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 Well, good morning, church.

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 Hope you all have had a good Fourth of July weekend, a good extended time of rest.

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! My name is Chandler Durden, for those of y'all who do not know me.

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 I've been a member at Christ Family Church for about six years or so at this point,

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 and I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to preach God's Word to you all.

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 But before I begin, I want to ask for a little extra grace with me this morning.

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 This is my first sermon that I've ever preached,

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 and I also found out four hours ago that this is my first sermon that I've ever preached.

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 And so, anyways, Nathan woke up this morning not feeling super well, as TJ alluded to,

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 so definitely keep him in your thoughts and prayers that he'll make a full and swift recovery.

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 But my family and I have also been at my parents' house this weekend, pet-sitting their dogs,

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 and so I did not have access to my full wardrobe.

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 So, if you have any expectations of the types of shoes preachers would wear this morning,

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 well, I really apologize, because I'm currently wearing on clouds.

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 But due to the time constraints also, I was not able to prepare the normal length of a sermon,

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 so Nathan asked if I could share a little bit about the work that my wife and I are planning to do in Japan long-term as missionaries.

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 So, we'll spend some time kind of scattered throughout that message talking about that a little bit.

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 But without further ado, I want to draw your attention this morning to Psalm 67.

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 So, if you would, take your copy of God's Word and turn there with me.

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 Psalm 67.

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 And we will begin our reading with the heading right above verse 1,

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 which is actually included in the original manuscripts, so we'll begin there.

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 Our text reads,

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father in heaven, we thank you for this opportunity to meet together as a church,

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 to hear from your Word, to sing your Word, to pray your Word, to see your Word.

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 We are thankful, God, that you have saved us and called us to yourself,

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 and that just as our justification surely happens,

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 so our sanctification and glorification will surely happen.

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 We thank you for that.

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 We thank you for just this time.

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 And we pray that by your Spirit, that you would work among your people,

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 that we would see and savor the glory of Christ.

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 And we pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So, I want to draw your attention to two truths that we see in this text,

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 and we'll spend the majority of our time looking at the first truth.

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 And I'll make a few brief points about the second truth.

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 So, truth number one, God's chief end for creating and sustaining the nations,

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 is that he might be glorified,

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 and that they might be satisfied.

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 And then truth number two,

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 God blesses us so that we might bless the nations.

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 I want to make a case that truth number one is the primary emphasis of this psalm,

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 and that truth number two is a secondary emphasis,

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 and is written to serve truth number one.

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 In other words, Psalm 67's main emphasis is God's chief desire to globally glorify his name

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 by blessing the nations.

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 And Psalm 67 makes clear that God accomplishes this end by blessing us.

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 God blesses us so that we might bless the nations.

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 And just to be clear, I'm not saying that God does not love us or is simply using us.

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 I'm just saying that he loves the nations,

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 and that our joy in him actually increases when it expands into the lives of others.

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 And therefore, God actually has our highest good in mind

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 when he commands us to seek the good of others.

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 Now, with the remainder of our time,

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 I want to examine these two truths in more details

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 and show you how central they are to Psalm 67's message,

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 and ultimately how central they are to the entire Bible.

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 So let's spend some time meditating on this first glorious truth,

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 which is the main theme of this psalm.

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 God's chief end for creating and sustaining the nations

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 is that he might be glorified and they might be satisfied.

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 The number of times this truth is repeated throughout this psalm

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 is more than enough evidence to argue that this is Psalm 67's main theme.

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 But I'm convinced that the structure of this psalm itself

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 leads us to this conclusion as well.

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 I believe this psalm is structured chiastically,

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 which is a common form of parallelism used in both Old and New Testaments.

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 A chiasm is where a sequence of ideas is presented

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 and then repeated in reverse order.

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 This results in the second half of the psalm mirroring the first half

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 so that the ideas are reflected back in the passage.

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 So to give an example of what this would look like,

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 if there were three ideas in a passage structured chiastically,

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 you would have idea A stated,

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 then idea B stated,

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 then idea C,

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 and then these ideas in the second half

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 would be repeated using different words

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 or with a slightly different emphasis.

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 So the structure of the passage would look like idea A

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 followed by B,

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 then C,

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 and then C,

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 B,

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 A.

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 Now,

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 there are two main reasons

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 why I believe this psalm is structured chiastically.

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 First,

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 it seems that just like a chiasm,

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 the ideas introduced in the psalm's first half

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 are repeated in the psalm's second half,

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 but in reverse order.

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 Look at verses 1 and 2 with me.

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 verses 1 and 2 introduce the first idea,

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 idea A,

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 which is God blessing his people

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 so that the nations might know and fear him.

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 And this idea is clearly repeated

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 in verses 6 and 7,

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 except now in the form of a promise

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 rather than a prayer.

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 In the beginning of the psalm,

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 it was,

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 may God bless us,

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 and now at the end of the psalm,

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 it's God shall bless us.

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 We also see the purpose of this blessing

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 reflected on at the end of the psalm.

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 In the beginning of the psalm,

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 the blessing is,

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 so that your way might be known on the earth,

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 your saving power among all nations.

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 And at the end of the psalm,

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 after the psalmist promises that God will bless us,

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 once again,

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 this truth has an intended purpose,

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 which is why the psalmist's last words are,

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 let all the ends of the earth fear him.

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 The psalm's next idea,

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 idea B,

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 is introduced in verse 3.

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 And this idea is clearly repeated,

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 quite literally,

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 since verse 5 simply restates verse 3 word for word.

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 Now, notice this whole time

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 I haven't said anything about verse 4.

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 And it's because this verse

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 is not paired with any other verses.

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 And I think verse 4's inclusion

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 in our text is the second reason

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 why I think there's a chiasc structure in Psalm 67.

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 More often than not,

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 chiasms include a verse directly

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 in the middle of the passage.

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 And this verse is the passage's central message.

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 It seems clear that verse 4

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 is indeed functioning

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 as this psalm's central message.

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 Because if you were to see this psalm

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 written in its original language,

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 you would see that the sentence in verse 4

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 contains twice the number of Hebrew words

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 found in every other verse.

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 with the sheer number of Hebrew words

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 emphasizing the importance of this verse.

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 Also, the content of verse 4

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 is unique to the rest of the psalm.

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 This verse alone highlights the reason

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 as to why the nations should praise God.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 let the nations be glad and sing for joy

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 for, or because,

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 you judge the peoples with equity

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 and guide the nations upon earth.

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 In other words,

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 the nations should delight themselves in God

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 because he is worthy of being delighted in.

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 The living and triune God of the universe is good.

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 He has fixed a day

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 on which he will judge

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 the world and righteousness,

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 and one day he will set aright

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 all of the wrongs of wicked humanity.

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 The living and triune God of the universe is kind.

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 He blesses us

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 despite the abundant evidence

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 that we're guilty as charged.

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 And he blesses us

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 by cursing his son.

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 He answers the psalmist's prayer

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 in verse 1

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 to shine his face upon us

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 by turning his back on his son.

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 Now, earlier,

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 I made the claim

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 that this first truth,

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 namely,

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 God's chief end for creating the nations

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 is for his glory

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 and for their joy,

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 that this truth

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 is Psalm 67's main theme.

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 But you may be wondering,

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 well,

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 what about verse 4?

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 Why isn't the main theme

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 that God is fully worthy of our praise?

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 Since verse 4,

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 which contains the psalm's central message,

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 says that God judges the peoples with equity

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 and guides the nations upon earth.

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 Or you might think

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 that the main theme

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 has to do with the nations

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 and their joy.

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 Verse 4 says,

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 let the nations be glad

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 and sing for joy.

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 But I think that verses 3 and 5

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 guard against these interpretations.

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 Verses 3 and 5

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 emphasize God's God-centeredness

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 and his passionate zeal

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 to spread his glory

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 to the ends of the earth.

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 We can go to verses 3 and 5

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 to help us understand

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 what the psalmist means

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 when he says in verse 4,

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 let the nations be glad

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 and sing for joy.

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 What does it mean

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 for the nations to be glad

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 and sing for joy?

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 Verses 3 and 5,

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 let the peoples praise you.

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 That's what it means.

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 It means to praise God.

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 Who are the nations to be glad in?

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 Who are they to sing to?

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 Verses 3 and 5,

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 let the peoples praise you,

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 O God.

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 And then lastly,

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 you may be wondering,

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 well, what exactly did the psalmist mean

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 when he used the word nations

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 or the word peoples?

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 Did he really understand

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 God's global purposes

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 since he was living

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 under the old covenant

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 and therefore he hasn't heard

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 the great commission delivered

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 in the new covenant?

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 And I think that's a fair question

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 considering how ethnocentric

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 the Jewish nation was.

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 So let's start with the word peoples.

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 This word and its original language

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 is often used to refer

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 to the people of Israel,

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 but it also is used to refer

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 to the people of other nations.

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 Consider Deuteronomy 13, 7,

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 where God commands the Israelites,

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 if your brother,

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 the son of your mother,

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 or the son of your daughter,

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 or the wife you embrace,

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 or your friend who is as your own soul

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 entices you secretly,

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 saying,

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 let us go after gods

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 and serve other gods,

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 which neither you

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 nor your fathers have known,

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 some of the gods of the peoples

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 who are around you,

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 whether near you

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 or far off from you,

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 from the one end of the earth

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 to the other,

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 you shall not yield to him

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 or listen to him.

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 And then as for the Hebrew word

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 that's translated as nations

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 in our psalm,

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 this is a fair translation.

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 It could be translated as peoples,

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 but what's interesting

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 is that the Septuagint,

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 which is the Greek translation

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 of the Hebrew Old Bible,

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 or Hebrew Old Testament,

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 translates this Hebrew word

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 into the Greek word ethnos,

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 which is the same Greek word

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 that Christ uses

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 in the Great Commission

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 when he says,

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 go therefore

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 and make disciples

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 of all ethnos,

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 of all nations.

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 So I hope that these Hebrew words

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 and the structure of the psalm

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 has convinced you

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 that God's aim

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 to reach people

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 from every tribe

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 and every tongue

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 and every language

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 and nation

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 is not some side goal

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 of God's.

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 This is actually central

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 to his plan.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 this is why we exist,

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 to praise him

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 and to be used by him

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 to bring others

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 into this glorious feast of joy,

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 which Christ has purchased

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 for us

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 and for the nations.

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 And the rest of scripture

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 also makes abundantly clear

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 that this is God's chief end

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 for creating you

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 and for creating me.

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 Consider the book of Psalms.

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 David begins the entire book

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 by speaking of a decree

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 that Yahweh proclaims

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 to his anointed one,

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 which we know

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 in its immediate context

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 is referring to David,

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 but it finds its ultimate fulfillment

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 in Christ.

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 The decree is found

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 in Psalm 2-7,

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 which reads,

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 quote,

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 You are my son,

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 today I have begotten you.

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 Ask of me

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 and I will make the nations

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 your heritage

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 and the ends of the earth

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 your possession.

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 So,

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 we see Christ

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 receiving the nations

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 as his inheritance

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 and reigning over them

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 as king.

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 The book of Psalms

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 also ends

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 in a similar way.

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 The heartbeat

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 of Psalm 150

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 is that everyone

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 and everything

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 in all creation

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 is to praise the Lord.

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 The chapter begins

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 by saying in verse 1,

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 Praise God

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 in his sanctuary.

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 Praise him

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 in his mighty heavens.

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 The psalmist is calling

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 on both earthly worshippers

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 and heavenly worshippers.

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 Then,

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 as the psalmist's last words,

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 he cries out,

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 let everything

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 that has breath

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 praise the Lord.

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 And then,

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 consider the Bible

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 as a whole

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 here as well.

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 So,

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 in the beginning

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 of the Bible,

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 on day 6 of creation,

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 after God looked

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 at everything he made

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 and saw that it was good,

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 he said in Genesis 1-26,

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 Let us make man

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 in our image

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 and after our likeness.

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 Then,

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 a few verses later,

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 God commands Adam and Eve

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 and says to them,

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 Be fruitful

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 and multiply

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 and fill the earth

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 and subdue it

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 and have dominion

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 over the fish

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 of the sea

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 and over the birds

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 of the heavens

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 and over everything

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 that moves on the earth.

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 Adam and Eve

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 were made in the likeness

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 of God

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 and were therefore

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 meant to be

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 a picture

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 or an image

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 or an expression

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 on earth

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 of the triune God,

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 of his character

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 and of his sovereignty

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 over all things.

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 They were commissioned

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 to create

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 more image bearers

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 and to fill the earth.

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 They were expelled

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 from the garden

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 and exiled

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 from God's presence

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 and now,

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 they and their offspring

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 would be

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 but a faint reflection

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 of God's glory.

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 But praise be to God,

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 church family,

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 because what the first Adam

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 failed to accomplish,

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 the last Adam

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 fulfilled perfectly.

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 Jesus Christ,

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 who is the image

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 of God

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 and the exact imprint

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 of his nature,

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 he perfectly reflected

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 God's character

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 and rule.

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 He obeyed the law

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 in full.

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 He loved his friends

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 by dying for them.

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 He ruled the nations

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 first by becoming

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 their servant

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 and now,

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 he reigns his head

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 over his body,

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 the church,

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 and commissions them

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 to go therefore

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 and make disciples

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 of all nations.

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 And then,

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 also,

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 the very end

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 of the Bible

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 makes clear

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 God's chief end

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 to glorify himself

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 through the nations

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 as well.

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 So,

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 you've got the beginning

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 and the end of scripture

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 and then things

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 all throughout

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 making it super,

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 super clear

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 that his chief end

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 is to glorify himself

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 to the nations.

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 So,

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 we know how the story ends.

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 In Revelation 21,

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 the new heavens

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 and the new earth

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 are filled with

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 the most joyful people

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 from every tribe,

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 people,

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 nation,

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 and language.

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 And the whole earth

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 is filled with God's glory

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 because the last Adam

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 was a faithful servant

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 who did all that God

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 commanded him to do.

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 Because of his obedience,

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 his bride's glorification

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 is sure.

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 And one day,

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 she will perfectly reflect

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 the brightness

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 of the Father's glory.

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 Okay,

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 so now we move on

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 much more briefly

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 to our second truth.

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 God blesses us

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 so that we will

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 bless the nations.

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 Look at verse 1

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 with me.

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 May God be gracious

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 to us

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 and bless us

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 and make his face

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 to shine upon us.

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 that your way

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 may be known on earth,

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 your saving power

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 among all nations.

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 This same foundational truth

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 is not limited

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 to Psalm 67,

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 but in fact

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 was spoken to Abraham

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 when God brought him

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 out of the land of Ur.

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 In Genesis 12,

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 2,

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 God says to Abraham,

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 I will make you

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 a great nation

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 and I will bless you

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 and make your name great

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 and so you shall be

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 a blessing

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 and I will bless

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 those who bless you

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 and curse those

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 who curse you.

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 this purpose

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 that God has

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.480
 to bless Israel,

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 to bless Abraham,

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 to bless us,

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 is not

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 his ultimate purpose.

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 His ultimate purpose

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 is to bless

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 the whole world

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 and he uses people

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 from certain parts

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 of the world

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 who are already

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 blessed by him

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 to go to other parts

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 of the world

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 who are presently

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 cursed by him

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 to go and preach

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 the gospel to them

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 so that they might

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 fall under the blessing

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 of God.

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 So that the brightness

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 of God's face

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 might shine

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 in the darkest places

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 of the whole world.

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 And this same truth

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 is repeated yet again

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 at the end of

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:29.579
 our psalm in verse 7.

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 Verse 7 says,

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 God shall bless us,

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 let all the ends

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 of the earth fear him.

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 After stating

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 that God will bless

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 Israel,

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 the psalmist is propelled

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 to cry out,

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 let all the ends

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 of the earth fear him.

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 Which I'm convinced

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 is actually geared

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 toward Israel.

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 I don't think this command

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 is directed

00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:48.319
 for the nations,

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 but I believe

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 it's ultimately

00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:50.539
 about Israel

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 being a beacon,

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 chosen to spread

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 the knowledge

00:18:53.559 --> 00:18:53.980
 of God

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 beyond her borders.

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 And so,

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 it's passages

00:18:59.000 --> 00:18:59.720
 of scripture

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 like Psalm 67

00:19:00.779 --> 00:19:01.660
 that have gripped

00:19:01.660 --> 00:19:02.640
 my family and I

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 to move to Japan,

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 a country with less

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 than 0.5%

00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.300
 professing Christians.

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 It's passages

00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:10.300
 like Revelation 7-9

00:19:10.300 --> 00:19:12.180
 that greatly encourage me,

00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:13.720
 but also humble me,

00:19:14.060 --> 00:19:15.120
 since God has already

00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:15.880
 promised that

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.640
 all the nations

00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.480
 will stand before

00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:18.019
 his throne

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.720
 to worship him.

00:19:19.759 --> 00:19:20.880
 Dear brothers and sisters,

00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:23.400
 God does not need us

00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:24.039
 to accomplish

00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:24.620
 his purposes.

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 but he uses us.

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 And what a treasure

00:19:27.580 --> 00:19:29.240
 it is to be used by God.

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 What a delight it is

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:33.160
 to be used by him

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 to accomplish his work,

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 though in his omnipotence

00:19:36.720 --> 00:19:38.400
 he does not need us

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 in any way whatsoever.

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:42.700
 So our family is being sent

00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:43.720
 by Christ Family Church

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.360
 through reaching

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 and teaching

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 international ministries

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.259
 to move to Yokohama,

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 Japan,

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 which is a city

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 just one hour

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 south of Tokyo.

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 And in this city

00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.100
 we will be a part

00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:55.339
 of a healthy local church

00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:57.079
 while we will learn

00:19:57.079 --> 00:19:58.000
 the language and culture

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:59.359
 for the first few years.

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 And then once we learn

00:20:01.159 --> 00:20:02.059
 the language and culture,

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.639
 we will be sent

00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:04.619
 by that church

00:20:04.619 --> 00:20:06.459
 to go to somewhere

00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:07.480
 around Tokyo

00:20:07.480 --> 00:20:08.259
 where there's

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.919
 a great need

00:20:08.919 --> 00:20:09.459
 for the gospel.

00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:10.779
 We're not too sure yet

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:12.259
 where that will be.

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:14.599
 but our aim,

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.240
 our hope,

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.000
 is to see

00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:17.420
 the Japanese people

00:20:17.420 --> 00:20:19.059
 go from death

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 to life,

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 just like we have gone

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 from death to life,

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 and then to go from

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 infancy to adulthood

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 in Christ.

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 So we want to be a part

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 of that whole process

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 to see a people

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 who have never heard,

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 hear the gospel,

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 repent and believe

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 in the gospel,

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 have saving faith,

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 have the joy

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 that we have,

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 and then go from,

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 you know,

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 being a newborn Christian

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 to being raised up

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 to the full stature

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 of the measure of Christ.

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 That's our plan.

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 And the primary religions

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 in Japan

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 are Shintoism

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 and Buddhism,

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 though functionally

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 many people

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 in this country

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 are atheists.

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 It's kind of like

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 similar to America

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 where a lot of people

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 profess to be Christians,

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 but,

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 and they go to church

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 on Sundays,

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 but in real actuality,

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 they don't have

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 true saving faith.

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 It's kind of similar to that.

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 Japan also has

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 one of the highest

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 suicide rates

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 in the world,

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 and many people

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 suffer from

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 chronic depression there.

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 And so our hope

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 is that the joy

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 of the gospel message

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 and the joy of our hearts

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 as a family

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 will pour into

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 their hearts

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 and that they will

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 experience the joy

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 that we have in Christ.

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 So I hope

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 that you will join me

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 in committing to

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 praying for the

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 Japanese people,

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 that their hearts

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 would be softened

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 to the gospel,

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 and that the Lord

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 would provide

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 both spiritually

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 and financially

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 for our family

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 as we prepare

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 to go to the field

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 in early 2026,

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 Lord willing.

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 So now I'm going

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 back to our text,

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 some brief points

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 of application.

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 It may not be,

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 and probably is not,

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 God's will

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 for most of you

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 in this room,

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 or possibly any of you

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 in this room,

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 to pack up your bags,

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 hop on a plane,

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 and spend your lives

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 preaching the gospel

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 to an unreached people group.

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 And I'm fully aware

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 of that.

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 So you may be thinking,

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 what's my role

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 in this?

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 How am I going to

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 bless the nations

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 when I live here?

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 Well, I want to

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 first off say,

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 don't be discouraged.

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 Your obedience here

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 will have

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 a ripple effect

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 on the nations.

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 Be a faithful

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 church member here.

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 Be an unashamed

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 proclaimer of the truth

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 here,

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 and you have

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 no idea

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 how capable God

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 is of using

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 your faithfulness

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 here to impact

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 there.

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 I remember one time

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 listening to a Q&A session

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 at a missionary

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 conference called

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 CrossCon,

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 and one of the panel

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 members there

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 was a pastor

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 in India.

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 He is somewhat

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 well-known

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 in the missions world.

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 His name is

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 Harshit Singh,

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 and one of the questions

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 he was asked

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 during the Q&A

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 was essentially,

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 what is the one way

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 that someone

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 who is not a missionary

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 can have an impact

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 on the nations?

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 And his immediate

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 answer without hesitation

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 was,

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 be a faithful

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 church member

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 where you're at.

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 That's the number

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 one way.

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 And so I don't

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 want you to think

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 that your obedience

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 in Dahlonega

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 or Gainesville

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 or wherever you live

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 here will have

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 no effect on the nations.

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 In fact,

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 I want you to remember

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 that your obedience

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 here within God's

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 mysterious providence

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 and probably within

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 ways that you won't

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 even maybe see

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 in this side of glory

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 will have a ripple

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 effect on the nations.

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 And trust that the Lord

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 is working in that way.

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 Have that mindset

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 geared toward reaching

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 not just people

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 in Dahlonega

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 but reaching

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 the ends of the earth

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 though you may not

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 be there.

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 And then second of all,

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 there are goers

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 and there are senders.

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 There are those

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 who go down

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 into the well

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 and there are those

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 who hold the rope

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 for those who go down.

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 God has ordained

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 that goers

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 cannot go

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 unless senders send.

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 Disciple,

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 support,

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 serve,

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 and pray

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 for the goers.

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 Don't forget

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 those who are being

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 sent out from us

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 to be missionaries.

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 Don't let go

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 of the rope.

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 Consider the words

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 of the 19th century

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 missionary to China,

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 Hudson Taylor.

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 He says,

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 quote,

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 The hand alone

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 cannot save

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 dying humanity.

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 The hand alone

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 cannot deliver man.

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 The body

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 must cooperate

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 with the hand

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 if the hand

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 is to rescue

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 the perishing.

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 Beloved,

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 you whose duty

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 it is to remain

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 at home

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 are equally sharers

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 with those

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 who go into

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 the mission fields

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 in this work.

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 Yours the responsibility,

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 yours equally

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 to share in the reward

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 when Christ is glorified

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 and his kingdom

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 is everywhere

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 made known.

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 It's a very important

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 fact for us all

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 to bear in mind

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 that as we have

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 already been reminded,

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 the command

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 of the Great Commission

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 was not given

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 to a limited class.

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 It was given

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 to the whole church.

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 And we all

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 have our share

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 in the responsibility.

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 End quote.

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 So,

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 brothers and sisters,

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 my hope for you

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 this morning

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 is that your heart

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 would be swept up

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 with God's God-centeredness

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 and his passion

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 for his glory.

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 I hope that your heart

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 would be set aflame

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 for God's purposes

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 to make his name

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 known among

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 every culture

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 and language

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 and nation

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 of the world.

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 I hope that your soul

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 is deeply troubled

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 over the 5.3 billion people

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 who are currently

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 in an unreached people group

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 and therefore

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 will have a 99% chance

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 of never meeting

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 a Christian

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 their entire life.

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 Little to no chance

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 of ever hearing

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 a gospel message

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 because of that.

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 And therefore,

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 eternal separation

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 without Christ

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 because of that.

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 Church,

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 may we,

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 or may the lamb

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 that was slain

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 receive the reward

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 of his suffering

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 for he is worthy.

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 Thank you.

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