1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,700 Well, happy Memorial Day to you, I'm glad or Memorial Day 2 00:00:08,700 --> 00:00:13,200 weekend. I should say of many, many 3 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,000 things to be thankful for on Memorial Day. 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,200 One of those ought to be the freedom together for worship. 5 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:22,800 Amen. And so we praise God for that 6 00:00:22,800 --> 00:00:26,100 freedom, that we have. That's been afforded To Us by 7 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:29,400 many who gave their lives to protect those freedoms. 8 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,299 And so, we praise God for that, amen. 9 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,500 It's good to see you. My name is Kyle. 10 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:36,800 If your Visiting today. Thank you for being here. 11 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:41,100 I served as lead pastor and we were going to be beginning 12 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:45,500 again, I guess continuing technically our Series in the 13 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:48,700 Psalms and so you can open your Bible to Psalm chapter 3. 14 00:00:49,100 --> 00:00:52,100 If you're unfamiliar where the Psalms are, you can just about 15 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:55,200 grab the Bible, by the middle and open it up and you'll be 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:59,600 probably in a song or very close to but will be in Psalm chapter 17 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:05,099 3, Psalm chapter 3 Well when I say continuing a series, what I 18 00:01:05,107 --> 00:01:08,100 mean is that for the last, I think five years. 19 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:12,400 Now we have been preaching through some songs during the 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:14,600 summer so we've been committing the summer to preach through 21 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:18,200 those. We've done as few as seven, I 22 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:22,900 think as many so far as 10, this summer, we're going to do 12. 23 00:01:22,900 --> 00:01:25,600 And so we're going to preach through 12. 24 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:29,200 Different songs, you'll hear from different pastors on our 25 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,200 pastor team through the summer. This is an opportunity for them 26 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,300 to to exercise their giftedness as well. 27 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:37,900 And so I'm grateful to be able to hear from them in the coming 28 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:41,200 weeks also. But today we begin with some 29 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,900 three. Now, when we talk about Psalms, 30 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:46,200 one of the things we've said, just kind of the overarching 31 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,100 theme of what we're after our goal, if you will, is to align 32 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:53,700 ourselves with God's heart, I think that's the purpose of the 33 00:01:53,708 --> 00:01:56,700 songs in the Psalms what we're encountering or men who are 34 00:01:56,708 --> 00:02:01,300 taking their petitions to the Lord men and great distress men 35 00:02:01,300 --> 00:02:04,700 and great turmoil. Men, going Through battles and 36 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:07,100 all sorts of things. And as we see here, a man who is 37 00:02:07,100 --> 00:02:12,700 on the run from his enemies. And so, when these men carry, 38 00:02:12,700 --> 00:02:17,100 these distresses to the Lord, what they're doing is seeking to 39 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:19,500 align themselves with God's plan. 40 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:23,700 So you can could line themselves with the heart of God for them 41 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:27,200 in those situations. And so, that is what we have. 42 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:29,800 And I think that's the purpose of the Psalms. 43 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:32,200 I think it's the purpose of prayer and, you know, it's one 44 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:34,600 of the reasons. We seeing truths it's because 45 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:37,800 we're wanting to align our heart with God's heart, wanting to 46 00:02:37,808 --> 00:02:41,900 align ourselves with the heart of God, when describing the 47 00:02:41,900 --> 00:02:45,600 Psalms Puritan pastor and 17th century. 48 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,100 Richard sieves, he said this, he said they are the anatomy of a 49 00:02:49,100 --> 00:02:54,700 holy man, which lay the inside of him outward for all to see 50 00:02:54,700 --> 00:02:57,200 since everything in him coming out for all to see. 51 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,000 He goes on to say, if the scriptures be compared to a 52 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,200 body, then the Psalms would be the art. 53 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:07,300 They are so full of sweet, affections and passions for 54 00:03:07,300 --> 00:03:10,000 another portions of scripture, God speaks to us. 55 00:03:11,300 --> 00:03:16,500 But in the Psalms, holy men speak to God and their own 56 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:19,100 hearts, and it's thoroughly that last phrase that we're thinking 57 00:03:19,100 --> 00:03:23,400 about as we think about the Psalms, holy men speak to God 58 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:29,500 and to their own hearts. It's all about alignment, right? 59 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:33,700 And so the truth is, this is that whatever whenever you grow 60 00:03:33,700 --> 00:03:36,200 up for, I went out whatever world you live in, whether it 61 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:40,700 was, you know, the 17th century or first century, or we get into 62 00:03:40,700 --> 00:03:44,100 some be Sierra, right? Wherever you grew up. 63 00:03:44,100 --> 00:03:48,700 The question remains, are you, or are you not going to align 64 00:03:48,700 --> 00:03:51,300 yourself with the God, who created the heavens and the 65 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:54,400 Earth? It's the question of the day. 66 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,400 It's the question we face today. Is the question will face 67 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,200 tomorrow. It's the question future 68 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:01,800 Generations. Should the Lord tarry will also 69 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,900 face? Will we align ourselves with the 70 00:04:04,900 --> 00:04:07,700 heart of God or will we not? And so you're going to face this 71 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:13,600 decision each day to who or to what will I line my heart with 72 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,700 for Christians? The answer ought to be clear. 73 00:04:16,899 --> 00:04:20,399 We're going to align ourselves with God. 74 00:04:21,100 --> 00:04:25,700 And so we strive to do that, But our flesh is rebellious to God's 75 00:04:25,700 --> 00:04:29,400 word are fret. Our flesh is rebellious to God 76 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,800 himself. And so, there's a decision about 77 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:36,000 alignment to make each day, and really moment-by-moment 78 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,700 throughout the day How am I going to respond to this 79 00:04:39,700 --> 00:04:41,800 situation? In what ways am I going to 80 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:45,300 glorify the Lord here? And now with the things that are 81 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:48,200 happening in these circumstances, all right? 82 00:04:48,300 --> 00:04:52,100 And so the Psalms then are a gift from God, concerning your 83 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:55,900 alignment struggle there, give to the Lord teaching you how to 84 00:04:55,900 --> 00:04:59,700 align yourself with God. And in them we see men billing 85 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:04,900 openly honestly with God on a variety of issues and every one 86 00:05:04,900 --> 00:05:08,100 of them points us toward God, God's heart. 87 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:11,100 Every one of them shows us the way to align ourselves with the 88 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:13,900 heart of the Lord. That's why we are going to spend 89 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:17,800 these 12 weeks in the Psalms so an invite you now to stand to 90 00:05:17,808 --> 00:05:20,100 your feet. If you're able, as we read, 91 00:05:20,100 --> 00:05:24,500 Psalm 3, When I finish reading, I'll say this is the word of the 92 00:05:24,500 --> 00:05:27,900 Lord and you will respond. Thanks be to God. 93 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:35,100 Psalm 3, a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son. 94 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,600 Oh Lord. How many are my foes. 95 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:43,100 Many are rising against me. Many are saying of my soul. 96 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:50,800 There is no salvation for him in God C'est Le But You O Lord. 97 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:54,700 Are a shield about me. My glory and the lifter of my 98 00:05:54,700 --> 00:05:58,700 head, I cried aloud to the Lord and he answered me from his Holy 99 00:05:58,700 --> 00:06:03,100 Hill. C'est, Le I lay down and slept. 100 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:05,500 I woke again for the Lord's sustain me. 101 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:08,900 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people who have set 102 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:13,100 themselves against me all around arise. 103 00:06:13,100 --> 00:06:15,200 O. Lord, save me. 104 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:20,200 Oh my God, for you strike all my Enemies on the cheek, you break 105 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:24,300 the teeth of the wicked salvation Belongs to the Lord, 106 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:29,400 your blessing, beyond your people say, Le this is the word 107 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:32,200 of the Lord. Thanks be to God, let me pray 108 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:33,700 for us. Heavenly Father, we thank you 109 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:37,000 for today. We thank you for the Psalms and 110 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,300 what they mean for us and Lord, we ask now that you would open 111 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:42,500 our hearts and Minds to receive your word. 112 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:47,400 Help us to believe these things that we see here, help us to 113 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:50,300 commit ourselves. So our actions, our works, our 114 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:55,100 words each day to you that we might glorify your name in all 115 00:06:55,100 --> 00:06:58,900 the Earth and Lord, whatever circumstances faces, whatever 116 00:06:58,900 --> 00:07:02,300 enemies over, foes May surround us. 117 00:07:03,100 --> 00:07:05,500 Lord no matter how many they may be. 118 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:10,400 We know that you are the god of salvation Salvation Belongs To 119 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:15,600 You O Lord. And so our trust is in you fully 120 00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:21,500 to deliver us. And to bring destruction upon 121 00:07:21,500 --> 00:07:24,100 our enemies and we trust you in these things. 122 00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:26,400 We love you. Lord, we commit this time to you 123 00:07:26,700 --> 00:07:30,300 in Christ's name, I pray, amen. Amen. 124 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:38,200 You may be seated. So the the context of the song 125 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:41,100 provides the context for our prayer, okay? 126 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:43,700 So let's talk about the context for just a second. 127 00:07:43,700 --> 00:07:48,200 This Psalm is set in second, Samuel, 15 through 17. 128 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:49,600 I'm not going to have you turn there, but I'll tell you a 129 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,200 little bit about what's going on in second. 130 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:55,700 Samuel, 15 through 17 there. What we have is the initial 131 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:59,100 flight of David from his evil. Son is rebellious. 132 00:07:59,100 --> 00:08:02,800 Son. Absalom Absalom has wrongfully 133 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,900 accused David of things. He's wrongfully sought to stir. 134 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,500 Up many people against the king against God's anointed, and so 135 00:08:10,500 --> 00:08:14,400 now they pursue him to kill him, David's flight. 136 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:18,700 There is covered in about two nights and the first of, which 137 00:08:18,700 --> 00:08:22,700 would understandably have been most difficult, right? 138 00:08:22,700 --> 00:08:24,200 It's the first night of the flight. 139 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,500 It's the first night of fleeing for your life. 140 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:30,600 You can understand that he might come to wherever he rested 141 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:34,600 dejected. He may come there downcast and 142 00:08:34,600 --> 00:08:37,500 after all his son is sick, Going to destroy his life. 143 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:41,799 He may come, they're upset, but the antidote as we see in this 144 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:45,500 Psalm, the antidote to his dejection the antidote to his 145 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:49,000 despair is first to assert Divine truth. 146 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,600 That's what we see in verse 3. And I'm going to walk through 147 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,000 these a little more clearly here in a moment. 148 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,300 But I'm just kind of lay out the context. 149 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,200 The first thing he does, is he asserts to find truth? 150 00:08:58,300 --> 00:09:02,600 Secondly, he seeks Divine Aid there in verse 4 of the 151 00:09:02,608 --> 00:09:07,300 blessings of this. The blessings of this are a good 152 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:09,600 night's sleep. We see that he lays down to 153 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,700 sleep. That he woke because the Lord 154 00:09:11,700 --> 00:09:15,500 sustained him, but he also has renewed confidence, fresh 155 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:18,200 confidence for the new day, he went to sleep. 156 00:09:18,300 --> 00:09:21,100 Distressed. He woke up ready to face the 157 00:09:21,100 --> 00:09:23,100 day. Ready to face the enemies of his 158 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:27,500 day confidence in the Lord and so one day ended in prayer and 159 00:09:27,500 --> 00:09:30,600 verse 4 in the new day. Begins in calling on God to 160 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,400 deliver him. For he is always been the photo 161 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:37,600 of David's foes and that's ultimately the confidence we 162 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:42,100 have in the Lord is that he is the enemy of our enemies, right? 163 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:46,200 He is our friend and our deliverer, but our enemies are 164 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:50,500 after Kim. This is why Christ says to Saul 165 00:09:50,500 --> 00:09:55,500 in Acts chapter 9. Saul Saul why are you 166 00:09:55,700 --> 00:10:00,200 persecuting me as Saul was seeking to destroy Christians 167 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,800 because anyone who Hands against a Christian ultimately stands 168 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:07,600 against the Lord. And so he's always been the 169 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,700 photo of David's, foes, David knows this. 170 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:13,100 And so confident prayer comes from the mouth of David. 171 00:10:13,100 --> 00:10:16,600 He draws on past experiences of Grace, and those past 172 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:20,300 experiences begets, this assurance for the future that 173 00:10:20,300 --> 00:10:24,200 God will Deliver Us. His Blessing will be on his 174 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,200 people. And so, David models for you. 175 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,800 And I, and for the nation of Israel as it was written in 176 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,100 Meant To Be Sung. And I've for all who come after 177 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:38,500 right and all who have gone before he models for us genuine, 178 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:43,800 faith, and extreme distress. He's distressed and so we can 179 00:10:43,800 --> 00:10:47,600 learn to do the same in our times of distress as well. 180 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:51,600 If you take it notes, I would like for you to write this 181 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:53,400 phrase down, you have a worship guide their children. 182 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:57,400 You have one to Salvation Belongs to the Lord for he 183 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:01,700 destroys his enemies. And He blesses his people, he 184 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:03,400 destroys his enemies and blesses. 185 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,000 His people salvation Belongs to the Lord. 186 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,400 Amen. So, the first thing we see, is 187 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,400 that David complains to the Lord here in verses 1 and 2? 188 00:11:13,700 --> 00:11:15,600 He utters his complaints of the Lord. 189 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,600 He says, oh Lord. How many are my foes? 190 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,700 Many are rising against me. Many are saying O. 191 00:11:22,700 --> 00:11:27,400 My soul, there is no salvation for him in God C'est. 192 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:32,300 Le now, you notice the initial address here, it's Lord, right? 193 00:11:32,300 --> 00:11:36,900 Lord, It's translated Lord in our scriptures, but what was 194 00:11:36,900 --> 00:11:38,700 originally written? There was y'all the way which 195 00:11:38,700 --> 00:11:41,200 was the Covenant name of God given to his people. 196 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,500 So he invokes the Covenant name of Yahweh or Lord as we see it. 197 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:50,500 Now as he draws on or calls on the Lord, he begins his prayer. 198 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:53,200 He begins his complaint with this Covenant name. 199 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:56,600 I know that you were the God who does not forsake me, even though 200 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:01,400 they're saying that there is no salvation for me in you Lord 201 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,100 help me, right? No matter what is going on in 202 00:12:04,100 --> 00:12:07,100 your life matters. What is happening in your 203 00:12:07,100 --> 00:12:10,300 circumstances? You two can come boldly before 204 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:12,700 the throne of grace and receive mercy, and Grace, in your time 205 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:15,000 of need. That's what David is modeling 206 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:19,000 for a series coming Before, the Throne of the king and saying 207 00:12:19,300 --> 00:12:24,300 Lord. How many are those that? 208 00:12:24,300 --> 00:12:26,700 Threaten me. And that's really the sum of his 209 00:12:26,700 --> 00:12:29,200 complaint. There are many foes, that 210 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:34,000 threaten him and taunt him. There are many foes that 211 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,200 threatened him and taught him. The, the threat of Absalom and 212 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,800 his angry mob is growing. We see, in second Samuel 15, 213 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:46,300 that, that as that many people, it says, turn their heart to 214 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:49,600 Absalom meaning, they turned away from the King, they turned 215 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:52,900 away from God's anointed one. Turn their heart towards a 216 00:12:52,900 --> 00:12:55,700 wicked man who is seeking to lead the people astray and to 217 00:12:55,700 --> 00:12:58,100 destroy God's. Anointed one, it says many turn 218 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:00,900 their heart from the King to Absalom. 219 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:06,400 So the angry mob is growing as do Angry mobs, typically grow. 220 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:11,900 People like to be angry, they like to foam at the mouth, they 221 00:13:11,900 --> 00:13:15,500 like to grow and their descent. They like to utter their 222 00:13:15,500 --> 00:13:17,900 blasphemies against God and his people. 223 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,200 They Rise Against Dave, they say of his soul, there is no 224 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:27,400 salvation for him in. God does in the end his enemies 225 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,800 are essentially implying this which is you know ironic that 226 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:35,100 his sins are so great that not even God can save him from their 227 00:13:35,100 --> 00:13:37,800 hands. His enemies are so great that 228 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,900 God is going to let them destroy his life. 229 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,600 David situation is desperate. His foes are many, they're after 230 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,000 him and he is indeed guilty of sin. 231 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:53,100 He committed adultery and he murdered to cover it up and so 232 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:57,000 the talk comes to him. There is no salvation for you in 233 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,100 God, there's no one who can save you. 234 00:14:00,900 --> 00:14:04,100 And this is the greatest taunt that anyone can ever utter. 235 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,300 Nothing is worse than the threats of finally, being 236 00:14:08,300 --> 00:14:12,000 forsaken by God. Right. 237 00:14:12,700 --> 00:14:15,600 Is there anything worse that you can think of than God to finally 238 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,200 turn his back on you? Not at all. 239 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:24,000 Not at all. And so, this brings a moment of 240 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:28,000 silence for David. Se la, se la, is a liturgical 241 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,200 term. Is it could be a musical term as 242 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,200 far as the song goes, if as it was being sung and you got to 243 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:38,200 sail, all this might be a musical break a time to reflect 244 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,400 on the accusations of your enemy. 245 00:14:40,700 --> 00:14:44,700 A time to think on those sins, a time to recall those things. 246 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:49,600 And so, David breaks in his song here. 247 00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:54,100 When your enemies rise against you, or when your enemies Rise 248 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,900 Against God's people, collectively there is an 249 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:59,400 opportunity. Then to doubt, whether or not 250 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:03,300 God, will save you as the threat Rises, right. 251 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:06,600 As the threat increases, you become more aware of the threat 252 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:10,500 and you because you tend to doubt more, you tend to wonder 253 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:13,400 whether God could deliver your not, whether God cares to 254 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:16,000 deliver you or not. You send the doubt the goodness 255 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,800 of God in those moments. But Satan and his demons love to 256 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:24,300 accuse God's people. They love to accuse God's people 257 00:15:24,300 --> 00:15:28,700 of being too awful to retched for God to save. 258 00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:32,900 Even our worldly enemies, those who have set themselves against 259 00:15:32,900 --> 00:15:35,600 God, they to Rise Against the Lord. 260 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:39,400 They to Rise Against God's people and other threats and 261 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,800 taunts just as their lord, Satan does. 262 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:48,100 They seek to destroy the salvation of God's people, by 263 00:15:48,100 --> 00:15:50,900 winning them, over to their own. Cause just as Absalom was 264 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:54,700 winning these people's hearts away from the King to his own 265 00:15:55,000 --> 00:16:01,000 efforts, Now, one, such instance of this, that we can see in our 266 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:07,200 day, glaringly brightly on full display for all of us is each 267 00:16:07,200 --> 00:16:10,900 June each June. Ironically, those who have set 268 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:13,400 themselves proudly against the Lord and their sexual 269 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,300 immorality. Celebrate their self-proclaimed 270 00:16:16,300 --> 00:16:19,600 pride month. It isn't a peaceful celebration 271 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:23,500 at all. I just saw the other day, one of 272 00:16:23,508 --> 00:16:27,700 the most Blasphemous videos I've ever seen in which transsexuals 273 00:16:27,700 --> 00:16:31,700 were Des, really making a, mockery of the crucifixion of 274 00:16:31,700 --> 00:16:36,000 Christ as they were dressed as Christ on a cross except using 275 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:41,000 the cross to pole dance. It's Blasphemous. 276 00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:44,700 It's a war. Spiritual warfare. 277 00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:47,800 Is that place? I don't hold them necessarily at 278 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:51,200 faults in the sense that I do believe they are deceived. 279 00:16:51,700 --> 00:16:54,300 I do believe they'll pay for their wickedness as well. 280 00:16:55,900 --> 00:17:01,100 It's evil does not deduct desire to exist in neutrality with 281 00:17:01,100 --> 00:17:04,800 that, which is eternally good. You understand that right? 282 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,300 Evil. Doesn't seek to be neutral 283 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:08,700 towards those things that are good. 284 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:13,800 That is not the way of Satan and his cause so it must set itself 285 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,599 against the world. It must set itself against his 286 00:17:16,599 --> 00:17:19,099 word, it must set itself against his people. 287 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:21,700 Not simply one example, right? Like it. 288 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:25,900 And it's next week. So be prepared for the onslaught 289 00:17:25,900 --> 00:17:29,600 of pride month propaganda that will come into your home. 290 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:35,300 We're television and their social media, and whatever else. 291 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,100 Right? Be on guard against those 292 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,800 things. There are many examples of the 293 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,800 enemies of God setting themselves against God's people 294 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,400 with threats, and taunts and our world today. 295 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,100 But they want to destroy the faith of God's people. 296 00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:55,600 We see this past present future like this is always going to be 297 00:17:55,600 --> 00:18:00,800 the case until the Lord returns. At times they sought to do. 298 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:05,100 So through martyrdom thinking like those who crucified Christ 299 00:18:05,100 --> 00:18:10,300 that if we take his life, we end the threat of his rule wrong. 300 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:14,600 You only strengthened his rule, you only made his rule more 301 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,800 appropriate for his people. You only made people more 302 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:21,600 aligned to his ways. You only made salvation possible 303 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:24,400 through those who believe in Christ Jesus, by taking his 304 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,500 life. Amen. 305 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:30,300 I'm calling himself. God was not Blasphemous. 306 00:18:30,300 --> 00:18:35,700 It was truth and he was murdered for an unjust reason and yet by 307 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:41,300 him all of us who are unjust may be justified, may receive 308 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:43,800 justification. We may receive final pardon we 309 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:48,900 may receive Mercy where we ought not received Mercy, praise the 310 00:18:48,900 --> 00:18:54,600 Lord for such Grace, yet though, the enemies of God Arise against 311 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,800 him and his people. Salvation Belongs to the Lord. 312 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,300 That's the refrain of. This passage salvation is in the 313 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:03,900 hands of God. It's not according to what the 314 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:07,100 enemies are doing. It's belongs solely to him. 315 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,600 It is he who destroys his enemies and he who blesses his 316 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:15,100 people, and that brings David tube of the Declaration of 317 00:19:15,108 --> 00:19:17,900 confidence. He declares confidence in the 318 00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:19,600 Lord here in verses 3, through 4. 319 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,700 He says, but You O Lord. So what was it? 320 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:25,700 Why is he saying about you? Well because at the end of verse 321 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:29,400 2, he says they're saying there is no salvation for him in God 322 00:19:29,900 --> 00:19:33,000 but You O Lord. Are a shield about me. 323 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:38,000 You are my glory and the lifter of my head, I cried aloud to the 324 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:43,600 Lord and he answered me from his Holy Hill C'est Le and so now 325 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,800 the psalmist reflects, he reflected once upon the enemies, 326 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:50,100 he reflected Once Upon that which they were seeking. 327 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:54,000 Due to destroy him. And now he reflects on the 328 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,500 goodness of God, he's confident in the work of the Lord. 329 00:19:57,500 --> 00:20:01,600 He is saying, you are my shield. You are my glory, you are the 330 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:05,100 lifter of my head. I cried aloud to you and you 331 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:08,900 answered me from your Holy Hill. Where's his confidence in the 332 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:12,100 Lord? It's not in his own hands, it's 333 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:15,300 not in his own skills, it's not his own knowledge, it's his 334 00:20:15,300 --> 00:20:18,500 confidence as in the work of the Lord. 335 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,400 Here we see that despite the attacks of his enemy, David is 336 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:27,700 finding great comfort great help from the Lord and remembering 337 00:20:27,700 --> 00:20:30,000 the Lord's past works on his by of. 338 00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:33,300 You are my shield, my glory, the lifter of my head. 339 00:20:33,300 --> 00:20:36,100 In other words, you were my Defender, you're my state of 340 00:20:36,100 --> 00:20:40,000 high on or you're the source of my comfort and strength, though. 341 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,800 He is in great distress, David looks to the Lord for help. 342 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,800 He declares what he believes, he declares what he knows to be 343 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,200 true. About God, when your heart and 344 00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:54,800 your mind are sinking into despair, brothers and sisters, 345 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,300 you must speak back to your heart and mind, you must order 346 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:01,800 the Glorious truths of God on your behalf. 347 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,100 Amen. If you can't see it for 348 00:21:05,100 --> 00:21:07,200 yourself. If you haven't seen it by your 349 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,300 own experiences, yet you go to the word of God and you say 350 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:15,000 David prayed, Lord, that you were his shield that you were 351 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,100 his glory, that you were the lifter of his head that you, 352 00:21:18,108 --> 00:21:21,700 this is the Covenant. God at work in the lives of his 353 00:21:21,700 --> 00:21:24,800 people and I to now other these things to you. 354 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,900 Lord. I to trust these things because 355 00:21:27,900 --> 00:21:31,500 David says, this is who you are. I trust that it is true. 356 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:34,200 I know that this is your word and see how that works right 357 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,600 here just recalling. The nature of God's word, back 358 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,600 to himself, the content of his word back to him, not as if 359 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:43,500 you're trying to remind him but you're declaring it to your own 360 00:21:43,500 --> 00:21:46,800 heart and mind. Amen, you're not letting your 361 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:50,000 thoughts run wild with you. You're not letting your emotions 362 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,800 over take you instead. You're speaking to those things 363 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,800 and you're saying as David pray or yeah, David phrase in Psalm 364 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,000 42. Why are you down cast on my 365 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,400 soul, right? And then you're just speaking 366 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:05,100 back to your own heart and mind in, those problems in those 367 00:22:05,100 --> 00:22:07,600 things, you're not letting them run you. 368 00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:11,900 One commentator wrote this, he said, as long as this light 369 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:15,600 shines in our hearts these truths of God, right? 370 00:22:15,700 --> 00:22:18,200 As long as this light shines in our heart, we are not cut off 371 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:22,600 from God, but are accepted and heard by him, and will receive 372 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,600 Divine help, comfort, and deliverance, as long as this 373 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,700 light shines, this is exactly what David does. 374 00:22:29,700 --> 00:22:34,300 I cried aloud to the Lord and he answered me from his Holy Hill. 375 00:22:35,500 --> 00:22:38,300 David cries out to God he's reminding himself of all the 376 00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:41,700 ways that God has cared for him in the past and doing so has 377 00:22:41,700 --> 00:22:44,900 built confidence for his present moment doing. 378 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:47,300 So has enabled him now to walk by faith. 379 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:51,200 Doing so his allowed him to look blindly upon his present 380 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,500 circumstances to not worry about those things so much but to fix 381 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:58,000 his eyes on the Creator. The one from which his help 382 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:03,500 actually comes for what he sees. Around him looks like utter ruin 383 00:23:03,700 --> 00:23:06,200 yet. He knows that his Lord can save 384 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,800 him, amen. And then he just says sayla. 385 00:23:12,300 --> 00:23:14,400 Another words, here's another musical break. 386 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,500 Here's another moment to pause and to reflect on God, my 387 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:22,000 shield. It's another time. 388 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,600 Another moment to think about the God who comforts me and my 389 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,400 afflictions, The God, Who is my glory, The God, Who is the 390 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,000 lifter of my head? And my Affliction right? 391 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:38,900 He's taking time now to reflect on the goodness of God, towards 392 00:23:38,900 --> 00:23:44,300 him in the past, praise the Lord you two can do this. 393 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:46,200 And David is a great example to us here. 394 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,100 What it looks like to speak to our miseries. 395 00:23:50,300 --> 00:23:52,400 He's a great example of what it looks like to speak to your 396 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:58,600 despairs to not let them overtake you like a you know, 397 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:02,000 like a rain cloud on a cartoon show right there, just kind of 398 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 follows you around everywhere, raining on you all the time. 399 00:24:06,900 --> 00:24:10,700 But rather to speak to those things, and to say that God, is 400 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:13,900 your help. When your enemies taught you 401 00:24:14,900 --> 00:24:20,000 when your enemies, threaten you. Let it let it trigger your 402 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:22,300 faith. Not your anger. 403 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,700 Let it trigger your faith, not your despair. 404 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,700 Let it let it invoke faith in you to say. 405 00:24:29,700 --> 00:24:33,200 It does not matter what they say, it does not matter what 406 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,400 they do. It does not matter if they foam 407 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,900 and foam, and I don't care what I care about is, the Lord is my 408 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:41,900 deliverer. The Lord is mighty to save the 409 00:24:41,900 --> 00:24:46,200 Lord is my helper. And so when they do that, you 410 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,100 recall the Covenant keeping nature of God, you Proclaim his 411 00:24:50,100 --> 00:24:54,300 faithfulness, his steadfast love both in what you've seen in his 412 00:24:54,300 --> 00:24:56,800 word and through your own experiences. 413 00:24:56,800 --> 00:25:01,600 You recall these things and in doing so you do like David will 414 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:07,100 receive renewed confidence. And that confidence leads to 415 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:12,100 peace a confidence breeds hope. Despite your present 416 00:25:12,100 --> 00:25:17,000 circumstances salvation Belongs to the Lord, for he destroys as 417 00:25:17,008 --> 00:25:19,900 enemies and blesses, his people. The next thing we see, the third 418 00:25:19,900 --> 00:25:23,600 thing we see here about David as he sings of his safety, I'll 419 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,700 office. He sings of his safety, it is 420 00:25:27,700 --> 00:25:30,800 prayer of confidence in the Lord supplies him with Security. 421 00:25:31,100 --> 00:25:36,700 Even while he's being hunted, May you got many foes Rising 422 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:39,800 against you. This isn't you know modern day 423 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:42,500 where you can hop on an airplane and take off and disappear 424 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:46,400 rather quickly at least for a while or hop in a car and drive 425 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,600 away long as you got a good hour Head Start, Right? 426 00:25:50,100 --> 00:25:55,700 This is were fleeing on foot or were fleeing on Horseback but 427 00:25:55,700 --> 00:25:57,900 they're going to find us they're going to catch up. 428 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,400 And yet. After he recalls his desperate 429 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:12,300 time, his need for the Lord. He gives his confidence now, 430 00:26:12,300 --> 00:26:14,600 right in the Lord that you are my help. 431 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:20,900 And now, he lays down to sleep. He lays down to sleep. 432 00:26:20,900 --> 00:26:24,700 He says, I lay down and slept, it's almost like that. 433 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:28,600 Next Salo led to a moment that lasts a led to this moment of, 434 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,000 okay? Now my soul is quiet before the 435 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,900 Lord and I will rest. It's a beautiful picture of 436 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:37,900 trust. I lay down and slept. 437 00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:40,400 I woke again for the Lord sustained me. 438 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:42,500 I could have shown up while he was sleeping. 439 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,000 I'm not saying there weren't Watchman. 440 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,700 I'm sure there were, but David didn't feel the need to be one 441 00:26:47,700 --> 00:26:50,100 of those Watchman. He says, I lay down and slept 442 00:26:50,600 --> 00:26:54,100 and the Lord sustained me. I will not be afraid of many 443 00:26:54,100 --> 00:26:58,300 thousands of people who have set themselves against me all around 444 00:26:59,300 --> 00:27:03,100 It's beautiful, isn't it? But the past helps of the Lord 445 00:27:03,100 --> 00:27:05,600 the things he's recalling. Bring him peace. 446 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:11,100 I bring peace for rest and bring courage for a new day. 447 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:15,700 One of the best ways to examine your own trust in the Lord is to 448 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:19,800 examine your sleep. How well do you sleep at night? 449 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,500 Can you rest when you're going through difficult circumstances, 450 00:27:27,500 --> 00:27:30,800 when you're being tried, by the circumstances of your life, the 451 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:32,600 things that are going different trials. 452 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,000 Can you close your eyes and sleep? 453 00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:40,900 And I mean, can you do it without depending on medications 454 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:45,000 or other such helps, we might call them. 455 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:48,600 In other words. Where does your dependents rest? 456 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,200 When you lay your head down at night? 457 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,600 Who are you trusting in, where is your confidence? 458 00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,400 Is it in God? Or are you overwhelmed by the 459 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,400 pursuit of your enemies? You go to bed with a mind that 460 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:06,800 is racing thinking through how you will save yourself in those 461 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:09,900 moments. How you will be the savior of 462 00:28:09,900 --> 00:28:13,800 your life or do you lay down and say, my trust is in you Lord. 463 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:18,200 It's a great question to ask and understand this. 464 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,800 When you depend on the Lord, he will sustain you as why the 465 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,100 Lost. Why David says, I laid down to 466 00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:27,100 sleep. I woke again, the Lord sustained 467 00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:29,300 me. Praise God. 468 00:28:29,900 --> 00:28:32,800 The word sustained here means that he gave him everything 469 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:38,700 necessary for life. Literally keeping him alive, 470 00:28:38,700 --> 00:28:41,000 right? Keeping his enemies at Bay so 471 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,000 that he could sleep and rest and Rise Again With A Renewed 472 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,500 dependence on the Lord. But when the Lord is sustaining 473 00:28:47,500 --> 00:28:51,500 you, he's granting to you all the necessities and support that 474 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:55,600 you need to live. He's taken care of. 475 00:28:57,500 --> 00:29:00,700 It's one of the beautiful things about the child who grows up in 476 00:29:00,700 --> 00:29:03,400 a home where the parents are loving them, and caring for 477 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,300 them, is, there is a total dependence upon their parents 478 00:29:07,700 --> 00:29:11,100 from the child's heart to provide for them right? 479 00:29:11,900 --> 00:29:14,600 Anytime they need something, anytime they want something 480 00:29:14,900 --> 00:29:16,200 whether they need it or not, right? 481 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,200 Who do they come to? They come to the parent who 482 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,200 provides, right? Because they trust that this man 483 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,000 and this woman. We'll take care of me. 484 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,200 They love me, right? Well, it's the same childlike 485 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,900 dependence for the children of Faith to their God or it should 486 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:33,000 be right. I lay down to sleep at night. 487 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,400 I trust that the Lord is sustaining me. 488 00:29:36,500 --> 00:29:40,400 Arise and I go into the next day knowing that foes many of them 489 00:29:40,500 --> 00:29:45,400 encamp around me and yet I trust that the Lord sustains me. 490 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:47,600 I trust in him to provide for me. 491 00:29:47,900 --> 00:29:51,200 There's nothing lacking in that which is needed when the Lord 492 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,100 provides for you. Now I said that which is needed 493 00:29:53,100 --> 00:29:57,500 not wanted rights would be lots of things you want and the Lord 494 00:29:57,500 --> 00:30:00,900 with holds from you because it's better for you, not to get those 495 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:03,800 wants. Just like you do for your child 496 00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:07,200 if you love them, right? The Lord takes care of every bit 497 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,600 of it. When you fully trust him, you 498 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,900 have nothing to worry about. You don't need to make up, what 499 00:30:12,900 --> 00:30:15,800 is lacking in God, because there is nothing lacking in the 500 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,300 sustaining nature of the Lord. Trusting. 501 00:30:19,900 --> 00:30:22,900 And once you see the hand of the Lord at work in this way, you 502 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:26,300 two can say, I will not be afraid of those who have set 503 00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:32,500 themselves against me all around whether that enemy be Satan or 504 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:35,600 his demons or your own conscience, which accuses, you 505 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:37,400 or the wicked persons of your day. 506 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,600 There is no need to fear any of those things. 507 00:30:40,700 --> 00:30:43,500 Even if their name is Legion for, they are many, right? 508 00:30:43,500 --> 00:30:46,400 Because it is the Lord who sustains you and all your 509 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,500 circumstances. Trust him. 510 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,500 Salvation Belongs to the Lord for he destroys his enemies and 511 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:58,300 blesses. His people Finally, what we see 512 00:30:58,300 --> 00:31:01,500 is that David strengthens himself for future conflict. 513 00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:04,700 He strengthens himself for future conflict. 514 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:12,000 In verse 7, David reitze, arise O, Lord, save me. 515 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,900 Oh my God, for you strike all my enemies on the cheek. 516 00:31:15,900 --> 00:31:20,000 You break the teeth of the wicked salvation Belongs to the 517 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:26,700 Lord, your blessing, beyond your people say, Le on the previous 518 00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:29,800 verse David says, I will not be afraid because the Lord has 519 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,100 sustained me, right? And now, we see why. 520 00:31:32,700 --> 00:31:34,800 Now we now we see what his confidence is. 521 00:31:34,900 --> 00:31:38,600 He knows that he can call on the Lord and Lord will rescue him 522 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:41,100 from his enemies. The Lord will deliver him there. 523 00:31:41,100 --> 00:31:44,300 Taunting him saying there is no salvation Davis and uh, there is 524 00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:48,500 only salvation in God. There is only salvation for me 525 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,100 in the Lord. In fact, all salvation belongs 526 00:31:51,100 --> 00:31:53,200 to him and he is who I'm looking through. 527 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,000 David teaches us that the Lord vindicates his people, he 528 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,700 exercises judgment on the wicked. 529 00:31:59,900 --> 00:32:03,000 Now earlier in the passage in verse 1, we saw that the mom was 530 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,000 Rising against David that it was growing and it was Rising 531 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:10,900 against him. Um, but here in verse 8, verse 532 00:32:10,900 --> 00:32:14,500 7, sorry, he makes a request for the Lord to arise now on his 533 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:16,800 behalf. How many of you know when the 534 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:20,100 Lord arises that's going to be greater than the arising of any 535 00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:22,100 of your enemies? Amen. 536 00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,400 When you've got enemies a rising all around you. 537 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:28,700 When you got enemies seeking to destroy you and you invoke the 538 00:32:28,700 --> 00:32:33,600 name of the Lord Lord arise for me, for there is no salvation 539 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:36,600 apart from you and the Lord arises on your behalf. 540 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,200 Laughs, how many of, you know, you can have great confidence in 541 00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,300 that, right? We just saw in Romans 8, last 542 00:32:42,300 --> 00:32:46,900 week, if God is for us, who can be against us, nothing? 543 00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:50,900 No one can be against us. Neither death nor life nor 544 00:32:50,900 --> 00:32:53,300 angels, nor demons nor principalities nor things 545 00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:55,200 present, nor things to come right? 546 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,500 Nothing can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus, 547 00:32:59,500 --> 00:33:03,300 your lord. So when the Lord arises on your 548 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:05,700 behalf, you have all that you need. 549 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:12,000 You have everything you need. There's no need to fear any 550 00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:14,700 longer. There's no need to fear what the 551 00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:18,500 Lord might take from your life. There's no need to fear with the 552 00:33:18,500 --> 00:33:21,100 Lord might bless and your life. There's no need to fear. 553 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:23,600 What enemies might arise against you. 554 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,400 Any longer you can trust the Lord, no matter what all the 555 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:32,300 time through and through. He is God and he's worthy of 556 00:33:32,300 --> 00:33:35,600 your trust. And so he makes his request. 557 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:42,100 The Lord arise show me favor by scattering, my enemies, save me. 558 00:33:42,100 --> 00:33:46,100 Oh my God, he says though, his enemies taunt him by saying, 559 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:49,100 there is no salvation for him, David Christ of the Lord for 560 00:33:49,100 --> 00:33:52,200 salvation. So, I don't care what you guys 561 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,300 say. I don't care what my enemies are 562 00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:58,100 saying about God. Here's what I know to be true 563 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:01,400 about him. He cries to the Lord for 564 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,300 salvation. He pleads with God to deliver 565 00:34:03,300 --> 00:34:08,199 him from harm. When he when he says, save me, o 566 00:34:08,199 --> 00:34:13,699 God, the word saved there is a deliverance from harm ruin or 567 00:34:13,699 --> 00:34:16,600 destruction. And so, he's pleading with the 568 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:21,900 Lord, prevent me from harm, prevent me from falling into 569 00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:24,400 ruin. Prevent me from going to their 570 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:28,300 Destruction for me. Here, then we see what he prays 571 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:32,800 for his praying for salvation. This salvation, he says, Belongs 572 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,800 to the Lord, It's the Lord, who is meaning? 573 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:40,000 It's the Lord, who holds it. The Lord possesses our 574 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,600 Salvation, the Lord holds the salvation of his people. 575 00:34:43,900 --> 00:34:46,699 And I do mean, the ultimate salvation of his people, but 576 00:34:46,699 --> 00:34:49,100 also in these moments, like, what David's praying for 577 00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,699 salvation comes from the hand of the Lord and so therefore it is 578 00:34:52,699 --> 00:34:56,000 not up to his enemies, right? It's not under there. 579 00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:59,300 R control, it doesn't matter if they stack themselves against 580 00:34:59,300 --> 00:35:03,000 him by the tens of thousands salvation, still Belongs to the 581 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,800 Lord. However David understands that 582 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,000 his Deliverance will have to come with the destruction of 583 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,600 these Wicked people and so he has no problem praying for you 584 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,400 strike. All my enemies on the cheek. 585 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:19,000 You break the teeth of the wicked. 586 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:24,000 The wicked here. Are those who are Godless The 587 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,100 word literally means characterized by godlessness. 588 00:35:28,100 --> 00:35:31,500 It's all the people who have set themselves against God and the 589 00:35:31,508 --> 00:35:35,600 wicked here, like ravaging dogs. So, to speak, they're sinking 590 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:40,100 their teeth in God's man, or in his people the working to 591 00:35:40,107 --> 00:35:43,100 destroy him. And so then God's Deliverance is 592 00:35:43,100 --> 00:35:45,900 like a blow to the jaw, which shatters their teeth. 593 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:50,000 Releases the death grip of the Wicked on the righteous and 594 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,100 freeze the righteous man. This is the kind of Salvation 595 00:35:54,100 --> 00:35:59,300 that God brings for his people. David is emboldened to ask for 596 00:35:59,300 --> 00:36:02,800 such help because God is regularly protected him 597 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,900 throughout his life, from his enemies in the past. 598 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,000 And he's done so by shaming those enemies and by rendering 599 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,600 them, powerless, even unto death. 600 00:36:13,300 --> 00:36:16,600 It started with a lion and a bear in the wilderness as David 601 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,800 was a young man. it continued with Goliath Who Rose against 602 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:28,000 God's people and David said, He continued then and his kingship 603 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:32,100 as many Wicked armies and Nations fell under his Rule and 604 00:36:32,100 --> 00:36:36,200 so on and so forth. How might God stop the wicked 605 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,700 today? How Mighty stop the wicked 606 00:36:39,700 --> 00:36:40,700 today? Do we pray? 607 00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:45,400 These imprecatory prayers today. Yes, it's in God's word. 608 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:47,700 We ought to pray for the destruction of the wicked, but 609 00:36:47,700 --> 00:36:49,900 here's two ways, you might see the wicked. 610 00:36:49,900 --> 00:36:54,200 Destroyed one, is there just destruction, right? 611 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:57,400 One is that whether in this life or in judgment to come, they're 612 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,200 going to receive the just destruction that they have 613 00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,600 earned. They've set themselves against 614 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,900 God and if they go to their graves setting themselves 615 00:37:04,900 --> 00:37:08,200 against God, they will receive a just punishment for doing. 616 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,400 So and in this, we are told in Revelation that the righteous 617 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:20,600 Will Rejoice over them. Secondly, their salvation is 618 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,500 also a destruction of the wicked. 619 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,700 All right. One way to break the jaw and 620 00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:28,700 shatter the teeth of the wicked is by a merciful salvation. 621 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:36,300 You can you render them? You know, it's a shattering of 622 00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:38,200 the Jawbone. It's a shattering of the teeth 623 00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:42,500 you, they're unable now to set themselves against God's people 624 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:44,900 because their heart has been changed. 625 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,000 I've been given a new heart that loves the Lord. 626 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,400 A new heart that loves his people, so we can, and should 627 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:52,700 pray for the Salvation of the wicked. 628 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:57,500 You should pray for their destruction, you should pray for 629 00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,300 the Lord to turn the hearts of pride month. 630 00:38:00,300 --> 00:38:04,200 Celebrators unto himself. You should pray that they would 631 00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,500 humbly submit themselves to the Lord. 632 00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,100 The Apostle Paul is a great example of this. 633 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:13,000 Again, I mentioned earlier, he was a persecutor of Jesus and 634 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:18,500 his people and yet the Lord saved him and he became God's 635 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,100 man, the greatest missionary the world has known. 636 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,200 Christ can save the wicked of our day as well. 637 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,900 Amen, this is our great confidence that he can save a 638 00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:29,600 Wretch. Like Me. 639 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,200 He can save anyone. There was nothing in me that God 640 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,400 looked at and said, oh, he's worthy of saving how great he 641 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,200 is. No God saved by grace alone, 642 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,600 through faith alone in Christ alone, according to his own will 643 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:46,800 alone, you know. And so we know that anyone can 644 00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,200 be saved. We must pray for the Salvation 645 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,400 of wicked people. Pray for your enemies. 646 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,300 Jesus says, bless those who persecute you. 647 00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:57,800 Why? Because it might turn their 648 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,400 heart around. Romans 12 says that it's like 649 00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:05,000 heaping burning coals on their head to treat them well in those 650 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:10,100 persecutions. Pray for the destruction of 651 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,500 Godless agendas. Pray for the destruction of 652 00:39:15,508 --> 00:39:18,800 their desire to wickedly influence, the rest of the 653 00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:23,000 world, your children, especially by invoking, their religion of 654 00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,800 self on others. Pray for these things, believe 655 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:31,700 God to destroy such evils, but pray that he'll destroy it by 656 00:39:31,700 --> 00:39:33,800 bringing them to Salvation. Amen. 657 00:39:35,300 --> 00:39:38,500 Salvation Belongs to the Lord for he destroys his enemies and 658 00:39:38,500 --> 00:39:41,900 blesses his people in verse 8. This is what we see. 659 00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:45,700 Really explicitly salvation Belongs to the Lord, your 660 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,800 blessing beyond your people sale. 661 00:39:49,200 --> 00:39:51,400 Despite what is happening in our world. 662 00:39:52,100 --> 00:39:55,300 Despite what takes place next month which is also a 663 00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:58,900 celebration of life if you remember last year's Supreme 664 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:00,100 Court decision. Amen. 665 00:40:02,100 --> 00:40:04,800 Despite what is happening in our world salvation Belongs to the 666 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,400 Lord. His Blessing will be will be on 667 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,400 his people. We can trust in that. 668 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:15,800 Always another commentator. Said this, about this verse. 669 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:19,700 He said, the church will always be delivered from the disasters 670 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:23,600 that befall her because the God who can save her will never 671 00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:26,200 withhold his grace and blessing from her. 672 00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,400 Amen. Believers. 673 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:35,200 Listen to me for a moment. The prayer that you see here and 674 00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:39,400 does not replace the work that you are called to engage in on 675 00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:42,700 behalf of God. Doesn't replace the work. 676 00:40:43,100 --> 00:40:44,400 It empowers. The work. 677 00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:49,200 When enemies set themselves against you again, Satan is 678 00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,200 demons your conscience, whatever your accusers come. 679 00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:58,200 You engage in the work of confidently trusting in the 680 00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:01,400 Lord. This prayer enables that it 681 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,800 doesn't replace it. Amen. 682 00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:07,000 It's part of it. It makes it effective. 683 00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:11,800 Trust the Lord with all your distresses and he will deliver 684 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,700 you. Amen. 685 00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:20,300 And what you need to do is pray. Even now in your heart that the 686 00:41:20,300 --> 00:41:23,500 spirit of God will show you what distresses in your life right 687 00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:25,300 now. Do you need to be trusting like 688 00:41:25,300 --> 00:41:31,100 this, in what things are encamped around you in your mind 689 00:41:31,100 --> 00:41:35,000 and in your heart? What fears do you have worries? 690 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:37,000 What concerns? What things are threatening to 691 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:42,700 destroy your faith even now. Pray for the Lord to sustain 692 00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,900 you. Pray for the Lord to give you 693 00:41:44,900 --> 00:41:49,700 rest, pray for the Lord to give you confidence in His holy name. 694 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:56,400 Amen. now, if you're an unbeliever in here, first of 695 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,400 all, I thank God that you're with us today. 696 00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:04,000 I think it's important for you to hear such things salvation 697 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:09,200 comes from Christ. David mentions here. 698 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:13,200 The Holy Hill and I cried, he answered me from his Holy Hill. 699 00:42:14,300 --> 00:42:19,800 Salvation comes from a Christ, the lord, the Son of God, who 700 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,800 was crucified on a Holy Hill, amen. 701 00:42:23,900 --> 00:42:26,500 If you will believe that Christ, died is the payment for your 702 00:42:26,500 --> 00:42:30,700 sins and rose again for your salvation from your sins, then 703 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:36,200 you will be saved today. Bible says, confess with your 704 00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:40,200 mouth, that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart, that God 705 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:44,800 raised him from the dead, and you will be saved, whoever calls 706 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,700 on the name of the Lord will be saved. 707 00:42:48,100 --> 00:42:50,200 You have that confidence today that you too. 708 00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:54,400 As David says, I cried out to the Lord, you too can cry out to 709 00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:59,500 the Lord in your distress. Your distress of sin. 710 00:43:00,800 --> 00:43:04,400 You're guilty. And your bearing, a burden, you 711 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:07,000 don't have to bear. And as soon as you'll cry out to 712 00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,100 the Lord, the burden will fall off your back. 713 00:43:09,500 --> 00:43:12,100 Just like it does for Christian in the Pilgrims Progress. 714 00:43:13,700 --> 00:43:17,100 And you will begin your journey with the Lord as you commit 715 00:43:17,100 --> 00:43:20,500 yourself to him. So commit yourself to God, 716 00:43:20,500 --> 00:43:24,100 repent of your sins, place your faith in him. 717 00:43:24,700 --> 00:43:27,700 I want to pray for us and then we're going to receive the 718 00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:30,800 Lord's supper together. Heavenly father, I thank you 719 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,200 today for your word, and for the time we've had now in, that's 720 00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:38,200 what I pray for, those who don't know, you who have not been 721 00:43:38,200 --> 00:43:38,900 saved. Lord. 722 00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:41,500 Would you save them today from their sins? 723 00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:43,700 Would you grant them faith and Christ? 724 00:43:47,900 --> 00:43:51,600 Lord, I pray that you would help them believe that Jesus is Lord 725 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,800 to repent of their sins and to commit themselves to him. 726 00:43:56,500 --> 00:43:59,100 Father, for those in here, who are your people who have 727 00:43:59,100 --> 00:44:03,500 believed already, would you strengthen them for the day, 728 00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:06,600 whatever their circumstances are whatever enemies are. 729 00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:12,400 Encamped around them, Lord help them to have the boldness, the 730 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:17,900 courage to confidently. Cry out to you to seek your face 731 00:44:17,900 --> 00:44:24,600 in their distress, to trust you. And whatever befalls them, 732 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:30,300 whatever is in front of them. Lord, may they to be able to 733 00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:35,600 say, with David. You are my shield, my glory, and 734 00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:40,200 the lifter of my head salvation, Belongs To You O Lord. 735 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:44,700 Lord would you be with us now as we receive the Lord's Supper, 736 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,000 it's in Christ's name. I pray. 737 00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:43,200 Amen. Lord would you be with us now as 738 00:44:43,207 --> 00:44:45,500 we receive the Lord's Supper, it's in Christ's name. 739 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:46,900 I pray. Amen.