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 Psalm 138 of David

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 Psalm 139 of David

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 A caveat before I use this illustration

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 This is not

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 A political endorsement

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 Of any kind

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 I actually don't know

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 Who I'm going to vote for

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 Probably Kanye West

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 Just kidding

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 Yesterday

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 Was the Democratic National Convention

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 And there was one thing

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 That came out

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 That was fitting

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 And this is all politically staged

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 And calculated

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 And I'm fairly cynical

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 About politics

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 So don't take this at all

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 As an endorsement

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 Of this person's character

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 But Joe Biden

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 Was first nominated

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 By a woman named Jacqueline Brittany

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 Did you guys hear this?

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 Hear about this?

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 So Jacqueline Brittany

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 Was a previously little known security guard

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 At the New York Times headquarters

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 So she's like an elevator guard

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 Basically

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 She waits at the lobby

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 And when someone comes

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 Takes them to the elevator

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 Escorts them to the floor

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 And then comes back down

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 And goes back to the lobby

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 And she kind of became

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 A viral sensation

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 Last December

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 When she

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 Basically

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 Joe Biden came in

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 And Joe Biden was like

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 Her favorite candidate

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 Or whatever

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 This was when

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 All the Democratic candidates

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 Primary candidates

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 Were trying to win

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 The New York Times endorsement

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 And so he was there

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 To do an interview

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 With the New York Times

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 And then she just

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 Blurted out

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 Oh I love you

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 And he was like

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 Really nice to her

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 And offered to

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 Take a selfie with her

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 After getting off the elevator

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 And whatnot

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 And so she

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 Became

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 This viral sensation

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 And she

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 Was called upon

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 To become the first person

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 To nominate Joe Biden

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 At the Democratic convention

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 Yesterday

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 And what she said

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 Was obviously scripted

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 But it was still meaningful

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 In the sense that

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 She said this

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 I take powerful people

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 Up on my elevator

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 All the time

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 When they get off

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 They go to their

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 Important meetings

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 But in the short time

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 I spent with Joe Biden

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 I could tell

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 He really saw me

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 That he actually cared

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 That my life

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 Meant something to him

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 And I knew

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 Even when he went

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 Into that important meeting

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 He'd take my story

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 In there with him

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 That's because

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 Joe Biden has room

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 In his heart

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 For more than just himself

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 So

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 This kind of tribute

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 Is meaningful

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 Because it's an example

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 Of someone

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 In an exalted position

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 Right

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 A position of power

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 You know

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 Coming to me

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 To meet someone

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 In a lowly position

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 Right

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 Like an elevator

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 Security guard

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 And

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 And

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 And in a much

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 More meaningful sense

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 And in a

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 In a

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 In a far

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 More real sense

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 We have been witnesses

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 Of that kind of

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 Magnanimity

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 And condescension

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 In the best sense

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 Of that word

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 Right

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 And that's in God

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 Who had nothing

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 To gain from us

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 Whatsoever

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 Right

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 Joe Biden

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 Had something to gain

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 From her

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 Right

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 Camera was rolling

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 When he was in the elevator

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 Right

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 And he

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 Obviously

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 It makes him look really good

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 When he does something like that

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 Right

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 And

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 But God

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 Had nothing

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 To gain

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 From

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 Attending to us

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 Nothing

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 He was already

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 He was already king

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 He was not vying

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 For the affection

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 Of the people

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 To get their votes

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 Or approval

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 Right

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 He

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 He had nothing

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 To gain from us

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 And yet

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 He stooped down

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 To save us

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 To make a covenant

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 With us

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 To

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 To rescue us

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 From our sins

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 To deliver us

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 And so

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 That's really

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 What this psalm

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 Is about

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 God's condescension

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 And the main point

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 Is that we should

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 Give thanks

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 To the high God

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 Who regarded us

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 As in our lowliest state

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 And so

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 There's really

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 Three movements

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 In this psalm

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 The first is

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 David speaks of

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 God's exaltation

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 Before the gods

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 In verses 1 to 3

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 And then he speaks

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 Of God's exaltation

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 Before the kings

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 In verses 4 to 6

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 And then finally

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 He speaks of

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 God's condescension

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 To the lowly

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 In verses 7 to 8

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 And so

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 First we see

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 God's exaltation

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 Before the gods

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 In verses 1 to 3

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 Verse 1 says

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 I give you thanks

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 O Lord

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 With my whole heart

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 Before the gods

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 I sing your praise

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 So the gods

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 Is not a reference

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 To other deities

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 The Bible clearly

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 Teaches that

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 The Lord our God

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 The Lord is one

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 Right?

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 Deuteronomy 6

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 And that the idols

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 It also teaches

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 That the idols

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 That people worship

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 Are no gods at all

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 Right?

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 Jeremiah chapter 16

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 20 says

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 Can man make

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 For himself gods

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 Such are not gods

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 Right?

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 But the Bible

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 Does call

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 Lesser angelic beings

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 Gods

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 In various places

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 With quotations

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 Maybe

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 In English

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 So to speak

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 So it's

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 You see that

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 In Psalm 58

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 Verse 1

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 Do you indeed

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 Decree what is right

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 You gods?

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 Do you judge

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 The children of men

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 Albrightly?

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 In Psalm 82

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 Verse 1

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 God has taken

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 His place

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 In the divine council

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 In the midst of the gods

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 He holds judgment

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 So these are the kind of

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 Angelic beings

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 Who

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 That the Bible sees

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 As ruling

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 At God's appointment

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 Over the various nations

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 Throughout the world

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 So this is kind of

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 That's kind of

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 The biblical

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 Cosmology

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 And

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 And

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 And

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 And these are the kind of

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 Beings that are in view

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 When David says this

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 And

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 And of all of these

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 So called gods

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 In the presence of

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 Before all of these

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 Rulers of the nations

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 David says

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 He has eyes

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 For only one God

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 And that is the Lord

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 He says

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 And he says to him

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 I give you thanks

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 With my whole heart

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 Because

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 He worships only one God

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 So he can give him

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 His whole heart

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 An undivided heart

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 And his worship

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 Is exclusive

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 And he confidently declares

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 Before these

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 So called gods

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 I sing your praise

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 O Lord

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 So he

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 Accepts no rival claim

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 Of deity

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 And David continues

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 His worship in verse 2

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 I bow down

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 Toward your holy temple

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 And give thanks

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 To your name

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 For your steadfast love

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 And your faithfulness

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 For you have exalted

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 Above all things

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 Your name and your word

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 So two verbs

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 Are used to describe

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 David's worship

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 Right

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 So first is

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 Bow down

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 He says

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 I bow down

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 That's the same word

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 That is sometimes

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 Translated as

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 Worship

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 I worship

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 And to worship

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 Means

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 In Hebrew

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 To bow down

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 And so it really

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 Conveys

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 What

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 Worship

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 At his heart

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 Means

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 To worship

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 Doesn't mean

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 To co-opt

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 God

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 For our purposes

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 To worship

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 Doesn't mean

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 To say things

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 About God

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 That makes us

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 Feel good

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 About ourselves

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 To worship

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 At his heart

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 Is to bow down

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 To submit

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 To surrender

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 To lower

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 Ourselves

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 In our

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 Take our proper

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 Place

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 Before the God

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 Who is exalted

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 And the second

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 Verb that is used

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 Is give thanks

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 Second he said

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 I give thanks

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 Thanksgiving

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 Thanksgiving is

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 Emphasized

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 So frequently

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 And consistently

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 Throughout scripture

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 But I think

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 It's something

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 That doesn't

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 Get that much

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 Attention

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 In terms of

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 What we talk

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 About

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 But we are

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 As we know

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 To give thanks

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 In all circumstances

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 Right in 1 Thessalonians 5

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 And because only

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 Thanksgiving

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 Properly recognizes

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 How good

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 And gracious

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 God has been

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 To us

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 It's the only

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 Posture

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 That's appropriate

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 For God's people

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 Considering how good

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 And gracious

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 God has been

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 Toward us

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 And so that's

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 The two verbs

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 That David uses

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 For worship

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 And then he gives

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 The two reasons

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 Why he worships

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 Verse 2 again

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 For your steadfast love

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 And your faithfulness

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 That's the first reason

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 And then for

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 You have exalted

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 Above all things

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 Your name

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 And your word

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 So two reasons

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 So steadfast love

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 And faithfulness

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 Really summarize

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 God's gracious character

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 And God's name

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 And word

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 Summarize his

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 Glorious position

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 That God is

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 Unreservedly

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 Committed to his people

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 In love and faithfulness

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 And so he deserves

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 The worship of his people

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 But not only that

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 God has exalted

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 Above all things

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 Lifted high

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 Above all things

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 His name

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 Which stands for

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 His person

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 His identity

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 And his word

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 Which refers to

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 His speech

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 His revelation

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 Of himself

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 The scriptures

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 As well as all

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 That God has said

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 And promised

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 And so these two things

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 God is exalted

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 Above all things

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 Meaning

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 Nothing and no one

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 Can rival the glory

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 And authority

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 Of God's name

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 And God's word

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 And because God

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 Is who he is

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 David now testifies

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 In verse 3

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 On the day I called

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 You answered me

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 My strength of soul

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 You increased

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 It's a great expression

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 I don't know how many

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 Times you guys

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 Have felt

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 That

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 Not just

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 Physical

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 Depletion

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 But

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 Feeling like

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 You've been sapped

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 Of your soul

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 Strength

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 Right

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 Being sapped

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 Of

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 Maybe your very

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 Life's vitality

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 Right

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 Sometimes you feel

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 Like that

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 And those are times

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 We need to call out

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 To the Lord

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 And he increases

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 The strength

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 Of our souls

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 And so because

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 Of who God is

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 And what he has done

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 David exalts God

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 Before the gods

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 And then in verses

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 4 to 6

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 He speaks of God's

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 Exaltation before the kings

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 He said in verse 4

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 All the kings of the earth

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 Shall give you thanks

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 O Lord

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 So because God

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 Is supreme

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 Over all

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 He is praised

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 Before all the gods

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 The angelic beings

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 But not only that

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 Because God is sovereign

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 Over all

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 He is to be praised

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 Not only by David

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 Who is the king of Israel

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 But also by all the kings

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 Of earth

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 The kings of all the nations

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 For they have heard

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 The words of your mouth

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 And they shall sing

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 Of the ways

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 Of the Lord

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 So these are the reasons

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 For the praise

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 For great is the glory

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 Of the Lord

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 So the words of God's mouth

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 And the glory of the Lord

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 Are the reasons

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 For praising him

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 And they correspond

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 To the name and word

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 Of God

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 Mentioned it

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 Again in verse 2

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 And then in verse 6

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 He adds one more reason

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 Why the kings of the earth

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 Should give thanks to God

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 For though the Lord

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 Is high

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 He regards the lowly

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 But the haughty

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 He knows from afar

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 And this is what

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 We were talking about

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 Is that God

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 Who should have

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 No regard

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 For people like us

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 Chose us

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 And has a relationship

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 With us

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 Makes promises to us

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 And delivers us

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 From our enemies

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 And David

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 And David has

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 Personally experienced this

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 And so he says

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 In verse 7

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 Do I walk in the midst

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 Of trouble

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 You preserve my life

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 You stretch out your hand

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 Against the wrath

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 Of my enemies

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 And your right hand

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 Delivers me

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 And

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 And then verse 8

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 The Lord will fulfill

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 His purpose for me

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 Your steadfast love

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 O Lord

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 Endures forever

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 Do not forsake

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 The work

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 Of your hand

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 And this psalm

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 The deliverance

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 That is in view here

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 Of David

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 Is fulfilled ultimately

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 In the deliverance

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 That God sends

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 To his son Jesus

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 And because Jesus

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 Is God's ultimate expression

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 Of his condescension

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 That God

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 Who

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 The God of the universe

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 Somehow

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 Becomes incarnate

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 In a baby

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 Right

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 He's born in a manger

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 In a stable

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 And he lives

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 A life

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 Of

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 Lives among

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 Sinful men

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 And

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 And he dies

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 And die

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 Death of a sinner

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 A criminal

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 A slave

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 And

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 And he does this

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 Not because

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 He is lowly

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 Rather

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 He is the most

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 Exalted

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 Above them all

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 He's the most

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 Exalted

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 His name

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 Is exalted

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 Right

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 And yet

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 He

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 He dies

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 Because he wants

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 To save us

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 To deliver us

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 To lift us up

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 From the mire

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 Of sin

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 And so in dying

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 For our sins

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 On the cross

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 And being raised

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 From the dead

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 He rescues us

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 And so the Lord

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 He fulfills

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 His promise

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 His purpose

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 For us

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 His steadfast love

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 Endures

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 Forever

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 That's why in Luke 1

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 73 to 75

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 Zechariah uses

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 These expressions

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 Of being delivered

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 From the hand

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 Of the enemy

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 To speak of Jesus

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 This is that

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 God grants

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 That we

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 Being delivered

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 From the hand

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 Of our enemies

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 Might serve him

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 Without fear

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 In holiness

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 And righteousness

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 Before him

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 All our days

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 This happens

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 Through Jesus

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 And something

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 To remember

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 I think

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 As we

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 As we live

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 Is just how

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 God condescends

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 To us in Jesus

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 Because here

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 It says that

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 The Lord is high

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 He regards the lowly

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 And in Jesus

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 God becomes lowly

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 Right

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 And I'm reminded

00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:52.699
 Of what Jesus

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 Said in Matthew

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 11 29

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 Right

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 When he says

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 Come to me

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 All you

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 Who are heavy laden

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 Right

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 He says

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 I am

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 For I am

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 Gentle

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 And lowly

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 In heart

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 And you'll

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 Find rest

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 For your souls

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 He

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 It's

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 He

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 He describes

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 Himself

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 In his heart

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 His very heart

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 As gentle

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 And lowly

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 Lowly

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 Meaning

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 You know

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 You

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 I don't know

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 Walk into a

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 Walk into a room

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 You know

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 Walking to a

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 Networking hall

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 And you

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 People are always

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 Kind of

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 Measuring themselves

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 Against other people

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 And then there's

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 There's a hierarchy

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 In people's minds

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 Okay

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 Those are the

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 Important people

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 These are the people

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 You want to talk to

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 Maybe even when you

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 Come to church

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 There's a hierarchy

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 Oh these are the

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 Important people

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 These are the people

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 You want to talk to

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 Right

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 But

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 If

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 And the people

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 Who are

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 In power

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 People who are

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 High and exalted

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 Are less accessible

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 To us

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 Right

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 But Jesus

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 Who is

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 The most exalted

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 He was not like that

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 He was

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 He is accessible

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 To us

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 He is gentle

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 And lowly

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 He makes himself

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 Available to us

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 He condescends

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 To us

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 That's what God

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 Has been doing

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 Throughout the entire

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 Redemptive history

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 Recorded in scripture

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 And Jesus is the

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 Ultimate

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 The culmination

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 Of that

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 And so

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 I might just

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 Hope that we

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 Live with that reality

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 Understanding of our

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 Savior

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 And know his

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 Feel and sense

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 His graciousness

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 And goodness

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 And don't forget

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 That he will

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 Fulfill all of his

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 Promises

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 He is the

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 Author and perfecter

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 Of our faith

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 All the things

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 That we might be

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 Discouraged by

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 All the sins

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 Besetting sins

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 In our own lives

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 All the struggles

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 That we face

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 In this life

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 We can pray

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 Along with David

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 Verse 8

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 Do not forsake

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 The work of your hand

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 We are God's

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 Handiwork

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 We are the work

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 Of his hand

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 He is not going

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 To forsake us

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 He will continue

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 That work

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 He has begun

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 Thank you