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It's good to see everybody this 
morning. 

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I know there is a there's a lot 
of excitement about VBS, right? 

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We've mentioned VBS, quite a 
bit. 

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Scarlet is super excited. 
I'm and I'm excited too. 

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So it looks great in here. 
That's Kyle's already said, 

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thank you to all the volunteers.
I know the works. 

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Not over yet. 
We'll be back this evening to 

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finish setting everything up and
so it's going to be a great 

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week, looking forward to it. 
We're not there yet. 

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So this morning, what we're 
going to be doing is continuing 

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Being in Psalms. 
And so I just want to say thank 

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you very much to James for 
preaching this past week. 

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And I want to thank all the 
other elders and candidates for 

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kind of stepping in as Kyle. 
And I were both out, we both had

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family events going on and very 
grateful to be a part of a 

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church where we have multiple 
Faithful Men, that can fill the 

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pulpit and stand in the Gap when
we can't be here. 

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I'm glad to know that this place
doesn't depend on Kyle Jones, or

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Jasper jacks. 
And so, I'm thankful to those 

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men for doing that. 
We are very blessed church for 

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having multiple guys that can 
lead. 

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Well, amen! 
Amen. 

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All right. 
So we're going to be continuing 

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in our Series in the Psalms. 
We've kicked this off last week.

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James started it out for us and 
the theme for this is aligning 

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ourselves with God's heart and 
so each week as we work through 

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a different Psalm, we're going 
to be looking at how through the

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Psalms we can. 
See the character and the Heart 

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of God and we can seek to align 
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to be more like Christ seeking 
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Christ and so that's the goal of
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Okay? 
Is to be more like God and all 

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that we do and today is no 
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So today we're going to be in 
Psalm 101. 

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If you have your Bible, go ahead
and turn their. 

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I want to start out by telling 
you or proposing an idea. 

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That maybe you haven't heard it.
Is this, the Bible is not a 

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book. 
Have you ever thought about this

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that the Bible? 
It's not really a book. 

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It is a library, it is a 
collection of books and each 

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book has multiple chapters and 
each chapter, of course has its 

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verses But it's a book because 
our it's a library because we 

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have all these different books, 
all these different genres, all 

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these different things in one 
collected form and I've never 

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even thought about it. 
Never dawned on me that most 

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other books you read, don't have
these little thin Pages like a 

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Bible. 
I've always wondered why our 

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Bibles do it. 
Well, if this was normal that it

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would be this thick, right? 
So to get a library into one 

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binding, that we call a book. 
You have thin pages, but this is

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a A library, it's a collection 
of different books. 

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We're looking at the book of 
Psalms, which ironically enough 

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can be divided into five books 
in Psalms Psalms is a collection

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of songs, okay? 
And there's different genres of 

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songs within the book and so 
just like now we have different 

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genres of music out there. 
Some people are digging a 

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country or rock and roll or 
whatever reggae, whatever your 

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thing is. 
Psalms, Has different genres in 

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it. 
These were all meant to be 

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saying but they were on 
different topics and themes. 

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And so you have Psalms of 
lament, if psalms of praise 

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Psalms of Thanksgiving, you have
Psalms of wisdom, then you have 

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what are called royal Psalms 
historical Psalms and prophetic 

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Psalms the one we're reading 
today. 

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Psalm 101 is what's called a 
royal Psalm. 

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Let me tell you a little bit 
about that Royal Psalms were 

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written. 
About David and his kingdom. 

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It involved his kingdom and what
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at that time, is very specific 
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the people in the Kingdom. 
The ESV Study Bible says this 

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Royal Psalms are concerned with 
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vehicle of blessing for God's 
people, all of the royal Psalms 

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relates to the Messiah, the 
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setting a pattern like we see in
Psalms 20, and One or by 

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portraying the Kings reign in 
such a way, that only the 

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Messiah could fulfill it as we 
see in Psalms 272 and even Psalm

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101 today, or they focus on the 
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and the Messiah. 
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David. 
It was about his kingdom and his

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monarchy, but it always pointed 
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It was a foreshadowing. 
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better David a day when the 
things written about would be 

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perfectly filled out. 
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written by David, it's about his
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a vow that he is making to the 
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It is a big vow, if you will, if
what you will. 

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So, one commentary said this 
about, it is said the vows in 

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this song, cover private, 
domestic life, personal 

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relationships and the daily work
of administering Justice, This 

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devoted to cleaning Society, 
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promise is directly relevant to 
holding public office. 

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The presence in the hymn book of
this official Declaration of 

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intent, confirms that the valves
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emphasizing that integrity and 
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religious Duty. 
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it's about as Kingdom. 
It's about as life, it's 

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pointing toward the Messiah, the
better David, but it's also 

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Also, for the people. 
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by the people of Israel. 
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would sing out loud for 
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occasions. 
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wasn't, just looking forward 
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would have sang this and the 
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that by doing so the supplied to
them, as well, okay? 

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In this, David was attempting to
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by Leading them and what he's 
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By clearly laying out how he 
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He offers the people a model for
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homes. 
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the householders psalm because 
it perfectly explains the kind 

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of life that God's people should
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So those of you out there which 
is all of you pay attention, 

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take notes to this, this is a 
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If you were building a home, if 
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if you care about the kind of 
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of your house, not just the 
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building, You with your spouse 
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for you. 
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So enough, teeing it up. 
Without further Ado, let's read 

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it. 
Let's stand if you were able and

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we are going to read Psalm 101 
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I will sing with steadfast love 
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O, Lord, I will make music. 
I will ponder the way that is 

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blameless. 
Oh, when will you come to me? 

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I will walk with Integrity of 
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I will not sit before my eyes. 
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I hate the work of those who 
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It shall not cling to me. 
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from me. 
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Whoever Slanders, his neighbor 
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Whoever has a hearty look and an
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I will not endure. 
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faithful in the land that they 
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He Who Walks in the way that is 
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Shall minister to me. 
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shall dwell in my house. 
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continue before my eyes morning 
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I will destroy all the wicked of
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evildoers from the city of the 
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Amen, let's pray heavenly. 
Father again, we come to you 

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this morning, ask God that you 
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Spirit would move in our hearts 
that you would speak to us 

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through your word and through 
me, God were thankful for this 

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opportunity to read from your 
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everything we do in here today 
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glory, in Christ's name, we 
pray, amen. 

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You may be seated. 
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sermon and behind this text in 
my opinion, is that a Christian 

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Life, is a life of Integrity? 
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lived out properly, a Christian 
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Lived according to Christ's way,
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Integrity in Psalm 101. 
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living a life of integrity. 
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Integrity. 
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of what Integrity is. 
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practice of showing consistent 
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strong principles and values. 
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as the honesty and truthfulness 
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In other words, Integrity is the
opposite of hypocrisy, okay? 

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Don't miss that. 
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write that one down, Integrity 
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So if you don't want to be a 
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person marked by Integrity. 
You must do what you say you 

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will do. 
You must be a person who walks 

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the walk. 
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Have you ever met someone? 
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and not the walking that there's
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I've met people like this, 
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this and I'm going to do this 
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of empty promises never doing 
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would be better to just never 
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first place rather than to say 
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So, a person marked by Integrity
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word, who lives out, what they 
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they will do. 
They walk the walk and very 

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rarely have to talk the talk 
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walk. 
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David wanted to be one 
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goal was to achieve Covenant 
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and socially. 
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throughout the Bible with 
different people, Bow and made 

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promises to God's people. 
They in turn were to live a 

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life, that honored the Lord, 
they were to do their part, by 

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living and seeking God and 
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So in Psalm 101, we see many, I 
will statements David saying 

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taking a vow to say I'm going to
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This is how I'm going to live my
life. 

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It's how I'm going to conduct my
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It's how everything's going to 
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Okay. 
So in verses 1 through 4, what 

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we see is a strong emphasis on 
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If you're taking notes, you can 
write that down one through four

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on personal. 
Tegra T verse one starts out, he

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tells God, what he is going to 
sing about? 

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I will sing of steadfast love 
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O Lord, I will make music. 
So he starts right out of the 

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gate. 
I'm going to sing about love and

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Justice. 
These two themes, we see all 

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throughout God's word, we know 
God is marked by steadfast love 

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and Justice. 
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so David had experienced both As
a young man, this was written 

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early in his Reign and his 
career is King and we know that 

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David had a lot of ups and downs
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right? 
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David was God's anointed. 
But his life was full of highs 

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and lows, he didn't just become,
God, didn't choose him to be 

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king. 
And then David took office and 

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everything was smooth sailing 
from then on, it was just full 

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of highs and lows. 
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both God's love and Justice and 
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see David emulating the Lord in 
his love for righteousness and 

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steadfast love. 
But also Justice. 

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He wanted to be a king that 
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he wanted to remember God's love
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So. 
So verse 2, he says I will 

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ponder the way that is 
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What does the word ponder mean? 
We don't use this a lot in our 

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language. 
Nowadays, Ponder means to 

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consider Or to give special 
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And then, the way that is 
blameless is just another way of

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saying God's ways God's laws, so
he is saying I'm going to give 

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it extra special attention to. 
I'm going to consider. 

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I'm going to meditate on God's 
way. 

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God's law, God's rule. 
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what is good? 
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of you? 
But to do justice, love kindness

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and walk humbly with your God. 
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meditate on this blameless way 
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man of God's word and he goes on
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proved this David wrote, time 
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For God's precepts and his law. 
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throughout the Psalms and no 
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this Summer that talked about 
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me? 
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saying. 
God, when will you come live 

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with me when I'm inviting you 
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When will you come and dwell 
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And he says, I will walk with in
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heart. 
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of the fine points of this text,
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closed doors in our home. 
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people we love the most We can 
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than we would have stranger. 
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There's like this certain level 
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to call it, where will show 
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know what to call that, but you 
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consideration because you don't 
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what's on your mind, you lash 
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But we do this, we have a 
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and be ourselves in our homes, 
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David is saying that even in his
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going to continue to be a man of
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same way he does out in public 
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This is the kind of man. 
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strong and rooted in God's word,
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one's watching, And not only 
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that his whole household does 
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That is household walks and 
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Will see this again here in just
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reminiscent of a reminds me of 
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for me and my house we will 
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Anything that is worthless. 
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my gaze fixed on. 
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God on meditating on God's word.
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on anything that would distract 
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He has just said that he will 
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behind closed doors. 
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Well let's let's we're going to 
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later on in this sermon but 
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and think about that. 
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doors in our home and what we're
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look at and whether or not it's 
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how often do we consider the 
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our witness and on our personal 
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before God You see we a lot of 
times we think, no one else sees

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these things, so no one knows 
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But God sees And so again I ask 
you how often do we consider 

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what we're doing behind closed 
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things before our eyes and I 
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with this. but when it comes to 
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maybe the movies that you allow 
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to watch the TV shows that you 
watch, would you be okay, having

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your search history, put on the 
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Would you be okay? 
Having your watchlist from 

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whatever app up here for 
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watching? 
Are you okay letting your kids 

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watch? 
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indoctrinating them and teaching
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hell. 
You see as a person that has 

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I can tell you that, these 
things absolutely have an effect

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on your integrity. 
Did absolutely affect your walk 

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with the Lord. 
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knows it, or not, doesn't 
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It affects you. 
It affects your heart and your 

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soul. 
It is absolutely crucial that we

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have integrity in our walk with 
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The way we claim to live our 
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Christians and we say we love 
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That we live our lives. 
That way, that we study his 

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word, that we pray in our homes 
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We don't just show up and put on
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in here and act all nice. 
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a child of Hell, the rest of the
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And I'm not doing this to 
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myself to hear. 
But what we put in front of our 

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faces, has a huge impact on you,
on your mood and your Manner and

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your demeanor much more than you
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Don't think of it, it's just 
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No, it's much bigger than that. 
You have to consider your 

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personal integrity and walk with
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your entertainment or the lust 
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The only way you can do that is 
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those things. 
He has to be your God. 

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Not Your Entertainment, not 
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When those things are your God, 
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But consider as David did. 
What am I putting in front of my

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face? 
Am I allowing myself to gaze at 

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worthless things? 
How am I walking behind closed 

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He says, I hate the work of 
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not cling to me, a perverse 
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I will know nothing of evil. 
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those who fall away, it shall 
not cling to me and the nasb it 

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says, it shall not fastened, its
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David recognized, that this work
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This perverse heart this gazing 
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way of sinking its claws into 
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and clinging to you. 
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today, have a way of Being 
addictive things, like looking 

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at, pornography actually produce
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that triggers your mind, think 
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need to do that. 
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whether you recognize it or not.
These things are addictive for a

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reason. 
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has so much power over you. 
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these things have a way of 
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claws in deep. 
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that this this work of those who
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these things I'm going to cast 
it far away. 

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I'm not going to let it cling to
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I'm going to get rid of that. 
I'm putting that out of my life.

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And so I'm begging you this 
morning to recognize it for what

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it is and see it for the danger 
that it is, and understand that 

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it is seeking to destroy you, 
and it is going to hang onto you

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and fight tooth and nail. 
When you it is hard hard to 

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break habits and addictions with
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not just talking about chemical 
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I'm talking about reducing that 
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social media, a little bit, 
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Having a conversation with your 
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Turn it off that show. 
You don't need to be watching. 

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That stuff is hard to do. 
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He's not watching Netflix, 
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putting nothing in front of my 
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It's going to distract me from 
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That's the life I'm after. 
He's not going to let any kind 

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of wickedness take root in his 
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That would that would threaten 
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So again, I'm asking you to 
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Mark, 947 tells us if your eye 
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It's better for you to enter the
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with two eyes. 
Be thrown into hell. 

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Jesus isn't advocating for 
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He's not saying, literally just 
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He's saying, whatever it is that
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You from leading a life where 
you love the Lord and you follow

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the lord, anything that's going 
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Use Extreme Measures if you have
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If you are unable to exercise 
some, some limits, and some 

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discretion with that smartphone,
throw it in the trash and go get

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it. 
Old flip phone until you can do 

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what it takes. 
I'm serious cancel that 

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subscription, do whatever you 
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Get rid of all of it, sit in a 
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Go down, instead of watching TV,
whatever you have to do to 

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prevent this, do it. 
Take Extreme Measures. 

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Find the Cal accountability 
Partners, let your spouse or a 

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close friend. 
Look at your phone and look at 

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your search history. 
Do that set yourself up to where

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you cannot do these things 
anymore. 

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So in these verses we see David 
shows a honest commitment to 

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personal Integrity. 
He wants to be a man that lives 

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his life. 
The way he says, he does whether

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he's behind closed doors or out 
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Now, moving on a big factor in 
this for David was going to be 

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who he surrounded himself with. 
Okay, you can't be a man of 

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integrity or a woman of 
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If you surround yourself with 
Scoundrels, right? 

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So in verses 5 through 8, we see
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social Integrity. 
If you're taking notes you can 

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write that down, social 
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8. 
I just recently started 

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listening to a really cool 
podcast by this guy named Eric 

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Conn. 
It's on biblical manhood and the

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like and he had an episode 
titled weak men will get you 

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killed. 
James probably could put the 

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pieces together and tell me 
exactly what I'm talking about. 

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But he uses a military 
illustration here, specifically,

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he talks about the TV show, Band
of Brothers, which the men that 

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are in biblical manhood are 
getting ready to walk through 

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that. 
We're going to watch that 

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together this summer. 
So this is a Shameless plug for 

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you guys that aren't coming to 
biblical manhood on Thursday 

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nights. 
Come, hang out with us this 

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summer. 
We're going to watch Band of 

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Brothers throughout the summer 
together. 

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So but he used the example of 
this. 

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A show and in it there was a 
character named Sobel. 

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So Bell, Sobel who was a captain
and he was pretty worthless. 

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He was very Petty, very 
capricious as he was described. 

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He was a disciplinarian who's 
constantly berating the men 

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constantly failing them, he 
would get them lost out in Open 

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Fields, he tortured them 
essentially and he was not a 

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good Captain, he was hated by 
his men because of this because 

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they recognize two things. 
Number one, he's A good leader. 

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He's not a strong leader. 
Number two, he's going to get us

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killed. 
And so that's where this idea of

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weak. 
Men will get. 

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You killed comes from David 
likewise recognized that in 

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order to live a life of 
Integrity. 

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He had to have zero tolerance 
for it evil and wickedness, not 

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only in his personal life, but 
in his social life, with the 

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people that he surrounded 
himself with, He could not allow

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those kind of men or women to 
serve in his household. 

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He could not surround himself 
with these type people on that 

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same podcast, episode, Eric Conn
quotes, a statistic says, if you

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surround yourself with obese, 
people your 70% more, likely to 

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be obese. 
I don't know the validity of 

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that claim but I think we all 
get the point. 

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You become like the people that 
you associate with you become 

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like the people, you surround 
yourself with This is never more

455
00:27:39,100 --> 00:27:42,800
true than people who struggle 
with addictions, you find 

456
00:27:42,800 --> 00:27:45,700
yourself around those people 
you're in for trouble. 

457
00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:50,300
So you have to surround yourself
with people that are like minded

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00:27:50,300 --> 00:27:53,100
that are working toward the same
goals, you're working toward. 

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00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:58,300
So again, David understood this,
he understood that the mission. 

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He was on going to be a man of 
integrity to live his life, for 

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00:28:01,900 --> 00:28:04,700
the Lord, and to serve his 
kingdom in a way that would 

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honor the Lord. 
He was going to have to surround

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himself with men and And you 
have the same commitment to God 

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the same love for God. 
He could not be surrounded by 

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00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,100
worthless people. 
Lazy people who did not care 

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about achieving the mission. 
Look at verse 5, it says, 

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whoever Slanders his neighbor 
secretly, I will destroy. 

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00:28:25,700 --> 00:28:28,600
Whoever has a haughty look and 
an arrogant heart. 

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00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,600
I will not endure. 
So slander here, just means to 

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be bearing false witness against
your neighbor. 

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00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:39,200
Now, this is kind of an 
interesting fact, David as king 

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actually had the freedom and the
right and the power to punish 

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that particular offense. 
So, bearing false witness was 

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punishable under the Kings. 
Drain. 

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00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,000
He could actually do something 
about that if he found out about

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it. 
But then the other stuff, the 

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haughty look and the Arrogant 
heart. 

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00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:00,200
This was Pride. 
This was arrogance, this wasn't 

479
00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:02,400
something punishable. 
This was not a punishable 

480
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:06,300
offense, but it's something 
easily recognizable and it's 

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00:29:06,300 --> 00:29:08,800
something David says, I will not
tolerate it. 

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00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:12,900
I will not endure it if you're 
in my house and you're one of my

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00:29:12,900 --> 00:29:16,500
people and I start to recognize 
this, I'm not going to tolerate 

484
00:29:16,500 --> 00:29:17,900
it. 
I'm not going to endure you if 

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00:29:17,900 --> 00:29:21,400
that's how you're going to be, 
so he's laying out. 

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00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,100
These aren't the kind of people 
I want. 

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Move on to verse 6. 
He says, though, I will look 

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00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,700
with favor on the faithful in 
the land that they may dwell 

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00:29:30,700 --> 00:29:33,200
with me. 
He Who Walks in the way? 

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00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,400
That is blameless there. 
We see that phrase again, shall 

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00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:40,600
minister to me. 
So David is going to reward 

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00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:44,700
those who are faithful. 
Those who like himself, love 

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00:29:44,700 --> 00:29:47,400
God's law, they love the 
blameless way. 

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00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,400
They love God's precepts and his
word and they seek to live by 

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00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,800
these. 
He will reward these Is he will 

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00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,300
Elevate. 
He will bring them into his home

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00:29:56,300 --> 00:29:58,300
and give them positions around 
him. 

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00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,200
It is those who will dwell with 
him. 

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00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,600
Again, this doesn't just mean 
come live in my house with me, 

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00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:05,900
like, roommates. 
It means come be part of my 

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00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:10,800
family and what I'm doing. 
So they will dwell with him and 

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00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:13,700
then it says they will minister 
to him. 

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00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:17,600
All that means is assist or 
serve. 

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00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:22,100
So these are the people David 
wants to surround himself with. 

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00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:25,000
These are the kind of people he 
wants being his servants, his 

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00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,200
court officials, his right-hand,
man. 

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00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:31,000
All of those people in his 
kingdom would be upright, 

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00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:33,000
faithful, people who love the 
Lord. 

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00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:37,700
These are the people that would 
help David live a life of 

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00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:41,500
integrity and they would have 
People who also valued living a 

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00:30:41,508 --> 00:30:45,200
life of integrity and then he 
jumps back in verses 7 and 8 

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talking about the wicked again. 
No one who practices deceit 

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00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:52,500
shall dwell in my house and no 
one who utters lies shall 

514
00:30:52,500 --> 00:30:55,400
continue before my eyes morning 
by morning. 

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00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,300
I will destroy all the wicked in
the land, cutting off, all the 

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00:30:59,300 --> 00:31:02,700
evildoers from the city of the 
Lord. 

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00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:07,300
So again, he will not tolerate, 
these kind of people in his 

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00:31:07,300 --> 00:31:11,500
households, they will not serve 
him in any way, he will destroy 

519
00:31:11,500 --> 00:31:13,500
them. 
Now, we know that David didn't 

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00:31:13,500 --> 00:31:15,700
wake up every morning and go 
out. 

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00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:18,800
Walking roaming the countryside 
and roaming, his courts looking 

522
00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,500
for Wicked people, so he could 
destroy them literally. 

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00:31:22,100 --> 00:31:24,400
So, this is part of what we see 
in this Psalm. 

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00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:27,400
That is a foreshadowing of the 
Messiah and how he would 

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00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:31,400
perfectly fulfill this. 
David would not tolerate. 

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00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:36,000
These people Christ will destroy
these people once and for all 

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00:31:36,100 --> 00:31:39,500
eventually. 
So we see this this looking 

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00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:42,800
forward to the better David all 
throughout this Psalm. 

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00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:48,000
Now, this is not all of this, 
this life of Integrity, this 

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00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,600
idea of being a person marked by
integrity and surrounding 

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00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,100
yourself with people of 
Integrity. 

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00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:55,200
This wasn't just something David
came up with. 

533
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,500
This wasn't David's idea that he
just fashioned and thought it 

534
00:31:58,500 --> 00:32:01,800
would be a great idea or really 
This is God's idea. 

535
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:05,000
This is God's way. 
This is part of this blameless 

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00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:09,100
way that we've been reading 
about scripture is full of 

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00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:14,200
support texts for this Psalm 119
one blessed are those, whose way

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00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,900
is blameless? 
Who walk in the law of the Lord 

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00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:21,500
Proverbs 1120, those of crooked 
heart are an Abomination to the 

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00:32:21,508 --> 00:32:25,600
Lord, but those of blameless 
ways are his delight and John 

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00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:30,400
14:23, Jesus answered him. 
If anyone loves me He will keep 

542
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:36,600
my word and my father will love 
him and we will come to him and 

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00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:41,300
make our home with him. 
You remember back in verse 2 and

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00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:43,100
he says, when will you come to 
me? 

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00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,500
Jesus says here, I will come to 
you. 

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00:32:46,500 --> 00:32:49,500
I will make my home with you. 
Me and the father will make our 

547
00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,800
home with anyone who keeps our 
word and loves us. 

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00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,800
This is the kind of man, David 
striving to be. 

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00:32:59,100 --> 00:33:05,700
So, in seeking to live a life of
Integrity, David was seeking to 

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00:33:05,700 --> 00:33:08,200
align his heart with God's 
heart. 

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00:33:09,500 --> 00:33:14,400
He recognized God's ways and 
God's character and wanted to be

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00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,700
more and more like God to live 
his life according to God's 

553
00:33:17,700 --> 00:33:21,600
ways. 
Loving God, following God means 

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00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:25,300
conforming to his ways for the 
blameless way. 

555
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:32,200
David wanted to love what God 
loves and hate what God hates. 

556
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,600
So, you put a high priority on 
personal and social Integrity, 

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00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,600
he wanted to guard his eyes, and
his heart and seek to live a 

558
00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:44,800
life of Integrity. 
Even behind closed doors when no

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00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,500
one else was watching. 
He wanted to put away all evil 

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00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:50,200
from his life. 
He wanted to surround himself 

561
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,200
with people of Integrity, who 
would do the same and help him 

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00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:57,000
fulfill this mission of 
following the Lord. 

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00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,500
Likewise he would not tolerate 
anyone who was deceitful or 

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00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:06,800
Wicked because he recognized the
importance of what he was trying

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00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:09,100
to achieve in his kingdom. 
He understood. 

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00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:13,300
What was at stake here? 
Those under him. 

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00:34:14,699 --> 00:34:18,300
Would follow his lead in this. 
They would have to be people 

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00:34:18,300 --> 00:34:22,699
committed to living a life of 
integrity and it wasn't again 

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00:34:22,699 --> 00:34:25,600
just because he thought that 
that's a great idea because this

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00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:32,300
is what God commands his people.
This is what all believers are 

571
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:35,600
called to do. 
It's what you and I are called 

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00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:41,199
to do live lives of Integrity, 
where we actually follow God, 

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00:34:41,199 --> 00:34:44,199
and we seek to live our lives, 
according to this book. 

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00:34:46,500 --> 00:34:48,900
So what is this mean? 
How do we apply this for us 

575
00:34:48,900 --> 00:34:50,600
today? 
I think it's been pretty clear, 

576
00:34:51,300 --> 00:34:54,400
but let me just hit a few more 
things for you, David and his 

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00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:59,400
house and all of Israel were to 
emulate this attitude and walk 

578
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,000
in Integrity. 
This should lead us to reflect 

579
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,800
on the kind of people, we want 
to be as Christ followers. 

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00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,400
Not only should we seek to walk 
in Integrity personally. 

581
00:35:12,300 --> 00:35:14,800
But just like David, we should 
be careful who we surround 

582
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,700
ourselves with we should want to
be around other men and women 

583
00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:22,700
who value this who are seeking 
to grow in Christ likeness. 

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00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:27,500
I cannot stress the importance 
of finding other men and other 

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00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:33,200
women to be in community with 
weekly where you are feeding off

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00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:37,000
of one another and growing iron 
sharpening iron without this. 

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00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:41,600
We cannot grow in this, we are 
on an island and so you need to 

588
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,900
be Surrounded by fellow brothers
and sisters, who value this? 

589
00:35:45,900 --> 00:35:49,800
Just as much as you do and will 
help hold you accountable to 

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00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,600
this. 
And not only that, but in every 

591
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,600
vein of life, when it comes to 
elections and who we want, 

592
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:02,500
running our schools, our church,
our state, our country, we want 

593
00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:07,900
men and women of Integrity who 
live out the life, they claim to

594
00:36:07,900 --> 00:36:11,600
live who will get things done, 
who walk the walk. 

595
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:15,600
And don't just talk the talk. 
And that's why this Psalm was 

596
00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:19,100
such a great song for the 
coronation of a king because 

597
00:36:19,100 --> 00:36:22,300
this was the cry. 
Hi of the nation as a whole. 

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00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:28,900
So remember because it was a 
coronation Psalm, David wrote 

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00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:31,600
this and it would have been used
in his courts. 

600
00:36:31,900 --> 00:36:35,300
Later would be used when Solomon
became king of be something, 

601
00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:39,100
they sang that day and then, for
subsequent Kings thereafter. 

602
00:36:39,100 --> 00:36:43,000
But I know I'm probably not the 
only one when I was reading this

603
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,200
to think. 
No, wait a minute. 

604
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:47,800
David saying he's not going to 
put anything worthless before 

605
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:52,900
his eyes and he's not going to 
have a perverse heart, but 

606
00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:55,000
wasn't there, that whole 
Bathsheba thing. 

607
00:36:56,400 --> 00:37:00,600
And then Solomon likewise with 
his many wives quickly fell into

608
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:07,100
idolatry because of his wives. 
And so how can they make this 

609
00:37:07,100 --> 00:37:10,200
claim when clearly they didn't 
do it perfectly? 

610
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,600
And the answer. 
Again, is that this is not just 

611
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:20,200
about David and his kingdom, 
it's not just for the people. 

612
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,500
This points toward the better, 
David, its points toward the 

613
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:28,100
Messiah. 
A song like this points us 

614
00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:31,600
straight to Jesus Christ, it 
would be the ultimate 

615
00:37:31,900 --> 00:37:35,300
fulfillment of this. 
Only Christ would be the one to 

616
00:37:35,300 --> 00:37:38,700
do this perfectly. 
Only Christ would be the one to 

617
00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:41,300
live a perfect life of 
integrity. 

618
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:47,400
And so he not David is our 
perfect model for this. 

619
00:37:47,600 --> 00:37:51,000
He is what we're aiming for to 
live our life, like him. 

620
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:56,400
We look to him as the founder 
and Perfecter of our faith to 

621
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,800
help us in this as we seek to do
it. 

622
00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:04,500
That is what Christian life is 
all about growing to be more and

623
00:38:04,500 --> 00:38:10,100
more and more and more and more 
like Christ every single day, 

624
00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:15,100
failing every day. 
But failing forward leaning on 

625
00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:18,000
Christ strength. 
To get us through this to help 

626
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:23,400
us in this constantly, have our 
gaze, fixed on him, as the one 

627
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:28,100
who did this perfectly. 
And this is how we align our 

628
00:38:28,100 --> 00:38:33,000
hearts with God's heart. 
We Focus On Christ, we fix our 

629
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:37,000
Gaze on him in the perfect life 
that he lived to the point of 

630
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:41,700
death on the cross, to pay for 
our sins to pay for the sins of 

631
00:38:41,700 --> 00:38:46,200
David, the sins of Solomon and 
every believer before. 

632
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:51,200
And after Christ lived, a 
perfect life so that we can 

633
00:38:51,300 --> 00:38:57,600
strive to live a life like him. 
We as Christians are called to 

634
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:02,300
live lives of Integrity to be 
men and women marked by 

635
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,100
integrity. 
And so I want to encourage you 

636
00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:08,600
this morning to take this. 
Now, this morning and dwell on 

637
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:12,600
this read this Psalm again with 
your family this week, talk 

638
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,500
about these things consider, 
what you're putting in front of 

639
00:39:15,500 --> 00:39:19,700
your fight, your face in your 
eyes, consider the way you lead 

640
00:39:19,700 --> 00:39:23,900
your family behind closed, doors
and be a man and a woman in a 

641
00:39:23,900 --> 00:39:27,000
family of Integrity that Love 
the Lord and hold fast to his 

642
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:32,300
word and cling to it, and don't 
let the world cling to you. 

643
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,600
Amen. 
I'm gonna invite the worship 

644
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:38,100
team to come on up. 
Say one final thing here. 

645
00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:46,100
As Believers as Christians as 
people who love the Lord love 

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00:39:46,100 --> 00:39:48,500
Jesus. 
Again, I want to encourage. 

647
00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:53,100
You don't just talk the talk, 
but walk, the walk everywhere. 

648
00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:55,600
And every vein of your life, the
people, you surround yourself 

649
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,600
with the way you live, your life
Behind Closed Doors, if you 

650
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:01,500
claim to be a Christian live, 
like one. 

651
00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:05,800
Okay, don't miss that. 
I'm going to say that again, if 

652
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:09,700
you claim to be a Christian 
live, like one. 

653
00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:14,100
I'm not just talking about 
legalism here, I'm talking about

654
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:20,000
love the Lord seek Him daily 
gaze upon the Lord, study his 

655
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,700
word and live your life 
according to the blameless ways.

656
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,700
Leaning on Christ the whole time
knowing that you're not going to

657
00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:31,000
be perfect in this but through 
Christ, we have perfect 

658
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:34,100
forgiveness. 
When we do fail and maybe if 

659
00:40:34,100 --> 00:40:36,700
you're in this place and you're 
an unbeliever, you've never 

660
00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:38,500
trusted in Christ as your 
savior. 

661
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,000
If you're guilty of things that 
we've read about today. 

662
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,400
Slander arrogance, Pride to see 
wickedness, let me tell you. 

663
00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:53,200
this text is clear that God is 
just So, the Wicked, the people 

664
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,600
who practice, these things will 
be destroyed. 

665
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:00,900
But if you're here today and 
you've never trusted Christ long

666
00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:02,100
as you have breath in your 
lungs. 

667
00:41:02,100 --> 00:41:07,200
It is not too late. 
Repent, believe the gospel 

668
00:41:07,400 --> 00:41:09,800
Believe In Christ. 
And what he did on that cross 

669
00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:14,400
turn from your old Wicked Ways, 
and follow Jesus and give him 

670
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:18,800
your entire life today. 
And then from here, on be a 

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00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:21,100
person, marked by a life of 
integrity. 

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Where you're seeking a Lord and 
chasing after that blameless 

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way. 
It's not too late to give your 

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life to God. 
Today, if you've never done 

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that, I'll be happy to talk to 
you about this later. 

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Kyle Allen, any of us would be 
happy to if you want to pray. 

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I can do that. 
I'll be in the back but I urge, 

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you don't. 
Wait, if you've never done that,

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give the Lord your life today. 
Repent and believe, I love you, 

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guys, I want to encourage you in
this. 

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This is a great thing to inspire
us to go out of this place and 

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be men and women who live a life
of Integrity. 

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Just as David was seeking to do.
Amen. 

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Stan your feet, I'm going to 
pray for Real quick and we'll do

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some worship God, we love you. 
We thank you for your word. 

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Father were grateful for all you
have done for us. 

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We're thankful for your son. 
Jesus the perfect life that he 

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led a life of Integrity. 
We are thankful for men like 

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David who showed us through your
word, the importance and the 

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need and the desire that we 
should all have to be men and 

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women of integrity. 
God help us in this help us in 

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this Lord help us to live our 
lives in such a way that we 

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honor you and everything. 
We do that we remove anything 

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that would hinder us from 
walking with you remove a 

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perverse heart from us God and 
fill us with your love and your 

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spirit. 
We can walk in your way. 

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Christ. 
We love you. 

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We honor you and we glorify you.
We want to live lives that are 

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pleasing to you. 
We ask now that you grant us 

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this in Jesus name, amen? 
Christ. 

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We love you. 
We honor you and we glorify you.

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We want to live lives that are 
pleasing to you. 

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We ask now that you grant us 
this in Jesus name, amen?