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 Let's ask the Lord's blessing as we open up his word.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of your word.

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! Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of your word.

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 We thank you that you have preserved this psalm, Psalm 132, through the ages.

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 Lord, it is about the building and dedication and the purpose of your temple.

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 And although your temple does not stand in Jerusalem any longer,

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 it is still so very pertinent for us this morning.

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 Help us to understand the reality of your temple,

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 that you have always desired to dwell amongst your people.

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 And Lord, we thank you that your son, Jesus Christ, has done just that.

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 We ask your blessing on this morning.

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 We pray this in Christ's name. Amen.

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 Amen.

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 If you have a Bible, please turn with me to Psalm 132.

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 We have a stack of Bibles at the back welcome table.

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 Grab one at any time.

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 You'd do me a great favor if you could follow along.

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 This may be familiar to many of you, maybe all of you.

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 I will insert my own name and actually the name of Christine as well into this.

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 These were the vows we said, probably similar to the vows you said if you're married.

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 And it went something like this for us.

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 I, Daniel, take thee, Christine, to be my wedded wife,

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 to have and to hold from this day forward,

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 for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

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 in sickness and in health to love and to cherish,

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 till death do us part according to God's holy ordinance,

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 till death do us part according to God's holy ordinance,

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 and there too I give thee my troth.

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 I don't think we said that last part.

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 Christine said something similar.

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 She said, I, Christine, take Daniel,

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 take thee, Daniel, to be my wedded husband,

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 to have and to hold from this day forward,

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 for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer,

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 in sickness and in health,

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 to love and to cherish,

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 till death do us part according to God's holy ordinance,

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 and there too I give thee my troth.

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 Sweet words.

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 These are vows and promises that men make to women

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 during the wedding ceremony.

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 And it's, the language is taken from the Book of Common Prayer,

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 and they will be familiar to you

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 because most vows in the English language

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 draw upon the words of the prayer book.

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 I bring that up just to say that

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 those vows are beautiful,

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 but for those of you who are married,

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 do you remember making those vows

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 and thinking, what if I can't follow through?

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 For me, it was, I think, the second day,

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 not the day after we were married,

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 but the day after that,

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 I just thought, I mean, I felt the weight of it,

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 of what I, the promises I made to Christine,

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 and I was really scared.

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 Not that I made the wrong decision, not a bit,

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 but my goodness, what on earth was I promising?

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 What on earth was I promising?

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 I was making vows to her,

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 to a church full of our friends and family,

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 and to God himself.

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 vows that, I mean, I hope,

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 I would hope to keep in all circumstances,

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 but there are so many factors

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 outside of our control

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 that to make a promise

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 is a bit of a scary thing.

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 There's so many things we cannot account for,

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 so many contingencies that may come up

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 that we can't necessarily figure out

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 or get around.

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 And this might seem like a really down thing to say,

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 or maybe even an irrational thing,

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 but for those who are married,

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 in some ways, it's actually very rational,

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 because it's rooted in reality.

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 The factors that are completely outside of our control,

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 promises turn out to be extremely hard to keep,

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 even for the most noble and capable of us.

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 One of the things in the marriage ceremony,

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 just in case I'm coming across

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 as if I am already planning on breaking my vows,

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 not at all,

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 that's why we ask the Lord for his help.

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 We ask the Lord's blessing in a marriage ceremony.

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 Nevertheless, promises in general.

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 You know,

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 I don't know if it's just because I'm getting older,

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 but when people promise me things,

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 I'm just immediately suspicious

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 that they can't keep the promises.

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 And it's not because I have a whole

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 kind of history of broken promises,

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 but because life is tough,

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 and promises are easy to make,

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 but are extremely hard to keep.

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 Trusting in the promises of God

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 found in Holy Scripture

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 also are,

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 it's not necessarily an easy thing to do.

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 I mean, at first it seems like a wonderful thing,

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 a sure thing.

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 The promise of salvation,

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 peace in the storm,

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 joy that transcends circumstance,

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 eternal life, and so on.

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 But then an unforeseen illness happens.

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 Somebody betrays our trust.

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 We fail to meet expectations.

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 We fail to meet expectations.

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 Maybe we've just come in second place

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 a few too many times.

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 All right?

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 All these different circumstances

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 that come our way

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 that are not ideal,

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 and suddenly the promises of God

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 begin to show cracks.

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 We might think God is unjust.

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 We might think he is aloof.

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 Or that maybe

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 we have run out of grace.

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 The promises of God

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 are then treated like

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 the promises of Daniel,

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 the promises of you,

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 or you,

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 the promises of people

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 that don't keep promises.

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 We view the promises of God

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 as riddled with cracks

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 and rendered seemingly untrustworthy.

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 So having faith in the promises of God

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 has,

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 it requires belief.

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 It requires faith.

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 And the difficulty with that

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 is that keeping faith

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 can be very difficult.

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 So as that is a bit of an introduction,

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 we continue on in our series

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 on the Psalms of Ascent.

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 And we get to Psalm 132.

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 Now the Psalms of Ascent

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 go to 134,

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 but really Psalm 132

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 is kind of the pinnacle

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 of the Psalms of Ascent.

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 They express,

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 all of them,

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 and especially this one,

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 expresses a deep longing

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 for the promise-making,

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 promise-keeping God

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 to remain faithful

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 to his promises,

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 and especially the promise

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 of his presence,

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 that he will be with us

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 and that we will be with him.

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 The question is whether

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 God has kept his promises

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 in the past.

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 Has he proven true in the past?

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 And the answer to that question

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 will help us to decide

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 if we can trust God

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 to keep his promises today

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 and for the future.

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 So a lot rides on it,

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 on if God is a promise-keeping God.

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 So our Psalm 132 envisions

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 God blessing the temple

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 with his presence.

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 So we will examine

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 the three main players

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 and their actions.

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 Verses 1 to 7,

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 we're going to look at

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 David's efforts.

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 Verses 8 to 10,

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 we're going to look at

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 Solomon's prayer.

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 And then finally,

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 11 to 18,

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 we'll look at

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 the Lord's promise.

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 So David's efforts,

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 Solomon's prayer,

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 the Lord's promise.

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 Turn with me

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 to verse 1.

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 We'll read verses 1 to 5.

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 A song of ascents.

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 Remember, O Lord,

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 in David's favor

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 all the hardships he endured,

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 how he swore to the Lord

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 and vowed to the mighty one

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 of Jacob.

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 I will not enter my house

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 or get into my bed.

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 I will not give sleep

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 to my eyes

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 or slumber to my eyelids

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 until I find a place

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 for the Lord,

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 a dwelling place

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 for the mighty one

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 of Jacob.

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 David's devotion

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 to the Lord

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 was the defining trait

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 that really distinguished

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 him from his days

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 as a lowly shepherd

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 tending his father

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 Jesse's flock.

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 He was a man

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 after God's own heart.

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 His desire was

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 to fulfill the Lord's will

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 and to bring him honor

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 and glory.

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 And this is what

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 is described

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 in these opening

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 five verses.

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 David,

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 for all of

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 his mistakes,

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 all of his sins,

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 all of his warring,

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 he,

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 with patience

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 and sacrifice,

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 made preparations

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 to build a temple

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 for the Lord.

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 We can read about this

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 in 1 Chronicles

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 chapter 22,

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 the amount of preparation

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 he made.

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 David desired

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 to honor the Lord,

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 both he

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 and the nation

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 of Israel

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 that he led.

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 The temple

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 was to be

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 the house

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 of the Lord

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 and specifically

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 it was to be

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 the place

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 where the Ark

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 of the Covenant

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 would be kept.

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 If you're new

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 to the faith

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 or if you need

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 a bit of a refresher,

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 the Ark

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 of the Covenant

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 was a chest-like

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 object that the Israelites

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 carried through the desert

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 after the Lord

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 delivered them

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 from Egyptian slavery.

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 It held within it

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 the two tablets

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 with the Ten Commandments

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 on it

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 that Moses brought down

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 from the Mount of Sinai.

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 It also had

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 Aaron's staff

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 which had budded,

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 Aaron being

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 the brother

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 of Moses

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 and the priest

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 of the Lord.

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 But more importantly

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 and for us specifically

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 this morning

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 it symbolized,

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 the Ark symbolized

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 the very presence

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 of the Lord

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 amongst his people.

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 What happened

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 was that

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 the Ark

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 was neglected

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 and forgotten.

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 During King Saul's rule,

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 so King Saul

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 was the first king

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 of Israel

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 after the people

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 rejected God

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 as their king.

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 They wanted a king

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 like the other nations

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 so the prophet Samuel

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 with God's instruction

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 anointed King Saul

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 but King Saul

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 he failed

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 in his duty

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 as the king

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 and the Ark

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 was neglected.

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 For some 20 years

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 it was forgotten about.

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 We read about this

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 actually in verse 6.

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 It says this,

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 Behold,

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 we heard of it

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 in Ephrathah,

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 that is Bethlehem.

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 We found it

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 in the fields

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 of Jear.

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 But those places

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 as good as they may be,

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 Bethlehem being

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 the city of David,

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 they weren't Zion,

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 they weren't Jerusalem,

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 they weren't the city,

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 the holy city of God.

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 God chose Zion

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 as his home,

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 as the place

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 where he would rest.

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 Not Bethlehem

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 or the fields of Jear.

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 The Lord was to have prominence,

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 not to be forgotten

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 in obscurity.

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 That is why David

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 was so zealous

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 to bring the Ark

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 of the Covenant

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 to Jerusalem

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 and he noticed

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 that the Ark

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 was in a tent

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 while he lived

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 in a home

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 and for David

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 this wasn't okay.

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 So he desired

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 to build a temple

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 for the Lord

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 so that the Lord

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 would be honored

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 above all people,

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 that the people

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 would worship him properly

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 and David wants

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 to do right by the Lord

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 and he did indeed

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 do right

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 for he leads the people

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 into God's presence.

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 He's a good

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 and faithful king

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 and that's reflected

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 actually in verse 7.

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 If you read with me

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 verse 7,

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 let us go to the,

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 this is the people

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 speaking here,

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 let us go

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 to his dwelling place.

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 Let us worship

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 at his footstool.

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 You see how

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 this divine

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 selfless leadership

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 aiming to honor

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 and glorify the Lord

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 on his terms,

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 what it does

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 is it mediates

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 God's presence

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 to his people.

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 What David

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 isn't doing

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 is treating God

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 as a talisman.

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 He's not treating

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 God like

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 the Pharisees

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 and the Sadducees

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 and the money lenders

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 that we read about

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 in Luke 19

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 in the gospel reading.

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 God is not

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 a means

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 to our own glory

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 but rather

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 David is glorifying

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 the Lord

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 at the cost

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 of himself.

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 I mean,

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 we see this

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 in verse 1

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 David enduring

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 hardships

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 and sacrifices

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 so that

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 he could make

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 provisions

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 for the temple

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 to be built

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 and what's the result?

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 The people

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 worship the Lord

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 with righteousness

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 and joy

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 and gladness

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 that his obedience

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 is a blessing

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 to more than just him

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 but it extends

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 out to the nation.

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 This is what

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 godly leadership

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 looks like.

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 David has acted

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 in faith

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 that God's promise

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 to dwell amongst

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 his people

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 still holds true

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 and what he does

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 is he acts

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 upon the promise.

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 God's people respond

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 and God blesses them

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 with his presence.

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 It's actually

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 a very beautiful

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 opening few verses.

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 However,

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 it is not David

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 who builds the temple.

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 If you know

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 any of the story,

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 David,

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 I mean,

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 he is doing something

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 that is,

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 that God

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 is quite pleased with

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 but because David

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 has warred

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 so much,

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 he has too much

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 blood on his hands

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 it says in

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 1 Chronicles 22

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 that God

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 would not allow him

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 to build the temple.

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 Even though David

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 swore that he

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 would build the temple,

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 he swore to God

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 and again,

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 we start to see

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 a human promise

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 not be fulfilled.

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 It would be his son

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 that would build

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 the temple.

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 So does this mean

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 that the promise

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 of God's presence

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 would be negated?

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 I mean,

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 David was the one

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 who was supposed

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 to make it happen

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 and it didn't happen.

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 So,

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 is God's will

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 contingent on

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 man's promises?

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 Put differently

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 for us to consider,

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 are God's promises

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 of love and faithfulness

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 dependent on

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 our promises

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 of the same to him?

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 David's efforts

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 come up short.

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 Let's look at

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 Solomon's prayer,

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 verses 8 to 10.

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 Arise, O Lord,

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 and go to your

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 resting place,

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 you and the ark

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 of your might.

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 Let your priests

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 be clothed

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 with righteousness

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 and let your saints

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 shout for joy.

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 For the sake

00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:30.759
 of your servant David,

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 do not turn away

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 the face of your

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 anointed one.

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 Although David

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 did not have

00:14:36.020 --> 00:14:36.560
 the privilege

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 of building

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 the temple,

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 his son Solomon

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 was the one

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 to carry out

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 the work

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 until the temple

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 was completed.

00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.720
 Verses 8 to 10

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 is a near verbatim

00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.120
 quote

00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:49.400
 from King Solomon

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 at the temple

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 dedication

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 once it's completed

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 in 2 Chronicles

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 chapter 6.

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 Solomon dedicates

00:14:58.020 --> 00:14:59.460
 the completed temple

00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.600
 to the Lord

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 and the ark

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:01.580
 of the covenant

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 was brought

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 into the temple

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 itself.

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 It's the completion

00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:06.300
 of David's vision,

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 the Lord's will

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 for the ark,

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 for the people

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 of Israel.

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 The temple

00:15:14.659 --> 00:15:15.519
 properly built

00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:16.440
 for the rightful

00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.920
 worship of God

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 was a blessing

00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:20.600
 for the people

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 and therefore

00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:22.200
 the next chapter

00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:23.659
 in 2 Chronicles

00:15:23.659 --> 00:15:24.379
 chapter 7,

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 God comes down

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 with a show

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 of his presence

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 that would be

00:15:29.300 --> 00:15:29.980
 unmistakable.

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 He is pleased.

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 God is dwelling

00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:33.180
 amongst his people

00:15:33.180 --> 00:15:34.580
 once again.

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 It would make sense

00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:38.180
 then that this

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 is the pinnacle

00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:40.180
 of the Psalms of Ascent.

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 Again,

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:42.159
 the Psalms of Ascent

00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:43.700
 were and are

00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:44.980
 these collection

00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.899
 of psalms

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 that the Israelites

00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:48.259
 as they went

00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:49.100
 on their pilgrim

00:15:49.100 --> 00:15:50.139
 pilgrimages

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:50.800
 to Jerusalem

00:15:50.800 --> 00:15:51.600
 three times a year

00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:52.399
 they would sing

00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:54.480
 as they ascended

00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:55.659
 the roads

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.560
 up to Jerusalem.

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 The high point

00:15:58.879 --> 00:15:59.360
 would be

00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.440
 worshipping in the temple

00:16:00.440 --> 00:16:02.040
 and this is

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 what it envisions

00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:03.960
 that God

00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:05.120
 dwelling amongst

00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:05.780
 his people

00:16:05.780 --> 00:16:06.280
 and they

00:16:06.280 --> 00:16:07.380
 worshipping him

00:16:07.380 --> 00:16:08.780
 in righteousness

00:16:08.780 --> 00:16:09.780
 and with joy.

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 It seems that

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:12.940
 David's efforts

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:13.780
 to keep the covenant

00:16:13.780 --> 00:16:15.020
 even though he

00:16:15.020 --> 00:16:16.040
 did not

00:16:16.040 --> 00:16:17.560
 keep his promise

00:16:17.560 --> 00:16:18.760
 would be enough

00:16:18.760 --> 00:16:19.260
 for the Lord

00:16:19.260 --> 00:16:19.940
 to show favor

00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:21.080
 to the Davidic line

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 especially his

00:16:22.380 --> 00:16:23.420
 anointed son Solomon.

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 I mean we see

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.679
 this in verse 10

00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.620
 for the sake

00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:26.559
 of your servant

00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:26.919
 David

00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:27.559
 this is Solomon

00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:29.000
 really praying

00:16:29.000 --> 00:16:29.479
 to the Lord

00:16:29.479 --> 00:16:30.139
 for himself

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:31.819
 and his offspring

00:16:31.819 --> 00:16:32.799
 for the sake

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.379
 of your servant

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:33.699
 David

00:16:33.699 --> 00:16:34.819
 do not turn away

00:16:34.819 --> 00:16:35.339
 the face

00:16:35.339 --> 00:16:36.079
 of your anointed

00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:39.699
 one.

00:16:40.979 --> 00:16:41.759
 So David

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.399
 far from being

00:16:42.399 --> 00:16:42.860
 perfect

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.620
 having a heart

00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:45.199
 that was soft

00:16:45.199 --> 00:16:45.959
 towards the Lord

00:16:45.959 --> 00:16:47.299
 the Lord

00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.059
 is honoring

00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:49.159
 Solomon

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.959
 as a result.

00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.440
 David did not

00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.120
 get to enjoy

00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:53.900
 the fruit

00:16:53.900 --> 00:16:54.500
 of his labor

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.100
 with the building

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.660
 of the temple

00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:56.920
 the sacrifice

00:16:56.920 --> 00:16:58.019
 and the effort

00:16:58.019 --> 00:16:58.700
 and the hardships

00:16:58.700 --> 00:16:59.420
 that he made

00:16:59.420 --> 00:16:59.920
 for the Lord

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 it turns out

00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:01.259
 that they were

00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:01.759
 not in vain

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.400
 after all.

00:17:03.460 --> 00:17:04.140
 David had gathered

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:05.200
 money and resources

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 and spent a great

00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:06.759
 deal of time

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 preparing for

00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:08.480
 a temple

00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.140
 that he would

00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:09.759
 not build

00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.920
 and this is

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:11.519
 like a bit

00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:12.079
 of an aside

00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.519
 point

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:12.980
 it doesn't

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.240
 really

00:17:13.240 --> 00:17:15.100
 connect

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 much

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.860
 with the

00:17:16.860 --> 00:17:17.880
 text

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 but I'll

00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:18.940
 just say

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 this

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 this is

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 something

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 we can

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 take heart

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 in

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 that the

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 sacrifices

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 and the

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 efforts

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 that we

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 make

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 for the

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 Lord

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 are always

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 worth it

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 even though

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 we don't

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 see the

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 fruit

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 immediately.

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 There have

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 been people

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 in the

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 history

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 of the

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 church

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 that began

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 making

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 cathedrals

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 and churches

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 that would

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 take

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 decades

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 maybe even

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 centuries

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 to build.

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 They would

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 start it

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 knowing

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 that they

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 would never

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 complete it.

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 we're not

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 building that

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 I mean

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 it would

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 be great

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 if we

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 did

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 but

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 nevertheless

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 we

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 are called

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 to obey

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 the Lord

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 in all

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 sorts of

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 different

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 arenas and

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 areas in

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 our lives

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 and often

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 times

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 we do not

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 see the

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 fruit

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 of our

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 obedience.

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 We don't

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 see the

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 fruit of

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 our prayers.

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 We don't

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 feel that

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 we are being

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 honored by

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 God or

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 get the

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 benefits of

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 keeping

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 pure

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 or

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 spending

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 our

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 time

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 and our

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 money

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 on things

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 that benefit

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 the Lord

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 and bring

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 glory to

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 his name

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 not increase

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 our comfort.

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 We don't

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 get to taste

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 the fruits

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 but we can

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 be sure

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 that God

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 sees it

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 and he

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 honors it

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 and it

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 brings him

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 gladness.

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 So it's a bit

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 of an aside

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 but I'll say

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 do not grow

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 weary of

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 obeying the

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 Lord even

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 if you

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 don't see

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 the fruit

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 of it

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 because he

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 does.

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 He sees

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 what you

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 are doing

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 and it

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 pleases him.

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 Let's get

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 back to

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 the text.

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 David lays

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 the groundwork

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 and Solomon

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 builds the

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 temple.

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 The prayer

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 that Solomon

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 is praying

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 here is

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 offered and

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 immediately

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 afterwards like

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 I mentioned

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 in chapter

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 7 of

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 2nd Chronicles

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 chapter 7

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 the presence

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 of God

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 fills the

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 temple.

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 the Lord's

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 promises

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 remain firm.

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 The Lord

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 is among

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 his people.

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 He has

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 not turned

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 his face

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 away from

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 his anointed.

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 But such

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 a reality

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 was short

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 lived.

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 By the

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 end of

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 Solomon's

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 reign this

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 righteous

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 wise

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 king of

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 Israel

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 he was

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 overtaken

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 by infidelity

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 and passion.

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 He erected

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 shrines to

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 false gods

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 and he

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 polluted

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 the very

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 city

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 the very

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 city that

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 the Lord

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 loved.

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 And by

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 the time

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 Solomon died

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 and his

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 son Rehoboam

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 became king

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 the kingdom

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 was divided.

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 The northern

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 ten tribes

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 eventually falling

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 to the Assyrians

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 in the 8th

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 century BC

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 and the southern

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 two tribes

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 falling in the

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 6th century.

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 Israel was

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 shattered.

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 The tribes

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 scattered.

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 It seems like

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 the promise of

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 God

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:08.980
 were nullified.

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 It appears

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 that the

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 Lord turned

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 his face

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 away from

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 David's

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 line.

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 David's

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 anointed

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 line.

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 And especially

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 if we consider

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 verse 12

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 and I know

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 we're skipping

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 and we'll

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 touch on it

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 in the next

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 point.

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 But this is

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 what verse 12

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 says.

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 If your sons

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 keep my

00:20:25.639 --> 00:20:26.139
 commandment

00:20:26.139 --> 00:20:26.859
 this is the

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.460
 Lord speaking

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 if your sons

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 keep my

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 covenant

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 and my

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 testimonies

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 that I

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 shall teach

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 them their

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 sons also

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 forever

00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:34.559
 shall sit

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 on your

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 throne.

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 The

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 Davidic

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.700
 line

00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:40.259
 failed to

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:40.740
 uphold the

00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.000
 covenant

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.419
 so the

00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:41.700
 Lord

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 withdrew

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.960
 his

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 favor

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.859
 from

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 not

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.720
 just

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 the

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 Davidic

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 line

00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.599
 but the

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 entire

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 nation.

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 And what

00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:49.779
 did it

00:20:49.779 --> 00:20:50.159
 lead to?

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 It did

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 not lead

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 to a

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 greater

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.379
 life but

00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:52.639
 rather

00:20:52.639 --> 00:20:53.299
 calamity

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:54.059
 and exile.

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 And like

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.180
 David's

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.599
 promise

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.200
 Solomon's

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.680
 prayer and

00:20:58.680 --> 00:20:59.279
 posture had

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 weak

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.039
 foundations

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.960
 and it

00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.379
 ultimately

00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:01.859
 failed.

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 I mean

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 what he

00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.680
 prayed was

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.159
 excellent

00:21:04.159 --> 00:21:05.279
 but his

00:21:05.279 --> 00:21:05.899
 posture

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:07.100
 was weak

00:21:07.100 --> 00:21:08.480
 surely

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:08.880
 God's

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.220
 promise

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.380
 of

00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:09.700
 eternal

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.080
 dwelling

00:21:10.080 --> 00:21:10.480
 with his

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.820
 people

00:21:10.820 --> 00:21:12.320
 it must

00:21:12.320 --> 00:21:12.820
 be rendered

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.240
 void

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.820
 at least

00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:15.259
 according to

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.820
 verse 12

00:21:15.820 --> 00:21:18.019
 we've had

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:18.480
 David's

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:18.920
 efforts

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:20.420
 excellent

00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:20.980
 in many

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:21.259
 ways

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:21.880
 but failing

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.860
 Solomon's

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:23.300
 prayer of

00:21:23.300 --> 00:21:23.820
 dedication

00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:24.900
 and posture

00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.340
 excellent

00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:25.700
 in many

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.040
 ways

00:21:26.040 --> 00:21:26.640
 but failing

00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:27.600
 how about

00:21:27.600 --> 00:21:27.980
 the Lord's

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.400
 promise

00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:28.400


00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.060
 we've read

00:21:31.060 --> 00:21:31.720
 verse 12

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.600
 the conditional

00:21:32.600 --> 00:21:33.220
 promise of

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.540
 God's

00:21:33.540 --> 00:21:34.280
 favor upon

00:21:34.280 --> 00:21:34.840
 David's

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.120
 line

00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:36.140
 if covenant

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.720
 faithful

00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.840
 covenant

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.720
 faithlessness

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.300
 continues

00:21:39.300 --> 00:21:40.460
 but what

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 about

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 verse 11

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.900
 I'll read

00:21:42.900 --> 00:21:43.400
 verse 11

00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.980
 and 12

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:46.700
 the Lord

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:47.339
 swore to

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.660
 David

00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.160
 a sure

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.559
 oath

00:21:48.559 --> 00:21:49.480
 from which

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.839
 he will

00:21:49.839 --> 00:21:50.140
 not

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.819
 turn back

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.200
 one

00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.620
 of the

00:21:51.620 --> 00:21:51.920
 sons

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.339
 of your

00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:52.720
 body

00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.519
 I will

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:53.900
 set

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:54.360
 on your

00:21:54.360 --> 00:21:54.720
 throne

00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:55.460
 and then

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:55.880
 verse 12

00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:56.180
 here's the

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.579
 conditional

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:59.559
 the condition

00:21:59.559 --> 00:21:59.880
 that God

00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:00.339
 puts on the

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.779
 Davidic line

00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.039
 if your

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.500
 sons keep

00:22:01.500 --> 00:22:02.000
 my covenant

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.400
 and my

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.180
 testimonies

00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:03.960
 that I

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.400
 shall teach

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:04.579
 them

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:05.140
 their sons

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.579
 also

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:05.920
 forever

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.420
 shall sit

00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:06.420


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 on your

00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:06.960
 throne

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:15.039
 God is

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.500
 unchanging

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:16.960
 in theological

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.779
 terms we

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.600
 call this

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.720
 the mutability

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.259
 of God

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.680
 God is

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.380
 unchanging

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.519
 very important

00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.279
 doctrine of

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:23.559
 God

00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:25.059
 to remember

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.960
 what does it

00:22:25.960 --> 00:22:26.240
 mean it

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.620
 means that

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.259
 he is

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.120
 what he

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 is which

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.340
 is what

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:30.039
 he has

00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.740
 always been

00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.180
 and what

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:31.480
 he will

00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.079
 always be

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:33.019
 he has

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.759
 always existed

00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:34.100
 he has

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.819
 never changed

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.480
 he is perfect

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.059
 in every

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.559
 aspect

00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:37.799
 and it

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.500
 means that

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.159
 the promises

00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:39.940
 he makes

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:41.179
 are not

00:22:41.179 --> 00:22:41.879
 contingent

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.559
 on factors

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 outside of

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 his control

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 why

00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.139
 because

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:44.720
 nothing

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.179
 is outside

00:22:45.179 --> 00:22:45.460
 of his

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.819
 control

00:22:45.819 --> 00:22:47.220
 if he

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:47.559
 promises

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:47.940
 something

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.220
 it will

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.539
 come to

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 pass

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 he is

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 also

00:22:50.919 --> 00:22:51.200
 all

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:51.579
 knowing

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.460
 we

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.159
 call this

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:53.679
 God's

00:22:53.679 --> 00:22:54.279
 omniscience

00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.460
 nothing

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.079
 surprises

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.539
 him or

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:56.940
 escapes

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.159
 his

00:22:57.159 --> 00:22:57.500
 notice

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.980
 nothing

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.500
 we can

00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.759
 do

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.220
 feel

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.460
 or

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.819
 think

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.319
 will

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:00.659
 elude

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:00.899
 him

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:01.319
 he

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.579
 knows

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.039
 all

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.799
 all

00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:03.079
 what

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 you

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.359
 are

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 thinking

00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:03.960
 right

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.319
 now

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.859
 he

00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.319
 knows

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.480
 he

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:07.679
 knows

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:07.819
 it

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.139
 crystal

00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.519
 clear

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:10.779
 so we

00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.179
 see a bit

00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:11.339
 of a

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.559
 tension

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:11.819
 here

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.059
 okay

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.460
 because

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.319
 on one

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:13.720
 hand

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.599
 we have

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:14.779
 this

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.700
 unchanging

00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.339
 God

00:23:16.339 --> 00:23:17.019
 who knows

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.679
 everything

00:23:17.679 --> 00:23:19.339
 which means

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.319
 that his

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.980
 promises

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.619
 are always

00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:23.079
 true

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:23.779
 and sure

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:25.599
 and that

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.939
 there are

00:23:25.939 --> 00:23:26.559
 no factors

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.679
 that he

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:28.220
 has

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.159
 failed to

00:23:29.159 --> 00:23:29.559
 consider

00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:31.119
 and yet

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.480
 at the

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:31.839
 same

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.379
 time

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.800
 it

00:23:33.800 --> 00:23:33.940
 would

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.340
 seem

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:34.580
 that

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:34.960
 God's

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.220
 covenant

00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:35.740
 promises

00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.040
 are

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:36.660
 contingent

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.000
 upon

00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:37.460
 David's

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:38.080
 faithfulness

00:23:38.080 --> 00:23:39.900
 both

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.180
 of these

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:40.420
 things

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.760
 can't

00:23:40.760 --> 00:23:40.940
 really

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.120
 be

00:23:41.120 --> 00:23:41.380
 true

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.380
 there's

00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.520
 a

00:23:42.520 --> 00:23:42.860
 tension

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.500
 here

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:45.040
 verse

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.360
 11

00:23:45.360 --> 00:23:45.820
 states

00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.120
 the

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:46.480
 Lord

00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:47.240
 which

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.460
 is

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:48.500
 in the

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:48.760
 original

00:23:48.760 --> 00:23:49.060
 language

00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:49.420
 is his

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.660
 covenant

00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:49.960
 name

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.220
 there's

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.740
 such

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:50.920
 an

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.300
 emphasis

00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:52.120
 on

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.440
 God's

00:23:53.440 --> 00:23:54.040
 nature

00:23:54.040 --> 00:23:54.600
 of

00:23:54.600 --> 00:23:55.220
 covenant

00:23:55.220 --> 00:23:55.580
 making

00:23:55.580 --> 00:23:55.940
 covenant

00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.300
 keeping

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:56.700
 God

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.420
 the

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.740
 Lord

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.360
 swore

00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:58.580
 to

00:23:58.580 --> 00:23:58.960
 David

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.300
 a

00:23:59.300 --> 00:23:59.600
 true

00:23:59.600 --> 00:24:00.120
 truth

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:00.859
 it's

00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:01.199
 as if

00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:01.599
 he is

00:24:01.599 --> 00:24:03.979
 super

00:24:03.979 --> 00:24:04.559
 charging

00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:04.939
 his

00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:05.279
 oath

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.479
 not that

00:24:06.479 --> 00:24:06.919
 he needs

00:24:06.919 --> 00:24:07.179
 to

00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:07.879
 but this

00:24:07.879 --> 00:24:08.099
 is what

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.299
 he is

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:08.519
 doing

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.399
 he is

00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:09.919
 swearing

00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:10.179
 a

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:10.399
 true

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.899
 truth

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:13.219
 and yet

00:24:13.219 --> 00:24:13.779
 David's

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.279
 line has

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:14.639
 utterly

00:24:14.639 --> 00:24:15.000
 and

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.179
 spectacularly

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.919
 failed

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:20.500
 presents

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.959
 us with a

00:24:20.959 --> 00:24:21.459
 very troubling

00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:22.159
 challenge to

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.519
 our

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.219
 faith

00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:24.319
 in God

00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:25.079
 it suggests

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.500
 that God

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.939
 has either

00:24:25.939 --> 00:24:26.439
 lied to

00:24:26.439 --> 00:24:26.779
 us

00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.719
 and is

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.399
 untrustworthy

00:24:28.399 --> 00:24:29.019
 or he is

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.679
 not powerful

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:30.200
 enough

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.039
 to keep

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:31.220
 his

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.660
 promises

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.580
 as if

00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:32.840
 he could

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:33.019
 not

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.640
 anticipate

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.019
 the

00:24:34.019 --> 00:24:34.660
 consequences

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.620
 arising

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:35.880
 from

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.240
 fallible

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.720
 humans

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.580
 who are

00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:37.820
 just

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.519
 unable

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.960
 to

00:24:38.960 --> 00:24:39.519
 obey

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.779
 his

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.240
 commands

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.539
 due

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.740
 to

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:40.880
 our

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.400
 propensity

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:41.660
 to

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:41.940
 sin

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.759
 it's

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:42.940
 a bit

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.120
 of a

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.560
 conundrum

00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:45.320
 and if

00:24:45.320 --> 00:24:45.600
 that is

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:45.980
 the case

00:24:45.980 --> 00:24:46.360
 isn't it

00:24:46.360 --> 00:24:46.860
 just wiser

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.440
 to simply

00:24:47.440 --> 00:24:48.420
 live

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.799
 eat

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.220
 and drink

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.720
 for tomorrow

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.240
 we die

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:52.039
 if God

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:52.420
 can't come

00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.660
 through on

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.120
 his promises

00:24:53.120 --> 00:24:53.660
 then let us

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.000
 just live

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.360
 it up

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:56.200
 or maybe

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:56.519
 we should

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.860
 just seek

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.279
 out a

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.519
 greater

00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:57.840
 God

00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:58.160
 who can

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:58.539
 offer a

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:58.660
 better

00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.120
 promise

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.919
 or actually

00:24:59.919 --> 00:25:00.500
 uphold the

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.859
 promises

00:25:00.859 --> 00:25:01.519
 that he

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:01.959
 makes

00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:02.859
 see

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:05.559
 there's a

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.159
 tension here

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.239
 in verse 11

00:25:07.239 --> 00:25:07.679
 and 12

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.919
 and we have

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.719
 to resolve it

00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:10.819
 or else

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.819
 our faith

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.579
 really is starting

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.079
 to crumble

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.799
 or at least

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.419
 the object of

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:14.759
 our faith

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.079
 is starting

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:15.519
 to crumble

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.759
 the stakes

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:16.759


00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.220
 are high

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:18.660
 much depends

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:18.980
 on whether

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.400
 God will

00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:19.759
 keep his

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.180
 promises

00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:22.839
 is God

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.359
 God

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.079
 or is he

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.940
 like us

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:27.420
 any person

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:27.879
 can make a

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.200
 promise

00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.740
 or a covenant

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.639
 even God

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.660
 but can he

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.379
 keep it

00:25:32.379 --> 00:25:34.819
 I think we'll

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.400
 find the answer

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.400
 in verses 13

00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:36.879
 and following

00:25:36.879 --> 00:25:37.480
 let's read

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.819
 starting verse 13

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.180
 all the way

00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:39.879
 down to 18

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:42.100
 for the Lord

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.820
 has chosen

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.260
 Zion

00:25:43.260 --> 00:25:44.440
 he has

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.040
 desired it

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.400
 for his

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.240
 dwelling place

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.960
 this is my

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.900
 resting place

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.340
 forever

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.680
 here I will

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:50.560
 dwell for I

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:51.480
 have desired it

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.900
 I will abundantly

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.520
 bless her

00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:53.940
 provisions

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.640
 I will satisfy

00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:56.140
 her poor

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.640
 with bread

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.620
 her priests

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:58.660
 I will clothe

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.460
 with salvation

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.280
 and her saints

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:01.200
 will shout for joy

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:02.480
 there I will

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.060
 make a horn

00:26:03.060 --> 00:26:03.620
 to sprout

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.160
 for David

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:05.440
 I have prepared

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.860
 a lamp

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.220
 for my

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.620
 anointed

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:07.820
 his enemies

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:09.019
 I will clothe

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:09.460
 with shame

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:10.159
 but on him

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:11.240
 his crown

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.339
 will shine

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:15.039
 if there's

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.779
 any question

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.279
 about whether

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.059
 God will keep

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.539
 his promises

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.619
 even though

00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.740
 David and his

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.480
 offspring are

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.539
 constantly breaking

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.119
 the promises

00:26:22.119 --> 00:26:23.240
 so much so

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.299
 that they are

00:26:24.299 --> 00:26:25.460
 they are exiled

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.539
 they are exiled

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.379
 and even in our

00:26:27.379 --> 00:26:28.399
 gospel text that we

00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:28.639
 read

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.799
 Jesus makes it

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.819
 very clear that

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:32.419
 Jerusalem will be

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:33.039
 raised to the

00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.220
 ground

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.619
 why?

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.519
 because the

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.220
 people of God

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:36.839
 did not recognize

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.619
 their hour

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.479
 of visitation

00:26:38.479 --> 00:26:39.359
 okay?

00:26:39.479 --> 00:26:40.199
 so God's

00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:40.879
 people constantly

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.339
 failing

00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.939
 and yet

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.719
 verse 13

00:26:42.719 --> 00:26:43.319
 and following

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.879
 it's a resounding

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:47.000
 declaration

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.079
 that God says

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.879
 my promises

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.299
 are bigger

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.939
 than your failure

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:51.259
 they're bigger

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:54.099
 they're so

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:55.239
 so much bigger

00:26:55.239 --> 00:26:55.439
 as

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:59.199
 your capacity

00:26:59.199 --> 00:27:00.139
 to mess things

00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.979
 up is huge

00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:02.259
 okay?

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:03.739
 my capacity

00:27:03.739 --> 00:27:04.279
 to fulfill

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.839
 my promises

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.599
 is infinite

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:07.299
 this is what

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.659
 it's saying

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:07.959
 in verses

00:27:07.959 --> 00:27:08.480
 13

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.059
 and 18

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:09.879
 do you notice

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:10.579
 how as we

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:10.919
 move into

00:27:10.919 --> 00:27:11.819
 this final

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.279
 section

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.259
 God's words

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:15.939
 are expanded

00:27:15.939 --> 00:27:17.059
 far beyond

00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.719
 David's immediate

00:27:18.719 --> 00:27:19.480
 line

00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:20.319
 and the blessing

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.099
 is far greater

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:21.539
 than David

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.139
 could imagine

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:23.659
 and this whole

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.719
 section is riddled

00:27:24.719 --> 00:27:25.439
 with God saying

00:27:25.439 --> 00:27:26.179
 I will

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:27.459
 not hey

00:27:27.459 --> 00:27:27.959
 let's do this

00:27:27.959 --> 00:27:28.379
 together

00:27:28.379 --> 00:27:28.919
 he's saying

00:27:28.919 --> 00:27:29.759
 I will

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.919
 he's not saying

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.419
 I'm going to do

00:27:32.419 --> 00:27:33.539
 90% of it

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.599
 you're going to do

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.379
 some heavy lifting

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:37.019
 but I'm going to do

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.000
 the majority of it

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.579
 it's just

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.200
 I will

00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.859
 I will

00:27:39.859 --> 00:27:40.519
 I will

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.079
 I will

00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:41.879
 and it's blessing

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:43.019
 upon blessing

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.220
 he's the one

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.740
 who will bring

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.200
 righteousness

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.960
 to the nation

00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:47.180
 he's the one

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.539
 who will

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.559
 feed the poor

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.259
 which is to say

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.720
 that even the least

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.019
 among us

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.319
 will have everything

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.759
 they need

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.759
 for life and holiness

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:56.700
 bread is so much

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.319
 more than just

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.059
 bread in the Bible

00:27:58.059 --> 00:28:01.919
 those that trust

00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.700
 in false gods

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.299
 will be clothed

00:28:03.299 --> 00:28:03.779
 with shame

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.379
 but on him

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:08.099
 his crown

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:08.980
 will shine

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:11.359
 how will God

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:12.899
 fulfill this promise

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.559
 well he has

00:28:13.559 --> 00:28:14.119
 in part

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:15.179
 and in a

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:16.839
 huge kind of way

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.519
 Jesus fulfills

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.139
 everything this

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.779
 psalm promises

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:21.559
 he is ultimately

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.379
 the Davidic king

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:23.419
 he is the

00:28:23.419 --> 00:28:24.059
 the

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:25.200
 the true

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.679
 and

00:28:25.679 --> 00:28:26.599
 and greatest

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:29.000
 child of David

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:30.480
 who guides his people

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.099
 in righteousness

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:32.099
 and proper worship

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:33.659
 like the ark

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.579
 Jesus

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.659
 he embodies

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.619
 the very presence

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.119
 of God

00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:37.839
 dwelling among us

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.319
 if you remember

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.459
 in John chapter 1

00:28:39.459 --> 00:28:40.619
 verse 14

00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.279
 it says that

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.819
 that the word

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.839
 tabernacled

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.579
 or dwelt

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.819
 or visited

00:28:45.819 --> 00:28:47.240
 I think

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.240
 Eugene Pearson

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.859
 in the message

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:49.259
 calls it

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.599
 moved into the neighborhood

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.419
 it's that God

00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:52.559
 literally

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:54.000
 the word

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:54.799
 made flesh

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:56.359
 dwelt amongst us

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.579
 if the ark

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.559
 embodies God's

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.899
 presence

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.559
 then Jesus

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.119
 has come

00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:00.740
 in flesh

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.419
 something far

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.879
 greater than

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.279
 the ark

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:04.740
 he is the

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.559
 great high priest

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.939
 robed in

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.439
 righteousness

00:29:07.439 --> 00:29:08.419
 leading us

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:09.319
 in praising

00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.919
 the father

00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:10.479
 with shouts

00:29:10.479 --> 00:29:10.979
 of joy

00:29:10.979 --> 00:29:11.939
 he is the

00:29:11.939 --> 00:29:12.959
 perfect sacrifice

00:29:12.959 --> 00:29:14.579
 the blemish free

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:15.019
 lamb

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.859
 sacrifice

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.740
 for all of us

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.519
 once and for all

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.079
 an offering

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.479
 given

00:29:18.479 --> 00:29:20.099
 to us

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:20.679
 because of

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.500
 love and grace

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:23.399
 and then

00:29:23.399 --> 00:29:23.879
 here's the

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.519
 beautiful thing

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.660
 here

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:24.920
 because

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.359
 again

00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:25.839
 David's

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.099
 line

00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:26.599
 is all

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.740
 but

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.160
 destroyed

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.500
 okay

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.279
 it's

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.559
 all

00:29:28.559 --> 00:29:28.759
 but

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.240
 destroyed

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.940
 it's

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.079
 like

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.599
 David's

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:30.799
 line

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.139
 is this

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.700
 beautiful

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.480
 gorgeous

00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:33.119
 tree

00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:34.799
 that has

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.539
 been toppled

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.240
 over by a

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.720
 windstorm

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.819
 or cut

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.180
 down

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.720
 because it's

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:39.079
 disease

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:39.379
 and you

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.639
 see

00:29:39.639 --> 00:29:40.519
 this

00:29:40.519 --> 00:29:41.139
 giant

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:41.740
 ugly

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.359
 stump

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.759
 that used

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.000
 to be

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.240
 this

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.900
 beautiful

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:45.400
 grand

00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:45.740
 tree

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:48.779
 and it

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.039
 says

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.480
 here

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.879
 in verse

00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.360
 17

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:52.200
 there I

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.520
 will make

00:29:52.520 --> 00:29:52.920
 a horn

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.720
 to sprout

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.560
 for David

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:56.120
 it's

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.620
 as if

00:29:56.620 --> 00:29:57.920
 God

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:58.760
 is making

00:29:58.760 --> 00:29:59.420
 a new

00:29:59.420 --> 00:29:59.780
 tree

00:29:59.780 --> 00:30:00.420
 sprout

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:00.860
 up

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:01.960
 from

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.720
 this

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.140
 stump

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:05.020
 and it

00:30:05.020 --> 00:30:05.300
 is a

00:30:05.300 --> 00:30:05.580
 horn

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:05.920
 which is

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.100
 this

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.520
 picture

00:30:06.520 --> 00:30:07.520
 in the

00:30:07.520 --> 00:30:07.800
 Bible

00:30:07.800 --> 00:30:08.100
 of

00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.580
 victory

00:30:08.580 --> 00:30:08.940
 and

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.540
 strength

00:30:09.540 --> 00:30:10.760
 and this

00:30:10.760 --> 00:30:11.040
 is who

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:11.360
 Jesus

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:11.760
 is

00:30:11.760 --> 00:30:12.080
 and he

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.480
 fulfills

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:12.740
 it

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:14.000
 and he

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.240
 does

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.580
 this

00:30:14.580 --> 00:30:15.220
 by perfectly

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.780
 obeying

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:16.380
 and glorifying

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:16.760
 God

00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:17.819
 not by

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.379
 charging

00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:18.720
 in

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.079
 with a

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.299
 sword

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.680
 drawn

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.279
 by being

00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:20.599
 hung

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:20.900
 upon

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.059
 the

00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.480
 cross

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:23.359
 defeating

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:23.779
 death

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.039
 by

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.519
 death

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.900
 upon

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.259
 him

00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.539
 was

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.879
 laid

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.420
 all

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:27.539
 of

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:27.680
 our

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.319
 iniquities

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:29.119
 and he

00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:29.539
 rises

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.879
 again

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.079
 to

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.299
 new

00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:30.660
 life

00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.960
 so that

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.299
 all

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:32.619
 who put

00:30:32.619 --> 00:30:32.740
 our

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.039
 faith

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.200
 and

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.420
 trust

00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:33.559
 in

00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:33.799
 him

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.619
 we

00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:34.740
 get

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:34.859
 to

00:30:34.859 --> 00:30:35.039
 be

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.220
 with

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.339
 him

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.740
 forever

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:35.960
 I

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.079
 mean

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:36.259
 that

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.059
 is

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.960
 this

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.079
 is

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.200
 the

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:38.460
 thing

00:30:38.460 --> 00:30:38.859
 it's

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.000
 not

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.180
 about

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.339
 just

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:39.519
 going

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.680
 to

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:39.940
 heaven

00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.200
 or

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:40.519
 avoiding

00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:40.799
 hell

00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.019
 it's

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.200
 about

00:30:41.200 --> 00:30:41.579
 being

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:41.759
 in

00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:42.019
 God's

00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.339
 presence

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.640
 forever

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.320
 it's

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:43.640
 all

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:43.880
 throughout

00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.360
 scriptures

00:30:44.360 --> 00:30:45.020
 it's

00:30:45.020 --> 00:30:45.240
 in

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:45.440
 psalm

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.080
 132

00:30:46.080 --> 00:30:46.420
 and it

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:46.680
 is

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.280
 the

00:30:47.280 --> 00:30:47.600
 hope

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.180
 of

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.480
 all

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:48.759
 those

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:48.900
 who

00:30:48.900 --> 00:30:49.100
 call

00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:49.380
 upon

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:49.520
 the

00:30:49.520 --> 00:30:49.660
 name

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:49.740
 of

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:49.860
 the

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.120
 Lord

00:30:50.120 --> 00:30:53.800
 after

00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:54.420
 centuries

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:54.759
 of

00:30:54.759 --> 00:30:55.360
 exile

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:56.100
 longing

00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.680
 wandering

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.360
 and fear

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:57.880
 that God

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.200
 would not

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.460
 keep

00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.640
 his

00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:58.960
 covenant

00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.940
 the

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.120
 Lord

00:31:00.120 --> 00:31:00.620
 fulfilled

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.040
 his

00:31:01.040 --> 00:31:01.580
 promise

00:31:01.580 --> 00:31:03.480
 centuries

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.259
 later

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:05.440
 but he

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:05.680
 still

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 fulfilled

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 it

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 and in

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 a

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 greater

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 way

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 than

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 David

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 or

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 Solomon

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 or

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 Israel

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 or

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 even

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 us

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 could

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 have

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 ever

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 hoped

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 how

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 can

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 we

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 be

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 sure

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 that

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 God's

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 promises

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 will

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 come

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 to

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 pass

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 even

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 though

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 we

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 do

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 not

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 see

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 them

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 is

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 because

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 what

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 he

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 promised

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 to

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 Solomon

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 it

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 came

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 true

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 in

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 Jesus

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 which

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 means

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 the

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 promise

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 that

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 he

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 will

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 come

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 again

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 to

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 wipe

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 away

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 every

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 tear

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 to

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 do

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 away

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 with

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 all

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 disease

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 to

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 do

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 away

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 with

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 all

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 evil

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 that

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 will

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 come

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 to

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 pass

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 as

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 well

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 he

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 has

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 never

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 not

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 kept

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!

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 a

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 promise

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!

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 friends

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 trust

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 in

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 the

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 Lord

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 rely

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 on

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 God's

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 power

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 to

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 uphold

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 his

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 promise

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 more

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 than

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 your

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 ability

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 to

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 keep

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 yours

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 don't

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 promise

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 the

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 Lord

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 that

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 you

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 will

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 do

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 good

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 so

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 that

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 he

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 will

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 bring

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 you

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 into

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 his

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 presence

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 cast

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 all

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 of

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 your

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 faith

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 upon

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 his

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 promise

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 that

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 says

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 that

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 he

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 has

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 made

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 a

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 way

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 through

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 Christ

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 to

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 bring

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 you

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 into

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 his

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 he

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 has

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 established

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 his

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 dwelling

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 place

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 amongst

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 us

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 praise

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 be

00:32:12.700 --> 00:32:12.819
 to

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 God

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.859
 amen