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 Would you pray with me?

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 Oh, Father, satisfy us before the day has passed us by.

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 Cause us to find all that our hearts desire and long for and seek after

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 fulfilled in you from Jesus Christ and for his sake alone we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Well, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 do you enjoy true peace?

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 God's word holds up for us.

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 Shalom.

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 True peace.

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 Shalom means completeness.

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 It means wholeness of relationship.

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 And on the last verse of Psalm 4,

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 he says,

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 I will lay down in peace.

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 I will lay down in shalom.

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 The verse right before that,

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 he says,

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 it's God who has put gladness in my heart.

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 And I simply want you to examine yourself and reflect on that question.

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 Do you know what David's talking about?

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 Do you enjoy true peace?

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 Charles Spurgeon calls Psalm 4 another choice flower from the garden of David's afflictions.

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 There's the life of David full of affliction.

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 Not a good life,

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 a miserable life.

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 And yet from that affliction,

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 from those tribulations and from those temptations,

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 from that anger,

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 those accusations,

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 the spirit ministered to this man,

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 the sin saver,

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 saved sinner.

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 Sorry.

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 And in Psalm 4,

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 I don't think David is put up to us necessarily as a type of Christ in this Psalm.

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 You know,

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 the Psalms are the songbook of Jesus,

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 and he prayed them throughout his ministry from the cross.

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 But I think Psalm 4,

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 it's a Psalm where David is simply made low.

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 He's made low as a common man,

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 a common foot soldier,

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 a sinner who has been saved by grace.

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 So it puts words now inspired by the spirit for us who are believers,

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 who are saved sinners in that same way.

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 In Psalm 1,

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 we saw there are two ways to live.

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 Do you remember that?

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 Now in Psalm 4,

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 we see there are two ways to lay down at the end of the day.

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 You can lay down in stress and anxiety and fear,

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 or you can lay down in peace.

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 In Psalm 3,

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 the emphasis was on how David laid down,

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 but he woke again.

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 And as he wakes,

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 he calls on God to rise up.

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 And in Psalm 4,

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 the emphasis is less on waking up.

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 It's more on being still in the quiet of your own bed

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 and having peace with God in your conscience.

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 In Psalm 3,

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 David declared that salvation is of the Lord alone.

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 Do you remember that?

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 And in Psalm 4,

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 David bears witness.

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 It's possible to enjoy true peace in a hostile world.

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 That's what he confesses in Psalm 4.

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 He says,

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 I will lay down and sleep in peace.

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 You know,

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 in the New Testament,

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 death is always referred to as sleep for the believer.

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 When the believer dies,

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 it's referred to as you fell asleep.

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 And so Psalm 4,

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 in that sense,

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 talks about one day in the life of a believer in a hostile world.

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 But that one day is really a picture of one life lived in a hostile world.

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 And when you will go to sleep that last day,

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 will you be in peace?

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 Every night when you lie down,

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 you have the opportunity to practice for the day of your death.

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 You get to prepare for death once every single day,

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 at least.

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 You get to prepare for death seven times every week.

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 When you lay down at night and all is dark.

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 365 times a year.

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 We are practicing for the day when our soul will leave our body.

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 The body will sleep and the soul will face eternal destiny.

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 Are you at peace?

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 Do you enjoy true peace?

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 Have you tasted that gladness that David talks about now in preparation for that eternal gladness with Christ?

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 At the end of your day,

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 do you enjoy true peace?

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 At the end of your life,

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 will you enjoy true peace with God?

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 That's what you need to figure out from Psalm 4.

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 So my one main point is this.

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 If you trust in God as your righteousness,

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 he leads you to enjoy true peace.

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 First observation.

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 God's enemies hate the Prince of Peace and they hunt down God's people.

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 The language of Psalm 2 is that the nations rage against God.

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 And they hate the Son of God, we're told.

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 Well, David, he has said,

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 that's my God.

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 He's aligned himself with the kingdom of heaven

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 more than any other kingdom on earth.

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 In verse 1 and verse 3 of Psalm 4, look there.

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 David feels rightly accused by Satan.

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 He says,

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 you don't rightly belong in the congregation of God's people.

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 If you're praying to God,

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 what makes you think God should hear you?

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 You're a sinner, David.

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 Do you hear the accusation?

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 But David defends it and he calls out,

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 God, hear me when I pray.

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 But in Psalm 4, David is accused by Satan.

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 In verse 2 and verse 6,

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 David feels pressure, distress,

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 persecuted from the outside,

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 from worldly men.

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 And the King James,

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 he preaches to them.

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 He says,

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 you sons of men,

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 you're not from the line of God of heaven.

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 You're sons of men.

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 You're earthly, worldly men.

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 So he's tempted by the men of the world

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 and accused by them,

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 just as Satan is bringing tribulation on his life.

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 But it's not only Satan,

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 it's not only the world,

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 it's also within David,

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 inside of himself,

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 his own flesh.

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 In verse 4,

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 David feels anger.

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 The phrase,

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 stand with trembling and anger,

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 stand in awe,

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 or in your anger,

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 don't sin.

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 But the temptation to sin

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 comes from inside of David as well,

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 when he's all alone in his room.

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 So he is tempted by Satan,

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 he is tempted by the world,

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 and he is tempted by his own flesh.

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 And look at the result

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 of this kind of temptation.

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 He's in his own bed.

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 He's up and down.

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 He's unable to sleep

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 until the very end of the psalm.

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 David's experiencing what

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 the novelist Charlotte Bronte described.

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 She said,

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 a ruffled mind

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 makes a restless pillow.

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 You've had those nights.

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 You look at the clock.

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 If I could fall asleep now,

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 I'll get six hours of sleep.

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 It doesn't happen.

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 If I could fall asleep now,

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 I'll at least get four hours of sleep.

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 That's one REM cycle.

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 It doesn't happen.

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 Man,

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 in 40 minutes,

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 my alarm is going to go off.

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 If I could just close my eyes

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 and snooze,

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 then I'll wake up

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 and I'll feel better.

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 And it doesn't happen.

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 You've had those sleepless nights.

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 So God's enemies,

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 they hate the Prince of Peace

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 and they hunt down his people.

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 If you're a Christian,

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 Jesus said,

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 in this world,

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 you will have tribulation.

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 1 John 2.16

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 tells us that God has enemies

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 and those enemies come after God's people.

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 They hunt you in the same way.

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 From that,

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 the church has gotten the three enemies.

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 Historically,

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 it's the world,

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 the flesh,

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 and the devil.

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 You see all three right here

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 in Psalm 4,

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 don't you?

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 David says he's been swarmed

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 by lies and vanity

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 in verse 2.

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 He says,

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 there are many.

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 I look around

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 and I see most people.

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 They have no hope in God.

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 They look to anything else

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 to give them a kind of blessing.

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 David says his soul

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 has been empty

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 of any kind of gladness.

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 He can't come up with joy

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 on his own.

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 He's depressed.

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 He needs it to come

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 from outside of himself.

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 And in this state,

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 David is tempted to sin.

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 He feels like he can't bear this

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 any longer.

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 And he says in verse 2,

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 how long?

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 And that phrase,

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 how long,

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 is normally used as a lament.

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 And it's usually taken

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 to the throne of God

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 and declared,

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 God,

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 how much longer

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 until you will step in?

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 Well,

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 notice though here,

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 David in verse 2,

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 he turns this lament

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 into preaching

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 at the nation.

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 And the word of encouragement

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 is this,

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 that God does lead his people

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 to enjoy true peace

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 in this world

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 that rages against God.

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 And God gives his people

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 fitting weapons

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 for this battle.

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 My first point

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 comes from the superscription

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 of Psalm 4.

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 Look at that.

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 The superscription

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 is that little description

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 at the top of the psalm.

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 It says the context

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 and how it's to be sung.

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 So you see in your Bible,

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 mine reads,

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 to the chief musician,

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 on Niganath,

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 a psalm of David.

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 That's the superscription.

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 And I want to try to argue

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 that God gives us,

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 his people,

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 fitting weapons

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 for this battle

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 that we are all in,

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 one of which

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 is congregational singing.

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 See, Satan,

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 he knows that your flesh

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 wants to believe

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 happiness is possible

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 without God.

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 And Psalm 4

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 attacks that lie.

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 You will not find happiness

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 without God.

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 Satan knows that

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 he can cut you off

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 from God's family.

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 And if he can cut you off

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 from God's family,

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 God's army,

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 God's church,

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 he will shut you up.

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 Now the Spirit says,

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 no,

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 no one can clutch you

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 out of my hands.

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 But Satan tries.

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 He tries to cut you off

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 of God's people.

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 And Satan knows

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 that isolation

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 leads to depression.

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 Depression leads to sin.

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 Sin leads to guilt.

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 Guilt leads to you

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 feeling like your fellowship

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 with God is broken.

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 When you feel that way,

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 you don't enjoy peace.

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 You have no joy.

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 You see the battle

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 that's going on

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 for your soul?

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 But notice David says,

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 take up the stringed instruments.

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 And he gives orders

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 as the king

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 to the chief musician.

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 What's the weapon?

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 What's the weapon

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 that the Spirit

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 is calling the church to use?

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 It's congregational singing.

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 There's musicians.

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 There are instruments.

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 There's the army gathered.

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 The army is the choir.

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 We're going to sing Scripture.

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 We're going to do this

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 because God put this

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 in our hands

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 as a weapon

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 against his enemies.

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 Here's the importance

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 of congregational singing.

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 It's not only

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 for our own good.

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 It's also for the glory

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 of God.

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 Look at Psalm 4, verse 2.

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 David said,

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 the enemies of God

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 have turned my glory

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 into shame.

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 I know it's been a few weeks,

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 but flip back to Psalm 3.

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 Notice in Psalm 3,

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 verse 3.

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 What is David's glory?

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 Or better,

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 who does David say

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 is his glory?

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 He prays that to God.

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 God, you are the lifter

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 of my head.

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 You are my glory.

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 And now the very next Psalm,

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 he says,

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 they've turned my glory.

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 They've turned my God

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 into shame.

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 So let's take up

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 our singing.

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 Let's take up instruments

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 and let's declare

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 the true glory

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 of our God,

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 which has come under attack.

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 And as we bring

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 God glory

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 to his name

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 through congregational singing,

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 he protects our souls

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 for our good as well.

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 Isn't that a blessing?

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 God calls you

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 to sing regularly

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 with his people.

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 I know that's so simple,

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 but that's a call

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 from King Jesus

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 on your life.

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 You are the musicians.

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 You are adding your voices,

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 even if it's off tune,

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 you're adding your voices

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 to the stringed instruments.

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 In Revelation,

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 heaven is described

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 as having an army

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 of harp players,

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 stringed instruments.

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 Our guitar players would say

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 those are probably guitars.

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 They're using a prophetic idiom

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 to describe heaven

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 full of instruments,

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 full of congregational singing.

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 And as simple as we be,

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 no matter how bad you sound,

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 when you add your voice

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 to the congregation

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 of God's people

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 to declare his glory

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 and sing scripture,

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 you are singing

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 as a soldier

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 in his army.

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 This is one of the weapons

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 he has given us to use.

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 God's army is not silent.

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 The army is a choir.

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 And we sing God's word

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 back to him.

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 That's what we try to do

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 every week, isn't it?

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 The spirit-breathed word

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 in Psalm 4

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 and through all the Psalms,

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 it calls us to sing to God

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 for his glory,

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 for our good.

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 Remember, this is David

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 who would play the harp

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 in the court of King Saul,

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 who was wicked.

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 And even King Saul,

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 the wicked king,

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 who didn't know

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 the glory of God,

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 even he found

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 peace and comfort.

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 How much more

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 if you have the Holy Spirit

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 in you

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 and it's God helping you

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 to declare his glory.

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 Martin Luther,

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 when he's portrayed

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 in the late Renaissance,

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 you know,

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 with the different reformers,

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 usually next to Luther

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 is a lute,

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 a little stringed instrument

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 like a mini guitar.

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 Luther in the lute.

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 And Luther said,

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 when my heart was sick

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 and weary,

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 it has often been solaced

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 and refreshed by music.

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 When Luther would give

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 his little table talks,

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 he would have the young men

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 that were wanting

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 to get biblical training

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 and discipleship

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 into his home.

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 They would sing using the lute

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 and they would lift

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 their praises to God

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 even though they were exiled

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 from their countries,

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 from their families.

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 So picture King Jesus

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 on his throne.

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 Picture him singing

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 over his people

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 like Song of Solomon's

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 describes him.

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 And picture all of the congregation

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 responding

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 and adding our voices

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 to that soaring melody

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 of King Jesus

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 from his throne.

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 And that's a taste,

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 a small little sample

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 that we get now

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 of the peace

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 and the joy

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 and the music

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 that fills heaven.

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 God loves music.

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 Read your Bible.

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 You'll see that.

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 God loves music.

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 Heaven's joy

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 spills onto the church

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 through his word,

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 through congregational singing.

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 That's one of the ways

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 God gives us fitting weapons

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 for this battle

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 against our soul.

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 Well, how else

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 does God lead his people

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 to enjoy true peace

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 in a world

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 that rages against him?

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 As God's people

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 sing gospel truths together,

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 look at what happens

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 to David.

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 God reforms

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 your thinking.

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 And when you have

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 right thinking,

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 be transformed

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 by the renewing

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 of your minds,

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 Romans 12.

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 As your thinking

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 gets reformed,

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 you enjoy the peace

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 of being right

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 within the world

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 God created.

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 So,

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 look at verse 1.

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 First,

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 David declares

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 and applies

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 God's truth

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 to himself.

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 That's our application.

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 David says,

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 hear me,

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 answer me

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 when I call,

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 O God

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 of my righteousness.

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 He declares,

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 God is my righteousness.

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 Jehovah Sidkenu.

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 Sidkenu.

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 He declares it

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 and he applies it

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 to myself.

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 Therefore,

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 hear me.

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 Don't hear me

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 because of my righteousness.

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 You are my righteousness.

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 Therefore,

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 by your righteousness,

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 hear me,

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 one who you've taken in.

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 1 Corinthians 1.30

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 declares that

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 Christ

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 is

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 our

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 righteousness.

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 And since

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 God is my righteousness,

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 I know

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 he hears me.

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 That's a simple syllogism.

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 If God

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 is your righteousness,

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 through Christ,

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 then God

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 hears you.

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 So,

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 cry out to him.

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 Number two,

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 David remembers

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 God's past

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 faithfulness.

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 We should do the same.

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 Look back on your life.

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 Have you ever seen

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 God be faithful to you?

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 Were you ever

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 hard pressed

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 and cornered

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 and God showed himself

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 faithful

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 and true?

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 Well,

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 remember those times.

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 Draw them back up

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 to your mind.

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 Remember God's

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 past faithfulness.

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 David says

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 in verse 1,

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 God,

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 you enlarged me.

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 You gave me relief

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 when I

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 was in distress.

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 David was,

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 he was cornered

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 and trapped.

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 He was in distress

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 like an animal

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 that was

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 being preyed upon,

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 about to be devoured.

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 And even though

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 physically he was,

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 he was distressed

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 and entrapped,

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 he says God

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 enlarged him.

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 Even if his outward

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 circumstances

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 didn't change,

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 his soul

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 found

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 an expansion

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 and space

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 and room

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 to breathe.

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 He was no longer

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 suffocating.

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 God gave him

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 what his soul

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 needed

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 to survive.

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 And because God

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 has been faithful

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 in the past,

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 he appeals to that

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 past faithfulness

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 and applies it now,

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 Lord.

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 You will be merciful

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 to me

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 again.

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 He appeals to

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 God's gracious

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 nature.

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 See,

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 he says God,

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 you are

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 gracious.

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 Have mercy upon me

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 again in verse 1.

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 Be gracious to me

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 and hear my prayer.

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 Because you are

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 my righteousness,

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 because you have

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 been faithful,

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 because you are

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 gracious,

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 hear me now.

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 What a great prayer

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 for us

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 as well.

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 Reform your thoughts

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 about who you

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 are in God.

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 Trust what God

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 says through

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 his word about

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 you.

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 Trust that it's

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 true.

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 See,

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 David goes after

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 the mind.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 He says,

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 know,

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 know in your mind.

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 Be reformed

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 in your thinking.

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 Know that the

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 Lord has set

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 apart the godly

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 for himself.

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 Know it.

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 Believe this

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 in your mind.

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 This is what God

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 says in scripture.

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 Know that this

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 is true for you.

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 We know this

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 from Ephesians 1.

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 Before the foundation

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 of the world,

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 you are chosen

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 in Christ.

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 He has set

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 you apart

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 for himself.

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 Know that this

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 is true.

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 It's what God

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 has declared.

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 This is what Paul

00:20:01.919 --> 00:20:03.099
 says in Ephesians 6.

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 To know

00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:05.559
 is to cover

00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.099
 your head

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.859
 with this truth.

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 He calls this

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 the helmet

00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.899
 of your salvation.

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 You're under attack.

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 Put on the helmet

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 on your head.

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 Know in your mind

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 who you are.

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 You are saved

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 because you are

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 set apart

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 for God's purposes.

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 Now you're set

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 apart not because

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 of your good works.

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 John Gale

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 clarifies this

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 very helpfully.

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 Godliness

00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.900
 and good works

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 are the fruits

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 of God's election,

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 not the causes

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 of it.

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 But if God

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 has set you apart,

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 it will show up

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 as gospel fruit.

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 And so you add

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 your voice to the

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 choir with these

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 truths as well.

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 You testify in song.

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 I am set apart

00:20:49.679 --> 00:20:50.699
 for Christ,

00:20:50.939 --> 00:20:51.639
 my righteousness.

00:20:52.259 --> 00:20:53.079
 I cannot

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 be condemned.

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.399
 Christ is

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:57.220
 my righteousness.

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.879
 God hears me

00:20:58.879 --> 00:21:00.439
 because I belong

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:00.919
 to him.

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.359
 Christ has covered

00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.500
 me like a helmet.

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 I know in my mind

00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.919
 I belong to him.

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 Therefore,

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 he hears my cry

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 and he leads me

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 to enjoy

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 his true peace.

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 Make that your

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 prayer today.

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 Call out to God

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 with confidence

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 that he hears you.

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.360
 Well, David's

00:21:21.360 --> 00:21:21.880
 not done.

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 How else

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 does God put

00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:26.019
 true peace

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.880
 and heavenly

00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.620
 gladness

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 inside the hearts

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 of his people

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.920
 in this world?

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 As you rehearse

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.299
 gospel truths

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.500
 with God's people,

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:38.380
 we see in

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.040
 psalm 4 that

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 God not only

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.100
 renews your mind,

00:21:41.260 --> 00:21:41.840
 makes you know

00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.100
 this,

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.980
 he also

00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.360
 transforms your

00:21:44.360 --> 00:21:45.780
 heart and

00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:46.820
 your life.

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 See, the light

00:21:48.300 --> 00:21:48.800
 of the gospel

00:21:48.800 --> 00:21:49.600
 through the mind,

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 God causes you

00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.980
 to grasp

00:21:51.980 --> 00:21:52.720
 and behold

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 how glorious

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.220
 he is,

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 then it works

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.980
 its way into

00:21:55.980 --> 00:21:56.580
 your heart

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 and from your

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.240
 heart it works

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.860
 its way out

00:21:58.860 --> 00:22:00.080
 in your life.

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:01.260
 Look at verse 4.

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 Stand in awe.

00:22:05.540 --> 00:22:06.900
 Be dismayed.

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:08.620
 Stand with

00:22:08.620 --> 00:22:10.200
 angry trembling

00:22:10.200 --> 00:22:11.100
 is the Hebrew

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.580
 poetry,

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:13.480
 but do not

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.180
 sin.

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.720
 The world

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.220
 and the enemies

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.660
 of God

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.360
 come hard

00:22:19.360 --> 00:22:20.420
 after your soul

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.900
 and we need

00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:22.560
 to withdraw,

00:22:22.780 --> 00:22:23.160
 we need to

00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.640
 retreat

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.940
 into stillness

00:22:24.940 --> 00:22:25.780
 and solitude.

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.540
 How often,

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.580
 one commentator

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.080
 pointed out

00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:30.600
 that man

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.480
 reverses this,

00:22:31.620 --> 00:22:32.220
 we sin,

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.240
 yet we don't

00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.040
 tremble at God.

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.480
 David says,

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:35.980
 tremble,

00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:37.319
 tremble in fear

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.859
 and anger,

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.500
 but don't sin.

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 Commune

00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.920
 with your own

00:22:41.920 --> 00:22:42.399
 heart,

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.859
 ponder in your

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.480
 own heart

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.440
 upon your beds

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.480
 in your private

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.799
 retreat where

00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:48.139
 you've turned

00:22:48.139 --> 00:22:49.019
 the TV off,

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.940
 you've left

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.319
 the phone

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:51.099
 in another room,

00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.799
 it's you

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:54.220
 alone with

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:54.659
 your maker.

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.019
 You are

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.740
 preparing your

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.220
 soul for

00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.879
 eternity with

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.180
 God.

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.920
 Your soul

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.240
 is being

00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.920
 prepared for

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.220
 heaven.

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.940
 You're preparing

00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.559
 yourself for

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:03.940
 your day

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.240
 of your

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.620
 death.

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.539
 In that

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:06.940
 moment,

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.180
 let God

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.740
 get real

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.240
 with you.

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.100
 Tremble,

00:23:11.860 --> 00:23:12.559
 tremble at

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.220
 what lies

00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.960
 ahead of

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.120
 you.

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:15.799
 You be

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.340
 silent.

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:18.180
 Let the

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.660
 truth of

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:18.980
 God's

00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:19.720
 word sweep

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.320
 over you.

00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:22.900
 See,

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.400
 many have

00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:23.940
 given up

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.340
 on true

00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:24.799
 peace and

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.380
 that temptation

00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.960
 is there

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.720
 for every

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.240
 single one

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.480
 of us,

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:27.820
 as long

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.100
 as we're

00:23:28.100 --> 00:23:28.340
 in the

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:28.680
 flesh,

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.480
 as long

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:29.779
 as we're

00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.140
 in this

00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:30.500
 world,

00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.120
 and as

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.539
 long as

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:31.880
 Satan

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.640
 is

00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:32.980
 roaming

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.960
 about

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.340
 like a

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.600
 lion,

00:23:34.760 --> 00:23:35.020
 seeking

00:23:35.020 --> 00:23:35.740
 whom he

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:35.980
 can

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.500
 devour.

00:23:39.860 --> 00:23:40.440
 Your

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:40.820
 conscience

00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:41.440
 accuses

00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:41.660
 you,

00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:42.800
 the flesh

00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:43.260
 and Satan

00:23:43.260 --> 00:23:43.520
 and the

00:23:43.520 --> 00:23:44.040
 world say,

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.920
 well then

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.380
 sear your

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.860
 conscience.

00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.760
 Just give

00:23:47.760 --> 00:23:48.260
 yourself to

00:23:48.260 --> 00:23:49.000
 those temptations

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.640
 and sear it

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.160
 so it stops

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.440
 hurting.

00:23:51.540 --> 00:23:52.260
 Or numb

00:23:52.260 --> 00:23:53.000
 your conscience,

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.100
 numb that

00:23:54.100 --> 00:23:54.500
 guilt,

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:57.060
 self-medicate,

00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.680
 alcohol,

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.320
 drugs.

00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:01.559
 you won't

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.299
 have peace

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:02.839
 with that

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.159
 kind of

00:24:03.159 --> 00:24:03.619
 a conscience.

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.099
 That's the

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.759
 temptation of

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.159
 the world

00:24:06.159 --> 00:24:06.439
 and the

00:24:06.439 --> 00:24:06.839
 flesh and

00:24:06.839 --> 00:24:07.220
 the devil.

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:08.899
 And that

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:09.559
 temptation is

00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:09.980
 real for

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.439
 every single

00:24:10.439 --> 00:24:10.779
 one of

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.039
 us.

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.759
 David

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.579
 confesses

00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:16.839
 in that

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.279
 anger,

00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:18.179
 in that

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:19.099
 powerful

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.740
 temptation,

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.579
 you need

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.139
 to look

00:24:22.139 --> 00:24:22.439
 at verse

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:22.700
 five,

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.039
 you need

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.599
 to offer

00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:24.159
 up the

00:24:24.159 --> 00:24:24.740
 sacrifice

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.639
 of

00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.200
 righteousness

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:27.299
 and put

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.319
 your trust

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.660
 in the

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.039
 Lord.

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.700
 God has

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.160
 set you

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:35.759
 apart for

00:24:35.759 --> 00:24:36.220
 himself.

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.480
 You are

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.519
 not enslaved

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.460
 to sin.

00:24:40.080 --> 00:24:40.559
 You have

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.200
 no reason

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:42.160
 to fear

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.940
 any longer.

00:24:43.400 --> 00:24:44.039
 You can

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.960
 know true

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:46.080
 peace and

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.380
 you must

00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:47.100
 practice.

00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.100
 You must

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:49.340
 practice living

00:24:49.340 --> 00:24:50.200
 out who

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.740
 you are

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.700
 in Christ.

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.519
 George

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.019
 Swinock,

00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.539
 Puritan,

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:54.840
 said,

00:24:54.839 --> 00:24:55.639
 commune

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.419
 with your

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.259
 own self.

00:24:58.679 --> 00:24:59.419
 Think about

00:24:59.419 --> 00:25:00.099
 that phrase,

00:25:00.459 --> 00:25:00.839
 commune

00:25:00.839 --> 00:25:01.159
 with your

00:25:01.159 --> 00:25:01.599
 own self.

00:25:01.699 --> 00:25:01.879
 You're

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.439
 asking your

00:25:02.439 --> 00:25:02.919
 soul these

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.439
 questions.

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.779
 Where are

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.319
 you from?

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.220
 Well,

00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:07.699
 God made

00:25:07.699 --> 00:25:07.879
 me.

00:25:09.879 --> 00:25:10.639
 For what

00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:11.079
 end were

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.619
 you made?

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:14.019
 For God's

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.359
 glory,

00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.299
 to know

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.579
 him and

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.059
 enjoy him

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.399
 forever.

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.139
 How are

00:25:18.139 --> 00:25:18.519
 you living

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.139
 this life?

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.759
 I need

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.099
 more of

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.459
 Christ.

00:25:24.839 --> 00:25:25.599
 How is

00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:25.919
 it going

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.399
 for you?

00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.240
 When I

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:28.759
 don't trust

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.159
 Christ,

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.619
 it goes

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:29.939
 bad.

00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:32.439
 Do you

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:33.220
 have true

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.679
 joy?

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.539
 When I'm

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.099
 in Christ,

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.619
 I do.

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.099
 What's

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:40.339
 your tomorrow?

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.339
 When you

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.819
 wake up,

00:25:42.199 --> 00:25:42.579
 what's your

00:25:42.579 --> 00:25:42.919
 future?

00:25:44.699 --> 00:25:45.459
 God has

00:25:45.459 --> 00:25:45.819
 to guide

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.439
 me every

00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:46.859
 step.

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.539
 I need

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.959
 to trust

00:25:47.959 --> 00:25:48.399
 him more.

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.099
 Do you

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.480
 know

00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:51.159
 true

00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:52.059
 peace?

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:56.059
 in the

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.460
 quiet,

00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.679
 in the

00:25:57.679 --> 00:25:58.200
 silence,

00:25:59.279 --> 00:25:59.619
 offer

00:25:59.619 --> 00:25:59.879
 your

00:25:59.879 --> 00:26:00.519
 sacrifice

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.859
 of

00:26:00.859 --> 00:26:01.659
 righteousness.

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.299
 He

00:26:03.299 --> 00:26:03.659
 declared

00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:04.099
 already,

00:26:04.619 --> 00:26:05.059
 verse 1,

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:05.480
 God is

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:05.659
 my

00:26:05.659 --> 00:26:06.159
 righteousness.

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.559
 Now he's

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.839
 saying,

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:08.899
 that righteousness

00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.500
 that God

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.039
 gave and

00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:10.480
 put over

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.720
 me,

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.579
 it works

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.179
 itself out

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.440
 in my

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.819
 life.

00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.700
 It does.

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.740
 Slowly,

00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:15.720
 through

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.200
 stumbling,

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.139
 but it

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.859
 works itself

00:26:17.859 --> 00:26:18.179
 out.

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:19.359
 That's the

00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:20.059
 conclusion Paul

00:26:20.059 --> 00:26:20.599
 comes to in

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.159
 Romans 12.

00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.840
 offer up

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.259
 your bodies

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.820
 as living

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.580
 sacrifices.

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:24.920
 You belong

00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.400
 to God.

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:25.980
 What a joy

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.279
 that you

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.720
 belong to

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:26.940
 him.

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:27.640
 You don't

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:27.880
 want to

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.300
 belong to

00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:28.779
 yourself.

00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.740
 So you

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.220
 offer your

00:26:31.220 --> 00:26:31.560
 body,

00:26:31.920 --> 00:26:32.519
 not as

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.040
 your own

00:26:33.040 --> 00:26:34.000
 substitutionary

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.920
 sacrifice to

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.460
 be made

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.880
 right with

00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:36.200
 God,

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:38.279
 but because

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.700
 you have

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.080
 put your

00:26:39.080 --> 00:26:39.560
 trust in

00:26:39.560 --> 00:26:40.040
 the Lord

00:26:40.040 --> 00:26:40.880
 as your

00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:41.400
 righteousness,

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.500
 you offer

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.180
 yourself as

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.600
 a living

00:26:43.600 --> 00:26:44.960
 sacrifice because

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.840
 this is

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.800
 your reasonable

00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:48.040
 act of

00:26:48.040 --> 00:26:48.540
 service.

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:50.400
 You obey

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:51.320
 because you

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.980
 are grateful

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.060
 to be made

00:26:53.060 --> 00:26:53.940
 right by

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.259
 him,

00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:55.200
 by grace

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.519
 alone.

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.080
 You ponder,

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.140
 Benjamin

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.740
 Keech said,

00:27:00.400 --> 00:27:01.200
 how from

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:02.280
 Christ flow

00:27:02.280 --> 00:27:03.019
 to you the

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.780
 assurance of

00:27:03.780 --> 00:27:04.480
 God's love,

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.519
 peace of

00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:06.019
 conscience,

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.200
 joy in the

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.840
 Holy Spirit,

00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:08.900
 increasing

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.680
 grace,

00:27:10.580 --> 00:27:11.140
 perseverance

00:27:11.140 --> 00:27:12.080
 to the

00:27:12.080 --> 00:27:12.519
 end.

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:14.100
 You ponder

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:15.180
 this glorious

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.660
 gospel,

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.240
 all the

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:17.560
 blessings flowing

00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.320
 from the hand

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.939
 of Christ,

00:27:19.379 --> 00:27:20.159
 your mediator,

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.019
 your righteousness

00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.439
 for the rest

00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:23.259
 of your life

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.039
 in increasing

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:25.279
 measure until

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.159
 that final day

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.939
 where you get

00:27:26.939 --> 00:27:28.779
 him physically

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:30.059
 and consummately.

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:33.099
 This joyful

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.399
 gospel melody,

00:27:34.700 --> 00:27:36.960
 it reigns in,

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:38.019
 it gives peace

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:39.179
 to our wild

00:27:39.179 --> 00:27:39.779
 emotions.

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.799
 You can talk

00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:41.299
 to a music

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.859
 therapist,

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.939
 they'll see a

00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.679
 little child

00:27:43.679 --> 00:27:44.139
 with their

00:27:44.139 --> 00:27:44.980
 emotions going

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.419
 wild,

00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.880
 and the

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.640
 soothing sound

00:27:47.640 --> 00:27:48.300
 of a melody,

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.539
 it helps to

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.120
 settle them

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.940
 and that melody

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.740
 draws those

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.500
 wild emotions

00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.560
 and it starts

00:27:53.560 --> 00:27:54.160
 to teach them

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.600
 a rhythm

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:56.080
 and a cadence

00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:57.080
 and settles

00:27:57.080 --> 00:27:57.680
 them in.

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:58.620
 The melody

00:27:58.620 --> 00:27:59.680
 wins over

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.840
 the emotions.

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.800
 In the silence

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:05.279
 before God,

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.100
 you need a

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.539
 mediator,

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.300
 you need Jesus

00:28:08.300 --> 00:28:09.100
 Christ alone

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:10.300
 and when you

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:11.080
 hear the melody

00:28:11.080 --> 00:28:12.160
 of his gospel,

00:28:12.580 --> 00:28:13.420
 he brings you

00:28:13.420 --> 00:28:14.480
 into alignment

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.640
 by the work

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.279
 of his spirit

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:17.460
 and he changes

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:18.099
 you.

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.960
 He draws in

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.420
 your wild

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:21.160
 emotions and

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.819
 he brings you

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:23.380
 joy, the joy

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.400
 of heaven and

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:25.240
 the peace that

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:26.660
 passes understanding.

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.000
 It works its way

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.700
 out from your

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.880
 mind into your

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:31.160
 heart, into every

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.120
 aspect of your

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:33.759
 life slowly, but

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.519
 for a lifetime

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.940
 without fail.

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.059
 The good work

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.819
 that God begins,

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.779
 he always sees

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.759
 through to the

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.480
 end and that is

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.480
 true for your

00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.860
 life.

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:41.919
 love.

00:28:44.099 --> 00:28:44.959
 I want to draw

00:28:44.959 --> 00:28:45.379
 your attention

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.059
 next to verse

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:48.899
 six because God

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:51.139
 transforms from

00:28:51.139 --> 00:28:52.259
 the inside your

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.659
 love.

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.279
 God transforms

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:55.159
 what his people

00:28:55.159 --> 00:28:55.699
 love.

00:28:57.199 --> 00:28:58.179
 So you love

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:59.179
 something different

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.699
 than you used

00:28:59.699 --> 00:29:00.740
 to love and

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.179
 then God

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:02.839
 satisfies what

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:04.079
 you most desire.

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:05.839
 Verse six,

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.279
 seven, and

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.719
 eight are the

00:29:06.719 --> 00:29:07.819
 glorious verses

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.619
 of this psalm.

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.579
 In verse six,

00:29:09.719 --> 00:29:10.219
 David says,

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.900
 there are many

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.799
 who say who

00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.380
 will show us

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.940
 some good.

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.519
 There's the

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.220
 contrast, the

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.539
 way that

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.380
 perishes versus

00:29:16.380 --> 00:29:17.240
 those who are

00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:17.960
 set apart for

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.259
 God.

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.559
 In verse two,

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.000
 he had said

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.480
 there are many

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.640
 who love vain

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.140
 words.

00:29:22.420 --> 00:29:23.140
 He's looking at

00:29:23.140 --> 00:29:23.740
 their hearts,

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.620
 their desires,

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.460
 what they seek.

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:27.220
 He says they

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:28.400
 seek after lies.

00:29:30.600 --> 00:29:31.279
 See, if you

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:32.059
 stay on that way

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.620
 that perishes,

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.460
 if your loves,

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.120
 if your heart

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.539
 are never

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.440
 transformed by

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:37.000
 God, you

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.160
 will never

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.839
 find joy.

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:39.539
 You will

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.259
 never have

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:41.220
 peace with

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:42.119
 God unless

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:42.939
 he changes

00:29:42.939 --> 00:29:43.379
 what you

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:43.699
 love.

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.419
 And there

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.839
 are many,

00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:47.279
 there are many

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:47.919
 who are chasing

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.720
 after peace

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.279
 and chasing

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.879
 after joy

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.199
 that will

00:29:50.199 --> 00:29:51.240
 never find

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.419
 it.

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.919
 They trust

00:29:53.919 --> 00:29:54.419
 in man,

00:29:55.099 --> 00:29:56.500
 they will be

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.000
 disappointed.

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.679
 They trust

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.159
 in their own

00:29:59.159 --> 00:29:59.939
 good works

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.699
 or some

00:30:00.699 --> 00:30:01.819
 other man-centered

00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.299
 method,

00:30:02.619 --> 00:30:03.819
 they will be

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.359
 disappointed.

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.459
 Buddhism says

00:30:06.459 --> 00:30:06.980
 kill your

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.480
 desires.

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:09.440
 many people

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.860
 are swept

00:30:09.860 --> 00:30:10.360
 into these

00:30:10.360 --> 00:30:10.680
 eastern

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:12.079
 false religions

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:12.559
 and it says

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.460
 just don't

00:30:13.460 --> 00:30:14.339
 desire anything.

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.660
 Don't love

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.059
 anything,

00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:17.460
 don't be

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.019
 attached to

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.440
 it and that

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.700
 way you

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.360
 won't experience

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.759
 pain.

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.420
 That's not

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.880
 how God

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.240
 works.

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.900
 God gives

00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.539
 you a deeper

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.059
 desire,

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:26.039
 an overcoming

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.180
 love and

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.000
 the love for

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:29.299
 God and for

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.759
 what God

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.519
 loves sweeps

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.160
 over and it

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:32.480
 transforms your

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.480
 loves and your

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.880
 desires.

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.360
 It doesn't

00:30:34.360 --> 00:30:35.120
 kill off

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.559
 passion,

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.879
 it replaces

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:37.960
 fleshly

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:39.019
 passion with

00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.659
 a greater

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.099
 love,

00:30:40.419 --> 00:30:40.940
 a greater

00:30:40.940 --> 00:30:41.759
 desire for

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.740
 Christ and

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.379
 his kingdom

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.319
 alone.

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.679
 Jesus said

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:47.259
 seek first

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:48.279
 my kingdom

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.000
 and my

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.500
 righteousness.

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.500
 Jesus came

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.359
 to satisfy

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:52.980
 the deepest

00:30:52.980 --> 00:30:53.779
 longings of

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.339
 our soul.

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.419
 Look what

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:56.220
 David exclaims

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.740
 in verse 6.

00:30:56.819 --> 00:30:57.079
 He says,

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:58.399
 Lord lift up

00:30:58.399 --> 00:30:59.019
 the light of

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.940
 thy countenance,

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:00.940
 the light of

00:31:00.940 --> 00:31:01.899
 your face upon

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.539
 us, O Lord.

00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.579
 That's what he

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.179
 loves now.

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:05.000
 That's what he

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.580
 desires.

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.340
 He wants to

00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:06.799
 know nothing

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.420
 else except

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.759
 the face of

00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.560
 God, the

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.340
 fellowship of

00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.700
 God, the

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.240
 peace of

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:13.000
 knowing I am

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.480
 right with

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:13.880
 God.

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.720
 Let your

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.799
 face shine

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.380
 upon me.

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:18.259
 This is

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.840
 language from

00:31:18.840 --> 00:31:19.640
 the Aaronic

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.299
 blessing, the

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.019
 brother of

00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.720
 Moses, Aaron,

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.100
 the high

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.920
 priest, who

00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.460
 is a picture

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:24.640
 of Christ and

00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:25.180
 he would bless

00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:25.600
 the people.

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.880
 May the face

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:28.220
 of God shine

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.200
 upon you, his

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.560
 people.

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.980
 And that's

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.840
 only possible by

00:31:31.840 --> 00:31:32.539
 the work of

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.700
 God on

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.500
 your behalf.

00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.259
 God

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.139
 transforms

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.399
 your love.

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.759
 And then he

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.759
 satisfies that

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.759
 new desire.

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.639
 Look at the

00:31:43.639 --> 00:31:44.639
 glorious declaration

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.500
 in verse 7.

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.339
 God, thou

00:31:48.339 --> 00:31:49.379
 hast put

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:51.039
 gladness in

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.639
 my heart.

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.879
 Who put the

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.480
 gladness in

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:55.079
 David's heart?

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.940
 God himself

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.960
 put gladness in

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.399
 his heart.

00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.839
 And how did

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.480
 David get

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:01.420
 gladness inside

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:01.920
 his heart?

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:04.120
 God put it

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.539
 in him.

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:05.940
 He couldn't

00:32:05.940 --> 00:32:06.660
 fabricate it

00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.640
 for himself.

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.000
 And he

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.960
 says, what

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.380
 kind of

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.000
 gladness is

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.240
 this?

00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:12.000
 The best

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.460
 way he can

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.039
 describe it

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:13.740
 is it is

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.980
 more joy

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:16.420
 than they

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.060
 have at

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.800
 harvest time.

00:32:18.360 --> 00:32:19.080
 At harvest

00:32:19.080 --> 00:32:19.620
 time is when

00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.160
 their grain

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.779
 abounds.

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.440
 It's when

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.039
 they're collecting

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.460
 all the

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.320
 grapes and

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:23.840
 pressing them

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.539
 into wine.

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.300
 There's

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:25.860
 abundance.

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.800
 They are

00:32:26.800 --> 00:32:27.620
 happy because

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.580
 of temporal,

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.960
 worldly things.

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.819
 And he

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.340
 sees their

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:31.779
 gladness.

00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:32.360
 But the

00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.960
 gladness that

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.620
 God put in

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.500
 his heart when

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.940
 he's all

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:36.360
 alone, empty

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.120
 without anything

00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:37.799
 of this world,

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.220
 it surpasses

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.319
 that by far.

00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.079
 It's a

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.840
 gladness that's

00:32:41.840 --> 00:32:42.559
 otherworldly.

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.240
 It's the

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.860
 gladness and

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.299
 joy from

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:45.400
 heaven put in

00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:46.039
 his heart by

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.420
 God.

00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:51.519
 And that's

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:53.539
 why we can

00:32:53.539 --> 00:32:55.160
 believe what

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.059
 1 Peter 4

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.740
 teaches us,

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:57.160
 that the

00:32:57.160 --> 00:32:58.220
 spirit of

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:58.819
 God's

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.559
 glory,

00:33:00.380 --> 00:33:00.960
 the shining

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.539
 face of

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:01.759
 God,

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.519
 it rests

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.620
 upon you

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:03.900
 too,

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.319
 church,

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.160
 through the

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.920
 work of

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.799
 Christ Jesus.

00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.720
 Watson points

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.059
 out this

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.720
 contrast for

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.180
 the Christian,

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.799
 there is

00:33:10.799 --> 00:33:11.680
 more difference

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.940
 between heavenly

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:14.380
 gladness than

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.380
 earthly gladness

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.120
 than there is

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.839
 between eating

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.480
 the finest

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:18.880
 banquet and

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.940
 looking at a

00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.480
 mere painting

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:20.960
 of one.

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.960
 In verse

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.559
 8, David

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.900
 says,

00:33:23.900 --> 00:33:24.380
 I will

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:25.200
 both lay

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.340
 down in

00:33:26.340 --> 00:33:27.580
 peace and

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.420
 sleep.

00:33:28.800 --> 00:33:29.440
 He says,

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.340
 in peace,

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.019
 I will both

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.519
 lay down and

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.860
 I will,

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.480
 when I'm

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:33.900
 putting my

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.700
 pajamas on,

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.400
 I will know

00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.180
 that when I

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.540
 lay down,

00:33:36.600 --> 00:33:36.840
 I'm going to

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.340
 be asleep.

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:39.160
 The reason I

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.100
 can lay down

00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:40.740
 and sleep is

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.560
 because you,

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.160
 Lord only,

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.720
 you alone,

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.960
 God, make me

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:47.440
 dwell in

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.480
 safety.

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:52.440
 one pastor

00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.059
 pointed out,

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.900
 they sleep

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:55.279
 most soundly

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:57.039
 whom faith

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.519
 rocks to

00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:58.920
 sleep.

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.579
 No prayer

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.279
 so soft

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.860
 as God's

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.299
 promise,

00:34:03.860 --> 00:34:04.559
 no cover

00:34:04.559 --> 00:34:05.460
 so warm

00:34:05.460 --> 00:34:06.900
 as assurance

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:07.980
 in Christ.

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.559
 Ask God

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.940
 to put his

00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:13.539
 gladness in

00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:14.019
 your heart,

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.639
 to rock you

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.340
 to sleep

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.000
 with that

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.639
 gift of

00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.039
 faith,

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.320
 that warm

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:20.199
 blanket of

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.980
 assurance of

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.960
 knowing you

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.980
 belong to

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.860
 God and

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.460
 he alone

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:24.920
 makes you

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:26.280
 dwell safely

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.599
 in his

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:28.960
 arms this

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:30.039
 night and

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.320
 when you

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:30.679
 take your

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.519
 final sleep

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.380
 at the end

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.659
 of your

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.019
 life.

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:36.000
 When you

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.440
 think of

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:36.780
 heavenly

00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.219
 things,

00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.820
 Proverbs

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.480
 says,

00:34:39.039 --> 00:34:39.360
 Proverbs

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.099
 321,

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.519
 that you

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.000
 will sleep

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.940
 more sweetly.

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.920
 When you

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.320
 think of

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.199
 God as

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:44.579
 you go to

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.840
 bed,

00:34:45.219 --> 00:34:45.480
 Proverbs

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.179
 622

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.639
 says,

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.240
 your head

00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.920
 will be

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.800
 fuller of

00:34:48.800 --> 00:34:49.460
 good thoughts.

00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:52.039
 There's a

00:34:52.039 --> 00:34:52.860
 great hymn I

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.300
 heard for the

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:53.880
 first time

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:55.139
 with the

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.500
 church that

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.019
 we visited

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:57.240
 overseas a

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.700
 couple weeks

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.019
 ago.

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.980
 One of the

00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.619
 verses goes

00:34:59.619 --> 00:35:00.159
 like this,

00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:01.500
 the day you

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.039
 gave us,

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.400
 Lord,

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.240
 is ended.

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.800
 The darkness

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.840
 falls at

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:07.000
 your request.

00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:08.659
 To you

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.460
 are morning

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.960
 hymns

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.639
 ascended.

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.440
 Your praise

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.980
 shall sanctify

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:15.180
 our rest.

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:16.619
 If you

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.000
 can fall

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.559
 asleep with

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.039
 the praise

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.460
 of God

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.779
 on your

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.159
 lips,

00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:20.159
 the thoughts

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.659
 of God

00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.099
 on your

00:35:21.099 --> 00:35:21.539
 mind,

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.399
 isn't that

00:35:22.399 --> 00:35:22.799
 a glorious

00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.299
 thought that

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.799
 even as

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.460
 you're sleeping,

00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.279
 the Holy

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.819
 Spirit is

00:35:25.819 --> 00:35:26.679
 sanctifying you,

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:28.279
 you rest

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.319
 in safety.

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:32.239
 So to bring

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.779
 it together,

00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:34.639
 I've tried to

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.159
 show you from

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:35.980
 Psalm 4 how

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.399
 God leads

00:35:37.399 --> 00:35:38.539
 His people.

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:39.779
 I want to

00:35:39.779 --> 00:35:40.279
 remind you,

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.060
 God leads

00:35:41.060 --> 00:35:42.120
 all of His

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:44.200
 people to

00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:44.920
 enjoy true

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.100
 peace, both

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:47.480
 in life and

00:35:47.480 --> 00:35:48.480
 in death.

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.260
 This is just

00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:50.840
 as true for

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.160
 you as it

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.620
 is for our

00:35:52.620 --> 00:35:53.120
 brothers and

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:54.220
 sisters in

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:55.040
 South India.

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.000
 And they

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:57.940
 don't know for

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.340
 sure what

00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.720
 they're going to

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.060
 feed their

00:35:59.060 --> 00:35:59.800
 family tomorrow,

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.360
 but they have

00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:02.100
 the peace that

00:36:02.100 --> 00:36:03.160
 passes understanding.

00:36:03.540 --> 00:36:04.300
 They have the

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.080
 joy of heaven.

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.000
 The church

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.580
 around the

00:36:07.580 --> 00:36:08.380
 world each

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:09.140
 night can

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.940
 pray Psalm

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.760
 4.8,

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:11.740
 In peace

00:36:11.740 --> 00:36:12.280
 I will

00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:12.700
 sleep.

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.740
 For Thou

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:14.300
 Lord only

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.940
 and You

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.500
 alone, O

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.320
 Lord, make

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:17.280
 me and my

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.760
 loved ones

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.740
 dwell in

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:19.159
 safety.

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:22.740
 That hymn

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.400
 that I

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.860
 mentioned a

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.420
 moment ago,

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.880
 it goes on

00:36:25.880 --> 00:36:26.860
 to describe

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.900
 this glorious

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.659
 truth of the

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.300
 church falling

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:30.500
 asleep throughout

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.840
 all the

00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:31.420
 different parts

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.679
 of the

00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:31.980
 world.

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:34.200
 Picture the

00:36:34.200 --> 00:36:35.119
 prayer lifted

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.619
 up by the

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.139
 church throughout

00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.280
 the day and

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:37.780
 then the sun

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:38.500
 sets, but a

00:36:38.500 --> 00:36:38.920
 new part of

00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:39.200
 the world

00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.820
 receives the

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.160
 light and

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.700
 their new

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.240
 day begin

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:41.820
 and their

00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:42.420
 praises go

00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:42.700
 up.

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:43.920
 The English

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.480
 used to say

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.100
 the sun never

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:45.660
 sets on the

00:36:45.660 --> 00:36:46.340
 British Empire.

00:36:47.080 --> 00:36:47.680
 Well, this is

00:36:47.680 --> 00:36:48.860
 way more true of

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.400
 the church of

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.280
 God through all

00:36:50.280 --> 00:36:50.820
 centuries.

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.180
 The sun never

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:52.960
 sets on the

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.700
 praises going

00:36:53.700 --> 00:36:54.740
 up to heaven.

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.820
 And as one

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.200
 part of the

00:36:56.200 --> 00:36:56.680
 church falls

00:36:56.680 --> 00:36:57.220
 asleep, the

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:57.640
 other parts

00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:58.100
 are waking

00:36:58.100 --> 00:37:00.019
 so that 24-7,

00:37:00.180 --> 00:37:00.880
 even on earth

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.780
 as it is in

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.519
 heaven, God

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.780
 is being glorified

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.500
 through singing,

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.940
 through praise.

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:08.639
 The hymn

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.099
 says, we

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.980
 thank you that

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.840
 your church

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.860
 unsleeping

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.760
 while earth

00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:13.920
 rolls onward

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.800
 into light,

00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:15.780
 through all

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.280
 the world

00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:16.880
 her watch

00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:17.420
 is keeping

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.320
 and never

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.420
 rests by

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.079
 day or

00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.500
 night.

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:23.240
 As over

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:24.280
 continent and

00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:25.320
 island each

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.320
 dawn leads

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.820
 to another

00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.940
 day, the

00:37:27.940 --> 00:37:28.559
 voice of

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.119
 prayer is

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:30.539
 never silent,

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:31.740
 nor do thy

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.760
 praises die

00:37:32.760 --> 00:37:33.519
 away.

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:35.280
 I've been

00:37:35.280 --> 00:37:35.800
 so humbled

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.259
 in the last

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.679
 few weeks,

00:37:36.759 --> 00:37:37.179
 I've got to

00:37:37.179 --> 00:37:38.059
 rub shoulders

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.460
 and just

00:37:38.460 --> 00:37:39.000
 encourage

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.800
 brothers and

00:37:39.800 --> 00:37:40.280
 sisters from

00:37:40.280 --> 00:37:40.780
 around the

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.039
 world.

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.860
 And I think

00:37:41.860 --> 00:37:42.360
 of Leonardo

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:43.300
 in the

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:44.420
 Philippines and

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.000
 his study of

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:45.500
 Romans 8.

00:37:45.539 --> 00:37:45.860
 I'm so

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.400
 encouraged by

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:46.759
 what he's

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:47.019
 doing.

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.619
 I think

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.239
 of Singhi

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.079
 in Nepal

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.940
 working with

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:51.119
 children who

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:52.219
 don't have

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.699
 access to

00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:53.340
 good education

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.699
 and they're

00:37:53.699 --> 00:37:54.139
 bringing them

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.519
 Christian

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:55.619
 education at

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:56.400
 great peril to

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.000
 their families.

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.860
 I think of

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.739
 Paulus in

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:59.360
 South India

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:01.019
 who signed

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.659
 up officially

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:02.039
 with the

00:38:02.039 --> 00:38:02.539
 government as

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:02.880
 being a

00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.179
 Christian,

00:38:03.179 --> 00:38:03.739
 knowing that

00:38:03.739 --> 00:38:04.039
 it would

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:05.419
 eliminate job

00:38:05.419 --> 00:38:06.679
 opportunities for

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.099
 him and his

00:38:07.099 --> 00:38:07.460
 family.

00:38:07.819 --> 00:38:08.539
 I think of

00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:09.500
 Arted in

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.719
 Latvia, the

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.319
 church planting

00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:11.919
 that's going on

00:38:11.919 --> 00:38:12.419
 in Eastern

00:38:12.419 --> 00:38:13.159
 Europe, former

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:14.099
 Soviet countries,

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.859
 and I'm so

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:15.440
 encouraged by

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.159
 their zeal for

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.559
 the Lord.

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:17.699
 I think of

00:38:17.699 --> 00:38:18.379
 Sam who we

00:38:18.379 --> 00:38:19.440
 heard from last

00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:20.519
 week in North

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.759
 Africa, the

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.759
 work that God

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:23.339
 has put on their

00:38:23.339 --> 00:38:24.039
 heart to do to

00:38:24.039 --> 00:38:24.980
 take the gospel to

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.619
 this people who

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:26.259
 would never hear

00:38:26.259 --> 00:38:26.619
 otherwise.

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.699
 I think of

00:38:27.699 --> 00:38:28.739
 Clint in

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.179
 Calgary,

00:38:29.339 --> 00:38:30.559
 Canada, and

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.219
 the Lord planted

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:31.919
 their church I

00:38:31.919 --> 00:38:32.819
 think 17 years

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.640
 ago, and

00:38:33.640 --> 00:38:34.400
 now he's

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.800
 seeing many

00:38:34.800 --> 00:38:35.340
 more come to

00:38:35.340 --> 00:38:35.880
 the faith and

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:36.420
 a church being

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:37.380
 planted by

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.080
 God's grace.

00:38:38.300 --> 00:38:38.940
 You see, as we

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.600
 move over the

00:38:39.600 --> 00:38:40.500
 continents all the

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:41.059
 way around the

00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:42.500
 world, God is

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.200
 at work.

00:38:43.620 --> 00:38:44.420
 In that hymn, the

00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:45.260
 last verse says,

00:38:45.260 --> 00:39:00.500
 God promised of

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.099
 Christ's glorious

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.239
 day in Isaiah 51

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:03.400
 11, that the

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.300
 ransomed of the

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.900
 Lord shall return

00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:07.440
 with singing.

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.820
 Sorrow and

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.980
 sighing shall flee

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.360
 away.

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:13.260
 Everlasting joy

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:14.559
 shall be upon our

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.840
 heads, and we

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.900
 shall obtain

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:18.639
 gladness and

00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:19.019
 joy.

00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:21.599
 Picture Christ on

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.559
 that last glorious

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.460
 day when we will

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.420
 see his face

00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:25.960
 shining upon us,

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.519
 and he will

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.860
 see the great

00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:29.679
 harvest.

00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.900
 More than when

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.539
 any earthly

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:33.059
 fields abound in

00:39:33.059 --> 00:39:33.639
 harvest, here

00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:34.500
 comes the harvest

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.760
 of King Jesus,

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:37.059
 the harvest of

00:39:37.059 --> 00:39:38.059
 souls who he

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.240
 purchased with his

00:39:39.240 --> 00:39:40.079
 precious blood.

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.740
 And that same

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:45.000
 joy, Jesus Christ

00:39:45.000 --> 00:39:46.619
 puts in you while

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.639
 you are yet in this

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:47.960
 world.

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:50.420
 When your days on

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:50.960
 earth have

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:52.579
 ripened and the

00:39:52.579 --> 00:39:53.740
 end has come for

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.480
 your soul, as

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.599
 someone put it, to

00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:57.139
 enter Christ's

00:39:57.139 --> 00:39:58.519
 heavenly rest.

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.719
 The harvest of

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.400
 your soul is

00:40:00.400 --> 00:40:00.719
 coming.

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.599
 There is a rest

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.460
 that's yet to

00:40:03.460 --> 00:40:04.000
 come, Hebrews

00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:04.659
 tells us.

00:40:05.699 --> 00:40:06.380
 So as you

00:40:06.380 --> 00:40:06.980
 prepare each

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.659
 night, you say

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:09.360
 Psalm 4a, I

00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:10.039
 will both lay

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.659
 me down in

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.719
 peace and sleep

00:40:11.719 --> 00:40:13.039
 for thou Lord

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:14.360
 only maketh me

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.619
 dwell in safety

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:17.480
 today and for

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:18.380
 my soul's

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.860
 eternal destiny.

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.340
 Yes, Jesus

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.980
 said in this

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.780
 world you will

00:40:22.780 --> 00:40:23.659
 have tribulation,

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:25.239
 but I give

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:26.099
 you my

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:28.079
 peace that

00:40:28.079 --> 00:40:29.259
 where I am

00:40:29.259 --> 00:40:30.159
 there you

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:31.199
 will one day

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:32.199
 be with me.

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.859
 If you are in

00:40:34.859 --> 00:40:35.579
 Christ today,

00:40:35.759 --> 00:40:36.599
 dear friends,

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:38.480
 you don't need

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:39.079
 to fear your

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.460
 death.

00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:40.319
 You need to

00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:41.399
 joyfully practice

00:40:41.399 --> 00:40:42.179
 for your death

00:40:42.179 --> 00:40:43.339
 each night when

00:40:43.339 --> 00:40:44.239
 your head hits

00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.679
 the pillow.

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.500
 You can lay

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.399
 down in peace

00:40:47.399 --> 00:40:48.719
 and sleep.

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:50.119
 If you trust in

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:51.199
 God as your

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:53.759
 righteousness, he

00:40:53.759 --> 00:40:55.779
 leads you to

00:40:55.779 --> 00:40:57.179
 enjoy true

00:40:57.179 --> 00:40:58.299
 peace more and

00:40:58.299 --> 00:40:58.939
 more each day

00:40:58.939 --> 00:41:00.179
 and each year

00:41:00.179 --> 00:41:00.659
 that he gives

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.279
 you to live.

00:41:01.699 --> 00:41:02.359
 Praise be to

00:41:02.359 --> 00:41:02.599
 God.

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.739
 Would you pray

00:41:04.739 --> 00:41:05.079
 with me?

00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:20.259
 God can, is

00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:20.699
 God next good

00:41:24.699 --> 00:41:24.799
 care.

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.460
 Allah