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This is your daily reminder. God has not run

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out of mercy, not for you, not today. Welcome

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to the New Mercies Podcast. Welcome back. It

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is Wednesday, March the 4th, and today in our

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reading, we are in Psalm chapter 2. We're going

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to read a psalm today. That's what's going to

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happen. I hope and pray you read it. It's 12

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verses long, very simple, very small, but I want

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to give you just a hint today to how to read

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this psalm. As you write in your journals, as

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you consider what the Lord is telling you today,

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we, through our journal time, just so everybody

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knows, We have these spiritual formation journals.

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Our church is going through a reading plan in

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these journals, and there's a method in there

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of how to study the Bible. That method is the

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SOAP method. So the first thing you do when you

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read the Scripture, you write down a Scripture,

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you summarize it, or you write down something

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that stood out or something like that. And then

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after you write down the Scripture, You observe

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it. So what did I observe in the text? Was there

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a word that was repeated? Was there something

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that stood out to me? Was there a theme that

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I feel like God may be trying to speak to me

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with? So you write down the scripture. You write

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what scripture stood out or summarized it. Then

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you write maybe a couple of words or some things

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that you saw or noticed from the scripture. So

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that's S -O, scripture, observation, and then

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application, A. Like we're spelling the word

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SOAP, S -O -A -P. So you got scripture, observation,

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and then application. What am I supposed to do

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with this? What is the scripture telling me?

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What is the Lord revealing to me today to do?

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Sometimes as I'm reading the scripture, it will

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be that I need to take time and focus on my relationship

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with my wife, or I need to focus on how to help

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my daughters through some situation they're going

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through. Or sometimes... It's as simple as I

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need to pray longer today. I need to get in the

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Word a little bit more today. I need to listen

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to what the Lord has to say today a little bit

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more. I need to lean into His time. Or sometimes

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I need to make some phone calls and tell some

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people I appreciate them, whatever it is. And

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then the last part of the soap is P, prayer.

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It's for prayer. And so we pray. Sometimes I'll

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see something I need to say or do in my life,

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and the prayer is just, Lord, give me the courage

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to do it, right? Help me to actually follow through

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on this thing I think I need to apply because

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of what I observed, because of... your word,

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right? That's what we do in our journals every

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day. And so in Psalm 2, it's a little bit difficult

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in the Psalms because they're not as instructional

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all the time. They're instructional to worship

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or to pray, but sometimes you don't know exactly,

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you know, I don't need to call a friend and resolve

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some conflict we had. You may not see that or

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hear that. And this week is a little bit different

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week for us as we're looking in Luke 21, this

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text today. Matthew 24 and then Luke 21 again,

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another psalm, and they kind of lead towards

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some end times things, okay? Now, it's not an

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end times weekend, nothing like that, not a prophecy

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weekend, but it is something we need to listen

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to and know in the scripture. As we heard yesterday,

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Jesus tells us there's some things we need to

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know. Here's what's coming. Don't be afraid.

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You know where your hope is. Don't be deceived.

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Don't be afraid. And be alert. Be watchful. Be

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an active part of what God is trying to do in

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the world. Now we get to Psalm 2. Psalm 2 is

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broken up into four parts. All right, you ready

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for this? If you're a Bible scholar or if you've

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been around, I think I've podcasted on this before

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years ago. I've taught about this a little bit.

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But in Psalm 2, whenever we read it, there are

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four people in this psalm. There are four people.

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Watch this. From verses 1 through 3 is David.

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David is writing this out. King David. Remember

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King David, right? Boy with the slingshot. killed

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Goliath, then he became king, and he was anointed

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king, great, awesome guy in the Old Testament,

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made some mistakes, had some issues, but ultimately,

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he was one of God's chosen instruments in the

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Old Testament. Also, the son of David became

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Jesus, the son of David, in the line of David,

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meaning the promise that God gave was going to

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be through his line, the Davidic line, as they

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say. So David is the one that wrote this psalm.

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But here's what's awesome about this psalm. He

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writes it, the first part is him in his perspective,

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from verses 4 to verse 6. So it's kind of three

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at a time, right? So you've got verses 1 through

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3. Then you've got verses 4 through 6. Then you've

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got verses 7 through 9, another three. Then you've

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got verses 10 through 12. And here's what happens.

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You go from David's lines to God the Father.

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So from verses 4, 5, and 6. It's from the voice

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of God the Father. Then you've got verses 7,

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8, and 9 from the voice of Jesus. Then verses

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10, 11, 12, the voice of, guess what, the Holy

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Spirit. That's right. I want to read some texts

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today with you, and we'll begin. So it starts

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out with David's perspective. Why do the nations

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rage and the people plot in vain? The kings of

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the earth set themselves, and the rulers take

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counsel together against the Lord, against his

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anointed, saying, Let us burst their bonds apart.

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This is, again, where David is sharing his perspective

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and his word in the Psalms. Then the next couple

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of verses are verses 4, 5, and 6. Listen to God

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the Father's response. I love this. This is such

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a fun place in the Scripture. Here's what happens.

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Man thinks they can come up against God. What

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is God's response to that? It is thundering laughter.

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Who does man think they are? The heavens, the

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cosmos, everything is echoing with the sound

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of a holy laughter from the throne of God. I

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have said before, I went through a series in

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Revelation not too long ago with our church family,

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and I... picture Jesus very differently after

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that. The throne of God itself is magnificent.

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I will sometimes read Revelation chapter 5, chapter

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4, 5, 6, and those areas, and I will just see

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chapters 4 and 5 specifically. The throne of

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God is something to be feared. We are talking

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holiness on display. John the Revelator riding

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down. I told you, in Revelation 1, when John

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started riding, he sees Jesus for the first time

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and almost passes out. He's... as a dead man

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falls to the ground. This is the man that John

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was walking with, the disciple. This is John,

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the beloved disciple, the one that hung out with

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Jesus all the time. He turns and sees him in

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Revelation in this glorified form, and John passes

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out. He says, he's so incredible and so amazing

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and so beautiful and glorious and holy, I can't

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even take it in. That's who we're talking about.

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This is the throne of God, and he's, as man,

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stir up on earth. And we're like, we're going

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to get him. We're going to take down the anointed

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one. And God just laughs. He can't even contain

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himself. He is laughing so much because he said,

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who are these? I made you, and I can take you

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out. I'm going to take you out. He goes on. It

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says in verse 5, Then he will speak to them in

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his wrath and terrify them in his fury, saying,

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As for me, I have set my king on Zion, my holy

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hill. This is a terrifying scripture to those

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who are not God's people. To those who are against

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God, this is terrifying. He says, As for me,

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You need to understand where I'm at. I have set

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my king on Zion, the holy hill. My king is there

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and he is reigning. No questions asked. Then

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the psalm goes into the next voice. Verses 7

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through 9. I will tell of the decree. The Lord

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said to me, you are my son. That's Jesus, right?

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You are my son. Today I have begotten you. Ask

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of me and I will make the nations your heritage

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and the ends of the earth your possession. You

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shall break them with a rod of iron and dash

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them in pieces like a potter's vessel. This is

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Jesus's words. I love this psalm as it has broken

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down so far. It goes from David saying, I see

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the people going up against God. Now I want to

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hear what God says. God's laughing. He's laughing.

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I've set my king. You don't win. I do. Then Jesus

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speaks, and he is the one who is going to break

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them with a rod of iron. He's going to rule with

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a rod of iron. It's going to be tough. Then it

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goes into the Holy Spirit. Listen to what it

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says in verse 10 through 12 as we finish up this

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psalm today. Now, therefore, O kings, be wise.

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I love the fact that God is three persons. God

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the Father is... powerful and mighty and his

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plans never fail. Jesus is the word incarnate.

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He's the word in flesh and he comes in and he

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rules and reigns and he's seated on the throne

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of the kingdom of God. Then you've got the spirit

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who is always drawing and grace -filled. You've

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got this glorious king. You've got this gracious

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savior. You've got this word of grace coming

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from the Holy Spirit. It is incredible. The Spirit

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is saying, listen, focus on Jesus. I love how

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God also in himself, in the Trinity, a study

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that I was sharing with somebody in our church

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family. I want to teach the Trinity on a podcast,

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but I can't find the time yet to quite get there

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and do it. But here's what I love about this.

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God the Father points to his Son. God the Son

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points to the Father. God the Spirit points to

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the Son. God is selfless even in himself. As

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the person of God, he is even a selfless person.

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It is incredible. God the Father says, I've set

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my king, look at him. And Jesus goes on and says,

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this is my father. I'm his son. He's mine. He's

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the one that I love and I care for and I respect

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and I'm obeying. The Spirit says, be sure you

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are on the right side of the son. Be sure you're

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on the right side of Jesus. I'm not sure what

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encouragement you need. I don't know what's going

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to stand out to you today. I will say this. It

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stands out to me today that we are very small

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and God is very big. Whatever he plans to do,

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he will do. Whatever he has structured in your

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life, you cannot change his plans. You cannot

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go in and do anything that's going to tell God

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otherwise. He is going to execute the plan that

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he has. If he has called you to something great,

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obey it. I really am pressing in today on verses

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10, 11, and 12 as the Spirit is saying, be wise,

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be warned, serve the Lord with fear. Serve the

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Lord, period. Serve the Lord. Who's the Lord?

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God the Father. Kiss the Son. What is the Spirit

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doing? He's pointing to the Father and the Son.

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What is Jesus doing? He's pointing to the Father

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and the Spirit. What's God doing? He's pointing

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to the Son and the Spirit. It's amazing. I'm

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going to tell you today, I'm going to encourage

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you, serve the Lord with fear. If the Lord is

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telling you to do something, don't even question

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it. Just do it. It's going to be far greater.

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Be warned, if you don't, if you're not serving

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Jesus, there's a problem coming for you. If you're

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not serving Him and running after Him, I love

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the thought of... Being warned, the Father is

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holy and He's perfect. He's powerful. If you're

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not on the right side, you're in trouble. But

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also the Spirit saying, run to the Son. Run to

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Him. Run to the Father. He will hug you. He will

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bring you in. His holiness is unbelievable, but

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his grace is sufficient, and it's there. I want

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to encourage you today in this. Serve the Lord

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with fear. Serve Jesus. Serve him. When it says

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kiss him, lest he be angry and you perish in

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the way, he's saying love him. Show him that

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you love him. Be outwardly expressive that you

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love Jesus. What if we were a church? What if

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we were a people of God that showed the world

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we love Jesus? I can't wait for that day. I want

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to encourage you today. Read Psalm 2, fresh eyes,

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fresh ears. Listen to what the Lord would have

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you to do today.