WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.480 And good day everybody, let's bow our heads to our praying. 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:11.279 Heavenly Father, by your spirit and through your words, speak to us right now and please 00:00:11.279 --> 00:00:18.400 be changing and transforming our thoughts and our attitudes and our beliefs to be in 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:23.800 accordance with yours and in accordance with what is true, that we would be changed and 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:24.519 transformed. 00:00:24.980 --> 00:00:27.480 In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:35.000 How would you rate yourself if you applied consumer standards to how you worship God? 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:42.420 So, you know, if your car starts two out of three, do you go back to the dealer and say, 00:00:42.659 --> 00:00:43.399 that's okay? 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:50.359 Or if your refrigerator works for a day or two or stops working for a day or two every 00:00:50.359 --> 00:00:53.820 once in a while, would you think, well, it works most of the time, it'll do? 00:00:53.820 --> 00:00:59.500 Or my iPhone locks up every couple of hours but it works all the rest of the time, then 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:00.359 I'm happy with that. 00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:01.640 Yes? 00:01:02.759 --> 00:01:06.799 Or the water heater delivers an icy cold shower every now and then, is it dependable? 00:01:07.099 --> 00:01:11.379 If you miss a couple of loan payments every 12 months, do the bank say to you, well, 10 00:01:11.379 --> 00:01:12.319 out of 12 ain't bad. 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:21.619 So, if you read your Bible once a month, if you come to church when you feel like it, if 00:01:21.619 --> 00:01:25.979 you won't meet in a small group because you don't like the people in it, if you're always 00:01:25.979 --> 00:01:31.019 grumbling about brothers and sisters not meeting your standards, if you're always expecting 00:01:31.019 --> 00:01:36.060 to be served and never serve, what's that say about you? 00:01:36.060 --> 00:01:43.719 Not other people, you and for me, what's it say about me when I do those things? 00:01:44.820 --> 00:01:48.120 Now, don't take that as a guilt trip, just say it as a thoughtful challenge and I'll now 00:01:48.120 --> 00:01:51.219 tell you that that was a very unfair thing for a preacher to do. 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:52.500 Do you know why? 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:57.120 Because we are always faulty, aren't we? 00:01:58.460 --> 00:02:02.000 And we are not perfect except through the grace of Christ, so I don't want to press it 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:02.439 too far. 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:07.439 We don't become part of God's family by measuring up to a set of performance standards. 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:13.780 We are here by the grace and mercy of Christ, but the way we live does reflect our view of 00:02:13.780 --> 00:02:18.520 God and ourselves and that's a bit why I've used it just now, because in a sense our lives 00:02:18.520 --> 00:02:22.539 are a practical demonstration of what Christ means to us. 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:28.460 And I think a lot of the time, and this is true for me and it probably is true for you 00:02:28.460 --> 00:02:35.040 in some measure, our lives project an inadequate view of God and his majesty. 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:39.480 This is the third message in a row. 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:43.680 We didn't plan a preaching series, this is something that God has stitched together. 00:02:44.719 --> 00:02:50.360 But it's a third message in a row where the glory of God has been on display in the Bible 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:52.920 passages which we have been preaching. 00:02:52.919 --> 00:03:00.019 So two weeks ago Steve preached to us from Isaiah 6, one week ago I think Sam spoke to 00:03:00.019 --> 00:03:05.619 us from Psalm 8, O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. 00:03:06.239 --> 00:03:10.979 And then having said that, said, and what are people that you even take notice of them and 00:03:10.979 --> 00:03:11.539 regard them? 00:03:11.539 --> 00:03:17.139 And today, tonight, I come to Psalm 19. 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:19.579 And this is a psalm that C.S. 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:24.739 Lewis, the great writer, described as the greatest poem in the Psalms and one of the greatest 00:03:24.739 --> 00:03:26.039 lyrics in the world. 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:27.439 I'm going to read from there. 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:32.139 Psalm 19, verse 1, fantastic if you're following your Bibles as I speak. 00:03:32.139 --> 00:03:39.119 The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 00:03:39.959 --> 00:03:44.799 Day after day they pour forth speech, night after night they display knowledge. 00:03:45.959 --> 00:03:51.879 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard, their voice goes out into 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:55.039 all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. 00:03:56.179 --> 00:04:01.899 In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun, which is like a bridegroom coming forth 00:04:01.900 --> 00:04:06.379 from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run its course. 00:04:07.140 --> 00:04:12.980 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other, and there is nothing 00:04:12.980 --> 00:04:14.240 hidden from its heat. 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:21.600 So the writer looks up into the daytime sky, and he looks up into the nighttime sky, and 00:04:21.600 --> 00:04:24.579 he says, wow, it speaks. 00:04:28.019 --> 00:04:31.600 And it's telling us how glorious God is. 00:04:31.899 --> 00:04:38.779 The heavens declare the glory of God, the sky proclaims the work of his hands. 00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:46.519 And then in verse 2, day after day, they pour forth speech, night after night they display 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:47.119 knowledge. 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:50.959 The heavens are always speaking, they never stop. 00:04:51.039 --> 00:04:54.359 The only time you don't see them speaking is when the cloud goes over. 00:04:55.579 --> 00:05:02.239 And they are speaking every day, and they are speaking every night, and they never stop 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:04.759 telling us that God is glorious. 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:13.220 And he says to us, there's no speech, there's no language, there's nowhere on the earth that 00:05:13.220 --> 00:05:14.680 their voice is not heard. 00:05:15.060 --> 00:05:20.560 Every person on the earth hears the same message in every place and in every language. 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:24.339 And we're being told how glorious God is. 00:05:25.439 --> 00:05:28.500 They tell us what an extraordinary creator we have. 00:05:28.579 --> 00:05:29.300 He's an artist. 00:05:29.720 --> 00:05:31.339 The universe is his canvas. 00:05:31.780 --> 00:05:34.620 Every person on the planet lives in his gallery. 00:05:35.100 --> 00:05:41.120 So every man, every woman, every child has an opportunity to be blown away by his artistry. 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:44.819 And he uses this daytime illustration. 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:46.139 It's a wonderful illustration. 00:05:46.300 --> 00:05:50.899 The sun coming up in the morning, rising out of his tent, coming out like the champion, 00:05:51.060 --> 00:05:51.980 ready to do battle. 00:05:52.240 --> 00:05:54.000 And he marches across the heavens. 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:55.100 Boom, boom, boom. 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:56.980 And he puts his heat on everyone. 00:05:57.819 --> 00:06:00.560 I don't see many sunrises, to be honest. 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:05.860 But I did see a magnificent sunrise a couple of years ago. 00:06:05.980 --> 00:06:07.639 We were on holidays on the central coast. 00:06:07.819 --> 00:06:10.399 And I think Gary and I woke up early in the dark. 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:12.419 And I said, oh, it must be nearly sunrise. 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:13.839 Let's go and sit on the sand dune. 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.199 And we went and sat on the sand dune. 00:06:16.500 --> 00:06:21.159 And it's like waiting for a great performance to begin. 00:06:21.319 --> 00:06:24.579 You see the horizon begins to lighten. 00:06:24.919 --> 00:06:27.359 And it seems like it's just about to happen. 00:06:27.479 --> 00:06:28.519 And the suspense is growing. 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:29.439 A bit like Giant Jenga. 00:06:29.699 --> 00:06:32.120 The suspense is growing and growing and growing. 00:06:32.259 --> 00:06:33.500 And you think it must be there. 00:06:33.779 --> 00:06:38.120 And then suddenly the golden crown comes across the horizon. 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:41.259 And the sun marches up at speed. 00:06:41.379 --> 00:06:46.420 You watch it growing and growing and growing over the horizon before it gets set and comes. 00:06:46.780 --> 00:06:49.139 And it is the most magnificent display. 00:06:49.319 --> 00:06:50.160 And do you know what? 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:51.540 That happens every day. 00:06:51.540 --> 00:06:58.660 I've got to tell you. 00:06:59.140 --> 00:07:02.460 Some people pick a passage like this and they say, 00:07:03.460 --> 00:07:06.300 oh, the Bible's so out of date and unsophisticated. 00:07:07.640 --> 00:07:09.980 The sun doesn't go round the earth. 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.160 The earth goes round the sun. 00:07:13.000 --> 00:07:13.400 Duh. 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:18.679 And I as the preacher want to say, you're not fair. 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:20.199 That's so unfair. 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:25.120 This is written 3,000 years ago before we had telescopes and Copernicus and everybody. 00:07:25.599 --> 00:07:32.699 And the person who wrote this down has used the most magnificent poetry to describe this awesome event which happens every day. 00:07:32.699 --> 00:07:38.879 He's blown away by the wonder of creation. 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:46.259 And I think we have to be really, really careful with all our sophistication and our science that we lose the wonder. 00:07:47.039 --> 00:07:48.300 Oh, yeah, we know it goes. 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:49.579 The earth goes round the sun. 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:52.620 It's held in elliptical order by the Jupiter out there and all the rest. 00:07:52.980 --> 00:07:54.439 I mean, we just lose it. 00:07:55.699 --> 00:07:58.539 It's true, but we lose the wonder. 00:07:58.540 --> 00:08:02.540 I can think of another moment of wonder. 00:08:02.640 --> 00:08:04.060 Who's had the last little baby? 00:08:04.160 --> 00:08:05.620 Annabelle, is she the last one out? 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:09.860 Well, just checking. 00:08:13.220 --> 00:08:15.580 Isn't there something wondrous about that moment? 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:18.060 I mean, we could stand there. 00:08:18.100 --> 00:08:21.500 We could have the medicos out the front and they could tell us about how it all happens. 00:08:21.820 --> 00:08:26.320 But you've got to be there in the moment to appreciate just how wonderful this is. 00:08:28.540 --> 00:08:33.180 It's cool. 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:36.159 And I've been there five times. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:37.700 I can tell you it's really wonderful. 00:08:38.340 --> 00:08:39.480 Kerry might say differently. 00:08:39.620 --> 00:08:43.879 No, I think she'll say it's really wonderful, but it was really easy for you. 00:08:44.539 --> 00:08:44.700 Okay? 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:47.039 I love being in the bush. 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:49.240 And clear, moonless night. 00:08:49.300 --> 00:08:51.240 That's the other picture that's here in Psalm 19. 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:52.259 Clear, moonless night. 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:53.399 You gaze into the heavens. 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:58.860 My son Andrew went on an excursion to the Warren Bungles, which wasn't far from where we lived at Wee War. 00:08:59.319 --> 00:09:00.699 And they went to the planetarium. 00:09:00.740 --> 00:09:07.240 And he came back with all this knowledge that I've never had before about which constellations and galaxies are out there and what you can see. 00:09:07.459 --> 00:09:09.279 And he got me to take him out of town. 00:09:09.379 --> 00:09:10.939 And we went out to somebody's property. 00:09:11.840 --> 00:09:14.199 And we were way away from town. 00:09:14.299 --> 00:09:15.439 We were way away from the house. 00:09:15.539 --> 00:09:16.559 We turned off the lights. 00:09:16.659 --> 00:09:17.579 There was no moon. 00:09:18.079 --> 00:09:18.779 Pitch black. 00:09:18.779 --> 00:09:20.199 We looked up into the heavens. 00:09:20.339 --> 00:09:21.899 And the sky just comes alive. 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:24.959 You see that many stars. 00:09:25.419 --> 00:09:27.339 And you just go, wow. 00:09:28.459 --> 00:09:29.879 And I know what I did with him. 00:09:29.939 --> 00:09:33.779 He stood there and he said to me, Dad, that's the serpent over there on the horizon. 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:34.500 See the stars? 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:35.720 And that's Scorpio up there. 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:38.439 And I'm going, boy, I wish I could remember what he's remembered. 00:09:38.759 --> 00:09:40.959 But he could see things that I couldn't even see. 00:09:41.019 --> 00:09:43.019 And it was just fantastic to have them shown to me. 00:09:43.199 --> 00:09:44.959 You don't see stars like that in Sydney. 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:51.639 But the enormity and the vastness of the universe stirred me. 00:09:51.800 --> 00:09:52.620 We stood there. 00:09:52.759 --> 00:09:53.360 We prayed. 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:58.320 And we gave God thanks and the glory for what he has made. 00:09:58.800 --> 00:10:02.340 We could look at those things and say, thank you, God. 00:10:02.400 --> 00:10:03.180 You are awesome. 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:04.080 You are creator. 00:10:04.379 --> 00:10:07.940 You are magnificent in what you have brought into being. 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:09.639 And you allow us to share in that. 00:10:09.639 --> 00:10:15.299 So for us, the glory of the heavens told us about the glory of God. 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:18.120 They told us about the majesty of our creator. 00:10:19.620 --> 00:10:24.279 Psalm 19 says to us that every person on the planet hears the same message. 00:10:25.199 --> 00:10:29.299 Every person, every language spoken to in exactly the same way, 00:10:29.620 --> 00:10:31.720 the heavens are declaring the glory of God. 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:35.120 If everybody could understand in our church family my message tonight, 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:39.460 we would not have Chinese, Cantonese and Mandarin congregations. 00:10:39.659 --> 00:10:42.720 We would all be building a bigger building and we'd be in the one place 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:45.600 and we'd be brothers and sisters in Christ understanding one another. 00:10:46.179 --> 00:10:50.600 But Psalm 19 speaks in a universal language which is heard by everyone. 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:58.779 Romans chapter 10 verse 19, no, Romans chapter 10 verse 18 quotes Psalm 19. 00:10:59.740 --> 00:11:03.120 And it applies Psalm 19 to what people hear. 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:07.639 And the context is that God has something to say, 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:10.419 but not everybody's obedient to it. 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:16.120 So in Romans, Paul goes back and he grabs Psalm 19 and he says, 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:18.159 but I asked, did they not hear? 00:11:18.379 --> 00:11:19.700 Of course they did. 00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:22.600 Their voice has gone out into all the earth, 00:11:22.700 --> 00:11:24.720 their words to the ends of the world. 00:11:25.860 --> 00:11:27.100 The heavens are speaking. 00:11:27.440 --> 00:11:29.139 They are declaring God's glory. 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:37.799 But just because something's said doesn't mean it's heard or acted on. 00:11:39.740 --> 00:11:41.519 So mum and dad and mum says, 00:11:41.939 --> 00:11:42.740 dinner's ready. 00:11:44.740 --> 00:11:45.879 Why do you laugh? 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:48.519 Because you do what I do sometimes. 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:54.919 The message goes out and it's not responded to, is it? 00:11:54.919 --> 00:12:01.099 And I had the silly occasion the other week I came in as the family was finishing dinner 00:12:01.099 --> 00:12:02.799 and I said, I didn't even know you'd started. 00:12:02.979 --> 00:12:03.699 But there you go. 00:12:06.860 --> 00:12:10.939 The ancient Greeks and Romans heard the heavens speak 00:12:10.939 --> 00:12:13.979 and they turned them into gods. 00:12:13.980 --> 00:12:19.259 The Darwinian evolutionist hears the heavens speak 00:12:19.259 --> 00:12:24.200 and praises the random forces of nature for what they've achieved. 00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:25.340 Isn't that a nonsense? 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:32.779 I think it's very human to be thrilled by the wonder of creation. 00:12:33.700 --> 00:12:35.300 I think every greenie does it, don't they? 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:37.720 They look at it and they just say, this is so magnificent. 00:12:37.940 --> 00:12:39.259 Look at how it all fits together. 00:12:39.259 --> 00:12:44.120 Everybody who's been to the US that I know and sees the Grand Canyon, 00:12:44.200 --> 00:12:46.799 I haven't seen it yet, just goes, wow. 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:51.759 Or to Nepal or North India and sees the Himalayas. 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:53.299 They're blown away by what they see. 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:58.460 But just because you see something that makes you go, wow, 00:12:58.580 --> 00:13:00.659 doesn't mean that you give glory to our maker. 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.259 And the Bible tells us that we're going to be held accountable for what we've heard. 00:13:07.259 --> 00:13:09.899 Romans 1, verse 18, 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.500 that the anger of God is being revealed from heaven 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:15.340 against all the godlessness and wickedness of people 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:18.000 who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:21.919 Since what may be known about God is plain to them. 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.700 Because God's made it plain to them. 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.919 For since the creation of the world, 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:29.419 God's invisible qualities, 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:32.600 his eternal power and his divine nature 00:13:32.600 --> 00:13:34.799 have been clearly seen, 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:37.039 being understood from what has been made 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.779 so that people are without excuse. 00:13:44.699 --> 00:13:47.399 Psalmist stands in awe of the silent heavens 00:13:47.399 --> 00:13:49.899 and he hears them saying, 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:52.019 God is glorious. 00:13:54.079 --> 00:13:57.139 And he gives glory and honour and praise 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:59.459 to the unseen God who has made them. 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:03.139 The heavens declare the glory of God, 00:14:03.240 --> 00:14:05.840 the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 00:14:09.940 --> 00:14:12.600 The writer doesn't personalise God at this stage. 00:14:12.780 --> 00:14:15.019 He actually uses a very general name for God. 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:15.980 It's L, E-L. 00:14:15.980 --> 00:14:21.659 We sometimes sing a song like El Shaddai. 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:23.860 It means God Almighty. 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:27.440 The L part just means God. 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:29.840 And sometimes in the Bible, in the Old Testament, 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.759 it's even used for other gods, 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.820 not even the true God, just God. 00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:41.420 The creation speaks. 00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:43.959 Yes, it declares a glorious God. 00:14:45.099 --> 00:14:47.299 But the next part of the psalm says 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:49.759 that God himself speaks. 00:14:51.179 --> 00:14:55.360 And God is a God who reveals himself in words. 00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.699 So verse 7. 00:14:58.899 --> 00:15:01.000 The law of the Lord is perfect, 00:15:01.439 --> 00:15:02.479 reviving the soul. 00:15:03.599 --> 00:15:05.740 The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:07.740 making wise the simple. 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:11.519 The precepts of the Lord are right, 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:12.860 giving joy to the heart. 00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:15.700 The commands of the Lord are radiant, 00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:17.180 giving light to the eyes. 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:20.899 The fear of the Lord is pure and enduring forever. 00:15:21.899 --> 00:15:24.320 The ordinances of the Lord are sure 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:25.639 and altogether righteous. 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:28.539 They are more precious than gold, 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.740 than much pure gold. 00:15:30.659 --> 00:15:32.060 They are sweeter than honey, 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:33.460 than honey from the comb. 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.899 Now this time he actually changes 00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:37.220 the word he uses for God. 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:39.600 And I think Sam talked about this last week, 00:15:39.680 --> 00:15:41.740 but he said he uses the word Yahweh, 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.300 the Lord. 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:45.379 He uses the special name of God 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.620 which was revealed to Moses 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.580 in the Old Testament. 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:50.740 And the Lord isn't somebody 00:15:50.740 --> 00:15:52.379 who is merely out there in the heavens 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:54.060 and standing aloof and all remote. 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:55.960 He has come very close to people 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:58.180 and his people know him personally. 00:15:58.860 --> 00:15:59.840 They know his name. 00:16:00.700 --> 00:16:02.180 He's revealed himself to them 00:16:02.180 --> 00:16:03.279 in words and in actions. 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:06.860 God has reached down to us. 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.799 And it's why Christian faith, 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:13.339 I hate it when it's even referred to as a religion, 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:14.419 Christianity as a religion. 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.419 This is not religion. 00:16:15.839 --> 00:16:17.579 This is relationship with the living God 00:16:17.579 --> 00:16:18.379 of the universe. 00:16:20.279 --> 00:16:22.659 See, religion is about reaching up to God 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.919 and trying to grab hold of God, 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:25.100 whatever he might look like 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:26.240 or however he might be, 00:16:26.339 --> 00:16:28.000 trying to keep God's happy. 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:33.460 Some of the nations that God threw out of Israel 00:16:33.460 --> 00:16:35.519 were nations that worshipped 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:37.159 by burning their kids in fire 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:40.440 so that they'd make their God happy. 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:44.460 They wanted their gods to make their lives easy, 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.360 to protect them from flood and drought 00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.659 and sickness and disease 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:48.799 and give them a crop, 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:50.320 give them an income. 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:53.580 And it's almost like our prayers become sometimes, 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:55.179 Lord, just give us what we want, 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.460 give us what we need, 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:58.660 rather than actually seeing who he is 00:16:58.660 --> 00:16:59.960 and his glory 00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:01.080 and seeing that he's the one 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:02.700 who's actually reached down to us, 00:17:03.100 --> 00:17:04.620 that we don't have to make him happy 00:17:04.620 --> 00:17:06.500 because he's taken the initiative 00:17:06.500 --> 00:17:08.519 to bring us into relationship with him. 00:17:10.680 --> 00:17:11.960 The law of the Lord, 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:13.440 the statutes of the Lord, 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.880 the precepts of the Lord, 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:16.200 the commands of the Lord, 00:17:16.539 --> 00:17:17.720 the fear of the Lord, 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.579 the ordinances of the Lord. 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.299 It's all the things that we find in the scriptures, 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.880 the Old Testament in particular, 00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:28.420 are the people of God in the Old Testament 00:17:28.420 --> 00:17:30.079 relating through the law, 00:17:30.700 --> 00:17:32.700 the scriptures given through Moses. 00:17:34.740 --> 00:17:36.620 What God gave his people 00:17:36.620 --> 00:17:38.680 was the information that they needed 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:40.539 to relate to him in a right way. 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:43.920 His laws reveal his character. 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.759 The majesty of God is revealed in his word. 00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:48.400 He is very good to his people. 00:17:49.400 --> 00:17:51.579 The New Testament takes us even further 00:17:51.579 --> 00:17:54.120 and tells us even more about what God has done. 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:55.939 John 1, verse 14, 00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:57.059 where we were a minute ago. 00:17:57.679 --> 00:17:58.919 The word became flesh 00:17:58.919 --> 00:18:00.599 and made his dwelling among us. 00:18:01.479 --> 00:18:02.979 We have seen his glory, 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.599 the glory of the one and only 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:05.939 who came from the Father, 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.799 full of grace and truth. 00:18:09.459 --> 00:18:11.779 Jesus Christ has stepped into the world, 00:18:12.000 --> 00:18:13.559 left his throne in heaven, 00:18:14.139 --> 00:18:16.439 left his Father and come amongst us 00:18:16.439 --> 00:18:18.959 and revealed the glory of God to us 00:18:18.959 --> 00:18:20.359 in his own person. 00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:24.039 Hebrews 1, verse 1, 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:26.919 In the past God spoke to our forefathers 00:18:26.919 --> 00:18:27.899 through the prophets 00:18:27.899 --> 00:18:31.339 at many times and in various ways. 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:34.319 But in these last days 00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:36.699 he has spoken to us by his Son, 00:18:37.159 --> 00:18:39.139 whom he appointed heir of all things 00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:41.939 and through whom he made the universe. 00:18:44.659 --> 00:18:46.979 God is a God who speaks 00:18:46.979 --> 00:18:48.599 and he still speaks. 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:53.000 He's spoken to us through the person of his Son. 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:56.319 He's proved his love to us 00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:57.759 through the death and resurrection 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:59.419 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:02.759 He has shown how seriously he takes our sin 00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:05.519 and God has made a sacrifice for us 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:07.199 which turns away his anger. 00:19:11.419 --> 00:19:13.259 Listen to the wonderful words 00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:15.559 which describe the power of God's word. 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:18.079 God revives the soul. 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:20.659 It's trustworthy. 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:24.519 Makes simple people wise. 00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:26.779 You don't have to be clever to be a Christian. 00:19:28.659 --> 00:19:30.259 Gives joy to the heart. 00:19:31.460 --> 00:19:32.539 Light to the eyes. 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.980 It endures forever. 00:19:36.339 --> 00:19:37.099 It's sure. 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.039 It's righteous. 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:39.200 It's precious. 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:45.880 I think so many of the things 00:19:45.880 --> 00:19:47.299 that we hunger for in life 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:48.620 can only come from God 00:19:48.620 --> 00:19:49.580 and from his word. 00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:52.559 Only come from God and his word. 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:57.559 See, we seek satisfaction in relationships 00:19:57.559 --> 00:20:01.140 and we experience disappointment. 00:20:01.140 --> 00:20:05.140 Sometimes, I guess, you know, 00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:07.060 we look for a boyfriend or a girlfriend 00:20:07.060 --> 00:20:07.940 and we just think, 00:20:08.020 --> 00:20:10.180 oh, that'll make life so much better at the moment 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:12.200 and maybe that's a nice thing 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:13.620 and a good thing that God's given 00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:15.720 but it doesn't solve all our problems 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:17.759 and meet all our emptiness. 00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:21.100 And those of us who are married 00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:22.880 know that even the best marriages 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:25.360 have their moments of biting disappointment. 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:32.319 Or we look for joy in wealth 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:34.419 and possessions and things 00:20:34.419 --> 00:20:37.379 and we find worry. 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:41.079 And the more we have, 00:20:41.139 --> 00:20:43.119 the more effort it takes to look after it. 00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.779 I haven't got a pool 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:52.139 and I can't afford one 00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:53.919 and I don't think the parish 00:20:53.919 --> 00:20:55.339 is about to put one down at Rain Street 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:55.740 either. 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.740 Unless it's a Clark paddle pool 00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.639 or something like that. 00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.819 You should look at me and go, 00:21:03.139 --> 00:21:04.439 life's tough, eh? 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.879 Not really. 00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:09.159 But let me tell you, 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.500 over on the northern beaches 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.480 where my mum lives, 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.059 she's got a, 00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.899 they've got family that lives next door 00:21:13.899 --> 00:21:15.559 and they have this wonderful pool. 00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:18.259 And they go away on holidays, 00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.379 they let me swim in it. 00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:22.039 And I can go over there 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:23.259 and I can swim in it for Nick 00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:24.419 so I don't have to pay anything, 00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.880 I don't have to put the chemicals in, 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.840 I don't have to clean it, 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.820 I don't have to pay the loan 00:21:27.820 --> 00:21:28.279 at the bank, 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.220 I can just go and swim in it. 00:21:30.600 --> 00:21:31.200 It's great fun. 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.660 I reckon if you own a pool, 00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:37.240 it must suck to have to look after it. 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:40.940 And if you've got a pool 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.900 and you let me swim in it, 00:21:42.279 --> 00:21:43.059 thank you. 00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:50.359 So Songwriter found, 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:53.019 he found great joy and security 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:55.620 of relationship in God's law. 00:21:56.900 --> 00:21:58.620 In relationship with God. 00:21:58.619 --> 00:22:00.819 God has done something incredibly precious 00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:27.599 when he spoke to us in words. 00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:30.259 He revealed what he's like 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.379 and at the same time 00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.419 he overwhelms us 00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:33.959 with what we are not like. 00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:37.000 And that brings the response 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.839 from the Songwriter 00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:40.059 which we read in the very last verses. 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:43.259 Verse 12, 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.779 Who can discern his errors? 00:22:46.379 --> 00:22:48.079 Forgive my hidden faults. 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:52.220 Keep your servant also from willful sins. 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.779 May they not rule over me. 00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:57.059 And then I will be blameless, 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:58.940 innocent of great transgression. 00:23:00.899 --> 00:23:02.240 May the words of my mouth 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:03.639 and the meditation of my heart 00:23:03.639 --> 00:23:04.879 be pleasing in your sight, 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.679 O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:06.740 No. 00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:10.500 It's a great ending 00:23:10.500 --> 00:23:11.779 but I've got to tell you 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.840 the first time I read it 00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:14.299 and many times I've read that 00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:16.320 and I really had no idea 00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:18.019 how to connect it 00:23:18.019 --> 00:23:19.460 to what has just gone before. 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.259 And I really read the psalm 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:23.220 and I scratched my head. 00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:27.380 But it's a glory of God response. 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:31.300 See, the writer encounters God 00:23:31.300 --> 00:23:33.140 in creation and in his word 00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.460 and he is just overwhelmed 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.240 by his glory. 00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:39.240 And it's like Isaiah, 00:23:39.520 --> 00:23:40.820 you know, encountering God 00:23:40.820 --> 00:23:42.360 flat on his face. 00:23:42.520 --> 00:23:43.720 Woe to me, I am ruined. 00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:45.280 I am a man of unclean lips 00:23:45.280 --> 00:23:46.920 and I live among a people 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:47.820 of unclean lips 00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:49.340 and my eyes have seen 00:23:49.340 --> 00:23:51.340 the Lord, the King, 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.340 the Lord of glory. 00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.780 Or Peter, you know, 00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:55.460 throw out your net 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.200 on the other side, 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.539 lands enough fish 00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:59.220 to secure his life 00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.120 for quite a while 00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:03.460 and he just goes away from me, 00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.920 Lord, I am a sinful man. 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.779 And it's the same here. 00:24:08.860 --> 00:24:09.980 The writer sees, 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:12.319 reflects on God's glory 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:13.160 in creation 00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.799 and God's glory 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.799 in his words 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:17.519 and he becomes 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.659 very aware 00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:20.059 of how far short 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.919 he comes. 00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.519 He's reflected 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:26.339 upon God's majesty 00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:27.639 in creation. 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.980 He's thought hard 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.940 about how he measures 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.319 up against God's word 00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:34.159 and he's down 00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.960 on his knees 00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:36.339 praying for forgiveness 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.339 and acceptance. 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.460 It's a very moving 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.779 and a marvellous reaction 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:41.639 to the Lord God. 00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.779 I think it does us well 00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.299 to think about 00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.039 who wrote this. 00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.099 King David. 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.940 Man described 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.299 as after God's own heart. 00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.319 A man whose 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:53.119 strengths and victories 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:54.079 are on display 00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:54.639 in the scripture. 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.799 A man whose 00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.139 tremendous failures 00:24:58.139 --> 00:24:58.819 in the flesh 00:24:58.819 --> 00:24:59.899 are also on display 00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.519 in the scripture. 00:25:03.159 --> 00:25:04.240 But he did love 00:25:04.240 --> 00:25:04.720 the Lord 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.440 and God continued 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:08.419 to work with him. 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:11.619 And he prays 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.339 in verse 12, 00:25:12.460 --> 00:25:12.859 he says, 00:25:12.859 --> 00:25:13.839 forgive my 00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.740 hidden faults. 00:25:16.459 --> 00:25:17.659 And verse 13, 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.500 keep me from 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.500 willful sins. 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.839 He knows 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:22.679 he's not perfect, 00:25:22.879 --> 00:25:23.679 he's like us, 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.379 he struggles 00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.699 with deliberate sin, 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.279 he fights against it 00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:29.279 but it's still there 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.799 and he's also 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.459 wise enough 00:25:32.459 --> 00:25:32.979 to know that 00:25:32.979 --> 00:25:33.719 even if he's got 00:25:33.719 --> 00:25:34.539 his will in check 00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.139 there are plenty 00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:36.219 of areas of his life 00:25:36.219 --> 00:25:37.119 where he falls short 00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:38.459 even if he can't see it. 00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:40.980 things like pride, 00:25:41.860 --> 00:25:42.100 you know, 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.940 you struggle to be 00:25:42.940 --> 00:25:43.680 a humble man 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:44.160 or woman 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:45.940 and somebody says 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.319 to you, 00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.539 boy you're a humble 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.299 man or woman 00:25:48.299 --> 00:25:50.220 and then you say, 00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.140 I know. 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.460 Doesn't work, 00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:54.860 does it? 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.519 We are sinful 00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.240 to the core 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.259 and we need 00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.799 a saviour. 00:26:01.799 --> 00:26:04.519 I said to our 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.559 830 people this morning, 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:06.480 I said both services 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.220 really but 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:09.940 one of the things 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:11.399 I often don't do 00:26:11.399 --> 00:26:12.480 in a communion service 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.399 with our older people 00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.960 and they'd really 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.859 love me to do it 00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.419 is to read 00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:16.339 the Ten Commandments 00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.839 which are part 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.480 of the service 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:19.819 and a lot of old churches 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.899 and this is one of them 00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:22.259 used to have 00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.940 a board 00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:24.099 out the front 00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:25.180 with the Ten Commandments 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:25.859 out there in front 00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.819 of people all the time 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.799 and they told me 00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.259 in the service 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.759 this morning 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.539 that it's in there 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:33.599 maybe turn backwards 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.279 no, it's not 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.819 but I want to say 00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.639 it's scripture 00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:37.720 the Ten Commandments 00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.180 are scripture 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:40.000 and there is nothing 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.079 wrong with God's word 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:42.299 and Jesus said nothing 00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.399 to turn those commandments 00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.079 on their head 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:45.039 or to revoke them 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:47.440 so in terms of 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.119 what they say 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:49.399 they are God's truth 00:26:49.399 --> 00:26:50.279 and they are worth 00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.779 hearing 00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:53.779 I said to the church 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.599 family this morning 00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:55.399 one of the reasons 00:26:55.399 --> 00:26:56.839 I really don't like 00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.920 reading them regularly 00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:59.099 in the communion service 00:26:59.099 --> 00:26:59.819 is because 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:01.700 thou shalt not 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.679 commit adultery 00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.319 oh tick 00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.299 I haven't done that 00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:08.819 thou shalt not 00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.299 murder 00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:10.019 well 00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.919 certainly never 00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.839 done that 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:17.079 thou shalt not 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:17.639 steal 00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.240 oh 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.159 no 00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:20.059 well back in 00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.639 second class 00:27:20.639 --> 00:27:21.019 I might have 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:22.000 taken a friend's 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.200 rubber 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.759 no I haven't 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.159 done anything 00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.779 much like that 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.299 for a while 00:27:24.299 --> 00:27:26.039 and so what happens 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.659 as we do that 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:28.940 we look at God's word 00:27:28.940 --> 00:27:29.519 and we go 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:30.100 tick 00:27:30.100 --> 00:27:31.360 tick 00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:32.779 tick 00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:35.300 and what we do 00:27:35.300 --> 00:27:36.420 is we glory 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.340 in ourselves 00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:38.220 at that moment 00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:41.080 and it's almost 00:27:41.080 --> 00:27:41.680 like 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.740 look at me 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.820 look at how 00:27:44.820 --> 00:27:45.820 I measure up 00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:47.019 against God's law 00:27:47.019 --> 00:27:51.099 and we steal 00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.000 God's glory 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:55.720 and I think 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.200 it's why 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.960 Jesus in the 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:57.519 Sermon on the 00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.700 Mount 00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.319 turned some 00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:58.700 of these 00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.359 things on 00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.799 their head 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.200 to help 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.680 people to 00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.259 think about 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.759 what really 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.039 mattered 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.420 and what 00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.920 they really 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.319 mean 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:05.420 so you guys 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.059 say that you 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.740 have never 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.960 committed adultery 00:28:07.960 --> 00:28:09.639 said Jesus 00:28:09.639 --> 00:28:10.700 I want to say 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.299 to you that 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.079 if you've even 00:28:12.079 --> 00:28:13.079 looked at a woman 00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.720 lustfully 00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:15.600 you've committed 00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.420 adultery in your 00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:16.700 heart 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:19.500 and to all of you 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.200 you say you've 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.759 never murdered 00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:22.259 if you have even 00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.759 hated another 00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.559 person in your 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.900 heart 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:26.420 then you've done 00:28:26.420 --> 00:28:27.059 even worse than 00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.380 murder 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:34.220 men's breakfast 00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.079 yesterday morning 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.880 was a really good 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:37.579 time for a number 00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.140 of reasons 00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:40.100 and I went away 00:28:40.100 --> 00:28:40.519 there are a few 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.220 things I was thinking 00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:41.880 about that I was 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.579 reflecting on 00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:43.640 but I was very 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.340 moved later in 00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:44.820 the day as I 00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:45.180 thought about 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.620 what happened 00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.160 because the 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:47.220 thing that 00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.259 moved me most 00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.160 is that Ian 00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.080 who's on the 00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.700 drums often 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:52.880 he gave his 00:28:52.880 --> 00:28:53.280 testimony 00:28:53.280 --> 00:28:53.820 he gave a bit 00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:54.380 of a talk 00:28:54.380 --> 00:28:56.300 and he said 00:28:56.300 --> 00:28:56.860 how much he 00:28:56.860 --> 00:28:57.560 loves Vander 00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:58.740 a couple of 00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.220 times through 00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.660 the morning 00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:01.759 and I went 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:02.240 away and 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.660 thought wasn't 00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.340 that a wonderful 00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.060 thing to hear 00:29:05.060 --> 00:29:08.000 one brother in 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.660 Christ saying 00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.300 how much he 00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.440 loved another 00:29:10.440 --> 00:29:10.980 brother in 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.400 Christ 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:13.860 Christ and 00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.400 I thought 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:15.460 wouldn't that 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:16.400 be a wonderful 00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:17.300 thing to be 00:29:17.300 --> 00:29:18.160 being repeated 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.400 over and over 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.360 and over again 00:29:20.360 --> 00:29:21.660 in our church 00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:23.960 family where we 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.740 speak of one 00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.440 another as I 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.360 really love you 00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:29.360 I really love 00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.300 that person in 00:29:30.300 --> 00:29:32.200 Christ I really 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:33.019 love them for the 00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.519 way that they 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.480 encourage me and 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.380 know me and build 00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:38.320 me up and I 00:29:38.320 --> 00:29:39.019 took that a step 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.859 further because I'm 00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.660 saying to you 00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:43.139 I need people 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:44.099 that I can go 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.119 to and say 00:29:45.119 --> 00:29:47.980 brother I'm 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.519 struggling 00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:51.279 brother there's 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:52.099 all this stuff 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.920 that's going on 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.740 in my life and 00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.339 I need to tell 00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:56.139 you about it 00:29:56.139 --> 00:29:57.619 because I need 00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.240 you to remind 00:29:58.240 --> 00:29:58.779 me from the 00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.559 scriptures one 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.519 what I already 00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:02.639 know that if 00:30:02.639 --> 00:30:03.440 it's sin to be 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:03.859 able to say 00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.619 look brother I 00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.339 know it's a sin 00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.859 but I want to 00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:07.599 remind you of 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.459 the grace and 00:30:08.459 --> 00:30:09.059 mercy and 00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.679 kindness of 00:30:09.679 --> 00:30:10.279 Christ in 00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.179 bringing forgiveness 00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.839 for that sin 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:13.679 and I want to 00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.539 encourage you to 00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:15.959 cling to Christ 00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:17.639 and I will pray 00:30:17.639 --> 00:30:18.579 for you and I 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.459 will ask you how 00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:20.000 you're going 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:22.839 and what do we 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.659 need for that to 00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:25.439 happen we need 00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:26.559 trusting relationships 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:28.819 don't we we 00:30:28.819 --> 00:30:30.259 also need people 00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:31.419 who don't feel 00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:32.240 like they need to 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:35.259 pretend where 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.879 we're able to 00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.759 come and say I 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.619 am broken and 00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.180 I need a 00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:39.900 saviour and 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.779 yes I struggle 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.339 here and I 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.220 struggle here 00:30:42.220 --> 00:30:44.200 and where we 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.940 don't jump on 00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:45.640 one another in 00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.099 guilt and 00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.720 judgement but 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.539 where we work to 00:30:48.539 --> 00:30:49.279 build one another 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.180 up in Christ 00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:51.960 even in the 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.420 face of our 00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.740 sin 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:58.339 I think it's 00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.940 true worship 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.379 this is a 00:30:59.379 --> 00:31:00.000 wonderful passage 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.660 what goes on 00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:03.559 here the whole 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.619 creation that we 00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.640 live in declares 00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.680 the glory of God 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:09.460 the glory of God 00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:10.200 has been revealed 00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:11.039 to us in his 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.960 word and and 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.000 lastly through his 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.539 son the Lord 00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.400 Jesus Christ 00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:17.680 and it is true 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.340 worship to 00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:19.200 acknowledge God 00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.440 for who he is 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:22.680 but it also means 00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.420 knowing ourselves 00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.360 for who we are 00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:27.759 true worship is 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:28.720 being brought face 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.860 to face with God 00:31:29.860 --> 00:31:31.960 acknowledging our 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.680 sinfulness 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.740 delighting in his 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:36.660 glory and 00:31:36.660 --> 00:31:37.740 rejoicing in the 00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:39.140 safety and the 00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:40.060 undeserved forgiveness 00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:41.000 that we find in 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.779 Christ who can 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:44.519 forgive even our 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.140 hidden sin 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:47.460 amen 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:47.660 amen 00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:50.540 for our 00:31:50.540 --> 00:31:57.420 forms crochets 00:31:57.880 --> 00:31:58.820 to face with 00:31:58.820 --> 00:32:00.060 him 00:32:00.060 --> 00:32:01.060 Micłem 00:32:01.060 --> 00:32:01.800 with