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 Well, if it weren't for the superscriptions that head these Psalms, I don't think we would ever expect that they have the same author.

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! Psalm 25, it includes three different admissions of guilt and distinct confessions of sin.

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 A cry of faith from a man in desperate need of God's mercy and forgiveness.

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 Psalm 26, on the other hand, is a passionate declaration of innocence.

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 It's almost the opposite of Psalm 25.

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 And it's not just a declaration of innocence.

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 It's a call for God to act in righteousness, to publicly announce and vindicate the king's righteousness, David's righteousness.

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 After supplying the evidence to make his case, David even goes so far as to say that he stands on level ground.

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 That's stability in relationship to his argument.

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 I stand on level ground here that the right thing in David's mind is his vindication from God in judgment.

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 He fully expects, in the end, to remain inside the great community of God's people, that great assembly of worshipers.

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 His claim of innocence here in Psalm 26, it's so strongly voiced that some, including C.S. Lewis at one point, mistakenly, I believe,

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 fought it to contain the seed of self-righteous Phariseeism that ultimately comes into full bloom in the Gospels.

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 It's a strong, strong voicing of innocence.

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 And yet, the man who wrote it is the same man who wrote Psalm 25, where we saw last week, is this just incredible contrition.

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 How could David express such contrition on one hand and maintain such confidence on the other hand?

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 How can these two things actually come together?

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 I think a basic explanation will suffice for this, and that is, whereas Psalm 25 really is concerned with David's life broadly as a whole,

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 he's thinking of his all-around standing before God,

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 it seems that Psalm 26 is zeroed in on a particular moment in his life.

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 We can't say for sure what moment that was, but it seems that he was at least facing accusations that he was fully persuaded he was not guilty of.

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 Whether it was accusations about using some type of wicked scheme to actually obtain the throne in following Saul.

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 Maybe it was something in relationship to something else in his life.

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 We don't know exactly what it is, but it seems we can discern from all that's happening here that David is thinking about a particular moment.

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 He has accusers in this moment, and he's not guilty of what he's being accused of.

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 But the accusations are serious.

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 They're serious enough that if found guilty, David could have been expelled from the covenant community,

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 being swept away in judgment with sinners.

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 Psalm 26, then, is the prayer of an innocent man in response to his accusers.

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 He submits his calls to the righteous judge.

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 He gives evidence of his integrity in the matter at hand,

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 and then he trusts that God, being righteous himself, will in the end vindicate him and declare his true righteousness.

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 So what is the Psalm here for?

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 Well, all of that being said, the Psalm, its primary intention is not to give us a prayer to pray whenever we are falsely accused.

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 That's not exactly what it's here to do.

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 It's actually much more significant than that, I think.

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 The song shows us what it looks like to truly walk in integrity.

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 That's the word that David uses at least twice here.

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 He actually bookends the whole song with this language of integrity.

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 He says in verse 1, vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in integrity.

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 And then he circles back to it in the end, and he says, I shall walk in my integrity.

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 Telling us that integrity is central to the song.

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 And though there is the setting of a particular moment, a particular instance in David's life,

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 what the Psalm as a whole is doing as Israel, as God's people are singing it together,

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 it is putting in front of God's people what it actually looks like to live with spiritual integrity,

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 to truly be righteous.

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 But even more than that,

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 it points us finally to the truly righteous one.

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 What was true of David in this instance was true of the greater David, Jesus,

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 in every instance.

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 David might have been able to claim innocence at that moment,

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 but he could not claim innocence altogether.

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 Jesus is completely different than that.

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 This instance in Psalm 26 is a microcosm of what we see in totality

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 with the person of Jesus Christ.

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 And I think we're meant to see that here.

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 Through Christ alone,

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 we have level ground on which to stand.

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 And in him alone,

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 can we walk the path of integrity that's laid out in the Psalm

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 and be assured of God's blessing,

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 of being present in the great assembly of God's people,

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 surviving the judgment.

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 We find that assurance here.

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 That level ground,

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 not on the basis of our own innocence and righteousness,

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 but on the basis of Christ's innocence and righteousness.

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 And that's what I want you to see as we work through it.

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 I think if we break it up into three parts,

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 it might be helpful to do that.

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 We could probably do a few more than that.

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 But to keep it simple,

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 let's just look at three sections of the Psalm.

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 First,

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 I want you to see integrity's examination.

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 Integrity's examination.

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 Look again at the first three verses.

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 Vindicate me,

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 O Lord.

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 Why?

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 For I have walked in my integrity.

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 I've trusted in the Lord without waiver.

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 I've not slipped.

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 Prove me,

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 O Lord.

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 Try me.

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 Test my heart and my mind.

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 For your steadfast love is before my eyes.

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 Steadfast love bringing in the dynamic of covenant.

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 Your covenant and my faithfulness to your covenant.

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 It's been in front of me.

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 It's been before my eyes and all that I have done.

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 I have walked in your faithfulness,

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 he says.

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 In no uncertain language,

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 David here invites God to enter into judgment

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 in the case that has been brought against him.

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 A bold prayer to pray.

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 A dangerous prayer to pray.

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 Confident of his own innocence in the matter,

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 he submitted his cause to the one he knew would judge justly.

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 And he expected that this judgment would result in vindication.

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 The public declaration of his righteousness in the matter.

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 And notice that the grounds of his prayer,

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 this invitation to appeal to the greatest judge,

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 the grounds is that he had walked in integrity

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 and trusted the Lord without wavering.

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 Both phrases,

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 they picture for us a path.

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 No doubt the very paths that David prayed for God to reveal to him in Psalm 25.

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 We've now seen this many times over and over.

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 This picture of a path of walking in God's ways.

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 And here David is calling for God to be the judge.

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 Judge, Lord, because I have walked those paths.

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 I have stayed faithful in this matter.

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 As he faced his accusers,

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 David maintains before the Lord,

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 not merely before his accusers,

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 but before the Lord,

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 the one who sees all and knows all.

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 He maintains that he had indeed walked those paths.

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 His feet had not slipped,

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 and his conscience was clear.

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 He entrusted his cause to God,

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 which is precisely how Peter describes Jesus responding to his own accusers.

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 1 Peter 2.23,

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 when Jesus was reviled,

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 he did not revile in return.

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 When he suffered,

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 he did not threaten.

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 What did he do?

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 He continued entrusting himself and his cause and his innocence to the one who judges justly.

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 But this invitation for examination,

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 it's heightened in verse 2.

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 Prove me, Lord.

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 Try me, Lord.

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 Test my heart, Lord.

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 Test my mind.

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 The threefold call of judgment,

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 prove, try, test.

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 They all refer to the process of refining and purifying precious metals.

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 Like a smith who melts down a brick of gold to expose and remove any impurities.

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 David asked for God here to put him through the fire, so to speak.

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 That his affections, that is his heart,

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 and that his will, that is his mind,

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 that those things would be tested.

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 He places his whole being here before God

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 and invites his omniscient inspection.

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 If you've ever been through TSA,

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 I know that Shane and Becky do this about six times a day.

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 You go through TSA.

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 Sometimes it can be intense, right?

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 Several years ago,

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 Jonathan and I were flying to,

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 my brother and I were flying to New York City

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 to meet with a pastor there

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 and to talk to some people in his church.

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 And I had forgotten that the week before,

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 I had been somewhere,

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 and at the time I had a concealed carry permit,

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 and I had been somewhere,

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 and I had left a magazine of bullets in my bag.

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 I didn't have the gun in my bag.

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 I had the bullets in my bag.

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 I completely forgot about it.

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 I didn't even know it was there.

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 And so we're going through two pastors on our way

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 to go meet with another pastor in New York City.

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 This is right at the 10th anniversary of 9-11,

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 so people are like intense, right?

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 And we're going through the thing,

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 and I get held up,

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 and I cannot figure out why I'm getting held up,

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 and it just takes forever.

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 You know why it takes forever?

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 Because they were going through

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 a thorough examination at that moment,

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 a thorough examination of everything that was in my bag,

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 and they came,

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 and they wanted to interview me then

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 about why do I have this,

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 and what are my intentions with this,

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 and all these things.

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 I actually have a letter from Homeland Security

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 threatening my life

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 that if you ever want to see it,

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 you come to the house,

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 and I'll show it to you that I got in response.

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 No matter how intense the examination is

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 with the TSA or with any other institution

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 or place that you may go through,

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 all of it pales in comparison to the examination of God.

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 Remember we read in Psalm 19,

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 as the sun,

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 nothing is hidden from its heat.

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 So is the mind of God and the word of God.

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 It pursues every corner of our hearts and our minds.

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 It knows our deepest thoughts.

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 It knows the things about us

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 that we don't even recognize about ourselves,

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 and it's that.

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 It's that that David is praying for,

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 so convinced of his innocence

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 that he says,

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 God, you try me.

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 Put me to the test.

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 Put me through the fire.

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 He knows that it's one thing to claim integrity,

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 but it's another thing to prove it

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 when the heat is turned up,

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 and so he asks for God to turn up the heat.

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 Do whatever you have to do, Lord,

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 to purify me,

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 vindicate me in this moment.

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 And why was he so eager to do that?

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 In one sense,

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 I think he is convinced of his innocence in the matter

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 and believed that God's inspection,

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 which would be truer than the inspection

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 of any other human judge,

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 would lead to his vindication.

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 I think primarily that's what he means

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 by the prayer.

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 But because of the words that he uses here,

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 the language,

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 I think he's implying a secondary perspective.

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 Should God's omniscient examination

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 reveal some sin in David's life?

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 He wanted to be made pure.

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 Just like the heat and the smelting process

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 will bring the dross

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 to the surface of that precious metal

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 so that it might then be removed

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 and the metal be purified.

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 David, I think, has that desire,

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 at least by implication here.

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 It's a prayer of humility in that regard.

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 I think he's confident of innocence,

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 but he was humble enough to recognize

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 and admit that there may be some hidden sin

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 to which he was blind.

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 Which means we should be careful

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 when we pray a prayer like this to the Lord.

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 It's one thing to be innocent

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 and it's another thing to be prideful,

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 blind to our own sinfulness.

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 I think David is praying humbly here

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 in that sense.

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 As another sign of his integrity,

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 he's opening himself to God's test

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 so that he could be cleansed

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 Isn't that what we want as God's people?

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 We want to avail ourselves to God's judgment

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 so that we might then be purified.

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 And doesn't God's judgment in this case

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 always involve painful struggle,

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 heat turned up type of struggle?

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 Are you willing for that?

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 Would you ever pray for that?

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 Lord, I believe I'm innocent,

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 but I also know that

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 I'm often guilty too.

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 Would you test me and expose

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 what is there?

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 Christian integrity doesn't seek

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 merely to be vindicated before others.

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 It actually seeks to be truly right with God.

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 Psalm 139, David says something similar.

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 Search me, O God,

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 and know my heart.

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 Try me and know my thoughts

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 and see if there be any grievous way in me.

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 Lead me in the way everlasting,

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 he says.

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 And then we get to verse three

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 and this is where we see

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 David's motivation.

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 Because God's covenant faithfulness

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 is always before him,

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 he desired to be faithful himself.

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 So on the one hand,

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 God's faithfulness assured him

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 of vindication,

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 but it also motivated

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 and shaped his own integrity.

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 It's in statements like this

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 that we see why David was said

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 to be a man after God's own heart.

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 He wants to know God.

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 He wants to know God's ways.

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 He wants to pursue God.

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 He wants to believe God.

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 He wants to be faithful to God.

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 The covenant is always before his eyes

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 so that he might be faithful to it.

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 God's faithfulness motivates his own.

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 And so it will be with us.

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 Those who keep God's faithfulness

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 and steadfast love before their eyes

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 will always welcome

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 his righteous examination.

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 Trusting God to vindicate their innocence

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 or to be merciful

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 when the test exposes their sin.

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 So we see integrity's examination.

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 Now I want you to see

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 in the heart of the psalm

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 integrity's evidence

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 or integrity's explanation.

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 The categories that David uses

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 to describe his integrity here

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 we find in verses 4 to 10.

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 Three of them I think are evident.

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 First in verses 4 and 5

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 we see that integrity loathes

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 the ways of the wicked.

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 It loathes the ways of the wicked.

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 Verse 4.

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 I do not sit with men of falsehood

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 nor do I consort with hypocrites.

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 I hate the assembly of evildoers

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 and I will not sit with the wicked.

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 So David begins to make his case

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 and his first piece of evidence

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 is his own hatred for wickedness

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 and sinful schemes.

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 He had put a serious distance

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 between himself and those

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 who are marked by deception

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 and hypocrisy and ungodliness.

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 He recognized the wicked

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 even to be an assembly

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 with all of the power

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 and persuasion of numbers

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 constantly inviting the faithful

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 to turn away from God

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 and share in their own values.

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 He knows that's the case.

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 So he distances himself.

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 He refused to sit

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 and consort with them

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 which is not a statement

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 of social engagement

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 but of moral and spiritual alignment.

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 In other words,

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 he hated the ways of the wicked

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 and he refused in any way

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 to blend his worldview

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 that had God's covenant faithfulness

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 and steadfast love

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 before his eyes.

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 He refused to somehow blend that

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 with the worldview of sinners

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 and of those who hated God

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 and had no desire

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 to follow in God's ways.

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 He was blameless then

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 in his associations.

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 Now to walk in integrity

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 requires a hatred of sin

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 and an intentional distance

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 from the ways

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 and the influence

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 of the wicked.

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 But this separation for Christians

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 from the wicked

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 is something we need to

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 carefully navigate

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 at least in this sense.

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 Tim Keller used to say

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 that Christians tend to err

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 in two ways

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 when it comes to separation

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 from the world.

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 On the one hand he says

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 some will tend to isolate.

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 That is cutting themselves off

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 totally from

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 every possible way

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 from non-Christians.

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 Others follow

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 a different extreme

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 where it's not isolation

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 it's actually incorporation

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 where they imbibe

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 the values of the culture

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 in some attempt

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 to keep Christianity

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 ostensibly relevant.

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 And Keller would go on

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 to say that Jesus teaches us

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 to reject both of these errors.

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 If you either isolate

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 or incorporate

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 you will fail to obey

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 Jesus' command

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 to let your light

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 so shine before men

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 that they may see

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 your good works

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 and give glory to your Father

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 who is in heaven.

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 You can't do that

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 if you isolate

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 and they don't see

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 the good works.

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 And there are no good works

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 if you just imbibe

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 the values of the culture.

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 So on one hand

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 David doesn't mean

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 that he's isolated

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 in the sense of

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 no social engagement

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 whatsoever

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 with the world

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 but he is saying

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 I'm not in any way

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 incorporating.

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 I don't want the influence

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 of their ways.

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 I'm not going to try

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 to blend

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 the covenant of God

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 and the ways of God

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 with their ways.

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 He's not going to do it.

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 And Jesus modeled

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 this perfectly didn't he?

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 Jesus on the one hand

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 sits and has dinner

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 with prostitutes

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 and tax collectors

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 and the hated

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 of his society.

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 And it was

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 the professional isolators

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 the Pharisees

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 that hated him for it.

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 And yet he prays

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 that the Father

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 would keep us

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 in the world

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 so that we would live

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 distinctly among it

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 not isolate from it

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 or blend in with it.

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 So we need to be careful

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 how we apply

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 what David is saying here.

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 But all that sin

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 we must see

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 that in the text

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 spiritual integrity

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 loathes sinful schemes.

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 It refuses to align

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 with those marked

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 by those schemes.

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 So blamelessness

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 before God then

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 is as much

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 a matter of our

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 disposition

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 toward wickedness

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 as it is

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 our direct

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 involvement with it.

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 Do you see that here?

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 David's heart

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 toward the ways

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 of the wicked

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 is as important

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 in his mind

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 and in God's mind

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 as actually doing

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 what the wicked

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 do.

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 So we may understand

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 that we may

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 generally refrain

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 from worldly actions

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 but are we amused

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 by them?

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 Are we entertained

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 by them?

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 Do we secretly

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 crave them

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 in some way

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 though at least

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 at this point

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 we're willing to go

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 so far as to

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 make our alignment

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 with them?

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 That would be

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 a contradiction

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 wouldn't it?

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 I think what David

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 is saying here

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 not only am I

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 not living in these ways

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 but I hate these ways

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 I don't want to be

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 influenced at all

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 I'm not going to be

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 amused by it

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 I'm not going to

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 entertain it whatsoever.

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 Do you genuinely

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 hate sinful ways

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 or do you just

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 hate the thought

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 of others knowing

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 how much you love it

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:09.839
 or are tempted

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 by it?

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 Spurgeon is helpful

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 here as he

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 so often is

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 a man who does

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 not hate evil

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 terribly

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 does not love

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 good

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 heartily

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 men

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 as men

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 we must always

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 love

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 for they are

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:28.940
 our neighbors

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 and therefore

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 to be loved

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 as ourselves

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 but evildoers

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 as such

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 are traitors

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 to the great king

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 and no loyal

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.319
 subject

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:40.359
 can love traitors

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 what God hates

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.500
 we must hate

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:45.920
 so what is integrity

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:47.259
 in Psalm 26?

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 Integrity loathes

00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:50.059
 wickedness

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.740
 it loathes

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.559
 the ways

00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:52.839
 of the wickedness

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.619
 it distances

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.299
 itself

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 appropriately

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:56.859
 from the wicked

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 but secondly

00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.220
 integrity

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 loves

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 to worship

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 so in 4 and 5

00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:04.099
 we have what integrity

00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.480
 hates

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.819
 but in 6 and 7

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.799
 we have what integrity

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.619
 loves

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 it loves

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 worship

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.639
 look at verses 6 and 7

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 I wash my hands

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.039
 in innocence

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 and go around

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.299
 your altar

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 oh Lord

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:17.359
 proclaiming

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.960
 thanksgiving

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.419
 aloud

00:23:18.419 --> 00:23:19.000
 and telling

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:20.639
 all your wondrous

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.099
 deeds

00:23:21.099 --> 00:23:23.500
 so that in contrast

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.439
 to his hatred

00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:25.779
 for wicked ways

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:27.099
 is David's love

00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:28.079
 for God's ways

00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:29.159
 do you see that

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:30.019
 in verse 7

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:32.699
 that love

00:23:32.699 --> 00:23:33.619
 reveals itself

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.579
 in public worship

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.599
 while he hated

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.779
 the ways of evildoers

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:38.259
 he loved to tell

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.919
 others about

00:23:38.919 --> 00:23:40.259
 the wondrous deeds

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:41.059
 of the Lord

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 see the contrast

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:44.160
 I hate

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.600
 the ways

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:45.019
 of the wicked

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.559
 so much

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:45.940
 that I have

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:46.820
 set distance

00:23:46.820 --> 00:23:47.580
 between me

00:23:47.580 --> 00:23:48.620
 and the wicked

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:50.320
 in every

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.340
 appropriate way

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.279
 and then he says

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.700
 but oh

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.620
 what I love to do

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.480
 is I love to be

00:23:54.480 --> 00:23:55.480
 among God's people

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.539
 just telling about

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 how awesome

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.340
 God's ways are

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:59.620
 how wondrous

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:01.279
 are his deeds

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 and the context

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.380
 of that phrase

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:05.500
 is Israel's

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.220
 place of worship

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.519
 he's around

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.440
 the altar

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.180
 of God

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:11.200
 and as he gathers

00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.140
 with God's people

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:13.220
 he washes

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:14.460
 his hands

00:24:14.460 --> 00:24:15.680
 of sinful ways

00:24:15.680 --> 00:24:16.580
 and instead

00:24:16.580 --> 00:24:17.680
 worships

00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.519
 his God

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.299
 with joy

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.779
 and thanksgiving

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:23.160
 the reference

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:24.039
 to the altar here

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.880
 it's not a reference

00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:26.480
 to the offering

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.400
 of atonement

00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:28.340
 it's a reference

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:29.299
 to the thanksgiving

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.880
 offering

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:31.480
 so that rather

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:32.279
 than scheme

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.920
 with the wicked

00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.660
 David loved

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.340
 to sing

00:24:34.340 --> 00:24:35.000
 the praises

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.759
 of the Lord

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:37.039
 with the faithful

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.560
 that's true

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:39.120
 integrity

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:40.139
 in Psalm 26

00:24:40.139 --> 00:24:41.779
 it is a distinct

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.619
 way of life

00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.619
 that in no way

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.159
 associates

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.179
 with the world view

00:24:45.179 --> 00:24:45.959
 of our culture

00:24:45.959 --> 00:24:47.399
 but it loves

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:47.939
 the worship

00:24:47.939 --> 00:24:48.779
 of God's people

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.939
 it loves

00:24:49.939 --> 00:24:50.759
 to be with others

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.599
 who love God

00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:52.299
 it loves

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.000
 to tell

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:54.419
 of God's wondrous deeds

00:24:54.419 --> 00:24:56.299
 and to worship him

00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:58.379
 Christian integrity

00:24:58.379 --> 00:24:59.439
 loves to sing

00:24:59.439 --> 00:25:00.419
 the praises

00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:00.959
 of God

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 in the company

00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.959
 of the faithful

00:25:02.959 --> 00:25:05.159
 just like

00:25:05.159 --> 00:25:05.659
 our hatred

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.219
 of sin

00:25:06.219 --> 00:25:07.139
 this is as much

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:08.039
 about our heart's

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.579
 disposition

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.879
 toward corporate

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.259
 worship

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.579
 as it is

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 the act

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.460
 of attending

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 it

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 you see

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 the difference

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 it's one thing

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 to be here

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 it's one thing

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 to love

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 to be here

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 some evidence

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.539
 their lack

00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.059
 of love

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.720
 for worship

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 by how quick

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:29.059
 they are

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:30.059
 to abandon

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 it for other

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 things

00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:33.759
 still others

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.079
 attend

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.480
 a church

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.159
 every Sunday

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:36.500
 without ever

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.460
 developing a love

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:37.919
 for what's

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.700
 happening there

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:41.319
 integrity

00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.240
 as it's described

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.659
 here

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.619
 is about

00:25:43.619 --> 00:25:44.559
 loving God

00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:45.299
 and his ways

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:46.019
 so much

00:25:46.019 --> 00:25:47.039
 that you cannot

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.179
 help but gather

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.679
 with others

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.839
 to offer your praise

00:25:49.839 --> 00:25:50.859
 and tell of his

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.720
 wondrous deeds

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.659
 namely

00:25:52.659 --> 00:25:54.619
 of his gospel

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:56.079
 and his grace

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.259
 in the Lord Jesus Christ

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.119
 isn't that why

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.619
 we gather

00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:00.000
 isn't that why

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.419
 we gather

00:26:00.419 --> 00:26:01.000
 on Sunday

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.719
 in particular

00:26:01.719 --> 00:26:03.239
 isn't that why

00:26:03.239 --> 00:26:03.939
 our songs

00:26:03.939 --> 00:26:05.679
 are permeated

00:26:05.679 --> 00:26:06.159
 with

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:07.179
 the death

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:07.959
 and the resurrection

00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.879
 and the goodness

00:26:08.879 --> 00:26:10.739
 of Jesus Christ

00:26:10.739 --> 00:26:12.319
 we gather

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.719
 because we love

00:26:13.719 --> 00:26:14.159
 the Lord

00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.959
 and his ways

00:26:14.959 --> 00:26:15.479
 and we want

00:26:15.479 --> 00:26:15.899
 to offer

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.599
 our thanksgiving

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.039
 to him

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.980
 together

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:20.480
 third

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:22.159
 integrity

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:23.159
 longs

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:24.459
 for God's

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:24.959
 presence

00:26:24.959 --> 00:26:26.279
 it longs

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.719
 for God's

00:26:26.719 --> 00:26:27.159
 presence

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:28.619
 verses 8 to 10

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:32.779
 oh Lord

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:34.399
 I love

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:35.339
 the habitation

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.279
 of your house

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:38.439
 and the place

00:26:38.439 --> 00:26:40.059
 where your glory

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.959
 dwells

00:26:40.959 --> 00:26:42.919
 which is what

00:26:42.919 --> 00:26:43.879
 leads to this

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.819
 horrifying thought

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.619
 in 9 and 10

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:47.479
 do not sweep

00:26:47.479 --> 00:26:48.159
 my soul away

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.699
 with sinners

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:50.519
 nor my life

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.279
 with bloodthirsty

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.659
 men

00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.699
 in whose hands

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.659
 are evil devices

00:26:53.659 --> 00:26:54.859
 and whose right

00:26:54.859 --> 00:26:55.479
 hands are

00:26:55.479 --> 00:26:57.079
 full of bribes

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:59.159
 these verses

00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.959
 they're all about

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:01.459
 a genuine desire

00:27:01.459 --> 00:27:02.319
 to dwell in the

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.139
 presence of God

00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:04.719
 for David

00:27:04.719 --> 00:27:05.519
 that was a specific

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.119
 place

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.939
 it was the

00:27:06.939 --> 00:27:07.579
 tabernacle

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:09.299
 it was placed

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.839
 in the midst

00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.619
 of God's people

00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:11.059
 the place

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:12.019
 where God's glory

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.359
 dwelt

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.679
 on earth

00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:16.920
 signifying

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.620
 his willingness

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.740
 to dwell

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.480
 with his people

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.100
 so long as

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:21.180
 the stipulations

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.799
 for atonement

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.299
 were met

00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:23.960
 by them

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.740
 David

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:27.019
 longed to be

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.380
 there

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:29.220
 and he longed

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.680
 to be in the

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.299
 place that it

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.799
 represented

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:32.779
 the holy hill

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.400
 of the Lord

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:35.580
 but to be found

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.039
 guilty

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.259
 before God

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.840
 would have led

00:27:37.840 --> 00:27:38.259
 to David

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:39.340
 being swept

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.920
 away

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.039
 with sinners

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.019
 expelled

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.019
 from the covenant

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.700
 community

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.639
 where God

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:46.019
 dwells

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:47.759
 and the thought

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.240
 of that

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.940
 in this life

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.519
 or the next

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.139
 was horrifying

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.559
 to him

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.480
 not simply

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.180
 because of the

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.079
 pain of judgment

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.500
 but the separation

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.299
 from the God

00:27:55.299 --> 00:27:56.059
 he loved

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:57.599
 do not sweep

00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:58.680
 my soul away

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.759
 with sinners

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:02.480
 instead

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.839
 vindicate

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.799
 my innocence

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:06.019
 or purify

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:07.119
 the sin

00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:07.700
 that is there

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.240
 but please

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.819
 don't sweep

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.180
 me away

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.799
 I want

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.240
 to be

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:10.740
 where you

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.360
 are

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.320
 David

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.920
 says

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:14.740
 even

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.560
 according to

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.420
 Christopher

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.759
 Ash

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.400
 even the

00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:17.700
 most

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.740
 remotest

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.519
 possibility

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:20.539
 of being

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.440
 swept away

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.980
 with such

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:22.560
 an assembly

00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:23.180
 of moral

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.840
 garbage

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:25.080
 horrified

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.700
 the believer

00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:27.340
 as the

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.759
 prospect

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.180
 of the

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.640
 cross

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.940
 horrified

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.440
 Jesus

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.120
 is this

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.460
 just not

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:32.100
 another way

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:33.039
 that David

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.660
 points us

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:33.960
 to the

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.240
 greater

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.680
 David

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:37.539
 this cry

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:38.060
 it gives us

00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.600
 a glimpse

00:28:38.599 --> 00:28:39.039
 into the

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.399
 agony

00:28:39.399 --> 00:28:40.000
 of Jesus

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.399
 as he

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.859
 prays

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.079
 in the

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.379
 garden

00:28:41.379 --> 00:28:41.939
 of

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.719
 Gethsemane

00:28:42.719 --> 00:28:44.059
 the thought

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.319
 of being

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.179
 swept away

00:28:45.179 --> 00:28:45.819
 with sinners

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:46.779
 expelled

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.480
 from the

00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:47.899
 presence

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.240
 of the

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.559
 father

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.039
 was almost

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.439
 more than

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:49.679
 he could

00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:50.179
 bear

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:51.699
 producing

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.199
 even a

00:28:52.199 --> 00:28:52.579
 physical

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.279
 response

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.139
 sweat drops

00:28:54.139 --> 00:28:54.839
 of blood

00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:55.559
 and such

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.179
 stress

00:28:56.179 --> 00:28:56.879
 and agony

00:28:56.879 --> 00:28:57.259
 in that

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.959
 moment

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:59.599
 such

00:28:59.599 --> 00:28:59.859
 was

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.299
 Jesus

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.259
 love

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.980
 for the

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.399
 father

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.740
 in his

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.379
 perfect

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.399
 integrity

00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:06.360
 such

00:29:06.360 --> 00:29:06.820
 was his

00:29:06.820 --> 00:29:07.140
 love

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.880
 for us

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:09.019
 that he

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.840
 endured

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.600
 that

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.140
 agony

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:13.200
 so that

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.660
 we might

00:29:13.660 --> 00:29:14.000
 be

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.000
 forgiven

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:17.340
 well that's

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.960
 integrity's

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.560
 evidence

00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.720
 third and

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.340
 finally we

00:29:20.340 --> 00:29:20.700
 see

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:21.920
 integrity's

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.720
 assurance

00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:24.860
 integrity's

00:29:24.860 --> 00:29:25.240
 assurance

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.700
 look at

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:25.920
 verses

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.620
 11 and

00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.000
 12

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:28.320
 David

00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:28.840
 rounds it

00:29:28.840 --> 00:29:29.200
 all out

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.519
 but as

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.940
 for me

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.740
 I shall

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.240
 walk in

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.480
 my

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.059
 integrity

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.240
 redeem

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.660
 me

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.480
 be

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.900
 gracious

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.559
 to me

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:37.279
 my foot

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.880
 stands on

00:29:37.880 --> 00:29:38.559
 level ground

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.200
 he declares

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.980
 in the

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.299
 great

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.740
 assembly

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.220
 I will

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.799
 bless

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:43.019
 the

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.440
 Lord

00:29:43.440 --> 00:29:44.620
 I will

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:46.100
 he says

00:29:46.100 --> 00:29:46.620
 this is

00:29:46.620 --> 00:29:47.340
 earnest

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.299
 expectation

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.180
 and assurance

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:51.819
 David

00:29:51.819 --> 00:29:52.480
 sounds the

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.960
 notes of

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.759
 determination

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:56.420
 a determination

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:57.360
 that's based

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:57.700
 on his

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.180
 assurance

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.700
 of God's

00:29:58.700 --> 00:29:59.420
 faithfulness

00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.900
 as he had

00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.380
 walked in

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:01.799
 integrity

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.600
 in the

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.039
 matter in

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.319
 which he

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.819
 was accused

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.299
 so he

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:04.860
 was determined

00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:05.500
 to walk

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.400
 in integrity

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.240
 still he

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.039
 would continue

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 I shall

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.640
 walk in

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.059
 integrity

00:30:10.059 --> 00:30:10.840
 he says

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:12.519
 his

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.019
 determination

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.840
 was then

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.299
 met with

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:15.100
 remarkable

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.559
 assurance

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.059
 that he

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.460
 would be

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.140
 vindicated

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.799
 that he

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.559
 would stand

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.880
 in the

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.160
 great

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:19.720
 assembly

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.680
 to bless

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:20.920
 the

00:30:20.920 --> 00:30:21.319
 Lord

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:23.840
 as regards

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.880
 his innocence

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.319
 in that

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.720
 moment

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.080
 David

00:30:26.080 --> 00:30:26.740
 stood on

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.640
 level ground

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:29.600
 but his

00:30:29.600 --> 00:30:30.060
 assurance

00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:31.100
 was not

00:30:31.100 --> 00:30:31.480
 rooted

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.780
 in

00:30:31.780 --> 00:30:32.259
 himself

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.580
 his

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.060
 assurance

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.980
 was

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.320
 rooted

00:30:35.320 --> 00:30:35.580
 in

00:30:35.580 --> 00:30:35.940
 God's

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:36.540
 grace

00:30:36.540 --> 00:30:37.320
 and

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.720
 covenant

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.680
 faithfulness

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.600
 despite

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:40.120
 his claim

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:40.560
 of innocence

00:30:40.560 --> 00:30:41.120
 he says

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:42.220
 redeem me

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 be gracious

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.600
 to me

00:30:44.599 --> 00:30:45.379
 all of

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 his assurance

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:46.199
 it's

00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:46.679
 resting

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:46.919
 on

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:47.339
 God's

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:47.719
 character

00:30:47.719 --> 00:30:48.119
 here

00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:49.019
 not

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.179
 on

00:30:49.179 --> 00:30:49.339
 his

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.639
 own

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:51.119
 even

00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.319
 if

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.480
 his

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:51.959
 integrity

00:30:51.959 --> 00:30:52.359
 held

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.679
 up

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.099
 in

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.399
 God's

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:54.039
 examination

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.519
 David

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.079
 had

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.519
 plenty

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:55.719
 of

00:30:55.719 --> 00:30:56.199
 sin

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.419
 that

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:56.559
 was

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.980
 worthy

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.199
 of

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:57.559
 God's

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.899
 judgment

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.599
 so

00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:58.759
 his

00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.159
 assurance

00:31:00.159 --> 00:31:00.559
 here

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.000
 was

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.639
 ultimately

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.399
 built

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:02.959
 on

00:31:02.959 --> 00:31:03.219
 the

00:31:03.219 --> 00:31:03.639
 solid

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.339
 foundation

00:31:04.339 --> 00:31:05.039
 of

00:31:05.039 --> 00:31:05.559
 God's

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.099
 integrity

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.980
 of

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.619
 God's

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.119
 grace

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.839
 of

00:31:08.839 --> 00:31:09.439
 God's

00:31:09.439 --> 00:31:09.959
 faithfulness

00:31:09.959 --> 00:31:10.259
 to the

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.559
 covenant

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.139
 of

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.859
 God's

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.500
 redemption

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.559
 and rescue

00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.440
 of his

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.799
 people

00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.440
 not

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:15.680
 built

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:15.819
 on

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:15.980
 his

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:16.220
 own

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:17.779
 he

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.000
 was

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.380
 certain

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.579
 he

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:18.740
 would

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.099
 stand

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.240
 in

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.359
 the

00:31:19.359 --> 00:31:19.559
 great

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.180
 congregation

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.720
 because

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.000
 he

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.140
 knew

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.500
 God

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:21.740
 would

00:31:21.740 --> 00:31:22.420
 graciously

00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:23.079
 rescue

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.519
 him

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.460
 keeping

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.220
 steadfast

00:31:25.220 --> 00:31:25.660
 love

00:31:25.660 --> 00:31:26.180
 and covenant

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.819
 faithfulness

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.079
 to the

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:27.299
 very

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.759
 end

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:29.759
 in

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:29.960
 the

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.299
 end

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.019
 any

00:31:31.019 --> 00:31:31.779
 spiritual

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.640
 assurance

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.940
 we

00:31:32.940 --> 00:31:33.359
 must

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.940
 we

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.339
 have

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:34.839
 it

00:31:34.839 --> 00:31:35.339
 must

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.599
 not

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:35.779
 be

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.259
 based

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.480
 on

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.680
 the

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.619
 strength

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.180
 of

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:38.420
 our

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.259
 determination

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:41.059
 but

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.240
 on

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.420
 the

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.380
 faithfulness

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.580
 of

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.060
 God

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:46.360
 those

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.520
 of

00:31:46.520 --> 00:31:46.620
 you

00:31:46.620 --> 00:31:46.780
 who

00:31:46.780 --> 00:31:46.980
 may

00:31:46.980 --> 00:31:47.540
 struggle

00:31:47.540 --> 00:31:47.780
 with

00:31:47.780 --> 00:31:48.260
 assurance

00:31:48.260 --> 00:31:48.620
 right

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:48.940
 now

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.100
 in

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.200
 your

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:49.580
 life

00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.160
 your

00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.760
 assurance

00:31:50.760 --> 00:31:51.400
 as long

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.700
 as you

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.100
 try to

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:52.400
 root

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:52.620
 it

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.020
 in

00:31:53.020 --> 00:31:53.180
 the

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.540
 strength

00:31:53.540 --> 00:31:53.680
 of

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:53.860
 your

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.620
 determination

00:31:54.620 --> 00:31:55.260
 to

00:31:55.260 --> 00:31:55.560
 keep

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:56.120
 doing

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.440
 all

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:56.640
 the

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:56.980
 things

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.140
 that

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.260
 are

00:31:57.260 --> 00:31:57.520
 marked

00:31:57.520 --> 00:31:57.740
 by

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.200
 integrity

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.540
 here

00:31:58.540 --> 00:31:59.300
 you'll

00:31:59.300 --> 00:31:59.540
 never

00:31:59.540 --> 00:31:59.720
 be

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.000
 assured

00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:00.140
 of

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.560
 anything

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:02.360
 because

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.880
 your

00:32:02.880 --> 00:32:03.380
 strength

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.860
 is

00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.340
 always

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:04.560
 going

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:04.620
 to

00:32:04.620 --> 00:32:04.760
 be

00:32:04.760 --> 00:32:05.120
 weak

00:32:05.120 --> 00:32:06.140
 it

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:06.300
 will

00:32:06.300 --> 00:32:06.520
 never

00:32:06.520 --> 00:32:06.740
 be

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:07.300
 enough

00:32:07.300 --> 00:32:08.620
 David

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:09.000
 doesn't

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.360
 rest

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:09.540
 his

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:09.980
 assurance

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.600
 ultimately

00:32:10.600 --> 00:32:11.500
 on his

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.700
 own

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.180
 righteousness

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:13.039
 he rests

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.340
 all of

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:13.440
 his

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.960
 assurance

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.500
 on the

00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:14.759
 goodness

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.039
 of

00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.460
 God

00:32:15.460 --> 00:32:16.200
 of

00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.380
 the

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.900
 steadfast

00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.160
 love

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.299
 of

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.440
 the

00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.799
 Lord

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.600
 of

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:18.759
 the

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.160
 promised

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.720
 redemption

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.120
 that

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.400
 God

00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:21.299
 had

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.580
 given

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:21.980
 him

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:23.920
 if we

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:24.299
 are to

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:24.759
 stand

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:24.980
 on

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.340
 level

00:32:25.340 --> 00:32:25.860
 ground

00:32:25.860 --> 00:32:26.820
 it will

00:32:26.820 --> 00:32:27.160
 be the

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.440
 ground

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.640
 of

00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.039
 God's

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.460
 integrity

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.460
 not

00:32:29.460 --> 00:32:29.960
 ours

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:31.539
 and

00:32:31.539 --> 00:32:31.940
 this

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.880
 in turn

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.299
 then

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.700
 is the

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:34.980
 very

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.740
 motivation

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.779
 for

00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:37.400
 continuing

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:37.700
 in

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.200
 integrity

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.900
 because

00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.180
 we

00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.319
 know

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.519
 that

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:40.740
 God

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:40.920
 is

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.359
 faithful

00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:44.019
 now

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.259
 we

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.420
 need

00:32:44.420 --> 00:32:44.559
 to

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:44.880
 close

00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:45.079
 but

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:45.279
 as

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.460
 we

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.799
 close

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.059
 we

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:47.279
 we

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.400
 need

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:47.539
 to

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:47.819
 realize

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.019
 that

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.240
 Psalm

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:48.620
 26

00:32:48.620 --> 00:32:48.980
 it's

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.460
 bigger

00:32:49.460 --> 00:32:50.500
 than

00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:51.240
 David's

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.460
 or

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.000
 our

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.759
 integrity

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.299
 in

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.940
 a given

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.480
 moment

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:55.940
 it's

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.220
 bigger

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.579
 even

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:56.920
 than

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.220
 a

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.599
 life

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:57.819
 that

00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:57.960
 is

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.319
 largely

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.759
 committed

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:58.980
 to

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.200
 the

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.559
 principles

00:32:59.559 --> 00:32:59.880
 that

00:32:59.880 --> 00:32:59.980
 are

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.640
 enumerated

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:00.940
 here

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.960
 in

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.180
 the

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.559
 end

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:05.500
 the

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.000
 song

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.440
 sets

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.660
 a

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.059
 spiritual

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.620
 standard

00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:07.940
 that's

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.400
 impossible

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.700
 for

00:33:08.700 --> 00:33:08.860
 any

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:08.960
 of

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.080
 us

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.220
 to

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.360
 live

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.519
 up

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:09.700
 to

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:12.160
 in

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.400
 one

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.820
 moment

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.940
 we

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.200
 might

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.539
 act

00:33:14.539 --> 00:33:14.720
 in

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.059
 perfect

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.620
 integrity

00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:16.660
 perhaps

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:19.019
 in

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.559
 relationship

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.980
 to

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.340
 one

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:21.240
 accusation

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.759
 we

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:22.000
 might

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.160
 be

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.360
 able

00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:22.580
 to

00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:22.880
 claim

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.340
 innocence

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.799
 but

00:33:24.799 --> 00:33:25.019
 this

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.160
 is

00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:25.440
 about

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.779
 more

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.000
 than

00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:26.440
 one

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.519
 moment

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:28.660
 this

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:28.840
 is

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.120
 pointing

00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.340
 us

00:33:29.340 --> 00:33:29.860
 forward

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.200
 to

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.400
 our

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.860
 standing

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.159
 before

00:33:31.159 --> 00:33:31.479
 God

00:33:31.479 --> 00:33:32.039
 we

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.539
 cannot

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:33.199
 possibly

00:33:33.199 --> 00:33:33.519
 live

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.699
 up

00:33:33.699 --> 00:33:33.839
 to

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.019
 what

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.159
 is

00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.399
 here

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:34.979
 we

00:33:34.979 --> 00:33:36.319
 can't

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.599
 neither

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.859
 could

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.219
 David

00:33:37.219 --> 00:33:38.199
 which

00:33:38.199 --> 00:33:38.339
 is

00:33:38.339 --> 00:33:38.539
 why

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.659
 in

00:33:38.659 --> 00:33:38.779
 the

00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.039
 psalm

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.379
 before

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:39.559
 of it

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:39.759
 he's

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.139
 crying

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.699
 desperately

00:33:40.699 --> 00:33:40.959
 to

00:33:40.959 --> 00:33:41.119
 the

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.279
 Lord

00:33:41.279 --> 00:33:41.479
 for

00:33:41.479 --> 00:33:41.859
 forgiveness

00:33:41.859 --> 00:33:42.139
 and

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.459
 mercy

00:33:42.459 --> 00:33:45.619
 even

00:33:45.619 --> 00:33:45.799
 if

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:45.919
 you

00:33:45.919 --> 00:33:46.059
 could

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.419
 finish

00:33:46.419 --> 00:33:46.639
 the

00:33:46.639 --> 00:33:46.939
 rest

00:33:46.939 --> 00:33:47.079
 of

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.199
 your

00:33:47.199 --> 00:33:47.679
 days

00:33:47.679 --> 00:33:48.000
 in

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:48.479
 spotless

00:33:48.479 --> 00:33:48.919
 integrity

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.219
 which

00:33:49.219 --> 00:33:49.359
 you

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.579
 won't

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:49.819
 do

00:33:49.819 --> 00:33:51.619
 it

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:51.879
 won't

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.240
 change

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.439
 the

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:52.679
 sins

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:52.799
 of

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:52.919
 your

00:33:52.919 --> 00:33:53.279
 past

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.419
 or

00:33:53.419 --> 00:33:53.579
 the

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.779
 sins

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:53.919
 of

00:33:53.919 --> 00:33:54.039
 your

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.379
 present

00:33:54.379 --> 00:33:55.000
 they're

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.219
 still

00:33:55.219 --> 00:33:55.559
 there

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.359
 they're

00:33:56.359 --> 00:33:56.559
 real

00:33:56.559 --> 00:33:57.019
 blemishes

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.740
 and

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:57.859
 they're

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.059
 not

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.220
 going

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.299
 to

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.480
 go

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.899
 away

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.500
 just

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.740
 by

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.619
 getting

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:00.919
 things

00:34:00.919 --> 00:34:01.200
 better

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.339
 in

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.460
 the

00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:01.799
 future

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:04.299
 if

00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.480
 the

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.940
 integrity

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.220
 of

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.419
 the

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:05.779
 psalm

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:05.919
 is

00:34:05.919 --> 00:34:06.139
 what

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.319
 it

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:06.759
 takes

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:06.940
 to

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:07.339
 stand

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:07.500
 in

00:34:07.500 --> 00:34:07.799
 God's

00:34:07.799 --> 00:34:08.199
 judgment

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.900
 and

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.179
 not

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.420
 be

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.699
 swept

00:34:09.699 --> 00:34:10.019
 away

00:34:10.019 --> 00:34:10.239
 with

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.599
 sinners

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.259
 and

00:34:11.259 --> 00:34:11.500
 isn't

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.719
 that

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.179
 really

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:12.400
 the

00:34:12.400 --> 00:34:12.619
 theme

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.840
 that's

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:12.940
 at

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.079
 the

00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:13.299
 heart

00:34:13.299 --> 00:34:13.579
 here

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:15.000
 that

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.139
 it

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.299
 is

00:34:15.299 --> 00:34:15.539
 this

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:15.940
 perfect

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.519
 integrity

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.719
 that

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:17.980
 leads

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.159
 to

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.719
 vindication

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.519
 and

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.779
 anything

00:34:19.779 --> 00:34:20.199
 less

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.400
 than

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:20.579
 this

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.920
 perfect

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.420
 integrity

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.039
 will

00:34:22.039 --> 00:34:22.219
 be

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:22.559
 swept

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.559


00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:22.840
 away

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.440
 then

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:27.659
 we're

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:27.880
 all

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.320
 damned

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:29.880
 we're

00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.219
 doomed

00:34:30.219 --> 00:34:33.139
 that's

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.279
 why

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:33.440
 we

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.659
 so

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.059
 desperately

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.420
 need

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.900
 Jesus

00:34:34.900 --> 00:34:37.320
 that's

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.460
 why

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.619
 we

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:37.860
 needed

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.279
 somebody

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:38.719
 greater

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:38.980
 than

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.299
 David

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:41.380
 who

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:41.920
 did

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.360
 great

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.639
 in

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:42.860
 some

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.400
 situations

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:43.659
 but

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.179
 failed

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.799
 miserably

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:44.940
 in

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.360
 a lot

00:34:45.360 --> 00:34:47.420
 David

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.000
 wasn't

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.739
 the

00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:49.000
 right

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.460
 king

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.239
 for

00:34:50.239 --> 00:34:50.579
 us

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.739
 he

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.139
 wasn't

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.779
 enough

00:34:51.779 --> 00:34:53.320
 you

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.539
 are

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:53.860
 not

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:55.179
 enough

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.559
 only

00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:56.059
 Jesus

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:57.000
 fulfills

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.960
 Psalm

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.599
 26

00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:00.539
 for

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:00.719
 what

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:00.920
 was

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.159
 true

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.360
 of

00:35:01.360 --> 00:35:01.679
 David

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:01.960
 in

00:35:01.960 --> 00:35:02.179
 this

00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.619
 instance

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:02.860
 was

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.079
 true

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:03.259
 of

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.659
 Jesus

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:03.900
 in

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.219
 every

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:04.599
 way

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:06.719
 he

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.139
 walked

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.380
 in

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:07.920
 sinless

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:09.179
 perfection

00:35:09.179 --> 00:35:10.059
 as

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.239
 the

00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.440
 son

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.579
 of

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:10.759
 God

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.059
 he

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.559
 stood

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:11.779
 the

00:35:11.779 --> 00:35:12.299
 test

00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:12.920
 without

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.480
 blemish

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.820
 even

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.019
 as

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.199
 the

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.400
 heat

00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:14.599
 was

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:14.860
 turned

00:35:14.860 --> 00:35:15.179
 all

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.340
 the

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:15.500
 way

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.759
 up

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.159
 whether

00:35:16.159 --> 00:35:16.380
 you're

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.699
 thinking

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:16.920
 in

00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:17.059
 the

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.380
 wilderness

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:17.679
 for

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:17.980
 40

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.360
 days

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.519
 as

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.659
 he

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.139
 fasted

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:19.259
 and

00:35:19.259 --> 00:35:19.420
 was

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.699
 tempted

00:35:19.699 --> 00:35:19.880
 of

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.000
 the

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.279
 devil

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:20.679
 or

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:20.880
 whether

00:35:20.880 --> 00:35:21.079
 you're

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.380
 thinking

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:21.559
 in

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:21.699
 the

00:35:21.699 --> 00:35:22.000
 garden

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.199
 of

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.739
 Gethsemane

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:23.159
 that

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:23.820
 last

00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:24.679
 major

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.400
 temptation

00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:25.699
 of

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:25.860
 the

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.119
 devil

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:26.340
 for

00:35:26.340 --> 00:35:26.500
 him

00:35:26.500 --> 00:35:26.659
 to

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.079
 abandon

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.300
 the

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.579
 cross

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.960
 or

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.219
 whether

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.460
 it's

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:28.639
 the

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.039
 cross

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.980
 himself

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.820
 itself

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:32.239
 the

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.679
 heat's

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:32.900
 turned

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.239
 all the

00:35:33.239 --> 00:35:33.579
 way up

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:33.840
 on the

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:34.000
 Lord

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.280
 Jesus

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.639
 Christ

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.940
 and

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.059
 he

00:35:35.059 --> 00:35:35.639
 never

00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:36.300
 fails

00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.780
 he

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.219
 never

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.940
 sins

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.320
 he

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.619
 never

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.239
 reviles

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:39.900
 he

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.139
 never

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.659
 threatens

00:35:40.659 --> 00:35:41.420
 in a

00:35:41.420 --> 00:35:41.559
 way

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.739
 that

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.059
 was

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.840
 wrong

00:35:42.840 --> 00:35:43.059
 for

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.219
 him

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.400
 to

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.659
 do

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:43.980
 no

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.260
 he

00:35:44.260 --> 00:35:44.679
 stands

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:44.900
 the

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.320
 test

00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:46.139
 absolutely

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.699
 pure

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:48.379
 he

00:35:48.379 --> 00:35:48.759
 proved

00:35:48.759 --> 00:35:48.960
 his

00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.219
 hatred

00:35:49.219 --> 00:35:49.460
 of

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.759
 sin

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:49.980
 he

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.259
 proved

00:35:50.259 --> 00:35:50.419
 his

00:35:50.419 --> 00:35:51.079
 desire

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:51.339
 for

00:35:51.339 --> 00:35:51.659
 worship

00:35:51.659 --> 00:35:51.899
 he

00:35:51.899 --> 00:35:52.219
 proved

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.399
 his

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:52.639
 love

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:52.859
 for

00:35:52.859 --> 00:35:53.159
 God

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.619
 and

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.039
 while

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.519
 for

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.879
 a

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:55.279
 moment

00:35:55.279 --> 00:35:55.899
 his

00:35:55.899 --> 00:35:56.279
 life

00:35:56.279 --> 00:35:56.859
 was

00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:57.239
 indeed

00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:57.639
 swept

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:57.939
 away

00:35:57.939 --> 00:35:58.179
 with

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.480
 sinners

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.799
 for

00:35:58.799 --> 00:35:59.259
 us

00:35:59.259 --> 00:36:00.059
 in

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.480
 death

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.359
 his

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:02.179
 vindication

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:03.299
 came

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:03.739
 through

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.799
 resurrection

00:36:04.799 --> 00:36:06.859
 he

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:07.159
 was

00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.439
 swept

00:36:07.439 --> 00:36:07.960
 away

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.819
 so

00:36:08.819 --> 00:36:09.000
 that

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.219
 we

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.460
 don't

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.719
 have

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:09.859
 to

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.179
 be

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.599
 and

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.019
 his

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.719
 resurrection

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.000
 and

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.159
 his

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.739
 vindication

00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.179
 through

00:36:14.179 --> 00:36:14.559
 it

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.579
 provides

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:15.739
 a

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:16.299
 vindication

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.660
 for

00:36:16.660 --> 00:36:16.880
 all

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.060
 who

00:36:17.060 --> 00:36:17.240
 will

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:17.539
 trust

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.740
 in

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.019
 him

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.240
 he

00:36:19.240 --> 00:36:19.500
 does

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.720
 all

00:36:19.720 --> 00:36:19.880
 of

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.280
 this

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.660
 so

00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:21.880
 that

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:22.100
 we

00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:22.280
 can

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.500
 be

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.860
 forgiven

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:25.300
 and

00:36:25.300 --> 00:36:25.519
 so

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:25.700
 that

00:36:25.700 --> 00:36:26.060
 his

00:36:26.060 --> 00:36:26.539
 integrity

00:36:26.539 --> 00:36:26.900
 can

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.200
 then

00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:28.000
 be

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.500
 applied

00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.400
 to

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 our

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 account

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 for

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 all

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 who

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 will

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 trust

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 in

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 him

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 and

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 believe

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 if

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 Jesus

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 is

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 your

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 Lord

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 and

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 Savior

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 then

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 and

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 only

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 then

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 will

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 your

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 feet

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 stand

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 on

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 level

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 ground

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 not

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 the

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 ground

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 of

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 your

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 righteousness

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 but

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 his

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 righteousness

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 not

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 on

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 your

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 innocence

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 for

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 you

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 have

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 none

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 but

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 of

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 his

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 not

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 on

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 the

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 possibility

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 of

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 your

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 vindication

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 but

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 on

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 the

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 reality

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 of

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 his

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 vindication

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 and

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 resurrection

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!

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 and

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 then

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 for

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 those

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 who

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 believe

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 and

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 have

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 received

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 him

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 by

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 faith

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 we

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 have

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 the

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 assurance

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 of

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 our

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 eternal

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 salvation

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 not

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 because

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 we've

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 done

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 all

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 that

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 it

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 takes

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 but

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 because

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 he

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 has

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 and

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 God

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 is

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 faithful

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 and

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 that

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 will

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 produce

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 and

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.099
 motivate

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 a

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 determination

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 to

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 walk

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 in

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 integrity

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 to

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 hate

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 the

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 ways

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.360
 of

00:37:31.360 --> 00:37:31.460
 the

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 wicked

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 to

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 love

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:34.619
 worship

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.820
 and

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 to

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 long

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:37.460
 for

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 God's

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 presence

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 in

00:37:38.300 --> 00:37:38.420
 our

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.800
 lives