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 Well, good morning, folks. Let me add my welcome to ours. My name's Archie. I'm actually the pastor in training here.

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 I haven't had a promotion, in case you were wondering. Graham will be back next week.

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 But we are taking a break this week from our series in Haggai. Graham will conclude that next week.

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 Instead, we're going to be looking through this Psalm, Psalm 115.

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 And we're going to get into the world of those, I think, returning exiles, like we've been reading about in the book of Haggai.

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 And we're going to see some of the things that they might have been experiencing, and in particular, the spiritual battle that they faced.

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 But before we do that, shall I pray? Let's pray.

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 Lord, I pray that this morning we would trust in you with all our hearts.

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 That as we come to your word together, we would lean not on our own understanding,

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 but that your spirit would be ministering to us and helping us see truth in your word.

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 We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 It was about five years ago that I met Katie, my wife.

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 We met just down the M8 in Glasgow, where we were both at university.

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 And it was our second date.

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 We went to a nice Italian place. It's called Eusebio's Deli.

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 If you're ever in Glasgow, you should check it out. It's really, really nice.

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 And it was all going really very well. I was charming, as ever.

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 I really liked her. Even the food was delicious.

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 And we were sat there, one of those brilliant seats in the window,

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 where when the conversation gets a bit awkward, you can just sort of watch as people walk by.

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 It was delightful.

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 But we were sitting at one of those tall tables.

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 I don't know if you know the sort of table I'm talking about,

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 where you have to sit on a stool rather than a seat.

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 That's so uncomfortable.

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 And all of a sudden, the bar that I was resting my feet on on that stool snapped.

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 And the stool just collapsed from underneath me.

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 And I was left in a pretty embarrassed heap on the floor.

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 I trusted that stool. It completely failed me.

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 It's a silly story, that really, isn't it?

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 But trust is important to us.

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 You'll know this, especially if you've ever trusted someone and they've let you down.

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 That sort of betrayal, it can be horrible, can't it?

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 And on the other side of that coin, how wonderful it is when we're able to trust our friends and our family.

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 Trust is right at the heart, isn't it, of a healthy relationship.

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 It's just so important to us.

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 And that psalm that we read this morning gets us asking this question, I think.

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 What do we trust?

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 And not just what sort of seat might we trust to support a slightly overweight student,

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 but what or who do we trust when our lives are collapsing around us?

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 When things begin to get overwhelming, in the storms of life,

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 when we're no longer able to steer the ship, who do we trust with the wheelhouse?

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 And what do we think happens when we die?

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 Who do we trust with the answer to that question?

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 Who do we trust with our eternities?

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 It's the questions that we're asking this morning.

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 We're in a section here of the psalms that are often known as the Egyptian Hallel.

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 Hallel is a familiar word to you, though you might not think that it is,

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 but it is a familiar word, Hallel.

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 Hallelujah means praise Yahweh, praise God.

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 And so these psalms that we're in from 113 to 118, we're in the middle of 115,

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 they are praising Hallel, praising God for rescuing Israel out of Egypt.

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 And so they're often known as the Egyptian Hallel, the Egyptian praise.

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 And it's hard to say when or who this psalm was written for exactly,

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 but I think verse 2 might give us a clue.

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 So have a look at verse 2 with me in Psalm 115.

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 Why do the nations say, where is their God?

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 So if nothing else, we can imagine that this psalm was probably written at a time

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 where the nations surrounding Israel are questioning the existence

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 and the potency and the goodness of their God.

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 Now, if we're honest, that might have been almost any time in Israel's history,

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 a time where Israel are struggling.

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 It does not look as though their God is with them,

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 a time, I think, probably of national crisis.

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 I suppose it could have been in the aftermath of the Assyrian or Babylonian invasions

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 as Israel and Judah are carried into exile.

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 I wonder if it could even be as in Haggai,

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 as we've been learning about over the last few weeks,

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 as they return from that exile and are struggling to build this unimpressive second temple.

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 Whatever the context, the nations around them are asking,

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 where is their God?

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 He doesn't look so powerful now, they say.

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 And maybe that attitude sounds familiar.

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 It's true, isn't it?

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 It's true, isn't it?

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 That the secular world around us is constantly calling into question

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 the potency and existence and goodness of our God.

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 I mean, just over the last couple of years,

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 how little has God been in the conversation?

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 If you watch BBC Breakfast in the morning

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 or you flick through the Scotsman or the Times or the Week,

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 nowhere will you find the suggestion

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 that God has anything to do with what's been going on.

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 We've just been praying about all sorts of things,

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 crisis in Ukraine, COVID.

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 Nowhere is there a suggestion that God has anything to do with any of that,

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 much less would you see any claims that he might be the solution.

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 And I think that really reflects how people think about God in Scotland today.

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 In other words, that the world around us just does not think about God at all.

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 That he probably doesn't exist.

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 And that even if he does, he must surely be impotent, evil, or both.

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 Just recently, I was with some friends from school.

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 We were at a wedding together,

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 and we had some brilliant conversations about the gospel,

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 about Jesus, about God's word.

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 And in many ways, that was a massive encouragement to me.

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 I mean, these friends, they're genuinely interested.

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 They see that the gospel makes logical sense.

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 They know that they're sinful.

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 They long for eternal life.

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 But in some ways, it was also super discouraging,

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 because for them, what their unbelief boils down to,

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 simply, in their minds, God does not exist,

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 and therefore has no power.

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 For some of them, they may have convinced themselves that that's true,

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 to justify their sinful lifestyle,

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 to avoid confronting their sin,

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 though they seem, I think, to know that it is there.

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 But however they've reached that position in their thinking,

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 like the nations in this psalm,

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 they see this messy world that we live in.

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 And they see the faith of Christians,

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 they see my faith,

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 and they're asking,

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 where is your God in all of this mess?

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 Maybe you're here this morning,

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 and maybe you're there too.

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 Maybe you have similar questions

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 about where God is in all of this mess.

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 If that's you, stay tuned this morning,

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 because let me tell you,

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 this God is incredible.

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 He is utterly amazing

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 and totally trustworthy.

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 And it would be folly to put your trust anywhere else.

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 But where is this God?

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 Well, the psalmist answers that question right off the bat, doesn't he?

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 Have a look at verse 3.

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 Our God is in heaven.

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 He does whatever pleases him.

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 This God, Israel's God,

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 the God of the universe,

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 is absolutely in control.

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 He's in heaven,

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 not some spiritual other world,

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 but literally here in the heavens,

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 the skies.

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 Where is he?

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 Our God fills the galaxies.

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 He inhabits the universe.

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 And notice that he does all that he pleases.

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 Not some of what he pleases.

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 Not what he pleases for some people

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 and in some circumstances.

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 No, he does whatever he pleases.

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 Our God is absolutely in control.

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 He was in control when he rescued his people from slavery in Egypt.

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 When he spared them from the wrath,

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 from his wrath at the Passover.

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 He was in control in whatever the context of this psalm is.

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 Whatever they faced as they were mocked.

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 Israel's God was in control.

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 And he is in control today.

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 And all of the mess out there,

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 in the midst of this global pandemic,

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 with everything going on in the news,

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 political scandals,

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 looming wars,

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 and in all of the mess in here,

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 in my sinful heart,

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 though the world around us does not recognize him,

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 our God has got this entire thing under control.

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 Would we trust him?

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 It is absolutely essential that we do.

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 Because,

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 and this is really our first point this morning.

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 Sorry, it's taken a while for us to get there.

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 But this is our first point.

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 If we trust in man-made idols,

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 the psalm says we will become dead like them.

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 If we trust in man-made idols,

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 we will become dead like them.

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 Let me read from verse four.

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 Their idols are silver and gold,

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 made by human hands.

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 They have mouths,

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 but cannot speak.

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 Eyes,

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 but cannot hear.

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 See,

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 they have ears,

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 but cannot hear.

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 Noses,

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 but cannot smell.

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 They have hands,

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 but cannot feel.

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 Feet,

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 but cannot walk.

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 Nor can they utter a sound

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 with their throats.

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 Friends,

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 do you see the irony here?

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 The Israelites,

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 God has rescued them

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 out of slavery.

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 He's spoken to them,

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 given them commandments,

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 his perfect commandments,

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 helping them to live wisely

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 in this world.

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 And yet the nations around them,

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 those nations that mock their God,

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 they worship these idols,

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 created trinkets.

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 They're preciously made,

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 yes,

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 from silver and gold.

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 But of course,

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 as these verses,

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 yes,

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 these idols,

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 they're silent.

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 They cannot speak.

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 They're blind.

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 They're deaf.

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 They cannot smell

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 or feel

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 or walk.

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 Picture with me

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 Andy's bedroom.

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 Andy from Toy Story,

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 if you know the scene.

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 What happens

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 when Andy leaves the room?

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 The toys come to life,

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 don't they?

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 They talk to one another.

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 They even plot together.

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 Those toys,

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 they are literally alive.

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 They're precisely the opposite

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 of what this psalmist

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 is describing.

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 Because what's the psalmist saying?

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 These idols,

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 they are utterly inanimate.

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 They are not alive.

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 These idols,

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 they are dead.

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 And to our modern sensibilities,

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 of course they are.

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 Right?

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 We know that Toy Story

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 is fantastical.

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 And perhaps the world around us,

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 I think,

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 would probably agree.

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 Maybe if you're here this morning

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 and even if you don't believe

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 in the God of this psalm,

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 you'd probably still say,

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 wouldn't you,

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 that inanimate objects

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 can't actually be gods.

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 They have no real agency

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 in our world.

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 And that's true here,

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 but of course there are millions

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 across the world today

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 who worship idols

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 exactly like these.

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 Virtually every world,

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 major world religion,

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 takes man-made things,

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 puts them in a temple,

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 or even a church,

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 and calls them holy.

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 But there's more to it

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 than that, I think,

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 because increasingly

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 the secular worldview

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 around us

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 isn't simply atheistic,

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 but spiritualistic

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 and superstitious.

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 Let me give you

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 some examples of that.

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 I know a lady who,

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 with all the well-meaning

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 in the world,

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 whenever she sees a robin

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 in her back garden,

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 she is convinced

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 that it is her dead mother

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 come back to visit.

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 Maybe that sort of

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 vaguely supernatural belief

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 is familiar to you.

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 If you could have been

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 a fly on the wall

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 in our rugby changing room

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 yesterday afternoon,

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 you'd have been amazed

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 at how many of the lads

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 are completely obsessed

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 with which sock

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 they put on first,

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 with which seat

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 they're sitting in,

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 and with what sort of music

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 we listen to

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 as we get ready.

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 Maybe if you're honest,

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 you're a bit like that too.

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 Even just in subtle ways,

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 superstitious,

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 trusting in our own

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 man-made rituals

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 and idols

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 to get us

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 through the storms of life.

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 People do trust

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 in all sorts of

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 vaguely spiritual

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 and superstitious things

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 today, don't they?

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 And these things

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 can be comforting.

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 That's why we trust in them.

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 And yet,

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 perhaps like the comfort

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 of a bubble bath,

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 if we spend too long

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 immersed in them,

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 gazing at them,

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 they do eventually

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 grow cold

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 and their bubbles

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 of hope

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 begin to burst.

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 But more than that,

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 and I think outside

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 of the explicitly

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 supernatural,

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 perhaps more normal

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 for us today,

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 is to place our trust

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 in the material.

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 Perhaps most obviously

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 we do this

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 just bluntly

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 with our money.

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 I know I sometimes

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 do this.

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 very often think,

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 don't we,

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 that if we just

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 had enough money,

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 then all our worries

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 and problems

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 would disappear.

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 And maybe if we do

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 have full wallets,

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 how easy it is

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 to trust our wealth

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 in place of our God.

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 Friends,

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 whatever our idols

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 and superstitions,

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 whatever we are trusting

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 other than God

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 to see us

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 through this life,

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 will we see

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 what this psalmist

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 says?

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 We have got to see

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 that those things

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 are not alive,

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 that they have

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 no real

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 eternal agency,

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 they do not speak

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 today,

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 and ultimately

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 they cannot save us

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 because they are

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 dead themselves.

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 And did you see

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 in verse 8

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 where the psalmist

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 is going here?

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 Have a look at verse 8.

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 Those who make them

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 will be like them,

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 and so will all

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 who trust in them.

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 In other words,

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 those who make

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 and trust in idols

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 will die.

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 Do you see that?

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 These idols,

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 they're totally

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 inanimate,

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 impotent,

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 they're dead.

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 But here I think

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 is comfort actually

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 for the Israelites

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 because the psalmist

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 is saying

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 those nations

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 around you,

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 they may well

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 look powerful,

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 and you might be

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 facing troubling times.

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 Maybe your temple

00:15:30.720 --> 00:15:31.799
 project is just

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 so unimpressive.

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 times that cause

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 people to mock

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 God,

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 but ultimately

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 those people,

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 they're going to

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 become just like

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 their idols,

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 dead.

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 And us too,

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 if we trust in

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 man-made idols,

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 we'll become dead

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 like them.

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 And yet,

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 of course,

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 we will all die,

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 won't we?

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 I hope that's not

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 news to you,

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 but you will one day

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 die.

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 And so whatever it is

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 that we're trusting in,

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 maybe as we think

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 about the pandemic

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.399
 again,

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 or as we've been

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 trusting in

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 vaccinations

00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:07.279
 and continued

00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:07.860
 restrictions,

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 or maybe you're

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 one of those

00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:09.860
 who trust in

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 those who tell

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 us that the

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 pandemic is over,

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 whatever it is

00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.740
 that we face

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 in life,

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 whether you're

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 unwell,

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 or you're trying

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 to buy a new

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 home maybe,

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 or looking for

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 a new job,

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 navigating a

00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.360
 tricky relationship,

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 whether we're

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 at work,

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 or at school,

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 or in the

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 lecture theater,

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 wherever we are,

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 and those around

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 us are calling

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 our God

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.879
 into question.

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 Whatever it is

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 we trust through

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 that,

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 well,

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.600
 we've got to say

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 that it's really

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 just putting off

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 the inevitable,

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 isn't it?

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 Because though it

00:16:43.220 --> 00:16:43.940
 may help us

00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:44.860
 steer the course,

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 at the end of it

00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:45.659
 all,

00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:46.759
 we will all die.

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 We will all

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 become like the

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 idols that we've

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 worshipped.

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 And yet,

00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:56.040
 in all of this,

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 there is the

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 glorious hope

00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:58.759
 of the Christian

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 gospel,

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 that if we

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 trust in the

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 living God,

00:17:03.699 --> 00:17:05.259
 we will live

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.859
 forever.

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 That's our second

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 point this morning,

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 really.

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 If we trust in

00:17:08.460 --> 00:17:09.400
 the living God,

00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:11.139
 we will live

00:17:11.139 --> 00:17:11.759
 forever.

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 Do you notice

00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:14.299
 the repeated

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 refrains in

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 verses 9 to

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 11?

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 See what the

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 psalmist says?

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 Trust in the

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 Lord.

00:17:21.639 --> 00:17:22.359
 He is their

00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:23.139
 help and

00:17:23.139 --> 00:17:23.559
 shield.

00:17:24.700 --> 00:17:25.740
 All of Israel,

00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.160
 he says,

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 the house of

00:17:27.140 --> 00:17:27.380
 Aaron,

00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:27.980
 the priestly

00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.640
 family,

00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.940
 you who fear

00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.400
 the Lord,

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:30.840
 that's the

00:17:30.840 --> 00:17:31.880
 outsiders welcomed

00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:32.200
 in.

00:17:32.279 --> 00:17:32.740
 The psalmist

00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.019
 says,

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:33.980
 trust him.

00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:36.100
 Trust him,

00:17:36.140 --> 00:17:36.640
 for as we've

00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:37.160
 been singing,

00:17:37.560 --> 00:17:38.880
 he has proved

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.800
 faithful and

00:17:39.800 --> 00:17:40.480
 he will be

00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:41.700
 faithful forever.

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:44.259
 For the

00:17:44.259 --> 00:17:44.960
 readers of

00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:45.740
 this psalm and

00:17:45.740 --> 00:17:46.120
 the other

00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:46.800
 psalms around

00:17:46.800 --> 00:17:47.019
 it,

00:17:47.120 --> 00:17:47.740
 singing them

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.500
 and remembering

00:17:48.500 --> 00:17:49.259
 the exodus

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.000
 out of Egypt,

00:17:50.560 --> 00:17:51.400
 that rescue

00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.320
 from slavery,

00:17:52.540 --> 00:17:53.360
 from the

00:17:53.360 --> 00:17:53.880
 Passover,

00:17:54.060 --> 00:17:54.779
 the deliverance

00:17:54.779 --> 00:17:55.500
 from God's

00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:55.940
 wrath and

00:17:55.940 --> 00:17:56.620
 justice.

00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:57.960
 These are

00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.840
 reminders that

00:17:58.840 --> 00:17:59.380
 he has

00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.160
 proved

00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.720
 faithful and

00:18:01.720 --> 00:18:02.279
 that he will

00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:02.860
 be faithful

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:04.180
 forever into

00:18:04.180 --> 00:18:04.900
 eternity.

00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:07.240
 Have a look

00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.059
 at verse 12.

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 The Lord

00:18:09.580 --> 00:18:11.140
 remembers us

00:18:11.140 --> 00:18:11.600
 and will

00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.920
 bless us.

00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:14.200
 Again,

00:18:14.299 --> 00:18:14.820
 this is for

00:18:14.820 --> 00:18:15.700
 Israel,

00:18:16.080 --> 00:18:16.720
 Aaron's house

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.380
 and all who

00:18:17.380 --> 00:18:18.220
 fear the Lord,

00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.559
 small and

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.580
 great alike.

00:18:20.579 --> 00:18:20.819
 mock.

00:18:21.639 --> 00:18:22.439
 This God

00:18:22.439 --> 00:18:23.039
 who is in

00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:24.000
 total control,

00:18:24.399 --> 00:18:24.799
 he wants

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:25.500
 to bless

00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:26.319
 his people,

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.679
 the least

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 as well as

00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.759
 the great,

00:18:28.919 --> 00:18:29.639
 the poor

00:18:29.639 --> 00:18:30.220
 as well as

00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:30.879
 the rich,

00:18:31.019 --> 00:18:31.599
 the servant

00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:33.119
 and the king.

00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:34.399
 He has

00:18:34.399 --> 00:18:35.079
 remembered them

00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.319
 all,

00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.439
 he will bless

00:18:36.439 --> 00:18:36.980
 them all,

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.639
 but just

00:18:37.639 --> 00:18:38.379
 imagine how

00:18:38.379 --> 00:18:39.179
 difficult that

00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:39.559
 must have

00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:40.279
 been to see

00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:40.659
 for these

00:18:40.659 --> 00:18:41.099
 people.

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 Incredibly

00:18:42.899 --> 00:18:43.579
 difficult to

00:18:43.579 --> 00:18:44.059
 see in the

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.759
 context as

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 the nations

00:18:45.679 --> 00:18:46.220
 look at

00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:46.839
 God's people

00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:47.759
 and mock

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.919
 as the

00:18:48.919 --> 00:18:49.539
 glory may

00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:49.959
 be of the

00:18:49.959 --> 00:18:50.439
 Jerusalem

00:18:50.439 --> 00:18:51.059
 temple,

00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:51.679
 once a

00:18:51.679 --> 00:18:52.079
 genuine

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.720
 wonder,

00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:54.639
 now nothing

00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:55.480
 compared to

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.000
 the temples

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.480
 of those

00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.240
 idols in

00:18:57.240 --> 00:18:57.779
 the empires

00:18:57.779 --> 00:18:58.459
 around them.

00:18:59.379 --> 00:18:59.980
 Even as

00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.399
 it's being

00:19:00.399 --> 00:19:00.879
 rebuilt,

00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:01.740
 unimpressive,

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.199
 they may

00:19:03.199 --> 00:19:03.759
 not look

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.720
 much blessed.

00:19:06.199 --> 00:19:07.019
 But God's

00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.639
 promises are

00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:08.379
 sure and he

00:19:08.379 --> 00:19:09.059
 promises here

00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:09.699
 that he will

00:19:09.699 --> 00:19:11.199
 bless those

00:19:11.199 --> 00:19:12.179
 who trust

00:19:12.179 --> 00:19:12.779
 in him.

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.500
 I love that

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:14.939
 about our

00:19:14.939 --> 00:19:15.079
 God,

00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.579
 don't you love

00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:15.819
 this,

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.319
 that this is

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:16.939
 both the

00:19:16.939 --> 00:19:17.700
 small and

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.139
 the great,

00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:18.579
 that his

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.539
 blessings are

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.139
 not measured

00:19:20.139 --> 00:19:20.879
 according to

00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:21.619
 our worldly

00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.259
 greatness.

00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:24.119
 Now if

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 you're here

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 this morning

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 then and

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.599
 for whatever

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 reason you

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 feel or

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 you've been

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 made to

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 feel insignificant,

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 for whatever

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 reason,

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 whether that's

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 in the world

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 around you,

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 at school

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 or at work

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 or maybe

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 even here

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 at church,

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 maybe it

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:41.939
 feels like

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 everyone else

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 is getting

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 all the good

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 opportunities,

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 like you're

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 constantly

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 overlooked,

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 as though

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 your gifts

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 aren't

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 recognized

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 or utilized

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 or celebrated.

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 Firstly,

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 let me say

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 how sorry

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 I am,

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 because our

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 God does not

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 see you like

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 that and

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 we're a

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 church who

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.779
 wants to

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 see people

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.740
 flourish and

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 use their

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 gifts.

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 And our

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 God wants

00:20:07.820 --> 00:20:08.420
 to bless

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 you,

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 so would

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 you trust

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 in him,

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 from the

00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:13.539
 smallest to

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 the greatest,

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 the least

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 to the

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 most,

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 whoever you

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 are,

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 however you

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 have been

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 made to

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 feel,

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 would you

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 trust this

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 God and

00:20:21.859 --> 00:20:22.539
 receive his

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 blessing on

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 your life?

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 But what

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 exactly does

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 that mean,

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 to trust

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 him and he

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 will bless

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 us?

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 What are we

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 saying?

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 Are we saying

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 that we are

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 blessed according

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 to a measure

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 of our trust?

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 And is that a

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.859
 material blessing

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 that we're talking

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 about?

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 There are

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 lots of

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 people who

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 would speak

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 this way

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 today,

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 aren't there?

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 Claiming that

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.899
 with enough

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 trust in God

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.899
 we can claim

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 any blessing

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 as our own.

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 What blessing

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 would you like

00:20:49.399 --> 00:20:49.779
 today?

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 If you're

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 single,

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 would you like

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 a husband

00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:53.160
 or a wife?

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 Money for

00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:56.359
 that building

00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:56.960
 project?

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 Some physical

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 healing?

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 And look,

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.700
 of course,

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 God does

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 give good

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 things to

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 his people.

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 He blesses

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 us,

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 but not

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 because we

00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:07.960
 trust him

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 more than

00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.559
 someone else

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 does.

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 That's not

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 how blessing

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 works here.

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 Instead,

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 I think God's

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 people are to

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 recognize that

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 every good

00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.740
 gift comes

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 from above,

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 to trust that

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.179
 any prosperity

00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:22.339
 his people do

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 receive comes

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 from him and

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 not from the

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 dead idols that

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 we read about

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 in this psalm.

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 But probably

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 more in view

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 here,

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.139
 to trust that

00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.919
 God's blessing

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.740
 his people is

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 not going to

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 look like

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 worldly blessing.

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 it won't

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 always look

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 impressive.

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 The people

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 around will

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 still be able

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 to say,

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 where is

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.940
 your God?

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 In fact,

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 it might look

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 very unimpressive.

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 But ultimately,

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 God wants us

00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.059
 to trust him

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 in the final

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:53.079
 and perfect

00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:53.639
 blessing of

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 eternal life.

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 Have a look

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 at verses

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 14 and 15

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 for an example

00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.359
 of how God's

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 blessing works

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 in this psalm.

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 May the

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.140
 Lord cause

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 you to

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 flourish,

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 both you

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 and your

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 children.

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 May you

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 be blessed

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 by the

00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.099
 Lord,

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 the maker

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.660
 of heaven

00:22:14.660 --> 00:22:15.319
 and earth.

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 The idols

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 of the

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:18.940
 surrounding

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 nations

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 at the

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.559
 time,

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 they were

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 very often

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.379
 attributed

00:22:22.379 --> 00:22:23.200
 with fertility

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 and prosperity.

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 That's what

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.319
 the people

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:26.019
 were foolishly

00:22:26.019 --> 00:22:26.599
 trusting in

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.240
 them for.

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 But one

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.299
 of the great

00:22:29.299 --> 00:22:30.059
 promises of

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.619
 Israel's

00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:31.200
 scripture was

00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:31.819
 that God's

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.380
 people would

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.559
 be fruitful

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.539
 and that they

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.299
 would multiply.

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 It's a blessing

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.400
 from God.

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.120
 It comes right

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.700
 at the beginning

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:39.519
 of the Bible

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 with Adam

00:22:40.620 --> 00:22:41.880
 as a global

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.340
 promise.

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 And it is

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.240
 repeated at

00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.120
 various points

00:22:45.120 --> 00:22:45.860
 of God's

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.519
 word to the

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.100
 leaders of

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:47.720
 God's people

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:49.400
 as a particular

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:50.160
 promise.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.519
 It's a promise

00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.160
 then that had

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.960
 been partially

00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:53.740
 fulfilled by

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.519
 this time in

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.480
 the nation

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:56.380
 of Israel as

00:22:56.380 --> 00:22:57.019
 the Israelite

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.720
 nation grew

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.580
 and occupied

00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.360
 the land.

00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:00.720
 But of

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.480
 course here

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.720
 in the context

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.460
 of this psalm

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.059
 as it seems

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:04.539
 as though they

00:23:04.539 --> 00:23:05.380
 face a national

00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:07.000
 crisis and

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:07.740
 they do in

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.120
 their history

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.640
 they face a

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.100
 number of

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:10.100
 national crises

00:23:10.100 --> 00:23:11.160
 and God

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.920
 says to them

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.940
 you may be

00:23:12.940 --> 00:23:14.059
 decimated now.

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.600
 It may look

00:23:15.600 --> 00:23:16.079
 as though your

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.980
 God has deserted

00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.339
 you.

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.000
 The nations

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:19.259
 may mock

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:21.660
 but still

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.860
 I am your

00:23:22.860 --> 00:23:23.380
 God

00:23:23.380 --> 00:23:24.860
 and my promise

00:23:24.860 --> 00:23:25.400
 to you

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.940
 that those

00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:26.700
 who are left

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.539
 will once again

00:23:27.539 --> 00:23:28.220
 be fruitful

00:23:28.220 --> 00:23:29.079
 and multiply

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.539
 is still

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:30.940
 true.

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.240
 And of

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.619
 course for

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.339
 us today

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.579
 through Jesus

00:23:35.579 --> 00:23:37.279
 that promise

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.019
 has once again

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:39.159
 become global

00:23:39.159 --> 00:23:41.480
 and his

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.079
 kingdom it

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.180
 has grown

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.960
 and it is

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.599
 growing.

00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:45.700
 In Matthew

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.639
 chapter 28

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.279
 this is a

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.899
 key verse

00:23:47.899 --> 00:23:48.559
 for us as a

00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:48.819
 church.

00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:49.700
 Jesus commands

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.399
 the disciples

00:23:50.399 --> 00:23:51.639
 to go and

00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.539
 make disciples

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.200
 of all

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.019
 nations.

00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:56.119
 go and

00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:56.480
 tell the

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.000
 good news

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.599
 Jesus says

00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:57.900
 to them

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.200
 that they

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.759
 might follow

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.420
 me too

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.480
 for that is

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.139
 where true

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.960
 blessing

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.920
 lies.

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.180
 Entrusting

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:04.980
 this God

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.960
 who blesses

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.460
 us now

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.079
 not least

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.579
 with the

00:24:07.579 --> 00:24:08.139
 presence

00:24:08.139 --> 00:24:08.680
 of his

00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.480
 Holy Spirit

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.960
 blessing us

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.559
 as a church

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.339
 with gifts

00:24:12.339 --> 00:24:13.079
 to build

00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:13.759
 and encourage

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.319
 one another

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:16.039
 and ultimately

00:24:16.039 --> 00:24:16.819
 he blesses

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.599
 us wonderfully

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:19.339
 with adoption

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.000
 into his

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.480
 family

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.819
 and eternally

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.859
 with life

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.179
 eternal

00:24:24.179 --> 00:24:24.819
 life

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:26.099
 because if

00:24:26.099 --> 00:24:26.839
 we trust

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.179
 in the

00:24:27.179 --> 00:24:27.859
 living God

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:28.479
 we will

00:24:28.479 --> 00:24:29.179
 live

00:24:29.179 --> 00:24:29.979
 forever.

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.679
 For us

00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.299
 today it's

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.799
 through that

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.299
 command

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.819
 through the

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.459
 commands of

00:24:34.459 --> 00:24:35.019
 Matthew

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.959
 chapter 28

00:24:35.959 --> 00:24:36.379
 as it's

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.839
 come down

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.479
 through history

00:24:37.479 --> 00:24:38.159
 that we

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.879
 have become

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.659
 part of

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.179
 his kingdom

00:24:40.179 --> 00:24:41.539
 and now we

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.199
 can lay hold

00:24:42.199 --> 00:24:42.859
 of that promise

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.619
 and take part

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.299
 in that command

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:45.240
 ourselves.

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 We can be

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.639
 disciple making

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.399
 disciples.

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.599
 As the

00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:51.379
 nations around

00:24:51.379 --> 00:24:52.240
 us continue

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:53.180
 to mock

00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:54.220
 as they

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.799
 call our

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.339
 God into

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:55.980
 question

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:57.299
 it means

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.620
 that we

00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:58.259
 can respond

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.779
 to them

00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:00.359
 we can

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.880
 hold out

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.200
 to them

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.839
 this offer

00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.680
 of eternal

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.859
 life in

00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.359
 the gospel.

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.259
 We saw

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.759
 back in

00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.359
 verses 4

00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.779
 to 7

00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:09.339
 that idols

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.940
 are dead

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.279
 that they

00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.839
 have no

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.779
 life in

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.120
 them

00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:13.200
 and in

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.640
 verse 8

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.120
 that those

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.660
 who trust

00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.000
 in them

00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:15.519
 will go

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:15.900
 to the

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.359
 grave

00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:17.259
 with them.

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.779
 I take

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.019
 it that

00:25:18.019 --> 00:25:18.319
 that is

00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:18.920
 the eternal

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.900
 grave

00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.400
 because

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.120
 an idol

00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.560
 who is

00:25:22.560 --> 00:25:23.580
 not alive

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:25.180
 cannot die

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.480
 to save.

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.759
 You see

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.400
 our human

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.060
 proclivity

00:25:29.060 --> 00:25:29.720
 to trust

00:25:29.720 --> 00:25:30.240
 anything

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.840
 other than

00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.840
 this living

00:25:31.840 --> 00:25:32.440
 God

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.040
 in other

00:25:33.040 --> 00:25:33.420
 words our

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.960
 rebellion

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.720
 against him

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.400
 our sin

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:36.240
 it demands

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.100
 a price

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:39.160
 it demands

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.840
 death

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:41.300
 it's why

00:25:41.300 --> 00:25:41.780
 those who

00:25:41.780 --> 00:25:42.280
 turn away

00:25:42.280 --> 00:25:42.740
 from this

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.019
 God

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.560
 this psalm

00:25:43.560 --> 00:25:44.320
 says face

00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.840
 eternal

00:25:44.840 --> 00:25:45.440
 death

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:45.880
 death

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:47.299
 but we

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.059
 can point

00:25:48.059 --> 00:25:48.440
 to a

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.980
 victorious

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.519
 savior

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:51.779
 the God

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.480
 who became

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.360
 man

00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:54.240
 who joined

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:54.680
 us in

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.360
 our suffering

00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:55.920
 who really

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.559
 encountered

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.360
 that crisis

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:57.900
 that all

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.539
 of humanity

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:59.160
 faces

00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.680
 who witnessed

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.080
 and was

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.840
 tempted by

00:26:01.840 --> 00:26:02.559
 humanity's

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:02.940
 rebellion

00:26:02.940 --> 00:26:03.960
 against God

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:05.140
 but who

00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:05.799
 having lived

00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.440
 a perfect

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.160
 life

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:08.340
 took the

00:26:08.340 --> 00:26:08.759
 punishment

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.180
 for that

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.539
 rebellion

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.960
 in our

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.620
 place

00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:12.320
 who unlike

00:26:12.320 --> 00:26:13.140
 the already

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.600
 dead

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.200
 idols

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:16.080
 he could

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.600
 really die

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.340
 for us

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.519
 and he

00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:18.960
 did

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.640
 he really

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:20.319
 did die

00:26:20.319 --> 00:26:21.000
 and rise

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.319
 again

00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.779
 we read

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.640
 that wonderful

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.240
 story

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.500
 of Thomas's

00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:25.000
 encounter

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.580
 with the

00:26:25.580 --> 00:26:26.519
 risen Jesus

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.200
 where Thomas

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.700
 felt the

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.240
 nail marks

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.580
 in his

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:28.920
 hand

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.279
 where he

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.059
 put his

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:30.500
 hand in

00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:30.880
 the wound

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.340
 in Jesus

00:26:31.340 --> 00:26:31.900
 side

00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:32.340
 and friends

00:26:32.340 --> 00:26:32.840
 this is no

00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.640
 ghost story

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:36.200
 he's alive

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:38.640
 and now he

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.360
 sits at the

00:26:39.360 --> 00:26:39.819
 right hand

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.400
 of the father

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.200
 reigning from

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.580
 heaven

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:42.600
 and he's

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.000
 with us

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.500
 by his

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.860
 spirit

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.299
 today

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.959
 our God

00:26:44.959 --> 00:26:45.899
 is alive

00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:47.219
 would we

00:26:47.219 --> 00:26:47.959
 trust him

00:26:47.959 --> 00:26:50.000
 and as we

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.639
 point people

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:51.139
 to him

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.819
 to Jesus

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:53.539
 would we

00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:53.979
 know that

00:26:53.979 --> 00:26:54.500
 under his

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:54.979
 sovereignty

00:26:54.979 --> 00:26:55.579
 and his

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.259
 control

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:57.000
 some

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.899
 will respond

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.419
 in trusting

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:59.099
 him too

00:26:59.099 --> 00:27:00.699
 for he

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:01.439
 promises that

00:27:01.439 --> 00:27:01.959
 his kingdom

00:27:01.959 --> 00:27:02.639
 will continue

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:03.259
 to grow

00:27:03.259 --> 00:27:04.839
 the Lord

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:05.339
 will give

00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:06.139
 increase

00:27:06.139 --> 00:27:07.659
 and if anyone

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:08.979
 trusts in him

00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:10.139
 in the living

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.479
 God

00:27:10.479 --> 00:27:11.059
 they will

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.879
 live

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.639
 forever

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:15.780
 just notice

00:27:15.780 --> 00:27:16.440
 then finally

00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.820
 as we

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:17.340
 finish

00:27:17.340 --> 00:27:18.400
 how God's

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.860
 people are

00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.320
 called to

00:27:19.320 --> 00:27:19.820
 respond

00:27:19.820 --> 00:27:20.960
 to him

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.000
 in verses

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.680
 16 to

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.180
 18

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:45.380
 how do

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.860
 God's people

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.420
 respond

00:27:46.420 --> 00:27:48.420
 they respond

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.360
 with halal

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:51.560
 in praise

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:53.000
 do you notice

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.360
 that these

00:27:53.360 --> 00:27:54.160
 verses contain

00:27:54.160 --> 00:27:54.660
 a bit of a

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.200
 summary of

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:56.740
 the psalm

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.180
 don't know if

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.519
 you noticed

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.800
 that

00:27:57.800 --> 00:27:58.240
 where is

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.680
 God

00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.560
 in the

00:27:59.560 --> 00:27:59.860
 heavens

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.440
 which are

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.920
 his

00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.960
 where is

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.400
 man

00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:03.460
 on earth

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:03.980
 which is

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.340
 his

00:28:04.340 --> 00:28:05.080
 but those

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:05.620
 who trust

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:05.900
 in the

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.279
 things of

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.600
 the earth

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:07.220
 will die

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:08.080
 and in

00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.519
 their death

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:08.940
 they will

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.519
 not praise

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:09.860
 him

00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:11.320
 but we

00:28:11.320 --> 00:28:11.800
 God's

00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:12.120
 people

00:28:12.120 --> 00:28:12.600
 we will

00:28:12.600 --> 00:28:13.300
 bless him

00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:13.660
 we will

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.539
 praise him

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.860
 surely

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.899
 the implication

00:28:15.899 --> 00:28:16.399
 there is

00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.679
 that if

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.219
 we trust

00:28:17.219 --> 00:28:17.759
 in him

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.679
 we will

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.179
 praise him

00:28:19.179 --> 00:28:19.779
 forever

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.979
 because we

00:28:20.979 --> 00:28:21.379
 will live

00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:21.839
 forever

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:23.179
 and so we

00:28:23.179 --> 00:28:23.539
 can we

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.059
 can praise

00:28:24.059 --> 00:28:24.500
 him from

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.479
 this time

00:28:25.479 --> 00:28:26.039
 and forever

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.519
 more

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:28.500
 if you're

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:28.919
 here this

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:29.399
 morning and

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.659
 you do

00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.179
 not trust

00:28:30.179 --> 00:28:30.539
 in this

00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:30.959
 God

00:28:30.959 --> 00:28:33.000
 maybe you're

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.500
 one of those

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.740
 who mocks

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:36.699
 who laughs

00:28:36.699 --> 00:28:37.159
 at us

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:37.719
 where is

00:28:37.719 --> 00:28:38.379
 your God

00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:40.000
 I suspect

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.379
 if you're

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.939
 here this

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.419
 morning you

00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:41.779
 might be a

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.059
 bit more

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.799
 respectful than

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.139
 that but

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.519
 if you're

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.079
 honest you

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.519
 can't help

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.839
 but agree

00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:48.139
 God doesn't

00:28:48.139 --> 00:28:48.679
 seem all that

00:28:48.679 --> 00:28:49.579
 powerful in

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.019
 the mess

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.379
 that is

00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:51.019
 this world

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:53.679
 you might

00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.199
 not be so

00:28:54.199 --> 00:28:54.799
 sure either

00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.639
 way and

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.059
 if that's

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:57.240
 you let

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:57.639
 me ask you

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.059
 a question

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.819
 who or

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.359
 what do

00:28:59.359 --> 00:29:00.539
 you trust

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.839
 who do

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.339
 you trust

00:29:03.339 --> 00:29:04.079
 to steer

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.059
 the ship

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.720
 in the storm

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:06.119
 of this

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:06.619
 mess

00:29:06.619 --> 00:29:09.500
 and who

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.740
 do you

00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.199
 trust to

00:29:10.199 --> 00:29:10.579
 see you

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:10.939
 through the

00:29:10.939 --> 00:29:11.679
 other side

00:29:11.679 --> 00:29:14.099
 can the

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.539
 things that

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.059
 you trust

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.559
 really make

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.339
 a difference

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:18.460
 in this

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:18.960
 world

00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:20.639
 and ultimately

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.119
 though to

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.740
 your eternal

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.460
 fate

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:23.559
 to your

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.500
 eternal position

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.220
 before God

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.759
 do the things

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.420
 that you trust

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.700
 do they

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:27.940
 really speak

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:29.740
 can they

00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.720
 really save

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:32.539
 do they

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.920
 really live

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:37.099
 and for the

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.700
 Christian here

00:29:37.700 --> 00:29:38.259
 this morning

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.879
 how will you

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.519
 respond to

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:40.119
 this God

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:42.619
 to this

00:29:42.619 --> 00:29:43.059
 God who

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.419
 is in

00:29:43.419 --> 00:29:43.959
 absolute

00:29:43.959 --> 00:29:44.619
 control

00:29:44.619 --> 00:29:45.039
 to this

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.459
 God who

00:29:45.459 --> 00:29:46.099
 is alive

00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:46.419
 who is

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.359
 nothing like

00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:47.919
 the toys

00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.519
 in Andy's

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.000
 bedroom

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:51.519
 this living

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:52.159
 God who

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.799
 has promised

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.539
 to rescue

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.979
 you

00:29:53.979 --> 00:29:54.959
 this living

00:29:54.959 --> 00:29:55.500
 God who

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.359
 has rescued

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:57.239
 you in

00:29:57.239 --> 00:29:57.539
 Christ

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.199
 he is far

00:29:58.199 --> 00:29:58.799
 more trustworthy

00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.599
 than any

00:29:59.599 --> 00:30:00.519
 man-made

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.139
 idol

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:03.459
 he's certainly

00:30:03.459 --> 00:30:04.059
 more trustworthy

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.859
 than a flimsy

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.439
 stool in a

00:30:05.439 --> 00:30:05.959
 cheap Italian

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.459
 restaurant

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:08.840
 and so

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.240
 will you put

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 your trust

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 in him

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 and will we

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 praise him

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 together

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 will we say

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 with the

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 psalmist

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 if you're

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 here today

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 and you

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 want to

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 declare your

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 trust

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 for this

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 God

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 back in

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 verse 1

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 why don't we

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 read this

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 verse out

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 loud together

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 it's going

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 to come up

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 on the

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 screen

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 can we

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 say this

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 together

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 not to

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 us

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 Lord

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 not to

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 us

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 but to

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 your name

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 be the

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 glory

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 because of

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 your love

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 and faithfulness

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 let me

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 pray

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 heavenly

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 father we

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 thank you

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 that you

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 speak today

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 Lord we

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 thank you

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 that in

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 Jesus you

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 really are

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 alive

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 today

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 that you

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 came to

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 this earth

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 and you

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 were able

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 to die

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 in our

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 place

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 but that

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 you are

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 alive again

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 having walked

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 through that

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 resurrection

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 path

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 for us

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 Lord I

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 pray that we

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 would trust

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 you this

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 morning

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 in Jesus

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 name

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 Amen

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 beast

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 dad

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 so

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 uh