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 It is an honor to be with you all here this morning to fill in for Jason,

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 and hopefully I can do half as well as we look at God's word this morning.

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 Psalm 139, to the choir master, a psalm of David.

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 O Lord, you have searched me and known me.

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 You know when I sit down and when I rise up.

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 You discern my thoughts from afar.

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 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.

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 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it all together.

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 You hem me in behind and before and lay your hand upon me.

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 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me.

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 It is high.

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 I cannot attain it.

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 Where shall I go from your spirit?

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 Or where shall I flee from your presence?

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 If I ascend to heaven, you are there.

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 If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there.

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 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,

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 even there your hand shall lead me and your right hand shall hold me.

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 If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me and the light about me be night.

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 Even the darkness is not dark to you.

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 The night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.

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 For you formed my inward parts.

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 You knitted me together in my mother's womb.

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 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

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 Wonderful are your works.

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 My soul knows it very well.

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 My frame was not hidden from you.

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 When I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth,

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 your eyes saw my unformed substance.

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 In your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me,

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 when as yet there were none of them.

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 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

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 How vast is the sum of them!

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 If I could count them, there are more than the sand.

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 I awake, and I am still with you.

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 Oh, that you would slay the wicked, O God!

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 O men of blood, depart from me!

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 They speak against you with malicious intent.

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 Your enemies take your name in vain.

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 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?

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 And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

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 I hate them with complete hatred.

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 I count them my enemies.

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 Search me, O God, and know my heart.

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 Try me and know my thoughts.

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 See if there be any grievous way in me,

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 and lead me in the way everlasting.

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 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of the God is everlasting.

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 You may be seated.

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 My note, my bookmarks are falling out.

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 There we go.

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 A.W. Tozer, in his book, The Knowledge of the Holy, begins his book this way.

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 What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.

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 For this reason, the gravest question before the church is always God himself.

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 And the most portentous or important fact of any man is not necessarily what at any given time he may say or do,

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 but what deep in his heart he conceives God to be like.

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 We tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God.

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 So in other words, if I can paraphrase, our conception or our understanding of who God is

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 will help to orient us in our daily walk,

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 in how we worship,

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 the direction of our families,

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 and ultimately the direction of our church.

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 So this morning, as we begin,

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 how would you describe God?

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 What's some of the first things to come to mind when you think of who God is?

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 Is he loving?

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 Merciful?

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 Powerful?

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 Maybe he's limited.

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 Maybe he's angry.

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 He's unfair.

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 Is God intimate and personal to you today?

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 This morning?

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 Have you built trust with God?

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 Have you built a relationship with him?

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 Or perhaps where you are right now, he is distant.

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 Maybe impersonal.

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 Maybe he's a philosophical, abstract idea.

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 Something you haven't grasped personally yet.

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 Maybe most importantly is your description and understanding of who God is

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 biblical and accurate.

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 Well, wherever you are this morning,

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 as we look at Psalm 139,

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 I want each and every one of you to be able to walk out of here

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 with a right understanding of who God is.

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 If our conception of God is the most important thing about us,

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 then I think it behooves us

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 to ensure that we have a right understanding of God,

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 to dive into the scriptures,

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 to look at it.

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 If you're here this morning,

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 and maybe you don't even agree with the premise of what I just read,

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 well then let me, hopefully this next 30 minutes,

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 will help to persuade you

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 that you really need to think about who God is.

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 By seeing who God is,

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 we must strive to align our perspective and our conception,

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 lest we violate the second commandment,

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 and we create an image of God

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 in our own making.

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 So Holy Spirit,

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 I ask that you will

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 open our eyes,

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 our minds,

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 our hearts,

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 that we may have the same understanding of God

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 that David the psalmist has.

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 Before we begin and dive in,

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 let us go before God in prayer.

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 Oh God,

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 your word is more precious than fine gold

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 and sweeter than purest honey.

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 As we turn to look to your scripture,

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 send your Holy Spirit to infuse your word with truth and grace,

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 so the good news of your personal love and care and provision

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 would shine before us this morning

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 and delight our senses,

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 so that we cannot help but to respond with wonder,

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 worship,

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 faith,

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 and trust.

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 Lord,

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 help me now to proclaim your truth

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 so that we may know you better.

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 In Christ's holy name,

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 Amen.

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 As we look at the scripture,

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 as we look at Psalm 139,

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 depending on how your Bible breaks it out,

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 you may see that there are essentially four stanzas.

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 Verses 1 through 6,

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 7 through 12,

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 13 through 18,

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 and 19 through 24.

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 Each of these stanzas are made up of the first four verses.

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 David provides a theme for us.

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 And then the last two verses of each stanza

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 are a little couplet

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 that emphasize or reinvigorate that theme.

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 If you are here this morning taking notes,

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 I have a little line or term for each of these stanzas.

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 They all begin with the sound N,

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 but as my young daughter is learning,

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 not every word that starts with an N starts with an N.

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 Sometimes we're going to start with a K.

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 So the first stanza is God knows you.

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 That's the one that starts with a K.

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 The second stanza is God is near you.

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 The third stanza,

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 God knit you.

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 God created you.

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 And the fourth stanza,

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 God is the nemesis of the wicked.

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 Not a common word,

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 but I'll explain that one as we get there.

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 Join me and look with me there at the first stanza.

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 God knows you.

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 Oh Lord, you have searched me and known me.

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 When I go to Google

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 and I'm searching for something on the internet,

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 it's not because I know what it is

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 before I search for it, right?

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 But this is not the idea of God searching us

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 as if God does not know something about us.

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 This term here is used for a thorough examination.

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 God is examining us,

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 is searching us intimately and deeply.

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 And the idea of knowing here

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 is knowing us at an intimate,

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 deep, personal level.

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 The word for Lord here is Yahweh,

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 Almighty God, Lord of hosts,

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 the Almighty Creator God knows you.

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 What an amazing and sobering thought.

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 And then David goes on to describe

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 some of the ways that God knows us.

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 Verse two, you know when I sit down

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 and when I rise up.

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 God knows everything the psalmist does.

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 Whether resting,

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 watching TV,

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 reading a book,

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 working,

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 exercising,

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 using your phone,

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 eating a meal.

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 God knows what you are doing.

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 He discerns his thoughts from afar.

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 Before we take any actions,

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 God knows our invisible thoughts.

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 And not just your thoughts,

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 but the motivations for the actions you have.

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 These are thoughts that flitter through our mind

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 and are gone again.

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 Sometimes these are embarrassing thoughts

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 as we think about what God has seen in our minds.

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 These are the deep,

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 heartful longings and desires

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 upon which we dwell

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 and mull over

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 our heart longs for.

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 Nothing is hidden from God.

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 Verse three,

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 you search out my path

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 and my lying down

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 and are acquainted with all of my ways.

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 The concept of path here

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 has to do with the public areas.

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 When we go out to the store,

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 we're at work,

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 God knows.

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 The idea of lying down

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 is privacy

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 and the privacy of your own home.

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 The four walls of your house

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 do not block God's view

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 from what is happening

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 inside of your house.

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 There is nowhere we can go

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 that God does not know about.

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 Now one thing that David

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 did not have to deal with

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 is smartphones or computers.

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 But God knows where you go digitally

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 just as much as physically.

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 The Lord is intimately acquainted

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 with all of our ways.

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 Look at verse four,

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 even before a word is on my tongue,

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 behold, O Lord,

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 you know it all together.

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 The Lord knows what you're going to say

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 before you even say it.

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 And then the negative phrasing here

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 that David uses

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 is a poetic way

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 of noting the emphasis.

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 Even before a word is on my tongue.

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 The Lord knows what I'm going to say

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 in five minutes,

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 even though I don't know exactly

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 what I'm going to say yet.

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 Hopefully based on my notes,

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 I have a semblance of any idea

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 of what I'm going to say.

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 But I don't know what I'm going to say

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 in five minutes.

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 The Lord knows perfectly

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 what will come out of my mouth.

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 Though we might try to conceal

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 what we're thinking

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 from other people,

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 God knows.

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 And the totality

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 and the completeness

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 is emphasized

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 in that final word

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 of verse four,

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 all together.

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 You and I cannot deceive God.

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 God knows who I am.

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 God knows who you are.

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 God knows who you are.

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 To emphasize this,

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 David in verse five continues,

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 you hem me in

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 behind and before

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 and you lay your hand upon me.

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 This idea of hemming in

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 is to surround us.

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 You and I cannot escape

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 God's knowledge of us.

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 He is behind us,

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 scouting out before us.

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 He's flanking on our left,

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 guiding us on the right.

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 Nothing is going to get past

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 God to us

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 without his knowledge.

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 And under his watch,

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 there is nothing

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 we can ever do

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 to outmaneuver

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 or outsmart

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 our Heavenly Father.

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 Remember Jonah?

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 What did Jonah try to do?

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 He ran away

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 from God's instruction

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 to go and preach

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 at Nineveh.

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 He tried to go

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 the direct opposite direction.

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 Was there a point

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 where God didn't know

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 where Jonah was?

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 No, of course not.

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 God knew where Jonah was

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 the entire time.

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 He sent the storm

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 to remind Jonah.

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 And as they threw Jonah overboard

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 in the midst of the sea,

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 God provided a fish

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 to swallow Jonah up

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 to save him from drowning.

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 It was the first recorded

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 prayer meeting

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 under the sea.

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 The Lord's hand

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 was there with Jonah

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 to preserve

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 and to protect

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 and to guide

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 despite Jonah's

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 direct rebellion

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 and disobedience.

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 Similarly,

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 the hand of God

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 here in Psalm 139

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 is not a hand

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 of oppression.

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 It's a hand

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 of care,

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 of guidance,

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 of provision

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 and protection.

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 I'm reminded

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 of Jesus'

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 reassurance.

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 my father

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 is greater

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 than all

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 and no one

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 is able

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 to snatch

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 a single one

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 of my sheep

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 that hear

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 the shepherd's voice

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 out of my father's hands.

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 John 10.

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 There is no

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 safer place

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 to be

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 than in the hands

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 of the son

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 and of almighty God.

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 Now,

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 before we look

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 at verse 6,

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 I want you to look down

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 in your Bible

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 and count

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 the number

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 of times

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 that the words

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 I and my

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 are used

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 while I get

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 a sip of water.

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 Would you have

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 the number?

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 Go ahead

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 and shout it out.

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 Go ahead.

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 You have a number?

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 Go ahead.

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 I'm going to make

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 this a little bit

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 interactive.

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 I don't know

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 if Jason ever

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 do this.

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 How many

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 I's and my's

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 there,

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 depending on

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 your version

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 of scripture

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 there?

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 I'm sorry,

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 yeah,

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 for verses

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 1 through 5.

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 1 through 5.

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 I should have

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 been more

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 explicit.

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 8?

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 Somebody's got

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 8?

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 Anybody else

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 have a different

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 number?

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 I've got 11

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 in my version

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 of the ESV.

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 I know,

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 I have an older

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 version of the ESV.

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 11 times

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 in those first

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 5 verses,

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 David uses

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 the term

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 my or I.

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 What's the point

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 of pointing this out?

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 Couldn't David,

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 the psalmist,

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 have just said

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 God knows

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 everything?

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 God is

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 omniscient?

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 He would have

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 been correct,

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 right?

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 If he had just

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 said God

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 knows everything.

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 But that's not

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 what David

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 chose to do.

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 God's knowledge

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 of us,

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 God's knowledge

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 of everything

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 is not an

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 abstract,

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 theoretical

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 construct.

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 God's knowledge

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 of you and I

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 is deeply

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 personal.

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 It is

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 experiential.

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 Hence the

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 title of my

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 message this

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 morning,

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 our personal

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 God.

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 God knows

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 my ins

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 and outs,

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 my likes,

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 my dislikes,

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 my habits,

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 my hobbies,

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 my weaknesses,

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 my sins,

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 my deepest

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 desires and

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 struggles.

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 God knows

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 everything

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 about who

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 I am.

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 The false

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 gods

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 that were

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 worshipped in

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 the ancient

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 Near East

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 were not

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 personal.

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 those that

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 didn't actually

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 interact with

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 people,

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 with humans,

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 were not

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 caring,

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 were not

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 loving.

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 In contrast,

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 David, I think,

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 is intentionally

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 drawing a deep

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 contrast in

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 calling out the

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 intimate,

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 personal relationship

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 that the

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 Heavenly Father

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 has with

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 David.

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 God is

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 loving.

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 He is

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 caring.

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 He wants

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 to get to

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 know us.

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 And what

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 is David's

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 response to

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 God knowing

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 him,

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 everything he

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 does and

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 says and

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 thinks?

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 Look there

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 at verse

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 six.

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 Such knowledge

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 is too

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 wonderful for

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 me.

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 It is high.

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 I cannot

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 attain it.

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 The

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 psalmist here

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 cries out and

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 is praising God

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 for his

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 knowledge.

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 At the

00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:14.960
 same time,

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 he is

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 comforted and

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 encouraged that

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 God knows

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 everything about

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 him.

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 Do you

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 find God's

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 intimate,

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 personal

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 knowledge of

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 everything you

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 say and do

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 and think

00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:27.900
 comforting?

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 Or deep

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 down,

00:18:33.080 --> 00:18:33.279
 does it

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 terrify us

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 just a little

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 bit,

00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:35.759
 that God

00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.299
 knows our

00:18:36.299 --> 00:18:36.680
 deepest

00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:37.279
 secrets?

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 Dwell on

00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:40.600
 that for

00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:40.799
 now.

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.460
 We're going

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 to circle

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.460
 back near

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:42.759
 the end

00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.000
 here.

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 So the

00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:44.819
 first point

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.180
 is God

00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:45.700
 knows you.

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 The second

00:18:47.120 --> 00:18:47.579
 stanza,

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:48.920
 God is

00:18:48.920 --> 00:18:49.980
 near us.

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 Look there

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:51.220
 at verse

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 seven.

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 Where should

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 I go from

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:53.180
 your spirit?

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 Or where

00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:54.860
 shall I flee

00:18:54.860 --> 00:18:55.279
 from your

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 presence?

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 These are

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 purely

00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:57.860
 rhetorical

00:18:57.860 --> 00:18:58.840
 questions.

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 The psalmist

00:18:59.660 --> 00:19:00.059
 here is not

00:19:00.059 --> 00:19:00.340
 necessarily

00:19:00.340 --> 00:19:01.259
 trying to

00:19:01.259 --> 00:19:01.819
 flee God,

00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.660
 but rather

00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:02.920
 it's a

00:19:02.920 --> 00:19:03.259
 figure of

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.660
 speech.

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 If I

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 were to

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:05.900
 run away,

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.360
 where can

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:06.799
 I go?

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 And he

00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:08.700
 provides some

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.180
 examples.

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:09.900
 Verse eight,

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.299
 if I ascend

00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.720
 to heaven,

00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:11.319
 you are

00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:11.660
 there.

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 If I

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.299
 make my

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.700
 bed in

00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:14.059
 Sheol,

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 you are

00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.259
 there.

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 Whether I

00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.440
 go to the

00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:18.000
 skies,

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 heavens,

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:19.259
 whether I

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.720
 go under

00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.180
 the ground

00:19:20.180 --> 00:19:20.400
 to the

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 ground,

00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:21.860
 Sheol,

00:19:22.860 --> 00:19:23.840
 God is

00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.100
 there.

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 These are

00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:24.779
 the vertical

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.779
 extremes of

00:19:25.779 --> 00:19:26.480
 David's world

00:19:26.480 --> 00:19:26.940
 then.

00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.480
 Verse nine,

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 if I take

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 the wings of

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 the morning

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.680
 and dwell in

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 the uttermost

00:19:31.220 --> 00:19:31.700
 parts of

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.120
 the sea,

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.380
 again,

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.539
 the wings of

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:34.779
 the morning,

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.440
 the sun is

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.000
 rising in

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.440
 the east.

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 Where Israel

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.319
 was to the

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:39.740
 west would

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.019
 have been the

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.920
 Mediterranean Sea,

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 the extent

00:19:42.060 --> 00:19:42.320
 of the

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:42.860
 known world

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 at that

00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.580
 time,

00:19:44.080 --> 00:19:44.320
 dwell in

00:19:44.320 --> 00:19:44.860
 the uttermost

00:19:44.860 --> 00:19:45.200
 parts of

00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.440
 the sea.

00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:45.920
 Israel was

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.500
 not a

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.680
 great seafaring

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:48.160
 nation,

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.400
 so David's

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:51.120
 understanding of

00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.600
 the sea would

00:19:51.600 --> 00:19:52.000
 have been a

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.500
 little limited,

00:19:53.500 --> 00:19:53.960
 but he

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:54.580
 understands that

00:19:54.580 --> 00:19:55.220
 if he goes to

00:19:55.220 --> 00:19:56.120
 the farthest

00:19:56.120 --> 00:19:56.920
 extent of what

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.700
 David knows the

00:19:57.700 --> 00:19:58.160
 world to be

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:58.480
 then,

00:19:59.000 --> 00:19:59.720
 God will still

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.180
 be there.

00:20:00.800 --> 00:20:01.360
 So the east

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.920
 or the west?

00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:04.840
 And not

00:20:04.840 --> 00:20:05.380
 just that God

00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:05.980
 will be there,

00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.580
 but God's

00:20:07.580 --> 00:20:08.320
 hand is on

00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:08.480
 him.

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 Look at

00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.259
 verse 10.

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.460
 Even there

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.019
 your hand

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.560
 shall still

00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.100
 lead me,

00:20:12.600 --> 00:20:13.259
 and your

00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.860
 right hand

00:20:13.860 --> 00:20:14.460
 shall hold

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:14.680
 me.

00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.300
 This is the

00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:17.600
 leading,

00:20:17.779 --> 00:20:18.140
 protecting,

00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:18.820
 shepherding,

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.420
 and caring

00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.160
 hand of the

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.840
 Lord that

00:20:20.840 --> 00:20:21.539
 harkens back

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:21.820
 to what I

00:20:21.820 --> 00:20:22.019
 was just

00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.400
 talking about

00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:22.680
 in verse

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.160
 five.

00:20:27.560 --> 00:20:28.240
 That David's

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.380
 like,

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:28.680
 ah,

00:20:29.740 --> 00:20:30.519
 maybe darkness,

00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.599
 maybe darkness

00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:32.299
 can hide me.

00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.660
 Verse 11.

00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.740
 If I say,

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.200
 surely the

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.700
 darkness shall

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.160
 cover me,

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.579
 and the light

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:37.160
 about me at

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.440
 night,

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.220
 but even the

00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.180
 darkness is

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.799
 not dark to

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.039
 you.

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.839
 The night is

00:20:42.839 --> 00:20:43.440
 as bright as

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.839
 the day,

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.379
 for darkness

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.539
 is as light

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.240
 with you.

00:20:49.059 --> 00:20:49.700
 It might be

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.279
 difficult for you

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.920
 and I to see

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.440
 in the dark,

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.660
 but the dark

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.379
 does not hide

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:55.519
 us from God.

00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.619
 God can see

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.200
 in the dark

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:59.440
 just like we

00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:00.059
 can see here

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.579
 this morning.

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.259
 He sees

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.319
 everything that

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:04.379
 happens under

00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:05.019
 the cover of

00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.339
 night.

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.599
 Thus,

00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.359
 as we see

00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:10.139
 David here,

00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.619
 both God's

00:21:11.619 --> 00:21:12.359
 omniscience,

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.819
 God's knowing

00:21:13.819 --> 00:21:14.319
 everything,

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.480
 and his

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.359
 omnipresence,

00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.119
 God being

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.740
 everywhere,

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.299
 both of these

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.480
 things are

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:21.419
 comforting and

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:22.399
 encouraging to

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.639
 David.

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.720
 All of us

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.399
 have various

00:21:27.399 --> 00:21:28.240
 moments of our

00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.700
 lives,

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.419
 walked through

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:29.900
 the valley

00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:30.160
 of the

00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:30.580
 shadow of

00:21:30.580 --> 00:21:30.900
 death,

00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.660
 whether

00:21:32.660 --> 00:21:33.180
 oppression

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:34.019
 or opposition

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.400
 in this

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:34.800
 world,

00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.340
 loneliness,

00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:37.620
 despair,

00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.380
 depression,

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.880
 poverty,

00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.420
 want,

00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.700
 abuse,

00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.440
 neglect,

00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:43.820
 whatever your

00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:44.500
 life experience

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:45.180
 is,

00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.340
 God has

00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:47.720
 been with

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:47.960
 you,

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.300
 and God

00:21:49.300 --> 00:21:49.800
 is with

00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:50.820
 you today.

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:53.240
 even more

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.579
 importantly,

00:21:53.679 --> 00:21:54.119
 for those of

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.460
 us in

00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.960
 Christ here

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:55.419
 this morning,

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.419
 who are

00:21:56.419 --> 00:21:57.220
 walking by

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.439
 faith and

00:21:58.439 --> 00:21:59.019
 holding to

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.599
 Christ's death

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.179
 on the cross

00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:00.579
 as the

00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.099
 payment for

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:01.399
 a penalty

00:22:01.399 --> 00:22:01.839
 for our

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.220
 sins,

00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.579
 we have

00:22:03.579 --> 00:22:04.019
 now the

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.419
 comforter,

00:22:04.539 --> 00:22:04.919
 the Holy

00:22:04.919 --> 00:22:05.399
 Spirit,

00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:06.639
 who has

00:22:06.639 --> 00:22:07.359
 sealed us

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.379
 and is

00:22:08.379 --> 00:22:09.039
 dwelling within

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.939
 us this

00:22:09.939 --> 00:22:10.240
 morning.

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.119
 Almighty

00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:13.359
 God has

00:22:13.359 --> 00:22:13.720
 taken up

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:14.939
 residence in

00:22:14.939 --> 00:22:15.740
 you this

00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.019
 morning.

00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:17.559
 This is

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:17.899
 something that

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.879
 we have in

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.240
 the New

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:19.660
 Testament,

00:22:20.080 --> 00:22:20.360
 the New

00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:20.660
 Covenant,

00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:21.540
 that David

00:22:21.540 --> 00:22:21.820
 would not

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.060
 necessarily

00:22:22.060 --> 00:22:22.620
 be experienced

00:22:22.620 --> 00:22:23.320
 fully in

00:22:23.320 --> 00:22:23.620
 the Old

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:23.900
 Covenant.

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.820
 I'm reminded

00:22:26.820 --> 00:22:27.360
 of Romans

00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:27.740
 8.

00:22:29.020 --> 00:22:29.340
 There is

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:29.720
 nothing,

00:22:30.380 --> 00:22:30.960
 neither death,

00:22:31.060 --> 00:22:31.540
 nor life,

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.120
 nor angels,

00:22:32.280 --> 00:22:32.780
 nor rulers,

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.580
 nor things

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:34.040
 present,

00:22:34.260 --> 00:22:34.580
 nor things

00:22:34.580 --> 00:22:35.060
 to come,

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.120
 nor powers,

00:22:36.360 --> 00:22:36.880
 nor height,

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.760
 nor depth,

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:39.020
 nor anything

00:22:39.020 --> 00:22:39.860
 else in all

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.460
 of creation

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.120
 will be able

00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:41.620
 to separate

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.620
 you from

00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.020
 the love of

00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:44.020
 God in

00:22:44.020 --> 00:22:44.740
 Christ Jesus

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.500
 our Lord.

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.380
 What a

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.780
 comforting

00:22:47.780 --> 00:22:48.620
 reminder

00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:50.060
 that God's

00:22:50.060 --> 00:22:50.420
 presence

00:22:50.420 --> 00:22:51.180
 brings to

00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.540
 us.

00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:55.260
 You might

00:22:55.260 --> 00:22:56.300
 know that

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:56.640
 God is

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:56.940
 near.

00:22:58.040 --> 00:22:58.660
 You might

00:22:58.660 --> 00:23:00.240
 agree,

00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:02.240
 but you

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.880
 really live

00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:04.080
 like God

00:23:04.080 --> 00:23:04.700
 is near.

00:23:06.540 --> 00:23:07.540
 You can,

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:07.920
 and you

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.200
 should.

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.480
 You should

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.980
 shout out

00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:09.360
 to him,

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.400
 God is

00:23:11.400 --> 00:23:12.380
 near you.

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:13.880
 This is

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.900
 what David

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.400
 wants us

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:16.000
 to understand

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:16.980
 about God.

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:20.360
 God

00:23:20.360 --> 00:23:22.460
 knit you

00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.180
 together.

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.860
 God

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.579
 created

00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.319
 you.

00:23:26.980 --> 00:23:27.339
 Look at

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.380
 verse 13

00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.799
 with me.

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.259
 For you,

00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.680
 you being

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.019
 God,

00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:31.319
 for you

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.000
 formed my

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.299
 inward

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.779
 parts.

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:33.660
 You

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.140
 knitted me

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.539
 together

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:35.079
 in my

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.819
 mother's

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.140
 womb.

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.579
 God

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.259
 formed your

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.480
 inward

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:39.960
 parts.

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.660
 If these

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:42.079
 first two

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.420
 points,

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:42.779
 these first

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:43.420
 two stanzas

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.779
 of Psalm

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.680
 139 don't

00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:44.940
 get this

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.600
 point across,

00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:46.980
 David is

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.120
 going to

00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:47.440
 get even

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.100
 more intimate

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:49.460
 and more

00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:50.860
 personal in

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.240
 the third

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.660
 stanza.

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.480
 This word

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:54.019
 knitted is

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:54.460
 often used

00:23:54.460 --> 00:23:55.220
 for tapestries.

00:23:55.360 --> 00:23:55.560
 If you've

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:55.900
 ever seen a

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.580
 tapestry of

00:23:56.580 --> 00:23:57.340
 all the

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.380
 threads woven

00:23:58.380 --> 00:23:59.039
 together to

00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.380
 form a

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.100
 beautiful picture,

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.800
 if you flip it

00:24:01.800 --> 00:24:02.320
 around, what's

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.759
 it look like?

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.240
 Y'all ever

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.560
 seen that

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:03.880
 before?

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.420
 It's a

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:04.720
 mess,

00:24:04.800 --> 00:24:05.000
 yeah.

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.440
 You look

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.160
 inside of us,

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.560
 it might look

00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.019
 like a jumbled

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.480
 mess,

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.319
 but God

00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.900
 has created

00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.319
 and knitted

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.000
 us together.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:16.140
 God has

00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.700
 formed our

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.380
 genes, our

00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:18.120
 DNA, our

00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.779
 organs, our

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.420
 muscles, our

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:19.960
 sinews, our

00:24:19.960 --> 00:24:21.200
 veins, skin,

00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:23.420
 hair, in

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.279
 just the way

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.299
 he wanted.

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.640
 Nowadays

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:28.819
 say, there's

00:24:28.819 --> 00:24:29.559
 probably something

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.480
 about us that

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.019
 we wish God

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.400
 had made a

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.680
 little bit

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:31.980
 different.

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:36.059
 But he

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.579
 made you

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.360
 just the way

00:24:37.360 --> 00:24:38.279
 he wanted.

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:42.180
 He gave

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.839
 you personality.

00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.500
 He gave

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.700
 you a

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.140
 temperament.

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.140
 He gave

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.579
 you certain

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:49.079
 skills.

00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:50.599
 He gave

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:50.860
 you certain

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:51.319
 abilities.

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:53.120
 He gave

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.360
 you a

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.539
 unique

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.059
 laugh.

00:24:55.120 --> 00:24:55.420
 He gave

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:55.759
 you unique

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.180
 fingerprints.

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.039
 All of

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:58.339
 this is

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.140
 unique to

00:24:59.140 --> 00:24:59.440
 you.

00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.500
 And the

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:01.860
 psalmist

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.480
 David here

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:02.759
 in verse

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.420
 14, he

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.880
 can't help

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.140
 but just

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.759
 stop himself

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.400
 and just

00:25:05.400 --> 00:25:06.180
 praise God

00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.940
 for what

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.220
 he has

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.900
 done for

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.160
 David.

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.519
 I praise

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:09.960
 you for I

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.640
 am fearfully

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.720
 and wonderfully

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:12.220
 made.

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.279
 Wonderful

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.620
 are your

00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:13.980
 works.

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.519
 My soul

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.059
 knows it

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:17.079
 very well.

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.319
 I have a

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.160
 brother who

00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:21.600
 is a medical

00:25:21.600 --> 00:25:22.259
 doctor and

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.600
 I have a

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.079
 brother-in-law

00:25:23.079 --> 00:25:23.720
 now who

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.279
 has just

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.880
 graduated from

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.420
 medical school

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:27.039
 and every

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.600
 time we get

00:25:27.600 --> 00:25:28.819
 together and

00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.819
 discuss about

00:25:29.819 --> 00:25:30.360
 the beauty

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.240
 and intricacies

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.900
 of the human

00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:33.620
 body, I

00:25:33.620 --> 00:25:34.600
 cannot fathom

00:25:34.600 --> 00:25:35.480
 how other

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.960
 people in the

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:37.259
 world can

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.740
 look at the

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.279
 human body,

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.519
 the genomes,

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.200
 the DNA,

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.180
 the structure

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.480
 of the

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:43.500
 eye, how

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:43.859
 they believe

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.180
 that they

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.480
 have been

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.119
 formed by

00:25:45.119 --> 00:25:45.500
 random

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.059
 mathematical

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.859
 chance that

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.440
 originated in

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.879
 a pool of

00:25:48.879 --> 00:25:49.180
 water.

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.039
 I can't

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.500
 fathom it.

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.119
 I was going

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.559
 to list off

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.039
 some amazing

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.559
 facts of the

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.019
 human body

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.660
 but I was

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.059
 already running

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:57.259
 long so I'm

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.539
 going to mention

00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.920
 one.

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.359
 The ability

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.960
 of the human

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.980
 body to heal

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:03.700
 itself is

00:26:03.700 --> 00:26:04.900
 amazing if you

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.559
 think about it.

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.980
 from a

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.519
 little paper

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.859
 cut to a

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.559
 broken bone

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:11.119
 to viruses

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:12.559
 to disease

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:14.839
 God has

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.359
 created the

00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:15.960
 human body

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:17.079
 to recuperate

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.619
 to heal

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.039
 itself.

00:26:18.879 --> 00:26:19.579
 Just

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.139
 astounding.

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.460
 Everything about

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.339
 how our bodies

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:25.079
 point to a

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.759
 designer and a

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.079
 creator.

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.659
 David continues

00:26:30.660 --> 00:26:49.560
 God's eyes

00:26:49.560 --> 00:26:50.240
 saw our

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:51.060
 unformed

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.820
 substance.

00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.540
 Even before

00:26:52.540 --> 00:26:53.060
 we were

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:55.060
 God saw

00:26:55.060 --> 00:26:55.560
 us.

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.960
 In your

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.519
 book were

00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.220
 written every

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.799
 one of

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.339
 them the

00:27:01.339 --> 00:27:02.100
 days that

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.660
 were formed

00:27:02.660 --> 00:27:03.220
 for me

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:04.759
 when as

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:06.100
 yet there

00:27:06.100 --> 00:27:06.680
 were none

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.400
 of them.

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.299
 God has

00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:11.660
 been near

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.039
 you not

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:12.400
 just since

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.620
 you were

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:14.200
 born but

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.420
 he has

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.839
 been with

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.279
 you since

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:15.559
 you were

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:16.059
 in your

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.519
 mother's

00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:16.819
 womb.

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.339
 If he

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.920
 goes further

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:22.559
 he knows

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.360
 all of

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.980
 your days

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:25.759
 that were

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.180
 already written

00:27:26.180 --> 00:27:26.539
 down in

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.000
 his book

00:27:27.000 --> 00:27:27.440
 the idea

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.660
 of a

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.600
 journal or

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.220
 a commentary

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.299
 before you

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.839
 existed for

00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:31.220
 a single

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.579
 day

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.700
 God knew

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:34.079
 everything

00:27:34.079 --> 00:27:34.960
 about you.

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:37.839
 No one

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.200
 else can

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.539
 see this

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:38.819
 book.

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.640
 No one

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:41.000
 not even

00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.680
 yourself can

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.480
 ever change

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.360
 any part of

00:27:43.360 --> 00:27:43.680
 what God

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.059
 has written.

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.180
 You cannot

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.819
 add a day

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.140
 you cannot

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.819
 subtract a

00:27:47.819 --> 00:27:49.279
 day for

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.759
 God has

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.460
 already numbered

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.579
 your days.

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.440
 Everything

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.420
 that I do

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.779
 everything

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.400
 that you

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:57.100
 do

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:58.820
 God

00:27:58.820 --> 00:27:59.080
 already

00:27:59.080 --> 00:27:59.480
 knows.

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:00.759
 His

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.140
 knowledge

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.360
 is

00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.840
 complete

00:28:01.840 --> 00:28:03.039
 and

00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.440
 perfect.

00:28:05.800 --> 00:28:06.360
 Now I'd

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.779
 be remiss

00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.160
 here if I

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.620
 didn't point

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.000
 out that

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:08.620
 this passage

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:08.980
 is one of

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.480
 the strongest

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.300
 evidences from

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.800
 the Bible

00:28:10.800 --> 00:28:11.880
 in support

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.160
 of the

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.800
 personhood

00:28:12.800 --> 00:28:13.180
 of the

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.560
 preborn.

00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.600
 One of the

00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.240
 common phrases

00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:16.960
 that the

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.720
 world uses

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.360
 is that

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:19.200
 I can do

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.720
 whatever I

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.220
 want with

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.160
 my body.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:23.420
 this assumes

00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:23.720
 that the

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:25.060
 preborn is

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:25.600
 just a part

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.019
 of a

00:28:26.019 --> 00:28:26.480
 woman's

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.880
 body.

00:28:28.360 --> 00:28:28.740
 Based on

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.220
 the science

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.660
 we have

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.480
 today and

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.060
 the evidence

00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:31.540
 of scriptures

00:28:31.540 --> 00:28:32.160
 here this

00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:32.500
 morning,

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.660
 especially

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.600
 some of the

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:35.340
 pronouns that

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:35.980
 David uses

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.360
 here,

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:37.560
 which clearly

00:28:37.560 --> 00:28:38.140
 distinguishes

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:39.060
 his body,

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.940
 his preborn

00:28:39.940 --> 00:28:40.480
 body,

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.259
 from his

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:41.640
 mother's

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:41.940
 body,

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.900
 we have

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:44.720
 a distinct

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.120
 and biblical

00:28:45.120 --> 00:28:45.920
 evidence for

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:46.640
 the personhood

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.040
 of the

00:28:47.040 --> 00:28:47.420
 preborn.

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:48.820
 We do

00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:49.440
 well to

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.080
 understand

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:51.080
 why

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.359
 we

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.779
 protect

00:28:51.779 --> 00:28:52.119
 the

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.500
 preborn.

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.299
 What is

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.919
 David's

00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.639
 response to

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:57.980
 all this

00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.599
 knowledge of

00:28:58.599 --> 00:29:00.279
 what God

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.699
 has done

00:29:00.699 --> 00:29:01.259
 to knit

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.500
 him

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.119
 together?

00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.019
 Look there

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.379
 at verse

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.139
 17.

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.899
 How precious

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.480
 to me are

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.059
 your thoughts,

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:07.619
 O God!

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.059
 How vast

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.579
 is the sum

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:09.919
 of them!

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.439
 If I

00:29:11.439 --> 00:29:11.879
 could count

00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.139
 them,

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:12.639
 they are

00:29:12.639 --> 00:29:13.079
 more than

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:13.619
 the sand.

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:15.259
 I awake

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.919
 and I am

00:29:15.919 --> 00:29:16.399
 still with

00:29:16.399 --> 00:29:16.599
 you.

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:19.139
 This idea

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.699
 of precious

00:29:19.699 --> 00:29:20.079
 is that

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.919
 they're worthy

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:21.800
 they're

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:22.240
 heavy.

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.500
 How many

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.259
 are God's

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.660
 thoughts?

00:29:26.560 --> 00:29:27.279
 More than

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.820
 the sand.

00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:30.860
 God's

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.140
 thoughts

00:29:31.140 --> 00:29:31.560
 encompass

00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:32.320
 our entire

00:29:32.320 --> 00:29:32.920
 lives.

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.060
 He knows

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:35.400
 what is

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:35.800
 best for

00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:35.980
 us,

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.539
 not today,

00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:38.200
 not just

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.660
 tomorrow,

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:39.340
 not just

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.960
 next month,

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.259
 not in

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.960
 five years,

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.420
 but for

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.860
 eternity.

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.600
 Being able

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:46.200
 to retain

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.600
 this much

00:29:46.600 --> 00:29:47.340
 information is

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:48.340
 unfathomable

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.039
 to me.

00:29:51.179 --> 00:29:51.679
 Talking to

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.000
 the guys

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.619
 here first,

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.379
 let's be

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:53.639
 honest,

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:53.899
 you and

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.159
 I can

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.559
 barely have

00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:54.819
 two or

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.359
 three thoughts

00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:55.740
 at the

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.199
 same time,

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:56.379
 right?

00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.099
 Ladies,

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.480
 maybe you

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:58.839
 can handle

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.179
 a hundred

00:29:59.179 --> 00:29:59.579
 thoughts

00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.839
 at the

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.459
 same time,

00:30:00.939 --> 00:30:01.859
 but that

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.220
 is still

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.959
 well short

00:30:02.959 --> 00:30:03.819
 of what

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.199
 our Heavenly

00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:05.579
 Father can

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.339
 fathom all

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:06.579
 at the

00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.240
 same time.

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.199
 He knows

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:09.839
 our thoughts.

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.839
 He knows

00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:11.139
 the thoughts

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.639
 of everyone

00:30:11.639 --> 00:30:12.099
 here this

00:30:12.099 --> 00:30:12.399
 morning,

00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:13.399
 including

00:30:13.399 --> 00:30:13.879
 those who

00:30:13.879 --> 00:30:14.439
 are daydreaming

00:30:14.439 --> 00:30:15.000
 and not

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.439
 paying attention

00:30:15.439 --> 00:30:15.859
 to me while

00:30:15.859 --> 00:30:16.199
 I'm joining

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:16.779
 on up here.

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:18.059
 If you're

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.519
 daydreaming,

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:20.039
 God knows

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.639
 your thoughts.

00:30:21.599 --> 00:30:22.119
 Come back,

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:22.740
 hear me out,

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.639
 listen to

00:30:23.639 --> 00:30:24.000
 this.

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.139
 God

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.579
 personally

00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:27.160
 knows

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:28.359
 you.

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.420
 God is

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.799
 personally

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.740
 near to

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.139
 you.

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.000
 God

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.879
 writing all

00:30:34.879 --> 00:30:35.319
 the days

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.559
 of our

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.059
 lives

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:37.660
 point to

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.259
 a big

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:39.460
 truth of

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.759
 scripture

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.879
 that God

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.460
 is sovereign.

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.700
 This is a

00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:43.279
 big word

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.899
 that means

00:30:43.899 --> 00:30:44.200
 that God

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.839
 is powerful.

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.180
 He is in

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.840
 control of

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.240
 everything.

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.060
 This can

00:30:51.060 --> 00:30:51.299
 be a

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.759
 comfort and

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.500
 a consolation

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.160
 to us

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.960
 because we

00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.460
 know that

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:55.160
 nothing can

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.640
 happen to

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.080
 us that

00:30:56.080 --> 00:30:56.860
 God already

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.180
 doesn't

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.480
 know.

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.480
 In

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.900
 plenty,

00:31:00.140 --> 00:31:00.660
 in want,

00:31:01.340 --> 00:31:01.980
 in health,

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.259
 in pain,

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.519
 in comfort,

00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.660
 in suffering,

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:07.640
 we often

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.980
 want to

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:09.060
 know how

00:31:09.060 --> 00:31:09.580
 our lives

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:09.779
 are going

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.039
 to turn

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.320
 out.

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.039
 What is

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.279
 the Lord

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.680
 doing?

00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.539
 But David

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.039
 says here,

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:14.620
 I trust

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:14.880
 you,

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.320
 O Lord,

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.380
 for your

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:16.980
 thoughts are

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.320
 precious.

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.640
 They are

00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:19.040
 worthy.

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:20.200
 You have

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.140
 written all

00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.560
 the days

00:31:21.560 --> 00:31:21.860
 of my

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.200
 life.

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.900
 I can't

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.840
 begin to

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.380
 fathom and

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:25.900
 count your

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.380
 knowledge.

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.920
 It is too

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.940
 wonderful for

00:31:28.940 --> 00:31:29.200
 me.

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.420
 Now the

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:31.820
 matter of

00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.200
 God's

00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.740
 sovereignty is

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.100
 a heavy

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.760
 topic and

00:31:33.760 --> 00:31:33.960
 we don't

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.400
 have the

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:34.840
 time or

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.340
 place this

00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.960
 morning to

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.180
 dive in

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:37.560
 and fully

00:31:37.560 --> 00:31:38.200
 unpack it,

00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.320
 but one

00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:40.280
 application that

00:31:40.280 --> 00:31:40.660
 I do want

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:41.180
 us to consider

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.700
 this morning.

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:43.340
 It is

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.240
 not wise or

00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:44.860
 fruitful for

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.480
 us to

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.860
 ever have

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.360
 to worry

00:31:46.360 --> 00:31:46.940
 or be

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.299
 anxious about

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.700
 what's going

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.100
 to happen

00:31:49.100 --> 00:31:49.720
 tomorrow.

00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.200
 The Lord

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.380
 in the

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.740
 Gospels

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.460
 himself warns

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:52.860
 us not to

00:31:52.860 --> 00:31:53.279
 be anxious

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.940
 for tomorrow,

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:54.900
 for our

00:31:54.900 --> 00:31:55.140
 Heavenly

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:56.019
 Father knows

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.500
 all that

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:57.019
 you need.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.299
 What does

00:31:58.299 --> 00:31:58.519
 he say

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:58.900
 next?

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.539
 But seek

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.160
 first the

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:00.539
 kingdom of

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.400
 God and

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.640
 his

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:02.059
 righteousness,

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.600
 and all

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:04.420
 these things,

00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:05.640
 food,

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.900
 clothing,

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.100
 housing,

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.559
 provision,

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.200
 will be added

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.660
 to you.

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:11.500
 We are

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.040
 to live

00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:13.420
 by faith

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.019
 day in

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.560
 and day

00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:14.900
 out.

00:32:16.060 --> 00:32:16.600
 Our

00:32:16.600 --> 00:32:17.240
 understanding,

00:32:17.360 --> 00:32:17.820
 our grasp

00:32:17.820 --> 00:32:18.240
 of God's

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.820
 provision and

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.340
 plan for

00:32:19.340 --> 00:32:20.480
 us should

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.300
 strengthen our

00:32:21.300 --> 00:32:23.540
 faith as

00:32:23.540 --> 00:32:23.820
 the Lord

00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.580
 works everything

00:32:24.580 --> 00:32:25.140
 out for

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:26.080
 our good

00:32:26.080 --> 00:32:27.220
 and his

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.640
 glory.

00:32:29.800 --> 00:32:30.600
 Trusting in

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.060
 God should

00:32:31.060 --> 00:32:31.560
 increase our

00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:32.080
 love and

00:32:32.080 --> 00:32:33.060
 affection for

00:32:33.060 --> 00:32:34.140
 him and

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.660
 increase our

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:35.440
 passion and

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.700
 zeal for

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.440
 worshiping

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.759
 him.

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:41.300
 David is

00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:41.840
 pretty clear

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.460
 in stanza

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:44.320
 four that

00:32:44.320 --> 00:32:45.019
 not everyone

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.620
 acknowledges

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.060
 this God.

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.340
 This God

00:32:48.340 --> 00:32:48.820
 that knows

00:32:48.820 --> 00:32:49.840
 you, that

00:32:49.840 --> 00:32:50.460
 is near you,

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:50.720
 that has

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.160
 knit you

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.540
 together.

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:53.580
 There are

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.660
 people, maybe

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:54.960
 even within

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.540
 the church,

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.000
 that conduct

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.700
 their lives as

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.240
 if God did

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.580
 not know

00:32:58.580 --> 00:32:59.960
 them, as

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.380
 if God is

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.920
 not watching

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:03.060
 them, as

00:33:03.060 --> 00:33:03.620
 if God did

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.120
 not know

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.519
 their very

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.920
 being.

00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:07.160
 we see a

00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:07.820
 rather jarring

00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.560
 shift in

00:33:08.560 --> 00:33:09.220
 David's tone

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.900
 and content,

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:11.880
 the vengeance

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.660
 of the Lord.

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.480
 Or as I

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:14.960
 put it, to

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.480
 keep my

00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.420
 Baptist

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:18.320
 not

00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.900
 alliteration

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.140
 consonants,

00:33:20.820 --> 00:33:21.360
 no I should

00:33:21.360 --> 00:33:21.900
 have looked

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.279
 that up,

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.380
 whatever, to

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.660
 keep the

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.560
 ends going,

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:26.019
 God is the

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.720
 nemesis of

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.080
 the wicked.

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.759
 The nemesis

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:30.480
 is retributive

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.160
 justice.

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.120
 A common

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:34.279
 definition might

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:34.980
 be arch enemy.

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.639
 A little

00:33:37.639 --> 00:33:38.279
 more archaic

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.980
 definition that's

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.559
 not as common

00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:40.240
 now, it's the

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.799
 agent of

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.220
 someone's

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.799
 downfall.

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.859
 God will

00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.599
 bring vengeance

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:47.139
 and God is

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.779
 the nemesis

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.839
 of the

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.039
 wicked.

00:33:50.139 --> 00:33:50.740
 Look at

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.599
 verses 19

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:52.160
 with me.

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.399
 David shifts

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:54.980
 his tone and

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.619
 says, oh that

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:56.319
 you would slay

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:56.779
 the wicked,

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.599
 oh God,

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.240
 oh men of

00:33:59.240 --> 00:34:00.399
 blood, depart

00:34:00.399 --> 00:34:01.139
 from me.

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.079
 They speak

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.519
 against you

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.980
 with malicious

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.519
 intent.

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:05.779
 Your enemies

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.240
 take your

00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:06.680
 name in

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:06.960
 vain.

00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.659
 Do I not

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.199
 hate those

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:09.559
 who hate

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:09.840
 you, oh

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.099
 Lord?

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.199
 And do I

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.900
 not loathe

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.579
 those who

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:13.260
 rise up

00:34:13.260 --> 00:34:13.960
 against you?

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.780
 I hate

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.179
 them with

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.599
 complete

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:16.960
 hatred.

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:18.599
 I count

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.840
 them my

00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:20.320
 enemies.

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.119
 This is

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:24.460
 what's called

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.179
 an imprecatory

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.619
 prayer.

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.280
 This is David

00:34:27.280 --> 00:34:28.039
 praying out to

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.800
 God, calling

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.539
 for God to

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.099
 show his

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.659
 vengeance, to

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.219
 bring his

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.340
 vengeance against

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.940
 the wicked.

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.280
 These are

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:36.440
 men that

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.940
 have blood

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.320
 on their

00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:37.660
 hands.

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:37.940
 They're

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.600
 murderers.

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.440
 They deny

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.140
 God's very

00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:41.579
 existence.

00:34:42.539 --> 00:34:43.000
 They deny

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.519
 that God

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.100
 is present.

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:45.579
 They are

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.380
 blasphemers who

00:34:46.380 --> 00:34:46.940
 speak against

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.400
 God.

00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.220
 These are

00:34:49.220 --> 00:34:49.620
 people that

00:34:49.620 --> 00:34:50.920
 hate God.

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.039
 Maybe our

00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.640
 first thought

00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:55.300
 as we're reading

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.320
 Psalm 139 is

00:34:56.320 --> 00:34:56.820
 where does this

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.300
 come from?

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:58.600
 this was a

00:34:58.600 --> 00:34:59.940
 nice poetic

00:34:59.940 --> 00:35:01.320
 psalm,

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.560
 uplifting,

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.240
 encouraging,

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:04.900
 and David

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.420
 turns around

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.720
 and is like,

00:35:05.860 --> 00:35:06.340
 kill them

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:06.720
 God.

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.240
 I don't

00:35:10.240 --> 00:35:10.519
 think it's

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.000
 completely out of

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.380
 left field

00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:11.680
 though.

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.100
 For the

00:35:13.100 --> 00:35:13.760
 first 18

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.600
 verses of

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:15.640
 this chapter,

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.760
 David has

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.300
 been meditating

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.740
 on who

00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.340
 God is.

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.480
 The

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.019
 immensity

00:35:20.019 --> 00:35:21.160
 of God's

00:35:21.160 --> 00:35:21.680
 knowledge,

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.360
 his care,

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.420
 his love,

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.120
 his sovereignty,

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:27.400
 have caused

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.059
 David to

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.940
 worship him,

00:35:29.880 --> 00:35:31.219
 to esteem

00:35:31.219 --> 00:35:31.779
 God,

00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:33.619
 to wonder

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.500
 at how big

00:35:34.500 --> 00:35:35.099
 and great

00:35:35.099 --> 00:35:35.799
 he is.

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.980
 And when

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.599
 you and I

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.239
 love and

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:40.079
 appreciate God

00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:40.579
 as much as

00:35:40.579 --> 00:35:41.380
 David does

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.139
 here in

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:43.079
 Psalm 139,

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.920
 you and I

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.579
 ought to find

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.239
 anything that

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.599
 is against

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:48.139
 God to be

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.699
 revolting,

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:50.739
 despicable,

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:52.719
 something that

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.559
 needs to be

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:54.159
 opposed.

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:59.339
 men,

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.039
 wouldn't the

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.819
 love for

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.279
 your wife

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.539
 and your

00:36:02.539 --> 00:36:03.339
 children cause

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:04.420
 hatred and

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.079
 justice to

00:36:05.079 --> 00:36:05.639
 rise up,

00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:06.739
 of someone to

00:36:06.739 --> 00:36:07.559
 desire evil

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.239
 on them,

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.819
 going to the

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.319
 worst to

00:36:10.319 --> 00:36:11.139
 defile them?

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.539
 Mothers,

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.380
 ladies,

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.940
 wouldn't your

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.819
 mother bear

00:36:16.819 --> 00:36:17.619
 instincts kink

00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.579
 in if

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.099
 somebody came

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.639
 after one of

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.059
 your little

00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.440
 ones?

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.199
 You would

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.619
 hate the

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.859
 evil.

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:23.920
 evil.

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:25.220
 You would

00:36:25.220 --> 00:36:25.720
 hate the

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.280
 evildoer

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.840
 because of

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.480
 the object

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.059
 of that

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.340
 evil,

00:36:29.660 --> 00:36:30.099
 somebody you

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.500
 love,

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.059
 somebody you

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.539
 cherish.

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.679
 evil.

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.320
 I don't

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.619
 see David

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:36.940
 in Psalm

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.699
 139 being

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.099
 any different,

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:38.519
 just the

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.099
 object is

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.420
 different.

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:42.400
 David's

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:42.820
 hatred is

00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.239
 directed at

00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:43.619
 those who

00:36:43.619 --> 00:36:44.340
 oppose God,

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.579
 still evil.

00:36:47.699 --> 00:36:48.300
 As I was

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.940
 preparing, I

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.340
 was listening to

00:36:49.340 --> 00:36:50.420
 Alistair Begg preach

00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:50.920
 on one Psalm

00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.699
 39, and I

00:36:51.699 --> 00:36:52.199
 couldn't put it

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:52.599
 any differently,

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:52.960
 so I'm just

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.340
 going to quote

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:53.659
 him and

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.239
 paraphrase it

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.559
 to make it a

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.779
 little bit

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.059
 shorter.

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.880
 He puts it

00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:57.259
 this way,

00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.560
 David sees

00:36:58.560 --> 00:36:59.480
 how evil

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:01.060
 evil is,

00:37:01.600 --> 00:37:03.680
 but we

00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:05.040
 often fail

00:37:05.040 --> 00:37:05.300
 to.

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.800
 As a result

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.260
 of this, we

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.980
 are uncomfortable

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.880
 with God's

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:11.260
 justice and

00:37:11.260 --> 00:37:11.660
 wrath.

00:37:13.120 --> 00:37:14.560
 We fail to

00:37:14.560 --> 00:37:15.300
 see how

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:16.540
 holy God

00:37:16.540 --> 00:37:17.080
 is.

00:37:19.120 --> 00:37:19.760
 A holy

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.600
 God cannot

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:22.500
 stand evil,

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:24.139
 evil, and

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.760
 he must

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.639
 punish

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.820
 evildoers.

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:30.960
 I'll

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.440
 posit that

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.699
 if you

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.260
 are uncomfortable

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:32.599
 with a

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.079
 passage like

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.500
 this this

00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:33.800
 morning,

00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:35.420
 maybe you

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:35.880
 don't fully

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:37.039
 understand God's

00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:37.619
 wrath and

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.500
 justice against

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:39.699
 sin and

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.000
 evil.

00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:42.400
 Maybe you're

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.000
 too comfortable

00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:44.079
 with the evil

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.739
 that is around

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.119
 us.

00:37:46.280 --> 00:37:47.340
 We must

00:37:47.340 --> 00:37:48.059
 hate

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.800
 evil.

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:52.199
 We are

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.819
 often unsure

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.259
 what to do

00:37:53.259 --> 00:37:53.679
 with this,

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.159
 but

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.799
 imprecatory

00:37:54.799 --> 00:37:55.439
 prayers are

00:37:55.439 --> 00:37:55.939
 not something

00:37:55.939 --> 00:37:56.139
 that we

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.619
 just find

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:56.799
 in the

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:56.939
 Old

00:37:56.939 --> 00:37:57.319
 Testament.

00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:58.719
 Jesus

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.219
 himself

00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.639
 references

00:37:59.639 --> 00:38:00.500
 Psalm 69,

00:38:00.739 --> 00:38:01.039
 another

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.599
 imprecatory

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:01.960
 prayer,

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.319
 multiple

00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:02.899
 times.

00:38:03.419 --> 00:38:03.679
 We see it

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.039
 in John

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.779
 15 and

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:05.039
 Matthew

00:38:05.039 --> 00:38:05.619
 27.

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:07.319
 Jesus

00:38:07.319 --> 00:38:07.759
 himself,

00:38:07.839 --> 00:38:08.159
 before he

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.419
 goes to

00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:08.799
 the cross

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.139
 in Matthew

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.659
 23,

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.419
 has a

00:38:10.419 --> 00:38:11.659
 series of

00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.279
 curses,

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.359
 promising

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:14.139
 vengeance on

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:14.679
 those that

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:15.279
 oppose him.

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.359
 The

00:38:17.359 --> 00:38:18.039
 apostle Paul

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.759
 also uses

00:38:18.759 --> 00:38:19.659
 Psalm 69

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.319
 in Romans

00:38:20.319 --> 00:38:20.679
 11.

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.759
 And maybe

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.319
 the most

00:38:23.319 --> 00:38:25.439
 poignant

00:38:25.439 --> 00:38:26.299
 language is

00:38:26.299 --> 00:38:26.739
 what Paul

00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.179
 says in

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:27.619
 Galatians

00:38:27.619 --> 00:38:28.059
 1,

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:29.179
 where he

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.839
 uses very

00:38:29.839 --> 00:38:30.559
 strong language

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.079
 against those

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.619
 preaching another

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:32.019
 gospel.

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:34.000
 If anyone

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.599
 is preaching

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.099
 another different

00:38:35.099 --> 00:38:35.500
 gospel,

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:36.919
 let them be

00:38:36.919 --> 00:38:37.500
 accursed.

00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:38.519
 That is

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.879
 damned.

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:39.839
 They are

00:38:39.839 --> 00:38:40.359
 anathema.

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:40.839
 They are to

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.199
 be cut

00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:41.579
 off.

00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.399
 Is that the

00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:44.919
 way you think

00:38:44.919 --> 00:38:45.339
 about evil?

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.299
 Nearby to

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.819
 where Calvary

00:38:49.819 --> 00:38:50.139
 Redeeming

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.939
 Grace meets,

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.840
 there is a

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.539
 so-called

00:38:52.539 --> 00:38:53.039
 church,

00:38:53.360 --> 00:38:54.019
 the so-called

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.460
 preacher,

00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:56.320
 that twists

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.960
 the gospel

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.360
 into a

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.780
 message of

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.039
 hope,

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.760
 not based

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.340
 on Christ,

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.860
 but on

00:39:00.860 --> 00:39:02.240
 an amalgamation,

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:04.360
 a syncretism

00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:05.840
 of personal

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.420
 empowerment,

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.519
 of spiritual

00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:09.119
 meditation.

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:12.179
 I must confess

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.740
 that almost

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.360
 every time I

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:13.980
 drive by this

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.340
 so-called

00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.780
 church,

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.599
 I have

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:16.039
 prayed one

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.220
 of these

00:39:16.220 --> 00:39:16.679
 imprecatory

00:39:16.679 --> 00:39:17.320
 prayers against

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:17.860
 this church.

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:20.140
 I have

00:39:20.140 --> 00:39:20.740
 asked God

00:39:20.740 --> 00:39:21.640
 to stop

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.380
 the deception

00:39:22.380 --> 00:39:22.860
 that is

00:39:22.860 --> 00:39:23.180
 happening

00:39:23.180 --> 00:39:23.599
 within the

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.140
 walls of

00:39:24.140 --> 00:39:24.720
 this church,

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.800
 that they

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.380
 would close

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.880
 their doors

00:39:26.880 --> 00:39:27.120
 and the

00:39:27.120 --> 00:39:27.700
 blaspheming

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:28.280
 might stop.

00:39:30.160 --> 00:39:30.920
 But while I

00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:31.519
 can pray that

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:31.900
 God would

00:39:31.900 --> 00:39:32.500
 surely show

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.099
 his justice

00:39:33.099 --> 00:39:33.740
 against those

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:33.960
 who are

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.519
 twisting his

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:34.960
 words,

00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:36.059
 preaching a

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.720
 false gospel,

00:39:37.280 --> 00:39:38.579
 I can hate

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.079
 what they

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:40.340
 preach.

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.360
 I can speak

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.780
 out against

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.160
 it as I'm

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.579
 doing right

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:42.960
 now,

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.760
 but that

00:39:44.760 --> 00:39:44.940
 doesn't

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.440
 necessarily mean

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:46.079
 that I am

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.740
 the means

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.419
 of meting

00:39:47.419 --> 00:39:48.559
 out God's

00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:49.339
 justice.

00:39:50.939 --> 00:39:51.659
 I think it's

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.019
 important,

00:39:52.139 --> 00:39:52.619
 as you pointed

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.139
 out here,

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:53.859
 that David

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.579
 himself in

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.459
 Psalm 139

00:39:55.459 --> 00:39:56.659
 is not the

00:39:56.659 --> 00:39:58.739
 means of

00:39:58.739 --> 00:39:59.279
 God's

00:39:59.279 --> 00:39:59.699
 judgment.

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.139
 David is not

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.479
 talking about

00:40:02.479 --> 00:40:03.139
 personal vengeance,

00:40:03.319 --> 00:40:04.379
 this is divine

00:40:04.379 --> 00:40:04.899
 vengeance.

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.119
 Instead,

00:40:07.359 --> 00:40:08.099
 David is

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.639
 directing his

00:40:08.639 --> 00:40:09.159
 prayer to

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.399
 God,

00:40:09.459 --> 00:40:10.000
 he's asking

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.559
 God to

00:40:10.559 --> 00:40:11.500
 direct and

00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:12.000
 to display

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.779
 his justice

00:40:12.779 --> 00:40:14.199
 on the

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.399
 wicked.

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:15.899
 This is

00:40:15.899 --> 00:40:16.379
 justice that

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.780
 God has

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.119
 already

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.220
 promised to

00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:18.680
 those that

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:19.500
 disobey the

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.039
 law and the

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.420
 prophets.

00:40:21.559 --> 00:40:21.900
 He is

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.559
 calling for

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.019
 God to be

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:24.599
 vindicated against

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.760
 those who deny

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.860
 his omniscience.

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.860
 He is asking

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.320
 God to

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.880
 demonstrate his

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.519
 presence to

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:31.119
 those that

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.880
 deny that he

00:40:31.880 --> 00:40:32.340
 exists.

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.700
 He wants

00:40:34.700 --> 00:40:35.579
 God to

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:36.360
 demonstrate his

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:38.260
 power to

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.940
 those that

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:39.460
 deny his

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:39.860
 authority.

00:40:42.660 --> 00:40:43.480
 I think in

00:40:43.480 --> 00:40:43.980
 these verses,

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:45.039
 19 through 22,

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:46.320
 David is

00:40:46.320 --> 00:40:46.779
 aligning

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:47.599
 himself with

00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:48.059
 God as

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:48.400
 he makes

00:40:48.400 --> 00:40:48.920
 God's

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.820
 thoughts his

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.420
 thoughts.

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:51.880
 The psalmist

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.300
 wants to

00:40:52.300 --> 00:40:53.000
 distance himself

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.300
 from the

00:40:53.300 --> 00:40:54.079
 wicked and

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.920
 he calls for

00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:55.440
 God to be

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:55.880
 his witness

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.219
 that he

00:40:56.219 --> 00:40:57.179
 hates evil.

00:40:58.619 --> 00:40:59.000
 This is

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.519
 essentially an

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.940
 oath of

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:00.420
 fealty,

00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.779
 of loyalty

00:41:01.779 --> 00:41:02.820
 to God.

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:05.759
 David's

00:41:05.759 --> 00:41:05.920
 saying,

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.380
 these are

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.739
 the Lord's

00:41:06.739 --> 00:41:07.019
 enemies.

00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:08.779
 I loathe

00:41:08.779 --> 00:41:09.119
 them.

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:10.179
 I rise up

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:10.639
 and stand up

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.259
 against them.

00:41:12.340 --> 00:41:12.920
 I count them

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:13.340
 as enemies

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.860
 because they

00:41:13.860 --> 00:41:14.559
 are God's

00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:14.960
 enemies.

00:41:17.940 --> 00:41:18.519
 What do we

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:18.720
 do to

00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:20.079
 our enemies

00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.440
 today?

00:41:21.940 --> 00:41:22.559
 Jesus in

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.120
 Matthew 5

00:41:23.120 --> 00:41:23.420
 says we

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.620
 are to

00:41:23.620 --> 00:41:24.100
 love our

00:41:24.100 --> 00:41:25.640
 enemies and

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:26.260
 to do good

00:41:26.260 --> 00:41:27.260
 to those who

00:41:27.260 --> 00:41:28.000
 persecute us.

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.800
 We as

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:30.380
 Christians today

00:41:30.380 --> 00:41:31.160
 are called to

00:41:31.160 --> 00:41:31.640
 share the

00:41:31.640 --> 00:41:32.380
 good news of

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.800
 the gospel.

00:41:34.280 --> 00:41:35.079
 This is our

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:35.380
 mission.

00:41:37.100 --> 00:41:37.740
 Vengeance is

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:38.360
 mine, God

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:38.740
 says.

00:41:39.620 --> 00:41:40.280
 I will

00:41:40.280 --> 00:41:40.640
 repay.

00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:43.859
 So

00:41:43.859 --> 00:41:44.339
 understanding

00:41:44.339 --> 00:41:44.900
 and knowing

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:46.460
 that God

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.319
 is the

00:41:47.319 --> 00:41:47.799
 nemesis

00:41:47.799 --> 00:41:48.179
 of the

00:41:48.179 --> 00:41:48.420
 wicked.

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:49.839
 What is

00:41:49.839 --> 00:41:50.339
 David's

00:41:50.339 --> 00:41:50.920
 response?

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.440
 Look there

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:52.699
 at verse

00:41:52.699 --> 00:41:53.219
 23.

00:41:55.159 --> 00:41:55.639
 Search me,

00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:56.119
 O God,

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.900
 and know

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.420
 my heart.

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.400
 Try me

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.440
 and know

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:01.059
 my thoughts.

00:42:02.339 --> 00:42:02.699
 See if

00:42:02.699 --> 00:42:02.920
 there be

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:03.480
 any grievous

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:03.940
 way in

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.400
 me and

00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:05.940
 lead me

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.400
 in the

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:06.699
 way

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.359
 everlasting.

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:11.140
 I think

00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:11.760
 David sees

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:12.640
 evil for

00:42:12.640 --> 00:42:12.840
 what it

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.180
 is.

00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.539
 He knows

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.500
 God is

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:15.700
 going to

00:42:15.700 --> 00:42:16.440
 destroy the

00:42:16.440 --> 00:42:16.640
 wicked.

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.720
 And David

00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:19.099
 looks at

00:42:19.099 --> 00:42:20.800
 himself and

00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.480
 he cares for

00:42:21.480 --> 00:42:21.900
 his own

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.260
 holiness.

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.360
 He turns to

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:25.740
 God and

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.420
 asks God to

00:42:26.420 --> 00:42:27.220
 examine him

00:42:27.220 --> 00:42:28.059
 so that God

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:28.400
 can then

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.160
 reveal what

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:30.039
 God knows

00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:30.519
 to David

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.180
 so he can

00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:32.000
 repent of

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.519
 that sin.

00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:33.880
 He can

00:42:33.880 --> 00:42:34.599
 confess it

00:42:34.599 --> 00:42:35.380
 to God

00:42:35.380 --> 00:42:36.140
 that he

00:42:36.140 --> 00:42:36.780
 can stay

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.400
 in the

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.700
 way

00:42:37.700 --> 00:42:38.380
 everlasting.

00:42:40.200 --> 00:42:40.860
 In a

00:42:40.860 --> 00:42:41.200
 wonderfully

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:42.280
 poetic way

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.280
 David is

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:43.640
 repeating

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:44.039
 essentially

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:44.720
 exactly how

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:45.300
 he started

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:45.980
 the psalm.

00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:47.420
 O Lord

00:42:47.420 --> 00:42:47.720
 you have

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.340
 searched me

00:42:48.340 --> 00:42:49.619
 and know

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.140
 me.

00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:52.800
 But rather

00:42:52.800 --> 00:42:53.599
 than stating

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:54.460
 a fact as

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:54.900
 he does in

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.420
 verse 1

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:56.559
 he calls out

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:57.019
 for God

00:42:57.019 --> 00:42:57.480
 to do this

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:58.640
 again to

00:42:58.640 --> 00:42:59.200
 search him

00:42:59.200 --> 00:43:00.619
 to examine

00:43:00.619 --> 00:43:00.960
 him.

00:43:02.740 --> 00:43:03.579
 This is a

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.039
 posture of

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.420
 humility.

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.619
 The idea

00:43:06.619 --> 00:43:07.160
 of try

00:43:07.160 --> 00:43:07.539
 here is

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:07.740
 like a

00:43:07.740 --> 00:43:08.099
 trial.

00:43:08.860 --> 00:43:09.039
 Bring

00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:09.460
 forth the

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:09.880
 evidence.

00:43:12.099 --> 00:43:12.420
 Lay out

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:12.840
 the evidence.

00:43:12.960 --> 00:43:13.140
 Let it

00:43:13.140 --> 00:43:13.599
 be weighed.

00:43:14.740 --> 00:43:15.019
 Is there

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.340
 any

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:15.860
 grievous

00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.300
 way

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:17.059
 in me?

00:43:19.680 --> 00:43:20.200
 Now

00:43:20.200 --> 00:43:20.400
 while I

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:20.760
 was studying

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.119
 this one

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.300
 of my

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:21.980
 first thoughts

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:23.340
 was who

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:23.800
 is David

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:24.119
 to say

00:43:24.119 --> 00:43:24.340
 something

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:24.880
 like this?

00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:26.380
 David

00:43:26.380 --> 00:43:26.980
 was not

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.900
 perfect.

00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:29.579
 In fact

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:29.860
 David

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.240
 committed

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:31.119
 some grievous

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.860
 sins that

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.940
 I would

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:33.860
 guess many

00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:34.200
 of us have

00:43:34.200 --> 00:43:34.579
 not committed

00:43:34.579 --> 00:43:34.940
 here this

00:43:34.940 --> 00:43:35.200
 morning.

00:43:36.380 --> 00:43:36.860
 He

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.039
 committed

00:43:37.039 --> 00:43:37.480
 adultery

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:37.700
 with

00:43:37.700 --> 00:43:38.160
 Bathsheba.

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:40.300
 He then

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.579
 tried to

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:40.880
 cover it

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.220
 up by

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.700
 murdering

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:41.860
 her

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.180
 husband.

00:43:45.860 --> 00:43:46.320
 He

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:46.460
 isn't

00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:46.880
 being overly

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:47.500
 self-righteous

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:47.780
 here I

00:43:47.780 --> 00:43:48.220
 don't think.

00:43:50.220 --> 00:43:50.920
 He's aware

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.380
 of what he's

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.599
 done.

00:43:52.700 --> 00:43:52.980
 He knows

00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.300
 his own

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:53.579
 heart.

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.640
 But despite

00:43:55.640 --> 00:43:56.640
 all of this

00:43:56.640 --> 00:43:57.220
 being laid

00:43:57.220 --> 00:43:58.119
 bare before

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:58.820
 God

00:43:58.820 --> 00:44:00.160
 including

00:44:00.160 --> 00:44:00.619
 his

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:01.920
 deceit,

00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.539
 his sins,

00:44:02.660 --> 00:44:03.340
 his wickedness

00:44:03.340 --> 00:44:04.700
 he can

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:05.260
 still say

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.980
 search me

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.539
 oh God.

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.500
 How?

00:44:09.660 --> 00:44:09.980
 How can

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.260
 you do

00:44:10.260 --> 00:44:10.760
 something like

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:11.300
 that knowing

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.900
 who you've

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.140
 done,

00:44:12.539 --> 00:44:12.940
 knowing who

00:44:12.940 --> 00:44:13.400
 you are?

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:15.820
 Because he

00:44:15.820 --> 00:44:16.320
 knows that he's

00:44:16.320 --> 00:44:16.760
 been forgiven

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:18.840
 and those sins

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:19.079
 have been

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:19.440
 covered,

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.519
 have been

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:20.860
 forgiven,

00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:21.280
 have been

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:22.480
 atoned for

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.079
 by God.

00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:24.960
 With his

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.440
 sins forgiven

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:26.000
 he can then

00:44:26.000 --> 00:44:26.720
 confidently

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:28.180
 approach this

00:44:28.180 --> 00:44:29.120
 all-knowing,

00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:29.759
 all-present

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.179
 God.

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:31.599
 For the

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:31.880
 Lord is

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:33.239
 merciful and

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:33.579
 gracious,

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:35.059
 slow to

00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.799
 anger and

00:44:35.799 --> 00:44:36.460
 abounding in

00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:37.299
 steadfast love

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:38.319
 and faithfulness.

00:44:39.900 --> 00:44:40.460
 May God's

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:41.219
 gracious kindness

00:44:41.219 --> 00:44:41.739
 lead us to

00:44:41.739 --> 00:44:43.299
 repentance and

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:43.960
 his grace

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:45.480
 assure us to

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:47.019
 trust him so

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.460
 that our

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:48.299
 joyful prayer

00:44:48.299 --> 00:44:48.960
 may echo

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.759
 David's.

00:44:50.659 --> 00:44:51.380
 Search me

00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:51.920
 oh God.

00:44:53.699 --> 00:44:54.519
 This is a

00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:55.079
 bold prayer.

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:56.659
 I would

00:44:56.659 --> 00:44:57.119
 encourage you

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.619
 if this is not

00:44:57.619 --> 00:44:58.019
 a regular

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.859
 practice to

00:44:58.860 --> 00:44:59.320
 make it a

00:44:59.320 --> 00:44:59.539
 regular

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.079
 practice.

00:45:01.260 --> 00:45:01.780
 But I

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:02.320
 would caution

00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:03.400
 you that

00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:03.760
 this is not

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:04.099
 something that

00:45:04.099 --> 00:45:04.519
 should be done

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.000
 just to check

00:45:05.000 --> 00:45:06.039
 off a box

00:45:06.039 --> 00:45:06.400
 on your

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:06.940
 to-do list.

00:45:08.620 --> 00:45:09.320
 God will

00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:10.340
 reveal your

00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:11.059
 hidden sins.

00:45:12.980 --> 00:45:13.740
 We must be

00:45:13.740 --> 00:45:15.200
 humble and

00:45:15.200 --> 00:45:15.860
 concerned with

00:45:15.860 --> 00:45:16.340
 our holiness.

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:19.980
 So the

00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:20.559
 four stanzas

00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:21.860
 God knows

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:22.200
 you.

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:24.519
 God is

00:45:24.519 --> 00:45:25.840
 near you.

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:28.920
 God has

00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:30.160
 knit you.

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.120
 God is

00:45:32.120 --> 00:45:32.840
 the nemesis

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.680
 of the

00:45:33.680 --> 00:45:33.900
 wicked.

00:45:36.600 --> 00:45:37.440
 In conclusion

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:38.320
 this morning I

00:45:38.320 --> 00:45:38.960
 want to return

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.440
 to that initial

00:45:39.440 --> 00:45:40.380
 question I asked

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:41.019
 in the intro.

00:45:42.300 --> 00:45:43.019
 How would you

00:45:43.019 --> 00:45:43.720
 describe God

00:45:43.720 --> 00:45:44.900
 this morning?

00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:47.700
 Does your

00:45:47.700 --> 00:45:48.539
 God resemble

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:49.380
 the God of

00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:50.280
 Psalm 139?

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.760
 Referring back to

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.460
 Tozer, another

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:54.860
 quote, he

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.180
 says, a

00:45:55.180 --> 00:45:55.860
 right conception

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:56.560
 of God is

00:45:56.560 --> 00:45:57.160
 basic not

00:45:57.160 --> 00:45:57.620
 only to

00:45:57.620 --> 00:45:58.120
 systematic

00:45:58.120 --> 00:46:00.080
 theology but

00:46:00.080 --> 00:46:00.760
 to practical

00:46:00.760 --> 00:46:01.400
 Christian

00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:01.840
 living.

00:46:04.500 --> 00:46:05.140
 Where our

00:46:05.140 --> 00:46:05.700
 understanding of

00:46:05.700 --> 00:46:06.140
 God is

00:46:06.140 --> 00:46:07.180
 inadequate or

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:07.520
 out of

00:46:07.520 --> 00:46:08.860
 plum, the

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:10.000
 whole structure

00:46:10.000 --> 00:46:11.440
 must sooner or

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.340
 later collapse.

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:14.340
 God is

00:46:14.340 --> 00:46:14.900
 so in other

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:15.400
 words if you

00:46:15.400 --> 00:46:16.320
 and I fail to

00:46:16.320 --> 00:46:17.500
 understand who

00:46:17.500 --> 00:46:18.160
 God is, if we

00:46:18.160 --> 00:46:19.100
 fail to live

00:46:19.100 --> 00:46:20.660
 like God knows

00:46:20.660 --> 00:46:22.500
 us intimately, if

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.200
 we fail to

00:46:23.200 --> 00:46:24.240
 understand and

00:46:24.240 --> 00:46:25.120
 to live like God

00:46:25.120 --> 00:46:27.280
 is near us, if

00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:27.700
 we fail to

00:46:27.700 --> 00:46:28.240
 understand that

00:46:28.240 --> 00:46:28.880
 God has knit

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:29.640
 us together, he

00:46:29.640 --> 00:46:30.559
 knows every part

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:32.820
 of us, if we

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:33.840
 fail to understand

00:46:33.840 --> 00:46:34.460
 that God is the

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:35.240
 nemesis of the

00:46:35.240 --> 00:46:37.280
 wicked, we will

00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:38.019
 fail in our

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:38.920
 day-to-day lives.

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:41.820
 As we look to

00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:42.900
 honor God in

00:46:42.900 --> 00:46:43.800
 our homes, our

00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:46.139
 workplaces, school,

00:46:47.059 --> 00:46:48.420
 gyms, church,

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:49.579
 wherever you go,

00:46:50.740 --> 00:46:52.260
 is this your

00:46:52.260 --> 00:46:52.579
 God?

00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:56.139
 I love how

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:56.720
 Spurgeon put it

00:46:56.720 --> 00:46:57.139
 in one of his

00:46:57.139 --> 00:46:57.480
 sermons.

00:46:58.920 --> 00:46:59.940
 We may judge as

00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.559
 to our position

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.559
 before God by

00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:02.400
 this test.

00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:04.400
 Is the thought

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:05.220
 of his constant

00:47:05.220 --> 00:47:06.139
 observation of

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:07.099
 us a subject

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:08.639
 of joy?

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:11.220
 or of dread?

00:47:12.260 --> 00:47:12.800
 I'll say that

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:13.420
 again so I can

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:14.480
 not trip over my

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:14.920
 own words.

00:47:15.220 --> 00:47:15.760
 Is the thought

00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:16.639
 of his constant

00:47:16.639 --> 00:47:17.539
 observation of

00:47:17.539 --> 00:47:18.700
 us a subject

00:47:18.700 --> 00:47:19.579
 of joy?

00:47:20.800 --> 00:47:21.780
 Or of dread?

00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:23.780
 If we dread it,

00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:24.539
 surely we have

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:25.440
 the old spirit of

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:26.159
 bondage that is

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:27.460
 the law and sin

00:47:27.460 --> 00:47:28.380
 still upon us.

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:30.659
 But if we find

00:47:30.659 --> 00:47:32.579
 joy, if we

00:47:32.579 --> 00:47:33.599
 rejoice in it,

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:35.420
 then we may know

00:47:35.420 --> 00:47:35.780
 that we have

00:47:35.780 --> 00:47:36.619
 received the spirit

00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:38.079
 of adoption by

00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:38.679
 which we can

00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:39.259
 cry out,

00:47:39.799 --> 00:47:40.179
 Abba,

00:47:40.699 --> 00:47:41.360
 Father.

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:44.759
 If you're here

00:47:44.759 --> 00:47:45.799
 this morning and

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:46.279
 you are not

00:47:46.279 --> 00:47:47.480
 walking in faith

00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:48.679
 of Christ's

00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:49.579
 sacrifice on the

00:47:49.579 --> 00:47:49.960
 cross,

00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:53.679
 God's knowledge

00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:54.679
 of everything you

00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:55.039
 say,

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:56.460
 do,

00:47:57.420 --> 00:47:58.259
 and think

00:47:58.259 --> 00:48:00.539
 should terrify

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:00.860
 you.

00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:03.380
 God sees

00:48:03.380 --> 00:48:04.099
 everything you

00:48:04.099 --> 00:48:04.900
 do and he

00:48:04.900 --> 00:48:05.960
 will punish

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:06.480
 those who

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:06.820
 have sinned

00:48:06.820 --> 00:48:07.320
 against him.

00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:09.200
 The justice

00:48:09.200 --> 00:48:10.039
 and wrath of

00:48:10.039 --> 00:48:11.220
 God against

00:48:11.220 --> 00:48:11.920
 those that

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:12.640
 oppose him is

00:48:12.640 --> 00:48:14.180
 thorough and

00:48:14.180 --> 00:48:14.620
 complete.

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:17.019
 I would

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:17.599
 implore you

00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:18.180
 this morning

00:48:18.180 --> 00:48:21.300
 to cry out

00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:21.980
 to God for

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:22.519
 his mercy.

00:48:24.200 --> 00:48:25.200
 Do not be

00:48:25.200 --> 00:48:25.579
 among the

00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:26.820
 wicked who

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:27.640
 will be slain

00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:28.259
 by the

00:48:28.259 --> 00:48:28.519
 Lord.

00:48:29.819 --> 00:48:30.299
 The Lord

00:48:30.299 --> 00:48:30.879
 himself has

00:48:30.879 --> 00:48:31.440
 offered a

00:48:31.440 --> 00:48:31.779
 way of

00:48:31.779 --> 00:48:32.179
 escape.

00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:34.940
 The Lord's

00:48:34.940 --> 00:48:35.599
 kindness to

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.019
 you should

00:48:36.019 --> 00:48:37.059
 drive each

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:37.400
 and every

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:37.859
 one of us

00:48:37.859 --> 00:48:38.420
 to repentance.

00:48:40.639 --> 00:48:41.139
 If you

00:48:41.139 --> 00:48:41.579
 are unsure

00:48:41.579 --> 00:48:41.819
 or would

00:48:41.819 --> 00:48:42.039
 like to

00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:42.359
 know more,

00:48:42.420 --> 00:48:42.579
 I would

00:48:42.579 --> 00:48:42.900
 love to

00:48:42.900 --> 00:48:43.199
 talk to

00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:43.460
 you more

00:48:43.460 --> 00:48:44.019
 afterwards or

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:44.519
 anybody you've

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:44.839
 seen up

00:48:44.839 --> 00:48:45.159
 front here

00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:45.619
 this morning.

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:46.960
 Today is

00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:47.319
 the day of

00:48:47.319 --> 00:48:47.739
 salvation.

00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:49.599
 Today is

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:49.980
 the day to

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:51.119
 know that

00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:51.900
 you can

00:48:51.900 --> 00:48:52.400
 live in

00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:53.920
 comfort in

00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:54.440
 God's

00:48:54.440 --> 00:48:55.139
 ever-present.

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:59.179
 Christians,

00:48:59.319 --> 00:48:59.739
 brothers and

00:48:59.739 --> 00:49:00.440
 sisters, I

00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:00.960
 want each of

00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:02.359
 you here to

00:49:02.359 --> 00:49:02.879
 walk out of

00:49:02.879 --> 00:49:04.339
 here with

00:49:04.339 --> 00:49:06.119
 confidence and

00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:08.000
 comfort, knowing

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:09.139
 that God's

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:09.659
 knowledge and

00:49:09.659 --> 00:49:10.400
 his presence in

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:11.440
 your life is

00:49:11.440 --> 00:49:12.480
 not a means of

00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:13.839
 dread, but of

00:49:13.839 --> 00:49:14.119
 joy.

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.279
 David wrote

00:49:17.279 --> 00:49:17.779
 this about a

00:49:17.779 --> 00:49:18.400
 thousand years

00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:19.219
 before Christ

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:19.859
 came.

00:49:20.379 --> 00:49:20.900
 We can look

00:49:20.900 --> 00:49:21.519
 back now,

00:49:21.619 --> 00:49:22.079
 two thousand

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.719
 years later,

00:49:23.279 --> 00:49:24.099
 and we can see

00:49:24.099 --> 00:49:25.119
 Christ dying

00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:25.779
 on the cross,

00:49:26.619 --> 00:49:27.500
 appeasing God's

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:29.339
 wrath, making

00:49:29.339 --> 00:49:30.400
 you a child of

00:49:30.400 --> 00:49:32.099
 God, that you

00:49:32.099 --> 00:49:32.779
 do not need to

00:49:32.779 --> 00:49:34.239
 be afraid of

00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:35.000
 the Father.

00:49:38.199 --> 00:49:39.739
 God knows

00:49:39.739 --> 00:49:40.239
 you.

00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:42.480
 God is near

00:49:42.480 --> 00:49:43.380
 you.

00:49:44.099 --> 00:49:44.920
 God has knit

00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:45.639
 you together,

00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:47.000
 and those in

00:49:47.000 --> 00:49:48.199
 Christ no

00:49:48.199 --> 00:49:48.819
 longer need to

00:49:48.819 --> 00:49:49.380
 live in fear,

00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:50.759
 but we can walk

00:49:50.759 --> 00:49:51.299
 in the way

00:49:51.299 --> 00:49:52.159
 everlasting.

00:49:52.159 --> 00:49:54.159
 God is

00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:54.539
 God.

00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:54.920
 Just let that

00:49:54.920 --> 00:49:55.639
 sink in for a

00:49:55.639 --> 00:49:55.879
 moment.

00:49:56.019 --> 00:49:56.319
 He is a

00:49:56.319 --> 00:49:57.159
 personal God

00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:58.599
 who cares for

00:49:58.599 --> 00:49:58.940
 you, who

00:49:58.940 --> 00:49:59.659
 guides you, who

00:49:59.659 --> 00:50:00.500
 protects you,

00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:01.699
 because you are

00:50:01.699 --> 00:50:02.279
 his adopted

00:50:02.279 --> 00:50:02.799
 child.

00:50:06.899 --> 00:50:07.399
 This

00:50:07.399 --> 00:50:08.019
 understanding of

00:50:08.019 --> 00:50:08.659
 God should

00:50:08.659 --> 00:50:09.759
 cause us to

00:50:09.759 --> 00:50:10.599
 delight in

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.719
 him, to

00:50:11.719 --> 00:50:12.839
 worship him, to

00:50:12.839 --> 00:50:14.139
 love him, to

00:50:14.139 --> 00:50:16.239
 serve him, to

00:50:16.239 --> 00:50:17.079
 live for him

00:50:17.079 --> 00:50:17.899
 each and every

00:50:17.899 --> 00:50:18.219
 day.

00:50:18.219 --> 00:50:20.759
 is this

00:50:20.759 --> 00:50:21.319
 your God?

00:50:22.159 --> 00:50:22.779
 I hope so.

00:50:24.139 --> 00:50:24.759
 May we always

00:50:24.759 --> 00:50:25.239
 orient our

00:50:25.239 --> 00:50:25.679
 knowledge of

00:50:25.679 --> 00:50:26.239
 God according

00:50:26.239 --> 00:50:26.980
 to how God

00:50:26.980 --> 00:50:28.079
 describes himself

00:50:28.079 --> 00:50:29.079
 in his word.

00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:31.899
 May God's

00:50:31.899 --> 00:50:32.679
 gracious kindness

00:50:32.679 --> 00:50:33.279
 lead us to

00:50:33.279 --> 00:50:34.819
 repentance, and

00:50:34.819 --> 00:50:35.679
 his grace assure

00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:36.500
 us to trust in

00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:37.359
 him, so that our

00:50:37.359 --> 00:50:38.480
 joyful prayer may

00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:39.259
 echo David.

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:41.059
 Search me,

00:50:41.139 --> 00:50:41.480
 oh God.

00:50:42.739 --> 00:50:43.199
 Know my

00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:43.480
 heart.

00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:45.559
 Lead me in

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:45.939
 the way

00:50:45.939 --> 00:50:46.739
 everlasting.

00:50:46.739 --> 00:50:48.699
 You bow with

00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:49.159
 me in prayer.

00:50:53.259 --> 00:50:53.779
 Lord, you

00:50:53.779 --> 00:50:54.319
 have searched

00:50:54.319 --> 00:50:54.899
 and known

00:50:54.899 --> 00:50:55.179
 me.

00:50:55.919 --> 00:50:56.299
 You know

00:50:56.299 --> 00:50:56.919
 who I am.

00:50:58.519 --> 00:50:59.039
 You know

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.539
 what I do.

00:51:00.019 --> 00:51:00.500
 You know

00:51:00.500 --> 00:51:01.079
 where I go.

00:51:01.359 --> 00:51:01.559
 You know

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:02.119
 what I think.

00:51:03.319 --> 00:51:03.619
 You know

00:51:03.619 --> 00:51:03.859
 what I'm

00:51:03.859 --> 00:51:04.339
 going to say

00:51:04.339 --> 00:51:04.819
 before I

00:51:04.819 --> 00:51:05.199
 even say

00:51:05.199 --> 00:51:05.419
 it.

00:51:07.579 --> 00:51:08.079
 You are

00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:08.339
 near me

00:51:08.339 --> 00:51:09.579
 always, in

00:51:09.579 --> 00:51:10.019
 the heavens,

00:51:11.219 --> 00:51:11.659
 in death,

00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:13.039
 east, west,

00:51:14.019 --> 00:51:14.239
 in the midst

00:51:14.239 --> 00:51:14.679
 of the darkest

00:51:14.679 --> 00:51:15.179
 trials.

00:51:16.739 --> 00:51:18.379
 Lord, you

00:51:18.379 --> 00:51:18.819
 have formed

00:51:18.819 --> 00:51:19.319
 my inward

00:51:19.319 --> 00:51:19.959
 parts and

00:51:19.959 --> 00:51:20.299
 knitted me

00:51:20.299 --> 00:51:20.719
 together.

00:51:22.879 --> 00:51:23.639
 Lord, before I

00:51:23.639 --> 00:51:24.159
 have lived a

00:51:24.159 --> 00:51:24.879
 single day, you

00:51:24.879 --> 00:51:25.199
 had already

00:51:25.199 --> 00:51:25.819
 written all my

00:51:25.819 --> 00:51:26.359
 days in your

00:51:26.359 --> 00:51:26.619
 book.

00:51:27.359 --> 00:51:27.939
 Oh Lord, how

00:51:27.939 --> 00:51:28.739
 majestic you

00:51:28.739 --> 00:51:28.979
 are.

00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:31.000
 How transcendent

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:31.299
 are your

00:51:31.299 --> 00:51:31.819
 thoughts and

00:51:31.819 --> 00:51:32.359
 your ways.

00:51:32.500 --> 00:51:33.099
 How wonderful

00:51:33.099 --> 00:51:33.599
 are your

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.019
 thoughts.

00:51:36.399 --> 00:51:36.799
 Despite

00:51:36.799 --> 00:51:37.459
 knowing who I

00:51:37.459 --> 00:51:37.979
 am, Lord, you

00:51:37.979 --> 00:51:38.819
 still care for

00:51:38.819 --> 00:51:40.359
 me, for each

00:51:40.359 --> 00:51:41.019
 one of us here

00:51:41.019 --> 00:51:41.539
 this morning.

00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:43.919
 Lord, may you

00:51:43.919 --> 00:51:45.179
 bring peace and

00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:46.000
 repentance to

00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:46.759
 those here this

00:51:46.759 --> 00:51:47.279
 morning who are

00:51:47.279 --> 00:51:48.000
 wrestling with

00:51:48.000 --> 00:51:49.599
 the dread of

00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:50.559
 the terror of

00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:51.419
 who you are,

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:53.159
 knowing that

00:51:53.159 --> 00:51:54.859
 you see all.

00:51:57.219 --> 00:51:57.579
 May you

00:51:57.579 --> 00:51:58.359
 correct how we

00:51:58.359 --> 00:51:59.819
 view who you

00:51:59.819 --> 00:52:00.339
 are, that we

00:52:00.339 --> 00:52:01.119
 may worship you

00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:02.579
 well, that we

00:52:02.579 --> 00:52:03.259
 may live our

00:52:03.259 --> 00:52:04.379
 lives consistently,

00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:05.259
 day in, day

00:52:05.259 --> 00:52:06.500
 out, that you

00:52:06.500 --> 00:52:07.419
 may be glorified.

00:52:09.219 --> 00:52:10.000
 Lord, may we be

00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:10.759
 a humble people

00:52:10.759 --> 00:52:12.279
 that pray a bold

00:52:12.279 --> 00:52:13.000
 prayer that you

00:52:13.000 --> 00:52:13.919
 search us and

00:52:13.919 --> 00:52:14.319
 know us

00:52:14.319 --> 00:52:14.699
 intimately.

00:52:16.019 --> 00:52:16.639
 May my

00:52:16.639 --> 00:52:18.379
 attitudes, actions,

00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:19.139
 motives, and

00:52:19.139 --> 00:52:19.819
 thoughts be laid

00:52:19.819 --> 00:52:20.099
 bare.

00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:21.980
 May you lead me

00:52:21.980 --> 00:52:22.419
 in the way

00:52:22.419 --> 00:52:22.899
 everlasting.

00:52:24.940 --> 00:52:25.379
 I pray all this

00:52:25.379 --> 00:52:25.819
 in the glorious

00:52:25.819 --> 00:52:26.319
 name of Jesus

00:52:26.319 --> 00:52:26.739
 Christ.

00:52:27.519 --> 00:52:27.799
 Amen.