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 It's actually a perfect psalm for today.

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 It's like a Thanksgiving psalm.

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 Yeah, Psalm 95.

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 Yeah, let me read it out loud for us.

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 Actually, let me pray to ask for God's help first.

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 God, we have gathered this day before Thanksgiving

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 to pray to you.

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 To hear from you, from your word,

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 and to speak to you with praise,

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 with confessions, with thanksgiving,

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 and with supplication.

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 We come because we cherish our relationship with you.

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 We come because we know our desperate need for you.

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 We come because we know that you are faithful

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 to fulfill your promises,

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 faithful to answer our prayers,

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 and faithful to meet with us each time we are gathered in your name

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 as your people.

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 And so we pray now that you lead us and speak to us.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Psalm 95.

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

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 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving.

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 Let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise.

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 For the Lord is a great God,

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 and a great king above all gods.

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 In his hand are the depths of the earth.

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 The heights of the mountains are his also.

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 The sea is his, for he made it,

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 and his hands formed the dry land.

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 O come, let us worship and bow down.

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 Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker.

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 For he is our God,

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 and we are the people of his pasture,

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 and the sheep of his hand.

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 Today, if you hear his voice,

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 do not harden your hearts as at Meribah,

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 as on the day at Massah in the wilderness,

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 when your fathers put me to the test,

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 and put me to the proof,

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 though they had seen my work.

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 For forty years I loathed that generation,

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 and said they are a people who go astray in their heart,

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 and they have not known my ways.

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 Therefore I swore in my wrath,

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 they shall not enter my rest.

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 Psalms roughly kind of divided into two main sections.

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 One through most of verse seven

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 is basically an exhortation to praise God.

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 And then the rest of verse seven through verse 11

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 is really an exhortation to obey God,

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 trust God.

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 And there's kind of a build up

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 of the worship and praise of God

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 in verses one through seven.

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 So there's a refrain, right?

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord,

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 make a joyful noise.

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 Again, let's repeat it again.

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 Let us come,

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 and then make a joyful noise.

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 And then again in verse six,

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 O come, let us worship and bow down.

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 But it's, even though it's a refrain,

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 there's kind of a progression.

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 Because in verse one,

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 it's just let's come,

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 let us sing to the Lord.

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 You're kind of gathering into his presence.

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 And then verse two

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 gets a little bit more intimate.

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 It says, let us come into his presence,

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 which literally is before the face,

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 right, with thanksgiving.

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 And then in verse six,

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 it's even more intimate, right?

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 It says, let us worship and bow down.

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 Let us kneel before the Lord, our maker.

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 And so there's kind of this progression

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 of kind of entering into the presence of God

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 and further in and further in.

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 And our worship also reflecting

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 that greater sense of his presence

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 and intimacy as we approach him.

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 And as we're praising God,

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 unlike some, you know,

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 modern praise and worship songs

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 that tell us to praise God

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 without giving us any reasons to,

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 Psalms always tell us,

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 gives us reasons to praise God

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 when it tells us to praise him.

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 And so here,

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 if it's verses one to two,

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 it tells us to praise him.

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 And then verse three gives us a reason,

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 one reason.

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 And that reason is for

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 the Lord is a great God

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 and a great King above all gods.

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 In his hand are the depths of the earth.

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 The heights of the mountains are his also.

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 The sea is his,

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 for he made it

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 and his hands formed the dry land.

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 And so verses four to five

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 kind of use

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 the kind of a rhetorical device of merism,

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 kind of referring to two opposite things,

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 two polarities,

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 to point to the fact

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 that God's the creator of all things, right?

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 So he created the depths

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 as well as the heights.

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 He created the sea

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 as well as the dry land.

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 And then verse three

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 kind of is the reason, right?

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 The Lord is a great God

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 and a great King above all gods.

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 He is the one who created all things.

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 He's the one who reigns above all things.

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 He's the great God

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 and the great King

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 who's above all gods.

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 And this kind of reminds me of

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 when a child

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 is really proud of something

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 that his or her parent has done.

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 I mean,

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 it must happen for you,

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 actually,

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 quite a bit.

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 Well, just because,

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 I mean,

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 you know kids

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 really look up to teachers

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 and also,

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 I feel like kind of a,

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 if you're a gym teacher,

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 you're kind of the coolest teacher

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 in the school, right?

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 It's like,

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 so I could see

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 like your Teddy,

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 for example,

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 or like your son being like,

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 oh man,

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 that's my dad.

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 Like, you know,

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 like that's my,

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 you know,

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 right?

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 It's like a,

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 I mean,

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 I used to think,

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 you know,

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 that my dad riding his bike

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 to work was like the coolest thing,

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 you know,

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 like,

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 and he had to see him ride

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 and I was like,

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 oh,

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 he looks amazing.

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 That's my dad,

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 you know?

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 And then here,

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 it's like when you,

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 when it's,

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 it's like we're pointing to God

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 and saying,

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 God,

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 the one who made the heavens

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 and the earth,

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 the one who made the depths

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 and the heights,

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 the one who formed the sea

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 and the dry land,

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 that's God,

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 that's our God,

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 right?

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 He is the great king.

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 He's the one above all gods.

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 And it's,

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 we're given another reason

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 after another exhortation

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 to praise in verse six.

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 So,

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 come,

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 let us worship and bow down.

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 Let us kneel before the Lord,

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 our maker.

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 So it gets even more personal here.

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 Not only is he the creator,

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 generically of all things,

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 he is our maker.

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 He's the one who made us.

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 So that's another reason

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 to praise him.

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 So in verse seven,

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 for he is our God,

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 our God,

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 and we are the people

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 of his pasture

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 and the sheep of his hand.

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 That's just a,

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 so intimate,

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 it goes from that cosmic image

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 of the creator

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 to that intimate image

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 of the shepherd.

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 He's saying,

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 not only is God

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 the creator of all the heavens

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 and the earth,

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 he is our maker.

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 He's the one who made us,

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 who chose us,

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 who redeemed us,

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 and who leads us

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 through this pasture

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 and gives us

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 green grass to feed on

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 and guides us,

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 it goes before us.

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 That's our God.

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 And so that's really

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 the exhortation

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 to praise God

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 and then in the rest

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 of the psalm,

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 we're really exhorted

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 to obey him,

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 to hear him.

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 And it says at the end

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 of verse seven,

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 today,

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 if you hear his voice,

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 do not harden your hearts

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 as at Meribah,

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 as on the day at Mesa

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 in the wilderness.

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 This is a,

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 the word today

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 is that kind of literary device

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 is used frequently

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 throughout the book

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 of Deuteronomy

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 to kind of make a connection

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 between the past

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 and the present.

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 So there's,

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 it conveys a sense

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 of urgency,

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 right?

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 It's like,

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 you know,

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 not just genetically,

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 but today.

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 Today,

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 if you hear his voice,

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 make sure you don't

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 harden your hearts

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 as you did in the past.

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 So he makes a connection

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 to the past

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 because that past

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 kind of unfaithfulness

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 and the testing of God

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 is still a risk

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 and a temptation today.

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 So he says,

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 today,

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 if you hear his voice,

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 do not harden your hearts

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 as at Meribah

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 as on the day

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 and Mesa in the wilderness.

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 So this is probably,

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 this is a reference

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 to a couple different things.

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 One,

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 one occurs in Exodus,

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 one occurs in Numbers

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 where they basically

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 test God

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 and in the wilderness

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 instead of trusting

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 in the provision,

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 they're saying,

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 it'd be better for us

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 to go back to it,

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 to go back to Egypt.

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 They say,

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 we're going to die here

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 of thirst

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 and then Moses

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 brings water

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 out of the rock

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 and in Exodus 17,

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 verse 7,

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 this is really summarized.

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 He says,

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 and he called

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 the name of the place

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 Massah and Meribah

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 because of the quarreling

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 of the people of Israel

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 and because they tested

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 the Lord by saying,

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 is the Lord among us or not?

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 The name Meribah

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 means quarreling,

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 like accusing,

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 almost like a litigation

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 and then the word Massah

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 means testing,

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 requiring a proof

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 and those two ideas

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 are really captured here

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 in verse 9 as well.

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 When your fathers

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 put me to the test,

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 right?

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 That's the idea

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 of testing at Massah

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 and then put me

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 to the proof,

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 accusing,

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 right?

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 Really kind of the idea

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 of Meribah,

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 do they see in my work?

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 And that's kind of the,

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 is the exact opposite

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 of thanksgiving,

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 right?

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 And the praise

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 that we're exhorted to do.

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 It's the grumbling,

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 it's the testing.

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 Is God really for us or not?

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 Is God really with us or not?

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 Is God really providing

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 for us or not?

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 Is God really good?

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 It's the questioning of God

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 instead of trusting.

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 It's the grumbling at God

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 instead of gratefully

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 praising God

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 and giving thanks to God.

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 And that was

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 such a grievous sin

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 that God says

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 in verse 10

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 of Psalm 95,

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 for 40 years

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 I loathed that generation

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 and said,

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 there are people

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 who go astray

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 in their heart

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 and they have not

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 known my ways.

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 Therefore I swore

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 in my wrath

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 that they shall not

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 enter my rest.

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 And so that generation

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 does not enter

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 the promised land.

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 They don't enter

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 the rest of God.

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 It's their children

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 that get to enter

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 the promised land.

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 But then of course

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 we know the rest

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 of the story, right?

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 Because even after

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 they enter the promised land

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 they continue to grumble.

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 They continue

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 their idolatry.

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 They don't trust God

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 and so that

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 they also fail

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 in their ways

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 to enter God's rest.

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 Even they lose

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 the promised land.

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 And that ultimately

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 points to the redemption

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 that we have

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 in Jesus.

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 And this passage

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 is made use of

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 the psalm

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 is made use of

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 in Hebrews 4.

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 It says

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 chapter 4

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 verses

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 the first few

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 verses here

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 it says

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 therefore

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 while the promise

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 of entering

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 his rest

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 still stands

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 let us fear

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 lest any of you

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 should seem

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 to have failed

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 to reach it.

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 For good news

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 came to us

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 just as to them

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 but the message

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 they heard

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 did not benefit

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 them

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 because they

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 were not

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 united by faith

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 with those

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 who listened.

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 For we who

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 have believed

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 enter that rest

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 as he has said

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 as I swore

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 in my wrath

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 they shall not

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 enter my rest.

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 although his works

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 were finished

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 from the foundation

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 of the world

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 for he has

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 somewhere spoken

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 of the seventh

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 day in this way

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 and God rested

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 on the seventh

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 day from all

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 his works.

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 And again

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 in this passage

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 he said

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 they shall not

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 enter my rest

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 since therefore

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 it remains

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 for some

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 to enter it

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 and those

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 who formerly

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 received the good

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 news

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 failed to

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 enter

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 because of

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 disobedience.

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 Again

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 he appoints

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 a certain

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 day

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 today

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 saying

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 through David

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 so long

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 afterward

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 in the words

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 already quoted

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 today

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 if you hear

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 his voice

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 do not

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 harden

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 your hearts

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 and for

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 if Joshua

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 had given

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 them rest

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 God would

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 not have

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 spoken

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 of another

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 day

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 later on

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 so then

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 there remains

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 a Sabbath

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 rest

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 for the

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 people of

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 God

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 for whoever

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 has entered

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 God's rest

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 has also

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 rested from

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 his works

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 as God

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 did from

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 his

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 let us

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 therefore

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 strive to

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 enter that

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 rest

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 so that

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 no one

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 may fall

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 by the

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 same

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 sword

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 of

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 disobedience

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 so this

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 is really

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 kind of

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 by typology

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 it's that

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 rest that

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 God held

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 out to

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 his people

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 in the

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 promised

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 land

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 and the

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 way they

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 failed to

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 enter that

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 rest

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 becomes a

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 foreshadowing

00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:48.480
 of this

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 eternal

00:12:49.940 --> 00:12:50.500
 rest

00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:51.379
 that Christ

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 won for

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 us

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 and makes

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 available to

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 us

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 and so

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 then

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 even though

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 in a real

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 way we

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 are already

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 in that

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 rest

00:13:00.980 --> 00:13:01.360
 if we

00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:01.660
 have put

00:13:01.660 --> 00:13:01.920
 our faith

00:13:01.920 --> 00:13:02.300
 in Jesus

00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:03.019
 there is

00:13:03.019 --> 00:13:03.779
 also a

00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:04.659
 final way

00:13:04.659 --> 00:13:06.000
 in which

00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.679
 we will

00:13:06.679 --> 00:13:07.179
 enter that

00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:07.740
 rest in

00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:08.159
 the future

00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.039
 when our

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 salvation is

00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:10.219
 consummated

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 and that

00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:12.399
 requires

00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:12.979
 perseverance

00:13:12.979 --> 00:13:13.819
 in the same

00:13:13.819 --> 00:13:14.620
 way the

00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:14.979
 Israelites

00:13:14.979 --> 00:13:15.559
 needed to

00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:16.019
 persevere

00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:17.479
 and that

00:13:17.479 --> 00:13:18.259
 means today

00:13:18.259 --> 00:13:19.120
 if we hear

00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:19.459
 his voice

00:13:19.459 --> 00:13:19.899
 we must not

00:13:19.899 --> 00:13:20.259
 harden our

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 hearts

00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:21.259
 so we

00:13:21.259 --> 00:13:21.559
 should be

00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:22.219
 giving thanks

00:13:22.219 --> 00:13:23.000
 and praising

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 him for

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 he's a

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 creator

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 and he's

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 our shepherd

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 he's our

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 redeemer

00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:30.740
 and for

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 the same

00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:31.559
 reason we

00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:31.899
 should be

00:13:31.899 --> 00:13:32.419
 praising him

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 and thanking

00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:32.939
 him

00:13:32.939 --> 00:13:33.360
 remembering

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 that and

00:13:33.740 --> 00:13:34.319
 walking with

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 him with

00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.439
 that reality

00:13:36.439 --> 00:13:36.799
 in our

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 mind

00:13:37.139 --> 00:13:38.179
 instead of

00:13:38.179 --> 00:13:38.879
 grumbling

00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.799
 complaining

00:13:39.799 --> 00:13:41.919
 distrusting

00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:44.939
 and failing

00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:45.399
 to enter

00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:45.919
 that rest

00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:47.379
 so let's

00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:48.439
 keep that

00:13:48.439 --> 00:13:48.799
 in mind

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 and sing

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 some songs