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 Let us join our hearts together in praising God

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 by singing to His praise from Psalm 93 of the Sing Psalms version of the Blue Book.

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 Psalm 93, Sing Psalms, you'll find that on page 1, 2, 3 of the Blue Book.

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 We'll sing from the beginning of that psalm, we'll sing the whole psalm.

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 The Lord is King, His throne endures majestic in His height.

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 The Lord is robed in majesty and armed with strength and might.

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 The world is founded firm and sure, removed it cannot be.

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 Your throne is strong and You are God from all eternity.

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 The seas, O Lord, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice.

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 The seas have lifted up their waves and made a mighty noise.

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 The Lord enthroned on high is strong, more powerful is He

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 than thunder of the ocean's waves or breakers of the sea.

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 Your royal statues, Lord, stand firm.

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 Unchanging is Your Word and holiness adorns Your house

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 for endless days, O Lord.

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 We'll stand together and sing these verses to God's praise.

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 The Lord is King.

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 The Lord is King.

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 The Lord is King.

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 The heart is king, his throne endures,

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 a chest in his height.

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 The Lord is full in majesty,

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 an arm with strength and light.

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 The world is found in firm and sure,

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 we would it have a be.

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 Your throne is strong,

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 and you are God of all eternity.

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 The seas, O Lord, have lifted up,

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 lifted up their voice.

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 The seas have lifted up their weight,

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 and made a mighty voice.

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 The Lord, in throne of highest,

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 strong or powerful is he,

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 that land that all the oceans wave,

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 are raiders of the sea.

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 Your voice, O Lord, have lifted up,

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 and heard of changing his pure word,

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 and holyness,

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 and Lord to rise,

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 O'er the saints, O Lord.

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 May we draw near to God in prayer.

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 Let us bow in prayer.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 as we come to you in this evening hour on your day,

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 we pray that we would direct our minds and our hearts

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 towards you and your word,

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 and that we would have a focus upon what is set before us,

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 and the beauty and wonder of your unchanging word,

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 and in it may we see the unchanging promises of God,

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 that we can take hold of,

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 and embrace within our hearts,

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 and we can lay hold of your word,

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 as one that is a sure foundation for our souls,

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 and that when we look at the world around us,

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 and the changeableness of it,

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 and the uncertainty of it,

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 we then see the reassurance that we have,

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 and the certainty and trusting in you.

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 Let our minds be heavenward,

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 and let us consider who you are,

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 who you are as God,

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 and Christ as our King,

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 and we think on that kingship that is set before us,

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 that will endure forever,

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 and that we would love and abide,

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 expecting to be received into the kingdom of God,

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 and the kingdom of heaven.

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 May your kingdom come,

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 and may you gather all your people,

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 in your due time,

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 according to your ways,

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 mysterious to our understanding.

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 We pray that your spirit would be at work,

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 within the hearts of us this night,

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 and the desires of our heart would be towards you,

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 and to know you,

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 and you would reveal yourself to us in a greater sense than ever before,

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 and that we may behold you with reverence and awe in our hearts,

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 and consider all that we are receivers of through Christ Jesus.

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 We thank you for all we have through him,

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 and that he such so loved us,

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 that he would go to the cross and die for us,

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 and yet he gives us a great hope and assurance,

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 for he did not remain in the grave,

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 but ascended into heaven.

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 And there he is preparing a place for his people,

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 who trust in him and have faith in him.

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 May we be those people that draw near to you,

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 and cast aside all other loves of our hearts that we see in this world.

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 And may the love of Christ Jesus grow and flourish,

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 the seeds that is planted within us,

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 abundantly grow and bear fruit in each of our lives,

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 and as a church united.

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 And the great phrase of Hebrews where he says,

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 let us, may we rejoice together

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 in that provision and inheritance

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 that the Christian receives in Christ.

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 We pray this night

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 for the work that we do in this congregation.

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 Varied and different people in whom we meet,

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 we remember the work that the cruise ships

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 that Martin Walker leads.

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 We pray the blessing upon that

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 as visitors come into this building

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 and see the simplicity of it.

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 May the word be highlighted and set before them,

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 that they may see within those who speak with them

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 the beauty of Christ Jesus.

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 We pray for the Sunday school.

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 We pray that a time of rest for the teachers in that.

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 We remember Twinnies.

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 We remember the team in Cresce.

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 We pray for David Chisholm

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 and his working road to recovery.

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 And we pray over those who are suffering with addictions.

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 That you would draw them from these things

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 that bind them

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 and that you would set them free.

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 Lord, we pray for those who visit

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 and that we would be mindful of those

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 who are at home,

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 even listening to us this night.

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 That they too are part of us

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 and are joined with us in worshipping you.

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 Pray that we would be mindful of them.

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 And that we would give that great consideration

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 of each other

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 and have that great concern for one another

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 and how to stir up each other

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 to love and good works.

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 And yet,

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 as we have that concern for one another,

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 may that concern be also set within our hearts

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 for those who are lost.

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 And those who do not know of the glorious

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 and immeasurable riches

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 that they can receive in Christ Jesus.

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 We pray

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 that you would guide us in wisdom.

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 That the words that we speak

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 would be as fresh as a flowing stream

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 and to those who do not know you.

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 And speak to their hearts and souls.

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 And may they see within the hearts of the believer

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 a reassured hope and confidence

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 in what they believe.

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 Though trialed and afflicted in many ways,

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 they stand firm upon the rock

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 that is Jesus Christ and his promises.

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 We pray

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 for those who are afflicted.

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 We pray

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 for those who are suffering.

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 We pray

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 for those who are laid aside

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 in illness.

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 We pray

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 that you would comfort them

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 and be with them.

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 We also acknowledge

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 the anxieties

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 people have

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 in awaiting

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 procedures in hospital.

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 We pray

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 also for them.

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 That you would give them

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 your peace

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 and reassurance.

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 That they would come

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 and trust in you.

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 Lord,

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 we just pray

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 that we

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 would be

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 living

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 lights

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 that go about

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 in a dark world

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 setting forth

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 the beauty

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 of Christ

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 and illuminating

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 that great

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 pressure

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 and riches

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 of his word.

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 Be with us.

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 We pray

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 in our time

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 together

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 as we come

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 and consider

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 what we are

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 receivers of

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 by being part

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 of the kingdom

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 of heaven.

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 Be with us

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 in minds

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 our thoughts

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 bodies

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 and souls

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 so that we

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 would not be

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 distracted

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 nor turn away

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 from your word.

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 Help us

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 to have that

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 focus

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 upon you

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 a heavenward

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 focus.

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 May you

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 grant us

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 your blessing.

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 May your spirit

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 be your guide

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 in these things

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 and these matters.

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 May your word

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 be to us

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 greatest treasure

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 of all

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 sweeter than honey

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 and richer than gold.

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 So be with us

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 in our worship

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 of you

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 and all this

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 we ask

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 in the confession

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 and forgiveness

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 of our sins

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 we ask

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 I would like us

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 to turn

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 to your Bibles

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 for our reading

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 and we'll find

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 that first reading

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 in Exodus

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 chapter 19.

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 Exodus

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 chapter 19.

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 We'll break up

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 our readings

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 we'll read in Exodus

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 and then afterwards

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 we'll read in Hebrews

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 after us singing.

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 Exodus

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 chapter 19.

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 I'm reading

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 at verse 7.

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 This is Israel

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 at Mount Sinai

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 and Moses

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 being called

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 to meet

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 with God.

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 Let us hear

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 God's word.

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 So Moses

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 came and called

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 the elders

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 of the people

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 and set

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 before them

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 all these words

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 that the Lord

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 had commanded him

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 and the people

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 answered together

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 and said

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 all that the Lord

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 has spoken

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 we will do.

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 And Moses

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 reported the words

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 of the people

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 to the Lord

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 and the Lord

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 said to Moses

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 behold

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 I am coming

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 to you

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 in a thick cloud

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 that the people

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 may hear

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 when I speak

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 with you

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 and may also

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 believe you

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 forever.

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 When Moses

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 told the words

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 of the people

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 to the Lord

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 the Lord

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 said to Moses

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 go to the people

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 and consecrate them

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 today and tomorrow

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 and let them

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 wash their garments

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 and be ready

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 for the third day

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 for on the third day

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 the Lord

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 will come down

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 on Mount Sinai

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 in the sight

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 of all the people

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 and you shall

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 set limits

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 for the people

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 all around

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 saying

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 take care

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 not to go

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 into the mountain

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 or touch

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 the edge of it

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 whoever touches

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 the mountain

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 shall be put

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 to death

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 no hand

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 shall touch him

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 but he shall

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 be stoned

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 or shot

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 whether beast

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 or man

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 he shall

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 not live

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 when the trumpet

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 sounds

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 a long blast

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 they shall

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 come up

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 to the mountain

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 so Moses

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 went down

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 from the mountain

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 to the people

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 and consecrated

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 the people

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 and they washed

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 their garments

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 and he said

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 to the people

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 be ready

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 for the third day

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 do not go near

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 a woman

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 on the morning

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 of the third day

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 there were thunder

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 and lightnings

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 and a thick cloud

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 on the mountain

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 and a very loud

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 trumpet blast

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 so that all the people

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 in the camp

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 trembled

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 then Moses

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 brought the people

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 out of the camp

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 to meet God

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 and they took

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 their stand

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 at the foot

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 of the mountain

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 now Mount Sinai

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 was wrapped

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 in smoke

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 because the Lord

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 had descended

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 on it in fire

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 the smoke

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 of it went up

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 like the smoke

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 of Achilles

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 and the whole

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 mountain

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 trembled

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 greatly

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 and as the sound

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 of the trumpet

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 grew louder

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 and louder

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 Moses spoke

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 and God

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 answered him

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 in the thunder

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 the Lord

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 came down

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 on Mount Sinai

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 to the top

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 of the mountain

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 and the Lord

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 called Moses

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 to the top

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 of the mountain

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 and Moses

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 went up

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 and the Lord

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 said to Moses

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 go down

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 and warn the people

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 lest they break

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 through to the Lord

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 to look

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 and many of them

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 perish

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 also let the priests

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 who come near

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 the Lord

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 consecrate themselves

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 lest the Lord

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 break out

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 against them

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 and Moses

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 said to the Lord

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 the people

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 cannot

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 come up

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 to Mount Sinai

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 for you

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 yourself

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 warned us

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 saying

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 set limits

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 around the mountain

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 and consecrate it

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 and the Lord

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 said to him

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 go down

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 and come up

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 bringing Aaron

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 with you

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 but do not

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 let the priests

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 and the people

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 break through

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 to come up

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 to the Lord

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 lest he break out

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 against them

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 so Moses

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 went down

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 to the people

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 and told them

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 Amen

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 I'll continue

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 in our praise

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 of God

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 by singing

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 there in Psalm 110

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 of the Scottish

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 Psalter version

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 find that

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 on page 390

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 Psalm 110

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 Scottish

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 Psalter version

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 page 390

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 we sing

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 from the beginning

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 of that Psalm

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 down to the end

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 of verse Mark 5

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 the Lord

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 the Lord

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 did say unto

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 my Lord

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 sit thou

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 at my right hand

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 until I make

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 thy force a stool

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 where on thy feet

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 may stand

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 the Lord

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 shall out of Zion

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 send

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 thy rod

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 of thy great power

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 in midst of all

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 thy enemies

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 be thou

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 the governor

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 down to verse 5

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 the glorious

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 and mighty Lord

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 that sits

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 at thy right hand

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 shall in this

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 his day

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 of wrath

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 strike through

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 kings

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 that do

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 whom

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 withstand

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 we'll stand

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 and sing

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 these words

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 together

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 the Lord

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 did say

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 unto my Lord

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 sit thou

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 at my right hand

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 this

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 unto

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とう

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asters

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 my Lord

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 serve

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 high

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anto

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 to

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 shall

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 on

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 return

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 and

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 till

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 I

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 af

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 Thy boat's astool, where not thy feet they stand?

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 The heart shall have the sky ascend,

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 where shore the life

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 is heard.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We turn now to our Bibles in the second portion of

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 reading from Scripture in the book of Hebrews, Hebrews chapter 12.

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 We'll read there at verse 18.

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 Hebrews chapter 12, verse 18.

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 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom, and

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 a tempest and the sound of a trumpet, and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that

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 no further messages be spoken to them.

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 For they could not endure the order that was given.

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 If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.

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 Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I tremble with fear.

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 But you have come, rather, to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly

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 Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the first-born

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 who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous

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 made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood

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 that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking.

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 For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will

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 we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

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 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, yet once more I will shake

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 not only the earth, but also the heavens.

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 This phrase, yet once more, indicates the removal of things that are shaken, that is, things that

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 have been made, in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.

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 Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let

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 us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

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 Amen.

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 May the reading of God's word be blessed to us as always.

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 Amen.

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 We continue in our praise to God before considering this passage, and we'll do so in Psalm 48a of

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 the Sing Psalms Version.

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 You'll find that on page 63 of the Blue Book.

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 We'll also conclude with this psalm after our considerations of Scripture, if you just might

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 want to keep that page.

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 We'll sing the whole psalm over them two singings.

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 Our first singing will take us down to verse marked 8.

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 Psalm 48a.

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 Sing down to verse marked 8.

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 as we have heard, so we have seen, God's city will endure.

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 The Lord Almighty evermore, his city keeps secure.

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 A psalm that speaks of the security of Mount Zion

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 and the king's great city that will endure forever.

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 May we stand and sing these verses.

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 Great is the Lord who rules on high, with praise his temple full.

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 The Lord who rules on high, with praise his temple full.

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 Within the city of our God and on his holy hill.

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 Thanks, I long with his graceful heart, his joy to all the earth.

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 The great is the Lord who rules on high, with praise his temple full.

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 Within her city of our God and on his holy hill.

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 God's presence is revealed.

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 For he has told himself to be a fortress of mercy.

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 God's presence is revealed.

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 When kings join forces to attack,

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 As one they march away.

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 They saw her and they wear a mist.

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 They all in terror play.

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 Like women giving burdened pain,

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 They tremble in his shame.

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 You wrecked them like a merchant tree,

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 By temples and stone away.

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 But we are so happy seeing,

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 God's city will endure.

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 The Lord almighty evermore.

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 His city is secure.

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 Amen.

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 I'll come now and consider the words from the book of Hebrews.

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 And for our text tonight,

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 Read there at verse 28.

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 Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken.

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 And thus, let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe.

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 For our God is a consuming fire.

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 Over the last few weeks,

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 We have looked at some of the great Bible similes that we find in the Bible.

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 And although we don't have one set before us tonight,

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 In the morning we consider what the kingdom of heaven was like,

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 As Jesus spoke of in the parables.

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 And we consider what was the kingdom.

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 And how that kingdom was all set in place by the gathering of the people.

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 And how that kingdom would come in the gathering of the people.

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 And I thought that this section here that speaks of a kingdom that cannot be shaken,

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 Would be a fitting conclusion to these Bible similes.

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 And I've tied them all together.

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 The outworking of Christ's kingdom.

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 And the gathering of the people as we considered in the morning.

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 And the riches of it.

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 We looked at and considered.

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 And tonight I really want to give our minds to the greatness of that kingdom.

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 That it is sure and steadfast like the man who built his house on the rock.

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 It is a place where the king's blessing pours down,

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 Like the oil on Aaron's head and the dew of Mount Hermon.

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 It is a place where the people in the kingdom of heaven are washed whiter than snow.

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 And it is a place where the gathering of that kingdom rejoice in saying together,

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 Let us.

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 The greatness of Christ's kingdom is set before us in this passage.

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 As a great provision and a great inheritance that we receive.

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 But is it so great to you as you consider it,

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 That you are stirred to that thankfulness spoken in verse 28,

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 With a gratefulness in your heart,

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 For receiving such a kingdom that cannot be shaken.

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 And is this thought on this great kingdom so wondrous to you,

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 That you cannot but draw near to him in worship with reverence and awe.

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 If we do, that's great.

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 But if not, then we have all the more reason to consider how great this kingdom is,

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 So that we too would be stirred in such a way.

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 That we are called by the king to come into this kingdom and receive the king's favour.

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 I pray that each of us would be found in the kingdom of heaven.

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 And this kingdom here is represented by two mountains from our passage.

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 One greater than the other.

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:25.200
 And in the final section from verse 25.

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:30.200
 There is a comparison made between two kingdoms.

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:36.200
 The kingdom of the world that will be shaken and the kingdom of God that will stand forever.

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:41.200
 So let us give our mind to those differences that are set before us.

00:32:41.200 --> 00:32:45.200
 Of two parts, considering two mountains,

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.200
 And considering the greater mountain.

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:50.200
 And considering the greater kingdom.

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:56.200
 So let's look at the greater mountain that is set before us.

00:32:56.200 --> 00:33:01.200
 It says there in verse 18.

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:08.200
 For you have not come to what may be touched a blazing fire, darkness and gloom, and a tempest,

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:16.200
 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice whose words made the hearer beg that no further messages would be spoken to them.

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:20.200
 For they could not endure the order that was given.

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:24.200
 If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:26.200
 And so on.

00:33:26.200 --> 00:33:32.200
 Oh, this passage takes us back to Mount Sinai.

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:35.200
 And the section that we read there in Exodus together.

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:41.200
 But there is a contrast set before Mount Sinai.

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:43.200
 With Mount Zion.

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:46.200
 You'll see that in verse 22.

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:51.200
 Whereas we come to the Mount Sinai at first in verse 18.

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:54.200
 In verse 22, the writer of the Hebrews says,

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:57.200
 But you have come to Mount Zion.

00:33:57.200 --> 00:34:00.200
 There are two mountains set before us.

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:03.200
 And if we consider Mount Sinai.

00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:08.199
 And God's almighty approach that he made to his people there.

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:15.199
 And the representative Moses going on behalf of them to meet with God.

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:18.199
 God asked for their preparation.

00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:20.199
 To consecrate themselves.

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:22.199
 To wash themselves.

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:28.199
 And we read that they came with fear and trembling.

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:31.199
 In verse 16 of that chapter.

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:36.199
 And as we read through the descriptions of all that happened on Mount Sinai.

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.199
 We kind of get a picture.

00:34:38.199 --> 00:34:43.199
 But we don't grasp really the effect of what was going on at that time.

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:48.199
 The fear of anyone going near the mountain.

00:34:48.199 --> 00:34:52.199
 God commanded that they should be stoned or shot.

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.199
 They were to die.

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:54.199
 They were to die.

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.199
 Man or beast.

00:34:55.199 --> 00:35:00.199
 They were to stay back.

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:03.199
 Until the trumpet sounded.

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:05.199
 Then they could draw closer.

00:35:05.199 --> 00:35:08.199
 But even only so far.

00:35:08.199 --> 00:35:11.199
 For Moses had to go back.

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:13.199
 And restrain them.

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:16.199
 From drawing into the presence of God.

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:18.199
 They could not endure.

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:20.199
 The order that was given.

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:22.199
 To draw near to God.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:23.199
 And to come to him.

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:25.199
 And we could see that.

00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:28.199
 When we consider this Old Testament account.

00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:31.199
 We see in it the great display of God's power.

00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:32.199
 His might.

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:33.199
 His authority.

00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:37.199
 Really emphasized at Mount Sinai.

00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:43.199
 This is the obvious revealing of God's character at Sinai.

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:48.199
 Such that it produces within the heart of man.

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:50.199
 Fear and trembling.

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.199
 Even in the heart of Moses.

00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:53.199
 Verse 21.

00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:58.199
 Yet under this great display of fear.

00:35:58.199 --> 00:36:01.199
 This great display of might and power.

00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:03.199
 That provoked such fear.

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:05.199
 Underneath that.

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:12.199
 There is a loving, forgiving, patient and long-suffering God.

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:15.199
 It's not obvious to us.

00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:18.199
 But we don't even need to leave Mount Sinai to see it.

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:20.199
 For if you remember.

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:22.199
 While Moses was up on that mountain.

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:26.199
 The people of God were building a golden calf.

00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:29.199
 And making an idol of that calf.

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:33.199
 God did not destroy them for such an action.

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:39.199
 But God in his patience, forgiveness, long-suffering.

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:42.199
 With the people that were so stiff-necked.

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:47.199
 He allowed them to be builders of the tabernacle.

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:51.199
 Where he would come and dwell with them.

00:36:51.199 --> 00:36:55.199
 Although when we consider Sinai.

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:58.199
 The might and power of God.

00:36:58.199 --> 00:37:00.199
 Is really set before us.

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:06.199
 And the writer is saying there in verse 18.

00:37:06.199 --> 00:37:09.199
 We have not come to a place like that.

00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:13.199
 We have not come to the place of things that may be touched.

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:19.199
 We have come to far superior things than Mount Sinai.

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:23.199
 The Hebrew writer is saying this is the way things were in the old covenant.

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:25.199
 In the old ways.

00:37:25.199 --> 00:37:30.199
 But now consider the ways that we have now.

00:37:30.199 --> 00:37:32.199
 And the riches of it.

00:37:32.199 --> 00:37:36.199
 You have come to Mount Zion.

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:40.199
 Mount Zion, a mountain that represented the presence of God.

00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:42.199
 Before Jerusalem.

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:47.199
 Mount Zion's mountain stood over Jerusalem.

00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:51.199
 And it was considered as that seat and throne of God.

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:55.199
 That watched over his precious people of Jerusalem.

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:57.199
 As we saw in Psalm 133.

00:37:57.199 --> 00:38:00.199
 And from that throne.

00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:03.199
 The blessings of God poured down.

00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:15.919
 And yet it is to this mountain that we come, Mount Zion, not to a place where we are arrested by the fear and terror of God,

00:38:15.919 --> 00:38:29.119
 but where the immeasurable riches of this king pour down upon his people by the one that went before us,

00:38:29.119 --> 00:38:47.319
 by our representative, by the blood of Christ, we receive spiritual treasure of surpassing value in the kingdom of heaven that is set before us.

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:54.559
 Mount Zion, in a sense, reverses the emphasis of Mount Sinai.

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:58.619
 Love is emphasized and not wrath.

00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:08.380
 The new covenant and the new ways openly display the love of God in the giving of his son at Calvary.

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:17.440
 And yet under that great display of love, and no greater display of love can anyone make than to give their life.

00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:25.019
 Underneath that is the power and might of God, the sovereignty of God.

00:39:25.019 --> 00:39:37.300
 And you can see, well, on both mountains, there is a God which loves us and is patient and long-suffering with us,

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:43.159
 but also a God that causes fear and trembling in our heart.

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:48.359
 Such is God, such is God, and such he will be.

00:39:51.239 --> 00:39:57.899
 We are not to pluck God's attributes as we see fit.

00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:03.399
 For if we do that, we lose the character of God.

00:40:03.400 --> 00:40:10.599
 And it will directly influence how we draw near to him and how we worship him.

00:40:12.139 --> 00:40:15.360
 And if we consider the riches of Mount Zion,

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:21.480
 look there what we read of about this mountain in verse 22.

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:25.099
 It is so rich of what we receive.

00:40:25.900 --> 00:40:28.199
 But you have come to Mount Zion,

00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:31.079
 and to the city of the living God,

00:40:31.740 --> 00:40:32.820
 the heavenly Jerusalem,

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:36.460
 to the innumerable angels and festal gathering,

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:39.719
 and to the assembly of the firstborn who are ruled in heaven,

00:40:40.059 --> 00:40:41.820
 and to God, the judge of all,

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:44.460
 and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:47.559
 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant,

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:52.559
 and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

00:40:53.639 --> 00:41:00.799
 The writer's building upon himself as he speaks about this kingdom,

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:05.019
 about this heavenly kingdom that has been prepared for us.

00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:08.139
 The privileges of it are set forth for us to consider.

00:41:09.719 --> 00:41:15.980
 You can come to the city of the living God.

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:21.059
 You are not restricted from his dwelling place.

00:41:23.059 --> 00:41:27.699
 You are not restricted like the people were in Mount Sinai,

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:34.840
 nor are you restricted like the people were by the curtain of the tabernacle.

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:40.500
 We have come into the city of the living God.

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:44.460
 We are welcomed into that city,

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:46.599
 not restrained,

00:41:47.199 --> 00:41:53.260
 even to be with the innumerable angels in the worship of God,

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:56.440
 to that festal gathering.

00:41:57.699 --> 00:42:00.079
 And that word to describe that gathering

00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:03.519
 is a word that is not used anywhere else in Scripture,

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:06.219
 and maybe rightly so,

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:10.359
 for it is a gathering like no other.

00:42:12.359 --> 00:42:19.639
 We are come to this adjoining with the innumerable angels

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:21.500
 in the worship of God

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:25.239
 as receivers of the kingdom of heaven.

00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:35.459
 And you have come to be included in the assembly in heaven,

00:42:36.719 --> 00:42:38.699
 enrolled in heaven,

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:45.039
 written with your name registered in this place.

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:48.979
 You have citizenship in this heavenly kingdom.

00:42:49.439 --> 00:42:51.839
 Your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life.

00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:55.500
 And it is not just to the city,

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:56.760
 nor the angels,

00:42:56.980 --> 00:42:57.880
 nor the assembly,

00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:01.100
 but you have come unto God,

00:43:01.720 --> 00:43:03.079
 the judge of all,

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:07.680
 and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect.

00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:11.220
 For it is only those

00:43:11.220 --> 00:43:14.300
 who are made perfect in righteousness,

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:18.360
 and the righteousness of Christ,

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:20.680
 that are judged as pure.

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:24.859
 Those who have washed their garments

00:43:24.859 --> 00:43:26.940
 in the blood of Christ,

00:43:27.460 --> 00:43:29.960
 made perfect in his righteousness,

00:43:30.759 --> 00:43:34.319
 and it is to the one

00:43:34.319 --> 00:43:37.299
 who gives us his righteousness

00:43:37.299 --> 00:43:39.079
 that we also come.

00:43:40.379 --> 00:43:41.199
 It says there,

00:43:41.399 --> 00:43:42.039
 to Jesus,

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.839
 our Savior,

00:43:44.299 --> 00:43:45.119
 our mediator,

00:43:45.879 --> 00:43:47.239
 our representative,

00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:51.619
 the one who went into the place

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:53.599
 where we could not go,

00:43:54.159 --> 00:43:56.599
 nor the place where we could endure.

00:43:58.019 --> 00:44:01.559
 He went to satisfy the justice of God

00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:05.119
 by his unblemished,

00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:07.119
 perfect sacrifice,

00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:11.500
 so that we may enter

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:14.359
 into his presence

00:44:14.359 --> 00:44:17.940
 by the blood that cleansed us

00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:19.119
 from all our unrighteousness.

00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:23.299
 and it is a blood spilt

00:44:23.299 --> 00:44:25.299
 that speaks.

00:44:25.299 --> 00:44:29.539
 And it speaks a better word

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:31.319
 than the blood of Abel.

00:44:31.400 --> 00:44:33.139
 It says there in verse 24.

00:44:35.500 --> 00:44:40.139
 Both men were killed unjustly.

00:44:40.139 --> 00:44:45.980
 Both offered a willing sacrifice

00:44:45.980 --> 00:44:47.879
 with blood.

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:50.019
 Abel brought a lamb

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:51.440
 as an offering,

00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:54.980
 but also his own blood

00:44:54.980 --> 00:44:56.539
 spoke,

00:44:58.139 --> 00:44:59.480
 though separately.

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:03.779
 Christ's sacrifice

00:45:03.780 --> 00:45:05.940
 and life is such

00:45:05.940 --> 00:45:07.640
 that they are both his own.

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:11.200
 And while Abel's blood

00:45:11.200 --> 00:45:11.920
 is a blood

00:45:11.920 --> 00:45:13.600
 that spoke of vengeance

00:45:13.600 --> 00:45:15.880
 against his offender,

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:20.780
 and a punishment

00:45:20.780 --> 00:45:23.480
 that God made upon Cain

00:45:23.480 --> 00:45:24.960
 that it says

00:45:24.960 --> 00:45:26.560
 he could not bear,

00:45:27.720 --> 00:45:30.700
 the wrath and curse of God

00:45:30.700 --> 00:45:32.800
 that was so great for him,

00:45:33.780 --> 00:45:36.240
 Christ's blood

00:45:36.240 --> 00:45:37.420
 does not speak

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:38.360
 in such a way.

00:45:39.900 --> 00:45:41.060
 Christ's blood

00:45:41.060 --> 00:45:42.740
 speaks with forgiveness

00:45:42.740 --> 00:45:44.060
 to those

00:45:44.060 --> 00:45:45.080
 who have offended him.

00:45:46.860 --> 00:45:48.240
 Christ's blood

00:45:48.240 --> 00:45:50.960
 was so like that

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:52.519
 willing sacrifice offered.

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:55.519
 And it was such a sacrifice

00:45:55.519 --> 00:45:56.620
 that was likewise

00:45:56.620 --> 00:45:58.360
 received and regarded

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:59.640
 by God.

00:46:01.240 --> 00:46:02.440
 And it was a sacrifice

00:46:02.440 --> 00:46:05.059
 that bore the punishment

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:08.059
 that we could not bear.

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:10.900
 The blood of Christ

00:46:10.900 --> 00:46:13.500
 is a far better word.

00:46:16.000 --> 00:46:16.900
 And though Christ,

00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:21.200
 and though through this blood

00:46:21.200 --> 00:46:23.000
 and through Christ,

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:25.519
 we come to Mount Zion

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:27.539
 through this man.

00:46:27.539 --> 00:46:31.039
 not in the old ways

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.920
 of Mount Zion

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:33.800
 with fear and trembling,

00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:36.960
 but a new and living way

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:38.880
 is opened up for us.

00:46:40.259 --> 00:46:42.739
 Unto the heavenly kingdom,

00:46:43.880 --> 00:46:46.539
 unto the glory of God.

00:46:47.539 --> 00:46:49.779
 The curtain that kept us back

00:46:49.779 --> 00:46:51.099
 has been torn.

00:46:52.079 --> 00:46:53.460
 The way has been opened

00:46:53.460 --> 00:46:55.900
 by the blood of the Lamb,

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:58.079
 allowing us to go

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:59.019
 to the places

00:46:59.019 --> 00:47:01.039
 where we are restricted

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:01.840
 from going

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:04.280
 into the presence of God.

00:47:05.119 --> 00:47:07.019
 We enter into

00:47:07.019 --> 00:47:09.300
 far superior things

00:47:09.300 --> 00:47:12.280
 and far greater blessings

00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:14.480
 as the people of God.

00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:16.860
 We are so privileged

00:47:16.860 --> 00:47:19.420
 to receive these things.

00:47:20.660 --> 00:47:21.579
 It is like the words

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:22.559
 of Psalm 89.

00:47:23.760 --> 00:47:24.940
 O greatly blessed

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:25.900
 the people are

00:47:25.900 --> 00:47:27.019
 the joyful sound

00:47:27.019 --> 00:47:27.539
 that know

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.920
 in brightness

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.920
 of thy face,

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:30.559
 O Lord,

00:47:30.780 --> 00:47:32.099
 they ever on shall go.

00:47:33.160 --> 00:47:34.500
 They in thy name

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:35.559
 shall all the day

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:37.800
 rejoice exceedingly

00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:39.840
 and in thy righteousness

00:47:39.840 --> 00:47:40.880
 they shall

00:47:40.880 --> 00:47:42.559
 be exalted,

00:47:43.460 --> 00:47:45.120
 exalted be on high.

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:48.659
 And it is to the heights

00:47:48.659 --> 00:47:49.799
 of Zion

00:47:49.799 --> 00:47:52.380
 that we will be exalted

00:47:52.380 --> 00:47:54.599
 to be with God

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:56.559
 and to be in the presence

00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:57.199
 of God

00:47:57.199 --> 00:47:59.460
 for Christ has opened up

00:47:59.460 --> 00:47:59.960
 the way

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:02.719
 to be in such a place.

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:05.339
 And it is a great kingdom

00:48:05.339 --> 00:48:06.759
 that is set before

00:48:06.759 --> 00:48:09.699
 the one who trusts in Christ.

00:48:11.299 --> 00:48:13.059
 Verse 25

00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:15.440
 makes a call

00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:16.460
 to each of us.

00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:18.440
 See that you do not

00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:19.320
 refuse him

00:48:19.320 --> 00:48:20.219
 who is speaking.

00:48:21.320 --> 00:48:22.820
 For if they did not escape

00:48:22.820 --> 00:48:24.039
 when they refused him

00:48:24.039 --> 00:48:25.219
 who warned them on earth,

00:48:25.739 --> 00:48:27.400
 much less will we escape

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:28.460
 if we reject him

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:29.619
 who warns from heaven.

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:31.779
 At that time

00:48:31.779 --> 00:48:33.099
 his voice shook the earth,

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:34.920
 but now he has promised,

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:36.340
 yet once more

00:48:36.340 --> 00:48:37.719
 I will shake

00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:38.739
 not only the earth,

00:48:39.019 --> 00:48:41.219
 but also the heavens.

00:48:41.219 --> 00:48:43.319
 This phrase

00:48:43.319 --> 00:48:44.199
 yet once more

00:48:44.199 --> 00:48:45.219
 indicates the removal

00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:46.439
 of things that are shaken,

00:48:47.119 --> 00:48:47.639
 that is,

00:48:47.699 --> 00:48:48.779
 the things that have been made

00:48:48.779 --> 00:48:50.519
 in order that the things

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:52.099
 that cannot be shaken

00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:53.779
 may remain.

00:48:55.019 --> 00:48:55.599
 He's calling

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:56.699
 to each of us

00:48:56.699 --> 00:48:58.599
 to understand

00:48:58.599 --> 00:49:00.959
 what has been said here.

00:49:01.959 --> 00:49:02.859
 That we do not

00:49:02.859 --> 00:49:03.599
 reject

00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:04.859
 the provision

00:49:04.859 --> 00:49:06.019
 and inheritance

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:07.239
 that we have

00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:08.959
 through Christ Jesus.

00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:10.559
 the sacrifice

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:12.579
 for our sins.

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:16.099
 The king

00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:18.059
 is asking you

00:49:18.059 --> 00:49:18.579
 to come

00:49:18.579 --> 00:49:20.900
 into his kingdom

00:49:20.900 --> 00:49:22.639
 and receive

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:23.940
 these riches.

00:49:25.220 --> 00:49:26.159
 Do you know

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:26.800
 the value

00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:27.860
 of the treasure

00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:28.659
 that is set

00:49:28.659 --> 00:49:29.760
 before you tonight

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:31.679
 in his word?

00:49:33.099 --> 00:49:34.119
 Here is a warning

00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:35.519
 not to refuse it,

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:37.860
 for by the power

00:49:37.860 --> 00:49:39.039
 that shook Sinai

00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:39.559
 it says

00:49:39.559 --> 00:49:40.380
 that he will also

00:49:40.380 --> 00:49:41.880
 shake this world

00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:43.599
 and destroy

00:49:43.599 --> 00:49:45.280
 all things

00:49:45.280 --> 00:49:46.500
 that have been made

00:49:46.500 --> 00:49:47.940
 so the things

00:49:47.940 --> 00:49:49.259
 that cannot be shaken

00:49:49.259 --> 00:49:50.360
 will remain.

00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:51.920
 The things

00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:52.719
 not made

00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:53.480
 with hands,

00:49:54.199 --> 00:49:54.759
 the things

00:49:54.759 --> 00:49:55.579
 that are eternal

00:49:55.579 --> 00:49:56.420
 in the heavens,

00:49:57.860 --> 00:49:59.159
 only what cannot

00:49:59.159 --> 00:49:59.880
 be shaken,

00:50:00.699 --> 00:50:01.480
 what God

00:50:01.480 --> 00:50:02.179
 has made

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:03.119
 and provided

00:50:03.119 --> 00:50:04.340
 shall remain.

00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:06.800
 Mount Zion

00:50:06.800 --> 00:50:08.039
 will stand

00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:08.519
 forever.

00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:11.160
 This kingdom

00:50:11.160 --> 00:50:11.780
 is such

00:50:11.780 --> 00:50:12.579
 that it is

00:50:12.579 --> 00:50:13.660
 so secure

00:50:13.660 --> 00:50:15.440
 it will not

00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:16.160
 be shaken.

00:50:17.280 --> 00:50:17.860
 The kingdom

00:50:17.860 --> 00:50:18.860
 in which the believer

00:50:18.860 --> 00:50:20.079
 in Christ

00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:21.340
 is a part of

00:50:21.340 --> 00:50:23.240
 today

00:50:23.240 --> 00:50:25.420
 gives you

00:50:25.420 --> 00:50:26.100
 the greatest

00:50:26.100 --> 00:50:26.760
 security

00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:27.579
 for tomorrow.

00:50:28.579 --> 00:50:29.460
 For even

00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:30.160
 our lives

00:50:30.160 --> 00:50:31.059
 shall be shaken,

00:50:31.900 --> 00:50:32.840
 our bodies

00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:34.019
 shall be shaken,

00:50:34.019 --> 00:50:35.480
 and removed.

00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:39.239
 But the kingdom

00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:39.900
 of heaven

00:50:39.900 --> 00:50:41.559
 and those

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:42.460
 who are part

00:50:42.460 --> 00:50:43.019
 of the kingdom

00:50:43.019 --> 00:50:43.619
 of heaven

00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:44.599
 and welcome

00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:45.559
 into the kingdom

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.139
 of heaven

00:50:46.139 --> 00:50:47.579
 shall endure.

00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:52.759
 Is there an excuse

00:50:52.759 --> 00:50:53.400
 for those

00:50:53.400 --> 00:50:54.019
 who have heard

00:50:54.019 --> 00:50:54.920
 these things

00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:57.659
 of such

00:50:57.659 --> 00:50:58.260
 a provision

00:50:58.260 --> 00:50:59.920
 of wonder

00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:00.380
 that it is

00:51:00.380 --> 00:51:01.420
 made for those

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:03.400
 through Christ

00:51:03.400 --> 00:51:04.039
 Jesus?

00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:06.420
 We are not

00:51:06.420 --> 00:51:06.960
 to come

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:07.519
 with fear

00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:08.200
 and trembling.

00:51:09.059 --> 00:51:10.220
 We are to come

00:51:10.220 --> 00:51:11.059
 and rejoice

00:51:11.059 --> 00:51:12.119
 in all

00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:12.980
 that has been

00:51:12.980 --> 00:51:14.019
 done for us.

00:51:15.440 --> 00:51:16.599
 And as the trumpet

00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:17.639
 sounded at Mount

00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:18.780
 Sinai for the people

00:51:18.780 --> 00:51:19.420
 to come,

00:51:20.920 --> 00:51:21.920
 so the trumpet

00:51:21.920 --> 00:51:23.079
 sounds

00:51:23.079 --> 00:51:23.759
 tonight.

00:51:24.880 --> 00:51:25.840
 The gospel

00:51:25.840 --> 00:51:26.259
 has been

00:51:26.259 --> 00:51:26.819
 sounded

00:51:26.819 --> 00:51:27.420
 throughout

00:51:27.420 --> 00:51:28.579
 our land

00:51:28.579 --> 00:51:29.039
 and it has

00:51:29.039 --> 00:51:29.659
 been made

00:51:29.659 --> 00:51:30.279
 known

00:51:30.279 --> 00:51:31.420
 to the hearer

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:31.960
 of it

00:51:31.960 --> 00:51:33.079
 and you

00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:33.759
 tonight

00:51:33.759 --> 00:51:35.299
 that it is

00:51:35.299 --> 00:51:35.960
 time

00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:36.940
 to come

00:51:36.940 --> 00:51:37.819
 and receive

00:51:37.819 --> 00:51:39.380
 these riches,

00:51:40.219 --> 00:51:41.759
 to receive

00:51:41.759 --> 00:51:42.380
 the blessing

00:51:42.380 --> 00:51:43.119
 and favour

00:51:43.119 --> 00:51:44.099
 of the King,

00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:46.179
 to come

00:51:46.179 --> 00:51:47.539
 to this

00:51:47.539 --> 00:51:48.299
 blessed

00:51:48.299 --> 00:51:49.019
 Mount

00:51:49.019 --> 00:51:49.659
 Zion.

00:51:49.659 --> 00:51:52.099
 let us

00:51:52.099 --> 00:51:53.000
 rejoice

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:53.859
 as we

00:51:53.859 --> 00:51:54.379
 consider

00:51:54.379 --> 00:51:55.980
 the provision

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:56.639
 that has been

00:51:56.639 --> 00:51:57.639
 made for us.

00:51:58.539 --> 00:51:59.639
 Where abundant

00:51:59.639 --> 00:52:00.940
 blessings flow

00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:01.839
 down to the

00:52:01.839 --> 00:52:02.359
 people,

00:52:03.500 --> 00:52:04.139
 the trumpet

00:52:04.139 --> 00:52:04.899
 sounds

00:52:04.899 --> 00:52:05.599
 the favour

00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:06.500
 of the King,

00:52:08.399 --> 00:52:09.019
 but yet

00:52:09.019 --> 00:52:09.719
 another

00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:10.359
 trumpet

00:52:10.359 --> 00:52:11.619
 shall sound,

00:52:13.619 --> 00:52:14.239
 a trumpet

00:52:14.239 --> 00:52:15.019
 that will

00:52:15.019 --> 00:52:15.659
 sound the

00:52:15.659 --> 00:52:16.139
 coming

00:52:16.139 --> 00:52:17.139
 of that

00:52:17.139 --> 00:52:17.599
 kingdom

00:52:17.599 --> 00:52:18.920
 and completeness.

00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:21.119
 as we pray

00:52:21.119 --> 00:52:22.119
 and call

00:52:22.119 --> 00:52:22.559
 for his

00:52:22.559 --> 00:52:23.000
 kingdom

00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:23.739
 to come,

00:52:25.259 --> 00:52:25.739
 a prayer

00:52:25.739 --> 00:52:26.779
 that will

00:52:26.779 --> 00:52:28.139
 with surety

00:52:28.139 --> 00:52:29.119
 be answered.

00:52:30.399 --> 00:52:31.019
 It's just

00:52:31.019 --> 00:52:31.339
 like the

00:52:31.339 --> 00:52:32.039
 parable of the

00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:32.539
 night that we

00:52:32.539 --> 00:52:33.339
 considered this

00:52:33.339 --> 00:52:33.719
 morning,

00:52:35.219 --> 00:52:35.759
 where those

00:52:35.759 --> 00:52:36.099
 will be

00:52:36.099 --> 00:52:36.440
 gathered

00:52:36.440 --> 00:52:37.619
 and those

00:52:37.619 --> 00:52:38.139
 will be

00:52:38.139 --> 00:52:38.659
 separated,

00:52:39.539 --> 00:52:40.039
 the good

00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:40.920
 from the bad,

00:52:41.519 --> 00:52:41.940
 those who

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:42.539
 believe in

00:52:42.539 --> 00:52:43.039
 Christ

00:52:43.039 --> 00:52:43.920
 and are

00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:44.460
 part of

00:52:44.460 --> 00:52:44.960
 the kingdom

00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:45.539
 of heaven

00:52:45.539 --> 00:52:46.839
 shall be

00:52:46.839 --> 00:52:47.539
 safe

00:52:47.539 --> 00:52:48.239
 and secure.

00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:50.959
 Christ's

00:52:50.959 --> 00:52:51.619
 own appeal

00:52:51.619 --> 00:52:52.459
 to the

00:52:52.459 --> 00:52:52.879
 people

00:52:52.879 --> 00:52:53.439
 was,

00:52:54.139 --> 00:52:54.579
 repent,

00:52:55.519 --> 00:52:56.279
 turn from

00:52:56.279 --> 00:52:56.839
 the ways

00:52:56.839 --> 00:52:57.179
 in which

00:52:57.179 --> 00:52:57.519
 you are

00:52:57.519 --> 00:52:57.899
 living,

00:52:58.839 --> 00:52:59.419
 turn from

00:52:59.419 --> 00:53:00.119
 the desires

00:53:00.119 --> 00:53:00.639
 of your

00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:01.099
 heart,

00:53:01.319 --> 00:53:01.759
 repent,

00:53:01.759 --> 00:53:02.819
 for the

00:53:02.819 --> 00:53:03.459
 kingdom of

00:53:03.459 --> 00:53:03.819
 heaven

00:53:03.819 --> 00:53:04.839
 is at

00:53:04.839 --> 00:53:05.359
 hand.

00:53:06.739 --> 00:53:06.979
 The

00:53:06.979 --> 00:53:07.319
 King

00:53:07.319 --> 00:53:08.819
 is calling

00:53:08.819 --> 00:53:10.019
 to you

00:53:10.019 --> 00:53:10.719
 tonight,

00:53:11.219 --> 00:53:11.899
 the trumpet

00:53:11.899 --> 00:53:12.659
 is being

00:53:12.659 --> 00:53:13.199
 sounded,

00:53:13.799 --> 00:53:14.379
 that you

00:53:14.379 --> 00:53:15.500
 may come.

00:53:15.500 --> 00:53:17.599
 And what

00:53:17.599 --> 00:53:17.940
 is the

00:53:17.940 --> 00:53:18.940
 writer of

00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:19.460
 the Hebrews

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:20.619
 conclusion to

00:53:20.619 --> 00:53:21.179
 all these

00:53:21.179 --> 00:53:21.659
 things?

00:53:22.579 --> 00:53:23.300
 He says,

00:53:23.840 --> 00:53:24.579
 therefore,

00:53:25.460 --> 00:53:26.800
 let us

00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:27.579
 be grateful

00:53:27.579 --> 00:53:28.360
 for receiving

00:53:28.360 --> 00:53:28.960
 a kingdom

00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:29.579
 that cannot

00:53:29.579 --> 00:53:30.260
 be shaken

00:53:30.260 --> 00:53:32.920
 and thus

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:33.559
 let us

00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:34.900
 offer to

00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:35.219
 God

00:53:35.219 --> 00:53:35.840
 acceptable

00:53:35.840 --> 00:53:36.300
 worship

00:53:36.300 --> 00:53:37.420
 with reverence

00:53:37.420 --> 00:53:37.820
 and awe

00:53:37.820 --> 00:53:38.659
 for our

00:53:38.659 --> 00:53:39.300
 God is a

00:53:39.300 --> 00:53:39.780
 consuming

00:53:39.780 --> 00:53:40.260
 fire.

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:42.820
 When

00:53:42.820 --> 00:53:43.559
 someone gives

00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:44.059
 you a gift

00:53:44.059 --> 00:53:44.759
 of abundance,

00:53:45.159 --> 00:53:45.719
 you're not

00:53:45.719 --> 00:53:46.360
 quite sure

00:53:46.360 --> 00:53:46.860
 what to

00:53:46.860 --> 00:53:47.139
 do.

00:53:50.299 --> 00:53:50.980
 And it

00:53:50.980 --> 00:53:51.559
 is the

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:51.940
 abundance

00:53:51.940 --> 00:53:53.000
 of God's

00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:53.519
 grace,

00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:55.119
 the

00:53:55.119 --> 00:53:55.579
 forgiveness

00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:56.199
 of your

00:53:56.199 --> 00:53:56.699
 sins,

00:53:57.840 --> 00:53:58.000
 the

00:53:58.000 --> 00:53:58.599
 washings

00:53:58.599 --> 00:53:58.920
 of your

00:53:58.920 --> 00:53:59.480
 garments,

00:54:00.840 --> 00:54:01.420
 a solid

00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:01.980
 rock in

00:54:01.980 --> 00:54:02.380
 which to

00:54:02.380 --> 00:54:02.860
 build your

00:54:02.860 --> 00:54:03.799
 life upon,

00:54:05.259 --> 00:54:05.599
 and the

00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:06.259
 receiving

00:54:06.259 --> 00:54:07.739
 of God's

00:54:07.739 --> 00:54:08.659
 favour.

00:54:10.799 --> 00:54:11.159
 It's

00:54:11.159 --> 00:54:11.579
 sometimes

00:54:11.579 --> 00:54:13.059
 hard to

00:54:13.059 --> 00:54:13.579
 grasp.

00:54:14.059 --> 00:54:14.880
 and to

00:54:14.880 --> 00:54:15.539
 receive

00:54:15.539 --> 00:54:15.860
 them.

00:54:17.860 --> 00:54:18.599
 But they

00:54:18.599 --> 00:54:18.980
 are set

00:54:18.980 --> 00:54:19.599
 before you

00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:20.000
 tonight.

00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:22.699
 The

00:54:22.699 --> 00:54:23.420
 believer in

00:54:23.420 --> 00:54:23.860
 Christ

00:54:23.860 --> 00:54:25.259
 has

00:54:25.259 --> 00:54:25.880
 received

00:54:25.880 --> 00:54:26.900
 all this

00:54:26.900 --> 00:54:27.380
 already.

00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:28.980
 The

00:54:28.980 --> 00:54:30.320
 believer in

00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:31.019
 Christ is

00:54:31.019 --> 00:54:32.039
 already part

00:54:32.039 --> 00:54:32.420
 of this

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:32.799
 kingdom.

00:54:33.739 --> 00:54:34.259
 His name

00:54:34.259 --> 00:54:34.820
 is already

00:54:34.820 --> 00:54:35.940
 written in

00:54:35.940 --> 00:54:36.639
 the Lamb's

00:54:36.639 --> 00:54:37.420
 Book of

00:54:37.420 --> 00:54:37.860
 Life.

00:54:37.860 --> 00:54:39.599
 Christ is

00:54:39.599 --> 00:54:40.780
 He is

00:54:40.780 --> 00:54:41.200
 already

00:54:41.200 --> 00:54:42.740
 welcomed

00:54:42.740 --> 00:54:43.900
 into the

00:54:43.900 --> 00:54:44.599
 king's

00:54:44.599 --> 00:54:45.800
 city to

00:54:45.800 --> 00:54:46.800
 join in

00:54:46.800 --> 00:54:47.539
 the praise

00:54:47.539 --> 00:54:48.320
 of God

00:54:48.320 --> 00:54:49.820
 and enrolled

00:54:49.820 --> 00:54:50.500
 in that

00:54:50.500 --> 00:54:50.940
 great

00:54:50.940 --> 00:54:51.620
 assembly.

00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:53.380
 They can

00:54:53.380 --> 00:54:53.940
 come to

00:54:53.940 --> 00:54:54.420
 God,

00:54:55.200 --> 00:54:55.559
 they can

00:54:55.559 --> 00:54:56.079
 come to

00:54:56.079 --> 00:54:56.539
 Jesus

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:58.120
 through that

00:54:58.120 --> 00:54:58.820
 blood that

00:54:58.820 --> 00:54:59.599
 was poured

00:54:59.599 --> 00:55:00.280
 out for

00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:00.599
 you.

00:55:00.599 --> 00:55:03.420
 we have

00:55:03.420 --> 00:55:04.079
 received

00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:04.579
 these

00:55:04.579 --> 00:55:05.099
 things

00:55:05.099 --> 00:55:05.539
 already.

00:55:06.960 --> 00:55:07.819
 We are

00:55:07.819 --> 00:55:08.699
 one and

00:55:08.699 --> 00:55:09.299
 the same

00:55:09.299 --> 00:55:09.920
 in the

00:55:09.920 --> 00:55:10.619
 kingdom of

00:55:10.619 --> 00:55:10.920
 heaven.

00:55:11.920 --> 00:55:12.500
 We are

00:55:12.500 --> 00:55:13.299
 included in

00:55:13.299 --> 00:55:13.980
 all these

00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:14.559
 things.

00:55:15.279 --> 00:55:15.539
 The

00:55:15.539 --> 00:55:15.940
 kingdom

00:55:15.940 --> 00:55:17.400
 has been

00:55:17.400 --> 00:55:18.319
 prepared for

00:55:18.319 --> 00:55:18.639
 you.

00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:20.279
 The king

00:55:20.279 --> 00:55:20.940
 is waiting

00:55:20.940 --> 00:55:21.539
 to gather

00:55:21.539 --> 00:55:22.279
 the people

00:55:22.279 --> 00:55:22.960
 of his

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:23.500
 kingdom

00:55:23.500 --> 00:55:24.960
 which are

00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:25.900
 set before

00:55:25.900 --> 00:55:26.619
 us here

00:55:26.619 --> 00:55:27.500
 tonight.

00:55:27.500 --> 00:55:30.099
 the king's

00:55:30.099 --> 00:55:30.920
 kingdom

00:55:30.920 --> 00:55:32.460
 will come

00:55:32.460 --> 00:55:32.639
 in

00:55:32.639 --> 00:55:33.199
 completion

00:55:33.199 --> 00:55:34.719
 and he

00:55:34.719 --> 00:55:35.280
 is calling

00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:35.920
 you to

00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:36.659
 come to

00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:36.920
 it.

00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:38.880
 And I

00:55:38.880 --> 00:55:39.340
 admit in

00:55:39.340 --> 00:55:39.800
 all these

00:55:39.800 --> 00:55:40.760
 things we

00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:41.179
 can only

00:55:41.179 --> 00:55:42.019
 really touch

00:55:42.019 --> 00:55:42.480
 on it

00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:44.239
 and probably

00:55:44.239 --> 00:55:45.539
 rightly so.

00:55:45.800 --> 00:55:46.260
 We cannot

00:55:46.260 --> 00:55:47.019
 grasp them

00:55:47.019 --> 00:55:47.539
 in full.

00:55:48.599 --> 00:55:48.840
 They are

00:55:48.840 --> 00:55:49.679
 inconceivable

00:55:49.679 --> 00:55:50.960
 to us

00:55:50.960 --> 00:55:51.639
 of what

00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:52.760
 these riches

00:55:52.760 --> 00:55:53.599
 really are.

00:55:54.679 --> 00:55:55.280
 We see

00:55:55.280 --> 00:55:55.860
 through our

00:55:55.860 --> 00:55:56.940
 glass dimly

00:55:56.940 --> 00:55:58.679
 we have

00:55:58.679 --> 00:55:59.539
 tastes of

00:55:59.539 --> 00:56:00.119
 this heavenly

00:56:00.119 --> 00:56:01.260
 experience

00:56:01.260 --> 00:56:03.260
 but we

00:56:03.260 --> 00:56:03.980
 fail to

00:56:03.980 --> 00:56:04.480
 convey

00:56:04.480 --> 00:56:05.740
 the full

00:56:05.740 --> 00:56:06.200
 measure

00:56:06.200 --> 00:56:06.980
 what it

00:56:06.980 --> 00:56:07.440
 will mean

00:56:07.440 --> 00:56:08.119
 for us.

00:56:09.159 --> 00:56:09.800
 Even

00:56:09.800 --> 00:56:10.480
 the outworking

00:56:10.480 --> 00:56:11.159
 of God's

00:56:11.159 --> 00:56:11.639
 grace in

00:56:11.639 --> 00:56:12.340
 our lives

00:56:12.340 --> 00:56:13.099
 we can

00:56:13.099 --> 00:56:13.740
 explain it

00:56:13.740 --> 00:56:14.500
 so far

00:56:14.500 --> 00:56:15.980
 but then

00:56:15.980 --> 00:56:16.260
 we are

00:56:16.260 --> 00:56:16.900
 left without

00:56:16.900 --> 00:56:17.480
 words.

00:56:19.619 --> 00:56:19.780
 There's

00:56:19.780 --> 00:56:20.159
 just some

00:56:20.159 --> 00:56:20.740
 point that

00:56:20.740 --> 00:56:21.579
 comes where

00:56:21.579 --> 00:56:21.760
 we are

00:56:21.760 --> 00:56:22.440
 just lost

00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:23.539
 to explain

00:56:23.539 --> 00:56:25.360
 the riches

00:56:25.360 --> 00:56:25.920
 have been

00:56:25.920 --> 00:56:26.500
 part of

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:27.039
 the kingdom

00:56:27.039 --> 00:56:27.760
 of heaven

00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:29.480
 and knowing

00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:30.039
 that the

00:56:30.039 --> 00:56:30.460
 blood of

00:56:30.460 --> 00:56:30.980
 Christ

00:56:30.980 --> 00:56:32.460
 has redeemed

00:56:32.460 --> 00:56:33.880
 me and

00:56:33.880 --> 00:56:34.519
 opened up

00:56:34.519 --> 00:56:35.200
 a way for

00:56:35.200 --> 00:56:36.240
 me in

00:56:36.240 --> 00:56:36.700
 which I

00:56:36.700 --> 00:56:37.260
 can draw

00:56:37.260 --> 00:56:38.079
 near to

00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:38.559
 God.

00:56:39.400 --> 00:56:40.579
 So great

00:56:40.579 --> 00:56:41.800
 are these

00:56:41.800 --> 00:56:42.340
 things.

00:56:43.380 --> 00:56:44.159
 Let us

00:56:44.159 --> 00:56:44.920
 give thanks

00:56:44.920 --> 00:56:45.980
 thanks for

00:56:45.980 --> 00:56:46.519
 the kingdom

00:56:46.519 --> 00:56:47.260
 of heaven

00:56:47.260 --> 00:56:48.300
 that is

00:56:48.300 --> 00:56:49.099
 prepared for

00:56:49.099 --> 00:56:50.340
 us, the

00:56:50.340 --> 00:56:50.900
 kingdom of

00:56:50.900 --> 00:56:51.920
 heaven that

00:56:51.920 --> 00:56:52.500
 we are

00:56:52.500 --> 00:56:53.820
 part of, the

00:56:53.820 --> 00:56:54.400
 believer in

00:56:54.400 --> 00:56:55.200
 Christ Jesus.

00:56:58.400 --> 00:56:59.380
 And thus

00:56:59.380 --> 00:57:02.539
 do so

00:57:02.539 --> 00:57:03.300
 offer

00:57:03.300 --> 00:57:04.940
 worship in

00:57:04.940 --> 00:57:05.400
 a manner

00:57:05.400 --> 00:57:06.039
 that is

00:57:06.039 --> 00:57:07.500
 fitting for

00:57:07.500 --> 00:57:07.900
 the honour

00:57:07.900 --> 00:57:08.840
 of the

00:57:08.840 --> 00:57:09.139
 King.

00:57:09.139 --> 00:57:11.639
 King

00:57:11.639 --> 00:57:13.420
 Jesus and

00:57:13.420 --> 00:57:13.839
 the glory

00:57:13.839 --> 00:57:14.400
 of God

00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:16.119
 that we

00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:16.699
 worship him

00:57:16.699 --> 00:57:17.500
 with reverence

00:57:17.500 --> 00:57:18.039
 and awe.

00:57:19.900 --> 00:57:20.299
 There's a

00:57:20.299 --> 00:57:20.839
 sermon in

00:57:20.839 --> 00:57:21.559
 this itself

00:57:21.559 --> 00:57:22.259
 but I

00:57:22.259 --> 00:57:23.119
 must conclude.

00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:24.779
 The

00:57:24.779 --> 00:57:25.299
 reverence

00:57:25.299 --> 00:57:26.199
 of God

00:57:26.199 --> 00:57:28.039
 equates

00:57:28.039 --> 00:57:28.559
 to the

00:57:28.559 --> 00:57:29.239
 shame in

00:57:29.239 --> 00:57:29.819
 a sense

00:57:29.819 --> 00:57:30.739
 of knowing

00:57:30.739 --> 00:57:32.319
 the abundance

00:57:32.319 --> 00:57:33.460
 of what we

00:57:33.460 --> 00:57:34.480
 have received,

00:57:35.339 --> 00:57:35.500
 the

00:57:35.500 --> 00:57:36.359
 unworthiness

00:57:36.360 --> 00:57:36.880
 of our

00:57:36.880 --> 00:57:37.500
 receiving

00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:37.920
 it,

00:57:38.740 --> 00:57:39.280
 whether it

00:57:39.280 --> 00:57:40.200
 is that

00:57:40.200 --> 00:57:40.480
 we are

00:57:40.480 --> 00:57:41.019
 spared his

00:57:41.019 --> 00:57:43.180
 anger or

00:57:43.180 --> 00:57:43.460
 that we

00:57:43.460 --> 00:57:44.240
 are receiving

00:57:44.240 --> 00:57:45.059
 such an

00:57:45.059 --> 00:57:45.900
 abundance of

00:57:45.900 --> 00:57:46.420
 things.

00:57:48.180 --> 00:57:48.840
 A.W.

00:57:49.039 --> 00:57:49.360
 Pink

00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:49.960
 says,

00:57:50.660 --> 00:57:52.180
 Though God

00:57:52.180 --> 00:57:53.120
 has taken

00:57:53.120 --> 00:57:53.920
 his redeemed

00:57:53.920 --> 00:57:55.380
 into intimate

00:57:55.380 --> 00:57:56.480
 nearness

00:57:56.480 --> 00:57:57.480
 with himself,

00:57:58.440 --> 00:57:58.800
 yet he

00:57:58.800 --> 00:57:59.860
 requires that

00:57:59.860 --> 00:58:00.480
 they always

00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:01.420
 retain a

00:58:01.420 --> 00:58:02.539
 due apprehension

00:58:02.539 --> 00:58:03.720
 of the

00:58:03.720 --> 00:58:04.440
 majesty of

00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:04.980
 his person

00:58:04.980 --> 00:58:06.320
 and the

00:58:06.320 --> 00:58:07.360
 holiness of

00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:07.940
 his nature,

00:58:08.980 --> 00:58:09.539
 the severity

00:58:09.539 --> 00:58:10.240
 of his

00:58:10.240 --> 00:58:10.860
 justice,

00:58:11.619 --> 00:58:12.139
 and the

00:58:12.139 --> 00:58:12.920
 ardent or

00:58:12.920 --> 00:58:13.420
 passionate

00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:14.500
 jealousy

00:58:14.500 --> 00:58:15.519
 of his

00:58:15.519 --> 00:58:15.880
 worship.

00:58:18.000 --> 00:58:19.099
 You see,

00:58:19.940 --> 00:58:22.039
 we cannot

00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:23.340
 pluck at

00:58:23.340 --> 00:58:24.679
 the preferable

00:58:24.679 --> 00:58:25.880
 attributes of

00:58:25.880 --> 00:58:26.300
 God,

00:58:27.059 --> 00:58:27.920
 or it will

00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:28.599
 affect our

00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:29.119
 worship of

00:58:29.119 --> 00:58:30.500
 him and

00:58:30.500 --> 00:58:31.099
 how we

00:58:31.099 --> 00:58:32.119
 draw near

00:58:32.119 --> 00:58:32.860
 to him.

00:58:32.860 --> 00:58:34.900
 if we

00:58:34.900 --> 00:58:35.700
 only consider

00:58:35.700 --> 00:58:36.360
 his love,

00:58:36.579 --> 00:58:36.820
 we will

00:58:36.820 --> 00:58:37.240
 have no

00:58:37.240 --> 00:58:37.920
 reverence

00:58:37.920 --> 00:58:38.920
 to draw

00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:39.480
 near to

00:58:39.480 --> 00:58:39.780
 him.

00:58:40.840 --> 00:58:41.200
 Our

00:58:41.200 --> 00:58:42.059
 awe will

00:58:42.059 --> 00:58:42.539
 not be

00:58:42.539 --> 00:58:43.200
 complete

00:58:43.200 --> 00:58:44.360
 if we

00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:45.200
 forget the

00:58:45.200 --> 00:58:45.640
 almighty

00:58:45.640 --> 00:58:46.760
 power that

00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:47.200
 was shown

00:58:47.200 --> 00:58:47.400
 at

00:58:47.400 --> 00:58:47.940
 Sinai.

00:58:50.039 --> 00:58:50.300
 Our

00:58:50.300 --> 00:58:50.720
 worship

00:58:50.720 --> 00:58:52.620
 must be

00:58:52.620 --> 00:58:52.940
 in honour

00:58:52.940 --> 00:58:54.099
 of God

00:58:54.099 --> 00:58:54.860
 and to

00:58:54.860 --> 00:58:55.320
 the glory

00:58:55.320 --> 00:58:55.920
 of God,

00:58:56.240 --> 00:58:56.740
 and that's

00:58:56.740 --> 00:58:57.160
 why he

00:58:57.160 --> 00:58:57.660
 concludes

00:58:57.660 --> 00:58:58.320
 by saying,

00:58:58.820 --> 00:58:59.140
 for our

00:58:59.140 --> 00:58:59.900
 God is a

00:58:59.900 --> 00:59:00.360
 consuming

00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:00.940
 fire.

00:59:00.940 --> 00:59:02.019
 That

00:59:02.019 --> 00:59:02.619
 comes from

00:59:02.619 --> 00:59:03.260
 Deuteronomy

00:59:03.260 --> 00:59:03.980
 where God

00:59:03.980 --> 00:59:04.559
 himself

00:59:04.559 --> 00:59:05.840
 directed the

00:59:05.840 --> 00:59:06.400
 people of

00:59:06.400 --> 00:59:07.019
 Israel on

00:59:07.019 --> 00:59:07.460
 how to

00:59:07.460 --> 00:59:08.099
 worship him,

00:59:09.380 --> 00:59:09.619
 that they

00:59:09.619 --> 00:59:10.159
 were not to

00:59:10.159 --> 00:59:10.800
 worship him

00:59:10.800 --> 00:59:11.639
 in ways that

00:59:11.639 --> 00:59:12.280
 they thought

00:59:12.280 --> 00:59:13.159
 fit themselves,

00:59:14.059 --> 00:59:14.340
 they were

00:59:14.340 --> 00:59:15.200
 worshipped him

00:59:15.200 --> 00:59:15.940
 in ways in

00:59:15.940 --> 00:59:16.400
 which he

00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:17.159
 had appointed,

00:59:18.099 --> 00:59:18.599
 not to

00:59:18.599 --> 00:59:19.400
 use images

00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:20.599
 or idolatry

00:59:20.599 --> 00:59:21.360
 in any

00:59:21.360 --> 00:59:21.780
 sense.

00:59:23.440 --> 00:59:23.639
 Our

00:59:23.639 --> 00:59:24.039
 worship,

00:59:25.000 --> 00:59:25.360
 as we

00:59:25.360 --> 00:59:25.900
 draw near

00:59:25.900 --> 00:59:26.539
 to God,

00:59:26.619 --> 00:59:26.880
 should have

00:59:26.880 --> 00:59:27.400
 a holy

00:59:27.400 --> 00:59:29.240
 fear and

00:59:29.240 --> 00:59:30.079
 a captivating

00:59:30.079 --> 00:59:30.480
 love.

00:59:30.940 --> 00:59:32.480
 intertwined

00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:32.920
 with one

00:59:32.920 --> 00:59:33.300
 another,

00:59:33.579 --> 00:59:34.039
 and finding

00:59:34.039 --> 00:59:34.800
 that balance

00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:35.200
 can be

00:59:35.200 --> 00:59:35.840
 difficult at

00:59:35.840 --> 00:59:36.280
 times,

00:59:36.480 --> 00:59:37.099
 we must

00:59:37.099 --> 00:59:37.679
 confess.

00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:39.800
 Though amid

00:59:39.800 --> 00:59:40.900
 these difficulties

00:59:40.900 --> 00:59:41.820
 and differences,

00:59:42.440 --> 00:59:44.400
 the greater

00:59:44.400 --> 00:59:45.420
 God is to

00:59:45.420 --> 00:59:45.800
 you,

00:59:46.800 --> 00:59:47.079
 and the

00:59:47.079 --> 00:59:47.519
 more that

00:59:47.519 --> 00:59:47.980
 we know

00:59:47.980 --> 00:59:48.539
 of God

00:59:48.539 --> 00:59:49.300
 and understand

00:59:49.300 --> 00:59:50.019
 of the

00:59:50.019 --> 00:59:50.559
 greatest

00:59:50.559 --> 00:59:52.000
 riches

00:59:52.000 --> 00:59:52.579
 that we

00:59:52.579 --> 00:59:53.360
 receive in

00:59:53.360 --> 00:59:54.260
 Christ Jesus,

00:59:54.920 --> 00:59:55.539
 the greater

00:59:55.539 --> 00:59:56.320
 our desire

00:59:56.320 --> 00:59:56.960
 will be to

00:59:56.960 --> 00:59:57.500
 come to

00:59:57.500 --> 00:59:57.800
 him.

00:59:57.800 --> 01:00:00.360
 I hope

01:00:00.360 --> 01:00:00.940
 we see

01:00:00.940 --> 01:00:01.580
 the

01:00:01.580 --> 01:00:02.220
 surpassing

01:00:02.220 --> 01:00:02.640
 glory

01:00:02.640 --> 01:00:03.500
 of his

01:00:03.500 --> 01:00:03.900
 kingdom.

01:00:05.600 --> 01:00:06.320
 The

01:00:06.320 --> 01:00:06.940
 King is

01:00:06.940 --> 01:00:07.500
 calling you

01:00:07.500 --> 01:00:08.100
 to come

01:00:08.100 --> 01:00:08.640
 tonight.

01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:10.060
 The

01:00:10.060 --> 01:00:10.720
 promise of

01:00:10.720 --> 01:00:11.660
 his rest

01:00:11.660 --> 01:00:13.440
 still stands.

01:00:15.220 --> 01:00:15.820
 Let us

01:00:15.820 --> 01:00:16.300
 fear,

01:00:16.920 --> 01:00:17.480
 lest any

01:00:17.480 --> 01:00:18.000
 of you

01:00:18.000 --> 01:00:18.800
 should seem

01:00:18.800 --> 01:00:19.640
 to fail

01:00:19.640 --> 01:00:20.260
 to reach

01:00:20.260 --> 01:00:20.519
 it.

01:00:22.120 --> 01:00:22.740
 Without

01:00:22.740 --> 01:00:23.460
 the gospel,

01:00:24.060 --> 01:00:24.580
 we have

01:00:24.579 --> 01:00:25.480
 only fear

01:00:25.480 --> 01:00:26.259
 and

01:00:26.259 --> 01:00:26.759
 trembling.

01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:28.139
 The

01:00:28.139 --> 01:00:28.599
 law of

01:00:28.599 --> 01:00:29.059
 Sinai

01:00:29.059 --> 01:00:29.699
 condemns

01:00:29.699 --> 01:00:30.079
 us.

01:00:31.340 --> 01:00:31.559
 It is

01:00:31.559 --> 01:00:32.079
 a mountain

01:00:32.079 --> 01:00:33.980
 that we

01:00:33.980 --> 01:00:34.360
 will come

01:00:34.360 --> 01:00:34.759
 to in

01:00:34.759 --> 01:00:35.119
 fear.

01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:37.219
 But with

01:00:37.219 --> 01:00:37.819
 the gospel,

01:00:38.360 --> 01:00:39.799
 we have

01:00:39.799 --> 01:00:40.420
 the greatest

01:00:40.420 --> 01:00:41.199
 provision,

01:00:42.219 --> 01:00:42.759
 the greatest

01:00:42.759 --> 01:00:43.440
 inheritance,

01:00:44.440 --> 01:00:45.079
 the greatest

01:00:45.079 --> 01:00:45.920
 security,

01:00:46.759 --> 01:00:47.679
 the way

01:00:47.679 --> 01:00:48.239
 has been

01:00:48.239 --> 01:00:49.199
 opened for

01:00:49.199 --> 01:00:49.639
 us.

01:00:49.779 --> 01:00:50.039
 We are

01:00:50.039 --> 01:00:50.739
 not held

01:00:50.739 --> 01:00:51.299
 back.

01:00:51.300 --> 01:00:52.600
 we are

01:00:52.600 --> 01:00:53.080
 welcomed

01:00:53.080 --> 01:00:54.140
 into the

01:00:54.140 --> 01:00:54.800
 presence of

01:00:54.800 --> 01:00:55.260
 the King.

01:00:57.019 --> 01:00:57.519
 It is a

01:00:57.519 --> 01:00:58.100
 kingdom that

01:00:58.100 --> 01:00:58.460
 gives us

01:00:58.460 --> 01:00:59.260
 confidence

01:00:59.260 --> 01:01:01.860
 because it

01:01:01.860 --> 01:01:02.300
 shall not

01:01:02.300 --> 01:01:02.920
 be shaken.

01:01:05.080 --> 01:01:05.900
 It is a

01:01:05.900 --> 01:01:06.280
 great

01:01:06.280 --> 01:01:07.539
 kingdom,

01:01:08.019 --> 01:01:08.519
 greater

01:01:08.519 --> 01:01:09.460
 than any

01:01:09.460 --> 01:01:09.880
 kingdom

01:01:09.880 --> 01:01:11.060
 in this

01:01:11.060 --> 01:01:11.600
 world.

01:01:13.220 --> 01:01:13.640
 As we

01:01:13.640 --> 01:01:14.440
 consider it,

01:01:14.860 --> 01:01:15.140
 may we

01:01:15.140 --> 01:01:15.680
 draw near

01:01:15.680 --> 01:01:16.380
 to him

01:01:16.380 --> 01:01:18.260
 with reverence

01:01:18.260 --> 01:01:19.560
 and awe

01:01:19.559 --> 01:01:20.579
 of a

01:01:20.579 --> 01:01:20.980
 God

01:01:20.980 --> 01:01:21.799
 that is

01:01:21.799 --> 01:01:22.420
 mighty

01:01:22.420 --> 01:01:23.440
 and good.

01:01:24.299 --> 01:01:24.920
 May these

01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:25.659
 thoughts be

01:01:25.659 --> 01:01:26.219
 blessed to

01:01:26.219 --> 01:01:26.539
 us.

01:01:27.380 --> 01:01:27.619
 We'll

01:01:27.619 --> 01:01:28.360
 conclude by

01:01:28.360 --> 01:01:29.799
 singing in

01:01:29.799 --> 01:01:30.320
 the psalm

01:01:30.320 --> 01:01:30.699
 that we

01:01:30.699 --> 01:01:32.239
 left off

01:01:32.239 --> 01:01:32.500
 with,

01:01:32.659 --> 01:01:33.759
 Psalm 48a.

01:01:35.219 --> 01:01:35.659
 Sing

01:01:35.659 --> 01:01:36.139
 Psalms,

01:01:36.219 --> 01:01:37.039
 page 63.

01:01:42.039 --> 01:01:42.599
 We'll

01:01:42.599 --> 01:01:43.059
 sing the

01:01:43.059 --> 01:01:44.599
 remainder of

01:01:44.599 --> 01:01:45.000
 the verses

01:01:45.000 --> 01:01:45.559
 there from

01:01:45.559 --> 01:01:46.079
 verse 9

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 to 14.

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 Again,

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 the

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 considerations

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 of the

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 city of

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 our God.

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 We

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 contemplate

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 your

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 steadfast

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 love

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 within

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 your

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 house,

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 O God,

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 for like

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 your name,

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 your praise

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 extends

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 throughout

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 the earth

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 abroad.

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 All that

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 you do

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 is right

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 as Lord,

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 Mount Zion's

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 joy is

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 great,

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 and Judah's

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 towns rejoice

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 as you,

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 your judgment

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 celebrate.

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 Round Zion

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 walk and

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 count her

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 towers,

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 view every

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 citadel,

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 so that the

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 children yet

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 are born,

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 her story

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 you may

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 tell.

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 For God

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 the Lord

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 who is

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 her God,

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 forever

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 will abide,

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 he is her

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 God forevermore,

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 and to

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 the end

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 her guide.

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 The confidence

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 that the

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 psalmist

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 had when

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 he came

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 to contemplate

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 God,

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 and as

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 he

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 round Zion

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 walked and

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 counted the

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 blessings that

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 he received.

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 Let us stand

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 and sing these

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 verses.

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 We

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 contemplate

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 your steadfast

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 love within

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 your house,

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 O God.

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 God,

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 we contemplate

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 your steadfast

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 love within

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 your eyes,

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 O God,

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 your eyes,

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 O God,

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 for thy

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 pure

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 influence

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 your

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 grace

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 makes

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 faint

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 through all

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 the

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 end

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 the

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 pride.

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 All

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 that

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 you

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 do

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 is

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 righteous

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 for

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 your

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 joy

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 is

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 great,

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 and

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 to

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 the

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 time

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 rejoice

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 as

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 may

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 your

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 judges

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 celebrate.

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 celebrate.

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 Round

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 Zion

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 walk

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 and

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 crown

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 her

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 heart

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 you

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 every

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 sin

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 at

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 end,

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 so

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 that

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 to

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 children

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 and

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 to

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 children

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 may

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 get

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 apart

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 their

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 story

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 you

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 may

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 tell.

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 For

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 God,

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 the

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 Lord,

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 who

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 is

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 their

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 God,

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 forever

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 and

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 will

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 abide,

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 forever

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 will

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 abide,

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 he

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 is

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 our

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 God,

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 forever

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 more,

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 and

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 to

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 the

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 end

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 our

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 night.

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 just

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 conclude with a word of prayer.

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 Our Father in heaven, when we consider your great love shown towards us in Christ Jesus,

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 and the privilege we receive from him, that we can enter into your presence,

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 and we receive our show of your glory and great inheritance.

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 He is the one that went to the places where we could not endure,

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 and he is the one that calls to us tonight.

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 May we receive your kingdom with joy.

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 May it be a treasure to us unspeakable and inconceivable,

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 and unexplainable in many ways.

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 May we know what it is to stand firm upon the solid rock that is Jesus Christ,

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 and a kingdom that shall not be shaken, and in a place where we can find security and confidence in our life.

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 Be with us as we part, and the week ahead watch over us, we pray in Jesus' name.

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 May we ask these things. Amen.