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 May we rejoice like the kings of the earth to hear God's word.

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 So let's turn and study God's word together.

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 Just now in the book of Psalms, Psalm 117.

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 In the church Bible, this is page 614.

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 Praise the Lord, all nations.

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 Extol him, all peoples.

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 For great is his steadfast love towards us.

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 The faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 Let's bow our heads in prayer just now for a moment.

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 Heavenly Father, may we tonight be filled with praise as we are called to in these verses.

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 We long, Lord, for that overflow of praise that will fill the earth,

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 where we will not need to say to our neighbors,

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 believe in the Lord or to trust him or call people to worship,

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 because all of the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.

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 And so just now we pray, Father, as missionaries,

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 as people who are sent and commissioned to go into the darkness of this world,

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 but to bring forth the light of the countenance of Christ Jesus and to show him to all peoples.

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 And for that praise to resonate from us as those who are redeemed and have the hope of the gospel beating in their hearts.

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 So, Father, guide our thoughts and our minds, our attention this evening.

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 Fill us with certainty in the things of the gospel.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 I wonder this evening, what are we giving thanks for?

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 There are, of course, many things that we can give thanks for.

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 Many reasons to be filled with thankfulness.

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 Sometimes they're small things.

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 Sometimes we can be giving thanks for almost mundane things in our lives and our experience.

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 If you follow Scotland as a football fan, I'm sure there was some thanksgiving going up for Scotland's performance recently.

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 And then you come to the draw of the groups and you think, are we still so thankful?

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 Perhaps.

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 Recently, we've just had Thanksgiving.

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 We had our own Thanksgiving as a congregation last week.

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 And we give thanks this time of year for the harvest and for the fullness of God's blessing.

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 There are many things, just even day by day in our lives and experience, that we can give thanks for.

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 And on some levels, they are just mundane things.

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 We can give thanks for the air we breathe, for the food that we have, the water we have to drink,

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 and for the good things that God gives us.

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 We can thank God for our families.

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 The list is endless, really.

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 Not just trivial things, but great things in our lives that we can give thanks for.

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 And that call to thanksgiving is what is being echoed in this psalm.

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 It is a psalm that the words are there for all nations of the world.

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 Praise the Lord all nations.

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 Extol him all peoples.

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 It is, in fact, a wonderful thing that the shortest psalm in the Bible, the shortest chapter in the Bible,

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 it is a chapter that is seen simply to preach and proclaim the gospel.

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 To make the good news of Christ known to the nations so that they can respond to this call and they can praise the Lord.

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 And the evidence of that, I hope, is what we see, as I've already said in prayer this evening,

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 the evidence of this is what we see tonight.

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 That we, I suspect, largely a Gentile congregation,

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 have come together tonight to worship the Lord.

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 And to make him known.

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 And to give thanks to him for his steadfast love towards us

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 and for his faithfulness, which endures forever.

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 And so as we come tonight to respond to this invitation,

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 and as we, I hope, would also be looking to examine our hearts as we come to the Lord's table tomorrow.

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 That's the main reason for our gathering like this.

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 It's to enter into that exercise of spiritual preparation that we ought to have as we come to the Lord's table.

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 Let us tonight consider this invitation.

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 It is an invitation to do something.

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 It is an invitation tonight to come to praise and extol.

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 To praise means simply to acclaim.

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 To make much of someone.

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 To extol means to exalt or to eulogize them.

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 To proclaim their goodness.

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 To proclaim good things about them.

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 To make these things known.

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 And the act of praising or extolling the Lord is an act that uses the whole person.

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 And so tonight, if you're wanting to engage in the act of worship,

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 if you want to engage in the act of praise,

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 then not only do you need to use your lips,

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 but you need to use some of the other organs and abilities that God has given you.

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 First of all, you need to use your mind.

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 The person who comes to praise the Lord engages their mind in thoughts concerning the Lord.

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 And so tonight, as we come to praise God,

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 as we come to worship Him,

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 and as we do that through, in particular tomorrow,

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 the remembering of the death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,

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 then we do so engaging our minds in the act of worship.

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 We think about the words that are coming out of our mouth, certainly.

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 But we think more about the person and the work of that person.

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 We think about Jesus.

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 And that's one of the things that Paul,

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 when he writes to the Corinthian church,

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 reminds them of.

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 That they should come correctly to the Lord's table.

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 And part of that is discerning the Lord's body and blood.

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 And that is to think about it.

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 To perceive truth about the body of Jesus

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 and His blood which have been broken and shed at the cross.

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 And so the way that we come to the Lord's table

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 is thinking about what Christ has done.

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 But it's not enough for us simply to know these truths.

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 It's not enough for us simply to have in our minds

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 some element of that truth.

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 It also has to move other parts of us.

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 So if we want to come truly worshiping,

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 if we want to fulfill the invitation of this psalm,

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 the way in which we have to come is using our hearts.

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 If I want to acclaim somebody,

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 if I want to tell you of the wonders of a particular person,

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 then I need to use my heart behind that.

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 The example that you might use would be to talk about human people,

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 people that we would know and we want to pass on something of their wonderfulness.

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 There are some politicians that we might want to do that with.

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 We might really love some politicians.

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 Perhaps it's Tony Blair.

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 And you think about how good he was as a prime minister

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 and how good his government was.

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 Or sometimes you might even recognize how effective he was,

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 but still not entirely agree with everything he did.

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 And actually even my mentioning his name tonight might,

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 for some people here,

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 have resulted in a pretty visceral reaction down in your stomach.

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 And you think,

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 well, hang on a minute.

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 That guy was,

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 you know,

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 Iraq war.

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 Are we really sure that's someone we'd want to acclaim?

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 Go a little bit further back and you can see the same about Margaret Thatcher.

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 You can go further back into recent European history

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 and you find some truly awful figures.

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 You might know an awful lot about them,

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 but you would never dream of praising them

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 because they are so despicable.

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 Your heart,

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 to issue praise,

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 your heart needs to be engaged.

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 You need to delight in them.

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 You need to find things that are worthy of praise

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 in them that move your own heart,

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 that move you to express affection.

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 And so with Jesus,

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 that's what we're invited to do in this psalm.

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 It is to find,

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 using our minds,

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 find things that actually speak to our hearts

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 about what Jesus has done.

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 And so to truly praise him,

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 to truly extol him,

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 what we need to do is reflect on the person and work of Jesus

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 and find things there

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 that move our hearts,

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 that result in devotion for us.

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 And hopefully that is the case.

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 We can think about the work of God in the gospel.

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 We can think of the promises of God.

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 We can think of what Christ has done at the cross

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 to deal with our sin.

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 Perhaps there are things at the cross even

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 that particularly speak to us.

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 The gentleness of Jesus,

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 even as he's in agonizing pain

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 and he addresses his followers

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 and his mother.

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 And he says to John,

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 Behold your mother.

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 And to his mother,

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 Behold your son.

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 That love and that affection

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 that filled the heart of Jesus

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 just pours out of him,

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 doesn't it,

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 at the cross?

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 As he speaks to the thief

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 on his side

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 and says to him,

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 Today you will be with me in paradise.

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 Words that are particularly precious to me.

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 Perhaps to some of you as well.

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 Our hearts are moved

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 by the things of Jesus

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 and the things that he has done for us.

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 And perhaps even as we reflect on that

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 in a deeper and more theological way

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 and we begin to think about

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 the propitiation of sin,

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 of the fact that sin is covered.

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 We'll be singing tomorrow morning

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 about the hyssop.

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 Well, some of us will be singing in Gaelic,

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 I think it'll be.

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 But we'll be singing about hyssop

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 being used to sprinkle blood.

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 A covering for sin

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 that hides us,

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 shelters us

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 from the wrath of God.

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 How we're spared from hell and damnation

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 because Christ has loved us

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 and given himself for us.

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 Our hearts

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 are moved

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 by what we hear

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 and what leads us to worship.

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 But also to

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 an invisible muscle,

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 almost I suppose you could say,

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 our faith

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 needs to be engaged.

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 We have to believe

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 if we're going to praise God,

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 and this is a simple fact,

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 very difficult for people

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 in our modern age to understand,

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 but if you're going to worship God,

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 you have to worship

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 an invisible God.

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 And no one can worship him

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 without believing that he is.

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 And so if we want to come

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 and praise God,

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 then one of the things

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 that needs to be engaged in us

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 is that muscle of faith

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 that needs to be active,

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 that element of trust

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 in the person of Jesus,

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 who though we do not see him,

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 yet we believe in him.

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 None of us have seen Christ Jesus

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 personally, I think.

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 but yet we can be moved

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 to praise him

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 and to speak of his goodness

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 and his love towards us

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 because we believe in him.

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 We have been given the grace

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 to exercise faith.

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 And faith is like a muscle.

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 It has to be exercised.

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 What else?

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 It begins to suffer

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 from cramp and decay.

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 And so this call

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 in this psalm,

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 praise the Lord,

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 all nations,

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 extol him,

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 all peoples,

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 it is a call

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 to exercise faith.

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 It's a call

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 to actually engage

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 not only our minds

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 and our hearts

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 and our affection

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 towards Christ,

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 but to actually believe in him

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 with an element of trust

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 and personal dependence

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 that says,

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 he is my Savior.

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 That not only is Christ

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 a Savior,

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 not even perhaps

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 is Christ the Savior,

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 but tonight to worship

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 and say,

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 he is my Savior.

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 And it is necessary for us,

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 therefore then,

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 to use our bodies.

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 To use our bodies

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 in obedience

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 to the call of Jesus.

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 And that does involve

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 our lips

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 and our tongues

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 and our lungs

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 and our vocal cords.

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 It involves somehow

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 expressing from our hearts

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 a belief

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 that needs to work

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 its way out of us,

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 that needs to be heard,

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 that needs to be given voice,

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 that we believe

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And we will testify

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 to this with our lips

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 and therefore,

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 having believed in our hearts

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 and testified with our lips,

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 we will be saved.

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 If that's you,

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 then perhaps there's another

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 piece of your body

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 that needs to be exercised tomorrow.

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 Perhaps that's your feet

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 and your legs.

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 Perhaps they need to be exercised

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 in physically coming

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 to the Lord's table,

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 professing the Lord's death

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 with your body,

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 obeying the command of Jesus

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 to use these very visceral,

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 literal symbols,

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 bread and wine,

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 to testify to the praise

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 of what he has done,

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 to acknowledge

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 the grace of God

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 revealed to sinners.

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 sinners.

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 In this psalm,

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 there is in fact

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 an invitation

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 to come to the Lord's table,

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 an invitation

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 to make the highest

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 proclamation

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 of your faith,

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 testifying to what

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 Jesus has done

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 for sinners

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 and to come

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 in obedience to him.

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 So it is an invitation

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 to do something.

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 It is also an invitation

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 to do something

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 concerning someone.

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 The person that we are to praise

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 is this one,

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 the Lord.

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 Praise the Lord,

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 all nations.

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 Extol him,

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 all peoples.

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 And you'll see,

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 you'll note in your Bibles

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 that the name,

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 the Lord,

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 there is that use

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 of the capital letters,

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 L-O-R-D.

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 In the Hebrew Bible,

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 the words that would be there,

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 the letters that would be there

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 are the consonants

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 of the name of God,

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 which even the Jews

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 wouldn't take on their lips.

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 And so it's almost

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 a bit tricky for us

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 to think,

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 how do we pronounce this?

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 Yahweh, probably.

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 It's tied into the name of God

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 that was given to Moses

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 at the burning bush

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 when Moses came

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 and he had to put off

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 his sandals

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 because the ground

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 on which he was standing

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 was holy ground.

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 And Moses' concern there

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 is not to say,

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 well, you're sending me,

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 Lord,

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 on this impossible mission

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 to tell Pharaoh,

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 let my people go.

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 The bigger concern

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 in Moses' heart

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 at that moment

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 was to say,

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 well, actually,

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 what about your own people?

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 What if they ask me

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 who sent you?

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 What will I say?

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 And you remember

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 the answer that was given

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 to Moses.

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 Tell them,

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 I am has sent them.

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 This one who is

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 the faithful God

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 of their patriarchs,

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 of Abraham

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 and Isaac

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 and Jacob.

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 The God of your forefathers,

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 the God of promises

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 is the one who has sent you.

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 We'll come to that

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 in just a moment

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 because that's spelled out

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 for us a bit more clearly

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 as we go on.

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 But just for us tonight

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 to think about this,

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 the invitation for us

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 is to praise the Lord.

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 And I find it very interesting.

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 I think as I go through

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 the book of Psalms,

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 I think actually

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 as I read the Psalms

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 more and more,

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 one of the things

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 I recognize is

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 that whatever you see

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 the name of Lord

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 in the book of Psalms,

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 you can actually put in

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 the name of Jesus

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 very easily

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 and it's not wrong.

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 It's not wrong

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 from a Trinitarian

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 theological perspective anyway.

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 What is true of one member

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 of the Trinity

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 is true of all members

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 of the Trinity.

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 And so if one member

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 of the Trinity

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 is worthy of our praise,

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 each member of the Trinity

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 is worthy of our praise.

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 So we can comfortably

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 and theologically

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 be right in putting

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 the name of Jesus in there.

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 But even to see it

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 at a higher level than that,

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 it's interesting to me

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 that even that expression

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 that we use,

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 whether it's the name Jehovah

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 or the name Yahweh,

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 it's a name that sounds

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 in some ways

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 difficult for us

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 because it's not the name

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 that we know our God by.

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 Tonight,

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 the name by which

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 we know our God

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 is Jesus.

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 And it's at His name

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 that every knee should bow

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 and every tongue

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 shall in fact confess

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 that Jesus is Lord.

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 And so tonight,

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 the invitation to us

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 to come to the Lord's table

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 is to come and remember

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 the work and the person

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 of Jesus

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 and to praise

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 and extol Jesus.

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 And so as you come

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 to the Lord's table,

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 do you come thinking

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 and moved in your heart

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 and exercising your faith,

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 not in some abstract idea

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 of God who is distant

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 from us perhaps,

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 but God who has come

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 close to us,

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 the God who has come

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 and lived among us,

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 the God who has borne

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 our sorrows

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 in His own person,

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 the God who has come

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 and lived among us

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 and in fact

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 emptied Himself

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 by taking on

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 the form of a servant

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 and coming in the person

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 of Christ?

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 Do we love Him, therefore?

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 This person

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 who is not distant from us.

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 And are we moved,

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 therefore, as well

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 to reflect on what we do

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 in relation to Him?

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 Do we come to Him

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 as our great high priest

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 with all of the sorrows

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 of our own hearts?

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 And do we praise Him

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 through our confession

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 of sin?

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 Because that's part of what

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 this worship and extolling Him

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 involves.

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 It involves an acknowledgement

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 of the relationship

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 that we have with Him.

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 And it is a relationship

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 where sin

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 is inescapable.

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 You cannot have

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 a relationship

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 with Christ

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 without wrestling

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 with

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 the reality

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 of our sin

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 and His

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 forgiveness of it.

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 And so,

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 as we come to praise Him,

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 as we come to worship Him,

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 as we come to

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 pour out our hearts

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 before Him

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 and acknowledge

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 His Lordship

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 over us,

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 do we come

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 acknowledging our sin

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 and confessing

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 what's necessary

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 for us,

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 this Jesus?

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 It's an invitation

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 as well,

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 not only to a certain

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 thing and concerning

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 a certain person,

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 but it's also an invitation

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 to all.

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 The nations

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 are mentioned.

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 Praise the Lord,

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 all nations.

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 The word in Hebrew

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 is the idea

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 of Gentile nations,

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 of foreign nations.

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 That's why

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 the New Testament

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 translation of it

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 that we've read

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 in Romans,

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 Paul says,

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 praise Him,

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 all you Gentiles.

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 It's an invitation

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 that goes out

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 to all of the

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 geopolitical groups

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 of the world.

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 It goes out

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 to the nations

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 that surrounded Israel,

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 whether it was

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 Edom or Moab

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 or Egypt

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 or Babylon

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 or whoever else.

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 All of these powers

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 are invited

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 to come and praise.

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 It's an invitation

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 that goes out today

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 to Hebrideans,

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 and to

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 Glaswegians,

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 to Tuchters

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 and Townies,

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 to Moas,

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 to every single

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 one of us.

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 It's an invitation

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 that comes

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 to all peoples,

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 all ethnic groups.

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 it's an invitation

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 for everyone.

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 And this again

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 is one of these things

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 that I think

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 in terms of communion

00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:22.240
 people struggle with.

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 Because sometimes

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 what you think

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 is one of the objections

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 that I know

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 people struggle with

00:21:28.280 --> 00:21:30.060
 who've sat away

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 from the Lord's table

00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:31.800
 for a long,

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 long time

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 is sometimes

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 they think,

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:34.799
 well,

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 it's not for me

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 because it wasn't

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 for my dad

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 or it wasn't

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 for my mother.

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 And I know

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 my mom and my dad

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 and they were

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 very righteous people

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 and they never felt

00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:49.519
 able to go

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.279
 to the Lord's table

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 and if I measure

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 myself against them

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.480
 I am no better

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 so how can I

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:55.379
 possibly go

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.720
 to the Lord's table?

00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:57.599
 But I want you

00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:58.339
 tonight to remember

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.019
 the invitation

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.660
 to come

00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:02.259
 and the invitation

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.819
 to praise

00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.740
 and extol the Lord

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 and the highest

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.299
 expression of that

00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:05.779
 I think is an

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.839
 obedience to Him.

00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:09.359
 It is for all peoples.

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 And so I want you

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.220
 tonight,

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.940
 if that's you,

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.299
 I want you to

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.399
 lay that concern

00:22:15.399 --> 00:22:16.059
 aside.

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.960
 Because God

00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:20.160
 is not asking you

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:21.060
 to praise Him

00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:22.380
 on behalf

00:22:22.380 --> 00:22:23.279
 of your mom and dad

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 or on behalf

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:26.320
 of generations past.

00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:28.480
 He is asking

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:30.080
 you to praise Him.

00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:32.380
 It is an invitation

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:33.279
 for you

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:34.000
 to obey Him

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 and come.

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 It is an invitation

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 for the individual.

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 And there is no

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 limits.

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 It is all nations,

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 all peoples.

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 So the invitation

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.700
 of this psalm

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:52.420
 comes to all of us

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 and we must

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.279
 bow the knee

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.960
 before Christ

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.480
 and acknowledge

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.139
 Him as Savior.

00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:59.019
 We must trust in Him

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.879
 for our salvation

00:22:59.879 --> 00:23:02.359
 and we must

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.700
 praise Him.

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.480
 We must extol Him.

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 So what are we

00:23:06.059 --> 00:23:06.539
 praising Him

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.500
 and extoling Him for?

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 I mean,

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.819
 we've mentioned this

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.200
 a little bit

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.920
 in the passing already,

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.420
 but verse 2 helps us.

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.259
 For,

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.779
 the great explanatory

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.500
 word of the Bible,

00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:17.180
 For great is His

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:18.560
 steadfast love

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:20.180
 towards us.

00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.680
 Great is His

00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.360
 steadfast love.

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:26.380
 Steadfast love

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 in Hebrew

00:23:26.900 --> 00:23:27.560
 is one word.

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 It's simply

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.279
 the word chesed.

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 It's God's

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:34.080
 love

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:35.860
 for His

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.880
 rebellious creatures.

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 Remember I said

00:23:39.119 --> 00:23:40.099
 before that sin,

00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:40.699
 our sin,

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:42.000
 has to be

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.579
 acknowledged

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.099
 within how

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.179
 we praise God.

00:23:44.879 --> 00:23:45.959
 It has to be seen.

00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:46.459
 It has to be

00:23:46.459 --> 00:23:47.199
 a component

00:23:47.199 --> 00:23:47.959
 of how we think

00:23:47.959 --> 00:23:48.419
 about why

00:23:48.419 --> 00:23:49.079
 we're praising God

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.399
 at all.

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 Part of that is

00:23:50.639 --> 00:23:51.219
 because that is

00:23:51.219 --> 00:23:52.459
 what His chesed does.

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 The steadfast love

00:23:55.919 --> 00:23:56.399
 of the Lord

00:23:56.399 --> 00:23:57.019
 comes into

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.819
 our experience

00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:59.579
 and it

00:23:59.579 --> 00:24:01.299
 obliterates

00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.859
 the traces

00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:02.399
 of sin

00:24:02.399 --> 00:24:03.139
 in our lives.

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 It just

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.500
 covers them

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:06.979
 entirely

00:24:06.979 --> 00:24:07.459
 so that they

00:24:07.459 --> 00:24:08.119
 cannot be seen.

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:09.539
 If you want

00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:09.819
 to think

00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.139
 about the

00:24:10.139 --> 00:24:10.839
 greatest act

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.359
 of God's

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.159
 steadfast love,

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.199
 it is found

00:24:13.199 --> 00:24:13.939
 at the cross

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:15.339
 where God

00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:16.179
 in all of the

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.979
 fullness of time

00:24:16.979 --> 00:24:17.599
 before that

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.279
 had been busy

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.279
 telling the Jews

00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:20.699
 this is how

00:24:20.699 --> 00:24:21.639
 we deal with sin.

00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:23.319
 We deal with it

00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:24.439
 through sacrifice.

00:24:25.159 --> 00:24:26.059
 Someone's blood

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.159
 has to be

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.719
 shed.

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.679
 And there's

00:24:29.679 --> 00:24:30.639
 a wonderful moment

00:24:30.639 --> 00:24:31.459
 where God

00:24:31.459 --> 00:24:32.299
 has been demonstrating

00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.779
 this all the way

00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:33.479
 back to Abraham

00:24:33.479 --> 00:24:34.159
 where He sends

00:24:34.159 --> 00:24:34.659
 Abraham and He

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.079
 says to Abraham

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.739
 take your son,

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.500
 your only son

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:37.159
 whom you love

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:38.519
 and take him

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:38.900
 to the mountain

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.620
 I will show you

00:24:39.620 --> 00:24:39.920
 and there

00:24:39.920 --> 00:24:40.860
 sacrifice him

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.140
 to me.

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.860
 And Abraham

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.620
 takes his son,

00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.279
 his only son

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.800
 whom he loves,

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.080
 Isaac,

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:45.180
 and leads him

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.600
 up the mountain

00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.040
 and Isaac's

00:24:46.040 --> 00:24:46.460
 even asking,

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.340
 where is the

00:24:47.340 --> 00:24:48.200
 lamb?

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.300
 And as Abraham

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:51.900
 takes his son

00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.880
 up to the altar,

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.580
 he binds him

00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.140
 to the altar.

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 And he does

00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.360
 so in faith.

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:58.019
 He does so

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.500
 believing,

00:24:58.759 --> 00:24:59.340
 confident that

00:24:59.340 --> 00:24:59.880
 the promise

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:00.300
 of God

00:25:00.300 --> 00:25:00.700
 is through

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.180
 this son

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:02.080
 so he believes

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.500
 at that point

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.200
 in a resurrection.

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.519
 although Isaac

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.120
 may be slain

00:25:05.120 --> 00:25:05.539
 and burned

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.240
 as a sacrifice,

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.180
 God will

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.840
 raise him up.

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.460
 So he does

00:25:09.460 --> 00:25:09.940
 it with full

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.900
 confidence in God.

00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:13.000
 But he takes

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.360
 him and he's

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:14.100
 ready to plunge

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.480
 the knife

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:15.180
 into his son,

00:25:15.840 --> 00:25:16.480
 his only son

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.039
 whom he loved.

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.960
 And God

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.779
 calls out to him,

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.420
 the angel of the

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:21.299
 Lord calls out

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:22.420
 and says,

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.700
 Abraham,

00:25:22.900 --> 00:25:23.400
 stop.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.279
 Do not do

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.740
 this.

00:25:27.340 --> 00:25:27.900
 Now I know

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.420
 that you love

00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.680
 me.

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.460
 And God

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.000
 who speaks

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.759
 these words

00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:35.200
 knows that

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.500
 at some point,

00:25:36.579 --> 00:25:37.420
 maybe 2,000 years

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:37.960
 after that

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.660
 or 1,000 years

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.220
 after that,

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.740
 perhaps even

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.279
 on the same

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.559
 hill

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.000
 and the same

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.500
 place,

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.740
 another son

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:48.079
 will be offered

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.759
 as a sacrifice

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.440
 for the sins

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:49.940
 of the world.

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.640
 And as we'll

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.200
 think tomorrow,

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:54.559
 there is no

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.859
 voice that

00:25:55.859 --> 00:25:56.500
 calls out,

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.559
 stop.

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:00.940
 Great

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.740
 is the

00:26:01.740 --> 00:26:02.640
 steadfast love

00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.500
 of the

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.860
 Lord.

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.759
 Not in some

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.840
 abstract sense

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.360
 where we can

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:07.920
 look at someone

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.299
 and say,

00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:08.799
 oh,

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:09.100
 they're a

00:26:09.100 --> 00:26:09.860
 lovely person.

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.420
 Haven't they

00:26:10.420 --> 00:26:10.759
 got such

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.200
 wonderful

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.980
 characteristics?

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.940
 Aren't they

00:26:12.940 --> 00:26:13.340
 great?

00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.140
 But in

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.960
 God's case

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.320
 where we

00:26:16.320 --> 00:26:16.900
 talk about

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.620
 his steadfast

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:18.039
 love,

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:19.140
 and in the

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.759
 Bible it is

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.779
 almost consistently

00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.640
 expressed this

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:21.900
 way,

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.860
 it is his

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:23.920
 steadfast love

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.220
 moving in a

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.740
 direction.

00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:26.759
 It is towards

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.460
 us.

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:29.140
 It is

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:29.980
 steadfast love

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.440
 that is not

00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:31.279
 abstract and

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:31.819
 over there.

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.420
 It is

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.180
 steadfast love

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.620
 that comes

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.559
 into the

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.380
 experience and

00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:36.000
 the lives of

00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.640
 God's people

00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.740
 and does

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.880
 something there

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:40.559
 that brings

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.620
 redemption into

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.380
 their experience,

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.440
 that sets them

00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.660
 free from the

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:45.340
 coils and

00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.140
 entanglement of

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:47.200
 sin, that sets

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.860
 them free from

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.600
 death itself,

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:49.480
 and will one

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.380
 day raise them

00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.240
 up with Christ

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.019
 Jesus in the

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.680
 fullness of the

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:53.180
 resurrection.

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.279
 resurrection.

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.019
 This is the

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.680
 steadfast love

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.200
 of the Lord.

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:02.100
 My question

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.560
 for you

00:27:02.560 --> 00:27:03.120
 tonight is

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.700
 quite simply

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:04.160
 this, do

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.620
 you know

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.220
 this God?

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.080
 Do we know

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.880
 the steadfast

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.420
 love of the

00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:09.660
 Lord?

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.500
 Is that what

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.840
 we're wanting

00:27:10.840 --> 00:27:11.340
 to worship?

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.920
 Is that who

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:12.299
 we want to

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:12.600
 praise?

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.640
 Is that what

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.360
 of God we

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:14.799
 want to

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.420
 extol?

00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.440
 It ought to

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.840
 be as we're

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.380
 coming to the

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:18.920
 Lord's table

00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.400
 because the

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:19.860
 Lord's table

00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.340
 is the place

00:27:20.340 --> 00:27:20.640
 where we

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.279
 remember the

00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:21.980
 pinnacle of

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.440
 that love

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.160
 being expressed.

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:25.560
 in the broken

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.220
 body and the

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.759
 shed blood of

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.320
 Christ Jesus.

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:31.259
 It is

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:32.240
 steadfast love

00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:33.039
 for us

00:27:33.039 --> 00:27:33.519
 sinners.

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.240
 And it

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.860
 leads us to

00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.240
 worship.

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.120
 The covenant

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.600
 love of the

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:41.539
 Lord, that

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.220
 steadfast love

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.460
 of the Lord,

00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:42.840
 it's bound

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.220
 up in his

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.880
 covenant as

00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:44.180
 well.

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.680
 And so

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.519
 within the

00:27:46.519 --> 00:27:47.460
 heart of

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.900
 covenant

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.340
 theology is

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.840
 the simple

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.380
 fact of

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.840
 God's

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.779
 substitutionary

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.200
 love.

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:53.480
 God

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.620
 establishes a

00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:56.580
 bond with

00:27:56.580 --> 00:27:57.299
 his people

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:59.259
 to save

00:27:59.259 --> 00:27:59.759
 and redeem

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.140
 them.

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.259
 But the

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.640
 bond that

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.420
 he establishes

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:03.720
 is one

00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:04.299
 made and

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:04.940
 sealed through

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:05.279
 the blood

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.779
 of Jesus.

00:28:08.560 --> 00:28:09.080
 And

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:10.400
 allied to

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.740
 that is

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.240
 this other

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.840
 word, the

00:28:11.840 --> 00:28:12.799
 faithfulness of

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.140
 God.

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:15.400
 God

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.780
 having

00:28:15.780 --> 00:28:16.580
 entered into

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:17.100
 a covenant

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.660
 to do

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:19.080
 this, follows

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:19.560
 through on

00:28:19.560 --> 00:28:20.200
 that promise.

00:28:21.140 --> 00:28:21.520
 And that

00:28:21.520 --> 00:28:22.080
 covenant is

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:23.020
 bounded at

00:28:23.020 --> 00:28:23.560
 multiple

00:28:23.560 --> 00:28:24.040
 levels.

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.380
 We might

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.800
 think that it

00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.220
 was God's

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.680
 promise to

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.840
 Abraham, who

00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:30.080
 was the

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:30.420
 father of

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:30.840
 the faithful,

00:28:31.440 --> 00:28:31.740
 that God

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 promised Abraham

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 his name.

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 We might go

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 further back,

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 in fact, and

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 we might even

00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.800
 go back to

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 Adam, and

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:35.840
 we could say

00:28:35.840 --> 00:28:36.160
 in Adam,

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.580
 well, God

00:28:36.580 --> 00:28:36.920
 made a

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.300
 promise to

00:28:37.300 --> 00:28:37.500
 Adam.

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 In fact, it

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.160
 was a promise

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.980
 passively made

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 to Adam.

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 It was a

00:28:40.899 --> 00:28:41.539
 statement, a

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 judgment made

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 to Satan, to

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 the evil

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 one, where

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 he said to

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 the serpent

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 in the garden,

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 one day the

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.579
 seed of the

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 woman will

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 bruise the

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 head of the

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 serpent.

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 It's part

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 of the

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 curse.

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 But within

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 it, there is

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 that wonderful

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 truth, that

00:28:55.680 --> 00:28:56.379
 promise of

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 God, that a

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 faithful,

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 established

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 covenant has

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 been entered

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 into.

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 God is going

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 to redeem

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 these people.

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 He's going

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 to bring

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 redemption.

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 And

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 in the

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 fullness of

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 time that

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 comes in

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 the person

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 of Jesus.

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 But there

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 is another

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 layer to

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 this as

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 well, which

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 is the

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 covenant that

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 God made

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 with his

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 son, that

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 the father

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 and the

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 son entered

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 into in

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 eternity before

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 the foundation

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 of the

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 world.

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 Where creation

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 is established,

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 God says we

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 will make man

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 in our image.

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 But even

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 before that

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 process begins,

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 it's not as

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 if there's a

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 plan B

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 gets set up.

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 Where God

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.820
 says, well,

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.259
 by the way,

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 if things go

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 pear-shaped and

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 Adam sins,

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 you're going to

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 have to go and

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 redeem them.

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 The actual

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 plan from the

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:50.600
 beginning was

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 that Christ

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 would come,

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 that God

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 the son would

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 enter into the

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 experience of

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 humanity.

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 It's almost as

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 if sin was

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 inevitable, not

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 foreordained under

00:29:59.820 --> 00:30:00.519
 God's control,

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 but just

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 inevitable in the

00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:02.880
 nature of his

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 creatures.

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 That sin was

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 inevitable.

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 God had

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.819
 agreed within

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 the Trinity,

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 between the

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 Father and

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 the Son,

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 had agreed to

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.639
 come.

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 And the

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.119
 faithfulness of

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.859
 God is seen

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.339
 that in the

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:19.879
 fullness of

00:30:19.879 --> 00:30:20.700
 time, the

00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:22.079
 Christ did

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:22.639
 come.

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 This is

00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.480
 perhaps the

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.279
 greatest wonder

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.920
 of the cosmos,

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.839
 that the God

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.599
 and creator of

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.119
 all things,

00:30:29.500 --> 00:30:30.379
 the one by

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.200
 whose word and

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 power all

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.460
 things are made

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.100
 and sustained,

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.279
 that he came

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.819
 into the world,

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.299
 that he took

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:35.980
 on himself the

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.420
 form of a

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.420
 servant, and

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:38.120
 that he subjected

00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.400
 himself to

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:42.299
 the misery of

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.900
 this world.

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:44.380
 And that in his

00:30:44.380 --> 00:30:45.579
 faithfulness he

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.079
 went to the

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.640
 cross and he

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:48.019
 died for his

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.380
 people.

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.559
 And tonight,

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:54.440
 the question

00:30:54.440 --> 00:30:55.200
 before us is

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:56.039
 simply this,

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.960
 what are we

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.299
 praising?

00:30:58.700 --> 00:30:59.039
 I mean, what

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.660
 are we singing

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.380
 of when we

00:31:00.380 --> 00:31:01.299
 sing this psalm?

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.099
 What's on our

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.480
 minds?

00:31:02.619 --> 00:31:03.079
 What's in our

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.639
 hearts?

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.200
 What's moving

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.539
 us?

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.139
 And surely it

00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:07.759
 is this, that

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.619
 we know a

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.200
 Savior, a

00:31:09.200 --> 00:31:09.819
 Redeemer in

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.460
 Christ Jesus,

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.720
 who loved us

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.180
 and gave

00:31:12.180 --> 00:31:12.899
 himself for

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:14.779
 us, and

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.180
 who did

00:31:15.180 --> 00:31:18.460
 so through

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:20.319
 the sorrow

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.240
 of Gethsemane,

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:23.819
 who in the

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:24.359
 depths of

00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.899
 sorrow in

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.500
 Gethsemane

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.159
 said,

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.619
 nevertheless

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.159
 Father,

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.819
 even though

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.639
 if I could

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.319
 ask that this

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.680
 cup would

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.139
 pass from

00:31:30.139 --> 00:31:30.299
 me,

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:30.940
 nevertheless

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.700
 Father, not

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.680
 my will but

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:34.080
 yours be

00:31:34.080 --> 00:31:34.779
 done,

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:38.920
 who surrendered

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.860
 himself willingly

00:31:39.860 --> 00:31:40.440
 to the will

00:31:40.440 --> 00:31:40.700
 of his

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.080
 Father,

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.820
 who carried

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.259
 out the

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.960
 fullness of

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.420
 the covenant

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:45.340
 commitments that

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.759
 God had

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.340
 entered into,

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:49.259
 who carried

00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:51.059
 the cross.

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.220
 This is our

00:31:55.220 --> 00:31:56.180
 Savior tonight.

00:31:56.180 --> 00:32:06.600
 Lord, this is

00:32:06.600 --> 00:32:07.440
 who we are

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.080
 invited to

00:32:08.080 --> 00:32:08.660
 make much

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:09.320
 of and to

00:32:09.320 --> 00:32:10.700
 extol with

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.480
 our lips.

00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:14.060
 And so

00:32:14.060 --> 00:32:14.580
 will we not

00:32:14.580 --> 00:32:16.759
 come and

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.340
 praise the

00:32:18.340 --> 00:32:18.580
 Lord?

00:32:19.640 --> 00:32:20.620
 Let's pray.

00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:28.239
 Heavenly Father we thank you for

00:32:28.239 --> 00:32:30.319
 tonight your fidelity

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:32.759
 your faithfulness

00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:35.459
 the fact that you are

00:32:35.459 --> 00:32:38.159
 in Christ Jesus the hope of the Gentiles

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:41.699
 and so Lord we need

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:43.779
 desperately to have our hearts

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.579
 engaged

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:47.839
 and our minds committed

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:49.959
 and our faith

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.880
 exercised towards this great

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.980
 truth that you

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.319
 have done it all

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:58.200
 and so

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.819
 Father prepare us to come

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.759
 in obedience

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:03.019
 to your invitation

00:33:03.019 --> 00:33:05.819
 and we ask this for

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.759
 Christ's own sake

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:08.039
 Amen

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:11.779
 We're going to sing in conclusion

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:14.200
 in that psalm, Psalm 117

00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:18.059
 in Sing

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.500
 Psalms page 155

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:27.839
 The tune is Regent Square

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.359
 We've sung it recently

00:33:29.359 --> 00:33:30.660
 actually in the congregation

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:33.420
 Praise the Lord

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.799
 O all you nations

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:36.160
 all you peoples

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:37.119
 sing his praise

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:40.059
 for his love is great towards us

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:42.339
 his commitment lasts always

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:43.880
 he is faithful

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.640
 now and ever

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.920
 Hallelujah

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:48.200
 Praise the Lord

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:49.660
 I think we'll sing it through twice

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:50.840
 and we'll stand to sing

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:52.120
 and remain standing for the benediction

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:58.360
 Praise the Lord

00:33:58.360 --> 00:34:01.539
 O all your nations

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:03.960
 all you need

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:07.180
 must sing his face

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:12.920
 for his love is great towards us

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.260
 praise the Lord

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:18.260
 praise the Lord

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:20.260
 He is faithful

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:23.260
 now and ever

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.760
 praise the Lord

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.100
 praise the Lord

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00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:30.059
 Alleluia, praise the Lord.

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:42.299
 Praise the Lord, O all you nations, all you peoples sing his praise.

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:53.360
 For his love is straight towards us, his moment and last always.

00:34:53.360 --> 00:35:05.599
 His faithful, alleluia, praise the Lord.

00:35:08.740 --> 00:35:20.980
 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Amen.

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:25.360
 Amen.

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