1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:05,680 You're listening to Key Life Fellowships Pulpit ministry 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:08,880 podcast. We thank you for tuning in as we 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:12,280 learn from God's Word together. If you would like more 4 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,720 information regarding Key Life or to speak with one of our 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:20,920 pastors, please visit us at keylifefellow-ship.com. 6 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,000 Wait, man, aren't you thankful for the words of the life that 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,960 the Lord has spoken in His Word? Give the Lord praise this 8 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:38,280 morning. You have your Bibles with you. 9 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,720 Turn to Psalm 119. If you don't have your Bible 10 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,120 with you, I ask you this question, why in the world would 11 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:46,960 you not bring your Bible with you to church? 12 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:50,880 But if you have your Bible and you have your digital device 13 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:55,960 that will allow you to see your Bible, turn with me to Psalm 119 14 00:00:56,520 --> 00:00:59,680 as we continue our study entitled Living a Life in the 15 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,600 Light of God's Word. We started this study back on 16 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:09,320 April the 6th, a little over six months ago as we have journeyed 17 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:16,600 through this wonderful chapter in the Psalms, and we would. 18 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:21,280 Air if we were to stop short. Of what we're going to see today 19 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:30,520 on October 6th 1536, after being betrayed by Henry Phillips. 20 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:35,200 Henry Phillips being a man who pretended to be a good friend. 21 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:41,440 This man who we are discussing today was imprisoned in 22 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:46,080 Villevoord Castle in Antwerp, which is modern day Belgium. 23 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,520 For over a year. He faced harsh conditions and 24 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:56,840 mistreatment and this man was then tried and he was found 25 00:01:56,840 --> 00:01:59,840 guilty for his crimes and he was sentenced to death. 26 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,560 Following his sentencing, he was then led to the state to be 27 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:12,640 burned there in public. He was to be executed in the 28 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:19,440 Vilver Town square, but before being burned he was then 29 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:25,640 brutally strangled to death and then he was set ablaze for these 30 00:02:25,640 --> 00:02:27,840 horrific crimes that he had committed. 31 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,760 His last words were Lord. Opened the King of England's 32 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:39,920 eyes. Who was this, many of you may 33 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:44,560 wonder? And what awful and sinister and 34 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:49,680 vicious crime did this man commit to deserve such a 35 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,480 grotesque execution? Well, this man was a man by the 36 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:59,760 name of William Tyndale and he had fled from England and he was 37 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:09,680 now, he was now being murdered simply because he translated the 38 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:15,800 Bible from the original Greek and Hebrew into the English 39 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,800 language, which was forbidden and against the law in those 40 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,400 days. You see, William Tyndall 41 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:27,120 believed that God's Word was so important that everyone not not 42 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,920 just the priest, not just the clergyman who who could only 43 00:03:29,920 --> 00:03:34,560 read it in Latin, but that everyone needed. 44 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:39,080 Access to the. Scripture in their own language, 45 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:43,480 he once was recorded saying to a Catholic clergyman. 46 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:48,040 He said, If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a 47 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:52,400 boy that driveth the plow shall know more of the Scripture than 48 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:56,720 thou dost. William Tyndall desired that the 49 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:59,200 plowboy would. Learn the Word of God and be 50 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,760 more educated in the Scripture than even those in the Catholic 51 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:07,600 priesthood. Of the Pope himself, he 52 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,960 understood how important the Word of God truly is. 53 00:04:12,720 --> 00:04:15,680 In fact, he understood Second Timothy chapter 3 verses 16 and 54 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,240 17 that we had read for us a moment ago where it said all 55 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,920 Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, 56 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,640 correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of 57 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,480 God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 58 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,160 And William Tyndall wanted every man. 59 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:38,400 To be thoroughly equipped for every good work, Tyndall 60 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:46,320 believed we needed this book, and he spent his life, and he 61 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,520 ultimately gave his life so that we could have it. 62 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:57,680 As many of you hold there in your hand a copy of an English 63 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:03,720 Bible, please know that we have that because it was worth it for 64 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,320 a man to give his life so that we could read the very words of 65 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,960 life that we sang about a moment ago. 66 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:19,320 The very God breathe Scripture. Within a few years of Tyndall's 67 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:26,120 death, his final prayer was answered and King Henry the 68 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:32,880 Eighth of England had a change of heart and he authorized the 69 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,760 printing of the Bible in English. 70 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,600 This Bible is known as the Great Bible and he mandated that this 71 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,640 English Bible be read in all of the churches in England. 72 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:54,680 Nearly 90% of that finalized English copy of the Bible was 73 00:05:54,680 --> 00:06:00,760 translated by the work of William Tyndall, who believes 74 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:08,760 that the word of God. This old book was important in 75 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:10,600 our day. As we know there are many 76 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:14,000 liberals. When I speak of liberals, I'm 77 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,120 not talking about political liberal. 78 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:21,320 I'm talking talking about liberal theologians and liberal 79 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,720 so-called Bible scholars who have convinced themselves. 80 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:29,320 That the Bible is outdated. And it's no longer needed or 81 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:36,480 it's no longer relevant. But may we not fall into that 82 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:40,080 camp. May we consider the great cost, 83 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,160 the great price that has been paid so that we can have the 84 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:49,280 very Word of God in our hands, in a language that we can 85 00:06:49,280 --> 00:06:53,680 understand, that we can grasp, and that we can learn from. 86 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:04,240 And we see our need for this old book and why we need this old, 87 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,320 in fact ancient, in fact eternal book. 88 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:17,680 In fact, more accurately describe it. 66 books joined 89 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:22,400 together by the sovereign hand of God, canonized throughout 90 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:26,720 Scripture, kept throughout history, excuse me, and kept for 91 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:31,800 us as the Holy Scriptures that we now gaze upon this morning as 92 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:37,520 we look at the 119th Psalm together under the heading. 93 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:41,840 Tav. Which is the final letter in the 94 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:49,240 Hebrew alphabet, which ironically means truth and the 95 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:53,840 psalmist ends the 119th Psalm with. 96 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,240 Truth. He says this. 97 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:02,400 May my cry come before You. O Lord, give me understanding 98 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,480 according to your word. May my supplication come before 99 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,800 you. Deliver me according to your 100 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,560 promise. May my lips overflow with praise 101 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,960 for you. Teach me your decrees. 102 00:08:20,200 --> 00:08:24,800 May my tongue sing of Your word, for all Your commands are 103 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,040 righteous. May Your hand be ready to help 104 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,040 me, for I have chosen your precepts. 105 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,679 I long for your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my 106 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,159 delight. Let me live that I may praise 107 00:08:40,159 --> 00:08:43,640 You, and may Your laws sustain me. 108 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,440 I have strayed like a lost sheep. 109 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:52,440 Seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commands. 110 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:55,680 Let's pray together. Father, we come to you now in an 111 00:08:55,680 --> 00:09:03,360 age and in a culture who seemingly wants to dismiss your 112 00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:07,320 word as something that is irrelevant and of the past. 113 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:15,120 But Lord, we need your word. We need this old book. 114 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,560 We need to read it. We need to study it. 115 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:23,800 We need to value it. God, I pray as we look at this 116 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:29,400 last section of the 119th Psalm that we see the Psalmist 117 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:35,960 declaring alongside of us our great need for the Scriptures. 118 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:40,960 May we value them like never before. 119 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,080 May we walk in them like never before. 120 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:51,440 May we see our great need like never before, but I pray for 121 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:54,520 those who are here today who do not know Christ. 122 00:09:55,480 --> 00:10:01,160 I pray that through Your Word today they would see their great 123 00:10:01,160 --> 00:10:05,400 need for Savior, that you would rescue them from their sin as 124 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,040 they call on you, just as Your word promises to do. 125 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,720 And we will give you all the praise and all the glory for it 126 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:18,760 in Jesus name, Amen. And so we wind up our study in 127 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:22,720 the 119th Psalm. And what a journey it has been, 128 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:25,080 hasn't it? How many of you would say, 129 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:28,680 because of the 119th Psalm in our recent days, spending time 130 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:33,280 there, analyzing, meditating, studying, reading, that a hunger 131 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:37,240 for the Word of God has been grown inside of you by the power 132 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,120 of the Holy Spirit? Living in you, I know that many 133 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,520 of you have personally come to me sharing testimony of the work 134 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,840 that God has done. But I believe that we all take 135 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:54,000 away something from this. And if we can't take anything 136 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:57,480 else away from this, though there are thousands of things 137 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,800 that we can take away from it. I pray today that we would. 138 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:07,240 Understand this last section, that we would take away the fact 139 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:13,200 that we need this old book. The psalmist is going to tell us 140 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:14,840 why. When the world tells us that 141 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:18,320 it's not relevant and that it is outdated and that we have no use 142 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,080 for it in our modern culture and our modern way of thinking, in 143 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,520 our modern philosophy and all of our fancy science and all of our 144 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:30,320 fancy medicine, may we see that we still have a great need. 145 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:37,040 For the book, as we look at the psalmist, he's going to declare 146 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,360 this morning why we need this old book. 147 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:47,320 Verse 169 says this. May my cry come before you, O 148 00:11:47,320 --> 00:11:51,600 Lord, give me understanding according to your word. 149 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:58,280 May my supplication come before you deliver me according to your 150 00:11:58,560 --> 00:12:04,280 promise. 1st I want you to see that this old book promises 151 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,680 believers access to God. If you want to know why do we 152 00:12:07,680 --> 00:12:11,360 need this old book? It is in this old book that God 153 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:13,600 has preserved throughout the ages. 154 00:12:15,640 --> 00:12:19,920 It is through this book that we realize that we can and do as 155 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:24,720 believers, have access to the very throne room of God 156 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,720 Almighty. The psalmist here, he's 157 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:32,320 obviously petitioning God based on the fact that he knows that 158 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:37,760 he has access to God. And how do we know that we have 159 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,480 access to God? But by the fact that the 160 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:47,880 Scriptures declare that we can access our creator, God's Word 161 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,160 gives us that confidence. God Word. 162 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:52,320 God's word gives us that assurance. 163 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:57,880 God's Word promises us simply that we can come before him. 164 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,360 Look at the psalmist's heart here. 165 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,120 He says, May my cry come before you. 166 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:04,920 Lord, I'm presenting to you desperation in the cry. 167 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,120 May my supplication come before you. 168 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:10,040 And he said, May these things come before you according to 169 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,360 your word, according to your promise. 170 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:18,000 May I access you exactly how Scripture says that I can access 171 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,720 you. Many of us have forgotten to 172 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,040 value the fact that we can access the throne of God. 173 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,240 Many of us have forgotten to see what a privilege that it is. 174 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,960 Scripture is very clear that once we were alienated from God, 175 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,920 once we work cut off from God. But now those of us who are in 176 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:46,280 Christ, we have direct access to the very throne room of God and 177 00:13:46,280 --> 00:13:50,800 the throne room that we can enter into God describes as his 178 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:55,240 throne of grace. And I'm thankful that I can, and 179 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:58,960 you can who are in Christ, access God's throne of grace. 180 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,920 We don't have to stand any longer before his throne of 181 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:06,560 judgement, knowing full well that's what all. 182 00:14:06,560 --> 00:14:14,800 Of us deserve we can come before God's throne of grace as a 183 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,960 psalmist cries out to him. Let us be reminded that our 184 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,320 cries come before God's throne of grace as well. 185 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,640 In fact, Psalm 34 verse 17, it says this, the righteous cry out 186 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,920 and the Lord hears. Them, and He delivers them from 187 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:34,720 all their troubles. O may we from the Scriptures, 188 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,040 this old book, have the confidence of knowing that when 189 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:44,880 we cry out to God, He does truly hear us and He does truly work 190 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:50,640 on our behalf for His glory. Hebrews 416 speaks of this 191 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,600 throne of grace where He says, let us then approach the throne 192 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:59,360 of grace with confidence so that we may receive mercy and find 193 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,480 grace to help us in our time of need. 194 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,920 Christian, whatever it is that you were going through, whatever 195 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:12,440 it is that you are in need of the very word of God says that 196 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:18,000 we have access to God's throne of grace in our time of need. 197 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:23,120 Perhaps today you need strength petition is thrown. 198 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,920 Perhaps today you need wisdom petition is thrown. 199 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:33,520 Perhaps today you need deliverance petition is thrown 200 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,480 and have confidence from. The Word of God that He promises 201 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,760 believers access. To God, we are no longer cut 202 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,440 off, we are no longer alienated. We are invited in. 203 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:49,680 We are welcome to, to, to commune and to even dine with 204 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:53,360 God Most High. First John. 205 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:56,080 John says this in chapter 5, the 14th verse. 206 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,760 He says this is the confidence we have in approaching God, that 207 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,480 if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 208 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,080 Oh dear Christian, hear that this morning. 209 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:15,640 That you have full access as a son, as a daughter of God most 210 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:20,800 high into His throne of grace, where you can ask anything 211 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:24,120 according to His will, and he hears you. 212 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:28,880 Be confident of that. John Owen said this. 213 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,960 He said the throne of grace is a throne erected in the heart of 214 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:36,640 God, where mercy reigns and grace is dispensed. 215 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,000 Do you need mercy? Do you need grace? 216 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:44,600 Run to his throne. He there delivers mercy and 217 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,880 dispenses grace to all who trust in Him. 218 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,640 Jeremiah Burrows said this. God delights to have us come to 219 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:57,000 him, and he opens the door to the throne of grace and bids us 220 00:16:57,160 --> 00:16:59,680 welcome. Well, that's for all of you. 221 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,000 We've been listening to the lives of the enemies. 222 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,960 Even as the enemy, even as a believer, you have thought to 223 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,079 yourself, surely God will not welcome me in. 224 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,359 For all of you who are in Christ, let me assure you of 225 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:18,280 this according to His Word. He welcomes you in, and he 226 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:23,560 delights to have you come. Jesus himself said, Come unto 227 00:17:23,560 --> 00:17:26,720 me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you 228 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:31,960 rest. Says take my yoke upon you, for 229 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:34,840 my yoke is easy and my burden is light. 230 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,000 Well, this old book promises believers access to God, access 231 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:46,000 to God's throne of grace. But how about this in regard to 232 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,760 access, Access to God's infinite wisdom and His perfect will? 233 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,240 It is in the Scriptures that God gives us access to His very 234 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:58,640 mind. I want you to stop, and I want 235 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:00,000 you to think about that for a second. 236 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:07,160 He gives the finite human access to His infinite mind. 237 00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:13,160 We are enabled by the Scriptures to understand our Creator in a 238 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,800 way that we could not otherwise ever begin to understand Him. 239 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:23,280 It is because in the Scriptures He reveals Himself unto us. 240 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:29,320 It's the Scriptures that give us access to the mind of God. 241 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:34,480 Psalm 32, eight, the psalmist declaring this from the Lord, I 242 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,040 will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, and I 243 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:38,880 will counsel you and watch over you. 244 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:42,840 We have a God who gives us counsel and who gives us wisdom, 245 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,440 who directs our steps according to his word. 246 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:51,280 Romans chapter 12 Paul describes it like this and in 12 verse two 247 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,000 he says do not conform any longer to the pattern of this 248 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:59,400 world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind and then 249 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,960 you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, his 250 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:07,720 good, pleasing and perfect will. Paul is teaching the Romans 251 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:12,320 this, that it is in the transformation of our minds from 252 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,920 our human secular way of thinking, sinful way of 253 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:20,320 thinking, to a mind that now thinks biblically and 254 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:23,760 scripturally. As God reveals Himself unto us, 255 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,960 we are then transformed in our minds. 256 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:32,680 We actually put on the mind of Christ His infinite mind, 257 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:39,120 knowing His infinite wisdom, and be being made familiar with His 258 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:44,560 good, pleasing and perfect will. You say, well, Kurt, does that 259 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,520 mean if you read the Bible that you're going to become infinite? 260 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:52,440 No, I'm still finite. It allows me to see a glimpse 261 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:55,080 into His Majesty and a glimpse into his glory. 262 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:01,160 And to think that such a king would ever allow a peasant like 263 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:06,960 me to even glimpse upon his sovereign reign, to glimpse upon 264 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:11,240 his infinite wisdom and his pure, pleasing and perfect will, 265 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:15,360 and to even know those things. In my life, it's Paul who said 266 00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:20,240 to Timothy that the Scriptures make a man wise unto salvation. 267 00:20:20,240 --> 00:20:22,680 There in Second Timothy chapter 3 verse 15. 268 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:27,160 Oh, where would we be had the Scriptures not made us wise unto 269 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:28,880 salvation? I can tell you this, had the 270 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,720 Scripture not been shared to me, I would still be lost and undone 271 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,920 in my sin and in my unrighteousness. 272 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:43,520 Yet it is through the scriptures God has given us access and 273 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:48,200 promised us this access into seeing who He really is and 274 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,440 seeing our great need for Him. So we see this old book promises 275 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,000 believers access to God, to which I hope that each. 276 00:20:55,000 --> 00:21:00,320 Of you are. Thankful for access to God's 277 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,720 throne of grace and to His infinite wisdom and will. 278 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,360 But how about access to God's power? 279 00:21:06,360 --> 00:21:11,080 Let us not forget this psalmist. Not only said, May my cry come 280 00:21:11,080 --> 00:21:13,440 before you, O Lord, give me understanding according to your 281 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:15,040 word. I I want to know your will and I 282 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,280 want to know your wisdom. But he also said, May my 283 00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:21,280 supplication come before you deliver me according to your 284 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,440 promise. He knew that in the Scriptures 285 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,240 that he also had access to the power of God. 286 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,760 It is there that we see that our God has the power to deliver us 287 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:38,200 from every single situation and circumstance, even the very 288 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,960 death that we will all encounter one day. 289 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:44,560 His word promises us a victory over death through the Lord 290 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,000 Jesus Christ for those who trust in him. 291 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:53,480 And so we see that the promises that we have in Scripture, they 292 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,720 allow us to access God's power in our life. 293 00:21:56,720 --> 00:22:03,200 Psalm 145 There in this particular Psalm, the psalmist 294 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:10,560 is celebrating abundant goodness and the power of God, and it 295 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,360 brings him great joy. In Second Chronicles chapter 20 296 00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:16,840 verse 6, it says this, O Lord God of our fathers, are you not 297 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,680 the God who is in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms 298 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:23,760 of the nation's power and might are in your hand, and no one can 299 00:22:23,760 --> 00:22:29,080 withstand you. There we see the man of God 300 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:33,560 recording for us the fact that God is almighty and no one can 301 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:39,240 stand against him. And it is this Almighty God who 302 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:44,760 allows us access into his sovereign almighty throne room 303 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:48,400 to call on Him, as the psalmist is doing here in supplication. 304 00:22:50,120 --> 00:22:53,080 Deliver me. And he's calling on him with 305 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:54,360 great confidence. Why? 306 00:22:54,360 --> 00:22:56,800 Because the promises of Scripture give us confidence in 307 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,680 the power of God that He can and He does, and He will deliver us 308 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,320 from every situation that we face in this world. 309 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,640 So the psalmist confidently approached God because the Word 310 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:11,680 declared that He could. And without, without this 311 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,720 promise, we would continue to feel as if we could not approach 312 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,680 God. But over and over and over in 313 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:25,040 Scripture we see the opposite of that, that He sent His only 314 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,160 begotten Son to this earth to die in the place of wretched 315 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,160 sinners. And to bear the wrath and the 316 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,960 judgement that belonged to us, and to give us His 317 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,840 righteousness, so that our status would be now counted as 318 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:43,320 righteous before a holy God. Therefore we can enter in 319 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:47,240 through to His throne room through the sacrifice of Jesus 320 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,760 Christ and the righteousness that He has imputed and given 321 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:54,800 unto us. Why do we need this old book? 322 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:57,760 Because without it we would have no knowledge of the fact that we 323 00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:03,280 can now access God the Father. And we can access him 324 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,640 confidently. Secondly, this old book and why 325 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:12,080 we need this old book is because it postures man. 326 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:20,520 Properly or may we all agree that before we were regenerated 327 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:23,400 in Christ, our posture was skewed. 328 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:28,040 We were postured to sin. We were postured toward 329 00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,680 wickedness. We were postured toward 330 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:35,240 immorality, but it is the very word of God that God uses to 331 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,680 posture us properly. The psalmist declares this here 332 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,240 in 171. He says, May my lips overflow 333 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,360 with praise for you. Teach me your decrees. 334 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:50,920 May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are 335 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:53,800 righteous. The psalmist here is praising 336 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:57,960 God for the work that has been done in and through him by God's 337 00:24:57,960 --> 00:24:59,080 Word. What has happened? 338 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:04,040 The word of God has transformed his posture. 339 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,520 The psalmist is not complaining about those who persecute him. 340 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:11,440 He's not belly aching about the the the tough times that he's 341 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:15,560 encountered. He's not moaning and groaning 342 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,400 about the enemies who are who are who are constantly nipping 343 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:22,800 at him. No, what He does instead is what 344 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:27,280 He does is he begins to praise the Lord, and He's asking for 345 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:29,600 more of that. May my lips overflow with 346 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,800 praise. Teach me your decrees as you 347 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,560 teach me Your Word. May I respond in praise. 348 00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:40,200 May my tongue sing of Your Word, for all your commands are 349 00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:43,160 righteous. He's again looking at the Word 350 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,760 of God, and His posture is being changed. 351 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:48,560 It doesn't take you long if you study the Word of God to just 352 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:53,720 really break in to praise automatically and organically. 353 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,680 Because when you begin to see the majesty of the God of 354 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,600 Scripture, when you begin to see His power and you begin to see 355 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:04,640 His authority, you begin to see His might and how He loves his 356 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,560 people and how he works on behalf of His people. 357 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:11,080 Even when they're unaware of that, you can't help but break 358 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:16,360 into some kind of praise. The psalmist here defining that 359 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:27,360 for us, his entire posture overwhelmed with praise for God. 360 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:31,160 William Tyndall, who we spoke of a moment ago, said this. 361 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:33,320 God's word is the food. Of the soul. 362 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,960 And whoever feeds on it praises God. 363 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,480 In truth, when you feed on the Word of God, the Word of God 364 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,080 goes into your mind and into your heart. 365 00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:47,880 And what then happened? Praise comes out of your life. 366 00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:52,000 Oh, we don't have to spend much time talking about how praise 367 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,120 comes out of our life. It comes out of our life in the 368 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:56,440 form of obedience. The the psalmist has covered 369 00:26:56,440 --> 00:27:00,120 that over and over and over throughout the 119th Psalm. 370 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,080 But here he speaks of two particular elements that I want 371 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:09,720 us to really look at. As the Lord positions us to 372 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:14,400 praise Him, He positions us to praise Him in every single 373 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,360 situation. Our praise should not be based 374 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:22,000 on our current situation or even the chaos of our current 375 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,560 situation. Our praise should be based on 376 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:30,880 consistent praise to God because He is consistently worthy of 377 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:33,880 that praise. He should not ever be praised 378 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:37,840 based on our moods. Let me say that again. 379 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:41,120 He should never be praised based on our moods. 380 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:45,840 Your moods change. His worth never changes. 381 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,800 He is just as worthy when you're going through a good time as he 382 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,800 is when you're going through a bad time. 383 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,840 And so the psalmist here is teaching us that that the Word 384 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,200 of God will posture us properly. So that in. 385 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,640 Every situation we'll praise God because He's worthy of praise in 386 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,840 every situation. Isn't that the proper posture 387 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,720 for a child of God? Has our Father not been good to 388 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:15,520 us beyond compare? Has He not been kind to us when 389 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:19,760 we don't deserve his kindness? Has He not been loving to us 390 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,960 when we don't deserve his love? Has he not been forgiving of us? 391 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:29,080 When we don't, we don't. Understand His forgiveness when 392 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,600 we don't deserve it. Of course He has. 393 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,480 He has been forgiving and He has been loving and He has been kind 394 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,800 and He has been merciful. Over and over and over again. 395 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,040 Let me remind you, it is the scriptures that declare even the 396 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:48,000 ones who drove the nails and the hands and the feet of the Lord 397 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,880 Himself, He said. Father forgive them, for they 398 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,920 know not what they do. And it is through the Scripture 399 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:02,680 He positions us to praise Him in every situation. 400 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,200 Psalm 42. Five it says, why are you 401 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:09,480 downcast, O my soul, why is so disturbed within me? 402 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:15,160 Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my 403 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:16,360 God. You know what we learned there? 404 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,200 And we all get discouraged, don't we? 405 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,880 We all get downcast from time to time. 406 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,480 But. Even in the midst of our 407 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:30,200 discouragement and the heaviness of our souls and the downcast 408 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,480 that come upon all of us in this life, it does not change God's 409 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:39,080 Word. He is still worthy of all of our 410 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:43,320 praise and our proper posture should be to praise Him in every 411 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:47,480 situation. In Habakkuk chapter 3, Habakkuk 412 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,000 records this. In verse 17 he says though the 413 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,760 fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines. 414 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:57,120 Though the olive crop. Fails in the fields produce no 415 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,720 food, though there are no sheep in the pan and no cattle in the 416 00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:05,280 stalls yet. I will rejoice in the Lord. 417 00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:10,040 I will be joyful in God my Savior. 418 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:16,040 Oh, for the people in Habakkuk's day in agrarian societies, you 419 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,160 know what they were saying? Nothing good is happening. 420 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:25,200 We don't have any figs, we don't have any grapes, we don't have 421 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:29,080 any olives, we don't have any sheep and we don't have any 422 00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:32,600 cows. Life is not good. 423 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,480 But God is good, yet I will rejoice in the Lord. 424 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:43,080 In every situation I will be. Joyful in God my Savior. 425 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,880 Notice what Habakkuk didn't say. Everything's going right, so I 426 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:49,200 praise God. Anyone can do that. 427 00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:54,160 When things are going right, it's easy to praise God. 428 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:57,240 Isn't it? No, but when times are 429 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:03,400 difficult, God's Word repostures us to praise God in spite of the 430 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,280 situation, in spite of the circumstance that we're in. 431 00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,720 Not only does the Word of God posture us properly by 432 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:13,920 positioning us, positioning us to praise the Lord in every 433 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:20,320 situation, but His Word also positions us to praise the Lord 434 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,000 in every way. I told you a moment ago, yes, we 435 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,280 are to praise Him by our lives, the obedience that comes forth. 436 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,280 But the psalmist takes it further. 437 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,280 He says my lips overflow with praise. 438 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,320 He's asking God do this work in me, let this happen. 439 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:41,240 May my lives overflow with praise constantly for you. 440 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:47,080 He's talking about his words, the things that come from his 441 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,320 mouth. Are you living a life of praise 442 00:31:50,320 --> 00:31:53,400 for the Lord from your mouth? I know you live in a society 443 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:55,440 where when you praise the Lord, they look at you like they're 444 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,720 you're weird or you're strange or something is off with you. 445 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:05,920 May I encourage you to continue to praise Him anyway, to let 446 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,360 those around you who have no hope, who have not trusted in 447 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,840 Christ, know that your hope is beyond what you see in this 448 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,000 world, that you are going to praise God no matter what. 449 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:20,640 I talk to you often about when those people inquire of the hope 450 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,360 that you have, you know one of the ways that they know you have 451 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,120 hope in every situation, in every circumstance, the words 452 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,480 that come out of your mouth. You're not complaining, you're 453 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:36,600 not griping, you're not fretting, you're not cursing God 454 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:40,840 or cursing those around you. You open your mouth and you 455 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:46,600 praise God with your words. Psalm 34, verse one, the 456 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,760 psalmist said, I will extol the Lord at all times. 457 00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,480 His praise will always be on my lips. 458 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:59,360 Does that describe you? It should as a child of God that 459 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:02,480 should describe each and every single one of us at all times. 460 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,360 His praise ought to be on our lips, and you'll find this out 461 00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:09,120 very quickly. If you're praising the Lord 462 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,520 constantly with your mouth, you won't have time to gossip, you 463 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,720 won't have time to slander, you won't have time to lie. 464 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:22,080 You'll be consumed with praising him from your mouth. 465 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:23,640 I would just challenge each of you. 466 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:28,680 Oh, when you leave here today, how to think of all the reasons 467 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:34,960 and all the things that you have to praise the Lord for, and with 468 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:41,840 your mouth begin to thank Him. You will spend your entire life 469 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:47,600 every single day, every moment of every day, and never, ever, 470 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,760 ever run out of reasons to praise Him and to thank Him. 471 00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:59,000 The psalmist showing us here the Word of God postures us properly 472 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:03,360 to be a people whose words declare the praise of our God. 473 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,600 But he also mentions something else he says. 474 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:14,960 May my tongue sing of your word for. 475 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,960 All your commands are righteous. It is the Word of God that 476 00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:26,320 positions us to praise the Lord in every way with our words and 477 00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:31,760 with our singing the music that comes forth from our mouths. 478 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,880 Psalm 13, verse 6 says, I will sing to the Lord, for He has 479 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:37,639 been good to me. Has He been good to you? 480 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,760 Then a moment ago, as we sang songs unto the Lord, did you 481 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:48,840 sing as if He has been good to you, or did you sing as if you 482 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,199 didn't want the person next to you hearing you sing? 483 00:34:55,360 --> 00:35:01,600 May we see a revival in God's house among His people, where 484 00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,240 His people sing at the top of their lungs. 485 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,080 I don't care what key you're in, neither does the Lord. 486 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:13,800 He wants you to sing unto Him and to make a joyful noise. 487 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:22,040 He wants you to sing His Word. People wonder often why we don't 488 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:26,360 sing the CC on Top 40 on Sunday mornings because so much of that 489 00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:30,640 is not biblical. It's feel good. 490 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:35,840 It's. Soft, even times confusing. 491 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:43,000 We sing songs that agree with, if not contain exactly, the Word 492 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,280 of God. And we are not going to stop 493 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:46,160 doing that. Why? 494 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:50,760 Because we are to properly praise Him with His Word. 495 00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:56,640 All His commands are righteous. May our tongues sing of His Word 496 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:00,960 all that He has revealed to us, His splendor, His Majesty, His 497 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:11,760 glory, His salvation. We make music with our voices 498 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:17,160 unto the Lord, not just in the assembly all of our days. 499 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,040 Or isn't there just something about it when you're all by 500 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:25,000 yourself and no one's there to care how bad you're messing it 501 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:30,640 up, and you sing for an audience of one out of the overflow of 502 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,200 your heart? Well, I love those moments where 503 00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:38,920 I read something in Scripture that is again, close if not 504 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,600 identical to some of the songs that we sing, and all of a 505 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:46,680 sudden that song jumps into my heart and comes out of my mouth. 506 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:52,240 Isn't it true you go throughout your week singing songs of 507 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:57,880 praise to the Lord after you leave here, And you should. 508 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,120 And that's why it's so important that they're biblical. 509 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:01,800 That's why we approach it as such. 510 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:03,840 Because I know none of you are going to get in your car this 511 00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:05,640 afternoon and sing my Third Point. 512 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:15,400 But I pray that you will sing the praise from the songs that 513 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,600 we sing as you remember that Third Point. 514 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,000 Even if you can't get it exactly right, it's OK. 515 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,640 But I pray that that Third Point cause you to gaze upon the 516 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,440 Savior who is worthy of all of our praise, and you speak of 517 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,640 Him, and you sing of Him with all of your might according to 518 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:35,720 the Word of God. Psalm 40 verse 3 it says He put 519 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:38,000 a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. 520 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,400 Many will see in fear and put their trust in the Lord. 521 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,440 Psalm 96 one and two it says sing to the Lord a new song, 522 00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:46,040 sing to the Lord all the earth, sing to the Lord, praise his 523 00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:49,480 name, proclaim his salvation day after day. 524 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:53,320 Colossians 316 reminds us of this. 525 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,120 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and 526 00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,720 admonish one another as the word of Christ is. 527 00:37:58,720 --> 00:38:02,280 Dwelling in you richly as you teach and admonish one another. 528 00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:06,840 Watch this with. All wisdom, wisdom from His 529 00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:11,960 Word, and then watch this and as you sing psalms, hymns and 530 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:16,800 spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. 531 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,160 Well, that is praising hymn in song. 532 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,000 Ephesians 519. Paul instructs the church there 533 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,920 at Ephesus to speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and 534 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:33,920 spiritual songs to sing and to make music in your heart to the 535 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:37,640 Lord. May we find ourselves postured 536 00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,520 and positioned in our lives to do just that. 537 00:38:42,200 --> 00:38:45,840 May we come on the Lord's Day with excitement in our heart. 538 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:50,440 Because I can tell you this, there's no greater sound and all 539 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:55,840 the earth to me then when the Saints of God sing so loudly 540 00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,200 that they drowned everything else out. 541 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,080 When they sing praise to the Lord because He has transitioned 542 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:07,760 them and He has postured them into a people and into an army 543 00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:12,280 who praised His glorious name. So we see it is through the 544 00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:16,960 truth of God's Word that we are transformed and we are postured 545 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,080 into men of praise. Because we all know this right 546 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,080 before the Lord changed us through the preaching and the 547 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,560 teaching of His Word, as we received that into our heart, 548 00:39:23,720 --> 00:39:24,960 before He changed us, You know what we were? 549 00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:29,400 We were complainers. Belly Acres Whiners. 550 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:31,480 I know some of you said, well that's not me. 551 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:36,400 You're probably the worst one, because by our human nature, 552 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:38,840 isn't that what we are? Isn't that what we we can become 553 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:43,920 very quickly lose sight of the important things, But His word 554 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,400 postures us properly, making us into people. 555 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:55,720 For his praise, for his glory, for his honor, we go to the 556 00:39:55,720 --> 00:39:59,120 third. Section of this today. 557 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:03,200 This whole book is very important. 558 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:10,040 We need it because it promises believers access to God. 559 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,480 It postures a man properly, but it proclaims salvation from God. 560 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:18,680 This is how we find out about the God of salvation, a God who 561 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,680 saves. Watch what the psalmist says 562 00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:23,200 here in 173, he says. May your hand be ready to help 563 00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,560 me, for I have chosen your precepts. 564 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:30,120 I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my 565 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,040 delight. Here's a psalmist reveals that 566 00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,840 he knows the word of God proclaims salvation and that 567 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,480 that salvation is from God and God alone. 568 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:45,720 Many scholars debate on this and in 173 and 174 of this 119th 569 00:40:45,720 --> 00:40:49,520 Psalm, they debate, is he talking about God's salvation as 570 00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:53,280 it it it is viewed in respect to our life in this earth, meaning 571 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:56,200 that he's our deliverer in this world and he's our our constant 572 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,880 help in our times of trouble. He's talking about the temporal 573 00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:03,320 salvation that he does offer. Is he talking about eternal 574 00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:08,040 salvation? And I have read good scholars on 575 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:14,040 both sides of the argument. And I say to both sides, yes, he 576 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:16,960 is the God who helps us and who delivers us and is our ever 577 00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:18,360 present help in our time of need. 578 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:25,160 He is our salvation in the temporal, in the literal sense, 579 00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,080 in the here and now, but he is also our salvation and our help 580 00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:30,080 in the eternal sense in the hereafter. 581 00:41:30,720 --> 00:41:32,440 He's both. And I think that the psalmist 582 00:41:32,720 --> 00:41:34,480 actually speaks that very clearly. 583 00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:38,680 He says may your hand be ready to help me, for I've chosen your 584 00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:42,440 precepts before he ever gets to the part where he's longing for 585 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,520 salvation. He says, May your hand be ready 586 00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:48,240 to help me. The psalmist through the word of 587 00:41:48,240 --> 00:41:54,160 God knows that God is a God who extends his hand to help his 588 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:58,400 children. That the Word proclaims that 589 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:02,840 that salvation is from God in any way, shape or form. 590 00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:08,360 He says it is his hand. That constantly rescues those 591 00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:12,440 who belong to him. In fact, in Isaiah 41 verse 10, 592 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:14,280 it says so do not fear, for I am with you. 593 00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,000 Do not be dismayed, for I am your God. 594 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:17,880 I will strengthen you and help you. 595 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:22,280 I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 596 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:26,760 It is His righteous right hand that holds us forever. 597 00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:29,840 Jesus declaring that in John chapter 10. 598 00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:33,200 Doesn't He make that so clear that we're in the Father's grip 599 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:37,160 and we're in the Son's grip and no one shall block us from their 600 00:42:37,160 --> 00:42:42,080 hands? That we we, we should be very 601 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:46,880 grateful. It is constantly rescuing us by 602 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:50,720 his hand. Psalm 18, verse 16, it says 603 00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:53,880 this, He reached down from on high, and he took hold of me. 604 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,120 And he drew me out of deep waters, and he rescued me from 605 00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:01,360 my powerful enemy, from my foes who were too strong for me. 606 00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,960 He's talking about the fact that God in real time is reaching 607 00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:11,320 down and he is helping us. Wasn't it good to know that that 608 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:16,280 we can lift our eyes to the hills and to know where our help 609 00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,920 comes from? Our help comes from the Lord, 610 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:23,960 the Maker of heaven and earth. He is constantly reaching out 611 00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:28,800 and holding us and helping us in every situation that we face in 612 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:32,160 this life. He's a rescuer and the helper of 613 00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,280 his people, but He's also the savior of His people, 614 00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:38,240 ultimately. Matthew chapter one verse 21, we 615 00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:40,400 know this is declared about the Lord Himself. 616 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,520 It says this, she will give birth to a son and you are to 617 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:48,520 give him the name Jesus because He will save his people from 618 00:43:48,720 --> 00:43:52,920 their sins. That Jesus came to this earth to 619 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:56,280 save his people from their sins. Who are His people? 620 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:59,760 All that the Father has given unto him, and all that the 621 00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,200 Father has given unto him will come. 622 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:05,440 And Jesus. Often times we say his name and 623 00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:10,920 forget what his name means. Jehovah Yahweh saves, and it is 624 00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,800 Jesus who came to this earth born of a virgin. 625 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:19,680 Born under the law to redeem those who were under the law to 626 00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,160 rescue us from our transgression, to rescue us from 627 00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:28,920 our sin. It is Jesus who saves. 628 00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:33,960 He's a savior of his people. Psalm 37 verse 39 it says this. 629 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:36,640 The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord. 630 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,320 He is their stronghold in time of trouble. 631 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,240 The Lord helps them and delivers them. 632 00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,120 He delivers them from the wicked and saves them because they take 633 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:48,040 refuge in Him. The psalmist knowing that in the 634 00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:53,080 Lord we have a Savior who does exactly what His name says. 635 00:44:53,080 --> 00:45:01,360 He saves that we all who are in Christ ought to rejoice this 636 00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:08,320 very moment. To be a people who thank our God 637 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:13,840 and you spend our lives praising Him for the salvation that He 638 00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,560 didn't have to give unto any of us. 639 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:22,440 But he chose to rescue the many for his glory, and he has 640 00:45:22,440 --> 00:45:28,080 counted us among them in Christ. So His people ultimately, as the 641 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:33,200 psalmist is doing here, will long for him, and as they long 642 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,640 for him, they will delight in His word. 643 00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:38,760 We talked about that much in our previous lesson. 644 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:43,120 We ought to be longing for salvation to be fulfilled 645 00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:46,200 completely to come. To full fruition, the psalmist 646 00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:50,840 again finds himself trusting and trusting in God alone for 647 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:54,600 salvation, as we all should, shouldn't we? 648 00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,040 It's not based upon you, based upon any work you could do, any 649 00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:00,240 merit that you could ever strive for. 650 00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:08,400 You're saved because God is a Savior and He sent his only 651 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:15,080 begotten Son to this earth to rescue his people from their 652 00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,920 sin. In the word of God declares that 653 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:22,720 proclaims salvation from God and God alone Thank Him for it 654 00:46:22,720 --> 00:46:25,840 properly. Thank Him your entire life and 655 00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:29,080 your entire being. So this old book is needed. 656 00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,280 Again, even though some say it's useless. 657 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:39,720 I still need a Savior, and it is in this book that a Savior has 658 00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:42,120 been declared. His name is Jesus. 659 00:46:45,840 --> 00:46:52,600 I would encourage each of you to trust in Him and Him alone to 660 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:57,200 save you from your sin and from the wrath that is to come upon 661 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:00,720 all unbelieving and unrepentant sinners. 662 00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:05,600 We need this whole book because it proclaims the salvation that 663 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,760 Jesus paid for us to have, the salvation that came from God 664 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:14,000 himself. Fourthly, this whole book 665 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:20,200 provides spiritual life. 175 It says, Let me live, that I may 666 00:47:20,200 --> 00:47:24,840 praise you, and may your laws sustain me. 667 00:47:26,560 --> 00:47:29,640 The psalmist here. Testifying that he knew from the 668 00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:36,000 Scriptures that God in His Word speaks and promises life, He is 669 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,560 the giver of life and he is also the sustainer of life. 670 00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,520 Peter declared this. To the Lord. 671 00:47:42,520 --> 00:47:46,080 Jesus, after many had abandoned the Lord and apostatized, only 672 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:49,480 having just intellectual faith in him and no real change of 673 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,800 heart. There in John chapter 6, the 674 00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:55,760 Lord asked Peter. He said, Peter, are you going 675 00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:00,040 to? Are you going to go away too? 676 00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:02,840 Are you going to depart? Are you going to leave me? 677 00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:09,640 That's which Peter says boldly as we sang a moment ago in John 678 00:48:09,640 --> 00:48:18,480 668 Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal 679 00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:22,880 life. Where can we go to find these 680 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:25,600 words of life? You are the only one who 681 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:29,080 provides for us the spiritual life that we need. 682 00:48:29,480 --> 00:48:32,040 Please know this. Prior to Christ, you were all 683 00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:36,480 dead spiritually. There was no spiritual life in 684 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:40,120 you at all. There was no little small innate 685 00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:45,560 speck of goodness. You were spiritually and totally 686 00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,880 dead in your sin and in your transgressions. 687 00:48:48,880 --> 00:48:51,040 How many of you understand that? There's no such thing as kind of 688 00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,360 dead, right? Wouldn't that be good news, 689 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:56,880 right? You get news that a loved one 690 00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:58,480 has passed away, and then the doctor comes back. 691 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:01,640 Well, he's not all the way, Dad. He's just kind of dead. 692 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,200 Well, there's no such thing as kind of dead. 693 00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,200 And Scripture doesn't say that you were kind of dead in your 694 00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:08,840 sin. You were dead, dead, dead in 695 00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:12,880 your sin. But it's through the word of 696 00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:18,720 life. That God has given you spiritual 697 00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:24,120 resurrection. Oh, I remember the day. 698 00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,640 And you remember the day, if you're in Christ, that you heard 699 00:49:26,640 --> 00:49:29,880 the word of God coming from the Scriptures. 700 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:34,400 And you heard the very voice that that called Lazarus out of 701 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:37,600 the grave and said, Lazarus come forth in a physical sense. 702 00:49:37,720 --> 00:49:40,120 That very word that is proclaimed in the scriptures 703 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:42,600 went into your ears and went into your mind. 704 00:49:42,720 --> 00:49:44,880 And God translated that into your heart. 705 00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:51,520 And God allowed you to see your need for Christ, and He awakened 706 00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:53,920 you to life, and He quickened you. 707 00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:55,840 He. Resurrected you spiritually so 708 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:59,320 that you could believe and be saved. 709 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:02,720 John chapter 5, verse 24, the Lord says this. 710 00:50:02,720 --> 00:50:05,200 I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes Him 711 00:50:05,360 --> 00:50:08,440 who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned. 712 00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:11,440 He has crossed over from death to life. 713 00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:14,480 You have been spiritually resurrected. 714 00:50:15,160 --> 00:50:18,800 And how did that come? You heard his word. 715 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:22,280 You heard the word of. Life and in that. 716 00:50:23,200 --> 00:50:27,520 God provided to you spiritual life in Christ Jesus as you 717 00:50:27,520 --> 00:50:33,280 believed and trust in Him. Colossians 2 verse 13 it says 718 00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:35,800 when you were dead, in your sins and in the uncircumcision of 719 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,640 your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. 720 00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,200 He forgave us all our. Sin. 721 00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:48,720 When you were dead, He made you alive, and He made you alive by 722 00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:54,160 preserving His word and then sending someone who would 723 00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,760 proclaim His word. And then upon the proclamation 724 00:50:57,760 --> 00:51:01,120 of His word, He provided for you the spiritual life that He 725 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:05,320 promises to all who truly hear His word. 726 00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:09,200 Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God. 727 00:51:10,120 --> 00:51:12,200 You heard the word of God, and you were spiritually 728 00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:18,200 resurrected, God providing spiritual life unto you, not 729 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,280 only providing spiritual life unto you, but giving you 730 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:21,960 spiritual. Purpose. 731 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:26,120 He says, let me live that I may praise you, that that my life 732 00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:30,160 may be about your glory, that my life may be constant praise for 733 00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:41,240 you, my life may be hidden in Christ, that my life may be 734 00:51:41,240 --> 00:51:46,760 completely Christ. He provides for a spiritual 735 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,800 life, giving us a spiritual. Purpose. 736 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,480 Wasn't it true that before Christ, when you were dead in 737 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:57,080 your sin, your only purpose was to sin and to store up wrath for 738 00:51:57,080 --> 00:52:01,840 yourself for all eternity? I know many of you don't like to 739 00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:05,160 think in those terms, but that that's exactly what scripture 740 00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:10,160 says. But now in Christ and according 741 00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:13,080 to His word, you have a spiritual purpose, and that 742 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,440 purpose is to bring God glory with your life. 743 00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:22,000 In fact, Ephesians chapter 2 says this about bringing God 744 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,000 glory through our works. He says, for we are God's 745 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:27,440 workmanship in verse 10 of chapter 2, created in Christ 746 00:52:27,440 --> 00:52:31,080 Jesus to do good works which God prepared in advance for us to do 747 00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:36,640 that in eternity past. God had preordained good works 748 00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:42,480 for you to do for His glory, and then what He did is through His 749 00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:46,000 Word. He provided spiritual 750 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:50,640 resurrection into your life. You were born again according to 751 00:52:50,640 --> 00:52:54,080 what Jesus taught in John chapter 3 to Nicodemus. 752 00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:58,840 And when you were born again, you believed on Jesus Christ, 753 00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:04,360 You repented of your sin, and now you have a spiritual purpose 754 00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:07,960 in your life. You have a new life with a new 755 00:53:08,080 --> 00:53:11,360 purpose. That purpose is to do the good 756 00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:12,200 works. Which God? 757 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:14,520 Prepared in advance for you to do. 758 00:53:14,640 --> 00:53:16,960 Now let me just stop you for a second in case you're missing 759 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,920 all this. You deserved death and you 760 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:24,680 deserved hell, and you deserved the judgement and the wrath. 761 00:53:24,680 --> 00:53:30,480 Of a holy God, but yet in His grace He has allowed you a 762 00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:33,440 different purpose, to fulfill His glory. 763 00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:36,480 Because do you know this? He will be glorified in His 764 00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:39,040 wrath and He will be glorified in His judgement. 765 00:53:39,480 --> 00:53:42,640 The praise be to Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, that He is 766 00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:46,080 not going to be glorified in our lives in regard to His judgment, 767 00:53:46,160 --> 00:53:48,720 but He's going to be glorified in the good works that He has 768 00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:50,720 prepared in advance for us to do. 769 00:53:51,520 --> 00:53:54,600 We get to do things that bring Him praise. 770 00:53:57,760 --> 00:54:02,320 He's provided us this knowledge, this spiritual life through his 771 00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:06,440 very word. First Corinthians chapter 10, 772 00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:11,040 verse 31 says, so whatever you eat or drink or whatever you do, 773 00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:16,440 do it all for the glory of God. He's writing to the believers 774 00:54:17,200 --> 00:54:21,520 who have been saved and who have a spiritual life in Christ 775 00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,760 Jesus. They have been risen to new 776 00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:27,280 life. He says now you have a new 777 00:54:27,280 --> 00:54:30,120 purpose, and that's to glorify God. 778 00:54:32,280 --> 00:54:34,560 So we see that he provides spiritual life. 779 00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:39,800 And This is why we need this old book because it is in this book 780 00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:42,560 that spiritual resurrection is declared, that spiritual purpose 781 00:54:42,560 --> 00:54:46,720 is declared. The psalmist doesn't stop there. 782 00:54:46,720 --> 00:54:50,800 He says it in the next statement, and may your laws 783 00:54:51,320 --> 00:54:56,080 sustain me. He's now talking about spiritual 784 00:54:56,080 --> 00:54:59,440 nourishment that comes from. The Word of God, this 785 00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:03,680 nourishment that sustains us spiritually, Is God still the 786 00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:09,720 giver and the sustainer of life? Then He is the giver and the 787 00:55:09,720 --> 00:55:13,640 sustainer of spiritual life as well as He is physical life. 788 00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:22,280 And He sustains us How? By His word, I've spoken on this 789 00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:23,680 before and I will share it again. 790 00:55:23,680 --> 00:55:27,160 I think that the American church is spiritually malnourished. 791 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:33,960 Again, I will say I am thankful for a group of people who will 792 00:55:33,960 --> 00:55:36,640 endure sound doctrine, sound teaching, who love. 793 00:55:36,640 --> 00:55:40,240 The word of God, who can't get enough of it, who feast off of 794 00:55:40,240 --> 00:55:48,240 it. But I'm also burdened by the 795 00:55:48,240 --> 00:55:53,280 many places that call themselves churches and they give up, get 796 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:58,160 up, and they give humanistic. Psychological self help talks 797 00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:05,920 and call them sermons and only maybe include some small 798 00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:10,040 footnote that even might point someone to scripture somehow. 799 00:56:10,040 --> 00:56:16,600 And they're afraid to feed the flock. 800 00:56:18,040 --> 00:56:21,360 Can I remind you that Jesus, when he restored Peter there on 801 00:56:21,360 --> 00:56:23,840 the banks of Galilee, gave him 1 mission. 802 00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:26,880 His mission was to feed his sheep. 803 00:56:27,880 --> 00:56:34,320 Feed my sheep. Take care of those who belong to 804 00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:35,520 me. How do we do that? 805 00:56:35,600 --> 00:56:37,440 How do we take care of God's flock? 806 00:56:38,240 --> 00:56:40,760 We give them nourishment and sustenance from the word of God. 807 00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:43,280 Is that not what Jesus meant when he said in Matthew chapter 808 00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:46,280 4? When he was being tempted by 809 00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:50,240 Satan himself, he says it is written, man does not live on 810 00:56:50,240 --> 00:56:54,120 bread alone there in verse 4, but on every word that comes 811 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:58,440 where from the mouth of God, oh Christian. 812 00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:04,680 Please hear me today, if this is the only time that you partake 813 00:57:04,680 --> 00:57:09,960 of the word of God, you are starving, you are malnourished. 814 00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:13,000 You need. Food over years. 815 00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:15,240 You can't figure it out. Why can't? 816 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:20,080 Why can't I figure this out? Why am I always assuming like 817 00:57:20,640 --> 00:57:23,600 fill in the blank? I'm distant from God. 818 00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:26,240 I have no confidence in my salvation. 819 00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:28,720 I don't know if God is listening. 820 00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:30,800 I don't know if I can really still approach him. 821 00:57:30,800 --> 00:57:33,040 I don't know if I've done too much wrong that he would ever 822 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,480 still forgive me. You know why you're asking those 823 00:57:35,480 --> 00:57:37,560 questions? Because you are not feasting on 824 00:57:37,560 --> 00:57:40,040 the Word of God that answers every single one of those 825 00:57:40,040 --> 00:57:42,960 questions. How can I know God's will for my 826 00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:46,920 life? Open this old book, Open it up. 827 00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:50,480 Go through the pages. See how He reveals His His will 828 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,640 through His Word. And then walk in it, live in it, 829 00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:59,280 enjoy it, and praise Him for it. He sustains us through His Word. 830 00:58:00,160 --> 00:58:03,960 In fact, I don't know how a real Christian can make it without 831 00:58:03,960 --> 00:58:10,600 the Word of God. You say, well, pastor, you don't 832 00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:12,280 have to be so passionate about it. 833 00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:17,440 Let me ask you this question. If one of you was suffering with 834 00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:19,880 an eating disorder and I knew that you were starving yourself 835 00:58:19,880 --> 00:58:24,200 to death, and I called myself your friend, and I didn't 836 00:58:24,200 --> 00:58:26,560 intervene and say, hey, is everything OK? 837 00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:28,160 Because I've noticed that you've dropped a lot of weight and 838 00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:31,480 you're looking very unhealthy. You got black circles around 839 00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:33,800 your eyes and. I'm, I'm really concerned about 840 00:58:33,800 --> 00:58:36,720 you. You guys would say, who, who are 841 00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:38,040 you? What kind of pastor are you that 842 00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:39,680 would not have compassion on that person? 843 00:58:39,800 --> 00:58:41,280 Of course I would have compassion on that person. 844 00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:42,440 They're starving themselves to death. 845 00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:50,000 I saw a kid in the street who's hungry and malnourished and I 846 00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:53,200 had a sandwich and I didn't give my sandwich to that child. 847 00:58:54,480 --> 00:58:57,560 Oh, you would all be quick to say, well, Pastor Jesus would 848 00:58:57,560 --> 00:58:59,080 give his sandwich and you bet he would. 849 00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:00,920 He'd turn it into 5 or 10 sandwiches. 850 00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:08,160 Then why do we get so upset when the pastor gets up here and 851 00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:15,000 says, church, many of you are starving because the Word of God 852 00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:20,120 has no predominant place in your life. 853 00:59:20,640 --> 00:59:23,840 Many of you are starving because all you do is come in on a 854 00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:26,960 Sunday morning and get a small meal from someone else. 855 00:59:27,040 --> 00:59:29,840 And you don't spend any time alone with the Lord in prayer 856 00:59:30,040 --> 00:59:33,280 and in in saturation from the scripture and meditation on the 857 00:59:33,280 --> 00:59:35,400 Scripture. I say these things not to 858 00:59:35,400 --> 00:59:38,720 browbeat you. You are missing out on feasting 859 00:59:38,840 --> 00:59:42,400 from the very eternal Word of God, which brings nourishment to 860 00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:48,640 the soul of the believer. Feast off of it, dying off of 861 00:59:48,640 --> 00:59:51,440 it. Gorge yourself on the truth of 862 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:56,000 Scripture, because it is in these Scriptures that we find 863 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,120 life, and man cannot live on bread of lone, but on every word 864 00:59:59,120 --> 01:00:00,640 that proceeds from the mouth of God. 865 01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:05,160 Psalm 1191-O3 You remember this, as the psalmist said, How sweet 866 01:00:05,160 --> 01:00:08,040 are your words to my taste? Sweeter than honey to my mouth? 867 01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:13,440 Are His words sweet? Do you long for them? 868 01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:15,000 Do you long for their taste? Do. 869 01:00:16,040 --> 01:00:21,320 You long to consume the very word of God into your life for 870 01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:27,360 nourishment. John chapter 6 verse 63, it says 871 01:00:27,360 --> 01:00:29,560 the Spirit gives life and the flesh counts for nothing. 872 01:00:29,560 --> 01:00:33,800 The words I've spoken to you are spirit and they are life, the 873 01:00:33,840 --> 01:00:37,920 spirit in their life. Are you missing out on that in 874 01:00:37,920 --> 01:00:40,440 your life because you're neglecting the Word of God? 875 01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:42,520 Let that cease in your life today. 876 01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:46,080 It is from the Word of God that we receive spiritual life, 877 01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:50,480 eternal life, a spiritual purpose, a spiritual 878 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:55,440 resurrection, and spiritual nourishment that sustains us in 879 01:00:55,440 --> 01:00:59,480 our walk as Christians. So the psalmist knew this and 880 01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:03,080 God used His word to bring life, and God uses His word to sustain 881 01:01:03,080 --> 01:01:07,840 life. We have to trust in that. 882 01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:12,240 Why do we need this old book? Because it provides spiritual 883 01:01:12,240 --> 01:01:14,000 life and apart from this old. Book. 884 01:01:14,920 --> 01:01:17,960 Word of God, you don't have spiritual life. 885 01:01:20,120 --> 01:01:28,960 Lastly, we see this 176. We see that this old book points 886 01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:33,360 us to our Great Shepherd. Oh please don't miss this part 887 01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:38,920 of it, because many people automatically want to dub 888 01:01:38,920 --> 01:01:41,680 someone who God used to pen scripture as some kind of 889 01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:47,200 superhero who never struggled with anything. 176 says this. 890 01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:49,880 I have strayed like a lost as sheep. 891 01:01:51,880 --> 01:01:57,040 Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands, he 892 01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:57,280 said. I. 893 01:01:57,280 --> 01:02:02,000 Remember your commands. I know how you work, I know how 894 01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,640 you operate. What is the psalmist saying? 895 01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:07,480 I'm a lost as sheep. I have strayed, and unless the 896 01:02:07,480 --> 01:02:10,840 Lord rescue me, rescues me, I am in deep trouble. 897 01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:14,760 What is he doing also here? He's confessing his natural 898 01:02:14,760 --> 01:02:19,840 tendency to stray from the Lord and his great need for a 899 01:02:19,840 --> 01:02:22,600 shepherd. Isaiah 53, verse 6. 900 01:02:22,600 --> 01:02:25,520 Isaiah proclaims this. He said we all, like sheep, have 901 01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:28,800 gone astray. Each of us has turned to his own 902 01:02:28,800 --> 01:02:32,880 way, and the Lord has laid on him, referencing Christ, the 903 01:02:32,880 --> 01:02:36,960 iniquity of us all. What is a psalmist saying here? 904 01:02:38,800 --> 01:02:43,160 He's saying I am a sheep who has wandered away and who is prone 905 01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:47,040 to wandering, and I need a shepherd to rescue me. 906 01:02:50,280 --> 01:02:54,080 Oh, how many of you still see your need for the Great 907 01:02:54,080 --> 01:02:55,320 Shepherd? Constantly. 908 01:02:56,640 --> 01:03:02,880 Constantly. May we realize. 909 01:03:02,880 --> 01:03:06,520 That he is constantly rescuing us from us. 910 01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:15,240 May we see that we are by nature prone to wander away from the 911 01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:16,800 direction that he wants us to go. 912 01:03:16,920 --> 01:03:18,360 How many of you would say, yeah, that's me? 913 01:03:19,680 --> 01:03:20,960 No, it's OK. Three of you and me. 914 01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:29,090 I mean, there's four honest Christians in the room. 915 01:03:33,050 --> 01:03:39,760 I need the Good Shepherd. I need him to leave the 90 and 9 916 01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:43,640 and find the one like he said that he would. 917 01:03:44,880 --> 01:03:49,080 Oh, I'm so thankful that He did in my life, that He continually 918 01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:52,840 does that in my life. How does He do that? 919 01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:55,840 Through His Word. Because His word constantly 920 01:03:55,840 --> 01:03:58,160 points me to my need for this great Shepherd. 921 01:04:00,160 --> 01:04:03,280 Because without Him, I'm nothing but a lost, wandering sheep. 922 01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:11,680 Let's learn a little about this shepherd before we depart today. 923 01:04:15,080 --> 01:04:23,680 He's a shepherd who loves his sheep, and he loves his sheep in 924 01:04:23,680 --> 01:04:29,120 spite of his sheep. He loves his sheep even when his 925 01:04:29,120 --> 01:04:30,680 sheep don't get it right all the time. 926 01:04:32,920 --> 01:04:36,920 He loves his sheep even when they blow it, when they mess up 927 01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:41,360 big time, when they wander to pastures that they know they 928 01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:45,880 shouldn't wander to. He loves his sheep. 929 01:04:46,720 --> 01:04:52,200 Isaiah 40 verse 11 says this about the Lord. 930 01:04:52,200 --> 01:04:53,880 He tends his flock like a shepherd. 931 01:04:54,520 --> 01:04:57,680 He gathers the lambs in his arms and he carries them close to his 932 01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:01,880 heart, and He gently leads those who have young. 933 01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:08,040 I'm so thankful that 2000 years ago Jesus Christ died on the 934 01:05:08,040 --> 01:05:14,960 cross so that the Father could gather me to his heart to 935 01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:18,360 express His love to me over and over and over again. 936 01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:21,880 His endless, enduring, everlasting love. 937 01:05:23,480 --> 01:05:30,360 We have a shepherd who loves his sheep, and I'm thankful He loves 938 01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:32,680 his wayward sheep. How about you? 939 01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:34,760 I'm not going to ask you to raise your hands. 940 01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:36,280 That didn't work good the first time. 941 01:05:38,960 --> 01:05:40,840 All that did was divulge your pride. 942 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:49,080 I'm thankful that I have a shepherd that those of you who 943 01:05:49,080 --> 01:05:54,320 are in Christ have a shepherd who loves even the wayward 944 01:05:54,440 --> 01:05:58,160 sheep, who desires that they come home. 945 01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:02,600 Or perhaps today some of you are wayward sheep and you need to 946 01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:06,080 come home. Oh, don't believe the lies that 947 01:06:06,080 --> 01:06:07,800 the shepherd no longer loves you. 948 01:06:09,440 --> 01:06:12,080 If you were His and he has cast His love upon you, you will 949 01:06:12,080 --> 01:06:15,560 always be His and His love will always be upon you. 950 01:06:16,760 --> 01:06:20,880 Come home, come home. Just as the prodigal son 951 01:06:20,880 --> 01:06:29,480 returned home, it was embraced with a kiss and given a ring and 952 01:06:29,480 --> 01:06:35,720 a robe and fatted calf. Come home, Come home today. 953 01:06:37,000 --> 01:06:41,040 He still loves you even though you're wayward, but he also 954 01:06:41,040 --> 01:06:46,640 loves his stubborn sheep. For this I'm extremely grateful 955 01:06:46,640 --> 01:06:56,520 for There is no level of stubbornness that I can't be too 956 01:06:56,520 --> 01:07:02,160 obstinate to the point that God will somehow release me from his 957 01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:05,520 love. I told you He loves us in spite. 958 01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:08,920 Of us, there's nothing that you're going to do to change 959 01:07:08,920 --> 01:07:12,080 that. Just be thankful for the Good 960 01:07:12,080 --> 01:07:14,760 Shepherd. Be thankful for the Shepherd of 961 01:07:14,760 --> 01:07:18,480 our soul who loves us with the love. 962 01:07:20,200 --> 01:07:22,960 That we can only in this lifetime begin to understand. 963 01:07:22,960 --> 01:07:24,640 And how do we know this? Through His Word. 964 01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:29,440 He's a shepherd. He loves his sheep. 965 01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:34,880 It's also shepherd who leads his sheep and I'm thankful for his 966 01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:42,040 leadership in my life. John chapter 10, verse 27, 967 01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:44,640 John's gospel. He says, My sheep listen to my 968 01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:49,400 voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and I give them 969 01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:51,880 eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one can 970 01:07:51,880 --> 01:07:56,800 snatch them out of my hand. He leads his sheep. 971 01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:00,800 How does he lead his sheep? By His voice. 972 01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:03,080 And how do we hear His voice? By His word. 973 01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:07,440 Oh, you see how it all comes together now that He's leading 974 01:08:07,440 --> 01:08:09,360 us. By His word. 975 01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:13,280 He's leading us into eternal life, and He's leading us into 976 01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:17,399 His will for our life. And we will never perish, and no 977 01:08:17,399 --> 01:08:21,840 one can snatch us from His hand. Oh, I'm thankful for the 978 01:08:21,840 --> 01:08:26,240 Shepherd who loves and the shepherd who leads, who's 979 01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:30,720 constantly seeking and saving the sheep that are his. 980 01:08:32,479 --> 01:08:35,279 Oh, I remember that day long ago, I had no idea I was one of 981 01:08:35,279 --> 01:08:39,600 the sheep. So I heard his voice. 982 01:08:42,040 --> 01:08:46,319 I heard his voice as the Scriptures were preached, as the 983 01:08:46,319 --> 01:08:50,399 truth was proclaimed, the truth of Scripture. 984 01:08:50,399 --> 01:08:55,560 God used that to call me home into the fold that Christ died 985 01:08:55,560 --> 01:09:01,520 for me to be a part of. I'm thankful that He is a 986 01:09:01,520 --> 01:09:05,640 shepherd who seeks the sheep. He leaves the 99. 987 01:09:05,640 --> 01:09:07,160 He finds the 1. He is the one. 988 01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:10,800 Luke 1910 speaks up where it says the Son of Man came to seek 989 01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:17,800 and to save what was lost. He's exactly who He declares 990 01:09:17,800 --> 01:09:20,800 that He is in John chapter 10 verse 11, where he says I am the 991 01:09:20,800 --> 01:09:24,120 Good Shepherd, and the Good Shepherd lays down his life for 992 01:09:24,120 --> 01:09:29,359 the sheep. Why is it important that we see 993 01:09:30,000 --> 01:09:35,359 our great need for the Shepherd? Because it is a shepherd. 994 01:09:35,359 --> 01:09:37,640 He laid down his life for his sheep. 995 01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:42,319 He didn't lay down his life for those who did not belong to him. 996 01:09:44,520 --> 01:09:49,399 He laid down his life for those the Father had already given 997 01:09:49,840 --> 01:09:54,120 unto him. An eternity past the shepherd 998 01:09:55,600 --> 01:10:02,280 sought, and he saves those who he laid his life down for His 999 01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:09,400 sheep. Oh, may we be thankful. 1000 01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:14,080 May we be thankful for the Shepherd who loves his sheep and 1001 01:10:14,080 --> 01:10:20,320 who leads his sheep, destructing us, teaching us through His Word 1002 01:10:20,920 --> 01:10:26,120 over and over and over again. Ezekiel 34 verse 12 it says as a 1003 01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:29,480 shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with 1004 01:10:29,480 --> 01:10:31,880 them, so will I look after my sheep. 1005 01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:34,960 I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered 1006 01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:37,040 on this on a day of clouds and darkness. 1007 01:10:37,200 --> 01:10:40,920 First Peter 225 says, for you were like sheep going astray, 1008 01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:46,240 but now you have returned to the shepherd and overseer of your 1009 01:10:46,400 --> 01:10:51,320 souls. I pray today that God would make 1010 01:10:51,320 --> 01:10:55,680 known to many of you through the preaching of the Word that you 1011 01:10:56,520 --> 01:10:59,520 are one of His sheep. That you would hear His voice 1012 01:10:59,520 --> 01:11:04,320 this morning as He calls you unto Himself, unto His flock. 1013 01:11:06,520 --> 01:11:11,040 That He would have mercy on you, breathing life into you, 1014 01:11:12,120 --> 01:11:17,000 breathing faith into you, breathing repentance into you. 1015 01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:19,640 That you would turn from your sin, you would turn from your 1016 01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:23,200 unbelief, you would turn to Christ, and you would believe 1017 01:11:23,240 --> 01:11:27,320 today that you would follow the great Shepherd that the 1018 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:31,880 Scripture points us to. Richard Baxter said this. 1019 01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:38,120 He said, he that hath Christ for his Shepherd shall not want, for 1020 01:11:38,120 --> 01:11:43,840 he will feed, guide, and defend his flock. 1021 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:47,800 May we learn that. May we lean on the Scriptures 1022 01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:51,840 and be constantly reminded of the greatness of our Great 1023 01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:54,880 Shepherd. Oh, many of you are familiar 1024 01:11:54,880 --> 01:11:59,360 with the 23rd Psalm, aren't you? Some of you have memorized it 1025 01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:02,800 even in childhood. Some of you know the gist of it. 1026 01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:06,440 Some of you perhaps have only heard it at Funeral services 1027 01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:15,280 where it's most often read. Must not wait to read it on the 1028 01:12:15,280 --> 01:12:18,600 day of our death. Let's read it together. 1029 01:12:19,240 --> 01:12:20,720 It says this. The Lord is my shepherd. 1030 01:12:20,720 --> 01:12:23,880 I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green 1031 01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:25,760 pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. 1032 01:12:25,760 --> 01:12:27,920 He restores my soul. He guides me in passive 1033 01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:29,800 righteousness for His name's sake. 1034 01:12:30,720 --> 01:12:34,640 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I 1035 01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:37,960 will fear no evil, for you are with me. 1036 01:12:38,440 --> 01:12:40,720 Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 1037 01:12:40,720 --> 01:12:43,560 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 1038 01:12:43,560 --> 01:12:46,280 You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows. 1039 01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:49,320 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my 1040 01:12:49,320 --> 01:12:54,240 life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever. 1041 01:12:57,400 --> 01:13:01,480 Well, the Scriptures point us to our Great Shepherd. 1042 01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:06,680 Why do we need this old book? Because it is in this old book. 1043 01:13:06,680 --> 01:13:10,960 How? We see that we need the shepherd 1044 01:13:11,960 --> 01:13:16,640 to rescue the wandering sheep. I pray today, if you are that 1045 01:13:16,640 --> 01:13:19,440 wandering, you are that stubborn sheep that you would. 1046 01:13:19,440 --> 01:13:21,680 Cry out as the Psalmist did here. 1047 01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:27,480 Seek your servant. But I'm not forgotten your 1048 01:13:27,480 --> 01:13:29,160 commands. I know your word. 1049 01:13:29,160 --> 01:13:31,440 I know what it says. Seek me. 1050 01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:34,320 Rescue me. Save me. 1051 01:13:36,320 --> 01:13:42,800 I need you. So as we wrap this section up 1052 01:13:42,800 --> 01:13:49,440 this morning, believer, I'll address you first because I know 1053 01:13:49,440 --> 01:13:52,640 people often wonder, why do you always end with addressing the 1054 01:13:52,640 --> 01:13:54,120 believer and then the unbeliever? 1055 01:13:54,120 --> 01:13:58,160 Because there's only two types of people in the world and 1056 01:13:58,160 --> 01:14:01,880 you're one of those two. You are either a true follower 1057 01:14:01,880 --> 01:14:04,920 of Christ or you're a complete unbeliever. 1058 01:14:06,280 --> 01:14:09,840 And so to the believer. I say this about this old book, 1059 01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:13,640 that it is the very word of God, and it is beyond old, it is 1060 01:14:13,640 --> 01:14:17,400 beyond ancient, it is eternal. It is the eternal Word of God 1061 01:14:17,400 --> 01:14:20,680 kept and preserved for us. It is a lamp unto our feet and a 1062 01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:24,960 light unto our paths. In fact, we are all spiritually 1063 01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:28,840 dead without it. It is the Word of life. 1064 01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:34,720 May it not be something that sits on a shelf and collects 1065 01:14:34,720 --> 01:14:39,880 dust and has no real place in our lives save for a Sunday 1066 01:14:39,880 --> 01:14:44,800 morning at church. May it be the truth that guides 1067 01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:48,440 us, that encourages us, that sustains us, that leads us to 1068 01:14:48,440 --> 01:14:52,920 our Savior in every area of our life, showing us once again how 1069 01:14:52,920 --> 01:14:56,440 much He loves us and how He died to save us from our sin. 1070 01:14:57,880 --> 01:15:05,240 May we, may we rejoice in that. To the unbeliever, May God use 1071 01:15:05,240 --> 01:15:10,440 His Word today as He once did in my life, to open your eyes to 1072 01:15:12,400 --> 01:15:16,640 the fact that you need a Savior to save you from your sin. 1073 01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:21,640 And that Savior is that great Shepherd, the Lord Jesus Christ, 1074 01:15:21,640 --> 01:15:26,640 that we spoke of a moment ago. May He graciously turn you to 1075 01:15:26,640 --> 01:15:30,760 Christ this morning and away from sin and unbelief, bringing 1076 01:15:30,760 --> 01:15:34,160 you to a place of surrender where you call on Jesus Christ 1077 01:15:34,160 --> 01:15:37,640 and desperation, knowing what the Word says, that for 1078 01:15:37,640 --> 01:15:42,400 whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 1079 01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:47,920 May He cast His mercy upon you today. 1080 01:15:50,040 --> 01:15:56,120 May He rescue you, deliver you from sin, its power, its 1081 01:15:56,120 --> 01:15:58,880 presence, and the eternal penalty that will come upon all 1082 01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:03,000 unbelievers, and you trust in Christ as your Lord and your 1083 01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:04,360 Savior. Let's pray together, Father, in 1084 01:16:04,360 --> 01:16:06,400 the name of Jesus, we come to you now, thanking you for your 1085 01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:11,160 word. But I know to so many it is 1086 01:16:11,160 --> 01:16:22,040 irrelevant, archaic and useless. Lord, to those who are in 1087 01:16:22,040 --> 01:16:25,560 Christ, it is the very eternal Word of God that we rest all of 1088 01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:31,040 our hope upon because it declares to us the Savior and 1089 01:16:31,040 --> 01:16:36,840 who we hope. God, I pray that we value it as 1090 01:16:36,840 --> 01:16:42,160 such, but it truly is the word of life because it is your very 1091 01:16:42,360 --> 01:16:47,200 breathed word. God, I pray for the lost who are 1092 01:16:47,200 --> 01:16:51,560 here today who don't know Christ, that you would spare 1093 01:16:51,560 --> 01:16:55,760 them, that you would spare them from the wrath and the judgement 1094 01:16:55,760 --> 01:16:57,720 that will fall upon all the unbelieving. 1095 01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:02,680 That you would lead them into your grace and your mercy this 1096 01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:05,840 morning in Christ Jesus, saving them as they repent and turn to 1097 01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:07,520 you. And we'll give you all the 1098 01:17:07,520 --> 01:17:10,320 praise for it in Jesus name, Amen. 1099 01:17:12,040 --> 01:17:15,080 You've been listening to Key Life Fellowships Pulpit Ministry 1100 01:17:15,080 --> 01:17:17,840 podcast. Join us each week for more 1101 01:17:17,840 --> 01:17:19,440 teaching from God's Word.