WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.080 Psalm 18. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 Psalm 18. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:29.980 Psalm 18. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:31.959 The depths of the sea became visible. 00:01:32.599 --> 00:01:37.780 The foundations of the world were exposed at your rebuke, Lord, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.799 He reached down from on high and took hold of me. 00:01:42.480 --> 00:01:44.299 He pulled me out of the deep water. 00:01:45.340 --> 00:01:51.039 He rescued me from my powerful enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. 00:01:51.900 --> 00:01:56.200 They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. 00:01:57.200 --> 00:01:59.340 He brought me out to a spacious place. 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:02.120 He rescued me because he delighted in me. 00:02:02.960 --> 00:02:05.660 The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness. 00:02:05.659 --> 00:02:09.740 He repaid me according to the cleanliness of my hands. 00:02:09.740 --> 00:02:15.280 For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not turned from my God to wickedness. 00:02:16.420 --> 00:02:22.100 Indeed, I let all his ordinances guide me and have not disregarded his statutes. 00:02:22.099 --> 00:02:26.340 I was blameless towards him and kept myself from my iniquity. 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:32.439 So the Lord repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanliness of my hands in his sight. 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.520 The word of God for the people of God. 00:02:38.060 --> 00:02:39.199 Thanks be to God. 00:02:39.460 --> 00:02:40.080 Please be seated. 00:02:42.200 --> 00:02:47.819 Isaiah 40 tells us that the grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever. 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:53.539 And in Luke 1, we hear that no word from God shall be void of power. 00:02:53.539 --> 00:02:54.799 Would you pray with me? 00:03:04.099 --> 00:03:10.259 Oh Lord, by this same powerful word, please speak to your people. 00:03:12.039 --> 00:03:15.500 Thank you that you're a God who watches over your people intently. 00:03:16.500 --> 00:03:18.060 You hear our prayer. 00:03:20.939 --> 00:03:22.419 You speak to us. 00:03:23.539 --> 00:03:30.739 Please help us, Lord, by your spoken word, by scripture, illuminated by the Holy Spirit. 00:03:31.239 --> 00:03:38.459 Help us to see Jesus Christ and to behold him, the author and perfecter of our salvation. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:41.560 We ask this in his precious name. 00:03:41.819 --> 00:03:42.060 Amen. 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:48.560 Well, there are times in life where something new is around the corner. 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:52.259 And we need comfort and hope. 00:03:54.620 --> 00:03:58.500 There's no better source of comfort and hope than in the Psalms. 00:04:00.020 --> 00:04:03.199 Maybe some of you, it's going to the next grade level in school. 00:04:03.520 --> 00:04:06.120 And you just need to hear from someone who's been through that one. 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:08.900 I made it through that grade. 00:04:09.259 --> 00:04:09.980 So shall you. 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:13.819 Maybe some of you are entering a new phase of life. 00:04:14.219 --> 00:04:16.680 Those final years where your body is failing. 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:21.860 But you can hear or even read the testimony of an old witness. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:24.579 The Lord was faithful to the very end. 00:04:25.500 --> 00:04:26.300 You're going to make it. 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:29.240 The Lord sustained me every way. 00:04:29.460 --> 00:04:30.280 And so shall you. 00:04:32.420 --> 00:04:37.920 There are even some individuals and families who have really scary news. 00:04:38.460 --> 00:04:40.480 Or a medical diagnosis. 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.580 Or even the fear of one coming around the corner. 00:04:44.220 --> 00:04:45.840 To hear from another brother or sister. 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.280 The Lord was faithful to me when we got that. 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:52.300 And so shall God save you also. 00:04:52.300 --> 00:04:55.980 In Psalm chapter 3 verse 8. 00:04:56.819 --> 00:05:00.400 The psalmist declares salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:02.879 And in Psalm 18. 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:05.699 He opens up what this is like. 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:08.080 How salvation belongs to the Lord. 00:05:09.080 --> 00:05:11.900 Would you look at verse 3 of Psalm 18 with me. 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:13.540 David says. 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:16.060 I will call upon the Lord. 00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:18.460 Who is worthy to be praised. 00:05:18.459 --> 00:05:22.659 So shall I be saved from my enemies. 00:05:23.979 --> 00:05:25.199 Beloved congregation. 00:05:25.799 --> 00:05:27.459 Of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:05:27.579 --> 00:05:28.799 My message for you today. 00:05:29.939 --> 00:05:32.639 As you see God's salvation in Psalm 18. 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:35.099 You can find comfort and hope. 00:05:35.719 --> 00:05:37.079 It's the same God. 00:05:37.599 --> 00:05:38.039 Yesterday. 00:05:38.740 --> 00:05:39.359 For David. 00:05:39.699 --> 00:05:40.699 Today for you and me. 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:41.599 And forever. 00:05:42.099 --> 00:05:44.459 And so shall you be saved. 00:05:44.459 --> 00:05:44.939 First. 00:05:46.939 --> 00:05:48.979 Why God can be trusted. 00:05:49.919 --> 00:05:51.479 Why God can be trusted. 00:05:51.659 --> 00:05:52.319 Three reasons. 00:05:54.239 --> 00:05:55.000 Number one. 00:05:55.099 --> 00:05:56.000 God can be trusted. 00:05:56.579 --> 00:05:58.879 Because he has bound himself. 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:00.679 To his people. 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:02.159 By way of covenant. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:03.899 What's a covenant? 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:06.819 A covenant. 00:06:07.459 --> 00:06:09.359 Is more binding than a promise. 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.839 And it's more loving than a contract. 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:12.799 As someone had said. 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:14.780 How do we know this? 00:06:14.840 --> 00:06:17.319 This Psalm is about God's covenant faithfulness. 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:20.120 If you look at the superscription. 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:21.900 What comes right above verse 1. 00:06:22.280 --> 00:06:24.540 We're told this is a Psalm of David. 00:06:24.980 --> 00:06:26.800 The servant of Yahweh. 00:06:27.540 --> 00:06:28.500 And that designation. 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:30.420 The servant of Yahweh. 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:31.160 It's special. 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:33.560 There are many authors to the Psalms. 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:36.740 And only David receives this special title. 00:06:38.180 --> 00:06:42.240 Students of the book of Psalm have noticed how this elevated title. 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:44.040 Servant of the Lord. 00:06:44.660 --> 00:06:46.600 It confers elevated authority. 00:06:46.600 --> 00:06:48.540 To declare the divine word. 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:50.420 And to lead God's people. 00:06:52.660 --> 00:06:54.340 In a covenant relationship. 00:06:54.340 --> 00:06:55.280 There is a Lord. 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:56.500 And a servant. 00:06:58.340 --> 00:07:00.220 We can listen for this theme. 00:07:00.620 --> 00:07:02.980 As the basis for David's prayer. 00:07:04.259 --> 00:07:05.939 We also notice he's called. 00:07:06.280 --> 00:07:07.540 The chief musician. 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:08.280 Or I'm sorry. 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:10.660 David is giving directions to the chief musician. 00:07:10.660 --> 00:07:12.720 Can you picture this scene? 00:07:13.640 --> 00:07:14.860 The temple is not yet built. 00:07:15.520 --> 00:07:16.860 It's around a tabernacle. 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:21.040 And the people of God gather in the presence of the Lord. 00:07:21.220 --> 00:07:24.460 Before them is the visible sacrament. 00:07:24.900 --> 00:07:25.920 The shedding of blood. 00:07:27.080 --> 00:07:30.040 And the promise of God's covenant faithfulness to his people. 00:07:30.460 --> 00:07:31.300 That's the occasion. 00:07:31.300 --> 00:07:34.439 And the chief musician is directed. 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:36.139 Implying there are many musicians. 00:07:36.420 --> 00:07:38.520 But it's appropriate and pleasing to God. 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:39.860 When one gifted. 00:07:40.280 --> 00:07:42.199 Musically gifted leader is delegated. 00:07:42.460 --> 00:07:44.939 To facilitate the singing. 00:07:45.220 --> 00:07:47.100 Of all God's gathered people together. 00:07:50.600 --> 00:07:51.639 We read that. 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:54.100 The Lord is the one. 00:07:54.780 --> 00:07:57.120 Who is addressed in this song. 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:58.960 David spoke this to the Lord. 00:07:58.960 --> 00:08:00.139 The words of this song. 00:08:00.139 --> 00:08:02.919 So it's a song that's to the Lord. 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:04.919 What's it called when we speak to the Lord? 00:08:05.300 --> 00:08:06.139 It's a prayer. 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:08.039 We're singing a prayer. 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:10.459 In all the Psalms. 00:08:11.300 --> 00:08:12.899 We see this theme delivered. 00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:15.579 That God alone can save. 00:08:15.919 --> 00:08:17.120 But we get rich texture. 00:08:17.599 --> 00:08:18.240 And insights. 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:19.879 In every single Psalm. 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:21.479 That add to the glory of God. 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:23.459 And help our eyes to behold him. 00:08:24.019 --> 00:08:25.659 What we see here is the occasion. 00:08:26.139 --> 00:08:28.860 We're told it's the day that the Lord delivered him. 00:08:28.860 --> 00:08:30.560 From the hand of all his enemies. 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:32.360 And from the hand of Saul. 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:35.740 And so it begins. 00:08:36.000 --> 00:08:38.019 I love you. 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:39.720 Oh Yahweh. 00:08:40.320 --> 00:08:42.220 Oh Lord my strength. 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:44.940 This word that he uses for love. 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:47.039 Is typically only used. 00:08:47.259 --> 00:08:48.560 Of God's tender compassion. 00:08:49.560 --> 00:08:50.360 For his people. 00:08:51.220 --> 00:08:52.220 It's unique. 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:54.580 Especially to begin such a majestic Psalm. 00:08:54.580 --> 00:08:55.700 To find it. 00:08:56.440 --> 00:08:58.060 Describing a human being's. 00:08:58.220 --> 00:08:59.220 Love toward God. 00:09:00.400 --> 00:09:02.460 It's a resolute declaration. 00:09:02.780 --> 00:09:03.840 Of intense love. 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:05.280 It conveys deep. 00:09:05.700 --> 00:09:07.020 Intimate affection. 00:09:07.580 --> 00:09:08.840 I love you. 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:09.900 Oh Lord. 00:09:10.379 --> 00:09:11.320 My strength. 00:09:14.320 --> 00:09:16.240 So we can trust God to save. 00:09:16.400 --> 00:09:18.500 Because God has bound himself. 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:20.700 With this loving bond. 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:22.100 This covenant relationship. 00:09:22.100 --> 00:09:23.759 To his people. 00:09:24.340 --> 00:09:25.440 That's what David is calling. 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:26.519 All of God's people. 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:27.960 To celebrate. 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:28.899 And to pray. 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:30.460 The second reason. 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:32.460 God can be trusted to save. 00:09:32.560 --> 00:09:33.540 Is because who God. 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:35.420 Has shown himself to be. 00:09:35.779 --> 00:09:37.080 For his covenant people. 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:38.920 In verse two. 00:09:39.259 --> 00:09:40.360 We have one of the longest. 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:42.560 Descriptions of the attributes of God. 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:43.220 Piled up. 00:09:43.659 --> 00:09:44.340 Back to back. 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:45.680 In all of the Psalter. 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.019 The Lord is my rock. 00:09:48.500 --> 00:09:49.519 And my fortress. 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:51.059 And my deliverer. 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:52.039 My God. 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:53.120 My strength. 00:09:53.179 --> 00:09:54.239 In whom I will trust. 00:09:54.620 --> 00:09:55.339 My shield. 00:09:55.779 --> 00:09:57.339 And the horn of my salvation. 00:09:57.759 --> 00:09:58.879 And my stronghold. 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.019 Someone pointed out. 00:10:01.099 --> 00:10:02.959 There's always another and. 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.659 That can be added to the inventory. 00:10:05.979 --> 00:10:07.399 Of Yahweh's faithfulness. 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:09.839 Our words will never be enough. 00:10:09.939 --> 00:10:12.359 To describe how faithful God is. 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:15.580 When he uses the word. 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:16.419 For a rock. 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:17.580 In a fortress. 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:20.000 It conjures up visions. 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.080 Of a remote mountain stronghold. 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:24.680 In an inaccessible terrain. 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:29.360 The word fortress. 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:30.620 Is a word. 00:10:30.860 --> 00:10:31.480 After which. 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:33.180 The mountain of Masada. 00:10:33.379 --> 00:10:33.800 Was named. 00:10:34.800 --> 00:10:35.560 And if you've read. 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:36.379 The Lord of the Rings. 00:10:36.519 --> 00:10:37.500 What will come to your. 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:38.399 Your mind's eye. 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:39.300 Is Helm's Deep. 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:40.980 It's this. 00:10:41.420 --> 00:10:42.340 Rock fortress. 00:10:42.360 --> 00:10:44.200 That's impenetrable. 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:45.980 You will be safe. 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:46.680 Secure. 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:47.919 Behind this mighty. 00:10:48.460 --> 00:10:48.980 Fortress. 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:51.580 God's called a deliverer. 00:10:52.220 --> 00:10:53.480 That's one who rescues. 00:10:53.580 --> 00:10:53.960 He's called. 00:10:54.300 --> 00:10:55.100 A refuge. 00:10:55.279 --> 00:10:55.899 And a shield. 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:57.220 Those are both. 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.100 Defensive. 00:10:58.639 --> 00:10:59.159 Words. 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.539 But he's also called. 00:11:01.180 --> 00:11:01.700 The horn. 00:11:01.899 --> 00:11:02.840 Of my salvation. 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:05.180 The horn is. 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:06.560 An aggressive image. 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:07.600 It's offensive. 00:11:08.379 --> 00:11:09.659 In Daniel chapter 8. 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:10.720 The Persian ram. 00:11:10.720 --> 00:11:12.440 And the Greek goat. 00:11:13.100 --> 00:11:13.660 They headbutt. 00:11:13.660 --> 00:11:14.040 Their way. 00:11:14.120 --> 00:11:14.779 To conquest. 00:11:15.540 --> 00:11:16.300 The Lord's kingdom. 00:11:16.300 --> 00:11:17.000 Is advancing. 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:18.980 And if you're behind. 00:11:19.279 --> 00:11:20.460 His advancing kingdom. 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:20.980 You're safe. 00:11:21.060 --> 00:11:21.420 Secure. 00:11:21.840 --> 00:11:23.240 That's what David is painting. 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:24.740 With these words. 00:11:25.560 --> 00:11:25.980 And the word. 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:26.800 Stronghold. 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:28.279 Is a high. 00:11:29.500 --> 00:11:29.980 Unassailable. 00:11:30.560 --> 00:11:30.899 Tower. 00:11:31.899 --> 00:11:32.660 So God. 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:33.320 Can be trusted. 00:11:33.320 --> 00:11:33.779 Because. 00:11:34.300 --> 00:11:35.580 Who he has shown himself. 00:11:35.580 --> 00:11:36.080 To be. 00:11:36.420 --> 00:11:37.060 To David. 00:11:37.059 --> 00:11:38.859 And to all his covenant people. 00:11:39.059 --> 00:11:40.239 Through every generation. 00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:42.419 The third reason. 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:43.339 God can be trusted. 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:43.919 Is because. 00:11:44.379 --> 00:11:45.339 He hears the prayer. 00:11:45.819 --> 00:11:47.059 Of his covenant people. 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:49.259 Notice the confidence. 00:11:49.259 --> 00:11:49.819 Of David. 00:11:49.859 --> 00:11:50.459 As he prays. 00:11:50.459 --> 00:11:51.579 He says in verse 3. 00:11:52.039 --> 00:11:52.839 I will call. 00:11:53.079 --> 00:11:54.119 Upon the Lord. 00:11:54.319 --> 00:11:55.119 Who is worthy. 00:11:55.119 --> 00:11:56.000 To be praised. 00:11:56.439 --> 00:11:58.279 So shall I be saved. 00:11:58.539 --> 00:12:00.079 From my enemies. 00:12:03.179 --> 00:12:04.179 He's introducing. 00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:05.079 In verse 3. 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.160 That on the far side. 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:08.040 Of this. 00:12:08.660 --> 00:12:09.100 Suffering. 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.139 And this affliction. 00:12:10.920 --> 00:12:11.500 This hell. 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.540 That he's going to go through. 00:12:13.160 --> 00:12:14.460 The Lord will save him. 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:15.500 But first. 00:12:15.560 --> 00:12:16.820 He must cross through the valley. 00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:18.000 Of the shadow. 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:19.000 Of death. 00:12:20.900 --> 00:12:21.460 In Psalm. 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:22.259 I'm sorry. 00:12:22.340 --> 00:12:23.000 In 1st Samuel. 00:12:23.120 --> 00:12:23.740 Chapter 20. 00:12:23.820 --> 00:12:24.340 Verse 3. 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:26.259 We have a narrative. 00:12:26.400 --> 00:12:27.300 Describing how. 00:12:27.540 --> 00:12:29.020 Saul was trying to kill. 00:12:29.020 --> 00:12:29.620 David. 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:31.300 And David turns to. 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:32.379 His good friend. 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:33.200 Saul's son. 00:12:33.800 --> 00:12:34.280 Jonathan. 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:36.500 And he says these words. 00:12:36.659 --> 00:12:37.179 There is but. 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:38.079 A step. 00:12:38.659 --> 00:12:39.439 Between me. 00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:40.419 And death. 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:42.639 That's the reality. 00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:44.000 Of what David was going to. 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:44.919 Going through. 00:12:45.799 --> 00:12:47.620 And how is he going to describe this. 00:12:47.699 --> 00:12:48.480 Poetically now. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:49.980 Look at verse 4. 00:12:50.059 --> 00:12:50.939 Of Psalm 18. 00:12:51.439 --> 00:12:51.720 It says. 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:52.980 The pangs of death. 00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:54.419 Surrounded me. 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:55.579 And the floods. 00:12:55.699 --> 00:12:56.799 Of ungodliness. 00:12:57.799 --> 00:12:58.199 Literally. 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.279 Belial. 00:12:59.959 --> 00:13:00.360 Or the. 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:00.980 The floods. 00:13:00.980 --> 00:13:01.779 Of demonic. 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:02.959 Powers. 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:04.639 Made me afraid. 00:13:05.400 --> 00:13:06.100 In verse 5. 00:13:06.460 --> 00:13:07.420 The sorrows of. 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:08.240 Sheol. 00:13:08.420 --> 00:13:08.820 Or hell. 00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:09.700 Surrounded me. 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:11.600 And the snares of death. 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:13.060 Confronted me. 00:13:14.879 --> 00:13:16.519 You see how it escalates. 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:17.759 From verse 4. 00:13:17.860 --> 00:13:18.960 Into verse 5. 00:13:19.800 --> 00:13:21.560 This is a literary device. 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:23.060 Used in Hebrew poetry. 00:13:23.780 --> 00:13:24.460 In verse 4. 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:26.000 There are chaotic. 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:27.480 Torrents of water. 00:13:27.480 --> 00:13:28.639 Like a flood. 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:29.879 That drown him. 00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:30.560 In destruction. 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:32.139 And he describes. 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:33.179 The cords of death. 00:13:33.239 --> 00:13:33.719 Death. 00:13:33.979 --> 00:13:35.159 As encompassing him. 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:37.359 The Hebrews. 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:38.399 Were land people. 00:13:39.359 --> 00:13:40.359 So the Sea of Galilee. 00:13:40.559 --> 00:13:41.879 Or the Mediterranean Sea. 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:43.000 These were terrifying. 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:44.019 Pictures of chaos. 00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:44.839 And death. 00:13:45.419 --> 00:13:46.659 You don't venture into those. 00:13:46.739 --> 00:13:47.559 You stay on the good. 00:13:47.939 --> 00:13:48.479 Terra firma. 00:13:49.599 --> 00:13:50.519 And he says. 00:13:50.699 --> 00:13:51.779 I'm flooded. 00:13:52.539 --> 00:13:53.500 And as I'm. 00:13:53.699 --> 00:13:54.739 I'm drowning. 00:13:54.739 --> 00:13:55.519 In these waters. 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.839 These torrents of death. 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:58.199 The ropes. 00:13:58.199 --> 00:13:58.979 Of death. 00:13:58.980 --> 00:14:00.240 Are encompassing me. 00:14:00.300 --> 00:14:01.039 They're all around me. 00:14:01.300 --> 00:14:03.019 Now watch you go to the next level. 00:14:03.100 --> 00:14:03.860 In verse 5. 00:14:04.779 --> 00:14:05.740 The cords of hell. 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.480 Now they're not just around me. 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:08.480 They entangle me. 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.259 He's not only drowning. 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:12.000 But now he says. 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:13.060 He's swept over. 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:14.220 Drugged down. 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:15.779 And caught like a prey. 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:17.840 In a hunter's snares. 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:21.279 That's how he's poetically describing. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:22.580 This valley of the shadow. 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:23.639 Of death. 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.560 One person commented. 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:27.599 That this description. 00:14:28.239 --> 00:14:29.119 Of his suffering. 00:14:29.319 --> 00:14:29.699 Smells. 00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:31.139 Of the underworld. 00:14:32.799 --> 00:14:34.399 And in that state. 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:35.759 In that mire. 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.699 In verse 6. 00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:38.559 In my distress. 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:40.599 I called upon Yahweh. 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:42.399 And I cried out to my God. 00:14:42.459 --> 00:14:43.199 And he heard. 00:14:43.199 --> 00:14:44.239 My voice. 00:14:44.679 --> 00:14:45.519 From his temple. 00:14:46.279 --> 00:14:47.079 And my cry. 00:14:47.319 --> 00:14:48.039 Came before him. 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.439 Even to his ears. 00:14:50.719 --> 00:14:52.079 See the Lord is not distant. 00:14:52.379 --> 00:14:53.319 From his people. 00:14:53.719 --> 00:14:54.539 In their suffering. 00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:56.740 God's faithfulness. 00:14:56.740 --> 00:14:57.360 To his people. 00:14:57.539 --> 00:14:58.539 It's more binding. 00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.319 Than a promise. 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.259 More loving. 00:15:00.500 --> 00:15:01.539 Than a contract. 00:15:02.719 --> 00:15:03.779 God can be trusted. 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:04.679 Look at verse 6. 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:08.699 As we cry out. 00:15:09.860 --> 00:15:11.379 From his temple in heaven. 00:15:11.939 --> 00:15:12.519 The Lord. 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:13.500 Hears. 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:14.399 Our prayer. 00:15:14.399 --> 00:15:20.600 Some of you. 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:20.799 Maybe. 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:22.439 Need to cry out. 00:15:22.519 --> 00:15:23.019 To the Lord. 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.939 In such a way. 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:24.559 Today. 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.199 Call upon. 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.919 The Lord. 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:29.419 Cry out. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:30.079 To our God. 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:32.579 Maybe for some. 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.039 It's been. 00:15:33.199 --> 00:15:33.919 A long time. 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:34.600 Since you've. 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:36.159 Come before the Lord. 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:36.939 With confidence. 00:15:37.079 --> 00:15:38.059 That he will hear you. 00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.500 He hears. 00:15:40.939 --> 00:15:41.559 The voice. 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:42.439 Of his people. 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:44.200 From his temple. 00:15:44.640 --> 00:15:45.060 In heaven. 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:47.760 Your prayer. 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:48.820 Comes before him. 00:15:49.200 --> 00:15:50.400 Even to his ears. 00:15:51.900 --> 00:15:52.520 So our song. 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:53.140 Invites us. 00:15:53.260 --> 00:15:54.260 Come ye sinners. 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:55.160 Poor. 00:15:55.420 --> 00:15:55.900 And wretched. 00:15:56.440 --> 00:15:56.700 Weak. 00:15:56.760 --> 00:15:57.280 And wounded. 00:15:57.900 --> 00:15:58.180 Sick. 00:15:58.420 --> 00:15:59.000 And sore. 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.040 How can we go to him. 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.880 With such confidence. 00:16:02.640 --> 00:16:03.600 Because Jesus. 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.320 Ready. 00:16:04.780 --> 00:16:05.340 Stands. 00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.560 To save you. 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.000 Full of pity. 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:08.980 Love. 00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:09.920 And power. 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:10.000 For. 00:16:11.839 --> 00:16:12.599 This truth. 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:13.259 Is declared. 00:16:13.259 --> 00:16:14.159 In Micah. 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:15.079 Chapter 7. 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.659 Verse 7. 00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:16.039 Therefore. 00:16:16.259 --> 00:16:17.000 I will look. 00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:18.120 To the Lord. 00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:19.120 And I. 00:16:19.299 --> 00:16:20.019 Will wait. 00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:20.939 For the God. 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:22.199 Of my salvation. 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.759 My God. 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.279 Will. 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.059 Hear me. 00:16:26.839 --> 00:16:28.159 This is why God. 00:16:28.479 --> 00:16:29.139 Can be trusted. 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.179 To save. 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.279 Well what we see next. 00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.279 Beginning in verse 7. 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:34.500 Is what God does. 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.519 To save. 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.099 What God. 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.480 Does to save. 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:38.560 Love. 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.960 This passage. 00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:42.019 Celebrates. 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.420 How God. 00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:42.980 Answered. 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:43.500 His covenant. 00:16:43.659 --> 00:16:44.300 People's prayer. 00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:44.960 Poetically. 00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.980 In verse 7. 00:16:48.560 --> 00:16:49.259 David says. 00:16:50.060 --> 00:16:50.360 Then. 00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:51.899 After I prayed. 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:52.960 The earth. 00:16:53.259 --> 00:16:53.580 Shook. 00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:54.860 And trembled. 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.440 I love the English translation. 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.420 It reeled. 00:16:58.659 --> 00:16:59.700 And rocked. 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.980 In the Hebrew. 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.420 It rhymes that way. 00:17:02.440 --> 00:17:02.860 As well. 00:17:03.519 --> 00:17:04.299 The foundations. 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.099 Of the hills. 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.099 Also quaked. 00:17:06.259 --> 00:17:06.960 And were shaken. 00:17:07.360 --> 00:17:07.680 Why? 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:09.519 Because God. 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.140 Was angry. 00:17:11.860 --> 00:17:12.380 Spurgeon. 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:12.840 Commented. 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:13.279 Nothing. 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:13.880 Makes God. 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.779 So angry. 00:17:15.080 --> 00:17:16.019 As an injury. 00:17:16.180 --> 00:17:16.380 Done. 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.180 To his children. 00:17:18.600 --> 00:17:19.200 Oh parents. 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:19.640 You know what. 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.160 That's like. 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.680 Your child. 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:22.220 Gets hurt. 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.240 Your blood. 00:17:23.320 --> 00:17:24.080 Starts to boil. 00:17:25.140 --> 00:17:25.860 And when the Lord. 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:26.880 Sees his precious. 00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:27.500 Child. 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.120 His servant. 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.019 On this earth. 00:17:30.340 --> 00:17:30.779 Suffering. 00:17:32.620 --> 00:17:33.900 Look at this description. 00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:35.600 Verse 8. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:37.539 Smoke went up from his nostrils. 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:39.439 Devouring fire. 00:17:39.439 --> 00:17:40.699 From his mouth. 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:42.319 Coals were kindled. 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:46.939 What comes next in verse 9. 00:17:48.240 --> 00:17:50.519 Can only be attributed to God. 00:17:51.379 --> 00:17:53.459 Redeeming his people fully and finally. 00:17:53.619 --> 00:17:54.359 Look at verse 9. 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:57.500 He bowed the heavens also. 00:17:57.899 --> 00:17:58.799 And came down. 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:01.619 With darkness under his feet. 00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:04.939 And he rode upon a cherub. 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.959 And flew. 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:09.519 He flew upon the wings of the wind. 00:18:11.479 --> 00:18:13.339 A cherub is a celestial. 00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:15.439 Winged beast. 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.859 The Lord made the heavens and the earth. 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.479 He made the physical realm. 00:18:19.739 --> 00:18:20.939 And the spiritual realm. 00:18:21.679 --> 00:18:24.079 And angels belong to the spiritual realm. 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.559 From scripture we know. 00:18:25.659 --> 00:18:26.939 These are majestic. 00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.279 Fierce. 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:30.279 And fear striking creations. 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:34.039 The cherub are also a symbol of God's redemption. 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:36.859 They're associated with the mercy seat. 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.420 Over the ark of the covenant. 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:40.980 There's the picture for the people of God. 00:18:41.839 --> 00:18:42.819 Through his covenant. 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.420 The Lord comes down. 00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:46.480 To save his people. 00:18:48.879 --> 00:18:49.940 In verse 11. 00:18:50.059 --> 00:18:52.039 We read that he made darkness. 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.599 His secret place. 00:18:54.000 --> 00:18:55.440 His canopy around which. 00:18:55.440 --> 00:18:56.799 The dark waters. 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:58.680 And the thick clouds of the sky. 00:18:58.859 --> 00:18:59.539 Were covering him. 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:01.759 This thick darkness. 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:03.200 It hides. 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.899 The majesty of God. 00:19:05.399 --> 00:19:06.019 From our eyes. 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:08.200 His majesty is indescribable. 00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.680 It's ineffable. 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.740 And it's also a reminder of. 00:19:13.180 --> 00:19:13.559 The curtain. 00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.819 Within the temple. 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.960 That veiled the holy of holies. 00:19:17.339 --> 00:19:18.460 The presence of the Lord. 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:19.379 From mere creatures. 00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:21.160 Whose eyes couldn't handle. 00:19:21.660 --> 00:19:22.440 Seeing the glory. 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.960 Of the majestic God. 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.000 God. 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:28.100 We read verse 12. 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:29.960 From the brightness. 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:31.180 Before him. 00:19:31.180 --> 00:19:33.579 The presence of the Lord. 00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:35.400 Is like purest light. 00:19:36.360 --> 00:19:36.860 Blinding. 00:19:37.360 --> 00:19:37.620 White. 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.360 Glory. 00:19:39.660 --> 00:19:41.200 His thick clouds. 00:19:41.420 --> 00:19:41.940 Passed. 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.140 With hailstones. 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.860 And coals of fire. 00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.460 Verse 13. 00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:48.019 The Lord thundered from heaven. 00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:49.740 And the most high uttered. 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.759 His voice. 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.379 Hailstone. 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:53.559 And coals of fire. 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.119 Verse 14. 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.759 He sent out his arrows. 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:58.180 And scattered the foe. 00:19:58.660 --> 00:20:00.000 Lightnings in abundance. 00:20:00.639 --> 00:20:01.799 And he vanquished them. 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:06.319 The language that David is using. 00:20:06.319 --> 00:20:07.399 Is describing. 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.299 Poetically. 00:20:09.399 --> 00:20:09.879 Theophanies. 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.799 Of God. 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.460 Appearing. 00:20:12.419 --> 00:20:13.519 Bending creation. 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.700 Bending the cosmos. 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.919 To save his people. 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.200 Now. 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:20.119 In 1st and 2nd Samuel. 00:20:20.319 --> 00:20:21.519 Or in any of the other scriptures. 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:23.240 We don't ever get a description of. 00:20:23.639 --> 00:20:25.159 David actually beholding. 00:20:25.220 --> 00:20:26.859 A manifestation of God's glory. 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.579 David. 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:28.919 As far as we know from scripture. 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:30.259 Didn't get to see God. 00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:31.779 In the way that Moses. 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:33.180 Or the people did at Sinai. 00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.879 Not even necessarily. 00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.759 The same way that. 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:36.500 Samuel. 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:38.220 Had with the previous generation. 00:20:38.819 --> 00:20:40.019 But what David is doing. 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:41.099 Is using. 00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:43.140 The covenant faithfulness of God. 00:20:43.140 --> 00:20:44.359 Over all the centuries. 00:20:44.500 --> 00:20:44.839 And saying. 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.940 This is my God. 00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.660 When the Lord came down. 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:48.500 And saved me. 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:50.559 This is what God was doing. 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.099 For me. 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.559 No less than what God did. 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:54.440 Throughout redemptive history. 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.740 We can sing this. 00:20:56.779 --> 00:20:57.359 In the same way. 00:20:57.420 --> 00:20:58.839 Like we do in one of our hymns. 00:20:58.839 --> 00:21:00.740 Thou rushing wind. 00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:02.119 That art so strong. 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.859 Ye clouds that sail. 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:05.119 In heaven along. 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.399 Oh praise him. 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.259 Hallelujah. 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:10.759 The Lord reigns over all creation. 00:21:11.759 --> 00:21:12.539 All creation. 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:14.099 Serves his purposes. 00:21:14.679 --> 00:21:15.379 In redeeming. 00:21:15.459 --> 00:21:16.959 And finally saving his people. 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.819 He will use. 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.899 All things. 00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:20.159 For the good of those. 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.659 Who are the called ones. 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:23.059 According to his purposes. 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:26.539 David's describing God's might. 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:28.259 Over all the elements. 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:31.079 Back to the book of Exodus. 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.460 Remember. 00:21:31.579 --> 00:21:32.359 These are the very. 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:33.740 False gods. 00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:35.160 That the Egyptians worshipped. 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:37.180 That the Lord shows his supremacy. 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.740 Over. 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.480 The ten plagues. 00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:41.079 He turned upside down. 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:42.460 These gods of the Egyptians. 00:21:42.460 --> 00:21:43.160 To deliver. 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:44.299 To save his people. 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.180 It also describes. 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.460 What God did at Mount Sinai. 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:48.240 The earth shook. 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:50.079 The darkness covers them. 00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:51.660 They tremble in fear of the Lord. 00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:54.299 David knew. 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:56.400 This is my savior. 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.259 My deliverer. 00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.779 Deliverer. 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.779 It's the same. 00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.519 Covenant. 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.680 Keeping God. 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.460 For me. 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.700 This week. 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.119 I was so refreshed. 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.859 At the clarity of God's word. 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.240 After reading. 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:11.140 Some really thick commentaries. 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.379 On. 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:12.480 On Psalm 18. 00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:12.879 And. 00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:14.779 Doing my best to wrestle with it. 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:14.960 And. 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.379 Understanding the hard parts. 00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:18.340 I just read this passage. 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.700 To my family. 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:19.940 And. 00:22:20.800 --> 00:22:21.700 The eight year old. 00:22:21.800 --> 00:22:22.540 Summed it all up. 00:22:23.020 --> 00:22:24.420 Just as well as anyone else. 00:22:25.780 --> 00:22:26.280 God. 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.680 Comes down. 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.740 To save. 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.340 That's what we read right here. 00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:33.260 You see what God does. 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.260 To save. 00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.560 As someone put it. 00:22:35.640 --> 00:22:36.460 God moves. 00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:37.640 The universe. 00:22:38.360 --> 00:22:39.260 To answer. 00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:40.599 His servants prayer. 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:42.339 He. 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.500 Unglues. 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.400 Creation. 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:45.839 To bend. 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.220 The heavens down. 00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:48.140 To rescue. 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.019 His own people. 00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.579 That's what God does. 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.599 To save. 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:53.399 And. 00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:59.019 The next verses. 00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.579 Show us what it's like. 00:23:01.139 --> 00:23:02.539 Now from David's perspective. 00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.679 To experience. 00:23:04.179 --> 00:23:04.659 God. 00:23:05.159 --> 00:23:05.659 Saving you. 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.319 And it's glorious. 00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:09.179 Look at verse 17. 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.439 I'm sorry. 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.119 Verse 15. 00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:13.179 Then the channels. 00:23:13.399 --> 00:23:14.159 Of the sea. 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:15.019 Were seen. 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.559 The foundations of the world. 00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.240 Were uncovered. 00:23:17.659 --> 00:23:18.740 At your rebuke. 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.099 Oh Lord. 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:20.139 At the blast. 00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.859 Of the breath. 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:22.299 Of your nostrils. 00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:24.279 He sent from above. 00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.019 He took me. 00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.419 He drew me out. 00:23:26.699 --> 00:23:28.219 Of many waters. 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.939 This is David's. 00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:32.559 Salvation experienced. 00:23:33.719 --> 00:23:34.879 God came from heaven. 00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.939 There I was in the waters. 00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:38.079 Being tangled up. 00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:39.000 And drugged down. 00:23:39.379 --> 00:23:40.019 But the Lord. 00:23:40.579 --> 00:23:41.199 Rescued me. 00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.159 I was under. 00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.919 Those floods of destruction. 00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.980 Distressed. 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.279 Hard pressed. 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.679 Claustrophobic. 00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:51.500 And in verse 17. 00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:51.939 God. 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:51.980 God. 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.039 Delivered me. 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:54.539 From my strong enemy. 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:56.500 From those who hated me. 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:58.559 For they were too strong for me. 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.180 Verse 18. 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.779 They confronted me. 00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:03.480 In the day of my calamity. 00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:05.039 But the Lord was my support. 00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:07.240 Verse 19. 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:09.140 He also brought me out. 00:24:09.400 --> 00:24:11.039 Into a broad place. 00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.279 He delivered me. 00:24:13.680 --> 00:24:14.740 Because he delighted. 00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.740 In me. 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:19.779 Maybe that's why it's easier for a child. 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:21.579 To understand the plain meaning. 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:23.019 Of God's salvation. 00:24:23.339 --> 00:24:24.539 A childlike faith. 00:24:26.299 --> 00:24:28.000 God came down to save. 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:30.099 You could ask this child. 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.019 This eight year old. 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:33.319 Why does God save? 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.900 Because I'm his child. 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:37.640 How do you know. 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.279 Your father will save you. 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:41.200 Because he delights in me. 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.779 Why? 00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.519 Because I'm his. 00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.619 Isn't our gospel. 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.619 So free. 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.339 So simple. 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:52.220 And yet so glorious. 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:54.640 Look at 18. 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.299 One more time. 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.420 The Lord. 00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.680 Was my support. 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.259 Verse 19. 00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.880 He brought me out. 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:05.360 Into a broad place. 00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.519 He delivered me. 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.279 Because he delighted. 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.180 In me. 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.860 That's what it's like. 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.700 To experience. 00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.200 God saving you. 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:19.100 But yet we have a problem. 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:22.099 It's that. 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.259 The enemy tells us. 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.379 There's nothing in you. 00:25:24.459 --> 00:25:25.539 That God should delight in. 00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.799 And if we look at. 00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:30.079 Verses 20 and 24. 00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.480 This accusation. 00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.219 Becomes even more problematic. 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.779 What God's. 00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:38.059 Salvation depends upon. 00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:40.319 Is brought into question next. 00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.139 Now. 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.839 Before we walk through these verses. 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.799 Would you notice how. 00:25:44.959 --> 00:25:45.599 Verse 20. 00:25:46.099 --> 00:25:47.059 And verse 24. 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:48.500 Share a common phrase. 00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:51.199 He's referring to. 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.959 Clean hands. 00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.879 In verse 20. 00:25:54.419 --> 00:25:55.719 And then his clean hands. 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.719 In verse 24. 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.339 When this happens. 00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.259 It's called a bracket. 00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.899 And it means these verses. 00:26:01.399 --> 00:26:02.359 Are stand together. 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:03.619 As a smaller passage. 00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.919 And they're to be read together. 00:26:05.919 --> 00:26:06.799 He's appealing to. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.259 The purity of his hands. 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.240 Look at verse 20. 00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:11.419 The Lord rewarded me. 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.899 According to my. 00:26:13.439 --> 00:26:14.119 Righteousness. 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.039 In verse 20. 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.980 He prays for it. 00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:18.700 According to the cleanness. 00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.500 Of my hands. 00:26:19.779 --> 00:26:20.259 He has. 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.500 Recompensed me. 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.279 Verse 21. 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.640 For I have kept. 00:26:24.860 --> 00:26:25.500 The ways. 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.259 Of the Lord. 00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.460 Has David really done that? 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.680 Has he kept. 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.579 The ways of the Lord? 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.339 Let's turn. 00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.120 In your copy of God's word. 00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:37.120 To 2nd Samuel. 00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.860 Chapter 22. 00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:47.779 2nd Samuel. 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.819 Tells us all about. 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.479 King David. 00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:51.179 And his life. 00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.899 And his rule. 00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.039 As the king over Israel. 00:26:59.439 --> 00:27:00.719 I want you to see this. 00:27:00.979 --> 00:27:01.779 With your own eyes. 00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.859 We read in chapter 22. 00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:10.139 How David. 00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.179 How David. 00:27:10.319 --> 00:27:11.159 Spoke to the Lord. 00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.500 The words of this song. 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:14.039 On the day. 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.500 When the Lord. 00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.259 Had delivered him. 00:27:15.439 --> 00:27:16.839 From the hands of all his enemies. 00:27:17.179 --> 00:27:18.559 And from the hand of Saul. 00:27:19.479 --> 00:27:20.659 That's the same introduction. 00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.359 That we just had. 00:27:21.459 --> 00:27:22.219 For Psalm 18. 00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:25.459 And would you just take a moment. 00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.159 And scan. 00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.279 What comes next. 00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:30.059 2nd Samuel. 00:27:30.179 --> 00:27:30.959 Chapter 22. 00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:34.079 Would you look now. 00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:35.000 At verse 22. 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.759 Specifically. 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:36.759 David. 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.119 David. 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.720 David. 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:37.839 David. 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.900 Prayed the song. 00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:40.039 For I have kept. 00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:41.160 The ways of the Lord. 00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:42.960 And have not wickedly. 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.180 Departed from my God. 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.160 He's saying. 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:48.359 The exact same words. 00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.099 In. 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.879 Chapter 22. 00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.799 Of 2nd Samuel. 00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:53.019 As he did. 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.039 In Psalm 18. 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:58.420 If you look. 00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.579 One more chapter forward. 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.159 Now look at. 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.700 2nd Samuel. 00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.639 Chapter 23. 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.139 That chapter. 00:28:06.139 --> 00:28:07.000 Begins by saying. 00:28:07.139 --> 00:28:08.359 These are the last. 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.039 Words. 00:28:09.200 --> 00:28:09.619 Of David. 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:14.720 So at the very end. 00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.579 Of David's life. 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.220 The end of his reign. 00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.500 He's praying. 00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:19.180 This same. 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:19.819 Psalm. 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:20.700 Psalm 18. 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.940 Almost. 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:22.659 Word for word. 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:23.319 All the way through. 00:28:23.319 --> 00:28:24.759 But now. 00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.460 Will you turn back. 00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.259 11 chapters. 00:28:26.399 --> 00:28:27.200 To 2nd Samuel. 00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:28.339 Chapter 11. 00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:43.419 And in chapter 11. 00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:44.240 Here's where we have. 00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.799 The account. 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.419 Of David's. 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.659 Most public. 00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:49.939 Grotesque. 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.740 Sins. 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:56.420 Do you see the sequence. 00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:59.000 David is able. 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.079 To sing. 00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:01.039 Psalm 18. 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.200 At the end of his life. 00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.759 After. 00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.180 His public sin. 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.980 Against God. 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.400 His own wife. 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.599 The honorable. 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.279 Uriah. 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.400 And Bathsheba. 00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:14.900 Has been exposed. 00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.039 And fully dealt with. 00:29:16.039 --> 00:29:18.319 He can still go back. 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.619 And sing. 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.619 Yahweh. 00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.039 Has seen. 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.220 My hands. 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:28.759 And he's recompensed me. 00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.759 By the cleanness of my hands. 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.819 How can this be? 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:36.059 How can God. 00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:37.059 Who is righteous. 00:29:38.639 --> 00:29:39.299 Recompense. 00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.299 David. 00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:42.159 According to his righteousness. 00:29:42.159 --> 00:29:43.159 Like he prays. 00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:48.140 I think this might be a. 00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.759 Important lesson. 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.680 For all of us. 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:52.100 Especially those who have. 00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.120 Known the Lord. 00:29:53.700 --> 00:29:55.360 But yet battle that remaining sin. 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.060 In our lives. 00:29:59.060 --> 00:30:00.519 We want hands that are. 00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:01.180 Clean. 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:02.160 Before the Lord. 00:30:03.380 --> 00:30:04.340 But yet we're so. 00:30:04.540 --> 00:30:04.960 Aware. 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.120 Of the remaining sin. 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.800 In our lives. 00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:09.200 Maybe it's more like. 00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.420 Macbeth. 00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:12.300 My English teacher. 00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.740 In high school. 00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.800 Made us memorize this. 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.680 Is this a dagger. 00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.620 That I see before me. 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.940 The handle toward my hands. 00:30:18.060 --> 00:30:18.500 Famously. 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:18.880 After. 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.220 Committing this murder. 00:30:20.340 --> 00:30:21.420 They can't wash off. 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:22.100 The blood. 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.640 She says. 00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.360 The smell of the blood. 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.080 Is still here. 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.320 And all the perfume. 00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.779 Perfumes of Arabia. 00:30:28.060 --> 00:30:29.380 Will not sweeten it. 00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.539 What's done. 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.980 Cannot be undone. 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.759 This is what we think. 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.380 And what the enemy. 00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.279 Accuses us. 00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:38.800 But because of God's grace. 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.779 It's David. 00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.519 And you and I. 00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.519 No matter what we've done. 00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:45.480 We can stand before God. 00:30:45.599 --> 00:30:46.119 Trusting. 00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.200 His promise. 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:50.559 That he will be faithful. 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.759 To his covenant. 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.799 Of grace. 00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.619 And he will lead us. 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.339 To repentance. 00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.619 And he will forgive. 00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.740 Our sins. 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.099 He will give us. 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.480 Clean hands. 00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.980 In Psalm 51. 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.599 Which is. 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:05.700 After his sin. 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:07.079 He confesses to the Lord. 00:31:07.500 --> 00:31:08.000 And he prays. 00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.940 The Lord make us. 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.119 White as snow. 00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.200 Purify my heart. 00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:14.160 Wash my conscience. 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:14.839 Clean. 00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:16.240 I'm your child. 00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:18.099 Please be faithful. 00:31:18.420 --> 00:31:19.519 I need your grace. 00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.559 When those who are in Christ. 00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:24.759 Are accused by the enemy. 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:28.019 And what we're reminded of our sin. 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:31.019 The enemy wants us to run away from God. 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:33.279 And Psalm 18 teaches us. 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:34.519 You run to God. 00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.559 God. 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:37.599 You trust him even more. 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:39.420 Not based on your merits. 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:40.579 But on his covenant. 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.819 Faithfulness. 00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:46.660 Now David gives this testimony. 00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:47.180 He says. 00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:49.059 I have not done wickedly. 00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:52.379 I have not wickedly departed from my God. 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.500 And so. 00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.220 In this case. 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.639 With Saul coming to kill him. 00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.440 In this instance. 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:57.819 David. 00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:59.839 Did not take the life of the man. 00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.619 That God anointed. 00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.660 In this case. 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:03.560 He was sinless. 00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:06.200 The spirit restrained him. 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.560 And he has not committed apostasy. 00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.560 He's not said. 00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:11.180 This God is making me run away. 00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.880 And live as a refuge in my own country. 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:14.720 I can't follow this God anymore. 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.759 He's not departed from God. 00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.860 And he does trust. 00:32:19.060 --> 00:32:20.440 The Lord's rule. 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.080 The moral law of God is good to David. 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.160 Look at verse 22. 00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:26.779 For all his judgments were before me. 00:32:26.860 --> 00:32:27.840 See God graciously. 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.920 Reminded me. 00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:30.340 Of what is good and pleasing. 00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.980 And I did not put away. 00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:33.519 His statutes from me. 00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:36.559 And that's what the Holy Spirit does. 00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:38.480 The Holy Spirit teaches. 00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:40.899 God's people to love his law. 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.659 And to trust. 00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.659 This alien righteousness. 00:32:45.459 --> 00:32:46.519 Clean hands. 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:48.740 Given to us by God himself. 00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.599 That's how in verse 23. 00:32:51.699 --> 00:32:52.480 David can say. 00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:54.899 I was blameless before you God. 00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.259 And I kept. 00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:57.419 Myself. 00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.559 From my iniquity. 00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:01.259 Calvin commented. 00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.879 That God finds no righteousness. 00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.700 In us. 00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:04.720 To recompense. 00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:05.700 Except. 00:33:06.359 --> 00:33:07.799 What he has freely given. 00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.960 To us. 00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:11.539 But yet this tension remains. 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:13.419 Because the language is so strong. 00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:14.460 Verse 24. 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.779 Yahweh has. 00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.220 Recompensed me. 00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:19.039 According to my righteousness. 00:33:19.679 --> 00:33:21.039 According to the cleanness. 00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.220 Of my hands. 00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:24.279 I think this can be. 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.899 Understood. 00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.159 At. 00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:26.460 At two more levels. 00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:27.460 One other level. 00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.860 As it's declaring a principle. 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.019 And it's the same principle. 00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.779 As Psalm 1. 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:33.720 As you walk. 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.880 With clean hands. 00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.579 Before the Lord. 00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.799 By the help of his spirit. 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:38.420 You will reap. 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.539 A peaceful life. 00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:41.019 And as you rebel. 00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.680 Against the Lord. 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.900 Rebel against his law. 00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:44.519 And buck his authority. 00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.160 Over your life. 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.120 Be prepared. 00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:46.980 For consequences. 00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.880 That will pile on. 00:33:48.400 --> 00:33:49.360 That's one level. 00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.059 But yet. 00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:51.600 I believe. 00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:52.240 Psalm 18. 00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.200 Is still here. 00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.259 To teach us. 00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.920 Even more. 00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.160 To point us. 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:56.420 Toward. 00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.519 This principle. 00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.299 In scripture. 00:33:58.900 --> 00:34:00.059 That God's salvation. 00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:01.240 Truly does. 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.379 Depend. 00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.400 Upon his. 00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.740 Anointed servants. 00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:05.900 Righteousness. 00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.079 God's salvation. 00:34:08.260 --> 00:34:09.000 Depends upon. 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.780 Someone. 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.500 More holy than David. 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:13.239 Praying Psalm 18. 00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.500 An anointed king. 00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.460 More glorified. 00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:17.260 More exalted. 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.539 Than David. 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:21.019 Pleading to the father. 00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.059 Father. 00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.440 And upon. 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.119 His. 00:34:23.759 --> 00:34:24.280 Righteousness. 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.440 Recompensing. 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.360 The blessing. 00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.239 That he secured. 00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.360 For his people. 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.820 So if you'll do this with me. 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.199 Let's. 00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.119 Read through. 00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:34.139 Parts of this psalm. 00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.820 One last time. 00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.280 Together. 00:34:35.840 --> 00:34:36.280 And let's. 00:34:36.780 --> 00:34:37.259 Celebrate. 00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:38.559 How our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.139 Alone. 00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.780 Could ever satisfy. 00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:42.820 What God's salvation. 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:44.300 Truly depends upon. 00:34:45.759 --> 00:34:46.900 Under Adam's curse. 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.500 You and I. 00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.380 We were tangled. 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:50.480 Like verse five. 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.719 In those cords of hell. 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.099 Drowning. 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:53.900 Swept over. 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.599 We're being drugged down. 00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:56.240 In our sin. 00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.900 We're caught. 00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:57.940 And unable. 00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.659 To save. 00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.619 Ourselves. 00:34:59.679 --> 00:34:59.940 Amen. 00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.519 But as the scripture. 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.139 Tells us. 00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.579 God. 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.960 Being rich. 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.699 In mercy. 00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.699 Look at Psalm 18. 00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.460 Verse 16. 00:35:09.480 --> 00:35:11.340 He sent his own son. 00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.519 From above. 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:16.059 In Zachariah's prophecy. 00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:17.360 Upon seeing the Lord Jesus. 00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:18.159 In Luke 1. 00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:18.699 69. 00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:20.379 We're told that God. 00:35:20.379 --> 00:35:21.399 Has raised up. 00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.619 A horn of salvation. 00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:23.219 For us. 00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:24.179 In the house. 00:35:24.179 --> 00:35:25.000 Of his servant. 00:35:25.439 --> 00:35:25.779 David. 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:28.399 God himself. 00:35:28.919 --> 00:35:29.839 In the flesh. 00:35:30.879 --> 00:35:31.219 Jesus. 00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.619 Is the horn. 00:35:32.879 --> 00:35:33.980 Of our salvation. 00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.859 God's own word. 00:35:35.919 --> 00:35:36.500 Interprets. 00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.819 Psalm. 00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.419 18. 00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:38.039 For us. 00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:40.299 He fulfills. 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.339 Verse two. 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.359 Of Psalm 18. 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:44.880 The anointed son of God. 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.099 And through him. 00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:47.220 All of God's people. 00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:49.440 Receive the final salvation. 00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.640 Of God. 00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.780 Our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:53.300 Proves. 00:35:53.300 --> 00:35:54.599 What God has done. 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.660 To save. 00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:57.740 In the person of our Lord Jesus. 00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:59.079 God came down. 00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.740 To save. 00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.400 Only Jesus Christ. 00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.579 Can perfectly sing. 00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.280 Verse one. 00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.700 I love you. 00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.460 Oh Lord. 00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:07.660 And only Jesus. 00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:09.120 Can stand before the father. 00:36:09.240 --> 00:36:09.480 And say. 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.539 Look at these hands. 00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:12.300 These hands are clean. 00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:16.179 These hands that were clean. 00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.000 Were pierced. 00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.559 To purchase. 00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.719 My bride. 00:36:22.739 --> 00:36:24.019 He was blameless. 00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.380 He fulfilled. 00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.739 All righteousness. 00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:28.639 In the place of his people. 00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:31.199 Therefore God. 00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.940 In the words of verse 24. 00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:35.019 God has recompensed. 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:36.000 Jesus Christ. 00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:37.559 According to his righteousness. 00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:39.480 According to the cleanness. 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:40.559 Of his hands. 00:36:40.679 --> 00:36:41.300 God has said. 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:41.679 You. 00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.820 And you alone. 00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.480 Are holy. 00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.659 In my sight. 00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.960 And Jesus turns around. 00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:48.240 In the covenant of grace. 00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:49.099 He says. 00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.820 My holiness. 00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.619 Will be covering. 00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.900 All of my people. 00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.880 In the presence. 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.980 Of my father. 00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.400 And when he looks out. 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.039 At my people. 00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.039 My father. 00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:58.159 Will only see me. 00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.679 And my righteousness. 00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:01.139 I am their rock. 00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:02.320 I'm their fortress. 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.280 They're safe. 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.840 Secure. 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:04.619 In me. 00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:05.420 Forever. 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.539 Forever. 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.579 Forever. 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.579 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.579 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.579 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.579 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.579 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:05.579 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:10.840 Romans 1.16. 00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.380 Tells us. 00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:12.199 That the gospel. 00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.280 Of Christ. 00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.639 Is the power. 00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.539 Of God. 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.740 To salvation. 00:37:18.179 --> 00:37:18.880 Who is this for? 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:20.019 For everyone. 00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.599 Who believes. 00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.860 For you too. 00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.900 Dear friend. 00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.460 See how lovely. 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.740 God is. 00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.840 In Jesus Christ. 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.840 Believe in this salvation. 00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:30.920 It's for you. 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.659 Our Lord Jesus. 00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.860 Proved that God. 00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:36.119 Can be trusted. 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:37.300 To save. 00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:39.160 John Calvin. 00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.760 Came to the same conclusion. 00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.660 His comment was. 00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.760 That David shows us. 00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.620 In Psalm 18. 00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:46.060 That David's reign. 00:37:46.220 --> 00:37:46.940 Was an image. 00:37:47.060 --> 00:37:48.280 Of the kingdom of Christ. 00:37:48.519 --> 00:37:49.180 He shows us. 00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.920 How the Messiah. 00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.400 By the magnificent. 00:37:51.660 --> 00:37:52.740 And incomprehensible. 00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.780 Power of God. 00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.900 Will always. 00:37:55.340 --> 00:37:55.580 Be. 00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.700 Victorious. 00:37:59.220 --> 00:38:00.560 Our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.460 Trusted God. 00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.460 Perfectly. 00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:06.320 Even as our Lord. 00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.600 Was. 00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:08.600 Living his life. 00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.860 Without a place. 00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.680 To lay his head. 00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:12.400 Foxes have holes. 00:38:12.580 --> 00:38:14.220 But the son of man. 00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:15.420 Son of God. 00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:17.120 Has nowhere to even lay down his head. 00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:19.620 And yet he could pray verse two. 00:38:20.620 --> 00:38:21.140 The Lord. 00:38:21.260 --> 00:38:21.680 Yahweh. 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.820 Is my rock. 00:38:23.320 --> 00:38:24.340 And my fortress. 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:25.720 My deliverer. 00:38:26.080 --> 00:38:26.660 My God. 00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:27.840 My strength. 00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.400 In whom. 00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.580 I trust. 00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.000 My shield. 00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.840 And the horn of my salvation. 00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.220 My strong. 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.880 Hold. 00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:38.680 Jesus could pray verse three. 00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.039 With his final breaths. 00:38:40.660 --> 00:38:41.740 He called upon the Lord. 00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.880 Who is worthy. 00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:44.200 To be praised. 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.700 And even as he hung on the cross. 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.860 Shedding his innocent blood. 00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.340 Pronounced innocent. 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.900 By the Greek ruler. 00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:56.000 And by the criminal on the cross. 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:58.940 He prayed. 00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.320 And God heard him. 00:39:03.320 --> 00:39:04.900 God proved that he heard him. 00:39:04.960 --> 00:39:05.880 Because when the Lord. 00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:07.480 Released his spirit. 00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:10.219 And his body. 00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:10.980 Died. 00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:13.059 The earth shook. 00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:14.639 And great darkness. 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:16.059 Covered that place. 00:39:16.059 --> 00:39:20.199 Our confession says. 00:39:20.299 --> 00:39:21.259 Jesus descended. 00:39:21.779 --> 00:39:22.299 To hell. 00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.779 And through his suffering. 00:39:24.860 --> 00:39:25.480 On the cross. 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.340 The spiritual darkness. 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:29.019 Of that great act. 00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.579 Of redemption. 00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:32.239 Jesus fulfilled. 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.880 Verse four. 00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:34.340 The pangs of death. 00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.679 Surrounded him. 00:39:36.480 --> 00:39:37.159 He drowned. 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.920 In the flood. 00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.679 Of Belial. 00:39:40.440 --> 00:39:41.579 Of ungodliness. 00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.679 Verse five. 00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:44.940 The sorrows of hell. 00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:46.279 Surrounded the Lord Jesus. 00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.519 And the snares of death. 00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.559 Confronted him. 00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:53.119 That phrase. 00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:53.719 The pangs. 00:39:53.819 --> 00:39:54.839 Or the cords of death. 00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.139 Is interpreted for us. 00:39:56.199 --> 00:39:57.319 By Acts chapter two. 00:39:57.399 --> 00:39:59.000 Verses 23 and 24. 00:39:59.940 --> 00:40:00.919 Peter preaches. 00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:01.919 God. 00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:04.059 Who is. 00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:06.940 Incarnate in Jesus Christ. 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.819 Innocent life. 00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.679 Righteousness. 00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:10.000 Manifest to us. 00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:10.839 Whom you killed. 00:40:11.940 --> 00:40:13.379 God raised him up. 00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.599 Having loosed. 00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:15.940 The pangs of death. 00:40:16.359 --> 00:40:17.819 Because it was not possible. 00:40:17.819 --> 00:40:20.000 That he should be held by it. 00:40:20.839 --> 00:40:21.879 So Jesus could pray. 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:22.599 Verse 19. 00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:23.819 He also brought me. 00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:24.460 Out. 00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:26.339 Into a broad place. 00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.819 God the father. 00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.960 Delivered his son. 00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.679 Because God the father. 00:40:30.799 --> 00:40:31.859 Delighted in Jesus. 00:40:32.899 --> 00:40:33.619 Verse 19. 00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:35.299 God brought his beloved son. 00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.659 From. 00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:36.699 Hell. 00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:38.279 And the pangs of death. 00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:40.279 Into the spaciousness. 00:40:40.599 --> 00:40:41.259 Of heaven. 00:40:41.260 --> 00:40:41.660 Looking. 00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.780 Looking. 00:40:43.940 --> 00:40:45.300 Upon all of the earth. 00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:46.580 As his dominion. 00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.460 Crowned him. 00:40:48.740 --> 00:40:49.800 With glory and honor. 00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:52.940 And that's why we. 00:40:53.640 --> 00:40:55.220 Can proclaim with confidence. 00:40:55.600 --> 00:40:56.160 As Acts. 00:40:56.600 --> 00:40:57.180 Chapter four. 00:40:57.260 --> 00:40:57.760 Verse 12. 00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.080 Does. 00:40:58.160 --> 00:40:59.560 That there is no other name. 00:40:59.900 --> 00:41:00.620 Under heaven. 00:41:01.120 --> 00:41:02.000 Given among men. 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.160 By which. 00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.980 We must. 00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:05.000 Be saved. 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:07.960 In Titus chapter 2. 00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.860 11 and 12. 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:10.579 For the grace of God. 00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.699 That brings. 00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.719 Salvation. 00:41:13.320 --> 00:41:14.260 Has appeared. 00:41:14.739 --> 00:41:15.519 To all men. 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.780 If God has. 00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.559 Saved you. 00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:20.840 You love him. 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:22.639 You can trust. 00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.420 That God too. 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:23.719 Will. 00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:25.340 Raise you with Christ. 00:41:25.940 --> 00:41:27.539 Bring you to a broad place. 00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:30.300 And make you to sit with him. 00:41:30.340 --> 00:41:31.460 In heavenly places. 00:41:31.460 --> 00:41:33.619 His courtroom. 00:41:34.699 --> 00:41:35.220 Large. 00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.199 Spacious. 00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:37.840 Comfortable. 00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.500 What is hope now. 00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.119 By faith. 00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:41.720 Will one day. 00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.559 Be made sight. 00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:46.720 And when the weakest believer. 00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:47.420 Cries out. 00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.220 In the name. 00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:49.420 Of Jesus Christ. 00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.380 You and I can trust. 00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:53.619 That the same majestic God. 00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:55.199 He mounts. 00:41:55.699 --> 00:41:56.679 His chariot. 00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:57.780 Of angels. 00:41:57.780 --> 00:42:00.780 And he comes with infinite speed. 00:42:01.140 --> 00:42:02.340 And matchless power. 00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:04.300 To answer the prayers. 00:42:04.740 --> 00:42:05.480 Of his people. 00:42:06.019 --> 00:42:07.100 And to save you and me. 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:08.540 This is. 00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:10.320 What we see in Psalm 18. 00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:13.620 David saw this looking back. 00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:15.200 We see this reading. 00:42:15.540 --> 00:42:16.860 God's faithfulness to David. 00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:19.040 And we can say the same as David. 00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.740 So shall. 00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:20.900 I be saved. 00:42:22.180 --> 00:42:24.000 Because if Jesus is your Lord. 00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:26.500 Then this God of Psalm 18. 00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:28.019 Is your God as well. 00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:30.559 And this is who God is. 00:42:31.659 --> 00:42:32.920 And saving his people. 00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:34.719 Is what God does. 00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:36.940 Let's thank our great Savior. 00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:40.219 Oh Father. 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:40.980 We praise you. 00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:43.139 How you are the same. 00:42:43.239 --> 00:42:43.679 Yesterday. 00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:44.780 Today. 00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:45.559 And forever. 00:42:47.460 --> 00:42:48.599 We thank you that. 00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.980 Our hands before you. 00:42:50.340 --> 00:42:51.820 Have been washed clean. 00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:54.380 And you look at us. 00:42:54.380 --> 00:42:55.820 And you see a people. 00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.980 Whose righteousness. 00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:59.200 Depends on Christ alone. 00:43:01.059 --> 00:43:02.360 How you've not given us. 00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:03.059 What we deserve. 00:43:03.180 --> 00:43:04.240 But you have recompensed. 00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:05.180 Your son Jesus. 00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:07.720 And we receive your grace. 00:43:07.860 --> 00:43:08.440 Your blessing. 00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:09.420 Through him. 00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.360 We ask Lord. 00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.360 That your Holy Spirit. 00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.360 Will teach us more and more. 00:43:15.200 --> 00:43:16.039 How your ways. 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.800 Are sweet. 00:43:17.140 --> 00:43:17.539 And right. 00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:20.599 May the righteousness of Christ. 00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:21.340 Be always. 00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.539 Before us. 00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:24.059 We ask this for his sake. 00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:24.880 Amen.