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 Well, good morning, if you will, please.

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 Take out your copy of God's Word and turn to two places.

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 We're going to spend our time considering musical worship.

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 We're going to do that for three reasons.

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 First, the men who lead our music attended a conference this week,

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 which was actually every man on the stage this morning was at that conference together.

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 It just has me thinking a lot about how we sing together.

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 I'd like to spend, this is reason number two,

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 I'd like to spend a bit more time with Romans 13, verses 11 through 14.

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 And thirdly, we periodically preach sermons like this morning's,

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 not to defend how we conduct ourselves when we gather,

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 but to equip you to understand.

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 Don't simply assume you know why we do what we do

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 and why we do what we do the way that we do what we do.

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 What's underneath that?

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 Why is it that we do the things that we do

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 and do them the way that we do them?

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 It's important to know this.

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 Be equipped.

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 Share it with others.

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 Help people to wrap their minds around what we do.

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 Don't just see it as a preference.

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 The last time we considered musical worship was about four years ago,

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 and we have gained new members since then, praise God.

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 So this topic seems due some attention.

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 So, if you've not been around for very long,

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 we do these sermons from time to time

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 that I call the Why We Do What We Do

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 and Why We Do What We Do the Way We Do What We Do sermons,

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 which is a lot of Ws.

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 So, today, specifically, our music together.

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 When we gather together as a church,

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 why do we engage in musical worship

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 and why do we engage in musical worship the way that we do?

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 I want to begin with an aside

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 concerning our language, concerning music.

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 In recent decades, for most of our lives,

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 the music sung in church has been often referred to as worship,

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 and the individual leading the music as the worship leader.

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 Music, rightly sung in our church gatherings,

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 or otherwise, certainly is worship.

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 But it is not the totality of worship,

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 and the individual leading the music is certainly leading us in worship,

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 but not in the totality of worship.

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 To call our singing together worship

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 and the individual leading the music as the worship leader,

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 and to not use this term in other spheres,

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 suggests that our worship of God is reduced

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 to a bit of time during a service on Sunday morning

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 and implies the exclusion of our prayers

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 and scripture reading,

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 ordinance administering,

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 and preaching.

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 So, everything we do when we gather together as a church

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 ought to be rightly taken up an act of worship.

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 So, we want to be careful about this.

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 We want to reject that kind of language.

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 So, Paul stated in Romans 12, verse 1,

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 And we were there not too long ago.

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 I appeal to you, therefore, brothers,

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 by the mercies of God,

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 to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,

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 holy and acceptable to God,

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 which is your spiritual worship.

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 And we talked about how that word body

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 means your being, your whole self.

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 So, God means for all of ourselves,

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 all of our lives,

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 to be committed to His praise.

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 So, we will never call the music here worship

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 or the individual leading the music

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 the worship leader

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 at the exclusion of using that term elsewhere

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 because it is confusing.

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 I encourage you to toe this line.

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 Some will say,

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 well, you know what I mean

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 when being corrected on the matter,

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 but the problem is that words have meaning.

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 They actually mean things, believe it or not.

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 And you cannot be so cavalier

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 with your use of words

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 because my response will simply be,

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 I don't know what you mean.

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 The words you're using don't make sense

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 the way you're using them.

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 This is why we will speak

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 in terms of musical worship.

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 There you go.

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 We're using the word worship, right?

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 But we're qualifying what we mean.

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 We're talking about musical worship

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 and why we will call

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 whoever is leading our music

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 our music leader.

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 The subject of musical worship in churches

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 has been a highly contested one

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 in my lifetime.

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 These conflicts are often called

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 the worship wars.

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 Isn't that a tragic title?

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 And they've revolved particularly

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 around the debate

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 between contemporary

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 and traditional music.

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 Much heat

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 with very little light

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 in these conflicts.

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 The current solution

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 has seemed to be

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 for small churches

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 to work to serve

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 a particular demographic

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 and for larger churches

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 to cater to every demographic

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 with multiple services.

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 None of this

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 is good for your faith

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 or for the community

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 of faith.

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 It is not proper

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 for a church

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 to serve

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 preference

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 over purpose

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 in the way

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 that we gather.

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 Is it okay

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 to have preferences?

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 Of course it is.

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 It's okay to like

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 particular types

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 of music.

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 But that's not

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 why we arrange music

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 the way

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 that we do.

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 It's serving

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 a purpose.

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 It is not

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 healthy to meet

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 felt needs

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 at the expense

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 of real needs.

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 To promulgate

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 consumerism

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 in the worship

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 of our God.

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 I don't really care

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 if you like our music

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 if you're here

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 and you're learning

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 truth

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 in the process

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 of our singing.

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 But oh,

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 praise God,

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 if you do like the music,

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 I think that's good

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 for you.

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 In the very early days

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 of our church,

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 Wes,

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 one of our founding elders

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 and our music leader

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 for the first nine years

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 of our existence

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 and myself

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 were equally frustrated

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 with the conflict

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 we saw on this matter

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 and desired to lead

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 our small gathering

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 well.

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 I mean a tiny group

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 of people

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 to sing well

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 together.

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 I'm so glad

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 for the good input

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 we received

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 from those

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 faithful Christians.

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 Praise be to God

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 that he led us

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 to the doctrine

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 of the sufficiency

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 of Scripture,

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 believing that it

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 contained within it

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 everything we needed

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 to guide the church

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 and that he granted us

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 grace to seek

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 his wisdom

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 from his word

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 on that very matter.

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 All a measure of grace.

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 A miracle

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 that we didn't just

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 trend off

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 into some

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 happening thing

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 that was going on.

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 We very recently

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 bought a fogger,

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 hear me clearly,

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 a fogger

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 for the building

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 so that we could

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 fog cleaning supplies

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 and help keep

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 things tidy around here

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 especially when we have

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 these waves of sickness

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 that come through

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 the church building

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 and I chuckle with Sam

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 that our church

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 finally has a fog machine.

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 We have arrived.

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 All right.

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 So Colossians chapter 3

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 and verse 16

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 and Ephesians chapter 5

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 verse 18 and 19.

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 I'll begin in Colossians.

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 Before I read,

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 let me remind you,

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 beloved,

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 that this is God's word

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 to us written

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 for his glory

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 and our good.

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 And so we would all

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 do well to listen to it

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 in order to believe

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 its promises

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 and obey its commands.

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 Paul writes,

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 let the word of Christ

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 dwell in you richly,

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 teaching and admonishing

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 one another

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 in all wisdom,

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 singing psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs

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 with thankfulness

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 in your hearts

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 to God.

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 And in Ephesians 5

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 verse 18 and 19,

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 and do not get drunk

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 with wine

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 for that is debauchery,

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 but be filled

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 with the Spirit,

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 addressing one another

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 in psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs,

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 singing and making melody

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 to the Lord

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 with your heart.

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 So why do we sing together

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 when we gather?

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 The Bible commands it

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 for God's glory

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 and our good.

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 Psalm 33 and verse 3

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 says,

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 sing to him

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 a new song.

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 Play skillfully

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 on the strings

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 with loud shouts.

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 Psalm 47 and verse 6,

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 sing praises to God,

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 sing praises.

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 Sing praises to our King,

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 sing praises.

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 These are songs themselves

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 written for congregational singing.

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 The Bible contains

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 over 400 references

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 to singing

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 and 50 direct commands

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 to sing.

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 The longest book

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 of the Bible

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 by verse count,

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 the Psalms,

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 is a book of songs.

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 We have the example

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 of Jesus

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 in Matthew chapter 26

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 and verse 30.

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 This is before his betrayal

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 when they had sung

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 a hymn.

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 They went out

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 to the Mount of Olives.

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 And we have the example

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 of heaven

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 in the book

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 of Revelation.

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 Besides the book

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 of Psalms,

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 you know the book

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 in the Bible

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 that has the second

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 most songs in it?

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 It's the book

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 of Revelation.

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 We get to peer

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 into heaven

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 and see what the music

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 looks like there.

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 And there John records

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 Revelation 15

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 verse 2 and 3,

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 And I saw what appeared

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 to be a sea of glass

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 mingled with fire

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 and also those

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 who had conquered

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 the beast and its image

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 and the number

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 of its name,

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 standing by the sea

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 of glass with harps

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 of God in their hands.

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 And they sing

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 the song of Moses,

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 the servant of God,

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 and the song

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 of the Lamb,

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 saying,

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 Great and amazing

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 are your deeds,

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 O Lord God,

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 the Almighty,

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 just and true

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 are your ways,

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 O King of the nations.

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 And the example

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 of Paul and Silas

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 in the Philippian jail

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 are not arguing

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 that they were a church,

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 but gathered Christians

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 thrown in jail.

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 We see about midnight,

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 Acts 16 and verse 25,

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 Paul and Silas

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 were praying

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 and singing hymns

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 to God.

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 James says in James 5

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 and verse 13,

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 Is anyone cheerful?

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 Let him sing praise.

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 John Calvin once said,

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 Wherever faith is lively,

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 holy rejoicing will follow.

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 So, we should sing

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 when we are gathered.

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 Praise God that we do.

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 What are we to sing?

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 We're to sing psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs.

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 Psalms are those

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 found in the book of Psalms.

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 We should sing

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 from God's song book.

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 And we probably do this

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 more than you realize.

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 We may need to actually

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 help you with that

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 from time to time.

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 A wonderful example of that

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 is the song

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 from the rising of the sun.

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 We should sing hymns.

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 Hymns are not just the songs

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 found in a hymn.

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 No, we could misunderstand this

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 to be sure.

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 You might think hymns

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 are all those found

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 in that book

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 that we put on your chairs.

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 And spiritual songs

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 are the ones

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 that are in the bulletin.

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 No, not so.

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 Hymns are songs

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 to or about God

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 and what He has done.

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 To or about God

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 and what He has done.

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 An understanding

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 of an early Christological hymn,

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 a lot of commentators think

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 it's because of the structure

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 of the Greek language,

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 is found in Colossians 1,

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 verse 15 through 20.

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 If you'd like to turn there

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 and look at it,

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 you may be familiar with this.

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 We actually sing this

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 set to a modern tune.

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 He, Jesus Christ,

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 is the image

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 of the invisible God,

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 the firstborn of all creation.

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 For by Him

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 all things were created

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 in heaven and on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones

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 or dominions

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 or rulers or authorities.

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 All things were created

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 through Him

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 and for Him.

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 And He is before all things

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 and in Him

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 all things hold together.

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 And He is the head

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 of the body,

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 the church.

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 He is the beginning,

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 the firstborn from the dead,

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 that in everything

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 He might be preeminent.

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 For in Him

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 all the fullness of God

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 was pleased to dwell

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 and through Him

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 to reconcile to Himself

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 all things,

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 whether on earth

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 or in heaven,

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 making peace

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 by the blood of His cross.

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 Man, I would have loved

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 to have been

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 in a first century church

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 and sang that with them.

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 I'm glad I get to be with you

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 and sing that with you.

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 So, all God word, right?

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 To or about God

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 and what He has accomplished.

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 Other examples.

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 How great thou art

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 or holy, holy, holy.

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 So, psalms and hymns

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 were also to sing

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 spiritual songs,

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 which most agree,

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 there's a little ambiguity here,

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 but most agree

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 that these are songs

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 to or about us.

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 So, we might sing to each other

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 or about us

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 in relation to God

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 and what He has done.

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 Two examples

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 would be Amazing Grace

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 and It Is Well.

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 Some ones you may be

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 familiar there with.

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 So, we are instructed,

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 right,

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 to sing all kinds

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 of songs.

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 Humans are wired

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 to give and receive

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 through song.

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 Musicians have been

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 wildly popular

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 for good

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 and for bad

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 throughout history.

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 Every movement,

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 every uprising,

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 every cultural expression

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 has its music.

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 We are musical beings.

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 Everyone will tap their foot

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 or bob their head

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 to something.

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 Something will move you

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 in that way.

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 Singing in the church

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 should engage

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 our minds,

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 but it also

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 connects

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 to our affections.

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 So, when we sing,

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 when we are gathered,

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 it is our hope

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 that our feelings

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 catch up to the truth

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 we believe.

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 Right?

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 It's good

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 for us to

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 feel

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 the truth.

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 Jonathan Edwards

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 once wrote

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 in his work

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 Religious Affections,

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 the duty of singing

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 praises to God

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 seems to be appointed

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 wholly to excite

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 and express

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 religious affections.

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 No other reason

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 can be assigned

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 why we should

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 express ourselves

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 to God in verse

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 rather than in prose

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 and do it with music,

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 but only that such

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 is our nature

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 and frame

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 that these things

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 have a tendency

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 to move

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 our affections.

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 My translation of that

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 is just,

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 we're musical beings.

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 God seems to have

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 wired us up this way

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 and when we can

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 combine His truth

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 with good instrumentation.

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 Right?

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 Our feelings

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 can catch up

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 to the truth.

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 So, we should sing

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 when we gather together

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 as a church.

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 So, why do we do it

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 the way that we do it?

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 There's a lot of churches

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 this morning

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 that have sung songs

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 in various ways.

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 Well, if you look again

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 at Colossians 3.16

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 and Ephesians 5.18 and 19,

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 they show us

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 that our singing together

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 is the result

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 of the Spirit of Christ

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 dwelling within us.

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 There's a striking parallel

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 between the two texts.

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 They both have Paul

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 as their author,

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 which allows

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 for an incredible connection

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 to be drawn from them.

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 So, again, notice,

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 he says,

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 Colossians 3.16,

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 Let the Word of Christ

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 dwell in you richly.

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 Take up residence.

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 Inhabit.

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 Let the Word of Christ

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 dwell in you richly.

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 Teaching and admonishing

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 one another

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 in all wisdom.

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 Singing psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs

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 with thankfulness

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 in your hearts

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 to God.

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 And then,

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 Ephesians 5.18 and 19,

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 he says,

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 there's a warning here,

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 a prohibition.

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 Do not get drunk with wine,

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 for that is debauchery.

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 But,

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 be filled

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 with the Spirit,

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 addressing one another

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 in psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs

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 and making melody

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 to the Lord

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 with your heart.

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 You see how closely parallel

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 these two passages are.

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 And I think what Paul means

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 to communicate to us

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 is that to be filled

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 with the Spirit

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 is to let the Word of Christ

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 dwell in you richly.

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 To have the truth

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 take up residence,

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 to inhabit you richly,

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 in abundant.

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 Let the Word of Christ

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 fill you.

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 Read it.

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 Meditate on it.

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 Memorize it.

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 And song is useful to us

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 in this way.

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 I don't find myself

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 particularly musical.

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 If you ask me off the cuff

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 to tell you my favorite song,

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 I would draw a blank.

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 It wouldn't be helpful to me.

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 But there are times

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 in my life

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 that I'm thinking about

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 a particular thing,

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 I'm feeling something deeply,

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 and God uses

00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:44.259
 good songs,

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 right?

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 Scripture-rich songs

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 by the power of the Spirit

00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:49.380
 to bring truth

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 to my mind.

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 I'm so grateful

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 for years of singing

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 good songs

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 that get embedded

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 inside there.

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 often,

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 because I'm not

00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.660
 a musically inclined person,

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 I have to actually

00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:04.039
 go look at the lyrics,

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 and then I use that

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 to drive me

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 to the text itself.

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 It's one of the reasons

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 that you hold

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 hymnals in your hands.

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 We think it's good

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 for you to see

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 the words

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 in their totality,

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 to buy a copy of it

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 and have it at home.

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 Keep it on your desk,

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 on your kitchen counter.

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 Take that bulletin

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 home with you

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 that you'd have

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 those lyrics

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 of those songs

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 that aren't contained

00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:29.579
 in that particular

00:19:29.579 --> 00:19:30.880
 hymnal,

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 that you would be able

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:33.880
 to let the Word of Christ

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 fill you

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 and song being a tool

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:39.340
 to serve to that end.

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.779
 In case

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:43.440
 this connection

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.299
 between Colossians

00:19:44.299 --> 00:19:44.980
 and Ephesians

00:19:44.980 --> 00:19:46.039
 is just too vague for you,

00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.460
 if you're saying,

00:19:46.539 --> 00:19:47.700
 I don't know if you can do

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:49.200
 what you just did,

00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:51.440
 a couple of other places.

00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:53.120
 Romans 8.5

00:19:53.119 --> 00:19:54.639
 Those who live

00:19:54.639 --> 00:19:55.439
 according to the flesh

00:19:55.439 --> 00:19:57.439
 set their minds

00:19:57.439 --> 00:19:58.579
 on the things

00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.679
 of the flesh.

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 But those who live

00:20:00.979 --> 00:20:01.899
 according to the Spirit

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:03.599
 set their minds

00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:04.839
 on the things

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:06.059
 of the Spirit.

00:20:06.219 --> 00:20:06.739
 To be filled

00:20:06.739 --> 00:20:07.159
 with the Spirit

00:20:07.159 --> 00:20:07.579
 is to do what?

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:08.259
 To set our minds

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.779
 on the things

00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:11.339
 of the Spirit,

00:20:11.479 --> 00:20:12.459
 which is

00:20:12.459 --> 00:20:13.739
 the truth

00:20:13.739 --> 00:20:15.099
 about Christ.

00:20:16.939 --> 00:20:17.699
 Proper worship

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.200
 of God

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:19.980
 is Spirit-filled

00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:21.120
 worship of God,

00:20:21.340 --> 00:20:22.960
 which is

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:24.380
 mindful

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.580
 worship

00:20:25.580 --> 00:20:26.480
 of God.

00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:28.360
 I mentioned to you

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 some weeks ago

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.299
 when we were on

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:30.779
 sabbatical,

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 and as a teaching

00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.700
 opportunity for our boys,

00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.299
 we took them

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 to a rather large

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 attractional

00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:37.519
 prosperity

00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.220
 megachurch

00:20:38.220 --> 00:20:39.620
 in our area.

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 And the music

00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:43.480
 was well done.

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 I mean,

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 the production value

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:47.400
 was very high.

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 But I was left

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 the entire time

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.720
 going,

00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:51.579
 why?

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 And what?

00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.000
 Like,

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:54.620
 we're supposed to be

00:20:54.620 --> 00:20:55.519
 praising God right now,

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 but you've given me

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 nothing of any substance,

00:20:58.339 --> 00:21:00.200
 and I wanted to cry out,

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 right?

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:02.980
 My heart is weak.

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 Tell me some truth

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 that I can praise God for.

00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:08.839
 Perhaps I walked in

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 forgetting

00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.779
 all of the glorious

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.299
 truths

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:12.259
 of God

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.120
 in Christ

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:14.000
 to me.

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.279
 Give me something

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.779
 to hang on to

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:18.139
 that would move me

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 to praise.

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 And it was

00:21:20.980 --> 00:21:22.299
 paltry

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 and shallow,

00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.460
 thin,

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:27.059
 not untrue,

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 but just nothing

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.839
 of substance

00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.059
 found there.

00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:33.859
 We want to have

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 mindful

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:36.500
 worship.

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.779
 Our singing together

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.839
 must be that.

00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.799
 It must be mindful,

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.420
 and

00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:43.420
 it should be

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 affectionate.

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:46.660
 again,

00:21:46.820 --> 00:21:47.920
 Colossians 3.16,

00:21:48.120 --> 00:21:48.920
 teaching and

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:50.040
 admonishing one another

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 in all

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.660
 wisdom,

00:21:53.420 --> 00:21:54.480
 addressing one another

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.080
 in these

00:21:55.080 --> 00:21:56.460
 psalms and hymns

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.320
 and spiritual

00:21:57.320 --> 00:21:58.480
 songs.

00:21:59.760 --> 00:22:00.520
 John Owens

00:22:00.520 --> 00:22:01.000
 once said,

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 we must not allow

00:22:01.840 --> 00:22:02.580
 ourselves to be

00:22:02.580 --> 00:22:03.440
 satisfied with

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.660
 vague ideas

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.580
 of the love

00:22:05.580 --> 00:22:06.520
 of Christ,

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.340
 which present

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:09.040
 nothing of His glory

00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:10.620
 to our minds.

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.619
 hearts.

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 You don't need to

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.419
 hear about a

00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:13.839
 sloppy,

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.579
 wet kiss

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.399
 of God's love.

00:22:15.479 --> 00:22:16.379
 It doesn't serve

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:17.539
 you at all.

00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:18.959
 You need to be

00:22:18.959 --> 00:22:19.859
 reminded of

00:22:19.859 --> 00:22:20.639
 Christ's

00:22:20.639 --> 00:22:21.959
 sacrificial death

00:22:21.959 --> 00:22:23.099
 on your behalf.

00:22:23.259 --> 00:22:23.919
 That's something

00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:25.319
 that you can hang

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.779
 on to.

00:22:27.399 --> 00:22:28.219
 Paul writes in

00:22:28.219 --> 00:22:29.519
 1 Corinthians 14,

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.559
 verse 15,

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:32.099
 I will sing praise

00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:33.379
 with my spirit,

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.819
 but I will sing

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:36.160
 with my mind

00:22:36.160 --> 00:22:37.259
 also.

00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.180
 And Jesus says

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.119
 in John 4,

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.420
 verse 23,

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.299
 but the hour is

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.859
 coming and is

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.539
 now here when

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:43.879
 the true

00:22:43.879 --> 00:22:44.279
 worshippers

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.700
 will worship

00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:45.240
 the Father

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.500
 in spirit

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:48.839
 and truth.

00:22:49.180 --> 00:22:49.779
 For the

00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:50.379
 Father is seeking

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.160
 such people

00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.799
 to worship

00:22:52.799 --> 00:22:53.700
 Him.

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.839
 So in brief,

00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:56.180
 I've answered

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.599
 the question,

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:56.779
 like,

00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.299
 why do we sing

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.960
 when we get

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.539
 together?

00:22:58.720 --> 00:22:59.500
 We're commanded

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 to do so.

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.700
 Why do we do

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.599
 it the way

00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:05.099
 that we do it?

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:07.039
 Because of all

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.440
 of this,

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.940
 the mindful

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.359
 need of our

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.639
 worship,

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.940
 we use three

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:13.980
 parameters in

00:23:13.980 --> 00:23:15.319
 considering the

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:15.859
 songs that we

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:17.339
 sing together.

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.879
 And as an

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.139
 aside,

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.500
 I just want to

00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:19.799
 tell you how

00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.639
 grateful I am

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.119
 for the men

00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:21.720
 that work hard

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.419
 at doing this

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.139
 for us.

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.619
 They're volunteers

00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.779
 and they put in

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.500
 the time

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.359
 and I'm

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.880
 grateful for

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.119
 them.

00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:28.960
 Three

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.400
 parameters.

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.279
 And I'm

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:31.680
 just by grace

00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.220
 from day

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.640
 one.

00:23:34.039 --> 00:23:34.799
 Number one,

00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:35.819
 truth.

00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.859
 The songs

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.660
 that we sing

00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:39.559
 should be

00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:40.700
 true.

00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.259
 So that

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.740
 question is

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.059
 asked,

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.440
 is the

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:43.839
 song

00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.640
 true?

00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.220
 Does it

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.700
 contain

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.319
 within it

00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.920
 any

00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:48.240
 error?

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.579
 So,

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.400
 I'll give you

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:50.839
 an example

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.619
 of a song

00:23:51.619 --> 00:23:52.019
 that we do

00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.559
 not sing,

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.380
 Reckless

00:23:54.380 --> 00:23:54.819
 Love

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:56.139
 by Corey

00:23:56.139 --> 00:23:56.539
 Asbury.

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.419
 Here's a

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.720
 little lyric

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.059
 for you.

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.539
 This is the

00:23:59.539 --> 00:23:59.819
 chorus,

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.379
 I think.

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:01.839
 Oh,

00:24:01.879 --> 00:24:02.500
 the overwhelming,

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.319
 never-ending,

00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.099
 reckless love

00:24:06.099 --> 00:24:06.519
 of God.

00:24:07.419 --> 00:24:07.899
 Oh,

00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:08.679
 it chases me

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:09.099
 down,

00:24:09.359 --> 00:24:09.899
 fights till

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.539
 I'm found,

00:24:10.879 --> 00:24:11.439
 leaves the

00:24:11.439 --> 00:24:11.839
 99.

00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:13.559
 I couldn't

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.119
 earn it,

00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.079
 and I don't

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.720
 deserve it.

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.359
 Still,

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.419
 you give

00:24:17.419 --> 00:24:18.200
 yourself away.

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:18.619
 Oh,

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.339
 the overwhelming,

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.500
 never-ending,

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:21.980
 reckless love

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.500
 of God.

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.940
 Yeah.

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.839
 For some

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.000
 reason,

00:24:25.099 --> 00:24:25.420
 I included

00:24:25.420 --> 00:24:25.960
 that in

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.319
 the lyric.

00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.079
 Now,

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.000
 so much

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.759
 is right,

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.200
 so much

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.579
 is true

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.539
 in that

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:33.160
 chorus.

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:33.700
 A lot

00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:33.960
 of that

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.819
 is true.

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.059
 But God's

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.839
 love is

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.579
 not reckless,

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.059
 which means

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:38.819
 aimless.

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.420
 Right?

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.680
 John Piper

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.039
 wrote this

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.720
 little wonderful

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.799
 article defending

00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.539
 Corey Asbury

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.859
 and saying,

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.400
 I don't think

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.099
 he means what

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:46.420
 the word

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:47.339
 actually means

00:24:47.339 --> 00:24:47.819
 by that.

00:24:48.140 --> 00:24:48.359
 And then

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.940
 Corey responded,

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.180
 no,

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.559
 that's what

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:49.839
 I mean.

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:53.879
 no purposeful,

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.259
 right?

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:55.819
 Oh,

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.439
 the overwhelming,

00:24:56.639 --> 00:24:57.099
 never-ending,

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.500
 purposeful love

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.039
 of God,

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.639
 right?

00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.179
 That chases me

00:25:01.179 --> 00:25:01.419
 down,

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.079
 fights till I'm

00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:02.419
 found,

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:04.500
 leaves the 99.

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.019
 So,

00:25:05.139 --> 00:25:05.599
 we're not

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.359
 going to sing

00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:06.839
 a song.

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.579
 That's just

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.519
 not true.

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.619
 That's not

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.899
 true.

00:25:12.159 --> 00:25:12.500
 So,

00:25:12.539 --> 00:25:12.819
 is it true?

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.379
 Is it as

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:15.500
 precise

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.439
 as it should

00:25:16.439 --> 00:25:16.699
 be?

00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.339
 Sometimes

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.699
 there are

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.119
 songs that

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.539
 we say,

00:25:19.539 --> 00:25:20.259
 I mean,

00:25:20.399 --> 00:25:20.899
 I think we

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.180
 know what

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.779
 they mean.

00:25:22.159 --> 00:25:22.500
 I think

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:24.059
 that we're

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:24.339
 on the

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.879
 same page.

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.200
 And I'll

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.480
 use an

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.539
 example of

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:28.920
 a song

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.379
 that's found

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:29.599
 in your

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:29.899
 hymnal,

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.700
 How Deep

00:25:30.700 --> 00:25:31.139
 the Father's

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.440
 Love for

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.740
 Us.

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.220
 So,

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:34.279
 if you

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.799
 know the

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:35.259
 song very

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.639
 well,

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.099
 you know

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.420
 that we

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.139
 changed

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.720
 a small

00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.339
 part of

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.859
 that song.

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.279
 And I

00:25:39.279 --> 00:25:39.759
 don't

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.299
 think

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:42.180
 that what

00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:42.559
 they wrote

00:25:42.559 --> 00:25:43.440
 was wrong,

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.159
 but maybe

00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:44.920
 a little

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.559
 misleading,

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:45.980
 so maybe

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.339
 not as

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:47.240
 precise

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:48.160
 as it

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.559
 might have

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.019
 been.

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.420
 So,

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.579
 in How Deep

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:51.980
 the Father's

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.339
 Love for

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:52.720
 Us,

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.140
 we sing,

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:54.920
 It was

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:56.039
 His love

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.759
 that held

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.900
 Him there.

00:25:58.440 --> 00:25:59.140
 It was

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.500
 written,

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.400
 It was

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:01.400
 my sin

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.779
 that held

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.140
 Him there.

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.299
 So,

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.660
 when we first

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.120
 started singing

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.559
 this song,

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:06.920
 it just rubbed

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.839
 me wrong,

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.240
 and so I

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.620
 raised the

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.299
 question to

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.740
 Wes,

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.160
 who was again

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.920
 leading music

00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:11.440
 at the time,

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.720
 and I just

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:11.839
 said,

00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:12.059
 do you

00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:12.299
 think

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.579
 that's

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.119
 the best

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:14.699
 way to

00:26:14.699 --> 00:26:15.059
 communicate

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.399
 that?

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:15.599
 And what

00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:15.859
 was in

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.500
 my mind

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.959
 was John

00:26:16.959 --> 00:26:17.359
 10 and

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:17.919
 verse 18,

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.259
 where Jesus

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.480
 says,

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:18.859
 No one

00:26:18.859 --> 00:26:19.319
 takes my

00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:19.759
 life from

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:19.879
 me,

00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.159
 but I

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:20.480
 lay it

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.679
 down of

00:26:21.679 --> 00:26:22.000
 my own

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.439
 accord.

00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:22.859
 Now,

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.500
 saying our

00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:23.919
 sin is

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.259
 what held

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.559
 Him there

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.939
 is not

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.359
 suggesting

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.099
 that we

00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.639
 had the

00:26:27.639 --> 00:26:28.439
 power to

00:26:28.439 --> 00:26:28.779
 take

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:29.799
 Christ's

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.039
 life.

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:30.419
 It's not

00:26:30.419 --> 00:26:30.879
 running in

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.319
 direct

00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:31.919
 contradiction

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.899
 to that,

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.079
 but perhaps

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.599
 could confuse

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.819
 somebody when

00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:37.139
 they take

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.839
 up John

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.179
 10,

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.259
 18.

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.659
 So,

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:39.959
 we just

00:26:39.959 --> 00:26:40.259
 thought,

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.359
 perhaps we

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.500
 should

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.899
 replace

00:26:41.899 --> 00:26:42.179
 that

00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.779
 small

00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.219
 phrase.

00:26:43.479 --> 00:26:43.639
 And so

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:43.919
 we did.

00:26:44.179 --> 00:26:44.539
 It was

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:46.159
 His love

00:26:46.159 --> 00:26:47.619
 that held

00:26:47.619 --> 00:26:48.000
 Him there.

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.359
 Now,

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.939
 it's in our

00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.199
 hymnal.

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.740
 If we sang

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.179
 it that way,

00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.539
 that'd be

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.879
 fine.

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.459
 If you

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:52.959
 went home

00:26:52.959 --> 00:26:53.259
 and listened

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.539
 to it

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.859
 that way,

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.019
 you're

00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.199
 probably

00:26:54.199 --> 00:26:54.439
 not going

00:26:54.439 --> 00:26:54.659
 to find

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.299
 a recording

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:56.179
 that has

00:26:56.179 --> 00:26:56.519
 It was

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:56.819
 His love

00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.119
 that held

00:26:57.119 --> 00:26:57.419
 Him there.

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.799
 We're not

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.319
 worried

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:59.859
 about that,

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.719
 but we

00:27:00.719 --> 00:27:01.000
 want to be

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.500
 as precise

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.939
 as we

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:02.319
 possibly

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.439
 can be.

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.619
 The third

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:05.859
 in the

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.179
 thought of

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.959
 truth is

00:27:06.959 --> 00:27:07.819
 the song

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.379
 tied to

00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:09.959
 any false

00:27:09.959 --> 00:27:10.500
 teaching

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.640
 movements.

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:12.900
 There are

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.660
 some beautiful

00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.460
 songs that

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:16.059
 express the

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.519
 truth,

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.059
 but are so

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.900
 tied to a

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.700
 particular church

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.400
 or teaching

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.079
 that we do

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.759
 not sing them

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.180
 because we

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.839
 don't want to

00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:24.180
 give tacit

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.519
 approval of

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.880
 false teachers.

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.839
 We want to be

00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.460
 careful that we

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.119
 don't connect

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.500
 you into a

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.339
 world of music

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:32.700
 that's tied to

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:34.660
 teaching that

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.119
 could lead you

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.579
 astray.

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:36.220
 so we

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.659
 don't sing

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.359
 songs as

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.859
 an example

00:27:37.859 --> 00:27:38.419
 from

00:27:38.419 --> 00:27:39.379
 Elevation

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.919
 Worship,

00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:41.279
 Hillsong

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.779
 United,

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.099
 Bethel

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.519
 Music.

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.839
 We don't

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.659
 and we

00:27:45.659 --> 00:27:46.359
 will not

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.419
 do so

00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:47.879
 because we

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.319
 don't want

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:48.879
 you to

00:27:48.879 --> 00:27:49.240
 get out

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.519
 there and

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.159
 find yourself

00:27:51.159 --> 00:27:52.119
 confused.

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.439
 So,

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.460
 that's the

00:27:53.460 --> 00:27:53.939
 first parameter,

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:54.339
 truth.

00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.159
 Second

00:27:55.159 --> 00:27:55.899
 parameter is

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.899
 depth.

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.819
 Does a

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.439
 song merely

00:27:59.439 --> 00:27:59.980
 skip a

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.699
 stone off

00:28:00.699 --> 00:28:01.199
 the surface

00:28:01.199 --> 00:28:01.539
 of the

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.539
 truth or

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.859
 does it

00:28:02.859 --> 00:28:04.199
 sink deep

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.240
 into it?

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:06.220
 Does a

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.819
 song teach

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.420
 us something

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.160
 about God

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:08.880
 and His

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.600
 work?

00:28:09.740 --> 00:28:10.279
 Is a

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.720
 song

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.480
 content

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.960
 rich?

00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:12.299
 Can we

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.319
 take hold

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.700
 of it?

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:15.799
 So,

00:28:15.880 --> 00:28:16.180
 we sing

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.539
 wordy

00:28:16.539 --> 00:28:16.980
 songs.

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.920
 We have

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.960
 limited time

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.680
 together in

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.539
 congregational

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.620
 gathering.

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.400
 So,

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.580
 we don't

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:24.779
 want to

00:28:24.779 --> 00:28:25.600
 waste a

00:28:25.600 --> 00:28:26.039
 moment of

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.200
 it.

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.779
 We want

00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:27.000
 it to

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.400
 all be

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.000
 packed

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:29.360
 full of

00:28:29.360 --> 00:28:30.080
 goodness.

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:32.100
 I grew

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.880
 up now

00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:33.259
 having

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.799
 sung lots

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.480
 of hymns

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.240
 in my

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.960
 adult life.

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:37.940
 I grew

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.480
 up in

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.119
 a Southern

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.379
 Baptist

00:28:39.379 --> 00:28:39.900
 tradition

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:41.299
 that often

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.119
 skipped

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:43.319
 the verses

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.960
 that were

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.240
 about

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.059
 sanctification.

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.599
 They started

00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:47.240
 with salvation,

00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:47.819
 they ended

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.619
 with glorification,

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.500
 wonderful things

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:49.799
 to sing

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.079
 about,

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:50.920
 but they

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.039
 left no

00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.819
 music for

00:28:52.819 --> 00:28:53.279
 me to

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:53.700
 think about

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.140
 how I

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.599
 live my

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:54.940
 Christian

00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:55.779
 life in

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.099
 between

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:57.779
 those two

00:28:57.779 --> 00:28:58.839
 states.

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.279
 I'm so

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.000
 glad for

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.379
 verses

00:29:00.379 --> 00:29:01.319
 2,

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.640
 3,

00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.500
 and 4.

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:04.180
 good and

00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.200
 rich for

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:06.380
 today and

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.799
 to carry

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.319
 with me

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.559
 throughout

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.259
 my week.

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.599
 Our time

00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:11.400
 is limited,

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.000
 so let's

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:13.119
 not waste

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.640
 any of

00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:14.880
 it.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.680
 True

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:17.480
 and deep

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:18.259
 and lastly

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.900
 our parameter

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:20.460
 is singable.

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.579
 Singability

00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:23.619
 is a song

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:25.319
 congregational.

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.819
 We're

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.480
 commanded to

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:28.079
 teach and

00:29:28.079 --> 00:29:28.500
 admonish

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.960
 each other

00:29:28.960 --> 00:29:29.420
 in all

00:29:29.420 --> 00:29:29.799
 wisdom

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.660
 addressing

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:32.440
 one another.

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.460
 It means

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.259
 we need

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.500
 to be

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.100
 able to

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.840
 sing

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.460
 the song.

00:29:36.620 --> 00:29:36.840
 We need

00:29:36.840 --> 00:29:37.000
 to be

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.240
 able to

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.840
 sing it

00:29:37.840 --> 00:29:38.779
 to one

00:29:38.779 --> 00:29:39.040
 another.

00:29:39.120 --> 00:29:39.340
 Does it

00:29:39.340 --> 00:29:39.779
 have a

00:29:39.779 --> 00:29:40.840
 recognizable

00:29:40.840 --> 00:29:41.420
 rhythm

00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:42.400
 and a

00:29:42.400 --> 00:29:42.920
 range

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.560
 designed

00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:43.960
 for the

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.480
 average

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.340
 human?

00:29:46.340 --> 00:29:46.900
 Our

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.300
 musicians

00:29:47.300 --> 00:29:47.880
 work at

00:29:47.880 --> 00:29:48.519
 picking keys

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.259
 very carefully.

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.600
 I'm grateful

00:29:50.600 --> 00:29:51.500
 again for

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.460
 Wes,

00:29:52.540 --> 00:29:53.000
 who had a

00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.600
 much higher

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.340
 range than

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.880
 was comfortable

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.519
 for most

00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:55.900
 people,

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:57.580
 and he

00:29:57.580 --> 00:29:57.960
 let me

00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:58.540
 be the

00:29:58.540 --> 00:29:58.940
 average

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.460
 human

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:00.320
 and say

00:30:00.320 --> 00:30:00.700
 to him

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.800
 still too

00:30:01.800 --> 00:30:02.160
 high,

00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.120
 still too

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.400
 high.

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:03.680
 I think

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.019
 the first

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.759
 year we

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:05.000
 were at

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.320
 church,

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.120
 he had to

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.640
 step songs

00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.880
 down so

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.200
 that I

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.820
 could sing

00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.019
 them.

00:30:10.140 --> 00:30:10.400
 And I

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:10.620
 can remember

00:30:10.620 --> 00:30:10.820
 in those

00:30:10.820 --> 00:30:11.400
 early days

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.700
 my wife

00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.200
 Sam coming

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.660
 to me and

00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:14.040
 saying,

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:15.220
 a lot of

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.680
 these songs

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.140
 are too

00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:16.500
 low for

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.860
 the women,

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.460
 they're hard

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.720
 for us

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.200
 to sing,

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.820
 and my

00:30:18.820 --> 00:30:19.200
 response to

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.440
 her was,

00:30:19.540 --> 00:30:19.780
 do you

00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:20.320
 want the

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:20.720
 men to

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.000
 lead,

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:21.560
 even in

00:30:21.560 --> 00:30:21.920
 music?

00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:22.860
 She said,

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:23.600
 oh yeah,

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.160
 that's okay,

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:24.620
 then this is the

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:24.820
 key,

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.419
 we've got to

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.639
 be right

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:25.799
 here,

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.419
 this is the

00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.879
 pocket where

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.919
 these men

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:29.179
 are going to

00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:29.539
 be able

00:30:29.539 --> 00:30:30.960
 to sing.

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.220
 So,

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:33.039
 can we,

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.000
 can we sing

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.659
 the song

00:30:34.659 --> 00:30:35.279
 together is

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.700
 an important

00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:37.539
 question to

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.939
 ask.

00:30:38.039 --> 00:30:38.619
 Can it be

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:39.779
 played well

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.500
 by our

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.460
 musicians,

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:41.839
 right?

00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.039
 Is the

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:42.579
 instrumentation

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:43.319
 too complicated?

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:44.779
 And style

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.200
 is not the

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.839
 question here

00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:46.740
 at all.

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.319
 We do music

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.759
 the way we

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.200
 do music

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:49.639
 because the

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:50.019
 Lord's given

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.399
 us these

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.039
 musicians and

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.240
 it's the

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.559
 way they

00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.960
 like to

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.220
 play.

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.519
 That's the

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.059
 extent of it.

00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:54.519
 We've never

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.859
 had a

00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:55.259
 single

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.000
 style

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.559
 meeting.

00:30:57.359 --> 00:30:57.900
 If we

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:59.539
 had a

00:30:59.539 --> 00:30:59.960
 little old

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.879
 lady and

00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.539
 an organ

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:03.079
 and I

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.519
 had to

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:03.799
 sing,

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.619
 that's the

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:04.839
 way we

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.059
 would do

00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.400
 music.

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.460
 Praise God,

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.039
 that is not

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.500
 the way it's

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.779
 happening.

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.299
 I have

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.839
 talked about

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.220
 this on

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.480
 numerous

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.160
 occasions and

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.400
 I would

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.599
 often threaten,

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.200
 you know,

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:16.559
 if we don't

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:16.980
 have musicians,

00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:17.879
 you've got me.

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.200
 So,

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.700
 praise God

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.000
 for our

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.319
 musicians.

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.359
 And during

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:21.919
 the pandemic,

00:31:22.199 --> 00:31:22.859
 there was a

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.479
 Sunday that

00:31:23.479 --> 00:31:24.319
 none of our

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:24.939
 musicians were

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.279
 available,

00:31:25.419 --> 00:31:26.099
 either sick

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.639
 or out of

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:26.859
 town.

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.139
 And I

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.699
 mean none.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:29.059
 We looked.

00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:30.119
 And you

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.419
 know what we

00:31:30.419 --> 00:31:30.659
 did?

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.279
 I led music.

00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:33.519
 We sang three

00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:33.939
 songs,

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.740
 acapella,

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.659
 and I did it.

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.419
 I turned the

00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:36.679
 mic on,

00:31:36.740 --> 00:31:37.019
 I turned it

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:37.599
 back off again,

00:31:37.779 --> 00:31:38.740
 I got it started

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.159
 and I turned it

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.699
 back off again,

00:31:40.139 --> 00:31:41.240
 and we were

00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:41.599
 done.

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:42.679
 But you know

00:31:42.679 --> 00:31:44.099
 that traditionally

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:44.719
 throughout the

00:31:44.719 --> 00:31:45.439
 history of the

00:31:45.439 --> 00:31:45.699
 church,

00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:46.359
 the person who

00:31:46.359 --> 00:31:47.279
 most often led

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:48.220
 to music was,

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:51.200
 the pastor got

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.660
 up and sang.

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.379
 And I'm sure

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:53.059
 they didn't all

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.859
 sing incredibly

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.099
 well.

00:31:55.859 --> 00:31:56.519
 We're not

00:31:56.519 --> 00:31:57.139
 concerned about

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.740
 how we play

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.059
 music.

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.779
 We want to

00:31:58.779 --> 00:31:59.879
 try to match

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.660
 the instrumentation

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.160
 up to the

00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:01.819
 truth that you

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.559
 would get your

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.539
 feelings caught

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.779
 up to it.

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.500
 The guys are

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.339
 very thoughtful

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:07.079
 about the way

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.639
 they try to do

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.700
 arrangements to

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:10.399
 that very end.

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.079
 We keep the

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.680
 lights on,

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:14.019
 you might notice.

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.399
 I think it's

00:32:14.399 --> 00:32:14.819
 good to look

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.319
 around and see

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.639
 each other

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:15.940
 singing.

00:32:16.379 --> 00:32:17.180
 We try to

00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.460
 keep the

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.080
 volume at a

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.500
 place where

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.100
 you can hear

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:20.140
 those folks

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.860
 around you

00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:22.380
 singing songs

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.840
 because we're

00:32:22.840 --> 00:32:23.160
 trying to

00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:23.840
 fulfill this

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:25.320
 commandment to

00:32:25.320 --> 00:32:25.700
 teach and

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.140
 admonish one

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.000
 another and

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.539
 address each

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:27.820
 other,

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.340
 psalms and

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:30.720
 hymns and

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.740
 spiritual songs.

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.240
 So let me

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.720
 just briefly

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.320
 walk you

00:32:34.320 --> 00:32:35.700
 through two

00:32:35.700 --> 00:32:36.080
 songs,

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.920
 two songs that

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:38.259
 we sing often

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.660
 together and

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.640
 just show you

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.779
 the truth that's

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:43.519
 contained within

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.840
 them.

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.080
 Had I planned

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.519
 this way in

00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:45.820
 advance,

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:46.320
 they'd be songs

00:32:46.320 --> 00:32:46.660
 we're singing

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.140
 this morning,

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.980
 but I

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.240
 didn't,

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:48.680
 so they're

00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:48.920
 not.

00:32:49.420 --> 00:32:50.200
 But maybe

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:50.700
 you'll enjoy

00:32:50.700 --> 00:32:51.299
 hearing these

00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.920
 lyrics all

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.380
 the same.

00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:54.600
 The first

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.720
 is a

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:56.700
 modern song

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:57.259
 called

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.940
 Come Behold

00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.640
 the Wondrous

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:58.960
 Mystery.

00:32:59.640 --> 00:33:00.279
 If you want

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.640
 to see these

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:00.880
 lyrics,

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.460
 you can find

00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.820
 it in your

00:33:01.820 --> 00:33:02.080
 hymnal.

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.240
 It's hymn

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:04.779
 number 184.

00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:11.220
 of interest to

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:11.420
 you,

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:12.220
 one of the

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:13.379
 mats that

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.879
 helped write

00:33:13.879 --> 00:33:14.339
 this song

00:33:14.339 --> 00:33:15.299
 is local.

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:15.740
 He's from

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.139
 Gainesville.

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.240
 Verse 1

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.379
 says,

00:33:20.380 --> 00:33:21.060
 Come behold

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:22.120
 the wondrous

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:23.360
 mystery in the

00:33:23.360 --> 00:33:24.440
 dawning of

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.980
 the King.

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.280
 He, the

00:33:26.280 --> 00:33:26.900
 theme of

00:33:26.900 --> 00:33:27.280
 heaven's

00:33:27.280 --> 00:33:27.740
 praises,

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.740
 robed in

00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:30.340
 frail humanity.

00:33:31.120 --> 00:33:31.820
 In our

00:33:31.820 --> 00:33:32.760
 longing, in

00:33:32.760 --> 00:33:33.440
 our darkness,

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.000
 now the

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.640
 light of

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.480
 life has

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.940
 come.

00:33:36.780 --> 00:33:37.340
 Look to

00:33:37.340 --> 00:33:38.440
 Christ who

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.220
 condescended,

00:33:39.780 --> 00:33:40.300
 took on

00:33:40.300 --> 00:33:41.800
 flesh to

00:33:41.800 --> 00:33:42.400
 ransom us.

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:43.000
 So we see the

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.880
 incarnation of

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.920
 Christ in this

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.380
 text.

00:33:45.540 --> 00:33:46.140
 John 1,

00:33:46.280 --> 00:33:47.080
 verses 1-5.

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.299
 In the

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.699
 beginning was

00:33:47.699 --> 00:33:48.059
 the Word,

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.299
 and the

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.559
 Word was

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.119
 with God,

00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.699
 and the

00:33:49.699 --> 00:33:50.559
 Word was

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.839
 God.

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.179
 He was in

00:33:51.179 --> 00:33:51.619
 the beginning

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.179
 with God,

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.899
 all things

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.220
 were made

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.659
 through him,

00:33:53.679 --> 00:33:54.019
 and without

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.419
 him was

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:54.980
 not anything

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.179
 made that

00:33:56.179 --> 00:33:56.720
 was made.

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.679
 In him

00:33:57.679 --> 00:33:58.279
 was life,

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:58.779
 and the

00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.259
 life was

00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.559
 the light

00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:00.039
 of men.

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.019
 The light

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.879
 shines in

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.460
 the darkness,

00:34:03.019 --> 00:34:03.319
 and the

00:34:03.319 --> 00:34:04.259
 darkness has

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.000
 not overcome

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.319
 it.

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.779
 We also see

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:07.519
 the purpose

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.939
 of his

00:34:07.939 --> 00:34:08.639
 incarnation in

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:09.159
 verse 1.

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.239
 Luke 19

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.759
 and verse 10,

00:34:10.819 --> 00:34:11.299
 For the Son of

00:34:11.299 --> 00:34:12.679
 Man came to

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:14.039
 seek and to

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.519
 save the

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.900
 lost.

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.940
 Verse 2,

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.799
 Come behold

00:34:18.799 --> 00:34:19.799
 the wondrous

00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.199
 mystery,

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.940
 he the

00:34:20.940 --> 00:34:21.840
 perfect Son

00:34:21.840 --> 00:34:22.360
 of Man,

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.299
 in his

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.739
 living,

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.299
 in his

00:34:24.299 --> 00:34:24.779
 suffering,

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.119
 never trace

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.159
 nor stain

00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.679
 of sin.

00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:28.819
 See the

00:34:28.819 --> 00:34:29.259
 true and

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.840
 better Adam

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.299
 come to

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:31.039
 save the

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:31.519
 hell-bound

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.980
 man,

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.039
 Christ the

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:34.119
 great and

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:34.840
 sure fulfillment

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.380
 of the

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.759
 law.

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.579
 In him

00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.980
 we stand.

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.099
 We see

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:40.019
 his active

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:41.119
 obedience in

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:41.880
 this verse,

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.900
 his keeping

00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:43.380
 of the law

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.840
 on our

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.319
 behalf.

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:44.960
 We also

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.880
 see his

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:46.559
 passive

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.840
 suffering,

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.659
 his death

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:48.940
 on the

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.239
 cross,

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.679
 paying the

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.259
 penalty for

00:34:50.259 --> 00:34:50.759
 our sin.

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.539
 2 Corinthians

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:52.059
 5,

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.759
 verse 21,

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.599
 For our

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.000
 sake he

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.360
 made him

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.599
 to be

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.019
 sin who

00:34:55.019 --> 00:34:55.539
 knew no

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.000
 sin that

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.719
 in him

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.779
 we might

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:58.239
 become the

00:34:58.239 --> 00:34:58.659
 righteousness

00:34:58.659 --> 00:35:00.059
 of God.

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:01.639
 Romans 5,

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.440
 verse 17,

00:35:02.599 --> 00:35:02.980
 For if

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.440
 because of

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:04.019
 one man's

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.579
 trespass,

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:04.920
 death

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.320
 reigned

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.699
 through that

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:06.239
 one man,

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.099
 much more

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.659
 will those

00:35:07.659 --> 00:35:08.179
 who receive

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.679
 the abundance

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.299
 of grace

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:09.679
 and the

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.219
 free gift

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:10.759
 of righteousness

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.619
 reign in

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.139
 life

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.940
 through the

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.639
 one man,

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:15.359
 Jesus Christ.

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.699
 Verse 3

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.279
 goes on to

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:18.819
 talk about

00:35:18.819 --> 00:35:20.119
 the passive

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.739
 obedience of

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.119
 Christ.

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:21.659
 Come behold,

00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:25.000
 the tree,

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.420
 in the stead

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.819
 of ruined

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.199
 sinners,

00:35:27.319 --> 00:35:27.799
 hangs the

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.539
 lamb in

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.980
 victory.

00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:30.019
 See the

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:30.739
 price of our

00:35:30.739 --> 00:35:31.119
 redemption,

00:35:31.339 --> 00:35:31.659
 see the

00:35:31.659 --> 00:35:32.719
 Father's plan

00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:33.400
 unfold,

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.779
 bringing many

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.319
 sons to

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:35.579
 glory,

00:35:35.759 --> 00:35:36.739
 atonement of

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.199
 Christ.

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.199
 1 Corinthians

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.639
 15,

00:35:38.739 --> 00:35:39.099
 13,

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.400
 For I

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:39.879
 deliver to

00:35:39.879 --> 00:35:40.839
 you as a

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.679
 first importance

00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:42.000
 what I

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.879
 also received,

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.480
 that Christ

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:44.079
 died for

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.819
 our sins,

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:45.899
 in accordance

00:35:45.899 --> 00:35:47.079
 with the

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.399
 scriptures.

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.419
 Verse 4,

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.279
 Come behold

00:35:50.279 --> 00:35:50.779
 the wondrous

00:35:50.779 --> 00:35:51.159
 mystery,

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.799
 slain by

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.299
 death,

00:35:52.480 --> 00:35:52.859
 the God

00:35:52.859 --> 00:35:53.399
 of life,

00:35:53.779 --> 00:35:54.239
 but no

00:35:54.239 --> 00:35:54.960
 grave could

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.139
 e'er

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.599
 restrain

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:55.819
 him.

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.259
 Praise

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.859
 the Lord,

00:35:56.960 --> 00:35:57.619
 he is

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:58.379
 alive.

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.519
 What a

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:00.079
 foretaste

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.739
 of deliverance,

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:02.019
 how unwavering

00:36:02.019 --> 00:36:02.779
 our hope,

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.899
 Christ in

00:36:03.899 --> 00:36:04.500
 power

00:36:04.500 --> 00:36:05.539
 resurrected,

00:36:05.839 --> 00:36:06.279
 as we

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:06.859
 will be

00:36:06.859 --> 00:36:07.399
 when he

00:36:07.399 --> 00:36:07.879
 comes.

00:36:08.339 --> 00:36:08.579
 What a

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.559
 foretaste

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.500
 of deliverance,

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.980
 how unwavering

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.639
 our hope,

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.679
 Christ in

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:14.260
 power

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.000
 resurrected,

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.039
 as we

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.579
 will be

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.500
 when he

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:17.980
 comes.

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.360
 So there

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.699
 we see the

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.099
 resurrection

00:36:20.099 --> 00:36:21.099
 of Christ,

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.639
 1 Corinthians

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.059
 15,

00:36:22.179 --> 00:36:22.539
 4,

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.099
 he was

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.500
 buried,

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.739
 that he

00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.340
 was raised

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:24.639
 on the

00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.179
 third day

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:26.139
 in accord

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:27.019
 with the

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.420
 scriptures.

00:36:28.059 --> 00:36:28.380
 Glorification

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.900
 of the

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.320
 saints,

00:36:29.500 --> 00:36:29.860
 Colossians

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.199
 3,

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.699
 4,

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.539
 when Christ

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:31.840
 who is

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.199
 your life

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.659
 appears,

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.260
 then you

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.880
 will also

00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:34.340
 appear

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:35.239
 with him

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.760
 in glory.

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.159
 You

00:36:38.159 --> 00:36:38.760
 cannot

00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:39.679
 leave

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:40.139
 on a

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.379
 Sunday

00:36:40.379 --> 00:36:40.839
 morning

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:41.299
 that we

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:41.460
 have

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.940
 sung

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.739
 this

00:36:42.739 --> 00:36:43.339
 song

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:43.579
 and

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:43.759
 say

00:36:43.759 --> 00:36:43.919
 that

00:36:43.919 --> 00:36:44.179
 you

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:44.500
 weren't

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:44.859
 fed

00:36:44.859 --> 00:36:45.039
 the

00:36:45.039 --> 00:36:45.239
 truth

00:36:45.239 --> 00:36:45.379
 of

00:36:45.379 --> 00:36:45.759
 God.

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.419
 If you

00:36:47.419 --> 00:36:47.779
 do,

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.619
 you

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:48.899
 are

00:36:48.899 --> 00:36:49.460
 tuned

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.099
 out.

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.500
 Look at

00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:52.679
 it,

00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:53.500
 take it

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.779
 up,

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.960
 read it,

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.099
 sing it

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.759
 with joy,

00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.319
 right?

00:36:57.759 --> 00:36:58.099
 We've

00:36:58.099 --> 00:36:58.579
 seen the

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:59.739
 incarnation

00:36:59.739 --> 00:37:00.299
 and the

00:37:00.299 --> 00:37:00.759
 purpose of

00:37:00.759 --> 00:37:00.940
 that

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.500
 incarnation,

00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:01.799
 the

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.259
 active and

00:37:02.259 --> 00:37:02.500
 passive

00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:02.940
 suffering

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.099
 of

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.339
 Christ,

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:04.279
 substitutionary

00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.099
 atonement,

00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:05.339
 the

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:05.859
 resurrection

00:37:05.859 --> 00:37:06.940
 and our

00:37:06.940 --> 00:37:07.900
 glorification

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:09.740
 in those

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.320
 four verses,

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.880
 which takes

00:37:10.880 --> 00:37:12.599
 us four

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.840
 minutes to

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.460
 sing together,

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.519
 packed full

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:16.559
 of things to

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:17.519
 hang on to

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:19.079
 this week.

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.659
 Second one

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.880
 in closing,

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.659
 great is thy

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.260
 faithfulness.

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.619
 This is

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.860
 hymn 86.

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.579
 Verse one,

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.220
 great is

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:32.400
 thy

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.139
 of turning

00:37:33.139 --> 00:37:34.179
 with thee.

00:37:35.099 --> 00:37:35.599
 Thou

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:36.279
 changest

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:36.799
 not,

00:37:37.659 --> 00:37:37.960
 thy

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:39.019
 compassions

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.619
 they

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.059
 fail

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.440
 not.

00:37:41.239 --> 00:37:41.679
 As

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:41.980
 thou

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.400
 hast

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:42.859
 been,

00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:43.960
 thou

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.440
 forever

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.679
 will

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.000
 be.

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.719
 I

00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:48.299
 need to

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:48.639
 hear this

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.159
 truth this

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.460
 morning.

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.000
 The

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.759
 immutability

00:37:51.759 --> 00:37:52.219
 of God

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.379
 is

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:53.480
 unchangeable

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.659
 character.

00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.239
 He says

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.759
 in Malachi

00:37:55.759 --> 00:37:56.079
 3,

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.420
 6,

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:56.859
 for I

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.019
 the

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.279
 Lord

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.980
 do not

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.539
 change.

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:58.900
 Therefore

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.519
 you,

00:38:00.059 --> 00:38:00.139
 O

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.460
 children

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.159
 of

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.480
 Jacob,

00:38:01.759 --> 00:38:02.139
 are

00:38:02.139 --> 00:38:02.619
 not

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:04.000
 consumed.

00:38:05.219 --> 00:38:05.679
 And the

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.179
 steadfast

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.659
 love

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.819
 of God.

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.599
 1 Chronicles

00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:09.319
 16 and

00:38:09.319 --> 00:38:09.940
 verse 34,

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.880
 O give

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.519
 thanks to

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.000
 the Lord

00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:12.940
 for he

00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.739
 is good,

00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:14.719
 for his

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.539
 steadfast

00:38:15.539 --> 00:38:16.039
 love

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.980
 endures

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:18.639
 forever.

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.619
 And then

00:38:20.619 --> 00:38:21.239
 the chorus,

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.980
 great is

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.460
 thy

00:38:23.460 --> 00:38:24.960
 faithfulness,

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.960
 great is

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:27.400
 thy

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.960
 faithfulness,

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.359
 morning

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:31.139
 by

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.920
 morning

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.980
 new

00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:34.079
 mercies

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.880
 I

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.659
 see.

00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.500
 All

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:37.940
 I

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.480
 have

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.480
 needed

00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:40.119
 thy

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.840
 hand

00:38:40.840 --> 00:38:41.380
 hath

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.720
 provided.

00:38:44.180 --> 00:38:44.780
 Great

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:45.519
 is

00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:46.099
 thy

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:48.019
 faithfulness,

00:38:48.440 --> 00:38:49.300
 Lord

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:50.159
 unto

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:51.360
 me.

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.940
 I had

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.400
 no intention

00:38:53.400 --> 00:38:53.780
 of singing

00:38:53.780 --> 00:38:54.039
 that.

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.340
 And then

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.720
 I started

00:38:55.720 --> 00:38:55.980
 and went,

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:56.500
 oh man,

00:38:56.740 --> 00:38:56.940
 now I

00:38:56.940 --> 00:38:57.300
 gotta finish.

00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:00.039
 Don't we

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.420
 need to hear

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:00.740
 this?

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.380
 Don't we

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:01.659
 need to hear

00:39:01.659 --> 00:39:02.000
 about the

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.579
 new morning

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.119
 mercies of

00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:03.380
 God?

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.960
 Lamentations

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:04.639
 3, 22

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.220
 and 23.

00:39:05.720 --> 00:39:06.139
 The steadfast

00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:06.519
 love of the

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.840
 Lord never

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.200
 ceases.

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.000
 His mercies

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.820
 never come

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.700
 to an end.

00:39:09.800 --> 00:39:10.000
 They are

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.960
 new every

00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:11.800
 morning.

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.980
 Great is

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.360
 your

00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:14.680
 faithfulness.

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.300
 And God's

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.900
 provision,

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.860
 Philippians

00:39:16.860 --> 00:39:17.559
 4, 19,

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:17.860
 and my

00:39:17.860 --> 00:39:18.300
 God's will

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:19.240
 supply every

00:39:19.240 --> 00:39:19.700
 need of

00:39:19.700 --> 00:39:20.800
 yours according

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.599
 to his riches

00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:22.720
 and glory in

00:39:22.720 --> 00:39:24.340
 Christ Jesus.

00:39:24.340 --> 00:39:26.440
 verse 2.

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.460
 Summer and

00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.780
 winter and

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:31.019
 springtime and

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:32.900
 harvest, sun,

00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:33.340
 moon, and

00:39:33.340 --> 00:39:33.920
 stars in

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.539
 their courses

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:35.460
 above.

00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:37.180
 Join with

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:38.100
 all nature

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:39.200
 in manifold

00:39:39.200 --> 00:39:41.200
 witness to

00:39:41.200 --> 00:39:41.880
 thy great

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.620
 faithfulness,

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:44.420
 mercy, and

00:39:44.420 --> 00:39:44.900
 love.

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.440
 Witness of

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.140
 creation we

00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:47.840
 see in this

00:39:47.840 --> 00:39:48.220
 verse.

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.480
 Isaiah 6,

00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:50.000
 3.

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.780
 One called

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.380
 to another,

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:52.840
 talking about

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.300
 the creation,

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:54.420
 holy, holy,

00:39:54.660 --> 00:39:55.960
 holy is the

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:56.260
 Lord of

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:56.600
 hosts.

00:39:56.700 --> 00:39:57.460
 The whole

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.620
 earth is

00:39:58.620 --> 00:39:59.740
 full of

00:39:59.740 --> 00:40:00.200
 his glory.

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:00.820
 So maybe

00:40:00.820 --> 00:40:01.400
 you have a

00:40:01.400 --> 00:40:02.000
 difficult time

00:40:02.000 --> 00:40:02.560
 seeing it

00:40:02.560 --> 00:40:03.019
 this morning

00:40:03.019 --> 00:40:03.420
 in your

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.460
 own life,

00:40:04.560 --> 00:40:05.100
 but look

00:40:05.100 --> 00:40:06.180
 out there.

00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:08.140
 The creation

00:40:08.140 --> 00:40:09.600
 witnesses to

00:40:09.600 --> 00:40:10.360
 this great

00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:11.519
 truth that

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:13.060
 God is

00:40:13.060 --> 00:40:14.539
 faithful.

00:40:16.200 --> 00:40:17.100
 Verse 3.

00:40:17.300 --> 00:40:17.880
 Pardon for

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:19.320
 sin and a

00:40:19.320 --> 00:40:19.820
 peace that

00:40:19.820 --> 00:40:20.500
 endureth.

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.900
 Thine own

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.660
 dear presence

00:40:22.659 --> 00:40:23.399
 to cheer

00:40:23.399 --> 00:40:23.899
 and to

00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:24.379
 guide.

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:26.099
 Strength for

00:40:26.099 --> 00:40:26.739
 today and

00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:27.480
 bright hope

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.199
 for tomorrow.

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.960
 Blessings all

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:31.279
 mine with

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:32.000
 ten thousand

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.559
 beside.

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.920
 We see

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:35.099
 justification,

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:36.079
 Romans 8,

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:36.420
 1.

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.559
 No condemnation

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.059
 for those who

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:39.019
 are in Christ

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.319
 Jesus.

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.199
 Sanctification,

00:40:40.379 --> 00:40:41.059
 Philippians 1,

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:41.420
 6.

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:42.059
 And I'm sure

00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.579
 of this,

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.299
 that he who

00:40:43.299 --> 00:40:43.920
 began a good

00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:44.339
 work in you

00:40:44.339 --> 00:40:44.879
 will bring it

00:40:44.879 --> 00:40:46.079
 to completion

00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:47.019
 at the day

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.420
 of Jesus

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.899
 Christ.

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:49.399
 And glorification,

00:40:49.619 --> 00:40:50.539
 Ephesians 1,

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.679
 11 through

00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:52.179
 12.

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:52.940
 In him we

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.400
 have obtained

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.019
 an inheritance,

00:40:54.159 --> 00:40:55.039
 having predestined

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:55.539
 according to the

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.079
 purpose of him

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:56.900
 who works all

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:58.500
 things according to

00:40:58.500 --> 00:40:59.219
 the counsel of

00:40:59.219 --> 00:40:59.619
 his will,

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.079
 so that we who

00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:01.659
 are the first to

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.380
 hope in Christ

00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:03.559
 might be to the

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:05.019
 praise of his

00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.440
 glory.

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:06.940
 In one verse,

00:41:07.039 --> 00:41:07.779
 four lines,

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.340
 justification,

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.440
 sanctification,

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.539
 glorification,

00:41:10.900 --> 00:41:12.119
 things to hang

00:41:12.119 --> 00:41:12.759
 on to,

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:14.460
 and maybe you'll

00:41:14.460 --> 00:41:15.259
 join me this

00:41:15.259 --> 00:41:15.659
 time.

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:17.619
 Great is thy

00:41:17.619 --> 00:41:18.859
 faithfulness.

00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:19.380
 Thank you.

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:21.480
 Great is thy

00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:23.079
 faithfulness.

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:25.519
 Morning by

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.500
 morning,

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:28.500
 new mercies

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:30.500
 I see.

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:33.739
 All I have

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.500
 needed,

00:41:35.299 --> 00:41:36.659
 thy hand

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:39.019
 hath provided.

00:41:40.599 --> 00:41:42.819
 Great is thy

00:41:42.819 --> 00:41:44.900
 faithfulness,

00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:47.200
 Lord unto

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:48.840
 me.

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.000
 Amen.

00:41:51.780 --> 00:41:52.800
 It's why we

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.800
 sing together,

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:54.800
 and it's why we

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:55.740
 sing together

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:57.599
 the way that we

00:41:57.599 --> 00:41:58.320
 sing together.

00:41:59.180 --> 00:41:59.820
 Truth,

00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:01.519
 depth,

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.139
 singability,

00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:03.860
 all for the

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.500
 glory of God

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.280
 and for the

00:42:05.280 --> 00:42:06.660
 good of his

00:42:06.660 --> 00:42:07.019
 people.

00:42:07.920 --> 00:42:08.680
 Let us be a

00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:09.700
 people who

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:10.480
 sing to one

00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:11.260
 another as we're

00:42:11.260 --> 00:42:12.059
 commanded to do,

00:42:12.059 --> 00:42:13.559
 and know why

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.500
 we sing to one

00:42:14.500 --> 00:42:14.840
 another,

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:17.059
 and who know

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:19.119
 what and how

00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:20.039
 we should sing

00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:21.659
 to one another,

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:22.679
 because our God

00:42:22.679 --> 00:42:23.880
 is worthy of

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.360
 this praise.

00:42:25.019 --> 00:42:25.420
 Let's pray

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:25.719
 together.