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 but we've got some extras.

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 We'd love for you to just take one.

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 It's our gift to you.

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 So we started in Psalm 1,

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 and this is our eighth week this summer

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 going through the Psalms.

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 And so this will be our last one

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 until next summer, Lord willing.

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 Psalm 8 is one of the most glorious,

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 most famous Psalms

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 out of all 150 in the Psalter.

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 Psalm 8.

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 Well, as I read Psalm 8

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 and you follow along,

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 we believe that this is God's

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 very own word for his people.

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 It's God's inspired, inerrant, infallible,

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 clear and sufficient word.

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 And so as I read this,

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 after we're done, I'll say,

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 this is the word of the Lord

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 and the people of God say,

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 thanks be to God.

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 Psalm 8.

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 To the choir master,

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 according to the Giddeth,

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 a Psalm of David.

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 O Lord, our Lord,

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 how majestic is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 You have set your glory

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 above the heavens.

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 Out of the mouths of babies

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 and infants,

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 you have established strength

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 because of your foes

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 to silence the foe and the avenger.

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 When I look at your heavens,

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 the work of your fingers,

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 the moon and the stars

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 which you have set in place,

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 what is man

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 that you are mindful of him,

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 and the son of man

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 that you care for him.

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 You have made him

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 a little lower

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 than the heavenly beings

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 and crowned him

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 with glory and honor.

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 You have given him dominion

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 over the works of your hands.

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 You have put all things

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 under his feet,

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 all sheep and oxen

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 and also the beasts of the field,

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 the birds of the heavens

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 and the fish of the sea,

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 whatever passes along

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 the paths of the seas.

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 O Lord, our Lord,

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 how majestic is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 The Bible says that

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 the grass withers

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 and the flower fades,

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 but it's the word of the Lord

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 that endures forever.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Father, please show us

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 how all of Scripture

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 testifies of the gospel

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 May his gospel

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 ring forth

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 clearly

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 with the power

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 of your Holy Spirit

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 through Psalm 8

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 and that your purpose

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 will be done

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 in each soul

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 for the glory of Christ alone

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 we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Beloved congregation

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 of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 when God

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 is your Lord,

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 worship

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 is warfare.

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 Last time we had

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 an open air service,

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 one of our brothers here

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 said,

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 we need to keep doing that

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 because it's warfare.

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 When we are worshiping

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 publicly,

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 unashamed of the gospel,

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 it's spiritual warfare.

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 We don't know

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 what's happening

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 in the spiritual realm.

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 But look at verse 2

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 in Psalm 8.

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 Verse 2 says,

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 God has enemies

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 and there's an avenger.

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 That's Satan.

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 He wants to spoil

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 everything God has done.

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 But yet,

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 Psalm 8 verse 2

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 says that God

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 has ordained,

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 God has established

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 his praise.

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 And it's through

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 his praise

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 out of the mouths

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 of babies

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 that he attacks

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 the enemy

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 and silences him.

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 Well,

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 there it is.

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 Worship

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 is warfare.

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 I was trying to

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 imagine,

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 what if this exact

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 congregation right here

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 got surrounded

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 by enemies?

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 And then,

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 our strong men,

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 we have many strong men here,

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 one by one

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 came to the front,

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 but then came one

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 appearing as an angel

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 of light

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 and began to recall

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 all the sins

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 of each of these

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 strong men

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 till each one

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 takes the back seat again

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 and fades away.

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 Well,

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 I picture out of this

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 congregation

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 comes one of our

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 littlest children.

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 And from those mouths

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 in a squeaky,

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 high-pitched voice,

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 Jesus loves me,

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 this I know,

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 for the Bible

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 tells me so.

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 And at the name

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 of Jesus,

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 one little word

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 from an infant

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 shall fell

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 that enemy.

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 And that,

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 that one

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 that was the accuser

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 that appeared

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 as the angel of light,

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 it reveals to be

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 a pulley on the dragon,

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 whips around

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 and runs away

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 at the name

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 of Jesus

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 who loves his people.

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 So,

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 I hope that this

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 is less of a sermon

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 of teaching,

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 it's more of a sermon

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 as worship

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 and worship

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 as warfare.

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 As we go through

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 Psalm 8,

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 I want to bring up

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 five questions to you

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 for reflection

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 and then one

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 exhortation

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 from Psalm 8.

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 So,

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 number one,

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 doesn't all

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 of creation

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 move you

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 to declare

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 God's majesty?

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 The superscription

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 is also part

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 of inspired scripture.

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 and there's a Hebrew

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 word that they decided

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 to not even translate,

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 just leave it.

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 And it's,

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 do you see it

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 in the superscription

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 right above Psalm 8?

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 It's the gideth.

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 And that word

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 is translated

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 winepress.

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 But it's probably

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 a melody

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 that was familiar

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 and when you think

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 of the winepress

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 in ancient Israel,

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 that would be

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 a time of the harvest.

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 That would be

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 a time of joy

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 and abundance.

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 And you can see

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 people singing

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 even as the sun

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 is down

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 and the stars

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 are coming out,

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 they're stomping

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 those grapes

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 and the red juice

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 is flowing.

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 O Lord,

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 our Lord

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 is the lyric

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 to this glorious,

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 joyful melody.

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 How excellent,

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 how majestic,

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 how exceedingly good

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 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 The first book

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 of the Psalms,

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 this first cluster

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 of Psalms

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 from the pen

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 of King David,

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 they tell of a king

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 who's being accused.

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 Isn't that comforting

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 that as the king's

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 own heart and flesh

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 fears the men

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 all around him,

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 the enemies

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 and the foes,

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 the king is encouraged

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 by looking at

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 the faithful people

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 of God

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 singing this melody,

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 O Lord,

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 our Lord,

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 how majestic

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 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 God ordains

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 his strength

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 even for that

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 accused king

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 out of the mouths

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 of babes

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 and infants

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 who are praising God.

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 Faith like a child

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 brings strength

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 to the people

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 of God.

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 Hasn't that been true

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 in your experience?

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 Well,

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 then,

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 this glorious

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 Psalm picks up

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 momentum

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 and

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 nothing is beyond

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 the reach

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 of the imagination

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 when it comes

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 to Psalm 8

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 declaring the majesty

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 of God.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 King David,

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 the harp-playing

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 psalmist,

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 says,

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 I look at your heavens,

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 the work

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 of your fingers,

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 the moon

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 and the stars

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 which you have

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 set in place.

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 King David

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 was a shepherd

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 when he was younger,

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 so you can almost

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 picture him out there

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 in the pasture

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 late at night.

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 Everybody in his home

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 forgot that he was

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 even part of the family,

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 but he's out there

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 all alone

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 laying with his back

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 on the dewy pasture

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 looking up.

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 There's no light pollution,

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 there's no artificial light

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 anywhere.

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 And the majesty

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 of God

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 is on display.

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 Maybe now

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 in the midst

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 of the congregation

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 these little babes

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 and infants

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 that come close,

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 they ask him,

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 how did those stars

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 get there?

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 How come the moon

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 travels that way?

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 And do you see

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 the answer in verse 3?

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 It's because God

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 has set each one

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 in their place.

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 That's the childlike faith.

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 That's the answer.

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 It's that

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 this is all

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 the work of God's fingers.

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 If that was true

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 true in ancient Israel,

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 you would think

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 that perhaps now

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 with scientific advancements,

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 we would realize

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 well Christianity

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 and this Judeo-Christian

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 God of the Bible

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 of the Psalter

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 is very archaic.

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 And all of modern science

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 dispels

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 those false notions.

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 In the 1990s,

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 the Hubble telescope,

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 which is a giant telescope

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 about the size

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 of a school bus,

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 it was set to fly

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 about 340 miles

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 above the Earth's crust.

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 And the pictures

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 that the Hubble telescope

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 take reveal even more

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 God's majesty

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 rather than denying it.

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 Just one example

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 is what's called

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 the Whirlpool Galaxy.

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 If you want to,

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 be blown away,

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 look up HD photos

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 taken by the Hubble telescope

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 of the Whirlpool Galaxy.

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 This galaxy is 31 million

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 light years away.

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 We don't even know

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 enough about science,

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 most of us,

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 to even appreciate

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 how far that is.

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 31 million light years away.

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 This one galaxy

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 has 300 billion stars.

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 You think there's a lot

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 of people in the world?

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 There's about 8 billion

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 people in the world.

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 This one galaxy

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 has 300 billion stars in it.

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 How did all those stars

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 get to be

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 in this Whirlpool Galaxy?

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 And how did their light

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 travel 31 million years

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 from there

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 until Earth

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 so that it could even

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 be viewed?

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 It's because God said,

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 let there be light.

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 So to speak,

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 the light traveled

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 from the mouth of God

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 at 300 million miles

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 per second.

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 And the Whirlpool Galaxy

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 was formed.

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 Doesn't that sound big?

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 Well,

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 this one galaxy

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 is only one

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 of hundreds

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 of billions

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 of other galaxies,

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 and that's only

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 within the known cosmos

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 of God.

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 Let me give you

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 a comparison

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 of how big

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 one billion is

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 compared to one million.

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 We're throwing out

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 these astronomically

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 large numbers.

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 One million seconds,

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 if you had to estimate,

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 how much time

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 would pass

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 with one million seconds?

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 It's only 12 days.

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 One billion seconds

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 is 31 years.

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 Modern science

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 does not deny

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 the majesty

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 of our Creator.

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 If anything,

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 it humbles us

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 even smaller

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 than what

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 ancient David

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 would have thought

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 looking up

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 at the stars.

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 That's why

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 we can say

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 like that wonderful poem

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 by Milton Vincent,

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 Beholding the heavens,

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 I now understand

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 God measured them all

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 with the breadth

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 of His hand.

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 He fashioned

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 the trillions

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 of stars in the sky,

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 the sun and the moon

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 He established on high,

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 all heaven and earth

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 which He made

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 in six days,

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 show daily

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 and nightly

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 His merit

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 of praise.

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 Now look at verse 1.

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 We think that the stars

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 reveal the majesty

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 of God.

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 Verse 1 says

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 that God set

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 His own glory

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 above the heavens.

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 Isaiah 40 verse 22

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 says that God

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 sits on His throne

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 above the horizon

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 of the cosmos.

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 This was our call

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 to worship

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 that God

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 stretched out

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 the heavens

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 like a piece

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 of cloth.

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 You see how much

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 more majestic

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 God is.

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 Then we can even

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 fathom

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 or put into words

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 one of the most

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 beloved hymns

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 of the church

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 is

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 How Great Thou Art

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 and How Great Thou Art

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 is written

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 about Psalm 8.

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 And that's exactly

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 what we declare

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 when we sing it.

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 Oh Lord my God,

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 when I in awesome wonder

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 consider all the worlds

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 Thy hands have made,

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 I see the stars,

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 I hear the roaring thunder,

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 Thy power throughout,

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 the universe displayed.

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 Aren't you moved

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 to declare

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 the majestic name

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 of our God?

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 Don't you want to worship

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 this majestic God,

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 creator of all?

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 Well the second point

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 of reflection is this,

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 when you do see

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 the majesty of God,

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 don't you marvel then

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 by contrast

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 at your place

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 in this universe

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 that He's created?

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 See,

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 God set His glory

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 even above

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 those heavens

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 and then you look

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 at yourself

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 like David,

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 look what he says

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 in verse 4,

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 what is man?

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 Who am I

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 that you are mindful

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 of a guy like me?

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 Or even the son of man

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 that you care for him?

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 Isaiah 40, 22 says

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 man is like a grasshopper

00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:24.539
 before God.

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 But yet,

00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:28.179
 this psalm tells us

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 that God does care

00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:30.639
 for His creation.

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 Every single one,

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 not a hair can fall

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 from our head

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 without the knowledge

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 of the Father

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 in heaven.

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 Milton Vincent's poem

00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:41.159
 goes on to say,

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 so wondrously caring

00:13:42.879 --> 00:13:43.740
 is God

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 every day,

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 creating,

00:13:46.079 --> 00:13:46.579
 sustaining

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 my life

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 every way.

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 Each breath I intake,

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 every beat

00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:51.639
 of my heart,

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 all pleasures

00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:53.379
 well tasted

00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:54.059
 are His

00:13:54.059 --> 00:13:54.919
 to impart.

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 In fact,

00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.299
 for this purpose

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 He brought me to be

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 that I might

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 His glory

00:14:00.199 --> 00:14:01.719
 and kindliness see

00:14:01.719 --> 00:14:02.859
 and cherish Him

00:14:02.859 --> 00:14:03.339
 fully

00:14:03.339 --> 00:14:04.579
 in all of my days

00:14:04.579 --> 00:14:06.239
 obeying with pleasure

00:14:06.239 --> 00:14:07.539
 whatever He says.

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 Well, David

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 takes his eyes

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 off of the heavens

00:14:13.719 --> 00:14:14.299
 and he looks

00:14:14.299 --> 00:14:15.599
 at the earth next

00:14:15.599 --> 00:14:16.479
 in verse 5.

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 He says,

00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:19.359
 you have crowned man

00:14:19.359 --> 00:14:20.079
 with glory

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 and honor.

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 He says,

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 I look at all

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 the other beasts,

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 all the other creatures.

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 None of them

00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:27.580
 have a soul.

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 No other creature

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 is called an image

00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:32.340
 bearer of God.

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 When God made

00:14:35.200 --> 00:14:35.860
 all the creation

00:14:35.860 --> 00:14:36.779
 He says it is good

00:14:36.779 --> 00:14:37.460
 but when He made

00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:38.320
 Adam and Eve

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 He says it is

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 very good.

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 Do you marvel

00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.120
 at this majestic God

00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:47.379
 who cares

00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.399
 about you?

00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:51.059
 not only

00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:51.740
 has He made you

00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:52.240
 in His image

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:53.579
 He has placed you

00:14:53.579 --> 00:14:54.679
 over His creation

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 in a special role.

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.500
 Look at what He says

00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:57.199
 in verse 6.

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 You have given

00:14:58.199 --> 00:14:59.399
 man dominion

00:14:59.399 --> 00:15:00.179
 over the works

00:15:00.179 --> 00:15:00.879
 of your hand.

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 In verse 7 He says

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 all sheep,

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 oxen,

00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.340
 and the beasts

00:15:04.340 --> 00:15:04.959
 of the field.

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 In verse 8 He says

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 it's also the birds

00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:07.819
 of the heavens,

00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:09.319
 the fish of the sea,

00:15:09.699 --> 00:15:10.740
 whatever passes

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.959
 along the paths

00:15:11.959 --> 00:15:12.860
 of the seas.

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 Oh Lord,

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 our Lord,

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 how majestic

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 is your name

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 in all the earth.

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 The nation of Israel

00:15:23.199 --> 00:15:24.699
 was doing spiritual warfare

00:15:24.699 --> 00:15:25.659
 by calling out

00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:26.419
 specifically

00:15:26.419 --> 00:15:27.439
 how God

00:15:27.439 --> 00:15:28.219
 is majestic

00:15:28.219 --> 00:15:29.559
 in all His creation.

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:31.759
 What comes to your mind

00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:32.779
 when you think of

00:15:32.779 --> 00:15:33.659
 all that God

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.399
 has created

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.719
 that declares

00:15:35.719 --> 00:15:36.479
 His majesty?

00:15:36.599 --> 00:15:37.419
 What comes to mind?

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 When we rehearse

00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:41.179
 this together,

00:15:41.319 --> 00:15:42.279
 we're worshiping God

00:15:42.279 --> 00:15:43.000
 and we're doing this

00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:44.219
 as spiritual warfare.

00:15:44.220 --> 00:15:46.899
 That simple little pigeon

00:15:46.899 --> 00:15:48.360
 in Israel,

00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:50.200
 that pigeon declares

00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.800
 the majesty of God.

00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:54.040
 The piranha

00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:55.180
 in the Amazon

00:15:55.180 --> 00:15:55.960
 declares

00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:57.540
 the majesty of God.

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 The palatopis

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 off the beach

00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:01.100
 in Australia

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.000
 declares

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:02.720
 the majesty

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.720
 of God.

00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:04.840
 What else declares

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:05.519
 the majesty

00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.440
 of God?

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 Well, the penguin

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 on an iceberg

00:16:08.680 --> 00:16:09.540
 in Argentina

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 declares

00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:10.960
 the majesty

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 of God.

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 The porcupine

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 in a Canadian forest

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 declares

00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.279
 the majesty

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:17.159
 of God.

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 There's a pike fish

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 right now

00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.939
 in a lake

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 in Mongolia

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 that declares

00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.820
 the majesty

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 of God.

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 We worship God

00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.080
 by looking at

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 all that He has made.

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 And when we

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 praise God

00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.259
 for His majesty

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:33.580
 in all the creation,

00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:35.500
 His spirit

00:16:35.500 --> 00:16:37.340
 is winning the war.

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 His kingdom

00:16:38.299 --> 00:16:39.059
 is advancing

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 as we worship Him.

00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:42.399
 I thought about

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 picking on

00:16:42.959 --> 00:16:43.399
 the poodle

00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:43.959
 in Paris

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 but that was

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 just too obvious.

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 But even the poodle

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.339
 would declare

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 the majesty

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 of God.

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 You want a couple more?

00:16:50.199 --> 00:16:50.559
 Okay.

00:16:51.459 --> 00:16:52.219
 No one said yes

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 but okay.

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 Well, the panther

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 in the Brazilian jungle

00:16:55.619 --> 00:16:56.019
 declares

00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:56.539
 the majesty

00:16:56.539 --> 00:16:57.079
 of God.

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 The panda

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 in a forest

00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.359
 in China

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 declares

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 the majesty

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 of God.

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 And even for those

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 who fear snakes,

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 yes,

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 even the python

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 in subtropical

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 India

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 declares

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 the majesty

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 of God.

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 Anywhere we travel

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 or walk

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 or visit,

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 any hike you go on,

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 it's declaring

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.580
 the majesty

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 of God.

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 You can say

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 this is my

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 Father's world.

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 He shines

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 in all

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 that's fair.

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 In the rustling grass

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 I hear Him pass

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 and He speaks

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 to me

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 everywhere.

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 The third point

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 of reflection.

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 The more you

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 marvel at creation,

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 doesn't it make

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 you want to know

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 your majestic

00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.539
 creator?

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 You want to

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 declare His majesty

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 but don't you

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.759
 want more than that

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 too?

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 You want to

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 know Him.

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:46.819
 Look back

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 at verse 1

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 again.

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 He says,

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 O Lord,

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 our Lord.

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 And He's not

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 just repeating

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 the same word.

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 In the Hebrew

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 He says,

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 O Yahweh,

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 our Adonai.

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 Yahweh is

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 the unspeakable

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.600
 name of God.

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 It's not even

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 including the

00:18:06.080 --> 00:18:06.340
 vowels.

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 It's just

00:18:06.780 --> 00:18:08.259
 Y-W-H.

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 It's the name

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 that should not

00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:10.400
 be spoken

00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:11.500
 because of fear

00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:12.080
 of taking the

00:18:12.080 --> 00:18:12.560
 Lord's name

00:18:12.560 --> 00:18:12.980
 in vain.

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 So when you

00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:14.620
 behold all of

00:18:14.620 --> 00:18:15.300
 God's majesty

00:18:15.300 --> 00:18:15.920
 and all of

00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:16.420
 creation,

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 you say,

00:18:17.140 --> 00:18:18.560
 that's Yahweh.

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 I can't even

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 say His name.

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 But yet,

00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:23.100
 He says,

00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:23.680
 O Lord,

00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:24.360
 O Yahweh,

00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:25.880
 our Adonai.

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 And Adonai

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 was the word

00:18:27.920 --> 00:18:28.660
 they could say

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 when they speak

00:18:29.380 --> 00:18:29.720
 of God

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.400
 without it being

00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.040
 irreverent.

00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:32.279
 So yes,

00:18:32.339 --> 00:18:33.000
 this majestic

00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:33.619
 Lord that is

00:18:33.619 --> 00:18:34.519
 transcendent,

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.659
 He is our

00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.599
 Adonai.

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 He's our

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.319
 covenant keeping

00:18:38.319 --> 00:18:39.339
 God who draws

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 near to us.

00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.480
 We marvel at

00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:42.980
 His creation,

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.559
 but we want to

00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:44.139
 know Him.

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 We want to be

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 able to call

00:18:45.139 --> 00:18:45.700
 Him by His

00:18:45.700 --> 00:18:46.740
 name and

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.440
 worship Him.

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:49.539
 But see,

00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:50.019
 the psalm,

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 He's always got

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.319
 this tension

00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:51.899
 going through it

00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:52.480
 because He says,

00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:53.099
 God has set

00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:54.539
 His glory above

00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:55.279
 the heavens like

00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:56.000
 it's out of His

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.359
 reach.

00:18:56.659 --> 00:18:57.440
 All of creation,

00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.740
 it's pointing to

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.720
 how majestic God

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 is almost

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.539
 beyond the

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.420
 grasp of

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 any sinful

00:19:03.299 --> 00:19:03.720
 human.

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 In fact,

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.319
 it is beyond

00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.799
 the grasp

00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:07.519
 unless God

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:07.980
 were to do

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.380
 something.

00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.920
 This is what

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.420
 the church has

00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.140
 always recognized

00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.860
 and declared

00:19:11.860 --> 00:19:12.420
 of God.

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 Nehemiah 9.6

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.100
 says,

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.220
 You alone

00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.559
 are the Lord.

00:19:17.640 --> 00:19:18.079
 You made

00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:18.660
 the heavens,

00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.500
 even the highest

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:19.860
 heavens,

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 and all their

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 starry host,

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 the earth and

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 all that is in

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 it, the seas and

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 all that is in

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 them.

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 You can just

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.920
 hear the longing

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.700
 of God's people

00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.160
 as they're coming

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.940
 back from exile.

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 We want to

00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.900
 know You,

00:19:31.060 --> 00:19:31.200
 Lord.

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.040
 We see all

00:19:32.040 --> 00:19:32.500
 that You have

00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:33.279
 done, and You

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.000
 have been faithful

00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:35.440
 to us as our

00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.100
 Adonai.

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:36.920
 We want to

00:19:36.920 --> 00:19:37.420
 know You.

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:39.960
 In verse 5,

00:19:40.019 --> 00:19:40.400
 He says,

00:19:40.580 --> 00:19:41.580
 You made man,

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.660
 this is interesting

00:19:42.660 --> 00:19:43.519
 how He words it,

00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:45.080
 You made man a

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:46.140
 little lower

00:19:46.140 --> 00:19:47.540
 than the Elohim.

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:48.940
 You made man a

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.720
 little lower than

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.560
 those heavenly

00:19:50.560 --> 00:19:51.980
 beings, those angels

00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.700
 and spiritual

00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.160
 beings.

00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.800
 Now, He could have

00:19:54.800 --> 00:19:55.540
 drawn the comparison

00:19:55.540 --> 00:19:56.300
 looking down,

00:19:56.400 --> 00:19:56.740
 couldn't He?

00:19:57.040 --> 00:19:57.300
 He said,

00:19:57.340 --> 00:19:58.060
 You have made man a

00:19:58.060 --> 00:19:59.140
 little above the

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.620
 beasts.

00:20:00.420 --> 00:20:01.160
 But that's not

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.060
 where He sets man's

00:20:02.060 --> 00:20:02.280
 sight.

00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.780
 He says,

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:04.120
 You made man a

00:20:04.120 --> 00:20:05.200
 little lower than

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.240
 the spiritual beings,

00:20:06.540 --> 00:20:07.580
 and on top of that,

00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.660
 You crowned him with

00:20:08.660 --> 00:20:10.000
 Your own glory and

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.380
 honor.

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.720
 We can find some

00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.640
 good help here from

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.940
 classical theism,

00:20:16.100 --> 00:20:17.200
 from men like

00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.100
 Thomas Aquinas,

00:20:18.580 --> 00:20:19.640
 who synthesized what

00:20:19.640 --> 00:20:20.700
 the church believed

00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:21.540
 of God in the

00:20:21.540 --> 00:20:22.120
 Middle Ages.

00:20:22.780 --> 00:20:23.420
 Thomas Aquinas

00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.259
 looked at Psalm 8,

00:20:24.300 --> 00:20:24.720
 and he says,

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.660
 Okay, here we have

00:20:25.660 --> 00:20:28.460
 man that is formed

00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.220
 out of the dirt,

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.279
 like Adam was made

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:31.180
 from the dirt that

00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:31.640
 God put,

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:33.279
 and then God breathed

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.039
 with the Holy Spirit

00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:35.200
 a spirit and a soul

00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:35.759
 into Adam.

00:20:36.620 --> 00:20:37.740
 And that's exactly the

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.620
 picture we see here,

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:41.000
 that Adam was put over

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.759
 all the animals,

00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.519
 but yet on top of that,

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:45.480
 he was made spiritual

00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.319
 like those heavenly

00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:46.839
 beings.

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.500
 So man has this

00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:49.839
 position of being

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.799
 earthly,

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:52.640
 but yet being spiritual.

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:54.180
 There's no other

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.940
 creature that God

00:20:54.940 --> 00:20:56.100
 made that is that

00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:57.160
 way, that has a

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.740
 body and also has

00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.320
 a soul.

00:21:00.980 --> 00:21:01.800
 Nehemiah echoes

00:21:01.800 --> 00:21:02.500
 this in that same

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.320
 passage, Nehemiah

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.220
 9, 6, he says,

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.440
 God, not only did

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.259
 you create everything,

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.160
 you gave life to

00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:08.180
 everything, and

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.860
 what's more,

00:21:09.700 --> 00:21:10.759
 multitudes of

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:12.040
 heaven worship

00:21:12.040 --> 00:21:12.780
 you.

00:21:13.300 --> 00:21:14.340
 That longing to

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:15.240
 worship God

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:16.120
 belongs to

00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:17.820
 spiritual beings.

00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:20.020
 Man longs to

00:21:20.020 --> 00:21:21.040
 worship the

00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:22.480
 creator as the

00:21:22.480 --> 00:21:23.279
 heavenly beings

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:24.079
 worship him

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:25.059
 as spirit.

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.279
 The more you

00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:29.279
 marvel at creation,

00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:30.339
 doesn't it make you

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:31.720
 want to know this

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.500
 true God, this

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.960
 creator?

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.539
 And as you want to

00:21:35.539 --> 00:21:36.960
 know him, you're

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.460
 met with that

00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:39.220
 reality that I

00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.519
 can only tremble.

00:21:40.980 --> 00:21:41.740
 I want to

00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.400
 worship him, but

00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:44.180
 I'm so small.

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:44.940
 I am like a

00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.500
 grasshopper.

00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:46.140
 And you're

00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:46.880
 overwhelmed with

00:21:46.880 --> 00:21:47.259
 fear.

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.440
 Scottish

00:21:49.440 --> 00:21:50.200
 pastor Eric

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.759
 Alexander, he

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.440
 said, the fear

00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.460
 of the Lord is

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.539
 just the proper

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:55.559
 reaction of

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.640
 sinners to

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.620
 God's infinite

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:59.320
 holiness, or of

00:21:59.320 --> 00:22:00.360
 creatures to God's

00:22:00.360 --> 00:22:01.460
 infinite majesty.

00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:03.299
 As we grow in the

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.580
 knowledge of God, we

00:22:04.580 --> 00:22:06.000
 will learn to truly

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.120
 tremble before his

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:08.539
 great glory and his

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.960
 burning purity, and

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:12.299
 see this is indeed

00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:13.440
 the beginning of

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.759
 wisdom.

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:13.859
 wisdom.

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:18.099
 Well, because we are

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.539
 spiritual creatures,

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.680
 here's the fourth

00:22:20.680 --> 00:22:21.519
 point of reflection.

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:25.140
 Don't you long for a

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:27.720
 new creation in which

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:29.019
 you truly can feel

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:30.099
 closer to God?

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 We are spiritual

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 beings.

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 Don't you have that

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.839
 inner longing to be

00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:37.039
 closer and feel even

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.500
 closer to God, the

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.940
 creator?

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 There's a problem

00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.660
 with Psalm 8.

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 The problem is

00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:50.440
 this.

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 It cannot be

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 speaking of Adam, and

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 it cannot be speaking

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.960
 of any son of Adam.

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 Let me try to make

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.539
 that case for you.

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 Before Adam sinned, did

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:03.240
 he have any children?

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.960
 Were there any born of

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 the seed of Adam that

00:23:05.900 --> 00:23:06.660
 were sinless, born

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.540
 sinless unto the

00:23:07.540 --> 00:23:07.720
 earth?

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 No.

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 Well, then how can

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.759
 verse 2 be referring

00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.360
 to Adam?

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.400
 Look at verse 2.

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 The promise in Psalm

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.720
 8 verse 2 is that God

00:23:17.720 --> 00:23:19.240
 will silence his foe and

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:20.640
 the avenger from the

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.440
 mouths of babes and

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:21.800
 infants.

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 Well, there were no

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 infants in the Garden

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.519
 of Eden.

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 On top of that, did

00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:32.180
 Adam silence the foe and

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.660
 the avenger?

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 No.

00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.640
 He did just the

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:34.960
 opposite.

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 He failed.

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 Adam did not guard and

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:39.460
 keep the temple dwelling

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.560
 presence of God in

00:23:40.560 --> 00:23:43.259
 Eden from the serpent.

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 Instead, Adam joined the

00:23:44.600 --> 00:23:46.880
 rebellion, fell to sin.

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 And Adam brought a curse on

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 all of the first creation.

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 Did Adam, look at verse 6

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 in Psalm 8, did Adam have

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.780
 all things put under his

00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:58.140
 feet?

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 Adam never did.

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 Yes, he was supposed to

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:03.480
 name the animals, but here

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:04.660
 comes the rebellious serpent,

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 and the serpent wins that

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.779
 battle against Adam.

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 So the psalmist asks in

00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:13.360
 verse 4, what is man?

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:16.320
 What is Adam that you

00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:18.440
 should care about him or

00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.400
 the son of Adam?

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:21.220
 Who's the son of Adam?

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 It's everyone born of Adam.

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 Why should God care for

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:28.279
 anyone under the curse of

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:30.279
 the first creation sin through

00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:32.000
 the first federal head?

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 That's why you and I have

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.240
 problems.

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:38.399
 In Psalm 8, it elevates the

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:39.759
 majesty of God, but it also

00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.200
 exposes us before this

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:43.019
 majestic God as sinners

00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:45.619
 standing in need of God to

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:47.379
 do something on our behalf.

00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:49.879
 We are spiritual beings that

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:51.500
 long to worship our creator,

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:54.980
 but yet we're fallen sinners in

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.240
 Adam.

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:58.120
 We need a new creation.

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:03.839
 Some of you are feeling that

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:05.660
 now, and though you are part

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.880
 of the new creation in Christ,

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.380
 you still feel that distance

00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:08.940
 from God.

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:12.380
 I just want to encourage you

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.920
 right now.

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.660
 You get to pray.

00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:20.299
 You and I get to pray to this

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.900
 mighty God, the creator.

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:24.880
 And we get to hear his word

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.620
 ministered to us by his spirit.

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:29.080
 Martin Luther felt that.

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:31.120
 He felt, he knew he was saved

00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:33.360
 forensically, but yet he felt

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:34.320
 distance from God.

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.820
 He struggled so much throughout

00:25:35.820 --> 00:25:36.620
 this whole life.

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:39.240
 And he devoured God's word and

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.740
 translated the whole Bible into

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.140
 German.

00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:43.500
 And Martin Luther said this about

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:45.019
 prayer and your fellowship with

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.280
 the Lord on a daily basis.

00:25:46.780 --> 00:25:48.180
 Martin Luther's conclusion, see if

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.580
 you agree.

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:51.180
 We don't pray for God to make us

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.400
 want to read the Bible.

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:56.000
 We read the Bible, and God uses

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.779
 that to make us want to pray.

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:01.060
 We want to fellowship with God.

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:02.560
 We get to pray, but it's a

00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:04.420
 spiritual battle as long as we

00:26:04.420 --> 00:26:06.259
 are in this body of flesh, under

00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:08.140
 the curse of Adam, on this world.

00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:11.440
 But you have a soul, and it's

00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.320
 your soul that longs to worship

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:14.779
 God like the heavenly beings.

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:16.759
 And it's that soul that is united

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.900
 to your Savior, Jesus Christ.

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:19.019
 Christ.

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:23.400
 Well, Jesus is foreshadowed in Psalm

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.700
 8.

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:26.759
 God says, I will make my majesty, my

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:29.900
 exceeding good name known to all

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.280
 the earth.

00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:31.140
 I will do it.

00:26:31.540 --> 00:26:33.759
 It will not come from the son of

00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.000
 Adam.

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:36.300
 It will come from the seed of woman.

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:40.700
 The sons of man will forever be

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:42.100
 slaves to the serpent.

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:44.980
 But Genesis 3.15, like our older

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:48.860
 children are memorizing, God

00:26:48.860 --> 00:26:50.160
 promised in the curse of the

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:52.720
 serpent, I will put enmity between

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:54.500
 Eve's offspring and Satan.

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:57.079
 And from Eve's line shall rise up

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:59.160
 one, my one seed that shall crush

00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:01.240
 Satan's head, and Satan shall

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.079
 bruise his heel.

00:27:02.860 --> 00:27:04.440
 We long for a new creation.

00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:06.759
 We long to feel closer to God.

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.240
 Trust Him.

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:11.720
 Trust this majestic God will come to

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.180
 save.

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:16.100
 If, Augustine said, if you ever are

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:19.220
 longing, be ever praying.

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:23.240
 So the last, the fifth and last point

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:28.320
 of reflection is this, that Psalm 8

00:27:28.320 --> 00:27:31.140
 can only be fulfilled if the majestic

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:33.360
 God Himself does it.

00:27:34.320 --> 00:27:36.039
 Do you see, here's what you need to

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:38.620
 reflect on, do you see Christ in Psalm

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:38.940
 8?

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:41.900
 Let's march through this.

00:27:42.620 --> 00:27:44.440
 Psalm 8 verse 5 says this,

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:49.220
 God made Him a little lower than the

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.120
 heavenly beings.

00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:52.340
 How was this fulfilled in Christ?

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:54.400
 Philippians 2.5 says that though Jesus

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:57.100
 Christ is God, He did not count equality

00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:59.380
 with God a thing to be grasped.

00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:03.279
 Psalm 8.4 says, how mindful is God of

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:05.180
 man and how much does God care for the

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:06.160
 fallen line of Adam?

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:09.140
 Philippians 2.7 answers that question.

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:11.200
 Taking on the form of a servant,

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:13.500
 being born in the likeness of men.

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:17.019
 Psalm 8 says, it will be sinners on

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:19.259
 earth who will praise the majestic

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.500
 name of God.

00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:23.380
 And when Jesus Christ walked this earth

00:28:23.380 --> 00:28:24.880
 and He was casting out demons,

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:28.920
 in Luke 9.42 and 43, the Pharisees

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.940
 and scribes, they were the foes and the

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.420
 avengers.

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:33.960
 They were plotting to kill Jesus and as

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:36.160
 they were plotting against Him, Jesus

00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:38.160
 interpreted Psalm 8 for them and said,

00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:41.319
 God has ordained praise for me out of

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:43.559
 the mouths of these babies and infants.

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:46.299
 And He did that and fulfilled that to

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.579
 strengthen your faith.

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:51.680
 God silenced Satan once and for all.

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:55.700
 Taking on the form of a man by being

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:57.400
 crushed on the cross.

00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:02.440
 Putting death to death for our sins.

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:05.299
 Philippians 2.8 says that in human form,

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:07.799
 God humbled Himself by becoming obedient

00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:10.600
 to the point of death, even death on a

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:10.960
 cross.

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:15.019
 How majestic is the name of our great God.

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:18.180
 Our hymn says it so well,

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:19.720
 and when I think that God,

00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:23.660
 His Son, not sparing, sent Him to die,

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:26.320
 I scarce can take it in.

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:29.900
 That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:33.840
 He bled and died to take away my sin.

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:39.019
 Psalm 8 verse 5 says that God crowned Him

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.759
 with glory and honor.

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:44.019
 God crowned Jesus Christ the new man,

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:46.340
 the firstborn of the new creation,

00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:47.320
 the second Adam,

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:49.400
 with glory and honor.

00:29:49.940 --> 00:29:51.840
 Hebrews 1.3 interprets this for us,

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:55.120
 that Jesus Christ is the radiance of the glory of God,

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:57.300
 the exact imprint of His nature,

00:29:57.299 --> 00:30:00.720
 and He upholds the universe by the world,

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.440
 by the word of His power.

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:05.079
 After making purification for sins,

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:08.579
 Jesus Christ sat down at the right hand

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:10.859
 of the majesty on high.

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:15.299
 Jesus has fully and finally fulfilled

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:19.319
 all that God promised in Psalm 8,

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:24.460
 so that you can call Him your Lord.

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:28.000
 Philippians 2.9 says that God

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:30.039
 has highly exalted Jesus

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:32.079
 and bestowed on Him

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:34.220
 God's majestic name

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:36.720
 that is above every name.

00:30:37.939 --> 00:30:40.879
 Psalm 8.6 says that God has given Him dominion

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:42.339
 over the works of His hands

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:44.939
 and put all things under His feet.

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:49.059
 Because the new creation

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:50.559
 is inaugurated spiritually

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:52.620
 by the finished work of Christ,

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:56.559
 you can approach this great God,

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.160
 our Creator.

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.900
 You can know Him.

00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:02.059
 You can enjoy fellowship with Him spiritually,

00:31:02.360 --> 00:31:03.360
 though it's a battle

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:04.779
 with the remaining flesh.

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:07.779
 So here's our exhortation.

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.740
 It's the first and the last verse

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.160
 of Psalm 8.

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:15.860
 The exhortation for us,

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:16.920
 if you know Christ,

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:20.380
 is to worship His majestic name

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:21.500
 in this life

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:23.980
 in preparation for the life to come.

00:31:25.580 --> 00:31:27.540
 David calls all of God's people

00:31:27.540 --> 00:31:28.300
 to sing it.

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:30.160
 O Lord, our Lord,

00:31:30.400 --> 00:31:31.940
 how majestic is Your name

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.920
 in all the earth.

00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:36.060
 We worship His majestic name

00:31:36.060 --> 00:31:37.279
 in spirit now

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:39.120
 with all of creation

00:31:39.120 --> 00:31:41.300
 confirming the gospel truth

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.500
 that our Creator came

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:44.339
 to save sinners like us.

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:46.879
 And we can declare again,

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:48.639
 this is my Father's world.

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:50.799
 Why should my heart be sad?

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:52.799
 The Lord is King.

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.899
 Let the heavens ring.

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.899
 God reigns.

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.319
 Let the earth be glad.

00:32:01.139 --> 00:32:03.220
 You will feel distant from God

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.940
 in this life

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:05.119
 from time to time.

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:06.039
 you will feel

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.579
 spiritually cold

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.299
 in worship.

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.919
 And it's good

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.619
 that we long

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.319
 to be closer

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.839
 and closer

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.379
 and closer

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.419
 to God,

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:14.279
 our Creator.

00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:17.539
 When you worship Him,

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.559
 you are fighting

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.299
 in the battle.

00:32:20.739 --> 00:32:21.639
 We need to fight

00:32:21.639 --> 00:32:23.000
 to worship our God,

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:24.159
 fight against our own flesh

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.699
 in private

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.659
 and in public.

00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.379
 Worship is warfare.

00:32:28.659 --> 00:32:29.459
 I love how

00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:30.599
 Don Whitney said,

00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:32.159
 can we expect

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.859
 the flames

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:34.000
 of our worship of God

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.939
 to burn brightly

00:32:34.939 --> 00:32:35.519
 in public

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.379
 on the Lord's day

00:32:36.379 --> 00:32:37.459
 when they barely

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:38.819
 flicker for Him

00:32:38.819 --> 00:32:40.179
 in secret

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:41.219
 on other days?

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.059
 Worship

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.019
 on this earth

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.779
 will always be

00:32:44.779 --> 00:32:45.759
 warfare for us.

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.980
 Hebrews 2, 5, and 6

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:50.240
 says that there is

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.419
 a world to come.

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.619
 There is a new heavens,

00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.699
 a new earth.

00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.199
 And it says that

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:56.259
 God will not subject

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.159
 the world to come

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.779
 to angels.

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.319
 That's why

00:32:59.319 --> 00:33:00.500
 Jesus Christ was

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.519
 lower than the angels

00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:02.439
 becoming a man,

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:03.460
 becoming a mediator

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.619
 because it's to Him

00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:06.200
 that God will entrust

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:07.399
 that new world

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:08.500
 that is to come.

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.339
 God has set

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.279
 Jesus Christ

00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:12.139
 on His throne

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:12.779
 of glory

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:14.500
 above the heavens.

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.439
 And soon

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:16.759
 He will usher in

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:17.919
 this new world.

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 And in the meantime,

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:21.879
 we worship God

00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.659
 in spirit,

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:24.759
 believing the truth

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:26.039
 of all that He has

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:27.279
 revealed and fulfilled

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.299
 in Jesus Christ.

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 How majestic

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:31.019
 is the great name

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.000
 of our Lord.

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:34.740
 We worship now

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.460
 as a fool

00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:37.299
 before the world,

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:39.019
 trusting that

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.059
 He will come

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.799
 from heaven

00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:42.779
 with all of His glory

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:44.119
 unto the whole earth

00:33:44.119 --> 00:33:45.700
 one day very soon.

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.879
 Philippians 2, 10

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 says that when

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.559
 He does come,

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.700
 you know this,

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.879
 every knee

00:33:51.879 --> 00:33:52.799
 will bow

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 in heaven,

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 on earth,

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:56.299
 and under the earth.

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.879
 Why will they bow?

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.220
 At the name

00:33:59.220 --> 00:34:00.659
 of Jesus Christ.

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.960
 Worship the majestic

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.779
 name of God

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.720
 in this life

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.599
 in preparation

00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:06.680
 for that great,

00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:08.199
 glorious life

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.820
 with Him

00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.800
 that's to come.

00:34:10.259 --> 00:34:11.340
 What will that be like?

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.960
 Well, when this life

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.820
 is over for you,

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:14.980
 Christ Himself

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:16.199
 will usher you

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.699
 into His heavenly realm.

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.300
 Psalm 45,

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:20.119
 verse 5,

00:34:20.179 --> 00:34:21.000
 describes what that

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.900
 will be like this way.

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:23.119
 It's with joy

00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:24.300
 and rejoicing

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:26.099
 that you will be brought

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.660
 and you will enter

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:29.619
 into the King's palace.

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.420
 How majestic

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.920
 is the great name

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.920
 of our God.

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:38.800
 Psalm 16, verse 11

00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.500
 says that

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.660
 when you're there

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.960
 in His glorious presence,

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:43.920
 there is fullness of joy

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:45.660
 at the right hand of God,

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.639
 our pleasures

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:48.320
 forevermore.

00:34:48.660 --> 00:34:49.539
 So you worship

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.860
 His majestic name

00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.860
 now by faith.

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.820
 By faith,

00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:55.240
 you know His kingdom

00:34:55.240 --> 00:34:56.120
 is coming.

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:57.579
 Your spirit inside of you

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:58.420
 longs for that.

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.640
 And one day,

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:01.740
 our faith will be made sight.

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:05.059
 How great is our God.

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:07.320
 The hymn says that

00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:08.860
 when Christ shall come

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:10.760
 with shout of acclamation

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:12.380
 and take me home,

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:15.700
 what joy shall fill my heart.

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.720
 Then I shall bow

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:19.420
 in humble adoration

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:21.260
 and then proclaim,

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.579
 my God,

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.559
 how great

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:24.420
 thou art.

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:26.800
 So we worship

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:28.320
 this majestic name

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:29.280
 of our Lord now.

00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:30.619
 It's a battle,

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.960
 but it's preparing

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.659
 our souls

00:35:32.659 --> 00:35:33.740
 for the world

00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.980
 that is to come.

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.860
 If God has revealed

00:35:37.860 --> 00:35:39.059
 His majestic name

00:35:39.059 --> 00:35:39.500
 to you,

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:41.180
 as the Father

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:42.579
 foreordained,

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:43.740
 as the Son

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:45.139
 came to fully reveal,

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.340
 and as the Spirit

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.760
 now comes to minister

00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:48.920
 the fullness of God

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.500
 to you,

00:35:50.340 --> 00:35:51.559
 then you praise

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:53.019
 the majestic name

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.960
 of the Lord,

00:35:54.140 --> 00:35:54.640
 our God,

00:35:54.740 --> 00:35:56.160
 now in preparation

00:35:56.160 --> 00:35:57.640
 for all of eternity.

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.120
 Glory be to God.

00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.320
 Would you pray with me?

00:36:00.320 --> 00:36:14.700
 O Lord,

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:15.220
 our God,

00:36:15.780 --> 00:36:17.380
 may the majesty

00:36:17.380 --> 00:36:19.140
 of your most excellent name

00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:20.440
 be on display

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:21.500
 in our lives

00:36:21.500 --> 00:36:23.180
 and in this congregation.

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:27.059
 We pray from Jude 1, 12,

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:29.420
 that through Jesus Christ

00:36:29.420 --> 00:36:29.900
 our Lord,

00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.980
 the only God,

00:36:31.099 --> 00:36:31.840
 our Savior,

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.299
 to you alone

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:34.500
 be all glory,

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.500
 majesty,

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.380
 dominion,

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.199
 and authority

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:38.799
 before all time

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:39.920
 and now

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.179
 and forevermore.

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:41.920
 Amen.