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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.02,0:00:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The third thing we get from these Psalms
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.34,0:00:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is they remind us that God
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.70,0:00:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,punishes individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.53,0:00:11.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.09,0:00:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The main reason I think Psalm 109
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.12,0:00:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bugs us so much is that David
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.11,0:00:20.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is going after one particular guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.87,0:00:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? He's saying, God,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.86,0:00:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do all this to him - this guy right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.38,0:00:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever his name was.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.35,0:00:29.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David had one guy in mind clearly.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.85,0:00:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He starts out talking \Nabout multiple enemies,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.20,0:00:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then he kind of \Nfocuses on this one guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.42,0:00:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do all this to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.96,0:00:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,See, if David had just kind of kept it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.77,0:00:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,general and generic,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.46,0:00:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it wouldn't bother us so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.95,0:00:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If he'd just say, "Oh God,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.48,0:00:44.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,deal with all the bad people out there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.36,0:00:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wherever they are, whatever..."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.90,0:00:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'd have said, okay, great.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.30,0:00:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That makes sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.06,0:00:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But instead he focuses in on one guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.92,0:00:52.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that just really bothers us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.59,0:00:56.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh man, can that be right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.86,0:00:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what struck me this week
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.40,0:01:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are that this list of things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.26,0:01:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that David asked to happen to this one guy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.37,0:01:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we read that and just cringe
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.64,0:01:10.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recoil at it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.78,0:01:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is going to do a \Nmillion times worse things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.30,0:01:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to every person that's outside of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.58,0:01:21.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in eternity.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.10,0:01:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.36,0:01:31.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People who's names and faces we know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.88,0:01:35.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People that we dearly love
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.52,0:01:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are under the wrath of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.22,0:01:42.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know we all believe \Nin hell as far as I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.26,0:01:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We all believe in hell \Ntheoretically at least.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.96,0:01:48.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We know that it's in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.26,0:01:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in our systematic theology \Nbook somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.30,0:01:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think we desperately need hell
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.26,0:01:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become a more practical,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.14,0:02:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,practical reality to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.20,0:02:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That it become a part of our worldview -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.16,0:02:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way we see life around us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.10,0:02:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that looming in the background
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.60,0:02:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this ominous cloud of eternal hell
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.66,0:02:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hanging over everyone \Nthat's outside of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.67,0:02:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hell is for a bunch of people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.00,0:02:25.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you know and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.30,0:02:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not just this generic \Ncategory out here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.70,0:02:31.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's individuals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.50,0:02:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that really bothers us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.60,0:02:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your great aunt -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.23,0:02:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your Great Aunt Beatrice we'll say -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.24,0:02:45.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your Great Aunt Beatrice
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.04,0:02:48.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,passes away at the age of 84.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.67,0:02:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And your family goes to her funeral.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.64,0:02:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the way back from the funeral
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.36,0:02:56.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your thoughtful six-year-old \Nin the back seat
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.49,0:02:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pipes up:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.36,0:03:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey mom and dad,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.35,0:03:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did Aunt Beatrice go to Heaven?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.51,0:03:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The kid's asking the right \Nquestion isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.89,0:03:07.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like it doesn't matter what else
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.80,0:03:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was said at her funeral,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.04,0:03:10.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the question is did she go to heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.100,0:03:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the right question.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.47,0:03:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are mom and dad going to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.50,0:03:17.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you going to answer that question?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.64,0:03:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to tell your kid the truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.04,0:03:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because see, Aunt Beatrice,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.85,0:03:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she was a nice lady,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.08,0:03:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she didn't really go to church.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.06,0:03:30.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She would say some kind of \Nvaguely spiritual things at times,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.96,0:03:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she wouldn't talk about Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.87,0:03:35.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you'd try to \Nbring up spiritual things,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.30,0:03:37.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'd shut it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.08,0:03:43.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've always thought of her as lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.03,0:03:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to give your kids
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.87,0:03:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some weaselly answer of:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.62,0:03:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you know, you can't really know
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.56,0:03:51.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's in somebody's heart deep down."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.41,0:03:53.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to tell your kid that?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.20,0:03:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are you going to say, well, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.04,0:03:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we don't know what happened
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.43,0:03:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those last two minutes \Nshe was in the hospital bed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.83,0:03:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,halfway conscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.83,0:04:02.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, maybe she got saved in the end."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.52,0:04:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or are you going to tell \Nyour kid the truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.10,0:04:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh kids, Aunt Beatrice is in hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.42,0:04:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's in hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.31,0:04:12.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As far as we know, she's in hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.07,0:04:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she's been in hell ever since
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.85,0:04:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the minute she died.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.24,0:04:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's been in torment \Nunder the wrath of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.19,0:04:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's been suffering the \Nmost horrible things
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.44,0:04:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anybody can imagine suffering.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.77,0:04:27.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's going to go on
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.43,0:04:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a million billion years -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.94,0:04:32.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as you can imagine in her future.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.31,0:04:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God is right to do that to her
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.14,0:04:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she loved her \Nsin and loved herself
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.42,0:04:40.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hated God
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.68,0:04:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and despised the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.26,0:04:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we going to tell our kids the truth?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.85,0:04:52.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Are we going to make \Nhell real and practical?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.17,0:04:56.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh kids, Aunt Beatrice \Nwas a very nice lady.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.06,0:04:58.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We appreciated all the nice \Nthings she did for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.51,0:05:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We appreciated the cookies she made us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.47,0:05:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all the playing with us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.91,0:05:04.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.64,0:05:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being a nice person is not \Nhow you get to Heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.16,0:05:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nicest person in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.74,0:05:12.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can't get to Heaven on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.90,0:05:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's only one way to Heaven,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.58,0:05:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's through the blood of \Nthe Lord Jesus Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.43,0:05:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the only way to the Father.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.98,0:05:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you reject Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.76,0:05:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no hope for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.12,0:05:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One time people asked Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.91,0:05:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about why God's punishments happened
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.62,0:05:33.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to certain people.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.56,0:05:36.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why did God let these bad \Nthings happen to folks?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.04,0:05:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was it because these folks were super bad?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.13,0:05:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They brought up these Galileans
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.94,0:05:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that got murdered over here,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.92,0:05:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then these other people \Nthat this tower fell on.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.55,0:05:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And expecting to get this \Nphilosophical answer from Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.93,0:05:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead what Jesus did \Nis He made hell practical.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.16,0:05:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Unless you repent,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.19,0:05:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you will all likewise perish."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.54,0:06:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said don't you worry about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.51,0:06:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You worry about yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.88,0:06:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your standing before God.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.37,0:06:07.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He makes it practical.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.74,0:06:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He points it back to the individual.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.60,0:06:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are frightening by \Nlots of silly little things,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.98,0:06:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the fear of God -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.52,0:06:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the fear of God is a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.50,0:06:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a healthy thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.87,0:06:23.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says in Psalm 19,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.76,0:06:26.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"the fear of the Lord is clean."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.06,0:06:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's pure. It's right.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.21,0:06:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to be encouraged.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.80,0:06:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God is a consuming fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.84,0:06:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God's hell is a really good thing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.26,0:06:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be scared about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.99,0:06:39.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.08,0:06:40.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my parents loved me enough
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.100,0:06:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell me these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.21,0:06:45.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents told me about sin
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.46,0:06:48.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and judgment and hell and stuff like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.56,0:06:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was scared of hell for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.78,0:06:52.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.88,0:06:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was Ruby's age,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.33,0:06:55.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was James' age,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.79,0:06:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was scared of hell.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.96,0:06:59.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You say what a horrible thing
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.45,0:07:01.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make this poor kid be scared of hell!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.45,0:07:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.99,0:07:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a great blessing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.15,0:07:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my fear of hell made me
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.26,0:07:08.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,concerned for my soul
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.68,0:07:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that made me want to seek the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.51,0:07:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be saved.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.65,0:07:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And God used it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.36,0:07:16.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My conversion - I came to know
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.24,0:07:19.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Lord Jesus Christ \Nwhen I was 10 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.46,0:07:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by His mercy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.52,0:07:24.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Flee from the wrath to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.69,0:07:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's in the Bible, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.82,0:07:28.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to know about the wrath
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.46,0:07:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in order to run from it, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.60,0:07:33.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every lost person we witness to -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.35,0:07:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a wonderful time witnessing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.01,0:07:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the jail last night to this guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.78,0:07:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked for two hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.08,0:07:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to be a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.58,0:07:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to pour out the Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.70,0:07:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is so intense to look \Ninto somebody's eye
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.01,0:07:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to plead with them \Nto become a Christian.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.74,0:07:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to know that this is an immortal soul.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.54,0:07:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That these are the most important words
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.86,0:08:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this guy's ever going to hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.64,0:08:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if he doesn't come through to Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.82,0:08:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not just that he's \Nmissing out on some joy.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.34,0:08:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that he's going to \Nhave an unfulfilled life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.73,0:08:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or he's going to have this \NGod-shaped hole in his heart
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.86,0:08:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's never going to get filled.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.26,0:08:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, the problem is that he's going to be
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.28,0:08:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the wrath of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.73,0:08:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to go to hell forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.42,0:08:26.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a heartbeat away from that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.21,0:08:31.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God punishes individuals \Nthat we know and love.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.45,0:08:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we see it in Psalm 109 \Nand it bothers us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.34,0:08:37.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the things I just said bother us.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.85,0:08:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about that.