WEBVTT 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:03.899 Our reading today is from Psalm 15. 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:07.000 While you turned to that, I was thinking about this this week 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:10.179 and I thought this was written around 3,000 years ago 00:00:10.179 --> 00:00:12.060 under the inspiration of God. 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:15.120 It's not the shortest psalm, it's only short. 00:00:15.700 --> 00:00:17.719 Psalm 117 is the shortest. 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:19.480 This is a close one. 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:23.199 Psalm 15, a psalm of David. 00:00:25.080 --> 00:00:27.780 Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? 00:00:27.780 --> 00:00:31.160 Who may live on your holy mountain? 00:00:34.620 --> 00:00:36.960 The one whose walk is blameless, 00:00:37.299 --> 00:00:38.920 who does what is righteous, 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:41.219 who speaks the truth from the heart. 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.700 Whose tongue utters no slander, 00:00:46.400 --> 00:00:48.280 who does no wrong to a neighbour 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:51.500 and casts no slurs on others. 00:00:53.180 --> 00:00:55.640 Who despises a vile person 00:00:55.640 --> 00:00:58.140 but honours those who fear the Lord. 00:00:59.660 --> 00:01:02.660 Who keeps an oath, even when it hurts. 00:01:03.420 --> 00:01:05.420 And does not change their mind. 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:09.700 Who lends money to the poor without interest. 00:01:11.280 --> 00:01:14.019 Who does not accept the bribe of the innocent. 00:01:15.659 --> 00:01:17.340 Whoever does these things 00:01:17.340 --> 00:01:19.719 will not be shaken. 00:01:19.719 --> 00:01:20.219 Amen. 00:01:24.980 --> 00:01:25.879 Yeah, my name's Dave. 00:01:25.939 --> 00:01:27.099 I'm one of the pastors here. 00:01:27.299 --> 00:01:28.340 If I haven't met you before, 00:01:28.459 --> 00:01:29.280 a warm welcome to you. 00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:33.180 Why don't we pray as we come to God's word. 00:01:38.939 --> 00:01:41.120 Father, I praise you that 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:44.620 you're a God who wants us to know 00:01:44.620 --> 00:01:46.600 that we can come to you. 00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:50.100 That we can dwell in your presence. 00:01:51.100 --> 00:01:54.180 But Lord, I pray that it wouldn't be based 00:01:54.180 --> 00:01:55.900 on a false confidence 00:01:55.900 --> 00:01:58.480 but on true and solid ground. 00:01:59.160 --> 00:02:01.219 So I pray that you'd speak to each one of us 00:02:01.219 --> 00:02:03.120 through your word right now. 00:02:03.240 --> 00:02:04.300 Give us listening ears 00:02:04.300 --> 00:02:07.340 so that we know that 00:02:07.340 --> 00:02:10.280 we can rejoice in your presence. 00:02:10.280 --> 00:02:13.060 praising you for saving our soul. 00:02:13.900 --> 00:02:14.979 I pray this in Jesus' name. 00:02:15.259 --> 00:02:15.500 Amen. 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:21.639 Well, what's the primary characteristic 00:02:21.639 --> 00:02:24.800 of a close walk with God? 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:27.120 Who is someone who's intimate, 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:28.259 close with God, 00:02:28.420 --> 00:02:29.840 walking through their life? 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:33.960 I think some people will be 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.460 wanting to put their confidence 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:37.719 of acceptance with God 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.580 based on some sense of religious feeling. 00:02:41.520 --> 00:02:43.460 So those moments of peace 00:02:43.460 --> 00:02:45.919 and joy and awe, 00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:49.479 often when we're in prayer or praise. 00:02:51.219 --> 00:02:53.879 Some, I think, will rely on 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:56.079 kind of supernatural things 00:02:56.079 --> 00:02:59.599 like gifts of speaking in tongues 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:01.699 or receiving dreams. 00:03:02.560 --> 00:03:04.159 Surely I'm close to God 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:07.960 if I've got these supernatural experiences. 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:13.079 I think some will look at their record 00:03:13.079 --> 00:03:14.139 of sacrifices, 00:03:14.319 --> 00:03:15.419 what I've done for God 00:03:15.419 --> 00:03:16.219 in the church 00:03:16.219 --> 00:03:17.319 and in evangelism, 00:03:17.699 --> 00:03:18.859 for social justice. 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:22.560 Look at my giftedness. 00:03:23.659 --> 00:03:24.719 Look at the successes 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:27.079 God has blessed my efforts 00:03:27.079 --> 00:03:28.319 for him with. 00:03:30.579 --> 00:03:32.280 Maybe some will look at their position 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:34.740 and role in the church community. 00:03:35.819 --> 00:03:37.640 Surely I'm walking closely with God 00:03:37.640 --> 00:03:39.420 by virtue of being a pastor, right? 00:03:42.780 --> 00:03:45.139 Some will measure their closeness to God 00:03:45.139 --> 00:03:47.819 by their superior Bible knowledge 00:03:47.819 --> 00:03:49.420 compared to others. 00:03:50.139 --> 00:03:52.860 If you can articulate doctrine 00:03:52.860 --> 00:03:56.139 really clearly and persuasively, 00:03:57.300 --> 00:03:58.759 surely that person's close, 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:00.860 walking close to God, right? 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.039 And of course, 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:05.099 some of us 00:04:05.099 --> 00:04:07.400 will not claim 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:08.580 to be close at all. 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:12.020 We live in a constant fear 00:04:12.020 --> 00:04:15.500 that God isn't pleased with us. 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:18.500 I think Psalm 15 00:04:18.500 --> 00:04:20.279 cuts right through 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:21.300 all those things, 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:25.279 all those sense of confidence 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:26.899 and even lack of confidence. 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:29.240 It gives us 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:30.639 a surprising portrait 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:32.399 portrait of who the Lord 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:33.159 accepts 00:04:33.159 --> 00:04:35.860 and is pleased with. 00:04:38.620 --> 00:04:40.259 So that opening question, 00:04:40.419 --> 00:04:40.979 O Lord, 00:04:41.139 --> 00:04:42.439 who shall 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:43.879 sojourn 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:45.939 in your tent? 00:04:46.599 --> 00:04:48.120 Who shall dwell? 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:50.000 Who shall live 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:51.479 on your holy hill? 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.079 These two lines, 00:04:54.379 --> 00:04:55.379 they're two pictures, 00:04:55.639 --> 00:04:56.219 but they're asking 00:04:56.219 --> 00:04:57.180 the same question. 00:04:57.180 --> 00:04:59.780 The Lord's tent 00:04:59.780 --> 00:05:00.340 pictures, 00:05:00.939 --> 00:05:03.579 you've already learnt this 00:05:03.579 --> 00:05:04.560 through the children's talk, 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:05.180 thank you, Jen. 00:05:05.459 --> 00:05:06.980 I feel like I can relax now 00:05:06.980 --> 00:05:07.840 because you've said it all, 00:05:07.900 --> 00:05:08.840 I'm just going to add 00:05:08.840 --> 00:05:09.759 some detail now. 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:13.000 The tabernacle, 00:05:13.660 --> 00:05:15.000 it pictures the tabernacle. 00:05:15.620 --> 00:05:16.879 You read the book of Exodus 00:05:16.879 --> 00:05:18.319 and isn't it riveting, 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:19.240 God's miracles, 00:05:19.620 --> 00:05:20.800 redeeming his people 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:21.420 from Egypt? 00:05:22.019 --> 00:05:23.439 And then he gives the law 00:05:23.439 --> 00:05:25.300 and then do you stop 00:05:25.300 --> 00:05:26.019 reading Exodus? 00:05:27.259 --> 00:05:28.920 You get into all this detail 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:29.579 about what? 00:05:30.180 --> 00:05:30.980 The tabernacle. 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:32.879 What's the goal of salvation? 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:35.240 God dwelling with his people. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.839 He wants to live 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:38.759 with his people. 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:41.540 And at the end of Exodus, 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:43.319 you've got this beautiful paragraph 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:45.060 of God dwelling 00:05:45.060 --> 00:05:46.300 in the tabernacle 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:48.259 and they're journeying 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:49.160 through the wilderness. 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:51.280 When the cloud lifts, 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:52.500 they go out. 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:53.579 When it settles, 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:54.900 they settle. 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:55.960 They're being led. 00:05:56.620 --> 00:05:57.939 They're in the presence of God, 00:05:58.120 --> 00:05:59.280 knowing they're God's people. 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:02.680 The goal of salvation 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:03.580 was for the Lord 00:06:03.580 --> 00:06:05.879 to live among his people. 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:08.779 And so this idea 00:06:08.779 --> 00:06:09.939 of sojourning 00:06:09.939 --> 00:06:11.839 is the idea 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:13.319 of being a temporary resident. 00:06:13.579 --> 00:06:14.879 You're a foreigner 00:06:14.879 --> 00:06:16.759 travelling through this world 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:18.360 like Israel 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:20.000 were travelling through, 00:06:20.180 --> 00:06:20.699 journeying 00:06:20.699 --> 00:06:22.659 to the promised land, 00:06:23.620 --> 00:06:24.980 being led by God, 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:27.540 knowing you belong to God, 00:06:28.379 --> 00:06:31.139 enjoying friendship, 00:06:31.519 --> 00:06:31.879 fellowship 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:33.360 with God. 00:06:33.360 --> 00:06:39.400 And the Lord's holy hill 00:06:39.400 --> 00:06:41.720 pictures Jerusalem, 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:43.980 the place from which 00:06:43.980 --> 00:06:45.400 he would rule his people 00:06:45.400 --> 00:06:47.240 through his chosen king. 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:50.720 So dwelling on his holy hill 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:52.939 is you don't belong 00:06:52.939 --> 00:06:54.980 to the nations of the world 00:06:54.980 --> 00:06:57.100 that don't know the Lord. 00:06:57.540 --> 00:06:59.780 You belong to his king. 00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:01.520 You belong to his people. 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:03.839 You can live with God. 00:07:06.599 --> 00:07:08.639 There is no greater joy 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.439 than to live in God's presence. 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:14.120 Psalm 27 verse 4 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:17.839 captures this poetically, 00:07:17.939 --> 00:07:18.939 obviously, as a psalm. 00:07:19.339 --> 00:07:20.939 One thing have I asked 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:21.479 of the Lord. 00:07:22.500 --> 00:07:23.339 One thing. 00:07:23.500 --> 00:07:24.519 What would that one thing be? 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:26.079 That will I seek after, 00:07:26.500 --> 00:07:27.759 that I may dwell 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:29.099 in the house of the Lord 00:07:29.099 --> 00:07:31.000 all the days of my life. 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.000 To gaze upon the beauty 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:33.540 of the Lord 00:07:33.540 --> 00:07:35.560 and to inquire 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:36.240 in his temple. 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:38.480 It is the greatest thing 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:38.920 in life. 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:40.860 This question only makes sense 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:43.720 if being right with God 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:44.899 and enjoying his presence 00:07:44.899 --> 00:07:46.360 is the best thing. 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:48.439 It's what we're made for. 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:54.879 So if the psalms are the heart cries 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:56.540 of God's people, 00:07:56.660 --> 00:07:57.620 this psalm catches, 00:07:57.759 --> 00:07:58.040 I think, 00:07:58.300 --> 00:07:59.420 one of the most fundamental, 00:07:59.579 --> 00:08:01.779 the most fundamental heart cry 00:08:01.779 --> 00:08:03.240 we all wonder. 00:08:04.240 --> 00:08:06.500 Am I acceptable to you, God? 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:12.120 Do you embrace me as your own? 00:08:12.120 --> 00:08:15.220 Are we at peace? 00:08:15.660 --> 00:08:16.819 Can I enjoy you? 00:08:17.340 --> 00:08:18.980 Are you pleased with me? 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:24.360 To even ask this question, 00:08:25.480 --> 00:08:26.720 you're on the path of wisdom. 00:08:26.980 --> 00:08:28.620 We saw last week in Psalm 14, 00:08:28.780 --> 00:08:29.980 the fool says in his heart, 00:08:30.100 --> 00:08:30.860 there is no God. 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:33.940 Now you may not say that 00:08:33.940 --> 00:08:34.480 with your lips, 00:08:34.659 --> 00:08:37.000 but practically we can do that. 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:38.440 You won't even be caring 00:08:38.440 --> 00:08:39.279 about this question. 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:40.600 But if you are caring 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:41.339 about this question, 00:08:42.319 --> 00:08:43.819 you're on the path to wisdom. 00:08:46.860 --> 00:08:49.539 The Lord wants people to come in. 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:52.659 He wants us to come in 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:53.799 to his presence. 00:08:55.819 --> 00:08:57.600 Like a child thrives 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.259 knowing the security in the family 00:08:59.259 --> 00:09:01.740 and their father's pleasure in them. 00:09:05.379 --> 00:09:07.100 So what's the answer? 00:09:07.899 --> 00:09:09.139 Who does the Lord accept? 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:10.679 Who does he embrace as his own? 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:12.559 It's not just anyone and everyone. 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:17.100 This psalm ought to have 00:09:17.100 --> 00:09:18.399 the same effect on us today 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:19.899 as I think it would have back then 00:09:19.899 --> 00:09:21.159 in David's day. 00:09:22.519 --> 00:09:23.620 To pause and ask, 00:09:23.819 --> 00:09:24.759 am I acceptable 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:26.699 and at peace with you, God? 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:31.579 Now broadly speaking, 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:33.899 verse 2 answers the question. 00:09:33.899 --> 00:09:37.439 It's the person who lives blamelessly, 00:09:37.819 --> 00:09:39.579 who does what is right 00:09:39.579 --> 00:09:41.799 and speaks truth in his heart. 00:09:42.860 --> 00:09:44.959 So that's a broad answer. 00:09:45.379 --> 00:09:46.699 That's the principle answer. 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:48.659 And then verses 3 to 5, 00:09:48.720 --> 00:09:49.879 we get into some specifics. 00:09:50.179 --> 00:09:52.199 But just sticking with the principle first, 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:53.939 I think that phrase, 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:55.779 speaks truth in his heart, 00:09:55.860 --> 00:09:56.319 is key. 00:09:56.320 --> 00:09:59.120 So it either speaks truth in his heart 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:00.980 or speaks truth from the heart. 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:02.480 Either way, 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:04.600 it's saying there's truth in the heart. 00:10:06.040 --> 00:10:07.780 It could be picking up Psalm 1. 00:10:08.220 --> 00:10:09.320 If you remember Psalm 1, 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:11.900 blessed is the man 00:10:11.900 --> 00:10:15.920 who's meditating on God's word, 00:10:16.060 --> 00:10:16.680 God's law, 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.560 day and night. 00:10:17.559 --> 00:10:18.619 That word meditating, 00:10:18.979 --> 00:10:20.479 meditating is murmuring. 00:10:20.959 --> 00:10:23.139 You're not murmuring your own thoughts 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:24.139 like a crazy person. 00:10:24.259 --> 00:10:25.899 You're murmuring God's thoughts 00:10:25.899 --> 00:10:27.000 just day and night. 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:30.559 There's truth in your mind and heart. 00:10:31.419 --> 00:10:32.719 That's the blessed person. 00:10:36.219 --> 00:10:37.719 Now if commentators write 00:10:37.719 --> 00:10:41.279 that this psalm starts a new subunit, 00:10:41.779 --> 00:10:42.819 so Psalm 15, 00:10:43.419 --> 00:10:47.039 it's like this grouping of psalms 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:48.019 with Psalm 24 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:49.219 because Psalm 24 00:10:49.219 --> 00:10:50.419 asks the same question. 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:51.519 Who can dwell 00:10:51.519 --> 00:10:53.679 in your holy hill? 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:55.799 Now if that's the case, 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.740 in the middle of this subunit 00:10:58.740 --> 00:10:59.599 is Psalm 19. 00:11:00.959 --> 00:11:01.959 That's the person 00:11:01.959 --> 00:11:02.919 who looks at creation 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:03.399 and goes, 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:05.399 and it's just shouting truth. 00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:06.679 God is, 00:11:07.379 --> 00:11:08.839 his glory is declared 00:11:08.839 --> 00:11:09.459 in the heavens 00:11:09.459 --> 00:11:11.519 and meditating 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:12.740 on the law of God. 00:11:12.839 --> 00:11:13.620 The law of God 00:11:13.620 --> 00:11:14.459 is pure 00:11:14.459 --> 00:11:15.759 and sweeter 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:16.339 than honey. 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:17.660 It is sure 00:11:17.660 --> 00:11:18.759 it can be relied upon. 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:23.600 So truth in the heart. 00:11:26.379 --> 00:11:27.660 There's integrity. 00:11:28.460 --> 00:11:29.519 The truth in the heart 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:30.340 overflows 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:31.840 into 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.620 true living, 00:11:34.040 --> 00:11:34.560 right living. 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:40.659 So who is acceptable 00:11:40.659 --> 00:11:41.359 to the Lord? 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:43.059 Who can be confident 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:44.099 of belonging to him 00:11:44.099 --> 00:11:45.239 and enjoying fellowship 00:11:45.239 --> 00:11:45.899 with him? 00:11:45.959 --> 00:11:47.159 It's the righteous person 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:47.779 of integrity. 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:49.539 The truth of God 00:11:49.539 --> 00:11:50.219 in the heart 00:11:50.219 --> 00:11:51.079 overflowing 00:11:51.079 --> 00:11:52.219 into how 00:11:52.219 --> 00:11:53.000 we live. 00:11:57.079 --> 00:11:58.319 So what does 00:11:58.319 --> 00:11:59.379 righteous living 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.119 look like? 00:12:00.199 --> 00:12:01.059 How can you see 00:12:01.059 --> 00:12:01.939 what's in the heart? 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:04.120 what's the characteristic 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:05.020 that comes out? 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:06.360 What does truth 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:06.980 produce? 00:12:08.020 --> 00:12:08.580 And this is where 00:12:08.580 --> 00:12:09.400 the psalm gets 00:12:09.400 --> 00:12:11.700 surprising, 00:12:12.160 --> 00:12:12.540 doesn't it? 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:14.100 This question 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:15.400 of vertical 00:12:15.400 --> 00:12:16.340 relationship 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:16.840 with God 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:17.860 suddenly turns 00:12:17.860 --> 00:12:18.360 horizontal. 00:12:19.700 --> 00:12:20.920 It's all about 00:12:20.920 --> 00:12:21.980 how we treat 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:22.860 people. 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:27.320 I think 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:27.960 it's uncomfortable 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:28.620 because 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:30.440 if we focus 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.139 on how we treat 00:12:31.139 --> 00:12:31.600 people 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:32.720 then it challenges 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.200 any other 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:34.899 false 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:35.460 kind of 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:36.039 religious 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:38.680 adherence, 00:12:38.759 --> 00:12:39.259 all those things 00:12:39.259 --> 00:12:39.800 I opened 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:40.519 the sermon with, 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.759 it challenges 00:12:41.759 --> 00:12:42.419 those things. 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:45.379 The primary 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:46.060 mark of 00:12:46.060 --> 00:12:46.580 spirituality 00:12:46.580 --> 00:12:48.980 is to share 00:12:48.980 --> 00:12:49.600 the character 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:50.259 of God. 00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:53.519 love for God 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:55.159 will overflow 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:56.779 into a holy 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:57.319 love 00:12:57.319 --> 00:12:58.860 for people. 00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:02.340 It's 00:13:02.340 --> 00:13:02.840 inseparable. 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:06.299 It's to 00:13:06.299 --> 00:13:06.799 share the 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:07.919 family likeness, 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:09.200 sharing our 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:10.019 Father's holy 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:10.399 love. 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:11.960 We worship 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:12.279 him, 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:12.840 we want to 00:13:12.840 --> 00:13:13.340 be like 00:13:13.340 --> 00:13:13.620 him. 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:15.840 The righteous 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:16.500 person will 00:13:16.500 --> 00:13:19.120 have holy 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:19.819 brotherly 00:13:19.819 --> 00:13:20.100 love. 00:13:20.259 --> 00:13:22.779 I'm 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:23.039 interested 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:23.620 too by 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:24.580 why these 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:27.000 examples 00:13:27.000 --> 00:13:28.419 of love. 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:28.879 There's 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:29.220 lots of 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:29.960 things that 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:30.639 could have 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:30.980 been said 00:13:30.980 --> 00:13:31.279 in this 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:31.779 Psalm about 00:13:31.779 --> 00:13:32.159 what it 00:13:32.159 --> 00:13:32.600 means to 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:32.960 love one 00:13:32.960 --> 00:13:33.220 another. 00:13:33.439 --> 00:13:33.919 There's so 00:13:33.919 --> 00:13:34.500 many things 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:35.419 and obviously 00:13:35.419 --> 00:13:35.819 we need 00:13:35.819 --> 00:13:36.299 the rest 00:13:36.299 --> 00:13:36.500 of the 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.120 Bible to 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:38.799 add to 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:39.240 this but 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.720 I just 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:42.139 wonder if 00:13:42.139 --> 00:13:42.639 these things 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:43.139 are chosen 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:43.720 because 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:45.679 these ones 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:47.120 are socially 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:48.059 respectable 00:13:48.059 --> 00:13:48.559 sins. 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:48.879 I'm going 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.159 to use 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:49.980 Jerry Bridges 00:13:49.980 --> 00:13:51.560 book title. 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:54.159 Most people 00:13:54.159 --> 00:13:54.700 in society 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:55.340 these things 00:13:55.340 --> 00:13:55.639 aren't a 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.100 big deal 00:13:56.100 --> 00:13:56.800 I don't 00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:57.060 think. 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:00.659 They're 00:14:00.659 --> 00:14:01.259 tolerated 00:14:01.259 --> 00:14:02.000 even 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.659 celebrated 00:14:02.659 --> 00:14:08.100 but if 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:08.980 you love 00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:09.519 the Lord's 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:09.819 character 00:14:09.819 --> 00:14:10.139 if you 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:10.459 know 00:14:10.459 --> 00:14:10.799 his 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:11.299 character 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:13.279 all of 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:13.559 a sudden 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:14.259 these things 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:14.959 really matter. 00:14:16.620 --> 00:14:17.620 So let's 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.000 go through 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:18.279 them. 00:14:19.620 --> 00:14:19.980 Verse 00:14:19.980 --> 00:14:20.319 three 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:22.560 it's the 00:14:22.560 --> 00:14:22.940 person 00:14:22.940 --> 00:14:23.300 who 00:14:23.300 --> 00:14:24.000 does not 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:24.680 slander 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.140 with his 00:14:25.140 --> 00:14:25.440 tongue 00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:27.240 and does 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:27.860 no evil 00:14:27.860 --> 00:14:28.220 to his 00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:28.580 neighbour 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.560 nor takes 00:14:29.560 --> 00:14:29.840 up a 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.520 reproach 00:14:30.520 --> 00:14:31.100 against 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:32.000 his 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:32.420 friend. 00:14:33.460 --> 00:14:33.900 So doing 00:14:33.900 --> 00:14:34.460 no harm 00:14:34.460 --> 00:14:34.960 to others 00:14:34.960 --> 00:14:35.560 to their 00:14:35.560 --> 00:14:36.180 reputation 00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:37.160 even 00:14:37.160 --> 00:14:38.460 that last 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:38.820 phrase 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.340 even when 00:14:39.340 --> 00:14:39.980 they deserve 00:14:39.980 --> 00:14:40.300 it. 00:14:41.560 --> 00:14:42.060 So taking 00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:42.400 up a 00:14:42.400 --> 00:14:43.040 reproach 00:14:43.040 --> 00:14:43.720 it's to 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:44.220 rebuke 00:14:44.220 --> 00:14:44.660 it's 00:14:44.659 --> 00:14:46.279 when they 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:47.019 deserve it. 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:47.559 I think 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:49.179 why that's 00:14:49.179 --> 00:14:49.559 a problem 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:50.839 is it's 00:14:50.839 --> 00:14:51.459 taking up 00:14:51.459 --> 00:14:51.899 it's almost 00:14:51.899 --> 00:14:52.219 like 00:14:52.219 --> 00:14:53.959 I don't 00:14:53.959 --> 00:14:54.100 know 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:55.339 you won't 00:14:55.339 --> 00:14:55.639 let it 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:55.899 go. 00:14:56.699 --> 00:14:57.199 You have 00:14:57.199 --> 00:14:57.600 to get 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.019 vengeance. 00:15:00.839 --> 00:15:01.679 I think 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:02.399 this is 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:02.860 describing 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.399 the woman 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:05.019 over coffee 00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.579 after the 00:15:05.579 --> 00:15:06.299 service finishes 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:06.839 who just 00:15:06.839 --> 00:15:07.500 senses that 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.259 the conversation 00:15:08.259 --> 00:15:09.919 about someone 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:10.779 else is not 00:15:10.779 --> 00:15:11.559 building up 00:15:11.559 --> 00:15:12.159 that person 00:15:12.159 --> 00:15:12.740 it's not 00:15:12.740 --> 00:15:13.360 productive at 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.199 all and 00:15:14.199 --> 00:15:14.519 so they 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:15.100 turn the 00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:15.639 conversation 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:16.159 to another 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:16.879 subject matter 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:17.399 or even 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:17.840 go hey 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:18.220 we shouldn't 00:15:18.220 --> 00:15:18.639 be saying 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.159 this or 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.399 they just 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:19.939 walk away. 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.079 I think 00:15:22.079 --> 00:15:22.600 it's describing 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:23.039 that kind 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.419 of person. 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:25.500 It's the 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.079 man who's 00:15:26.079 --> 00:15:26.840 criticised 00:15:26.840 --> 00:15:28.120 who then 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:29.600 doesn't just 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:30.960 launch a 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:31.720 verbal attack 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:32.759 with the 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:33.220 flaws of 00:15:33.220 --> 00:15:33.620 the person 00:15:33.620 --> 00:15:34.100 accusing 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:34.480 them. 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:36.360 Doesn't 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:36.620 try and 00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:36.960 defend 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:37.340 themselves 00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:37.799 like that. 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:39.819 It's the 00:15:39.819 --> 00:15:40.819 employee who 00:15:40.819 --> 00:15:42.299 doesn't join 00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:42.919 in the 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.360 workplace 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.220 complaining 00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:44.759 about their 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.180 boss 00:15:45.180 --> 00:15:47.460 or kids 00:15:47.460 --> 00:15:48.100 at school 00:15:48.100 --> 00:15:50.060 not joining 00:15:50.060 --> 00:15:50.720 in in 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.000 that 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.800 insults 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.240 of that 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:54.720 teacher 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:55.820 that everyone 00:15:55.820 --> 00:15:56.800 insults. 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.460 It's the 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:02.200 Christian who 00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:03.600 doesn't get 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.360 tunnel vision 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:04.899 when a 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:05.340 brother or 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:06.220 sister wrongs 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.420 them, 00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.580 unable to 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.019 let the 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:08.460 injustice 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.160 go but 00:16:09.160 --> 00:16:10.139 who is 00:16:10.139 --> 00:16:10.639 determined 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.080 to show 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.560 the same 00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.160 grace that 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:12.399 they've 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:12.819 received. 00:16:17.699 --> 00:16:18.439 It's not 00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:18.959 as simple 00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:20.639 as just 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:21.339 being polite 00:16:21.339 --> 00:16:21.819 and never 00:16:21.819 --> 00:16:22.259 saying a 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.919 negative word. 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:23.799 You read 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:24.299 Jesus, 00:16:24.579 --> 00:16:25.439 he's the 00:16:25.439 --> 00:16:25.879 picture of 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.179 perfect 00:16:26.179 --> 00:16:26.779 character and 00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.319 wow, 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.939 he went to 00:16:28.939 --> 00:16:29.439 town on 00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:29.980 some people 00:16:29.980 --> 00:16:32.539 but it 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:33.419 was for 00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:33.819 love's 00:16:33.819 --> 00:16:34.039 sake. 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.579 God's 00:16:36.579 --> 00:16:38.579 God's 00:16:38.579 --> 00:16:39.759 words, 00:16:40.199 --> 00:16:42.379 his words 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.120 give grace 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.639 to those 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.059 who hear 00:16:44.059 --> 00:16:44.679 even if 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:45.579 those words 00:16:45.579 --> 00:16:45.899 are a 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.439 rebuke, 00:16:48.439 --> 00:16:49.019 will care 00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:49.519 about their 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.120 words and 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.559 the effect 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.500 on other 00:16:51.500 --> 00:16:51.839 people. 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:58.259 verse 4, 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:58.740 in whose 00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.440 eyes a 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:00.220 vile person 00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.180 is despised 00:17:01.180 --> 00:17:01.560 but who 00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:01.940 honours 00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:03.100 those who 00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:03.480 fear the 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:03.720 Lord. 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:06.140 I think 00:17:06.140 --> 00:17:07.259 we trip 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.680 over this 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:07.880 one, 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:08.240 don't we? 00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.579 It's 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:11.160 in our 00:17:11.160 --> 00:17:11.740 so-called 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:12.559 tolerant and 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:12.980 inclusive 00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:14.100 day and 00:17:14.100 --> 00:17:14.700 age where 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.620 everyone is 00:17:15.620 --> 00:17:16.100 cancelling 00:17:16.100 --> 00:17:16.620 each other 00:17:16.620 --> 00:17:17.819 on social 00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.120 media. 00:17:18.299 --> 00:17:19.319 I'm not 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:20.000 convinced it's 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.700 that tolerant. 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:24.480 I think 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:24.720 we can 00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.420 get past 00:17:25.420 --> 00:17:27.160 this doesn't 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.759 seem right 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.500 when we 00:17:28.500 --> 00:17:29.080 consider a 00:17:29.080 --> 00:17:29.539 few things. 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.580 One is 00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:32.940 we're all 00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.480 evaluating 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.100 people. 00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.500 Everyone is. 00:17:36.100 --> 00:17:36.980 It's actually 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:38.460 good to 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.860 distinguish 00:17:38.860 --> 00:17:39.519 good from 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:39.840 evil. 00:17:40.600 --> 00:17:41.019 Everyone's 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.480 doing that. 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:44.259 It's being 00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.680 part of 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.279 God's image 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.019 to do 00:17:46.019 --> 00:17:46.240 that. 00:17:47.860 --> 00:17:48.620 Everyone is 00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:48.880 going, 00:17:49.019 --> 00:17:49.220 I'm going 00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.660 to embrace 00:17:49.660 --> 00:17:50.180 this because 00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:50.440 I think 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:50.840 it's good. 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:51.840 I'm 00:17:51.840 --> 00:17:52.259 rejecting 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.840 that because 00:17:52.840 --> 00:17:53.200 it's not 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:53.480 good. 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:57.720 I'm going 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.000 to give you 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.400 a challenge. 00:17:58.600 --> 00:17:58.860 Think of 00:17:58.860 --> 00:17:59.220 a person 00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.660 you don't 00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:00.059 like. 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:02.460 I'm not 00:18:02.460 --> 00:18:03.019 encouraging you 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.500 to dwell on 00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.000 this for too 00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.240 long. 00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:06.900 I'm 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:07.420 guessing as 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:07.799 well it 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:08.240 won't be 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.980 too hard to 00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.279 think of 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.519 someone. 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:11.440 Take a 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.799 moment and 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.160 think about 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:12.740 why you 00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.160 don't like 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:13.259 them. 00:18:13.360 --> 00:18:13.799 What's 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.460 the criteria 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:14.840 you're 00:18:14.840 --> 00:18:15.220 using? 00:18:17.580 --> 00:18:18.019 Isn't 00:18:18.019 --> 00:18:18.480 it so 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:19.279 often about 00:18:19.279 --> 00:18:21.420 do I 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.039 think this 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.700 person will 00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:23.700 advantage me? 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.460 Will I 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.519 profit from 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.119 accepting this 00:18:27.119 --> 00:18:27.519 person? 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.619 Or if it 00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:29.879 doesn't 00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:30.680 advantage me I 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:31.599 might reject 00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:31.740 them. 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:32.480 Either socially 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:34.000 if they seem 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:34.879 popular I'll 00:18:34.879 --> 00:18:35.619 link up with 00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:35.839 them. 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:36.680 They're not 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:37.379 popular I'll 00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:37.980 avoid them. 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.940 Isn't it so 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.619 much self 00:18:40.619 --> 00:18:41.440 centred that 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:42.680 we evaluate 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.319 people by? 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:47.579 But this 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:48.119 is saying 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:49.519 you don't 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.019 decide if 00:18:50.019 --> 00:18:50.299 someone's 00:18:50.299 --> 00:18:50.740 vile or 00:18:50.740 --> 00:18:50.919 not. 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.339 It's not 00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.839 saying that. 00:18:52.419 --> 00:18:52.960 It's saying 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:54.339 because it 00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:54.980 can also 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.500 mean a 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.039 rejected 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.240 person is 00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.740 despised. 00:18:57.819 --> 00:18:57.980 So in 00:18:57.980 --> 00:18:58.359 other words 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:00.279 it's someone 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:01.159 who evaluates 00:19:01.159 --> 00:19:01.899 people as 00:19:01.899 --> 00:19:02.679 God sees 00:19:02.679 --> 00:19:02.879 them. 00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:04.339 Does God 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.000 reject them? 00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.779 Does God 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.619 embrace them? 00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:10.419 And so 00:19:10.419 --> 00:19:11.240 too likewise. 00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.359 You do 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:12.759 likewise. 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:14.199 It's not 00:19:14.199 --> 00:19:14.859 your criteria 00:19:14.859 --> 00:19:15.619 it's his 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:16.219 criteria. 00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.979 And part 00:19:22.979 --> 00:19:23.379 of God's 00:19:23.379 --> 00:19:24.039 holy love 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:26.019 is that 00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.539 he hates 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.019 evil. 00:19:29.000 --> 00:19:29.959 Imagine if 00:19:29.959 --> 00:19:30.559 God loved 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:30.939 evil. 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:32.939 What a 00:19:32.939 --> 00:19:33.319 terrifying 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:33.879 thought. 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:37.139 Our problem 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.979 with this is 00:19:37.979 --> 00:19:38.500 we don't 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.279 hate evil 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:39.919 enough. 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:44.139 I just 00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.559 thought of 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.059 all the 00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.679 comedians 00:19:45.679 --> 00:19:46.019 we can 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:46.599 sometimes 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:48.459 listen to 00:19:48.459 --> 00:19:49.119 and they're 00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.379 just 00:19:49.379 --> 00:19:50.639 disparaging 00:19:50.639 --> 00:19:51.119 Jesus. 00:19:51.419 --> 00:19:52.379 How can 00:19:52.379 --> 00:19:53.599 we respect 00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:54.279 this person 00:19:54.279 --> 00:19:56.759 while they 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.240 do that? 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.479 But we 00:20:00.479 --> 00:20:01.319 also need to 00:20:01.319 --> 00:20:01.719 be careful 00:20:01.719 --> 00:20:02.599 about who 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.679 is it that 00:20:03.679 --> 00:20:04.599 God rejects 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.779 and embrace 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.579 and accepts. 00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.479 We've got to be 00:20:07.479 --> 00:20:07.919 really careful 00:20:07.919 --> 00:20:08.259 about this 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.660 because Jesus 00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.379 was a friend 00:20:10.379 --> 00:20:11.599 of tax 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:11.980 collectors 00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.519 and sinners 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:14.180 and he 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.900 reserved his 00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.740 harshest 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.359 rejection 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:17.240 for the 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:17.619 religious. 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:21.739 So we 00:20:21.739 --> 00:20:22.179 also have to 00:20:22.179 --> 00:20:22.679 be careful 00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:23.779 about how 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.219 we measure 00:20:24.219 --> 00:20:26.159 those 00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:27.659 who fear 00:20:27.659 --> 00:20:28.039 the Lord 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:28.399 or not. 00:20:30.979 --> 00:20:31.699 That is 00:20:31.699 --> 00:20:32.539 holy love. 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.619 Our aim 00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.579 in despising 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.859 is that we 00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:37.299 want that 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:37.779 person to 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.619 repent so 00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:38.939 that they're 00:20:38.939 --> 00:20:39.379 at peace 00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.919 with God. 00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.319 Our aim 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.000 at despising 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.000 is we 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.679 don't want 00:20:43.679 --> 00:20:44.639 that others 00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.159 to be 00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:45.879 continually 00:20:45.879 --> 00:20:46.799 damaged by 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:47.619 what that 00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.079 person is 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.799 doing or 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.399 let astray. 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.599 Our aim 00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.220 in honouring 00:20:52.220 --> 00:20:52.619 those who 00:20:52.619 --> 00:20:52.940 fear the 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.539 Lord is we 00:20:53.539 --> 00:20:53.899 want them 00:20:53.899 --> 00:20:54.940 not to boast 00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.419 in themselves, 00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:55.899 we want them 00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.539 to keep 00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:58.240 fearing the 00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.099 Lord and 00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.460 encourage 00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.980 others to 00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.779 do likewise. 00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.259 So holy 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:06.079 love looks 00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.960 like accepting 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:07.519 or rejecting 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:08.599 people not 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.419 based on your 00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.319 evaluation but 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.159 God's 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:12.119 evaluation, 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.059 his criteria. 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.379 people. 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.419 Then we've 00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:17.740 got who 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.659 swears to 00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.339 his own 00:21:19.339 --> 00:21:20.200 hurt and 00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:21.119 does not 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:22.119 change. 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:22.779 Their yes 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.319 is yes, 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.419 their no 00:21:24.419 --> 00:21:25.000 is no, 00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.399 whatever the 00:21:26.399 --> 00:21:27.279 personal cost. 00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.720 Now it's 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.399 easy to keep 00:21:31.399 --> 00:21:31.980 promises when 00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.559 it's convenient, 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.059 isn't it? 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.919 It's easy, 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.500 everyone does 00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.679 that. 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:35.099 If it's 00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:35.460 convenient, 00:21:36.179 --> 00:21:36.480 sure, 00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:36.919 I'll keep 00:21:36.919 --> 00:21:37.299 my word. 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.519 But what 00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.980 about if it 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:41.399 costs you to 00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:41.740 keep your 00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:41.960 word? 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:46.839 I think 00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.139 this is 00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:48.059 picturing the 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.960 wife of 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:52.839 an inconsiderate, 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.679 self-centered, 00:21:53.919 --> 00:21:54.500 harsh and 00:21:54.500 --> 00:21:55.359 critical husband 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.740 who feels 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.299 desperately 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.059 lonely but 00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:59.139 keeps seeking 00:21:59.139 --> 00:22:00.059 his eternal 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:00.639 good, 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.259 forbearing and 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.259 faithfully keeping 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.899 her vows. 00:22:07.899 --> 00:22:08.879 That won't 00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:09.779 feel all too 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:10.220 nice, 00:22:11.179 --> 00:22:11.559 but that 00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:12.139 person needs 00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:12.579 to know. 00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.960 God is 00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.460 pleased. 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.139 It's the 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.919 employee who 00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.579 does quality 00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.980 work, even 00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.319 if their 00:22:21.319 --> 00:22:22.399 superiors are 00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.299 pressuring them 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.279 to cut 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:25.220 corners and 00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:26.700 not keep 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.980 whatever promises 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.519 the work 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.919 made to 00:22:29.919 --> 00:22:30.480 make money 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.019 or save 00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.440 time. 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.940 It's a 00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.359 person who 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:36.119 loses sleep, 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:37.099 loses money, 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:38.259 loses opportunities, 00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:39.759 loses approval of 00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.839 people because 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:41.379 they made a 00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:41.960 prior commitment. 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:46.019 I think it's 00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.779 much easier to 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.480 go with what 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:48.059 you feel like 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.539 doing in the 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:48.799 moment. 00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.400 It's much 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.140 harder to 00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:52.220 work out all 00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.980 these commitments, 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:55.100 which ones do I 00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:55.900 need to keep to 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.480 honour the Lord? 00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.480 Why is this the 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:00.720 case? 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.700 Because a family 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:03.140 likeness, love for 00:23:03.140 --> 00:23:03.980 the God who is 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.779 faithful to his 00:23:04.779 --> 00:23:06.519 word, will mean a 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.700 holy love for 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.059 people. 00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.599 I will care 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.119 about my 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:10.559 word. 00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.879 Verse 5a, who 00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:16.099 does not put 00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.839 out his money 00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.599 at interest and 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.539 does not take up 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:20.099 a bribe against 00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.700 the innocent. 00:23:22.460 --> 00:23:23.519 This person 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.879 isn't ruled by 00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.799 thinking, what 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.819 can I gain out 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.220 of this? 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:30.279 They're ruled by 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.940 compassion. 00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:33.119 How can I help 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:35.259 this person in 00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.479 need? 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.039 Now, Old 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.699 Testament law, 00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:42.339 Exodus 22, 25, 00:23:42.459 --> 00:23:43.919 it emphasises to 00:23:43.919 --> 00:23:45.019 the Israelite, do 00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.939 not charge 00:23:45.939 --> 00:23:47.839 interest to a 00:23:47.839 --> 00:23:49.139 poor Israelite. 00:23:49.140 --> 00:23:49.460 Israelite. 00:23:49.460 --> 00:23:51.040 It specifies the 00:23:51.040 --> 00:23:52.060 poor Israelite. 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.720 And there was 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:55.460 different standards 00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.560 for how you do 00:23:57.560 --> 00:23:58.860 business among 00:23:58.860 --> 00:24:00.700 Israelites and with 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.100 foreigners. 00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:02.720 So I'll let you do 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.460 some research in 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.640 that. 00:24:03.800 --> 00:24:05.259 But I think the 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:06.520 main point here is 00:24:06.520 --> 00:24:08.360 it's not to take 00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.580 advantage of someone 00:24:09.580 --> 00:24:10.440 who is in need. 00:24:11.200 --> 00:24:12.120 Someone who needs 00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:13.720 help, oh great, I 00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.440 can make a profit. 00:24:15.540 --> 00:24:16.500 You're not even 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:17.380 thinking that way. 00:24:17.380 --> 00:24:19.500 It's how can I 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.320 use what I've got 00:24:20.320 --> 00:24:22.500 for your sake? 00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:27.200 Well, at the 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.860 moment it's the 00:24:27.860 --> 00:24:28.820 landlord who 00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:30.200 doesn't charge 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.200 excessive rent 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:32.780 simply because the 00:24:32.780 --> 00:24:33.720 market allows them 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:33.920 to. 00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:38.920 It's the building 00:24:38.920 --> 00:24:39.980 report, I read 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:41.780 ABC article, it's 00:24:41.780 --> 00:24:42.740 the building report 00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:44.380 experts who don't 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.700 hide the defects 00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.740 in a building 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.180 report. 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.039 simply to get 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.820 more business 00:24:48.820 --> 00:24:50.759 from the real 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.440 estate agents. 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.920 It's not 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.640 accepting that 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.320 kind of bribe. 00:24:58.700 --> 00:25:00.680 I think this 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.299 one applies. 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.259 I think it's the 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.240 Christian GP 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:06.240 who now might 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.900 have to risk 00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:07.940 their job and 00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.640 their reputation 00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.860 not to prescribe 00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.660 the abortion 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.000 pill. 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.140 people. 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:14.700 It's not 00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.700 taking that 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:18.240 security at the 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.819 cost of the 00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.119 innocent. 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.779 It's the 00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.299 person who 00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.859 lends what 00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.420 they own 00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:25.359 without the 00:25:25.359 --> 00:25:26.240 desire to get 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.200 favours in 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.619 return. 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.779 They're ruled by 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.619 compassion, not 00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.279 by what they can 00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.559 gain. 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.440 It's the 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.839 person who 00:25:33.839 --> 00:25:34.619 defends the 00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.539 person wrongly 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.180 accused. 00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:38.220 It's hard to 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.820 speak up when 00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:39.259 that happens, 00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:39.640 isn't it? 00:25:39.920 --> 00:25:40.860 It's really hard 00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.860 because you might 00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.799 be the one who's 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.400 attacked then. 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:51.060 I think all 00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:51.740 these things are 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:53.360 rather normal, 00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:55.240 aren't they? 00:25:55.780 --> 00:25:56.540 I don't know if 00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:56.860 you agree with 00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:56.960 me. 00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.900 I think they're 00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.460 pretty common. 00:25:58.920 --> 00:25:59.640 It's just normal, 00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.680 even respectable, 00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:03.019 even respectable 00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:04.600 among Christians 00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.380 sometimes. 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.460 But they all 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:09.100 destroy community. 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:13.699 The Lord 00:26:13.699 --> 00:26:14.799 accepts and 00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.879 is pleased with 00:26:15.879 --> 00:26:16.899 those who share 00:26:16.899 --> 00:26:17.500 his family 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.219 likeness, who 00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:18.939 have a holy 00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:20.199 love because 00:26:20.199 --> 00:26:21.099 they worship a 00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.719 God of holy 00:26:21.719 --> 00:26:22.059 love. 00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.919 The Lord 00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.500 accepts the 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.879 one who would 00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.559 rather live at 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.240 peace with the 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.879 Lord knowing 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.659 they are his 00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:35.159 rather than be 00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:36.559 at home in 00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.000 this sinful 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.439 world. 00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:41.459 So the one 00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.159 who does these 00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.579 things will 00:26:42.579 --> 00:26:44.240 never be moved. 00:26:44.399 --> 00:26:44.659 What a 00:26:44.659 --> 00:26:45.059 promise. 00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.240 The problem 00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.879 is obvious, 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:51.359 isn't it? 00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:53.179 If we don't 00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:54.000 do these things, 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.279 we've got to 00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:57.099 admit that we're 00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.959 not listening to 00:26:57.959 --> 00:26:58.599 his rule. 00:26:59.379 --> 00:26:59.899 We've got to 00:26:59.899 --> 00:27:00.579 admit more than 00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:00.819 that. 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.199 We don't 00:27:02.199 --> 00:27:02.839 actually love 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.599 his character 00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.879 as we ought. 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:09.120 his acceptance 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.780 and pleasure 00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:10.220 in us 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.360 isn't prized 00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.120 as we 00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.600 ought to 00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.120 prize it. 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:19.280 How can 00:27:19.280 --> 00:27:20.000 I dwell 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.280 with peace 00:27:21.280 --> 00:27:22.040 and confidence 00:27:22.040 --> 00:27:23.620 with God 00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:23.940 and his 00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.540 holy hill 00:27:24.540 --> 00:27:25.900 if I 00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.720 don't do 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.460 these things? 00:27:29.800 --> 00:27:30.360 Well, 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.760 this is where 00:27:30.760 --> 00:27:31.280 the Psalms 00:27:31.280 --> 00:27:31.860 help us as 00:27:31.860 --> 00:27:32.040 well. 00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:34.299 we need 00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.500 a righteous 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.379 king. 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.059 On our 00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.440 own, 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.159 we can't 00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.619 stand, 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.899 but we 00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.279 need a 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.619 righteous 00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:43.480 king who 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:43.980 can represent 00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.319 us, 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:44.700 who can 00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.339 fight for 00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:45.599 us. 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.700 As Psalm 00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.920 24 asks 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.460 this same 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.220 question again, 00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.339 who shall 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.980 ascend the 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.259 hill of 00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.680 the Lord? 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.759 That Psalm 00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:56.139 ends by 00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.019 picturing these 00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.559 gates, 00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.500 these ancient 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.019 doors, 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:00.000 and it's the 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:00.940 gates to God's 00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.360 city are 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:01.840 shut. 00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.220 Sinners 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:04.019 cannot come 00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.259 in. 00:28:04.820 --> 00:28:05.220 But that 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.759 Psalm ends 00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.120 going, 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.000 but there 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.299 is a 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.559 king. 00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.519 When he 00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.059 walks up to 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.680 those doors, 00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:10.299 they will 00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.700 open. 00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:16.299 There is a 00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.700 king of 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:18.039 glory who 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.680 opens the 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:20.940 way into 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:21.559 paradise. 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.019 It's 00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.620 Psalm 2. 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.559 God has 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.200 set up his 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.059 righteous king 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.779 on his 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.519 holy hill. 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.579 people. 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.440 We need 00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:30.779 to take 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.639 refuge in 00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:31.940 him. 00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.799 So we 00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:34.420 can't stand 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.700 on our 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:34.980 own. 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.220 The Psalms 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.740 point us 00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.319 to a 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:37.879 king, a 00:28:37.879 --> 00:28:38.259 righteous 00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.599 king. 00:28:38.879 --> 00:28:39.180 Obviously 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:40.619 David failed 00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.039 at that. 00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.519 Who is the 00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:43.859 king of 00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.139 glory? 00:28:44.259 --> 00:28:44.500 It's the 00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.059 Lord Jesus 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.599 Christ. 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.940 And look 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.359 at the one 00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.059 he accepts. 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.940 He accepts 00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.759 the one who 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.900 confesses their 00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.700 lack of love 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.799 for people. 00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:58.140 He accepts 00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.700 the one with 00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.460 a broken 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.559 and contrite 00:29:00.559 --> 00:29:00.940 heart. 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.500 He will 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.539 not despise 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.340 a broken 00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:04.880 and contrite 00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.380 heart. 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.779 But he 00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.440 will reject 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.299 as vile 00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.559 those who 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.200 trust in 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.559 their own 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.019 righteousness. 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.559 In the 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.180 Lord Jesus 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.660 you will 00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.039 never be 00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.440 moved. 00:29:20.440 --> 00:29:25.200 through him 00:29:25.200 --> 00:29:25.600 we have 00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:26.200 permanent 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.400 access to 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:27.720 God's 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.180 throne of 00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.820 grace with 00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.720 confidence. 00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.860 Even 00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:33.720 taking that 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:34.299 idea of 00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:35.460 tent, he 00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.299 is set up 00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:38.340 he is the 00:29:38.340 --> 00:29:39.500 tent now as 00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.880 the children 00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.360 that Jen 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.779 brought out. 00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:41.840 We are in 00:29:41.840 --> 00:29:42.039 him. 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:43.420 We are 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:45.440 united to 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:45.660 him. 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.240 He is 00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.840 even in 00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.420 us by 00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:47.980 his spirit. 00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:50.120 He's set 00:29:50.119 --> 00:29:50.419 up his 00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:51.539 home in 00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.099 his people. 00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:54.579 And then 00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.219 he empowers 00:29:55.219 --> 00:29:55.639 us to 00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.119 have this 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.479 family 00:29:56.479 --> 00:29:57.259 likeness to 00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.519 love. 00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.159 In 00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.839 him, he 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:02.219 and us 00:30:02.219 --> 00:30:02.519 we can 00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:03.139 walk and 00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.599 rest in 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:04.019 the presence 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.559 of God 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.939 even as 00:30:05.939 --> 00:30:06.179 we are 00:30:06.179 --> 00:30:06.699 foreigners 00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:08.279 in this 00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:08.939 self-centered 00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.359 world. 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.579 So 00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.259 please hear 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.779 me correctly. 00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.819 Let me be 00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.179 clear. 00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:17.559 Doing 00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.379 good things 00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:19.880 do not 00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.600 save us. 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.100 You cannot 00:30:22.100 --> 00:30:23.300 add to 00:30:23.300 --> 00:30:23.880 your full 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.680 access and 00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:25.820 acceptance to 00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.380 God what 00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.920 Jesus has 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.100 done. 00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:27.520 You can't 00:30:27.520 --> 00:30:27.860 add to 00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.040 it. 00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.300 But 00:30:31.300 --> 00:30:33.040 while we're 00:30:33.040 --> 00:30:33.640 saved by 00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:34.280 faith alone, 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.800 faith is 00:30:34.800 --> 00:30:35.460 never alone. 00:30:35.780 --> 00:30:36.400 His grace 00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.980 not only 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.260 saves, it 00:30:38.260 --> 00:30:39.380 transforms. 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:39.620 forms. 00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.320 One 00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:45.960 Peter 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.280 talks about 00:30:48.280 --> 00:30:48.760 Christians 00:30:48.760 --> 00:30:50.020 understanding 00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:50.380 who we 00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:50.600 are. 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:50.980 We are 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.980 elect 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.840 exiles. 00:30:53.520 --> 00:30:54.020 We are 00:30:54.020 --> 00:30:54.700 sojourners. 00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:55.560 We don't 00:30:55.560 --> 00:30:56.260 belong in 00:30:56.260 --> 00:30:56.700 this world 00:30:56.700 --> 00:30:57.520 anymore because 00:30:57.520 --> 00:30:57.820 we've been 00:30:57.820 --> 00:30:58.700 chosen out 00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:58.960 of the 00:30:58.960 --> 00:30:59.220 world. 00:31:00.920 --> 00:31:01.800 We don't 00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.280 belong. 00:31:02.800 --> 00:31:02.980 We're 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.400 foreigners 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.760 here. 00:31:03.759 --> 00:31:06.740 And then 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:08.400 having been 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:09.059 born again, 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.339 Peter says 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.079 to us in 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.900 1.22, 00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:14.259 having purified 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.200 your souls by 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.859 your obedience 00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:16.460 to the 00:31:16.460 --> 00:31:16.819 truth. 00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.740 What's 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.259 coming next? 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.099 What was 00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:21.759 that salvation 00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.099 for? 00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.799 Having been 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.819 purified so 00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.099 that you're 00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.940 acceptable to 00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.240 God. 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.839 What's 00:31:25.839 --> 00:31:26.339 that for? 00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.660 For a 00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.440 sincere, 00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.500 brotherly 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.920 love. 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.640 Love one 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:32.980 another 00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.759 earnestly 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.200 from a 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.460 pure 00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:34.940 heart 00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:38.620 since 00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:38.960 you have 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.120 been 00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:39.440 born 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.920 again. 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.340 The 00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:43.780 primary 00:31:43.780 --> 00:31:44.440 measure of 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:44.880 a close 00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.340 walk with 00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.620 God, 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.200 of spiritual 00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.720 maturity, 00:31:47.120 --> 00:31:47.700 of love 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.160 for God, 00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.759 belonging to 00:31:48.759 --> 00:31:49.300 his household, 00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.720 it is not 00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.540 religious 00:31:52.540 --> 00:31:53.259 feelings. 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.700 It's not 00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.920 what you 00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:57.120 sacrifice to 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.560 God. 00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.400 It's not 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.060 doing great 00:31:59.060 --> 00:32:00.080 things for 00:32:00.080 --> 00:32:00.320 God. 00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.920 It's not 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.820 your knowledge, 00:32:02.020 --> 00:32:02.220 Bible 00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.620 knowledge. 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.640 God's 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:03.880 love. 00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:03.900 The primary 00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.420 measure of 00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:04.800 a close 00:32:04.800 --> 00:32:05.220 walk with 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.780 God is 00:32:05.780 --> 00:32:06.560 holy, 00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.280 brotherly 00:32:07.280 --> 00:32:07.800 love. 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.960 I was 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.460 reading 1 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.259 Corinthians 13 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.440 this week. 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:16.580 You can 00:32:16.580 --> 00:32:19.880 have tongues 00:32:19.880 --> 00:32:20.460 of angels, 00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.259 but if you 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.560 don't have 00:32:21.560 --> 00:32:22.420 love, you're 00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:22.720 just a 00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.140 clanging 00:32:23.140 --> 00:32:23.660 dong. 00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.740 You've 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:25.960 got to 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.380 have love. 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.020 You can 00:32:27.020 --> 00:32:27.840 have insights 00:32:27.840 --> 00:32:28.400 into the 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.320 most profound 00:32:29.320 --> 00:32:30.120 spiritual 00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:30.940 realities of 00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:31.340 everything, 00:32:31.339 --> 00:32:31.959 and if 00:32:31.959 --> 00:32:32.199 you don't 00:32:32.199 --> 00:32:32.679 have love, 00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:34.240 I am 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:34.639 nothing. 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.500 What a 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.699 state. 00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.199 You can 00:32:37.199 --> 00:32:37.679 give your 00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.240 body to 00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.740 the flames, 00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:39.079 you can 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.480 sacrifice 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.699 all, but 00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:40.899 if you 00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.199 don't have 00:32:41.199 --> 00:32:41.659 love, 00:32:42.879 --> 00:32:43.459 it's to 00:32:43.459 --> 00:32:43.980 no point. 00:32:45.919 --> 00:32:46.299 Wow. 00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:48.339 The measure 00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.159 of a close 00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.579 walk with 00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.259 God is 00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:52.159 holy, 00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.759 brotherly 00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.039 love, 00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.720 because that 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.019 reflects the 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:56.439 holy love of 00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:56.959 our Father, 00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.539 the family 00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.139 likeness. 00:32:58.140 --> 00:32:59.140 love, 00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:00.780 so you 00:33:00.780 --> 00:33:01.080 can be 00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.600 confident 00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.080 you're 00:33:02.080 --> 00:33:02.400 walking 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:02.960 closely 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:03.220 with 00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.540 God 00:33:03.540 --> 00:33:05.460 when the 00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.980 truth of 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.400 Christ 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:07.340 overflows 00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:07.620 into 00:33:07.620 --> 00:33:08.080 brotherly 00:33:08.080 --> 00:33:08.380 love. 00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.820 Beware of 00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.200 false 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.759 confidences, 00:33:11.940 --> 00:33:13.860 but this 00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.660 psalm encourages 00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:14.980 us. 00:33:17.120 --> 00:33:18.080 We are to 00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.740 know we 00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.060 will never 00:33:19.060 --> 00:33:19.700 be moved. 00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:22.299 I find 00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.539 that a 00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.720 great 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.140 encouragement 00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:25.299 because to 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.819 do these 00:33:26.819 --> 00:33:28.240 things, to 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.740 love in 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.299 this way, 00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.880 it could 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.460 move you. 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:33.120 It could 00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:34.420 cost your 00:33:34.420 --> 00:33:35.140 reputation, 00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:35.880 it could 00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.080 cost money, 00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.840 your business, 00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.480 it could 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.059 cost your 00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:41.180 job, it 00:33:41.180 --> 00:33:41.799 could cost 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:43.380 friends and 00:33:43.380 --> 00:33:43.819 family. 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.340 You might 00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:45.580 feel incredibly 00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:46.600 moved, but 00:33:46.600 --> 00:33:47.080 the promise 00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:48.920 here is you 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:49.519 need to know 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.680 that loving 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.259 like this, 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:51.480 you're 00:33:51.480 --> 00:33:51.920 reflecting 00:33:51.920 --> 00:33:52.980 the 00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.319 Father. 00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:55.180 You will 00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.519 not be 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.279 moved from 00:33:56.279 --> 00:33:56.680 his 00:33:56.680 --> 00:33:59.299 acceptance 00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.039 and embrace 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.379 of you. 00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.619 Our 00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:04.299 Father wants 00:34:04.299 --> 00:34:04.740 us to know 00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.079 we will 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.519 never be 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.139 moved from 00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.480 him, 00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:09.960 to know 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:10.599 we belong 00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.320 to the 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.599 Lord's 00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.039 household, 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:12.960 and so 00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.460 expressing 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.880 that in 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.219 brotherly 00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.500 love. 00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.719 Why don't 00:34:16.719 --> 00:34:17.059 we pray? 00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.539 Let's pray. 00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:34.360 thank you 00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:34.840 Lord that 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.559 while we're 00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:36.320 still sinners, 00:34:36.679 --> 00:34:37.980 Christ died 00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.460 for us. 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.840 Thank you 00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:41.360 that in 00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:41.920 our righteous 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.699 king we 00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:43.860 have peace 00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.400 with God. 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:46.139 God, thank 00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.639 you that we 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.820 have access 00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:50.139 into this 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:51.300 grace in 00:34:51.300 --> 00:34:51.700 which we 00:34:51.700 --> 00:34:53.539 stand, having 00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.360 been filled 00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:56.980 with your 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.599 love by 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.220 your spirit. 00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.840 Lord, we 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:00.380 give all the 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.940 praise to 00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.539 you for 00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:03.840 making us 00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:05.680 fully part 00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.000 of your 00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.420 people, 00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:09.519 fully acceptable 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.300 to you because 00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.660 of the Lord 00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.000 Jesus. 00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.920 and I 00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.320 pray that 00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.659 out of 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.360 that, out 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:13.619 of our 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.219 thankfulness, 00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:14.619 that we 00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.360 would want 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:16.380 to be 00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:16.900 like you, 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.219 that we 00:35:17.219 --> 00:35:17.619 would set 00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:18.119 our hope 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:19.900 fully on 00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.340 the grace 00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.619 that we're 00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:20.800 going to 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.360 receive when 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:21.940 you return, 00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.539 that we 00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.860 are looking 00:35:22.860 --> 00:35:23.460 forward to 00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:23.960 the home 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.739 of righteousness 00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.900 while we 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:27.800 are living 00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.579 in exile 00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:29.780 and journeying 00:35:29.780 --> 00:35:30.820 as sojourners 00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:31.139 in this 00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.500 life. 00:35:32.360 --> 00:35:32.800 Lord, help 00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.260 us set 00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:33.739 our hope 00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.519 on that 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.980 home of 00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.340 righteousness 00:35:35.340 --> 00:35:35.840 when we'll 00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.219 see you 00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:36.619 face to 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.099 face so 00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.400 that we 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.239 can express 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:38.760 that and 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.199 give honour 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:40.799 to you by 00:35:40.799 --> 00:35:41.099 the way 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.359 that we 00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:41.759 love one 00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:42.099 another. 00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.319 In Jesus' 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:45.699 name I 00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:45.879 pray. 00:35:46.219 --> 00:35:46.519 Amen.