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 and let's pray.

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 Lord, we thank you that you've called us

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 into your presence this evening

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 to declare your praise and to hear your word.

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 We ask now, I ask now,

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 that the meditations of my heart,

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 the words of my mouth

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 and the meditations of all our hearts

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 would be acceptable in your sight.

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 Oh Lord, our rock and our redeemer.

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 Amen.

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 Well, this is the third of our series

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 in soul-bearing psalms.

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 Soul-bearing because on one hand,

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 they lay our souls bare before God,

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 the one who knows our hearts.

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 Soul-bearing because having had our souls laid bare,

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 the psalms strengthen us, nourish us

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 to be strengthened and flourish

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 as we live in God's presence,

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 as God's people.

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 Over the last, the two psalms

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 over the last three weeks

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 have woven together some themes

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 that come together in this evening's psalm

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 as Peter and Neil spoke to them

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 over our past couple of studies

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 with seeing how Psalm 19

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 brings together creation

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 and the command of God

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 and how last week we saw

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 how praise is woven into the life

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 of God's people.

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 And both of these come together

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 as we've seen already

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 as we've read and sung Psalm 24,

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 our psalm for this evening.

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 But as the psalms do,

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 there's many ways,

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 many facets for looking at these themes.

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 And so we'll see this evening

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 a different glimpse

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 of how these things come together,

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 of how it is that

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 one who creates all things

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 is also the one who saves,

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 that the one who saves

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 is the one in whose presence

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 his people live.

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 Well, we've read the psalm.

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 I won't read it again,

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 but we'll be picking it up

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 point by point

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 as we go along this evening.

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 So I'd encourage you

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 to open your Bibles

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 and have them open in front of you.

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 It's a short psalm,

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 beautiful, powerful psalm.

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 And there's just two things

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 I want to note before we dig in.

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 Thing number one

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 to note before we dig in

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 is that psalms have contexts.

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 Those of you who are here

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 in the lead up to Easter

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 will remember the time

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 that we spent in Psalm 22.

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 And as part of that series,

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 Christian Hofstra stood in this spot

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 and mentioned to us

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 how Psalm 22 came

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 in a sequence of psalms,

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 which actually starts

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 in chapter in Psalm 20

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 and runs through to our psalm

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 in Psalm 24.

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 Psalms 20 and 21

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 are the prayer

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 for the anointed king

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 and rejoicing

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 in that king's strength.

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 Psalm 22 tells us

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 of the afflicted king

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 who is vindicated.

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 Psalm 23 speaks to us

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 of the shepherd king

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 who provides.

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 And so we come this evening

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 to Psalm 24,

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 the glorious king,

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 the king of glory.

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 And all of these five psalms

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 then weave together for us

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 a picture of the king,

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 who his people are

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 under the king

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 and how we all live together

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 in the presence of God.

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 How that longing,

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 perseverance,

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 provision,

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 trust,

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 faith

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 inform our minds

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 and hearts

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 as we come to Psalm 24.

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 Well, we won't be

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 picking up all of those themes

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 this evening,

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 but as you reflect

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 on the psalms,

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 I'd encourage you

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 just to have an eye out

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 for how the psalms

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 weave together

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 a picture for us

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 of God and people

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 in the world

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 to which he calls us to live.

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 Second thing to note

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 as we dig in

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 is that psalms,

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 in case you haven't noticed,

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 are poems.

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 They're poems.

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 And we see in the psalms

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 the discipline

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 and delight

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 of the poet's art

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 as the words

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 are woven together,

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 not just thrown together,

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 not that any of the words

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 of Scripture

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 are thrown together,

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 but woven with care

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 and sometimes

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 in striking ways.

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 And we want to just pause

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 and read a little bit slowly

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 as we see

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 the art and craft

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 of the poet employed

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 in the service

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 of the communion

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 of God.

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 It reminded me

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 as I was reflecting on this

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 of a modern hymn writer's line,

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 a hymn we sometimes sing,

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 come now fount

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 of every blessing,

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 tune my heart

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 to sing thy grace.

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 I think as we attend

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 to the poetry

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 of the psalm,

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 it's art and craft,

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 we have our hearts

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 tuned

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 to the psalmist's key.

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 So that's partly

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 what we want to do tonight

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 is spend a little time

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 reading the psalm

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 and then spend a little time

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 having the psalm read us.

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 So that's our two-point structure

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 for this evening's sermon.

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 We read Psalm 24.

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 And point two is

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 Psalm 24 reads us.

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 As is sometimes the case

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 with a few points,

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 there's a few sub-points

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 to go with that.

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 That's 15 sub-points

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 and you laugh.

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 Susan and I were watching

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 a conference sermon this week

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 and a terrific sermon.

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 It was really helpful.

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 And the speaker said,

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 well, it's the end of the day.

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 This is a hard slot to fill.

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 So just one-point sermon

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 this evening,

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 22 sub-points.

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 And people laughed,

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 but there were.

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 And so there are tonight,

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 not 22,

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 no,

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 just 15.

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 But in Psalm 24,

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 if you've got your Bible open,

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 you can see quite readily,

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 you can probably even see from there

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 that it falls into three

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 quite neat sections.

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 Verses one and two

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 speak of the creator.

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 Verses three to six

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 speak of the creature

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 who is also a worshiper.

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 Verses seven to ten

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 speak of the king.

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 And we often see these,

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 commentaries often see these

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 as three quite distinct sections.

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 And they are distinct,

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 but we'll want to revisit

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 this judgment

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 when Psalm 24 reads us.

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 How do these three parts

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 of the psalm connect together?

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 And we'll be able to make

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 a judgment about that

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 when we see what each part contains.

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 So,

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 we read Psalm 24,

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 we start at verse one,

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 and here's sub-point one.

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 God owns the world.

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 God owns all there is.

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 And already as we look at verse one,

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 we see the poet's art and craft

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 in the service of communion with God.

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 How is it that the earth

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 and the world are related?

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 And if we just pause for a moment

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 on this first line of the poem,

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 I think we'll already get to a sense

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 for the journey

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 that this psalmist is taking us on.

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 The earth.

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 We've heard of that before,

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 haven't we?

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 The earth is mentioned,

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 I've got it here,

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 approximately 2,508 times

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 in the Old Testament.

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 That's very common.

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 In fact,

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 it's the most inclusive way

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 of speaking

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 of the world

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 in which that God has made.

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 It's the earth.

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 And what about the earth?

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 It's fullness.

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 Say the old translations,

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 which I happen to like

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 from time to time.

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 Everything in it.

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 The earth is the Lord.

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 So the psalmist starts

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 by drawing the sphere

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 of God's ownership

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 as large as possible.

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 What's the next line?

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 The world

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 and all who live in it.

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 Now we might think,

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 well,

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 we've seen that already.

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 It's in the first part.

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 Ah,

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 not so fast.

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 We have a poet

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 at work here.

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 And in fact,

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 the word for world

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 is quite a special word.

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 It's only used

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 36 times.

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 It's only used

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 in poetry.

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 It always refers

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 to the ordered world

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 in which human beings live,

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 in which God sustains

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 by his power.

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 It's the place

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 that we inhabit

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 that God makes for us.

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 It's a very special place then.

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 And it's not just everything.

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 It's all who live in it.

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 It's every living being.

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 And in fact,

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 the way this is phrased,

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 it's a little bit like

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 being a citizen of the world.

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 It's the inhabitants.

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 It's you and me.

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 It's the people

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 who God has made

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 to live in this world.

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 So let's just step back

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 from verse 1 for a second.

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 So what do we see here?

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 The poet starts with

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 the largest imaginable

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 claim about what God has made

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 and what God owns

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 and then starts to focus in

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 on the world that God creates

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 for us

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 and for his human creatures

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 to inhabit.

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 So we get a sense already

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 of how the poet

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 is starting to use

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 this poem

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 to focus in

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 something about God

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 and people.

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 Not all the sub-points

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 will take that long.

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 Some of them

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 will be very short indeed.

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 But we've started a journey

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 in this case.

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 Point 2,

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 still in verse 1.

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 The Lord owns

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 all there is.

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 Well,

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 we'll see a question

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 and answer strategy

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 emerge in the later part

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 of the psalm.

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 But in a sense,

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 this first verse

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 also answers a question.

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 Now,

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 if I read it

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 two different ways,

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 you'll see what the questions are.

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 Let me try it.

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 the earth is the Lord's

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 and everything in it.

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 The earth is the Lord's

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 and everything in it.

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 Okay.

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 That's a subtle distinction.

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 But one question is,

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 what does the Lord own?

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 Well,

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 the Lord owns the earth

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 and everything in it.

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 The other question is,

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 whose is all this?

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 All this?

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 This is the Lord's.

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 And in fact,

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 the way the psalmist

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 sets it up,

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 it's pretty clear

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 that it's the second of these.

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 Who owns all this?

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 Do you own it?

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 Does some alien deity own it?

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 Who owns this?

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 The Lord owns this

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 and everything it contains.

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 Now,

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 it might seem a subtle point

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 just to focus

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 our attention there.

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 But I think,

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 I hope,

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 it will bear some fruit

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 as we read on.

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 Point three.

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 In verse two,

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 he founded it upon the seas

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 and established it

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 upon the waters.

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 Verse two gives us

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 the title deeds.

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 Why is this the Lord's?

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 Quite simply,

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 he made it.

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 It's his.

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 But we're quite used

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 to seeing and saying

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 these words

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 and we might miss

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 some of the oddity

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 that they bring us.

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 What kind of piece of work

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 is this?

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 Some of you will know

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 the song,

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 The Wise Men Built His House

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 Upon the Rock.

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 The Wise Men Built His House

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 Upon the Rock.

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 What's the Lord build on?

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 He founded it upon the seas

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 and established it

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 upon the waters.

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 Now, we've got architects

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 and builders

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 in this congregation.

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 I think they'd recommend to you

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 not to use this building strategy

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 yourself.

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 So what does the psalmist see

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 when he says

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 the Lord founded it

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 upon the seas

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 and established it

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 upon the waters?

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 Well, we need to get

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 a little sense

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 for a world

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 that we look out on

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 that is not ours.

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 I mean, we look up

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 and we look into

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 infinite space.

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 We see stars,

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 the closest star

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 light years away.

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 We see and know

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 that some of those stars

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 are galaxies

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 of billions of stars.

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 And we look down

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 and we see beyond

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 this platform

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 the Earth's crust,

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 magma,

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 tectonic plates.

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 If we keep going

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 in the neighborhood

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 of New Zealand,

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 come out the other side

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 in more infinite space.

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 that's not what

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 the psalmist saw.

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 The psalmist saw

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 a firmament

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 that God had put in place

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 and in that firmament

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 had placed stars

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 to be lights.

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 Looked down

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 and saw

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 the Earth

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 beneath

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 and saw

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 in that

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 ground

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 underneath it

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 the waters

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 of chaos

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 that threatened

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 human existence.

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 It's why we see

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 lines like this

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 in the Psalms.

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 This is Psalm 29,

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 verse 10.

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 The Lord sits

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 enthroned

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 on the flood.

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 Why is the Lord

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 enthroned

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 on the flood?

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 Because it's

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 in setting bounds

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 on these

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 subterranean

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 chaotic waters

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 that the Earth

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 can emerge,

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 that there can be

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 ordered life,

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 that there can be

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 agriculture,

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 that there can be

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 a flourishing

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 human society.

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 There's

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 dozens of passages

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 like this

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 in the Old Testament

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 once we start

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 to see them

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 in the book of Job

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 and in the Psalms

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 and in Isaiah

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 in particular.

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 So the work

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 of creation

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 that entitles

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 the Lord

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 to ownership,

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 this is the point

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 in verse 2,

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 is that it brings

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 about the possibility

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 of human flourishing

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 for our lives

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 to be lived

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 in this world

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 that is the Lord's

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 for he made it.

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 Point 4.

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 If verses 1 and 2

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 say that there's

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 an everywhere

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 that belongs

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 to the Lord,

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 verse 3 says

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 that there is

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 a here

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 which especially

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 matters.

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 Who may ascend

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 the hill

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 of the Lord?

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 Who may stand

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 in his holy

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 place?

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 There isn't

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 everywhere,

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 but there is

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 a here,

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 there is

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 a watery

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 foundation,

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 but there is

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 a mountain

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 of God.

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 And we

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 as pilgrims

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 now stand

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 at the bottom

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 of that mountain

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 looking up

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 and wondering

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 what it is

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 to be

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 in the presence

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 of God.

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 Point 5,

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 still in verse 3,

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 this assumes

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 that the mountain

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 of God

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 is a place

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 for human

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 habitation too.

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 And the language

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 does suggest

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 the journey

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 of the pilgrim

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 as the pilgrim

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 goes up

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 to Jerusalem

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 to the house

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 of God.

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 You'll remember

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 the set of psalms

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 that begin

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 in Psalm 120

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 and go through

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 to Psalm 134

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 and each one

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 of them

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 is called

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 the Song

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 of Ascents,

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 the Song

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 of Pilgrims

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 going up

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 to Jerusalem.

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 Probably the

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 clearest of these

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 that reflect

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 our theme

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 is in

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 Psalm 122.

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 I'll just read

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 you a couple

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 of verses

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 from it.

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 Jerusalem

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 is built

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 like a city

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 closely compacted

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 together.

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 That is where

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 the tribes

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 go up,

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 the tribes

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 of the Lord,

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 to praise

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 the name

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 of the Lord

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 according to

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 the statute

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 given to Israel.

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 It's that

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 impulse

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 to be a

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 pilgrim

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 to the place

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 of God

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 that we see

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 here in

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 this verse.

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 But who

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 may ascend

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 the hill

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 of the Lord?

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 We see

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 this question

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 asked.

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 Who can

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 stand in

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 his holy

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 place?

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 But we're

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 going up.

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 We're going

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 up.

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 Verse

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 4.6

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 if you're

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 keeping track

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 gives us

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 the moral

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 requirements

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 fitting for

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 the Lord's

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 holy place.

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 He who

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 has clean

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 hands

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 and a

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 pure heart.

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 That

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 answers the

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 question of

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 who.

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 The one

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 with clean

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 hands,

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 a pure

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 heart,

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 who does

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 not lift

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 up his

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 soul to

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 an idol

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 or swear

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 by what

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 is false.

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 Now there's

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 two other

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 places in

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 the Old

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 Testament

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 where we

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 read this

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 kind of

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 question and

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 answer.

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 One is in

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 Psalm 15,

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 just a few

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 psalms back.

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 If you want

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 to read it

00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:04.440
 later,

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 the whole

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 psalm fills

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 out some

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 of the

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 things that

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 we see in

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 these couple

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 of verses.

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 Another place

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 is in Isaiah

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 33, in

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 fact.

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 Isaiah 33

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 verses 14

00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.980
 to 16.

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 Where again

00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.500
 the question

00:17:19.500 --> 00:17:19.839
 is asked,

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 who can

00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:21.059
 stand in

00:17:21.059 --> 00:17:21.720
 this place?

00:17:22.420 --> 00:17:23.019
 God is a

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:23.900
 consuming fire.

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 And the

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 answer comes.

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 And it's a

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 remarkable answer.

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 And again,

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.419
 at the risk

00:17:32.419 --> 00:17:33.359
 of thinking

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 we're going

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 really slow

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 here.

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 Let's just

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 take a

00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:38.079
 lingering look

00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:38.539
 at verse

00:17:38.539 --> 00:17:39.000
 4.

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 He who

00:17:42.259 --> 00:17:42.699
 has,

00:17:42.839 --> 00:17:43.299
 or just

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.799
 says,

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:44.419
 if I

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 were giving

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 you sort

00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:45.719
 of my

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 version,

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 who may

00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:48.980
 stand in

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.459
 his holy

00:17:49.459 --> 00:17:50.000
 place,

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 the clean

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 handed,

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 the pure

00:17:53.179 --> 00:17:53.740
 hearted.

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 Very

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 terse

00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.299
 language.

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 And what

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 do we have

00:17:58.199 --> 00:17:58.599
 then with

00:17:58.599 --> 00:17:59.719
 hands and

00:17:59.719 --> 00:18:00.119
 heart?

00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.619
 that are

00:18:01.619 --> 00:18:02.519
 clean and

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:02.879
 pure?

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.679
 Well,

00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:05.500
 we have

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:06.779
 hands,

00:18:07.419 --> 00:18:08.199
 the external,

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 what we

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 do.

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 In Hebrew

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 thinking,

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.319
 the heart,

00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:14.199
 not an

00:18:14.199 --> 00:18:14.740
 emotive

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.259
 faculty,

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 but a

00:18:15.959 --> 00:18:16.500
 cognitive

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.099
 faculty.

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 It's what

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 I think

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 with.

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 So we

00:18:19.579 --> 00:18:20.179
 have our

00:18:20.179 --> 00:18:21.039
 thoughts

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.619
 and our

00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:22.019
 deeds

00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.500
 here,

00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.059
 positively

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.679
 framed.

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 It's what

00:18:25.199 --> 00:18:25.839
 we do

00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:27.019
 with

00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.740
 cleanness,

00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:28.519
 with

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.039
 purity.

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 And we

00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.720
 might think

00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:32.460
 this is a

00:18:32.460 --> 00:18:33.799
 very obvious

00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.579
 set pair,

00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.779
 comes up

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 everywhere.

00:18:36.639 --> 00:18:36.980
 Well,

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.079
 it's pretty

00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:38.579
 unusual,

00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.259
 in fact.

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.920
 We see it

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 one other

00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:40.839
 place in

00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:41.519
 the Psalms,

00:18:41.819 --> 00:18:42.799
 Psalm 73,

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 which,

00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.119
 as some

00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:44.359
 of you

00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:44.819
 might know,

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 is a

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.819
 fairly

00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:46.940
 downcast

00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.420
 song.

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 I'll

00:18:50.879 --> 00:18:51.339
 just read

00:18:51.339 --> 00:18:51.960
 a couple

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 of verses

00:18:52.460 --> 00:18:54.079
 from it

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:55.039
 for you.

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 Surely

00:18:57.139 --> 00:18:57.720
 God is

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.119
 good to

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.579
 Israel,

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.119
 to those

00:18:59.119 --> 00:18:59.559
 who are

00:18:59.559 --> 00:19:00.500
 pure in

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.940
 heart.

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.319
 But as

00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:02.700
 for me,

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.220
 my feet

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.759
 had almost

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.279
 slipped,

00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:04.759
 for I

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.819
 envied the

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.500
 arrogant when

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.059
 I saw the

00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.980
 prosperity of

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.359
 the wicked.

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:08.940
 Something,

00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:10.099
 it seems,

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.480
 to this

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:10.819
 psalmist

00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.299
 has gone

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.119
 wrong.

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 And in

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.759
 verse 13,

00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:14.680
 Surely

00:19:14.680 --> 00:19:15.440
 in vain I

00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:16.259
 have kept

00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.980
 my heart

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.480
 pure.

00:19:17.879 --> 00:19:18.659
 In vain I

00:19:18.659 --> 00:19:19.180
 have washed

00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:19.859
 my hands

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.659
 in innocence.

00:19:21.420 --> 00:19:22.399
 Echoing the

00:19:22.399 --> 00:19:22.779
 words of

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:23.359
 our song,

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.519
 implying that

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.019
 if I'm

00:19:26.019 --> 00:19:26.460
 leading this

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:26.839
 kind of

00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:27.139
 life,

00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:27.399
 there's

00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:27.879
 something I

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.180
 should be

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:28.799
 getting back

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.779
 from God.

00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:31.339
 Well,

00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:31.680
 there's one

00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:32.279
 other place

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.639
 then where

00:19:32.639 --> 00:19:33.220
 this language

00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.000
 also comes

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.359
 in the

00:19:34.359 --> 00:19:35.180
 Old Testament.

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.399
 There's one

00:19:36.399 --> 00:19:37.859
 person of

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.200
 whom it

00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:38.660
 is said

00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.319
 he had

00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:40.099
 clean hands

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.799
 and a

00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.440
 pure heart.

00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.220
 Should I

00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.420
 have a

00:19:44.420 --> 00:19:44.960
 prize?

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:45.759
 Anyone?

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:48.859
 No.

00:19:50.180 --> 00:19:50.559
 No.

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.000
 No.

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.059
 No.

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:53.059
 No.

00:19:53.599 --> 00:19:53.920
 No.

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.799
 Genesis

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.180
 20 gives

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.559
 us the

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.660
 second story

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.859
 of Abraham

00:20:00.859 --> 00:20:01.740
 passing off

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.240
 his wife

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.619
 as his

00:20:02.619 --> 00:20:02.879
 sister.

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.079
 Well,

00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.440
 she was

00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:03.639
 his

00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:03.899
 sister,

00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.200
 but

00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:04.859
 nonetheless,

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:06.379
 in a

00:20:06.379 --> 00:20:06.819
 kind of

00:20:06.819 --> 00:20:06.940
 way,

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.420
 we won't

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.879
 be going

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:08.359
 there

00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:09.059
 much.

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.359
 But there's

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.139
 a Canaanite

00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:13.200
 pagan king

00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.139
 named Abimelech

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:15.359
 who takes

00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:16.059
 Sarah into

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.960
 his household

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:19.319
 and God

00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.740
 comes to

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.059
 him in the

00:20:20.059 --> 00:20:20.399
 night and

00:20:20.399 --> 00:20:20.680
 says,

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.259
 you're a

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:21.779
 dead man.

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:22.680
 you've got

00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.319
 another man's

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.619
 wife.

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.680
 And Abimelech,

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.059
 that's the

00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.519
 name of the

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:25.740
 king,

00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.019
 says,

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:26.859
 but it was

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:27.359
 in the

00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:28.240
 cleanness of

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.759
 my hands

00:20:28.759 --> 00:20:29.019
 and the

00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.460
 purity of

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.000
 my heart

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:30.319
 that I

00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:30.799
 did this

00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.119
 thing.

00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:32.059
 I had

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.519
 integrity

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.039
 when I

00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:33.539
 did this.

00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:34.299
 And God

00:20:34.299 --> 00:20:34.859
 says in

00:20:34.859 --> 00:20:35.200
 the dream

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.460
 of the

00:20:35.460 --> 00:20:35.700
 night,

00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:37.599
 I know,

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:39.039
 that's why I

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.639
 prevented you

00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:40.079
 from doing

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:40.859
 anything wrong.

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.460
 It's fascinating

00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:43.079
 to think that

00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:43.460
 the one

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:44.339
 person in the

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.859
 Old Testament

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.339
 that has

00:20:45.339 --> 00:20:46.099
 this character

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:47.240
 is a little

00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:47.819
 bit like we

00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.279
 saw in this

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.799
 morning's

00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.079
 sermon,

00:20:49.639 --> 00:20:50.720
 one who

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.159
 is not

00:20:51.159 --> 00:20:52.139
 numbered among

00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:52.940
 the people

00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:53.519
 of God.

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:55.619
 But we

00:20:55.619 --> 00:20:56.200
 have then

00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:56.519
 in these

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:58.119
 first few

00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.799
 words the

00:20:58.799 --> 00:20:59.779
 positive side

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.180
 of what it

00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:00.740
 is to be

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.639
 one fit for

00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.279
 the presence

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:03.119
 of this

00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:03.579
 God.

00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:04.639
 In the

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:05.519
 next couple

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.200
 of lines,

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:09.879
 who does

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:10.619
 not lift up

00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:11.159
 his soul

00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:11.500
 to an

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.960
 idol or

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.859
 swear by

00:21:12.859 --> 00:21:13.299
 what is

00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:13.779
 false,

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.619
 we see

00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:15.299
 again the

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:16.619
 internal and

00:21:16.619 --> 00:21:18.839
 the

00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:20.879
 intentions

00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:22.879
 of the

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:24.279
 soul,

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.179
 the

00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:25.839
 swearing,

00:21:25.979 --> 00:21:26.479
 the speaking

00:21:26.479 --> 00:21:27.500
 of the

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.879
 mouth.

00:21:28.259 --> 00:21:28.699
 But in

00:21:28.699 --> 00:21:29.439
 negative

00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:30.359
 terms now,

00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:32.000
 what is

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.719
 purposed

00:21:32.719 --> 00:21:33.439
 towards

00:21:33.439 --> 00:21:34.359
 false

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.059
 gods

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:36.079
 and

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.899
 false

00:21:36.899 --> 00:21:37.639
 ends

00:21:37.639 --> 00:21:38.879
 ought not

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.479
 to be

00:21:39.479 --> 00:21:40.139
 for the

00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:40.979
 person who

00:21:40.979 --> 00:21:41.859
 comes into

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.399
 the presence

00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:42.839
 of this

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.239
 God.

00:21:44.659 --> 00:21:45.559
 So we

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.299
 see a

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.099
 remarkably

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.679
 complete

00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:48.379
 picture in

00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.759
 just this

00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:49.480
 very short

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.339
 verse of

00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.259
 things framed

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:53.359
 positively and

00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:54.839
 negatively of

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:56.099
 our thoughts,

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.779
 our words,

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.480
 and our

00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.960
 deeds as

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.639
 directed to

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.759
 God, our

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.759
 neighbor, and

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.319
 ourselves.

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.440
 It's a

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.200
 remarkably

00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:06.619
 comprehensive,

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.399
 ethical,

00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.059
 moral

00:22:09.059 --> 00:22:11.399
 guideline in

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.899
 a very

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:13.220
 small compass.

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.220
 God, our

00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:14.559
 love, and

00:22:14.559 --> 00:22:15.100
 it's who

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:17.259
 can stand

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.100
 in the

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:18.579
 presence

00:22:18.579 --> 00:22:20.000
 of God.

00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:20.819
 One who

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:21.519
 has clean

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.420
 hands, pure

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.140
 heart, does

00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.839
 not lift up

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.640
 his soul to

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:26.100
 an idol or

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:27.120
 swear by

00:22:27.120 --> 00:22:27.519
 what is

00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.039
 false.

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.039
 Point

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.700
 seven brings

00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.039
 us to

00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.860
 verse five.

00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:34.420
 This one

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.140
 will receive a

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.720
 blessing from

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.380
 the Lord and

00:22:36.380 --> 00:22:37.400
 vindication from

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.000
 God, his

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:38.380
 savior.

00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.720
 And here we

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.500
 see the ends

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.299
 of actions,

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.400
 not in terms

00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:44.440
 of payoff, as

00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:45.380
 the psalmist of

00:22:45.380 --> 00:22:46.160
 Psalm 73

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.320
 began to

00:22:47.320 --> 00:22:47.680
 think.

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:49.080
 Of course, the

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.700
 thing is resolved

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.240
 in a slightly

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.080
 different way in

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.960
 Psalm 73.

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:54.120
 But here, as it

00:22:54.120 --> 00:22:55.540
 comes to be

00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.360
 lived out in

00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:57.519
 the life of

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.960
 this worshiper

00:22:58.960 --> 00:22:59.860
 fit for the

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.860
 presence of

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.300
 God.

00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.440
 I'd like to

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.880
 slightly tweak

00:23:03.880 --> 00:23:04.500
 the translation

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.440
 here for us.

00:23:05.480 --> 00:23:06.500
 He will receive

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.580
 a blessing from

00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:07.900
 God.

00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.700
 I think better

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.360
 put here would

00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:10.640
 be he will

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.259
 bear.

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:12.920
 in his

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.400
 life.

00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.340
 A blessing

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:15.800
 from the

00:23:15.800 --> 00:23:16.660
 Lord and

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.400
 vindication,

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:18.040
 that is the

00:23:18.040 --> 00:23:19.660
 righteousness of

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.100
 God.

00:23:21.080 --> 00:23:22.080
 So it's not so

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:23.220
 much that do

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:23.940
 this and you

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:25.000
 get receive

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.820
 payment in

00:23:25.820 --> 00:23:27.160
 kind, but

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.880
 it's do this

00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.600
 and your life

00:23:28.600 --> 00:23:29.620
 bears in

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.960
 it these

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.019
 divine qualities

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.840
 of blessing

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 and of

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.660
 righteousness

00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:36.040
 that come

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:37.200
 for the one

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.940
 who is fit

00:23:37.940 --> 00:23:38.900
 for the hill

00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:39.500
 of the Lord

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 and his

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.280
 holy place.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:46.440
 verse 6.8

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:47.319
 it says here,

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.259
 such is the

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.079
 generation of

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.680
 those who

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.240
 seek him,

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.240
 those who

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:52.799
 seek your

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.339
 face,

00:23:53.899 --> 00:23:54.420
 O God of

00:23:54.420 --> 00:23:54.819
 Jacob.

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:55.759
 And it

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.200
 might not

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.759
 strike us

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.279
 until we

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.940
 pause to

00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.379
 see this

00:23:58.379 --> 00:23:58.879
 poet at

00:23:58.879 --> 00:23:59.279
 work that

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.740
 this is the

00:23:59.740 --> 00:24:00.339
 first time

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.599
 in the

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:00.960
 psalm we

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.859
 hit a

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.220
 plural.

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.139
 It's not

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:04.339
 about a

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:05.119
 singular you

00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:05.779
 or a him

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.379
 or a her.

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 It's about

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:08.019
 a them

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.139
 and a

00:24:09.139 --> 00:24:09.680
 those.

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.480
 It's not

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.180
 just about

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:13.099
 an individual.

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:15.000
 This is the

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.000
 generation of

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.639
 those who

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:18.079
 seek the

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.500
 Lord.

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.000
 Not only a

00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:22.379
 pilgrimage

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:23.920
 undertaken by

00:24:23.920 --> 00:24:24.779
 the individual,

00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.480
 but undertaken

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.440
 by all those

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.799
 who would

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.660
 belong to

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:29.180
 the God

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.220
 of Jacob.

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:33.380
 point nine

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:34.120
 brings us

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.559
 to the

00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:35.480
 latter part

00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:35.819
 of the

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.220
 psalm.

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:36.940
 Lift up

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.539
 your heads,

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:38.420
 O you

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:38.880
 gates.

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:40.720
 And in

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:42.420
 verses seven

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.460
 and verse nine,

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:43.960
 lift up

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.460
 your heads,

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.000
 O you

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.319
 gates.

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:46.319
 This very

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:47.120
 clear,

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.860
 repeated

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.799
 pattern.

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.579
 Perhaps

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.720
 one of the

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.380
 most famous

00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.160
 or at least

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.720
 one of the

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.559
 most resonant

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.579
 portions of

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.240
 our psalm.

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.339
 If there's

00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:58.160
 any Messiah

00:24:58.160 --> 00:24:59.460
 fans here,

00:24:59.519 --> 00:24:59.700
 I mean,

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.259
 Handel's

00:25:00.259 --> 00:25:01.380
 Messiah now.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.819
 Lots of

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.759
 Messiah fans

00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:05.039
 here.

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:07.259
 You might

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.920
 know that

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.960
 in part two

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.259
 of the

00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:09.720
 Messiah,

00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.640
 scene two,

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.840
 movement 33,

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:13.180
 these are the

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:14.400
 words that

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.240
 Handel uses

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.340
 to sing the

00:25:17.340 --> 00:25:18.160
 declaration of

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.759
 the ascension

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.480
 of the

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:19.920
 resurrected

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.539
 Christ.

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.580
 And this

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.039
 is the

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.680
 section that

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.200
 leads some

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.740
 people to

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.360
 believe that

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.160
 the words

00:25:28.160 --> 00:25:28.880
 of Psalm

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.840
 24 have

00:25:29.840 --> 00:25:30.200
 to do

00:25:30.200 --> 00:25:30.440
 with

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.340
 perhaps

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:32.520
 a

00:25:32.520 --> 00:25:33.000
 celebration

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.740
 of the

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.580
 procession

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:35.160
 of the

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.580
 Ark of

00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:35.740
 the

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.040
 Covenant

00:25:36.040 --> 00:25:36.580
 into the

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:36.940
 temple,

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.920
 even though

00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.320
 we have

00:25:38.320 --> 00:25:38.960
 no evidence

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:39.840
 for a

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.180
 celebration

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:40.660
 of the

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.160
 procession

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.400
 of the

00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:41.700
 Ark of

00:25:41.700 --> 00:25:41.840
 the

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.080
 Covenant

00:25:42.080 --> 00:25:42.960
 into the

00:25:42.960 --> 00:25:43.280
 temple.

00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:43.580
 But it

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:43.760
 just,

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.440
 it has

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:45.020
 that kind

00:25:45.020 --> 00:25:45.720
 of evocative

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.380
 language,

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.040
 doesn't it?

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:49.380
 Here again,

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.840
 we need to

00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.220
 make the

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.800
 psalm just

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.100
 a little

00:25:51.100 --> 00:25:51.940
 bit strange.

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.660
 lift up

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.120
 your heads

00:25:54.120 --> 00:25:54.420
 or you

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:54.720
 gates,

00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.200
 be lifted

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:55.539
 up your

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.840
 ancient

00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.080
 doors.

00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.820
 We picture

00:25:56.820 --> 00:25:57.320
 the port

00:25:57.320 --> 00:25:58.100
 collis being

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.960
 flung up.

00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.740
 Is that

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.019
 what you

00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:00.380
 picture?

00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.420
 Don't

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.080
 picture that.

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.420
 The gates

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:06.019
 of ancient

00:26:06.019 --> 00:26:06.600
 Near Eastern

00:26:06.600 --> 00:26:07.400
 cities,

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.000
 temples,

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.559
 all of

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.059
 them,

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:11.920
 swung on

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.299
 hinges,

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.920
 just like

00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:13.440
 our doors

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.680
 do.

00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.400
 I think

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.080
 it's kind

00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.620
 of important

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:16.980
 to get

00:26:16.980 --> 00:26:17.660
 that picture

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:17.960
 in our

00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.240
 minds,

00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:19.400
 because these

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.920
 gates aren't

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:20.420
 going to keep

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:20.820
 out this

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.180
 king.

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:21.680
 It's not

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.120
 a question

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.279
 of requesting

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.680
 them to

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.200
 be open.

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:25.519
 So what's

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:26.220
 going on

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.060
 when it

00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:27.400
 says,

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.160
 lift up

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.620
 your heads

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:28.940
 or you

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.279
 gates,

00:26:29.400 --> 00:26:29.759
 be lifted

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.140
 up your

00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:30.480
 ancient

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.980
 doors?

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.100
 Well,

00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:32.519
 here in

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.240
 this world

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.700
 that God

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.120
 has made,

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.740
 there seems

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.160
 that there

00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.640
 is something

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.279
 of human

00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:37.140
 fabrication

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.720
 too,

00:26:38.660 --> 00:26:38.940
 but

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.220
 personified.

00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:41.940
 Lift up

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.560
 your heads.

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:44.080
 It's inviting

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.720
 the entranceway

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.220
 to the king

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.779
 of glory

00:26:46.779 --> 00:26:47.300
 to be

00:26:47.300 --> 00:26:48.320
 jubilant,

00:26:48.840 --> 00:26:49.440
 to be

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.180
 exultant,

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.820
 to be

00:26:50.820 --> 00:26:51.279
 joyful,

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.779
 to be

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:54.000
 proud,

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.600
 because of

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.160
 who's going

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:57.120
 to come

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:58.279
 through those

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.759
 gates.

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.460
 Stand

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.920
 tall,

00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.340
 be exultant

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:03.220
 at the

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.920
 coming king.

00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.400
 And finally,

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:06.960
 in verses

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.940
 8 and 10,

00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:09.039
 who is this

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.900
 king of glory?

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.440
 And we

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:11.880
 have an

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.460
 answer that

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.060
 again might

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:14.740
 strike us

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.220
 as a little

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.460
 bit surprising.

00:27:18.600 --> 00:27:19.560
 Who is this

00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.279
 king of glory?

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:21.360
 Well,

00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.940
 it's pretty

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.940
 military,

00:27:23.300 --> 00:27:23.880
 in fact.

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.120
 The Lord

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.900
 strong and

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.200
 mighty,

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.840
 the Lord

00:27:26.840 --> 00:27:28.200
 mighty in

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.519
 battle.

00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:28.900
 In fact,

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.300
 we could

00:27:29.300 --> 00:27:30.240
 say a

00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:31.060
 battle-hardened

00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:32.240
 warrior for

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.279
 that second

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.660
 line.

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.820
 And in

00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:36.440
 verse 10,

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:37.360
 who is this

00:27:37.360 --> 00:27:38.120
 king of glory?

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.259
 The Lord

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.779
 Almighty,

00:27:40.380 --> 00:27:41.220
 which older

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:42.279
 translations will

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.960
 give us as

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.340
 the Lord of

00:27:44.340 --> 00:27:44.920
 hosts,

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.340
 and which we,

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.620
 some of us,

00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.259
 become used

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.659
 to singing

00:27:48.659 --> 00:27:49.759
 in Chris

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.459
 Tomlin's

00:27:50.459 --> 00:27:51.279
 yet more

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.319
 literal translation

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.899
 of this

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.419
 phrase.

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.459
 I know

00:27:55.459 --> 00:27:56.039
 who goes

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.719
 before me.

00:27:57.239 --> 00:27:57.759
 I know

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.439
 who stands

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:58.959
 behind.

00:27:59.959 --> 00:28:00.919
 The God

00:28:00.919 --> 00:28:01.599
 of angel

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.099
 armies

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:03.500
 is always

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.079
 by my

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.459
 side.

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.559
 This is

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.719
 the king

00:28:06.719 --> 00:28:07.299
 of glory

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.939
 who's

00:28:07.939 --> 00:28:08.259
 entering

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.639
 in.

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:11.700
 Well,

00:28:12.020 --> 00:28:13.000
 that's the

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.580
 ten sub

00:28:13.580 --> 00:28:14.020
 points,

00:28:14.280 --> 00:28:15.020
 and there

00:28:15.020 --> 00:28:17.180
 is yet

00:28:17.180 --> 00:28:17.780
 more that

00:28:17.780 --> 00:28:18.180
 could be

00:28:18.180 --> 00:28:18.520
 said,

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.000
 but we'll

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.660
 leave it

00:28:19.660 --> 00:28:19.960
 there.

00:28:20.220 --> 00:28:21.040
 I hope

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.860
 that's been

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.240
 a help,

00:28:22.360 --> 00:28:23.080
 just reading

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:23.960
 Psalm 24

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.640
 and seeing

00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:25.280
 perhaps some

00:28:25.280 --> 00:28:25.980
 facets of it

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.340
 that we

00:28:26.340 --> 00:28:27.280
 might not

00:28:27.280 --> 00:28:28.480
 have contemplated

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.020
 before.

00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:30.400
 But having

00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:31.640
 read Psalm

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:32.540
 24 and

00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:32.920
 with some

00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:33.259
 of those

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.820
 thoughts in

00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.140
 mind,

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.640
 we want

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.140
 to let

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:36.580
 Psalm 24

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:38.040
 read us.

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.320
 You'll be

00:28:39.320 --> 00:28:39.720
 glad to

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.040
 know we've

00:28:40.040 --> 00:28:40.860
 got only

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:41.880
 five sub

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.580
 points now.

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.420
 First of

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.640
 all,

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:45.920
 then,

00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:47.220
 I want

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.680
 to revisit

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.780
 that question

00:28:48.780 --> 00:28:49.300
 we posed

00:28:49.300 --> 00:28:49.759
 about the

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.400
 three sections

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:50.759
 of the

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.140
 Psalm at

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.540
 the beginning.

00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:51.900
 We can

00:28:51.900 --> 00:28:52.259
 see them

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.000
 quite clearly.

00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.080
 Creator,

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.900
 creature,

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:55.700
 king.

00:28:56.880 --> 00:28:57.560
 But I

00:28:57.560 --> 00:28:57.920
 hope you

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.300
 can see

00:28:58.300 --> 00:28:58.780
 now how

00:28:58.780 --> 00:28:59.340
 they work

00:28:59.340 --> 00:28:59.940
 together to

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.320
 give us

00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.980
 one

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:02.360
 interdependent

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:04.040
 picture as

00:29:04.040 --> 00:29:04.540
 we start

00:29:04.540 --> 00:29:04.920
 with the

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.960
 very foundations

00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:06.640
 of God's

00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:07.040
 created

00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:07.460
 order.

00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:09.000
 And then

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.640
 work up

00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.100
 to the

00:29:10.100 --> 00:29:10.580
 world that

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:10.940
 humans

00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.400
 inhabit.

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.640
 And then

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.360
 stand at

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:13.800
 the bottom

00:29:13.800 --> 00:29:14.100
 of the

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.620
 mountain of

00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.120
 God and

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.640
 look up.

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.480
 And as

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.820
 we look

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.020
 up,

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.520
 ask,

00:29:18.040 --> 00:29:18.540
 can we

00:29:18.540 --> 00:29:19.060
 go up

00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.580
 this

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.960
 mountain?

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:22.220
 And as

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.660
 the king

00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.200
 comes,

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.140
 the cry

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:24.900
 goes out

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:26.240
 to the

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:28.300
 gates on

00:29:28.300 --> 00:29:28.820
 the pinnacle

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:29.100
 of the

00:29:29.100 --> 00:29:29.560
 mountain to

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.759
 be lifted

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.220
 up.

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:32.660
 And you

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.100
 can see

00:29:33.100 --> 00:29:33.380
 that we're

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.920
 going up,

00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:34.380
 up,

00:29:34.580 --> 00:29:34.820
 up,

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.120
 up.

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.779
 who can

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:38.259
 go up

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.659
 the hill

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:38.879
 of the

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.059
 Lord?

00:29:39.159 --> 00:29:39.519
 Who can,

00:29:39.699 --> 00:29:40.099
 the word

00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:40.399
 isn't

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.939
 actually

00:29:40.939 --> 00:29:41.479
 stand,

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.959
 I'm afraid

00:29:41.959 --> 00:29:42.339
 to tell

00:29:42.339 --> 00:29:42.639
 you again,

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.239
 it's who

00:29:43.239 --> 00:29:44.239
 can arise

00:29:44.239 --> 00:29:45.199
 in his

00:29:45.199 --> 00:29:46.019
 holy place

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.939
 as if

00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:48.000
 standing up

00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:48.519
 from kneeling?

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:49.359
 Who can

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.299
 ascend it?

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:51.199
 And then you

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:51.639
 have the

00:29:51.639 --> 00:29:51.939
 gates

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.879
 themselves

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:55.099
 proud,

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:56.239
 exultant,

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.399
 rejoicing

00:29:57.399 --> 00:29:58.519
 at the name,

00:29:58.779 --> 00:29:59.359
 at the coming

00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.239
 of the

00:30:00.239 --> 00:30:01.079
 creator king.

00:30:01.079 --> 00:30:01.980
 I think we

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.079
 see one

00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.019
 movement from

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.559
 bottom to

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.939
 top.

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.460
 And I

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.899
 think there

00:30:06.899 --> 00:30:07.299
 is one

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.899
 other place

00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:08.359
 in the,

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:10.000
 if this

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.500
 helps,

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.299
 in the

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.599
 Bible,

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.319
 where we

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:13.339
 see a

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.159
 dynamic like

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:14.740
 this one.

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.619
 And it

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.279
 was when a

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.199
 king came

00:30:17.199 --> 00:30:18.099
 into Jerusalem.

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.399
 In Luke's

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:20.480
 account of

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.759
 the triumphal

00:30:21.759 --> 00:30:22.179
 entry,

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.819
 Jesus is

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:25.039
 being acclaimed

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.980
 as the

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.319
 coming king.

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:31.139
 blessed

00:30:31.139 --> 00:30:31.659
 be the

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:32.519
 king who

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.059
 comes in

00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:34.359
 the name

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.679
 of the

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:34.980
 Lord.

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.740
 And the

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.419
 disciples who

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.759
 are saying

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.079
 this are

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.779
 rebuked.

00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.720
 And Jesus

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.579
 replies,

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:41.220
 I tell you,

00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.639
 if these

00:30:41.639 --> 00:30:42.319
 were silent,

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.919
 the very

00:30:43.919 --> 00:30:44.740
 stones would

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.359
 cry out.

00:30:46.159 --> 00:30:46.559
 And it's as if

00:30:46.559 --> 00:30:47.639
 Psalm 24 is

00:30:47.639 --> 00:30:48.700
 giving us this

00:30:48.700 --> 00:30:49.259
 picture where

00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.220
 actually the

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.779
 stones are

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.220
 crying out,

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.000
 the stones are

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.899
 standing erect

00:30:52.899 --> 00:30:53.919
 at the coming

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:55.159
 king as

00:30:55.159 --> 00:30:56.500
 God's people

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.299
 gather,

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:58.279
 to worship.

00:30:59.960 --> 00:31:00.519
 So that's,

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:01.099
 I hope,

00:31:01.259 --> 00:31:01.859
 gives us a

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.359
 sense for

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:03.079
 the shape of

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.839
 this psalm and

00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:05.139
 maybe starts to

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:06.039
 suggest how it

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.259
 claims us.

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:09.079
 So briefly,

00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:10.000
 a second point.

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.139
 What is the

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.000
 setting for

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.700
 this psalm?

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.200
 I hinted a

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.700
 little bit

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.839
 earlier that

00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:17.099
 there are some

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.220
 speculations about

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:19.159
 where this

00:31:19.159 --> 00:31:19.759
 psalm comes

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.119
 from.

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:22.000
 Is it part of

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.240
 a liturgical

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:24.960
 movement?

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:25.980
 Is it part of

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.839
 a seasonal

00:31:26.839 --> 00:31:27.279
 celebration?

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.299
 Was it used

00:31:28.299 --> 00:31:28.859
 as an

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:29.619
 enthronement

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:29.899
 psalm?

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:31.079
 How was it

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.339
 used?

00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:31.819
 And the

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.639
 very short

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.379
 answer is,

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.379
 we don't

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:35.659
 know.

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:37.200
 It doesn't

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.519
 say.

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.099
 So what

00:31:39.099 --> 00:31:40.019
 does the

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.940
 psalm tell

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.639
 us about

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.159
 itself?

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.859
 What's this

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.839
 psalm about?

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:43.939
 God?

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:47.919
 It affirms the

00:31:47.919 --> 00:31:48.980
 basis on

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.619
 which God

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.559
 and people

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.659
 live together,

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:53.259
 quite simply.

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.819
 The

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.599
 creator king

00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.119
 comes to

00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.759
 his people.

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.419
 Who are

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:58.879
 the people

00:31:58.879 --> 00:32:00.019
 fit for the

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.779
 creator king?

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.579
 It's just

00:32:02.579 --> 00:32:04.559
 one thought,

00:32:04.879 --> 00:32:05.299
 really.

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.839
 It affirms

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.480
 the basis

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.639
 on which God

00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:09.220
 and people

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.619
 live together.

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:10.719
 other.

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.679
 So how

00:32:13.679 --> 00:32:14.119
 does that

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.739
 claim us?

00:32:14.939 --> 00:32:15.739
 Third thing,

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.859
 how does

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.899
 creation claim

00:32:17.899 --> 00:32:18.299
 us?

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:20.219
 In verses

00:32:20.219 --> 00:32:20.979
 one and

00:32:20.979 --> 00:32:21.339
 two.

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.279
 We have

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.219
 a very

00:32:25.219 --> 00:32:25.939
 understandable

00:32:25.939 --> 00:32:27.679
 tendency to

00:32:27.679 --> 00:32:28.319
 think that we

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.859
 see in

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.979
 creation a

00:32:29.979 --> 00:32:30.839
 powerful God

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.859
 and that's

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:33.000
 amazing and

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.979
 that's true.

00:32:33.980 --> 00:32:35.779
 But that's

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.160
 one of the

00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:36.759
 reasons why

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.299
 I spent a

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.779
 little bit of

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:38.440
 time trying

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.900
 to give us

00:32:38.900 --> 00:32:39.740
 another view

00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:40.079
 of the

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.860
 universe that

00:32:40.860 --> 00:32:41.740
 isn't ours.

00:32:42.180 --> 00:32:42.700
 It's the view

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.120
 of these

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:44.400
 pre-scientific

00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:45.279
 psalmists.

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.940
 They look at

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:47.559
 the ordered

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.059
 world,

00:32:48.360 --> 00:32:48.960
 the firmament

00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:49.380
 above,

00:32:49.620 --> 00:32:50.860
 the ground

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.380
 beneath,

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.779
 see that the

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.819
 world flourishes

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:55.819
 and this is the

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.599
 response that

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.200
 they have.

00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.579
 Fearing the

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:01.400
 God who can

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:02.620
 subdue chaos.

00:33:03.980 --> 00:33:05.559
 loyal to

00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:06.099
 the one who

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:06.440
 made it

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.140
 possible for

00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:07.480
 me to

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.819
 live.

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.579
 Trust in

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.200
 the one who

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.059
 sustains the

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.620
 world so

00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.880
 that life can

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.460
 flourish.

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.240
 In fact,

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.019
 this is exactly

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:18.460
 Moses' logic

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:20.299
 as he's

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.160
 instructing the

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.620
 people of

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.599
 Israel before

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.279
 they enter the

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.980
 promised land

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.779
 in Deuteronomy

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.200
 10.

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.720
 Just a couple

00:33:26.720 --> 00:33:27.259
 of verses

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.079
 there.

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.440
 Deuteronomy

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.839
 10,

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.779
 verse 14.

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.380
 Moses says

00:33:32.380 --> 00:33:33.039
 to the people,

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.920
 to the Lord

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.700
 your God

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:35.500
 belongs the

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.000
 heavens,

00:33:36.460 --> 00:33:36.920
 even the

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.779
 highest heavens,

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.100
 the earth

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:40.279
 and everything

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.779
 in it.

00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.840
 Sounds familiar,

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.480
 doesn't it?

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.940
 So what's the

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.440
 corollary?

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.840
 What's the

00:33:44.840 --> 00:33:45.840
 implication of

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:46.120
 that?

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.360
 He continues,

00:33:48.779 --> 00:33:49.539
 Moses does,

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.220
 fear the

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.880
 Lord your

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:53.080
 God and

00:33:53.080 --> 00:33:53.800
 serve him.

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.259
 Hold fast

00:33:55.259 --> 00:33:55.800
 to him

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:57.000
 and take

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.620
 your oaths

00:33:57.620 --> 00:33:58.539
 in his name.

00:33:58.880 --> 00:33:59.980
 He is the

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:00.900
 one you

00:34:00.900 --> 00:34:01.480
 praise.

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:03.140
 He is

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.820
 your God

00:34:03.820 --> 00:34:05.020
 who performed

00:34:05.020 --> 00:34:05.520
 for you

00:34:05.520 --> 00:34:06.759
 great and

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.680
 awesome wonders.

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.539
 In a sense,

00:34:08.640 --> 00:34:09.119
 that's our

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:10.220
 Psalm 24

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:11.480
 in a nutshell.

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.680
 That's how it

00:34:12.680 --> 00:34:13.579
 claims us.

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:14.480
 By

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:16.280
 demanding of us,

00:34:16.280 --> 00:34:17.039
 if we see it,

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:18.280
 once we see it,

00:34:19.180 --> 00:34:20.160
 demanding of us

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:21.420
 our loyalty,

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.599
 demanding of us

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.680
 our trust,

00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.860
 demanding of us

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:28.420
 our obedience,

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.619
 obedience.

00:34:29.700 --> 00:34:30.420
 Which leads

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.460
 us forth

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:33.340
 to consider

00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:33.900
 a little bit

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.420
 more this

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:35.220
 response in

00:34:35.220 --> 00:34:35.820
 verses 3

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.480
 to 5,

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.579
 the identity

00:34:38.579 --> 00:34:39.340
 of the one

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:39.940
 who's able

00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:40.579
 to stand

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.960
 on the hill

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.559
 of the Lord.

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:44.300
 Now,

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:44.900
 there is one

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:45.840
 way of thinking

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.400
 about this

00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:47.000
 question and

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.579
 answer that

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.180
 could go like

00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:48.519
 this.

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.059
 Who may

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:49.920
 ascend the

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.320
 hill of the

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.619
 Lord?

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:51.880
 Well,

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.519
 he who has

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.119
 clean hands

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.559
 and a pure

00:34:53.559 --> 00:34:54.000
 heart.

00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.480
 Forget it.

00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:58.679
 no one

00:34:58.679 --> 00:34:59.240
 can stand

00:34:59.240 --> 00:34:59.480
 in the

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.740
 hill of

00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.119
 the Lord.

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:02.960
 I understand

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.800
 that reading,

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:05.219
 but I don't

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:06.059
 think that's

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.360
 what the

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.079
 psalmist wants

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.639
 us to see

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:07.920
 here.

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:08.280
 I don't

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:08.800
 think that's

00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:09.579
 what Psalm

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.380
 15 wants

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.860
 us to see.

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.300
 That's not

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.280
 what Isaiah

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.340
 33 wants

00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:13.960
 us to see.

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.800
 Unless this

00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:17.280
 seemed like

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:17.599
 an Old

00:35:17.599 --> 00:35:18.400
 Testament thing,

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.019
 let me just

00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.960
 point to the

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:21.039
 one place in

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.360
 the New

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.659
 Testament where

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.240
 this language

00:35:23.240 --> 00:35:23.940
 comes together

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.539
 in quite a

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.619
 striking way.

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:28.819
 we pointed

00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.279
 out the

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.799
 hands and

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.400
 heart in

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:31.559
 Psalm 73

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:31.980
 and in

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.500
 this pagan

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:32.839
 king.

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.019
 Well,

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.539
 there's one

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:35.159
 hands and

00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.019
 heart passage

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.659
 in the

00:35:36.659 --> 00:35:37.299
 New Testament

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:38.779
 and it's

00:35:38.779 --> 00:35:39.380
 in James

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:40.619
 chapter 4

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:42.880
 and I'll

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.380
 just read

00:35:43.380 --> 00:35:44.679
 you the

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:46.239
 key bit.

00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.099
 James

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:51.099
 chapter 4

00:35:51.099 --> 00:35:52.619
 at verse

00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.579
 8.

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:55.980
 Come

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:56.460
 near to

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.639
 God and

00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:58.019
 he will

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.480
 come near

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.039
 to you.

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.659
 In a

00:35:59.659 --> 00:35:59.940
 sense,

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.639
 that's our

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.139
 psalm.

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.119
 The

00:36:02.119 --> 00:36:02.440
 creator

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.719
 king comes

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.019
 to his

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.400
 people.

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.019
 Who are

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.440
 the people

00:36:05.440 --> 00:36:05.880
 fit for

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.360
 the creator

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.799
 king?

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.380
 Come

00:36:08.380 --> 00:36:08.719
 near to

00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.139
 God and

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.440
 he will

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:09.819
 come near

00:36:09.819 --> 00:36:10.360
 to you.

00:36:11.299 --> 00:36:11.659
 Wash

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.420
 your hands,

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.199
 you sinners.

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.659
 Purify

00:36:14.659 --> 00:36:15.900
 your hearts,

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.500
 you double

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.940
 minded.

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.279
 Grieve,

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.719
 mourn,

00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.219
 and wail.

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.119
 Change your

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.699
 laughter to

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.000
 mourning,

00:36:21.139 --> 00:36:21.779
 your joy to

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.199
 gloom.

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:23.699
 humble

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:24.279
 yourselves

00:36:24.279 --> 00:36:24.919
 before the

00:36:24.919 --> 00:36:25.219
 Lord.

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:26.980
 He will

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.359
 lift you

00:36:27.359 --> 00:36:27.719
 up.

00:36:28.779 --> 00:36:29.319
 That's

00:36:29.319 --> 00:36:30.739
 Psalm 24

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:32.500
 quite neatly.

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:33.960
 Wash

00:36:33.960 --> 00:36:34.719
 your hands,

00:36:35.359 --> 00:36:36.119
 purify your

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:36.639
 hearts,

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.659
 and remember

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.859
 that

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:40.859
 Pastor James

00:36:40.859 --> 00:36:41.819
 is writing

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.480
 to churches,

00:36:42.919 --> 00:36:43.299
 is writing

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.000
 to Christians

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.019
 with these

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.460
 words.

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.259
 And he's

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:47.059
 elaborating

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:48.279
 here on

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:49.619
 how friendship

00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.400
 with the

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:51.440
 world is

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:51.960
 enmity

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:53.159
 with God

00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:54.599
 in terms

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.779
 that very

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:56.739
 much resonate

00:36:56.739 --> 00:36:57.739
 with Psalm

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:58.559
 24.

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.539
 So the

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:01.319
 question of

00:37:01.319 --> 00:37:02.219
 Psalm 24

00:37:02.219 --> 00:37:03.920
 3,

00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:05.000
 who may

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.559
 ascend the

00:37:05.559 --> 00:37:05.839
 hill of

00:37:05.839 --> 00:37:06.319
 the Lord,

00:37:06.779 --> 00:37:07.539
 invites us

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:07.940
 then to

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.900
 test ourselves

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:10.000
 what has

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.759
 been my

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:12.039
 response to

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.619
 the creator

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.059
 king?

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.299
 Have I

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.480
 responded to

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.000
 the creator

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.420
 king?

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:18.019
 And because

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.619
 this isn't

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.099
 just a

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.639
 me thing,

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.280
 it's the

00:37:20.280 --> 00:37:20.980
 generation

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:22.039
 of those

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.500
 who seek

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.960
 the Lord,

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.820
 have we,

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:27.099
 have we

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.360
 responded

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.539
 rightly to

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.119
 the creator

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:30.559
 king?

00:37:35.900 --> 00:37:36.880
 Which brings

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.619
 me to

00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:38.700
 point 5.

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.680
 So is

00:37:40.680 --> 00:37:41.900
 Jesus then

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.420
 in this

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.900
 psalm?

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.720
 Well,

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.039
 I think

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.700
 he is.

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.059
 Perhaps

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.480
 not at

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.820
 the point

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:48.300
 where we

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:49.079
 might first

00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.260
 have

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.619
 thought.

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.260
 The

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.119
 God of

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.740
 salvation

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:55.059
 comes up

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.500
 in verse

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:55.940
 5.

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.840
 And again,

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.340
 we didn't

00:37:57.340 --> 00:37:58.659
 pause at

00:37:58.659 --> 00:37:59.159
 every word.

00:37:59.280 --> 00:37:59.659
 You might

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.019
 have felt

00:38:00.019 --> 00:38:00.480
 we did.

00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:03.579
 Who may

00:38:03.579 --> 00:38:04.099
 ascend the

00:38:04.099 --> 00:38:04.360
 hill of

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:04.760
 the Lord?

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.519
 This

00:38:05.519 --> 00:38:06.079
 person,

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:07.280
 verse 4.

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.920
 Verse 5,

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.460
 he will

00:38:09.460 --> 00:38:10.260
 bear a

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.039
 blessing from

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.480
 the Lord

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.280
 and vindication

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:12.920
 from God,

00:38:13.000 --> 00:38:13.320
 his

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:14.840
 savior.

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:14.960
 savior.

00:38:16.160 --> 00:38:16.800
 Savior.

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:19.000
 What is

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.460
 there that

00:38:19.460 --> 00:38:20.500
 needs saving

00:38:20.500 --> 00:38:21.559
 here for

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:22.140
 one who

00:38:22.140 --> 00:38:23.400
 is fit to

00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:24.000
 stand in

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.680
 God's

00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:25.100
 presence?

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.980
 Well,

00:38:28.300 --> 00:38:30.480
 as we

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.100
 read these

00:38:31.100 --> 00:38:31.740
 with Christian

00:38:31.740 --> 00:38:32.260
 eyes,

00:38:33.180 --> 00:38:34.620
 we see

00:38:34.620 --> 00:38:35.420
 that Christ

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:35.880
 is the

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:37.380
 one in

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.019
 whom all

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.539
 God's

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:39.039
 promises,

00:38:39.660 --> 00:38:40.039
 God's

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.400
 covenant,

00:38:40.940 --> 00:38:41.600
 the arrangements

00:38:41.600 --> 00:38:42.180
 that God

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:43.039
 made with

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.579
 his people

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:44.079
 Israel,

00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:46.139
 find their

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:48.320
 yes in

00:38:48.320 --> 00:38:48.880
 Jesus.

00:38:49.840 --> 00:38:50.320
 It's

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:51.259
 through

00:38:51.259 --> 00:38:52.179
 Jesus being

00:38:52.179 --> 00:38:53.019
 the victorious

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:55.199
 king that

00:38:55.199 --> 00:38:55.880
 all God's

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.840
 promises find

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.460
 their yes.

00:38:57.719 --> 00:38:58.199
 How it

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.759
 is that

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.380
 divine

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:00.360
 righteousness,

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.699
 divine

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:03.380
 blessing can

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:05.019
 be ours from

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.539
 the savior

00:39:05.539 --> 00:39:06.119
 God.

00:39:07.159 --> 00:39:07.779
 I think in

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.340
 some ways

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.440
 we're back

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:10.259
 at this

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:10.820
 morning's

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.139
 sermon.

00:39:11.139 --> 00:39:11.879
 sermon for

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.359
 those of

00:39:12.359 --> 00:39:13.019
 you who

00:39:13.019 --> 00:39:13.559
 were here.

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:13.980
 Andy

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.599
 Hunter was

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.659
 speaking of

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:17.940
 Jesus teaching

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.759
 in Luke 11,

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.940
 finished with

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.779
 these words.

00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:22.099
 Blessed,

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.000
 blessed,

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.440
 are those who

00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:26.579
 hear the

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.000
 word of

00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:28.819
 God and

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:29.319
 keep it,

00:39:30.119 --> 00:39:30.639
 heed it,

00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:31.819
 attend to

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.019
 it,

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.199
 obey it.

00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:37.579
 the creator

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.679
 king comes

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.159
 for his

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.619
 people.

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.079
 Are his

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.839
 people fit

00:39:41.839 --> 00:39:42.559
 for the

00:39:42.559 --> 00:39:43.699
 presence of

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.239
 the creator

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:44.679
 king?

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.179
 Clearly,

00:39:47.299 --> 00:39:47.460
 then,

00:39:47.500 --> 00:39:47.839
 there's a

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:48.539
 strong claim

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:48.980
 on those

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:50.019
 of us who

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.579
 identify

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.879
 ourselves as

00:39:51.879 --> 00:39:52.399
 God's

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:54.359
 people and

00:39:54.359 --> 00:39:54.859
 who seek

00:39:54.859 --> 00:39:55.679
 to live as

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.799
 those fit

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.179
 for the

00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.759
 presence of

00:39:57.759 --> 00:39:58.239
 the creator

00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:58.679
 king.

00:39:58.679 --> 00:40:00.219
 So we

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.639
 want to

00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:00.960
 ask

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.480
 ourselves,

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:03.059
 what do

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.659
 my hands

00:40:03.659 --> 00:40:03.980
 do?

00:40:05.899 --> 00:40:06.539
 What

00:40:06.539 --> 00:40:07.119
 lengths do

00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:07.679
 they click?

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.819
 What

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.619
 beverages do

00:40:10.619 --> 00:40:11.059
 they reach

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.379
 for?

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.759
 How

00:40:13.759 --> 00:40:14.379
 readily do

00:40:14.379 --> 00:40:15.679
 they form

00:40:15.679 --> 00:40:16.219
 fists?

00:40:18.419 --> 00:40:19.179
 What does

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:19.679
 my heart

00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:20.139
 seek?

00:40:22.339 --> 00:40:23.319
 To be a

00:40:23.319 --> 00:40:23.799
 voyeur,

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:26.399
 do I want

00:40:26.399 --> 00:40:26.899
 to win

00:40:26.899 --> 00:40:28.000
 the argument?

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.339
 Do I

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:31.480
 simply want

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.000
 to live

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:33.059
 an untroubled

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:34.279
 life?

00:40:36.659 --> 00:40:37.399
 Chill.

00:40:38.899 --> 00:40:39.759
 Do I

00:40:39.759 --> 00:40:40.299
 just want

00:40:40.299 --> 00:40:41.619
 to adore

00:40:41.619 --> 00:40:42.279
 my

00:40:42.279 --> 00:40:43.339
 personal

00:40:43.339 --> 00:40:43.839
 idols?

00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.199
 Pure

00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:48.779
 hands,

00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:49.639
 clean

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.119
 heart,

00:40:50.839 --> 00:40:51.199
 do not

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.699
 swear by

00:40:51.699 --> 00:40:52.039
 what is

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.339
 false,

00:40:52.419 --> 00:40:52.679
 do not

00:40:52.679 --> 00:40:53.019
 lift up

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.539
 your heart

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:54.139
 to idols.

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:55.599
 And this

00:40:55.599 --> 00:40:56.339
 is why

00:40:56.339 --> 00:40:56.980
 we live

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:58.159
 repentant

00:40:58.159 --> 00:40:58.859
 lives.

00:40:59.000 --> 00:40:59.219
 As we

00:40:59.219 --> 00:40:59.719
 thought about

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.159
 Wednesday

00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.099
 evening,

00:41:01.519 --> 00:41:02.440
 turning away

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.920
 from the

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.359
 sins of

00:41:03.359 --> 00:41:03.579
 our

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.259
 thoughts

00:41:04.259 --> 00:41:05.179
 and words

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:06.099
 and deeds,

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:08.079
 turning to

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.659
 our

00:41:08.659 --> 00:41:09.639
 savior king

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:10.679
 in whose

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.779
 life we

00:41:11.779 --> 00:41:12.500
 find our

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.019
 lives.

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.079
 lives.

00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:16.239
 And perhaps

00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:16.860
 this evening

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:19.360
 as we

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:19.599
 gather

00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:19.940
 together,

00:41:20.039 --> 00:41:20.280
 there are

00:41:20.280 --> 00:41:20.699
 some here

00:41:20.699 --> 00:41:21.259
 who don't

00:41:21.259 --> 00:41:21.739
 count

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.400
 themselves

00:41:22.400 --> 00:41:23.360
 among the

00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:23.880
 people of

00:41:23.880 --> 00:41:24.239
 God.

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.219
 Perhaps

00:41:25.219 --> 00:41:25.940
 not,

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.659
 I'm not

00:41:26.659 --> 00:41:27.179
 a Christian

00:41:27.179 --> 00:41:28.800
 yet.

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:31.300
 And perhaps

00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:31.940
 you look out

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.639
 of your

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.099
 eyes and

00:41:33.099 --> 00:41:33.440
 see a

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:34.980
 world much

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.539
 like the

00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:35.920
 psalmist

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.239
 did,

00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:37.440
 even if

00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:37.940
 now we

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.739
 see galaxies

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.280
 and the

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.780
 psalmists

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.579
 are stars.

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:43.279
 you know

00:41:43.279 --> 00:41:43.799
 that God

00:41:43.799 --> 00:41:44.299
 has made

00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:45.500
 this and

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:46.000
 you know

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:47.059
 God has

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.759
 made you.

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:51.059
 And so

00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.619
 the psalmist

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.259
 is inviting

00:41:52.259 --> 00:41:52.900
 you to

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:54.519
 be one

00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:54.840
 of the

00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:55.420
 generation

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:56.079
 who seeks

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.659
 the Lord,

00:41:57.420 --> 00:41:59.739
 to enjoy

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:00.340
 the presence

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:00.719
 of that

00:42:00.719 --> 00:42:01.340
 God by

00:42:01.340 --> 00:42:02.299
 being fit

00:42:02.299 --> 00:42:02.840
 to stand

00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.139
 in his

00:42:03.139 --> 00:42:03.579
 presence,

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:04.539
 by turning

00:42:04.539 --> 00:42:05.119
 away from

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.519
 sin,

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.960
 seeking the

00:42:06.960 --> 00:42:07.739
 savior king

00:42:07.739 --> 00:42:08.819
 who made

00:42:08.819 --> 00:42:09.399
 it possible

00:42:09.399 --> 00:42:10.500
 for us

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.339
 to live

00:42:11.339 --> 00:42:12.439
 a life

00:42:12.439 --> 00:42:13.319
 fitting

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:14.319
 for this

00:42:14.319 --> 00:42:15.519
 creator king.

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:16.779
 Join the

00:42:16.779 --> 00:42:17.319
 generation

00:42:17.319 --> 00:42:18.359
 of those

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:18.919
 who seek

00:42:18.919 --> 00:42:19.179
 him.

00:42:20.299 --> 00:42:20.639
 Draw near

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.119
 to him.

00:42:21.819 --> 00:42:22.159
 He will

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.739
 draw near

00:42:22.739 --> 00:42:23.479
 to you.

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:26.839
 Let's

00:42:26.839 --> 00:42:27.079
 pray.

00:42:31.399 --> 00:42:32.000
 The

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:33.039
 earth is

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:33.899
 the Lord's.

00:42:34.459 --> 00:42:35.000
 We

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.299
 are yours,

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.059
 O Lord.

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.719
 And we

00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:39.279
 pray tonight

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.639
 as we

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.019
 ponder

00:42:40.019 --> 00:42:40.539
 the world

00:42:40.539 --> 00:42:40.839
 you have

00:42:40.839 --> 00:42:41.199
 made

00:42:41.199 --> 00:42:41.619
 and the

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.699
 life you

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:43.199
 have called

00:42:43.199 --> 00:42:43.719
 us to

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:44.779
 live in

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.439
 this world

00:42:45.439 --> 00:42:46.399
 and with

00:42:46.399 --> 00:42:46.959
 each other,

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:49.179
 that by

00:42:49.179 --> 00:42:49.759
 your grace

00:42:49.759 --> 00:42:50.059
 and through

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.439
 the work

00:42:50.439 --> 00:42:50.739
 of your

00:42:50.739 --> 00:42:51.079
 son,

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:51.419
 Jesus

00:42:51.419 --> 00:42:51.899
 Christ,

00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:52.319
 you would

00:42:52.319 --> 00:42:52.959
 fit us

00:42:52.959 --> 00:42:53.939
 to be

00:42:53.939 --> 00:42:54.479
 the people

00:42:54.479 --> 00:42:55.839
 who stand

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.719
 in your

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:57.559
 holy place

00:42:57.559 --> 00:42:59.179
 for your

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.699
 glory's

00:42:59.699 --> 00:42:59.979
 sake.

00:43:00.759 --> 00:43:01.099
 Amen.