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 This is the one Psalm of the 150 that was written by Moses.

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 Moses, the man of God.

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 So Psalm 90, I'm on page 599.

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 Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.

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 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world,

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 from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.

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 You turn men back to dust, saying,

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 Return to dust, O sons of men.

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 For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by,

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 or like a watch in the night.

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 You sweep men away in the sleep of death.

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 They are like the new grass of the morning.

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 Though in the morning it springs up new, by evening it is dry and withered.

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 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.

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 You have set our iniquities before you,

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 our secret sins in the light of your presence.

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 All our days pass away under your wrath.

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 We finish our years with a moan.

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 The length of our days is seventy years or eighty if we have the strength.

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 Yet their span is but trouble and sorrow.

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 For they quickly pass and we fly away.

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 Who knows the power of your anger?

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 For your wrath is as great as the fear that is due to you.

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 Teach us to number our days aright,

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 that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

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 Relent, O Lord, how long will it be?

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 Have compassion on your servants.

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 Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,

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 that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

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 Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,

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 for as many years as we have seen trouble.

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 May your deeds be shown to your servants,

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 your splendor to their children.

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 May the favour of the Lord our God rest upon us.

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 Establish the work of our hands for us.

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 Yes, establish the work of our hands.

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 So this evening, this is what we're thinking about,

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 that God is eternal.

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 We're thinking about the God of infinite days.

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 And as we begin, I think it's helpful for us

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 to take just a few minutes to think about

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 our own relationship with time.

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 Because in large measure, we are defined

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 in relation to time.

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 We have a new niece as of yesterday.

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 So she is defined, a nephew.

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 What am I talking about?

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 A nephew.

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 And straight away, I'm not going to buy any of the presents.

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 Straight away, they are defined,

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 little Flynn is defined in terms of

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 this is the day of his birth.

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 And we're all like that.

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 We have calendars that we are then connected to.

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 Tables of events.

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 Things that we need to do.

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 Sometimes we find ourselves slaves to our diaries.

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 We have all of these commitments in time.

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 We're moving from one thing to the next.

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 We are defined in relation to time in that way.

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 But also in the sense that we are products

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 of our generation.

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 We live, we occupy this space in time.

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 So we struggle to understand sort of bygone eras.

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 Even if we study history, we're always kind of

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 looking at a distance and trying to figure it out.

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 We have no idea what's coming in the future.

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 So our understanding is always limited by time.

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 We understand that time is a resource,

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 especially, I guess, in the West.

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 We're used to thinking about time as a really precious resource.

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 Of course, we can waste it.

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 We can procrastinate.

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 We can be distracted.

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 But we talk about our culture as being time poor.

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 That many of us live with endless pressures

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 and one deadline after another.

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 That sense of never having enough time in the day

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 to get everything done to meet all our responsibilities.

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 So time limits us.

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 It limits our opportunities.

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 If I go to this place, then obviously I cannot also go to this place.

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 It limits our ability to build and maintain relationships.

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 If you move from one city to another or one country to another,

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 there are people that you say goodbye to

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 and with the best will in the world,

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 you just don't have time to keep up with them.

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 We are limited by time in terms of our perspectives.

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 That we look at the world as people today in the 21st century.

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 So our view on life is very different to, for example,

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 the way that people of biblical times looked at the world.

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 And so one of the challenges for us of living well

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 is to then have a right attitude to time.

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 That was one of the things I found most helpful

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 about Jen Wilkins' chapter this week.

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 She was talking about not being sort of tied to your past,

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 always sort of feeling, sort of having the past being brought up

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 or always being anxious about the future,

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 anticipating what's still to come.

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 She talked about being fully present in the present.

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 And that's really hard for us to do sometimes,

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 especially if we feel pressure.

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 We're sitting down maybe at home and we're thinking,

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 I've got this to do, that to do.

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 Our mind can go elsewhere.

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 The challenge to be fully present in the present is a real one.

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 So having a right attitude to time is important

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 and having a right attitude to the God who sits outside of

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 and over time, a right attitude to the eternal God

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 is crucially important for us to live well.

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 So to help us to reflect on this topic,

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 we are hearing in Psalm 90 a mature reflection from Moses,

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 the man of God.

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 If there is anyone who is qualified to speak about the eternal God

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 and people's relationship to the eternal God,

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 then it's Moses.

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 Because he is somebody who God spoke to face to face

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 as a man talks with his friend.

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 We're told that in Exodus 33.

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 So here is Moses reflecting on us in time

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 and the God of eternity.

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 Now one question before we get into it,

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 what's the likely timing of the writing of Psalm 90?

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 So some commentators have got their suggestions.

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 The one that makes the most sense to me,

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 and it's just a suggestion,

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 is that it probably follows the events of Numbers 20.

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 When you read Numbers 20,

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 you discover that there Moses' sister dies,

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 the sister Miriam,

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 his brother Aaron dies.

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 And Numbers 20 is also that point

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 where he has forbidden entry into the promised land.

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 He was told to bring water from the rock

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 and instead of speaking,

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 he hits it with a stick.

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 And because of that, he's forbidden entry.

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 Why do I think this is the most likely time period for writing?

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 Because as you look at Psalm 90,

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 you see this theme of the brevity of life coming through.

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 You also see the connection between sin and death

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 being highlighted for us.

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 And the idea at verse 1 of God being a home,

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 God as home for the homeless,

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 is also present there.

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 So that being the case,

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 how does Moses guide us to think about the eternal God?

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 Well, the key, the most basic observation for us

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 is just that simple reminder that God is eternal.

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 So verse 1 and 2 again,

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 Lord, you have been our dwelling place

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 throughout all generations

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 before the mountains were born,

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 while you brought forth the earth and the world

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 from everlasting to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 So Moses picks the biggest,

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 most permanent,

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 most enduring part of our world,

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 the mountains.

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 And then he goes wider than that.

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 He says,

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 even before you brought the earth and the world,

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 you are God.

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 From everlasting to everlasting,

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 you are God.

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 Before there was anything that we can see,

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 it was God.

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 After there is everything,

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 there will be God.

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 Moses is teaching here

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 the same message of Genesis chapter 1.

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens and the earth.

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 So God is,

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 he exists before he creates.

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 So he creates a world that is marked by time.

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 There are days and there are seasons

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 and there are years,

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 but God is not within that.

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 God is timeless.

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 He is everlasting.

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 So he is outside of time.

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 And this is one of those things that is,

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 I would suggest,

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 it's almost impossible for us

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 to get our minds around.

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 It's one of those biblical mysteries.

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 We were talking about it in the car,

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 on the drive up.

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 How do you imagine,

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 how can you begin to imagine

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 a God who has always been?

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 Because we are so used to stuff

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 having a beginning and an ending.

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 We think in terms of time,

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 in terms of duration.

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 We cannot imagine that anything

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 will last forever.

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 And that's part of the mystery of God.

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 It's part of how he differs from us,

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 that he stands apart from us,

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 unique to us,

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 because he is eternal.

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 And because he is eternal,

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 he has a different perspective

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 on time than we do.

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 So in verse four,

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 for a thousand years in your sight

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 are like a day that has just gone by,

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 or like a watch in the night.

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 So because God stands above time,

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 he's able to see history

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 in a single moment.

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 He's not bound by our limited perspective.

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 You know, what do we know

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 about the past and the present?

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 Depending on how many books we've read

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 or how many conversations we've had,

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 we may have some grasp of the past,

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 and we've got some understanding

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 of our experience of the present,

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 but it's still tiny compared to

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 all that's going on around the world.

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 And it's important for us

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 to recognize that

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 and to see that our place

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 within God's story

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 is tiny as well.

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 That we are important,

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 we're valued by God,

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 but our place is small.

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 So if the whole of human history

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 is God's great musical concerto,

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 perhaps we're a single note.

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 Or if history is God's epic cinematic masterpiece,

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 then we are extras

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 with a small walk on part.

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 That to look on us

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 does not give a whole sense

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 of time and history,

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 but God can see the whole.

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 God sees the whole story.

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 He sees our place

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 within time and history

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 in ways that we can't.

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 The truth that God is eternal,

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 it is intended to do

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 at least two things within us.

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 First of all,

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 it's intended to give us

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 a proper sense of humility,

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 to understand that

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 we're not always going to grasp

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 what God is doing,

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 why He does it.

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 We're not always going to understand

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 what perfect timing means for God.

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 We have an idea

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 of what perfect timing should be.

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 When we pray,

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 we expect God to answer

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 at such and such a time.

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 God doesn't always do that.

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 So there is to be a humility

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 as a result of that,

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 but also a sense of hope

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 that we can trust this God

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 to work all things together for good,

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 even if that leaves

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 unresolved mystery for us.

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 Even if we cannot see

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 how God can possibly use

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 this or that difficult circumstance

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 or mess in our lives,

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 we can trust the eternal God

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 to bring good,

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 to redeem that.

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 We can trust the message

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 of Ecclesiastes,

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 that God makes everything beautiful

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 in His own time,

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 not always in our time.

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 that we're invited to have faith

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 that His story of salvation

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 comes together

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 as He intends it to.

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 And so we're invited

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 to this humble,

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 hopeful attitude

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 that says to God,

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 my times are in your hands

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 and that's not a message

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 that tends towards despair,

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 but it allows us to humbly trust

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 because we know our eternal God.

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 So that's one of the dominant pictures

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 of Psalm 90,

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 that God is eternal.

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 Another key observation

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 that Moses makes for us

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 at this very basic level

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 is that by contrast,

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 we are temporal

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 and we are time bound.

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 So in verse 3,

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 He says,

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 you turn men back to dust,

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 saying,

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 return to dust,

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 O sons of men.

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 So the Bible teaches

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 that God is sovereign

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 over all the days of our lives,

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 from our beginning,

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 and then He sustains

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 all the days of our lives

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 and He decides

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 the day of our death.

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 In verse 5,

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 you sweep men away

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 in the sleep of death.

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 They're like the new grass

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 of the morning,

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 though in the morning

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 it springs up new.

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 By evening,

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 it is dry and withered.

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 Compared to God,

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 our life is brief

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 and fragile,

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 like the desert grass

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 that springs up in the morning

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 and then by the evening

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 is scorched and gone.

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 We are here today

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 and gone tomorrow,

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 relatively speaking.

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 Now it's important

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 for us to recognize

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 that that was not

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 how things were,

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 in the beginning.

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 So in verse 3,

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 he uses that

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 return to dust language

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 and that, I think,

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 is deliberately picking up

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 the language

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 of Genesis chapter 3.

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 Moses was the writer

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 of Genesis.

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 And in Genesis 3,

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 we have the language

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 of dust to dust.

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 Following the sinful pride

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 and rebellion

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 of Adam and Eve,

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 Adam and then

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 all people subsequent

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 find themselves

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 under God's curse.

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 That Adam is told

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 quite clearly

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 that sin leads to death

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 and as a consequence

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 of their sin,

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 death comes

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 into the world.

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 Why do we suffer

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 in time

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 in our lives

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 and why do we die?

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 Because,

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 as the Bible says,

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 the wages of sin

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 is death.

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 That's the reason

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 why I think

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 in verses 7 to 10,

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 there is such

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 a strong connection

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 between the themes

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 of judgment

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 and death.

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 Moses is trying

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 to remind us

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 in very stark terms

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 that our short lives,

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 part of the brevity

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 of life,

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 reminds us

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 that God

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 is justly angry

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 against sin.

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 That death

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 came into the world

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 as a consequence

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 consequence

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 of sin

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 and we are all

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 implicated in that

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 which is why

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 the we and the our

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 language comes through

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 again and again

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 in verses 7 to 9.

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 So we are consumed

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 by your anger.

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 You have set

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 our iniquities

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 before you,

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 our secret sins

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 in the light

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 of your presence.

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 All of humanity

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 together

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 in our sin

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 leading to the death

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 leading to death

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 and the displeasure

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 of God.

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 So Moses is not

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 just pointing out

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 the great contrast

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 that is in terms

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 of God is eternal

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 and we are temporal.

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 Part of that contrast

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 is showing the great

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 crisis that as people

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 we all face.

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 How can we properly

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 relate to this

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 eternal God

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 if we stand as

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 sinners deserving

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 the judgment of God?

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 And so the question

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 that we want to turn

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 our attention to now

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 is,

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 is there any good news

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 for us here

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 does Moses

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 the man of faith

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 have anything

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 gospel to say to us?

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 Is there hope

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 for us

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 in this psalm?

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 And the answer is

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 yes,

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 there is

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 as we listen

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 to his words.

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 The first

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 lesson I think

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 that Moses

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 would have us

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 to learn

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 is that we should

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 ask God

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 to help us

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 live wisely

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 in time.

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 And we'll think

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 about what that

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 looks like.

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 but maybe we can

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 read together

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 in verses 11

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 and 12.

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 Verse 11,

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 Who knows

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 the power

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 of your anger?

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 For your wrath

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 is as great

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 as the fear

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 that is due

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 to you.

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 And then he says,

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 Teach us

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 to number

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 our days

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 aright

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 that we may

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 gain

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 a heart

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 of wisdom.

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 What would it

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 look like

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 for God

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 to teach us

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 to number

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 our days

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 right?

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 What is

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 wisdom

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 in how we

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 approach

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 time and

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 eternity?

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 Moses has

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 got a lot

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 of valuable

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 stuff

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 to teach

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 us.

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 So we just

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 read verse 11

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 and they are

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 part of the

00:17:49.619 --> 00:17:50.079
 wisdom

00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:51.480
 that he's

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 teaching us

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 is to

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 understand

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 that sin

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 is serious

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 and God

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 is holy.

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 Take time

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 to observe

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 and reflect

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 that reality.

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 Sometimes we're

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 so busy

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:03.019
 with life

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 that we can

00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:04.839
 ignore

00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:06.000
 the great

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.660
 crisis that

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 there is

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:08.339
 between us

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 and God

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 and we can

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.319
 ignore God's

00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.960
 solution to

00:18:10.960 --> 00:18:11.559
 that crisis

00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:12.299
 the sending

00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:13.500
 of his one

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 and only

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 son Jesus

00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:16.319
 to be our

00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:16.880
 savior

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 and rescuer.

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 And so this

00:18:20.720 --> 00:18:21.700
 psalm is pushing

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 us to understand

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.440
 that sin is

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.819
 serious

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 and that God

00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.740
 is holy

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 and to understand

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 that there is

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.240
 a direct

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 connection

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.819
 between sin

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:31.700
 and death.

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 Again,

00:18:36.419 --> 00:18:37.279
 it is wisdom

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:38.639
 to recognize

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 that so while

00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:40.759
 we have time

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:42.319
 to discover

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:43.539
 for ourselves

00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:44.919
 God's way

00:18:44.919 --> 00:18:45.519
 of forgiveness.

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 We don't like

00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:48.659
 to think about

00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.919
 life and death

00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:50.960
 and judgment

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:52.740
 but it's wisdom

00:18:52.740 --> 00:18:53.559
 for us

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:54.759
 when we reflect

00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:55.220
 on the fact

00:18:55.220 --> 00:18:55.639
 that death

00:18:55.639 --> 00:18:56.939
 comes to us all

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 and we need

00:18:58.539 --> 00:18:59.240
 to be ready

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 for that

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 and God

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.200
 and Jesus

00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.799
 has given

00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:02.359
 us the way

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:03.000
 to be ready

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.940
 because he's

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.740
 given us the way

00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.680
 where if we

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.620
 trust in Jesus

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.319
 then we know

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:08.240
 that we'll be

00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.359
 accepted by God

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:10.000
 and we'll enjoy

00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:11.140
 eternal life

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:12.599
 from him.

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:15.380
 I think in

00:19:15.380 --> 00:19:16.220
 verse 4

00:19:16.220 --> 00:19:17.460
 we're encouraged

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:19.359
 to remember

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:21.039
 and to understand

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 and to understand

00:19:21.199 --> 00:19:21.919
 that God's

00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.859
 timetable

00:19:22.859 --> 00:19:24.299
 is different

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:25.179
 to ours

00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:26.359
 and so we're

00:19:26.359 --> 00:19:27.419
 invited to be

00:19:27.419 --> 00:19:28.919
 trusting in God

00:19:28.919 --> 00:19:30.079
 in the days

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:31.339
 that he gives

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:32.079
 to us.

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 That we are to

00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:34.899
 understand that

00:19:34.899 --> 00:19:35.679
 life is

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.639
 temporary

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.659
 so we don't

00:19:37.659 --> 00:19:38.559
 invest all our

00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:39.879
 energy in now

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:41.639
 we live for

00:19:41.639 --> 00:19:43.019
 eternity.

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:46.059
 In Luke

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:47.160
 chapter 12

00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.460
 Jesus taught

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.019
 the parable

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.440
 that we

00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.299
 maybe know

00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:51.019
 as the parable

00:19:51.019 --> 00:19:51.660
 of the rich

00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.079
 fool.

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.279
 There was a

00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:53.720
 man who had

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.660
 a great harvest

00:19:54.660 --> 00:19:55.279
 and so he's

00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:55.980
 got this question

00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:56.539
 well what should

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.059
 I do

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:58.240
 with my great

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.639
 crop

00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.259
 and he decides

00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.579
 well I know

00:19:59.579 --> 00:19:59.940
 what I'll do

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 I'll tear down

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:01.519
 my small barns

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.900
 and I'll build

00:20:01.900 --> 00:20:02.700
 bigger ones

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.019
 and then once

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.940
 all the crop

00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:05.359
 is in

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:05.960
 I'll eat

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.639
 and I'll drink

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.119
 and I'll be

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.519
 merry

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:09.099
 and in the

00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:09.720
 night God

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.420
 comes to him

00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.819
 and says

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.639
 you fool

00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.639
 tonight your

00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.900
 life will be

00:20:13.900 --> 00:20:15.519
 asked of you

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:17.900
 and Jesus

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.420
 is saying

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.599
 it's foolish

00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:21.220
 to be rich

00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.619
 in human

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:23.960
 terms now

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 and to be

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 poor in terms

00:20:26.099 --> 00:20:27.059
 of not having

00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.940
 a relationship

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.700
 with the God

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.539
 who made us

00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:30.460
 the God who

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.960
 made us

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 so that we

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 might know

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 him

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 and so one

00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.299
 of the things

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:35.000
 that Moses

00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.859
 is pushing us

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 to think about

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.359
 is if there

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 is an eternal

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 God

00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:39.539
 then

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 and if God

00:20:41.399 --> 00:20:42.000
 has made us

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 for relationship

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:44.659
 then we need

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 in order that

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.519
 we might enjoy

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:48.500
 the eternal

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.559
 life promised

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.819
 by Jesus

00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:53.240
 so the first

00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:54.159
 lesson that Moses

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:55.000
 gives us in this

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 psalm is to ask

00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.699
 God to help us

00:20:56.699 --> 00:20:57.599
 to live wisely

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 and the second

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 thing

00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.419
 and Moses came

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:02.299
 to learn this

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 in his own

00:21:03.179 --> 00:21:03.659
 experience

00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:05.079
 make your home

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.639
 in God

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.680
 picking up

00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:08.500
 that language

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:09.360
 of verse

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.280
 one

00:21:10.280 --> 00:21:12.220
 Lord you

00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:13.140
 have been

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 our dwelling

00:21:14.280 --> 00:21:14.980
 place

00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:16.220
 throughout

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.920
 all

00:21:16.920 --> 00:21:18.280
 generations

00:21:18.280 --> 00:21:20.000
 so here is

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:21.220
 personal testimony

00:21:21.220 --> 00:21:22.120
 from Moses

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 the man of

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 faith

00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.680
 this is Moses

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 also speaking

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.440
 on behalf of

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 the generations

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 of faith

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:28.640
 that came

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 before him

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:32.380
 that God

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:33.080
 is a home

00:21:33.080 --> 00:21:33.380
 God

00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:34.320
 is a refuge

00:21:34.320 --> 00:21:34.660
 God

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.560
 is a safe

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 place

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:37.279
 for his

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 people

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:39.580
 perhaps we can

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:40.180
 think about the

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:40.960
 example of

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 Abraham

00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:43.000
 Abraham was

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 promised

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 by God

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 I will give

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.680
 you the land

00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.300
 of Canaan

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 but that land

00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:50.100
 would only come

00:21:50.100 --> 00:21:51.279
 to Abraham's

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.779
 descendants

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:53.560
 430 years

00:21:53.560 --> 00:21:54.060
 later

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:55.240
 so Abraham

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 spent a good

00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.159
 portion of

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 his life

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:59.019
 wandering around

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.740
 from place

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.299
 to place

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 with no

00:22:01.259 --> 00:22:02.339
 home to

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 speak of

00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.200
 except that

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:05.159
 his home

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:06.779
 his place

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.819
 of security

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:08.500
 his place

00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.379
 of belonging

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.799
 was in

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.319
 God

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:14.440
 and so

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.519
 Moses too

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.639
 understood

00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.339
 that as

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:18.039
 the people

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.940
 wandered in

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.500
 the wilderness

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.659
 for 40 years

00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.119
 again

00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:22.220
 without a

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.619
 home

00:22:22.619 --> 00:22:24.279
 Moses

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 and the

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 faithful

00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:26.319
 in Israel

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:27.379
 found their

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:28.039
 home

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.979
 found their

00:22:28.979 --> 00:22:30.219
 safe place

00:22:30.219 --> 00:22:31.579
 in God

00:22:31.579 --> 00:22:33.000
 when trouble

00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:34.239
 when challenges

00:22:34.239 --> 00:22:34.899
 came

00:22:34.899 --> 00:22:36.939
 was God

00:22:36.939 --> 00:22:37.959
 that Moses

00:22:37.959 --> 00:22:38.939
 turned to

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:41.479
 home

00:22:41.479 --> 00:22:42.419
 is a place

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:43.419
 of belonging

00:22:43.419 --> 00:22:44.759
 when John

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.219
 Calvin

00:22:45.219 --> 00:22:46.679
 commentated

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.119
 on this

00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:47.519
 psalm

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.899
 he said

00:22:47.899 --> 00:22:48.439
 that this

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:49.439
 dwelling place

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:49.819
 language

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.959
 is adoption

00:22:50.959 --> 00:22:51.699
 language

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.880
 we have

00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.500
 a home

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.660
 because God

00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:55.380
 is father

00:22:55.380 --> 00:22:56.259
 and we

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.680
 are his

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.259
 children

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:58.680
 we are

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.259
 children

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.660
 of the

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.100
 eternal

00:23:00.100 --> 00:23:00.519
 God

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:00.860
 and so

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.740
 it makes

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.220
 sense

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.640
 for us

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.420
 to find

00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.220
 our rest

00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:04.660
 and our

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.140
 security

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:05.759
 and our

00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.240
 hope

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.319
 with our

00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.960
 father

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.080
 God

00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:11.460
 and so

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:11.720
 again

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.140
 there's this

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.680
 contrast

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.120
 so Moses

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.519
 is saying

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:13.880
 on the one

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.120
 hand

00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.660
 you know

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.440
 life is

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.840
 full of

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.360
 trial

00:23:16.360 --> 00:23:17.160
 and sorrow

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:17.740
 and it's

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.160
 short

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.460
 but he's

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.060
 also saying

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.400
 with the

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:20.860
 eternal

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.279
 God

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:21.580
 there is

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.000
 a sense

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.720
 of being

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.240
 rooted

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.960
 there is

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.360
 a sense

00:23:24.360 --> 00:23:25.740
 of permanence

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.100
 there

00:23:26.100 --> 00:23:27.980
 so that

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.580
 while there

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.180
 is this

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.660
 trial

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.240
 and while

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.660
 there is

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.279
 this sorrow

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.660
 for the

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.160
 people of

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.680
 God

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.580
 for example

00:23:33.580 --> 00:23:34.019
 in verse

00:23:34.019 --> 00:23:34.540
 14

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:35.220
 we can say

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.660
 satisfy us

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.240
 in the morning

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:37.660
 with your

00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:38.320
 unfailing

00:23:38.320 --> 00:23:38.860
 love

00:23:38.860 --> 00:23:39.620
 that we

00:23:39.620 --> 00:23:40.279
 may sing

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.000
 for joy

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.840
 and be

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.440
 glad

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.500
 all our

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.200
 days

00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:46.120
 and again

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.440
 we can

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:46.940
 remember

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.960
 Jesus'

00:23:48.259 --> 00:23:48.740
 words

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.940
 in John

00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:50.380
 chapter

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:51.120
 14

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:52.700
 as Jesus

00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.500
 spoke to

00:23:53.500 --> 00:23:54.259
 his troubled

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:55.039
 disciples

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:56.220
 the night

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.860
 before he

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.220
 would go

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.580
 to the

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.080
 cross

00:23:58.080 --> 00:23:59.279
 Jesus

00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:00.299
 said this

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.660
 to them

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.080
 this is

00:24:01.080 --> 00:24:01.400
 beginning

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:01.819
 of John

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.120
 chapter

00:24:02.120 --> 00:24:02.620
 14

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.680
 do not

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.059
 let your

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.559
 hearts

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.299
 be troubled

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.799
 trust in

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.220
 God

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.559
 trust also

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.100
 in me

00:24:09.100 --> 00:24:10.259
 in my

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.019
 father's

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.380
 house

00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.200
 are many

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.779
 rooms

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.779
 if it

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.140
 were not

00:24:14.140 --> 00:24:14.720
 so I

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.060
 would have

00:24:15.060 --> 00:24:15.840
 told you

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:17.080
 I am

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.800
 going there

00:24:17.800 --> 00:24:18.360
 to prepare

00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.000
 a place

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.540
 for you

00:24:19.540 --> 00:24:20.660
 and if

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.160
 I go

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.580
 and prepare

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:22.120
 a place

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.580
 for you

00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.280
 I will

00:24:23.280 --> 00:24:24.080
 come back

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:25.040
 and take

00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:25.420
 you to

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:26.060
 be with

00:24:26.060 --> 00:24:26.400
 me

00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:27.180
 that you

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.720
 also

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.540
 may be

00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.540
 where I

00:24:29.540 --> 00:24:30.040
 am

00:24:30.040 --> 00:24:30.880
 so here

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.700
 is gospel

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.140
 hope

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.780
 connected to

00:24:32.780 --> 00:24:33.340
 this idea

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:34.300
 of a

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:34.820
 home

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.980
 Jesus is

00:24:35.980 --> 00:24:36.460
 saying I

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.080
 have come

00:24:37.080 --> 00:24:38.220
 to save

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.620
 you

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.860
 in order

00:24:39.860 --> 00:24:40.420
 that one

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.820
 day I

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.340
 will take

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:41.720
 you to

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.560
 be with

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.020
 me

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.980
 in

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.819
 perfection

00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:46.200
 forever

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.639
 and the

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.259
 picture there

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:47.700
 is of

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.420
 God

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.920
 having

00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:49.859
 plenty

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.619
 of space

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.099
 for all

00:24:51.099 --> 00:24:51.460
 those who

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.119
 would trust

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.740
 in Jesus

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.619
 to enjoy

00:24:53.619 --> 00:24:54.799
 the joy

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.420
 of heaven

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:58.839
 the third

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.460
 lesson

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.519
 that I think

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:01.139
 that we can

00:25:01.139 --> 00:25:01.920
 learn from

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.579
 Moses about

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.039
 how to

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.519
 live

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.839
 wisely

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.819
 it comes

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.500
 from verse

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.700
 17

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.440
 and the

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:10.220
 idea of

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.039
 investing

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.140
 in

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.980
 eternity

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:14.480
 if we're

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.000
 right in

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.580
 thinking

00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:16.539
 this is

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.039
 Moses

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.160
 writing this

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.860
 psalm towards

00:25:18.860 --> 00:25:19.360
 the end

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:19.620
 of his

00:25:19.620 --> 00:25:19.980
 life

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.580
 then when

00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:21.980
 he says

00:25:21.980 --> 00:25:22.319
 may the

00:25:22.319 --> 00:25:22.940
 favor of

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:23.380
 the Lord

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.000
 our God

00:25:24.000 --> 00:25:24.920
 rest upon

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.319
 us

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.240
 establish the

00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:27.660
 work of

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.279
 our hands

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.700
 for us

00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:28.960
 yes

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.000
 establish the

00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.440
 work of

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.220
 our hands

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.980
 it's

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.799
 natural to

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.539
 hear this

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.400
 as Moses

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.620
 asking for

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:37.380
 a legacy

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.120
 of faith

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:39.600
 let my

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.539
 life mean

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.259
 something

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:42.640
 in spiritual

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.380
 terms

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:44.960
 let the

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.220
 life of

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.039
 the people

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.640
 of Israel

00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:49.180
 mean something

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 in spiritual

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 terms

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 here is an

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 encouraging

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 principle

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 here is

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 Moses

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 a man

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 who is

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 bound by

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 time

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 speaking to

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 the eternal

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 God

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 and he's

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 acknowledging

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 that the

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 eternal

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 God can

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 establish

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 lasting

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 eternal

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 results

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 from our

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 small

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 efforts

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 in time

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 if God

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 establishes

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 our work

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 then they

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 will have

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 lasting

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 value

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 and significance

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 it's like

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 Jesus

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 in Matthew

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 chapter 6

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 when he

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 called us

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 to store

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 up for

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 ourselves

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 treasures

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 in heaven

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 to invest

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 our time

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 and our

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 energy

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 and our

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 resources

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 in those

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 things that

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 are

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 eternal

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 so a

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 reminder to

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 invest in

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 relationships

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 and people

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 ahead of

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 money and

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 stuff

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 to share

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 our resources

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 to care

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 for others

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 asking that

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 God's love

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 might be felt

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 in the

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 lives of

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 others

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 and they

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 may be

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 drawn to

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 trust in

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 Jesus

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 for

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 themselves

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 it

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 certainly

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 reminds us

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 of the

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 importance

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 of sharing

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 the gospel

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 of sharing

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 our faith

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 with others

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 in our

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 homes

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 in our

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 church

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 in the

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 groups

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 that we

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 belong

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 to

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 on our

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 streets

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 because

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.859
 God can

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.319
 take our

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.879
 small

00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.519
 efforts

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.859
 and he

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.079
 can

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.899
 establish

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 them

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 in such

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 a way

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 that it

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 has

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.980
 eternal

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 significance

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 so Moses

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 here is

00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.019
 seeking to

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 act as

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 our guide

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 as we

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 think about

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 the eternal

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:35.299
 God

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 and how

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.080
 we relate

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.600
 to him

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 in Jen

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 Wilkins

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 book

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 she asks

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:43.720
 a helpful

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 question

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 when she

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:46.039
 asks how

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 aware

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:48.080
 are you

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 that your

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 days

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:51.160
 are numbered

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 it's

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.380
 wisdom

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.300
 to see

00:27:55.300 --> 00:27:55.800
 that every

00:27:55.800 --> 00:27:56.279
 day of

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.700
 our life

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.060
 is a

00:27:57.060 --> 00:27:57.360
 gift

00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.040
 of God's

00:27:58.040 --> 00:27:58.600
 grace

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 it's

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.460
 wisdom

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.759
 to

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.279
 acknowledge

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.820
 that we

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:01.980
 are

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.640
 fragile

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.620
 and that

00:28:03.620 --> 00:28:04.279
 the eternal

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.880
 God is

00:28:04.880 --> 00:28:05.500
 our only

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.980
 lasting

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.500
 hope

00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:07.740
 and home

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:09.100
 and it

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:09.700
 is truly

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.420
 wise

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.380
 to trust

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.000
 in Jesus

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.820
 the eternal

00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:13.340
 son of

00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:13.740
 God

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.900
 who have

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.600
 love for

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:15.800
 us

00:28:15.800 --> 00:28:16.460
 entered

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:17.040
 into

00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:17.580
 time

00:28:17.580 --> 00:28:18.880
 entered

00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.400
 into

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.820
 human

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.400
 history

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.320
 in order

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:21.680
 to go

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:22.000
 to the

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.360
 cross

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:22.920
 to save

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.259
 us

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:24.120
 in order

00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.880
 to promise

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.500
 us

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.820
 the eternal

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.340
 life

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:28.200
 that our

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.700
 hearts

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:30.040
 long for

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:44.059
 not

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:45.460
 have

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:47.579
 you

00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:48.019
 have

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.099
 no

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:48.460
 help