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 If you'd like to turn or open Psalm 8 on your Bibles or devices, we'll be reading from that.

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 Psalm 8.

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 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 You have set your glory above the heavens.

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 Out of the mouth of babies and infants you have established strength because of your foes

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 to still the enemy and the avenger.

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 When I look at your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moons and the stars,

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 which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him,

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 and the son of man that you care for him?

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 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

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 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands.

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 You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field,

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 the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

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 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 I'm David, one of the pastors here, if you're a visitor and don't know me.

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 So I wonder what the word worship means to you.

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 What does it bring to mind?

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 Probably the first cab off the rank for most of us would be,

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 well, it's the sort of thing we do on Sunday morning here at our meeting.

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 We sing, we pray, we sit under God's word.

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 That's worship.

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 Well, yes, it is.

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 But worship is actually much bigger than that.

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 It's much bigger than a church thing.

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 Indeed, it's much bigger even than a Christian thing.

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 I suggest to you this morning that worship is a human thing.

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 Worship is something that's hardwired into us as humans, as people.

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 It's something we do all the time.

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 To be human is to be a worshiper.

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 Because at the simplest level, worship is simply ascribing ultimate value or worth to someone or something.

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 And everybody does that in some shape or form.

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 Worship is ascribing, as I say, ultimate value, praise, or to use the word of Psalm 8, glory to a person or thing we think is significant or important in life.

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 It's something which probably has also captivated our heart and our minds.

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 Now, of course, religious people, and I'm talking about any sort of religion, not just Christians at this point, religious people ascribe ultimate value or worth to God.

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 And, of course, that God can take various shapes and forms.

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 But generally, religious people do that.

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 But people who deny being religious are also worshipers.

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 Because there's always something in life, their life, that they ascribe ultimate worth to.

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 Perhaps for them it's a relationship.

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 Perhaps it's an object, a possession.

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 Perhaps it's sport.

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 Perhaps it's shopping.

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 Perhaps it's leisure.

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 Perhaps it's being out in nature.

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 Or, in many cases, it's ascribing ultimate value to themselves.

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 And so they engage in self-worship.

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 They might not realize it, but that's ultimately what they're about.

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 And then you take another step.

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 And when we ascribe ultimate value to someone or something, we prioritize that someone or something.

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 We center our life around it.

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 Or around that person.

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 And most of our decisions from that point then are shaped by our devotion to that person or thing.

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 That's the anatomy of worship.

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 And because our worship reflects ultimate value and ultimate worth,

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 then it also connects us into what we believe is our ultimate purpose in life.

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 Our ultimate meaning.

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 Or, in other words, it connects us into what we believe the truly good, satisfying, rich life is.

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 Well, with that introduction, I want to now jump into Psalm 8,

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 where King David is swept up into worship from the very depth of his being.

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 Ascribing ultimate worth, glory, and praise to the Lord.

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 Captivated by his awesome character and actions,

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 as he expresses in words some very, very powerful conclusions about God.

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 Psalm 8 is a song, a poem of worship.

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 And the first powerful conclusion that David presents in verses 1 and 2 is that God is glorious in himself.

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 And without limit.

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 Now, this picture that Beth had put up, the night sky, I can tell you, I'm a camper.

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 I never tire, after many, many, many years of camping,

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 I never tire of lying on my back on a clear, cold, frosty night up in the high country, preferably,

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 looking up at the sky.

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 And I'm just looking at a trillion stars and galaxies.

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 Stars and galaxies behind stars and galaxies.

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 So distant that the light they emit can take many hundreds, if not thousands of years to get to my eyes.

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 And yet on a bright night, so clear that I feel as if I can reach out and touch them.

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 And as Beth said to the children, the awesomeness of it makes me feel so small.

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 It overwhelms me.

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 And what do I do?

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 Every single time I reach for the opening words of Psalm 8.

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 Why do I reach for those words?

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 Because I'm trying to get words to express something that I just find is beyond expression.

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 I'm trying to find words to capture in my mind that which is, well, ultimately beyond any mind can fathom,

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 beyond that which any mind can fathom.

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 King David pens these words,

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 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 Perhaps King David, as he writes these words,

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 remembers David the shepherd boy,

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 minding his father's sheep at night out on the hills.

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 Lots of time just to enjoy the night sky,

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 the solitude.

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 Perhaps it's King David as a man

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 on the roof of his palace at the end of a long, hard day,

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 just enjoying the cool of the evening

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 as the evening celestial light show

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 appears before him.

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 Either way, it doesn't matter.

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 The awesomeness of the vast night sky

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 prompts King David

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 to worship.

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 To ascribe ultimate value,

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 praise, and glory to God

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 as he writes.

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 Now,

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 if you look at verse 1,

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 then we jump into this

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 and we start to see some depth in it.

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 This is not just a,

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 when he says,

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 O Lord, our Lord,

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 it's not just a concept of God

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 as some mysterious superior being or force

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 somewhere out there in our universe.

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 Someone who may exist,

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 but ultimately who's distant

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 and perhaps uninvolved

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 and perhaps uncaring.

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 Now,

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 when David speaks in worship,

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 he's seeing the fingerprints

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 of a very personal,

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 immediate,

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 powerful,

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 creative,

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 involved

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 God.

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 And he acknowledges

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 the handiwork

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 and the hallmark

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 of O Lord,

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 our Lord,

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 using

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 two different names of God.

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 The first one,

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 O Lord,

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 is the word Yahweh,

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 the personal name of God,

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 the covenant God

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 who's already committed himself

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 to his world

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 and to dealing with sinful people

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 who's committed to love

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 and show compassion

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 and care for.

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 And the second one

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 is sovereign Lord,

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 highlighting the character of God

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 that is all powerful,

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 beyond challenge,

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 without limit.

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 The one who's in total control

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 as the owner,

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 maker,

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 and operator

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 of the universe

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 that David is appearing into.

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 See, for David,

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 God's name is

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 God's character.

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 And wherever he looks

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 in the vastness of the sky,

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 in the vastness of the universe,

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 he sees evidence

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 of God's greatness,

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 God's glory,

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 God's majesty,

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 or a more modern word for us,

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 I suppose,

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 young people's word,

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 God's awesomeness.

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 And he says,

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 you have set your glory

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 above the heavens.

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 Now,

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 we need a little bit of help

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 to understand that.

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 And here it is,

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 the Jews

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 in David's day

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 thought of the universe

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 as three levels

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 of heavens.

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 first is what we would call the sky

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 or the atmosphere

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 and the second is then

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 what we would call outer space

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 and the third level is beyond that

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 the heaven of heavens as they used to call it

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 the place where God exists

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 where God is

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 so David's saying here that

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 God is so majestic, so glorious

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 so all powerful

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 that he has actually

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 put his glory everywhere

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 in the universe

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 God's glory

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 David understands is far greater

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 than can be observed, far greater

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 than can be described

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 there's no

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 place in the universe where

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 there's not the fingerprints of

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 God

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 for David you see

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 it's not possible to add

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 to God's glory

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 it cannot be matched

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 it cannot be surpassed

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 it is ultimate

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 it is above

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 the heavens

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 it is beyond this

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 physical creation

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 and my friends

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 I think honest observation

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 the universe

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 pushes a person

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 to this conclusion

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 I think there's a little better

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 commentary in verse 1

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 than the children's song

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 I think Colm Buchanan

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 my God is so big

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 so strong

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 and so mighty

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 there's nothing

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 my God cannot do

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 and then we move into verse 2

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 which

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 perhaps at first

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 seems like jar

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 a contrast

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 or something

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 it had me thrown

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 for a little while

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 out of the mouths

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 of babes and infants

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 you have established

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 strength

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 because of your foes

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 to still the enemy

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 and the avenger

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 when I first started

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 to look at it

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 I thought

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 that verse just doesn't

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 quite fit in there

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 but then I realized

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 it's the other side

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 of the coin

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 in which David

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 introduces the notion

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 of foes

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 and enemies

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 and avengers

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 that is

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 people who are

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 in opposition

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 to this great

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 and powerful

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 and glorious God

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 because that's the reality

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 of this world

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 people who are determined

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 to be their own authority

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 people who are determined

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 to live in the world

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 without reference to God

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 and I think

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 the two verses

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 go together

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 like this

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 or something like this

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 I think

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 just as it's impossible

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 verse 1

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 to add to God's glory

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 so verse 2

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 David's saying

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 it's impossible

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 to detract

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 from God's glory

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 even those

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 who challenge him

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 in his powerfulness

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 and his supremacy

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 it's not possible

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 to take away

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 from his glory

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 God's response

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 to those who rebel

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 against him

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 shows his limitless

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 majesty

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 or glory

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 and power

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 and we have the imagery

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 there

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 of little babies

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 and toddlers

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 and what are they

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 well

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 in a sense

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 they're the least

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 if you had to think

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 of something of power

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 and influence

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 a changer

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 in this world

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 you wouldn't think

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 of a baby

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 or a toddler

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 and it's the words

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 emphasized there

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 so

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 very very simple words

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 faltering words

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 and I have to say

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 as a grandpa

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 sometimes

00:14:05.359 --> 00:14:06.819
 unintelligible words

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 but

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 that's what the Lord's

00:14:09.599 --> 00:14:10.000
 using

00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.679
 to confound

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 his enemies

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 to still them

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 in other words

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 he just

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 settles them down

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 makes their wheels

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 spin

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 takes them out

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 of the action

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 neutralizes them

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 and it speaks

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 therefore

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 of the ease

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 with which

00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:31.899
 our all powerful

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 God

00:14:32.299 --> 00:14:33.059
 does that

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 he cannot

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 add to his glory

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 nor will

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 any opposition

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 detract from his glory

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 or challenge

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 his glory

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 the same thought

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 actually is expressed

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 in Psalm 2

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 and you could look

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 at Psalm 2

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 through to Psalm 8

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 as an inclusive

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 or a group

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 of Psalms

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 both have this

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 very strong

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 sense of

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 God is

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 in control

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 of his world

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 yes there's a lot

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 out there

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 who would oppose

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 God

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 enemies

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 who would take

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 God out

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 take God down

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 or at least

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 try to

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 but Psalm 2

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 picture there

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 is well

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 God just sits

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 back

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 hands behind

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 his head

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 and has a good

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 old laugh

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 that's bright

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 in my day

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 God sits

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 on his throne

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 and laughs

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 at those

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 who would rebel

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 and treat

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 his glorious

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 name

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 with disregard

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 at that point

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 I just want to

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 pause and ask

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 two questions

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 I want to ask

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 you first of all

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 if you

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 are sure

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 that your

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 world view

00:15:37.759 --> 00:15:39.040
 is thoroughly

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 biblical

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 now your

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 world view

00:15:43.340 --> 00:15:44.000
 is like a set

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 of glasses

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 it's the lens

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 through which

00:15:47.280 --> 00:15:48.300
 you see life

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 through which

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.419
 you understand

00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:50.039
 life

00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:50.819
 through which

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 you operate

00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:51.939
 in life

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 it determines

00:15:54.099 --> 00:15:54.819
 how you understand

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 and live in the

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 world

00:15:55.859 --> 00:15:58.879
 and in this

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 situation

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 it determines

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 who or what

00:16:01.699 --> 00:16:02.759
 you worship

00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:04.099
 who or what

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 you ascribe

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 ultimate value

00:16:06.059 --> 00:16:06.819
 or worth to

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 and so the question

00:16:10.819 --> 00:16:11.599
 out of Psalm 8

00:16:11.599 --> 00:16:12.240
 I think for each

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:12.779
 of us this morning

00:16:12.779 --> 00:16:13.019
 is

00:16:13.019 --> 00:16:14.379
 is your worldview

00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:15.079
 shaped

00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:16.580
 and filled

00:16:16.580 --> 00:16:17.300
 with the

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 awesome

00:16:17.900 --> 00:16:18.759
 grandeur

00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:20.540
 of our

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 majestic

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 all powerful

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 glorious

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 God

00:16:26.139 --> 00:16:30.340
 now

00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:32.040
 that's becoming

00:16:32.040 --> 00:16:33.080
 increasingly important

00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:33.740
 for us to be able

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.320
 to answer that

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 question

00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:37.040
 because our

00:16:37.040 --> 00:16:37.500
 world view

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:38.400
 needs to stand

00:16:38.400 --> 00:16:39.320
 untroubled

00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:41.480
 by those

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.200
 who in the

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.580
 name of

00:16:42.580 --> 00:16:43.180
 science

00:16:43.180 --> 00:16:44.140
 would remove

00:16:44.140 --> 00:16:44.500
 God

00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.300
 completely

00:16:45.300 --> 00:16:46.980
 from our

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.360
 minds

00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:47.760
 and from

00:16:47.760 --> 00:16:48.340
 this world

00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:50.780
 arguing

00:16:50.780 --> 00:16:51.820
 that our

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 universe

00:16:52.280 --> 00:16:52.780
 is coming

00:16:52.780 --> 00:16:54.620
 to existence

00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.720
 by a product

00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:56.460
 of chance

00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:58.820
 cause

00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.360
 and effect

00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:01.180
 and we are

00:17:01.180 --> 00:17:01.720
 the masters

00:17:01.720 --> 00:17:02.180
 of our own

00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:02.560
 destiny

00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:07.519
 will your

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:07.839
 worldview

00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:08.279
 stand

00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.779
 untroubled

00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.299
 by those

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:09.679
 who want

00:17:09.679 --> 00:17:10.599
 to redefine

00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:10.980
 God

00:17:10.980 --> 00:17:13.799
 as just

00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.500
 a spiritual

00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.019
 force

00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:16.319
 and we're

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 bombarded

00:17:16.859 --> 00:17:17.259
 by that

00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:17.579
 new

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.099
 spirituality

00:17:18.099 --> 00:17:18.940
 these days

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:20.259
 that God

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.779
 is actually

00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.440
 just

00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:22.919
 a mysterious

00:17:22.919 --> 00:17:24.720
 non-specific

00:17:24.720 --> 00:17:25.659
 spiritual

00:17:25.659 --> 00:17:27.019
 super being

00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.839
 somewhere out

00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:28.119
 there

00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:29.240
 a mysterious

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.940
 force

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.720
 that somehow

00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.000
 or other

00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:31.359
 we have to

00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:31.980
 find and tap

00:17:31.980 --> 00:17:32.200
 into

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 or perhaps

00:17:32.940 --> 00:17:33.319
 even that

00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:34.200
 that forces

00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:34.720
 ourselves

00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:35.080
 to be

00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:35.299
 found

00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.500
 within

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.140
 ourselves

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:41.140
 and will

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.580
 your worldview

00:17:41.580 --> 00:17:42.319
 stand untroubled

00:17:42.319 --> 00:17:42.759
 by those

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.000
 who would

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.580
 confine

00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.039
 God

00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:46.440
 by saying

00:17:46.440 --> 00:17:46.700
 well

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.900
 yes God

00:17:47.900 --> 00:17:48.440
 exists

00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:48.840
 but

00:17:48.840 --> 00:17:49.400
 he's

00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:49.860
 distant

00:17:49.860 --> 00:17:51.140
 he's not

00:17:51.140 --> 00:17:51.400
 actually

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:51.779
 interested

00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:52.140
 in our

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 world

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:52.620
 so

00:17:52.620 --> 00:17:53.340
 as long

00:17:53.340 --> 00:17:53.539
 as you

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:53.740
 just

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.299
 believe

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.759
 in

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.080
 the

00:17:55.080 --> 00:17:55.420
 concept

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:55.700
 of

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.019
 God

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:56.799
 you can

00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.019
 actually

00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:57.340
 still

00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:57.580
 just

00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:57.920
 live

00:17:57.920 --> 00:17:58.220
 however

00:17:58.220 --> 00:17:58.440
 you

00:17:58.440 --> 00:17:58.779
 like

00:17:58.779 --> 00:18:02.379
 he's

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:02.960
 impersonal

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.319
 and simply

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:03.859
 the great

00:18:03.859 --> 00:18:04.319
 architect

00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.740
 of our

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 world

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:06.379
 not

00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:06.779
 interested

00:18:06.779 --> 00:18:07.279
 in how

00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.700
 we live

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.220
 or behave

00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:08.660
 a bit

00:18:08.660 --> 00:18:08.980
 like a

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.339
 landlord

00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.720
 as long

00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:09.899
 as you

00:18:09.899 --> 00:18:10.079
 keep

00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:10.399
 paying

00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:10.639
 your

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.200
 rent

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.980
 you know

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.700
 giving

00:18:12.700 --> 00:18:13.139
 God

00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:13.319
 due

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:13.740
 acknowledgement

00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:14.039
 then

00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.599
 you can

00:18:14.599 --> 00:18:14.759
 do

00:18:14.759 --> 00:18:14.920
 whatever

00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:15.379
 you like

00:18:15.380 --> 00:18:19.140
 we're

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.540
 under

00:18:19.540 --> 00:18:20.160
 attack

00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:21.360
 constantly

00:18:21.360 --> 00:18:23.840
 to just

00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.400
 subtly

00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:24.960
 shift

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.300
 our

00:18:25.300 --> 00:18:25.800
 worldview

00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:26.980
 to sort

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:27.280
 of

00:18:27.280 --> 00:18:27.920
 meld

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.460
 what we

00:18:28.460 --> 00:18:28.640
 see

00:18:28.640 --> 00:18:28.840
 here

00:18:28.840 --> 00:18:29.040
 in the

00:18:29.040 --> 00:18:29.460
 Bible

00:18:29.460 --> 00:18:30.900
 with

00:18:30.900 --> 00:18:31.200
 what's

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.660
 around

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:31.980
 us

00:18:31.980 --> 00:18:32.160
 in

00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:32.300
 our

00:18:32.300 --> 00:18:32.740
 culture

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:36.440
 and I

00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:36.680
 think as

00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:36.960
 Christians

00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.300
 we do

00:18:37.300 --> 00:18:37.560
 it more

00:18:37.560 --> 00:18:37.800
 than we

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:38.280
 realise

00:18:38.280 --> 00:18:42.300
 but you

00:18:42.300 --> 00:18:42.560
 can have

00:18:42.560 --> 00:18:42.760
 a think

00:18:42.760 --> 00:18:43.040
 about that

00:18:43.040 --> 00:18:43.460
 the second

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.100
 question I

00:18:44.100 --> 00:18:44.440
 want to ask

00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:44.800
 you now

00:18:44.800 --> 00:18:45.060
 is

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.659
 do you

00:18:45.659 --> 00:18:45.960
 hear the

00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.240
 whisper

00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:46.759
 of Jesus

00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.299
 in verse

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.599
 2

00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:48.299
 it's

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:48.539
 interesting

00:18:48.539 --> 00:18:49.079
 in Matthew

00:18:49.079 --> 00:18:49.359
 chapter

00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:50.000
 21

00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:50.359
 verse

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.059
 16

00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:51.799
 Jesus

00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.299
 quotes

00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:53.240
 the first

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.460
 part

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.159
 of verse

00:18:54.159 --> 00:18:54.480
 2

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.819
 or the

00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:55.960
 whole

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.279
 of verse

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.460
 2

00:18:56.460 --> 00:18:56.799
 actually

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:57.759
 remember

00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.179
 in Matthew

00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:58.419
 chapter

00:18:58.419 --> 00:18:58.799
 21

00:18:58.799 --> 00:18:59.079
 Jesus

00:18:59.079 --> 00:18:59.419
 just

00:18:59.419 --> 00:18:59.720
 entered

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.220
 Jerusalem

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.059
 there's

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.359
 all the

00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:02.039
 fanfare

00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:03.460
 but behind

00:19:03.460 --> 00:19:04.379
 the fanfare

00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.480
 Jesus

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:06.079
 knows

00:19:06.079 --> 00:19:07.059
 that the

00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.319
 Jewish

00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:07.779
 religious

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.159
 leaders

00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:08.339
 are

00:19:08.339 --> 00:19:08.539
 actually

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.019
 plotting

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.460
 to kill

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:09.599
 him

00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.220
 and in

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.539
 less than

00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:10.919
 a week

00:19:10.919 --> 00:19:11.759
 he will

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:12.079
 actually

00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.319
 be

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.779
 crucified

00:19:12.779 --> 00:19:13.200
 and

00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:16.599
 he's

00:19:16.599 --> 00:19:16.819
 just

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.399
 cleaned

00:19:17.399 --> 00:19:17.700
 up the

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:17.980
 temple

00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:20.279
 and once

00:19:20.279 --> 00:19:20.799
 again the

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.079
 Jewish

00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:21.539
 religious

00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:21.940
 leaders

00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.500
 express

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:22.960
 their

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.440
 hatred

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.299
 of Jesus

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.579
 yes

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:25.079
 hatred

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 this time

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 the circumstance

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 in which they

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 express their

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 hatred is

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 that they're

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 really really

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 annoyed that

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 Jesus would

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 accept the

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 praise of

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 little children

00:19:36.240 --> 00:19:36.819
 little street

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 kids running

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 after Jesus

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 calling him

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 son of

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 David

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 that is

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 addressing

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 Jesus as

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 the Messiah

00:19:43.860 --> 00:19:44.920
 recognizing

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 that Jesus

00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:45.860
 is the Messiah

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 and the

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.039
 Jewish

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.720
 religious leaders

00:19:47.720 --> 00:19:48.839
 they're furious

00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:49.700
 that Jesus

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 accepted that

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 essentially

00:19:51.380 --> 00:19:52.180
 accusing Jesus

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.940
 of blasphemy

00:19:52.940 --> 00:19:56.960
 Jesus

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 says

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 don't you

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 remember

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 and he

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 quotes this

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 verse

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 Jesus

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.960
 reminds them

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.400
 that God

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 could

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 and would

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 use any

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 means

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 to bring

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 glory to

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 himself

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 and in

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 saying that

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 I think

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 Jesus

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 is

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 saying to

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 the Jewish

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 religious leaders

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 to stir

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 them up

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 even more

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 you accuse

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 me of

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 blasphemy

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 well let me

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 tell you

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 very clear

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 I am

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 God

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 he's

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 declaring

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 himself

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 to be

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 God

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 and

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 secondly

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 involved

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 in that

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 he's

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 actually

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 declaring

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 himself

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 to be

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 worthy

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 of the

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 praise

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 and the

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 glory

00:20:32.840 --> 00:20:33.460
 that these

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 little street

00:20:33.980 --> 00:20:34.340
 kids

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 are

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 in their

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 smallness

00:20:36.840 --> 00:20:37.160
 of mind

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 giving

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 them

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 they don't

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 for a second

00:20:39.620 --> 00:20:40.340
 understand all

00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:40.860
 about Jesus

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 but they

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.920
 sense something

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:44.420
 and they

00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:44.779
 adore

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 something

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 and I

00:20:50.140 --> 00:20:50.380
 think the

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 same principle

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.200
 is true

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:51.519
 for us

00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:51.820
 today

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.839
 Jesus

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 says in

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 another

00:20:54.679 --> 00:20:55.019
 place

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.359
 unless you

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 come to

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 me as

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 little

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 children

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 you'll

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 never

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 see the

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.299
 kingdom

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:00.759
 of God

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:03.439
 these

00:21:03.439 --> 00:21:03.639
 little

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:03.960
 children

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.359
 who spoke

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:04.759
 to Jesus

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.200
 and called

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.379
 him

00:21:05.379 --> 00:21:05.980
 Messiah

00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:06.879
 well

00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.679
 they didn't

00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:08.200
 understand

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:08.720
 everything about

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.119
 Jesus

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.179
 they can

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.659
 explain

00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.159
 everything about

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.519
 Jesus

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:13.119
 but

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:15.039
 they

00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:15.579
 sensed

00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:16.099
 something

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.659
 the Lord

00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:17.119
 probably put

00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:17.359
 it in their

00:21:17.359 --> 00:21:17.639
 mind

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.279
 to come

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:18.720
 to him

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.279
 as

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 saviour

00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:20.179
 and king

00:21:20.179 --> 00:21:20.500
 that's

00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.939
 what Messiah

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:22.640
 he came

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:23.000
 to him

00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:24.220
 and worshipped

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 him

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 praised

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 him

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 my friends

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 that's the

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 pattern

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.360
 still to

00:21:30.360 --> 00:21:30.860
 this day

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:35.799
 do I

00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:36.200
 understand

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:36.700
 everything I

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 read in the

00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:37.299
 Bible

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.259
 no I wish

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 I did

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 but then what

00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:40.840
 would I talk

00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.360
 to people I

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 work with

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 and people I

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 hang out

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:42.900
 with

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 as part of

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 the enjoyment

00:21:45.620 --> 00:21:46.080
 of just

00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.620
 digging into

00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.139
 God's word

00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:48.139
 but I

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 know

00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.979
 enough

00:21:48.979 --> 00:21:50.519
 to see

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 the limits

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:52.059
 of my

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 understanding

00:21:52.939 --> 00:21:55.199
 and from

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 there just

00:21:55.739 --> 00:21:56.219
 move into

00:21:56.219 --> 00:21:56.819
 adoration

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.959
 and praise

00:21:57.959 --> 00:21:58.519
 and worship

00:21:58.519 --> 00:22:04.000
 we'll move

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.319
 on to the

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 second point

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:04.979
 then

00:22:04.979 --> 00:22:06.239
 God's glory

00:22:06.239 --> 00:22:07.239
 is reflected

00:22:07.239 --> 00:22:08.159
 in the glory

00:22:08.159 --> 00:22:08.899
 of man

00:22:08.899 --> 00:22:09.799
 and I've

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.039
 used the

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.399
 word man

00:22:10.399 --> 00:22:10.599
 in the

00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:10.819
 word of

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.079
 commas

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.339
 if you're

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.559
 looking at

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:11.859
 the sermon

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.139
 outline

00:22:12.139 --> 00:22:12.839
 but really

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.179
 the word

00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:13.459
 there we're

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:13.839
 picking up

00:22:13.839 --> 00:22:14.579
 is mankind

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.639
 or people

00:22:15.639 --> 00:22:16.980
 or humankind

00:22:16.980 --> 00:22:18.439
 in verses

00:22:18.439 --> 00:22:18.919
 3 through

00:22:18.919 --> 00:22:19.379
 to 7

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:22.139
 so what

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.559
 happens when

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.359
 David spends

00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:23.959
 some time

00:22:23.959 --> 00:22:24.740
 considering

00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:26.220
 the glory

00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.879
 of God

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:29.220
 well

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:30.259
 very simply

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:32.299
 it pushes

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:32.639
 him to

00:22:32.639 --> 00:22:33.019
 consider

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.619
 himself

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.699
 in

00:22:34.699 --> 00:22:35.859
 respect

00:22:35.859 --> 00:22:37.019
 of God's

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.419
 universe

00:22:37.419 --> 00:22:38.299
 and in

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.939
 respect of

00:22:38.939 --> 00:22:39.199
 God

00:22:39.199 --> 00:22:41.119
 what's his

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.720
 own place

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.679
 in God's

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.039
 universe

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.680
 what's his

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.399
 own place

00:22:44.399 --> 00:22:45.759
 with this

00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:46.779
 absolutely

00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:47.599
 all powerful

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.279
 all glorious

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.700
 God

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:51.059
 and verse

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.420
 4

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:53.779
 immediately

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.339
 David's

00:22:54.339 --> 00:22:55.079
 blown away

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:56.059
 with the

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.460
 realization

00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.079
 that God

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.599
 is deeply

00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.079
 committed

00:22:58.079 --> 00:22:59.460
 to being

00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:00.599
 in relationship

00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:02.420
 with his

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.200
 created beings

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:04.119
 we already

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.539
 saw that

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:04.899
 in the way

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.379
 that David

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.059
 spoke to

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.259
 God

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.899
 in verse

00:23:06.899 --> 00:23:07.180
 1

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.799
 Yahweh

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:09.119
 it's a

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.480
 term of

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.059
 relationship

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.859
 but he

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.259
 comes back

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.519
 now and

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.000
 spells it out

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.279
 a little bit

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.559
 more

00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:13.500
 and questions

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.759
 it

00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.440
 what is

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.799
 man

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:15.039
 that you

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.579
 are mindful

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:15.940
 of him

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.940
 the son

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.379
 of man

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.579
 that you

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.159
 care for

00:23:19.159 --> 00:23:19.399
 him

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:23.279
 God

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.700
 is

00:23:23.700 --> 00:23:24.440
 committed

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.940
 to being

00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.720
 in relationship

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.960
 with his

00:23:26.960 --> 00:23:27.639
 created beings

00:23:27.639 --> 00:23:28.159
 to whom he

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:29.359
 gives glory

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.899
 in special

00:23:30.899 --> 00:23:31.440
 position

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.159
 honor and

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:32.720
 responsibility

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.299
 within his

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.940
 world

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.679
 so God

00:23:34.679 --> 00:23:35.200
 is glorious

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.559
 and the way

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.179
 God has set

00:23:37.179 --> 00:23:37.480
 up the

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.980
 universe to

00:23:37.980 --> 00:23:38.379
 operate

00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:39.460
 gives

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.980
 mankind

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.980
 a special

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.720
 responsibility

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.039
 and a

00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.279
 special

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.700
 position

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:44.259
 a position

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:44.519
 of

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.079
 reflected

00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:45.799
 glory

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:50.180
 so

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.480
 friends

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:51.259
 another

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.680
 point to

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.180
 make here

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.599
 is

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.860
 true

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.299
 worship

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:55.480
 is

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.299
 responding

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.660
 to

00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.640
 with a

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:58.880
 proper

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.620
 understanding

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:02.200
 of God's

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.860
 character

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.500
 and glory

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.859
 true

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:07.339
 worship

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.539
 is

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.099
 responding

00:24:08.099 --> 00:24:08.740
 to God

00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.480
 with

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.960
 proper

00:24:09.960 --> 00:24:10.779
 understanding

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.480
 of his

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.900
 character

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.420
 and glory

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.740
 and

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:15.039
 with the

00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.319
 proper

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.000
 understanding

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.480
 of our

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:17.000
 world

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:19.819
 and

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:21.039
 a

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.339
 proper

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.059
 understanding

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.720
 of ourselves

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.400
 with God's

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.299
 reflected glory

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.579
 as created

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.140
 beings

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:27.019
 as image

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.359
 bearers

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.839
 within the

00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:28.140
 world

00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:30.759
 true

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.099
 worship

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.579
 needs to

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:31.880
 get a

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.240
 balance

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.579
 of those

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.819
 three

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.259
 things

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.920
 need to

00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.319
 understand

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.700
 God

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.519
 we need

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:36.640
 to

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:36.980
 understand

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.160
 the

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.359
 world

00:24:37.359 --> 00:24:37.519
 we

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.720
 live

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.200
 in

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.700
 at least

00:24:38.700 --> 00:24:38.859
 the

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.259
 connections

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.539
 of the

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.680
 world

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:39.980
 we live

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.220
 in

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.759
 and we

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:40.900
 need

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.039
 to

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.500
 understand

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.220
 ourselves

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.940
 as

00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.319
 created

00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:43.819
 beings

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.180
 within

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:45.460
 God's

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.960
 glorious

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.359
 world

00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:49.519
 if we

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.119
 get any

00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:50.519
 of those

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.819
 three

00:24:50.819 --> 00:24:51.359
 wrong

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:52.379
 or if

00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.740
 we get

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:53.019
 them out

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.420
 of whack

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.740
 out of

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.200
 bounds

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:55.799
 then

00:24:55.799 --> 00:24:56.240
 whatever

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.879
 we do

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:58.119
 and call

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.480
 it worship

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.980
 it will

00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.379
 be false

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.740
 worship

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.480
 and

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:07.140
 God

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.879
 demands

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.359
 that we

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.759
 worship

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.119
 him

00:25:09.119 --> 00:25:11.900
 because

00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:12.359
 our

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.640
 worship

00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.160
 reveals

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:14.099
 how we

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:14.460
 value

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:14.720
 our

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.119
 connection

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.680
 to him

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.339
 how we

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.099
 reflect

00:25:18.099 --> 00:25:18.379
 our

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.839
 dependence

00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.559
 on him

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:21.619
 he is

00:25:21.619 --> 00:25:22.420
 the sovereign

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.779
 lord

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.279
 the creator

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.680
 god

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.480
 we are

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:24.720
 his

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.279
 created

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.879
 beings

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:30.340
 if we

00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:30.760
 invert

00:25:30.760 --> 00:25:31.020
 that

00:25:31.020 --> 00:25:31.360
 order

00:25:31.360 --> 00:25:32.940
 so that

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.240
 God

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.960
 is

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.800
 domesticated

00:25:34.800 --> 00:25:35.540
 and becomes

00:25:35.540 --> 00:25:36.040
 defined

00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:36.740
 by us

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:38.260
 then we're

00:25:38.260 --> 00:25:38.720
 no longer

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.200
 worshipping

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:40.320
 the lord

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:40.540
 of the

00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:40.940
 universe

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.920
 we're

00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:42.200
 worshipping

00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.660
 something

00:25:42.660 --> 00:25:43.160
 of a

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.440
 figment

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.700
 of our

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.240
 imagination

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:49.360
 our

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:49.780
 worship

00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:50.560
 ought to

00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:50.920
 say that

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:51.460
 he is

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:51.620
 the

00:25:51.620 --> 00:25:52.000
 ultimate

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.500
 life

00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:52.800
 giving

00:25:52.800 --> 00:25:53.340
 source

00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:56.639
 which

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:56.899
 means

00:25:56.899 --> 00:25:57.119
 that

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.619
 as

00:25:57.619 --> 00:25:57.939
 we

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:59.220
 are

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.720
 worshipping

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.419
 servants

00:26:00.419 --> 00:26:01.000
 of the

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.299
 lord

00:26:01.299 --> 00:26:03.000
 then

00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:03.859
 we are

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.259
 best

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.779
 connected

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.039
 to

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.399
 true

00:26:05.399 --> 00:26:05.799
 meaning

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.759
 true

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.339
 purpose

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:08.240
 and the

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.500
 truly

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:08.740
 good

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.179
 life

00:26:09.179 --> 00:26:12.839
 and when

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.059
 we

00:26:13.059 --> 00:26:14.399
 express

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.759
 that

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.079
 worship

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.459
 from the

00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:15.720
 depths

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:15.959
 of our

00:26:15.959 --> 00:26:16.259
 being

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.339
 then we're

00:26:17.339 --> 00:26:17.619
 actually

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.559
 connecting

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.019
 into

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.759
 and enjoying

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.079
 the good

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.539
 life we

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:21.980
 were created

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:22.639
 to enjoy

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:26.780
 flip the

00:26:26.780 --> 00:26:27.259
 coin for a

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.400
 minute

00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.200
 what is

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.500
 false

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:28.840
 worship

00:26:28.840 --> 00:26:30.759
 well

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.720
 false

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.080
 worship

00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:33.020
 is failing

00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:33.500
 therefore

00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.940
 to live

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.259
 with

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.800
 reflected

00:26:35.800 --> 00:26:36.360
 glory

00:26:36.360 --> 00:26:40.960
 what's the

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.360
 reflected

00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:41.700
 glory

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:42.100
 well

00:26:42.100 --> 00:26:43.660
 look at

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.000
 look at

00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.360
 the

00:26:44.360 --> 00:26:44.660
 the

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.280
 the

00:26:45.280 --> 00:26:45.840
 verbs

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.540
 listen to

00:26:46.540 --> 00:26:46.840
 the verbs

00:26:46.840 --> 00:26:47.220
 as I read

00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.600
 them through

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:51.060
 you have

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:51.780
 made him

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:52.420
 talking about

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.720
 mankind

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.099
 you have

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.619
 made him

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:54.099
 a little

00:26:54.099 --> 00:26:54.559
 lower

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.279
 than the

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:55.460
 heavenly

00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:55.960
 beings

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.099
 crowned him

00:26:57.099 --> 00:26:57.519
 with glory

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:57.819
 and honour

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.779
 given him

00:26:58.779 --> 00:26:59.399
 dominion

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.279
 put all

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.879
 things under

00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:01.420
 his feet

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:06.000
 it's an

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.440
 incredible

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.139
 position of

00:27:07.139 --> 00:27:07.740
 honour and

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.519
 responsibility

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:10.240
 and indeed

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.319
 reflected glory

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:13.519
 everything that

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.279
 God has made

00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.740
 in all its

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.079
 beauty

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.480
 has now

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.839
 been

00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:20.339
 given to

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:20.599
 us

00:27:20.599 --> 00:27:20.819
 in a

00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.099
 sense

00:27:21.099 --> 00:27:22.139
 to

00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:22.659
 operate

00:27:22.659 --> 00:27:26.659
 so

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:26.959
 false

00:27:26.959 --> 00:27:27.299
 worship

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:28.159
 coming back

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:28.480
 to think

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.799
 about that

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.099
 false

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.379
 worship

00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.939
 is failing

00:27:29.939 --> 00:27:30.480
 to live

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:31.059
 and operate

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.159
 with the

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.639
 reflected

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:33.199
 glory

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:33.899
 given us

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.419
 by God

00:27:34.419 --> 00:27:34.759
 as his

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:34.980
 image

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.379
 bearers

00:27:35.379 --> 00:27:36.079
 so

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.359
 therefore

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.740
 in a

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.059
 sense

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.439
 put it

00:27:37.439 --> 00:27:37.679
 in other

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.000
 words

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:39.439
 false

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:39.819
 worship

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.379
 is actually

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:41.279
 to steal

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.279
 God's

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.519
 glory

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.939
 or to

00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.459
 attempt

00:27:43.459 --> 00:27:44.059
 to steal

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.399
 God's

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:44.599
 glory

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.220
 or to

00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.700
 usurp

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.119
 God's

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:46.319
 glory

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.539
 for

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.159
 ourselves

00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:54.960
 and again

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.279
 you see

00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:56.899
 I guess

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.980
 I hope I'm not

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.379
 just speaking

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:58.859
 about myself

00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.960
 I think I speak

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.319
 for everybody

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.980
 but we so

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.980
 easily tend

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.079
 to domesticate

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.339
 God

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.759
 don't we

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:07.659
 we make

00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:08.319
 him subject

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.879
 to our

00:28:08.879 --> 00:28:09.599
 understanding

00:28:09.599 --> 00:28:10.759
 our preferences

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:13.940
 we think

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.259
 well this

00:28:14.259 --> 00:28:14.539
 is how

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.900
 God

00:28:14.900 --> 00:28:15.559
 should

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.860
 be

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.100
 this

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.340
 is what

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:16.600
 God

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:16.759
 is

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.080
 like

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.380
 this

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:17.640
 is how

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.900
 he should

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.259
 operate

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.500
 in his

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.740
 world

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.140
 this

00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.400
 is how

00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:19.640
 he should

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:19.960
 operate

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.320
 towards

00:28:20.320 --> 00:28:20.660
 me

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:27.200
 and so

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:27.740
 when we do

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.039
 that

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.100
 we still

00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.840
 manage

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.640
 an appearance

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:31.440
 of worship

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:32.940
 that is we still

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.420
 go through

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:34.059
 all those

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:35.059
 religious

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.680
 things

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:37.539
 we still

00:28:37.539 --> 00:28:37.820
 have the

00:28:37.820 --> 00:28:38.279
 language

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:41.580
 but it is

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:41.900
 only an

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.200
 appearance

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.580
 because

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.259
 as we

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.079
 domesticate

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.420
 God

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:44.960
 and shape

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.240
 him to

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.500
 our

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:46.039
 preferences

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.619
 and our

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:46.980
 desires

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.140
 then we're

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.379
 actually

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.000
 expressing

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.539
 autonomy

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:52.500
 we're

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:52.700
 actually

00:28:52.700 --> 00:28:53.019
 trying to

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.339
 say I

00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:53.599
 want to

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:53.920
 worship

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.420
 the Lord

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.220
 but I

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.500
 want to

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.660
 be

00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.079
 autonomous

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.579
 I want

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:57.279
 to run

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.859
 my own

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.640
 paddle my

00:28:58.640 --> 00:28:59.119
 own canoe

00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:07.680
 and sometimes

00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:08.140
 that goes

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.559
 to be so

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.960
 extreme

00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.680
 that we

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:09.960
 even

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:11.019
 make

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.440
 ourselves

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.839
 God

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.799
 that is

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.319
 we take

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.959
 so much

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:14.519
 charge

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.679
 of life

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:16.720
 and think

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.319
 almost like

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.859
 a practical

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.500
 atheism

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.740
 we live

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.079
 and act

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.339
 as though

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.639
 God

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.039
 doesn't

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.500
 exist

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:21.879
 at so

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.059
 many

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:22.359
 points

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.579
 in our

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.959
 lives

00:29:22.959 --> 00:29:25.179
 and I

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.459
 can only

00:29:25.459 --> 00:29:25.939
 say then

00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.720
 that that's

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.299
 self-worship

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:29.259
 we're

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.659
 ascribing

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.379
 to ourselves

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.879
 ultimate

00:29:30.879 --> 00:29:31.459
 value and

00:29:31.459 --> 00:29:31.720
 worth

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:37.120
 so the

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.779
 question of

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.180
 all that

00:29:38.180 --> 00:29:38.500
 then I

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.000
 think if

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.319
 you're

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.740
 still with

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.240
 me if

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.680
 you haven't

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.380
 totally

00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:41.860
 lost you

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:43.259
 is the

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:43.640
 question for

00:29:43.640 --> 00:29:44.180
 us is are

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:44.900
 we willing

00:29:44.900 --> 00:29:46.660
 to live

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.380
 with

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:48.019
 reflected

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.680
 glory

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:51.400
 and be

00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:52.500
 passionate

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.620
 worshipping

00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:54.759
 image bearers

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.339
 and servants

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:58.319
 if we live

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.259
 with reflected

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.079
 glory and

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.779
 are worshipping

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.299
 servants

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.299
 then our

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.199
 greatest desire

00:30:03.199 --> 00:30:03.819
 will be to

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.480
 get more

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.819
 and more

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.359
 glory for

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:05.819
 the Lord

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:10.159
 the

00:30:10.159 --> 00:30:10.599
 alternative

00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:12.019
 is as I

00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.299
 say

00:30:12.299 --> 00:30:13.500
 that we

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.939
 will seek

00:30:13.939 --> 00:30:14.559
 to steal

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:14.980
 God's

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:15.259
 glory

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.240
 consciously

00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:16.559
 or

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.419
 unconsciously

00:30:17.419 --> 00:30:20.240
 or find

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.639
 our own

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:20.980
 glory

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.459
 apart

00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:21.720
 from

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.039
 God

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.299
 and

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.799
 that's

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.059
 the world

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:26.379
 we live

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.539
 in

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:26.879
 it's

00:30:26.879 --> 00:30:27.119
 called

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.619
 expressive

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:28.359
 individualism

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.699
 we talked

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.019
 about at

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.199
 the end

00:30:29.199 --> 00:30:29.539
 of last

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:29.819
 year

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:33.599
 that I

00:30:33.599 --> 00:30:33.959
 can

00:30:33.959 --> 00:30:35.359
 set the

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:35.839
 good life

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.480
 for myself

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.480
 with my

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:37.639
 own

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.099
 resources

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.539
 without

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.059
 reference

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.220
 to

00:30:39.220 --> 00:30:39.419
 anybody

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:39.759
 else

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:42.259
 of course

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.179
 many here

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:43.619
 this morning

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:43.939
 including

00:30:43.939 --> 00:30:44.379
 myself

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.559
 will want

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:45.819
 to be

00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.039
 true

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.619
 worshippers

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:48.059
 living

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.399
 in

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:48.779
 reflected

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:49.199
 glory

00:30:49.199 --> 00:30:51.679
 and yet

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.419
 constantly

00:30:52.419 --> 00:30:52.879
 we find

00:30:52.879 --> 00:30:53.240
 ourselves

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.720
 ascribing

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.159
 ultimate

00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:54.720
 value and

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:54.939
 worth

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.480
 to things

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.019
 and people

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:58.320
 knowing

00:30:58.320 --> 00:30:58.779
 they will

00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.240
 disappoint

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.059
 as they've

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.480
 disappointed

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:00.860
 us in

00:31:00.860 --> 00:31:01.400
 the past

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:04.039
 that is

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.440
 the struggle

00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:05.059
 of living

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.340
 as a

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.600
 Christian

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:05.799
 at least

00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:06.019
 that's

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.299
 what I

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.620
 find the

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:06.860
 struggle

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.180
 of living

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.539
 as a

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.759
 Christian

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.059
 is

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:09.960
 and we

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.480
 tire of

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.100
 that constant

00:31:11.100 --> 00:31:11.640
 struggle

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.700
 to maintain

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.640
 true worship

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:15.700
 when our

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.140
 hearts are

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:16.860
 working against

00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.180
 us

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:18.180
 when our

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.400
 hearts

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.779
 want us

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.100
 to lead

00:31:19.100 --> 00:31:19.600
 us astray

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:19.880
 when our

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.080
 hearts

00:31:20.080 --> 00:31:20.420
 want us

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.880
 to usurp

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.340
 God's

00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.860
 glory for

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.460
 ourselves

00:31:23.460 --> 00:31:27.140
 it's a

00:31:27.140 --> 00:31:27.480
 challenge

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.900
 isn't it

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:30.000
 and that

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.460
 prompts my

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.140
 second question

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:32.900
 we're nearly

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.340
 finished

00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:34.620
 the second

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.059
 question is

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.259
 this

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:36.660
 again have

00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.079
 you heard

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:37.500
 another

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.340
 whisper of

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.059
 Jesus in

00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:39.799
 verses 4

00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:40.440
 through to

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.720
 7

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:43.779
 it's a

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.340
 beautiful

00:31:44.340 --> 00:31:45.340
 desirable

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:46.140
 picture there

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.740
 I think

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.180
 in those

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:47.500
 verses

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.200
 47

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:49.440
 the picture

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.440
 of man

00:31:50.440 --> 00:31:50.920
 and the

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:51.279
 son of

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.600
 man

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.080
 that is

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.480
 man and

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.660
 his

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.160
 descendants

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:54.200
 ruling

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.700
 God's

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:55.140
 world

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.640
 under

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.000
 God's

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.519
 control

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.120
 and in

00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:57.600
 harmony

00:31:57.600 --> 00:31:58.660
 with him

00:31:58.660 --> 00:32:00.420
 it's a

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:00.779
 beautiful

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.240
 picture

00:32:01.240 --> 00:32:02.400
 isn't it

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:04.940
 mankind

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.720
 living

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.340
 happily

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:07.420
 and fully

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.259
 in the

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.700
 reflected

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.200
 glory

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:10.240
 of God

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.779
 their creator

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:11.660
 as image

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.080
 bearers

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:13.160
 of course

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.779
 as I said

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.400
 that's not

00:32:14.400 --> 00:32:14.759
 how we

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.360
 experience life

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.620
 is it

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.160
 life's not

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.960
 simple like

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.120
 that

00:32:17.120 --> 00:32:17.559
 life's a

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:17.880
 struggle

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:19.120
 and we're

00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.460
 constantly

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.260
 sliding away

00:32:20.260 --> 00:32:20.700
 from that

00:32:20.700 --> 00:32:21.520
 well

00:32:21.520 --> 00:32:22.280
 there's a

00:32:22.280 --> 00:32:22.700
 whisper of

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.200
 Jesus in

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.360
 that

00:32:23.360 --> 00:32:23.780
 because if

00:32:23.780 --> 00:32:24.020
 you turn

00:32:24.020 --> 00:32:24.440
 to Hebrews

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:25.460
 chapter 2

00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.960
 with me

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:28.560
 again the

00:32:28.560 --> 00:32:28.900
 writer of

00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.580
 Hebrews picks

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:30.100
 up this

00:32:30.100 --> 00:32:31.080
 very notion

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:32.620
 in verses

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.280
 5 through

00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:33.680
 to 9

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:39.620
 he actually

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.100
 quotes

00:32:40.100 --> 00:32:40.920
 Psalm 8

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:44.300
 talks about

00:32:44.300 --> 00:32:44.640
 everything

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.180
 being put

00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:45.560
 under

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.480
 the feet

00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:47.060
 of Christ

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:50.980
 and there's

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.339
 the whisper

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:51.799
 of Jesus

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.139
 in

00:32:52.139 --> 00:32:52.559
 Psalm 8

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:53.339
 that that

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:54.039
 picture

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:56.019
 of living

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.539
 completely

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.440
 and happily

00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:00.299
 with great

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:00.960
 satisfaction

00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:01.819
 in the

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.759
 reflected glory

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.139
 of the

00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.379
 Lord

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.960
 only ever

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.179
 came true

00:33:06.179 --> 00:33:07.159
 in Christ

00:33:07.159 --> 00:33:10.460
 go right

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.859
 back to

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.139
 Adam

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:12.679
 he wasn't

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:12.960
 able to

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.399
 manage it

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:14.799
 he usurped

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.500
 God's glory

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.039
 for himself

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:18.099
 King David

00:33:18.099 --> 00:33:18.799
 he wasn't

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.079
 able to

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.779
 manage it

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:23.379
 and every

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.779
 one of

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.079
 God's

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.399
 promise

00:33:24.399 --> 00:33:24.759
 bearers

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.379
 right through

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.960
 the ages

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.740
 right down

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.700
 to Christ

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.000
 himself

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.879
 every son

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.339
 of man

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.460
 failed to

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.200
 be consistently

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:31.579
 true

00:33:31.579 --> 00:33:32.119
 worshippers

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.519
 failed to

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.440
 be content

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.259
 to reflect

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.079
 God's glory

00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:36.339
 in their

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.700
 lives

00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:38.059
 each was

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.420
 part of

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.759
 the problem

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.200
 of sin

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:40.259
 part of

00:33:40.259 --> 00:33:40.720
 the problem

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:42.240
 of craving

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.839
 glory for

00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:43.319
 themselves

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:44.299
 craving

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.339
 and stealing

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.799
 God's

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.099
 glory

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:49.559
 but what

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:49.919
 we're told

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.419
 here is

00:33:50.419 --> 00:33:50.939
 that Jesus

00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.799
 was the

00:33:51.799 --> 00:33:52.559
 perfect man

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.079
 the perfect

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.480
 human

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:56.059
 he was the

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.740
 true son

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.159
 of man

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:57.799
 in the sense

00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.859
 that he

00:33:58.859 --> 00:33:59.679
 lived life

00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.359
 perfectly

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:03.319
 reflecting the

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:03.839
 glory of

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.179
 God

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:07.439
 reflecting the

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:07.939
 picture of

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:08.360
 creation

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.340
 reflecting the

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:09.779
 picture of

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.579
 mankind's

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.079
 part in

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.519
 creation

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.280
 his glory

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.400
 was in his

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.980
 obedience to

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.400
 the father

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.320
 his worship

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.960
 of the father

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.039
 his proper

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:20.059
 understanding of

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.659
 God's world

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:21.159
 and God's

00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.599
 character

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:23.119
 and this

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:23.639
 ultimately

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.480
 followed him

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.039
 right through

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.960
 and was

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.780
 demonstrated in

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.159
 his death

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:28.739
 and resurrection

00:34:28.739 --> 00:34:31.900
 now

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:33.480
 here's the

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.980
 here's the

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.780
 benefit for us

00:34:34.780 --> 00:34:36.039
 connected to

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.559
 Jesus

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:39.000
 united with

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.519
 him in

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.099
 faith

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:42.159
 we are

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.940
 considered by

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.719
 God to

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.339
 be true

00:34:44.339 --> 00:34:44.880
 worshippers

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.019
 we cannot

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.880
 consistently

00:34:47.880 --> 00:34:48.460
 worship

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.819
 on our

00:34:49.819 --> 00:34:50.219
 own in

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.579
 spite of

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:50.920
 our best

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.319
 efforts

00:34:51.319 --> 00:34:53.699
 but in

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.159
 Christ

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.380
 we are

00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.719
 true

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.259
 worshippers

00:34:56.259 --> 00:34:57.980
 who bring

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.579
 the Lord

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.119
 delight

00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.199
 who are up

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.679
 close and

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.259
 personal with

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.440
 him in

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.920
 relationship

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.980
 and as

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.519
 Hebrews 2

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:03.759
 says

00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:05.039
 it hasn't

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.460
 yet been

00:35:05.460 --> 00:35:06.679
 seen for

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.319
 Christ himself

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.819
 but one

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.400
 day will be

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.980
 it's true

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.420
 and one

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.160
 day will

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.480
 be seen

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:10.920
 by all

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.960
 and the

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.360
 same for

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:12.720
 us in

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.119
 Christ

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:17.039
 in the

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:17.380
 meanwhile

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:19.660
 Jesus is

00:35:19.660 --> 00:35:20.220
 both our

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.720
 model and

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:22.280
 our helper

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:24.119
 as we set

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.740
 ourselves this

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.320
 week again

00:35:25.320 --> 00:35:26.539
 to be

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:27.619
 true

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:28.240
 worshippers

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:28.960
 joyful

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.639
 worshippers

00:35:29.639 --> 00:35:32.960
 those who

00:35:32.960 --> 00:35:33.759
 reflect the

00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:34.219
 glory of

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.599
 God

00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:36.059
 in the

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:36.420
 way we

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:36.639
 live

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:36.859
 in the

00:35:36.859 --> 00:35:37.159
 way we

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.500
 speak

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.900
 in the

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:38.159
 way we

00:35:38.159 --> 00:35:38.559
 relate to

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:38.839
 others

00:35:38.839 --> 00:35:39.960
 and those

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.480
 who seek

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.799
 to enhance

00:35:41.799 --> 00:35:42.279
 the glory

00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:42.739
 of God

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.719
 as we

00:35:43.719 --> 00:35:44.199
 struggle to

00:35:44.199 --> 00:35:44.639
 do that

00:35:44.639 --> 00:35:45.000
 more and

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.219
 more and

00:35:45.219 --> 00:35:45.440
 more

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:51.259
 we have a

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.539
 helper

00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.099
 we have a

00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.359
 model

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:54.639
 and it

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.139
 will happen

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:56.400
 that's God's

00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:56.960
 promise to us

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.379
 in Christ

00:35:57.379 --> 00:35:57.980
 Hebrews 2

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:59.199
 well join me

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.519
 in prayer

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:05.719
 Lord the

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.299
 picture of

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:06.819
 worship is

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.259
 one that

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.639
 does

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:10.119
 delight us

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:12.059
 we're drawn

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.519
 into it we

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.299
 want to be

00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:14.079
 those who

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:15.719
 ascribe to

00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.019
 you the

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.819
 glory and

00:36:16.819 --> 00:36:17.359
 honour and

00:36:17.359 --> 00:36:17.799
 praise that

00:36:17.799 --> 00:36:18.299
 you deserve

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:19.480
 and yet

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.899
 Lord at the

00:36:19.899 --> 00:36:20.339
 same time

00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.819
 that picture

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.939
 tantalises us

00:36:21.939 --> 00:36:23.259
 because Lord

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:24.039
 it's so

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:25.299
 remote from

00:36:25.299 --> 00:36:26.139
 us at

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:26.779
 some points

00:36:26.779 --> 00:36:27.019
 in our

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.419
 lives

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:28.960
 we find

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.320
 ourselves

00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:29.579
 just

00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.079
 pursuing

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.320
 our

00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:30.539
 own

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:30.860
 glory

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:33.039
 or even

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.280
 Lord

00:36:33.280 --> 00:36:33.519
 thinking

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.880
 we can

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.300
 in a

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.579
 sense

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:36.740
 usurp

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:36.980
 your

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.320
 glory

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:37.579
 for

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.139
 ourselves

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:40.960
 Lord help

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.199
 us to

00:36:41.199 --> 00:36:41.500
 look to

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.800
 the Lord

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.099
 Jesus

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:42.780
 confident

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.420
 that in

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.699
 him

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:45.539
 we are

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.260
 true

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:46.800
 worshippers

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:48.420
 that united

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.880
 with him

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.639
 we have

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.860
 the power

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.240
 and the

00:36:51.240 --> 00:36:51.579
 ability

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.920
 and the

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.179
 desire

00:36:52.179 --> 00:36:52.860
 God

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.159
 given

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:53.619
 spirit

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:53.940
 driven

00:36:53.940 --> 00:36:55.179
 to

00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.480
 honour

00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:55.820
 you

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.460
 and to

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.800
 live

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.000
 in

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.400
 reflected

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.820
 glory

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:58.420
 we pray

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.639
 Lord

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:58.960
 that we

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.320
 might

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:00.000
 this

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.300
 week

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.559
 in

00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:00.900
 whatever

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.659
 circumstances

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.000
 we are

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.220
 in

00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.420
 cause

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.800
 those

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.099
 around

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.260
 us

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.400
 whether

00:37:04.400 --> 00:37:04.599
 it be

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:04.940
 family

00:37:04.940 --> 00:37:05.340
 members

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:05.760
 or the

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.000
 wider

00:37:06.000 --> 00:37:06.460
 community

00:37:06.460 --> 00:37:07.840
 to see

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.260
 something

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.639
 of the

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:08.960
 glory

00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:09.460
 of God

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.400
 in the

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.700
 way we

00:37:10.700 --> 00:37:11.119
 speak

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.679
 and the

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:11.960
 way we

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.320
 conduct

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.840
 ourselves

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:15.460
 and we

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.840
 pray this

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.200
 in Jesus

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:16.519
 name

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.920
 Amen

00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:18.420
 Amen