Psalm 46
Series: Summer @ St. Paul's
Speaker: Adrian Wong
Date: 6th January 2018
Passage: Psalm 46:1-11
00:00:00 --> 00:00:01 Good morning, everyone.
00:00:01 --> 00:00:03 Whoa, nice and loud.
00:00:04 --> 00:00:07 It's great to see you in the new year.
00:00:08 --> 00:00:11 And one of the things that I asked on Facebook,
00:00:12 --> 00:00:14 I'm sure some of you are my Facebook friends.
00:00:14 --> 00:00:16 I'm happy to add you if you're not.
00:00:16 --> 00:00:19 But one of the questions I asked on Friday is,
00:00:19 --> 00:00:21 what do people fear?
00:00:22 --> 00:00:24 And some people commented on my wall.
00:00:25 --> 00:00:27 And I got a few responses.
00:00:27 --> 00:00:31 Basically, there are a few types of things that people fear.
00:00:32 --> 00:00:37 Some fears basically have no basis for these fears.
00:00:37 --> 00:00:39 Some people fear that we might lose the ashes.
00:00:39 --> 00:00:40 It's not going to happen.
00:00:41 --> 00:00:44 And some people, but there are some more serious fears.
00:00:45 --> 00:00:47 The word fear can mean frightened.
00:00:48 --> 00:00:53 So some of the things that people fear are natural disasters like cyclones
00:00:53 --> 00:01:00 or something that's man-made or caused by people like terrorism and wars.
00:01:02 --> 00:01:05 But fear can also mean worry and anxieties.
00:01:06 --> 00:01:10 And that type of fear is actually even worse for us
00:01:10 --> 00:01:12 because if you're frightened of something,
00:01:13 --> 00:01:14 if you have a spider, you just get shocked.
00:01:14 --> 00:01:18 But if there's an anxiety, it gnaws at you.
00:01:19 --> 00:01:22 This thing keeps you thinking at night.
00:01:23 --> 00:01:26 And there's even a new acronym that has come out.
00:01:26 --> 00:01:27 F-O-M-O.
00:01:27 --> 00:01:30 I'm not sure how to pronounce it because I'm getting old now.
00:01:30 --> 00:01:31 Is it FOMO?
00:01:31 --> 00:01:31 I'm not sure.
00:01:32 --> 00:01:33 It is.
00:01:33 --> 00:01:33 Good.
00:01:34 --> 00:01:35 So what does that stand for?
00:01:36 --> 00:01:37 Fear of missing out.
00:01:38 --> 00:01:38 That's right.
00:01:38 --> 00:01:41 This is something that people...
00:01:41 --> 00:01:44 If you don't know what that means, you can look it up on Wikipedia.
00:01:45 --> 00:01:45 I did as well.
00:01:46 --> 00:01:49 So it came up in 2004.
00:01:50 --> 00:01:52 It originally meant that people,
00:01:52 --> 00:01:55 when they see what's happening on Facebook or other social media sites,
00:01:56 --> 00:01:58 they fear that they're missing out on something.
00:01:59 --> 00:02:02 But I think this is something that's true of all of us.
00:02:03 --> 00:02:04 This is the society that we live in.
00:02:04 --> 00:02:08 In fact, this is the fear that consumes us.
00:02:09 --> 00:02:12 This is the fear that we have at the start of the creation.
00:02:13 --> 00:02:14 The serpent said,
00:02:14 --> 00:02:18 don't you want to taste this fruit of good and evil?
00:02:19 --> 00:02:20 Basically asking us,
00:02:20 --> 00:02:21 you might miss out on that.
00:02:22 --> 00:02:25 And this is true of all stages of life.
00:02:26 --> 00:02:26 In our youth,
00:02:27 --> 00:02:29 we might just think that we might...
00:02:29 --> 00:02:31 If we don't do the things that our friends do,
00:02:31 --> 00:02:32 we are missing out.
00:02:32 --> 00:02:34 If you are single,
00:02:35 --> 00:02:38 you might see that you might miss out on a relationship.
00:02:39 --> 00:02:42 So you might date a non-Christian or drift into pornography.
00:02:44 --> 00:02:46 And if you are working,
00:02:46 --> 00:02:49 you might see that you don't get to tick off your bucket list.
00:02:49 --> 00:02:50 I want to go to these places.
00:02:51 --> 00:02:52 I want to travel.
00:02:53 --> 00:02:54 I want to have all these experiences.
00:02:55 --> 00:02:56 I want to go to that restaurant.
00:02:56 --> 00:02:59 At work,
00:03:00 --> 00:03:02 we might plow in many countless hours
00:03:02 --> 00:03:05 because we fear that we don't get a promotion.
00:03:06 --> 00:03:10 When colleagues participate in office politics,
00:03:10 --> 00:03:12 we might fear that we don't get a promotion
00:03:12 --> 00:03:15 because we are not hanging in the right circles
00:03:15 --> 00:03:19 or saying different things to get ahead.
00:03:19 --> 00:03:22 Once you are married,
00:03:22 --> 00:03:24 you might fear that your kids might miss out.
00:03:25 --> 00:03:25 Therefore,
00:03:25 --> 00:03:28 you try to give them the best start in life possible.
00:03:29 --> 00:03:30 Enroll them in different classes
00:03:30 --> 00:03:32 or just swimming classes
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00:03:34 --> 00:03:37 Or you might want them to hang around different friends
00:03:37 --> 00:03:39 or buy them the best things
00:03:39 --> 00:03:40 so that they do not miss out.
00:03:40 --> 00:03:44 And I've seen people that grow older.
00:03:45 --> 00:03:48 One of the things that people of my parents' generation,
00:03:48 --> 00:03:50 they keep saying to us is that,
00:03:51 --> 00:03:53 I want to do this for you and buy this for you
00:03:53 --> 00:03:55 because I don't want you to miss out.
00:03:55 --> 00:03:56 They fear that we will miss out.
00:03:58 --> 00:03:59 If you think about it,
00:03:59 --> 00:04:01 all these fears are just
00:04:01 --> 00:04:04 different manifestations of selfish fears
00:04:04 --> 00:04:07 that drive us to hoard our money
00:04:07 --> 00:04:08 and our time
00:04:08 --> 00:04:10 to spend it on ourselves and our loved ones.
00:04:12 --> 00:04:14 So you can see that today,
00:04:14 --> 00:04:15 the things that we fear
00:04:15 --> 00:04:17 might be very different
00:04:17 --> 00:04:20 from what is seen in Psalm 46.
00:04:21 --> 00:04:24 So the original title under the psalm,
00:04:24 --> 00:04:25 so when you read the psalm,
00:04:25 --> 00:04:28 there are little letters just below Psalm 46.
00:04:29 --> 00:04:30 Those titles tell us
00:04:30 --> 00:04:34 who is this psalm used for
00:04:34 --> 00:04:35 and what is the situation.
00:04:36 --> 00:04:37 Unfortunately, in this psalm,
00:04:37 --> 00:04:38 they don't tell us,
00:04:38 --> 00:04:39 the writer did not tell us
00:04:39 --> 00:04:41 when these events happened.
00:04:42 --> 00:04:43 But we can read,
00:04:44 --> 00:04:45 if you read through the psalm,
00:04:45 --> 00:04:46 you will have noticed that
00:04:46 --> 00:04:48 it is about God rescuing them.
00:04:49 --> 00:04:51 And there are many instances
00:04:51 --> 00:04:52 in the Bible where
00:04:52 --> 00:04:54 Israel or Judah
00:04:54 --> 00:04:56 is surrounded by enemies.
00:04:56 --> 00:04:58 And one of the passages
00:04:58 --> 00:05:00 that fits in this sort of
00:05:00 --> 00:05:02 description and context
00:05:02 --> 00:05:04 is Psalm 2 Kings
00:05:04 --> 00:05:07 chapters 18 to 19.
00:05:08 --> 00:05:09 So what I'm going to do today
00:05:09 --> 00:05:11 is do something a little bit different.
00:05:11 --> 00:05:12 I'm going to read
00:05:12 --> 00:05:14 this psalm alongside
00:05:14 --> 00:05:16 with 2 Kings 18 to 19.
00:05:16 --> 00:05:17 So that's like a little
00:05:17 --> 00:05:19 backstory and illustration
00:05:19 --> 00:05:20 to this psalm.
00:05:20 --> 00:05:22 So we can actually feel
00:05:22 --> 00:05:22 what it means
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00:05:24 --> 00:05:25 and be attacked.
00:05:25 --> 00:05:26 So,
00:05:27 --> 00:05:28 the only things that,
00:05:28 --> 00:05:29 if you look at the psalm,
00:05:30 --> 00:05:32 like any good sermon,
00:05:32 --> 00:05:33 it's in three sections,
00:05:33 --> 00:05:34 so it makes it easy for me.
00:05:35 --> 00:05:35 There are three sections
00:05:35 --> 00:05:36 in this psalm.
00:05:37 --> 00:05:38 Verses 1 to 3,
00:05:39 --> 00:05:39 God is present
00:05:39 --> 00:05:41 to calm his people.
00:05:42 --> 00:05:43 Second section is
00:05:43 --> 00:05:44 verses 4 to 7,
00:05:44 --> 00:05:45 God is present
00:05:45 --> 00:05:46 to comfort his city.
00:05:47 --> 00:05:49 The third section is
00:05:49 --> 00:05:50 verses 8 to 11,
00:05:50 --> 00:05:51 God is present
00:05:51 --> 00:05:52 to control the nations.
00:05:52 --> 00:05:54 So,
00:05:54 --> 00:05:54 let's look at
00:05:54 --> 00:05:56 the first section,
00:05:56 --> 00:05:57 which is,
00:05:57 --> 00:05:57 God is present
00:05:57 --> 00:05:58 to calm his people.
00:05:59 --> 00:06:00 So,
00:06:00 --> 00:06:02 I want to set the scene
00:06:02 --> 00:06:03 for this psalm,
00:06:03 --> 00:06:04 so you can probably
00:06:04 --> 00:06:05 read through the psalm.
00:06:06 --> 00:06:08 The psalm is crying
00:06:08 --> 00:06:08 to God
00:06:08 --> 00:06:09 as their strength
00:06:09 --> 00:06:09 and refuge.
00:06:10 --> 00:06:11 And one of the things,
00:06:11 --> 00:06:14 if you read 2 Kings
00:06:14 --> 00:06:15 chapters 18 to 19,
00:06:16 --> 00:06:17 you can see that
00:06:17 --> 00:06:18 that's a situation
00:06:18 --> 00:06:19 that God's people
00:06:19 --> 00:06:20 needed rescuing from.
00:06:21 --> 00:06:22 They were under siege.
00:06:23 --> 00:06:24 And I haven't been
00:06:24 --> 00:06:25 under siege,
00:06:25 --> 00:06:26 which is great.
00:06:27 --> 00:06:29 But I like watching movies
00:06:29 --> 00:06:29 with sieges in it,
00:06:30 --> 00:06:31 especially like
00:06:31 --> 00:06:32 the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
00:06:33 --> 00:06:33 Those siege scenes
00:06:33 --> 00:06:34 are awesome.
00:06:35 --> 00:06:37 And siege scenes
00:06:37 --> 00:06:37 are always great
00:06:37 --> 00:06:38 because you know that
00:06:38 --> 00:06:40 there's a lot of pressure
00:06:40 --> 00:06:41 built up
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00:06:41 --> 00:06:42 heroic armies
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00:06:43 --> 00:06:44 And you know that
00:06:44 --> 00:06:45 the people under siege,
00:06:45 --> 00:06:46 they tend to escape,
00:06:47 --> 00:06:48 which is always
00:06:48 --> 00:06:48 a good ending,
00:06:49 --> 00:06:49 a happy ending.
00:06:49 --> 00:06:51 But in reality,
00:06:52 --> 00:06:52 sieges are actually
00:06:52 --> 00:06:53 very scary.
00:06:55 --> 00:06:56 Sieges are
00:06:56 --> 00:06:57 a horrible way
00:06:57 --> 00:06:59 to conquer a city
00:06:59 --> 00:07:00 for those that are
00:07:00 --> 00:07:01 under siege.
00:07:02 --> 00:07:02 They might die
00:07:02 --> 00:07:03 of disease
00:07:03 --> 00:07:03 and starvation.
00:07:05 --> 00:07:06 And usually,
00:07:06 --> 00:07:07 it doesn't end well,
00:07:07 --> 00:07:08 unlike most movies.
00:07:09 --> 00:07:11 And the situation
00:07:11 --> 00:07:12 described in 2 Kings
00:07:12 --> 00:07:13 is especially
00:07:13 --> 00:07:14 terrifying.
00:07:14 --> 00:07:16 So let's do some math
00:07:16 --> 00:07:17 to help us understand
00:07:17 --> 00:07:18 why it is terrifying.
00:07:19 --> 00:07:20 We have to do,
00:07:20 --> 00:07:21 fast forward to
00:07:21 --> 00:07:22 2 Kings
00:07:22 --> 00:07:24 chapter 19,
00:07:24 --> 00:07:25 verse 35.
00:07:25 --> 00:07:26 We know that
00:07:26 --> 00:07:27 the Assyrian army
00:07:27 --> 00:07:28 had at least
00:07:28 --> 00:07:30 185 people
00:07:30 --> 00:07:32 because that's how many
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00:07:34 --> 00:07:36 at the end of the story.
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00:07:37 --> 00:07:39 in the middle,
00:07:39 --> 00:07:40 when
00:07:40 --> 00:07:41 the king of Assyria
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00:07:42 --> 00:07:43 Hezekiah,
00:07:44 --> 00:07:46 he implied that
00:07:46 --> 00:07:47 Jerusalem didn't even
00:07:47 --> 00:07:48 have 2 men
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00:07:52 --> 00:07:53 So you can think
00:07:53 --> 00:07:53 of it as the math,
00:07:54 --> 00:07:55 185
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00:07:57 --> 00:07:58 That's 92 to 1.
00:07:59 --> 00:08:00 These are not good odds.
00:08:01 --> 00:08:01 Humanly speaking,
00:08:02 --> 00:08:02 there's no way
00:08:02 --> 00:08:03 for them to survive.
00:08:07 --> 00:08:08 Let's trace the story
00:08:08 --> 00:08:09 back to the beginning
00:08:09 --> 00:08:10 in 2 Kings.
00:08:10 --> 00:08:11 So if you have the Bible,
00:08:11 --> 00:08:12 turn to 2 Kings
00:08:12 --> 00:08:13 chapter 18.
00:08:13 --> 00:08:13 If not,
00:08:14 --> 00:08:14 you can just follow
00:08:14 --> 00:08:15 this story along with me.
00:08:16 --> 00:08:17 So in 2 Kings
00:08:17 --> 00:08:18 chapter 18,
00:08:18 --> 00:08:18 verse 13
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00:08:20 --> 00:08:21 we can see that
00:08:21 --> 00:08:21 the Assyrians
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00:08:27 --> 00:08:28 They've come,
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00:08:28 --> 00:08:30 all the other nations,
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00:08:31 --> 00:08:32 coming up to Judah.
00:08:34 --> 00:08:34 Hezekiah
00:08:34 --> 00:08:35 is the king
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00:08:37 --> 00:08:39 he is scared
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00:08:40 --> 00:08:41 so he tried
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00:08:45 --> 00:08:46 He basically
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00:08:56 --> 00:08:57 Sennacherib,
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00:09:01 --> 00:09:02 but instead
00:09:02 --> 00:09:03 of appeasing
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00:09:05 --> 00:09:06 the king
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00:09:07 --> 00:09:08 Sennacherib,
00:09:09 --> 00:09:09 taunted Judah,
00:09:10 --> 00:09:12 taunted them
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00:09:16 --> 00:09:17 them,
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00:09:18 --> 00:09:20 Judah's god.
00:09:20 --> 00:09:21 We can see
00:09:21 --> 00:09:21 this taunt
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00:09:23 --> 00:09:25 verses 19 to 23.
00:09:25 --> 00:09:26 I'll read that now.
00:09:27 --> 00:09:28 On what do you
00:09:28 --> 00:09:29 rest this trust
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00:09:30 --> 00:09:30 Do you think
00:09:30 --> 00:09:31 that mere words
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00:09:34 --> 00:09:34 In whom
00:09:34 --> 00:09:35 do you now trust
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00:09:38 --> 00:09:38 Behold,
00:09:38 --> 00:09:39 you are trusting
00:09:39 --> 00:09:40 now in Egypt,
00:09:40 --> 00:09:42 that broken reed
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00:09:43 --> 00:09:44 which will appease
00:09:44 --> 00:09:45 the hand of any man
00:09:45 --> 00:09:46 who leans on it.
00:09:47 --> 00:09:48 Such is Pharaoh,
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00:09:49 --> 00:09:50 to all who trust
00:09:50 --> 00:09:51 in him.
00:09:51 --> 00:09:52 But if you say
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00:09:53 --> 00:09:54 we have removed,
00:09:55 --> 00:09:55 we trust
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00:09:58 --> 00:09:59 he whose
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00:10:00 --> 00:10:01 Hezekiah
00:10:01 --> 00:10:02 has removed,
00:10:03 --> 00:10:04 saying to Judah
00:10:04 --> 00:10:05 and to Jerusalem,
00:10:06 --> 00:10:06 you shall worship
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00:10:07 --> 00:10:08 in Jerusalem.
00:10:09 --> 00:10:09 Come now,
00:10:09 --> 00:10:10 make a wager
00:10:10 --> 00:10:10 with me,
00:10:11 --> 00:10:11 my master,
00:10:12 --> 00:10:13 the king of Assyria.
00:10:14 --> 00:10:14 I will give you
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00:10:15 --> 00:10:17 if you are able
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00:10:17 --> 00:10:18 on your part,
00:10:18 --> 00:10:19 set riders
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00:10:20 --> 00:10:21 So you can see
00:10:21 --> 00:10:22 in this taunt,
00:10:23 --> 00:10:24 he's saying
00:10:24 --> 00:10:25 that there's no way
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00:10:27 --> 00:10:28 for Jerusalem
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00:10:29 --> 00:10:30 With this background,
00:10:31 --> 00:10:32 and we know
00:10:32 --> 00:10:32 the end of the story
00:10:32 --> 00:10:33 that God
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00:10:36 --> 00:10:37 we can actually
00:10:37 --> 00:10:38 understand why
00:10:38 --> 00:10:38 the psalmist
00:10:38 --> 00:10:39 was so glad
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00:10:40 --> 00:10:41 that God
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00:10:42 --> 00:10:43 our very present
00:10:43 --> 00:10:44 help in trouble
00:10:44 --> 00:10:45 in verse 1.
00:10:47 --> 00:10:47 Judah needed
00:10:47 --> 00:10:48 a place to hide,
00:10:49 --> 00:10:49 and although
00:10:49 --> 00:10:50 they were tempted
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00:10:53 --> 00:10:54 at the end
00:10:54 --> 00:10:55 they realized
00:10:55 --> 00:10:55 that,
00:10:55 --> 00:10:56 Hezekiah realized
00:10:56 --> 00:10:57 that the only
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00:10:59 --> 00:10:59 What's more,
00:11:00 --> 00:11:00 they needed
00:11:00 --> 00:11:00 to be delivered
00:11:00 --> 00:11:01 soon,
00:11:01 --> 00:11:02 because they
00:11:02 --> 00:11:04 were besieged.
00:11:04 --> 00:11:04 We will trace
00:11:04 --> 00:11:05 the story back
00:11:05 --> 00:11:06 a little bit later
00:11:06 --> 00:11:07 to see how close
00:11:07 --> 00:11:07 they were
00:11:07 --> 00:11:08 to destruction.
00:11:10 --> 00:11:10 That's why
00:11:10 --> 00:11:11 the psalmist
00:11:11 --> 00:11:12 prayed that
00:11:12 --> 00:11:12 it's a very
00:11:12 --> 00:11:13 present help
00:11:13 --> 00:11:13 in trouble.
00:11:14 --> 00:11:15 God helped
00:11:15 --> 00:11:15 them just
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00:11:16 --> 00:11:17 they needed
00:11:17 --> 00:11:17 help.
00:11:19 --> 00:11:19 You can
00:11:19 --> 00:11:20 actually,
00:11:20 --> 00:11:21 remembering
00:11:21 --> 00:11:21 the odds,
00:11:22 --> 00:11:22 the overwhelming
00:11:22 --> 00:11:23 odds that they
00:11:23 --> 00:11:23 have,
00:11:23 --> 00:11:25 92 to 1
00:11:25 --> 00:11:25 man,
00:11:26 --> 00:11:27 185
00:11:27 --> 00:11:28 army to
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00:11:29 --> 00:11:30 is a miraculous
00:11:30 --> 00:11:31 salvation.
00:11:32 --> 00:11:33 That's why
00:11:33 --> 00:11:34 the psalmist
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00:11:34 --> 00:11:36 in verses 2
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00:11:37 --> 00:11:38 that though
00:11:38 --> 00:11:39 we will not
00:11:39 --> 00:11:39 fear,
00:11:40 --> 00:11:40 though the
00:11:40 --> 00:11:40 earth gives
00:11:40 --> 00:11:41 way,
00:11:41 --> 00:11:41 though the
00:11:41 --> 00:11:42 mountains be
00:11:42 --> 00:11:42 moved in
00:11:42 --> 00:11:42 the heart
00:11:42 --> 00:11:43 of the sea,
00:11:44 --> 00:11:44 though the
00:11:44 --> 00:11:44 waters roam
00:11:44 --> 00:11:45 and fall,
00:11:46 --> 00:11:47 raw and foam,
00:11:48 --> 00:11:48 though the
00:11:48 --> 00:11:49 mountains tremble
00:11:49 --> 00:11:49 at its
00:11:49 --> 00:11:50 swelling.
00:11:52 --> 00:11:53 What is
00:11:53 --> 00:11:53 mentioned
00:11:53 --> 00:11:54 here are
00:11:54 --> 00:11:55 all the
00:11:55 --> 00:11:55 terrifying
00:11:55 --> 00:11:55 natural
00:11:55 --> 00:11:56 disasters,
00:11:56 --> 00:11:56 like
00:11:56 --> 00:11:57 earthquakes
00:11:57 --> 00:11:58 and the
00:11:58 --> 00:11:58 sea.
00:11:59 --> 00:11:59 And if
00:11:59 --> 00:11:59 you know
00:11:59 --> 00:12:00 the Bible
00:12:00 --> 00:12:01 in the
00:12:01 --> 00:12:02 Old Testament,
00:12:02 --> 00:12:03 the Jews
00:12:03 --> 00:12:03 are scared,
00:12:04 --> 00:12:04 absolutely
00:12:04 --> 00:12:05 terrified of
00:12:05 --> 00:12:05 the sea.
00:12:06 --> 00:12:07 At the
00:12:07 --> 00:12:07 beginning of
00:12:07 --> 00:12:08 creation,
00:12:09 --> 00:12:09 darkness
00:12:09 --> 00:12:10 and the
00:12:10 --> 00:12:11 sea is
00:12:11 --> 00:12:11 a total
00:12:11 --> 00:12:12 chaos.
00:12:12 --> 00:12:13 So
00:12:13 --> 00:12:14 they are
00:12:14 --> 00:12:15 scared of
00:12:15 --> 00:12:15 the sea
00:12:15 --> 00:12:15 and they're
00:12:15 --> 00:12:16 scared of
00:12:16 --> 00:12:16 all these
00:12:16 --> 00:12:16 natural
00:12:16 --> 00:12:17 disasters.
00:12:18 --> 00:12:18 So what
00:12:18 --> 00:12:18 is mentioned
00:12:18 --> 00:12:19 here is
00:12:19 --> 00:12:20 total chaos
00:12:20 --> 00:12:22 destruction.
00:12:23 --> 00:12:23 And the
00:12:23 --> 00:12:24 psalmist is
00:12:24 --> 00:12:24 saying that
00:12:24 --> 00:12:25 even in
00:12:25 --> 00:12:25 this
00:12:25 --> 00:12:26 environment,
00:12:27 --> 00:12:27 they are
00:12:27 --> 00:12:28 not going
00:12:28 --> 00:12:28 to fear.
00:12:29 --> 00:12:29 They will
00:12:29 --> 00:12:30 not be
00:12:30 --> 00:12:30 moved.
00:12:32 --> 00:12:33 So we
00:12:33 --> 00:12:34 can actually
00:12:34 --> 00:12:34 see how
00:12:34 --> 00:12:35 God has
00:12:35 --> 00:12:37 rescued them.
00:12:37 --> 00:12:38 We can
00:12:38 --> 00:12:38 actually move
00:12:38 --> 00:12:38 from the
00:12:38 --> 00:12:39 second section
00:12:39 --> 00:12:40 of verses
00:12:40 --> 00:12:40 four to
00:12:40 --> 00:12:41 seven.
00:12:42 --> 00:12:42 We can
00:12:42 --> 00:12:43 summarize how
00:12:43 --> 00:12:44 God is
00:12:44 --> 00:12:45 present to
00:12:45 --> 00:12:46 comfort his
00:12:46 --> 00:12:46 city.
00:12:47 --> 00:12:47 So let's
00:12:47 --> 00:12:48 pick up the
00:12:48 --> 00:12:48 story of the
00:12:48 --> 00:12:49 siege of
00:12:49 --> 00:12:50 Israel in
00:12:50 --> 00:12:50 2 Kings.
00:12:51 --> 00:12:53 So you've
00:12:53 --> 00:12:53 got an
00:12:53 --> 00:12:54 army approaching
00:12:54 --> 00:12:55 the city of
00:12:55 --> 00:12:55 Jerusalem.
00:12:56 --> 00:12:57 And Jerusalem,
00:12:58 --> 00:12:58 if you know
00:12:58 --> 00:12:59 the geography
00:12:59 --> 00:13:00 around it,
00:13:00 --> 00:13:01 God has
00:13:01 --> 00:13:01 actually given
00:13:01 --> 00:13:02 them little
00:13:02 --> 00:13:03 fortresses and
00:13:03 --> 00:13:04 little small
00:13:04 --> 00:13:04 cities,
00:13:05 --> 00:13:05 satellite cities
00:13:05 --> 00:13:06 around Jerusalem.
00:13:08 --> 00:13:08 And one of
00:13:08 --> 00:13:09 these cities is
00:13:09 --> 00:13:10 called Lipna.
00:13:11 --> 00:13:12 And you can
00:13:12 --> 00:13:12 see that story
00:13:12 --> 00:13:14 in 2 Kings
00:13:14 --> 00:13:15 chapter 19.
00:13:18 --> 00:13:18 The Assyrian
00:13:18 --> 00:13:19 army moved
00:13:19 --> 00:13:20 closer to
00:13:20 --> 00:13:21 the city of
00:13:21 --> 00:13:22 Jerusalem and
00:13:22 --> 00:13:23 attacked Lipna.
00:13:24 --> 00:13:25 And they
00:13:25 --> 00:13:25 did it
00:13:25 --> 00:13:26 throughout the
00:13:26 --> 00:13:26 day.
00:13:27 --> 00:13:28 And because
00:13:28 --> 00:13:29 it took a
00:13:29 --> 00:13:30 while, they
00:13:30 --> 00:13:30 needed to
00:13:30 --> 00:13:31 take a break
00:13:31 --> 00:13:31 in the
00:13:31 --> 00:13:32 afternoon.
00:13:34 --> 00:13:34 And the
00:13:34 --> 00:13:35 Assyrians
00:13:35 --> 00:13:35 sent another
00:13:35 --> 00:13:37 taunt to
00:13:37 --> 00:13:38 Hezekiah and
00:13:38 --> 00:13:39 Jerusalem.
00:13:39 --> 00:13:40 Now he's
00:13:40 --> 00:13:41 taunting God
00:13:41 --> 00:13:41 directly,
00:13:42 --> 00:13:43 taunting how
00:13:43 --> 00:13:44 has the
00:13:44 --> 00:13:45 Lord helped
00:13:45 --> 00:13:45 you?
00:13:45 --> 00:13:46 He's not
00:13:46 --> 00:13:46 going to
00:13:46 --> 00:13:46 rescue you.
00:13:46 --> 00:13:48 So in
00:13:48 --> 00:13:48 this situation,
00:13:48 --> 00:13:49 we can see
00:13:49 --> 00:13:50 that Hezekiah
00:13:50 --> 00:13:51 really needed
00:13:51 --> 00:13:51 to rely on
00:13:51 --> 00:13:52 God.
00:13:52 --> 00:13:53 So we can
00:13:53 --> 00:13:53 actually see
00:13:53 --> 00:13:54 how he
00:13:54 --> 00:13:55 prayed in
00:13:55 --> 00:13:56 2 Kings
00:13:56 --> 00:13:57 chapter 19
00:13:57 --> 00:13:58 verses 15
00:13:58 --> 00:13:58 to 19.
00:14:00 --> 00:14:01 I'll read
00:14:01 --> 00:14:01 from verse 15.
00:14:01 --> 00:14:22 Listen to the
00:14:22 --> 00:14:23 words Sennacherib
00:14:23 --> 00:14:24 has sent to
00:14:24 --> 00:14:25 ridicule the
00:14:25 --> 00:14:25 living God.
00:14:25 --> 00:14:28 It is true,
00:14:28 --> 00:14:29 Lord, that
00:14:29 --> 00:14:29 the Assyrian
00:14:29 --> 00:14:30 kings have
00:14:30 --> 00:14:31 laid waste
00:14:31 --> 00:14:33 these nations
00:14:33 --> 00:14:33 and their
00:14:33 --> 00:14:34 lands.
00:14:34 --> 00:14:35 They have
00:14:35 --> 00:14:35 thrown their
00:14:35 --> 00:14:36 gods into
00:14:36 --> 00:14:36 the fire and
00:14:36 --> 00:14:37 destroyed them.
00:14:38 --> 00:14:38 For they
00:14:38 --> 00:14:39 were not gods
00:14:39 --> 00:14:40 but only wood
00:14:40 --> 00:14:41 and stone,
00:14:41 --> 00:14:42 fashioned by
00:14:42 --> 00:14:43 human hands.
00:14:43 --> 00:14:44 Now, Lord,
00:14:44 --> 00:14:45 our God,
00:14:45 --> 00:14:46 deliver us from
00:14:46 --> 00:14:47 His hand,
00:14:47 --> 00:14:48 such as all the
00:14:48 --> 00:14:49 kingdoms of the
00:14:49 --> 00:14:49 earth.
00:14:50 --> 00:14:50 May I know
00:14:50 --> 00:14:51 that you alone,
00:14:52 --> 00:14:52 Lord, is our
00:14:52 --> 00:14:53 God.
00:14:53 --> 00:14:56 Notice that
00:14:56 --> 00:14:56 in this prayer,
00:14:57 --> 00:14:58 Hezekiah isn't
00:14:58 --> 00:14:59 centred on the
00:14:59 --> 00:15:00 need for
00:15:00 --> 00:15:01 rescuing.
00:15:02 --> 00:15:02 If I was the
00:15:02 --> 00:15:02 king in this
00:15:02 --> 00:15:03 situation, I
00:15:03 --> 00:15:04 would have just
00:15:04 --> 00:15:05 prayed, God,
00:15:05 --> 00:15:05 please help us.
00:15:06 --> 00:15:06 There's a big
00:15:06 --> 00:15:07 army outside.
00:15:07 --> 00:15:08 Please destroy
00:15:08 --> 00:15:09 the Assyrians.
00:15:10 --> 00:15:11 But Hezekiah
00:15:11 --> 00:15:12 didn't pray that.
00:15:12 --> 00:15:14 He appealed to
00:15:14 --> 00:15:15 who God is,
00:15:15 --> 00:15:16 the Lord.
00:15:16 --> 00:15:17 The Lord is
00:15:17 --> 00:15:18 the name Yahweh
00:15:18 --> 00:15:19 for God in the
00:15:19 --> 00:15:20 Old Testament.
00:15:21 --> 00:15:21 He appealed to
00:15:21 --> 00:15:22 God being the
00:15:22 --> 00:15:23 one that is
00:15:23 --> 00:15:23 different.
00:15:24 --> 00:15:25 He is above
00:15:25 --> 00:15:26 all the other
00:15:26 --> 00:15:26 nations.
00:15:27 --> 00:15:28 Notice that he
00:15:28 --> 00:15:28 describes the
00:15:28 --> 00:15:30 Lord in verse
00:15:30 --> 00:15:30 15 as
00:15:30 --> 00:15:32 enthroned between
00:15:32 --> 00:15:32 the cherubims.
00:15:33 --> 00:15:35 The cherubims are
00:15:35 --> 00:15:36 two little angels
00:15:36 --> 00:15:38 in the temple.
00:15:39 --> 00:15:40 It's representing
00:15:40 --> 00:15:41 that God is in
00:15:41 --> 00:15:42 the temple in
00:15:42 --> 00:15:43 Jerusalem.
00:15:44 --> 00:15:45 It's describing
00:15:45 --> 00:15:46 how God is
00:15:46 --> 00:15:48 present above
00:15:48 --> 00:15:48 the Ark of the
00:15:48 --> 00:15:49 Covenant.
00:15:50 --> 00:15:50 Therefore, we
00:15:50 --> 00:15:51 can see that
00:15:51 --> 00:15:52 Hezekiah is
00:15:52 --> 00:15:52 appealing,
00:15:53 --> 00:15:54 for God to
00:15:54 --> 00:15:55 save Jerusalem,
00:15:55 --> 00:15:56 not because
00:15:56 --> 00:15:57 it needed
00:15:57 --> 00:15:57 rescuing,
00:15:58 --> 00:15:58 but because of
00:15:58 --> 00:15:59 His name and
00:15:59 --> 00:16:00 His place,
00:16:00 --> 00:16:00 Jerusalem,
00:16:01 --> 00:16:02 where He dwells
00:16:02 --> 00:16:02 in the temple.
00:16:04 --> 00:16:05 This is why
00:16:05 --> 00:16:06 in verse 4 of
00:16:06 --> 00:16:06 Psalm 46,
00:16:07 --> 00:16:08 we can see that
00:16:08 --> 00:16:10 the psalmist is
00:16:10 --> 00:16:10 saying that
00:16:10 --> 00:16:11 there's a river
00:16:11 --> 00:16:12 that flows
00:16:12 --> 00:16:13 and that makes
00:16:13 --> 00:16:14 glad the city of
00:16:14 --> 00:16:14 God.
00:16:14 --> 00:16:15 This is where
00:16:15 --> 00:16:16 the Most High
00:16:16 --> 00:16:16 dwells.
00:16:17 --> 00:16:18 God dwells in
00:16:18 --> 00:16:19 Jerusalem in
00:16:19 --> 00:16:19 Jerusalem in the
00:16:19 --> 00:16:19 temple.
00:16:21 --> 00:16:21 And you can
00:16:21 --> 00:16:22 actually see the
00:16:22 --> 00:16:23 contrast between
00:16:23 --> 00:16:24 the total chaos
00:16:24 --> 00:16:25 outside being
00:16:25 --> 00:16:26 besieged and
00:16:26 --> 00:16:27 how they felt
00:16:27 --> 00:16:29 inside because
00:16:29 --> 00:16:29 God is with
00:16:29 --> 00:16:29 them.
00:16:30 --> 00:16:32 So we are
00:16:32 --> 00:16:32 reminded of
00:16:32 --> 00:16:33 earthquake and
00:16:33 --> 00:16:34 chaos and
00:16:34 --> 00:16:35 destruction outside,
00:16:36 --> 00:16:37 but the picture
00:16:37 --> 00:16:38 inside is that
00:16:38 --> 00:16:39 God is in the
00:16:39 --> 00:16:40 midst of her.
00:16:40 --> 00:16:41 She will not be
00:16:41 --> 00:16:41 moved.
00:16:42 --> 00:16:42 And God will
00:16:42 --> 00:16:43 help her when
00:16:43 --> 00:16:43 the morning
00:16:43 --> 00:16:44 dawns.
00:16:44 --> 00:16:45 And these
00:16:45 --> 00:16:46 are amazing
00:16:46 --> 00:16:46 words,
00:16:46 --> 00:16:47 considering
00:16:47 --> 00:16:47 they were
00:16:47 --> 00:16:48 besieged
00:16:48 --> 00:16:48 overnight and
00:16:48 --> 00:16:49 they are
00:16:49 --> 00:16:50 awaiting their
00:16:50 --> 00:16:51 fate the next
00:16:51 --> 00:16:52 morning.
00:16:52 --> 00:16:53 And we can
00:16:53 --> 00:16:54 actually see what
00:16:54 --> 00:16:55 happened that
00:16:55 --> 00:16:56 night when
00:16:56 --> 00:16:57 Hezekiah prayed
00:16:57 --> 00:16:59 in 2 Kings
00:16:59 --> 00:17:00 chapter 19,
00:17:00 --> 00:17:01 verse 35.
00:17:02 --> 00:17:02 That night the
00:17:02 --> 00:17:03 angel of the
00:17:03 --> 00:17:04 Lord went out
00:17:04 --> 00:17:04 and put to
00:17:04 --> 00:17:06 death 185
00:17:06 --> 00:17:08 in the Assyrian
00:17:08 --> 00:17:08 camp.
00:17:09 --> 00:17:09 When the people
00:17:09 --> 00:17:10 got up the
00:17:10 --> 00:17:10 next morning,
00:17:11 --> 00:17:12 they were all
00:17:12 --> 00:17:12 dead bodies.
00:17:12 --> 00:17:16 So God's
00:17:17 --> 00:17:18 angel is God's
00:17:18 --> 00:17:19 means of
00:17:19 --> 00:17:19 destroying the
00:17:19 --> 00:17:20 Assyrian armies.
00:17:22 --> 00:17:23 This is why in
00:17:23 --> 00:17:24 verses 7 and
00:17:24 --> 00:17:25 11, the
00:17:25 --> 00:17:26 psalmist can
00:17:26 --> 00:17:26 sing,
00:17:27 --> 00:17:28 The Lord of
00:17:28 --> 00:17:29 hosts is with
00:17:29 --> 00:17:29 us.
00:17:29 --> 00:17:30 The God of
00:17:30 --> 00:17:31 Jacob is our
00:17:31 --> 00:17:31 fortress.
00:17:32 --> 00:17:33 The phrase,
00:17:33 --> 00:17:33 the Lord of
00:17:33 --> 00:17:34 hosts, or the
00:17:34 --> 00:17:35 Lord Almighty,
00:17:35 --> 00:17:36 depending on
00:17:36 --> 00:17:37 which translation
00:17:37 --> 00:17:38 you use, is
00:17:38 --> 00:17:39 describing God
00:17:39 --> 00:17:40 as the warrior
00:17:40 --> 00:17:42 king over his
00:17:42 --> 00:17:43 angelic armies.
00:17:45 --> 00:17:46 So let's step
00:17:46 --> 00:17:47 back.
00:17:47 --> 00:17:48 We use the
00:17:48 --> 00:17:48 siege as an
00:17:48 --> 00:17:49 illustration of
00:17:49 --> 00:17:50 Psalm 46.
00:17:50 --> 00:17:51 We think about
00:17:51 --> 00:17:52 what happens in
00:17:52 --> 00:17:53 this siege, and
00:17:53 --> 00:17:54 indeed some of
00:17:54 --> 00:17:55 the sieges in
00:17:55 --> 00:17:56 the rest of the
00:17:56 --> 00:17:56 Old Testament.
00:17:57 --> 00:17:58 We can see that
00:17:58 --> 00:17:59 usually human
00:17:59 --> 00:18:00 means does not
00:18:00 --> 00:18:00 work.
00:18:01 --> 00:18:02 In this instance,
00:18:02 --> 00:18:03 nothing that
00:18:03 --> 00:18:04 Hezekiah did,
00:18:04 --> 00:18:05 whether it's
00:18:05 --> 00:18:05 paying a tribute
00:18:05 --> 00:18:06 to Assyria,
00:18:07 --> 00:18:08 forming an
00:18:08 --> 00:18:08 alliance with
00:18:08 --> 00:18:10 Egypt, that
00:18:10 --> 00:18:11 didn't work.
00:18:11 --> 00:18:12 Hezekiah didn't
00:18:12 --> 00:18:13 even send an
00:18:13 --> 00:18:14 army out to
00:18:14 --> 00:18:14 meet the
00:18:14 --> 00:18:15 Assyrians.
00:18:15 --> 00:18:16 God's army
00:18:16 --> 00:18:17 destroyed the
00:18:17 --> 00:18:18 Assyrians before
00:18:18 --> 00:18:18 they did
00:18:18 --> 00:18:19 anything the
00:18:19 --> 00:18:20 next morning.
00:18:21 --> 00:18:21 This is why
00:18:21 --> 00:18:23 God alone is
00:18:23 --> 00:18:24 a strength and
00:18:24 --> 00:18:24 refuge.
00:18:27 --> 00:18:27 The third
00:18:27 --> 00:18:29 section of
00:18:29 --> 00:18:29 the psalm is
00:18:29 --> 00:18:30 verses 8 to
00:18:30 --> 00:18:30 11.
00:18:32 --> 00:18:32 We can see
00:18:32 --> 00:18:33 how here God
00:18:33 --> 00:18:35 is present to
00:18:35 --> 00:18:35 control the
00:18:35 --> 00:18:36 nations and
00:18:36 --> 00:18:37 what he asks
00:18:37 --> 00:18:37 of us in
00:18:37 --> 00:18:38 response.
00:18:38 --> 00:18:41 So if you
00:18:41 --> 00:18:42 think about
00:18:42 --> 00:18:43 an ancient
00:18:43 --> 00:18:44 battle, when
00:18:44 --> 00:18:45 a country
00:18:45 --> 00:18:46 wins, it
00:18:46 --> 00:18:46 doesn't affect
00:18:46 --> 00:18:47 just the
00:18:47 --> 00:18:47 relationship
00:18:47 --> 00:18:48 between these
00:18:48 --> 00:18:49 two countries.
00:18:50 --> 00:18:50 When a victory
00:18:50 --> 00:18:51 is achieved,
00:18:51 --> 00:18:52 all the other
00:18:52 --> 00:18:53 nations around
00:18:53 --> 00:18:53 them are going
00:18:53 --> 00:18:54 to hear of
00:18:54 --> 00:18:54 it.
00:18:56 --> 00:18:56 So this is
00:18:56 --> 00:18:57 what happens
00:18:57 --> 00:18:59 in verses
00:18:59 --> 00:18:59 8 to 11
00:18:59 --> 00:19:00 of the
00:19:00 --> 00:19:00 psalm.
00:19:03 --> 00:19:03 Notice that
00:19:03 --> 00:19:04 there's a
00:19:04 --> 00:19:05 difference between
00:19:05 --> 00:19:05 the tone
00:19:05 --> 00:19:06 between verses
00:19:06 --> 00:19:07 1 to 7
00:19:07 --> 00:19:07 and 8 to
00:19:07 --> 00:19:08 11.
00:19:09 --> 00:19:09 So in
00:19:09 --> 00:19:10 verses 1 to
00:19:10 --> 00:19:10 7, we
00:19:10 --> 00:19:11 can hear how
00:19:11 --> 00:19:12 the psalmist
00:19:12 --> 00:19:13 described how
00:19:13 --> 00:19:15 God saved
00:19:15 --> 00:19:16 his people.
00:19:17 --> 00:19:17 But in
00:19:17 --> 00:19:18 verses 8 to
00:19:18 --> 00:19:19 11, there
00:19:19 --> 00:19:20 are two
00:19:20 --> 00:19:21 instructions for
00:19:21 --> 00:19:22 the people of
00:19:22 --> 00:19:23 Jerusalem, or
00:19:23 --> 00:19:25 the readers of
00:19:25 --> 00:19:25 the psalm.
00:19:26 --> 00:19:27 In verse 8,
00:19:27 --> 00:19:28 the instruction
00:19:28 --> 00:19:28 is for them
00:19:28 --> 00:19:29 to come.
00:19:30 --> 00:19:31 Come to see
00:19:31 --> 00:19:31 what the Lord
00:19:31 --> 00:19:32 has done.
00:19:33 --> 00:19:34 Come to see
00:19:34 --> 00:19:35 how the Lord
00:19:35 --> 00:19:36 has destroyed
00:19:36 --> 00:19:37 his enemies.
00:19:38 --> 00:19:39 It's important
00:19:39 --> 00:19:41 to see how
00:19:41 --> 00:19:42 God do
00:19:42 --> 00:19:42 things differently.
00:19:43 --> 00:19:44 Whereas Hezekiah
00:19:44 --> 00:19:44 is trying to
00:19:44 --> 00:19:45 use alliances
00:19:45 --> 00:19:47 to appease
00:19:47 --> 00:19:48 and to
00:19:48 --> 00:19:48 strategize,
00:19:49 --> 00:19:50 God alone
00:19:50 --> 00:19:50 is the king.
00:19:51 --> 00:19:52 He alone
00:19:52 --> 00:19:53 can crush
00:19:53 --> 00:19:54 everyone else.
00:19:54 --> 00:19:55 He can use
00:19:55 --> 00:19:56 his own means
00:19:56 --> 00:19:56 to do
00:19:56 --> 00:19:57 everything.
00:19:59 --> 00:20:00 But the
00:20:00 --> 00:20:00 thing is,
00:20:01 --> 00:20:01 his destruction
00:20:01 --> 00:20:02 is fair.
00:20:02 --> 00:20:02 Some people
00:20:02 --> 00:20:03 might ask
00:20:03 --> 00:20:03 whether it's
00:20:03 --> 00:20:05 cruel for
00:20:05 --> 00:20:06 God to
00:20:06 --> 00:20:07 be the
00:20:07 --> 00:20:07 Lord of
00:20:07 --> 00:20:08 everyone,
00:20:09 --> 00:20:09 and to
00:20:09 --> 00:20:10 shatter the
00:20:10 --> 00:20:10 spears,
00:20:11 --> 00:20:11 and to
00:20:11 --> 00:20:12 destroy other
00:20:12 --> 00:20:12 enemies.
00:20:13 --> 00:20:14 In this
00:20:14 --> 00:20:15 instance,
00:20:15 --> 00:20:15 we can see
00:20:15 --> 00:20:15 that the
00:20:15 --> 00:20:16 Assyrian king
00:20:16 --> 00:20:17 taunted
00:20:17 --> 00:20:20 the Lord
00:20:20 --> 00:20:21 and his
00:20:21 --> 00:20:21 people.
00:20:22 --> 00:20:22 But in
00:20:22 --> 00:20:23 fact,
00:20:23 --> 00:20:23 if you look
00:20:23 --> 00:20:23 at the
00:20:23 --> 00:20:24 context of
00:20:24 --> 00:20:24 the psalm,
00:20:24 --> 00:20:25 in Psalm 2,
00:20:26 --> 00:20:26 that is true
00:20:26 --> 00:20:27 for all
00:20:27 --> 00:20:27 peoples and
00:20:27 --> 00:20:28 all kings.
00:20:29 --> 00:20:29 Because all
00:20:29 --> 00:20:30 nations have
00:20:30 --> 00:20:31 conspired to
00:20:31 --> 00:20:32 go against
00:20:32 --> 00:20:32 the Lord.
00:20:34 --> 00:20:34 And it's
00:20:34 --> 00:20:35 fair for
00:20:35 --> 00:20:36 God to
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00:20:36 --> 00:20:37 everyone
00:20:37 --> 00:20:38 and anyone
00:20:38 --> 00:20:39 that
00:20:39 --> 00:20:40 taunts and
00:20:40 --> 00:20:40 defies God.
00:20:43 --> 00:20:43 And it's
00:20:43 --> 00:20:44 actually important
00:20:44 --> 00:20:45 for the people
00:20:45 --> 00:20:45 of Judah to
00:20:45 --> 00:20:46 recognize that
00:20:46 --> 00:20:47 God is fair
00:20:47 --> 00:20:47 in judgment.
00:20:48 --> 00:20:49 And the
00:20:49 --> 00:20:50 psalmists tell
00:20:50 --> 00:20:50 them,
00:20:50 --> 00:20:51 come and look
00:20:51 --> 00:20:52 at the work
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00:20:52 --> 00:20:53 The Lord is
00:20:53 --> 00:20:53 able to
00:20:53 --> 00:20:54 destroy his
00:20:54 --> 00:20:54 enemies.
00:20:55 --> 00:20:55 You need to
00:20:55 --> 00:20:57 see the work
00:20:57 --> 00:20:57 of the Lord
00:20:57 --> 00:20:58 to see how
00:20:58 --> 00:20:59 powerful he
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00:20:59 --> 00:21:02 The second
00:21:02 --> 00:21:02 instruction
00:21:02 --> 00:21:03 given to
00:21:03 --> 00:21:04 the reader
00:21:04 --> 00:21:04 is to
00:21:04 --> 00:21:05 cease
00:21:05 --> 00:21:05 striving.
00:21:06 --> 00:21:07 This is
00:21:07 --> 00:21:08 found in
00:21:08 --> 00:21:09 verse 10.
00:21:09 --> 00:21:10 They need
00:21:10 --> 00:21:10 to stop
00:21:10 --> 00:21:11 using their
00:21:11 --> 00:21:11 own means
00:21:11 --> 00:21:12 to plot
00:21:12 --> 00:21:13 and strategize,
00:21:14 --> 00:21:14 but instead
00:21:14 --> 00:21:15 come to
00:21:15 --> 00:21:15 know that
00:21:15 --> 00:21:16 they need
00:21:16 --> 00:21:16 to know
00:21:16 --> 00:21:17 God.
00:21:19 --> 00:21:19 So I've
00:21:19 --> 00:21:20 quickly looked
00:21:20 --> 00:21:21 through what
00:21:21 --> 00:21:21 the psalm
00:21:21 --> 00:21:21 means.
00:21:22 --> 00:21:22 Let's look
00:21:22 --> 00:21:23 through what
00:21:23 --> 00:21:23 it means
00:21:23 --> 00:21:24 for us.
00:21:25 --> 00:21:26 So one
00:21:26 --> 00:21:26 of the
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00:21:28 --> 00:21:28 what it
00:21:28 --> 00:21:28 means for
00:21:28 --> 00:21:29 us is
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 to work
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 out what
00:21:29 --> 00:21:29 it doesn't
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00:21:31 --> 00:21:31 So I
00:21:31 --> 00:21:32 want to
00:21:32 --> 00:21:33 quickly step
00:21:33 --> 00:21:33 through what
00:21:33 --> 00:21:33 it doesn't
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00:21:34 --> 00:21:34 us before
00:21:34 --> 00:21:35 we work
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00:21:35 --> 00:21:36 it does
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00:21:36 --> 00:21:36 us.
00:21:37 --> 00:21:38 Firstly,
00:21:38 --> 00:21:39 right now,
00:21:40 --> 00:21:41 no nation
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00:21:42 --> 00:21:43 can claim
00:21:43 --> 00:21:43 that they
00:21:43 --> 00:21:44 are God's
00:21:44 --> 00:21:45 nation and
00:21:45 --> 00:21:46 can claim
00:21:46 --> 00:21:46 that God
00:21:46 --> 00:21:47 is fighting
00:21:47 --> 00:21:47 on behalf
00:21:47 --> 00:21:48 of them.
00:21:49 --> 00:21:50 We can't
00:21:50 --> 00:21:50 transfer what
00:21:50 --> 00:21:51 is said
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00:21:53 --> 00:21:53 or Judah
00:21:53 --> 00:21:53 or the
00:21:53 --> 00:21:54 people of
00:21:54 --> 00:21:54 God in
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00:21:54 --> 00:21:56 to us
00:21:56 --> 00:21:56 right now
00:21:56 --> 00:21:58 because
00:21:58 --> 00:21:59 no nation
00:21:59 --> 00:22:00 on earth
00:22:00 --> 00:22:00 are God's
00:22:00 --> 00:22:01 chosen
00:22:01 --> 00:22:01 nation,
00:22:02 --> 00:22:02 no earthly
00:22:02 --> 00:22:03 nation.
00:22:04 --> 00:22:04 And that's
00:22:04 --> 00:22:05 important because
00:22:05 --> 00:22:06 we don't want
00:22:06 --> 00:22:06 to use the
00:22:06 --> 00:22:07 Bible to
00:22:07 --> 00:22:08 unjustly
00:22:08 --> 00:22:09 justify
00:22:09 --> 00:22:09 religious
00:22:09 --> 00:22:10 wars.
00:22:12 --> 00:22:12 Secondly,
00:22:13 --> 00:22:14 God's holy
00:22:14 --> 00:22:15 city promise
00:22:15 --> 00:22:15 right now
00:22:15 --> 00:22:16 is not
00:22:16 --> 00:22:17 the earthly
00:22:17 --> 00:22:17 Jerusalem.
00:22:19 --> 00:22:19 If you
00:22:19 --> 00:22:20 look at
00:22:20 --> 00:22:21 on Google
00:22:21 --> 00:22:21 Maps
00:22:21 --> 00:22:22 on Jerusalem,
00:22:23 --> 00:22:24 if you look
00:22:24 --> 00:22:25 at the city
00:22:25 --> 00:22:26 and look
00:22:26 --> 00:22:26 at the
00:22:26 --> 00:22:26 rivers,
00:22:27 --> 00:22:27 there's
00:22:27 --> 00:22:28 actually no
00:22:28 --> 00:22:28 river flowing
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00:22:29 --> 00:22:29 Jerusalem
00:22:29 --> 00:22:30 right now.
00:22:32 --> 00:22:34 In the
00:22:34 --> 00:22:35 middle section
00:22:35 --> 00:22:35 of the
00:22:35 --> 00:22:35 psalm,
00:22:35 --> 00:22:36 even in
00:22:36 --> 00:22:37 Hezekiah's
00:22:37 --> 00:22:37 time,
00:22:38 --> 00:22:39 there's a
00:22:39 --> 00:22:39 river flowing
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00:22:39 --> 00:22:40 Jerusalem,
00:22:40 --> 00:22:40 but it's
00:22:40 --> 00:22:41 something that
00:22:41 --> 00:22:42 Hezekiah
00:22:42 --> 00:22:43 dug underneath
00:22:43 --> 00:22:44 to supply the
00:22:44 --> 00:22:44 city with
00:22:44 --> 00:22:45 water.
00:22:47 --> 00:22:47 So that's
00:22:47 --> 00:22:48 probably not
00:22:48 --> 00:22:49 the promised
00:22:49 --> 00:22:50 city that we
00:22:50 --> 00:22:51 are looking
00:22:51 --> 00:22:51 forward to.
00:22:52 --> 00:22:52 We are
00:22:52 --> 00:22:53 looking forward
00:22:53 --> 00:22:53 to a heavenly
00:22:53 --> 00:22:54 Jerusalem.
00:22:54 --> 00:22:54 Jerusalem.
00:22:55 --> 00:22:55 Certainly,
00:22:56 --> 00:22:56 this psalm is
00:22:56 --> 00:22:57 not saying
00:22:57 --> 00:22:57 that God
00:22:57 --> 00:22:58 is like a
00:22:58 --> 00:22:59 magic genie
00:22:59 --> 00:22:59 in a lamp.
00:23:00 --> 00:23:00 If we need
00:23:00 --> 00:23:00 help,
00:23:01 --> 00:23:01 just pray
00:23:01 --> 00:23:02 and rub
00:23:02 --> 00:23:02 the lamp.
00:23:03 --> 00:23:03 He is our
00:23:03 --> 00:23:04 present help
00:23:04 --> 00:23:04 in trouble.
00:23:04 --> 00:23:05 We will
00:23:05 --> 00:23:05 solve any
00:23:05 --> 00:23:06 trouble that
00:23:06 --> 00:23:07 we have.
00:23:08 --> 00:23:09 So we
00:23:09 --> 00:23:09 have to
00:23:09 --> 00:23:09 work out
00:23:09 --> 00:23:10 what this
00:23:10 --> 00:23:10 means for
00:23:10 --> 00:23:10 us right
00:23:10 --> 00:23:11 now.
00:23:12 --> 00:23:12 The
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00:23:13 --> 00:23:14 given to
00:23:14 --> 00:23:14 the people
00:23:14 --> 00:23:14 of God
00:23:14 --> 00:23:15 in the
00:23:15 --> 00:23:15 Old
00:23:15 --> 00:23:15 Testament
00:23:15 --> 00:23:16 is also
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00:23:19 --> 00:23:19 We are
00:23:19 --> 00:23:20 to also
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00:23:20 --> 00:23:21 come to
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00:23:22 --> 00:23:22 work of
00:23:22 --> 00:23:22 the Lord.
00:23:24 --> 00:23:25 The natural
00:23:25 --> 00:23:26 question for
00:23:26 --> 00:23:26 us is,
00:23:27 --> 00:23:27 we are
00:23:27 --> 00:23:28 not Jews.
00:23:28 --> 00:23:29 How can
00:23:29 --> 00:23:30 we come
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00:23:30 --> 00:23:31 work of
00:23:31 --> 00:23:31 the Lord
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00:23:32 --> 00:23:33 happy about
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00:23:34 --> 00:23:35 We need
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00:23:36 --> 00:23:37 it's not
00:23:37 --> 00:23:37 the Jews
00:23:37 --> 00:23:38 that are
00:23:38 --> 00:23:40 the people
00:23:40 --> 00:23:40 of God.
00:23:41 --> 00:23:41 It's those
00:23:41 --> 00:23:42 that trust
00:23:42 --> 00:23:43 in Jesus.
00:23:44 --> 00:23:45 And on
00:23:45 --> 00:23:45 the flip
00:23:45 --> 00:23:45 side,
00:23:46 --> 00:23:47 it's those
00:23:47 --> 00:23:47 that defy
00:23:47 --> 00:23:49 Jesus that
00:23:49 --> 00:23:49 face a
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00:23:50 --> 00:23:50 judgment
00:23:50 --> 00:23:51 to the
00:23:51 --> 00:23:51 Assyrians.
00:23:53 --> 00:23:54 We can
00:23:54 --> 00:23:54 see that
00:23:54 --> 00:23:54 in the
00:23:54 --> 00:23:55 New Testament
00:23:55 --> 00:23:56 in 2
00:23:56 --> 00:23:57 Thessalonians
00:23:57 --> 00:23:59 chapter 1
00:23:59 --> 00:23:59 verses 6
00:23:59 --> 00:24:00 to 8,
00:24:01 --> 00:24:02 God
00:24:02 --> 00:24:03 considers it
00:24:03 --> 00:24:03 just to
00:24:03 --> 00:24:04 repay
00:24:04 --> 00:24:05 affliction
00:24:05 --> 00:24:06 those who
00:24:06 --> 00:24:07 afflict you
00:24:07 --> 00:24:08 and to
00:24:08 --> 00:24:08 grant relief
00:24:08 --> 00:24:09 to you
00:24:09 --> 00:24:10 who are
00:24:10 --> 00:24:10 afflicted
00:24:10 --> 00:24:11 as well
00:24:11 --> 00:24:11 as to
00:24:11 --> 00:24:11 us.
00:24:12 --> 00:24:12 And the
00:24:12 --> 00:24:13 Lord Jesus
00:24:13 --> 00:24:14 is revealed
00:24:14 --> 00:24:14 from heaven
00:24:14 --> 00:24:15 with his
00:24:15 --> 00:24:16 mighty angels
00:24:16 --> 00:24:17 in flaming
00:24:17 --> 00:24:18 fire,
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00:24:19 --> 00:24:20 those who
00:24:20 --> 00:24:21 do not
00:24:21 --> 00:24:21 know God
00:24:21 --> 00:24:22 and on
00:24:22 --> 00:24:23 those who
00:24:23 --> 00:24:23 do not
00:24:23 --> 00:24:24 obey the
00:24:24 --> 00:24:24 gospel of
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00:24:28 --> 00:24:29 We don't
00:24:29 --> 00:24:30 often celebrate
00:24:30 --> 00:24:31 the fact or
00:24:31 --> 00:24:32 actively tell
00:24:32 --> 00:24:33 people to
00:24:33 --> 00:24:33 look at
00:24:33 --> 00:24:34 God's
00:24:34 --> 00:24:34 judgment.
00:24:35 --> 00:24:36 But in
00:24:36 --> 00:24:36 some situations
00:24:36 --> 00:24:37 this is
00:24:37 --> 00:24:38 exactly what
00:24:38 --> 00:24:38 is needed
00:24:38 --> 00:24:39 to comfort
00:24:39 --> 00:24:40 those people.
00:24:41 --> 00:24:41 You don't
00:24:41 --> 00:24:42 have to cast
00:24:42 --> 00:24:42 your mind
00:24:42 --> 00:24:43 far back
00:24:43 --> 00:24:44 in the news
00:24:44 --> 00:24:45 to see how
00:24:45 --> 00:24:45 that is
00:24:45 --> 00:24:46 going to be
00:24:46 --> 00:24:47 of comfort
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 to some
00:24:47 --> 00:24:47 people.
00:24:48 --> 00:24:49 Just a
00:24:49 --> 00:24:49 couple of
00:24:49 --> 00:24:50 weeks ago
00:24:50 --> 00:24:51 you would
00:24:51 --> 00:24:51 have probably
00:24:51 --> 00:24:52 heard in
00:24:52 --> 00:24:52 the news
00:24:52 --> 00:24:53 that a
00:24:53 --> 00:24:54 few Christians
00:24:54 --> 00:24:55 in Tyrol
00:24:55 --> 00:24:56 was killed
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00:24:57 --> 00:24:57 Christmas
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00:25:00 --> 00:25:00 church.
00:25:01 --> 00:25:01 Under that
00:25:01 --> 00:25:02 sort of
00:25:02 --> 00:25:02 religious
00:25:02 --> 00:25:03 persecution
00:25:03 --> 00:25:05 Christians
00:25:05 --> 00:25:06 will be
00:25:06 --> 00:25:06 comforted
00:25:06 --> 00:25:06 by the
00:25:06 --> 00:25:07 fact that
00:25:07 --> 00:25:08 God is
00:25:08 --> 00:25:08 going to
00:25:08 --> 00:25:09 repay
00:25:09 --> 00:25:09 those that
00:25:09 --> 00:25:10 will afflict
00:25:10 --> 00:25:10 them.
00:25:12 --> 00:25:13 The second
00:25:13 --> 00:25:13 instruction
00:25:13 --> 00:25:15 is in
00:25:15 --> 00:25:16 Psalm 46
00:25:16 --> 00:25:17 verse 10.
00:25:17 --> 00:25:19 the
00:25:19 --> 00:25:19 psalmist
00:25:19 --> 00:25:20 is telling
00:25:20 --> 00:25:20 God's
00:25:20 --> 00:25:20 people
00:25:20 --> 00:25:20 to
00:25:20 --> 00:25:21 seize
00:25:21 --> 00:25:22 and
00:25:22 --> 00:25:22 know
00:25:22 --> 00:25:23 the
00:25:23 --> 00:25:23 creator.
00:25:26 --> 00:25:26 The
00:25:26 --> 00:25:27 word to
00:25:27 --> 00:25:27 seize
00:25:27 --> 00:25:27 driving
00:25:27 --> 00:25:28 doesn't
00:25:28 --> 00:25:28 mean to
00:25:28 --> 00:25:28 stop
00:25:28 --> 00:25:29 trying,
00:25:29 --> 00:25:29 drop
00:25:29 --> 00:25:30 everything
00:25:30 --> 00:25:30 and
00:25:30 --> 00:25:30 just
00:25:30 --> 00:25:31 let
00:25:31 --> 00:25:31 God
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00:25:35 --> 00:25:35 to
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00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 know
00:25:38 --> 00:25:38 God
00:25:38 --> 00:25:39 our
00:25:39 --> 00:25:40 creator.
00:25:40 --> 00:25:43 and I
00:25:43 --> 00:25:43 want you
00:25:43 --> 00:25:44 to cast
00:25:44 --> 00:25:44 our
00:25:44 --> 00:25:44 mind
00:25:44 --> 00:25:45 back
00:25:45 --> 00:25:45 to
00:25:45 --> 00:25:46 the
00:25:46 --> 00:25:47 examples
00:25:47 --> 00:25:47 I've
00:25:47 --> 00:25:47 given
00:25:47 --> 00:25:48 about
00:25:48 --> 00:25:49 fears
00:25:49 --> 00:25:49 in
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00:25:50 --> 00:25:51 some
00:25:51 --> 00:25:51 of our
00:25:51 --> 00:25:52 worries
00:25:52 --> 00:25:52 and
00:25:52 --> 00:25:52 anxieties
00:25:52 --> 00:25:53 in our
00:25:53 --> 00:25:53 life.
00:25:56 --> 00:25:56 A lot
00:25:56 --> 00:25:57 of our
00:25:57 --> 00:25:57 striving
00:25:57 --> 00:25:57 is not
00:25:57 --> 00:25:58 about
00:25:58 --> 00:25:58 God
00:25:58 --> 00:25:59 and we
00:25:59 --> 00:26:00 actually
00:26:00 --> 00:26:00 need to
00:26:00 --> 00:26:01 know
00:26:01 --> 00:26:02 in here
00:26:02 --> 00:26:02 the
00:26:02 --> 00:26:03 important
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 thing
00:26:03 --> 00:26:03 is
00:26:03 --> 00:26:04 not
00:26:04 --> 00:26:04 for
00:26:04 --> 00:26:04 God
00:26:04 --> 00:26:05 come
00:26:05 --> 00:26:05 to
00:26:05 --> 00:26:05 God
00:26:05 --> 00:26:05 to
00:26:05 --> 00:26:06 solve
00:26:06 --> 00:26:06 our
00:26:06 --> 00:26:06 problems.
00:26:06 --> 00:26:07 The
00:26:07 --> 00:26:08 instruction
00:26:08 --> 00:26:08 is to
00:26:08 --> 00:26:09 seize
00:26:09 --> 00:26:09 driving
00:26:09 --> 00:26:09 and
00:26:09 --> 00:26:10 know
00:26:10 --> 00:26:10 our
00:26:10 --> 00:26:10 creator.
00:26:11 --> 00:26:11 We
00:26:11 --> 00:26:11 need to
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00:26:12 --> 00:26:12 God
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00:26:13 --> 00:26:13 for
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00:26:15 --> 00:26:15 God
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00:26:16 --> 00:26:16 is.
00:26:20 --> 00:26:20 Remember
00:26:20 --> 00:26:21 the
00:26:21 --> 00:26:21 illustration
00:26:21 --> 00:26:22 I gave
00:26:22 --> 00:26:22 at the
00:26:22 --> 00:26:22 start
00:26:22 --> 00:26:23 FOMO
00:26:23 --> 00:26:24 FOMO
00:26:24 --> 00:26:25 if we
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00:26:27 --> 00:26:28 so we
00:26:28 --> 00:26:28 don't
00:26:28 --> 00:26:28 miss out
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00:26:29 --> 00:26:30 that
00:26:30 --> 00:26:30 is
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00:26:31 --> 00:26:31 form
00:26:31 --> 00:26:31 of
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00:26:35 --> 00:26:35 and not
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00:26:36 --> 00:26:38 It's
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