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Songs of Praise 1. Welcome to THE CHAPEL at Pasadena. We’re so glad that you’re here. Please fll out an • Come Ye Sinners orange connect card while you are here so that • Good To Me we can connect with you. If you are watching • It Is Well With My online, you can fll out a virtual connect card on Soul the website. Time Together 2. Community Groups. If you are not in a community group but would like to be, please Announcements contact Macall at macall@ Scripture Reading chapelpasadena.com. • Psalm 23 3. Join us on Saturday, July 24th from Preaching of God’s Word 10am-1pm for an All-Church Swim Party at the • Pastor Derek Berry Crabb's home. We'll enjoy lunch, swimming and fellowship. RSVP to Macall Horan at macall@ Songs of Response and chapelpasadena.com. Communion 4. American Red Cross Blood Drive on Saturday, • Come Behold Te August 7 from 9 am-3 pm. Schedule to give Wondrous Mystery blood at RedCrossBlood.org (enter sponsor • Who You Are code: Prism). Benediction

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Come Ye Sinners Dan Hamilton | Joseph Hart | Robbie Seay | Ryan Owens | Taylor Johnson

Verse 1 Come ye sinners the poor and needy Weak and wounded sick and sore And Jesus ready stands to save you Full of pity love and power

Chorus I will arise and go to Jesus He will embrace me in His arms And in the arms of my dear Savior Oh there are ten thousand charms (Ten thousand charms)

Verse 2 Come ye weary heavy laden Lost and ruined by the fall And if you tarry until you're better You will never come at all

Ending Oh there are ten thousand charms Oh there are ten thousand charms

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Good To Me Audrey Assad

Verse 1 I put all my hope in the truth of Your promise And I steady my heart on the ground of Your goodness When I'm bowed down with sorrow I will lift up Your name And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal my joy

Chorus 1 You are good to me good to me You are good to me good to me You are good to me

Verse 2 And I lift my eyes to the hills where my help is found And Your voice flls the night Raise my head up to hear the sound And when fres burn all around me I will praise You my God And the foxes in the vineyard will not steal my joy

Bridge Your goodness and mercy shall follow me all my life I trust in Your promise (REPEAT)

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It Is Well With My Soul Horatio Gates Spaford | Philip Paul Bliss

Verse 1 When peace like a river attendeth my way When sorrows like sea billows roll Whatever my lot Tou hast taught me to say It is well it is well with my soul Chorus It is well (It is well) with my soul (with my soul) It is well it is well with my soul

Verse 2 To' Satan should bufet, tho' trials should come Let this blest assurance control Tat Christ hath regarded my helpless estate And hath shed His own blood for my soul

Verse 3 My sin O the bliss of this glorious tho't My sin not in part but the whole Is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more Praise the Lord, praise the Lord O my soul

Verse 4 And Lord haste the day when the faith shall be sight Te clouds be rolled back as a scroll Te trump shall resound and the Lord shall descend Even so it is well with my soul

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A Psalm of David Te Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staf, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overfows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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Come Behold Te Wondrous Mystery Matt Boswell | Matt Papa | Michael Bleecker

Verse 1 Come behold the wondrous myst’ry in the dawning of the King He the theme of heaven's praises robed in frail humanity In our longing in our darkness now the light of life has come Look to Christ who condescended took on fesh to ransom us

Verse 2 Come behold the wondrous myst’ry He the perfect Son of Man In His living in His suf ’ring never trace nor stain of sin See the true and better Adam come to save the hell-bound man Christ the great and sure fulfllment of the law in Him we stand

Verse 3 Come behold the wondrous myst’ry Christ the Lord upon the tree In the stead of ruined sinners hangs the Lamb in victory See the price of our redemption, see the Father's plan unfold Bringing many sons to glory, grace unmeasured, love untold

Verse 4 Come behold the wondrous myst’ry Slain by death the God of life But no grave could e'er restrain Him, praise the Lord He is alive What a foretaste of deliv’rance, how unwavering our hope Christ in power resurrected, as we will be when He comes

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Who You Are Kristian Stanfll

Verse 1 Your glory speaks in every language Across the sky to every nation You are beauty un-imagined, this is who You are You are the Lord of my salvation You are the One who lights my way Trough the dark night You will lead me Tis is who You are

Chorus (So) lift it up lift it up endless praises to our God Full of grace full of love and He's reigning over us I know You are faithful and You are worthy God Tis is who You are

Verse 3 Day and night the angels sing, “Holy holy is the Lord!” Tere's none more worthy to receive it Tis is who You are

Bridge You hear the cry of every broken heart You give the hopeless soul a brand new start You lead the captive in Your freedom song Tis is who You are And in the night when all our hope is lost You are the One who won't give up on us You hold the orphan in Your loving arms Tis is who You are, this is who You are, this is who You are

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Te Good Shepherd Wk. 5 – Psalm 23:5

Derek Berry Te Chapel at Pasadena July 11, 2021

[What follows is the transcript of a sermon. It was originally intended to be heard, not read, so the tone is more conversational than academic. It has only been loosely edited, so forgive any grammatical, syntactical, or spelling errors. If you have questions, please contact Pastor Derek at [email protected].]

Take your copy of God’s Word and meet me in Psalm 23…

Please stand for the reading of God’s word:

Te Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staf, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overfows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. -Psalm 23

Tis opening illustration won't quite hit as hard as it would in Texas, but nevertheless, let's give it a try. I received my frst job at 16 years old. I was a waiter at a restaurant called Luby's. But this isn't your ordinary restaurant. Luby's served you cafeteria style where you went through a line and chose your food. So, once you sat down at your table, you already had all your food, and it was only then that I would come to your table with my red button up shirt on asking if there was anything I could provide you with. Do we have any equivalents here in California? So, I was there to provide any condiments, refreshments, or exchange any food that wasn't satisfactory. Can I be honest, my whole goal was to show you how much you needed me to properly enjoy your meal. But due to the unorthodox nature of the restaurant, many of the customers kept trying to serve themselves. I guess because of their experience with Luby's before they hired waiters, it was just the norm for them to refll their own drinks, retrieve their own condiments, exchange their own food and so forth. So here I am trying to serve them the best way I can, but it is second nature for them to try to serve themselves, or in a sense, serve me even. It eventually caught on that I am here to serve and be the most hospitable host that they have experienced. Once they understood what I was there for, they then in turn received my service as they should have.

I think many have this same struggle with the God of the Bible. Many believe that the primary message of the Bible is for us to serve God. And yes, in a sense we have passages that deal with that. But I believe the primary message of the Bible is for his people to rely on the service of the LORD, and not the other way around. Have you considered that there is a type of serving God that would be considered an insult to him? If he were hungry, he would not tell you, the Psalmist writes. Tere is a way to serve God that would belittle him as needy of our service.

I like what John Piper has to say about this, "Here we are at the heart of the good news of Christian Hedonism. God’s insistence that we ask him to give us help so that he gets glory. “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me” (Psalm 50:15). Tis forces on us the startling fact that we must beware of thinking he needs us. We must beware of serving God, and we must take special care to let him serve us, lest we rob him of his glory. “God is not served by human hands, as though he needed anything” (Acts 17:25)."

So, the Bible isn't hanging a door on the sign that says help wanted, but rather a sign that says help provided, for those in need. Jesus came not to be served, but rather to serve, and give his life as a ransom for many. David understood this concept well. It would have been easy for him as a King to struggle with this concept. I mean, on a daily basis, the people of Israel would make their requests known before him and implore him to help. But he makes clear in verse 5 of Psalm 23 that Yahweh God is the true generous host who provides lavish hospitality in this life. In verse 6 he deals with God being a host in the life to come, but this morning we're going to deal only with verse 5. So, the big idea of the passage is simply this, Yahweh God serves his people as a generous host, even in this fallen world that we live in.

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A guest in God's house

Here are our four points for this morning. 1. Provision for the Elect 2. Presence of our Enemies 3. Perfume from His Excellency 4. Pitcher full of Excess

Let's start with the frst point this morning, Yahweh God ofers Provision for the Elect.

Tere are some who believe that David is continuing with his Shepherd imagery, even in verse 5. But most scholars, at least based of the commentaries I've read, believe that David is switching from portraying God as Shepherd to portraying him as a host. I believe that this is the case for this verse. David envisions himself as a guest and Yahweh God is inviting him into his house to lavish him with hospitality and gracious gifts in this life. Hospitality was a big deal in the ancient Near Eastern culture. Te needs of a guest were gladly supplied, even if the family of the host had to go without as the price of generosity. Also, the person who had taken a meal in one's home was assured of the protection of his host. Hospitality is still greatly valued in middle east cultures.

I think about the example in Lone Survivor… In this movie there are soldiers in Afghanistan on a reconnaissance mission seeking to get information. Four soldiers are killed and only one is remaining. He gets spotted by what looks to be a shepherd, or just a regular civilian and his frst thought is, “I’m dead, this guy is going to kill me.” But instead, this guy takes him into his house, and the principle of hospitality in that particular culture is, if you fnd someone who doesn’t belong, treat them as if they do and protect them with your very life. And as soon as he brought him into his home, the entire village realizes they must now protect this American solider and treat him like he’s one of them. Tat’s the principle of hospitality so they proceed to fght of the Taliban, even to their deaths to defend this man.

Tis is what hospitality is in this part of the world. Tis is not much diferent than the context that we’re reading. Tis is the imagery that David is using here. Tis is to say, God meets my needs. And God continues to meet the needs of his people today. Now this is not that prosperity gospel that is so prevalent in our culture today. As a matter of fact, there's a documentary on Netfix out now called "Te American Gospel." I recommend every Christian in America watch this documentary that exposes this heretical teaching, as well as naming names, which I think is healthy and needed.

But the Bible does deal with God meeting the needs of his people. Tis is what David is getting at here. He may not of had all that he wanted at every point of his life, but he was never without.

He says in Psalm 37:25 "I have been young, and now I am old, yet have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread."

I may have been hated by the powerful King Saul and he even tried to take my life a few times, but my needs are met. I may have had to hide out in a cave due to the persecution I was receiving at the hands of Saul, but my needs were met. I may have had to hide out with the Philistines, Israel's sworn enemies, but my needs were met. I may have had my own son pursuing me to the death, but my needs are met. Te constancy of God’s provisions means that God’s people have them in every situation and circumstance. Tis is a wonderful promise from our God to his people.

Jesus provides this promise when teaching his disciples during his famous sermon on the mount.

Matthew 6:25-34 states “Terefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the feld, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even

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Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the feld, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Terefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek frst the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Terefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufcient for the day is its own trouble.

So, Jesus tells his people, you just focus on the gospel mission, let me worry about your provision. When a university has a star athlete, he doesn't have to worry about what he'll eat and wear. Sometimes he doesn't even have to worry about passing his grades. All he needs to do is focus on throwing and catching that ball and the coaches will make sure his needs are met because he’s furthering their mission. Well, the Lord Jesus is telling us to focus our attention on making disciples and he will metaphorically prepare a table for us through every situation and circumstance. Tis is not a call to not be diligent and work hard, Paul says if a man doesn't work then he shouldn't eat. Rather this is a call to not allow anxiety and stress to overcome you when Jesus has already promised to meet your needs. If God can send ravens to feed Elijah while he's in isolation, the same sovereign God can meet all your needs.

Paul would say it like this is

Romans 8:32, " He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?"

He gave His one and only unique Son to die on a cross, but you think your needs won't be met. Stop it! Despite David's life flled with adversity, he rests in this truth in verse 5 of Psalm 23.

But he goes on to say where this banquet takes place, which brings us to our second point. God has provision for the elect in the presence of our enemies. David says, "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies." So, David's host, Yahweh God, invites him into his banquet hall and provides a meal for him in the presence of his enemies. It's not difcult to locate in David’s experience the literal spreading of a table for him by his friends at Mahanaim, practically in the presence of his rebel son Absalom, ‘camped’ just down the road ‘in the land of Gilead’. 2 Samuel 17:24-29 provides us with this account. So, he may indeed have this situation in mind as he is penning this psalm. Either way, in this imagery provided by David, he asserts that God’s care cannot be negated or destroyed by these ferce enemies. David sees himself sitting at a banquet table while they gather all around. While they threaten and snarl, he feasts. Such is the care of God! Beloved, you have enemies as well, they are the world, the fesh, and the devil. But the gracious God that we serve allows us to enjoy his provisions in their very presence, without any true hindrance. Let's briefy go through each one.

Now this would hit a bit diferent if we were in a closed country but it's still the truth here. Te world with all of its animosity towards God and his people, cannot stop his people from enjoying the provision provided by our God. And even if the world takes our lives, death is now just a door to our faithful lover!

So, whether our provision takes place in this life or the next, the world cannot snatch what the LORD has provided for his people. And then there's the fesh, the internal enemy that we battle with. Te fesh that seeks to condemn us when we fail so that we get to the point where we can't even enjoy the provisions of God due to the waves of guilt crashing the shores of our conscious. But when you're tempted to succumb to depression from feshly thoughts that say you shouldn't enjoy God's gifts because you aren't worthy, your response should be, it's true, I'm not worthy. But my value is driven by the cross and not my competency. And the Lord Jesus has provided these gifts to enjoy for his glory. And lastly there's that adversary, the devil. Not even him, with all his threats, with all his imps and powers of darkness, has power to keep the people of God from enjoying God's provision. Don't let him keep you from enjoying the bufet that the Lord Jesus has prepared for you. Because as Dr. Tony Evans would say, "his guns has no bullets!" He likes to bring up our past to accuse the brethren.

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Just remember his future when you feel the devil's pressing condemnation unto your soul. All of this is possible by the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. He had to be humiliated in the presence our enemies, the world mocking him, our sinful fesh imputed onto him, and the devil thinking he defeated him, so that we can now enjoy a meal in their presence. He was rejected for our acceptance. Te Son was thrown out of the house to eat scraps out of the dumpster so that we could be brought in to eat a feast at the King's table. What good news! Te better news is that one day he will completely eradicate all three of these enemies, this victory was secured at the cross!

Paul says Colossians 2:15 "He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.”

But this host, revealed as Yahweh God, continues to provide his guest David with gracious hospitality. David receives Perfume from his Excellency. David says, "you anoint my head with oil." Anointing with a fragrant perfume was an ancient custom practiced by the Egyptians and afterward by the Greeks and Romans and other nations. Olive oil was used, either pure or mixed with fragrant and costly spices, often brought from a long distance. Anointing was an act of courtesy and hospitality toward a guest. Tus, Jesus accuses Simon of lacking hospitality in neglecting to anoint His head when Simon invited Him to eat with him

(Luke 7:46) "You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment."

So, David sees God not as the one who withholds from his guest so he can save his good perfume, but rather as the one who lavishly blesses his guest with his best. One may ask, why is God such a good host towards his elect people? I remember spending nights over my friend’s house as a kid. I distinctly remember being treated so well by the mom or parents of the friend that I spent the night with. Many times I was treated even better! It is because of the solidarity that I had with their child. Tey lavished me with the same love they had for their own. Te beauty of the gospel is this, God the Father loves you with the same love that he has for his very own Son! Tis is amazing news!

Terefore, he graciously gives us all things that pertain to life in godliness, which in this text is symbolized as fragrant oil.

In view of the table and oil David knew that his lot in life, or his cup, was an abundant blessing from the LORD. Which is our last point. He provides a Pitcher of Excess. David says my cup overfows. Now remember, we already ruled out the prosperity gospel, so when I say excess, don’t think bigger houses, nicer cars, and increased salaries. Tis type of thinking could only be true in an American context. And we discussed a few weeks ago that these trinkets of the earth do not truly satisfy you anyway! His cup rather is the satisfaction that he receives from the LORD himself! Tis can be contrasted with the empty cup that the world ofers. Remember Jeremiah says that these people seek to drink out of their own cisterns that are ridden with holes? Seeking to satisfy themselves with earthly treasures. David here is saying his cup of satisfaction if flled to the brim, as a matter of fact overfowing due to the goodness of God. Tis doesn’t guarantee a good life, or your best life now. If your best life is now, then you’re headed for hell! But it does guarantee that amid living in a fallen world, we can enjoy the gracious gifts of God not in the absence of trials, but rather in the midst of them. Jesus says that He came that His people may have life and have it more abundantly. Here’s an example of that. I remember spending a couple months in Uganda as a college student. It was a short-term mission trip where we were tasked with aiding a church that serves the orphans in this village. Most of the orphans that I encountered had already been saved by the gospel of Jesus. After viewing their living arrangements and just their pure lack, one would think that they went through life depressed. But when I tell you their cups truly ran over!! Despite their circumstances, they could say with David, my cups overfows! I want to close with the same illustration that we started with, and that's service. Here, God is humbly serving his people. Everything that is taking place in this passage is a picture of a host humbling serving a guest. I want to end with a New Testament passage that is another picture of God as a gracious host, and we fnd that in John 13:1-11. What was just poetic language in Psalm 23, is actually realized in John 13. God the Son humbled himself to the point of becoming a man and serving his people. He served with his life, death, and glorious resurrection.

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One of my favorite preachers Charles Spurgeon said, "Jesus Chris was on the cross, nailing, bleeding, dying, looking down on the people betraying him, and forsaking him, and denying him, and in the greatest act of love in the history of the in the universe, HE STAYED!" Tis is what it took for everything in Psalm 23:5 to be reality for the life of David, who looked forward to the cross, and for believers today, who look back at the cross. It's by the cross that he gives provision for his elect, in the presence of our enemies, we receive perfume from his excellency, and a pitcher of excess.

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