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940. Bible Study: Psalm 25 (Trust God, be Humble, He will Teach Us) · Faith by annm2705

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  Psalm 25 from the book of Psalms.
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  First, let's pray. Dear Lord, please speak to us
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  through these words that David expressed.
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  We ask this in Jesus name in you, Lord my God, I put my
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  trust. I trust in you.
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  Do not let me put be put to shame, nor let my enemies
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  triumph over me. No one who hopes in you will
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  ever be put to shame, but shame will come on those who are
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  treacherous without cause. Show me your ways, Lord, Teach
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  me your paths, guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are
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  my. You are God, my Saviour, and my
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  hope is in you all day long. Remember, Lord, your great mercy
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  and love, for they are from of old.
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  Do not remember the sins, my youth and my rebellious ways
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  according to Your love. Remember Me, for You, Lord, are
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  good. Good and upright is the Lord.
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  Therefore He instructs sinners in His ways.
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  He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
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  All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those
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  who keep the demands of His covenant.
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  For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it
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  is great. Who then are those who fear the
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  Lord? He will instruct them in the
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  ways they should choose. They will spend their days in
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  prosperity, and their descendants will inherit the
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  land. The Lord confides in those who
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  fear Him. He makes His covenant known to
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  them. My eyes are ever on the Lord,
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  for only He will release my feet from the snare.
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  Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and
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  afflicted. Relieve the troubles of my heart
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  and free me from my anguish. Look on my affliction and my
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  distress and take away all my sins.
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  See how numerous are my enemies and how fiercely they hate me.
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  Guard my life and rescue me. Do not let me be put to shame,
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  for I take refuge in You. May integrity and uprightness
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  protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.
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  Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles.
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  And that is the end of Psalm 25 S As I've done in the past, I
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  did look at all of the references to Lord and God and
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  in in this and there are several different words that are used
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  here. So many of the references to
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  Lord are actually God's personal name, Yahweh, as people say it,
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  but it's WHYH or I'm sorry, did a reverse YHWH.
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  So in the beginning of the Psalm, David is talking about
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  his trust in the Lord, and then he's talking about how that's
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  that's a good thing because it'll never fail because anyone
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  who trusts in God has no nothing to worry about because God
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  prevails. I mean, even in this life, if
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  it's not what we anticipated, that's not the end.
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  We were created to be eternal beings and it's a matter of
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  where we're going to be in the end.
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  So the eternity with God, I mean, that's going to be the
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  greatest thing that anyone, no matter how successful, how
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  wonderful their life has been, God's Kingdom is going to be
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  even greater than that. So anyone and and God promises,
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  all the people who are struggling here on earth will be
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  rewarded greatly in heaven. So God has very, he has given us
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  promises and we can trust in him.
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  He's true, He's never changing and we can trust what he says.
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  And David is saying this in the Psalm.
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  And then the other thing that is really, I think important for
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  all of us is that God teaches us along the way as when we first
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  came to believe. That's that's the first step.
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  But then God works in us, He gives us his Holy Spirit, and we
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  begin to change. And God has a purpose for us.
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  So we need to be close to God so that we know what God, you know,
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  desires of us. What did God create us to do?
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  What things did God want us to do while we were here?
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  And so God can teach us those things of, of what he had in
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  mind for us when he created us. Then he's reflecting on God's
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  mercy and his love. And he's also saying, you know,
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  remember when I did all those bad things?
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  Well, don't remember those. And God fortunately says in in
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  Scripture, he says, you know your sins.
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  I will remember no more. So when we've been forgiven by
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  God, he doesn't hold those things against us.
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  He gives us, you know, he he forgives us.
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  He's merciful, He's loving and he's merciful and he forgives
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  when we are sincere and wanting to be forgiven for something
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  that we've done, He forgives us. Now, the one thing that he
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  requests of us is that we turn away from that, that we don't
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  keep going back to that same sin that we asked him to forgive us
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  because that's not really sincere if we keep doing it.
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  So God does want us to turn away from things that are sinful
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  because he made us in his image. And do you think he wants
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  people, you know, very, you know, if if we are reflecting
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  his image and everybody knows that, then do you think God's
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  going to want us to be sinning? Because God doesn't sin, You
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  know, we're not going to be 100% perfect, but we are in a process
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  with His Holy Spirit. It's by the power of His Holy
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  Spirit that our life begins to change and we begin to have less
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  and less of that in our life. And then someday when Jesus
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  returns, we will be instantly changed into immortal beings,
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  and at that point we will be perfected.
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  And then there won't be any sin anymore, as far as I understand,
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  because the sin cannot be in the presence of God and will not be
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  in God's Kingdom. So I presume that once we've
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  crossed over that threshold and we have the immortal bodies,
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  then we won't have to worry about sin anymore.
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  And I think that's probably why there was the tree of life that
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  was guarded after Adam and Eve sinned so that they couldn't,
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  you know, quote, eat of that fruit, whether this was just
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  symbolic but had meaning. You know, someone sinful should
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  not be allowed to eat the fruit of eternal life because then
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  that would go on in perpetual. There would be perpetual.
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  And we know that in God's Kingdom there is no sin.
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  So it's everything will be perfect, restored and the way
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  God intended it to be when God made everything, he said it was
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  good. And that's what his Kingdom will
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  be like. It won't be broken like here.
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  So anyway, David's remembering God's mercy and love and saying,
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  please, you know, forget about my sins that I had in the past.
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  But in the middle of this in verse 5, when he talks to when
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  he says, guide me in your truth and teach me for you are God my
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  Savior Elohim, which is plural. And then it's Yesa or Yesa Yesa.
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  I'm should have listened to how it's pronounced before I said
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  it, but I don't. So anyway, it's similar to
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  Yeshua because I think Yeshua means salvation.
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  And so Yesha, let's say it's Elohim, Yesha.
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  It's interesting combination. Just that happened to become
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  Jesus's name and it actually means salvation.
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  But here he's speaking to for you are God my Savior, and it's
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  the plural. So in my understanding, this is
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  referring to the Trinity, the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
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  But he's also talking about a Savior, which would be Yeshua,
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  which is one of the three persons of God.
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  I know it's a complex thing and I, I think that's one of the
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  mysteries that will finally be revealed when we, I don't know,
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  when Jesus returns, maybe or maybe not exactly.
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  Then maybe when we are actually in God's Kingdom, when we, I
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  think maybe then we'll understand it all.
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  So then he talks about how the Lord by his personal name
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  instructs sinners. So that's another important
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  thing to remember is that when we come to God, we come to him
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  just like we are. We're all full of sin.
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  We're a mess. And we usually, not usually, but
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  some of us need that. Well, all of us have sin and all
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  of us need that to be cleaned up.
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  And so that's what God will do if we humble ourselves, because
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  if we say, Oh, I'm not a Sinner, then we just, we haven't read
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  the Bible, probably because once you read the Bible, you realize
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  all the different things that you could do to sin and do, and
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  just even our thoughts, that's even sinning.
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  So how can you keep intrusive thoughts that you you really
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  don't want, but they creep in? And so we're all sinners, but he
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  instructs those of us who are humble and can admit when we
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  have those things happen. He guides the humble in what is
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  right and teaches them his way, which is Jesus said, I am the
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  way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
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  except through me. So we certainly want to know the
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  way to the Father to the Kingdom of God.
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  That's what that's what this is all about.
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  This whole book, the Bible is about introducing us to God's
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  Kingdom and his plans for us. It's a story of how God well,
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  there's AI guess there's a lot more, but but after it got
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  started when well, when Jesus came, I think it was like repent
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  for the Kingdom of God has come near which the Kingdom of God
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  was represented by Jesus. But there is a future Kingdom of
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  God that will be coming. So then David's talking about
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  all the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful.
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  I mean, thank God that he is loving and he is faithful.
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  Like he doesn't leave us. You know, people on the other
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  hand can be void of love or not faithful, but that's not who God
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  is. And God wants us to be like Him,
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  to be loving and faithful also. And says all the ways of the
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  Lord are loving and faithful to those who keep the demands of
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  His covenant. So we are in a covenant with
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  Him. He is loving and faithful and we
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  should also be loving and faithful to our side of it all
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  for this. Let's see where else.
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  And he talks about forgiveness and then about the fear of the
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  Lord. And it says, who then are those
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  who fear the Lord? He will instruct them in the
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  ways they should choose. So if you have the fear of the
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  Lord, it's not obviously it's not that you're afraid of him
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  and you're running away from him.
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  It's the opposite of that. You respect him.
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  You know that he has the power to send you to eternal
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  punishment or to let you into his Kingdom.
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  And he can, I mean, he can do anything.
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  I mean, he created the world. He holds it all together.
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  Everything, The things that we just don't think about on a
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  regular day is, you know, just the, the awesomeness of God and
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  just that every like he knows every single tiny hair on our
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  head and think about like all the leaves on the trees and all
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  the different species and all the, the ways that things grow.
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  And God did all of that. He designed all of that.
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  And if we ever think that we have something that God can't
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  handle, that means we've forgotten who God is because
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  look at the creation, look at everything he's made and you can
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  see how awesome he is. And that is, I mean, would you,
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  would you fear not like I'm, I mean, in a, in a sense there is
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  some scared. I mean, a lot of people when
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  they did see God, well, I think they probably saw Jesus because
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  it said no one saw the face of God.
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  But but when they did see God, then they, they were, they were
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  very fearful because they knew their sin.
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  And like Isaiah, he said he's, he just said, you know, help me
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  because I'm a man on unclean lips.
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  And then his lips were purified. An Angel purified the lips, his
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  lips. But just think about that, like
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  the people who have come in contact with God, they just
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  bowed down immediately and it says that every knee is going to
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  bow when Jesus returns. That's going to happen.
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  And and that's just the reaction that people will have because
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  that there is that immediate knowing of who he is and that
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  respect and that reverence and realizing who we are in
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  comparison to his greatness. Not that we are to compare
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  ourselves to Him, but just that He's so different from us.
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  And when we see that, then we will we will be humbled for
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  sure. But those who already fear him
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  and realize His awesomeness, He will instruct us in the ways
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  that we should choose. So ask God about which way.
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  Ask God about decisions. He.
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  He wants to do that. He wants to have a relationship
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  with us. Then it says they will spend
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  their days in prosperity and their descendants will inherit
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  the land. Now, this has multiple meanings
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  because of course, to the Israelites, there was a specific
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  piece of land that was being discussed.
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  But ultimately it'll be God's Kingdom, which will be a land
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  because the new Jerusalem is coming down out of the heavens
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  at some point in the future. And it's going to be very
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  different. It's the city itself is going to
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  be half the size of the United States of America from East to
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  West. So I looked at measurements that
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  were given in the Bible that were translated and it's it's
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  and it's going to be like a big cube because it's as tall as it
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  is wide as it is deep. And it has like, I think it has
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  12 levels and it's the 12 or 24. No, I think it's 12 for the
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  either the different tribes or it was the apostles.
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  I know that maybe the the gates or what have the different
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  tribes names, but then I think the levels have are related to
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  the 12 disciples. Anyway, that's kind of
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  insignificant. My mind was kind of wandering.
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  But anyway, there there's that land that God will bring forth
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  out of the heavens after this whole earth is going to be
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  destroyed. That's another thing to think
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  about. Not to create fear, but that's
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  what the Bible tells us. And I don't believe that's going
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  to happen until after Jesus reigns for 1000 years.
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  So it's not in that close of a near term future for us.
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  But eventually this whole earth is going to be gone.
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  It'll be destroyed to where a new heaven will come down.
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  And so that is that is something to look forward to as far as
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  God's Kingdom. And then it says the Lord
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  confides in those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known
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  to him. I mean, there are like special
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  things that God will reveal to people when we respect him.
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  And that certainly happened to me, and that happened to me when
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  I actually took that step of getting baptized.
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  And when I decided I was going to get baptized, I decided I was
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  no longer going to be a hypocrite.
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  Not that I would be perfect, but just that I was really making
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  that decision. I am, you know, putting to death
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  my old life and I'm not going to just do this and make everybody
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  think I'm, oh, you know, good now, but I'm actually going to
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  do it like it's going to require changes in my life.
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  And I made that commitment. And anyway, then it was that
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  night that some things started happening to me and they've kind
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  of they've continued, they've slowed down a little bit
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  recently. But for all these years that was
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  in 21 and now this is 2026. So the past five years God has
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  done some like these amazing things that, you know, I never
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  had happened before in my life. So this is true about God doing
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  special things. It says my eyes are ever on the
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  Lord. Let's see.
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  Then he's talking about, you know, he's kind of talking about
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  all these praises and just, you know, reminding, not like God
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  needs to be reminded, but telling God about how great he
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  is and how is you know, he's he's feared in a respect
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  respected way. And then he starts to ask for
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  things, and he starts talking about his loneliness, his
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  affliction, and he's wanting to be freed, and he wants his sins
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  taken away, and he wants God to guard him and rescue him.
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  And he takes refuge in God, and God gives him hope, and he knows
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  that God delivers. So that's how the end of the
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  Psalm ends up. So it's pretty much we could
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  probably relate to David's feelings here and in our
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  everyday life, in different times of our life where we can
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  see these things about God. And then there are these times
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  where we need them so badly. And that's what David expresses
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  here. And the verse 21, it says
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  Elohim. Again, it's either verse 21 or
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  22 because I wrote it in between the two.
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  I I think it's the 1st 21 though.
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  But may integrity and uprightness protect me because
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  my hope Lord is in you. That's actually Elohim and it's
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  the plural version and so I believe that's referring to the
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  Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Anyway, that is my what I got
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  after what I understood from reading these words.
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  I'm going to go to the study Bible and read through the
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  questions and answers and then wrap up the podcast.
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  So why ask God to remember? Remember is a strong covenant
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  word. Asking God to remember does not
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  imply that he is forgotten. Kind of funny that we just said
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  that is or that I just said that it is asking God to act now
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  based on his past promises. How does it help to be humble?
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  God will not give what we God will not give what we are too
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  proud to receive. Pride is like a barrier that
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  blocks out the very things God desires to do in our lives.
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  God opposes the proud, but shows favor to the humble.
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  What covenant must we keep? This likely refers to the laws
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  of Moses, which contain God's covenant with his people.
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  According to David, we should follow God's loving and faithful
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  ways. Christians today have been given
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  the new covenant since these words were written, but the
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  principle remains the same. We can express our love by God
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  for God by submitting to his ways and obeying them.
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  So. And we have to remember that
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  Jesus said he did not abolish the Old Testament laws, but he
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  came to fulfil what the prophets had said.
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  So why appeal for mercy on the basis of God's name?
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  The Lord's character and reputation are expressed in His
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  name. Because of his character, we can
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  count on him to forgive the prosperity of the Lord's servant
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  brings honor to the Lord's name. So to preserve his reputation,
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  he will act on behalf of his people.
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  Does faithfulness lead to prosperity?
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  And that didn't answer it. It refers me to a couple things
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  about another question, so I'm not going to read that.
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  Why would Almighty God confide in people?
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  This metaphor illustrates an intimate communion with God, as
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  though mere humans could sit in God's sit on God's heavenly
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  counsel. God's love for people causes him
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  to long for fellowship with them.
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  What does it mean to fear the Lord?
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  To fear the Lord does not mean to be afraid of him.
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  It means to Revere him for who he is and live in a manner that
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  honors him. Can all of God's children
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  experience the freedom David was asking for?
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  Like David, we live in in the time before Christ has once and
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  for all defeated evil and death. Revelation 19, verse 11 through
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  21. Though we still struggle here on
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  earth, we can experience glimpses of the freedom for
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  which David was praying, but we won't fully experience it until
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  we're in heaven or until God's Kingdom comes here.
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  Certainly we should follow David's example by praying to
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  the only one who can grant such freedom.
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  And that ends the study. Bible's commentary on Psalm
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  chapter. Psalm 25, not chapter.
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  Well, I guess it is chapter 25, but it's Psalm 25.
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  Anyway. If you found this meaningful,
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  please share it with someone else.
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  day, please subscribe. And this is, this concludes
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  Psalm 25. Next time we will do Psalm 26.