WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.040 To be reminded that all I have is Christ. 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:06.219 And it's actually in here I put it into my sermon as well. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:09.160 So it was just amazing to hear that song before I stepped up. 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:14.960 I'm privileged to be here this morning to preach from God's Word. 00:00:15.540 --> 00:00:19.039 I am nervous, but the Spirit can use my nervousness. 00:00:19.859 --> 00:00:21.980 So before I start, I'd just like to pray. 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:27.960 Heavenly Father, what a wonderful God you are. 00:00:27.960 --> 00:00:29.719 What a merciful God you are. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.920 As we look at Psalm 19, help us to be reminded that you are sovereignty over all. 00:00:37.659 --> 00:00:43.700 That we are here today to glorify you, O Lord, our rock and our Redeemer. 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:50.359 I pray, Lord, that you settle my nerves and that we settle each other's hearts and souls. 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:58.120 And help us to be reminded, Lord, that your Word is to penetrate our hearts, Lord. 00:00:58.119 --> 00:01:03.119 And your Holy Spirit can use your Word to penetrate the heart of us. 00:01:03.539 --> 00:01:06.659 Not just to tittle our ears, but to get into our hardened hearts. 00:01:07.299 --> 00:01:08.899 In Jesus' name, Amen. 00:01:08.900 --> 00:01:17.520 So what I'm going to do today, instead of reading Psalm 19, I'm going to walk through Psalm 19. 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:19.860 I love walking through passages. 00:01:20.240 --> 00:01:23.120 And Psalm 19 is a fantastic psalm. 00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:25.160 It's challenging. 00:01:25.740 --> 00:01:26.640 It's encouraging. 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.920 And it's tough. 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:34.900 And there's a reason why it's called, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. 00:01:34.900 --> 00:01:42.880 Because I couldn't preach this without keep reminding myself, O Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. 00:01:46.520 --> 00:01:49.140 So we're going to look at Psalm 19 in three ways. 00:01:50.100 --> 00:01:53.719 We're going to look at Psalm verses 1 to 6. 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:57.739 We can see the creation revelation. 00:01:58.739 --> 00:02:00.780 God being revealed in creation. 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:04.879 We're going to look at, then we're going to go down to 7 to 10. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.300 We will see the Word, the Scriptures. 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:11.900 The special revelation. 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:15.240 God being revealed in Scripture. 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:19.540 And finally, we're going to look at verses 10 to 14. 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:23.040 Our personal revelation. 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:29.939 So, we're going to look up, down, and in. 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:33.560 And that's what we must do when we're looking at Psalm 19. 00:02:33.980 --> 00:02:40.379 We must look up, down, but most importantly, by looking up and down, it should make us look inside. 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:44.320 To see the personal revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:02:45.240 --> 00:02:48.560 So, Dave tells us, David, Dave. 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:52.460 I was after reading about him so much this week, we became friends. 00:02:52.580 --> 00:02:53.719 I don't call him David no more. 00:02:53.900 --> 00:02:54.780 I call him Dave. 00:02:55.640 --> 00:02:59.879 So, David tells us that God is revealed in nature. 00:03:00.740 --> 00:03:02.740 He tells us that God is revealed in Scripture. 00:03:03.439 --> 00:03:04.980 And God is revealed in character. 00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:11.820 Have you ever cried out, Lord, say something? 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:14.100 Why don't you just say something? 00:03:14.099 --> 00:03:17.060 Well, Psalm 19 tells us God does say something. 00:03:17.180 --> 00:03:17.780 We just don't listen. 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:21.799 What more do you want to hear from God if he's calling out from above? 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:24.699 Calling out from below and calling out from being within? 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:26.919 He is calling out. 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:29.740 So, the question is, why aren't we listening? 00:03:31.019 --> 00:03:34.120 And that's what we'd like to answer as well as we go through Psalm 19 this morning. 00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:39.340 So, keep in mind, listening. 00:03:39.560 --> 00:03:40.740 Why aren't we listening? 00:03:40.920 --> 00:03:41.659 Now, I don't know you. 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:43.700 I'm not here to point fingers at why you're not listening. 00:03:43.819 --> 00:03:45.520 So, you'll have to answer that yourselves. 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:46.860 But I know my own heart. 00:03:46.980 --> 00:03:48.480 And my heart is the same as your heart. 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:50.319 And my church is the same as your church. 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:52.020 And our hearts are hardened. 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:54.540 And we don't listen because of our sin. 00:03:54.539 --> 00:04:00.259 So, we're going to start at verses 1 in Psalm 19. 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:05.139 The heavens declare the glory of God. 00:04:05.799 --> 00:04:09.419 And the expanse proclaims the work of his hands. 00:04:14.959 --> 00:04:17.399 The heavens declare the glory of God. 00:04:18.099 --> 00:04:20.339 Now, David is a shepherd in Bethlehem. 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:24.899 He's standing in a field, minding his sheep. 00:04:26.339 --> 00:04:28.019 Bethlehem hasn't got much life. 00:04:28.319 --> 00:04:29.060 He's standing there. 00:04:29.060 --> 00:04:29.839 He looks up. 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:31.360 He sees the heavens. 00:04:31.980 --> 00:04:33.160 The blanket of stars. 00:04:34.019 --> 00:04:34.839 He looks up. 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:38.280 And he sees and hears God. 00:04:40.339 --> 00:04:47.620 And he comes to the realization that God is showing himself in the heavens. 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:49.959 He's showing himself in creation. 00:04:52.860 --> 00:04:58.160 Have you ever thought of yourself that you're done? 00:04:58.160 --> 00:04:59.439 You're not worthy? 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:00.699 You're lonely? 00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:00.719 You're lonely? 00:05:01.719 --> 00:05:03.000 God's not speaking to you? 00:05:03.779 --> 00:05:06.060 Well, David suggests we go out and we look up. 00:05:06.379 --> 00:05:07.899 And we see God in creation. 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:10.719 We can see his handiwork. 00:05:11.420 --> 00:05:14.259 And what comes to mind in my handiwork is a surgeon's hand. 00:05:14.819 --> 00:05:17.639 Like, you wouldn't go to a surgeon who has a shaky hand, would you? 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:18.579 Well, I wouldn't. 00:05:18.579 --> 00:05:20.759 I would say I could pity the scar when he's finished. 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:26.800 But God's handiwork is precisely cut like a surgeon's hand. 00:05:27.459 --> 00:05:32.639 The way we are on this planet, in this world, precisely placed in the universe. 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:37.620 We can see God's precise handiwork in our world. 00:05:40.159 --> 00:05:42.339 When we see the leaves falling in spring. 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:45.819 When we hear the rain beating off our windows in the winter. 00:05:46.659 --> 00:05:49.519 When you see our breath in a cold morning. 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:54.479 These things points to the creation of God. 00:05:56.240 --> 00:06:01.339 We as a church demonstrates God's glory in his creation. 00:06:02.180 --> 00:06:03.199 We are here to create. 00:06:03.859 --> 00:06:05.399 We are here to glorify God. 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:08.639 Now, I might be biased in this one. 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:10.219 But the Cork accent. 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:16.240 It's the only accent that sounds like you're singing and talking at the same time. 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:19.900 Now, if that's not a demonstration of God's glory. 00:06:21.280 --> 00:06:22.500 I might just go on over it. 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:25.060 The Cork accent is a demonstration of God's glory. 00:06:25.780 --> 00:06:29.000 So we can use everything to see God's glory. 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.260 Verse 2 tells us that day after day it pours out. 00:06:36.260 --> 00:06:38.520 So day after day it pours out our speech. 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:41.120 Night after night it communicates knowledge. 00:06:43.079 --> 00:06:44.279 It doesn't stop. 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:48.959 It keeps showing us the knowledge of God. 00:06:50.799 --> 00:06:52.019 And what is knowledge? 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:55.259 It shows us the truth about who God is. 00:06:57.919 --> 00:06:59.899 So if you're having a bad day today, guess what? 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:00.879 Tomorrow is another day. 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:08.060 Just because you're having a bad day tomorrow will also show the creation and the glorification of God. 00:07:08.519 --> 00:07:12.959 Verse 3 tells us that there is no speech. 00:07:13.339 --> 00:07:14.379 There is no words. 00:07:15.299 --> 00:07:16.799 Your voice is not heard. 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:19.199 I saw this first. 00:07:19.300 --> 00:07:20.560 I said, this is a contradiction. 00:07:21.579 --> 00:07:23.379 How could you have a voice that's not heard? 00:07:24.740 --> 00:07:26.139 And it looks like a contradiction. 00:07:26.300 --> 00:07:30.699 I love meeting people who tells us, I don't believe in the Bible because it contradicts itself. 00:07:31.479 --> 00:07:35.500 And I'm looking at him and I says, no, you don't believe in the Bible because it contradicts you. 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:40.920 It contradicts everything that our heart wants and desires. 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:45.439 It contradicts everything that we believe to be true in this world. 00:07:45.659 --> 00:07:46.800 And it contradicts it. 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:48.680 And that's why people don't believe in the Bible. 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:51.279 It has nothing to do with the contradiction that they say the Bible has. 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:53.120 Because the Bible don't have contradictions. 00:07:53.120 --> 00:08:00.620 what this is saying here is like there's no voice no i'm a yapper i like communicating i like coffee 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:06.500 after chatting i like meeting people and talking to them and sometimes i forget that i have a family 00:08:06.500 --> 00:08:12.459 and they want to go home 10 minutes ago so as i'm talking i look over to my wife burr 00:08:12.459 --> 00:08:19.019 and she's looking at me and i know i should have left 10 minutes ago now there's no voice 00:08:19.019 --> 00:08:26.419 sean i can't hear her but i know i should have been gone 10 minutes ago and i think we all have that 00:08:26.419 --> 00:08:33.819 knowledge of knowing things without hearing anything and that is what sam or david is saying 00:08:33.819 --> 00:08:40.340 here in the sam there's a knowledge meant without the voice but we know we see and we can look and 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:50.100 we know that god is glorified in creation so that brings us to verse 4 00:08:50.100 --> 00:09:01.440 the messages has gone out to the whole world and the words to the ends of the world in the heaven 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:10.560 in the ends in the world so the message of god goes out everywhere that's the best thing 00:09:10.560 --> 00:09:16.280 about the creation and the realization that god is speaking in creation because we have no excuses 00:09:16.280 --> 00:09:24.580 it doesn't matter if you're from cork city or the tribe in timbuktu it doesn't matter god is speaking 00:09:24.580 --> 00:09:30.720 to us in creation there is no boundaries there is no language differences we can all hear it 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:40.200 so we have no excuses of not listening to god if you don't believe if people don't believe in the 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:45.000 scriptures if people don't believe in anything like that they still can't deny that god is talking to 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:53.879 them in creation you can know hebrew chinese greek they're all nice things to know but it doesn't matter 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.559 it doesn't matter there's no boundaries 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:04.080 so can i ask you a question why don't we listen 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:10.879 why don't we stop and listen to what god is saying 00:10:10.879 --> 00:10:17.000 paul tells us in romans 1 i'm going to flick the romans 1 00:10:17.000 --> 00:10:21.320 but paul tells us in romans romans 1 20 00:10:21.320 --> 00:10:28.279 he tells us 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:39.360 that for his invisible aptitudes that is his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:50.480 since the creation of the world being understood through what he has made as a result people are without excuse 00:10:50.480 --> 00:11:02.019 for true they know god they did not glorify him as god or show gratitude instead their thinking became 00:11:02.019 --> 00:11:18.019 worthless and their senseless heart were darkened claiming to be wise they became fools and exchanging the glory for the immortal god for images resembling mortal men birds four-footed animals and reptiles 00:11:18.019 --> 00:11:24.899 people don't listen because they want to worship the creation rather than the creator 00:11:26.579 --> 00:11:34.340 we love seeing things that gratify us we love seeing things that we can create and control and it becomes our god 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:44.579 it's like exodus 32 with the golden calf we have our hearts want to control god so we create images we create and everybody has them 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:49.540 i've got an arm full of golden calves that i go out there when life is tough 00:11:51.379 --> 00:11:58.900 but we must not worship them it must not become a worship disorder that we start worshiping things that we create rather than the creator 00:12:04.020 --> 00:12:09.780 but paul tells us what happens if we do this these things so the heart becomes foolish 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:19.620 but god paul gives us a row give us a warning in romans again before we do what we just read in romans 18 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:26.819 like paul tells us what's going to happen to these people what's going to happen to us if we reject what god is saying 00:12:26.820 --> 00:12:37.860 so again in romans 118 paul tells us for the god's wrath is revealed from the heavens against all godliness and 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:46.180 unrighteousness for people by who their unrighteousness suppress the truth since what can be known about god is evident 00:12:46.180 --> 00:12:49.300 amongst them because god has shown it to them 00:12:49.299 --> 00:12:54.899 did you see the unrighteousness suppression 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:59.620 we suppress our own unrighteousness 00:13:01.219 --> 00:13:03.139 do you suppress your own unrighteousness 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:11.859 and what happens when we suppress our own unrighteousness we will feel the wrath of god 00:13:11.860 --> 00:13:18.659 i don't say that this morning to frighten me or paul didn't say it to frighten me but it's the truth 00:13:19.460 --> 00:13:23.620 people will tell you that it's okay to live in this world and do what you want to do 00:13:24.259 --> 00:13:26.659 we as believers know that that's a lie 00:13:28.580 --> 00:13:35.060 now you can't be a christian if you're bathing in your sin you can't now we are all going to sin but if 00:13:35.059 --> 00:13:39.939 you're lying back bathing and enjoying your sin you're not a christian 00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:46.019 because you love your sin and you love the creation more than the creator 00:13:46.739 --> 00:13:51.939 and paul is saying that the wrath of god you will face we will face the wrath of god 00:13:52.659 --> 00:13:55.699 if we don't accept the lord jesus christ as our savior 00:13:55.700 --> 00:14:01.940 and express none of our righteousness 00:14:04.259 --> 00:14:08.500 that's what nobody none of us can hear or can boast we're all unrighteousness 00:14:10.660 --> 00:14:14.980 and if you suppress it you think you're right you think that you're that you are righteous 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:23.620 newsflash you're not does none of us here righteous the only righteous person is the righteousness of jesus 00:14:23.620 --> 00:14:30.100 christ and the blood that he shed in the cross is what needs to cleanse our unrighteousness 00:14:31.220 --> 00:14:37.860 so we try not to suppress that it's nothing to be shameful for we can come to christ with our 00:14:37.860 --> 00:14:44.580 unrighteousness jesus will accept us with open arms he wants us as cork and as the cork slang he wants us with 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:52.500 warts and oil he wants us as we are he are he wants us broken he wants us unrighteous he wants us he wants 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:58.179 a relationship with us 00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:59.860 so with that we're going to go back to 00:15:02.019 --> 00:15:07.379 the sun and verse five and i really should have marked this better than i did 00:15:07.379 --> 00:15:17.059 in verse five as it tells us 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:28.740 it is like a braves room coming out of his home it rejoices like an athlete running the course 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:38.980 it rises from one end of the heavens and it cycles their earth and it cycles to their other end nothing is hidden from the heat 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:42.980 my wedding there 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:47.299 i felt strong 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:54.259 i was full of energy and excitement i was just about to receive my wife 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:59.859 i was proud i was happy i was confident 00:16:01.379 --> 00:16:04.500 this is the way we should be when we talk to people about jesus christ 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:09.299 we should be like the bride or the groom ready to burst out of his chambers 00:16:14.740 --> 00:16:19.700 and the running scene everybody likes an old running scene everybody likes i'm a runner not 00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:24.100 physically but mentally everything that there's something strong i run and the fastest i can get 00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:27.940 out of a situation my eye is looking at this corner though i know it's there 00:16:27.940 --> 00:16:35.060 so i know it's behind me so that's my first expression is how i'm going to get out of this 00:16:35.060 --> 00:16:41.380 i'm a runner but everybody loves scenes of running my favorite scene of running in the movie is forrest 00:16:41.380 --> 00:16:51.780 gump i love it because he's his legs are embraces he hasn't got as much energy as his friends but he runs 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:58.819 and he runs and he strengthens his legs and one of these days he got chased and he ran so fast 00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:04.099 you could see the legs breaking there's the braces broken his legs and that boy ran 00:17:04.819 --> 00:17:09.539 and his head went up in the air and the sun was shining on his face and he was smiling 00:17:10.899 --> 00:17:17.940 and that reminded me of our christian life it's tough it's hard but we must run with the gospel of jesus christ 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:22.900 and the more we run and the faster we run our legs will get stronger and stronger and we will be able 00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:28.500 to run as fast as we ever thought we could be with our heads in the air the sun beating down on top of 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:34.500 our face and smiling from air to air because we know that our treasures are not to be stored in this world 00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:42.500 and as matthew matthew tells us in matthew 4 wherever your treasures is stored there is your heart 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:52.900 we must store our treasures in jesus christ we must run with his word to the world and tell people about him 00:17:56.900 --> 00:18:05.859 and the sun is used in this verse because no one can escape from it it's everywhere it comes up and it 00:18:05.859 --> 00:18:09.059 doesn't matter what you do you can hide under the shade but it's still here 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:19.139 so that was david looking up now after looking up and he's seeing the creation and he's seeing god 00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:24.819 revealed in creation what does he do he looks down he's standing in the field looking at his sheep 00:18:24.819 --> 00:18:30.500 and david now after seeing the glorification of god he looks down into his scriptures what we do today 00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:34.900 he looks down into the scripture that he had at the time was torah the old testament 00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:50.259 so he looks down and he sees and he says in verse 7 to 8 the instructions of the lord lord is perfect 00:18:50.259 --> 00:19:04.019 renewing one's life the testimony of the lord is trustworthy making the inexperience wise where would you get that 00:19:05.299 --> 00:19:09.859 where would you get them the instructions of the lord 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:17.219 when you look here you can see that david is after replacing god with lord 00:19:18.339 --> 00:19:26.419 he's gone into torah he's using lord as in yahweh he's showing he's telling us about yahweh is perfect 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:31.859 he is complete he's without blemish lacking nothing 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:37.379 and he will revive your soul 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:40.579 he will renew 00:19:42.579 --> 00:19:43.699 and bring you back 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.139 to him 00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:51.539 if you've strained you can return 00:19:51.539 --> 00:20:02.259 david talks to us through the torah in these verses 00:20:05.059 --> 00:20:11.619 that's his gospel today we have the full gospel we have the full gospel in jesus christ 00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:16.819 and if david is telling us that his torah can be trusted 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:23.700 our scriptures can be trusted again we live in a society that tells us you can trust them 00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:29.220 you can't trust them it doesn't matter how good it sounds it's too good to be true 00:20:29.939 --> 00:20:35.220 you cannot trust what people are telling in this world we must use scripture as a filter 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:43.059 we must filter what we are being told through scripture and it will reveal to us god will speak 00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:49.139 and reveal to us if this is true or not because scripture is true so we must use scripture when 00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:53.539 we look down into him and we're going through our lives you must use it we must filter what's happening 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:55.059 to us through the word of god 00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.779 so you can read any books you want 00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:06.980 you can listen to any sermons you want about god 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:14.980 which is good but remember that all these are filtered experience from other people's experiences 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:22.339 you need we need to have our own experiences with god unfiltered 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:28.099 and the only way we can do that is spend time on his word and understanding it for us 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:35.059 i mean have you ever seen instagram or facebook and you see these hashtag no filters 00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:41.059 i know they're filtered you see the guy that's sitting down and their eyes are about this size and 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:46.019 they've got lips they're about that size and their skin their jaw is tiny and you're saying 00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:53.940 that picture is filtered and they're saying no filters it's lies but we live in a society that 00:21:53.940 --> 00:22:01.220 loves to filter what's going on in our lives we love to put things that we can convince ourselves 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:09.539 that it's true but no and it's not you know i have anxiety up here unfiltered 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:17.220 but the lord jesus christ walks through me with his spirit i have nothing to offer only a puny 00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:29.220 fish but the spirit can feed the multitude of people with it i need to humble it's unfiltered 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:35.620 so we're looking around verses eight the deceptions of or the perceptions of the lord are right 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:44.180 making the heart glad the command of the lord is radiant making the eyes light up i love that 00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:47.940 it's right 00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:52.820 it makes your eyes light up 00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.940 and it lasts forever 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:07.940 matthew 24 the heavens and earth will pass away but my word will not pass away 00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:13.380 but my word will last forever we're gonna die 00:23:15.860 --> 00:23:22.019 sorry if anybody knew that but we are gonna die we are all returning to dust we are gonna pass away 00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:27.779 this building is going to pass away society in another 50 years time is going to look different 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:33.860 the buildings are going to look different but jesus christ and his word is going to endure 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:36.579 forever forever way beyond how long we're gonna last 00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:42.259 and the and the the word will make your eyes light up 00:23:43.379 --> 00:23:50.339 oh this sounds amazing don't it we'll be able to going to see things clearly the scales are going to 00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:54.419 be removed and we are going to see the glorification of god through scripture 00:23:54.420 --> 00:24:02.019 are you ready to see her that's the thing i'm going to see that your eyes are going to light up it 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:07.940 reminds me of when the kids come in at five o'clock in the morning and you're half asleep and they turn on 00:24:07.940 --> 00:24:14.660 the light you are screaming in pain you the first thing you want to do is grab them covers and cover your 00:24:14.660 --> 00:24:21.460 head you don't want to see the light it's too bright that's what it can be like when god goes into your 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:30.100 heart the first thing we want to do is run we're being exposed it sounds great but it it can be 00:24:30.100 --> 00:24:37.620 blinding highlighting sin i remember the first time my single highlighted i was petrified petrified and i 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:42.740 wanted to grab the blanket and put it over my head and shut out that light i did not want to see it 00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:48.660 but the longer you stay in the light the longer you stay in the presence of jesus christ you will get 00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:57.300 up and you will open the curtain and behold the sunrise the sun jesus christ and all his glory you will see 00:24:58.660 --> 00:25:05.380 but you have to adjust the eyes you have to adjust the eyes to the light and the only way we can do that 00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:10.259 is through scripture the perfect revelation of jesus christ 00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:14.980 so we're going to go to verse 10 00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:25.940 we're going to come back to verse 9 i skipped the fear the fear of the lord is pure enduring forever 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:31.700 that's what i was talking about it but it goes on forever but it's fear we should fear the lord 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:39.779 we're not worthy of him but we should also remember he's a merciful god fear is good but without that 00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:45.860 mercy of jesus christ fear is not good if there is something in your life that's not bringing to jesus 00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:51.860 christ it's not the spirit the spirit leads you to christ so if you have fear and that spirit is leading 00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:57.059 you to christ it's the spirit but if you have fear that makes you run it's not the spirit 00:25:57.059 --> 00:26:07.220 verse 10 it tells us they are more desirable than gold than abundance gold of pure gold and sweeter than 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:10.019 honey dripping from a honeycomb 00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:18.819 i grew up far from honeycombs i've never tasted honeycomb before i spoke to a few people and they 00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:24.899 said it's amazing so i'll take the award for it i've tasted honey but not from a honeycomb and the 00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:31.460 honey from a honeycomb is supposed to be pure honey and you're supposed to desire it more than that 00:26:32.820 --> 00:26:37.460 now i can if you talk to me about the pure honey and the pure taste of alcohol i can tell you what 00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:45.620 that's about i was an addiction for many years and that was my honey the drink that i drank i desired it 00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:54.660 more than jesus i loved it it made me into anything i wanted to be it was more desirable with a 00:26:54.660 --> 00:27:03.779 relationship with god and when i look at this and i think about the times i was in that addiction and 00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:13.220 the promises that it gave me and the more i desired it today i can stand here and i can tell you jesus christ 00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:19.940 will fill you with as much joy that you've never experienced in any addiction 00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:26.340 it doesn't matter what drink you put down your throat whatever you shoot into your veins or whatever 00:27:26.340 --> 00:27:32.340 lines you put up your nose it has nothing compared to what jesus christ has to offer you 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:41.940 and whatever your addiction is telling you it's a lie you're being deceived it's a temporary release 00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:45.940 with the end you're going to face the wrath of god 00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:56.500 and that's where that song that we just heard before we came before i came up here that i played 00:27:56.500 --> 00:28:03.140 out of my baptism it was the first song that i realized looking at the lyrics what was going on i didn't 00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:09.380 know i was running i didn't know i was doing it on my own murder i didn't know what was happening until 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:18.820 i heard that song and the most important verses i heard was i once was lost in darkest night yet thought i 00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:31.540 knew the way the sin that promised joy and life had led me to the grave i had no hope that you would own 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:44.500 a rebel to your will and if you had not loved me first i would refuse you still hallelujah all i have is christ 00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:50.339 hallelujah jesus is my life 00:28:52.579 --> 00:29:01.059 that's it he's my life i'm not here because of my own murder i am not here because of what i've done and 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:08.019 i've done mad things i've been claiming mountains in medjugorje i've been in crawling on my knees the 00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:16.980 statues in fatima i've been three days barefooted praying around monks beds awake for 46 hours to 00:29:16.980 --> 00:29:23.539 remove the shame and guilt from my past and could never do it until i open up the scripture one day and 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:31.779 i've seen we all fall short to the glory of god and i realized that i am not worthy and he is 00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:40.019 and if i didn't accept the price that he paid for the cross was his blood i still owe debt and it's not 00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:47.619 a physical debt it's a spiritual debt damnation eternity in hell that's the debt jesus christ paid for 00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:53.219 that is the debt he paid for us and if we don't accept that payment then we have to pay 00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.939 next in eternity death 00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:01.459 so verses 11 00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:07.219 in addition the servant is warned by them and keeping them 00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:12.739 is an important reward so looking back it can tell us 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:20.339 the promises of the promises of scripture it's perfect it's right it's sure it's pure it's clean and 00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.900 it's true 00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:25.220 how would you get that living in this world 00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.019 so now we looked up 00:30:31.460 --> 00:30:32.180 we look down 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.339 it's time to look in 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.740 it's time to look in 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:44.099 and listen to god revealing himself in our souls in repentance 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:50.660 now david looked up into the heavens and he must have been wow 00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:57.140 he looked down into the word of god and he must have been in awe 00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:00.099 and then he must have looked in 00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:06.339 in the personal revelation and he must have went yuck 00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:15.139 what am i and that's the way we must do we must look in and we must not beat our chests and we must say 00:31:15.699 --> 00:31:16.019 yuck 00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:28.019 we are all sinful we are all unjust we are all hardened of hearts we are all the same 00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:33.379 there's no different there's no mightier than mighty we are all struggling 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:37.779 we are all living in this world in this world as best as we can 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:45.139 we all long to be satisfied in this world but guess what we will never be satisfied in this world 00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:51.220 you know why because we are not created for this world it doesn't matter what this world tells us 00:31:51.220 --> 00:31:55.379 or what it promises us we will never have satisfaction in this world and we shouldn't 00:31:55.380 --> 00:32:02.820 because we are not created for this world we are created to be in heaven in a glorified body and a 00:32:02.820 --> 00:32:11.300 glorified soul with jesus christ and in there we will have the satisfaction that we long for down here 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:16.980 and that goes out especially to the young people here that are living in society and it tells you that 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:21.140 you can be who you want to be and you don't have to be this person and you can live the life that you 00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:27.540 want to be because it's the only life that you have it's lies it's lies you never see the news and 00:32:27.540 --> 00:32:32.900 they'll tell you look lads let's take out the bible and pray to jesus christ no you won't you'll never hear 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:39.860 that news and where will you hear that news in your local church it will tell you the truth it will tell you 00:32:39.860 --> 00:32:45.540 that we are not created for this world we are not to be satisfied in this world we are to be putting our 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:53.220 treasures in heaven in the next world that we are created for and in there we will find rest come all 00:32:53.220 --> 00:33:00.259 you who are weary and i will give you rest we can relax when we make it but we must persevere through this world 00:33:04.420 --> 00:33:05.379 so david looks in 00:33:07.619 --> 00:33:14.740 in verse 12 he said who perceives his intentional sin cleanse me from my hidden faults when i read this i went 00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:15.299 oh 00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:29.059 reminds me of a story i love stories so i was in a system before i became a christian and i had to go 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:36.900 to get confession and i was sitting in the confession box and i confessed and i moved and i left i was 00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:43.299 convicted and i went to another confession box in the same day and i confessed the sin that i remembered 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:52.500 and i left and i sat down and had a cup of coffee and guess what i remembered more sins and i went back 00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:58.980 in again for the third time on monday and the priest told me when was your last confession 00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:07.380 and i said this is my third one today and he looked at me as well foreheads and he said why do you keep 00:34:07.380 --> 00:34:15.539 coming back and he says i said because i'm remembering my sin as i leave i'm petrified i'm scared and i'm 00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:22.980 remembering sin and i need to confess it and he looked at me and he says i am forgiving you of all your sins 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:25.860 in other words don't be coming back no more we're sick to that yeah 00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:31.940 that's the way i picked it up but not realizing it's like i had sin i didn't even know i committed 00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:38.740 we have sin that we don't know that we commit we could be talking to people in this in the conversation 00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:43.779 and we could think it's great not knowing that what we're saying is sinful we don't know we have 00:34:44.979 --> 00:34:50.019 on we have sin that we don't even know that we're committing how could we stand here today and say that 00:34:50.019 --> 00:34:57.059 how can i stand here today and say i am just by my own i am just by my merits when the word of god 00:34:57.059 --> 00:35:02.900 tells me no you're sinful you got sin that you don't even know you have how can you righteous from that you can't 00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.019 you can't 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:13.460 it's in unintentional sin cleanse me from my hidden falls 00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:24.340 moreover keep your sovereign from willing sins verse 13 then i will be blameless and cleanse from blunt rebel 00:35:24.340 --> 00:35:32.820 rebellion notice in verse 13 david saying that he's not asking for forgiveness he's not saying 00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:38.579 please forgive me because he knows that he has sinned that he doesn't even know he have so he can't 00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:42.820 ask for forgiveness for something he doesn't have that he's not that he does not aware of 00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:46.180 so it's the sin 00:35:46.179 --> 00:35:55.139 that he's asking for is asking jesus to stand in the way of that sin that he doesn't know that he has 00:35:56.339 --> 00:36:02.259 jesus stands in the way of our sin that he that we don't even know that we have 00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:06.980 when we want to sin and we're sinful natures and we're going to keep sinning 00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:14.500 we must run to jesus jesus is saying we are going to sin i've paid for the price of sin 00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:20.500 but we're going to be sinners until we're in his presence but jesus christ will stand in between 00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:25.699 our sin and we can run to him when we are in temptation 00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:32.659 and then we are blameless and then we are cleansed 00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:42.259 so you're looking at verse 14 00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:53.940 may the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you lord my rock and my redeemer 00:36:53.940 --> 00:37:05.940 we got there where did we get there because oh lord my rock and my redeemer we would not have got through 00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:18.260 psalm 19 without realizing that we are all here today because lord jesus christ is our rock and our redeemer 00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:26.100 what a mighty king we serve what a mighty king we serve that he takes us as sinful as we are and loves us 00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:36.420 that he paid a price winningly for us and accepts us sin and all and wants a relationship with us 00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:47.059 jesus christ is our lord and savior we are right and just because of him 00:37:48.579 --> 00:37:52.019 the blood he shed on the cross nothing else 00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:57.139 he took our sin and paid the price we owed 00:37:57.139 --> 00:38:05.779 we are saved not by our merit or our works 00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:12.500 we are saved by god's grace freely given 00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.619 freely given 00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:20.819 so we cannot boast and beat our chests to other people 00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:23.860 amen 00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:30.019 and i'd like to end this i'm not going to sing it because of a voice like two cats in a plastic bag 00:38:30.500 --> 00:38:34.180 but we're going to sing oh lord and 00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:47.300 oh lord my rock and my redeemer thank you 00:38:47.300 --> 00:38:54.180 oh 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 00:38:54.180 00:38:54.180 --> 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