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 Well, as I read our sermon passage for today, Psalm 26, I read it trusting and I pray you'll receive it trusting that it's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, sufficient, powerful word.

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 And when we proclaim the word of God faithfully, the spirit is pleased to apply that and illuminate it to our lives.

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 And in that way, in the hand of the Holy Spirit, it's a sword that's sharp and two-edged and it will pierce through where no man's insights or words could ever pierce.

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 So here is God's word for us today.

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 Psalm 26, a Psalm of David.

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 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity.

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 I have also trusted in the Lord.

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 I shall not slip.

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 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me.

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 Try my mind and my heart.

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 For your loving kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in your truth.

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 I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, nor will I go in with hypocrites.

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 I have hated the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

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 I wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, O Lord, that I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of your wondrous works.

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 Lord, I have loved the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.

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 Do not gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men, and whose hand is a sinister scheme, and whose right hand is full of bribes.

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 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity, redeem me, and be merciful to me.

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 My foot stands in an even place.

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 In the congregations, I will bless the Lord.

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 The word of God for the people of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 Please be seated.

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 Let's pray.

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 Oh, Father, please show us what we cannot see on our own.

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 Please teach us to pray in words we could never come up with on our own.

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 And please help us to behold God through Jesus Christ in a way that we could never fathom on our own.

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 We ask this for your namesake.

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 Amen.

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 Imagine being caught by surprise one of these weeks, one of these Lord's Days, by a man you've never met, don't know anything about him,

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 and he picks up this microphone in the middle of a public worship service, and he says, please pray with me.

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 God, go ahead.

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 Examine my heart.

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 It's clean.

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 Try my mind.

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 It's pure.

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 Look at my walk.

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 It's blameless.

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 Judge me based on my righteousness.

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 Amen.

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 I think several, I can picture probably which ones, and probably walk up here, gently escort this gentleman out,

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 and, sir, I think you came to the wrong church.

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 I don't think that sounds right.

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 Didn't you just hear, we are saved sinners.

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 That's who we are as we gather here.

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 But it sounds in Psalm 26 like that's exactly how David is praying, isn't he?

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 Look at verse 1.

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 Vindicate me, O Lord.

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 Vindicate means judge me, avenge me, declare me innocent, O Lord.

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 So he's appealing on God to be the judge.

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 That verb, it means to try a case.

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 Like a judge will hear both sides and then make a ruling one way or the other.

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 Either the Lord will pronounce a sentence for or against this man that's appealing to God this way.

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 God will either punish him because he's found guilty or vindicate him because he's truly innocent.

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 So David is praying like that.

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 God, evaluate me, my life, and rule in my favor.

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 That word vindicate is the one I'm preferring to use today.

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 I know other translations are just as faithful, they use judge or something like that.

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 But the reason vindicate to me is helpful is because the Latin root, vindi, it means to see.

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 So vindicate means to make visible.

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 To make a thing publicly seen for what it really is.

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 My question to you and to me today, it's our sermon title,

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 Who Can Pray for Vindication?

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 Who can pray for vindication?

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 And if the Holy Spirit will help us, once again, we'll walk through this psalm, verse by verse,

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 and see four ways that I believe you and I can and must pray for God to vindicate us, according to Psalm 26.

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 So let's start at verse 1.

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 Vindicate me, O Lord.

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 Now listen carefully to what he says next.

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 The basis of his prayer is this.

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 Vindicate me based on two things.

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 My walk and my trust.

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 Look what he says.

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 For I have walked in my integrity.

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 A person's walk points to the outer man.

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 Your actions, your deeds, your life, what you do.

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 So evaluate me based on my walk.

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 And number two, vindicate me based on my trust.

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 He says, I have also trusted in the Lord.

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 I shall not slip.

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 Who we trust reveals our inner man, our thoughts, our intentions, our desires, what we believe is good, worthy, and what we call to mind in our soul and our heart.

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 And so he says in verse 2, basically opening up that same initial statement, examine me, O Lord.

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 He's going to use another synonym, another way of saying the same thing.

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 Examine me.

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 Prove or test me.

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 Try my mind and my heart.

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 Now in verse 2, does yours also say mind and heart?

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 Does it say it like that?

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 And many translations will say, like the ESV, my mind and my heart.

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 Literally the words are first heart, not mind.

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 And then the second word is reins or kidneys.

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 And the kidneys represent the lower part of the inner being.

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 What in a time before the scientific revolution, they called the animal desires.

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 The lower baser desires that creatures have.

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 And then the heart is more like the higher part of the inner being that could include a person's conscience.

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 And so it's a good translation to say mind, my conscience, my heart in that sense.

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 And also my base desires.

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 Those, he's saying go ahead and examine those as well.

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 So it's the whole inner being that is put on the balance for God to weigh.

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 With the inner man, whatever that inner man finds desirable.

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 And in this case he says, I will meditate in verse 3 on your loving kindness.

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 That's what I'm putting before my eyes.

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 I find your loving kindness desirable.

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 Therefore, I have walked in your truth.

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 So it sounds like David is making his case to God that in his inner man, he thinks of God and desires God.

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 And therefore, it translated into his life and his walk.

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 It sounds like David is showing up at the tabernacle to worship God.

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 And he's saying almost those exact same words of the Pharisee that our Lord described in Luke 18.

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 Remember, Jesus said,

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 This Pharisee stood up and prayed thus with himself,

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 God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

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 And our Lord himself said that that proud Pharisee would not go home justified that day.

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 When I first read David's 26th Psalm here,

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 I thought, no wonder King Saul wanted to kill this guy so bad.

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 He's a self-righteous snob.

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 Who does David think he is to plead his own righteousness like that?

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 And so how are God's people supposed to sing and pray Psalm 26 without falling into that error of being Pharisees,

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 being whitewashed tombstones?

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 Martin Luther said,

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 My old man, my sinful nature,

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 it was drowned in baptism,

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 but the beast swims.

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 Do we pretend to not battle remaining sin?

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 Is that how we pray Psalm 26?

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 Just fake it till you make it?

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 Second London Confession of Faith, chapter 1, paragraph 9,

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 reminds us,

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 this is how we read the Bible.

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 The infallible rule of interpreting Scripture is,

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 you know the answer,

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 Scripture itself.

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 Therefore,

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 when there is a question about the true and full meaning of any part of Scripture,

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 it must be understood in the light of other passages that speak more clearly.

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 So let's use that help as we try to interpret 26 correctly.

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 We study Psalm 26 in light of its immediate context,

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 and in light of what the Bible as a whole says,

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 for there is one divine author of Scripture.

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 Now, if you notice,

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 as we've read Psalm 26 once already,

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 there is no confession of sin clearly in this Psalm.

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 But the Holy Spirit also not only inspired the words of Scripture,

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 not only inspired every Psalm individually,

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 the Holy Spirit also superintended the arrangement of the whole Psalter,

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 150 Psalms arranged according to His purpose.

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 And the Holy Spirit has placed Psalm 26,

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 well, you know exactly where.

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 It's right after Psalm 25.

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 And in Psalm 25,

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 we saw two very clear confessions of sin.

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 So,

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 it's God's design

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 that we will read Psalm 25,

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 and as an immediate sequel,

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 we can continue now to pray

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 Psalm 26.

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 Look back at Psalm 25.

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 It's probably on the same page for you.

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 Look at Psalm 25,

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 verse 5.

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 It's also a Psalm of David,

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 the same human author.

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 And in verse 5,

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 he says,

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 remember not the sins of my youth

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 or my transgressions.

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 He's confessing his sin.

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 According to your steadfast love,

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 remember me

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 for the sake of your goodness,

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 O Lord.

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 And then look again at verse 11

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 of Psalm 25.

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 For your name's sake,

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 O Lord,

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 pardon my guilt,

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 for it is great.

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 So,

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 David

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 has already confessed

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 the greatness of his sin

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 that God saves,

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 not because man deserves it,

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 but because

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 of God's own loving kindness

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 for the sake of His own glory.

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 Psalm 25

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 makes clear

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 that we are guilty

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 of great sin,

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 but God's grace is greater.

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 Our salvation

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 is all of God

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 and all

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 for God's glory.

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 It's not our own salvation.

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 We cannot merit

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 any grace from God.

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 We receive it like poor beggars

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 with an empty hand,

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 but we are saved

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 according to God's

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 steadfast love.

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 And so,

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 in light of Psalm 25,

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 we can now

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 understand better

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 the prayer of Psalm 26.

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 Many times

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 as we work through

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 the Old Testament,

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 we'll handle

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 the entire passage,

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 then we'll see

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 how Christ fulfilled

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 all these shadows.

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 I simply could not

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 keep going with Psalm 26

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 without showing

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 how our Lord fulfilled it

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 early on

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 because there's no sense

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 in reading the rest of it

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 until we recognize

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 that there was only

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 one man in all human history

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 who could pray

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 Psalm 26

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 directly

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 without a mediator.

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 And that's

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 our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 The standard of Psalm 26

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 is impossible

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 for anyone

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 under the curse

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 of the first Adam,

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 the old creation.

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 but in Jesus Christ,

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 Psalm 26

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 is now

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 being fulfilled

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 because he's

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 the second,

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 the final Adam,

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 the firstborn

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 of the new creation.

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 And then Jesus said

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 in Matthew 5,

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 do not think

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 that I have come

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 to destroy the law

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 or the prophets.

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 So the standard

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 of Psalm 26

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 does not get lowered.

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 Instead,

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 Jesus elevated

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 the standard

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 of his own moral law

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 even more.

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 In the Sermon on the Mount,

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 in Matthew 5,

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 he said,

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 whoever has been angry

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 has committed murder

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 in the heart.

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 It's not just

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 your outward deeds.

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 It's the inward man

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 that must be perfect

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 before God also.

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 Jesus said,

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 whoever has looked

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 at someone

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 that you are not married to

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 lustfully

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 is an adulterer.

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 That's who you are.

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 And you deserve death.

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 You deserve to be stoned.

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 1 Corinthians 4, 5

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 tells us to wait

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 until the Lord comes

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 who will both

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 bring to light

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 the things hidden

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 in the darkness

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 and disclose

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 the motives

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 of men's hearts.

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 You see the impossibly

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 high standard

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 of keeping God's law

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 perfectly.

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 God knows our heart.

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 He even knows

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 our hidden motives

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 for doing what

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 everybody else would think

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 is a good deed.

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 Only our Lord Jesus Christ

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 could turn his eyes

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 to God

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 and pray Psalm 26.

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 Vindicate me,

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 O Lord,

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 for I have walked

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 in my integrity.

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 Jesus could pray that.

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 Examine me, O Lord,

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 and prove me.

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 Try my heart

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 and my kidneys

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 for your loving kindness

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 is before my eyes

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 and I have walked

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 in your truth.

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 Jesus could say that.

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 No one else

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 without him.

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 Our Lord Jesus Christ

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 fulfilled the righteousness

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 that David lacked.

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 Jesus fulfilled

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 the righteousness

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 that you and I lack.

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 And he fulfilled this

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 on behalf of everyone

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 that he purchased

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 with his own blood.

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 So here's the first

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 encouragement

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 for you and me.

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 In Jesus Christ,

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 you and I

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 can now pray

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 along with David

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 for the Lord

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 to vindicate

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 our inner lives.

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 In Christ Jesus,

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 we can pray

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 asking God

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 to vindicate,

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 make visible

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 any good

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 that's in my

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 inner being.

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 Publicly display that

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 because it's not

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 my good.

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 It's not my

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 pure heart.

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 It's Christ in me.

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 That's what

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 I want the world

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 to see.

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 You and I

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 can pray

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 in Jesus Christ's name

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 because

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 his deepest

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 desires

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 were fully devoted

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 to do

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 the Father's will.

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 You and I

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 can pray

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 in Jesus Christ's name

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 because his

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 thoughts,

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 intentions,

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 and his trust

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 never once

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 slipped into sin.

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 You and I

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 can pray

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 in Jesus' name

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 because his

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 perfect inner life

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 is now

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 freely credited

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 to you

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 and me

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 as our own.

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 His Holy Spirit

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 in each believer

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 slowly transforms

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 our inner lives

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 to love

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 what Christ

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 loves.

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 When we find

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 ourselves

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 desiring good,

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 it's all

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 of Christ

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 in us

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 and it's

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 fueled

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 out of pure

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 gratitude

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 for his

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 great

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 grace.

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 Amen?

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 This is why

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 we resonate

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 so deeply

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 with those

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 beautiful choruses

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 like this one

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 when we sing,

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 I hear the

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 Savior say,

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 Thy strength

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 indeed is small.

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 Child of weakness,

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 watch and pray

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 and find in me

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 thine all in all.

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 And we respond

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 to the Lord.

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 Lord,

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 now indeed

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 I find

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 Thy power

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 and Thine alone

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 can change

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 the leper's spots

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 and melt

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 the heart

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 of stone.

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 For nothing

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 good have I

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 whereby

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 Thy grace

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 to claim.

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 I'll wash

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 my garments

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 white

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 in the blood

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 of Calvary's

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 lamb.

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 Jesus

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 died my soul

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 to save

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 and my lips

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 shall continue

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 to repeat.

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 Jesus paid

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 it all,

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 all to Him

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 I own.

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 sin

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 had left

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 a crimson

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 stain

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 but He

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 washed it

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 white

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 as snow.

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 Well,

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 now let's

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 continue to

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 work through

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 this psalm

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 interpreting it

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 as only Christ

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 could fulfill it

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 and now He

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 applies it

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 to us

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 His people.

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 Here's the

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 second encouragement

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 of why we

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 can pray

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 Psalm 26.

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 In Jesus

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 Christ,

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 you and I

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 now can also

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 pray for the

00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.899
 Lord to not

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 only vindicate

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 our inner

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 lives

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 but for Him

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 to also

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 vindicate

00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:05.720
 our outward

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 lives.

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 You and I

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 in Christ

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.099
 can pray

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 for the

00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:09.900
 Lord to

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 vindicate

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 our outer

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 lives in

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 Christ.

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 That's what

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 David does

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 next in

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 verse 4.

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 He says,

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 I have not

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 sat with

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 deceitful

00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.200
 idolatrous

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 mortals

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 nor will I

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 go in

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 with hypocrites.

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 I have

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 hated the

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:24.480
 assembly of

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 evildoers

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 and will

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 not sit

00:17:26.740 --> 00:17:27.619
 with the

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 wicked.

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 David is

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 meditating

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 on God's

00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:32.140
 word.

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 He's

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 praying

00:17:33.439 --> 00:17:34.699
 Psalm 1.

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 He's

00:17:36.059 --> 00:17:36.519
 reflecting

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.419
 on the

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 path that

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:39.059
 God promises

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.839
 to be

00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.279
 blessed,

00:17:40.739 --> 00:17:41.179
 that Christ

00:17:41.179 --> 00:17:41.659
 ultimately

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.379
 could fulfill

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 in Him

00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:43.699
 alone.

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 And he

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 also

00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.139
 contrasts

00:17:45.139 --> 00:17:45.439
 that with

00:17:45.439 --> 00:17:45.919
 the path

00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:46.879
 that perishes.

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 And it's

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 to walk,

00:17:50.259 --> 00:17:50.819
 to stand,

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.679
 and to sit

00:17:51.679 --> 00:17:52.639
 with those

00:17:52.639 --> 00:17:53.000
 who hate

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:53.379
 God,

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:54.879
 with God's

00:17:54.879 --> 00:17:55.259
 enemies.

00:17:56.719 --> 00:17:57.259
 But we

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.699
 think of

00:17:57.699 --> 00:17:58.159
 our Lord

00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:58.859
 Jesus Christ

00:17:58.859 --> 00:17:59.139
 and He

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 was known

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 to be

00:18:01.159 --> 00:18:01.500
 among

00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:01.939
 sinners.

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 And He

00:18:03.179 --> 00:18:03.559
 was known

00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:04.539
 to call

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 out the

00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.859
 Pharisees,

00:18:05.979 --> 00:18:06.619
 the hypocrites.

00:18:07.699 --> 00:18:08.279
 But it

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.899
 wasn't Jesus

00:18:08.899 --> 00:18:09.500
 sitting at

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.039
 the feet

00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:10.919
 of these

00:18:10.919 --> 00:18:11.679
 evildoers.

00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.039
 It was

00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.599
 them coming

00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:13.239
 to Jesus

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 because He

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 welcomed them

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 and them

00:18:14.699 --> 00:18:15.139
 sitting at

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 His feet,

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 listening to

00:18:16.899 --> 00:18:17.599
 His teaching,

00:18:17.719 --> 00:18:18.319
 His counsel.

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 And so many

00:18:20.939 --> 00:18:21.279
 of us,

00:18:21.379 --> 00:18:22.219
 we sit

00:18:22.219 --> 00:18:22.739
 every day

00:18:22.739 --> 00:18:23.339
 for lunch

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 at work

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 with people

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 who don't

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 know the

00:18:26.239 --> 00:18:26.399
 Lord.

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 They're His

00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:27.119
 enemies.

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 Christians.

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 But are

00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:29.739
 you sitting

00:18:29.739 --> 00:18:30.219
 there to

00:18:30.219 --> 00:18:30.779
 learn,

00:18:30.899 --> 00:18:31.299
 to receive

00:18:31.299 --> 00:18:31.699
 counsel,

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 to be

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 influenced

00:18:33.139 --> 00:18:33.979
 because these

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 are your

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 people?

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 You'll be

00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:35.659
 gathering

00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.199
 with them.

00:18:36.979 --> 00:18:37.599
 Or are

00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:38.359
 you a

00:18:38.359 --> 00:18:38.919
 disciple of

00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:39.599
 Jesus Christ

00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:40.500
 gathered with

00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.159
 Christ's people

00:18:41.159 --> 00:18:41.619
 as you are

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 today?

00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:42.759
 That's the

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.099
 one thing

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.399
 we have

00:18:43.399 --> 00:18:43.839
 in common.

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:44.839
 A healthy

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.419
 church is

00:18:45.419 --> 00:18:47.059
 Christ plus

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.819
 nothing else.

00:18:48.199 --> 00:18:48.639
 The moment

00:18:48.639 --> 00:18:49.199
 we say this

00:18:49.199 --> 00:18:49.759
 church is about

00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:50.279
 Christ and

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:50.759
 one more

00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.099
 thing,

00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:51.719
 that thing

00:18:51.719 --> 00:18:52.019
 is an

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.239
 idol.

00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.379
 And it

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:54.059
 will tear

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.379
 a church

00:18:54.379 --> 00:18:54.700
 apart.

00:18:55.419 --> 00:18:55.759
 We're

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.279
 gathered as

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.759
 the assembly

00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.379
 of Christ's

00:18:57.379 --> 00:18:57.619
 people,

00:18:57.799 --> 00:18:58.419
 nothing else.

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.679
 And when we

00:18:59.679 --> 00:19:00.000
 go into

00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.539
 the world,

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.619
 all of the

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:03.279
 scripture teaches

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:04.599
 us that every

00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.039
 person,

00:19:05.179 --> 00:19:05.799
 every image

00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:07.099
 bearer is

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.480
 God's

00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:08.019
 workmanship.

00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:10.059
 Every image

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.619
 bearer still

00:19:10.619 --> 00:19:11.279
 has remaining

00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:11.919
 good in them

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 just as we

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 Christians have

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 remaining sin.

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 But God

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 hates the

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:17.679
 evil deeds

00:19:17.679 --> 00:19:18.119
 of men

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 and their

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 rejection of

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 Him as

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 God.

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 Romans 1

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 18 says

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 that the

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 wrath of

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 God is

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 revealed from

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 heaven against

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 all ungodliness

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 and unrighteousness

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 of men who

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 by their

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 unrighteousness

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 suppress the

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 truth.

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 They don't

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 want to hear

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 about God.

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 God hates

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 it when men

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 assemble

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 themselves to

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 do evil.

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 There are

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 only two

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 camps in

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 this world

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 as we read

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 in the

00:19:43.679 --> 00:19:44.519
 parable that

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 Christ told

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 in Matthew

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 18.

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 The field

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 is the

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 world,

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 the whole

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 world.

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 You are

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 either wheat

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 that God

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 will harvest

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 for His

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 glory to

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 belong to

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 the great

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 assembly one

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 day,

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 or you

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 are the

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 weeds to

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 tear that

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 will be

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 cut down,

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 thrown into

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 the fire.

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 There is

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 no middle

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 ground.

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 If you

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 are not

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 assembled

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 with God's

00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:04.660
 people,

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 you are

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 of the

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 world.

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 What does

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 it mean to

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 sit in the

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 assembly of

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 evildoers?

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 I thought the

00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:14.960
 comments by

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:16.039
 George Swinock

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 were very

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 helpful.

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 Three observations

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 about sitting.

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 Number one,

00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:20.980
 sitting is a

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 posture of

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 choice.

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 It's at a

00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.019
 man's liberty

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 whether he

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 will sit

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 or stand.

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 Number two,

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 sitting is a

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 posture of

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 pleasure.

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 Men sit

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 for their

00:20:29.919 --> 00:20:31.179
 ease and

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 with delight.

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 Therefore,

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 the glorified

00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:34.319
 are said in

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 Scripture to

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 sit in

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 heavenly

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 places.

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 Ephesians

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 2,

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 6.

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 Number three,

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 sitting is a

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 posture of

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 staying or

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.379
 abiding.

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 Standing is a

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.720
 posture of

00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:45.179
 going, but

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:46.000
 sitting is a

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.659
 posture of

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 staying.

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 The blessed

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 who shall

00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:51.480
 forever be

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.839
 with the

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.639
 Lord and

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 his chosen

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 are mentioned

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 in Scripture

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 to sit

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 down with

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 Abraham,

00:20:57.859 --> 00:20:58.339
 Isaac,

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 and Jacob,

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 the great

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.799
 cloud of

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 witnesses in

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 the kingdom

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.859
 of heaven,

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 Matthew 8,

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 11.

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 That's the

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:07.099
 end of

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.539
 Swinock's

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 quote.

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 So,

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.139
 believers,

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.859
 in this

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 life, in

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 our outer

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 man, our

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:15.799
 actions, our

00:21:15.799 --> 00:21:16.519
 walk, our

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 deeds,

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 will it be

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 characterized by

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 belonging to

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 the world or

00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:23.139
 by belonging to

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.720
 Christ and

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.259
 his kingdom?

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 We pray that

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 God will

00:21:26.599 --> 00:21:27.799
 vindicate, that

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 he'll see,

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 Lord, I used

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.700
 to be of the

00:21:29.700 --> 00:21:30.000
 world.

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 You snatched

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:31.480
 me out of

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.639
 that.

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.680
 I am firmly

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 with your

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:33.779
 people.

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 In the

00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:34.799
 assembly of

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.299
 your people,

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 make that

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 vindicated,

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.139
 make that

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 visible.

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 Let me not

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.559
 be ashamed to

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:40.200
 be gathered in

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.639
 the name of

00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.220
 King Jesus.

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:42.259
 We can pray

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.539
 that.

00:21:43.599 --> 00:21:43.940
 Believers

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.859
 can ask God

00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:46.299
 to vindicate

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.339
 our outer

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.759
 life by

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.259
 putting on

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.779
 display the

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.500
 good works of

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.419
 Christ that

00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:53.039
 he is working

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.000
 out through

00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.519
 me now.

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.799
 You and I

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.419
 can pray in

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.099
 Christ's name

00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:58.339
 because his

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.179
 active obedience

00:21:59.179 --> 00:21:59.919
 to the whole

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.939
 law of God

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:02.379
 perfectly fulfilled

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:03.919
 every righteous

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:05.159
 requirement in

00:22:05.159 --> 00:22:05.740
 our place.

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:07.039
 So he declares

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.159
 us justified.

00:22:09.459 --> 00:22:09.919
 And you and I

00:22:09.919 --> 00:22:10.539
 can pray in

00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.119
 Jesus' name

00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:12.000
 because his

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.019
 passive obedience

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.679
 and his

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.719
 death fully

00:22:14.719 --> 00:22:16.039
 discharged our

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.879
 legal debt and

00:22:16.879 --> 00:22:18.219
 completely satisfied

00:22:18.219 --> 00:22:19.559
 divine justice

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.639
 on the cross.

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:22.239
 See, God will

00:22:22.239 --> 00:22:23.879
 not punish what

00:22:23.879 --> 00:22:24.559
 Christ has already

00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.939
 borne.

00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:26.459
 We deserve to be

00:22:26.459 --> 00:22:26.899
 punished, but

00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:27.639
 Christ was punished

00:22:27.639 --> 00:22:28.259
 in our place.

00:22:28.599 --> 00:22:29.159
 So on the great

00:22:29.159 --> 00:22:29.759
 day of judgment,

00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.419
 there is no

00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.679
 punishment that a

00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:33.059
 just God can or

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.519
 will pour out on

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.279
 those he already

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.219
 saved and

00:22:36.219 --> 00:22:37.159
 redeemed and

00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:37.839
 punished in

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.259
 Christ.

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.119
 You and I can

00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:40.739
 pray in Jesus

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.480
 Christ's name

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:42.440
 because his

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:43.819
 merit is now

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.920
 freely given.

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.180
 It's transferred.

00:22:46.380 --> 00:22:48.240
 It's imputed to

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.720
 us by his grace

00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:51.700
 alone and his

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.620
 spirit in us.

00:22:53.380 --> 00:22:54.079
 He puts the

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.740
 Holy Spirit

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.640
 inside believers

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.859
 and that spirit

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.900
 generates all the

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.120
 power and is

00:22:59.120 --> 00:22:59.779
 the channel of

00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:00.620
 all the power we

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:02.259
 need to walk

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:03.599
 in union with

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.019
 Christ.

00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:06.000
 So if we do

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:07.000
 perform a good

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.460
 work, it will

00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.000
 be limited.

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.940
 It will not be

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.720
 contributing at all

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.500
 to our justification.

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.779
 But God will

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.640
 receive it as if

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.359
 it were a glorious

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:14.599
 work, as if Christ

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.720
 himself had done

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.400
 that good work.

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.559
 And on that great

00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.240
 day of judgment,

00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.819
 the outer life, the

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.640
 walk of all God's

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.940
 people before his

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:22.920
 throne will bring

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.980
 glory to Christ that

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.220
 way.

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:26.759
 It will be the good

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.559
 works, those things

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.900
 God commanded, his

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.660
 church did.

00:23:30.420 --> 00:23:31.660
 Not because of any

00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.740
 motive other than it

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:34.099
 was Christ who lives

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:35.359
 in them, performing

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.200
 them through them.

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:39.240
 God has commanded that

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.559
 his church gather and

00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:40.880
 pray.

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.259
 When any one of the

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:43.319
 brothers up here or

00:23:43.319 --> 00:23:44.220
 I, we get the

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.039
 microphone and we do

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.759
 our best to pray

00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:46.240
 publicly.

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.460
 If we think too much

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.200
 about ourselves, we

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.120
 just want to say,

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.940
 Lord, I confess, I

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.680
 apologize.

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.880
 I was a weak

00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:54.180
 prayer.

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.319
 It was so limited.

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.620
 It's not what I felt

00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.160
 in my heart.

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:58.500
 My words didn't do

00:23:58.500 --> 00:23:59.000
 justice.

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:01.319
 But God, in his

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.500
 grace, he receives

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.519
 that as if it was

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:05.519
 Jesus Christ glorified

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.779
 without any human

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.740
 constraints, praying

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:10.480
 that good work, that

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.980
 good prayer on behalf

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:13.319
 of that brother and on

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.259
 behalf of us as a

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.259
 church doing our best

00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:16.539
 to pray with them.

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.119
 Believers, our

00:24:19.119 --> 00:24:20.119
 confession of faith

00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.799
 helpfully summarizes

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:23.359
 from scripture, are

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.720
 accepted through Christ

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.839
 and thus their good

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:27.160
 works are also

00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.200
 accepted in him.

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.700
 Good works are not

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:31.079
 our ideas, but what

00:24:31.079 --> 00:24:31.839
 God has commanded.

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.379
 This acceptance does

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.180
 not mean our good

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:35.000
 works are completely

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:36.300
 blameless and

00:24:36.300 --> 00:24:37.200
 irreproachable in

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.720
 God's sight.

00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:39.200
 They would be

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.780
 reproachable.

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.260
 Instead, God views

00:24:41.260 --> 00:24:42.840
 them in his Son, and

00:24:42.840 --> 00:24:43.960
 so he is pleased to

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:46.260
 accept and reward that

00:24:46.260 --> 00:24:48.160
 which is sincere by the

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:49.860
 help of the Spirit, even

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.400
 though it is

00:24:50.400 --> 00:24:51.820
 accompanied by many

00:24:51.820 --> 00:24:53.160
 weaknesses and

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.040
 imperfections.

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:55.340
 Isn't that comforting?

00:24:56.820 --> 00:24:57.920
 And so we can pray for

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.900
 the Lord to vindicate

00:24:58.900 --> 00:25:00.880
 even our outer life, even

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:02.220
 those good works he's

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:03.640
 commanded, because we

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.759
 know it's Christ

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.259
 performing them through

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:07.319
 us for his glory.

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.500
 Here's the third

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.000
 encouragement.

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:12.620
 God vindicates us in

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:14.000
 the inner man and the

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:15.660
 outer man, and you and

00:25:15.660 --> 00:25:16.740
 I and Jesus Christ can

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.720
 also pray for the Lord

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.279
 to vindicate us when we

00:25:19.279 --> 00:25:21.500
 enter his presence every

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:23.259
 Lord's Day in this life.

00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:25.259
 Even now as we gather to

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:26.600
 worship in his name, we

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.500
 can pray that right now

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:29.160
 this worship will be

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.339
 vindicated, that it will

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 make visible and be

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:32.579
 considered good and just

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 in his eyes as we enter

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.099
 his presence in this

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.519
 life.

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 That's what David is

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.859
 describing in verses 6,

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.519
 7, and 8.

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 He's describing a public

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.319
 worship gathering under

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.059
 the old covenant

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.099
 regulations.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 He says,

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:48.159
 I will wash my hands in

00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:50.000
 innocence, so I will go

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:51.419
 about your altar, O Lord,

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:53.759
 that I may proclaim with

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.959
 the voice of thanksgiving

00:25:54.959 --> 00:25:56.240
 and tell of all your

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.759
 wondrous works.

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.059
 In verse 8 he says,

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.579
 Lord, I have loved the

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.980
 habitation of your house,

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 the place where your

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.460
 glory dwells.

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 And under the old

00:26:06.660 --> 00:26:07.859
 covenant, this was a

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:09.359
 geographic spot.

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 It was Zion.

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 It was the temple, or in

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.019
 David's time, the

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.200
 tabernacle in Jerusalem,

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:16.019
 the house of God, the

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.940
 place where his glory

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.660
 dwells in a concentrated,

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:20.059
 magnified way.

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 I loved how our brother

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.579
 Jonathan pointed out

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.500
 during our Bible study,

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:28.200
 this is a great picture

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:30.859
 of the king, King David,

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.759
 praying a prayer that no

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.759
 king would ever pray.

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 He's praying the prayer

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:35.980
 of a priest.

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 And it foreshadows how

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 the Lord will unite a

00:26:39.200 --> 00:26:40.880
 king office with the

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:42.759
 priestly office and a

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:43.599
 prophetic office.

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 And that's only possible

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 in the work of Jesus.

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 Washing the hands, it's

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.519
 where you would come in

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:51.079
 to do the work of a

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.400
 priest, the ceremonial

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.960
 washings.

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 You take the water out

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:55.220
 of the lava, what they

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.920
 call the sea.

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 And you wash your hands

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.500
 so that you as a

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.880
 minister will be clean to

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 do the work.

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 In verse 7, proclaiming

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.259
 with a voice and

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:05.319
 ministering around the

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.279
 altar, that's calling the

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:08.059
 people to behold what's

00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.920
 on the altar here.

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 It's a substitutionary

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:12.720
 sacrifice to atone for

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:14.380
 your sins by blood, which

00:27:14.380 --> 00:27:15.200
 God requires.

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.920
 Let's sing with

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:18.340
 thanksgiving, declare

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.460
 God's wondrous works.

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.920
 The king, the priest,

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.640
 the prophet.

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 I'm reminded how David

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.720
 also, through Samuel,

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:30.140
 knew the lesson that our

00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.620
 Lord loves obedience

00:27:31.620 --> 00:27:33.660
 more than sacrifice.

00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:35.660
 He rebukes those who

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:38.019
 approach God and they

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.259
 want to be only pardoned

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:40.460
 on the outside, just by

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.300
 the blood of the Lamb.

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 But their deeds, their

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.860
 hands continue to do

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:46.940
 evil unrepentantly.

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 So to wash your hands, it

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:50.259
 means to have nothing to

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:52.079
 do with evil in order for

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:53.140
 sinners to approach God

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:53.859
 according to the

00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.640
 ceremonial law.

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.900
 They needed to be washed

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:59.220
 before they had access

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.900
 to the blood.

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 He says, Lord, I have

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:06.519
 loved the habitation of

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.720
 your house, the place

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:10.119
 where your glory dwells.

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.940
 And you and I can pray

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:12.859
 that in the same way.

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:16.660
 Lord, make visible when I

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.599
 gather in your presence,

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 even in this life, make it

00:28:18.939 --> 00:28:20.219
 visible that I belong to

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:20.419
 you.

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:23.000
 That this is sincere for

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.099
 me.

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:24.339
 I love to be where your

00:28:24.339 --> 00:28:25.159
 glory dwells.

00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.819
 I love the habitation of

00:28:26.819 --> 00:28:27.319
 your house.

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 I love church.

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 An old minister of the

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.879
 gospel told this story of a

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:35.379
 worthy, aged woman,

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:37.419
 quote, who has for many

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:39.480
 years been so deaf as to

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:41.019
 not distinguish the loudest

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.659
 sound.

00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:44.639
 And yet, she is always one

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:46.540
 of the first in the public

00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.860
 worship meeting place.

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:50.480
 On asking the reason for

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:53.620
 her constant attendance, as

00:28:53.620 --> 00:28:55.240
 it was impossible for her

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.300
 to hear the voice of the

00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:58.440
 preacher preaching, she

00:28:58.440 --> 00:29:00.320
 answered, even though I

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:02.020
 cannot hear you, I come to

00:29:02.020 --> 00:29:03.720
 God's house because I love

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.780
 it and would be found in

00:29:06.780 --> 00:29:07.460
 his ways.

00:29:08.040 --> 00:29:09.180
 And he gives me many a

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.620
 sweet thought upon the

00:29:10.620 --> 00:29:12.340
 text, the sermon passage,

00:29:12.339 --> 00:29:14.720
 that is pointed out to me.

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.980
 And another reason is

00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:17.939
 because here I am in the

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:19.819
 best company in the more

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.319
 immediate presence of God

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:22.939
 and among his people, his

00:29:22.939 --> 00:29:24.879
 saints, the honorable of

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.319
 the earth.

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:27.539
 I am not satisfied with

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:28.679
 serving God in private.

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:31.240
 It is my duty and privilege

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:33.919
 to honor my God regularly

00:29:33.919 --> 00:29:35.179
 in public.

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 Amen.

00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:39.119
 Brothers and sisters, you

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.199
 and I know this joy.

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.959
 Every time we gather in

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:43.840
 Jesus' name and we can

00:29:43.840 --> 00:29:45.400
 pray when we're gathered

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:47.100
 publicly like this in his

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:48.380
 presence, in this life,

00:29:48.539 --> 00:29:50.660
 because his hands, the

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.640
 hands of our Lord Jesus

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.660
 Christ in his life, in his

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:55.799
 work, they were always

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:58.960
 clean, absolute innocence.

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:01.460
 You and I can enter into his

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.779
 presence today and every

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:04.759
 Lord's Day because he alone

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:06.740
 first entered the Holy of

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:08.539
 Holies with flawless

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:10.299
 obedience, which God loves

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.639
 more than any sacrifice.

00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:13.919
 You and I can pray in Jesus'

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:16.500
 name because Jesus Christ is

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.500
 our altar.

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:20.960
 He is our lamb and he is our

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.639
 great high priest.

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.039
 Amen.

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:25.839
 We pray in his name because his

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:28.119
 soul completely loved the

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:29.720
 habitation of God's house.

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:31.839
 A zeal for the house of God

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:33.859
 consumed him that it would be a

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.599
 house of prayer.

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:38.079
 And he ministers to us the

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.799
 acceptable way of worshiping

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:42.559
 God truly in spirit and in

00:30:42.559 --> 00:30:42.919
 truth.

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.799
 You and I can enter his

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:46.099
 presence today and every

00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:48.259
 Lord's Day because he draws us

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:50.539
 into the immediate presence of

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:52.459
 the holy, holy, holy God

00:30:52.459 --> 00:30:54.699
 through our union to him.

00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.619
 And it's because our Lord

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.639
 mediates for us.

00:30:57.959 --> 00:30:59.740
 He vindicates you and me every

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:02.659
 Lord's Day among his great

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:04.500
 gathered congregation in heaven,

00:31:04.840 --> 00:31:06.060
 the great cloud of witnesses.

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:09.200
 He's there vindicating us

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:11.000
 already saying these are my

00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.560
 people too.

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:13.080
 They'll be with us soon.

00:31:14.120 --> 00:31:16.320
 And he reminds you and me now

00:31:16.320 --> 00:31:19.120
 of our right standing that we

00:31:19.120 --> 00:31:21.540
 enjoy this moment that will one

00:31:21.540 --> 00:31:23.840
 day be vindicated finally on the

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.720
 great judgment day.

00:31:26.300 --> 00:31:27.860
 Well, the fourth and final

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:29.300
 encouragement for today,

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:32.240
 not only does our Lord vindicate

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:34.259
 us to enter his presence in this

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:36.299
 life, but in Jesus Christ,

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:38.039
 you and I can now also pray for

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:40.039
 the Lord to vindicate us when we

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:42.539
 will enter his presence in the

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:43.879
 next life also.

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.680
 Look at verse 9.

00:31:47.419 --> 00:31:48.839
 David's eyes now shift to the

00:31:48.839 --> 00:31:49.180
 future.

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.779
 He says, do not gather my soul

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:54.000
 with sinners, nor my life with

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.960
 bloodthirsty men.

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:57.180
 He's talking about a soul one day

00:31:57.180 --> 00:31:57.840
 being gathered.

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.180
 And our scripture reading said of

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:02.820
 the wheat and the tares, the weeds.

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:04.460
 David's praying, Lord, on that

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:06.100
 great day of judgment, don't let

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:08.440
 my soul be counted among the

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:10.480
 sinners, the evildoers,

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:12.560
 bloodthirsty men, those whose

00:32:12.560 --> 00:32:15.259
 hands is a sinister scheme and

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:16.820
 whose right hand is full of

00:32:16.820 --> 00:32:17.380
 bribes.

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:21.440
 And it's right for us to have that

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:23.700
 healthy fear, just that reminder,

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:26.039
 that reverence that God's judgment

00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:28.379
 is coming and it's a real thing.

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:31.139
 This should quicken us.

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.779
 It should give us a sense of

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:35.139
 urgency to make sure that everyone

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:36.960
 has heard the gospel and been

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.420
 warned.

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:41.980
 George Swinnock again commented of a

00:32:41.980 --> 00:32:43.420
 faithful woman who prayed on her

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:45.839
 deathbed after wrestling with

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:48.579
 natural doubts that Christians will

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:50.099
 have about salvation.

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:53.220
 She prayed, Lord, please do not send

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.960
 me to hell among the wicked.

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.839
 For you know I never loved their

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.140
 company during my life.

00:32:58.600 --> 00:33:00.240
 My only joy was being among your

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:01.220
 children here on earth.

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:03.960
 Will I really be shut out from their

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:05.259
 company in eternity?

00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:08.420
 Oh, do not sweep my soul away with

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:12.120
 sinners to face the wine press of

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:13.600
 your eternal anger.

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:16.039
 That's what David's praying here as

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.299
 well.

00:33:16.299 --> 00:33:21.759
 Verse 11, but as for me, he says, I will

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:24.159
 walk in my integrity.

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:27.519
 Integrity is wholeness.

00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.159
 It means a person's life is unified.

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:32.460
 My words and my deeds do not

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:34.559
 constantly contradict one another.

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:38.019
 My heart and my actions in a limited

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:40.559
 way, those stumbling, they line up.

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:43.980
 My prayer and my walk are bound

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:46.240
 together because my life is in Christ

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.660
 and Christ is training me, teaching

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.599
 me to pray.

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:54.120
 And the great day of judgment at the

00:33:54.120 --> 00:33:56.059
 end of this life and the great day

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:58.180
 when the bodies of all the dead will

00:33:58.180 --> 00:34:00.400
 be reunited to their souls and all

00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.640
 will stand before God as judge.

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:06.099
 You'll either be with him for all

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:10.400
 eternity or you will be crushed by his

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:14.480
 holy wrath and hate for sin for all

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.960
 eternity.

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:22.059
 This thought is so heavy, but it's the

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:24.820
 focus of the psalmist in these verses.

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.860
 We can't dodge it.

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:30.760
 Thomas Boston commented that death is

00:34:30.760 --> 00:34:33.680
 God's gathering time wherein he gets

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:36.320
 the souls belonging to him and the

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:39.519
 devil gets the souls belonging to him.

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:44.639
 They did not go long together, but then

00:34:44.639 --> 00:34:46.320
 they are parted and the saints are

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:48.280
 taken home to the congregation of the

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:50.539
 saints and sinners to the congregation

00:34:50.539 --> 00:34:51.680
 of sinners.

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:55.400
 And it concerns us to say, gather not my

00:34:55.400 --> 00:34:56.340
 soul with sinners.

00:34:57.039 --> 00:35:00.079
 Whoever be our people here on earth on

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:03.680
 this life, God's people or the devil's

00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:07.380
 death will gather our souls to them for

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.460
 all eternity.

00:35:12.740 --> 00:35:15.039
 Every time we have the great joy, the

00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:18.579
 great privilege of calling a soul, a

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:22.519
 person into membership of this church,

00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:24.380
 this little visible outpost of the

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.160
 kingdom of heaven.

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 We are calling them out of the world

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 and into the church.

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 And all of eternity hinges on whether

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 you're united to Christ.

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 And if so, you'll be with his people.

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 Or have you rejected Christ?

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 And if so, your people are the world.

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 Even in desiring and pledging to God

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 that David will walk in integrity, in

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 these last thoughts, verses 11 and 12,

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 David confesses his dependence on God to

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 save and forgive him.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 David says, redeem me.

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 Redeem means to purchase back, to ransom,

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 to save something that belonged to someone

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 else.

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 Redeem me and be merciful to me.

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 To be merciful is to not give someone what

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 they do deserve.

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 Someone deserves punishment and wrath and

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 God's anger because of sin.

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 But mercy means to pass over, to not pour out

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 on them what they deserve.

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 And the final reflection that David gives us

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 in verse 12 is this.

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 My foot stands in an even place.

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 In the congregations, I will bless the Lord.

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 To stand before God on uneven ground

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 means that you are wobbly, you're unstable,

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 you're uncertain about your standing before God.

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 David is thanking the Lord for redeeming him

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 and trusting God's mercy to continue.

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 See, in the end, we can understand that

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 David had the same faith we have in Christ.

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 David was enslaved and hopeless on his own.

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 But God teaches him to pray to the Redeemer.

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 David was guilty, deserving God's great punishment.

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 But God teaches him to pray, trusting in God's

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 great mercy.

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 Redeem me and be merciful to me.

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 As believers, we also trust that our vindication

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 depends on God's constant upholding redemption

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 and mercy.

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 And we approach God in the same posture as David.

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 We pray in Jesus Christ's name

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 because Jesus' life

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 was the only life of seamless, unbroken integrity.

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 We pray in Christ's name

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 because he promises that he will gather

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 everyone he purchased with his own precious blood

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 into that great congregation of his people,

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 all who are united to him.

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 And he will vindicate everyone that he saved.

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 He will make our eternal redemption

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 by his mercy visible for the whole world to see.

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 And there in the presence of our holy God

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 before his throne,

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 your feet and mine will stand stable

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 on solid ground in the presence of God forevermore.

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 And we can sing what we sing now.

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 And now in him complete,

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 my robe his righteousness.

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 I'll rejoice with all my might.

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 I am now divinely blessed.

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 And when before the throne,

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 I stand in him complete.

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 Jesus died my soul to save.

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 My lips shall still repeat.

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 Jesus paid it all.

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 All to him I owe.

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 Sin had left a crimson stain,

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 but he has washed me white as snow.

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 Brothers and sisters and dear friends today,

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 make sure that you depend on Christ's mercy

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 as your redeemer.

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 In him alone can we ask God to vindicate us.

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 And we trust that Christ's prayers

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 for your vindication and mine,

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 God will fulfill.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's thank him.

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 Father, we praise you.

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 You are our redeemer.

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 You're pleased to make visible,

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 make public to prove your great salvation.

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 We know you will do this one day, Lord,

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 for the whole world to see.

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 And we trust that that same reality

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 is our reality now,

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 though we trust this by faith and not by sight.

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 We pray, Father,

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 that you will apply the word

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 that was preached today

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 to the hearts and lives and walks

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 of everyone you brought

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 to hear your word today, Father.

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 We ask this for Christ's precious name,

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 for his sake alone.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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