1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,980 Thank you. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:59,980 Thank you. 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:29,980 Thank you. 4 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:14,060 Good morning. 5 00:06:14,060 --> 00:06:23,640 We are glad to be able to gather to worship together this morning. 6 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:26,820 We are thankful that God has brought us here. 7 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,480 We are thankful for his goodness and for his grace. 8 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,700 We're thankful for each other. 9 00:06:32,700 --> 00:06:38,400 And so we are glad to gather for a week together this morning. 10 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:41,460 Thank you for popping as frequently. 11 00:06:41,460 --> 00:06:45,380 So as we gather, if you didn't get a chance, there are bulletins. 12 00:06:45,380 --> 00:06:53,800 In the back inside there is an order of service and an outline for our message this morning 13 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:55,820 if you want to follow along that way. 14 00:06:56,060 --> 00:07:01,960 Later on in the service, we'll have a time of prayer, and you're welcome to share your prayer requests then. 15 00:07:01,960 --> 00:07:06,480 If you don't feel comfortable necessarily speaking your prayer requests out, 16 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,920 we have some prayer cards in the little box in the back table by the bulletins. 17 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:17,080 You're welcome to write your prayer requests down there and share them with us that way. 18 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:23,680 So we're going to begin with a word of prayer, and then we're going to read some Scripture together and sing. 19 00:07:24,380 --> 00:07:28,780 Father in heaven, I thank you so much for the grace that you have poured out upon us. 20 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:37,960 Remind us this morning as we gather to worship that you are in control of all things, that you know all things, 21 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:48,120 and that even in those moments in life where it feels like everything is a struggle and everything is big and hard and difficult, 22 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:53,580 that you are still speaking, that you are at work, and that you are ultimately our salvation. 23 00:07:54,380 --> 00:08:00,380 Help us in those moments when life is going well and smoothly and seemingly with ease 24 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:04,380 that you would remind us that all good things come from you and belong to you. 25 00:08:04,380 --> 00:08:05,780 Make us thankful. 26 00:08:05,780 --> 00:08:08,960 Help us as we gather for worship this morning. 27 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,080 May your spirit be at work in our lives. 28 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:13,820 We thank you so much for Jesus. 29 00:08:13,820 --> 00:08:15,600 It's in his name we pray. 30 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:16,320 Amen. 31 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:20,440 We're going to start by reading some Scripture together 32 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:27,640 and then by singing a couple songs, all intended to direct us to the fact that God is great, 33 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:32,660 that he's in control, that he's working in all things. 34 00:08:32,660 --> 00:08:35,360 And as we move through our service, we'll ultimately see that. 35 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:43,820 The book of Obed leading us to Bethlehem and to Jesus and then to Calvary. 36 00:08:43,820 --> 00:08:45,320 So let's go ahead and stand. 37 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:53,560 We're going to read from Isaiah chapter 46 verses 9 and 10, and then we're going to do it immediately saying, you've already won. 38 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:56,360 So if you would, read together with me. 39 00:08:56,360 --> 00:09:04,080 Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other. 40 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,460 I am God, and there is none like me. 41 00:09:08,860 --> 00:09:16,020 declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, 42 00:09:16,020 --> 00:09:23,540 saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose. 43 00:09:23,540 --> 00:09:25,000 This is the Word of the Lord. 44 00:09:38,860 --> 00:09:50,200 This peace that outlaws darkness 45 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,500 Hope that's in the blood 46 00:09:54,500 --> 00:10:00,060 This future grace that's mine today 47 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:03,980 That Jesus Christ has won 48 00:10:03,980 --> 00:10:08,620 So I can face tomorrow 49 00:10:08,620 --> 00:10:13,660 For tomorrow's in your hands 50 00:10:13,660 --> 00:10:19,080 All I need you will provide 51 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,140 Just like you always have 52 00:10:23,140 --> 00:10:28,560 I'm fighting a battle 53 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:32,980 You've already won 54 00:10:32,980 --> 00:10:39,640 No matter what comes my way 55 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:43,740 I will overcome 56 00:10:43,740 --> 00:10:47,320 Don't know what you're doing 57 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:51,880 But I know what you've done 58 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,800 I'm fighting a battle 59 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,540 You've already won 60 00:11:00,540 --> 00:11:08,060 There's mercy in the waiting 61 00:11:08,060 --> 00:11:12,500 Man I fought today 62 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:18,460 When it's gone I'll know you're not 63 00:11:18,460 --> 00:11:22,100 You are my hope and slave 64 00:11:22,100 --> 00:11:27,240 When the sea is raiding 65 00:11:27,240 --> 00:11:31,620 Your spirit is my help 66 00:11:31,620 --> 00:11:37,420 He'll fix my eyes on Jesus Christ 67 00:11:37,420 --> 00:11:41,220 I'll say that it is well 68 00:11:41,220 --> 00:11:46,880 Oh, I know that it is well 69 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:51,300 I'm fighting a battle 70 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:55,880 You've already won 71 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:02,580 No matter what comes my way 72 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:06,620 I will overcome 73 00:12:06,620 --> 00:12:10,200 Don't know what you're doing 74 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:14,540 But I know what you've done 75 00:12:14,540 --> 00:12:19,720 I'm fighting a battle 76 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:23,680 You've already won 77 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:55,860 I know how the story ends, we will be with you again, you're my savior, my defense, no more fear in life, boy. 78 00:12:55,880 --> 00:13:25,860 We'll be right back. 79 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,900 No more fit in life or death 80 00:13:29,900 --> 00:13:35,080 I know how the story ends 81 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:39,380 I'm fighting a battle 82 00:13:39,380 --> 00:13:43,840 You've already won 83 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:50,700 No matter what comes my way 84 00:13:50,700 --> 00:13:55,080 I will overcome 85 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,520 Don't know what you're doing 86 00:13:58,520 --> 00:14:02,700 But I know what you've done 87 00:14:02,700 --> 00:14:07,720 I'm fighting a battle 88 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,760 You've already won 89 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:16,880 I'm fighting a battle 90 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:21,120 You've already won 91 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:55,060 God bless you. 92 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:57,560 that is plentiful 93 00:14:57,560 --> 00:15:01,880 where your streams of abundance flow 94 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,440 blessed be your name 95 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:10,120 blessed be your name 96 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:14,140 when I'm found in the desert place 97 00:15:14,140 --> 00:15:17,580 though I walk through the wilderness 98 00:15:17,580 --> 00:15:20,600 blessed be your name 99 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:26,440 Every blessing you pour out 100 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,060 I'll turn back to praise 101 00:15:30,060 --> 00:15:35,000 When the darkness closes in Lord 102 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,320 Still I will say 103 00:15:37,320 --> 00:15:44,940 Blessed be your name 104 00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:49,320 Blessed be the name of the Lord 105 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:53,880 Blessed be your glorious name 106 00:15:53,880 --> 00:16:00,280 Blessed be your name 107 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:04,180 When the sun is shining down on me 108 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:08,300 When the world's old as it should be 109 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:10,520 Blessed be your name 110 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:16,440 Blessed be your name 111 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:19,880 On the road marked with suffering 112 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,880 Lord, there is pain in the offering 113 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,600 Blessed be your name 114 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:32,660 Every blessing you pour out 115 00:16:32,660 --> 00:16:36,460 I'll turn back to grace 116 00:16:36,460 --> 00:16:41,680 When the darkness closes in, Lord 117 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,360 Still I will say 118 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:51,600 Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be your name. 119 00:16:51,600 --> 00:17:00,540 Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be your glorious name. 120 00:17:00,540 --> 00:17:12,920 You give and take away, you give and take away, my heart will choose to say. 121 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,340 Lord, blessed be your name. 122 00:17:17,340 --> 00:17:23,960 You give and take away. 123 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:32,380 My heart will choose to say, Lord, blessed be your name. 124 00:17:32,380 --> 00:17:36,320 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 125 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:40,020 Blessed be your name. 126 00:17:40,460 --> 00:17:44,320 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 127 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,660 Blessed be your glorious name. 128 00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:52,460 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 129 00:17:52,460 --> 00:17:55,180 Blessed be your name. 130 00:17:55,180 --> 00:18:00,460 Blessed be the name of the Lord. 131 00:18:00,460 --> 00:18:05,220 Blessed be the glorious name. 132 00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:22,440 over the past several weeks we've been in the book of Obadiah we've been taking a look at 133 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:30,400 pride what it looks like and how it is opposed and what it ultimately leads to so as we come 134 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:37,780 to our time of confession this morning i want us to consider pride because i think pride has two 135 00:18:37,780 --> 00:18:43,680 sides, one side, says that I can do it, I can take care of it, I've gotten these things 136 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:50,060 for myself, as we see in Obadiah, the very first verses, pride says, well, who can bring 137 00:18:50,060 --> 00:18:56,060 me down looking at our accomplishments, there's another side of pride, that I think Obadiah 138 00:18:56,060 --> 00:19:04,200 addresses, and we'll see a little bit of this morning, and that is, sometimes we look at 139 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:10,900 our problems and look at our brokenness and we say well my problems they're so big and they're so 140 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:19,140 great and they're so heavy nobody can lift them and both of these are focused on ourselves what 141 00:19:19,140 --> 00:19:25,880 i've done or the fact that i have broken things so greatly nobody can ultimately fix them 142 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:33,960 And so the ultimate solution to addressing both our pride in what we've done 143 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:39,880 and in our discouragement view of ourself as having so much great brokenness 144 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,180 is to ultimately see God's greatness again. 145 00:19:43,180 --> 00:19:48,460 The 106th Psalm is a psalm of giving thanks to the Lord, 146 00:19:48,460 --> 00:19:51,240 and it's interesting because it begins out that way. 147 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,140 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord. 148 00:19:54,280 --> 00:20:03,080 And the most of the psalm is just a list of all of the things that Israel has done for God. 149 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:08,020 And at the heart of that book are these words. 150 00:20:08,020 --> 00:20:11,020 If you would, read them with me from the 106th psalm. 151 00:20:11,020 --> 00:20:18,220 They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt. 152 00:20:19,060 --> 00:20:25,400 wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. 153 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:28,760 And in the midst of this psalm of thanksgiving, 154 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,960 most of the psalm is centered around this. 155 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,800 It's a lady from God, God, and their Savior. 156 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,700 Right, it happens in our pride where we say, look what I have done. 157 00:20:37,700 --> 00:20:43,180 It also happens often in our despair where we say, there's no one there. 158 00:20:43,180 --> 00:20:45,620 So let's pray together. 159 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:55,560 As Father in heaven, we ask that you would forgive us, that you would fix our eyes on you, 160 00:20:55,560 --> 00:21:02,060 that in both the times where there is plenty of water and goodness, 161 00:21:02,060 --> 00:21:08,880 we bless your name in the times when it's dark and stormy and cold. 162 00:21:10,360 --> 00:21:35,020 In the book of Lamentations, it's written about the same time period as Obadiah, 163 00:21:35,020 --> 00:21:39,680 this picture of destruction and lamentation over God's city. 164 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:47,340 And in the midst of God's judgment on pride, Jeremiah writes these words, 165 00:21:47,340 --> 00:21:52,740 the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. 166 00:21:52,740 --> 00:21:56,300 His mercies never come to an end. 167 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:59,000 They are new every morning. 168 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,020 Great is your faithfulness. 169 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:08,420 And in the midst even of correction of those areas where we've fixed our eyes on ourselves, 170 00:22:08,580 --> 00:22:17,980 We find that God is so good, that his goodness doesn't cease, his love doesn't go away, his mercy has never come to him again. 171 00:22:17,980 --> 00:22:18,980 He's great. 172 00:22:18,980 --> 00:22:23,360 We prepare to come to the table and we're going to sing, man of sorrows. 173 00:22:38,580 --> 00:22:42,600 His own betrays. 174 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:49,360 The sin of men and wrath of God 175 00:22:49,360 --> 00:22:55,560 has been on Jesus' name. 176 00:22:55,560 --> 00:23:05,800 Silent as He stood accused, 177 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:11,080 Beaten, mocked, and scored 178 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:18,420 Bowing to the Father's will 179 00:23:18,420 --> 00:23:24,900 He took a crown of thorns 180 00:23:24,900 --> 00:23:33,760 Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation 181 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:40,120 Where your love poured out over me 182 00:23:40,120 --> 00:23:46,580 Now my soul cries out, hallelujah 183 00:23:46,580 --> 00:23:53,060 Praise and honor unto thee 184 00:23:53,060 --> 00:24:02,620 Send of heaven, God's own Son 185 00:24:02,620 --> 00:24:09,340 To purchase every deed 186 00:24:09,340 --> 00:24:16,140 And reconcile the very ones 187 00:24:16,140 --> 00:24:21,360 Who nailed him to that tree 188 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:28,200 Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation 189 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,940 Where your love poured out 190 00:24:31,940 --> 00:24:48,200 Now my soul cries out, Hallelujah, praise and honor unto Thee. 191 00:24:50,520 --> 00:25:03,800 Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full, by the precious blood that my Jesus spilled. 192 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:16,600 Now the curse of sin has no hold on me, the Son sets free, oh it's free indeed. 193 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:23,000 Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full 194 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:29,420 By the precious blood that my Jesus filled 195 00:25:29,420 --> 00:25:35,840 Now the curse of sin has no hold on me 196 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:42,260 Who the Son sets free, who is free indeed 197 00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:54,360 Oh, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. 198 00:25:54,360 --> 00:26:08,020 Now my soul cries out, hallelujah, praise and honor unto thee. 199 00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:17,280 See, the stone is rolled away. 200 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:22,620 Behold the empty tomb. 201 00:26:22,620 --> 00:26:30,280 Hallelujah, God be praised. 202 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:36,440 He's risen from the grave. 203 00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:48,460 Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. 204 00:26:48,460 --> 00:27:02,260 Now my soul cries out, hallelujah, praise and honor to Thee. 205 00:27:02,260 --> 00:27:08,260 Praise and honor to Thee. 206 00:27:18,460 --> 00:27:26,300 passage because it ultimately confronts that idea that we are the center of all things and 207 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:31,700 Paul will write this have this mind among yourselves which is yours in Christ Jesus 208 00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:38,120 who though he was in the form of God and not counting quality with God a thing to be grasped 209 00:27:38,120 --> 00:27:43,440 but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant being born in the likeness of men and 210 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:48,660 being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, 211 00:27:48,660 --> 00:27:50,120 even death and cross. 212 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:56,980 Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 213 00:27:56,980 --> 00:28:03,000 so at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 214 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:10,180 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, the glory of God the Father. 215 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,620 We live in a world, and as we've talked about repeatedly in Obadiah, 216 00:28:14,620 --> 00:28:18,960 where we are very much seeking to build up our kingdoms. 217 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:24,300 That's what you see as we walk through those 21 verses in Obadiah, 218 00:28:24,300 --> 00:28:28,440 carving cities out of the mountains, seeking safety and superiority 219 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:32,640 in what we are able to make in the reality that we are faced with. 220 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:39,840 That God ultimately brings those self-sufficient kingdoms down. 221 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,640 So this morning, as we come to the table, I want us to be protected. 222 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:54,040 To the king, who stepped down, picked up sin that was not his, that he did not deserve, 223 00:28:54,040 --> 00:29:00,860 walked up a hill, died on a cross in our place. 224 00:29:00,860 --> 00:29:07,720 And this bread that we are about to eat together, Jesus says, this is my body. 225 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,640 He says it is given for us. 226 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:20,200 Not taken, not conquered, but deliberately given for us. 227 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,160 And this cup that we're about to drink, the blood of the new cup, 228 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:30,540 not earned by our goodness or by our goodness, 229 00:29:30,540 --> 00:29:35,560 but it has been given to us by his thanksgiving. 230 00:29:37,060 --> 00:29:44,780 And ultimately what Obadiah is pointing to is not just that Edom is going to face judgment for their pride 231 00:29:44,780 --> 00:29:46,860 and that Israel will be restored. 232 00:29:46,860 --> 00:29:53,740 There is coming a king who cannot be brought down, but he comes down. 233 00:29:53,740 --> 00:30:01,300 And he takes all of our brokenness and brings us to the mountain where he stands. 234 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:07,620 Because every time you take this bread and this cup, we're not building our own kingdom. 235 00:30:07,620 --> 00:30:13,700 We're receiving the kingdom given by us. 236 00:30:13,700 --> 00:30:22,100 Father in heaven, strengthen our weakness, humble our pride, 237 00:30:23,940 --> 00:30:31,740 In our sorrowful hearts, the joys, even the tears of the goodness that we poured out in our hearts. 238 00:30:31,740 --> 00:30:47,760 We will wait within the depths of the gifts of joy that is now in the presence of the Spirit. 239 00:30:47,760 --> 00:31:17,740 Thank you. 240 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:35,500 Take the bread. 241 00:31:47,760 --> 00:32:00,360 I'm going to sing. 242 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:33,300 Christ alone, Christ alone, what is our only confidence that our souls to him belong? 243 00:32:33,300 --> 00:32:42,540 Who holds our days within his hand? What comes apart from his command? 244 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:47,680 And what will keep us to the end? 245 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:54,540 The love of Christ in which we stand. 246 00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:59,740 Oh, sing hallelujah. 247 00:32:59,740 --> 00:33:04,380 Our hope is eternal. 248 00:33:04,380 --> 00:33:08,960 Oh, sing hallelujah. 249 00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,680 Now and ever we confess. 250 00:33:13,380 --> 00:33:17,560 Christ, I hope in my eyes 251 00:33:17,560 --> 00:33:28,860 The truth can cause a troubled soul 252 00:33:28,860 --> 00:33:33,580 God is good, God is good 253 00:33:33,580 --> 00:33:38,340 Where is His grace and goodness grown 254 00:33:38,340 --> 00:33:43,120 In our great Redeemer's love 255 00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:47,840 Who holds our faith when fears arise 256 00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:52,520 Who stands above the stormy trial 257 00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,560 Who sings the waves that bring us 258 00:33:56,560 --> 00:34:02,160 Unto the shore of the rock of Christ 259 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,960 Oh, sing hallelujah 260 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:11,620 My hope stays eternal 261 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:19,860 Hallelujah, now and then we confess 262 00:34:19,860 --> 00:34:22,620 Christ, I will be alive 263 00:34:22,620 --> 00:34:35,240 And through the grave, what will we sing? 264 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:40,100 Christ, He lives, Christ, He lives 265 00:34:40,100 --> 00:34:44,860 And what reward will heaven bring 266 00:34:44,860 --> 00:34:49,600 Everlasting life with him 267 00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:54,300 There we will rise to meet the Lord 268 00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:58,940 Then sin and death will be destroyed 269 00:34:58,940 --> 00:35:03,800 And we will feast in endless joy 270 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:09,480 When Christ is ours forevermore 271 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:39,460 We'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah. 272 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:45,660 All the strings eternal, oh, sing high. 273 00:35:45,660 --> 00:35:49,700 All the strings eternal, oh, sing high. 274 00:35:49,700 --> 00:35:55,960 All the weak and friends, Christ our hope and love and love. 275 00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:04,500 All the weak and friends, Christ our hope and love and love. 276 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,720 We are going to move into our time of prayer. 277 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:14,780 The kids can be dismissed. 278 00:36:39,480 --> 00:37:09,460 Thank you. 279 00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:39,460 Thank you. 280 00:37:39,480 --> 00:38:09,460 Thank you. 281 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:56,220 We are wrapping up the book of Obadiah this morning. 282 00:47:56,220 --> 00:48:09,180 21 verses and 441, 44 words in Hebrew, a short book, really confronting our pride. 283 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:13,240 showing us what pride looks like, showing us where pride leads us, 284 00:48:13,240 --> 00:48:18,480 and then ultimately we see God's opposition to pride. 285 00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:20,300 And then that's where we end up this morning. 286 00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:25,640 We end up with that last verse, that the kingdom shall be the Lord's. 287 00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:30,660 And so what we'll see that in the midst of the darkness, 288 00:48:30,660 --> 00:48:35,640 sometimes brought upon us by our pride, 289 00:48:35,640 --> 00:48:44,940 And Israel faced judgment by Babylon or sometimes judgment that is brought because of others' pride. 290 00:48:44,940 --> 00:48:48,440 And Edom, in their pride, starts attacking God's people. 291 00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:52,920 That regardless of where the darkness comes from, there is good news and there is hope. 292 00:48:52,920 --> 00:49:00,080 So that's where we're going this morning, into some good news and a hope with a reminder that the kingdom shall be the Lord's. 293 00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:06,960 Where we're going next, and throughout the summer, we're going to sort of walk through Scripture, 294 00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:15,140 taking a look at what it means to be refreshed, restored, and then ultimately renewed by God, 295 00:49:15,140 --> 00:49:17,600 His people, and His Word. 296 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:23,080 And so when we talk about being refreshed, we're thinking about those times where we're tired, 297 00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:27,840 and we get a breath of fresh air or a cold drink, and we are renewed with more energy. 298 00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:33,820 When we talk about restored, we're going to be talking about those places in our life that are broken, 299 00:49:33,820 --> 00:49:39,840 often through our sin and our rebellion against God and how God comes and how God restores. 300 00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:45,520 And we look at those in the future where we find this promise of renewal. 301 00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:48,660 So that's where we're going to be for about 10 weeks this summer. 302 00:49:48,660 --> 00:49:53,800 And we'll have kind of a list of that series for you next week. 303 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:57,260 We're also going to do some different things throughout the summer. 304 00:49:57,820 --> 00:50:00,160 The first one is not this Wednesday, but next Wednesday. 305 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:04,380 We're going to have a church cookout here Wednesday night. 306 00:50:04,380 --> 00:50:05,420 We're going to invite the neighborhood. 307 00:50:05,420 --> 00:50:07,920 So the commentary will have some fellowship. 308 00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:12,660 And we're going to do some more kind of outreach events in a couple weeks. 309 00:50:12,660 --> 00:50:15,920 On a Friday, we're going to do, maybe you've heard of cars and coffee. 310 00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,740 We drink coffee and you bring your car. 311 00:50:18,740 --> 00:50:20,920 We're going to do bikes and ice cream. 312 00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:25,000 So invite all the neighborhood kids and maybe parents, come bring your bikes. 313 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,420 We'll have some air and some wrenches. 314 00:50:27,660 --> 00:50:38,020 So let's go ahead and dive into the book of Obadiah. 315 00:50:38,020 --> 00:50:42,120 In my Bible, I think it's like page 1275. 316 00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:46,620 I don't know what it is for you, but it's kind of hard to find. 317 00:50:46,620 --> 00:50:48,560 It's really, really short. 318 00:50:48,560 --> 00:50:50,360 So we're going to pray and dive right in. 319 00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:55,620 Father in heaven, thank you for your word that encourages us, that convicts us. 320 00:50:56,160 --> 00:51:03,140 Help us this morning as we consider so much of the brokenness that we face and that we see in this world 321 00:51:03,140 --> 00:51:10,640 that you would deeply remind us that your truth upholds us, 322 00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:15,060 and that even when we can't see it, you are at work. 323 00:51:15,060 --> 00:51:23,780 You see, you speak, you refine us, you save us, and ultimately correct us. 324 00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:27,900 In Jesus' name you pray. Amen. 325 00:51:27,900 --> 00:51:36,660 So it's easy, I think, when things are going well, to be joyful and to be cheerful. 326 00:51:36,660 --> 00:51:43,580 And then another thing, when things start to go wrong for us, and I don't know how you respond when things go wrong. 327 00:51:43,580 --> 00:51:47,540 My tendency oftentimes is to resort to humor. 328 00:51:47,540 --> 00:51:51,420 I think that's because I would rather laugh than cry. 329 00:51:51,420 --> 00:51:55,260 And so if I can try to make myself laugh, then I don't cry. 330 00:51:55,440 --> 00:52:06,460 And so I tend to resort to humor, and sometimes that's okay, and then sometimes that is the absolute wrong move to try to make a joke in the midst of suffering. 331 00:52:06,460 --> 00:52:14,060 And then there's other times where maybe we try to bring in some comparison or some optimism. 332 00:52:14,060 --> 00:52:21,940 So we say, well, it could be worse, and I always find that every time I'm in a bad situation 333 00:52:21,940 --> 00:52:27,060 and I say, well, I mean, it could be worse, it immediately gets worse, right? 334 00:52:27,060 --> 00:52:30,580 You're stranded on the side of the road, you go, oh, man, at least it's not raining, 335 00:52:30,580 --> 00:52:32,920 and immediately just, and it starts raining. 336 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:36,580 Or we begin to compare ourselves to others. 337 00:52:36,580 --> 00:52:40,960 Maybe we, in optimism, say, well, how hard can this be? 338 00:52:41,440 --> 00:52:44,220 And it really turns out that it's a great life. 339 00:52:44,220 --> 00:52:49,500 And then sometimes we stand in the midst of dark times in defiance saying, 340 00:52:49,500 --> 00:52:53,340 this moment won't break me, I will stand up and I will keep going. 341 00:52:53,340 --> 00:52:56,460 And sort of the quiet version of defiance is stubborn. 342 00:52:56,460 --> 00:52:58,720 I'm not going to stop. 343 00:52:58,720 --> 00:53:01,960 I'm going to put my head down on one foot in front of another, 344 00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:04,200 and I'm going to keep going and keep going. 345 00:53:04,200 --> 00:53:06,820 None of those responses ultimately are bad. 346 00:53:07,420 --> 00:53:11,960 Sometimes we have to laugh, just even if it's to keep from crying. 347 00:53:11,960 --> 00:53:18,800 Sometimes, Harrison helps us realize that really things aren't as bad as they seem. 348 00:53:18,800 --> 00:53:24,220 Sometimes we have to stand up and face problems defiantly, think, I'm not going to stop. 349 00:53:24,220 --> 00:53:27,520 Sometimes we stubbornly have to put our heads down and keep going. 350 00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:32,300 The problem comes when the short term comes, long term. 351 00:53:33,360 --> 00:53:36,340 When it's not funny, when we can't face it anymore, 352 00:53:36,340 --> 00:53:40,200 we don't have the energy to stubbornly keep going, 353 00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:42,300 we can't distract, we can't hide, 354 00:53:42,300 --> 00:53:47,060 and that's where we find ourselves in the book of Obadiah. 355 00:53:47,060 --> 00:53:52,040 God's people are in the midst of a deep darkness, 356 00:53:52,040 --> 00:53:54,100 and it seems to be never-ending. 357 00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:57,640 And if you're walking through the situation in the book of Obadiah, 358 00:53:57,640 --> 00:53:59,160 spiritually the temple is gone. 359 00:53:59,160 --> 00:54:01,460 It's been burned to the ground. 360 00:54:02,500 --> 00:54:05,200 And it's a little different than a church being burned down 361 00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:09,220 because the temple in Jerusalem is where you go to meet with God. 362 00:54:09,220 --> 00:54:11,280 It was symbolic of his presence. 363 00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:14,620 It was where you went for forgiveness and restoration and for renewal. 364 00:54:14,620 --> 00:54:19,780 And so if the temple is gone, it seems to God's people as if God is gone. 365 00:54:19,780 --> 00:54:23,900 Politically, the throne is empty. 366 00:54:23,900 --> 00:54:26,720 And if you read in Kings, it's a pretty tragic story. 367 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:31,140 The king watches his son to be murdered, and they put out his eyes. 368 00:54:31,280 --> 00:54:36,380 The last thing he sees are his sons being killed and taken in a captive decline in Babylon. 369 00:54:36,380 --> 00:54:44,040 Relationally, relationally, the northern tribes, the ten tribes are gone. 370 00:54:44,040 --> 00:54:46,840 And they've been gone for more than a century. 371 00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:50,700 And not only are they gone, but they've been dispersed among the Gentiles. 372 00:54:50,700 --> 00:54:55,380 And it seems like they have just disappeared from the face of the earth. 373 00:54:57,260 --> 00:55:03,160 And Edom, a brother of Jacob, descended from the brother of Jacob, Esau, 374 00:55:03,160 --> 00:55:08,040 has now began to take advantage of his brother. 375 00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:12,900 Not just in the sense of the ability to take advantage of my brother, 376 00:55:12,900 --> 00:55:16,480 but literally, nations are great. 377 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:20,940 Spiritually, politically, the land has been scarred by battle. 378 00:55:20,940 --> 00:55:22,380 There's been enemy troops. 379 00:55:22,380 --> 00:55:26,160 There is nothing left, it seems, for God's people. 380 00:55:27,260 --> 00:55:31,080 so what happens when they find themselves in the darkness 381 00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:34,540 what happens when we find ourselves in the same place 382 00:55:34,540 --> 00:55:37,240 and there's times, maybe you haven't experienced it yet 383 00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:40,540 but it's likely at some point in this life you will 384 00:55:40,540 --> 00:55:43,580 the feeling where the darkness doesn't feel temporary 385 00:55:43,580 --> 00:55:45,580 where it feels like you can't keep going 386 00:55:45,580 --> 00:55:47,920 where it feels like everything is a struggle 387 00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:50,780 and everything is broken 388 00:55:50,780 --> 00:55:56,540 we do not want you to be unaware brothers 389 00:55:56,540 --> 00:55:58,840 of the affliction we experienced in Asia, 390 00:55:58,840 --> 00:56:02,340 for we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength 391 00:56:02,340 --> 00:56:04,320 that we despaired of life itself. 392 00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:08,540 Indeed, we felt like we had received the sentence of death, 393 00:56:08,540 --> 00:56:10,940 and life sometimes feels like that way. 394 00:56:10,940 --> 00:56:13,880 And so what do we do in those moments? 395 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:14,820 Look at what Paul did. 396 00:56:14,820 --> 00:56:20,820 That was to make us rely not on ourselves, but on God, 397 00:56:20,820 --> 00:56:22,780 who raised us from the dead. 398 00:56:22,780 --> 00:56:24,960 He delivered us from such a deadly peril, 399 00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:27,040 and he will deliver us. 400 00:56:27,040 --> 00:56:30,060 On him we have set our hope. 401 00:56:30,060 --> 00:56:36,600 That's what I want us to see this morning in this last section of the world. 402 00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:41,980 As it's dark spiritually, politically, the land is scarred by battle. 403 00:56:41,980 --> 00:56:44,860 Those who are supposed to be near you have been taken away. 404 00:56:44,860 --> 00:56:49,640 Those who are supposed to have been your brothers in terms of nations have attacked you. 405 00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:53,140 I want us to see this on him. 406 00:56:54,540 --> 00:56:57,740 and he will deliver us to him. 407 00:56:57,740 --> 00:57:03,560 And so to do that, I want us to first of all see in the book of Obadiah 408 00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:09,760 that there is God's truth in the midst of darkness. 409 00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:13,400 And what I want to do is just very briefly look at three prophets, 410 00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:18,800 one before Obadiah, then Obadiah, and then one who is after Obadiah. 411 00:57:18,800 --> 00:57:22,780 And I want us to see three truths in the first truth. 412 00:57:23,340 --> 00:57:26,420 Remember, God is not surprised. 413 00:57:26,420 --> 00:57:31,880 Maybe you've heard it said that no plan survives contact with the enemy. 414 00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:37,520 I found that to be true, especially when the plan is a family road trip 415 00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:40,080 and the enemy is the family, right? 416 00:57:40,080 --> 00:57:41,380 You're trying to get everybody in the car. 417 00:57:41,380 --> 00:57:42,680 You're trying to get everybody moving. 418 00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:43,740 Everybody's packed. 419 00:57:43,740 --> 00:57:45,480 Got to make sure you have everything you need. 420 00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:49,360 And all of a sudden, it seems like the schedule changes, the plan changes, 421 00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,880 And nothing is working out in the way that it should. 422 00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:59,080 And even though this has happened to us a million times, I still am always surprised. 423 00:57:59,080 --> 00:58:02,900 And sometimes in the midst of our struggle, it can be hard. 424 00:58:02,900 --> 00:58:10,720 That God is somehow surprised by our struggles, or that he wasn't ready, or maybe he didn't care enough, or he isn't strong enough. 425 00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:19,920 And I want you to understand that God is not surprised in those moments that for us, we feel like everything is falling apart. 426 00:58:20,480 --> 00:58:22,920 and Amos 427 00:58:22,920 --> 00:58:24,980 written before the northern king 428 00:58:24,980 --> 00:58:28,100 more than a century 429 00:58:28,100 --> 00:58:29,560 before we get to Obadiah 430 00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:31,720 listen to what Amos says 431 00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:33,600 in that day I will raise up 432 00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,140 the roof of David that is fallen 433 00:58:35,140 --> 00:58:37,600 and I will repair its breaches 434 00:58:37,600 --> 00:58:39,880 and I will raise up 435 00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:41,880 its ruins and rebuild it as in the days 436 00:58:41,880 --> 00:58:43,400 of old that they may possess 437 00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:45,660 the remnants of Edom 438 00:58:45,660 --> 00:58:47,820 and all the nations who are called by 439 00:58:47,820 --> 00:58:49,560 my name declares 440 00:58:49,560 --> 00:58:51,540 Where's the Lord who does this? 441 00:58:51,540 --> 00:58:55,660 Right before there's even a thought of Babylon coming, 442 00:58:55,660 --> 00:58:58,280 before Assyria has taken the northern kingdom, 443 00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:01,280 before Edom has turned and stood at the crossroads 444 00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:04,360 and blocked the captives, which we find in Obadiah, 445 00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:07,900 God says there is coming a day when I'm going to put it all back right, 446 00:59:07,900 --> 00:59:11,940 and that includes judgment on the nation of Edom. 447 00:59:11,940 --> 00:59:17,600 But in our darkest moments, God is not a surprise. 448 00:59:18,600 --> 00:59:22,040 He's already told us how we can handle it. 449 00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:25,820 Secondly, God is not a king. 450 00:59:25,820 --> 00:59:28,820 Remember the brokenness of Jerusalem? 451 00:59:28,820 --> 00:59:30,460 The temple is destroyed. 452 00:59:30,460 --> 00:59:32,060 The king of God is set up as taken. 453 00:59:32,060 --> 00:59:33,400 Northern tribes are gone. 454 00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,580 Edom is plundering wealth and people. 455 00:59:35,580 --> 00:59:37,960 And sometimes in the midst of that darkness, 456 00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:43,340 it can feel like every measure of victory or success has been taken away, 457 00:59:43,340 --> 00:59:45,340 and it's easy to lose hope. 458 00:59:47,180 --> 00:59:50,060 And I want you to see one of the wonders of the book of Obadiah. 459 00:59:50,060 --> 00:59:52,980 It's an easy book that's short. 460 00:59:52,980 --> 00:59:56,860 It's about a place that's far away that we don't think about. 461 00:59:56,860 --> 00:59:59,280 It's far away in geography and in history. 462 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:04,120 And in the midst of one of the darkest moments of God's life. 463 01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:11,940 And it's a message of judgment against Edom, but it's not sent to Edom. 464 01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:18,200 It's given to those who are in Judah, survivors of Israel, 465 01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:22,040 against those who are attacking God's people. 466 01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:24,820 And that's all for the hope and the rest of the world. 467 01:00:24,820 --> 01:00:30,100 One of the things that the meaning of God is set upon us. 468 01:00:30,100 --> 01:00:32,460 Right? 469 01:00:32,460 --> 01:00:36,960 It's proper to God's people from God. 470 01:00:38,140 --> 01:00:50,620 But in Mount Zion, there shall be those who escape, 471 01:00:50,620 --> 01:00:52,900 and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob 472 01:00:52,900 --> 01:00:55,260 shall possess their own possessions. 473 01:00:55,260 --> 01:00:58,620 There is a mountain, and then on it is restoration. 474 01:00:58,620 --> 01:01:03,220 As a prophet comes later, Joel. 475 01:01:03,220 --> 01:01:07,960 Likely Joel is quoting from Obadiah. 476 01:01:08,140 --> 01:01:12,740 The second witness, the fact that God saves and shall come to the past, 477 01:01:12,740 --> 01:01:16,300 that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 478 01:01:16,300 --> 01:01:21,860 Renounce, I ain't interested in those who escape as the Lord has saved. 479 01:01:21,860 --> 01:01:24,540 And among the survivors shall be saved. 480 01:01:24,540 --> 01:01:33,640 He's commentating and quoting from the book of Isaiah, reminding the people, 481 01:01:33,640 --> 01:01:36,920 even after the darkness maybe grows a little bit darker, 482 01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,080 that God is still in control and that God saves. 483 01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:43,840 And what's remarkable about this passage from the book of Joel 484 01:01:43,840 --> 01:01:47,520 is that right before that comes this wonderful book, 485 01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:51,620 that God is going to pour out his spirit on all flesh, 486 01:01:51,620 --> 01:01:54,520 and sons and daughters are going to prophesy, 487 01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:58,720 and it comes to Mount Zion, a place of escape. 488 01:01:58,720 --> 01:02:03,880 And what's interesting is that they turn to God's next chapter. 489 01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:13,920 Peter quotes from this section of Joel as he explained to God pouring out his spirit. 490 01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:22,380 You think, you know, God is not surprised, he's not defeated, and he is faithful in his work, not just here, but in future generations. 491 01:02:22,380 --> 01:02:28,440 And one of the reasons I want us to understand it is because it's easy to sort of stand in the middle and look back and say, 492 01:02:28,440 --> 01:02:34,300 I see what God has done there, I know what God will do in the future, but right now it feels like I'm all alone. 493 01:02:35,060 --> 01:02:39,220 If you remember in John chapter 11, a man by the name of Lazarus has died. 494 01:02:39,220 --> 01:02:41,400 And his family is sent for Jesus. 495 01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:42,620 And Jesus shows up. 496 01:02:42,620 --> 01:02:47,840 And his sister Mary says, Lord, if you would only have been here, my brother would not have died. 497 01:02:47,840 --> 01:02:51,060 Jesus begins to speak about resurrection. 498 01:02:51,060 --> 01:02:52,680 And Mark says, oh, yes, I know. 499 01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:53,600 I believe in the resurrection. 500 01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:58,700 That in that day far ahead, there will be resurrection. 501 01:02:58,700 --> 01:03:00,940 And you remember Jesus' response to her, I am the resurrection. 502 01:03:00,940 --> 01:03:02,460 And we're a lot. 503 01:03:03,820 --> 01:03:05,120 We're a lot like Martha. 504 01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:06,800 We saw the God in the past. 505 01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:08,700 We looked at the future. 506 01:03:08,700 --> 01:03:15,380 One of the reminders of Isaiah and Joel and of John chapter 11. 507 01:03:15,380 --> 01:03:19,220 Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. 508 01:03:19,220 --> 01:03:21,640 It's that God is working out. 509 01:03:21,640 --> 01:03:23,600 There's someone there or someone there. 510 01:03:23,600 --> 01:03:27,820 In these moments where it's dark and it's difficult, 511 01:03:27,820 --> 01:03:30,700 God is in the world. 512 01:03:31,980 --> 01:03:36,580 When we are struggling, what about right now? 513 01:03:36,580 --> 01:03:40,720 Some of you have probably been there, and some of you have probably hiked this, 514 01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:45,540 but near Pompoc, right there is the canal trail that runs, 515 01:03:45,540 --> 01:03:50,020 and in order to bring the boats through in a more efficient manner on the canal, 516 01:03:50,020 --> 01:03:53,180 instead of following the river, they cut through a mountain, 517 01:03:53,180 --> 01:03:56,180 and so there's this long tunnel a little over 3,000 feet. 518 01:03:56,180 --> 01:03:59,600 And one of the interesting things that always sort of catches me by surprise 519 01:03:59,600 --> 01:04:02,480 and we're walking through the tunnel on the little path 520 01:04:02,480 --> 01:04:04,960 and there's some drops of water and there's a little bit of mud 521 01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:06,780 and you walk and you walk and you walk 522 01:04:06,780 --> 01:04:08,720 and it feels like you've walked forever 523 01:04:08,720 --> 01:04:12,580 and the light at the end of the tunnel just seems to be about the same size. 524 01:04:12,580 --> 01:04:15,020 And then you turn and look back over your shoulder 525 01:04:15,020 --> 01:04:17,160 thinking, man, I must not have come very far. 526 01:04:17,160 --> 01:04:23,200 And the light behind you seems like it's really, really far away. 527 01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:25,900 And there's a moment kind of in the middle 528 01:04:25,900 --> 01:04:28,200 where it feels like you're not getting any closer to the light. 529 01:04:29,060 --> 01:04:31,900 We are getting farther and farther away from the light. 530 01:04:31,900 --> 01:04:37,160 And many times in life, I feel like that's kind of where we feel like we're at all. 531 01:04:37,160 --> 01:04:41,000 That, yes, God has done many wonderful things in the past, 532 01:04:41,000 --> 01:04:43,440 and he's going to do many wonderful things in the future, 533 01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:45,080 but here I am, and I'm walking. 534 01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:47,700 And I'm not getting any closer to the light, 535 01:04:47,700 --> 01:04:51,440 but I am getting farther and farther away from the top of this world. 536 01:04:51,440 --> 01:04:53,440 And if we're really, really discouraged, 537 01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:58,540 I made this as a joke one time in the midst of a dark moment. 538 01:04:58,660 --> 01:05:01,380 It's like, oh, the light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be a train, right? 539 01:05:01,380 --> 01:05:05,040 It feels like nothing good. 540 01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:09,560 God is at work in the darkness. 541 01:05:09,560 --> 01:05:16,760 You think, oh, God, it's virtual, but in the darkness, God, it seems. 542 01:05:16,760 --> 01:05:19,780 The day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. 543 01:05:19,780 --> 01:05:21,640 As you have done it shall be done to you. 544 01:05:21,640 --> 01:05:23,680 Your deeds shall return on your own head. 545 01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:27,860 For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually. 546 01:05:28,660 --> 01:05:32,580 They shall drink and swallow, and they shall be as though they had never been. 547 01:05:32,580 --> 01:05:35,500 But they shall see what is happening. 548 01:05:35,500 --> 01:05:39,000 But I'm not removed, I'm not far away. 549 01:05:39,000 --> 01:05:41,200 He's given the details. 550 01:05:41,200 --> 01:05:43,620 Here's your conviction in the passage that precedes us. 551 01:05:43,620 --> 01:05:45,920 Here's all the rules that you have broken. 552 01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:48,460 The things I said not to do, you've done anyway. 553 01:05:48,460 --> 01:05:52,980 And sometimes it's difficult to think about darkness. 554 01:05:52,980 --> 01:05:55,260 It feels like nobody can see this. 555 01:05:57,260 --> 01:06:09,740 What you have done, it will be done to you. 556 01:06:09,740 --> 01:06:22,160 But in Mount Zion, there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, 557 01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:26,340 and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions. 558 01:06:27,260 --> 01:06:50,920 We said it a few moments ago, but it's worth saying again for ourselves that when we are convinced that God puts light so far away behind us, it's God saying, I see what they have done, and I am talking to people about it, and they are inside. 559 01:06:51,860 --> 01:07:07,260 The house of Jacob shall be afire, and the house of Joseph aflame, 560 01:07:07,260 --> 01:07:11,200 and the house of Esau stubble, and they shall burn them and consume them, 561 01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:16,180 and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken to them. 562 01:07:16,180 --> 01:07:18,380 I think for us it's difficult. 563 01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:29,540 To Jacob and Esau both were fired, but in the lives of the people of the house of Jacob, the Israelites, the fire is from fire. 564 01:07:29,540 --> 01:07:35,380 Like gold going into the fire and melting and the impurities being removed. 565 01:07:35,380 --> 01:07:44,740 And Esau and Jacob are both fired, but Jacob is being blind, and Esau is scuffled, and it's deep. 566 01:07:47,240 --> 01:07:58,320 The northern and southern kingdom, it's not God abandoning, but God at work to purify sin and refine his people. 567 01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:03,360 In the midst of our struggle, it's not easy and it's not always what we want. 568 01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:07,780 God doesn't receive, he doesn't receive. 569 01:08:07,780 --> 01:08:09,940 God doesn't receive. 570 01:08:09,940 --> 01:08:11,820 Thank you so much. 571 01:08:11,820 --> 01:08:15,300 Hear how God serves us. 572 01:08:16,580 --> 01:08:22,680 Those of the Negev shall possess Mount Esau, and those of Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines. 573 01:08:22,680 --> 01:08:28,240 They shall possess the land of Ephraim, and the land of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead, 574 01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:34,580 and the exiles of the host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath. 575 01:08:34,580 --> 01:08:41,960 And the exiles of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the Negev. 576 01:08:41,960 --> 01:08:44,840 You hear that great geography lesson. 577 01:08:45,620 --> 01:08:49,440 And on a place I don't live, I don't necessarily want to live, 578 01:08:49,440 --> 01:08:52,660 and I don't really need all of this geographical information. 579 01:08:52,660 --> 01:08:56,640 And it's really easy to dismiss all of these places. 580 01:08:56,640 --> 01:09:00,780 This isn't just a list of regions, mountains, and cities. 581 01:09:00,780 --> 01:09:05,060 What it is is a compass showing, literally north, south, east, west, 582 01:09:05,060 --> 01:09:09,980 but beyond the borders of Israel. 583 01:09:11,460 --> 01:09:15,840 There's a time when in the darkness God brings his truth to bear 584 01:09:15,840 --> 01:09:18,240 and he sees and he speaks and he refines, 585 01:09:18,240 --> 01:09:21,100 but he's also at work saving. 586 01:09:21,100 --> 01:09:28,100 And what we see here is that God is promising salvation 587 01:09:28,100 --> 01:09:34,080 and resurrection, that in the midst of that darkness, 588 01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:40,220 God sees us, find us, find us, find us. 589 01:09:41,460 --> 01:09:44,560 I want to leave the book of Obadiah this way. 590 01:09:44,560 --> 01:09:49,860 You see darkness is bigger. 591 01:09:49,860 --> 01:09:57,200 You see that darkness there is this promise that we can be in vain. 592 01:09:57,200 --> 01:10:03,860 Now, away from the book of Obadiah, but not unconnected from the book of Obadiah. 593 01:10:03,860 --> 01:10:09,020 And I want to introduce us about 600 years later to two specific kings. 594 01:10:09,020 --> 01:10:10,920 The first king is King Herod. 595 01:10:11,460 --> 01:10:17,160 He's been placed on the throne of Jerusalem in Judah. 596 01:10:17,160 --> 01:10:21,060 The throne that rightfully belongs to David. 597 01:10:21,060 --> 01:10:24,100 And so he rules over God's people. 598 01:10:24,100 --> 01:10:27,000 But here's the real kicker that he's an idoneean. 599 01:10:27,000 --> 01:10:28,900 That's just a descendant of Esau. 600 01:10:28,900 --> 01:10:35,140 600 years after Obadiah, there is now sitting on the throne of David in God's voice. 601 01:10:35,140 --> 01:10:36,720 He can't be the one. 602 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:40,440 You know what makes these words? 603 01:10:40,440 --> 01:10:43,540 It's 40 years before Christ. 604 01:10:43,540 --> 01:10:51,140 The Roman Senate declares this man here, the king of the Jews. 605 01:10:51,140 --> 01:10:56,640 Not by birth or covenant or by a prophet coming and anointing him, 606 01:10:56,640 --> 01:10:59,080 but by a Roman political body saying, 607 01:10:59,080 --> 01:11:02,560 the man who rules now in Jerusalem is Edomite, 608 01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:05,180 sitting on the throne of David in God's holy city, 609 01:11:05,180 --> 01:11:08,260 in fact, actually reconstructing the temple, 610 01:11:08,260 --> 01:11:10,560 is now king of the Jews. 611 01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:12,540 And Herod does 612 01:11:12,540 --> 01:11:15,080 almost exactly what you see 613 01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:16,300 in the book of Edom, 614 01:11:16,300 --> 01:11:18,240 or in the book of Obadiah about Edom. 615 01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:21,640 He builds the maritime port of Caesarea, 616 01:11:21,640 --> 01:11:23,560 the temple in Jerusalem, 617 01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:25,420 a fortress called Masada 618 01:11:25,420 --> 01:11:26,320 out in the desert, 619 01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:28,040 sort of a place for a last stand. 620 01:11:28,040 --> 01:11:31,740 South of Jerusalem. 621 01:11:31,740 --> 01:11:35,620 And maybe you've seen enough movies 622 01:11:35,620 --> 01:11:36,500 where the supervillain 623 01:11:36,500 --> 01:11:39,480 to put his base inside of a volcano, right? 624 01:11:39,480 --> 01:11:42,680 Herod the Great comes, knocks the top off a hill, 625 01:11:42,680 --> 01:11:44,260 makes it look like a volcano, 626 01:11:44,260 --> 01:11:48,300 builds a city there and a fortress 627 01:11:48,300 --> 01:11:52,900 three and a half miles away from this mountain. 628 01:11:52,900 --> 01:11:54,900 And he has constructed himself, right? 629 01:11:54,900 --> 01:11:57,100 Takes a little hill, turns it into a big hill 630 01:11:57,100 --> 01:11:58,340 that looks like a volcano. 631 01:11:58,340 --> 01:12:02,620 Three and a half miles north of this, 632 01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:13,620 Deep in the shadow of this king, almost in the shadow of this mountain, there's a second king. 633 01:12:13,620 --> 01:12:19,620 Rather than me describe this, I can't hear what Scripture has to say about the second king. 634 01:12:19,620 --> 01:12:27,300 Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem, three and a half miles from Herod's volcano there. 635 01:12:27,300 --> 01:12:32,940 Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea in the days of Herod the king, 636 01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:35,940 Behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, 637 01:12:35,940 --> 01:12:40,120 Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? 638 01:12:40,120 --> 01:12:45,560 For we saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship again. 639 01:12:45,560 --> 01:12:52,400 So there is another king of the Jews, not appointed by a political body, 640 01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:55,460 but he was born 641 01:12:55,460 --> 01:13:02,940 as a political, powerful nation in the world, 642 01:13:02,940 --> 01:13:04,280 the empire of Romans. 643 01:13:04,280 --> 01:13:10,680 How dare there be another one 644 01:13:10,680 --> 01:13:12,760 who is not appointed 645 01:13:12,760 --> 01:13:15,800 by his authority. 646 01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:20,860 By being the son of David, the son of Abraham, 647 01:13:20,860 --> 01:13:25,620 By divine appointment, the angel's word to Mary, the star that declares his presence. 648 01:13:25,620 --> 01:13:29,140 And so what does Herod, the Edomite, do? 649 01:13:29,140 --> 01:13:34,200 He does exactly what you see in God's judgment of Obadiah. 650 01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:45,700 And all in that reason, 651 01:13:45,700 --> 01:14:00,160 I'm going to stand at the crossroads to cut off the speech. 652 01:14:00,160 --> 01:14:13,600 It's literally history repeating itself. 653 01:14:13,600 --> 01:14:16,560 The first king heard the great dives. 654 01:14:16,560 --> 01:14:18,880 The second king of Jesus. 655 01:14:18,880 --> 01:14:20,480 The true king of Jesus. 656 01:14:20,480 --> 01:14:24,580 The first of eternal power and greatness. 657 01:14:24,580 --> 01:14:29,140 The first king of Nazareth. 658 01:14:30,160 --> 01:14:34,140 Remember that Obadiah map we just talked about with all of those cities and those places? 659 01:14:34,140 --> 01:14:38,060 What Jesus does next is he goes. 660 01:14:38,060 --> 01:14:43,780 In his ministry to Zarephath, the territory there, he sits in Samaria, he crosses into Gilead. 661 01:14:43,780 --> 01:14:47,800 And let me show you something that is both wild and wonderful. 662 01:14:47,800 --> 01:14:50,360 In Mark, the Gospel of Mark, listen to this. 663 01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:58,500 Jesus withdrew his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea. 664 01:14:59,080 --> 01:15:01,680 and from beyond the Jordan, and from Tyre and Sidon. 665 01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:04,920 And when the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 666 01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:10,420 That's literally the map you find at the end of Obadiah, all those cities. 667 01:15:10,420 --> 01:15:14,080 And all of these people, Jesus has gone there, but they're coming to him. 668 01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:16,500 And notice this, right in the middle. 669 01:15:16,500 --> 01:15:24,680 And they're coming from Ida, even the Edomites are coming to hear this king of the Jews. 670 01:15:25,960 --> 01:15:31,160 He welcomes those who are, but this king doesn't build fortresses. 671 01:15:31,160 --> 01:15:34,360 It's not like here in the Great Archive. 672 01:15:34,360 --> 01:15:38,820 In fact, he doesn't even... 673 01:15:38,820 --> 01:15:44,060 ...cross the fortresses. 674 01:15:44,060 --> 01:15:46,000 He says, do you not think that I can build my father? 675 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:47,180 He's not a king. 676 01:15:47,180 --> 01:15:48,200 He's welcomes you. 677 01:15:48,200 --> 01:15:53,120 How that must be Scripture to be built in us. 678 01:15:53,520 --> 01:15:57,300 So, I think there's questions. 679 01:15:57,300 --> 01:15:59,600 I don't know what this is now. 680 01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:02,460 I don't know why. 681 01:16:02,460 --> 01:16:06,720 I think there's a place called a lot. 682 01:16:06,720 --> 01:16:10,700 I think there's a place called a lot. 683 01:16:10,700 --> 01:16:14,640 I think there's a place called a lot. 684 01:16:18,780 --> 01:16:21,700 And I think there's a place called a lot. 685 01:16:21,700 --> 01:16:50,520 And what we have done, the sin and wrong that we should have done, 686 01:16:50,520 --> 01:16:53,640 It shall be returned in our own head on judgment. 687 01:16:53,640 --> 01:17:13,200 That cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree. 688 01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:18,240 That judgment in Obadiah, it shall be done to you. 689 01:17:18,300 --> 01:17:21,100 Your deeds shall return on your own head. 690 01:17:21,100 --> 01:17:27,100 Jesus, at the cross, takes that punishment. 691 01:17:27,100 --> 01:17:29,400 All we let you do is the punishment. 692 01:17:29,400 --> 01:17:34,440 All we let you do is turn to the cross. 693 01:17:48,300 --> 01:17:57,080 But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, 694 01:17:57,080 --> 01:18:01,260 to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the innumerable angels and festal gathering, 695 01:18:01,260 --> 01:18:04,320 to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, 696 01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:08,160 and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, 697 01:18:08,160 --> 01:18:11,360 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, 698 01:18:11,360 --> 01:18:17,520 to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of the living. 699 01:18:18,300 --> 01:18:25,640 You might come, someday you will find this, you might get there. 700 01:18:25,640 --> 01:18:33,940 But you have come that in Christ there is a mountain that is far better and greater than anything that anyone has ever built. 701 01:18:33,940 --> 01:18:36,600 And it is secured by the blood of Christ. 702 01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:40,380 And if you remember the word, the blood of Abel. 703 01:18:40,380 --> 01:18:43,440 Jesus is killed by his brother King. 704 01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:46,100 When his blood cries out from the ground, 705 01:18:46,100 --> 01:18:46,600 he cries out from the ground. 706 01:19:13,440 --> 01:19:24,080 Not the empire, not those who said, who will bring me down, not mine, not yours, but the Lord's. 707 01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:40,020 Is it the mountain of our achievement or of our pride or is it of the mountain? 708 01:19:42,640 --> 01:19:44,160 The cross reaches him. 709 01:19:44,160 --> 01:19:50,420 Up in the back of Jesus' name, Obediah is lost. 710 01:19:50,420 --> 01:19:55,760 According to Obadiah, you find the following Jesus in the gospel. 711 01:19:55,760 --> 01:19:59,880 You're standing in the mountain of your own selves. 712 01:19:59,880 --> 01:19:59,900 You're standing in the mountain of your own selves. 713 01:19:59,900 --> 01:20:02,040 You're standing in the mountain of your own selves. 714 01:20:07,580 --> 01:20:09,860 You're in that tunnel of your own selves. 715 01:20:11,720 --> 01:20:30,840 Father in heaven, we thank you for your love. 716 01:20:32,700 --> 01:20:49,580 We're going to stand and we're going to sing his glory and my good. 717 01:21:02,700 --> 01:21:32,680 I have seen my Father's glory, revealed in Jesus Christ, and the more that I behold him, the more he satisfies, when I gaze upon his beauty, when I see him as I should, then my eyes are lifted upward. 718 01:21:32,700 --> 01:21:35,780 For His glory, my God. 719 01:21:35,780 --> 01:21:44,640 There is hope in every trial. 720 01:21:44,640 --> 01:21:51,560 For I can turn my heart to glory. 721 01:21:51,560 --> 01:21:54,940 And help me bear the thorn. 722 01:21:54,940 --> 01:21:58,740 So in faith I follow Jesus. 723 01:21:58,740 --> 01:22:01,840 On the road not understood. 724 01:22:02,700 --> 01:22:09,460 For I know that He is working, for His glory am I good. 725 01:22:09,460 --> 01:22:23,700 To our God be the glory, to our God be the grace, He alone. 726 01:22:23,700 --> 01:22:27,960 The name of the world, all names 727 01:22:27,960 --> 01:22:34,580 I will boast ever only in the Lord 728 01:22:34,580 --> 01:22:37,940 My God, for I know 729 01:22:37,940 --> 01:22:41,960 His glory is my good 730 01:22:41,960 --> 01:22:50,020 See the open arms of Jesus 731 01:22:50,020 --> 01:22:53,060 Upon the cross that day 732 01:22:53,060 --> 01:23:23,040 Thank you. 733 01:23:23,060 --> 01:23:53,040 The name above all names, I will boast ever only in the Lord, my God, for I know His glory is the name above all names, I will boast ever only in the Lord, my God, for I know His glory is the name above all names, I will boast ever only in the Lord, my God, for I know His glory is the name above all names. 734 01:23:53,060 --> 01:23:58,740 Would I gladly be made nothing 735 01:23:58,740 --> 01:24:02,020 For Christ will be made more 736 01:24:02,020 --> 01:24:05,740 Would I seek the only King 737 01:24:05,740 --> 01:24:09,200 That far outweighs them all 738 01:24:09,200 --> 01:24:12,940 I will stand before my Father 739 01:24:12,940 --> 01:24:16,360 Where the faithful saints have stood 740 01:24:16,360 --> 01:24:23,720 Praise Him for His glory in my good 741 01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:27,480 And with joy my heart shall praise Him 742 01:24:27,480 --> 01:24:31,660 For His glory in my good 743 01:24:31,660 --> 01:24:39,400 To our God be the glory 744 01:24:39,400 --> 01:24:44,680 To our God be the rest here on 745 01:24:44,680 --> 01:24:48,900 The name above all names 746 01:24:48,900 --> 01:24:57,260 I will boast ever only in the Lord my God 747 01:24:57,260 --> 01:25:03,340 For I know His glory is my good 748 01:25:03,340 --> 01:25:07,980 To our God be the glory 749 01:25:07,980 --> 01:25:12,720 To our God is He alone 750 01:25:12,720 --> 01:25:16,720 The name above all names 751 01:25:16,720 --> 01:25:25,640 God will never hold me in the Lord my God 752 01:25:25,640 --> 01:25:31,420 For I know His glory is my good 753 01:25:31,420 --> 01:25:38,320 Yes, I know His glory is my good 754 01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:55,360 We are so thankful that you are here with us this morning. 755 01:25:55,360 --> 01:26:04,880 We'll be back next Sunday taking a look at what it means to be refreshed by God's goodness and God's glory. 756 01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:07,160 Not this Wednesday, but the following Wednesday. 757 01:26:07,160 --> 01:26:10,300 We'll be here having a cookout. 758 01:26:10,460 --> 01:26:16,640 I invite you to come, invite a friend, come and have some food and share some fellowship with us. 759 01:26:16,640 --> 01:26:18,820 We're going to go ahead and have a word of prayer, 760 01:26:18,820 --> 01:26:22,820 and then we're going to read a verse from the book of Revelation. 761 01:26:22,820 --> 01:26:29,120 And we will say, God's word, Father, help us to see your glory. 762 01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:34,420 Help us to see your heart and have a word in our lives. 763 01:26:36,840 --> 01:26:38,500 Help us find it. 764 01:26:38,500 --> 01:26:51,940 The book of Revelation, as the seventh seal, or seventh and final trumpet in John's vision, 765 01:26:51,940 --> 01:26:57,180 is sounded into a church in John's day who is facing deep persecution. 766 01:26:57,180 --> 01:27:03,440 They were fighting in the darkness to hear these words in Revelation chapter 11. 767 01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:09,040 The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, 768 01:27:09,040 --> 01:27:12,560 and he shall reign forever and ever. 769 01:27:12,560 --> 01:27:18,400 It's a reminder to us before we were, before we were here, God is. 770 01:27:18,400 --> 01:27:22,280 And he is purposeful, he is working, and he is faithful. 771 01:27:22,280 --> 01:27:30,400 And when we wake up in the morning, God is purposeful, working, faithful. 772 01:27:30,860 --> 01:27:36,840 Whether it's in the darkness or in the light or in the tunnel or mountains or the valleys, 773 01:27:36,840 --> 01:27:42,020 I encourage you to go with the confidence of people who know how the story ends, 774 01:27:42,020 --> 01:27:47,080 that the kingdom of our Lord, on this Christ, shall reign forever. 775 01:27:47,080 --> 01:27:56,280 Seek the thoughts all of you. 776 01:28:00,860 --> 01:28:04,160 one second 777 01:28:04,160 --> 01:28:08,880 you probably know it well 778 01:28:08,880 --> 01:28:27,300 praise God from whom all blessings flow 779 01:28:27,300 --> 01:28:32,400 Praise Him, all creatures here below 780 01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:38,240 Praise Him, above ye heavenly hosts 781 01:28:38,240 --> 01:28:43,860 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 782 01:28:57,300 --> 01:29:27,280 Thank you. 783 01:29:27,300 --> 01:29:38,540 Thank you.