WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.900 For those of you who don't know me, my name is Andrew Rimm, and I'm one of the pastoral interns here at Trinity Cambridge Church. 00:00:06.900 --> 00:00:12.460 And tonight, it's my honor and privilege to share the word of God with you all. 00:00:14.179 --> 00:00:19.500 Our scripture reading for tonight comes from Psalm 22. 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.020 Psalm 22, verse 1 through 18. 00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:29.880 Let me pray for the reading of the word. 00:00:29.879 --> 00:00:52.359 Heavenly Father, we thank you so much that you sent your only son, Jesus, the light of the world, to come into darkness and to die as the propitiation for our sins. 00:00:52.359 --> 00:01:03.759 Lord, though we know, though we know in two days, your son will rise again. 00:01:04.780 --> 00:01:13.359 Lord, we gather tonight to lament, to remember, to feel the gravity of what it meant for your son to be sacrificed. 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:23.299 And so, Lord, in this reading and preaching of your word, we ask for the power of your Holy Spirit to illuminate your word into our hearts. 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:26.959 To show us the majesty of Jesus. 00:01:28.760 --> 00:01:30.000 In all his humility. 00:01:31.780 --> 00:01:34.140 In all his being mocked and scorned. 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:41.280 That even as he died on the cross, we look to him in worship. 00:01:43.359 --> 00:01:47.079 We pray all this in Jesus' name. 00:01:47.480 --> 00:01:47.680 Amen. 00:01:49.140 --> 00:01:51.859 Please remain standing with me as we read. 00:01:53.659 --> 00:01:54.599 Psalm 22. 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:01.260 To the choir master, according to the doe of the dawn, a psalm of David. 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:08.520 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:14.400 Why are you so far from saving me from the words of my groaning? 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:18.740 Oh, my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer. 00:02:18.980 --> 00:02:21.800 And by night, but I find no rest. 00:02:22.939 --> 00:02:24.760 Yet you are holy. 00:02:25.580 --> 00:02:27.080 Enthroned on the praises of Israel. 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:29.719 In you, our fathers trusted. 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:31.860 They trusted and you delivered them. 00:02:31.860 --> 00:02:34.900 To you, they cried and were rescued. 00:02:36.020 --> 00:02:38.620 In you, they trusted and were not put to shame. 00:02:39.640 --> 00:02:45.960 But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people. 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:48.680 All who see me mock me. 00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:49.920 They make mouths at me. 00:02:49.980 --> 00:02:50.960 They wag their heads. 00:02:51.320 --> 00:02:52.720 He trusts in the Lord. 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:54.700 Let him deliver him. 00:02:55.180 --> 00:02:57.300 Let him rescue him, for he delights in him. 00:02:57.300 --> 00:03:01.920 Yet you are he who took me from the womb. 00:03:02.640 --> 00:03:04.660 You made me trust you at my mother's breast. 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:07.100 On you was I cast from my birth. 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:10.400 And from my mother's womb, you have been my God. 00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:16.260 Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:19.380 Many bulls encompass me. 00:03:19.820 --> 00:03:21.840 Strong bulls of Bashan surround me. 00:03:22.140 --> 00:03:26.460 They open wide their mouths at me like a ravening and roaring lion. 00:03:27.300 --> 00:03:30.760 I am poured out like water and all my bones are out of joint. 00:03:31.460 --> 00:03:33.160 My heart is like wax. 00:03:33.620 --> 00:03:35.040 It is melted within my breast. 00:03:35.540 --> 00:03:40.340 My strength is dried up like a pot shirt and my tongue sticks to my jaws. 00:03:41.200 --> 00:03:43.700 You lay me in the dust of death. 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:46.120 For dogs encompass me. 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:48.560 A company of evildoers encircles me. 00:03:49.040 --> 00:03:50.960 They have pierced my hands and feet. 00:03:51.820 --> 00:03:53.439 I can count all my bones. 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:56.160 They stare and gloat over me. 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.579 They divide my garments among them. 00:03:59.120 --> 00:04:01.520 And for my clothing they cast lots. 00:04:02.120 --> 00:04:04.419 This is God's holy and authoritative word. 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:05.259 You may be seated. 00:04:05.259 --> 00:04:17.060 Imagine with me for one moment. 00:04:19.620 --> 00:04:24.480 That one day, you suddenly lost one of your five senses. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:28.160 You wake up one morning. 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:33.819 And upon opening your eyes, you cannot see anything at all. 00:04:34.660 --> 00:04:35.879 Just nothingness. 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:40.540 Or one day, you lose your hearing fully. 00:04:41.580 --> 00:04:43.720 You can see people's lips moving. 00:04:44.439 --> 00:04:46.540 You expect to hear sounds around you. 00:04:46.540 --> 00:04:50.280 But instead, there's just sonic void. 00:04:51.760 --> 00:04:55.020 Or you suddenly lose the ability to taste or smell things. 00:04:55.780 --> 00:05:01.740 The food that you typically enjoy eating has become completely blank, bland in flavor. 00:05:01.740 --> 00:05:04.780 Or you lose your sense of touch. 00:05:04.780 --> 00:05:06.439 And your motor controls. 00:05:06.759 --> 00:05:08.840 Like walking, holding things. 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:10.879 Or embracing your loved ones. 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:14.300 It becomes incredibly difficult, if not impossible. 00:05:14.300 --> 00:05:22.879 All your life, you know what you perceive, what you experience through your five senses. 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:30.540 But even if just one of those were to suddenly disappear, were to suddenly be taken away, suddenly deprived, 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:32.900 you would feel disoriented. 00:05:33.660 --> 00:05:34.720 You would feel panicked. 00:05:35.439 --> 00:05:36.580 You would feel afraid. 00:05:36.579 --> 00:05:41.719 We take for granted that sort of familiarity in our lives. 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:50.279 But as soon as we experience that loss of that familiarity, fear, grief, and even pain can begin to creep in. 00:05:52.799 --> 00:05:57.360 Tonight, our passage in Psalm 22 is a lament of loss. 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:04.339 David, the king of Israel, a man who's written countless psalms of praise to God, 00:06:04.339 --> 00:06:07.560 feels a deprivation of God's presence. 00:06:08.199 --> 00:06:12.099 A presence that he's been familiar with and known for all his life. 00:06:13.739 --> 00:06:18.620 And so, in this psalm, he expresses his disorientation, his panic, his fear. 00:06:19.620 --> 00:06:22.839 But he also remembers who he's crying out to. 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:25.239 The Lord God Almighty. 00:06:25.639 --> 00:06:27.379 The God of Israel. 00:06:28.719 --> 00:06:32.259 And David turns to the Lord in prayer and supplication. 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:37.279 And this is characteristic of the psalms of lament. 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:42.399 As Pastor Mark Rogop says in his book, Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy, 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:47.099 the psalmist's complaints are not cul-de-sacs of sorrow. 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:51.159 Not these dead ends that make you go round and round in despair. 00:06:51.779 --> 00:06:57.819 Rather, Godly lament, it builds bridges that leads to trust in God's character. 00:06:57.819 --> 00:07:06.339 And so, David's lament will go from groaning to remembering and trusting in God's faithfulness in the psalm. 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:11.600 But Psalm 22 is also a prophetic psalm. 00:07:12.459 --> 00:07:19.519 Realized and fulfilled in the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ a thousand years after David's life and reign. 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:27.060 Tonight, on Good Friday, we remember that as Jesus is drawing his final breaths on the cross, 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:29.959 he quotes the first line of the psalm. 00:07:31.579 --> 00:07:34.699 Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani. 00:07:35.859 --> 00:07:39.899 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 00:07:39.899 --> 00:07:47.939 Jesus, too, experiences the deprivation of God's familiar presence as he is hanged on the tree. 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:51.519 And as he utters this first line of the psalm, 00:07:51.819 --> 00:07:57.719 the rest of the psalm cascades out in prophetic fulfillment through the scenes of Jesus' crucifixion 00:07:57.719 --> 00:08:02.139 until it is finished and Jesus breathes his last. 00:08:02.139 --> 00:08:07.120 And so, our main point for tonight is this. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:15.120 Jesus was forsaken on the cross by God the Father so that we would not be forsaken. 00:08:16.219 --> 00:08:19.099 As we examine this psalm, I'll touch on three points. 00:08:19.740 --> 00:08:22.060 First, our groaning to God. 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:25.439 Second, remembering who God is. 00:08:25.659 --> 00:08:28.500 And third, be not far from me. 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:33.379 David begins his psalm with the following line, 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:36.279 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? 00:08:37.419 --> 00:08:41.440 We don't know the specific time and place in which David composed this psalm. 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:46.460 However, with just these first words, we see the great distress that David is in. 00:08:47.879 --> 00:08:50.440 He is scorned and despised by those around him, 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:52.559 surrounded and threatened by his opponents, 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:57.279 and to his dismay, seemingly forsaken and abandoned by God. 00:08:58.500 --> 00:09:00.720 The repetition of the phrase, 00:09:00.940 --> 00:09:04.639 My God, my God, has significant meaning in this opening. 00:09:05.620 --> 00:09:11.419 First, repetition in the psalms characterizes intense emotion, intensifying emotion. 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:13.580 It's like when we repeatedly say, 00:09:14.080 --> 00:09:15.259 Oh no, oh no, oh no, 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:18.600 more and more urgently when something has gone horribly wrong. 00:09:19.639 --> 00:09:23.620 David is not just simply sighing at some mild inconveniences in his life. 00:09:23.620 --> 00:09:28.179 He's crying out intensely to his God in extreme agony. 00:09:30.500 --> 00:09:35.080 In many cultures, grieving is expressed with that outward intensity. 00:09:35.600 --> 00:09:37.560 For example, in the Korean tradition, 00:09:37.779 --> 00:09:39.879 there's this type of lamentation called 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:40.940 Shinse tariong 00:09:40.940 --> 00:09:44.039 that involves the beating of one's chest, 00:09:44.899 --> 00:09:46.200 rhythmic wailing and singing, 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:49.019 grieving over the losses and hardships of life. 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:53.740 And many other cultures have similar emotions of beating the chest, 00:09:54.100 --> 00:09:57.899 tearing clothes, singing and wailing as an expression of their grief. 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:00.159 And so in similar fashion, 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:02.860 we can imagine the first lines of Psalm 22, 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:06.299 beginning not with a quiet, introspective murmur, 00:10:07.019 --> 00:10:09.519 but with a passionate and zealous cry, 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:10.899 My God! 00:10:11.579 --> 00:10:12.559 My God! 00:10:13.019 --> 00:10:15.199 Why have you forsaken me? 00:10:15.200 --> 00:10:20.420 Second, this repetition shows us 00:10:20.420 --> 00:10:23.080 that while David feels forsaken by God, 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:26.660 he does not forget his relationship with God. 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:31.440 This is not a God who David knows vaguely as a mere acquaintance. 00:10:32.020 --> 00:10:33.520 This is my God. 00:10:33.800 --> 00:10:36.759 My God who I have had a relationship with. 00:10:38.180 --> 00:10:39.220 David could have just written, 00:10:40.040 --> 00:10:40.900 Oh God of Israel, 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:42.440 why have you forsaken me? 00:10:42.440 --> 00:10:46.340 But he cries out to the one who was relationally close to him, 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:48.140 You are my God. 00:10:48.660 --> 00:10:50.180 You're who I turn to. 00:10:50.500 --> 00:10:51.840 Why have you forsaken me? 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:57.360 And even when it seems like God is far away and not answering him, 00:10:57.700 --> 00:10:58.780 David cries out, 00:10:59.340 --> 00:10:59.940 day and night, 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:02.440 uttering words of groaning to the Lord. 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:06.680 These weren't grumblings of prideful, 00:11:06.780 --> 00:11:08.960 entitled dissatisfaction against God, 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:11.440 but rather groanings of pain and sadness, 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:15.920 pleading to find reprieve from his deep troubles. 00:11:17.520 --> 00:11:19.140 And yet David hears no answer, 00:11:19.940 --> 00:11:22.140 no inclination of salvation from his woes. 00:11:23.060 --> 00:11:26.320 For David, who spent his years communing with God 00:11:26.320 --> 00:11:27.540 and enjoying his presence, 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:31.320 this is an unfamiliar and disorienting new reality. 00:11:31.740 --> 00:11:34.520 It's excruciating that he receives no answer, 00:11:35.180 --> 00:11:36.680 no response to his pleas, 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:38.840 no reason to his why. 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:44.259 David's anguish continues in verse 6. 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:46.160 In the previous verses, 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:48.360 David remembers how his ancestors too 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.899 once cried out to the Lord, 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:51.800 and he rescued them out of their troubles. 00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:54.000 And yet, here David is, 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:57.259 without an answer from the Lord for his own hardships. 00:11:57.259 --> 00:12:08.379 David feels minimized, 00:12:08.740 --> 00:12:09.360 less than human, 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:11.519 because God is absent from him, 00:12:12.059 --> 00:12:15.939 leaving him to be the object of scorn and disdain from the people. 00:12:15.940 --> 00:12:18.440 David was aware, 00:12:18.920 --> 00:12:20.600 as we see in many of his other psalms, 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:21.940 that God is great. 00:12:22.620 --> 00:12:24.980 God is far greater than humans could ever be. 00:12:25.400 --> 00:12:26.620 But in this moment, 00:12:27.520 --> 00:12:29.180 David feels his own littleness, 00:12:29.400 --> 00:12:30.680 not because of God's greatness, 00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:33.160 but because of his absence. 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:35.120 Without God, 00:12:35.260 --> 00:12:36.880 David feels subhuman, 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:39.520 the lowest of the created order, 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:42.539 like a worm squirming in the earth, 00:12:43.079 --> 00:12:45.319 a worm that spoils and rots everything 00:12:45.319 --> 00:12:47.340 from manna to dead bodies, 00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:51.000 much to the repulsion of the people. 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.240 Picture the scene in verse 7 and 8 for a moment. 00:12:57.360 --> 00:12:59.139 David, King David, 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:00.840 a man after God's own heart, 00:13:01.079 --> 00:13:02.899 is collapsed on the ground in a heap, 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:04.480 disheveled and broken, 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:06.079 crying out to the Lord for help. 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:09.920 The people surrounding David leer over him. 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:11.720 They mock him with their words. 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:14.560 They insult him with their facial expressions 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:16.460 by making mouths at him 00:13:16.460 --> 00:13:18.040 and wagging, 00:13:18.220 --> 00:13:20.460 shaking their heads at him in derision. 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:23.500 Look at this joke. 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:25.740 How pathetic. 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.060 He says he trusts in the Lord, 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:29.580 then let God deliver him. 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:31.340 Yeah, that's right. 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.500 Let God rescue David, 00:13:33.940 --> 00:13:35.800 since he says he delights in him. 00:13:36.080 --> 00:13:39.460 The mockers jeer at David, 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:41.320 essentially challenging him, 00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:44.340 where is your God now, David? 00:13:48.040 --> 00:13:49.020 Brothers and sisters, 00:13:49.420 --> 00:13:51.540 the reality is that we too 00:13:51.540 --> 00:13:54.100 will be on the receiving end of mocking, 00:13:54.580 --> 00:13:56.320 belittling, and despising for our faith 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.620 if we haven't already. 00:13:59.139 --> 00:14:00.640 Have you ever been made fun of 00:14:00.640 --> 00:14:01.540 for trusting God? 00:14:01.539 --> 00:14:04.779 Have you ever been mocked by your peers 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:07.120 for avoiding drunkenness and debauchery, 00:14:07.839 --> 00:14:08.759 being called a prude, 00:14:08.939 --> 00:14:10.019 a goody two-shoes, 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:11.500 or a straight-up loser? 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:15.120 Have you ever been reprimanded by your family, 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:17.599 being told that you're wasting your weekend 00:14:17.599 --> 00:14:19.159 by going to church on Sundays 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:20.360 when you can be networking 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:21.819 and applying yourself toward your career? 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:24.340 In the moment, 00:14:24.640 --> 00:14:25.480 these insults, 00:14:25.660 --> 00:14:26.280 the scorn, 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.740 it stings and hurts. 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:30.100 But when we remember 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:32.020 why we fight these temptations, 00:14:32.340 --> 00:14:34.240 why we gather every Sunday for worship, 00:14:34.440 --> 00:14:35.920 and who we do it all for, 00:14:36.780 --> 00:14:39.460 we're reminded that we serve a God 00:14:39.460 --> 00:14:40.120 who was, 00:14:40.660 --> 00:14:41.180 who is, 00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:43.100 and who always will be faithful 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:43.980 to his people. 00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:48.300 And that's what David does. 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.100 Amidst his groaning and his agony, 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:53.159 David remembers who God is 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:54.920 and what he has done 00:14:54.920 --> 00:14:57.060 to exemplify his faithfulness. 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:00.259 David pivots his focus 00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:01.120 from his present troubles 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:02.139 to God's holiness, 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:03.180 his kingship, 00:15:03.220 --> 00:15:04.180 and his praiseworthiness 00:15:04.180 --> 00:15:04.820 in verse three. 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:07.399 Yet you are holy, 00:15:08.279 --> 00:15:10.220 enthroned on the praises of Israel. 00:15:10.220 --> 00:15:13.519 The phrase yet you 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:15.120 indicates that there is 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:16.600 a contrast being made here. 00:15:17.820 --> 00:15:19.800 Even though David is not hearing God 00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:20.759 answer his cries, 00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:22.340 he still remembers 00:15:22.340 --> 00:15:24.660 what he knows to be true about God, 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:26.139 that he is holy, 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:28.420 that he is enthroned and sovereign, 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:30.899 and that he is worthy of praise. 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:34.120 David sheds further light on this 00:15:34.120 --> 00:15:35.660 in the following verses four and five. 00:15:36.560 --> 00:15:38.120 In you our fathers trusted, 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:40.500 they trusted and you delivered them. 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.539 To you they cried and were rescued, 00:15:42.899 --> 00:15:43.740 in you they trusted 00:15:43.740 --> 00:15:45.179 and were not put to shame. 00:15:47.419 --> 00:15:49.220 David remembers how his forefathers 00:15:49.220 --> 00:15:50.340 trusted in God, 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:51.980 and God heard their cries 00:15:51.980 --> 00:15:52.779 and rescued them, 00:15:53.060 --> 00:15:54.320 not putting them to shame. 00:15:55.179 --> 00:15:56.560 While David doesn't reference 00:15:56.560 --> 00:15:58.019 any specific instances 00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:59.060 of God's deliverance, 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.919 the Exodus narrative 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:02.080 may come to mind 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:03.139 as a prime example 00:16:03.139 --> 00:16:04.860 of God rescuing his people. 00:16:04.860 --> 00:16:08.340 Exodus chapter two, 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.519 23 to 25 says, 00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:11.480 the people of Israel groaned 00:16:11.480 --> 00:16:12.419 because of their slavery 00:16:12.419 --> 00:16:13.500 and cried out for help, 00:16:13.779 --> 00:16:15.080 and God heard their groaning, 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:16.539 and God remembered his covenant 00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.100 with Abraham, 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:17.740 with Isaac, 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:18.399 and with Jacob. 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.879 God saw the people of Israel, 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.340 and God knew. 00:16:23.680 --> 00:16:24.779 God heard the cries 00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.360 of the Israelites 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:26.000 in their slavery 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:27.360 and rescued them 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.419 out of Egypt. 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:32.080 David could probably remember 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.240 many other examples 00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:34.259 of God's faithfulness 00:16:34.259 --> 00:16:35.120 to help his people. 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.259 In the wilderness, 00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:38.580 on the way to the promised land, 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:40.419 as the Israelites 00:16:40.419 --> 00:16:41.940 conquered the promised land, 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:44.000 the judges sent by God 00:16:44.000 --> 00:16:44.919 to deliver Israel 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:45.659 from oppression, 00:16:46.519 --> 00:16:47.580 the kings he established 00:16:47.580 --> 00:16:48.659 to rule and govern 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.279 over Israel, 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:51.419 in all these things, 00:16:51.680 --> 00:16:52.879 God had revealed himself 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:54.060 as a holy God 00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:55.519 set apart from all things, 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.799 a sovereign God 00:16:56.799 --> 00:16:58.360 ruling over the nations 00:16:58.360 --> 00:16:59.399 and dealing with enemies 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.159 with justice, 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.960 and a praiseworthy God 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:03.180 worthy of worship 00:17:03.180 --> 00:17:04.200 and reverence 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.120 by his people. 00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:08.000 David reminisces 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:09.140 of what God 00:17:09.140 --> 00:17:10.240 has done in the past, 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.440 and yet, 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:13.920 that is not what he 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:14.980 has been experiencing 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.740 in the present. 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:19.460 David's been feeling 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:19.980 the pain, 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:21.519 he's been feeling 00:17:21.519 --> 00:17:22.100 the suffering, 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.860 and he's been crying out 00:17:23.860 --> 00:17:25.039 to God to save him, 00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:26.319 but God 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.620 is not answering. 00:17:28.740 --> 00:17:29.980 While God saved Israel 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:31.039 and was the object 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.980 of their praise, 00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:34.120 God seems to have 00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:35.019 abandoned David 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:36.599 and is the object 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:38.380 of his interrogations. 00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:40.980 Why have you forsaken me? 00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:43.400 Why are you so far 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.480 from saving me? 00:17:47.480 --> 00:17:48.759 David pivots again 00:17:48.759 --> 00:17:49.880 from present despair 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:51.019 to faithful remembrance 00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:52.500 in verses 9 and 10. 00:17:53.160 --> 00:17:54.579 Yet you are he 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.640 who took me from the womb. 00:17:55.640 --> 00:17:57.660 You made me trust you 00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.759 at my mother's breast. 00:17:59.120 --> 00:18:00.300 On you was I cast 00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:00.920 from my birth, 00:18:01.120 --> 00:18:02.320 and from my mother's womb 00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:04.000 you have been my God. 00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.680 This time, 00:18:06.780 --> 00:18:07.620 David contrasts 00:18:07.620 --> 00:18:08.259 his grieving 00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:09.040 over the people's 00:18:09.040 --> 00:18:09.820 mockery of him 00:18:09.820 --> 00:18:11.020 to remembering 00:18:11.020 --> 00:18:11.980 God's care 00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.820 and provision 00:18:12.820 --> 00:18:13.420 for him. 00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.480 David reflects 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.360 on how God 00:18:16.360 --> 00:18:17.480 was his caretaker 00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.540 and providence 00:18:18.540 --> 00:18:19.480 since before birth, 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.360 and how David 00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:21.500 was made to trust 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:21.980 in God 00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:23.320 since infancy. 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:25.259 Just as God 00:18:25.259 --> 00:18:26.099 was a close 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:26.960 and relational God 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.759 to David's fathers, 00:18:28.099 --> 00:18:29.039 God has also been 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:30.240 close and relational 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.359 to David 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.399 for all his life. 00:18:33.579 --> 00:18:34.700 And that's what makes 00:18:34.700 --> 00:18:35.579 his abandonment 00:18:35.579 --> 00:18:36.139 of David now 00:18:36.139 --> 00:18:37.899 all the more painful, 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.879 all the more confusing. 00:18:42.720 --> 00:18:43.500 There's something 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:45.059 so genuine 00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:46.279 about David 00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:47.899 as he oscillates 00:18:47.899 --> 00:18:48.879 between lamenting 00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.679 over his situation 00:18:49.679 --> 00:18:50.659 and remembering 00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:51.279 who God is. 00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.799 He does this 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.379 back and forth, 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:53.019 back and forth. 00:18:53.939 --> 00:18:55.099 David could have 00:18:55.099 --> 00:18:56.220 so easily 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:57.339 written this psalm 00:18:57.339 --> 00:18:58.119 in neat, 00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:59.279 separate compartments, 00:18:59.379 --> 00:18:59.819 a stanza 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:01.220 dedicated to his agony, 00:19:01.619 --> 00:19:02.720 a section dedicated 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:04.000 to God's faithfulness, 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:04.740 but instead, 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.299 David, 00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.079 he depicts 00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.639 the raw emotions, 00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.720 the real-time 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.980 internal dialogue 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.059 that he's having, 00:19:11.159 --> 00:19:11.919 that he's going through 00:19:11.919 --> 00:19:12.619 as he processes 00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:13.599 his pain 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.960 and grief 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.859 juxtaposed 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.539 to his memories 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:18.099 of who God is. 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:21.899 He feels forsaken 00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.659 and abandoned 00:19:22.659 --> 00:19:23.199 by God. 00:19:24.159 --> 00:19:25.399 But then he remembers 00:19:25.399 --> 00:19:26.000 how God 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:27.240 has been so good 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.079 and so faithful 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.679 to his people 00:19:28.679 --> 00:19:29.500 for generations. 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.339 But still, 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.339 the mockery, 00:19:32.679 --> 00:19:33.179 the derision 00:19:33.179 --> 00:19:33.719 of his peers 00:19:33.719 --> 00:19:34.299 makes him feel 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:35.659 small and weak. 00:19:36.719 --> 00:19:37.859 But then he reflects 00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.899 on how God 00:19:38.899 --> 00:19:40.079 has been so close, 00:19:40.399 --> 00:19:41.259 has been his help 00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.079 and his providence 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:43.179 from birth. 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:48.279 How do we lament? 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:50.220 How do we bring 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:51.120 our grievances 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.700 to the Lord? 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.279 When we bring 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:54.980 our own burdens 00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.580 to the Lord, 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:57.840 we too will most likely 00:19:57.840 --> 00:19:58.960 go back and forth, 00:19:59.240 --> 00:19:59.920 back and forth 00:19:59.920 --> 00:20:00.620 from groaning 00:20:00.620 --> 00:20:02.640 about our circumstances 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.360 to remembering 00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:04.320 God's character. 00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.880 Maybe some of you 00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:10.440 are currently discouraged 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.700 from being 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.620 in a long period 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.279 of waiting 00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:14.279 for job prospects. 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.739 Lamenting to the Lord 00:20:16.739 --> 00:20:17.639 can look like this. 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:18.359 Lord, 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:20.559 I'm so discouraged 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.359 from not being able 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:22.539 to get that job. 00:20:23.099 --> 00:20:24.379 Why am I not wanted? 00:20:25.699 --> 00:20:26.079 And yet, 00:20:26.199 --> 00:20:27.059 I'm reminded 00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:27.919 of how you've been 00:20:27.919 --> 00:20:28.939 so good to me 00:20:28.939 --> 00:20:30.279 amidst my job search. 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.239 You've provided 00:20:31.239 --> 00:20:32.019 all that I need 00:20:32.019 --> 00:20:32.559 plus more, 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:33.479 and I thank you 00:20:33.479 --> 00:20:34.839 that I lack nothing. 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.659 But still, 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.519 each day 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.639 that I don't hear back 00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.899 from job opportunities 00:20:39.899 --> 00:20:41.199 feels like a day wasted. 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.519 I feel unproductive 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.359 and tired, 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:43.940 and I'm not sure 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.799 how much longer 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.680 I can wait. 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.599 Yet you, 00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:48.139 Lord, 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:49.039 are my comfort, 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.299 and you've brought me 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.579 hope and refreshment 00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.400 through your word 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.079 every day, 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:54.279 and I will trust 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.160 in that. 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:00.180 Some of you, 00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.460 maybe, 00:21:00.460 --> 00:21:01.920 are hurting 00:21:01.920 --> 00:21:02.639 and lamenting 00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.379 over the loss 00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.480 of loved ones. 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:07.140 I remember 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.099 when my grandma 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.860 passed away 00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.799 a couple years ago. 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.660 My grief 00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.680 came in waves 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.180 to the Lord. 00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.480 I remember 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.460 crying for days 00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:17.079 when I found out 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.500 she passed, 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:18.400 and I felt helpless 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.640 that I couldn't 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:20.420 make it out to Korea 00:21:20.420 --> 00:21:21.420 to be with my family 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:21.940 to mourn. 00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:24.559 But I was reminded 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.640 of God's faithfulness 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:26.539 in my grandma's life 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.559 and was thankful 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.279 that she was a woman 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:28.660 of faith, 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.480 constantly praying 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.460 for me 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:31.000 and reading, 00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:32.079 reciting scripture 00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:33.319 even as her memory 00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:34.100 started to fade 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:35.340 and even as her body 00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:35.940 grew weaker 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.660 and weaker. 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:38.840 And yet still, 00:21:38.960 --> 00:21:39.680 there would be days 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:41.360 where I dearly missed her, 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.680 and I was sad 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.380 that I wouldn't be able 00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.380 to see her anymore. 00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.920 But I found comfort 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.700 in knowing 00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:49.059 that I will see her 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.900 again one day 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:51.059 when we meet 00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:51.600 with the Lord 00:21:51.600 --> 00:21:53.079 and that even in death, 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:54.279 God is working 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.380 all things together 00:21:55.380 --> 00:21:55.860 for good 00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:57.319 for those who are called 00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:58.559 according to his purpose. 00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:02.640 While we don't 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.480 always understand 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.840 the whys of our griefs 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.200 and troubles, 00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.019 like David, 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.900 we can endure the suffering 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:09.400 by clinging to what we know 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.319 about our God, 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:12.440 who is eternally unchanging, 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.980 who is always good 00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:15.380 and forever faithful. 00:22:17.079 --> 00:22:18.440 2 Corinthians 1, 00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:19.680 3-4 attests, 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:21.120 Blessed be the God 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.559 and Father 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.640 of our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:24.400 the Father of mercies 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:26.740 and God of all comfort, 00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.380 who comforts us 00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:30.140 in all our affliction, 00:22:30.460 --> 00:22:31.460 so that we may be able 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.279 to comfort those 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.360 who are in any affliction 00:22:33.360 --> 00:22:34.500 with the comfort 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.799 with which we ourselves 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:39.120 are comforted by God. 00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.799 We can believe 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.799 this trustworthy word, 00:22:43.059 --> 00:22:44.480 that God will comfort us 00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.880 in all our afflictions, 00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:47.140 no matter how painful 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:47.860 they may be. 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:50.120 And when we trust 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.600 in the Lord, 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.900 we are able to endure 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.620 and we're able 00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:55.240 to boldly let our requests 00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.779 be known to him. 00:22:56.779 --> 00:23:00.240 And we see David 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:01.160 do exactly that. 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:04.000 He casts his trust 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.660 onto the Lord 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:06.500 and he appeals 00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.639 to him. 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.420 He appeals to God 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.160 after remembering 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:10.940 who he is. 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.500 David cries out 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.279 in verse 11, 00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.819 Be not far 00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.559 from me. 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:21.240 This is David's request, 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.759 a solution 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.740 to his main concern, 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.599 his main struggle, 00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:25.980 his feeling abandoned 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.759 by God. 00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:29.440 Be not far from me. 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.299 Draw near to me, 00:23:31.339 --> 00:23:31.700 O God. 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.440 All of this 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:34.159 is bearable, 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.799 the mockery 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.299 of the people, 00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:36.279 the suffering 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.940 and rejection 00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.960 when you 00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:39.579 are with me. 00:23:42.139 --> 00:23:43.099 David has felt 00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.619 the comfort 00:23:43.619 --> 00:23:44.299 and confidence 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:45.619 of being in God's presence 00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:46.199 in the past. 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:49.039 In 1 Samuel 17, 00:23:49.239 --> 00:23:50.159 before he fights 00:23:50.159 --> 00:23:51.299 and kills Goliath 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.000 of the Philistines, 00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:53.039 David says 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.879 to the doubting 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:54.659 King Saul, 00:23:55.219 --> 00:23:55.779 The Lord 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.519 who delivered me 00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.079 from the paw 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.599 of the lion 00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:58.559 and from the paw 00:23:58.559 --> 00:23:58.959 of the bear 00:23:58.959 --> 00:24:00.199 will deliver me 00:24:00.199 --> 00:24:01.500 from the hand 00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:02.319 of the Philistines. 00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:04.939 David prevailed 00:24:04.939 --> 00:24:06.239 even when it seemed 00:24:06.239 --> 00:24:07.000 like the odds 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.859 were against him 00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.799 because God 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.699 was with him. 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.379 But now, 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.479 with God's absence 00:24:12.479 --> 00:24:13.159 in his life, 00:24:14.159 --> 00:24:14.839 David feels 00:24:14.839 --> 00:24:15.559 the fear 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:16.179 of his troubles 00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:17.339 assailing him 00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.199 and he pleads 00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.579 to God, 00:24:18.899 --> 00:24:20.099 Be not far 00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.639 from me 00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.579 for trouble 00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.240 is near 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:23.399 and there is 00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.299 none to help. 00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:27.079 Many bulls 00:24:27.079 --> 00:24:27.679 encompass me, 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.619 strong bulls 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.419 of Bashan 00:24:29.419 --> 00:24:30.279 surround me. 00:24:31.659 --> 00:24:32.000 Bashan 00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.579 was a region 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.000 that God 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.639 had set aside 00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.419 in the promised land 00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:35.399 for the Israelites 00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:35.919 to inhabit 00:24:35.919 --> 00:24:36.980 in Deuteronomy. 00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.559 The fertile land 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.959 of Bashan 00:24:39.959 --> 00:24:40.459 was known 00:24:40.459 --> 00:24:41.539 for raising up 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.599 healthy cattle, 00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.319 hence 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:44.819 the strong bulls 00:24:44.819 --> 00:24:45.559 of Bashan. 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.379 However, 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.819 the king 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.359 of Bashan, 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:48.879 Og, 00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:50.639 fiercely opposed 00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:51.019 Israel 00:24:51.019 --> 00:24:51.839 in the promised land 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.859 and its strength 00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.659 and its size 00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.240 made him 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.319 a formidable enemy. 00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:56.619 And so, 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.159 the enemies 00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.859 who surrounded 00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.200 David 00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:58.720 were like 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.960 the strong bulls 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.500 of Bashan, 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.019 powerful and fearsome, 00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.179 intimidating David 00:25:03.179 --> 00:25:04.500 with their open mouths 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.720 like a ravening 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.859 and roaring lion. 00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.619 David compares 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.119 his enemies 00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.819 to other animals 00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.619 in verse 16. 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.539 for dogs 00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:13.459 encompass me. 00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:14.779 A company 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.419 of evil doors 00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.099 encircles me. 00:25:16.319 --> 00:25:16.979 They have pierced 00:25:16.979 --> 00:25:17.579 my hands 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.099 and feet. 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:20.500 Like ferocious 00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.299 wild dogs, 00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.379 David's enemies 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.259 circle him, 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.179 ready to enact 00:25:24.179 --> 00:25:25.399 evil upon him. 00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.959 In fact, 00:25:27.239 --> 00:25:28.019 they've already 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.039 done David harm 00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:30.339 by piercing 00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.599 his hands 00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.199 and his feet 00:25:32.199 --> 00:25:33.379 like fangs 00:25:33.379 --> 00:25:34.059 that sink 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.819 into flesh. 00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:39.059 And the effects 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.000 of such affliction, 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.519 the effects 00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.240 of these attacks 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:42.099 are described 00:25:42.099 --> 00:25:43.179 so vividly. 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.200 Verse 14, 00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:45.179 I am poured out 00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.679 like water 00:25:45.679 --> 00:25:47.299 and all my bones 00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.879 are out of joint. 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.099 My heart is like wax. 00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:49.939 It is melted 00:25:49.939 --> 00:25:50.779 within my breast. 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.200 David is physically 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.859 collapsing 00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:56.339 from his afflictions 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.859 like water 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:59.419 that cascades down. 00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.579 When bones 00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:02.359 are out of joint, 00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.500 they have no way 00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.460 to be held together 00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.420 and eventually 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.160 fall apart. 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.100 Wax that is held 00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.880 to a flame 00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:11.079 can no longer 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.160 hold itself up. 00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.019 It's melted. 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.180 And all this imagery 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.819 shows how weakened 00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.860 David has become. 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:24.120 My strength 00:26:24.120 --> 00:26:24.819 is dried up 00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.779 like a pot shirt. 00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.259 My tongue sticks 00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.019 to my jaws 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:30.340 like a dried up 00:26:30.340 --> 00:26:31.140 piece of pottery 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:32.259 that's been sitting 00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.720 in the oven 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.240 for too long. 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.140 He's weakened 00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.820 and frail 00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:35.660 to the point 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.620 that his tongue 00:26:36.620 --> 00:26:37.620 is dehydrated 00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.520 and parched 00:26:38.520 --> 00:26:39.300 and it sticks 00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:40.259 to his mouth. 00:26:41.800 --> 00:26:42.860 And David says to God, 00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:45.259 you lay me 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.200 in the dust 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.100 of death. 00:26:48.800 --> 00:26:49.800 God had formed 00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.259 Adam 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.240 by the dust 00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.660 of the earth. 00:26:52.520 --> 00:26:53.100 And when Adam 00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.440 and Eve 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.900 had sinned 00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.320 against him 00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:55.040 in Genesis 3, 00:26:55.320 --> 00:26:56.160 God curses 00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.140 humanity saying, 00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.740 for you are dust 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.680 and to dust 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:01.160 you shall return. 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:04.480 David is cognizant 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.080 that he, 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.220 along with all 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.840 of humanity, 00:27:07.320 --> 00:27:07.840 will suffer 00:27:07.840 --> 00:27:08.740 the consequences 00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:10.080 of Adam's curse. 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.840 He does not 00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.560 blame God 00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.120 for this 00:27:13.120 --> 00:27:14.340 near-death experience, 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:15.240 but he recognizes 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.180 that God 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.779 is the sole sovereignty 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.759 over life 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.420 and death. 00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:21.120 And it's by God's will, 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.940 by his will, 00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:23.019 David has been 00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.380 laying 00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:25.060 in the dust 00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.660 of death. 00:27:25.660 --> 00:27:28.560 And so David, 00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.900 dried up 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:31.019 and emaciated, 00:27:32.060 --> 00:27:32.880 he can count 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.900 all his bones 00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:35.180 from how thin 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.759 he has become. 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:40.019 And rather than pity him, 00:27:40.300 --> 00:27:41.400 his tormentors stare 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:42.220 and they gawk 00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.720 at David 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.480 like he's a circus act 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:45.480 or a caged animal. 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:46.600 And they continue 00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.519 to gloat over him 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.300 and mock him 00:27:48.300 --> 00:27:49.480 in his tortured state. 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.100 And like spoils of war, 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.900 his enemies begin 00:27:51.900 --> 00:27:53.160 dividing his garments 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.140 between themselves, 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.400 casting lots 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:56.080 for his clothing 00:27:56.080 --> 00:27:57.000 as if David 00:27:57.000 --> 00:27:57.920 had already died. 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.940 It's truly 00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.300 a gruesome 00:28:02.300 --> 00:28:03.320 and harrowing scene. 00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:06.400 And once more, 00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.440 we see in verse 19 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.740 that David cries out 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.519 in desperation, 00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.620 but you, 00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.180 oh Lord, 00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:13.060 do not be far off. 00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:13.960 Oh, you, 00:28:14.040 --> 00:28:14.400 my help, 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.000 come quickly 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.680 to my aid. 00:28:19.540 --> 00:28:20.400 Psalm 22 00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.240 at its core 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.480 is David's lament 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:23.300 to God 00:28:23.300 --> 00:28:24.540 because he felt 00:28:24.540 --> 00:28:25.060 forsaken 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:25.539 and abandoned 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.019 by him. 00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.460 He cries out 00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:28.200 because he can't 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.339 perceive God's presence 00:28:29.339 --> 00:28:30.019 amidst suffering 00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:31.039 and he desires 00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:31.539 for God 00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.159 to be near 00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.799 to him 00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.480 as the comforter 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.480 and deliverer 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.859 of his troubles. 00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:38.960 And if we were 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.759 to read the rest 00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.319 of the psalm, 00:28:40.419 --> 00:28:41.119 which we won't do 00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.440 tonight, 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.559 we will see 00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.119 that God 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:44.419 did not abandon 00:28:44.419 --> 00:28:44.759 David. 00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.759 God delivered 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.559 David from his enemies 00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.240 and tribulations 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:49.559 and David was able 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.159 to feel 00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.919 and enjoy 00:28:50.919 --> 00:28:51.579 the presence 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.879 of God 00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.399 and his life 00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:53.879 once more. 00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:56.839 But like I said 00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.179 before, 00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.139 Psalm 22 00:28:58.139 --> 00:28:58.899 is not only 00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.519 a reflection 00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:00.740 of David's 00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.199 experience 00:29:01.199 --> 00:29:01.759 of suffering. 00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.439 Psalm 22 00:29:03.439 --> 00:29:04.019 is also 00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.939 a remarkably 00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:05.819 specific 00:29:05.819 --> 00:29:07.159 prophetic psalm 00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.819 fulfilled 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.799 through the suffering 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.779 and death 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:11.179 of Jesus Christ. 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.500 So much 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.159 of Psalm 22 00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:17.099 was realized 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:17.559 through Jesus' 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.419 crucifixion 00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:19.279 and the gospel 00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:19.919 accounts will 00:29:19.919 --> 00:29:20.639 attest to this. 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:23.000 Like David, 00:29:23.840 --> 00:29:24.380 Jesus was 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.220 scorned 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.720 by mankind 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.080 and despised 00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.700 by the people. 00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.420 As Jesus 00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:30.000 was crucified, 00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:30.860 Matthew 27 00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:31.759 39 says 00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.620 that those 00:29:32.620 --> 00:29:33.240 who passed 00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:34.580 by derided 00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:34.940 him, 00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.080 wagging their 00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.360 heads. 00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:38.980 The scribes 00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.360 and elders 00:29:39.360 --> 00:29:40.000 mocked Jesus 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.520 in the same 00:29:40.520 --> 00:29:40.940 way David 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.500 was mocked. 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.600 Matthew 27 00:29:42.600 --> 00:29:43.020 43, 00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:43.620 they said, 00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.640 he trusts 00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.420 in God. 00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.660 Let God 00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.100 deliver him 00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.840 now if he 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:48.500 desires him. 00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:50.660 Just as 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.359 the evildoers 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.079 encircled 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.460 David 00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.240 and pierced 00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.819 his hands 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.259 and feet, 00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.880 our Lord 00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.619 Jesus was 00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.339 pierced in 00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.700 his hands 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.000 and feet 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.680 to hang 00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.380 on the cross 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.059 as he was 00:29:59.059 --> 00:29:59.480 surrounded 00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.359 by his enemies. 00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:01.900 And as he 00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.660 hung on that 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.019 cross, 00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:04.059 his body 00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.680 began to 00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.240 collapse, 00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.700 his bones 00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.619 straining away 00:30:07.619 --> 00:30:08.000 from their 00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.460 joints, 00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.339 his heart 00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:09.900 progressing 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.579 to failure, 00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.880 his mouth 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.660 drying up 00:30:12.660 --> 00:30:13.180 only to be 00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.900 fed sour 00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:14.720 wine to 00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:15.259 slake his 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.720 thirst. 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:17.799 Those who 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.579 crucified him 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.400 cast lots 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.140 to divide 00:30:20.140 --> 00:30:20.680 his garments, 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.360 his robes 00:30:21.360 --> 00:30:22.120 among themselves. 00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.600 And once 00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.579 Jesus breathed 00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.240 his last, 00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.799 they pierced 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.380 his side 00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:28.240 and he was 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.900 poured out 00:30:28.900 --> 00:30:29.660 like water. 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.240 And finally, 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.660 he was buried, 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.279 laid in the 00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:36.559 dust of death. 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:39.180 Hauntingly 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.600 specific. 00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.480 This could 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.900 not have 00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:44.019 been premeditated 00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:44.960 or staged 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.600 and yet 00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.200 each of 00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.720 these elements 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.100 of Psalm 00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.880 22 were 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.620 precisely 00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.299 fulfilled 00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.759 through 00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.079 Jesus' 00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:50.640 death 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.519 on the 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.840 cross. 00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.000 And at 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.579 the climax 00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.079 of his 00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:55.680 crucifixion, 00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.539 the cry 00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:57.980 of forsakenness 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.779 comes to 00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.960 its fullest 00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.480 prophetic 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.120 realization 00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.900 in Jesus. 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.360 In Psalm 00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.740 22, 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.400 David cried 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:04.600 out, 00:31:04.860 --> 00:31:05.279 my God, 00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.720 my God, 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.140 why have 00:31:06.140 --> 00:31:06.680 you forsaken 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:06.920 me? 00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.559 Because he 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.400 felt abandoned 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.039 by God. 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.500 But our 00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.059 Lord and 00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:11.279 Savior, 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:11.720 Jesus, 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.700 cried out 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.079 the very 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.640 same thing, 00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.579 my God, 00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.259 my God, 00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:16.079 why have 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.639 you forsaken 00:31:16.639 --> 00:31:16.899 me? 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.740 Because on 00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.240 the cross 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.899 he was 00:31:18.899 --> 00:31:19.519 truly 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.379 forsaken 00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.379 by God. 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.460 And Jesus 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.319 was forsaken 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.759 by God 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:26.439 on the cross 00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:29.299 so that we 00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.439 would not 00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:31.259 be forsaken. 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:35.379 If God 00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.839 is an 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.299 infinitely 00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.819 holy 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.519 and good 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.859 God, 00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:39.159 then any 00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.859 transgression 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:40.679 or infraction 00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:41.240 against him 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.939 is an 00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.419 abomination 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.100 to him. 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.380 And if 00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.640 God 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:44.940 is an 00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.340 infinitely 00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.820 just 00:31:45.820 --> 00:31:46.140 God, 00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.860 then any 00:31:46.860 --> 00:31:47.100 sin 00:31:47.100 --> 00:31:47.460 committed 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.840 against 00:31:47.840 --> 00:31:48.019 him 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.380 will 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.759 not 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.120 go 00:31:49.120 --> 00:31:49.920 unpunished. 00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.759 That is 00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:52.220 why the 00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:52.700 consequence 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.460 of Adam's 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:53.840 rebellion 00:31:53.840 --> 00:31:54.500 was the 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.100 curse of 00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.440 death. 00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.400 The wages 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:56.960 of sin 00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.759 is death, 00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.380 eternal 00:31:58.380 --> 00:31:58.880 separation 00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.360 from God. 00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:00.920 And so 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.539 all of 00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.039 humanity 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.560 in our 00:32:02.560 --> 00:32:03.039 sinful 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.440 nature, 00:32:03.840 --> 00:32:04.960 we've all 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.720 fallen short 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.360 of God's 00:32:06.360 --> 00:32:06.700 holiness, 00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.480 his glory, 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.340 and we 00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.900 deserve the 00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.740 divine wrath 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.460 and divine 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.680 justice of 00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.019 God. 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:14.759 But God 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:16.580 in his 00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:17.200 great love 00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:17.620 and mercy 00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.140 gave his 00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:18.660 one and 00:32:18.660 --> 00:32:19.320 only son, 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:20.060 Jesus, 00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.900 to die 00:32:21.900 --> 00:32:22.600 on our 00:32:22.600 --> 00:32:22.960 behalf. 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.620 Jesus, 00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:27.340 the perfect 00:32:27.340 --> 00:32:27.980 son of 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.320 God, 00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:29.860 the perfect 00:32:29.860 --> 00:32:30.259 son who 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.500 was in 00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.000 eternal 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.560 fellowship 00:32:31.560 --> 00:32:32.279 with God 00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.740 the Father 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.000 and the 00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.500 Holy Spirit, 00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.680 humbled 00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.740 himself by 00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.259 taking on 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.960 human flesh 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.519 to be 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.279 despised 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:38.880 and rejected 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.480 by men, 00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:40.740 to be 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.360 betrayed 00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:41.859 by his 00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.119 closest 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.659 friends, 00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.559 and to 00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.099 be subjected 00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.459 to the 00:32:44.459 --> 00:32:44.699 most 00:32:44.699 --> 00:32:45.539 humiliating 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.939 death 00:32:45.939 --> 00:32:46.719 of 00:32:46.719 --> 00:32:47.119 hanging 00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:47.919 on a 00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:48.259 cross. 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.019 2 Corinthians 00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.719 5.21 00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:53.000 says, 00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.679 for our 00:32:53.679 --> 00:32:54.019 sake, 00:32:54.419 --> 00:32:55.199 he made 00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.579 him to 00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.059 be sin 00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.939 who knew 00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.899 no sin 00:32:57.899 --> 00:32:58.579 so that 00:32:58.579 --> 00:32:59.179 in him 00:32:59.179 --> 00:32:59.819 we might 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.219 become 00:33:00.219 --> 00:33:00.619 the 00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.019 righteousness 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.959 of God. 00:33:04.119 --> 00:33:04.919 This was 00:33:04.919 --> 00:33:05.459 the Father's 00:33:05.459 --> 00:33:05.659 will. 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.660 God's 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:05.700 will. 00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.480 This was 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:09.240 all part 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.500 of the 00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:09.820 plan 00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:11.040 for 00:33:11.040 --> 00:33:11.420 redemption. 00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.700 Jesus, 00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.040 the spotless 00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:15.620 lamb who 00:33:15.620 --> 00:33:15.840 never 00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.360 sinned, 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.440 in perfect 00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.980 obedience, 00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.880 carried the 00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.620 weight of 00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.120 our sin 00:33:20.120 --> 00:33:21.460 upon his 00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.820 shoulders 00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:23.560 and bore 00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:24.320 the divine 00:33:24.320 --> 00:33:24.940 wrath of 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.220 God, 00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:27.160 the abandonment 00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:27.940 and forsakenness 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.420 that we 00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.560 deserved as 00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.360 the propitiation 00:33:30.360 --> 00:33:31.360 for our 00:33:31.360 --> 00:33:31.680 sins. 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:34.720 Ephesians 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.220 chapter 2 00:33:35.220 --> 00:33:35.660 verse 13 00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.940 says, 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:36.779 but now 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.380 in Christ 00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.860 Jesus, 00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.060 you, 00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.759 you who 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.220 were once 00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:41.880 far off 00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.380 have been 00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.279 brought near 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.940 by the 00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.740 blood of 00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:45.140 Christ. 00:33:46.960 --> 00:33:47.560 David's 00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:47.980 cry for 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:48.299 help, 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:49.019 for God 00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.600 to not 00:33:49.600 --> 00:33:50.200 be far 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:50.600 off from 00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:50.799 him, 00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.620 is fulfilled 00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:52.380 for all 00:33:52.380 --> 00:33:53.060 of humanity 00:33:53.060 --> 00:33:54.039 through the 00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.660 blood of 00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:55.000 Christ. 00:33:56.640 --> 00:33:57.380 We who 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.820 are far 00:33:57.820 --> 00:33:58.160 off, 00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.400 we're 00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:59.380 alienated 00:33:59.380 --> 00:33:59.660 in our 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.100 sin and 00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.539 rebellion, 00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.299 are brought 00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.099 near to 00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:02.559 the throne 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:03.099 of grace 00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.839 that we 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.220 can be in 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.599 God's 00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:05.119 presence and 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:05.480 this could 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.180 only be 00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:06.680 accomplished 00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.700 by Jesus 00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.159 being forsaken 00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:10.159 by his 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.480 father. 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.579 How great 00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:14.460 the pain 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.079 of searing 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.559 loss. 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.259 The father 00:34:17.259 --> 00:34:18.099 turns his 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.619 face away. 00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.860 God 00:34:21.860 --> 00:34:22.579 didn't turn 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.019 his face 00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.659 away because 00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:25.679 Jesus' 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.420 crucifixion 00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.759 was too 00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.320 gruesome, 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:29.039 too horrific 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:30.039 to look 00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.259 at. 00:34:31.300 --> 00:34:32.220 This is 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.080 a personification 00:34:33.080 --> 00:34:34.220 of God 00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:35.280 abandoning 00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.900 and forsaking 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.300 his son, 00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:36.600 Jesus. 00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.039 Jesus, 00:34:39.200 --> 00:34:39.560 in bearing 00:34:39.560 --> 00:34:40.380 that divine 00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:40.800 wrath, 00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.640 was truly 00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.100 forsaken 00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.620 by God. 00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.220 In order 00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:43.740 to take 00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.039 all of 00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.480 our sins, 00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:44.920 past, 00:34:45.080 --> 00:34:45.300 present, 00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.060 and future, 00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:46.900 and atone 00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.240 for them 00:34:47.240 --> 00:34:47.720 fully, 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:48.820 the son 00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.180 of God 00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:49.740 had to be 00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.100 crushed 00:34:50.100 --> 00:34:50.800 by the 00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.060 father. 00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.800 Jesus 00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.380 wasn't just 00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:55.140 feeling 00:34:55.140 --> 00:34:55.660 forsaken 00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:56.000 on the 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.300 cross, 00:34:56.600 --> 00:34:57.240 as David 00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:57.620 did in 00:34:57.620 --> 00:34:57.760 his 00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.260 sufferings. 00:34:58.260 --> 00:35:00.440 as theologian 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.700 Herman 00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:01.080 Boving 00:35:01.080 --> 00:35:01.540 puts it, 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.140 Jesus 00:35:02.140 --> 00:35:02.960 experienced 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.180 an objective 00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:04.800 God 00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.820 forsakenness 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.800 at Calvary. 00:35:08.160 --> 00:35:08.740 His 00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:09.320 feeling was 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.780 not an 00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.320 illusion, 00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.180 not based 00:35:11.180 --> 00:35:11.540 on a 00:35:11.540 --> 00:35:11.820 false 00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.260 view of 00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:12.380 his 00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:12.920 situation, 00:35:13.300 --> 00:35:13.640 but 00:35:13.640 --> 00:35:14.440 corresponded 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:14.760 with 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.420 reality. 00:35:18.740 --> 00:35:19.420 Jesus 00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.100 was really 00:35:20.100 --> 00:35:20.840 forsaken 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:22.600 by his 00:35:22.600 --> 00:35:22.900 father, 00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:26.240 and who 00:35:26.240 --> 00:35:26.599 Jesus 00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.160 closely 00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.619 called 00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.200 my 00:35:28.200 --> 00:35:28.780 father 00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.240 throughout 00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:29.380 the 00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.660 gospel 00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:29.820 of 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.200 Matthew 00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:30.840 has 00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.059 now 00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.380 become 00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.700 more 00:35:31.700 --> 00:35:32.280 distant, 00:35:33.240 --> 00:35:33.420 my 00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:33.780 God. 00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.619 Of course, 00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.360 the relationship 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:36.700 of the 00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:36.980 triune 00:35:36.980 --> 00:35:37.280 God 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.920 was not 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.300 severed 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:38.519 on the 00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:38.800 cross. 00:35:39.660 --> 00:35:39.880 Jesus 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.380 continues 00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:40.900 to be 00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.539 the second 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.880 person 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.160 of the 00:35:42.160 --> 00:35:42.320 holy 00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:42.680 trinity, 00:35:43.260 --> 00:35:43.660 but in 00:35:43.660 --> 00:35:43.920 that 00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.340 moment, 00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.860 Jesus 00:35:44.860 --> 00:35:45.460 truly 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.119 experienced 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.740 separation 00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.220 from his 00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:47.500 father, 00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:48.760 and he 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:49.920 truly died 00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.700 in his 00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:51.000 human 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.460 nature, 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.880 and in 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.460 doing so, 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:53.880 Jesus 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.780 both expresses 00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.280 the 00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.940 horrors, 00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.139 the horrors 00:35:57.139 --> 00:35:57.440 of the 00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:57.960 separation 00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.639 from God, 00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:00.119 and yet 00:36:00.119 --> 00:36:00.559 he also 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.139 fulfills 00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.639 the will 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:01.980 of his 00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:03.400 father by 00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.960 crying out, 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.740 my God, 00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.659 my God, 00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:06.659 why have 00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.340 you forsaken 00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:07.699 me? 00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:09.860 And it's 00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.599 because Jesus 00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:11.280 went through 00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:12.880 such forsakenness 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.720 on our 00:36:13.720 --> 00:36:14.539 behalf that 00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.059 he is able 00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.720 to also say 00:36:15.720 --> 00:36:16.420 triumphantly 00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.840 with his 00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.519 final breath, 00:36:18.260 --> 00:36:19.300 it is 00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:20.099 finished. 00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:28.720 17th century 00:36:28.720 --> 00:36:29.119 English 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.420 spirit 00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.599 and 00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:29.900 Thomas 00:36:29.900 --> 00:36:30.280 Brooks, 00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.179 he sums 00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:31.860 up why 00:36:31.860 --> 00:36:32.519 Jesus' 00:36:32.720 --> 00:36:33.260 crucifixion 00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.740 is so 00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.360 significant 00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.059 to the 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:35.400 Christian. 00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:38.019 He says, 00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:42.820 the more 00:36:42.820 --> 00:36:43.539 we ascribe 00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:44.340 to Christ's 00:36:44.340 --> 00:36:44.619 offering, 00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:47.039 the less 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.920 remains of 00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.199 ours. 00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:51.339 the more 00:36:51.339 --> 00:36:52.019 painfully 00:36:52.019 --> 00:36:52.500 that he 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.859 suffered, 00:36:53.939 --> 00:36:54.719 the more 00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.179 fully 00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.879 are we 00:36:55.879 --> 00:36:56.279 redeemed. 00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:58.919 The greater 00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.460 his sorrow 00:36:59.460 --> 00:36:59.859 was, 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:01.000 the greater 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.899 our solace. 00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:03.899 His 00:37:03.899 --> 00:37:04.639 dissolution 00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:05.759 is our 00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:06.839 consolation, 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:08.819 his cross 00:37:08.819 --> 00:37:10.460 our comforts, 00:37:11.339 --> 00:37:12.219 his annoy 00:37:12.219 --> 00:37:13.899 our endless 00:37:13.899 --> 00:37:14.359 joy, 00:37:15.439 --> 00:37:16.379 his distress 00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.000 and soul 00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:18.360 our release, 00:37:18.640 --> 00:37:19.780 his calamity 00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:21.180 our comfort, 00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:23.099 his misery 00:37:23.099 --> 00:37:24.800 our mercy, 00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:27.039 his adversity 00:37:27.039 --> 00:37:28.760 our felicity, 00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:29.900 and his 00:37:29.900 --> 00:37:30.240 hell 00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:32.019 our heaven. 00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:35.119 Church, 00:37:35.780 --> 00:37:36.980 in two 00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.340 days, 00:37:38.160 --> 00:37:38.599 we will 00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.119 celebrate 00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.980 Christ's 00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.420 resurrection, 00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.320 the triumphant 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.579 defeat over 00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.740 sin and death 00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.599 in the grave. 00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.179 But we 00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:49.119 cannot feel 00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:50.659 the insurmountable 00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.399 joy of 00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:52.119 Easter Sunday 00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.959 without 00:37:52.959 --> 00:37:53.859 understanding, 00:37:54.319 --> 00:37:54.639 without 00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.439 remembering, 00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:57.199 without lamenting 00:37:57.199 --> 00:37:58.539 over the 00:37:58.539 --> 00:37:59.259 overwhelming 00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.439 agony of 00:38:00.439 --> 00:38:00.979 Good Friday. 00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:09.500 Good Friday 00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.299 is only good 00:38:10.299 --> 00:38:12.239 because our 00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:12.979 Savior was 00:38:12.979 --> 00:38:13.539 forsaken. 00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:15.159 so that 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.880 we would 00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.179 never 00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.960 be 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.719 forsaken. 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:20.119 What an 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.599 incredible 00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:21.639 work of 00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:22.219 love and 00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.980 mercy from 00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.159 our 00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:23.340 King. 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:25.480 Let's 00:38:25.480 --> 00:38:25.719 pray. 00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.259 Oh, 00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.559 Lord, 00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.920 oh, 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:42.340 Lord, 00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:43.240 our rock 00:38:43.240 --> 00:38:44.000 and our 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.400 Redeemer. 00:38:48.600 --> 00:38:49.300 It should 00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:49.600 have been 00:38:49.600 --> 00:38:49.940 us, 00:38:50.120 --> 00:38:50.280 Lord. 00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:55.039 It should 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.360 have been 00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:55.920 us to 00:38:55.920 --> 00:38:56.420 bear the 00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.760 weight of 00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.220 our sin, 00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.120 of our 00:38:58.120 --> 00:38:58.600 guilt and 00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:58.900 shame. 00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.180 It should 00:39:02.180 --> 00:39:02.480 have been 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:02.860 us 00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:05.740 to be 00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.300 forsaken 00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:06.920 by our 00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:07.180 God, 00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.860 for our 00:39:08.860 --> 00:39:09.300 sinfulness, 00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.700 for our 00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:10.019 rebellion 00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:10.500 against 00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.800 him. 00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:11.800 But you, 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.099 Lord, 00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.460 have been 00:39:12.460 --> 00:39:13.500 so infinitely 00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.940 gracious and 00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:17.340 kind that you 00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:17.780 would send 00:39:17.780 --> 00:39:18.280 your son, 00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:18.940 Jesus, 00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.539 to die 00:39:19.539 --> 00:39:20.039 for us. 00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:25.000 Lord, 00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.599 we'll never 00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:28.340 know how 00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.179 painful it was 00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.860 to bear all 00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.360 that burden. 00:39:30.360 --> 00:39:30.460 Lord, 00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:36.179 help us to 00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:36.480 be a 00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.699 people who 00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.139 turn to 00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:38.900 you amidst 00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.400 our lament. 00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.139 Help us to 00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.639 look at the 00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:42.940 cross as we 00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.579 remember your 00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:43.900 death, 00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:47.619 to see the 00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.039 gravity, 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:50.000 the weight of 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.760 your sacrifice 00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:52.300 on behalf of 00:39:52.300 --> 00:39:52.519 us. 00:39:52.519 --> 00:40:00.059 in your 00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.719 holy and 00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.320 gracious name 00:40:01.320 --> 00:40:01.880 we pray. 00:40:02.480 --> 00:40:02.780 Amen.