WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Thank you, Father, that you have taken us out of darkness and into the marvelous light of your gospel. 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:19.000 ! And that you have given us that foundation. We thank you that you have lifted us out of that mighty clay, that sinking sand, 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:26.000 ! And yet placed our feet on that rock that is Jesus Christ, the living and true word. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:36.000 Be with us, we pray, for the moments we're together. And as we share your word here, Lord, we just pray that your name would indeed be glorified. 00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:41.000 So we ask forgiveness for our sins. For Jesus' sake, Amen. 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:53.000 Turn back with me then to Psalm 119, to that section we read. Psalm 119 and verse 129. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:11.000 I want to focus particularly on the words of 129 and 130. As we move into just looking at these words just a little bit more. 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:26.000 Your testimonies are wonderful, and therefore my soul keeps them. The unfolding of your words gives light. It imparts understanding to the simple. 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:41.000 I just like to think about this evening and especially where we find ourselves tonight, which is in a place that I'm sure for most of us, we never thought we'd ever find ourselves in. 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:45.000 And here we are so glad to be in the house of God with God's people. 00:01:45.000 --> 00:02:00.000 And what wonderful and marvelous words we have here. Your testimonies are wonderful. Therefore my soul keeps them. The unfolding or the entrance of your words gives light. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:07.000 And it gives understanding to the simple or imparts understanding to the simple. 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:27.000 And these are words that echo the experience of every Christian. And not just when we came to faith first, but these words are also applicable to us right throughout our Christian lives. 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:39.000 And this is a theme which has been mentioned before in this psalm in Psalm 119. And it's repeated again here. 00:02:39.000 --> 00:02:48.000 Because God's words brought light to the psalmist. And that's what the psalmist delighted in. 00:02:48.000 --> 00:03:03.000 The word of God makes things clearer, not cloudier. And light and clarity also come in when the word comes into our lives. 00:03:03.000 --> 00:03:15.000 What I'd like to do is just to consider briefly, first of all, our relationship with the word before we came to faith. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:21.000 And then secondly, how it now impacts our lives as Christians. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:34.000 Most of us here, if not all of us, we've grown up having access to the Bible from a very young age. 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:44.000 And that, whether it be at home or whether it be in church, whether it be in Sunday school or whether it may have been in school, 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:50.000 access to the Bible, access to the Bible was there for most of us. 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:55.000 We're all different, I know, and it could well be that you don't come into this category. 00:03:55.000 --> 00:04:07.000 But I think the majority of us had that access to both hearing and reading about God and about Jesus in our days before we came to faith. 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:20.000 And we generally knew about God's law at that time as well, because it would have been taught to us more than likely through the Ten Commandments. 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:35.000 But in those dark days before light came into our lives, there was no light to guide us and no light to help us make proper sense of God's word. 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:47.000 Martin Luther made this statement about people who haven't come to faith and their attitudes towards the Bible. 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:50.000 This is what he said. He said, 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:56.000 Nobody who has not the Spirit of God sees a jot of what is in Scripture. 00:04:56.000 --> 00:05:12.000 All men have their hearts darkened so that even when they can discuss and quote all that is in Scripture, they do not understand or really know any of it. 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:22.000 There are very strong words there. But when we think about it, that really is the truth. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:29.000 We never really had a proper understanding of Scripture. We never really knew it. 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:42.000 No matter how well we might have memorized or gone over passages, it really was just that we could have discussions about it and quote all that's in it. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:47.000 But yet, never having a full understanding. 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:59.000 The word itself reiterates that darkness that man was in, particularly, I think, in Ephesians chapter 2, where it tells us, 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:12.000 You were dead in trespasses and sins in which you once walked following the course of this world and following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience, 00:06:12.000 --> 00:06:24.000 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh carrying out the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath like the rest of mankind. 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:37.000 And that is re-emphasized once again in the same chapter in Ephesians chapter 2, just a little bit further down, where Paul says, 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:48.000 Therefore, remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh called the uncircumcision by what is called the circumcision which is made in the flesh by hands. 00:06:48.000 --> 00:07:04.000 Remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the Commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:11.000 So there we are, scripture reinforces all of that. 00:07:11.000 --> 00:07:23.000 Now we often hear of the need for a revelation and we understand, I think most of us, that there are two types of revelation given by God. 00:07:23.000 --> 00:07:30.000 There is what's called a general revelation. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:39.000 And what we understand from that is what we see in God's world, this points us towards him. 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:46.000 And we can marvel at everything we see round about us in the creation. 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:57.000 But according to Romans 1, that revelation is only enough to condemn us because by nature we all suppress the truth that we see. 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:13.000 So in our dark days before Christ came into our lives, that's the way that we were, preferring to worship ourselves and our idols, preferring that to worshiping the creator of all things. 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:19.000 And the second type of revelation is what's called a special revelation. 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:24.000 And this is what's needed to enlighten our understanding of God's word. 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:33.000 Because we could never, never hope to understand God or his word on our own terms. 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:41.000 You cannot know God by investigation, no matter how deep you investigate. 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:52.000 And what I mean by that is, it's only by revelation or as we have it here, this, this marvellous unfolding of God's word that we get light. 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:58.000 God reveals himself by self-disclosure, by his very own words. 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:05.000 God reveals himself by self-disclosure, by his very own words. 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:05.000 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:10.000 And also in the way that we came to faith. 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:17.000 We all arrive at the same point, but we all can go through different experiences and become to the Lord. 00:09:17.000 --> 00:09:23.000 He draws us in different ways, in ways that are appropriate for us individually. 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:38.879 But after reading that section of Ephesians 2, we have these two marvelous words, but God. 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:42.840 But God in his mercy. 00:09:44.460 --> 00:09:49.039 But God in his mercy has brought us to faith. 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:51.820 He has lifted us out of that darkness. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:10:05.179 In whichever way and in whichever time scale you were brought, here and now, we are here under the word of God. 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:16.480 And with that special bond between each other, but also between ourselves and God and God to us. 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:25.320 Somewhere along the line, this change occurred in whatever way, in the lives of each one of us. 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:33.520 We now have, as I mentioned, this love to be in the company of God's people. 00:10:34.400 --> 00:10:37.960 And this love for God that we never had before. 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:44.259 The word tells us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 00:10:45.460 --> 00:10:50.680 I like to interpret that personally as the love of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 00:10:50.940 --> 00:10:53.879 That's just the way I like to think of it myself. 00:10:53.879 --> 00:11:02.460 Because unless the Lord had come into my life, I would never have that love for him because he first loved me. 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:09.559 And he's imparted his wisdom to me in whatever measure I may have it. 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:14.939 And he's done the same for each one of us in whatever measure that we each have it. 00:11:14.940 --> 00:11:22.860 So here we are now in the company of God's people, having this love for God that we never had before. 00:11:24.800 --> 00:11:34.420 Ultimately, at that point in our lives, we needed new eyes and a new heart to see Scripture's beauty. 00:11:34.419 --> 00:11:45.659 And to understand its authority, just as we sang there in the psalm, that we could gaze upon the beauty of the Lord. 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:55.659 When God gifts his faith, we see this world entirely differently. 00:11:56.959 --> 00:12:03.740 And the reason for that is because we become a new creation in Christ Jesus. 00:12:04.419 --> 00:12:12.099 And this is where these two verses that we look at tonight, this is where they become meaningful. 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:16.039 The testimonies of God being so wonderful. 00:12:17.199 --> 00:12:23.399 The psalmist longing and wanting for his soul to keep them. 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:27.539 The unfolding of the word giving them light. 00:12:28.959 --> 00:12:34.299 And giving them understanding to all people, to the simple. 00:12:34.419 --> 00:12:42.339 So there we have these verses that we have. 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:48.339 God's word now makes perfect sense to us in a new and in a personal way. 00:12:48.340 --> 00:12:53.200 Because we are now living out the word, as it were. 00:12:54.040 --> 00:12:57.100 We have heard this phrase so often. 00:12:58.379 --> 00:13:02.960 And we do not now, for example, just know the words of Psalm 23. 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:12.680 But now, thankfully, in God's mercy, we also now know the shepherd of Psalm 23. 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:14.580 And we know him personally. 00:13:14.580 --> 00:13:19.820 Because now, having come to faith, we see Jesus. 00:13:20.820 --> 00:13:23.080 And now we know Jesus. 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:36.120 And instead of, as perhaps before, and most likely before, we were just acknowledging the cross as being part of Scripture. 00:13:36.680 --> 00:13:39.280 And looking upon it as something barbaric. 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:46.520 And trying to understand what exactly was the reasoning for Jesus giving his life on that cross. 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:55.360 Well, now, having come to faith, now we truly give thanks to God for all that Jesus did for us at Calvary. 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:59.200 Because this word is now speaking to us. 00:13:59.259 --> 00:14:02.300 The testimonies of God are now speaking to us. 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:07.180 And the word of God is now so precious to us in our lives. 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:10.340 It's applicable to us. 00:14:11.419 --> 00:14:13.960 And it's uplifting for us. 00:14:14.820 --> 00:14:16.180 It's exhilarating. 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:19.779 And it's encouraging for us. 00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:23.799 And as the psalmist puts it, it's just so wonderful. 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:26.319 Just so wonderful. 00:14:27.319 --> 00:14:31.220 And this is something that we never experienced before. 00:14:32.059 --> 00:14:39.639 Getting guidance and real understanding from this word of God. 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:45.879 Because it's now Spirit-led reading. 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:49.159 And Spirit-led hearing. 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:52.720 Because God's Spirit has now been gifted to us. 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:55.419 And dwells within each one of us. 00:14:56.559 --> 00:14:58.199 And it's now natural. 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:01.360 It's completely natural for each one of us now. 00:15:01.939 --> 00:15:03.759 To actually follow God's Word. 00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:06.159 And to want to follow God's Word. 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:07.460 And His teaching. 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.799 And His guidance. 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:16.000 Because His Word is no longer a series of abstract statements for us. 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.000 It's now meaningful. 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:20.919 And it now leads us in our lives. 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:33.740 And they are now experienced by us as words flowing from the heart of a personal God. 00:15:33.740 --> 00:15:38.940 who deals with each one of us intimately and lovingly. 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:41.039 As one of His own adopted children. 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.539 So that's just marvelous. 00:15:42.539 --> 00:15:51.740 And it's now been taken from the heart of a personal God. 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:56.199 And it's now been brought into this marvelous light. 00:15:56.200 --> 00:15:59.440 Being brought into this family of God. 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:02.700 And it's now been adopted as His child. 00:16:02.700 --> 00:16:07.900 And it's now been brought into this family of God. 00:16:07.900 --> 00:16:11.900 And it's now been brought into this family of God. 00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:14.480 And it's now been brought up in the presence of God. 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.480 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.480 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.480 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.480 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.480 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.480 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That's the difference between being in darkness and being in the light 00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:36.320 of life. Here in verse 129 when God speaks to us he's revealing more of 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:50.000 who he is. God has authored and he's preserved this book, his book, so that we might know him. 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:59.240 And this written record is the voice of God, is from the mouth of God, and it's written 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:09.859 through those who were given the privilege of writing these books of the Bible. And if 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:17.559 it's from the mouth of God, and the written record is the voice of God, then where else 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:24.740 can any of us go to to substantiate that truth? Because there is no higher authority. 00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:38.660 This word of truth, it doesn't depend on the popularity of some public opinion. It's not 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:48.740 worldly wisdom which sways and changes continually according to circumstances. This word of God, 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:56.339 the testimonies which the psalmist says are so wonderful. This is the word of the living God. 00:17:56.339 --> 00:18:07.579 This is the word of the maker of heaven and earth. And it's firm and it's sure. And it assures us that 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:17.179 God is righteous and that his word is true. And the psalmist here, he's just expressing marvel and wonder 00:18:17.179 --> 00:18:25.019 at these testimonies. And he's saying, I want to keep them secure. I want my soul to keep them 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:34.299 and to really look after them and to hold fast to everything that God is telling me and that God reveals to me. 00:18:34.299 --> 00:18:48.619 And at this point in the psalm, he's most likely reflecting on some of the marvels that God has done beforehand. 00:18:48.619 --> 00:19:03.179 For example, he's marveling at the creation. He's probably marveling at the Exodus and all the promises that were given to the children of Israel 00:19:03.179 --> 00:19:06.219 as they moved into the land of Canaan. 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:16.779 And now, in addition to that, what we have here in 2025 is we have Jesus as well. 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:26.059 We have Jesus, we have the Holy Spirit, and we have insight from God's word into the conclusion of all things 00:19:26.059 --> 00:19:32.940 and how this world is going to end and what God is going to do with us, with the love he has for us to take, 00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:43.660 is to be with himself. We have insight into all these things. And because of that, our souls, our inner beings, 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:53.660 should also be like the psalmist here. Our souls and inner beings should be like a safe where we lock God's word in. 00:19:55.660 --> 00:20:02.380 And we take these amazing jewels and we make sure that they can never depart from us, 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:07.820 that we want to hold on to them because God's word now is so precious to us. 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:15.820 We need to treasure them and guard them and keep them. 00:20:15.819 --> 00:20:24.939 And do you know what the marvel is for us with God's word here? As we do that and as we treasure them, 00:20:24.939 --> 00:20:37.980 his words more and more keep unfolding and it keeps giving us more and it keeps giving us these nuggets that are just so precious. 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:44.059 And so often it's at exactly the right time in our lives. 00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:57.819 And verse 130 here, the Hebrew word that's used for this unfolding or this entrance, the unfolding, 00:20:57.819 --> 00:21:06.379 the opening, it can be translated as unfolding or it can be translated as entrance. 00:21:07.340 --> 00:21:14.860 So we understand this as a revelation or an opening, like a door opening or like a curtain opening and 00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:21.980 the light comes in. That's what we experience as God gives us more and more of his word. 00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:29.100 This door or this curtain or whatever it may be, it's just opening more and more and giving us more light, 00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:33.819 more of his word and more to hold on to. 00:21:38.219 --> 00:21:42.699 God speaking to us really is that unfolding of the word. 00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:49.500 And we understand the light that's spoken of here, that the psalm speaks of here. 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:52.139 It says your words give us light. 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:57.020 We understand that light to be, to be the shining face of God. 00:21:57.020 --> 00:22:03.580 If you look at Psalm 135, the psalmist explains it perfectly in a sentence there. 00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:06.860 In verse 135, the psalmist says, 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:14.220 Make your face shine upon your servant and teach me your statutes. 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:22.220 Because you can never learn God's statutes properly without God's face shining upon him 00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:26.059 and giving him that real understanding. 00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:37.259 And so like many other parts of the Psalms, this links back also to the classic blessing that is 00:22:37.259 --> 00:22:43.819 promised and that was promised in Numbers chapter 6, verses 22 to 26. 00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:45.099 Let me just read them out. 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:50.299 Numbers 6, and I'm sure you all know this very well. 00:22:53.420 --> 00:22:55.180 The Lord spoke to Moses saying, 00:22:56.299 --> 00:23:01.420 Speak to Aaron and his son saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel, 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:06.300 and you shall say to them, The Lord bless you and keep you. 00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:11.820 The Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:16.620 The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:22.940 And is that not what we look for from the Lord? Exactly that. 00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:32.059 Remember, just as Moses and Aaron had it there, it's for God's people of Israel. 00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:34.460 It's for all God's covenant people. 00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:42.539 And how we look for that preciousness of God's face shining upon us and shining upon his word 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:51.659 as we learn it and as we experience more and more of the peace of God that passes all understanding. 00:23:54.619 --> 00:24:01.099 And so as we go on in our spiritual lives, this unfolding of the word becomes deeper 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:06.539 and it opens up our understanding more and more, gaining more knowledge of God. 00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:12.299 And in so doing, we understand more of his ways. 00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:17.339 We understand more of God's will, more of his purposes, 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:21.259 and surely we experience more of his mercy. 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:26.700 That mercy that we had no conception we needed beforehand, 00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:30.859 until the moment he opened our understanding and gave us light. 00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:38.699 And immediately we realized, just as we heard in prayer there, how unworthy we were, 00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:42.299 and how much we needed God's mercy in our lives. 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:46.619 And yet, he gives us that each and every day. 00:24:48.939 --> 00:24:51.579 And how many times have we come to God's word, 00:24:53.179 --> 00:24:55.019 and to a reading of God's word, 00:24:55.019 --> 00:25:00.700 and we have just found it to be so precious, 00:25:01.819 --> 00:25:07.579 and so appropriate for our situation at that very time, or on that very day? 00:25:08.779 --> 00:25:10.379 How many times have we done that? 00:25:12.379 --> 00:25:20.220 And it just leaves us in awe of God, because of what his word gives us, what he gives us in his word. 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:31.259 And there are other times, aren't there, where we may read a passage, maybe 10 times, 20 times, 30 times, 40, or even 50 times, 00:25:31.259 --> 00:25:32.620 or however many times. 00:25:33.900 --> 00:25:35.900 And then we go to read that passage again, 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:40.220 and God sheds new light on that passage for us. 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:45.420 And God gives us more understanding of that passage for us. 00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:57.180 And that's a key aspect as well, of this unfolding of the word, giving us more light, 00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:01.259 and enlightening our understanding. 00:26:04.860 --> 00:26:11.900 And it's that in itself, just as the saying goes, as that phrase goes, 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:18.060 is it not just marvelous in our eyes, all that God is giving us and doing for us. 00:26:20.300 --> 00:26:25.500 It's so important for us to follow the wisdom of God's word closely, 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:28.700 and to treasure it in our hearts, 00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:33.980 and to let God's spirit guide us to be effectual in the way that we live. 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:39.180 This psalm we have here, psalm 119. 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:46.460 It's perhaps a psalm that is so long that we don't go near it. 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:52.620 We don't read right through it, and perhaps we don't go near it too often. 00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:56.139 Perhaps we don't read it enough. 00:26:57.419 --> 00:26:58.379 But it's a psalm. 00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:03.179 It's a psalm that makes statements time and time again, 00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:11.019 that emphasize and communicate over and over again how precious God's word is. 00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:18.139 God's promises in his word produce in us a longing for more of him, 00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:21.980 and our longing to be more in prayer with him as well, 00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:26.940 to hear his voice speaking to us, and to speak back to him, 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:31.740 believing that he's also hearing us and what we say to him. 00:27:34.060 --> 00:27:38.860 Therefore, for us to grow in Christ, 00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:43.180 we need to be in study in his word, in his bible, 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:48.380 more and more because that in itself makes us long more for God, 00:27:48.380 --> 00:27:51.100 and it does prompt us to more prayer. 00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:57.980 We mustn't neglect our bible, 00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:03.660 and we need to ask God each and every time we come to it, 00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:08.460 to work in us and to keep working in us, 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:14.700 to revive our soul every time that we open up his word, 00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:19.820 so that we may truly be able to see, 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:24.460 may your word, 00:28:25.179 --> 00:28:26.779 your unfolding word, 00:28:26.779 --> 00:28:28.700 be a lamp to my feet, 00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:31.419 and a light to my path. 00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:34.779 May God bless these thoughts to us. 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:41.419 Well, let's close now. 00:28:41.419 --> 00:28:44.619 We'll sing to God's praise in Psalm 36. 00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:50.379 Yes. 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.379