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 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:28,840 Amen. Oh my soul, be still and know 7 00:00:30,720 --> 00:00:35,080 that he is God. We can rest in that because of 8 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:40,240 Jesus Christ, Son of God, who came to this earth and who died 9 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:43,480 to rescue sinners who would believe and trust in Him and him 10 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:48,200 alone as their refuge. What peace and what hope we do 11 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,360 have because Christ. And isn't it good to have peace 12 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,480 and hope in a world as we have seen this past week, that is 13 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:59,440 full of chaos and hatred, Turmoil. 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,680 What unprecedented times we live in. 15 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:16,560 If you didn't know this, you saw this as you watched your TV 16 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,120 screens this week, or your phone screens. 17 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:25,200 You saw, as I have already spoken of, an unprecedented 18 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,360 thing. An unprecedented clash in world 19 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:33,680 views happened. I make no mistake, this is a 20 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,120 clear reminder to all of us that there are really only two world 21 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,560 views. They're not multiple world 22 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:42,640 views. There are two. 23 00:01:44,320 --> 00:01:48,960 There is the world view that embraces man's word, man's 24 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,680 philosophies, man's ideology, man's sin, man's hate, man's 25 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:58,480 unbelief. That is the secular, sinful 26 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,440 worldview. There is the second worldview. 27 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:11,039 That is the biblical worldview. This is the worldview that 28 00:02:11,039 --> 00:02:14,520 embraces God's word with everything that they are and 29 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,400 everything that they have. This is the worldview that says 30 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,760 I don't care about what man says. 31 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:24,360 I care about what God says. I don't care about what man 32 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,320 thinks in his sinful nature, that that is right when God 33 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:29,440 says, obviously that that is wrong. 34 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,160 It is a worldview that clings to sola Scripture, just as the 35 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:39,280 Reformers did, that it is. Scripture and Scripture alone. 36 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:47,600 That dictates our lives. And so we have seen the clash 37 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:58,200 once again, of two worldviews. This is not the first time, nor 38 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:03,120 will it be the last time that these worldviews collide. 39 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,240 In fact, we can go all the way back to Genesis chapter 4, can't 40 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,280 we? The first offspring of Adam 41 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,600 after the fall and what took place? 42 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,640 Both brothers, you know them as Cain and Abel. 43 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:24,840 Both of them offered a sacrifice offering unto the Lord. 44 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:34,040 One was according to what God desired, and one was in 45 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:42,600 opposition to what God desired. And the one who offered his 46 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:49,120 sacrifice disobediently, Cain hated his brother Abel because 47 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:56,640 Abel did that which was right in the eyes of God, and he despised 48 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:00,360 that one would do what was right in the eyes of God. 49 00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:04,120 And you know the story. There were no knives, there were 50 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,120 no guns, there were no missiles. There was only rock. 51 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,640 And he took. His own brother's life because 52 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:19,440 world views collided. But let us remember this. 53 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:27,320 When this happens, our hope is in Christ and in Christ alone. 54 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:34,000 I received a phone call of this week early the morning after the 55 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,800 Charlie Kirk assassination and I had a brother in Christ who 56 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,320 lives in another state asked me what are we going to do? 57 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:43,600 Listen, what do you mean? What are we going to do? 58 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,560 We're going to do what we've always done. 59 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,880 This is not going to change anything that we do. 60 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:52,680 If we were in Christ, we were going to continue to do what we 61 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:54,440 do. We are going to stay the course. 62 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,560 We are going to preach the gospel to the laws. 63 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,680 We're going to teach the the word of God to the same so that 64 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,080 they can grow in the relationship to Christ and their 65 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,120 knowledge of Christ. We're going to say that you know 66 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,960 what? This is not our home, this evil 67 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:12,680 world that we live in. We're going to long even more 68 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,960 for that place that he has prepared for us. 69 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,720 And we're going to long even more for that Savior who has 70 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,120 made us such a great promise. What do you mean? 71 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,040 What are we going to do? We're going to get on our face 72 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:31,360 and we're going to say, as we do daily, come, Lord Jesus, come. 73 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:35,400 Nothing for us is going to change because the promises that 74 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,720 we stand in that biblical worldview that I talked about, 75 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:45,040 those promises are unchanging. They are unstoppable, They are 76 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:49,200 immutable, they are infallible, and they are inerrant. 77 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,360 And so we're going. To do what we always do, we're 78 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,960 going to turn to the Word of God. 79 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,840 We're going to stand on the Word of God. 80 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:58,440 We're going to teach the Word of God. 81 00:05:58,520 --> 00:06:00,480 We're going to learn the Word of God. 82 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,680 We're going to boldly live our lives according to the Word of 83 00:06:03,680 --> 00:06:10,880 God until the Savior who has promised to rescue us from the 84 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:17,080 chaos and the wickedness of this world, fulfills the promise that 85 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,360 He has made to rescue those who love Him. 86 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,800 So I invite you to turn with me to the 119th Psalm as we 87 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:29,320 continue in our study entitled Living Life in the Light of 88 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,600 God's Word. That's what we're going to do. 89 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,360 We're going to live life in the light of God's Word. 90 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,400 We've been learning about this for months now, and the 119th 91 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:45,880 Psalm all the way back to April when we dove into this beautiful 92 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:50,480 text, and we begin section 21 today. 93 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:54,480 We know this because of the Hebrew letter shin or sin 94 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,240 depending upon where you put that accent Mark. 95 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:03,240 And this shows us that we're winding down our study in the 96 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:05,560 119th Psalm. I told you in the beginning, 97 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:07,760 there are 22 letters to the Hebrew alphabet. 98 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:12,160 Each of these eight verse sections are marked by one of 99 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:18,360 those 22 letters. We are on 21 this week and as 100 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:21,880 you know after being. Taught. 101 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,720 Something over and over and over, through repetition. 102 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,120 There comes a time for a test. There comes a time for an 103 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:33,440 examination. There comes a time where we ask 104 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,280 ourselves the question, do we get it? 105 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:42,680 Do we get it? Do we really understand what it 106 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:47,240 means to live live in the light of God's Word and to ask 107 00:07:47,240 --> 00:07:50,800 ourselves this question? Are we doing it? 108 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,120 Are we truly living life according to the scriptures? 109 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:00,000 And I pray that you would ask yourself that question this 110 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,600 morning. I pray that you would not ask 111 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:05,920 that question in reference to your husband, reference to your 112 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:10,080 wife, reference to your children, children, not in 113 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,880 reference to your parents. I pray that we as individuals 114 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,600 would ask ourselves that question, that we would dig to 115 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:23,560 the depths of our souls and ask ourselves that question. 116 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,840 Are we living life in the light of God's Word or are we not? 117 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:36,799 Or maybe I am, or I hope I am, or I would like to. 118 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:41,240 Whatever the answer may be, we are going to find our answer 119 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,160 here in Scripture. And as I said, this passage is 120 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:50,200 going to serve a test to answer the question that we have seen 121 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:55,560 running through this entire chapter of Scripture, the theme 122 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:58,760 of the Word of God. And today, what the psalmist is 123 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,120 going to do, he's going to hone in on that theme. 124 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:04,280 And each of these eight verse sections thus far we have seen 125 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:07,240 the Word of God mentioned. Multiple times in each of those 126 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,200 sections, but in this section it is particularly interesting 127 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:18,760 because he mentions it in all 8. Verses the Word of God and I 128 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:23,960 pray that we would utilize this as a tool to examine our lives 129 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:27,920 to answer the question as to whether or not we are living 130 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:33,160 life in light of God's word. Psalm 119, verse 161. 131 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,240 If you haven't turned there, turn there with me and let us 132 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:40,760 read this together. It says rulers persecute me 133 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:45,520 without calls, but my heart trembles at your word. 134 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:50,840 I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil. 135 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:57,840 I hate and I have a horrible falsehood, but I love your law. 136 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:04,480 7 times a day I praise you for your righteous laws. 165 says 137 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,680 great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make 138 00:10:08,680 --> 00:10:12,080 them stumble. I wait for your salvation, O 139 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,720 Lord, and I follow your commands. 140 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,400 I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. 141 00:10:20,080 --> 00:10:26,240 I obey your precepts and your statues, for all my ways are 142 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:29,880 known to you. Let's pray together. 143 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,080 Father, in the name of Jesus, we come to you now, thanking you 144 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:38,400 for your word, thanking you for the past several months of being 145 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,560 challenged to live our lives according to your word. 146 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,040 And Lord, now we come to a time of examination where we have an 147 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:52,480 example laid before us that we need to lay our lives alongside 148 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:57,920 of and scrutinize our lives in light of the Scripture. 149 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:01,800 God, I pray that we would receive wisdom from your Spirit 150 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,200 in doing this, That you would, through this, raise up a group 151 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:12,080 of people who say that they're going to live according to the 152 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:16,200 Word of God no matter what those around them are going to do or 153 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:21,760 choose to do. That we truly would be men and 154 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:27,120 women who live our life according to the scriptures. 155 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:32,040 God, I pray for those who were here today who do not know 156 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:35,440 Christ. I pray that as the truth of Your 157 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:41,200 Word goes forth that You would use it as only You can to open 158 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,200 their eyes and open their hearts to see their need for a Savior 159 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:46,280 Lord, that You would through Your word show them that there 160 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:51,360 is a Savior who saves repentant, wicked Sinner God. 161 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:55,000 You would bring that repentance and that faith into their life 162 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,520 today to believe and trust in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. 163 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,240 God, I pray that You would receive all the praise and all 164 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:06,160 the glory for that. But we ask that You teach us by 165 00:12:06,160 --> 00:12:10,360 Your Spirit. You equip us to be the men and 166 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,280 the women that you, Lord Jesus, died for us to be, and we pray 167 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,680 these things in Christ's name, Amen. 168 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:26,680 So as we begin to take this test, as we endure this time of 169 00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:29,480 examination, let me just tell you, I know where you are. 170 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,960 I'm there too. I also have had to do evaluation 171 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,040 in my life during the study. Am I truly living like God's 172 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,960 Word teaches me to live? I've had to pray those difficult 173 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:44,960 praise. Lord, let me not be deceived 174 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:46,880 into thinking that I am when I'm not. 175 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:53,760 And let me not resist You when I realize that I'm not passing the 176 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,960 test. Let me humbly submit to You. 177 00:12:56,920 --> 00:13:00,720 Broken and contrite before you, I pray that you would do the 178 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,960 same. As we look at the evidence today 179 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:11,760 of one who is truly living life in the light of God's Word, we 180 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:15,440 see the first one today. One who is living alive in the 181 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:19,920 light of God's Word will have write it down the reverent awe 182 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,800 for God and His Word. They will have a reverent awe 183 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,720 for God and His Word. 161 says this rulers persecute me without 184 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,640 'cause these people are persecuting me and I've done 185 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,240 nothing wrong, all I have. Done is stand on truth. 186 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:35,200 Hasn't the psalmist been standing on truth? 187 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,880 This entire Psalm? Everywhere you turn, his enemies 188 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:40,240 were coming against him. And what did he do? 189 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,840 He stood in truth. He upheld the law. 190 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:44,720 Of God. He upheld the promises of God. 191 00:13:46,440 --> 00:13:49,040 He says rulers persecute me without calls, but my heart 192 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:56,000 trembles at your word, as we saw a moment ago in Isaiah 66 verses 193 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:03,040 one and two particularly they're in verse 2, and the Lord says, 194 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:05,600 these are the ones I look on with. 195 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:11,960 Favor those who are humble and contrite in spirit, who tremble 196 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:17,320 at my Word. To tremble at His Word is to be 197 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:23,480 in utter awe of who He is as His Word has revealed unto us, to 198 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:28,160 see who God is through the pages of His Holy Word, and to 199 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:34,280 literally tremble in awe of His Majesty and His glory, of His 200 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:37,280 attributes, of His characteristics, of His power, 201 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,720 of His sovereignty. The Psalmist understanding that 202 00:14:40,720 --> 00:14:44,320 very clearly here, that one who walks in the light of the Word 203 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,480 of God, we will have a reverent awe for God and His Word, 204 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:52,160 because it isn't His word that we see who God is. 205 00:14:53,960 --> 00:15:02,280 This reverence is. Awe, it's trembling, governs the 206 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:07,320 psalmist life, not the fear of persecution. 207 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:12,680 But the hatred of men or what men can do to him, even taking 208 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:17,880 his very life, he's, he's not going to bow down to what men 209 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:25,720 can do to him. But he trembles at the very word 210 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:34,040 of God, in reverence and in holy fear, in awe of who God really 211 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:43,480 is according to the Scriptures. And fear of God, not the fear of 212 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:47,760 men, will be the mark of those who really live. 213 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,600 Their life in the light of God's Word. 214 00:15:51,760 --> 00:15:54,800 They tremble at the word of God when the enemy's at the door. 215 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,720 They are not trembling because of their enemy. 216 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:05,760 They're trembling and in all of God, trusting in His Word above 217 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:08,760 all things. They're like the psalmist in 218 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,760 Psalm 118, verse 6 where he says this. 219 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,360 The Lord is with me. I will not be afraid. 220 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,680 What man? What can man do to me? 221 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,360 The Lord is with me. He is my helper. 222 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:26,840 I look in triumph on my enemies. It is better to take refuge in 223 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:34,480 the Lord than to trust in man. It is better to seek refuge. 224 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:39,320 In the Lord, and in the promises of His word, than to trust in 225 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:43,160 man anything that man can say about you, anything that man can 226 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:46,480 do to you, Any effects that man may bring. 227 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,280 Upon your life, the psalmist says. 228 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:54,680 I tremble at the word of God, because I know ultimately that I 229 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,840 will stand and I will give an account of my life, not to man, 230 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,120 but I will give an account of my life unto God. 231 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:06,880 May we understand that as we examine our lives this morning, 232 00:17:07,839 --> 00:17:10,680 as we ask ourselves the question, Am I really living 233 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:15,119 life in the light of God's Word? Do you have a reverent? 234 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:22,000 Awe for God and for His Word and brought by and through His Word. 235 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,440 Do you have that in your life? Is there an element of that in 236 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:27,760 you? You can quickly come to a 237 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,400 conclusion here. Let me just help you. 238 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:33,960 A moment ago when we began our worship service the same way 239 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,760 that we do every single week, and we opened the Word of God, 240 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,000 was that a time for you to talk to your neighbor about trivial 241 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,960 things? What is that a time for you to 242 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:47,040 just come in late to church? Because all I'll miss is the 243 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:49,720 Scripture reading. No, we're talking about people 244 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:53,280 who tremble at the very Word of God, who know when we open the 245 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,320 pages of Scripture, we are hearing from the sovereign God 246 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:58,440 of the universe. We're not hearing from man. 247 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,720 The Psalmist, as I tremble at your word in the depths of my 248 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,520 being, my heart trembles at your word. 249 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:17,920 I fear You over all things. I am in awe of my Creator and my 250 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,240 Savior as His Word reveals Him to me. 251 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:25,560 Secondly, we see this. Not only will those who are 252 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:29,880 living life in light of God's Word have irreverent all for God 253 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,760 and a referent all for God's Word, they will have a high 254 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:38,120 value of God's word. Look at 162 he says, I rejoice 255 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:40,200 in your promise. Again, a reference to the word 256 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:44,440 like. One who finds great spoil. 257 00:18:45,080 --> 00:18:47,200 He's talking about the spoils of war. 258 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,240 Now let me just tell you how this worked, because we don't 259 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:52,040 understand that in our culture. But what would happen is an army 260 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,800 would go off and they would defeat an enemy, and then 261 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,120 defeating the enemy, they would take the things that the enemy 262 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:01,960 owned for themselves. But they didn't just get to grab 263 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,200 what they wanted, they actually brought all the spoils back. 264 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:10,440 And the king would then distribute by His grace the 265 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:15,120 treasures as he saw fit to have them distributed. 266 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,600 And the psalmist here is barring from that type of thinking and 267 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,800 that type of ideology. And he says, I rejoice in your 268 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:25,840 promise, your word, like one who finds great spoil. 269 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,800 He says it's valuable to me. See what happens here. 270 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:38,120 His fear and his reverence of God and His word that happened 271 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:43,560 there in verse 161. Leads to his rejoicing. 272 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:50,920 And his joy because of the word of God, he said, I rejoice in 273 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,320 your promise like one who finds a great spoil. 274 00:19:54,120 --> 00:19:56,240 Matthew Henry said it like this, they that tremble at the. 275 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,920 Convictions of the word. May triumph in the consolations 276 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:07,240 of it, those of you who do tremble at His word, knowing 277 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,440 that he is a God who is to be feared, because he is a mighty 278 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:17,440 God and he is a jealous God. You also have this consolation 279 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:21,840 in your fear. He is also a God who loves, and 280 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:25,800 he is a God who encourages, and he is a God who brings rejoicing 281 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:26,760 into. Your life. 282 00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,840 Oh, see it here in the life of the psalmist. 283 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,320 He goes from trembling at the Word of God to rejoicing in the 284 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,080 Word of God all at the same time. 285 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,760 And he's rejoicing in the Word of God, and he's saying that it 286 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,680 is a great treasure, like finding great spoil. 287 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:49,440 So what he's doing here, as we all should, he's living his life 288 00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,240 in all of God's Word and in all of God, reverently approaching 289 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:59,080 God and His Word, and also rejoicing in the fact that God 290 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:01,560 would graciously give him such a treasure. 291 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,800 Oh please. I know we live in an entitlement 292 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:10,520 generation. Please don't think for one 293 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,040 second that God is entitled to give you anything. 294 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,760 But aren't you thankful that He has given us His Word to warn us 295 00:21:18,760 --> 00:21:21,960 about the coming judgement, to warn us about the coming wrath, 296 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:27,840 to warn us about His holy expectations of man, to provide 297 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:30,840 for us in His Word? The testimony of a Savior who 298 00:21:30,840 --> 00:21:34,320 came and who died on the cross, The Lord Jesus Christ who will 299 00:21:34,320 --> 00:21:35,760 rescue. Those who believe. 300 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:39,600 And trust in him from the penalty and the power of sin. 301 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:43,800 I'll be thankful for the word of God because God could have just 302 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:52,560 left us to ourselves, left us in our sin, the psalmist says in 303 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:56,440 his word. I rejoice because I have been 304 00:21:56,440 --> 00:22:01,320 given a great treasure, but do you rejoice in the word of God? 305 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,440 Psalm one 19111 you remember he says this. 306 00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,520 Your statutes are MyHeritage forever. 307 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,680 They are the joy of my heart. Is it the joy of your heart 308 00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:12,000 today to be sitting with other believers, Bibles open, looking 309 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,200 at the word of God, seeing what it is that he desires to teach 310 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:21,080 us this morning. You rejoice in that Psalm 119, 311 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:24,040 verse 14. He says I rejoice in your 312 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,200 promise, like one who finds great spoil again. 313 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,920 This is. Valuable to me Jeremiah chapter 314 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,160 15 verse 16 he says when your words came, I ate them and they 315 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,680 were my joy and my heart's delight for I bear your name 316 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:45,680 Lord God Almighty those who bear his name rejoice in his word as 317 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:52,480 a psalmist is doing here. Isn't it true that joy in this 318 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:59,960 seemingly chaotic, ungrateful, and joyless society? 319 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,800 Isn't it true that joy is a priceless treasure? 320 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,680 The psalmist says more than that, he says joy is the spoil 321 00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,000 of the battle. For it was Christ himself who 322 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:18,320 came to this earth and who died on a cross of brutal death that 323 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:24,800 you and I deserve, so that we could experience joy in exchange 324 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,280 for his suffering. Psalmist gets it. 325 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:35,920 I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil that 326 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:41,320 priceless joy. Psalm 1/19/72. 327 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,800 It says the law from your mouth is more precious to me than 328 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:46,200 thousands of pieces of silver and gold. 329 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,760 You don't know if you're living life in light of God's Word. 330 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,920 Is God's Word valuable to you? Is it more valuable to you than 331 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:59,840 pieces of silver and gold? The economy of the day, the 332 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:05,280 treasure of the day? The Psalms are saying yes, it's 333 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:08,200 a great spoil. It causes me to rejoice. 334 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,200 That I have been given such a treasure. 335 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:14,400 The apostle John understood this treasure. 336 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:19,840 In fact, in his first epistle he says this in chapter one of 337 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,480 First John verse 1. He says that which was from the 338 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:25,720 beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our 339 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:29,560 eyes, which we have looked at, and our hands have touched, This 340 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:31,720 we proclaim concerning the word of life. 341 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,480 John understood that Christ is the word. 342 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:40,000 It was John. Testified that Jesus said I am 343 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:44,000 the way, the truth and the life. It is John who testified that in 344 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,680 the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the 345 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,440 Word was God. It is John who testified in 346 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:54,760 chapter 1 verse 14 that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. 347 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,880 And now what he's doing, he is teaching the church how 348 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:00,920 important the word is. He says this we proclaim 349 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,120 concerning the word of life. The life appeared, We have seen 350 00:25:04,120 --> 00:25:06,920 it and testified to it, and we proclaimed to you the eternal 351 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,440 life which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 352 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,080 And we proclaimed to you what we have seen and heard, so that you 353 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,920 also may have fellowship with us, and our fellowship is with 354 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,320 the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 355 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,920 Now watch verse 4. We write this to make our joy 356 00:25:23,120 --> 00:25:28,880 complete. It is the Word that gives us 357 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:34,160 complete and full joy when we read about the Savior that John 358 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,760 speaks of, who came, and He came with the words of life, and He 359 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:44,280 came with salvation, and He purchased the salvation on the 360 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,720 cross for all who will believe through His precious blood as He 361 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:55,200 gave His life in our place. Oh, do you have a high value on 362 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:59,200 God's Word? You say, Well Kirk, you sound as 363 00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:03,520 if you are equating the word of God with Jesus himself. 364 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,240 That is exactly what I am doing. He is the word of God and the 365 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:13,360 word of God is Christ. And when we see the treasure of 366 00:26:13,360 --> 00:26:16,480 Christ, we have a high value on God's word. 367 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,680 He said, I rejoice in your promise. 368 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,720 Rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil. 369 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:28,120 So if you've asked yourself the question, are you living life 370 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,680 and light of God's? Word. 371 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,240 Is there a reverent all for God and His Word in your life? 372 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,560 Is there a high value of God's word in your life that brings 373 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,040 you great joy, that brings you to a place of rejoicing? 374 00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:50,160 Thirdly, as a psalmist continues this examination, he says, I 375 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:53,960 hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. 376 00:26:55,120 --> 00:26:59,400 I hate and I abhor all the deceit, all the lies of this 377 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,720 world, all the philosophies of men that aren't true, all the 378 00:27:02,720 --> 00:27:05,760 false teachings, all the heresies, all the false 379 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:11,440 doctrines and teachers. I hate these things, but I love 380 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:15,280 your law. We see here the third. 381 00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:21,120 Evidence is a love for truth. The Psalmist the spied the 382 00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:25,880 despise the lies of men he despised, false beliefs that 383 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,920 were counter to the scriptures, that were counter to the one 384 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,680 true and living God. Can I, can I just stop for a 385 00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,160 second and just say this? Please listen to my heart. 386 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:42,240 It is a joy to be able to pass through a church that is 387 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:46,720 predominantly made of people who love the truth. 388 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:49,960 People who love the truth from the word of God. 389 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:52,480 Because I know this, you don't come here to be entertained. 390 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,080 There are enough so-called churches that that they're 391 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:59,560 designed to entertain people. I am not entertaining. 392 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:08,280 I do not seek to entertain you. I seek to simply deliver to you 393 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:13,600 truth from the Word of God week after week after week, and week 394 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,440 after week after week. We see what God does when His 395 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,560 truth has been declared, and we're rejoicing that. 396 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,160 And so from the bottom of my heart, I say thank you for being 397 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:29,480 a people who love truth, because that is a mark of those who are 398 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:32,000 walking in the light of God's Word. 399 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,960 They hate lies. They hate falsehood. 400 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:42,920 They hate man's ideology. They love God's word. 401 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,680 Why did the psalmist love God's word? 402 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,360 Because it's true. It's truth. 403 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,040 He saw the lies, he saw the falsehood, and he knew the exact 404 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,000 opposite of that. I told you there are really only 405 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:05,840 two world views, lies, untruths and the truth of the word of 406 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,200 God. And the psalmist is standing on 407 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,080 the side of truth. He says I love truth. 408 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,160 When he says that I love truth, you know what he's saying? 409 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,280 I love truth because your law reveals truth. 410 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,600 Is that not what Jesus said in John 1717 when he prayed for the 411 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,600 believers to be sanctified and he said sanctify them by truth. 412 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:34,440 Your Word is truth. And so you can't claim to love 413 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:37,520 truth if you don't love the word of God, because the Word of God 414 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:43,400 is truth. That is why the psalmist said I 415 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:51,840 love your law. 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2, verse 10. 416 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:54,600 Often overlooked and read. Past. 417 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,680 But you know what it does? It speaks of the wicked. 418 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,800 Perishing under the deception of Satan in the end. 419 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,680 And you know why they perished? They perished because they 420 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:07,920 refused to love the truth. 2nd Thessalonians 210. 421 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,200 It says that. It says they perish because they 422 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,200 refuse to love the truth and so be saved. 423 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,600 Were it not for the truth of the Word of God, none of you would 424 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:20,400 be saved. It is the truth, and upon 425 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,640 hearing that truth, that all of us have come to know Christ. 426 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,920 And Paul says that the unbeliever perishes because they 427 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:35,000 refuse to love the truth and so be saved. 428 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:37,520 You know what he's saying there. Don't miss it. 429 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:44,800 Saved people love the truth, and those who do not love the truth 430 00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:54,400 are not saved people, because saved people believe the truth. 431 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,680 And they love the truth, just as the psalmist is displaying here. 432 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,440 I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law. 433 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:05,160 I love the truth. Isn't it true in the church 434 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,960 today always spoke of revival in our last time together. 435 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:12,480 But don't we need men and women who will hate the wicked lies of 436 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:15,960 this world and who will cling to the truth of God's Word? 437 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,480 Why? Because they love it. 438 00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,320 Because they love it. People ask me all the time. 439 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:25,640 Why are you so excited? Why are you passionate when you 440 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:26,840 preach? I'm not angry. 441 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:28,920 So all you people who are new here today, don't leave her. 442 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,840 So wow, he must be mad. I'm not mad about anything. 443 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,800 I'm passionate about the truth of the Word of God. 444 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,360 Why? Because I love it. 445 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:47,000 I love it because it was a time in my life where I walked into a 446 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,000 church service and I was an enemy of God. 447 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:58,080 I was a wicked, sinful scoundrel, deserving of the 448 00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:02,920 wrath of God, deserving of hell. And I walked into that building 449 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,560 and a man preached to me the truth from the word of God. 450 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:11,000 And it is that truth that God used to rescue me from my sin, 451 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,200 to rescue me from the hell that I deserved. 452 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:16,760 It is that truth that I. Love. 453 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:19,760 And so pardon me if I'm passionate about proclaiming 454 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:21,840 that truth. I think we need more men and 455 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,560 women who are passionate about proclaiming the truth. 456 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,000 Why? Because your lack of passion 457 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:31,080 disturbs me. Your lack of passion. 458 00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:35,960 Contradicts the word of God. The psalmist here saying I hate 459 00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:42,920 and abhor falsehood, but I love your law, Oh my God. 460 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:49,200 Raise up a group of men and women who value the truth of the 461 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:55,400 word of God and who will not compromise on that truth because 462 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:03,440 they love it. I love your law, the very word 463 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:07,200 from the mouth of God. Was there anything wrong with 464 00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:07,960 loving that? No. 465 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,240 I've already used this illustration and one of our 466 00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:15,000 sermons together in this particular chapter, the 467 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,800 illustration of the love letters that I received from my wife 468 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,680 when I was just a teenage boy that stay in a box. 469 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:30,960 They are some of my most prized earthly possessions because 470 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:37,360 she's a gift from God to me and I watched him develop that love 471 00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:40,920 that we have for one another that endures all the hardship of 472 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:44,800 this life. We serve him together. 473 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,280 If I were to open one of those letters today, and you grew up 474 00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,440 in the 80s or 90s, you know what I have to do? 475 00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,400 I have to see the little tab that says pull. 476 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:03,000 You young people that are dating, you got it easy. 477 00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,680 You just send a text message. We actually have to put some 478 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,320 effort into learning how to fold those things with the pool and 479 00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:17,719 heart. If I were to pull those one of 480 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:22,639 those letters and open it up and see her expressing her love for 481 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:29,639 me again, I would love those words because I love the one who 482 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,800 has written those words. So the psalmist. 483 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,840 Saying here I love the word of God because these are the very 484 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:41,080 words of God. This is his love letter to us. 485 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:50,400 And I love his truth. So I see one who's living life 486 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,239 in the light of God's word. We'll have a reverent all for 487 00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:56,840 God in his Word, a high value of God's Word, a love for truth. 488 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:02,720 Fourthly, they will have a life of praise for the God of 489 00:35:02,720 --> 00:35:07,760 Scripture. Look at 164, he says. 490 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,200 Seven times a day. I praise you for your righteous 491 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:15,200 laws. 7 times a day and no one can argue. 492 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,400 He must be passionate about praising the Lord, right? 493 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:18,240 What? What does this guy have? 494 00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:21,720 Does he have an alarm set 7 times on his Apple phone? 495 00:35:21,720 --> 00:35:23,280 No, he doesn't. They didn't have those things. 496 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:26,440 What is he meaning here? Is he? 497 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,680 Is he meaning this figuratively? Perhaps. 498 00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:32,880 Perhaps he's meaning that oftenly and consistently. 499 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,360 I take time to praise the Lord throughout. 500 00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:36,960 My day and we should, shouldn't we? 501 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:39,960 But there are those who. Believe that he is speaking 502 00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,120 literally here. In fact, just. 503 00:35:43,120 --> 00:35:45,560 A little research and you'll find there was a Jewish custom. 504 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:49,200 Among the rabbi's where they would pray twice in the morning 505 00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:51,520 before reading the 10 commandments and once after, and 506 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:54,480 then they would pray twice in the evenings before reading them 507 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,840 and then twice after, which equals 7. 508 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,280 Perhaps he's talking about those seven times a day. 509 00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:04,680 The scripture does not give us clear indication for those of 510 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,280 you who are checking my math because you know how horribly of 511 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:09,520 a mathematician I can be. That's. 512 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:16,120 Right, that's 7 and I don't. Know if he's speaking here of 513 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:21,400 literally 7 times in the literal sense or in the figurative 514 00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,160 sense. But I can't conclude what he is 515 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:28,760 saying. He's saying this throughout my 516 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:35,480 day. I'm consumed with praise to God 517 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,400 for His Word. I'm consumed and passionate 518 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:45,480 about praising the Lord. And this did involve praise for 519 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:49,360 his word, Thanking the Lord that you have given me such a 520 00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,240 beautiful treasure. When's the last time that you 521 00:36:52,240 --> 00:36:54,720 read a passage of Scripture that gave you hope and peace? 522 00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:58,200 And you stopped and turned to the Lord and said, thank you, 523 00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:02,320 Lord, thank you for giving me that hope and peace from your 524 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,960 word. I praise you for your word. 525 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:10,840 He didn't have to give you that. Blessing but he's preserved it 526 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:15,720 so that we can have it so that it does bring him praise and 527 00:37:15,720 --> 00:37:22,240 honor and glory in our lives. Psalm 5610 it says I trust in 528 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,280 God will not be afraid what man can do to me. 529 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:29,480 I trust in him and him alone. What what a comfort that we have 530 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,880 from the word of. God, should we praise Him for 531 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:32,560 that? Yes. 532 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,320 We should praise him that we don't have. 533 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,440 We don't have to be afraid of what man can do to us. 534 00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:47,760 Psalm. 5610 I misquoted that. Let me read it to you correctly. 535 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:51,840 In God whose word I praise. In the Lord whose word I praise, 536 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:57,120 the psalmist that are being totally captivated by praising 537 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,360 the word of God. You have to pardon me. 538 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,200 I'm getting used to my new spectacles. 539 00:38:05,800 --> 00:38:12,840 As if you didn't notice the psalmist praising God for His 540 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:18,120 word. We see him doing that again in 541 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:23,000 Psalm 19 verse 7 and 8, where it says the law of the Lord is 542 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:25,440 perfect, reviving the soul. The statues of the Lord are 543 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,200 trustworthy, making wise the simple. 544 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,400 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. 545 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,760 The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving a light to the 546 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,240 eyes. He's taking his time, and he's 547 00:38:33,240 --> 00:38:37,000 praising God for His word that He has given unto us. 548 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,600 Are you doing that in your life? Are you thankful for the peace, 549 00:38:42,720 --> 00:38:45,240 the understanding, and the wisdom that we glean from the 550 00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:48,160 Word of God, the joy that it brings to our hearts and to our 551 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:52,120 lives? So we see the Psalmist giving us 552 00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:57,120 the example of one who has a life of praise for the God of 553 00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,520 Scripture. It's in and through the Word of 554 00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:07,760 God, isn't it, that He has revealed truth concerning how 555 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,440 worthy He is to be praised? Is there anyone here who would 556 00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,880 like to argue God's worthiness and being praised? 557 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,960 I can tell you this if you just talk in simple terms. 558 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,840 You woke up this morning when many didn't. 559 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:25,200 You have a reason to praise Him. He's worthy because He is the 560 00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:27,280 giver and He is the sustainer of life. 561 00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:33,120 Psalm 145 verse 3, it's as great as the Lord and most worthy of 562 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:36,040 praise. His greatness no one can fathom. 563 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:39,520 He's more worthy than you can even begin to fathom. 564 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:43,720 Psalm 96 four says for great is the Lord and most worthy of 565 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,240 praise. He is to be feared above all. 566 00:39:46,240 --> 00:39:52,720 Little G Gods, are you approaching him in this manner? 567 00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:55,880 Is your life a life praise for the God of Scripture. 568 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,120 The psalmist said seven times a day I praise you for your 569 00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:02,120 righteous laws. Let me just go on and help you 570 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:08,120 all out and tell you, you can't truly study the Word of God and 571 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:13,200 not have praise for it. I find myself often studying the 572 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,680 scriptures and I get to something that maybe I have read 573 00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:23,000 20 or 30 or maybe even 100 or 200 times and I will see 574 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,680 something in there that perhaps I missed or perhaps I had 575 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:31,240 forgotten my fallible mind and God reminds me of it. 576 00:40:31,240 --> 00:40:36,080 And is that in those moments where my eyes turn away from the 577 00:40:36,080 --> 00:40:38,360 pages of Scripture, my eyes turn to heaven. 578 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,680 And I began to think and thank you Lord, for your word. 579 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,920 Thank you for revealing that to me. 580 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:47,200 Thank you for teaching me that you didn't have to do that. 581 00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:50,560 It is by your grace, it is your kindness that has done that. 582 00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:54,080 Thank you Lord, you are worthy of all of my praise. 583 00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,760 Oh, don't think for a second that you were entitled to His 584 00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:57,680 word. Praise Him for it. 585 00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:06,000 It's a gift continue on in this 119th Psalm 1, who's living life 586 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:12,360 in the light of God's Word will have fifthly a great peace from 587 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:17,880 God's Word. He says great peace have they 588 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,440 who love your law and nothing can make them stumble. 589 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,520 Psalmist here testifying to the peace of God that comes from 590 00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:27,200 loving and walking in God's word. 591 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:29,600 Now don't we have that peace? Those of you who have walked 592 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,320 with Him and walked in His word any amount of time, you know 593 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:37,200 that it brings peace into our lives when the whole world is 594 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:40,320 freaking out and the whole world doesn't know what to do. 595 00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:46,840 His people should rest in the peace that comes from His Word. 596 00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,720 Great peace have they who love your law. 597 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:55,000 In fact, Isaiah. In the 26th chapter of his book 598 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,760 he says this. In chapter and verse three he 599 00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,160 says, You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are 600 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,320 steadfast because they trust in you. 601 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:06,480 How do we know to trust in Him? We learn to trust in His Word, 602 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,840 and we see how faithful He is to His Word. 603 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:12,240 And when we see His faithfulness in His Word, our trust and our 604 00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:15,840 faith in Him grows ever and all the more. 605 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:23,160 He keeps us in peace, he says. Perfect peace, the psalmist here 606 00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:27,160 calling it great peace. Aren't you think well that his 607 00:42:27,160 --> 00:42:30,280 peace is great and it's perfect. It's not mediocre, 608 00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:36,520 run-of-the-mill, average peace. That's what the world has. 609 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:41,000 God in his word has given us great peace. 610 00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,960 In fact, Paul says to the Philippians in chapter 4 verse 611 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,760 six, he says do not be anxious about anything, but in every 612 00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:51,400 situation by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your 613 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:55,640 request to God, and the peace of God, which transcends all 614 00:42:55,640 --> 00:43:00,520 understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ. 615 00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:12,120 Jesus, oh what great peace as many as often happens in chaotic 616 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:15,360 situations. Are looking for peace. 617 00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:24,200 May I say to you, look no further, We have peace from the 618 00:43:24,200 --> 00:43:26,960 word of God and we have peace from the word of God because it 619 00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,120 is the word of God that that reveals to us the Prince of 620 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,880 Peace, the Lord Jesus Christ. It is the Lord Jesus Christ who 621 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:37,680 allows us to walk in peace and who guards our hearts and our 622 00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:39,640 minds. If we are in him. 623 00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:43,640 There's no reason to run around anxiously fretting or worrying 624 00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:50,080 about thing. With the trust Christ, with your 625 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:54,400 life, and walk in the peace of God. 626 00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:03,200 It is the peace of God that carries the one who trusts in 627 00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:07,600 the Word of God. Second Thessalonians chapter 3 628 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,080 Paul praying for those at Thessalonica. 629 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:13,880 He says this in verse 16. Now may the Lord of peace 630 00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,160 himself give you peace at all times, in every way. 631 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,960 The Lord be with all of you. Oh. 632 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:25,200 Don't you love how Paul says that at all times and in every 633 00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,720 way? May you rest in the peace of God 634 00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:32,320 at all times and in every way. How do we know about this peace? 635 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:37,280 Through the word of God. That's why the psalmist can say 636 00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:39,400 great peace Have they who love your law? 637 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:44,200 Nothing can make them stumble. It is the peace of God that 638 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:49,240 carries us through everything, any and all things, through 639 00:44:49,240 --> 00:44:54,720 suffering, through chaos, through persecution, through 640 00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:56,120 trials. Any of you ever been through a 641 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:57,960 trial? It is the peace of God that 642 00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,520 comes from his word, that comes from Christ that carries us 643 00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:02,800 through trials. How about sickness? 644 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:10,320 How about death? About death, Great peace have 645 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:13,640 they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble, 646 00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:18,640 not even death, Death itself. Why? 647 00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:22,880 Because the word declares that we in Christ have victory over 648 00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,280 death because he has overcome the grave. 649 00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:34,000 John Bunyan said believers won't stumble because, and I quote, 650 00:45:34,080 --> 00:45:39,880 they have a God to fly on to in. All their troubles and a sure 651 00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:44,760 covenant to rest upon. We have a God to fly to in all 652 00:45:44,760 --> 00:45:46,520 our troubles and a sure covenant. 653 00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,920 That covenant that was made through the precious blood of 654 00:45:49,040 --> 00:45:51,800 Jesus Christ and cannot be undone. 655 00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:58,640 So in every situation we have great peace, peace that 656 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,520 surpasses all human understanding and human 657 00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:05,480 explanation. Peace that allows us to walk 658 00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,240 with hope when others are seemingly hopeless. 659 00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:15,680 Romans chapter 15 verse 13, the apostle Paul speaks on this. 660 00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:20,040 He says, may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace 661 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:25,000 as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the 662 00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:28,000 power of the Holy Spirit. Isn't it true that the peace 663 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:32,840 that we received from the word of God also brings us hope from 664 00:46:32,840 --> 00:46:36,320 that same peace? How can this be so? 665 00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:46,040 Because it's promised by Jesus himself in His Word to all who 666 00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:49,440 follow him. John chapter 14 verse 27. 667 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:53,000 The Lord said peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. 668 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,880 I do not give to you as the world gives. 669 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,600 Aren't you thankful for that? He's not giving you the same 670 00:46:58,600 --> 00:47:00,200 kind of peace that the world's looking for. 671 00:47:01,360 --> 00:47:02,800 I'm giving you a different kind of peace. 672 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:09,080 I'm giving you a piece of knowing this, that I'm going to 673 00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:12,480 a cross and I'm going to suffer and I'm going to die at an end 674 00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:15,880 and endure A brutal death. But my Father who is in heaven 675 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:19,040 has promised me by his word that he is going to to raise me to 676 00:47:19,040 --> 00:47:23,320 life again. And he says, I'm giving you that 677 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:26,400 kind of peace, the peace that Christ had on the cross, the 678 00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:29,160 peace that Christ had when he stood before his accusers and he 679 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:34,920 said nothing. He said My peace I leave with 680 00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,400 you. He says, I do not give to you as 681 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:39,320 the world gives, because the world gives peace like this. 682 00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:40,800 Peace is just the absence of conflict. 683 00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:42,320 No, that's not the peace of Christ. 684 00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:45,960 The peace of Christ is peace in the midst of conflict. 685 00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:49,520 It's in the midst of turmoil. It's in the midst of death. 686 00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,080 It's in the midst of tragedy. And then he says this, Do not 687 00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:58,200 let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. 688 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,680 Oh, we have great 'cause to not let our hearts be troubled and 689 00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:03,720 to not be afraid in every situation. 690 00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:05,240 Why, we have the peace of Christ. 691 00:48:05,240 --> 00:48:08,200 If you were in Christ, you have that peace. 692 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:10,840 You have that. Confidence of that peace from 693 00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:14,840 the Word of God promised by Jesus Christ himself. 694 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,200 So if you're still taking this test, oh, don't dare check out. 695 00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:23,760 If you don't finish the test, you're surely not going to pass 696 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:27,520 the test. One who is living life in the 697 00:48:27,520 --> 00:48:29,680 light of God's Word, we'll have a great peace from God's Word. 698 00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:33,800 Do you have that peace? You have that peace that 699 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,280 surpasses all understanding. You have that peace from Christ 700 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,280 Himself to those who He has truly saved and cleansed of all 701 00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:46,520 their sin, you have that peace. Next, one who's living life in 702 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:49,520 the light of God's Word, we'll have confidence in God's 703 00:48:49,520 --> 00:48:54,960 salvation. 166 The psalmist says, I wait for your salvation, 704 00:48:54,960 --> 00:48:59,400 O Lord, and I follow your commands. 705 00:49:00,480 --> 00:49:02,920 I wait for your salvation. I follow your commands. 706 00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:05,040 You know what he's doing. He's confident, confidently 707 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:12,080 believing that God can and does and will save those who trust in 708 00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:15,280 Him through the promises of His Word. 709 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:20,000 It is God Himself who promises salvation unto us. 710 00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,480 Know that salvation has not come to full fruition in our lives 711 00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:26,320 because we know that we are justified. 712 00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:30,160 We are being sanctified, and one day we will be glorified where 713 00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:32,560 we are perfected in the presence of God forever. 714 00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:37,680 We are not yet there at glorification, but the psalmist 715 00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:41,760 has confidence of knowing this. But I'm going to patiently wait 716 00:49:41,760 --> 00:49:46,240 for that salvation because God has promised and God is good. 717 00:49:48,120 --> 00:49:50,000 He is faithful to all of His promises. 718 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:53,040 Hebrews Chapter 7, verse 25, it says this about our Lord. 719 00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,320 Therefore, He is able to save completely those who come to God 720 00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:59,200 through Him because He always lives to intercede for them. 721 00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:04,040 We can have confidence that He can and does save us completely, 722 00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,760 and we have that confidence from the Word of God. 723 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:10,720 And so we are not waiting. For the fulfillment of our 724 00:50:10,720 --> 00:50:14,480 salvation in vain, we are not waiting for our glorification in 725 00:50:14,480 --> 00:50:16,680 vain. And that's why He tells us that 726 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:21,040 He's given us the Holy Spirit as a deposit, a guarantee that He 727 00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:25,080 is going to fulfill that which He has started in US. 728 00:50:25,080 --> 00:50:28,480 Just as Philippians chapter one, verse 6 says that we can be 729 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:32,200 confident that He who began a good work in US, we'll carry it 730 00:50:32,240 --> 00:50:34,760 unto completion. Are you thankful for? 731 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:38,000 That this morning and we can have confidence in God's 732 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:46,400 salvation, longing for him, waiting for him, waiting for the 733 00:50:46,400 --> 00:50:49,560 promises that are as good as ours. 734 00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:54,400 Hebrews Chapter 9, verse 28, it says so Christ was sacrificed 735 00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:57,000 once to take away the sins of many, and he will appear a 736 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,080 second time not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who 737 00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:01,640 are waiting for him. Do you have that hope? 738 00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:05,000 Because when he comes the second time, he's not coming to die for 739 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,080 sin again. He's already accomplished that. 740 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,600 He's coming to rescue those who are waiting for his salvation. 741 00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:13,840 As the psalmist is waiting for his salvation here. 742 00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,360 They're waiting on the promises that have been revealed as 743 00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:19,200 through the scriptures. Does that describe you? 744 00:51:21,240 --> 00:51:23,960 Not only is he confidently believing that God can and does 745 00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:31,400 save all who trust in Him for salvation, he's also confidently 746 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:34,720 believing that those who are saved will have evidence that 747 00:51:34,720 --> 00:51:39,120 they are truly saved. I know this bothers some people, 748 00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:40,480 but watch what the psalmist says. 749 00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,080 I wait for your salvation, O Lord, and I follow Your 750 00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:44,200 commands. You know what he didn't say? 751 00:51:44,200 --> 00:51:46,360 I follow Your commands so that I can have salvation. 752 00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:52,840 See the order there? As I am waiting for the promise 753 00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:59,800 of salvation to be completed in Christ Jesus, I in my sanctified 754 00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:04,840 life am following and obeying Your commands. 755 00:52:08,520 --> 00:52:12,520 He's saying that those who are truly saved will have evidence 756 00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:16,280 that they are truly saved. I say that so that you 757 00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:21,840 understand this clearly. If you have no God wrought 758 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:31,680 desire to obey God's word inside of you, you have no real hope of 759 00:52:31,680 --> 00:52:38,840 salvation because a true believer will have a God wrought 760 00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:45,560 desire to please the one who gave himself for him or for her. 761 00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:53,400 And if you don't have this, you're in deep spiritual trouble 762 00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:58,160 according to what John said. First John chapter 2 verse 20, 763 00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,640 verse three there of of chapter 2 he says we know that we have 764 00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:03,840 come to know him if we keep his commands. 765 00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:07,520 Whoever says I know him but does not do what he commands is a 766 00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:12,480 liar and the truth is not in that person. 767 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,400 James in a more blunt fashion says this in James chapter 2 768 00:53:17,400 --> 00:53:19,680 verse 17. And the same way, faith by 769 00:53:19,680 --> 00:53:23,520 itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 770 00:53:24,560 --> 00:53:27,040 What are these men of God saying they are? 771 00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:30,240 Complimenting what the psalmist is saying here, he's saying, I 772 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:32,520 wait for your salvation, O Lord, and I follow your commands 773 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,480 because I am saved. I have been given that 774 00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:37,000 guarantee. Now, out of appreciation for the 775 00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:40,240 salvation that you have so freely given me, I am obeying 776 00:53:40,240 --> 00:53:42,960 your word. I'll make no mistake. 777 00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:46,800 He's not trying to live a right life so that in the end God will 778 00:53:46,800 --> 00:53:49,040 say, OK, your right outweighs your wrong. 779 00:53:49,040 --> 00:53:53,880 It's never going to happen. He's saying, because God, you 780 00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:56,160 have so graciously saved me according to your word, and I 781 00:53:56,160 --> 00:53:57,920 have that promise, I wait for that promise. 782 00:53:57,920 --> 00:54:00,960 And as I wait for that promise, I obediently live for you. 783 00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:07,000 Well, if you claim to be waiting for the promise salvation that 784 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,800 Jesus has made to his followers, let me remind you of this. 785 00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:15,520 Now, if you're really one of those who is truly saved, that 786 00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:18,440 your life will be changed, you are a new creation. 787 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:21,760 In fact, Ezekiel describes it like this. 788 00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,760 In chapter 36 verse 26, he said, I'll give you a new heart and 789 00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:28,680 put a new spirit in you. I will remove from you your 790 00:54:28,680 --> 00:54:32,520 heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh, and I will put 791 00:54:32,520 --> 00:54:38,200 my spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful 792 00:54:38,200 --> 00:54:40,760 to keep. My laws, What is he saying? 793 00:54:41,160 --> 00:54:44,800 God is going to bring a work in those who are truly waiting for 794 00:54:44,800 --> 00:54:47,520 the salvation that they have been promised, and that work is 795 00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:51,760 going to be displayed by your life being consistent to the 796 00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:54,080 things that the Word of God teaches and. 797 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:58,560 It is a work of God. And if the Spirit lives in you, 798 00:54:58,560 --> 00:55:01,280 that work is going on. Now let me help all of you. 799 00:55:01,720 --> 00:55:05,440 If that work is not going on, the Spirit does not live in you. 800 00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:08,960 And if the Spirit does not live in you, you are not truly born 801 00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:11,360 again. You're not truly in. 802 00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:15,960 Christ, as Romans chapter 8 confirms that that if you are 803 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:19,040 truly in Christ, the Spirit will indwell you. 804 00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:27,400 This is no second blessing. The Spirit is the guarantor of 805 00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:30,960 all who come to know Christ that all of His promises will be 806 00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:34,800 fulfilled. And He is that counselor, and He 807 00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:40,680 is that Teacher who will lead our new hearts into obedience 808 00:55:40,680 --> 00:55:44,840 for the glory of God. You're still taking this test. 809 00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:55,800 Is your life marked by confidently believing that those 810 00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:58,800 who are saved will have evidence of this, And is that evidence 811 00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:08,320 seen in your life? Lastly, as we continue to 812 00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:16,000 examine ourselves in light of God's Word, the psalmist says in 813 00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:20,440 verse 167, I obey your statutes, for I love them. 814 00:56:20,440 --> 00:56:24,000 Greatly a God wrought desire to obey always leads to obedience. 815 00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:28,120 Don't miss that you're going to actually do what you say that 816 00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:31,640 you believe it in high time that Christians actually do what they 817 00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:38,640 say that they believe. Because you're not fooling 818 00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:41,840 anyone and you're sure not fooling God. 819 00:56:43,200 --> 00:56:45,520 You have a profession with no actions to back up your 820 00:56:45,520 --> 00:56:48,640 profession. Because someone who's really 821 00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:51,120 living life in the light of God's Word will have a life of 822 00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:53,480 obedience to God and His Word to prove it. 823 00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:57,400 I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. 824 00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:00,520 I obey your precepts and your statues, for all my ways are 825 00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:02,200 known to you. What is he saying in these last 826 00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,080 two verses? First thing he's saying is this, 827 00:57:05,080 --> 00:57:08,560 that he's driven by a love for God and his Word. 828 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:12,920 I obey your statues, for I love them greatly. 829 00:57:13,240 --> 00:57:16,480 Do you love the Word of God? Do you love the word of God 830 00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:19,960 enough to obey the word of God? Because your love for the Word 831 00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:22,880 of God is a direct mirror. It is a direct reflection of 832 00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:26,640 your love for God himself. Jesus said if you love me, you 833 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:30,480 will obey me. This is not optional. 834 00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:34,200 It is not optional even in our antinomian way of thinking. 835 00:57:34,760 --> 00:57:38,000 We are recipients of grace only just to abuse grace. 836 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:42,160 You're no true recipient of grace at all, because if you 837 00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,760 truly received grace the way that scripture says that you 838 00:57:44,760 --> 00:57:48,520 have are to receive grace, you will have a life of obedience 839 00:57:48,520 --> 00:57:52,160 unto the Lord. Showing that you were thankful 840 00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:54,400 for the salvation that He has given you. 841 00:57:54,880 --> 00:58:01,000 Showing that you understand that he who knew no sin became sin so 842 00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,720 that you might become the righteousness of God, knowing 843 00:58:03,720 --> 00:58:06,000 that that unfair exchange happened. 844 00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:11,360 And you were saved because of it, because he loved you so 845 00:58:11,360 --> 00:58:12,480 much. And in return, what are you 846 00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:13,880 going to do? You're going to love him and 847 00:58:13,880 --> 00:58:15,080 you're going to love his word, right? 848 00:58:15,080 --> 00:58:16,760 You love him because he first what loved you. 849 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:23,760 Your life will show this. Your life will be driven by a 850 00:58:23,760 --> 00:58:26,400 love for God and his word, just as the psalmist says here. 851 00:58:26,400 --> 00:58:29,480 I, I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly. 852 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:33,880 He's driven by a love for God's word. 853 00:58:36,240 --> 00:58:45,760 He's not ashamed of that. John chapter 14 verse 23, Jesus 854 00:58:45,760 --> 00:58:48,680 replied, if anyone loves me, He will obey my teaching. 855 00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:52,160 My Father will love him and He will come to Him and we will 856 00:58:52,160 --> 00:58:53,800 come to Him and make our home with Him. 857 00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:56,880 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. 858 00:58:57,400 --> 00:58:59,000 These words you hear are not my own. 859 00:58:59,000 --> 00:59:00,600 They belong to the Father who sent me. 860 00:59:00,600 --> 00:59:03,160 So it's pretty simple isn't it? Two world views, those who love 861 00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:09,240 the Lord and His Word and who are truly saved in Christ, and 862 00:59:09,240 --> 00:59:15,920 those who don't and who aren't. And it's high time we examine 863 00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:18,400 our lives. Is our life consistent with our 864 00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:25,800 claim? Am I obediently living my life 865 00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:28,240 in the light of the truth of God's Word? 866 00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:33,040 Am I driven by my love for God in His word and everything that 867 00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:34,880 I do and everything that I say and everything that I 868 00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:38,040 participate in, how I raise my family, how I treat my wife, how 869 00:59:38,040 --> 00:59:42,360 I treat my husband, how I treat my friends, how I speak to my 870 00:59:42,360 --> 00:59:51,920 children, my reflect in Christ. Not only do we see this life of 871 00:59:51,920 --> 00:59:55,040 obedience to God and His Word in the life of the psalmist being 872 00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:58,320 driven by the love of God that He has and love that He has for 873 00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:00,080 His Word, we see this that it's motivated. 874 01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:03,600 By an understanding of God's sovereign position. 875 01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:08,760 Don't miss this. He says, I obey your precepts 876 01:00:08,760 --> 01:00:10,400 and your statutes. He's going to give you the 877 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,480 motivation behind this. He says, I obey your statutes, 878 01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:15,720 for I love them greatly, and I obey your precepts, steps and 879 01:00:15,720 --> 01:00:20,720 your statutes, for all my ways are known to you. 880 01:00:21,840 --> 01:00:25,840 The psalmist here being motivated by God's sovereign 881 01:00:26,040 --> 01:00:29,360 position. He is actually living his life 882 01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:33,680 knowing that it was under the constant gaze of a sovereign 883 01:00:33,680 --> 01:00:35,080 God. Church, let me just tell you 884 01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:37,400 this. Whether you are in Christ or 885 01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:39,240 whether you aren't, you are living your life under the 886 01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:44,360 constant gaze, gaze of an omniscient, omnipresent, 887 01:00:44,800 --> 01:00:48,520 almighty God who sees and who knows all things. 888 01:00:48,600 --> 01:00:51,200 What a motivator. You're not going to hide 889 01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:54,640 anything from him. The psalmist says I'm obedient 890 01:00:54,720 --> 01:00:59,720 because I know that he knows who I am and he knows what I'm doing 891 01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:03,240 and he even knows why I am doing it. 892 01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:07,680 Hebrews chapter 4 verse 13. It says nothing and all creation 893 01:01:07,680 --> 01:01:12,960 is hidden from God's sight. Let's just take a deep breath 894 01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:18,200 there for a second. Meditate on that nothing is 895 01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:23,800 hidden from God's sight, nothing that you do, nothing that you 896 01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:26,600 say, nothing that you try to hide in the darkness of your 897 01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:30,520 sin. Everything is uncovered and laid 898 01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:33,320 bare before his eyes. Before the eyes of him to whom 899 01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:35,920 we must give an account. Look, the psalmist is saying 900 01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:38,640 that is my vote of motivation. Let that be your motivation. 901 01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:41,040 Why do I live in obedience to the word of God? 902 01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:42,960 Because I'm going to have to give an account. 903 01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:46,440 And God is not going to miss anything because he doesn't miss 904 01:01:46,440 --> 01:01:48,240 anything. He knows the beginning from the 905 01:01:48,240 --> 01:01:50,760 end. He has already seen it. 906 01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:52,600 He is not shocked by any of it. And we? 907 01:01:54,600 --> 01:01:56,640 Must understand that we're living our lives before him. 908 01:01:59,080 --> 01:02:02,840 I obey your statues, your precepts, for all my ways are 909 01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:06,840 known to you. Proverbs 521 For a man's ways 910 01:02:06,840 --> 01:02:10,440 are in full view of the Lord, and he examines all his paths. 911 01:02:11,800 --> 01:02:14,840 Well, if you were to really get in your mind today the truth 912 01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:19,640 that God is examining all your paths, will there be change in 913 01:02:19,640 --> 01:02:21,200 your life? Will there be repentance in your 914 01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:23,080 life? Oh, for the believer there will 915 01:02:23,080 --> 01:02:24,600 be. The believer will be convicted 916 01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:27,800 and moved to that. To the unbeliever, he'll say, Oh 917 01:02:27,800 --> 01:02:31,440 well, and he'll create all sorts of ideas as to why not believe 918 01:02:31,840 --> 01:02:36,280 in a sovereign God, but you better believe in a sovereign 919 01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:39,640 God. Because He knows all of your 920 01:02:39,640 --> 01:02:42,920 ways, there's nothing that is hidden from Him. 921 01:02:43,360 --> 01:02:47,200 In fact, Psalm 139 verse one says you have searched me, Lord, 922 01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:51,200 and you know me. You know when I sit and when I 923 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:54,480 rise, You perceive my thoughts from afar. 924 01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:57,240 You know what's going through my mind before it ever goes through 925 01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:01,960 my mind. You discern my going out and my 926 01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:05,400 lying down. You are familiar with all my 927 01:03:05,880 --> 01:03:07,360 ways. All my ways are known to you. 928 01:03:07,360 --> 01:03:09,800 Is that not what the psalmist just said in Psalm 119, verse 929 01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:14,000 168? He says in verse 4, before a 930 01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:17,800 word is on my tongue. You, Lord, know it completely. 931 01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:21,520 You held me in behind and before, and you lay your hand 932 01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:23,560 upon me. He says I know you're you've 933 01:03:23,560 --> 01:03:28,560 gone before me, you're behind me, you are encompassing me. 934 01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:33,680 You are everywhere, all of the time, all knowing I cannot hide 935 01:03:33,680 --> 01:03:37,040 from you. William Ganahl said this. 936 01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:42,280 He said I may hide thee from my eye, but not myself from thine 937 01:03:42,280 --> 01:03:44,400 eye. Speaking of the Lord. 938 01:03:44,600 --> 01:03:47,880 Oh, I can hide myself from God, as Adam tried to do. 939 01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:55,080 And Eve tried to do in their shame, though they could not 940 01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:59,520 cast their eye upon God, God's eye was already cast upon them. 941 01:04:02,120 --> 01:04:07,640 Oh, you can hide God from your eyes, if you so choose to do 942 01:04:07,640 --> 01:04:10,440 that, as many have done right. Take the word of God out of the 943 01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:12,200 schools. Take the word of God out of the 944 01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:16,680 courthouses, if all but taken the word of God out of the 945 01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:20,120 churches. All in the name of being hip, 946 01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:26,600 cool, and relevant. And you can hide your eye from 947 01:04:26,600 --> 01:04:28,960 God all you want, but He does not hide his eye from you. 948 01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:38,520 Or to live our lives according to a Latin term, corumdeo, and 949 01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:43,000 it means this before the face of God or more accurate in our 950 01:04:43,000 --> 01:04:45,760 English language, in His presence. 951 01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:49,360 Fact, I have a placard in my office that a dear friend gave 952 01:04:49,360 --> 01:04:57,840 to me to which I'm I'm so thankful for because I have 953 01:04:57,840 --> 01:05:02,520 those days, just like all of you have those days when I need to 954 01:05:02,520 --> 01:05:06,840 be reminded I'm living my life in the face of God, that I'm 955 01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:10,400 constantly in his presence, that I'm living life. 956 01:05:10,400 --> 01:05:14,920 Corum Deo knowing, as the psalmist said here, I know that 957 01:05:15,800 --> 01:05:16,680 you're not going to miss a thing. 958 01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:21,120 All my ways are known to you. RC Sprole describes it like 959 01:05:21,120 --> 01:05:23,040 this. He says to live Corumdeo is to 960 01:05:23,040 --> 01:05:26,920 live 1's entire life in the presence of God, under the 961 01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:29,680 authority of God, to the glory of God. 962 01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:32,440 That's what it means. That's what the psalmist is 963 01:05:32,440 --> 01:05:36,040 doing here. He is saying, I'm living my life 964 01:05:36,040 --> 01:05:40,600 Corumdeo, obeying the precepts and the statutes of the Lord, 965 01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:42,880 because all of my ways are before Him. 966 01:05:44,200 --> 01:05:48,600 I cannot escape His gaze, and I will not escape His judgement. 967 01:05:49,680 --> 01:05:54,840 Therefore I obey Him. And so we see here an 968 01:05:54,840 --> 01:06:00,400 understanding of God's sovereign omnipresence and how it should. 969 01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:06,120 And it will motivate the true believer in his or her life to 970 01:06:06,120 --> 01:06:10,480 obey God even when they think no one else is looking. 971 01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:20,960 And your lack of recognition of God's omnipresence doesn't 972 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:24,000 change the fact that He's always present. 973 01:06:25,040 --> 01:06:27,840 Let it motivate you, as it did the psalmist, to live a life of 974 01:06:27,840 --> 01:06:30,680 obedience unto his God and unto His Word. 975 01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:36,560 And so let's wrap this test up. I told you as we started. 976 01:06:36,560 --> 01:06:39,560 Examine yourself. Examine yourself to see if 977 01:06:39,560 --> 01:06:42,080 you're truly living life in the light of God's Word. 978 01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:45,960 Do you truly live according to the Scriptures? 979 01:06:46,520 --> 01:06:49,600 Because one who's living in in the light of the Word of God 980 01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:51,760 will have a reverent all for God and his. 981 01:06:51,760 --> 01:06:56,160 Word, do you have this? They will have a high value on 982 01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:58,640 God's Word. Is that present in your life? 983 01:06:59,720 --> 01:07:02,800 They will have a love for truth. They will be lovers of truth. 984 01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:06,680 Their life will be a life of praise. 985 01:07:07,280 --> 01:07:12,160 To the God of Scripture, their life will be a life of great 986 01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:14,360 peace that comes from God's Word. 987 01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:21,440 Do you have that peace? Your life will be a life of 988 01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:26,200 confidence in God's salvation as defined in Scripture. 989 01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:31,640 And as we saw just a moment ago, their life will be a life of 990 01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:37,720 obedience to God and His Word. So ask yourself that most 991 01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:46,720 difficult question. Are you living your life in the 992 01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:53,040 light of God's Word? Are you living your life in 993 01:07:53,040 --> 01:07:55,280 obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ? 994 01:07:56,000 --> 01:08:00,080 Are you living your life believer in obedience to what 995 01:08:00,080 --> 01:08:05,600 His Word has commanded you to those of you who profess Christ? 996 01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:11,720 After this extensive and intense, I'll be an examination 997 01:08:11,720 --> 01:08:17,319 and it is intense. Are you living? 998 01:08:17,319 --> 01:08:25,439 Life in the light of God's Word to the unbeliever you are not. 999 01:08:28,160 --> 01:08:30,680 And it is that plain and is that simple. 1000 01:08:31,680 --> 01:08:34,240 You do not have the capabilities of doing so. 1001 01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:38,040 You cannot live in obedience to the Word of God. 1002 01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:44,359 You are living in darkness and you are living in deception and 1003 01:08:44,359 --> 01:08:46,920 you are living in sin. And according to the Lord Jesus 1004 01:08:46,920 --> 01:08:51,000 Christ Himself, you must be born again. 1005 01:08:52,680 --> 01:08:57,160 My prayer for you today is that He in all of His mercy. 1006 01:08:58,760 --> 01:09:01,600 Would come to you and that he would breathe life into your 1007 01:09:01,600 --> 01:09:05,720 dead soul, and for the first time you would see the 1008 01:09:05,720 --> 01:09:08,080 wickedness of your sin. You would know that that is 1009 01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:13,160 deserving of the wrath of God, and you would plea that Jesus 1010 01:09:13,160 --> 01:09:16,840 Christ would be charged to your account, that His sacrifice 1011 01:09:17,160 --> 01:09:20,359 would be applied to you, that you would be washed and cleansed 1012 01:09:20,359 --> 01:09:23,120 of all of your sin, that you would turn from your wicked 1013 01:09:23,120 --> 01:09:26,240 ways, and that you would turn to faith in Jesus Christ and 1014 01:09:26,240 --> 01:09:28,240 surrender to Him as your Lord and Savior. 1015 01:09:28,319 --> 01:09:32,319 This. Very day as he ushers you out of 1016 01:09:32,319 --> 01:09:36,240 darkness and into his marvelous life. 1017 01:09:36,680 --> 01:09:42,160 As first Peter speaks of the second chapter, oh unbeliever 1018 01:09:42,160 --> 01:09:47,800 surrendered to him today, pin of your sin and trust in Jesus 1019 01:09:47,800 --> 01:09:51,200 Christ to forgive you and wash you of all of your sin. 1020 01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:55,360 According to the word of God, there is no hope of salvation. 1021 01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:59,520 Apart from that, there is no other name under heaven given to 1022 01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:03,360 men whereby we must be saved. You're not going to get there 1023 01:10:03,360 --> 01:10:05,520 any other way. You're only going to get there 1024 01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:09,200 according to the light of Scripture and Scripture has 1025 01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:12,280 spoken. Jesus himself said I am the way, 1026 01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:15,760 the truth and the life and no man comes to the Father but by 1027 01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:18,480 me. Turn from your sin, turn to 1028 01:10:18,480 --> 01:10:19,720 Christ today. Let's pray together. 1029 01:10:19,720 --> 01:10:21,000 Father, we thank you for your word. 1030 01:10:22,640 --> 01:10:25,640 We thank you that it is all true and it is all inerrant and is 1031 01:10:25,640 --> 01:10:31,920 all inspired God as it has gone forth today. 1032 01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:36,800 We know that it will accomplish exactly what you desire for to 1033 01:10:36,800 --> 01:10:40,760 accomplish today. Lord, my prayers this that it 1034 01:10:40,760 --> 01:10:46,560 went out to the hearts of those who don't know Christ, Lord, 1035 01:10:46,560 --> 01:10:50,520 that you would use it to open their eyes to see the truth. 1036 01:10:51,400 --> 01:10:54,480 And the truth is that we are all sinners and we are all in need 1037 01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:58,400 of a Savior and that that Savior has been given. 1038 01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:03,560 That they would hear that clearly today, that they would 1039 01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:07,600 turn to Jesus Christ and flee from the wrath and the judgement 1040 01:11:07,600 --> 01:11:09,280 that is to come upon the unbelieving. 1041 01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:14,160 That they would by faith believe in You, turning from unbelief 1042 01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:17,680 and sin, turning to Christ. God, I pray for every believer 1043 01:11:17,680 --> 01:11:23,880 in this room today. They would truly examine their 1044 01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:27,960 life. And if they fall short, that 1045 01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:29,840 they would run to your throne of grace. 1046 01:11:30,080 --> 01:11:35,400 Grace this morning in complete honesty, confessing their sin 1047 01:11:37,960 --> 01:11:43,120 and asking for help from from your Spirit to walk in obedience 1048 01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:46,440 to your word and we'll give you all the glory for it in Jesus 1049 01:11:46,440 --> 01:11:50,480 name, Amen. You've been listening to Key 1050 01:11:50,480 --> 01:11:53,240 Life Fellowships Pulpit Ministry podcast. 1051 01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:56,800 Join us each week for more teaching from God's Word.