word 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.380 builds their 00:20:09.380 --> 00:20:09.920 life 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:11.160 on the rock 00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:12.640 God is your 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:13.519 refuge 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:14.680 and strength 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.299 God is my 00:20:15.299 --> 00:20:15.799 shield 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.500 and my 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.380 stronghold 00:20:17.380 --> 00:20:18.099 you see that 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:18.599 image here 00:20:18.599 --> 00:20:20.180 here's the next 00:20:20.180 --> 00:20:20.660 image 00:20:20.660 --> 00:20:21.620 it's of a 00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.519 strong tower 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.839 and where that 00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.539 last one left 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.059 off where 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.839 he's saying 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.259 my feet 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.079 won't slip 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:29.680 in chapter 2 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.059 he says 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.700 God is my 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.480 fortress 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.960 like it's 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:32.319 it's an 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:33.200 elevated rock 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.920 way up there 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.319 and my 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:35.480 deliverer 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.140 God is my 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.580 tower 00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.700 when you're 00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.220 up on the 00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:38.519 tower 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.200 the fortress 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:40.240 of God's 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.559 kingdom 00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:42.360 your view 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:43.680 expands 00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:45.059 it's elevated 00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:46.080 it's lifted up 00:20:46.080 --> 00:20:47.180 and your 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.039 perspective is 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.600 set in the 00:20:48.600 --> 00:20:49.460 broadest frame 00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:51.140 the contrast 00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.580 to God 00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:51.920 as our 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.319 fortress 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.120 would be 00:20:53.120 --> 00:20:53.480 to be 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.400 down in the 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:54.640 pit 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:54.940 in the 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.259 mire 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:56.539 the quicksand 00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.019 that's pulling 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.519 you down 00:20:57.519 --> 00:20:58.279 and burying 00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.559 you 00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:59.539 no but God 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.299 lifts me up 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.220 and sets my 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.860 feet where I 00:21:01.860 --> 00:21:02.440 won't slip 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.080 I won't get 00:21:03.080 --> 00:21:03.759 sucked down 00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:05.580 Psalm 40 00:21:05.580 --> 00:21:06.120 verse 2 00:21:06.120 --> 00:21:06.680 builds on this 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.360 theme as well 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:08.440 God brought me 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:09.500 up out of a 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.360 horrible pit 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.180 out of the 00:21:11.180 --> 00:21:11.880 miry mud 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.680 and has set 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.580 my feet on a 00:21:13.580 --> 00:21:13.900 rock 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:15.340 he establishes 00:21:15.340 --> 00:21:16.320 my steps 00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:17.380 it's the same 00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:18.160 theme that David 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:20.019 is reflecting on 00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:21.519 in Psalm 18 00:21:21.519 --> 00:21:22.940 verse 34 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.480 as well 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.460 and 36 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.580 he says 00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:27.480 from this position 00:21:27.480 --> 00:21:28.160 of protection 00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.039 verse 37 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.080 I can now 00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:31.019 pursue my enemies 00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.019 and overtake 00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.299 them 00:21:32.299 --> 00:21:33.180 neither did 00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.039 I turn back 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:34.539 again 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.200 till they 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.000 were destroyed 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.200 verse 38 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.960 I have wounded 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.180 them so that 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.879 they could not 00:21:39.879 --> 00:21:40.420 rise 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.799 how has David 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.420 done this 00:21:42.420 --> 00:21:43.299 verse 39 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.980 because you 00:21:44.980 --> 00:21:45.900 have armed 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:46.759 me with 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.379 strength 00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.400 for the battle 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:50.000 the Lord 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:50.599 lifts David 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.240 up into the 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.980 strong tower 00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.980 and equips 00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:54.139 him for war 00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:55.900 well the next 00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:56.700 image is God 00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.940 now on the 00:21:57.940 --> 00:21:58.480 offensive 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:00.039 God as a 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.460 crushing 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.259 boulder 00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:03.599 in verse 39 00:22:03.599 --> 00:22:04.500 he says 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:04.880 you have 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.579 subdued 00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:06.200 under me 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.019 those who 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.620 rose up 00:22:07.620 --> 00:22:08.599 against me 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.440 you have 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.019 also given 00:22:10.019 --> 00:22:10.920 me the 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.620 necks of 00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.259 my enemies 00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.200 so that I 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:14.019 destroyed those 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.440 who hated 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:14.839 me 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.680 verse 41 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.279 they cried 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:18.160 out but 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.819 there was 00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.920 none to 00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:20.360 save 00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:20.900 even to 00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.400 the Lord 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.079 but he 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.680 did not 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:23.720 answer them 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:26.160 so there's 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:26.819 David lifted 00:22:26.819 --> 00:22:27.319 up on the 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.720 rock of 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.019 God 00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.980 and there's 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.319 those who 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.920 have rejected 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.400 the kingdom 00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.900 of God 00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.440 and opposed 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.799 God 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:33.200 now they're 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:33.700 begging for 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.079 mercy 00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.920 and God 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.480 is bringing 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.119 justice 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.339 it's like a 00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:38.740 crushing 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.700 boulder 00:22:39.700 --> 00:22:41.220 rolling down 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.779 advancing 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:43.700 and if he's 00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.359 not your 00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.819 fortress 00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.200 and you're 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.700 hidden in 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:46.000 him 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.259 he's gonna 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.980 steamroll 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.680 everything 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.559 in its way 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.960 the kingdom 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.400 of God 00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:52.180 will advance 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.019 it will not 00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.759 slow down 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:55.779 as we drive 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.700 to the mountains 00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.240 maybe going 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.740 west on 00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.200 I-70 00:22:58.200 --> 00:22:58.779 from here 00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.559 you'll see 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.700 those yellow 00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.400 signs that 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.180 say rocks 00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.839 falling 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:04.900 I pointed 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.339 one out 00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:05.859 to one 00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.220 of my 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:06.980 sons the 00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.359 other day 00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:07.559 I said 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:07.859 look at 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.319 the size 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.620 of those 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:08.940 boulders 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.200 it was 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.680 like half 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:09.940 of our 00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.319 vehicle 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.200 and there's 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.819 much bigger 00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.319 boulders up 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.819 there waiting 00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.259 to just 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:14.279 fall and 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.819 smash 00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.640 whatever's 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:15.980 gonna get 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.339 under their 00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:16.579 way 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:20.299 I want 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.579 you to 00:23:20.579 --> 00:23:21.179 notice the 00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:21.720 contrast 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:21.980 here 00:23:21.980 --> 00:23:23.000 if you 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:23.379 go back 00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:23.779 to verse 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.460 21 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:26.399 David says 00:23:26.399 --> 00:23:26.779 something 00:23:26.779 --> 00:23:27.819 about his 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.879 faith in 00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.259 the Lord 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.679 as his 00:23:29.679 --> 00:23:30.019 rock 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.379 in verse 00:23:30.379 --> 00:23:30.899 21 00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.679 David says 00:23:31.679 --> 00:23:32.679 I have 00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.699 not wickedly 00:23:33.699 --> 00:23:34.519 departed 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:35.460 from my 00:23:35.460 --> 00:23:35.839 God 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:37.919 he's not 00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.259 committed 00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.960 apostasy 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:39.419 he's not 00:23:39.419 --> 00:23:39.939 rejected 00:23:39.939 --> 00:23:40.359 God 00:23:40.359 --> 00:23:41.639 the Lord 00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.319 has preserved 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.000 his faith 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:44.599 if you go 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:44.960 back to 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.619 verse 6 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.559 we hear 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.299 David saying 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.000 in my 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.500 distress 00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.259 I called 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.700 upon the 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:49.960 Lord 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.680 I cried 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.059 out to 00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.539 my God 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.099 and he 00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.660 heard my 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.059 voice 00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.960 from his 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.400 temple 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.119 and my 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:55.759 cry came 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.420 before him 00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:57.359 even to 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.240 his ears 00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:00.859 David has 00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.339 put himself 00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.039 under the 00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.420 Lord 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.259 as his 00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.559 king 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.880 and as 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.079 his 00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:04.480 rock 00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.900 what a 00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.279 contrast 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:06.759 this is 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.160 to those 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.740 who reject 00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.240 the Lord 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:09.859 who cry 00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.180 out 00:24:10.180 --> 00:24:10.660 but now 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.059 it's too 00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.380 late 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:14.920 their cry 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.740 in verse 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.260 38 00:24:16.260 --> 00:24:17.580 and verse 00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.160 39 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.660 I'm sorry 00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:20.200 their cry 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.860 is in 00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.560 verse 41 00:24:21.560 --> 00:24:22.140 they cried 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.460 out to 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:22.880 the Lord 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.580 but there 00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.120 was none 00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.720 to save 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.520 this is not 00:24:25.520 --> 00:24:25.960 a cry 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.640 of faith 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.320 and repentance 00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:28.600 like David's 00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:28.880 was 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.820 but it was 00:24:29.820 --> 00:24:30.320 a cry 00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:30.720 of those 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.020 who have 00:24:31.020 --> 00:24:31.520 departed 00:24:31.520 --> 00:24:32.180 from God 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.800 and who 00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:33.260 just now 00:24:33.260 --> 00:24:33.640 want to 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.140 escape 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:35.160 the natural 00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.900 consequences 00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.820 of their 00:24:36.820 --> 00:24:37.260 rebellion 00:24:37.260 --> 00:24:38.840 God is 00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.320 offered to 00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:39.800 all by 00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:40.260 grace 00:24:40.260 --> 00:24:41.020 now 00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.240 and there's 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.599 a time 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:42.879 where he 00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.420 is offered 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:44.019 by grace 00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.619 no longer 00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.700 that would 00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:45.940 be the 00:24:45.940 --> 00:24:46.279 time of 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.460 his 00:24:46.460 --> 00:24:46.900 judgment 00:24:46.900 --> 00:24:47.779 and his 00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.039 wrath 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.680 now is 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.079 the time 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.099 to receive 00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:51.119 his grace 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:53.879 and the news 00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.379 doesn't get 00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:54.900 any better 00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.400 as we see 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:56.160 this final 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.720 image of 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.220 the rock 00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.519 we could 00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:58.920 say it's 00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.259 a rock 00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.779 now used 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.160 as a 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.660 millstone 00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:02.740 the millstone 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.379 was one 00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.799 rock put 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.160 on top 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.420 of the 00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:04.599 other 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:04.920 and you'd 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.379 put the 00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:06.180 kernels 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.720 of grain 00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.400 in between 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.339 and then 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.559 you would 00:25:08.559 --> 00:25:09.059 have something 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.639 very strong 00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.240 like oxen 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.599 pull it 00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:10.819 around 00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.099 in a 00:25:11.099 --> 00:25:11.339 circle 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:11.799 so that 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.700 the millstone 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.359 is crushing 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.200 what's in 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:14.579 between 00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.599 turning grain 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.240 into fine 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.720 flour 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:18.059 notice what 00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:18.380 he says 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.740 in verse 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.299 42 00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:20.640 then I 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.200 beat them 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:22.019 as fine 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.500 as the 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.000 dust 00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.660 before the 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:23.960 wind 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.819 I cast 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.420 them out 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.319 like dirt 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.660 in the 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.099 streets 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.759 you have 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.359 delivered me 00:25:28.359 --> 00:25:28.700 from the 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:29.299 strivings 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.539 of the 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:29.900 people 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:32.359 at the 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.620 end of 00:25:32.620 --> 00:25:33.059 his reign 00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.359 David 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.019 is going 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.480 to unite 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.180 all these 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.640 tribes 00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.420 into one 00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.759 kingdom 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.420 before that 00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.779 they're in 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.359 civil war 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.299 there's a 00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:39.539 massive 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.039 upheaval 00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:40.339 who will 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:40.639 be the 00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:40.799 king 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:40.959 of 00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:41.199 Israel 00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.659 who will 00:25:41.659 --> 00:25:42.799 we follow 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.619 and they 00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.359 become united 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.000 under David 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:46.740 it was a 00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.459 mixed company 00:25:47.459 --> 00:25:48.719 that was 00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:49.339 striving 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:50.119 a striving 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:50.579 people 00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.699 by contrast 00:25:51.699 --> 00:25:53.179 verse 43 00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.759 tells how 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.359 the Lord 00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:54.879 ends it 00:25:54.879 --> 00:25:55.599 under David's 00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:55.819 reign 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.599 a people 00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:56.959 I have 00:25:56.959 --> 00:25:57.859 not yet 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.240 known 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:59.199 shall serve 00:25:59.199 --> 00:25:59.479 me 00:25:59.479 --> 00:26:00.839 it's a 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.240 description 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.079 of Israel 00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.559 uniting 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.000 but also 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.459 more than 00:26:03.459 --> 00:26:03.699 that 00:26:03.699 --> 00:26:04.179 it's 00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.699 worldwide 00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.839 dominion 00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.599 and verses 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.319 44 and 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.740 45 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.399 describe 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:09.259 how God 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.899 will advance 00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.419 his kingdom 00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:11.359 in two 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:11.759 ways 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.399 the first 00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.740 way 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.839 God will 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.179 advance 00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.659 his kingdom 00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:15.539 invisibly 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.559 look at 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.279 verse 44 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:18.139 as soon as 00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:19.039 they hear 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.519 of me 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:21.419 they obey 00:26:21.419 --> 00:26:21.679 me 00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:23.000 they don't 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.319 even need 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.759 to see a 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.379 display of 00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:24.659 power 00:26:24.659 --> 00:26:25.019 they will 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.459 hear 00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:26.819 the reputation 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.240 and the 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.559 name 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:29.740 and they 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.259 will obey 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:32.379 the second 00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:32.980 way his 00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.439 kingdom will 00:26:33.439 --> 00:26:33.779 advance 00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.559 is powerfully 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.799 these foreigners 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.919 will submit 00:26:36.919 --> 00:26:37.419 to me 00:26:37.419 --> 00:26:38.259 verse 45 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.759 they fade 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.159 away 00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:39.899 and they 00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:40.240 come 00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.039 frightened 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.579 from their 00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.179 hideouts 00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:43.740 God's 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.039 kingdom 00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:44.980 it cannot 00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.059 be stopped 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:47.119 and after 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:47.519 a great 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:47.839 war 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.319 there will 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:48.759 be great 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:49.339 victory 00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:50.779 in verse 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.480 46 he 00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.839 declares 00:26:51.839 --> 00:26:52.319 the Lord 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:52.819 lives 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.519 blessed 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.099 be my 00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.559 rock 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.139 and let 00:26:55.139 --> 00:26:55.599 the God 00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.000 of my 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.539 salvation 00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.720 be exalted 00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:57.740 ! 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.039 It is God 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.759 who avenges 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.039 me 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.700 in verse 00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.279 47 00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.339 and subdues 00:27:02.339 --> 00:27:02.819 the people 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.440 under me 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.559 he delivers 00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.019 me from 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.620 my enemies 00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.779 you also 00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.340 lift me 00:27:07.340 --> 00:27:08.019 up above 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:08.519 those who 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.140 rise against 00:27:09.140 --> 00:27:09.420 me 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.200 you have 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.019 delivered me 00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.720 from the 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.400 violent men 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:15.299 great victory 00:27:15.299 --> 00:27:16.480 as the 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.779 Lord's 00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.019 kingdom 00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.640 advance 00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.680 with his 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.140 anointed 00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.620 king 00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.820 under his 00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.160 shade 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:23.400 well dear 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.860 friends 00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:25.960 brothers and 00:27:25.960 --> 00:27:26.279 sisters 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.080 who is God 00:27:27.080 --> 00:27:27.779 to you 00:27:27.779 --> 00:27:29.940 you will 00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:30.340 get from 00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.860 God either 00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.680 deliverance 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.039 or destruction 00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:34.980 you either 00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.740 run to the 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.340 living rock 00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:37.100 for refuge 00:27:37.100 --> 00:27:38.100 or you 00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:38.820 oppose him 00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.440 and get 00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.440 buried under 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.039 the weight 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.700 of his 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.180 glory 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:44.360 you reject 00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.880 God as 00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.420 your tower 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.340 and you 00:27:46.340 --> 00:27:46.720 will get 00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.519 him as 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.680 your 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.340 millstone 00:27:48.340 --> 00:27:51.120 if God 00:27:51.120 --> 00:27:51.460 is your 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.920 fortress 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.360 however 00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:53.400 you will 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.060 flourish 00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:55.259 he will 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.720 establish 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.100 you 00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.420 he will 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.880 train you 00:27:57.880 --> 00:27:58.340 to walk 00:27:58.340 --> 00:27:58.660 on his 00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.200 perfect 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.100 path 00:28:00.100 --> 00:28:02.779 make sure 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.080 that he 00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.400 is your 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.960 fortress 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:07.440 the next 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:07.819 movement 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:08.120 in our 00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.660 final two 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.200 verses of 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.980 Psalm 18 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.980 is going to 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.720 thrust us 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.180 forward 00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:14.500 in redemptive 00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.920 history 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:16.319 in a way 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.779 that David 00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.140 could have 00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:18.140 only imagined 00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:18.700 and with the 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.340 spirit's help 00:28:19.340 --> 00:28:20.140 be held 00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.740 by faith 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.360 verse 49 00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.779 says 00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.420 therefore I 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.759 will give 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.340 thanks to 00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.720 you oh 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:24.960 Lord 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.840 among the 00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.460 Gentiles 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.559 I will sing 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.240 praises to 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.840 your name 00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:30.039 verse 50 00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.100 great deliverance 00:28:31.100 --> 00:28:31.840 he gives 00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.279 to his 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.600 king 00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:33.220 and he 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.960 shows mercy 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.360 to his 00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.819 anointed 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.140 to David 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:37.400 and his 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:38.319 offspring 00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:40.120 forevermore 00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:42.660 how does 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.640 this thrust 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.319 us forward 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:46.799 in verse 50 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.299 the word 00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:47.940 offspring 00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:49.519 is singular 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:51.160 one 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.940 seed 00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:55.100 David 00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:55.660 was given 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.779 great victory 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.620 during his 00:28:57.620 --> 00:28:57.900 reign 00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:59.340 so that he 00:28:59.340 --> 00:29:00.320 and all of 00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.900 God's people 00:29:00.900 --> 00:29:01.640 and all the 00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.140 Gentiles 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.740 one day 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.860 could praise 00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.279 God 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:06.019 through what 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.440 God would 00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.860 do through 00:29:06.860 --> 00:29:07.519 David's 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.220 seed 00:29:08.220 --> 00:29:09.980 forevermore 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:12.279 Charles Spurgeon 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.840 commented 00:29:12.840 --> 00:29:14.019 over and 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.980 beyond David 00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.799 or any 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.500 other believer 00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.259 the Messiah 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:18.059 our Savior 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.340 is evidently 00:29:19.340 --> 00:29:19.920 the main 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.559 and chief 00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.100 subject 00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.819 of this 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.240 song 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.199 and studying 00:29:23.199 --> 00:29:23.699 it I have 00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:24.279 grown more 00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.699 and more 00:29:24.699 --> 00:29:25.079 sure 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:26.059 that every 00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.740 line 00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.359 of Psalm 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.819 18 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.740 has its 00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.319 deepest 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:29.939 and 00:29:29.939 --> 00:29:30.859 profoundest 00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.659 fulfillment 00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.439 in him 00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:33.839 that's the 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.079 end of 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.559 Spurgeon's 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:34.799 quote 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.599 now 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:37.919 we need to 00:29:37.919 --> 00:29:38.759 take one 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.059 step 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.319 we could 00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.740 take many 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.099 in between 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.539 let's go to 00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.119 one step 00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:42.119 before the 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.659 New Testament 00:29:42.659 --> 00:29:43.039 would you 00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.539 turn please 00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.059 to Daniel 00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:44.759 chapter 2 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:46.779 I'd love 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.119 for you to 00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:47.480 see this 00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.799 with your 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.199 own eyes 00:29:48.199 --> 00:29:48.619 Daniel 00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.459 chapter 2 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:54.039 so after 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.420 the Lord 00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:55.100 unites his 00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:55.440 kingdom 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.279 under David 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:58.660 as you know 00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.259 the history 00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.740 of Israel 00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.200 the people 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.660 rebel 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:02.200 they don't 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.680 stay under 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.240 the rock 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.860 of God 00:30:03.860 --> 00:30:05.400 they turn 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.920 away from 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.059 him 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.420 they turn 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:06.779 to all 00:30:06.779 --> 00:30:07.279 the pagan 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.039 idols 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.019 their hearts 00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:09.740 don't love 00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.200 the Lord 00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.759 and for 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.519 disobedience 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:12.900 they bring 00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.600 upon themselves 00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.259 curses 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.879 they won't 00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:16.539 stay close 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.000 to the Lord 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.339 as their 00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:17.759 fortress 00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.180 and so 00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.819 they get 00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.339 banishment 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.900 from his 00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.279 land 00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.000 they get 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.440 exiled 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.920 and carried 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.259 away 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:24.599 I love 00:30:24.599 --> 00:30:25.119 how it's 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:25.599 from that 00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:26.160 place of 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.779 exile 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.879 and banishment 00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.859 that the 00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.259 Lord gives 00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.779 some of his 00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.700 most glorious 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.920 promises of 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.359 covenant 00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:33.240 faithfulness 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:34.200 and grace 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.379 would you 00:30:35.379 --> 00:30:35.740 look at 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.000 Daniel 00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.700 chapter 2 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.599 verse 34 00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:40.519 as an 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:41.039 exile 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.980 in Babylon 00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.899 carried off 00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:44.179 the Lord 00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.939 reveals to 00:30:44.939 --> 00:30:45.459 this wicked 00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:45.899 king of 00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.359 Babylon 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00:31:04.139 --> 00:31:04.740 and break 00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.059 them to 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.399 pieces 00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:06.259 verse 35 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.619 then the 00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:06.959 iron 00:31:06.959 --> 00:31:07.399 the clay 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:08.019 the bronze 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:08.600 the silver 00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.180 and the gold 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.220 all representing 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.120 different kingdoms 00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:12.060 of men 00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:12.700 will be 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.180 crushed 00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:14.019 together 00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.640 you hear the 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.220 same language 00:31:15.220 --> 00:31:15.660 as Psalm 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.080 18 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.920 turn to 00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.340 dust 00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.800 and they 00:31:18.800 --> 00:31:19.180 will become 00:31:19.180 --> 00:31:19.500 like 00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:20.380 chaff 00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.960 from the 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.180 summer 00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.680 threshing 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:22.100 floors 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.920 the wind 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.360 will carry 00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:23.820 them away 00:31:23.820 --> 00:31:24.240 so that 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:25.220 no trace 00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.680 of them 00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.019 will be 00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.500 found 00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:27.160 these 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:27.519 kingdoms 00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:28.080 of men 00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:29.500 and the 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.080 stone 00:31:30.080 --> 00:31:30.980 the one 00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.320 that was 00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.980 hewn out 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.240 of the 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.560 rock 00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:33.140 not by 00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:33.420 human 00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:33.740 hands 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.080 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