WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.900 Well, good morning, church. 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:13.320 We are celebrating baptism this morning, as you've noticed from the giant tank up here, 00:00:13.419 --> 00:00:13.679 right? 00:00:13.740 --> 00:00:19.600 And we are looking at a passage from Exodus this morning that is about celebration, so 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:20.339 it's very fitting. 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:27.240 Would you turn with me to Exodus chapter 15, verses 1 through 21? 00:00:28.080 --> 00:00:29.160 Exodus 15. 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:33.399 That's page 57 in the Pew Bible, if you want to turn there. 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:39.079 It'll be helpful to have it open before you as we look at what this passage speaks to us 00:00:39.079 --> 00:00:39.480 today. 00:00:42.799 --> 00:00:47.019 Exodus chapter 15, page 57, if you're looking in the Pew Bible. 00:00:53.840 --> 00:00:55.079 Let me read this for us. 00:00:55.079 --> 00:01:03.079 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, 00:01:03.079 --> 00:01:08.099 I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously. 00:01:08.739 --> 00:01:12.280 The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:18.340 The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. 00:01:19.340 --> 00:01:22.299 This is my God, and I will praise him. 00:01:22.819 --> 00:01:25.500 My father's God, and I will exalt in him. 00:01:25.500 --> 00:01:28.980 The Lord is a man of war. 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:30.640 The Lord is his name. 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:37.920 Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:38.719 in the Red Sea. 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:40.680 The floods covered them. 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:43.440 They went down into the depths like a stone. 00:01:44.440 --> 00:01:47.200 Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power. 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.720 Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. 00:01:51.800 --> 00:01:56.180 In the greatness of your majesty, you overthrow your adversaries. 00:01:56.840 --> 00:01:58.320 You send out your fury. 00:01:58.820 --> 00:02:00.540 It consumes them like stubble. 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:04.400 At the blast of your nostrils, the waters piled up. 00:02:04.780 --> 00:02:06.340 The floods stood up in a heap. 00:02:06.340 --> 00:02:08.680 The deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. 00:02:09.319 --> 00:02:11.539 The enemy said, I will pursue. 00:02:11.860 --> 00:02:12.740 I will overtake. 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:14.340 I will divide the spoil. 00:02:14.900 --> 00:02:16.900 My desire shall have its fill of them. 00:02:17.240 --> 00:02:18.520 I will draw my sword. 00:02:19.219 --> 00:02:20.539 My hand shall destroy them. 00:02:21.640 --> 00:02:22.879 You blew with your wind. 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:24.680 The sea covered them. 00:02:25.460 --> 00:02:28.159 They sank like lead in the mighty waters. 00:02:29.819 --> 00:02:32.840 Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:40.159 Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:42.960 You stretched out your right hand. 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:45.020 The earth swallowed them. 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:50.039 You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. 00:02:50.460 --> 00:02:53.180 You have guided them by your strength, your holy abode. 00:02:53.939 --> 00:02:54.920 The peoples have heard. 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:55.659 They tremble. 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:58.740 Pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:01.300 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed. 00:03:01.300 --> 00:03:03.620 The trembling seizes the leaders of Moab. 00:03:03.980 --> 00:03:06.360 All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. 00:03:07.100 --> 00:03:11.040 Terror and dread fall upon them because of the greatness of your arm. 00:03:11.700 --> 00:03:15.800 They are still as a stone till your people, O Lord, pass by. 00:03:16.660 --> 00:03:20.540 Till the people pass by whom you have purchased. 00:03:20.539 --> 00:03:26.340 You will bring them in and plant them on your mountain. 00:03:27.219 --> 00:03:29.939 The place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode. 00:03:30.359 --> 00:03:33.000 The sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. 00:03:33.780 --> 00:03:37.479 The Lord will reign forever and ever. 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:43.119 For when the horses of Pharaoh and his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:47.159 the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them. 00:03:47.739 --> 00:03:51.079 But the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:56.219 Then Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand. 00:03:56.760 --> 00:03:59.640 And all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 00:04:00.320 --> 00:04:03.160 And Miriam sang to them, sing to the Lord. 00:04:03.920 --> 00:04:05.560 For he has triumphed gloriously. 00:04:06.340 --> 00:04:09.439 The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 00:04:10.880 --> 00:04:13.220 Let's pray as we consider this word together. 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:20.800 Oh, Lord God, we thank you that we can gather together Sunday after Sunday. 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:22.379 We can come together as your people. 00:04:22.839 --> 00:04:24.680 We can sing praises to your name. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:28.939 And Lord, best of all, we can hear your voice speaking to us from your word. 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:31.060 God, thank you that you're a speaking God. 00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:33.279 Thank you that you're worthy to be praised. 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:38.420 Thank you that you call us out of ourselves to know you and to see you in all of your beauty and glory. 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:42.379 Lord, would you do that this morning as we consider this passage? 00:04:42.379 --> 00:04:47.120 Would you help us to see you afresh in the power of your Holy Spirit? 00:04:47.219 --> 00:04:48.339 Help us to see you, Jesus. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:50.060 We pray in your name. 00:04:50.279 --> 00:04:50.500 Amen. 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:57.040 Well, I wonder what, if anything, makes you want to sing? 00:04:58.579 --> 00:05:01.399 You might be thinking, nothing makes me want to sing. 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:02.980 At least not in front of other people. 00:05:04.339 --> 00:05:07.540 Maybe if I'm in the shower and no one's around. 00:05:09.339 --> 00:05:12.019 Sometimes I think we sing just because we're happy, right? 00:05:12.379 --> 00:05:20.579 Imagine the crowded stadium singing the home team's fight song when they've just scored the game-winning goal, right? 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:23.240 Some of you maybe experienced something like that. 00:05:25.100 --> 00:05:29.180 Sometimes we sing for the very opposite reason, because we're sad. 00:05:29.180 --> 00:05:36.120 Just think of all the great breakup songs that have been written, right? 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:44.960 And just think of all the times those songs have been sung behind the wheel of a lonely drive home, right? 00:05:46.240 --> 00:05:50.340 Or in front of a laptop camera for display on YouTube or whatever have you. 00:05:50.339 --> 00:05:54.899 You know, sometimes we sing just because it's the thing to do, right? 00:05:55.619 --> 00:06:03.679 Out comes the cake, candles are lit, and suddenly all the guests break out into happy birthday to you without any instructions whatsoever. 00:06:03.859 --> 00:06:05.679 It just happens because it's the thing to do. 00:06:09.059 --> 00:06:10.620 How about when we come to church? 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:17.019 Too often I think we sing because it's just the thing to do. 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:23.079 If you're new to Christianity, if you're exploring spiritual things, 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:30.240 maybe it still feels a bit strange to you to stand in a room with a hundred or so people you've never met 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:32.139 who then just start singing together. 00:06:32.139 --> 00:06:35.879 And if you're used to church, take a step back. 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:37.759 That is a bit strange if you think about it. 00:06:40.479 --> 00:06:42.259 But it's more than just the thing we do. 00:06:43.219 --> 00:06:47.699 There's actually a deep reason why we sing. 00:06:50.240 --> 00:06:52.519 In fact, when you look across the whole Bible, 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:54.519 and church history for that matter, 00:06:55.259 --> 00:06:57.539 you see all sorts of songs. 00:06:58.740 --> 00:07:00.620 Songs of lament at times. 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:02.980 Songs when people are brokenhearted. 00:07:03.459 --> 00:07:04.379 Songs of praise. 00:07:05.360 --> 00:07:09.379 Songs that tell a story and frame how we understand ourselves. 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.680 We see people singing in their homes. 00:07:13.840 --> 00:07:16.379 And we see people singing in the temple. 00:07:17.259 --> 00:07:21.139 We see people singing even in prison cells in the Bible. 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:24.819 The people of God seem to be always singing. 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.259 And here in Exodus 15, we see a great example 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:31.420 of why. 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:31.539 Why? 00:07:32.180 --> 00:07:33.839 Why do we sing? 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:36.360 Why can we sing? 00:07:38.599 --> 00:07:41.819 At this point in the story of Exodus, you'll remember, 00:07:42.219 --> 00:07:47.019 the people of Israel have just passed through the Red Sea to the other side. 00:07:47.019 --> 00:07:51.779 And there they stand on the shore of the Red Sea. 00:07:51.779 --> 00:07:52.740 Free. 00:07:55.099 --> 00:07:56.680 Liberated at last. 00:07:57.719 --> 00:08:00.759 God has rescued them from slavery. 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:02.639 And they sing. 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:08.500 And we know from Miriam's response in verse 20 and 21, 00:08:08.620 --> 00:08:10.939 kind of at the end of the section we just read, 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:14.180 we know from Miriam's response that this song 00:08:14.180 --> 00:08:17.399 that Moses teaches the people that they sing together 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:20.240 was meant to be sung again and again. 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:23.959 Notice in verse 1, look at just this little detail. 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:25.420 Notice that verse 1 says, 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:26.520 I will sing. 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:30.580 But now take a look at verse 21. 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:34.180 It becomes an invitation. 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:36.000 It becomes a command even. 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:37.600 Sing. 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:40.620 Miriam's words here, 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:43.320 calling out to the women and through the women, 00:08:43.420 --> 00:08:44.659 to all the people, 00:08:45.340 --> 00:08:50.379 telling them to make the theme of this song their own. 00:08:50.379 --> 00:08:50.460 Sing. 00:08:51.179 --> 00:08:51.559 Sing. 00:08:53.240 --> 00:08:55.879 Telling us to make it our own. 00:08:58.139 --> 00:09:01.620 So what is the theme of this song of the sea, 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.980 as it's sometimes called in Exodus 15? 00:09:06.460 --> 00:09:08.799 Well, what we see here in the song of the sea 00:09:08.799 --> 00:09:11.759 is that there's one big main point 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:15.200 with two practical implications. 00:09:16.299 --> 00:09:17.240 One big point, 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:18.860 two implications, 00:09:19.019 --> 00:09:19.559 two results. 00:09:20.379 --> 00:09:23.419 First, let's take a look at what this main point 00:09:23.419 --> 00:09:24.700 of the song of the sea is. 00:09:25.559 --> 00:09:26.939 And when you take a look through the first, 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:30.080 say, 10, 11, 12 verses of this song, 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:32.000 you see that God is praised here. 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:33.639 This is a hymn of praise to God. 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:35.100 And God is praised here, 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:39.059 not just for sort of generally rescuing the people 00:09:39.059 --> 00:09:40.580 for bringing them out of Egypt. 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:44.039 He's praised for something even more specific than that. 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:45.279 Isn't he? 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:49.320 This is a song of praise, 00:09:49.320 --> 00:09:54.600 because God destroyed the Egyptian army in the sea. 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:58.379 Sing to the Lord for, 00:09:58.560 --> 00:10:02.340 because he's triumphed gloriously. 00:10:02.840 --> 00:10:04.540 The horse and the rider, 00:10:04.780 --> 00:10:07.000 he has thrown into the sea. 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:07.860 In other words, 00:10:08.060 --> 00:10:09.300 we sing 00:10:09.300 --> 00:10:12.520 because our enemy has been conquered. 00:10:12.519 --> 00:10:17.319 First 12 verses of the song, 00:10:17.779 --> 00:10:19.340 God's pictured as a mighty warrior. 00:10:20.079 --> 00:10:20.659 Verse 3, 00:10:20.759 --> 00:10:22.840 the Lord is a man of war. 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:25.059 The Lord is his name. 00:10:27.439 --> 00:10:28.159 Now, at first, 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.199 that might make us a little uncomfortable, 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:31.240 right? 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:34.440 Are we meant to be praising 00:10:34.440 --> 00:10:37.899 some kind of angry, vindictive deity here? 00:10:38.019 --> 00:10:40.240 Some God who just sort of flies off in a rage 00:10:40.240 --> 00:10:41.600 and plays favorites? 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:44.279 What sort of God is this? 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:47.360 But look again, 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:49.779 that's not the picture here at all. 00:10:49.779 --> 00:10:51.819 Rather, 00:10:52.419 --> 00:10:55.600 we're singing praise to a God 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:58.019 who in great might 00:10:58.019 --> 00:11:00.319 has stood up 00:11:00.319 --> 00:11:01.480 for the oppressed 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:02.480 and the poor 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:04.419 and has become their champion. 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:06.899 After all, 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:09.339 Pharaoh and his chariots 00:11:09.339 --> 00:11:10.159 and their riders, 00:11:10.319 --> 00:11:10.759 the Egyptians, 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:12.120 they aren't coming 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:13.319 to say they're sorry. 00:11:14.500 --> 00:11:14.879 Right? 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:16.939 They're not coming out 00:11:16.939 --> 00:11:17.259 to say, 00:11:17.379 --> 00:11:17.559 oh, 00:11:17.700 --> 00:11:18.899 400 years of slavery, 00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:19.279 you know, 00:11:19.620 --> 00:11:21.000 let us give you a parting gift. 00:11:22.319 --> 00:11:23.319 They're not coming out 00:11:23.319 --> 00:11:23.960 to say they're sorry. 00:11:24.059 --> 00:11:25.100 They're coming out to what? 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:26.539 To devour. 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:28.500 Look at verse 9. 00:11:29.319 --> 00:11:30.159 The enemy said, 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:31.879 I will pursue, 00:11:32.439 --> 00:11:33.559 I will overtake, 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:35.259 I will divide the spoil. 00:11:35.779 --> 00:11:37.960 My desire shall have its fill of them. 00:11:38.899 --> 00:11:40.080 I will draw my sword 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:41.500 and my hand 00:11:41.500 --> 00:11:42.800 shall destroy them. 00:11:45.860 --> 00:11:47.460 Pharaoh's hand, 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:48.920 the hand 00:11:48.920 --> 00:11:49.920 that had held 00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:50.759 the people of Israel 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.100 in slavery 00:11:52.100 --> 00:11:53.300 for generations 00:11:53.300 --> 00:11:54.560 is now set 00:11:54.560 --> 00:11:56.160 on destroying them. 00:11:57.620 --> 00:11:58.200 But 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:02.160 there's a stronger hand. 00:12:04.160 --> 00:12:05.280 Verse 6. 00:12:06.040 --> 00:12:06.759 Your hand, 00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:08.259 your right hand, 00:12:08.340 --> 00:12:08.759 oh Lord, 00:12:09.180 --> 00:12:09.820 glorious, 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:10.900 in power, 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:12.240 your right hand, 00:12:12.300 --> 00:12:12.720 oh Lord, 00:12:13.420 --> 00:12:14.420 shatters the enemy. 00:12:19.420 --> 00:12:20.800 Imagine how it must have felt 00:12:20.800 --> 00:12:21.960 in 1945 00:12:21.960 --> 00:12:23.800 in London 00:12:23.800 --> 00:12:26.020 when VE Day, 00:12:26.660 --> 00:12:27.720 Victory in Europe Day, 00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:28.580 finally came 00:12:28.580 --> 00:12:29.900 when Nazi Germany 00:12:29.900 --> 00:12:30.759 finally fell. 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.920 Imagine what it must have been like 00:12:32.920 --> 00:12:34.420 living in fear 00:12:34.420 --> 00:12:35.840 year after year after year, 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:36.379 wondering 00:12:36.379 --> 00:12:37.539 wondering when the next 00:12:37.539 --> 00:12:38.779 bombing raid 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:39.720 would strike. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:43.539 Wondering year after year 00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:44.659 when the next friend 00:12:44.659 --> 00:12:45.639 or family member 00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:46.439 would be lost 00:12:46.439 --> 00:12:47.100 in combat 00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:48.179 in some ditch 00:12:48.179 --> 00:12:48.799 far away 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:49.399 on the continent. 00:12:51.059 --> 00:12:52.379 And now imagine 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:53.399 what it must be like 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.019 to hear the news 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:57.200 that there's peace, 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:59.059 that the enemy 00:12:59.059 --> 00:12:59.980 has been conquered 00:12:59.980 --> 00:13:00.860 and the war 00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:01.519 is over. 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.379 historical accounts 00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:06.199 of 45 00:13:06.199 --> 00:13:06.799 in London 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:07.500 tell us that 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:08.939 more than a million 00:13:08.939 --> 00:13:09.740 people packed 00:13:09.740 --> 00:13:10.299 the streets 00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:11.799 from Trafalgar Square 00:13:11.799 --> 00:13:12.879 to Buckingham Palace. 00:13:13.539 --> 00:13:14.500 Is it any wonder 00:13:14.500 --> 00:13:16.159 that they rushed 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:17.059 into the streets 00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:18.620 and I'm sure 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:19.159 they were singing 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:19.720 something, 00:13:20.860 --> 00:13:21.600 God save the queen, 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:22.679 whatever they could think of 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:23.620 king at that point. 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:26.200 No wonder 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:26.860 they packed 00:13:26.860 --> 00:13:27.480 the streets 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:28.440 and rejoiced. 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.700 No wonder 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:31.379 the Israelites 00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:32.700 sang on the shores 00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:33.480 of the Red Sea. 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:35.360 Imagine the relief, 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.860 imagine the joy 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:37.820 they must have felt 00:13:37.820 --> 00:13:39.679 to look back 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:40.159 and say, 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:42.440 there's no more enemy. 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:44.000 He's gone. 00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:50.720 And yet friends, 00:13:50.779 --> 00:13:51.440 here's what we know. 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:54.020 we know 00:13:54.020 --> 00:13:54.440 that there's 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:55.160 an even greater 00:13:55.160 --> 00:13:56.280 victory that's been won. 00:13:58.280 --> 00:13:59.520 An even greater 00:13:59.520 --> 00:14:00.760 enemy that's been conquered. 00:14:03.780 --> 00:14:04.680 You see, 00:14:04.800 --> 00:14:05.620 in and behind 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.540 human oppression 00:14:06.540 --> 00:14:07.240 and injustice, 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:09.180 deep down 00:14:09.180 --> 00:14:10.540 in our own hearts, 00:14:11.300 --> 00:14:13.000 there's a power 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:13.580 at work, 00:14:14.220 --> 00:14:14.720 isn't there? 00:14:16.220 --> 00:14:17.800 And this power 00:14:17.800 --> 00:14:19.220 makes it such 00:14:19.220 --> 00:14:20.560 that even when 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:21.419 we know 00:14:21.419 --> 00:14:22.500 the right thing 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.059 to do, 00:14:23.799 --> 00:14:24.919 we find that 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:25.399 we end up 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.299 not doing it. 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.899 And the things 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:30.399 that we know 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.079 we ought not 00:14:31.079 --> 00:14:31.559 to do, 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.559 well, 00:14:33.599 --> 00:14:34.119 those are the very 00:14:34.119 --> 00:14:34.899 things we end up 00:14:34.899 --> 00:14:35.239 doing. 00:14:38.099 --> 00:14:38.719 Have you ever 00:14:38.719 --> 00:14:39.119 found that 00:14:39.119 --> 00:14:39.639 to be true? 00:14:42.179 --> 00:14:42.599 Good. 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:43.159 I'm not the only 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:43.879 one in the room. 00:14:44.439 --> 00:14:45.039 Who knows 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:45.719 what that's like? 00:14:47.719 --> 00:14:48.599 And here's the thing, 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:49.539 despite telling 00:14:49.539 --> 00:14:50.379 ourselves again 00:14:50.379 --> 00:14:51.000 and again, 00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:51.899 this time 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.339 it's going to be 00:14:52.339 --> 00:14:52.679 different. 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:53.939 This time 00:14:53.939 --> 00:14:54.360 it's going to be 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:54.599 different. 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.199 Still, 00:14:55.620 --> 00:14:56.379 that same 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:57.500 inability, 00:14:57.839 --> 00:14:58.439 that same 00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:59.699 power at work 00:14:59.699 --> 00:15:00.120 in us, 00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:00.620 deep down 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.159 in our hearts 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:01.699 is there. 00:15:03.839 --> 00:15:04.659 And the trouble 00:15:04.659 --> 00:15:05.659 with this enemy 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:06.799 is that we 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:07.539 can't seem 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.679 to externalize it 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.279 and we can't seem 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:10.240 to separate it 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:11.519 from ourselves. 00:15:12.099 --> 00:15:12.259 Right? 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:13.819 Pharaoh's chariots 00:15:13.819 --> 00:15:14.500 and horsemen 00:15:14.500 --> 00:15:15.219 are one thing, 00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:15.919 scary, 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:16.379 yes, 00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:17.219 but able to be 00:15:17.220 --> 00:15:17.740 conquered and 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.399 God did it. 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.300 But what about 00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:21.960 this thing 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:23.940 in me? 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:27.480 This power 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:27.899 that seems 00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:28.500 to hold 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:29.360 on to bitterness 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:30.460 when I know 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:31.460 I should forgive. 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:34.220 This power 00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:35.720 that just 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.279 wants to look 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.139 the other way 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:38.019 when my neighbors 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:38.680 are in need, 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.240 when I know 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:39.920 I should probably 00:15:39.920 --> 00:15:40.639 give them a call 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:41.379 or show up 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.040 or offer to 00:15:42.040 --> 00:15:42.660 just listen 00:15:42.660 --> 00:15:43.200 and help. 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:45.780 this power 00:15:45.780 --> 00:15:46.180 in me 00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:46.800 that always 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:47.340 seems to want 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:47.840 to bend 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.560 the truth 00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.720 when I know 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.520 I should be 00:15:51.520 --> 00:15:51.920 truthful. 00:15:54.540 --> 00:15:55.460 If the waters 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:56.140 of the Red Sea 00:15:56.140 --> 00:15:56.600 were to come 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.800 crashing down 00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.840 on all that, 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:01.160 what would be 00:16:01.160 --> 00:16:01.980 left of me 00:16:01.980 --> 00:16:03.620 in the process? 00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:07.520 Wouldn't I be 00:16:07.520 --> 00:16:08.220 swept away 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:08.640 with it? 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:12.279 So we ask, 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:12.879 how could God 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.699 win this victory? 00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:14.919 How could God 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.879 conquer this enemy? 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:20.960 Listen to what 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.580 the Apostle Paul 00:16:21.580 --> 00:16:22.600 says in Romans 7 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.360 reflecting 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.960 on all these 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:26.100 rich themes 00:16:26.100 --> 00:16:26.919 of deliverance 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.759 and exodus. 00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.120 Paul says this, 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:30.539 he says, 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.939 I delight in the 00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:32.439 law of God 00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:33.200 in my inner being, 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:34.580 but I see 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.299 in my members 00:16:35.299 --> 00:16:36.240 another law 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.379 waging war 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.519 against the law 00:16:38.519 --> 00:16:39.159 of my mind 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:40.580 and making me 00:16:40.580 --> 00:16:41.100 captive 00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:42.639 to the law 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.220 of sin 00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:44.240 that dwells 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:44.980 in my members. 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.080 Wretched man 00:16:47.080 --> 00:16:47.700 that I am, 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:49.340 who will deliver 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.000 me from this 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.820 body of death? 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:53.220 Exactly. 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:54.159 Who 00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:55.100 can rescue 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.799 us from this? 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:58.340 But then he says, 00:16:59.419 --> 00:16:59.980 thanks 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:01.080 be to God 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:02.240 through Jesus 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.840 Christ 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.759 our Lord. 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.480 You see, 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.200 when sin 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.480 had pursued 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:08.980 us 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.740 and sought 00:17:09.740 --> 00:17:10.559 to devour 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:10.960 us 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.660 and when we 00:17:11.660 --> 00:17:12.059 were held 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.799 captive 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:14.259 by its power, 00:17:14.340 --> 00:17:15.039 a power that all 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:15.680 of us in this room 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.319 were just nodding 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:16.940 our heads about, 00:17:17.019 --> 00:17:17.240 right? 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.120 When that was 00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:20.700 the case, 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:21.700 Christ 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:23.019 stepped in 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:24.480 as our champion 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.840 and as our 00:17:25.840 --> 00:17:26.319 victor. 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.660 He 00:17:28.660 --> 00:17:29.700 bore 00:17:29.700 --> 00:17:30.500 the worst 00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.200 that sin 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:31.980 had to offer 00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.759 on the cross. 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:34.620 Standing 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.340 in our place, 00:17:35.460 --> 00:17:35.980 identifying 00:17:35.980 --> 00:17:36.599 with us, 00:17:36.700 --> 00:17:37.319 taking on 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.000 our flesh, 00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:38.740 becoming 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.220 like us 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:40.920 in every way 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.599 and on the cross 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:42.500 taking on 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:43.140 that power 00:17:43.140 --> 00:17:43.779 of sin 00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:45.640 and taking 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:46.460 on the judgment 00:17:46.460 --> 00:17:47.099 that it rightly 00:17:47.099 --> 00:17:47.740 deserved. 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.480 Letting sin 00:17:49.480 --> 00:17:50.000 and death 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.120 pour its 00:17:51.120 --> 00:17:51.720 cascade 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:52.539 over him. 00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.579 And then 00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.039 Christ 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:57.039 came through 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.539 the waters 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:58.099 of judgment, 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.259 victorious, 00:18:00.259 --> 00:18:01.039 risen to new 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:01.500 life, 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:03.259 such that 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:04.000 now sin 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.920 has no 00:18:04.920 --> 00:18:05.519 claim on 00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:05.819 him 00:18:05.819 --> 00:18:08.539 and united 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:08.960 to him 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:09.619 by faith, 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:11.380 sin no 00:18:11.380 --> 00:18:11.960 longer has 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.519 any claim 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.039 on those 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:13.480 who trust 00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:13.900 in him. 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.079 You see, 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:16.900 because Christ, 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:17.920 our victor, 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:18.480 Christ, 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.099 our warrior, 00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:19.500 Christ, 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:20.019 our champion, 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.519 has stepped 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:21.339 in and 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:21.960 taken hold 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:22.420 of us 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:23.039 and gone 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.480 through the 00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.740 waters 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.160 and come 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.539 out, 00:18:25.460 --> 00:18:26.480 our sins 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:26.759 have been 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.119 forgiven. 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.639 The old 00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.199 is gone. 00:18:29.699 --> 00:18:30.099 The new 00:18:30.099 --> 00:18:30.759 has come. 00:18:31.199 --> 00:18:31.819 The horse 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.419 and the rider 00:18:32.419 --> 00:18:33.099 he has thrown 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.819 into the sea. 00:18:35.739 --> 00:18:36.559 Sin and death 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:36.819 have been 00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:37.179 defeated 00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:37.879 and we stand 00:18:37.879 --> 00:18:38.459 on the shore 00:18:38.459 --> 00:18:39.539 of the new 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.019 creation. 00:18:42.959 --> 00:18:43.759 And that's 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.119 why 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:46.419 we ought 00:18:46.419 --> 00:18:46.819 to be a 00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.699 singing people. 00:18:49.659 --> 00:18:50.299 Because the 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:50.859 battle has 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.339 been won 00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.919 through Jesus, 00:18:52.059 --> 00:18:52.299 our king. 00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:52.639 That's why 00:18:52.639 --> 00:18:53.599 Paul tells 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.039 the church 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:54.719 in Colossi 00:18:54.719 --> 00:18:55.179 that we read 00:18:55.179 --> 00:18:55.699 earlier to 00:18:55.699 --> 00:18:56.099 sing. 00:18:56.679 --> 00:18:57.099 He says, 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:57.839 let the 00:18:57.839 --> 00:18:58.219 word of 00:18:58.219 --> 00:18:58.479 Christ 00:18:58.479 --> 00:18:58.899 dwell in 00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.479 you richly, 00:18:59.919 --> 00:19:00.419 teaching and 00:19:00.419 --> 00:19:01.179 admonishing one 00:19:01.179 --> 00:19:01.639 another in 00:19:01.639 --> 00:19:02.139 all wisdom 00:19:02.139 --> 00:19:03.979 and singing. 00:19:04.299 --> 00:19:04.659 Singing 00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:05.759 psalms and 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.639 hymns and 00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.659 spiritual songs 00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:09.699 with thankfulness 00:19:09.699 --> 00:19:11.019 in your hearts 00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.599 to God. 00:19:12.479 --> 00:19:13.759 With thankfulness 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:14.359 for the word 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:14.799 of Christ, 00:19:14.899 --> 00:19:15.399 for the gospel, 00:19:15.539 --> 00:19:15.939 for the good 00:19:15.939 --> 00:19:16.399 news that in 00:19:16.399 --> 00:19:16.919 his grace, 00:19:17.199 --> 00:19:17.739 God's forgiven 00:19:17.739 --> 00:19:18.379 our sins and 00:19:18.379 --> 00:19:18.899 triumphed over 00:19:18.899 --> 00:19:19.219 death. 00:19:21.399 --> 00:19:22.079 But here's 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:22.379 the thing, 00:19:22.439 --> 00:19:22.899 it's not just 00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:24.359 now that 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:24.719 we'll sing 00:19:24.719 --> 00:19:25.219 this song. 00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:26.559 It's actually 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:27.079 a song we'll 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:27.439 sing for 00:19:27.439 --> 00:19:27.960 eternity. 00:19:30.439 --> 00:19:30.819 It's very 00:19:30.819 --> 00:19:31.039 interesting, 00:19:31.139 --> 00:19:31.480 Revelation 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.319 chapter 15, 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.399 at the very 00:19:33.399 --> 00:19:33.699 end of the 00:19:33.699 --> 00:19:33.960 Bible, 00:19:34.859 --> 00:19:35.299 says, 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.720 and they 00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:37.460 sing the 00:19:37.460 --> 00:19:38.019 song of 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.460 Moses, 00:19:39.159 --> 00:19:39.639 the servant 00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.179 of God, 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.299 and the 00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.699 song of 00:19:41.699 --> 00:19:42.099 the Lamb 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:42.579 saying, 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.259 great and 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:45.159 amazing are 00:19:45.159 --> 00:19:45.859 your deeds, 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:46.659 O Lord 00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.299 God Almighty. 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:49.720 you see, 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.359 this theme 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.259 that in 00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:51.879 Jesus God 00:19:51.879 --> 00:19:52.399 has conquered 00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:52.899 our greatest 00:19:52.899 --> 00:19:53.440 enemies and 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.759 set us 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:53.980 free, 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.779 this song 00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.460 of deliverance, 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:55.879 this song 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.419 of salvation, 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.059 this song 00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:58.119 of praise 00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.639 on the shores 00:19:58.639 --> 00:19:59.019 of the Red 00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.240 Sea, 00:19:59.319 --> 00:19:59.779 that is a 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.799 song that 00:20:00.799 --> 00:20:01.200 the church 00:20:01.200 --> 00:20:01.519 is going to 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.500 sing forever 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:08.119 with thanksgiving 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:09.440 in our hearts 00:20:09.440 --> 00:20:10.419 to the Lord. 00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:14.519 Now, 00:20:14.580 --> 00:20:15.039 this does not 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:17.000 mean that 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.539 the people of 00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:17.759 God, 00:20:17.820 --> 00:20:18.320 that the church 00:20:18.320 --> 00:20:19.100 never sing 00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:19.539 songs of 00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:19.860 lament. 00:20:20.860 --> 00:20:21.259 It never 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.660 means that 00:20:21.660 --> 00:20:22.340 we never 00:20:22.340 --> 00:20:23.560 sing songs 00:20:23.560 --> 00:20:25.460 of crying 00:20:25.460 --> 00:20:26.160 out for help. 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.460 We sing all 00:20:27.460 --> 00:20:27.880 of those songs, 00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.259 don't we? 00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:30.519 And yet, 00:20:30.620 --> 00:20:31.539 running like 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.279 a current 00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.180 underneath 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:35.400 is this 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:36.460 new song, 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.100 this song 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:38.700 of the sea 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:40.000 that the 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.519 horse and 00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:40.920 the rider 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.360 God has 00:20:41.360 --> 00:20:41.940 thrown into 00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:42.360 the sea 00:20:42.360 --> 00:20:42.980 for us. 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:46.100 You know, 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.840 this is the 00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:47.220 good news 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.759 of the gospel, 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.180 friends. 00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.039 You know, 00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.559 I think most 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:50.980 of us, 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.500 most of our 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.819 friends, 00:20:52.980 --> 00:20:53.400 most of our 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:53.740 neighbors, 00:20:54.100 --> 00:20:54.279 you know, 00:20:54.360 --> 00:20:55.220 underneath the 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.580 sort of 00:20:55.580 --> 00:20:56.400 busyness of 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:56.799 life, 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:57.920 there's, 00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.160 I mean, 00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.799 if we're honest, 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.840 isn't there 00:21:00.840 --> 00:21:01.680 just a quiet 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.600 rumble 00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:03.799 of despair? 00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:05.900 Just a 00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.420 quiet, 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.580 gnawing 00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.340 sense 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:10.500 that the 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:10.859 bottom's 00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:11.299 gonna drop 00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.639 out 00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.699 at some 00:21:12.699 --> 00:21:13.059 point. 00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.119 You're only 00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.500 gonna live 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.099 so long. 00:21:17.159 --> 00:21:17.759 That the 00:21:17.759 --> 00:21:18.139 sort of 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:19.359 tones 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:19.819 that are 00:21:19.819 --> 00:21:20.419 played 00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.079 underneath 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.699 every 00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:22.159 moment of 00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:22.359 life, 00:21:22.379 --> 00:21:22.720 even the 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.019 joyful 00:21:23.019 --> 00:21:23.599 moments, 00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.339 end up 00:21:24.339 --> 00:21:24.740 being a 00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:25.119 tone of 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.639 sadness. 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.980 And yet, 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:29.379 here the 00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:30.039 gospel comes 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.259 in and 00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.459 says, 00:21:31.599 --> 00:21:32.019 oh no, 00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.980 that's not 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.599 the song 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:36.039 that underlies 00:21:36.039 --> 00:21:36.939 everything else. 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.240 let me 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.959 take that 00:21:39.959 --> 00:21:40.740 song of 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.419 despair from 00:21:41.419 --> 00:21:42.439 you and 00:21:42.439 --> 00:21:43.079 give you a 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.359 song, 00:21:43.459 --> 00:21:43.959 give you a 00:21:43.959 --> 00:21:44.879 hymn of 00:21:44.879 --> 00:21:45.399 praise, 00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:46.279 give you a 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.379 song of 00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.240 victory and 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:49.939 triumph that 00:21:49.939 --> 00:21:50.899 will run like a 00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.679 current under all 00:21:51.679 --> 00:21:52.259 of your sadness, 00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:53.000 under all of your 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.679 hardship and your 00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.899 moments of joy and 00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.539 your moments of 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.959 struggle. 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.079 Come take this 00:21:58.079 --> 00:21:58.480 song, 00:21:59.019 --> 00:22:01.319 because he's done 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:01.500 it. 00:22:02.699 --> 00:22:03.639 Christ is risen, 00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.959 the horse and the 00:22:04.959 --> 00:22:05.720 rider he's thrown 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.339 into the sea. 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.880 Now as Moses 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.759 continues this 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.539 song on the 00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.140 shore of the 00:22:14.140 --> 00:22:14.640 Red Sea, 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.079 he begins to 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.779 sing that of 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.360 two kind of 00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.120 results or 00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.579 implications. 00:22:18.759 --> 00:22:19.100 He sort of, 00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:20.059 he looks back 00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.539 and says, 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.400 look at what 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.960 God has done, 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.460 they've sunk 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.160 like a stone. 00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.819 God blew his 00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.259 nose and 00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:25.779 destroyed our 00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.120 enemies. 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.559 That's one of 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.180 the only sermons 00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.839 I remember from 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.279 growing up, 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.740 by the way, 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.380 in the church 00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.940 that I grew up 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.100 in. 00:22:31.400 --> 00:22:31.680 The pastor 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.200 gave a sermon 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.559 called, 00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.100 what happens 00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.559 when God 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:33.980 blows his 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.259 nose? 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:34.620 And it was 00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.019 on this 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.440 text. 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.079 Did you 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:36.559 catch that? 00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:38.960 Now I'm 00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.240 sure there's 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:39.660 someone who 00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.120 will be the 00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.579 only sermon 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:40.920 they ever 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.460 remember here 00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.779 at Trinity. 00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.019 This is 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.279 God, 00:22:44.360 --> 00:22:44.880 this is our 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.220 God, 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.660 he's so 00:22:45.660 --> 00:22:45.980 great, 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.319 he's so 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.600 amazing, 00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.100 he's like 00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.240 you, 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.620 oh God. 00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.360 So Moses 00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.779 sort of looks 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.140 back and 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.339 then he 00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.799 looks ahead 00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:53.440 and he 00:22:53.440 --> 00:22:53.759 sings of 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.180 two kind 00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.579 of results, 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.339 two implications 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.019 of the fact 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.380 that God 00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.240 has triumphed 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.539 over his 00:22:57.539 --> 00:22:57.779 enemies. 00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.079 And the 00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:58.539 first is 00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:58.839 this, 00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.620 that the 00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.079 surrounding 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.799 nations 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:02.100 will fear 00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.519 God. 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.380 Look again 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.680 at verses 00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:05.180 14 through 00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.559 16, 00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.899 in the 00:23:05.899 --> 00:23:06.200 song of 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.519 the sea 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.839 here. 00:23:08.419 --> 00:23:09.240 Those names, 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.599 if you're not 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.079 familiar with 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.259 those, 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.599 those are 00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.619 nations in 00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.379 and around 00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:13.359 the promised 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.839 land where 00:23:13.839 --> 00:23:14.200 God is 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.679 eventually going 00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:14.960 to take 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.460 his people. 00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.480 And Moses 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.819 says that 00:23:17.819 --> 00:23:18.059 they're going 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.720 to hear what 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:19.039 God has 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:20.339 done and 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:20.659 they're going 00:23:20.659 --> 00:23:21.279 to tremble. 00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:24.019 God is 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.139 to hear what 00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:26.139 God is 00:23:26.139 --> 00:23:27.319 God is 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.819 a God 00:23:27.819 --> 00:23:28.960 who saves 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:30.079 and God 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.759 saves in 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.099 such a 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.799 mighty way 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.240 that the 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.859 nations will 00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.619 see his 00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.039 greatness 00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:35.240 and worship 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.619 him. 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.599 Of course, 00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:38.980 in the Old 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.299 Testament, 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.160 we see only 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.759 a shadow 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.819 of what this 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.200 means. 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:44.000 But when 00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:45.180 the New 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.740 Testament, 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.059 when the 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.539 New Covenant 00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.119 comes, 00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.039 that has 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.759 unfolded in 00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.460 all of its 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:49.839 fullness. 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.139 I've been 00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.500 reading the 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.079 book of Acts 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:53.339 recently in 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.740 just some of 00:23:53.740 --> 00:23:54.299 my personal 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.319 prayer time. 00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.440 And don't 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.019 you see there 00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:58.440 that people 00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.940 from all 00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.759 nations don't 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.539 just hear about 00:24:00.539 --> 00:24:01.259 Israel's God, 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.460 but they come 00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.420 to trust and 00:24:03.420 --> 00:24:04.180 believe in 00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.680 Jesus, 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.799 Israel's 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.240 Messiah. 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.920 They come 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.639 to trust and 00:24:07.639 --> 00:24:08.000 believe in 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.460 him as the 00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:09.200 world's true 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.819 Savior and 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.099 Lord. 00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.019 The nations 00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.379 now aren't 00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.899 just trembling 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.379 because they 00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:13.960 heard of this 00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:15.200 mighty deed, 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.839 but now they're 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.419 trembling in 00:24:16.419 --> 00:24:16.939 worship and 00:24:16.939 --> 00:24:17.459 love as they 00:24:17.459 --> 00:24:18.439 take this 00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.859 God as 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.339 their own. 00:24:23.939 --> 00:24:24.619 Moses was 00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.099 helping the 00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.500 people of 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.959 Israel to 00:24:25.959 --> 00:24:26.639 see here, 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.579 something I 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:27.839 think is 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.819 very important 00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.359 for us. 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.399 He was 00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.839 helping the 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.259 people to 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.019 see and to 00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.619 sing right 00:24:33.619 --> 00:24:34.079 here on the 00:24:34.079 --> 00:24:34.419 shore of the 00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:34.939 Red Sea that 00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:36.199 if God had 00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:37.359 defeated the 00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:38.359 Egyptians behind 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:38.779 them, 00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:40.980 then the 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.619 nations in 00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.139 front of 00:24:42.139 --> 00:24:43.359 them wouldn't 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.240 ultimately be 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.919 able to undo 00:24:44.919 --> 00:24:45.559 them either. 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:49.000 If God had 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.740 defeated the 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.459 enemies behind 00:24:50.459 --> 00:24:52.359 you, the 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.859 enemies in 00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.279 front of you 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.859 won't be able 00:24:53.859 --> 00:24:54.259 to conquer 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:54.839 you either. 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.399 And it's 00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:58.859 true for us 00:24:58.859 --> 00:24:59.119 today. 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.319 If Jesus has 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.599 defeated sin 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.679 and death, if 00:25:02.679 --> 00:25:03.779 God has made 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.599 us his children 00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.539 and called us 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:08.799 his own, what 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:09.579 is there really 00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:11.039 to fear in 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.459 what lies 00:25:11.459 --> 00:25:11.819 ahead? 00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:13.960 God has 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.839 to fear in 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.200 God. 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.359 Of course, this 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.019 isn't saying 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.460 that we ought 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:18.279 to be triumphalist. 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.599 After all, between 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.720 the Red Sea and 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.480 the Promised Land, 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.240 what is there? 00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.839 There's a 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.119 wilderness. 00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:27.779 And in that 00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.519 wilderness, there's 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:29.240 going to be hunger 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:30.839 and thirst and 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:31.579 there are nations 00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.659 waiting to attack. 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.679 There are hardships 00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.200 ahead. 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.679 But here in this 00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.659 song, if the 00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:37.799 greatest enemy has 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.919 already been sunk 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:41.220 in the sea, then 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.100 we need not be 00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.519 afraid. 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.720 So the first 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.360 result is that 00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:51.080 the nations will 00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.640 fear God. 00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.019 And the second 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:54.480 result is that 00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:55.480 God will bring 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.880 his people safely 00:25:56.880 --> 00:25:58.400 to his dwelling 00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.860 place. 00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.640 We see this in 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.519 verse 13 and 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.400 verse 17. 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.000 Let me read 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.860 those two verses 00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.740 again for us. 00:26:05.820 --> 00:26:06.560 You have led 00:26:06.560 --> 00:26:07.680 in your steadfast 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:08.740 love the 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.420 people whom 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.779 you have 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.240 redeemed. 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.319 You have 00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.140 guided them by 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.859 your strength 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.660 to your holy 00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.140 abode. 00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.559 You will bring 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:16.200 them in and 00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.019 plant them on 00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.440 your own 00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:17.880 mountain. 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.500 This place, O 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.019 Lord, which you 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.700 have made for 00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.779 your abode, the 00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.539 sanctuary, O 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.660 Lord, which your 00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.180 hands have 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.819 established. 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.359 We saw this at 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.039 the very start of 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.000 our series in 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.539 Exodus, didn't 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:30.700 we? 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:32.299 That God saves 00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.220 in order to 00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.120 dwell in our 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.559 midst. 00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:37.180 God rescues 00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.319 us so that he 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:39.000 can be with 00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.399 us. 00:26:40.899 --> 00:26:41.759 That the God 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.279 of the Bible 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.379 is a God who 00:26:43.379 --> 00:26:44.779 comes into 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.879 intimate relationship 00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.619 with his people. 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.539 He's a God who 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.559 comes near, so 00:26:48.559 --> 00:26:49.159 near that he 00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:50.460 even dwells in 00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.980 our midst. 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:53.079 And that 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:54.659 dwelling has a 00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.039 future. 00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:58.119 The future for 00:26:58.119 --> 00:26:58.599 the people of 00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.220 Israel was a 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.339 home in the 00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.960 land of Canaan. 00:27:02.460 --> 00:27:03.240 And eventually 00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.159 the temple that 00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:04.960 Solomon would build 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.359 would be the 00:27:05.359 --> 00:27:06.119 place where God's 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.859 glory dwelt in 00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:07.379 their midst. 00:27:08.219 --> 00:27:08.799 But you see, the 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.479 land and the 00:27:09.479 --> 00:27:10.000 temple, that was 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.039 just a signpost of 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:13.019 an even greater 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.019 dwelling place that 00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.719 God has in store 00:27:14.719 --> 00:27:15.399 for his people. 00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:16.879 That was just a 00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.419 picture of what 00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:18.000 was to come. 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.439 The Apostle 00:27:21.439 --> 00:27:22.559 Peter writes in 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.919 his second letter 00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.699 that according to 00:27:24.699 --> 00:27:25.859 God's promise, 00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:28.059 we're waiting for 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.119 a new heavens and 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.959 a new earth in 00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.599 which righteousness 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.299 dwells. 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:35.619 The promised 00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.019 land of the 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.419 Old Testament 00:27:36.419 --> 00:27:36.919 was just a 00:27:36.919 --> 00:27:37.480 picture of a 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:38.099 pointer to what 00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.000 God promises to 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.740 do for the 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.460 whole creation. 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:42.139 To cover it with 00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:43.460 his glory as the 00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.240 waters cover the 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.519 sea. 00:27:45.359 --> 00:27:46.359 To dwell with his 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.000 people and make 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.960 all things new. 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.659 That it wouldn't 00:27:49.659 --> 00:27:50.240 just be a little 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:51.799 patch of earth in 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.519 Palestine, but it 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:53.139 would be the whole 00:27:53.139 --> 00:27:54.559 earth made new. 00:27:54.559 --> 00:28:00.819 You see, the song 00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.539 of the church, 00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:03.079 friends, is a 00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:05.519 song of victory 00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.819 in what Jesus has 00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:08.879 done, and it's a 00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.720 song of confidence 00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.299 in what he's doing 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:11.259 now in the midst of 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:13.299 the wilderness, but 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.079 it's also a song of 00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.379 hope in what he 00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:15.940 will do. 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.980 That if Jesus has 00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.899 conquered sin and 00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.659 death, then 00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.480 ultimately he will 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.179 bring us safely 00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:22.399 home, that he will 00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:24.200 return in glory, and 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.200 all the earth will 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.059 be liberated from 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:27.500 evil and injustice, 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:29.160 sickness, and 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:29.539 death. 00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.279 And as verse 18 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:34.319 says, the Lord will 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:37.140 reign forever and 00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.580 ever. 00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.759 So what, if 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:47.500 anything, makes you 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.180 want to sing? 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.900 The song of Moses, 00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:54.039 as Miriam tells us, 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.759 as an invitation. 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.059 I wonder, friends, 00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.980 can you sing verse 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.339 two? 00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:00.200 Look at that verse. 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.879 The Lord is my 00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:04.059 strength and my 00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:06.720 song, and he has 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:08.740 become my salvation. 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:12.700 This is my God, and I 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.680 will praise him. 00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.200 That's very personal, 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.299 isn't it? 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.779 my strength. 00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:20.299 My strength, my 00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:22.599 strength, my song, my 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:24.859 salvation, my God. 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.220 That's what it means to 00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:31.619 become a Christian, to 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.779 look to Jesus Christ, 00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.700 crucified and risen, 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:37.059 seated at God's right 00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.039 hand, the very Son of 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:40.019 God, and to say to him, 00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:43.519 you are my strength and 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.159 my song. 00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.740 You, Lord, are my 00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.220 salvation. 00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:48.079 You are my God. 00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:50.339 To entrust yourself 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.700 completely to him. 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.279 That's what he calls us 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.180 to do, even now. 00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:59.759 And once you've taken 00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:01.339 that step, once you've 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.920 made that decision, once 00:30:02.920 --> 00:30:04.259 you can sing that as 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:06.759 your song, Jesus tells us 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:09.039 that the next step is to 00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.980 make a public profession 00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.079 in baptism. 00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.199 baptism. 00:30:14.199 --> 00:30:15.079 Baptism is something that 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.980 Jesus commands, and it 00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:18.059 essentially says, I'm 00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:19.159 identifying with Christ. 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:20.799 He is my salvation. 00:30:21.339 --> 00:30:22.319 He is my strength. 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.319 He is my song. 00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.539 He is my God. 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.819 And there's nothing I'm 00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.839 holding back from him. 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.960 I'm going to get totally 00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.359 wet. 00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:33.699 Baptism says that he, 00:30:33.919 --> 00:30:35.099 Jesus, has gone through 00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.579 the waters of judgment for 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.879 me. 00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:38.799 He's died and risen again, 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.879 and through faith in him, 00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:41.659 I've come to new life as 00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:41.960 well. 00:30:43.419 --> 00:30:44.539 Friends, I wonder if you're 00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:46.299 here this morning and you 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:48.940 can sing verse two to God, 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:49.740 to Christ. 00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.799 Have you been baptized? 00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:54.980 Are you ready to take on the 00:30:54.980 --> 00:30:56.339 joy of stepping into the 00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:58.279 waters of baptism and be 00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.839 reminded and be powerfully 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:01.619 encouraged by what God has 00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:03.059 done and this gift that he 00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:04.559 gives you to be publicly 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:06.579 proclaiming your union with 00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:06.819 him? 00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:10.099 Well, this morning we're going 00:31:10.099 --> 00:31:11.740 to invite Geneva and we're 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.559 going to invite Tricia to come 00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:14.139 on up, and they're going to 00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:15.220 do just that. 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.940 They're going to tell us what 00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:18.720 God has done in their life, 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:20.480 how they've come to know 00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:24.140 Christ, and then they're 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.759 going to step into the 00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.059 waters and get baptized. 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.579 The elders have met with 00:31:27.579 --> 00:31:28.700 both Tricia and Geneva, and 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.440 we've affirmed their 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.839 profession of faith, and it's 00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.720 our privilege to bring them 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.579 forward for baptism. 00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.640 So let me invite them to 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:35.100 come on up. 00:31:36.100 --> 00:31:36.860 They're going to share their 00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:38.059 stories, and then we'll sing, 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.500 and then we'll celebrate 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.279 baptism together. 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:41.319 And as they come on up, 00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:43.039 let me pray for us. 00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:48.519 Oh, great God, we give you 00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:50.259 thanks that there is a hymn 00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:52.480 of praise that rumbles 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:54.319 throughout history and has 00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:56.879 met us even here. 00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.180 Thank you for our Lord Jesus 00:31:59.180 --> 00:32:00.359 Christ who has won the 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:01.700 victory over sin and death. 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.220 Thank you for bringing us 00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.839 onto the shores of the new 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.759 creation in him. 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:08.000 Lord, you are our strength, 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.940 and you are our song, and we 00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.539 praise you. 00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:12.740 Lord, we pray all this in 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.279 Jesus' name. 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:13.659 Amen. 00:32:15.899 --> 00:32:16.779 So Geneva, why don't you 00:32:16.779 --> 00:32:17.519 come on up, and why don't 00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:21.420 you share with us your story? 00:32:26.139 --> 00:32:27.200 Good morning, church. 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:28.099 Good morning. 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:31.619 So several times throughout 00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:33.859 the Bible, God promises to 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:36.000 show mercy to the descendants 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:38.279 of those who love him.