1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,400 Just me. That's why I'd rather just 2 00:00:03,800 --> 00:00:06,400 called me a couple weeks ago. I was like, hey, I'll do it now 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:07,800 dismiss for you. I don't know if that was for 4 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,800 your benefit or for his. He was like, I can't deal with 5 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,200 you up there all day, but first, Samuel chapter 30, we're not 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,200 going to, we're not going to. This is not the text but I want 7 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:25,100 to start here. Before I get started to just an 8 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:28,200 addition to the announcements, these are the faith promise that 9 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:31,600 brother Josh was talking about. We're not handing them out yet 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:35,100 because I know what'll happen to they'll end up lost and will you 11 00:00:35,100 --> 00:00:36,200 end up having to get another one? 12 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,300 Anyways, so these you will get one of these. 13 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:43,100 And what it is is its Pastor will go through faith, promise 14 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:46,100 if you're not familiar with it, but this is the part that you'll 15 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:49,000 tear off. But we're not, those are not due 16 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:50,500 till the end of March. Okay. 17 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,100 So, faith Thomas will start April 1st. 18 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:56,300 So we have time, but be praying about that. 19 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:59,400 What God wants you to give and then it'll just be a matter of 20 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:00,700 writing that number down and turn it in. 21 00:01:00,700 --> 00:01:03,200 All right? First Samuel, chapter 30. 22 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,200 I'm keeping track of time because I have a tendency to go 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,200 long and I'm not doing that this morning. 24 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:14,200 I'm promising you a myself that I'm not going to go along and 25 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:16,700 I'll just cut it off if I start getting along. 26 00:01:16,700 --> 00:01:18,400 All right. But first remember the same and 27 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:24,400 13:6 if you know this passage You know that this is David 28 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:30,500 King, David? And the story of ziklag, anybody 29 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:33,700 know, what happened at ziklag? It was when David's Mighty Men 30 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:36,300 or David's, David's soldiers, not just his mighty member, all 31 00:01:36,300 --> 00:01:40,500 of his army, was out there, fighting with him, not with him, 32 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:46,200 but with him not fighting with him, but on his side and they 33 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:48,200 came back to ziklag look at first. 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,700 Salmon 30:1 came to pass when David and his men were come to 35 00:01:51,700 --> 00:01:55,400 ziklag on the third day that the amalekites had invaded, the 36 00:01:55,400 --> 00:01:59,700 South and ziklag and Smitten ziklag and burned it with fire 37 00:01:59,700 --> 00:02:03,800 ziklag was David's home and all of his when they went to war, 38 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,900 they had left all their wives children belongings that was 39 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:10,300 their homes. And when they came back from 40 00:02:10,300 --> 00:02:12,400 fighting, this is what they found. 41 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,900 They had smitten ziklag and burned it with fire and had 42 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:18,200 taken the women captives that were there in. 43 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,000 They slew not any so they can kill anybody either. 44 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,800 Great or small but carried them away and went on their way. 45 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:26,900 So David and his men came to the city and behold. 46 00:02:26,900 --> 00:02:29,400 It was burned with fire. And their wives and their sons 47 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,900 and their daughters were taken captive. 48 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:33,300 Could you imagine what that would be? 49 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,300 We don't live like this anymore, but this was normal that they 50 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:39,900 would pillage a city and take everything and and all the 51 00:02:39,900 --> 00:02:43,600 people that they took would be captives and they would assume 52 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,300 them into their, their Community, or their tribe, or 53 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:50,800 whatever it was. But David remember, David's got 54 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:54,000 a whole group of Mighty Men. These guys aren't going to let 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,000 it happen, right? So, look at verse 5. 56 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:00,400 Or yeah, verse verse 4 then David and the people that were 57 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,800 with him, lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more 58 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:07,800 power to weep and David's two, wives were taking captives, a 59 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,900 henna ham, a hint, O M, and J and the jezreelite this and 60 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:15,200 Abigail the wife of nabal. The Carmelite and David was 61 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,700 greatly distressed for the people speak of stoning him 62 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:21,100 because the soul of all the people was grieved. 63 00:03:21,100 --> 00:03:23,400 Every man for his sons and for his daughters, but David 64 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,900 encouraged himself. In the Lord his God, that's what 65 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:29,600 I want to look at that little tiny piece of that verse to 66 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:35,000 start off because I think we especially especially in our 67 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:40,100 world today, we get discouraged. I mean, on top of everything 68 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:43,600 we're doing with, with sickness and all the rest of that and I 69 00:03:43,608 --> 00:03:46,100 don't want to call them out, but I just saw Mike and Joann leave, 70 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:47,800 I know she's not feeling good at all. 71 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,300 She's had some test results and I think that's why they had to 72 00:03:51,308 --> 00:03:53,900 leave. She's just not feeling up to it, 73 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,400 but we get Scourged over, things like that. 74 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:00,200 We have, we have others going through tough times. 75 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:03,100 You may be going through some things that nobody knows about, 76 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,400 maybe it's with your family, or even with some adult children 77 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,500 that are out of the house in your heart is breaking for them. 78 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:13,400 Could be a job situation. We stuff people don't know 79 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,200 about. And my point here is we can 80 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,000 listen to because I've done it. I've gotten on and listen to 81 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:22,200 some motivational speeches and things like that and they're 82 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,000 great, it'll get you through for a little while. 83 00:04:25,100 --> 00:04:27,800 I'll, but that goes away. That feeling of I'm just going 84 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,600 to do it that goes away. And we need to encourage 85 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,700 ourselves in the Lord, the people David's men isn't just 86 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:38,100 the people David's, men speak of stoning him, but David 87 00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:41,900 encouraged himself in the Lord. His God. 88 00:04:42,700 --> 00:04:46,000 So now turn to Psalm chapter 2. And that's what I want to talk 89 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,500 about this morning, this Psalm is an encouragement to us. 90 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:53,400 It's not a motivational speech. That's not what preaching is. 91 00:04:53,400 --> 00:04:56,800 And that's not what the Bible is, but it we can encourage 92 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,400 ourselves in the Lord. Our God, I'm going to read all 93 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,300 of chapter 2 and then we'll pray and then we'll get into the 94 00:05:03,300 --> 00:05:04,200 message. Alright. 95 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:06,100 So I'm chapter 2 is probably very familiar. 96 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:08,700 You probably recognize this at least parts of it. 97 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:14,100 But Psalm chapter 2 verse 1, says, why do the Heathen rage 98 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:18,100 and the people imagine a vain thing and that sounds like a 99 00:05:18,100 --> 00:05:21,400 really good verse, right? But what does it mean to talk 100 00:05:21,400 --> 00:05:22,700 about? That and just a few minutes, the 101 00:05:22,700 --> 00:05:26,000 kings of the earth set themselves and the rulers. 102 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,400 Take counsel together against the Lord and against his 103 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,300 anointed saying, let us break their bands, asunder and Cast 104 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:36,600 Away their cords from us in verse 4, he that sitteth in the 105 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,300 heavens, shall laugh? The Lord shall have them in 106 00:05:39,300 --> 00:05:43,300 derision, then shall he speak unto them in his wrath and Vex 107 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:47,900 them in his sore displeasure And this is God speaking yet. 108 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:50,700 Have I set my king upon my Holy Hill of Zion. 109 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,900 I will declare the decree This is now his King speaking. 110 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,300 I will declare the decree. The Lord hath said unto me, thou 111 00:05:59,300 --> 00:06:04,300 art my son. And that's a capital S this day. 112 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:07,200 Have I begotten thee, ask of me and I shall give Thee the 113 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,100 Heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost parts of the 114 00:06:10,100 --> 00:06:14,000 Earth for that possessions Thou shalt break them with a rod of 115 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,900 iron. Thou shalt Dash them in pieces 116 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:18,500 like a Potter's vessel be wise now. 117 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:21,900 Therefore O ye Kings be instructed, ye judges of the 118 00:06:21,900 --> 00:06:26,500 earth, serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling kiss, 119 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:30,400 the son, lest he be angry and you perish from the way when his 120 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,200 wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all. 121 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,900 They that put their trust in him. 122 00:06:36,900 --> 00:06:40,300 This is a this is a Psalm of encouragement and it's a Psalm 123 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:46,000 of What should be fear to to the wicked? 124 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,500 But let's break and then we'll get right into the message. 125 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,800 Father, thank you for this day that you've given us got a thank 126 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,300 you. As we've been singing and 127 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:58,300 talking about this morning, we serve such a mighty God and I 128 00:06:58,300 --> 00:07:01,500 pray that we never forget that God when we get into different 129 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:05,900 circumstances in our lives, things that pop up unexpectedly. 130 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:09,900 God, I pray that we would remember that we serve a mighty 131 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:15,800 God and it and as we'll see here in For two of Psalms blessed. 132 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,500 Are those that put their trust in you pray, that would remember 133 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:22,200 that pray that this message this morning would be a one of 134 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:27,700 encouragement but also one of us being more committed to you 135 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:35,300 because you're such a mighty and powerful and loving God to those 136 00:07:35,300 --> 00:07:38,900 that put their trust in you pray that you would just be with my 137 00:07:38,900 --> 00:07:41,800 words. God calm my nerves and that what 138 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:46,200 you want for your The here, this morning would be said, and that 139 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,000 you would work in hearts. In Jesus name, I pray. 140 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:53,900 Amen. So I'm told, I don't know, 141 00:07:53,900 --> 00:07:57,600 Hebrew, I can't, if I looked at Hebrew, it looks like a kid 142 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,500 scribbled on a page. It actually looks pretty nice. 143 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,600 Believe it or not, and I don't know if you know this, but 144 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,400 Hebrew. So I actually looked it up 145 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,400 because I was reading on this and it says that this is a 146 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:10,000 really, really symmetrical song. So there's 12 verses, there's 147 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,700 four stanzas, it's almost like a poem or a him. 148 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:17,100 Obviously the Psalms were songs that the Israelites sang. 149 00:08:17,100 --> 00:08:23,400 And so they say that this is a really symmetrical song and 150 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,200 there's four verses of three verses each. 151 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,900 So, I looked it up because symmetrical to me means, you 152 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:32,200 know, each line is kind of the first line shortly next. 153 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,700 One's long, the next one short on the first three verses. 154 00:08:34,700 --> 00:08:36,500 And then the next one will be the exactly the same. 155 00:08:36,500 --> 00:08:39,200 And if you look it up in the Hebrew, it actually is really 156 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:41,600 close to that. It's very symmetrical. 157 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,900 And when I first opened It up, I had forgotten that you read 158 00:08:44,900 --> 00:08:48,500 Hebrew from right to left, and so when I looked at it, I was 159 00:08:48,500 --> 00:08:50,300 like, what is that? It's upside down. 160 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:55,000 But anyway, they say that this song is very symmetrical, four, 161 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,200 stanzas of three lines each and it's, you can see it break at 162 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:00,300 the 33. Verse Mark, you can see it 163 00:09:00,300 --> 00:09:04,700 change topics so to speak or change moods. 164 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:06,400 All right? So we're going to get into this. 165 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,600 But how does this song relate to us? 166 00:09:09,700 --> 00:09:14,100 We often hear that the Old Testament is for is not for us, 167 00:09:14,100 --> 00:09:15,600 right? We don't have to obey all those 168 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,600 rules and everything in the Old Testament. 169 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:21,800 But it's important to remember that the same God, that David 170 00:09:21,800 --> 00:09:24,600 was singing about here or writing about is the same God, 171 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,300 we serve, right? And that we know that, but I 172 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:32,200 don't think all the time that transfers from our head into our 173 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,100 heart and into our actions. I think. 174 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,600 Yeah, we serve the same God, but he can't do that. 175 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:40,200 I got to worry about it. I need to be anxious about this 176 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:42,900 because God certainly can't fix that. 177 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:45,700 We wouldn't say that but that's the way we act, right? 178 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:50,300 So why do the Heathen rage will get right into it? 179 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:52,600 Verse 1? Why do the Heathen rage? 180 00:09:52,700 --> 00:09:55,400 I think this is a rhetorical question. 181 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:02,000 Who, why do they raise him? And let me, I gotta follow my 182 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,800 notes because it's so easy. This is a really to me than 183 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,800 exciting chapter and I don't want to get ahead of myself and 184 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:11,700 then I have to backtrack, but the Heathen raging what does 185 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:15,700 that look like? You can go on YouTube or 186 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:23,700 anything else and find clips of anchors of mainstream TV 187 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:26,600 stations and things like that cursing, God? 188 00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:30,400 I'm the are they hate him? They rage at him. 189 00:10:30,500 --> 00:10:33,400 I wrote a few things down. Why do they ban prayer in 190 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,200 schools? What is prayer to them if they 191 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,200 don't believe in it? Why would they worry about it? 192 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,400 Why do they ban that? Why do they? 193 00:10:42,500 --> 00:10:44,200 Why did they take the Ten Commandments out of the 194 00:10:44,208 --> 00:10:47,200 courthouse is, why do they try to ban manger scenes from town 195 00:10:47,200 --> 00:10:48,900 squares? Why? 196 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,000 When we saw Roe versus Wade, get overturned, why do they rage in 197 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,000 the streets and Riot and literally carrying signs that 198 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,700 say kill more babies? What is that? 199 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:03,200 That's the heating raging. They don't know what else to do. 200 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:06,700 So to show their hatred for God they'll actually Curse God 201 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:09,700 himself. If they knew who it was, they 202 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:12,100 were cursing if they had read Psalm. 203 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:15,800 To which they have and I'm sure. But if they had read Psalm 204 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,000 chapter 2, they would be afraid. Look at, look at versa. 205 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:25,700 Let's see. It's gone. 206 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:29,200 Where'd it go verse 12, kiss? The son, lest he be angry and 207 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:33,400 you perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little he 208 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,600 even gets a little bit angry. You're going to be gone and that 209 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:41,900 you curse God, the Heathen rage, but the verse 1, I think is a 210 00:11:41,908 --> 00:11:44,700 rhetorical question saying, why do the Heathen rage? 211 00:11:44,700 --> 00:11:47,300 What is the point? They think they can actually 212 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:51,500 beat God. They've never seen him just like 213 00:11:51,500 --> 00:11:54,100 we haven't. So why do they rage against him? 214 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:59,200 And and the people imagine a vain thing? 215 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:02,200 I think the vain thing he's talking about is the fact that 216 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:06,000 they might actually be able to be God, so they rage for what 217 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:10,200 purpose, but they imagine that they might still be able to beat 218 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:15,900 God. And it's important to remember. 219 00:12:16,300 --> 00:12:17,600 This is why I'm following my notes. 220 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:22,000 It's very important to remember because I've been on the 221 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,500 doorstep of people when we're knocking on doors and and it 222 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:30,300 feels feels like they're attacking us when they say not 223 00:12:30,300 --> 00:12:32,400 interested. Bang, shut the door and you just 224 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,800 like How do you know what I'm about to say? 225 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:39,200 They know what we're doing and they're not, this is the 226 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,100 important thing. They are not mad at us, they're 227 00:12:41,100 --> 00:12:45,400 not raging against us, they can't see God, he's not a 228 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:47,800 physical. He's he is a spirit and they 229 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,300 that worship Him must worship Him in spirit, and in truth, 230 00:12:50,300 --> 00:12:54,200 they're not mad at us, but they don't know how else to take 231 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,300 their anger and their rage out on God. 232 00:12:56,300 --> 00:12:58,000 So they take it out. On God. 233 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,600 And I mean, I'm his Representatives here on the 234 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,300 surface and that, and that's us. So, why do they? 235 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:07,300 Why do they vandalize churches? Why do why do these things 236 00:13:07,300 --> 00:13:08,800 happen? They're not mad at us. 237 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:13,700 They're mad at God and that's important to remember because a 238 00:13:13,708 --> 00:13:16,200 couple weeks ago, pastor, preached that message on 239 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:17,700 compassion. It's very hard to have 240 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:21,100 compassion when you're just as mad at them as they are you 241 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,800 right? Remember they're raging at God. 242 00:13:24,500 --> 00:13:29,800 So verses 1 through 3, this is the first stands of this song. 243 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,900 Is sinful man is at war with God. 244 00:13:33,900 --> 00:13:40,600 It's a, it's a plain truth. Sinful man is At War With God. 245 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,000 All men are until they are until they come to Christ. 246 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:50,100 They are at war with God. And it's also important to 247 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:55,200 remember here, that the reason that when the church stands up 248 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:59,600 for truth, the world is mad at them, the world. 249 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:07,100 The world cannot Just let their, their agenda and the church 250 00:14:07,100 --> 00:14:11,200 coexist, they can't do it. Bible says, you cannot serve two 251 00:14:11,200 --> 00:14:13,700 masters, right? You're either hate the one and 252 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:15,100 love the other. You'll love the one and hate the 253 00:14:15,100 --> 00:14:17,000 other. You can't serve both. 254 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:21,000 So even though sometimes we seem to get along with the world as 255 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,100 soon as we stand for truth, they hate it. 256 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:29,900 Because they are, raging at God. Sinful man is at war with God. 257 00:14:31,300 --> 00:14:34,100 And there comes a point and we'll see this later in the book 258 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:36,300 or in the chapter, there comes a point. 259 00:14:38,500 --> 00:14:43,400 When? Man will either bow to God. 260 00:14:45,300 --> 00:14:47,000 Or fight him for all they're worth. 261 00:14:48,100 --> 00:14:51,000 And that is the facts of the matter. 262 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:53,500 They will either route. Oh god, well, they'll fight them 263 00:14:53,500 --> 00:14:57,800 for all they're worth and I can't believe that some of these 264 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,000 that are cursing. God on live television or 265 00:15:00,008 --> 00:15:05,800 whatever else have never heard the gospel. 266 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:09,400 Maybe they have it but there's a reason they're so mad about it. 267 00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,600 It's because they hate what they've heard. 268 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,100 And I might be getting ahead of myself but I have this somewhere 269 00:15:17,100 --> 00:15:20,800 in here but why do actually it's right there. 270 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,200 John 3:19. This is the condemnation that 271 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,100 light is come into the world and Men loved Darkness rather than 272 00:15:28,100 --> 00:15:32,000 light because their deeds are evil or evil, they can't help 273 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,400 but rage against God. It's in there. 274 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:38,600 It's in our DNA, right? We talk about this all the time 275 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,000 and people hate to hear it. That we are born. 276 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,100 Sinners, no, no. Little children are not born. 277 00:15:43,100 --> 00:15:44,900 Sinners. Yes they are. 278 00:15:44,900 --> 00:15:49,200 It's in our DNA. I'm not saying that little 279 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:53,300 children are born murderers, even though it's in their DNA to 280 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:58,000 be that, but it is in our DNA, it is in our very nature to hate 281 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:02,000 God. So they imagine a vain thing, 282 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:05,700 it's a useless cause they actually believe that they can 283 00:16:05,700 --> 00:16:10,300 win against God. And speaking of compassion, It 284 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:15,700 actually makes me sad or compassionate or feel sorry for 285 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:21,700 those that are doing this because Bible says that we will 286 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,500 bow before God. If that means if it means we 287 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:27,900 will that doesn't mean all are going to come to Christ. 288 00:16:27,900 --> 00:16:30,300 It's just a matter of time. It means you will either bow 289 00:16:30,300 --> 00:16:32,800 before the king because he's broken, both your legs and you 290 00:16:32,808 --> 00:16:36,700 have no choice or you will willingly bow before the king. 291 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:41,400 It's a vain thing for them to think that they have a choice 292 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:45,000 but to Bow before God they do here on this Earth but at the 293 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,600 time will come. When they will bow before God. 294 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,100 Now this is important also Ephesians chapter 2 verses 1 295 00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:54,500 through 3 and you're more than welcome to Turn to any of these 296 00:16:54,500 --> 00:16:57,700 I wrote them down because of the time for me to get to them. 297 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,700 I don't want to take that waste that time but I wrote them all 298 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:06,200 down Ephesians chapter 2, verses 1 through 3 though says and you 299 00:17:06,700 --> 00:17:10,800 hath he quickened, what does the word quick and mean Made Alive 300 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,900 you hath. He made alive who were dead in 301 00:17:13,900 --> 00:17:16,800 trespasses and sins wherein in time past, ye walked. 302 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:20,000 According to the course of this world, you walked according to 303 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,800 the course of this world. What does that mean you raged 304 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:26,599 against God to you walked? According to the course of this 305 00:17:26,608 --> 00:17:29,600 world according to the prince of the power of the air who is that 306 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:33,900 Satan the devil you walked, according to the prince of the 307 00:17:33,908 --> 00:17:36,400 power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children 308 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:40,700 of Disobedience among whom. Also, we all All had our 309 00:17:40,700 --> 00:17:42,900 conversation. That word means lifestyle, 310 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,700 right? We all have that lifestyle in 311 00:17:45,700 --> 00:17:50,500 times past, in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of 312 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:54,500 the Flesh, and of the mind, and we're by Nature the children of 313 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:57,600 Wrath, even as others that was us. 314 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:04,000 Because it's in our DNA and Revelation chapter 16, verse 13 315 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,500 through 16, I'm going to skip through here because there's a 316 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:10,900 part that I want to hear for they are Well, and I saw three 317 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:13,400 unclean spirits, like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon 318 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,200 and out of the mouth of the Beast and out of the mouth of 319 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,800 the false prophet for. They are the spirits of Devil's 320 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,000 working miracles, which go forth unto, the kings of the earth, 321 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,400 and of the whole world, to gather them, to battle of that 322 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,300 to the Battle of that. Great day of God almighty. 323 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,900 And he gathered them together into a place called in the 324 00:18:31,900 --> 00:18:34,300 Hebrew tongue. Armageddon, they gather all 325 00:18:34,300 --> 00:18:39,200 these demons came out and gathered all the nations against 326 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:42,200 God, the Heathen rage. And the imagine a vain thing, 327 00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,900 they think that if we can get enough people together enough 328 00:18:44,900 --> 00:18:47,200 people against God, we might be able to beat him. 329 00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:51,200 That's the vein thing that they are Imagine imagining and then 330 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:55,100 Acts chapter 4 verse 26 says the kings of the earth stood up. 331 00:18:55,900 --> 00:18:59,500 And the rulers were gathered to gather together against the Lord 332 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,800 and against his Christ for of a truth against thy. 333 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,500 Holy Child. Jesus, whom thou Hast anointed 334 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:07,900 both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles. 335 00:19:07,900 --> 00:19:10,500 And the people of Israel were gathered together for to do 336 00:19:10,500 --> 00:19:12,900 whatsoever, thy hand and thy counsel. 337 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:16,400 Determined before to be done, which is interesting that verse 338 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,300 got already had that he knew it was going to happen. 339 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:21,500 They gathered to do. God's will is what that say, 340 00:19:21,500 --> 00:19:23,900 even though they weren't, they didn't know that they were 341 00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:25,900 trying to crush him, the kings of the Earth. 342 00:19:25,908 --> 00:19:28,900 You're stood up and gathered together against the Lord and 343 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:33,800 against his Christ, sinful man is at war with God, and there's 344 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:35,900 no way around that. The kings of the earth set 345 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:39,000 themselves and the rulers. Take counsel together against 346 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,300 the Lord and against his anointed saying, let us break 347 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:43,500 their bands, asunder and Cast Away their cords from us. 348 00:19:43,700 --> 00:19:45,900 We don't have to follow Bible truth. 349 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:50,000 We're going to break their bands that they have around us these, 350 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:55,300 these principles and these laws that govern mankind. 351 00:19:55,300 --> 00:19:57,100 We're going to break. Break the break them away 352 00:19:57,100 --> 00:20:01,300 because if we can do away with God, then then we've beat him. 353 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,800 All right. The second thing is the response 354 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,700 of a holy all-powerful. God in Verses 4 through 6. 355 00:20:10,300 --> 00:20:12,100 He's not threatened by sinful man. 356 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:14,600 And we see that here in verse 4, he that sitteth in the heavens, 357 00:20:14,900 --> 00:20:17,300 shall laugh? The Lord shall have them in 358 00:20:17,308 --> 00:20:21,200 derision, they then, shall he speak unto them in his wrath and 359 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:25,300 Vex them in his sore displeasure Yet, have I set my king upon my 360 00:20:25,300 --> 00:20:27,500 Holy Hill of Zion. What does that say? 361 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:30,500 In verse 4, it's pretty, pretty self-explanatory, but I want you 362 00:20:30,500 --> 00:20:35,000 to think about, if somebody if somebody challenges me and 363 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,400 they're the same size as me and I've never met them before and 364 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,400 they look like they're in pretty good shape and they say, hey, I 365 00:20:40,408 --> 00:20:43,300 want to go outside and have a, I already set up a boxing ring and 366 00:20:43,308 --> 00:20:46,700 we're going to box. I might go as a nervous. 367 00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:49,200 Laugh, right? I don't know this guy and he 368 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,400 might be a lot better than me. That's not what this is. 369 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:55,500 This isn't a This, laughs, this isn't embarrassed laugh. 370 00:20:55,700 --> 00:20:58,100 This is, this is, this is a laugh. 371 00:20:58,100 --> 00:21:00,600 When Charlie comes to me and says, I want to fight you, and 372 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,600 he's dead serious, right? If you don't know, Charlie, he's 373 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,700 Josh's. Little boy. 374 00:21:04,700 --> 00:21:06,500 I'm gonna fight you because he does that to me. 375 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:08,400 Let's fight. That's me. 376 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:12,400 Go Charlie. If he's serious, if he's not 377 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,200 serious, I go. No, no, no, I don't have time 378 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,200 right now. But if he's serious, that's the 379 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:21,200 laughs God gives here what the entire armies of the entire 380 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,800 world are gathered together against God and he that sitteth 381 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:28,300 in the heavens shall laughs. The Lord shall have them in 382 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:34,700 derision to the world. This should be, it should be a 383 00:21:34,700 --> 00:21:41,900 terrifying laughs to them. this is, this is like I what I like 384 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:44,800 to imagine. It's almost like God is sitting 385 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:46,500 there writing, you know, or whatever. 386 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:49,300 Like a person would do and there's this huge Army 387 00:21:49,300 --> 00:21:51,200 Gathering. And finally, somebody says, hey, 388 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:54,900 you know, there's an army outside and I go and keep on 389 00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:56,200 going, that's almost what this is. 390 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,700 It's just he's not mocking them, but he's completely unworried. 391 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,500 Right. Why is he so unworried? 392 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,800 He that sitteth in the heavens, shall laugh? 393 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,400 The Lord shall have them in derision this, this Rebellion. 394 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:16,100 In is, is it's a futile effort? And because I was thinking about 395 00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:18,400 this because I was studying this, when the, when the 396 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:23,300 Superbowl happened is that last week, last week, I think anyway 397 00:22:23,900 --> 00:22:26,400 and I was thinking, you know, it's almost like watching 398 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,100 somebody root for their favorite team when the game already 399 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:31,000 happened but they have, they haven't seen it yet. 400 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,700 Maybe it's a rerun or a, what do you call it? 401 00:22:33,700 --> 00:22:37,000 A, DVR or whatever. And they haven't seen the game 402 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:40,000 yet, but I already know the outcome and they're cheering. 403 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,500 Yeah. Yes. 404 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:44,500 And I know that team loses, right? 405 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:47,700 That's kind of what this is because God knows the outcome. 406 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:50,100 In fact, we know the outcome. We're already told what's going 407 00:22:50,100 --> 00:22:53,100 to happen. God wins and still they rage 408 00:22:53,100 --> 00:22:58,300 against God, it's a vain thing and the he that sitteth in the 409 00:22:58,300 --> 00:23:01,400 Heavenly laughs. Because if you would just listen 410 00:23:01,400 --> 00:23:04,000 to what the guys at Mount Victory, Baptist Church or 411 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,000 trying to tell you, you would know it's a futile effort, 412 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:11,500 you've got to go, you've you're going to buy before the king and 413 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:15,000 he, laughs And the Lord shall have them in derision, then 414 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,600 shall he speak unto them in his wrath and Vex them in his sore 415 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,600 displeasure? So it's kind of a he laughs, but 416 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,700 then he vexes them in his sore displeasure. 417 00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:29,700 I could not imagine having the King of Kings the god of Heaven 418 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:34,700 sorely displeased with me. The, the Wrath that would come 419 00:23:34,700 --> 00:23:39,100 from that and we see that in the next few verses. 420 00:23:39,100 --> 00:23:44,100 But, look at verse 6. And I'm kind of sort of getting 421 00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:47,000 my ahead of myself but he can't really you can't really help it 422 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,600 because that is his answer he laughs at them and then God 423 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,900 speaks yet. Have I set my king upon my Holy 424 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:57,500 Hill of Zion that is his response to the armies Gathering 425 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,800 against him. I've set my king on the hill, on 426 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,100 the Holy Hill of Zion, what does that mean? 427 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:04,900 Imagine Gathering to war and you think. 428 00:24:04,900 --> 00:24:06,300 Yeah. They're going to come to with 429 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:09,700 30,000, but we have 40,000, we've got an advantage and they 430 00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:12,000 come with all the arm. News of the world and you got to 431 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:15,900 remember, it doesn't matter if they're allies or not, they're 432 00:24:15,900 --> 00:24:20,100 all agreed on one thing. We hate God and this is not 433 00:24:20,100 --> 00:24:23,200 necessarily spiritual armies, this is physical armies. 434 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,100 Raging against the god of Heaven. 435 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:28,800 They come and they are going. I will read a few verses about 436 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:33,600 that too, but they come and and they gather together against 437 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:34,900 God. And that's his answer. 438 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,100 I've set my king upon my Holy Hill of Zion What does that 439 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:41,700 mean? Then to the world? 440 00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:46,600 Look at Philippians chapter 2 verses 9 9 through 11 it says 441 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,800 wherefore God hath also highly exalted him and given him a name 442 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:53,400 which is above every name that at the name of Jesus every knee, 443 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,500 should bow of things in heaven and things in Earth and things 444 00:24:56,500 --> 00:24:59,000 under the Earth. And that every tongue should 445 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,700 confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God, the 446 00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:07,100 Father, it doesn't matter. How loudly or how consistently 447 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:10,000 the church. Or we as individuals when we're 448 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,800 at work, when we're out and about Josh mentioned that this 449 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,900 morning, it doesn't matter how loudly we Proclaim it sinful 450 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:21,400 man, still rages against God because they really truly 451 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:29,300 believe they can win this war. And God tells them that fine. 452 00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:32,100 We'll have a battle and you're going to fight one person. 453 00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:34,500 My king, that's it. You're just going to fight him. 454 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,600 I have set my king upon my Holy Hill of Zion. 455 00:25:36,900 --> 00:25:42,700 And verse 7 is is interesting. So this is the third stanza, 456 00:25:42,700 --> 00:25:46,200 right? And so God answers them with a 457 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:50,100 laugh. And then sorely displeased at 458 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:51,900 them. And then he says this is what 459 00:25:51,900 --> 00:25:55,300 I'm going to do is how I'm going to fight you my king on Zion. 460 00:25:56,100 --> 00:25:59,500 Before we get to verse 7 though, how does he fight them? 461 00:26:00,900 --> 00:26:03,900 How does God fight them? How does Jesus fight them 462 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,900 Colossians 2:13 and you being dead in your sins and the 463 00:26:09,900 --> 00:26:13,000 uncircumcision of your flesh. Flesh hath, he quickened 464 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,000 together with him having forgiven all your trespasses 465 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,000 plotting out, the handwriting of ordinances, that was against us, 466 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,800 which was contrary to us and took it out of the way. 467 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:27,500 This is how he wins nailing it to his cross verse 15, and 468 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:29,900 having spoiled principalities and Powers. 469 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,300 He made. Show of them, openly triumphing 470 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:35,400 over them in it. What is it? 471 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,600 His death on the cross? That's how he beats. 472 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,900 The nation's, the armies of all the nations of the world with 473 00:26:42,900 --> 00:26:46,400 his death on the cross. Now, it makes sense when he says 474 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,300 the preaching of the Cross is foolishness to them that perish. 475 00:26:49,500 --> 00:26:51,400 It is foolish. You're going to beat me by 476 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,700 dying. That's how you're going to win. 477 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:57,200 That's what he's saying them. I've set my king upon my Holy 478 00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:00,200 Hill of Zion and that's how I defeat the nation's. 479 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:02,400 And we'll get to that in a minute. 480 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:04,600 How does he defeat them though then just by dying? 481 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,100 But first Corinthians 1:18 for the preaching of the Cross, is 482 00:27:08,100 --> 00:27:11,100 to them, that perish foolishness, but unto us, which 483 00:27:11,100 --> 00:27:14,000 are saved. It is the power of God, it is 484 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,200 power, right? He defeats them with power, the 485 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,400 power of the death on the cross. It's it's, it makes no sense to 486 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,400 the world, it is foolishness to them. 487 00:27:23,500 --> 00:27:27,700 That's why they rage thinking they can win, when it's not. 488 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:29,600 And I have these verses somewhere, hopefully they're 489 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,700 really close, but There we don't fight with carnal weapons, 490 00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:35,700 right? The weapons of our Warfare are 491 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:38,800 not carnal, we don't come back at them. 492 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,100 Oh yeah. You got that. 493 00:27:40,100 --> 00:27:41,700 I'm going to argue with you about this. 494 00:27:41,700 --> 00:27:43,500 Then I got a better argument than you. 495 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:45,900 I've been practicing in Bible College. 496 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,900 That's not how we fight. Even though the Bible tells us 497 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:52,800 to have an answer, we fight with the gospel of the death of 498 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,100 Christ on the cross, and that's how we fight, because that's how 499 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:59,200 he fought, he's going to destroy the nation's with the death of 500 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,300 his son. Is 120. 501 00:28:01,300 --> 00:28:03,700 Where is the wise? Where is the Scribe? 502 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:05,700 Where is the disputer of this world? 503 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:06,400 Hath. Not God. 504 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,100 Made foolish. The wisdom of this world. 505 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,700 And I'm going to start clipping along here. 506 00:28:13,700 --> 00:28:17,100 The irony of all, this is mankind is going to the war to 507 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:19,700 war with. The only one who is with the 508 00:28:19,700 --> 00:28:21,600 one, who is their only hope of salvation. 509 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:26,700 Is that my ironic they are fighting with everything they 510 00:28:26,700 --> 00:28:30,100 have to destroy him when he's the only hope they have. 511 00:28:31,500 --> 00:28:33,700 That's why it says they are imagining a vain thing. 512 00:28:33,700 --> 00:28:35,900 This is ridiculous. Why are you doing this? 513 00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:41,800 The one you need to rescue you. You're trying to destroy verses 514 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:44,300 seven through nine. Nine, this is, I'll just speak 515 00:28:44,300 --> 00:28:46,700 on this short, very, very briefly because we've already 516 00:28:46,700 --> 00:28:49,600 kind of talked about the outcome of this battle was never in 517 00:28:49,600 --> 00:28:53,200 doubt, look at verse 9, Thou shalt break them with a rod of 518 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,900 iron, Thou shalt Dash them with in pieces. 519 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,400 And I didn't even hardly get to this but this is very, very 520 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:04,900 clearly a Psalm about It's not David because there's so many 521 00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:08,200 other verses and if I come across them all, I'll read them. 522 00:29:10,300 --> 00:29:14,900 But verse 7 I will declare the decree. 523 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:16,800 So he says I'm going to set my king upon the Holy Hill. 524 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,100 But then verse 7, Thou Art my son this day. 525 00:29:20,100 --> 00:29:21,600 I have I begotten thee. Who is that? 526 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,200 That's Jesus. That's the king he setting on 527 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:30,500 this hill of Zion, but verse A task of me and I shall give Thee 528 00:29:30,500 --> 00:29:33,000 the Heathen for thine inheritance and the uttermost 529 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,500 parts of the Earth for thy possession. 530 00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:37,700 This is, this is what it's going to end up looking like Thou 531 00:29:37,700 --> 00:29:39,600 shalt break them with a rod of iron. 532 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:43,000 Thou shalt Dash them in pieces like a Potter's vessel you ever 533 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:48,000 broke a coffee cup, you drop it. On a tile floor it doesn't stand 534 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:51,500 a chance it shatters and pieces. That's what that's what God 535 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:55,700 Jesus is going to do to this Army that rages against him 536 00:29:56,300 --> 00:29:58,000 through the death on his, his death on. 537 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:03,000 Across other break them in pieces, like a Potter's vessel. 538 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:11,200 Now, I'm coming. This thing's moving all over the 539 00:30:11,208 --> 00:30:14,700 place on me. So the last thing is the last 540 00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:17,000 point. The last stanza verses 10 541 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:22,000 through 12. What is the Hope then of the 542 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,300 world? What is there? 543 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:25,300 Hope? Repentance. 544 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:28,500 That's the only hope that they have without it. 545 00:30:28,500 --> 00:30:32,300 They will be dashed in pieces like a Potter's vessel because 546 00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:35,100 then in verse 10, he says this. So after all of this, this is 547 00:30:35,100 --> 00:30:37,900 I'm the my I set my king on the hill of Zion. 548 00:30:38,100 --> 00:30:42,500 This is my decree. My son can ask of me and I will 549 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:44,400 give him the Heathen for his inheritance and the uttermost 550 00:30:44,408 --> 00:30:46,900 parts of the Earth for his possession, be wise. 551 00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:49,400 Now, therefore, you Kings these are the same Kings. 552 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:53,900 He was talking about in verse two, the kings of the earth set 553 00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:56,400 themselves and and the rulers take counsel together against 554 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,600 the Lord and against his anointed be wise now. 555 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:02,400 Therefore o Kings, I'm telling you, it's a vain thing, it's a 556 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:06,600 futile effort. Be instructed, ye judges the 557 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,600 Earth. This is the instruction serve 558 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,400 the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. 559 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,500 I was telling my wife last night, Rejoice with trembling, 560 00:31:14,500 --> 00:31:18,800 that's a funny phrase, Rejoice, be happy with trembling. 561 00:31:19,500 --> 00:31:22,900 This is the, this is the god of the universe that you are 562 00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:27,400 dealing with. Be wise, serve him with fear and 563 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:31,500 rejoice with trembling and then this is the final piece of 564 00:31:31,700 --> 00:31:35,500 advice or piece of. It's not even advise hey take it 565 00:31:35,500 --> 00:31:36,600 or leave it. This is what you can do. 566 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:41,000 This is your only hope, kiss the son, lest he be angry and you 567 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,200 perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little 568 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,500 blessed are all. They that put their trust in 569 00:31:47,500 --> 00:31:52,100 him. This is, this is the gospel. 570 00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:55,600 Jeremiah, 23:29, is not my word, like, as a fire say, at the 571 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,000 Lord, and a hammer that breaketh The Rock in pieces. 572 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,400 This is how we fight. That's what he means by the 573 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,200 weapons of our Warfare are not carnal. 574 00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,100 We are fighting with the gospel message. 575 00:32:06,700 --> 00:32:11,400 His word is like a hammer that breaketh The Rock in pieces. 576 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:19,600 And so I'm going to finish here with a few few last thoughts. 577 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,900 But the Bible says there's other places. 578 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:27,200 But the Bible says he is, and he is a terrible, he is terrible. 579 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,500 First Corinthians chapter 6, There we go. 580 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,800 So, I'm 47 to. I knew that wasn't it. 581 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:39,300 So, I'm 47 to for the Lord, most high is terrible. 582 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:43,200 Ladies bad, when our kids are being really bad. 583 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,200 What do we say, you're being terrible or they're terrible? 584 00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:47,800 That's not what this is talking about. 585 00:32:47,900 --> 00:32:51,500 He is terrible. The next phrase says he is a 586 00:32:51,500 --> 00:32:55,300 great king over all the Earth. This is their only hope. 587 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,200 There's a reason he is called the King of Kings and the Lord 588 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:03,100 of lords, he rules over all of them and he allows them to do 589 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:05,900 their thing on this Earth. He even allows them to come 590 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:08,400 against him and assemble their armies against him. 591 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,400 But he's saying in verse 10, he's Thing with them, please be 592 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,500 wise, o, Kings, kiss. The son. 593 00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:16,900 Lest he be angry and you perish from the way. 594 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:21,200 When his wrath is kindled a little, I mentioned at the 595 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,200 beginning, even a little bit of his wrath and you're done your 596 00:33:25,200 --> 00:33:27,600 ashes, your dust your disintegrated. 597 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,800 First Corinthians chapter 6 verses 9 through 11. 598 00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:33,500 This is important thing to remember know, ye not that the 599 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:36,500 right unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 600 00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,500 Be not deceived. I think, brother, Josh mentioned 601 00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:41,600 this verse this morning neither fornicators nor idolaters nor 602 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,100 adulterers nor effeminate nor abusers of themselves with 603 00:33:44,100 --> 00:33:47,000 mankind, nor thieves, nor Covetous, nor drunkards, nor 604 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,700 revilers nor extortioners. Has shall inherit the kingdom of 605 00:33:49,700 --> 00:33:55,600 God and such were some of you. I think if you can imagine in 606 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,300 your mind, these armies are raging against God. 607 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,300 And if you're watching a video, you might be able to go. 608 00:34:03,700 --> 00:34:07,300 That's me. You were in that Army you were 609 00:34:07,300 --> 00:34:10,900 marching with whatever weapon you had against the king of 610 00:34:10,900 --> 00:34:13,800 Heaven. And he called you. 611 00:34:15,100 --> 00:34:18,199 And you drop those weapons and you come to the king of the 612 00:34:18,199 --> 00:34:20,600 earth. Look blessed are all they that 613 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:24,000 put their trust in him. He's not saying oh yeah you can 614 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,800 you want to come against me? I'm going to destroy you. 615 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:30,100 He's saying I will, but be wise. Make this decision right now, 616 00:34:30,100 --> 00:34:33,000 even the kings that are assembling their armies against 617 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,300 him, can drop their weapons and come to him. 618 00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:38,900 We see that in the end of verse 12, blessed are all. 619 00:34:38,900 --> 00:34:40,400 They that put their trust in him. 620 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,800 Go back to 1st Corinthians 6, verse 11 and such were some I 621 00:34:44,808 --> 00:34:47,900 love you. That's how I know I was in that 622 00:34:47,900 --> 00:34:52,000 that Army at one point such were some of you, but you are washed 623 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:54,699 your Sanctified. You're justified in the name of 624 00:34:54,699 --> 00:34:57,000 the Lord Jesus. And by the spirit of our God, 625 00:34:57,200 --> 00:35:02,600 the only hope we, the world has is repentance to this God, 626 00:35:02,700 --> 00:35:04,300 because of his kit wrath is kindled. 627 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:07,600 Even a little bit, you'll perish from the earth, you'll be done. 628 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:13,900 Had a story I was going to get going to tell you, this happened 629 00:35:13,900 --> 00:35:16,200 to me personally in fact I will, but I'm going to shorten it way 630 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:20,200 up. The reason so this it is a it's 631 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:22,800 a this is a message of encouragement. 632 00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:25,700 You don't have to be one of the ones that perishes from the way 633 00:35:26,100 --> 00:35:30,200 you can come to him. And be blessed by putting your 634 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,200 trust in him. I was talking to a friend of 635 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,100 mine and I won't mention his name. 636 00:35:35,100 --> 00:35:38,100 Some of you may know him, but he called me one time and he was 637 00:35:38,100 --> 00:35:41,400 talking about all this stuff that's happening in the world 638 00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,900 and he said, I think you I think you know there's something not 639 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,900 right but I know what it is. I'm going to tell you the truth 640 00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,600 and started into all these different conspiracy theories. 641 00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:51,200 Now, there's a queue and I'm in there. 642 00:35:51,500 --> 00:35:55,400 And I said, brother, I understand all about all the 643 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,500 conspiracy theories and he was like, no, no, no. 644 00:35:57,500 --> 00:36:02,100 I don't think you Stand. America and all the nations, 645 00:36:02,100 --> 00:36:05,900 they're ruled by satanists. I said, does that surprise you? 646 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,300 Satan runs the world. Why would he put a Christian in 647 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:15,800 charge of Any Nation, right? So he has set up his Kings on 648 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,700 this Earth. That shouldn't surprise us. 649 00:36:19,500 --> 00:36:23,000 But if we get so caught up in fighting with carnal, this 650 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:26,500 carnal Warfare of. Well, we're going to save our 651 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:29,200 nation through politics or we're going to save them through these 652 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,900 conspiracy theories. Satan has done exactly what he 653 00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:36,100 his goal is, distract us from telling others about Jesus 654 00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:39,700 Christ, distract us from spreading the gospel, and I read 655 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:42,500 you one last verse and then we'll be done, Revelation 656 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:45,900 chapter 11, verse 17 and 18 saying we give thee, thanks O, 657 00:36:45,900 --> 00:36:51,300 Lord God Almighty Which art and was an art to come because thou 658 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:54,100 Hast taken to thee thy, great power and Hast. 659 00:36:54,100 --> 00:36:57,900 Reigned, and the nations were angry and thy wrath is come. 660 00:36:57,900 --> 00:37:00,000 And the time of the Dead, that they should be judged. 661 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,600 And that thou shouldst give reward unto the servant by 662 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,400 servants the prophets, and to the Saints. 663 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,800 And to them that fear thy name, small and great and shouldest, 664 00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,500 Destroy them, which destroy the Earth. 665 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:11,000 They're destroying our Earth right now. 666 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,500 And one day he will destroy them. 667 00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:16,200 The time is short, but they can still come to him. 668 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,000 The nation's rage against him, it's a futile effort, it's 669 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,200 pointless, but they can still come to him as we did and we 670 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,000 should be doing everything we can really just talked about 671 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:27,000 that. This morning, we should be doing 672 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:30,100 everything we can to bring others with us because we know, 673 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:34,100 they're their Doom, they're the final outcome and we can be 674 00:37:34,100 --> 00:37:37,100 excited about that. We want to bring everyone, we 675 00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:42,400 can with us. Why do the Heathen rage and the 676 00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,700 people imagine a vain thing, the kings of the earth set 677 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:46,600 themselves and the rulers take counsel together. 678 00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:50,800 He that sitteth in the heavens, shall laugh, but those are the 679 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:54,800 encouraging versus at the end. Kiss the son, lest he be angry 680 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,700 and you perish from the earth? Blessed are all. 681 00:37:56,700 --> 00:37:58,900 They that put their trust in him. 682 00:37:59,900 --> 00:38:02,200 Let's go ahead and pray. You can stand stand to your 683 00:38:02,200 --> 00:38:05,400 feet. Heads bowed, eyes closed. 684 00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:16,200 And I don't know if this is so much of a convicting message. as 685 00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,600 much as it might be, it, I want, I meant it to be encouraging, 686 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:26,800 but it might even be more so of a Reprioritizing what's what 687 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:31,000 we're doing with our lives. We're not here to push 688 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:33,900 conspiracy theories were not here, too. 689 00:38:35,900 --> 00:38:38,700 Fight with politicians again about different policies. 690 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:43,300 We are here because God rescued us out of that army, that was 691 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:48,600 raging against him and we're here to help others do the same 692 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,000 thing that we did. And when we get sidetracked from 693 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,300 that, for whatever any reason, whatever it is, when we get 694 00:38:53,300 --> 00:38:56,400 sidetracked from that Satan has won in our lives. 695 00:38:56,500 --> 00:39:00,800 He is winning that battle. Let's reprioritize. 696 00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,800 Let's refocus on what it is that we're doing and remember this. 697 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:08,300 King that We serve, he's a terrible, terrible, God and a 698 00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:11,100 mighty and great King on the earth. 699 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,800 Father, thank you for the Savior - God, I just, I thank you for 700 00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,800 your word that it is quick. It's alive. 701 00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:21,400 And it is powerful and I pray that it would work in the hearts 702 00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:23,900 of your people. God, I pray, when we come to 703 00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:26,600 church, we will be looking for things to change. 704 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,400 And got that we would surrender our hearts to you. 705 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,900 Blessed are all they that put their trust in you then we 706 00:39:34,900 --> 00:39:37,600 aren't trying to figure things out on her own and trying to 707 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,900 make things happen. We are putting our trust in you 708 00:39:40,900 --> 00:39:44,400 and leaning not on our own understanding and I pray that we 709 00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:47,100 would do that. God, I pray that you would just 710 00:39:47,100 --> 00:39:50,300 bless your people and I pray that as I know there are some 711 00:39:50,300 --> 00:39:52,800 that are going through tough times in their lives. 712 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,200 I pray that you would help them to put that on you. 713 00:39:56,100 --> 00:39:59,900 They would look to you for the comfort and for the rest for the 714 00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:02,700 piece that they need. In Jesus name, I pray. 715 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:03,300 Amen.