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 Well, Psalm 93 is the passage that we've been assigned today.

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 I'm not sure who decided on that series, but that's where we're at.

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 Most churches, I think, have their favorite songs. Would you agree with that?

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 I think you go to a church and you'll hear them sing the same repertoire of songs often.

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 We came back from Canada, we sort of dropped in and out of a church,

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 and it seemed for a period of time, and it seemed that every Sunday that we went,

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 they sang the same song, so much so that my kids named that song, that church's theme song.

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 And even to this day, they'll say, oh, we're singing so-and-so's theme song today,

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 even if we're not even in that church.

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 It couldn't have been and wasn't any different in Old Testament temple worship.

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 There must have been psalms that were sung more frequently than others.

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 And during the second temple period, and we've heard this morning a little bit about the building of the first temple,

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 and then, of course, the Jews were carried off into exile, first by the Syrians and then later by the Babylonians.

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 And when they returned from exile, they rebuilt the temple.

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 And it was rededicated, and some of them wept because it wasn't as glorious as the first temple and so on.

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 But really, from that point onwards to the point of the Herod's temple,

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 that period is known as the second temple period.

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 And during the second temple period, there were set songs that were sung every morning.

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 For instance, on Sunday, the first day of the week, they sung Psalm 24.

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 Monday, it was Psalm 48 every Monday morning.

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 Tuesday, Psalm 82.

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 Wednesday, Psalm 94.

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 And Thursday, Psalm 81.

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 And on Friday, the day before the Sabbath, they sang Psalm 93, the psalm that we're looking at this morning.

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 So it would appear that Psalm 93 was a familiar psalm to anyone who spent any kind of time around the temple.

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 Not only was it a familiar psalm, but it's interesting that it's also part of a little series of psalms.

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 So it begins here in Psalm 93, and it runs through to Psalm 100.

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 It's a little block of psalms, a little question about Psalm 94.

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 Does it fit in?

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 Doesn't it fit in?

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 But that aside, a little block of psalms from Psalm 93 to Psalm 100.

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 And what this group of psalms does, really, is it celebrates, it affirms, if you like,

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 the fact that the Lord, Yahweh, the God of Israel, reigns.

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 If you like, it celebrates the fact that God is king, and that he rules over all.

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 And as God is king, he not only rules over all, but he watches over his people.

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 The structure of this little series of psalms is very interesting.

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 I should have brought a PowerPoint so that you could see it, but very quickly, Psalm 93, the Lord reigns.

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 And then you've got two psalms which begin with the word sing, sing.

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 And then Psalm 97 again, the Lord reigns.

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 So the Lord reigns, sing, praise him, sing, praise him.

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 And then the Lord reigns again in Psalm 97.

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 From Psalm 98 to Psalm 100, it's alternated a little bit.

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 And you've got sing, and then you've got the Lord reigns,

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 and then it finishes up with that great psalm, Psalm 100, sing to the Lord.

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 So a little bit about the structure and a little bit about what's happening in terms of these psalms.

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 But as I said, they are as a group.

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 And when you read them as a group, it gives you a little indication of what the psalmist's point is.

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 If you just read Psalm 93, you might miss it a bit.

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 But when you read the package, you get a sense of what the psalmist is trying to communicate

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 and what he is trying to express as he writes these songs and as they are recorded for us.

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 So this psalmist is really trying to affirm, celebrate the fact that God is king

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 and that he reigns over everything.

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 Now, that conviction is based on a long-term view rather than a short-term view.

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 Because if you just look at things from a short-term view,

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 sometimes it will be difficult to see how God could possibly be reigning

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 or how God could ultimately be in control.

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 But from time to time, we get glimpses of how God is at work.

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 But not all of the time.

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 Sometimes it's very difficult to see what God is doing

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 and how God is working things together for our good and for his own glory.

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 But in this group of psalms, the psalmist has come to the fresh conviction

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 that God is not only on the throne,

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 but he has come to the fresh conviction after the experiences that he has worked through

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 that God has always been on the throne,

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 even when he thought that God was absent,

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 even when he thought God was distant,

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 even when he thought that God had lost control.

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 He discovers afresh with renewed conviction that God has always been on the throne.

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 Now, it's hard to know what the exact context of this little group of psalms is.

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 If you read through it, you'll see that there are references to the exile

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 or to the exodus, rather, of the Hebrews out of Egypt.

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 But it's more than likely to be tied to the exile

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 and the return of the exiles from their Babylonian captivity.

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 Whatever the exact context and whatever the circumstances,

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 the truth is we can't be sure.

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 But we must camp on the thought of the psalmist,

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 that God, the God of Israel, that he is king.

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 Sometimes it's hard to see that God reigns, isn't it?

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 Have you found that in your life?

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 Sometimes it's hard to see that God reigns.

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 But he does reign.

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 We don't always perceive it, but we walk by faith and not by sight.

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 We cling to the fact that even when we can't see that God is in control,

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 that somehow he will yet work it out.

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 It's not easy when you stand with a couple who have just laid to rest their little two-year-old girl

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 and you hug them and feel them shake to the very core of their being.

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 It's not easy to believe that ultimately God is in control

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 if you only take a short-term view.

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 But the long-term view is that God is in control.

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 And the psalmist has come out of some huge and significant upheaval.

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 I don't know what they are.

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 Maybe it is the exile.

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 But he has seen God miraculously at work.

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 He has seen God intervene on behalf of his people.

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 He has seen God work for the salvation of his people.

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 And he responds now in praise.

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 And he announces and celebrates the fact that God, the God of Israel, is king.

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 That's what's going on here.

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 It always strikes me in the Bible that worship is never static.

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 It is almost always dynamic.

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 God draws near.

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 People respond in praise.

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 So God destroys the pursuing Egyptian army who are pursuing the Hebrews

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 as they make their way out of Egypt.

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 And God destroys them in the Red Sea.

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 And what happens?

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 Miriam gets out her tambourine and leads the congregation in praise.

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 So God draws near and tells Mary,

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 You are going to be the vehicle through whom God will enter the world.

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 And what does Mary do?

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 She responds, erupts with her great magnificat in praise and adoration.

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 Adoration.

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 When I was a pastor of a church,

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 I was aware that there were folks in our congregation

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 who came really just for the sermon.

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 And they couldn't be bothered with the first part of the service.

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 They thought that was the fluff that they had to put up with

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 until they got to the real part of the service,

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 which was the sermon.

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 Now, I agree with that in theory.

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 What we say to God is important,

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 but what God ultimately says to us through His Word is much more important.

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 And in many senses, the climax of a Sunday morning service

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 is the reading of the Bible as God speaks to us.

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 How awesome is that?

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 But I want to argue and want to just say as we begin to open up this psalm

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 that the praise of God is not fluff.

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 It is no less and no more than He deserves.

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 He is a great God.

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 And He is greatly to be praised.

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 And He is worthy of all of the adoration that we can give to Him.

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 And we will sing His praise for eternity.

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 So we best get used to it

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 whilst we're knocking around and rumbling around on earth.

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 I have just five points that I want to lift out of this psalm.

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 I'll be as quick as I can.

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 I want you to think, first of all,

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 that God reigns majestically.

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 That's what the psalmist wants to tell us.

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 Secondly, He wants to tell us that God reigns powerfully.

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 Thirdly, He wants to tell us that God reigns eternally.

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 Fourthly, He wants to tell us that God reigns emphatically.

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 He is mightier than the oceans or the floods.

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 And fifthly, He wants to tell us that God reigns over His people.

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 He reigns righteously.

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 So those are five things about the fact that the Lord reigns

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 that this psalmist wants to tell us about.

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 First of all, God reigns majestically.

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 God reigns majestically.

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 Verse 1,

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 The Lord reigns and He is robed in majesty.

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 The Lord is robed in majesty.

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 Again, He repeats.

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 The Lord reigns.

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 What does that mean?

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 If a king rules over a kingdom,

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 if he reigns over a kingdom,

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 it means that he is the final authority.

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 Doesn't it?

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 It means that that king is the one who is ultimately in control.

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 And that's what the psalmist is telling us about God.

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 God reigns.

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 Yahweh reigns.

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 The Lord of Israel, the God of Israel reigns.

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 He is the one who has ultimate control.

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 The one who is the ultimate authority.

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 It's not the king of Israel.

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 It's not the king of Syria or of the Persians or the Babylonians.

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 This writer is convinced that the ultimate authority

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 is none other than Yahweh himself.

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 That's comforting, I think, in this generation,

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 at this point in history.

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 We really don't know what the future will look like.

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 The one who is ultimately in control

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 the one who has ultimate authority in this world

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 is not Vladimir Putin

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 with all of his threats against the West.

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 And it's not Donald Trump.

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 And it's not even Theresa May.

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 The one who is ultimately in control of this world

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 is God.

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 I was talking to my wife yesterday

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 as we drove along somewhere

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 about the world that we now live in

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 and how different it is

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 from the world that she and I grew up in.

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 And I was just lamenting to her

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 about our children.

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 What kind of a world

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 will they have to navigate their way through?

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 And as I listen to them

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 talk about their experiences at school,

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 you wonder,

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 what will this world look like?

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 What will this country look like

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 in 20 or 30 years from now?

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 What will it be like to be a Christian

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 20 or 30 years from now?

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 And my wife just reminded me,

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 well, ultimately our children are in God's hands

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 and so is this country.

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 And indeed, so is this world.

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 And we'll just have to leave them there

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 and leave it there.

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 The Lord reigns, he says.

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 And then he says twice,

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 not once, but twice, he says,

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 the Lord is robed in majesty.

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 He really wants us to get that.

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 God is robed in majesty.

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 Now majesty,

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 it's not an easy thing to define.

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 When we think about majesty

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 from a human perspective,

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 we think about things like dignity.

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 We think about authority.

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 We think about power, grandeur,

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 glory, greatness.

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 We have visions of our own queen's coronation.

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 We have a picture in our minds

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 that golden carriage that she travels in.

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 That's the kind of her robes,

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 her crown,

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 the pomp and ceremony

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 that goes with the official events

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 surrounding our own monarch.

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 That's usually what we think of

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 when we think of majesty.

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 Even yesterday,

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 I don't know if you saw the news

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 of that cavalcade making its way

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 through the little tiny town of Mabel.

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 I drive through their lots

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 on the way to the ferry.

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 And it's interesting to watch

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 all those flashing lights

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 and black cars

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 and motorcycles

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 and outriders

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 and, you know,

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 sirens going,

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 policemen everywhere.

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 And you think,

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 well,

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 there's someone significant

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 passing through here.

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 Here the psalmist is telling us

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 that God is robed in majesty.

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 In the many visions

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 that are recorded,

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 in the many visions of God

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 that are recorded in scripture,

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 one of the things

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 that characterizes them

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 is this overwhelming sense

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 of the majesty of God.

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 So when Isaiah

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 receives his vision of God

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 in the temple

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 in Isaiah chapter 6,

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 the year that the king died,

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 the thing that strikes you

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 as you read through that story

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 is the sense of awe,

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 the sense of majesty

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 that is associated with God.

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 His train fills the temple.

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 There are creatures around him

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 crying,

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 Holy,

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 Holy,

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 Holy is the Lord of hosts.

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 The sound of the creatures' voices

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 is like the sound

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 of many waters

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 making their way down a stream.

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 And you get this sense

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 that in all of the visions,

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 I mean,

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 think of the visions

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 in John chapter,

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 in the book of Revelation,

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 that John receives of Jesus.

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 His feet is like burnished,

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 his face is like brighter

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 than the sun

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 and I fell at his feet

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 as though I were dead.

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 Revelation 4,

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 that picture of God

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 on the throne

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 and before him

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 there's a crystal sea

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 and there's colors

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 and there's thunder

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 and lightning.

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 In all of the visions

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 and pictures we get of God

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 in the Bible,

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 it's consistently majestic.

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 It's consistently majestic.

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 And this is what the psalmist

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 wants us to see,

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 that our God is greater.

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 Our God is stronger.

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 Our God is higher

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 than any other.

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 He reigns majestically.

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 We sometimes see leaders

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 of countries

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 and the pomp and ceremony

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 that accompanies them,

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 but all of that pales

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 in comparison

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 to the majesty of God.

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 I think it might be fair to say,

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 I don't know if you'll agree with me,

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 but I think it might be fair to say

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 that people in a bygone generation

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 had a greater sense

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 of the majesty of God

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 than we have

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 now in the 21st century.

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 I don't know if that's a product

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 of the time

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 or what it is.

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 Now, I want you

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 not to misunderstand me.

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 I believe passionately

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 that God is our Father.

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 And Jesus told us

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 when we come to talk to God,

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 we are to come to Him

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 as children to our Father.

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 Our Father in Heaven.

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 That's the invitation.

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 That's the instruction

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 of our Savior.

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 We don't come to a tyrant

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 in the sky.

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 We come as children

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 to a Father.

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 But I just want to say

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 we also need to remember

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 this is no ordinary Father.

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 This is no ordinary Father.

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 This is the majestic God

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 of eternity.

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 This is the God

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 before whom

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 creatures veil their faces

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 and before whom

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 doorposts tremble.

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 This is the majestic God

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 that we come and call as Father.

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 How privileged are we?

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 The second thing is

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 God not only reigns majestically

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 but He reigns powerfully.

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 It says in the NIV

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 God is armed with strength.

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 He is armed with strength.

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 I can't just remember

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 how the ESV put it.

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 But whatever.

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 He is armed with strength.

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 The Hebrew word

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 that's behind the word armed

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 carries this sense

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 of being guarded for battle.

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 So the Lord is majestic

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 and He is guarded

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 with strength.

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 That's the belt

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 that He puts on.

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 It's a belt of strength.

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 Strength is like

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 garments that God wears.

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 Strength and power

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 are just really synonymous

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 with this God

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 that this psalmist

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 is telling us about.

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 And if you read

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 the whole series of psalms

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 you'll get a sense

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 that this psalmist

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 with his own eyes

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 or at least

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 with his own mind

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 has perceived

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 God's strength

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 at work in the world

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 working on behalf

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 of His people.

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 This is a God

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 whose power is infinite.

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 Can you even begin

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 to understand that?

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 I can't.

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 God's power

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 is infinite.

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 There is no limit

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 to God's power.

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 Don't ever think

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 that the church

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 the Christian church

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 is a lost cause

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 and don't ever imagine

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 for one minute

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 that prayer

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 to this all powerful God

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 is a useless

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 pointless exercise.

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 You talk to a God

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 who is girded

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 with strength.

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 In fact

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 God's power

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 is such that

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 He can do

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 whatever He wills

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 to do.

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 Whatever He wills

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 to do

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 He can do.

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 That is the nature

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 of the God

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 that we talk to

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 and have come

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 to worship.

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 This morning

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 many years ago

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 a friend of mine

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 was telling me

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 that he went

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 to a little prayer

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 meeting

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 for one of these

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 I think it was

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 European Christian Mission

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 one of those

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 prayer meetings

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 for one of these

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 European missionary

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 organizations

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 and they got a report

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 from Albania

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 that life was

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 very difficult

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 for Christians

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 under Enva Hoxha's reign.

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 So a little group

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 of women

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 not many

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 beginning of the summer

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 they weren't going

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 to be meeting

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 until the end

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 of the summer

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 I can't remember

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 the exact details

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 but what I do remember

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 is that they decided

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 well we better pray

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 for the removal

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 of Enva Hoxha.

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 I mean that's a bit

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 of a silly prayer

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 isn't it?

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 A few little women

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 praying in a place

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 called Dunmurray

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 in Northern Ireland

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 praying for the removal

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 of the leader

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 of a country

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 but do you know

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 that by the time

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 they came back

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 to meet

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 to pray again

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 for their missionary

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 friends

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 Enva Hoxha

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 had been removed?

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 See this is a God

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 who is girded

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 with strength

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 and can accomplish

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 his will

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 whatever his will

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 might be.

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 I don't know

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 what this means

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 for you

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 but for me

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 it means that

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 God can provide

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 for a college

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 as it builds itself

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 into a center

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 training people

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 for gospel work

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 across these islands

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 and across this world.

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 Like it's not easy

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 trying to sustain

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 a college faculty

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 on the income

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 from a handful

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 of students

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 but this psalm

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 has reminded me

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 that this God

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 that I come

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 and talk to

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 this God

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 that we've worshipped

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.580
 together this morning

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 is well able

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 to provide

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 well able

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 to take care

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 of that college

00:20:38.180 --> 00:20:38.980
 because he is

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:40.660
 girded with strength.

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 I don't know

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 what it means

00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.360
 for you

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 but I wonder

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.600
 if it means

00:20:45.600 --> 00:20:46.440
 God could break

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 into the life

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:47.900
 of your son

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 or daughter

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 who've kicked

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 over the traces

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 and now have

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 no time

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:52.299
 for God.

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 Have you given

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.720
 up all hope?

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 The God

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 that you pray

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 to is girded

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 with strength

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 can humble them

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 and bring them

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 to an end

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 of themselves.

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 Maybe it means

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 that God

00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.940
 can sustain you

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 through a difficult

00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.819
 illness.

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 Are you going

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.099
 through difficulties

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.839
 with your health?

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.859
 The God

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:15.299
 who overarches

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.839
 your life

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:17.319
 with his

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.740
 providential care

00:21:18.740 --> 00:21:19.639
 is a God

00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.740
 who is girded

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.940
 with strength.

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.460
 Well

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 here's the third thing

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.319
 God reigns eternally

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 that's what he says

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 at the end

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 of verse 2

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 isn't it?

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 The world

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.139
 is established

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 it shall never

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 be moved

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 your throne

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 is established

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.500
 from of old

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 you are

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 from everlasting

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 God reigns

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 eternally.

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 The world

00:21:41.680 --> 00:21:42.359
 is established

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:43.079
 that's obviously

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.579
 a reference

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 back to creation

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 God established

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 the world

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 it didn't come

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 into being

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.539
 by accident

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 or by chance

00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:50.460
 it came about

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 by the divine

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 purposes of God

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 he spoke

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 we are told

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 in the book

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 of Genesis

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 and it was

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 and it is

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 established

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 that carries

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 the sense

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.259
 that the world

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 is stable

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 it's firm

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 it's fixed

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 and that the earth

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 we're told

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:09.019
 in the passage

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 the earth

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 will not be moved

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 which is really

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 interesting

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 because

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 maybe there

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:16.279
 were pagans

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 who believed

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.519
 that there

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.980
 were sort

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 of

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 hostile

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 forces

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 arrayed

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 against

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 the world

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 and one

00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:24.519
 day they

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:24.819
 would be

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.519
 successful

00:22:25.519 --> 00:22:26.419
 in overcoming

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:26.939
 the world

00:22:26.939 --> 00:22:27.559
 and maybe

00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:28.200
 the psalmist

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.720
 is meeting

00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:30.220
 these kinds

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.839
 of comments

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.220
 and saying

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.740
 no no no

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.200
 the world

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.659
 will not

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.299
 be moved

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.480
 the world

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.500
 is established

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:37.059
 now everything

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.539
 in the world

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.019
 changes

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.559
 doesn't it?

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.579
 I mean

00:22:39.579 --> 00:22:40.299
 the sun

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.440
 is cooling

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:41.799
 and will

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.220
 eventually

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.919
 burn itself

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:43.299
 out

00:22:43.299 --> 00:22:44.639
 the resources

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.319
 of the earth

00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:45.940
 that we use

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.480
 to fuel

00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.940
 our motor

00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.460
 vehicles

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.599
 that too

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.179
 is finite

00:22:49.179 --> 00:22:49.779
 and will be

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.359
 exhausted

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:51.480
 species

00:22:51.480 --> 00:22:52.299
 that once

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.200
 roamed the earth

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.940
 no longer

00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.779
 roamed the earth

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.759
 people even

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.299
 change

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:57.679
 I mean

00:22:57.679 --> 00:22:58.819
 none of us

00:22:58.819 --> 00:22:59.379
 were here

00:22:59.379 --> 00:23:00.200
 a hundred years

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.460
 ago

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.899
 probably

00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:02.159
 or let's

00:23:02.159 --> 00:23:02.899
 be on the

00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.799
 side of caution

00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.240
 and say

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.759
 a hundred and

00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.259
 twenty years

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.519
 ago

00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.240
 none of us

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.920
 not one of us

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.139
 were here

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.839
 a completely

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:09.480
 different generation

00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:10.980
 lived on this

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.339
 planet

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:12.200
 than us

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:13.639
 a hundred years

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.079
 from now

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:15.440
 we'll be gone

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:15.980
 and a new

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.400
 generation

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.160
 a completely

00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:18.200
 new generation

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.799
 will live

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.299
 everything

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.119
 changes

00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:21.000
 in the world

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:22.440
 but what we're

00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:22.859
 told here

00:23:22.859 --> 00:23:23.220
 is that

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.740
 the planet

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.460
 itself

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.200
 the world

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.680
 itself

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.160
 will not

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.859
 be moved

00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:29.200
 until God

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.819
 deems that

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.259
 it should

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.879
 be moved

00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.440
 and even

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.000
 then

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.619
 it will be

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.299
 swallowed up

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:34.839
 in the new

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.160
 heaven

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:35.900
 and the new

00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:36.460
 earth

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.360
 and there'll

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:37.800
 be some

00:23:37.800 --> 00:23:38.519
 continuity

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.040
 between

00:23:39.040 --> 00:23:40.040
 this earth

00:23:40.040 --> 00:23:41.060
 and the new

00:23:41.060 --> 00:23:41.340
 heaven

00:23:41.340 --> 00:23:42.019
 and the new

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.560
 earth

00:23:42.560 --> 00:23:43.640
 but the

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.300
 psalmist's

00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:45.000
 point here

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:46.220
 is that

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.080
 God has

00:23:47.080 --> 00:23:47.720
 established

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.759
 the world

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.900
 and that's

00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.380
 why it won't

00:23:50.380 --> 00:23:50.840
 be moved

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.279
 it won't

00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:51.680
 be moved

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.120
 because

00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.240
 the God

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.000
 who established

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.660
 it won't

00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.120
 be moved

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.700
 he is

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.360
 the one

00:23:56.360 --> 00:23:56.700
 who has

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.240
 been from

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.200
 all eternity

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:59.300
 he's always

00:23:59.300 --> 00:23:59.980
 been around

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.759
 there has

00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.240
 never been

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.620
 a time

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.180
 when God

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:03.019
 was not

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:04.580
 that's

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:04.839
 what the

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.119
 psalmist

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.579
 wants us

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:05.799
 to know

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.599
 somehow

00:24:06.599 --> 00:24:07.079
 you get

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.559
 a sense

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:07.839
 that

00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.859
 he's

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.359
 discovered

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.659
 this

00:24:09.659 --> 00:24:10.319
 afresh

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.500
 as he's

00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:11.859
 watched

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.279
 God at

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.500
 work

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.220
 as he's

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.720
 entertained

00:24:13.720 --> 00:24:14.319
 the thought

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.279
 on occasions

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:16.379
 maybe God

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:17.000
 is absent

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.720
 maybe God

00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.259
 isn't in

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.639
 control

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:20.419
 maybe God

00:24:20.419 --> 00:24:21.119
 isn't watching

00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.699
 over us

00:24:21.699 --> 00:24:22.439
 maybe things

00:24:22.439 --> 00:24:22.980
 are out of

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.480
 control

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.279
 you just get

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.799
 this sense

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.199
 that he's

00:24:25.199 --> 00:24:26.159
 rediscovered

00:24:26.159 --> 00:24:27.119
 actually God

00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:27.779
 is eternal

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:30.139
 and if

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.559
 God is

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.000
 eternal

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.920
 it means

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.460
 he's always

00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.819
 been

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:33.579
 and he's

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:33.879
 always

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.680
 been God

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.700
 it's not

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.000
 that he

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.899
 always existed

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:38.220
 in some

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.539
 kind of

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.859
 lesser

00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.940
 way

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.740
 in the

00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.059
 past

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.319
 he's

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.779
 always

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.160
 been

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.579
 God

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.200
 and he's

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.660
 always

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:43.960
 in

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.519
 control

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:46.299
 and this

00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.200
 has given

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.099
 this writer

00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.759
 the psalmist

00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.519
 so much

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.799
 encouragement

00:24:50.799 --> 00:24:52.720
 I think

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:54.000
 this is one

00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.500
 of the great

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.180
 bedrocks of

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.579
 the Christian

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:55.899
 faith

00:24:55.899 --> 00:24:56.519
 God never

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.079
 changes

00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:58.779
 I mean

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.159
 it's a

00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.460
 miracle

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.980
 to me

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:01.059
 that early

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:01.539
 Christians

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.919
 worshiped

00:25:02.919 --> 00:25:03.299
 the same

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:03.740
 God

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.460
 and rallied

00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:04.740
 around

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.279
 the same

00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.720
 book

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.899
 that I

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.240
 worship

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.799
 and that I

00:25:07.799 --> 00:25:08.460
 rally around

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.919
 here in the

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.579
 21st century

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:10.319
 this book

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.179
 has been able

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.879
 to sustain

00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.059
 them

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.079
 this God

00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:13.899
 has never

00:25:13.899 --> 00:25:14.480
 changed

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.000
 not an

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.439
 iota

00:25:15.439 --> 00:25:16.539
 he's been

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.960
 the same

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.759
 he's the

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.119
 same now

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.399
 as he

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.879
 was then

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:21.519
 you'll never

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.139
 waken up

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.519
 one day

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.899
 and find

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.339
 that God

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.699
 has been

00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.379
 dislodged

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.759
 from his

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.159
 throne

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:26.859
 or that

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.299
 his reign

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.759
 has come

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.279
 to an

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.740
 end

00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:30.079
 or that

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.399
 he has

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.979
 changed

00:25:30.979 --> 00:25:31.419
 in any

00:25:31.419 --> 00:25:31.599
 way

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:31.899
 he will

00:25:31.899 --> 00:25:32.359
 always be

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.759
 the God

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:33.059
 that he

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.279
 is

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:34.159
 this God

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.439
 that we

00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:34.719
 serve

00:25:34.719 --> 00:25:35.479
 is eternal

00:25:35.479 --> 00:25:36.579
 it's

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.119
 interesting to

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.819
 read just

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.679
 recently a

00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.259
 little story

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.219
 from Spurgeon

00:25:40.219 --> 00:25:41.439
 he went to

00:25:41.439 --> 00:25:41.839
 visit a

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.159
 farmer

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.699
 and the

00:25:42.699 --> 00:25:43.240
 farmer's

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.879
 weather vane

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.879
 had God

00:25:44.879 --> 00:25:45.359
 his love

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.659
 on it

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.219
 and Spurgeon

00:25:46.219 --> 00:25:46.919
 said that's a

00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:48.659
 strange phrase

00:25:48.659 --> 00:25:49.339
 to put on a

00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.859
 weather vane

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.259
 what are you

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.859
 trying to say

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.319
 to people

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.199
 that God's

00:25:52.199 --> 00:25:52.579
 love is

00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.559
 as

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:55.959
 changeable

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.319
 as the

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.600
 weather

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.000
 is that

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:57.200
 what you're

00:25:57.200 --> 00:25:57.440
 trying to

00:25:57.440 --> 00:25:57.700
 say

00:25:57.700 --> 00:25:58.779
 oh no

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.240
 says the

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.539
 farmer

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.620
 I'm trying

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:00.900
 to tell

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.220
 people

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.840
 that no

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.360
 matter what

00:26:02.360 --> 00:26:02.799
 way the

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.640
 wind blows

00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.680
 God is

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.120
 love

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.680
 and that's

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.140
 the point

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:07.519
 of this

00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.880
 writer

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.440
 God is

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:08.900
 eternal

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:10.759
 he's always

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.140
 been

00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:12.000
 he always

00:26:12.000 --> 00:26:12.799
 will be

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:14.720
 fourthly

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.380
 God rules

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:16.100
 emphatically

00:26:16.100 --> 00:26:17.120
 talks about

00:26:17.120 --> 00:26:18.500
 the surging

00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.000
 floods

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.539
 I think it

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.920
 says in

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.680
 the ESV

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.600
 in the

00:26:21.600 --> 00:26:21.940
 NIV

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.340
 it talks

00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:22.740
 about the

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.140
 seas

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.600
 actually

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.259
 literally

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.700
 the Hebrew

00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.100
 word could

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.660
 be translated

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.240
 rivers

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.700
 the roaring

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.660
 surging

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:29.220
 rivers

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:31.240
 as they

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.840
 lift up

00:26:31.840 --> 00:26:32.519
 their voices

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.920
 and we've

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.400
 all heard

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.340
 the noise

00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.060
 of the sea

00:26:35.060 --> 00:26:35.540
 haven't we

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.180
 I remember

00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.640
 being in

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.200
 Cairnbulg

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.740
 a few years

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.019
 ago

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:39.100
 way up

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.320
 on the

00:26:39.320 --> 00:26:39.680
 northeast

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.160
 coast

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:41.279
 and just

00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.779
 got out

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.080
 of my

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.340
 car

00:26:42.340 --> 00:26:42.980
 one street

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.400
 from the

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.880
 shoreline

00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:44.320
 to visit

00:26:44.320 --> 00:26:44.820
 little lady

00:26:44.820 --> 00:26:45.620
 in one

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:45.860
 of those

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.120
 little

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.700
 houses

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.600
 in Cairnbulg

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.200
 and the

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:49.000
 roar of

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.519
 the ocean

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.180
 was just

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.160
 deafening

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.100
 I'd never

00:26:52.100 --> 00:26:52.700
 heard anything

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:53.300
 like it

00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:54.080
 before

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.800
 and I'm

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.319
 an east

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.659
 coast

00:26:55.659 --> 00:26:56.039
 boy

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.899
 I love

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.259
 the sea

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.599
 but the

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.059
 roar

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.659
 that day

00:26:58.659 --> 00:26:59.039
 of the

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.359
 sea

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.619
 and he

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:01.039
 says the

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.480
 sea is

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.000
 lifted up

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.579
 his voice

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.940
 as it's

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.419
 roaring

00:27:03.419 --> 00:27:04.339
 and it's

00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.859
 surging

00:27:04.859 --> 00:27:05.759
 and it's

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.339
 pounding

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.879
 waves

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.460
 haven't we

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:07.839
 seen the

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.200
 pounding

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.619
 of the

00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.099
 waves

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.839
 against the

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.180
 harbor

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.720
 wall

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.440
 as it

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:12.919
 hammers

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.599
 and pounds

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.200
 the coast

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.559
 line

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.659
 and then the

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.000
 psalmist

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.740
 says to us

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.619
 well let me

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.259
 just tell you

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.639
 something

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.720
 God is

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:20.240
 greater

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.039
 mightier

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.859
 than the

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:22.339
 surging

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:23.019
 rivers

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:24.259
 God is

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.960
 mightier

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.299
 than the

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.619
 surging

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:26.079
 rivers

00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:27.319
 no matter

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.279
 what forces

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.099
 are arrayed

00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:29.759
 against him

00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.019
 he is

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.579
 mightier

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:32.099
 than them

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.319
 all

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.940
 and there

00:27:32.940 --> 00:27:33.359
 is an

00:27:33.359 --> 00:27:33.720
 argument

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.279
 that maybe

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.039
 the surging

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.619
 rivers

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.660
 refer to

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:37.160
 hostile

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.079
 nations

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:39.599
 whatever it

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.160
 refers to

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.839
 the point

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.599
 remains the

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.859
 same

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.359
 God is

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:43.180
 mightier

00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:43.859
 than

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.480
 everything

00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:44.839
 that's

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.180
 arrayed

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.500
 against

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.700
 him

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.319
 finally

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.980
 we could

00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.339
 say more

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:47.740
 about that

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.000
 but I

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.160
 better

00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:48.799
 shift

00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.119
 on

00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.819
 God

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.679
 reigns

00:27:51.679 --> 00:27:52.239
 righteously

00:27:52.239 --> 00:27:52.959
 that's the

00:27:52.959 --> 00:27:53.479
 last thing

00:27:53.479 --> 00:27:54.119
 he reigns

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.759
 righteously

00:27:54.759 --> 00:27:55.779
 and that's

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.259
 important

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.719
 that this

00:27:56.719 --> 00:27:56.979
 little

00:27:56.979 --> 00:27:57.639
 conclusion

00:27:57.639 --> 00:27:58.299
 is in

00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.379
 this psalm

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.619
 because

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.119
 might

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:01.039
 is not

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.399
 always

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.879
 right

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:03.399
 Hitler

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:04.500
 you could

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:04.799
 say he

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.500
 was mighty

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:06.519
 powerful

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:08.619
 and the

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.299
 army behind

00:28:09.299 --> 00:28:09.559
 him

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.379
 but he

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.259
 exterminated

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.139
 six million

00:28:12.139 --> 00:28:12.539
 innocent

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.099
 people

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:14.419
 you could

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:14.739
 say that

00:28:14.739 --> 00:28:15.179
 Stalin

00:28:15.179 --> 00:28:16.159
 was powerful

00:28:16.159 --> 00:28:16.839
 and mighty

00:28:16.839 --> 00:28:18.299
 but it's

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.699
 estimated

00:28:18.699 --> 00:28:19.099
 that he

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.759
 was responsible

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.519
 for the

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.019
 deaths of

00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:22.199
 twenty million

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.839
 people

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.559
 might

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.099
 is not

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.539
 always

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.099
 right

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.199
 but this

00:28:26.199 --> 00:28:26.539
 God

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.980
 who is

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.339
 mighty

00:28:27.339 --> 00:28:27.779
 who is

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.279
 majestic

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.859
 who is

00:28:28.859 --> 00:28:29.319
 eternal

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.539
 is also

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.279
 righteous

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.699
 his statutes

00:28:32.699 --> 00:28:33.359
 we are told

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:34.379
 are trustworthy

00:28:34.379 --> 00:28:35.599
 they are firm

00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:36.879
 you can depend

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.259
 on them

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:38.359
 his statutes

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.579
 are dependable

00:28:39.579 --> 00:28:44.079
 God's

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.500
 guidelines

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.379
 are always

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:45.919
 right

00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:47.740
 and that

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.560
 is challenging

00:28:48.560 --> 00:28:48.880
 in the

00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:49.680
 21st century

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.120
 because

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:51.539
 society

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:52.940
 has arrayed

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.300
 itself

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:53.779
 against

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.800
 the clear

00:28:54.800 --> 00:28:55.259
 teachings

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:55.580
 of the

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:55.820
 Bible

00:28:55.820 --> 00:28:56.200
 hasn't it

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.000
 like I'm

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.480
 not trying

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.720
 to be

00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.240
 way out

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.440
 there

00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:58.820
 I'm just

00:28:58.820 --> 00:28:59.140
 trying to

00:28:59.140 --> 00:28:59.840
 face facts

00:28:59.840 --> 00:29:00.120
 as I

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.500
 listen to

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.019
 my kids

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.820
 talk about

00:29:01.820 --> 00:29:02.140
 what they

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.560
 face at

00:29:02.560 --> 00:29:03.080
 school

00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:03.960
 I live

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.220
 in a bit

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.420
 of a

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.720
 Christian

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.080
 bubble

00:29:05.080 --> 00:29:05.560
 but as I

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:05.900
 talk to

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.160
 people

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.880
 around me

00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:09.140
 I sense

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.500
 that

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.539
 as I

00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:10.880
 listen to

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.279
 the news

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.019
 society

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.320
 has

00:29:12.320 --> 00:29:13.600
 you know

00:29:13.600 --> 00:29:13.860
 if you

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.259
 believe

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.980
 things like

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.519
 marriages

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.180
 between one

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.539
 man and

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.039
 one woman

00:29:17.039 --> 00:29:17.700
 you're

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.319
 weird

00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:19.460
 in the

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.359
 21st century

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.700
 you belong

00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.339
 to the

00:29:22.339 --> 00:29:23.259
 age of

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.119
 the dinosaurs

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:26.059
 but what the

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.500
 psalmist is

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.039
 saying to us

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.420
 is listen

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.920
 God's

00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.680
 statutes

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.619
 are true

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.220
 they are

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.839
 trustworthy

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:32.500
 and we

00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:33.220
 will ignore

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.539
 them

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.059
 we will

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:34.740
 sideline

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.379
 them

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.920
 at our

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.480
 peril

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:38.299
 God's

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:38.879
 way is

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.539
 the right

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.940
 way

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:40.920
 it's the

00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.519
 good way

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.339
 and God

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:43.039
 rules his

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.740
 people through

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.579
 his good

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:44.960
 word

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.200
 his

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.799
 trustworthy

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.980
 statutes

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.400
 I mean

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.779
 the Bible

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.640
 when it

00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.079
 says the

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.500
 Bible is

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.900
 trustworthy

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.900
 I think

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.480
 the Bible

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.859
 is the

00:29:53.859 --> 00:29:54.620
 most amazing

00:29:54.620 --> 00:29:55.079
 book in

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.579
 the world

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:57.299
 when you

00:29:57.299 --> 00:29:57.620
 sit down

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.299
 with 66

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.920
 books

00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.940
 written over

00:29:59.940 --> 00:30:00.960
 1500 years

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:02.380
 39 books

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.700
 in the Old

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:02.960
 Testament

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.680
 27 in

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.259
 the New

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:05.079
 written over

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:05.640
 a period of

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.620
 1500 years

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.640
 written by

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:08.019
 kings

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.559
 scholars

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.259
 historians

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.759
 poets

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.440
 statesmen

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.119
 doctors

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.500
 authors

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.779
 all remotely

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.480
 removed from

00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:14.879
 each other

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.420
 they didn't

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.660
 have the

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.099
 chance to

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.480
 sit in a

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:16.819
 room like

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.160
 this and

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.680
 say what

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:17.940
 will be

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.140
 our

00:30:18.140 --> 00:30:18.640
 storyline

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.079
 what will

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.339
 be the

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.879
 main plot

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.240
 of this

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.579
 book

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.000
 and yet

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.460
 each book

00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.079
 fits together

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.440
 like a

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.779
 hand in

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.379
 a glove

00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:25.299
 and all

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:26.240
 points towards

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:27.420
 one climactic

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.059
 conclusion

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.779
 the Lord

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.359
 Jesus

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:31.839
 Voltaire said

00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.539
 of the Bible

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.119
 and of

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.519
 Christians

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:33.920
 he said

00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:34.180
 that they

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.480
 would be

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.960
 swept from

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.339
 the face

00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:35.599
 of the

00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:35.920
 earth

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:38.440
 and would

00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:39.119
 fade into

00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:39.619
 history

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:41.279
 what struck

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.659
 me about

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.159
 that was

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.759
 when he

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.179
 died

00:30:43.179 --> 00:30:44.119
 the Geneva

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:44.659
 Bible study

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.099
 bought his

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.459
 house

00:30:45.459 --> 00:30:46.359
 turned it

00:30:46.359 --> 00:30:46.719
 into a

00:30:46.719 --> 00:30:48.079
 printing press

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.819
 and from

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.759
 his home

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:51.000
 Bibles

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.039
 poured across

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.759
 Europe

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:54.279
 anyway

00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:55.759
 the Bible

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.199
 is trust

00:30:56.199 --> 00:30:56.939
 your statutes

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.659
 are trustworthy

00:30:57.659 --> 00:30:58.679
 and holiness

00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.399
 adorns your

00:30:59.399 --> 00:31:00.039
 house for

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:01.079
 endless days

00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:02.599
 holiness

00:31:02.599 --> 00:31:03.779
 adorns your

00:31:03.779 --> 00:31:04.179
 house for

00:31:04.179 --> 00:31:04.779
 endless days

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.419
 God is a

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.779
 God of

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.279
 holiness

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:09.599
 the presence

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.480
 above the

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.879
 ark of

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.039
 the

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.399
 covenant

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:12.500
 in the

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.939
 holy of

00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.339
 holies

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:15.459
 that was

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:15.959
 God's

00:31:15.959 --> 00:31:16.339
 presence

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.719
 and it

00:31:16.719 --> 00:31:17.279
 was so

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.879
 holy that

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.679
 people couldn't

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.039
 go in

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.339
 there

00:31:19.339 --> 00:31:20.819
 only one

00:31:20.819 --> 00:31:21.279
 man could

00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.579
 go in

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.039
 once a

00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.319
 year

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.639
 and that

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.139
 was something

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:24.779
 around his

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.259
 ankle so

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:25.480
 that they

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.899
 could pull

00:31:25.899 --> 00:31:26.219
 him out

00:31:26.219 --> 00:31:26.639
 if he was

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:27.279
 consumed in

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.719
 the presence

00:31:27.719 --> 00:31:28.199
 of God

00:31:28.199 --> 00:31:29.039
 God is a

00:31:29.039 --> 00:31:29.299
 God of

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.059
 holiness

00:31:30.059 --> 00:31:31.719
 absolute

00:31:31.719 --> 00:31:32.519
 purity

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:34.240
 and how

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.819
 glad we

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.259
 are that

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.679
 God is

00:31:35.679 --> 00:31:36.099
 pure

00:31:36.099 --> 00:31:37.279
 how awful

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.619
 it would

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:37.879
 be

00:31:37.879 --> 00:31:38.980
 if God

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:39.319
 was a

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.779
 monster

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:41.700
 how awful

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:41.980
 it would

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.399
 be if

00:31:42.399 --> 00:31:43.480
 God loved

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:43.940
 sin

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:45.200
 and delighted

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.779
 in sin

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.940
 and thought

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.399
 things like

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.000
 abuse and

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.440
 rape were

00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:48.879
 fine

00:31:48.879 --> 00:31:49.680
 how awful

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:49.980
 it would

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.359
 be

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:51.899
 God is

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.399
 not like

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.839
 that

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.599
 this God

00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:53.899
 is not

00:31:53.899 --> 00:31:54.740
 only majestic

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.240
 he's not

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.220
 only powerful

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:59.339
 he is not

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.259
 only triumphant

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:00.759
 he is not

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.539
 only eternal

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:03.279
 he is not

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.839
 only the

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.240
 one who

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.619
 rules

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.559
 emphatically

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:07.399
 his statutes

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.019
 are trustworthy

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:09.319
 and he is

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.920
 a God of

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.539
 absolute

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.019
 holiness

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.680
 and goodness

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:13.180
 we have a

00:32:13.180 --> 00:32:13.740
 great God

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.019
 you know

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.619
 to praise

00:32:14.619 --> 00:32:15.579
 I think

00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.279
 sometimes we

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.079
 don't really

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.920
 appreciate how

00:32:17.920 --> 00:32:18.279
 much

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:20.859
 how good

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:21.259
 he is

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.000
 how powerful

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.740
 he is

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.420
 and how we

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.059
 have every

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.740
 reason to

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.240
 praise him

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.759
 thank you for

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.059
 listening

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.559
 sorry I

00:32:26.559 --> 00:32:27.039
 rambled on

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.500
 so long

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:28.420
 tell them not

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:28.920
 to invite me

00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:29.500
 back and that

00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.220
 will be the

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.799
 solution to

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.039
 that

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:31.519
 Alistair

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.519
 you