WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.839 Verse 21, verse 13 begins saying, 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:10.279 But as for me, my prayer is to you, O Lord, 00:00:10.820 --> 00:00:14.780 at an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of your steadfast love. 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:18.980 Answer me in your saving faithfulness. 00:00:19.580 --> 00:00:20.539 And so on. 00:00:21.580 --> 00:00:26.920 As I said earlier, this is our third time looking at this psalm, third of four. 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:29.780 So the next one will come to a conclusion. 00:00:29.940 --> 00:00:32.859 And as we've seen going through this psalm, 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:38.000 David is obviously in great distress and great turmoil in his situation. 00:00:38.740 --> 00:00:41.660 He's surrounded by enemies in so many different ways. 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:43.660 And there's mocking going on. 00:00:43.740 --> 00:00:44.400 He's suffering. 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:48.740 He feels overwhelmed and sinking in the midst of it all. 00:00:49.400 --> 00:00:52.740 We've seen that he came with a cry of trouble. 00:00:53.400 --> 00:00:55.500 The psalm opens with these words, 00:00:55.920 --> 00:00:59.020 Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck. 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:02.680 There's obviously just something major going on around him. 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:05.240 He has a confession himself. 00:01:06.480 --> 00:01:09.299 He's looking not at just others around him. 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:14.620 He's looking within himself and looking and seeing the faults within his own heart. 00:01:14.840 --> 00:01:16.960 But he's crying out in the midst of that, 00:01:17.100 --> 00:01:22.540 Don't let me be a stumbling block in any way to those who are your people 00:01:22.540 --> 00:01:25.040 or those who would become your people, 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:27.580 that my witness would not fail. 00:01:28.580 --> 00:01:30.680 And then the last time we were looking at this psalm, 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:35.000 we saw how his focus is towards God. 00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:37.700 He remembers who he's praying to. 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:44.400 He recognizes the reproach, the unjust suffering he is going through. 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:50.219 It's all because, as we saw, for his seal for God. 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:53.100 He's not turning his back on God. 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:56.260 He's not allowing, although he feels overwhelmed, 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:01.000 he's not allowing the people to defeat him in any way. 00:02:01.080 --> 00:02:04.760 His focus is always towards God. 00:02:05.560 --> 00:02:07.160 He is close to God. 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:13.759 That's a great reminder to ourselves that we need to be close to God ourselves at all times. 00:02:14.079 --> 00:02:17.000 Because when we feel these times of being overwhelmed, 00:02:17.379 --> 00:02:21.079 if we have been distant from God in the good times, 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:26.359 how are we going to be able to draw near to God when the going gets tough, as it were? 00:02:26.460 --> 00:02:31.280 So we are to be faithful and close to God at all times. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:37.580 As I mentioned as well, this psalm, it's not just a psalm about David. 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:40.699 It's not just a psalm about his suffering. 00:02:41.300 --> 00:02:45.319 It's a psalm that points us forward to the New Testament 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:51.080 and always pointing us to the Lord Jesus Christ and his suffering. 00:02:52.340 --> 00:02:56.139 And it's something we want to further reflect on this evening, 00:02:56.139 --> 00:03:02.359 the suffering of Jesus in the midst of the suffering of David as well. 00:03:02.679 --> 00:03:07.679 And especially as we think of approaching a communion weekend in just over a week, 00:03:08.359 --> 00:03:13.359 we want to always be preparing our hearts as we come to worship God. 00:03:13.419 --> 00:03:19.560 But especially at a time of communion when we are focused on the death of Christ, 00:03:20.339 --> 00:03:21.719 the cross of Christ. 00:03:22.599 --> 00:03:24.099 We are always focused on that. 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:28.900 But when we take communion, we are remembering his death in that particular way 00:03:28.900 --> 00:03:31.840 as we take the bread and take the wine. 00:03:33.299 --> 00:03:38.240 This psalm is a prayer, a prayer that David is offering up. 00:03:38.359 --> 00:03:42.400 And although we would always love to have nicely polished prayers 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:46.199 and eloquent prayers where everything just flows from us, 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:49.799 we know so often that that is not the case. 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:54.880 We know so often we can come even as David is coming here, 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:59.160 just where everything seems to be just overwhelming him. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:03.700 As we saw before, there's almost like there's not much structure in this psalm. 00:04:03.760 --> 00:04:06.439 He's just jumping from one thing to another. 00:04:07.560 --> 00:04:09.800 And yet as you go through this psalm, 00:04:09.900 --> 00:04:12.380 especially as we come to the last part of it, 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:17.540 you see that as he's coming near, although he seems disorganized in the start, 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:21.500 there is always this just coming in towards God. 00:04:21.819 --> 00:04:23.259 God calming him. 00:04:23.899 --> 00:04:25.240 God reassuring him. 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:26.939 God comforting him. 00:04:27.060 --> 00:04:30.899 And eventually, as we'll see, he comes praising God. 00:04:30.899 --> 00:04:34.319 And that's really what prayer does. 00:04:34.979 --> 00:04:39.539 Even when we feel distracted, even when we think we're disorganized so much, 00:04:39.979 --> 00:04:42.879 prayer can calm us as we come close to God. 00:04:43.239 --> 00:04:45.859 So we come to that point where we praise him, 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:50.839 that he is with us and that he hears our prayer. 00:04:51.560 --> 00:04:55.259 And especially so as we come just to look at Christ, 00:04:56.159 --> 00:04:58.120 to gaze on the beauty of Christ, 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.720 to see the cross of Christ 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.980 in all the reality, in all the horror. 00:05:04.920 --> 00:05:07.259 And yet there he died for sinners, 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:11.240 that we might have life and have peace through him. 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:16.680 So we continue to see the situation of David here. 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:19.399 And just as we come into verse 13, 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:23.939 verse 12 just reminds us of the situation he was in. 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:26.780 I am the talk of those who sit in the gate 00:05:26.779 --> 00:05:30.639 and the drunkards make songs about me. 00:05:31.079 --> 00:05:34.359 The gate was a place where so many of the people met. 00:05:34.419 --> 00:05:38.179 It was like a council chamber almost. 00:05:38.299 --> 00:05:40.439 The important people would gather there 00:05:40.439 --> 00:05:43.539 and they would talk about all the different things that were going on. 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.899 So they were all talking about David, 00:05:45.979 --> 00:05:47.199 the important people. 00:05:47.299 --> 00:05:49.479 But also, it says the drunkards, 00:05:49.559 --> 00:05:52.959 even the drunkards are making songs about me. 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:55.439 He was the talk of the town, 00:05:55.939 --> 00:05:58.259 ridiculed in so many ways. 00:05:58.359 --> 00:06:00.219 But look at what it says in verse 13. 00:06:01.219 --> 00:06:02.519 But as for me, 00:06:03.159 --> 00:06:04.719 my prayer is to you, 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:05.819 O Lord. 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:09.399 And so there's two things we want to see this evening. 00:06:10.039 --> 00:06:10.740 First of all, 00:06:10.779 --> 00:06:11.620 we're going to see, 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:12.399 again, 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:14.939 just the cry of David. 00:06:15.620 --> 00:06:16.319 The cry 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:18.319 and then the cup. 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:20.040 The cry and the cup. 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:20.939 His cry, 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:23.839 but also his portion at this time. 00:06:23.899 --> 00:06:27.399 And we'll see just how that ties in with our Lord Jesus. 00:06:28.099 --> 00:06:28.860 His cry 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:31.159 and the cup he had to bear 00:06:31.159 --> 00:06:32.459 for us. 00:06:33.540 --> 00:06:35.860 When you read through verse 13 00:06:35.860 --> 00:06:38.740 down to verse 18, 00:06:39.500 --> 00:06:40.759 you see there 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:42.420 David's prayer 00:06:42.420 --> 00:06:44.319 just pouring his heart out 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:45.339 to God. 00:06:45.339 --> 00:06:47.799 And it seems in some ways 00:06:47.799 --> 00:06:48.500 to start 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:50.819 in a calm kind of way initially. 00:06:52.039 --> 00:06:52.459 Yes, 00:06:52.539 --> 00:06:53.859 that there's much trouble. 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:55.560 He's crying out 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:56.959 to my prayer 00:06:56.959 --> 00:06:57.679 to be heard, 00:06:57.779 --> 00:06:58.199 O Lord. 00:06:58.719 --> 00:06:59.579 But he says, 00:06:59.699 --> 00:07:01.919 at an acceptable time. 00:07:03.419 --> 00:07:04.079 It's almost like, 00:07:04.539 --> 00:07:05.799 I don't want to trouble you 00:07:05.799 --> 00:07:06.579 just now, 00:07:06.679 --> 00:07:06.919 God, 00:07:06.979 --> 00:07:07.120 but 00:07:07.120 --> 00:07:09.519 at an acceptable time, 00:07:10.099 --> 00:07:10.579 O God, 00:07:10.620 --> 00:07:11.299 in the abundance 00:07:11.299 --> 00:07:12.859 of your steadfast love, 00:07:13.479 --> 00:07:14.359 answer me 00:07:14.359 --> 00:07:15.159 in your saving. 00:07:15.339 --> 00:07:16.639 faithfulness. 00:07:17.719 --> 00:07:18.500 He seems 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:20.119 quite composed. 00:07:21.159 --> 00:07:21.759 But then, 00:07:22.119 --> 00:07:23.639 the further down you go, 00:07:24.119 --> 00:07:25.079 verse 16, 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:25.659 he's saying, 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:26.859 answer me, 00:07:26.959 --> 00:07:27.259 Lord, 00:07:27.919 --> 00:07:28.500 O Lord, 00:07:28.979 --> 00:07:30.799 for your steadfast love 00:07:30.799 --> 00:07:31.319 is good. 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:32.000 So again, 00:07:32.479 --> 00:07:33.599 maybe just a little bit 00:07:33.599 --> 00:07:34.679 more haste here, 00:07:34.719 --> 00:07:35.319 but he's still 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:36.699 focused on 00:07:36.699 --> 00:07:37.519 the love 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:38.899 of God. 00:07:38.899 --> 00:07:38.939 God. 00:07:40.159 --> 00:07:40.959 But then, 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:42.599 you see, 00:07:43.359 --> 00:07:44.359 in verse 17, 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:45.319 the end of verse 17, 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:45.739 he's saying, 00:07:45.819 --> 00:07:46.959 hide not your face 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:47.599 from your servant, 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:49.019 for I am in distress. 00:07:49.159 --> 00:07:49.919 Make haste 00:07:49.919 --> 00:07:51.199 to answer me. 00:07:52.359 --> 00:07:53.299 So it's almost like 00:07:53.299 --> 00:07:53.919 he's just going 00:07:53.919 --> 00:07:54.779 through this, 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:56.019 in your own time, 00:07:56.139 --> 00:07:56.439 God, 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:58.439 answer me, 00:07:58.639 --> 00:07:59.699 and then make haste 00:07:59.699 --> 00:08:00.519 and answer me. 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:02.199 What's keeping you? 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:04.899 But he's not 00:08:04.899 --> 00:08:06.500 losing hope 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:07.060 in it. 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:09.060 And what we find 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:09.659 is that 00:08:09.659 --> 00:08:11.099 he is still 00:08:11.099 --> 00:08:12.659 specific in prayer 00:08:12.659 --> 00:08:13.699 and focusing 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:14.259 on prayer 00:08:14.259 --> 00:08:15.099 and again, 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:16.039 it's just different 00:08:16.039 --> 00:08:17.139 ways that we can 00:08:17.139 --> 00:08:18.659 pray ourselves. 00:08:20.039 --> 00:08:20.839 We pray 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:22.000 the Lord's prayer 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:23.300 each Sunday 00:08:23.300 --> 00:08:24.860 and we pray 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:26.000 the Lord's 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:27.099 will be done. 00:08:28.180 --> 00:08:28.800 There's a sense 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:29.740 of patience 00:08:29.740 --> 00:08:30.959 in that prayer. 00:08:30.959 --> 00:08:32.559 your will be done. 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:34.240 We'll wait 00:08:34.240 --> 00:08:35.639 on your will. 00:08:35.980 --> 00:08:36.740 But that doesn't mean 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:37.220 that there isn't 00:08:37.220 --> 00:08:37.879 occasions 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:39.340 when we plead 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:40.579 with God, 00:08:40.939 --> 00:08:41.559 when we come 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:42.120 with a sense 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:43.059 of urgency 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:44.240 to God, 00:08:44.319 --> 00:08:44.779 when we need 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:45.679 almost an answer 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:46.740 immediately. 00:08:48.139 --> 00:08:49.059 We see it 00:08:49.059 --> 00:08:50.319 throughout the Psalms 00:08:50.319 --> 00:08:51.159 and in other prayers 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:51.939 in the scriptures. 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:53.600 The psalmist says 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:54.139 in other places, 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:55.740 make haste, 00:08:55.740 --> 00:08:56.799 come quickly. 00:08:56.939 --> 00:08:57.500 All of these 00:08:57.500 --> 00:08:58.379 kind of prayers 00:08:58.379 --> 00:08:59.639 are offered up 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:00.159 to God 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:01.019 where the sense 00:09:01.019 --> 00:09:01.259 is, 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:02.319 we need you 00:09:02.319 --> 00:09:02.740 now. 00:09:04.079 --> 00:09:04.919 We almost 00:09:04.919 --> 00:09:05.860 don't have time 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:06.480 to wait. 00:09:06.579 --> 00:09:07.500 We need you 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:07.919 now. 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:10.240 And so it's a 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:11.459 reminder to us 00:09:11.459 --> 00:09:12.519 that we can 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:14.379 pray in this 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:15.980 way as well. 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:17.879 Specific 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:18.600 prayers 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:20.000 to God. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:20.039 God. 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:21.399 And it doesn't 00:09:21.399 --> 00:09:21.940 mean that 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:22.980 he'll give us 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:24.820 exactly what 00:09:24.820 --> 00:09:25.419 we're asking 00:09:25.419 --> 00:09:26.779 for every 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:27.379 time. 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:29.340 But we 00:09:29.340 --> 00:09:30.000 plead with 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:30.539 him for an 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:30.940 answer. 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:32.440 And that 00:09:32.440 --> 00:09:33.159 he'll give 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:34.159 what we 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:34.559 need. 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:36.419 And this 00:09:36.419 --> 00:09:36.899 is an 00:09:36.899 --> 00:09:37.539 example, 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:38.539 as we see 00:09:38.539 --> 00:09:38.960 as you go 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:39.559 through this 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:39.799 Psalm, 00:09:39.899 --> 00:09:40.419 where David 00:09:40.419 --> 00:09:42.559 perhaps isn't, 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:43.259 his prayer 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:44.000 isn't answered 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:45.200 just as he 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:46.000 wants it. 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:46.919 because you 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:47.080 see, 00:09:47.139 --> 00:09:47.480 he's not 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:49.019 removed from 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:49.779 the situation 00:09:49.779 --> 00:09:50.120 of his 00:09:50.120 --> 00:09:50.919 enemies being 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:51.679 around him 00:09:51.679 --> 00:09:53.919 and slandering 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:54.259 him. 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:55.539 But what we 00:09:55.539 --> 00:09:56.000 see as we 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:56.679 go on is he 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:57.279 comes to a 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:57.700 point where 00:09:57.700 --> 00:09:58.600 he's able to 00:09:58.600 --> 00:09:59.659 praise God. 00:10:00.659 --> 00:10:01.259 God gives 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:01.779 him what he 00:10:01.779 --> 00:10:02.940 needs for 00:10:02.940 --> 00:10:03.799 this occasion. 00:10:04.539 --> 00:10:05.419 Not to remove 00:10:05.419 --> 00:10:06.299 the situation, 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:07.860 but to calm 00:10:07.860 --> 00:10:09.279 him in it. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.559 And so 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:13.779 it's okay 00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:15.399 for us to 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:16.279 plead earnestly 00:10:16.279 --> 00:10:17.100 to God. 00:10:18.100 --> 00:10:18.419 If you look 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:18.839 at the New 00:10:18.839 --> 00:10:20.500 Testament and 00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:21.459 instructions and 00:10:21.459 --> 00:10:22.019 prayer in the 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:22.699 New Testament, 00:10:23.419 --> 00:10:24.100 you notice 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:25.740 Jesus teaches 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:26.519 a parable. 00:10:27.240 --> 00:10:28.079 A parable in 00:10:28.079 --> 00:10:29.039 Luke 18 and 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:29.759 verse 1 where 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:30.159 it says, 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:30.699 and he told 00:10:30.699 --> 00:10:31.459 them a parable 00:10:31.459 --> 00:10:32.500 to the effect 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:33.000 that they ought 00:10:33.000 --> 00:10:34.019 always to pray 00:10:34.019 --> 00:10:35.199 and not lose 00:10:35.199 --> 00:10:35.779 heart. 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:37.899 And he uses 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:38.879 the example of 00:10:38.879 --> 00:10:39.480 a widow who 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:40.980 keeps bothering 00:10:40.980 --> 00:10:41.980 a master. 00:10:43.100 --> 00:10:43.519 And in verse 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:44.259 5 it says, 00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:44.980 yet because 00:10:44.980 --> 00:10:45.939 this widow kept 00:10:45.939 --> 00:10:46.539 bothering me, 00:10:46.820 --> 00:10:47.340 I will give 00:10:47.340 --> 00:10:48.279 her justice so 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:48.799 that she will 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:49.720 not beat me 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:50.539 down by her 00:10:50.539 --> 00:10:51.980 continual coming. 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.399 Jesus is there 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:54.139 talking about 00:10:54.139 --> 00:10:54.600 prayer. 00:10:55.779 --> 00:10:56.379 That if we 00:10:56.379 --> 00:10:57.320 almost keep 00:10:57.320 --> 00:10:58.580 pleading to 00:10:58.580 --> 00:10:59.399 God in prayer, 00:10:59.500 --> 00:11:00.080 we don't lose 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:01.519 heart in prayer 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:02.480 that yes, 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:03.259 he relents 00:11:03.259 --> 00:11:04.019 and answers 00:11:04.019 --> 00:11:05.320 our prayer. 00:11:06.740 --> 00:11:07.240 And this is 00:11:07.240 --> 00:11:08.860 based on who 00:11:08.860 --> 00:11:09.820 God is. 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:11.100 And that's 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.379 how David 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:13.080 is coming 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:14.139 to God 00:11:14.139 --> 00:11:14.680 in prayer 00:11:14.680 --> 00:11:15.340 at all times. 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:16.039 He's not losing 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:16.419 hope, 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:17.039 he's not losing 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:18.460 faith in God. 00:11:18.560 --> 00:11:19.320 You see it in 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:20.139 verse 16, 00:11:20.580 --> 00:11:21.279 answer me O 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:22.000 Lord for your 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:23.259 steadfast love 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:24.279 is good. 00:11:25.759 --> 00:11:26.519 According to 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:27.120 your abundant 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:27.759 mercy, 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:29.120 turn to me. 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:30.159 He knows 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:31.100 who he's 00:11:31.100 --> 00:11:32.019 praying to. 00:11:32.460 --> 00:11:33.100 He knows 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:33.960 God is a 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:34.399 God of 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.080 steadfast love, 00:11:36.080 --> 00:11:37.000 an unchanging 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:37.580 love. 00:11:38.500 --> 00:11:39.200 And he's a 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:39.600 God of 00:11:39.600 --> 00:11:39.960 mercy, 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:40.600 abundant 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:41.060 mercy. 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:42.600 So he 00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:43.300 knows God 00:11:43.300 --> 00:11:43.920 can give. 00:11:44.800 --> 00:11:45.200 And so he 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:46.020 keeps coming 00:11:46.020 --> 00:11:46.540 to him in 00:11:46.540 --> 00:11:47.220 this way. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.259 Never do you 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:48.440 see him 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:48.920 coming and 00:11:48.920 --> 00:11:49.000 say, 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:49.180 well, 00:11:49.420 --> 00:11:50.280 I'll do it 00:11:50.280 --> 00:11:50.840 myself, 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:51.120 Lord. 00:11:51.139 --> 00:11:51.460 You're not 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:51.960 doing it in 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:52.639 my time or 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:53.020 my way. 00:11:53.280 --> 00:11:53.740 I'll just 00:11:53.740 --> 00:11:54.300 have to do 00:11:54.300 --> 00:11:55.020 it myself. 00:11:55.620 --> 00:11:56.020 Even when 00:11:56.020 --> 00:11:56.639 he's asking, 00:11:57.180 --> 00:11:57.620 come in 00:11:57.620 --> 00:11:58.300 haste, 00:11:58.420 --> 00:11:59.139 make haste 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:00.020 to answer 00:12:00.020 --> 00:12:00.379 me, 00:12:01.040 --> 00:12:02.020 he's saying, 00:12:02.259 --> 00:12:03.040 hide not your 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:03.780 face from 00:12:03.779 --> 00:12:04.539 your servant. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:07.000 He's not 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:07.199 saying, 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:07.439 I'm going 00:12:07.439 --> 00:12:07.860 to do it 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:08.339 myself. 00:12:08.439 --> 00:12:08.939 He's always 00:12:08.939 --> 00:12:09.379 saying, 00:12:09.839 --> 00:12:10.059 Lord, 00:12:10.139 --> 00:12:10.459 I know 00:12:10.459 --> 00:12:11.019 only you 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:11.500 can do 00:12:11.500 --> 00:12:11.779 it. 00:12:12.439 --> 00:12:12.799 Answer 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:13.939 in your 00:12:13.939 --> 00:12:14.799 acceptable 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:15.259 time. 00:12:15.639 --> 00:12:16.000 Answer 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:16.299 me. 00:12:16.620 --> 00:12:17.319 Make haste 00:12:17.319 --> 00:12:17.740 to answer 00:12:17.740 --> 00:12:17.919 me. 00:12:17.980 --> 00:12:18.559 All these 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:19.019 different 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:19.819 situations, 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.159 he's still 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:22.279 trusting 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:23.379 God. 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:25.000 Because he 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:25.720 knows who 00:12:25.720 --> 00:12:26.799 God is. 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:27.860 He knows 00:12:27.860 --> 00:12:28.419 what God 00:12:28.419 --> 00:12:28.959 is able 00:12:28.959 --> 00:12:29.299 to do. 00:12:29.379 --> 00:12:29.600 And as you 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:29.939 see in 00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:30.659 verse 18, 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:31.779 it's talking 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:32.259 there about 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:32.740 the God 00:12:32.740 --> 00:12:33.299 who is able 00:12:33.299 --> 00:12:34.419 to redeem. 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:35.959 Throw an 00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:36.359 ear to 00:12:36.359 --> 00:12:37.099 my soul, 00:12:37.719 --> 00:12:38.519 redeem me, 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:40.219 ransom me 00:12:40.219 --> 00:12:42.259 because of 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:43.219 my enemies. 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:47.500 You see, 00:12:47.599 --> 00:12:48.979 David pleads 00:12:48.979 --> 00:12:50.379 with God 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:51.740 because he 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:52.120 is the 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.039 one who 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:53.500 is able 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:54.059 to redeem, 00:12:54.199 --> 00:12:54.639 able to 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:55.219 save, 00:12:55.740 --> 00:12:56.259 able to 00:12:56.259 --> 00:12:56.779 ransom. 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:58.059 And both 00:12:58.059 --> 00:12:58.959 these words 00:12:58.959 --> 00:12:59.740 tie in 00:12:59.740 --> 00:13:00.799 with what 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:01.359 we have 00:13:01.359 --> 00:13:02.159 in Christ. 00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:05.279 David 00:13:05.279 --> 00:13:05.799 pleads 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:06.019 that he 00:13:06.019 --> 00:13:06.299 would be 00:13:06.299 --> 00:13:06.799 redeemed 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:07.519 by God 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:07.959 and God 00:13:07.959 --> 00:13:08.679 heard his 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:09.039 prayer. 00:13:10.419 --> 00:13:11.059 And we 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:11.399 know it 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:12.259 for ourselves 00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:13.059 today 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:14.819 that God 00:13:14.819 --> 00:13:15.199 is the 00:13:15.199 --> 00:13:15.679 one who 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:16.399 can redeem 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.799 and ransom 00:13:17.799 --> 00:13:18.419 us. 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:18.979 And how 00:13:18.979 --> 00:13:20.039 do we 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:20.779 know that? 00:13:22.139 --> 00:13:22.659 Well, 00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.000 it's because 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:23.539 we look 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:23.979 to the 00:13:23.979 --> 00:13:24.519 cross. 00:13:25.939 --> 00:13:26.219 As we 00:13:26.219 --> 00:13:26.819 read in 00:13:26.819 --> 00:13:27.639 Matthew 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.339 chapter 00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:29.540 27, 00:13:30.420 --> 00:13:30.920 what we 00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:31.420 see with 00:13:31.420 --> 00:13:32.560 Jesus on 00:13:32.560 --> 00:13:33.240 the cross 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.340 crying out, 00:13:34.879 --> 00:13:35.580 my God, 00:13:35.660 --> 00:13:36.340 my God, 00:13:36.700 --> 00:13:37.540 why have 00:13:37.540 --> 00:13:38.840 you forsaken 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:39.220 me? 00:13:41.680 --> 00:13:42.160 Why? 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:44.600 To redeem 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.440 his people, 00:13:46.180 --> 00:13:47.259 to ransom 00:13:47.259 --> 00:13:48.980 his people, 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:50.500 to pay 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:51.899 the price 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:53.040 for us. 00:13:53.039 --> 00:13:56.039 he's 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:56.579 standing 00:13:56.579 --> 00:13:58.019 in our 00:13:58.019 --> 00:13:58.679 place. 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:00.000 He's 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:00.439 bearing 00:14:00.439 --> 00:14:01.480 our 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:01.959 sin. 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:03.459 He's 00:14:03.459 --> 00:14:04.179 redeeming 00:14:04.179 --> 00:14:05.039 his 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:05.620 people. 00:14:06.839 --> 00:14:07.079 So 00:14:07.079 --> 00:14:07.559 that's how 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:08.319 he cries, 00:14:09.079 --> 00:14:09.699 my God, 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:10.419 my God, 00:14:10.779 --> 00:14:11.579 why have 00:14:11.579 --> 00:14:12.000 you 00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.179 forsaken 00:14:13.179 --> 00:14:13.639 me? 00:14:14.699 --> 00:14:15.480 To 00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:15.959 redeem 00:14:15.959 --> 00:14:16.959 his 00:14:16.959 --> 00:14:17.500 people. 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:17.600 God, 00:14:18.659 --> 00:14:19.240 there's 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:19.720 a story 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.460 used many 00:14:20.460 --> 00:14:21.220 years ago 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:22.080 to illustrate 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:23.200 the meaning 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:24.100 of redemption. 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.580 There's 00:14:25.580 --> 00:14:25.940 the story 00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:26.220 of a 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:26.580 minister 00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:27.539 of a 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:27.860 church 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.019 in 00:14:28.019 --> 00:14:28.440 America, 00:14:28.600 --> 00:14:28.720 in 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.120 Boston, 00:14:29.279 --> 00:14:29.360 in 00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:29.820 America. 00:14:30.940 --> 00:14:31.460 Outside 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:32.159 the church 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:32.740 one day, 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:33.179 he met 00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:33.779 this young 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.379 boy coming 00:14:34.379 --> 00:14:34.940 along the 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:35.220 street, 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:35.620 and the 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.039 boy had 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.779 a cage, 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:37.320 a rusty 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.200 old cage, 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.639 and inside 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:40.879 the cage 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:41.559 were several 00:14:41.559 --> 00:14:42.100 birds, 00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:42.919 sort of 00:14:42.919 --> 00:14:43.259 just 00:14:43.259 --> 00:14:44.299 flapping 00:14:44.299 --> 00:14:44.820 around 00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:45.759 in distress, 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.259 wanting 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:47.299 out of 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:47.979 the cage. 00:14:48.179 --> 00:14:48.579 And the 00:14:48.579 --> 00:14:48.879 minister 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.500 asked the 00:14:49.500 --> 00:14:49.659 boy, 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.039 where did 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:50.359 you get 00:14:50.359 --> 00:14:50.740 those 00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.279 birds? 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:53.199 And the 00:14:53.199 --> 00:14:53.819 boy replied, 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.620 I trapped 00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:55.620 them out 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:55.939 in the 00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:56.299 field. 00:14:57.479 --> 00:14:57.679 And so 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:57.939 the minister 00:14:57.939 --> 00:14:58.139 asked, 00:14:58.219 --> 00:14:58.379 what are 00:14:58.379 --> 00:14:58.599 you going 00:14:58.599 --> 00:14:58.919 to do 00:14:58.919 --> 00:14:59.279 with them? 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:00.639 And he 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:00.839 says, 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:01.019 well, 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:01.319 I'm going 00:15:01.319 --> 00:15:01.759 to take 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.179 them home 00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:03.139 and I'll 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:03.699 play with 00:15:03.699 --> 00:15:04.019 them for 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.279 a wee 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:04.519 while, 00:15:04.579 --> 00:15:05.019 and I guess 00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.459 I'll feed 00:15:05.459 --> 00:15:05.759 them to 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:06.159 the old 00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.759 cat at 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:07.000 home. 00:15:09.339 --> 00:15:09.859 And the 00:15:09.859 --> 00:15:10.299 minister's 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:11.240 reply was, 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:12.379 to offer 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:13.139 to buy 00:15:13.139 --> 00:15:13.379 the 00:15:13.379 --> 00:15:13.839 birds. 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:15.759 The boy 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.279 was surprised, 00:15:16.359 --> 00:15:16.759 why would 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:17.159 you want 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:17.759 these birds? 00:15:17.819 --> 00:15:17.899 They're 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:18.459 just useless 00:15:18.459 --> 00:15:19.419 old birds. 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.579 They don't 00:15:20.579 --> 00:15:21.279 even sing, 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:21.699 look at 00:15:21.699 --> 00:15:21.899 them. 00:15:23.219 --> 00:15:23.480 And the 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:23.879 minister was 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:24.179 adamant, 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:24.480 no, I 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:24.919 want to 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:25.459 buy these 00:15:25.459 --> 00:15:25.759 birds, 00:15:25.839 --> 00:15:26.139 I'll give 00:15:26.139 --> 00:15:26.600 you two 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:27.039 dollars, 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:27.559 which was a 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:27.799 lot of 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:28.779 money at 00:15:28.779 --> 00:15:29.399 that time. 00:15:29.439 --> 00:15:29.639 And the 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.079 boy was 00:15:30.079 --> 00:15:31.079 surprised, 00:15:31.879 --> 00:15:32.459 why on 00:15:32.459 --> 00:15:32.779 earth would 00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.079 you want 00:15:33.079 --> 00:15:33.339 to give 00:15:33.339 --> 00:15:33.679 me that 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.059 kind of 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:34.339 money? 00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:35.579 And he 00:15:35.579 --> 00:15:35.980 says to 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.100 them, 00:15:36.179 --> 00:15:36.919 you're 00:15:36.919 --> 00:15:37.399 getting the 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.019 bad deal 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.379 here, 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.219 but I'll 00:15:39.219 --> 00:15:39.719 take your 00:15:39.719 --> 00:15:40.399 two dollars, 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:40.980 you take 00:15:40.980 --> 00:15:41.539 the birds. 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.079 So they 00:15:42.079 --> 00:15:42.939 did the 00:15:42.939 --> 00:15:43.799 exchange. 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.399 And the 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:46.319 minister took 00:15:46.319 --> 00:15:47.339 the cage out 00:15:47.339 --> 00:15:47.839 to the back 00:15:47.839 --> 00:15:48.399 of the church, 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.759 a garden with 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.419 trees out the 00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:50.899 back of the 00:15:50.899 --> 00:15:51.120 church, 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:51.679 and immediately 00:15:51.679 --> 00:15:52.860 he released 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.719 the birds. 00:15:54.719 --> 00:15:55.099 And the 00:15:55.099 --> 00:15:55.919 birds flew up 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.679 into the sky, 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:57.179 into the 00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.659 trees, 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.000 and there 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.399 they were 00:15:58.399 --> 00:15:59.139 singing and 00:15:59.139 --> 00:15:59.959 chirping away. 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:02.259 The next 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.899 Sunday he 00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.559 took the 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:04.360 empty cage 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.799 into the 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:05.419 pulpit and 00:16:05.419 --> 00:16:06.500 used it as 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.319 an illustration. 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:09.640 he talked 00:16:09.640 --> 00:16:10.820 about Christ 00:16:10.820 --> 00:16:11.540 coming to 00:16:11.540 --> 00:16:12.140 seek and 00:16:12.140 --> 00:16:12.680 to save 00:16:12.680 --> 00:16:13.360 the lost, 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.800 and how 00:16:14.800 --> 00:16:16.100 he paid 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.879 for his 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.400 people, 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.520 the ransom, 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:19.700 he redeemed 00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.460 his people 00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:21.040 by his 00:16:21.040 --> 00:16:21.780 precious 00:16:21.780 --> 00:16:22.640 blood. 00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.520 And he 00:16:25.520 --> 00:16:25.760 said, 00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.640 this young 00:16:26.640 --> 00:16:27.160 boy told 00:16:27.160 --> 00:16:27.480 me the 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:28.820 birds couldn't 00:16:28.820 --> 00:16:29.180 sing, 00:16:30.520 --> 00:16:31.280 but as 00:16:31.280 --> 00:16:31.740 soon as I 00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.440 released them, 00:16:33.020 --> 00:16:33.600 they started 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:34.320 to sing. 00:16:35.760 --> 00:16:36.020 And he 00:16:36.020 --> 00:16:36.340 was saying 00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:36.600 it's a 00:16:36.600 --> 00:16:37.300 reminder to 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:38.000 us all 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.699 that we 00:16:38.699 --> 00:16:39.519 are captive 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:40.620 to sin. 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.679 We have 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.439 no joy 00:16:42.439 --> 00:16:43.399 to sing 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:43.740 when we 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.339 are captive 00:16:44.339 --> 00:16:45.059 to sin. 00:16:46.059 --> 00:16:46.439 But when 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:46.819 we see 00:16:46.819 --> 00:16:47.579 that Christ 00:16:47.579 --> 00:16:48.639 has paid 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:49.339 the ransom, 00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.559 Christ has 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.740 redeemed us, 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.459 when we 00:16:52.459 --> 00:16:52.919 come to 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:53.459 know that 00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:53.719 and to 00:16:53.719 --> 00:16:54.439 experience 00:16:54.439 --> 00:16:54.979 that, 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:55.939 our 00:16:55.939 --> 00:16:57.120 cry 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:58.419 is changed 00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:58.959 from a 00:16:58.959 --> 00:16:59.459 pleading 00:16:59.459 --> 00:17:00.459 to a 00:17:00.459 --> 00:17:01.079 praise. 00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.199 Instead 00:17:03.199 --> 00:17:03.419 of, 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:03.679 Lord, 00:17:03.799 --> 00:17:04.480 answer me, 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.759 answer me 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:06.019 in your 00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:06.399 time, 00:17:06.519 --> 00:17:06.960 answer me, 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.420 answer me 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.420 in haste, 00:17:09.340 --> 00:17:09.680 we will 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:10.140 come 00:17:10.140 --> 00:17:11.140 praising. 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.340 God is 00:17:13.340 --> 00:17:13.819 able to 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.500 change 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.279 our 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:15.940 cry 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.980 from one 00:17:16.980 --> 00:17:17.700 of pleading 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:19.299 to praise. 00:17:20.480 --> 00:17:21.079 That's the 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:22.360 wonder of 00:17:22.360 --> 00:17:23.019 the price 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.640 that God 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.299 has paid 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.319 for us. 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:26.940 To redeem 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.460 us, 00:17:28.059 --> 00:17:29.039 to ransom 00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:29.759 us, 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.180 he gave 00:17:31.180 --> 00:17:32.160 himself. 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:32.420 himself. 00:17:33.300 --> 00:17:33.680 So we 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:34.279 see first 00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:34.700 then the 00:17:34.700 --> 00:17:35.140 cry. 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:36.580 The second 00:17:36.580 --> 00:17:36.960 thing we 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:37.560 see here 00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:38.160 is the 00:17:38.160 --> 00:17:38.560 cup. 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:40.220 And we 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.660 see that 00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.000 in verse 00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.340 19 to 00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:42.700 verse 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.600 21. 00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:49.240 Here it 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.560 says, 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:50.159 you know 00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:50.179 you know 00:17:50.179 --> 00:17:51.539 my reproach 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:51.859 and my 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.319 shame 00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.799 and my 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.279 dishonor. 00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:53.500 My 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:53.899 foes 00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.359 are all 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:55.379 known to 00:17:55.379 --> 00:17:55.559 you. 00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.079 Reproaches 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.740 have broken 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:57.579 my heart 00:17:57.579 --> 00:17:58.539 so that I 00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:58.819 am in 00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.240 despair. 00:17:59.339 --> 00:17:59.599 I looked 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:00.220 for pity, 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:00.960 but there 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.519 was none 00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:01.779 for 00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.440 comforters, 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:02.779 but I 00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.500 found none. 00:18:04.019 --> 00:18:04.220 They 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:04.599 gave me 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:05.139 poison 00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:05.940 for food 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.720 and for 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:06.960 my 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.559 thirst. 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:07.859 They 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.279 gave me 00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.700 sour 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.200 wine 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:10.500 to drink. 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:12.819 Here is 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:12.960 the 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:13.859 experience 00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.680 of the 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:15.160 psalmist 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:15.519 David. 00:18:15.619 --> 00:18:15.940 This is 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.579 his cup 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:16.880 as we 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.140 would say. 00:18:17.200 --> 00:18:17.519 This is 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.559 his portion, 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.680 his circumstances 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.180 at this 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:20.420 time. 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.779 This is 00:18:20.779 --> 00:18:21.119 what he 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:22.039 has to 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.759 go through. 00:18:23.619 --> 00:18:24.160 And all 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.599 of us 00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:25.539 have a 00:18:25.539 --> 00:18:26.220 cup to 00:18:26.220 --> 00:18:26.440 bear. 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:26.839 All of 00:18:26.839 --> 00:18:27.480 us have 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:27.859 a set 00:18:27.859 --> 00:18:28.059 of 00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:29.019 circumstances 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.680 to come 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.220 through. 00:18:32.420 --> 00:18:32.900 And what 00:18:32.900 --> 00:18:33.279 we see 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:33.799 here in 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.000 verse 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.700 19 to 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.519 21 is 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.119 his sense 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:36.619 of being 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:38.200 engulfed 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.039 by shame 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.440 and being 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:40.079 abandoned 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:41.259 of all 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.839 comfort. 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.179 There is 00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:43.419 nowhere to 00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:44.099 turn. 00:18:45.019 --> 00:18:45.819 Reproaches, 00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:47.000 this unjust 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.639 suffering, 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.179 it is 00:18:48.179 --> 00:18:49.139 breaking his 00:18:49.139 --> 00:18:49.699 heart. 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.699 He is 00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:51.379 in despair. 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:51.859 I looked 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:52.099 and there 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.480 was no 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.159 comforter 00:18:53.159 --> 00:18:54.220 to be 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.679 found. 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.220 But what 00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.480 do you 00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:59.179 see here? 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.759 Just like 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.240 back in 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.099 verse 5, 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:04.379 he says 00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:04.960 there that 00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.279 God knows. 00:19:07.460 --> 00:19:07.939 In verse 00:19:07.939 --> 00:19:08.399 5, 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.819 O God, 00:19:08.939 --> 00:19:09.480 you know 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.360 my 00:19:10.360 --> 00:19:10.920 folly. 00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.099 Well, 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:12.480 here he 00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:12.920 is saying 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.259 in verse 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.779 19, 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:15.240 you know 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.160 my 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.099 reproach. 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:18.819 So we 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:19.720 ask ourselves, 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:20.059 is there 00:19:20.059 --> 00:19:20.799 any comfort 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.339 in these 00:19:21.339 --> 00:19:21.740 words? 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.299 We see 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.339 there is 00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:23.720 in the 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.259 knowledge 00:19:24.259 --> 00:19:25.360 that God 00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:25.960 knows. 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:28.559 God 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.160 knows 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.880 his 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.400 every 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:31.680 experience. 00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:33.500 He knows 00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.660 the cup 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.500 he is 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:36.019 to bear. 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:37.200 He knows 00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.700 everything 00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.059 that he 00:19:38.059 --> 00:19:38.519 has to 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.779 go 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.100 through. 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.380 And he's 00:19:39.380 --> 00:19:40.580 not blind 00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:41.400 to it. 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:42.960 And he 00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.460 knows 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:44.420 your cup. 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:45.799 He knows 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:47.100 my cup. 00:19:48.680 --> 00:19:49.039 You look 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.519 back to 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.000 the days 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.259 of Exodus. 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:53.259 In Exodus 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.720 2, 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.660 verse 23, 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.819 it says, 00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:56.679 during those 00:19:56.679 --> 00:19:57.759 many days, 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.399 the king 00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:58.859 of Egypt 00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.379 died. 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.200 And the 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:00.500 people of 00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.759 Israel groaned 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.259 because of 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.919 their slavery 00:20:02.919 --> 00:20:03.599 and cried 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.179 out for 00:20:04.179 --> 00:20:04.679 help. 00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:05.899 The cry 00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:06.539 for rescue 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.339 from slavery 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.319 came up 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.859 to God. 00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:10.079 And God 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.700 heard their 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.139 groaning. 00:20:11.659 --> 00:20:12.139 And God 00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:13.139 remembered his 00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.919 covenant with 00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.339 Abraham, 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:14.960 with Isaac, 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.339 and with 00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.000 Jacob. 00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:17.799 God saw 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.779 the people 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.439 of Israel. 00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.500 And it just 00:20:20.500 --> 00:20:21.019 goes on to 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:21.500 say this, 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.900 and God 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:23.779 knew. 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:25.920 And it 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:26.440 seems to 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.319 just end 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.640 there. 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.279 And God 00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:30.240 knew. 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.259 What did 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.920 God know? 00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.259 He knew 00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:36.119 their suffering, 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.920 but he knew 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:38.660 what had 00:20:38.660 --> 00:20:39.460 to be done. 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.000 And he 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:42.099 took action. 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.859 And here 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.480 as David 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.019 is crying 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.259 out, 00:20:45.799 --> 00:20:46.519 you know 00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:48.000 my reproach, 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.019 or as he 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.460 has in 00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.339 verse 5, 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.460 you know 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.799 my folly. 00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.460 We could 00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:54.880 say he 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.500 knows our 00:20:55.500 --> 00:20:56.059 sin, 00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.319 and he 00:20:57.319 --> 00:20:57.920 knows our 00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:58.539 suffering, 00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.680 and he 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.360 knows what 00:21:00.360 --> 00:21:00.900 needs to 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.420 be done 00:21:01.420 --> 00:21:02.600 about it. 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.160 And what 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:04.779 has been 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.360 done about 00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:05.620 it? 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.680 Well, 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.680 God sent 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.539 his son 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.680 into this 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.180 world. 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.720 Because he 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.680 knew our 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.279 cup, he 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:13.799 knew our 00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:15.000 portion, he 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:15.539 knew our 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.319 suffering, and 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.799 he knew we 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:17.120 could do 00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.880 nothing about 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:18.720 it, but 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.420 he knew. 00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:21.460 And he 00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.580 knew what 00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.140 to do 00:21:23.140 --> 00:21:23.779 about it. 00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.279 And as 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:27.440 we trust 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:28.779 God, we 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.480 can be 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:31.080 assured that 00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.980 his desires 00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.420 for his 00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.900 people is 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.840 for good. 00:21:36.180 --> 00:21:37.060 The New 00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:38.180 Testament reminds 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:39.560 us that 00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:40.539 Jesus' own 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.840 experience reflects 00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.900 David's at so 00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.860 many points. 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:44.000 death. 00:21:45.419 --> 00:21:45.740 It's 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:46.339 Matthew who 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.919 remembers 00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:48.179 this psalm, 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.719 the account 00:21:48.719 --> 00:21:49.279 of Jesus' 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:49.939 death. 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:52.240 Matthew 27, 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.199 verse 34, 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.279 where it 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.659 says, as 00:21:54.659 --> 00:21:55.119 we've read, 00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:55.599 they gave 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:56.379 him wine to 00:21:56.379 --> 00:21:57.159 drink mixed 00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:57.759 with gall, 00:21:57.819 --> 00:21:58.240 and after 00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.019 tasting it, 00:21:59.459 --> 00:21:59.719 he would 00:21:59.719 --> 00:22:00.259 not drink 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.539 it. 00:22:01.799 --> 00:22:02.279 Really 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.019 following on 00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.479 from these 00:22:03.479 --> 00:22:05.099 words of 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:06.319 Psalm 21. 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.519 They gave 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:09.159 me sour 00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:09.959 wine to 00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:11.119 drink for 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.719 my thirst. 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:12.200 Now, why 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.620 wouldn't 00:22:12.620 --> 00:22:14.019 Jesus drink 00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.460 this? 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.799 Because the 00:22:16.799 --> 00:22:18.380 wine was 00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.900 like a 00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.799 medication. 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.500 It would 00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:21.839 have almost 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.279 put him 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.660 out. 00:22:23.779 --> 00:22:24.339 And he 00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:25.640 didn't want 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.039 this. 00:22:27.640 --> 00:22:28.220 He was in 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.660 control at 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.640 every step 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.200 of the way. 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:33.440 He was our 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.960 redeemer, 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:35.259 our ransom. 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.440 He paid 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:37.519 the price 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.440 on the 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.940 cross. 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:39.860 Not 00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.940 dulled to 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:41.480 any of 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.700 it. 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:43.000 He bore 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:44.200 our sin. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.579 And why 00:22:46.579 --> 00:22:47.339 was that? 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.620 Because when 00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:49.400 you go back 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.380 to Matthew 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.339 26, 00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.980 when Jesus 00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.559 is in the 00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.180 garden of 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.759 Gethsemane, 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.140 what does 00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.680 it say 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:57.059 about the 00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.819 cup there? 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.579 He says 00:22:59.579 --> 00:23:00.220 he's praying 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:01.200 in the 00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.640 garden of 00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.240 Gethsemane 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.900 in chapter 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:03.620 26, 00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.360 verse 39. 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.819 Going a 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.400 little further, 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:05.880 he fell 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:06.120 on his 00:23:06.120 --> 00:23:06.620 face and 00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:06.980 prayed, 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.380 saying, 00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.319 my father, 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:08.819 if it be 00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.360 possible, 00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:10.440 let this 00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.200 cup pass 00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.779 from me. 00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.220 Nevertheless, 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:14.240 not as I 00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.519 will, 00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.740 but as 00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.400 you will. 00:23:18.080 --> 00:23:19.180 He took 00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:21.120 the cup. 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.700 He bore 00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:25.360 our sins. 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.819 He died 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.840 on the 00:23:27.840 --> 00:23:28.380 cross. 00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:32.620 John Newton, 00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:34.920 wrote a hymn, 00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:36.040 in evil 00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:37.180 long I 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:38.020 took delight. 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.800 I want to 00:23:39.800 --> 00:23:40.480 close with 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.220 these words 00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.800 as we think 00:23:41.800 --> 00:23:42.840 for ourselves 00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:44.100 and what the 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.880 cross means 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.640 to us. 00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.360 In our 00:23:47.360 --> 00:23:48.700 crying to 00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.220 God, 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.320 and in the 00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.000 cup that we 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.360 have in this 00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.760 life, 00:23:52.840 --> 00:23:53.320 should we not 00:23:53.320 --> 00:23:54.600 look to the 00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.440 cry of our 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.039 saviour, 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.000 as he 00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.580 cried out 00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:57.940 to God, 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.559 my God, 00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.200 my God, 00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.320 why have 00:24:00.320 --> 00:24:01.360 you forsaken 00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:01.720 me? 00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.519 And we 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:03.960 think of his 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:04.720 cry there, 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.580 and we 00:24:05.580 --> 00:24:06.100 think of the 00:24:06.100 --> 00:24:06.580 cup that 00:24:06.580 --> 00:24:07.100 he took. 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.820 If it be 00:24:08.820 --> 00:24:09.320 your will, 00:24:09.600 --> 00:24:10.080 may this 00:24:10.080 --> 00:24:10.799 cup pass 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.360 me by, 00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:12.519 but not 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:13.200 my will, 00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.500 but yours 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.080 be done. 00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:16.400 And that 00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:17.120 would help 00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:18.200 us to 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.759 focus 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.420 ourselves 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.059 to the 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.539 cross, 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.779 and to 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.960 see what 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.700 Jesus has 00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.400 done for 00:24:24.400 --> 00:24:24.900 us. 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:26.420 John 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:26.980 Newton in 00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:27.420 this hymn, 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:27.980 he speaks 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:29.059 about his 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.779 own life 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.700 transformed. 00:24:32.160 --> 00:24:33.160 In evil 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.720 long I 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.660 took delight, 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.000 unawed by 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.660 shame or 00:24:36.660 --> 00:24:37.059 fear, 00:24:37.819 --> 00:24:38.279 till a new 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.279 object struck 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.100 my sight and 00:24:40.100 --> 00:24:40.880 stopped my 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.860 wild career. 00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.620 I saw one 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.380 hanging on a 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.380 tree, in 00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.079 agonies and 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:47.340 blood, who 00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.039 fixed his 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.880 languid eyes 00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.100 on me, as 00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.759 near his 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.620 cross I 00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.120 stood. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.799 Sure never 00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.380 till my 00:24:54.380 --> 00:24:55.259 latest breath 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.180 can I 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.180 forget that 00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:57.539 look. 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.720 It seemed 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.519 to change, 00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.720 to charge 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.160 me with 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.819 his death, 00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.880 though not 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.460 a word 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.180 he spoke. 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.240 My 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.880 conscience 00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:07.079 felt and 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.720 owned the 00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.720 guilt and 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.420 plunged me 00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:10.120 in despair. 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.620 I saw 00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.380 my sins 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.900 his blood 00:25:12.900 --> 00:25:13.579 had spilt 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:14.819 and helped 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.559 to nail 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.140 him there. 00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.940 Alas, 00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.100 I knew 00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.660 not what 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:20.120 I did, 00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.279 but now 00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:22.059 my tears 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.680 are vain. 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.720 where 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.360 shall my 00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:24.900 trembling 00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.720 soul be 00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.840 hid, for 00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.380 I the 00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.039 Lord have 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:28.579 slain. 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.100 A second 00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:31.400 look he 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.000 gave, which 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:33.059 said, I 00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.039 freely all 00:25:34.039 --> 00:25:34.680 forgive. 00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.279 This blood 00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.120 is for thy 00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:38.240 ransom paid, 00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.620 I die 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.440 that thou 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.240 mayst live. 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.840 Thus, while 00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.500 his death 00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.340 my sin 00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.140 displays, 00:25:45.660 --> 00:25:46.140 in all 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:47.039 its blackest 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.519 hue, 00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.160 such is the 00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.920 mystery of 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.539 grace, it 00:25:50.539 --> 00:25:51.340 seals my 00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.099 pardoned 00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.399 too. 00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.559 With 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.579 pleasing grief 00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:55.519 and mournful 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.959 joy, my 00:25:56.959 --> 00:25:57.859 spirit now 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.599 is filled, 00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.980 that I 00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.779 should such 00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:01.500 a life 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:03.359 destroy, yet 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.599 live by 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.879 him I 00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.319 killed. 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:08.579 His life 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:10.240 was changed 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.539 by the 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.240 grace of 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:13.679 God, a 00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.659 life lived 00:26:14.659 --> 00:26:16.059 turning away 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.879 from God, 00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.240 but looking 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:19.220 to the 00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.759 cross, and 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.480 seeing his 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.839 saviour, who 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.399 shed his 00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:24.639 blood for 00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.000 him. 00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.639 Draw near 00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.559 to my 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.879 soul, he 00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.519 cries in 00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.099 the psalm, 00:26:31.200 --> 00:26:31.980 redeem me, 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.539 ransom me, 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:35.220 because of 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.159 my enemies. 00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.039 David got 00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.960 answer, and 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:40.679 so did you 00:26:40.679 --> 00:26:42.139 and I, when 00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.099 our saviour 00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:44.459 bore our 00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:46.019 sins, and 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.699 so as we 00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.399 prepare 00:26:47.399 --> 00:26:48.819 ourselves for 00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.519 the Lord's 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.719 supper, we 00:26:50.719 --> 00:26:51.439 look to the 00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:52.779 cross, where 00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.879 he gave his 00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:55.240 life, that 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.599 we might 00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.899 come and 00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:58.259 do this in 00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.599 remembrance of 00:26:59.599 --> 00:26:59.899 him. 00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.339 Amen, and 00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:01.719 may God 00:27:01.719 --> 00:27:02.559 bless these 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.240 thoughts to 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.500 us. 00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:06.079 We're going 00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:07.319 to sing to 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.119 God's praise 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.319 and 00:27:08.319 --> 00:27:08.679 conclusion.