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 Please open up your Bibles this morning to the book of Psalms.

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 Book of Psalms. Treg mentioned last week, I was not here with you, but Treg mentioned that we are

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 beginning a new series during the summer through the book of Psalms. We'll pick back up

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 right where we left off in the book of John, Lord willing, in August.

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 But we're going to spend some time together in the Psalms this summer.

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 And you may have noticed that we titled this sermon series through the Psalms,

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 The Anatomy of the Soul. And I'll tell you why. Because you asked.

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 John Calvin, in his commentary on the Psalms, he says this. He says,

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 I have been accustomed to call this book, I think not inappropriately, an anatomy of all the parts of the soul.

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 For there is not an emotion of which anyone can be conscious that is not here represented as in a mirror.

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 Or rather, the Holy Spirit has here drawn to the life all the griefs, sorrows, fears, doubts, hopes, cares, perplexities.

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 In short, all the distracting emotions with which the minds of men are wont to be agitated.

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 In other words, one of the main reasons why I think we tend to be so drawn to the Psalms

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 is because they are so human. Do you find that to be true as you read through the Psalms?

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 They are expressive and real. Oftentimes they're raw.

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 They're asking questions that we ask. They're dealing with struggles that we deal with.

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 They explore the depths of the human soul,

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 but they do so in ways that align our soul with the Word of God,

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 with the truth of God's Word.

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 And so I would add a second illustration to Calvin's quote here that,

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 yes, the Psalms are an anatomy of the human soul,

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 but they are also an alignment of the human soul.

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 Just as you drive down Highway 17, you might hit a pothole

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 and you have to get your tires realigned so that everything works properly.

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 So it is with us as we go through life,

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 the difficulties, the trials that we walk through.

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 Oftentimes we need a soul realignment.

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 And the Psalms help us to do just that.

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 They probe the depths of our heart

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 and they point us to the promises of God.

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 I think we'll see both of those functions here in our passage this morning on full display.

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 So let's open up now.

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 We're in Psalm chapter 2 this morning.

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 Lay your eyes there on God's Word and follow along with me as I read.

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 Why do the nations rage in the people's plot in vain?

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 The kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers take counsel together

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 against the Lord and His anointed,

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 saying,

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 Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.

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 He who sits in the heavens laughs.

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 The Lord holds them in derision.

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 Then He will speak to them in His wrath and terrify them in His fury,

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 saying,

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 As for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.

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 I will tell of the decree.

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 The Lord said to me,

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 You are my son.

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 Today I have begotten you.

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 Ask of me and I will make the nations your heritage,

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 and the ends of the earth your possession.

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 You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

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 Now, therefore, O kings, be wise.

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 Be warned, O rulers of the earth.

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 Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.

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 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in the way.

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 For His wrath is quickly kindled.

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 Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

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 This is the Word of God.

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 Let's bow once more and ask Him to bless the reading and the preaching of His Word.

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 Lord, we thank You again for the privilege of opening up this Word,

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 and now we ask again that You would move powerfully through the preaching of Your Word.

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 We pray.

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 In Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I made a mistake this week.

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 In preparation for this sermon, I did something that I don't normally do,

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 and I looked at the news.

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 And I forced myself to read some of the headlines.

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 Now, this is a dangerous thing, I know, for a pastor to do,

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 because I recognize that each one of you here before me in this room,

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 you all have your own political leanings, your own political opinions.

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 Some of you share those.

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 Some of you disagree on those.

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 And that's okay.

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 I've made a promise to you before that I will not preach a political sermon from this pulpit.

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 But this is a political text, but maybe not in the way that you think.

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 So I offer these observations without any commentary,

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 without any agreeing, disagreeing, debating, taking sides whatsoever.

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 I'll just tell you what I saw when I pulled up the news this week.

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 You do with it what you will.

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 I saw one former president indicted on over 30 criminal charges.

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 I saw another current president facing articles of impeachment.

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 I saw news of fatal shootings just this week in Tennessee and Texas, California, Maryland, and Ohio.

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 I saw several articles for Pride Month here in the month of June advocating gender-affirming care for trans youth and children.

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 And I saw pictures of the Pride Progress flag flying front and center over the entrance of the White House of the United States of America.

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 And all of that, obviously, is just our country here.

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 I don't know how anybody keeps up with this stuff.

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 When you zoom out of our mess and you see the mess that's going on throughout the rest of the world,

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 there are wars here and there.

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 There are refugees fleeing their countries.

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 There is corruption and chaos all over the map.

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 And it's obvious to me, and it should be to you, that the entire world is in a constant state of turmoil and chaos.

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 How should Christians navigate the chaos of this fallen world?

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 Hopefully, you're not surprised what I'm going to tell you.

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 That Christians should not get their worldview primarily from Fox News or CNN or the newspaper or any political television, political radio, any political outlet that you might prefer.

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 Christians are those who get their view of the world from the Word of God.

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 Amen?

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 Amen.

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 And what a treasure we have in the Word of God that allows us to see from God's own perspective,

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 God's own view of all of the current events that happen within His own world.

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 Psalm chapter 2, what we see this morning, Psalm chapter 2 gives us a lens through which to see the world and all the chaos in it from God's own perspective.

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 And it calls us to understand the political landscape of the world, not in terms of Republican versus Democrat,

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 not in terms of America versus the rest of the world,

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 but in terms of the kingdom of this world versus the kingdom of God.

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 Psalm chapter 2, it shows us that there are ultimately two types of people in the world.

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 There are those who, by the grace of God, recognize that God is king,

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 and there are those who think that they are king.

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 There are those who are in the kingdom of this world raging against the true king,

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 and there are those who, by the grace of God, are in the kingdom of God resting in the true king.

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 And the question for us as we read this passage this morning, Psalm chapter 2, is which one are you?

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 Which one do you act like?

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 How do we respond to the lordship of King Jesus?

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 We're going to see this psalm in four parts this morning.

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 We're going to see the nations rage,

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 the Lord reigns,

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 God's people remember,

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 and all people must respond.

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 I see you writing, so I'm going to slowly say that again.

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 I'm not going to lose anybody this morning.

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 The nations rage,

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 the Lord reigns,

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 God's people remember,

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 all people must respond.

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 First, we see that the nations rage.

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 Now look there to verse 1 with me,

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 Psalm chapter 2, verse 1.

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 David asks this question,

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 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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 The kings of the earth set themselves,

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 and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and his anointed.

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 And I want you to take note here, first of all,

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 before we dive too far in,

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 the connection between these first two psalms.

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 Hopefully you can see them both together there in your Bible,

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 Psalm 1 and Psalm 2.

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 You're going to hear me say this a lot

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 as we go through the book of psalms together.

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 We've got 148 to go,

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 and so you might hear this again.

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 It's that we often treat the psalms as a greatest hits album

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 when really they're more of a concept album.

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 Do you know the difference?

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 We often treat them as if they are just individual,

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 stand-alone, excellent individual works

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 when really, yes, they stand alone,

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 but they speak to one another.

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 They work together.

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 They play off of each other.

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 This is one book that communicates one message all throughout.

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 So we have to take these psalms together.

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 In Psalms 1 and Psalm 2, taken together,

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 they serve as an introduction to the entire book of psalms.

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 Last week you saw that the blessed man,

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 look up to Psalm 1,

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 the blessed man walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

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 but instead he, what?

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 He meditates on the law of God.

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 And here in Psalm 2,

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 we see that the kings of the earth are setting themselves up,

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 the rulers of the earth are taking counsel together

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 against the Lord and against His anointed,

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 literally, the Messiah,

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 and the nations and the peoples plot in vain.

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 Literally, the wording here is the exact same.

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 It says that the people meditate on vanity.

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 You see the connections there between Psalm 1 and Psalm 2.

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 You see the contrast that they're drawing out for us.

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 This is the counsel of the wicked.

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 This is the counsel that the blessed man will avoid.

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 And what is the counsel?

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 What do they say?

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 Let us burst their bonds apart

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 and cast away their cords from us.

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 This is the mantra of wickedness.

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 This is the national anthem of the kingdom of this world.

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 Let us burst their bonds apart

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 and cast away their cords from us.

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 And it's amazing, isn't it,

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 when you begin to see the world through this lens,

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 how united the entire world actually is.

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 Now, there is a profound unity

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 in the rebellion of all the nations of the world

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 against the Lord and His anointed.

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 195 countries in the world,

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 over 17,000 individual people,

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 groups in the world,

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 over 7.8 billion people in the world,

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 different cultures,

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 different tastes,

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 different preferences.

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 But despite this incredible diversity,

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 they are united, David says,

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 in one thing.

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 They want God off of His throne.

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 They are united in rebellion.

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 Now, you might hear this and say,

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 well, that's ridiculous.

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 North Korea and South Korea are not united.

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 They hate each other.

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 Russia and Ukraine are not united.

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 But you're only seeing things on a horizontal level.

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 Horizontally, they fight and they kill each other.

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 They wage war against each other

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 because at the end of the day,

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 they want to be king and no one else.

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 But they all agree,

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 whether they realize it or not,

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 they don't want God to be king.

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 And so the common bond

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 that unites all the nations of the earth

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 is a vertical, Godward,

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 spiritual raging and rebelling

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 against the Lord and His anointed king.

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 And the word for this is sin.

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 You can imagine the United Nations

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 gathering together,

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 representatives from almost every organized nation

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 in the world,

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 planning and plotting,

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 assembling resources,

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 developing strategy.

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 But from God's perspective,

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 what are they scheming?

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 Rebellion against the Lord and His anointed.

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 Do we realize this is how the Lord sees

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 all the rebellion in the world?

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 It's not simply horizontal raging as we see it.

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 It is a vertical, Godward attempt

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 to break themselves free

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 of the reign of God.

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 I wonder if this is how we see

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 the chaos of the world.

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 This is how David understood it.

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 Clearly, David was no doubt calling to mind

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 all the many times that Solomon

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 tried to pin him up against the wall

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 with a spear.

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 How Absalom, his son,

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 tried to take away the kingdom.

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 How the Philistines,

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 the Moabites,

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 the Amorites,

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 the Ammonites,

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 the Syrians,

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 they all raged against him,

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 different countries,

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 different nations,

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 different motives.

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 All of them united

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 in one pursuit

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 to dethrone the reign

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 of God's appointed king.

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 He saw it not just horizontally

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 as man against man,

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 he understood it vertically

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 as man against God

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 and his appointed ruler.

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 And I'm sad to say

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 that in the past couple thousand years,

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 I'm not sure much has changed.

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 The kings,

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 the rulers,

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 the presidents,

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 the people

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 of all nations,

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 including ours,

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 rage against the Lord

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 and his anointed,

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 who we know

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 is King Jesus.

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 when nations

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 such as ours

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 endorse

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 the type of

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 sexual insanity

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 that has been celebrated

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 all month long,

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 we have to understand

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 it's not just rebellion

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 on a horizontal

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 man-to-man level.

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 It's not just

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 a political issue.

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 This is an attempt

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 to break themselves

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 free

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 from the law of God.

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 And when we see it,

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 like David,

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 we ask,

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 why?

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 Why do the nations

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 plot in vain?

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 Here's the answer.

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 It's because

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 unless you have been saved

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 by the grace of God

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.860
 and made citizens

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 of his kingdom,

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 you belong

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 to another kingdom.

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 You belong

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 to the kingdom

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 of this world.

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 And the rallying cry

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 of the kingdom

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 of this world

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 is God

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 will not

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 rule over me.

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 This is the essence

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 of sin.

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 And we know

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 that every one

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 of us

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 used to be

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 a part

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 of this kingdom.

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 Every single one

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 of us

00:16:29.420 --> 00:16:30.320
 used to be a part

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 of this same

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 rebellion

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 against the Lord

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 and his anointed.

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 But Christian,

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 don't you know

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 that you have been

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 plucked out

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 of belonging

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 to this chaos?

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 You're here.

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 You still live

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 in the middle of it.

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 You see it every day.

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 You're interacting

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 with it.

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 You're engaging

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 with it.

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 But you no longer

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 belong to it.

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 If by the grace

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:51.319
 of God

00:16:51.319 --> 00:16:52.359
 you have been saved

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 through faith

00:16:53.019 --> 00:16:54.039
 in Jesus Christ,

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 if by the grace

00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.259
 of God

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 you bowed the knee

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 to King Jesus,

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 do you know

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 what that means?

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 It means you no longer

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 belong

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:02.599
 to the kingdom

00:17:02.599 --> 00:17:03.699
 of this world.

00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.319
 God has

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 delivered you

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 from the kingdom

00:17:07.419 --> 00:17:08.079
 of darkness

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 and transferred

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 you now

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 to the kingdom

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 of his beloved

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 son.

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 You know what this means?

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 It means now

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 you no longer

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 primarily identify

00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.740
 as an American

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 citizen.

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 You now identify

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 as a citizen

00:17:25.359 --> 00:17:26.319
 of the kingdom

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 of God

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 who happens,

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 just so happens,

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 to live in this

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.839
 rebellious place

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.500
 called America

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 as an exile

00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:35.299
 here

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 waiting

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 for the true

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 king.

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 Your loyalty

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:41.279
 is not ultimately

00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.700
 to any political

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.180
 party,

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:43.700
 your loyalty

00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.339
 is not ultimately

00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:45.039
 to the Republican

00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.460
 party,

00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.039
 is not to the

00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:46.919
 Democratic party,

00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.460
 your hope

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.480
 for an end

00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.279
 to the social

00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:50.339
 raging in our

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 nation is not

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 for any human

00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:53.079
 political candidate

00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:53.799
 to come and do

00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:54.500
 what only Christ

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.000
 can do.

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 Your identity

00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:57.480
 and your hope

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.480
 are entirely

00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.399
 in a coming

00:17:59.399 --> 00:18:00.039
 king,

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:01.139
 in a coming

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 kingdom.

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 You realize

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.240
 you may be

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.839
 a citizen

00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:06.480
 of America

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.160
 for a hundred

00:18:07.160 --> 00:18:07.839
 years,

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 max,

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.639
 if you have

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 a good long

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:10.660
 life,

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.279
 but if you

00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:12.160
 are in Christ

00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:12.759
 you'll be a

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.559
 citizen of

00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:14.480
 God's kingdom

00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:15.740
 for all

00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:16.740
 of eternity.

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 Don't you think

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.039
 that ought to

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.819
 impact how we

00:18:20.819 --> 00:18:21.559
 respond to the

00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.539
 chaos around us?

00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:25.220
 Don't you think

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.559
 that ought to

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.500
 impact how we

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 think and

00:18:28.480 --> 00:18:29.319
 engage,

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.519
 how we vote,

00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:32.440
 how we react,

00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:33.339
 how we talk

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:35.059
 about all the

00:18:35.059 --> 00:18:36.339
 raging chaos

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:37.419
 in our nation?

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 The nations

00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:40.980
 rage against

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 the Lord,

00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.019
 but when we

00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.619
 see the world

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.439
 from God's

00:18:44.439 --> 00:18:45.059
 perspective,

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 we'll see that

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:47.220
 all of this

00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.720
 raging is in

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.339
 vain.

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 Why?

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 Because second,

00:18:52.459 --> 00:18:53.259
 the Lord

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:54.359
 reigns.

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.419
 The Lord

00:18:56.419 --> 00:18:57.059
 reigns.

00:18:57.579 --> 00:18:57.819
 Look there

00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:58.419
 to verse four.

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 Here we see

00:19:00.379 --> 00:19:01.379
 God's response

00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:02.520
 to the rebellion

00:19:02.520 --> 00:19:03.340
 of the world.

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.780
 Look what it

00:19:03.780 --> 00:19:04.080
 says.

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.500
 He who sits

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.080
 in heaven

00:19:06.080 --> 00:19:07.200
 laughs.

00:19:08.660 --> 00:19:09.380
 He laughs.

00:19:10.400 --> 00:19:11.020
 The Lord

00:19:11.020 --> 00:19:11.720
 holds them

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.800
 in derision.

00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:13.320
 I had to

00:19:13.320 --> 00:19:13.880
 look up that

00:19:13.880 --> 00:19:14.460
 word just to be

00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.060
 sure I knew

00:19:15.060 --> 00:19:15.680
 exactly what it

00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:15.860
 meant.

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.960
 It means it's

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.620
 a mockery.

00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:19.260
 It's a joke.

00:19:20.300 --> 00:19:21.200
 He laughs it

00:19:21.200 --> 00:19:22.400
 off as if it

00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:23.700
 is nothing.

00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.600
 For all the

00:19:24.600 --> 00:19:25.920
 scheming and

00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:27.120
 fighting and

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:28.460
 raging and

00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:29.100
 rebelling,

00:19:29.240 --> 00:19:29.860
 for as much as

00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.879
 we tend to

00:19:30.879 --> 00:19:31.659
 panic and

00:19:31.659 --> 00:19:32.839
 freak out

00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.439
 when things

00:19:33.439 --> 00:19:34.039
 seem to fall

00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.740
 apart in our

00:19:34.740 --> 00:19:35.279
 world, guess

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.719
 what it does

00:19:35.719 --> 00:19:36.179
 to God?

00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:37.879
 Not a thing.

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:39.799
 When our

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.959
 president candidate

00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:41.619
 doesn't get

00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.419
 elected, when

00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:43.419
 our stock market

00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:44.539
 prices crash,

00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:45.759
 when our nation

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.799
 seems to rage

00:19:46.799 --> 00:19:47.559
 into war,

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.539
 all the

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.939
 thrashing about

00:19:49.939 --> 00:19:51.119
 of our world

00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:52.139
 cannot move

00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:52.779
 our God

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.719
 one inch

00:19:53.719 --> 00:19:54.899
 off of his

00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.199
 throne.

00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:57.380
 God

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.380
 what a

00:19:58.380 --> 00:19:59.220
 stabilizing

00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:01.059
 truth, isn't

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.259
 it?

00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:03.480
 And when we

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.380
 see all the

00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:05.000
 rebellion are

00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:05.640
 all around us,

00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.240
 when we turn on

00:20:06.240 --> 00:20:06.980
 the news station

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:08.059
 and we see the

00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:08.920
 mess in the

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.819
 world around us,

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.460
 how do we

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.080
 respond?

00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:12.819
 With panic?

00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:14.900
 With anger?

00:20:15.980 --> 00:20:17.259
 With frustration?

00:20:18.740 --> 00:20:19.640
 Or do we

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.799
 respond like

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.620
 those who know

00:20:21.620 --> 00:20:22.600
 with confidence

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.500
 that no matter

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.740
 what happens

00:20:24.740 --> 00:20:26.219
 here, that

00:20:26.219 --> 00:20:26.879
 the Lord

00:20:26.879 --> 00:20:28.259
 reigns?

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.579
 We believe

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.619
 that our

00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:33.379
 God is in

00:20:33.379 --> 00:20:33.839
 the heavens,

00:20:33.939 --> 00:20:34.619
 he does all

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.019
 that he

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.519
 pleases,

00:20:35.679 --> 00:20:36.299
 Psalm 115

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:37.339
 tells us.

00:20:38.240 --> 00:20:38.500
 And we

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.139
 believe that

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.599
 the earth

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.000
 is the

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.539
 Lord's and

00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:41.019
 the fullness

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.859
 thereof,

00:20:41.959 --> 00:20:42.319
 as Psalm

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.019
 24 tells

00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.299
 us.

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.579
 And do you

00:20:44.579 --> 00:20:44.879
 see the

00:20:44.879 --> 00:20:45.519
 irony here?

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.619
 Do you

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:47.859
 see the

00:20:47.859 --> 00:20:48.500
 reason why

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.699
 God laughs

00:20:49.699 --> 00:20:50.159
 at the

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:51.139
 rebellion of

00:20:51.139 --> 00:20:51.539
 the world?

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.019
 It doesn't

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.440
 seem too

00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.960
 funny to

00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.400
 me, but

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.079
 do you

00:20:54.079 --> 00:20:54.400
 see the

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:55.059
 reason why

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.539
 God is

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:55.920
 laughing?

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.599
 It's because

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.379
 if anyone

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.480
 has anything

00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.559
 at all,

00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.259
 it is because

00:21:01.259 --> 00:21:02.339
 God, the

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:03.000
 King, has

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:04.119
 given it to

00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:04.519
 him.

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.720
 All life,

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.660
 all breath,

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.660
 everything is

00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:09.519
 from God.

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.400
 It is God

00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.539
 who appoints

00:21:11.539 --> 00:21:11.960
 leaders.

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.619
 It is God

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:14.299
 who appoints

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.779
 presidents.

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.299
 It is God

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:17.220
 who puts any

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:18.240
 earthly ruler

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.279
 into place.

00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:19.720
 Anyone who

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.279
 has any

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.940
 authority at

00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.759
 all is

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.359
 given that

00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:24.420
 authority by

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:24.920
 God.

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.539
 So how do

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.960
 you think

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.000
 God responds

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.000
 when they

00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.700
 then use

00:21:28.700 --> 00:21:29.180
 that God

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.759
 given authority

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.440
 to rebel

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.240
 upwards against

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.519
 him?

00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:33.259
 When they

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:33.660
 use their

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.319
 God given

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.220
 brains and

00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.720
 God given

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.299
 ability to

00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.920
 think, to

00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.639
 think and to

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.319
 plot up

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.920
 vanity against

00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.240
 him?

00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:42.079
 To use their

00:21:42.079 --> 00:21:42.460
 God given

00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.259
 strength, their

00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:43.680
 God given

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.519
 wisdom to

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.639
 then plot and

00:21:45.639 --> 00:21:47.019
 to turn the

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.899
 peoples against

00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.680
 him, to lead

00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:49.180
 them further

00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:49.640
 and further

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.120
 and further

00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:51.220
 into immorality,

00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.740
 how does he

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.220
 respond?

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.100
 He laughs.

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.259
 It's a joke.

00:21:57.560 --> 00:21:58.220
 It's like

00:21:58.220 --> 00:22:00.640
 an angry

00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:01.060
 baby.

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.060
 Maybe you

00:22:03.060 --> 00:22:04.200
 remember these

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.640
 days.

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.480
 Changing a

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.400
 baby's diaper,

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.799
 a baby's upset

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.460
 at you,

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:11.039
 a baby's kicking

00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:11.500
 and screaming

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.980
 and crying,

00:22:12.080 --> 00:22:12.539
 doing everything

00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:13.420
 he can to let

00:22:13.420 --> 00:22:14.000
 you know he's

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.580
 not happy,

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.160
 and in his

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:16.140
 rage he might

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:17.120
 kick that diaper

00:22:17.120 --> 00:22:18.060
 back up at you,

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.539
 it hits you in

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:18.960
 the hand,

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:20.139
 what does it

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.639
 do to you?

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.759
 Not a thing.

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:24.259
 Maybe if he's

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.940
 lucky he grabs

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.379
 a wipe,

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:28.319
 flutters down,

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:29.799
 gets you a

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.480
 little bit wet.

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.799
 At the end

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.359
 of the day,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.059
 for all his

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:33.839
 raging,

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.059
 all of his

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.679
 tantrum,

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.220
 all of his

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.599
 anger,

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.359
 all of his

00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:37.919
 tears,

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.480
 as you continue

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.579
 to care for

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:40.919
 him,

00:22:41.659 --> 00:22:42.539
 provide for

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:42.919
 him,

00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:43.940
 meet his

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.339
 needs,

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:44.759
 give him

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.679
 everything that

00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:46.480
 he needs,

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.339
 all you

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.640
 can do

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:48.180
 is laugh.

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.819
 But that

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.259
 time of

00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.620
 laughing,

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.220
 we see

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.500
 there in

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.140
 verse 5,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.839
 it will

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.779
 not last

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.160
 forever.

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.880
 Look how

00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:00.380
 quickly the

00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:01.059
 tone changes

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.460
 here from

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.059
 verse 4

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:02.920
 to verse 5.

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.519
 Verse 4,

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:03.960
 God is

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.799
 laughing at

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.599
 their rebellion,

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.059
 but then

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.779
 verse 5,

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.860
 he lets us

00:23:07.860 --> 00:23:08.579
 know that a

00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.160
 time for

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.500
 laughing will

00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.700
 soon be

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.059
 done.

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.680
 Then he

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.259
 will speak

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.860
 to them in

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:15.500
 his wrath

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.279
 and terrify

00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.899
 them in

00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:17.479
 his fury,

00:23:17.639 --> 00:23:17.899
 saying,

00:23:18.099 --> 00:23:18.279
 you can

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.759
 do whatever

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.319
 you like,

00:23:20.199 --> 00:23:20.539
 you can

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.139
 appoint whatever

00:23:21.139 --> 00:23:21.899
 leader that

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.519
 you want.

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.919
 As for me,

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.639
 I have set

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:25.859
 my king on

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.319
 Zion,

00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:27.579
 my holy

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.359
 hill.

00:23:28.439 --> 00:23:28.639
 You see,

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:28.939
 the kingdom

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:29.419
 of God is

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:29.699
 not a

00:23:29.699 --> 00:23:30.179
 democracy,

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.299
 it's a

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:31.959
 theocracy.

00:23:32.959 --> 00:23:33.519
 God says,

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.240
 I am the

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.699
 ruler of

00:23:34.699 --> 00:23:35.039
 the world,

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.299
 you don't

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.819
 get a say

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.099
 in it,

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.699
 you can't

00:23:36.699 --> 00:23:37.159
 vote me

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:37.439
 out,

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:37.740
 you can

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.119
 kick and

00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:38.719
 scream all

00:23:38.719 --> 00:23:39.279
 you want,

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.559
 you can

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.079
 rage and

00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:40.779
 rebel all

00:23:40.779 --> 00:23:41.299
 you want,

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.899
 but my

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.959
 king is

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.579
 going right

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:43.979
 there on

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.620
 my holy

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.039
 hill and

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.640
 he will

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.480
 reign forever.

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.660
 And when

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:48.019
 the kings

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.319
 of this

00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:48.920
 earth lay

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.680
 eyes on

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.039
 him,

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.559
 then they

00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.319
 will know

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.460
 that all

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.860
 of their

00:23:52.860 --> 00:23:53.759
 raging and

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.759
 rebelling was

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.279
 in vain.

00:23:56.839 --> 00:23:57.680
 I watched

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.440
 a video of

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.740
 a Mike

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.400
 Tyson fight

00:23:59.400 --> 00:23:59.960
 this week.

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.740
 Y'all ever

00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.019
 seen this

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.480
 man fight?

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:03.920
 I don't

00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.299
 know why

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:05.759
 anyone would

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.380
 want to get

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:07.099
 in the ring

00:24:07.099 --> 00:24:07.579
 with Mike

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.019
 Tyson.

00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.700
 He was

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:09.740
 fighting Mitch

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.160
 Green.

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.740
 Mitch Green

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.779
 came out

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.519
 swinging with

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.480
 both fists,

00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:15.220
 just running

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.259
 wild around

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.640
 the ring,

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.200
 trying his

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:17.660
 best.

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.420
 And you

00:24:18.420 --> 00:24:18.620
 can,

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:19.380
 if you

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.839
 slow it

00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:20.099
 down,

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.819
 see Mike

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.220
 Tyson

00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:22.339
 smile.

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.640
 He smirks,

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:26.160
 dodges beneath

00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.980
 another punch,

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.079
 dodges beneath

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.819
 another punch.

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:29.799
 He's toying

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.240
 with them,

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.500
 laughs.

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.660
 He can't

00:24:32.660 --> 00:24:33.079
 catch them.

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.620
 But then the

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.420
 moment comes

00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.559
 when Mike

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.220
 Tyson stops

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.720
 smiling,

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.279
 and he

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.940
 decides he's

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.240
 going to put

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.620
 an end to

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.099
 the fight.

00:24:42.219 --> 00:24:42.539
 I don't

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:42.779
 have to

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.099
 tell you

00:24:43.099 --> 00:24:43.519
 how that

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.979
 fight

00:24:43.979 --> 00:24:44.579
 ended.

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.439
 I don't

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:47.719
 have to

00:24:47.719 --> 00:24:47.979
 tell you

00:24:47.979 --> 00:24:48.319
 how this

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.759
 fight will

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.039
 end.

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:51.019
 It's not

00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.379
 a fight.

00:24:52.959 --> 00:24:53.939
 The raging

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:55.119
 and the

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.819
 rebelling of

00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.259
 all the

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.599
 world,

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.099
 all the

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.659
 world is

00:24:57.659 --> 00:24:58.639
 engaged in

00:24:58.639 --> 00:24:59.459
 a pointless,

00:25:00.239 --> 00:25:00.679
 vain,

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.299
 empty fight

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:03.319
 against the

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.419
 almighty king

00:25:04.419 --> 00:25:04.939
 of kings,

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.479
 and when he

00:25:05.479 --> 00:25:06.059
 decides that

00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.439
 he's had

00:25:06.439 --> 00:25:06.879
 enough,

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.179
 he will put

00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.619
 an end to

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:08.879
 it.

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:10.680
 our

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:11.220
 confidence,

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:11.760
 Christian,

00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:12.060
 in the

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.500
 face of

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:13.180
 all the

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.660
 wild

00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:14.260
 rebellion

00:25:14.260 --> 00:25:14.660
 of this

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.020
 present

00:25:15.020 --> 00:25:15.420
 age,

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:15.700
 is that

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.460
 no matter

00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:16.980
 what

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.880
 happens,

00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:19.280
 our God

00:25:19.280 --> 00:25:19.920
 is on

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.760
 his throne.

00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:22.040
 And the

00:25:22.040 --> 00:25:22.620
 day will

00:25:22.620 --> 00:25:23.980
 come when

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.280
 he will

00:25:24.280 --> 00:25:24.940
 return and

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.800
 will address

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.840
 every attempt

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:27.620
 to dethrone

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:27.920
 him.

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.720
 But what

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.220
 do we do

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.740
 as we

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.160
 wait?

00:25:32.260 --> 00:25:32.960
 What do

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.700
 Christians do

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.040
 as we

00:25:34.040 --> 00:25:35.100
 wait for

00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:35.720
 that day?

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.280
 We do as

00:25:36.280 --> 00:25:36.900
 David does

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:37.160
 here in

00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.740
 verses 7

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.380
 through 9.

00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.540
 We

00:25:39.540 --> 00:25:40.300
 remember.

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.620
 We

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:42.240
 remember

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:43.660
 the promises

00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.960
 of God.

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.600
 The nations

00:25:45.600 --> 00:25:46.280
 rage,

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.420
 the Lord

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.100
 reigns,

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.760
 and third,

00:25:49.520 --> 00:25:50.020
 God's

00:25:50.020 --> 00:25:50.400
 people

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.440
 remember

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.580
 God's

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.240
 promises.

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.420
 Look there

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:54.700
 to verse

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.020
 7.

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.760
 Where does

00:25:56.760 --> 00:25:57.320
 David turn

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:57.680
 when he's

00:25:57.680 --> 00:25:58.120
 faced with

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.640
 the wickedness

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.020
 of his

00:25:59.020 --> 00:25:59.440
 day?

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:01.200
 He recites

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.140
 the promises

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.100
 of God.

00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.860
 He says,

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.620
 I will tell

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.300
 of the decree.

00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.240
 the Lord

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.779
 said to me,

00:26:07.879 --> 00:26:08.180
 you are

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:08.839
 my son.

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.460
 Today I

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.639
 have

00:26:09.639 --> 00:26:10.139
 begotten

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.399
 you.

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.700
 Ask of

00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:11.960
 me and

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.159
 I will

00:26:12.159 --> 00:26:12.559
 make the

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.019
 nations

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.279
 your

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.940
 heritage

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.720
 and the

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.059
 ends

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.379
 of the

00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:15.599
 earth

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:15.779
 your

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.259
 possession.

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.200
 You

00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.379
 shall

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:17.700
 break

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.019
 them

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.359
 with a

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.680
 rod

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:18.859
 of

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.220
 iron

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.440
 and

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.740
 dash

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:19.940
 them

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.099
 in

00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.460
 pieces

00:26:20.460 --> 00:26:21.339
 like a

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:21.799
 potter's

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.299
 vessel.

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.720
 He's

00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:23.559
 remembering

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.399
 the promises

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.000
 that God

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.740
 has made

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.359
 him.

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.599
 This

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.379
 decree,

00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:27.720
 this

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.379
 covenant

00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.759
 God

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.299
 had promised

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:29.700
 David

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.119
 in 2

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.700
 Samuel

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.579
 chapter 7.

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:34.179
 2 Samuel

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:34.919
 chapter 7.

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.259
 That a

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.039
 king would

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.679
 come from

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:37.359
 his line.

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.599
 And that

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.220
 God would

00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.279
 single-handedly

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:41.439
 make it so

00:26:41.439 --> 00:26:42.259
 that he

00:26:42.259 --> 00:26:43.000
 would establish

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.879
 the throne

00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.579
 of this

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.079
 kingdom

00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:45.679
 forever.

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.039
 This was

00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.639
 David's

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.039
 hope.

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:49.139
 It was the

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.879
 hope of all

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.339
 of Israel.

00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:50.659
 They were

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.460
 longing for

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.159
 this ruling

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.740
 king and

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.419
 ultimately

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:54.220
 it's all

00:26:54.220 --> 00:26:54.799
 of our

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.259
 hope.

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.759
 This was

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.599
 a promise

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:57.960
 of a

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.460
 forever

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.500
 king from

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.019
 the line

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.480
 of David

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.819
 who will

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.359
 come to

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:02.419
 reign and

00:27:02.419 --> 00:27:03.059
 to rule.

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:03.459
 This was

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:03.879
 David's

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.339
 confidence.

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.679
 This is

00:27:05.679 --> 00:27:06.299
 what rooted

00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.899
 him when

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.619
 all the

00:27:07.619 --> 00:27:08.259
 world around

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.639
 him was

00:27:08.639 --> 00:27:09.740
 tossing and

00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:10.319
 turning and

00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:10.719
 raging.

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:11.279
 And so it

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.759
 is with

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.240
 us,

00:27:12.579 --> 00:27:12.939
 Christian,

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:14.259
 the only

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.939
 way to

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:16.559
 persevere

00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:16.939
 through the

00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.679
 chaos of

00:27:17.679 --> 00:27:18.479
 this world

00:27:18.479 --> 00:27:20.459
 is to

00:27:20.459 --> 00:27:20.939
 cling to

00:27:20.939 --> 00:27:21.459
 the promises

00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:22.099
 of God.

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.079
 And as

00:27:25.079 --> 00:27:25.779
 David looked

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:26.799
 forward with

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.299
 wonder,

00:27:27.459 --> 00:27:28.000
 wondering,

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.879
 believing,

00:27:29.199 --> 00:27:29.579
 trusting,

00:27:29.719 --> 00:27:30.299
 but wondering

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.759
 about these

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.339
 promises of

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.899
 God, who

00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.359
 will this

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:33.039
 king be?

00:27:33.919 --> 00:27:34.759
 We look

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.519
 backwards,

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.980
 believing and

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.839
 trusting with

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:39.019
 confidence that

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.859
 all the

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.720
 promises of

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.919
 God are

00:27:41.919 --> 00:27:43.000
 fulfilled in

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.159
 Jesus Christ,

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.419
 the son of

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:45.819
 David.

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:47.659
 Don't you

00:27:47.659 --> 00:27:48.459
 love living on

00:27:48.459 --> 00:27:49.099
 this side of

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:49.619
 the cross?

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.039
 With a

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.980
 finished Bible

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.859
 in hand that

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:53.240
 helps us

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.119
 understand these

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.720
 psalms in

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.519
 light of the

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.039
 Messiah,

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:56.959
 Jesus Christ.

00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.160
 Christ, I

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.680
 want you to

00:27:57.680 --> 00:27:58.660
 see two

00:27:58.660 --> 00:27:59.360
 places in

00:27:59.360 --> 00:27:59.640
 the book

00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:00.299
 of Acts.

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.759
 Two places

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.500
 where the

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.220
 apostles, they

00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.940
 show us

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.940
 Christ in

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.920
 Psalm chapter

00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:06.420
 2.

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.980
 First, Acts

00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:09.340
 chapter 4, and

00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:09.880
 then Acts

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.740
 chapter 13.

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.460
 Acts chapter

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.779
 4.

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.220
 The passage that

00:28:14.220 --> 00:28:15.079
 was read for us

00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:15.620
 earlier this

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.779
 morning, he

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:16.980
 says,

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:17.500
 The sovereign

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.240
 Lord who

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.720
 made the

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.120
 heaven and

00:28:19.120 --> 00:28:19.680
 the earth and

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.200
 the sea and

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.880
 everything in

00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.339
 them, who

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.099
 through the

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.920
 mouth of our

00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:23.839
 father David,

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.620
 your servant,

00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.920
 said by the

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.640
 Holy Spirit,

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.440
 why did the

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.360
 nations rage

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:29.200
 and the

00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:29.860
 peoples plot

00:28:29.860 --> 00:28:30.299
 in vain?

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.819
 The kings of

00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.400
 the earth set

00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.259
 themselves and

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.000
 the rulers were

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.819
 gathered together

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.319
 against the

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.339
 Lord and his

00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:36.880
 anointed.

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.680
 For truly in

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:39.360
 this city,

00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.319
 they were

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.200
 gathered together

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.019
 against your

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.860
 holy servant

00:28:42.860 --> 00:28:44.420
 Jesus, whom

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.059
 you appointed,

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.720
 both Herod and

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.600
 Pontius Pilate,

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.200
 along with the

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.860
 Gentiles and

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.420
 the peoples of

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:50.720
 Israel, to do

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.299
 whatever your

00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:52.120
 hand and your

00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.799
 plan had

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.120
 predestined to

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:55.319
 take place.

00:28:56.400 --> 00:28:56.819
 See, the

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.779
 apostles read

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:59.960
 Psalm 2, and

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.440
 they understood

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:01.640
 that the raging

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:03.100
 of the nations

00:29:03.100 --> 00:29:03.759
 against the

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.279
 Lord and

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.860
 against his

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:06.100
 Messiah was

00:29:06.100 --> 00:29:07.559
 most clearly

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:09.319
 seen in the

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:10.539
 crucifixion of

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:11.160
 the king,

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:12.500
 Jesus Christ.

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:15.019
 They raged

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.579
 against the

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:15.900
 Lord's

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.200
 anointed.

00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:16.740
 They fought

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.380
 against him.

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.120
 His words

00:29:18.120 --> 00:29:18.759
 went over

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.200
 them like

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.420
 ropes, like

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.420
 cords, and

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.160
 they tried and

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.620
 tried and

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.059
 tried to

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.880
 burst themselves

00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:24.600
 free, and

00:29:24.600 --> 00:29:24.819
 when they

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.340
 finally had

00:29:25.340 --> 00:29:25.740
 enough, they

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.220
 killed him.

00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.940
 But Acts

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.860
 chapter 13

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:30.340
 tells us that

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:31.279
 all of it

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.759
 was in vain.

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.620
 All of it

00:29:34.620 --> 00:29:35.799
 was in vain.

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:36.880
 Acts chapter 13,

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:38.900
 and though they

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.620
 found in him

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:40.440
 no guilt

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.039
 worthy of

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.460
 death, they

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.259
 asked Pilate to

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.600
 have him

00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.160
 executed.

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:44.340
 and when

00:29:44.340 --> 00:29:44.620
 they had

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.160
 carried out

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.580
 all that

00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.000
 was written

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.460
 of him,

00:29:46.540 --> 00:29:47.180
 they took

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.720
 him down

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.160
 from the

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.640
 tree and

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.200
 laid him

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.500
 in a

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.759
 tomb.

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.500
 But God

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.600
 raised him

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.300
 from the

00:29:53.300 --> 00:29:53.660
 dead.

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.820
 And for

00:29:54.820 --> 00:29:55.620
 many days he

00:29:55.620 --> 00:29:56.160
 appeared to

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.620
 those who

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.400
 had come up

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.900
 with him from

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:58.620
 Galilee to

00:29:58.620 --> 00:29:59.840
 Jerusalem, who

00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.660
 are now witnesses

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:01.620
 to the people.

00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:02.740
 And we bring

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.180
 you the good

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.200
 news that what

00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:05.259
 God promised

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.800
 to the

00:30:05.800 --> 00:30:07.480
 fathers, this

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.980
 he has

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.900
 fulfilled to

00:30:08.900 --> 00:30:09.680
 us, their

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.940
 children, by

00:30:10.940 --> 00:30:12.360
 raising Jesus.

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:14.259
 As also it is

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.880
 written in the

00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.920
 second psalm,

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.940
 you are my

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.840
 son, today I

00:30:18.840 --> 00:30:20.040
 have begotten

00:30:20.040 --> 00:30:20.300
 you.

00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.360
 Let's put it

00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.880
 all together

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.380
 here.

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:26.820
 Jesus endured

00:30:26.820 --> 00:30:27.780
 the raging

00:30:27.780 --> 00:30:28.600
 of the

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:29.100
 nations.

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:29.519
 He took

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.240
 their best

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:32.200
 shot, but

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:32.980
 all of it

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.900
 was in

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.220
 vain.

00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:36.220
 He rose to

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.940
 prove that

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.120
 all of God's

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.880
 promises are

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:40.040
 true in

00:30:40.040 --> 00:30:40.780
 him.

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.040
 We read

00:30:43.040 --> 00:30:43.620
 these promises

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.380
 in Psalm

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.320
 chapter 2 in

00:30:45.320 --> 00:30:46.360
 light of

00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:47.900
 Jesus Christ.

00:30:49.260 --> 00:30:50.100
 God decrees

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.840
 Jesus, you

00:30:50.840 --> 00:30:51.900
 are my son,

00:30:52.020 --> 00:30:52.660
 today I have

00:30:52.660 --> 00:30:53.340
 begotten you.

00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:54.400
 Adam was the

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.180
 son of God, but

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.720
 he failed.

00:30:56.440 --> 00:30:57.220
 Israel was

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.620
 called the

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.400
 son of God, but

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.080
 they failed.

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.720
 King Jesus

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.560
 is the true

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:01.980
 and better

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.320
 Adam.

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.080
 King Jesus

00:31:04.080 --> 00:31:04.980
 is the true

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.860
 and better

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.560
 Israel.

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.300
 King Jesus

00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:08.480
 is the true

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:09.319
 and perfect

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.120
 son of

00:31:10.120 --> 00:31:10.539
 God.

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.259
 And in

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:13.259
 him, under

00:31:13.259 --> 00:31:15.799
 his reign, you

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.839
 and I can be

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:18.019
 called sons and

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:19.240
 daughters of

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:19.779
 God.

00:31:20.620 --> 00:31:21.200
 That's the

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.200
 promise to us

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.920
 in Christ.

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.740
 God decrees the

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.519
 nations are the

00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:25.120
 heritage of

00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.400
 Christ.

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.039
 The ends of the

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.500
 earth are his

00:31:26.500 --> 00:31:26.940
 possession.

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.460
 All of it is

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:28.900
 his.

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.220
 Jesus has

00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:32.259
 universal sovereignty

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.620
 over all the

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.759
 nations of the

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.039
 earth.

00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:35.099
 earth.

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.220
 So where we

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:37.399
 see wickedness

00:31:37.399 --> 00:31:38.059
 in our own

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:39.500
 heart, where

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.359
 we see wickedness

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.059
 in our own

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.779
 nation, where

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:43.059
 we see wickedness

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.639
 and rebellion

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.619
 in any place in

00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.359
 all of creation,

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.039
 we pray that he

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:48.279
 would replace our

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.359
 rebellion with

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.039
 his reign.

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:51.799
 Church, you

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.200
 know, this is

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:54.039
 why we go to

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.859
 the uttermost

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.859
 ends of the

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:57.299
 earth to

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:58.000
 proclaim the

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.460
 name of

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.759
 Jesus.

00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:00.500
 It's because we

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.500
 believe all of

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.740
 it belongs to

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.279
 him.

00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:04.900
 All of it is

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.839
 for him, and

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:08.380
 all of it must

00:32:08.380 --> 00:32:09.660
 be subjected to

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.400
 his reign.

00:32:12.579 --> 00:32:13.660
 God decrees

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.099
 Jesus is the

00:32:15.099 --> 00:32:16.380
 judge of all.

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.720
 There is no

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:20.220
 doubt as to

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.680
 how this will

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.440
 end for those

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.319
 who rebel against

00:32:22.319 --> 00:32:23.059
 him, is there?

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.400
 Like a piece

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.740
 of pottery

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:28.480
 rebelling against

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:29.660
 an iron rod,

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.620
 the judgment

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:32.739
 that awaits

00:32:32.739 --> 00:32:33.599
 the nations

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.739
 is certain

00:32:34.739 --> 00:32:36.059
 and it is

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.839
 imminent.

00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:38.739
 You shall

00:32:38.739 --> 00:32:39.279
 break them

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.879
 with a rod

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.619
 of iron and

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:41.419
 dash them in

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:42.839
 pieces like a

00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:43.899
 potter's vessel.

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.779
 And so we

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:46.759
 pray, we

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:48.739
 pray, we

00:32:48.739 --> 00:32:50.839
 pray, we

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:52.639
 pray that the

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.319
 nations would

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:55.739
 repent, that

00:32:55.739 --> 00:32:57.139
 we would

00:32:57.139 --> 00:32:59.199
 repent, and

00:32:59.199 --> 00:32:59.779
 that Christ

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.480
 would return

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.139
 quickly to

00:33:02.139 --> 00:33:02.639
 set all

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:04.000
 things right.

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.160
 Church, do

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.619
 you see how

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.700
 these promises

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.839
 align our

00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:09.460
 souls?

00:33:10.399 --> 00:33:11.059
 In the midst

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.899
 of chaos, do

00:33:11.899 --> 00:33:12.379
 you see how

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:14.039
 unlike all of

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.899
 the many broken

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:16.240
 campaign promises

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.079
 that we hear

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.879
 every several

00:33:17.879 --> 00:33:18.660
 years from

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:20.079
 politicians, from

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.639
 men and women

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.579
 who promise big

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.279
 things and they

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.819
 never come

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:24.899
 through, the

00:33:24.899 --> 00:33:26.160
 word of God

00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:27.840
 has promised

00:33:27.840 --> 00:33:31.100
 you unshakable

00:33:31.100 --> 00:33:32.460
 certainty in

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.220
 the reign and

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.019
 rule of King

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.480
 Jesus.

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.320
 God's promises

00:33:37.320 --> 00:33:39.360
 are anchors for

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:40.000
 us when we're

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.220
 tossed about in

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.220
 the wickedness of

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.100
 this present

00:33:43.100 --> 00:33:44.700
 evil age.

00:33:45.880 --> 00:33:46.759
 God's people

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.840
 remember God's

00:33:47.840 --> 00:33:48.540
 promises and

00:33:48.540 --> 00:33:49.060
 finally,

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.800
 ultimately,

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.120
 all people must

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.600
 respond.

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:54.879
 all people

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:56.459
 must respond

00:33:56.459 --> 00:33:57.299
 to the

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.059
 lordship of

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.500
 Christ.

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.119
 And this is

00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.579
 what David

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.339
 calls us to

00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:02.059
 do here in

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.879
 verse 10.

00:34:02.959 --> 00:34:03.219
 Look there

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:03.579
 with me.

00:34:04.539 --> 00:34:05.539
 It's very

00:34:05.539 --> 00:34:06.159
 clear.

00:34:07.459 --> 00:34:08.539
 Now, therefore,

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.199
 in light of all

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.880
 we've heard, in

00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:10.659
 light of the

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.759
 universal reign of

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.319
 Christ, in

00:34:12.319 --> 00:34:12.779
 light of the

00:34:12.779 --> 00:34:14.039
 vanity of your

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.619
 rebellion,

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.860
 therefore, O

00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.480
 kings, be

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:18.400
 wise, be

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:19.519
 warned, O

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.239
 rulers of the

00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:21.699
 earth, serve

00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.500
 the Lord with

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.380
 fear, rejoice

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.920
 with trembling,

00:34:26.500 --> 00:34:27.320
 kiss the

00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.599
 sun, lest he

00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.400
 be angry and

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.179
 you perish in

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.780
 the way, for

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:32.159
 his wrath is

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.699
 quickly kindled.

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.539
 So let's close

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:36.199
 here with this

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:37.519
 call for all of

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.599
 us to respond.

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.840
 If you are not

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:44.820
 a believer, if

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.739
 you're part of

00:34:45.739 --> 00:34:48.280
 the rebellion, if

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.139
 you do not know

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.960
 the Lord, if you

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:50.619
 have not yet

00:34:50.619 --> 00:34:51.719
 bowed the knee

00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:52.459
 to him, then

00:34:52.459 --> 00:34:53.859
 your response to

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.579
 the passage like

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:56.039
 this is to

00:34:56.039 --> 00:34:56.539
 repent.

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.039
 Jesus Christ

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.459
 alone is owed

00:35:00.459 --> 00:35:03.099
 all honor and

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.579
 all respect and

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.759
 all service and

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.739
 all submission and

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:07.980
 all worship.

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.959
 And the fact is,

00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.019
 if you will not

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.759
 honor the

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:12.219
 son, then you

00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:13.019
 will honor

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:13.959
 something or

00:35:13.959 --> 00:35:15.179
 someone else.

00:35:15.939 --> 00:35:17.259
 We are never

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:18.480
 neutral.

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:20.159
 we are all

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:21.240
 honoring someone.

00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.820
 All of us are

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:22.519
 kissing someone.

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.119
 We're kissing the

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.980
 son or we're

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:26.079
 bowing the knee

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:27.599
 honoring someone

00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.400
 else, either to

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:30.300
 the creator or to

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:31.039
 the creation.

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.619
 And Jesus will not

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.780
 stand to let the

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:35.619
 honor that is due

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:36.440
 to him and him

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.460
 alone be given to

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:39.320
 anyone or anything

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:39.960
 else.

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:42.860
 Isaiah 42, verse

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.599
 8, he says,

00:35:43.680 --> 00:35:44.380
 I am the

00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:45.099
 Lord, that is

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:45.660
 my name.

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:47.720
 My glory I give

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:49.519
 to no other, nor

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:50.800
 my praise to

00:35:50.800 --> 00:35:52.200
 carved idols.

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.640
 This is why it

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:56.120
 calls us to

00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:57.240
 serve him with

00:35:57.240 --> 00:35:58.200
 fear and to

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:59.099
 rejoice with

00:35:59.099 --> 00:35:59.519
 trembling.

00:35:59.680 --> 00:36:00.460
 It's because all

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.800
 of us, every one

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.940
 of us, is prone

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.980
 to wonder and

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.880
 prone to give

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.920
 our honor, to

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:07.039
 give our love, to

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.120
 give our service

00:36:08.120 --> 00:36:09.640
 to lesser things

00:36:09.640 --> 00:36:10.680
 when King Jesus

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.639
 is the one who

00:36:11.639 --> 00:36:12.599
 demands it all.

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:15.000
 But the time is

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.639
 coming when the

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:17.539
 wrath of the

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.279
 Lord will be

00:36:18.279 --> 00:36:19.319
 quickly kindled

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:20.159
 and that time of

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:21.339
 laughing will stop

00:36:21.339 --> 00:36:23.399
 and the time of

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:25.079
 his wrath will

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.500
 begin.

00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:28.079
 Now this is,

00:36:28.339 --> 00:36:30.379
 for all of us,

00:36:31.339 --> 00:36:32.119
 a sobering

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.480
 warning.

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.119
 Do not take

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:36.239
 too light a

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:37.079
 view of your

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.519
 sin.

00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:39.940
 Do not take

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.659
 too light a

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:42.379
 view of his

00:36:42.379 --> 00:36:42.839
 holiness.

00:36:44.339 --> 00:36:44.799
 Examine

00:36:44.799 --> 00:36:46.159
 yourselves this

00:36:46.159 --> 00:36:46.539
 day.

00:36:47.619 --> 00:36:48.259
 See if you're

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:49.219
 walking in any

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:50.759
 unrepentant sin.

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.819
 Examine yourselves

00:36:51.819 --> 00:36:52.539
 and see if there's

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.699
 any corner of

00:36:53.699 --> 00:36:54.399
 your heart that

00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:55.119
 remains in

00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:56.099
 rebellion against

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:57.559
 the reign of

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.119
 the Lord.

00:36:58.379 --> 00:36:59.099
 Serve him with

00:36:59.099 --> 00:37:00.359
 fear and rejoice

00:37:00.359 --> 00:37:01.759
 with trembling.

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:05.559
 You know, the

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:06.379
 most terrible

00:37:06.379 --> 00:37:07.500
 force in all the

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.779
 universe against

00:37:08.779 --> 00:37:10.639
 a sinner is the

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.460
 holiness of the

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:11.739
 Lord.

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:15.879
 But for the

00:37:15.879 --> 00:37:17.900
 believer, there's

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.239
 hope.

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.420
 Not in our

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.819
 goodness, not in

00:37:21.819 --> 00:37:23.299
 our strength, not

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:25.299
 in our ability, but

00:37:25.299 --> 00:37:26.400
 in the goodness of

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.460
 King Jesus.

00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.219
 Listen to me here

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:30.900
 because this is the

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.839
 good news of the

00:37:31.839 --> 00:37:32.239
 gospel.

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:34.239
 We know that God

00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:34.819
 in all of his

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.779
 holiness is the

00:37:35.779 --> 00:37:36.579
 most dangerous

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.719
 force in all the

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.859
 universe for any

00:37:38.859 --> 00:37:40.039
 who rebel against

00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.799
 him, but we

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:42.079
 praise God that

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:43.019
 God and his

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:44.839
 holiness is also

00:37:44.839 --> 00:37:46.719
 the safest place in

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:47.599
 the universe for

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.439
 all who take

00:37:48.439 --> 00:37:50.379
 refuge in him.

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.319
 The good news of

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:53.319
 the gospel is that

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:55.239
 God himself brings

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.559
 us into the

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:58.719
 blessing of God by

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.739
 putting all of the

00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.899
 force of his

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:02.219
 holiness and power

00:38:02.219 --> 00:38:03.699
 and his glory in

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:05.839
 us and for us

00:38:05.839 --> 00:38:07.339
 instead of against

00:38:07.339 --> 00:38:08.039
 us.

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:09.699
 Because he has

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.879
 judged your

00:38:10.879 --> 00:38:11.960
 rebellion in

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:12.939
 Christ on the

00:38:12.939 --> 00:38:13.659
 cross, there is

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:15.339
 no judgment left

00:38:15.339 --> 00:38:16.819
 for you to bear,

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:18.059
 for you who take

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:19.159
 refuge in him.

00:38:19.839 --> 00:38:20.539
 And so we look

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.819
 forward to the

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:22.399
 day of his

00:38:22.399 --> 00:38:23.219
 return, not with

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:24.119
 fear, not with

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:25.379
 anxiety, but with

00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:26.519
 eagerness because

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:27.919
 we know by the

00:38:27.919 --> 00:38:28.919
 grace of God we

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:30.239
 could never be more

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:31.899
 safe than in the

00:38:31.899 --> 00:38:32.799
 presence of our

00:38:32.800 --> 00:38:33.120
 king.

00:38:34.220 --> 00:38:35.240
 This is where the

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:37.300
 psalm ends, isn't

00:38:37.300 --> 00:38:37.500
 it?

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:39.980
 It concludes with

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:41.940
 this line of hope

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:43.080
 and blessing.

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.760
 Blessed are all

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.760
 those who take

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:47.720
 refuge in the

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:48.060
 king.

00:38:52.060 --> 00:38:53.280
 Are you taking

00:38:53.280 --> 00:38:54.260
 refuge in him?

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.900
 Right now?

00:38:59.340 --> 00:39:00.380
 There are two

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.160
 types of people in

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:02.440
 the world, church.

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:04.680
 There are those

00:39:04.680 --> 00:39:05.740
 who belong to the

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.800
 kingdom of this

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.860
 world and those

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.800
 who belong to the

00:39:08.800 --> 00:39:10.560
 kingdom of God.

00:39:11.620 --> 00:39:12.940
 Those who try to

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.800
 cast off his

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:14.960
 authority and those

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.880
 who crave it, who

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:17.780
 long for it.

00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.340
 There are those who

00:39:18.340 --> 00:39:19.620
 seek life and

00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:21.060
 freedom from God

00:39:21.060 --> 00:39:21.900
 and those who seek

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:23.240
 life and peace and

00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:24.700
 freedom in God

00:39:24.700 --> 00:39:25.280
 himself.

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:27.519
 Those who fear his

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.440
 coming and those who

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:29.440
 say with eagerness,

00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.500
 come Lord Jesus.

00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:34.200
 Those who rebel

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.119
 against him and

00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:36.079
 those who take

00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:38.139
 refuge in him.

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:40.400
 Which one are you?

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:43.240
 For the believer,

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.679
 our response now and

00:39:45.679 --> 00:39:46.720
 always, the words of

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:47.579
 Psalm 46.

00:39:49.179 --> 00:39:50.420
 God is our refuge and

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:52.260
 strength, a very

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:53.519
 present help in

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:53.900
 trouble.

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:55.700
 Therefore, we will

00:39:55.700 --> 00:39:56.980
 not fear, though the

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:58.039
 earth gives way.

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.599
 Though the mountains

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.639
 be moved into the

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.280
 heart of the sea,

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.599
 though those waters

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.680
 roar and foam,

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:04.340
 though the mountains

00:40:04.340 --> 00:40:05.700
 tremble at its

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 swelling, we rest in

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 the reign of the

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 king.

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 Let's pray.

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 Amen.

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 God, we thank you

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 for this unshakable

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 certainty that despite

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 the chaos all around

00:40:26.559 --> 00:40:27.840
 us, Lord, this is our

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.860
 hope that the Lord

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:30.720
 Jesus reigns and rules

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 over all.

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 And that if we know

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 him by faith, if you

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 brought us into his

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:37.340
 kingdom, Lord, we have

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 nothing to fear.

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 There's nothing but

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 goodness and mercy that

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 follows us all the

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 day of our life and we

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 will dwell in the

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 house of our Lord

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 forever.

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 That's our hope.

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 And we pray that you

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 would deepen our

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.099
 trust, deepen our

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:52.400
 confidence in the

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.340
 reign of King Jesus,

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 we ask in Christ's

00:40:54.700 --> 00:40:54.840
 name.

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 Amen.