WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520 Last week, I purposed to preach verses 9 and 10 of Matthew 6. 00:00:05.480 --> 00:00:16.960 ! However, I only managed to cover the first two intended points which we saw in verse 9, which were pray like Jesus, our Father in heaven. 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:22.179 And secondly, pray like Jesus, hallowed be your name. 00:00:22.179 --> 00:00:33.840 So, our text this morning again, once again, is Matthew chapter 6, verse 9 and verse 10, with an emphasis on verse 10. 00:00:34.899 --> 00:00:43.939 In order for us to gain the broader context of Jesus' teaching on prayer, we're going to read, though, a larger portion of Matthew 6. 00:00:44.060 --> 00:00:48.500 I'll begin in verse 5 and read through verse 13. 00:00:48.500 --> 00:00:55.159 Before I lead us in a reading, let me remind you, beloved, that this is God's word to us. 00:00:56.439 --> 00:00:59.259 It was written for His glory and our good. 00:00:59.899 --> 00:01:04.920 And we would all do well to listen to it in order to believe its promises and obey its commands. 00:01:06.359 --> 00:01:07.120 Jesus said, 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:16.879 And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners that they may be seen by others. 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:21.420 Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. 00:01:22.219 --> 00:01:27.739 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. 00:01:28.399 --> 00:01:31.759 And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. 00:01:32.699 --> 00:01:36.780 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:40.399 for they think that they will be heard for their many words. 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:46.640 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 00:01:47.660 --> 00:01:50.120 Pray then like this. 00:01:50.820 --> 00:01:53.740 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 00:01:54.520 --> 00:01:59.200 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:07.020 Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors. 00:02:07.019 --> 00:02:12.560 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:02:16.079 --> 00:02:21.659 Last week I posited many people pray. 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:26.960 Look at a moment of crisis in our community or our broader nation. 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:29.960 And so many run to prayer. 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:34.960 Our thoughts and prayers are with you as commonly said. 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:40.060 But we must understand that not all prayer is the same. 00:02:41.020 --> 00:02:44.360 Many pray to gods that are not gods at all. 00:02:44.740 --> 00:02:54.319 And it is very possible, even very plausible, to pray to the right God, but to pray wrongly. 00:02:54.319 --> 00:03:01.959 I then showed you that the Scripture has much to say about prayers offered in vain. 00:03:02.280 --> 00:03:07.699 In fact, I gave you 12 examples, which I don't think was exhaustive at all. 00:03:08.459 --> 00:03:11.180 But here's a few of them, such as, 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:18.199 God does not answer the prayer of those who have personal and selfish motives. 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:21.419 James chapter 4 and verse 3, James writes, 00:03:21.539 --> 00:03:28.000 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly to spend it on your passions. 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:33.839 And God does not answer the prayer of those who remain in sin. 00:03:34.699 --> 00:03:37.539 Isaiah chapter 59 and verse 2, 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:42.099 But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, 00:03:42.099 --> 00:03:47.599 and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:52.840 So we must be concerned about praying to the right God, 00:03:52.959 --> 00:03:57.000 but also praying to the right God rightly. 00:03:57.799 --> 00:04:00.199 I would encourage you, if you weren't here last week, 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:07.639 to go and listen to those other things the Scripture has to say concerning wrong prayer. 00:04:07.639 --> 00:04:14.939 So a careful consideration of how we ought to pray is of great importance for us. 00:04:16.019 --> 00:04:23.240 In this text, Jesus is modeling a pattern for us to pray by. 00:04:24.259 --> 00:04:27.039 Note that He does not say, pray this. 00:04:27.199 --> 00:04:31.680 He says, pray then like this. 00:04:32.159 --> 00:04:33.639 He's showing us. 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:39.339 He's informing us about how our prayers should be formed. 00:04:39.659 --> 00:04:42.860 What should be motivating our praying. 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.979 And He begins, our first point last week, 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:51.620 was saying, pray this way. 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:53.919 Our Father in Heaven. 00:04:54.099 --> 00:04:55.639 So we should pray like Jesus. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:04:58.839 Our Father in Heaven. 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:07.319 Jesus tells us that our prayers should begin with the recognition that God is our Father. 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:12.239 And so this becomes the beginning point for God to hear our prayers and to answer our prayers 00:05:12.239 --> 00:05:15.059 is that He is in fact our Father. 00:05:15.719 --> 00:05:20.239 That you have been adopted into His family by grace alone, 00:05:20.539 --> 00:05:21.759 through faith alone, 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:23.259 in Christ alone. 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:30.219 That you have seen that there's no amount of labor on your part in keeping the laws. 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:36.560 Previously sung songs stated so well that could ever have earned us a place in God's family. 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:40.680 But rather because of the perfect Son. 00:05:41.219 --> 00:05:42.740 The second Adam. 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:45.319 The one who came and lived a sinless life 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:50.540 and grants us that sinless life by faith in Him. 00:05:50.540 --> 00:05:53.779 That we can call God our Father. 00:05:54.659 --> 00:05:58.439 We want to cry out to God and ask things of Him. 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:02.420 Flee to Him in Christ. 00:06:03.180 --> 00:06:05.319 When we call God our Father, 00:06:06.259 --> 00:06:10.759 we are recognizing His boundless mercy and grace to us 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:14.139 in the person and work of Jesus Christ. 00:06:14.139 --> 00:06:16.479 So having been found in Christ, 00:06:16.599 --> 00:06:19.099 adopted into His family, 00:06:19.219 --> 00:06:23.039 we begin our prayers recognizing this. 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:26.500 Starting with the confidence of saying, 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:30.659 this God of heaven and earth is my dad. 00:06:31.219 --> 00:06:34.240 And so I can ask things of Him. 00:06:35.180 --> 00:06:40.180 This is a profound title to utter to God in our prayers. 00:06:40.180 --> 00:06:45.519 And it is the absolute basis for our confidence in approaching Him. 00:06:46.699 --> 00:06:51.400 Jesus also teaches us that we are to pray not only our Father, 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:54.120 but our Father in heaven. 00:06:54.300 --> 00:06:58.139 And I believe we're to do this lest we become too chummy 00:06:58.139 --> 00:07:03.500 with the One who created heaven and earth and all that is in them. 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:08.720 We're meant to remember who this Father is. 00:07:09.459 --> 00:07:14.379 Lest we forget that He is God and we are not. 00:07:15.019 --> 00:07:20.019 We should be careful that we do not become overly casual in our prayer. 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:24.300 We ought to approach God with boldness as His children, 00:07:24.300 --> 00:07:28.879 but also with reverence and awe. 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:34.180 I also pointed out that Jesus in teaching us how to pray 00:07:34.180 --> 00:07:40.579 tells us that we should begin our prayers with our Father. 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.159 He uses a plural pronoun there. 00:07:44.740 --> 00:07:46.159 And we could be very quick to say, 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.639 this is just an instruction for corporate prayer, 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:51.100 how we should pray then together. 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:54.480 And I do think it informs our corporate praying. 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:56.420 But just before that, 00:07:56.740 --> 00:07:58.980 even in the text I read for us this morning, 00:07:59.640 --> 00:08:02.980 Jesus has been talking about private prayer. 00:08:04.020 --> 00:08:07.340 So I think He means for us in the opening of our praying 00:08:07.340 --> 00:08:10.660 to recognize that God has saved a people. 00:08:11.460 --> 00:08:12.920 He has a people. 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:15.660 And we collectively have a Father. 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:18.379 That we are a family. 00:08:18.740 --> 00:08:21.080 Both local and global 00:08:21.080 --> 00:08:24.020 and throughout all of redemptive history. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.379 That we are a people for God's possession. 00:08:29.400 --> 00:08:30.540 So we should pray like Jesus, 00:08:30.660 --> 00:08:32.659 our Father in heaven. 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:35.019 The second point from last week was, 00:08:35.139 --> 00:08:36.220 we should pray like Jesus, 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:39.779 hallowed be Your name. 00:08:41.080 --> 00:08:45.220 So the first petition of Jesus' model prayer for us 00:08:45.220 --> 00:08:47.259 is not for Himself. 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:50.680 It's not aimed at Him in any way whatsoever. 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:54.979 But that God's name would be hallowed. 00:08:56.059 --> 00:08:58.479 This is not a word that we use in our day. 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:00.279 But to hallow something 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:03.399 is to honor it as holy. 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:07.539 It's to put it in its proper place as holy. 00:09:08.539 --> 00:09:10.000 So Jesus asks, 00:09:10.319 --> 00:09:12.139 first and foremost, 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.679 that God's glory would be known 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:17.159 in the world. 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.199 Beloved, 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:21.740 if only we would begin our prayers in this way, 00:09:22.259 --> 00:09:26.120 I believe that we would pray much differently. 00:09:26.659 --> 00:09:28.839 If our prayers began with, 00:09:29.500 --> 00:09:31.279 how is God praised 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:35.459 in what I'm going to now ask of Him? 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:37.940 Our minds should go immediately 00:09:37.940 --> 00:09:39.120 to the prayer of Jesus 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:40.259 in the Garden of Gethsemane, 00:09:40.420 --> 00:09:43.500 anticipating the great physical suffering, 00:09:43.660 --> 00:09:44.740 but more than that, 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:46.560 I believe the great spiritual suffering 00:09:46.560 --> 00:09:48.519 that He was going to experience. 00:09:49.019 --> 00:09:50.220 The text says for us 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:52.660 that He was sweating blood. 00:09:53.160 --> 00:09:54.379 Any of us will ever be 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:56.660 in that depth of anguish 00:09:56.660 --> 00:09:57.840 in our lives, 00:09:57.860 --> 00:09:59.840 that we sweat blood. 00:10:00.420 --> 00:10:01.220 And He said, 00:10:01.220 --> 00:10:02.300 if there's any way, 00:10:03.100 --> 00:10:03.940 God of Heaven, 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:05.220 my Father, 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.019 for this cup to pass from me, 00:10:07.660 --> 00:10:09.300 let it pass from me. 00:10:09.620 --> 00:10:10.800 Spare me from the suffering 00:10:10.800 --> 00:10:11.920 I'm about to experience. 00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:12.820 But yet, 00:10:13.540 --> 00:10:15.000 not my will, 00:10:15.500 --> 00:10:17.160 but Yours be done. 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:21.080 Jesus in one of His darkest moments 00:10:21.080 --> 00:10:22.820 had this attitude 00:10:22.820 --> 00:10:24.519 as He came to prayer. 00:10:25.580 --> 00:10:27.500 How is it that God's name 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:30.820 will be best praised in the world? 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:34.399 I concluded last week 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:35.139 with an exercise, 00:10:35.379 --> 00:10:37.279 which I want to repeat it. 00:10:37.299 --> 00:10:38.559 I'm going to repeat it verbatim 00:10:38.559 --> 00:10:39.740 from last week. 00:10:39.799 --> 00:10:41.720 Because my time was running short 00:10:41.720 --> 00:10:42.519 and notes were long, 00:10:42.580 --> 00:10:43.919 I actually skipped to the bottom 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:45.019 of notes 00:10:45.019 --> 00:10:46.779 to have you take a moment 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:48.279 to consider 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:51.600 how it is that you pray. 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:52.700 To just take a moment 00:10:52.700 --> 00:10:54.720 with me to consider 00:10:54.720 --> 00:10:56.919 your prayer life. 00:10:56.919 --> 00:10:57.979 And I want us to do this 00:10:57.979 --> 00:10:58.959 and then we'll get to 00:10:58.959 --> 00:11:00.699 the second two points 00:11:00.699 --> 00:11:01.759 from verse 10. 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:03.099 So, 00:11:03.219 --> 00:11:03.979 think with me 00:11:03.979 --> 00:11:04.860 for a moment 00:11:04.860 --> 00:11:07.779 about the specific things 00:11:07.779 --> 00:11:09.939 that you tend to pray for. 00:11:11.500 --> 00:11:12.539 Maybe it's possible 00:11:12.539 --> 00:11:13.719 that you can recall some 00:11:13.719 --> 00:11:15.439 over the past week. 00:11:15.979 --> 00:11:16.819 Maybe this morning 00:11:16.819 --> 00:11:18.279 or even yesterday 00:11:18.279 --> 00:11:20.299 you prayed. 00:11:21.019 --> 00:11:21.879 If not, 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:23.620 think in generalities. 00:11:23.719 --> 00:11:25.480 What types of things 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:27.519 do you tend to pray for? 00:11:28.060 --> 00:11:28.800 If we could 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:30.539 take a summary 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:31.940 of your prayer life 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:32.740 and jot down 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:33.940 some basic notes, 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:35.820 summary statements 00:11:35.820 --> 00:11:36.720 of what you tend 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:37.200 to pray for, 00:11:37.259 --> 00:11:38.060 what would those 00:11:38.060 --> 00:11:39.639 things tend 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:40.879 to be? 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:43.620 Now, 00:11:43.700 --> 00:11:44.060 I hope you have 00:11:44.060 --> 00:11:45.139 some semblance 00:11:45.139 --> 00:11:46.100 in your head 00:11:46.100 --> 00:11:47.539 of what that would look like. 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:49.139 So, 00:11:49.139 --> 00:11:49.740 let me ask this. 00:11:49.740 --> 00:11:51.279 if all of your prayers 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:53.159 were to be answered, 00:11:53.720 --> 00:11:54.940 what would the outcome 00:11:54.940 --> 00:11:55.720 be? 00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:57.639 What would the outcome 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:57.980 be? 00:11:58.899 --> 00:11:59.720 Would you be living 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:01.279 in greater ease? 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:02.779 Would you have 00:12:02.779 --> 00:12:03.419 more money, 00:12:03.580 --> 00:12:04.340 more success 00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:04.820 at work, 00:12:04.940 --> 00:12:07.000 more free time, 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:08.220 fewer relational 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:09.060 challenges, 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.019 better health? 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:11.299 None of these things 00:12:11.299 --> 00:12:12.279 are bad things. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:13.519 None of them 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.259 are things that we 00:12:14.259 --> 00:12:15.320 couldn't ask God 00:12:15.320 --> 00:12:15.740 for. 00:12:15.740 --> 00:12:17.000 But would that 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:18.299 be the end result? 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:19.899 Would that be all 00:12:19.899 --> 00:12:20.759 that would happen 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.899 if your prayers 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:23.600 were all answered? 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:25.440 Or, 00:12:26.500 --> 00:12:28.019 would God be 00:12:28.019 --> 00:12:28.779 more known 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.620 and worshipped 00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:30.860 by you, 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.340 your family, 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:33.759 your neighbors, 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:35.419 your classmates, 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:37.220 and your coworkers? 00:12:39.120 --> 00:12:40.480 Jesus aims 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:41.240 his prayer 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:42.560 at the glory 00:12:42.560 --> 00:12:43.100 of God, 00:12:43.539 --> 00:12:44.320 and so 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:45.900 should we. 00:12:48.040 --> 00:12:48.720 You see, 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:49.100 beloved, 00:12:49.260 --> 00:12:50.379 God has many 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:52.160 good purposes 00:12:52.160 --> 00:12:53.740 in the world. 00:12:54.760 --> 00:12:55.360 He desires 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:56.120 that your marriage 00:12:56.120 --> 00:12:56.780 and your parenting 00:12:56.780 --> 00:12:57.500 and your schooling 00:12:57.500 --> 00:12:58.860 and your employment 00:12:58.860 --> 00:13:00.560 go well with you 00:13:00.560 --> 00:13:01.900 and for you. 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:03.600 He desires 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:04.140 that we 00:13:04.140 --> 00:13:05.300 don't have to 00:13:05.300 --> 00:13:06.180 battle with 00:13:06.180 --> 00:13:06.800 sickness 00:13:06.800 --> 00:13:07.940 and depression. 00:13:08.840 --> 00:13:10.040 He cares 00:13:10.040 --> 00:13:10.880 about the 00:13:10.880 --> 00:13:11.340 health 00:13:11.340 --> 00:13:11.920 of our 00:13:11.920 --> 00:13:13.220 relationships 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:14.040 and the unity 00:13:14.040 --> 00:13:14.560 of our 00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:15.399 church. 00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.519 These things 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:17.340 are important 00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:18.080 to our 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:18.600 God. 00:13:18.700 --> 00:13:19.120 He is our 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:19.820 Father and He 00:13:19.820 --> 00:13:20.379 cares about 00:13:20.379 --> 00:13:20.960 the very 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:22.040 minutia 00:13:22.040 --> 00:13:22.960 of our 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:24.279 days. 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:26.060 He desires 00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:26.440 that we would 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:27.279 walk well 00:13:27.279 --> 00:13:28.200 in this world, 00:13:28.500 --> 00:13:29.180 but this 00:13:29.180 --> 00:13:29.720 is to 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.340 fulfill 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:31.259 a greater 00:13:31.259 --> 00:13:32.560 purpose. 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:34.000 His purposes 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.840 are to 00:13:34.840 --> 00:13:35.220 fulfill 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:36.000 a greater 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.980 purpose, 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:38.220 an overarching 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:39.060 purpose, 00:13:39.180 --> 00:13:40.000 an all 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.120 encompassing 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:42.000 purpose. 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:42.240 purpose, 00:13:43.240 --> 00:13:44.200 that His 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:44.639 name 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:45.080 would be 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:45.639 praised 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:46.580 amongst 00:13:46.580 --> 00:13:47.000 all 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:47.460 peoples, 00:13:47.980 --> 00:13:48.759 that His 00:13:48.759 --> 00:13:49.299 glory 00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:49.679 would be 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.220 known 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:50.659 and 00:13:50.659 --> 00:13:51.399 shared 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.700 everywhere. 00:13:54.700 --> 00:13:55.860 Psalm 67 00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:57.519 verses 1 00:13:57.519 --> 00:13:58.259 through 3 00:13:58.259 --> 00:13:59.460 say this, 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:01.279 May God 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:01.960 be gracious 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:02.700 to us 00:14:02.700 --> 00:14:04.299 and bless 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.000 us and 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.700 make His 00:14:05.700 --> 00:14:07.019 face to 00:14:07.019 --> 00:14:08.200 shine upon 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:08.679 us. 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:10.120 Wonderful 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.820 prayer. 00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:11.520 Why? 00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.440 How 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:14.560 does Psalm 00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:15.540 67 00:14:15.540 --> 00:14:17.400 come up 00:14:17.400 --> 00:14:18.180 underneath 00:14:18.180 --> 00:14:19.400 what Jesus 00:14:19.400 --> 00:14:19.820 is teaching 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:20.340 us to pray 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:20.600 here? 00:14:20.920 --> 00:14:21.620 Here's this 00:14:21.620 --> 00:14:22.060 prayer for 00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:22.320 us. 00:14:22.540 --> 00:14:22.820 May God 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:23.360 be gracious 00:14:23.360 --> 00:14:23.860 to us 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:24.760 and bless 00:14:24.760 --> 00:14:25.180 us and 00:14:25.180 --> 00:14:25.600 make His 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:26.480 face to 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.540 shine upon 00:14:27.540 --> 00:14:27.740 us. 00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:28.379 Verse 2, 00:14:29.280 --> 00:14:29.700 that your 00:14:29.700 --> 00:14:30.700 way may 00:14:30.700 --> 00:14:31.300 be known 00:14:31.300 --> 00:14:32.000 on earth, 00:14:32.180 --> 00:14:33.160 your saving 00:14:33.160 --> 00:14:34.680 power amongst 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:34.680 00:14:34.680 --> 00:14:35.300 all 00:14:35.300 --> 00:14:36.500 nations. 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:38.060 Let the 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:39.080 peoples praise 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:39.720 you, O 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:40.180 God. 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:41.060 Let all 00:14:41.060 --> 00:14:42.060 the peoples 00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:43.900 praise you. 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.600 Hallowed 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:46.320 be 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:47.920 your name. 00:14:49.020 --> 00:14:49.440 This should 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:49.820 be the 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:50.500 driving 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.460 force 00:14:51.460 --> 00:14:52.360 of our 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:52.840 lives. 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.160 If we are 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:55.120 disciples of 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:55.980 Jesus Christ, 00:14:56.280 --> 00:14:57.180 we must 00:14:57.180 --> 00:14:58.500 see how 00:14:58.500 --> 00:14:58.920 Jesus 00:14:58.920 --> 00:14:59.540 walked. 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:00.440 We're to be 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:01.420 following in 00:15:01.420 --> 00:15:01.960 His 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.980 way. 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:03.420 And He 00:15:03.420 --> 00:15:04.040 placed the 00:15:04.040 --> 00:15:04.440 glory of 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:05.180 God above 00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:07.020 all else, 00:15:07.520 --> 00:15:09.140 as should 00:15:09.140 --> 00:15:09.500 we. 00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.480 And Jesus' 00:15:11.680 --> 00:15:12.500 next two 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.840 model petitions 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:14.980 are an 00:15:14.980 --> 00:15:16.040 expansion of 00:15:16.040 --> 00:15:16.560 this very 00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:17.320 idea of 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:18.360 hallowed be 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.400 your name. 00:15:20.380 --> 00:15:20.600 And so 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:21.120 third, we 00:15:21.120 --> 00:15:21.540 see in the 00:15:21.540 --> 00:15:22.000 beginning of 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:22.940 verse 10 00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:23.900 that we 00:15:23.900 --> 00:15:24.420 should pray 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:25.300 like Jesus, 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:27.120 your kingdom 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:28.500 come. 00:15:29.680 --> 00:15:30.560 Pray like 00:15:30.560 --> 00:15:30.940 Jesus, 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:31.900 your kingdom 00:15:31.900 --> 00:15:33.200 come. 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:36.200 Jesus began 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:37.060 His earthly 00:15:37.060 --> 00:15:37.560 ministry 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.480 preaching about 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.160 the arrival 00:15:39.160 --> 00:15:40.140 of the 00:15:40.140 --> 00:15:40.460 kingdom. 00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.000 We can read 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.320 of Matthew 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.100 chapter 4 00:15:43.100 --> 00:15:44.360 and verse 17 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:45.480 before the 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:45.860 Sermon on 00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.180 the Mount 00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:46.780 is recorded 00:15:46.780 --> 00:15:47.420 by Matthew. 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:48.680 From that 00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:49.220 time, 00:15:49.900 --> 00:15:50.720 Jesus began 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:51.500 to preach 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:52.220 saying, 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:52.560 this is the 00:15:52.560 --> 00:15:53.040 beginning of 00:15:53.040 --> 00:15:53.560 His ministry, 00:15:53.820 --> 00:15:54.360 and here is 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.500 the theme 00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:56.140 of His 00:15:56.140 --> 00:15:56.780 sermons. 00:15:57.520 --> 00:15:58.120 Repent 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.140 for the 00:15:59.140 --> 00:15:59.880 kingdom of 00:15:59.880 --> 00:16:00.240 heaven 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:01.680 is at 00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:02.020 hand. 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:03.300 Repent 00:16:03.300 --> 00:16:03.700 for the 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.259 kingdom of 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.520 heaven 00:16:04.520 --> 00:16:05.700 is at 00:16:05.700 --> 00:16:05.980 hand. 00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:07.200 When we 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:07.640 speak of 00:16:07.640 --> 00:16:08.120 the kingdom 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.560 of heaven 00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.120 or the 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:09.420 kingdom 00:16:09.420 --> 00:16:10.160 of God, 00:16:10.660 --> 00:16:11.160 we are 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:11.879 speaking of 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.360 God's 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:13.460 good rule 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.280 and His 00:16:14.280 --> 00:16:15.400 praise being 00:16:15.400 --> 00:16:16.140 established 00:16:16.140 --> 00:16:17.320 on the 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.600 earth. 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.480 And when we 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:19.020 talk about 00:16:19.020 --> 00:16:19.300 this, 00:16:19.379 --> 00:16:19.700 there is 00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.360 both a 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.160 here and 00:16:21.160 --> 00:16:22.520 a here-to-come 00:16:22.520 --> 00:16:24.080 aspect of 00:16:24.080 --> 00:16:24.660 God's 00:16:24.660 --> 00:16:25.340 kingdom. 00:16:26.420 --> 00:16:26.780 For 00:16:26.780 --> 00:16:27.160 example, 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:28.040 Psalm 103 00:16:28.040 --> 00:16:29.080 verse 19 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:29.580 reads, 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:30.900 the Lord 00:16:30.900 --> 00:16:31.440 has 00:16:31.440 --> 00:16:32.000 established 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:32.720 His throne 00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:33.100 in the 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:33.440 heavens 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:34.100 and His 00:16:34.100 --> 00:16:34.680 kingdom 00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.980 rules 00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:37.360 over all. 00:16:38.460 --> 00:16:38.940 And so, 00:16:39.139 --> 00:16:40.300 God reigns. 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:42.139 God reigns. 00:16:42.180 --> 00:16:42.560 He is 00:16:42.560 --> 00:16:43.680 sovereign over 00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:44.660 all things 00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:44.960 that are 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.860 happening in 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:47.340 the world. 00:16:48.200 --> 00:16:48.940 And yet, 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:50.600 He is 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:51.220 patiently 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.759 allowing 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:54.140 the rejection 00:16:54.140 --> 00:16:55.200 of His 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.540 reign 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.620 as He 00:16:56.620 --> 00:16:57.139 works His 00:16:57.139 --> 00:16:57.639 mercy 00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.899 and grace 00:16:58.899 --> 00:16:59.500 toward 00:16:59.500 --> 00:16:59.899 mankind. 00:17:00.939 --> 00:17:01.699 He is 00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:03.099 graciously 00:17:03.099 --> 00:17:04.579 allowing all 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:04.899 of the 00:17:04.899 --> 00:17:05.339 rebellion 00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:05.639 that's 00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.079 happening in 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:06.379 the world 00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:06.980 about Him 00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:08.119 as He's 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:08.980 patiently 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:09.839 awaiting the 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:10.839 bringing about 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:12.740 of His 00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.240 praise. 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:15.019 2 Peter 3 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:15.659 9 speaks 00:17:15.659 --> 00:17:16.139 of God's 00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:17.420 patience in 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.059 bringing all 00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.879 those that 00:17:18.879 --> 00:17:19.259 would belong 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.740 to Him 00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:21.159 to repentance. 00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:22.899 God's 00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:23.420 purpose is 00:17:23.420 --> 00:17:23.799 that people 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.240 from every 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:24.720 tribe, 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:25.359 nation, 00:17:25.539 --> 00:17:26.339 and tongue 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:27.779 be praisers 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.180 of His 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:28.720 glorious 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.920 grace 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:31.259 and mercy. 00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.180 Jesus, 00:17:33.440 --> 00:17:33.940 speaking to 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:35.000 His disciples 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:35.759 in some of 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.379 His last 00:17:36.379 --> 00:17:36.720 days, 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.240 we can read 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:37.740 in Matthew 00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:39.339 chapter 24, 00:17:40.180 --> 00:17:40.819 tells them 00:17:40.819 --> 00:17:41.619 about things 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.220 that will 00:17:42.220 --> 00:17:42.859 come. 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.200 And in 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.960 verse 14, 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:44.639 He says, 00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.639 and this 00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:46.619 gospel of 00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:47.220 the kingdom, 00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:47.899 this good 00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.819 news of 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.899 grace and 00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.519 mercy towards 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:51.220 mankind, 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.240 will be 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:52.740 proclaimed 00:17:52.740 --> 00:17:53.319 throughout the 00:17:53.319 --> 00:17:54.119 whole world 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:54.960 as a 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:55.819 testimony to 00:17:55.819 --> 00:17:56.799 all nations 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.680 and then 00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:59.019 the end 00:17:59.019 --> 00:18:00.180 will come. 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.079 A gospel 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.740 proclamation 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:04.460 is aimed 00:18:04.460 --> 00:18:05.019 at bringing 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.660 about the 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:06.579 consummation 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.299 of the 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:07.640 kingdom 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:08.900 of God, 00:18:09.420 --> 00:18:09.980 a people 00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:10.360 living 00:18:10.360 --> 00:18:11.059 gratefully 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.440 under 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.940 His rule 00:18:11.940 --> 00:18:12.420 and giving 00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:13.299 Him all 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.579 the glory 00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.700 that is due 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:15.980 Him. 00:18:16.819 --> 00:18:17.620 This is 00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.360 the very 00:18:18.360 --> 00:18:19.100 reason 00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:20.220 that God 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:21.059 called 00:18:21.059 --> 00:18:22.480 a people. 00:18:23.700 --> 00:18:24.059 And I 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.539 find too 00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.159 often as 00:18:25.159 --> 00:18:25.500 God's 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:25.960 church that 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:26.319 we are 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:27.139 just too 00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:27.700 content 00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.379 with the 00:18:28.379 --> 00:18:28.679 state of 00:18:28.679 --> 00:18:29.139 the world 00:18:29.139 --> 00:18:29.940 in which 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.500 we live. 00:18:31.159 --> 00:18:31.659 We would 00:18:31.659 --> 00:18:32.399 have things 00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:33.099 be a little 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.740 better for 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.779 our sake. 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:35.659 But we're 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.240 not nearly 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:36.879 as concerned 00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:37.240 as we 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.619 ought to 00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:38.200 be about 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:38.960 people coming 00:18:38.960 --> 00:18:39.559 under the 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:41.119 good rule 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:42.419 of God, 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:44.159 Christ, 00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:45.039 our Savior, 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:47.059 and our 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:47.500 King. 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:48.460 That we 00:18:48.460 --> 00:18:49.019 are not 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.899 so concerned 00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.639 as we 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.259 should be 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.139 about our 00:18:52.139 --> 00:18:53.000 neighbor and 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.720 our co-worker 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.399 and the 00:18:54.399 --> 00:18:54.980 person checking 00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.759 us out at 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.139 the grocery 00:18:56.139 --> 00:18:56.579 store. 00:18:57.139 --> 00:18:57.740 We just 00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.440 don't seem 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:59.440 to care 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:00.139 that our 00:19:00.139 --> 00:19:00.639 God would 00:19:00.639 --> 00:19:01.359 be known 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:01.980 amongst 00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.000 all peoples. 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:03.980 We seem 00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.639 just a little 00:19:04.639 --> 00:19:05.599 too satisfied 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.500 to gather 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.619 together and 00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:08.639 theorize 00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.599 about this 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:10.960 God and 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.740 not then go 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.440 out and tell 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:12.859 our neighbor 00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:13.720 about Him. 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.120 to not be 00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:16.160 mobilized 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:17.079 for the 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.779 purpose, 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.360 this grand 00:19:19.360 --> 00:19:20.539 purpose of 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.220 His name 00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:22.200 being praised 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:23.039 amongst 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:23.920 all 00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:25.360 peoples. 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.480 I want 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:27.880 to show 00:19:27.880 --> 00:19:29.940 you how 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:30.700 aimed 00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.779 God is 00:19:31.779 --> 00:19:32.240 at His 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:33.100 own glory 00:19:33.100 --> 00:19:34.299 because if 00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:34.660 we as 00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.079 people are 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:35.380 to be 00:19:35.380 --> 00:19:35.839 concerned 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.220 about the 00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.559 things that 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:36.759 He's 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.100 concerned 00:19:37.100 --> 00:19:37.400 about, 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:38.019 this is 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.559 the thing. 00:19:39.120 --> 00:19:40.380 The overarching, 00:19:40.600 --> 00:19:41.220 the large 00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.759 purpose, 00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.259 which all 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.500 of the 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.860 purposes 00:19:42.859 --> 00:19:44.459 serve. 00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.500 And I 00:19:45.500 --> 00:19:45.839 want to 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:46.399 show you 00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:46.979 this from 00:19:46.979 --> 00:19:47.299 the Old 00:19:47.299 --> 00:19:47.619 Testament 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:48.299 book of 00:19:48.299 --> 00:19:48.659 Isaiah. 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:48.959 So if 00:19:48.959 --> 00:19:49.279 you'll turn 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:49.579 with me 00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.899 please to 00:19:50.899 --> 00:19:51.500 Isaiah and 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:51.939 we'll begin 00:19:51.939 --> 00:19:52.439 in chapter 00:19:52.439 --> 00:19:53.279 43. 00:20:06.219 --> 00:20:06.839 While you're 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:07.219 doing that, 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:07.519 I'm going to 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.959 do something 00:20:07.959 --> 00:20:08.599 off script. 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:13.139 get to 00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:14.000 Isaiah 43. 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.639 In some 00:20:18.639 --> 00:20:19.619 recent days 00:20:19.619 --> 00:20:21.459 across the 00:20:21.459 --> 00:20:21.919 past couple 00:20:21.919 --> 00:20:22.519 of months, 00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:26.819 a pastor 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:27.319 of a 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:27.939 large 00:20:27.939 --> 00:20:28.659 megachurch 00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.019 in our 00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.379 area 00:20:29.379 --> 00:20:32.299 has said 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:34.019 that in 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:34.399 order to 00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:34.879 bring people 00:20:34.879 --> 00:20:35.240 to faith 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:35.799 in Christ, 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.559 we should, 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:39.079 unhitch 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.639 Jesus 00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.419 from the 00:20:40.419 --> 00:20:40.579 Old 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:40.919 Testament. 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.460 And this 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:45.339 is a 00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:45.960 deeply 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.480 concerning 00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:46.899 thing 00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:48.220 that he 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.599 is saying. 00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:49.539 Now I 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:49.980 believe that 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.299 this man 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.500 is a 00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.700 brother, 00:20:51.099 --> 00:20:51.339 and I 00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.200 believe that 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:52.500 we should 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.759 be in 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:53.059 prayer for 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.279 him, 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:54.000 and for 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:54.359 those under 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.500 his 00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:54.779 leadership. 00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:55.399 I also 00:20:55.399 --> 00:20:55.799 believe we 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.440 should warn 00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.139 those who 00:20:57.139 --> 00:20:57.500 are under 00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.440 his 00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:58.759 leadership. 00:20:58.919 --> 00:20:59.079 If you 00:20:59.079 --> 00:20:59.359 don't know 00:20:59.359 --> 00:20:59.619 who I'm 00:20:59.619 --> 00:20:59.899 talking 00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.159 about, 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:00.440 you can 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:00.740 ask me 00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:00.980 later, 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.179 and I 00:21:01.179 --> 00:21:01.279 will 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.740 tell you. 00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.500 He has 00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.879 said we 00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.059 should 00:21:04.059 --> 00:21:05.039 unhitch 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.460 the Old 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:05.839 Testament 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:07.220 from Jesus 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.599 because 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.799 people have 00:21:08.799 --> 00:21:09.339 a problem 00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:09.679 with the 00:21:09.679 --> 00:21:10.279 God of 00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.519 the Old 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.879 Testament, 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.519 or they 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.899 might see 00:21:11.899 --> 00:21:12.119 some 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:13.099 inconsistencies 00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.919 in the 00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:14.099 Old 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.440 Testament, 00:21:14.980 --> 00:21:15.619 and therefore 00:21:15.619 --> 00:21:16.539 we shouldn't 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:16.839 be so 00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.259 concerned 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.720 about that. 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.000 I think 00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.619 the motivation 00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:19.119 is good. 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.419 I think 00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:19.700 what he's 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.099 saying is 00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.919 let's be 00:21:20.919 --> 00:21:21.799 concerned 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.659 primarily. 00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.139 Let's 00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.919 invest our 00:21:23.919 --> 00:21:24.759 faith primarily 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.179 in the 00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:25.539 fact that 00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.960 Jesus was 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.559 a real 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.019 man. 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.240 He was 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:28.740 in fact 00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.119 the Son 00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.519 of God. 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:29.980 He did 00:21:29.980 --> 00:21:30.240 die, 00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.720 and he 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.039 was 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.419 raised. 00:21:31.519 --> 00:21:32.139 I get 00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.980 that, 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.460 and I 00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:33.700 think 00:21:33.700 --> 00:21:33.920 there's 00:21:33.920 --> 00:21:34.059 some 00:21:34.059 --> 00:21:34.240 good 00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.640 intention 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.680 in that, 00:21:35.980 --> 00:21:36.259 but 00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.240 Romans 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.880 10-17, 00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.120 faith 00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:39.460 comes 00:21:39.460 --> 00:21:39.680 by 00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:40.079 hearing 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.279 and 00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.579 hearing 00:21:40.579 --> 00:21:40.880 from 00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.100 the 00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.400 word 00:21:41.400 --> 00:21:41.880 of 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:43.279 Christ. 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.079 What is 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.340 the word 00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:44.480 of 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.059 Christ 00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:46.380 but the 00:21:46.380 --> 00:21:46.640 scripture? 00:21:47.559 --> 00:21:48.140 What was 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.600 the Bible 00:21:48.600 --> 00:21:49.120 of Jesus' 00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.660 day? 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.640 If we 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.019 want to 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.480 just look 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.799 to the 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.019 New 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.519 Testament, 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.500 or look 00:21:53.500 --> 00:21:53.940 just to 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.460 the red 00:21:54.460 --> 00:21:54.860 letters 00:21:54.860 --> 00:21:55.440 as some 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.380 would say, 00:21:56.600 --> 00:21:57.079 the words 00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:57.660 of Jesus, 00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.120 he was 00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.640 constantly 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.240 using the 00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.539 Bible 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.059 of his 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.299 day, 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:01.660 which we 00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.039 call 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:02.319 our 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.720 Old 00:22:02.720 --> 00:22:03.340 Testament. 00:22:03.460 --> 00:22:03.980 He was 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.500 constantly 00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.220 looking to 00:22:05.220 --> 00:22:05.360 it. 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.140 When people 00:22:06.140 --> 00:22:06.440 have a 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.680 problem 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:06.960 with the 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.079 Old 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:07.400 Testament, 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.799 the answer 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.019 is not 00:22:08.019 --> 00:22:08.559 to disregard 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:08.960 the Old 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.180 Testament, 00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.600 the answer 00:22:09.600 --> 00:22:09.940 is to 00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.740 explain 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.779 the Old 00:22:11.779 --> 00:22:12.160 Testament, 00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.500 to be a 00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.680 student of 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.079 the Scripture 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.960 and to help 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.920 others come 00:22:16.920 --> 00:22:17.860 to understand 00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:19.079 the Scripture. 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:21.019 The greater 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.600 portion, 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:22.519 the first 00:22:22.519 --> 00:22:23.480 two-thirds 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.059 of our 00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:24.500 Bibles 00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.680 are precious 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.360 to us. 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:27.419 And they 00:22:27.419 --> 00:22:28.079 speak of 00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.459 a God 00:22:28.459 --> 00:22:28.919 who is 00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.959 full of 00:22:29.959 --> 00:22:30.659 grace and 00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.240 mercy, 00:22:31.979 --> 00:22:32.819 steadfast love 00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.139 to his 00:22:33.139 --> 00:22:33.579 people. 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.039 It's an 00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:36.019 astounding 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.019 work and 00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:37.779 should never 00:22:37.779 --> 00:22:39.619 be disconnected 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.719 from the 00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:41.500 personal work 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.539 of Jesus 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.099 Christ. 00:22:44.579 --> 00:22:45.699 All that's 00:22:45.699 --> 00:22:47.039 promised in 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.639 the Old 00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.099 Testament 00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:49.699 finds its 00:22:49.699 --> 00:22:51.419 yes in 00:22:51.419 --> 00:22:51.919 Jesus, 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.139 finds its 00:22:53.139 --> 00:22:54.379 affirmation in 00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.060 Jesus. 00:22:55.520 --> 00:22:56.140 So should we 00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:57.060 want to know 00:22:57.060 --> 00:22:57.660 the promises 00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.140 of God 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.700 that find 00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.300 their yes 00:22:59.300 --> 00:23:00.200 in Jesus? 00:23:00.280 --> 00:23:00.440 And the 00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.780 answer is 00:23:00.780 --> 00:23:01.400 absolutely 00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.800 we should. 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.060 What a 00:23:04.060 --> 00:23:05.100 dangerous thing 00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.680 to say 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.440 that we 00:23:06.440 --> 00:23:06.740 could just 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.340 disregard, 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.320 disconnect, 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.720 unhitch it. 00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.680 What a 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.220 dangerous, 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.200 dangerous place 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.860 to be. 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.480 So let's 00:23:15.480 --> 00:23:15.820 look in the 00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.080 book of 00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.500 Isaiah 00:23:16.500 --> 00:23:20.900 chapter 43. 00:23:22.120 --> 00:23:22.700 I want to 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.340 show you 00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.919 that God 00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:26.679 called a 00:23:26.679 --> 00:23:27.399 people and 00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.179 is calling 00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.779 a people. 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.879 We are 00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:30.339 part of 00:23:30.339 --> 00:23:30.939 that people 00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:31.459 if we 00:23:31.459 --> 00:23:31.819 are part 00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.079 of the 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.539 church 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.899 for 00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:34.639 his 00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.579 glory. 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.679 This is 00:23:36.679 --> 00:23:37.500 the purpose, 00:23:37.619 --> 00:23:38.539 the overarching 00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.559 purpose, 00:23:39.679 --> 00:23:39.980 that his 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.480 name would 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.379 be hallowed, 00:23:41.959 --> 00:23:42.639 that his 00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.279 kingdom would 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.579 come, 00:23:43.659 --> 00:23:43.899 that his 00:23:43.899 --> 00:23:44.299 will would 00:23:44.299 --> 00:23:44.819 be done. 00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.480 Hear that 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:45.799 as I'm 00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.319 talking about 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.879 God's 00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:48.019 glory. 00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.439 So Isaiah 00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:50.019 chapter 43 00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.500 beginning in 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.019 verse 1, 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.819 I'll read 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.299 through 7. 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.159 But now 00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.980 thus says 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.439 the Lord, 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:55.939 he who 00:23:55.939 --> 00:23:56.779 created you, 00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.539 O Jacob, 00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.019 he who 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.879 formed you, 00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:00.079 O Israel, 00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:02.000 fear not, 00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:03.759 for I have 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.419 redeemed you. 00:24:04.879 --> 00:24:05.220 I have 00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:05.819 called you 00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.740 by my 00:24:06.740 --> 00:24:07.439 name. 00:24:07.839 --> 00:24:08.839 You are 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.459 mine. 00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.799 When you 00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.139 pass through 00:24:11.139 --> 00:24:11.519 the waters, 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:11.879 I will be 00:24:11.879 --> 00:24:12.319 with you, 00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:12.879 and through 00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.279 the rivers, 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:13.759 they shall 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.579 not overwhelm 00:24:14.579 --> 00:24:14.759 you. 00:24:15.259 --> 00:24:15.699 When you 00:24:15.699 --> 00:24:16.179 walk through 00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.559 fire, 00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:16.980 you shall 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.299 not be 00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.599 burned, 00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:17.819 and the 00:24:17.819 --> 00:24:18.559 flames shall 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.279 not consume 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:19.619 you. 00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:21.079 For I 00:24:21.079 --> 00:24:21.399 am the 00:24:21.399 --> 00:24:21.759 Lord, 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:22.519 your God, 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.059 the Holy 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:23.420 One of 00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.720 Israel, 00:24:23.940 --> 00:24:25.240 your Savior. 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.619 I give 00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.240 Egypt as 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:27.700 your ransom, 00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.440 Cush and 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.000 Saba in 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:29.779 exchange for 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.119 you. 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:31.299 Because you 00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.940 are precious 00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:33.039 in my eyes 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.819 and honored, 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.359 and I 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:35.160 love you, 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.160 I give 00:24:36.160 --> 00:24:36.519 men in 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.059 return for 00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.220 you, 00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.879 peoples in 00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.980 exchange for 00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:39.700 your life. 00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.359 Fear not, 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.400 for I am 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.960 with you. 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:44.160 I will bring 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.940 your offspring 00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.839 from the east, 00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.339 and from the 00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.059 west I will 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.599 gather you. 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.460 I will say 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.059 to the north, 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.599 give up, 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.400 and to the south, 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.779 do not withhold. 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.639 Bring my 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.460 sons from 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.099 afar, 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.579 and my 00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.559 daughters from 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.660 the end of 00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:57.059 the earth. 00:24:57.160 --> 00:24:57.559 That's the 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.960 nations, 00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.399 everyone. 00:24:58.660 --> 00:24:59.460 That's us, 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.059 right? 00:25:00.139 --> 00:25:00.940 Being included 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:02.440 in spiritual 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.039 Israel. 00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.160 Verse 7, 00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.660 everyone who 00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.339 is called by 00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.019 my name, 00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.759 whom I 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.000 created for 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:11.879 my glory, 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.359 whom I 00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.119 formed 00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.299 and made. 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:16.160 So you 00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.660 see some of 00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.220 the purposes, 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:17.960 all of the 00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.940 goodness to 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.480 this people 00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.039 being worked 00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.359 out. 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:21.079 God will 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.579 be with 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:21.899 us. 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:22.599 God will 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:22.959 be our 00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.539 protector. 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:24.439 He's going 00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:25.019 to sustain 00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.599 us. 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.759 But why? 00:25:27.839 --> 00:25:29.199 His glory. 00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:30.479 This great 00:25:30.479 --> 00:25:31.299 purpose. 00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.679 His glory. 00:25:32.939 --> 00:25:33.579 Look on later 00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.059 in Isaiah 00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.879 chapter 43, 00:25:35.719 --> 00:25:36.479 verse 20 00:25:36.479 --> 00:25:37.639 and 21. 00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.539 Here God 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:40.799 says, 00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.279 the wild 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.000 beasts will 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.399 honor me, 00:25:42.479 --> 00:25:43.159 the jackals 00:25:43.159 --> 00:25:43.579 and the 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.339 ostriches. 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.259 For I 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:46.000 give water 00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.479 in the 00:25:46.479 --> 00:25:46.819 wilderness, 00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.899 rivers in 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.460 the desert 00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.060 to give 00:25:49.060 --> 00:25:50.000 drink to 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.780 my chosen 00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:51.920 people, 00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.900 the people 00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.680 whom I 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.900 formed for 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.560 myself, 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.519 that they 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.759 might declare 00:25:57.759 --> 00:26:00.220 my praise. 00:26:00.600 --> 00:26:01.060 Again, 00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.540 a people 00:26:01.540 --> 00:26:01.860 for the 00:26:01.860 --> 00:26:03.160 praise of 00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:03.480 God. 00:26:03.980 --> 00:26:04.460 Turn a little 00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:04.900 bit to Isaiah 00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:06.000 chapter 44 00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:07.320 and verse 00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.900 23. 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:14.680 Sing, 00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.280 O heavens, 00:26:16.040 --> 00:26:16.700 for the 00:26:16.700 --> 00:26:17.300 Lord has 00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:17.700 done it. 00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.140 Shout, 00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:18.900 O depths 00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.300 of the 00:26:19.300 --> 00:26:19.540 earth. 00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:19.940 Break 00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.860 forth into 00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.360 singing, 00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.380 O mountains, 00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.400 O forest, 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:24.200 and every 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.019 tree in 00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.280 it. 00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.620 For the 00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.620 Lord has 00:26:27.620 --> 00:26:28.360 redeemed 00:26:28.360 --> 00:26:29.840 Jacob and 00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.200 will be 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.500 glorified in 00:26:31.500 --> 00:26:31.860 Israel. 00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:33.300 The Lord 00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:33.860 will be 00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:34.420 glorified 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:35.259 because He 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:36.420 has redeemed 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.380 a people 00:26:37.380 --> 00:26:38.320 for His 00:26:38.320 --> 00:26:38.800 possession. 00:26:39.780 --> 00:26:40.360 And those 00:26:40.360 --> 00:26:41.020 of us 00:26:41.020 --> 00:26:41.960 who have 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.680 been saved 00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.320 by grace 00:26:43.320 --> 00:26:44.060 through faith 00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:45.260 in Christ 00:26:45.260 --> 00:26:46.020 are those 00:26:46.020 --> 00:26:46.340 who are 00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.220 meant to 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:47.820 sing the 00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.960 praise of 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:50.200 His name. 00:26:50.760 --> 00:26:51.100 And we 00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.720 want that 00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:52.120 to be, 00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.680 we ought 00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.300 to want 00:26:53.300 --> 00:26:53.640 that to 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.980 be a 00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.600 song that 00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:55.160 gets louder 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.000 and louder 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.800 and louder 00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:57.340 and take 00:26:57.340 --> 00:26:58.220 places in 00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:59.260 languages other 00:26:59.260 --> 00:27:00.200 than English 00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:02.000 and is sung 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.620 by people who 00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.080 don't look 00:27:03.080 --> 00:27:03.820 like us, 00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.240 who don't 00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.760 gather the 00:27:05.760 --> 00:27:06.360 same way we 00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.740 gather. 00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.480 We should 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.500 desire this 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.019 because our 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.680 God is 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.640 worthy of 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:12.240 all praise. 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.120 One more 00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:15.079 reference from 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:16.440 Isaiah. 00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:18.500 Chapter 48 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:22.839 verses 9 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:23.400 through 11. 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.799 In verse 9 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.279 He talks about 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.019 deferring His 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.259 anger. 00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.599 So this is 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.359 anger against 00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.900 His people. 00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:38.079 Wicked 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.440 people. 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.799 He says, 00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.339 For my 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.039 name's sake 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.740 I defer 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.319 my anger. 00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.759 For the 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.220 sake of 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.079 my praise 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.000 I restrain 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.619 it for you 00:27:46.619 --> 00:27:47.900 that I may 00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:48.660 not cut 00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:49.619 you off. 00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.259 Behold, 00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.259 I have 00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.779 refined 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.619 you but 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:53.980 not a 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.240 silver. 00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.039 I have 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.720 tried you 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.140 in the 00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:56.859 furnace of 00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.379 affliction. 00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.839 For my 00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.500 own 00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:00.200 sake, 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.339 for my 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:02.299 own sake 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.960 I do it. 00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.600 for how 00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:04.180 should my 00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.980 name be 00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.779 profaned. 00:28:05.779 --> 00:28:06.900 My glory 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.920 I will 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.640 not give 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:10.100 to another. 00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.440 Even the 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.880 suffering of 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.319 God's 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.799 people, 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:15.960 the working 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.880 of righteousness 00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:17.720 in us 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.500 is aimed 00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.960 at this 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.420 higher purpose. 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.900 You pick up 00:28:21.900 --> 00:28:22.700 the gospel of 00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.400 Jesus Christ 00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.940 and begin to 00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.500 apply it to 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:24.900 your own 00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.200 living. 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.120 It is so 00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.220 good that it 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:28.279 brings about 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:29.980 betterment 00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.859 of us. 00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.539 Walking in 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:32.960 the light 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.519 is so 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.200 much better 00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.819 than walking 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:35.859 in the 00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.220 dark. 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:37.059 Our 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.859 relationships 00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:39.440 with 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.139 creation 00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.819 and with 00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.420 each other 00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.139 being redeemed 00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.660 is such 00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:43.279 a good 00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:43.879 thing. 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:44.799 It is so 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.319 good but 00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:45.839 it is not 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:47.359 high enough. 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.940 Your pursuit 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:49.559 of holiness 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:50.440 is not 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.960 ultimately 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.700 about you, 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:51.960 it is 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.359 ultimately 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:53.359 about the 00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:54.779 glory of 00:28:54.779 --> 00:28:55.279 God. 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:56.700 So we are 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.339 to pray 00:28:57.339 --> 00:28:58.419 like Jesus. 00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.619 Your kingdom 00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.779 come. 00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.639 Your kingdom 00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:05.099 come. 00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.699 And I think 00:29:06.699 --> 00:29:07.259 even sometimes 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.039 in our longing 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.599 for a better 00:29:08.599 --> 00:29:09.099 place, 00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.099 we don't 00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.159 aim high 00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.740 enough. 00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.559 If you 00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:13.019 could even 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.579 just dip 00:29:13.579 --> 00:29:14.139 your toe 00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.459 in the 00:29:14.459 --> 00:29:15.019 water of 00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.639 our modern 00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.339 politics, 00:29:16.959 --> 00:29:17.439 you will 00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:18.059 find yourself 00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:18.679 wherever you 00:29:18.679 --> 00:29:19.079 are on the 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.319 political 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.019 spectrum so 00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.659 incredibly 00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.720 frustrated. 00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.419 The state 00:29:23.419 --> 00:29:23.779 of our 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.259 nation 00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.259 right now, 00:29:25.959 --> 00:29:26.679 the way 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.320 that those 00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:27.580 who are 00:29:27.580 --> 00:29:27.920 meant to 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:28.320 lead us 00:29:28.320 --> 00:29:29.080 act like 00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.860 children 00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:31.259 in their 00:29:31.259 --> 00:29:31.600 leadership 00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:32.700 of us. 00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.080 We should 00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.799 want that 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:35.680 to improve 00:29:35.680 --> 00:29:36.480 but if we 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.940 don't go 00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.640 above that 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:38.080 then we 00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.779 aim too 00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.200 low. 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.820 We want 00:29:40.820 --> 00:29:41.600 a kingdom, 00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:43.240 a theocracy 00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.440 ruled by 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.960 an almighty 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.960 God who 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:47.519 never fails 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.400 in the way 00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.660 that he 00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.019 leads. 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:50.320 We want 00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:51.340 God's praise 00:29:51.340 --> 00:29:52.039 and his 00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.420 rule 00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.259 everywhere 00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.059 in the 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.460 world 00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.220 and we 00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:55.680 want to 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.279 see that 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.779 full 00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.619 consummation 00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:57.960 of the 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.259 kingdom 00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.480 come. 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.299 So we 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.660 pray like 00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:01.879 Jesus, 00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.299 your kingdom 00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.640 come. 00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:03.200 Fourthly, 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.700 we pray like 00:30:03.700 --> 00:30:04.099 Jesus, 00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.480 your will 00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.039 be done 00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.279 on earth 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:08.539 as it 00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:08.879 is in 00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.140 heaven. 00:30:09.859 --> 00:30:10.460 And this 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.779 is just 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.559 elaborating 00:30:11.559 --> 00:30:12.319 once again 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.099 on this. 00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.619 I think 00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.400 the thing 00:30:15.400 --> 00:30:15.839 of note 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.500 here is 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.059 that this 00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:17.900 is an 00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.359 ask of 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:18.859 obedience. 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.039 So that 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.319 we would 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.940 praise the 00:30:20.940 --> 00:30:21.220 name of 00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.579 God, 00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.379 hallowed 00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:22.660 be your 00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:22.900 name, 00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.100 your 00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.440 kingdom 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.360 come, 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.680 and that 00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:25.940 we would 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.580 be obedient 00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.960 to God. 00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.320 More 00:30:28.320 --> 00:30:29.180 specifically, 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.780 that we 00:30:30.780 --> 00:30:31.040 would be 00:30:31.040 --> 00:30:31.540 arranging 00:30:31.540 --> 00:30:32.100 ourselves 00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.900 as God's 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.300 people 00:30:33.300 --> 00:30:33.900 underneath 00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:35.040 his 00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.460 reign 00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.300 for 00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:36.840 his 00:30:36.840 --> 00:30:38.080 glory. 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.300 Let me 00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:39.600 show you 00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:39.980 this from 00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.520 1 Peter 00:30:40.520 --> 00:30:41.340 chapter 2. 00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:47.900 Peter 00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.220 writes, 00:30:48.320 --> 00:30:48.720 but you, 00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.320 you may be 00:30:49.320 --> 00:30:49.820 familiar with 00:30:49.820 --> 00:30:50.360 this text, 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.820 are a 00:30:50.820 --> 00:30:51.780 chosen race. 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.400 A royal 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.000 priesthood, 00:30:54.060 --> 00:30:54.740 a holy 00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.800 nation, 00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:56.920 a people 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.580 for his 00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:58.100 own 00:30:58.100 --> 00:30:59.220 possession. 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.640 It would 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.060 seem 00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:02.740 that Peter 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.020 is very 00:31:03.020 --> 00:31:03.860 familiar with 00:31:03.860 --> 00:31:04.120 his Old 00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.460 Testament. 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.580 He is 00:31:05.580 --> 00:31:06.360 almost 00:31:06.360 --> 00:31:07.040 directly 00:31:07.040 --> 00:31:07.660 citing from 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:07.920 the book 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.460 of Hosea 00:31:08.460 --> 00:31:08.940 here. 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.020 Almost 00:31:10.020 --> 00:31:10.560 word for 00:31:10.560 --> 00:31:11.180 word citing 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.740 from the 00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.680 book of 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:13.100 Hosea. 00:31:13.780 --> 00:31:14.260 We would 00:31:14.260 --> 00:31:14.700 be this 00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.140 people, 00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.160 that what, 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.680 verse 9, 00:31:16.780 --> 00:31:17.140 we may 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.820 proclaim 00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:19.520 the excellencies 00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:20.240 of him 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.060 who called 00:31:21.060 --> 00:31:21.540 you out of 00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.920 darkness 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:22.839 into his 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.200 marvelous 00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.799 light. 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.420 God's 00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.819 redeemed 00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.379 people 00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.440 praising 00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:27.099 his name, 00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.839 giving him 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.720 glory as 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.960 we should. 00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.259 Verse 10, 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.460 once you 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.879 were not 00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.359 a people, 00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.259 but now 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.500 you are 00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:34.859 God's 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.200 people. 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.920 Once you 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.399 had not 00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:36.779 received 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.099 mercy, 00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:37.599 but now 00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.339 you have 00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.279 received 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:40.159 mercy. 00:31:40.159 --> 00:31:40.519 Again, 00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.139 Hosea. 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:42.980 Verse 11, 00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:43.399 beloved, 00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.920 I urge 00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.440 you as 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:47.000 sojourners 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:48.640 and exiles 00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:50.160 living in a 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:50.579 place that's 00:31:50.579 --> 00:31:51.160 not our 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:51.900 home. 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.940 Sojourners 00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:54.440 and exiles 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:56.480 to abstain 00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.980 from the 00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.519 passions 00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.579 of the 00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.019 flesh 00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.539 which wage 00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.079 war 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:01.180 against 00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:02.339 your soul. 00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.640 So as 00:32:03.640 --> 00:32:04.400 these people 00:32:04.400 --> 00:32:06.299 called apart 00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.680 for this 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.119 praise, 00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.819 living as 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:08.319 strangers 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.700 in a 00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:09.140 land, 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.619 Peter says, 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.980 abstain 00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.460 from the 00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.019 passions 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:14.000 of the 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.379 flesh 00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.879 which wage 00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.319 war 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.400 against 00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.980 your 00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.319 soul. 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:17.759 And then 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.359 he says, 00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.339 why? 00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.200 Keep your 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.740 conduct 00:32:21.740 --> 00:32:22.960 among the 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:23.700 Gentiles. 00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:24.680 Peter here is 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.119 writing to a 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.779 largely Jewish 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:26.539 population 00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.039 church. 00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.519 So those 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.220 outside of 00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.539 that, 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.759 the Gentiles 00:32:29.759 --> 00:32:30.559 honorable, 00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.379 so that when 00:32:32.379 --> 00:32:32.900 they speak 00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.420 against you 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:34.160 as evildoers, 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.559 they may 00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.559 see your 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.579 good deeds 00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:37.319 and glorify 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.500 God on 00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.940 the day 00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.660 of 00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.240 visitation. 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.660 That we 00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.079 would be a 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.680 people set 00:32:42.680 --> 00:32:44.000 apart in 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.920 language as 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.420 well as 00:32:46.420 --> 00:32:47.820 in activity. 00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.500 That God's 00:32:49.500 --> 00:32:50.480 will being 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.120 done on 00:32:51.120 --> 00:32:51.600 the earth 00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.519 starts with 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.160 us, 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.420 his church, 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.380 submitting 00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:56.779 ourselves to 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:58.039 his lordship 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.039 over our 00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.600 lives, 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.320 recognizing 00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:01.420 him as 00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.539 our good 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.320 king, 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.380 our father 00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.320 in 00:33:05.320 --> 00:33:06.860 heaven. 00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.440 A desire 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.160 for God's 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.720 name to 00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.220 be honored 00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.560 amongst 00:33:11.560 --> 00:33:12.660 all people 00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.480 should 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.880 drive 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:15.040 everything 00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:16.140 that we 00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.420 do. 00:33:16.880 --> 00:33:17.259 It should 00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.680 be the 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.740 undercurrent 00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:19.560 that carries 00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.600 everything 00:33:20.600 --> 00:33:21.540 that we 00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:21.960 do 00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.000 along. 00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.480 And I 00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.040 think we 00:33:24.040 --> 00:33:24.540 should ask 00:33:24.540 --> 00:33:25.279 the question 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.820 of the 00:33:26.820 --> 00:33:27.340 homes we 00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:27.740 buy, 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.380 and the 00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:29.300 people that 00:33:29.300 --> 00:33:29.840 we marry, 00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.460 and our 00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.200 choices to 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.100 have children, 00:33:32.360 --> 00:33:32.759 and where we 00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.340 decide to 00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:33.620 go to 00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.880 school, 00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.200 and what 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.700 we major 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:34.940 in, 00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.240 and what 00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.759 job we 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.100 take. 00:33:36.100 --> 00:33:36.640 I think we 00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:37.040 should ask 00:33:37.040 --> 00:33:37.500 the question 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.019 of all 00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.379 of these 00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:38.740 things, 00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:40.500 how does 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.440 this bring 00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:43.480 God glory? 00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.059 How am I 00:33:45.059 --> 00:33:45.420 meant to 00:33:45.420 --> 00:33:46.440 walk in 00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.940 the simple 00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.879 and the 00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.579 seemingly 00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.279 mundane 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:51.279 things of 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.859 my life 00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:52.440 for the 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:53.200 sake of 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.740 his name? 00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.759 Students, 00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.299 how do you 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.879 go to 00:33:55.879 --> 00:33:57.039 class to 00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.299 the glory 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.740 of God? 00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.559 Those in 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.220 the full-time 00:34:00.220 --> 00:34:00.740 workforce, 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:02.059 how do you 00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.639 get in there 00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.259 and grind 00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.779 day in 00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.059 and day 00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:05.140 out to 00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.579 the glory 00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:06.799 of God? 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.039 Stay at 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:08.699 home moms, 00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.639 how do you 00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.000 do it? 00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:12.260 How do you 00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.800 work day 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.300 in and day 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.699 out? 00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.619 Raising 00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.400 little ones, 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.860 those of 00:34:15.860 --> 00:34:16.179 you who 00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.900 homeschool, 00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:17.940 trying to 00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.599 train them 00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.400 to the 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.639 glory of 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:20.940 God, 00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.440 how do 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.820 we get 00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.719 in every 00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.400 single 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.179 thing? 00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.880 How do 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.179 we take 00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:25.920 vacations 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.760 to the 00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.880 glory of 00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:28.300 God? 00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:29.539 And I 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:29.900 fear that 00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.239 we do 00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.980 far too 00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.219 much 00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:31.460 without 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.739 giving 00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.139 any 00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.380 thought 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.599 to the 00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:32.900 glory of 00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.159 God, 00:34:33.260 --> 00:34:34.280 whatsoever. 00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.060 And in 00:34:35.060 --> 00:34:35.240 our 00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:35.640 praying, 00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.240 we rush 00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.960 right to 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:37.460 the 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.400 God do 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:39.000 for me 00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:40.300 part of 00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.440 our 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.800 praying. 00:34:41.140 --> 00:34:41.460 And we're 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.760 not at 00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.500 all concerned 00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:43.580 about how 00:34:43.580 --> 00:34:44.480 those prayers 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.200 answered would 00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.040 affect the 00:34:46.040 --> 00:34:46.980 fame of 00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:47.400 His 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:48.560 name. 00:34:49.260 --> 00:34:49.920 This is 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:51.060 the purpose 00:34:51.060 --> 00:34:51.840 of God 00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:52.480 in the 00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.760 world, 00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.180 and it 00:34:53.180 --> 00:34:53.680 should be 00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.580 ours 00:34:54.580 --> 00:34:55.500 too. 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.280 It should 00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:56.760 inform 00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.720 every 00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.640 fiber 00:34:58.640 --> 00:35:00.180 of our 00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:00.460 being. 00:35:01.080 --> 00:35:01.560 Every 00:35:01.560 --> 00:35:02.200 part of 00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:02.420 us 00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.720 should 00:35:02.720 --> 00:35:02.880 be 00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.440 aimed 00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.659 at the 00:35:04.659 --> 00:35:04.960 glory 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:06.220 of God. 00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.800 And so 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.019 we're to 00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.720 pray like 00:35:08.720 --> 00:35:09.139 Jesus, 00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:09.380 our 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:09.940 Father in 00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:10.300 heaven, 00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.780 hallowed be 00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.159 your name, 00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:12.760 your kingdom 00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.539 come, 00:35:14.039 --> 00:35:14.760 your will be 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.380 done on 00:35:15.380 --> 00:35:16.980 earth as 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.360 it is in 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.639 heaven. 00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:19.639 Now, 00:35:19.659 --> 00:35:19.820 beloved, 00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.280 let's be 00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.340 very clear. 00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:22.599 God does 00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:23.680 not need 00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.960 your prayers. 00:35:26.180 --> 00:35:27.000 God will 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.720 have 00:35:27.720 --> 00:35:28.460 His glory. 00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.920 He will 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.380 act. 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.199 He will 00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:31.940 accomplish 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:33.559 His fame 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.240 spreading 00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:35.220 across 00:35:35.220 --> 00:35:36.380 the earth. 00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:38.119 Acts 17, 00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.820 24 and 00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.320 25, 00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.420 says, 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.800 The God 00:35:40.800 --> 00:35:41.119 who made 00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:41.460 the world 00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.820 and everything 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.139 in it, 00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.619 being Lord 00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.940 of heaven 00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.340 and earth, 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.220 does not 00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.559 live in 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.840 temples 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:45.380 made by 00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:45.699 man, 00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.220 nor is 00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.740 He served 00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.340 by human 00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.980 hands as 00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.579 though He 00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.119 needed 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.900 anything, 00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.980 since He 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.539 Himself 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:52.079 gives to 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:52.920 all mankind 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.039 life and 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.679 breath 00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.360 and 00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:56.460 everything. 00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.860 But here's 00:35:57.860 --> 00:35:58.519 the incredible 00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.199 thing that 00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.860 God does. 00:36:00.599 --> 00:36:01.300 God could 00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:02.039 save the 00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:02.340 world. 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.920 God could 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.539 have His 00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.860 praise apart 00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.619 from the 00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.059 church. 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:07.559 But He 00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.340 graciously 00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:09.539 invites us 00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:10.400 into His 00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.740 work in 00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.099 the world. 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:12.699 He draws 00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.519 us into 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.119 His work 00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:14.340 in the 00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.099 world because 00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:16.460 it's in 00:36:16.460 --> 00:36:16.940 His working 00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.199 in the 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.579 world that 00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.960 we experience 00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:20.840 life with 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.519 Him. 00:36:22.240 --> 00:36:23.079 Not as 00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:24.280 this obscure 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:25.380 philosophical 00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:26.440 God, 00:36:26.460 --> 00:36:27.360 but as 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:27.760 a God 00:36:27.760 --> 00:36:28.380 who is 00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.280 at work 00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.960 in the 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.240 world, 00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:31.119 accomplishing 00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:31.920 His goals 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:33.539 even now. 00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.019 And we're 00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.300 invited to 00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.639 be the 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.340 means to 00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.880 be used 00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.599 by Him 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.119 to that 00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.000 great end. 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.500 And I 00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.900 can promise 00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.320 you this, 00:36:40.420 --> 00:36:41.019 if you decide 00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.420 to sit on 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:41.820 your hands, 00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:42.300 He will 00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:42.980 use someone 00:36:42.980 --> 00:36:44.159 else to 00:36:44.159 --> 00:36:44.480 do this 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.800 work. 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.400 He will. 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.860 If our 00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.699 church decides 00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.019 to, 00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.139 He will 00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:50.720 go to 00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:51.000 another 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.460 church. 00:36:51.900 --> 00:36:52.480 He will 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.139 accomplish 00:36:53.139 --> 00:36:54.079 His fame 00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.579 in this 00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.179 place and 00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.440 to the 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.440 ends of 00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:56.800 the earth. 00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.840 I hope 00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.139 we're not 00:36:58.139 --> 00:36:58.700 a church 00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:59.760 that sits 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.659 idly by 00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.360 when we 00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.139 could be 00:37:02.139 --> 00:37:03.139 finding ourselves 00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.659 right in the 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.320 middle of the 00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:04.940 will of God, 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.420 His fame being 00:37:06.420 --> 00:37:07.440 spread where 00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:08.720 we are and 00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.820 beyond. 00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.119 He graciously 00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:12.119 invites us. 00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:13.179 He beckons 00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:14.920 us to lose 00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.700 our lives 00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.240 that we 00:37:16.240 --> 00:37:17.179 might gain 00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.559 them, 00:37:18.340 --> 00:37:20.360 to sacrifice 00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:21.599 everything for 00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.340 the sake of 00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:23.420 knowing Him 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.360 more, 00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:24.840 to count it 00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.680 all rubbish 00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:27.500 as Paul 00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.880 did. 00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:29.599 And, 00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:31.440 He graciously 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.740 invites us 00:37:32.740 --> 00:37:34.099 into prayer. 00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.099 We get to 00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.740 participate in 00:37:35.740 --> 00:37:36.460 His working 00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.740 to the ends 00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:38.340 of the earth 00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:39.960 in prayer, 00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:40.579 to our 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.500 neighbor and 00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.380 beyond and 00:37:42.380 --> 00:37:43.700 beyond and 00:37:43.700 --> 00:37:44.200 beyond, 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.139 that we would 00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.000 plead, 00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.800 God's name be 00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:48.800 hallowed, 00:37:49.019 --> 00:37:49.760 His kingdom 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.200 come, 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:51.380 His will be 00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.760 done, 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.880 and God 00:37:52.880 --> 00:37:53.480 picks up 00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:53.940 the prayers 00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:54.220 of His 00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.860 people and 00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.519 He uses 00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.640 them mightily 00:37:56.640 --> 00:37:57.800 in His 00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.340 purpose. 00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.320 And, 00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:02.519 being drawn 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.260 into prayer 00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:05.760 conforms 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:07.059 our wills 00:38:07.059 --> 00:38:08.099 to His. 00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.099 So, 00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:10.760 even when we 00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:11.380 don't feel 00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.840 this, 00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.860 we don't 00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.920 always feel 00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.599 the prayer 00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.720 of Matthew 00:38:15.720 --> 00:38:17.280 chapter 6, 00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.220 we should 00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:19.160 approach prayer 00:38:19.160 --> 00:38:20.140 in this way. 00:38:20.139 --> 00:38:21.259 and you 00:38:21.259 --> 00:38:21.819 can pray 00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:22.339 in the way, 00:38:22.420 --> 00:38:22.599 God, 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:23.779 help me, 00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:25.359 help me to 00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.859 see You 00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.500 as my 00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.819 Father. 00:38:27.799 --> 00:38:28.059 Because, 00:38:28.059 --> 00:38:28.519 sometimes I 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:29.219 don't see 00:38:29.219 --> 00:38:30.119 You as 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:30.579 my Father. 00:38:31.259 --> 00:38:31.859 Sometimes I 00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:32.400 see You as 00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.420 distant and 00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:34.119 obscure, 00:38:35.400 --> 00:38:36.199 and I want 00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:37.400 to have a 00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:38.000 fatherly 00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.619 relationship 00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:39.420 with You. 00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.559 Father, 00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.460 help me, 00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.579 because I've 00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:43.400 sinned and I 00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.319 feel guilty 00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:45.079 before You. 00:38:45.759 --> 00:38:46.199 Help me to 00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.659 place my 00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.839 confidence in 00:38:47.839 --> 00:38:48.259 the perfect 00:38:48.259 --> 00:38:48.719 work of 00:38:48.719 --> 00:38:49.440 Jesus Christ 00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.420 and boldly 00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.519 approach You 00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:53.200 clinging to 00:38:53.200 --> 00:38:53.780 the cross. 00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:55.920 Father, 00:38:56.200 --> 00:38:57.619 help me to 00:38:57.619 --> 00:38:58.260 reverence Your 00:38:58.260 --> 00:38:59.039 name in my 00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.639 life the way 00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.139 I should, 00:39:00.480 --> 00:39:01.139 so that others 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.740 would reverence 00:39:01.740 --> 00:39:02.500 Your name 00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.599 in theirs. 00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:04.700 Help me to 00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.940 so value 00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:07.139 what You've 00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:08.019 done for me 00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:09.400 that I want 00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:09.980 to praise You 00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.780 with every fiber 00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.380 of my being 00:39:11.380 --> 00:39:11.840 and I want 00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:12.820 everyone else 00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.360 to do 00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:14.420 the same. 00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.360 Help me to be 00:39:15.360 --> 00:39:17.400 so unsatisfied 00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.960 with the state 00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.620 of this world 00:39:19.620 --> 00:39:20.220 that I am 00:39:20.220 --> 00:39:21.380 just longing 00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.220 for Your 00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:23.099 kingdom to 00:39:23.099 --> 00:39:23.840 be consummated. 00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.760 I want 00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:25.180 Jesus' 00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.480 return more 00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.019 than I want 00:39:27.019 --> 00:39:28.340 anything else 00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.099 and I know 00:39:29.099 --> 00:39:29.700 He won't come 00:39:29.700 --> 00:39:30.539 back until the 00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:31.000 Gospels are 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.559 claimed to the 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.280 very ends 00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:33.200 of the earth 00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:34.019 and let's 00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.820 get busy. 00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:35.820 Right? 00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.960 You can pray 00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.579 through this 00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.460 in this way 00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.400 even when 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.180 you don't 00:39:40.180 --> 00:39:41.559 feel this 00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.900 way. 00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:42.539 that Your 00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:43.119 will would 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.720 be aligned 00:39:43.720 --> 00:39:44.220 with the 00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:45.680 will of 00:39:45.680 --> 00:39:46.180 the Father. 00:39:47.340 --> 00:39:48.039 And so 00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:49.760 we should 00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.079 pray like 00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.800 Jesus 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:53.720 instructs us 00:39:53.720 --> 00:39:55.139 to pray. 00:39:56.220 --> 00:39:56.880 In closing 00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.240 I want to 00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:57.539 read the 00:39:57.539 --> 00:39:57.980 John Owen 00:39:57.980 --> 00:39:58.380 quote. 00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.500 Not John 00:39:59.500 --> 00:39:59.980 Owen's 00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:00.440 as I said 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:00.639 earlier. 00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.380 The John 00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.079 Owen quote 00:40:02.079 --> 00:40:02.519 which is on 00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:02.940 your bulletin 00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:03.360 if you have 00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:03.619 one. 00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.920 Puritan 00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:09.200 pastor and 00:40:09.200 --> 00:40:09.680 author John 00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:09.840 Owen. 00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.260 He said 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:11.620 if I have 00:40:11.620 --> 00:40:12.140 observed 00:40:12.140 --> 00:40:12.940 anything 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:14.340 by experience 00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:15.000 it is 00:40:15.000 --> 00:40:15.500 this 00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:17.200 and man 00:40:17.200 --> 00:40:17.640 may take 00:40:17.640 --> 00:40:18.220 the measure 00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:18.720 of his 00:40:18.720 --> 00:40:19.280 growth 00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:20.840 and decay 00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.680 in grace 00:40:21.680 --> 00:40:22.940 according to 00:40:22.940 --> 00:40:23.740 his thoughts 00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:25.540 and meditations 00:40:25.540 --> 00:40:26.200 upon the 00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.760 person of 00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.220 Christ 00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:28.120 and the 00:40:28.120 --> 00:40:28.820 glory of 00:40:28.820 --> 00:40:29.600 Christ's 00:40:29.600 --> 00:40:29.860 kingdom 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:31.420 and of 00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.580 his love. 00:40:33.620 --> 00:40:34.200 Let's 00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:34.700 pray together.