WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.940 So we welcome you all in the Lord's name and we welcome those who are online as well. 00:00:04.560 --> 00:00:07.020 We pray that our time would be blessed together. 00:00:07.179 --> 00:00:15.620 So may we lift our voices and sing to God's praise by singing in Psalm 92a of the Sing 00:00:15.620 --> 00:00:16.559 Psalms version. 00:00:18.019 --> 00:00:21.000 We'll find that on page 122 of the Blue Books. 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:28.879 Psalm 92a, we'll sing from the beginning of that psalm. 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:36.259 So we'll sing down to verse Mark 4 and then we'll jump down to verse Mark 12 to the end 00:00:36.259 --> 00:00:39.039 of the psalm and sing them last two stanzas. 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:41.140 I'll read these words. 00:00:41.759 --> 00:00:48.100 How good it is to praise the Lord, to sing a joyful song, and to your name, O God most 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:54.740 high, make music all day long, to show your love when morning comes, your faithfulness 00:00:54.740 --> 00:00:59.100 at night, with music of stringed instruments, your praises to recite. 00:00:59.100 --> 00:01:04.260 For by your mighty deeds, O Lord, you make my spirit glad. 00:01:04.680 --> 00:01:08.799 I sing for joy when I survey the works your hands have made. 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:10.700 And then at verse 12. 00:01:10.700 --> 00:01:21.100 So in old age, they still bear fruit. 00:01:21.099 --> 00:01:24.019 They will stay fresh and strong. 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:28.799 They will proclaim the Lord is just, my rock who does no wrong. 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:36.500 A psalm of thanks and praise to God, thanking Him for the time of Sabbath worship as they 00:01:36.500 --> 00:01:37.379 come to worship. 00:01:37.899 --> 00:01:42.899 And a reminder there in the last two verses of the everlasting worship that will continue 00:01:42.899 --> 00:01:43.500 in glory. 00:01:43.500 --> 00:01:47.060 So we'll stand together and sing these verses. 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.900 How good it is to praise the Lord. 00:01:49.900 --> 00:02:08.219 How good it is to praise the Lord, to sing a joyful song. 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:24.979 And to your name, O God most high, make music all day long. 00:02:24.979 --> 00:02:42.359 To show your love when morning comes, your faithfulness at night. 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:58.360 With music all singed instruments, your praises to recite. 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:17.100 For by your mighty deeds, O Lord, you make my spirit glad. 00:03:17.099 --> 00:03:34.439 I sing for joy when I survey the works your hands have made. 00:03:34.439 --> 00:03:51.780 Like palms and cedars flourishing, the righteous all will be. 00:03:51.780 --> 00:04:07.780 And planted in the house of God will grow upon thee. 00:04:07.780 --> 00:04:18.779 So in all days they still bear fruit. 00:04:18.779 --> 00:04:25.779 They will stay fresh and strong. 00:04:25.779 --> 00:04:35.779 They will proclaim the Lord is just. 00:04:35.779 --> 00:04:43.779 My God who does no wrong. 00:04:48.779 --> 00:04:52.679 Okay, we'll say a short prayer now for the young ones that are with us. 00:04:53.279 --> 00:04:54.500 Let us pray together. 00:04:55.779 --> 00:05:01.519 Our Father in heaven, we thank you for this time that we have to come to church. 00:05:02.019 --> 00:05:06.019 We thank you that we can sing and lift our hearts and voice. 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:10.059 And praise you and thank you for all that you have done for us. 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.899 We thank you, God, for the homes that you have provided for us. 00:05:13.939 --> 00:05:15.659 The families that you give to us. 00:05:15.979 --> 00:05:17.699 And the friends that are around us. 00:05:17.699 --> 00:05:20.060 We thank you, Lord, for Sunday school. 00:05:20.439 --> 00:05:22.139 We thank you for all our teachers. 00:05:22.860 --> 00:05:32.579 And we pray that we would learn about you and learn about your son, Jesus Christ, as we go to our own classes. 00:05:33.459 --> 00:05:40.539 Lord, we pray that we would be like those that are planted within the house of God. 00:05:40.540 --> 00:05:44.480 And that though we are young. 00:05:44.840 --> 00:05:46.760 And Lord, we pray for the young. 00:05:47.080 --> 00:05:48.600 And we remember the young. 00:05:49.140 --> 00:05:53.420 We pray also that you would remain with them as they grow. 00:05:53.900 --> 00:05:56.759 But that they would grow strong. 00:05:57.280 --> 00:05:58.520 And grow in you. 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.240 We pray, Lord, that they would trust in you. 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.400 All the days of their lives. 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.900 And even in the uncertainties and difficult things of life. 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:10.360 And the questions that they have about life. 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:11.740 We pray, Lord. 00:06:12.120 --> 00:06:14.920 That we would remember them. 00:06:15.460 --> 00:06:16.920 And that they would remember you. 00:06:17.639 --> 00:06:21.259 So be with us in our classes as we go there and shortly. 00:06:21.740 --> 00:06:23.600 Be with our teachers as they lead. 00:06:24.340 --> 00:06:25.759 We pray for them as well. 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.139 And we pray that you would be with us. 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:30.839 And be with all our friends as we gather together. 00:06:31.379 --> 00:06:32.500 Help us to have fun. 00:06:32.980 --> 00:06:35.219 In Jesus' name we ask these things. 00:06:35.579 --> 00:06:35.899 Amen. 00:06:37.740 --> 00:06:38.860 Okay, boys and girls. 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:43.759 I'm just going to say a short word to you before you go off to your Sunday school classes. 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.120 You might remember last week, of those who were here, 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:56.000 I said that you were doing a lesson about people and the disciples and the friends of Jesus 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.959 that were glad to speak about all the things that Jesus had done. 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:06.899 But today, I believe, you're going to learn about someone who was glad to do anything for Jesus. 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:10.600 I think you're going to learn about a man called Stephen today. 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:14.540 He was not afraid to do anything for God. 00:07:14.540 --> 00:07:21.460 And to be obedient to God, even when other people were saying not to tell people about Jesus. 00:07:22.640 --> 00:07:24.900 He still went and told them. 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:29.780 And I want to tell you a little story about a man called Hudson Taylor. 00:07:30.379 --> 00:07:32.780 I think it's James Hudson Taylor he was called. 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:36.980 And he was a man who did a lot for God. 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:41.939 He was a man who felt that God told him to go to China. 00:07:41.939 --> 00:07:43.439 So he did. 00:07:43.920 --> 00:07:46.420 And he spent 51 years in China. 00:07:46.819 --> 00:07:49.100 He was a man that did a lot there. 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:52.219 And he loved the people, the Chinese people. 00:07:52.879 --> 00:07:56.300 And he lived just like the Chinese people did. 00:07:57.339 --> 00:08:01.420 And he was thankful to God for guiding him. 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.220 And that's why he did so much. 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:06.720 And that's why Stephen did so much. 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.700 And that's why all of us who are Christians do so much. 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:18.080 We're thankful for the heart that God has given us and all that he has done for us. 00:08:19.920 --> 00:08:29.300 Hudson Taylor, when he was in China, made this organization called the China Inland Mission. 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:31.579 And do you know what he did? 00:08:32.259 --> 00:08:36.080 He managed to recruit 800 missionaries. 00:08:36.899 --> 00:08:41.639 And missionaries are people that go and tell people about Jesus. 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:50.120 So there's 800 people just like him that went to tell people about Jesus all over China. 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:56.799 And these 800 people managed to make 125 schools. 00:08:58.279 --> 00:09:11.360 And it is believed that this organization worked to the effect of converting 18,000 people to Christianity. 00:09:12.820 --> 00:09:17.980 James Hudson Taylor did a lot for God. 00:09:17.980 --> 00:09:27.480 And he said that all God's giants, the people who trust in God, he called them giants. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:39.840 And he said all God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they believed that God would be with them. 00:09:40.800 --> 00:09:44.399 And that's the same for everyone who believes in Jesus. 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:46.420 They do things. 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:49.319 And maybe sometimes they do strange things. 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:51.860 And they do things that we don't understand. 00:09:52.479 --> 00:09:56.719 Because they believe that God is with them in everything. 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.899 We do because God has done for us. 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:06.620 And we value everything God has done for us. 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:09.879 Even it might be beyond our own lives. 00:10:10.579 --> 00:10:14.759 We can do anything through God who gives us strength. 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:15.740 Amen. 00:10:16.419 --> 00:10:19.139 Let us say the Lord's Prayer together. 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:23.179 Our Father which art in heaven. 00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:26.500 Hallowed be thy name. 00:10:26.500 --> 00:10:27.239 Thy kingdom come. 00:10:27.239 --> 00:10:30.839 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:10:31.439 --> 00:10:33.939 Give us this day our daily bread. 00:10:34.479 --> 00:10:37.959 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 00:10:38.439 --> 00:10:40.399 Lead us not into temptation. 00:10:40.959 --> 00:10:42.620 But deliver us from evil. 00:10:43.139 --> 00:10:47.419 For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever. 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:48.359 Amen. 00:10:48.360 --> 00:10:48.560 Amen. 00:10:50.680 --> 00:10:58.460 We'll continue in praise to God by singing in Psalm 96a of the Sing Psalms version. 00:11:01.680 --> 00:11:05.519 You'll find that on page 126 of the Blue Book. 00:11:07.680 --> 00:11:09.899 Sing Psalms version of 96a. 00:11:09.899 --> 00:11:12.899 From the beginning we'll sing down to verse 10. 00:11:13.220 --> 00:11:16.539 Oh sing a new song to the Lord. 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:19.079 Sing praises to his name. 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:22.399 And his salvation day by day. 00:11:22.939 --> 00:11:24.539 Let all the earth proclaim. 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:26.679 Sing down to verse 10. 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:29.159 Tell every land the Lord is king. 00:11:29.159 --> 00:11:32.899 Established is the earth and cannot move. 00:11:32.899 --> 00:11:36.419 The Lord will judge the people in his truth. 00:11:36.539 --> 00:11:41.500 Today in our consideration as we move on to the next step of Psalm 40. 00:11:42.199 --> 00:11:45.399 We'll look at how David worships God. 00:11:46.019 --> 00:11:52.219 So our singings today are ones that really draw us in praise and worship to God. 00:11:52.459 --> 00:11:54.259 So let us stand and sing. 00:11:54.699 --> 00:11:57.139 Oh sing a new song to the Lord. 00:11:57.139 --> 00:11:57.220 Amen. 00:11:59.159 --> 00:12:09.039 O sing a new song to the Lord. 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:16.399 Sing praises to his name. 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:26.120 And his salvation day by day. 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:34.000 Let all the earth proclaim. 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:43.879 His glory as his mighty deeds. 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:51.399 To every land declare. 00:12:51.399 --> 00:13:01.279 How great and awesome is the Lord. 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:19.159 For other gods are rude and soul. 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:27.039 The Lord made heaven's might. 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:36.980 All power and majesty are his. 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:45.079 He dwells in glorious light. 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:52.960 All nations to the Lord. 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:54.960 All nations to the Lord. 00:13:54.960 --> 00:14:04.840 The glory of God. 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:05.840 He has said. 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:06.840 He has said. 00:14:06.840 --> 00:14:12.720 Ascribe to God. 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:16.720 And praise his name. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:22.600 Amen. 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.600 Enter his. 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:38.159 His words with joy and ring, and offering with you. 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:56.000 Worship the Lord in holy fear, all earth before Him bound. 00:14:56.000 --> 00:15:12.000 Tell every land the Lord is King, established its Seer. 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:29.879 And can all good, the Lord will chant, the people say His truth. 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:44.799 We turn now to God's Word, and if we could turn to Paul's letter to the Ephesians, chapter 3. 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:52.919 And then we'll turn after a short reading in Ephesians to Psalm 40. 00:15:52.919 --> 00:16:00.099 Paul's letter to the Ephesians, chapter 3, and we'll read from verse Mark 14. 00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:03.019 That short passage at the end of the chapter. 00:16:05.079 --> 00:16:07.099 Let us hear God's Word. 00:16:08.599 --> 00:16:13.079 For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:17.360 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:20.659 that according to the riches of His glory, 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:27.840 He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:32.259 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:36.779 that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:40.539 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints 00:16:40.539 --> 00:16:46.319 what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:51.559 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, 00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:55.719 that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. 00:16:56.419 --> 00:17:00.379 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:03.659 than all that we can ask or think, 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:06.440 according to the power at work within us, 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:11.820 to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus 00:17:11.820 --> 00:17:14.039 throughout all generations, 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:16.200 forever and ever. 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:16.960 Amen. 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:20.180 We turn with me now to 00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:24.299 the book of Psalms and Psalm 40. 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:39.359 Our focus today will be from verse Mark 6 down to verse Mark 10, 00:17:40.399 --> 00:17:43.859 but I think we'll read from the beginning of Psalm 40, 00:17:44.859 --> 00:17:47.940 and we'll read down to the end of verse Mark 10. 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.299 I waited patiently for the Lord. 00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:56.460 He inclined to me and heard my cry. 00:17:56.919 --> 00:17:59.559 He drew me up from the pit of destruction 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:01.180 out of the miry bog 00:18:01.180 --> 00:18:03.659 and set my feet upon a rock, 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.779 making my steps secure. 00:18:06.399 --> 00:18:08.779 He put a new song in my mouth, 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:10.940 a song of praise to our God. 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:13.099 Many will see and fear 00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:15.440 and put their trust in the Lord. 00:18:16.419 --> 00:18:19.619 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, 00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:22.119 who does not turn to the proud 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:25.279 or to those who go astray after a lie. 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:28.979 You have multiplied, O Lord my God, 00:18:29.579 --> 00:18:32.199 your wondrous deeds and thoughts towards us. 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:35.019 None can compare with you. 00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:38.039 I will proclaim and tell of them, 00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:41.039 yet they are more than can be told. 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:45.339 Sacrifice and offering you have not desired, 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:48.960 but you have given me an open ear. 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:52.460 Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. 00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:54.680 Then I said, 00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:56.920 Behold, I have come. 00:18:57.539 --> 00:18:58.920 In the scroll of the book, 00:18:59.059 --> 00:19:00.079 it is written of me. 00:19:00.819 --> 00:19:03.759 I desire to do your will, O my God. 00:19:04.340 --> 00:19:06.559 Your law is within my heart. 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:10.059 I have told the glad news of deliverance 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:12.000 in the great congregation. 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:16.079 Behold, I have not restrained my lips, 00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:17.220 as you know, O Lord. 00:19:17.220 --> 00:19:20.740 I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart. 00:19:21.120 --> 00:19:23.339 I have spoken of your faithfulness 00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.940 and your salvation. 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:28.100 I have not concealed your steadfast love 00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:29.660 and your faithfulness 00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:32.160 from the great congregation. 00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:33.460 Amen. 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:37.620 May the reading of God's word be blessed to us. 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:40.319 May we turn to God in prayer. 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.140 Let us pray. 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.240 Amen. 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:49.400 Our Father in heaven, 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:52.620 we pray that you would give us peace of mind 00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:55.579 and rest as we come into your house 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:58.980 and as we come before you, O God. 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:02.559 Give us a clear sight of who you are 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:05.839 and reveal to us yourself to us 00:20:05.839 --> 00:20:07.099 through your word. 00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:12.299 Lord, may you be great to us. 00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:15.480 May we understand what is the width, 00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:17.839 the height, the depth and breadth of you 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:20.699 and your love towards us. 00:20:22.099 --> 00:20:23.879 And Lord, when we come before you, 00:20:25.199 --> 00:20:27.659 we acknowledge our weakness. 00:20:28.959 --> 00:20:30.480 We acknowledge that we have sinned 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.920 and that we have a heart that is desire 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:38.759 originally to incline itself towards sin. 00:20:40.539 --> 00:20:44.740 Lord, we pray that you would be one to renew our hearts 00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:48.319 and to change us and to transform us. 00:20:49.220 --> 00:20:51.240 That you would put within us 00:20:51.240 --> 00:20:55.559 a heart that would desire to come and worship you 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:57.720 and to glorify your name 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:59.519 and sing praises to you. 00:21:00.859 --> 00:21:03.299 Lord, we ask that you would be with us 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:06.019 as we consider your word 00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:09.319 and as we draw from it, 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:12.000 may it be rich to us. 00:21:12.919 --> 00:21:15.579 May it be encouraging to us 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:18.859 and restoring our spirit, Lord. 00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:25.219 Lord, there are many 00:21:25.219 --> 00:21:28.139 who are crying out to you. 00:21:28.899 --> 00:21:30.719 There are many who are crying out 00:21:30.719 --> 00:21:32.099 from the depths of their heart 00:21:32.099 --> 00:21:34.319 because they do not know where to go 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.519 or who to turn to. 00:21:36.979 --> 00:21:37.979 So Lord, we pray 00:21:37.979 --> 00:21:41.859 that you would reveal yourself to them too. 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:48.039 Lord, reveal to the one who calls out to you. 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:51.939 Reveal yourself to the one 00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:53.959 who does not know who to call to you. 00:21:54.939 --> 00:21:58.000 Lord, let us not be ashamed 00:21:58.000 --> 00:22:00.159 to declare of what you have done for us 00:22:00.159 --> 00:22:03.500 and the righteousness that you have placed within us 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.639 through Christ Jesus 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:07.299 and the riches of his mercy. 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:11.359 Lord, help us to understand them and grasp them 00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:14.000 that we may be people that would be 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:18.839 equipped and prepared to proclaim 00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:20.359 what you have done for us. 00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:23.660 That people who do not know where to turn to 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:27.900 would hear of the salvation 00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:29.839 we have found in Jesus Christ 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:33.140 and say of themselves that they need that too. 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:36.660 Lord, give us a heart for souls that are lost, 00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:40.660 souls that are unconverted, 00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:44.440 souls that lay in the pit of destruction. 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:48.000 Lord, we pray for them 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:52.060 and we pray that the outreaching of your hand 00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:52.960 may touch them 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:55.980 by whatever means, Lord, may it be. 00:22:56.840 --> 00:22:58.820 We pray for the efforts that are made 00:22:58.820 --> 00:23:00.720 in your church, 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:03.779 in all denominations. 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:07.119 Lord, we pray for the efforts 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:09.720 that are made to proclaim your gospel this day. 00:23:10.639 --> 00:23:12.740 We pray your spirit be upon. 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:15.440 We pray your spirit to bless it. 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.940 Lord, we pray that you would be with us 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.740 as we gather. 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:24.200 Give us minds to focus our attention to you. 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.960 Hearts that long to know you. 00:23:29.960 --> 00:23:33.160 Hearts that long to feel 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:37.279 the riches of your grace 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:40.299 and the provision and security 00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.840 that you afford to us 00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:43.579 through Christ Jesus. 00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:46.700 Lord, wash us in his blood. 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:50.460 Lord, we pray for the spread of the gospel 00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.500 through our nation. 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:54.140 We pray that it would go out 00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:57.340 and reach the ends of the world. 00:23:57.339 --> 00:24:00.419 Lord, we thank you for the provision 00:24:00.419 --> 00:24:04.699 made in offering these services online. 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:07.539 And maybe it is by these means 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:09.240 that you will reach the ends of the world. 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.179 We do not know. 00:24:11.959 --> 00:24:12.959 But Lord, the gospel, 00:24:13.639 --> 00:24:15.039 we pray the gospel 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:16.480 to be faithfully proclaimed 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:18.279 by your men 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.899 and within our own hearts, O Lord, 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:23.980 as we go out into the world. 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.079 Amen. 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:27.919 Situations. 00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:30.139 We pray 00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:34.099 that we would have effect 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:37.500 not of any strength of ourselves, 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:41.179 for we often see our weaknesses 00:24:41.179 --> 00:24:42.659 and we are full of fear 00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:44.019 to speak about you. 00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.919 But Lord, 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:50.000 may we be great in your eyes 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.460 and may we do great things 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.140 in your eyes 00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:56.880 as we rely on you 00:24:56.880 --> 00:24:59.019 and as we reckon 00:24:59.019 --> 00:25:00.900 and trust 00:25:00.900 --> 00:25:03.279 like Hudson Taylor 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:04.900 that you would be one 00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:06.039 that would go with us. 00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.539 Lord, give us thanks 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:10.140 for your provision. 00:25:11.339 --> 00:25:12.819 Lord, we pray for our people. 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.380 We pray for each of us here. 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.619 We pray that you would meet us 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:17.380 at our needs 00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:19.500 and there are great needs amongst us. 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.359 We pray for those 00:25:21.359 --> 00:25:22.980 who have concerns over health. 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.460 We pray for those 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.900 who have concerns for others. 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:28.160 We pray for those who more. 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:30.259 We pray that you would be with them 00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:31.180 and comfort them. 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.140 Lord, 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:35.380 be with us. 00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:38.160 May your word 00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:40.200 become alive to us. 00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:42.420 May it be a place 00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.759 of warmth to us 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.500 where we desire 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.619 to come back to. 00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:47.559 A place of instruction. 00:25:47.559 --> 00:25:49.119 A place 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:51.879 Lord, 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.179 where we see you 00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:54.960 and we see ourselves. 00:25:56.359 --> 00:25:57.839 So be with us, we ask 00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:59.419 as we turn to it now. 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.200 Prepare our hearts. 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.139 Be with those 00:26:03.139 --> 00:26:04.179 who worship 00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:05.720 in the Gaelic as well. 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:08.000 We pray that you would be with them 00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:09.399 and that your spirit 00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:11.019 would equally be upon us 00:26:11.019 --> 00:26:13.079 and enrich our souls. 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:15.439 all these things we ask 00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:16.500 in the name 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.139 of Jesus Christ. 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:18.859 Amen. 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:23.759 We'll continue in praise 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:26.099 and sing in the Scottish Psalter 00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:26.439 version, 00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.439 Psalm 100. 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:31.099 Scottish Psalter, 00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.980 Psalm 100 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:34.240 on page 362. 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:46.259 Words that are familiar 00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:47.019 to us, 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.579 but words 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:50.559 that turn 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:53.660 ourselves 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.779 to thank God 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.900 with cheerful voice 00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:58.000 for all that he has done 00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.539 for us. 00:26:58.539 --> 00:27:00.079 to praise him 00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:02.359 and to invite others 00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:03.079 to know 00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.039 of this 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.279 great God. 00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.299 All people 00:27:06.299 --> 00:27:06.839 that on earth 00:27:06.839 --> 00:27:07.399 do dwell. 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:08.899 Sing to the Lord 00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:10.200 with cheerful voice, 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:11.619 himself with mirth, 00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:13.339 his praise forth tell, 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.180 come ye before him 00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.659 and rejoice. 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:17.799 We'll stand 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.799 and we'll sing 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.740 to God's praise 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.680 all people 00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.440 that on earth 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:21.920 do dwell. 00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:21.980 Amen. 00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.920 All people 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:31.400 that on earth 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:32.680 do dwell. 00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:39.080 Sing to the Lord 00:27:39.080 --> 00:27:44.500 with cheerful voice, 00:27:44.500 --> 00:27:48.860 himself with birth 00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:51.000 his praise 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:54.220 foretell, 00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:56.759 love me 00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:59.700 before him 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:01.700 and rejoice. 00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:04.700 Rejoice. 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:10.180 Know that the Lord 00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:13.920 is on him 00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:22.400 singly to the Lord 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:27.220 of his 00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.500 우리 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.519 are 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:40.240 Him 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:42.460 trumping of the sand 00:28:42.460 --> 00:29:12.460 Chagarin's Digital Wag文 monkeys 00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:16.759 always. 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:20.579 For it is 00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:24.840 simply so to 00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:27.340 do. 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:32.539 For by the Lord 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:38.000 our God is good, 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:42.579 His mercy is 00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:48.140 forever sure, 00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:51.980 which to that 00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:56.400 all times were he 00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:59.980 stood, and 00:29:59.980 --> 00:30:03.440 shall from age to 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:06.539 age change 00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:16.019 I'd like to turn our minds now 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:18.339 to Psalm 40. 00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:22.700 And those who were here last week, 00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:27.220 we looked at the first verses up to 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.619 verse 5. 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:32.940 And we call that the waiting upon God, and we saw 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.580 how the psalmist there 00:30:34.580 --> 00:30:36.759 trusted in God 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:39.580 from where the situation that he was in 00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:41.420 as he lay in the pit of destruction 00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:44.160 and the mire that he was in. 00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:47.019 But God did not leave him there. 00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:50.920 God was one that rescued him from that place, 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:55.059 and God was one that worked a transformation in his life. 00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:59.279 And we saw that transformation there in verse 3, 00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:03.319 with the new song that had been put within him. 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:07.619 And then from verses 4 and 5, 00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:12.220 we saw that the psalmist then had a testimony in God, 00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:14.519 for what he had done for him, 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:19.019 saying that with none can compare with you. 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:24.099 God is incompatible and great. 00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:28.440 And God is one that is worthy to be trust. 00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:32.599 And he said the man who puts his trust in the Lord 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.799 will be blessed. 00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:40.359 So now we turn to our step 2, in a sense, 00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:45.019 from verse Mark 6 down to verse Mark 10. 00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:48.160 And we will call this next section 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:50.319 the worship of God. 00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:54.920 And you can see there is actually a shift in the psalm 00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:57.639 from where in the first part we saw that 00:31:57.639 --> 00:32:01.619 it was God who made approach to David, 00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.079 or the psalmist. 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:07.039 But now as we look at this next passage 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:08.559 from verse Mark 6, 00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:13.700 we'll see that the psalmist now draws near to God. 00:32:13.700 --> 00:32:17.080 This is his worship, 00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:19.380 to draw near to God, 00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.960 to approach God. 00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:26.420 And this is our heart as we come here. 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:30.100 This is David's heart to draw near to God. 00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:31.420 This is our worship, 00:32:31.819 --> 00:32:33.960 to draw near to God as we gather, 00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:37.460 whether it be online or in person. 00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:42.340 We pray that our hearts would be directed towards God. 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:46.359 And other worldly distractions will be set aside 00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:48.439 for this time, if at all possible, 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:52.399 that we may lift our voices in praise and thanks 00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:57.579 to the one who rightly deserves all honour and glory. 00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:01.000 But as we come, 00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:05.899 we must be mindful that we do it in the right manner. 00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:09.660 God specified in the days of old 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:12.140 how they were to approach God 00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:14.960 with sacrifices and offering. 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:17.040 This is what God required. 00:33:17.780 --> 00:33:20.120 And so we, as we approach him today, 00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:23.420 must be mindful that worship 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:26.840 is not something of our own imaginations. 00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:29.200 It is not something that we 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:33.140 choose to do of ourselves. 00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:37.160 It is something that God has asked of us. 00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:40.100 Who knows where we'd end up 00:33:40.100 --> 00:33:42.259 if we did what we wanted. 00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:46.299 But really what worship comes down to 00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:50.380 is that it is a natural response or desire 00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:52.720 to approach this God. 00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:55.039 And to approach this God 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:57.900 who reverently asks us to. 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:02.100 There's a dutiful response, in a sense, 00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:04.660 to coming to worship God. 00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:06.860 We can say that worship 00:34:06.860 --> 00:34:10.559 is not just dutiful, though. 00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:15.480 Because, in a sense, 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:17.260 our hearts are aligned 00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:19.460 to what God requires. 00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:23.320 Our hearts seek to lift up 00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.199 the name of God. 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.619 Seek to come and praise him 00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:28.720 as God has asked us to. 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:31.559 That work within us, 00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:32.599 that transformation, 00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.699 aligns us to God. 00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:35.980 So much so, 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.920 that when we come, 00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.320 in that sense, 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:42.199 we find that we have delight 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:43.720 in worshipping God. 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:46.059 It is a delight for the Christian 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:49.400 to come and draw near to God. 00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:52.940 And such is the delight 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:54.159 that they know 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:56.440 that they cannot but declare 00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:59.679 the riches of his glory 00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:02.740 and what God has done for them. 00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.720 As we sing 00:35:04.720 --> 00:35:06.679 and gather together 00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:08.199 under his word. 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:10.960 You see, this is our worship. 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.139 To be dutiful 00:35:13.139 --> 00:35:15.480 to God's direction in it. 00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.920 We have a duty. 00:35:16.920 --> 00:35:19.400 And with the renewed heart 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.760 that God has put in us, 00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:22.420 we find delight. 00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:25.900 But we are people 00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:28.480 who cannot keep these things silent. 00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:31.280 We desire to declare 00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:33.000 and tell people 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:34.780 what God has done for us. 00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.380 So in our worship, 00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.500 there is a duty, 00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:39.180 there is a delight, 00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:41.539 and there is a declaration made. 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:43.820 Even as we come here today, 00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:46.639 we make a declaration to the world 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:48.179 that I am coming 00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:50.059 to worship God. 00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:53.259 So let us take our first point there. 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.320 Duty. 00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.239 And you know, 00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.820 we don't really like to 00:35:57.820 --> 00:36:00.679 describe our worship as duty. 00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:04.219 It's not solely duty, though. 00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:06.860 It's not a box-ticking exercise 00:36:06.860 --> 00:36:07.619 that we do. 00:36:08.219 --> 00:36:09.960 It's a loving duty. 00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.759 It's a loving duty 00:36:11.759 --> 00:36:13.219 of that aligned heart 00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:14.659 that comes to God. 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:16.960 But it is God 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.920 that we come to. 00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.759 It is God 00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:21.579 that is above us. 00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.359 And we are the ones 00:36:23.359 --> 00:36:24.480 dutiful to him. 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:27.279 This is what the writer 00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:28.500 in Ephesians wrote. 00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:30.440 For this reason, 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.559 I bow my knees 00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:32.539 before the Father 00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:34.639 from whom every family 00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.819 in heaven and earth 00:36:35.819 --> 00:36:36.440 is named. 00:36:36.440 --> 00:36:39.260 You see the greatness 00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:41.659 of who his God is. 00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:43.880 Every family on heaven and earth 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.039 is named on the outset. 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:49.039 And our understanding of God 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.599 is crucial to our worship. 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:54.099 It will proportionally affect 00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.139 our worship, in fact. 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:57.860 If God is nothing to you, 00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.380 there will be no worship. 00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:01.700 If God is little to you, 00:37:02.220 --> 00:37:03.200 there will be little worship. 00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:06.039 You may think God 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:07.779 has been the almighty creator. 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:11.559 He's the one who sustains us 00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:13.099 in our days. 00:37:14.879 --> 00:37:17.059 We may give him reasonable worship 00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:20.439 because we can reasonably 00:37:20.439 --> 00:37:22.259 understand him, 00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.339 in a sense. 00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:25.920 But if God 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:27.380 is your God, 00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.900 and if God 00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.500 is the God 00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.240 of your heart, 00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.860 your soul, 00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.440 your mind, 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.280 and your strength, 00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:34.660 then we have an intimate 00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:36.480 worship with God. 00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:38.640 And we have a heart 00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:40.120 to worship him. 00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:44.880 But God 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.380 is not 00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:48.480 who we 00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.679 think he is. 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:51.719 God is truth 00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:52.920 regardless 00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:54.880 of how we worship him. 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.079 God 00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:58.779 is almighty 00:37:58.779 --> 00:38:01.359 and over all things. 00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.940 And we must come 00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.859 to worship him 00:38:03.859 --> 00:38:05.339 in a sense 00:38:05.339 --> 00:38:06.059 with a fear 00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.859 and reverence 00:38:06.860 --> 00:38:08.940 before the almighty 00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.920 creator. 00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.980 Let us read 00:38:11.980 --> 00:38:13.440 in verse 6 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.880 of Psalm 40. 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:17.599 Sacrifice and offering 00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:19.300 you have not desired, 00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:21.059 but you have given me 00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:22.099 an open ear. 00:38:22.740 --> 00:38:23.460 Burnt offering 00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.579 and sin offering 00:38:24.579 --> 00:38:26.500 you have not required. 00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:29.519 Now you see 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.260 David 00:38:30.260 --> 00:38:31.659 in his worship. 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:33.019 He realizes that 00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:34.219 well, 00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.460 sacrifice and offering 00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:37.900 you have not desired. 00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.179 And this is an 00:38:39.179 --> 00:38:40.340 interesting insight 00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.179 for this day. 00:38:41.880 --> 00:38:42.920 Because this was 00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:43.699 a day when 00:38:43.699 --> 00:38:45.039 sacrifice and offering 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.780 would have been 00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.380 required. 00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.639 So he's saying 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.480 now sacrifice 00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.079 and offering, 00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:50.800 God does not 00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.880 desire these things. 00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.059 God 00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.980 does not 00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:55.380 require these things. 00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.900 which raises 00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.660 a question. 00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.900 Why did God 00:38:59.900 --> 00:39:00.800 ask for them? 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:04.019 Why did God 00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:05.039 ask us to approach 00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:06.140 him with these 00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:06.519 offerings? 00:39:08.059 --> 00:39:08.500 But really 00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:09.039 what's coming 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.740 through there 00:39:09.740 --> 00:39:10.800 is that David 00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.760 is identifying 00:39:11.760 --> 00:39:13.220 that, you know, 00:39:13.320 --> 00:39:14.400 the sacrifice 00:39:14.400 --> 00:39:16.039 in and of itself 00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.960 wasn't everything. 00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.579 The sacrifice 00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.280 wasn't 00:39:19.280 --> 00:39:21.240 the thing 00:39:21.240 --> 00:39:21.619 that would 00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:23.300 restore 00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:24.059 a relationship 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.660 to God. 00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.759 all of itself. 00:39:27.319 --> 00:39:27.599 I'll just 00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:28.019 give you an 00:39:28.019 --> 00:39:28.480 illustration 00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:30.299 to make 00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:31.059 this clearer. 00:39:32.579 --> 00:39:33.099 You know, 00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.579 you may 00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:36.019 have worked 00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.739 in a job 00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:37.159 or you may 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:37.579 have heard 00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:37.960 one of your 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.799 colleagues say 00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.799 in their 00:39:39.799 --> 00:39:40.659 employment 00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:41.539 that, you know, 00:39:41.599 --> 00:39:42.119 my heart 00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.819 wasn't in it. 00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:44.039 And 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:46.759 that really 00:39:46.759 --> 00:39:47.199 means that, 00:39:47.259 --> 00:39:47.379 well, 00:39:47.420 --> 00:39:47.659 they're not 00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.319 really enjoying 00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:48.819 their work. 00:39:49.839 --> 00:39:50.259 Their heart 00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:50.899 isn't in it. 00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:51.920 And they may 00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.639 seek another 00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:53.199 employment. 00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.839 But if you 00:39:54.839 --> 00:39:55.639 were to watch 00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.719 two people 00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:58.219 who were to 00:39:58.219 --> 00:39:59.079 fulfil the 00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:00.079 same task, 00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.480 one with the 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.119 heart to do 00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:02.599 the work 00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.440 and one 00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:04.079 without the 00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:04.739 heart to do 00:40:04.739 --> 00:40:04.940 it, 00:40:05.879 --> 00:40:06.219 you may 00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:06.799 watch them 00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.259 and you 00:40:07.259 --> 00:40:07.719 would see 00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.440 significant 00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.059 differences 00:40:09.059 --> 00:40:10.579 in the way 00:40:10.579 --> 00:40:11.739 they approached 00:40:11.739 --> 00:40:12.639 it and the 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:13.920 value that 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.699 they gave 00:40:14.699 --> 00:40:15.559 to doing 00:40:15.559 --> 00:40:16.000 what they 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:16.339 did, 00:40:16.779 --> 00:40:17.359 the task 00:40:17.359 --> 00:40:17.980 to fulfil 00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.539 the task 00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:18.780 that they 00:40:18.780 --> 00:40:19.179 had to 00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.480 do. 00:40:21.719 --> 00:40:22.340 That's the 00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:22.880 difference. 00:40:23.780 --> 00:40:24.260 Is there 00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:25.320 heart in 00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.500 it? 00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:26.639 Is the 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.159 person's 00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:27.699 heart in 00:40:27.699 --> 00:40:27.880 it? 00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.099 The person 00:40:29.099 --> 00:40:29.579 that doesn't 00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:29.860 have the 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:30.240 heart in 00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.480 it may 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:30.800 actually 00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:31.119 do a 00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:31.320 better 00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:31.699 job. 00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:34.539 But you 00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:34.980 can see 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.400 clear 00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:35.940 differences. 00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.219 And that 00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:37.699 is what 00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.619 God delights 00:40:38.619 --> 00:40:39.199 to see. 00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.139 The one 00:40:41.139 --> 00:40:41.539 that has 00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:42.179 the heart. 00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:43.240 That is 00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.900 where whose 00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:44.780 value lies. 00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.740 God loves 00:40:45.740 --> 00:40:46.380 a cheerful 00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.860 giver. 00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.960 It says 00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.460 in 2nd 00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:48.900 Corinthians. 00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:49.920 It doesn't 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:50.380 say God 00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.820 loves a 00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.079 giver. 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.800 God loves 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:53.519 a cheerful 00:40:53.519 --> 00:40:53.920 giver. 00:40:54.019 --> 00:40:54.559 The heart 00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:54.880 of the 00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.460 matter is 00:40:55.460 --> 00:40:56.340 the crux. 00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:57.300 And this 00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:57.579 is what 00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:58.099 comes through 00:40:58.099 --> 00:40:58.380 in the 00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.720 psalm. 00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.160 It's through 00:40:59.160 --> 00:40:59.620 David. 00:41:00.180 --> 00:41:00.500 It is 00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.480 his heart 00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.240 as he 00:41:02.240 --> 00:41:02.820 comes to 00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.220 worship. 00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.260 We'll see 00:41:05.260 --> 00:41:05.640 that. 00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:07.079 But we've 00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.760 got to ask 00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:08.760 ourselves, 00:41:09.780 --> 00:41:10.180 where is 00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:10.820 our heart 00:41:10.820 --> 00:41:11.940 as we 00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.440 come to 00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.700 worship? 00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.620 Why do 00:41:13.620 --> 00:41:14.260 we come 00:41:14.260 --> 00:41:14.760 to worship? 00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.640 How great 00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.239 is God 00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:18.400 as we 00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.839 come to 00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:19.400 worship him? 00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:21.019 How do 00:41:21.019 --> 00:41:21.659 we sing 00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:22.619 when we 00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.279 sing praises 00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:23.819 to God? 00:41:24.339 --> 00:41:24.759 How do 00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:25.299 we pray 00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:26.299 when we 00:41:26.299 --> 00:41:26.799 pray to 00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:27.179 God? 00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.599 How great 00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.480 to you 00:41:30.480 --> 00:41:31.559 is God? 00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:33.779 And what 00:41:33.779 --> 00:41:34.359 David is 00:41:34.359 --> 00:41:35.400 saying here 00:41:35.400 --> 00:41:35.719 would have 00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:37.000 been probably 00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.879 controversial 00:41:37.879 --> 00:41:38.400 in its 00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.719 day. 00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.900 But with 00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.480 no heart 00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.199 of repentance, 00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.859 no acknowledgement 00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.599 of sin 00:41:44.599 --> 00:41:45.800 and only 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.360 doing this 00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:46.700 outward 00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:47.380 traditional 00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:47.960 procedure 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:49.120 offering 00:41:49.120 --> 00:41:49.960 sacrifices, 00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.200 God had 00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:51.800 no delight 00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.160 in it. 00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.620 If the 00:41:53.620 --> 00:41:54.099 heart was 00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.880 misaligned, 00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:55.880 God did 00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:56.539 not delight 00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:56.940 in it. 00:41:57.840 --> 00:41:58.480 And Samuel 00:41:58.480 --> 00:41:59.220 picks up on 00:41:59.220 --> 00:41:59.820 this as well 00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.579 in Old Testament 00:42:00.579 --> 00:42:01.120 times. 00:42:01.680 --> 00:42:02.380 He asks 00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.099 the question, 00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.120 has the 00:42:05.120 --> 00:42:05.760 Lord as 00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.620 great delight 00:42:06.620 --> 00:42:07.079 in burnt 00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.920 offerings and 00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.700 sacrifices? 00:42:09.760 --> 00:42:10.280 As in 00:42:10.280 --> 00:42:11.220 obeying the 00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:11.900 voice of the 00:42:11.900 --> 00:42:12.160 Lord, 00:42:13.300 --> 00:42:13.760 behold, 00:42:13.840 --> 00:42:14.300 he says, 00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.579 it is 00:42:14.579 --> 00:42:16.480 better to 00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:18.500 obey than 00:42:18.500 --> 00:42:18.860 to offer 00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.740 sacrifice. 00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:21.440 Behold, 00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:22.139 to obey is 00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:22.639 better than 00:42:22.639 --> 00:42:24.059 sacrifice and 00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.619 to listen 00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:25.539 than the 00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.000 fat of 00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.400 rams. 00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.200 That 00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:29.880 lovingly 00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:31.059 dutiful 00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:32.740 offering of 00:42:32.740 --> 00:42:33.800 ourselves comes 00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.440 through there. 00:42:36.160 --> 00:42:37.099 But David 00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:37.780 says something 00:42:37.780 --> 00:42:38.460 else in this 00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.000 passage, 00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:39.920 which is quite 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:40.480 interesting. 00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.519 He says that 00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:41.940 you have 00:42:41.940 --> 00:42:42.539 given me 00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.340 an open 00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:43.980 ear. 00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.059 Now, 00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:47.480 you look at 00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.000 this version, 00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.380 you think, 00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:48.599 well, 00:42:49.259 --> 00:42:49.619 okay, 00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.780 David said 00:42:50.780 --> 00:42:51.679 sacrifice and 00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:52.280 offering God 00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.619 has not 00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.099 desired. 00:42:53.940 --> 00:42:54.400 And God 00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:54.800 has given 00:42:54.800 --> 00:42:55.099 him an 00:42:55.099 --> 00:42:55.719 open ear. 00:42:57.320 --> 00:42:58.159 Is that 00:42:58.159 --> 00:42:58.920 open ear 00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:00.179 that God 00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:00.539 has given 00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.679 him 00:43:00.679 --> 00:43:01.280 understanding 00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:02.659 that 00:43:02.659 --> 00:43:05.460 these 00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:06.380 sacrifices 00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:07.079 and offerings 00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:09.739 are of 00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:10.359 little 00:43:10.359 --> 00:43:11.299 value if 00:43:11.299 --> 00:43:11.679 they come 00:43:11.679 --> 00:43:11.959 on of 00:43:11.959 --> 00:43:12.439 themselves. 00:43:15.319 --> 00:43:16.099 We can 00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:16.699 say that, 00:43:16.739 --> 00:43:17.159 and it is 00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:17.959 true in a 00:43:17.959 --> 00:43:18.439 sense that 00:43:18.439 --> 00:43:19.159 God does 00:43:19.159 --> 00:43:19.899 open our 00:43:19.899 --> 00:43:20.179 ears, 00:43:20.339 --> 00:43:20.919 God does 00:43:20.919 --> 00:43:21.699 unblock our 00:43:21.699 --> 00:43:22.500 ears to 00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.579 understand who 00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:24.299 he is. 00:43:24.839 --> 00:43:25.359 And David 00:43:25.359 --> 00:43:26.059 has a clear 00:43:26.059 --> 00:43:26.659 insight, 00:43:27.500 --> 00:43:28.159 a clearer 00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.879 insight maybe 00:43:28.879 --> 00:43:29.539 than many of 00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.019 in their day 00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:31.039 as to who 00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:32.159 God was. 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:32.219 us. 00:43:34.420 --> 00:43:35.059 But if you 00:43:35.059 --> 00:43:35.519 look at the 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:36.420 Scottish Psalter 00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:36.779 version, 00:43:36.879 --> 00:43:37.399 the version 00:43:37.399 --> 00:43:37.719 that we 00:43:37.719 --> 00:43:38.059 sing, 00:43:38.139 --> 00:43:38.420 you'll see 00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:38.699 that it 00:43:38.699 --> 00:43:39.119 says that, 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:40.339 it doesn't 00:43:40.339 --> 00:43:40.659 say my 00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.059 ears were 00:43:41.059 --> 00:43:41.440 open, 00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:41.819 but my 00:43:41.819 --> 00:43:42.239 ears were 00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:42.739 bored. 00:43:43.819 --> 00:43:44.460 And that's 00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:44.920 really what 00:43:44.920 --> 00:43:45.940 the Hebrew 00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:46.299 is. 00:43:46.379 --> 00:43:47.079 It means a 00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:47.759 boring of 00:43:47.759 --> 00:43:48.179 the ear. 00:43:49.399 --> 00:43:49.699 And I 00:43:49.699 --> 00:43:50.139 want to just 00:43:50.139 --> 00:43:50.899 mention something 00:43:50.899 --> 00:43:51.440 here because 00:43:51.440 --> 00:43:52.259 it is worth 00:43:52.259 --> 00:43:52.920 mentioning. 00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:55.379 And it 00:43:55.379 --> 00:43:57.000 references a 00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:58.019 servant and a 00:43:58.019 --> 00:43:58.879 master really 00:43:58.879 --> 00:43:59.259 here. 00:43:59.260 --> 00:44:01.700 And the 00:44:01.700 --> 00:44:02.720 context of 00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:03.760 it comes 00:44:03.760 --> 00:44:04.140 from the 00:44:04.140 --> 00:44:04.840 Old Testament 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:07.100 where the 00:44:07.100 --> 00:44:07.720 boring of 00:44:07.720 --> 00:44:08.520 the ear is a 00:44:08.520 --> 00:44:09.560 piercing of 00:44:09.560 --> 00:44:10.460 the ear as 00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:10.780 such. 00:44:12.920 --> 00:44:14.860 And the 00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:16.160 master would 00:44:16.160 --> 00:44:17.540 bore or 00:44:17.540 --> 00:44:18.500 pierce the 00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:19.360 servant's ear. 00:44:20.120 --> 00:44:20.460 And this 00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:20.900 would be a 00:44:20.900 --> 00:44:22.620 sign of 00:44:22.620 --> 00:44:23.060 something. 00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:26.040 So to 00:44:26.040 --> 00:44:26.540 give you the 00:44:26.540 --> 00:44:27.380 context of 00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:29.180 that sign, 00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:30.740 it would 00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.520 have been 00:44:31.520 --> 00:44:31.860 in the 00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.320 year of 00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:32.880 Jubilee, 00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:33.920 when the 00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.440 servant would 00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.700 have been 00:44:34.700 --> 00:44:35.400 set free. 00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:36.100 He would 00:44:36.100 --> 00:44:36.380 have done 00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:37.000 a six-year 00:44:37.000 --> 00:44:38.120 duty and 00:44:38.120 --> 00:44:38.320 he would 00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:38.500 have been 00:44:38.500 --> 00:44:39.180 set free. 00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:41.020 And in 00:44:41.020 --> 00:44:41.840 Exodus 21, 00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:42.440 I'll read a 00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:43.120 short passage 00:44:43.120 --> 00:44:43.600 here that 00:44:43.600 --> 00:44:44.980 really makes 00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.740 it clear for 00:44:45.740 --> 00:44:46.000 us. 00:44:48.020 --> 00:44:49.040 If the 00:44:49.040 --> 00:44:50.080 master gives 00:44:50.080 --> 00:44:50.560 him a 00:44:50.560 --> 00:44:51.460 wife in 00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:52.100 this time 00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:52.400 that he 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:52.660 had been 00:44:52.660 --> 00:44:53.120 a slave, 00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:53.440 if the 00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:54.020 master gives 00:44:54.020 --> 00:44:54.320 him a 00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:54.720 wife and 00:44:54.720 --> 00:44:55.120 she bears 00:44:55.120 --> 00:44:55.480 him a 00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:55.900 son or 00:44:55.900 --> 00:44:56.340 a daughter, 00:44:57.040 --> 00:44:57.640 the wife 00:44:57.639 --> 00:44:58.839 and her 00:44:58.839 --> 00:44:59.379 children 00:44:59.379 --> 00:45:00.159 shall be 00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:00.379 the 00:45:00.379 --> 00:45:00.799 master, 00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:03.559 and he 00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:05.179 shall go 00:45:05.179 --> 00:45:06.039 out alone. 00:45:07.339 --> 00:45:07.940 But if 00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.559 the slave 00:45:08.559 --> 00:45:09.139 plainly 00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:09.579 says, 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:10.960 I love 00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.199 my 00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:11.639 master, 00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:13.000 I love 00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:13.679 my wife, 00:45:14.379 --> 00:45:14.900 I love 00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:15.599 my children, 00:45:16.379 --> 00:45:17.000 I will 00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.539 not go 00:45:17.539 --> 00:45:18.139 out free, 00:45:18.879 --> 00:45:19.319 then his 00:45:19.319 --> 00:45:20.079 master shall 00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:20.559 bring him 00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:21.099 to God, 00:45:21.379 --> 00:45:21.739 and he 00:45:21.739 --> 00:45:22.239 shall bring 00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:22.480 him to 00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:23.019 the door 00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:23.420 or to 00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:23.599 the 00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:24.219 doorpost, 00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:25.000 and the 00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:25.399 master 00:45:25.399 --> 00:45:25.799 shall 00:45:25.799 --> 00:45:26.599 bore 00:45:26.599 --> 00:45:27.199 his 00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:27.699 ear 00:45:27.699 --> 00:45:28.819 through 00:45:28.819 --> 00:45:29.259 with 00:45:29.259 --> 00:45:29.419 an 00:45:29.419 --> 00:45:29.859 awe, 00:45:30.759 --> 00:45:31.539 and he 00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:31.980 shall be 00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:32.259 his 00:45:32.259 --> 00:45:32.779 slave 00:45:32.779 --> 00:45:33.980 forever. 00:45:35.319 --> 00:45:36.099 The 00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:36.839 act of 00:45:36.839 --> 00:45:37.279 piercing 00:45:37.279 --> 00:45:37.739 the 00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:38.339 slave's 00:45:38.339 --> 00:45:38.639 ear 00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.859 meant 00:45:39.859 --> 00:45:40.879 that the 00:45:40.879 --> 00:45:41.259 slave 00:45:41.259 --> 00:45:41.539 was 00:45:41.539 --> 00:45:42.459 willingly 00:45:42.459 --> 00:45:44.059 submitting 00:45:44.059 --> 00:45:44.699 himself 00:45:44.699 --> 00:45:45.879 to remain 00:45:45.879 --> 00:45:46.379 within 00:45:46.379 --> 00:45:46.659 the 00:45:46.659 --> 00:45:47.259 master's 00:45:47.259 --> 00:45:47.619 house 00:45:47.619 --> 00:45:48.879 forever. 00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.699 And this 00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:51.139 is the 00:45:51.139 --> 00:45:51.779 heart of 00:45:51.779 --> 00:45:52.539 David coming 00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.179 through here 00:45:53.179 --> 00:45:53.639 in worship. 00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:54.400 He's 00:45:54.400 --> 00:45:54.699 saying, 00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:57.319 you have 00:45:57.319 --> 00:45:57.679 borne 00:45:57.679 --> 00:45:58.139 my ear, 00:45:58.699 --> 00:45:59.259 and I 00:45:59.259 --> 00:45:59.639 am one 00:45:59.639 --> 00:45:59.920 that will 00:45:59.920 --> 00:46:00.679 remain in 00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.359 your house 00:46:01.359 --> 00:46:02.239 forever. 00:46:03.259 --> 00:46:03.839 Dutifully 00:46:03.839 --> 00:46:05.259 devoted to 00:46:05.259 --> 00:46:05.960 your house, 00:46:06.500 --> 00:46:07.920 I choose 00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:08.559 to remain 00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.519 with you. 00:46:11.039 --> 00:46:11.519 But these 00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:13.199 words are 00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:13.699 not all 00:46:13.699 --> 00:46:14.359 about David. 00:46:15.440 --> 00:46:16.179 They're not 00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:16.679 all about 00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:17.179 ourselves. 00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:18.480 They're 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:19.339 largely about 00:46:19.339 --> 00:46:19.940 Christ. 00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:21.099 And that's 00:46:21.099 --> 00:46:21.379 where the 00:46:21.379 --> 00:46:22.179 richness comes 00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:23.059 through in 00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.559 the boring 00:46:23.559 --> 00:46:24.099 of this 00:46:24.099 --> 00:46:24.400 ear. 00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:27.820 Jesus was 00:46:27.820 --> 00:46:28.139 the one 00:46:28.139 --> 00:46:28.440 that was 00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:29.019 represented 00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.420 in the 00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:30.139 sacrifices. 00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.759 But Jesus 00:46:31.759 --> 00:46:32.159 was the 00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.920 one that 00:46:32.920 --> 00:46:33.500 sacrificed 00:46:33.500 --> 00:46:34.119 with his 00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:34.559 heart. 00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:37.259 Christ is 00:46:37.259 --> 00:46:38.079 the servant 00:46:38.079 --> 00:46:39.860 that chose 00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:40.219 to have 00:46:40.219 --> 00:46:40.779 his ear 00:46:40.779 --> 00:46:42.079 bored to 00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:42.559 God's 00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:42.960 house in 00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.500 a sense. 00:46:43.500 --> 00:46:46.559 Christ is 00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:47.079 the one 00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:48.260 that chose 00:46:48.260 --> 00:46:49.139 to remain 00:46:49.139 --> 00:46:49.960 in the 00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:50.579 house of 00:46:50.579 --> 00:46:50.980 God 00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:52.300 for his 00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:52.760 love for 00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:53.360 the people. 00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:55.880 Like the 00:46:55.880 --> 00:46:56.440 slave who 00:46:56.440 --> 00:46:57.000 was willing 00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:58.199 to submit 00:46:58.199 --> 00:46:59.659 to those 00:46:59.659 --> 00:46:59.940 that were 00:46:59.940 --> 00:47:00.239 in the 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:00.599 house, 00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:02.320 Christ 00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:03.119 was willing 00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:04.340 to submit 00:47:04.340 --> 00:47:05.840 for us. 00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:07.760 Christ 00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:08.199 is the 00:47:08.199 --> 00:47:08.559 one 00:47:08.559 --> 00:47:10.840 who 00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.380 submitted 00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:12.099 himself 00:47:12.099 --> 00:47:13.019 to the 00:47:13.019 --> 00:47:13.460 service 00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:13.880 of the 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:14.320 father 00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:17.039 because 00:47:17.039 --> 00:47:17.920 he 00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.519 could 00:47:18.519 --> 00:47:19.019 say like 00:47:19.019 --> 00:47:19.199 the 00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:19.619 slave, 00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:20.820 I love 00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:21.039 my 00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:21.460 master, 00:47:22.019 --> 00:47:22.599 I love 00:47:22.599 --> 00:47:23.239 my wife, 00:47:23.320 --> 00:47:23.659 I love 00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:24.340 my children. 00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:26.579 It's as if 00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:26.840 he was 00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:27.299 saying I 00:47:27.299 --> 00:47:27.739 love my 00:47:27.739 --> 00:47:28.320 father, 00:47:29.000 --> 00:47:29.579 I love 00:47:29.579 --> 00:47:30.219 my bride, 00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:30.880 the church, 00:47:31.380 --> 00:47:31.940 and I 00:47:31.940 --> 00:47:32.519 love the 00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:33.199 children that 00:47:33.199 --> 00:47:33.619 you have 00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:34.239 given to 00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:34.480 me. 00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:36.619 and he 00:47:36.619 --> 00:47:37.539 chose 00:47:37.539 --> 00:47:38.740 that he 00:47:38.740 --> 00:47:39.079 would be 00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.760 pierced 00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:41.079 for these 00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:41.940 people 00:47:41.940 --> 00:47:42.639 that were 00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:43.500 given to 00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:43.820 him. 00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:45.079 And he 00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:45.860 chose 00:47:45.860 --> 00:47:46.880 that he 00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:47.199 would be 00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:47.699 the one 00:47:47.699 --> 00:47:48.760 that would 00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:49.440 remain 00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:49.960 forever 00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:50.940 with them. 00:47:52.740 --> 00:47:53.860 The one 00:47:53.860 --> 00:47:54.599 that chose 00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:55.480 to give 00:47:55.480 --> 00:47:56.019 his heart 00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.900 and life 00:47:56.900 --> 00:47:58.800 for these 00:47:58.800 --> 00:47:59.260 people. 00:48:00.860 --> 00:48:02.139 The act 00:48:02.139 --> 00:48:03.039 of piercing 00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:04.440 was a 00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:05.059 sign that 00:48:05.059 --> 00:48:05.639 the slave 00:48:05.639 --> 00:48:06.279 would remain 00:48:06.279 --> 00:48:06.779 forever, 00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:08.039 but that 00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:08.320 he was 00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:08.880 willing to 00:48:08.880 --> 00:48:09.300 do it. 00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:11.139 Christ was 00:48:11.139 --> 00:48:12.420 willing to 00:48:12.420 --> 00:48:13.119 be pierced 00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:13.659 for us 00:48:13.659 --> 00:48:15.639 in order 00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:16.480 that we 00:48:16.480 --> 00:48:16.980 may know 00:48:16.980 --> 00:48:17.739 him and 00:48:17.739 --> 00:48:18.139 that he 00:48:18.139 --> 00:48:19.219 may remain 00:48:19.219 --> 00:48:19.820 with us. 00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:23.380 But how 00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:23.779 was her 00:48:23.779 --> 00:48:24.300 heart? 00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.880 Do we 00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:30.380 have that 00:48:30.380 --> 00:48:30.860 heart's 00:48:30.860 --> 00:48:31.279 desire? 00:48:31.280 --> 00:48:33.120 to 00:48:33.120 --> 00:48:33.680 remain 00:48:33.680 --> 00:48:35.380 with God, 00:48:35.960 --> 00:48:37.300 to come 00:48:37.300 --> 00:48:37.960 to God, 00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:39.820 not to 00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:40.400 run after 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:40.880 our own 00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:41.380 things, 00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.700 but to 00:48:42.700 --> 00:48:42.960 say 00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:43.700 dutifully, 00:48:44.120 --> 00:48:44.960 I remain 00:48:44.960 --> 00:48:45.480 with you. 00:48:47.060 --> 00:48:47.440 Matthew 00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:47.760 Henry 00:48:47.760 --> 00:48:48.320 writes, 00:48:49.680 --> 00:48:50.680 when the 00:48:50.680 --> 00:48:51.040 law of 00:48:51.040 --> 00:48:51.500 God is 00:48:51.500 --> 00:48:51.880 written on 00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:52.519 our hearts, 00:48:53.160 --> 00:48:53.900 our duty 00:48:53.900 --> 00:48:55.200 will be 00:48:55.200 --> 00:48:55.900 our delight. 00:48:56.640 --> 00:48:57.480 So briefly, 00:48:58.120 --> 00:48:58.640 we'll look 00:48:58.639 --> 00:48:59.460 at delight. 00:49:00.359 --> 00:49:00.659 And we 00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.159 see that 00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:01.659 from verse 00:49:01.659 --> 00:49:02.000 seven. 00:49:03.279 --> 00:49:03.759 Then I 00:49:03.759 --> 00:49:04.119 said, 00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:04.960 behold, 00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:05.339 I have 00:49:05.339 --> 00:49:05.719 come. 00:49:06.179 --> 00:49:06.559 In the 00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:07.059 scroll of 00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:07.480 the book 00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:07.940 it is 00:49:07.940 --> 00:49:08.460 written of 00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:08.679 me. 00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:09.900 I 00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:10.739 desire to 00:49:10.739 --> 00:49:11.179 do your 00:49:11.179 --> 00:49:11.420 will, 00:49:11.480 --> 00:49:11.759 O my 00:49:11.759 --> 00:49:12.139 God. 00:49:12.799 --> 00:49:13.059 Your 00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:14.119 law is 00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:14.559 within 00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:15.619 my heart. 00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:19.679 David 00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.019 as the 00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:20.319 one, 00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:20.819 that 00:49:20.819 --> 00:49:21.400 slave that 00:49:21.400 --> 00:49:21.539 was 00:49:21.539 --> 00:49:22.079 willing to 00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.460 come. 00:49:23.000 --> 00:49:23.480 Behold, 00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:23.819 I have 00:49:23.819 --> 00:49:24.279 come, 00:49:24.400 --> 00:49:24.960 he says. 00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:25.659 He comes 00:49:25.659 --> 00:49:26.219 to God. 00:49:26.859 --> 00:49:27.539 He comes 00:49:27.539 --> 00:49:28.759 and is so 00:49:28.759 --> 00:49:29.319 willing like 00:49:29.319 --> 00:49:29.980 that slave 00:49:29.980 --> 00:49:30.559 to come. 00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:32.259 And he 00:49:32.259 --> 00:49:32.980 confesses that 00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:33.239 in the 00:49:33.239 --> 00:49:33.699 scroll of 00:49:33.699 --> 00:49:34.039 the book 00:49:34.039 --> 00:49:34.299 it is 00:49:34.299 --> 00:49:34.819 written of 00:49:34.819 --> 00:49:35.059 me. 00:49:35.779 --> 00:49:36.319 Now this 00:49:36.319 --> 00:49:37.259 points to 00:49:37.259 --> 00:49:37.659 Christ, 00:49:37.759 --> 00:49:38.239 of course. 00:49:38.819 --> 00:49:39.319 But is it 00:49:39.319 --> 00:49:39.940 not true 00:49:39.940 --> 00:49:41.500 that David 00:49:41.500 --> 00:49:42.220 himself can 00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:42.940 confess that 00:49:42.940 --> 00:49:43.579 within the 00:49:43.579 --> 00:49:44.200 scroll of 00:49:44.200 --> 00:49:44.539 the book 00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:44.780 it is 00:49:44.780 --> 00:49:45.220 written of 00:49:45.220 --> 00:49:45.400 me. 00:49:45.500 --> 00:49:45.700 Within 00:49:45.700 --> 00:49:46.000 the 00:49:46.000 --> 00:49:46.420 scripture 00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:47.220 it is 00:49:47.220 --> 00:49:47.740 written of 00:49:47.740 --> 00:49:48.000 me. 00:49:49.200 --> 00:49:49.679 He saw 00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:50.099 who he 00:49:50.099 --> 00:49:50.920 is himself 00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:51.639 through 00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:52.099 God's 00:49:52.099 --> 00:49:52.260 word. 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:52.659 And that 00:49:52.659 --> 00:49:53.119 is 00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:54.200 likened to 00:49:54.200 --> 00:49:54.700 ourselves. 00:49:55.740 --> 00:49:56.059 It is 00:49:56.059 --> 00:49:56.679 God's word 00:49:56.679 --> 00:49:57.320 that reveals 00:49:57.320 --> 00:49:57.840 who we 00:49:57.840 --> 00:49:58.539 really are. 00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:00.159 Negatively, 00:50:00.579 --> 00:50:01.139 it shows 00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:01.659 us who we 00:50:01.659 --> 00:50:02.059 are in 00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:02.519 our sin, 00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:03.420 who we 00:50:03.420 --> 00:50:04.000 are before 00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:04.480 God, 00:50:04.960 --> 00:50:05.900 who we 00:50:05.900 --> 00:50:06.639 are in 00:50:06.639 --> 00:50:07.039 our own 00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:07.539 nature, 00:50:08.220 --> 00:50:08.639 the things 00:50:08.639 --> 00:50:08.900 that we 00:50:08.900 --> 00:50:09.539 desire that 00:50:09.539 --> 00:50:09.900 are not 00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.380 good for 00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:10.660 us. 00:50:11.340 --> 00:50:11.800 But 00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:12.440 positively 00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:12.960 so, 00:50:13.400 --> 00:50:13.780 does the 00:50:13.780 --> 00:50:14.160 word of 00:50:14.160 --> 00:50:15.139 God show 00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:16.320 us who 00:50:16.320 --> 00:50:16.880 we are 00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:18.280 in Christ 00:50:18.280 --> 00:50:18.720 Jesus. 00:50:19.579 --> 00:50:20.260 We are 00:50:20.260 --> 00:50:21.300 adopted by 00:50:21.300 --> 00:50:22.820 him and 00:50:22.820 --> 00:50:23.220 we are 00:50:23.220 --> 00:50:23.720 redeemed 00:50:23.720 --> 00:50:24.680 by him. 00:50:27.000 --> 00:50:27.700 But there 00:50:27.700 --> 00:50:27.940 is a 00:50:27.940 --> 00:50:28.740 delight to 00:50:28.740 --> 00:50:29.059 do the 00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:29.880 will of 00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:31.579 God as 00:50:31.579 --> 00:50:31.860 well. 00:50:33.099 --> 00:50:33.860 It delights 00:50:33.860 --> 00:50:34.700 not his 00:50:34.700 --> 00:50:35.240 own will, 00:50:35.760 --> 00:50:36.280 not things 00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:36.559 that are 00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.200 pleasing to 00:50:37.200 --> 00:50:37.639 his own 00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:38.139 desires. 00:50:38.139 --> 00:50:38.819 God 00:50:38.819 --> 00:50:39.139 desires. 00:50:39.139 --> 00:50:40.460 He desires 00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:41.519 to do 00:50:41.519 --> 00:50:42.159 what God 00:50:42.159 --> 00:50:42.940 requires. 00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:43.960 That is 00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.159 our 00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:44.619 dutiful 00:50:44.619 --> 00:50:45.259 response 00:50:45.259 --> 00:50:45.559 as we 00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.000 come and 00:50:46.000 --> 00:50:46.279 worship. 00:50:49.179 --> 00:50:49.440 Our 00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:49.960 worship is 00:50:49.960 --> 00:50:50.400 not an 00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:51.000 arena for 00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:51.339 open 00:50:51.339 --> 00:50:52.099 experimentation. 00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:54.339 If we 00:50:54.339 --> 00:50:54.900 worship by 00:50:54.900 --> 00:50:55.299 doing what 00:50:55.299 --> 00:50:56.019 we enjoy, 00:50:56.799 --> 00:50:57.460 rather than 00:50:57.460 --> 00:50:57.859 doing what 00:50:57.859 --> 00:50:58.420 is pleasing 00:50:58.420 --> 00:50:59.119 to God, 00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:00.699 our worship 00:51:00.699 --> 00:51:01.659 will gravitate 00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:02.440 towards 00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:03.379 idolatry. 00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:04.839 Sproul, 00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:05.740 R.C. 00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:06.920 Sproul wrote 00:51:06.920 --> 00:51:07.680 these words. 00:51:08.780 --> 00:51:09.120 We must 00:51:09.120 --> 00:51:09.780 be careful 00:51:09.780 --> 00:51:10.600 in how 00:51:10.600 --> 00:51:11.559 we approach 00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:12.320 God. 00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:17.680 But it's 00:51:17.680 --> 00:51:18.460 a transforming 00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:19.519 work 00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:22.280 only that 00:51:22.280 --> 00:51:22.780 can make 00:51:22.780 --> 00:51:23.400 us really 00:51:23.400 --> 00:51:24.320 approach God 00:51:24.320 --> 00:51:24.660 with a 00:51:24.660 --> 00:51:25.920 heart of 00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:26.240 worship. 00:51:27.320 --> 00:51:27.980 And we 00:51:27.980 --> 00:51:28.640 desire to 00:51:28.640 --> 00:51:29.079 come to 00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:29.559 God and 00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:30.120 maybe we 00:51:30.120 --> 00:51:32.460 wonder why 00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:33.480 we come to 00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:33.860 God in 00:51:33.860 --> 00:51:34.280 such a 00:51:34.280 --> 00:51:34.500 way. 00:51:35.679 --> 00:51:35.940 We 00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:37.300 question 00:51:37.300 --> 00:51:37.780 ourselves 00:51:37.780 --> 00:51:38.059 and say 00:51:38.059 --> 00:51:38.579 I love 00:51:38.579 --> 00:51:39.159 these things 00:51:39.159 --> 00:51:39.460 of the 00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:39.800 world. 00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:41.440 But then 00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:44.380 I desire 00:51:44.380 --> 00:51:44.760 to do 00:51:44.760 --> 00:51:45.360 God's. 00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:46.000 I desire 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:46.400 to come 00:51:46.400 --> 00:51:46.840 to God 00:51:46.840 --> 00:51:47.240 greater. 00:51:48.719 --> 00:51:49.360 That's the 00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:49.880 heart that 00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:50.440 God put 00:51:50.440 --> 00:51:50.860 in us. 00:51:51.639 --> 00:51:51.980 It's not 00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:52.400 our work 00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:53.059 of ourselves. 00:51:56.980 --> 00:51:57.920 You see 00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:59.599 of Christ 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:00.019 this is 00:52:00.019 --> 00:52:00.579 true as 00:52:00.579 --> 00:52:00.800 well. 00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:02.920 Christ 00:52:02.920 --> 00:52:03.280 was the 00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:05.140 one who 00:52:05.140 --> 00:52:05.700 confessed 00:52:05.700 --> 00:52:06.400 himself. 00:52:09.820 --> 00:52:10.380 The 00:52:10.380 --> 00:52:10.800 will of 00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:11.340 God was 00:52:11.340 --> 00:52:11.720 difficult 00:52:11.720 --> 00:52:12.300 for him. 00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:14.380 Nevertheless 00:52:14.380 --> 00:52:15.340 not your 00:52:15.340 --> 00:52:16.400 will but 00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:16.960 yours be 00:52:16.960 --> 00:52:17.260 done. 00:52:18.480 --> 00:52:18.860 He was 00:52:18.860 --> 00:52:20.100 dutiful in 00:52:20.100 --> 00:52:21.080 his approach 00:52:21.080 --> 00:52:21.620 to God. 00:52:22.580 --> 00:52:23.120 But he 00:52:23.120 --> 00:52:24.220 delighted to 00:52:24.220 --> 00:52:24.500 do the 00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:25.340 will of 00:52:25.340 --> 00:52:25.720 God. 00:52:26.560 --> 00:52:26.900 And you 00:52:26.900 --> 00:52:28.220 see that 00:52:28.220 --> 00:52:29.220 at the 00:52:29.219 --> 00:52:29.879 extremities 00:52:29.879 --> 00:52:30.539 of life 00:52:30.539 --> 00:52:32.159 Christ 00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:32.419 our 00:52:32.419 --> 00:52:32.980 example 00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:33.959 was glad 00:52:33.959 --> 00:52:34.559 to 00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:34.859 fulfil 00:52:34.859 --> 00:52:35.359 the 00:52:35.359 --> 00:52:35.559 will 00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:35.739 of 00:52:35.739 --> 00:52:36.079 God. 00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:38.399 And in 00:52:38.399 --> 00:52:38.779 a sense 00:52:38.779 --> 00:52:39.259 we see 00:52:39.259 --> 00:52:39.539 that 00:52:39.539 --> 00:52:39.980 well 00:52:39.980 --> 00:52:40.639 delight 00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.039 to do 00:52:41.039 --> 00:52:41.419 God's 00:52:41.419 --> 00:52:41.599 will 00:52:41.599 --> 00:52:42.000 is not 00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:42.459 always 00:52:42.459 --> 00:52:43.039 a sense 00:52:43.039 --> 00:52:43.779 that we 00:52:43.779 --> 00:52:44.459 are happy 00:52:44.459 --> 00:52:45.419 full of 00:52:45.419 --> 00:52:45.980 praise 00:52:45.980 --> 00:52:47.179 joy 00:52:47.179 --> 00:52:47.919 and 00:52:47.919 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00:54:15.559 I want. 00:54:15.559 --> 00:54:17.619 what does 00:54:17.619 --> 00:54:18.019 God 00:54:18.019 --> 00:54:18.920 desire 00:54:18.920 --> 00:54:19.380 of me? 00:54:20.299 --> 00:54:20.699 What is 00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:21.039 the will 00:54:21.039 --> 00:54:21.599 of God 00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:22.000 for my 00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:22.400 life? 00:54:23.739 --> 00:54:24.139 Whatever 00:54:24.139 --> 00:54:24.880 it is 00:54:24.880 --> 00:54:25.519 may we 00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:25.980 find a 00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:26.360 delight 00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:26.840 in it. 00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:28.380 We may 00:54:28.380 --> 00:54:28.920 not see 00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:29.480 the delight 00:54:29.480 --> 00:54:29.880 in it 00:54:29.880 --> 00:54:30.420 immediately. 00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:32.460 The 00:54:32.460 --> 00:54:32.840 delight 00:54:32.840 --> 00:54:33.480 may come 00:54:33.480 --> 00:54:34.099 afterwards. 00:54:34.699 --> 00:54:35.079 It may 00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:35.500 not 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00:55:20.020 really. 00:55:22.380 --> 00:55:22.720 But it 00:55:22.720 --> 00:55:23.040 is that 00:55:23.040 --> 00:55:24.380 man who 00:55:24.380 --> 00:55:24.540 is 00:55:24.540 --> 00:55:25.420 unashamed 00:55:25.420 --> 00:55:26.720 to speak 00:55:26.720 --> 00:55:27.480 of what 00:55:27.480 --> 00:55:28.000 God has 00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:28.680 done for 00:55:28.680 --> 00:55:28.940 him. 00:55:30.160 --> 00:55:30.740 David was 00:55:30.740 --> 00:55:31.900 glad to 00:55:31.900 --> 00:55:32.620 tell of 00:55:32.620 --> 00:55:32.820 the 00:55:32.820 --> 00:55:33.360 righteousness 00:55:33.360 --> 00:55:33.800 and 00:55:33.800 --> 00:55:34.520 deliverance, 00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:35.080 the 00:55:35.080 --> 00:55:35.760 steadfast 00:55:35.760 --> 00:55:36.380 love of 00:55:36.380 --> 00:55:36.960 God 00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:38.400 in his 00:55:38.400 --> 00:55:39.120 experience. 00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:40.460 God 00:55:40.460 --> 00:55:41.119 is 00:55:41.119 --> 00:55:42.500 he 00:55:42.500 --> 00:55:42.679 was 00:55:42.679 --> 00:55:43.079 active 00:55:43.079 --> 00:55:43.319 and 00:55:43.319 --> 00:55:43.839 confident 00:55:43.839 --> 00:55:44.199 as he 00:55:44.199 --> 00:55:44.440 did 00:55:44.440 --> 00:55:44.719 so. 00:55:45.839 --> 00:55:46.119 You can 00:55:46.119 --> 00:55:46.699 see that 00:55:46.699 --> 00:55:47.599 I have 00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:48.659 is scattered 00:55:48.659 --> 00:55:49.440 through them 00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:49.719 two 00:55:49.719 --> 00:55:50.119 verses. 00:55:51.259 --> 00:55:51.579 And he 00:55:51.579 --> 00:55:52.259 comes before 00:55:52.259 --> 00:55:53.259 the great 00:55:53.259 --> 00:55:54.380 congregations 00:55:54.380 --> 00:55:55.579 gladly 00:55:55.579 --> 00:55:56.420 telling 00:55:56.420 --> 00:55:56.859 these 00:55:56.859 --> 00:55:57.279 things. 00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:01.519 Ephesians 00:56:01.519 --> 00:56:02.139 speaks 00:56:02.139 --> 00:56:04.219 of 00:56:04.219 --> 00:56:06.839 that we 00:56:06.839 --> 00:56:07.500 may have 00:56:07.500 --> 00:56:08.259 strength to 00:56:08.259 --> 00:56:09.039 comprehend 00:56:09.039 --> 00:56:10.759 with all 00:56:10.759 --> 00:56:11.480 the saints 00:56:11.480 --> 00:56:12.819 what is 00:56:12.819 --> 00:56:13.379 the breadth, 00:56:13.599 --> 00:56:14.039 the length, 00:56:14.239 --> 00:56:14.799 the height, 00:56:15.179 --> 00:56:15.599 and the 00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:16.000 depth 00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:17.779 of God. 00:56:17.780 --> 00:56:20.560 You know, 00:56:20.620 --> 00:56:21.000 we come 00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:21.600 together with 00:56:21.600 --> 00:56:22.080 our different 00:56:22.080 --> 00:56:22.820 experiences. 00:56:24.640 --> 00:56:25.000 And as 00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:25.600 Christians, 00:56:26.720 --> 00:56:26.860 you know, 00:56:26.900 --> 00:56:27.280 it's great 00:56:27.280 --> 00:56:27.980 hearing people's 00:56:27.980 --> 00:56:28.720 testimonies. 00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:29.560 And you 00:56:29.560 --> 00:56:29.680 think, 00:56:29.760 --> 00:56:29.840 well, 00:56:29.860 --> 00:56:30.180 I didn't 00:56:30.180 --> 00:56:30.660 know that 00:56:30.660 --> 00:56:31.060 about the 00:56:31.060 --> 00:56:31.340 person, 00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:31.620 and I 00:56:31.620 --> 00:56:31.820 didn't 00:56:31.820 --> 00:56:32.160 know they 00:56:32.160 --> 00:56:32.460 had gone 00:56:32.460 --> 00:56:33.200 through that. 00:56:33.920 --> 00:56:34.320 I didn't 00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:34.820 know God 00:56:34.820 --> 00:56:35.280 would work 00:56:35.280 --> 00:56:35.880 in such a 00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:36.620 way as 00:56:36.620 --> 00:56:36.940 he has 00:56:36.940 --> 00:56:37.300 done in 00:56:37.300 --> 00:56:37.960 that person's 00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:38.340 life. 00:56:38.880 --> 00:56:39.300 But as 00:56:39.300 --> 00:56:39.860 we come 00:56:39.860 --> 00:56:40.300 together, 00:56:40.420 --> 00:56:40.640 and as 00:56:40.640 --> 00:56:41.180 we gather 00:56:41.180 --> 00:56:41.740 together, 00:56:42.140 --> 00:56:42.860 unashamed 00:56:42.860 --> 00:56:43.620 of what 00:56:43.620 --> 00:56:44.160 God has 00:56:44.160 --> 00:56:44.820 done for 00:56:44.820 --> 00:56:45.100 us, 00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:46.200 may we 00:56:46.200 --> 00:56:46.720 declare 00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:49.219 that God 00:56:49.219 --> 00:56:49.639 has done 00:56:49.639 --> 00:56:50.079 a great 00:56:50.079 --> 00:56:50.599 work in 00:56:50.599 --> 00:56:51.199 my life. 00:56:51.619 --> 00:56:52.119 And as 00:56:52.119 --> 00:56:52.679 we do 00:56:52.679 --> 00:56:53.039 this 00:56:53.039 --> 00:56:53.559 together, 00:56:54.459 --> 00:56:55.639 we 00:56:55.639 --> 00:56:56.159 strengthen 00:56:56.159 --> 00:56:56.739 one another, 00:56:57.839 --> 00:56:58.239 strengthen 00:56:58.239 --> 00:56:58.779 with all 00:56:58.779 --> 00:56:59.399 the saints. 00:57:00.239 --> 00:57:00.899 What is 00:57:00.899 --> 00:57:01.379 the breadth, 00:57:01.579 --> 00:57:01.879 length, 00:57:02.019 --> 00:57:02.299 height, 00:57:02.379 --> 00:57:02.980 and depth? 00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:06.079 You know, 00:57:06.799 --> 00:57:07.399 we might 00:57:07.399 --> 00:57:07.799 hear of 00:57:07.799 --> 00:57:08.459 someone's 00:57:08.459 --> 00:57:09.359 conversion, 00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:10.399 or God 00:57:10.399 --> 00:57:11.359 working in 00:57:11.359 --> 00:57:11.879 someone's 00:57:11.879 --> 00:57:12.159 life, 00:57:12.219 --> 00:57:12.339 and we 00:57:12.339 --> 00:57:12.459 say, 00:57:13.299 --> 00:57:13.579 you know, 00:57:13.719 --> 00:57:14.480 it's amazing 00:57:14.480 --> 00:57:14.919 that God 00:57:14.919 --> 00:57:15.379 did that. 00:57:16.079 --> 00:57:16.459 And it 00:57:16.460 --> 00:57:17.260 extends 00:57:17.260 --> 00:57:17.480 our 00:57:17.480 --> 00:57:18.139 understanding 00:57:18.139 --> 00:57:18.740 of God. 00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:19.619 And you 00:57:19.619 --> 00:57:20.000 might hear 00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:20.360 something 00:57:20.360 --> 00:57:20.679 else, 00:57:20.720 --> 00:57:20.940 and it 00:57:20.940 --> 00:57:21.400 raises 00:57:21.400 --> 00:57:24.539 the 00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:25.179 might of 00:57:25.179 --> 00:57:25.599 God in 00:57:25.599 --> 00:57:26.139 your eyes. 00:57:27.340 --> 00:57:28.079 And then 00:57:28.079 --> 00:57:28.480 you hear 00:57:28.480 --> 00:57:29.099 something else, 00:57:29.179 --> 00:57:29.220 and you 00:57:29.220 --> 00:57:29.320 say, 00:57:29.360 --> 00:57:29.500 well, 00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:29.800 I didn't 00:57:29.800 --> 00:57:31.300 realize God 00:57:31.300 --> 00:57:32.300 could reach 00:57:32.300 --> 00:57:32.960 the depths. 00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:35.699 As we 00:57:35.699 --> 00:57:36.500 come together, 00:57:37.340 --> 00:57:38.079 we strengthen 00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:38.780 one another, 00:57:39.780 --> 00:57:40.579 and we 00:57:40.579 --> 00:57:41.280 uplift 00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:42.960 God's 00:57:42.960 --> 00:57:43.260 name, 00:57:43.420 --> 00:57:43.559 and 00:57:43.559 --> 00:57:44.500 praise 00:57:44.500 --> 00:57:45.519 him for 00:57:45.519 --> 00:57:46.000 all that 00:57:46.000 --> 00:57:46.340 he has 00:57:46.340 --> 00:57:46.659 done. 00:57:47.420 --> 00:57:47.639 And 00:57:47.639 --> 00:57:48.079 together, 00:57:48.659 --> 00:57:48.940 we 00:57:48.940 --> 00:57:50.480 enlarge 00:57:50.480 --> 00:57:50.920 our 00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:52.000 understanding 00:57:52.000 --> 00:57:52.559 of who 00:57:52.559 --> 00:57:53.460 God is. 00:57:53.739 --> 00:57:54.199 And as I 00:57:54.199 --> 00:57:54.519 said in 00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:55.000 the beginning, 00:57:55.780 --> 00:57:56.179 that's 00:57:56.179 --> 00:57:56.679 really 00:57:56.679 --> 00:57:59.719 central 00:57:59.719 --> 00:58:00.579 to the 00:58:00.579 --> 00:58:00.980 matter of 00:58:00.980 --> 00:58:01.139 our 00:58:01.139 --> 00:58:01.420 worship. 00:58:02.119 --> 00:58:02.699 Who is 00:58:02.699 --> 00:58:03.460 God to 00:58:03.460 --> 00:58:03.739 you? 00:58:05.440 --> 00:58:06.579 I pray 00:58:06.579 --> 00:58:08.260 that as 00:58:08.260 --> 00:58:08.820 we come 00:58:08.820 --> 00:58:09.320 together, 00:58:09.320 --> 00:58:10.820 we would 00:58:10.820 --> 00:58:11.559 have our 00:58:11.559 --> 00:58:12.039 eyes 00:58:12.039 --> 00:58:12.600 opened 00:58:12.600 --> 00:58:14.740 to 00:58:14.740 --> 00:58:15.460 understand 00:58:15.460 --> 00:58:16.480 who 00:58:16.480 --> 00:58:16.940 God 00:58:16.940 --> 00:58:17.300 is, 00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:19.280 what he 00:58:19.280 --> 00:58:19.800 has done 00:58:19.800 --> 00:58:20.880 for so 00:58:20.880 --> 00:58:21.360 and so, 00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:22.440 what he 00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:22.820 has done 00:58:22.820 --> 00:58:23.380 for me. 00:58:24.200 --> 00:58:24.400 And we 00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:24.559 say, 00:58:24.840 --> 00:58:25.340 God, 00:58:26.620 --> 00:58:27.100 wow, 00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:29.019 no one 00:58:29.019 --> 00:58:30.019 can compare 00:58:30.019 --> 00:58:31.059 with you. 00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:35.239 to the 00:58:35.239 --> 00:58:35.920 extent that 00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:36.480 we say, 00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:38.139 I'm not 00:58:38.139 --> 00:58:38.420 going to 00:58:38.420 --> 00:58:38.980 go anywhere 00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:39.380 else. 00:58:40.940 --> 00:58:41.719 All these 00:58:41.719 --> 00:58:42.500 desires that 00:58:42.500 --> 00:58:43.039 I have 00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:43.500 do not 00:58:43.500 --> 00:58:44.059 compare, 00:58:44.420 --> 00:58:45.000 the worldly 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:45.719 desires do 00:58:45.719 --> 00:58:46.400 not compare 00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:48.579 to what 00:58:48.579 --> 00:58:49.559 Jesus can 00:58:49.559 --> 00:58:50.019 do for 00:58:50.019 --> 00:58:50.259 me, 00:58:51.000 --> 00:58:51.400 to what 00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:52.099 God can 00:58:52.099 --> 00:58:52.619 give me, 00:58:52.980 --> 00:58:53.340 to what 00:58:53.340 --> 00:58:53.799 remaining 00:58:53.799 --> 00:58:54.460 in his 00:58:54.460 --> 00:58:55.159 household 00:58:55.159 --> 00:58:56.219 means to 00:58:56.219 --> 00:58:56.480 me. 00:58:56.480 --> 00:59:00.760 as God 00:59:00.760 --> 00:59:01.179 becomes 00:59:01.179 --> 00:59:01.740 great to 00:59:01.740 --> 00:59:02.119 us, 00:59:03.400 --> 00:59:03.820 may we 00:59:03.820 --> 00:59:04.460 be people 00:59:04.460 --> 00:59:05.400 that have 00:59:05.400 --> 00:59:06.119 a heart 00:59:06.119 --> 00:59:07.000 to come 00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:07.480 to worship 00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:07.840 him, 00:59:08.940 --> 00:59:09.240 that have 00:59:09.240 --> 00:59:09.900 a heart 00:59:09.900 --> 00:59:10.599 to devote 00:59:10.599 --> 00:59:11.199 ourselves 00:59:11.199 --> 00:59:11.840 dutifully 00:59:11.840 --> 00:59:12.619 to him, 00:59:13.300 --> 00:59:13.599 have a 00:59:13.599 --> 00:59:14.380 heart to 00:59:14.380 --> 00:59:14.780 delight 00:59:14.780 --> 00:59:15.320 ourselves 00:59:15.320 --> 00:59:15.840 in whatever 00:59:15.840 --> 00:59:16.400 his will 00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:16.880 is for 00:59:16.880 --> 00:59:17.440 our life, 00:59:18.059 --> 00:59:18.400 but be 00:59:18.400 --> 00:59:18.920 unashamed 00:59:18.920 --> 00:59:20.139 to declare 00:59:20.139 --> 00:59:21.059 all that 00:59:21.059 --> 00:59:21.360 he has 00:59:21.360 --> 00:59:21.659 done, 00:59:22.659 --> 00:59:23.559 to be 00:59:23.559 --> 00:59:23.980 marked 00:59:23.980 --> 00:59:26.960 by God, 00:59:28.900 --> 00:59:29.240 to have 00:59:29.240 --> 00:59:29.719 our ears 00:59:29.719 --> 00:59:30.519 pierced 00:59:30.519 --> 00:59:30.800 as it 00:59:30.800 --> 00:59:30.980 were, 00:59:32.340 --> 00:59:32.659 that we 00:59:32.659 --> 00:59:32.960 would be 00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:33.300 willingly 00:59:33.300 --> 00:59:34.380 submissive 00:59:34.380 --> 00:59:36.480 to remain 00:59:36.480 --> 00:59:36.840 in his 00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:37.179 house 00:59:37.179 --> 00:59:37.579 forever. 00:59:39.179 --> 00:59:39.780 I pray 00:59:39.780 --> 00:59:40.780 that our 00:59:40.780 --> 00:59:41.280 hearts 00:59:41.280 --> 00:59:42.420 would be 00:59:42.420 --> 00:59:42.760 such. 00:59:43.900 --> 00:59:44.500 Pray it 00:59:44.500 --> 00:59:44.679 would be 00:59:44.679 --> 00:59:44.960 blessed 00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:45.480 to us, 00:59:46.519 --> 00:59:46.699 our 00:59:46.699 --> 00:59:47.139 worship, 00:59:48.019 --> 00:59:48.260 our 00:59:48.260 --> 00:59:48.719 duty, 00:59:49.119 --> 00:59:49.240 our 00:59:49.240 --> 00:59:49.719 delight, 00:59:50.099 --> 00:59:50.340 and our 00:59:50.340 --> 00:59:50.960 declaration. 00:59:51.840 --> 00:59:52.159 Amen. 00:59:52.159 --> 00:59:53.839 We'll 00:59:53.839 --> 00:59:54.279 conclude 00:59:54.279 --> 00:59:55.079 by singing 00:59:55.079 --> 00:59:55.699 in Psalm 00:59:55.699 --> 00:59:56.799 40, 00:59:56.940 --> 00:59:57.440 the Scottish 00:59:57.440 --> 00:59:57.879 Psalter 00:59:57.879 --> 00:59:58.279 version, 00:59:59.699 --> 01:00:00.659 page 260 01:00:00.659 --> 01:00:01.099 of the 01:00:01.099 --> 01:00:01.559 Blue Book. 01:00:09.440 --> 01:00:10.259 And we'll 01:00:10.259 --> 01:00:11.519 sing the 01:00:11.519 --> 01:00:12.319 verses that 01:00:12.319 --> 01:00:12.719 we read 01:00:12.719 --> 01:00:13.000 there, 01:00:13.699 --> 01:00:14.259 from 01:00:14.259 --> 01:00:14.879 verse 6 01:00:14.879 --> 01:00:15.500 down to 01:00:15.500 --> 01:00:16.460 end of 01:00:16.460 --> 01:00:17.759 verse 10. 01:00:19.440 --> 01:00:19.940 No 01:00:19.940 --> 01:00:20.899 sacrifice, 01:00:21.059 --> 01:00:21.559 nor offering, 01:00:21.559 --> 01:00:31.239 didst not 01:00:31.239 --> 01:00:31.840 require. 01:00:32.739 --> 01:00:33.019 We'll 01:00:33.019 --> 01:00:33.559 sing down 01:00:33.559 --> 01:00:34.059 to the 01:00:34.059 --> 01:00:34.840 end of 01:00:34.840 --> 01:00:35.920 verse 10 01:00:35.920 --> 01:00:36.460 that 01:00:36.460 --> 01:00:38.079 thy 01:00:38.079 --> 01:00:38.619 kindness 01:00:38.619 --> 01:00:38.960 which 01:00:38.960 --> 01:00:39.239 must 01:00:39.239 --> 01:00:39.519 love 01:00:39.519 --> 01:00:40.019 in us, 01:00:40.440 --> 01:00:41.019 concealed 01:00:41.019 --> 01:00:41.679 have not 01:00:41.679 --> 01:00:41.980 I, 01:00:42.699 --> 01:00:43.219 nor from 01:00:43.219 --> 01:00:43.400 the 01:00:43.400 --> 01:00:44.039 congregation 01:00:44.039 --> 01:00:44.779 great, 01:00:45.039 --> 01:00:45.579 have hid 01:00:45.579 --> 01:00:45.960 thy 01:00:45.960 --> 01:00:46.440 verity. 01:00:46.659 --> 01:00:46.900 We'll 01:00:46.900 --> 01:00:47.179 stand 01:00:47.179 --> 01:00:47.599 together, 01:00:48.139 --> 01:00:48.360 and we'll 01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:48.739 lift our 01:00:48.739 --> 01:00:49.539 voices and 01:00:49.539 --> 01:00:50.039 hearts, 01:00:50.279 --> 01:00:51.059 praising God, 01:00:51.559 --> 01:00:52.199 no 01:00:52.199 --> 01:00:52.539 sacrifice, 01:00:52.799 --> 01:00:53.119 nor offering. 01:00:53.559 --> 01:00:56.079 No 01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:59.179 sacrifice, 01:00:59.179 --> 01:01:13.059 Thine is no offering, it's thou at all desire. 01:01:13.059 --> 01:01:31.820 Mine is the Lord's sin, all three love, and burn its all three fire. 01:01:31.820 --> 01:01:49.820 Then to the Lord these were my words, I come, ye, O thou see. 01:01:49.820 --> 01:02:08.820 Where did thou own you, all the book, the great is of me. 01:02:08.820 --> 01:02:28.200 To do thy will I take delight, O thou my heart, thou art. 01:02:28.199 --> 01:02:47.339 Yea, that most holy law of thine I have within my heart. 01:02:47.340 --> 01:03:06.340 Within thy congregation great, I my righteousness did reach. 01:03:06.340 --> 01:03:24.340 O thou art, thou scroll, O Lord, that I refrain in not my speech. 01:03:24.340 --> 01:03:41.340 I never did within my heart conceal thy righteousness. 01:03:41.340 --> 01:04:01.340 I thy salvation have declared, and show thy faithfulness. 01:04:01.340 --> 01:04:12.340 Thy kindness which most loving is. 01:04:12.340 --> 01:04:36.840 Conceal it, have no time, nor from the congregation great, have it by benity. 01:04:36.840 --> 01:04:40.400 Conclude in prayer. 01:04:41.360 --> 01:04:48.840 Our heavenly Father, we thank you for this time we have had together to come and to praise your name. 01:04:49.620 --> 01:04:52.000 Lord, we pray that you would remain with us. 01:04:52.519 --> 01:04:56.700 Lord, give us hearts renewed to worship you. 01:04:57.760 --> 01:04:59.920 We pray for our service this evening. 01:05:00.660 --> 01:05:03.240 We pray for Mr. McKeever as he leads us. 01:05:03.239 --> 01:05:06.979 We pray you prepare at heart to receive the word. 01:05:08.079 --> 01:05:09.339 Be with us as we part. 01:05:10.099 --> 01:05:13.299 Forgive us our sins that we know are many and great. 01:05:13.919 --> 01:05:20.379 Through the name of Jesus Christ, the one who was pierced for our transgressions. 01:05:21.439 --> 01:05:24.000 Lord, in his name we ask these things. 01:05:24.359 --> 01:05:24.639 Amen. 01:05:33.239 --> 01:05:34.239 graciousさせ keys. 01:05:34.239 --> 01:05:36.179 Amen. 01:05:36.179 --> 01:05:38.179 Amen. 01:05:38.179 --> 01:05:42.599 Thank you. 01:05:43.559 --> 01:05:56.079 Thank you. 01:05:56.079 --> 01:06:26.059 Thank you. 01:06:26.079 --> 01:06:56.059 Thank you. 01:06:56.079 --> 01:07:26.059 Thank you.