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 Today's reading comes from the book of Psalms, chapter 149.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 I was 24 or 25.

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 I think I was 25.

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 I did my first big overseas trip.

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 I went to visit some family in Tel Aviv, some family in Israel.

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 So I went to Montreal.

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 I went to Amsterdam.

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 It was the layover.

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 I had 12 hours.

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 I poked around the city.

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 It was kind of cool until I got hungry and lonely.

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 I didn't have any money to really get some good food in me.

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 Anyways, I flew to Tel Aviv.

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 I took a bus up to Jerusalem to visit my uncle.

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 And then from there, we went back to Tel Aviv.

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 And then the next day, I had a friend who was teaching English with his wife.

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 They were pretty well newlyweds in Istanbul.

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 And the next day, I jumped on a plane and I flew to Istanbul.

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 And then I flew back to Tel Aviv and like four days later.

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 Anyways, it turned out that in something like three or four days, I visited five countries.

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 And it was remarkable to me at how different these experiences were.

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 Again, first time I've done a big trip.

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 I mean, we did a family vacation in Mexico when we were 11.

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 It was cool, but it wasn't exactly where you're enjoying a new culture or experiencing a new culture.

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 It was remarkable, especially I remember when we were crossing the Bosphorus in this ferry.

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 I was drinking sweet tea and it was dusk.

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 And I looked at the horizon and it was lined with minarets.

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 Something I've never seen before.

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 It was a remarkable experience.

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 And yet, in reflecting upon that, not long after, I couldn't help but realize that different cultures, different foods, different regions, different dress, so many things that were different.

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 And yet, the similarities of all these different cultures was this, that they were inherently religious.

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 Whether it was the modern West where the arts and culture were elevated, Europe, this autonomy that is so deeply ingrained, going to the old city, seeing these centuries-old mosques.

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 Human beings, our default setting is that we are religious.

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 We desire to have these incredibly deep longings met.

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 And we desire to connect with the transcendent in some way, shape, or form.

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 Whether or not we can articulate this, this is what marks out humanity from any other living thing, living organism.

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 It's that we are religious.

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 We are more about merely enjoying food and drink and survival.

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 We want to have meaning.

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 And that meaning transcending this world.

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 And yet, not all roads, not all religious pursuits are equal.

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 In fact, it's not even as if there is a spectrum of some that are on the right path and some on the wrong path.

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 We would say that there is only one true spiritual destination.

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 There is only one ability to have our longings deeply and eternally met.

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 So the question is, can the Christian faith achieve this?

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 Can the Christian faith satisfy our deepest longings and help us to connect with the transcendent?

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 Maybe put another way, is Christianity true?

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 Does it check the boxes of what we need?

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 We're looking in Psalm 149.

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 And Psalm 149, as Brian read, it truly is a psalm of praise.

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 The last five or six psalms in the Psalter are psalms of exuberant praise.

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 They begin and end with a praise the Lord, a declaration, a call to praise.

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 And in this case, it is certainly a call to praise.

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 But I'm going to make a case through Psalm 149 that the Christian faith is actually the only faith that will really, truly satisfy our deepest longings.

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 And the only faith that will truly connect us to the transcendent.

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 I'm going to do this in two points.

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 The text neatly breaks up into verses 1 to 5 and 6 to 9.

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 And the first point is this.

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 We'll ask the question, what do we receive in the Christian faith?

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 And then the second question, we'll ask a similar and related question.

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 How do we participate in the Christian faith?

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 So what do we receive in the Christian faith?

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 How do we participate in the Christian faith?

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 If you have a Bible, please turn with me to Psalm 149.

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 Again, I may mention that there's some Bibles at the back welcome table.

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 Feel free at any time to grab one.

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 Phones can be distracting if you're following along on your phone.

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 So Psalm 149.

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 I'll read verses 1 to 3.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 Sing to the Lord a new song.

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 His praise in the assembly of the godly.

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 Let Israel be glad in his maker.

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 Let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.

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 Let them praise his name with dancing.

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 Making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.

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 So the psalm begins with this declaration that the company of God's people gather to worship him.

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 Our faith is indeed a very personal faith.

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 But it can never be divorced from a corporate understanding of the faith.

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 We come into this faith individually.

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 But we certainly participate and enjoy this faith.

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 Indispensably together.

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 An early writer and thinker in the Christian faith, Cyprian of Carthage,

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 had this saying that became an adage of the church.

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 One cannot have God as father without church as mother.

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 Which is to say, you can't truly be a Christian by yourself.

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 You're a part of something bigger.

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 You're a part of a family as you gather to sing the Lord's praises.

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 So therefore the first thing that we receive as we come to faith is a community.

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 A family.

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 We share a king.

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 We recognize who made us and we praise him together.

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 Looking at verses 2 and 3, we see this.

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 Let Israel be glad in his maker.

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 Let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.

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 And then it goes on to say, let them praise his name with dancing,

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 making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.

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 The king.

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 He is also a maker.

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 So we have here a creator king.

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 And what's remarkable about this creator king is that he does not demand loyalty from a throne afar.

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 As if he is some kind of tyrant.

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 Whether or not he knows your name, it doesn't matter.

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 You owe him your allegiance.

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 This isn't the type of king envisioned here.

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 The king is not in the capital if this is an empire and we are merely provincials.

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 No, no, no.

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 The king is close to his people.

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 He rules amongst them.

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 This creator king says that he takes pleasure in his people.

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 That means to know them in an intimate way.

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 You cannot take pleasure.

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 You cannot delight in someone that you've never met or barely know.

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 This king deeply knows his subjects.

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 He's concerned with their affairs.

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 He takes interest in their condition.

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 He knows their needs.

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 He is deeply, deeply, deeply concerned with his people.

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 In short, we once again get the impression from last week

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 that this creator king is this deeply relational and loving God.

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 And because the Lord is God, the creator of heaven and earth,

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 he knows our needs, in fact, greater than we do.

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 He is not a know-it-all who thinks he knows our needs greater than us.

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 He knows our needs far more intimately than we know our needs.

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 He is the one with a window into our souls.

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 So then what does he give us?

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 If he knows our need, what does he give us?

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 Look with me at verses 4 and 5.

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 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people.

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 He adorns the humble with salvation.

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 Let the godly exult in glory.

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 Let them sing for joy on their beds.

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 What does the Lord give?

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 What does this creator king bestow to his people?

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 Well, he gives them salvation.

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 He gives them glory.

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 And he gives them joy.

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 We're going to spend a bit of time on these two verses

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 and take a look with a bit more depth of what this means.

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 So let's look first at salvation.

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 What does it say?

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 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people.

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 He adorns the humble with salvation.

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 Before we can consider how the Lord adorns us with salvation,

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 we need to answer the question, how does one become humble?

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 Nobody is born humble.

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 Nobody comes out of the womb as a very humble being.

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 What happens when a child comes out of the womb?

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 Screams for attention.

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 Demands it.

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 Now, of course, there's biological factors involved.

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 Kids need to eat.

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 They're absolutely, absolutely helpless when they come out of the womb.

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 But nevertheless, our initial reaction once we are born is not,

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 dearest mother, how was your labor?

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 I'm caring so deeply about you.

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 It is not this at all.

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 Right?

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 It is this immediate me.

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 Me, me.

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 I need everything you'll give me and then some more.

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 I'll even take your sleep.

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 Give it to me.

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 So what does it mean then to be humble?

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 How do we become humble?

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 It is not our default.

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 How do we become humble?

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 At its core, becoming humble in a biblical sense is agreeing with reality.

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 Not being deceived.

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 And what do I mean by that?

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 It means recognizing that we are not the main character of the story we find ourselves in.

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 That we are incapable of living in complete harmony as the main character.

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 In complete harmony with ourselves, with those around us.

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 And most importantly, that there is a God who created all things.

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 He's good and loving.

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 That he takes pleasure in his creation and yet we cannot live in harmony even with him.

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 It means recognizing that there is a thing called sin.

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 A missing the mark.

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 A failure to extend love and charity.

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 It means falling short of God's own standards.

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 And that this issue affects our thoughts, words, and deeds.

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 And like it says in the opening bits of morning prayer, there is no health in us.

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 There is no spiritual vitality within us.

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 We are proud people.

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 It is recognizing that.

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 It is recognizing that we need to be reality, people rooted in reality.

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 It is only then that the Lord can adorn us with salvation.

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 What does it say in the book of Proverbs?

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 That God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.

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 We agree with the standard of the Lord.

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 Recognizing our need for his life-giving salvation.

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 This is what humility is.

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 And what does he do when he finds the humble heart?

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 The heart turned to him.

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 He adorns the humble with salvation.

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 Adorning is a wonderful word.

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 It's a beautiful word.

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 Some of the other English translations use words like crown.

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 I guess that works very similar to adorning.

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 I like in the King James, it says that the Lord beautifies.

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 Something incredible about that.

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 He beautifies the humble with salvation.

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 However you translate the Hebrew, there is great care and tenderness and love in how God bestows salvation.

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 His desire is to bestow salvation.

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 The collect for last week, it doesn't exactly say this, but it gets to the point.

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 And if you remember the collect for last week, it said that God is more ready to hear than we are to pray.

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 Maybe we could rewrite it a bit to say that he is more ready to extend salvation and to beautify us with salvation or adorn us with salvation than we are to admit our need for his salvation.

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 He does not do this begrudgingly.

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 This is what he delights in doing.

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 He makes men and women, those who have no business even approaching him because of their sinfulness, he makes them godly.

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 Or he turns them into saints.

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 So the humble become godly.

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 But what about the next bit?

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 So we've covered salvation.

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 This is what God gives.

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 Okay?

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 Right?

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 This is what the Christian faith offers, salvation.

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 But then it also offers glory.

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 But glory, I mean, how do we approach this?

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 We might become godly, but if God, he gives us glory.

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 I thought glory only belongs to God.

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 I mean, to God alone be the glory.

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 I mean, do we have this?

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 Grace alone through.

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 Anyways, it's one of the solas.

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 It's one of the key parts of our reformation.

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 That God alone is the one who is to get the glory.

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 So then how do we understand this?

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 How do we understand verse 5 here?

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 I think it's important that we take a look at two problematic ditches when we're talking about glory.

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 The first is vanity or what we call vain glory.

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 This idea that we think too much of ourselves.

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 We hold an exaggerated view of our importance and our status among those we live and work with.

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 Our primary motivation is to glorify ourselves, to honor ourselves, to receive praise.

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 So we can become consumed with our appearance, with our achievements, with the things that elevate us, our standing.

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 So our pride often goes unchecked.

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 Our pride often goes unchallenged.

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 And when we are praised, we are elated.

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 Okay?

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 We're puffed up.

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 When we do not get the praise, we can be smitten with just feelings of depression or anger.

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 How dare they not give me the honor that I deserve?

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 In short, we have this inordinate desire for things and praise.

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 And it's rooted in placing our own glory above all.

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 So what's interesting is that amongst the saints, the saints give praise to the king.

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 But the one who is riddled with vain glory cannot and will not rejoice in their king being God.

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 For they are the king on their own throne, in their own kingdom.

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 The second ditch is a glory of perversion.

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 Where we embrace certain pleasures and look for love in ways that are very contrary to God's good and righteous design.

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 They are rooted in not love, but in lust.

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 It is not self-giving pleasure, but a self-consuming pleasure.

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 People become ends to our means.

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 There's an unhealthy curiosity.

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 And ultimately, either explicitly or implicitly, we say that God's good design for humanity isn't good at all.

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 But it's actually problematic.

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 It's getting in the way.

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 And in doing this, again, if the saints worship God for being not just their king, but their maker,

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 somebody who has a glory of perversion can never praise God for being the maker.

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 Because ultimately, his design is flawed.

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 It needs fixing.

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 These are the two false glories rooted in overt sin.

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 But I think there's a third.

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 So I said two, but I think there's a third.

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 And I think this is maybe a type of glory or a denial of glory that is found in more pietistic circles.

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 Maybe more fundamentalist circles.

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 Circles that are full of people who want to truly follow the Lord and have a desire to honor him.

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 But what ends up happening is Christians deny any kind of glory.

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 It takes the form of a kind of asceticism.

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 A counterfeit humility.

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 This is what it ends up looking like.

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 It's a denial of God's good intention for us.

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 Often this kind of false humility is, it doesn't result in greater humility,

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 but actually a type of covert pride.

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 The fact is this.

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 We can't get around our need to connect in some kind of way with glory.

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 Okay, so if we are trying to deny glory, we will ourselves get puffed up at how humble we are,

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 which is just another form of pride.

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 Consider the religious man in one of Jesus' parables.

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 He's at the place of worship.

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 He is telling God with his head held high,

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 look how wonderful I am.

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 I tithe, I go to the religious meetings,

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 I do all the right things, I read the scriptures, I pray.

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 And thank you, God, that you made me, I made me,

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 not like this guy behind me, this tax collector.

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 Now what's interesting is that there's no,

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 we assume he's saying it out loud as if the company is all around him,

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 but I want to suggest that maybe that those words were said,

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 maybe under his breath or in his heart.

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 The fact is this.

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 Because we are made in the image and likeness of the one true God,

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 we are, we cannot get away from glory.

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 St. Augustine, in his commentary on this verse,

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 he says,

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 there is no one who loves not glory.

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 There is no one who loves not glory.

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 We were made to enjoy and pursue the glory of God.

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 In all of its fullness.

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 Okay?

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 In all of its fullness.

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 In fact, Romans chapter 3 says,

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 sin at its core is the failure to properly pursue the glory of God.

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 God bestows glory upon his people because we are made in his image.

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 And he delights in us.

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 He delights in us.

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 So on one hand,

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 we do not have any standing to go before God and somehow puff up our chest.

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 And yet,

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 and yet God in his incredible sovereign omnipotence decides to bless us by bestowing upon us some of that glory

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 so that we can praise him for what he has done and for who he is and how he made us.

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 It's really interesting that,

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 you know,

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 verses 4 and 5 are separate sentences,

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 but in many respects,

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 it's the same continual thought.

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 So what we see here is that this glory is linked to salvation.

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 So verses 4 and 5,

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 back to back,

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 it really conveys this single thought that God in his goodness gives us his glory,

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 and this is connected deeply to how he saves.

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 He makes an unglorious people glorious.

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 And what does this result in?

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 Well, we see,

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 if we continue on,

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 Psalm 149,

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 verse 5,

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 let the godly exult in glory,

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 and then this is the third thing,

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 so God gives salvation,

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 God gives glory,

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 but then God gives joy.

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 Let the godly exult in glory,

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 let them sing for joy on their beds.

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 The line's a bit difficult to interpret for,

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 Hebrew scholars,

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 it's a tough one,

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 but some of the suggestions for translation has to do with

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 the wicked conspire and plan rebellion,

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 plot rebellion at night,

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 but the godly have clean consciences,

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 and they rest easy in joy.

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 St. Augustine,

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 again,

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 I leaned on his commentary quite a bit for this psalm.

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 He understands this as true worship,

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 for the beds here symbolize the heart of a person,

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 the most intimate area.

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 So here we have somebody who is able to worship God properly in their hearts.

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 Whatever it may be,

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 what I think is being articulated here

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 is the soul that is at ease,

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 and that is at rest.

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 And the soul that is at ease,

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 and that is at rest,

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 is the soul that has known

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 the salvation of the Lord

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 extended to him or her.

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 And it results in joy.

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 I mean,

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 if anything,

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 you come away with anything from this morning,

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 hear this,

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 that the Christian faith,

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 above all,

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 is a joyful faith

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 that gives joy,

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 a deep joy,

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 a heart joy,

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 an eternal joy.

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 That's what salvation is,

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 ultimately,

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 to take joy and pleasure in our maker.

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 So we see that,

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 if we ask the question,

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.620
 what does the Christian faith offer,

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 what does it give,

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 we see a faith that gives a new family,

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 bestows salvation,

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 bestows upon us glory,

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 and then ultimately a joy

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 that is found in our hearts,

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 that is the result of a clean conscience.

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 It's a faith that is not earned,

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 but is rightly received by faith

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 and worship with a humble heart.

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 It's a gift that is intended to be enjoyed.

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 So our longings,

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 they're satisfied,

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 satisfied,

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 but what about this connection to the transcendent,

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 right?

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 I said,

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 if all religion seeks to have our longings satisfied,

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 but also to have this connection to the transcendent,

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 where can we find that in the rest of the psalm?

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 Well,

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 we'll get to our second point here,

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 how we participate in the Christian faith.

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 Read with me psalm six,

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:42.900
 sorry,

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 verses six to nine.

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 Verses six to nine.

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 Let the high praises of God be in their throats,

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 and two edged swords in their hands,

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 to execute vengeance on the nations,

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 and punishments on the people,

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 to bind their kings with chains,

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 and their nobles with fetters of iron,

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 to execute on them the judgment written,

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 this is honor for all his godly ones.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 Is this a call for holy war?

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 That we are now on the right side,

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 and now there are enemies that we recognize,

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 and we have to deal with them?

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 Is this what this psalm is calling us for?

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 Is this how we participate in the Christian faith?

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 I think the answer is both a yes and a no.

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 But first,

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 we need to understand something.

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 We are at a bit of a disadvantage here in the West,

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 because we are so saturated with materialism.

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 This idea that what we see is all that there is.

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 That there is no spiritual realm.

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 There is no spiritual,

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 there's no angels,

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 there's no demons,

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 there's no sight unseen,

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 there's no paranormal,

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 there's no metaphysical.

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 There is just the material world.

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 And we would never deny this,

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 but because we can't affirm it in public,

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 by and large,

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 it shows us what we truly believe,

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 and what we truly hold on to.

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 It is easy at church to talk about Jesus,

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 we can talk about heaven,

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 we can even potentially talk about angels,

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 talk about demons,

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 all these different things.

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 At work,

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 these are fine to believe,

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 but as long as they're at home.

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 Leave those beliefs at home.

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 These aren't public beliefs.

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 We are at a bit of a disadvantage

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 in the Enlightenment West.

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 However,

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 the overwhelming teaching of Scripture

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 is that the material world

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 is indeed important,

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 and it exists, obviously,

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:54.539
 but that it is actually less substantial

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 and more flimsy than the spiritual,

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.059
 plain,

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 the spiritual world.

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 That there is indeed one,

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 and in fact,

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:02.920
 that is where the thickness is,

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.299
 so to speak,

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:04.819
 in reality.

00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.340
 Therefore,

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.440
 the enemies of God

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 and his people

00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.319
 aren't primarily those

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:11.639
 who pull triggers

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:13.579
 or wield machetes,

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 but rather,

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:17.799
 it's the spiritual beliefs,

00:28:18.119 --> 00:28:19.659
 the spiritual influences,

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:20.839
 the spiritual powers

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:23.039
 that seek to oppose the Lord

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:24.339
 as king and maker.

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:27.500
 And if this seems a bit outlandish,

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:30.700
 you know,

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:32.700
 consider how the Kim family

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 gets into power,

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.639
 or how Mao Zedong

00:28:35.639 --> 00:28:36.500
 gets into power,

00:28:37.439 --> 00:28:38.859
 or how Adolf Hitler

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:40.819
 got into power.

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.579
 It wasn't just

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:44.319
 a whole series

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.599
 of propositional beliefs,

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:48.439
 propositional points

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:50.279
 that they put forward

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:51.179
 in a rational way.

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.399
 No,

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.439
 their ideology

00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:55.459
 was religious.

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.839
 It was religious.

00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:04.019
 There's a spiritual reality

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:05.500
 behind what we see

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.539
 in this material world.

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:08.940
 To deny it

00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.480
 is not to live

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:11.720
 a humble life,

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 right?

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:14.139
 If a humble life,

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.899
 if humble living

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 is rooted in

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:18.079
 respecting reality,

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.799
 understanding reality,

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:21.159
 walking in reality,

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 then this is the way

00:29:23.039 --> 00:29:24.720
 to truly understand

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:25.619
 the world we live in.

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:27.740
 There most certainly

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.960
 is a spiritual realm.

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 And here's where

00:29:30.899 --> 00:29:31.740
 the holy war

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.720
 comes in,

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:33.899
 where we talk about

00:29:33.899 --> 00:29:34.980
 the church militant

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.980
 comes in.

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:38.380
 Because to recognize

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 this does not

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 then mean

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:41.539
 we sit idly by.

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 We do not sit by

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.720
 and fret.

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.299
 No,

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.079
 in fact,

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.400
 the call of

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.759
 the Christian faith

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.740
 is to participate

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.539
 in the work

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.279
 of God himself.

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:53.960
 And this is where

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:54.880
 the connection

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.920
 with the transcendent

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:56.400
 comes in.

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.759
 Because God doesn't

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.740
 just give us

00:29:58.740 --> 00:29:59.620
 all of the blessing

00:29:59.620 --> 00:30:00.279
 of salvation,

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.079
 of eternal life,

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:02.539
 but then he calls

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.299
 us to participate

00:30:04.299 --> 00:30:05.240
 in seeing his

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.639
 goodness

00:30:05.639 --> 00:30:07.679
 and his grace

00:30:07.679 --> 00:30:09.519
 and his love

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:10.079
 extend,

00:30:10.179 --> 00:30:11.119
 to see his light

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.220
 extend and darkness

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.799
 expelled.

00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:16.720
 To see death

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 itself

00:30:17.339 --> 00:30:19.659
 start to diminish

00:30:19.659 --> 00:30:20.460
 in the world.

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:22.000
 For it was conquered

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.639
 by Christ.

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.379
 See, Christ,

00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:25.000
 he conquers

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.480
 death in such a way

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:28.220
 that he defeats

00:30:28.220 --> 00:30:28.559
 it,

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.779
 hoisting it,

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.539
 so to speak,

00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.420
 on its own petard.

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:34.460
 He kills death,

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.279
 he destroys death

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.980
 by death.

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.759
 And then he invites

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.299
 us

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.220
 into

00:30:40.220 --> 00:30:41.500
 this

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.400
 cleanup.

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.640
 We're the

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.120
 cleanup crew

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.700
 in many ways.

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.000
 If you've read

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:51.019
 The Return of the King,

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.599
 the last of the

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.079
 Lord of the Rings

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:53.539
 trilogy,

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:54.900
 the ring

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.779
 is destroyed.

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.259
 All right?

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:59.039
 The day is won

00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:00.460
 and yet the

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.299
 hobbits go back

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.099
 to the Shire

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:04.779
 and they find it

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.900
 in complete disarray,

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.420
 but they are

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.019
 transformed.

00:31:08.079 --> 00:31:08.740
 They're no longer

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.240
 fearful.

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.480
 The victory

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:11.700
 is already won

00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.220
 and now they

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.900
 participate

00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:15.099
 in the final

00:31:15.099 --> 00:31:16.120
 victory of the

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:16.319
 Lord.

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.799
 It's called the

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.599
 scouring of the

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.900
 Shire.

00:31:18.360 --> 00:31:18.839
 It's a really

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.779
 remarkable thing

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.079
 that was cut out

00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:22.660
 of the movie.

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.460
 Nevertheless,

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.319
 this is very

00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:26.200
 similar to

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:27.539
 what we do

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.860
 when we

00:31:27.860 --> 00:31:28.360
 participate

00:31:28.360 --> 00:31:29.140
 in the

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.680
 work of

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.059
 the Lord.

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.860
 So how is

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.160
 it done?

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.220
 How do we

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:33.860
 participate in

00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:34.420
 this spiritual

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:34.799
 battle?

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.319
 Look with me

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.980
 at verse 6.

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:38.840
 Let the

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.500
 high praises

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.120
 of God

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:40.779
 be in

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:40.980
 their

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:41.460
 throats

00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:42.900
 and two

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.420
 edged

00:31:43.420 --> 00:31:44.000
 swords

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.779
 in their

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.299
 hands.

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.039
 Our weapon

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.720
 is twofold.

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.799
 It's

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.200
 worship

00:31:49.200 --> 00:31:50.340
 and God's

00:31:50.340 --> 00:31:50.840
 word.

00:31:51.580 --> 00:31:51.980
 Worship

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.380
 and the

00:31:52.380 --> 00:31:52.759
 word of

00:31:52.759 --> 00:31:53.059
 God.

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.640
 Looking

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:54.160
 first at

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.640
 worship.

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.120
 It's

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.360
 very

00:31:56.360 --> 00:31:56.759
 important

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.020
 that we

00:31:57.020 --> 00:31:57.380
 understand

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.680
 worship

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.120
 is more

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.320
 than

00:31:58.320 --> 00:31:59.000
 singing

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.300
 and

00:31:59.300 --> 00:31:59.540
 playing

00:31:59.540 --> 00:32:00.060
 instruments

00:32:00.060 --> 00:32:00.400
 on a

00:32:00.400 --> 00:32:00.560
 day

00:32:00.560 --> 00:32:00.720
 like

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.040
 today

00:32:01.040 --> 00:32:02.640
 when I'm

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:02.860
 leading.

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.220
 That's a

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.560
 very good

00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:03.800
 thing.

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.520
 It's a

00:32:05.520 --> 00:32:05.900
 very good

00:32:05.900 --> 00:32:06.180
 thing.

00:32:06.320 --> 00:32:06.540
 Worship

00:32:06.540 --> 00:32:07.100
 is more

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.620
 than singing

00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.040
 and playing

00:32:08.040 --> 00:32:08.560
 instruments.

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.500
 Clearly it

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.120
 involves that.

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.080
 We see

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.940
 the opening

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.480
 of Psalm

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.240
 149.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.060
 There is

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:14.460
 singing,

00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:15.220
 there is

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.759
 instruments,

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:16.180
 there is

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:16.580
 dancing.

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:16.920
 It's not

00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.700
 like a

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.100
 crazy

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.380
 jumping

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:18.600
 around

00:32:18.600 --> 00:32:18.920
 dance.

00:32:19.040 --> 00:32:19.100
 It's

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.280
 more

00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:20.240
 like a

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.560
 festive

00:32:20.560 --> 00:32:22.580
 dance of

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:22.779
 some

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.119
 sort.

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.599
 Nevertheless,

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:26.559
 that's

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.039
 included in

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.240
 worship,

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:27.559
 but it's

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.019
 much more.

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.659
 In fact,

00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.259
 worship is

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.399
 the

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.419
 reorientation

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:31.480
 of your

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:33.019
 life towards

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.639
 the service

00:32:33.639 --> 00:32:34.220
 and joy

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:34.859
 of the

00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:35.220
 triune

00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.460
 God,

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.779
 Father,

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.059
 Son,

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.399
 and Holy

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.740
 Spirit.

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.379
 As we

00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:39.879
 worship this

00:32:39.879 --> 00:32:40.299
 one true

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.559
 God,

00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.099
 we also

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:41.960
 proclaim

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.599
 that we

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.639
 are not

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:44.359
 worshiping

00:32:44.359 --> 00:32:45.839
 the false

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.359
 gods

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:47.679
 of our

00:32:47.679 --> 00:32:48.299
 age.

00:32:49.099 --> 00:32:49.699
 We are

00:32:49.699 --> 00:32:49.919
 not

00:32:49.919 --> 00:32:50.460
 worshiping

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.119
 the gods

00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:53.000
 that

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.839
 promise

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:54.719
 eternal

00:32:54.719 --> 00:32:55.059
 life,

00:32:55.159 --> 00:32:55.379
 but could

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:55.619
 never

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.059
 give it,

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.799
 the gods

00:32:56.799 --> 00:32:56.959
 that

00:32:56.959 --> 00:32:57.579
 promise

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.379
 pleasure

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:59.159
 forevermore,

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:00.039
 but only

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.679
 leave us

00:33:00.679 --> 00:33:01.819
 broken

00:33:01.819 --> 00:33:02.639
 and weary.

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:05.279
 In our

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.579
 day,

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:08.059
 this

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.739
 worship of

00:33:08.739 --> 00:33:09.099
 the Lord

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.939
 means to

00:33:09.939 --> 00:33:11.079
 no longer

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.859
 worship or

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:12.959
 participate in

00:33:12.959 --> 00:33:13.739
 the culture

00:33:13.739 --> 00:33:14.319
 of death

00:33:14.319 --> 00:33:16.279
 that permeates

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.939
 our society.

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:22.380
 when we

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.740
 worship,

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:23.340
 it is

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.240
 very much

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.860
 a political

00:33:24.860 --> 00:33:25.299
 act,

00:33:25.460 --> 00:33:25.940
 very much

00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.799
 a declaration

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.580
 of war,

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.240
 the worshipping

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.980
 of the

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.640
 one true

00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.100
 God.

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:32.440
 Now,

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:32.900
 how about

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.519
 God's

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:33.779
 word?

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.600
 Again,

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.360
 what does

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.720
 it say?

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.720
 A two-edged

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.539
 sword in

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.180
 their hands.

00:33:38.980 --> 00:33:39.259
 Hebrews

00:33:39.259 --> 00:33:39.920
 chapter 4

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.380
 verse 12

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.940
 says this,

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.500
 for the

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.799
 word of

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.380
 God is

00:33:42.380 --> 00:33:43.059
 living and

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.460
 active,

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.360
 sharper

00:33:44.360 --> 00:33:45.400
 than any

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.299
 two-edged

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:46.799
 sword.

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.940
 piercing to

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.480
 the division

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.279
 of soul

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.940
 and of

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.420
 spirit,

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.600
 joints and

00:33:51.600 --> 00:33:51.940
 marrow,

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.059
 and discerning

00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.559
 the thoughts

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.240
 and intentions

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:55.200
 of the

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.340
 heart.

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.680
 You see,

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:56.840
 God's word

00:33:56.840 --> 00:33:57.140
 does a

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:57.440
 remarkable

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.820
 thing.

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.200
 It convicts

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.480
 us of

00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.740
 sin.

00:34:00.600 --> 00:34:01.420
 It shows

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:01.820
 us,

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:02.160
 it's like

00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:02.500
 a mirror

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.400
 showing us

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:04.340
 where the

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.740
 blemishes

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.200
 are,

00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:05.980
 where the

00:34:05.980 --> 00:34:06.759
 brokenness

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.000
 are,

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.740
 where's

00:34:07.740 --> 00:34:08.500
 the wounds

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.900
 that need

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.360
 to be

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.179
 bound up

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.880
 by the

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.099
 Lord.

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.360
 Scripture

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:13.179
 also acts

00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:13.659
 as a

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.900
 window

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:15.300
 for us

00:34:15.300 --> 00:34:15.880
 to see

00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.820
 who

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.480
 the Lord

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.780
 is,

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:19.320
 who the

00:34:19.320 --> 00:34:19.720
 one true

00:34:19.720 --> 00:34:20.300
 God is,

00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.960
 to understand

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.580
 his holiness

00:34:21.580 --> 00:34:22.019
 and his

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.340
 goodness.

00:34:23.120 --> 00:34:23.519
 Again,

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.240
 then that

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.880
 acts as a

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.420
 way of

00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:25.940
 conviction

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:26.840
 of sin,

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.420
 but also

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:28.140
 a means

00:34:28.140 --> 00:34:28.820
 of praise.

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.780
 And as

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:33.100
 we engage

00:34:33.100 --> 00:34:34.260
 with evangelism,

00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.039
 we proclaim

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.760
 God's word,

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.120
 and all of a

00:34:37.120 --> 00:34:37.320
 sudden,

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:37.860
 what does it

00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:38.080
 do?

00:34:38.220 --> 00:34:38.960
 It is like,

00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:39.360
 again,

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.280
 a two-edged

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.640
 sword.

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:42.039
 It starts

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.480
 to cut

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.220
 away and

00:34:43.220 --> 00:34:44.059
 hack away

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.960
 and pierce

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.219
 all of

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.799
 the false

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.480
 foundations,

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.099
 all the

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:48.380
 false

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:48.900
 supports

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.599
 of false

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.019
 religion,

00:34:50.799 --> 00:34:51.159
 of false

00:34:51.159 --> 00:34:51.619
 belief,

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.279
 of our

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.759
 culture of

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.019
 death.

00:34:55.799 --> 00:34:56.239
 Again,

00:34:56.880 --> 00:34:57.259
 I mean,

00:34:58.119 --> 00:34:58.880
 St. Augustine,

00:34:59.279 --> 00:35:00.099
 some wise

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.340
 words,

00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.739
 this is what

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.139
 he says,

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:01.759
 and I'll

00:35:01.759 --> 00:35:02.500
 read the

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.259
 quotation at

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.460
 length.

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.779
 It says

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.000
 this,

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.259
 quote,

00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:05.500
 see whether

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.099
 vengeance,

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.840
 and again,

00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:07.460
 he is

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.400
 quoting,

00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.320
 I believe,

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.940
 verses five,

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.480
 or commenting

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:11.860
 on verses

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.779
 five and six,

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.219
 sorry,

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:14.019
 six and seven.

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:15.219
 He says

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.480
 this,

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:15.759
 quote,

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.039
 see whether

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:18.139
 vengeance have

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.059
 not been

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:20.079
 done on the

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:20.579
 nations,

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:21.959
 daily it is

00:35:21.959 --> 00:35:22.179
 done.

00:35:22.819 --> 00:35:23.439
 We do it

00:35:23.439 --> 00:35:24.099
 ourselves by

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.799
 speaking the

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:25.379
 word of God.

00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:26.579
 Let the

00:35:26.579 --> 00:35:27.259
 sword twice

00:35:27.259 --> 00:35:27.980
 sharpened go

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.539
 forth from

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.719
 you.

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.939
 Delay not.

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.119
 Say to your

00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.459
 friend,

00:35:31.899 --> 00:35:32.500
 if yet you

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.279
 have one

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.899
 left to

00:35:33.899 --> 00:35:34.739
 whom to

00:35:34.739 --> 00:35:35.179
 say it,

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:36.379
 what kind

00:35:36.379 --> 00:35:36.939
 of man are

00:35:36.939 --> 00:35:37.959
 you who

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.559
 has abandoned

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:39.019
 him,

00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:39.659
 that is God,

00:35:39.839 --> 00:35:40.500
 by whom you

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.939
 were made,

00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:41.959
 and worship

00:35:41.959 --> 00:35:42.819
 what he made?

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.959
 Better is

00:35:43.959 --> 00:35:44.559
 the workman

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:45.159
 than that

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.559
 which he

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.959
 works.

00:35:46.779 --> 00:35:47.119
 When he

00:35:47.119 --> 00:35:47.539
 begins to

00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:47.899
 blush,

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:48.959
 when he

00:35:48.959 --> 00:35:49.379
 begins to

00:35:49.379 --> 00:35:50.480
 feel compunction,

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.579
 you have

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.119
 made a

00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.639
 wound with

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.199
 your sword,

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.619
 it has

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.159
 reached the

00:35:54.159 --> 00:35:54.419
 heart,

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.019
 he is

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.480
 about to

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.759
 die,

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.019
 that he

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.799
 may live.

00:35:58.759 --> 00:35:59.000
 See,

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.379
 God has

00:35:59.379 --> 00:35:59.759
 enemies,

00:36:00.819 --> 00:36:01.419
 but what

00:36:01.419 --> 00:36:01.819
 does God

00:36:01.819 --> 00:36:02.259
 do with

00:36:02.259 --> 00:36:02.779
 his enemies?

00:36:03.739 --> 00:36:04.599
 He makes

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.259
 his enemies

00:36:05.259 --> 00:36:06.439
 his friends.

00:36:07.459 --> 00:36:07.939
 God did

00:36:07.939 --> 00:36:08.480
 not die

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.919
 for his

00:36:08.919 --> 00:36:09.259
 friends,

00:36:09.419 --> 00:36:10.480
 God sent

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:10.959
 his son

00:36:10.959 --> 00:36:11.599
 Christ to

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.179
 die for

00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.859
 his enemies,

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.139
 and in

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.759
 doing so,

00:36:14.899 --> 00:36:15.259
 all who

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:15.419
 have

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:16.139
 humbly

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.099
 received what

00:36:17.099 --> 00:36:17.500
 Christ has

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.980
 done on

00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:18.500
 the cross,

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.599
 they are

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:20.819
 eliminated off

00:36:20.819 --> 00:36:21.460
 of the

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.159
 chessboard,

00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:22.799
 so to

00:36:22.799 --> 00:36:23.000
 speak.

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.519
 They are

00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:25.519
 instead made

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.960
 into soldiers

00:36:26.960 --> 00:36:27.480
 on the

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.019
 king's side.

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:29.919
 It's a

00:36:29.919 --> 00:36:30.219
 remarkable

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:30.619
 thing how

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.059
 God does

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.259
 that.

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.219
 So,

00:36:33.919 --> 00:36:35.239
 how do we

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:35.899
 connect with

00:36:35.899 --> 00:36:36.579
 the transcendent?

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.000
 Well, we get

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.839
 to participate.

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:39.000
 First,

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.839
 we know

00:36:39.839 --> 00:36:40.059
 him,

00:36:40.059 --> 00:36:40.699
 we connect

00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:41.159
 with him,

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.039
 we are

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.099
 united to

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.779
 him in

00:36:43.779 --> 00:36:44.199
 Christ,

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:45.519
 but then

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.360
 we participate

00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:46.960
 in his

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:47.380
 acts.

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.960
 I'll

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.320
 close with

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.639
 this.

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.739
 Although

00:36:53.739 --> 00:36:54.239
 Christ

00:36:54.239 --> 00:36:54.679
 certainly

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.500
 does make

00:36:55.500 --> 00:36:55.920
 enemies

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.320
 into

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.779
 friends,

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.420
 there is

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.219
 a final

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.599
 judgment

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:58.980
 as the

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.179
 scripture

00:36:59.179 --> 00:36:59.840
 talks about,

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:00.980
 whereby

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.559
 there will

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.119
 be those

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.679
 who will

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.259
 not,

00:37:03.259 --> 00:37:04.039
 will not

00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:04.639
 bend a

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:04.980
 knee to

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.340
 the king.

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.039
 At the

00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:07.259
 end of

00:37:07.259 --> 00:37:07.659
 the age,

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 there will

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.719
 be a

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.039
 final

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.519
 judgment,

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.139
 and those

00:37:11.139 --> 00:37:11.699
 that are

00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:12.679
 not friends

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:15.579
 with the

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.099
 Lord God,

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.699
 the triune

00:37:16.699 --> 00:37:16.980
 God,

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.320
 Father,

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.619
 Son,

00:37:17.679 --> 00:37:17.980
 and Holy

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.460
 Spirit,

00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:19.179
 will not

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.699
 sing the

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.179
 new song,

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.759
 but instead

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:22.920
 will enter

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.719
 into eternal

00:37:23.719 --> 00:37:24.099
 torment.

00:37:27.779 --> 00:37:28.519
 One of the

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.320
 things that

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.820
 we pray,

00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.599
 if you pray

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.360
 morning prayer,

00:37:31.820 --> 00:37:32.420
 it's a

00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:33.019
 section from

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.860
 Psalm 95,

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.559
 and what it

00:37:34.559 --> 00:37:35.079
 says there

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:36.139
 is this,

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.239
 harden not

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.919
 your hearts.

00:37:39.359 --> 00:37:40.219
 Harden not

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.819
 your hearts.

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.439
 Put not

00:37:42.439 --> 00:37:42.979
 your trust,

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.319
 as we

00:37:43.319 --> 00:37:44.099
 read last

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.339
 week,

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.939
 in the

00:37:44.939 --> 00:37:45.439
 war horse.

00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.719
 Put not

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.399
 your trust

00:37:48.399 --> 00:37:49.000
 in the

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.399
 soldier.

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.419
 Put not

00:37:50.419 --> 00:37:50.979
 your trust

00:37:50.979 --> 00:37:51.319
 in the

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.959
 things that

00:37:51.959 --> 00:37:52.819
 promise to

00:37:52.819 --> 00:37:53.539
 get you

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:55.019
 into eternity

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.899
 with joy

00:37:55.899 --> 00:37:56.459
 everlasting,

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.059
 but can never

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.359
 do it.

00:37:57.759 --> 00:37:58.359
 Put not

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:58.799
 your trust

00:37:58.799 --> 00:37:59.099
 in those

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.419
 things.

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.959
 Instead,

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.500
 put your

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.739
 trust into

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:03.159
 Christ.

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:04.659
 you see,

00:38:04.739 --> 00:38:05.159
 the end

00:38:05.159 --> 00:38:05.719
 is already

00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:06.139
 set.

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.619
 All of

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.119
 creation

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:09.059
 will sing

00:38:09.059 --> 00:38:09.599
 the Lord's

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.039
 praises.

00:38:10.379 --> 00:38:10.859
 The new

00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:11.339
 song,

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.179
 in the

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:13.599
 opening

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.480
 section of

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.219
 Psalm 149,

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:17.039
 is what will

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.500
 be sung

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.899
 forever.

00:38:18.059 --> 00:38:18.319
 Why?

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.299
 Why will it

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:19.960
 always be a

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.500
 new song?

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.539
 Because for

00:38:21.539 --> 00:38:22.219
 all of

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.899
 creation,

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.559
 salvation

00:38:24.559 --> 00:38:25.119
 will be

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.739
 ours,

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.319
 it will

00:38:26.319 --> 00:38:27.039
 never end,

00:38:27.139 --> 00:38:27.379
 it will

00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:28.059
 continue on.

00:38:28.099 --> 00:38:28.359
 That's why

00:38:28.359 --> 00:38:28.679
 we say

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.179
 world without

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.440
 end.

00:38:30.379 --> 00:38:30.719
 And this

00:38:30.719 --> 00:38:31.079
 is the

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.559
 new song.

00:38:32.539 --> 00:38:32.960
 Revelation

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:33.739
 chapter 5

00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:34.440
 verses 11

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.000
 to 14,

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.360
 it says

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.579
 this,

00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:35.860
 then I

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:36.079
 looked,

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:37.059
 this is

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.820
 the

00:38:37.820 --> 00:38:38.579
 apostle

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.039
 John,

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:39.799
 then I

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.460
 looked and

00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:40.940
 I heard

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.639
 around the

00:38:41.639 --> 00:38:41.980
 throne,

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.279
 and the

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:43.440
 living

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.960
 creatures

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.380
 and the

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.779
 elders,

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:45.360
 the voice

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.779
 of many

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.239
 angels,

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.820
 numbering

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.320
 myriads

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.960
 of myriads,

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:48.940
 thousands

00:38:48.940 --> 00:38:49.659
 of thousands,

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.299
 saying in a

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.860
 loud voice,

00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:52.259
 worthy is

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:52.639
 the lamb

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.380
 who was slain

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:53.840
 to receive

00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:54.500
 power and

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:55.019
 wealth and

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.619
 wisdom and

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.099
 might and

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.619
 honor and

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.139
 glory and

00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:57.539
 blessing.

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.199
 Verse 13,

00:38:59.779 --> 00:39:00.059
 and I

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.460
 heard every

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:01.059
 creature in

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.059


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00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:01.619
 heaven and

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.159
 on earth and

00:39:02.159 --> 00:39:02.579
 under the

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:02.940
 earth and

00:39:02.940 --> 00:39:03.279
 in the

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:04.259
 sea and

00:39:04.259 --> 00:39:04.799
 all that

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.159
 is in

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.340
 them,

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:05.920
 all of

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.400
 creation,

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.860
 singing this,

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.219
 to him who

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.759
 sits on the

00:39:10.759 --> 00:39:11.239
 throne and

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:11.500
 to the

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.739
 lamb,

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.940
 be blessing

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.699
 and honor

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.460
 and glory

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:15.139
 and might

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.719
 forever and

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:15.920
 ever.

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.799
 And the

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.259
 four living

00:39:17.259 --> 00:39:17.980
 creatures said

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.759
 amen and the

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.320
 elders fell

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:19.840
 down and

00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:20.360
 worshiped.

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:21.759
 Friends,

00:39:23.820 --> 00:39:24.299
 harden not

00:39:24.299 --> 00:39:24.840
 your hearts.

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.079
 Sing the

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.619
 new song.

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:30.319
 put your

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.880
 trust and

00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:31.539
 hope in

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.420
 the Lord

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:33.199
 Jesus Christ.

00:39:33.299 --> 00:39:33.699
 There is

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.380
 no other

00:39:34.380 --> 00:39:35.000
 faith,

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.219
 there is

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:36.639
 no other

00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:37.579
 ideology that

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.199
 can offer

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:39.219
 what Christianity

00:39:39.219 --> 00:39:40.099
 in Christ

00:39:40.099 --> 00:39:40.679
 can give.

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.599
 There is

00:39:42.599 --> 00:39:43.460
 no longing

00:39:43.460 --> 00:39:43.920
 that you

00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.420
 have that

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.719
 will not

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.259
 be met.

00:39:45.739 --> 00:39:46.039
 There is

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.839
 no desire

00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:47.380
 to touch

00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:48.199
 the transcendent

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.460
 that will

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:49.179
 go unfulfilled.

00:39:50.179 --> 00:39:50.639
 Put your

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.059
 trust in

00:39:51.059 --> 00:39:51.339
 Christ.

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:53.420
 may

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.420


00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.420


00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:53.760
 may

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