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00:02 We are studying the book of Psalms 00:04 and we are on lesson number four. 00:07 If you do not have a lesson, we invite you to go to 00:09 3abnsabbathschool.com and there you can download 00:13 a lesson for free. 00:14 Grab your Bible and join us for this exciting 00:16 and inspiring study. 00:48 Welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 00:50 This is a panel of studying God's Word. 00:54 We're studying the book of Psalms, and the author of the 00:57 lesson is Dragoslava Santrac. 01:00 She's the main contributor. 01:02 And we are on lesson number 4, The Lord Hears and Delivers. 01:06 Our panelists are here, they have been studying and praying. 01:09 And we have prayed for the blessing of the Holy Spirit. 01:12 And we're going to pray in a moment, but we'd like to 01:14 introduce the family that is with us today. 01:17 We have evangelist Ryan Day. 01:19 Amen. I have Monday's lesson entitled, 01:21 Assurance of God's Care. 01:24 Amen. Looking forward to hearing that. 01:25 Sister Shelley Quinn. 01:27 Pastor Johnny Dinzey, we are so excited to be joining you. 01:30 My lesson is, The Lord is a Refuge in Adversity. 01:34 ~ Amen, Amen. Professor Daniel Perrin, what do you have? 01:37 I am sharing Wednesday's lesson, Defender and Deliverer. 01:41 Thank you. We're looking forward to hearing that. 01:42 And we have sister Jill Morikone. 01:44 We surely will have another list today. 01:47 We do indeed. Thank you, Pastor Johnny. 01:49 I have Thursday, Help From the Sanctuary. 01:51 Amen, amen. 01:53 I want to let you know that our panelists have consented to 01:56 share their notes with you. 01:58 Now please understand, these are not word-for-word 02:00 what we will say here, but notes that will guide us along 02:03 as we do our presentation. 02:05 How can you get a copy? 02:07 You can email us at... 02:12 I will say that again. 02:17 To get a copy of the notes. 02:19 You can email us to get a free copy. 02:21 We're ready for prayer, and I'd like to ask 02:23 Pastor Ryan Day if you'll please lead us. 02:25 ~ Yes, absolutely. Let us pray. 02:26 Our Father in heaven, Lord as we give this time to You 02:29 in study, I pray that all of the words that we read in the psalms 02:32 may not just be words on a page, may it not just be another 02:35 poetic excerpt that we find from Scripture, Lord, but 02:38 rather may they come alive to us. 02:40 May they mean something to us. 02:42 And use us on this panel, Lord, to bring clarity and 02:45 understanding to what the Word of God is saying. 02:48 And may we encourage someone and bring hope today 02:50 we ask in Jesus' holy name. Amen. 02:52 ~ Amen, amen. Thank you very much. 02:54 We are ready to begin. 02:56 Our lesson is entitled, once again, 02:58 The Lord Hears and Delivers. 03:01 The scriptures that we will be mainly focusing on 03:04 is Ps 139:1-18, Ps 121, Ps 17:8, Matt 23:37, 03:14 1 Cor 10:1-4, Heb 4:15-16, and many other scriptures. 03:20 But these are the main ones. 03:22 The memory text comes from Ps 34:17, 03:25 and we have these wonderful words: 03:27 "The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, 03:31 and delivers them out of all their troubles." 03:35 Praise the Lord. 03:37 You know, as we look at the psalms, you see that God 03:40 is a caring God, a loving God. 03:43 Nevertheless, we see in the psalms expressions 03:45 of people going through difficulties, trials, and 03:48 problems, yet they are clinging to the Lord 03:51 asking Him for deliverance. 03:53 And the assurance of Psalm 34 is that the Lord 03:57 hears and delivers His children. 04:00 Our lesson continues with Ps 73:23. 04:05 "Nevertheless I am continually with You; 04:10 You hold me by my right hand." 04:14 You see a picture here of God holding us 04:16 by the right hand, leading us through difficulties 04:20 and troubles, and through the cares of life. 04:22 Ps 145:18-19, notice: 04:26 "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, 04:30 to all who call upon Him in truth. 04:33 He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; 04:37 He also will hear their cry and save them." 04:41 My name is John Dinzey, for those listening by radio. 04:43 We'd like to ask you to join us now, Ps 119:151, 04:48 another scripture that tells us that God is near. 04:50 "You are near, O Lord, and all Your commandments are truth." 04:55 Wonderful scripture. 04:56 Ps 34:18, so many of them. 04:58 "The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, 05:02 and saves such as have a contrite spirit." 05:05 So if you have a broken heart, going through difficult time, 05:10 know that the Lord is near. 05:12 He is near to you right now. 05:15 I'm reading from the lesson now, and it says, 05:17 "We should remember that the proper response to the Lord's 05:21 nearness consists in a life of faith in Him 05:26 and of obedience to His commandments. 05:29 Nothing short of this faith and obedience will be acceptable 05:33 to Him, as the history of Israel often revealed." 05:37 You can see in the history of Israel that when they were 05:39 faithful, wonderful things happened to them. 05:42 They were greatly benefitted. 05:44 Now please understand that God is always blessing His 05:47 children no matter what their situation is. 05:50 Because He brings rain, He brings sunshine; 05:54 and all of the people of the world receive the blessing 05:57 of those gifts from the Lord that come to us 06:00 each and every single day. 06:03 Sunday's lesson is entitled, My Frame Was Not Hidden From You. 06:07 This day of the week focuses on Psalm 139 beginning in verse 1. 06:13 And so let's go there right now. 06:15 "O Lord, You have searched me and known me. 06:21 You know my sitting down and my rising up; 06:24 You understand my thought afar off." 06:28 God is so acquainted with us that even our very thoughts 06:32 are known by Him. 06:34 And He is all-powerful. 06:37 You know, as you study God and His character, 06:40 you will notice that He is an omnipotent, omnipresent, 06:43 omniscient God. 06:44 He is all-powerful, all knowing, and all present 06:48 everywhere all the time. 06:51 And we praise His name for that. 06:54 We continue now in Ps 139:3. 06:57 "You comprehend my path and my lying down, 07:01 and are acquainted with all my ways. 07:03 For there is not a word on my tongue, 07:05 but behold, O Lord, You know it altogether." 07:08 So even before we speak, the Lord knows. 07:10 He knows our very thoughts. 07:12 Now this is a blessing, and should be a blessing to you. 07:16 And we are instructed to be slow to speak 07:19 and swift to hear. 07:20 And you know that many thoughts that come to your mind, 07:23 if you had said them all, you would be in serious trouble. 07:27 I know I would have been in serious trouble 07:28 if I had said everything to comes to my mind. 07:30 So the Bible gives us instruction. 07:32 Be slow to speak, swift to hear. 07:34 And how many of us have said things that we say, 07:37 "I shouldn't have said that." 07:40 In John 10:10 we have a scripture that helps us 07:44 to understand the care of the Lord, because it says, 07:48 "The thief does not come except to steal, 07:51 and to kill, and to destroy." 07:53 And Jesus says, "I have come that they may have life, 07:56 and that they may have it more abundantly." 07:59 The background of this, Psalm 139, says that God is 08:03 ever-present, there with us knows our thoughts, 08:06 and wants to help us and protect us. 08:09 Why? Because He knows, 08:11 He can see from where He is, everything. 08:16 You know, you're traveling over here, He knows what's ahead, 08:18 He knows what's behind you, He knows what's all around. 08:20 And He's always protecting us. 08:23 And notice in 1 Peter 5:6, "Therefore, humble yourselves 08:28 under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you 08:32 in due time, casting all your care upon Him, 08:35 for He cares for you." 08:37 When you look at Psalm 139, some people may be alarmed. 08:40 "God knows what I think. God knows what I say. 08:42 He's always watching me." 08:43 Some people may be scared by this. 08:45 But the reason He does this is because He loves us 08:48 and wants to protect us and benefit us. 08:51 Why? Look at 1 Peter 5:8. 08:55 "Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil 08:58 walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." 09:03 Would you like the Lord to say, "I'll be back. 09:05 I'll see you after I come back from vacation 09:07 in about three weeks." 09:09 Oh, that would be horrible for us, wouldn't it? 09:12 Because the devil is as a roaring lion 09:14 seeking whom he may devour. 09:16 So we should be grateful that the Lord is with us. 09:19 Ps 139:5, "You have hedged..." 09:23 In the King James Version, it says, "beset". 09:26 "You have hedged me behind and before, 09:29 and laid Your hand upon me." 09:31 This is a caring, loving God. 09:34 Notice that this word, "hedged," or "beset," 09:39 can be negative or it can be positive. 09:43 Because it means also to bind, to besiege, 09:45 to confine, to cramp. 09:47 But it also means to secure. 09:49 And this is in the sense of positive; securing us. 09:53 How do we know that? 09:55 Because verse 6 says, "Such knowledge is too wonderful 09:59 for me; it is high, I cannot attain it." 10:03 The psalmist was so impressed by the fact that God is there 10:07 constantly, continually. 10:09 24 hours a day, every minute of the day, every second of the day 10:12 God is with us protecting us from all the harm 10:16 that the devil would like to do to us. 10:18 And I am sure that those listening to me, 10:22 many can say, "Well, God has saved my life at least once." 10:26 And I know maybe here some of us may raise our hands, 10:29 "Yes, God has saved my life at least once." 10:31 I know several times the Lord has saved my life. 10:33 Because the devil seemed that he wanted to destroy 10:37 in some way or another, or cause great harm. 10:40 And the Lord protected us from that. 10:42 I go to Ps 62:7-8. 10:46 Notice what it says here. 10:47 "In God is my salvation and my glory; 10:51 the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. 10:57 Trust in Him at all times, you people; 11:00 pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us." 11:05 God is a refuge for us. 11:08 I encourage you to trust Him at all times. 11:11 Now we're going to look at some verses that 11:12 tell us that God is omnipresent once more. 11:15 We go to Psalm 139 beginning in verse 7. 11:18 "Where can I go from Your Spirit? 11:21 Or where can I flee from Your presence? 11:24 If I ascend into heaven, You are there. 11:27 If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 11:31 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the 11:34 uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand will lead me..." 11:39 Notice, "...lead me..." 11:40 "...and Your right hand shall hold me. 11:43 If I say, 'Surely the darkness shall fall on me,' 11:47 even the night shall be light about me. 11:50 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, 11:54 but the night shines as the day. 11:56 The darkness and the light are both alike to You." 12:00 Whether you're going through times that you consider 12:01 light, or whether you're going through times that seem darkness 12:04 and troubling, God is there. 12:07 And we can trust Him. 12:09 And we can be at peace knowing that He is in control. 12:12 Ps 139:13, "For You formed my inward parts; 12:17 You covered me in my mother's womb. 12:21 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; 12:26 marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well." 12:32 Praise the Lord for His goodness and His mercy. 12:35 I'm reading to you from a book, Christian Education, 12:37 by Ellen G. White, page 195. 12:40 Notice these thoughts. 12:41 "But His energy is still exerted in upholding the 12:44 objects of His creation. 12:46 It is not because the mechanism that He has once set in motion 12:51 continues to act by its own inherent energy 12:54 that the pulse beats and breath follows breath. 12:58 But every breath, every pulsation of the heart 13:01 is evidence of the all-pervading care of Him in whom we live and 13:06 move and have our being," as it is written in Acts 17:28. 13:09 "It is not because of inherent power that year by year 13:12 the earth produces her bounties and continues 13:15 her motion around the sun. 13:17 The hand of God guides the planets and keeps them 13:20 in position in their orderly march through the heavens. 13:23 He 'bringeth out their host by number 13:25 and He calleth them all by names by the greatness of His might, 13:29 for that, He is strong in power; not one faileth.'" 13:33 From Isaiah 40:26. 13:35 Trust in the Lord. He's always there. 13:38 And He will always be with you. 13:40 Trust Him completely no matter what circumstances 13:43 you're facing because He cares for you and has 13:46 your best interest in mind. 13:48 And I praise the Lord for that. 13:51 Amen, amen. Thank you, Pastor Dinzey. Powerful. 13:53 Beginning this lesson, my name is Ryan Day, 13:56 I have Monday's lesson entitled, Assurance of God's Care. 13:59 And that title just really sums it all up of what we're 14:02 going to talk about over the next 10 minutes together. 14:06 We're going to be diving right into the Psalms, 14:08 multiple psalms here. 14:09 We're going to be looking at Psalm 40, Psalm 50, Psalm 55, 14:13 we're going to jump into Psalm 121. 14:15 And we're going to see that there is a common theme 14:19 among all of these text. 14:20 And by the way, these are not the only texts. 14:22 There are multiple, multiple text that we have already 14:24 read and heard just in these opening three lessons 14:27 of this study on the book of Psalms. 14:30 But Monday's lesson is bringing out, emphasizing 14:33 and highlighting the fact that we can be assured, 14:36 we can know with absolute certainty, 14:38 and have trust in the fact that God provides for us. 14:41 He takes care of us and He's there for us. 14:44 Ps 40:1-3, the point we're making here is that God, 14:48 He directs and He delivers us. 14:50 He promises that. 14:52 Notice what it says here in Psalm 40:1-3. 14:55 It says, "I waited patiently for the Lord; 14:57 and He inclined to me, and heard my cry. 15:00 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit..." 15:04 Have you been in a pit in your life? 15:06 Have you found yourself? in a dark despairing 15:08 pit at some point? 15:09 If you haven't, eventually, you will. 15:11 Can you hold onto and have the beautiful outlook 15:15 that the psalmist is writing here? 15:17 Is says, "He also brought me out of a horrible pit, 15:19 out of a miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, 15:22 and established my steps. 15:24 He has put a new song in my mouth. 15:26 Praise to our God; many will see it and fear, 15:30 and will trust in the Lord." 15:32 And so, He directs, He delivers, He's there for us. 15:36 Ps 50:15 15:39 Lots of text here to go through. 15:40 So I want to try to get to as many of them as we can. 15:43 Ps 50:15, same point here. 15:46 "Call upon Me in the day of trouble; 15:49 I will deliver you," says the Lord, 15:51 "and you shall glorify Me." 15:53 So God promises, He says, "Look, call upon Me. 15:55 I will deliver you." 15:57 Now here's the thing. 15:58 Never make the mistake that in the immediate aftermath of 16:02 you calling on Him that your deliverance will be there. 16:04 Sometimes God's timing is not your timing. 16:07 But indeed, the promise is there. 16:09 He says, "Call out on Me, call up on Me, 16:11 and I will deliver you in the day, 16:13 and you shall glorify Me." 16:15 And so Ps 55:22, He brings rest to the weary. 16:21 So these text that we're reading here are showing us 16:24 different aspects and how God cares for His people. 16:27 He brings rest to the weary. 16:29 Ps 55:22, "Cast your burden on the Lord, 16:33 and He shall sustain you; 16:35 He shall never permit the righteous to be moved." 16:39 And I love this text because it reminds me also of 16:41 what we see in Matthew 11:28 when Jesus says, "Come to Me 16:45 all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest." 16:49 Jesus, of course, showing up as man, robed in flesh. 16:52 He is the very direct personification 16:55 of what we see in the Father. 16:56 And He's revealing again what the psalmist is writing here. 16:59 That God is there for you. 17:00 He will bring rest to the weary. 17:03 God supports us. He's there for us. 17:05 He assists you. 17:07 And of course, He never sleeps on you either. 17:10 In other words, He's not going to go take a nap 17:12 while you're out here in the world and doing your thing, 17:14 and forget about you. 17:16 God is always there for you. 17:17 Notice what Psalm 121 says. 17:19 Of course, we're going to read verses 1-8. 17:21 Ps 121:1-8 says, "I will lift up my eyes to the hills. 17:26 From when comes my help? 17:27 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 17:31 He will not allow your foot to be moved; 17:33 He who keeps you will not slumber." 17:36 I love that. So not only is He there to support you, 17:39 is He there to assist you, is He there to direct you, 17:42 He's not sleeping on you either. 17:43 I love that. 17:45 "Behold, He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 17:49 The Lord is your keeper; 17:51 the Lord is your shade at your right hand. 17:54 The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. 17:57 The Lord shall preserve you from all evil. 17:59 He shall preserve your soul. 18:01 The Lord shall preserve your going out and you're coming in 18:04 from this time forth, and even forevermore." 18:07 So again, we have this deep assurance and this promise 18:10 that God is there for you. 18:11 He's there for you in a way that no one else will be. 18:14 And we have that beautiful promise in the Lord. 18:17 There is no need to fear, as we have brought out, 18:19 because God also brings protection. 18:21 His care brings protection. 18:23 And I go now over into Is 41:10 just to establish and further 18:28 solidify the point that this lesson is trying to make. 18:31 And that is, that God takes care of His people. 18:34 Maybe not always, again, in the immediate timing that 18:37 you are expecting, because sometimes God will allow us 18:40 to fall into various trials and challenges and difficulties 18:43 because it builds perseverance, 18:45 it builds faith, it builds patience. 18:47 and it builds character. 18:48 But nonetheless, God promises to deliver and to come through. 18:52 And so Is 41:10, I love this. 18:54 "Fear no," He says, "for I am with you; 18:56 be not dismayed, for I am your God. 18:59 I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you. 19:01 I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." 19:04 That's one of my favorite Bible text in all the Bible. 19:06 Isaiah 43, you've got to read that one as well. 19:08 Is 43:1-2 19:10 "'But now, thus says the Lord, who created you, O Jacob, 19:12 and He who formed you, O Israel; 19:14 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you; 19:16 I have called you by your name; you are Mine.'" 19:19 I love that. I love that. 19:21 "You're Mine," He says. "You're My child." 19:23 And so He says, "When you pass through the waters, 19:25 I will be with you." 19:27 Notice how it doesn't say, "I will save you from the waters." 19:30 When you go "through the rivers, they shall not overflow you." 19:33 Notice how He says, "I'm going to take you, 19:34 I'm going to completely bring you out of the waters, 19:36 or make you far away from the waters." 19:38 He's with us through these trials. 19:40 He'll allow us sometimes to go through these trials, 19:42 but He's with us through it. 19:43 Just as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego... 19:46 Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, that's their real names. 19:47 I like to refer to them by that. 19:49 He didn't save them from the fires, 19:50 but He saved them through the fires. 19:51 And that's what this promise is. 19:53 "When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, 19:55 nor shall the flame scorch you. 19:57 That's Is 43:1-2. 19:59 God cares and supplies our need. 20:02 He's got you. I love that. 20:04 Matt 6:31-33, "Therefore do not worry, saying, 20:08 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' 20:10 or 'What shall we wear?' 20:11 For after all these things the Gentiles seek." 20:13 Saying, the heathens of the world, those who are 20:15 non-believers, the people who have no hope in Christ, 20:18 they worry about those things. 20:20 It says, "For your Father in heaven knows that you 20:22 need all these things. 20:23 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, 20:26 and all these things shall be added unto you." 20:29 So God's got you, okay. 20:31 So no matter where you are in your life, and no matter 20:32 what you're going through, He's going to provide for your needs. 20:35 His care brings, again, a providing hand 20:39 and supplies all your needs. 20:40 God's care comforts our sorrows, our pains, and our anxieties. 20:45 Our mental stress that we go through in this life. 20:48 And this life certainly brings them. 20:50 And again, I go back to that text I quoted earlier, 20:52 Matt 11:28-30. 20:54 "Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy-laden, 20:57 and I will give you rest." 20:59 I love that. 21:00 "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle 21:02 and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 21:05 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." 21:09 Those are some of the most amazing words 21:10 you can hear from your Creator. 21:12 "My yoke is easy and My burden is light." 21:15 He's a wonderful God and you can trust Him. 21:18 Phil 4:6-7, it says, "Be anxious for nothing, 21:22 but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, 21:25 let your requests be made known to God; 21:27 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding..." 21:30 Sometimes you can't even comprehend it. 21:32 "...will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." 21:35 We have this hope, we have this beautiful, beautiful promise. 21:38 And of course, I end with this one. 21:40 God's care brings hope. 21:42 His care brings hope. I love this. 21:45 Phil 1:6, "...being confident of this very thing, 21:47 that He who has begun a good work in you 21:49 will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." 21:52 Sometimes you may go through some stuff in this life. 21:54 Sometimes, again like I said multiple times already, 21:57 you may fall into various trials and difficulties that 22:00 may at times make you wonder, "Lord, where are You?" 22:03 Do You even hear me? Are You there?" 22:04 We see that in the psalms, we've seen it so far. 22:06 There are many psalms dedicated to the fact that even 22:08 God's very servants are there crying out 22:11 and lamenting, "Lord, do You even hear me? 22:13 Do You care for me?" 22:15 But yet we still have the promise. 22:16 God says, "Look, if there's evidence that I've worked 22:17 in your life, if there's evidence that I am here 22:19 in your life and I'm working in your life, 22:21 be confident in the fact that if I've started it, 22:23 I'm going to complete it, 22:25 all the way to the end of Jesus Christ." 22:26 And of course, Rev 21:4-5. 22:29 We have hope in the fact that in God's care, 22:31 the ultimate hope of all, that none of these trials, 22:34 none of these difficulties, none of these tribulations 22:37 that we deal with and go through in this lifetime 22:39 are everlasting. 22:40 Because it says here in Rev 21:4-5, 22:43 "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." 22:45 There's coming a time when it's all going to go away. 22:48 "'There shall be no more death, there shall be no more sorrow, 22:50 nor crying, there shall be no more pain, 22:52 for the former things have passed away.' 22:55 Then He who sat on the throne said," 22:57 and I love these words, "Behold, I make all things new." 23:04 I'm looking forward to that time. 23:05 And as I was preparing this lesson, 23:07 going through all these beautiful text, 23:09 I couldn't help but think of that powerful hymn, 23:11 that beautiful classic hymn, 23:14 "Through days of toil when heart doth fail, 23:19 God will take care of you." 23:22 I love that. 23:24 "When dangers fierce your path assail, 23:29 God will take care of you." 23:32 And what's the chorus? 23:34 "God will take care of you, through every day, 23:40 o'er all the way. 23:43 He will take care of you. 23:49 God will take care of you." 23:53 It's not just a song, it's not just a hymn. 23:55 It's not just empty words. 23:57 They are promises that have been proven all through 24:01 since humanity has ever been. 24:03 Put your hand and trust in God. 24:05 He will take care of you. 24:06 Amen, amen. Praise the Lord. 24:09 Thank you very much. It's been a blessing. 24:11 And we hope you will stay by, 24:12 because more blessings are coming. 24:18 Ever wish you could study more deeply along with the 24:21 3ABN Sabbath School Panel members? 24:23 Well, now you can. 24:25 Just send an email request to ssp@3abn.org 24:29 and we'll email you the Sabbath School panelists notes 24:31 on a weekly basis to enhance you're own study of God's Word. 24:35 That address again is.. 24:39 We'd love to send you their notes 24:40 just as they prepared them. 24:42 Thank you for watching. 24:43 And thank you for being part of our 24:45 3ABN Sabbath School Panel family. 24:49 Welcome back. It's been a blessing so far. 24:51 And we look forward to more blessings as we continue 24:54 with sister Shelley Quinn. 24:56 Thank you so much, Johnny. 24:57 And thank you, our singer in Israel, Ryan. 25:00 I'm Shelley Quinn and I have Tuesday, 25:02 The Lord is a Refuge in Adversity. 25:06 I love the humility of God. 25:09 The more you study the Bible, the more you recognize 25:13 His divine humility. 25:15 And in loving condescension, God actually likens Himself 25:22 to an eagle that's hovering over its nest. 25:25 Or to a mother hen who wants to gather His children 25:29 under His protective wings. 25:30 Listen to this, Exodus 19:4-5. 25:33 This is when the Israelites had finally after three months 25:37 reached Mount Sinai. 25:39 They had not cleansed themselves yet. 25:41 They had not heard the ten commandments yet 25:43 from God speaking them to them. 25:46 But Exodus 19:4-5, God tells Moses, 25:51 He says, "Go tell the children, 'You have seen what I did 25:55 to the Egyptians, how I bore you on eagle's wings 25:59 and I brought you to Myself.'" 26:02 That is covenant love language. 26:05 "Now, therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice 26:07 and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure 26:12 to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine." 26:16 In Deu 32:11-12, He says, "As an eagle stirs up its nest, 26:24 and hovers over its young, spreading out its wings, 26:28 taking them up, and carrying them on its wings, 26:33 so the Lord alone led him..." 26:37 What I love about when we were in the psalms, 26:40 you're going to hear about the feathers and the pinions, 26:43 and being under the wings. 26:45 This is all reference to God's protection. 26:47 Let's look at Psalm 91. Oh, this is a great psalm. 26:53 There are 18 promises of divine protection 27:00 in this psalm. 27:01 But I'm going to tell you up front, and pay attention, 27:04 they only apply to those who abide in the secret place. 27:11 Let's look. 27:13 Ps 91:1, "He who dwells..." Where? 27:18 "...in the secret place of the Most High..." 27:22 This isn't a place that's not known. 27:25 It's just not common to dwell there. 27:27 This is a close intimacy, having a relationship 27:32 of close intimacy through the Messiah, 27:37 and you're biding in that relationship. 27:41 "He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High 27:45 shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." 27:52 Notice the abiding. 27:54 You're dwelling there. 27:56 It's constant, it's continuous. 27:58 It's not just during times of trouble. 28:02 See, we've got to know that God's ways are perfect. 28:07 That we can trust Him. 28:09 We've got to know that He's sovereign. 28:11 Anything that comes into our life, God doesn't 28:14 cause the trouble. 28:16 But He allows it sometimes for a specific reason. 28:20 It's for our eternal benefit. 28:22 So these promises are conditional on abiding 28:28 in this relationship with Him. 28:30 "I will say of the Lord..." Here is the psalmist. 28:34 "He is my refuge, my fortress; my God, in whom I will trust." 28:42 Can you say that? 28:44 He's my refuge. 28:47 "My God, in whom I will trust." 28:51 You know, He's the only one that can be trusted 28:55 in times of trouble. 28:56 That's a frequent theme throughout the psalms. 28:59 So we're going to see if we abide in the secret place, 29:08 we have to trust in the Lord. 29:11 And trust is a deliberate choice. 29:17 It's a deliberate choice to acknowledge God's sovereignty 29:22 over us in all circumstances. 29:25 And what does the quarterly bring out? 29:27 If trust does not work in adversity, 29:32 it's not going to work anywhere. 29:34 So verse 3, "Surely He shall deliver you from the 29:38 snare of the fowler..." 29:40 This is Satan's snares. 29:42 He's trying to entrap you. 29:45 "...and from the perilous pestilence. 29:47 He shall cover you with His feathers, 29:50 and under His wings you shall take refuge." 29:54 This is an intimate picture of God's protection 29:58 and security that we find in Him. 30:01 "His truth shall be your shield and buckler." 30:04 That's the shield of faith. 30:06 And the buckler was the coat of mail that protected the body. 30:11 This is the armor of God. 30:13 "You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, 30:16 nor of the arrow that flies by day, 30:18 nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, 30:21 nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. 30:25 A thousand may fall at your side, 30:27 ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you." 30:32 Perhaps the psalmist was thinking back to the time of 30:36 the Passover night in Egypt. 30:39 But verse 8 says, "Only with your eyes shall you look, 30:44 and see the reward of the wicked." 30:47 We're going to be like a spectator. 30:49 When that judgment is poured out, we will look. 30:52 But then here we go. 30:54 Verse 9 connects back to verse 1. 30:59 It says, "Because..." 31:02 You get all of these divine promises, "Because you have 31:05 made the Lord, who is my refuge, even the Most High, 31:10 your dwelling place..." 31:13 You're abiding in the secret place of the Lord. 31:16 "...no evil shall befall you, 31:17 nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; 31:20 for He shall give His angels charge over you, 31:23 to keep you in all your ways. 31:25 In their hands they shall bear you up, 31:28 lest you dash your foot against a stone. 31:36 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, 31:38 the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot." 31:43 So far we're hearing the psalmist's words. 31:46 Now the Lord speaks and makes a pledge. 31:51 And this is Ps 91:14. 31:55 "Because he has set his love upon Me," the Lord says, 32:01 "therefore I will deliver him; 32:04 I will set him on high, because he has known My name." 32:08 Do you know, God created you for a love relationship with Him. 32:14 That's what He's looking for. 32:16 And when you understand what He did for you, 32:22 to save you, when you understand His unconditional love, 32:27 I promise you, you can't help but fall in love with Him. 32:30 We love Him because He first loved us. 32:34 And then you'll call upon Him. 32:36 He says, verse 15, "He shall call upon Me, 32:39 and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble." 32:48 Like you were saying, Ryan. 32:49 No promise that there's not going to be trouble. 32:53 Jesus said, in this world we'll have many tribulations. 32:57 So when you become a Christian and you love the Lord, and 33:02 you dwell in the most secret place, 33:04 it doesn't mean that your life is carefree. 33:07 You can ask anybody up here, we could spend hours 33:10 talking about what's going on in our lives that are difficult. 33:14 But the promise of God is that, "I will be with you in trouble." 33:19 "I will deliver him and honor him. 33:21 With long life I will satisfy him, 33:25 and show him My salvation." 33:27 If you look to the Lord and love Him, 33:32 we know that we're going to go through this great controversy, 33:36 we're going to go through times of tribulation. 33:39 But He promises to protect those who dwell in the secret place. 33:44 Let me get on to Ps 17:5-9, because I love this too. 33:48 Ps 17:5, he says, "Uphold my steps in Your paths..." 33:57 You know, Ps 85:13 says that righteousness goes before Christ 34:03 and makes His path, His steps, a place for us to follow. 34:10 So he says, "Uphold my steps in Your path, 34:12 that my footsteps may not slip." 34:15 Again, Ps 17:5-9. 34:19 "I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God; 34:21 incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech. 34:25 Show Your marvelous loving kindness by Your right hand, 34:31 O You who save those who trust in You 34:37 from those who rise up against them. 34:40 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; 34:43 hide me under the shadow of Your wings..." 34:52 Peter says we're called to an incorruptible inheritance. 34:57 And he says it's "reserved in heaven for you," 35:02 and you are "kept by the power of God 35:05 through faith for salvation 35:08 ready to be revealed at the end." 35:11 God is our refuge in adversity. 35:14 Amen, amen. Yes He is. 35:15 Thank you, Shelley. 35:17 Psalm 91, lots of people love Psalm 91. 35:20 But the psalm that I'm focusing on, I'm Daniel Perrin 35:23 and I have Wednesday's lesson, Defender and Deliverer, 35:26 maybe you don't know this one very well. 35:28 So if you are able to, get your Bible out and open it up 35:32 to Psalm 114. 35:34 And if you would like to get a head start, put a little 35:36 bookmark in 1 Corinthians 10 because we're going to there 35:39 in just a little bit. 35:41 Isn't it amazing how a song, just a song, can bring you 35:45 back in time. 35:47 You hear just a couple of notes, and all of a sudden 35:49 you're back at your wedding, or some childhood event. 35:53 Or you're taken to church in your mind. 35:56 Or you hear the national anthem, whatever it might be, 35:59 and all of a sudden feelings come up. 36:02 Well Psalm 114 is one of those psalms. 36:06 Listen to it; I don't know the music, but 36:08 here's the psalm. 36:09 "When Israel went out of Egypt..." 36:13 And all of a sudden people are taken back in time 36:17 to an event of the past. 36:19 And you look at this psalm here, Psalm 114, just eight verses, 36:23 in the Hebrew language it's just 52 words, 36:27 such a sparse picture of the exodus that's painted here. 36:31 This is actually a psalm that was sang during 36:33 the Passover experience. 36:35 One of the Passover praises. 36:38 There's all sorts of more comprehensive telling's of 36:41 Israel's history, but this one just takes a couple of 36:44 little details, and it just tells them so plainly. 36:47 It's not like a video montage of music overlaid with pictures. 36:52 It just says, here's what happened. 36:54 And people are pulled back into this event. 36:57 So what is this event? 37:00 Well, we ask God, we say, "Lord, show me Your glory." 37:04 He says, "Here's what I'm going to do for you. 37:05 I'm going to remind you of what I've already done." 37:08 And as Shelley already pointed out, 37:10 God had done that from the start 37:12 there in Ex 19:4 when they're fresh out of this experience 37:17 of the exodus, and He says, "You've seen what I did 37:19 to the Egyptians, how I bore you on eagle's wings 37:24 and I brought you to Myself." 37:26 "Look at this intimate experience. 37:28 Remember your relationship with Me. 37:30 Don't forget that relationship." 37:33 And so this remembering that God calls us to in this song here, 37:37 it's more than just a mental exercise. 37:40 When Israel went out of Egypt. 37:42 No, this is like me saying to my wife, 37:44 "Remember the day that our first daughter was born?" 37:47 Oh man, and all sorts of stuff comes to mind. 37:51 And that's what God is saying here. 37:53 Transported back, re-experiencing 37:56 what God has done. 37:57 That's what He's asking us to do here. 37:59 And so for the people of Israel, they're remembering the 38:02 sands of Egypt, and the monuments that they 38:04 may have built with their own hands, 38:06 and the skies and the temperatures, and the bitterness 38:10 of the slavery. 38:11 "And then God remembered us and sent a deliverer." 38:14 And there were plagues, and deliverance, 38:17 and the Passover. 38:18 All of that comes back to mind. 38:20 And they begin to think about this God who loves them. 38:24 You might be saying to yourself, "Well the exodus, that's such 38:28 a distant memory, and I wasn't even there." 38:32 Now go to 1 Corinthians 10. 38:35 Alright verses 1 to 4. 38:37 And just verse 1 right off the bat. 38:39 "Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware 38:42 that all our fathers were under the cloud, 38:46 all passed through the sea..." 38:49 Paul is talking here to Jewish Christians 38:51 and to Gentile converts who have no Jewish heritage. 38:57 And he calls them, "our fathers." 39:01 This is their history, 39:02 this is our history, this is your history. 39:07 This is not just dusty, distant memories of other people. 39:11 This is my memory book, my scrapbook, 39:14 my photo album. 39:15 This is my story of how God has brought me to the place 39:19 where I am today. 39:21 So this story of the exodus, it's more than just an account 39:24 of other people. 39:25 This is such an important point because we often times look 39:29 at the Bible as archives of other people's experiences. 39:33 But they are our experiences with Christ. 39:37 We sometimes look at this like a history class. 39:39 Yeah alright, we'll laugh at what they did, 39:42 we'll look at the dates, some history factoids. 39:44 But no, this is me and Jesus. 39:46 And so we need to change the way that 39:49 we look at the Bible sometimes. 39:50 These stories are indispensable, like my birthday, 39:54 like my wedding day, like my first day at work. 39:56 Now keep on going. 39:58 I'm going to go down to verse 3 in 1 Corinthians 10. 40:00 "...all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea..." 40:05 So that was verse 2. Now we're in verse 3. 40:07 "All ate the same spiritual food, 40:09 and all drank the same spiritual drink. 40:11 For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, 40:14 and that Rock was Christ. 40:17 They were not just traveling. 40:19 They were there to meet Jesus. 40:22 This is the story of Jesus. 40:24 This is the gospels. 40:27 Is there any part of the gospels, 40:28 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, that are dispensable that 40:31 we can get rid of that part? 40:33 No, it's all precious. It's all intentional. 40:36 All of the gospels are a treasure. 40:38 And the Old Testament stories are the gospels 40:41 written in advance. 40:43 It is the story of Jesus. 40:45 And so, right here in Psalm 114, we have the story of Jesus. 40:50 When Israel went out of Egypt, when they were in bondage, 40:55 when sin had them oppressed, when they could not get out, 40:59 when they needed to be purged of all the influences 41:02 of sin that had grown into them, that had overtaken them, 41:05 a deliverer was sent. 41:07 And as they sing just the first notes of this song, 41:10 they're pointed forward to the full story. 41:13 This is the story of your experience with Jesus. 41:16 And it's also a window into our condition. 41:19 We find this theme all through the Bible. 41:21 Abraham was called out of Ur, 41:24 Joseph brought out, rescued in Egypt, 41:29 you have the people of Judah brought out of Persia. 41:33 Listen to a couple of these texts in John 8:34-36. 41:36 You're going to find the story of Psalm 114 here. 41:39 "Jesus answered them, 'Most assuredly I say to you, 41:42 whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. 41:45 And a slave does not abide in the house forever, 41:48 but a son abides forever. 41:50 Therefore if the Son makes you free..." 41:53 This is the story of the exodus. 41:55 "...you shall be free indeed." 41:58 Col 1:13-14, "He has delivered us from the power of darkness 42:03 and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 42:09 in whom we have redemption..." 42:11 That's the story of the exodus. 42:13 So now back to Psalm 114. 42:16 Remember, this is our heritage, it's our history. 42:19 And we're going to see nature personified, 42:21 as if all of nature that God created is joyfully 42:24 involved in the experience of saying, "I want to bring you 42:27 out from sin." 42:28 Verse 3, "The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back." 42:34 Those were the two obstacles that were uncrossable there. 42:37 "The mountains skipped like rams, 42:39 the little hills like lambs." 42:41 And the imaginative ones of us are taking this literally, 42:43 watching mountains fly away. 42:45 But really, this is the shaking of the mountain. 42:48 The earthquake as God descends upon Mount Sinai 42:50 and says, "Let Me truly rescue you by showing you 42:53 My character and who I am. 42:55 Here is the law, the transcript of who I am." 42:58 And so, we see all of this happening here, 43:00 and the message for us. 43:02 Verses 5 and 6, we've got to get to that. 43:04 "What ails you, O sea, that you fled? 43:07 O Jordan, that you turned back? 43:09 O mountains, that you skipped like rams? 43:11 O little hills, like lambs?" 43:13 Don't forget what God has done. 43:16 The messages; remember, remember where God has led you. 43:20 This is not someone else's experience only. 43:23 And then we get to the conclusion, verse 7. 43:26 The attention so briefly on the story takes us here. 43:30 "Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord." 43:34 And, "O earth," includes me. 43:37 It includes those at this table, it includes all of you. 43:40 "Tremble, O earth..." 43:44 Sometimes we make ourselves untouchable by emotion. 43:48 That we just are not moved by the stories of God. 43:52 "Yeah, I've heard that before." 43:54 In our age of the internet, in streaming movies, 43:58 and access to anything online anywhere, 44:01 I can go see a picture of any place in the world, 44:04 and I can create imaginative fictional landscapes and 44:07 worldscapes; endless entertainment. 44:10 The real story, the real thing that ought to occupy 44:14 our attention and move our hearts sometimes just doesn't 44:18 capture our attention. 44:20 Nothing wows us. 44:21 And we have to give ourselves permission to say, 44:24 "I'm going to be impressed with God." 44:27 Just a single melody of any one of these psalms 44:31 ought to bring to our attention, look what God has done for them. 44:36 And look what He's done for me. 44:38 This is the real power. 44:40 So verse 7, "Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, 44:44 at the presence of the God of Jacob, 44:45 who turned the rock into a pool of water, 44:49 the flint into a fountain of waters." 44:52 And we see this theme a number of places in the Bible. 44:54 We'll see it a couple of more places. 44:56 Ps 104:32, "He looks on the earth, and it trembles." 45:00 We have an example set for us here. 45:02 Job 9:6, "He shakes the earth out of its place, 45:05 and its pillars tremble." 45:07 This is the earth showing us that we can be amazed at God. 45:10 We can be incredibly awed by Him that it takes over us, 45:14 and we say, "Yes, Lord, You're powerful. 45:16 Job 26:11, the last one, "The pillars of heaven tremble 45:20 and are astonished at His rebuke." 45:22 God says, "Look back at what I've done to you. 45:24 Be impressed, because I love you 45:27 and I'll keep on taking care of you." 45:28 Amen. Thank you so much, Daniel. 45:30 What an incredible study. 45:32 Shelley, Ryan, Pastor Johnny, I love this study; 45:35 The Lord Hears and Delivers. 45:38 I'm Jill Morikone. 45:39 On Thursday we take a look at, Help From the Sanctuary. 45:44 And there are so many psalms I'm supposed to cover today, 45:48 we won't mention them right now, but hopefully 45:50 we get through most of them. 45:52 I've put it together into a list. 45:54 Seven things God provides from His sanctuary. 45:59 Number one, God hears us, 46:01 that's you and I, when we're in trouble, 46:03 from the sanctuary. 46:06 For that, we look at Ps 18:6. 46:10 "In my distress I called upon the Lord, 46:13 and I cried out to my God." 46:15 Have you ever cried out to God when you were in distress? 46:20 Where does He hear from? 46:21 "He heard my voice from His temple, 46:25 and my cry came before Him, even to His ears." 46:29 He hears us from the sanctuary. 46:32 Ps 3:4 says something very similar. 46:35 "I cried to the Lord with my voice, 46:37 and He heard me from His holy hill." 46:41 Takeaway number one. 46:42 If you're in trouble, seek Him in His sanctuary. 46:47 So many times when we go through a trial, 46:49 we go through a trouble, we tend to go elsewhere. 46:52 God might be our last resort, or the last person we turn to. 46:56 Sometimes we turn to other people around us; 46:58 "Do you know what I'm going through? 47:00 Would you help me right now?" 47:01 Sometimes we turn inward and we tend to 47:03 ruminate on the problem and figure out 47:05 what we're supposed to do with it. 47:06 But instead of all those things, our first line of defense 47:11 should be to look to God. 47:12 Look to God in His sanctuary. 47:15 Cry out to Him for help. 47:17 And what does it mean? 47:19 How do we find Him in the sanctuary? 47:20 If you look at Exodus 25:8, God is speaking here, 47:24 He says, "Let them make Me a sanctuary, 47:27 that I may dwell among them." 47:30 What was the purpose of the tabernacle? 47:32 What was the purpose of the sanctuary? 47:34 That God's presence would be with His people. 47:38 Where do you find the presence of God? 47:40 I find the presence of God when I open up 47:42 the Word of God and I study. 47:44 I find the presence of God when I talk to Him in prayer. 47:47 And He talks to me through His Word. 47:50 I find the presence of God in praying with other people, 47:54 in going to church and fellowshipping 47:57 with brothers and sisters in Jesus. 47:59 There's many ways that we can be in His sanctuary, 48:02 many ways that we can be in His presence. 48:05 Number two, God brings help and gives strength 48:09 from His sanctuary. 48:12 For this we look at Ps 20:1-3. 48:15 "May the Lord answer you in the day of trouble; 48:17 may the name of the God of Jacob defend you; 48:20 may He send you help from the sanctuary, 48:25 and strengthen you out of Zion. 48:27 May He remember all your offerings, 48:29 and accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah." 48:33 Sit, think about that a moment. 48:36 Help comes from the sanctuary. 48:39 Takeaway number two. 48:40 If you need victory, if you need strength 48:43 in your life, spend time in His sanctuary. 48:48 Now that means we spend time in the Word of God. 48:50 We spend time in our devotional life with Jesus. 48:52 We spend time with His people in church. 48:55 Spend time in His sanctuary. 48:58 Number three, God offers protection and safety. 49:03 Where? In His sanctuary. 49:08 "For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion. 49:14 In the secret place of His tabernacle," in the sanctuary, 49:18 "He shall hide me. 49:19 He shall set me high upon a rock." 49:22 God literally hides us in His sanctuary. 49:26 Ps 61:4, "I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; 49:30 I will trust in the shelter of Your wings." 49:34 You and I are safe in His sanctuary. 49:37 Takeaway number three. 49:38 If you need protection, or you are afraid, 49:42 hide in His sanctuary. 49:46 Take shelter, as it were, under the wings of the Almighty. 49:52 Number four, God provides joy and pleasure. 49:55 Where? In His sanctuary. 49:59 Ps 36:8, "They are abundantly satisfied 50:04 with the fullness of Your house, and You give them drink 50:08 from the river of Your pleasures." 50:11 Takeaway number four. 50:12 If you need fullness of joy, if you're lacking joy in your 50:17 Christian experience, find it in His sanctuary. 50:23 Shelley, we love this psalm, Ps 16:11. 50:26 "In Your presence..." In the sanctuary. 50:29 "In Your presence is fullness of joy. 50:32 At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." 50:37 It is the presence of God that brings joy 50:41 in the life of the believer. 50:44 If you want more joy in your Christian walk, 50:47 if you need victory, if you need strength, 50:50 spend time in the presence of God. 50:55 So many times we seek for joy like broken cisterns. 50:59 In other places. 51:01 Seeking to fill it with things. 51:03 Sometimes we fill it with music, 51:05 sometimes we fill it with reading. 51:07 Sometimes we fill it with a ceaseless round of 51:10 even doing good. 51:12 Joy is only found in the presence of Jesus 51:16 in His sanctuary. 51:18 Number five, God is to be praised. 51:20 Where? In His sanctuary. 51:27 "Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; 51:30 they will still be praising You." 51:33 Where do we praise God? 51:34 We praise God in worship. We praise God at church. 51:37 And yes, we praise God in private in our time with Jesus. 51:42 That's also in His presence. 51:48 "Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord." 51:53 Takeaway number five. 51:55 Praise Him in His sanctuary. 51:59 Spend time, when you're in the presence of God, 52:02 spend time praising Him. 52:04 I think so many times we spend time asking for things. 52:09 We spend time complaining. 52:12 We spend time wishing and grumbling and whining. 52:16 Spend time in praise, in His sanctuary. 52:22 Number six, God brings clarity in His sanctuary. 52:27 For this we're going to Psalm 73; Ps 73:17. 52:31 We don't have time to read this all, 52:33 but this is an incredible psalm. 52:36 It's a question, the psalmist is crying out, 52:39 "Why are the wicked prospering? 52:41 I don't understand." 52:43 It's almost a crisis of faith. 52:45 There's a struggle with doubt, envy against the wicked 52:49 who appear to be doing well. 52:50 "God, how long? 52:52 Why aren't You taking care of the righteous?" 52:55 And then we discover in verse 17, 52:58 David finds the answer. 53:02 "Until I went into the sanctuary of God; 53:07 then I understood their end." 53:11 You see, in the sanctuary we receive clarity. 53:14 Now I want to talk specifically about the Old Testament 53:17 sanctuary, the tabernacle service. 53:19 In that, we get a proper understanding 53:22 of the plan of salvation. 53:23 How God saves sinners. 53:26 And then we see the final destiny of the wicked. 53:30 That brings clarity to our understanding. 53:34 Takeaway number six. 53:35 If you have questions, answers can come 53:39 in His sanctuary. 53:41 Understanding God, understanding His Word, 53:44 brings clarity. 53:46 Understanding the plan of salvation, 53:48 understanding the great controversy, 53:50 brings clarity to those questions that we have. 53:55 Finally, number seven, God brings salvation 53:59 in His sanctuary. 54:01 Now it's clearly through Jesus. 54:02 We know that we are "saved by grace through faith, 54:05 and that not of ourselves. 54:07 It is the gift of God, 54:08 not of works, lest anyone should boast." 54:11 It is the blood of Jesus that cleanses us from all sin. 54:14 But when you study the sanctuary, 54:16 the Old Testament sacrificial system, 54:19 you unpack the entire plan of salvation. 54:23 And you learn about Jesus, the Lamb of God, 54:26 who was sacrificed for your sins and mine. 54:29 When you step into the Holy Place, 54:31 you see the table of showbread and you learn about the 54:33 importance of the Word of God in the Christian's life. 54:37 You see that altar of incense and the oil with the candlestick 54:41 and discover the importance of the Holy Spirit 54:44 and prayer. 54:46 You experience the joy of witnessing all of that. 54:50 That growth in the Christian's life 54:52 comes from the understanding of the experience of the sanctuary. 54:57 So what does God provide from His sanctuary? 55:00 He hears us in trouble. 55:02 He gives us help and strength. 55:04 He offers us protection and safety. 55:08 He provides joy and pleasure. 55:10 He is to be praised in His sanctuary. 55:14 He brings clarity and understanding 55:18 to our minds and to our hearts. 55:19 And He brings salvation through the blood of Jesus 55:24 when by faith we reach out and accept that. 55:28 He covers us with His righteousness. 55:31 And then He encourages us to walk in newness of life. 55:36 I love that, what you and I can find and experience 55:40 for ourselves in the presence of God in His sanctuary. 55:44 ~ Amen. ~ Amen. 55:46 What a blessing it has been to hear each and every one of you. 55:50 We have a few moments so that each one may 55:52 share a final thought. 55:54 Beginning with Pastor Ryan. 55:55 You know, we're reminded in Monday's lesson that 55:57 we absolutely have assurance of God's care. 56:01 And I just to repeat again Is 41:10. 56:04 It's a beautiful promise and one of my favorite texts. 56:07 It says, "Fear not, for I am with you; 56:09 be not dismayed, for I am your God. 56:12 I will strengthen you, yes I will help you; 56:15 I will uphold you with My righteous right hand." 56:18 ~ Amen. I just want to remind you of Psalm 91. 56:21 That he who dwells in the most secret place, 56:25 in that intimate relationship with God, 56:28 can claim God as their refuge. 56:30 He speaks in Ps 91:14 saying, "Because you have set your love 56:37 upon Me," God is saying, "therefore I will deliver you. 56:40 I will set you on high." 56:42 "And you shall call upon Him and He will answer you 56:48 and be with you in times of trouble." 56:51 Israel's God is our God. 56:54 He's the God of the exodus who took them out of slavery 56:57 and sin, and He wants to take you out of slavery and sin. 57:00 Give yourself permission to be impressed with God. 57:03 ~ Amen. 57:04 Spend time in His sanctuary. 57:06 Spend time in the presence of God. 57:09 It might seem overwhelming, but just take five minutes 57:12 a day, ten minutes a day. 57:14 Experience the presence of God in your life. 57:18 ~ Amen, amen. 57:19 Thank you each and every one of you. 57:20 And I'd like to leave you with Ps 145:18. 57:26 "The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, 57:30 to all who call upon Him in truth." 57:33 If you're going through difficulties, 57:34 it is our prayer that this program has been a 57:36 blessing to you to know that God is near. 57:39 He can be trusted. 57:40 He loves you and wants to bless you. 57:45 And we have heard that He's always with us, 57:47 at all times. 57:49 And we encourage you to continue to trust Him, 57:51 no matter what you are going through. 57:53 Trust Him at all times because 57:55 He's our refuge and our strength. 57:57 Next week's lesson is, 57:58 Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land. 58:01 Join us. |
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