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 Good morning. I have two texts for you to turn with me today. The first is Colossians chapter 3 and verse 16.

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! So you turn there and mark it with your finger or your handy ribbon marker. And if you're doing this digitally, tough. Still some advantages to the paper version. Colossians 3.16 and Ephesians chapter 5 verses 18 and 19.

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 Normatively, we preach verse by verse through the Bible and we are presently in John chapter 4. The last time we were there, just this last week, I made some corrective comments from the phrase spirit and truth.

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 God is seeking those who will worship Him in spirit and truth. And so today we thought it wise to pause for a week to speak positively about the matter.

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 John, am I not on? Okay. That was a inquisitive look, I thought, so I'm sorry.

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 The last time that we considered musical worship was almost exactly a year ago. Almost to the week exactly a year ago.

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 I want to comfort you if you've been here for quite some time that I do not intend to address the matter yearly, but we thought it wise today.

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 So, occasionally we do these sermons that kind of fall under a category that we call why we do what we do.

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 And then we like to add to that why we do what we do and why we do what we do the way we do what we do.

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 When we gather together as a church, why do we engage in musical worship and why do we engage in musical worship the particular way that we engage in musical worship?

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 I want to begin with an aside concerning our language concerning music.

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 You may already be hearing me use a different phrase, musical worship.

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 In recent decades, for most of our lives, the music sung in church has been often referred to simply as worship and the individual leading the music as the worship leader.

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 Music, rightly sung in our church gatherings or otherwise, certainly is worship.

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 It ought to be that.

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 But it is not the totality of worship.

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 And the individual leading music is certainly leading us in worship, if it's being done properly, but not in the totality of our worship.

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 So to call our singing together worship and the individual leading the music as the worship leader suggests that our worship of God is reduced to a bit of time during a service on Sunday morning.

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 And implies the exclusion of our worship.

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 And our prayer is a prayer of God.

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 And our scripture reading, of our ordinance administering, of our preaching and hearing of preaching, and certainly the rest of our living when we part ways.

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 Paul stated in Romans chapter 12 in verse 1.

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 I appeal to you, therefore, brothers.

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 Everything he has said, all the doctrinal richness in the first 11 chapters.

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 He says, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice.

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 Holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

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 God means for all of ourselves, all of our lives to be committed to his praise.

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 Every ounce of it.

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 Not just the songs that we sing, although they're included in that greater reality.

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 So, we will never call the music here worship or the individual leading the music the worship leader because it's just confusing.

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 I encourage you to join us in this, to toe this line, to be careful with your words.

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 Some will say, well, you know what I mean when being confronted on this matter.

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 But the problem is, words have meaning.

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 They carry along ideas, and we ought to be careful.

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 We shouldn't be cavalier with our use of words.

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 If you say something, and I'm corrective, and you say, you know what I mean, I'll say, no, I don't know what you mean.

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 That's why I brought the issue up.

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 So, today, and I hope on into the future, we will speak in terms of musical worship and whoever is leading us in that, our music leader.

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 The subject of musical worship in churches has been a highly contested subject, especially over these past decades.

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 These conflicts are often called the worship wars.

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 As you know, there's actually been a label given to all of this conflict.

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 And they revolve particularly around a debate between contemporary and traditional music.

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 Lots of heat, very little light.

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 The current solution has seemed to be for small churches to work to serve a particular demographic.

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 We're going to find the people who like a certain style of music.

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 And for larger churches to cater to every demographic with multiple services.

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 Different offerings for different preferences.

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 None of this is good for your faith or for the community of faith.

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 It is not proper for a church to serve preference over purpose.

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 Preference itself isn't a bad thing.

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 We can like particular styles or particular songs.

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 We sing some songs here that I don't really care for all that much.

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 But when preference begins to rule over purpose in the way that we gather, we are on a road to trouble.

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 It is not healthy to meet felt needs at the expense of real needs.

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 To promulgate consumerism in the worship of our God.

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 We should not say to people, it's totally okay to be a consumer.

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 Rather, how can we come together and serve one another as we sing?

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 In the barely early days of our church, Wes, one of our founding elders and our music leader for the first nine years of our existence,

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 and myself were frustrated with the conflict we saw on this matter.

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 We just thought the church can be better at this.

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 And we wanted to lead our small gathering well.

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 So we're so very grateful for a massive story I could tell you,

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 but how God brought us to believe in the sufficiency of Scripture.

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 That the Bible has something to say about how we gather together as a church,

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 and it has something to say about how we should sing when we are together.

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 So, Colossians chapter 3 and verse 16, and Ephesians chapter 5, verse 18 and 19.

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 We'll take a look at today and draw some implications out of it.

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 Before I read it though, let me pray on our behalf.

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 Our Father and our God, what a good thing it is for us to be together this morning,

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 to be reminded of your grace to us in the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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 And I am glad that we have already been so clearly reminded of this in our reading,

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 and in our prayers, and in our songs.

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 My Father, as we open your word together this morning,

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 we want to rightly understand it.

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 We know that we need your help to do this.

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 We humbly recognize that it was written ultimately for your glory,

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 and also for our good.

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 Would you help us to believe its promises, and obey its commands,

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 and to have affection for you, its author.

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 We pray this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So, Colossians 3.16 says, Paul here writes,

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 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,

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 teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,

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 singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs

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 with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

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 Now turn to Ephesians chapter 5,

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 verse 18 and 19.

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 There Paul says,

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 We'll make a connection between those two texts here momentarily.

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 So why do we do what we do?

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 Why do we sing together when we gather?

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 Singing is a significant part of our Lord's Day liturgy.

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 A big part of the plan for when we come together.

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 Why?

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 The Bible commands it.

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 For God's glory,

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 and for our good.

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 Some examples.

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 We read already from Colossians 3 and Ephesians chapter 5,

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 but also Psalm 33 and verse 3.

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 Sing to Him a new song.

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 Play skillfully on the strings with loud shouts.

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 Psalm 47 and verse 6.

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 Sing praises to God.

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 Sing praises.

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 Sing praises to our King.

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 Sing praises.

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 The Bible contains over 400 references to singing

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 and 50 direct commands to sing.

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 The longest book of the Bible,

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 by verse count,

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 the Psalms is a book of songs.

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 And we have the example of Jesus in Matthew chapter 26 and verse 30.

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 There Matthew records,

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 And when they had sung a hymn,

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 they went out to the Mount of Olives.

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 At the Last Supper,

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 they sang together.

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 And we have the example of heaven

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 in the book of Revelation.

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 Did you know that the book of Revelation has more songs in it

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 than any other book except the Psalms?

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 There is singing in heaven.

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 And if we are a people who belong there,

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 we should sing.

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 Revelation chapter 15,

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 verse 2 and 3.

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 There John says,

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 And I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass

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 mingled with fire,

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 and also those who had conquered the beast

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 and its image and the number of its name,

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 standing beside the sea of glass

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 with harps of God in their hands.

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 And they sing the song of Moses,

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 the servant of God,

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 and the song of the Lamb,

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 saying,

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 Great and amazing are your deeds,

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 O Lord God the Almighty,

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 just and true are your ways,

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 O King of the nations.

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 Singing in heaven.

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 And the example of Paul and Silas

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 in the Philippian jail,

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 Acts chapter 16 and verse 25.

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 About midnight,

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 Paul and Silas were praying

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 and singing hymns to God.

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 And there's an earthquake

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 and the jail cell is opened.

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 James says in James chapter 5 and verse 13,

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 Is anyone cheerful?

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 Let him sing praise.

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 It's all over the place.

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 And perhaps we read past those commands

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 too often.

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 God's people sing.

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 John Calvin once said,

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 Wherever faith is lively,

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 wherever faith is lively,

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 holy rejoicing will follow.

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 So, it's fitting.

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 We should sing when we are gathered.

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 I don't think this should be a thing

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 that's forced upon us.

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 I think we should want to come together

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 and sing.

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 But what are we to sing

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 when we come together?

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 Psalms and hymns

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 and spiritual songs.

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 Now, I will tell you,

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 you can read a lot of things

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 about these three things.

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 There's a lot of conjecture

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 out there about them.

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 I think simply we could think

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 in these terms about psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs.

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 First, we should sing

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 from God's songbook.

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 It makes sense

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 that we would pick up

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 the book of psalms.

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 We sing quite a few songs,

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 none this morning.

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 Alex and I did not coordinate

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 this morning.

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 But that are directly

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 from the psalms.

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 For example,

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 we sing a song

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 that we call Psalm 43.

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 You may or may not be

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 familiar with that.

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 We also sing a lot of songs

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 that are directly adapted

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 from the psalms.

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 So we lose the rhythm

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 and the rhyming

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 when we go from Hebrew

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 to English.

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 So it can be a little clunky

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 to directly sing a psalm

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 in English.

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 But there's a lot

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 that are really,

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 really, really close.

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 A mighty fortress

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 is our God,

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 for example,

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 is an expression

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 of a psalm.

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 I think it's Psalm 46,

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 if I'm remembering correctly.

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 So we have a songbook

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 and we should sing psalms.

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 That's probably happening

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 more often

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 than you may even realize.

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 We should also sing hymns.

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 Hymns are songs

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 to or about God

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 and what He has done.

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 It's kind of the locus,

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 the focus of it.

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 That's often why

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 we want to have

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 a big view of God,

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 the things we sing from,

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 like our hymnal.

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 This one's called

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 Hymns of Grace.

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 So a broad category,

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 songs to or about God

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 and what He has done.

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 Some examples,

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 How Great Thou Art

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 or Holy, Holy, Holy.

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 Colossians 1,

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 verse 15-20,

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 by many scholars,

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 is understood to be

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 an early hymn.

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 They think there,

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 Paul is actually citing

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 a hymn

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 that the church at Colossae

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 would have been

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 familiar with.

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 It says,

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 Jesus is the image

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 of the invisible

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 in heaven and on earth,

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 visible and invisible,

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 whether thrones

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 or dominions

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 or rulers

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 or authorities,

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 all things were created

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 through Him

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 and for Him.

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 That feels like a verse,

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 doesn't it?

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 And He is before all things

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 and in Him

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 all things hold together

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 and He is the head

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 of the body,

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 the church.

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 He is the beginning,

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 the firstborn from the dead,

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 that in everything

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 He might be preeminent.

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 For in Him

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 all the fullness of God

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 was pleased to dwell

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 and through Him

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 to reconcile to Himself

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 all things,

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 whether on earth

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 or in heaven,

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 making peace

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 by the blood of His cross.

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 We sing a hymn together

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 called All Things,

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 which is an adaptation

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 of those six verses.

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 We're also to sing

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 spiritual songs.

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 This is the one

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 that gets the most debate

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 about exactly what

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 is meant by this.

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 But we think

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 kind of the category left

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 are songs

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 to or about us.

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 We sing to one another

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 about us

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 in relation to God

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 and what spiritual songs

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 if defined in this way.

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 Songs like Amazing Grace

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 or It Is Well.

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 The focus is more

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 on our experience

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 in relation to God.

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 So we're to sing.

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 We're to sing psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs.

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 We're commanded to do so

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 and I would hope

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 that that would be enough

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 for each and every one of us.

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 But maybe a little more

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 thinking serves us as well.

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 humans are wired

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 to give and receive

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 through song.

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 People will inevitably sing.

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 Go to a sporting event

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 and you will find men

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 who in church

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 would fold their arms

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 and not open their mouth

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 singing heartily.

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 heartily.

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 I just answered a phone call

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 on my iPad.

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 I hope that sales call

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 got a little bite there.

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 I should have left it on.

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 Just preach to them.

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 We are wired.

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 Our culture loves musicians

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 for good and bad

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 throughout history.

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 This has always been true.

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 Musicians have been popular.

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 Every movement,

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 every uprising,

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 every cultural expression

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 has its music.

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 We're musical beings.

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 Everyone will tap their foot

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 or bob their head

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 to something.

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 You may not like

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 the music I tap my foot

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 and bob my head to

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 but you will find music.

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 You will do that too.

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 I've been sharing

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 some of the classics

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 from my high school years

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 with my boys

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 and it's really amazing to me

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 how every song

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 I listened to

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 in high school

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 now seems really fast.

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 Like,

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 is this the right tempo?

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 I think they sped this song

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 up in this recording.

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 Nope.

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 Nope.

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 My brain is slowing down

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 and I'm having a

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 hard time processing music

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 at the pace

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 that I once did.

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 We're musical people though,

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 right?

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 It's part of who we are designed

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 to be in the church

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 should engage our minds.

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 So hear me,

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 it should engage

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 our minds

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 and I'll make a

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 stronger point to this

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 in a moment

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 but it also

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 connects

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 to our affections.

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 I think this is why

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 we're so wired up

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 in this

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 way.

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 We are moved

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 along

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 by

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 music.

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 So,

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 when we sing

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 and we are gathered

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 it is our hope

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 that our feelings

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 catch up

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 to the truth

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 that we believe.

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 We want to sing

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 the truth.

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 We want to accompany

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 the singing

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 of that truth

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 in the hope

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 that our affections

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 and the truth

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 line up

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 with one another.

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 The two set

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 right on top

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 of one another.

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 We should

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 feel

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 the truth.

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 It's good

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 for us

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 to do this.

00:19:53.780 --> 00:19:54.560
 Jonathan Edwards

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 in his book

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 Religious

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 Affections

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 said this,

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 quote,

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 the duty of

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 singing praises

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 to God

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 seems to be

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 appointed

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 wholly to

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 excite

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.860
 and express

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 religious

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:07.180
 affections.

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 That our

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 feelings,

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 that we would

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 have these

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 great truths

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 before us

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 and that we

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 would sing

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 them and give

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 us opportunity

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 to emote

00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:17.879
 the wonderful

00:20:17.879 --> 00:20:18.639
 truths

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 of God.

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 And so we

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 sing.

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 We take up

00:20:24.379 --> 00:20:25.139
 the commands

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 together.

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 Why do we

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 do it the way

00:20:28.679 --> 00:20:29.219
 that we

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 do it?

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 Colossians 3.16

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 and Ephesians

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:36.579
 5.18-19

00:20:36.579 --> 00:20:38.779
 show us

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 that our

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 singing together

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 is the result

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.639
 of the

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.719
 Spirit of

00:20:43.719 --> 00:20:44.319
 Christ

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.959
 dwelling

00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:46.700
 within us.

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 There's a

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 striking

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 parallel

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.180
 between

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 much of

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.700
 Colossians 3

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 and Ephesians

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 5.

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 They both

00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.220
 have Paul

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 as their

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 author,

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 which allows

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 for an

00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.059
 incredible

00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.779
 connection

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.759
 to be drawn

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 from them.

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.579
 So once again,

00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.420
 you can flip

00:21:03.420 --> 00:21:03.960
 back and forth,

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.480
 look at these

00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.319
 two texts.

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 Colossians 3.16,

00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.420
 there he says,

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.120
 let the

00:21:09.120 --> 00:21:09.519
 word of

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.559
 Christ dwell

00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:11.519
 in you

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:12.559
 richly.

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:14.299
 And then

00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.840
 it follows,

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.880
 teaching and

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.519
 admonishing one

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.120
 another in all

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.460
 wisdom,

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:19.200
 singing psalms

00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:19.620
 and hymns

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.039
 and spiritual

00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.620
 songs with

00:21:20.620 --> 00:21:21.440
 thankfulness in

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.120
 your hearts

00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:23.500
 to God.

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.200
 So the

00:21:24.200 --> 00:21:25.559
 outflow of

00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:25.900
 letting the

00:21:25.900 --> 00:21:26.140
 word of

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.519
 Christ dwell

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:26.720
 in your

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.160
 richly is

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.340
 that we

00:21:27.340 --> 00:21:27.579
 will be

00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:28.100
 teaching and

00:21:28.100 --> 00:21:28.600
 admonishing

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.680
 through our

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.660
 singing.

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:32.740
 And then in

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.480
 Ephesians 5,

00:21:33.660 --> 00:21:34.000
 he says,

00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.059
 do not get

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.400
 drunk with

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:35.620
 wine,

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.100
 for that is

00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.680
 debauchery,

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.360
 but be filled

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.700
 with the

00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.019
 Spirit.

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.579
 And then

00:21:38.579 --> 00:21:38.799
 what did

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.140
 you say?

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.480
 Addressing

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.039
 one another

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.440
 in psalms

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:42.880
 and hymns

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.319
 and spiritual

00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:43.759
 songs,

00:21:43.759 --> 00:21:44.379
 singing and

00:21:44.379 --> 00:21:44.960
 making melody

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.299
 to the

00:21:45.299 --> 00:21:46.779
 Lord with

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.279
 your heart.

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.619
 And the

00:21:48.619 --> 00:21:49.619
 argument that

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:49.980
 I want you

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.660
 to see from

00:21:50.660 --> 00:21:51.680
 this parallel

00:21:51.680 --> 00:21:53.279
 text is that

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.839
 to be filled

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.319
 with the

00:21:54.319 --> 00:21:55.519
 Spirit is

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.720
 to let the

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.440
 word of

00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.619
 Christ dwell

00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.319
 in you

00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:00.379
 richly.

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.640
 The way

00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.019
 that the

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:03.079
 Spirit works

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:04.079
 in us,

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:04.660
 that the

00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.099
 word of

00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:05.640
 Christ would

00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.339
 dwell,

00:22:06.700 --> 00:22:07.099
 take up

00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.799
 residence,

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.079
 that it

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.920
 would inhabit

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.920
 us in

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.920
 abundance

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.800
 richly,

00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.180
 which means

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:12.420
 it's going

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.740
 to come

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.360
 out of

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.620
 us as

00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.019
 well.

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.360
 Let the

00:22:16.360 --> 00:22:16.700
 word of

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:18.519
 Christ fill

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.880
 you,

00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.300
 read,

00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:21.720
 meditate,

00:22:22.600 --> 00:22:23.039
 memorize.

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:24.440
 If you're

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.360
 in Christ,

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.200
 you will want

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.700
 to be a

00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.560
 person of

00:22:27.560 --> 00:22:29.279
 his word.

00:22:30.080 --> 00:22:30.620
 And it's

00:22:30.620 --> 00:22:30.759
 going to

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.039
 come out

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:31.500
 of us.

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.440
 It's going

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.640
 to come

00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:32.920
 out of

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:34.039
 us in

00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:34.620
 psalms

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.500
 and hymns

00:22:35.500 --> 00:22:35.759
 and

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:37.019
 spiritual

00:22:37.019 --> 00:22:38.099
 songs.

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.019
 Now,

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.380
 just in

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:41.259
 case this

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.579
 connection

00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:41.900
 between

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.299
 Colossians

00:22:42.299 --> 00:22:42.440
 and

00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.799
 Ephesians

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:43.259
 is too

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.640
 vague,

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.599
 I don't

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:44.920
 think it

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.180
 is,

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.619
 but just

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.140
 in case

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:47.019
 it is,

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.259
 we can

00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.500
 look a

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:47.640
 couple

00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:47.819
 other

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.099
 places

00:22:48.099 --> 00:22:48.400
 very

00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:48.700
 quickly.

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.000
 Romans

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.480
 chapter 8

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.599
 and

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.400
 verse 5.

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.680
 There Paul

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:51.920
 says,

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:52.619
 those who

00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:52.980
 live according

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.200
 to the

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.160
 flesh set

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.759
 their minds

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.059
 on the

00:22:55.059 --> 00:22:55.700
 things of

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:55.799
 the

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.119
 flesh,

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.039
 but those

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.380
 who live

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.720
 according

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 to the

00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.700
 Spirit

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.880
 set

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 their

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.759
 minds

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.539
 on the

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:02.299
 things

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.400
 of the

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:03.759
 Spirit.

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.980
 What are

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.299
 the things

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.539
 of the

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:05.779
 Spirit?

00:23:06.139 --> 00:23:06.319
 Oh,

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:06.799
 well,

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.220
 most certainly

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.940
 the word

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.500
 that he

00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:09.859
 inspired.

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.240
 Galatians

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.899
 5.16,

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.720
 walk by

00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.319
 the Spirit

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.279
 and you

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:14.819
 will not

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.740
 gratify

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.859
 the desires

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.919
 of the

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.359
 flesh.

00:23:19.639 --> 00:23:19.980
 Proper

00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.359
 worship

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:20.859
 of God

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.220
 is

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.759
 Spirit-filled

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.319
 worship

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:24.079
 of God,

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:25.059
 which is

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:26.200
 mindful

00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.139
 worship

00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:28.259
 of God.

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.619
 If

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.279
 you're

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.700
 seeking

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:32.039
 experiences

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:33.200
 to get

00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:33.500
 your

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.379
 religious

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.079
 affections

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.480
 going

00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:35.980
 all the

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.339
 time,

00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.659
 I would

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.059
 suggest

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.379
 to you

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 that that's

00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.259
 going to

00:23:38.259 --> 00:23:38.819
 be a

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 dry

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 well

00:23:40.119 --> 00:23:41.159
 to drink

00:23:41.159 --> 00:23:41.480
 from.

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 It needs

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 to be

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 truth-driven,

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.019
 mindful

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.579
 all the

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 time.

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.519
 Our

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.099
 singing

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:50.899
 together

00:23:50.899 --> 00:23:52.399
 should be

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 mindful

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:54.720
 and it

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.720
 should be

00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:56.799
 affectionate.

00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:57.279
 Our

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.839
 feelings

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.859
 should

00:23:58.859 --> 00:23:59.939
 accompany

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 it,

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.579
 whether or

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.980
 not,

00:24:02.039 --> 00:24:02.419
 that's

00:24:02.419 --> 00:24:02.839
 very

00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:03.740
 expressive.

00:24:04.439 --> 00:24:04.659
 Our

00:24:04.659 --> 00:24:05.139
 emotions

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.679
 should

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.799
 catch up

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.439
 to the

00:24:07.439 --> 00:24:07.619
 very

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.079
 things

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:08.679
 that

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:08.799
 we're

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.019
 singing.

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.480
 We

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:09.779
 sing

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.519
 things

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.059
 together

00:24:11.059 --> 00:24:11.960
 that are

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 wholeheartedly

00:24:12.639 --> 00:24:13.079
 amen,

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 yes and

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.319
 amen to

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.779
 every one

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.159
 of them,

00:24:15.439 --> 00:24:15.779
 but I

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.179
 don't know

00:24:16.179 --> 00:24:16.480
 that my

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.919
 heart is

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:17.319
 always

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.879
 caught up

00:24:17.879 --> 00:24:18.179
 to the

00:24:18.179 --> 00:24:18.379
 things

00:24:18.379 --> 00:24:18.639
 that I'm

00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:18.939
 singing

00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.299
 and it's

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.819
 good

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.519
 for me

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.299
 to see

00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:21.559
 it

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.159
 and to

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.720
 hear it

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.139
 coming

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:23.659
 from

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 you.

00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:26.139
 I need

00:24:26.139 --> 00:24:26.500
 my

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.039
 heart

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:28.240
 tuned

00:24:28.240 --> 00:24:29.159
 to come

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.539
 together

00:24:29.539 --> 00:24:30.839
 and worship

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.980
 in music.

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:34.099
 Colossians

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.619
 3.16

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:34.939
 again,

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.419
 teaching

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:36.519
 and admonishing

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.139
 one another

00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:38.539
 in all

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.099
 wisdom,

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.000
 addressing

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:41.099
 one

00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:42.480
 another.

00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:43.159
 We

00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:43.919
 come

00:24:43.919 --> 00:24:44.599
 together

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.659
 to remind

00:24:45.659 --> 00:24:46.439
 one another

00:24:46.439 --> 00:24:47.619
 and teach

00:24:47.619 --> 00:24:48.259
 one another

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.720
 of deeply

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.480
 important

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.799
 things.

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.720
 John Owen

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.220
 once said,

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.539
 quote,

00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.920
 we must

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.379
 not allow

00:24:55.379 --> 00:24:55.839
 ourselves

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.159
 to be

00:24:56.159 --> 00:24:56.740
 satisfied

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:58.240
 with vague

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.960
 ideas

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.440
 of the

00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.759
 love of

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.220
 Christ,

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.220
 which present

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:02.139
 nothing of

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.779
 his glory

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.740
 to our

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.339
 minds.

00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:05.779
 Vague

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.480
 ideas,

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:06.940
 right?

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.720
 We need

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.460
 deep

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.180
 truth,

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:10.259
 mindful

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.279
 truth,

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.279
 stuff that

00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:12.720
 makes us

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.339
 wrestle,

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.839
 stuff that

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.220
 makes us

00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.399
 go,

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:14.960
 oh,

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.440
 this is

00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:16.159
 vast

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:17.039
 and difficult

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.279
 to understand.

00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:18.859
 We want

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.700
 to mine

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.940
 the depths

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.559
 of God's

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:21.799
 goodness

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.359
 to us

00:25:22.359 --> 00:25:23.200
 in Christ

00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:23.619
 and we

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.019
 can do

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.440
 that

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:25.920
 in song.

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.220
 Paul writes

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.799
 in 1 Corinthians

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:29.460
 14 and

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.139
 verse 15,

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.460
 I will

00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:32.279
 sing praise

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:33.099
 with my

00:25:33.099 --> 00:25:33.579
 spirit,

00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:34.559
 but I

00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:35.160
 will sing

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:35.779
 with my

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.460
 mind

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:37.460
 also.

00:25:39.000 --> 00:25:39.619
 And then

00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:40.139
 back to our

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.879
 text from

00:25:40.879 --> 00:25:41.500
 last week,

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.599
 John 4 and

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:43.279
 verse 23,

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.279
 Jesus says,

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:44.740
 but the hour

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.200
 is coming,

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.740
 it is now

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.579
 here when

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:46.980
 the true

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.460
 worshipers

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:47.900
 will worship

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.400
 the Father

00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.079
 in spirit

00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:51.099
 and truth.

00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:51.939
 For the

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.559
 Father is

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.579
 seeking such

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:54.359
 people to

00:25:54.359 --> 00:25:55.740
 worship Him.

00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:58.199
 So why do we

00:25:58.199 --> 00:25:58.460
 do what we

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.899
 do the way

00:25:58.899 --> 00:25:59.460
 we do what

00:25:59.460 --> 00:26:00.379
 we do?

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:01.159
 We're not

00:26:01.159 --> 00:26:01.519
 trying to

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.039
 create for

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:03.460
 you a

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:05.179
 high religious

00:26:05.179 --> 00:26:05.720
 moment.

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.039
 We don't

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:07.419
 want you to

00:26:07.419 --> 00:26:08.460
 be moved

00:26:08.460 --> 00:26:08.980
 by a

00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.439
 particular

00:26:09.439 --> 00:26:10.240
 crescendo.

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:11.000
 We want you

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.859
 to be moved

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:13.299
 by the

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:14.079
 truth.

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.059
 Music

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.859
 helps us

00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.500
 do that.

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:16.759
 We don't

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.000
 want to

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.259
 mitigate

00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:17.660
 that

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.359
 reality.

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.380
 But we

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.619
 want to

00:26:19.619 --> 00:26:20.220
 present to

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.279
 you true

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.339
 things when

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:22.640
 we come

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.980
 together and

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.299
 we sing.

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:27.099
 So we

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.960
 use parameters

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.500
 in considering

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.619
 the songs

00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:30.920
 that we

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:32.700
 sing together.

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:34.039
 We think

00:26:34.039 --> 00:26:34.680
 about this

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:36.059
 kind of

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.380
 thing.

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.259
 I don't

00:26:37.259 --> 00:26:37.619
 know that we

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.079
 always nail

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.200
 it.

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.559
 I'm saying

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:38.880
 we because

00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.339
 I'm part of

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.819
 that process.

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.519
 I suggest

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.099
 things and

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:41.539
 it doesn't

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:42.200
 always go the

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.119
 way we hope

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:43.779
 that it will

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.079
 go.

00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.539
 But we've

00:26:44.539 --> 00:26:44.920
 got some

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.940
 guiding principles

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.860
 for how

00:26:46.860 --> 00:26:47.820
 it is we

00:26:47.820 --> 00:26:48.400
 take up the

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.880
 music that

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.420
 we take

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:49.640
 up.

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.320
 But before

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.900
 I get into

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.799
 those principles

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.039
 I want you

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.320
 to know even

00:26:54.320 --> 00:26:55.259
 the way that

00:26:55.259 --> 00:26:55.680
 we're doing

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:57.180
 this with

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.660
 a hymnal

00:26:57.660 --> 00:26:59.460
 and a

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.860
 bulletin is

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.240
 a thoughtful

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.740
 thing.

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.779
 Why?

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.180
 Why do

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:04.600
 this?

00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.460
 It's clunky.

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.299
 I get it.

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.200
 It's a lot

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.759
 to hold.

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.320
 And some

00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:08.680
 of you are

00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:09.299
 also holding

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.880
 babies.

00:27:10.299 --> 00:27:10.620
 And there's

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:10.920
 a lot of

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.400
 stuff going

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.700
 on in our

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:12.980
 hands.

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:13.420
 Wouldn't it

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.080
 be nice if

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.759
 each verse was

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:15.400
 fed to you on

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.860
 a screen?

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.420
 We used

00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:16.660
 to do

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:16.880
 that.

00:27:17.019 --> 00:27:17.259
 There's a

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.900
 screen over

00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.940
 my left

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.320
 shoulder.

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.480
 Why?

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:20.940
 Why do we

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:21.180
 do this?

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.980
 Because we

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.299
 think you

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.680
 should take

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.080
 it home.

00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:24.860
 I need

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.240
 this.

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.259
 I muse

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.759
 over this

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.259
 throughout the

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.519
 week.

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.539
 This lives

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:28.980
 here and

00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:29.200
 here.

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.039
 This is my

00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:31.820
 personal copy

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.420
 that I bought.

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.380
 It's got all

00:27:33.380 --> 00:27:34.299
 my post-it

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.880
 notes in it.

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.980
 I go through

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.320
 this thing

00:27:37.320 --> 00:27:38.140
 devotionally.

00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.340
 I read

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.059
 songs.

00:27:40.820 --> 00:27:41.580
 Complete in me,

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.279
 I've had marked

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.580
 for months.

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:44.899
 And I

00:27:44.899 --> 00:27:45.199
 thought I

00:27:45.199 --> 00:27:45.599
 had passed

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:46.000
 it along

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.439
 as a song

00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:46.659
 that we

00:27:46.659 --> 00:27:47.039
 should sing.

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:47.399
 And apparently

00:27:47.399 --> 00:27:47.919
 I hadn't,

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.359
 but I'm so

00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:48.759
 thankful we

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.299
 sang it this

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:49.599
 morning.

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.480
 I've had it

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.240
 marked here.

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.599
 And I need

00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.039
 to go through

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.059
 this again

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.779
 and again

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.460
 to be reminded

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.779
 of these

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.399
 wonderful truths

00:27:56.399 --> 00:27:57.720
 put to poetry.

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.159
 Right?

00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:00.480
 I sing

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.600
 sometimes by

00:28:01.600 --> 00:28:02.320
 myself.

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.259
 You don't

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.660
 want to hear

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:03.900
 it.

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.240
 It's good

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.880
 for my heart

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:08.380
 to do

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.360
 this very

00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.740
 thing.

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.240
 So,

00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.140
 we have a

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.360
 hymnal,

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:11.759
 a hymnal

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.180
 that we have

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.440
 said,

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.800
 true,

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:13.180
 right?

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:13.840
 There's good,

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.700
 good songs

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.120
 for us to

00:28:15.120 --> 00:28:16.200
 explore and

00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:17.420
 understand in

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:18.519
 this book.

00:28:18.600 --> 00:28:19.200
 I'm not saying

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.480
 it's an

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.279
 inspired work.

00:28:20.360 --> 00:28:20.680
 Don't hear

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:20.880
 me,

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.340
 right?

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:22.120
 But it

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.900
 speaks to

00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.140
 us,

00:28:23.540 --> 00:28:24.040
 the truth

00:28:24.040 --> 00:28:25.259
 of the

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.560
 Bible.

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:26.940
 And we

00:28:26.940 --> 00:28:27.160
 don't want

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.380
 to limit

00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.840
 ourselves to

00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.139
 a single

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.359
 book,

00:28:28.439 --> 00:28:28.699
 so we

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:29.359
 add a

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.679
 bulletin

00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:29.899
 in there.

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.459
 We pick

00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:30.899
 up other

00:28:30.899 --> 00:28:31.720
 wonderful

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.339
 and beautiful

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.579
 songs.

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:35.000
 So,

00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:35.240
 we use

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.839
 three parameters

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:36.399
 in considering

00:28:36.399 --> 00:28:36.899
 the songs

00:28:36.899 --> 00:28:37.939
 that we sing

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:38.539
 together.

00:28:39.179 --> 00:28:39.779
 Number one,

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.299
 this should

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.639
 come as no

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:40.980
 surprise,

00:28:41.059 --> 00:28:41.240
 I've been

00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:41.639
 leading you

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:41.879
 to this

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.259
 place the

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.879
 entire time,

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.699
 truth.

00:28:44.459 --> 00:28:45.220
 I know

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.599
 that that's

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.220
 probably a

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.519
 given,

00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.679
 but,

00:28:48.579 --> 00:28:49.220
 beloved,

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.519
 you could

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.779
 go to

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.139
 many,

00:28:50.279 --> 00:28:50.879
 many churches,

00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:52.279
 many churches

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.099
 this morning,

00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:53.519
 and they are

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.299
 not singing

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.079
 songs that

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.720
 are true.

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:58.180
 is the

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.740
 song

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.960
 true?

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.819
 Does it

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.860
 clearly express

00:29:01.860 --> 00:29:02.200
 what the

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:03.519
 Bible teaches?

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.079
 Does it

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:05.160
 contain within

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:06.519
 it any

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.539
 error?

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.440
 It's a very

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.420
 important question

00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.500
 to ask.

00:29:11.299 --> 00:29:12.420
 It's a kind of

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:13.319
 wildly popular

00:29:13.319 --> 00:29:13.920
 song.

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.980
 I don't know

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.500
 how often it's

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.059
 being sung these

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.220
 days,

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.799
 but there was a

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.000
 half a decade

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.480
 ago,

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.819
 it was

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.120
 everywhere.

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:21.179
 You couldn't

00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:21.799
 avoid the

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:22.219
 song,

00:29:22.679 --> 00:29:23.059
 Reckless

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.599
 Love by

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.000
 Corey

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.519
 Asbury.

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.599
 It's a

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.159
 beautiful song.

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:29.199
 This is how

00:29:29.199 --> 00:29:29.599
 it goes,

00:29:29.739 --> 00:29:30.199
 the verse of

00:29:30.199 --> 00:29:30.299
 it.

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.500
 Oh,

00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:31.219
 the overwhelming,

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.919
 never-ending,

00:29:33.719 --> 00:29:34.539
 reckless love

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.679
 of God.

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:36.859
 Oh,

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.439
 it chases me

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:37.739
 down,

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.539
 fights till I'm

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.819
 found,

00:29:38.959 --> 00:29:39.500
 leaves the

00:29:39.500 --> 00:29:39.919
 99.

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.399
 I couldn't

00:29:41.399 --> 00:29:41.899
 earn it,

00:29:41.979 --> 00:29:42.559
 and I don't

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.179
 deserve it.

00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.679
 But still,

00:29:44.199 --> 00:29:44.739
 you give

00:29:44.739 --> 00:29:45.659
 yourself away.

00:29:46.139 --> 00:29:46.539
 Oh,

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:47.279
 the overwhelming,

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.519
 never-ending,

00:29:48.519 --> 00:29:50.000
 reckless love

00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:51.680
 of God.

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.019
 Unless I

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:55.680
 be called

00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:56.019
 out for

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.420
 copyright

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:56.980
 infringement,

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.539
 yeah,

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.039
 is at the

00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.220
 end of

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.400
 that.

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.400
 Well,

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:02.819
 here's the

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.139
 problem.

00:30:03.639 --> 00:30:04.400
 So much of

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.900
 that is good.

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.259
 Oh,

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.779
 so much of

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.220
 that is

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.299
 beautiful.

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.559
 But the

00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.539
 word reckless

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:12.000
 means something.

00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.220
 It means

00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:13.759
 something.

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.220
 I think

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:15.720
 what he's

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.779
 aiming at,

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.519
 I guess I

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:17.900
 want to hope

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.259
 he's aiming

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.119
 at is a

00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:20.200
 bounding,

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.539
 overwhelming,

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:22.960
 oh,

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.180
 he says

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.539
 overwhelming,

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:24.920
 some other

00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:25.819
 synonym for

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:27.099
 big,

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.299
 huge,

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:28.839
 you can

00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:29.379
 fill a lot

00:30:29.379 --> 00:30:29.839
 of words

00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:30.700
 into that.

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.819
 But

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.480
 recklessness

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.259
 is without

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.839
 purpose.

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:36.960
 And

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.619
 Christ's

00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:37.920
 love is

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.480
 not

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.200
 reckless.

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.240
 It had

00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:40.539
 a very

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.319
 specific

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:41.920
 purpose

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:43.180
 to come

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.440
 and accomplish

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.500
 on behalf

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.799
 of his

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.180
 people.

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.259
 people.

00:30:47.600 --> 00:30:48.120
 This is

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.600
 misleading.

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.080
 We need

00:30:50.080 --> 00:30:50.279
 to be

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:51.259
 very clear

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:52.060
 about the

00:30:52.060 --> 00:30:52.519
 love of

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:52.900
 God and

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.519
 how it

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.620
 works in

00:30:54.620 --> 00:30:55.880
 the world.

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.880
 The very

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:58.340
 gospel is

00:30:58.340 --> 00:30:58.740
 getting on

00:30:58.740 --> 00:31:00.320
 an unfirm

00:31:00.320 --> 00:31:01.240
 foundation if

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.500
 we're not

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.820
 careful with

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.400
 our words.

00:31:04.340 --> 00:31:04.740
 So we

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.480
 wouldn't sing

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:05.820
 this song.

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.060
 This would

00:31:06.060 --> 00:31:06.380
 not be a

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.660
 song that

00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:06.980
 we would

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.860
 want to

00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:08.160
 sing.

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.640
 It's a

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.039
 song as

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:12.140
 precise as

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:12.519
 it should

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:12.820
 be.

00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:14.379
 There's

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.679
 a song

00:31:14.679 --> 00:31:15.000
 called

00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.359
 How Deep

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.799
 the Father's

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.539
 Love for

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:16.819
 Us.

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:17.259
 It is in

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.619
 our hymnal

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:17.879
 and we

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.240
 have sung

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:18.539
 it from

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.960
 the hymnal.

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.599
 There's a

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.939
 line in

00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.159
 it that

00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:20.460
 we're not

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.299
 crazy about

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:21.619
 though.

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.579
 And I

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:22.919
 think that

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.319
 the author

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.139
 doesn't

00:31:24.139 --> 00:31:25.000
 mean to

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.639
 be confusing

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.819
 but he

00:31:26.819 --> 00:31:27.039
 says,

00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.299
 I think

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.480
 it's in

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.799
 the second

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.259
 verse,

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.379
 it was

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:32.539
 my sin

00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:33.599
 that held

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.339
 him there.

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:34.819
 So on

00:31:34.819 --> 00:31:35.179
 the cross,

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.599
 it was

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.139
 my sin.

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.399
 And the

00:31:36.399 --> 00:31:36.939
 idea is

00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:37.919
 that he's

00:31:37.919 --> 00:31:38.720
 atoning for

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.259
 our sin.

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:39.919
 So he's

00:31:39.919 --> 00:31:40.339
 paying the

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:41.339
 price for

00:31:41.339 --> 00:31:42.379
 our sin.

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.139
 But we

00:31:43.139 --> 00:31:43.519
 just didn't

00:31:43.519 --> 00:31:43.899
 love the

00:31:43.899 --> 00:31:45.179
 idea of

00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:46.799
 our sin

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:47.359
 seeming to

00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:47.679
 have a

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:49.139
 power to

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:50.419
 hold Jesus

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:51.359
 on the

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:51.779
 cross.

00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.399
 He says

00:31:52.399 --> 00:31:52.740
 in John

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:52.980
 10

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.700
 verse 18,

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.399
 no one

00:31:54.399 --> 00:31:55.339
 takes my

00:31:55.339 --> 00:31:56.099
 life from

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.439
 me,

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:57.639
 but I lay

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:57.960
 it down

00:31:57.960 --> 00:31:58.240
 of my

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.700
 own

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.939
 accord.

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:01.619
 And so,

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.700
 most regularly,

00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.799
 we put it

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.439
 in the

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:05.059
 bulletin and

00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.500
 we replace

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.919
 that line

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:06.240
 with,

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.159
 it was

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:08.839
 his love

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.659
 that held

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:10.960
 him there.

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:11.279
 Right?

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.220
 Purposeful.

00:32:12.220 --> 00:32:13.160
 not

00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:13.660
 reckless,

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.420
 purposeful

00:32:14.420 --> 00:32:14.819
 love,

00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.620
 while he

00:32:15.620 --> 00:32:16.819
 paid for

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.319
 the sins

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:17.799
 of all

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.039
 who had

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.400
 placed their

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:19.380
 faith in

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:19.640
 him.

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.759
 Thirdly,

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.019
 is the

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.900
 song tied

00:32:22.900 --> 00:32:23.640
 to any

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:24.259
 false

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.779
 teaching

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:25.620
 movements?

00:32:26.420 --> 00:32:26.920
 There are

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.240
 some

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:28.220
 beautiful

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.779
 songs

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.079
 that express

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.680
 the truth.

00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:31.440
 They don't

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.079
 contain within

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.559
 them any

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.960
 error,

00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.779
 but they're

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.920
 so tied

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.740
 to a

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.120
 particular

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.660
 church

00:32:36.660 --> 00:32:37.140
 or

00:32:37.140 --> 00:32:38.160
 teaching.

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.000
 They're

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.380
 part and

00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:39.660
 parcel

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:40.120
 with,

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.779
 connected

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:42.220
 to a

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.480
 particular

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:42.900
 movement,

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.440
 particular

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.880
 teaching,

00:32:44.040 --> 00:32:44.259
 particular

00:32:44.259 --> 00:32:44.779
 church,

00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:46.080
 that we

00:32:46.080 --> 00:32:46.540
 don't sing

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:47.080
 them because

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:48.200
 we don't

00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.560
 want to

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:50.100
 give tacit

00:32:50.100 --> 00:32:51.480
 approval to

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.060
 false teachers.

00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:53.100
 We don't

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:53.500
 want somebody

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:53.860
 to come

00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:54.200
 here,

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.840
 hear a

00:32:54.840 --> 00:32:55.120
 song,

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.480
 and go,

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:55.980
 oh,

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:56.360
 that's so

00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.620
 great,

00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:57.340
 who sings

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:57.519
 that?

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:57.960
 Oh,

00:32:58.019 --> 00:32:58.380
 that's so

00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.640
 great,

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.600
 what church

00:32:59.600 --> 00:32:59.860
 do they

00:32:59.860 --> 00:33:00.279
 sing that

00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.420
 in?

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:00.720
 Oh,

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.080
 I must

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:01.500
 listen to

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.920
 this

00:33:01.920 --> 00:33:02.840
 pastor

00:33:02.840 --> 00:33:04.860
 when he's

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:06.399
 a false

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.479
 teacher.

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.359
 So,

00:33:08.439 --> 00:33:08.759
 examples.

00:33:09.379 --> 00:33:09.779
 This is

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:10.259
 controversial,

00:33:10.459 --> 00:33:10.619
 and I

00:33:10.619 --> 00:33:10.899
 don't think

00:33:10.899 --> 00:33:11.159
 it should

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.379
 be.

00:33:12.159 --> 00:33:12.519
 We don't

00:33:12.519 --> 00:33:13.119
 sing songs

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.500
 from

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.279
 Elevation

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.679
 Worship,

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:15.879
 or Hillsong

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:16.279
 United,

00:33:16.899 --> 00:33:17.759
 or Bethel

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.199
 Music.

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.399
 Can you

00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:20.879
 enjoy some

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.500
 songs from

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.779
 them?

00:33:21.919 --> 00:33:22.119
 Sure,

00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:22.819
 but oh,

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.379
 don't think

00:33:23.379 --> 00:33:23.619
 that we

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.559
 approve of

00:33:24.559 --> 00:33:25.079
 the teaching

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.740
 that's part

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.599
 of those

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:28.019
 movements.

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:28.699
 The songs

00:33:28.699 --> 00:33:29.079
 we sing

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.479
 together

00:33:29.479 --> 00:33:30.259
 should be

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.799
 true,

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.479
 and they

00:33:31.479 --> 00:33:31.899
 should

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.979
 support

00:33:32.979 --> 00:33:34.000
 truth.

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:35.899
 Second

00:33:35.899 --> 00:33:36.279
 parameter

00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:36.939
 is the

00:33:36.939 --> 00:33:37.199
 parameter

00:33:37.199 --> 00:33:37.579
 of

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.500
 depth.

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:40.639
 Does a

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.319
 song merely

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:41.919
 skip a

00:33:41.919 --> 00:33:42.559
 stone off

00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:42.919
 the surface

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.179
 of the

00:33:43.179 --> 00:33:43.519
 truth,

00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.639
 or does

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:45.379
 it sink

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:46.000
 deep

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.159
 into it?

00:33:47.719 --> 00:33:48.179
 Does a

00:33:48.179 --> 00:33:48.679
 song teach

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.500
 us something

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.299
 about God

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:52.479
 and His

00:33:52.479 --> 00:33:53.139
 work?

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.559
 Is it

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.740
 content

00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:56.319
 rich?

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.479
 I had

00:33:57.479 --> 00:33:58.059
 at a

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.339
 conference

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:58.899
 one time

00:33:58.899 --> 00:34:00.000
 at a

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.939
 mixed bag

00:34:00.939 --> 00:34:01.439
 of traditions.

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:01.779
 I had

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.719
 an older

00:34:02.719 --> 00:34:03.219
 pastor

00:34:03.219 --> 00:34:04.000
 asking me

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.319
 about our

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.619
 church,

00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:04.899
 and I

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.399
 was telling

00:34:05.399 --> 00:34:05.599
 him a

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:05.819
 little bit

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.239
 about us

00:34:06.239 --> 00:34:06.419
 and the

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.879
 demographic

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.199
 and that

00:34:07.199 --> 00:34:07.399
 we have

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.619
 a lot

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:07.879
 of young

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.199
 people.

00:34:08.299 --> 00:34:08.500
 And he

00:34:08.500 --> 00:34:08.980
 said,

00:34:09.359 --> 00:34:09.839
 what is

00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:10.900
 the style

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:11.299
 of your

00:34:11.299 --> 00:34:11.839
 music?

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.579
 And as

00:34:12.579 --> 00:34:12.719
 you can

00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.219
 probably tell,

00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.460
 I didn't

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.920
 like the

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:14.480
 question at

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:14.900
 the outset.

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:15.759
 And so I

00:34:15.759 --> 00:34:16.460
 just shot

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.759
 back,

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.460
 content

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:17.859
 rich.

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:19.000
 And he

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.179
 went,

00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:19.539
 oh,

00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:20.059
 that's a

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:20.359
 great

00:34:20.359 --> 00:34:20.739
 answer.

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.359
 I said,

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.179
 thank you.

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.440
 Yeah,

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.799
 and then he

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.099
 was just

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.420
 astounded

00:34:26.420 --> 00:34:26.739
 that young

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:27.739
 people wanted

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.219
 to come

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.699
 together and

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.400
 sing songs

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.739
 that were

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.839
 content

00:34:30.839 --> 00:34:31.759
 rich.

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.599
 And I

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.179
 encouraged him

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.980
 that God

00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.440
 has people

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.219
 in the

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.460
 city.

00:34:37.739 --> 00:34:38.139
 Wordy

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.619
 songs.

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.000
 Wordy

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:40.379
 songs.

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:40.899
 I want to

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:41.679
 contemplate

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.859
 songs.

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.940
 Sometimes at

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.659
 the risk of

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.199
 singing right

00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.659
 over things

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.059
 that are so

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.519
 good, but

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:46.819
 take it

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.239
 home.

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.059
 You can

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:48.679
 buy copies

00:34:48.679 --> 00:34:49.019
 of this

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.339
 hymnal.

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:49.899
 You can

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.219
 take the

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.739
 bulletin.

00:34:51.259 --> 00:34:51.599
 Look it

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:51.859
 over.

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.519
 Think it

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:53.299
 through.

00:34:53.300 --> 00:34:54.260
 We have

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.920
 a limited

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.840
 time

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.740
 together.

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:58.100
 We're

00:34:58.100 --> 00:34:58.280
 going to

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.620
 sing this

00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:58.960
 morning

00:34:58.960 --> 00:35:00.560
 six songs.

00:35:01.080 --> 00:35:01.600
 I think Alex

00:35:01.600 --> 00:35:01.860
 is going to

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.320
 tack on the

00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:02.740
 doxology,

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.039
 so we can

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.280
 call it

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:05.060
 seven songs.

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.580
 It's a

00:35:05.580 --> 00:35:06.320
 very limited

00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:06.780
 amount of

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:08.019
 time together,

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.120
 so let's

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.820
 just not

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.980
 waste a

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.920
 moment of

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.140
 it.

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:13.800
 It's not

00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:14.280
 against some

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.980
 repetition from

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.320
 time to

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:15.620
 time.

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.360
 That's okay.

00:35:16.500 --> 00:35:17.160
 It drives

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:17.760
 a point.

00:35:18.860 --> 00:35:19.240
 But let's

00:35:19.240 --> 00:35:19.620
 not sing

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:20.160
 songs that

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:20.700
 just repeat

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:21.599
 one thing

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.279
 over and

00:35:22.279 --> 00:35:22.719
 over and

00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:23.279
 over again

00:35:23.279 --> 00:35:23.659
 until we're

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.500
 all lulled

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.879
 into a

00:35:24.879 --> 00:35:25.379
 trance.

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.099
 Let's keep

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.779
 our minds

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:28.099
 engaged because

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.779
 we have such

00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.839
 precious moments

00:35:29.839 --> 00:35:30.980
 together.

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.799
 Thirdly,

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:35.179
 last parameter

00:35:35.179 --> 00:35:36.939
 is singability.

00:35:38.000 --> 00:35:39.699
 Is a song

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:41.439
 congregational?

00:35:41.939 --> 00:35:42.339
 There are

00:35:42.339 --> 00:35:43.179
 some songs

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.759
 that are

00:35:43.759 --> 00:35:44.719
 great songs

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.639
 meant to be

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.379
 performed,

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:48.139
 listened to.

00:35:48.919 --> 00:35:49.619
 The songs we

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.159
 sing together,

00:35:50.159 --> 00:35:51.059
 we should be

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.719
 able to

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:53.739
 sing together.

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.799
 The primary

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:57.460
 instrument when

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.819
 we come

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:59.480
 together is

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.759
 your heart

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.980
 tuned by the

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.299
 grace of

00:36:02.299 --> 00:36:04.279
 God overflowing

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:05.000
 in song.

00:36:05.599 --> 00:36:06.259
 You're the

00:36:06.259 --> 00:36:06.639
 primary,

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.279
 right?

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.179
 Not what's

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.659
 happening on

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:08.899
 stage.

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.199
 That's

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.839
 accompaniment.

00:36:10.279 --> 00:36:10.940
 That's the

00:36:10.940 --> 00:36:11.579
 leadership,

00:36:11.899 --> 00:36:12.039
 right?

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.659
 We all need

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.059
 some help

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.379
 with our

00:36:13.379 --> 00:36:13.719
 tempo.

00:36:14.379 --> 00:36:15.000
 We need to

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.819
 know when

00:36:15.819 --> 00:36:16.279
 to start

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:17.019
 singing the

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.879
 next verse,

00:36:18.119 --> 00:36:18.319
 right?

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.519
 That's what

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.980
 these people

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.219
 are here

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.360
 for,

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.659
 and they

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:21.000
 understand

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:21.500
 that to

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:22.380
 be true.

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:22.800
 What they're

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.579
 mostly trying

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:24.500
 to do is

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.860
 not be

00:36:24.860 --> 00:36:26.239
 distracting to

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.980
 what we

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:28.659
 do together.

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.139
 That's why

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:30.599
 we have the

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.380
 lights on

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:32.380
 in here,

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.460
 and the

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:34.139
 volume.

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:35.400
 It depends

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:35.599
 on where

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:35.880
 you're sitting

00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:36.320
 in this room

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.900
 sometimes,

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.579
 but we want

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.880
 you to be

00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:38.139
 able to

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.780
 hear the

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.539
 people in

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:41.320
 these rooms.

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.679
 We want

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.059
 you to be

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:42.460
 able to

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.320
 sing to

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.400
 each other.

00:36:44.400 --> 00:36:44.440
 remember,

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.480
 this is

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.539
 not a

00:36:46.539 --> 00:36:46.980
 concert

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:47.660
 time.

00:36:48.619 --> 00:36:49.139
 This is

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.079
 congregational

00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:50.740
 gathering,

00:36:50.900 --> 00:36:51.160
 and we're

00:36:51.160 --> 00:36:52.180
 working at

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:52.559
 trying to

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.079
 obey this

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:53.820
 command to

00:36:53.820 --> 00:36:54.380
 teach and

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.920
 admonish one

00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.320
 another in

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.240
 all wisdom,

00:36:56.660 --> 00:36:57.280
 addressing

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:59.079
 one another.

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.200
 Psalms and

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:00.980
 hymns and

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:02.900
 spiritual songs.

00:37:03.980 --> 00:37:04.480
 So we should

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.780
 ask the

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.119
 question,

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.820
 this is

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:06.200
 probably the

00:37:06.200 --> 00:37:06.480
 point at

00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:06.860
 which we

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.700
 may fail

00:37:07.700 --> 00:37:08.400
 most often.

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.200
 Does the

00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:10.139
 song have a

00:37:10.139 --> 00:37:10.860
 recognizable

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.380
 rhythm?

00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:13.200
 Sometimes we

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.980
 try a song

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.300
 and it just

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.880
 doesn't work

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:15.300
 great.

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.780
 We thought

00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.099
 it would

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.320
 and it

00:37:16.320 --> 00:37:16.519
 doesn't

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:16.980
 always pan

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.280
 out.

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:19.480
 Does the

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:20.400
 song have

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.200
 a range

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:22.160
 designed for

00:37:22.160 --> 00:37:22.680
 the average

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.079
 human?

00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.599
 There's some

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.480
 beautiful songs

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.800
 that the

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.400
 average person

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.680
 just shouldn't

00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.220
 sing.

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.480
 Oh,

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.099
 holy night.

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.840
 Every year

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.240
 at Christmas

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:30.720
 we sure

00:37:30.720 --> 00:37:31.140
 give it a

00:37:31.140 --> 00:37:32.400
 try and

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:34.180
 a couple

00:37:34.180 --> 00:37:34.619
 of people

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.000
 pull it

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.240
 off.

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:35.700
 There's

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:35.960
 like a

00:37:35.960 --> 00:37:36.300
 handful

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:36.700
 of people

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:36.980
 that can

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.840
 actually go

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.220
 from the

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.660
 bottom end

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.000
 of that

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.740
 to the

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.840
 top end

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.620
 of that.

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.100
 So does

00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:42.420
 it have a

00:37:42.420 --> 00:37:42.720
 range?

00:37:42.780 --> 00:37:43.100
 Is it in

00:37:43.100 --> 00:37:43.600
 a key

00:37:43.600 --> 00:37:44.260
 that's

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.940
 singable?

00:37:45.140 --> 00:37:45.260
 Right?

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:45.500
 Are we

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.820
 actually in

00:37:45.820 --> 00:37:46.140
 this spot?

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.880
 I'm so

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:48.180
 thankful for

00:37:48.180 --> 00:37:50.079
 the sacrifice.

00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:50.559
 I mean,

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.800
 you should

00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.240
 know this,

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.940
 the sacrifice

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.559
 of the

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.160
 women in

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.860
 our church

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.740
 because we

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.320
 are often

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.900
 singing in

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.200
 a key

00:37:56.200 --> 00:37:56.460
 that's

00:37:56.460 --> 00:37:56.900
 difficult

00:37:56.900 --> 00:37:57.579
 for them.

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.120
 They have

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.360
 to pick

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.760
 an octave

00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:00.100
 low that's

00:38:00.100 --> 00:38:00.620
 hard for

00:38:00.620 --> 00:38:00.780
 them,

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.300
 a register

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.500
 that's

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:01.880
 difficult for

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:01.980
 them,

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.280
 or be

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.700
 really,

00:38:02.860 --> 00:38:03.340
 really high.

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.620
 And you

00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:04.039
 know why?

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.740
 Because we're

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:04.980
 trying to

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.579
 sing so that

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:05.960
 the men

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.500
 can sing.

00:38:07.100 --> 00:38:07.660
 Early in

00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:08.000
 the life of

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.480
 our church,

00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.280
 as we're

00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:09.780
 picking out

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.179
 keys,

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:11.039
 the question

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:11.360
 was,

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.920
 do we want

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.300
 men to

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.539
 sing?

00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:12.760
 And the

00:38:12.760 --> 00:38:13.079
 answer was

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.599
 yes.

00:38:13.880 --> 00:38:14.400
 We want

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.659
 men to

00:38:14.659 --> 00:38:15.139
 give leadership

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.960
 in singing.

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.260
 We're going

00:38:16.260 --> 00:38:16.599
 to have to

00:38:16.599 --> 00:38:17.340
 pick keys

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:18.360
 that work.

00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:20.460
 If you're

00:38:20.460 --> 00:38:20.840
 not feeling

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.039
 this,

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.320
 ladies,

00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:21.820
 I'm thankful.

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.280
 Maybe we

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:22.659
 found the

00:38:22.659 --> 00:38:23.539
 magic in

00:38:23.539 --> 00:38:23.940
 between

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:25.019
 place.

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.320
 But we

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.059
 really labor

00:38:26.059 --> 00:38:26.519
 to do

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.900
 this.

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:28.079
 We want

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.440
 the men

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:28.920
 to lead

00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.519
 out in

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:30.920
 song.

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.920
 I think

00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:32.239
 a lot of

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.619
 women are

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.360
 being very

00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:33.860
 kind to

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:35.199
 us so that

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:35.559
 we can

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.300
 sing.

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:37.599
 Can a

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.920
 song be

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.339
 played well

00:38:38.339 --> 00:38:38.779
 by our

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.299
 musicians?

00:38:40.139 --> 00:38:40.860
 Style not

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.360
 the question

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.759
 here,

00:38:41.860 --> 00:38:42.519
 but can

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:42.699
 they

00:38:42.699 --> 00:38:43.179
 actually

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.159
 accompany

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.679
 us well

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:46.460
 and not

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.279
 be distracting?

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.339
 So we

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:49.860
 want to

00:38:49.860 --> 00:38:50.619
 come together

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:50.980
 and we

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.259
 want to

00:38:51.259 --> 00:38:51.980
 sing.

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:52.599
 And we

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.739
 have

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.239
 instructed

00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:53.679
 one another

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.319
 already

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:55.460
 this morning.

00:38:56.339 --> 00:38:56.839
 We've

00:38:56.839 --> 00:38:57.380
 done this

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.400
 work already.

00:38:59.039 --> 00:38:59.400
 Again,

00:38:59.500 --> 00:38:59.880
 Alex and

00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:00.279
 I did not

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.880
 coordinate

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:02.539
 this together.

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.159
 He did

00:39:03.159 --> 00:39:03.460
 what he

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.699
 would have

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.079
 done on

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:04.619
 any other

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.380
 Sunday.

00:39:06.179 --> 00:39:06.920
 Alex and

00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:08.019
 Jordan and

00:39:08.019 --> 00:39:08.500
 Ben do

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:08.940
 a good

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.480
 job and

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.920
 all the

00:39:09.920 --> 00:39:10.280
 people that

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:10.800
 have come

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:11.159
 alongside

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.700
 them and

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:12.180
 help and

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:13.079
 serve in

00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:13.460
 this way.

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:13.780
 We are

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.920
 so blessed

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:16.019
 to be led

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.900
 to sing

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:18.460
 well.

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:19.860
 So for the

00:39:19.860 --> 00:39:20.280
 sake of time,

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.659
 you don't have

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.240
 to look at it,

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:22.340
 but just the

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:23.780
 five songs that

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.900
 we've sung here

00:39:24.900 --> 00:39:25.400
 together.

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:26.840
 First,

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:28.059
 turn your eyes

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.599
 upon Jesus.

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.760
 We administered

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:31.820
 comfort for the

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:32.280
 troubled,

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.000
 trialed soul

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.500
 by reminding

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.039
 one another

00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.679
 to trust

00:39:36.679 --> 00:39:37.139
 in God's

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.579
 promises,

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.340
 and then we

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:39.179
 turn one

00:39:39.179 --> 00:39:39.900
 another toward

00:39:39.900 --> 00:39:41.360
 evangelism,

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:41.940
 to not be

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.880
 self-absorbed,

00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:43.280
 but then to

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.880
 take this

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:44.599
 good news

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.599
 to the

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:45.920
 world.

00:39:46.579 --> 00:39:47.159
 All creatures

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:47.639
 of our God

00:39:47.639 --> 00:39:48.039
 and King,

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:48.880
 we exhort

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.420
 one another

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:49.860
 to the

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.360
 befitting

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.099
 praise of

00:39:51.099 --> 00:39:51.619
 created

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.480
 beings for

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.880
 their

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:54.179
 creator.

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.900
 Complete

00:39:55.900 --> 00:39:56.340
 in thee,

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.320
 we were

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.920
 reminded that

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.199
 we are

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:58.840
 justified,

00:39:59.219 --> 00:39:59.739
 set free

00:39:59.739 --> 00:40:00.059
 from the

00:40:00.059 --> 00:40:00.480
 power of

00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:00.699
 sin,

00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.579
 and helped

00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.440
 by the

00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:02.900
 finished

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.539
 work

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:04.460
 of

00:40:04.460 --> 00:40:04.880
 Christ.

00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:06.480
 Yet not

00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:06.800
 I,

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.200
 but through

00:40:07.200 --> 00:40:08.559
 Christ in

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:08.720
 me,

00:40:08.760 --> 00:40:09.039
 I had a

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.400
 really hard

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.840
 time writing

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.240
 a single

00:40:10.240 --> 00:40:11.059
 sentence for

00:40:11.059 --> 00:40:11.820
 this song.

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.460
 It's got

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:13.059
 a lot

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.960
 in it.

00:40:14.760 --> 00:40:15.260
 We spoke

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:15.519
 to one

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:15.860
 another

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.700
 of the

00:40:16.700 --> 00:40:17.019
 hope

00:40:17.019 --> 00:40:18.260
 and power

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:19.400
 and pardon

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.840
 and security

00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:21.380
 that is

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.940
 ours

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:23.019
 in Jesus

00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.559
 Christ.

00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:25.400
 Whatever

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.639
 my God

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.340
 ordains

00:40:27.340 --> 00:40:28.320
 is right.

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.500
 We

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:30.159
 encourage

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.700
 one another

00:40:30.700 --> 00:40:31.159
 to be

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.780
 faithful

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.680
 as

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:33.400
 God's

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:34.000
 providence

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:35.040
 reigns

00:40:35.040 --> 00:40:36.100
 in our

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:36.580
 lives.

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.340
 I don't

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:38.560
 know about

00:40:38.560 --> 00:40:38.700
 you,

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:39.080
 but I

00:40:39.080 --> 00:40:39.480
 needed to

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.340
 hear every

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.340
 bit of

00:40:41.340 --> 00:40:41.680
 that

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.820
 this

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.140
 morning.

00:40:44.180 --> 00:40:44.620
 Not

00:40:44.620 --> 00:40:45.060
 every song

00:40:45.060 --> 00:40:45.280
 that we

00:40:45.280 --> 00:40:45.720
 sing

00:40:45.720 --> 00:40:46.700
 contains

00:40:46.700 --> 00:40:47.140
 within it

00:40:47.140 --> 00:40:47.680
 the entirety

00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:47.980
 of the

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.540
 gospel or

00:40:48.540 --> 00:40:49.120
 unpacks

00:40:49.120 --> 00:40:49.640
 all the

00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:50.080
 implications

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:50.500
 of the

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.820
 gospel,

00:40:51.080 --> 00:40:51.440
 but a

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.380
 lot of

00:40:52.380 --> 00:40:52.600
 it

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:53.660
 does.

00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.180
 A

00:40:55.180 --> 00:40:55.560
 year ago

00:40:55.560 --> 00:40:55.820
 I went

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:56.040
 on a

00:40:56.040 --> 00:40:56.500
 sabbatical

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.160
 and I

00:40:57.160 --> 00:40:58.420
 took my

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:58.980
 family as

00:40:58.980 --> 00:40:59.460
 a learning

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:00.100
 experience

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.619
 to a

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:02.259
 local

00:41:02.259 --> 00:41:02.860
 popular

00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:03.619
 large

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.559
 attractional

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.159
 church.

00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:06.440
 And in

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.819
 our time

00:41:06.819 --> 00:41:07.159
 there

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:08.480
 lots of

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.839
 songs were

00:41:08.839 --> 00:41:09.119
 sung,

00:41:09.619 --> 00:41:09.960
 prayers were

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.239
 offered,

00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.659
 they even

00:41:11.659 --> 00:41:11.940
 took the

00:41:11.940 --> 00:41:12.159
 Lord's

00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:12.380
 Supper,

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.539
 put my

00:41:14.539 --> 00:41:14.839
 quotation

00:41:14.839 --> 00:41:15.199
 fingers,

00:41:15.279 --> 00:41:15.480
 they took

00:41:15.480 --> 00:41:15.779
 the Lord's

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:15.940
 Supper,

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.759
 there was a

00:41:17.759 --> 00:41:18.319
 sermon of

00:41:18.319 --> 00:41:18.719
 sorts,

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:20.139
 and afterwards

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:20.980
 I asked my

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:21.239
 boys,

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.059
 I said,

00:41:22.059 --> 00:41:22.380
 boys,

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.339
 how many

00:41:23.339 --> 00:41:25.000
 times did

00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:25.539
 you hear

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:26.480
 the gospel

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.539
 this morning?

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 And my

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 oldest,

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 Cade,

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 who's now

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 15,

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 14 at

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 the time,

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 he said,

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 once,

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 sort of,

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 and we

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 got to

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 unpack

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 what that

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 meant,

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 once,

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 sort of,

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 gospel

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 people

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 ought to

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 gather

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 and

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 proliferate

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 the gospel.

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 You've

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 heard the

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 gospel,

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 there's more

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 of guests

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 at it,

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 but in

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 reading and

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 praying and

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 in singing,

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 five,

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 six times,

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 it's been

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 laid out

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 before you.

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 This ought

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 to change

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 us.

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 We come,

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 we engage,

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 we expect

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 God to

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 work through

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 his truth

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 in our

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 lives as

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 we come

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 together.

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 It ought

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 to cause

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 us to

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 grow in

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 Christ and

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 leave here

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 one degree

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 of glory

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 to another

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 degree of

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 glory for

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 the praise

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 of his

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 name.

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 Truth,

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 depth,

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 and

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 singability

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 singability

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 all for

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 the glory

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 of God

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 and for

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 the good

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 of his

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 people.

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 Let us

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 be a

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 people who

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 sing to

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 one another

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 and who

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 know why

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 we sing to

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 one another

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 and who

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 know why

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 or what

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 and how

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 we should

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 sing to

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 one another.

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 Let's pray.

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 five

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