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 We've been working this summer together through the book of Nehemiah.

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 And I've got to tell you that honestly, I thought we would complete it.

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 That we would be wrapping it up at the end of the summer,

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 and we would be starting something altogether new together.

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 But I think that providentially, we have remained and we've tarried,

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 and there's been so much richness in here for our church.

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 And I think for those of you that are joining us now,

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 you're not going to be behind.

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 We're going to get you sped up and caught up.

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 And I think that you're coming back at a very perfect time

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 to pick up what's happening in the book of Nehemiah.

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 So as a quick recap, just to get your minds caught up to where we are.

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 This is post-exile.

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 Israel was carried off into exile by Assyria and then Babylon.

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 You know some of the classic stories.

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 A lot of the prophets take place during this exilic period.

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 The story of Daniel, for example, takes place during this period.

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 And then we see a return to the land.

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 Because the world power is turned over.

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 It's now under the power of Persia.

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 And the Persians are a little softer by God's providence.

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 Their hearts are being moved by a number of kings.

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 King Darius, King Artaxerxes.

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 And they've allowed the people to begin to return to their land,

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 even though they still rule over it.

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 And this is where we find the story of Nehemiah picking up.

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 Some 90 years since the first movement back to Israel, back to Jerusalem.

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 And Nehemiah has found himself, by God's sovereign hand,

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 serving as the cupbearer to King Artaxerxes.

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 Serving as his trusted right hand who's tasting his wine

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 to be sure it's not poisoned before he partakes of it.

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 And he receives news from his brother, we see in chapter 1,

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 that the wall around the city has yet to be rebuilt.

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 That it's still in ruins.

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 And therefore, the city of Jerusalem itself is not occupied.

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 We see that there aren't many houses built.

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 If you read previously in Ezra,

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 there has been a work to rebuild the temple.

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 And the temple has been completed.

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 But there's nobody living in the city.

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 They travel to worship at the temple,

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 go back to their homes in the suburbs to live.

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 And so the city's not thriving.

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 And this grieves Nehemiah.

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 Not because the glory of the city.

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 Not because he cares so much about stone and how it's erected.

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 But that in this day, the physical state of God's people

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 was proportionate to God's glory.

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 So he says, our God is a great God.

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 A mighty God.

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 Who's full of loving kindness and goodness towards his people.

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 And yet the people are in shambles.

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 They're not put together.

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 Something must be done for the sake of the glory of God.

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 He must be shown as he is.

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 We must build the wall.

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 So he boldly asked King Arxerxes,

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 after a bunch of time of prayer, months of prayer,

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 he asked King Arxerxes if he can go back and do this work.

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 Now recognize that the king had already issued an edict,

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 I believe if I'm remembering correctly,

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 14 years previously,

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 to stop the building of the wall.

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 He was convinced that it was a rebellion against him

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 to fortify the city of Jerusalem.

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 And so he had issued an edict to stop it.

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 And for a king in this day to reverse his edict

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 would be a great admission of his wrong to begin with.

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 So this is a bold thing that Nehemiah asked of the king.

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 And the king not only granted him to go back,

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 made him the governor over Jerusalem,

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 gave him his credit card, so to speak,

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 gave him the credit he needed to get the wood to rebuild,

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 by God's sovereign hand.

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 So Nehemiah goes back,

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 and this is where revival really begins to happen.

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 We see a spiritual revival that many would say

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 really starts in chapter 8,

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 but I would argue it's already begun

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 because the work has begun.

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 People have seen the need to build the wall.

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 They've joined in that fight.

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 We see through the chapters

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 there's much opposition to the work,

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 both with rumor,

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 with threat,

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 and actual physical opposition.

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 We see the people of Israel carrying stones on one shoulder

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 and a sword on the other,

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 really working.

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 And they complete the wall in 52 days.

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 Something that had yet to be completed in 90 years.

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 It gets done in 52 days.

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 You can see that in chapter 6.

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 We found ourselves last week in chapter 8.

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 And I brought to everybody last week

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 the evidences of God-sent revival.

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 And that's where we are.

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 That's what we're working ourselves through.

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 And we addressed two of them.

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 Now hear me clearly.

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 You have to be careful about how you think

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 about the term revival.

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 As revival is seen in the Scriptures,

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 we see ten movements of the Spirit of God

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 turning the people of God

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 whose hearts have grown cold

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 back to Him.

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 We find America in that state today.

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 Praise God that our church seems to be growing.

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 But churches all over America

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 are on the decline.

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 Religion itself,

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 devotion to God,

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 is on the decline in America.

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 And a revival is when the Spirit of God

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 visits in a special way

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 and turns the hearts of God's people

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 back to Him.

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 So hear me.

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 You cannot schedule a revival on a calendar.

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 It is impossible to do such a thing.

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 So don't think that's what I'm talking about

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 when I talk about a revival.

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 They held some events here,

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 but that wasn't the revival.

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 It was the power of God at work in them.

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 The sovereign Spirit working in them

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 that accomplished these things.

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 So we want to look at these evidences

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 because if we desire to be the people of God,

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 these people had a special visitation of the Spirit

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 and they lived in a certain way.

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 Shouldn't we also desire to live in that way?

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 I want to see revival come.

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 I want to see it come and sweep through

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 North Georgia,

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 the campus,

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 the region,

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 the southeast.

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 I want to see that happen.

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 I want it to go out to all the world

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 because our God is worthy to be proclaimed.

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 We want our Christ to be proclaimed

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 amongst all the peoples of the world.

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 I want to see revival happen in that way.

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 It may not in our lifetime.

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 I want to believe we're poised for it

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 and it's on its way.

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 And that's a near possibility for us.

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 But just the same,

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 we ought to press on to do these things.

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 We see that Ezra had a 14-year ministry

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 preaching the Word of God

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 to the people of God

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 with very little fruit

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 until we get to chapter 8 in Nehemiah.

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 The four evidences.

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 We addressed last week

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 that if revival is God sent,

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 God's people will be praying.

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 We've seen this as we've worked up to chapter 8.

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 Much prayer.

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 I didn't even realize that Nehemiah

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 really seems to be more than anything

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 a book of prayer.

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 I didn't know that going into it

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 and my soul has been blessed

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 by the study of that.

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 that God's people will be praying.

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 Secondly, we saw that if revival is God sent,

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 God's people will reestablish

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 the Word of God

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 as the ultimate authority

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 in their lives.

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 They will stop making excuses.

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 They will stop justifying every action.

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 They will stop comparing themselves

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 to the standard of the world

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 because I can tell you this,

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 if you compare yourself

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 to the standard of the world,

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 everyone in this room

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 is doing wonderful.

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 You place yourself under the authority

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 of the Scriptures,

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 we are all wretched,

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 wretched sinners.

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 We have betrayed God

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 in so many ways.

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 So these people reestablish

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 the Word of God

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 as the ultimate authority.

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 They don't look at the other things

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 around them,

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 the periphery things.

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 They look to God's Word

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 as the authority

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 in their lives.

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 The next two.

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 They recognize their defiance of God

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 and view His chastisement,

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 His correction,

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 as just.

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 And finally,

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 they turn from their defiance

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 to obedience.

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 And that's where I was headed this week.

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 Getting to chapter 9.

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 Looking at their repentance

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 in chapter 9.

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 But I couldn't do it.

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 God kept arresting my study.

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 Praise Him,

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 I'm a little ahead for next week

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 because I've been looking at chapter 9

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 quite in depth.

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 But kept drawing my mind back

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 to how vitally important it is

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 that we reestablish

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 the Word of God

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 as the ultimate authority

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 in our lives.

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 I could not get away from it.

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 In fact,

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 last Sunday,

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 I had had,

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 just as an example,

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 as the way we ought to be devoted

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 to the Word of God,

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 I was going to show you a bit

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 from Psalm 119.

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 And at the last minute,

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 I just realized

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 this is way too much information

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 and I cut it out.

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 And so guess where I ended up

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 all week?

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 Psalm 119.

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 So we're going to look at

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 Psalm 119 together.

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 Before you turn there,

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 I want to show you

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 just four quick observations

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 we looked at last week

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 to bring you up to speed.

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 And then we'll go there.

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 I want you to see,

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 in chapter 4,

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 I want you to see

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 their eagerness.

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 Their eagerness

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 for the Word of God.

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 Verse 1,

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 And they told Ezra the scribe

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 to bring the book of the law

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 of Moses

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 that the Lord had commanded Israel.

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 They built a platform.

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 They were celebrating

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 a prescribed feast

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 called the Feast of Trumpets.

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 You may have heard

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 the term Rosh Hashanah before.

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 This was a feast

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 that was to happen in Israel

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 nine days before

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 the Day of Atonement

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 when the high priest

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 would go into

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 the Holy of Holies

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 make an atoning sacrifice

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 for the nation of Israel.

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 This was to be

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 a great day of celebration.

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 And they knew this

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 so they put together an event.

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 All the people came, right?

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 It's estimated

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 that 30,000 to 50,000 people

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 were gathered

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 for this event.

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 But at the center of it

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 was the reading of the Word of God.

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 They were eager to hear it.

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 So much so

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 that they built a platform.

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 They elevated Ezra

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 high up above.

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 And they took turns,

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 I believe,

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 reading from early morning

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 until midday.

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 You'll see that in verse 3.

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 This was five to seven hours

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 that they met together.

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 All the people.

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 Every one of them.

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 Five to seven hours.

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 We are not eager

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 for the Word of God.

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 In this way.

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 It's hard to get us here

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 at 1030 too often.

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 Notice also in verse 13

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 they come back

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 on a second day.

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 They come up with a new way

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 to disseminate the Word of God.

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 But they come back

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 in verse 13.

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 The fathers of the houses

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 return to receive the Word

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 and take it back out

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 to their families.

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 They were eager

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 for the Word of God.

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 Notice their reverence.

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 Verse 5.

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 Ezra ascends.

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 He gets up on the stage.

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 The church opens up

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 the Word of God

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 and it says,

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 And as He opened it,

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 all the people stood.

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 Not because He asked them

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 to stand,

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 but because they were reverent.

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 And I'm not suggesting

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 that you have to stand

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 when the Word of God

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 is read, right?

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 But our hearts certainly

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 should stand at attention

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 when the Word of God

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 is read.

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 These are the very words

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 of our Lord.

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 We ought to be reverent

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 when they're being read.

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 Verse 6.

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 We see that their bodies

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 become engaged

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 in this activity.

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 They're lifting up

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 their hands.

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 They bow their heads.

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 They worship the Lord

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 with their faces to the ground,

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 which is a position

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 of reverence

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 which communicates

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 we are not even worthy

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 to be in your presence.

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 Right?

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 Your Word has been opened

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 and they recognize

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 that by the Word of God

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 being opened

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 that they were

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 in the presence of God

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 and that's why

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 they worshiped

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 on their faces.

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 Notice their responsiveness.

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 Verse 9.

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 Second half.

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 For all the people wept

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 as they heard

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 the Word of the Law.

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 I said last week

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 as Ezra and the men

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 that were helping him

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 read the Word of God,

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 the people saw

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 an ever-expanding chasm

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 in front of them.

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 It was opening up

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 wider and wider and wider.

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 As the holiness of God

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 was being elevated,

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 they recognized

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 their own sinful state.

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 They recognized

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 how very short

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 they came of this

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 and they wept over it.

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 They actually responded to it.

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 They allowed it

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 to enter through their minds

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 and affect their hearts

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 rather than sitting numb,

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 doodling,

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 clipping your fingernails.

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 That's happened here.

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 I found fingernails.

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 Balancing your checkbook.

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 Reading some other text

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 because you've checked out

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 and you're bored.

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 They allowed the Word of God

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 to permeate in them.

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 Consider that if you're not

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 getting anything

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 out of the sermon,

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 it might be your fault

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 and not mine.

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 Verse 9 and 10 and 11,

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 we see that this day

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 was a day that was meant

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 for celebration.

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 As they were realizing

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 how very sinful they were,

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 this was a day

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 that was to celebrate

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 the atoning work

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 that was coming.

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 This foreshadow

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 of the final atoning work

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 of Christ.

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 And so they're told repeatedly

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 that this should be

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 a day of joy.

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 That they ought to

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 turn from their weeping.

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 And there is a time

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 we see coming

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 that they're properly responsive

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 in repentance,

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 but this was a day

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 that their fear of God,

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 the fear of the holiness

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 of God,

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 was turned to joy

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 because of the atoning

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 work of Christ.

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 And then we see

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 their obedience.

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 They didn't just receive this,

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 stack a bunch of knowledge

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 into their head,

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 but they actually did

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 something with it.

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 They discover,

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 in verse 14,

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 we see they discover

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 another feast,

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 the feast of booths

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 that they were meant to practice.

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 Because I won't get into

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 all the details of that,

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 but they did

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 with the Word of God,

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 told them to do,

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 which is the true mark

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 of Christian maturity,

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 that you are obedient.

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 Not just a hearer,

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 but a doer

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 of the Word of God.

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 And then notice in verse 17

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 the result of their obedience.

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 And there was great rejoicing.

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 So that's where we were at

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 last week.

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 So here comes part two.

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 So there's the intro to it.

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 Here comes part two.

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 I want you to turn

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 to Psalm 119.

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 Psalm 119 is the longest psalm.

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 It's 167 verses,

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 or excuse me,

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 176 verses in total.

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 It has a very unique structure.

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 If I'm getting this correctly,

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 I think there are eight other,

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 or maybe nine other.

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 I think there are eight other

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 that kind of follow this structure,

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 other psalms.

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 But this psalm was written

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 in 22 stanzas,

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 each containing eight verses

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 or lines,

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 if you prefer.

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 Each one beginning with

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 a different letter

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 of the Hebrew alphabet.

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 So notice in your Bible,

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 probably,

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 you have a heading

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 right above verse 1

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 that says Aleph.

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 It would have been there,

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 A, so to speak.

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 And each of the lines in here

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 began with that letter.

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 It was an acrostic

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 that way.

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 So it's a very unique structure here.

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 We don't actually know

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 who wrote Psalm 119.

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 There's a lot of conjecture out there.

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 Two major ones.

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 Number one being

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 that David wrote it.

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 It's very Davidic

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 in its language.

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 It seems to follow

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 some of the events

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 of his life.

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 There's a proposition

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 that he wrote it

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 over a great period of time

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 as he reflected on

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 the Word of God,

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 his statutes,

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 his law,

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 and how it was

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 that it gave him life

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 in the midst of all

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 of these things

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 that he was experiencing.

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 That's the way

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 I tend to lean,

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 mostly because men

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 I respect lean

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 in that direction.

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 Sometimes I don't have

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 an opinion of my own

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 on something.

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 The other possibility,

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 though,

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 is that Ezra,

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 the priest scribe

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 that was reading

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 from the Word of God

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 in Nehemiah 8,

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 actually wrote it

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 and did so

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 as a way

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 to re-ingrain

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 in people

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 the value

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 of the Word of God

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 during this period

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 of exile

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 and the return

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 during this 14-year ministry

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 where this is basically

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 what he's been doing

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 is ministering to people

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 the Word of God.

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 People suppose

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 that potentially

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 he wrote it.

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 A few think

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 maybe Ezekiel did,

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 but most would say

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 of Ezra.

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 Now, either way,

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 Ezra,

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 as the priest scribe,

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 was the one responsible

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 for bringing back together

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 the words of Scripture

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 and that would have

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 included this

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 if David had written it.

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 So recognize that

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 during this 14-year period

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 of time,

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 it is most likely,

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 and this is,

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 I don't know this for sure,

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 but it is most likely

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 that this psalm

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 was being used

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 to minister

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 to the people of God.

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 These people

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 that decide

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 to get together

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 to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

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 and say to Ezra,

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 bring the book of the law.

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 We want to hear from it.

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 We're being fed

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 these words.

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 That their hearts

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 were being pricked

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 by the emotion

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 that goes in

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 to Psalm 119.

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 I wish

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 that all of us

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 could write

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 this psalm.

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 Not that we necessarily

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 have the writing ability.

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 I know that I don't

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 have the writing ability

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 to write in this way.

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 But that our hearts

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 could be united

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 with the psalmist's heart.

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 That we could really say,

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 this is true

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 of me.

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 Psalm 119.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 So let's pray together

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 and then we're going

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 to read it together.

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 It is long

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 and I'm going to read it

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 well to you.

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 But let me remind you.

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 I've been practicing.

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 Let me just remind you

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 as even maybe now

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 you're thinking,

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 oh my gosh,

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 it's going to take

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 about 15 minutes

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 to read it.

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 Five to seven hours.

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 hours.

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 Right?

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 Do you have such

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 a short attention span

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 that you can't look

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 at a copy

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 and follow along

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 with me

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 for 15 minutes?

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 And I'm going to ask

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 that you try to let

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 the words

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 permeate your heart.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father God,

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 truly your word

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 is a gift to us.

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 And we recognize

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 as a church

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 that it is your word,

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 that it's inspired,

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 was written by a man,

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 but carried along

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 by your spirit.

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 And as such,

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 Lord,

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 help us to stand

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 underneath it.

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 Have it speak

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 into our lives.

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 Make it

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 the ultimate authority.

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 And Lord,

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 please,

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 prick our hearts

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 where our hearts

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 need pricking.

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 I know everyone

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 in this room

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 is not devoted

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 to your word

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 the way they ought to be.

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 And I pray

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 that our time together

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 will be a remedy

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 to that.

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 And I pray this

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 in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Now,

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 before we get into this,

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 I want to read to you

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 a quote from

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 Charles Hattie Spurgeon.

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 There's much repetition

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 throughout Psalm 119,

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 but listen to what

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 he had to say.

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 Many superficial readers

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 have imagined

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 that it harps

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 upon one string

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 and abounds

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 in pious repetitions

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 and redundancies.

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 But this arises

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 from the shallowness

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 of the reader's own mind.

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 Those who have studied

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 this divine hymn

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 and carefully noted

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 each line of it

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 are amazed

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 at the variety

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 and profundity

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 of the thought.

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 Using only a few words,

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 the writer has produced

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 permutations

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 of combinations

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 of meaning

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 which display

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 his holy familiarity

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 with his subject

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 and the sanctified ingenuity

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 of his mind.

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 Have I made you feel bad yet

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 if you're going to be bored?

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 All right.

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 Let's go to work.

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 Verse 1.

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 Blessed are those

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 whose way is blameless,

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 who walk in the law

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 of the Lord.

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 Blessed are those

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 who keep his testimonies,

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 who seek him

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 with their whole heart,

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 who also do no wrong

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 but walk in his ways.

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 You have commanded

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 your precepts

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 to be kept diligently.

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 Oh, that my ways

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 may be steadfast

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 in keeping your statutes.

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 Then I shall not

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 be put to shame,

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 having my eyes fixed

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 on all your commandments.

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 I will praise you

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 with an upright heart

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 when I learn

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 your righteous rules.

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 I will keep your statutes.

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 Do not utterly forsake me.

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 How can a young man

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 keep his way pure?

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 By guarding it

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 according to your word.

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 With my whole heart

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 I seek you.

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 Let me not wander

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 from your commandments.

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 I have stored up

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 your word in my heart

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 that I might not

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 sin against you.

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 Blessed are you,

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 O Lord.

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 Teach me your statutes.

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 With my lips

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 I declare all the rules

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 of your mouth.

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 In the way of your testimonies

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 I delight as much

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 as in all riches.

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 I will meditate

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 on your precepts

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 and fix my eyes

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 on your ways.

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 I will delight

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 in your statutes.

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 I will not forget

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 your word.

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 Deal bountifully

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 with your servant

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 that I may live

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 and keep your word.

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 Open my eyes

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 that I may behold

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 wondrous things

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 out of your law.

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 I am a sojourner

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 on the earth.

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 Hide not your commandments

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 from me.

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 My soul is consumed

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 with longing

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 for your rules

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 at all times.

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 You rebuke

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 the insolent,

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 accursed ones

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 who wander

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 from your commandments.

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 Take away from me

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 scorn and contempt

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 for I have kept

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 your testimonies.

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 Even though princes

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 sit plotting against me,

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 your servant

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 will meditate

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 on your statutes.

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 Your testimonies

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 are my delight.

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 They are my counselors.

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 My soul clings

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 to the dust.

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 Give me life

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 according to your word.

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 When I told

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 of my ways,

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 you answered me.

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 Teach me

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 your statutes.

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 Make me understand

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 the way of your precepts

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 and I will meditate

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 on your wondrous works.

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 My soul melts

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 away for sorrow.

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 Strengthen me

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 according to your word.

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 Put false ways

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 far from me

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 and graciously

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 teach me your law.

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 I have chosen

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 the way of faithfulness.

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 I set your rules

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 before me.

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 I cling to your testimonies,

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 O Lord.

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 Let me not be put

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 to shame.

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 I will run

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 in the way

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 of your commandments

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 when you enlarge

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 my heart.

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 Teach me,

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 O Lord,

00:21:52.860 --> 00:21:53.920
 the way of your statutes

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 and I will keep it

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 to the end.

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 Give me understanding

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 that I may keep your law

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 and observe it

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 with my whole heart.

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 Lead me in the path

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 of your commandments

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 for I delight in it.

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 Incline my heart

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 to your testimonies

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 and not to selfish gain.

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 Turn my eyes

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 from looking

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 at worthless things

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 and give me life

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 in your ways.

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 Confirm to your servant

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 your promise

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 that you may be feared.

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 Turn away the reproach

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 that I dread

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 for your rules

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 are good.

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 Behold,

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 I long for your precepts

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 and your righteousness

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 give me life.

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 Let your steadfast love

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 come to me,

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 O Lord,

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 your salvation

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:30.139
 according to your promise.

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 Then shall I have

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 an answer for him

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 who taunts me

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 for I trust

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 in your word.

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 And take not the word

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 of truth utterly

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 out of my mouth

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 for my hope

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.539
 is in your rules.

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 I will keep your law

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 continually

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 forever and ever

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 and I shall walk

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 in a wide place

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 for I have sought

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.259
 your precepts.

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 I will also speak

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 of your testimonies

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 before kings

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 and shall not be put

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.460
 to shame

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 for I find my delight

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.819
 in your commandments

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.900
 which I love.

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:56.740
 I will lift up my hands

00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.579
 toward your commandments

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.900
 which I love

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.860
 and I will meditate

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:01.559
 on your statutes.

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 Remember your word

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.460
 to your servant

00:23:04.460 --> 00:23:04.940
 in which you have

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.759
 made me hope.

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:07.039
 This is my comfort

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.799
 in my affliction

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.920
 that your promise

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:09.740
 gives me life.

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.980
 The insolent

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.120
 utterly deride me

00:23:12.120 --> 00:23:13.279
 but I do not turn away

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.920
 from your law.

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.960
 When I think

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.579
 of your rules

00:23:15.579 --> 00:23:16.140
 from old

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 I take comfort,

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.680
 O Lord.

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 Hot indignation

00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:19.979
 seizes me

00:23:19.979 --> 00:23:20.679
 because of the wicked

00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.679
 who forsake your law.

00:23:22.159 --> 00:23:22.719
 Your statutes

00:23:22.719 --> 00:23:23.619
 have been my songs

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:24.219
 in the house

00:23:24.219 --> 00:23:25.079
 of my sojournings.

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 I remember

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 your name

00:23:26.659 --> 00:23:27.199
 in the night,

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 O Lord,

00:23:27.679 --> 00:23:28.439
 and keep your law.

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 This blessing

00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:30.279
 has fallen to me

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.979
 that I have kept

00:23:30.979 --> 00:23:32.000
 your precepts.

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 The Lord

00:23:33.979 --> 00:23:34.659
 is my portion.

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.039
 I promise

00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:37.000
 to keep your words.

00:23:37.479 --> 00:23:38.039
 I entreat

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.579
 your favor

00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.619
 with all my heart.

00:23:39.959 --> 00:23:40.919
 Be gracious to me

00:23:40.919 --> 00:23:42.039
 according to your promise.

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.240
 When I think

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.879
 on my ways

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.839
 I turn my feet

00:23:44.839 --> 00:23:45.899
 to your testimonies.

00:23:46.199 --> 00:23:46.980
 I hasten

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:47.959
 and do not delay

00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:49.039
 to keep your commandments.

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.459
 Though the cords

00:23:50.459 --> 00:23:50.919
 of the wicked

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.519
 ensnare me

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.599
 I do not forget

00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:53.119
 your law.

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.399
 At midnight

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 I rise to praise you

00:23:55.619 --> 00:23:56.119
 because of your

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.859
 righteous rules.

00:23:57.299 --> 00:23:58.199
 I am a companion

00:23:58.199 --> 00:23:59.379
 of all who fear you,

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.299
 of those who keep

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:01.079
 your precepts.

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:01.959
 The earth,

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.439
 O Lord,

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.259
 is full of your

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.179
 steadfast love.

00:24:04.399 --> 00:24:05.059
 Teach me

00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.480
 your statutes.

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.879
 You have dealt well

00:24:08.879 --> 00:24:09.399
 with your servant,

00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:09.759
 O Lord,

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.779
 according to your word.

00:24:11.379 --> 00:24:12.480
 Teach me good judgment

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:13.199
 and knowledge

00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:14.420
 for I believe

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:15.140
 in your commandments.

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.860
 Before I was afflicted

00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:17.620
 I went astray

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.620
 but now I keep

00:24:18.620 --> 00:24:19.120
 your word.

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.279
 You are good

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.340
 and do good.

00:24:21.580 --> 00:24:21.980
 Teach me

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.819
 your statutes.

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:24.080
 The insolent

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:25.080
 smear me with lies

00:24:25.080 --> 00:24:26.220
 but with my whole heart

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.580
 I keep your precepts.

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.480
 Their heart

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.299
 is unfeeling

00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:30.000
 like fat

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.819
 but I delight

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.500
 in your law.

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.940
 It is good for me

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.799
 that I was afflicted

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.600
 that I might learn

00:24:34.600 --> 00:24:35.340
 your statutes.

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:36.819
 The law of your mouth

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.519
 is better to me

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.200
 than thousands

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:38.860
 of gold

00:24:38.860 --> 00:24:39.819
 and silver pieces.

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.980
 Your hands

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.579
 have made

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.680
 and fashioned me.

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.120
 Give me understanding

00:24:46.120 --> 00:24:46.819
 that I may learn

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.400
 your commandments.

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.200
 Those who fear you

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.960
 shall see me

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.559
 and rejoice

00:24:50.559 --> 00:24:51.559
 because I have hoped

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:52.259
 in your word.

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.900
 I know, O Lord,

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.680
 that your rules

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.279
 are righteous

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.420
 and that in faithfulness

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.319
 you have afflicted me.

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:59.059
 Let your steadfast love

00:24:59.059 --> 00:24:59.660
 comfort me

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.740
 according to your promise

00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:01.380
 to your servant.

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.579
 Let your mercy

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.259
 come to me

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:04.180
 that I may live

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.000
 for your law

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.880
 is my delight.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.240
 Let the insolent

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.039
 be put to shame

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.579
 because they have

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.720
 wronged me with falsehood.

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:10.740
 As for me,

00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:11.500
 I will meditate

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.960
 on your precepts.

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.120
 Let those who fear you

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.779
 turn to me

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.700
 that they may know

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.620
 your testimonies.

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.559
 May my heart

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:18.279
 be blameless

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:19.160
 in your statutes

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:20.079
 that I may not

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.059
 be put to shame.

00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:24.120
 My soul longs

00:25:24.120 --> 00:25:24.900
 for your salvation.

00:25:25.200 --> 00:25:25.839
 I hope

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.579
 in your word.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.779
 My eyes long

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:28.460
 for your promise.

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.240
 I ask,

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:29.980
 when will you

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:30.599
 comfort me?

00:25:31.019 --> 00:25:31.700
 For I have become

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.599
 like a wineskin

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.259
 in the smoke,

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.200
 yet I have not

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.420
 forgotten your statutes.

00:25:35.839 --> 00:25:36.539
 How long

00:25:36.539 --> 00:25:37.140
 must your servant

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.519
 endure?

00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.799
 When will you judge

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:40.599
 those who persecute me?

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.619
 The insolent

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.559
 have dug pitfalls

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:42.920
 for me.

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.759
 They do not live

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.619
 according to your law.

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.839
 All your commandments

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.460
 are sure.

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:47.700
 They persecute me

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.539
 with falsehood.

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.379
 Help me.

00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.559
 They have almost

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.599
 made an end of me

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.099
 on earth,

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.960
 but I have not

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:54.299
 forsaken your precepts.

00:25:54.619 --> 00:25:55.819
 In your steadfast love

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.579
 give me life

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.240
 that I may keep

00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:58.099
 the testimonies

00:25:58.099 --> 00:25:59.200
 of your mouth.

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.980
 Forever,

00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.460
 O Lord,

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.460
 your word is firmly

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.660
 fixed in the heavens.

00:26:04.119 --> 00:26:04.920
 Your faithfulness

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.879
 endures to all

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.460
 generations.

00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.720
 You have established

00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:08.340
 the earth

00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:09.880
 and it stands fast.

00:26:10.340 --> 00:26:11.180
 By your appointment

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.620
 they stand this day

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.680
 for all things

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.620
 are your servants.

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.680
 If your law

00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.779
 had not been my delight,

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.000
 I would have perished

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.720
 in my affliction.

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:20.100
 I will never forget

00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.819
 your precepts

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.620
 for by them

00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.700
 you have given me life.

00:26:23.079 --> 00:26:23.840
 I am yours.

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:25.000
 Save me

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.940
 for I have sought

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.799
 your precepts.

00:26:27.100 --> 00:26:27.940
 The wicked lie

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:29.039
 in wait to destroy me,

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.759
 but I consider

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.700
 your testimonies.

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.960
 I have seen a limit

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.920
 to all perfection,

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.279
 but your commandment

00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.700
 is exceedingly broad.

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.819
 I love that one.

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.799
 Oh, how I love

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.319
 your law.

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.700
 It is my meditation

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.680
 all the day.

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.740
 Your commandment

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.660
 makes me wiser

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.340
 than my enemies

00:26:44.340 --> 00:26:45.600
 for it is ever with me.

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:47.200
 I have more understanding

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.140
 than all my teachers

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.240
 for your testimonies

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.059
 are my meditation.

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.640
 I understand more

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.240
 than the aged

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.720
 for I keep your precepts.

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:55.240
 I hold back my feet

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.400
 from every evil way

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:57.279
 in order to keep

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.880
 your word.

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:59.420
 I do not turn aside

00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:00.100
 from your rules

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:01.200
 for you have taught me.

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.160
 How sweet

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.799
 are your words

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.519
 to my taste,

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.700
 sweeter than honey

00:27:04.700 --> 00:27:05.500
 to my mouth.

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:07.100
 Through your precepts

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.200
 I get understanding.

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:08.840
 Therefore,

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.960
 I hate every false way.

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.140
 Your word

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:14.400
 is a lamp to my feet

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.380
 and a light

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:16.120
 to my path.

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.559
 I have sworn an oath

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.460
 and confirmed it

00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.920
 to keep your righteous rules.

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:21.680
 I am severely afflicted.

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.519
 Give me life,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.019
 O Lord,

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.080
 according to your word.

00:27:24.600 --> 00:27:25.720
 Accept my freewill

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.740
 offerings of praise,

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.140
 O Lord,

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.380
 and teach me your rules.

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.880
 I hold my life

00:27:29.880 --> 00:27:31.080
 in my hand continually,

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.299
 but I do not forget

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.879
 your law.

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.200
 The wicked have laid

00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:34.980
 a snare for me,

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.059
 but I do not stray

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:37.259
 from your precepts.

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.519
 Your testimonies

00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.919
 are my heritage forever,

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.980
 for they are the joy

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.740
 of my heart.

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.460
 I incline my heart

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.740
 to perform your statutes

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:46.359
 forever to the end.

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.899
 I hate the double-minded,

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.159
 but I love your law.

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.980
 You are my hiding place

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.619
 and my shield.

00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:53.940
 I hope in your word.

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.539
 Depart from me,

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.299
 you evildoers,

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.919
 that I may keep

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.500
 the commandments

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.399
 of my God.

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.539
 Uphold me

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.500
 according to your promise

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.240
 that I may live,

00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:02.240
 and let me not be put

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.559
 to shame in my hope.

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.900
 Hold me up

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.759
 that I may be safe

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.380
 and have regard

00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.619
 for your statutes continually.

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.240
 You spurn all

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.880
 who go astray

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.619
 from your statutes,

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.279
 for their cunning

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.019
 is in vain.

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.200
 All the wicked

00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.759
 of the earth

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:15.119
 you discard like dross.

00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.740
 Therefore,

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:17.180
 I love your testimonies.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.539
 My flesh trembles

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.279
 for fear of you,

00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.160
 and I am afraid

00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.220
 of your judgments.

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.900
 I have done

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:25.119
 what is just and right.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.099
 Do not leave me

00:28:26.099 --> 00:28:26.960
 to my oppressors.

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:28.200
 Give your servant

00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.420
 a pledge of good.

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.840
 Let not the insolent

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.500
 oppress me.

00:28:31.860 --> 00:28:32.640
 My eyes long

00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:33.480
 for your salvation,

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.320
 for the fulfillment

00:28:34.320 --> 00:28:35.519
 of your righteous promise.

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:37.039
 Deal with your servant

00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.759
 according to your steadfast love,

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.279
 and teach me your statutes.

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.620
 I am your servant.

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.900
 Give me understanding

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.720
 that I may know

00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:44.680
 your testimonies.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.120
 It is time

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:47.220
 for the Lord to act,

00:28:47.320 --> 00:28:47.820
 for the law

00:28:47.820 --> 00:28:48.560
 has been broken.

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.360
 Therefore,

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.400
 I love your commandments

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.160
 above gold,

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.240
 above fine gold.

00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:52.840
 Therefore,

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.440
 I consider all your precepts

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:55.039
 to be right.

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:57.039
 I hate every false way.

00:28:59.420 --> 00:29:02.300
 Your testimonies

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:02.840
 are wonderful.

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.640
 Therefore,

00:29:03.800 --> 00:29:04.860
 my soul keeps them.

00:29:05.300 --> 00:29:05.840
 The unfolding

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.380
 of your words

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.960
 gives light

00:29:06.960 --> 00:29:08.140
 and imparts understanding

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.840
 to the simple.

00:29:09.320 --> 00:29:10.460
 I open my mouth

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.039
 and pant

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.840
 because I long

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:12.620
 for your commandments.

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.820
 Turn to me

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.880
 and be gracious to me

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.539
 as is your way

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.060
 with those

00:29:16.060 --> 00:29:16.880
 who love your name.

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.940
 Keep steady my steps

00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.900
 according to your promise

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:21.800
 and let no iniquity

00:29:21.800 --> 00:29:23.360
 get dominion over me.

00:29:23.900 --> 00:29:24.420
 Redeem me

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.400
 from man's oppression

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.100
 that I may keep

00:29:26.100 --> 00:29:26.900
 your precepts.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.820
 Make your face

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.939
 shine upon your servant

00:29:28.939 --> 00:29:29.639
 and teach me

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.399
 your statutes.

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.720
 My eyes shed

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.720
 streams of tears

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.319
 because people

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.899
 do not keep your law.

00:29:36.259 --> 00:29:37.079
 Righteous are you,

00:29:37.179 --> 00:29:37.480
 O Lord,

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.819
 and right are your rules.

00:29:39.240 --> 00:29:39.879
 You have appointed

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:40.779
 your testimonies

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.379
 in righteousness

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:42.859
 and in all faithfulness.

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:45.000
 My zeal consumes me

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:45.839
 because my foes

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.740
 forget your words.

00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.799
 Your promise

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.740
 is well tried

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.559
 and your servant

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.319
 loves it.

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:51.679
 I am small

00:29:51.679 --> 00:29:52.559
 and despised

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.559
 yet I do not forget

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:54.439
 your precepts.

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.799
 Your righteousness

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.119
 is righteous forever

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.879
 and your law

00:29:57.879 --> 00:29:58.480
 is true.

00:29:59.339 --> 00:30:00.240
 Trouble and anguish

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.099
 have found me out

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:02.019
 but your commandments

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.980
 are my delight.

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.240
 Your testimonies

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.180
 are righteous forever.

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.319
 Give me understanding

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.500
 that I may live.

00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:13.059
 With my whole heart

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.659
 I cry.

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.980
 Answer me, O Lord.

00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.980
 I will keep

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.740
 your statutes.

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:18.240
 I call to you.

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.000
 Save me

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.779
 that I may observe

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.680
 your testimonies.

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:22.339
 I rise before dawn

00:30:22.339 --> 00:30:23.379
 and cry for help.

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:25.000
 I hope in your words.

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.480
 My eyes are awake

00:30:26.480 --> 00:30:27.380
 before the watchers

00:30:27.380 --> 00:30:27.920
 of the night

00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:28.759
 that I may meditate

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:30.119
 on your promise.

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.819
 Hear my voice

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.460
 according to your

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.279
 steadfast love,

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:33.700
 O Lord.

00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:34.980
 According to your justice

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.920
 give me life.

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:37.039
 They draw near

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:38.880
 who persecute me

00:30:38.880 --> 00:30:39.720
 with evil purpose.

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.440
 They are far

00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.059
 from your law.

00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:42.200
 But you are near,

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.680
 O Lord,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.759
 and all your commandments

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.420
 are true.

00:30:44.980 --> 00:30:45.799
 Long have I known

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.779
 from your testimonies

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.720
 that you have founded

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:48.779
 them forever.

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.180
 Look on my affliction

00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:51.880
 and deliver me

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:53.039
 for I do not forget

00:30:53.039 --> 00:30:53.500
 your law.

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.940
 Plead my cause

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.680
 and redeem me.

00:30:55.799 --> 00:30:56.500
 Give me life

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.660
 according to your promise.

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.180
 Salvation is far

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.779
 from the wicked

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.819
 for they do not

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.920
 seek your statutes.

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:03.319
 Great is your mercy,

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.839
 O Lord.

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.759
 Give me life

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.880
 according to your rules.

00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.200
 Many are my

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.779
 persecutors

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.539
 and my adversaries,

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.819
 but I do not swerve

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.880
 from your testimonies.

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:12.160
 I look at the

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:13.380
 faithless with disgust

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.119
 because they do not

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.920
 keep your commands.

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.480
 Consider how I love

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.259
 your precepts.

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.180
 Give me life

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.819
 according to your

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.660
 steadfast love.

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.160
 The sum of your word

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:22.000
 is truth

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.740
 and every one

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.300
 of your righteous

00:31:23.300 --> 00:31:24.620
 rules endures

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.480
 forever.

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:28.660
 Princes persecute me

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.340
 without cause,

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:29.920
 but my heart

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.840
 stands in awe

00:31:30.840 --> 00:31:31.519
 of your words.

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.540
 I rejoice

00:31:32.540 --> 00:31:33.080
 at your word

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.660
 like one who

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.740
 finds great spoil.

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.759
 I hate

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.259
 and abhor

00:31:36.259 --> 00:31:36.880
 falsehood,

00:31:37.040 --> 00:31:37.600
 but I love

00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.060
 your law.

00:31:38.540 --> 00:31:39.500
 Seven times a day

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.180
 I praise you

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.759
 for your righteous

00:31:40.759 --> 00:31:41.200
 rules.

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.400
 Great peace

00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:43.660
 have those

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.540
 who love your law.

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.560
 Nothing can make

00:31:45.560 --> 00:31:46.140
 them stumble.

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.620
 I hope for your

00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.500
 salvation, O Lord,

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.259
 and I do

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:50.119
 your commandments.

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.059
 My soul

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.720
 keeps your

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:52.400
 testimonies.

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.160
 I love them

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.799
 exceedingly.

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.839
 I keep your

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.619
 precepts and

00:31:55.619 --> 00:31:56.319
 testimonies,

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.319
 for all my

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:58.359
 ways are

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.900
 before you.

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:01.400
 Let my cry

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:02.079
 come before you,

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.460
 O Lord.

00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:03.039
 Give me

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.660
 understanding

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.220
 according to

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.640
 your word.

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.720
 Let my plea

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.440
 come before you.

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.119
 Deliver me

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:07.660
 according to

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:08.079
 your word.

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:09.059
 My lips

00:32:09.059 --> 00:32:09.819
 will pour

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.559
 forth praise,

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.200
 for you teach

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.559
 me your

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.079
 statutes.

00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:12.759
 My tongue

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.359
 will sing of

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.740
 your word,

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.380
 for all your

00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:14.779
 commandments

00:32:14.779 --> 00:32:15.400
 are right.

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.440
 Let your hand

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.980
 be ready to

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.299
 help me,

00:32:17.380 --> 00:32:17.839
 for I have

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.480
 chosen your

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.279
 precepts.

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.339
 I long for

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.940
 your salvation,

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.380
 O Lord,

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.059
 and your law

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.819
 is my delight.

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.880
 Let my soul

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.860
 live and praise

00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.039
 you,

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.480
 and let your

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.319
 rules help me.

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.079
 I have gone

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.819
 astray like a

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.360
 lost sheep.

00:32:28.640 --> 00:32:29.059
 Seek your

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.460
 servant,

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.360
 for I do

00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:31.059
 not forget

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:32.339
 your commandments.

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.039
 Can you

00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:38.819
 honestly join

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:40.099
 in with

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.960
 everything the

00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.599
 psalmist says

00:32:41.599 --> 00:32:42.180
 in that psalm?

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.860
 I can't.

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.660
 I've read it

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.240
 a number of

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.700
 times in the

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.240
 last couple of

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.519
 days,

00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:47.200
 getting ready

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.220
 to not

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:48.559
 make any

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.940
 mistakes.

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.620
 And even

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.019
 still,

00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.460
 as I read

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.860
 it again,

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.319
 I go,

00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.559
 some of

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.860
 those.

00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:57.140
 The way

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:58.019
 he speaks

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.740
 of the

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.380
 word of

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.660
 God,

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.340
 there's all

00:33:00.340 --> 00:33:01.059
 these synonyms

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:01.539
 used here,

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.000
 word,

00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.640
 law,

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.240
 commandments,

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.220
 statutes,

00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:05.200
 ordinances,

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:06.220
 testimonies,

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.819
 precepts,

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.240
 all of these

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.880
 things are

00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:08.319
 synonymous.

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.920
 He's talking

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.900
 about the

00:33:09.900 --> 00:33:10.580
 written word

00:33:10.580 --> 00:33:11.319
 of God.

00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.059
 This is what

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:13.380
 he is referring

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:13.760
 to.

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.040
 That it is

00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:15.780
 the source

00:33:15.780 --> 00:33:16.840
 of joy

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.900
 and life.

00:33:18.260 --> 00:33:18.680
 That it is

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.160
 a comfort

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.640
 to him.

00:33:19.800 --> 00:33:20.140
 That it

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.800
 builds him

00:33:20.800 --> 00:33:21.000
 up.

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.260
 That he

00:33:21.260 --> 00:33:21.780
 can stand

00:33:21.780 --> 00:33:22.720
 firm because

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.180
 of it.

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.420
 In the

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.740
 light of

00:33:23.740 --> 00:33:24.740
 any obstacle.

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.360
 That he

00:33:26.360 --> 00:33:27.280
 stays up

00:33:27.280 --> 00:33:27.620
 late,

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.560
 awakes at

00:33:28.560 --> 00:33:28.960
 midnight,

00:33:29.260 --> 00:33:30.300
 rises early

00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:33.080
 because the

00:33:33.080 --> 00:33:33.340
 word of

00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:34.300
 God is

00:33:34.300 --> 00:33:35.360
 a salve

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:35.780
 to him.

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:36.260
 It's a

00:33:36.260 --> 00:33:37.560
 solution that

00:33:37.560 --> 00:33:37.960
 gives him

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.400
 strength,

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.840
 that helps

00:33:38.840 --> 00:33:39.440
 him go on,

00:33:39.520 --> 00:33:39.860
 that helps

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.560
 him persevere

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:41.119
 in the

00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.399
 light of

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:41.559
 these

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.000
 things.

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.740
 You hear

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.000
 the way

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.460
 he praises

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.000
 the God

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.519
 of the

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:45.839
 word

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.740
 throughout

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.139
 all of

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.500
 this?

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.399
 He has

00:33:48.399 --> 00:33:49.119
 a clear

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:50.119
 understanding

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.559
 of the

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.960
 holiness

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.799
 of God.

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:53.000
 He stands

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.740
 under the

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.440
 word in

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.899
 fear and

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.299
 trembling.

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.679
 Your

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:57.619
 word has

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.099
 spoken.

00:33:59.099 --> 00:34:00.240
 I love

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.460
 it.

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.399
 I delight

00:34:01.399 --> 00:34:01.759
 in it.

00:34:01.919 --> 00:34:02.679
 I fear

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:02.980
 it.

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.839
 I want

00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.480
 to know

00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:04.759
 it.

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.200
 I want

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.399
 to have

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.019
 it permeate

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:08.019
 all of

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.799
 my being.

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:10.760
 rather than

00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.100
 much of

00:34:11.100 --> 00:34:11.420
 us who

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.100
 stand over

00:34:12.100 --> 00:34:12.519
 the word

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:12.940
 of God.

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.980
 We spend

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:14.560
 a paltry

00:34:14.560 --> 00:34:15.380
 15 minutes

00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.840
 a day

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.539
 and then

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:16.820
 we want

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:17.080
 to tell

00:34:17.080 --> 00:34:17.519
 people what

00:34:17.519 --> 00:34:18.080
 it says.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.100
 You have

00:34:20.100 --> 00:34:20.700
 no right

00:34:20.700 --> 00:34:21.600
 if that's

00:34:21.600 --> 00:34:21.820
 the way

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.360
 we love

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.260
 God's

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.660
 commands.

00:34:25.100 --> 00:34:25.680
 This is

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.440
 a precious

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.360
 psalm and I

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.720
 hope that

00:34:27.720 --> 00:34:28.600
 it's working

00:34:28.600 --> 00:34:28.920
 in your

00:34:28.920 --> 00:34:29.140
 heart.

00:34:29.220 --> 00:34:29.400
 Let me

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.740
 draw your

00:34:29.740 --> 00:34:30.300
 attention to

00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:30.780
 just a few

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.980
 verses as

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.840
 we move

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:33.160
 on.

00:34:34.700 --> 00:34:35.260
 Have you

00:34:35.260 --> 00:34:35.880
 ever considered

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.240
 the very

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.740
 interesting

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:38.360
 language that

00:34:38.360 --> 00:34:38.780
 the gospel

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.220
 of John

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.539
 uses?

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.000
 The apostle

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.680
 John uses

00:34:40.680 --> 00:34:41.099
 a language

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.820
 that's unique

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.160
 in the

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.480
 scriptures.

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.079
 As he

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:44.840
 begins the

00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.140
 book of

00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.519
 John,

00:34:46.140 --> 00:34:46.720
 he says,

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.180
 in the

00:34:47.180 --> 00:34:48.660
 beginning was

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:49.260
 the word.

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.740
 And the

00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.059
 word was

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:51.660
 with God

00:34:51.660 --> 00:34:52.019
 and the

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:53.340
 word was

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.760
 God.

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.620
 Speaking of

00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:56.340
 Jesus Christ

00:34:56.340 --> 00:34:56.980
 and he calls

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.559
 Jesus Christ

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.079
 the word,

00:34:58.160 --> 00:34:58.720
 the logos

00:34:58.720 --> 00:35:00.360
 in Greek.

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.120
 And this is

00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:01.800
 the only place

00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:02.300
 that we see

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:03.380
 this in the

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.980
 scriptures and

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.440
 it causes

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.320
 me often

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.220
 to try to

00:35:08.220 --> 00:35:08.580
 figure out

00:35:08.580 --> 00:35:09.180
 the interplay

00:35:09.180 --> 00:35:09.800
 with that.

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:10.180
 What is

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.980
 being communicated

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.500
 to us?

00:35:11.600 --> 00:35:12.200
 Why is it

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.900
 that John

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.500
 was moved

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.080
 to use

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.559
 those

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.340
 particular

00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.200
 words?

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:16.800
 Let me

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.059
 draw your

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.320
 attention

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:17.720
 here in

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.380
 Psalm 119

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.420
 to two

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.039
 phrases that

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.580
 reoccur.

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.280
 I hope

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:23.140
 in your

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:23.559
 word,

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.440
 logos,

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:25.800
 right?

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.120
 This would

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:26.280
 have been

00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:26.800
 in Hebrew.

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.500
 The Greek

00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.400
 translation of

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.559
 it would

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.000
 have used

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.340
 the word

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:30.620
 logos here.

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:31.220
 I hope

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.860
 in your

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:33.480
 word and

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:33.880
 give me

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:35.039
 life according

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.840
 to your

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.239
 word.

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.719
 We see

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.019
 this verse

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.539
 25,

00:35:39.900 --> 00:35:40.860
 verse 81,

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.659
 verse 107.

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:42.940
 I'm doing

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.320
 this for the

00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:43.619
 sake of

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.079
 those taking

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.360
 notes.

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.699
 Jot these

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.039
 down.

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.440
 Verse 25,

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.800
 81,

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.679
 107,

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.099
 114,

00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:51.159
 154.

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.759
 We see

00:35:52.759 --> 00:35:53.340
 these phrases

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:53.860
 repeated

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.759
 here.

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.079
 And it

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.500
 draws a very

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.320
 clear connection

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.199
 in my mind

00:35:58.199 --> 00:35:59.159
 to what's

00:35:59.159 --> 00:35:59.679
 happening in

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.259
 this case.

00:36:00.739 --> 00:36:01.000
 We could

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.400
 read it,

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.079
 I hope,

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.880
 in your

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:04.000
 logos,

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.519
 the very

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.219
 being of

00:36:06.219 --> 00:36:06.599
 who you

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:06.960
 are,

00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:07.219
 your

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.800
 representation

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.980
 here on

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.340
 earth,

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:10.239
 because we

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.519
 can come

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.320
 to understand

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:12.199
 what John's

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.500
 trying to

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.139
 communicate by

00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:14.000
 simply looking

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:15.480
 at the

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:15.800
 text.

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.139
 So do

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.300
 that.

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:16.619
 Turn to

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:16.860
 John,

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.480
 chapter 1.

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.460
 Keep you

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.659
 on your

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:27.820
 toes.

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.159
 Those of

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.360
 you who

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:28.780
 only brought

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.099
 your New

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.380
 Testament

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.800
 version of

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:30.079
 the Bible,

00:36:30.340 --> 00:36:30.659
 you're on

00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:31.099
 the same

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.400
 page with

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:31.679
 us now.

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:38.880
 All right,

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.199
 let's read it

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.400
 together.

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.800
 John chapter

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.099
 1,

00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:40.980
 starting in

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.320
 verse 1

00:36:41.320 --> 00:36:41.699
 through verse

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.119
 5.

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.619
 In the

00:36:42.619 --> 00:36:42.800
 beginning

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.119
 was the

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.360
 Word,

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:44.480
 and the

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:45.079
 Word was

00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:45.860
 with God,

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:46.199
 and the

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:47.000
 Word was

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.380
 God.

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.059
 He was in

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.360
 the beginning

00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:48.880
 with God.

00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:49.480
 All things

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.780
 were made

00:36:49.780 --> 00:36:50.340
 through him,

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.980
 and without

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.500
 him was

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:52.559
 not anything

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.219
 made that

00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:53.639
 was made.

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:54.519
 In him

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:55.139
 was life,

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:55.659
 and the

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.059
 life was

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.400
 the light

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.840
 of men.

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.440
 The light

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.059
 shines in

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.500
 the darkness,

00:36:58.619 --> 00:36:58.840
 and the

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.260
 darkness

00:36:59.260 --> 00:37:00.079
 has not

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.199
 overcome it.

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.760
 Skip down

00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:01.980
 to verse

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.420
 14.

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.119
 And the

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.860
 Word became

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.440
 flesh,

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.220
 and dwelt

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:05.900
 amongst us.

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.440
 And we

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:06.940
 have seen

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.579
 his glory,

00:37:07.720 --> 00:37:08.240
 glory as

00:37:08.240 --> 00:37:08.480
 of the

00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.280
 only Son

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.619
 from the

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:09.940
 Father,

00:37:10.240 --> 00:37:10.559
 full of

00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.639
 grace and

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:11.940
 truth.

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.320
 I have a

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.860
 painting that

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.280
 Sam did

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.680
 for me.

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.139
 Well,

00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.320
 she didn't

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.559
 do it for

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.700
 me.

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.280
 She did

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:15.460
 it for

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.780
 a show,

00:37:15.880 --> 00:37:16.039
 and I

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.760
 took it

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:18.220
 in my

00:37:18.220 --> 00:37:18.900
 study downstairs

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.480
 that simply

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:19.900
 says,

00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:20.420
 And the

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:20.920
 Word became

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:21.440
 flesh,

00:37:22.119 --> 00:37:22.659
 and dwelt

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.440
 amongst us.

00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:23.700
 And it's

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:24.180
 this constant

00:37:24.180 --> 00:37:24.740
 reminder to

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.200
 me that as

00:37:25.200 --> 00:37:25.780
 I preach,

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.079
 what I

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.860
 preach is

00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.059
 Christ

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.440
 crucified.

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.119
 That's

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:28.800
 the point.

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.240
 The

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:29.860
 Word of

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.200
 God

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:32.239
 here simply

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.799
 testifies,

00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.299
 the words

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:33.659
 of God

00:37:33.659 --> 00:37:34.399
 testify of

00:37:34.399 --> 00:37:35.359
 the Word

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:36.439
 of God.

00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:37.159
 So understand

00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:38.059
 that God

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.739
 and Word

00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:39.460
 go together

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.319
 because the

00:37:40.319 --> 00:37:41.399
 Word is

00:37:41.399 --> 00:37:42.159
 his

00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:44.259
 manifestation.

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:44.899
 It's his

00:37:44.899 --> 00:37:45.679
 showing of

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.119
 himself.

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.679
 And John,

00:37:47.839 --> 00:37:48.159
 here,

00:37:48.219 --> 00:37:48.779
 chapter 1,

00:37:48.839 --> 00:37:49.319
 would seem

00:37:49.319 --> 00:37:49.799
 to say to

00:37:49.799 --> 00:37:50.179
 us that

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.879
 there cannot

00:37:50.879 --> 00:37:51.399
 be God

00:37:51.399 --> 00:37:52.059
 without Word,

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.500
 that God

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.339
 cannot be

00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:53.939
 oligos,

00:37:54.179 --> 00:37:54.739
 but he is

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.159
 in fact

00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:55.659
 logos,

00:37:56.399 --> 00:37:56.799
 that the

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.379
 Word and

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:58.119
 God go

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.659
 together.

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.940
 The Word

00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.359
 is the

00:38:00.359 --> 00:38:01.779
 agent by

00:38:01.779 --> 00:38:02.119
 which God

00:38:02.119 --> 00:38:02.679
 makes himself

00:38:02.679 --> 00:38:02.980
 known.

00:38:03.079 --> 00:38:03.379
 And this

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:03.940
 is why

00:38:03.940 --> 00:38:05.699
 both our

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:07.139
 scriptures and

00:38:07.139 --> 00:38:07.940
 Jesus Christ

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:09.199
 are called

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.079
 the Word

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:11.440
 of God.

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.839
 The words

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.339
 of God.

00:38:13.779 --> 00:38:14.599
 They testify

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:15.119
 of our

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.899
 great Lord.

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.699
 Jesus Christ

00:38:16.699 --> 00:38:18.739
 himself is

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.799
 the subject

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:20.420
 matter of

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:20.960
 this entire

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.420
 thing.

00:38:22.359 --> 00:38:22.980
 From

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.500
 beginning

00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.839
 to end,

00:38:25.059 --> 00:38:26.000
 this is all

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.539
 about Jesus

00:38:27.539 --> 00:38:28.039
 Christ.

00:38:28.659 --> 00:38:29.379
 God

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:30.480
 is the

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.659
 Lord.

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.039
 Sometimes people

00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.619
 try to press

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:31.960
 him into

00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.379
 some text

00:38:32.379 --> 00:38:32.679
 where he

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.299
 may just

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:33.960
 not exactly

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.359
 belong.

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.920
 Sometimes the

00:38:34.920 --> 00:38:35.420
 text is really

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:36.000
 about me,

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:37.319
 but ultimately

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:38.319
 it's about how

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:39.000
 much I need

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.940
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:41.159 --> 00:38:42.519
 This is what

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.279
 the Bible

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:44.319
 is about.

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:45.859
 And therefore,

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.879
 if you love

00:38:46.879 --> 00:38:47.779
 Jesus Christ,

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.980
 you'll love

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.379
 the Bible.

00:38:49.879 --> 00:38:50.399
 If you love

00:38:50.399 --> 00:38:50.699
 the Word,

00:38:50.759 --> 00:38:50.920
 you're going

00:38:50.920 --> 00:38:51.099
 to love

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:51.480
 the Word.

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.079
 Are you

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:52.420
 with me

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:53.339
 on that?

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.379
 We see a

00:38:55.379 --> 00:38:55.980
 really beautiful

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.440
 picture.

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:58.679
 the road

00:38:58.679 --> 00:38:59.300
 to Emmaus.

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.720
 I think most

00:38:59.720 --> 00:38:59.960
 of you are

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.579
 probably familiar

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:01.000
 with this.

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.780
 Luke 24,

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.440
 27.

00:39:02.760 --> 00:39:03.139
 We see some

00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.019
 disciples traveling

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.700
 and who shows

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.659
 up after

00:39:05.659 --> 00:39:06.159
 resurrection?

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:06.960
 But Jesus

00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:07.320
 Christ,

00:39:07.400 --> 00:39:07.619
 they don't

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.500
 recognize him,

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.720
 but he sits

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.159
 down and he

00:39:10.159 --> 00:39:10.860
 schools them.

00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:11.119
 Oh,

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.519
 would I have

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.980
 loved to have

00:39:11.980 --> 00:39:12.320
 been a part

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:12.619
 of that

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.200
 conversation.

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:13.820
 It would

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:14.019
 have been

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.639
 precious.

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.800
 Verse 27

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.059
 says,

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:16.519
 And beginning

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.179
 with Moses

00:39:17.179 --> 00:39:18.059
 and all the

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.460
 prophets,

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.480
 he interpreted

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.099
 to them in

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:20.579
 all the

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.119
 scriptures the

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.880
 things concerning

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.000
 himself.

00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:24.619
 How good

00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:24.900
 would that

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.199
 have been

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:25.539
 as we

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:25.900
 preach through

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.380
 Nehemiah?

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:26.960
 Be like,

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:27.940
 Jesus was

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.400
 telling me

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:28.880
 that this

00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:29.320
 means,

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.719
 we're going

00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:29.860
 to tell you

00:39:29.860 --> 00:39:30.179
 all the

00:39:30.179 --> 00:39:30.800
 places that

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:31.860
 he's typed

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.840
 and foreshadowed

00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:33.460
 and all of

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.920
 those things,

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.260
 but the

00:39:34.260 --> 00:39:35.039
 scriptures are

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.800
 ultimately and

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:37.340
 finally about

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:38.840
 Jesus Christ.

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.739
 And beloved,

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:42.000
 if we love

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.460
 him, we

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.340
 will love

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:44.599
 his word.

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.579
 One more

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.860
 spot.

00:39:46.039 --> 00:39:46.380
 Turn to

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.579
 Hebrews chapter

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:47.920
 three.

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.460
 We get a

00:39:50.460 --> 00:39:51.440
 similar language

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:51.780
 here.

00:39:52.099 --> 00:39:52.500
 Again, we

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:52.800
 don't know

00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:53.000
 who the

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.320
 author of

00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:54.000
 Hebrews was.

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:55.560
 I'm picking

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:56.060
 a lot of

00:39:56.060 --> 00:39:56.440
 unknown

00:39:56.440 --> 00:39:57.240
 authored books

00:39:57.240 --> 00:39:57.500
 here.

00:39:58.200 --> 00:39:58.640
 The same

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:58.880
 is true

00:39:58.880 --> 00:39:59.420
 of Nehemiah,

00:39:59.600 --> 00:39:59.940
 in fact.

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:04.180
 But certainly

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:04.880
 the writer of

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.240
 Hebrews was

00:40:05.240 --> 00:40:06.200
 a pastor to

00:40:06.200 --> 00:40:06.700
 these people,

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:07.120
 to these

00:40:07.120 --> 00:40:07.760
 Jews that

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.160
 he's writing

00:40:08.160 --> 00:40:08.420
 to.

00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:10.840
 So he's

00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:11.360
 bringing about

00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:12.060
 some correction

00:40:12.060 --> 00:40:12.600
 for them.

00:40:12.700 --> 00:40:13.340
 He's keeping

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.680
 them from

00:40:13.680 --> 00:40:14.200
 wanting to

00:40:14.200 --> 00:40:14.980
 turn back

00:40:14.980 --> 00:40:15.539
 away, to

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.220
 turn from

00:40:16.220 --> 00:40:17.039
 their new

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.680
 found life

00:40:17.680 --> 00:40:18.200
 in Christianity

00:40:18.200 --> 00:40:18.840
 back to

00:40:18.840 --> 00:40:19.180
 Judaism,

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:19.560
 because that

00:40:19.560 --> 00:40:19.800
 was the

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.220
 temptation

00:40:20.220 --> 00:40:20.620
 here at

00:40:20.620 --> 00:40:21.039
 this time.

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:21.460
 There was

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.180
 much persecution

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:23.139
 going on for

00:40:23.139 --> 00:40:23.519
 the Christian

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.179
 church, but

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:25.159
 none for the

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:25.440
 Jews.

00:40:25.779 --> 00:40:26.239
 So it's very

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:26.899
 easy just to

00:40:26.899 --> 00:40:28.519
 go back into

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:30.019
 being Jewish

00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.699
 and practicing

00:40:30.699 --> 00:40:31.519
 those things and

00:40:31.519 --> 00:40:31.879
 saying, well,

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:32.460
 it's the same

00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.980
 God, right?

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:33.259
 We're still

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:33.819
 worshiping the

00:40:33.819 --> 00:40:34.399
 God of Abraham

00:40:34.399 --> 00:40:34.899
 and Isaac and

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:35.159
 Jacob.

00:40:35.659 --> 00:40:36.219
 We're just

00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:36.799
 taking out the

00:40:36.799 --> 00:40:37.379
 Jesus Christ

00:40:37.379 --> 00:40:37.639
 thing.

00:40:37.739 --> 00:40:38.000
 And so the

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.440
 book of Hebrews

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.000
 is really about

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.559
 saying, no,

00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:40.659
 no, this thing

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:40.940
 that you've

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.480
 entered into is

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:42.000
 a whole new

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:42.179
 thing.

00:40:42.259 --> 00:40:42.599
 It's a better

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:42.799
 thing.

00:40:42.859 --> 00:40:43.359
 It's a higher

00:40:43.359 --> 00:40:43.759
 thing.

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.980
 Don't go back

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:46.239
 to that lesser

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.559
 thing.

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:46.960
 It doesn't

00:40:46.960 --> 00:40:47.359
 deliver.

00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:49.099
 And he

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.920
 talks here in

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:51.760
 chapter 3, if

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:51.980
 you look at

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:52.539
 verses 7

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.039
 through 11,

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:54.740
 about a rest,

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.320
 entering into

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.920
 rest.

00:40:55.980 --> 00:40:56.240
 And he's

00:40:56.240 --> 00:40:57.200
 quoting here from

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:58.079
 Psalm 95,

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.880
 verses 7

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.340
 through 11.

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.039
 It says,

00:41:00.120 --> 00:41:00.599
 therefore, as the

00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:00.960
 Holy Spirit

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:02.360
 says, today, if

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:02.820
 you hear this

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.900
 voice, do not

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.400
 harden your

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.120
 hearts as in

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.840
 the rebellion on

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.599
 the day of

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.360
 testing in the

00:41:07.360 --> 00:41:08.380
 wilderness, where

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.140
 your fathers put

00:41:09.140 --> 00:41:09.860
 me to the test

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.579
 and saw my

00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.400
 works for 40

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:11.820
 years.

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:13.160
 Therefore, I

00:41:13.160 --> 00:41:13.760
 was provoked

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:14.120
 with that

00:41:14.120 --> 00:41:14.820
 generation and

00:41:14.820 --> 00:41:15.599
 said, they

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.640
 always go astray

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.319
 in their heart.

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:18.079
 They have not

00:41:18.079 --> 00:41:19.059
 known my ways.

00:41:19.359 --> 00:41:20.379
 As I swore in

00:41:20.379 --> 00:41:21.379
 my wrath, they

00:41:21.379 --> 00:41:22.279
 shall not enter

00:41:22.279 --> 00:41:23.099
 my rest.

00:41:23.759 --> 00:41:24.519
 The people of

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.339
 Israel wandering

00:41:25.339 --> 00:41:25.859
 in the wilderness,

00:41:26.179 --> 00:41:26.699
 putting God to

00:41:26.699 --> 00:41:27.480
 the test, not

00:41:27.480 --> 00:41:28.179
 trusting him,

00:41:28.379 --> 00:41:29.000
 pursuing him as

00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.480
 they ought to.

00:41:29.539 --> 00:41:29.900
 Does it sound

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:31.059
 familiar to the

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:31.519
 people in this

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.839
 room?

00:41:32.199 --> 00:41:32.699
 And he's saying

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:33.579
 to them, he

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:34.579
 swore an oath to

00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:34.960
 say, I'm not

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.339
 going to let them

00:41:35.339 --> 00:41:35.879
 enter into the

00:41:35.879 --> 00:41:36.199
 rest.

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.460
 And the author

00:41:37.460 --> 00:41:37.879
 here of Hebrews

00:41:37.879 --> 00:41:38.279
 is saying, but

00:41:38.279 --> 00:41:39.059
 there is a rest.

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:40.019
 Please know that

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:40.699
 there is a rest

00:41:40.699 --> 00:41:41.460
 for the people of

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:42.279
 God if we will

00:41:42.279 --> 00:41:42.940
 continue in his

00:41:42.940 --> 00:41:43.400
 ways.

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:45.279
 If we're caught

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:45.900
 up in Christ,

00:41:45.980 --> 00:41:46.519
 having placed our

00:41:46.519 --> 00:41:47.440
 faith in him,

00:41:47.659 --> 00:41:48.320
 there is a rest.

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.000
 So he goes on to

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.679
 talk about this

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.579
 and he quotes a

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.019
 couple of other

00:41:51.019 --> 00:41:51.900
 times from the

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.800
 Old Testament and

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.840
 then we arrive at

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:55.259
 the classic verse

00:41:55.259 --> 00:41:55.940
 that I think

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.860
 everyone knows,

00:41:56.960 --> 00:41:57.800
 verse 12.

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:00.639
 For the word of

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.259
 God is living and

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:01.739
 active, sharp

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.280
 with any two-edged

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:03.420
 sword, piercing to

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.900
 the division of

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.460
 soul and of spirit,

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:05.000
 of joints and of

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.320
 marrow, and

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.880
 discerning the

00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:06.320
 thoughts and

00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:07.019
 intentions of the

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.300
 heart.

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:09.619
 True and amen.

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.619
 What does he say

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.380
 right before that?

00:42:11.380 --> 00:42:12.380
 Let us therefore

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.539
 strive to enter that

00:42:13.539 --> 00:42:14.780
 rest, so that no

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:16.019
 one may fall by the

00:42:16.019 --> 00:42:16.800
 same sort of

00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:17.440
 disobedience.

00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:20.099
 So what is he

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.079
 driving them to,

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:21.579
 right?

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:23.159
 He's driving them

00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:25.239
 to a reverence for,

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.320
 an eagerness,

00:42:26.880 --> 00:42:28.119
 a responsiveness,

00:42:28.619 --> 00:42:30.480
 an obedience to

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.179
 the word of God.

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:32.119
 That's exactly what

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:32.800
 he's trying to say to

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.000
 them here.

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.840
 That's where we pick

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.679
 up verse 12.

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.380
 I think probably all

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:37.320
 of you know verse 12

00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:38.000
 but haven't really

00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:39.219
 read the chapter

00:42:39.219 --> 00:42:40.460
 preceding that.

00:42:40.880 --> 00:42:41.480
 That's what he's

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.300
 driving us to.

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:43.000
 But watch what he

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.280
 does.

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:44.980
 This is so cool.

00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:47.100
 So verse 12 again,

00:42:47.600 --> 00:42:48.500
 for the word of God,

00:42:48.600 --> 00:42:49.260
 he's speaking about

00:42:49.260 --> 00:42:50.380
 this Old Testament

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.060
 scripture that he

00:42:51.060 --> 00:42:51.680
 just got done

00:42:51.680 --> 00:42:52.060
 quoting.

00:42:52.700 --> 00:42:53.000
 Again,

00:42:53.140 --> 00:42:53.440
 logos,

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.740
 this manifestation of

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.680
 God, his very words

00:42:56.680 --> 00:42:57.700
 to us, Old Testament

00:42:57.700 --> 00:42:59.000
 telling us to be

00:42:59.000 --> 00:43:00.120
 obedient, to pursue,

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:01.380
 enter into the rest.

00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:02.120
 Verse 12,

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:02.660
 for the word of God

00:43:02.660 --> 00:43:03.440
 is living and active,

00:43:04.060 --> 00:43:04.660
 sharper than any

00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:05.240
 two-edged sword,

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:06.080
 piercing to the

00:43:06.080 --> 00:43:07.320
 division of soul and

00:43:07.320 --> 00:43:08.260
 of spirit, of joints

00:43:08.260 --> 00:43:09.300
 and of marrow, and

00:43:09.300 --> 00:43:10.160
 discerning the thoughts

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:11.359
 and intentions of

00:43:11.359 --> 00:43:11.719
 the heart.

00:43:11.859 --> 00:43:12.980
 It treats all of us

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.579
 holistically.

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:15.920
 And no creature is

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:16.859
 hidden from what?

00:43:17.399 --> 00:43:18.519
 His sight.

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.579
 Not its sight.

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:21.480
 But from his sight.

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:22.420
 But all are naked

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:23.159
 and exposed to the

00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:24.759
 eyes of him to whom

00:43:24.759 --> 00:43:26.539
 we must give account.

00:43:27.859 --> 00:43:28.599
 He just changed.

00:43:28.899 --> 00:43:29.519
 What is he talking

00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:30.039
 about now?

00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:30.960
 Did he just totally

00:43:30.960 --> 00:43:32.500
 stop one thing and

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:32.920
 start talking about

00:43:32.920 --> 00:43:33.319
 another thing?

00:43:33.339 --> 00:43:34.000
 Of course not.

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:34.879
 Right?

00:43:34.960 --> 00:43:35.480
 He's talking about

00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:36.719
 the very same thing.

00:43:36.799 --> 00:43:37.259
 But rather than

00:43:37.259 --> 00:43:39.699
 saying that we're all

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:41.379
 hidden from its

00:43:41.379 --> 00:43:42.000
 sight, being the

00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:42.460
 word of God,

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:43.059
 we're not hidden

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:44.199
 from his sight.

00:43:44.439 --> 00:43:45.439
 Who is he talking

00:43:45.439 --> 00:43:45.859
 about?

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.179
 Keep reading.

00:43:48.279 --> 00:43:49.500
 Context, context,

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.480
 context.

00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:52.119
 Verse 14,

00:43:53.399 --> 00:43:55.099
 Since then, we have

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:56.059
 a great high priest

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.899
 who has passed

00:43:56.899 --> 00:43:57.799
 through the heavens.

00:43:58.500 --> 00:44:00.119
 Jesus, the Son of

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:01.559
 God, let us hold

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:03.759
 fast our confession.

00:44:05.839 --> 00:44:08.619
 Jesus, the word of

00:44:08.619 --> 00:44:09.920
 God, let us hold

00:44:09.920 --> 00:44:10.960
 fast our confession.

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.359
 For we don't have a

00:44:12.359 --> 00:44:13.659
 high priest who is

00:44:13.659 --> 00:44:14.839
 unable to sympathize

00:44:14.839 --> 00:44:15.519
 with our weaknesses,

00:44:15.920 --> 00:44:16.940
 but one who in every

00:44:16.940 --> 00:44:17.719
 respect has been

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.880
 tempted as we are,

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:20.179
 yet without sin.

00:44:20.739 --> 00:44:21.839
 Let us then with

00:44:21.839 --> 00:44:23.019
 confidence draw near

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.799
 to the throne of

00:44:23.799 --> 00:44:24.880
 grace, that we may

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:26.199
 receive mercy and find

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:28.019
 grace to help in time

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:28.440
 of need.

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:31.799
 The word of God,

00:44:32.219 --> 00:44:34.519
 himself, Jesus Christ.

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:34.659
 Christ.

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:38.500
 The gospel of God

00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:40.400
 that's found here.

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:42.239
 It's the motivation,

00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.179
 the great catalyst for

00:44:45.179 --> 00:44:47.579
 wanting to know him in

00:44:47.579 --> 00:44:48.059
 his word.

00:44:48.159 --> 00:44:49.199
 I had a conversation

00:44:49.199 --> 00:44:52.619
 this week with a

00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:54.460
 brother I love who goes

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:55.860
 to this church that his

00:44:55.860 --> 00:44:57.079
 fear sometimes is that we

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:59.079
 get too top heavy.

00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.719
 We know too much and we

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:01.219
 don't do.

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:02.219
 And I think that is a

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:03.279
 warranted fear.

00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:04.579
 It's something I don't

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:06.179
 want to see happen with

00:45:06.179 --> 00:45:06.779
 our church.

00:45:07.899 --> 00:45:09.239
 But I think often we

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:10.139
 don't know enough,

00:45:10.319 --> 00:45:10.879
 which is why we don't

00:45:10.879 --> 00:45:11.399
 do anything.

00:45:12.199 --> 00:45:13.059
 Because we haven't

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:14.500
 devoted ourselves to

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:14.759
 the word.

00:45:14.939 --> 00:45:16.119
 We don't really know the

00:45:16.119 --> 00:45:17.439
 standard to which we're

00:45:17.439 --> 00:45:18.099
 supposed to live.

00:45:18.319 --> 00:45:19.500
 We're not really thankful

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.419
 for the salvation we

00:45:20.419 --> 00:45:21.559
 have because we don't

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:23.259
 see that ever-widening

00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:24.500
 chasm that the people

00:45:24.500 --> 00:45:25.679
 in the Amayas day were

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:26.239
 experiencing.

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:27.419
 They didn't really

00:45:27.419 --> 00:45:29.039
 behold the glory of

00:45:29.039 --> 00:45:29.219
 God.

00:45:29.279 --> 00:45:30.179
 We don't see it.

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.779
 And therefore we kind

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:32.320
 of go about our

00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:33.200
 normal, average,

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.460
 everyday Christian

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:35.260
 lives.

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:38.180
 Not caught up in the

00:45:38.180 --> 00:45:39.600
 splendor of the

00:45:39.600 --> 00:45:39.940
 kingdom.

00:45:41.700 --> 00:45:42.800
 Where do you find it?

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.700
 How do you get moved

00:45:43.700 --> 00:45:44.120
 to that?

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:45.860
 Here.

00:45:46.200 --> 00:45:46.340
 Right?

00:45:46.760 --> 00:45:47.440
 Say to Nehemiah,

00:45:47.720 --> 00:45:49.940
 come and open the book.

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:51.820
 Come read to us.

00:45:52.600 --> 00:45:53.540
 You guys ever feel like

00:45:53.540 --> 00:45:54.600
 planning an event and

00:45:54.600 --> 00:45:55.420
 building a stage and

00:45:55.420 --> 00:45:56.100
 asking me to read the

00:45:56.100 --> 00:45:56.860
 word of God to you for

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.480
 seven hours?

00:45:57.560 --> 00:45:58.160
 I'll do it.

00:45:58.159 --> 00:46:02.299
 This is precious for our

00:46:02.299 --> 00:46:02.559
 living.

00:46:02.679 --> 00:46:03.579
 We need it.

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:06.399
 It is our sustenance.

00:46:08.399 --> 00:46:10.460
 We must devote ourselves

00:46:10.460 --> 00:46:11.779
 to the word of God.

00:46:12.139 --> 00:46:13.099
 Remember the psalmist.

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:15.299
 The psalmist didn't say,

00:46:15.460 --> 00:46:16.579
 and it's a drudgery.

00:46:17.319 --> 00:46:18.619
 I've got to set my alarm

00:46:18.619 --> 00:46:20.059
 early and get up and roll

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.519
 out of bed.

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:21.399
 I don't have class till

00:46:21.399 --> 00:46:22.279
 eight o'clock, but I've got

00:46:22.279 --> 00:46:23.539
 to get up at six o'clock.

00:46:23.539 --> 00:46:26.840
 It was a joy to him to

00:46:26.840 --> 00:46:28.659
 relish the word of God.

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:29.320
 Right?

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:32.039
 To live abiding with it.

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:33.239
 To meditate it throughout

00:46:33.239 --> 00:46:33.860
 the day.

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:35.360
 Remember the record that he

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 praised God seven times a

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 day for his word?

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 Just that.

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 What other things that he

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 praised God for?

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 All the things that the

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 word had to tell him about

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 who God is.

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 I am deeply convicted.

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 I don't know that I will

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 listen to a seven hour

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 sermon.

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 I would probably press

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 pause a lot during that

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 time.

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 I couldn't stand still for a

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 15 minute reading of Psalm

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 119.

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 I had a pace.

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 I just got antsy.

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 How do I?

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 We need to be praying that

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 this becomes a reality for

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 us.

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 That we could say yes and

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 amen to every word of

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 Psalm 119.

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 That that will actually be

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 reality in our lives.

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 we have been delivered by

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 the word of God.

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 Let us relish the word of

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 God.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Amen.

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