The Bible tells us,
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"In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God."
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It says to,
"Receive with meekness
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the implanted Word,
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which is able
to save your souls.
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And to be diligent
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to present
yourself approved to God,
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rightly dividing
the Word of truth."
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Join us now for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Our study today is,
"The Least of These."
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Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn,
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and we welcome you once again
to 3ABN Sabbath School panel.
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We're excited that
you join us to study.
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We hope that you have a lesson,
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and a Bible, and
a pencil and paper.
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And in case you
don't have the lesson,
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let me tell you
how you can get it.
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You can go to ABSG.Adventist.org
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and download
lesson or you can drop by
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your nearest
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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they'll be happy to
give you a quarterly
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and will most likely
invite you to come in
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and study personally with them.
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Our quarter,
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what we are studying
this quarter is called
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"The Least of These,"
ministering to those in need.
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And obviously, you know,
this could have been called,
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we could have used Cain's quote,
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Am I my brother's keeper?
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But instead it's using a quote
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from Jesus
Christ in Matthew 25:40,
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where He was saying, you know,
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"I was hungry, you fed me.
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I was thirsty,
you gave me to drink.
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I was sick and imprisoned,
you came to visit me."
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And they said, "When Lord?"
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He said, "If you do
it to the least of these,
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you have done it to Me."
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So let me introduce our panel,
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all my brothers
and sisters in Christ,
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people I dearly loved.
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We have with us Pastor Ryan Day.
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Ryan, we're so glad
you're part of the team.
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It's always a
blessing to be here.
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Then we had my precious pastor
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of the Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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Pastor John Lomacang.
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It's always a joy
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to study the
Word of God together,
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especially with this team.
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Well, we feel the same way.
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And then my
dear precious sister,
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Jill Morikone.
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It's a privilege to be
here and open up God's Word.
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Thank you.
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And then my bestie, mommy aunt.
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BFF.
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Mollie Sue Steenson,
we're so glad to have you back.
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Well, it's a joy to be here.
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Well, it's a joy to study
with each and every one of you.
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Before we begin, I would
like for who has, we'll see...
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Ryan, why don't
you open with prayer
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because we need the Lord.
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Absolutely.
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Father in Heaven,
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Lord, we first want
to just take this time
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to uplift You and to
praise You for being our God,
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because You are worthy.
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Lord, at this time as
we open Your Word, again,
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Lord, we just ask
for Your Holy Spirit.
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Each and every word
that flows from our mouth
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and every thought
that is shared here today,
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I pray God that it is in harmony
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with Your Word, and Your will.
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And that each and every person
listening or participating
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in this particular program,
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I pray that we
will all be blessed
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and drawn ever closer
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to our blessed
Savior Jesus Christ.
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And we thank
You for Jesus Christ
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and the sacrifice
that He gave for us,
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for none of us
would be here without Him.
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We praise You, O Father,
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and we thank You for again
this wonderful opportunity,
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and we ask these
things in Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Thank you for
that beautiful prayer.
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Well, we are on lesson 4,
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and this is Mercy and Justice
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in the Psalms
and in the Proverbs.
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And we see that
the Book of Psalms,
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these are hymns,
lament songs of Thanksgiving,
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royal psalms,
enthronement psalms,
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penitential psalms,
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and in the wisdom
or didactic psalms.
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The Book of Proverbs
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basically gives
us a godly worldview.
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It leads us into
the wisdom of God.
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And when you're
looking at Proverbs,
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I always say Proverbs
1:7 is the perspective
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for understanding
all of the Proverbs.
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And here's what it says,
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"The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of knowledge,
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fools despise
wisdom and instruction."
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So everything in the Proverbs
is about knowing how to revere.
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And that's what that word fear
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is to respect
to hope God in all.
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The fear of the Lord
is a biblical shorthand,
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if you will,
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for living a
life of love in God,
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walking in obedience,
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and worshipping the Lord.
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Our memory text
for this lesson 4
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is Psalm 82:3-4.
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And it says,
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"Defend the poor
and the fatherless.
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Do justice to the
afflicted, and needy.
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Deliver the poor and needy.
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Free them from the
hand of the wicked."
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When we look at our world today,
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the world is permeated
by injustice, is it not?
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We see so many
people being oppressed,
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people in the church,
people out of the church.
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But God is still
the hope of all nations.
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He is the hope of all people.
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And what this
quarterly is doing is showing us
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what true religion is,
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and that is to defend
the poor, and the followers.
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So what we hope
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that you'll find
in this quarterly
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is inspiration to overcome
our own self-centered nature
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and to take care of others.
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So let's look at Sunday.
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And in Sunday's lesson,
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this is "Songs of
Hope for the Oppressed."
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I'm going to read
a couple of paragraph
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straight from the quarterly,
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'cause I think this
was written so beautifully.
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It says, "As
we've already noted,
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God sees and hears people
who are in distress in trouble.
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Most often in the
Psalms we hear those cries
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from people who
have trusted in God,
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but are not seeing justice done.
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The
affirmations of the goodness,
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justice and power of God
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can seem overwhelmed
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by the injustice and
oppression that the voices
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in these songs
experience or observed.
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Yet," and here's what I love,
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"these are the songs of
those who are still singing,
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neither their
life nor their faith
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has been quenched.
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There is still hope.
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And the urgency is for God
to act before it is too late,
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before evil triumphs,
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before the
oppressed are destroyed
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by the way that the
evil brought against them.
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And in this way,
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the writers of the
Psalms try to bridge the gap
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between the affirmations of
their faith, and the trials,
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and tragedies of life."
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Ain't that beautiful?
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All right, let's
look at Psalm Chapter 9,
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and I'm going
to ask a few of you
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to read if you will.
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Psalm Chapter 9, and
let's start with verse 10.
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Jill, do you have that?
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Sure. Excuse me.
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Start with verse
7, 7 to 9 if you will.
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Psalm 9:7-9.
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"But the Lord
shall endure forever.
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He has prepared His
throne for judgment.
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He shall judge the
world in righteousness,
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and He shall administer judgment
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for the peoples in uprightness.
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The Lord also will be a
refuge for the oppressed,
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a refuge in times of trouble."
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So the Lord there
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that is the
covenant name for God,
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that is Yahweh or Jehovah,
as we might pronounce it.
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And he's saying,
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"Our covenant God
is still on the throne.
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He is judging the world."
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Even though
judgment doesn't come,
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final judgment till
the end of the world,
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God is judging
the earth even now.
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He executes
justice for the oppressed
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and offers
protection from the wicked.
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Now, Mollie,
would you read verse 10.
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Verse 10? Psalm 9:10.
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"And those who know Your name
will put their trust in You.
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For," pardon me, "for You, Lord,
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have not forsaken
those who seek You."
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So to know God is
to be connected to God
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in an intimate and
loving relationship.
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And we can always look
to God in our time of need
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and depend upon
Him as our vindicator.
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So the whole point of this psalm
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is that we have to trust God
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to uphold our cause and
not get down in the mouth
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was filled with hatred
for others or self pity,
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when we're falsely accused,
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maybe were ignored
or underappreciated,
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we trust God for
the perfect timing
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of our reward.
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Now, let's look at verse 13.
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Psalm 9:13-20.
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John, you want to do that? Sure.
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"Have mercy on me, O Lord!
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Consider my trouble
from those who hate me,
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You who lift me up
from the gates of death,
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That I may tell
of all Your praise,
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in the gates of
the daughter of Zion.
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I will rejoice
in Your salvation.
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The nations have sunk down
in the pit which they made.
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In the net which they
hid, their own foot is caught.
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The Lord is known by
the judgment He executes.
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The wicked is snared in
the work of his own hands.
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Meditation. Selah.
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The wicked shall
be turned into hell,
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and all the
nations that forget God..."
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Now, pause for just a second.
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Cover one point,
this is a great word play
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on the word forget,
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because hell there is
literally shield the place
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of the grave where
they are forgotten.
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So if you've forget God,
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you're going to be in the
grave and you're forgotten.
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Okay.
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"For the needy shall
not always be forgotten.
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The expectation of the
poor shall not perish forever.
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Arise, O Lord, Do
not let man prevail.
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Let the nations be
judged in Your sight.
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Put them in fear, O Lord,
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that the nations
may know themselves
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to be but men.
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Selah."
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So what he's saying
here is God will rise up.
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And He's going to
put, when he said,
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"Put them in fear,"
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this isn't the fear of the Lord
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that we
experience as His people.
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The fear of the Lord
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that we
experience as His people,
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is, as I said,
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the appreciation for
God or respect in awe,
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but what he's saying is,
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Lord, track the
evil ones with terror.
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They're rebelling,
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the wicked are rebelling
against your authority.
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They're
plotting evil for others.
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So he's saying,
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"Lord, let them suffer the fate
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that they had
planned for the others."
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And you know, we find this.
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And, Mollie, would you
turn to Proverbs 26:27?
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Because we find this
theme throughout the Bible
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that the wicked are
plotting against others,
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and God turns it around on them.
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Mollie, Proverbs 26:27.
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"Whoever digs a
pit will fall into it,
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and he who rolls a stone
will have it roll back on him."
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So people may think
they're getting away
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when they are spreading rumors,
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when they are doing evil things,
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and trying to
bring other people down.
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But God says, "Hey,
you're digging a pit?"
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Well, the God of
justice is going to remember
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who you're trying to persecute,
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and He's going to
turn it around on you.
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So the future is
bright for the oppressed.
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God promises, He's
not going to forget us.
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And we can count on that
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because He is the
champion of the weak.
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So David in this psalm
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is calling on
God to bring justice
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so that it brings glory
and honor to the Lord's name.
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The tension here, we
see throughout the psalms,
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there's a tension
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between David's
faith and in God's goodness
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and the
circumstances that he faces.
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But the repeated
answer to this tension
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throughout the psalms
is the hope and promise
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of God's good and just judgment.
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So evil may seem
to triumph right now,
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but guess what?
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God's still in charge.
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And here's what I wanted
to read one more thing from...
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I thought this was interesting.
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This is a quote
from our quarterly.
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It says, "In
reflections on the psalms,
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CS Lewis describes
his initial surprise
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at the excitement and
longing for God's judgment,
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as expressed
repeatedly in the psalms.
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Observing that
many Bible readers today
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considered judgment,
something to be feared.
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He considers the original
Jewish perspective and rights.
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Thousands of people
who've been stripped
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of all they possess
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and who have the
right entirely on their side
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will at last be heard."
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Of course, they are
not afraid of judgment.
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They know right now
their case is an unanswerable,
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but if only it could be heard
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when God comes to
judge at last it will.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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"Do something God."
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Amen.
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That's the title
of Monday's lesson,
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"Do something God."
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I think all of us
have felt that way
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at some point, you know.
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I know that many
times in my life,
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I just, you know,
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in kind of our
humanistic mindset
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and our kind of
a carnal mindset,
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sometimes we want something done
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then and there,
and we want a response,
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we want
judgment, we want justice.
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And I found
myself many times in life
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crying out,
"Lord, where are you?
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Please show up
and do something."
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And so this is
what we find happening
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in this particular lesson.
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I'm not going to spend much time
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in a lot of different
portions of scripture,
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because the foundation
of this particular lesson
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is actually spent
mostly in Psalm 82.
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Now, if you read the
lesson, you'll notice
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that's the bulk of the scripture
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that shared there,
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but I have just a few texts
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that I'm going to
share throughout this lesson,
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but primarily
staying in Psalm 82.
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I want to just
read through Psalm 82.
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It's not a very long psalm.
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It's only eight verses,
but I want to read through it
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and then just kind of go back
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and just pick this apart
to see exactly what it is
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that God is sharing with us
through this inspired writing.
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So Psalm 82:1-8.
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Notice what the Bible says,
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"God stands in the
congregation of the mighty.
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He judges among the gods."
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Little g.
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Okay, so notice
that's a little g there,
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and we'll come back
to that in a moment.
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How long will
you judge unjustly,
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and show
partiality to the wicked?
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Selah.
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Defend the poor and fatherless.
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Do justice to the
afflicted and needy.
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Deliver the poor and needy
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freedom from the
hand of the wicked.
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They do not know,
nor do they understand.
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They walk about in darkness.
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All the foundations of
the earth are unstable.
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I said, 'You are gods,
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and all of you are
children of the Most High.
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But you shall die like men,
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and fall like
one of the princes.'
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Arise, O God, judge the earth.
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For You shall
inherit all the nations.'"
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And so you can see
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that the writer of
this particular psalm
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is just crying out
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to this injustice
that it's occurring.
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But yet at the same time,
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he recognizes in
that closing verse,
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which we're going to
highlight in the moment
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that he is calling out for God
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to be the great
judge that He is.
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I want to go back to verse 1
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and just kind of
highlight a few things,
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as we go back
through this, and show you
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just how powerful this really is
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in reference to the
topic that we're discussing.
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So verse 1,
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God stands in the
congregation of the mighty,
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He judges among the gods.
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So God's supreme
presidency and power
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in all councils
and courts asserted
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and laid down here in
this particular passage.
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In this particular verse,
it's being established here.
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It is established that
the great truth is necessary
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to be believed by
the kings, princes,
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presidents, judges, and
magistrates of all kind.
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So basically,
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any person who's been given
the responsibility to judge,
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been given that honor to
be represented in that way,
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they have to
recognize first and foremost
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and be humble that, of course,
God is the almighty judge.
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And so that's
very, very important.
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We see that God is standing
here as the chief director,
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the almighty, righteous
judge, as He is indeed.
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And, of course, notice
this, when I first read this,
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he judges among the gods,
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some people might read that
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and think, "What does that mean?
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What is he communicating there?"
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Like the angels, okay,
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notice this in
scripture, like the angels
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and other subordinate
figures of scripture,
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God refers to those given
the responsibility of judgment
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as little gods.
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In fact, the actual word here,
the Hebrew dialect is Elohim.
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And so it's in the, obviously
in the subordinate sense
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that like God, notice this,
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good judges and magistrates
are to exercise their duties
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and
responsibilities with the honor
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God has placed upon them.
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They are His vicegerents
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and meant to be a
great blessing to the people.
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And I'm thinking of another text
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that comes to mind,
it's Proverbs 16:10,
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which says,
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"Divination is on
the lips of the king.
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His mouth must not
transgress in judgment."
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So there is a
high responsibility
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and that is very
clearly communicating
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in the open verse.
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But then we get on to verse 2,
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and it's almost
like this particular
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the writer here, the author,
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he's calling out
these wicked judges.
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Notice what it says in verse 2.
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"How long will
you judge unjustly,
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and show
partiality to the wicked?"
00:18:09.78\00:18:13.12
So right here in
this particular verse,
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it is indirectly stated
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that the magistrate had
been unjust and corrupt.
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And they not only
excused the wicked,
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but even decided in their favor
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against the
righteous in many cases.
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And so it's interesting
that this particular verse
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also ends with a 'Selah.'
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Almost as if
there's a pause here,
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'cause it's a question and
it's almost like the author
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is indeed
looking for a response.
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How long is
this going to happen?
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How long are you
going to show partiality
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to the wicked?
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Almost like there
is a response here.
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Again, Proverbs
28:15, another great text
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that highlights
this particular issue.
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Proverbs 28:15, says,
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"Like a roaring
lion and a charging bear
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is a wicked ruler
over poor people."
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Very much a truth indeed.
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Then we go into verse 3-4.
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"Defend the poor and fatherless.
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Do justice to the
afflicted and needy."
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This was our
memory text, I believe.
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"Deliver the poor and needy
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freedom from the
hand of the wicked."
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So right here in
this particular verse,
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the charge is
given to all magistrates
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to do good with their power,
and they will answer to him
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by whom they are
entrusted with it, okay?
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They are to be the
protectors of those
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who lie exposed to injury
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and the patrons of those
who want advice and assistance.
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And, of course,
they are to go on
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to defend people
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like the poor who have no money,
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where with to make
friends or to fee counsel,
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and of course, and to
the fatherless as well,
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who while they are young
and unable to help themselves.
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We know they have lost those
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who would have been
the guides of their youth,
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and so we are to help
these particular individuals.
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We are counseled
through this psalm
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to do that, indeed.
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We are to follow
the example of Job.
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In Job 29:12,
the Bible says this,
00:20:00.90\00:20:04.80
"Because I delivered
the poor who cried out,
00:20:04.83\00:20:07.84
the fatherless and the
one who had no helper."
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Job, we're told
as a righteous man,
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he was perfect
in the eyes of God.
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And he indeed
followed in the example.
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Verse 5, again,
much like verse 2,
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we see there is
a charge drawn up
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against bad magistrates,
00:20:22.45\00:20:24.89
who neglected their
duty and abused their power
00:20:24.92\00:20:27.42
for getting that
God stands among them.
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So notice what
verse 5 says here,
00:20:29.46\00:20:30.83
"They do not know,
nor do they understand.
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They walk about in darkness.
00:20:34.40\00:20:37.13
All the foundations of
the earth are unstable."
00:20:37.17\00:20:40.74
Okay?
00:20:40.77\00:20:42.10
And this particular point here
00:20:42.14\00:20:44.04
reminds me of a text
in Ecclesiastes 3:16-17.
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Notice what Solomon writes here,
00:20:48.24\00:20:51.11
"Moreover, I saw under the sun,
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in the place of
judgment, wickedness was there,
00:20:53.68\00:20:56.45
and in the place
of righteousness,
00:20:56.48\00:20:58.32
iniquity was there."
00:20:58.35\00:20:59.69
So all of this
radical misjudgment
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and exercising
the misapplication
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of misuse and abuse of power
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.46
is due to iniquity,
00:21:09.50\00:21:10.83
we just want to
highlight that very clearly.
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And it kind of
just points me back
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to one of the previous lessons,
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that when we pay
attention to the law of God,
00:21:15.84\00:21:18.64
not in the sense
that it saves us,
00:21:18.67\00:21:20.14
but that it points out our sin.
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When we pay attention
00:21:21.54\00:21:22.88
to the righteous
character of God,
00:21:22.91\00:21:24.25
then we see our self and
we see those flaws within us.
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And so
obviously, these individuals
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who are misusing
and abusing the power
00:21:29.72\00:21:31.75
that God has bestowed upon them,
00:21:31.79\00:21:33.12
they are living
a life of iniquity.
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They are not living a
righteous life in Christ.
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Ecclesiastes
3:17 goes on to say,
00:21:37.76\00:21:39.89
"I said in my heart,
00:21:39.93\00:21:41.26
'God shall judge the
righteous and the wicked,
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for there is a time there
00:21:43.53\00:21:45.83
for every purpose
and for every work.'"
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And then we go on verses 6-8,
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I want to end on this one
because it's really powerful.
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He says, "I
said, 'You are gods,"
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almost like he's
bringing other guys,
00:21:55.81\00:21:57.48
I know I said
that you were gods,
00:21:57.51\00:21:59.01
but notice what he says.
00:21:59.05\00:22:00.48
"'And all of you are
children of the Most High.
00:22:00.52\00:22:03.85
But you shall die like men,
00:22:03.89\00:22:06.59
and fall like
one of the princes.'"
00:22:06.62\00:22:10.43
And so right
here God will reckon,
00:22:10.46\00:22:12.19
He's recognizing that
He will reckon with them,
00:22:12.23\00:22:14.60
and will cut them off
00:22:14.63\00:22:16.40
in the midst of
their pomp and prosperity.
00:22:16.43\00:22:19.50
They will die
like other wicked men
00:22:19.53\00:22:21.54
and fall like one
of the heathen princes
00:22:21.57\00:22:23.61
and many of the fallen
angels and many of the unjust
00:22:23.64\00:22:26.01
that we are told
about all through the Bible.
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These men may be high
and mighty now, but God says,
00:22:27.61\00:22:29.98
"Look, you will have your
time, your reward is coming."
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But I love verse 8,
00:22:33.62\00:22:34.95
because it brings
back the positive nature
00:22:34.98\00:22:36.99
of this whole
conversation, that is, he says,
00:22:37.02\00:22:39.09
"Arise, O God,"
00:22:39.12\00:22:40.82
here's the answer
to this whole problem,
00:22:40.86\00:22:42.22
"Arise, O God, judge the earth,
00:22:42.26\00:22:44.23
for You shall
inherit all nations."
00:22:44.26\00:22:47.63
So when we look at
a situation like this
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.26
and we're
talking about the misuse,
00:22:49.30\00:22:50.90
and abuse of power,
and judgment, and justice,
00:22:50.93\00:22:53.77
we know that we can place
00:22:53.80\00:22:55.27
this whole entire
situation in God's hands,
00:22:55.30\00:22:58.31
because He is
the righteous judge,
00:22:58.34\00:23:00.28
He is the answer to this.
00:23:00.31\00:23:02.34
A text that comes to my mind
00:23:02.38\00:23:04.28
when I was really studying
this particular subject out
00:23:04.31\00:23:07.45
is a text that many
people often don't consider
00:23:07.48\00:23:10.09
in this particular subject.
00:23:10.12\00:23:11.82
But that's Isaiah Chapter
9, and we notice verse 6 says,
00:23:11.85\00:23:15.02
that powerful verse,
00:23:15.06\00:23:16.39
"For unto us a Child is
born, unto us a Son is given.
00:23:16.42\00:23:18.46
And the government
will be upon His shoulder."
00:23:18.49\00:23:20.30
And it goes on to give
all the names of Christ.
00:23:20.33\00:23:22.20
But notice verse 7, I
love this about Jesus.
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It says, "Of the increase
of His government and peace,
00:23:24.53\00:23:27.90
there will be no end,
00:23:27.94\00:23:29.70
upon the throne of
David and over His kingdom,
00:23:29.74\00:23:33.21
to order it and to establish
it with judgment and justice
00:23:33.24\00:23:36.68
from that time
forward, even forever.
00:23:36.71\00:23:38.98
The zeal of the Lord of
the host will perform this."
00:23:39.01\00:23:41.58
We can place our trust in Christ
00:23:41.62\00:23:43.39
and know that
the vengeance is His
00:23:43.42\00:23:45.49
and that He will rightly judge
on behalf of the righteous.
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Amen and amen.
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to Pastor John Lomacang
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who has Tuesday's
lesson, "A King, His Promises."
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Thank you, Shelley.
Thank you, Pastor Ryan.
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This lesson is an exciting one.
00:24:42.61\00:24:44.71
But in some sense,
00:24:44.75\00:24:48.08
the writer has
given us a beautiful task
00:24:48.12\00:24:50.85
of extracting, from this lesson
00:24:50.89\00:24:53.36
things that we
haven't often thought about.
00:24:53.39\00:24:55.89
And the king's
promises are primarily focused
00:24:55.92\00:25:00.06
on Psalm 101:1-8,
00:25:00.10\00:25:01.86
and I want to take
a quick peek at that.
00:25:01.90\00:25:04.83
Because he points out that
although written for leaders,
00:25:04.87\00:25:10.24
what important counsel
can we take from it ourselves,
00:25:10.27\00:25:13.58
whatever our position in life.
00:25:13.61\00:25:15.41
In Psalm 101:1-8,
00:25:15.44\00:25:17.28
the principles of
leadership embodied there,
00:25:17.31\00:25:19.71
but I want to
bring out a few points
00:25:19.75\00:25:21.65
about leadership principles.
00:25:21.68\00:25:23.62
Because leadership principles,
00:25:23.65\00:25:24.99
I mean, I like
reading leadership books,
00:25:25.02\00:25:26.59
leader, you
know, leadership 360,
00:25:26.62\00:25:30.66
number of other books,
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.03
I have just library
books about leadership,
00:25:32.06\00:25:34.10
that I've noticed that
00:25:34.13\00:25:37.17
leaders talk about effective
characteristical traits.
00:25:37.20\00:25:42.17
They often focus on
things that will be,
00:25:42.20\00:25:44.27
if you do this,
then this would occur.
00:25:44.31\00:25:46.71
They always work
on cause and effect.
00:25:46.74\00:25:49.64
But what I want to point out
00:25:49.68\00:25:51.01
when it comes to
Christian leadership,
00:25:51.05\00:25:52.75
we can't just look
at cause and effect.
00:25:52.78\00:25:55.18
We have to look at
where the power comes from.
00:25:55.22\00:25:58.05
That's a big
part of what happens
00:25:58.09\00:25:59.42
in Christian leadership.
00:25:59.45\00:26:00.79
So what I want to do before I go
00:26:00.82\00:26:02.16
into the particular points
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.53
that I brought out
about leadership skills
00:26:03.56\00:26:04.89
that are really
embodied in Psalm 101.
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I want to make a point.
00:26:07.16\00:26:08.50
First of all, making a pledge
to exemplify any good character
00:26:08.53\00:26:11.63
cannot be
accomplished by effort.
00:26:11.67\00:26:13.64
It's good.
Because you have to...
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.00
Repeat that.
00:26:15.04\00:26:16.74
Making a pledge to
exemplify any good character
00:26:16.77\00:26:21.31
cannot be
accomplished by effort.
00:26:21.34\00:26:23.51
That's true. Amen.
00:26:23.55\00:26:25.21
Because it presupposes
that you're good, right?
00:26:25.25\00:26:29.65
In the Christian life, it
presupposes that we're good.
00:26:29.68\00:26:31.72
But the Bible says, Romans 3:12,
00:26:31.75\00:26:34.09
"They have all turned aside.
00:26:34.12\00:26:35.46
They have together
become unprofitable.
00:26:35.49\00:26:36.83
There is none who
does good, no, not one."
00:26:36.86\00:26:39.29
So to exemplify good principles
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when I can't find
anything good in me, Paul says,
00:26:41.70\00:26:44.53
"I know that in me, that is,
00:26:44.57\00:26:46.17
in my flesh
dwelleth no good thing."
00:26:46.20\00:26:49.04
So we can't come
from our own well.
00:26:49.07\00:26:51.74
And there's a quotation
that I found in the book
00:26:51.77\00:26:55.24
"The Ministry of
Healing," page 176.
00:26:55.28\00:26:58.31
This is written in 1905,
but it's a very powerful quote.
00:26:58.35\00:27:00.95
It says, "God has given
us," under the subtitle mind,"
00:27:00.98\00:27:05.39
as power of choice.
00:27:05.42\00:27:06.86
God has given us
the power of choice.
00:27:06.89\00:27:10.13
It is ours to exercise."
00:27:10.16\00:27:12.16
But listen to this.
00:27:12.19\00:27:13.53
"We cannot change our hearts,
we cannot control our thoughts,
00:27:13.56\00:27:18.97
our impulses, our affections.
00:27:19.00\00:27:21.94
We cannot make ourselves
pure, fit for God's service.
00:27:21.97\00:27:26.34
But we can choose to serve God.
00:27:26.37\00:27:30.15
We can give Him our
will," and then watch this,
00:27:30.18\00:27:32.85
"then He will work
in us to will and to do
00:27:32.88\00:27:36.58
according to His good pleasure.
00:27:36.62\00:27:39.39
Thus the whole
nature will be brought
00:27:39.42\00:27:41.09
under the control of Christ."
00:27:41.12\00:27:42.82
So while we can't
make ourselves pure,
00:27:42.86\00:27:45.19
we can't make ourselves
fit, we can choose who to serve.
00:27:45.23\00:27:48.33
And I've learned as
I've walked through,
00:27:48.36\00:27:49.93
you know, Romans,
those of us who love Romans,
00:27:49.96\00:27:53.34
Romans is an athletic
book of righteousness.
00:27:53.37\00:27:56.54
Romans makes it
very clear, you know,
00:27:56.57\00:27:58.31
there are three
aspects of Romans,
00:27:58.34\00:27:59.67
Romans 6:16, Romans 7:17
00:27:59.71\00:28:01.51
and then I jump all
way to Galatians 2:20,
00:28:01.54\00:28:04.21
which is, "It is
no longer I who do it,
00:28:04.25\00:28:05.78
but sin that lives
in me," Romans 7:17.
00:28:05.81\00:28:08.28
And then Galatians 2:20,
00:28:08.32\00:28:10.32
"It is no longer I who live,
but Christ who lives in me."
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So you have, "it is no
longer, it is no longer,"
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.89
in both cases, books apart,
00:28:14.92\00:28:17.93
but in one case,
it's sin that's doing it,
00:28:17.96\00:28:20.03
the other one, it's
Christ who lives in me.
00:28:20.06\00:28:22.56
So for those who want
to be effective leaders,
00:28:22.60\00:28:24.17
we have to first
come to the place
00:28:24.20\00:28:25.53
that Christ has to live in us,
00:28:25.57\00:28:27.17
for anything good
to come out of us.
00:28:27.20\00:28:29.10
Because Philippians 2:13,
00:28:29.14\00:28:31.17
"For it is God who works in you
00:28:31.21\00:28:33.74
both to will and to
do of His good pleasure."
00:28:33.78\00:28:36.98
So let's look at some of these
effective leadership skills
00:28:37.01\00:28:38.95
that are brought
out in Psalm 101.
00:28:38.98\00:28:41.05
First of all,
00:28:41.08\00:28:42.42
an effective leader leads
by giving the praise to God.
00:28:42.45\00:28:45.99
Psalm 101:1,
00:28:46.02\00:28:47.36
"I will sing of mercy
and justice to You, O Lord,
00:28:47.39\00:28:50.73
I will sing praises."
00:28:50.76\00:28:52.59
I believe if we
learn how to praise God,
00:28:52.63\00:28:55.30
then we will teach
others how to praise God.
00:28:55.33\00:28:57.73
The church cannot rise
higher than its leadership.
00:28:57.77\00:29:01.04
That's right. That's right.
00:29:01.07\00:29:02.40
The organization
cannot rise higher
00:29:02.44\00:29:03.87
than its leadership.
00:29:03.91\00:29:05.24
The leadership sets the cadence.
00:29:05.27\00:29:06.84
You know, reminds me
of a guy that one day,
00:29:06.88\00:29:09.08
I heard about this
guy that was called...
00:29:09.11\00:29:10.95
This was actually a true story,
00:29:10.98\00:29:12.75
the White House centuries
back, not centuries back,
00:29:12.78\00:29:17.49
but more than 100
years ago had to be repaired.
00:29:17.52\00:29:20.86
And they called in a
guy that was a master mason
00:29:20.89\00:29:22.82
to fix the steps.
00:29:22.86\00:29:24.19
Well, he was so excited
about the steps being completed,
00:29:24.23\00:29:26.33
but he noticed
that when he started,
00:29:26.36\00:29:29.36
when it was opened
up for people to use it,
00:29:29.40\00:29:30.83
people would stumbling
as they walk up the steps.
00:29:30.87\00:29:34.47
He said, "Why is
everybody stumbling
00:29:34.50\00:29:36.14
when they're
walking up the steps?"
00:29:36.17\00:29:38.11
And they came to find out
00:29:38.14\00:29:39.47
that the guy who
repaired the steps,
00:29:39.51\00:29:41.68
repair them to
his own standards,
00:29:41.71\00:29:43.55
he had a peg leg.
00:29:43.58\00:29:46.15
So one step was
higher than the other,
00:29:46.18\00:29:48.85
and it was fine for him,
00:29:48.88\00:29:50.75
because he set
it to his standards.
00:29:50.79\00:29:53.46
And oftentimes
when our standards
00:29:53.49\00:29:55.32
are skewed or off kilter,
00:29:55.36\00:29:58.09
people coming in our
steps are going to stumble.
00:29:58.13\00:30:01.10
That's what the Bible says,
00:30:01.13\00:30:02.46
"Make straight
paths for your feet.
00:30:02.50\00:30:04.83
So the lame wouldn't
be turned out of the way."
00:30:04.87\00:30:07.04
So one of the first
things a leader has to do,
00:30:07.07\00:30:09.20
a leader step has
to be made straight.
00:30:09.24\00:30:12.11
And I believe those
steps are made straight
00:30:12.14\00:30:14.14
when we give praise to God
00:30:14.18\00:30:15.51
for the call that
He's put on our lives.
00:30:15.54\00:30:17.71
Second, Psalm 101:2,
the condition of the heart
00:30:17.75\00:30:21.88
affects the
behavior of the life.
00:30:21.92\00:30:25.52
"I will behave
wisely in a perfect way.
00:30:25.55\00:30:28.32
Oh, when will You come to me?
00:30:28.36\00:30:31.59
I will walk within my
house with a perfect heart."
00:30:31.63\00:30:34.96
The condition of the heart
00:30:35.00\00:30:36.83
affects the
behavior of the life.
00:30:36.87\00:30:39.27
I didn't put
numbers on this, Jill,
00:30:39.30\00:30:40.64
but I'm on point number two.
00:30:40.67\00:30:42.00
Oh, but I'm
numbering them. Okay.
00:30:42.04\00:30:43.71
The third one, Psalm 101:3,
00:30:43.74\00:30:45.61
our character traits are
molded by our visual influences.
00:30:45.64\00:30:50.01
Ooh, that's good.
00:30:50.05\00:30:51.48
By beholding, we become changed.
00:30:51.51\00:30:53.82
Verse 3,
00:30:53.85\00:30:55.18
"I will set nothing
wicked before my eyes.
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.32
I hate the works of
those who fall away.
00:30:57.35\00:31:00.76
It shall not cling to me."
00:31:00.79\00:31:03.22
My wife and I have
made this vow in our home.
00:31:03.26\00:31:05.36
We don't watch filthy
things on our television.
00:31:05.39\00:31:08.60
Commercials that are
suggestive and carnal,
00:31:08.63\00:31:12.37
I don't even look at them.
00:31:12.40\00:31:13.97
If they flash in to talk
about something coming up,
00:31:14.00\00:31:16.81
some Victoria's Secret,
00:31:16.84\00:31:18.57
Fall Festival
coming up on Sunday at 7:30
00:31:18.61\00:31:21.74
whatever, I get,
"Honey, turn off that.
00:31:21.78\00:31:23.58
I don't even need
that image in my mind."
00:31:23.61\00:31:24.95
Amen! That's right.
00:31:24.98\00:31:26.31
And so David found clearly
when you put wicked things
00:31:26.35\00:31:28.25
before your eyes,
it affects your heart.
00:31:28.28\00:31:31.02
You cannot put
wicked things before.
00:31:31.05\00:31:32.85
A leader cannot
look at wicked things
00:31:32.89\00:31:34.86
and be a righteous leader.
00:31:34.89\00:31:36.62
Cannot do it.
00:31:36.66\00:31:37.99
The other one, Psalm 101:4,
00:31:38.03\00:31:40.43
"Guard the
thoughts of your heart.
00:31:40.46\00:31:42.96
A perverse heart
shall depart from me.
00:31:43.00\00:31:45.47
I will not know wickedness."
00:31:45.50\00:31:47.57
Guard the
thoughts of your heart.
00:31:47.60\00:31:49.80
You know, the Bible says,
"As a man thinketh so as he,"
00:31:49.84\00:31:53.07
as he thinks in his heart.
00:31:53.11\00:31:54.44
The reason why it
says heart, you know
00:31:54.48\00:31:55.81
when you love
somebody you go like that.
00:31:55.84\00:31:57.25
I heart you.
00:31:57.28\00:31:58.61
You don't say, I heart you here.
00:31:58.65\00:32:00.35
You say, "Why is he
putting his heart on the brain?"
00:32:00.38\00:32:02.28
Because it's the
matter of the heart
00:32:02.32\00:32:04.55
is the heart of the matter.
00:32:04.59\00:32:06.32
And so when your
heart is right before God,
00:32:06.35\00:32:08.72
your life will
be right before God,
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.33
because out of
the heart comes, what?
00:32:10.36\00:32:12.93
Flows the issues of life.
00:32:12.96\00:32:14.30
That flows the issues of life.
00:32:14.33\00:32:15.86
As a man thinks so is he,
00:32:15.90\00:32:17.73
and you could always
tell within a person's heart
00:32:17.77\00:32:19.40
out of the
abundance of the heart,
00:32:19.43\00:32:21.40
the mouth speaks.
00:32:21.44\00:32:22.77
So guard your heart,
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.14
your words will be
seasoned with righteousness
00:32:24.17\00:32:26.34
and your life will be
flavored with God's presence.
00:32:26.37\00:32:29.21
The other one, do not
participate in slander,
00:32:29.24\00:32:32.08
that's insulting, or
display a haughty spirit,
00:32:32.11\00:32:34.85
that's arrogant.
00:32:34.88\00:32:36.25
A leader that's
arrogant is a leader
00:32:36.28\00:32:37.99
that may get things done,
00:32:38.02\00:32:40.22
but will never affect
change in people's lives.
00:32:40.26\00:32:43.29
You know, arrogant, "Do that!"
00:32:43.32\00:32:44.66
Well, you might do
it, but you'll say,
00:32:44.69\00:32:46.03
"You know, I don't want
to be anything like him.
00:32:46.06\00:32:48.56
I can't wait to
get another job."
00:32:48.60\00:32:49.96
Bible says,
00:32:50.00\00:32:51.33
"Whoever secretly
slanders his neighbor,
00:32:51.37\00:32:53.27
him I will destroy.
00:32:53.30\00:32:54.67
The one who has a
haughty look and a proud heart,
00:32:54.70\00:32:57.11
him I will not endure."
00:32:57.14\00:32:59.04
God doesn't like
people that are arrogant.
00:32:59.07\00:33:01.18
And Christian leaders
cannot afford to be arrogant.
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.85
Pastors that say,
00:33:03.88\00:33:05.21
"I'm a pastor, you
do what I tell you."
00:33:05.25\00:33:06.78
I don't lead that way.
00:33:06.82\00:33:08.15
I try to be humble
00:33:08.18\00:33:09.52
even when people complain
about something I've done.
00:33:09.55\00:33:11.09
I said, "Well, now,
00:33:11.12\00:33:12.45
maybe I don't take everything
they said to be legitimate,
00:33:12.49\00:33:14.69
but what did I do to cause
them to even want to complain."
00:33:14.72\00:33:18.06
And I asked,
"Lord, is that true?
00:33:18.09\00:33:20.46
Can I gain something from it?"
00:33:20.50\00:33:22.33
Never be to the point
00:33:22.36\00:33:23.70
where you are
arrogant and never think
00:33:23.73\00:33:25.07
that you're everybody's
cup of tea either, all right?
00:33:25.10\00:33:29.40
Psalm 101:6.
00:33:29.44\00:33:30.77
We are called to
make faithful decisions
00:33:30.81\00:33:32.57
and choose our paths wisely.
00:33:32.61\00:33:35.14
"My eyes shall be on
the faithful of the land,
00:33:35.18\00:33:39.41
that they may dwell with me.
00:33:39.45\00:33:41.18
He who walks in a
perfect way, he shall serve me."
00:33:41.22\00:33:44.92
Make wise
choices for your paths.
00:33:44.95\00:33:47.16
You can go left
and expect to go right.
00:33:47.19\00:33:49.52
It's just not
possible. Psalm 101:7.
00:33:49.56\00:33:51.63
Embrace honesty in
your business life.
00:33:51.66\00:33:54.10
"He who works deceit
00:33:54.13\00:33:55.46
shall not dwell within my house.
00:33:55.50\00:33:57.50
He who tells lies
00:33:57.53\00:33:58.87
shall not
continue in my presence."
00:33:58.90\00:34:01.07
Be honest.
00:34:01.10\00:34:02.44
And the last one, Psalm 101:8,
00:34:02.47\00:34:04.14
do not associate with
people that practice wickedness.
00:34:04.17\00:34:08.08
"Early I will destroy
all the wicked of the land,
00:34:08.11\00:34:10.85
that I may cut
off all the evildoers
00:34:10.88\00:34:14.38
from the city of the Lord."
00:34:14.42\00:34:17.19
Ellen White says
in Southern Watchman,
00:34:17.22\00:34:18.79
August 1, 1905,
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.59
"There is no
limit to the usefulness
00:34:20.62\00:34:22.52
of one who putting self aside,
00:34:22.56\00:34:24.83
makes room for the
working of the Holy Spirit
00:34:24.86\00:34:26.66
upon his heart and live the life
00:34:26.70\00:34:28.36
wholly consecrated to God."
00:34:28.40\00:34:30.30
I believe that's what
David the Psalmist intended.
00:34:30.33\00:34:33.40
When your life is
wholly consecrated to God,
00:34:33.44\00:34:36.44
then it will show in your words,
00:34:36.47\00:34:37.81
your actions, your deeds
and surely in your leadership.
00:34:37.84\00:34:41.18
Amen!
00:34:41.21\00:34:42.54
Pastor, that's powerful.
00:34:42.58\00:34:43.91
I think that's
something we all want.
00:34:43.95\00:34:45.55
You know what?
00:34:45.58\00:34:46.92
I'm gonna get those notes.
00:34:46.95\00:34:48.28
I'm just telling you right now.
00:34:48.32\00:34:49.65
I love that Psalm
for leaders, Psalm 101.
00:34:49.68\00:34:52.52
Mine is Psalm 146.
00:34:52.55\00:34:55.12
We're going through
the Book of Psalms here.
00:34:55.16\00:34:57.13
So just jump a couple
of psalms over Psalm 146.
00:34:57.16\00:35:01.70
This is "Walking with the Lord,"
00:35:01.73\00:35:03.70
is Wednesday lesson.
00:35:03.73\00:35:05.07
The Lord watches over the needy.
00:35:05.10\00:35:08.20
"Walking with the Lord."
00:35:08.24\00:35:09.57
The last five psalms
really grow in crescendo
00:35:09.60\00:35:13.41
and praise to God.
00:35:13.44\00:35:15.11
The last five psalms,
146, 147, 148, 149 and 150,
00:35:15.14\00:35:20.28
all begin with praise the Lord,
00:35:20.32\00:35:22.98
and they all end
with praise the Lord.
00:35:23.02\00:35:27.72
Praise the Lord or hallelujah.
00:35:27.76\00:35:29.96
In Hebrew is
hallel combined with yah,
00:35:29.99\00:35:34.40
the word for Yahweh, Jehovah.
00:35:34.43\00:35:36.67
So this exuberant
joyous praise for God.
00:35:36.70\00:35:42.24
And so we see this
crescendo in this praise
00:35:42.27\00:35:45.31
as we get toward
the end of the psalms.
00:35:45.34\00:35:48.44
Praise is not
dependent on circumstances.
00:35:48.48\00:35:52.95
I have a little
posted note, Miss Mollie,
00:35:52.98\00:35:55.05
and I have it up on my mirror.
00:35:55.08\00:35:57.95
And it says, "Joy is
not the absence of trouble,
00:35:57.99\00:36:02.12
but it is the
presence of Christ."
00:36:02.16\00:36:04.79
And so praise is not
dependent on circumstances.
00:36:04.83\00:36:08.00
As we shall see
from this Psalm 146,
00:36:08.03\00:36:10.97
there's some
hard things going on.
00:36:11.00\00:36:12.83
But praise is not dependent
on those circumstances.
00:36:12.87\00:36:15.90
We are called to praise anyway,
even in the pain, in the trial,
00:36:15.94\00:36:20.74
in the difficulty, we
are called to praise Him.
00:36:20.78\00:36:23.28
Let's read verses 1-2.
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"Praise the Lord!
00:36:26.15\00:36:28.12
Praise the Lord, O my soul!
00:36:28.15\00:36:29.48
While I live I
will praise the Lord.
00:36:29.52\00:36:32.05
I will sing praises to my
God while I have my being."
00:36:32.09\00:36:36.42
Paul told us the same thing
in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18,
00:36:36.46\00:36:40.46
"Rejoice evermore.
Pray without ceasing.
00:36:40.50\00:36:43.87
In everything give thanks,
00:36:43.90\00:36:46.77
for this is the will of God
00:36:46.80\00:36:48.14
in Christ Jesus concerning you."
00:36:48.17\00:36:50.27
Praise is not
dependent on other people.
00:36:50.31\00:36:54.34
No matter how
powerful people are
00:36:54.38\00:36:56.28
or no matter how
influential they might be,
00:36:56.31\00:36:59.38
they can still fail you.
00:36:59.41\00:37:00.78
I'll read the next
couple of verses, verses 3-4,
00:37:00.82\00:37:03.25
"Do not put your
trust in princes,
00:37:03.28\00:37:05.52
nor in a son of man,
in whom there is no help.
00:37:05.55\00:37:09.62
His spirit departs,
he returns to his earth,
00:37:09.66\00:37:12.53
in that very day
his plans perish."
00:37:12.56\00:37:14.76
We are to put our hope,
our trust in the Lord God.
00:37:14.80\00:37:19.80
Verses 5-10,
00:37:19.83\00:37:23.27
I see 12 attributes of God.
00:37:23.30\00:37:26.94
Let's read those
verses here together.
00:37:26.98\00:37:28.91
Verse 5,
00:37:28.94\00:37:30.28
"Happy is he who
has the God of Jacob
00:37:30.31\00:37:32.65
for his help,
00:37:32.68\00:37:34.02
whose hope is in
the Lord his God."
00:37:34.05\00:37:35.65
God is our helper.
00:37:35.68\00:37:38.35
Verse 6,
00:37:38.39\00:37:39.72
"Who made heaven and earth,
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.09
the sea and all
that is in them."
00:37:41.12\00:37:43.12
God is our Creator.
00:37:43.16\00:37:46.23
"Who keeps truth forever."
00:37:46.26\00:37:48.36
God is unchanging.
00:37:48.40\00:37:51.47
"Who executes
justice for the oppressed."
00:37:51.50\00:37:53.94
God is our judge,
00:37:53.97\00:37:55.74
"Who gives food for the hungry."
00:37:55.77\00:37:57.41
God is our provider.
00:37:57.44\00:37:59.87
"The Lord gives
freedom to the prisoners."
00:37:59.91\00:38:01.98
God is our deliverer.
00:38:02.01\00:38:04.51
"The Lord opens
the eyes of the blind."
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.61
God is our healer.
00:38:06.65\00:38:08.85
"The Lord raises
those who are bowed down."
00:38:08.88\00:38:11.99
God is our encouragement.
00:38:12.02\00:38:14.89
"The Lord loves the righteous."
00:38:14.92\00:38:17.13
God is our lover and friend.
00:38:17.16\00:38:20.53
"The Lord watches
over the strangers."
00:38:20.56\00:38:22.40
God is our protector.
00:38:22.43\00:38:25.17
He relieves the
fatherless and widow."
00:38:25.20\00:38:28.00
God is our sustainer.
00:38:28.04\00:38:31.01
"But the way of the
wicked He turns upside down."
00:38:31.04\00:38:34.64
God is our judge,
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.01
and we already saw
that up a few verses.
00:38:36.04\00:38:37.51
"I see judge," here
twice in this passage.
00:38:37.55\00:38:40.22
"The Lord shall reign forever."
00:38:40.25\00:38:42.95
God is eternal.
00:38:42.98\00:38:46.19
"Your God, O Zion,
to all generations.
00:38:46.22\00:38:49.26
Praise the Lord!"
00:38:49.29\00:38:50.63
The Psalm ends the very same way
00:38:50.66\00:38:52.39
that it begins.
00:38:52.43\00:38:53.76
Hallel-yah, praise to God,
00:38:53.80\00:38:58.07
Jehovah, Creator God.
00:38:58.10\00:39:01.17
What does praise do
for me as a Christian?
00:39:01.20\00:39:06.37
Praise is powerful.
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.11
You know, in my own journey,
in my own walk with God,
00:39:08.14\00:39:12.95
when I learned that
my relationship with God
00:39:12.98\00:39:15.42
was not dependent on how I felt,
00:39:15.45\00:39:17.69
but it was dependent
on the promises found
00:39:17.72\00:39:20.66
in the Word of God
00:39:20.69\00:39:22.26
that revolutionized
my journey with Jesus.
00:39:22.29\00:39:25.69
I used to think if I woke up
00:39:25.73\00:39:27.26
and I prayed and it felt like
00:39:27.30\00:39:29.33
my prayers hit the
ceiling and bounce back down,
00:39:29.36\00:39:31.50
"Well, then God didn't hear
me or there was something wrong
00:39:31.53\00:39:34.14
in my relationship with God."
00:39:34.17\00:39:36.00
But when I learned
that I can base my faith
00:39:36.04\00:39:39.41
on the promises in God's Word,
00:39:39.44\00:39:42.08
and that I can
praise Him any way,
00:39:42.11\00:39:45.38
it changed my walk with Him.
00:39:45.41\00:39:48.35
So I want to
give you five things
00:39:48.38\00:39:51.89
that praise does
for us as Christians.
00:39:51.92\00:39:54.92
Now, of course,
there's more things
00:39:54.96\00:39:56.29
but all we have time
for right now is five.
00:39:56.32\00:39:58.69
Number one,
00:39:58.73\00:40:00.06
praise takes the
focus off of myself,
00:40:00.10\00:40:03.23
and it turns it
outward toward God.
00:40:03.26\00:40:05.53
We're going to Psalm 35.
00:40:05.57\00:40:07.07
You know, it's
difficult to think
00:40:07.10\00:40:09.40
about two things
at the very same time.
00:40:09.44\00:40:11.67
Now, I can be
thinking about one thing
00:40:11.71\00:40:14.18
and then your
mind instantly jumps
00:40:14.21\00:40:15.64
to something else,
and then you're like,
00:40:15.68\00:40:17.01
"No, wait a
minute, I was over here
00:40:17.05\00:40:18.41
and you can
bring your mind back."
00:40:18.45\00:40:20.12
But it's difficult for me
to be engaged in self-pity
00:40:20.15\00:40:23.72
and thoughts about myself,
00:40:23.75\00:40:25.79
and thinking
about something else,
00:40:25.82\00:40:27.39
but the converse is true.
00:40:27.42\00:40:28.89
If I'm focused on
Jesus, and praising Him,
00:40:28.92\00:40:32.93
it automatically
takes the focus off myself.
00:40:32.96\00:40:36.13
Psalm 35:28,
00:40:36.16\00:40:38.20
"My tongue shall
speak of Your righteousness,
00:40:38.23\00:40:41.24
and of Your
praise all the day long."
00:40:41.27\00:40:44.94
Praise takes the focus off of me
00:40:44.97\00:40:47.38
and it turns it
outward toward God.
00:40:47.41\00:40:49.74
Number two, praise
makes the enemy flee.
00:40:49.78\00:40:54.38
2 Chronicles Chapter 20,
00:40:54.42\00:40:56.25
Jehoshaphat was in
this tremendous battle
00:40:56.28\00:40:58.25
of the Moabites
and the Ammonites
00:40:58.29\00:41:00.09
were coming
against him and the people.
00:41:00.12\00:41:02.82
And he went on
his face before God
00:41:02.86\00:41:05.09
but what made the enemy flee.
00:41:05.13\00:41:07.10
2 Chronicles 20:22.
00:41:07.13\00:41:09.16
"When they began
to sing and to praise,
00:41:09.20\00:41:11.77
the Lord set ambushes
against the people of Ammon,
00:41:11.80\00:41:15.74
Moab and Mount Seir,
who had come against Judah,
00:41:15.77\00:41:18.34
and they were defeated."
00:41:18.37\00:41:20.48
So praise!
00:41:20.51\00:41:21.84
When they began to
praise, the enemy fled.
00:41:21.88\00:41:24.98
Number three,
praise, especially,
00:41:25.01\00:41:27.48
united praise
invites God's presence.
00:41:27.52\00:41:31.12
This is one of my favorite ones.
00:41:31.15\00:41:33.05
2 Chronicles 5:13-14,
the dedication of the temple.
00:41:33.09\00:41:37.16
And it says, "It came to pass,
00:41:37.19\00:41:38.89
when the trumpeters
and singers were as one,"
00:41:38.93\00:41:42.50
that's that you
unity, when they were as one,
00:41:42.53\00:41:46.33
"to make one sound
and be heard in praising
00:41:46.37\00:41:48.84
and thanking the Lord,
00:41:48.87\00:41:50.21
when they lifted up their voice
00:41:50.24\00:41:51.57
with the trumpet and cymbals
and instruments of music,
00:41:51.61\00:41:53.74
and praise the Lord."
00:41:53.78\00:41:55.14
So they're
united as one in praise.
00:41:55.18\00:41:58.91
What happened?
00:41:58.95\00:42:00.28
The house, the house of the Lord
00:42:00.32\00:42:01.65
was filled with the cloud."
00:42:01.68\00:42:03.02
And it was so thick
00:42:03.05\00:42:04.39
that they could not
even continue ministry.
00:42:04.42\00:42:08.16
God showed up.
00:42:08.19\00:42:10.13
United praise
brought the presence of God.
00:42:10.16\00:42:15.03
Now, I was never
very good at math.
00:42:15.06\00:42:17.00
But one of the theorems
or whatever you call them,
00:42:17.03\00:42:19.47
I remember is if A equals B
00:42:19.50\00:42:24.21
and B equals C,
00:42:24.24\00:42:27.21
then A equals C.
00:42:27.24\00:42:28.71
Do you all
remember one at school?
00:42:28.74\00:42:30.08
Yes, absolutely.
00:42:30.11\00:42:31.45
So if we have praise as A,
00:42:31.48\00:42:34.15
and united praise brings B,
00:42:34.18\00:42:37.95
that's the presence of God.
00:42:37.99\00:42:40.12
Now, let's read
our next scripture.
00:42:40.16\00:42:42.02
Psalm 16:11,
00:42:42.06\00:42:43.56
"You will show
me the path of life.
00:42:43.59\00:42:45.59
In your presence
is fullness of joy."
00:42:45.63\00:42:49.46
This means presence brings joy.
00:42:49.50\00:42:54.14
So if you're lacking joy
in your life, and you say,
00:42:54.17\00:42:56.57
"I'm struggling,"
00:42:56.60\00:42:58.21
you need to go back to
A and you need to praise.
00:42:58.24\00:43:00.68
Praise brings
the presence of God,
00:43:00.71\00:43:02.58
and the presence
of God brings joy.
00:43:02.61\00:43:05.65
But there's a D.
00:43:05.68\00:43:07.02
The next verse, Nehemiah 8:10,
00:43:07.05\00:43:08.85
"The joy of the
Lord is your strength."
00:43:08.88\00:43:12.52
So praise brings
the presence of God,
00:43:12.55\00:43:15.99
the presence of God brings joy,
00:43:16.02\00:43:18.63
and joy brings strength.
00:43:18.66\00:43:21.26
So if you're feeling weak,
if you're feeling discouraged,
00:43:21.30\00:43:24.60
if you do not have strength
in your Christian journey,
00:43:24.63\00:43:28.34
you need to praise
00:43:28.37\00:43:29.87
because that will
give you strength.
00:43:29.90\00:43:32.37
Praise will give you joy,
00:43:32.41\00:43:34.28
and praise will bring
you the presence of God.
00:43:34.31\00:43:36.51
Finally, number five,
praise allows God to work.
00:43:36.54\00:43:41.45
Remember Paul and Silas
in the jail in Philippi.
00:43:41.48\00:43:44.09
At midnight...
00:43:44.12\00:43:45.45
What does the Bible
say in Acts 16:25-26?
00:43:45.49\00:43:48.72
At midnight, they were praying
and singing hymns to God,
00:43:48.76\00:43:53.09
and the prisoners
were listening to them.
00:43:53.13\00:43:55.70
And suddenly what happened?
00:43:55.73\00:43:58.43
The Lord brought deliverance.
00:43:58.47\00:44:01.77
J Hudson Taylor,
00:44:01.80\00:44:03.14
founder of the
China Inland Mission.
00:44:03.17\00:44:05.81
In 1870, his son Samuel died,
00:44:05.84\00:44:09.14
and that's
tremendous pain and devastation.
00:44:09.18\00:44:11.78
Six months later,
00:44:11.81\00:44:13.15
his wife gave
birth to a baby who died.
00:44:13.18\00:44:16.52
Two weeks after
that, his wife died.
00:44:16.55\00:44:19.75
Now he lost his wife
and two of his children.
00:44:19.79\00:44:23.26
She was 33 and he was 38.
00:44:23.29\00:44:25.23
And he wrote in his journal,
00:44:25.26\00:44:27.50
"I am so thankful
00:44:27.53\00:44:29.23
that I can serve
Jesus one more day."
00:44:29.26\00:44:34.20
That is a life of praise.
00:44:34.24\00:44:36.77
They say at the
time of his death,
00:44:36.81\00:44:38.47
25,000 converts to Christianity
00:44:38.51\00:44:41.88
could be traced to
the legacy of his work
00:44:41.91\00:44:45.18
and his mission,
and his influence.
00:44:45.21\00:44:47.92
So get out of
yourself and praise God.
00:44:47.95\00:44:50.32
Amen. Great job.
Amen. I love that.
00:44:50.35\00:44:52.95
The joy of the
Lord is our strength.
00:44:52.99\00:44:55.12
That's right. Praise God.
00:44:55.16\00:44:56.69
Okay, I'm going to
take you to Proverbs.
00:44:56.73\00:44:59.16
So all of you turn to Proverbs,
00:44:59.19\00:45:00.96
because I'm going to have a
little panel interaction here
00:45:01.00\00:45:04.30
with this teaching, okay?
00:45:04.33\00:45:06.27
Proverbs,
00:45:06.30\00:45:07.64
we're looking at
Mercy on the Needy,
00:45:07.67\00:45:10.27
and that's Proverbs 14:31.
00:45:10.31\00:45:12.11
We'll look at that
here in a few minutes.
00:45:12.14\00:45:14.64
And I love the Book of Proverbs.
00:45:14.68\00:45:16.81
I was talking earlier
today about my Amplified Bible
00:45:16.85\00:45:20.75
that is falling apart, I
mean, the covers off of it.
00:45:20.78\00:45:23.95
But you can see,
00:45:23.99\00:45:25.32
you can find
Proverbs just by shutting it,
00:45:25.35\00:45:27.72
because the oil of my
fingers has darkened Proverbs.
00:45:27.76\00:45:31.26
I've been in it so much.
00:45:31.29\00:45:33.06
It's like sitting down
00:45:33.09\00:45:35.13
with the wisest
person in the universe,
00:45:35.16\00:45:38.43
and letting him
explain issues of life, which,
00:45:38.47\00:45:41.40
you know, what we're doing
when we sit down with Proverbs?
00:45:41.44\00:45:43.94
Sitting down
with the wisest person
00:45:43.97\00:45:45.61
in the universe.
00:45:45.64\00:45:47.18
We're sitting down
with the writer of the Word.
00:45:47.21\00:45:51.31
Who wrote the Word?
00:45:51.35\00:45:52.68
Who is the author of our Word?
00:45:52.71\00:45:54.45
Oh, God. Almighty God.
00:45:54.48\00:45:56.42
Okay.
00:45:56.45\00:45:59.29
The Proverbs tell us
00:45:59.32\00:46:01.59
how to live our daily lives
00:46:01.62\00:46:04.13
outside of the church building,
and not just on Sabbath.
00:46:04.16\00:46:08.60
Amen. That's right.
00:46:08.63\00:46:09.96
It's everyday living.
00:46:10.00\00:46:11.33
The ability to
live life skillfully
00:46:11.37\00:46:15.57
and issues of life,
00:46:15.60\00:46:19.34
that practical living,
00:46:19.37\00:46:20.91
whether we're in
a pleasant valley,
00:46:20.94\00:46:23.28
don't we love
our pleasant valleys?
00:46:23.31\00:46:25.85
And when you're
in a pleasant valley,
00:46:25.88\00:46:28.65
you better be preparing
for the obstacles to come,
00:46:28.68\00:46:32.82
because adversity...
00:46:32.85\00:46:35.86
Have any of you all
ever had adversity show up
00:46:35.89\00:46:38.33
on your doorstep?
00:46:38.36\00:46:40.16
If you hadn't prepared yourself
in your day of pleasant valley
00:46:40.20\00:46:44.83
when adversity
comes, you're not prepared.
00:46:44.87\00:46:47.30
So in that pleasant valley,
or in the throes of battle,
00:46:47.34\00:46:51.77
God has practical
instruction for you.
00:46:51.81\00:46:54.51
We see instruction for these in,
00:46:54.54\00:46:59.15
for those in poverty.
00:46:59.18\00:47:01.05
And remember,
00:47:01.08\00:47:02.42
that's what
we're really looking at
00:47:02.45\00:47:03.79
in our study is
people in poverty,
00:47:03.82\00:47:06.69
the rich, the content,
00:47:06.72\00:47:09.39
we see instruction
for the discontent.
00:47:09.42\00:47:12.43
For those who are
being treated justly,
00:47:12.46\00:47:14.70
Pastor Lomacang,
00:47:14.73\00:47:16.06
and those who are
being treated unjustly.
00:47:16.10\00:47:18.73
It's the full scope
00:47:18.77\00:47:20.80
of what we as
humanity will face.
00:47:20.84\00:47:23.37
We are going to find
practical instruction
00:47:23.41\00:47:25.91
in these Proverbs.
00:47:25.94\00:47:27.28
Now, I want us to
go to Proverbs 10:4
00:47:27.31\00:47:29.54
because I'm going
to read the scripture,
00:47:29.58\00:47:32.68
then I'm going to
ask my knotty panelists
00:47:32.71\00:47:35.85
who are
theologians and brilliant,
00:47:35.88\00:47:38.89
godly men and women,
00:47:38.92\00:47:40.56
to tell me what
this proverb is saying
00:47:40.59\00:47:43.26
to, just what does
he say to your heart.
00:47:43.29\00:47:45.59
So Proverbs 10:4,
00:47:45.63\00:47:48.53
"He who has a
slack hand becomes poor,
00:47:48.56\00:47:52.20
but the hand of the
diligent makes rich."
00:47:52.23\00:47:57.21
What does that speak to
you for your daily living?
00:47:57.24\00:48:00.64
Can't be lazy.
00:48:00.68\00:48:02.01
Don't be lazy.
00:48:02.04\00:48:04.15
Okay, if you
have a slack hand...
00:48:04.18\00:48:06.78
It means you don't hold on
to things that are valuable.
00:48:06.82\00:48:09.08
Yeah. Yeah.
00:48:09.12\00:48:10.75
But the hand of the
diligent, what is the diligent?
00:48:10.79\00:48:13.62
Somebody that gets out
there and works that garden.
00:48:13.66\00:48:16.79
That's right.
00:48:16.83\00:48:18.16
You know, you can
look at the garden and say,
00:48:18.19\00:48:19.56
"Oh, God has
blessed you so beautifully
00:48:19.59\00:48:22.50
with this beautiful
garden that you have."
00:48:22.53\00:48:24.50
And you can say,
00:48:24.53\00:48:25.87
"Yeah, but you should
have seen it last year,
00:48:25.90\00:48:29.30
when I didn't help him."
00:48:29.34\00:48:30.84
You know, we
have a diligent hand
00:48:30.87\00:48:33.07
and we're the ones
that God uses to an end.
00:48:33.11\00:48:37.61
God blesses the
works of our hands.
00:48:37.65\00:48:39.71
Praise God for that. Okay.
00:48:39.75\00:48:41.62
Proverbs 19:15.
00:48:41.65\00:48:43.52
Here we go.
00:48:46.86\00:48:48.19
"Laziness cast
one into a deep sleep,
00:48:48.22\00:48:51.73
but an idle person
shall suffer hunger."
00:48:51.76\00:48:56.43
So... Okay.
00:48:56.46\00:48:57.80
I just want to...
00:48:57.83\00:48:59.17
Pastor Lomacang, you
want to comment on that?
00:48:59.20\00:49:01.37
There's lazy people.
00:49:01.40\00:49:02.80
You know there's a
proverb, I love it.
00:49:02.84\00:49:04.87
My proverbs have so
many square boxes around.
00:49:04.91\00:49:07.44
There's another one
that says, a lazy man says,
00:49:07.48\00:49:09.74
"There's a lion in the street,
if I go out, he'll devour me."
00:49:09.78\00:49:13.85
That reminds me of
this one, idle people.
00:49:13.88\00:49:16.28
They don't work
and they don't eat,
00:49:16.32\00:49:18.89
and that's
rightfully their course in life.
00:49:18.92\00:49:20.79
Yeah, if you don't work,
00:49:20.82\00:49:22.42
you don't eat,
just little idioms.
00:49:22.46\00:49:25.23
I don't know if they're
Alabama idioms or not, but...
00:49:25.26\00:49:27.66
Molliesms.
00:49:27.70\00:49:29.03
Molliesms.
00:49:29.06\00:49:30.50
There are no free
lunches, you know.
00:49:30.53\00:49:32.93
Well, in this day
and age there might be,
00:49:32.97\00:49:34.77
but they shouldn't be
00:49:34.80\00:49:36.14
because it
teaches people to be idle.
00:49:36.17\00:49:40.28
God will again bless
the works of your hands.
00:49:40.31\00:49:43.85
Okay.
00:49:43.88\00:49:45.21
Now then, Proverbs 15:15,
00:49:45.25\00:49:47.38
gonna kind of switch gears here
00:49:47.42\00:49:49.98
and then we're going
to go to Philippians 4:8.
00:49:50.02\00:49:52.39
Proverbs, but stay in Proverbs.
00:49:52.42\00:49:54.32
Proverbs 15:15,
00:49:54.36\00:49:56.12
"All the days of the afflicted
00:49:56.16\00:49:58.79
by anxious thoughts
and foreboding are evil."
00:49:58.83\00:50:02.56
What are all the
days of the afflicted
00:50:02.60\00:50:04.93
who are thinking on,
00:50:04.97\00:50:08.24
have anxious thoughts
and foreboding, they're evil.
00:50:08.27\00:50:11.54
"But he who has a merry
heart has a continual feast."
00:50:11.57\00:50:16.81
So, what is
that speaking to you?
00:50:16.85\00:50:21.02
You know, I do know
there's so many people
00:50:21.05\00:50:22.68
who were in Jesus,
00:50:22.72\00:50:24.05
who do not be
anxious about anything,
00:50:24.09\00:50:25.69
you can't add anything good in,
00:50:25.72\00:50:28.96
there's enough
problems in each day.
00:50:28.99\00:50:31.19
Each day has problem
sufficient of its own.
00:50:31.23\00:50:34.63
If we are
constantly filling ourselves
00:50:34.66\00:50:37.27
with anxious thoughts,
00:50:37.30\00:50:39.63
our days are
brewing but when you...
00:50:39.67\00:50:41.97
As Jill so
beautifully put, if you've got,
00:50:42.00\00:50:45.07
you'll find your joy and
your strength in the Lord,
00:50:45.11\00:50:48.44
you'll have a merry heart
00:50:48.48\00:50:49.91
and you're going to
have a feast with God
00:50:49.94\00:50:53.58
throughout the bad times.
00:50:53.62\00:50:54.95
Amen. That's true.
00:50:54.98\00:50:56.55
Again, you're in the
presence of the Lord,
00:50:56.58\00:51:00.62
there is fullness of strength
00:51:00.66\00:51:01.99
and the joy of the
Lord is my strength.
00:51:02.02\00:51:04.03
God inhabits the
praises of His people
00:51:04.06\00:51:06.70
and in the presence of the Lord
00:51:06.73\00:51:08.06
there is fullness of joy
00:51:08.10\00:51:09.43
and the joy of the
Lord is their strength.
00:51:09.46\00:51:10.80
That is just a truth.
00:51:10.83\00:51:12.83
Well, I've got
you in Proverbs 4:8,
00:51:12.87\00:51:16.60
"Finally, brethren,
00:51:16.64\00:51:18.07
whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are noble,
00:51:18.11\00:51:23.88
whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure,
00:51:23.91\00:51:27.78
whatsoever things are lovely,
00:51:27.82\00:51:29.95
whatever things
are of good report,
00:51:29.98\00:51:32.32
if there be any virtue,
00:51:32.35\00:51:34.66
if there be
anything praiseworthy,"
00:51:34.69\00:51:36.89
what are we to do?
00:51:36.93\00:51:38.26
Think on...
00:51:38.29\00:51:39.63
That's what we're to think on.
00:51:39.66\00:51:41.00
So if... Philippians 4:8.
00:51:41.03\00:51:42.36
Philippians 4:8. 4:8?
00:51:42.40\00:51:44.07
Is that what I say it?
00:51:44.10\00:51:46.23
Did I say Proverbs?
But it's Philippians.
00:51:46.27\00:51:48.10
I've got it written down
right here Philippians 4:8.
00:51:48.14\00:51:50.07
Okay.
00:51:50.11\00:51:51.44
So, we can, if we find our
mind and all of us do this,
00:51:51.47\00:51:56.31
we find our mind
drifting to this calamity,
00:51:56.34\00:51:59.35
that is before us.
00:51:59.38\00:52:00.88
And we have to by
an act of our will
00:52:00.92\00:52:03.18
make a choice to
pull our mind back to.
00:52:03.22\00:52:07.16
You know, I am
strong in the Lord
00:52:07.19\00:52:09.96
and in the power of His might.
00:52:09.99\00:52:11.33
No weapon formed
against me will prosper.
00:52:11.36\00:52:13.29
But what I lay my
hand to will prosper.
00:52:13.33\00:52:15.70
I'm trusting in the Lord.
00:52:15.73\00:52:17.13
The Lord is my
strength and my deliverer.
00:52:17.17\00:52:19.80
When you bring your mind
thinking on those good things,
00:52:19.83\00:52:23.64
then it will lift
you out of that pit
00:52:23.67\00:52:26.11
and give you that merry heart
that Shelley was talking about.
00:52:26.14\00:52:30.65
Proverbs 17:22,
00:52:30.68\00:52:33.62
"A merry heart
does good, like," what?
00:52:33.65\00:52:37.09
"Like a medicine,
00:52:37.12\00:52:38.45
but a broken
spirit dries the bones."
00:52:38.49\00:52:41.96
And Proverbs 19:17,
00:52:41.99\00:52:44.93
"He who," we're going
to change gears here a bit.
00:52:44.96\00:52:47.76
"He who has pity on
the poor lends to," whom?
00:52:47.80\00:52:51.93
The Lord. The Lord.
00:52:51.97\00:52:53.30
"Lends to the Lord,
00:52:53.34\00:52:54.67
and He will pay
back what he has given."
00:52:54.70\00:52:57.64
Boy, I think
that is so powerful.
00:52:57.67\00:53:00.28
When you...
00:53:00.31\00:53:01.64
Again, what
we're looking at today
00:53:01.68\00:53:03.28
is mercy on the needy.
00:53:03.31\00:53:06.25
And this says,
00:53:06.28\00:53:07.72
if we see someone that's needy,
00:53:07.75\00:53:10.85
if we take care of that need,
00:53:10.89\00:53:13.32
we're not giving it to them,
00:53:13.36\00:53:15.26
expecting them to
give it back to us.
00:53:15.29\00:53:17.33
We're not expecting anybody
to give anything back to us.
00:53:17.36\00:53:20.20
But we know what we do.
00:53:20.23\00:53:21.66
We set into motion
a biblical principle,
00:53:21.70\00:53:25.83
and that
biblical principle says,
00:53:25.87\00:53:28.34
"As you lend to the needy,
00:53:28.37\00:53:31.17
that who's
going to pay you back?
00:53:31.21\00:53:32.54
God's going to pay you back.
00:53:32.57\00:53:34.34
So I want to read Matthew 25.
00:53:34.38\00:53:37.98
Let me go there.
Matthew 25:34-40.
00:53:38.01\00:53:42.02
That's a lot of scripture,
but I think it's worth reading.
00:53:42.05\00:53:45.25
"Then the King will say
to those on His right hand,
00:53:45.29\00:53:48.12
'Come, you blessed of My Father,
00:53:48.16\00:53:50.13
inherit the
kingdom prepared for you
00:53:50.16\00:53:53.06
from the
foundation of the world."
00:53:53.09\00:53:54.80
And I know we've
used the scripture,
00:53:54.83\00:53:56.77
I think already once today.
00:53:56.80\00:53:58.83
It says, "For I was
hungry and you gave Me food.
00:53:58.87\00:54:01.87
I was thirsty and
you gave Me drink.
00:54:01.90\00:54:03.81
I was a stranger
and you took Me in.
00:54:03.84\00:54:05.94
I was naked and you clothed Me."
00:54:05.97\00:54:08.41
And the righteous
say, "When did we do this?
00:54:08.44\00:54:12.98
We don't recall
doing that to You, Lord."
00:54:13.01\00:54:15.48
What does the Lord say?
00:54:15.52\00:54:17.35
"When you've done it
unto the least of these,"
00:54:17.39\00:54:21.82
who have you done it unto?
00:54:21.86\00:54:23.19
Him. "You've done it unto Him."
00:54:23.22\00:54:25.23
Okay.
00:54:25.26\00:54:28.23
Proverbs 14:31,
00:54:28.26\00:54:30.83
"He who oppresses the
poor reproaches his Maker,
00:54:30.87\00:54:35.47
but he who honors Him
has mercy on the needy."
00:54:35.50\00:54:39.61
And that's what
we're looking at,
00:54:39.64\00:54:41.21
having mercy on the needy.
00:54:41.24\00:54:46.65
We just don't know
00:54:46.68\00:54:48.65
the circumstances of
the poor and the needy.
00:54:48.68\00:54:51.05
And if we look at their
circumstances and think,
00:54:51.09\00:54:54.06
I feel superior to them,
00:54:54.09\00:54:56.12
then we are
reproaching our Maker.
00:54:56.16\00:54:58.29
My encouragement for
every one of us today
00:54:58.33\00:55:01.76
is that we just ask
God to open our hearts
00:55:01.80\00:55:04.63
and soften our hearts,
00:55:04.67\00:55:06.84
show us those that
we need to be helping,
00:55:06.87\00:55:09.70
and then allow the Lord
to use you to be a blessing
00:55:09.74\00:55:14.28
to those who are
in need around you.
00:55:14.31\00:55:15.88
Amen, and amen.
00:55:15.91\00:55:17.35
I have enjoyed so much
each one of your presentations.
00:55:17.38\00:55:20.95
Let's take a moment
00:55:20.98\00:55:22.32
for a quick
closing thought, Ryan?
00:55:22.35\00:55:23.69
Yeah, sure.
00:55:23.72\00:55:25.05
So this particular lesson
00:55:25.09\00:55:26.42
just makes me
think of Revelation,
00:55:26.45\00:55:29.36
ending chapters of Revelation.
00:55:29.39\00:55:32.26
I just feel like
shouting with the multitude
00:55:32.29\00:55:34.56
in the times
that we're living in.
00:55:34.60\00:55:35.93
Halleluiah for
the Lord God Almighty,
00:55:35.96\00:55:38.67
the Lord our God
omnipotent reigns.
00:55:38.70\00:55:40.70
I mean, we know that He
reigns and He's in control.
00:55:40.74\00:55:43.17
But even the discussion
on this particular topic
00:55:43.20\00:55:47.18
draws my attention
to Revelation 22:20,
00:55:47.21\00:55:49.34
which says, "He who
testifies to these things says,
00:55:49.38\00:55:51.85
'Surely I am coming quickly.'
00:55:51.88\00:55:53.62
Amen.
00:55:53.65\00:55:54.98
Even so, come
Lord Jesus Christ!'"
00:55:55.02\00:55:56.35
And I'm saying,
"Come Lord Jesus Christ."
00:55:56.38\00:55:58.72
I'm ready to go home.
00:55:58.75\00:56:00.09
Amen. Right.
00:56:00.12\00:56:01.46
Mark 1:17,
00:56:01.49\00:56:02.82
to be an effective
leader, you have to have a plan.
00:56:02.86\00:56:04.33
Here's the plan,
00:56:04.36\00:56:05.69
"Follow me and I will make you."
00:56:05.73\00:56:07.70
You cannot make yourself,
00:56:07.73\00:56:09.06
you have to follow the one
who alone is able to make us.
00:56:09.10\00:56:12.63
Follow the Lord
and He will make you
00:56:12.67\00:56:14.37
what He intends
for you to become.
00:56:14.40\00:56:15.84
Amen. Praise is not for God.
00:56:15.87\00:56:18.44
It's not
something we do for Him.
00:56:18.47\00:56:19.97
Praise is for you and for me,
it changes us and our outlook.
00:56:20.01\00:56:24.08
And Psalm 146,
00:56:24.11\00:56:26.48
there were some
serious situations
00:56:26.51\00:56:28.38
that they were dealing with,
00:56:28.42\00:56:29.75
but yet in the midst of
that they chose to praise God.
00:56:29.78\00:56:32.42
Amen.
00:56:32.45\00:56:33.96
And we are to
show grace and mercy
00:56:33.99\00:56:36.99
to those that are in need.
00:56:37.03\00:56:38.36
We can't be
superior or look down
00:56:38.39\00:56:40.33
at judgmental nose
at those around us.
00:56:40.36\00:56:43.06
The alcoholic didn't say
when he was young, you know,
00:56:43.10\00:56:45.53
"Someday what I aspire to be
is an alcoholic in a gutter."
00:56:45.57\00:56:50.17
The lady of ill
repute didn't say,
00:56:50.21\00:56:51.97
"Someday, you
know what I want to do?
00:56:52.01\00:56:53.98
I want to sell my body for drugs
00:56:54.01\00:56:56.61
and be treated
with degradation."
00:56:56.64\00:56:58.85
We don't know the circumstances
so we can't be judgmental.
00:56:58.88\00:57:02.18
What we can be
is obedient to God
00:57:02.22\00:57:04.72
and show them grace and mercy.
00:57:04.75\00:57:06.99
Amen and amen.
00:57:07.02\00:57:08.36
Thank you each so
much for the study,
00:57:08.39\00:57:11.43
the amount of
time that you put in
00:57:11.46\00:57:12.93
to prepare these studies.
00:57:12.96\00:57:14.80
You know, for
those of you at home,
00:57:14.83\00:57:17.07
we just want you to know,
00:57:17.10\00:57:18.47
you may be feeling oppressed,
00:57:18.50\00:57:20.10
you may be feeling neglected
00:57:20.14\00:57:21.80
or overlooked or
somebody has slandered you,
00:57:21.84\00:57:24.67
you may be going
through some kind of trial.
00:57:24.71\00:57:28.21
But you have the Prince of Peace
00:57:28.24\00:57:30.68
on your side, He is
ready to come to you
00:57:30.71\00:57:33.82
at a moment's cry,
and you can look to Him.
00:57:33.85\00:57:37.32
He is the
champion of the helpless.
00:57:37.35\00:57:42.42
And I pray that
your heart will be filled
00:57:42.46\00:57:45.83
and just overflow with hope,
00:57:45.86\00:57:49.73
that eager expectation
that God will show up.
00:57:49.76\00:57:53.17
Our prayer for
you is that the grace
00:57:53.20\00:57:54.87
of our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ,
00:57:54.90\00:57:57.04
the love of the Father
00:57:57.07\00:57:58.41
and the
fellowship of the Holy Spirit
00:57:58.44\00:58:00.01
will be with you always.
00:58:00.04\00:58:01.84
Bye-bye.
00:58:01.88\00:58:03.21