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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.79,0:00:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, please turn in your Bibles
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.75,0:00:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Psalm 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.97,0:00:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our brother Craig said he felt inclined
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.74,0:00:27.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to preach from this psalm last week,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.59,0:00:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he didn't, because \Nthe week before that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.09,0:00:39.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brother Nathan Rages
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.17,0:00:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought us a message on stability
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.54,0:00:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or stay-bility.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.40,0:00:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Craig felt that he didn't just use
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.32,0:00:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this psalm as a launching point,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.08,0:00:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but kind of stayed here for quite awhile,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.18,0:00:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so Craig thought to move on,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.74,0:01:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think it's interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.93,0:01:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that three preachers in a row
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.56,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have been impressed as I have as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even before Nathan brought that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.43,0:01:13.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been thinking much about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.87,0:01:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first psalm.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.18,0:01:28.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I am inclined to take us there again,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.43,0:01:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even after Craig was \Ndone preaching last week,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.88,0:01:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told Craig, I believe I am
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.45,0:01:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to deal with Psalm 1,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.84,0:01:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, God helping us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.10,0:01:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let's look at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.28,0:01:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's read it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.75,0:01:48.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its entirety.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.77,0:01:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blessed is the man..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.55,0:02:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you, if we know Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.77,0:02:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are one in a thousand such men.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.36,0:02:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blessed is the man
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.20,0:02:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who walks not in the \Ncounsel of the wicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.80,0:02:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor stands in the way of sinners,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.92,0:02:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor sits in the seat of scoffers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.60,0:02:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.38,0:02:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on His law, he \Nmeditates day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.05,0:02:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is like a tree planted
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.53,0:02:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by streams of water,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.47,0:02:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that yields its fruit in its season,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.59,0:02:47.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and its leaf does not wither.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.43,0:02:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all that he does, he prospers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.24,0:02:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked are not so..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.40,0:03:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, in the Septuagint, this reads
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.82,0:03:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a double negative:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.31,0:03:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not so the ungodly. Not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.39,0:03:12.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...but are like chaff,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.68,0:03:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the wind drives away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.04,0:03:17.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Therefore the wicked will not stand
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.77,0:03:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the judgment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.09,0:03:20.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor sinners in the congregation
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.88,0:03:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the righteous."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.87,0:03:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Churches here are mixed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.27,0:03:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but as we heard in the first hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.03,0:03:35.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every church has at least one devil in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.11,0:03:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're mixed here.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.15,0:03:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They won't be then.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.60,0:03:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"For the Lord knows
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.60,0:03:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way of the righteous,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.85,0:03:50.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the way of the wicked will perish."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.40,0:03:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a psalm.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.96,0:03:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the first one.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.59,0:03:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In it, you saw it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.85,0:04:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's two men.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.06,0:04:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one called (v. 1) blessed...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.69,0:04:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the man.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.22,0:04:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then when you look down in v. 6,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.65,0:04:16.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Lord knows the way of the righteous."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.74,0:04:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's one man - the blessed man,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.16,0:04:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the righteous man.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.91,0:04:23.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's another man.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.50,0:04:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see him here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.69,0:04:31.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 4 - "The wicked are not so."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.35,0:04:34.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 5 "The wicked will not stand..."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.93,0:04:40.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 6 "The wicked will perish."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.13,0:04:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.05,0:04:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All mankind encapsulated \Nin this one psalm.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.91,0:04:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But see, I see a problem right off.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.08,0:04:53.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, as I read this,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.62,0:04:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think about preaching it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.84,0:05:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recognize, you - as you process this,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.29,0:05:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that man has a built-in disposition
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.62,0:05:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deny and reject that he is wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.10,0:05:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nobody takes that term upon themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.60,0:05:22.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know you've got certain crazy people
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.29,0:05:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out there that delight in such things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.86,0:05:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you, when \Nreally pushed to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.07,0:05:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as their eternal welfare,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.97,0:05:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as far as their standing before God,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.25,0:05:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men sarcastically will talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.99,0:05:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being wicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.68,0:05:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in their pride,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.77,0:05:42.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they will try to outdo one another
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.45,0:05:43.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in evil deeds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.88,0:05:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when they're pressed to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.46,0:05:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,men say, well, in the depths of my heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.73,0:05:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really at the deepest level,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.09,0:05:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a good person.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.07,0:05:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, I recognize \Nthere's a disposition.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.25,0:05:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.34,0:06:00.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the word just sounds too horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.43,0:06:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.11,0:06:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too heinous.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.92,0:06:08.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just too bad to describe me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.34,0:06:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's what happens:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.53,0:06:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, men think to themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.68,0:06:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, I'm about to hear the righteous
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.48,0:06:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compared with the wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.14,0:06:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I know I'm not wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.57,0:06:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So somehow or another,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.44,0:06:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's said of the righteous -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.47,0:06:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has to describe me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.31,0:06:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe not perfectly,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.72,0:06:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm in there somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.92,0:06:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I'm not wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.19,0:06:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I'm not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.96,0:06:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, somehow I've got to fit in over here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.63,0:06:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's said of the wicked man
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.01,0:06:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't possibly be true of me.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.76,0:06:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, men, men... presuppositions -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.19,0:06:53.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their ideas about themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.82,0:06:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, what's interesting is how often
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.92,0:07:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Bible has to tell us who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.14,0:07:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's amazing.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.13,0:07:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has to tell wicked people who they are,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.23,0:07:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it has to tell the \Nrighteous who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.43,0:07:07.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.14,0:07:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we have a real hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.73,0:07:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting that straight ourselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.63,0:07:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even as Christians.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.07,0:07:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about how often
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.43,0:07:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the New Testament is simply
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.94,0:07:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,telling Christians who they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.69,0:07:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't get it right.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.94,0:07:23.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As Christians, we tend to think less
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.73,0:07:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ourselves than we ought to.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.31,0:07:26.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as lost people,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.61,0:07:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we tend to think far more of ourselves
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.51,0:07:29.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than we ought to.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.40,0:07:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a real hard time
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.57,0:07:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting this straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.64,0:07:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so God comes along
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.76,0:07:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over and over and over again,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.38,0:07:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is telling us who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.00,0:07:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.04,0:07:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is why the Bible goes
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.43,0:07:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to all these lengths
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.70,0:07:42.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to define us over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.55,0:07:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.68,0:07:46.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing that tells us who we are
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.63,0:07:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this book tells us who we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.16,0:07:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing describes us like this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.34,0:07:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.40,0:07:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,v. 4, the wicked are not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.64,0:07:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.54,0:08:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we could just tear that out -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.60,0:08:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't want to do that,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.82,0:08:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if we did, if we just replaced it
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.36,0:08:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with "the man of the world..."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.27,0:08:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,intelligent, intellectual, wise,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.79,0:08:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,independent, fun-loving,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.46,0:08:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,free-spirited, free thinking, witty...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.04,0:08:24.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.94,0:08:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we might get more \Npeople to be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.81,0:08:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the problem is, as soon\Nas the word wicked comes up,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.39,0:08:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, that's not me!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.50,0:08:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, if we \Nredefined it a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.74,0:08:37.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put it in more acceptable terms,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.80,0:08:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people would let their guard down.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.15,0:08:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that word wicked...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.05,0:08:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.77,0:08:52.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes us think of wicked witches.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.45,0:08:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked - like the devil.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.22,0:08:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But notice the simplicity of it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.13,0:08:59.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at v. 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.56,0:09:03.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The wicked are not so."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.74,0:09:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.27,0:09:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about the simplicity of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.15,0:09:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked are not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.95,0:09:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no horns.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.19,0:09:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no pointed hat
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.46,0:09:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and black cats here.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.40,0:09:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don't torture people \Nin their basement.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.10,0:09:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is it?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.68,0:09:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's true of the righteous...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.27,0:09:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.81,0:09:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.14,0:09:32.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not pedophiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.54,0:09:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pedophiles are wicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.85,0:09:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you get my drift here?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.31,0:09:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is just: show me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.12,0:09:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the righteous man is;
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.06,0:09:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wicked man is just not like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.37,0:09:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't have to run around
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.91,0:09:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being an axe murderer.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.84,0:09:53.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's just not like the righteous.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.14,0:09:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there's only \Ntwo categories here, folks.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.56,0:09:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're not in the righteous,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.71,0:10:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blessed man category,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.18,0:10:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're in the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.94,0:10:08.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're just not like the righteous.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.64,0:10:10.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.11,0:10:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.15,0:10:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to see this for what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.23,0:10:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked are not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.39,0:10:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is God's teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.69,0:10:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Psalm 1 is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.49,0:10:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we come to right here -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.22,0:10:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was spoken by David in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.98,0:10:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is no invention of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.84,0:10:31.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is inspired language.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.26,0:10:34.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is God defining humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.47,0:10:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are only two alternatives here.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.38,0:10:37.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see it.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.66,0:10:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Men are so disposed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.53,0:10:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think in degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.97,0:10:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.37,0:10:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just black or white.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.42,0:10:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to think in degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.40,0:10:50.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We like to think
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.79,0:10:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somewhere in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.71,0:10:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That there's other alternatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.67,0:10:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we're not given that.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.50,0:11:01.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no middle ground somewhere here.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.09,0:11:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, we tend to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.38,0:11:06.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, come on, are you \Nrighteous all the time?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.09,0:11:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, you know, I'm a sinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.54,0:11:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I'm not that bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.40,0:11:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.33,0:11:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I'm somewhere in the middle.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.01,0:11:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture doesn't allow that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.77,0:11:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We tend to think that way,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.09,0:11:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Scripture doesn't allow this
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.63,0:11:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking in degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.17,0:11:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's pretty radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.62,0:11:27.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy, how often does Scripture do this?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.89,0:11:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's everywhere - in the Old Testament
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.60,0:11:32.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the New. Everywhere!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.83,0:11:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That Scripture comes along and says
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.78,0:11:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bang! Bang!
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.18,0:11:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two camps.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.18,0:11:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're in one or the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.61,0:11:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Radical. No in-between's.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.03,0:11:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is such the language of Scripture
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.83,0:11:47.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over and over.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.61,0:11:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only two men in this psalm.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.48,0:11:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No middle ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.58,0:11:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Either one or the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.19,0:11:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're looking at two men.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.53,0:11:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just two.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.73,0:11:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're like one.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.90,0:12:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you're not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.91,0:12:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's consider this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.50,0:12:08.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's consider the first four words.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.35,0:12:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blessed is the man..."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.29,0:12:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got five "P's"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.44,0:12:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I want to use to describe just this:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.68,0:12:22.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed is the man.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.90,0:12:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first is this.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.96,0:12:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first "P": Plurality.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.45,0:12:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a plurality of blessednesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.06,0:12:31.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Martin Luther points out,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.99,0:12:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I needed somebody else to tell me this
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.45,0:12:36.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I can make my way through Greek,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.93,0:12:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Hebrew is out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.43,0:12:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luther says in the Hebrew,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.40,0:12:50.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word "blessed" is plural.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.98,0:12:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's literally blessednesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.91,0:12:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All blessednesses are the portion
Dialogue: 0,0:12:59.61,0:13:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this blessed man.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.35,0:13:06.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All things are well
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.97,0:13:08.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a man like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.66,0:13:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spurgeon calls it
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.01,0:13:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the multiplicity of blessings.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.27,0:13:17.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be this guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.19,0:13:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This means everything is good.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.82,0:13:21.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything is blessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.58,0:13:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessednesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.78,0:13:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The second "P" is
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.50,0:13:26.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the propensity towards blessedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.96,0:13:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I mean by that?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.09,0:13:29.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Propensity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.13,0:13:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:31.46,0:13:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We desire this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.41,0:13:35.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All men desire this.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.63,0:13:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, as was mentioned by Craig
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.42,0:13:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,last week, happy, blessed,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.95,0:13:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blessed is the man.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.58,0:13:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are places such \Nas Deuteronomy 33:29 -
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.50,0:13:48.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Happy are you, O Israel!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.34,0:13:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who is like you?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.34,0:13:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A people saved by the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.69,0:13:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, this word can be translated
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.63,0:13:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly: "happy."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.44,0:13:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The happinesses - it's plural.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.99,0:14:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the happinesses of the man
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.78,0:14:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's described here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.88,0:14:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.89,0:14:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.04,0:14:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of all that God could have done
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.40,0:14:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in starting out the book of Psalms,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.25,0:14:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very first one,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.19,0:14:16.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very first line,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.55,0:14:18.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He hits us with the thing
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.16,0:14:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all men have a propensity for;
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.21,0:14:23.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that all men long after:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.40,0:14:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.51,0:14:27.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are all anxious to be blessed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.74,0:14:29.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we hear Esau,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.05,0:14:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remember how he was?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.11,0:14:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With his father Isaac?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:31.42,0:14:34.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bless me, even me also, O my father!"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.29,0:14:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless me!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.53,0:14:38.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how we all are.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.33,0:14:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want it!\NWe want it!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.79,0:14:41.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, he was faced with the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.41,0:14:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he was losing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.76,0:14:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he was desparate.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.16,0:14:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bless me!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.03,0:14:47.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all want that blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.19,0:14:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what gives man
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.72,0:14:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even the ability to make it
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.31,0:14:53.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from one day to the next
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.54,0:14:58.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is hope that ultimately,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.49,0:15:00.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he will receive that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.95,0:15:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hell is such hopelessness
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.75,0:15:04.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's all gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.70,0:15:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blessednesses - all gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.31,0:15:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this is the longing \Nof the soul of man.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.54,0:15:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right here at the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.17,0:15:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the very first psalm.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:12.98,0:15:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third "P":
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.59,0:15:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The positivity of blessedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.93,0:15:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do I mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.18,0:15:20.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blessed is the man."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.69,0:15:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is. I put stress on "is."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.14,0:15:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just that he will be.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.02,0:15:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.24,0:15:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first psalm is God telling us
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.27,0:15:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that blessedness is not \Njust for the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.00,0:15:36.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be sitting here right in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.97,0:15:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this world at this time
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.18,0:15:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be a man or woman
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.01,0:15:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of all blessednesses.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.82,0:15:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, you can sit here
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.73,0:15:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be the absolute envy -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.97,0:15:57.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the truth were to be known -
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.73,0:16:01.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the absolute envy of all mankind.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:01.06,0:16:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have that which all men want.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.24,0:16:07.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a positivity here.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.70,0:16:08.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's attainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.100,0:16:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this world, it's attainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:10.77,0:16:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter if it's 106 degrees out.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.01,0:16:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's attainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.81,0:16:15.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter if you're going through trials.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.89,0:16:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's attainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.86,0:16:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.06,0:16:22.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go with David some time
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.81,0:16:24.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and visit the nursing home.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.82,0:16:26.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, come with John Sytsma
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.86,0:16:28.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he goes over to Nepal,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.39,0:16:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you look at one of these Hindi people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.95,0:16:36.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in their seventies or eighties.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:36.49,0:16:38.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at the old people
Dialogue: 0,0:16:38.01,0:16:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there in the nursing home.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.24,0:16:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their faces - empty, hollow,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.49,0:16:48.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're just sad.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.45,0:16:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.32,0:16:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've lived their lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.20,0:16:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many promises of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:55.69,0:16:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we talk about
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.94,0:17:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"blessed is the man,"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.77,0:17:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're one in a thousand.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.92,0:17:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the other 999
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.75,0:17:09.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are doing all the time?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:09.25,0:17:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The pleasures of sin for a season.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.43,0:17:13.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those little pleasures in sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.10,0:17:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're saying, "Try me! You'll be happy!"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.23,0:17:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Try me! You'll be happy!"
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.87,0:17:20.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're grasping at the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.92,0:17:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're grasping at mist.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.75,0:17:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because there's pleasure for a season
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.69,0:17:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it's gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.63,0:17:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you spend a whole life doing that
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.27,0:17:31.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all these promises of happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.08,0:17:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get to the end
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.53,0:17:34.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their religions haven't done it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.25,0:17:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their false gods have not done it.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.02,0:17:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in all their old age, \Nyou look at them,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.14,0:17:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're miserable.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.05,0:17:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're out of their minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.44,0:17:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just cuss and they swear
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.21,0:17:43.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.100,0:17:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.09,0:17:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that how they are?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.33,0:17:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just nasty old people.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.62,0:17:48.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.36,0:17:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just hopeless.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.93,0:17:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're getting to the end
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.23,0:17:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything has proven empty.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.53,0:17:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just emptiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.45,0:17:57.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only fear looms before them.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.86,0:18:00.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiness is one of \Nthe most elusive things
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.53,0:18:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this world.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:02.18,0:18:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have a world out there chasing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.08,0:18:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and few there be that find it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.75,0:18:10.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Few actually lay hold on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.77,0:18:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, the promise here is
Dialogue: 0,0:18:13.44,0:18:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there is a blessed man.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.65,0:18:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's attainable.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:17.38,0:18:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.67,0:18:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And oh, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.31,0:18:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't we hear it in the \Nvery blood of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:23.84,0:18:28.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If anything whispers "blessedness,"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.24,0:18:32.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that blood.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:32.37,0:18:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next "P" - the fourth:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.25,0:18:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The place of blessedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.03,0:18:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By "place," I mean,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.56,0:18:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where is it to be found?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.90,0:18:53.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice this:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.11,0:18:54.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at v. 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.85,0:18:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"His delight is in the law of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.45,0:19:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on His law he \Nmeditates day and night."
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.81,0:19:09.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, brethren, hear me carefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.82,0:19:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is not a text,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:11.52,0:19:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you won't find it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.12,0:19:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never found it in my Bible -
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.52,0:19:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not any of the Bibles I've ever owned.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:16.93,0:19:19.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You will never find a beatitude that says,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.56,0:19:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blessed is the man who hungers and thirsts
Dialogue: 0,0:19:25.15,0:19:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for blessedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.42,0:19:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You won't find it.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.26,0:19:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not there.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.49,0:19:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is blessedness to be found?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.28,0:19:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Happiness is not to be found
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.78,0:19:41.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in just seeking to be happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.84,0:19:43.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:43.55,0:19:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this man desire?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.57,0:19:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The law of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.62,0:19:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He meditates on it day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.57,0:19:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because in \Nthat he finds his God.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.01,0:19:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that he finds life;
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.31,0:19:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he finds his Christ, his Messiah.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.32,0:19:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:58.68,0:20:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed are those who hunger and thirst
Dialogue: 0,0:20:01.45,0:20:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.07,0:20:05.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They will be satisfied.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.08,0:20:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, think of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:06.72,0:20:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of this truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.72,0:20:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you grab for happiness,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.88,0:20:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you miss it.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.16,0:20:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just turns to mist.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:19.49,0:20:21.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It slips away.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.49,0:20:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only the man or the woman
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.52,0:20:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who actually seek for something else
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.28,0:20:31.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that find happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.44,0:20:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you notice that?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.60,0:20:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or listen to Psalm 119:2.\NDon't turn there, but listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:38.05,0:20:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blessed are those who \Nkeep His testimonies,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.83,0:20:46.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who seek Him with their whole heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.19,0:20:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.71,0:20:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seek Him. We find blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.77,0:20:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seek His Word. We find blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:53.87,0:20:55.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seek His righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:55.73,0:20:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:57.66,0:20:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We seek first the Kingdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:59.90,0:21:02.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We find all things.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.45,0:21:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that not how Scripture is?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:04.90,0:21:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, brethren, that's a principle \Nyou don't want to lose.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.37,0:21:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because men desire blessing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:13.08,0:21:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They desire happiness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.26,0:21:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And most miss it,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.83,0:21:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they look for \Nit in the wrong place.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.38,0:21:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fifthly, the person of this blessedness.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.89,0:21:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessings and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:21:28.68,0:21:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not tied to the man's circumstances.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.44,0:21:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You need to see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:34.20,0:21:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, the world tends to think,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.81,0:21:38.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blessed is the man that \Ngets a beautiful wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.68,0:21:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed is the man that comes into money.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:40.96,0:21:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed is the man that \Ncan afford to get that car,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.47,0:21:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,buy that house.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.56,0:21:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessed is the man that \N(fill in the blank).
Dialogue: 0,0:21:49.86,0:21:52.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...gets the promotion at work.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.60,0:21:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do you notice nothing in this psalm
Dialogue: 0,0:21:55.43,0:21:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to do with circumstances?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:57.78,0:22:00.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the person.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:00.57,0:22:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's who he is, not the \Ncircumstances in his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.39,0:22:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's critical.\NThat's crucial.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:13.29,0:22:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessings and happiness
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.20,0:22:17.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are tied to who you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.78,0:22:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not what's happening in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:19.47,0:22:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.45,0:22:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To what your relationship is with God.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.45,0:22:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What your relationship is with the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.22,0:22:27.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:27.52,0:22:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there's those five "P's"
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.00,0:22:31.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have to do with "blessed."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.61,0:22:34.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, let's just broaden out
Dialogue: 0,0:22:34.03,0:22:36.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and think about the whole psalm.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:36.77,0:22:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, hear me carefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:41.43,0:22:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This psalm is an entire indicative.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:48.15,0:22:49.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no command here.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.40,0:22:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I recognize Hebrew doesn't
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.93,0:22:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,necessarily have indicative verbs,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:54.73,0:23:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the Greek, in the Septuagint,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.58,0:23:02.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's exactly what it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.13,0:23:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What am I getting at?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:03.16,0:23:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want to know \Nall about Greek and Hebrew.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.66,0:23:08.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what am I getting at?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.05,0:23:09.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My point is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:23:09.79,0:23:13.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This psalm doesn't command \Nyou to do anything.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.37,0:23:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look. Should you go to this psalm and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.12,0:23:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hey, I ought to be more \Ndisciplined in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.58,0:23:26.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, when you get indicatives,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:26.36,0:23:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do imply, they suggest imperatives.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:30.09,0:23:32.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're told a fact,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.49,0:23:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they do sometimes imply
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.73,0:23:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a responsibility on our part.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.60,0:23:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:39.48,0:23:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't deny that.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:40.40,0:23:43.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's many other places where\Nyou find this to be a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:43.50,0:23:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But hear me carefully.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.15,0:23:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not going to preach \Ncommandments to you here,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.09,0:23:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this psalm does not do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:53.21,0:23:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This psalm basically lays down facts.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.10,0:24:04.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice, nothing in this \Npsalm is telling you
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.18,0:24:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or seeking to encourage you directly
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.15,0:24:10.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not walk in the counsel of the wicked
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.81,0:24:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to stand in a certain place
Dialogue: 0,0:24:13.59,0:24:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to sit in a certain place.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.27,0:24:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not commanding you.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.78,0:24:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not encouraging you \Nto be in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.11,0:24:21.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not encouraging you to be a tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.08,0:24:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not encouraging you to be fruitful.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:23.79,0:24:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not directly.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.48,0:24:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You hear what I'm saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.23,0:24:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It basically is a statement of fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:31.00,0:24:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say where are you going?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:33.64,0:24:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll tell you where I'm going.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:35.18,0:24:36.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know the problem too often
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.72,0:24:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you preach a text like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.86,0:24:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is people go away -
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.60,0:24:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially the wicked -
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.06,0:24:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they go away thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:44.22,0:24:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, I need to do better at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.96,0:24:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.47,0:24:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a statement of fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.55,0:24:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a description.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.62,0:24:53.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is God coming along and He's saying
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.52,0:24:55.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to know what \Na righteous man looks like?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:55.99,0:24:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's what he looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:57.43,0:24:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to know what a wicked man is?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:59.75,0:25:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:02.32,0:25:04.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's basically what's happening.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.50,0:25:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make sure you see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.88,0:25:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say why?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.23,0:25:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because this isn't a \Npep rally to do better.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:13.67,0:25:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a searching.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:15.31,0:25:18.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a spotlight shining on all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.49,0:25:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not an encouragement \Nto go out and strive,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.02,0:25:23.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to go out and run better.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:23.98,0:25:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a spotlight shining on you
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.24,0:25:30.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that proves who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:30.49,0:25:33.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Make sure you see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:33.05,0:25:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is not so much
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.27,0:25:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you need to strive harder,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.23,0:25:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as much as it is the living God telling us
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.42,0:25:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is true of all of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:43.05,0:25:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, notice this.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.36,0:25:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,V. 1 is, "Blessed is the man who
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.59,0:25:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walks not..."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.35,0:25:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:53.10,0:25:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before you get the positive in v. 2.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.11,0:25:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"His delight is in the law of the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:57.15,0:25:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get the negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.42,0:26:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The negative is first.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:01.58,0:26:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that similar to - \NI think of Isaiah 55 oftentimes.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:05.99,0:26:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let the wicked forsake his way,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:09.09,0:26:10.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the unrighteous man his thoughts,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.98,0:26:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let him return unto the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:12.62,0:26:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you get the negative first:\Nforsake your way.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:14.95,0:26:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The positive: return to the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.14,0:26:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or when Jesus came in the New Testament.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.12,0:26:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did He say?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.94,0:26:21.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repent!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.12,0:26:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repent is a change of mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.98,0:26:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is that change of mind about sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.49,0:26:26.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.60,0:26:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's this turning from sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.20,0:26:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a reversal in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:31.97,0:26:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a forsaking and then believing.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:35.19,0:26:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Calling upon the Lord in faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:37.93,0:26:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We often get this negative
Dialogue: 0,0:26:40.15,0:26:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before the positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.44,0:26:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.19,0:26:47.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what the danger is?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.70,0:26:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You come along with just the positive
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.78,0:26:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people think I need \Nto tack that on my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:52.10,0:26:53.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nope, that's not it.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.83,0:26:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's never how it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.10,0:26:57.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's first turning.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.89,0:26:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a forsaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:59.33,0:27:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's things we step back from.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.96,0:27:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's things that the blessed man
Dialogue: 0,0:27:03.13,0:27:06.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no longer involves himself in
Dialogue: 0,0:27:06.01,0:27:07.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we get to the positive.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.49,0:27:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the way God often \Ndoes it in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.80,0:27:12.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Man in this world - evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.50,0:27:14.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's wrong; he's vile -
Dialogue: 0,0:27:14.11,0:27:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God's way is essentially different.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.36,0:27:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's not just you \Nstaying on your own way,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.38,0:27:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your old way,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.73,0:27:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then tacking on God's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.37,0:27:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a forsaking of your way.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:28.10,0:27:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a coming to God's way.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:31.38,0:27:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:37.58,0:27:43.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Blessed is the man who walks not
Dialogue: 0,0:27:43.26,0:27:44.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the counsel of the wicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:44.81,0:27:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nor stands in the way of sinners."
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.18,0:27:49.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.73,0:27:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is desire \Nbeing described here.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:53.59,0:27:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's not giving a commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:55.17,0:27:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a desire.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.17,0:27:59.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know, someone says, exactly!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.08,0:28:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Negative.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:00.10,0:28:01.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, that's how it starts out.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.83,0:28:04.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what Christianity is in \Na lot of people's minds.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:04.62,0:28:07.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, that's exactly \Nhow Christianity is.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.04,0:28:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't do this.\NYou can't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.36,0:28:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, brethren, listen to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.90,0:28:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a psalm of "thou shalt not's."
Dialogue: 0,0:28:16.88,0:28:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a man who desires the Word of God,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:24.09,0:28:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the law of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:25.91,0:28:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a man who has a heart
Dialogue: 0,0:28:28.42,0:28:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that hungers after this.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:31.58,0:28:33.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He delights in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:33.58,0:28:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because he delights in that,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.80,0:28:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he disdains what's against it:
Dialogue: 0,0:28:37.88,0:28:39.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ways of the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:39.10,0:28:40.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ways of the devil,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.17,0:28:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ways that are wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:41.32,0:28:42.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ways of the scornful,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.57,0:28:43.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ways of the sinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:43.92,0:28:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're repulsive to him
Dialogue: 0,0:28:45.61,0:28:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he delights in the law of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.48,0:28:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:50.83,0:28:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, we have to \Nget this in our heads.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.65,0:28:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity is not just this set
Dialogue: 0,0:28:55.54,0:28:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of external laws that tells us
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.48,0:29:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't do this, don't do this...
Dialogue: 0,0:29:00.48,0:29:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity is a transformation of heart
Dialogue: 0,0:29:03.59,0:29:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where our delights are \Nnow towards the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:29:07.09,0:29:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we don't want that.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.03,0:29:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a distaste.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:10.90,0:29:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't love what we used to love.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:12.74,0:29:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christianity is God changing us
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.11,0:29:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that we don't desire
Dialogue: 0,0:29:16.69,0:29:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the counsel of the ungodly.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:18.24,0:29:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We delight in the Word of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:19.88,0:29:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, we find His yoke easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:23.57,0:29:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:26.26,0:29:30.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice the progressiveness
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.34,0:29:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of this first verse.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.04,0:29:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't walk in the \Ncounsel of the wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.89,0:29:37.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then it's "stand."
Dialogue: 0,0:29:37.11,0:29:38.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got a man walking,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:38.34,0:29:40.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it's like the man stops walking
Dialogue: 0,0:29:40.25,0:29:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he stands.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:41.69,0:29:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the man sits.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:43.28,0:29:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's progressive what?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:46.43,0:29:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:29:52.75,0:29:54.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a digression.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:54.89,0:29:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like there's motion and then he stops
Dialogue: 0,0:29:58.41,0:30:00.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he sits.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.02,0:30:06.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like this increasing grip of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:06.30,0:30:10.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:30:10.89,0:30:16.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lloyd-Jones called it paralysis of sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:16.63,0:30:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blessed man avoids it.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.41,0:30:21.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is this?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.72,0:30:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does he avoid?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:23.97,0:30:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, the wicked, the sinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.24,0:30:31.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the scoffer... brethren, where are they?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:31.05,0:30:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:32.99,0:30:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's voices,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:34.50,0:30:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have these voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.32,0:30:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Things are coming in the eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:30:38.38,0:30:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coming in the ears all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:40.66,0:30:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see things.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:41.78,0:30:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hear things.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:43.82,0:30:47.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are these voices in this world?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.68,0:30:50.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have means of commication today
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.33,0:30:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they never had in any other time.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.43,0:30:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of the channels through which
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.45,0:30:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these things come.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.79,0:30:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, you know what they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.79,0:31:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:01.31,0:31:03.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often does Scripture \Nspeak about companionship?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:03.86,0:31:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to be a fool?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:04.95,0:31:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hang out with the fools.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:06.94,0:31:08.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plain and simple.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.83,0:31:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:10.20,0:31:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can hang out with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:11.67,0:31:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You spend your time there.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.45,0:31:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, what kind of voices are these?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:17.64,0:31:20.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked, the sinner, the scoffer...
Dialogue: 0,0:31:20.43,0:31:23.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're voices that take you
Dialogue: 0,0:31:23.46,0:31:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,off of running this race like you should.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:25.65,0:31:27.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're voices that turn us away
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.47,0:31:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from God and godliness.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:28.77,0:31:30.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They scoff. They mock
Dialogue: 0,0:31:30.47,0:31:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the ways of the righteous.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:31.95,0:31:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They scoff and they mock
Dialogue: 0,0:31:33.24,0:31:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the ways of Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.59,0:31:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all that's adverse to
Dialogue: 0,0:31:38.36,0:31:40.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and against and radically,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:40.72,0:31:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,essentially the opposite
Dialogue: 0,0:31:42.42,0:31:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what's in v. 2:
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.25,0:31:45.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loving the law of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:45.71,0:31:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's everything that's opposed to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:47.67,0:31:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's everything that shuns that.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:49.32,0:31:51.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's everything that smirks at that.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:51.93,0:31:55.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's everything that \Nslights the ways of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:55.06,0:31:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.12,0:32:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we're talking about here
Dialogue: 0,0:32:01.51,0:32:03.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the blessed man;
Dialogue: 0,0:32:03.50,0:32:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the man who looks at the friends
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.34,0:32:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in his life and says,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:06.82,0:32:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:08.21,0:32:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am not going to spend time
Dialogue: 0,0:32:10.42,0:32:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with those people anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:13.60,0:32:15.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:15.81,0:32:18.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to spend time in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:18.15,0:32:20.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's something in their lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.46,0:32:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's something in their words
Dialogue: 0,0:32:22.12,0:32:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that opposes this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:25.01,0:32:27.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not walking there.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:27.69,0:32:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm not standing there.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:29.51,0:32:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to stop
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.80,0:32:32.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not going to sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:32.08,0:32:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it's almost more
Dialogue: 0,0:32:34.23,0:32:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a progressive stagnation in sin.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:39.12,0:32:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.44,0:32:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to go there.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:41.85,0:32:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to evaluate social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.01,0:32:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that movie is going to take me somehow
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.30,0:32:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away from what pleases God,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:49.79,0:32:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why am I going to go do that?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.45,0:32:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.55,0:32:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Entertainment?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:56.16,0:32:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh you're going to entertain yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.98,0:32:59.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by going and standing
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.36,0:33:01.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way of the sinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:01.55,0:33:03.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that it?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:03.80,0:33:06.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the righteous \Nman doesn't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:06.45,0:33:09.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, brethren, hear me again.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:09.06,0:33:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying, ok, you better size up
Dialogue: 0,0:33:12.42,0:33:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you're doing on Facebook
Dialogue: 0,0:33:13.81,0:33:15.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you better size \Nup what you're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.73,0:33:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the TV and with movies
Dialogue: 0,0:33:17.15,0:33:20.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with all the technology.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:20.04,0:33:23.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No commandments here.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:23.15,0:33:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, brethren, what \Nyou need to recognize
Dialogue: 0,0:33:25.52,0:33:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is God is telling you what we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:28.76,0:33:30.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, if you're the guy that perpetually
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.83,0:33:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has to look at your life and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.56,0:33:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, I'm massively failing there.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:36.54,0:33:38.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's not God telling you
Dialogue: 0,0:33:38.92,0:33:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to get your act straight.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.60,0:33:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's God telling you who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:43.82,0:33:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you recognize that's what's happening
Dialogue: 0,0:33:45.78,0:33:47.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this psalm?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.69,0:33:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying look at your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.74,0:33:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you walk in the way of the ungodly;
Dialogue: 0,0:33:54.54,0:34:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you stand in this place of sinners;
Dialogue: 0,0:34:00.48,0:34:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you sit there among those who
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.48,0:34:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,slight the things that are godly -
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.37,0:34:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's telling you what you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:10.100,0:34:12.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:12.01,0:34:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no my delight is in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.74,0:34:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey, this is all opposed to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.39,0:34:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And see, if you say,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.52,0:34:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no, I'm a blessed man
Dialogue: 0,0:34:19.62,0:34:21.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I delight in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:21.25,0:34:22.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ok, there's going to be proof.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:22.82,0:34:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the proof on the negative side
Dialogue: 0,0:34:24.47,0:34:27.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what you no longer do.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.70,0:34:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there's evidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:30.65,0:34:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the point.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:32.16,0:34:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is indicative.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:33.14,0:34:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is indicating what is true.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:36.54,0:34:39.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not here today to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.41,0:34:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to clean up your act.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:42.65,0:34:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are definitely texts
Dialogue: 0,0:34:44.45,0:34:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that talk about purging \Nthat out of your life
Dialogue: 0,0:34:48.26,0:34:49.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which ought not to be there,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:49.72,0:34:51.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and cutting off and gouging out.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:51.32,0:34:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No question about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.96,0:34:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, what this is saying to us
Dialogue: 0,0:34:56.11,0:34:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not so much that that's \Nwhat you need to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:58.47,0:34:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's saying to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.43,0:35:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're the blessed man,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:00.75,0:35:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what you already do.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:03.63,0:35:05.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's already true in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:05.54,0:35:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's already a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:07.59,0:35:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, this is not commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:10.28,0:35:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:12.03,0:35:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is not admonishing us specifically
Dialogue: 0,0:35:14.00,0:35:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be holier.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.22,0:35:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's telling us the truth about
Dialogue: 0,0:35:17.13,0:35:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what holiness looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.01,0:35:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that holy man is that blessed man.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:21.59,0:35:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's telling us that if \Nyou're that blessed man,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:24.02,0:35:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're not going to run with \Nthat same crowd you ran with.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.23,0:35:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're not going \Nto do the same things
Dialogue: 0,0:35:29.30,0:35:30.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Internet you used to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:30.94,0:35:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're not going to do the same things\Nat the movie theater you used to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:33.93,0:35:36.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're not going to do the \Nsame things in front of the television.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:36.15,0:35:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because these are all the avenues
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.84,0:35:39.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by which those voices come.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.33,0:35:41.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to do the\Nsame thing with family.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.34,0:35:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to do the \Nsame thing with friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.78,0:35:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to do \Nthe same things with radio.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.46,0:35:47.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're not going to do the \Nsame thing with songs and music.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:47.74,0:35:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:49.49,0:35:54.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because look, you've \Ngot to bring this home.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.43,0:35:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The counsel of the wicked,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:55.98,0:35:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way of the sinner,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:57.46,0:35:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seat of the scoffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:59.100,0:36:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is real.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.92,0:36:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to put familiar faces on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:04.49,0:36:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not just this \Nambiguous thing out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:07.03,0:36:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is your life.\NThis is my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:09.43,0:36:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:10.63,0:36:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what He's saying is the blessed man
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.49,0:36:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a man who suddenly is not
Dialogue: 0,0:36:16.72,0:36:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doing all sorts of things \Nthat he used to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.62,0:36:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And one of the primary rationales,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:23.39,0:36:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the primary motivations,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.99,0:36:30.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the primary movers in all of this
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.20,0:36:33.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not external laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:33.14,0:36:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what he delights in.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:35.19,0:36:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He now delights in the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:37.85,0:36:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, naturally, if \Nyou delight in something,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:42.03,0:36:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't delight in \Nthat which is opposed
Dialogue: 0,0:36:43.68,0:36:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the something \Nthat you delight in.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:45.18,0:36:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the reality here, brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:48.40,0:36:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And notice this last one.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.53,0:36:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because, I think this is key.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:55.45,0:36:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Nor sits in the seat of scoffers."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:59.23,0:37:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what a scoffer is?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.58,0:37:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or a scorner?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:03.24,0:37:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're somebody who mocks.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:06.76,0:37:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And even in the church,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:09.28,0:37:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we get those who scorn
Dialogue: 0,0:37:11.82,0:37:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they scoff and they mock
Dialogue: 0,0:37:15.30,0:37:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they make light of
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.60,0:37:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anyone they see who seems more radical.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.48,0:37:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what you get in the church?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:24.28,0:37:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get these people
Dialogue: 0,0:37:25.43,0:37:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who they want to keep a clear conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:28.51,0:37:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they come to Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:30.10,0:37:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they see something there,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:31.47,0:37:33.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they look at modesty
Dialogue: 0,0:37:33.62,0:37:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they think what that means
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.19,0:37:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I need to wear a dress that's down
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.05,0:37:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.90,0:37:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:38.96,0:37:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not being legalistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:40.51,0:37:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not coming along
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.78,0:37:43.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're not pressing \Nthat on you and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.87,0:37:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They look at Scripture and they say
Dialogue: 0,0:37:45.84,0:37:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't set anything that's vain or useless
Dialogue: 0,0:37:48.81,0:37:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before my eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.64,0:37:50.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they say, you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:50.99,0:37:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think TV altogether is vain and useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:53.03,0:37:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they're seeking to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.58,0:37:56.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you're the guy \Nthat's always out there
Dialogue: 0,0:37:56.15,0:37:58.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying legalism, legalism, legalism!
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.03,0:38:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're likely in the seat of that scoffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.49,0:38:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at people
Dialogue: 0,0:38:02.84,0:38:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are trying to \Nkeep a clear conscience
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.07,0:38:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're eradicating things,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:06.80,0:38:08.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they say my eye offends,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:08.53,0:38:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I'm getting rid of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:10.14,0:38:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm tearing it out and \NI'm casting it from me.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.34,0:38:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're people of conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:13.94,0:38:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're walking through their life
Dialogue: 0,0:38:15.80,0:38:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're going to the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:38:17.21,0:38:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they delight in the Word\Nand they're looking in the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:38:19.38,0:38:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're saying my conscience says
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.34,0:38:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh, look what I find here.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:22.83,0:38:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now look, you may look at them and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:24.70,0:38:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:25.95,0:38:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their conscience has not been
Dialogue: 0,0:38:27.45,0:38:29.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most accurately informed,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.82,0:38:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because if you think about other places
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.85,0:38:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Scripture...
Dialogue: 0,0:38:32.60,0:38:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what, \Nthat may be true,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.01,0:38:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but don't mock and don't \Nslight at such people
Dialogue: 0,0:38:36.40,0:38:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are trying to \Nkeep clear consciences
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.05,0:38:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before God.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:38.96,0:38:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're meticulous
Dialogue: 0,0:38:40.03,0:38:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're diligent.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.38,0:38:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember one time when I was down
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.20,0:38:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at Stockdale,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:44.25,0:38:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a woman came and she had been
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.87,0:38:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wearing a head covering before that,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:47.47,0:38:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she wasn't \Nwearing the head covering.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.16,0:38:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said where's your head covering?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:51.20,0:38:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you study Scripture and
Dialogue: 0,0:38:52.61,0:38:53.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you came to another conclusion?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:53.97,0:38:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, no, just \Nbecause the people here
Dialogue: 0,0:38:55.55,0:38:56.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't wear them.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:56.45,0:38:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said you better get \Nthat thing on your head.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:58.34,0:38:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because she thought
Dialogue: 0,0:38:59.41,0:39:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's what the Lord wants her to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:00.97,0:39:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if that's what you think the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:39:02.36,0:39:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants you to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.19,0:39:04.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether it comes down
Dialogue: 0,0:39:04.14,0:39:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how you raise your children
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.28,0:39:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how you love your wife
Dialogue: 0,0:39:06.35,0:39:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or how you drive your car,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.95,0:39:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or what you do at work -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:10.07,0:39:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brethren, Spurgeon said it one time:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:12.91,0:39:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better to live according to this Word -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.28,0:39:16.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you interpret it
Dialogue: 0,0:39:16.33,0:39:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:17.49,0:39:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to not do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:19.21,0:39:20.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You understand what he's saying.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:20.76,0:39:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not saying bad doctrine's good.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:22.59,0:39:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's saying you need to live up
Dialogue: 0,0:39:24.47,0:39:26.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the light of the lamp that is
Dialogue: 0,0:39:26.43,0:39:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shining at your feet from this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:28.70,0:39:29.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how you look at it -
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.97,0:39:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not what everybody else is doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.88,0:39:34.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do what you believe that God
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.61,0:39:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wants you to do from that book.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:36.39,0:39:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you seek to live \Nwith a clear conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:38.48,0:39:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know who the scoffer is?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.92,0:39:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're the people always shouting
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.24,0:39:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"legalism" in the church.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:42.33,0:39:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, that's legalistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.48,0:39:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just legalists.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.75,0:39:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:48.59,0:39:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You just be careful.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:50.22,0:39:51.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.52,0:39:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're that person \Nwho's always looking
Dialogue: 0,0:39:52.98,0:39:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're looking \Ndown your nose
Dialogue: 0,0:39:54.16,0:39:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at other people who are really\Ntrying to walk before the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:56.58,0:39:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're trying to walk\Nwith a clear conscience,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.33,0:39:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're trying to please Him
Dialogue: 0,0:39:59.75,0:40:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're trying to be meticulous
Dialogue: 0,0:40:01.29,0:40:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to God's Word -
Dialogue: 0,0:40:02.36,0:40:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you look at them and \Nyou call them legalists -
Dialogue: 0,0:40:04.20,0:40:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have been sitting \Nin the seat of the scoffer.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.63,0:40:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:07.50,0:40:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not telling you don't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:09.20,0:40:10.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Repent of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:10.22,0:40:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, there's a place for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.00,0:40:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm telling you is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.39,0:40:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What God is doing is showing \Nyou who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.54,0:40:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not what you ought to be.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:16.73,0:40:21.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's showing you who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.39,0:40:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, notice his delight.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:23.96,0:40:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His delight is in the law of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:27.53,0:40:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on His law, he meditates
Dialogue: 0,0:40:28.90,0:40:29.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.100,0:40:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, brethren, this is not a commandment
Dialogue: 0,0:40:32.11,0:40:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the Word of Christ \Nto dwell in you richly.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:34.34,0:40:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a commandment like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.92,0:40:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's instruction like \Nthat in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.100,0:40:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying that there isn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.63,0:40:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just saying this psalm
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.80,0:40:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is basically - the gist of it
Dialogue: 0,0:40:44.98,0:40:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that God is telling us the truth
Dialogue: 0,0:40:47.15,0:40:49.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:49.20,0:40:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, brethren, the blessed man
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.10,0:40:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that man who has come to this
Dialogue: 0,0:40:53.29,0:40:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entirely new relationship
Dialogue: 0,0:40:54.72,0:40:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Word of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:56.52,0:40:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, again, I'm telling you.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.97,0:40:59.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, I am not here to tell you
Dialogue: 0,0:40:59.57,0:41:00.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've not been in the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.99,0:41:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to get in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.12,0:41:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'm telling you is \Nif you're not in the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.36,0:41:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's because you don't \Ndelight in the Word
Dialogue: 0,0:41:06.16,0:41:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Scripture is telling you
Dialogue: 0,0:41:07.88,0:41:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who and what you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.90,0:41:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:13.32,0:41:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what's happening here.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:16.02,0:41:19.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blessed man -
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.05,0:41:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's the man that it's just not theory
Dialogue: 0,0:41:21.96,0:41:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for him to say
Dialogue: 0,0:41:23.62,0:41:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that man shall not live by bread alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:25.61,0:41:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by every word that proceedeth
Dialogue: 0,0:41:27.25,0:41:28.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forth from the mouth of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:28.81,0:41:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows that.\NHe believes that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.41,0:41:32.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His life reflects that.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:32.96,0:41:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exact same truth you heard
Dialogue: 0,0:41:35.52,0:41:37.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from our brother in the first hour
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.33,0:41:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from John 8.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:38.82,0:41:41.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, Jesus says it.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:41.13,0:41:42.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, it's not a commandment.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.59,0:41:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.33,0:41:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says if you abide in My Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:48.28,0:41:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are truly My disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:51.44,0:41:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not saying abide in My Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.37,0:41:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, there's places where you can find
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.67,0:41:58.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such statements,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:58.04,0:42:00.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are these factual statements
Dialogue: 0,0:42:00.97,0:42:03.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made all through Scripture,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.07,0:42:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you are His disciple,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.23,0:42:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Word abides in you.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.74,0:42:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just that it should.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:09.46,0:42:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if it doesn't, it shows who you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.16,0:42:14.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what He was saying to these people.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.45,0:42:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, brethren, be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:17.27,0:42:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the truth about the blessed man.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.23,0:42:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the whole,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:21.11,0:42:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you were to drag this man into court,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:25.13,0:42:28.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accuse him of being a Bible lover,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.16,0:42:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:29.39,0:42:33.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's evidence to convict him.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.80,0:42:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:36.63,0:42:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, isn't it amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:39.77,0:42:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first psalm - blessings \Nwhich everybody wants.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.90,0:42:47.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's got to do with where
Dialogue: 0,0:42:47.59,0:42:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Word of God is in your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:50.65,0:42:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first first is the negative of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.67,0:42:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the contrary.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:53.76,0:42:55.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You avoid all those voices that
Dialogue: 0,0:42:55.95,0:42:59.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are not like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:59.16,0:43:02.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you delight in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.42,0:43:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, I've never killed anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:06.93,0:43:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked? They're not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:09.62,0:43:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, if you take them
Dialogue: 0,0:43:11.19,0:43:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the court room,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:12.97,0:43:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you say prove that you're a lover
Dialogue: 0,0:43:17.48,0:43:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:19.88,0:43:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wicked are not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:21.50,0:43:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if there isn't evidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:23.06,0:43:26.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wicked is not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.05,0:43:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I own a Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:27.81,0:43:30.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I have three.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.13,0:43:32.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what's being said here.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.94,0:43:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you delight in it?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.04,0:43:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, yeah, I delight in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:40.51,0:43:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you meditating on it day and night?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.15,0:43:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you go three days, \Nfour days, five days, seven days
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.28,0:43:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're not in it?
Dialogue: 0,0:43:50.67,0:43:52.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, again, brethren,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:52.14,0:43:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is not telling you what you ought
Dialogue: 0,0:43:54.06,0:43:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:55.55,0:43:59.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is telling you what you are.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:59.54,0:44:02.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the delight of the man.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.51,0:44:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, what you don't want to do
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.06,0:44:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is walk away from this message and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.98,0:44:08.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:08.94,0:44:11.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My delight is really in video games;
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.87,0:44:15.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hanging out with my friends;
Dialogue: 0,0:44:15.01,0:44:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,listening to the new music.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:19.08,0:44:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, what I find delight in
Dialogue: 0,0:44:22.20,0:44:28.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is sex and money and fun...
Dialogue: 0,0:44:28.85,0:44:33.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I guess I better start reading my Bible,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:33.65,0:44:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though it's not what \Nyou really delight to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.53,0:44:40.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, it's not doing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:40.38,0:44:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's saying no, the truth is
Dialogue: 0,0:44:43.11,0:44:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can leave that Bible on the shelf,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:46.51,0:44:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's not a panting \Nin your soul after it.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.19,0:44:52.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, I recognize there are dry seasons.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:52.92,0:44:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But do you hear what's being said?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.94,0:44:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the whole, I don't have to
Dialogue: 0,0:44:57.42,0:44:59.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invent a bunch of exceptions here.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:59.81,0:45:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't have to define this
Dialogue: 0,0:45:01.54,0:45:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in super amounts of detail.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:02.82,0:45:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because God doesn't think it's
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.26,0:45:05.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that necessary to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:05.43,0:45:06.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He simply says this,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.63,0:45:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blessed man delights
Dialogue: 0,0:45:08.33,0:45:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the law of the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:45:10.14,0:45:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in that law, he \Nmeditates day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:12.27,0:45:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Period.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:13.16,0:45:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what God says.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.19,0:45:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't need to amend that.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:15.50,0:45:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't need to add to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:16.85,0:45:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And brethren, what you need to ask
Dialogue: 0,0:45:18.48,0:45:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.35,0:45:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that reflect your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:20.70,0:45:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if it doesn't,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.84,0:45:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wicked are not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.84,0:45:27.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said, the wicked isn't just wicked
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.05,0:45:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because he's torturing \Npeople in his basement.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:29.27,0:45:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked is just the guy
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.68,0:45:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that doesn't delight in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.43,0:45:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not like the righteous person.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:36.83,0:45:41.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we have here.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:41.01,0:45:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The righteous man -
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.09,0:45:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he hungers.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.36,0:45:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's something desirable.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:45.89,0:45:47.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.08,0:45:47.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:47.83,0:45:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Spirit has opened his eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:45:52.34,0:45:54.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this Word is now living.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.52,0:45:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when he looks into it,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:55.85,0:46:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like... Wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.01,0:46:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's wisdom.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:03.11,0:46:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It opens the window to the glory of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.33,0:46:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in these pages,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.65,0:46:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he sees Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:11.74,0:46:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's never seen anything like it before.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:14.38,0:46:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He might have looked \Nat it when he was lost,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:16.71,0:46:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but now it's just altogether new.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:20.77,0:46:23.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't fool yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:23.91,0:46:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're able to be away from this Word;
Dialogue: 0,0:46:26.39,0:46:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's just a dry, dead letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:29.50,0:46:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and basically being in it is a chore.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:32.62,0:46:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like you know when you assess
Dialogue: 0,0:46:34.30,0:46:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your Christian life,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:35.34,0:46:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like, well yes, I read.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.78,0:46:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, I've kind of got that in place
Dialogue: 0,0:46:40.08,0:46:41.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these last few days.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:41.42,0:46:42.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've really forced myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:42.80,0:46:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I disciplined myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:44.04,0:46:47.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although typically, I can go long seasons
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.16,0:46:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with watching a whole lot more TV
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.08,0:46:50.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I ever get in the Word;
Dialogue: 0,0:46:50.59,0:46:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be on the Internet a whole lot more
Dialogue: 0,0:46:52.55,0:46:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than I'd ever be in the Word.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:54.28,0:47:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exposing myself to all sorts of voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:00.47,0:47:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, let's just be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:05.82,0:47:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His delight is in the law of the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:07.86,0:47:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on His law, he \Nmeditates day and night.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.10,0:47:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the wicked are not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.86,0:47:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we have a picture here in v. 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.23,0:47:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The righteous man - the blessed man,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:19.31,0:47:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he is like a tree
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.54,0:47:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planted by the streams (plural)
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.90,0:47:25.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of water that yields its fruit
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.82,0:47:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in its season.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:27.72,0:47:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's leaf does not wither.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.61,0:47:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In all that he does, he prospers.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:33.95,0:47:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked are not so,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:38.07,0:47:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but are like chaff
Dialogue: 0,0:47:41.14,0:47:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the wind drives away.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:45.70,0:47:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're given this picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:47.66,0:47:49.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, brethren, I'm going to
Dialogue: 0,0:47:49.75,0:47:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keep emphasizing this.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.13,0:47:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This tells us the truth about ourselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:56.58,0:47:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing tells the truth about us
Dialogue: 0,0:47:58.22,0:47:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the Bible does.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:59.55,0:48:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritually speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:02.59,0:48:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all men are either (incomplete thought).
Dialogue: 0,0:48:05.07,0:48:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever been -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.43,0:48:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know up and down
Dialogue: 0,0:48:07.85,0:48:09.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the San Antonio River -
Dialogue: 0,0:48:09.41,0:48:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think I've seen much of the river
Dialogue: 0,0:48:11.63,0:48:14.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other than right here in San Antonio.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:14.75,0:48:16.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I've been to different places
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.41,0:48:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the Guadalupe River.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:18.43,0:48:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever seen those cypresses?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:20.25,0:48:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there are some downtown
Dialogue: 0,0:48:22.35,0:48:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the Riverwalk.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:23.96,0:48:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know those cypresses?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:26.27,0:48:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great big, massive trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:28.51,0:48:30.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know where they grow?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.04,0:48:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They only grow right alongside the river.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:31.57,0:48:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can try to plant them other places,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:33.03,0:48:34.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you don't give them steady water,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:34.59,0:48:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just don't make it.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:36.74,0:48:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great big trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:39.58,0:48:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a great big cypress tree
Dialogue: 0,0:48:41.62,0:48:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planted along the Guadalupe River
Dialogue: 0,0:48:43.84,0:48:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with roots that go down into soil
Dialogue: 0,0:48:47.89,0:48:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's moist and life-giving
Dialogue: 0,0:48:51.11,0:48:53.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:53.73,0:48:56.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the righteous is like.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:56.65,0:49:02.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The unrighteous - a pile of chaff.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.33,0:49:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:03.42,0:49:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at each other
Dialogue: 0,0:49:04.67,0:49:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like we can look at each other right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:09.91,0:49:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't see that difference,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:12.30,0:49:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's true.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.22,0:49:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Spiritually speaking,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:15.56,0:49:17.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we could pull back the veil,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:17.24,0:49:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some are these massive cypress trees,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.35,0:49:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,planted along the rivers (plural).
Dialogue: 0,0:49:26.28,0:49:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rivers.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:27.57,0:49:31.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Abundance.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.13,0:49:36.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And some are just a pile of chaff.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:36.22,0:49:39.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the comparison here.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.09,0:49:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tree. Chaff.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:41.74,0:49:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the difference?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:42.98,0:49:45.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your life. My life.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.81,0:49:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tree or chaff.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:48.59,0:49:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's your life like?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:51.35,0:49:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just radical difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.39,0:49:57.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there's no shades here.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.50,0:49:59.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no degrees here.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:59.53,0:50:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not like, well, you've got
Dialogue: 0,0:50:01.16,0:50:03.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a chaff-y looking tree over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:03.87,0:50:07.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, none of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:07.59,0:50:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're one or the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:09.98,0:50:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People don't tend to realize
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.35,0:50:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the radical difference between
Dialogue: 0,0:50:12.89,0:50:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Christian and the non-Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:15.72,0:50:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The roots of this tree go deep down.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:20.49,0:50:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This man whose heart and mind
Dialogue: 0,0:50:23.88,0:50:27.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and soul - the roots go down deep
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.15,0:50:29.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the words of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:29.33,0:50:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The law of the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.24,0:50:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They go down into His commandments,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.18,0:50:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His Word, and they're \Npulling the nutrients up.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.71,0:50:43.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, didn't Christ say,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.58,0:50:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sanctify them by Thy truth.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:47.28,0:50:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thy Word is truth."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:48.98,0:50:53.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sanctifying power of the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.01,0:50:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comes through - his \Ndelight is in this law.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:56.41,0:50:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in this law, he looks in.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:58.97,0:51:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sees the character of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:01.72,0:51:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sees the beauties of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:03.65,0:51:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's transformative.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:06.02,0:51:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those roots go down.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:07.57,0:51:11.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chaff? The chaff has no roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:11.43,0:51:13.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look at your life.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:13.15,0:51:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No real roots in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:14.57,0:51:15.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't memorize this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:15.75,0:51:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't meditate on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:18.95,0:51:22.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Word is not controlling.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:22.06,0:51:23.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, you've subjected yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:51:23.77,0:51:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to worldly opinions.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.34,0:51:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worldly counsels.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:26.84,0:51:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Worldly mindsets.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:28.51,0:51:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All the time, you're being bombarded.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.82,0:51:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it's very easy to put \Na little Christian title
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.85,0:51:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on music that's otherwise just ungodly.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.80,0:51:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can Christianize just about everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.35,0:51:41.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the truth is,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:41.46,0:51:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the man who spends a lot of time
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.01,0:51:45.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this Word -
Dialogue: 0,0:51:45.41,0:51:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he can smell out the difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:46.98,0:51:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's not just looking at the name
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.55,0:51:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can be like Sardis.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:50.13,0:51:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can have a name, but you're dead.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:53.08,0:51:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the person whose heart
Dialogue: 0,0:51:55.78,0:51:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mind and soul
Dialogue: 0,0:51:57.16,0:51:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are down in the depths of this
Dialogue: 0,0:51:59.05,0:52:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,moisture-rich soil of the Word of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:02.82,0:52:05.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can tell those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:05.01,0:52:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because it gives them discernment.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:07.96,0:52:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They see.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.25,0:52:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which are you?
Dialogue: 0,0:52:12.75,0:52:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tree versus chaff.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:14.47,0:52:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have nothing in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:16.80,0:52:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tree is fruitful.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:19.07,0:52:21.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fruits of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:21.79,0:52:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, there's a person
Dialogue: 0,0:52:24.25,0:52:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who spends a lot of time in this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.26,0:52:30.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their roots are planted here.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.64,0:52:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that Word abides in them.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:33.93,0:52:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It stays.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:35.38,0:52:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're not hearers only.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.69,0:52:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they're doers.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:38.14,0:52:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they go forth
Dialogue: 0,0:52:39.05,0:52:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as they do the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:40.58,0:52:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this fruit of the Spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:42.22,0:52:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they go up and it's rich.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:43.98,0:52:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By this, our Father is well pleased,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:48.98,0:52:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we bring forth much fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:52.41,0:52:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's an abundance of fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:54.31,0:52:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Love - the fruit of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:56.43,0:52:59.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:59.30,0:53:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's the fruits of the Spirit.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:02.46,0:53:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chaff is not fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:04.26,0:53:06.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chaff is the stuff on the outside
Dialogue: 0,0:53:06.29,0:53:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the kernel or the grain.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:08.20,0:53:11.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the stuff that gets taken off
Dialogue: 0,0:53:11.03,0:53:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's winnowed away.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:12.96,0:53:14.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wind blows it away.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:14.18,0:53:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want it.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:15.20,0:53:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:16.17,0:53:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no good use for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:17.73,0:53:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing like a tree at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:19.10,0:53:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's entirely different.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:20.36,0:53:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no roots.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:21.56,0:53:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no fruit.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:24.15,0:53:29.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fruit that it brings forth -
Dialogue: 0,0:53:29.72,0:53:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fruit in this person's life
Dialogue: 0,0:53:32.63,0:53:38.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is really useless.
Dialogue: 0,0:53:38.66,0:53:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the question is this,
Dialogue: 0,0:53:45.97,0:53:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will you be honest with yourself?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:48.78,0:53:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the Word of God your light?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:52.69,0:53:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your sustenance? Your love?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:54.74,0:53:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your portal into the very mind of Christ?
Dialogue: 0,0:53:58.74,0:54:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that not what we're told?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:00.25,0:54:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have the mind of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:03.59,0:54:06.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can go into the recesses
Dialogue: 0,0:54:06.67,0:54:10.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the mind of Christ in this book.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:10.36,0:54:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Spirit reveals and teaches me.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:14.100,0:54:16.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, is that what it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:16.96,0:54:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The window into the very glories of God?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:20.21,0:54:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wicked are not so.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:23.53,0:54:25.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:25.74,0:54:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be honest.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:29.50,0:54:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, wow, if I'm going to be honest,
Dialogue: 0,0:54:34.36,0:54:36.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm in the category of the wicked.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:36.16,0:54:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes me very uncomfortable.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:37.69,0:54:39.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't like that title.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:39.20,0:54:40.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I don't know much how I can
Dialogue: 0,0:54:40.91,0:54:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put myself in this other camp.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:43.38,0:54:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do I get to where
Dialogue: 0,0:54:45.55,0:54:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're saying the blessed man is?
Dialogue: 0,0:54:48.70,0:54:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Notice v. 3.
Dialogue: 0,0:54:52.55,0:54:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He is like a tree planted \Nby streams of water."
Dialogue: 0,0:54:57.48,0:54:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that interesting
Dialogue: 0,0:54:59.06,0:55:02.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that God moves David
Dialogue: 0,0:55:02.95,0:55:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(incomplete thought);
Dialogue: 0,0:55:04.86,0:55:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that some trees -
Dialogue: 0,0:55:08.43,0:55:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a seed falls.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:11.30,0:55:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It germinates.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:13.34,0:55:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you get a tree.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:14.76,0:55:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what's interesting?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:16.56,0:55:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:18.86,0:55:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The picture is of a tree \Nthat gets planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:23.44,0:55:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've planted a lot of trees.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:27.46,0:55:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trees just don't end up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:30.48,0:55:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless they get planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:34.80,0:55:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a tree doesn't plant itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:37.22,0:55:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone puts it there.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:38.97,0:55:44.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's only one \Nway that you get planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:44.09,0:55:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, this is what I don't \Nwant to have happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:46.55,0:55:48.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't say to yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:55:48.58,0:55:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:55:50.31,0:55:53.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I better get my act together
Dialogue: 0,0:55:53.21,0:55:54.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:55:54.40,0:55:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so you know what I'm going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:55:56.30,0:55:57.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to go home
Dialogue: 0,0:55:57.62,0:55:59.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even though I haven't been
Dialogue: 0,0:55:59.50,0:56:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Word much
Dialogue: 0,0:56:00.56,0:56:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's dust on the cover...
Dialogue: 0,0:56:02.34,0:56:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Spurgeon said one place
Dialogue: 0,0:56:03.66,0:56:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many of you can write damnation
Dialogue: 0,0:56:06.66,0:56:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the dust on your Bibles.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:11.52,0:56:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The way out of this is not to go home
Dialogue: 0,0:56:14.07,0:56:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clean the dust off
Dialogue: 0,0:56:16.44,0:56:20.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and open it.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:20.24,0:56:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reading Scripture is not \Nhow you get planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:24.18,0:56:27.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not saying it's a bad thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:27.09,0:56:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can find the Christ in these words.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:31.69,0:56:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Undoubtedly.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:35.54,0:56:39.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, the ticket here...
Dialogue: 0,0:56:39.02,0:56:41.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The path
Dialogue: 0,0:56:41.93,0:56:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not to say, well,
Dialogue: 0,0:56:42.90,0:56:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I better start coming to church more.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:44.91,0:56:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Better get in the Word more.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:46.71,0:56:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I better start doing, doing, doing.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:49.27,0:56:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't say that to yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:53.38,0:56:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though I would really rather play
Dialogue: 0,0:56:55.11,0:56:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,video games and watch movies
Dialogue: 0,0:56:57.69,0:56:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and spend endless hours on Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:56:59.42,0:57:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And though I'd rather hang \Nout with my friends
Dialogue: 0,0:57:01.33,0:57:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and do a thousand other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:02.84,0:57:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I better force myself into the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:04.69,0:57:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though I find it dull and lifeless,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:07.21,0:57:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me - life, vigor, living it up...
Dialogue: 0,0:57:13.22,0:57:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's watching the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:15.05,0:57:16.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in sports.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:16.99,0:57:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:19.65,0:57:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:22.05,0:57:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even though I really don't
Dialogue: 0,0:57:23.69,0:57:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have a love for the brethren.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:27.01,0:57:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have a love for
Dialogue: 0,0:57:28.13,0:57:29.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the breaking of bread
Dialogue: 0,0:57:29.18,0:57:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and remembering Christ and what He did
Dialogue: 0,0:57:31.02,0:57:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and singing those songs.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:32.17,0:57:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't really have a love for all that.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:34.15,0:57:35.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have a love for\Nthe apostle's doctrine
Dialogue: 0,0:57:35.89,0:57:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for that preaching \Nthat goes on,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:37.49,0:57:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the Word,
Dialogue: 0,0:57:39.26,0:57:41.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no love of prayer.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:41.58,0:57:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I better get my act together
Dialogue: 0,0:57:43.80,0:57:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I don't want to lose my soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:47.11,0:57:49.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, look, you don't need religion.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:49.34,0:57:52.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not how you get planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:57:52.10,0:57:58.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think, "And can it be?"
Dialogue: 0,0:57:58.08,0:57:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember Charles Wesley?
Dialogue: 0,0:57:59.45,0:58:00.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John Wesley?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:00.16,0:58:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Whitefield?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:01.76,0:58:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember where they were?
Dialogue: 0,0:58:03.75,0:58:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The holy club.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:05.60,0:58:07.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They gave their money.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:07.12,0:58:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They visited people in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:12.10,0:58:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what, in the end,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:13.88,0:58:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of God convicted them all -
Dialogue: 0,0:58:16.27,0:58:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a hopeless path,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:18.32,0:58:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were helpless.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:20.23,0:58:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Religion is never the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:23.35,0:58:26.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked about Luther.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:26.20,0:58:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Blessednesses - Luther tried it.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:28.80,0:58:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Went to the monastery.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:30.26,0:58:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Religion never works.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:32.74,0:58:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the ticket.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:35.17,0:58:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not how you get planted.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:38.95,0:58:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say, how? Tell me.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:40.09,0:58:41.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell me.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:41.18,0:58:43.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The answer is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:58:43.66,0:58:46.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's found in John 3:3.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:46.21,0:58:48.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's, "Truly, truly, I say to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:48.70,0:58:50.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless one is born again,
Dialogue: 0,0:58:50.35,0:58:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Dialogue: 0,0:58:55.24,0:58:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, but you didn't \Ntell me anything to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:58:58.56,0:59:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, you're just stating the fact.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:01.13,0:59:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does this look like?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:02.84,0:59:07.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, here's what it looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:07.67,0:59:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus said - same discourse -
Dialogue: 0,0:59:15.35,0:59:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the Spirit comes,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:18.19,0:59:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is going to convict men of sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:22.94,0:59:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of righteousness,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:25.14,0:59:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:27.56,0:59:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:30.67,0:59:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God plants us.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:33.18,0:59:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:37.08,0:59:41.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin. Something begins to happen,
Dialogue: 0,0:59:41.08,0:59:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Spirit causes it to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:43.86,0:59:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:44.84,0:59:45.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conviction.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:45.88,0:59:47.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does that happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:59:47.07,0:59:48.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might say the conscience.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:48.48,0:59:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it happens in the mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:49.80,0:59:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Spirit begins to cause us
Dialogue: 0,0:59:51.97,0:59:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to think different.
Dialogue: 0,0:59:53.36,1:00:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, sin... sin!
Dialogue: 0,1:00:00.64,1:00:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe at first, you're even agitated.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:02.88,1:00:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was what was true with me.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:04.56,1:00:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that I'm the standard,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:05.93,1:00:07.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I remember in the very beginning,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:07.84,1:00:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this emptiness; this hollowness.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:11.19,1:00:13.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just wanted Him to leave me alone.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:13.22,1:00:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, leave me alone
Dialogue: 0,1:00:15.17,1:00:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let me go back and enjoy...
Dialogue: 0,1:00:17.39,1:00:19.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and much like Pilgrim \Nin Pilgrim's Progress,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:19.97,1:00:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you get worldly wise men.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:21.38,1:00:22.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go try religion.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:22.51,1:00:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's where he went.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:23.79,1:00:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went hiking up there.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:25.52,1:00:29.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes we get upset.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:29.86,1:00:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But brethren, I remember clearly
Dialogue: 0,1:00:32.28,1:00:35.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the night the Spirit of God showed me
Dialogue: 0,1:00:35.50,1:00:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sin was wicked and I deserved hell,
Dialogue: 0,1:00:37.67,1:00:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if God didn't put me there -
Dialogue: 0,1:00:39.37,1:00:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you see, that's the \Nconviction that comes.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:41.73,1:00:43.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We start to feel this weight of sin.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:43.76,1:00:46.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Salvation has to do with sin.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:46.99,1:00:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus said that He did not
Dialogue: 0,1:00:48.90,1:00:50.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,come for the well.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:50.26,1:00:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it is not until we're unwell -
Dialogue: 0,1:00:52.36,1:00:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's the Spirit of God who causes
Dialogue: 0,1:00:54.68,1:00:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to happen.
Dialogue: 0,1:00:55.78,1:00:57.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just to freak out
Dialogue: 0,1:00:57.35,1:00:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because we happen to hear a message
Dialogue: 0,1:00:59.21,1:01:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it says I must be one of the wicked.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:02.55,1:01:05.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's when you want your sin
Dialogue: 0,1:01:05.29,1:01:06.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dealt with.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:06.43,1:01:10.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Spirit of God causing \Nsomething to happen;
Dialogue: 0,1:01:10.87,1:01:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beginning to disturb us.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:14.25,1:01:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sin becomes disturbing.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:16.72,1:01:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can't just coddle with it anymore.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:20.06,1:01:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something is happening.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:21.66,1:01:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something begins to happen.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:22.95,1:01:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And maybe at first,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:23.87,1:01:26.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't know that \Nit's God that's doing it.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:26.09,1:01:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But something begins to happen to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:27.96,1:01:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And something that \Nnever happened before.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:29.41,1:01:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that hasn't \Nhappened like this before.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:31.63,1:01:33.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, righteousness...
Dialogue: 0,1:01:33.39,1:01:38.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's this desparate sense -
Dialogue: 0,1:01:38.75,1:01:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this in itself isn't salvation,
Dialogue: 0,1:01:40.95,1:01:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I have a feeling
Dialogue: 0,1:01:42.15,1:01:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rich, young ruler felt this.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:43.77,1:01:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you begin to get this sense:
Dialogue: 0,1:01:47.14,1:01:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something's missing.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:49.47,1:01:52.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need more than I have
Dialogue: 0,1:01:52.08,1:01:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get right with God.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:54.10,1:01:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do we know that religion isn't doing it?
Dialogue: 0,1:01:56.28,1:01:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, that's what the Wesley's\Nand Whitefield were trying.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:58.90,1:01:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This holy club.
Dialogue: 0,1:01:59.87,1:02:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were trying to do all their stuff.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:02.22,1:02:04.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But John Wesley looked at those Moravians,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:04.79,1:02:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, I'm missing something.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:08.57,1:02:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something isn't there.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:10.73,1:02:13.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the Spirit convicts of sin,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:13.69,1:02:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and righteousness - or a lack
Dialogue: 0,1:02:15.37,1:02:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our righteousness.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:16.53,1:02:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact we need more than we have.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:18.35,1:02:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact we need something.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:20.20,1:02:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then judgment.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:22.70,1:02:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not ready to stand before God.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:24.63,1:02:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not ready for this.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:25.96,1:02:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not ready.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:26.84,1:02:29.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then something is \Nhappening in the soul.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:29.01,1:02:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it doesn't always look identical
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.12,1:02:31.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in everybody,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:31.97,1:02:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's what Christ said
Dialogue: 0,1:02:33.35,1:02:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Spirit of God would do.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:34.98,1:02:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:36.28,1:02:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people are being born again,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:38.65,1:02:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit of God is doing something
Dialogue: 0,1:02:41.14,1:02:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the heart of men
Dialogue: 0,1:02:42.27,1:02:44.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerning sin and righteousness
Dialogue: 0,1:02:44.73,1:02:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and judgment.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:45.74,1:02:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you know what happens.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:47.28,1:02:51.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to exalt Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:02:51.37,1:02:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there, in our despair,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:53.65,1:02:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is all the crutches, and all the counsels,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:56.14,1:02:57.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the things we rested on,
Dialogue: 0,1:02:57.94,1:02:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all our hopes
Dialogue: 0,1:02:59.07,1:03:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all that we put our stock in.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:01.79,1:03:04.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just crumbling away
Dialogue: 0,1:03:04.41,1:03:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can't find...
Dialogue: 0,1:03:08.04,1:03:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I need something else.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:10.20,1:03:11.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sometimes the Spirit of God
Dialogue: 0,1:03:11.73,1:03:12.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lets people get to
Dialogue: 0,1:03:12.96,1:03:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an amazing place of despair.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:16.32,1:03:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But look, it doesn't matter how much.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:19.62,1:03:22.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the issue.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:22.80,1:03:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The issue is that then
Dialogue: 0,1:03:26.88,1:03:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Spirit causes the scales to fall off.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:31.52,1:03:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happened to Paul.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:33.13,1:03:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The scales fell off.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:34.70,1:03:36.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of you've got it in 2 Corinthians,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:36.66,1:03:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like the veil is pulled back.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:42.76,1:03:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just like God said in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,1:03:45.06,1:03:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let there be light.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:48.00,1:03:50.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He shows us this glorious light
Dialogue: 0,1:03:50.53,1:03:53.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the very face of Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:03:53.29,1:03:56.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what begins to happen?
Dialogue: 0,1:03:56.25,1:03:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hear this message of salvation
Dialogue: 0,1:03:59.76,1:04:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Spirit speaks to us.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:02.72,1:04:04.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's for you.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:04.56,1:04:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's for you.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:07.27,1:04:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's relevant to you.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:12.98,1:04:16.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This crucified Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:16.52,1:04:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we see that.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:17.64,1:04:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see that this message is for us.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:19.95,1:04:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hear those life-giving words.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:22.60,1:04:26.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Dialogue: 0,1:04:26.97,1:04:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you will be saved.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:30.67,1:04:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And like that lady,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:32.23,1:04:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we become convinced,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:34.30,1:04:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I can just touch the \Nhem of His garment,
Dialogue: 0,1:04:37.26,1:04:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll be healed.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:40.53,1:04:43.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, that's what happens.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:43.59,1:04:47.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We accept the truth.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:47.60,1:04:49.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You accept the truth
Dialogue: 0,1:04:49.94,1:04:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Christ Jesus came into the world
Dialogue: 0,1:04:52.36,1:04:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to die for sinners.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:55.18,1:04:59.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that is music to your ears.
Dialogue: 0,1:04:59.90,1:05:00.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That there is a way;
Dialogue: 0,1:05:00.96,1:05:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a remedy;
Dialogue: 0,1:05:01.97,1:05:03.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a Doctor;
Dialogue: 0,1:05:03.09,1:05:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is a way to be healed.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:06.64,1:05:11.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You believe that truth for you.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:11.38,1:05:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you will come to look up and recognize
Dialogue: 0,1:05:15.86,1:05:18.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God has planted me
Dialogue: 0,1:05:18.12,1:05:20.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beside these waters
Dialogue: 0,1:05:20.44,1:05:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I long after that book
Dialogue: 0,1:05:23.02,1:05:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the truths and the promises in it
Dialogue: 0,1:05:25.44,1:05:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Word of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:31.31,1:05:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Brethren, it's not a \Npsalm of commandments.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:38.48,1:05:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a psalm that says it like it is.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:41.24,1:05:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Word of God shows us who we are.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:48.33,1:05:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray
Dialogue: 0,1:05:50.41,1:05:56.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this message would \Ngo deep into the hearts.
Dialogue: 0,1:05:56.19,1:05:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, if there are imperatives
Dialogue: 0,1:05:58.83,1:06:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and responsibilities and instruction
Dialogue: 0,1:06:00.100,1:06:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for us to take practically
Dialogue: 0,1:06:02.54,1:06:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to apply to our lives.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:04.10,1:06:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then may it be taken
Dialogue: 0,1:06:05.66,1:06:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and may it be practiced
Dialogue: 0,1:06:06.98,1:06:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and may it be applied.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:09.02,1:06:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But Lord, I pray that this Word
Dialogue: 0,1:06:11.36,1:06:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would be what it seems like
Dialogue: 0,1:06:12.89,1:06:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You intended it to be.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:15.21,1:06:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A light to shine and expose and reveal
Dialogue: 0,1:06:22.22,1:06:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very character of every one of us
Dialogue: 0,1:06:24.63,1:06:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this room.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:26.67,1:06:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I pray that it would have that effect.
Dialogue: 0,1:06:28.95,1:06:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray it in the name of \Nour Lord Jesus Christ,
Dialogue: 0,1:06:31.30,1:06:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.