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 Okay, good morning, Watermark. It's great to be here. It's my privilege, my joy to be sharing today.

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 For those of you who do not know, my name is Alan. I oversee the youths here at Watermark.

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 And man, it's such a great morning today. And I pray that God will work in our hearts this morning.

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 So C.S. Lewis, one of the greatest Christian writers, he talks about Psalm 19, which is our passage today.

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 He says this about this psalm. He says, I take this to be the greatest poem in the Psalter in all of Psalms and one of the greatest lyrics in the world.

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 And man, I thank God that I came across that quote before I even started studying Psalm 19.

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 Because my thought was, what is so different about this psalm from the rest of the psalms?

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 Why is this psalm so special?

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 And by the end of my study, I mean, this is what my Psalm 19 looked like.

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 It was all scribbles. Each line had something to say.

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 And it's one of those studies that left me in awe, in yearning, in tears of so much treasure that you find in Psalm 19.

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 So as Annabelle is going to come up and read Psalm 19 over us, and I pray, let us come with open hearts.

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 Let us come with a surrendered heart.

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 Let us come praying, God, would you come and speak to us through Psalm 19.

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 So if you have your bulletin, if you have your Bible, let us open to Psalm 19, and Annabelle will come and read to us.

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 Annabelle.

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 Psalm 19, to the choir master, a psalm of David.

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 The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

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 Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge.

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 There is no speech, nor are there words whose voice is not heard.

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 Their voice goes out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.

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 In them he has set a tent for the sun, which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,

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 and like a strong man runs its cause with joy.

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 Its rising is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the end of them.

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 And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

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 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul.

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 The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

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 The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.

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 The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever.

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 The rules of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.

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 More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold.

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 Sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

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 Moreover, by them is your servant warned.

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 In keeping them, there is great reward.

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 Who can discern his errors?

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 Declare me innocent from hidden faults.

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 Keep back your servants also from presumptuous sins.

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 Let them not have dominion over me.

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 Then I shall be blameless and innocent of great transgression.

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 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight.

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 O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Can I lead us in prayer?

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 Father God, glorious in majesty.

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 Father, we come before you this morning.

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 And as we look at your word, God, how majestic, how glorious, and how wonderful you are.

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 Father, we pray this morning, would you come and open up the scripture to us?

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 Would you come and open our hearts to see your glory this morning, Lord?

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 Father, help us to see the things that are not pleasing to you.

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 Help us to see the things that are broken in us.

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 And Father, we pray that all of us would glorify you.

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 All of me, all of the things that are inside of us would glorify you.

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 Father, would you come?

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 May your spirit be among us.

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 And to you be all glory.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 In 1820, a man called John Adams, one of the founding fathers of the U.S.,

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 what he did was he commissioned about 200 copies of the Declaration of Independence to be made.

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 So he commissions this.

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 There are 200 copies of Declaration made.

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 So, and obviously in today's time, the main one, the original one is in Washington,

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 displayed with full security.

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 And the rest of the 200, which are almost equally valuable,

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 are spread around all over the place.

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 In present times, we know where most of them are.

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 Some of them are lost forever.

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 Now, this is a story of a man called Michael Sparks.

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 In 2007, he stumbled across a thrift shop.

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 He goes to a thrift shop and he stumbles across a Declaration of Independence.

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 And he looks at it and he thinks, maybe this is a souvenir.

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 It looks good.

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 It looks great.

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 So he goes and he buys it for $2.48.

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 And then he goes home and he looks at it.

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 Man, this is so well made.

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 The engravings are incredible.

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 It looks really old.

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 And he's pretty amazed at how well made this souvenir was made.

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 And I'm pretty sure you know where this story is going, right?

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 And later on, he figures out, no way, it's actually one of the 200 pieces.

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 And later on, he bought it for $2.48.

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 And he sells it for $477,000.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 And the point is this.

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 Sometimes, we miss the value of something because we do not know what it is.

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 I mean, think about the number of people that came across this declaration, this souvenir in that shop, and they just walked past it.

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 They picked it up.

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 They looked at it and they just put it down.

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 Think about the thrift shop owner who sold it for $2.

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 How much he felt afterwards when realizing it's actually worth nearly half a million dollars.

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 In today's psalm of David, David brings out two things that we come across daily, but we tend to actually brush over.

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 And that is creation and God's word.

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 David brings up these two things that we all have access to.

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 And suddenly, he burst in joy, talking about the beauty, the glory of creation and God's word.

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 And he just burst out into a lyrics.

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 He burst out into poetry.

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 And he comes up with one of the greatest lyrics in all the world.

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 But if you stop and think, and as we are going to look into, what really captures David Hart is not just the beauty in creation.

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 It's not just the beauty in God's word, but it's actually the voice that is being heard through his creation and through his word.

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 It's actually the being that is behind all of this thing, which is God himself.

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 But that's not it.

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 What is more fascinating is, is what God is calling or what God is speaking through creation and what God is speaking through his word and what he's calling us, you and I, into.

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 So finally, what we find in Psalm 19 is, the first part you'll find is God's voice through his creation.

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 Second part, you'll hear God's voice through his word.

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 And finally, we hear David's voice and entitled man's voice in response.

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 So, let's try to dive straight into Psalm 19.

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 If you have a bulletin, you can open with me.

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 We're going to look very closely at this Psalm.

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 So, let's look at verses 1 to 6.

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 The first point being God's voice through creation.

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 Psalm 19.

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 And I'm pretty sure that we all know that there's something about creation.

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 There's something about the view and mountains and the beaches and the seas.

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 There's something about it that speaks volumes, isn't there?

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 So, David starts of proclaiming.

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 He says,

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 You know, creation, nature, galaxies, animals, all sorts of things that take our breath away.

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 And they have that kind of effect on us.

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 Right?

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 It's pretty interesting.

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 It's as if this creation is trying to communicate something that is so hard to describe in words.

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 And they make us feel something that is equally hard to describe.

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 It's pretty interesting.

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 I mean, look at verse 3.

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 It says,

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 It has no speech.

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 There are no words.

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 And His voice is not heard.

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 In other words, what David is saying is that, in other words, it has no ability to speak.

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 Nor does it have any vocabularies to use.

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 And the third thing is, it doesn't even, it can't even make any sound.

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 And yet, it declares the glory of God.

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 And yet, it proclaims His handiwork.

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 And yet, it pours out speech and reveals knowledge.

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 And yet, its voice goes out to all the earth.

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 Its word goes out into all the end of the earth.

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 And if you have ever stopped and looked at a breathtaking view in your life,

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 which I'm pretty sure we all have,

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 you know exactly what this passage is talking about.

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 I mean, if you have ever stood before a breathtaking view,

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 I wonder what kind of memory or what kind of scenery comes to your mind when you look at this verse.

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 It could be mountains that you came across in one of your vacation.

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 I mean, in my high school, there's this amazing Himalayas that you can see early in the morning.

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 Something that takes your breath away.

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 So, it could be something like that.

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 Or maybe it's one of those beaches that you came across.

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 And you're on your trip to Thailand or somewhere.

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 That just takes your breath away.

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 Or maybe it's galaxy that you came across a picture.

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 And you look at this galaxy and you think like, where are we in this galaxy?

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 A small tiny dot is our sun.

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 We are like lost.

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 And you think about this massive galaxies after galaxies.

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 Billions and billions of stars.

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 And you feel like, wow.

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 It just takes your breath away.

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 Or maybe it's one of those animals that you come across that has like amazing colors, mixtures of colors, flowers that have mixtures of colors, made in such a creative way.

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 And you stop and ponder upon it.

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 Look at this animal.

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 Look at a lion.

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 I mean, have any one of you heard a lion roar?

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 Let me see if I raise your hands.

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 I can see a few.

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 I mean, if you have not heard a lion roar, you got to hear a lion roar.

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 It's incredible.

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 It feels like 10 of the sound boxes are put up and you hear it.

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 I'm not going to make it sound.

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 It's incredible.

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 The creation is incredible.

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 What comes in my mind is, in my mind, a memory comes up that just feels like yesterday.

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 It's back in my high school.

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 If you know where I studied, it's literally on top of a mountain.

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 So my school was on top of a mountain.

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 More precisely, it was on top of an extinct volcano.

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 And we have this massive field.

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 And it was one of those nights.

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 I mean, if you know India, the electricity goes off from time to time.

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 There's no light.

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 So it was one of those nights where me and my boys, we were sitting at this end of the field.

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 It was a massive field.

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 The dormitories were all at the end of the field.

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 And we were sitting right there, up to no good, having deep conversations.

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 And all of a sudden, the electricity goes off.

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 And it's pitch dark.

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 And within a matter of seconds, the whole field lights up.

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 And we look up.

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 There's no clouds.

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 There's no moon.

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 And suddenly, we were surrounded by thousands and millions and billions of stars over our heads.

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 And it was incredible.

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 It was like the stars are dancing.

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 You know how the stars twinkle, twinkle, twinkle, little star.

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 It was like that.

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 Incredible stars lighting up the whole field.

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 And we all stopped.

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 And we looked up.

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 And it was silent.

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 We just stopped talking.

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 No one had to tell us to stop talking.

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 Because it felt like if we even made a sound, it would just taint this beauty with our trash voice or whatever.

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 It just, we were just speechless.

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 We felt something that was indescribable.

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 I mean, that's what it does to us.

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 That's what it does to every one of us.

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 So I was curious about it.

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 What is it that, what is that thing that makes us, that this scenery makes us feel?

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 So I went to Google the great wisdom of this generation.

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 And I Googled this.

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 I Googled people's experience when looking at stars.

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 It's quite interesting that most of these people have similar reaction.

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 And this is what I came up with.

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 So some said, I feel free.

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 The stars make me feel loved.

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 I feel deeply loved, deeply cared for, that I'm not alone, that I'm tiny, yet I have a lot of potential.

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 Makes me want to be a better soul despite my circumstances.

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 And some said, I'm accepted.

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 I feel like I'm accepted and loved by nature.

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 So it seems that a lot of people, or most people, every people, feel some kind of assurance.

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 They feel like there's something bigger than them that's out there.

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 And you can call it the universe.

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 You can call it Mother Nature.

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 You can call it God.

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 You can call it whatever you want.

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 But if you stop and think about this, what people primarily feels or sees

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 has a lot to do with themselves.

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 You know, everything that they feel has primarily to do about themselves, that they feel loved,

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 that they feel motivated, that they feel like they've got to be a better person.

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 Which, by the way, there was research done.

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 And apparently, if you keep looking at nature, it makes you a better person.

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 It's pretty interesting.

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 It makes you be a better person.

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 I mean, that is true, right?

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 If you think about it, you feel like, you look at a nation, you feel like,

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 oh, I'm going to do better at my work.

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 I don't know.

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 But anyway, it has a lot to do with themselves.

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 I mean, though it is true, but David seems to have found something that went beyond that.

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 David seems to have found something that went beyond what people were hearing or seeing.

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 And I believe that David did not write this psalm, or at least did not think of this psalm,

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 inside a room.

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 He thought about it maybe when he was out in the field under the starry night or when he was under the creation.

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 And what David does is he looks up in creation.

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 He looks up at breathtaking views.

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 And what does he say?

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 He says, the heaven declare the glory of God.

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 The heaven, the sky proclaims his handiwork.

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 And somehow people now and people then and people throughout history seem to have missed the voice that spoke through the breathtaking creation,

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 seem to have missed the voice that was speaking through this massive creation and beautiful and glorious creation.

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 And I mean, look at verse 4 to 6 with me.

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 And David starts describing the sun from verse 4 to 6.

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 And I mean, even the way he starts describing the sun, he says,

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 In them, creation, he has set a tent for the sun.

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 Now, I want you to stop and think about that one sentence.

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 In ancient times, you look up and you see this massive yellow round thing on the ball on the sky.

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 And it's giving out immense heat.

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 And it's moving from east to west.

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 And it's incredible.

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 And what's the first thing you do?

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 You think like, man, that must be God.

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 That is something we should worship.

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 And that is what everyone was doing, right?

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 Every nation around that time, around David, was looking at the sun and worshiping the sun.

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 In Egypt, the sun god was called Amun-Ra.

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 In Mesopotamia, they called him Shemesh.

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 The Canaanites called him Shemesh.

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 The Babylonians, the Assyrians, everyone used to worship the sun.

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 But what does David do?

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 What does David say in the middle of all that?

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 He says, no.

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 No.

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 We don't worship the sun.

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 The sun, it is God who actually set up a tent for the sun.

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 It is God who actually dictates where the sun goes.

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 It's God who actually declares where the sun goes when the sun rises and when the sun sets.

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 The sun is nothing but a part of God's creation, pointing us back towards the glory of God.

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 The voice behind the creation was none other than God.

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 The creation itself was pointing us back towards God.

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 So which begs a question for all of us, church.

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 When was the last time you stopped and looked around to see the glory of God?

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 When was the last time you went out, marveling over the creation, the hills, then clouds, and skies, and rain, and typhoons?

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 And you thought, wow, God, you're so glorious.

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 When was the last time that happened in our lives?

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 Think about it.

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 We usually end up doing two things, right?

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 We usually end up not giving God His glory, or we end up idolizing creation.

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 Could it be that we are so crowded in our lives that so much work, so much things happening, so many other priorities that are happening in our lives that we miss this amazing revelation of God in creation that is calling us to worship Him, that is calling us to look up and be thankful, look up and be in awe.

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 And in awe of God's majesty.

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 And in awe of God's majesty, I mean, just walking down the slope this morning, I wonder how many of you saw the scenery, which you can't miss.

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 The amazing islands, the water that was reflecting the clouds, the water that was reflecting the sky.

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 And you think to yourself, wow, God, how wonderful your hand must be.

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 How wonderful you created each and every island, each and every animals that live there.

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 When was the last time that happened?

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 Or it's even easy for us to view creation as something that benefits us, something that gives us, that refreshes us, that gives us a time out from our workplaces, rather than it being a way of us worshiping God.

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 Or many times we idolize it.

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 And I don't think a lot of us worship creation like they did in biblical times.

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 But if you stop and think about it, what about our bodies?

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 What about our sexuality?

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 What about lust?

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 The way we view the beauty of God's hand in another person, do we idolize it?

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 I mean, anything that we put above God is an idolatry.

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 Is it our sexuality, which was created for God's glory, but we use it to satisfy our needs and to objectify other people?

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 How do we view this creation of God?

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 So you see, God speaks to His creation, which points us back to Him.

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 And His voice goes out to everyone on earth, right?

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 I mean, look at verse 6, the end of verse 6.

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 He says, just like the sun, nothing is hidden from the heat.

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 It touches everything on earth.

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 So God's voice to creation touches everyone.

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 Everyone looks at it and they hear something.

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 But the reality of that is, the reality that we see is that people don't hear what God is speaking.

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 And they end up worshiping creation or worshiping themselves.

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 I mean, Romans 1.20 talks about this.

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 Talks about how God shows Himself through creation.

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 But the people don't get it.

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 Romans 1.20 says,

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 For His invisible attributes, namely His eternal power and divine nature,

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 have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made.

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 So they are without excuse.

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 And people don't get it.

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 We don't fully get it, what is being said through creation.

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 So in God's great mercy, so in God's great love, God speaks again.

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 He spoke through creation.

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 We heard His voice through creation.

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 And now we hear God's voice through His word.

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 Which leads us to our second point, God's voice through His word.

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 Verses 7 to 11.

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 So let's look at verses 7 to 11.

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 So commentators usually call the first part that we saw, verse 1 to 6,

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 they usually call it the general revelation of God.

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 And this section from 7 onwards to 7 to 11,

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 commentators usually call it the special revelation.

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 So what that means to me is,

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 God speaks through creation generally.

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 In other words, everyone gets the revelation.

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 He speaks very generally.

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 Everyone gets it.

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 But now, through His word, it's a special revelation.

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 It's very specific.

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 It's more intimate.

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 It's more personal.

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 I mean, you see that in the way this psalm describes God, right?

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 I mean, look at verse 1.

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 Going back to verse 1,

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 David addresses God using the word God.

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 And the translation is basically L,

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 which is a very general use of the word God.

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 It could mean anything or any God.

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 But when you come down to verse 7,

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 and from 7 onwards,

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 David changes or addresses God with a word called the Lord,

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 which is actually the word Yahweh,

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 which is a name actually God gives Himself,

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 which is more intimate,

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 which is a more very specific way of addressing God.

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 So it changes from this onwards.

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 David starts calling God the Lord,

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 Yahweh our God.

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 So let's look at verse 7 to 11,

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 which is a more special revelation,

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 very specific, very intimate, very personal.

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 So from verse 7 onwards,

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 David starts talking about God's law.

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 He mentions a few things, right?

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 He mentions God's law.

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 He mentions God's precepts.

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 He mentions testimony, commandments, and rules.

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 And what David is referring to,

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 all of these things,

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 is basically he's referring to something called the Torah.

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 Now what is the Torah?

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 Basically, it is the first five books of the Old Testament.

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 Or in other words,

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 it's the books of what Moses wrote.

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 I mean, so when David was referring to them,

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 when David was referring to the Torah,

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 he's not only talking about commandments.

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 He's not only talking about rules.

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 He's not only talking about the things that you got to do,

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 but he's talking about a combination of a lot of things.

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 Okay?

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 So if you think about the first five books of the Bible,

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 the Old Testament,

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 what you have there is the creation story,

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 the false story,

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 the promises,

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 the things that God has done.

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 So if I may,

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 if I could summarize those three things,

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 basically,

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 it's three things.

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 What do you find in the Torah?

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 And the three things are

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 who God is,

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 what God has done,

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 and

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 how He wants us to live.

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 So basically,

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 it's who God is revealing Himself to be,

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 what God has done,

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 and how He wants us to live

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 in light of all that.

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 So what David here is doing is,

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 he's holding up God's Word,

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 he's holding up the revelation of who God is,

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 and what you find is that God is a good and gracious God,

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 compassionate,

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 slow to anger,

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 abounding in love and faithfulness,

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 and the revelation of what God has done.

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 And if you think about it,

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 what has God done?

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 I mean,

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 isn't it not God calling His people to a relationship with Him?

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 What God has done is,

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 is Him rescuing His people from Egypt.

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 What God has done is,

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 is Him

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 continuously pursuing His people,

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 even though the people were unfaithful

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 and turning away from God.

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 And finally,

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 we see how God wants us to live,

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 the commandments,

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 and the way that gives us life.

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 So now,

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 I want you to create an image in your mind.

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 So David holds up

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 the revelation of God,

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 who God is,

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 what He has done,

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 and how He wants to live.

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 He lifts up all the testimonies

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 and the stories of God,

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 and God's faithfulness,

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 and love,

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 and all of those things.

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 And He presents them to us,

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 and He brings up,

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 puts it up in front of you,

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 and almost like a diamond

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 with different facets to it,

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 He says,

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 look,

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 come,

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 come guys,

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 look at the,

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 look at the law of God,

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 look at the word of God,

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 and look at the different facets it has.

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 Do you see the different angles

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 and the different beauty

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 that the law,

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 the word of God has?

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 And what does He say?

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 He excitedly,

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 He tells us,

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 look,

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 it revives the soul.

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 I mean,

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 you'll find it in the passage.

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 He revives the soul.

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 It makes you wise.

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 It rejoices the heart.

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 It enlightens the eyes.

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 It endures forever.

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 It's trustworthy

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 and can be trusted.

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 It is true.

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 I mean,

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 in a world that we are living

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 where truth is

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 whatever anyone feels it to be,

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 David says,

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 hey,

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 here is something that is true.

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 It is righteous.

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 It gives joy.

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 It gives life.

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 It gives wisdom.

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 And I remember Niels asking this question

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 when we were talking about Bible reading

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 and devotion.

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 He said,

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 hey,

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 when you are tired,

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 when you had a really bad day,

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 do you pick up the Bible

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 or would you prefer to lay down,

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 lie down,

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 and watch Netflix to rest?

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 I'm not waiting for an answer.

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 But David says,

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 no,

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 no,

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 no,

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 it gives you rest.

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 It gives,

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 it rejoices your heart.

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 It gives you wisdom.

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 I mean,

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 church,

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 are you looking for wisdom?

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 Are you looking for something

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 that filled the void in your life?

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 Are you looking for something

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 that you can fully trust in

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 and bank your life in,

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 that you could put your security on?

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 You will not find that in career

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 or any relationship.

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 You will not find it in Netflix

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 or any momentary entertainment.

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 You will not find it in sex.

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 You will not find it in lust.

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 But as David cries out,

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 you will find it in the revelation of God,

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 in His Word.

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 And as you not just read it,

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 but as you hear the voice of God

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 through His Word.

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 I mean,

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 I was reading this book

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 about what it means to be a man,

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 which is an interesting book

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 and which I think all men should read.

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 And it's a book entitled

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 Men of Courage.

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 It's one of the first book I've read

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 on what it means to be a man.

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 And I'm actually just starting to learn

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 what it means to be a man.

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 And this book,

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 the author talks about his vision.

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 He says like,

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 his vision is,

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 I want a generation of men

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 to rise up

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 who loves the Word of God,

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 who are drenched in God's Word,

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 who sees

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 how the Word of God

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 affects every part of life.

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 And this man to rise up

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 and start mentoring

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 the next generation of men

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 that will actually,

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 to show them that God's Word

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 is powerful

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 and it is,

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 it affects every part of our lives.

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 And he was talking about this vision.

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 And that can be said

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 for women too.

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 And isn't that amazing?

00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.139
 Isn't that amazing

00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:47.479
 to see a generation of people,

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.279
 God's people,

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:49.779
 passionate about God's Word

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:51.339
 as we see in this psalm.

00:27:51.859 --> 00:27:52.119
 I mean,

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.919
 look at how David

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.819
 describes his Word.

00:27:54.439 --> 00:27:55.819
 Do we describe God's Word

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.519
 as that way?

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.719
 If someone comes up to you

00:27:57.719 --> 00:27:57.979
 and says,

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.339
 hey, Kenny,

00:27:58.479 --> 00:27:59.379
 what is God's Word?

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:01.139
 Would we describe God's Word

00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.059
 as we see it here?

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.459
 I mean,

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.379
 stop and think about it.

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.639
 See how David

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.459
 describes God's Word.

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.519
 It's almost like a man

00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:08.919
 who's passionate about hamburger

00:28:08.919 --> 00:28:10.419
 describing the best burger

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.199
 in his life, right?

00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:12.519
 I mean,

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:16.019
 I recently had a Five Guys

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:17.199
 burger.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:18.939
 Incredible.

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.819
 And I'm going to try

00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.539
 to describe that.

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:20.799
 You know,

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:22.179
 like it was the bun

00:28:22.179 --> 00:28:23.639
 that was toasted.

00:28:24.659 --> 00:28:25.119
 You know,

00:28:25.159 --> 00:28:26.159
 it was brown in color.

00:28:26.419 --> 00:28:26.779
 I'm like,

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.859
 it's not very sturdy,

00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:29.019
 but it's not very soft.

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:30.179
 It was toasted

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:30.899
 in a butter.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.279
 And then you have

00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:32.979
 the meat in the middle,

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:34.500
 like just BBQ'd

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.359
 and you have the pickles

00:28:35.359 --> 00:28:36.559
 and the sauce in the middle.

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:38.079
 so juicy,

00:28:39.139 --> 00:28:39.440
 you know.

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:42.019
 It makes you want

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.599
 to have a burger

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.319
 right out of service,

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.559
 right?

00:28:45.139 --> 00:28:45.940
 Is anyone up

00:28:45.940 --> 00:28:46.460
 for Five Guys

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:46.980
 after this?

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:50.440
 And you see,

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.859
 somehow,

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.879
 David is describing

00:28:51.879 --> 00:28:52.980
 God's Word like that.

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.720
 Isn't it incredible?

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.659
 And at the end of it all,

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.379
 you can also see,

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.179
 what you see here

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.740
 is you can see

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.679
 David's desire

00:29:00.679 --> 00:29:01.359
 boiling up.

00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.079
 You can see

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:03.399
 David's desire bursting.

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.519
 And finally,

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:05.159
 in verse 10,

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.899
 he burst out

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.479
 in this sentence.

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.000
 He says,

00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:08.699
 more to be desired

00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:09.619
 are they than gold,

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:11.500
 even much fine gold,

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.839
 sweeter also than honey

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:14.599
 and drippings of honeycomb.

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.240
 He burst out

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.299
 in this sentence.

00:29:18.459 --> 00:29:18.719
 I mean,

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.079
 church,

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.159
 is that how we desire

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.740
 God's Word?

00:29:21.899 --> 00:29:22.199
 I mean,

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.119
 does God's Word,

00:29:23.199 --> 00:29:23.819
 His revelation,

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.459
 burn a desire in us

00:29:25.459 --> 00:29:28.000
 or do other priorities

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.500
 come up?

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.859
 Or do other things

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.299
 come up?

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:33.639
 Could it be that

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.359
 you're too tired?

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.719
 Could it be that

00:29:35.719 --> 00:29:37.500
 I've other places to be?

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:40.139
 But if you stop

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:41.719
 and think about it,

00:29:42.839 --> 00:29:43.119
 I mean,

00:29:43.159 --> 00:29:44.159
 this is God's revelation.

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:47.159
 This is the Creator God

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:48.939
 speaking to His creation.

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:51.299
 He's the Creator God

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.819
 who chose to reveal Himself.

00:29:53.379 --> 00:29:54.119
 He's calling us

00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:54.799
 to come and see

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.500
 what He has done.

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.559
 I mean,

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.119
 there is life,

00:29:57.219 --> 00:29:57.839
 there is wisdom,

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.359
 and much more than that,

00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:00.299
 there's the revelation

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:01.099
 of God Himself.

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.519
 and His Word.

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.079
 It's everything

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.779
 that we need

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.759
 and it's everything

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:06.159
 and that's much more

00:30:06.159 --> 00:30:06.500
 than that.

00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.259
 It is everything

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.899
 that we need

00:30:08.899 --> 00:30:09.719
 for growth,

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.719
 to be fruitful,

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.819
 to get life,

00:30:12.379 --> 00:30:15.219
 to be reconciled

00:30:15.219 --> 00:30:16.059
 with our Creator God.

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:18.779
 and it's one of the reasons

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:21.119
 why we as Watermark

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:22.619
 are pushing the Bible reading plan

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:24.619
 is why we want all of us

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:25.679
 to get in God's Word

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.919
 through the Bible reading plan

00:30:26.919 --> 00:30:28.799
 is for us to be a church

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.099
 that loves God's Word,

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.059
 to be a church

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.159
 that encounters God

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.779
 in His Word

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:33.799
 and to fall in love

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.440
 with Him more and more

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.099
 in His Word,

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.419
 to be fruitful,

00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:39.460
 to be grounded in Christ.

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:42.579
 But that's not the end of it all.

00:30:42.799 --> 00:30:43.019
 I mean,

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:43.880
 there's much more.

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.759
 Look at verse 11

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.220
 because David is not finished.

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.779
 He said,

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.620
 look at verse 11.

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.200
 Moreover,

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.759
 what's more,

00:30:50.340 --> 00:30:50.720
 David is saying,

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.840
 I'm not finished with this.

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.779
 By them,

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.860
 your servant is warned.

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.319
 In keeping them

00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.460
 is great reward.

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:57.640
 So basically,

00:30:57.740 --> 00:30:58.319
 what he's saying,

00:30:58.559 --> 00:30:58.960
 in it,

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.720
 we are warned.

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.620
 It gives us a warning.

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.860
 It protects us

00:31:01.860 --> 00:31:02.640
 from what brings death.

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.559
 It protects us

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:05.460
 from what's going to destroy us.

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:06.700
 But also,

00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:09.100
 there is a great reward in it.

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.299
 Now,

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:12.100
 the question that comes up is,

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.960
 what is this great reward

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:15.120
 that David is talking about?

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.180
 So if you take the Torah,

00:31:23.120 --> 00:31:23.840
 if you take

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:26.019
 what David was talking about,

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.240
 what David was holding up,

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:27.920
 the God's Word,

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.740
 God's revelation,

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:31.819
 what is that one thing

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:33.279
 that is at the center of it all?

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:36.240
 What is that one thing

00:31:36.240 --> 00:31:37.920
 that swims through

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:39.279
 God's Word

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.279
 in the Old Testament?

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:43.980
 And if I could summarize it

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.660
 in one sentence,

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.980
 it's this.

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:49.220
 It is God calling His people

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.940
 into a covenantal relationship

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.480
 with Him

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:54.660
 and Him showing His faithfulness

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.619
 in that covenant.

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.379
 Let me say that again.

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.960
 It's God calling His people

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:01.639
 into a covenantal relationship

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:02.099
 with Him

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.939
 and God showing

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:05.199
 that He is the faithful one

00:32:05.199 --> 00:32:05.859
 in that covenant.

00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:08.539
 What do I mean by covenant?

00:32:09.199 --> 00:32:10.099
 In simple words,

00:32:10.399 --> 00:32:11.199
 covenant is basically

00:32:11.199 --> 00:32:12.099
 like a marriage, right?

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:13.759
 Where two parties agree on terms

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:15.419
 on the basis of relationship.

00:32:16.099 --> 00:32:17.079
 So if you're married,

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.000
 the agreement is

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.740
 you don't cheat.

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.859
 And you follow that term

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:22.579
 not because you have to follow the term,

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:24.419
 but because you love the other person

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:25.359
 because of the relationship.

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:27.619
 So covenant is something similar.

00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:31.359
 So what we find in God's Word

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:32.859
 is every time the humans

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:34.219
 would turn away from this covenant,

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:36.000
 they would cheat basically.

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:38.379
 And every time people would turn away,

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:40.959
 God would always call His people

00:32:40.959 --> 00:32:41.799
 back into Him,

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.519
 into the covenant

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:45.099
 and showing that He is the faithful one,

00:32:45.179 --> 00:32:46.199
 He is the faithful party

00:32:46.199 --> 00:32:47.319
 in that agreement

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:48.239
 or in that covenant.

00:32:48.240 --> 00:32:51.279
 Now stop and think about that.

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:54.120
 When you come into the New Testament,

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.220
 man, I cannot see it.

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:58.240
 When you come into the New Testament,

00:32:59.339 --> 00:33:01.920
 isn't ultimately Jesus

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:04.039
 the one who brings us

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:06.519
 into the covenant relationship to God?

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:10.480
 I mean, Jesus said

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.839
 He came to fulfill the law

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.200
 and so He did.

00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:14.000
 Through Him,

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:16.160
 though we turned away from God,

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.799
 though we sinned against God,

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:20.039
 Jesus paid the price of our sins

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:22.039
 so that we would be brought back to God.

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:23.940
 Jesus brought us reconciliation

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.940
 through His blood.

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.920
 So you see the same theme

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:29.480
 even back all the way to New Testament.

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:32.039
 So now going back to the question,

00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:33.639
 what is the great reward?

00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:35.780
 What is the great reward

00:33:35.780 --> 00:33:37.360
 that David is so excited about

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.540
 and he is talking about?

00:33:40.780 --> 00:33:42.320
 Isn't it God Himself?

00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:45.680
 It's God Himself the reward.

00:33:47.700 --> 00:33:48.980
 Isn't that incredible?

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:51.380
 The creator God Himself

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:53.020
 offers us as His reward

00:33:53.020 --> 00:33:55.400
 that we can come into relationship

00:33:55.400 --> 00:33:56.259
 with God Himself.

00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.780
 The one who created us,

00:33:59.100 --> 00:34:00.860
 the one who knows us and loves us,

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:03.100
 the one in whom we are all fully satisfied

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:04.500
 fully secured,

00:34:04.719 --> 00:34:05.480
 truly loved,

00:34:05.719 --> 00:34:07.099
 and completely justified.

00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:09.440
 He is the greatest reward.

00:34:10.339 --> 00:34:11.259
 And so John Piper,

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.119
 in one of his quotes,

00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:13.860
 he challenges us to think,

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:15.480
 do we consider Jesus

00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:16.259
 our greatest reward?

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:18.679
 So he asks this question to us,

00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:20.319
 if you could have heaven

00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:21.860
 with no sickness,

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.119
 with all the friends on earth,

00:34:23.199 --> 00:34:24.219
 all the food you ever liked,

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.719
 all the activities,

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:27.279
 all the beauties,

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:29.019
 all the physical pleasures

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.719
 you've tasted,

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:30.360
 and food,

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.119
 and no conflict,

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.900
 no disaster,

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:34.500
 could you be satisfied with heaven

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:36.339
 if Christ was not there?

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:40.599
 Do we truly see Christ and God

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:42.639
 as the reward

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:44.480
 in this relationship?

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.420
 Christ and God,

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.799
 our greatest reward.

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:51.219
 So David proclaims in this psalm

00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:53.139
 the voice of God through His word,

00:34:53.259 --> 00:34:54.000
 His revelation,

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:55.139
 precious and glorious,

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:57.239
 and behind it,

00:34:57.299 --> 00:34:57.940
 all of it,

00:34:58.299 --> 00:34:59.779
 now we are starting to see

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:01.319
 why David is so excited about this.

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:03.299
 And you see behind all of it

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:04.359
 that God is the one

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:05.420
 who is the reward.

00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:06.739
 Jesus Himself has the reward.

00:35:07.379 --> 00:35:08.500
 Now the next question

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.500
 that we come across is,

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.920
 now what kind of response

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:12.980
 do you think that this begs?

00:35:13.839 --> 00:35:15.079
 What do you think happened to David?

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:17.879
 As David sees God's glory in creation,

00:35:18.059 --> 00:35:19.299
 God's glory in His word,

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:22.099
 what do you think David comes up with?

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:25.420
 Which leads us to the last,

00:35:25.699 --> 00:35:26.339
 the third point.

00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:28.199
 We finally hear David's voice.

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.119
 We finally hear

00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:31.199
 the man's voice in response.

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:33.460
 Let's look at verses 12 to 14.

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:36.059
 Man's voice in response.

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.659
 So the question,

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.719
 what happens to anyone

00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:41.440
 when they come face to face

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:42.579
 with a revelation

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:44.239
 like David did in his psalms?

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.579
 What happens to anyone

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.559
 when they can count

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:47.960
 the glory and beauty of God,

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.860
 that which is better than gold

00:35:49.860 --> 00:35:50.900
 and sweeter than any honey?

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:52.840
 What happens to that person?

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:55.420
 Well, the answer is pretty simple.

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:57.920
 They end up wanting more.

00:35:58.760 --> 00:35:59.420
 They want it.

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.400
 What happens when you see

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.099
 something beautiful?

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.280
 You want it.

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.160
 You just,

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:04.180
 you not only just go,

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:04.500
 wow,

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.300
 you actually say,

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.860
 I want it.

00:36:06.380 --> 00:36:07.400
 What happens when you see

00:36:07.400 --> 00:36:08.139
 the latest iPhone?

00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:10.460
 Actually, nothing happens.

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.780
 It's not,

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:11.200
 it's terrible.

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:13.639
 But what happens when you see

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.599
 something amazing?

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.240
 You want it.

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.960
 It leaves us,

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:18.519
 you know,

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.180
 I mean,

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.880
 if you think about it,

00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:21.280
 isn't that what God's revelation

00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:22.440
 to all of us?

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:24.240
 When you come in face to face

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:25.180
 with God's revelation,

00:36:25.539 --> 00:36:26.720
 it leaves us in awe.

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:28.840
 It leaves us yearning for more.

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.140
 You end up saying,

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:30.340
 God,

00:36:30.380 --> 00:36:31.360
 I want more of you.

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.260
 But,

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.860
 but,

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:37.559
 it also makes us aware

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:39.119
 of that thing

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:40.220
 which hinders

00:36:40.220 --> 00:36:41.500
 this relationship.

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:44.940
 and that is sin

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:46.340
 and particularly

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.860
 our own sinfulness.

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:49.719
 So,

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.760
 as David desires

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.820
 what he's experiencing,

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:52.480
 so that,

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.920
 as David is seeing

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.820
 this amazing beauty

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.159
 and glory

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.639
 and creation

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.059
 word,

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.199
 he wants it.

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.320
 He desires it,

00:36:58.940 --> 00:36:59.320
 but,

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:01.039
 he suddenly becomes aware

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:03.139
 of this great chasm

00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.380
 of,

00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:04.820
 that has been created

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.639
 by his sin.

00:37:06.339 --> 00:37:06.500
 So,

00:37:06.659 --> 00:37:07.759
 then he starts off

00:37:07.759 --> 00:37:08.299
 with this

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:10.319
 in verse 12 and 13.

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.559
 So,

00:37:10.619 --> 00:37:11.859
 look at verse 12.

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:13.079
 He starts asking

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:14.159
 a rhetorical question.

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:14.980
 He asks,

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:16.500
 who can discern his error?

00:37:17.799 --> 00:37:18.019
 Well,

00:37:18.039 --> 00:37:19.039
 the answer is no one

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.799
 because there are sins

00:37:20.799 --> 00:37:21.659
 that we know of

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.339
 and there are sins

00:37:22.339 --> 00:37:23.460
 that we do not know of.

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.599
 I mean,

00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:26.460
 look at verse 12 and 13

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.019
 later on.

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.079
 David says,

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.099
 declare me innocent

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:30.259
 from hidden faults,

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.819
 things that we do not see,

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.239
 things that are deep

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:33.980
 in us,

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.980
 things that we do not know,

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.980
 things that are beneath

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:37.099
 our good works,

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:38.019
 things that are deep

00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.639
 in our hearts

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:40.019
 that we ourselves

00:37:40.019 --> 00:37:40.960
 are not aware of.

00:37:42.659 --> 00:37:43.159
 He says,

00:37:43.279 --> 00:37:44.239
 keep back your servant

00:37:44.239 --> 00:37:45.920
 also from presumptuous sin,

00:37:46.779 --> 00:37:47.860
 sins that are arrogant

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.739
 and insolent,

00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:51.219
 that are done intentionally

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:52.920
 with a mindset of,

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.500
 I don't care

00:37:53.500 --> 00:37:55.019
 and I'll do what I want.

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.340
 That kind of sin.

00:37:56.340 --> 00:37:58.480
 And if you stop

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.420
 and think about it,

00:37:59.680 --> 00:38:01.640
 isn't that what happens

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.940
 in our heart fundamentally

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:05.480
 when we do something knowingly,

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:07.400
 whether it's big or small,

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.760
 small like lying.

00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:11.960
 Even when we say a small lie,

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.380
 aren't we basically saying,

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.920
 I don't care

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.900
 and I'll do what I want.

00:38:16.240 --> 00:38:17.180
 So David lifts up

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.920
 the hidden faults

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.539
 and the presumption sins

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:23.780
 and he lifts them up to God

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:26.800
 and he cries out to God

00:38:26.800 --> 00:38:29.320
 and he looks at the sins

00:38:29.320 --> 00:38:30.019
 that are hindering

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:31.620
 and it's quite a mix

00:38:31.620 --> 00:38:32.700
 of emotion and reality,

00:38:32.820 --> 00:38:33.080
 isn't it?

00:38:33.120 --> 00:38:33.760
 At one hand,

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.460
 he wants God

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:35.580
 and the other side,

00:38:36.080 --> 00:38:37.460
 he wants the sin

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:39.040
 and there's things

00:38:39.040 --> 00:38:39.480
 that are hindering

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.120
 to go away.

00:38:40.600 --> 00:38:41.380
 It's quite a mix.

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:41.920
 I mean,

00:38:42.040 --> 00:38:44.260
 it's similar to when something

00:38:44.260 --> 00:38:45.019
 or a sin

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:46.500
 that is hurting someone you love

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.840
 and you want that thing

00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:48.560
 to go away, right?

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.260
 I mean,

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:50.120
 between friends,

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.200
 I mean,

00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:51.880
 between friends,

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:53.140
 maybe you have a really bad temper,

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.179
 you end up saying something

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.759
 you don't mean.

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:56.400
 You end up saying something hurtful

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.359
 and it hurts your friend

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:58.099
 and you see it

00:38:58.099 --> 00:39:00.139
 and because you love your friend,

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.739
 you feel like,

00:39:00.839 --> 00:39:01.379
 oh gosh,

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:03.179
 I don't want to be this person.

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:05.079
 I want to change

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:07.259
 because I don't want to hurt my friend.

00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:09.019
 I want this relationship to flourish

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:10.559
 and in similar ways,

00:39:10.699 --> 00:39:11.879
 David sees that

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:13.219
 and he cries out to God

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.519
 and says,

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:13.879
 God,

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:15.799
 you make me blameless.

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.879
 You make me innocent

00:39:16.879 --> 00:39:17.900
 because ultimately,

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:18.519
 it is God

00:39:18.519 --> 00:39:19.379
 who can make us innocent

00:39:19.379 --> 00:39:19.920
 and blameless

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:21.819
 and finally,

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:23.000
 we come to the last verse.

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:23.880
 Verse 14,

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.900
 which is one of the most famous verses

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.539
 in this psalm,

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:28.159
 David cries out,

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:30.239
 let the words of my mouth

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.760
 and the meditation of my heart

00:39:31.760 --> 00:39:33.619
 be acceptable in your sight,

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:34.719
 oh Lord,

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.300
 my rock

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:36.500
 and my redeemer.

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:40.739
 it is a prayer

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:42.719
 not only of desperation,

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:45.500
 it is a prayer

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:47.079
 of surrender,

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:50.739
 a prayer that offers up

00:39:50.739 --> 00:39:52.639
 the words of my mouth,

00:39:52.780 --> 00:39:53.699
 things that are external,

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.920
 things that come out of me,

00:39:55.280 --> 00:39:56.099
 things that are heard,

00:39:57.340 --> 00:39:57.920
 things that are,

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.699
 people see

00:39:58.699 --> 00:40:00.559
 that are outside of me

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:03.099
 and the meditation of my heart,

00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:04.519
 things that are inside of me,

00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:05.539
 my desires,

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:06.340
 my motivations,

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.480
 things that I treasure,

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:09.039
 things that I think about a lot,

00:40:10.159 --> 00:40:12.480
 things that I love inside of me,

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:15.280
 in other words,

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:16.780
 things that are inside of me,

00:40:16.940 --> 00:40:17.920
 things that are outside of me,

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.619
 in other words,

00:40:18.739 --> 00:40:19.519
 all of me,

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.980
 God made me

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.980
 acceptable

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:24.179
 in your sight

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:27.759
 because David sees the hindrance,

00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.339
 his sin,

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.719
 that is stopping him

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.519
 from coming to God

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:32.500
 and he cries out to God

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.000
 and he says,

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.679
 oh Lord,

00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:34.799
 my rock

00:40:34.799 --> 00:40:36.039
 and my redeemer,

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.239
 my rock

00:40:37.239 --> 00:40:38.279
 in the sense that

00:40:38.279 --> 00:40:39.719
 God is never changing,

00:40:40.919 --> 00:40:41.699
 rock in the sense

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:42.500
 that he's trustworthy,

00:40:43.259 --> 00:40:43.899
 he's faithful,

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:45.440
 his promises remain forever,

00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.659
 he's faithful forever,

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:48.460
 even when we were unfaithful,

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.659
 God would remain faithful

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:51.359
 and his redeemer,

00:40:51.719 --> 00:40:52.319
 his refuge

00:40:52.319 --> 00:40:53.239
 and his security.

00:40:54.279 --> 00:40:54.519
 I mean,

00:40:54.579 --> 00:40:55.960
 where do we run for security?

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.899
 Is it our jobs?

00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.079
 Is it our relationships?

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:58.859
 Where do we find

00:40:58.859 --> 00:40:59.699
 our deepest joy?

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.379
 Is it relationships

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:02.599
 or our achievements?

00:41:03.319 --> 00:41:04.079
 Or is it God?

00:41:05.299 --> 00:41:06.319
 David runs to God,

00:41:06.379 --> 00:41:07.500
 the one who rescues him

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:09.299
 and he surrenders everything

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:10.460
 to the one who's faithful,

00:41:10.659 --> 00:41:11.000
 strong,

00:41:11.179 --> 00:41:11.599
 glorious

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:13.159
 and trustworthy.

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:17.319
 David cries out to God,

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:20.059
 may the words of my mouth

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.519
 and the meditation of my heart

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:23.440
 be acceptable in your sight,

00:41:23.719 --> 00:41:24.059
 oh Lord,

00:41:24.139 --> 00:41:24.619
 my rock

00:41:24.619 --> 00:41:26.379
 and my redeemer.

00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.239
 If you step back

00:41:31.239 --> 00:41:33.399
 and look at this psalm,

00:41:34.379 --> 00:41:37.019
 isn't it such an amazing psalm

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:38.639
 of a God who speaks,

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:40.559
 a creator God

00:41:40.559 --> 00:41:42.059
 who calls out to his people?

00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:43.019
 Why?

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:44.619
 To draw his people

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:46.899
 into a covenantal relationship

00:41:46.899 --> 00:41:47.359
 with him.

00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:49.399
 And as David hears,

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.460
 as hearers hear it,

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:51.980
 his desires change.

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.500
 He wants all the sins,

00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:54.239
 anything that hinders

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:55.239
 to go away from him.

00:41:55.839 --> 00:41:56.960
 And what he wants the most

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:58.359
 is this relationship with God.

00:41:58.779 --> 00:41:59.480
 He wants God

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.699
 to be the highest priority

00:42:00.699 --> 00:42:01.339
 in his life,

00:42:01.379 --> 00:42:02.379
 his highest desire.

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:03.379
 You see,

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:04.920
 our God speaks to us

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:06.500
 to draw us unto him.

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:08.179
 And if you stop

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.940
 and think about it,

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:10.619
 how does God do that ultimately?

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.819
 How does God ultimately

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:14.220
 draw his people to us?

00:42:14.220 --> 00:42:15.640
 How does God ultimately

00:42:15.640 --> 00:42:16.559
 make his way,

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:18.200
 make a way for us

00:42:18.200 --> 00:42:18.680
 to him?

00:42:20.940 --> 00:42:22.320
 He sends his son,

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.280
 Jesus Christ,

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:24.600
 his word,

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.080
 the one who came

00:42:26.080 --> 00:42:27.620
 to fulfill the law,

00:42:27.860 --> 00:42:29.080
 to draw his people

00:42:29.080 --> 00:42:29.680
 unto him.

00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.600
 Going back to verse 1,

00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:32.480
 the heavens declared

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:33.380
 the glory of God.

00:42:33.759 --> 00:42:34.360
 Hebrews 1,

00:42:34.420 --> 00:42:35.339
 3 tells us that

00:42:35.339 --> 00:42:36.739
 Jesus is the glory of God.

00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:37.739
 We talked about

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.480
 the word of God,

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:38.880
 the Torah,

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.360
 the law.

00:42:39.739 --> 00:42:40.339
 Jesus not only

00:42:40.339 --> 00:42:41.420
 come to fulfill it,

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.460
 but John 1,

00:42:42.519 --> 00:42:43.400
 14 tells us

00:42:43.400 --> 00:42:44.779
 that he is the word.

00:42:45.319 --> 00:42:45.960
 We talked about

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:47.279
 how God draws us to him,

00:42:47.339 --> 00:42:48.380
 but sin hinders us.

00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:49.420
 Colossians 1,

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:50.139
 20 tells us

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.699
 that Jesus,

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.779
 through Jesus,

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.219
 everything was reconciled

00:42:53.219 --> 00:42:53.659
 to him

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:55.299
 through the blood of Christ

00:42:55.299 --> 00:42:55.920
 that was paid

00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.619
 on the cross.

00:42:56.619 --> 00:42:59.679
 He paid the price

00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:00.359
 of our sins

00:43:00.359 --> 00:43:01.239
 that hindered us.

00:43:01.819 --> 00:43:03.139
 He bore our sins

00:43:03.139 --> 00:43:04.980
 and we stood before God

00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:06.420
 as if we have never sinned.

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.500
 Let me say that again.

00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:08.920
 We stood before God

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:12.779
 as if we have never sinned.

00:43:13.900 --> 00:43:14.920
 Isn't that incredible?

00:43:16.159 --> 00:43:17.139
 Think about all the sins

00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:17.679
 in your life.

00:43:18.199 --> 00:43:18.900
 Through Christ,

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.799
 you're going to stand

00:43:19.799 --> 00:43:21.339
 as if you have never done it.

00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:22.480
 Ever.

00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:26.059
 We stand through Christ

00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:27.519
 justified by the payment

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:29.119
 which was his blood.

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:31.119
 He made a way for us

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.940
 to come to this

00:43:31.940 --> 00:43:33.139
 glorious reconciliation

00:43:33.139 --> 00:43:34.599
 of the creator

00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:35.920
 and his creation.

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:37.940
 I mean,

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.719
 if you are new here,

00:43:38.799 --> 00:43:39.400
 if you are new

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.500
 to the Christian faith,

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:42.320
 your creator

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:43.239
 who knows

00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:43.940
 your every struggle,

00:43:44.099 --> 00:43:44.619
 your heart,

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:46.139
 who made your heart,

00:43:46.500 --> 00:43:47.360
 calls out to you.

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.659
 Will you come

00:43:48.659 --> 00:43:49.639
 and get to know him?

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.980
 He is a God

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:53.199
 who is not far away,

00:43:53.299 --> 00:43:53.960
 but he is a God

00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:54.539
 who speaks,

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:55.279
 who is intimate,

00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:56.039
 who calls us,

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 into relationship

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 to him.

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 And I mean,

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 church,

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 when we live today

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 and when you wake up tomorrow

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 on Monday morning

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 and when you go back to work

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 or wherever you go,

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 remember that our God speaks.

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 Our God speaks

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 as you pick up the Bible

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 to read,

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 as you look up at creation,

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 you look up at the sky,

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 as you meditate on his word,

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 as may our heart burn

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 with passion

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 as David's did

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 to come face to face

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 with the creator God.

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 and we can come to him

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 with thankfulness

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 for he made a way

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 for us through Christ Jesus.

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 And may the chains

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 of our sins,

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 may the bondage

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 of our sins,

00:44:32.959 --> 00:44:34.239
 the seduction of sin,

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 burn away

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 as we look at

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 the beauty of Christ.

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 May we be a church

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 that loves God's word,

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 not as a duty,

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 but for knowing

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 the voice

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 that speaks through

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 the word

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 and the creation.

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 Let us pursue God.

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 Let us seek God

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 who speaks

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 through his creation,

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 who speaks

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 through his word,

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 throwing away

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 any hindrance

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 because of what

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 Christ has done

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 in our lives.

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 Let us go into the week

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 with that in our hearts,

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 being people

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 that loves God's word,

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 that loves

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 to encounter God

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 in creation

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 and his word.

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 So before we do that,

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:14.780
 before we go into prayer,

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 let us spend a few minutes,

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 let us spend one minute

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 just reflecting on that.

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 I'll give you,

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 I'll give us one minute

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 to reflect on that.

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 Here's a few questions

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 on screen

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 which you can ask

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 and think about.

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 And let us spend one minute

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 doing that right now.

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 Thank you.

00:45:44.780 --> 00:45:54.580
 Thank you.

00:46:14.780 --> 00:46:14.920
 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Can I lead us in prayer?

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 Father, we come before you, glorious and majestic God.

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 And it's not just the word and creation that is beautiful and awesome.

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 Father, it is your voice that speaks and calls us to you, Lord.

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 Father, as other psalms talk about, what are men that you care so much about us,

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 that you offer us yourself to us, Lord.

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 Holy Spirit, help us to see the beauty.

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 Help us to see your love that is poured out in creation and your word.

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 And Holy Spirit, would you burn a fan of passion in us to pursue you?

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 For you are beautiful.

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 You are glorious.

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 God, we give you glory.

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 We give you praise.

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 For you are a God who deserves our glory and praise.

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 Lord, all creation declares the glory of God.

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 And Father, we pray.

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 We pray, God, as David prayed,

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 that the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart

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 be acceptable to your sight.

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 May everything that we are and everything that we have glorify your name.

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 Oh, Lord, our rock and our redeemer, we praise you.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.