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 Good morning, brothers and sisters. For those of you who don't know me, my name is Tyler. I'm one of the lay elders here at Trinity.

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 And it's a joy and privilege for me to be up here to bring you God's word. We've been going through numbers recently, but we're going to take a detour this Sunday, Lord willing, and we're going to be going through Psalm 8.

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 And normally I'm assigned a text to preach, but every so often I'll get the rare opportunity to choose a text. And I've had this text on my heart for several months now.

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 It's one of the most majestic psalms in the entire Psalter. And I believe it's an ancient word that speaks the time we find ourselves in today.

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 And my prayer is that you'll be encouraged by this psalm. So let's go to the Lord for help before we look at his word together.

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 Father in heaven, how majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 Father, we pray that that would be made clear in this sermon. Father, would you open our eyes to see your wonderful majesty.

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 Open our ears to hear the glad tidings of the gospel. And Father, would you be glorified.

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 Father, give me freedom. Give me love. Father, help the truth to resound forth.

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 And Lord, would you draw all people to yourself by your son.

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 And would you get all the glory in our time together this morning.

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 Praise in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 Well, in a recent New York Times interview, former columnist Ross Douthit, a New Haven

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 resident, was interviewing Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire.

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 And Ross asked the question to Peter, would you prefer the human race to survive?

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 Thiel hesitates for a disturbingly long amount of time.

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 Well, I don't know.

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 Well, in all fairness to Peter, what to do with the human race has always been a very perplexing

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 question.

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 It's a question that's been raised in almost every age.

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 Almost 100 years ago, humans grappled with what to do with humanity coming out of World

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 War II, where the best and worst of humanity was on display.

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 And today, that same question is as relevant as ever.

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 For Peter and for many, humanity has run its course.

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 Humanity has now stagnated.

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 We need something new, something better.

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 A successor species.

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 A merger between our mind and a machine.

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 Let's transform humanity into something fundamentally different, something better.

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 We've stagnated, the thought goes.

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 Look at the cultural malaise.

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 The moral emptiness.

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 Fewer world-changing scientific discoveries.

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 Lower economic output.

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 Surely the universe would be much better off without humans as they currently exist.

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 If you listen to some of the current conversation, Peter Thiel is not alone.

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 Some argue that this is the only ethical thing to do to embrace this kind of engineered future.

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 I mean, how else are we going to reduce our carbon footprint on the earth?

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 What do you think about that?

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 Okay, well, maybe you wouldn't go as far in this bizarre techno-utopia where humans are eradicated.

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 But if you're like me, you find yourself asking a similar question.

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 What is humanity for?

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 What am I here for?

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 What should I aspire to in my life?

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 In an age of smartphones, screens, and social media, how can I flourish?

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 How can I help my kids steward these technologies?

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 Was I created to mindlessly scroll on the screen?

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 And with everything being created on TikTok like 10 minutes ago,

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 is there anything permanent that I can build my life upon?

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 How can I flourish in today's world?

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 Well, these are some of the questions I've been asking myself for a while now.

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 I'm sure some of you have been asking the same questions.

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 And I think Psalm 8 helps us here.

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 To get an answer, we're going to go back 3,000 years and look at this psalm,

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 which was written by a humble shepherd,

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 taking care of his sheep, and he looks up at the stars,

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 and he starts to think to himself,

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 Who am I?

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 What am I?

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 God, why would you even listen to me?

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 You are majestic, and I am just a little speck of dust.

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 And the words of Psalm 8 were formed in his mind.

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 So let me invite you to open Psalm 8.

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 It will be on the screen.

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 I don't have the page number for you.

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 Let's look at Psalm 8 together.

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 David writes this,

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 Oh Lord, our Lord.

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 How majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 You have set your glory above the heavens.

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 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,

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 you have established strength because of your foes,

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 to steal the enemy and the avenger.

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 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,

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 the moon and the stars,

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 that you have set in place.

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 What is man that you are mindful of him,

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 and the son of man that you care for him?

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 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings,

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 and crowned him with glory and honor.

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 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands.

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 You have put all things under his feet,

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 all sheep and oxen,

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 and also the beasts of the field,

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 the birds of the heavens,

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 and the fish of the sea,

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 whatever passes along the path of the seas.

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 Oh Lord, our Lord.

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 How majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 This is God's word.

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 Well, Psalm 8 is the first song of complete and total praise

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 in the book of Psalms.

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 From start to finish,

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 this psalm celebrates the majesty of God.

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 That's the main point in verse 1.

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 Oh Lord, our Lord.

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 How majestic is your name.

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 In all the earth.

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 If you look down at verse 9,

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 that question gets repeated.

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 That question sandwiches this entire psalm.

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 And God's majesty is the main point of this text.

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 David's great aim is that you and I would stand in awe

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 and worship of this majestic God.

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 What the rest of the psalm is going to unpack

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 and develop this thought,

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 David wants you to see why God is majestic.

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 And if you follow David's hymn of praise,

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 we'll look at this text in three parts.

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 The first part will be the greatness of God's name.

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 The second, the greatness of God's works.

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 Number three, the greatness of God's son.

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 So let's consider that first point together.

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 David considers the greatness of God's name.

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 He asks the question,

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 how majestic is your name in all the earth?

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 Now majesty, in effect,

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 means the name of God takes David's breath away.

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 God's name is his reputation.

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 His name is majestic.

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 Is it just in Jerusalem that God is majestic?

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 No.

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 His majesty is worldwide.

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 It is known in all the earth.

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 You know, even if you can move somehow

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 throughout the entire universe,

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 and you could somehow get to the very edge

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 of the universe,

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 God's glory wouldn't run out.

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 In verse one,

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 God's glory is even above the heavens.

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 The name of God takes David's breath away.

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 And David here begins with God's covenant name,

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 Yahweh.

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 Oh Lord.

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 You'll see in verse one in the English,

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 you'll notice that first word,

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 Lord,

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 is in all caps.

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 That's referring to the name that God gives himself

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 when God reveals himself out of the flames

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 in the burning bush to Moses.

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 You remember in Exodus chapter three,

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 Moses is tending the sheep of his father-in-law

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 on the backwoods of nowhere.

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 And suddenly he's confronted

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 with an astonishing sight.

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 A burning bush wasn't being consumed

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 and God begins to speak to him out of the bush.

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 And God tells Moses to go back to Egypt

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 as he will save his people out of slavery.

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 Moses says,

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 look,

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 I'm a nobody.

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 And he asked in verse 14,

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 but what if I come to the people of Israel

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 and say to them,

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 the God of your fathers has sent me to you.

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 And they ask me,

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 what is his name?

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 What shall I say to them?

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 God responds,

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 that I am,

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 that I am.

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 Yahweh.

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 That's what you're to say.

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 Tell them that I am sent you.

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 This is the God of Abraham,

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 of Isaac,

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 of Jacob,

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 the God of the covenant,

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 Yahweh.

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 I am who I am.

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 That's referring to God's raw existence.

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 I will be who I will be.

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 I don't change my identity.

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 There never was a time when I am was not.

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 God simply is.

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 He always was.

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 He had no beginning.

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 He had no middle.

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 And he will have no end.

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 God's existence depends on no one.

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 And what this means in Psalm 8

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 is that there's no place on the planet

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 that you are not totally supreme.

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 He is absolute reality.

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 There is none beside him.

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 God.

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 But then David continues.

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 Because he is not a distant God.

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 He is a personal one.

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 David says,

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 O Lord,

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 our Lord.

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 And he uses a different term.

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 The term Adonai.

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 Our Adonai.

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 And Adonai was an everyday personal title

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 that would have been used.

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 So when you had a human master,

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 you would call him Adonai.

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 Master.

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 Lord.

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 See, he's not only in absolute existence.

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 He's the very God who rules my everyday life.

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 He is not distant and far away.

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 No, in fact, he's near.

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 He acts in personal covenant relationship

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 with his people.

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 And David here is speaking on behalf

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 of the entire covenant people of God.

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 Our Lord.

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 It reminds me of the first line

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 of the Apostles' Creed.

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 I believe in God,

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 the Father Almighty.

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 A father.

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 A loving parent.

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 But then almighty.

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 A sovereign potentate.

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 God is both supreme king,

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 but he's also compassionate.

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 He is a king of glory.

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 The heavens cannot contain

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 the glory of this God.

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 You know, I did my undergrad years

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 in D.C.

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 And I remember being captivated

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 by the grandeur,

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 the greatness,

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 the glory of the city.

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 My dorm was on Foggy Bottom

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 right near the Lincoln Memorial.

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 And I've always enjoyed running,

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 so I would run around the Capitol

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 at night,

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 feeling like I was immersed in history.

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 You know, you see the lines

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 etched into the Lincoln Memorial,

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 things like this,

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 the government of the people,

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 by the people,

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 for the people,

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 shall not perish from the earth.

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 And the architecture,

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 the architecture was glorious,

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 designed to echo the glories

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 of ancient Rome.

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 I would walk around

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 the Capitol building,

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 giving tours,

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 and I'd say to myself,

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 this is where Lincoln,

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 this is where Adam stood.

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 How glorious is that?

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 But then I realized

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 those voices once booming

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 in those halls

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 are but a distant memory.

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 That glorious fleeting,

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 fading away.

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 Those elected to power

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 are here for a minute,

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 gone the next.

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 It's not just the elected leaders,

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 but America is fleeting

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 and fading.

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 What kind of glory

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 are you seeking

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 this morning?

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 To be known

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 in the halls

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 of political power,

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 maybe?

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 Success in the industry?

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 Athletic achievements?

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 Intellectual respect?

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 When all those things

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 will soon fade away

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 like a fading flower,

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 like a rainbow

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 that appears for a moment

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 and is soon gone.

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 But you see,

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 here in Psalm 8,

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 God's majesty

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 is not fleeting

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 nor is it fading.

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 This is what you can

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 build your life upon.

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 God's character,

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 God's essential nature

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 is glorious.

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 His intrinsic nature

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 is unsearchably majestic.

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 See, we human beings

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 were created for worship,

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 for praise.

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 Not that we would be praised,

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 but that we would find

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 our hearts,

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 our imaginations,

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 our minds

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 filled with the glory of God.

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 Isn't it the greatest

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 motivation for missions?

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 That all the peoples

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 of the earth

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 would have this

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 greatest joy

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 to see and savor

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 God's majestic name.

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 And this majesty

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 is unique,

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 as David will show us.

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 It's different.

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 It's paradoxical.

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 And the rest of the psalm

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 unpacks why.

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 And it leads us to point number two,

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 the greatness

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 of God's works.

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 In verse two,

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 out of the mouth

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 of babies

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 and infants,

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 you have established strength

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 because of your foes

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 to steal the enemy

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 and the inveterant.

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 That's odd.

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 It's paradoxical.

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 After just saying

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 the heavens

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 cannot contain

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 this majesty,

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 David shifts gears

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 and begins talking

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 to his enemies

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 in a moment.

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 He can just say,

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 you there,

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 I'm taking the breath

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 out of your lungs.

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 To dust you shall return.

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 Yet,

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 God chooses

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 to use

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 babies.

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 He uses babies

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 to triumph

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 over his enemies.

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 My daughter Sarah

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 turns one today.

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 Are we supposed

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 to understand

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 that babies

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 her age

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 are taking God's

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 enemies to the mat?

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 I mean,

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 kind of like turning

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 into the Hulk?

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 Don't make me angry.

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 You wouldn't like me

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 when I'm angry.

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 Okay,

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 my kids act like that

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 sometimes.

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 Are babies

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 suddenly a superhuman

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 strength and agility

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 to defeat God's foes?

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 No,

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 clearly not.

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 God doesn't use

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 babies because of

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 their strength,

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 wisdom,

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 or knowledge.

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 It's because God

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 chooses to use

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 those who are

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 weak,

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 those who are

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 low,

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 those who are

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 insignificant

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 in the world's eyes.

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 You see,

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 God doesn't use

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 raw power.

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 God chooses

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 to display

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 his power

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 in weakness

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 to silence

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 his enemies.

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 It's the same

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 principle that we find

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 chapter 1.

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 God chooses

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 what is weak

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 in the world

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 to shame the strong.

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 Friend,

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 this is a deep

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 principle,

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 that God ordains

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 strength

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 from weakness.

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 Now,

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 as I was reflecting

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 on this,

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 I get up here

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 and I preach the word

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 every so often

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 and I feel like

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 inevitably

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 this point has

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 always come up.

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 Every time

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 it seems

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 that God is using

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 a weak creature

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 to accomplish

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 his ends.

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 I think it's

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 because this

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 is a truth

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 that's evident

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 on every page

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 of the Bible.

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 God's strength

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 in our weakness

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 is a topic

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 I could preach

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 from any page

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 of the Bible

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 because that's

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 how he acts.

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 And commentators

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 note that David

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 here may be using

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 figurative language

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 of babies

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 to refer to

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 the people

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 of Israel,

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 weak in comparison

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 to the surrounding

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 nations.

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 And through

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 these insignificant

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 small people,

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 God reveals

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 his majesty.

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 I think that's

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 right.

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 Friend,

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 can you say

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 that God

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 ordained strength

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 in your weakness?

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 Now,

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 many of you

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 are familiar

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.020
 with this psalm.

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 Some of you

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 have even memorized

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 it.

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 And we can recite

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 verse 1

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 and we mean it.

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 God's name

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 is majestic.

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 O Lord,

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 our Lord,

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 how majestic

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 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 We can say it

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 in good times

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 and we mean it.

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 When that bonus

00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:07.160
 check,

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 where the tax

00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:08.900
 refunds

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.259
 hits the bank

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:09.620
 account,

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 we say,

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 O Lord,

00:17:11.080 --> 00:17:11.680
 how majestic

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 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 When that cancer

00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:15.920
 screening comes

00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:16.500
 back negative,

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 we praise God.

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 When you finally

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 get recognized

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 for something,

00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:21.700
 or ladies,

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 when that guy

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 finally works up

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 the courage

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 to ask you

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 on a date,

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 or even better,

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 proposes,

00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.500
 God,

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 I praise you,

00:17:28.320 --> 00:17:29.080
 how majestic

00:17:29.080 --> 00:17:29.960
 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 But what about

00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:33.759
 when the times

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 aren't good?

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 What about

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:36.860
 the times

00:17:36.860 --> 00:17:37.400
 when you feel

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 weak,

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 when the bank

00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.539
 account is empty?

00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.100
 When those

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 relationships,

00:17:42.340 --> 00:17:43.860
 they're falling

00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:44.220
 apart.

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 When you're

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 in a desperately

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 dark place,

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 you're helpless,

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 you're like a baby,

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 all you can do

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 is cry out.

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 I think David

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 knew firsthand

00:17:52.360 --> 00:17:53.200
 what that was like.

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 Because if you look

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 at the surrounding

00:17:55.299 --> 00:17:55.940
 psalm,

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 you'll find

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 Psalm 8 lives

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 in a very

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 troubled neighborhood.

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 And to the left

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 of the house,

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 in the neighborhood,

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 there are lots

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:05.179
 of problems,

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 lots of pain.

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 From Psalm 4

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 to 7,

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 David is distressed.

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 He's facing slander.

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 His enemies

00:18:10.579 --> 00:18:11.199
 are hunting him

00:18:11.199 --> 00:18:11.539
 down.

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 He's emotionally

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 exhausted.

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 He's crying

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 himself to sleep

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 at night

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 in Psalm 6.

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 And to the right

00:18:17.199 --> 00:18:17.699
 of Psalm 8,

00:18:17.739 --> 00:18:18.099
 you'll find

00:18:18.099 --> 00:18:19.000
 even more problems.

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 And here

00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:24.119
 in Psalm 8,

00:18:25.339 --> 00:18:26.059
 we see that

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 David's reflecting

00:18:27.179 --> 00:18:28.239
 that God

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 can ordain

00:18:28.859 --> 00:18:29.479
 strength

00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.420
 from his weakness.

00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:31.559
 David knew

00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:32.019
 that God

00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:32.360
 can use

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 weak,

00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:33.500
 vulnerable,

00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.920
 helpless babies

00:18:34.920 --> 00:18:35.920
 to defeat

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.579
 his foes.

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.799
 And we can

00:18:37.799 --> 00:18:38.660
 praise him

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.539
 even in our

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:39.960
 weakness.

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.000
 It's interesting

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 that Jesus

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 quotes this

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 passage

00:18:45.660 --> 00:18:47.240
 in his triumphal

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:47.740
 entry into

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 Jerusalem

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:49.120
 to make that

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:50.039
 very same point.

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.559
 In the Septuagint,

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 the Greek translation

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:54.299
 of the Old Testament,

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 it reads

00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:56.920
 that out of

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 the mouth

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 of babies

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 and infants

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 you have

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 produced

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 praise

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 because of

00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:02.360
 your foes

00:19:02.360 --> 00:19:02.580
 and still

00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:03.080
 the enemies

00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:03.420
 and the

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.740
 Avengers.

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 And it's

00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:06.200
 the Septuagint

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:06.880
 that Jesus

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 quotes.

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 You remember

00:19:08.340 --> 00:19:08.720
 when he

00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:09.680
 makes his

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:10.940
 triumphal entry

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:12.279
 into Jerusalem

00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:14.059
 and the cloaks

00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:15.019
 are put out

00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.700
 on the floor

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.319
 and people

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:16.660
 are yelling

00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:16.900
 out,

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:17.340
 Hosanna!

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 Hosanna!

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 Jesus goes

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 in and cleanses

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:21.819
 the temple

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.680
 of money changers

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.360
 and thieves.

00:19:24.140 --> 00:19:24.759
 In the temple,

00:19:25.080 --> 00:19:25.640
 children are

00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:26.140
 yelling out,

00:19:26.220 --> 00:19:26.740
 praise!

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:27.220
 Hosanna!

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.819
 to the son

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.299
 of David.

00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.460
 And the

00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:30.900
 reaction

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:32.079
 from Jesus'

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.519
 enemies,

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.579
 the chief

00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:33.860
 priests

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:34.100
 and the

00:19:34.100 --> 00:19:34.579
 scribes

00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:35.620
 is anger,

00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:36.960
 indignant.

00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:38.100
 And Jesus

00:19:38.100 --> 00:19:38.480
 quotes,

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:39.779
 have you never

00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.140
 read?

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.519
 And he quotes

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:41.960
 Psalm 8.

00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:42.900
 In other words,

00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.319
 he's saying,

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.500
 it is right for

00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.360
 them to praise

00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:46.400
 me because it's

00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:46.920
 right for people

00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:47.680
 of all ages

00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:49.400
 to praise God.

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.039
 No matter what

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.000
 anyone else

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.740
 says,

00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:53.759
 David is saying,

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.539
 the praise

00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:54.980
 of the weak

00:19:54.980 --> 00:19:55.240
 is going

00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:55.740
 to be used

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.119
 to drown

00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:57.259
 out the

00:19:57.259 --> 00:19:57.799
 threats of

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.440
 God's enemies.

00:19:59.019 --> 00:19:59.500
 His name,

00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:00.160
 his character

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:03.240
 is our

00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:03.700
 protection.

00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.379
 God can

00:20:05.379 --> 00:20:06.460
 produce praise

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:08.500
 from babies.

00:20:09.539 --> 00:20:09.879
 And David

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.359
 doesn't just

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:10.819
 stop there

00:20:10.819 --> 00:20:11.160
 and look at

00:20:11.160 --> 00:20:11.599
 the greatness

00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:12.180
 of God's

00:20:12.180 --> 00:20:12.519
 works.

00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:13.859
 He looks

00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.160
 in two

00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.519
 additional

00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.039
 directions

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:16.019
 to reveal

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.379
 God's

00:20:16.379 --> 00:20:16.819
 majesty.

00:20:17.539 --> 00:20:17.940
 To the

00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.259
 heavens

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:20.099
 and to

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:20.579
 humans.

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.700
 First,

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.279
 let's consider

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:23.039
 the heavens

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.539
 in verse

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:23.900
 3.

00:20:25.099 --> 00:20:25.359
 When I

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.680
 look at

00:20:25.680 --> 00:20:26.279
 your heavens,

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:26.960
 the work

00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:27.180
 of your

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:27.559
 fingers,

00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.000
 the moon

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.240
 and the

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.759
 stars which

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:28.940
 you have

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.279
 set in

00:20:29.279 --> 00:20:29.680
 place,

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.720
 what is

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.160
 man that

00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.420
 you are

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:31.980
 mindful of

00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:32.160
 him,

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.019
 and the

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.299
 son of

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.599
 man that

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:33.920
 you care

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.259
 for him?

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:37.619
 Think

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:37.839
 with me

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:38.119
 for a

00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.579
 moment about

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.379
 the splendor

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.799
 of a

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.059
 single

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.519
 star.

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:41.799
 Consider

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.259
 the sun,

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.039
 a star

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:44.539
 that is

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:46.220
 93 million

00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:47.359
 miles from

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.660
 earth.

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:49.119
 On the

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.400
 sun,

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:49.740
 there are

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:49.980
 these

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.779
 things called

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.619
 sunspots,

00:20:52.460 --> 00:20:53.059
 violent

00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.960
 hurricanes that

00:20:53.960 --> 00:20:54.619
 happen on

00:20:54.619 --> 00:20:55.220
 the surface

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.640
 of the

00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:55.900
 sun.

00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.339
 And late

00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:57.819
 last year,

00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:58.379
 scientists

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:59.099
 detected one

00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.319
 of these

00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:00.140
 hurricanes on

00:21:00.140 --> 00:21:00.640
 the sun

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.680
 was larger

00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.200
 than 10

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:03.259
 earths put

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:03.579
 together.

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.059
 And this

00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:06.019
 powerful storm

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:06.559
 creates an

00:21:06.559 --> 00:21:07.640
 explosive release

00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.400
 of solar

00:21:08.400 --> 00:21:08.759
 flares.

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.379
 And the

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.879
 release can

00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:11.720
 move 5

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.879
 million miles

00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.359
 per hour.

00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:15.019
 It's so

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.379
 intense,

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.160
 these massive

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:17.079
 solar storms

00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:17.839
 can cause

00:21:17.839 --> 00:21:18.399
 blackouts

00:21:18.399 --> 00:21:18.699
 here on

00:21:18.699 --> 00:21:18.959
 earth.

00:21:20.480 --> 00:21:20.779
 And that's

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.059
 just the

00:21:21.059 --> 00:21:21.299
 sun.

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.279
 There are

00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.139
 stars 2,000

00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.899
 times the

00:21:23.899 --> 00:21:24.199
 size of

00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:24.500
 the sun.

00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.000
 God

00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:27.720
 created all

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:27.980
 of these

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.419
 stars.

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.159
 All of

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:30.819
 this was

00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:31.240
 the work

00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:32.500
 of God's

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.779
 finger.

00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.139
 The divine

00:21:36.139 --> 00:21:36.839
 digits create

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.459
 the stars.

00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:39.039
 Now, of

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.379
 course, God

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.980
 doesn't physically

00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.679
 have fingers.

00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.779
 Fingers are

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.339
 a figurative

00:21:42.339 --> 00:21:42.799
 way of

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.599
 describing,

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:44.419
 expressing his

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:44.980
 capabilities.

00:21:45.860 --> 00:21:46.519
 How great

00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.900
 is his

00:21:47.900 --> 00:21:48.560
 power.

00:21:50.160 --> 00:21:50.420
 And this

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.779
 was light

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.240
 work for

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.500
 God.

00:21:52.320 --> 00:21:52.740
 He didn't

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.340
 grow weary

00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:53.920
 when creating

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.560
 trillions of

00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:54.880
 stars.

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.200
 He didn't

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.539
 need to

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:56.820
 enlist

00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:57.820
 volunteers at

00:21:57.820 --> 00:21:58.039
 a work

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.220
 day.

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.340
 He didn't

00:21:59.340 --> 00:21:59.720
 need heavy

00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.140
 machinery.

00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:00.740
 He created

00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.200
 the sun,

00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:01.440
 moon,

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.980
 and stars

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:03.400
 with his

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.740
 finger.

00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.320
 How can

00:22:04.320 --> 00:22:04.800
 he declare

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.180
 this is

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.640
 the case?

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.340
 Well, it's

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:07.840
 because David

00:22:07.840 --> 00:22:08.279
 reads the

00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.920
 Bible, isn't

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.080
 it?

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.180
 David is

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:10.820
 looking up at

00:22:10.820 --> 00:22:12.000
 creation with

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.440
 his Bible

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:13.320
 open in

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:13.580
 his other

00:22:13.580 --> 00:22:13.920
 hands.

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.500
 And he's

00:22:14.500 --> 00:22:15.019
 reading Genesis

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.620
 chapter 1.

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:16.860
 He had eyes

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.440
 of faith and

00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:17.960
 he saw that

00:22:17.960 --> 00:22:18.360
 God's

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.400
 fingerprints were

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.299
 all over how

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.920
 he created

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:22.400
 the world.

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.799
 And the idea

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.220
 of God's

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.740
 fingers doesn't

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.240
 just show his

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.480
 power, it

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.380
 also shows

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:29.480
 his skill,

00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:30.880
 his craftsmanship

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.580
 in how he

00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.080
 creates.

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.120
 God's

00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.820
 creation is a

00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.600
 skillful work

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.380
 of God's

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:36.700
 fingers.

00:22:37.620 --> 00:22:38.240
 It's like the

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:38.920
 way an expert

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:40.200
 pianist is

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:40.580
 able to

00:22:40.580 --> 00:22:41.200
 command every

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.700
 joint,

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.279
 tendon,

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.720
 muscle,

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.019
 and their

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.920
 fingers to

00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.380
 strike the

00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:44.700
 key at

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.140
 just the

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.680
 right time.

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:46.820
 Lifting their

00:22:46.820 --> 00:22:47.320
 fingers at

00:22:47.320 --> 00:22:47.680
 just the

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.279
 right moment

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.500
 to strike the

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.920
 next key,

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.840
 to give a

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:52.039
 melody the

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.600
 right emphasis.

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.480
 And so the

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:54.019
 listener can

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.860
 savor the

00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.740
 subtle brilliance

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:57.200
 of the music

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:57.920
 of a pianist.

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.360
 Or it's like

00:22:59.360 --> 00:22:59.840
 the expert

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.600
 brush stroke of

00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.120
 a painter on

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.660
 the canvas.

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:03.279
 Or a way a

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:04.340
 woodworker is

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:05.080
 able to craft

00:23:05.080 --> 00:23:05.460
 a piece of

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.539
 furniture using

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.220
 a chisel when

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.880
 cutting with

00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:08.320
 the grain.

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.880
 God is a

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.580
 craftsman.

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.039
 And if you

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.379
 read the

00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:12.819
 psalms,

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.119
 it's true

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.659
 just how the

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.099
 psalms are

00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:15.319
 written.

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.500
 God is a

00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:17.740
 poetic lyricist

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.960
 employing rhyme

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.680
 schemes in

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.259
 his word.

00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.619
 God is an

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.200
 artist that

00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:23.059
 crafts things

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:24.180
 with skill.

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.420
 If you pay

00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.940
 attention to

00:23:27.940 --> 00:23:28.480
 some of the

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.180
 conversation

00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.859
 around AI

00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:31.259
 these days,

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.799
 one of the

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:33.299
 hopes is that

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.079
 this technology

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.960
 will produce

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:35.899
 greater productivity.

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.619
 And with that,

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.240
 the hope is that

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.960
 one day,

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.539
 AI will deliver

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.599
 us from the

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.240
 drudgery and

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.960
 boredom of

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.339
 working.

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.079
 More leisure,

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.500
 less work.

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.500
 Now, maybe

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.399
 for some of you

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.180
 who are working

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.220
 ridiculous hours,

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.899
 that will serve

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.740
 you very well.

00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:55.379
 But I think we've

00:23:55.379 --> 00:23:55.980
 come to a point

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.539
 in our culture

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.159
 where we view

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:58.839
 work as we do

00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.579
 it just enough

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:00.299
 to support our

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.619
 play.

00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:05.000
 Where heaven

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.579
 will be one

00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.339
 long vacation.

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.599
 You know,

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.240
 Islam's view

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.799
 of heaven

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.139
 involves no

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.419
 working.

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:10.879
 It's just a

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.319
 never-ending

00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:11.899
 vacation.

00:24:12.859 --> 00:24:13.559
 A vacation

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.419
 for Muslim

00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:14.740
 men.

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.500
 Sorry, ladies.

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:17.939
 A type of

00:24:17.939 --> 00:24:18.480
 vacation that's

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.159
 so explicit I

00:24:19.159 --> 00:24:20.000
 can't describe it

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.599
 in detail to

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:20.740
 you.

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:22.500
 It's TGIF

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.259
 except the F

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.919
 never stops.

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:25.319
 But, you

00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.819
 know, work

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.299
 is a function

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.339
 of God's

00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.079
 good creation.

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.399
 Our creativity

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:32.179
 in how we

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.679
 work is a

00:24:32.679 --> 00:24:33.240
 part of being

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.919
 made in the

00:24:33.919 --> 00:24:34.500
 image of God.

00:24:34.939 --> 00:24:35.559
 God is a

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.159
 craftsman.

00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:37.940
 So, if you're

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.560
 younger here,

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.900
 aim to learn

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.620
 a craft.

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:41.940
 He has

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.660
 created you

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.080
 to work

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.680
 excellently,

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.680
 honestly,

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.779
 creatively.

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.380
 And for those

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:47.820
 of you who

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:48.279
 are working,

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.519
 ask yourself

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:51.240
 if your use

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:51.880
 of AI is

00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:52.360
 helping you

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.880
 do that.

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.980
 Or is it

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.480
 helping you

00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:56.080
 becoming a

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:56.880
 more excellent

00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:58.140
 sub-creator

00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.640
 in imaging

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.060
 God?

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.360
 Now, this

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.920
 will depend

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.519
 on the

00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:02.019
 task and

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.500
 what industry

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:02.920
 you're in.

00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:04.120
 But ask

00:25:04.120 --> 00:25:04.560
 yourself,

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.120
 is this

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.580
 tool

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.619
 helping me

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:06.899
 be a

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.500
 craftsman,

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.519
 learning a

00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.159
 craft to

00:25:09.159 --> 00:25:09.819
 image God

00:25:09.819 --> 00:25:10.480
 and how

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:10.899
 I'm working?

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:11.859
 See, David

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.379
 could look up

00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:12.960
 at the sky

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.439
 and he saw

00:25:13.439 --> 00:25:13.939
 God's

00:25:13.939 --> 00:25:14.619
 craftsmanship.

00:25:16.259 --> 00:25:16.819
 But, you

00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:17.099
 know, from

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.579
 the macro

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.379
 to the very

00:25:18.379 --> 00:25:18.859
 micro,

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.159
 the cosmos

00:25:20.159 --> 00:25:21.139
 teemed with

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.899
 complexity,

00:25:22.139 --> 00:25:22.779
 with design,

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.819
 with beauty.

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.279
 You know,

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.939
 how much more

00:25:25.939 --> 00:25:26.759
 can we see

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.960
 this at the

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.779
 molecular level?

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:29.720
 You know,

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.179
 preparing for

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.599
 this sermon,

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.519
 I spoke to

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.079
 a couple of

00:25:32.079 --> 00:25:32.659
 Yale-trained

00:25:32.659 --> 00:25:34.639
 scientists who

00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:35.300
 are experts in

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:36.380
 cellular biology,

00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:37.480
 and I asked

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.259
 them, where do

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:39.060
 you see God's

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:40.060
 craftsmanship as

00:25:40.060 --> 00:25:41.040
 you observe God's

00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.640
 good creation?

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.880
 And they had a

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.160
 bunch of

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.580
 examples.

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:45.960
 They both

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:47.420
 mention the

00:25:47.420 --> 00:25:48.300
 amazing proteins

00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.080
 in our body,

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.580
 ATP synthesis.

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:52.460
 Apparently,

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.040
 there are these

00:25:53.040 --> 00:25:54.800
 microscopic turbines

00:25:54.800 --> 00:25:55.700
 that exist within

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:57.120
 your cells that are

00:25:57.120 --> 00:25:58.000
 spinning thousands

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.980
 of times per minute

00:25:58.980 --> 00:26:00.240
 in order to produce

00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.220
 energy for your

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.520
 body.

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.700
 It's pretty

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.619
 amazing, isn't

00:26:03.619 --> 00:26:03.799
 it?

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.240
 They mention the

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:06.180
 information-carrying

00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:07.240
 capacity of DNA.

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:07.779
 It's stunning.

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.339
 One human body

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:10.759
 holds vastly more

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.920
 information than

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.839
 all the data of

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.720
 the tech giants.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.220
 The Amazon,

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.039
 Facebook, Google,

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.379
 all that data

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:18.180
 together pales in

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.859
 comparison to the

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.420
 amount of data

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.500
 that your DNA

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:20.920
 holds.

00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.359
 If you've

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:23.359
 translated all the

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.200
 books ever written

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.680
 into DNA, you

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.359
 could put

00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:27.139
 everything on a

00:26:27.139 --> 00:26:27.859
 hard drive the

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.319
 size of a

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.619
 teaspoon.

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:32.159
 God's creation

00:26:32.159 --> 00:26:33.179
 is teeming with

00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:34.000
 complexity, with

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:35.019
 his craftsmanship.

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.539
 And scientists

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.659
 can answer the

00:26:37.659 --> 00:26:38.719
 how, the why,

00:26:38.779 --> 00:26:39.259
 and the when

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.119
 sometimes, but

00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.759
 scientists can't

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.419
 tell you the who

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:43.019
 and the why.

00:26:44.739 --> 00:26:45.579
 We have copyright

00:26:45.579 --> 00:26:46.479
 law because we

00:26:46.479 --> 00:26:47.000
 care about who

00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:48.219
 gets credit for

00:26:48.219 --> 00:26:48.939
 a work of art.

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.959
 The entire

00:26:49.959 --> 00:26:52.379
 universe displays

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:54.739
 the ingenuity of

00:26:54.739 --> 00:26:55.639
 the creator's

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:56.479
 artistry and how

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:57.459
 he's created the

00:26:57.459 --> 00:26:57.759
 world.

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.619
 The universe

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.839
 declares who

00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:00.700
 God is.

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.059
 The stars are

00:27:02.059 --> 00:27:03.119
 chorus singing

00:27:03.119 --> 00:27:03.960
 his majesty.

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.539
 Psalm 19 says

00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:06.500
 the heavens declare

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.299
 the glory of God.

00:27:07.680 --> 00:27:08.519
 They declare it,

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.079
 they sing it,

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.720
 they testify,

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:10.819
 they proclaim,

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.640
 they shout,

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.519
 this God is

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:13.879
 glorious.

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.819
 Let me ask you,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:21.259
 you, if you

00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.799
 aren't reaching

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.440
 this crescendo

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.680
 of praise that

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.579
 David is reaching

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:26.400
 here, where are

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.819
 you looking?

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:28.720
 David says,

00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:31.079
 when I look at

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.439
 the work of

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:31.960
 your hands.

00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.619
 And so often

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.519
 our praise is

00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:35.519
 tied to where

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.139
 we are looking.

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.759
 In our modern

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.859
 life, how many

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.460
 of us, rather

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.139
 than looking up

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.759
 at the cosmos,

00:27:42.919 --> 00:27:43.899
 we look down.

00:27:45.159 --> 00:27:45.720
 We look down

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.399
 at our screens,

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.579
 it gets dark

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.259
 outside, we flip

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.859
 our lights on, we

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.480
 go inside, we

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.179
 start watching TV.

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.740
 All of us,

00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.859
 myself included,

00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:54.399
 will be so well

00:27:54.399 --> 00:27:55.099
 served if we

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.980
 found opportunities

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.980
 to look at

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.620
 God's good

00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.440
 creation more,

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.700
 and to receive

00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.519
 God's creation

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:01.620
 as a gift,

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.720
 which glorifies

00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:03.019
 him.

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.579
 Now, I love

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.039
 Basil of

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.860
 Caesarea once,

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.599
 one of the

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.200
 Capendocian

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.839
 fathers once

00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:08.299
 said this,

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.460
 I want creation

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.019
 to penetrate

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:12.019
 you so much,

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.680
 with so much

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.240
 admiration,

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.019
 that everywhere,

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:14.920
 wherever you may

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.640
 be, that each

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.500
 plant may bring

00:28:16.500 --> 00:28:16.920
 to you the

00:28:16.920 --> 00:28:17.599
 clear remembrance

00:28:17.599 --> 00:28:18.299
 of our creator.

00:28:19.339 --> 00:28:20.480
 May that be so.

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.860
 Receive God's

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.400
 creation,

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.579
 the witness

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.619
 of creation

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.619
 that glorifies

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:26.199
 their creator.

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.379
 And David

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:28.000
 doesn't just

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.759
 stop looking,

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.699
 he doesn't

00:28:29.699 --> 00:28:30.199
 stop at the

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:31.220
 heavens, he

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.500
 looks at

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.139
 something even

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:32.980
 more glorious,

00:28:33.699 --> 00:28:34.220
 something even

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:35.379
 greater than

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:35.720
 the heavens.

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.019
 He shifts his

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.960
 focus to

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.480
 humans.

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:39.779
 And David

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.500
 sees a contrast

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.299
 in verse 4.

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:41.879
 What is man?

00:28:42.919 --> 00:28:43.619
 The vastness

00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:45.220
 of space, he

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.619
 looks down at

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.079
 his puny

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:47.379
 finger, there's

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.019
 no contest.

00:28:49.079 --> 00:28:49.899
 Outwardly, we

00:28:49.899 --> 00:28:50.819
 pale in comparison

00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:51.980
 to the pristine

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.679
 beauty of the

00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.099
 heavens.

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.500
 Aren't we just

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.259
 specks of dust

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.339
 in the vastness?

00:28:56.599 --> 00:28:57.059
 We're tiny.

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.119
 We have no

00:28:58.119 --> 00:28:58.700
 significance

00:28:58.700 --> 00:29:00.059
 whatsoever.

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:03.559
 Now this

00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:04.099
 same sentiment

00:29:04.099 --> 00:29:04.960
 was expressed

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:06.879
 recently by the

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.700
 astronauts in the

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.759
 recent Artemis

00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.480
 2 mission, for

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.939
 those of you who

00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.379
 followed it.

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.899
 In April of this

00:29:11.899 --> 00:29:12.539
 year, NASA

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:13.659
 performed the

00:29:13.659 --> 00:29:14.139
 Artemis 2

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.899
 mission, which

00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.700
 launched humans

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:16.240
 the furthest

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.960
 into space than

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.500
 we've ever gone.

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.000
 They went into

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.299
 the dark side of

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.619
 the moon.

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.179
 like a Pink Floyd

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:22.500
 song.

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.720
 And during the

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.159
 mission, the

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:25.279
 astronauts observed

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.579
 a total eclipse

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.960
 as the sun

00:29:27.960 --> 00:29:29.240
 disappeared behind

00:29:29.240 --> 00:29:29.700
 the moon.

00:29:30.439 --> 00:29:30.839
 And all they

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.480
 could see was a

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.639
 bright halo.

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.799
 At a news

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.599
 conference afterward,

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.899
 the crew said

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.379
 they felt

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.679
 infinitesimally

00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.220
 small.

00:29:39.899 --> 00:29:40.240
 They felt

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.700
 fragile.

00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:41.759
 They didn't have

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.740
 the vocabulary to

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.899
 describe what

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.339
 they saw.

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.480
 The chief broke

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.279
 down into tears.

00:29:49.079 --> 00:29:49.619
 He needed to

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.139
 talk to somebody

00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:50.680
 about what he

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.640
 saw in space.

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.380
 That's what David

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:54.120
 experiences in

00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:54.480
 verse 4.

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.340
 He feels his

00:29:55.340 --> 00:29:56.040
 smallness.

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.740
 But amazingly,

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.560
 in verse 4, he

00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.640
 knows this

00:30:00.640 --> 00:30:01.900
 transcendent God

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.520
 whose glory is

00:30:02.520 --> 00:30:03.180
 above the heavens

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:05.240
 is mindful of

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.060
 him, of us,

00:30:06.100 --> 00:30:06.480
 of you.

00:30:07.620 --> 00:30:08.380
 He cares.

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:10.040
 Notice it's not

00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:11.040
 whether you care

00:30:11.040 --> 00:30:11.500
 for us.

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:13.040
 He knows that

00:30:13.040 --> 00:30:13.560
 God does.

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:15.579
 Do you live in

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:17.299
 wonder that God

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.019
 is mindful of

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.220
 you?

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:20.619
 If not,

00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.259
 pray.

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.559
 Pray that God

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.139
 helps you to

00:30:23.139 --> 00:30:23.579
 feel your

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.259
 smallness.

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.419
 That's

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.079
 humility.

00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.119
 Make little of

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.799
 me, God,

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.419
 and so be amazed

00:30:30.419 --> 00:30:31.419
 at God's care of

00:30:31.419 --> 00:30:31.659
 you.

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.599
 And if you

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.059
 double-click on

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.779
 that word care,

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.460
 in verse 4,

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.319
 it means to

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:36.259
 visit, in the

00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:36.759
 sense that God

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.639
 takes careful

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.779
 notice of you and

00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.299
 comes to your

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:39.799
 aid when in

00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:40.039
 trouble.

00:30:40.899 --> 00:30:41.500
 The God who

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.819
 is transcendent,

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.319
 he is imminent.

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.460
 He is near, he

00:30:45.460 --> 00:30:46.119
 is close, he is

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.779
 not far away.

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.680
 But sometimes

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.379
 it's hard to see,

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.799
 isn't it?

00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:53.119
 It's hard to

00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:53.659
 believe that God

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.379
 cares for you,

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:56.159
 especially when

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.680
 you're experiencing

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:58.019
 pain, like David

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.359
 was.

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.420
 I mean, you feel

00:30:59.420 --> 00:30:59.940
 the pain of a

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.599
 broken past.

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.000
 You look in the

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.059
 mirror and you

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.579
 think to yourself,

00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:03.539
 I'm made in the

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.799
 image of my past

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.180
 wounds.

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.940
 But God is like

00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.700
 the owner and the

00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:09.980
 manager.

00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:10.740
 of everything that

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.220
 exists in the

00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:11.759
 entire world.

00:31:11.859 --> 00:31:12.500
 He is not too

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:13.139
 busy to take

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.799
 notice of you.

00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:15.359
 He is mindful of

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.500
 you.

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.019
 He cares enough to

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.759
 keep your heart

00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:19.000
 beating and your

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.379
 lungs pumping oxygen

00:31:20.379 --> 00:31:21.759
 every moment of

00:31:21.759 --> 00:31:22.200
 every day.

00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:23.779
 He cares enough to

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.799
 bend down and hear

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:26.299
 your prayer when you

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.920
 call upon it.

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.259
 Why?

00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.839
 Why does God take

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:31.220
 notice of us?

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.980
 We're like little

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:33.500
 worms, grasshoppers.

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:36.139
 Well, David answers

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.960
 his own question in

00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.500
 verse 5.

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:39.500
 David sees the

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.539
 dignity of humanity

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.259
 in the exalted

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:42.480
 place of honor and

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.299
 glory given to

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.839
 every human.

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.480
 Know the terms in

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:46.039
 verse 5 that he

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:46.339
 uses?

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:48.140
 Yet a little lower

00:31:48.140 --> 00:31:48.579
 than heavenly

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:49.059
 beings?

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.880
 Where men and

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.480
 women are just a

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.660
 little bit below the

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:54.039
 exalted status of

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.779
 the heavenly courts.

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.339
 You have crowned

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:58.500
 him with honor and

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.900
 glory?

00:31:58.900 --> 00:32:01.440
 humanity owns a

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.900
 place of dignity and

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.519
 honor.

00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.700
 Glory even.

00:32:06.100 --> 00:32:07.000
 Back in verse 1,

00:32:07.340 --> 00:32:08.680
 David talks about

00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:10.380
 God's own glory.

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.940
 His own intrinsic

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.820
 glory.

00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:13.920
 You have set your

00:32:13.920 --> 00:32:14.720
 glory above the

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.040
 heavens.

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.860
 How can it be that

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.600
 you and I have

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.060
 glory?

00:32:20.300 --> 00:32:20.960
 Well, David again

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.740
 here is reflecting on

00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.300
 Genesis 1.

00:32:22.860 --> 00:32:23.580
 He knew his Bible.

00:32:24.540 --> 00:32:25.280
 It's because we were

00:32:25.280 --> 00:32:25.900
 stamped with the

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:27.280
 royal image of the

00:32:27.279 --> 00:32:27.980
 glorious God.

00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:29.359
 When God said,

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.779
 let us make man in

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.799
 our image after our

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:34.700
 likeness, he was

00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:36.579
 designing us, friends,

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.879
 to reflect his glory

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:39.259
 in the way that

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.220
 heavens could never

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.920
 do.

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:44.440
 Humans are distinct.

00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:46.139
 They're special.

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.119
 They're full of

00:32:47.119 --> 00:32:48.359
 dignity and worth.

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.720
 What does it mean to

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.019
 be crowned with glory

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:52.460
 and honor?

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.039
 Well, it's exposit

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.839
 in verse 6.

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.819
 He has given us

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.440
 something that he has

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.259
 not given to any

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.859
 other being.

00:32:58.220 --> 00:32:59.140
 He created us as

00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:00.420
 image bearers to have

00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:01.460
 dominion.

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.859
 God's authority and

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:05.460
 rule would be mediated

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.339
 by humans.

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.920
 He would establish

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.940
 his kingdom through

00:33:08.940 --> 00:33:09.799
 his human

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.460
 representatives, the

00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:12.579
 vice regents.

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.619
 Think about like a

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.819
 vice president acting

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.619
 on behalf of a

00:33:15.619 --> 00:33:15.920
 president.

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.640
 We are to exercise

00:33:18.640 --> 00:33:19.980
 dominion in his

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.680
 stead.

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.480
 Now, he didn't leave

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.480
 this task to angels.

00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.640
 He didn't program

00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.720
 robots to carry the

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.040
 function.

00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:29.480
 He made us to

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:30.060
 carry out this

00:33:30.060 --> 00:33:30.360
 mission.

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.720
 Weak humanity is

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.160
 called to rule the

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.660
 universe.

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.540
 You know, I was able

00:33:36.540 --> 00:33:37.680
 to exercise dominion

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:39.740
 this week by organizing

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:40.480
 my sock drawer.

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:42.540
 Order from absolute

00:33:42.540 --> 00:33:43.140
 chaos.

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.020
 And you could do the

00:33:45.020 --> 00:33:45.480
 same thing.

00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:47.080
 The smallest thing has

00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:48.780
 significance, friends.

00:33:49.040 --> 00:33:49.880
 Take out the garbage,

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.480
 make your bed,

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.560
 organize your sock drawer.

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:54.159
 The way you work is

00:33:54.159 --> 00:33:55.379
 exercising God's

00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:57.119
 dominion in the

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.379
 earth.

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.039
 And to know the

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:00.000
 value of something,

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.359
 isn't it true that

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.539
 you need to know what

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.700
 that thing is for?

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:06.139
 Let's say we could

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:07.240
 travel back in time,

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.039
 hop at a time machine

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.659
 and you could bring

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:10.539
 your smartphone with

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.739
 you.

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.519
 And suppose we went

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:13.119
 back to the year

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.259
 1825 and you left

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:16.460
 your smartphone on the

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.320
 ground for someone to

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:17.599
 find.

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:19.179
 And someone traveling

00:34:19.179 --> 00:34:20.159
 by horse and buggy

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:20.960
 just happened to pick

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:21.199
 it up.

00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:22.679
 And they look at it

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.659
 and think, what in the

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.240
 world is this thing

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.579
 for?

00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:26.179
 Well, it must be a

00:34:26.179 --> 00:34:26.740
 small mirror.

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:29.179
 So they put it and

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.820
 they start looking at

00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:30.699
 the reflection and

00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:31.380
 you're on the phone.

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.800
 Well, maybe it's used

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.159
 as something to hold

00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:36.019
 a candle on.

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:37.679
 Or maybe a coaster to

00:34:37.679 --> 00:34:40.199
 hold my drink.

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:42.119
 No, that's not what

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.740
 it's used for.

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.300
 You don't know the

00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.199
 value of something

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:46.119
 unless you understand

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.820
 what it's meant to

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.480
 be used for.

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:50.000
 And we have to know

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.119
 what God made us

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.099
 for, to know the

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:54.059
 value of who we are

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.860
 as human beings.

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.840
 You know, Calvin, in

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.699
 the opening line of

00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.159
 his work, The

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:59.119
 Institutes, wrote

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.460
 this.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.559
 Our wisdom, insofar as

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.280
 it ought to be deemed

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.679
 true and solid wisdom,

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.199
 consists almost entirely

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:05.880
 of two parts.

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.079
 Number one, the

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.920
 knowledge of God.

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.320
 And number two,

00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:10.360
 and of ourselves.

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:12.400
 To know ourselves,

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.099
 friend, we need to

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.940
 have knowledge of God.

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:17.099
 And to reject the

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:18.099
 knowledge of God is to

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.179
 degrade your own

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.720
 humanity.

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.079
 You know, oftentimes

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.920
 we want to create our

00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:23.400
 own identity apart from

00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:23.679
 God.

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:25.200
 Because we don't see the

00:35:25.200 --> 00:35:26.440
 beauty of who God

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:27.579
 created us to be, made

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:28.280
 in his image.

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:30.079
 We think, if I can just

00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:31.820
 insert whatever, my

00:35:31.820 --> 00:35:33.200
 body, my job, my

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:34.119
 spouse, if I can just

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:35.579
 change those things,

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:36.800
 then I'll feel very

00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:37.700
 valuable and worthy.

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.679
 But what's the most

00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:40.619
 important thing about

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:42.320
 you is that you were

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.420
 created in God's image.

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:45.780
 Do you believe that?

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.579
 Do you believe that you

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.380
 were created with

00:35:49.380 --> 00:35:50.360
 dignity and honor?

00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:53.420
 That every single human

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:55.019
 being carries this same

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.940
 glory and honor?

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.780
 Many don't.

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.700
 Maybe look at Peter

00:35:59.700 --> 00:36:01.840
 Singer, a very low view

00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:02.420
 of humanity.

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.880
 If it came between

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.780
 saving the life of a

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.820
 disabled child or a

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.860
 fully healthy Labrador,

00:36:07.460 --> 00:36:08.079
 well, the decision's

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.280
 easy.

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.300
 The lab wins every

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.579
 time.

00:36:10.800 --> 00:36:11.700
 Now, we might chafe at

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:13.380
 that undervaluing of

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.880
 humanity.

00:36:14.980 --> 00:36:16.380
 But do we functionally

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:17.119
 act the same way?

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:19.660
 That a dog is more

00:36:19.660 --> 00:36:20.579
 valuable than an image

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.200
 bearer of God?

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.559
 If you believe this, how

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:26.079
 does this change how you

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.760
 treat people?

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.640
 You cannot worship and

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.920
 glorify the majesty of

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.940
 God and then treat his

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:34.180
 creation with contempt.

00:36:34.179 --> 00:36:35.179
 God's grace.

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:35.879
 When you are carrying a

00:36:35.879 --> 00:36:37.539
 grudge and you say, I

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:39.139
 can't stand him or her.

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:43.299
 When you ridicule someone

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.099
 when you find out who

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.980
 they voted for in the

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.579
 last election.

00:36:47.879 --> 00:36:48.960
 Parents, when you lash out

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.819
 at your children.

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.299
 Parents, do you understand

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:52.359
 that our children are made

00:36:52.359 --> 00:36:54.179
 in God's image with

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:56.659
 dignity and honor even

00:36:56.659 --> 00:36:57.519
 when they're smaller than

00:36:57.519 --> 00:36:57.839
 us?

00:36:58.839 --> 00:37:00.019
 When you dismiss people,

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.480
 people who can't help

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:03.940
 you, old folks, special

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:06.420
 needs folks, poor folks,

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.699
 the unborn being butchered,

00:37:09.059 --> 00:37:09.960
 and you say, ah, that

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.360
 ain't nothing.

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:13.119
 You are dismissing those

00:37:13.119 --> 00:37:14.199
 who have a place of honor

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:15.500
 in God's sight.

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.300
 1 John 4, verse 20, it

00:37:19.300 --> 00:37:19.400
 says,

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:29.860
 You know, it seems here

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:31.860
 that the psalm is tying

00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:34.280
 the greatness of God's

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:35.920
 works and recognizing

00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:37.380
 that greatness with the

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:38.139
 worship of God as

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:38.460
 creator.

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:40.539
 How you look at God's

00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:42.280
 works, his heavens or

00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:44.619
 his humans, affects the

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.900
 way you look at God as

00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:46.220
 creator.

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:48.700
 If you don't love people

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.599
 made in God's image,

00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.399
 friend, you don't love

00:37:50.399 --> 00:37:50.659
 God.

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.279
 Some of you are thinking,

00:37:54.419 --> 00:37:55.239
 well, what you're saying

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:57.099
 is kind of true, but

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:57.980
 isn't there more to the

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.639
 story, though, Tyler?

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 I mean, what about sin?

00:38:01.219 --> 00:38:02.039
 What about evil?

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.939
 I mean, look at the

00:38:04.939 --> 00:38:05.659
 world around you.

00:38:05.939 --> 00:38:06.639
 Turn on the news,

00:38:06.779 --> 00:38:07.000
 Tyler.

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 There are tsunamis,

00:38:08.919 --> 00:38:09.460
 there are hurricanes,

00:38:09.579 --> 00:38:10.339
 there are wildfires.

00:38:11.339 --> 00:38:12.259
 We haven't exercised

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:13.439
 dominion over the earth.

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.659
 Isn't Peter Thiel

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:15.960
 right?

00:38:16.419 --> 00:38:17.519
 Humans have stagnated.

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:18.599
 Things are so terribly

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:18.940
 wrong.

00:38:20.279 --> 00:38:20.759
 Well, that's the last

00:38:20.759 --> 00:38:21.619
 point, the greatness of

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 God's Son in verse 7a,

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:24.319
 and David addresses this.

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 And of course, Adam did

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:28.440
 fail, and sin entered the

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.719
 world.

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 Sin has defaced, but

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:32.299
 friend, it has not erased

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:34.719
 God's image in sinners.

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 So we are made in the

00:38:36.880 --> 00:38:37.839
 image of God with dignity.

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:39.599
 Yes, yes we are, but we

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.619
 are sinners deserving of

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:41.460
 hell and God's wrath.

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.019
 That is true.

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:44.239
 We rebel in ways that the

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:45.199
 sun and moon and stars

00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:46.219
 never have.

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 And as descendants of

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:50.319
 Adam and Eve, we are

00:38:50.319 --> 00:38:51.259
 prone to shout out,

00:38:51.379 --> 00:38:53.219
 how majestic is my name

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:55.179
 and all the earth, as you

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.679
 look in the mirror.

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.899
 David knew this.

00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:58.139
 He saw it in his own

00:38:58.139 --> 00:38:58.480
 life.

00:38:59.279 --> 00:39:00.359
 And like Adam, he failed

00:39:00.359 --> 00:39:02.500
 to exercise this God-given

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.899
 dominion over the earth.

00:39:04.919 --> 00:39:06.399
 But you see, he is painting

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:09.039
 a portrait of what humanity

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.819
 ought to be.

00:39:10.399 --> 00:39:11.899
 This is poetry from David.

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 And despite our sin, God

00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:17.260
 is committed to making his

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:19.079
 name majestic throughout the

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.780
 whole earth.

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:22.200
 God made a binding covenant

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:25.139
 with David, a promise, a

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:27.119
 solemn promise, that one day

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:29.579
 his line, there would come a

00:39:29.579 --> 00:39:30.380
 king who would exercise

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.720
 perfect dominion.

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.820
 That is the story of the

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.099
 Bible.

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 God will silence his enemies.

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:39.680
 And in Hebrews 2, the author

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:41.319
 tells us this.

00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:43.339
 The author sees a set of

00:39:43.339 --> 00:39:45.159
 contrasts, just like we see.

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.719
 He says, we don't yet see

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:48.519
 this reality where humans

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.579
 are exercising perfect

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.039
 dominion.

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:52.000
 But we see the one who

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:53.199
 went before us, a

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:55.219
 forerunner who did exercise

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:56.659
 perfect dominion.

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.960
 Jesus, far superior than

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.899
 anything that came before

00:39:59.899 --> 00:40:00.139
 him.

00:40:00.339 --> 00:40:02.159
 He is far superior than any

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:04.399
 king in the line of David.

00:40:04.859 --> 00:40:06.099
 And David knew that one day

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:07.940
 God would bring down his

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.220
 foe and the avenger.

00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.820
 Look at verse 2 again.

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.059
 It's interesting, isn't it,

00:40:14.059 --> 00:40:16.200
 that David uses the enemy

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:18.920
 in the singular, echoing

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:20.300
 that single enemy that

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:21.360
 slithered into the garden,

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:24.039
 and then God promising to

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.220
 crush that serpent's head.

00:40:26.220 --> 00:40:27.260
 And I love the way Jim

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:28.000
 Hamilton put it.

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:30.679
 He says this, God answered

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:32.220
 Satan's triumphant roar

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:34.079
 with a baby's cry.

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:36.619
 out of the mouth of babies

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:38.219
 and infants, you have

00:40:38.219 --> 00:40:39.460
 established strength because

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.579
 of your foes, to steal the

00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:41.759
 enemy and the avenger.

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.559
 You see, in the fullness of

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:47.779
 time, Yahweh became a man

00:40:47.779 --> 00:40:50.539
 to execute a divine rescue

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:52.039
 plan, the one who made all

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.440
 things.

00:40:52.960 --> 00:40:55.420
 This one whose glory cannot be

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.840
 contained.

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.719
 The one who made this moon,

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:59.340
 the sun, the stars, and given

00:40:59.340 --> 00:41:00.000
 them splendor.

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:02.159
 The one who made us, who

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:03.860
 made you, this king of glory,

00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:04.460
 of grace.

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:06.380
 He took the form of a servant.

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:09.579
 See, in Christ Jesus, the

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:11.820
 eternal Son of God, who was

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:13.119
 the radiance of the glory of

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:15.179
 God, the exact imprint of his

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:17.739
 nature, he did what no one

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:18.280
 else could do.

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:20.780
 See, Christ was the perfect

00:41:20.780 --> 00:41:21.179
 man.

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:24.559
 He left the eternal realm of

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:26.719
 majesty, and he did what David

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.519
 describes here.

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:30.440
 He exercised perfect dominion

00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:31.820
 when he took on human flesh.

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:34.019
 He did what no one could do

00:41:34.019 --> 00:41:34.659
 since Adam.

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.599
 He never sins.

00:41:37.539 --> 00:41:38.599
 See, he lived the perfect life

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.139
 for you and me.

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:41.880
 Jesus, the true king, crowned

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:45.159
 with all glory and honor, took a

00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:45.960
 crown of thorns.

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:48.259
 The one who set his glory in the

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:50.480
 heavens, who hung the stars, the

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.780
 moon, and the sky.

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:55.259
 He himself was hung high in the

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:56.019
 sky on a cross.

00:41:56.019 --> 00:42:00.239
 And was not his majesty on full

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.800
 display as he hung there?

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:05.159
 As he hung on the cross, he came

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:08.079
 to give you and I a new creation.

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:11.360
 He came to redeem what sin has

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:14.099
 broken, to bring many sons and

00:42:14.099 --> 00:42:15.320
 daughters to glory.

00:42:15.860 --> 00:42:17.480
 And he will save you, friend.

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:19.900
 He will set you free to praise him

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:21.619
 with the psalmist, to save all

00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:23.500
 people everywhere if they turn from

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:25.239
 sin and put their trust in him.

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.900
 And on the third day, he rose

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:27.699
 again from the dead.

00:42:28.659 --> 00:42:31.519
 And he's crowned with glory, honor,

00:42:31.719 --> 00:42:32.980
 and majesty.

00:42:33.679 --> 00:42:35.139
 He is the true and better David,

00:42:35.219 --> 00:42:36.739
 who is reigning forever.

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.579
 And as the author of Hebrews says,

00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:41.260
 we don't yet see it now, but one

00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:41.780
 day we will.

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:44.219
 We see the one who went before us.

00:42:44.480 --> 00:42:46.380
 We see him who, for a little while,

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:48.099
 was made lower than the angels.

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:50.799
 Namely, Jesus, crowned with glory

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:52.259
 and honor because of the suffering

00:42:52.259 --> 00:42:52.759
 of death.

00:42:53.360 --> 00:42:55.440
 So that by the grace of God, he might

00:42:55.440 --> 00:42:57.259
 taste death for everyone.

00:42:58.339 --> 00:43:00.239
 See, this God is a God of grace.

00:43:01.119 --> 00:43:02.460
 That's why he's majestic.

00:43:02.860 --> 00:43:04.039
 Who is a God like him?

00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:06.199
 A king who would die for his enemies?

00:43:06.839 --> 00:43:09.759
 Whose grace is so rich and free?

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:11.619
 Oh, friend, there is none but him.

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:18.480
 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name

00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.739
 in all the earth.

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.480
 Let's pray.

00:43:21.819 --> 00:43:23.859
 Father in heaven, we thank you that you,

00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:25.579
 God, are a majestic God.

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:30.079
 God, your glory is above the heavens.

00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:32.839
 O Father, you've made your glory known to us

00:43:32.839 --> 00:43:34.179
 in your son.

00:43:34.619 --> 00:43:36.819
 Father, would we look to him today?

00:43:37.859 --> 00:43:39.920
 Help us to look to Jesus and define

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:42.619
 our ultimate satisfaction in him.

00:43:43.460 --> 00:43:45.579
 O Father, would you raise us up

00:43:45.579 --> 00:43:46.619
 to newness of life,

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:50.180
 that we would walk as image bearers of God,

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:52.079
 doing the work that you've given us to do.

00:43:53.139 --> 00:43:54.900
 Father, we pray that you would be glorified

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:56.460
 even now, in Jesus' name.

00:43:56.720 --> 00:43:56.980
 Amen.