WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.700 Let me pray for our time together. 00:00:03.020 --> 00:00:09.240 God, we thank you so much for just this privilege of worshiping you together as your people. 00:00:12.359 --> 00:00:16.480 What wondrous reality that we have become part of. 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:19.500 Adopted children of God. 00:00:20.339 --> 00:00:23.400 Heirs of your eternal kingdom. 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:31.000 Brothers and sisters bought by the blood of Jesus Christ. 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:40.420 Lord, it is our prayer that as Kyle preaches from your word again. 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.840 And points us to you and to your son Jesus again. 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:50.939 That truly joy that surpasses our circumstances. 00:00:50.939 --> 00:00:55.259 A joy that overcomes our fears. 00:00:55.899 --> 00:00:56.939 Our uncertainties. 00:00:57.579 --> 00:01:01.339 The certain joy that is found in Christ alone. 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:03.839 Would fill us. 00:01:04.700 --> 00:01:05.759 That we would be reminded of it. 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:08.099 That we would be taken captive by it. 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:14.599 And that he would direct us and constrain us to live in a manner that pleases you. 00:01:15.239 --> 00:01:18.400 In a manner that exudes delight and joy and thanksgiving. 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:21.420 So please do that work. 00:01:21.820 --> 00:01:22.740 And be with Kyle. 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:28.440 May he preach with freedom and power that comes from your spirit. 00:01:31.219 --> 00:01:33.040 In Jesus name we pray. 00:01:33.340 --> 00:01:33.580 Amen. 00:01:37.360 --> 00:01:38.500 Good morning. 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:39.700 Good morning. 00:01:39.700 --> 00:01:48.480 It is always a helpful sign when there are more people present the second time you speak than there were the first. 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:52.579 So it means at least we're on a good trajectory. 00:01:54.260 --> 00:02:00.120 Because there are alternatives to more people being there the second time. 00:02:00.120 --> 00:02:07.200 Turn in your Bibles to the Old Testament book of Habakkuk. 00:02:07.620 --> 00:02:10.939 And you're allowed to use the table of contents for this one. 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:12.920 Habakkuk. 00:02:15.420 --> 00:02:18.460 In our first session last night. 00:02:18.460 --> 00:02:26.280 As we're looking at this theme of surpassing joy. 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:29.920 And looking at our reasons for surpassing joy. 00:02:30.100 --> 00:02:35.379 We specifically dealt with this in the context of uncertainty. 00:02:35.939 --> 00:02:38.719 The challenge of life's uncertainties. 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:42.379 And how the reasons we have for joy. 00:02:43.000 --> 00:02:46.039 The clarity we have in those reasons. 00:02:46.620 --> 00:02:53.939 Far exceeds any uncertainty we can have in a temporary sense. 00:02:55.219 --> 00:02:57.539 In this session and the next. 00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:00.740 We're going to press into when life is hard. 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:02.900 And doesn't make sense. 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:05.520 How do we have joy. 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:10.879 When hurt is pressing in. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:13.300 The setting of this book. 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:14.840 Is. 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:18.760 When Judah has. 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:21.319 Been hardened in sin. 00:03:22.439 --> 00:03:25.219 And the rule of God is being ignored. 00:03:27.140 --> 00:03:30.500 The northern kingdom was already conquered. 00:03:30.500 --> 00:03:34.560 Over a century before. 00:03:35.379 --> 00:03:40.539 The people had seen the example of God's judgment on Israel. 00:03:40.539 --> 00:03:42.360 With the coming of the Assyrians. 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:46.000 And yet the southern kingdom has gone the same way. 00:03:46.680 --> 00:03:49.159 And we have the prophet Habakkuk. 00:03:49.219 --> 00:03:50.680 A man who loved the Lord. 00:03:50.979 --> 00:03:52.280 And his ways. 00:03:52.539 --> 00:03:55.699 And he is greatly discouraged. 00:03:56.439 --> 00:04:00.319 By what seems to be the free reign of injustice. 00:04:00.500 --> 00:04:02.319 Throughout the land. 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:04.879 And that's how he begins in chapter 1. 00:04:05.180 --> 00:04:06.159 Look at verse 2. 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:10.039 Oh Lord how long. 00:04:11.020 --> 00:04:12.479 Shall I cry for help. 00:04:12.580 --> 00:04:13.979 And you will not hear. 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:16.459 Or cry to you violence. 00:04:16.980 --> 00:04:18.300 And you will not save. 00:04:19.639 --> 00:04:22.420 Why do you make me see iniquity. 00:04:22.939 --> 00:04:25.519 And why do you idly look at wrong. 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:30.279 Destruction and violence are before me. 00:04:31.339 --> 00:04:34.620 Strife and contention arise. 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:37.759 The law is paralyzed. 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.379 An interesting way to describe it. 00:04:42.979 --> 00:04:44.159 That's what it looked like. 00:04:45.359 --> 00:04:50.180 The rule of law unable to do what it's supposed to do. 00:04:50.180 --> 00:04:53.959 Justice never goes forth. 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:57.740 The wicked surround the righteous. 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:01.300 So justice goes forth perverted. 00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:10.079 Life's burdens have no sense of fairness. 00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:14.419 It's not as though we can look around and see. 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.419 Yeah that person lives a lousy life. 00:05:17.500 --> 00:05:18.639 And look how bad it is. 00:05:18.779 --> 00:05:20.099 Well that person's. 00:05:20.259 --> 00:05:21.279 They're pretty good. 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:23.800 So yeah they don't have much that's hard. 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:26.180 It's not as though we just look at people. 00:05:26.299 --> 00:05:27.039 How they live. 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:28.479 Look at their difficulties. 00:05:28.799 --> 00:05:30.639 Oh it all makes sense. 00:05:33.019 --> 00:05:36.099 Now we know life will be hard at times. 00:05:36.100 --> 00:05:39.260 We recognize in this world of sin and rebellion. 00:05:39.660 --> 00:05:41.960 There will be difficulty. 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:52.560 It's not just what we do then in failures and things brings hardship to us. 00:05:52.660 --> 00:05:56.000 We're splattered by the effects of the sin of others. 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:00.680 It's not evenly divided. 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:05.360 And we want difficulty and trial to at least make sense. 00:06:05.900 --> 00:06:09.079 Somehow we can get our minds around it and have a framework. 00:06:09.220 --> 00:06:12.420 Okay I get where it's coming from. 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:13.240 Where it's going. 00:06:13.939 --> 00:06:16.400 And at least let it be evenly divided. 00:06:16.540 --> 00:06:18.019 Let us all have a fair share. 00:06:20.899 --> 00:06:24.360 We expect God to reduce our burdens. 00:06:25.860 --> 00:06:26.939 If we're faithful. 00:06:26.939 --> 00:06:30.959 Like Habakkuk. 00:06:32.219 --> 00:06:33.459 We wonder. 00:06:34.420 --> 00:06:35.839 When is God. 00:06:36.240 --> 00:06:37.639 Going to get involved. 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:44.279 Will you not hear. 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:46.680 When I cry. 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:48.060 Will you not save. 00:06:53.420 --> 00:06:55.720 I remember talking with a pastor. 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:56.740 Who was overwhelmed. 00:06:56.939 --> 00:06:59.180 And he said. 00:06:59.180 --> 00:07:01.980 If I can just see God in it. 00:07:02.600 --> 00:07:03.779 I'll be okay. 00:07:04.579 --> 00:07:09.120 I just want to see God in it. 00:07:09.639 --> 00:07:11.240 That would sustain me. 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:15.180 Here Habakkuk. 00:07:15.699 --> 00:07:17.740 He's not seeing God in it. 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:21.000 And that's true for all of us at times. 00:07:21.159 --> 00:07:24.620 We don't see God in it. 00:07:24.620 --> 00:07:28.740 Verses 5 and 6. 00:07:30.579 --> 00:07:32.160 Look among the nations. 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:33.439 And see. 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.259 This is God's response. 00:07:39.259 --> 00:07:41.439 Wonder and be astounded. 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:45.480 For I am doing a work. 00:07:45.480 --> 00:07:45.500 For I am doing a work. 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:48.100 In your days. 00:07:48.100 --> 00:07:50.540 That you would not believe if I told you. 00:07:51.259 --> 00:07:51.920 For behold. 00:07:52.180 --> 00:07:54.540 I am raising up the Chaldeans. 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:56.939 That bitter and hasty nation. 00:07:57.439 --> 00:07:59.420 Who marched through the breadth of the earth. 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:01.139 To seize dwellings. 00:08:01.339 --> 00:08:02.459 Not the room. 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:05.819 So the Lord's response to Habakkuk. 00:08:05.819 --> 00:08:09.519 I am in motion right now. 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:11.039 Here's my plan. 00:08:11.419 --> 00:08:14.319 I'm raising up the Babylonian empire. 00:08:14.699 --> 00:08:18.579 And they're going to come and assault your nation. 00:08:18.699 --> 00:08:20.639 And carry it away. 00:08:20.639 --> 00:08:23.060 That's God's plan. 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:27.000 And that made no sense to Habakkuk. 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:29.680 Verse 12. 00:08:30.599 --> 00:08:34.139 Lord you've ordained them as a judgment. 00:08:35.179 --> 00:08:36.120 You a rock. 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:39.000 You've established them for reproof. 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:43.059 Lord you who are of pure eyes. 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:44.080 And to see evil. 00:08:44.200 --> 00:08:45.299 And cannot look at wrong. 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:47.559 Why do you idly look at traitors. 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:48.720 And remain silent. 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:51.220 When the wicked swallows up the man. 00:08:51.299 --> 00:08:53.259 More righteous than he. 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:57.700 God had an answer for. 00:08:58.519 --> 00:09:01.159 The evil that had permeated. 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:02.980 The people of Israel. 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:06.980 God was sending the Babylonian empire. 00:09:07.299 --> 00:09:08.279 In judgment. 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:10.899 They would absorb the nation. 00:09:10.899 --> 00:09:12.639 And cart them off. 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:16.179 And that. 00:09:16.459 --> 00:09:18.500 As an answer from God. 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:20.839 Made no sense. 00:09:21.539 --> 00:09:23.559 To the prophet Habakkuk. 00:09:24.579 --> 00:09:26.459 How can your answer. 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:28.779 Involve. 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:30.240 A. 00:09:31.159 --> 00:09:32.600 Pagan nation. 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:34.939 Who doesn't care for you at all. 00:09:34.940 --> 00:09:39.520 And in our pain. 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:42.960 Sometimes God's plan and activity. 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:45.820 To us seems no fairer than the world. 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:51.400 We look at the sovereignty of God. 00:09:51.500 --> 00:09:51.820 And think. 00:09:52.060 --> 00:09:52.180 Oh. 00:09:54.180 --> 00:09:55.900 I'm believing God rules. 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:57.680 And is in control of all. 00:09:57.679 --> 00:09:58.019 But. 00:09:58.019 --> 00:10:00.259 Then why is it like it is. 00:10:02.299 --> 00:10:04.879 And we're not seeing the goodness of God. 00:10:05.079 --> 00:10:05.859 In that plan. 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:08.859 So how is joy possible. 00:10:09.699 --> 00:10:11.799 When life is hard. 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:13.259 When. 00:10:13.579 --> 00:10:15.639 We're believing and being told. 00:10:15.839 --> 00:10:17.579 That actually God is at work. 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:17.899 And then. 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:19.620 All this that is difficult. 00:10:20.179 --> 00:10:20.539 God is. 00:10:20.679 --> 00:10:22.000 That's actually God's hand. 00:10:22.079 --> 00:10:23.399 It's part of it. 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.360 He's using these things. 00:10:26.459 --> 00:10:27.899 That are hard and unpleasant. 00:10:28.459 --> 00:10:31.079 How can joy be possible. 00:10:31.459 --> 00:10:33.120 Even when we come to a. 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.600 At least an intellectual conviction. 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:37.159 Okay. 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.240 I'm believing God is still sovereign. 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.259 I'm believing he's in control. 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:43.159 I'm believing he's there. 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:43.719 But. 00:10:44.439 --> 00:10:45.559 Believing that. 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:47.360 And then leaping to. 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:48.459 Having joy. 00:10:48.980 --> 00:10:49.519 Seems. 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:51.379 Too far. 00:10:52.079 --> 00:10:52.740 And too. 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:53.679 Hard. 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:59.459 When all we see is our hurt. 00:11:00.740 --> 00:11:02.159 It's hard to trust. 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:05.279 But God. 00:11:05.379 --> 00:11:06.419 As we've already sung. 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:08.439 Is worthy. 00:11:08.939 --> 00:11:09.399 Of it. 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:14.039 Those. 00:11:14.039 --> 00:11:14.199 Those. 00:11:14.719 --> 00:11:15.839 Who don't have Christ. 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:17.559 They're trusting. 00:11:17.919 --> 00:11:18.679 Themselves. 00:11:19.339 --> 00:11:20.899 And what the world will figure out. 00:11:21.919 --> 00:11:22.839 Chapter 2. 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:23.500 Verse 4. 00:11:24.819 --> 00:11:25.299 Behold. 00:11:25.439 --> 00:11:26.219 His soul. 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.299 Speaking of the. 00:11:27.579 --> 00:11:28.299 Sinful man. 00:11:29.079 --> 00:11:29.839 His soul is. 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:30.799 Puffed up. 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:32.000 Meaning. 00:11:32.779 --> 00:11:34.299 The world lives by pride. 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:35.019 In their opinion. 00:11:35.219 --> 00:11:36.279 We're going to figure out. 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:37.000 We know. 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:37.899 If we can. 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:39.879 If we can get control. 00:11:40.039 --> 00:11:40.919 Of the situation. 00:11:40.919 --> 00:11:41.980 If those. 00:11:41.980 --> 00:11:42.899 From our. 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:44.699 Perspective. 00:11:44.699 --> 00:11:46.220 If we can gather control. 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:46.879 We know. 00:11:47.419 --> 00:11:48.559 We can fix it. 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:50.419 And that's the hope of the world. 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:51.220 That. 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:53.240 We who are right. 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.919 And that's the opinion of everyone. 00:11:55.379 --> 00:11:55.980 We're right. 00:11:56.079 --> 00:11:56.639 If somehow. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:57.819 Our side. 00:11:58.159 --> 00:11:59.720 Gains the mechanisms. 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:01.019 Of influence and power. 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:02.679 We will make it better. 00:12:04.459 --> 00:12:05.959 They have said and thought. 00:12:06.079 --> 00:12:06.679 For centuries. 00:12:06.779 --> 00:12:07.299 And millennium. 00:12:07.299 --> 00:12:10.939 And there are. 00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:12.059 Bright. 00:12:13.059 --> 00:12:13.620 Committed. 00:12:14.359 --> 00:12:15.839 Well intentioned people. 00:12:16.219 --> 00:12:17.039 Throughout the world. 00:12:17.399 --> 00:12:18.799 Trying their best. 00:12:19.120 --> 00:12:19.839 To make it. 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:20.620 Work. 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:22.539 They truly are. 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:23.279 Seeking. 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:24.319 To make it. 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:25.299 Work. 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.299 But. 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:30.939 The only improvements. 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:32.220 We ever have. 00:12:32.220 --> 00:12:32.700 Really. 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:35.100 Is. 00:12:35.260 --> 00:12:35.420 Is. 00:12:35.420 --> 00:12:36.420 Is our comforts. 00:12:36.820 --> 00:12:37.960 That's the only thing. 00:12:38.060 --> 00:12:39.620 We've really been able to improve. 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:41.060 Throughout human history. 00:12:41.800 --> 00:12:43.440 Life is much more comfortable. 00:12:44.300 --> 00:12:46.600 We live without all the diseases. 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:47.520 We've had. 00:12:47.640 --> 00:12:47.780 We. 00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:47.860 We. 00:12:48.819 --> 00:12:49.860 This morning. 00:12:51.439 --> 00:12:53.179 I had a hot shower. 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:55.100 I thought many times. 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:57.879 How many billions of people. 00:12:57.879 --> 00:12:58.759 Throughout history. 00:12:59.120 --> 00:12:59.639 Never. 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:01.120 Experienced. 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:02.879 A hot shower. 00:13:04.019 --> 00:13:05.279 Most of humanity. 00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:07.860 No one had a hot shower. 00:13:07.980 --> 00:13:09.139 They never even thought of it. 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.059 They were happy. 00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:12.740 If you had clean and running water. 00:13:12.839 --> 00:13:13.720 You could jump into. 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:15.100 I had a. 00:13:15.459 --> 00:13:16.639 Hot shower every day. 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.139 Or last night. 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:18.840 Ice cream. 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:20.199 How many people. 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:21.139 Never. 00:13:21.939 --> 00:13:22.600 Centuries. 00:13:23.419 --> 00:13:24.879 Generations went by. 00:13:25.419 --> 00:13:26.080 Never. 00:13:26.580 --> 00:13:27.220 Knowing. 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.179 Ice cream. 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:34.659 We are improving. 00:13:34.659 --> 00:13:35.919 All sorts of. 00:13:36.319 --> 00:13:37.319 Comforts. 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:41.240 But the human. 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:42.399 Soul. 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:45.039 Has never. 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:46.620 Improved. 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.519 Despite. 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.799 All humanity. 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:50.620 Has done. 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:51.860 To try to make life. 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:52.500 Work. 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:53.580 We haven't. 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:55.179 Lifted. 00:13:55.279 --> 00:13:55.919 The needle. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:56.379 Of. 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:57.600 The condition. 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:58.659 Of the soul. 00:13:58.799 --> 00:13:59.199 And human. 00:13:59.199 --> 00:13:59.939 Experience. 00:14:00.139 --> 00:14:00.519 Outside. 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.919 Of our comforts. 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:06.639 The. 00:14:06.879 --> 00:14:07.620 The world. 00:14:07.699 --> 00:14:08.019 Lives. 00:14:08.199 --> 00:14:08.860 By trusting. 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:09.620 In themselves. 00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.860 What they can accomplish. 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:12.460 In that same. 00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:12.879 Verse. 00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:13.340 Four. 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:15.420 The righteous. 00:14:15.420 --> 00:14:16.019 Live. 00:14:16.019 --> 00:14:16.040 Live. 00:14:16.040 --> 00:14:16.080 Live. 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:17.040 By faith. 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:18.580 But the righteous. 00:14:18.580 --> 00:14:19.460 Shall live. 00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:20.200 By faith. 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:20.620 Meaning. 00:14:21.580 --> 00:14:22.560 Our hope. 00:14:22.560 --> 00:14:23.060 Is not. 00:14:23.060 --> 00:14:24.580 That we can gain power. 00:14:24.580 --> 00:14:25.360 And then. 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:25.920 Control. 00:14:26.040 --> 00:14:26.680 And make it work. 00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.780 Our hope is. 00:14:28.280 --> 00:14:29.280 We follow. 00:14:29.280 --> 00:14:29.980 A God. 00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.320 Who knows. 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:32.040 What he's doing. 00:14:32.040 --> 00:14:32.700 Who is good. 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.360 And faithful. 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:34.660 And as we follow. 00:14:34.660 --> 00:14:36.340 What he is doing. 00:14:37.040 --> 00:14:38.360 Life is whole. 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:41.840 It is the statement. 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.980 That then is quoted. 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:45.440 By the apostle Paul. 00:14:45.560 --> 00:14:46.340 In Romans 1. 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:47.840 17. 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.440 That then. 00:14:49.019 --> 00:14:50.259 Is what started. 00:14:50.419 --> 00:14:52.000 The Protestant Reformation. 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:53.580 The just. 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.759 Shall live. 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:55.580 By faith. 00:14:55.800 --> 00:14:55.940 The. 00:14:56.060 --> 00:14:57.419 The words that converted. 00:14:58.019 --> 00:14:58.779 Martin Luther. 00:15:00.860 --> 00:15:01.539 Meaning. 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:03.800 Those who are righteous. 00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:04.440 Live. 00:15:04.560 --> 00:15:05.399 By trusting. 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:06.200 Meaning. 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.440 It's not just an intellectual exercise. 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:10.000 We entrust. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.820 Our heart. 00:15:10.980 --> 00:15:11.800 Our attitudes. 00:15:11.800 --> 00:15:12.600 Our actions. 00:15:12.780 --> 00:15:12.900 We. 00:15:12.900 --> 00:15:13.800 Entrust. 00:15:13.920 --> 00:15:14.480 Ourselves. 00:15:14.920 --> 00:15:15.620 That God. 00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.960 Really is. 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:17.800 Wise. 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:19.080 Really is. 00:15:19.180 --> 00:15:19.480 Good. 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:20.940 Really is. 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.120 Sovereign. 00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:23.580 And because. 00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:25.340 We believe that. 00:15:25.520 --> 00:15:25.720 We. 00:15:25.940 --> 00:15:26.980 We live. 00:15:27.540 --> 00:15:28.680 With the perspective. 00:15:28.680 --> 00:15:30.180 As if that's true. 00:15:30.660 --> 00:15:31.600 If God is. 00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:32.460 Ruling. 00:15:32.660 --> 00:15:33.160 Sovereign. 00:15:33.360 --> 00:15:33.720 Good. 00:15:34.140 --> 00:15:34.560 Wise. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:35.680 Faithful. 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:36.359 Then. 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:37.059 Our. 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:37.979 Heart's. 00:15:38.439 --> 00:15:38.879 Demeanor. 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.339 Our. 00:15:39.599 --> 00:15:40.019 Attitudes. 00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.719 And actions. 00:15:40.719 --> 00:15:41.579 Will represent. 00:15:42.099 --> 00:15:42.879 That God. 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:43.519 Is. 00:15:43.719 --> 00:15:44.500 All of this. 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.799 All of the time. 00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:46.959 That he truly is. 00:15:47.059 --> 00:15:47.620 The sum. 00:15:47.699 --> 00:15:48.000 Of all. 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:49.159 Perfections. 00:15:51.699 --> 00:15:52.379 It is. 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:53.099 A big jump. 00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:53.899 To go from. 00:15:54.379 --> 00:15:54.659 Saying. 00:15:54.839 --> 00:15:55.219 I believe. 00:15:55.279 --> 00:15:56.039 God is perfect. 00:15:56.699 --> 00:15:57.639 To what is the. 00:15:57.819 --> 00:15:58.259 Implication. 00:15:58.339 --> 00:15:58.699 Of that. 00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:00.279 God is always. 00:16:00.459 --> 00:16:00.979 Being perfect. 00:16:00.979 --> 00:16:01.559 Toward me. 00:16:02.599 --> 00:16:03.379 You can't have one. 00:16:03.479 --> 00:16:04.059 Without the other. 00:16:04.059 --> 00:16:06.939 God cannot be perfect. 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:10.419 And then we not be able to say. 00:16:10.979 --> 00:16:11.500 So Lord. 00:16:11.659 --> 00:16:12.399 Right now. 00:16:12.719 --> 00:16:13.439 And in everything. 00:16:13.699 --> 00:16:15.159 You have been perfect toward me. 00:16:19.359 --> 00:16:21.059 God has shown himself. 00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.500 Worthy to be trusted. 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:23.819 And that's. 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.779 Part of the foundation. 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:27.319 That we sought to build. 00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:28.479 Last night. 00:16:28.480 --> 00:16:30.700 As we looked over. 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:31.980 The. 00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.680 The immensity. 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.759 Of gospel promise. 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:36.639 And fulfillment. 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.340 God is worthy. 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.220 To be trusted. 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:41.000 For when. 00:16:41.300 --> 00:16:41.940 We. 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:44.159 Bowed before his gospel. 00:16:44.740 --> 00:16:46.399 He did make us clean. 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:49.639 And he did give us new life. 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:52.580 And when we follow God's word. 00:16:53.180 --> 00:16:54.220 We are. 00:16:54.860 --> 00:16:55.620 Strengthened. 00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:58.700 And life may continue to. 00:16:59.100 --> 00:16:59.259 Be. 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.240 Hard. 00:17:00.340 --> 00:17:01.379 In certain ways. 00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.320 Yet there is. 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.299 Stability. 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.839 There is certainty. 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:06.579 There is peaceableness. 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:11.099 Like Habakkuk. 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.660 In fact. 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.099 Better than Habakkuk. 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:18.119 We know enough about God. 00:17:18.500 --> 00:17:19.799 To trust him. 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:21.539 Chapter 3. 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:22.119 Verse 2. 00:17:22.119 --> 00:17:24.119 Habakkuk. 00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.039 Habakkuk. 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.119 Confirms. 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.639 His faith in the Lord. 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.719 Oh Lord. 00:17:28.919 --> 00:17:31.139 I have heard the report of you. 00:17:31.500 --> 00:17:32.259 And your work. 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:32.759 Oh Lord. 00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:33.719 Do I fear. 00:17:34.899 --> 00:17:35.659 Habakkuk is. 00:17:36.439 --> 00:17:36.959 Is. 00:17:37.639 --> 00:17:39.459 Submitting to what God has said. 00:17:39.459 --> 00:17:41.019 Of his plan and goodness. 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:43.059 And though it doesn't make sense. 00:17:43.199 --> 00:17:44.039 Habakkuk is saying. 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:45.119 I know you. 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:45.919 So Lord. 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:47.939 I'm trusting you in this. 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:49.779 And. 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:52.080 Inserted in this. 00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:53.559 That should be that dynamic. 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.220 Of what we saw yesterday. 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.259 In 1 Peter. 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:56.620 Where. 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:58.120 The prophets. 00:17:58.120 --> 00:17:58.480 Who. 00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.140 Were. 00:17:59.480 --> 00:18:00.500 Hearing the promises. 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.960 And even giving them. 00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.200 And. 00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:03.160 And searching. 00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:03.980 And wanting to know. 00:18:04.100 --> 00:18:05.519 How is God going to do this. 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:07.059 And we now know. 00:18:08.299 --> 00:18:08.880 Habakkuk is. 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:10.860 Habakkuk is able to say. 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:12.799 I have heard enough of you. 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.600 To be content. 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:15.159 And what we know. 00:18:15.199 --> 00:18:15.799 And have heard. 00:18:16.159 --> 00:18:17.219 Of Christ. 00:18:17.539 --> 00:18:18.179 Crucified. 00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:18.899 Raised. 00:18:19.179 --> 00:18:20.459 And reigning. 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.119 Is. 00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:23.799 Far greater than the prophet had. 00:18:26.179 --> 00:18:27.959 It really does leave us. 00:18:27.959 --> 00:18:29.019 Without excuse. 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:30.259 In terms of trusting. 00:18:33.939 --> 00:18:34.899 We know. 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.240 God has created. 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:38.159 And sustains. 00:18:38.679 --> 00:18:39.699 And will judge. 00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.159 All things. 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.160 Everything is. 00:18:43.940 --> 00:18:44.820 Before him. 00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:47.140 We know. 00:18:47.140 --> 00:18:48.320 What he promised. 00:18:48.540 --> 00:18:49.800 Centuries before. 00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:50.460 Has. 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.860 Now taken place. 00:18:52.340 --> 00:18:53.000 The promises. 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.860 Are fulfilled. 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.779 God became flesh. 00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:59.680 He was born of a virgin. 00:18:59.800 --> 00:19:01.120 He did die on a cross. 00:19:01.300 --> 00:19:02.660 He was raised from the dead. 00:19:04.060 --> 00:19:05.000 We know. 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:06.779 That he came to us. 00:19:07.100 --> 00:19:08.540 Not in arrogance. 00:19:09.320 --> 00:19:09.920 Demanding. 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:11.900 You bow before me. 00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:13.320 I'm God here. 00:19:13.580 --> 00:19:15.200 He came in humility. 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.900 Calling us to believe. 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.600 And receive. 00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:20.500 His sacrifice for us. 00:19:24.560 --> 00:19:27.140 There will still be. 00:19:27.700 --> 00:19:28.700 Circumstances. 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:30.960 That don't make sense. 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:36.519 Isn't that the part of the dynamic of trust? 00:19:38.180 --> 00:19:40.400 If it always makes sense. 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.160 And if. 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.640 We always have a backdoor plan. 00:19:44.779 --> 00:19:45.420 Where for press. 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:47.079 Well we know how we're going to fix it. 00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:50.120 Faith and trust really become. 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:52.100 Redundant. 00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:59.679 What helps me. 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.619 When I think of. 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.839 Lord it doesn't make sense. 00:20:03.899 --> 00:20:04.919 Or this is too much. 00:20:04.959 --> 00:20:06.559 Or this is too hard. 00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:10.379 Picture yourself. 00:20:10.719 --> 00:20:11.199 With. 00:20:11.439 --> 00:20:12.419 With those complaints. 00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:13.619 That in the moment. 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:15.279 We think are so justified. 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.819 Think of. 00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.659 Yourself. 00:20:18.660 --> 00:20:21.519 Make those complaints. 00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.800 Not to. 00:20:23.100 --> 00:20:24.540 Kind of the idea of God. 00:20:24.680 --> 00:20:25.220 Out there. 00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:27.200 Make those complaints. 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.019 As if. 00:20:28.340 --> 00:20:29.279 You are standing. 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.320 Before. 00:20:30.860 --> 00:20:31.180 Jesus. 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:31.980 On. 00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:33.060 The cross. 00:20:34.360 --> 00:20:35.740 Imagine yourself. 00:20:36.540 --> 00:20:37.080 Him. 00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:40.000 Unrecognizable. 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:40.980 He's been beaten. 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.840 So badly. 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:43.200 His life. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:43.940 Literally. 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.940 Flowing. 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.660 Flowing. 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.480 In blood. 00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.380 And you're hearing. 00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.220 The jeers. 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:49.120 And you're hearing. 00:20:49.259 --> 00:20:50.220 The mockery. 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.440 And you're seeing. 00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.700 The suffering. 00:20:53.340 --> 00:20:54.039 And in. 00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:55.460 That context. 00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.400 Tell the. 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.320 Sacrificing. 00:20:59.460 --> 00:21:00.100 Crucify. 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.700 Jesus. 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:03.420 This is too hard. 00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.860 This is unfair. 00:21:08.320 --> 00:21:10.019 It changes our perspective. 00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.880 A little bit. 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.440 When we. 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:13.240 When we think. 00:21:13.360 --> 00:21:14.519 Who is it we're complaining. 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:15.240 To. 00:21:16.579 --> 00:21:18.119 And what is it that. 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.740 He. 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:19.519 Has. 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.220 Done. 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.460 For us. 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:26.839 When we see. 00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.539 Clearly. 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:31.119 God. 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.960 Himself. 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.920 Just God. 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.400 Is sufficient. 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.259 Reason. 00:21:37.660 --> 00:21:38.319 For joy. 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:41.259 And that. 00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.180 Is. 00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:46.299 Maybe. 00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:46.700 Maybe the. 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.500 The key. 00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:48.220 Statement. 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:49.299 To think of. 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:50.140 To take. 00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.600 From this session. 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.080 God. 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.440 Himself. 00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:58.820 And what. 00:21:58.980 --> 00:21:59.500 He has done. 00:21:59.580 --> 00:21:59.880 Promised. 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.860 What we already. 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.960 Have. 00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.160 That. 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.779 Is sufficient. 00:22:06.580 --> 00:22:06.980 Reason. 00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.940 For joy. 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.840 Which brings us to. 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:12.180 The end of Habakkuk. 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:14.240 What is. 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.259 What is. 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.279 What is. 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:14.700 In a sense. 00:22:14.700 --> 00:22:15.860 The punchline. 00:22:15.860 --> 00:22:16.580 Of the book. 00:22:16.720 --> 00:22:17.380 And this is. 00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.420 Habakkuk. 00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:18.799 It's like. 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.900 Ecclesiastes. 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.400 Where. 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:22.380 All of the book. 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.500 Really is about. 00:22:23.900 --> 00:22:25.039 The last couple verses. 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:27.519 And everything. 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.700 Just leads to. 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.180 Just this. 00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:30.680 This final statement. 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:31.579 So. 00:22:31.899 --> 00:22:32.720 For Habakkuk. 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.559 Verse 17. 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:37.339 Though the fig tree. 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:38.480 Should not blossom. 00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:39.519 Nor fruit. 00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.559 Beyond the vines. 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:42.000 The produce. 00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.680 Of the olive. 00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:43.159 Fail. 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.839 The feet. 00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.480 The fields. 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.639 Yield no food. 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.440 The flocks. 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.079 Be cut off. 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.659 In the fold. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.740 And there be no herd. 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.480 In the stalls. 00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:49.779 Now. 00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:52.279 What he's speaking to is. 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.359 He knows. 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:54.299 The Babylonians. 00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:54.859 Are coming. 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.220 He knows. 00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:57.680 What do conquering. 00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.460 Armies. 00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.220 Do. 00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.940 They take. 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.259 Everything. 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:04.240 And they leave. 00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.059 Destruction. 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.859 In their wake. 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.099 So Habakkuk. 00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:08.259 Who knows. 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.559 What is coming. 00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.899 And. 00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:13.139 From an agricultural. 00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.220 Society. 00:23:14.680 --> 00:23:14.859 Means. 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.500 From that perspective. 00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.619 Everything goes wrong. 00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.419 Your crops. 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.500 Your herds. 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.339 The orchards. 00:23:20.720 --> 00:23:22.599 Everything is going to be destroyed. 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.339 So he's saying. 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:24.000 Lord. 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.839 When it is all. 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.839 Stripped. 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.480 Away. 00:23:28.619 --> 00:23:29.880 Verse 18. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.700 Yet. 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.559 I. 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.640 Will. 00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.839 Rejoice. 00:23:36.400 --> 00:23:37.299 In the Lord. 00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.740 I will. 00:23:39.180 --> 00:23:39.559 Take. 00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:40.680 Joy. 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.539 In the God. 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:43.619 Of my salvation. 00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:48.000 Habakkuk. 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.140 Is describing. 00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.640 Circumstances. 00:23:51.039 --> 00:23:52.200 That are overwhelming. 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:54.500 And yet. 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.880 He will. 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:55.319 Take. 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:55.700 Joy. 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.180 In God. 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.380 When. 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.680 When. 00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:57.240 Everything. 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.680 That. 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:59.519 Is around you. 00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:01.120 Seems to be going wrong. 00:24:01.120 --> 00:24:02.019 And why. 00:24:02.519 --> 00:24:03.580 Why would he do that? 00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.500 How could. 00:24:04.500 --> 00:24:06.240 Any reasonable person. 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.799 Do that? 00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.940 And the answer is. 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:08.539 He is. 00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.779 He is the God. 00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.579 Of. 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.440 My. 00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:14.200 Salvation. 00:24:16.359 --> 00:24:19.180 And we took time last night to think about. 00:24:19.460 --> 00:24:21.220 So what is this salvation? 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.339 What is embedded? 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:24.480 How great is this salvation? 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:29.000 Our salvation is greater than any loss. 00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:31.799 It is greater than any struggle. 00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:39.940 And no aspect of our salvation is affected by any struggle. 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:46.380 Our adoption is not affected. 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:50.620 The removal of our guilt is not affected. 00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:53.700 That we are beloved of God is not affected. 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:56.400 That we will reign with Christ is not affected. 00:24:56.860 --> 00:25:06.120 There is nothing of our salvation that is altered, diminished, affected in any way by our difficulties. 00:25:06.119 --> 00:25:11.079 So though the difficulties are here and they're real, the pain of it is there. 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:19.319 Yet the full glory of our salvation always remains. 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:36.039 Why he will rejoice is God who he's rejoicing it. 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:38.500 Is the God of my salvation. 00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.879 I rejoice in him. 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:42.699 Because my salvation. 00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:44.439 And all that it gives. 00:25:44.719 --> 00:25:46.179 He's the one that gives it. 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:49.199 And how does joy come in this? 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:51.799 This was revolutionary for me. 00:25:55.139 --> 00:25:56.879 He says, I will take it. 00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.799 Now that's. 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:01.379 That's important to notice. 00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.359 He doesn't say. 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:05.239 If I just think about it. 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.979 And wish about it. 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.680 And pray enough. 00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:09.220 Joy will just fall upon me. 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:15.140 Joy is something to take hold of. 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:21.680 He's not waiting for joy to come. 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:26.799 He is not hoping for it. 00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:30.240 He is going after it. 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:35.940 He is owning the reasons he has for joy. 00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:38.220 And if the reasons haven't changed. 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:40.680 That means I can find it. 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.759 It's out there. 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:55.039 One of the phrases that has been picked up and repeated rightly. 00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:56.039 And for our benefit. 00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.639 And for our benefit. 00:26:56.639 --> 00:26:56.680 And for our benefit. 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:58.019 Over and over. 00:26:58.019 --> 00:27:00.180 And last 20 years. 00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:04.779 Is the idea of preaching the gospel to ourselves. 00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:07.559 Jerry Bridges heard it. 00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:07.579 Heard it. 00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.539 Popularized it. 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.859 And everyone else quotes it. 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:12.680 We speak of it a lot in our church. 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:16.240 Preaching the gospel to ourselves. 00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:21.560 Meaning we are reminding our own soul and one another regularly. 00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:24.480 Of why we have reason for joy. 00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:27.600 Or is it Martin Lloyd-Jones. 00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:31.199 As he put it. 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:37.839 The reason that Christians stay in depression and discouragement. 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:42.599 Is that they listen to themselves. 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:45.439 Rather than speak to themselves. 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:48.539 Meaning we listen to the recording. 00:27:48.939 --> 00:27:50.219 This is so bad. 00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.279 I'm no good. 00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.719 This is so hard. 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.079 Everyone's against me. 00:27:55.079 --> 00:27:59.399 We listen over and over to that voice. 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.379 Convincing ourselves. 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:03.980 Rather than pushing that away. 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:06.220 And speaking to ourselves. 00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:09.359 I have Christ. 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.879 I am in Christ. 00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.599 Christ is faithful. 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.079 He is here. 00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.679 He has saved me. 00:28:15.919 --> 00:28:16.859 He has given me hope. 00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:19.079 We preach to ourselves. 00:28:20.159 --> 00:28:21.399 Gospel truth. 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:25.560 We remind ourselves. 00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:28.019 That we are in the story of Christ. 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.600 It is our story. 00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:32.320 We reminded ourselves. 00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:34.420 That we are in the flow. 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:36.120 Of what is eternal. 00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:38.100 Life is not just. 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:40.800 The framework of birth to death. 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.500 We are in something. 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:44.820 That is before time. 00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:46.660 And does not end. 00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:49.060 Our perspective is an eternal one. 00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:50.400 Rather than now. 00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:56.100 I said I would be a little bit. 00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:58.400 Biographical today. 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:01.320 This text. 00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:10.759 Has been the single most revolutionary. 00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.180 Revolutionary. 00:29:12.280 --> 00:29:13.759 And I don't overstate it. 00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:16.379 Passage of scripture. 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.839 In my life. 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.500 Apart from. 00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.379 Knowing and hearing. 00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:23.579 That Jesus died to save me. 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:28.740 Hearing a sermon on this text. 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:31.980 By CJ Mahaney. 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.819 Years ago. 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.539 Hearing a recording of it. 00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.779 Led to. 00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.279 Huge change. 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:41.220 Time when I was. 00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.740 Overwhelmed. 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.740 And discouraged. 00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:48.160 And didn't know what to do. 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.240 And the church was struggling. 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:51.700 And I was pulling down. 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.799 That it's my fault. 00:29:52.899 --> 00:29:53.180 And I. 00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.000 I have. 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:54.759 I have. 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.680 No idea. 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.720 What to do. 00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:58.119 Or how to fix it. 00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.819 And nothing is working. 00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:02.559 I would get up. 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.419 When it was dark. 00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.339 I would spend. 00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.539 Hours. 00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:07.179 Before the Lord. 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.839 Praying. 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.740 Calling on him. 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.519 Pleading. 00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:11.779 And. 00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.099 Not just. 00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.779 Every once in a while. 00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:15.179 Day after day. 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.879 After day. 00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.960 After month. 00:30:17.899 --> 00:30:18.419 Hours. 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.399 Before him. 00:30:19.740 --> 00:30:20.439 Desperate. 00:30:21.099 --> 00:30:21.379 Lord. 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.939 I'm. 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.640 I will get up early. 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.220 I will. 00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:26.000 Call out to you for hours. 00:30:26.100 --> 00:30:26.820 I'm desperate. 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.340 And. 00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:28.240 Every day. 00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:29.320 I would end. 00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.799 More discouraged. 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.799 Than when I began. 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.519 Because it really. 00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:35.400 It wasn't calling out to God. 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.420 It was whining. 00:30:36.580 --> 00:30:37.680 And complaining to God. 00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.920 After dinner. 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.480 I would go to bed. 00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.380 Because I wanted. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.259 To be. 00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:46.700 Unconscious. 00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:53.360 It was starting to affect. 00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.380 My health. 00:30:58.779 --> 00:31:00.580 And God brought a number of. 00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:02.140 Streams together. 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:04.500 But the most prominent. 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.799 Was to learn. 00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.200 What it says. 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.620 In verse 18. 00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:14.279 To learn that. 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:17.180 I have a responsibility. 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:20.640 To be joyful. 00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:23.019 I'm not waiting. 00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:23.680 Waiting for God. 00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.680 To make things. 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.240 Better. 00:31:25.940 --> 00:31:26.820 And likable. 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:30.320 Now I can have joy. 00:31:31.580 --> 00:31:31.940 No. 00:31:32.100 --> 00:31:32.360 It's. 00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:33.640 It's my responsibility. 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.920 To pursue it. 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.759 Because. 00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:39.460 Everything in the gospel. 00:31:39.840 --> 00:31:40.440 Is true. 00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.519 And greater. 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:43.220 Than I can imagine. 00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.700 And when I began. 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.820 To turn. 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:49.080 All that time. 00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.840 Of whining. 00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.980 And complaining. 00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.900 And crying. 00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:52.380 Out. 00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:53.360 And woe is me. 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.340 And it's so bad. 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.900 And God. 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:56.259 When are you going to change it? 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.640 When are you going to fix it? 00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.640 And. 00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:00.160 I stopped. 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.500 For long. 00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.080 I didn't even ask God. 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.720 Of anything. 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:05.680 I just worshipped. 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.140 And those. 00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:08.019 Mornings. 00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:09.000 I would come. 00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.340 And just. 00:32:11.220 --> 00:32:12.200 Speak of him. 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.940 And think. 00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:14.740 I would take a different. 00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.680 Theme. 00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:16.840 Different days. 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.240 Something. 00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.620 I'm just. 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:19.220 That God would come. 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.880 In flesh. 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:21.019 Or what it meant. 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.559 For Jesus. 00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.759 To take our sin. 00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:24.059 Or if the glory coming. 00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.620 I would just. 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.000 Fill my mind. 00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.880 And spend it all. 00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:28.519 Thinking. 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:28.920 And. 00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:30.620 Worshipping him. 00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.279 Before then. 00:32:37.500 --> 00:32:38.779 When I would wake up. 00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:43.559 As soon as my foot. 00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.259 Hit the floor. 00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.339 Or. 00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:46.160 I wasn't even past. 00:32:46.279 --> 00:32:47.200 The end of my bed. 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.200 Every morning. 00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.279 The voices would start. 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.900 Of accusation. 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:54.039 So when I would. 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.819 Go. 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:56.240 In my study to pray. 00:32:56.359 --> 00:32:57.579 I had already been hearing. 00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.799 All the accusation. 00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.019 You're a failure. 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.680 The church is going to ruin. 00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:05.140 It's been built up. 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.460 By those before you. 00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.400 And you're going to. 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.480 Tear it down. 00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:10.700 And I would just. 00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:12.859 Hear accusation. 00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.640 And then. 00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:17.279 After this. 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.039 I don't remember. 00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:19.420 How long it was. 00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:21.220 And. 00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.640 The timing of this. 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.440 Actually was. 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.220 The first time. 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.059 I went to a. 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.440 Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference. 00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:30.119 And along with this passage. 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.240 And discovering. 00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:32.359 Sovereign Grace Music. 00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.779 And. 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.240 At one moment. 00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:39.319 During one of the sessions. 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:41.379 I don't remember. 00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.720 What the teaching was on. 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.460 Or who was teaching. 00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:44.259 I just remember. 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.179 Thinking. 00:33:46.179 --> 00:33:46.519 This. 00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:48.059 Realizing the thought. 00:33:48.159 --> 00:33:48.879 That just came to me. 00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.799 Has nothing to do. 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.799 With what's being taught. 00:33:51.439 --> 00:33:52.119 So it was just. 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.639 God. 00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.539 In this moment. 00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.839 Just striking me. 00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:55.819 With this seemingly. 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.960 Random thought. 00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:57.839 Which was. 00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.279 You've been a pastor. 00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:01.159 All these years. 00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:02.700 And you've never studied. 00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.819 Or read about worship. 00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:06.519 And it struck me as. 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:08.280 How could that be? 00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.539 How could I have spent. 00:34:11.539 --> 00:34:12.759 All this time. 00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:15.099 And never seriously. 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.559 Studied. 00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:18.400 Or thought about worship. 00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:21.000 So from the. 00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:22.420 Listening to. 00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:24.360 To good worship music. 00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:26.400 Every day. 00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.340 And in. 00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:29.480 Thinking of. 00:34:29.800 --> 00:34:30.480 Taking joy. 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.800 And seeing myself. 00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.539 Fundamentally. 00:34:32.699 --> 00:34:33.800 I am a worshiper. 00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:35.840 That is my most basic identity. 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:37.260 I am a worshiper. 00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.500 And I can remember. 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.240 The morning. 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.340 When I realized. 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.320 That. 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.039 When I got out of bed. 00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:50.400 And was making my way. 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.480 To the place of prayer. 00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:53.280 It wasn't accusations. 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.740 That were in my mind anymore. 00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:56.579 It was the words of songs. 00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.100 People began. 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:04.120 To tell me. 00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:04.519 I'm a. 00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.039 Your preaching is different. 00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:08.740 I'm not sure what it is. 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.840 My wife. 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:13.300 Could see a difference. 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:16.000 And I could see a difference. 00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.840 And. 00:35:17.640 --> 00:35:17.860 You know. 00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:22.100 The circumstances. 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:23.079 And situations. 00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.940 That had led. 00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:25.100 To all that sorrow. 00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.200 Didn't. 00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.480 Change. 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.460 At all. 00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:30.579 Indeed. 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:33.440 They just continued on for years. 00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.819 Unending. 00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.420 Pressing in. 00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.880 And yet. 00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.900 My whole. 00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.539 Approach. 00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.360 To the Lord. 00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.019 To preaching. 00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.259 To life. 00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.860 Has. 00:35:52.319 --> 00:35:52.599 Been. 00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.779 Changed. 00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:57.960 By the gracious. 00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.840 Mercy. 00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.100 Of God. 00:36:01.240 --> 00:36:01.700 To. 00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.760 I've been raised in. 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.519 Hearing the gospel. 00:36:05.740 --> 00:36:06.600 Preaching the gospel. 00:36:06.900 --> 00:36:07.360 To say. 00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.880 Be gospel centered. 00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.900 I thought I was. 00:36:10.100 --> 00:36:11.720 Because we were giving the gospel. 00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:13.620 But I really wasn't. 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.840 Because I wasn't. 00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:16.360 Applying the gospel. 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.920 To. 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:19.079 How I was. 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.519 Thinking. 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.280 The gospel. 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.220 Is what you gave. 00:36:21.320 --> 00:36:21.800 To those. 00:36:22.140 --> 00:36:23.220 Horrible people out there. 00:36:23.300 --> 00:36:24.079 Who needed Jesus. 00:36:24.620 --> 00:36:25.579 In their desperation. 00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.500 It wasn't. 00:36:26.620 --> 00:36:27.480 Applying it to. 00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.800 My own soul. 00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:35.559 We have a. 00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:36.900 Responsibility. 00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:41.220 To take joy. 00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.260 In the Lord. 00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.860 Because. 00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:47.220 Of what we have. 00:36:47.220 --> 00:36:47.760 In him. 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.800 Because of who he is. 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:52.680 In all of his greatness. 00:36:52.680 --> 00:36:53.539 And glory. 00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.400 And this God. 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:55.920 Of greatness. 00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.680 And glory. 00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:57.640 Is not. 00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:59.079 A far off. 00:36:59.320 --> 00:36:59.680 God. 00:36:59.880 --> 00:37:00.960 He's not a God. 00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.880 That looks at us. 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.660 With judgment. 00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.260 He is the God. 00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:04.800 Who says. 00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:06.480 You are my beloved. 00:37:07.180 --> 00:37:08.220 And you are mine. 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:08.720 Forever. 00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:10.400 And so. 00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.460 To take. 00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.300 Joy. 00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.300 From. 00:37:13.300 --> 00:37:15.160 The truth. 00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.720 That's all. 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:17.500 This really is. 00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.900 This is really. 00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.700 A matter of just. 00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:21.060 Seeing the truth. 00:37:21.640 --> 00:37:22.360 And letting. 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:24.019 The truth. 00:37:24.780 --> 00:37:25.340 Be. 00:37:25.700 --> 00:37:26.700 What affects us. 00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.140 And. 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:28.460 The truth. 00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.300 Is. 00:37:29.440 --> 00:37:29.920 We have. 00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:30.740 Far. 00:37:31.120 --> 00:37:31.400 Greater. 00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:31.960 Reason. 00:37:32.120 --> 00:37:32.820 For joy. 00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.500 Even. 00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.340 When everything. 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:35.960 Around us. 00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.720 Is going wrong. 00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:41.000 That. 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:41.919 This doesn't mean. 00:37:42.219 --> 00:37:43.119 We never have sorrow. 00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:43.879 Before God. 00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:45.659 Some things. 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:46.459 Are sorrowful. 00:37:48.099 --> 00:37:49.019 And the Bible. 00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.379 Says. 00:37:49.439 --> 00:37:49.959 There's a time. 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:50.559 To cry. 00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.299 And. 00:37:52.459 --> 00:37:53.419 We cannot. 00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.239 Properly. 00:37:54.399 --> 00:37:54.759 Care. 00:37:54.959 --> 00:37:55.759 For people. 00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:57.559 If we don't. 00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.139 Suffer. 00:37:58.259 --> 00:37:58.719 With them. 00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:00.799 First. 00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.259 Corinthians. 00:38:01.399 --> 00:38:01.779 Twelve. 00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.559 We mourn. 00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.500 With those who mourn. 00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.980 Christians. 00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.639 Who come. 00:38:05.759 --> 00:38:06.559 Alongside. 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.820 Those who are hurting. 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.739 And just try to. 00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:10.079 We think. 00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:11.460 We'll make them feel better. 00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:14.840 We make them feel worse. 00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:15.340 Because. 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:17.380 We're. 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:19.239 As if we're minimizing. 00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:20.320 Their pain. 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.820 So they can't. 00:38:21.820 --> 00:38:22.539 Own the fact. 00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.779 That this just hurts. 00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.920 So we. 00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:27.940 We enter into the pain. 00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.360 Of others. 00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.119 We mourn. 00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:29.759 With others. 00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:30.759 There's a time. 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.539 To cry. 00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.639 Joy. 00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:35.840 And. 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.400 Our joy. 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.920 At times. 00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.719 Is muted. 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.400 Some. 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:40.460 But. 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:40.759 As. 00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:42.119 John Piper says. 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.079 It should be. 00:38:43.239 --> 00:38:43.920 Indestructible. 00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:45.360 Our joy. 00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.460 Is indestructible. 00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.500 Because the reasons. 00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:48.420 For our joy. 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.480 Are indestructible. 00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.699 The realities. 00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:53.139 Of what we're joyful. 00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:53.820 About. 00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:56.420 Are indestructible. 00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:58.480 Because Christ is. 00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.860 And his kingdom is. 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.519 And our salvation is. 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.860 And his promise is. 00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:07.360 And so learning the skills. 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:08.860 It's one thing to say. 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:12.320 Take joy in our salvation. 00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.820 Pursue that. 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:16.500 Well how do we do that? 00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.500 And it's not a. 00:39:18.500 --> 00:39:18.840 You know. 00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.400 Okay. 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:21.440 I'm going to give you the three things. 00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:23.200 You just do these. 00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:24.980 And by the end of next week. 00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.380 You'll get it. 00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.660 You'll. 00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.579 You'll be there. 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:31.800 We all recognize. 00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:32.820 That. 00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.579 There are certain. 00:39:35.140 --> 00:39:36.059 Things worth. 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:36.700 Becoming. 00:39:37.160 --> 00:39:38.000 Skilled at. 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.660 That we seek. 00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.140 To be. 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.860 Skilled at. 00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:44.140 Means. 00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.940 Learning. 00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:46.380 The nuance. 00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:46.800 Of it. 00:39:47.200 --> 00:39:47.880 Pursuing it. 00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:48.420 Doing it. 00:39:48.500 --> 00:39:48.900 Over and over. 00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.320 Bob Coughlin. 00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:52.720 Founder of Sovereign Grace Music. 00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.160 He'll say. 00:39:53.240 --> 00:39:54.059 People come up to him. 00:39:54.140 --> 00:39:54.519 All the time. 00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:54.700 And say. 00:39:54.900 --> 00:39:56.119 Oh I wish I could play. 00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:57.179 The piano like you. 00:39:57.819 --> 00:39:58.219 And he says. 00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.699 You can. 00:39:59.420 --> 00:39:59.699 He says. 00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.599 All you have to do. 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.039 Is. 00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:02.299 Spend. 00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.579 Three to four hours. 00:40:03.859 --> 00:40:04.420 Every day. 00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.000 At the piano. 00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.960 For five years. 00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.619 And you'll be like me. 00:40:09.139 --> 00:40:10.079 What people are saying. 00:40:10.139 --> 00:40:11.099 I just want it to happen. 00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.380 Well. 00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.460 It didn't just happen. 00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:13.900 For him. 00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:15.480 He spent three or four hours. 00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:15.900 A day. 00:40:16.039 --> 00:40:16.420 Every day. 00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.199 For five years. 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:22.019 I can't give you. 00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:24.419 Do these things. 00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:26.039 And it will happen. 00:40:27.299 --> 00:40:29.619 What I can encourage you is. 00:40:29.879 --> 00:40:32.739 That it's worth learning to be skilled. 00:40:33.159 --> 00:40:35.319 At the pursuit of the person of God. 00:40:35.320 --> 00:40:35.380 God. 00:40:37.660 --> 00:40:38.720 I can say. 00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:39.700 It involves. 00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.140 For me. 00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:44.120 A long season. 00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.940 Long season. 00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:48.240 Where I barely asked anything of God. 00:40:48.700 --> 00:40:49.660 He knows. 00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:52.440 And it's not that I never asked. 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:54.380 But my focus was. 00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:56.500 Was offering praise. 00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.140 And worship. 00:40:57.340 --> 00:40:58.620 And just working on that. 00:40:58.700 --> 00:40:58.940 And that. 00:40:59.240 --> 00:41:01.039 That's where theology is needed. 00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:04.699 If our theology is shallow. 00:41:04.840 --> 00:41:06.079 We don't have much to say. 00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.759 Or think about. 00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:08.480 In terms of worship. 00:41:10.300 --> 00:41:11.179 The more. 00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:12.420 Our theology. 00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:13.639 Runs deep. 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.079 There's more. 00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:16.219 That we understand. 00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:17.199 And there's much more. 00:41:17.279 --> 00:41:17.840 We have to say. 00:41:17.900 --> 00:41:18.539 Back to God. 00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:18.739 And. 00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:21.159 The thankfulness. 00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.059 For Sean. 00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.840 The theology committee. 00:41:24.380 --> 00:41:25.800 In the new statement of faith. 00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.099 If. 00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.019 Your church. 00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.139 Sees that. 00:41:29.219 --> 00:41:29.800 Aware of it. 00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:32.140 Reading through. 00:41:32.260 --> 00:41:33.080 And praying over. 00:41:33.160 --> 00:41:33.960 The statement of faith. 00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:35.140 That would be one thing. 00:41:35.900 --> 00:41:37.060 Just taking it. 00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:38.720 And phrase by phrase. 00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:40.560 Reading that phrase. 00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.920 Each phrase. 00:41:42.060 --> 00:41:43.039 Is dense. 00:41:43.580 --> 00:41:44.820 God glorifying. 00:41:45.160 --> 00:41:45.500 And just. 00:41:45.660 --> 00:41:46.460 Let your mind. 00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:47.519 Think about. 00:41:48.700 --> 00:41:49.539 All that. 00:41:49.700 --> 00:41:51.019 Is in that. 00:41:51.160 --> 00:41:51.820 And praying. 00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:53.019 Over that. 00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.140 Listening. 00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:57.680 To. 00:41:58.560 --> 00:41:59.280 Worship music. 00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.900 That has some depth. 00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:01.480 To it. 00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.820 Allowing that. 00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.300 Being around. 00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:04.920 People. 00:42:05.160 --> 00:42:05.420 Who. 00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.300 Love the Lord. 00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:07.480 Just talking about. 00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:08.500 What God is doing. 00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:14.300 When we talk about. 00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:15.220 To each other. 00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:16.320 Even the simple things. 00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:17.540 What we're seeing God do. 00:42:17.600 --> 00:42:18.860 Or what we're thankful of. 00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.320 Or what we. 00:42:19.440 --> 00:42:20.120 How many times. 00:42:20.200 --> 00:42:21.120 Do we see something. 00:42:21.120 --> 00:42:21.740 In someone. 00:42:22.140 --> 00:42:22.620 And we think. 00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:23.900 I really appreciate it. 00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.860 We just never say it. 00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:26.140 We. 00:42:26.139 --> 00:42:27.000 We see it. 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.500 Acknowledge. 00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:28.199 We never say it. 00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:29.239 The more we share. 00:42:29.319 --> 00:42:30.319 What is going on. 00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:31.739 What it does is. 00:42:32.219 --> 00:42:34.119 We start becoming more aware. 00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:35.759 Of how active God is. 00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:37.699 As we're communicating. 00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:38.579 To each other. 00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:40.000 The little things. 00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:40.960 God is doing. 00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:42.239 And. 00:42:42.759 --> 00:42:43.519 We start realizing. 00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:43.940 Wow. 00:42:44.179 --> 00:42:45.539 God really is busy. 00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.519 God's active. 00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:48.279 Speaking of it. 00:42:48.339 --> 00:42:49.119 With each other. 00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:54.039 Reading the Bible. 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:56.500 Not to get done. 00:42:57.199 --> 00:42:57.880 The section. 00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:58.239 Today. 00:42:58.699 --> 00:42:59.159 Reading. 00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:01.420 God's speaking to me. 00:43:01.799 --> 00:43:03.380 What is God saying to me. 00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:05.339 And finding the ways. 00:43:05.480 --> 00:43:06.139 That help you. 00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:06.719 But. 00:43:07.299 --> 00:43:09.400 Seek to be skilled. 00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:12.659 At being a worshiper. 00:43:13.599 --> 00:43:14.719 At being someone. 00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:15.679 Who's pursuing. 00:43:16.299 --> 00:43:16.739 Joy. 00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:16.819 Joy. 00:43:18.019 --> 00:43:18.399 And. 00:43:18.899 --> 00:43:19.899 Outside of. 00:43:20.419 --> 00:43:20.979 Salvation. 00:43:21.319 --> 00:43:22.079 Itself. 00:43:22.899 --> 00:43:23.559 Nothing. 00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:24.859 Has served. 00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:25.559 Me. 00:43:26.159 --> 00:43:26.459 Better. 00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:27.479 In. 00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.559 All life. 00:43:28.619 --> 00:43:29.279 And ministry. 00:43:29.979 --> 00:43:30.879 Than this. 00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:32.179 Passage. 00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:33.059 Than this. 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:34.159 Verse. 00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:38.019 And the importance of this. 00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:39.479 I'll close with this thought. 00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:43.399 The importance of being people. 00:43:43.619 --> 00:43:44.699 Who pursue joy. 00:43:44.799 --> 00:43:45.759 Who take joy. 00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:48.920 It's not just for yourselves. 00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:53.220 Because everyone. 00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:54.920 Around you. 00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.360 Has pain. 00:43:58.660 --> 00:43:59.300 Everyone. 00:44:02.580 --> 00:44:03.920 We're covering it. 00:44:04.340 --> 00:44:05.380 We're pushing it down. 00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:06.440 We're ignoring it. 00:44:06.820 --> 00:44:09.380 You don't have to press too deeply. 00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:11.420 And pain. 00:44:12.040 --> 00:44:12.680 Comes out. 00:44:12.679 --> 00:44:13.679 Everyone. 00:44:15.839 --> 00:44:17.879 Everyone is struggling for answers. 00:44:20.299 --> 00:44:21.519 When people. 00:44:21.940 --> 00:44:22.299 See. 00:44:22.559 --> 00:44:23.239 Your joy. 00:44:23.319 --> 00:44:23.879 And hardship. 00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:27.420 How could that be. 00:44:30.039 --> 00:44:30.599 Unbelievers. 00:44:30.599 --> 00:44:30.640 Unbelievers. 00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:31.220 Want to know. 00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:31.840 Why. 00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.400 How. 00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.400 Believers. 00:44:33.400 --> 00:44:34.280 Are encouraged. 00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:35.760 Their faith is strengthened. 00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.480 As they remember. 00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:37.019 Yes. 00:44:37.420 --> 00:44:38.599 The gospel is true. 00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:39.780 God. 00:44:39.780 --> 00:44:40.840 Is glorified. 00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:42.260 And then our soul. 00:44:42.500 --> 00:44:43.740 Is further enriched. 00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:44.739 God. 00:44:44.739 --> 00:44:45.019 God. 00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.059 God. 00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:46.179 Will use us. 00:44:49.579 --> 00:44:51.459 I enjoy being with pastors. 00:44:51.599 --> 00:44:51.979 I spend. 00:44:52.439 --> 00:44:53.259 Time with pastors. 00:44:53.259 --> 00:44:53.979 All the time. 00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:56.299 And. 00:44:58.299 --> 00:44:59.959 I would hear from pastors. 00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:00.539 When I would. 00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:01.299 We'd have lunch. 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.739 That. 00:45:01.939 --> 00:45:02.819 They were encouraged. 00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:04.340 And it would always amaze me. 00:45:04.420 --> 00:45:04.620 I'm thinking. 00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.140 Why? 00:45:05.680 --> 00:45:05.860 Well. 00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:07.140 We just talked about stuff. 00:45:07.920 --> 00:45:09.080 And they would say it. 00:45:09.080 --> 00:45:10.800 As though something meaningful happened. 00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.500 And I'm wondering. 00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:14.340 What am I missing? 00:45:15.240 --> 00:45:15.620 What. 00:45:16.080 --> 00:45:17.280 What was so great? 00:45:18.140 --> 00:45:19.380 Then I realized. 00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:19.820 It was. 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:23.860 I was seeking to. 00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:24.820 Be. 00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:26.940 Struggle forward. 00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:27.980 In conversation. 00:45:28.500 --> 00:45:29.600 Rather than the typical. 00:45:29.600 --> 00:45:30.420 Pastor thing. 00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:31.460 Where you're trying to impress. 00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.380 With how many you have. 00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:33.920 Or how well your programs go. 00:45:34.180 --> 00:45:34.260 Or. 00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:35.220 Of just. 00:45:35.780 --> 00:45:36.220 Leading. 00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:36.600 Yeah. 00:45:36.640 --> 00:45:37.340 These are things. 00:45:37.480 --> 00:45:38.580 We're struggling with. 00:45:38.600 --> 00:45:39.140 And weakness. 00:45:39.140 --> 00:45:39.660 And. 00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:41.300 And then just answering. 00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:41.860 With. 00:45:42.640 --> 00:45:43.580 God's goodness. 00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:45.380 But he's good in all this. 00:45:45.980 --> 00:45:47.019 And I began seeing. 00:45:47.240 --> 00:45:48.500 How much that was affecting. 00:45:48.860 --> 00:45:49.519 Other men. 00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.380 Who were thinking. 00:45:50.380 --> 00:45:51.759 They had to hide behind. 00:45:52.460 --> 00:45:53.179 Success. 00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:57.920 We don't need to hide. 00:45:58.179 --> 00:45:58.579 Behind. 00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.739 Success. 00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:02.579 We just need to be honest. 00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:03.360 About. 00:46:03.719 --> 00:46:04.119 Christ. 00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:06.099 And what he is. 00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:07.659 And who he is. 00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.800 Because that's. 00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.320 What. 00:46:09.739 --> 00:46:09.960 The. 00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.639 World. 00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:11.759 Needs. 00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:14.300 Let's pray. 00:46:15.300 --> 00:46:16.420 Heavenly Father. 00:46:17.300 --> 00:46:19.400 I thank you for these. 00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:20.079 Whom. 00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:22.500 You have so wonderfully. 00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.099 Fully. 00:46:23.099 --> 00:46:23.179 Gloriously. 00:46:23.179 --> 00:46:23.860 Gloriously. 00:46:23.860 --> 00:46:24.739 Saved. 00:46:25.579 --> 00:46:26.900 These lives. 00:46:28.780 --> 00:46:31.079 That are delight to you. 00:46:31.940 --> 00:46:33.579 These people whom. 00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:36.039 Zephaniah has said. 00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:37.719 You sing over them. 00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:39.360 Your delight is so great. 00:46:40.960 --> 00:46:42.579 May they see. 00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.779 Oh. 00:46:43.779 --> 00:46:45.920 How rich and full is this love. 00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:48.500 May they see. 00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:51.420 The depth and breadth. 00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:52.900 Of the gospel. 00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:55.340 How much is true of them. 00:46:55.559 --> 00:46:56.139 For them. 00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:57.619 And in that. 00:46:58.319 --> 00:46:59.860 Their hearts would be enriched. 00:47:00.019 --> 00:47:01.480 Their souls build up. 00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:03.480 You glorified. 00:47:03.639 --> 00:47:04.139 People impacted. 00:47:04.139 --> 00:47:05.059 Impacted. 00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:05.259 So. 00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:08.079 Help us each. 00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:09.239 Not just to be. 00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:10.799 Emotionally. 00:47:10.799 --> 00:47:11.639 Built up. 00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:13.980 By these messages. 00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.679 Or time. 00:47:14.799 --> 00:47:14.920 But. 00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:17.019 Help us to be instructed. 00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:18.699 Give us tools. 00:47:18.920 --> 00:47:19.679 Speak to us. 00:47:19.759 --> 00:47:20.299 In ways that. 00:47:20.699 --> 00:47:22.319 We can go forth. 00:47:22.759 --> 00:47:24.039 With practices. 00:47:24.279 --> 00:47:24.879 And habits. 00:47:24.879 --> 00:47:26.039 And ways of thinking. 00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:27.339 That truly do. 00:47:27.960 --> 00:47:29.400 Move how our life is lived. 00:47:29.400 --> 00:47:31.960 We ask for this grace. 00:47:32.300 --> 00:47:34.079 In the name of the one we know. 00:47:34.220 --> 00:47:35.579 Loves to give grace. 00:47:36.260 --> 00:47:36.619 In. 00:47:37.320 --> 00:47:37.700 Jesus. 00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:38.940 Name. 00:47:40.019 --> 00:47:40.400 Amen.