1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,300 I want to welcome you back to our third week of studying the 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:06,800 Psalms everybody remembers the first song we did two weeks ago. 3 00:00:07,500 --> 00:00:09,500 Some 11. Do you remember the first six 4 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:14,800 words of Psalm 11? Somebody here called Don Scott 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,600 in Texas and told him what I said. 6 00:00:17,700 --> 00:00:21,400 So I got this in the mail today in the Lord I take refuge so 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,600 whoever you are, thank you but I appreciated I told you I wanted 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,900 that banner last week. We looked at Psalm 22 the 9 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:31,300 prophecy of the Cross tonight. We're going to go in a little 10 00:00:31,300 --> 00:00:33,900 bit of a different direction. We're going to study a different 11 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:36,700 kind of Psalm one that we probably haven't studied the 12 00:00:36,700 --> 00:00:40,400 last two or three years and I call Psalm 50, a Psalm of 13 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:44,900 judgment last week, I began talking about the disciples on 14 00:00:44,900 --> 00:00:47,200 the Emmaus Road. I want to begin tonight talking 15 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,300 about that wonderful story of Nicodemus, visiting Jesus. 16 00:00:50,300 --> 00:00:53,300 In John 3, we won't take the time to read it, but, you know 17 00:00:53,300 --> 00:00:56,000 it, right? Nicodemus was a religious man. 18 00:00:56,700 --> 00:00:59,900 Perhaps was the most religious man in all of Israel or in 19 00:00:59,900 --> 00:01:01,800 Jerusalem. He was a Pharisee. 20 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:03,600 He was a member of the Sanhedrin. 21 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,700 He was a religious man, but he did not have a relationship with 22 00:01:07,700 --> 00:01:11,100 Jesus, and although he was a religious leader, he was 23 00:01:11,500 --> 00:01:14,900 Herschel Darkness until Jesus met him when he met Jesus that 24 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:18,900 night and Nicodemus and the Pharisees are kind of like the 25 00:01:18,900 --> 00:01:22,300 people were going to talk about tonight in Psalm 50, they 26 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:26,600 externalized religion, they invented all sorts of manmade 27 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,400 regulations. They added to the law of Moses 28 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,100 and they took pride in observing them, right? 29 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:36,900 And Jesus in the great, whoa, chapter of Matthew 23 where it 30 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:40,100 says, woe to you, woe to you woe to you, he would blast them for 31 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:44,300 their hypocrisy. They would tie the spices and he 32 00:01:44,300 --> 00:01:47,800 says that you would wash the inside of the cup out, but you 33 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:49,900 neglected to deal with the sin in your life. 34 00:01:49,900 --> 00:01:54,400 So Nicodemus was kind of like that man before he found Jesus, 35 00:01:54,900 --> 00:02:01,000 someone has said that religion is man made the gospel is God. 36 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:05,000 Given religion is What man does for God. 37 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:11,000 The gospel is what God does for, man, religion is good views, the 38 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:16,200 People is good news. Religion is an outer Reformation 39 00:02:16,700 --> 00:02:20,500 the gospel ends in an inner transformation. 40 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:26,800 Religion often becomes a farce. The gospel is always a force, 41 00:02:27,100 --> 00:02:32,000 the power of God unto salvation, a thousand years before Jesus 42 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,600 came and met Nicodemus. And before he blasted the 43 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,600 religious leaders for their religiosity, and the rituals of 44 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:43,400 worship a worship leader in the temple of Jerusalem wrote this 45 00:02:43,400 --> 00:02:46,100 Psalm, and he would give a warning about false worship. 46 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,700 His name is ASAP and he gives us a warning on judgment. 47 00:02:50,300 --> 00:02:53,800 I think in the Bible someone has said it talks about judgment is 48 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:59,300 coming over 265 times. The word judgment is one most 49 00:02:59,300 --> 00:03:03,200 hated words in human vocabulary. That's why many years ago, 50 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:05,700 Pastor Lance told. Us, when you share Jesus, you 51 00:03:05,700 --> 00:03:09,100 share that all are sinners, the wages of sin is death. 52 00:03:09,500 --> 00:03:13,800 And after death comes judgment, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23 and 53 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:18,000 Hebrews. 9:27 judgment is not well liked even though the Bible 54 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:22,300 talks about it a lot Ecclesiastes 13 verse 14 says, 55 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:26,800 for God will bring every deed into judgment every secret 56 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:29,900 thing. Whether good or evil Acts 17:31 57 00:03:29,900 --> 00:03:33,300 says God has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in 58 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:36,700 righteousness. By a man whom he has appointed 59 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,200 and of this, he has given Assurance to All by raising him 60 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,800 from the dead. That man is Jesus Christ. 61 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,800 And I just mentioned Hebrews 9:27 says, and just as it is 62 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,000 appointed for man to die. Once after that comes judgment a 63 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,900 few months ago, Lance went through the seven judgments in 64 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:56,700 the Bible and I thought I'd just review them real quickly in the 65 00:03:56,700 --> 00:03:58,100 Bible. There are seven judgments. 66 00:03:58,100 --> 00:04:02,700 The first one is the Judgment of sin, and that's that's that's at 67 00:04:02,700 --> 00:04:06,500 the cross cake. Colossians 2:14 says by 68 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:10,100 canceling, the record of debt that stood against us with his 69 00:04:10,100 --> 00:04:15,400 legal demands, this he set aside nailing it to the Cross. 70 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:19,000 If you have Jesus Christ in your heart tonight, your sins were 71 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,700 nailed to the cross. So, there's a judgment of sin at 72 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:24,300 the cross. Then the number two, there's a 73 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:27,500 judgment of self. We call this today, in the 74 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:31,300 Believers life. First, Corinthians 11, 31 says, 75 00:04:31,900 --> 00:04:36,200 if we judge it ourselves, truly, We would not be judged, we 76 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,100 examine Our Lives, we confess our sins daily or whenever we 77 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:41,000 sin. And the number three, there's 78 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:43,300 going to be a judgment of the Believers works. 79 00:04:43,300 --> 00:04:45,200 It's called the bema seat judgment. 80 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:48,000 This is not a judgment of sin but someday will stand for 81 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,900 Christ. Second Corinthians 5:10 says 82 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:55,000 for, we must all appear before the Judgment seat of Christ. 83 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,200 So that each one may receive what is due for what he has done 84 00:04:58,200 --> 00:04:59,600 in the body, whether good or evil. 85 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,700 So it's a judgment for our Awards. 86 00:05:02,300 --> 00:05:05,200 And then number four we have the Judgment of Israel. 87 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:08,600 That's going to happen at the end of the tribulation, Ezekiel 88 00:05:08,600 --> 00:05:12,400 2244 talk about that. And number five, will be a 89 00:05:12,400 --> 00:05:15,300 judgment of Nations also at the end of the tribulations. 90 00:05:15,500 --> 00:05:20,600 Jesus talks about that in Matthew, 25 verses 31 to 46 and 91 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:22,200 then they'll be a judgment of Satan. 92 00:05:22,300 --> 00:05:25,900 At the end of the Millennium Jude 6 says he is Bound for 93 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:30,800 Everlasting judgment and lastly, they'll be a judgment of the 94 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:34,000 unsaved and that's in Revelation, 20 and we'll look at 95 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:34,600 that. Later. 96 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:36,900 So, which judgment is this? I'm talking about. 97 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:40,400 Well, it can be argued. That some 50 only has in direct 98 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:44,500 view, God's Judgment of Israel because it is the nation joined 99 00:05:44,500 --> 00:05:50,200 him in the Covenant as described here, Exodus 19 Exodus 20:4 yet 100 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:53,500 by extension and the principle of First Peter 4:17. 101 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:57,600 This has all people of God and view, so we'll talk about Israel 102 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,500 in night and we'll talk about us. 103 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:04,000 So let's read Psalm 50 and then we'll pray Psalm 50. 104 00:06:06,300 --> 00:06:12,900 Hmm, some of ASAP, the mighty one God, the Lord speaks and 105 00:06:12,900 --> 00:06:16,400 summons the Earth from the rising of the sun to its setting 106 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,000 out of Zion. The Perfection of beauty. 107 00:06:19,300 --> 00:06:24,800 God shines forth, our God comes. He does not keep silence before. 108 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:28,000 Him is devouring, fire around him, a mighty Tempest. 109 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,600 He calls to the heavens above and to the Earth that he may 110 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,900 judge his people gather to me. My faithful ones who made it. 111 00:06:36,100 --> 00:06:39,100 Covenant with me by sacrifice the heavens declare his 112 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:44,500 righteousness for God himself is Judge hero, my people and I will 113 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:47,500 speak o Israel, I will testify against you. 114 00:06:47,900 --> 00:06:51,500 I am God your God not for your sacrifices. 115 00:06:51,500 --> 00:06:53,700 Do I rebuke you? Your burnt offerings are 116 00:06:53,700 --> 00:06:56,900 continually before me. I will not accept the bull from 117 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:00,600 your house or a goat from your folds for every beast of the 118 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,900 forest is mine. The cattle on a thousand hills 119 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:06,600 by know. All the birds of the Eels and 120 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,500 all that moves in the field is mine. 121 00:07:08,900 --> 00:07:12,200 If I were hungry, I would not tell you for the world and all 122 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:16,100 its fullness are mine. Do I eat the Flesh of bulls or 123 00:07:16,100 --> 00:07:18,600 drink? The blood of goats offer, to God 124 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,000 of sacrifice of Thanksgiving and perform your vows to the most 125 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,500 high and call on me in the day of trouble. 126 00:07:24,700 --> 00:07:29,400 I will deliver you and you shall glorify me, but to the wicked 127 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:34,100 God says what right do you have to recite my statues or take my 128 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:37,800 Covenant on your lips? For you hate discipline and you 129 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,100 cast my words behind you. If you see a thief, you're 130 00:07:41,100 --> 00:07:44,700 pleased with him and you keep company with adulterers, you 131 00:07:44,700 --> 00:07:47,800 give your mouth free rein for evil and your tongue frames to 132 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,700 see you sit and speak against your brother. 133 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,600 You slander your own Mother's Son, these things you have done 134 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,400 and I have been silent. You thought that I was one like 135 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,600 yourself but now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you 136 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:05,700 mark this then you who forgot God. 137 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,900 List, I tear you apart and there be none to deliver the one who 138 00:08:09,900 --> 00:08:11,900 offers Thanksgiving as a sacrifice. 139 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:14,500 Glorifies me to the one who orders his way. 140 00:08:14,500 --> 00:08:18,000 Rightly I will show the salvation of god. 141 00:08:18,300 --> 00:08:20,700 Let's pray. Father, we thank you that we can 142 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:23,800 study some 52 night. May we leave here tonight 143 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:28,000 knowing more of you and when we come into the sanctuary, may we 144 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:31,400 come in with proper worship, as we'd been warned by Aesop 145 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,600 tonight. Thank you in Jesus name. 146 00:08:34,100 --> 00:08:37,000 Amen. So First off what type of Psalm 147 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,700 is this? We looked at a song of trust in 148 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:43,000 Psalm 11 two weeks ago, last week we looked at a Messianic 149 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:48,000 Psalm so this is called a covenant renewal Psalm and what 150 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:50,400 is the Covenant renewal song? There's really only two of them 151 00:08:50,400 --> 00:08:54,800 out of 150. So I'm 50 and I believe Psalm 86 152 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:58,400 I think is one of them a covenant renewal. 153 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,000 Psalm is designed to lead God's people to a renewal of the 154 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:05,600 Covenant that was first given at Mount Sinai in. 155 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,900 Exodus. I think 19 to 24. 156 00:09:09,500 --> 00:09:12,900 Yeah, I'm sorry. Psalm 50 in Psalm 81, not 86. 157 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:17,600 So we looked at a song of trust, will get a Messianic Psalm and 158 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,300 now we're going to look at a covenant renewal. 159 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,800 So in the Old Testament there were quite often not too much 160 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:28,300 but Joshua would renew the Covenant and Joshua 8 Ezra would 161 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:34,000 renew the Covenant in Ezra 8 to 10 ASA in second chronicles 15 162 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:38,800 Jehoshaphat in and Chronicles 20 and then the two good Kings we 163 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,400 know of Hezekiah would renew the Covenant and Josiah would renew 164 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:45,500 the Covenant. One example of Josiah, it says 165 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:51,300 in second chronicles 34-31 and the King stood in his place and 166 00:09:51,300 --> 00:09:55,300 made a covenant with the Lord to keep the Commandments and his 167 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:59,600 testimonies and his statutes with all his heart and soul and 168 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,200 to perform the words of the Covenant that were written in 169 00:10:02,208 --> 00:10:05,600 this book, actually, Josiah is renewing the Covenant. 170 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,300 That was first made on Mount Sinai, but if Israel did not 171 00:10:09,300 --> 00:10:12,100 renew the Covenant and, you know, there were only eight 172 00:10:12,100 --> 00:10:14,600 Kings out of 20 who were good or very good. 173 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,400 Most of them were awful, judgment, awaited, if they 174 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:20,400 didn't obey God's word, there will be judgment. 175 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,200 So this is a covenant, renewal Psalm, but I'm calling it. 176 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,400 A Psalm of judgment. Alexander McLaren said, it's 177 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:30,300 hard to think of a song that is as relevant to our day. 178 00:10:30,300 --> 00:10:35,900 As this one, this Psalm has been keen and Edge for modern as Were 179 00:10:35,900 --> 00:10:38,800 ancient sins. We do have a superscription. 180 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,000 It just says above the your Psalm 50 there. 181 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,600 Psalm of ASAP, who's ASAP ASAP wrote, 12 Psalms. 182 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,400 So, this is the first one, he wrote Psalm 50 and then you have 183 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:55,700 to jump to Psalm 73 283. Now, last year, we looked at 184 00:10:55,700 --> 00:10:59,200 Psalm 77 and I think the year before that we looked at Psalm 185 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,800 73. So ASAP wrote those songs so if 186 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:05,600 you want to study more of a steps some it's interesting. 187 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,800 Because ASAP is going to talk about false worship. 188 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:12,900 And he's the, he's the Tim, he's the guy sitting up there and 189 00:11:12,900 --> 00:11:15,800 imagine him in the temple looking around, he knows who's 190 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:18,200 phony, who knows who's going through the rituals. 191 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:21,000 So he's the right guy to write this song first. 192 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,400 Chronicles 16 says that ASAP is one of the three great song 193 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:28,300 leaders in the temple. Heman ASAP and Ethan were the 194 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:31,200 three leaders and they would lead the temple worship. 195 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,100 And the music is there a context connecting? 196 00:11:34,100 --> 00:11:39,000 This will just go back to I'm 49 verse 20, we actually study some 197 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,600 49 last year. We call that some the 198 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:45,900 worthlessness of wealth, but the last verse says, man and his 199 00:11:45,900 --> 00:11:50,700 pomp yet without understanding is like beasts that perish. 200 00:11:50,700 --> 00:11:54,200 So, there's a warning there for people, rich people, a warning 201 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,100 that you will die in spend, eternity in hell. 202 00:11:56,100 --> 00:12:00,300 So Psalms 49 does kind of connect in the context with some 203 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:03,800 50, your outline, your three main points, God, summons to 204 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:08,300 judgment verses 1 to 6 God speaks in judgment verses 7 to 205 00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:13,600 15 and God sentences in judgment verses 16 to 23. 206 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:17,700 So let's look at God's summons to judgment verses 1 to 6. 207 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:23,400 So first off the judge is heard. It says the mighty one God. 208 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,400 The Lord speaks and Summons of the Earth. 209 00:12:25,900 --> 00:12:29,300 This song begins with ASAP describing a courtroom scene. 210 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,500 The roof of the courtroom is Heaven above, and the floor is 211 00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:37,900 the earth beneath God himself. Is the judge God is also the 212 00:12:37,900 --> 00:12:40,100 judge. God is also the prosecuting 213 00:12:40,100 --> 00:12:44,500 attorney all rolled and the jury all rolled into one. 214 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:47,200 There is no defense attorney in this courtroom. 215 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,600 The psalmist compounds three names for God. 216 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:54,200 You probably seen this before. The only other currents of this 217 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:59,700 is Joshua 22:22, which says the mighty one, God, the Lord. 218 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:03,000 And that's what our song begins. So you have three names for God, 219 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,900 L Elohim and Yahweh. So it gives an awesome sense of 220 00:13:07,900 --> 00:13:09,400 the Majesty. You could have just said, 221 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:11,600 Yahweh, right? You just could have said Elohim 222 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:16,100 but he's going to say the mighty one is L is the god, the mighty 223 00:13:16,100 --> 00:13:21,100 one that awful one who has attributes and judgments human 224 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:22,500 judges. When you go in the courtroom, if 225 00:13:22,500 --> 00:13:23,900 you have ever done, I haven't done. 226 00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:27,600 Jury duty probably in 25 years, but when you go in the courtroom 227 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:29,400 they still make you stand upright. 228 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,100 The honorable Judge comes in and you stand up, right? 229 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:35,300 Well this honorable Judge is called the mighty one when he 230 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:36,400 walks into the courtroom. Room. 231 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:40,300 The second name is Elohim and that means the god, that Who is 232 00:13:40,300 --> 00:13:43,900 majestic, he's the god of creation, he's the god of the 233 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:47,100 sun and the stars in the galaxies and the planets. 234 00:13:47,700 --> 00:13:50,100 And then, the third name, Yahweh is the god. 235 00:13:50,100 --> 00:13:54,900 Merciful one who reveals himself to men and he signs contracts or 236 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:57,500 covenants with them. The Covenant he did with Israel. 237 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:01,100 So this God is majestic and all-powerful who speaks and 238 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:05,200 summons the Earth to appear in judgment before him. 239 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,700 And it says, From the rising of the sun to its setting. 240 00:14:08,700 --> 00:14:13,200 So from the East to the West, the whole earth is summoned to 241 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,300 appear before this Almighty judge. 242 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:18,400 Not just the children of Israel who is specifically a speaking 243 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:20,800 to. So the judges heard now number 244 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:25,000 two the judges scene he says out of Zion the Perfection of beauty 245 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:29,300 God shines forth Zion is the Holy Mountain where the temple 246 00:14:29,300 --> 00:14:33,100 stands Zion stands for Perfection because God is in our 247 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:37,400 Mist, God's holiness and Majesty Radiate the light that shines 248 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:39,600 forth. You know, I mentioned that when 249 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:42,900 the human courtroom we all stand respectively, when the judge 250 00:14:42,900 --> 00:14:45,900 enters the courtroom. But here are God's interests is 251 00:14:45,900 --> 00:14:49,500 accompanied by the Shekinah Glory and the fury Tempest. 252 00:14:49,500 --> 00:14:53,000 That was described on Mount Sinai when he gave the law in 253 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Exodus 19. If you want to turn there you 254 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,800 can but in Exodus 19. When the law was given verses 16 255 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:03,300 to 19 of Exodus 19 says, on the morning of the third day, there 256 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:06,000 was Thunder, there was lightning and a thick cloud. 257 00:15:06,100 --> 00:15:08,800 The mountain and a very loud trumpet blast. 258 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:13,000 So that all the people in the camp trembled, then Moses 259 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,900 brought the people out of the camp to meet God and they took 260 00:15:15,900 --> 00:15:17,800 their stand at the foot of the mountain. 261 00:15:18,100 --> 00:15:21,400 Now, I'm out signing was wrapped in Smoke because the Lord had to 262 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,800 send it on it. In fire, the smoke went up like 263 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:28,300 the smoke of a kiln and the whole Mountain trembled greatly 264 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:31,500 and the sound of the trumpet, grew, louder, and louder, Moses 265 00:15:31,500 --> 00:15:33,600 spoke. And God answered him in Thunder, 266 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,100 the Lord came down on Mount Sinai to The top of the mountain 267 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,700 and the Lord Called Moses to the top of the mountain and Moses 268 00:15:40,700 --> 00:15:43,200 went up. So this judge is going to leave 269 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:46,800 his chamber and he's going to appear on Mount Zion in the form 270 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,600 of dazzling. Brilliant, Glory Cloud that we 271 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:53,400 call the Shekinah Glory. He's not going to be silent 272 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,900 about people's sins. Any longer he's been silent for 273 00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:59,500 a long time, but he comes down with fire, a great storm with 274 00:15:59,500 --> 00:16:01,500 thunder and lightning all around him. 275 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,400 At Mount Sinai. He came to give the law, here, 276 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:08,700 he comes to Interpret the law, its spiritual meaning. 277 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:13,300 He will come as a judge the New Testament States. 278 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:18,000 The fact that this will be done, we read acts 17:31 that Jesus 279 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,700 Christ is going to gather all the nations before him and he 280 00:16:21,700 --> 00:16:24,700 will pronounce. The final sentence on mankind. 281 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:29,300 Verse 3, says, our God comes, he does not keep silent he's 282 00:16:29,300 --> 00:16:32,800 devouring fire and around him Mighty Tempest for most people. 283 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:36,100 It seems that God is silent. Now, they can't hear God. 284 00:16:36,100 --> 00:16:38,800 Why doesn't God answer me? No voice is heard. 285 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,800 No sentence is pronounced. So people think they can get 286 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,500 away with things, they make themselves up gods of Idols, but 287 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:48,500 this not will not always be the case. 288 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:53,500 As a time is coming, when God will no longer be silent and he 289 00:16:53,500 --> 00:16:57,000 to the conduct and character of men, the wicked will see and 290 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,200 hear and much like the children of Israel who trembled at Mount 291 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,700 Sinai. The wicked will tremble with 292 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:04,700 fear. Point C. 293 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:06,900 The judge takes his place in the Judgment seat. 294 00:17:06,900 --> 00:17:10,500 It says he calls to the heavens above and to the Earth that he 295 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:15,099 may judge his people. I read one Psalm a day which I 296 00:17:15,108 --> 00:17:19,000 encourage you to read one Psalm a day and today's saw my red was 297 00:17:19,300 --> 00:17:22,800 my reading was Psalm 75 and I hadn't even noticed that. 298 00:17:22,900 --> 00:17:28,000 But Psalm 75 verses 6 to 8 says for not from the east or from 299 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,800 the west and not from the Wilderness comes lifting up but 300 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:36,300 it is God who executes Putting down one and lifting up another 301 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,500 for the hand of the Lord. There is a cup with foaming 302 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:42,800 wine. Well mixed he pours out from it 303 00:17:42,800 --> 00:17:46,100 on all the wicked of the Earth shall drain it down to the 304 00:17:46,100 --> 00:17:48,600 dregs. So this is the judge that comes 305 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:51,600 in and in the Bible when it calls Heaven and Earth as a 306 00:17:51,608 --> 00:17:53,300 witness it's a very serious thing. 307 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:56,700 Isaiah chapter 1, verses 1 and 2 says the same thing. 308 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:01,000 Isaiah begins his 66 chapters of his book by calling heavens and 309 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:03,500 earth above that he could make witness. 310 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:06,600 So it's a very Serious thing, God is going to subpoena Heaven 311 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,600 and Earth. He's going to gather all the 312 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,200 defendants to stand by the witness stand. 313 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:15,300 So he commands the attendance to bring in the defendants first. 314 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,300 He's going to talk about the faithful ones in verses, 7 to 315 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:21,000 15, which we'll get to in a minute later. 316 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,300 He's going to have a special court session for the wicked 317 00:18:23,300 --> 00:18:28,300 ones verses 16 to 19, God will call on all the universe. 318 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:32,200 He will summon all who dwell on Earth, the world, the heavens, 319 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:37,300 the universe will see and It that this judge is just the 320 00:18:37,300 --> 00:18:39,600 heavens, are called to Bear witness to the righteousness of 321 00:18:39,600 --> 00:18:43,800 God's judgment. The fact that this judge has 322 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:47,300 perfect knowledge of all facts, he's absolutely impartial. 323 00:18:47,500 --> 00:18:51,900 His verdicts are wise. And just number Point D, the 324 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:54,300 judge summons his people. He says, gather to me, my 325 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:57,700 faithful ones who made a covenant with me by sacrifice. 326 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:00,600 So this would be talking about the children of Israel. 327 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:03,400 The psalm, the all the songs were written for the children of 328 00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:07,400 Israel, who Made a covenant by sacrifice a God's people entered 329 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,700 into a solemn Covenant relationship with him and this 330 00:19:09,700 --> 00:19:12,800 Covenant was made of Mount Sinai and as I mentioned was renewed 331 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,600 periodically by good leaders and good Kings. 332 00:19:16,300 --> 00:19:19,400 And lastly, pointy there. The judges declared righteous. 333 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:23,800 What a statement we have here in verse 6, the heavens declare his 334 00:19:23,800 --> 00:19:27,900 righteousness for God himself is Judge Selah. 335 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:32,100 So when you see a Cielo, it means there's a pause timed. 336 00:19:32,100 --> 00:19:33,900 It may be time to go to the second. 337 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,900 Yes. But usually there's a space and 338 00:19:35,900 --> 00:19:39,400 there's a pause here because God wants you to think about what he 339 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:42,300 just said. This is a serious and sober 340 00:19:42,300 --> 00:19:45,500 statement and were invited to pay attention to this momentous 341 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:50,000 announcement of the Judgment upon God of God upon mankind 342 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:53,600 particular to hear the children of Israel as applied to 343 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,100 Christians. Today, he would speak of our 344 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:59,600 relationship to Jesus Christ. The holy spirit is going to 345 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:03,100 summon every man woman who ever lived someday, those who don't 346 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:07,300 know, Christ, I read an article about Shaquille O'Neal was sued 347 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:10,000 by something to do with bit con. I don't understand completely, 348 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,500 but they couldn't catch him, they couldn't find it because 349 00:20:12,500 --> 00:20:15,200 you can't drag someone into court without having a summons. 350 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,300 Right? So the process server has to 351 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:20,600 find someone and I guess they finally caught up after a year 352 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:22,500 or two. They got Shaquille O'Neal to be 353 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:24,500 served. Now, he has to appear in court. 354 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,300 Well, Shaquille O'Neal, voided it for some time, but they'll be 355 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:29,100 no. Escaping. 356 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:32,700 The process server, who is the Holy Spirit in this courtroom, 357 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:37,400 John Sting versus 7-Eleven talk about the Holy Spirit, is a 358 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,100 spirit of judgment, let's move on to point to God speaks in 359 00:20:41,100 --> 00:20:43,600 judgment. Okay, the main idea and verses 7 360 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:47,400 to 15 is the judge is going to summon his Covenant People 361 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,600 Israel. God is going to judge their 362 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,600 worship. Nominally Orthodox. 363 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,600 Mechanically and Pious would be how you describe the worship for 364 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,800 a modern application for us. It would be a group of people 365 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:03,600 who profess Christ. They might go to church, but 366 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:05,500 there's no. No, fruit, just external 367 00:21:05,500 --> 00:21:07,400 mechanics, maybe you'd call those. 368 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,900 Sometimes we call him. The CEO Christians. 369 00:21:09,900 --> 00:21:14,600 They come on Christmas Easter, only CEO Facebook, Christians. 370 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,100 I have some relatives who claim to be Christians and they're 371 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:21,500 really good at posting versus on Facebook or Instagram, but 372 00:21:21,500 --> 00:21:24,000 they're never in church except on Christmas or Easter. 373 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,800 So God speaks in judgment. Number one, let's talk about the 374 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,600 prosecuting attorney. I mentioned. 375 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:30,500 There is no defense attorney in this courtroom. 376 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,000 He says Hear o. My people. 377 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,200 I will speak. Israel, I will testify against 378 00:21:36,200 --> 00:21:40,300 you. I am God your God in courtrooms 379 00:21:40,300 --> 00:21:42,300 today. It would be impossible for a 380 00:21:42,308 --> 00:21:45,100 judge to serve as the prosecutor, but in this case, 381 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,900 it's altogether proper because he's just he's righteous for the 382 00:21:48,900 --> 00:21:52,200 judge, is the Lord God. Almighty God is also the chief 383 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,100 witness in this courtroom and the defendants here in trial are 384 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:59,900 God's Own people. So God is going to speak 10 385 00:21:59,900 --> 00:22:02,400 times and it's section verses 7 to 15. 386 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:06,300 It says aye aye. I and I just imagine every time 387 00:22:06,300 --> 00:22:09,800 he says, I there's a thunder, there's lightning okay, there's 388 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,200 fire. So he's going to say, aye God is 389 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,300 speaking here. And what's he saying? 390 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,400 He's basically saying I am Sovereign. 391 00:22:16,900 --> 00:22:19,100 I Am The Sovereign god of the universe. 392 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:25,100 When he says, I am God, your God, there is no other number 393 00:22:25,100 --> 00:22:27,800 two, what are the charges that are brought against the children 394 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,600 of Israel? It's the charges are the sin of 395 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,800 ritualism ritualism kind of like Nicodemus. 396 00:22:33,100 --> 00:22:36,600 They did all those Rituals and washing cups. 397 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:39,100 Tithing meant you. No trimming their beards doing 398 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:42,700 all those things, but this group of people God makes it clear. 399 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:46,500 They had not failed to bring sacrifices because he says not 400 00:22:46,500 --> 00:22:48,400 for your sacrifices to I rebuke you. 401 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:52,700 They brought the sacrifices, the men came three times a year for 402 00:22:52,700 --> 00:22:56,900 the feasts, but they had failed to bring sacrifices to him. 403 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:00,300 They had been faithful and bringing the burnt offerings. 404 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,700 They felt this was all they had to do. 405 00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:05,700 That was all, that was expected. I'm like, showing up to church 406 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:07,900 on Sunday, like I did many years ago. 407 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:11,500 Someone has described him as being Sons and Daughters who 408 00:23:11,500 --> 00:23:14,500 treat their parents and differently day after day by 409 00:23:14,500 --> 00:23:18,800 doing things that grieve them. Then on some special occasion, 410 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:23,300 they present their mother father with special gifts, Isaiah 1, 411 00:23:23,300 --> 00:23:26,600 11, to 15 talks about this in graphic terms. 412 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:32,200 A Us five verses 21 to 24 talk about it, but I thought we'd 413 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:35,700 turn to Micah 6 and I think a lot of, you know, verse 8 but 414 00:23:35,700 --> 00:23:39,300 will read like a six versus six to eight. 415 00:23:39,500 --> 00:23:44,000 So there's lots of chapters in the Bible that talk about but 416 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:50,500 Micah chapter 6, verses 6 to 8 says, What shall I come with? 417 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:53,500 What you like come before the Lord and bow myself before God 418 00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:55,100 on high Vic? Listen. 419 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,200 What do you want me to do? God? 420 00:23:56,500 --> 00:23:59,800 Shall I come with him with burnt offerings with calves? 421 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:01,900 That are a year old? Will the Lord? 422 00:24:01,900 --> 00:24:05,900 Be pleased with thousands of Rams with ten thousands of 423 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:09,000 rivers of oil, shall I? Give my first foreign for my 424 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,800 transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul and 425 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:16,400 then you all know verse 8, I hope he has told you o, man. 426 00:24:16,700 --> 00:24:20,800 What is good and What does the Lord require of you but to do 427 00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:26,200 justice and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God. 428 00:24:26,500 --> 00:24:29,200 God wasn't interested in the sacrifices that they were 429 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:32,300 bringing okay? But they loaded his altar with 430 00:24:32,300 --> 00:24:37,100 all these animals they treated god with coldness and neglect. 431 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,400 They thought they would earn Merit. 432 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,100 They'd walk out of the temple. We're all right. 433 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:45,500 Now for another, another few months till the next time, a 434 00:24:45,508 --> 00:24:48,000 sacrifices. But when it came to a warm 435 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,600 relationship with God, it was seriously lacking. 436 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,500 There's always a danger of outward obedience but there's a 437 00:24:55,500 --> 00:24:58,600 failure but it's a failure to have a Burning Heart of Love for 438 00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:00,800 God. And His word is the lesson for 439 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,600 us. God had never intended. 440 00:25:04,300 --> 00:25:07,900 Right, outward action to serve as a cover for wrong inward 441 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:11,200 attitudes. The attitude of the offer is 442 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,700 significant, we'll talk about in a minute, a true worshiper. 443 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:19,100 Recognizes the fact that everything we bring to God is 444 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:24,200 already his including ourselves so they had a lack of reasoning. 445 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,900 That's Point number C or three there in verses 9 to 13 and here 446 00:25:28,900 --> 00:25:31,700 he's going to say it's not it's not for your animals, I don't 447 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,800 need them. The problem is you're Attitudes. 448 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:38,400 So, not for the animals, they had failed to stop and think 449 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:42,500 that God owns these animals. He owns all the creatures in the 450 00:25:42,500 --> 00:25:45,600 world already. Kind of like, when we put money 451 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,300 in the offering, we think we're tithing out of our money. 452 00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:54,400 It's God's money altogether when we die, but they failed to stop 453 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,200 and think about God and His creatures that God owns the 454 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,900 beasts of the field. He owns the cattle on a thousand 455 00:25:59,900 --> 00:26:02,300 hills. He owns the bird of the air, the 456 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:03,800 birds in the air. You owns everything that moves 457 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,200 in the The field God doesn't really need a single thing from 458 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,000 these men. He's never hungry and if he 459 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,800 were, he has a well-stocked Pantry in heaven. 460 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:16,900 God received no nourishment from or satisfaction from the blood 461 00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:20,200 of bulls meat or goats blood. God is completely 462 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:24,700 self-sufficient. God instituted sacrifices not 463 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:28,200 because he needed them but because people desperately 464 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,600 needed him. Their attitudes were wrong. 465 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,400 They thought they were benefiting God. 466 00:26:33,900 --> 00:26:36,700 They thought God needs these. Sacrifices, he needs these 467 00:26:36,700 --> 00:26:39,800 offerings. Someone has said, actually, he 468 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,600 wrote this probably 150 years ago. 469 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,300 William Booth the founder of the Salvation Army and this is true 470 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:49,100 of our church today. I consider that the chief 471 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:53,900 dangers, which will confront the 20th century will be religion 472 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:57,000 without the Holy Spirit Christianity without the 473 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,100 Christ's forgiveness without regeneration. 474 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,100 Ian morality without God in heaven. 475 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,500 I'm sorry. Morality without God, and Heaven 476 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:09,500 without hell. So they had a lack of reasoning 477 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:11,900 about their animals and their attitudes were wrong when they 478 00:27:11,900 --> 00:27:15,200 came to the temple. So Point number four there D, 479 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,400 what does God want from his people? 480 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,200 And I wrote them out in your outline for things, first off, 481 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:25,600 he wants Thanksgiving, offered to God, a sacrifice of 482 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:30,000 Thanksgiving, you know, no gift can take the place of simple. 483 00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:32,300 To. There's a story told of a 484 00:27:32,308 --> 00:27:34,300 family. They took their mother for 485 00:27:34,300 --> 00:27:36,500 granted. They didn't visit her a lot when 486 00:27:36,500 --> 00:27:39,200 she's on her deathbed they rarely came but after they're 487 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,500 after her death, at the funeral they have tempted to atone for 488 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:45,700 their thankfulness by dressing her in a two thousand dollar 489 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:48,700 Dior gown. That's what a lot of people do 490 00:27:48,700 --> 00:27:53,400 right after but we need to have a thankful heart before we need 491 00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,900 to fulfill our vows to the most high vows of love for God, 492 00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,900 worship service and devotion. So he He's telling them that 493 00:28:00,900 --> 00:28:03,900 they need to offer God sacrifices of Thanksgiving. 494 00:28:04,500 --> 00:28:07,700 And number two, I'm sorry, excuse me. 495 00:28:07,700 --> 00:28:12,200 Colossians 4:2, says continued steadfastly in prayer being 496 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,200 watchful in it with Thanksgiving. 497 00:28:14,700 --> 00:28:17,600 Number two, we need to have an obedient will he says, perform 498 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:21,400 your vows to the most. I notice, the kind of obedience 499 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,600 is, it's not something forced upon us, it's something you 500 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,400 choose to do. And the Bible tells us in first 501 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,300 John 5:3 that for this is For God, that we keep his 502 00:28:31,300 --> 00:28:35,100 Commandments and his Commandments are what not 503 00:28:35,300 --> 00:28:37,900 burdensome. Number three, we need to have 504 00:28:37,900 --> 00:28:41,700 praful Spirits. It says, we need to call upon me 505 00:28:41,700 --> 00:28:44,800 in the day of trouble. This is a lovely verse in the 506 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:47,100 inside of the god. This judge here, the very Heart 507 00:28:47,100 --> 00:28:49,900 Of God, he loves to hear from his people. 508 00:28:50,300 --> 00:28:53,100 He loves it when they pray and he loves to answer those 509 00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:56,200 prayers. God wants a close relationship, 510 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,700 intimate relationship, a tender relationship with his people and 511 00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:02,300 himself. Elf and number four, he wants 512 00:29:02,300 --> 00:29:05,200 dependent lives. She says, I will deliver you and 513 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,300 you shall glorify me. Jude 1:20 says, but you beloved 514 00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:10,700 building yourselves up in the Most. 515 00:29:10,700 --> 00:29:13,800 Holy Faith and praying in the Holy Spirit. 516 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,800 God wants your proper worship. He wants your prayers. 517 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,600 He wants your ties, he wants your service. 518 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:24,600 Not because he needs them, but because he wants your heart, the 519 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,600 greatest commandment Jesus said in the Old Testament, says in 520 00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:31,300 Jesus repeated it when asked was to Love the Lord, your God, with 521 00:29:31,300 --> 00:29:33,900 all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and 522 00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:38,500 with all your mind, one Martyn, lloyd-jones said the chief 523 00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:41,100 problem today is not the problem of those people who say there is 524 00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:45,200 no God and who are in the world. It's the problem of people who 525 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,200 go to the house of God in a purely mechanical manner, they 526 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,400 go there. But why? 527 00:29:51,100 --> 00:29:54,300 Because it's the thing to do, they attend church is a matter 528 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:56,400 of Duty. It's the thing to do. 529 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,000 It's just a formality. It's entirely eat. 530 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:04,200 Eternal, let's move to point. Number three, God sentence is in 531 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,800 judgment verse, 16 to 23. We just saw in verses 7 to 15 a 532 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:13,100 group of people, Israelites, and some Christians today, who don't 533 00:30:13,100 --> 00:30:17,400 properly worship God. Those people though can repent, 534 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:22,200 they can find a Salvation with God but now he's going to judge 535 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,600 another group of people. These people also profess to be 536 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,300 religious but their lives are an open denial of the truth. 537 00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,500 He levels a series of charges against him that we're going to 538 00:30:32,508 --> 00:30:35,700 look at. So in verses 16 to 19, he's 539 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:39,700 going to not judge the the religious ones here. 540 00:30:39,700 --> 00:30:42,900 He's going to judge the wicked ones and I mention ASAP. 541 00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:45,500 As a chief musician was certainly have had many 542 00:30:45,500 --> 00:30:48,300 opportunities to observe, the worship of the people who are 543 00:30:48,300 --> 00:30:52,800 hypocrites in their worship. So in verses 7 to 15, you saw 544 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,200 the personal pronoun i' II 10 times. 545 00:30:56,700 --> 00:31:00,700 But now in verses 16 to 23, you're going to see You-you-you. 546 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:08,000 15 times with increasing intensity, God is rebuking the 547 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,400 wicked. You did this, you did that you 548 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,200 recited the law as you agree to the Covenant. 549 00:31:13,900 --> 00:31:17,700 Without any conviction, these religious Hypocrites in spite of 550 00:31:17,708 --> 00:31:22,100 their presence in public worship actually hated God's instruction 551 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:26,300 and they rejected his word. Let's look at Point a, the 552 00:31:26,300 --> 00:31:29,100 evidence that was presented there were disobedient in verses 553 00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:32,500 16 and there are four things that you don't have your 554 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:33,800 outline. It'll give you real quick. 555 00:31:34,100 --> 00:31:35,600 Number one, they hated discipline. 556 00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:39,200 He's sick but God says to the Wicket what right have you to 557 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:44,100 recite my statutes or to take my Covenant on your lips for you? 558 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:48,600 Hey discipline, this group of people consider themselves above 559 00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:51,600 correction. They resented correction much 560 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,200 like people today even if this correction was from God 561 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,900 Almighty, they only wanted their way. 562 00:31:58,300 --> 00:32:02,600 These people are interested in religion that has no influence 563 00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:06,800 upon their life. They might talk about God, They 564 00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:11,400 live, as if he doesn't exist, they hate it instruction from 565 00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,700 God's word and that goes to point some point. 566 00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:17,400 Number two, they treated God's word with contempt. 567 00:32:17,700 --> 00:32:21,500 It just says that you cast my words behind you. 568 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:26,700 I was thinking of that example of King, jehoiakim in Jeremiah 569 00:32:26,700 --> 00:32:32,800 36 remember what he did. Jeremiah was Barack, Jeremiah 570 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,000 scribe wrote out the scroll and then that they eventually got it 571 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:37,700 to the king. King and the king would read a 572 00:32:37,708 --> 00:32:40,500 couple lines and then he'd cut it and throw it in the fire. 573 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:44,400 Can you imagine that? So these people though would 574 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,100 cast, God's words behind him, I guarantee you, they would know 575 00:32:47,100 --> 00:32:49,000 the Psalms they would know the Torah. 576 00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,100 They would know the Bible, but there was no impact on their 577 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:55,500 life. Number three, they refuse to 578 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:59,200 walk in a path of Separation, says, if you see a thief, you're 579 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:02,600 pleased with him and you keep the company of adulterers. 580 00:33:03,100 --> 00:33:05,600 So by fellowshipping with thieves and adulterers, they had 581 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,900 disobeyed The Lord and brought reproof upon his name. 582 00:33:09,100 --> 00:33:12,300 So the psalmist is going to use the eighth commandment, you 583 00:33:12,300 --> 00:33:15,900 shall not steal and the seventh commandment, you shall not 584 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:18,800 commit adultery. Leviticus 20 and all the 585 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:23,200 covenants says I have separated you from the peoples that you 586 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,400 should be mine. So there was always to be a 587 00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,200 separation. I think you just remember just a 588 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,000 couple months ago not even a month ago, right in our study of 589 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:35,500 Hebrews, Lance gave the message tackling 10 Timeless truths 590 00:33:35,500 --> 00:33:37,700 remember that? You remember what truth number 591 00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:42,800 seven was, it was realized the importance of separation from 592 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:46,000 the world that was from Hebrews 13:2 10 to 14. 593 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,300 And you remember what Lance said? 594 00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:50,300 If you're a companion of the world, you'll start caring about 595 00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:53,300 the world, you'll become contaminated by the world. 596 00:33:53,500 --> 00:33:55,400 You'll be conformed by the world. 597 00:33:55,500 --> 00:33:58,500 You'll be controlled by the world and you'll be convicted by 598 00:33:58,500 --> 00:34:00,500 the world. So these people did the same 599 00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:02,900 thing. They refused to separate and be 600 00:34:02,900 --> 00:34:05,100 holy. And the fourth thing that God 601 00:34:05,100 --> 00:34:09,199 says they're guilty of is. Their speech was wicked verses 602 00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:11,699 19 to 20. So now he's going to give the 603 00:34:11,699 --> 00:34:14,000 ninth commandment. So he's given the seventh eighth 604 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:16,900 and Ninth Commandments. He could give them all but he's 605 00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:20,300 just using free as example. But the ninth commandment is 606 00:34:20,300 --> 00:34:23,500 Exodus. 20:16 you shall not bear false witness against your 607 00:34:23,500 --> 00:34:25,800 neighbor. But this verse tells us that 608 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,199 they were experts in line experts in to see experts and 609 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,500 slander, even their close relatives. 610 00:34:31,500 --> 00:34:35,199 It says you speak against your brother, you slander your own 611 00:34:35,199 --> 00:34:37,800 Mother's Son. So, close relatives were not 612 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,000 safe from this vicious Wicked. Talk of these people. 613 00:34:41,300 --> 00:34:43,699 So the psalmist, selects three of The Ten Commandments to 614 00:34:43,699 --> 00:34:47,800 reveal how these cryptic Hypocrites had no intention of 615 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,600 keeping the law. Let's move on to some point, be 616 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:55,100 the execution spoken destruction verses 21 to 22. 617 00:34:55,900 --> 00:35:01,100 So here in verse 21 it says God number one, God has been silent. 618 00:35:01,900 --> 00:35:03,900 God had been silent much like today. 619 00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:07,500 People think God is silent and because God didn't judge them 620 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:09,200 immediately. Now occasionally, God would 621 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:13,300 judge people Sodom and Gomorrah and Aiken, when he stole and 622 00:35:13,300 --> 00:35:16,400 Sons of Korah ananias and Sapphira, there are people who 623 00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,300 got judged immediately but most often are merciful kind God 624 00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:24,000 doesn't judge them and doesn't judge us immediately. 625 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:28,300 So that gave them the thought that they could disobey God and 626 00:35:28,300 --> 00:35:30,500 they would create a God in their own image. 627 00:35:30,500 --> 00:35:32,100 Lance talked about this on. Sunday. 628 00:35:32,700 --> 00:35:36,200 So God had been silent verse 21. But then he says in last part of 629 00:35:36,207 --> 00:35:39,600 21b God. Now speaks. 630 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:45,600 And he says you thought that I was one like yourself Martyn, 631 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:49,800 lloyd-jones preached, an entire sermon on Psalm 50 verse 21. 632 00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:54,800 You thought that I was one like yourself and it's so important. 633 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,900 You thought that I was one like yourself. 634 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,300 They believed in a God, they're interested in religion. 635 00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,000 But they ultimately make themselves out to be a God. 636 00:36:05,500 --> 00:36:07,300 But where do they get their ideas from? 637 00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:10,100 They have thoughts. It says you thought. 638 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,800 So they think they think how can I justify my sin, they make a 639 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:19,000 God in their own likeness after their image determined by their 640 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,000 thoughts. Monday night at the men's 641 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,100 meeting, I had a group of men and I brought this up about, you 642 00:36:24,100 --> 00:36:26,000 hear the same thing from homosexuals. 643 00:36:26,300 --> 00:36:30,000 Jesus, never spoke on homosexuality heard that there's 644 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,200 videos out there. There's false teachers talking 645 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,500 about that. So is that true? 646 00:36:35,500 --> 00:36:38,000 Okay. So the homosexual hears that and 647 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,000 they believe that, well, God doesn't speak about 648 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,400 homosexuality so I can stay in my sin. 649 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:45,300 I can live in this lifestyle after all. 650 00:36:45,300 --> 00:36:48,600 God loves me, right? Well, Bodie Bachmann, you can, 651 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:51,600 you can Google it with Bodhi Bachmann says, on this, when 652 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,000 Jesus says, he never spoke on homosexuality, vodi, Bachmann 653 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,200 says, for things, he says number one. 654 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:01,300 Jesus did speak on marriage in Matthew 5 and especially Matthew 655 00:37:01,300 --> 00:37:03,700 19. That marriage is between one man 656 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,200 and one woman. Okay. 657 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:10,400 Number two and this is where First Corinthians 2 is at 14. 658 00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,100 Says The Man Without the spirit, cannot understand the Bible and 659 00:37:13,100 --> 00:37:16,400 things of the spirit. When God speaks Jesus is 660 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,500 speaking. The holy spirit is speaking. 661 00:37:18,700 --> 00:37:22,100 Jesus was there when Leviticus was written which says that 662 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:25,500 sodomy is the OWN Abomination against God, the Holy Spirit was 663 00:37:25,500 --> 00:37:27,200 there. So when Jesus speaks God's 664 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,500 speech, you can't separate the Trinity. 665 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,700 So when they say Jesus, Didn't say anything about 666 00:37:31,700 --> 00:37:34,000 homosexuality. You can't separate Jesus, the 667 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,500 Holy Spirit and God, but of course, they don't know that. 668 00:37:36,900 --> 00:37:41,500 And the number 3, the Bible is one uniform book from Genesis to 669 00:37:41,500 --> 00:37:44,600 Revelation. It's one story about man in sin. 670 00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:48,100 You can't just take out certain parts of it. 671 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,500 And number for the silent argument is what fools use? 672 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:54,700 Right, Jesus, never said, anything about homosexuality. 673 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,000 Well, Jesus never said any about pedophilia, does that mean? 674 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,700 It's okay. So, arguing, the Bible from side 675 00:38:00,900 --> 00:38:04,100 This is really a stupid argument, but, but you can see 676 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:08,100 how the homosexual people created God in their own mind. 677 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:11,000 They'll go to church thinking that they won't be judged. 678 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,500 So God says you thought, think about it today? 679 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,100 You thought you could make a marriage covenant between saying 680 00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:20,900 sexist. You thought you could kill that 681 00:38:20,900 --> 00:38:23,700 baby in your womb because you call it a fetus is not a person. 682 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,200 You thought you could change your sex when I created you, 683 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,600 beautiful. You thought you could call 684 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,600 yourself an agnostic And not know me. 685 00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:34,100 You thought you could call yourself an atheist and claimed 686 00:38:34,100 --> 00:38:37,000 not to know me. You thought you could have a god 687 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,700 without wrath and without hell and judgment. 688 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:43,300 You thought you were like me a God is what he's seeing. 689 00:38:43,700 --> 00:38:48,100 So God speaks powerfully in verse 21 and now in verse 22 he 690 00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:52,200 sentenced the wicked. So God had been silent God. 691 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,500 Now speaks and now God sentences. 692 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,400 He says mark this then you who forgot God. 693 00:38:58,100 --> 00:39:03,300 Lest I tear you apart. And there be none to deliver God 694 00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:05,500 is going to judge them. He already has Judge them. 695 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,900 The Bible says, unless they've renewed their Covenant, the soul 696 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:14,900 who sins will die Ezekiel aching for all have sinned and fall 697 00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:17,100 short of the glory of God Romans 3:23. 698 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:21,900 He does not leave the guilty unpunished, Exodus 34:7. 699 00:39:22,300 --> 00:39:25,300 So you have these Wicked people who made a God in their own 700 00:39:25,300 --> 00:39:27,800 image and they're living in their sin. 701 00:39:28,300 --> 00:39:30,600 And these are for us, Modern Day applications. 702 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,900 It would be the people that go to church. 703 00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:37,100 The people who come on Christmas and Easter and these people. 704 00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:41,400 We'll be like, what we quote, this verse, I think, every month 705 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:45,700 that Christ May Church. Matthew 7 verses 21 to 23 very 706 00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:46,600 familiar. Right? 707 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,100 Jesus says, not everyone who says to me. 708 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:51,600 Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. 709 00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,000 Not everyone will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. 710 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:57,800 There's no universalism, okay? But the one who does the will of 711 00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,500 my father who is in heaven, on that day, what day is that? 712 00:40:01,500 --> 00:40:03,900 The great white Throne judgment many will say to me. 713 00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:07,600 Lord Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, cast out demons in 714 00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:09,600 your name? Do many mighty works in your 715 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:11,900 name and then I will declare to them. 716 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:17,900 I never knew you depart from me, you workers of lawlessness, so 717 00:40:17,900 --> 00:40:21,400 there's a warning to the Israel. There's a warning for us and 718 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,800 then in Revelation, 20 verse 11 to 15, I read this. 719 00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:29,600 I think just a few weeks ago, it says in Revelation 20:11-15. 720 00:40:30,100 --> 00:40:32,900 Then I saw a great white Throne judgment again, this is the 721 00:40:32,900 --> 00:40:35,400 great white Throne judgment is for the unsaved, okay? 722 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:40,000 The unsaved, the whole world and him who was In on it from his 723 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,200 presence Earth and Sky fled away. 724 00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:46,500 And no place was found for them. And I saw the dead Great and 725 00:40:46,500 --> 00:40:49,300 Small standing Before, the Throne and the books were 726 00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:51,600 opened. And another book was opened 727 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:56,600 which is The Book of Life and the dead were judged by what was 728 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:59,300 written in the book. According to what they had done 729 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:02,600 and the Sea gave up the Dead who were in it, death and Hades, 730 00:41:02,600 --> 00:41:06,100 gave up the Dead who were in them and they were judged each 731 00:41:06,100 --> 00:41:09,800 one of them according to what they had Done then death and 732 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:11,700 Hades were thrown into the Lake of Fire. 733 00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:15,100 This is the second death, the Lake of Fire And if anyone's 734 00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:18,600 name was not found written in the Book of Life, he was thrown 735 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:22,200 into the Lake of Fire. So these Wicked people would be 736 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:24,600 judged unless they repented and turned to God. 737 00:41:25,100 --> 00:41:27,100 But let's finish her song with verse 23. 738 00:41:27,100 --> 00:41:31,600 The expectation required Delight, okay, says the one who 739 00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:35,000 offers Thanksgiving as a sacrifice, glorifies me, that's 740 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,100 the second time in her song, we had the word Thanksgiving to the 741 00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,600 Orders his way rightly. I will show the salvation of my 742 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,200 God. So the true worshiper, new his 743 00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:47,900 sin right? The true worshiper, humbly. 744 00:41:47,900 --> 00:41:51,200 Come before the Lord. You know, I read that and I 745 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:54,300 think of Luke 18 with the story of the Pharisee and the tax 746 00:41:54,300 --> 00:41:57,900 collector, right, you know, one time I counted the Pharisee 747 00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:01,000 prayed 33 words, right? Thank God. 748 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:02,500 I'm not like this person. I did this. 749 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:05,800 I did that 33 words and his prayer went to the rafters or 750 00:42:05,800 --> 00:42:08,200 the temple or the ceiling the tax. 751 00:42:08,300 --> 00:42:10,300 Sure. He only said seven words, right? 752 00:42:10,300 --> 00:42:13,600 God be merciful to me a sinner. That's somebody who comes. 753 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:16,700 Who knows they're a sinner. Who comes humbly for God? 754 00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:21,000 First, Peter 4:17 says, for the time of judgment is to begin. 755 00:42:21,100 --> 00:42:24,300 If it begins with the household of God, and if it begins with 756 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:28,000 us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel 757 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,900 of God? So I'll finish tonight with a 758 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:32,800 illustration for Martyn lloyd-jones. 759 00:42:33,300 --> 00:42:37,400 And he talks about Psalms 14:1, you all know Psalm 14:1 right. 760 00:42:37,500 --> 00:42:40,700 The fool and Heart says what? There is, no God. 761 00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:45,800 So Lloyd Jones says, I wonder is that could anything be more 762 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:49,000 foolish than that? Is there any greater Folly than 763 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:54,300 saying the the fullness heart says there's no no no God. 764 00:42:54,900 --> 00:42:58,700 Well Joan says, I would like to suggest that in the 50th Psalm 765 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:01,800 there is a suggestion that something worse or stronger than 766 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:04,900 that. There's people the Folly of 767 00:43:04,900 --> 00:43:06,700 people who say, they believe in God. 768 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,200 But who in the terror of their lives and the whole of their 769 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,800 conduct daily forget God and live exactly. 770 00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:19,100 As he does not exist, at least you must Grant the fool because 771 00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:22,000 he says there is no God, the fool doesn't read the Bible. 772 00:43:22,700 --> 00:43:26,200 He doesn't think about God. But these other people that 773 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:29,300 people, when our psalm They're in a worse State. 774 00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:32,000 They Proclaim that they believe in God, but there's no influence 775 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:36,500 in their lives, their Outlook, and the whole of their behavior 776 00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:39,500 and living. So tonight, you know, I'm 777 00:43:39,500 --> 00:43:42,200 preaching to the choir tonight. The Wednesday night people, I'm 778 00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,500 not preaching to the Sunday people, but maybe some of us 779 00:43:45,500 --> 00:43:47,700 need to have a sober reflection Upon Our Life. 780 00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:52,000 Do you have a religion or do you have a relationship with our 781 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,800 Lord Jesus Christ? Are you religious or 782 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,800 ritualistic? Or is Jesus, your relationship? 783 00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,000 What do you have? If you died tonight? 784 00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:05,900 Where would you spend eternity? I've only had one person in my 785 00:44:05,900 --> 00:44:08,300 entire life. Tell me how most people say 786 00:44:08,300 --> 00:44:10,800 heaven, right? So, the second question is, if 787 00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,100 God were to ask you, why should I let you into heaven? 788 00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:17,300 What would you say? And let you think about that. 789 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,100 Hopefully everyone here tonight would say, well, Jesus Christ 790 00:44:21,100 --> 00:44:24,600 died for my sins, on the cross, I believe in him. 791 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:27,200 I trust in him. I've accepted in my life. 792 00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:29,400 Okay. The Bible says in Romans 5:8, 793 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:33,200 that God demonstrates his love toward us while we were sinners. 794 00:44:33,300 --> 00:44:36,500 Christ died for me. Romans 10:9 says, you confess 795 00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:38,700 with your mouth? Jesus is Lord and believe in 796 00:44:38,700 --> 00:44:40,400 your heart, that God raised from the dead. 797 00:44:40,600 --> 00:44:43,000 You will be saved. Is that you tonight? 798 00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:45,300 Well, then you don't have to worry about judgment. 799 00:44:45,300 --> 00:44:47,400 You don't have To worry about the the Judgment songs. 800 00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:48,700 You're not going to get a summons. 801 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:50,800 Okay, you're not going to get a summons. 802 00:44:51,100 --> 00:44:52,400 You're going to be welcomed into heaven. 803 00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:57,000 But your sins were judged at the cross. 804 00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:01,300 You have peace with God, Romans 5:1 and to says we have peace 805 00:45:01,300 --> 00:45:03,000 with God. Thanks to what Jesus Christ. 806 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:07,500 Did your expectation is the glories of Heaven, eternal life 807 00:45:07,500 --> 00:45:09,500 and that's why I titled it Delight. 808 00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:14,800 So if you answered that correctly, Then you say you love 809 00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:19,100 Jesus, you say Jesus Loves Me, Do You Love Jesus? 810 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:23,200 Can you see that in your life? Now the children of Israel, they 811 00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,400 took a covenant, right? But most of them forgot that 812 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:30,800 Covenant their worship became mechanical Pious. 813 00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:34,700 Okay? Is the love for Christ on 814 00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:38,200 display in your life. It's not just reading the Bible, 815 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:40,700 it's not just praying, it's not just going to church is not just 816 00:45:40,700 --> 00:45:43,500 tithing is not just serving because even that you can be 817 00:45:43,500 --> 00:45:45,600 very mechanical and Pious about, right? 818 00:45:45,900 --> 00:45:48,000 You got to love him with all your heart, soul, strength, and 819 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,200 mind. So the second question is 820 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:53,100 tonight, do I need to renew my Covenant with the Lord? 821 00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:54,300 What is a covenant with the Lord? 822 00:45:54,300 --> 00:45:56,000 You said I didn't think a common with the lord. 823 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,100 Well, you did. You took a covenant with the 824 00:45:58,100 --> 00:45:59,400 Lord. If you join Christ Community 825 00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:01,900 Church you took a covenant with Christ, Community Church, a 826 00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:06,100 covenant is unusually formal solemn, binding agreement. 827 00:46:06,300 --> 00:46:09,400 When You're baptized you're giving a you're testifying to 828 00:46:09,408 --> 00:46:11,700 the world that I'm going to follow Jesus Christ. 829 00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:14,100 When you confess Jesus Christ, you say I'm going to follow him. 830 00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:16,600 That's a covenant, you're going to love him, you're going to 831 00:46:16,607 --> 00:46:18,400 serve him, you're going to worship him. 832 00:46:18,700 --> 00:46:23,500 But many of us have forgotten the Covenant card that we took, 833 00:46:23,500 --> 00:46:25,500 as I think I took this Covenant card. 834 00:46:25,600 --> 00:46:29,200 Anybody remember this? It's a covenant card that we 835 00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:30,500 show you in the new members class. 836 00:46:30,500 --> 00:46:32,700 Well, I've had the joy of teaching the new members class 837 00:46:32,900 --> 00:46:35,200 to me about 50 people in the last three years. 838 00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:37,700 Well, Many of us have forgotten this. 839 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:42,200 Remember Marlene because it's been like 28 years for me, 28 840 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:45,500 years, for some of you. Well, I got good news in the 841 00:46:45,500 --> 00:46:48,300 month of September Pastor, Lance is going to review our covenant 842 00:46:48,300 --> 00:46:49,500 card. So I don't need to spend a lot 843 00:46:49,500 --> 00:46:53,300 of time on it tonight but you know some people say not 844 00:46:53,300 --> 00:46:56,000 important, join the church not important, the go through a 845 00:46:56,008 --> 00:47:00,000 covenant card, but Christ Community Church is the local 846 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,600 church in the larger body of Christ. 847 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:07,000 It's the living organism in the body of Christ in West Covina, 848 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:10,000 Baldwin Park, Irwindale, Southern California and the ends 849 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,700 of the world. So we're going to look at that 850 00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:14,500 and I'll just leave you with Hebrews. 851 00:47:14,500 --> 00:47:18,900 We looked at Hebrews 12, it says let us offer to God acceptable 852 00:47:18,900 --> 00:47:24,400 worship with reverence and awe for our God is a consuming fire. 853 00:47:24,900 --> 00:47:28,100 The children of Israel will be judged while they were judged 854 00:47:28,400 --> 00:47:30,800 but they will be judged in the in the Judgment of Israel 855 00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:34,600 someday also and so will everyone who ever lived that 856 00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,400 rejects? Jesus Christ, if you have Jesus, 857 00:47:36,500 --> 00:47:39,300 Jesus Christ tonight, your heart, you don't have to fear 858 00:47:39,300 --> 00:47:41,000 judgment, you have peace with God. 859 00:47:41,300 --> 00:47:45,000 You'll have the Delights of heaven, but does God have your 860 00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:46,900 heart? I read this. 861 00:47:46,900 --> 00:47:49,500 And I realize there are things I need to do to renew my Covenant 862 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:52,200 with God and I hope you will too next week. 863 00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:56,900 We're going to look at Psalm 56. A Psalm of trust When Trials. 864 00:47:56,900 --> 00:47:59,700 Come, let's close in prayer. Father in Heaven. 865 00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:03,200 Just want to Thank you tonight for Psalm 50. 866 00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:06,500 Thank you.i hope every single person here tonight has Jesus 867 00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:10,000 Christ in their heart father, but some of us are worship has 868 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,400 become mechanical. We just come. 869 00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:14,700 We sit. Like I did many years ago before 870 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,500 Lance preach the word of God and Shook Me Up. 871 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:21,000 Father, I pray that we would renew our covenant like the 872 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:23,400 children of Israel did periodically with Hezekiah and 873 00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:26,100 Josiah. May, we have true worship for 874 00:48:26,100 --> 00:48:28,900 you. Sing and praise and worship you 875 00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,200 not just read the bible to read through it. 876 00:48:31,300 --> 00:48:35,000 In one year, but to study it so that we can obey it when we 877 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:37,000 leave our Bible study, knowing more of you. 878 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:40,600 And what it is that we could share it father that we could 879 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:44,700 love you and serve you. There's so many places to serve 880 00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:48,200 at Christ Community Church. Father, can we give you our 881 00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,600 heart, our soul or strength or mine? 882 00:48:50,900 --> 00:48:53,600 So we pray that we could renew our covenant worship with you 883 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:56,100 father. We also want to uplift little 884 00:48:56,100 --> 00:48:58,600 Joshua Bustos who's in surgery right now. 885 00:48:58,900 --> 00:49:01,500 I know they delayed the surgery. We pray that he would be Getting 886 00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:03,500 out of surgery. You have to spend one night in 887 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:07,400 the hospital at night, be with Esteban be with Michelle but 888 00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:09,900 please heal, that little Joshua me, the surgery. 889 00:49:10,100 --> 00:49:12,800 We hear good news tonight that it's done in successful and we 890 00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:14,800 look forward to seeing you in Sunday in Jesus name. 891 00:49:15,300 --> 00:49:15,700 Amen.