WEBVTT 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:07.140 One of the things I wanted us to think about is what is an appropriate response to situations? 00:00:08.040 --> 00:00:10.460 So, let's try a couple of those things. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:19.379 Suppose you are at Concert Hall in Chicago and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has done a fantastic performance. 00:00:19.940 --> 00:00:24.620 They have really played very, very well and then the concert comes to an end. 00:00:24.620 --> 00:00:34.780 What would be an appropriate response for those in the audience in response to this superb performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra? 00:00:35.340 --> 00:00:40.120 Well, normally it's strong, firm applaud. 00:00:41.060 --> 00:00:48.680 In some cases, you may even have a standing ovation to show your appreciation for the orchestra. 00:00:48.679 --> 00:01:02.719 I remember, I wasn't there, but I've read about it, a time when Fritz Weiner gave one of his performances and he received a standing ovation for over 35 minutes. 00:01:03.600 --> 00:01:13.299 That is, the congregation, the audience stood up and for 35 minutes applauded him and the orchestra for their superb job. 00:01:13.299 --> 00:01:19.859 So, what's the appropriate response if they do a very lousy job? 00:01:20.379 --> 00:01:21.700 Not rotten tomatoes. 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:27.060 You forgive them and you pray for them that they get better. 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:30.879 Let's think of something else. 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:36.239 One of my great loves, namely soccer. 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:51.839 When two teams are playing very hard and it's the end of the season and it determines championship and somebody scores a goal, what is the right response in that situation? 00:01:52.759 --> 00:01:59.159 Well, it depends on which country you're in, but one common response is to sing ole, ole, ole. 00:01:59.879 --> 00:02:02.719 And that's responding to soccer. 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:23.460 If the Queen of England were having, if she was having a newspaper, a news announcement to make and the newspaper men were there and they're all waiting for her to arrive and somebody walks in and says, 00:02:24.020 --> 00:02:29.520 Her Majesty the Queen, and she walks in, what is the appropriate response there? 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:33.820 Well, most of them, they would stand up out of respect. 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:39.460 And if she was knighting somebody, then they would normally kneel. 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.760 So, there are various ways of responding to various situations. 00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:48.260 My question this morning is, how should we respond to God? 00:02:49.020 --> 00:02:51.980 And, of course, the Bible describes many responses to God. 00:02:51.979 --> 00:02:59.819 This morning, I thought we would just look at Psalm 95 and focus on this response. 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:01.479 It's not the only response. 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:04.599 It's only one, but it's a very important one. 00:03:05.099 --> 00:03:07.979 And it happens to be in the book of Psalms. 00:03:09.739 --> 00:03:13.079 Psalm 95 is a marvelous work of literature. 00:03:13.799 --> 00:03:16.500 It's a splendid piece of poetry. 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:18.199 Watch with me. 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.639 What's the first word in verse 1? 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:23.199 Come. 00:03:25.060 --> 00:03:27.079 What's the first word in verse 6? 00:03:28.019 --> 00:03:28.359 Come. 00:03:30.019 --> 00:03:37.899 In verse 1, after the word come, we have a series of verbs that begin with, 00:03:37.899 --> 00:03:41.500 Let us sing for joy to the Lord. 00:03:41.959 --> 00:03:44.560 Let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation. 00:03:45.219 --> 00:03:47.899 Let us come before him with thanksgiving. 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:50.439 These are called cohortatives in grammar. 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.299 And if you turn to verse 6. 00:03:54.959 --> 00:03:55.259 Come. 00:03:55.899 --> 00:03:57.179 Let us bow down. 00:03:57.759 --> 00:03:58.839 Let us worship. 00:03:59.339 --> 00:04:00.239 Let us kneel. 00:04:00.859 --> 00:04:01.839 Three cohortatives. 00:04:02.799 --> 00:04:05.859 And then, in verse 3. 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:10.299 Verse 3 begins with the word for or because. 00:04:10.300 --> 00:04:10.660 Because. 00:04:11.260 --> 00:04:16.300 And verse 7 begins with the word for or because. 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:20.819 So, looking at it as a piece of poem, it's an invitation. 00:04:21.520 --> 00:04:21.800 Come. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:23.360 Exhortation. 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:24.340 Let us. 00:04:24.780 --> 00:04:25.699 And explanation. 00:04:26.300 --> 00:04:26.580 Because. 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:28.519 So, invitation. 00:04:31.939 --> 00:04:32.540 Exhortation. 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:33.480 Explanation. 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:35.879 And then, followed by a second. 00:04:37.319 --> 00:04:37.920 Invitation. 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:40.000 Exhortation. 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:41.000 Explanation. 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:46.540 I want us to look first at the first seven verses of this psalm. 00:04:46.980 --> 00:04:49.379 So, what is happening in the first invitation? 00:04:49.900 --> 00:04:50.560 Four verbs. 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:51.080 Come. 00:04:51.860 --> 00:04:54.220 Let us sing for joy to the Lord. 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:58.259 Let us shout aloud to the rock of our salvation. 00:04:58.259 --> 00:05:01.240 Let us come before him with thanksgiving. 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:05.719 Let us extol him with music and song. 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:08.980 We are clearly invited to worship God. 00:05:09.300 --> 00:05:10.339 We are called. 00:05:10.480 --> 00:05:12.379 We are invited to worship God. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:17.099 And as we look at this worship of God, is it musical? 00:05:18.019 --> 00:05:18.379 Yes. 00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:19.199 It is singing. 00:05:20.459 --> 00:05:23.279 Is it loud or soft? 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:24.399 It's loud. 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:25.779 Shout aloud. 00:05:25.779 --> 00:05:29.339 Does it have words? 00:05:29.699 --> 00:05:29.959 Yes. 00:05:30.119 --> 00:05:30.559 Thanksgiving. 00:05:31.539 --> 00:05:32.759 Does it have music? 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:33.879 Yes. 00:05:34.619 --> 00:05:36.759 Let us extol him with music and song. 00:05:37.739 --> 00:05:40.299 So, that is the first invitation to worship. 00:05:41.019 --> 00:05:46.319 In the Middle East, you could do all these three things and it still would not be an invitation. 00:05:47.339 --> 00:05:52.539 There is something going on in the Middle East that is very similar to this, but it's the opposite. 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:55.379 It is musical. 00:05:55.379 --> 00:05:56.900 It is loud. 00:05:56.900 --> 00:05:58.480 It uses words. 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:01.879 But the word for it is dirge. 00:06:02.640 --> 00:06:04.560 Dirge is a funeral. 00:06:05.600 --> 00:06:15.460 So, for example, if a person dies and then the family wants to carry the coffin from the home to the cemetery, 00:06:15.459 --> 00:06:20.919 they walk usually and they carry the coffin on their shoulders. 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:29.319 And strangely enough, you can actually hire professional mourners. 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:41.899 They will march in front of the group and will sing out loud, musically, the virtues of this man. 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:43.620 What a great loss. 00:06:44.240 --> 00:06:45.920 He was kind to his children. 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:47.839 What a great loss. 00:06:48.459 --> 00:06:51.379 He was a faithful member of society. 00:06:51.579 --> 00:06:52.620 What a great loss. 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:54.500 He was a godly Christian. 00:06:54.719 --> 00:06:55.620 What a great loss. 00:06:55.620 --> 00:07:02.439 And this goes on and this singing goes on until they get to the cemetery. 00:07:03.340 --> 00:07:06.420 So, what's the difference between this and a dirge? 00:07:07.280 --> 00:07:10.040 The difference is one thing that I left out. 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:12.620 It is in the very first verse. 00:07:13.079 --> 00:07:17.920 Come, not just let us sing, but let us sing for joy. 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:29.920 So, the first way to worship God is to sing with joy, loudly, musically, with instruments. 00:07:30.939 --> 00:07:36.780 I realize that the minute you mention music, there will be a split. 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:40.620 Some people like classical music. 00:07:41.080 --> 00:07:42.900 Some people like country and western. 00:07:42.899 --> 00:07:47.879 I won't tell you in which camp I am, but you'll figure out very, very soon. 00:07:51.719 --> 00:07:54.259 Some people like loud music. 00:07:54.739 --> 00:07:56.379 Some like soft music. 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:58.039 Some like a cappella. 00:07:58.560 --> 00:07:59.599 Some like choir. 00:08:00.599 --> 00:08:07.319 And so, when it comes to music, you have people with strong ideas as to what worship is really like. 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:14.139 When I was young, my family used to be confused by me. 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:16.800 I mean, I remember this conversation. 00:08:17.899 --> 00:08:22.579 My mom and dad saying to themselves, what's wrong with our son? 00:08:23.600 --> 00:08:26.719 He likes Bach and Tchaikovsky more than Elvis. 00:08:28.420 --> 00:08:30.039 How can that be? 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:33.080 You know, he's only four years old. 00:08:33.300 --> 00:08:35.240 He should be rocking and rolling. 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:37.420 But he doesn't. 00:08:37.560 --> 00:08:39.560 Given the choice, he turned to Tchaikovsky. 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:45.539 Well, I loved classical music. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:50.659 Do I like country and western? 00:08:52.659 --> 00:08:55.019 Oh, I'm a charitable man. 00:08:55.019 --> 00:09:00.960 I'm willing to lie and say yes. 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:08.679 So, he wants us to worship him with rejoicing. 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:10.439 That's the key. 00:09:11.059 --> 00:09:13.340 We worship him with rejoicing. 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:16.559 It's not, oh, no, it's Sunday morning. 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.519 I have to go to church. 00:09:19.439 --> 00:09:24.319 You know, mom, dad, I just want you to know that the minute I turn 18, I'm going to stop. 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:27.300 You know, it's not this, it's not that. 00:09:27.660 --> 00:09:29.220 It is with rejoicing. 00:09:29.780 --> 00:09:31.060 It is with celebration. 00:09:31.800 --> 00:09:34.400 It's like, you know, John Philip Sousa. 00:09:34.980 --> 00:09:38.220 If you know who he is, great march composer, American. 00:09:39.140 --> 00:09:44.080 So, what God wants to do is to worship him with rejoicing. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:46.060 Stop for a minute. 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:48.100 Let's go to verse 6. 00:09:48.680 --> 00:09:50.720 And let's see the second invitation. 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:53.800 How does God want us to worship him now? 00:09:55.280 --> 00:09:56.879 Let us bow down. 00:09:57.160 --> 00:09:58.480 I'm reading from the NIV. 00:09:58.740 --> 00:10:01.760 The NIV says, let us bow down in worship. 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:05.379 Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker. 00:10:06.100 --> 00:10:07.820 Is bowing down musical? 00:10:08.440 --> 00:10:08.820 No. 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:10.680 Does it use words? 00:10:11.300 --> 00:10:11.680 No. 00:10:12.340 --> 00:10:13.620 Is it loud? 00:10:14.340 --> 00:10:14.720 No. 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:16.480 It's none of these things. 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.360 He is describing another style of worship. 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:31.440 This kind of worship involves bowing down, kneeling, and in the middle between those two words, 00:10:31.899 --> 00:10:33.840 there's a very difficult Hebrew word. 00:10:33.840 --> 00:10:35.620 Even scholars get it wrong sometimes. 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:37.720 It's the verb, hishtahweh. 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:45.280 Hishtahweh means to prostrate yourself on the ground before the great king. 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:48.040 To prostrate yourself. 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:57.679 If I got off here and got down there and laid flat with my face to the ground, that is hishtahweh. 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:02.579 So, what should we do here in verse 6? 00:11:02.580 --> 00:11:04.320 We bow down. 00:11:04.840 --> 00:11:05.520 We kneel. 00:11:06.020 --> 00:11:07.480 We prostrate ourselves. 00:11:10.040 --> 00:11:14.500 These three verbs describe body language. 00:11:15.280 --> 00:11:19.540 We are using our body to communicate ideas. 00:11:19.539 --> 00:11:25.439 We all can communicate non-verbally. 00:11:26.579 --> 00:11:29.419 We can communicate ideas without having to use words. 00:11:30.699 --> 00:11:38.039 So, for example, applauding is communicating an idea with your body without using words. 00:11:39.500 --> 00:11:40.679 Standing ovations. 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:47.079 You know, any presidential election like this. 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:51.120 If you remember Nixon, you know, means I won. 00:11:52.920 --> 00:11:58.980 So, he wants us to bow down, kneel, or prostrate ourselves. 00:11:59.800 --> 00:12:02.280 What idea are we communicating? 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.600 Submission and reverence. 00:12:06.520 --> 00:12:12.000 So, he has described two kinds of worship, two ideas of worship. 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:16.200 With rejoicing and celebration. 00:12:16.980 --> 00:12:19.820 With reverence and submission. 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:28.039 When you look at this, you will find out some people who say, 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:31.960 I prefer a loud form of worship. 00:12:33.080 --> 00:12:36.980 Others may say, I prefer a quiet form of worship. 00:12:36.980 --> 00:12:41.720 I would like our worship to be more charismatic. 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:48.440 I would like our worship to be more quiet and serious. 00:12:49.060 --> 00:12:55.860 I remember I was in London the day before Christmas visiting my family. 00:12:55.860 --> 00:12:58.960 And we were just touring. 00:12:59.300 --> 00:13:01.259 And we were in Westminster Abbey. 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:04.460 And at five o'clock, the abbey closed. 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:07.639 Because it was December the 24th. 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:15.440 As we were leaving, I overheard an usher saying that there is going to be an evening service. 00:13:15.440 --> 00:13:18.980 And so, I asked if anybody could come. 00:13:19.100 --> 00:13:19.940 And they said yes. 00:13:20.420 --> 00:13:25.720 So, my cousin and I, both of us believers, decided to attend the evening service. 00:13:26.260 --> 00:13:30.740 I think it was the most solemn service I had ever heard. 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:34.860 But it was fabulous. 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:37.040 It was fabulous. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:47.779 But, last week, in chapel, the choir, the gospel choir was singing. 00:13:48.319 --> 00:13:49.579 And they were all clapping. 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.939 And they were all swinging. 00:13:51.620 --> 00:13:54.179 And I'm a very reserved person. 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:58.099 You know, I mean, if I wink, that's too much. 00:13:58.899 --> 00:14:00.159 I am stiff. 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:04.679 I can't, you know, I can't swing. 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:09.719 You know, when I was growing up, dancing was not considered intellectual. 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.000 You know. 00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:15.500 So, I'd rather wanted to be, you know, to listen to Wagner than to listen to Elvis. 00:14:16.839 --> 00:14:22.799 But, I was thinking such different styles and all kinds of things in between. 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:35.500 God is not saying either worship me with rejoicing or worship me with reverence. 00:14:35.859 --> 00:14:41.399 He is not saying find which one you like and then do it and ignore the other one. 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.059 He is saying worship me both ways. 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:47.039 Do I find it easy? 00:14:47.319 --> 00:14:48.000 I'll be honest with you. 00:14:48.120 --> 00:14:50.259 Do I find it easy to lift up my hands? 00:14:50.439 --> 00:14:51.179 No, I don't. 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:52.539 Do I do it? 00:14:52.719 --> 00:14:53.000 Yes. 00:14:53.219 --> 00:14:53.959 Why do I do it? 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.319 Because God tells me to do it. 00:14:56.120 --> 00:15:05.659 So, even though it's not comforting, even though it's not comfortable, I find myself needing to obey God and to expand the ways I worship God. 00:15:06.299 --> 00:15:10.579 If I'm not comfortable in a charismatic setting, well, I need to learn how to become comfortable. 00:15:11.199 --> 00:15:16.079 And if I'm not comfortable in a Church of England setting, I need to learn how to become comfortable. 00:15:16.459 --> 00:15:20.299 We can't say, well, this is what I like and so I'm not going to try anything else. 00:15:20.299 --> 00:15:21.799 We're not given this option. 00:15:21.919 --> 00:15:23.639 He says, do this and do this. 00:15:24.899 --> 00:15:30.079 And so we are to worship God with both rejoicing and with reverence. 00:15:30.459 --> 00:15:32.240 I worry about us sometimes. 00:15:32.979 --> 00:15:36.839 I keep thinking, I wonder when it's going to happen. 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:41.620 When Ben says, for the next five minutes, we're not going to do anything. 00:15:42.060 --> 00:15:44.480 We're just going to have total silence. 00:15:46.160 --> 00:15:48.220 And then I wonder, what will happen then? 00:15:48.780 --> 00:15:50.560 Will everybody get fidgety? 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:52.759 Will everybody become nervous? 00:15:53.300 --> 00:15:54.620 Will people start coughing? 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:55.460 Will everyone speak? 00:15:55.460 --> 00:16:01.779 Will everybody say, well, I think maybe I'll beat Ben to the punch and for the next five minutes in the sermon, I'll say nothing. 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:03.799 Just see what you would do. 00:16:05.600 --> 00:16:06.899 But it is. 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:10.259 Let me tell you something else. 00:16:10.259 --> 00:16:15.039 the Assyrians were very powerful in the ancient 00:16:15.039 --> 00:16:18.939 new east and Assyria invaded Israel four times 00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:22.379 actually one of the things the Assyrians did 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:26.919 was when they conquered a people they would get the king or the 00:16:26.919 --> 00:16:29.600 general or whoever is the highest ranking officer 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:35.000 in the concrete that they conquered and they would make that 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:38.860 royalty prostrate himself on the ground in the way it's described 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:42.300 in the psalm and then the Assyrian king would come 00:16:42.300 --> 00:16:46.779 and put his foot on the neck of the conquered 00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:50.600 leader. There was no doubt as who won 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:54.740 and who lost. They knew who was 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:57.779 victorious and who was defeated. 00:17:00.419 --> 00:17:02.920 We should have a very clear 00:17:02.920 --> 00:17:05.740 idea in our own minds who is king and who is not. 00:17:05.740 --> 00:17:12.599 We are not king. We're not even king in a small domain. God is king. 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:19.019 And God wants us to kneel and to prostrate ourselves and to acknowledge. 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:21.599 God wants us to 00:17:21.599 --> 00:17:26.420 treat him with respect and reverence. 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:30.799 The very same Bible that says come let us sing for joy. 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:37.019 Let us shout aloud. The very same Bible says the Lord is in his holy temple. 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:42.339 Let all the earth be silent. It is not either or. It is both. 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:49.240 And so we rejoice and then we also revere. 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:52.240 But then why should we rejoice or revere? 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:54.759 What's the reason for worshiping God to begin with? 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.960 Let's take a look at verse 3. 00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:59.180 3 through 5. 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:01.000 That's the reason. 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:03.299 It begins with 4 or 00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:04.140 because. 00:18:04.839 --> 00:18:06.480 Do it this way because. 00:18:07.420 --> 00:18:09.539 Because the Lord is a great God. 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:11.059 The great king 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.539 above all gods. 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:15.279 In his hands are the depths 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:15.920 of the earth. 00:18:16.700 --> 00:18:18.579 The mountain peaks belong to him. 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:20.399 The sea is his. 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.819 He made it. 00:18:22.299 --> 00:18:24.619 And his hands formed the dry land. 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:26.599 If you only look at 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:27.659 verse 5. 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:28.579 That's enough clue. 00:18:29.419 --> 00:18:30.899 If the sea is his. 00:18:31.079 --> 00:18:32.299 If he made the sea. 00:18:32.659 --> 00:18:35.039 And his hands formed the dry land. 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:37.199 What does that make God? 00:18:38.299 --> 00:18:38.859 Creator. 00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:42.699 He is the creator of the universe. 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:47.960 I will be very honest with you. 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:49.740 I am not an outdoors people. 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.700 After I see two trees. 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.600 I am bored. 00:18:52.860 --> 00:18:54.579 All trees start to look the same. 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.980 I would rather be in a museum. 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.039 Than in a. 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.019 You know. 00:18:59.100 --> 00:18:59.980 In a state park. 00:19:00.519 --> 00:19:01.039 That's just. 00:19:01.240 --> 00:19:02.299 That's just the way I am. 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:04.019 I would rather see a painting. 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:05.940 I would rather see a painting about trees. 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:07.119 Than a real tree. 00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:08.460 You know. 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.440 But. 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:12.659 But I have a daughter. 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.220 Who said. 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.819 You have grandchildren. 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:18.000 They should know you better. 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:20.299 You are coming with us to Adler. 00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.740 In Chicago. 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.899 And I was just amazed. 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:28.119 And it dawned on me. 00:19:28.119 --> 00:19:30.000 All these wonderful things. 00:19:30.219 --> 00:19:31.559 That they were trying to teach us about. 00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:33.239 All that. 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:35.719 Was because God said one sentence. 00:19:35.919 --> 00:19:36.539 Let there be. 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.979 Just one sentence. 00:19:42.059 --> 00:19:42.539 I. 00:19:42.679 --> 00:19:42.859 I. 00:19:42.979 --> 00:19:43.779 I was stunned. 00:19:43.899 --> 00:19:44.079 I mean. 00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:45.259 I was in awe. 00:19:45.959 --> 00:19:47.399 What a great creator. 00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:48.679 Well. 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.959 If you can't go to Adler. 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.399 Maybe you need to take a walk. 00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.579 On the beach. 00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:53.219 In the morning. 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.619 And see the sunrise. 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.839 Or the sunset. 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.959 And remember. 00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:59.819 God is the one who did all this. 00:20:01.939 --> 00:20:03.959 So wherever you find nature. 00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:07.039 One of the things I did. 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.659 Was to take. 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:10.439 Was to go regularly. 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.199 To. 00:20:12.939 --> 00:20:13.379 Zoos. 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:16.179 To show my children. 00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:18.099 The great variety of animals. 00:20:18.819 --> 00:20:19.919 I used to think that. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.839 A dog is a dog. 00:20:21.579 --> 00:20:21.799 You know. 00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.299 And that's all. 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.619 Do you know how many kinds of dogs there are? 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:27.759 Over 290 dogs. 00:20:28.599 --> 00:20:29.119 Kinds. 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:30.519 And that's just one. 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:33.739 We haven't started with cats. 00:20:34.259 --> 00:20:35.159 Or birds. 00:20:37.579 --> 00:20:38.939 God is the creator. 00:20:40.159 --> 00:20:41.500 He is the great king. 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.719 Above all the gods. 00:20:43.159 --> 00:20:44.559 If you don't believe in God. 00:20:44.679 --> 00:20:46.039 If you believe in several gods. 00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:46.979 The question is. 00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:48.699 How do you know you have enough gods? 00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:52.200 When is your pantheon big enough? 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.640 At which point you say. 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:55.120 We have all the gods we need. 00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.980 We don't need any more. 00:20:56.840 --> 00:20:57.160 Well. 00:20:57.640 --> 00:21:00.100 If you are an agricultural society. 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:01.680 You need a god for rain. 00:21:01.840 --> 00:21:03.000 A god for fertility. 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.519 A god for the soil. 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.759 A god for the wind. 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:07.740 And so you have all these gods. 00:21:07.860 --> 00:21:09.340 To help you take care of nature. 00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:11.980 So you end up with a committee. 00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.700 Working on creation. 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:16.380 And those of us. 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.259 Like myself. 00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:18.360 Who is on three committees. 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:20.480 Because I don't know how to say no. 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:22.400 To my university. 00:21:23.360 --> 00:21:23.680 You know. 00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:25.700 We know what happens in committees. 00:21:26.700 --> 00:21:27.880 If you are not informed. 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:28.660 Come talk to me. 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:30.920 I do counseling on the side. 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:31.039 But. 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.140 So. 00:21:35.300 --> 00:21:36.820 They have got five gods. 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:38.279 Trying to take care. 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:40.480 Of the world. 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.380 So. 00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.660 If you happen to have volcanoes. 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.880 You add an extra god. 00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:45.779 Because you have the god of volcanoes. 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.720 And if you have desert. 00:21:46.900 --> 00:21:48.000 You have another god. 00:21:48.060 --> 00:21:49.180 And that is the god of the desert. 00:21:49.180 --> 00:21:52.080 And god knows where the list stops. 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.779 But in this case. 00:21:54.220 --> 00:21:56.160 God does everything. 00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.320 All by himself. 00:21:58.580 --> 00:22:00.080 God as creator. 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:03.460 God takes care of every activity in nature. 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:06.139 They need ten gods. 00:22:07.139 --> 00:22:08.480 He only needs himself. 00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:13.220 That's why he is the great king. 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.319 Above all the gods. 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:16.220 Because in his hands. 00:22:16.419 --> 00:22:17.199 Are the depths. 00:22:17.679 --> 00:22:18.519 Depths are low. 00:22:18.939 --> 00:22:20.179 And the mountain peaks. 00:22:20.659 --> 00:22:21.720 Down and up. 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.579 Looking at space. 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:25.299 Down and up. 00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.699 Vertically. 00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:29.740 The sea is his. 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.360 He made it. 00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:32.319 And his hand formed the dry land. 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.779 Sea and dry land. 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.620 Looking at it horizontally. 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:37.400 All of space. 00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.779 Is in god's hand. 00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.740 All of space. 00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:41.640 Is in god's hand. 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:43.200 And he's the great creator. 00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:45.640 So why should we worship god? 00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:47.400 Because god is great. 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.620 Because god is creator. 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:50.080 Because god is much bigger. 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:51.720 Than anything we can even. 00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.640 Imagine. 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:54.700 God is our god. 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.960 But that might make him seem. 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.259 Transcendent. 00:22:57.420 --> 00:22:57.980 And far. 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.680 And aloof. 00:22:58.820 --> 00:22:59.640 And over there. 00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:01.200 And not close enough. 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:03.040 So let's take a look at verse. 00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.800 Six and seven. 00:23:06.580 --> 00:23:08.420 How should we worship god now? 00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:10.440 Come let us bow down. 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.259 Let us prostrate ourselves. 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:13.860 Let us kneel before the lord. 00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.420 Our maker. 00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:16.900 He's still admitting that god is our maker. 00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:19.680 Because he is our god. 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:22.300 And he's not their god. 00:23:22.540 --> 00:23:24.740 Or some other group's god. 00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:26.920 He is our personal. 00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:28.420 Possessive pronoun. 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.280 Our. 00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:30.500 Our. 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:34.200 He is our god. 00:23:34.600 --> 00:23:37.180 And we are the people of his pasture. 00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.900 The flock under his care. 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:42.920 If we are the flock. 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:45.740 And if we are the sheep. 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.799 What does that make god? 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.859 The shepherd. 00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:52.579 And not just any shepherd. 00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.660 The personal shepherd. 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.120 Our shepherd. 00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:59.240 This is not a new idea. 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:02.400 If you've been reading in the book of Psalms. 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.299 By the time you get. 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.740 Psalm 23rd. 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:07.599 The lord is my shepherd. 00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:11.440 And if you're reading in the gospels. 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.799 And you get to the gospel of john. 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:15.059 I am the good shepherd. 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.539 Says Jesus. 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:19.539 I was reading that this morning. 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.839 Doing my devotionals in john. 00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.440 And so it came up. 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.460 The passage was. 00:24:24.859 --> 00:24:26.140 I am the good shepherd. 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.160 And I. 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.839 And he says. 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:29.299 He wants to protect us. 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:31.940 He wants to take care of us. 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:34.079 He wants to feed us. 00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:36.039 He wants to lead us. 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:37.480 He wants to be. 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.940 Our good shepherd. 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:41.740 I found that. 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.240 Myself. 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:43.640 Very very touched. 00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.160 By God. 00:24:44.360 --> 00:24:45.519 By that passage. 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.620 I. 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:50.580 Did not grow up. 00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.559 In a family. 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.720 Where my relationship. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.519 With my dad. 00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:55.120 Was affectionate. 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.840 We were not. 00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.200 I. 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:58.059 I am sad. 00:24:58.180 --> 00:24:58.640 To say. 00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:00.140 That as far. 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:01.120 As I know. 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.779 And my dad. 00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:02.620 Also knows it. 00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:04.519 Because he told me. 00:25:04.640 --> 00:25:05.559 Before he passed away. 00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.679 He never said. 00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.379 I love you. 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.960 He tried to show it. 00:25:10.539 --> 00:25:11.819 But he never said. 00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.500 I love you. 00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.879 And so. 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.919 It dawned on me. 00:25:15.779 --> 00:25:16.759 That the way. 00:25:16.919 --> 00:25:17.960 To gain his love. 00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:19.799 Is to get good grades. 00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.440 In school. 00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:23.599 And that was easy. 00:25:23.679 --> 00:25:24.039 For me. 00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:26.419 If I had a hard time. 00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.099 Getting good grades. 00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.700 It would have been. 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:28.539 The double problem. 00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.200 I can't get grades. 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.119 And I can't please him. 00:25:31.399 --> 00:25:32.359 But I could please him. 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:33.139 With good grades. 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.980 And so. 00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.720 It became. 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:37.319 A relationship. 00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.880 Of. 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.380 The need. 00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.519 To prove myself. 00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.880 The need. 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.640 To perform. 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.559 The need. 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.099 To show. 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:47.299 And one of the. 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:49.500 Major turning points. 00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:50.980 In my spiritual life. 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.400 Was reading. 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.240 Romans 8. 00:25:53.880 --> 00:25:55.299 Who can separate us. 00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.339 From the love of God. 00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:59.200 The great discovery. 00:25:59.400 --> 00:25:59.660 Was. 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.180 My heavenly father. 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:02.059 Doesn't love me. 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:02.779 The same way. 00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:05.139 Or shows it differently. 00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:07.019 Than my earthly father. 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:09.359 I remember reading that. 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.160 For the first time. 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.619 And saying. 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.639 I don't believe it. 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:12.500 It's too good. 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.240 That is not. 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.299 That has not been. 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.359 My experience. 00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:18.359 But. 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.859 The passage concludes. 00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.139 With. 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.819 Who can separate us. 00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.839 From the love of God. 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.379 And the answer is. 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.700 Nobody. 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.639 We cannot. 00:26:26.879 --> 00:26:27.480 Be separated. 00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.420 From the love of God. 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.019 God. 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.420 God. 00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:29.779 God. 00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.900 And it dawned on me. 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.640 That. 00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:34.100 That is the love. 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.779 That he. 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.380 That good shepherd. 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.259 Has. 00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.600 For his flock. 00:26:40.060 --> 00:26:41.140 God loves us. 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:42.340 Because he's the good shepherd. 00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.440 Not the evil shepherd. 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:45.100 Not the indifferent shepherd. 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.160 But the good shepherd. 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.480 And now the psalmist. 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.039 Is saying. 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:49.840 We. 00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:50.840 Worship him. 00:26:50.940 --> 00:26:51.640 With rejoicing. 00:26:51.800 --> 00:26:53.039 Because he's the great creator. 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.720 We. 00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.740 Worship him. 00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.420 With reverence. 00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.300 Because he is. 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.240 Our shepherd. 00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:59.460 And we are the flock. 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:00.000 Of his. 00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.220 Pasture. 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.000 The flock. 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.660 Of his pasture. 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.120 The flock. 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.680 Of his hand. 00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.120 Well this is such. 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:09.240 A wonderful note. 00:27:10.099 --> 00:27:11.059 But regrettably. 00:27:11.299 --> 00:27:12.259 It goes on. 00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.599 To the next half. 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:15.299 And the next half. 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.039 In a nutshell. 00:27:16.339 --> 00:27:17.180 Is a warning. 00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:18.140 Today. 00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.599 If you hear his voice. 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.620 Don't. 00:27:20.799 --> 00:27:21.940 Harden your hearts. 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.940 And then. 00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.660 An example. 00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.779 In history. 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:27.319 From people. 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.059 Who hardened. 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.879 Their hearts. 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.839 I was trying to think. 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.660 To myself. 00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:33.180 Have I ever experienced. 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.579 A hardened heart. 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:36.000 Did I ever. 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.220 In my life. 00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:37.639 Think. 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.819 That my heart. 00:27:38.899 --> 00:27:39.819 Was so hardened. 00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:41.859 That I couldn't sense. 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.399 I couldn't feel. 00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.960 Anymore. 00:27:44.160 --> 00:27:44.399 And. 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.420 I did. 00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.700 I'll. 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.579 Share that experience. 00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.000 With you. 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.639 In 1969. 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.680 I was trained. 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.020 To be. 00:27:52.340 --> 00:27:52.960 To go. 00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.620 As a medic. 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.220 To Vietnam. 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.820 So we had. 00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.280 To learn. 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.180 How to take care. 00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.920 Of wounds. 00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.280 Collapsed lungs. 00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.280 Broken legs. 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.240 Shattered jaws. 00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.720 All of these things. 00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:04.900 And. 00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.520 To help us. 00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:07.759 Obviously. 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:08.640 They couldn't do it. 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:09.520 With real people. 00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.160 So they showed us. 00:28:11.520 --> 00:28:12.080 Movies. 00:28:12.780 --> 00:28:13.480 Of people. 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.620 With collapsed lungs. 00:28:15.500 --> 00:28:16.060 Films. 00:28:16.900 --> 00:28:17.800 Educational films. 00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:18.759 With broken legs. 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:20.059 I remember the first time. 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.660 I did that. 00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.720 I passed out. 00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.339 I fainted. 00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.519 And. 00:28:24.660 --> 00:28:25.599 And the sergeant says. 00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.420 Come on. 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:26.720 Masuk. 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.440 We don't have time. 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:27.859 To faint. 00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.859 And I said. 00:28:29.900 --> 00:28:30.059 Well. 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.519 I'm sorry. 00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.579 I'm a sensitive person. 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:31.879 You know. 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.319 These things. 00:28:33.379 --> 00:28:34.059 And he said. 00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:34.339 Well. 00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.220 You see it. 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.000 Fifteen times. 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.240 Don't. 00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.160 Not KP. 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.299 Kitchen police. 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.180 But your punishment. 00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:42.539 Is. 00:28:43.119 --> 00:28:43.359 See it. 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.140 Fifteen times. 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.220 So. 00:28:45.879 --> 00:28:46.519 All of us. 00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:46.720 Who. 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.539 Just felt. 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:48.680 Weak. 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.039 And. 00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.400 Dizzy. 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.359 Sat. 00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.940 And watched. 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.559 The same thing. 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.019 Again. 00:28:53.180 --> 00:28:53.579 And again. 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.140 And again. 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.579 And again. 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:56.960 After the fifteenth time. 00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:58.000 It didn't bother me anymore. 00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.420 I realized. 00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.180 That something. 00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.160 Inside me. 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.200 Had died. 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.940 And that. 00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:06.900 Seeing someone. 00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.900 With a broken leg. 00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:09.099 Didn't bother me. 00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.440 Well. 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.879 It's good. 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.400 If you're a medic. 00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.379 Because you have to work. 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:12.779 On them. 00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:15.299 But in human relationships. 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.059 It's not good. 00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.099 God. 00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.579 And here. 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.099 He's saying. 00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.980 Don't harden your hearts. 00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:23.039 And the lesson. 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.779 From history. 00:29:24.019 --> 00:29:24.480 Is of course. 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.639 Moses' generation. 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.200 That refused. 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.819 To enter. 00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.220 The promised land. 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.879 So. 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:31.000 It didn't matter. 00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:32.579 What God did. 00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.559 To prove. 00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:35.359 That he is their God. 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.379 That he is the good shepherd. 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.579 They kept rejecting him. 00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.919 Today. 00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.879 If you hear his voice. 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:41.319 Don't harden your hearts. 00:29:41.539 --> 00:29:42.019 Verse seven. 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.940 Verse eight. 00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:44.380 Don't harden your hearts. 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.700 As you did. 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.360 At Meriba. 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.720 As you did that day. 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.340 At Masa. 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.299 In the desert. 00:29:50.259 --> 00:29:50.880 Your fathers. 00:29:51.120 --> 00:29:51.660 Tested. 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.559 And tried me. 00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.240 That's bad enough. 00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.500 Even though. 00:29:55.600 --> 00:29:56.180 They had seen. 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:57.340 What I did for them. 00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.460 Ten plagues. 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:01.299 Parting of the Red Sea. 00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.940 And they still. 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.420 Didn't believe in God. 00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.960 So his response. 00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:08.440 Is for 40 years. 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.380 I was angry. 00:30:09.380 --> 00:30:10.400 With that generation. 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:13.380 And they did not enter. 00:30:13.540 --> 00:30:14.400 My promised land. 00:30:15.040 --> 00:30:16.780 I want you to go to the warning. 00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:17.220 Today. 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.400 If you hear his voice. 00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.460 Don't harden your hearts. 00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:24.460 Can you hire people. 00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.980 To sing hymns. 00:30:26.280 --> 00:30:27.580 But not mean it. 00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:29.120 Can you hire. 00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:30.660 Professional musicians. 00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.800 To sing. 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.860 But not mean it. 00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.519 Yes. 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:37.460 Can you hire people. 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.940 Who are willing to kneel. 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:40.559 Yes. 00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.680 I remember. 00:30:42.860 --> 00:30:43.259 In the movie. 00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:44.660 The greatest story ever told. 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.140 The Roman centurion. 00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:47.100 Who is presiding. 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:47.559 Over. 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.680 The crucifixion. 00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:50.160 Of Jesus. 00:30:50.980 --> 00:30:51.600 They hired. 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.120 The most wrong person. 00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.740 For that. 00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:54.940 I mean. 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.340 They really missed. 00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.880 The point. 00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.559 That soldier. 00:30:58.759 --> 00:31:00.039 Was John Wayne. 00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.980 So with his. 00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.740 Texan. 00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:04.080 Cowboy accent. 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:06.019 He says. 00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:06.860 Surely. 00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.440 This man. 00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:08.660 Was the son of God. 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.759 I said. 00:31:09.820 --> 00:31:10.259 Oh come on. 00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:10.900 Hire somebody. 00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:11.700 Who is Italian. 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:12.200 Who could. 00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:12.940 You know. 00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:14.180 Or Jewish. 00:31:14.420 --> 00:31:14.900 Or somebody. 00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.340 Roman. 00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:15.840 You know. 00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.000 One. 00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:17.700 John Wayne. 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.059 Like this is a cowboy movie. 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.500 Does John Wayne. 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.600 Believe in Jesus. 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.180 I don't know. 00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:25.620 If I see him in heaven. 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:25.960 I'll. 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:27.000 I'll know the answer then. 00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.920 Did they hire him. 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.320 Because. 00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.000 He believed in Jesus. 00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:34.019 I don't know. 00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:35.019 Why did they hire him. 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.980 Because they paid him. 00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:38.299 It is possible. 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.079 To do things. 00:31:39.640 --> 00:31:40.120 Externally. 00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.160 It is possible. 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:41.960 To do things. 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.039 Externally. 00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.039 And not. 00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:45.180 Be sincere. 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.740 Not to be genuine. 00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.099 That is what the word. 00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:49.360 Hypocrisy means. 00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.160 Hypocrisy means. 00:31:51.360 --> 00:31:51.440 To. 00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.420 To act. 00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:53.319 On a stage. 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:55.879 So if I'm in a. 00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.679 Play. 00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.839 An Agatha Christie play. 00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.359 And somebody. 00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.359 Shoots the. 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.759 One of the characters. 00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:03.079 You don't call 911. 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.139 And say. 00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.460 You know. 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.119 I just witnessed. 00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.299 With my own eyes. 00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.879 It's just a play. 00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.000 It doesn't mean anything. 00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.819 What he wants. 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.960 Is the attitude. 00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.919 Of the hearts. 00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:16.599 Don't harden your hearts. 00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:19.200 He wants the attitude. 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.259 Of our hearts. 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:23.500 And then. 00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:25.019 He gives us. 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.559 A warning. 00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:28.000 They harden their hearts. 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.779 They got themselves. 00:32:28.879 --> 00:32:29.359 Into trouble. 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:31.039 Don't harden your hearts. 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.519 With that implied. 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:32.980 Warning. 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.920 You get yourself. 00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:34.220 Into. 00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.319 Some trouble. 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.859 Some punishment. 00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.339 With God. 00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:39.059 So what is God. 00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.859 Trying to teach us. 00:32:39.980 --> 00:32:40.599 Through all of this. 00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:41.759 Number one. 00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.140 There is more. 00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.879 Than one. 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:44.599 Style. 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.259 Of worship. 00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:47.039 Don't be stuck. 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.799 On the music. 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:48.420 You like. 00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.539 And nobody else. 00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.680 Or. 00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.980 Not others. 00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.599 Don't say. 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.899 You can only worship God. 00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.399 This way. 00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:56.639 We can't worship God. 00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.059 This way. 00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:59.099 We worship God. 00:32:59.159 --> 00:33:00.000 With rejoicing. 00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.059 And we worship. 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.799 With reverence. 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.379 There are. 00:33:02.659 --> 00:33:03.720 Two styles of worship. 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:04.960 Secondly. 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.279 Worship. 00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:07.559 Is always related. 00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.899 To the nature of God. 00:33:09.399 --> 00:33:10.440 Either as God. 00:33:10.539 --> 00:33:10.779 Who is. 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:11.839 Transcendent. 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.720 Creator. 00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.039 Or eminent. 00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:14.819 Shepherd. 00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.299 But worship. 00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.039 Is based. 00:33:17.279 --> 00:33:18.379 On God's character. 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.540 Father. 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:20.440 Thirdly. 00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.440 Worship. 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.580 Worship. 00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:23.100 Must be sincere. 00:33:24.340 --> 00:33:25.060 From. 00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:25.880 The heart. 00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.720 And. 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.480 Fourthly. 00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.340 Do not. 00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.220 Abuse. 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.860 Worship. 00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.340 God. 00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.200 Is not a fool. 00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:35.560 He knows. 00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:35.860 Whether. 00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.420 It's a. 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.840 Put on. 00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.780 Or not. 00:33:40.420 --> 00:33:41.120 He knows. 00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.040 Whether we're acting. 00:33:42.260 --> 00:33:43.180 Or whether we are real. 00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.180 Worship. 00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:44.299 So. 00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:46.560 There are two styles of worship. 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:47.920 Worship. 00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.680 Is at least two styles of worship. 00:33:50.039 --> 00:33:51.240 We're only reading one psalm. 00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.620 There are 150 psalms. 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.500 In the book. 00:33:53.580 --> 00:33:54.600 We're only looking at one. 00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.779 It's not the alpha and omega. 00:33:56.779 --> 00:33:57.820 Of worship in the Bible. 00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.519 It's only one. 00:33:59.640 --> 00:33:59.920 But. 00:34:00.140 --> 00:34:00.720 It is saying. 00:34:00.840 --> 00:34:01.700 This one is saying. 00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.720 There are two. 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.440 There are various styles of worship. 00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.400 Worship. 00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:06.980 Is related to knowing God. 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.860 And so. 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.940 The more we know God. 00:34:09.019 --> 00:34:10.059 The better we become. 00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.440 At worshiping him. 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:13.940 Worship must be from the heart. 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:16.139 And don't abuse. 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:16.860 Worship. 00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:19.700 So. 00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.619 That. 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:21.860 Would be the right way. 00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.599 To respond. 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:23.220 To God. 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.579 As we encounter him. 00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:26.000 Let me pray. 00:34:28.599 --> 00:34:29.119 Lord. 00:34:29.200 --> 00:34:29.440 Father. 00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.200 Thank you for these. 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.400 Dear brothers and sisters. 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.840 For those of you. 00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.019 For those of us. 00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.579 Who know you. 00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:34.840 Lord. 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:35.300 May we. 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.139 Continue to grow. 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:37.940 In loving you. 00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.579 And appreciating you. 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.780 Worshiping you. 00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:42.600 Revealing you. 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.920 Rejoicing in you. 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.140 We ask you that. 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:46.700 Father. 00:34:47.660 --> 00:34:49.140 For those who don't know you. 00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.620 Or who are. 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:51.540 Running away. 00:34:52.080 --> 00:34:53.100 Backsliding from you. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.460 May you. 00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:55.280 Apprehend them. 00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:56.700 And let them. 00:34:57.040 --> 00:34:58.800 See what a great God you are. 00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.519 The good shepherd. 00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:01.060 Who would take care of his flock. 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:03.760 Father. 00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.760 We commit ourselves. 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.600 And our lives. 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.540 And our problems. 00:35:06.700 --> 00:35:07.320 And our needs. 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:07.940 And everything. 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:10.220 We commit our lives to you. 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:11.519 Because you are the only one. 00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.260 That we have. 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.139 But we are delighted. 00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.480 For you to rule. 00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:16.460 Over our lives. 00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.119 As king. 00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.000 And as shepherd. 00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.539 And as creator. 00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.700 I pray this. 00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.000 Father. 00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.440 In the precious name of Jesus. 00:35:24.659 --> 00:35:24.980 Amen. 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:25.119 Amen. 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.159 Amen. 00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.179 Amen. 00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:25.200 Amen. 00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:25.220 Amen. 00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.240 Amen. 00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.260 Amen. 00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.300 Amen. 00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:27.159 Amen. 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:29.159 Amen. 00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.200 Amen. 00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.300 Amen. 00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.200 Amen. 00:35:30.200 --> 00:35:31.159 Amen. 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.240 Amen. 00:35:31.240 --> 00:35:33.200 Amen. 00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.300 Amen. 00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:34.240 Amen. 00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.300 Amen. 00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.240 Amen. 00:35:35.240 --> 00:35:35.300 Amen. 00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:36.300 Amen. 00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:37.240 Amen.