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 We're in Psalm 66, and the title of the psalm says,

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 To the Choir Master, a song, a psalm.

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 It's a great psalm of praise to God.

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 I'll read it out loud first.

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 But before I do that, let me pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we have gathered in your name as your people.

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 We want to be reminded of your glory, of your awesome deeds, of your salvation,

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 so that we can pour forth our praise to you as this psalm does.

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 So please speak to us, meet with us this evening.

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 Lead us and guide us as we pray.

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 Help us to sing and pray in a way that pleases you and according to your will.

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 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

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 Psalm 66.

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 Shout for joy to God all the earth.

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 Sing the glory of His name.

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 Give to Him glorious praise.

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 Say to God, how awesome are your deeds.

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 So great is your power that your enemies come cringing to you.

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 All the earth worships you and sings praises to you.

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 They sing praises to your name.

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 Selah.

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 Come and see what God has done.

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 He is awesome in His deeds toward the children of men.

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 He turned the sea into dry land.

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 They passed through the river on foot.

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 There did we rejoice in Him who rules by His might forever.

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 Whose eyes keep watch on the nations.

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 Let not the rebellious exalt themselves.

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 Selah.

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 Bless our God, O peoples.

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 Let the sound of His praise be heard.

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 Who has kept our soul among the living and has not let our feet slip?

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 For you, O God, have tested us.

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 You have tried us as silver is tried.

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 You brought us into the net.

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 You laid a crushing burden on our backs.

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 You let men ride over our heads.

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 We went through fire and through water.

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 Yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.

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 I will come into your house with burnt offerings.

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 I will perform my vows to you,

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 that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.

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 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals.

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 With the smoke of the sacrifice of rams,

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 I will make an offering of bulls and goats.

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 Selah.

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 Come and hear all you who fear God,

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 and I will tell what He has done for my soul.

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 I cried to Him with my mouth,

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 and high praise was on my tongue.

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 If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,

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 the Lord would not have listened.

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 But truly, God has listened.

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 He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

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 Blessed be God,

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 because He has not rejected my prayer

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 or removed His steadfast love from me.

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 In his reflections on the Psalms,

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 C.S. Lewis writes about how he initially,

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 quote,

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 found a stumbling block in a demand so clamorously made

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 by all religious people throughout the Psalms

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 that we should praise God.

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 Still more in the suggestion that God Himself demanded it.

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 He thought that it was a vein of God to demand praise,

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 and unnecessary for man to encourage it,

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 because after all, He is the eternal God, right?

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 I mean, why should He need or want praise from us,

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 just finite creatures?

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 And then, as he was reflecting on this,

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 Lewis realized that just as men spontaneously praise

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 whatever they value,

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 so they spontaneously urge us to join them in praising Him.

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 Isn't she lovely?

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 Wasn't it glorious?

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 Don't you think that's magnificent?

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 The psalmists,

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 in telling everyone to praise God,

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 are doing what all men do

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 when they speak of what they care about.

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 I think we delight to praise what we enjoy,

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 because the praise not merely expresses,

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 but completes the enjoyment.

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 It is its appointed consummation.

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 It is not out of compliment

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 that lovers keep on telling one another

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 how beautiful they are.

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 The delight is incomplete

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 till it is expressed.

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 And that's what's happening here in Psalm 66.

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 The psalmist tells us,

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 and indeed the whole world,

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 that we should offer up a sacrifice of praise

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 to the God who saves us.

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 And unfortunately,

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 often we are not as effusive

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 as we should be about praising God,

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 because we don't delight in God

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 as much as we should.

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 But this psalm can help us

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 by priming the pump, so to speak,

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 so that we pour forth the praises of God.

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 And this psalm can be divided

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 into two main sections.

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 First, in verses 1 to 7,

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 it's the praise for the salvation

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 of the God who sees.

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 And then in verses 8 to 20,

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 it's the praise for the salvation

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 of the God who hears.

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 And each of these two sections

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 can be subdivided

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 into two different sections.

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 So four subdivisions

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 that each end with the break,

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 musical break,

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 signified by Selah.

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 Except for the last section,

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 which doesn't need a break,

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 so it doesn't have Selah.

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 And then there's an alternating parallelism.

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 So in the first subsection,

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 in verses 1 to 4,

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 the psalmist exhorts all the earth

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 to shout for joy to God.

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 And then in the second subsection,

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 in verses 5 to 7,

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 there's the invitation to all the earth

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 to come and see.

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 And then the third subsection

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 begins with the exhortation again

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 to bless our God.

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 And then the fourth subsection

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 begins with the invitation

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 to come and hear.

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 So the pattern is exhortation,

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 invitation, exhortation, invitation.

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 And so let's first look at

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 the praise for the salvation

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 of the God who sees

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 and how he exhorts and invites

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 all the earth.

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 So in verses 1 to 2,

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 the psalmist exhorts

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 all the earth to praise God.

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 He says,

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 Shout for joy to God

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 all the earth.

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 Sing the glory of his name.

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 Give to him glorious praise.

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 So God's glory

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 is the sum

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 of all his divine attributes.

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 It's the glory

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 is the manifestation

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 of Godness,

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 of this deity on display.

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 So when the psalmist says,

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 Sing the glory of his name.

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 Give to him glorious praise.

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 He's basically saying,

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 praise God

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 because he alone is God

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 and he alone deserves

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 our praises

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 and bring to him praises

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 that befit his identity,

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 who he is as God.

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 That's what he's saying.

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 And then he continues

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 the exhortation

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 in verses 3 to 4.

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 Say to God,

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 how awesome are your deeds.

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 So great is your power

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 that your enemies

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 come cringing to you.

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 All the earth worships you

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 and sings praises to you.

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 They sing praises to your name,

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 Selah.

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 All the earth should praise God

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 because his deeds are awesome

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 and his power is great.

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 No enemy can resist him

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 so they come cringing to him.

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 So having exhorted all the earth

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 to praise God in that way,

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 the psalmist then invites them

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 to come and see

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 in verses 5 to 7.

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 Come and see what God has done.

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 He is awesome in his deeds

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 toward the children of men.

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 He turned the sea into dry land.

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 They passed through the river on foot.

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 There did we rejoice in him

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 who rules by his might forever,

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 whose eyes keep watch on the nations.

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 Let not the rebellious

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 exalt themselves, Selah.

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 All right, so in verses 1 to 4,

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 I don't know if you're noticing

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 the connection.

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 The psalmist exhorted all the earth

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 to praise God

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 for his awesome deeds and power.

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 And now he invites them

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 in verses 5 to 7

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 to come and see

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 his awesome deeds and might.

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 So there's a parallel there.

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 And the primary example

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 that he uses

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 to illustrate God's awesome deeds

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 is his deliverance of Israel

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 from Egypt.

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 It says,

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 He turned the sea into dry land.

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 They passed through the river on foot.

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 This is a reference to Exodus 14, 15,

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 where the Israelites

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 crossed the Red Sea on dry ground

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 because God parted the sea

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 on their behalf

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 for safe passage.

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 And then the psalmist

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 assumes the voice

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 of the entire congregation.

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 And when he says,

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 There did we rejoice in him

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 who rules by his might forever,

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 whose eyes keep watch on the nations.

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 Of course, the psalmist

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 wasn't there in person

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 at the time of the Exodus

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 because this psalm

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 was written hundreds of years later.

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 But the psalmist writes

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 as if he himself were there

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 because the Exodus

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 kind of is the prototype

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 of God's salvation

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 of God's people.

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 It's the first deliverance event

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 after which God's people

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 were really born.

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 It's what constituted

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 God's people

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 from slavery.

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 And so because of that,

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 it symbolically represents

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 all the different ways

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 in which God delivers

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 his people over the centuries.

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 And so he sees himself

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 in the Exodus

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 as being delivered by God.

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 And there is a connection

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 also between the invitation

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 to come and see

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 with the description

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 that God's eyes

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 keep watch on the nations.

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 All the earth

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 should come and see

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 the God who sees

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 and praise him

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 because he's an all-seeing God

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 who watches over the nations.

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 And then in verses 8 to 15,

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 we turn to another exhortation

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 to all the peoples

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 to praise God.

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 And he says in verses 8 to 9,

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 Bless our God, O peoples.

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 Let the sounds of his praise

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 be heard

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 who has kept our soul

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 among the living

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 and has not let our foot slip.

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 The word people

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 is the same Hebrew word

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 for the word

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 that means nation.

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 And when it's in plural here,

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 it doesn't refer

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 just to God's people

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 in particular,

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 but to all peoples

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 and nations,

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 all the people groups

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 in all the nations.

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 And so the psalmist

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 is exhorting

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 all the peoples

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 of the earth

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 to praise God

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 for the way he has kept

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 and delivered his people.

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 And he says that

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 he has kept their soul

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 among the living

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 and has not let

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 our foot slip.

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 And soul is really

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 another way

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 of just referring

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 to their life

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 because God has kept them.

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 And then in verses 10 to 12,

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 the psalmist elaborates

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 on how exactly

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 God has kept their soul.

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 And he says,

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 For you, O God,

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 have tested us.

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 You have tried us

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 as silver is tried.

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 You brought us

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 into the net.

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 You laid a crushing burden

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 on our backs.

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 You let men

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 ride over our heads.

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 We went through fire

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 and through water.

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 Yet,

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 you have brought us

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 out to a place

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 of abundance.

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 Here,

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 the psalmist compares

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 the various tests

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 and trials

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 that God's people

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 have experienced

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 through the years,

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 through their national history.

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 And he compares that

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 to the refining

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 that takes place

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 for silver.

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 It's those trials

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 and sufferings

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 that they experienced

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 were the ways

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 in which God tested them

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 and refined them

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 to burn away the dross

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 and to form the character

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 that he desires in them,

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 the faithfulness

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 he desires from them.

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 And the psalmist describes

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 that as we went

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 through fire

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 and through water.

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 So,

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 that's a literary device

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 called merism

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 where you use

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 two extreme words

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 to inclusively refer

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 to everything

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 in between.

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 So,

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 when you say

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 God created

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 the heavens

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 and the earth,

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 it means God created

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 all the world,

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 right?

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 Not just heaven

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 and the earth.

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 And when it says

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 that God is

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 from the beginning

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 and the end,

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 it doesn't mean

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 that God's just

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 at the beginning

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 and the end.

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 It means that he's

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 eternal

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 and occupies all time,

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 right?

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 So,

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 when he says here

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 that he went

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 through fire

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 and through water,

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 that means God's people

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 went through all kinds

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 of trials

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 and sufferings.

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 They've experienced

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 it all

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 and God's brought

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 them through it.

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 And yet,

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 that's not the end

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 of the story

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 because those trials

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 had a purpose

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 and he says

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 though God brought

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 them into the net,

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 later he says

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 he also brought

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 them out

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 to a place

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 of abundance.

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 God's goal,

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 his intention

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 was to bring them

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 to a place

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 of abundance.

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 And when he reflects

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 on this corporate

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 deliverance

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 of God's people,

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 then he can't

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 help himself

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 but to praise him

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 personally

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 as an individual.

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 And so,

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 that's what he begins

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 to do in verses

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 13 to 15.

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 I will come

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 into your house

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 with burnt offerings.

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 I will perform

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 my vows to you

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 which my lips uttered

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 and my mouth promised

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 when I was in trouble.

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 I will offer to you

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 burnt offerings

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 of fattened animals

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 with the smoke

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 of the sacrifice

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 of rams.

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 I will make

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 an offering

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 of bulls

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 and goats

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 to say that.

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 So,

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 we can see here

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 that Psalmist

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 is also thinking

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 about his personal

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 ways in which

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 God's delivered him

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 and kind of

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 connecting that

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 to God's

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 deliverance

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 of his people.

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 And the Psalmist

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 wants to fulfill

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 his vows

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 that he made

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 to him

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 and offer

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 sacrifices

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 of worship

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 to God.

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 Then in verses

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 16 to 20,

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 the Psalmist

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 once again

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 turns to invitations.

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 Having exhorted

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 them to praise

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 God,

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 now he turns

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 to invite them

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 and he says

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 he wants them

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 to come and hear

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 unlike the

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 come and see

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 earlier.

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 So,

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 he says in verse

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 16,

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 come and hear

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 all you who

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 fear God

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 and I will tell

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 what he has done

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 for my people.

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 And the phrase

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 all you who

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 fear God

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 also refers

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 to all people,

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 all those

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 who fear God,

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 not just God's

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 chosen people,

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 the Jews,

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 but to all

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 the God-fearers.

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 So,

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 God-fearers

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 were the

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 technical way

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 in which Jews

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 referred to

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 Gentile converts.

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 So,

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 all those who

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 fear God

00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:38.620
 all over the

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 earth,

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 he's calling

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 them,

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 inviting them

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 to come and hear.

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 And then in

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 verse 9,

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 he had spoken

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 of how God

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 has kept

00:12:45.579 --> 00:12:46.279
 our soul

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 among the living

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 and now he

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 tells personally

00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:50.060
 of what he

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 has done

00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:51.700
 for my soul.

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 And then he

00:12:52.540 --> 00:12:53.080
 continues in

00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:53.800
 verses 17

00:12:53.800 --> 00:12:54.280
 to 20,

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 I cried to

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 him with my

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 mouth and high

00:12:57.240 --> 00:12:57.980
 praise was on

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 my tongue.

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 If I had

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 cherished iniquity

00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:00.680
 in my heart,

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 the Lord would

00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:01.440
 not have

00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:01.840
 listened.

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 But truly God

00:13:03.040 --> 00:13:03.720
 has listened.

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 He has attended

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 to the voice

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 of my prayer.

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 Blessed be God

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 because he has

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 not rejected

00:13:08.220 --> 00:13:08.820
 my prayer

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 or removed

00:13:09.720 --> 00:13:10.720
 his steadfast

00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:11.440
 love from

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 me.

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 It's okay.

00:13:13.700 --> 00:13:14.360
 And the

00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:15.700
 psalmist himself

00:13:15.700 --> 00:13:16.280
 had personally

00:13:16.280 --> 00:13:16.879
 cried out to

00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:17.520
 God in times

00:13:17.520 --> 00:13:17.960
 of trouble

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 and then God

00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:19.420
 heard his

00:13:19.420 --> 00:13:20.040
 prayers and

00:13:20.040 --> 00:13:20.720
 rescued him.

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 And the

00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.580
 word hear

00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:22.960
 and the

00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:23.580
 word listen

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 are the exact

00:13:24.180 --> 00:13:24.700
 same Hebrew

00:13:24.700 --> 00:13:25.080
 words.

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 And so just

00:13:26.259 --> 00:13:26.800
 as earlier

00:13:26.800 --> 00:13:27.639
 the psalmist

00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:28.320
 invited all

00:13:28.320 --> 00:13:28.560
 the earth

00:13:28.560 --> 00:13:28.940
 to come

00:13:28.940 --> 00:13:29.500
 and see

00:13:29.500 --> 00:13:29.920
 the God

00:13:29.920 --> 00:13:30.560
 who sees,

00:13:31.060 --> 00:13:31.639
 now the

00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:31.940
 psalmist

00:13:31.940 --> 00:13:32.780
 is inviting

00:13:32.780 --> 00:13:33.420
 all peoples

00:13:33.420 --> 00:13:33.840
 to come

00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.440
 and hear

00:13:34.440 --> 00:13:34.840
 the God

00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:35.460
 who hears.

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 And so

00:13:36.900 --> 00:13:37.420
 the great

00:13:37.420 --> 00:13:38.000
 God who

00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:38.480
 is worthy

00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:39.060
 of all

00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:39.680
 our praises,

00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:40.660
 this God

00:13:40.660 --> 00:13:42.100
 who sees

00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:42.920
 and hears,

00:13:43.560 --> 00:13:44.060
 and this

00:13:44.060 --> 00:13:44.460
 God who

00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:44.879
 does not

00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.600
 forsake his

00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.320
 steadfast love

00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:46.860
 from us,

00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:47.840
 he's the

00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.220
 God that

00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:48.660
 came to

00:13:48.660 --> 00:13:49.000
 us in

00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:49.660
 Jesus Christ.

00:13:50.560 --> 00:13:51.680
 In 1 Corinthians

00:13:51.680 --> 00:13:52.720
 10, 1-2,

00:13:52.860 --> 00:13:53.320
 Paul says,

00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.379
 For I do not

00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:54.920
 want you to

00:13:54.920 --> 00:13:55.360
 be unaware,

00:13:55.580 --> 00:13:55.820
 brothers,

00:13:55.900 --> 00:13:56.260
 that our

00:13:56.260 --> 00:13:56.900
 fathers were

00:13:56.900 --> 00:13:57.480
 all under

00:13:57.480 --> 00:13:58.100
 the cloud

00:13:58.100 --> 00:13:58.800
 and all

00:13:58.800 --> 00:13:59.340
 passed

00:13:59.340 --> 00:13:59.900
 through the

00:13:59.900 --> 00:14:00.220
 sea,

00:14:00.420 --> 00:14:01.000
 and all

00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:01.720
 were baptized

00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.940
 into Moses

00:14:02.940 --> 00:14:03.860
 in the cloud

00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:04.500
 and in the

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:04.700
 sea.

00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:06.100
 So we see

00:14:06.100 --> 00:14:06.580
 there that

00:14:06.580 --> 00:14:07.379
 Paul sees

00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.020
 the Exodus

00:14:08.020 --> 00:14:09.400
 as the

00:14:09.400 --> 00:14:09.940
 passing through

00:14:09.940 --> 00:14:10.760
 the Red Sea

00:14:10.760 --> 00:14:11.540
 from which

00:14:11.540 --> 00:14:11.920
 the people

00:14:11.920 --> 00:14:12.260
 of God

00:14:12.260 --> 00:14:12.720
 was born,

00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.580
 as a

00:14:15.580 --> 00:14:16.320
 type of

00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:17.139
 foreshadowing

00:14:17.139 --> 00:14:19.340
 of Christian

00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:20.379
 baptism from

00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:21.080
 which the

00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:21.560
 new covenant

00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:22.019
 people of

00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:22.360
 God are

00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:22.600
 born.

00:14:23.320 --> 00:14:23.639
 So it

00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:24.240
 was Moses

00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:24.960
 that led

00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:25.519
 Israelites

00:14:25.519 --> 00:14:26.100
 out of

00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:27.120
 slavery from

00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:27.480
 Egypt,

00:14:27.639 --> 00:14:28.420
 but for us

00:14:28.420 --> 00:14:29.060
 it was Jesus

00:14:29.060 --> 00:14:29.660
 who led us

00:14:29.660 --> 00:14:29.980
 out of

00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:30.960
 slavery from

00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:31.379
 sin.

00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:32.720
 And this

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.100
 is the

00:14:33.100 --> 00:14:33.720
 greatest of

00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:34.200
 all of

00:14:34.200 --> 00:14:34.500
 God's

00:14:34.500 --> 00:14:34.800
 awesome

00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.180
 deeds.

00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.120
 So then

00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:36.639
 what should

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.120
 be our

00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:37.540
 proper

00:14:37.540 --> 00:14:38.240
 response?

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 And it's

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 the same

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 as a

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 psalmist.

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 The psalmist

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 verses 13

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 to 15

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 brought

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 offerings

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 and sacrifices

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 to God.

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 But the

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 sacrifices

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 that we

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 bring to

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 God are

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 no longer

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 the ritual

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 sacrifices

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 of animals

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 because Christ

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 is the

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 new temple

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 and he

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 offered

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 himself

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 as the

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 ultimate

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 once and

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 for all

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 sacrifice

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 to atone

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 for our

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 sins.

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 Therefore

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 there's no

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 longer

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 animal

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 sacrifices

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 left for

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 atonement.

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 But instead

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 as Romans

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 12

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 1 says

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 we are

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 to present

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 our bodies

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 as a

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 living

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 sacrifice

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 holy and

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 acceptable

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 to God

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 which is

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 our

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 spiritual

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 worship.

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 And as

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 Hebrews

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 13

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 15

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 says

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 through

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 Christ

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 then let

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 us

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 continually

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 offer

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 up a

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 sacrifice

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 of praise

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 to God

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 that is

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 the fruit

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 of lips

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 that acknowledge

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 his name.

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 So we

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 should offer

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 up a

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 sacrifice

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 of praise

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 to the

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 God

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 who saves

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 with both

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 our words

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 and our

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 deeds.

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 God

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 and this

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 worship

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 is really

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 ultimately

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 what

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 propels

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 us

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 into

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 mission

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 as well.

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 It's

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 like the

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 psalmist

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 who desires

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 that all

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 the earth

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 praise God

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 for his

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 awesome

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 deeds

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 because we

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 love God

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 and because

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 we're grateful

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 to him

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 and because

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 we want

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 to celebrate

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 and complete

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 that delighting

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 that we have

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 in God

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 by praising

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 him.

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 And we

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 want all

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 the earth

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 to praise

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 him and

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 that's what

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.000
 leads us

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 into mission

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 because we

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 want others

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 to be able to

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 enjoy him

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 and appreciate

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 him and to

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 praise him

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 as we are

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 because of

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 what he has

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 done.

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 So my

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 prayer this

00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:16.539
 morning or

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 I mean this

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 evening

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 is in my

00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:20.980
 prayer as I was

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 preparing this

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.600
 psalm is just

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 that God

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 would fill us

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 with that

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 kind of

00:16:24.580 --> 00:16:25.399
 delight in

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 him so

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 that we

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 pour forth

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 praises to

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 him wherever

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 we go

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 whatever

00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.659
 situation we're

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 in.

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 So with

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 that let's

00:16:34.300 --> 00:16:35.040
 sing a song

00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.480
 of praise

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:35.920
 to God

00:16:35.920 --> 00:16:37.200
 and pray.