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Turn to Psalm 73.
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So whenever I get the 5.30 a.m. text of like,
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Hey, I feel terrible. Can you preach this morning?
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It's always an awesome reminder that any good that happens is not ever based on the amount of preparation I have.
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It's like God kind of takes that from you.
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You just have very little time.
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So anything that does happen is just evidence of His grace.
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And I was thinking, I don't know where Wes went, but I'm thankful that I've lived long enough to actually see how my hair,
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old enough to see my hair actually go.
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That's where Wes remains forever young and can't grow facial hair.
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So I'm going to trade off.
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So girls, you don't know this, but guys can kind of do that to each other and still be like, cool.
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So it's all right.
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But we're going to turn to Psalm 73 today.
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But before we do, let's just join in a word of prayer.
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Father,
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Father,
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we submit ourselves to you this morning,
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to the work of your Holy Spirit that dwells in us.
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that this is not,
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this building is not a temple.
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This building is not a house of God.
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It is your people that you abide with,
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the people that you have put your spirit in.
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So I pray that He would stir in us today,
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open our eyes,
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convict us of sin,
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and remind us of the possession that we have in you.
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And so Lord,
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just help me to be able to honor you with my words.
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And the rest of this service may be an act of worship towards you in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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So Psalm 73,
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one of my,
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one of my favorite Psalms,
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but just a little preface for some of this.
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But the book of Psalms is probably one that I turn to probably every,
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I don't know,
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one out of every three times I open the word,
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I go to Psalms.
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So I,
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I think a long time ago in the 1500s,
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I think rightfully John Calvin called the Psalms,
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he said,
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they are the anatomy of the soul,
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meaning that the Psalms expose like all that we are in our soul.
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It exposes like our,
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the heights of joy and happiness,
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as well as like the depths of like depression and despair.
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And a lot of the times,
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like we can just be very dogmatic and very stoic about our faith,
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but the Psalms are a very real book that exposes how we feel
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and how our emotions play into the Christian life.
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And so this is a Psalm very much like that.
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So Psalm 73 is not a Psalm of David,
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it's a Psalm of Asaph,
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who is probably David's chief musician.
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So let's read through it together.
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We won't have time to unpack every single thing,
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but we'll be able to get an overview.
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So,
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um,
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Hmm.
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I'm thinking that before we read this,
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I'm going to give you an intro.
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Sorry.
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Um,
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I know that the vast majority of the people in here are people who have tasted the goodness of God,
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people who have encountered Christ,
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people who have embraced salvation in Christ.
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Um,
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but at the same time,
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life can be extremely difficult.
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Becoming a follower of Christ doesn't like free us from the trials of this world.
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It doesn't.
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And often,
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even as children of God,
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we can find that our dreams,
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our hopes,
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um,
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our aspirations can be like shattered to pieces over and over and over throughout our life.
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Even as children of God,
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um,
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you may have like a job or a career that you were hoping would go well and you didn't get the job or you lost the job.
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Uh,
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a sickness or a disease could come upon you and totally destroy like a lot of the plans that you had for your life.
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A sports team that you didn't make the cut for.
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A relationship that you hoped would work out and might lead towards marriage.
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Didn't work out.
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Um,
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so many things you,
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uh,
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a friend or a family member could die and you're caught off guard.
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And in those moments,
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you're,
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you're asking what,
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where are you God?
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Like what is happening right now?
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And I've experienced most of the things I've just mentioned to you in my own life.
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So what are your disappointments?
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Like where have you invested your time or your emotion into something in order to see something else happen?
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What are them like shattered dreams and hopes that you had good shattered dreams,
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good hopes that you had.
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So for this answer,
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we turn to the ancient writer to get it.
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Psalm 73.
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Let's read together.
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Let's hear God's word.
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Truly.
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God is good to Israel,
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to those who are pure in heart.
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But as for me,
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my feet had almost stumbled.
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My steps had nearly slipped.
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For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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For they have no pains until death.
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Their bodies are fat and sleek.
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They are not in trouble as others are.
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They are not stricken like the rest of mankind.
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Therefore,
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pride is their necklace.
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Violence covers them as a garment.
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Their eyes swell out through fatness.
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Their hearts overflow with follies.
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They scoff and speak with malice.
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Loftily,
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they threaten oppression.
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They set their mouths against the heavens,
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and their tongues struts throughout the earth.
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Therefore,
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his people turn back to them and find no fault in them.
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And they say,
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how can God know?
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Is there any knowledge in the Most High?
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Behold,
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these are the wicked,
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always at ease.
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They increase in riches.
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All in vain I have kept my heart clean,
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and washed my hands in innocence.
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For all the day long,
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I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.
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If I had said,
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I will speak thus,
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I would have betrayed the generation of your children.
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But when I thought how to understand this,
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it seemed to me a worrisome task.
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Until I went into the sanctuary of God,
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then I discerned their end.
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Truly,
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you set them in slippery places.
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You make them fall to ruin.
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How they are destroyed in a moment,
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swept utterly by terrors.
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Like a dream in one that wakes.
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Oh Lord,
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when you rouse yourself,
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you despise them as phantoms.
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When my soul was embittered,
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when I was pricked in heart,
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I was brutish and ignorant.
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I was like a beast towards you.
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Nevertheless,
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I am continually with you.
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you hold my right hand.
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You hold my right hand.
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You guide me with your counsel,
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and afterwards,
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you will receive me to glory.
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Whom have I in heaven but you?
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And there is nothing on the earth that I desire besides you.
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My flesh and my heart may fail.
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But God is the strength in my heart and my portion forever.
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For behold,
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those who are far from you shall perish.
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You will put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
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But for me,
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it is good to be near God.
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I have made the Lord God my refuge,
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that I may tell of all your works.
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Amen.
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So,
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as I like to do a lot of the time,
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we are going to walk through the psalm
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just by answering some questions
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that will help us draw out the meaning of this
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and help us kind of answer what I was speaking of earlier
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when you feel like all hope has been lost.
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So number one,
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the first question,
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is what is the theme of the psalm?
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What is the theme?
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You see this very clearly.
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In verse one,
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truly God is good to Israel,
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to those who are pure in heart.
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So he kind of stops himself and he said,
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before I go any further,
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let me just tell you that I'm,
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the whole point of what I'm about to write
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is to tell you that God is good.
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He is good.
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And why is that so important?
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Why is that so important for him to do that?
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Because when things aren't going well around you
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and everything is falling apart,
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we are tempted to doubt the goodness and sovereignty of God.
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That's why.
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When things are not going your way,
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you're tempted to forget that.
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That God is good
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and that God is in control,
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that he is sovereign.
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So God doesn't just do good most of the time
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or some of the time.
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God,
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by his very nature,
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is the definition of good.
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So it's not just that he does good,
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it's that he is good
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and that his actions overflow from his character.
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So God will always,
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right,
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God will always,
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during seasons of our lives,
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he will always remain good to us
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no matter what you are going through.
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Psalm 119 says this,
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God,
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you are good
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and you do good.
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And this is the truth.
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God is good to those
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who have humbled themselves
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and have come to Christ
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and who have thrown themselves at his mercy,
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who have received his salvation.
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He is good to them,
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those who have been made pure by his blood,
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right,
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those who are pure in heart.
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So God is good.
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That is the theme of this psalm.
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And that he works all things for the good
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of those who love him
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and are called according to his purpose.
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That's a promise.
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So it's not like
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sometimes God will be good to you
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if you belong to him.
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It's that he only will be good to you.
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Only will be good to you
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if you belong to him.
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Yet,
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yet though,
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even though God has proven himself to us
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a million times over,
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right,
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he has proved that he is good to us.
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We still are tempted to doubt.
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We are still tempted
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to just say,
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like,
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I think just in this case
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you might have made the wrong decision.
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I feel that
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you can't be trusted in this moment.
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So,
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all those things,
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like Satan,
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the world,
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and our own sin
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and our own lives
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blind us from the goodness of God
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so often.
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So Asaph is saying,
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like,
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before I tell you why,
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I'm going to just begin by telling you
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that God is good.
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That he is good to those
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who are pure in heart,
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those who have been washed by
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the blood of Christ
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in this case.
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Yet,
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he kind of says,
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if you look
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at the first verse,
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he says,
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he states that his feet
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had almost stumbled,
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his steps had nearly slipped
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from this path.
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So,
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ultimately,
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that's the goal
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from this psalm
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is for us to
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treasure God
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and to embrace
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his goodness.
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So,
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that's number one.
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Number two,
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second question.
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What caused
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the psalmist
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to be envious?
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So,
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what's causing him
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to be envious?
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What caused the psalmist
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to be envious?
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You see this in verse 2
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and verse 3.
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But as for me,
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my feet had almost stumbled,
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my steps had nearly slipped,
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for I was envious
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of the arrogant
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when I saw
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the prosperity
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of the wicked.
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He's envious.
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He confesses
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that
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as he's looked
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around the world
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around him
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in the fallen world,
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he looks at the people
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who don't know God,
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the people who hate God,
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and life just seems
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to be going great
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for them.
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But he,
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a follower,
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a believer,
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things are not going
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so well for him.
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So,
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he's being tempted
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to say,
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where are you?
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Like,
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why is this happening?
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Why are the people
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who hate you,
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why are they always
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doing good?
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And why are the people
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who trust you
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and love you
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always just apparently
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things not going good?
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He says in verse 4,
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for they have no pangs
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until death
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and their bodies
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are fat and sleek.
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So,
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like,
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it seems like
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a lot of them
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just go through life
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carefree,
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painfree,
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that they're happy
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all the time,
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they enjoy
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just their wealth
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and their prosperity.
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Fatness,
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back in this time,
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meant that you were wealthy
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because,
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like,
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chances are
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if you were,
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if you were a little
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obese,
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it's because
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you were wealthy
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and could afford
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to eat a lot.
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And so,
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it was a sign,
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a symbol
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of being wealthy.
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And so,
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he's like,
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they're,
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they're always
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that way.
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Verse 5,
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they are not in trouble
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as others are.
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They're not stricken
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like the rest of mankind.
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So,
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it seems that they don't
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even,
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like,
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get to experience
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fierce trials
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in their life.
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the opposite of what he thinks
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he is going through.
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So,
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you ever felt that way?
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You ever just thought,
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man,
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I'm a follower of Christ.
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I've,
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I've given my life to him,
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but I look around
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and everything around me
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seems to be going wrong
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all the time.
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But then you look around
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at people who don't know God
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and they seem to be
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just doing just fine
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with no problems
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at all.
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So,
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so the question
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is not an unusual question
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in the Bible.
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And look,
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okay,
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here's the deal.
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It's not wrong for you
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or for me
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to ask that question.
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I'm going to tell you that.
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But the attitude
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and the posture
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you have towards God
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really matters
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in this case.
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if you're coming to him
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being like,
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how dare you?
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You owe me an explanation.
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Like,
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this isn't fair.
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And you come to him
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with more of like a,
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a proud attitude.
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That's wrong.
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But if you genuinely
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come to him
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broken and humbled
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and you just ask,
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I'm confused.
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Help me understand.
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I feel like
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something's just not right,
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but I know
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that you have taught me
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that you are good.
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So help me understand.
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So,
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very common question.
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Why does the things
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always work out
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for people
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who don't care about God
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and why do we
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always struggle?
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Job asks
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the same question.
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I have some references
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to Job today.
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You don't have to turn
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there right now,
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but in Job 21,
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verse 7,
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this is what Job says.
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Why do the wicked live,
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reach old age,
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and grow mighty in power?
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Their offspring
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are established
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in their presence
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and their descendants
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before their eyes.
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Their houses
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are made safe
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from fear
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and no rod of God
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is upon them.
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They spend their days
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in prosperity
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and in peace
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they go down
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to Sheol.
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So,
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to make it worse,
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right,
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the unbelievers
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are even arrogant
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about how well
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they're doing.
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Look at what
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my own strength,
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look at what
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my own,
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you know,
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money and my own
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ability
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has got for me.
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so they're arrogant
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even about
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the wealth
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that they do possess,
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right?
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That they got all that
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by the strength
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of their own labor.
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So,
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instead of thanking God,
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who is the giver
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of all good things,
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they boast about it.
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And not just that,
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but they even,
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like,
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taunt God,
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right?
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We don't need you.
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Look at verse 9.
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They set their mouths
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against the heavens
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and their tongues
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strut throughout the earth.
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Therefore,
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His people will turn
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back to them
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and find no fault
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in them.
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And they say,
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how can God know?
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Is there knowledge
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in the Most High?
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Verse 10
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is kind of an unusual
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verse,
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but the literal
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means,
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like,
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the waters
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of a full cup
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have been drained
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out completely
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by the wicked.
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So,
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this idea of
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they seem
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to be satisfied,
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and,
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so they're taunting God
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as if their own hand
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has prospered them
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in a very arrogant
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fashion.
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So,
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they mock
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and they despise God.
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So,
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hear me,
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like,
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any success
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that you have at all
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is not because
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you are smart.
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It is not because
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you have done
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everything right.
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God can blow on that
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and it can fall
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to pieces.
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So,
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if you begin
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your life
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in arrogance,
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kind of saying
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that my own hand
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my own ability
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to do business,
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my own ability
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to perform,
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whatever,
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if you boast of that,
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then God is
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not going to bless you.
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It says,
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he opposes the proud,
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but he gives grace
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to the humble.
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We have nothing
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to boast about.
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Like I said
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last week,
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nothing at all.
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So,
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so they taunt God
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as if they're even
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calling him a coward.
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Like,
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you know,
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you're a pushover.
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We can do all this
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on our own.
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We don't need you
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to exist.
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So,
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what happens?
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So,
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what is Asaph?
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He's looking at this
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and what is the result
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of him looking at
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and envying the wicked?
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Alright?
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Jealousy and envy
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never help.
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They're serious.
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That's why God said
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you shall not covet.
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So,
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what does that reveal
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about him?
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You see that
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in verses 13
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through 15?
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And you see that
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the fruit of this
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bitter discontent
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is the fruit of envy
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will be discontentment
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and depression.
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If you are envious
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of someone,
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if you are jealous,
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that will be
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the result.
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You will be
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never satisfied.
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You will be discontent
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and often it can lead
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to just very
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low depths
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of depression.
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If you are jealous
18:43
of someone,
18:44
right,
18:45
it never pays off.
18:47
So,
18:48
look at 15,
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or excuse me,
18:49
verse 13.
18:52
Look at verse 13.
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He says,
18:54
so he's looking at this
18:55
and this is what he says,
18:57
all in vain
18:58
I have kept my heart clean
19:00
and washed my hands
19:01
in innocence.
19:03
So,
19:03
when we envy others,
19:05
particularly the life
19:06
of unbelievers,
19:06
we're tempted to think,
19:07
why am I doing all this?
19:10
Like,
19:10
I've kept myself
19:10
pure before God.
19:11
I've like,
19:12
said no to temptation.
19:14
I've lost
19:16
for the sake of Christ.
19:17
Like,
19:18
is all this just worthless?
19:19
Like,
19:20
what is the point?
19:21
All in vain
19:21
I've done this.
19:22
Look how wicked
19:23
they behave
19:24
and they have
19:25
everything I want.
19:27
You ever felt that way?
19:29
Is it worth it?
19:31
It never pays off.
19:32
All I do
19:32
is try to honor you,
19:33
God,
19:34
and right now
19:34
I feel like
19:35
it's not paying off.
19:36
I feel like
19:36
I'm getting nothing
19:38
and they get everything.
19:40
So,
19:41
these things
19:42
just don't ever
19:43
go away from us.
19:45
We pay a price
19:46
for following God.
19:48
So,
19:48
have you ever thought that?
19:50
Why have I fought
19:51
so hard for this
19:52
when everybody around me
19:54
just seems to get it
19:54
without any problem at all?
19:57
All in vain
19:58
I've kept myself clean.
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Spurgeon says this
20:02
about this verse.
20:03
He says,
20:05
he questions
20:05
the value
20:06
of holiness
20:07
when its wages
20:10
are not paid.
20:12
He says,
20:12
the pure
20:13
may have seen
20:14
to have cleansed
20:15
themselves altogether
20:16
in vain,
20:17
but
20:18
we must not judge
20:20
after the sight
20:21
of the eyes.
20:22
Like,
20:23
it may feel that way,
20:24
but he's saying
20:24
don't just believe
20:25
what you see.
20:27
Alright?
20:28
That's important.
20:29
Don't just believe
20:30
what you see.
20:32
Which leads
20:32
to the next question.
20:34
Number three.
20:34
what caused
20:38
the psalmist's
20:39
attitude to shift?
20:41
So,
20:42
that's what he was thinking.
20:43
He was being,
20:44
he was feeling envious,
20:45
he was feeling jealous.
20:47
What caused him
20:48
to shift?
20:50
You see this
20:51
in
20:51
verses 15
20:53
through 19.
20:56
He says,
20:57
he stops himself,
20:59
and he says,
20:59
if I had said,
21:01
I will speak thus,
21:02
I would have betrayed
21:03
the generation
21:04
of your children.
21:05
But when I thought
21:06
of how to understand this,
21:07
it seemed to me
21:08
a wearisome task.
21:10
So,
21:10
it wore him out.
21:11
Like,
21:11
trying to process
21:12
all this,
21:13
just like,
21:13
exhausted him.
21:15
It seemed to me
21:16
a wearisome task
21:17
until
21:18
I went
21:20
to the sanctuary
21:21
of God,
21:23
and then
21:23
I discerned
21:24
therein.
21:25
Truly,
21:26
you set them
21:26
in slippery places.
21:27
You make them
21:29
fall to ruin.
21:30
How they are
21:31
destroyed in a moment,
21:33
swept away
21:33
utterly by terrors.
21:35
Like a dream
21:36
when one awakes,
21:37
O Lord,
21:38
you rouse yourself.
21:40
You despise them
21:41
as phantoms.
21:42
So,
21:43
the point here
21:44
is be slow
21:45
to judge God.
21:48
Right?
21:49
Be very slow.
21:51
He says,
21:53
it's not always
21:54
wise
21:54
for you
21:56
to just start
21:56
speaking about
21:57
how you feel.
21:58
Hear that?
21:59
It's not always
22:00
wise
22:00
for you
22:00
just to start
22:01
talking about
22:02
how you feel.
22:03
And the reason
22:04
why is
22:05
because
22:06
you're an heir
22:07
and like,
22:08
if you're wrong,
22:10
you're in danger
22:11
of risking
22:11
the faith of others.
22:13
That's what he says.
22:15
So,
22:16
example,
22:17
like,
22:18
younger believers,
22:18
people who are new
22:19
in the faith,
22:20
or even children,
22:21
how you respond
22:22
to trials,
22:24
if you respond
22:24
to that
22:25
with like,
22:25
anger,
22:26
discontentment,
22:27
bitterness,
22:29
when something
22:29
happens like that
22:30
in their life,
22:31
they're gonna,
22:31
it's very likely
22:32
they will respond
22:34
to God
22:34
the same way.
22:36
And he's saying,
22:37
like,
22:38
I'm glad
22:39
I didn't say that
22:40
because
22:40
if I had,
22:42
I would have
22:42
betrayed a whole
22:43
generation.
22:44
Right?
22:45
I'm glad
22:46
that I didn't,
22:47
I'm glad
22:47
that I waited
22:48
upon the Lord
22:49
to reveal
22:50
this to me.
22:52
So,
22:52
when God
22:53
puts you
22:53
through trials,
22:54
it's not always
22:56
just for your
22:56
sake,
22:56
it's for the
22:57
sake of others
22:57
too.
22:59
This is something
23:00
Job said,
23:00
again,
23:01
Job 40,
23:03
verse 6,
23:04
he says,
23:06
then the Lord
23:06
answered Job
23:07
out of the whirlwind.
23:08
So,
23:08
sorry,
23:08
let me back up.
23:09
So,
23:09
Job
23:10
has been suffering,
23:12
going through
23:12
so many trials,
23:14
losing everything,
23:15
but the whole time
23:16
he's maintaining
23:16
a trust
23:18
in God.
23:19
very little
23:21
though.
23:21
He's barely
23:22
hanging on,
23:22
it feels like,
23:23
and he's asking
23:24
God,
23:25
why?
23:25
Why is this
23:26
happening to me?
23:27
Why?
23:29
And then eventually,
23:30
and later on
23:31
in the book of Job,
23:32
God shows up
23:33
and he answers Job.
23:35
This is why.
23:37
So,
23:39
verse,
23:39
chapter 40,
23:40
verse 6,
23:41
the Lord answered Job
23:43
out of a whirlwind
23:44
and said,
23:45
dress for action
23:46
like a man.
23:47
I will question you
23:49
and you will make
23:51
it known to me.
23:53
Will you even
23:53
put me in the wrong?
23:55
Will you condemn me
23:56
that you may be right?
23:59
Have you an arm
24:00
like God?
24:01
And can you thunder
24:02
with a voice
24:03
like this?
24:05
Adorn yourself
24:06
with majesty
24:07
and dignity
24:07
and clothe yourself
24:08
with glory
24:09
and splendor?
24:10
So,
24:11
basically,
24:11
he kind of pops out
24:12
and is like,
24:13
you've been questioning me,
24:14
now I'm going to question you.
24:16
Prepare yourself.
24:18
Basically,
24:18
who are you,
24:20
you little man,
24:21
you sinful,
24:22
broken man?
24:23
Like,
24:23
who are you
24:24
to judge me
24:24
the most high?
24:28
We do that.
24:30
So,
24:31
again,
24:32
we have to be careful.
24:33
Don't judge God
24:34
too quickly
24:35
at all.
24:36
Wait for Him.
24:38
Be patient.
24:40
Wait for Him
24:40
to reveal
24:41
what is going on.
24:43
So,
24:43
I will tell you this,
24:44
though.
24:45
God doesn't promise
24:46
in this life
24:47
to always tell you
24:49
exactly why
24:49
you went through
24:50
what you went through.
24:51
Sometimes He does.
24:53
Sometimes He gives you
24:54
a moment like Joseph
24:55
in Genesis
24:56
where he suffered
24:58
and suffered
24:58
for 13 years
24:59
and then all of a sudden
25:01
like He sees
25:02
His brothers
25:02
below Him
25:04
and like goes,
25:04
ah.
25:06
This is what
25:06
all this was for.
25:08
Sometimes He does,
25:09
but sometimes
25:10
you may have to wait
25:11
until glory
25:13
to know the purpose.
25:15
So,
25:17
be careful.
25:19
Be careful,
25:20
especially those
25:20
who are younger
25:21
in the faith.
25:21
They will watch
25:22
how you go through trials.
25:24
They watch.
25:25
Because if all you're doing
25:26
is this,
25:28
it won't go real far.
25:30
If you can quote theology
25:31
and quote theologians
25:32
and quote Bible verses
25:33
and that's all you got,
25:35
like,
25:36
you will suffer
25:36
in this life
25:37
and when that happens,
25:39
you're not going to stand.
25:41
So,
25:41
we have to be building,
25:43
asking God to build us
25:44
and prepare us
25:45
for this kind of stuff
25:47
because it's going to come.
25:50
So,
25:51
so here's His conclusion,
25:53
right?
25:54
He's like,
25:54
I'm glad I didn't do this.
25:57
Here's why.
25:58
Now let's really look
25:59
at the state
26:00
of the wicked.
26:02
He says,
26:03
I felt bitter.
26:04
I felt depressed
26:05
until I went
26:06
to the sanctuary
26:06
of God.
26:08
So basically,
26:08
he went
26:09
to worship.
26:11
He went to worship God
26:12
and during that encounter,
26:15
he chose to worship God
26:17
instead of cursing God
26:18
and it changed him.
26:20
It changed how he thought,
26:22
right?
26:23
So as he worshiped God,
26:25
his nearsightedness
26:26
kind of vanished
26:27
and God gave him
26:28
a fuller picture
26:29
of what really
26:29
was going on,
26:31
right?
26:33
So here's two things
26:34
about the wicked,
26:36
all right,
26:37
about their apparent ease
26:39
that they have
26:39
that it's not real.
26:42
So when you're envious,
26:43
you're looking at people
26:44
around you
26:44
who don't know God
26:45
and life's going great,
26:47
just think about
26:48
these two things.
26:50
One is,
26:51
their apparent joy
26:52
is not real.
26:54
It's not real.
26:55
God chooses
26:57
sometimes
26:59
to bless
27:00
even people
27:01
who hate him
27:02
out of his own goodness.
27:04
We never do that.
27:07
He does.
27:08
Jesus said
27:09
in Luke 6,
27:11
verse 35,
27:12
he says,
27:13
love your enemies
27:14
because God
27:15
does.
27:16
He says,
27:16
love your enemies
27:17
and do good
27:18
to them.
27:19
Lend,
27:20
expecting nothing
27:21
in return
27:21
and your reward
27:23
will be great
27:23
for you'll be
27:25
sons of the most high.
27:26
Listen to this,
27:28
for God
27:28
is kind
27:30
to the ungrateful
27:32
and the evil.
27:35
So,
27:36
even their
27:37
apparent prosperity
27:38
is like just God
27:39
being kind to them.
27:41
Like,
27:41
can you imagine
27:42
feeding your enemies?
27:43
Can you imagine
27:44
giving gifts
27:44
to your enemies?
27:46
That's like
27:46
a display
27:47
of God's grace
27:48
called common grace
27:50
in theological circles.
27:53
However,
27:53
right,
27:54
despite they may
27:55
have a big house,
27:55
they may have
27:56
a ton of cars,
27:56
they may have
27:57
a lot of money
27:57
in the bank,
27:58
they may have
27:59
a big retirement
28:00
laid up,
28:01
wearing the best
28:02
clothes,
28:03
it's nothing.
28:05
It's nothing.
28:06
Don't buy that.
28:07
It doesn't mean
28:08
anything.
28:09
God can blow it
28:10
away and it's gone.
28:11
Like,
28:11
if you don't
28:12
possess Christ,
28:13
you have nothing.
28:15
As the old
28:16
saying goes,
28:18
everything
28:21
minus Christ
28:22
equals nothing.
28:24
Right?
28:25
Everything minus Christ
28:26
equals nothing.
28:28
But Christ
28:28
minus everything
28:30
equals everything.
28:33
We possess
28:34
everything in Christ.
28:37
Solomon said,
28:38
more than likely
28:38
Solomon,
28:39
Ecclesiastes
28:40
chapter 1
28:41
verse 14,
28:42
I have seen
28:43
everything that is
28:44
done under the sun.
28:46
I've done it all.
28:48
And behold,
28:49
all is vanity
28:50
and a striving
28:51
after the wind.
28:52
It doesn't
28:52
satisfy.
28:54
So people who
28:55
really don't
28:55
have Christ,
28:57
it's not real.
28:59
They'll experience
28:59
pain, sorrow,
29:00
disappointment.
29:02
The joy of the
29:03
wicked is only
29:04
a mirage.
29:05
It's an illusion.
29:06
It's not real.
29:08
So,
29:08
don't buy the lie.
29:11
Right?
29:11
If you just saw
29:12
their outward condition,
29:13
you can't see their heart
29:14
and what's really
29:15
going on.
29:17
So,
29:18
secondly,
29:20
the joy of the wicked
29:21
is short-lived.
29:23
It's short-lived.
29:26
Hebrews 11 says,
29:28
they call sin
29:29
the fleeting
29:29
pleasures of sin.
29:31
So,
29:32
the joy they have
29:33
temporarily
29:34
is gone.
29:36
Like,
29:36
they may,
29:37
they have to go back
29:38
and back
29:38
and back
29:38
and back again
29:39
to even get
29:40
some satisfaction.
29:41
They don't have
29:42
Christ who is
29:43
eternally satisfying.
29:46
And so,
29:47
those are the two
29:47
reasons.
29:48
It's not real
29:48
and it's short-lived.
29:50
Like,
29:50
their prosperity
29:51
and the joy
29:51
that they have.
29:53
And then,
29:53
moving in,
29:55
what else
29:55
convinced him
29:56
of this?
29:57
He saw
29:58
their judgment.
29:59
He saw
30:00
their end.
30:02
Right?
30:02
Look at that
30:03
in verse 18.
30:03
Truly you set them
30:04
in slippery places.
30:06
You make them
30:07
all fall
30:07
to ruin.
30:09
How they are
30:09
destroyed in a moment,
30:10
that swept away
30:11
utterly by terrors.
30:13
So,
30:15
they're boasting.
30:17
They're arrogant
30:18
about what they have.
30:20
And he's saying
30:21
that one day,
30:23
God will blow on that
30:24
and we'll be gone.
30:25
And they'll be
30:25
woken up
30:26
as if waking up
30:27
from a dream.
30:28
It'll be terrorizing
30:29
to them.
30:30
It will scare them.
30:33
Like nightmares,
30:34
it kind of says.
30:36
For he says
30:36
in verse 27,
30:38
all those
30:39
who are far from you
30:40
shall perish.
30:42
So really,
30:43
he just understood
30:43
this idea
30:44
that if they don't
30:45
have God,
30:46
they have nothing.
30:48
And their apparent
30:49
joy will be brought
30:50
to ruin one day
30:51
when God judges them.
30:53
Scripture is very
30:54
clear about this,
30:55
guys.
30:57
Hopefully,
30:58
most of you
30:59
in this room
31:00
out of believe
31:02
know Christ,
31:03
but I know
31:03
that there's so many
31:04
of you out there
31:04
who don't.
31:06
And you're probably
31:06
fooling yourself.
31:07
You think that
31:08
you can do
31:09
certain things
31:10
and God
31:11
not know about it.
31:13
Not okay.
31:15
The day of judgment
31:17
will come.
31:19
Zephaniah,
31:20
chapter 1,
31:22
verse 14,
31:23
is a prophecy
31:24
about
31:25
the final judgment
31:27
and the return
31:28
of Christ.
31:30
It's called
31:30
the day of the Lord
31:31
a lot of the times
31:32
in the Old Testament.
31:33
And it very much
31:34
parallels
31:35
what we see
31:36
in the New Testament
31:36
from what Jesus said
31:37
and from what John said
31:39
in Revelation.
31:40
The same kind of stuff.
31:43
But
31:43
I just want to read it.
31:46
Just a few verses
31:47
of it.
31:49
Not to scare you.
31:50
Well, maybe
31:51
if that's what
31:51
God's intent is.
31:54
But wake up.
31:56
If you're without Christ
31:57
today,
31:57
you have nothing.
31:58
But Zephaniah,
31:59
chapter 1,
32:00
verse 14,
32:01
it says,
32:02
the great day
32:02
of the Lord
32:03
is near,
32:03
near and hastening fast.
32:07
A sound
32:08
of the day
32:09
of the Lord
32:10
is bitter.
32:11
The mighty man
32:12
cries aloud.
32:14
A day of wrath
32:15
is that day.
32:16
A day of distress
32:17
and anguish.
32:18
A day of ruin
32:19
and devastation.
32:20
Of darkness
32:21
and gloom.
32:22
A day of clouds
32:24
and thick darkness.
32:26
And this is what
32:26
God says,
32:27
I will bring
32:28
distress
32:29
on mankind
32:30
so that they
32:31
shall walk
32:32
like the blind
32:33
because they
32:33
have sinned
32:34
against the Lord.
32:35
Their blood
32:36
shall be poured
32:37
out like dust
32:38
and their flesh
32:39
like dung.
32:41
Neither their silver
32:42
nor their gold
32:43
will be able
32:43
to save them.
32:44
So your wealth
32:45
will not save you
32:46
from this day.
32:48
Scary.
32:51
The fire
32:52
of his jealousy.
32:54
All the earth
32:54
shall be consumed
32:55
for a full
32:57
and sudden end
32:58
he will make
32:59
to all the inhabitants
33:00
of the earth.
33:02
That's what awaits
33:03
the wicked.
33:04
That's what awaits
33:05
people who are
33:06
think that they're
33:07
doing very well
33:08
right now
33:08
but without Christ
33:10
they possess nothing.
33:12
And he understands
33:12
that.
33:13
They don't have anything.
33:14
If they don't have Christ
33:15
they don't have anything.
33:17
So that he
33:18
that clicks
33:18
like he realizes
33:19
that it's not real.
33:22
So
33:22
so that's his conclusion.
33:24
He shifts
33:25
he shifts
33:26
his thought.
33:28
And this goes on
33:29
to our
33:29
last question.
33:32
What is the
33:32
psalmist's conclusion?
33:34
What is the
33:35
psalmist's conclusion?
33:37
See that?
33:38
Verse 21
33:39
through 28.
33:42
I won't read
33:43
all of this
33:44
right away
33:44
but
33:45
he says
33:46
let's pick a few
33:49
verses here.
33:51
He says
33:51
nevertheless
33:52
I am continually
33:53
with you.
33:54
you hold my right hand
33:55
you guide me
33:56
with your counsel
33:57
and afterwards
33:57
you receive me
33:58
to glory.
34:00
Right?
34:01
So
34:01
what he does
34:03
is he like
34:03
repents
34:04
of his jealous
34:06
covetous attitude.
34:07
Right?
34:08
You see that
34:09
in verse 15
34:11
or excuse me
34:12
verse 21
34:13
he says
34:14
I was angry
34:17
I was bitter
34:18
against you.
34:19
I was like a brute
34:20
before you.
34:22
The term brute
34:23
in the Hebrew here
34:23
is pretty cool.
34:24
It basically means
34:25
like
34:25
you're acting
34:27
like someone
34:29
who has never
34:30
been touched
34:30
by the grace
34:31
of God.
34:32
That's like
34:32
what it
34:33
reads.
34:35
He's saying
34:35
I was acting
34:36
that way.
34:37
I was envious.
34:39
Jesus said
34:40
in Luke 12
34:41
take care
34:43
and be on your guard
34:44
against all types
34:45
of covetousness
34:46
for one's life
34:47
does not consist
34:48
in the abundance
34:49
of his possessions.
34:52
Right?
34:52
They don't have
34:53
anything.
34:54
So never judge
34:55
God's love
34:56
based on
34:57
whether or not
34:57
he grants you
34:58
something
34:58
you want.
35:01
That's it.
35:02
Don't judge
35:02
God's love
35:03
based on
35:04
if he grants
35:05
you something
35:05
or he doesn't.
35:07
So
35:08
Spurgeon
35:09
again
35:10
he says
35:11
if earthly goods
35:12
were of much value
35:13
then why
35:15
does the Lord
35:16
give such a large
35:17
measure of them
35:17
to those who hate him.
35:20
True.
35:21
It is a pitiful thing.
35:22
Here's a
35:23
man this is so convicting.
35:25
He says
35:25
it is a pitiful thing
35:26
that an heir
35:27
of heaven
35:28
should ever
35:29
have to confess
35:30
I was envious.
35:32
When we possess
35:33
all in Christ
35:34
there's no grounds
35:35
for us to feel that way.
35:37
So
35:38
turn to this
35:39
please
35:39
hold your hand
35:41
in Psalm 73
35:42
but look at Job 42.
35:46
Job 42.
35:47
An heir
35:51
of heaven
35:52
should never
35:53
have to confess
35:54
that they were
35:54
envious.
35:56
Job 42
35:57
verse 1.
36:08
So
36:08
after Job
36:09
had been
36:11
disciplined
36:11
in a way
36:12
by God
36:12
God had
36:13
answered him
36:14
right
36:15
and his answer
36:15
is basically
36:16
I'm God
36:17
who are you
36:17
to question
36:18
me
36:18
and after
36:19
this encounter
36:20
he is
36:20
completely
36:20
humbled
36:22
and this
36:23
is his
36:24
response
36:24
in a similar
36:25
way
36:25
that
36:26
Asaph
36:26
is responding
36:27
in this
36:27
Psalm.
36:29
Verse 1
36:29
it says
36:30
Job
36:30
answered the
36:31
Lord
36:31
and said
36:31
I know
36:33
that you
36:33
can do
36:33
all
36:34
things
36:34
and no
36:35
purpose
36:35
of yours
36:36
can be
36:36
thwarted
36:37
who is
36:39
this
36:39
who hides
36:39
counsel
36:40
without
36:40
knowledge
36:41
therefore
36:42
I have
36:43
utterly
36:43
uttered
36:44
what I
36:44
did not
36:45
understand
36:45
things too
36:47
wonderful for
36:47
me
36:48
which I did
36:48
not know
36:49
so he's
36:50
saying
36:50
like I
36:50
was
36:50
speaking
36:51
about
36:51
stuff
36:51
I had
36:52
no idea
36:52
about
36:53
when I
36:53
was
36:53
questioning
36:54
you
36:54
I
36:54
was
36:55
clueless
36:55
and it
36:56
says
36:57
hear
36:58
and I
36:58
will
36:58
speak
36:59
I
36:59
will
37:00
question
37:00
you
37:00
and you
37:01
will
37:01
make
37:01
it
37:01
known
37:01
to
37:01
me
37:02
I
37:03
have
37:03
heard
37:03
of
37:03
you
37:04
by
37:05
the
37:05
hearing
37:06
of
37:06
the
37:06
ear
37:06
but
37:07
now
37:08
my
37:08
eyes
37:08
see
37:09
you
37:09
therefore
37:10
I
37:11
despise
37:11
myself
37:12
and I
37:13
repent
37:13
in dust
37:14
and ashes
37:14
so that
37:16
was his
37:16
response
37:17
like
37:17
who am
37:18
I
37:18
I
37:19
repent
37:20
of
37:20
this
37:21
attitude
37:21
I
37:22
had
37:22
towards
37:23
you
37:23
so
37:25
a couple
37:26
other
37:26
things
37:27
realize
37:28
and believe
37:29
that God
37:30
is still
37:31
good
37:31
that he
37:32
is still
37:33
sovereign
37:33
and even
37:34
despite
37:35
of our
37:35
the sin
37:36
that we
37:36
have
37:36
often
37:37
of doubting
37:37
him
37:37
not
37:38
trusting
37:38
him
37:38
when he
37:39
has won
37:40
our trust
37:40
a thousand
37:41
thousand
37:41
times
37:42
over
37:42
we still
37:43
doubt him
37:44
all the
37:44
time
37:44
he
37:46
still
37:46
bears
37:46
with
37:47
us
37:47
through
37:47
that
37:48
he
37:49
knows
37:50
what
37:50
is
37:50
good
37:50
and
37:51
he
37:51
knows
37:51
what's
37:52
best
37:52
for
37:52
you
37:52
so
37:54
write
37:55
this
37:56
down
37:56
if
37:56
you're
37:56
taking
37:56
notes
37:57
like
37:57
this
37:57
was
37:57
probably
37:58
like
37:58
one
37:58
of
37:58
the
37:58
most
37:58
convicting
37:59
things
37:59
to me
38:01
in my
38:02
prayer
38:02
life
38:02
I
38:04
remember
38:04
doubting
38:04
God's
38:05
goodness
38:05
to me
38:06
because
38:07
I
38:09
was
38:09
feeling
38:09
very
38:09
sick
38:10
a
38:13
relationship
38:13
that I
38:14
wanted
38:14
at the
38:14
time
38:15
was
38:15
not
38:15
working
38:16
out
38:16
and I
38:17
was
38:17
doubting
38:18
like his
38:18
goodness
38:19
in that
38:19
moment
38:19
this was
38:20
a few
38:20
years
38:21
ago
38:21
and this
38:23
is what
38:23
I really
38:25
felt
38:25
the spirit
38:26
just impressed
38:27
on me
38:27
okay
38:28
be careful
38:29
with impressions
38:30
Bible
38:31
first
38:32
alright
38:32
but
38:34
if you
38:35
ever
38:36
doubt
38:36
God's
38:37
goodness
38:37
and love
38:38
towards
38:38
you
38:39
look
38:39
no
38:40
further
38:40
than
38:41
the
38:41
cross
38:41
okay
38:42
if
38:44
you
38:44
doubt
38:44
that
38:44
like
38:45
God
38:45
took
38:45
care
38:45
of
38:46
your
38:46
greatest
38:46
need
38:46
and
38:47
sacrificed
38:48
his
38:48
own
38:49
son
38:49
to bring
38:49
you
38:50
eternal
38:50
good
38:51
in
38:51
him
38:52
that's
38:53
enough
38:54
that's
38:54
greater
38:54
than
38:55
anything
38:55
in
38:55
this
38:55
world
38:56
he
38:56
could
38:56
give
38:56
you
38:56
he
38:57
brought
38:58
you
38:58
back
38:59
to
38:59
himself
38:59
through
39:00
the
39:00
death
39:01
of
39:01
Christ
39:01
he
39:01
reconciled
39:02
you
39:02
to
39:02
himself
39:03
and
39:04
so
39:04
for
39:05
centuries
39:06
ancient
39:07
writers
39:08
have
39:08
called
39:08
God
39:09
son
39:09
of
39:09
which
39:10
means
39:10
like
39:10
he
39:11
is
39:11
the
39:11
chiefest
39:11
of
39:12
all
39:12
goods
39:12
the
39:13
greatest
39:13
of
39:13
all
39:14
goods
39:14
even
39:15
our
39:16
English
39:16
word
39:16
our
39:16
old
39:17
Saxon
39:18
word
39:18
for
39:18
God
39:18
means
39:19
the
39:19
good
39:20
because
39:21
he
39:21
is
39:21
good
39:22
Psalm
39:23
84
39:24
verse
39:24
11
39:25
this
39:26
is
39:27
so
39:27
good
39:27
for
39:27
the
39:27
Lord
39:27
God
39:28
is
39:28
a
39:28
sun
39:28
!
39:28
and
39:29
!
39:29
the
39:30
Lord
39:30
bestows
39:31
favor
39:31
and
39:31
honor
39:32
and
39:32
hear
39:32
this
39:32
no
39:33
good
39:34
thing
39:34
does
39:35
he
39:36
withhold
39:36
from
39:37
those
39:37
who
39:37
walk
39:38
up
39:38
rightly
39:38
no
39:40
good
39:40
thing
39:40
does
39:40
he
39:40
withhold
39:41
from
39:41
those
39:41
who
39:42
walk
39:42
up
39:42
rightly
39:42
so
39:44
as
39:44
the
39:45
as
39:46
a
39:46
man
39:46
said
39:46
a
39:47
long
39:47
time
39:47
ago
39:47
so
39:48
if
39:48
God
39:48
withholds
39:49
something
39:49
from
39:49
you
39:50
then
39:51
it
39:51
wasn't
39:52
good
39:52
for
39:52
you
39:52
in
39:53
that
39:53
moment
39:54
at
39:54
least
39:55
right
39:56
so
39:57
we
39:57
can
39:58
trust
39:58
him
39:58
trust
39:59
him
39:59
he's
40:00
worthy
40:00
to be
40:01
trusted
40:01
and
40:02
so
40:02
lastly
40:03
under
40:04
this
40:04
realize
40:05
and believe
40:06
that God
40:06
is enough
40:07
all right
40:08
not all
40:09
this stuff
40:09
that people
40:10
have you
40:10
don't need
40:11
you think
40:11
you do
40:11
but you
40:12
don't
40:13
verse
40:14
25
40:14
and
40:14
26
40:15
in
40:15
psalm
40:15
73
40:16
whom
40:17
have
40:17
I
40:17
in
40:17
heaven
40:18
but
40:18
you
40:18
and
40:19
there
40:19
is
40:19
nothing
40:20
on
40:20
the
40:20
earth
40:20
I
40:21
desire
40:21
besides
40:21
you
40:22
my
40:23
flesh
40:24
and
40:24
my
40:24
heart
40:24
may
40:24
fail
40:25
but
40:26
God
40:26
is
40:26
the
40:27
strength
40:27
of my
40:27
heart
40:27
and my
40:28
portion
40:28
forever
40:29
so
40:31
though
40:31
you
40:31
possess
40:32
little
40:32
on
40:32
this
40:32
earth
40:33
if
40:33
you
40:33
have
40:34
God
40:34
you
40:34
have
40:35
an
40:35
abundance
40:35
for
40:35
all
40:36
eternity
40:36
forever
40:38
so
40:39
though
40:39
you
40:39
may
40:39
struggle
40:40
tempted
40:41
to doubt
40:42
that
40:42
he
40:43
is
40:43
our
40:44
portion
40:44
see
40:44
that
40:45
in
40:45
the
40:45
verse
40:46
it
40:46
really
40:47
just
40:47
means
40:47
the
40:48
portion
40:48
doesn't
40:48
mean
40:48
like
40:49
a
40:49
slice
40:49
of
40:49
something
40:49
it
40:50
means
40:50
like
40:50
that
40:51
which
40:51
completely
40:52
satisfy
40:52
you
40:53
and
40:53
fills
40:53
you
40:54
completely
40:54
God
40:55
is
40:55
your
40:55
portion
40:56
!
40:57
And
40:57
he
40:57
is
40:57
the
40:58
!
40:57
the
40:58
strength
40:58
of
40:58
your
40:58
heart
40:58
so
41:00
so
41:02
I
41:02
like
41:02
to
41:03
pick
41:04
on
41:04
people
41:04
occasionally
41:05
just
41:05
for
41:05
my
41:06
own
41:06
pride
41:07
I guess
41:08
I guess
41:09
that's
41:09
what it
41:09
is
41:10
sometimes
41:10
it's
41:10
just
41:10
all in
41:11
good
41:11
fun
41:11
but
41:12
I
41:12
kind
41:12
of
41:12
watch
41:13
as
41:13
words
41:13
come
41:13
and
41:14
go
41:14
in
41:14
college
41:14
culture
41:15
particularly
41:15
it
41:16
seemed
41:16
like
41:16
for
41:17
three
41:17
years
41:17
one
41:17
word
41:18
hung
41:18
on
41:18
awkward
41:19
this
41:20
is
41:20
awkward
41:21
that
41:21
is
41:21
awkward
41:22
you
41:22
are
41:22
awkward
41:22
like
41:23
everything
41:23
was
41:23
awkward
41:23
!
41:28
can you
41:29
learn the
41:29
English
41:29
language
41:30
a little
41:30
better
41:30
and not
41:30
use
41:31
that
41:31
all
41:31
the
41:31
time
41:31
because
41:32
this
41:32
isn't
41:32
awkward
41:32
but
41:34
the
41:35
one
41:35
I
41:35
hear
41:36
lately
41:36
though
41:36
is
41:37
the
41:37
word
41:37
literally
41:37
literally
41:39
this
41:39
literally
41:39
that
41:40
literally
41:40
this
41:40
but
41:41
this
41:41
is
41:42
going
41:42
to
41:42
be
41:42
like
41:42
literally
41:43
true
41:44
when I
41:44
say
41:45
this
41:45
in the
41:47
sense
41:47
of the
41:47
English
41:48
word
41:48
literally
41:48
right
41:49
you
41:52
literally
41:53
have
41:54
nothing
41:55
if
41:55
you
41:55
don't
41:55
have
41:55
Christ
41:56
and
41:57
you
41:57
literally
41:57
have
41:57
everything
41:58
if
41:58
you
41:58
do
41:59
possess
41:59
Christ
41:59
and
42:01
you
42:01
need
42:01
nothing
42:02
else
42:02
I
42:03
tell
42:03
guys
42:04
that
42:04
I'm
42:04
sharing
42:04
the
42:04
gospel
42:05
with
42:05
you
42:05
like
42:05
anything
42:05
you're
42:06
living
42:06
your
42:06
life
42:06
for
42:07
that
42:07
can
42:07
be
42:07
taken
42:07
away
42:07
from
42:08
you
42:08
is
42:09
not
42:09
worth
42:09
living
42:09
your
42:09
life
42:10
for
42:10
sports
42:11
relationships
42:13
this
42:13
is
42:13
all
42:14
going
42:14
to
42:14
go
42:14
this
42:15
great
42:15
body
42:15
and
42:16
great
42:16
!
42:16
health
42:16
you
42:16
have
42:19
it's
42:20
not
42:20
worth
42:20
it
42:20
so
42:22
the
42:23
last
42:23
thing
42:23
we're
42:23
going
42:23
to
42:24
do
42:24
turn
42:26
to
42:26
psalm
42:26
16
42:27
we'll
42:28
end
42:28
right
42:29
here
42:29
but
42:33
I
42:33
will
42:34
throw
42:34
out
42:34
there
42:34
that
42:36
this
42:36
psalm
42:37
this
42:38
conclusion
42:39
that
42:39
Asaph
42:39
has
42:40
it
42:40
leads
42:40
him
42:41
to
42:41
want
42:42
to
42:42
go
42:42
and
42:42
tell
42:42
others
42:42
about
42:43
God
42:43
okay
42:44
so
42:45
he
42:45
doesn't
42:45
just
42:45
stop
42:45
there
42:46
and
42:46
say
42:46
I
42:46
have
42:46
God
42:47
and
42:47
I'm
42:48
not
42:48
going
42:48
to
42:48
give
42:48
anybody
42:49
else
42:49
he
42:51
explodes
42:52
with
42:52
this
42:52
idea
42:53
that
42:53
I
42:53
have
42:53
to
42:53
tell
42:54
of
42:54
his
42:54
works
42:54
in
42:55
verse
42:55
28
42:55
I
42:56
have
42:56
made
42:56
the
42:57
Lord
42:57
God
42:57
my
42:57
refuge
42:57
that
42:58
I
42:58
may
42:58
tell
42:58
of
42:59
all
42:59
your
42:59
works
43:00
so
43:01
pity
43:01
those
43:02
who
43:02
are
43:02
without
43:02
Christ
43:03
and
43:03
go
43:03
to
43:03
them
43:03
and
43:04
give
43:04
them
43:05
the
43:05
truth
43:05
so
43:06
psalm
43:07
16
43:07
this
43:07
is
43:08
David
43:08
now
43:08
verse
43:09
5
43:10
the
43:13
Lord
43:13
is
43:13
my
43:14
chosen
43:14
portion
43:15
and
43:15
my
43:15
cup
43:15
you
43:16
hold
43:17
my
43:17
lot
43:17
the
43:18
lions
43:19
have
43:19
fallen
43:19
for
43:20
me
43:20
in
43:20
pleasant
43:20
places
43:21
indeed
43:22
I
43:23
have a
43:24
beautiful
43:24
inheritance
43:24
I
43:26
bless
43:26
the
43:26
Lord
43:27
who
43:27
gives
43:27
me
43:27
counsel
43:28
in
43:29
the
43:29
night
43:29
also
43:29
my
43:30
heart
43:30
also
43:30
instructs
43:31
me
43:31
I
43:32
have
43:32
set
43:33
the
43:33
Lord
43:33
always
43:34
before
43:34
me
43:35
he
43:36
is
43:36
at
43:36
my
43:36
right
43:36
hand
43:37
and
43:37
I
43:37
shall
43:37
not
43:37
be
43:37
shaken
43:38
therefore
43:39
my
43:40
heart
43:40
is
43:40
glad
43:40
and
43:40
my
43:41
whole
43:41
being
43:41
rejoices
43:42
my
43:43
flesh
43:44
also
43:44
dwells
43:44
secure
43:45
for
43:46
listen
43:46
to
43:46
this
43:46
for
43:46
you
43:47
will
43:47
not
43:47
abandon
43:48
!
43:48
my
43:48
soul
43:48
to
43:49
shield
43:49
or
43:50
let
43:50
your
43:50
holy
43:51
one
43:51
see
43:51
corruption
43:54
here
43:55
you
43:56
make
43:56
known
43:56
to
43:56
me
43:57
the
43:57
path
43:57
of
43:57
life
43:58
and
43:58
in
43:59
your
43:59
presence
43:59
there
43:59
is
44:00
fullness
44:00
of
44:00
joy
44:01
and
44:01
at
44:01
your
44:02
right
44:02
hand
44:02
there
44:02
are
44:03
pleasures
44:03
forever
44:04
more
44:04
amen
44:06
brought
44:10
this up
44:11
here
44:11
might as
44:11
well
44:11
use
44:11
it
44:12
so
44:13
cleaning
44:14
out
44:14
my
44:14
stuff
44:15
because
44:15
I'm
44:15
getting
44:15
ready
44:15
to
44:16
move
44:16
it's
44:16
like
44:16
a
44:16
nightmare
44:17
moving
44:17
so
44:18
I
44:18
found
44:19
something
44:19
that I
44:19
wrote
44:20
when I
44:20
was
44:20
16
44:21
but
44:23
like
44:24
I
44:24
got
44:24
a
44:24
job
44:25
that
44:25
was
44:25
paying
44:25
me
44:25
pretty
44:25
well
44:26
at
44:26
a
44:26
warehouse
44:26
and
44:27
so
44:28
all
44:28
of
44:28
a
44:28
sudden
44:28
I
44:28
have
44:28
money
44:29
and
44:29
I
44:29
put
44:29
things
44:29
to
44:30
buy
44:30
with
44:31
my
44:31
money
44:31
and
44:31
it
44:32
says
44:32
listen
44:33
to
44:33
this
44:33
it's
44:33
a
44:33
typical
44:34
country
44:34
boy
44:35
wish list
44:35
toolbox
44:37
for my
44:38
truck
44:38
which
44:39
I
44:39
never
44:40
got
44:40
3030
44:43
Winchester
44:44
I
44:45
got
44:45
that
44:45
12
44:48
gauge
44:48
shotgun
44:48
I
44:49
got
44:49
that
44:49
a
44:51
male
44:51
basset
44:51
hound
44:52
I
44:52
got
44:52
that
44:52
his
44:52
name
44:53
was
44:53
Fred
44:53
he
44:53
died
44:53
a
44:56
fishing
44:57
pole
44:57
got
44:58
it
44:59
four
44:59
wheeler
45:00
kind
45:00
of
45:00
got
45:00
it
45:01
45
45:03
pistol
45:04
I
45:04
got
45:04
a
45:04
40
45:04
not
45:05
a
45:05
45
45:05
boots
45:08
belt
45:09
buckle
45:09
a
45:10
horse
45:11
I
45:14
put
45:14
horse
45:15
$2,000
45:15
I
45:16
had
45:16
really
45:16
saved
45:16
for
45:16
that
45:17
one
45:17
I
45:17
never
45:17
got
45:17
it
45:18
but
45:18
I
45:18
rode
45:18
my
45:18
brother's
45:19
horses
45:19
so
45:19
it
45:19
worked
45:19
so
45:20
and
45:22
like
45:23
I
45:23
really
45:23
thought
45:23
this
45:24
stuff
45:24
was
45:24
going
45:24
to
45:24
do
45:24
it
45:25
like
45:25
this
45:25
stuff
45:25
was
45:26
going
45:26
to
45:26
do
45:26
it
45:26
and
45:27
a few
45:29
years
45:29
ago
45:29
if you
45:29
had
45:30
asked
45:30
me
45:30
what
45:30
three
45:31
things
45:31
will
45:31
satisfy
45:32
your
45:32
soul
45:32
if you
45:33
had
45:33
three
45:34
wishes
45:34
what
45:35
would
45:35
satisfy
45:35
it
45:35
I
45:35
would
45:36
say
45:36
better
45:37
health
45:37
I
45:39
would
45:39
say
45:39
a
45:40
job
45:40
or a
45:40
career
45:40
I
45:40
really
45:41
love
45:41
and
45:42
I
45:42
would
45:42
say
45:43
to
45:43
be
45:43
married
45:43
and
45:43
have
45:43
a
45:43
family
45:44
like
45:45
God
45:46
has
45:46
given
45:46
me
45:47
definitely
45:47
two
45:47
of
45:47
those
45:47
things
45:48
I
45:48
have
45:48
better
45:48
health
45:49
I
45:50
love
45:50
what
45:50
I
45:50
do
45:51
and
45:51
then
45:52
a
45:52
week
45:52
I'll
45:52
have
45:52
the
45:52
third
45:53
thing
45:53
but
45:54
if
45:54
but
45:56
if
45:57
those
45:58
other
45:58
two
45:58
things
45:59
didn't
45:59
satisfy
45:59
me
46:00
as
46:01
great
46:01
as
46:01
she
46:02
is
46:02
right
46:02
as
46:03
thankful
46:03
as
46:04
I
46:04
am
46:04
that
46:04
she'll
46:04
be
46:04
my
46:05
wife
46:05
soon
46:05
she's
46:06
not
46:06
going
46:06
to
46:06
do
46:06
it
46:06
either
46:07
and
46:07
I'm
46:07
not
46:07
going
46:07
to
46:07
do
46:07
it
46:07
for
46:07
her
46:08
like
46:08
Christ
46:08
only
46:09
will
46:10
satisfy
46:10
only
46:11
will
46:12
satisfy
46:12
don't
46:14
mean
46:15
a
46:15
word
46:15
of
46:15
prayer