1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,360 Good morning Port City Church, our scripture reading this 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:09,080 morning is from Psalm 112 in the Bible's Under your Seats. 3 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:16,040 That is found on page 477. Psalm 112 says praise the Lord. 4 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:21,960 Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in 5 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,520 his commandments. His offspring will be mighty in 6 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,600 the land. The generation of the upright 7 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:32,520 will be blessed. Wealth and riches are in his 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:36,600 house, and his righteousness endures forever. 9 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,000 Light dawns in the darkness for the upright. 10 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:45,200 He is gracious, merciful, and righteous. 11 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:51,160 It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who 12 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:53,400 conducts his affairs with justice. 13 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:56,760 For the righteous will never be moved. 14 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:02,200 He will be remembered forever. He is not afraid of bad news. 15 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,600 His heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. 16 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:10,880 His heart is steady. He will not be afraid until he 17 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,680 looks in triumph on his adversaries. 18 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:18,840 He has distributed freely. He has given to the poor. 19 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:21,920 His righteousness endures forever. 20 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:27,720 His horn is exalted in honor. The wicked man sees it and is 21 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:31,240 angry. He gnashes his teeth and melts 22 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,600 away. The desire of the wicked will 23 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:37,440 perish. This is the word of the Lord. 24 00:01:45,730 --> 00:01:47,610 Good morning Port City family and friends. 25 00:01:47,610 --> 00:01:50,200 How are we doing? Good, good, good. 26 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,560 Well, my name is Ron and I am one of the pastors here. 27 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,480 And if you are new with us, I want to take a moment to say 28 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:58,880 welcome. So glad that you have decided to 29 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,240 worship with us this weekend at Port City. 30 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:07,560 We believe that we were created by with God or by God with a 31 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,360 purpose on purpose and to fully, you know, embrace that purpose 32 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,680 is when we come into relationship with God. 33 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:21,160 And so we gather each Sunday to really fix our eyes on Jesus to, 34 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:23,840 you know, encourage one another to spur each other's own. 35 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,480 We are not trying to perform here. 36 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,440 We're not trying to impress anybody here. 37 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:32,000 We are recognizing that we have a great need, but we also have a 38 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,480 great Savior. And so if you do not have a 39 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,960 church home, we would love for you to consider Port City. 40 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:41,600 We have an event coming up in two weeks. 41 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,400 It's called Starting Point. And that is where it is an 42 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,240 opportunity for you to come and learn more about who we are, 43 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,240 meet our leaders and, and ask any questions that you have. 44 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,240 And so we would invite you to consider that. 45 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:56,560 Before I get started, I want to take a moment to say Happy 46 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:58,840 Father's Day to all of the fathers. 47 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,480 We are incredibly, I am incredibly thankful for the 48 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:07,280 godly examples in this room and the ways that you lead your 49 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,760 family. And so I'm so encouraged. 50 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,240 I hope you will be blessed today. 51 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,280 Can we just go to the Lord in prayer really quickly? 52 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:20,920 Father, I thank you so much for this opportunity to declare your 53 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:23,400 word. Father, your word is true. 54 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:28,760 God, I have nothing of eternal value for the folks in this 55 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,600 room, but you do. And God, your word is alive and 56 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,200 it speaks to our very heart. And so, Father, would you Get Me 57 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:41,000 Out of the way this morning? God, would you speak through me? 58 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:44,280 God, would you allow me to declare the word faithfully and 59 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,200 clearly? May I decrease that? 60 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:49,600 You might increase. It's in your beautiful name, I 61 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,880 pray. Amen. 62 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,720 All right, so you have probably heard the phrase built 63 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:55,720 different. All right. 64 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:00,200 OK, So what that means, if you haven't heard it, it just means 65 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:04,400 that there is some something that is unique about a person. 66 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:06,960 There's some quality or trait that they have sort of 67 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:10,520 exceptionally or they, you know, maintain exceptionally well. 68 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,600 You know, I think about maybe the older generation would refer 69 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:16,800 to the younger generation and say that they are built 70 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,079 different because of their intuitive ability to work 71 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:22,320 technology. All right, I know nothing makes 72 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,640 me feel older than when I can't figure something out. 73 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,120 But then I give it to one of my kids and they just like in 74 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:33,160 moments figure it out, right? You know, I have, I have worked 75 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,920 in many schools over, over over 2 decades if you include my 76 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:40,320 student teaching. And I've worked many, many 77 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,880 places, seen a lot of schools. But when I first moved to 78 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:47,640 Norfolk, one of the things that I said quite often was these 79 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,360 students are built different. They're they're built different. 80 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,480 You know what one example that I think really does capture this 81 00:04:55,480 --> 00:05:01,800 idea of built different is the Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. 82 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,000 OK, so don't know if you know about Michael Phelps, but he's 83 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,240 the most decorated Olympian. He is known to be the the 84 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:12,960 world's greatest swimmer. And guys, this man is physically 85 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,280 built different. All right now listen, I'm not 86 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,720 trying to knock his work ethic, like he had a work ethic that 87 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,200 was different. This man swim every single day 88 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,000 for five years, 365 days. He was in the water. 89 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,400 So so he worked hard, but he also had a physical kind of, you 90 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,920 know, specimen, if you will, that just was he was made for 91 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:36,680 the water, right. Let me let me tell you a couple 92 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:38,680 things about it. He had a 6/4. 93 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,880 He was 64, but he had a 6-7 wingspan all right. 94 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:47,280 He had his long arms and feet. He was also double jointed. 95 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:49,040 And so when he was moving throughout the water, he was 96 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,480 almost like he he was kind of almost like had flippers like a 97 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,440 often. I mean, this man was 98 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,440 unbelievable. And if that wasn't enough, he 99 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:02,160 had a condition that made his body produce significantly less 100 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,480 lactic acid. I don't know what that means, 101 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:05,960 but here's what it means. All right. 102 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,440 He has less muscle fatigue and he recovered faster. 103 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,640 So it gave him an advantage even that way. 104 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,720 So this man was truly built different. 105 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:20,400 Well, in Psalm 112, it outlines a man who is also built 106 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,160 different and it is built different not in terms of 107 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,200 genetics like like our our physical appearance or, or 108 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,440 giftedness, but rather it's so it's this person is built 109 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:36,800 different because of grace. See, when I'm talking about this 110 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:40,880 person, the greatness in the this person that Psalm 112 111 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:44,400 describes, it is not the greatness defined by the world. 112 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:49,240 The world defines success, strength and status as the means 113 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,480 for how great a person is. But here in Psalm 112, it shows 114 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,600 us that in God's Kingdom, greatness looks like godliness. 115 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:03,520 It looks like resiliency, it looks like generosity, it looks 116 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:06,600 like joy in the face of adversity. 117 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,960 It really looks like being shaped not by comfort, not by 118 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:14,880 the culture, but being shaped by the character of God. 119 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:19,800 And so our main idea this morning is God's people are 120 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,000 built different not because of their strength, but because of 121 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,920 their Savior. And so this is the second sermon 122 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,240 of the summer in the Psalms series. 123 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:35,880 And last week, Pastor Tanner kicked us off. 124 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,880 And so if you did not, if you weren't here and didn't hear 125 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,600 that sermon, I would encourage you to go back and check it out 126 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,000 for a couple reasons. One, it was a really good sermon 127 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:51,280 2 Psalm 111 and Psalm 112GO hand in hand they there there's a lot 128 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:53,880 of similarities that they have the same structure. 129 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,480 Both are acrostics and really what Psalm 111, what it showed 130 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,840 us. It showed us that God's 131 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:05,280 character and his works the the works of God and then Psalm 112, 132 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:10,680 it focuses on the character of the person who has who fears the 133 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:14,160 Lord and pursues God. In other words, let let me say 134 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,920 that better. So again, Psalm 112 focuses on 135 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,800 the character and the life of the person who fears God and 136 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:24,920 whose life reflects him. So Psalm 111 was about God, his 137 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:29,080 character. Psalm 112 is about the person 138 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:34,200 who follows that guide that Psalm 111 spoke of. 139 00:08:34,919 --> 00:08:37,960 And so we're going to take a closer look at each of the 140 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:42,039 verses and I'm going to kind of describe and point out how God's 141 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:44,680 people are built different. Alright, so first point I want 142 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:47,520 to make is God's people are built different because they are 143 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:52,880 .1 rooted in reverence. Verse one says praise the Lord, 144 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:57,160 blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in 145 00:08:57,160 --> 00:09:00,280 his commandments. So this is where it all begins, 146 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,840 right? It begins with not pride, not 147 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,040 performance, but a healthy fear of the Lord. 148 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:10,520 And when I say fear, I'm not not afraid, not terror, but rather 149 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:14,400 it is reverence. It is an all that leads to 150 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:20,120 trust. You know, I loved my dad, but I 151 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:24,800 feared my dad. I feared my dad because of, you 152 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,360 know, I, I had a a reverent awe of of what he could do once he 153 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:31,520 got that belt, you know, just kidding. 154 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,320 No, I had a, you know, there was, there was a, you know, he, 155 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:39,920 he help me to, to understand. Like, hey, listen, I'm your dad. 156 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:41,360 I love you. I do all these things. 157 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,400 But you know, you, you, there's a level of respect, a level of 158 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:49,320 trust that you should have when you sort of approach me and you 159 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:54,440 know, you know, when I think about this idea of fear, you I 160 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:56,840 think often like fear and delight. 161 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,560 We don't use those together, but I do think they're kind of 162 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,920 suicides of the same coin. What I mean is what you, you 163 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,040 know, you see what you fear the most often reveals what you 164 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:09,880 value the most. In other words, your deepest 165 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:15,320 delights can also uncover your deepest fears and vice versa. 166 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:18,960 So, for instance, what I mean is if you fear rejection, 167 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,640 oftentimes you're going to chase approval. 168 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:26,840 If you fear failure, you're oftentimes are going to chase 169 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,400 success. And so I know for me personally, 170 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,560 before Christ, those things absolutely plagued my life. 171 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:39,000 I was constantly driven and consumed by the opinions of 172 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:43,560 others and my performance and never felt like anything was 173 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:46,760 ever good enough. But when my fear was rightly 174 00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:52,040 placed and I've allowed what God said to define who I am and my 175 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:56,360 worth and my value, then everything else begin to change 176 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,000 And see that's the problem in our sin. 177 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:04,040 We fear, I think we fear man more than we fear God because 178 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:05,840 and, and oftentimes that is the case. 179 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:08,160 It's because we're acting as God, right. 180 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,120 So we everything we are pursuing, you know, we're 181 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:14,640 fearful of losing the things that will puff us up, that will 182 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:17,760 make us feel like, you know, we're worthy. 183 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:22,600 But when you have a fear of God, you will begin to delight in his 184 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,040 word. That's what it says. 185 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:28,480 It says blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly 186 00:11:28,480 --> 00:11:32,920 delights in his commandments. What you fear shapes what you 187 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:35,480 delight. And when you fear the Lord, his 188 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:41,040 word becomes your joy. His word is it becomes not just 189 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:45,360 a a filter for seeing the word world, but it becomes reality. 190 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:49,960 And it gives us great purpose and it gives us great hope in 191 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:53,680 the midst of the brokenness that we see all around us. 192 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,520 But if we're being honest, sometimes we don't delight in 193 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,440 God's word. Maybe we need to be reawakened 194 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:05,880 or, or reminded or encouraged. But you know, if we've gotten in 195 00:12:05,880 --> 00:12:09,880 that place, you know, this is not to, to guilt you, but it is 196 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:13,400 to say, you know, I, I think the proper response would be to 197 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:17,080 acknowledge, to, to confess, to repent, to believe, to 198 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:21,440 acknowledge where you are. But the reality is, is, you 199 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:26,600 know, when we are delighting in other things, those things won't 200 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,120 satisfy us. We are made to delight. 201 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,440 We wake up delighting. We wake up choosing to delight 202 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,360 in the lights that we got from the previous day. 203 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,280 We choose to delight in, you know, the entertainment. 204 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,920 We choose to delight in the affirmation of others. 205 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,200 So we are delighting the the question is where are we 206 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,480 delighting? What things are we finding 207 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:49,440 delight in? And God wants us to delight in 208 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,600 him. He wants us to want him. 209 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,120 Pastor Tanner, again, he unpacked a lot of that last 210 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,520 weekend, so I want to encourage you to go back and listen to 211 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:04,120 that if you haven't. Second point I want to make from 212 00:13:04,120 --> 00:13:07,520 this text is that God's people are built different because they 213 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,080 are stable and a shaky world. They have stability. 214 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:15,320 I get this from first verses 6 through 8. 215 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,520 It says for the righteous will never be moved. 216 00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:21,200 He will he he will be remembered forever. 217 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:25,440 He is not afraid of bad news. His heart is firm, trusting in 218 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:26,960 the Lord. His heart is steady. 219 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,840 He will not be afraid until he looks in triumph over his 220 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:35,120 adversaries. Guys, you know, it is we don't 221 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:41,400 have to look far for reasons to, you know, be to be afraid, you 222 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:45,840 know, and if, if it's up to us right, then there's there's a 223 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:49,240 lot of then it leads us to despair. 224 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:56,520 But when we have a God who is in control but also is sovereign 225 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:00,440 over all things, we have an opportunity to have great hope. 226 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,960 See, God's people are built different because their security 227 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,960 does not come from circumstances or things being just right. 228 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:12,360 They trust in God through the storms, through the losses, 229 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,720 through the uncertainty to say that they are haven't they're 230 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,880 not afraid or they don't fear bad news. 231 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:22,720 That does not mean that they are exempt from it. 232 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,920 We're we're not immune to the bad news. 233 00:14:25,920 --> 00:14:29,520 We're just not moved by it in the same way the world is. 234 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:36,120 See, the world panics when money's lost or, you know, or, 235 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,680 you know, something doesn't go the way that they expected. 236 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,240 A tragedy again. And I'm not saying that those 237 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,000 things should not, you know, we shouldn't grieve those things 238 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,840 that there's not real emotion. The song speaks to every emotion 239 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:55,080 that we can feel. But at the end of it, you know, 240 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:59,240 at the end of the day, we understand that God is our 241 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,120 anchor. God is the one who's holding us 242 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:04,520 and we are firm in him. So it's not because life is 243 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:06,440 easy, but because God is unchanging. 244 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,240 He's faithful through it all, regardless of what the 245 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,240 circumstances. The circumstances don't 246 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:14,880 determine the character of God. God's character determines the 247 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,480 circumstances. And ladies and gentlemen, we can 248 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,600 trust them. We can trust them. 249 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:23,400 And so we have this firm foundation in Jesus. 250 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:28,240 And so again, God's people, we don't crumble at at headlines 251 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:31,480 when they get heavy. We don't fold under family 252 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:34,280 stress or life's unexpected turns. 253 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:38,520 We have something deeper that is anchoring us and it is the 254 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:44,880 unchanging promises of God. God's people, they don't crumble 255 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:47,360 under pressure. They trust God through it. 256 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,000 Like Michael Phelps, you know he had great endurance for the 257 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,640 water God's people has. They have great endurance for 258 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:58,800 suffering because Christ is their anchor. 259 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,160 Let's continue on. God's people, thirdly, are built 260 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,720 different because they are marked by mercy and generosity. 261 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:12,560 Marked by mercy and generosity. Read verse verses four and five 262 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,440 with me. Light dawns in the darkness for 263 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,120 the upright. He is gracious, merciful and 264 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,320 righteous. It is well with the man who 265 00:16:21,320 --> 00:16:25,200 deals generously and lends who conducts his affairs with 266 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,560 justice. Jump down to verse 9. 267 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,520 He has distributed freely. He has given to the poor. 268 00:16:31,720 --> 00:16:34,640 He has his righteousness endures forever. 269 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,840 His horn is is exalted and honored. 270 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:42,360 Guys, we live in a in a culture that is all about self 271 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,480 exaltation, self promotion and gaining every squeezing 272 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,760 everything we can get out of this life. 273 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,360 But here we see that God's people are built different 274 00:16:52,360 --> 00:16:56,280 because they don't hoard God's blessings, but they share it and 275 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,840 their very lives begin to reflect the heart of God. 276 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:02,560 They are characterized as being generous. 277 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,960 They're just, they're gracious. All of this flows from the 278 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:10,880 character of God. And this is what we have been 279 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,960 shown in the the gospel. See, Greta did an incredible job 280 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:16,359 in the intro just setting this up. 281 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:20,280 We don't do these things in order to get God's love. 282 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:22,720 We can't earn it in our in ourselves. 283 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:28,079 We can never be good enough. But because God is loving, 284 00:17:28,079 --> 00:17:31,720 because he is gracious, because he is merciful, because he 285 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,280 forgives us, then we can be unto others as he has been to us. 286 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,960 The order matters here because listen, I, I felt really bad 287 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:44,760 many times and I've tried to make things right on my own and 288 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:48,600 you know, the, the, the that lasts for just a little bit when 289 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:53,880 I do it in my own strength. We apart from Jesus working in 290 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:58,480 my life, I can't, I can't be unto others as he has been to 291 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,920 me. And so again, we're not doing, 292 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,680 we're not being generous because we are trying to earn God's 293 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:07,000 favor, but rather because he has been generous with us. 294 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:11,120 We, we received it in a self-centered world. 295 00:18:11,120 --> 00:18:13,280 God's people, they live in salt and light. 296 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,400 They are givers in a culture full of takers. 297 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:23,400 We're not built to take, but to give, because God is our giver. 298 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,680 When I think about Michael Phelps's body, you know he again 299 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:32,400 his, his, the way he is built, it propels him forward and he 300 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,880 moves through the water at speeds that you and I could 301 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,840 never right. But God's people, we are 302 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,360 propelled, but we're propelled outward, right? 303 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:46,440 Our our works, our deeds is to be a reflection of who God is in 304 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:49,800 Norfolk into the ends of the world. 305 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:56,400 And so the 4th point is that God's people are built different 306 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,600 because they leave a lasting legacy. 307 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,680 Verses 2 says or verses 2 and three say. 308 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,720 His offspring will be mighty in the land. 309 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:09,960 The generation of the upright will be blessed. 310 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:13,800 Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness 311 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,200 endures forever. Verse 6. 312 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,680 For the righteous will never be moved. 313 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:23,760 He will be remembered forever. And then verse 9 again, I'm 314 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,280 going to read this one. He has distributed freely. 315 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,200 He is given to the poor. His righteousness endures 316 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,000 forever. His horn is exalted in honor. 317 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:37,800 See, the world leaves a legacy, not of possessions, but a faith. 318 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:43,000 The righteous, you know, is is focused on God's people are 319 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,640 built different because they are living. 320 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,680 They're focused on living for what will last. 321 00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:53,200 Not trying to store all the treasures here, trying to get 322 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:58,520 everything out of this life, but rather they are fixed on what is 323 00:19:58,520 --> 00:20:01,360 to come and that that is eternity with God. 324 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:06,040 You know our lives matter not because we are important, but 325 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,400 because we are a part of God's eternal story. 326 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:13,840 And again, Pastor Tanner referenced this and spoke on 327 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,880 this last weekend. But we are a part of God's 328 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:20,960 story, and we fit in to what God is doing in the world. 329 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:24,040 And so there's an invitation for us to not just live for self, 330 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:28,840 but to live for Him. And in so doing, we actually 331 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,320 will live a better life than than we could ever imagine, 332 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,360 right we? And not only do we enjoy, right? 333 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:39,840 It is for our good, but it also is for the good of others. 334 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:45,000 And there is a a legacy that lives beyond our time here. 335 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,400 In honor of Father's Day, I want to take a few minutes to speak 336 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,640 to the fathers from these verses that I just read. 337 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:54,360 So I'm going to read the verses again. 338 00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:57,640 Verse to his offspring will be mighty in the land. 339 00:20:57,640 --> 00:20:59,640 The generation of the upright will be blessed. 340 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,600 Dads, I got a question for you or or statement first, then a 341 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:07,080 question. Your greatest legacy, and I know 342 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:10,840 I need this, it does not come from your career, but it comes 343 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:14,720 from your character. See kids, your kids, they don't 344 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,640 just inherit traits, right? Your genes, right? 345 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,160 Many of the kids I know who belongs to who because they look 346 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:26,720 like them, right? But they also inherit patterns, 347 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,200 what they see in your life. And so my question to you is, 348 00:21:30,200 --> 00:21:33,000 are your kids inheriting faith or fear? 349 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,880 Are they seeing displayed worship or worry? 350 00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:42,840 Are are are they seeing chaos or a consistency in your life? 351 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,040 Verse 3 says wealth and riches are in his house and his 352 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:51,600 righteousness endures forever. Guys, I'm in education all 353 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,640 right. So I, I may not ever be able to 354 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:58,720 leave $1,000,000 for my kids, but I can leave a model of how 355 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:02,240 to fear the Lord. Are you investing in what doors 356 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,280 endures forever? Real wealth isn't just in the 357 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,160 bank account, but it is the legacy of righteousness that we 358 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,240 can live. Dads, you don't need to be 359 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,000 perfect, just present, prayerful and pursuing God. 360 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,560 Verse 6 says the righteous. Righteous will never be moved. 361 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:25,080 He will be remembered forever. Dads, when you're gone, what 362 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,240 will your children remember? A steady man who wasn't moved by 363 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:34,280 bad news or a man who trusted God even when life didn't make 364 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:38,640 sense. Our children are watching how we 365 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:45,480 handle crisis, how we resolve conflict, how we depend on God 366 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:48,240 and prayer, our generosity or the lack thereof. 367 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,640 Give them memories of a man who stood firm. 368 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,840 Your children won't always do what you say, but they will 369 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:59,760 remember how you stood. Lastly, I want to read verse 9. 370 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,520 He has distributed it freely. He has given to the poor. 371 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:06,040 His righteousness endures forever. 372 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,520 His horn is exalted and honored. Dads, are you modeling a life of 373 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:15,600 generosity and compassion? Kids need to see dads who don't 374 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:20,480 just give, who give not just of their money, but of their time, 375 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,960 of their patience, of their wisdom, of their forgiveness. 376 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,840 Teacher, teacher, children to serve and sacrifice. 377 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,120 Now I know if I was hearing that in the audience, I'd be like, 378 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,120 Dang, I ain't doing none of that. 379 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:34,840 No, I'm doing, I'm doing some of that. 380 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:37,640 But guys, that is not to to guilt you. 381 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:41,320 Listen, we don't become this guy because of willpower. 382 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:46,040 We don't we need the grace of God and the mercy of God to 383 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:49,880 become this, but God is making us that and he can. 384 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:54,200 Jesus gave freely, he endured the cross and now he builds men 385 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:57,360 of honor who reflect him, who mirror him. 386 00:23:57,360 --> 00:24:03,040 So, so pursue him, seek him and he will do these things. 387 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:07,560 And if he doesn't, his grace is sufficient where you are weak. 388 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:11,600 He, he is strong and and he will, you know, he, he covers, 389 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,360 he covers our failures. So it's not about perfection. 390 00:24:14,360 --> 00:24:17,360 It's about us, you know, pursuing the Lord. 391 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:20,240 All right, let's work toward a close. 392 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,560 Listen back to Michael Phelps. Listen his records. 393 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:28,280 Maybe one day we'll be broken, but God's people leave a legacy 394 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:32,840 that will not be erased, that will go on until into eternity. 395 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:38,040 And so the world leaves trophies that God's people leave. 396 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:43,880 Testimonies, guys, as we work toward a close, you know, again, 397 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,880 Michael Phelps, he was built for medals. 398 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:54,640 You were built by God for his glory, not by merit, not by 399 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:59,960 effort, but by grace. So are you built on fear, on the 400 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:04,320 fear of God or the fear of man? Are you stable and storms are 401 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,480 shaking by them? Are you a giver or a taker? 402 00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:10,560 Are you living for trophies or for testimony? 403 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:13,840 See Psalm 112. It paints a picture of a person 404 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:18,680 who fears the Lord, delights in His commands, stands firm in 405 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:23,200 trials, is radically generous, and leaves a legacy of 406 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,360 righteousness. Jesus is the perfect fulfillment 407 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:33,040 of that picture. Jesus feared the Lord perfectly. 408 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,760 He delighted and doing the Father's will even when it cost 409 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:41,120 him his very life. Jesus stood firm through 410 00:25:41,120 --> 00:25:44,360 rejection, through betrayal, even death. 411 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,880 Jesus gave radically not just his resources, but his very 412 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:53,360 life. Jesus left a legacy that cannot 413 00:25:53,360 --> 00:25:55,880 be erased, and it's an eternal 1. 414 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,680 And through him, through Jesus, we too are being built 415 00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:03,800 different. See, Jesus didn't just model 416 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:09,000 Psalm 112, He embodied it, and He's the ultimate man. 417 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:13,600 And it is through faith in Him that we are being made into his 418 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,920 image, that we are being redeemed, that we are being 419 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,600 restored. And His Spirit is what empowers 420 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,920 us to live these things out, not our effort. 421 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:26,080 It's not by strength, but it is by his grace. 422 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:31,560 Jesus was built different, and now through His Spirit, He is 423 00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:37,520 building us differently too. So let's be the people who are 424 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,640 fearless, who are firm, who are generous and faithful. 425 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:46,280 Not for applause, not because we are trying to be great for 426 00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:50,000 ourselves, but for the glory of the God who made us. 427 00:26:50,920 --> 00:27:01,600 Will you guys pray with me? Father, I thank You that You did 428 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,840 not recruit us because of our own personal greatness, because 429 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,920 if that was the case, I would not be in your family, I would 430 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,880 not be one of your children. But God, I thank you because of 431 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:18,360 your great love, because of your great mercy, because of your 432 00:27:18,360 --> 00:27:23,080 great grace. God, I am made into one who is 433 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:27,280 built different. God, I thank you that by your 434 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:33,040 Spirit we can be these things. Lord, I pray that for any person 435 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:37,040 who's under the sound of my voice, who has not trusted in 436 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:41,120 Christ, who does not fear Godfather, I pray that you would 437 00:27:41,120 --> 00:27:46,000 awaken them to see God who you are, God that you are real, God 438 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:52,440 you are Creator, you're in control, and God you are lover 439 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,960 of their soul. And so, Father, I pray would 440 00:27:54,960 --> 00:28:00,440 they respond into faith and trust this morning and and for 441 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,960 the believer, Father, I pray that you would continue to build 442 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:09,880 us up God continue to make us a people, a Psalm 112 people that 443 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:12,800 are built different for the good of Norfolk. 444 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,320 In the glory of God, I see your beautiful name. 445 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,640 We pray. Amen.