WEBVTT 00:00:02.310 --> 00:00:04.309 Just make sure you want to just grind your heel 00:00:04.309 --> 00:00:08.050 just a little bit more in his head. I don't know 00:00:08.050 --> 00:00:10.070 if you can hear. I can hear myself good. If nobody 00:00:10.070 --> 00:00:11.369 else is going to hear it, I'm going to hear some 00:00:11.369 --> 00:00:14.390 good preaching. My answers are hot today. So 00:00:14.390 --> 00:00:16.989 they're going to work on it, and we'll get it 00:00:16.989 --> 00:00:20.829 the best we can. I want to thank some fellows 00:00:20.829 --> 00:00:24.469 for being here this morning on the front row, 00:00:24.589 --> 00:00:27.629 some of our first responders. Amen. Guys, thank 00:00:27.629 --> 00:00:33.119 you for... Taking time out to be with us today. 00:00:33.820 --> 00:00:36.740 Thank you so much. Trust by the time you leave 00:00:36.740 --> 00:00:39.060 here, you'll have been honored to be in the house 00:00:39.060 --> 00:00:41.780 of the Lord. You honor us with your presence, 00:00:41.820 --> 00:00:43.719 so thank you very much. If they have to slip 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:46.920 out, it's because they get in a call, and it's 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:50.560 nobody down in the foyer. Could be around here. 00:00:54.179 --> 00:00:59.560 You never know. It happens, doesn't it? I guess 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:05.480 let's look at Isaiah one more time, 43. You do 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:08.799 realize it takes 21 times repeating something 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:12.640 for it to be ingrained and become a habit. And 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.980 I'm not going to preach this text for 21 Sundays, 00:01:16.099 --> 00:01:19.780 I don't think. But we're going to hit it again 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:21.819 a little bit. Because it's where we're drawing 00:01:21.819 --> 00:01:28.500 our emphasis for the remainder of the year. And 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:31.819 it's good to be reminded that God's desire is 00:01:31.819 --> 00:01:35.959 to do new things in our life. Amen? So we'll 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:40.079 look at Isaiah 43, 18 and 19. Remember ye not 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:44.280 the former things. I think this is just as important 00:01:44.280 --> 00:01:51.120 as looking for the new. Matter of fact, you're 00:01:51.120 --> 00:01:56.200 not going to receive the new until you get the 00:01:56.200 --> 00:01:59.719 past out of your mind. That's the reason he mentions 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:02.060 his first. Remember ye not the former things, 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:06.099 neither consider the things of old. Behold, I 00:02:06.099 --> 00:02:08.280 will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. 00:02:08.379 --> 00:02:11.639 Shall you not know it? I will even make a way 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:16.120 in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. This 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:17.860 morning, with the help of the Lord, we're going 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:21.860 to continue that. Behold a new thing. But the 00:02:21.860 --> 00:02:24.219 thought I want to put with that this morning 00:02:24.219 --> 00:02:30.300 is the reality of the new song. The reality of 00:02:30.300 --> 00:02:35.520 the new song. I know sometimes in church, we 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:41.620 do not like new songs. We don't. You don't like 00:02:41.620 --> 00:02:44.560 new songs. You shut down on a new song, mainly 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:47.319 because you don't know it. And sometimes it takes 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.759 a little bit to get to it, right, to get it in. 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.960 But I think the Lord appreciates a new song. 00:02:55.680 --> 00:02:58.069 How do you know that, preacher? I'm going to 00:02:58.069 --> 00:03:00.530 tell you right here in just a minute. Because 00:03:00.530 --> 00:03:05.689 he's the one that gives the new song. Amen. He 00:03:05.689 --> 00:03:10.909 provides for us a new song. So the reality of 00:03:10.909 --> 00:03:12.930 the new song. Father, I love you today. Thank 00:03:12.930 --> 00:03:14.430 you so much for your goodness and your mercy 00:03:14.430 --> 00:03:17.030 and the abundance of your love. And Lord has 00:03:17.030 --> 00:03:20.289 already stated what grace that you bestow upon 00:03:20.289 --> 00:03:24.009 us. There's no limit to that grace. It's grace 00:03:24.009 --> 00:03:27.610 to grace, grace upon grace, like waves upon the 00:03:27.610 --> 00:03:30.669 shore. They just roll in and they roll out and 00:03:30.669 --> 00:03:33.270 they continue to roll. There's no end. There's 00:03:33.270 --> 00:03:37.430 no limit to your grace. So touch us today. Help 00:03:37.430 --> 00:03:39.849 us this morning. And Father, we'll be quick to 00:03:39.849 --> 00:03:42.969 praise you for it all as we look forward to the 00:03:42.969 --> 00:03:46.409 reality of a new song. To you be praise forever. 00:03:46.689 --> 00:03:49.330 In Christ's name, the church say it. Amen and 00:03:49.330 --> 00:03:52.379 amen. You can be seated. Just a reminder, we're 00:03:52.379 --> 00:03:55.800 talking about things and new things and that 00:03:55.800 --> 00:04:01.060 thing that cannot, you wish not, the object that 00:04:01.060 --> 00:04:05.659 you desire not to put a particular label on. 00:04:06.099 --> 00:04:08.300 There are some things in life that I don't want 00:04:08.300 --> 00:04:09.960 to label because I don't want to see it again. 00:04:10.979 --> 00:04:13.680 I just don't want things like that just continue 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:16.860 to reoccur in my life. So we're talking about 00:04:16.860 --> 00:04:19.379 these new things. And last week we talked about 00:04:19.379 --> 00:04:22.560 some of those principles and the ideas of how 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:26.019 we align and know what it is that God knows for 00:04:26.019 --> 00:04:29.139 us. If you remember the Lord Jeremiah through 00:04:29.139 --> 00:04:31.120 his prophet said, I know the thoughts that I 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.970 have towards you saith God, right? The things 00:04:33.970 --> 00:04:36.269 that I have concerning you, they're good things, 00:04:36.389 --> 00:04:39.509 things of hope with an expected end to them. 00:04:39.730 --> 00:04:42.649 So whatever may be transpiring in your life right 00:04:42.649 --> 00:04:45.110 now, know that that's not the end of the matter. 00:04:45.970 --> 00:04:49.389 If it's good, trouble's on its way. If it's bad, 00:04:49.610 --> 00:04:53.730 good is going to find you. Amen? One of my favorite 00:04:53.730 --> 00:04:56.370 phrases of Scripture is that it too shall come 00:04:56.370 --> 00:04:59.600 to pass. Amen. That's one of my favorite phrases. 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:03.240 I want some things to pass on by and leave and 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:05.759 move on out. And when we think about the principles 00:05:05.759 --> 00:05:08.399 of accessing the new thing, remember we talked 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:11.220 about prioritizing the word. The word of God 00:05:11.220 --> 00:05:15.040 is the hope of life for my and your soul. It's 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:18.980 the hope of this life and life eternal in God. 00:05:19.100 --> 00:05:22.399 Amen. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:25.480 the word of God. Amen. We're not going to make 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.730 it through this world. to make it through this 00:05:27.730 --> 00:05:31.129 existence without faith in God and a way that 00:05:31.129 --> 00:05:33.149 our faith is strengthened and built is when we 00:05:33.149 --> 00:05:36.350 prioritize the word of God it's not what some 00:05:36.350 --> 00:05:38.610 preacher says it's not what necessarily this 00:05:38.610 --> 00:05:42.680 preacher says or anyone else it's what thus saith 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:45.439 the Lord. That's the final line, right? That's 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:49.839 where we stop. So we access new things by prioritizing 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:53.439 the Word of God. We do so by just unrestricted 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:56.699 obedience. If the Lord is speaking to you, I'm 00:05:56.699 --> 00:05:58.860 telling you you've got to do everything the Lord 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:02.120 says the way the Lord says. Jericho's walls don't 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:04.139 fall unless the people keep their mouths shut 00:06:04.139 --> 00:06:07.199 and they march every time around, right? That's 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:09.600 the only way. Tell them not to speak a word. 00:06:09.680 --> 00:06:11.750 I don't want to even hear a whisper. I want them 00:06:11.750 --> 00:06:14.430 to go around once for six days, and on the seventh 00:06:14.430 --> 00:06:17.149 day, you take seven trips around. And when I 00:06:17.149 --> 00:06:19.730 tell you, sound the trumpet and lift up a shout. 00:06:19.970 --> 00:06:23.209 Do not say a word until then. If you want to 00:06:23.209 --> 00:06:25.430 avoid the power and the promise of God, just 00:06:25.430 --> 00:06:28.250 do exactly opposite of what he tells you to do. 00:06:28.370 --> 00:06:30.629 But if you want to access the promise of God, 00:06:30.769 --> 00:06:34.610 then you do exactly as he has stated, the way 00:06:34.610 --> 00:06:37.389 he says it, and you just do that in your life. 00:06:37.509 --> 00:06:39.889 Amen? And the power of God then becomes revealed. 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:42.779 Shout when he says shout, when you trumpet when 00:06:42.779 --> 00:06:46.000 he says trumpet. Walls fall, victory comes, and 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:49.000 access to the new things of God enter into your 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:52.699 life. So obedience is a key. We move on to where 00:06:52.699 --> 00:06:54.779 we talked about total and complete surrender. 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:58.199 Look, it's hands up with God. You cannot keep 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:01.660 maintaining control of your own life. You must 00:07:01.660 --> 00:07:06.540 let God lead you and guide you 100%. This walk 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:09.860 of faith, this walk with God has nothing to do. 00:07:09.899 --> 00:07:12.420 with your will, but it's you and I fulfilling 00:07:12.420 --> 00:07:16.060 the will of God in and through our life. And 00:07:16.060 --> 00:07:19.360 the only way we do that is we have to surrender 00:07:19.360 --> 00:07:23.160 control. You cannot keep trying to lead and fight 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:25.600 against the will of God for your life because 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:27.939 all we do is end up making a bigger mess than 00:07:27.939 --> 00:07:31.079 we already had made to start with. So it has 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:33.620 to come through surrender and control, forgetting 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:35.839 the past. We've already mentioned that. You've 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:37.759 got to get this out of your head. You've got 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:40.279 to get what's behind you, what you've done, what 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.240 you may have done, what you may have said. If 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:44.920 you've been to the foot of Calvary's heel, amen, 00:07:44.980 --> 00:07:47.500 and the blood of Jesus has cleansed you, then 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:50.199 you've got to forgive yourself as much as God 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:53.160 has forgiven you. People in humanity, we have 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:55.839 struggled with that. We have a problem with forgiving 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:59.019 ourself, amen, even though we accept the grace 00:07:59.019 --> 00:08:02.019 of God. Even though we accept Christ as Lord 00:08:02.019 --> 00:08:05.680 and Savior, we confess our sins, we repent of 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.300 those mistakes. The one that has the most trouble 00:08:08.300 --> 00:08:11.120 to forgive is you and I forgiving ourselves. 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:14.079 Why? Because condemnation from the enemy sets 00:08:14.079 --> 00:08:16.459 in. He begins to work in him. Well, you did that. 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:18.540 How can you be this? And how can you say that? 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:21.399 When I know for a fact you did this and you did 00:08:21.399 --> 00:08:24.300 that. Well, the key word there is did, not doing. 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:28.399 Hallelujah. Just tell the devil, get behind me. 00:08:29.100 --> 00:08:31.779 This, Tim, he will flee from you because you're 00:08:31.779 --> 00:08:34.659 no longer practicing those things that you once 00:08:34.659 --> 00:08:38.360 did. Every one of us in this room has a shaded 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.240 past. Every one of us have things that we wish 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.240 we had not said. We had things we wish we had 00:08:44.240 --> 00:08:47.220 not done, places we wish we had not been. There's 00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:50.259 not a one of us who is guiltless, but we've all 00:08:50.259 --> 00:08:53.019 come short of the glory of God, for we have all 00:08:53.019 --> 00:08:56.580 been born into sin. But thank God I do not. practice 00:08:56.580 --> 00:09:00.220 sin anymore. So give yourself a break. And as 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:02.480 God is forgiving you, forgive yourself and forget 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:05.240 those things which are behind and move on forward. 00:09:05.360 --> 00:09:06.820 I didn't want to re -preach this. I'm just trying 00:09:06.820 --> 00:09:10.419 to recover it when we move past that. We go into 00:09:10.419 --> 00:09:13.360 positioning and repentance. Keep repentance as 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:18.220 a daily act of your life. A daily act. Positioning. 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:20.179 Therefore, come boldly into the throne of grace. 00:09:20.220 --> 00:09:21.840 This is what the author of Hebrews said, that 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:25.039 you might find help in a time of need. We come 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:27.659 boldly to the throne of grace. Don't go to everyone 00:09:27.659 --> 00:09:30.200 else before you turn to God. Turn to God first, 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:32.460 and then he'll provide others who may be able 00:09:32.460 --> 00:09:35.259 to assist you. Repent and position yourself. 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:38.580 Shifting your focus. Always looking to Jesus, 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:41.899 the author and the finisher of your faith. Changing 00:09:41.899 --> 00:09:44.480 your perspective. Amen. Acting through faith. 00:09:44.539 --> 00:09:46.960 Let your faith in God show through the light. 00:09:46.889 --> 00:09:50.190 life that you live daily. And that's how we begin 00:09:50.190 --> 00:09:52.529 to access. And when we begin to access these 00:09:52.529 --> 00:09:55.850 things, these new things that God has for us, 00:09:55.929 --> 00:09:59.409 something begins to happen. Transformation begins 00:09:59.409 --> 00:10:02.490 to happen in my and your life. When we begin 00:10:02.490 --> 00:10:05.730 to access through the Word of God, the blessings 00:10:05.730 --> 00:10:08.330 and the goodness of God, transformation begins 00:10:08.330 --> 00:10:11.970 to happen. Things begin to change. And the Bible 00:10:11.970 --> 00:10:14.450 clearly tells us one thing that happens. The 00:10:14.450 --> 00:10:17.549 Scripture describes it as a brand -new song. 00:10:18.730 --> 00:10:21.509 Like I said last week, when you start looking 00:10:21.509 --> 00:10:25.570 up individual words and specific thoughts, it 00:10:25.570 --> 00:10:28.730 pops up everywhere you are reading. And God begins 00:10:28.730 --> 00:10:31.169 to, when you look up the word things, it's countless. 00:10:31.350 --> 00:10:33.610 And you begin to look through Scripture how many 00:10:33.610 --> 00:10:37.070 times God uses the word things and new things 00:10:37.070 --> 00:10:39.490 and different things and objective things. And 00:10:39.490 --> 00:10:42.070 it's just like, wow, Lord, you really are mindful 00:10:42.070 --> 00:10:44.690 of what you want to do in our heart and in our 00:10:44.690 --> 00:10:48.649 lives this upcoming new year. a new creation 00:10:48.649 --> 00:10:51.429 in 2 Corinthians 5 and 17. So you're talking 00:10:51.429 --> 00:10:53.629 about transformation. This is where transformation 00:10:53.629 --> 00:10:57.169 begins. Old things pass away. Behold, all things 00:10:57.169 --> 00:11:00.779 become what? New, why? Because we become new 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:04.820 creations, new creatures. In who? In Christ Jesus. 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:07.879 So we begin to access the blessing of God through 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:10.299 repentance. First of all, the new thing is your 00:11:10.299 --> 00:11:13.840 new life. It is a brand new life. I just wonder, 00:11:13.940 --> 00:11:16.179 is there anyone like me that has an occasional 00:11:16.179 --> 00:11:18.679 stroll down memory lane when the Lord saved you? 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:21.860 The very moment when you give your heart to the 00:11:21.860 --> 00:11:24.059 Lord and you ask him to cleanse you of your sin, 00:11:24.100 --> 00:11:26.940 you remember that day. It was like air come into 00:11:26.940 --> 00:11:28.559 my lungs for the very first time. first time, 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.820 when the weight and the burden of sin was off 00:11:31.820 --> 00:11:34.379 of my chest, I could breathe brand new life, 00:11:34.419 --> 00:11:37.580 and I began to fully understand. There is a transformation 00:11:37.580 --> 00:11:40.440 being taken place in my life because something 00:11:40.440 --> 00:11:45.279 new has happened. We become new creatures. You're 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:49.240 a new creation. Over and over and over and over. 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:51.980 Isaiah, we've read it for several weeks now. 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:55.759 Behold, he'll do new things. Luke 22 and 20, 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:59.700 he talks about a new covenant, a new heart that 00:11:59.700 --> 00:12:02.740 is given. Lamentations 3 .23, we'll look at a 00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:06.240 little later on. Behold, his mercies are new 00:12:06.240 --> 00:12:08.759 every morning. What matter is that? We are not 00:12:08.759 --> 00:12:12.539 consumed. We are not already consumed by the 00:12:12.539 --> 00:12:15.240 power of God, the awesomeness of God. We've not 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.279 already been consumed. Why? Because his mercies 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:22.779 are new every morning, every day. You need to 00:12:22.779 --> 00:12:25.539 thank God for that mercy. I thank him for that 00:12:25.539 --> 00:12:29.759 mercy every day because I need new mercy every 00:12:29.759 --> 00:12:32.980 morning when I wake up because I'm still battling 00:12:32.980 --> 00:12:36.419 the enemy every single day. The devil who is 00:12:36.419 --> 00:12:39.279 out to steal, to kill, and destroy everything 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:41.840 about me. me, but most importantly, my soul. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:45.360 He's trying to destroy me, but I need new mercy 00:12:45.360 --> 00:12:47.580 every day. Why? So I can become like the old 00:12:47.580 --> 00:12:49.960 apostle Paul. I don't fight against a shadow. 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:53.580 I've got my own flesh in my scope and in the 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:55.779 crosshairs, and I fight against myself daily 00:12:55.779 --> 00:12:59.320 that this new creation, this new creature makes 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:02.100 its way forward because it would be so easy to 00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:04.860 fall back into the hateful, mean, ornery, what 00:13:04.860 --> 00:13:07.960 I used to be. I'm on a thin edge sometimes anyway. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:10.019 I've got to keep I've got to keep that old man 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:12.799 beat down. I've got to keep that old flesh put 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:15.620 behind me and understand that the thing that 00:13:15.620 --> 00:13:19.019 God has given me is a new creative nature. I'm 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:21.960 not what I used to be, hallelujah, but I am what 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.899 he's making me to be and to become. And out of 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:37.639 that new creation comes a brand new song. It's 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:41.690 a new song. One of the greatest struggles of 00:13:41.690 --> 00:13:44.049 sanctification is for a musician to get saved. 00:13:48.769 --> 00:13:53.549 And then that salvific work, trying to dismiss 00:13:53.549 --> 00:13:59.970 the old song to sing the new one. Now, I don't 00:13:59.970 --> 00:14:03.690 know what your thought is on what you listen 00:14:03.690 --> 00:14:08.179 to. But don't ask me what my thought is about 00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:10.419 what you listen to because I would tell you if 00:14:10.419 --> 00:14:16.139 it ain't of God, turn the thing off. I don't 00:14:16.139 --> 00:14:24.039 care if it is the old soft classic rock. Well, 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.139 those are love songs, aren't they? You might 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:27.399 as well slow down and listen to them a little 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:32.139 bit. If it made my old flesh happy, this new 00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:36.950 flesh does not need to be indulging there. But 00:14:36.950 --> 00:14:40.490 I'll digress on that for today. I just thought 00:14:40.490 --> 00:14:45.970 I'd lay that out there. The eyes and the ears 00:14:45.970 --> 00:14:51.909 are the gateway to your soul. That's the access 00:14:51.909 --> 00:14:54.929 of the enemy. That's the reason the struggle 00:14:54.929 --> 00:14:59.429 is for me when I can't hardly play music anymore 00:14:59.429 --> 00:15:04.029 because my fingers want to go back to what I 00:15:04.029 --> 00:15:07.230 used to play. Somewhat, they're getting stiff 00:15:07.230 --> 00:15:11.990 as my knuckles swell as I get older. So the temptation 00:15:11.990 --> 00:15:17.509 isn't near as bad as it used to be. We have to 00:15:17.509 --> 00:15:22.649 be careful on what we allow in, but more importantly, 00:15:22.730 --> 00:15:26.950 what we allow out. There is a new song that's 00:15:26.950 --> 00:15:30.590 been given to us. After this transformation begins 00:15:30.590 --> 00:15:32.610 to take place in our heart and life, we begin 00:15:32.610 --> 00:15:36.409 to be different. We sound different. We act different. 00:15:36.490 --> 00:15:40.190 Why? Because we are different. Somebody said, 00:15:40.330 --> 00:15:42.750 well, I've always been this way. And if you're 00:15:42.750 --> 00:15:44.549 claiming to be a Christian, let's go and I'll 00:15:44.549 --> 00:15:46.129 go to the altar, will you, until we can come 00:15:46.129 --> 00:15:51.549 back up with somebody else. Because you've not 00:15:51.549 --> 00:15:53.870 had the same encounter or the same experience 00:15:53.870 --> 00:15:57.470 if I have. If you were the same as you was before 00:15:57.470 --> 00:15:59.710 you went to the altar, after you got up, honey, 00:15:59.789 --> 00:16:02.570 you didn't stay long enough. You didn't get your 00:16:02.570 --> 00:16:04.409 heart right while you were there. You were not 00:16:04.409 --> 00:16:08.019 totally repentant. Amen? Because when you're 00:16:08.019 --> 00:16:10.679 totally repentant and then become dependent upon 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:13.700 the salvation of Jesus Christ and the cleansing 00:16:13.700 --> 00:16:16.620 of your soul, you will be different. You won't 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:19.120 talk and act and do all those things that you 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:21.519 used to do. That is a sign, therefore, of the 00:16:21.519 --> 00:16:24.820 transformation. And your song is different. It 00:16:24.820 --> 00:16:28.519 becomes sweeter as the days go by. Receiving 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:31.600 a new song, a fresh, heartfelt response to God's 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:35.440 ongoing acts of salvation, mercy, and his deliverance. 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:39.460 that shows up in our life every single day. It 00:16:39.460 --> 00:16:42.720 makes me want to sing of the goodness of the 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:45.019 Lord. It's not about whose tractor's parked in 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:47.960 my shed or whose boots is under her bed. It has 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:50.159 nothing to do with that. It has to do with the 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:53.080 exaltation of he who sits upon the throne of 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:56.200 glory, who is the redeemer of my soul and the 00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:59.279 cleanser of my sins and the one who says, let 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:01.659 not your heart be troubled, but you believe in 00:17:01.659 --> 00:17:04.319 God, believe also in me. For in my Father's house 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:06.809 there are... many mansions, and I'm going to 00:17:06.809 --> 00:17:09.490 prepare a place for you that where I am, there 00:17:09.490 --> 00:17:13.329 you may be all. That causes a new song to come 00:17:13.329 --> 00:17:29.829 out of me. Where I used to sing like a fox on 00:17:29.829 --> 00:17:36.019 the run. I sing, I never shall forget the day. 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:41.539 You ever listen to something, see, you think 00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:45.460 bluegrass is kindly, well, that's just, that's 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:47.299 just bluegrass, that's innocent. Well, you better 00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:50.759 listen. She walked through the corn leading down 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:56.220 there. Hair shone like gold. And our born son 00:17:56.220 --> 00:18:00.059 took all the love that a poor boy could give 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:08.890 her. Left him to die like a... Is there any glory 00:18:08.890 --> 00:18:17.410 to God in that? It's catchy. I can see the turnarounds 00:18:17.410 --> 00:18:24.750 in my mind right now. Huh? I can hear the chord 00:18:24.750 --> 00:18:29.390 progressions ringing in my mind. I see a fiddler 00:18:29.390 --> 00:18:31.569 begin to saw and a banjo player beginning to 00:18:31.569 --> 00:18:35.299 roll. And the poor old manlin guy just chopping 00:18:35.299 --> 00:18:38.960 half a lick alone. And the guitar boy with his 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:40.900 tongue hanging out trying to keep everything 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:48.259 going. That's not the song that I sing now. I 00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:50.000 come in the door down there this morning singing 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:57.880 redeemed again. That just hit me again. Hit me 00:18:57.880 --> 00:19:03.250 again. I'm redeemed. I'm not that anymore. There's 00:19:03.250 --> 00:19:07.089 a new song because of the salvation that is in 00:19:07.089 --> 00:19:10.690 my life, because of the ongoing mercy that distributes 00:19:10.690 --> 00:19:14.069 to my soul every single day, and the grace that 00:19:14.069 --> 00:19:17.269 empowers me every time the path gets hard and 00:19:17.269 --> 00:19:20.369 the obstacles seem large and tall, and the grace 00:19:20.369 --> 00:19:23.750 of God enables me and empowers me. It makes me 00:19:23.750 --> 00:19:26.190 want to sing Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound. 00:19:26.349 --> 00:19:29.930 Amen. I once was lost, but now I'm found. Amen. 00:19:30.029 --> 00:19:33.529 I was blind, now I see. Come on. somebody, when 00:19:33.529 --> 00:19:36.329 we begin to have the change of the song in our 00:19:36.329 --> 00:19:38.869 heart and life, the word of God begins to elevate 00:19:38.869 --> 00:19:41.549 our hope and begins to elevate our faith. There's 00:19:41.549 --> 00:19:44.349 nothing elevating about secular. There's only 00:19:44.349 --> 00:19:47.490 elevating about glory because the anointing of 00:19:47.490 --> 00:19:50.630 God and the presence of God displays itself where 00:19:50.630 --> 00:19:53.289 the heart of God is lifted up and the heart of 00:19:53.289 --> 00:19:56.430 God's people begin to exalt him. Then he begins 00:19:56.430 --> 00:20:05.920 to be. new song. Three different places that 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:09.400 it's mentioned. Psalm 96, 98 and 40 and other 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:13.460 places but these three in particular. It's not 00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:21.019 an old corporate tune but it's a vibrant personal 00:20:21.019 --> 00:20:29.220 continuously updated expression unto God whose 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:34.630 mercies are new every morning. It's believed 00:20:34.630 --> 00:20:39.109 that the psalmist David wrote the 96th chapter 00:20:39.109 --> 00:20:44.490 as a praise to God after the return of the Ark 00:20:44.490 --> 00:20:48.910 of the Covenant from the Philistines. You can 00:20:48.910 --> 00:20:53.970 read about in 1 Samuel 5 -7. You remember the 00:20:53.970 --> 00:21:02.420 story in 1 Samuel? Israel took the Ark out. And 00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:07.180 it was taken captive by the Philistines in war. 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:14.339 Hophni and Phinehas had died. Brother Randy mentioned 00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:17.819 it even Wednesday night. The old fat priest Eli 00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:19.660 fell over backwards, broke his neck and died 00:21:19.660 --> 00:21:23.539 as well. Upon hearing and receiving all of this 00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:28.259 news of death and loss, one of Eli's daughter 00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:32.359 -in -laws went into labor. When his baby's born, 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.920 she said, call his name Ichabod, for the glory 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:39.880 of God has departed. You know the story following 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:42.119 that. I think it's very humorous, but God is 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:46.339 God, isn't he? So Philistine's got this bright 00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:49.420 idea. They're going to put the Ark of the Covenant 00:21:49.420 --> 00:21:53.940 of God, the semblance of the presence of Jehovah, 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:57.759 in the temple with Dagon, their half -fish God. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:01.299 So they put him over there in front of Dagon. 00:22:01.380 --> 00:22:03.099 They come in the next morning, he's fell over 00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:07.400 on his face. Well, who needs a God? You got to 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:10.579 prop up anyway, but they had one. They propped 00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:13.839 him back up and done their little whatever to 00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:15.960 Dagon. They come back in the next day, and he's 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:17.799 fell over again, but this time he's fell over, 00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:19.160 and his little hands just broke off, and his 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:23.240 head broke off, laying in front of the ark of 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:26.940 God. And then after that, it even gets more funny. 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:30.420 They ain't got enough sense to realize what's 00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:34.700 going on, and then God strikes them with M -rods 00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:39.900 and mice. You'd call them tumors or M -roids 00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:44.579 in the lower extremities. Them old boys in pain. 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:49.099 And finally, somebody has enough sense to know, 00:22:49.160 --> 00:22:53.599 well, that is the semblance of their God, so 00:22:53.599 --> 00:22:58.019 we might ought to get him out of here. Well, 00:22:58.039 --> 00:23:00.740 how do we do that? So them having no better sense, 00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:05.039 they got two young milk cows and a brand -new 00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:11.339 cart. You got to love it. They formed five golden 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:17.339 images of those emeralds and five mice golden, 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:20.660 and they put them in a treasure box, and they 00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:22.910 said they're going to point the arc. in this 00:23:22.910 --> 00:23:26.069 direction. And if it goes over to his own people, 00:23:26.210 --> 00:23:28.549 then we'll know we did the right thing. If it 00:23:28.549 --> 00:23:31.250 goes the other way, we've got trouble. So what 00:23:31.250 --> 00:23:33.210 do they do? They point it out, and where do those 00:23:33.210 --> 00:23:35.250 cows go? You need to read the story. It's powerful. 00:23:35.650 --> 00:23:39.109 They're lowing as they go. They're getting out 00:23:39.109 --> 00:23:41.650 of Dodge, and they've got God right behind them. 00:23:41.710 --> 00:23:44.440 And they make their way all the way. way to Abinadab's 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:48.400 place and it stays there for 20 years until Saul 00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:51.099 is out of the way and then all of a sudden David 00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:55.359 says, where is the ark of God? It's down at Abinadab's 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:57.140 place. Benadab's place. We've got to go get it. 00:23:57.200 --> 00:24:00.059 So he has no better sense. It's been 20 years 00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:02.420 and didn't know how to move it either. So he 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:04.960 thought if they got it out on a new cart, let's 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:07.279 build us a new cart. And they begin to make their 00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:09.880 way. And they put two men on the cart. Us is 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:12.299 on one side, the other fellow on the other. They 00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:14.680 hit a bump in the road. Us are thinking he's 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:16.940 got to stabilize God. And there's a message right 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:20.559 here. You don't have to stabilize God. God stabilized 00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:23.420 himself. Hallelujah. You don't have to hold him 00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:25.839 up. He's not a day. God, you've got to prop up. 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:28.599 All you've got to do is bow before him. But he 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.259 reaches out, and God got mad and struck him dead, 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:34.359 and they parked it right there. And that's where 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:38.619 it was left for 20 years. Here comes David. We've 00:24:38.619 --> 00:24:41.190 got to get this right. He's got the priest. He 00:24:41.190 --> 00:24:43.589 finally got the right instructions. Amen. Look, 00:24:43.750 --> 00:24:46.029 worship was even going on before when they were 00:24:46.029 --> 00:24:48.329 doing it the wrong way. They were dancing and 00:24:48.329 --> 00:24:50.309 shouting and everything until the old boy got 00:24:50.309 --> 00:24:53.009 struck dead. It was there that they stopped in 00:24:53.009 --> 00:24:55.009 their tracks until they figured out how to do 00:24:55.009 --> 00:24:57.650 it right. And a new song began to come in. A 00:24:57.650 --> 00:25:00.730 new song began to arise. Sing unto the Lord a 00:25:00.730 --> 00:25:03.349 new song, David said. Why? Because we've got 00:25:03.349 --> 00:25:06.369 it figured out. And let's sing of his salvation, 00:25:06.690 --> 00:25:09.390 his saving word. Amen. That's where this is. 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:12.200 all coming from, out of the heart of desperation 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:15.240 to be in the presence of God. When transformation 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.359 begins to take place, you've got to do it the 00:25:17.359 --> 00:25:19.579 right way. You've got to walk it out the right 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:21.859 way. You've got to follow the instructions. And 00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:23.880 honey, when you follow the instructions, the 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:27.279 deliverance of God is on your side and new things 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:33.640 enter your life. Psalm 98, scholars believe that 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:35.980 Psalm 98 was written after a crisis again in 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:39.759 David's life. After the rebellion and the uprising 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:49.539 of Absalom. That's Psalm 40. Psalm 80 is the 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:53.519 deliverance from Babylon. Because he talks about 00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:58.779 the strong arm of God. The right hand of God. 00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:02.900 The scholars believe this come in after. They're 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:04.680 set free from Babylon. But there's something 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:06.740 that you and I must always remember about the 00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:09.759 deliverance from Babylon. They had a promised 00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:16.420 decree going in. God had it already orchestrated, 00:26:16.440 --> 00:26:18.660 and he already had a timeline on their behalf. 00:26:19.690 --> 00:26:21.549 They're coming to carry you away, and you're 00:26:21.549 --> 00:26:23.509 going to be gone for 70 years, so go ahead and 00:26:23.509 --> 00:26:25.869 build you some houses, plant you some gardens, 00:26:25.990 --> 00:26:29.970 and carry on. But I will come and get you and 00:26:29.970 --> 00:26:33.210 bring you back into my city after 70 years has 00:26:33.210 --> 00:26:35.190 been complete. What you and I have to remember 00:26:35.190 --> 00:26:38.670 is we can't hang our harp up while we're waiting 00:26:38.670 --> 00:26:41.529 on the fulfillment of the promise. If you remember 00:26:41.529 --> 00:26:44.009 while they were in Babylon, they were down by 00:26:44.009 --> 00:26:46.309 the river, and they asked them, would you not 00:26:46.309 --> 00:26:49.130 sing of us the songs of Zion? Because they knew. 00:26:49.289 --> 00:26:51.650 that Israel was a singing, worshiping people. 00:26:51.769 --> 00:26:54.670 And they had a happy tune that they sung to the 00:26:54.670 --> 00:26:56.970 glory of God. Would you not sing us one of the 00:26:56.970 --> 00:27:00.230 songs of Zion? How can we sing the songs of Zion 00:27:00.230 --> 00:27:02.950 when you've raised our city and we have hung 00:27:02.950 --> 00:27:05.490 our harps in the willow bushes? I'm here to tell 00:27:05.490 --> 00:27:08.490 somebody, go to the bush and get your harp because 00:27:08.490 --> 00:27:11.410 your time of deliverance is already marked down. 00:27:11.690 --> 00:27:16.160 Don't... Stop singing your songs of joy and glory. 00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.779 Even though you may feel bound and in captivity, 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:21.759 the answer is on its way. You are approaching 00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:30.779 your hour of deliverance. Sing him a song. So 00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:33.019 they're out on the opposite side now of that 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:37.759 Babylonian devastation, and they hear the words 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:43.009 from the psalmist. Sing a new song. Because of 00:27:43.009 --> 00:27:47.150 his right hand and his strong arm, he's give 00:27:47.150 --> 00:27:52.230 us the deliverance. We back up to Psalm 40. On 00:27:52.230 --> 00:27:54.690 the opposite side now, on the deliverance side 00:27:54.690 --> 00:28:01.710 of the Absalom uprising. David, we need to look 00:28:01.710 --> 00:28:03.130 at that one a little bit more. Turn over there, 00:28:03.170 --> 00:28:07.269 would you? Psalm 40. We're going to look at that 00:28:07.269 --> 00:28:10.680 just a minute. I'm about to wind down, believe 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:13.779 it or not. It's early, too. You may get out early 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:20.819 today. They may want y 'all back next week. Psalm 00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:23.759 40. Look over here just a minute. We don't need 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:27.960 to rush past that. Look what the psalmist said. 00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:35.420 I waited patiently. That knocked about 99 .92 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:43.819 % of us out. We're already out on this one. We 00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:45.460 ain't even seen what's coming, but we're out. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:54.599 I'm not a very patient individual. Psalm said, 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:57.019 I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined 00:28:57.019 --> 00:29:03.920 unto me, and he heard my cry. He brought me up 00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:09.240 out of the miry clay. I have a horrible pit. 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:13.160 He brought me up, and he set my feet upon a rock, 00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:18.180 and I like this. He established my goings. I 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:21.819 see some transformation language here. David's 00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:23.700 different than he was. The psalmist is different 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:28.279 than when this event occurred. He found me. I 00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:30.319 was in a bad place in life. Have you ever been 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:34.200 in a bad place in life? You ever been in a horrible 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:38.640 pit? Better than being in a pit with a lion on 00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:42.309 a snowy day. You have to look that one up and 00:29:42.309 --> 00:29:45.230 read that story. By the way, God was there with 00:29:45.230 --> 00:29:50.750 that fellow too. In a pit with a lion on a snowy 00:29:50.750 --> 00:29:55.950 day, David was in a low place. He was in a state 00:29:55.950 --> 00:29:59.950 and condition of depression. He was down. How 00:29:59.950 --> 00:30:01.910 would you like your son rising up and taking 00:30:01.910 --> 00:30:04.150 your throne and you're running for your life? 00:30:05.250 --> 00:30:09.259 He had been running for his very life. But God's 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:12.319 hand was on him and not Absalom. He goes on further 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:14.960 in verse 2. He brought me up also out of that 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.519 horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my 00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:19.460 feet upon a rock and he established my goings. 00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:23.920 And he hath, are you hearing me? And he hath 00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:28.819 put a new song in my mouth. Even praise unto 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:31.500 our God. Many shall see it and fear and shall 00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:36.690 trust in the Lord. Your and my song is important 00:30:36.690 --> 00:30:39.970 as a testimony to those who are watching us when 00:30:39.970 --> 00:30:42.970 we're in the pits of life. And I'm here to tell 00:30:42.970 --> 00:30:45.990 you there are pitfalls everywhere we turn around. 00:30:46.250 --> 00:30:49.750 The psalmist talks about the snare of the fowler 00:30:49.750 --> 00:30:52.269 and the noisome pestilence that is out there. 00:30:52.349 --> 00:30:56.970 The devil is an unrelenting, non -ending, agonizing 00:30:56.970 --> 00:31:00.230 devil. A nagging foe that's out to get us every 00:31:00.230 --> 00:31:03.369 day. That's why God establishes waves of grace 00:31:03.369 --> 00:31:06.609 and mercy every single day. Because he knows 00:31:06.609 --> 00:31:09.049 who's going to be coming against you. Not mong 00:31:09.049 --> 00:31:11.849 after your eyes awaken. And that's why he can 00:31:11.849 --> 00:31:14.630 put a new song. And that's why he establishes 00:31:14.630 --> 00:31:17.250 a new song in your life. Every time he delivers 00:31:17.250 --> 00:31:19.750 you out of one of the pits. Every time he takes 00:31:19.750 --> 00:31:22.509 you out of the mire. And he washes his off. Every 00:31:22.509 --> 00:31:25.549 time he stands you up on solid ground. Every 00:31:25.549 --> 00:31:29.170 time he makes a way. As Isaiah said, in the wilderness 00:31:29.170 --> 00:31:32.069 or highways, in desert places, there's water 00:31:32.069 --> 00:31:35.170 available. There's nourishment for you. Grace 00:31:35.170 --> 00:31:38.730 is the nourishment for the soul of a dried out 00:31:38.730 --> 00:31:42.089 believer. It's grace every single day. And he'll 00:31:42.089 --> 00:31:49.769 establish a new song. It becomes a testimony. 00:31:51.210 --> 00:31:55.869 Many shall see it. You know how nosy people are. 00:32:02.250 --> 00:32:06.630 We're nosy. Easy for you to laugh at everybody. 00:32:07.029 --> 00:32:16.089 You and I, we're people. So that means you're 00:32:16.089 --> 00:32:22.190 nosy and I'm nosy. We're nosy by nature. We think 00:32:22.190 --> 00:32:29.150 we need to know. You think you really need to 00:32:29.150 --> 00:32:31.390 know. And here's the sad thing. A lot of folks 00:32:31.390 --> 00:32:35.230 know more than you think they do. And when they 00:32:35.230 --> 00:32:37.390 begin to tell you and rehearse to your ears some 00:32:37.390 --> 00:32:40.390 of your own problems, you say, how'd you know 00:32:40.390 --> 00:32:47.890 that? So if they know some of the pits that we're 00:32:47.890 --> 00:32:51.490 in, and they know some of the mire that we're 00:32:51.490 --> 00:32:53.329 trying to walk our way through, shall they not 00:32:53.329 --> 00:32:56.670 even know more when we get out, get washed off, 00:32:56.789 --> 00:32:59.809 get stood up? Get our feet under us, get our 00:32:59.809 --> 00:33:02.670 bearings back in the established path because 00:33:02.670 --> 00:33:05.029 we know that the steps of a good man are ordered 00:33:05.029 --> 00:33:07.710 of the Lord. Amen. We may take a step off the 00:33:07.710 --> 00:33:10.619 path and get in the mire. Take a step off the 00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:13.039 path and trip and fall in the pit. But one thing 00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:14.740 about it, God's not going to leave you and I 00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:16.480 in the pit. He's going to send a word to the 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:18.220 pit, and you're going to take hold of the word, 00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:20.099 and you're coming up out of the pit. And when 00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:21.960 you get out of the pit, and he cleanses and washes 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:24.279 and establishes, then he's going to give you 00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:26.299 a new song. You're going to go around singing 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:30.039 a song about the pit you just got out of because 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:33.579 God's deliverance has found you in your pit. 00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:37.059 The reality of the new song is new every day. 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:42.119 It's fresh every day. And it's because of the 00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:47.859 delivering hand of God in our life daily. That's 00:33:47.859 --> 00:33:50.440 the reason I refute this doctrine. It's a one 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:56.880 and done deal. Just one time, that's all. They 00:33:56.880 --> 00:34:04.220 don't know me. God does. He knew that I need 00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:06.519 to be a part of a place that would tell you one's 00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:11.659 not enough. You got to keep it done. Oh, it diminishes 00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:15.380 not the power of his blood sacrifice, but it 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:18.099 sure does show the insufficiency of the flesh 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:24.500 in which he's applied it to. I'm telling you, 00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:26.780 God knew when he saved me he had to put me in 00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:28.920 line with some preachers that preached hell hot 00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:32.559 and heaven sweet and sanctification necessary 00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:39.809 for me to see him face to face. Here's the thing 00:34:39.809 --> 00:34:44.090 about God, he knows every pit along the way. 00:34:46.110 --> 00:34:52.090 Straight is the way. Narrow is the gate that 00:34:52.090 --> 00:34:57.130 leads to life everlasting. We want to blame people, 00:34:57.269 --> 00:35:02.429 and there are people who even blame God for the 00:35:02.429 --> 00:35:06.949 pit, for the mire, for the mess, and he didn't 00:35:06.949 --> 00:35:11.320 have anything to do with it. But they want to 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:14.480 look up to heaven and begin to curse God and 00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:22.500 blame God. That's why I'm not that patient type 00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:24.400 of fella. It would not be good for me to be God. 00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:34.340 Unless I inherited his divine nature. Because 00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:37.659 the first time one of y 'all looked up at me 00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:43.670 like that. And want to cuss me for something 00:35:43.670 --> 00:35:48.070 you did to your own goofy self? There'd be more 00:35:48.070 --> 00:35:50.510 than a few epiphanies recorded. I'd show up right 00:35:50.510 --> 00:35:57.369 in front of you. Now look here. Uh -uh. No. The 00:35:57.369 --> 00:36:03.429 psalmist said, I waited patiently. And he inclined 00:36:03.429 --> 00:36:15.619 his ear. And then he heard. How long was he listening 00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:19.840 before he decided to hear? Pastor Brian and I 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:22.219 had this discussion the other day about listening 00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:26.320 and hearing. You need to hear more. It's just 00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:30.860 me and him talking. You're listening. He wants 00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:35.860 you to hear. So incline that ear. I'm just teasing. 00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:44.639 You had faith for that in yourself. So you stepped 00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:50.860 in that pit. I just laid the trap. How long did 00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:54.679 the Lord incline his ear? You have to read scripture. 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:59.840 Slow down and read it. And the nuances of the 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:05.159 words, you have to really read it. I waited patiently 00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:09.380 on the Lord. I prayed. I cried. And he inclined 00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:15.840 his ear. And there's punctuation there. Comma. 00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:25.300 How much time between the comma. And he heard 00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:30.380 my cry. Go to that next one. Pop number two up. 00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:40.460 He brought me up. Also. See the. See the connection? 00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:44.480 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit. 00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:50.280 There was multiple things going on in David's 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:56.460 life. I know we just run through this, but you've 00:37:56.460 --> 00:38:00.559 got to know there's some stuff going on. Also 00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.679 means there was something else happening. There 00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:06.619 was something else critical going on in the man's 00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:09.739 life. And he also brought me up out of a horrible 00:38:09.739 --> 00:38:14.079 pit and out of the miry clay. Is that three different 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:18.900 things going on, a pit and clay? Also, I don't 00:38:18.900 --> 00:38:22.440 know what all is going on in David's life. But 00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:27.739 there's enough for him to wait patiently. And 00:38:27.739 --> 00:38:31.360 to wait patiently indicates something to me that 00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:33.980 between the incline and the herd and after the 00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:41.510 comma, something of time. What are you trying 00:38:41.510 --> 00:38:43.349 to tell me? I'm trying to tell you, you may be 00:38:43.349 --> 00:38:49.489 at the comma, but hold on. Hold on. Don't panic. 00:38:49.650 --> 00:38:52.409 You're just at the comma. The good stuff comes 00:38:52.409 --> 00:38:56.730 after the comma. After the inclination and the 00:38:56.730 --> 00:39:03.010 hearing. He also got me out of that horrible 00:39:03.010 --> 00:39:10.010 mess. Also, he washed this mire off of my life. 00:39:12.440 --> 00:39:18.260 Also, he put me on a rock. Also, he established 00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:24.039 my direction. And not only that, he gave me a 00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:26.800 new song to sing as I go in my new direction. 00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:30.940 And the reason he gave me all that so that everybody 00:39:30.940 --> 00:39:35.000 who was on Absalom's side, everyone who was part 00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:38.320 of the rebellion are going to know that God heard 00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:41.679 me. And not only did God hear me, but look what 00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:45.380 all he has done. And I am now the better for 00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:47.360 it. Somebody needs to know whatever the pity 00:39:47.360 --> 00:39:50.260 is, whatever the also is, whatever the mire is, 00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:52.739 it's not going to make you worse. When he gets 00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:55.440 you out, it's going to make you better. Not bitter. 00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:57.940 It's a choice on your part. Are you going to 00:39:57.940 --> 00:40:00.119 sing the song of the delivering hand of God? 00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:04.059 He took me up out of the pit. He washed me off 00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:07.340 out of the clay. He put me on a rock, and I'm 00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:15.409 going to stay. Going through the author of the 00:40:15.409 --> 00:40:19.070 old hymn, Rock of Ages. Cleft for me. Let me 00:40:19.070 --> 00:40:22.730 hide myself in thee. What was going on to inspire 00:40:22.730 --> 00:40:28.489 that? The rock of life. The reality of the new 00:40:28.489 --> 00:40:34.690 song is we're different. We're changed. As we 00:40:34.690 --> 00:40:38.969 wait patiently for the Lord. We could go further. 00:40:39.030 --> 00:40:41.349 We could talk about Ephesians 4 .24, the new 00:40:41.349 --> 00:40:47.489 man. May 2. We can talk about Hebrews 10, 20, 00:40:47.550 --> 00:40:54.889 talk about the new and the living way. 2 Peter 00:40:54.889 --> 00:40:58.829 3, 13, there's the new heaven and the new earth. 00:41:00.769 --> 00:41:03.369 It would be lovely to discuss that, wouldn't 00:41:03.369 --> 00:41:08.989 it? Revelation 21, 5 declares that all things. 00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:17.719 There's so much new that we can discuss. Acts 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:24.300 17. We could talk about a new doctrine. What 00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:25.820 new doctrine? What are you talking about, Pastor? 00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:32.199 I'm talking about when Paul is in Athens. He's 00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:35.059 stirred in his spirit because of the idol worship 00:41:35.059 --> 00:41:38.679 that's going on. Some scholars believe there 00:41:38.679 --> 00:41:44.000 is as many as 30 ,000 deities worshipped. In 00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:48.719 Athens, Greece. The heart of Greek mythology. 00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:56.239 Paul walking through seeing all this is very 00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:58.480 disturbed. So he goes to the center point of 00:41:58.480 --> 00:42:02.179 the philosophers. He goes to Mars Hill. And with 00:42:02.179 --> 00:42:08.380 the Parthenon in the background. I've got something 00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:12.300 to say. You'll read the scripture and they're 00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:21.360 always there itching to hear a new thing. Well, 00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:26.460 he's about to give them one. He said, I've noticed 00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:31.159 in my strolls throughout the city, I saw an altar 00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:40.469 with the inscription, the unknown God. So as 00:42:40.469 --> 00:42:44.690 that you don't offend any deity out there that 00:42:44.690 --> 00:42:54.130 no one knows of. Him, I declare unto you. Because 00:42:54.130 --> 00:43:00.610 it's obvious y 'all don't know him. And he begins 00:43:00.610 --> 00:43:09.059 to preach the Godhead. All the way through. the 00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:13.059 resurrection. What are you saying? He preached 00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:19.400 the gospel. Some were converted. Some were puzzled 00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:23.219 and some denied. Sounds a lot like today, doesn't 00:43:23.219 --> 00:43:29.719 it? A new doctrine. It was new. But he declared 00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:48.409 them. 1 John. You don't think the Lord speaks 00:43:48.409 --> 00:43:59.070 to me at odd times and odd places. Bill envelopes 00:43:59.070 --> 00:44:13.190 are handy. He gave them a new commandment. One 00:44:13.190 --> 00:44:15.170 of the songs we sang earlier today mentioned 00:44:15.170 --> 00:44:17.849 it. Talking about the light and the darkness. 00:44:22.250 --> 00:44:28.349 Gave them a commandment of love. Told them how 00:44:28.349 --> 00:44:31.070 to love. And then told them what not to love. 00:44:31.309 --> 00:44:37.269 Not to love the world. It's 1 John 2. Go read 00:44:37.269 --> 00:44:43.940 it. And if you love the world. The Father's not 00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:53.619 in you. It's not my words, they're His. Question. 00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:58.800 How many have your heart set on going to heaven? 00:45:06.760 --> 00:45:08.840 We have to stay right and we have to stay ready. 00:45:12.750 --> 00:45:17.150 Going through this world, we get a little onus 00:45:17.150 --> 00:45:20.030 from time to time. That's why I say daily repentance. 00:45:21.349 --> 00:45:25.070 Daily. When the trumpet sounds, I want to be 00:45:25.070 --> 00:45:30.070 found without spot, wrinkle, or blemish. What's 00:45:30.070 --> 00:45:32.750 that mean? That's church talk for sin, sin, and 00:45:32.750 --> 00:45:41.309 more sin. I want to be found ready. And the reality 00:45:41.309 --> 00:45:44.090 of the new song is this. You cannot sing the 00:45:44.090 --> 00:45:46.849 new song without being reminded of the deliverance. 00:45:50.269 --> 00:45:54.309 That's why the old songs remind me of the old 00:45:54.309 --> 00:46:03.909 life. That's not the life I live now. So I got 00:46:03.909 --> 00:46:09.719 to sing, I never shall forget the day. Or I'm 00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:15.420 redeemed by love divine. Or there's going to 00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:19.880 be a meeting in the air. Or I begin to think 00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:26.820 about the goodness of God. Sometimes I remind 00:46:26.820 --> 00:46:30.300 myself, don't get quiet. Oh, soul, don't get 00:46:30.300 --> 00:46:32.940 quiet on me now. There's a lion inside of you. 00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:38.199 Lift up those hands and praise the Lord. Why? 00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:41.059 because I remember the pit he got me out of. 00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:46.380 I remember the mud he washed off of me. And the 00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:51.400 solid pathway that he's put me on. So I'm reminded 00:46:51.400 --> 00:46:59.579 of the reality of the new song. He inclined and 00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:09.769 he heard and he also. Father, I love you today. 00:47:12.030 --> 00:47:13.570 Sister Dolores, you come on and get ready for 00:47:13.570 --> 00:47:16.210 this prayer cloth. Father, I love you this morning. 00:47:16.329 --> 00:47:20.230 Thank you for your goodness and mercy. Quickly, 00:47:20.250 --> 00:47:22.090 this morning, if you're here and you do not know 00:47:22.090 --> 00:47:24.789 the Lord Jesus and free pardon of sin, I invite 00:47:24.789 --> 00:47:27.750 you to come. I want to pray with you. I want 00:47:27.750 --> 00:47:33.349 to lead you in probably the simplest, most effective 00:47:33.349 --> 00:47:36.400 prayer you'll ever pray in your life. is the 00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:38.420 prayer of repentance and the acceptance of Jesus 00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:41.019 Christ. It'll have more impact on your life than 00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:43.280 any other prayer that you'll ever pray. It has 00:47:43.280 --> 00:47:46.320 an eternal effect. So if you don't know Christ, 00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:48.019 if you're backslid on God, what's that mean? 00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:51.400 If you're back in the old way, come on. Come 00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:54.739 on. He'll wash the mire off. He'll cleanse you, 00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:57.579 get you back right, get you started, establish 00:47:57.579 --> 00:48:02.679 you, and you got a new song. If you're here today 00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:05.460 sick in body, we believe in the power. of divine 00:48:05.460 --> 00:48:10.519 healing. The Word of God says, if any sick among 00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:12.199 you, let them call on the elders of the church, 00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:15.320 and them anointing them with oil, and a prayer 00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:17.800 of faith shall heal the sick. And we always leave 00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:20.539 off the tag. The tag is, and if they've committed 00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:23.800 any sins, it shall be forgiven unto them. We 00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:26.039 get nervous saying that. But it's not you or 00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:29.440 I doing the work. Anybody else need to touch 00:48:29.440 --> 00:48:32.559 anybody this morning for anything? We're going 00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:35.619 to pray this morning. God's good. I need something 00:48:35.619 --> 00:48:37.840 to help me. Come down and help me pray this morning.