Greater Grace
Rev. Dr. Omar Williams Preached on 8/30/2026Psalm 36
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Summary
Rev. Dr. Omar Williams explores Psalm 36 to contrast the restrictive hubris of human wickedness with the breathtaking expansiveness of God's grace, encouraging believers to find refuge and a 'preferred future' in God's steadfast love.
Key points
- •Human wickedness stems from an internal 'oracle of transgression' that leads to arrogance, conceit, and a lack of self-awareness.
- •God's character (steadfast love, faithfulness, and righteousness) acts as an infinite and expansive counterbalance to the darkness of human rebellion.
- •God's grace is not just sufficient but 'greater' than the problem of evil; where sin abounds, grace super-abounds.
- •The righteous find both protection (refuge under His wings) and provision (drinking from the river of His delights) even in times of global or personal chaos.
- •Believers can maintain resilience by envisioning the final demise of evil and the secure, eternal future promised to the faithful.
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Evangelism
Purpose
Life application
This week, when you encounter distressing news or personal conflict, intentionally pivot your focus from the problem to God's character. Practice 'stabilizing reflection' by reading Psalm 36 and asking God to align your perspective with His sovereign plan rather than the immediate chaos.
Reflection questions
- In what ways have you heard the 'whisper of pride' in your own heart recently, and how can you bring that to God for cleansing?
- How does knowing that God's righteousness is as immovable as a mountain change your feelings about current world events?
- What 'river of delights' has God provided for you lately, even in the midst of a difficult season?
- Are there areas where you have lost your 'sense of agency' to choose good, and how can God's greater grace restore that choice today?
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0:00stay
0:00right here with us.
0:03filling us with your love
0:15for
0:17each blessing.
0:19>> I'm going to lift my heart in praise.
0:23>> Hallelujah.
0:25Oh,
0:28without
0:32a doubt. We know that we
0:37have been
0:40>> when we when we shall leave
0:46this place without
0:51a doubt without know
0:56without a doubt. Without a doubt where
1:00we shall leave
1:04this place without a doubt, without
1:08a doubt, a doubt. We know that we have
1:13we have every
1:26without a doubt. We know that we have
1:32been reall
1:41this.
1:46Hallelujah.
1:52Hallelujah.
1:57Oh hallelujah.
2:02Hallelujah.
2:04Hallelujah.
2:06>> Without a doubt, we know
2:09that we have been revived.
2:12Hallelujah. When we shall leave this
2:16place.
2:18>> Thank you, Lord. Let's lift those hands
2:19one more time and say that with
2:20confidence. Prophetically, without a
2:23doubt, we know that we have been
2:27revived. Hallelujah.
2:29When we shall leave
2:33this place.
2:37Thank you Lord for the fire of your
2:41revival.
2:42Your presence that is active in this
2:44house, ministering to every heart and
2:47mind, every circumstance.
2:51God, thank you for inviting us into
2:55worship,
2:57for preparing our hearts for the word of
2:59the Lord. And God, I pray that through
3:01your word, may you align our
3:03perspective,
3:05shift our minds into the place where you
3:07want us to be. That through every
3:09circumstance,
3:11we can stay so focused on you that we
3:14live in that realm of spiritual revival
3:16and renewal regardless of what is going
3:19on around us. We thank you right now.
3:22Let your will be done. Save souls,
3:23convert lives, and confirm faith in this
3:26house. And if we have done, if we ask
3:29for too little, give us more according
3:31to your perfect will. In Jesus's name we
3:33pray. And everybody say, "Amen." God
3:36bless you. You may be seated in the
3:38presence of our good and our gracious
3:41God. Amen. So delighted to be in God's
3:44house another time. Give your neighbor a
3:45smile. Says, "Neighbor, it's so good to
3:47see you in God's house.
3:49It is so good to see you in the house of
3:53the Lord."
3:55Amen. Amen.
3:59Uh this week just want us to remember
4:02some names in especially in our prayers.
4:06Uh brother Keon's uh mother uh is in the
4:10hospital. Remember her in your prayers.
4:13Sister Sophia Legister who should one of
4:15our new members was scheduled to have
4:17the right hand of fellowship last night
4:19had an accident ended up in the
4:21hospital. So also remember her in your
4:24prayers. Lady Marlin Burges heard uh is
4:27on the mend. Had a successful procedure
4:30this week. Let's continue to pray for
4:32her as she heals. Uh my wife nursed me
4:36back last week, but then she got sick
4:39towards the end of the week. So, uh keep
4:41her also in your prayers. We won't see
4:43her today. I told her just to stay home
4:45and uh rest. So, uh just bear her up in
4:50your prayers. And while we are praying,
4:53I want to uh welcome home Crystal
4:55Walford. So good to have you back from
4:58school and in the house of the Lord
5:01today. I see Alexandra looking extremely
5:03happy today to have you sitting beside
5:06her. So so good to have you in the
5:08house. Sean, brother Shawn Williams, so
5:10good to have you uh in the house of the
5:13Lord today. Dr. Dwayne is with us. I
5:15wanted to have him to come and say hello
5:17to us last night, but he slipped out. So
5:18Dr. doing? Will you come please and just
5:21say uh hello to our congregation? Amen.
5:25As we're celebrating 30 years of God's
5:28faithfulness to Pentecostal,
5:31>> praise the Lord, Pentab.
5:33>> Praise the Lord, Pentab.
5:36>> I just want to thank God for this
5:38opportunity and for the opportunity to
5:40be home today.
5:42>> If I only had two minutes, I would
5:44testify about what God has done for me
5:47through this ministry. I would tell you
5:49how this ministry started and how at a
5:52time when I was growing up and I didn't
5:54know what my walk with the Lord would be
5:56like, the Lord gave us this assignment.
5:58I could tell you about an infant
6:00ministry that acquired a city block. I
6:03could tell you what it was like to be
6:04walking through my high school and
6:05people say, "Is your dad the guy with
6:07the supermarket?"
6:09I could tell you what it was like when I
6:11was missing my older brother and God
6:12sent me brother Vincent Russell. He came
6:15as a miss as a missionary from Guyana
6:17and he became an older brother. He
6:19taught me how to make roti after school.
6:21He taught me how to drive.
6:23I I could tell you about mobile Sunday
6:25school before any church was doing it. I
6:28could tell you what it was like on a
6:29Sunday morning when the special forces
6:31would come back from Opalaka and say,
6:32"We have seven for baptism." I could
6:35tell you what it was like to watch a
6:37church that was serious about missions
6:40when he said to the bishop said to the
6:42young people, "We're going to Ethiopia.
6:43Does anybody want to come? You don't
6:45know what that does in a 15 or 16 year
6:47old when your pastor is saying, "I want
6:49you to go and experience the ministry of
6:51Pastor Techla Marian." I could tell you
6:53about one of the biggest things that
6:55happened right before my dad's passing
6:57that God in his infinite wisdom decided
7:00to reverse engineer a succession plan in
7:03bringing us Pastor Omar. Knowing that he
7:05was getting ready to call my dad home,
7:07but he cared so much about this ministry
7:10that he sent us an able and a willing
7:12servant.
7:15So, since I only have two minutes, I'm
7:18only going to use two words, and I'm
7:19just going to say thank you.
7:22>> I want to thank those of you who are
7:23still with us after 30 years. I want to
7:25thank those of you who joined us later,
7:27but are about to see this ministry do
7:28things that you've never expected.
7:31Pentab, I want to tell you the work is
7:33far from over. If you thought you saw
7:35the glory days, you ain't seen nothing
7:38yet. So, I want to thank you for this
7:40opportunity. I want to just finally
7:42thank God for my mom.
7:46Look how beautiful she are.
7:51My mom is, as I take my seat, my mom is
7:54one of my visual examples about the
7:56keeping power of God. I remember the
7:59morning, it was a Sunday morning just
8:00like this when we were learning that God
8:02had a larger plan for my dad's life. And
8:05her first concern was the house. She
8:08said, she was just telling me and she
8:09said, 'I already spoke to Pastor Omar.
8:12So, we just want you to know that we all
8:15live and God has prospered us as a
8:16family um to be doing work in different
8:18parts of the vineyard and we have all
8:20invited her to come and be with us and
8:22she refuses to leave because she says
8:23this is her assignment.
8:26>> So, please look out for my mom. God
8:27bless you and thank you, Pastor Omar.
8:32>> Praise God. Amen. Thank you, Dr. Dwayne.
8:35Uh as as shared earlier as shared
8:38earlier, our children's month uh will
8:41feature uh a lot of special activities.
8:44We're going to have a special family
8:47Bible study series on the first uh three
8:52Wednesdays in the month of September.
8:54We're starting with looking uh this
8:56coming Wednesday on marriage ministry.
8:59And this is not just for marriage f
9:01married folks. The this is for
9:03everybody. Somebody say everybody.
9:06>> You don't learn how to live as a a good
9:09marriage partner when you get married.
9:11It's all the things you'll try to learn
9:13before. Is that all right? So, please
9:16come on out. Let's be a part of that.
9:18And then the next week we have
9:19harmonious homes and that's going to be
9:22taught by the halls. And then we have on
9:26the 16th we have uh a lesson on breaking
9:29generational patterns. And so we want
9:31you to be there for that. And then of
9:33course, Lady Kim will be walking us
9:35through workplace ethics. And all of
9:37this is still in the book of Ephesians.
9:39And this is what I I love uh the the
9:42Bible study program because you just
9:44never know. On one week, you're dealing
9:45with deeply theological issues. Then in
9:48another week in the same book, you're
9:49dealing with deeply practical life
9:52issues. So please come on out. Let's be
9:54a part of Bible study in the month of
9:57September.
9:59I'm also very excited for our life
10:01groups. Let me hear everybody say our
10:02life groups.
10:04Our life groups and and of course uh
10:07church takes place in groups. Whether we
10:11is formal or informal, the reason that a
10:14lot of us have stayed in church is
10:15because we're able to form connections
10:18with people of like passion, like
10:20interest, right? And so we are creating
10:22these life groups and the first semester
10:25kicks off this month of September. Lady
10:29Leah, Lady Danica, will you please
10:31stand?
10:34All right. I want you to put your hands
10:36together for them, everybody.
10:39They took hold of this vision and we
10:42have been running it. We've had a lot of
10:44meetings with churches that had
10:46successful life groups, found out what
10:48made it work, some who not so
10:50successful, what are some blind spots
10:52and things to look out for. And we done
10:55a pilot, we did a pile of testing. And
10:57of course now we our groups are ready to
11:00go. So if you love to walk, grab coffee,
11:03have great conversation. If you are a
11:05foodie, you like to try international
11:08cuisine or whatever, there is a group
11:10for you. And if you would go on our
11:13church website at lifegroup.pentab.org,
11:18you will see the groups that are there.
11:19Please go. Please register so you can be
11:23a part of this lifechanging
11:26transformative initiative that is going
11:28to help us to assimilate members into
11:31the congregation and also help us to
11:34evangelize by being out there together
11:37uh where the needs are. All right. And
11:40also just to help to strengthen our
11:42ministry. Let the church say amen.
11:44>> All right. Turn turn with me in your
11:46Bibles to Psalm chapter 36. We are on
11:50the the last uh sermon in our summer in
11:54the Psalms series for this year and then
11:57I'm looking forward to September when I
11:59get to hear all of the other voices
12:01proclaim the truth of the gospel.
12:04Psalm 36 is where we are today. Uh thank
12:08you sound team. This sound is pretty
12:10good. Uh my voice should hold up. I'm
12:13expecting this to be a little more
12:15reflective. I don't think I have the
12:16strength to go hooping and hollering
12:18today, but uh receive the word of the
12:21Lord. Amen. All right. Psalm chapter 36.
12:25And I want to read for starters verses 5
12:28and six. And it reads like this. Your
12:31steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the
12:34heavens. Your faithfulness to the
12:37clouds. Your righteousness is like the
12:40mountains of God. Your judgments are
12:43like the great deep. Man and beast save
12:48you save. Oh Lord, I want to speak to us
12:51today on this thought. Greater grace.
12:55Greater grace. Greater grace.
12:59Psalm 36 is directed to
13:04the choir master. It's written by David,
13:07the servant of the Lord.
13:10It is a masterful wisdom psalm. In the
13:15world of literature, it functions as
13:17what is known as a literary dipic. Dip
13:21py
13:23c. It's a kind of poetry
13:27of contrast. And in this case, David is
13:30contrasting
13:32a dark, restrictive portrait of human
13:35rebellion
13:37against an expansive,
13:40breathtaking canvas of God's righteous
13:44character.
13:46The psalm does not convey a definite
13:49historical context. However, the intense
13:53contrast between the deceitful,
13:57self-flattering wicked in verses 1 to4
14:00and the desperate need for God's
14:03protective wings in verse 7 aligns well
14:07with David's experiences as a fugitive.
14:12And thus, many scholars place the
14:15composition of the psalm during David's
14:18flight from King Saul.
14:21Yet the the psalm is not compounded with
14:24impregatory prayers like we talked about
14:27last week, praying for enemies to be
14:31slain by God or taken out.
14:34Neither is it compounded with
14:37overbearing lamentation. No, it steps
14:40back from the mayhem of adversity to
14:45reflect on the bigger picture of yes,
14:48there is problem in the world, but it
14:52seeks to find the root of evil and not
14:55only the root of evil, but to see the
14:59only cure that there is for evil in our
15:03world and that only cure is God.
15:07This capacity for stabilizing
15:11reflection. Everybody say stabilizing
15:13reflection.
15:15Stabilizing reflection amidst life's
15:18most perplexing challenges was displayed
15:21by Jesus Christ after the murder of his
15:25cousin John the Baptist and displayed in
15:28other historical figures such as Victor
15:31Frankle during the Nazi Holocaust. Both
15:35men separated by nearly 2,000 years
15:39illustrate that true resilience
15:43comes from seeing God's sovereignty and
15:47grounding oneself in the higher purpose
15:50of God even in the middle of oppression.
15:53And sometimes that is the only way to
15:56outlast oppressors.
15:59Can the church say amen?
16:01Seeing the sovereignty of God, grounding
16:04ourselves in a purpose that is higher
16:06than ourselves is sometimes the only way
16:09to outlast the difficulties and the
16:12challenges with which we have to grapple
16:14in this world. You and I, I propose you
16:18and I need this reflective capacity
16:21today in a time when our minds are
16:25overstimulated
16:26by the consistent churn of the news
16:28cycle displaying the insanity,
16:32inhumanity injustice immorality and
16:35the overall fragility of life in our
16:38fallen world. We need to be able to step
16:41back every now and then and still see
16:44that God's grace is greater than the
16:47problem of evil in our world. No matter
16:50what it is that you may be wrestling
16:52with personally, also God's grace is
16:55still greater. Somebody shout, "God's
16:57grace is still greater." His grace is
17:00still greater. This psalm composed in
17:04three distinct stanzas seem tailored to
17:07teach us how sin entices human hearts
17:11through false illusions of fulfillment,
17:14false sense of invincibility, but that
17:17God's grace is infinitely greater.
17:20Somebody shout, "It's greater."
17:22>> It's greater than human rebellion. And
17:25God is still inviting the vilest
17:28offenders to a place of repentance while
17:32simultaneously
17:34extending steadfast love and eternal
17:37security to the righteous who have not
17:41lost their sense of agency. Can I say
17:44that again? That we can see all that's
17:47going on around us but not lose our
17:50sense of agency. We can still choose to
17:54trust in God in the middle of it all. We
17:58can still choose to trust in God. It
18:00begins, it begins by highlighting the
18:04root of problem in the human world. And
18:06it is this, the hubris of human hearts.
18:09The hubris of human hearts. And I know
18:11hubris is not one of those uh words in
18:14regular circulation, but stay with me
18:16and you'll understand what I'm talking
18:17about. He he begins by pointing to the
18:20hubris of human hearts. He the psalm
18:23opens by by looking downward and inward
18:26and diagnosing the root of human
18:30wickedness. All of the inhumanity,
18:32immorality, where are they coming from?
18:35Said David. Can can we understand it?
18:38Can we empathize with what is going on
18:41in our world? Can can we even empathize
18:44with those who cause adversity? Can can
18:48we see that there goes you and I? But
18:52for the grace of God,
18:55he begins by looking at the heart's
18:58sinful oracle in verse the first part of
19:00verse one. And and this verse I I had to
19:03read it in several translation. And I
19:04had to I had to pull out my Torah to
19:06read the psalm from that that I could
19:08get an original because the the versions
19:10and and I I I I I don't want to offend
19:13those who are King James only. Please
19:15don't take this the wrong way. But
19:17sometimes you got to read something else
19:19so you can understand what it is saying.
19:21Right? So So reading it in the in the in
19:23the Torah, it says transgression
19:26speaks to the wicked deep in his heart.
19:29Here uh sin is personified as an
19:33internal oracle. It is a devious
19:37spiritual voice that is speaking deep
19:39within the human heart actively
19:43convincing them to abandon the fear of
19:47God and live in unchecked evil and
19:51wickedness. David is saying that sin is
19:54not just something external trying to
19:56entice you. know, but the voice of sin,
19:59he says, speaks like an oracle within
20:02the human heart. And Jeremiah and Jesus
20:06both concurred David's writing about the
20:09evil potential of the human heart.
20:11Jeremiah wrote in Jeremiah 17 and:9 that
20:14the heart is deceitful above all things
20:18and desperately wicked. Who can know it?
20:21He asked. Jesus said, "For out of the
20:25heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
20:29adulteries fornication thefts false
20:32witness, and blasphemies." In Matthew,
20:34that's in Matthew 15 and:e 9. Therefore,
20:37what he's saying to us is that all
20:40humans possess the capacity to yield to
20:45the heart's sinful impulses. Whether you
20:48are generally morally upstanding but
20:50you're not saved or you are a saint that
20:53is filled with the Holy Ghost, a mighty
20:55burning fire, pray my strength in the
20:57Lord. David is saying to us that all of
21:00us stand uh susceptible to the
21:04whispering oracle of transgression in
21:07our hearts calling us to abandon the
21:10fear for God.
21:12We all stand culpable. Robert Murray
21:15McShane, a 19th century Scottish
21:17clergyman, wrote in his personal
21:20journal, quote, "The seeds of all sins
21:23known to man are in my heart, and
21:27perhaps all the more dangerously that I
21:30do not see them." unquote. He is saying
21:33that every sin and atrocity that has
21:36ever been done in our world, think about
21:40the thing that bothered you the most
21:42this week from something that somebody
21:45has done in the world. And he is saying
21:47that the potential for that is in our
21:50hearts. It's in your heart and my heart.
21:53We can think that if we could go back in
21:55time, we'd be on the right side of
21:57history on almost all of the things that
21:59have happened. But we don't know for
22:01sure because the seed of sin, am I
22:05talking to anybody here? Is in
22:07everyone's heart. Therefore, while the
22:09world says trust your heart, follow your
22:11heart, these texts are teaching us that
22:15we can't always follow our heart, we
22:17need to look to something and to someone
22:20greater than our hearts. That's why
22:23David said in Psalm 119 that thy word
22:28have I hidden in my heart that I might
22:32not sin against you. I need something
22:35more than just what my heart and what my
22:38mind can produce to stabilize me in
22:42circumstances like this. I need the word
22:44of God. I need the grace of God. I need
22:48the presence of God. Do I have a witness
22:49in the house?
22:51I need God. I need God. But but don't
22:55miss this because the sinner that is
22:57described in verse one is called the
22:59wicked. Somebody say the wicked. And the
23:02Bible has many ways to describe uh
23:05people who are not saved in the
23:07scripture. The the the wicked is one of
23:10the the worst of the terms because this
23:13term is used to describe someone who is
23:16committed to living in sin. someone who
23:20is committed to practicing evil and
23:23wanting violence against humanity
23:26without any reverence for God. And and
23:29this is where the word hubris comes in
23:31because the ancient Greeks called this
23:34attitude of the heart hubris. It is it
23:37is a deep settled pride that defies God
23:43and violate natural human limitation. CS
23:48Lewis says that it is a complete
23:51anti-God
23:52state of the human mind. A state in
23:55which a person is not only content with
23:58doing evil, they want to overthrow God.
24:01They want to overthrow the reign of God.
24:03And therefore, because they desire to
24:05overthrow God, there is no fear of God
24:07in their eyes. And where there is no
24:10fear of God, another atrocity that comes
24:13with that is there is no respect for
24:16human dignity. There is no respect for
24:18human life. Am I talking to anybody
24:19here? It it's the it's the hubris of the
24:23human heart that that begins with the
24:26pride of arrogance. Everybody say the
24:27pride of arrogance. The pride of
24:30arrogance. No fear of God in his eyes.
24:34Arrogance is that Luciferian attitude
24:37that says I will ascend above the
24:39heights of the clouds. I will be like
24:43the most high. He he he's so arrogant
24:46that he wants to be in a place where
24:49he's a world apart where even God is
24:52seen as being beneath him that we talk
24:56callously and irreverently about God and
24:59God allows it.
25:02God allows it because God knows that he
25:06is still greater than all their chatter
25:09and that the day is coming when he will
25:12have the last say. Am I talking to
25:14anybody here? When the evil vaunt
25:17themselves in their mischief and boast
25:19arrogantly about all the things they can
25:22do and question whether or not there is
25:24really a God in the world. God just sits
25:27where God always sits. He sits on his
25:30throne and God laughs. Oh yes. He laughs
25:34because he knows that the day is coming
25:37when all people will see who is the
25:40boss.
25:42>> It begins with the pride of arrogance.
25:44Then it moves to the pride of conceit in
25:46verse two. So where there is a pride of
25:48arrogance, no fear of God in their eyes,
25:50they begin to flatter themselves in
25:52their own eyes that their iniquity
25:55cannot be found out. Conceit is
25:57dangerous because it is an
25:59overexaggerated
26:01opinion of oneself. It seeks
26:03superiority. It exalts form over
26:05substance, reputation over character,
26:07image over integrity. It is to become
26:10full of oneself, puffed up, inflated
26:13with one's own ego, and self-importance.
26:16To fantasize that you are larger than
26:19life, to to gloat about the powers that
26:22are in your hand to dictate the quality
26:25of human life. But even then, God is
26:29still greater. Am I talking to anybody
26:31here? It it conceit is like somebody
26:34walking through life on tiptoes trying
26:37to tell you that I am 6 feet when I'm
26:415'6.
26:42It's it's conceit. It is not what it
26:45seems to be, but it says if I can get
26:48you to buy into what I'm selling, then I
26:51can convince myself that I am all that
26:54and a bag of chips. But God does not
26:56need deception or trickery to convince
26:59anybody. God just needs to remind us, I
27:03still rise the sun every morning. I I
27:05still make the stars come up and I still
27:07hold them in place. I still make rain
27:10fall upon the just and upon the unjust.
27:14I AM STILL GOD
27:16>> in the middle of it all. Brothers and
27:18sisters, the problem with with the
27:20arrogant and the conceited, David said
27:22it here. It it says that their iniquity
27:25cannot be found out and hated. That is
27:27to say, they they have so uh lowered God
27:31in their own eyes, no fear of God, and
27:33exalted themselves. They flattered
27:35themselves that they can't see their own
27:39iniquity. They they become blinded. They
27:42become lacking in self-awareness. And
27:45therefore, they lose the capacity for
27:48repentance. They are not able to
27:51perceive how wrong they are and
27:53therefore they are not able to repent.
27:56So what happens? We see therefore the
27:58progression of evil in our world. This
28:02is why our world is so a wash with the
28:05evil that it is today because there are
28:08people who can't see the fear of God.
28:12There's not a God to fear. And then they
28:14have exalted themselves and therefore
28:17cannot see where they're going wrong.
28:19Cannot see what they're doing wrong. And
28:21so all we see in our world is evil
28:25progressing as evil people do what evil
28:28people does. Here it is. The words of
28:30his mouth are trouble and deceit. He has
28:32ceased to act wisely and do good. He
28:34plots trouble uh on his bed. He sets
28:38himself in a way that is not good. He
28:41does not reject evil. It it corrupts
28:45their speech as he begins to track how
28:48it happens. Firstly, it corrupts their
28:50speech. Their speech is always
28:52turbulent. It's always malicious. It's
28:54always evil. It's always full of
28:56vendettas. They're always trying to get
28:59even with somebody. They're always
29:01trying to destroy somebody, make things
29:03uncomfortable and uneasy. It's full of
29:05trouble. It's full of deceit and lies.
29:07And not only does it consume their
29:08speech, but it consumes their thoughts.
29:11Because even while they lie in bed, it
29:15becomes their waking thought when they
29:17get up in the morning. And it's their
29:18lullaby that puts them to sleep at
29:21night. How much more can I do to make
29:24somebody's life miserable? Am I talking
29:25to anybody here? Have you ever met
29:27anybody? Are you thinking of anyone that
29:30when you think of it, you think about
29:32the state OF THEIR HEARTS THAT THAT it
29:34would seem that everything they do is
29:38intended on making somebody's life
29:40difficult. Am I talking to anybody here?
29:42Maybe maybe there is somebody personal
29:44in your life that looks like that right
29:47now. It's it's the progression of evil.
29:50But but but BUT GOD IS STILL GREATER.
29:55>> And I feel the Holy Ghost in here. He is
29:57still greater than all the evil in the
29:59world. It corrupts their speech. It
30:00consumes their thoughts. It compromises
30:03their will. In the last part of verse
30:05three and the last part of verse four
30:07says it this way that ultimately sin
30:10sets them on a path where they their
30:13even their sense of agency becomes
30:16compromised. They can no longer choose
30:19good. They have done evil for so long
30:22that they don't know the way of good. So
30:25they continually do evil, becoming more
30:28malevolent, and they continue to reject
30:31the good way even if it is placed before
30:35their very eyes. Brothers and sisters,
30:38it presents a bleak view of the human
30:41condition. And here's the deal. You and
30:43I know people who are like that, who fit
30:45the bill. But we need to understand here
30:48that this oracle is speaking in every
30:51heart. And therefore you and I, if not
30:55for the greater grace of God, stand
30:58susceptible to that same plight.
31:01Does anybody want to lift your hand and
31:03say, "Thank God for his grace. Thank God
31:05for his word. Thank God." But right
31:09there, as David contemplates the hubris
31:12of human hearts, that wicked pride that
31:15causes human rebellion and evil in our
31:18world, he doesn't stop there. He looks
31:21beyond that. He looks above that. He
31:24says to himself, "There is an entity
31:27that's greater than that." He He looks
31:30Now, he turns his eyes from the hubris
31:33of the human heart that causes so much
31:35trouble in our world to the greatness of
31:37God's grace. Somebody shout the
31:39greatness of God's grace. He turns to
31:41the greatness of God's grace. He pivots
31:44from the darkened mind of the wicked to
31:46the infinite lifegiving
31:50nature of God. And I want to say to us
31:52that every now and then we got to do
31:55what like that old himnologist said,
31:57"Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Look full in
32:01his wonderful face and all the things of
32:05this world will go strangely dim in the
32:09light of his glory and grace." Watch the
32:12news. But don't stop at the new cycle
32:15when you've gone through with that. Go
32:17back to the face of Jesus. Look in the
32:19face of God. God, what is your divine
32:22perspective in THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT IS
32:25HAPPENING, all that seems so out of
32:28control and out of kilter in our world?
32:30WHAT IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE? BECAUSE I WANT
32:32TO TELL YOU THAT NO MATTER WHAT'S GOING
32:35ON DOWN HERE, THAT GOD IS STILL in
32:37control.
32:39>> Somebody shout, he's still in control.
32:41Hallelujah. He looks he turns hallelujah
32:44from the from the from the wickedness of
32:46humanity and he looks at the beautiful
32:48heights of God's steadfast love and
32:51faithfulness. In verse 5 he says of God
32:54your steadfast love oh Lord hallelujah
32:57extends to the heavens your faithfulness
33:00to the clouds. He is saying here he said
33:02your steadfast love your your has said
33:05has said here is a covenant kind of love
33:08that that makes God continue to love
33:12even when the covenant partner has
33:15proven unfaithful. He is saying, "God,
33:17human beings are supposed to be your
33:20covenant partners on the earth. But even
33:22when they have become wicked and have
33:24allowed hubris and pride to fill their
33:27hearts until their deeds are
33:29continuously evil, but yet your
33:32steadfast love never fails." Am I
33:35talking to anybody? Your mercies are
33:37still new every morning. GREAT IS YOUR
33:42FAITHFULNESS. HE IS still a faithful
33:46God. He is he is constant. This word
33:48faithful amuna is the same word that is
33:51amen. And amen means God said it, so let
33:55it be. That in other words, the plans
33:57for God's world, they have not changed.
34:01The plans that God has for your life,
34:04they have not changed. Why? Because he
34:06is faithful and he is steadfast in
34:09loving you and loving his world. Can I
34:12tell you this brothers and sisters that
34:13no matter how evil our world becomes,
34:16the greatest evil in our world cannot
34:18destroy God's plan for our world. There
34:21will still be a new renewed earth
34:23someday. The the the heavens and the
34:25earth will still be renewed. And here is
34:27the deal. THE CHURCH THAT GOD HAS
34:30ESTABLISHED DOWN HERE IS STILL KEPT BY
34:33THE POWER OF GOD BY FAITH UNTIL THAT DAY
34:37WHEN HE DIVINELY AND SOVEREIGNLY. And
34:39can I TELL YOU THAT GOD IS STILL ABLE to
34:42keep YOU AMIDST ALL THE ATROCITIES IN
34:45OUR WORLD?
34:47Turn your eyes upon Jesus. Come on, tell
34:49your neighbor, say, neighbor,
34:51>> turn your eyes upon Jesus.
34:54Yeah. There are times when we ask the
34:56question,
34:58is God still concerned about the world's
35:01condition? Yes, he is. BUT BUT BUT THE
35:05DIVINE LOYALTY OF GOD, HALLELUJAH, IS
35:09NOT CONSTRAINED BY the earthly
35:11volatility or human faithlessness
35:14because God's word and God's nature
35:17remain entirely dependable and greater
35:21than evil. Am I talking to ANYBODY HERE?
35:24EVERY DAY I SEE GOD'S WORD THAT SAID,
35:26"Let there be light." And I still see
35:29LIGHT COME UP AFTER THE DARKNESS OF THE
35:31NIGHT. IT REMINDS ME THAT THOUGH THE
35:34DARKNESS OF EVIL IS THERE, THE LIGHT OF
35:37GOD IS STILL SHINING. AM I TALKING TO
35:39ANYBODY? I I just need to turn my eyes
35:42and look at the light of the GREATER
35:44GRACE OF GOD AND THE GLORY OF GOD THAT
35:48IS STILL IN THIS WORLD.
35:50>> He still is still in this world. He's
35:52still concerned. Brothers and sisters,
35:54you need to know this. Yes, the sin of
35:56the world is great. The trouble of the
35:58world is great. So here's what Paul said
35:59to us in the same spirit of David in
36:01Romans 5:20. But where sin abound,
36:04hallelujah, grace, oh glory to God, DID
36:08MUCH MORE ABOUND. THE THE THE WORD HERE
36:11it says where where SIN MULTIPLIES,
36:14GRACE super abounds. Grace completely
36:17overflows and surpasses. As great as the
36:21evils are in our world, the grace of God
36:25is still greater. Human sin does not
36:28deplete or overpower the mercy of God,
36:31but rather no, God's grace rises above
36:34it. It rise above the NEWS MILL. NOBODY
36:37IS beyond the reach and the power of the
36:39grace of God. THE DEPTH OF HUMAN
36:41wickedness and brokenness cannot outrun
36:44THE CAPACITY OF GOD TO BE gracious and
36:48faithful. Is there anybody that want to
36:49lift your hand in the house and thank
36:51GOD THAT AS GREAT AS TROUBLES ARE IN OUR
36:54WORLD, GOD'S GRACE IS STILL GREATER. And
36:57I feel the Holy Ghost in this place. So
37:00greater. He talks in verse six about the
37:02strength of God's righteousness and
37:04justice. He's saying, "Not only is God
37:06faithful and steadfast in his love, but
37:09your righteousness, God, is like the
37:10mountains of God. Your judgments are
37:13like the deep, the great deep man and
37:15beast. You save, oh God. God's God's
37:18righteousness. That's that's God's right
37:21plan for the world. The right way God's
37:23want to see the world. The Bible says it
37:26is like the mountain. In other words,
37:28his plans are as permanent and as
37:31unmovable as the mountains. God still
37:34has his plan for the world. Am I talking
37:35to anybody here? I heard him saying to
37:38Israel going INTO BABYLON, I KNOW THE
37:40PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU, SAID GOD. Plans to
37:43prosper you. plans to give you hope and
37:46a future and an expected ending. I'm
37:49telling you, God's righteousness is like
37:51the mountain. GOD'S RIGHT PLANS FOR the
37:53world. God's right plan for the church.
37:56GOD'S RIGHT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE AND YOUR
37:59FAMILY life to save souls and to keep
38:01AND TO SATISFY. THOSE HAVE NOT CHANGED.
38:04THEY ARE AS STRONG AS the mountain. Am I
38:07talking to anybody in this place? I I
38:09just need to look to the mountain. I
38:11just need to look to the HILLS BECAUSE
38:13MY HELP IS COMING FROM THE GOD WHO IS
38:16beyond those hills. Am I TALKING TO
38:18ANYBODY? HE THAT KEEPETH ME WILL NEITHER
38:20SLUMBER NOR SLEEP.
38:23>> HALLELUJAH. His righteousness is like
38:26the mountain immovable and enduring. But
38:29his justice, got to get this now. If God
38:31is righteous, he also has to be just. If
38:35he has a right plan for the world,
38:37ultimately there is justice by which he
38:40is going to protect the innocent and
38:42condemn the guilty at some point. He's
38:45going to bring them down at some point.
38:47You and I don't have to touch anybody.
38:49Just leave it in the hands of God
38:51because God has a way of protecting
38:53here. And and and uh and and uh the
38:55writer said, he says, "God, your justice
38:58preserves humans and animals." You you
39:01your justice your your justice. Look
39:04look look at this. There there are
39:05people who have gone to the brink of
39:08extinction. Hitler thought he was going
39:10to destroy and annihilate the Jews. But
39:13we still have a Jewish nation today,
39:14don't we? Because God's justice
39:17preserves human life. We we worry about
39:20animals that are going extinct, but
39:22still they are still here. Why? Because
39:24God's justice preserves. Am I talking to
39:27anybody here? So sometimes you and I may
39:29feel like evil is overwhelming us, about
39:32to overrun us, about to push us down,
39:34about to break us, destroy us. But here
39:36is what the word of God said. Because
39:38God is righteous, he's also just. And he
39:42is looking OUT FOR YOUR CAUSE. HE'S
39:44LOOKING out for your concern. He is
39:46going to protect the innocent. He's
39:48going to uplift them. AND AT SOME POINT,
39:51he's going to bring down the evil.
39:53HITLER'S TIME RUN OUT. AM I TALKING TO
39:55ANYBODY HERE? I I JUST NEED somebody who
39:58can trust God, WHO CAN HOLD ON TO GOD,
40:01who can look TO GOD AND KNOW THIS THAT
40:04IF YOU JUST LOOK TO GOD, he'll give you
40:06the resilience that you need to outlive
40:09the oppressors and THE OPPRESSION. AND
40:12SOMEDAY GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF THEM. AND
40:15YOU will still be standing. AM I TALKING
40:17TO ANYBODY? YOU WILL STILL BE STANDING
40:19LIFTING UP YOUR HANDS AND SINGING,
40:21"GLORY AND HONOR BE UNTO GOD."
40:25SOMEBODY SHOUT GLORY in this place. Then
40:28he turns now to the preciousness of
40:30God's grace to humanity in verses 7 to9.
40:32How precious is your steadfast love, oh
40:35God. The children of mankind take refuge
40:38in the shadow of your wings. They feast
40:41on the abundance of your house, and you
40:43give them drink from your river of
40:45delights. For with you, hallelujah, is
40:49the fountain of life. In your light do
40:51we see light. He says, "God, because of
40:54how great you are, humans find
40:56protection. There is human protection in
40:59you. You are a refuge, hallelujah, to
41:02all humanity who will run to you." Can I
41:04tell you saints, what is the answer in
41:06these difficult times? I keep running to
41:08the rock of my salvation. I keep running
41:11to the stones that the builders
41:13rejected. I keep running to the mountain
41:15because the mountain stands by me. When
41:18all around me is sinking sand ON CHRIST,
41:22THE SOLID ROCK I STAND. WHEN I need a
41:26shelter, DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT? WHEN I
41:28NEED A FRIEND, I KEEP GOING TO THE ROCK.
41:31DO I HAVE A WITNESS IN HERE? IF YOU GO
41:33THERE, HE'LL PROTECT YOU IN HIS ROCK.
41:36>> Oh God. Hallelujah. When my heart is
41:39overwhelmed, lead me. Ah God, thank you
41:42to the rock that is higher than I. There
41:45is protection in God for you. But there
41:49is also provision in God. Verse 8, he
41:51says, not only does he bring you into
41:52the rock, but he doesn't let you stay
41:54empty. He He gives you feast from his
41:56house. He He makes you drink from the
41:58river of his delight. No, not dregs, not
42:01leftovers, but you drink from the very
42:03delights of God. AH, GOD, AM I TALKING
42:06to anybody here? Yeah, you don't have
42:08all the resources you want to have, but
42:11you're still able to eat something. You
42:13are still able to drink something that
42:14is good. He still is there anybody here
42:16that can testify? Does anybody REMEMBER
42:19A DIFFICULT TIME WHEN WHEN ALL AROUND
42:21YOU SEEMED LIKE ALL HELL, ALL chaos was
42:23breaking loose? But when you ran into
42:25God and you CHOSE HIS WAY, HE made you
42:28drink. He made you eat. He took care of
42:31you. There was CLOTHES ON YOUR BACK. our
42:33shoes ON YOUR FEET BECAUSE GOD'S GRACE
42:36IS GREATER.
42:39>> Somebody shout God's grace is greater.
42:41Hallelujah. His grace is greater. And
42:44then there is human preservation because
42:47it says that he is he becomes the
42:49fountain of our life. MY GOD. YOU
42:52THOUGHT your life was coming from the
42:53job. You thought it was coming from the
42:55IRS. You thought it was coming from who
42:57is in THE WHITE HOUSE. BUT I GOT
42:58SOMETHING better for you. He is the
43:00fountain of your life. It's not the
43:02husband OR THE WIFE THAT is giving you
43:04life. No. No. But God IS THE SOURCE OF
43:07MY LIFE. THERE ARE TOO MANY OF US WHO
43:10ANCHOR our lives to things that can
43:12change and can fail, things that eb and
43:15flow with the fickleness of human heart.
43:18But thank you Lady Danica FOR THAT
43:20TESTIMONY LAST NIGHT THAT EVEN WHEN I
43:22HAVE MY JOB AND I LOVE IT, BUT CAN I
43:24TELL YOU my life comes from God. He is a
43:26SOURCE OF MY TEMPORAL LIFE. HE IS A
43:29SOURCE OF MY SPIRITUAL LIFE. HE IS THE
43:31SOURCE OF MY ETERNAL LIFE. MY LIFE FLOWS
43:34FROM HIM AND I DRINK FROM HIS FOUNTAIN.
43:36I get up in the morning and before I
43:38check the news, I go to his fountain. Am
43:41I talking to anybody here? Down on my
43:43knees, good God, FROM ON HIGH. GO DOWN
43:46IN THE WORD OF THE LORD AND I DRINK FROM
43:49THE FOUNTAIN OF the life of God. And in
43:53his light, I see my light. In his light,
43:56I get my perspective. In the light of
43:58his word, I FIND MY CLARITY. NO, IT'S
44:01NOT THE STOCK MARKET. NO, IT'S NOT THAT.
44:04NO, NO, NO. It's not social media. No,
44:06it is in his light. I look in the light
44:09of his word and I SEE MY CLARITY. I SEE
44:13HOW MY DAY OUGHT TO GO. AND WHEN I SEE
44:15IT, I SAY, "AMEN."
44:17SO, LET IT BE. OH, GOD. AM I TALKING TO
44:20ANYBODY HERE? CLAP YOUR HAND IN THE
44:22HOUSE AND GIVE THE LORD A SHOUT OF
44:24PRAISE.
44:26I FEEL THE Holy Ghost in here. Yeah.
44:29Yeah. Yeah. He's saying that in the time
44:32of human atrocity, when we see how evil
44:35the world can be, look at God because
44:38God gives more grace. God gives more
44:43grace. When you are in need, is there
44:45anybody that is in need of some GRACE
44:46RIGHT NOW? ANYBODY? COULD ANYBODY IN
44:49THIS HOUSE JUST DO WITH A LITTLE GRACE?
44:51WHY DON'T YOU LIFT YOUR HAND IN THIS
44:52HOUSE AND HEAR me as I join with Annie
44:55Johnson in 1930 when she wrote these
44:58words. He giveth more grace when the
45:01burdens grow greater. He sendeth more
45:04strength when the labors increase. TO
45:07ADDED AFFLICTION HE ADDETH HIS MERCY. TO
45:10MULTIPLY TRIALS HIS multiplied peace.
45:14His love has no limit. God help me. His
45:17grace has no measure. His power has no
45:22boundary known unto men. For out of the
45:26infinite riches in Jesus, he giveth and
45:31he giveth AND HE GIVETH. IS THERE
45:34ANYBODY THAT WANT TO PAUSE IN THIS
45:36HOUSE, LIFT UP YOUR HAND IN THE
45:38SANCTUARY AND THANK God
45:42for a love that has no limit, for a
45:45GRACE THAT HAD NO MEASURE, FOR A POWER
45:49THAT HAS NO BOUNDARIES known unto man,
45:53and that out of the infinite riches of
45:56Jesus, he giveth, GOOD GOD FROM ON HIGH.
46:00AND he giveth. And he giveth. And he IS
46:04GIVING. RIGHT NOW I FEEL THE HOLY GHOST
46:07IN HERE. REACH INTO HIM RIGHT NOW. FOR
46:10THERE IS GRACE THAT IS GREATER.
46:15Somebody shout his grace is greater.
46:18Somebody shout his grace is greater. Let
46:21let me close the sermon here. Let me
46:22close the sermon here. His grace is
46:24greater. He looked he looked at the
46:27hubris of the human heart that brings
46:30the wickedness and the rebellion in our
46:32world. He looked above that to the the
46:35greatness of the grace of God. And then
46:39he now comes back to the present and he
46:41HE SAYS THOUGH THERE IS WICKEDNESS
46:44hallelujah in the WORLD AROUND ME.
46:46BECAUSE OF THE GREATNESS OF GOD'S GRACE,
46:49HERE'S THE DEAL. THERE is a good future
46:52for the faithful followers. cuz I feel
46:54LIKE PREACHING HERE. SOMEBODY OUGHT TO
46:56JUST SAY TO YOURSELF, SAY IT RIGHT now
46:58to yourself, THERE IS A GOOD future for
47:01the faithful followers. Come on, say it
47:02to yourself. THERE IS A GOOD FUTURE, A
47:05BRIGHT FUTURE for the faithful
47:08followers. I I WILL NOT ALLOW THE EVIL
47:10OF THE WORLD TO MAKE ME THINK THAT GOD'S
47:13PLAN IS CANCELED. NO, I BUILD MY HOPE ON
47:17THE greatness of the grace of God. THERE
47:20IS STILL A BRIGHT future for me. Young
47:23people, don't give up on what you can do
47:25in this world. I said there's STILL A
47:27BRIGHT FUTURE. GOD, I FEEL YOU IN THIS
47:30PLACE. I said there is still a bright
47:32future in this world. DOES ANYBODY
47:34BELIEVE THAT IN THIS PLACE?
47:38>> I wish I could yell this thing the way I
47:40feel it in my spirit. brothers and
47:42sisters, he he looks at the the future
47:45of the faithful followers of God. That
47:49the evil in the world cannot overthrow
47:52God's grace. And therefore, if I follow
47:55him faithfully, the evil can't stop
47:57God's plan for me. Lady Michelle, I KNOW
48:02YOU GOT A TESTIMONY THAT NO MATTER WHAT
48:04IS GOING ON AROUND YOU because God's
48:08greatness of his GRACE TOWARD YOU
48:11ABOUNDS, HE HAS A BRIGHT FUTURE for you.
48:15He talks about how we will endure in
48:19God's covenant love. Verse 10, I said we
48:21will endure. He says, "Oh, continue your
48:24steadfast love to those who know you and
48:27your righteousness to the upright in
48:29heart. Saints, God is going to continue.
48:33This I AM SURE OF. I don't know what's
48:35going to happen tomorrow. I don't know
48:37what's going to be in the news tomorrow.
48:39I don't know what's going to aail you
48:40tomorrow. But can I tell you this? What
48:42I know is this. Because of the greatness
48:44of the grace of God, he will continue
48:48his steadfast love towards you tomorrow.
48:51When you wake up in THE MORNING, HIS
48:53STEADFAST LOVE IS THERE. I SAID WHEN YOU
48:55GO TO WORK TOMORROW, HIS STEADFAST LOVE
48:58WILL MEET YOU THERE. WHEN YOU HAVE THAT
49:00DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, HIS STEADFAST
49:02LOVE WILL BE THERE. I PROMISE YOU ONE
49:04THING. HE WILL CONTINUE HIS STEADFAST
49:07LOVE TOWARD THOSE WHO KNOW HIM. AM I
49:10TALKING TO ANYBODY HERE? HALLELUJAH.
49:13They will endure in God's covenant love.
49:16They will escape the attacks of the
49:18wicked. He said, "Let not the foot of
49:20the arrogant come near me." Hallelujah.
49:24Nor the hand of the wicked drive me
49:26away. That is to say, NO MATTER HOW THEY
49:28TRY TO ATTACK GOD, you are going TO
49:31PROTECT ME. GOD IS going to make ME
49:33ESCAPE.
49:35IS THERE ANYBODY who has gotten away?
49:38THE DEVIL THOUGHT HE HAD YOU, BUT YOU
49:40GOT AWAY. THEY THOUGHT THE PLANS WERE
49:43GOING TO DESTROY YOU, BUT YOU GOT AWAY.
49:46THEY LAID YOU OFF, BUT YOU STARTED YOUR
49:49BUSINESS. THEY KICKED YOU OUT THE CREW,
49:51BUT YOU BECAME STRONGER. AM I TALKING TO
49:53ANYBODY? AND YOU LEARN TO SING THE OLD
49:56SONG, I WILL SURVIVE. GOD HELP ME. AS
49:59LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LIVE AND HOW TO
50:01LOOK TO GOD, I KNOW I'LL STAY ALIVE CUZ
50:04I STILL HAVE ALL MY LIFE TO LIVE. AM I
50:06TALKING TO ANYBODY? SOMEBODY SHOUT, "I
50:08WILL SURVIVE."
50:15I
50:15>> I know it's taking you back to an old
50:16song, BUT BUT BUT BUT I WILL SURVIVE.
50:20WOO.
50:21IN FACT, IN FACT, I THINK SOME OF YOU
50:24need to change the lock and take BACK
50:27THE KEY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN TO THE
50:29WORKERS OF evil to KEEP ON WALKING BACK
50:32AND BRINGING FEAR INTO YOUR LIFE AND
50:35MAYHEM AND TELL THEM, "I'M UNDER NEW
50:37SUPERVISION NOW. I'M UNDER THE
50:39SUPERVISION OF THE GRACE OF GOD. I WILL
50:41SURVIVE."
50:47WHO KNEW THAT GLORIA GAINOR'S song could
50:49be used as good theology?
50:53>> I will escape the attacks of the wicked.
50:56And the greatest escape, brothers and
50:57sisters, that we will have is at the
51:01rapture of the church.
51:03>> Oh God, that day when God removes us
51:07from this world, when the wickedness of
51:09this world can't touch us anymore. Am I
51:11talking to anybody? He will keep me in
51:14this world, but I look forward to the
51:16DAY WHEN HE SNATCHES US OUT OF HERE. No
51:19more to be susceptible to the onslaught
51:23of the world. No more. No more. But
51:25lastly, they endure in God's covenant
51:27love. They escape the attacks of the
51:28wicked, but they are able right now to
51:31envision the demise of evildoers. This
51:34part was a little difficult while I was
51:35studying in verse 12. I I sometimes I I
51:39run these ideas by my wife as as I'm
51:42studying and writing the sermon and and
51:44and the best word I could find for what
51:46the writer is conveying here is
51:48envision. And she said to me, "But
51:50doesn't that sound like we're looking
51:53for God to destroy people?" But but
51:55here's what David said. He said there
51:59when he gets to the end of it, it's like
52:01he puts the pen down, "God, help me."
52:04AND HE SAYS, HAVING THOUGHT ABOUT THE
52:06WICKEDNESS OF THE world and the
52:07greatness of God and the future of the
52:09followers of the Lord, how he will
52:10endure, how he'll escape, as he gets
52:12ready to put the pen down, he said there
52:15the evildoers life fallen. God help me.
52:19They are thrust down, unable to rise. He
52:22He is speaking prophetically of
52:25something that has not yet happened. He
52:28is in every way ENVISIONING THAT ONE DAY
52:32all evil is going to fall.
52:34all evildoers that make our hearts seem
52:38to tremble that one day THEY WILL FALL
52:41BECAUSE GOD HAS ALREADY PUT A PLAN in
52:44motion that all evil will be destroyed
52:47if they're they'll BE DESTROYED IN TIME
52:50but ultimately they'll stand before the
52:53right throne judgment AND GOD WILL SAY
52:55DEPART FROM ME you worker of iniquity
52:59and he'll cast them IN THE LAKE OF FIRE
53:01AND I'M GOING WHERE THE WICKED will
53:03cease from troubling
53:05>> AND THE WEARY SHALL BE AT REST WHERE ALL
53:09of the saints of the ages will sing. We
53:13will sit at his feet and be blessed. IS
53:15THERE ANYBODY IN HERE? I don't know what
53:18you're dealing with right now, but can
53:19you just reflect in your mind to that
53:20day? Come on. Can you like Victor
53:22Frankle, while you're in a concentration
53:24camp, can you envision that day when the
53:27wicked will cease from troubling? When
53:29the weary will be at rest, God help me.
53:32When we won't deal with these churning
53:34news mills and breaking newses news
53:37anymore, but we will we will sit at his
53:40feet and be blessed. WE WILL SIT BACK
53:43AGAINST HIM and breathe AND FEEL HIS
53:47HEARTBEAT KNOWING THAT WE ARE SECURED
53:49FOR all eternity.
53:50>> And if you can do that, I want you to
53:52lift your hand in the present right now.
53:53Lift your hand in the present and say,
53:55"Thank you, God.
53:57Thank you, God, that evil does not have
53:59the final say. Thank you, God, that your
54:02grace is still greater than all of that.
54:06It's bigger than my problems. It's
54:08bigger than America's problems. It is
54:10bigger than the global issues. It is
54:12bigger than the tensions in our world.
54:13IT IS BIGGER THAN OUR IMMIGRATION
54:15ISSUES. THE GRACE OF GOD IS GREATER.
54:19>> It is greater. As we close out the
54:22summer in the Psalm series in 2026, I
54:26want to challenge us three things out of
54:28Psalm 36. Three reflective actions I
54:31want us to take this week. And not only
54:34this week, but for the rest of our life.
54:36Number one, I want us to examine the
54:39movements of our own hearts daily.
54:43Daily. Because sin begins with a
54:46whisper. And here's the deal. It can
54:48whisper in your heart, too. All the evil
54:52you see around you that you hate, you
54:55can fall prey to it, too. If our lives
54:59are left unchecked, why don't we every
55:02day ask God, "Search me, oh God. Cleanse
55:06my heart, I pray. Remove all form of
55:09pride and hubris and sin out of my
55:11heart." As the as the the praise singers
55:14get ready to come and sing, "Mercy there
55:16was great and grace was free." I I want
55:18you to examine the movements of your
55:21heart daily. Can I tell you all of the
55:23people who do the great evils in our
55:26world today, it didn't start like that.
55:28They started out by leaving that whisper
55:32of pride and sin unchecked.
55:36I promise you, examine your heart every
55:38day. Ask God to remove it from you.
55:40Number two, embrace the great grace of
55:44God that is in Christ. Let's resolve to
55:48humbly embrace the grace of God and to
55:52know that though our sins are great and
55:55the world trouble are great, but there
55:57is a greater grace of God that is able
56:00to save you, that is able to keep you,
56:02that is able to satisfy your life in the
56:05middle of it all. And lastly,
56:07I want you to envision the preferred
56:09future of the faithful. Envision the
56:13preferred future of the faithful. The
56:15psalmist forecasts two final outcomes.
56:18Those who choose pride and evil now may
56:21seem to dominate our present world, BUT
56:23ULTIMATELY they'll face eternal
56:26destruction. But those who choose
56:29humility, grace, faithfulness, the fear
56:32of God, they enjoy God's providential
56:35care in this world and eternal life in
56:38the world to come. Here is the deal,
56:40brothers and sisters. Your choice today
56:42will have eternal consequences. Like
56:45Moses, I call heaven and earth as
56:46witnesses today that I have set before
56:49you life and death, blessing and
56:52cursing. Therefore, choose life.
56:55Hallelujah.
56:57That you and your descendants may live.
56:59Is there anybody today death is all
57:01around you, but you choose life. Lift
57:02those hands in the sanctuary.
57:05If the life you choose today is the life
57:08of faith in Christ Jesus, you're not yet
57:10saved. I want to open this altar to you
57:11today. If the life you choose today is
57:14one that says, "I choose resilience
57:17amidst all the things that want to break
57:20me down." If the life you choose today
57:24is a life OF HUMILITY WHEN PRIDE IS
57:26BECKONING, if the life you choose today
57:28is a life of faith in God, when fear is
57:32beckoning at your soul, I want you today
57:35just to lift those hands to God. As the
57:38choir sings the song, the prais singers
57:39sing the song. Mercy
57:43there is great. The altar is open to
57:45those who want to come.
57:45>> There was grace and grace was free.
57:51>> Pardon there.
57:53>> Yes, Lord. There was
57:55>> was a multiply
57:58to me.
58:00>> There my burden s
58:03my burden soul found
58:08>> at Calvary.
58:09>> Atal.
58:10>> Yes Lord.
58:13>> Yes Lord.
58:15>> The altar is open to those who may want
58:16to come and find a place to pray.
58:18>> Mercy
58:20there
58:22and grace. Grace was free.
58:25>> Oh, pardon there.
58:29>> There was multiply
58:32to me.
58:34>> There my burden soul.
58:36>> There my burden soul found
58:42>> at Calvary.
58:43>> Atal.
58:49>> Years I spent in vanity and pride. Years
58:53I spent in venting
58:57at
58:59>> caring not
59:02>> not my Lord was cruy
59:07>> knowing not
59:08>> knowing
59:10not that it was for me he died
59:15>> at Calvary.
59:23Mercy,
59:24>> mercy.
59:26There was grace and grace was free.
59:31Pardon
59:32>> there.
59:32>> Pardon.
59:34There was no
59:37to me.
59:39>> There
59:42my burden. of our liberty
59:46>> at Calvary
59:48>> and
59:50Cal
59:54>> by God's words
59:56>> by God's word and love
59:59>> my sin I
60:03>> then I tremble
60:04>> then I tremble
60:08>> the Lord I serve
60:10>> until my guilt soul
60:14My guilty sword is brought
60:18>> to Calvary to calary
60:26>> mercy.
60:30There was grace and grace was free.
60:35>> Pardon there.
60:38There was multi
60:41to me.
60:43>> Oh, there
60:45my burden soul found in
60:50>> at Calvary.
60:51>> At Calary.
60:57>> Yes. Now I've given to Jesus.
60:59>> Now
61:01I've gi to Jesus everything.
61:06Now I gladly crown him.
61:07>> Now I gladly
61:11him as my king.
61:14>> Now my rapture soul.
61:15>> Now my raptured soul can hold
61:21>> of Calvary
61:28and mercy.
61:31>> Mercy.
61:33There was grace and grace was free.
61:37>> Oh,
61:40there was multi
61:43to me.
61:45>> Oh, there my burden.
61:48>> My burden so bound
61:52>> at Calvary.
61:53>> Atal.
61:56Yes Lord.
61:59>> Yes. Oh, the love. Oh, the love that
62:05brought salvation
62:07plan.
62:08>> Oh, the grace.
62:09>> Oh, the grace that brought it down to
62:15man.
62:17And oh the mighty gold that God
62:29free.
62:31Mercy,
62:33>> mercy,
62:35there was grace and grace was free.
62:40Pardon,
62:42there was multi
62:45to me.
62:48There my
62:51soul found
62:55at
63:00verse four. One last time. Verse four.
63:02Oh, the love.
63:03>> Oh, the love that drew salvation.
63:11>> Oh,
63:12the grace that brought it down to man.
63:19Oh, the mighty God of God is
63:34mercy.
63:36There was grace and grace was free
63:43and there was multiplied
63:46to me.
63:49There
63:51my burden self liberty.
64:01>> One last time. One last time. Mercy.
64:04Mercy.
64:06There was grace and grace was free.
64:12heart and there was multiplied
64:17to me.
64:20There
64:21my burden soul found
64:27at camp.
64:35Can we lift our hands all across this
64:37building
64:39and thank God that mercy there
64:42is great,
64:44>> that grace is free,
64:46pardon there is multiplied to you and I
64:51and there our burdened souls found
64:54liberty at Calvary.
64:57Evil is present in this world. But I
65:01announce you today that evil does not
65:03win.
65:04>> In the end, we win.
65:07>> In the end, God's will prevail.
65:09>> I want you to leave the house with that
65:11today. That in the end, God's glorious