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 Turn to Psalm 15. I'm going to read it and then I'm going to hand over to Seth. A Psalm of David.

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 Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

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 The one whose way of life is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their

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 heart, whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor and casts no slur on others,

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 who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps an oath even when it hurts

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 and does not change their mind, who lends money to the poor without interest, who does not accept

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 the bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken. Thank you for reading

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 that, Steve. Psalm 15. So I want to start us off with a little bit of an English lesson. I know some

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 of us just got really nervous, right, going all the way back to English class, but I want to start us

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 off with not necessarily English but more literature, thinking about one of the greatest poets of all

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 time, not William Shakespeare, but Homer. And see, Homer wrote this great epic called The Odyssey, right?

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 And The Odyssey was about this guy named Odysseus. He's the guy up there in the left-hand corner.

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 And Odysseus had fought this 10-year war in Greece, no, against the Trojans, and he was fighting this

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 war. It took on 10 years, and then Odysseus decided, I'm going to come up with one of the greatest scams

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 in the history of the world. Maybe you've heard of it. It's called the Trojan horse. And he rolls this

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 horse in. The Trojans think, oh, okay, the war is over. Great, they gave us a sacrifice. And then these guys

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 come pouring out in the middle of the night, and the Greeks end up winning the war.

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 Odysseus then, after this war, what does he want to do? He's been away for 10 years. So he wants to go

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 back home and experience rest, right? And so a journey that should have taken him about two months,

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 so he was up here at one, this is his home, should have taken him about two months to get home,

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 takes him 10 years to get home. And so this journey takes him on all kinds of adventures.

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 He ends up talking to some mermaids. His crew gets turned into pigs on some aisle. He even goes all the

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 way down to the underworld. But through all of this, the desire of him is to get back home. He wants

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 to dwell with his wife. He wants to get back home to rest. And so finally, after 10 years, he's been

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 gone for 20 years now. He finally gets back home. And instead of going, hey, I'm home. Welcome in. I

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 want to see my wife. He decides to do something a little bit different. He puts on a disguise. And then

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 they host this competition, right? Where they get this huge bow. That's it there. And Odysseus

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 is the only one that can string this bow. And then not only does he string it, he shoots it through 12

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 axe heads. I don't know how that works. I'm not an archer, but he shoots it through 12 axe heads.

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 And then everybody knows, oh yes, this is Odysseus. And so his wife had all of these bachelors

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 that were wooing her, trying to get her to go over and marry them because Odysseus had a lot of land and

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 a lot of wealth. And then all of a sudden, Odysseus shows back up and starts to scatter them all.

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 And what is really a pretty gruesome and bloody battle where he starts just killing everyone.

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 But the desire of Odysseus throughout all of these travels, throughout 10 years of war,

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 and then 10 years of travel, was that he wanted to get home.

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 He wanted to experience rest. I know some of the introverts in the room are like saying, me too, I get that.

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 Today, in our passage, in Psalm 15, we're going to look at a similar traveler on a journey for rest.

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 But this traveler doesn't want to just see his wife like Odysseus did. He wants to dwell with the Lord.

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 So in Psalm 15, we're going to see that the psalmist, or we'll call him the traveler today,

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 is going to have three things. He's going to ask a question. He's going to find the answer to that

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 question. And then he's going to consider the result. So three things that we're going to break

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 this passage down into. The first one is he asks a question. And it's important to remember the

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 context here as we move through the passage. As the reader, we've been reading and going through the

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 Psalms. And if you were doing that, you would see Psalm 10, Psalm 12, Psalm 13, all have to do with

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 laments. Basically, the psalmist has been in this pit of despair. And then Psalm 14, if you were with us

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 last month, Nick did a great job of unpacking that. The traveler that's in despair looks up and considers

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 the fool all around them. And then he moves from considering the fool now into Psalm 15. And he's

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 asking the question, who can dwell on the tent of the Lord? Who can live in the holy mountain of God?

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 See, this is the main desire of our traveler, of the person in Psalm 15.

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 This is the inciting incident, if you will. This is the main task that the psalmist or the traveler

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 here wants to accomplish. Just like any good story, there has to be a task to be accomplished, right?

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 Indiana Jones wouldn't be a story unless he was trying to get the Ark of the Covenant.

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 If there's any Disney fans in the room, Moana wouldn't, there wouldn't be a story there unless

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 she was trying to save her island from dying. Odysseus, there wouldn't be a story there unless

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 he wanted to get home. If he was just some freeloader floating through the ocean, he would

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 have stayed at the island with the mermaids. But he had a desire to get somewhere. The psalmist,

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 the traveler here, has a desire to get somewhere. And that desire is that they want to rest. They

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 want to dwell with the Lord. Look at verse 1. It says, Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent?

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 Who may live on your holy mountain? And you may be thinking to yourself, okay, Seth, that's great.

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 That's not much of a thriller of a story. A traveler wants rest. Not breaking any new ground there.

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 And I would say, yes, that's exactly right. This is not a new concept. In fact, this actually

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 relates a lot to us today, right? How often do we go to work and put aside money?

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 We sweat and we toil and we don't use that money at the instant right now, but instead we put that

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 aside for later for what? For a retirement so that we can experience rest at a later date. We are

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 pursuing something now so that we can have rest later.

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 Same thing can be said for, if you think just a little bit closer, what do you want when you go

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 through the craziest season of the year? Whether that for you may be at work, when it's if you're an

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 accountant during tax season, maybe it's if you're a pastor during Easter, whatever it is, what do you

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 want after you go through your craziest season? You want a holiday. And then to make this just really

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 personal, what are you going to want when your alarm blares at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, waking you up,

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 trying to go to work. Well, you're going to want to roll over and hit that snooze button and get just

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 a few more moments of rest before you go on. See, we all want rest. Our bodies crave it. The NHS spent 72

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 million pounds last year on insomnia medication alone. Our society wants to rest.

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 And so when the opportunity presents itself to the traveler to have permanent rest,

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 he is more than keen. He wants in. He wants to understand, how can I get this rest?

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 But the cost is going to be larger than he can fathom.

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 So let's move on to the second point. See, Odysseus, going back to our main story, the cost of his rest

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 was a 10-year journey. He had to go through a bunch of trials in order to get home. For the traveler,

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 in our psalm here, the cost is going to be a perfect life. Are we familiar with the game Hangman?

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 Okay, good. I'm glad that this illustration is not going to fall flat, then, because that's kind of what

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 the rest of the sermon is built on. We're going to use that illustration a bit to kind of go through

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 and help see what the psalmist is talking about as we move through this psalm.

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 So at first, the psalmist asked the question, who can dwell on the holy mountain?

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 And now, he's going to find the answer. Look at verse 2. Verse 2 says,

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 So the first qualifications for those that are trying to enter the rest that only the Lord can

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 provide is to be blameless. You have to live a blameless life.

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 Blameless, a simple definition, just means that you are innocent of wrongdoing.

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 It means that you've never messed up, you've never lied, you've never stolen, you've never cheated.

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 And if you look at the text, it gives a definition right behind it. It says, right after blameless,

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 it says, the person that does what is right. And if we think about it, well, this is an obvious one,

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 we really don't hit this standard. And this would be our first strike, or the head of the hangman.

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 So we move on now to the second point that says he speaks truth from their heart. Going back to point

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 one, we understand that there is not a person that is blameless in the entire world, right?

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 This point even furthers that a little bit more by saying there's actually not even anyone that has a

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 pure heart. The prophet Jeremiah would say the heart is deceitful beyond cure. Basically, what he's

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 saying there is there is nothing pure that can come from the heart, because the heart itself is not pure.

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 And so there's no truth that can come from that. And once again, we fail this qualification for

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 entering rest. So we'll give our hangman a body. You continue in verse three, it says, whose tongue

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 utters no slander. This speaks of a truthful person. The pastor from New York, Tim Keller, he had a good

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 point on this. He said, the Bible basically defines lying as a misrepresentation of truth. In other words,

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 what this means is that there are no layers to truth.

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 Jesus, when he was talking on the Sermon on the Mount, kind of redefined truth for us a little bit.

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 He said, do not swear by heaven. Do not swear by earth. Do not swear by the city of Jerusalem.

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 Do not swear by your own head. Let your yes be yes. Let your no be no. He was saying you do not have to

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 take an oath for these things. What does he mean by that? Does he mean when you go to court that

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 as a Christian, you shouldn't take an oath to say the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

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 I think if Christians take that interpretation, I think they're missing the point.

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 When Jesus is saying this, he actually does mean that when we're talking,

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 we should let our yes be yes and our no be no, meaning we should say the truth,

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 the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but not just because we're under oath.

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 Let me give you an example. Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C all see Mr. X rob a bank.

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 When asked about it later, Mr. A says, I didn't see him rob a bank. I don't think he did.

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 Mr. B says, uh, him may have been there. And Mr. C says, yeah, I think that's his bank.

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 Who lied? Well, they all did. They say, well, no, hang on now. One of them outright lied. Sure,

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 but the other two, they were just not giving the whole truth. But is this not lying? Is this not a

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 misrepresentation of the truth? Matthew 12 says that we will be held responsible for every idle word we say.

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 So it doesn't matter if we're under oath or not. Jesus is saying as Christians,

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 we live every hour, every minute, every moment as under oath.

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 And so we have to let our yes be yes and our no be no.

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 And so we have to ask ourselves, do we hit this qualification? And again, the answer is no.

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 So our hangman gets a leg now.

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 All right, moving on to the next one. Does no wrong to a neighbor. You might be saying,

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 I got this one. This one's okay. I don't know my neighbors. I'm fine on this one.

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 I'm saying, hang on, not so fast. Jesus again,

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 he comes back on the Sermon on the Mount and redefines who our neighbors are.

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 I'm not sorry. I'm not on the Sermon on the Mount. The very famous parable of the Good Samaritan.

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 Sorry. Sermon on the Mount was earlier.

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 But in the Good Samaritan, what is so shocking about that story

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 is the fact that it was an Israelite

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 that was hurt, but it was the Samaritan sworn enemies of each other

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 that came and helped him.

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 And so Jesus in that story redefines who our neighbors are.

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 He says, everyone is your neighbor.

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 And so if you have wronged someone before, you have broken this command.

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 You have done wrong to a neighbor.

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 I mean, again, this can kind of go back all the way to point one

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 of no one has lived a blameless life.

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 Have you ever lied? Have you ever gossiped?

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 Have you ever disobeyed a boss, a parent?

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 All right. You are guilty of this one.

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 I'm guilty of this one.

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 So now it's starting to look a little grim for our hangman.

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 He gets another leg.

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 It continues on, though, and in the passage,

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 the traveler says he casts no slur on others,

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 meaning that the person that is trying to attain rest

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 does not destroy the name of another person.

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 Obviously, this can mean physical.

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 Don't get into a fight with anybody else, obviously.

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 But I don't think many of us are prone to fistfights

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 in the congregation.

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 If you are, Steve's right there.

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 You can talk to him.

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 But what the psalmist could be talking about here

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 and is talking about

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 is verbally.

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 How many times have you torn somebody else down

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 with your words?

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 How many have you cast a slur against somebody else

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 by your words?

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 Again, this goes back to the gossiping.

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 And this one is hard in our society

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 because it can be so easy

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 to gain social standing with somebody

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 by gossiping about somebody else, right?

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 Having fun at somebody else's expense.

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 Tearing down someone else.

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 And this can be hard,

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 but we have to come to the grips

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 and realize that this is a sin.

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 And so our hangman, once again,

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 we realize that we do not meet the qualifications

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 for this rest.

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 And our hangman has now got an arm.

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 The psalmist and the traveler continues in verse 4.

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 He says,

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 Who despises a vile person

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 but honors those who fear the Lord.

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 This one seems easy, right?

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 Condemn the bad, honor the good.

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 But is this often true?

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 Do we often look at the moral filth of the world

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 and turn away?

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 Or are we sucked in?

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 I can say it from my own life

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 when I look at the television,

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 half the time,

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 whenever something morally filthy comes up,

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 I almost feel this pull to go further in

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 rather than farther away.

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 It's a sinful nature inside of me

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 that sucks me in.

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 But I can even say,

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 would the opposite of this be true?

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 We all like to say,

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 hey, we can fight against this bad thing.

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 But how about,

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 do we honor the righteousness of others?

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 Do we honor those who fear the Lord?

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 For me, again,

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 my sinful heart looks at this

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 and almost thinks of those people

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 as being too pompous,

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 too righteous.

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 I can manipulate it in my heart

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 to where the people that should have honor

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 and should be honored,

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 I get jealous of them for having that honor.

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 And so once again,

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 if we were honest with ourselves,

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 we would fail this expectation.

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 Our hangman is not looking so good now, is he?

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 The problem is,

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 is there's more to go.

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 The traveler says,

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 keeps an oath and does not change.

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 We're going to look at these together

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 because they're more or less the same problem

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 and because I think we're getting tired

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 of realizing that we can't amount up, right?

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 G.K. Chesterton says,

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 the man who makes a vow

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 makes an appointment with himself

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 at some distant time or place.

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 In other words,

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 what he's saying here

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 is that the man that makes a promise

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 says,

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 regardless of what happens in the future,

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 I will be there.

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 A promise frees you.

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 Now, if you're thinking about that,

00:19:10.419 --> 00:19:10.899
 you might think,

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.039
 Seth, I think you just misspoke.

00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:14.559
 The opposite would be true, right?

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:19.179
 But if we think about it,

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 a promise frees us

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 from the whims

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.120
 of whatever may happen

00:19:26.120 --> 00:19:26.779
 in the future.

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.740
 Only by promising

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 can we prevent

00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:32.100
 from being carried away

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 by an unpredictable future.

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 The very obvious example

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:36.019
 of this is marriage, right?

00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:38.340
 When you get married,

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.800
 when you say,

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 I do,

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:39.940
 to your spouse,

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 you are promising

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:43.539
 to love them today,

00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:45.039
 tomorrow,

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 and 10 years in the future.

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 You are saying

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 it doesn't matter

00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.920
 what happens in the future,

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 I will love you.

00:19:55.120 --> 00:19:55.980
 It doesn't matter

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:58.820
 if you start losing your hair.

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.820
 It doesn't matter

00:19:59.820 --> 00:20:01.779
 if we change houses.

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.640
 It doesn't matter

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:04.660
 if we have kids,

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.820
 you change jobs.

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.740
 It doesn't matter.

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.840
 I promise

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:11.100
 that no matter what,

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:12.240
 I will love you.

00:20:12.320 --> 00:20:12.940
 That's the oath

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.560
 that you're taking.

00:20:13.820 --> 00:20:14.620
 That's what it means

00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.800
 in sickness and in health

00:20:15.800 --> 00:20:16.880
 for richer or for poorer.

00:20:19.800 --> 00:20:20.980
 No matter what happens

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.420
 in the future,

00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:22.220
 I am promising

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 to love you.

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 But have we ever

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.539
 gone back

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.340
 on a promise?

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.480
 Remember,

00:20:29.580 --> 00:20:30.200
 we're going to be judged

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:31.279
 for every idle word

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:32.060
 that we say.

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 So if anybody

00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:35.400
 ever invited you over

00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.779
 and you've said,

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.180
 oh yeah,

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.779
 I'll be there,

00:20:37.820 --> 00:20:39.140
 and you had no intention

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.980
 of showing up.

00:20:41.320 --> 00:20:42.740
 Or one of my favorite ones,

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.900
 when somebody texts you

00:20:43.900 --> 00:20:44.140
 and says,

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 hey, are you far away?

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 And you're like,

00:20:45.340 --> 00:20:46.060
 yeah, I'm five minutes,

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.759
 I'll be there soon.

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.660
 And you haven't even

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.420
 gotten on the tube yet.

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:51.079
 I'm definitely guilty

00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:51.500
 of that one.

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 That's breaking an oath,

00:20:56.559 --> 00:20:56.759
 right?

00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.579
 That's lying.

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.039
 If we're going to be

00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:58.480
 held accountable

00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.660
 for every idle word,

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.160
 that is changing.

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:03.140
 That's us breaking

00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:05.599
 this qualification for rest.

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 And so if we start to look,

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:07.940
 our hangman starts

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.500
 to get a little bit

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.680
 ridiculous at this point.

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:11.740
 And so we're going

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:12.500
 to give them eyes.

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.860
 This is when you're

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.620
 playing Hamming,

00:21:14.700 --> 00:21:15.880
 this depends on how generous

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.960
 the person is with you,

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.180
 right?

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.120
 Some people could have

00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:19.200
 ended the game by now,

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.420
 but we're going to say that,

00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:20.880
 hey, we're going to be

00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:21.580
 a little more generous,

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.400
 we'll give them eyes.

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.740
 We have just a few more.

00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:24.779
 Who lends money

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:26.080
 to the poor without interest

00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:27.620
 is the next qualification

00:21:27.620 --> 00:21:29.019
 as the psalmist goes on.

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:30.160
 And this one seems easy

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:31.019
 to understand, right?

00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:32.600
 Lend money to the less fortunate,

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.420
 and if you lend money

00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.160
 to the less fortunate,

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.900
 don't charge them interest on it.

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.759
 But can you,

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.220
 I think that this one

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:41.079
 even goes a little bit further.

00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:41.420
 It says,

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.460
 don't lend with the expectation

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.720
 to profit in return.

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.240
 Basically,

00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:49.119
 when your neighbor comes

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.259
 and asks you for some flour

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.019
 for his cake,

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.440
 another reason to get

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.039
 to know your neighbors,

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:53.920
 you might get cake.

00:21:55.900 --> 00:21:57.079
 But you should give

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:59.960
 your flour to that neighbor

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:01.039
 without the expectation

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.099
 of getting a piece of that cake.

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:05.259
 Without the expectation

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:07.799
 that he'll come back

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.559
 and pay you for the flour

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.259
 that he's used.

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:10.759
 Instead,

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.879
 we should have a generous heart.

00:22:12.179 --> 00:22:12.240
 See,

00:22:13.119 --> 00:22:14.599
 the 2 Corinthians says

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.500
 that God loves

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.299
 the cheerful giver.

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.639
 So have you ever been guilty

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.220
 of lending

00:22:19.220 --> 00:22:20.339
 and expecting something

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.980
 in return?

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:21.919
 All right?

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.799
 Once again,

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.740
 we cannot meet

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.919
 this qualification of rest,

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.559
 and our hangman

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.599
 gets a nose this time.

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:29.240
 I started to run out of space

00:22:29.240 --> 00:22:29.599
 on this.

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:31.639
 Lastly,

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:33.059
 who does not accept

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.699
 a bribe

00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:34.740
 against the innocent.

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:36.619
 A bribe is a favor

00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.119
 or a gift

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.879
 with an obligation

00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:39.539
 to listen to what

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.619
 the briber is saying

00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.480
 in return.

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:43.019
 Basically,

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:44.099
 if you accept a bribe,

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:44.899
 you are compromised.

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.839
 Your judgment

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.939
 can no longer be trusted.

00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.179
 Again,

00:22:48.219 --> 00:22:48.740
 we think of this

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:50.719
 as the politician,

00:22:50.939 --> 00:22:51.159
 right?

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.899
 The one that takes

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.379
 a bribe

00:22:54.379 --> 00:22:55.099
 so that they can push

00:22:55.099 --> 00:22:56.139
 through whatever legislation

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.959
 that person wants

00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.779
 to be pushed through,

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:59.480
 and you can no longer

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.639
 trust their judgment.

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:03.259
 But what about us?

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.200
 Have we ever given

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.240
 with the expectation

00:23:07.240 --> 00:23:08.579
 to receive?

00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:10.160
 Have we ever given

00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.839
 to church

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:12.480
 of our time

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:14.379
 and volunteered there

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.899
 so that we might

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.599
 be recognized

00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:16.420
 by the leaders

00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.639
 or our peers at church?

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.559
 Have we ever volunteered,

00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:21.359
 maybe not at church,

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.420
 but with another organization

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.079
 so that we can have

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.019
 a good feeling

00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.079
 about the other parts

00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:25.539
 of our lives

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.079
 that maybe are not so good?

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:29.960
 Have we ever given money,

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.759
 maybe to the church,

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.940
 maybe to another organization,

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:34.059
 to ease our conscience?

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.039
 In essence,

00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:36.680
 what we are trying

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.160
 to do there

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.639
 is we are trying

00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:39.139
 to bribe God

00:23:39.139 --> 00:23:40.500
 to receive,

00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:42.259
 just even for a moment,

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.759
 the rest

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.359
 that the traveler

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.500
 is promising here

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.720
 in Psalm 15.

00:23:49.359 --> 00:23:51.619
 But it will not work.

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.899
 That rest

00:23:54.899 --> 00:23:55.440
 that we're trying

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:55.940
 to experience

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:57.019
 is more fleeting

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.019
 than the morning dew.

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.019
 So we'll finish

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:03.000
 off our hangman here

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:06.299
 with a frowny face.

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.740
 And see,

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.539
 the traveler here

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:10.980
 has laid out

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:12.580
 a very extensive list,

00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:12.799
 right?

00:24:12.860 --> 00:24:13.000
 Like,

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:13.700
 you can feel

00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:14.539
 the weight of this

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:15.799
 just hit your shoulders.

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.400
 Do this,

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.000
 obey that,

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.559
 be better.

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:21.360
 And we can't

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:22.220
 do it.

00:24:22.220 --> 00:24:23.940
 We feel like

00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:24.420
 the psalmist

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.440
 from the previous psalms,

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.600
 right?

00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.980
 We are in the pit.

00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:29.079
 We are lamenting.

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.039
 And every time

00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.720
 that we struggle,

00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.600
 every time we look

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.500
 up to this mountain

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.279
 and want to get

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.339
 to that rest,

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:38.120
 we actually

00:24:38.120 --> 00:24:38.900
 just tighten

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.400
 the noose

00:24:39.400 --> 00:24:40.160
 a little bit tighter

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:40.880
 around our necks

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.319
 and end up

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.000
 like our hangman

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.440
 friend here.

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.880
 And that makes

00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.579
 the realization

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.799
 of the third point

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.640
 even harder

00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:50.660
 to hear.

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:52.860
 So we started

00:24:52.860 --> 00:24:53.400
 with the question

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:54.140
 who can dwell

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:54.820
 with the Lord.

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.320
 We got the answer

00:24:56.320 --> 00:24:57.040
 that it has to be

00:24:57.040 --> 00:24:57.980
 the righteous person,

00:24:58.020 --> 00:24:58.140
 right?

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.620
 We went through

00:24:58.620 --> 00:25:00.000
 a long list.

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.200
 And then we get

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.620
 the result.

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.200
 Look at the end

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.800
 of verse 5.

00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:06.660
 Whoever does

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.380
 these things

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:08.720
 will never

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.840
 be shaken.

00:25:11.540 --> 00:25:11.820
 You think,

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.020
 okay,

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.520
 this is the part,

00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:13.700
 Seth,

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.380
 this is the part

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.380
 where you give me hope.

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.120
 I've been waiting

00:25:16.120 --> 00:25:16.480
 for this,

00:25:16.540 --> 00:25:17.259
 let's get into it.

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.740
 And you think,

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:18.180
 oh yes,

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.920
 this is the part.

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.060
 This will be lovely.

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:20.840
 If we just obey

00:25:20.840 --> 00:25:21.560
 the laws,

00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.620
 we will be able

00:25:23.620 --> 00:25:24.080
 to get up

00:25:24.080 --> 00:25:24.940
 into that holy mountain

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:26.259
 and never be moved.

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.840
 Our rest

00:25:27.840 --> 00:25:28.980
 can be secured.

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.680
 That's where

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.300
 we're going.

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.580
 But even then,

00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.340
 our joy turns

00:25:33.340 --> 00:25:33.840
 to dismay

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.640
 because we remember

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.620
 we don't hit

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.460
 these qualifications.

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.620
 We don't pass

00:25:40.620 --> 00:25:41.420
 this test.

00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:44.220
 We are like

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:44.940
 the hangman

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.660
 done in

00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.720
 by our failures.

00:25:46.720 --> 00:25:46.920
 We are like

00:25:46.920 --> 00:25:46.920


00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.820
 and if we

00:25:49.820 --> 00:25:50.759
 ended the story

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.259
 here,

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:53.160
 we would be

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.880
 preaching a gospel

00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:54.340
 that says,

00:25:54.560 --> 00:25:54.960
 do this,

00:25:55.100 --> 00:25:55.539
 be better,

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.220
 try harder.

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.820
 But that is not

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:01.039
 where this story ends.

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:03.420
 There's a twist

00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:05.039
 and if you're just

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.620
 reading

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.980
 through the psalm,

00:26:07.080 --> 00:26:08.100
 you might miss it.

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.620
 Look back

00:26:09.620 --> 00:26:10.120
 at verse 1

00:26:10.120 --> 00:26:10.460
 for me.

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.460
 Verse 1 says,

00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:12.779
 Lord,

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.579
 who may dwell

00:26:13.579 --> 00:26:14.519
 in your sacred tent?

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.680
 Who may live

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:17.059
 on your holy mountain?

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.500
 Where does the traveler

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.759
 want to dwell?

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:22.120
 He wants to dwell

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.759
 in God's sacred tent

00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.500
 on top of the mountain.

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.920
 He wants to dwell

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.819
 in a tent.

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:29.700
 This is no small detail.

00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.000
 See,

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.200
 when God delivered

00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:32.420
 his people from Egypt,

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:33.860
 they were travelers,

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:34.480
 right?

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.220
 Where were they

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.120
 travelers to?

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.039
 A promised land.

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.720
 A land that had been

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.340
 promised them

00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:41.700
 years before.

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:45.720
 And on their journey,

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:47.000
 God had commissioned

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.640
 a spot

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.559
 for his presence

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.400
 to dwell

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.620
 with the people.

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.940
 What did he have

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.279
 commissioned?

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.460
 A tabernacle,

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.880
 a.k.a.

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.160
 a tent.

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:02.900
 He didn't have

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.700
 a palace built

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.059
 for them

00:27:04.059 --> 00:27:05.200
 to take along with.

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.980
 He didn't have

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.539
 a sanctuary

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.860
 where his presence

00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.860
 could dwell,

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.440
 but a tent.

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:14.860
 He wanted a tent

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:15.880
 at the time

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:17.140
 where his people

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.059
 were dwelling

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:20.100
 in tents.

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.920
 God chose his dwelling

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.380
 as a tent

00:27:26.380 --> 00:27:26.880
 because it was

00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.980
 a foreshadowing

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:29.740
 of what would happen

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:31.740
 thousands of years later.

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:36.420
 this time,

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:36.700
 though,

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:37.740
 when he would

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.799
 send his son,

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.579
 it would be

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.339
 as a man

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.460
 and his son

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:43.279
 would come in bodily

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.620
 form,

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.559
 not as a tent,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:45.960
 but he would come

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.579
 as a baby.

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.480
 And that man

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.480
 would grow up,

00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:51.940
 that baby

00:27:51.940 --> 00:27:52.579
 would grow up,

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.220
 into a man

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:55.220
 that would hit

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.079
 every single

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.559
 qualification

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.380
 that we have

00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.440
 just talked about.

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.359
 He would live

00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:00.459
 the perfect life.

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.559
 He would do

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.059
 what was right.

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.759
 He would speak

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.259
 the truth.

00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.899
 He would fear

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.299
 the Lord.

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:05.799
 He would keep

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.079
 his word.

00:28:06.219 --> 00:28:06.679
 And he would

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.619
 climb that mountain

00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.919
 to the holy rest

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:10.399
 that God had promised.

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.000
 But instead

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:14.059
 of taking the reward

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:15.479
 that was due him,

00:28:15.679 --> 00:28:16.699
 he said no

00:28:16.699 --> 00:28:17.599
 and took on

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.679
 our sin,

00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.219
 the shame,

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.619
 the things

00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:21.039
 that we couldn't do

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:23.399
 so that we

00:28:23.399 --> 00:28:24.259
 could enter

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.939
 that rest.

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:28.759
 So now

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.420
 when we get

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:29.799
 to the end

00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.279
 of our lives

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.740
 and we get

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.140
 up to that

00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:31.380
 mountain

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:31.860
 to want to

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.440
 dwell with

00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:32.779
 the tent

00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.200
 of the Lord,

00:28:33.340 --> 00:28:33.920
 we get up

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.140
 there,

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.259
 the Lord

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.680
 doesn't look

00:28:36.680 --> 00:28:37.120
 at us and say,

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.720
 oh, you failed

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.420
 this, you missed

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:38.759
 that.

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.559
 Instead, he says,

00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:40.500
 the righteousness

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.279
 of my son

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.039
 is imputed,

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.799
 is given

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.779
 to you

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:45.880
 because he

00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.700
 died for you.

00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.080
 And we can

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:49.660
 hear the words,

00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.180
 well done,

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.000
 good and faithful

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.460
 servant.

00:28:51.460 --> 00:28:54.440
 So if you're

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.840
 a Christian

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.480
 in the room,

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.059
 rejoice.

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.660
 This is the

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.079
 good news.

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.460
 This is what

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.980
 we celebrate

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.400
 at Easter,

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.620
 right?

00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:00.160
 This is the

00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.579
 gospel.

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.500
 Let this

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.240
 teaching

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.000
 warm your

00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:05.299
 heart.

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.920
 Let it

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.559
 encourage you

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.120
 to go out

00:29:08.120 --> 00:29:08.559
 and share

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.920
 with your

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.200
 friends,

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.500
 with your

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.900
 co-workers,

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:10.259
 with your

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:10.539
 neighbors,

00:29:10.860 --> 00:29:11.240
 that this

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.519
 is what

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.799
 we have

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.200
 been saved

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.360
 for.

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.779
 This is

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.319
 the reason

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:14.180
 that Easter

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.059
 exists.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.579
 And if

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.840
 you're a

00:29:17.840 --> 00:29:18.380
 non-Christian

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.980
 in the room,

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.460
 let that

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:19.880
 truth

00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:21.440
 sink in.

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:21.680
 Think in

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:21.860
 a little

00:29:21.860 --> 00:29:22.079
 bit.

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.100
 And ask

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.620
 yourself,

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:27.180
 are my

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.620
 works

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.299
 enough

00:29:28.299 --> 00:29:29.019
 to enter

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.360
 rest?

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.279
 See,

00:29:33.360 --> 00:29:34.180
 all Odysseus

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.880
 wanted to

00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:35.400
 do

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:37.640
 was to

00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.279
 go home

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:39.220
 and enter

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.840
 rest with

00:29:39.840 --> 00:29:40.380
 his wife.

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:41.900
 But see,

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.559
 Odysseus,

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.279
 in order to

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:43.740
 enter that

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:43.980
 rest,

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.279
 had to go

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.600
 through a

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:45.240
 ten-year

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.660
 journey

00:29:45.660 --> 00:29:46.240
 where the

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.660
 gods were

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.059
 trying to

00:29:47.059 --> 00:29:47.500
 teach him

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.380
 some vague

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:48.700
 lesson.

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.200
 I don't

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.319
 know,

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.680
 I remember

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:49.940
 it from

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:50.180
 English

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.460
 class.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:54.340
 And he

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.680
 had to

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:54.980
 go through

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.779
 trial after

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.480
 trial after

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.980
 trial to

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.840
 finally get

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.140
 there.

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.200
 But for

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:01.940
 the Christian,

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.880
 true rest

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.559
 doesn't come

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.180
 after you've

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.620
 cleaned yourself

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:04.860
 up.

00:30:05.100 --> 00:30:05.500
 It doesn't

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.940
 come after

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.519
 you have

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.819
 done

00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.279
 something.

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:08.940
 It comes

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.200
 when you

00:30:09.200 --> 00:30:10.000
 accept that

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.440
 the riches

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.180
 of Christ

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.940
 are yours,

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.460
 not because

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:13.860
 you have

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.299
 done anything,

00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:14.720
 but because

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.220
 he gave

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.519
 them when

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.160
 he died

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.819
 and was

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.240
 buried,

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.860
 and was

00:30:17.860 --> 00:30:18.319
 resurrected

00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:18.840
 three days

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:19.059
 later.

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.919
 And now

00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.279
 all it

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.619
 takes is

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.059
 us to

00:30:22.059 --> 00:30:22.579
 call him

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:24.279
 savior and

00:30:24.279 --> 00:30:25.559
 to want to

00:30:25.559 --> 00:30:25.799
 have a

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.240
 relationship

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.740
 with him.

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:28.419
 And we

00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:29.419
 can climb

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:30.119
 that mountain,

00:30:31.679 --> 00:30:32.119
 enter the

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.480
 tent,

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.879
 and have

00:30:33.879 --> 00:30:34.659
 rest.

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.079
 Let's pray.

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:38.299
 Father in

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.440
 heaven,

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.000
 thank you

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.919
 for today.

00:30:40.319 --> 00:30:41.539
 Just thank

00:30:41.539 --> 00:30:41.899
 you for

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.559
 your word.

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:45.480
 Lord, I'm

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.220
 struck by

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.419
 how often

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:48.679
 I fail,

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.379
 struck by

00:30:50.379 --> 00:30:51.319
 how much

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.980
 I fail.

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:55.059
 But Lord,

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.279
 I'm

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:55.639
 thankful

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:58.639
 that a

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:59.240
 gospel of

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.519
 grace means

00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:01.059
 that it is

00:31:01.059 --> 00:31:01.879
 not up

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.500
 to me.

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.879
 Father, we

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.519
 pray that

00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:07.720
 this truth

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:08.720
 would be

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.139
 proclaimed

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.559
 throughout

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.299
 our great

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.619
 city,

00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:14.719
 on Sunday,

00:31:15.199 --> 00:31:15.879
 on Friday,

00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.399
 throughout

00:31:16.399 --> 00:31:17.159
 this week,

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.000
 as we

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.479
 lead up to

00:31:18.479 --> 00:31:18.819
 Easter,

00:31:18.939 --> 00:31:19.179
 and that

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:19.779
 people would

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:22.519
 see that

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.000
 they need

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.239
 you.

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.000
 And they

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.599
 would realize

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:26.959
 that their

00:31:26.959 --> 00:31:27.500
 works are

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.899
 not good

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.279
 enough,

00:31:28.699 --> 00:31:29.739
 but yours

00:31:29.739 --> 00:31:30.379
 are.

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.579
 Lord, we

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.059
 pray these

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.679
 things in

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:35.079
 your name.

00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:35.619
 Amen.

00:31:41.299 --> 00:32:01.659
 Let's

00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:01.659