WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.360 Good. Oh, wonderful, wonderful. Take your Bibles 00:00:06.360 --> 00:00:10.199 and turn with me to the book of Revelation chapter 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:13.500 number 15. Revelation chapter 15, we're gonna 00:00:13.500 --> 00:00:16.559 work our way back over to the book of Deuteronomy 00:00:16.559 --> 00:00:19.100 and we're gonna start here in the book of Revelation. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.140 Wow, thank you for being here this morning. Thank 00:00:22.140 --> 00:00:25.410 you for. loving the Lord, thank you for your 00:00:25.410 --> 00:00:28.609 love for God's Word. God's Word is quick, powerful, 00:00:28.789 --> 00:00:31.309 sharper than any two -edged sword. God's Word 00:00:31.309 --> 00:00:34.429 changes lives. God's Word, it's a lamp to my 00:00:34.429 --> 00:00:36.869 feet and a light to my path. It's an absolutely 00:00:36.869 --> 00:00:40.530 an amazing book. And when we get to the book 00:00:40.530 --> 00:00:43.369 of Deuteronomy, we know that the children of 00:00:43.369 --> 00:00:46.570 Israel are about to enter into the promised land. 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:49.880 and Moses is not gonna be able to go with them. 00:00:49.939 --> 00:00:52.159 They're gonna cross that Jordan River. They're 00:00:52.159 --> 00:00:54.780 gonna go into that land flowing with milk and 00:00:54.780 --> 00:00:56.600 honey. It's gonna be wonderful. When we think 00:00:56.600 --> 00:01:01.399 about Moses, say that with me, Moses, okay? Just 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:04.920 like Moses, okay? Try to say it like that, Moses. 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:07.480 That sounded a little bit better, maybe, but 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:14.650 Moses was the leader for 40 long. It was Moses 00:01:14.650 --> 00:01:17.510 who went up into Mount Sinai, met with God, God 00:01:17.510 --> 00:01:21.329 gave him his word. And we think about Moses copied 00:01:21.329 --> 00:01:24.450 out Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and 00:01:24.450 --> 00:01:30.209 Deuteronomy. But Moses also was a songwriter 00:01:30.209 --> 00:01:34.530 or God used Moses to write a song. Look with 00:01:34.530 --> 00:01:37.569 me here in Revelation chapter 15, verse number 00:01:37.569 --> 00:01:40.969 three, the way this is worded. And they sing 00:01:40.969 --> 00:01:46.870 the song. of Moses, the servant of God. And the 00:01:46.870 --> 00:01:50.469 song of the lamb sang, great and marvelous are 00:01:50.469 --> 00:01:55.170 thy works, Lord God Almighty, just and true are 00:01:55.170 --> 00:01:58.430 thy ways, thou King of saints. This is, really 00:01:58.430 --> 00:02:00.489 the singers of this song are the tribulation 00:02:00.489 --> 00:02:03.349 saints, but they're singing the song of Moses, 00:02:03.489 --> 00:02:06.469 the song of the lamb. And imagine that, great 00:02:06.469 --> 00:02:11.610 and marvelous. Sing that with me. Great and marvelous. 00:02:11.900 --> 00:02:13.780 I don't know how it sounds, but that sounds good 00:02:13.780 --> 00:02:17.300 to me. Great and marvelous. And it's a song about 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:21.960 God, our great God, our powerful God, our amazing 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:24.400 God. And we do have a great God, amazing God, 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:26.060 a wonderful God. We'd all say him into that. 00:02:26.740 --> 00:02:29.259 Okay, now when you go back to the Old Testament, 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:33.319 go back with me to Exodus chapter 15. Turn back 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.580 to Exodus. You know, you go Genesis, then Exodus. 00:02:37.099 --> 00:02:41.189 Exodus chapter number 15. And wow, wow, wow, 00:02:41.509 --> 00:02:44.729 in Exodus chapter, I'm wowing because wow, imagine 00:02:44.729 --> 00:02:48.530 being there. Moses led the children of Israel 00:02:48.530 --> 00:02:52.310 across the Red Sea. God parted the Red Sea. The 00:02:52.310 --> 00:02:55.349 children of Israel crossed the Red Sea. The Egyptian 00:02:55.349 --> 00:02:58.250 army's behind them. The Egyptian army follows 00:02:58.250 --> 00:03:02.090 them. Then God takes and capsizes the Red Sea 00:03:02.090 --> 00:03:05.310 and it destroys the Egyptian army. And right 00:03:05.310 --> 00:03:09.180 here is a song. Look at verse number one. Then 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:14.580 sang Moses, then sang who? Moses, come on, then 00:03:14.580 --> 00:03:18.580 sang Moses, try it again with me, then sang Moses 00:03:18.580 --> 00:03:22.419 and the children of Israel, this song unto the 00:03:22.419 --> 00:03:25.780 Lord. And Spake sang, I will sing unto the Lord 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:29.159 for he hath triumphed gloriously. The horse and 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:33.219 his rider hath he thrown in the sea. The Lord 00:03:33.219 --> 00:03:36.879 is my strength and song, and he has become my 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:40.139 salvation. He is my God. And it was a song, the 00:03:40.139 --> 00:03:43.900 song of Moses. Absolutely fascinating. Now we 00:03:43.900 --> 00:03:46.599 turn over to Deuteronomy 31. That's where we're 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.080 getting at, Deuteronomy chapter number 31. And 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:54.120 we're gonna find another song, a song given by 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:57.819 God, and I call it the Song of Moses. And if 00:03:57.819 --> 00:04:00.099 you will, stand with me for the reading of God's 00:04:00.099 --> 00:04:03.409 word. We're gonna read Deuteronomy 31, and we're 00:04:03.409 --> 00:04:06.889 gonna read the last verse, verse number 30, all 00:04:06.889 --> 00:04:08.990 together in unison. Before we read that, remember 00:04:08.990 --> 00:04:13.169 how we pronounce Moses. Say that with me, Moses. 00:04:13.610 --> 00:04:17.430 Now look at verse number 30, ready? And Moses 00:04:17.430 --> 00:04:20.930 spake in the ears of all the congregation of 00:04:20.930 --> 00:04:25.129 Israel the words of this song until they were 00:04:25.129 --> 00:04:29.129 ended. Now understand, Moses spake. the words 00:04:29.129 --> 00:04:33.050 of this song, this song, this song. So as you 00:04:33.050 --> 00:04:36.810 go to chapter 32, you're gonna hear the song 00:04:36.810 --> 00:04:38.829 of Moses, you're gonna hear the words of this 00:04:38.829 --> 00:04:42.189 song. Now, before we pray, before we pray, I 00:04:42.189 --> 00:04:47.189 understand. I looked at this passage, I studied 00:04:47.189 --> 00:04:50.410 this passage, and at the beginning of this week, 00:04:50.529 --> 00:04:53.810 I was overwhelmed. The song of Moses, what does 00:04:53.810 --> 00:04:55.970 that have to do with me? What does that have 00:04:55.970 --> 00:04:58.319 to do with you today? By the time the end of 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:00.899 the week, when I was studying this, I was like, 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:05.600 holy mackerels. I've read this many times, but 00:05:05.600 --> 00:05:08.199 I've not paid attention to it. And by the way, 00:05:08.220 --> 00:05:10.279 you sometimes read the Bible and you read it, 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:12.579 but you're there, but you're not there. And when 00:05:12.579 --> 00:05:14.860 all of a sudden I read this, I paid attention 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:18.959 to it, I got to my office, and I think about 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:22.800 it, I cried thinking I needed that. And I mean 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.000 that. And I thought about how many people in 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.639 our church desperately need this truth. Now the 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.600 problem is, this whole song as we go through 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:33.639 it, there's gotta be a base, we gotta lay some 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:36.000 foundations, we gotta look and we gotta pay attention. 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:39.339 And I promise if you can just pay attention by 00:05:39.339 --> 00:05:41.540 the end of this, you're gonna say, man, I needed 00:05:41.540 --> 00:05:44.199 that or in the future I desperately am gonna 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:45.639 need that. But you're gonna have to pay attention 00:05:45.639 --> 00:05:47.540 this morning. We're gonna have to work through 00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:49.819 this just a little bit. Before we go any further, 00:05:49.980 --> 00:05:51.339 let's bow our heads, bow our hearts, go to the 00:05:51.339 --> 00:05:53.420 Lord in prayer. Dear Father in heaven, we love 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:57.750 you. Thank you, Lord. Thank you, Lord. Thank 00:05:57.750 --> 00:06:01.230 you, Lord, for giving us sometimes what I didn't 00:06:01.230 --> 00:06:04.209 even know we needed, Lord. And this song, I didn't 00:06:04.209 --> 00:06:06.870 realize how powerful it was, how much I needed 00:06:06.870 --> 00:06:10.230 in my life. But I pray that you help us all to 00:06:10.230 --> 00:06:14.069 spend the time thinking and working and really 00:06:14.069 --> 00:06:17.009 laboring through your word to get to the truth. 00:06:17.069 --> 00:06:19.129 And I pray that you help all of us to decrease, 00:06:19.290 --> 00:06:21.839 you to increase in a marvelous way. And Lord, 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:23.620 if there's a soul here this morning that's not 00:06:23.620 --> 00:06:25.980 been saved, I pray that this would be the day 00:06:25.980 --> 00:06:28.100 of salvation for them. And God, just wanna say 00:06:28.100 --> 00:06:31.420 thank you for your holy, precious, marvelous 00:06:31.420 --> 00:06:37.560 word. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Oh, okay. Now, 00:06:37.720 --> 00:06:39.600 as we get there, turn back to chapter number 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:42.279 31 there, and we're gonna go over to chapter 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:46.220 31, and before we read verse 14, understand now 00:06:46.220 --> 00:06:49.360 that Moses is about to leave the children of 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:52.420 Israel. Joshua is about to lead the children 00:06:52.420 --> 00:06:55.779 of Israel across the Jordan River and into the 00:06:55.779 --> 00:06:58.279 promised land. But understand, where are the 00:06:58.279 --> 00:07:00.920 children of Israel right now? They're about to 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:02.759 cross the promised land, and they are right with 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:05.600 God. This is very, very, very important. The 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:08.360 children of Israel, their heart is not far away 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:10.360 from God. They're listening to the word of God. 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:13.420 They have a fire and a zeal for God. The children 00:07:13.420 --> 00:07:15.879 of Israel are right with God. Now look with me 00:07:15.879 --> 00:07:23.480 at verse number 14, if you will. Some of you 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:27.360 need work at this. Moses, Moses, okay? Moses, 00:07:27.540 --> 00:07:31.019 okay. And the Lord said unto who? That's better. 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.540 Behold thy day's approach that thou must die. 00:07:34.980 --> 00:07:40.019 Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tabernacle 00:07:40.019 --> 00:07:44.100 of the congregation that I may give him a charge. 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:47.910 Okay, stop right there. speaks to Moses, says, 00:07:47.930 --> 00:07:50.129 hey, go get Joshua, you're gonna meet me over 00:07:50.129 --> 00:07:54.009 the tabernacle, I'm going to give Joshua a charge, 00:07:54.089 --> 00:07:56.389 that's a command, that's some directions. Now 00:07:56.389 --> 00:07:59.370 look with me at verse number 15. And the Lord 00:07:59.370 --> 00:08:03.269 appeared in the what? Tabernacle, look at verse 00:08:03.269 --> 00:08:08.850 16. And the Lord said unto Moses, behold, thou 00:08:08.850 --> 00:08:12.550 shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people, 00:08:12.589 --> 00:08:16.160 this people will rise up. These are some hard 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:21.100 words right here. And go a whoring after the 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:24.819 gods of the strangers of the land, whether they 00:08:24.819 --> 00:08:28.839 go up to be among them and will forsake me and 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:31.480 break my covenant, which I have made with them. 00:08:32.139 --> 00:08:36.600 Verse 17, then my anger shall be kindled against 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.460 them in that day. Okay, I'll explain this to 00:08:39.460 --> 00:08:41.960 you, but it's not hard to understand. Right now, 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:45.519 the children of Israel are right with God. Moses 00:08:45.519 --> 00:08:49.940 and Joshua meet with God in the tabernacle. They 00:08:49.940 --> 00:08:52.860 hear the voice of God and they say, listen, they're 00:08:52.860 --> 00:08:54.919 not gonna be long. The children of Israel are 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:57.919 gonna go into the promised land and when they 00:08:57.919 --> 00:09:01.720 do, they're gonna forsake me their God. And it's 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:04.960 gonna, my anger, my anger, God's anger, not my 00:09:04.960 --> 00:09:08.440 anger, God's anger is going to be kindled against 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:11.059 God's people. Okay, do you understand that? So 00:09:11.059 --> 00:09:13.659 right now, this is a baseline for the sermon. 00:09:13.899 --> 00:09:15.639 Right now, the children of Israel are right with 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:18.039 God, but Moses is gonna leave them. They're gonna 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.120 go into the promised land. They get in the promised 00:09:20.120 --> 00:09:22.600 land. In the promised land, the people of God, 00:09:22.659 --> 00:09:25.639 God's people are gonna forsake God, and God's 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:28.480 anger is gonna be kindled against them. You got 00:09:28.480 --> 00:09:30.720 that? Okay, now look at this next verse. Look 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:34.720 at this next verse. Verse number 18. And I will 00:09:34.720 --> 00:09:38.580 surely hide my face in that day for all the evils 00:09:38.580 --> 00:09:41.759 which they shall have wrought. in that they are 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:47.220 turned unto other gods. Verse 19, now therefore, 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:51.419 because of this truth, now therefore write ye 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:57.159 this, what? For you, and teach it to the children, 00:09:57.299 --> 00:09:59.799 teach this song, teach it the children of Israel, 00:10:00.220 --> 00:10:03.740 put it, the song, in their mouths, that this 00:10:03.740 --> 00:10:07.059 song may be a witness for me against the children 00:10:07.059 --> 00:10:10.840 of Israel. Wow, verse number 22, skip ahead, 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:15.759 verse number 22. Moses therefore wrote this song 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:18.620 the same day and taught it the children of Israel. 00:10:18.679 --> 00:10:20.399 Now, we're gonna make sure that we understand 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:22.279 this point right here real quick. Right now, 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:24.120 the children of Israel, they're right with God, 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:26.299 but they're gonna go into the promised land. 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:29.120 God's telling Moses and Joshua that when they 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.159 go to the promised land, they're gonna forsake 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.879 God. God's anger is gonna be kindled against 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.740 them. Therefore, because of that truth, you're 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:39.299 going to write this song. You're going to teach 00:10:39.299 --> 00:10:41.799 this song. You're going to put that song in the 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:45.539 hearts of my people. This song, the song of Moses. 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.960 OK, now I read that. I said, well, what does 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:52.279 that have to do with the price of tea in China? 00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:56.519 What does that have to do with you? What does 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.980 that have to do with me? But here's what it did 00:10:58.980 --> 00:11:03.299 for me. I begin to study this song. What is this 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:05.039 song? And I want you to turn over to the next 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:08.120 chapter, chapter number 32. We get to the actual 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:12.059 song of Moses. Look at chapter 32, if you will. 00:11:12.279 --> 00:11:15.279 Look with me at verse number one. Okay, verse 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:20.919 number one. Read this with me. Give ear, oh ye 00:11:20.919 --> 00:11:24.919 heavens, and I will speak, and hear, oh worth, 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:28.669 the words of my mouth. The song starts with saying, 00:11:28.889 --> 00:11:31.830 give ear, O ye heavens, and O earth. It's saying, 00:11:32.169 --> 00:11:35.850 think about what you're singing. The song and 00:11:35.850 --> 00:11:38.730 the lyrics right here from the very beginning 00:11:38.730 --> 00:11:41.710 are telling the children of Israel, the heaven 00:11:41.710 --> 00:11:44.429 and the earth, to think about what you're singing. 00:11:45.230 --> 00:11:48.190 I went golfing for the first time in like six 00:11:48.190 --> 00:11:49.889 months this last week. I hadn't been golfing 00:11:49.889 --> 00:11:52.590 in a long time. And when I was golfing, this 00:11:52.590 --> 00:11:56.049 man in a cart, a polar cart, caught up to us. 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.159 We'd given him an invitation to church, and he 00:11:58.159 --> 00:12:00.279 went around us, got in the next hole. And then 00:12:00.279 --> 00:12:03.379 all of a sudden, I heard, off in a slight distance, 00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:06.480 I heard him, he had this radio. And there were 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:10.460 some words that he had playing, and I imagined 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:12.779 singing that he didn't think about. They were 00:12:12.779 --> 00:12:16.440 not good words. You know, many times people sing 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:19.299 songs, but they don't think about what they're 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:22.320 singing. Boy, there's a whole array of words 00:12:22.320 --> 00:12:24.799 that are in my head where I've listened to music 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:26.960 or I hear music, and I don't even think about 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.200 the words, but I know the words, but I don't 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:32.240 really think about what the words say. I had 00:12:32.240 --> 00:12:35.379 an interesting thought. I looked this up, and 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:38.379 I think about worldly music, and much of the 00:12:38.379 --> 00:12:42.419 world's music is bad. Sometimes words in the 00:12:42.419 --> 00:12:44.879 songs of the world's music, they make no sense. 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:46.700 There's sexual nature. There's wicked and sinful. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:51.419 But I did a Google search. the five most popular 00:12:51.419 --> 00:12:54.399 songs of all time. And I looked them up and it 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:57.779 gave me the list. Here's the list. The first 00:12:57.779 --> 00:13:00.980 most popular song of all time. Now you may look 00:13:00.980 --> 00:13:02.379 it up, it may show you something different, but 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:06.860 the first one was Imagine by John Lennon. And 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:09.580 the words of that song, imagine there's no heaven, 00:13:10.340 --> 00:13:14.960 it's easy if you try, no hell below us. That 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:17.500 song may be sung, many people sing that song. 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:22.259 but it is a song that is absolutely against the 00:13:22.259 --> 00:13:25.720 great God that I love. So many times people think, 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:28.820 the second on the list was what they call the 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:33.019 Bohemian Rhapsody by a group named Queen. And 00:13:33.019 --> 00:13:35.539 it includes words like this, mama just killed 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:38.220 a man. It also makes reference in the song to 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:42.399 Beelzebub. And really there is a dark side to 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:45.929 that song and I won't go into it. but it's a 00:13:45.929 --> 00:13:47.889 song that does not glorify the great God that 00:13:47.889 --> 00:13:50.809 we have. And many people listen to that song 00:13:50.809 --> 00:13:53.669 or sing that song and don't think of the words. 00:13:53.730 --> 00:13:55.590 They're not listening to the words that are there. 00:13:55.789 --> 00:13:58.070 And this is not a sermon about this, but it's 00:13:58.070 --> 00:13:59.870 just part of to help you understand this. The 00:13:59.870 --> 00:14:03.129 third song on there was by Michael Jackson and 00:14:03.129 --> 00:14:06.740 a song named Billie Jean. that song right very 00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:10.799 famous the kid is not my son and really this 00:14:10.799 --> 00:14:15.600 this song centers on really sexual scandal accusation 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:19.679 moral and cleanliness it's sexual by nature it's 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:23.460 a song that people sing people like but many 00:14:23.460 --> 00:14:25.919 people don't hear the words that song the third 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:29.149 fourth one is like a rolling stone by Bob I won't 00:14:29.149 --> 00:14:32.049 go into that one, but really it's beating a man 00:14:32.049 --> 00:14:35.129 while he's down. And the fourth one is good vibrations 00:14:35.129 --> 00:14:38.470 by the Beach Boys. What's wrong with that pastor? 00:14:38.809 --> 00:14:40.850 Well, I'm just saying the lyrics right there 00:14:40.850 --> 00:14:44.789 lead to a life that's lived by emotion rather 00:14:44.789 --> 00:14:47.690 than the facts that are found in the word of 00:14:47.690 --> 00:14:52.289 God. Now, my whole point on that is often you 00:14:52.289 --> 00:14:55.870 or I, we can turn on a radio and we all of a 00:14:55.870 --> 00:14:58.799 sudden learn a song. And it becomes a part of 00:14:58.799 --> 00:15:01.500 us in our mind, and we really don't think about 00:15:01.500 --> 00:15:04.559 what the words are actually saying. God is saying, 00:15:04.600 --> 00:15:08.200 hey, in this song, listen up. Think about what 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:10.419 you're seeing. Let the words of my mouth and 00:15:10.419 --> 00:15:12.340 the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy 00:15:12.340 --> 00:15:13.879 sight, oh, Lord, my strength and my redeemer. 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:15.440 Look at verse number 2. Look at verse number 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:19.259 2. Okay, now, if you can stop for just for me. 00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:22.360 I got to stand here for a second. Hold over here 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.059 and just breathe for a second. I'm out of breath. 00:15:27.520 --> 00:15:30.799 Okay, sit up straight, now you listen to this. 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.340 We got the first, this song needs to be heard, 00:15:33.759 --> 00:15:36.580 the words. Now it's interesting, the second verse 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:39.519 right here says this, my doctrine, say those 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:42.639 two words with me. My doctrine shall drop as 00:15:42.639 --> 00:15:46.740 the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:51.559 as the small rain upon the tender herb and the 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:53.799 showers upon the grass. Really, this is saying, 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:58.009 hey, God is my instructor. My doctrine, God's 00:15:58.009 --> 00:16:00.529 doctrine, he's telling us his position. God's 00:16:00.529 --> 00:16:03.789 telling us what is true. God is telling us what 00:16:03.789 --> 00:16:08.029 is real. And it's like dew that makes the herbs 00:16:08.029 --> 00:16:10.250 grow or the grass begin to grow right there. 00:16:10.730 --> 00:16:13.129 The doctrine found in the word of God, the doctrine 00:16:13.129 --> 00:16:17.370 that comes from God, it gives life. Okay, okay. 00:16:18.409 --> 00:16:23.539 Life. It gives life. The word of God brings life, 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.960 okay? Sometimes I don't like the truth, but I 00:16:26.960 --> 00:16:29.700 mean, I need the truth, okay? I'd rather somebody 00:16:29.700 --> 00:16:31.759 not tickle my ears. I'd like to know what is 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:35.019 true. God's word is always true. Now, verse number 00:16:35.019 --> 00:16:39.279 three, look at this, look at this. Look at this, 00:16:39.299 --> 00:16:42.220 this is amazing. Because I will publish the name 00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:45.600 of the Lord, ascribe ye, what does this say? 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:48.740 Greatness unto our God. Greatness unto our God. 00:16:49.139 --> 00:16:55.440 He is the Rock. He is the rock. He is not a rock. 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:59.539 He is the rock. His work is perfect. For all 00:16:59.539 --> 00:17:02.159 his ways are judgment, a God of truth, and without 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:05.960 iniquity, just and right is he. This rock right 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:09.039 here is a big rock. My family and I, we went 00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:12.180 up to Maine, probably five or six years ago, 00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:14.920 and outside of Millinocket, in the middle of 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:18.119 nowhere, we saw this rock in the wilderness, 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:21.390 and me and my kids, It doesn't look like much. 00:17:21.450 --> 00:17:25.509 That's not a fake rock, but it is heavy. It's 00:17:25.509 --> 00:17:29.109 like really, really heavy. But our God is the 00:17:29.109 --> 00:17:32.170 rock. And what do I mean by that? Our God is 00:17:32.170 --> 00:17:36.900 stable. You can stand on the rock. Our God saves. 00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:40.319 Our God does not change. Our God is unmovable, 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:42.740 you might say. Psalm 18, verse two. The Lord 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:45.579 is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer. 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:48.119 Lead me to the rock that is higher than me. Psalm 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:51.960 16, verse two. He is the only God, the rock. 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:54.299 He's the only God. He's a powerful God. He's 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:57.420 a mighty God. He is a great God. He's the king 00:17:57.420 --> 00:18:00.180 of kings and lord of lords. He's the alpha, the 00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:02.970 mega, the first and the last. greatness of God. 00:18:03.250 --> 00:18:05.750 In this song, it's trying to point us to the 00:18:05.750 --> 00:18:08.950 great God that formed the world, that gave us 00:18:08.950 --> 00:18:12.289 life. Truly, the God of the Bible, the God that 00:18:12.289 --> 00:18:15.589 give you life and me life is an amazing God. 00:18:16.930 --> 00:18:21.470 Okay. I don't want to sit on the rock. I should 00:18:21.470 --> 00:18:24.289 stand on the rock, shouldn't I? No, don't do 00:18:24.289 --> 00:18:28.190 that. That's a bad idea. Okay. Now, we're going 00:18:28.190 --> 00:18:31.200 through here. And think with me before I move 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:33.400 to this next time because something begins to 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:35.940 change in the song. God is the rock, he never 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:39.160 moves, he never errs. Our God that cannot lie, 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.940 he never sins, he never does anything wrong. 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.640 So as we begin this, think about what you're 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:47.079 singing. All of a sudden it's a song about healthy 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:50.220 doctrine, it's a song about the greatness of 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:53.559 God, a great God. But then verse number five, 00:18:53.619 --> 00:19:00.599 look at this. They have corrupted themselves. 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:05.160 Their spot is not the spot of his children. They 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:09.220 are a perverse and crooked generation. Do ye 00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:13.619 thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise. 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:16.299 It's a song that all of a sudden begins to change 00:19:16.299 --> 00:19:20.500 and talk about a corrupted people. It's basically 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:22.500 saying, and we're gonna get into this more, the 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:24.920 children of Israel, they're gonna go into the 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:27.500 promised land. and they're gonna be turned into 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:30.779 God's people are going to turn away from the 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:33.519 great God that they have and they're gonna corrupt 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:37.519 themselves. They go again, you say their spot, 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:40.099 do you see that spot where it says spot? It says 00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:43.140 this, it says their spot, in verse five, is not 00:19:43.140 --> 00:19:46.420 the spot of his children. My wife, I think is 00:19:46.420 --> 00:19:50.200 in the nursery this morning, but she'll remember 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:53.039 my son Sam. You were there, Sam, Sam, you remember 00:19:53.039 --> 00:19:56.339 that? Our back window you had a wrench in your 00:19:56.339 --> 00:20:00.319 hand and a big wrench and my Samuel my Samuel 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:02.400 Took that wrench and I don't know what he's thinking 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:04.779 four years old three years old takes a wrench 00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:08.059 and he throws it through the window You know, 00:20:08.059 --> 00:20:11.700 I thought I said Mandy that's your son It's not 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:18.440 my son, that's your son Didn't come from me It's 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.700 not my child well, she said the apple does not 00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:25.420 fall far from the tree But think about it, it's 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:28.039 a song about a corrupted people. Now if you go 00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:30.099 to this next part, look at it, it continues to 00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:34.180 build. Verse number seven. Remember the days 00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:37.960 of old. Consider the years of many generations. 00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:42.019 Ask thy father, and he will show thee. thy elders, 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:45.240 and they will tell thee, win the most high, divide 00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:47.859 it to the nations. And really, this next section, 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:52.000 it's calling the people to remember. They've 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:54.420 corrupted themselves. They have a great God. 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:57.400 That doctrine that they had is what grows you 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:59.880 and gives you life, but these corrupted people, 00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:02.599 all of a sudden, it's calling them to remember 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:05.519 the days of old, remember the past, remember 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:08.220 how God had blessed you. Look at, in the next 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:11.049 section, verse number 10, look at this. He found 00:21:11.049 --> 00:21:14.009 them in a desert land and in the waste howling 00:21:14.009 --> 00:21:16.450 wilderness, he led them about. He instructed 00:21:16.450 --> 00:21:19.890 them. He kept them as the apple of his eye, as 00:21:19.890 --> 00:21:22.410 an eagle stirreth her nest. Now, this is very, 00:21:22.549 --> 00:21:23.890 very hard. Now, stop and look at me real quick. 00:21:24.049 --> 00:21:25.430 We're all on the same page. We're all there. 00:21:25.849 --> 00:21:28.470 I know this is a struggle for us in a way to 00:21:28.470 --> 00:21:30.910 get through this, but he's all of a sudden saying, 00:21:31.049 --> 00:21:34.009 hey, listen. Our God right there demands and 00:21:34.009 --> 00:21:36.490 desires us to open up our ears and listen. We've 00:21:36.490 --> 00:21:38.549 got to listen to the words, okay? All of a sudden, 00:21:38.650 --> 00:21:41.130 our God is a great God. Our God is a great God. 00:21:41.390 --> 00:21:44.589 His doctrine gives you life. But you're a corrupted 00:21:44.589 --> 00:21:47.549 people, corrupted people. But if you can remember 00:21:47.549 --> 00:21:50.329 how, in the past, how good God has been for you. 00:21:50.390 --> 00:21:52.990 God is the one that led you for those 40 years. 00:21:52.990 --> 00:21:55.829 He gave you water from a rock. He gave you manna 00:21:55.829 --> 00:22:00.230 from heaven. He's a God that God will take care 00:22:00.230 --> 00:22:03.190 of you. Okay, we sort of got that. If we're getting 00:22:03.190 --> 00:22:05.230 there, we're getting there, we're moving along 00:22:05.230 --> 00:22:08.069 right there. Look at this, oh, by the way, huh, 00:22:08.569 --> 00:22:12.170 huh. You know, you think about it, it's easy 00:22:12.170 --> 00:22:15.289 to go against the God that we love. Okay, and 00:22:15.289 --> 00:22:18.089 I was thinking about, sometimes we don't intentionally 00:22:18.089 --> 00:22:21.369 kick against God, you might say, but sometimes 00:22:21.369 --> 00:22:24.049 we do. My son Amos right there, yesterday we 00:22:24.049 --> 00:22:26.329 were playing thumb wars. He got on my lap. Dad, 00:22:26.349 --> 00:22:29.890 let's have a thumb war. One, two, three, four, 00:22:30.130 --> 00:22:35.690 let's have a thumb warp. Okay, then it grew to 00:22:35.690 --> 00:22:39.150 two thumb wars at once. One, two, three, four, 00:22:39.329 --> 00:22:44.170 let's have a thumb warp. Then he, Amos, five 00:22:44.170 --> 00:22:50.410 years old, with his head, attacked my knee. Now 00:22:50.410 --> 00:22:54.049 he's crying all of a sudden because he hit his 00:22:54.049 --> 00:22:56.230 head on my knee, he attacked my knee. So when 00:22:56.230 --> 00:22:58.470 he started crying, I said, you're not the one 00:22:58.470 --> 00:23:00.690 to cry. You did that to me, and I started crying. 00:23:02.170 --> 00:23:05.529 So I was smarter than him. I ran out to Mama, 00:23:06.190 --> 00:23:08.109 and I got on the couch with Mama and I said, 00:23:08.390 --> 00:23:11.549 he hit my knee. And he was slow because he was 00:23:11.549 --> 00:23:14.089 still in the bedroom crying over there. And finally 00:23:14.089 --> 00:23:17.009 he came wallering out, and you remember Amos, 00:23:17.049 --> 00:23:19.690 you remember this, and you said, my head. I said, 00:23:19.809 --> 00:23:21.849 my knee. And then he looked at me and said, let's 00:23:21.849 --> 00:23:25.859 have another thumb war. So we had another thumb 00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:28.400 war, one, two, three, four, let's have a thumb 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:31.500 war. And this time he did this and he popped 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:38.900 me right in the head. I was seeing stars. I was 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:43.339 good to him and he hurt me, smacked me. But here's 00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:46.200 the thing, God's been good to us whether we meant 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:49.839 to be corrupted, go against God, the reality 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:53.160 is this people have gone against the great God 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:55.339 They gave them life and breath. Look at this, 00:23:55.380 --> 00:24:00.220 look at verse 15. But Jeshuram, that's Israel, 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:05.599 waxed fat, fat, waxed fat, and kicked. Thou art 00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:08.400 waxed in fat, thou art grown thick, thou art 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:11.839 covered with fatness. It's saying, God's blessed 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:14.480 you, God's blessed you. And as you continue to 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:17.009 read this, verse 16. They provoked him to jealousy 00:24:17.009 --> 00:24:20.750 with strange gods. Verse 17, they sacrificed 00:24:20.750 --> 00:24:23.910 unto devils, not to God. It's a song about waxing 00:24:23.910 --> 00:24:27.829 facts. Spoiled, rebellious children going and 00:24:27.829 --> 00:24:32.349 living and serving other gods. Okay, Noah, you're 00:24:32.349 --> 00:24:35.009 over there. Noah, you got your little son Job 00:24:35.009 --> 00:24:38.329 and yesterday out soul winning on the bus, you 00:24:38.329 --> 00:24:40.269 got sitting there and Job's a little over one 00:24:40.269 --> 00:24:41.990 years old. He's cute. Then all of a sudden he 00:24:41.990 --> 00:24:46.960 came over and he bit you hard. on the chin, and 00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:49.619 he gripped a hole to get to rip your chin out 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:53.519 of his grips right there, but he bit you. Your 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:56.900 son, who is cute, bit you. And I thought about 00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:59.640 that, that when it used the word, Jeshurun waxed 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:03.599 fat and kicked. Jeshurun, Israel waxed fat, God 00:25:03.599 --> 00:25:05.980 blessed them, but they're kicking against the 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.619 will of God. Kicking against the will of God. 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:09.500 You understand that? Okay, look at this next 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:13.059 part. Verse number 20, look at this. And he said, 00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:15.500 I will hide my face from them. Say that with 00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:18.480 me. I will hide my face from them. Look at verse 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:22.359 23. I will heap mischiefs upon them. It's a song 00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:25.339 about God's judgment. In other words, when Israel 00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:28.279 rebelled, God judged them. God said, I'm not 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.700 gonna bless you. Okay, you go ahead and serve 00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:32.259 those other gods, but my judgment is coming upon 00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:34.660 you. Judgment is coming upon you. Look at this. 00:25:34.680 --> 00:25:37.220 Look as you go to this. Look at verse 29. Look 00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:42.150 at this. Oh, that they were wise. that they understood 00:25:42.150 --> 00:25:45.150 this, that they would consider their latter end. 00:25:45.210 --> 00:25:48.490 Say that verse with me. Oh, that they were wise, 00:25:48.950 --> 00:25:51.710 that they understood this, that they would consider 00:25:51.710 --> 00:25:54.569 their latter end. In other words, God didn't 00:25:54.569 --> 00:25:57.190 want it this way. God didn't wanna judge them. 00:25:57.710 --> 00:26:00.069 God didn't wanna chase in them. It's not the 00:26:00.069 --> 00:26:03.029 way God wanted it. You know, God sent him to 00:26:03.029 --> 00:26:05.410 the land flowing with milk and honey, the promised 00:26:05.410 --> 00:26:07.839 land, because he wanted to bless them. But they 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:10.440 turned their hearts away from God, so God, rather 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:13.099 than blessing them, has to chastise them. And 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:15.200 right there, the God says, no, oh, that they 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:17.880 were wise, that they understood this. Verse number 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:20.900 31, look at this, you gotta see this. For their 00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:25.819 rock is not as our rock. Their rock, little r, 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:29.500 their rock, their false gods is not as our rock, 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:33.940 the rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 00:26:34.450 --> 00:26:37.170 And by the way, you continue on. God didn't want 00:26:37.170 --> 00:26:39.329 it this way. But look at this, verse 36. Go to 00:26:39.329 --> 00:26:43.309 36. We're almost at the end of this. For the 00:26:43.309 --> 00:26:45.990 Lord shall judge his people and repent himself 00:26:45.990 --> 00:26:49.029 for his servants when he seeth that their power 00:26:49.029 --> 00:26:52.589 is gone and there is none shut up or left. And 00:26:52.589 --> 00:26:56.410 he shall say, where are their gods, their rock 00:26:56.410 --> 00:26:58.930 in whom they trusted? Look at the end of verse 00:26:58.930 --> 00:27:01.829 38. Let them rise up and help you and be your 00:27:01.829 --> 00:27:04.660 protection. Now you're gonna see this, it's gonna 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:06.859 come together, it's gonna be worth it. But understand 00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.920 where we're at. All of a sudden, the children 00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:10.980 of Israel, they're right with God. They're gonna 00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:13.339 go into the promised land. They're gonna corrupt 00:27:13.339 --> 00:27:16.180 themselves. They shouldn't, but they are. It 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:19.039 leads to God chastising them. They're serving 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:22.180 false gods. They get in trouble, and all of a 00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:25.720 sudden, they're false gods their way. They find 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:28.160 no help in that. There's no hope in that. And 00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:30.180 it's like, you don't have to live that way. But 00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:32.039 listen, you've chosen to live that way. Those 00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:34.559 little rocks are not going to help you. The big 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:37.059 rock would, but the little rocks would not help 00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:39.400 you at all. You understand? OK, we got this. 00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:42.559 We're almost there. It's a story of false gods. 00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:45.259 They will fail you. By the way, the little rocks, 00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.720 they won't help you. There's a man I've been 00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:49.759 witnessing to for a while now. He's a Muslim. 00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:52.140 And he sort of jokes. He said, you know, I'll 00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:54.380 go to your church if you'll come to my mosque. 00:27:54.750 --> 00:27:57.670 And I said, well, no, we're different. He says, 00:27:57.789 --> 00:28:00.589 no, we're about the same. No, there is a big 00:28:00.589 --> 00:28:04.109 difference between your little rock God and the 00:28:04.109 --> 00:28:08.109 big capital R rock God of the Bible. There is. 00:28:08.329 --> 00:28:10.630 The God of the Bible is a true and living God. 00:28:10.990 --> 00:28:14.009 Okay, so verse 39, look at this. And this is 00:28:14.009 --> 00:28:19.529 what says it. See now that I, even I am he, and 00:28:19.529 --> 00:28:23.630 there is no God with me, I kill and I make alive. 00:28:23.789 --> 00:28:27.730 I wound and I heal. Neither is there any that 00:28:27.730 --> 00:28:32.250 can deliver out of my hand. For I lift up my 00:28:32.250 --> 00:28:35.690 hand to heaven and say, I live forever. And here 00:28:35.690 --> 00:28:40.329 God in the song is declaring his authority, you 00:28:40.329 --> 00:28:43.490 might say. He's saying, as God, I give life, 00:28:43.809 --> 00:28:47.069 I bring death, I judge, there's no other God. 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:51.039 I alone rule. God is basically saying, I am the 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:53.220 King of kings and Lord of lords. I'm the one 00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:55.200 that gave you life. I'm the one that gave you 00:28:55.200 --> 00:29:01.319 breath. I'm God. Okay, okay. Just take a deep 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:04.400 breath real quick. Where did this pastor come 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:08.759 from? I've been working on this week trying to 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:12.619 study this and we're almost there because what 00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:14.539 does this have to do with you? And what does 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:16.259 it have to do with me? You're gonna notice it 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:18.940 has a lot to do with us. We got two more little 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:21.119 things that you see. Look at verse 43, you gotta 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:28.839 see this. 43, rejoice, O ye nations, rejoice, 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:32.380 O ye nations, with his people, for he will avenge 00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:36.279 the blood of his servants and will render vengeance 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:39.640 to his adversaries. And look at this next spot. 00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:46.839 And we'll be what? Merciful unto his land and 00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:53.000 to his people. Merciful unto his land, to his 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:58.460 people. Oh, you don't get it yet, but you're 00:29:58.460 --> 00:29:59.599 gonna see it. All of a sudden it's gonna be like, 00:29:59.619 --> 00:30:04.700 oh yeah. A few weeks ago, Connor, we played basketball. 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:10.539 I was a captain. I chose my team. And Joseph, 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:12.000 you were a part of that team wherever you are, 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:14.599 Joseph. And Brother Connor, you were part of 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:17.559 that team. But we played our first game, Connor. 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:20.819 And I realized, two minutes in the game, we're 00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:26.700 in trouble. We're in trouble. We're not going 00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:30.059 to win. And anyways, we played five games. We 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:32.380 lost all five games. But I knew after the first 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:34.740 two minutes that we were in trouble. And the 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:38.059 thing is, once you lose once, I have to go play 00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:42.019 the next game. And we're in trouble. Do you understand? 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:45.539 I'm on the wrong side. And if you're on the wrong 00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:49.619 side, it's miserable. And here's the point. At 00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:51.940 that point, it didn't matter if the first game 00:30:51.940 --> 00:30:54.339 or second game or third team, that's my team. 00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:57.420 And if you could, Connor, forgive me for saying 00:30:57.420 --> 00:31:00.319 this, it's only gonna hurt you. But it's not 00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:02.380 yearly you, it's Joseph was the problem, okay? 00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:07.019 But I chose the wrong team and there was no going 00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:10.680 back. There's no going back. Can you understand 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:14.839 that? What it's saying right here, though, is, 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:19.000 hey, I will be merciful unto his land. It's saying 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:22.660 in the end of the song that God wins, but he 00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:25.740 is merciful enough that he will allow you to 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:29.079 come back to the winning side. And I'm gonna 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:30.680 sum this up in just a moment, because it's gonna 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:32.180 all of a sudden go, oh, this is good, because 00:31:32.180 --> 00:31:35.220 it is good. Look at verse number 44. Look at 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:38.660 this. This is the very last part. And Moses came 00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:42.140 and spake all the words, all the words of this 00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:45.619 song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshia, 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:49.299 that's Joshua, the son of Nun, and Moses made 00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:52.099 an end of speaking all these words, these words 00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:55.160 of that song to all Israel, and he said unto 00:31:55.160 --> 00:32:01.440 them, said unto them, watch this, set your hearts 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:10.569 unto all the what? All the words of what? The 00:32:10.569 --> 00:32:14.369 song. All the words of the song. He's saying 00:32:14.369 --> 00:32:18.049 all of the words of the song. This is a side 00:32:18.049 --> 00:32:20.529 note, but do you realize there's many people 00:32:20.529 --> 00:32:25.410 God will give a gift, instructions, a map, and 00:32:25.410 --> 00:32:27.329 people do not have the character to pay attention 00:32:27.329 --> 00:32:31.009 to it? Well, you mean I gotta spend time learning 00:32:31.009 --> 00:32:34.609 that? Paying attention to that? Working on that? 00:32:34.890 --> 00:32:38.390 Thinking about that? meditating upon that, reading 00:32:38.390 --> 00:32:42.410 that. I didn't say it, God said it. And here's 00:32:42.410 --> 00:32:46.069 the thing, it says this, and this is wild. Under 00:32:46.069 --> 00:32:48.049 all the words which I testify among you this 00:32:48.049 --> 00:32:51.329 day, verse 47, for it is not a vain thing for 00:32:51.329 --> 00:32:53.210 you, it's not an empty thing for you, because 00:32:53.210 --> 00:33:00.029 it is your life. It is your life. It's your life. 00:33:01.049 --> 00:33:03.190 It's your life. And here's where the sermon comes 00:33:03.190 --> 00:33:06.160 in. And just to sum this up, think about what 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.099 you're seeing. The children of Israel, and if 00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:11.079 there's a part to pay attention to, it's right 00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:13.779 now, okay? It's gonna come together. The children 00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:17.019 of Israel are right with God. They're about to 00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:19.880 enter into the promised land. God already knows 00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.380 when they get to the promised land, they're gonna 00:33:21.380 --> 00:33:24.740 turn away from God. Then God's gonna judge them. 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.480 God's gonna chase in them. And God is gonna have 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:30.930 this song. Remember the song. Remember the song, 00:33:31.190 --> 00:33:33.390 the song that reminds you about what you're singing, 00:33:33.609 --> 00:33:35.569 a song when you're in the promised land, you've 00:33:35.569 --> 00:33:37.509 turned away from God, a song that has healthy 00:33:37.509 --> 00:33:39.529 doctrine that reminds you of the greatness of 00:33:39.529 --> 00:33:41.750 God, a song about a corrupted people, a song 00:33:41.750 --> 00:33:44.869 to remember the days of old, a song to remind 00:33:44.869 --> 00:33:47.349 you that God took care of you, a song about the 00:33:47.349 --> 00:33:50.130 wax, fat, spoiled, rebellious child right there, 00:33:50.309 --> 00:33:53.049 a song about God's judgment, a song where God 00:33:53.049 --> 00:33:55.130 didn't want it this way. Now here it is, now 00:33:55.130 --> 00:33:57.910 listen to this statement. The song of Moses. 00:33:58.569 --> 00:34:03.170 Was given before Israel ever entered Canaan because 00:34:03.170 --> 00:34:06.910 God already knew they would forget him Forsake 00:34:06.910 --> 00:34:10.809 him and suffer for it. So he gave them a song 00:34:10.809 --> 00:34:14.869 to bring them back to truth When rebellion comes 00:34:14.869 --> 00:34:18.030 and the consequences of sin starts showing up 00:34:18.030 --> 00:34:21.010 They were to remember that God is still the rock 00:34:21.010 --> 00:34:23.929 God was never the problem their trouble came 00:34:23.929 --> 00:34:28.179 from turning away from him and in mercy And in 00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:30.719 mercy, God still leaves the door open for them 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:34.179 to return to the winning side. That's why the 00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:37.739 song mattered. It was not empty words, it was 00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:42.159 their life. Okay, for me, I thought about what 00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:45.920 does it matter to me? Me, Matt Nettisheim, Pastor 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:49.360 Matt Nettisheim of the great Chesapeake Baptist 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:53.219 Church, I have been given this song today. And 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:57.420 the reality is one day, I'm going to forget God. 00:34:58.159 --> 00:35:00.820 I'm going to forsake him and I'm going to suffer 00:35:00.820 --> 00:35:04.199 for it. But God gave me, Matt Nettis signed this 00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:07.820 song to bring me back to the truth. When rebellion 00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:10.679 comes and the consequences start showing up, 00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:29.280 I need to remember God is still the rock. Okay, 00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:36.820 what about you? You, Chesapeake Baptist Church, 00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:38.800 people that are here, you've been given this 00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:41.800 song today. The reality is that one day you're 00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:43.820 going to forget God. What do I mean by that? 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:46.539 What do you mean, forget God? The reality is, 00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:49.980 in some form or fashion, every one of us slips 00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:52.679 away from God and begins to turn to our own way. 00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:55.340 It just happens. We're not proud of it, but it's 00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:57.780 the reality of life. And it's going to happen 00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:59.780 to you. Whether you like it or not, there is 00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:01.780 a time it's going to happen to you. And when 00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:03.699 you do, the reality is one day you're going to 00:36:03.699 --> 00:36:05.780 forget God, you're going to forsake him, and 00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:08.199 you're going to suffer for it. But God gave you 00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:11.340 this song to bring you back to the truth. When 00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:14.190 that rebellion comes, and the consequences of 00:36:14.190 --> 00:36:16.889 sin start showing up in your life, you need to 00:36:16.889 --> 00:36:21.210 remember that God is still the rock. God was 00:36:21.210 --> 00:36:23.670 never the problem. And the trouble in your life 00:36:23.670 --> 00:36:26.849 came because you turned away from him. And yet 00:36:26.849 --> 00:36:29.730 in God's mercy, God's still leaving the door 00:36:29.730 --> 00:36:33.269 open for you to return to the winning team. That's 00:36:33.269 --> 00:36:35.489 why this song matters. It's not empty words. 00:36:35.769 --> 00:36:40.420 It is our life, your life. Okay, I want just 00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:42.280 to make sure that we understand this and I know 00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:44.400 I'm repeating this but let's let's do it like 00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:46.900 this we that's us That's you and me together. 00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:49.920 We have been given this song today. God gave 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:53.179 us a song today It's an amazing song and in reality 00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:56.489 we we one day are gonna forget God We're going 00:36:56.489 --> 00:36:58.670 to forsake him. And when we do, we suffer for 00:36:58.670 --> 00:37:01.409 it. But God gave us this song to bring us back 00:37:01.409 --> 00:37:03.630 to the truth. When that rebellion comes in our 00:37:03.630 --> 00:37:05.989 life and the consequences of sin start showing 00:37:05.989 --> 00:37:09.530 up, we need to remember that God is still the 00:37:09.530 --> 00:37:12.429 rock. He was never the problem. And the trouble 00:37:12.429 --> 00:37:14.690 in our lives came because we turned away from 00:37:14.690 --> 00:37:18.210 him. Yet in God's infinite. Wonderful mercy, 00:37:18.449 --> 00:37:21.130 he's left the door open and we can come running 00:37:21.130 --> 00:37:24.489 back to the great God and that song, if we can 00:37:24.489 --> 00:37:27.769 remember the words of this song, it, it, the 00:37:27.769 --> 00:37:31.110 song, it is our life. It's a reminder we can 00:37:31.110 --> 00:37:37.110 come home to God. We can come home to God. Dear 00:37:37.110 --> 00:37:42.929 friend of mine, I would say 24 years ago, dear 00:37:42.929 --> 00:37:47.159 friend of mine. I mean, we were on fire for God. 00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:50.440 And I remember the day that all of a sudden he 00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:52.780 began to make decisions. And I remember going 00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:55.079 up to him and I says, you know, to my friend 00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:58.179 and saying, hey, you know, you really see what 00:37:58.179 --> 00:38:00.719 you're doing? And he all of a sudden got puffed 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:02.579 up. He didn't care, he's hardened, hardened, 00:38:02.760 --> 00:38:04.860 hardened. He said, I'm just gonna do what I'm 00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:08.699 gonna do. And he did, he did. And it began to 00:38:08.699 --> 00:38:10.860 destroy, sin when it's finished bringing forth 00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:13.260 death. And I remember sin, when all of a sudden, 00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:15.579 boom, boom, boom, it began to destroy his life, 00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:18.920 his marriage, his children. And I remember it, 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:20.599 I'm not proud of that, I'm just saying that's 00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:23.559 the way it was. And I remember eventually going 00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:25.900 back to him and saying, hey, come back, come 00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:29.460 back, come back, God is merciful. Yeah, you've 00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:32.179 got scars, but God wants you back. And at that 00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:34.199 time, he had no belief that God would ever accept 00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:37.739 him back. He said, God's not merciful. and basically 00:38:37.739 --> 00:38:41.340 he continued in sin, believing maybe that he 00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:43.719 deserved it, maybe he did, but it's a terrible 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:47.699 life. And we fast forward today, his life is 00:38:47.699 --> 00:38:51.500 no better, matter of fact, it's worse. You know, 00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:54.360 there's hope for you. There's hope for me. We 00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:57.420 have a great God. Okay, here's the reality, and 00:38:57.420 --> 00:38:59.579 here's the very end of it right there. This sermon, 00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:02.099 reality, we're sinners, but God's been so good 00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:04.940 to us. You're here today, you're right with God. 00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:06.900 but there's coming a time when you're gonna get 00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:09.260 away from him. You're gonna do some things, you're 00:39:09.260 --> 00:39:11.139 gonna say some things, you're gonna think some 00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:12.760 things, and next thing you know, you're going 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:15.559 to the judgment of God. The words of this song, 00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:17.539 if you think about it, meditate, they're not 00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:20.039 vanity and they're not empty, but they're songs 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:23.159 to remind you to bring you back to the great 00:39:23.159 --> 00:39:26.219 God who loves you, who's your rock, and keep 00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:28.559 it in your mind, keep it in your heart, God is 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:32.059 merciful, and here's the last word, and I believe 00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:35.079 this is for some here today. God wants us to 00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:38.619 come back. When I wrote that right there, typed 00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:40.719 that out, I typed it out, God wants us back. 00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:44.059 I began to cry, to think about the times that 00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:46.860 I've forsaken God in my life, and I'm thankful 00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:50.239 for God's mercy. I'm thankful for allowing me, 00:39:50.380 --> 00:39:53.880 Matt Nettisheim, to come back to him. God wants 00:39:53.880 --> 00:39:56.360 you back. There's somebody in here this morning, 00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:59.000 you're far away from God. You're here, but in 00:39:59.000 --> 00:40:00.900 your mind you said, ah, it's good for Pastor, 00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:03.349 but it's not good for me. No, it's good for you. 00:40:03.389 --> 00:40:06.150 God wants you back. God wants you back. God wants 00:40:06.150 --> 00:40:09.710 you, come back to him today. But for all of us, 00:40:09.769 --> 00:40:12.170 we may be right with God, but right around the 00:40:12.170 --> 00:40:14.349 corner, maybe a month, maybe a year, but sometime 00:40:14.349 --> 00:40:16.949 in the future, prone to wonder, Lord, I feel 00:40:16.949 --> 00:40:21.869 it, prone to leave the God I love, come back 00:40:21.869 --> 00:40:25.130 to God. Let's pray. Dear Father in heaven, we 00:40:25.130 --> 00:40:28.670 love you. We thank you, Lord, for loving us. 00:40:29.769 --> 00:40:33.570 Salvation. The only way to heaven is you, Jesus. 00:40:33.949 --> 00:40:36.010 Thank you for coming 2 ,000 years ago, giving 00:40:36.010 --> 00:40:39.829 us the gift of life. And Lord, thank you for 00:40:39.829 --> 00:40:42.250 allowing us to become your children through your 00:40:42.250 --> 00:40:46.989 precious blood. Help us as a church to meditate, 00:40:47.289 --> 00:40:50.170 to think about this song. It's a powerful, powerful 00:40:50.170 --> 00:40:53.769 song. I pray even right now for somebody to come 00:40:53.769 --> 00:40:57.090 back to you. Help them to come back, go to you, 00:40:57.329 --> 00:41:00.699 ask for forgiveness, get back on that rock. of 00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:03.559 serving you, Lord. And I pray for all of us as 00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:05.780 we go throughout. Help us to think about this 00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:08.500 song enough to where we get off track, we come 00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:11.659 back to you. In Jesus' name, amen. Stand with 00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:14.840 me if you will. Piano's gonna play, organ's gonna 00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:17.539 play, and I encourage you to do business with 00:41:17.539 --> 00:41:20.920 God. Come this morning as a piano and organ play. 00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:26.280 If you're here this morning, and come. If you're 00:41:26.280 --> 00:41:29.889 here and you're far away from God, Go to God 00:41:29.889 --> 00:41:33.769 in prayer. If you're right with God, say, God, 00:41:33.769 --> 00:41:36.349 help me to remember this truth. Help me to remember 00:41:36.349 --> 00:41:39.690 this truth. Help me remember this truth. And 00:41:39.690 --> 00:41:42.349 if those neither are there, pray for somebody 00:41:42.349 --> 00:41:45.090 that they'll come back to God.