WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.960 I think you could say that David was in a good space when he wrote this psalm. 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:11.759 And he thinks on the majesty and the glory and the power of God. 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:15.120 And we have 50 verses to read together. 00:00:15.700 --> 00:00:17.140 So fasten your seatbelts. 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:19.000 I hope you have the text in front of you. 00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:22.980 And let's see if we can identify with David and his thoughts. 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:24.539 Psalm 18. 00:00:24.539 --> 00:00:29.359 To the choir master, a psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.859 who addressed the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 00:00:40.299 --> 00:00:44.460 He said, I love you, O Lord, my strength. 00:00:45.179 --> 00:00:52.780 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock in whom I take refuge, 00:00:52.780 --> 00:00:57.460 my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:03.759 I call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised and I am saved from my enemies. 00:01:04.820 --> 00:01:06.780 The cords of death encompassed me. 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:09.519 The torrents of destruction assailed me. 00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:12.260 The cords of Sheol entangled me. 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.180 The snares of death confronted me. 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.920 In my distress, I called upon the Lord. 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:21.659 To my God, I cried for help. 00:01:21.659 --> 00:01:28.299 From his temple, he heard my voice and my cry to him reached his ears. 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.299 Then the earth reeled and rocked. 00:01:31.420 --> 00:01:36.879 The foundations also of the mountains trembled and quaked because he was angry. 00:01:37.659 --> 00:01:41.759 Smoke went up from his nostrils and devouring fire from his mouth. 00:01:42.299 --> 00:01:45.099 Glowing coals flamed forth from him. 00:01:45.739 --> 00:01:48.199 He bowed the heavens and came down. 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:50.959 Thick darkness was under his feet. 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.519 He rode on a cherub and flew. 00:01:54.059 --> 00:01:56.479 He came swiftly on the wings of the wind. 00:01:57.199 --> 00:02:00.759 He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him. 00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:03.339 Thick clouds, dark with water. 00:02:04.099 --> 00:02:10.139 Out of the brightness before him, hailstones and coals of fire broke through his clouds. 00:02:10.939 --> 00:02:15.759 The Lord also thundered in the heavens and the Most High uttered his voice, 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:18.500 hailstones and coals of fire. 00:02:18.500 --> 00:02:22.000 And he sent out his arrows and scattered them. 00:02:22.400 --> 00:02:25.080 He flashed forth lightnings and routed them. 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.860 Then the channels of the sea were seen and the foundations of the world were laid bare. 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:36.360 At your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:38.700 He sent from on high. 00:02:38.760 --> 00:02:40.000 He took me. 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.620 He drew me out of many waters. 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:50.100 He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. 00:02:50.660 --> 00:02:56.680 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. 00:02:56.680 --> 00:02:59.900 He brought me out into a broad place. 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:03.260 He rescued me because he delighted in me. 00:03:04.040 --> 00:03:06.879 The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness. 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.280 According to the cleanness of my hands, he rewarded me. 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:15.819 For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. 00:03:15.819 --> 00:03:22.180 For all his rules were before me and his statutes I did not put away from me. 00:03:22.979 --> 00:03:27.379 I was blameless before him and I kept myself from my guilt. 00:03:27.979 --> 00:03:35.079 So the Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight. 00:03:35.979 --> 00:03:38.639 With the merciful, you show yourself merciful. 00:03:39.180 --> 00:03:42.319 With the blameless man, you show yourself blameless. 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:45.560 With the purified, you show yourself pure. 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:49.780 And with the crooked, you make yourself seem tortuous. 00:03:50.299 --> 00:03:55.459 For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down. 00:03:56.259 --> 00:03:58.439 For it is you who light my lamp. 00:03:59.019 --> 00:04:01.919 The Lord my God lightens my darkness. 00:04:02.659 --> 00:04:05.240 For by you I can run against a troop. 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:08.459 And by my God I can leap over a wall. 00:04:09.060 --> 00:04:11.500 This God, his way is perfect. 00:04:11.500 --> 00:04:14.340 The word of the Lord proves true. 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:18.680 He is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. 00:04:19.620 --> 00:04:21.459 For who is God but the Lord? 00:04:21.620 --> 00:04:23.959 And who is a rock except our God? 00:04:24.420 --> 00:04:29.019 The God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless. 00:04:29.620 --> 00:04:34.759 He made my feet like the feet of a deer and set me secure on the heights. 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:40.759 He trains my hands for war so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:44.199 You have given me the shield of your salvation. 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:47.159 And your right hand supported me. 00:04:47.599 --> 00:04:50.240 And your gentleness made me great. 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:54.480 You gave a wide place for my steps under me. 00:04:54.719 --> 00:04:56.599 And my feet did not slip. 00:04:57.240 --> 00:05:00.019 I pursued my enemies and overtook them. 00:05:00.379 --> 00:05:03.120 And did not turn back till they were consumed. 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:07.199 I thrust them through so that they were not able to rise. 00:05:07.420 --> 00:05:09.639 They fell under my feet. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.620 For you equipped me with strength for the battle. 00:05:13.220 --> 00:05:16.399 You made those who rise against me sink under me. 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.459 You made my enemies turn their backs to me. 00:05:19.780 --> 00:05:22.040 And those who hated me I destroyed. 00:05:22.840 --> 00:05:25.620 They cried for help but there was none to save. 00:05:26.040 --> 00:05:28.800 They cried to the Lord but he did not answer them. 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:32.160 I beat them fine as dust before the wind. 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.560 I cast them out like the mire of the streets. 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:39.180 You delivered me from strife with the people. 00:05:39.900 --> 00:05:42.020 You made me the head of the nations. 00:05:42.460 --> 00:05:44.900 People whom I have not known served me. 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:48.580 As soon as they heard of me they obeyed me. 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:50.840 Foreigners came cringing to me. 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:55.980 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses. 00:05:55.980 --> 00:06:00.360 The Lord lives and blessed be my rock. 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.240 And exalted be the God of my salvation. 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:07.740 The God who gave me vengeance and subdued peoples under me. 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.100 Who rescued me from my enemies. 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:14.160 Yes you exalted me above those who rose against me. 00:06:14.540 --> 00:06:17.060 You delivered me from the man of violence. 00:06:17.840 --> 00:06:21.960 For this I will praise you O Lord among the nations. 00:06:22.220 --> 00:06:23.720 And sing to your name. 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:26.920 Great salvation he brings to his king. 00:06:27.300 --> 00:06:30.540 And shows steadfast love to his anointed. 00:06:31.080 --> 00:06:34.140 To David and his offspring forever. 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:38.760 And I'm sure we look forward to Dave expounding that psalm to us shortly. 00:06:42.520 --> 00:06:43.660 Well good morning everyone. 00:06:43.660 --> 00:06:51.080 I was relying on that song to finish my sermon. 00:06:51.400 --> 00:06:53.740 But we'll see where it ends. 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:00.460 That is a joke by the way. 00:07:01.460 --> 00:07:02.280 It is written. 00:07:04.180 --> 00:07:06.020 Congrats to Bo and Lay wherever you are. 00:07:06.580 --> 00:07:06.820 Yeah. 00:07:07.180 --> 00:07:08.200 Your grandson Thomas. 00:07:08.300 --> 00:07:08.840 That's wonderful. 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:12.540 Why don't we pray as we come to God's word. 00:07:12.540 --> 00:07:13.240 Let's pray. 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:22.000 Lord. 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:23.680 As Alex prayed. 00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:26.860 I echo a similar prayer. 00:07:27.020 --> 00:07:27.439 That you would. 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:29.620 By your powerful word. 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:30.400 Not mine. 00:07:31.140 --> 00:07:31.879 That you would. 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:34.100 Turn each of our hearts. 00:07:34.640 --> 00:07:35.439 To you. 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:37.840 That you would teach us. 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:39.679 What it means for you to be. 00:07:40.500 --> 00:07:41.359 Our rock. 00:07:42.060 --> 00:07:43.379 Our place of refuge. 00:07:44.619 --> 00:07:46.619 And that we would look nowhere else. 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:48.179 And rely nowhere else. 00:07:49.179 --> 00:07:51.060 So Lord be with us now as we come to your word. 00:07:51.759 --> 00:07:52.479 In Jesus name. 00:07:52.659 --> 00:07:52.919 Amen. 00:07:54.679 --> 00:07:58.299 Well we all need a place of safety. 00:07:59.579 --> 00:08:00.659 To feel safe. 00:08:00.739 --> 00:08:01.479 To be safe. 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:02.480 The only question is. 00:08:02.580 --> 00:08:03.860 Who or what rock. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:05.700 Do we take refuge in. 00:08:07.160 --> 00:08:09.620 Perhaps we would feel this need a bit more. 00:08:09.700 --> 00:08:11.180 If we lived in a country that was. 00:08:13.520 --> 00:08:15.020 In a time of war. 00:08:16.300 --> 00:08:17.939 But I even find this. 00:08:18.020 --> 00:08:18.740 Becoming a parent. 00:08:19.140 --> 00:08:21.780 My radar for safety just went nuts. 00:08:21.779 --> 00:08:24.059 As soon as I became a parent. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:27.759 I've got to be careful. 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:29.459 Because I've got children listening. 00:08:29.719 --> 00:08:29.739 But. 00:08:30.739 --> 00:08:31.839 How I word this. 00:08:32.199 --> 00:08:32.360 But. 00:08:32.959 --> 00:08:34.159 The recent injury. 00:08:36.539 --> 00:08:37.360 Confronted me. 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:38.779 How much I can't. 00:08:39.459 --> 00:08:40.539 Be that rock. 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:41.439 I want to be. 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:44.339 Even for my family. 00:08:46.439 --> 00:08:46.939 And. 00:08:47.480 --> 00:08:49.000 Every time we go to. 00:08:49.199 --> 00:08:49.879 A cremation. 00:08:50.079 --> 00:08:50.699 Or a burial. 00:08:51.779 --> 00:08:54.399 We are reminded of that ultimate. 00:08:55.259 --> 00:08:55.699 Question. 00:08:56.839 --> 00:08:58.000 Can I be saved. 00:08:58.199 --> 00:08:59.179 From that casket. 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:01.279 It is a confronting. 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:03.139 Image. 00:09:04.459 --> 00:09:05.439 This song. 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:06.559 In Psalm 18. 00:09:06.860 --> 00:09:07.539 Is David. 00:09:08.079 --> 00:09:09.339 Looking back on his life. 00:09:10.199 --> 00:09:12.019 And we need to hear this song. 00:09:12.159 --> 00:09:13.620 So that at the end of our lives. 00:09:13.799 --> 00:09:14.679 We can look back. 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:16.079 And we can sing. 00:09:17.039 --> 00:09:17.899 We can sing. 00:09:18.100 --> 00:09:18.740 With David. 00:09:19.339 --> 00:09:20.559 I love you. 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:21.740 Oh Lord. 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:23.319 My rock. 00:09:25.539 --> 00:09:26.879 This is a. 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.439 What's called a messianic psalm. 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:30.740 In other words. 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:32.679 It's not about you or me directly. 00:09:33.339 --> 00:09:34.279 It is about. 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:36.019 God's chosen king. 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:39.259 Now does that make you lose interest? 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:41.159 It shouldn't. 00:09:41.299 --> 00:09:42.319 It really shouldn't. 00:09:42.419 --> 00:09:42.819 Because. 00:09:43.179 --> 00:09:45.939 More important than whether God hears your prayers or not. 00:09:46.259 --> 00:09:48.500 Is whether God hears his king's prayers. 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:51.139 That is much more important. 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:51.860 Because. 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:53.779 If God saves his king. 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:55.279 He can save you. 00:09:57.879 --> 00:09:59.639 If God saves his king. 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:00.820 He can save you. 00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:02.259 The king can save you. 00:10:03.059 --> 00:10:05.440 This is a messianic psalm. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:07.140 And we need to hear it. 00:10:08.400 --> 00:10:09.580 We need a king. 00:10:09.780 --> 00:10:10.140 Good. 00:10:10.600 --> 00:10:11.760 And great enough. 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:16.960 Who can bring us into God's promised place of safety. 00:10:18.300 --> 00:10:20.500 That's what the promised land was meant to be. 00:10:20.860 --> 00:10:22.060 Or a picture of anyway. 00:10:23.780 --> 00:10:25.400 Safety from all our enemies. 00:10:26.040 --> 00:10:27.540 Safety even from death. 00:10:27.539 --> 00:10:31.139 So last week. 00:10:31.319 --> 00:10:32.500 In Psalm 17. 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:35.480 If last week was David's cry. 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:38.099 When he was still in the midst of the threat. 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:39.599 The threat was very real. 00:10:40.459 --> 00:10:40.980 Psalm 18. 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:42.480 Is David looking back. 00:10:42.599 --> 00:10:43.000 Just going. 00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:44.620 At the remarkable ways. 00:10:44.719 --> 00:10:45.819 God has delivered him. 00:10:46.059 --> 00:10:46.599 Through all. 00:10:47.079 --> 00:10:48.059 His afflictions. 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:49.799 He cried out. 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:50.439 In verse 7. 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:51.360 Of chapter 17. 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:54.519 Wondrously show your steadfast love. 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:55.559 Oh saviour. 00:10:56.179 --> 00:10:57.699 Of those who seek refuge. 00:10:57.860 --> 00:10:59.360 And here is his song. 00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:00.399 Going. 00:11:01.539 --> 00:11:01.899 Wow. 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:03.299 You heard. 00:11:03.379 --> 00:11:04.279 You heard my prayer. 00:11:05.340 --> 00:11:07.840 You wondrously showed your steadfast love. 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:12.960 Getting into this psalm. 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:13.740 I was. 00:11:15.299 --> 00:11:16.879 I was struck this week. 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:19.519 You guys give me the best job in the world. 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:21.699 Because I just have to. 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:24.460 Just get stuck into God's word for the week. 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:24.679 So. 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:26.100 Thank you for that. 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:27.519 But I didn't realise. 00:11:27.519 --> 00:11:28.539 Psalm 18 is. 00:11:29.059 --> 00:11:30.500 There are so many connections here. 00:11:30.620 --> 00:11:32.519 There's heaps of references in your outline. 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:33.600 Go away and look. 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:34.299 Look them up. 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:35.860 This is a huge psalm. 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:38.000 I didn't realise it until this week. 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:39.120 It's. 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:41.939 It's quoted almost word for word. 00:11:42.019 --> 00:11:43.199 At the end of 2 Samuel. 00:11:44.240 --> 00:11:44.720 So. 00:11:45.039 --> 00:11:46.539 When David wrote this. 00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:48.100 Certainly it was after. 00:11:48.659 --> 00:11:49.840 He was delivered from Saul. 00:11:50.539 --> 00:11:50.960 But. 00:11:51.199 --> 00:11:51.919 That doesn't quite matter. 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:52.679 What matters is. 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:52.939 It's. 00:11:52.939 --> 00:11:55.559 It's placed at the end of David's life. 00:11:56.179 --> 00:11:57.839 And he's looking back on all of it. 00:11:59.659 --> 00:12:00.139 And. 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:00.379 And. 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:01.139 This song. 00:12:01.740 --> 00:12:03.039 Is being sung. 00:12:03.599 --> 00:12:05.219 In reflection of all of it. 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:08.539 So maybe he's thinking. 00:12:08.860 --> 00:12:10.419 Of the time he came in. 00:12:10.740 --> 00:12:12.419 As a young lad from the field. 00:12:13.259 --> 00:12:13.579 And. 00:12:14.079 --> 00:12:15.199 To his surprise. 00:12:15.319 --> 00:12:16.279 His dad's surprise. 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:17.699 The prophet Samuel. 00:12:17.959 --> 00:12:18.659 Anointed him. 00:12:20.100 --> 00:12:21.339 Why did he do that? 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:23.500 Maybe he was thinking. 00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:24.819 Of the time with Goliath. 00:12:26.459 --> 00:12:27.399 I've got a theory. 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:28.259 I can't prove it. 00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:29.019 But I reckon. 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:29.980 He might have chosen. 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:31.159 Those five stones. 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:32.179 Not because those stones. 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:33.120 Represent faith. 00:12:33.179 --> 00:12:33.480 And hope. 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:34.199 And all those other things. 00:12:34.459 --> 00:12:35.159 Maybe he. 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:36.139 He chose five stones. 00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:37.539 Because if those five missed. 00:12:37.659 --> 00:12:38.279 He was gone. 00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:39.879 That's my theory. 00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:41.259 I can't prove that. 00:12:42.079 --> 00:12:42.439 But God. 00:12:42.439 --> 00:12:43.379 God delivered him. 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:44.459 From Goliath. 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:46.720 All the success he gave him. 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.300 As a warrior. 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:48.560 Against the Philistines. 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:50.000 Who occupied God's place. 00:12:50.680 --> 00:12:52.620 The slightest misfortune. 00:12:52.780 --> 00:12:53.800 In any of those battles. 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:54.940 And he could have been gone. 00:12:58.300 --> 00:12:59.420 Capturing Jerusalem. 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:02.820 And his most ferocious enemy. 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:04.019 Was internal. 00:13:04.420 --> 00:13:05.120 In the kingdom. 00:13:05.700 --> 00:13:06.379 Was Saul. 00:13:07.040 --> 00:13:08.100 Just hunting him. 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:09.259 Just relentlessly. 00:13:09.420 --> 00:13:10.040 Hunting him. 00:13:12.560 --> 00:13:13.940 He even survived. 00:13:13.940 --> 00:13:14.780 The betrayal. 00:13:14.780 --> 00:13:16.440 Of his own son. 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:17.240 Absalom. 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:23.060 Perhaps the greatest salvation. 00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:24.000 He was looking back on. 00:13:24.140 --> 00:13:24.960 Was the Lord. 00:13:25.040 --> 00:13:26.220 Not putting him to death. 00:13:27.440 --> 00:13:28.600 Because of what he did. 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:29.400 With Bathsheba. 00:13:29.520 --> 00:13:30.080 And Uriah. 00:13:31.040 --> 00:13:32.240 This is all of it. 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.340 He's looking back. 00:13:38.260 --> 00:13:40.120 And he's seeing that God. 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:42.240 Heard his cry. 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:43.240 Heard his cry. 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:43.480 Heard his cry. 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:44.120 Heard his cry. 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:44.600 Heard his cry. 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:45.279 In fact. 00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.899 Even before David was born. 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:49.480 This is a song. 00:13:49.620 --> 00:13:51.080 Celebrating that God heard. 00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:53.060 Heard his cry. 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:54.159 If you go look that up. 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:56.460 He heard his cry. 00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:57.460 And in her song. 00:13:57.899 --> 00:13:58.460 She says. 00:13:58.580 --> 00:13:59.899 The Lord will give strength. 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:00.639 To his king. 00:14:01.639 --> 00:14:03.019 And he's celebrating that. 00:14:03.299 --> 00:14:04.360 God keeps his word. 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:06.580 He heard his cry. 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:07.899 He heard his cry. 00:14:07.899 --> 00:14:08.480 David's cry. 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:12.500 And David can't help. 00:14:13.139 --> 00:14:15.039 But burst out in thanksgiving. 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:17.420 Just full of emotion. 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:18.960 And passion. 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:21.300 I love you. 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:22.940 Oh Lord. 00:14:24.560 --> 00:14:25.659 My rock. 00:14:26.920 --> 00:14:28.980 This is a song of thanksgiving. 00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:30.360 All the themes throughout it. 00:14:30.440 --> 00:14:32.060 The whole thing is thanksgiving. 00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:37.479 We see in verses 4 to 6. 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:41.459 The overall reason. 00:14:41.659 --> 00:14:42.199 Death. 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:44.000 Destruction. 00:14:45.059 --> 00:14:45.539 Sheol. 00:14:45.779 --> 00:14:46.599 The place of the dead. 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:49.099 Were overwhelming. 00:14:49.379 --> 00:14:50.479 So many times. 00:14:50.659 --> 00:14:52.139 He was so close to dying. 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.279 So many times. 00:14:54.419 --> 00:14:55.799 Like waves in the ocean. 00:14:55.799 --> 00:14:57.620 His head was barely above. 00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.819 What he was about to go under. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:01.779 I'm picturing like Luke Skywalker. 00:15:02.000 --> 00:15:03.719 In that garbage contraption thing. 00:15:03.959 --> 00:15:05.259 He was being confined. 00:15:05.479 --> 00:15:07.059 He was being squished in. 00:15:07.459 --> 00:15:08.539 That word distress. 00:15:08.919 --> 00:15:10.299 He was in a narrow place. 00:15:13.699 --> 00:15:16.279 He cried out to God in heaven for help. 00:15:17.099 --> 00:15:18.599 And the word for love here. 00:15:18.699 --> 00:15:19.099 Apparently. 00:15:20.379 --> 00:15:22.859 You don't find it being addressed to God. 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:24.139 Anywhere else in the Old Testament. 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:26.960 Like I don't know Hebrew well enough. 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.439 But a commentator is saying like. 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:30.419 You would be hesitant to use this word. 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:32.559 But David uses it. 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.179 He's gushing. 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:37.659 It's really emotional. 00:15:37.819 --> 00:15:38.480 It's impulsive. 00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:41.319 And the picture here. 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:45.139 The primary picture we see throughout this song. 00:15:45.299 --> 00:15:46.860 Is that God is a rock. 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:49.600 He is a rock. 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:52.500 And we've got to get into this. 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:54.039 Because at first rock. 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:55.860 I don't know what's so attractive about that. 00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.860 But we'll see. 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:03.360 At the end of Moses' life. 00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.779 He too sang. 00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:08.720 Of God being Israel's rock. 00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:09.379 Henna. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.519 In her song. 00:16:11.620 --> 00:16:12.699 God is a rock. 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:15.220 In these first few verses. 00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:17.259 We get lots of different metaphors. 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:19.399 That elaborate on what it means. 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:20.360 For God to be a rock. 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.039 And it all points to one truth. 00:16:23.039 --> 00:16:26.679 David's God made him safe. 00:16:28.339 --> 00:16:30.199 That's what all these images are for. 00:16:32.339 --> 00:16:34.360 David's God made him safe. 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:39.080 If we think of David's life. 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:43.879 He probably at least recalled what happened in 1 Samuel 23. 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:46.480 Before he was king. 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:49.439 David hid at the place called the rock. 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.600 When Saul was pursuing him. 00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:52.639 And he's on one. 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:56.439 Him and his band of outlaws are on one side of this rock. 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.279 This mountainous place. 00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.820 And Saul is on the other. 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:01.740 And Saul's just about to get him. 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:03.779 When a messenger comes saying, 00:17:03.939 --> 00:17:04.240 Saul. 00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:05.420 The Philistines are attacking. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:07.920 And so Saul has to withdraw. 00:17:08.099 --> 00:17:09.000 Just in that moment. 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:14.599 You can imagine David just shaking with relief. 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.960 The adrenaline still pumping. 00:17:16.099 --> 00:17:18.539 Just looking at this mountainous rock guy. 00:17:21.220 --> 00:17:22.240 I love you. 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.619 Oh Lord, my rock. 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:25.519 And not the literal rock. 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:26.660 He knew who saved him. 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.240 Coincidence? 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:28.960 Lucky escape? 00:17:29.099 --> 00:17:29.380 No. 00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.400 No. 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:32.019 This is God keeping his word. 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:33.400 That he would be king. 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.640 He called the place Rock of Escape. 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:45.120 So what happened when David, about to drown in death, 00:17:45.560 --> 00:17:48.120 being crushed in from every side, cried out? 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:50.320 An earthquake. 00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:54.400 Obviously this is poetry. 00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:58.800 But part of the power of poetry isn't exaggeration. 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:00.060 Sometimes it's exaggeration. 00:18:00.060 --> 00:18:05.259 But part of the power of poetry is that it pictures profound truth. 00:18:05.259 --> 00:18:12.460 So don't try and imagine what God looks like here because it's a bit offensive to the eyes. 00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:18.579 It's burning coals and smoke and earthquake. 00:18:18.940 --> 00:18:22.039 It's not a literal picture. 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:26.099 We should look at it through the lens of scripture, a biblical lens. 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:28.279 The earth trembling. 00:18:29.219 --> 00:18:31.519 Thick darkness with the smoke covering. 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:36.899 The Lord coming down from heaven like on a chariot. 00:18:38.919 --> 00:18:44.299 The cherubim are always associated with God's holy of holies. 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:46.379 It's his total otherness. 00:18:46.380 --> 00:18:49.440 But that otherness came down. 00:18:52.020 --> 00:18:56.120 Certainly this is picturing Mount Sinai when God met his people on the mountain. 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:57.440 Certainly it's picturing that. 00:18:58.780 --> 00:19:03.540 It might also be picturing the parting of the Red Sea and the plagues in Egypt. 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:11.319 But what's crucial here is that it's the Lord himself who comes down. 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:21.200 David sees his own deliverance as significant as the Exodus. 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:25.539 When David cried out, what happened? 00:19:26.379 --> 00:19:27.879 The Lord came down. 00:19:30.180 --> 00:19:31.359 And he's angry. 00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:33.559 He's angry. 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:35.359 God is angry, we're told. 00:19:36.679 --> 00:19:39.959 Because his chosen king is under threat. 00:19:42.959 --> 00:19:47.939 Now talking about God's anger might seem a bit unappealing in our day and age, 00:19:48.079 --> 00:19:52.779 but it is absolutely necessary for salvation, for safety. 00:19:54.639 --> 00:20:00.699 God's anger at evil is the other side of the same coin of salvation for the victim. 00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:02.419 God's anger at evil is the other side of the victim. 00:20:02.419 --> 00:20:04.059 God's anger at evil is the other side of the victim. 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:04.579 God's anger at evil is the other side of the victim. 00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.759 God's anger at evil is the other side of the victim. 00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:11.219 To have safety, we need all enemies defeated. 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.019 No more threat. 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.939 That's the picture in Revelation. 00:20:14.939 --> 00:20:15.719 The gates are open. 00:20:15.939 --> 00:20:16.479 There's no threat. 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:18.419 Zero threat. 00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:27.579 So all this cosmic drama would expect this kind of just, I don't know, a tsunami, 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:32.220 something, some sweeping, huge display. 00:20:32.740 --> 00:20:38.639 But verses 16 to 19, it's all for him. 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:41.819 It's all for one person. 00:20:42.339 --> 00:20:43.159 It's for his king. 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:51.139 Look how many times the word me comes up in verses 16 to 19. 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:53.619 He sent from on high. 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.259 He took me. 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.539 He drew me. 00:20:58.179 --> 00:20:59.759 Out of many waters. 00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:05.619 He rescued me from my strong enemy, those who hated me. 00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:08.119 They were too mighty for me. 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:14.000 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. 00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:17.399 He brought me out into a broad place. 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:20.439 He rescued me because he delighted in me. 00:21:20.519 --> 00:21:22.639 All this for me? 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:38.100 God's dwelling place in heaven was beyond David's reach for safety. 00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:42.819 But how wonderful that he came down. 00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:47.599 All for me, David is saying. 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:51.339 I love you, O Lord, my rock. 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:53.799 You delivered me from death. 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:59.779 So why did the Lord hear David's cry? 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:06.539 I think we've got three sections that give us why the Lord heard David's cry. 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:12.680 And they all show that this God, his way is perfect. 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:19.600 The first time we see in verses 20 to 26, he delighted in me, making me righteous. 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:24.759 The second reason, verses 25 to 29, he saves the humble. 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:31.980 And the third is because this rock, unlike other rocks, lives. 00:22:32.879 --> 00:22:33.500 He's real. 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:37.799 So let's go through these three. 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:40.559 Why did the Lord hear David's cry? 00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:44.779 Well, this is the trickiest one, the first one, isn't it? 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:48.259 It's perhaps the most hard to understand. 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:53.259 He delighted in me and he dealt with me according to my righteousness. 00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:56.619 Scripture is really clear. 00:22:56.819 --> 00:22:58.859 The Lord saves the righteous. 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:08.200 In verse 41, we see the Lord ignoring the cries of the wicked. 00:23:08.980 --> 00:23:11.119 They cry out to God at that point. 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:15.920 But because they're at cross purposes with God, he ignores them. 00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:23.579 I think this is more than a plea of innocence like we saw in Psalm 17, 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:25.319 saying in this situation I'm innocent. 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:28.200 Because he's looking back on his whole life and saying, 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:30.319 you dealt with me according to my righteousness. 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:32.559 How can David say that? 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:37.859 It's not hard to understand for comprehension, 00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:41.599 but if you know your own heart and we know David's history 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:43.420 as an adulterer and a murderer, 00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:47.900 how can he speak of being made blameless 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:50.500 and you dealing with me according to my righteousness? 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:57.340 I'm going to lean totally on John Woodhouse here. 00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:01.320 So he's ex-principal of Moore College. 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:04.759 He suggests there's two keys to what David is saying. 00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:09.539 Firstly, David believed God's word through the prophet Nathan 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:14.139 in 2 Samuel 12, 13, when God said through Nathan, 00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:16.500 after Bathsheba and Uriah, 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:19.339 the Lord has put away your sin. 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:26.159 He can describe his life without reference to his failures 00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:28.839 because he believed what God had said to him. 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.259 I've put away your sin. 00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:38.460 The second key is that God forgave David, 00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:40.759 not because of David's commitment to God, 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:44.579 but the other way around, God's commitment to David. 00:24:46.539 --> 00:24:49.559 The Lord, in his own gracious prerogative, 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:52.599 chose to delight in David. 00:24:56.140 --> 00:24:59.200 He chose to set his delight on David. 00:24:59.200 --> 00:25:02.640 So I'm going to quote Woodhouse here. 00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.640 He comes to this conclusion. 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:07.860 What puzzles us about this section is that David sees his life 00:25:07.860 --> 00:25:10.660 as God sees his life. 00:25:13.620 --> 00:25:15.580 That he really did make him righteous. 00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:21.400 Through his forgiveness, that he's put away his sin, 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:23.480 that he's set his love on him. 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:29.599 I love you, Lord, because you delighted in me. 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:32.620 You really made me righteous. 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:34.920 Blameless like you. 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:38.940 So he saves the righteous. 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.720 That's why the Lord heard David's cry. 00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:45.920 The second reason we see in verses 25 to 29 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:49.099 is because he saves the humble. 00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:55.659 Not false humility, 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:59.039 but those who are in need and they know it. 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:05.019 So what is verses? 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:07.759 There's some complicated verses. 00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.459 Well, they seem to be complicated. 00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.099 Verses 25 to 29. 00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:27.759 What's that saying? 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:32.400 Someone I read this week seems to say, 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:33.339 well, God is a rock. 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.879 He is true to his word. 00:26:36.079 --> 00:26:38.339 And so if you tuck into his word, 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:42.140 you'll find God is true to his word. 00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:46.680 But the crooked, you cross purposes with God, 00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.200 he is a rock. 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:50.740 That is not going to end well with you. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:56.559 He's going to seem tortuous because you're crossing purposes 00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.779 with a rock. 00:26:58.400 --> 00:27:00.299 Good luck with that. 00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:06.819 So the humble person takes God at his word, 00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.500 that he's true to his word, 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.960 that he is merciful, 00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:12.339 that he is a place of refuge. 00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.819 Come to this rock, 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:15.620 he'll be a place of refuge. 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:17.839 That's the humble person 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:22.239 who trusts that God is true to his word. 00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:27.159 The proud, the haughty is the person 00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:32.219 who doesn't trust in God's word. 00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.919 They put their trust somewhere else. 00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.919 They're self-confident. 00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:37.239 They assert themselves. 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.479 They seem to get ahead in life 00:27:38.479 --> 00:27:40.299 and so we think that they're okay. 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:42.759 But no, God says in the end, 00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:47.579 the Lord's going to seem tortuous in the end. 00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:51.160 He saves the humble. 00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:52.420 He saves the meek. 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:55.220 He saves the poor, 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.279 the afflicted, 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.039 the weak, 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.059 the needy. 00:27:58.279 --> 00:28:00.759 So I hope you feel needy 00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:05.000 because God wants to be a rock to you. 00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:09.099 So he hears David's cry 00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:10.599 because he was poor in spirit. 00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:14.980 He tucked in to God his refuge. 00:28:15.639 --> 00:28:16.740 How did he tuck in? 00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:18.379 By taking God at his word, 00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.679 that he's going to be true to his word. 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:26.159 So the Lord heard David 00:28:26.159 --> 00:28:30.000 because he chose to delight in him, 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:30.879 making him righteous, 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:33.139 because David was humble 00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:35.159 and tucked in to God. 00:28:35.160 --> 00:28:36.940 And he heard David 00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:40.140 because unlike other gods, 00:28:41.080 --> 00:28:43.019 this rock lives. 00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:47.980 Verses 30 to 34. 00:28:49.980 --> 00:28:50.900 Verse 31. 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.820 For who is God but the Lord? 00:28:54.100 --> 00:28:56.840 And who is a rock except our God? 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:59.400 He's quoting Moses' song here. 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.300 Moses sings, 00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.919 For their rock 00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:04.779 is not as our rock. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.139 Our enemies 00:29:07.139 --> 00:29:09.220 are by themselves. 00:29:09.899 --> 00:29:11.339 They're crying out to this rock 00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:13.480 to save them, 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.859 but they're by themselves. 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:19.559 That is a scary place to be in my mind. 00:29:19.879 --> 00:29:21.839 You think you're in a safe place 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.000 relying on this rock. 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.859 Turns out you're by yourself. 00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:27.859 I don't want that to be true of me. 00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:33.399 Who is God but the Lord, Yahweh? 00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:38.299 Whether they be other gods 00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.039 of other religions 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:40.759 or just some earthly thing, 00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:43.979 who is a rock but our God? 00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:47.299 Cry as much as you want 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:48.879 to your bank account. 00:29:49.179 --> 00:29:50.740 It will not save you 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.519 from that casket. 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.980 It will give you 00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:55.240 the best healthcare in the world. 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:59.180 It cannot save you 00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.420 from that casket. 00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.160 Our rock can. 00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.700 Who is a rock 00:30:08.700 --> 00:30:11.879 except our God? 00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.700 And verse 46. 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.480 This rock, 00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.539 the Lord lives. 00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:21.899 He's the only rock 00:30:21.899 --> 00:30:23.240 who can truly deliver you 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:25.299 because he has life in himself. 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.899 David's many victories 00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:29.079 are testimony to this. 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:30.779 He's just tireless energy. 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.839 David was weak 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:33.680 but he gave David the victory 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.579 wherever he went 00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:37.779 because he delighted in his servant. 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.220 This rock lives. 00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:43.539 That's why he heard David's cry. 00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:51.319 So there's why 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:53.200 the Lord heard David's cry. 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:55.559 But then we go on 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:56.619 and see that it wasn't 00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:57.519 just mere survival. 00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.200 You, 00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:01.599 verses 35 to 45, 00:31:02.639 --> 00:31:03.899 David is astonished. 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.460 You've taken me 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.180 out of the waters, 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:07.680 out of this confined place. 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:09.019 Death was going to take me. 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.980 You've just brought me 00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.279 into this broad place. 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.079 How broad? 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.960 You've made me 00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:14.099 the head of the nations. 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.439 Whoa! 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.539 Verse 43, 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.419 you have made me 00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:21.699 the head of the nations. 00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.819 Now, 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:27.339 we might think 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.099 this section 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.879 is a bit yuck. 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.779 Like, 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:31.139 I pursued my enemies 00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:33.279 and did not turn back 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.439 until they were consumed. 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:36.000 They fell under my feet. 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:41.000 It would be so wrong 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.740 if you and I 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.579 desire this 00:31:42.579 --> 00:31:44.640 for our personal enemies. 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.220 But there's a really 00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.480 simple and good reason 00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.460 this is good news. 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.700 And we've touched 00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.420 on this before, 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:52.660 that to have safety, 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.480 all enemies 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:55.559 must be destroyed. 00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:59.480 And it's the Lord's 00:31:59.480 --> 00:32:00.220 prerogative 00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.039 to have vengeance, 00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.079 not anyone else's. 00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:04.759 But he uses his king 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.740 to carry that out. 00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:06.839 Only his king. 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:10.720 Vengeance belongs 00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.359 to the Lord 00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:12.879 and he's going 00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.500 to create 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.699 that place of safety. 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.720 And he uses 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.639 his righteous king 00:32:17.639 --> 00:32:18.539 to carry that out. 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:21.019 I think we see this 00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:23.799 in historical terms, 00:32:23.899 --> 00:32:24.279 but obviously 00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.839 much more 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.779 when you come to Jesus. 00:32:26.459 --> 00:32:28.379 In 2 Samuel 8 and 9, 00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:31.159 there's two great 00:32:31.159 --> 00:32:32.559 descriptions of David's reign. 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.899 It must have been 00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:35.559 one of the best times 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.139 in history 00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:37.220 and places to live 00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:38.299 when David was king. 00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.819 Now, 00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.579 2 Samuel 8, 00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.379 verse 15, 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.440 after, 00:32:44.399 --> 00:32:45.299 after, 00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:48.480 sorry, 00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.220 I got my head in order. 00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.899 God had promised Abraham 00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:52.419 the promised land 00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.980 of safety, 00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:55.259 but only a small patch 00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:55.980 was really given 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.440 to Israel. 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.179 But then under 00:32:57.179 --> 00:32:57.879 David's reign, 00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.859 we see him 00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:00.839 conquering that land. 00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.619 Now, 00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:01.939 remember, 00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:03.279 the reason it was 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:04.279 taken from those people 00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:05.000 was because they 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.980 were rejecting God. 00:33:06.799 --> 00:33:07.859 It was God's vengeance. 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:11.779 It wasn't David's choice. 00:33:12.119 --> 00:33:13.339 It was God's choice. 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.879 So David is providing 00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.819 that place of safety 00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:16.379 and then 00:33:16.379 --> 00:33:18.779 2 Samuel 8, 00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.179 15, 00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.659 this is how good 00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.459 David's reign was. 00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:22.740 David administered 00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:24.259 justice and equity 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.799 to all his people. 00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:29.439 You want a safe place? 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:30.600 You need someone 00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.200 in power 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.380 who gives justice 00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:32.940 and equity 00:33:32.940 --> 00:33:33.840 to all the people. 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:36.420 It must have been 00:33:36.420 --> 00:33:37.160 a wonderful 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:38.920 government 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.600 to live under. 00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.680 And then, 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:43.500 more than that, 00:33:44.100 --> 00:33:45.059 I think chapter 9 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.680 of 2 Samuel 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:47.039 gives us a picture 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.120 of verse 35, 00:33:48.279 --> 00:33:49.160 your gentleness 00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.460 made me great. 00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:53.880 You might expect 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.620 David to want 00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.820 vengeance on Saul 00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.500 and what we find 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.899 in chapter 9 00:33:58.899 --> 00:34:00.379 of 2 Samuel 00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:01.679 is that he searches 00:34:01.679 --> 00:34:03.159 for any surviving 00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:04.819 relatives of Saul 00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:07.899 but not to kill them. 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.619 He finds, 00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.819 I'm going to get 00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.519 this name wrong, 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.880 Mephibosheth. 00:34:13.639 --> 00:34:14.139 Martin, 00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.900 you can correct me 00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.659 with Hebrew here 00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:17.139 but Mephibosheth, 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.719 he finds, 00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:20.340 and he summons him 00:34:20.340 --> 00:34:21.000 and he must have 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.699 been trembling 00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.519 coming to David 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:22.920 thinking, 00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.239 oh, 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.460 I am an absolute 00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.199 goner here. 00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:27.059 No, 00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.720 this king, 00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:31.019 he gives him 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.220 a place at his table 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:34.619 like one of his sons. 00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:39.119 It was the gentleness 00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.039 the Lord taught him 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.420 that made this king great. 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:45.139 He removes all the enemies, 00:34:46.599 --> 00:34:48.099 he administers justice 00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:50.320 with gentleness. 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:56.260 to provide that true 00:34:56.260 --> 00:34:57.420 place of safety 00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.059 and peace. 00:35:02.900 --> 00:35:04.160 So David finishes 00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:05.039 his thanksgiving 00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:06.820 in the final few verses. 00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:09.539 The Lord lives. 00:35:11.080 --> 00:35:12.880 Blessed be my rock. 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.320 For this, 00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.320 I will praise you, 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.680 O Lord, 00:35:17.740 --> 00:35:18.440 among the nations 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:19.760 and sing to your name. 00:35:20.659 --> 00:35:21.900 Great salvation 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:23.579 he brings to his king 00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:26.000 and shows steadfast love 00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.720 to his anointed, 00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:27.360 to David 00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.260 and his offspring 00:35:28.260 --> 00:35:28.960 forever. 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.559 I was interested 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:35.200 in that phrase, 00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:36.000 for this, 00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.700 I will praise you. 00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.099 Like, 00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.860 is it self-centered 00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.700 of David 00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.840 to praise God 00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.480 just because 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.519 God saved him? 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.200 Shouldn't he just 00:35:44.200 --> 00:35:45.019 praise God 00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.380 because, 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.539 I don't know, 00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.739 attributes of God 00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.179 and things? 00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.800 Is it self-centered? 00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.079 No, 00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.820 it's not self-centered 00:35:51.820 --> 00:35:52.980 because it honors 00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.759 who God is. 00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:55.880 He is the only rock. 00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.159 To treat him 00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:00.360 as your refuge 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:01.300 honors him. 00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.380 He's worthy 00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.039 of praise. 00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:09.460 This God, 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.940 his way 00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.519 is perfect. 00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.960 The word of the Lord 00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:12.659 proves true. 00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.679 He is a shield 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.159 for all those 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:16.019 who take refuge 00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.599 in him. 00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:18.519 For who is God 00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.859 but the Lord? 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.799 Who is a rock 00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:22.219 except our God? 00:36:28.399 --> 00:36:28.879 So, 00:36:29.359 --> 00:36:31.119 how can you and I, 00:36:31.919 --> 00:36:32.819 this has been a song 00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:33.339 about David, 00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:35.859 how can you and I 00:36:35.859 --> 00:36:38.399 have David's God 00:36:38.399 --> 00:36:40.319 as our rock? 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:43.580 How can we sing 00:36:43.580 --> 00:36:44.519 with Moses, 00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:46.140 with Hannah, 00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.800 with David? 00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.000 Who is a rock 00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.559 like you, 00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:50.880 God? 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.840 How can we sing? 00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:54.740 How can we have 00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.559 this rock 00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.220 as our God? 00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:58.740 Well, 00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.160 first 00:36:59.160 --> 00:37:00.640 is to recognize 00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:01.440 that God 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.900 is committed 00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:05.380 to give a safe 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.260 place to dwell 00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.920 in blessing, 00:37:07.100 --> 00:37:08.019 not to individuals 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.740 on their own 00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:10.359 but to his 00:37:10.359 --> 00:37:10.879 king. 00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.959 That's what we see 00:37:13.959 --> 00:37:14.939 in those final verses. 00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.659 He is committed 00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.519 to his king. 00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.639 So, 00:37:18.699 --> 00:37:19.259 the way to have 00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:20.559 God come down 00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.059 from heaven 00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.959 using all his 00:37:21.959 --> 00:37:23.119 might to deliver 00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:24.819 you is to belong 00:37:24.819 --> 00:37:26.500 to God's king. 00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.579 All others 00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:32.239 who reject 00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:33.059 God's anointed 00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.719 and put their 00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.419 hope in other 00:37:34.419 --> 00:37:34.779 rocks, 00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.619 whatever that is, 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.219 you will find 00:37:37.219 --> 00:37:37.719 in the end 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:38.559 you're by yourself. 00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:40.699 you will find 00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.139 in the end 00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.979 that the Lord 00:37:41.979 --> 00:37:42.339 is 00:37:42.339 --> 00:37:44.699 torturous. 00:37:46.899 --> 00:37:47.839 But if you want 00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:49.339 this God 00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:50.059 as your place 00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:50.579 of safety, 00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:53.000 you need to 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.599 belong to his 00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:53.959 king. 00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.439 Now, 00:37:58.459 --> 00:37:58.979 the second 00:37:58.979 --> 00:38:00.799 thing we need 00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.059 to learn 00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.579 from these verses 00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.899 is to recognize 00:38:02.899 --> 00:38:03.519 the promise 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.099 to David's 00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.559 offspring. 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:07.699 David was not 00:38:07.699 --> 00:38:08.440 good or great 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.759 enough. 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.500 He was part 00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.019 of the problem. 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.059 He was part 00:38:14.059 --> 00:38:14.480 of the problem 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.019 of sin 00:38:15.019 --> 00:38:16.259 and deserving 00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.699 death 00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:17.679 and he did 00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:17.980 die. 00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:22.019 From Solomon 00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.579 onwards, 00:38:23.179 --> 00:38:24.320 David's 00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.880 children 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.960 failed to 00:38:25.960 --> 00:38:26.559 love the 00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.799 Lord. 00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:29.420 You could 00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.840 imagine 00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.460 Israelites 00:38:30.460 --> 00:38:31.380 in exile 00:38:31.380 --> 00:38:32.140 singing 00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:32.920 this psalm. 00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.539 They're being 00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:36.220 occupied by 00:38:36.220 --> 00:38:36.560 enemies. 00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.380 David's line 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:37.740 is cut 00:38:37.740 --> 00:38:38.000 off. 00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:39.539 This psalm 00:38:39.539 --> 00:38:40.320 pushes us 00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:40.920 forward in 00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:42.700 hope of 00:38:42.700 --> 00:38:43.180 the son of 00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:43.800 David coming. 00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:48.980 The truths 00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.360 in this 00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:49.700 song, 00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:51.120 all the 00:38:51.120 --> 00:38:51.440 themes 00:38:51.440 --> 00:38:51.640 we've 00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:51.980 seen, 00:38:53.100 --> 00:38:53.580 they fit 00:38:53.580 --> 00:38:54.039 better with 00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.539 Christ, 00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.080 don't they, 00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:55.600 than David. 00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:56.200 They're true 00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:56.660 of David 00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:58.100 but they're 00:38:58.100 --> 00:38:58.780 more true 00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:00.240 of the 00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:00.740 Lord Jesus. 00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:02.820 He could 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:03.700 uniquely say 00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:04.840 the Lord 00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:05.340 dealt with 00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.900 me according 00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.320 to my 00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:06.780 righteousness. 00:39:09.300 --> 00:39:10.260 He was 00:39:10.260 --> 00:39:11.340 meek. 00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:14.240 humble. 00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.100 And yet 00:39:17.100 --> 00:39:18.720 the Lord 00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.360 didn't 00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:20.039 rescue him. 00:39:21.140 --> 00:39:22.360 He didn't 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:23.019 rescue him. 00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:24.100 The waves 00:39:24.100 --> 00:39:25.480 did overwhelm 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:25.720 him. 00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:29.039 But our 00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.680 hope is 00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.220 that God 00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:30.860 heard his 00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.240 cry. 00:39:33.180 --> 00:39:34.240 Hebrews 5 00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.640 verse 7 00:39:34.640 --> 00:39:34.940 says, 00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:35.260 In the 00:39:35.260 --> 00:39:35.800 days of 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.460 his flesh 00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:37.579 Jesus 00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.400 offered up 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:39.019 prayers and 00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.680 supplications 00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.519 with loud 00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.260 cries and 00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:43.380 tears to 00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.960 him who 00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.380 was able 00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.080 to save 00:39:45.080 --> 00:39:45.460 him from 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:45.840 death. 00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:47.780 And he 00:39:47.780 --> 00:39:48.940 was heard 00:39:48.940 --> 00:39:51.220 because of 00:39:51.220 --> 00:39:52.020 his reverence. 00:39:55.020 --> 00:39:55.860 David was 00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.140 heard, 00:39:56.240 --> 00:39:56.520 yes. 00:39:58.080 --> 00:39:58.980 He was 00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.400 prevented 00:39:59.400 --> 00:40:00.060 from dying 00:40:00.060 --> 00:40:01.920 up to a 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.160 point. 00:40:02.620 --> 00:40:02.840 He 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.220 eventually 00:40:03.220 --> 00:40:03.860 went into 00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.260 the grave. 00:40:05.580 --> 00:40:05.920 Jesus 00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.540 was heard. 00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.380 He went 00:40:07.380 --> 00:40:07.920 into the 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.860 grave and 00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.380 came back 00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:09.840 out, 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.660 conquering 00:40:10.660 --> 00:40:10.920 it. 00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:13.840 And he 00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:14.260 has made 00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.500 this 00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:14.820 Jesus 00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:15.220 head of 00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.340 the 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.720 nations. 00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:18.200 He 00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.420 will 00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.780 defeat 00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.120 all 00:40:19.120 --> 00:40:19.520 enemies. 00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:20.220 The 00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.680 last one 00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.200 is death. 00:40:23.060 --> 00:40:23.440 And his 00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:24.140 greatness is 00:40:24.140 --> 00:40:25.000 his gentleness, 00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.680 inviting 00:40:26.680 --> 00:40:27.460 sinners to 00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:28.360 come take 00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:28.960 refuge in 00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.160 me. 00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:34.840 To have 00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:35.240 God as 00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:35.680 your rock, 00:40:35.880 --> 00:40:36.220 you need 00:40:36.220 --> 00:40:37.480 Jesus as 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:37.940 your king. 00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:39.320 God 00:40:39.320 --> 00:40:39.940 will 00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.079 be 00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:40.460 to have 00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:40.940 him. 00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.940 And 00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:44.460 third and 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.880 finally, 00:40:44.880 --> 00:40:46.200 I think these 00:40:46.200 --> 00:40:46.639 verses also help 00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.460 us recognize that 00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:49.400 King Jesus wants 00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:50.980 us to join him in 00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.460 singing. 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:53.800 This is a song of 00:40:53.800 --> 00:40:54.340 thanksgiving. 00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:58.440 Romans 15 00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:59.079 verse 9 00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:00.639 quotes verse 49. 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.920 For this I 00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.719 will praise you, 00:41:02.779 --> 00:41:03.159 O Lord, 00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:04.099 among the 00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:04.539 nations. 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.839 That among, 00:41:07.319 --> 00:41:08.799 I don't think that's 00:41:08.799 --> 00:41:09.900 just in front of, 00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:10.920 that's in 00:41:10.920 --> 00:41:11.819 fellowship with. 00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:14.139 This king came for 00:41:14.139 --> 00:41:15.400 the world and he 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.759 wants to sing with 00:41:16.759 --> 00:41:18.139 his people. 00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:21.980 His rule doesn't 00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:22.839 just produce 00:41:22.839 --> 00:41:24.039 begrudging 00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.799 servitude. 00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:26.440 I just have to 00:41:26.440 --> 00:41:27.380 obey him so that 00:41:27.380 --> 00:41:27.800 he gives me 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.180 blessing. 00:41:28.360 --> 00:41:29.220 His rule 00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:30.060 produces a 00:41:30.060 --> 00:41:31.200 choir of 00:41:31.200 --> 00:41:31.760 harmony, 00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.780 singing with 00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.019 him. 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.280 So when we 00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:35.780 look back at 00:41:35.780 --> 00:41:36.320 the cross and 00:41:36.320 --> 00:41:36.900 the resurrection 00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.900 and we look 00:41:37.900 --> 00:41:38.800 forward in 00:41:38.800 --> 00:41:39.560 hope of that 00:41:39.560 --> 00:41:40.360 promised land 00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.820 where all 00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:41.440 enemies are 00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.720 gone, 00:41:41.820 --> 00:41:42.380 even death, 00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.800 seeing what 00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.120 God 00:41:45.120 --> 00:41:45.900 wondrously, 00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.340 he came 00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.780 down. 00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.280 He came 00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:49.660 down, 00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.200 even for 00:41:50.200 --> 00:41:50.519 me. 00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:52.640 Even 00:41:52.640 --> 00:41:53.240 for me. 00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.500 This king 00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.900 wants to 00:41:55.900 --> 00:41:56.640 sing with 00:41:56.640 --> 00:41:57.100 his people, 00:41:57.240 --> 00:41:57.580 all the 00:41:57.580 --> 00:41:57.980 nations. 00:41:59.340 --> 00:41:59.840 We love 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.180 you, 00:42:00.580 --> 00:42:01.220 O Lord, 00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.720 our rock. 00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:06.280 Will you 00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:06.620 pray with 00:42:06.620 --> 00:42:06.740 me? 00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.220 Let's pray. 00:42:09.600 --> 00:42:10.140 Lord, 00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.480 thank you 00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:13.940 for coming 00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.740 down in the 00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.180 Lord Jesus 00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:17.580 Christ so 00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:18.320 that in him 00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:19.500 we might find 00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:21.360 ourselves under 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:22.560 his rule in 00:42:22.560 --> 00:42:23.600 a broad and 00:42:23.600 --> 00:42:24.780 spacious place. 00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:26.700 knowing that 00:42:26.700 --> 00:42:28.680 if you are 00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:29.240 our rock, 00:42:29.840 --> 00:42:30.860 we are safe 00:42:30.860 --> 00:42:33.840 in every 00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.820 sense of 00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.300 that word. 00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.680 So Lord, 00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.440 teach us as 00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:39.340 your people to 00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:41.920 lean into 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.440 you and 00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.039 treat you as 00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.500 our rock 00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:45.539 and to 00:42:45.539 --> 00:42:47.039 increasingly 00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:48.660 sing and 00:42:48.660 --> 00:42:48.860 be 00:42:48.860 --> 00:42:49.680 characterised by 00:42:49.680 --> 00:42:50.280 thanksgiving 00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:51.680 for all that 00:42:51.680 --> 00:42:51.960 you have 00:42:51.960 --> 00:42:52.620 wondrously done 00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.079 for us. 00:42:54.279 --> 00:42:54.940 In Jesus' 00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.219 name, 00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.719 Amen. 00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:55.819 Amen.