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 It's fine.

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 We, of course, want them to feel comfortable to stay in here, if so led, but also want to provide

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! a nursery opportunity for them as well, ages zero to three, but I'm glad that they found their place.

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 And it's time for us to open our Bibles and turn to Psalm chapter 26 this morning.

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 Psalm chapter 26.

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 We're continuing our summer series through the Psalms.

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 We've kind of paused our series in Genesis for several weeks during the summer to walk

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 through the Psalms together, and we've come to Psalm chapter 26.

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 And so when you found that in your copy of God's Word, either your own or the one in the pew Bible

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 there in front of you, in the seat back in front of you, let's stand in honor of the reading of God's Word

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 from Psalm chapter 26.

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 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity,

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 and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

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 Prove me, O Lord, and try me.

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 Test my heart and my mind.

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 For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.

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 I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites.

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 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked.

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 I wash my hands in innocence and go around your altar, O Lord, proclaiming thanksgiving aloud

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 and telling all your wondrous deeds.

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 O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.

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 Do not sweep my soul away with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

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 in whose hands are evil devices and whose right hands are full of bribes.

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 But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity.

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 Redeem me.

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 Be gracious to me.

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 My foot stands on level ground.

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 In the great assembly, I will bless the Lord.

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 The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord endures forever.

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 Father, we praise you for this psalm.

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 We praise you for this prayer for vindication.

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 And Lord, we ask now as we open it up that you would speak through the preaching of your word.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Well, I have had the joy of experiencing a couple of knee surgeries in my life.

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 And both times the process was exactly the same.

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 The goal is to open you up, to open things up and to see what's inside.

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 But they don't just cut you open right away.

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 There's a process in place.

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 So step number one is that you go and voluntarily put yourself up on the doctor's table.

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 And they start tugging at your leg and shifting your knee all around.

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 They're testing to see, the doctor's testing to see if there's any structural lack there in your knee.

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 He's testing the structural integrity of your ligaments.

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 And then step two, from there you go and they sign you up for x-rays.

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 Now, you know that you don't need x-rays.

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 They know that you don't need x-rays.

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 But for some reason, they sign you up.

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 They want to see if you have broken any bones.

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 And they put you in the x-ray room and get your x-rays.

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 And it's really pretty impressive.

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 You get a photographic image of the inside of your body.

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 You get to see on a sheet of paper your bones and how they interact and how they hold together.

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 Again, they want to see, is there anything lacking here?

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 Is there anything that needs to be fixed?

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 That's step number two.

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 And then from there, step number three is that you finally get to go to the MRI machine.

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 And you lay down flat and the machine moves you back into this little tunnel that spins and whirs and makes all sorts of noises and moves around.

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 And that's where they proceed to produce another image of your insides that show all your ligaments.

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 They can see, finally, if you've torn something, if everything's holding together, if everything's as strong as it ought to be, or if there is anything lacking.

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 But still, that's not the final step.

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 The final step is that the surgeon gets the knife and he cuts you open.

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 And he finally gets to look firsthand and lay his eyes on what is going on inside of you.

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 And if he's good at his job, then he fixes it.

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 But you think about that whole process.

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 You have been completely exposed inside and out.

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 There is nothing to hide in that moment.

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 You are quite literally laid bare before him.

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 And if you have any flaws, any lack of integrity, any weaknesses at all, by this point it has been found out.

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 And now the surgeon can get to work.

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 I wonder if you have ever asked the Lord to open you up, to take a look, to cut you if necessary, but to examine you inside and out.

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 And to see if there's anything lacking in you, any shortfall in you, any lack of structural integrity in your life.

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 In our psalm this morning, David lays himself out before the Lord.

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 He willingly places himself on the Lord's examination table.

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 And he invites God, take a look.

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 Examine me.

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 See me inside and out.

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 Test the integrity of my heart.

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 Peek into all my thoughts.

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 Peek into all my ways.

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 It seems like King David here has been wrongfully accused.

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 His enemies are saying one thing about him, but he says, Lord, you take a look at my life and you'll see something different.

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 You'll see that I am innocent.

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 So let's look here at Psalm 26.

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 And what we'll see here this morning is three ways that King David is blameless.

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 This will be our outline this morning if you're taking notes.

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 These are three categories of blamelessness that David lays out before the Lord.

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 And really, these are three categories of blamelessness that Christians, all of God's people, ought to strive towards.

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 We ought to be striving towards blamelessness in all of these ways.

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 So three ways that King David is blameless.

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 First, we see David says all his paths are pure.

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 All his paths are pure.

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 Look there to verse 1 with me.

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 David is emphasizing here in verses 1 through 3 that his walk, his paths, his ways are pure.

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 And you remember how David prayed last week in Psalm 25.

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 What did he pray?

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 He said, Lord, make me to know your ways, O Lord.

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 Teach me your paths.

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 Lead me in the truth and teach me.

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 And it seems like in this instance now here in Psalm 26, the Lord has answered that prayer in David's life.

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 David is not walking in sin.

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 He says that he has walked in unwavering trust in the Lord.

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 And so whatever the accusations are that David is facing from the outside here,

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 he calls out to the Lord in prayer and says,

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 Vindicate me, O Lord.

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 I have walked in my integrity.

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 I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

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 His paths are pure.

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 He claims unwavering trust in the Lord.

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 You know, our first thought, if we know anything about David's life,

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 ought to be, well, that's not really true, is it?

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 Has David forgotten about Bathsheba?

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 Has David forgotten about Uriah?

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 Has David forgotten what he writes later in Psalm 143?

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 This is the same David who writes Psalm 143 verse 2.

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 Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

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 Is this not the same David that wrote Psalm 14 where he says,

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 There is no one who does good.

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 Not even one.

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 David knows that he's a sinner.

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 And so how is he so bold as to call out to the Lord and ask him to open him up

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 and to test all his ways and to vindicate him

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 and to claim that his walk, his ways, his path is totally pure?

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 It's important that we realize that this is situational blamelessness.

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 Not total, complete, absolute blamelessness.

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 You see the difference?

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 He is, in this situation, blameless.

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 No, he's not totally sinless.

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 He's not without sin.

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 But in this instance, he is innocent.

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 David is being wrongfully accused.

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 He has been walking the path of purity.

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 And yet his enemies from the outside accuse him and try to tear him down

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 by saying something that he has done, which he has, in fact, not done.

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 But you can imagine a courtroom scene where one party is accused of a crime

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 that they did not commit.

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 They are innocent.

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 They know they're innocent and they have the receipts to prove it.

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 Their appeal to the judge might sound a lot like what David is doing here in Psalm 26.

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 Vindicate me.

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 I have walked in purity.

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 Of course, that person isn't totally, perfectly without sin.

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 Yet in this particular instance, they are innocent.

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 So they lay out their defense and they plead their case.

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 That's exactly what David is doing here.

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 David knows that he's not sinless.

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 If you look at verse 11, he says,

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 Lord, be gracious to me.

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 Sinless people don't need grace.

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 In fact, in verse 2, he says,

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 Prove me, O Lord, and try me.

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 Test my heart and my mind.

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 For your steadfast love is before my eyes,

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 and I walk in your faithfulness.

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 In other places in Scripture, these words, testing and trying,

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 they refer to being refined like gold or silver.

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 Purified.

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 Tested through the refiner's fire.

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 So David is asking God on one hand to see how he's walked in innocence in this instance,

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 but at the same time, burn up anything that's lacking in me.

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 Take me and burn up all the dross in my life.

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 I want to walk in faithfulness.

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 I have walked in faithfulness in this instance,

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 but yet I still know that there's sin yet to be dealt with in my life.

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 And so would you come and would you burn it off?

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 Would you cut me open and expose all the impurities and then get to work healing me

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 and putting me back together as I ought to be?

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 Try me and test me in my heart and in my mind,

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 for your steadfast love is before my eyes,

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 and I walk in your faithfulness.

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 David is praying as a sinner, yes,

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 but as a sinner who has been brought by the grace of God into covenant with the Lord.

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 A sinner who keeps his covenant love and his faithfulness ever before him,

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 so that even as a sinner,

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 David desires to be blameless and to be holy,

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 and he wants blamelessness to characterize all his ways,

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 all his paths.

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 Friend, to be a Christian,

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 of course, it means to know that you are a sinner.

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 That's where it begins.

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 The Spirit of God, through the Word of God,

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 convicts you of your sin,

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 convicts you of your need for forgiveness,

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 and by his grace,

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 you put your faith in Christ as your only hope,

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 the Savior of sinners.

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 That's what it means to be a Christian.

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 But then, once you are saved by the grace of God,

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 by faith in Christ,

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 you begin to all of a sudden have this strange desire

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 to walk in the ways of the Lord.

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 Where did that come from?

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 This foreign desire to be blameless in all your ways,

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 to walk in the path of purity.

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 You want to represent the King in your life,

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 so that when others stand to accuse you of wrongdoing,

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 we don't want to give them any material to work with.

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 I'll give you an example from my own life,

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 real life example.

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 There was an individual within the church,

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 not this church, by the way,

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 who had become so distrusting,

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 and so divisive,

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 and so deceptive,

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 that really he began to deceive himself,

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 and believe his own lies.

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 And what he did,

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 was he spread an accusation within the church,

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 that the leadership was basically mishandling money.

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 We were taking money that was supposed to go support a church plant,

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 in another place,

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 and instead we were pocketing it.

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 That was the rumor that was spread.

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 Now of course,

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 there's paper trails for everything.

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 And we literally,

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 quite literally,

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 had the receipts to show,

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 no,

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 this is in fact not true,

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 but he was bent on uncovering some wrongdoing in us,

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 and so he persisted,

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 to the point where this individual hired a private investigator,

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 just to dig something up,

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 just to find something.

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 And we knew this,

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 because he finally admitted it to us,

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 that he had done this.

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 Now of course,

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 on one hand,

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 we were grieved by this.

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 We never want to see an individual fall to this sort of sin,

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 and deception.

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 We hated to see this happen,

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 but at the same time,

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 I'll tell you what,

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 there was absolute peace,

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 in knowing,

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 that there was nothing to be found.

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 There was peace in knowing,

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 that by the grace of God,

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 are we sinless?

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 No,

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 absolutely not.

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 But in this instance,

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 were we blameless?

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 Praise God,

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 yes.

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 So we could say,

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 whatever happens,

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 Lord,

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 you vindicate us,

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 and we will keep your steadfast love,

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 in front of us.

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 We will walk in integrity,

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 by your grace,

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 your faithfulness has guided us,

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 so vindicate us,

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 Lord.

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 I wonder,

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 if someone were to investigate your life,

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 your week,

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 past month,

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 past year,

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 would they find you,

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 walking in faithfulness?

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 Is there anything lacking,

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 in your ways,

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 any part of your path,

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 that needs to be tested,

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 and needs to be refined?

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 David says,

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 his paths are pure,

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 but not only this,

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 he says second,

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 his people are pure.

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 His people are pure.

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 Look there with me,

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 starting in verse four.

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 He says,

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 I do not sit with men of falsehood,

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 nor do I consort with hypocrites.

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 I hate the assembly of evildoers,

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 and I will not sit with the wicked.

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 David says,

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 my people,

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 that I surround myself with,

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 the company that I keep,

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 is godly and pure.

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 David's not guilty,

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 and now we see,

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 he's not guilty by association either.

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 He does not sit with the wicked,

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 he doesn't associate with hypocrites,

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 those who just look godly on the outside,

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 but the inside is impure.

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 He hates the assembly of the evildoers.

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 Well, there's echoes here of Psalm 1,

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 aren't there?

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 The blessed man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,

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 nor stands in the way of sinners,

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 nor sits in the seat of scoffers,

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 but his delight is in the law of the Lord,

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 and on his law he meditates day and night.

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 Throughout the book of Psalms,

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 and really throughout the entire Bible,

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 the word tells us clearly,

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 over and over and over again,

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 that there are two categories of people in the world.

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 There are the righteous,

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 and there are the wicked.

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 There are sheep,

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 and there are goats.

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 There are wheat,

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 and there are tares.

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 There are the seed of the woman,

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 and there's the seed of the serpent.

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 There's God's people,

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 and not God's people.

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 There's those in Christ,

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 and there are those who are in Adam.

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 There are those who are bound for judgment,

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 and those who are bound for glory.

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 Only two kinds of people in the world.

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 Now, we don't tend to think in such black and white terms,

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 do we?

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 But the Bible absolutely does,

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 and David says,

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 I am not one of them.

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 They aren't my people.

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 Of course, this raises some questions,

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 doesn't it?

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 Questions about the ways that Christians interact

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 with the non-believing world.

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 Questions like,

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 well, aren't we supposed to be around non-believers?

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 Do we just want to live in a Christian bubble,

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 and never interact with the world around us?

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 And didn't Jesus interact?

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 Didn't he eat and drink with sinners?

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 How am I supposed to reach the lost world

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 if I'm never around them?

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 These are all good questions.

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 Christ has given us a commission

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 that cannot be accomplished

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 apart from being around non-believers.

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 The great commission call is to

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 go therefore and make disciples of all nations,

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 baptizing them in the name of the Father,

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 and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,

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 teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you.

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 Christians are called to be ambassadors of Christ,

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 but that very term ambassadors,

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 it means that we don't belong to this world that we're seeking to win.

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 We go out as citizens of another kingdom.

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 We go out as servants of another king,

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 representatives of another king.

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 We're called to shine as lights in the midst of darkness.

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 There's a distinction here.

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 And so, no, we're not meant to just retreat in our Christian bubble.

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 We're meant to advance the gospel

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 and bring the wicked out of darkness and into the light

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 by the only means that God has given us to do so

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 is the power of the preaching of the gospel.

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 So we engage the lost

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 while recognizing that we are distinct from the lost

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 by the grace of God.

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 When we engage our lost friends

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 and our non-believing family members

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 and our lost co-workers

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 and our lost neighbors,

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 we need to remember that

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 there is a spiritual distinction

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 by the grace of God between us.

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 And that's a distinction that can only be removed

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 by the Spirit through the gospel.

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 If you are in Christ,

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 then those who are not in Christ

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 are no longer your people.

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 David says he is not to be included in the wicked.

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 Don't group me in with them.

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 They are not my people.

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 So we ought to ask,

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 well then, David, who are your people?

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 And the obvious answer is

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 that would be the community of the righteous.

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 Get this courtroom image back in our minds.

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 As the prosecution comes with the accusations

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 and the time comes for the defense now

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 to call up some witnesses to the stand,

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 that case is a lot harder to defend

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 if there aren't any witnesses, right?

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 Or even worse,

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 if all the witnesses that David calls up

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 are known liars,

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 known evildoers.

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 David says,

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 I have witnesses.

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 I have people who can attest

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 that I am walking in purity.

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 They can speak on my behalf.

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 I'm not walking alone.

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 I am walking with the community of faith.

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 David wants to surround himself

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 with the believing community.

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 He wants to be amongst God's people

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 who are also striving to walk in the ways of the Lord,

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 who are locking arms with him

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 and helping him to walk in integrity,

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 who are calling out to the Lord with him

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 and for him,

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 who share the same desire to know

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 and to honor the Lord in all of life.

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 These are his people.

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 Now listen,

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 every Christian is called

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 to be a part of a community like that.

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 You know where we find it?

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 It's in the local church.

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 The local church.

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 The church is the community of the righteous

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 here on earth.

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 When you become a Christian,

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 something happens in you.

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 There is a bit of an uprooting.

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 It's a transfer of belonging

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 that takes place.

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 The people that you used to associate with,

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 the things that you used to do,

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 the things that used to be normal

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 and just a part of who you are

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 are no longer a part of who you are in Christ.

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 They become strange to you.

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 And so as you maintain those relationships

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 with your non-believing friends

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 and please, if at all possible,

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 maintain those opportunities,

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 but as you maintain those relationships,

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 you now interact as a missionary

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 in those contexts,

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 not as one who belongs.

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 The Christian's primary hub

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 of life and friendship and community,

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 it becomes the local church.

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 And it's here with these brothers and sisters

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 that you find your people.

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 Friend, we all need that,

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 but I would dare to say

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 in our individualistic age,

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 we're all prone to make

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 a few tragic mistakes.

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 For one, we can try and carry on

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 with our old friends

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 and our own old lives

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 as if nothing has changed in us.

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 That'll never work.

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 If you are in Christ,

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 you are a new creation.

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 The old has gone.

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 Behold, the new has come.

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 Everything changes.

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 Still another tragic mistake

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 is that we can seek to live

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 as a disciple in isolation

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 from other believers.

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 That'll never work either.

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 Not for long.

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 We need God's people around us

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 to help us to grow

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 and to walk with us.

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 But still another tragic mistake

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 is that we can come around God's people

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 without ever truly committing

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 to God's people.

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 We can come around

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 without building our lives around them,

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 without them really being our people.

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 And so we attend a church service on occasion,

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 but we're not actually linked in

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 as part of the body.

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 We may attend a scattering

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 of Christian activities,

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 Bible study here,

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 Bible study there,

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 prayer group here,

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 but we're not really just locked in

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 with a people.

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 We all need others

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 who are committed

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 to our spiritual good,

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 who will link arms with us

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 and help keep us

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 on the path of righteousness,

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 who we can call to the stands

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 to give a defense on our behalf

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 because they know us

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 and know our lives

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 and know our heart.

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 David says,

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 I am with the people of the Lord.

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 My people are pure,

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 but not just this.

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 Third.

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 Third, he says,

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 my praise is pure.

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 My worship is pure.

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 Look there to verses 6 through 8.

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 David says,

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 I wash my hands in innocence

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 and go around your altar,

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 O Lord,

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 proclaiming thanksgiving aloud

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 and telling all your wondrous deeds.

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 This is worship language.

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 This is temple language.

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 David, as God's king,

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 is committed to worship.

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 He's committed to lead God's people

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 in worship.

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 He knows firsthand

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 that the Lord is worthy of his praise.

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 He is moved in his heart

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 to give honor and praise to the Lord

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 for who he is

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 and what he's done.

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 He is eager to go and gather

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 with God's people

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 and proclaim,

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 tell all the wondrous deeds of the Lord.

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 He's committed to worship.

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 But not just this.

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 Look at this.

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 David is committed to worship

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 as God has prescribed.

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 He is committed to worship

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 as God has commanded him

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 to worship.

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 You ask yourself,

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 why does David wash his hands?

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 What's the deal with that?

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 Why is he going around the altar?

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 Is this just David's preference?

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 Is that how he likes to worship?

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 Is this what he wants to do?

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 Is this how he prefers to come

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 and to worship the Lord?

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 He worships this way

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 because God has so commanded him

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 to worship this way.

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 This is a description of worship

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 in the temple.

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 I mean, just think of all the prescriptions

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 and the precautions

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 that the Lord made

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 for proper temple worship.

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 This wasn't open to interpretation

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 for the individual worshiper

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 to decide how they wanted

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 to worship the Lord.

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 The Lord prescribes

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 what is proper worship.

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 David here,

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 he's coming

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 and he's committed

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 to purifying himself,

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 to approaching the altar

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 where sacrifice would be offered

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 for atonement

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 of the people of God.

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 He's committed

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 to proclaiming the glory of God.

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 David is saying

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 that he is committed

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 to worship,

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 but not just however

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 he feels like worshiping.

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 He is committed to worship

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 as God has intended.

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 We should realize

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 it is not up to us

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 to decide

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 how God

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 is to be worshipped.

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 There's so many conversations

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 around worship.

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 Most of them have to do

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 with preference.

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 Most of the disagreements

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 with worship

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 have to do

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 with personal preference.

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 We should realize

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 our preference matters

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 very little

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 in worship.

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:38.559
 God himself

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.720
 gets to determine

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:41.620
 how he wants

00:26:41.620 --> 00:26:42.860
 to be worshipped.

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.700
 We saw

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.039
 a couple of weeks ago,

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.420
 didn't we?

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.880
 Uzzah

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:48.799
 struck down

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.380
 for touching

00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:50.440
 the ark of the Lord.

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.860
 Why?

00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:52.559
 Because God had commanded

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:54.500
 no one can touch the ark.

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.960
 He wasn't supposed

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.880
 to be carrying the ark

00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.820
 in the first place.

00:26:59.120 --> 00:27:00.240
 You think of Saul's

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.080
 tragic mistake.

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.120
 Saul got impatient

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:03.060
 waiting on Samuel

00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.980
 and so Saul

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:05.320
 offered up worship.

00:27:05.540 --> 00:27:06.720
 He offered up sacrifice.

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.760
 What's wrong with that?

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.440
 God said it's not lawful

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.820
 for Saul to offer sacrifice.

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:12.040
 That's for Samuel to do.

00:27:12.760 --> 00:27:13.540
 So the kingdom

00:27:13.540 --> 00:27:15.020
 is taken from Saul.

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.720
 You think about

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.700
 Nadab

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.260
 and Abihu

00:27:18.260 --> 00:27:19.960
 and in Leviticus chapter 10

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.860
 offering up strange fire,

00:27:22.060 --> 00:27:23.460
 unauthorized fire

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:24.020
 to the Lord.

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.760
 That's worship.

00:27:25.300 --> 00:27:26.400
 They're worshipping the Lord.

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.259
 What's wrong with that?

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:29.000
 God had not commanded

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.019
 them to do so.

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:31.340
 Not in that way.

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:33.500
 The Lord struck them down

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:35.800
 over and over

00:27:35.800 --> 00:27:36.519
 and over

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.380
 and over again.

00:27:37.540 --> 00:27:39.160
 We see that the Lord

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:40.660
 tells His people

00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:42.380
 how He desires

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.720
 to be worshipped.

00:27:43.820 --> 00:27:45.960
 It's not up to us.

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.920
 Our gatherings here,

00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:51.660
 we're not perfect,

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:54.080
 but our gatherings here

00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.019
 seek to follow

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.519
 a reformation principle

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.799
 called the regulative

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:59.240
 principle of worship.

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.759
 You may have heard

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.439
 that term before.

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.740
 Basically what that means

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.000
 is that our worship

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:04.240
 is regulated

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:05.939
 by the Word of God.

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:08.099
 We want to worship

00:28:08.099 --> 00:28:10.079
 as God has prescribed.

00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:11.919
 And so we sing

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:13.699
 God-centered,

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.480
 congregational songs

00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.379
 that teach

00:28:16.379 --> 00:28:17.559
 and move us

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.399
 with the truth.

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:20.619
 We read the Scriptures.

00:28:20.619 --> 00:28:21.259
 We're commanded

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.919
 to do so.

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.659
 Old and new,

00:28:22.739 --> 00:28:23.799
 we offer up prayers

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.759
 for all people.

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.559
 We observe the ordinances

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.659
 of the Lord's Supper

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.759
 and baptism

00:28:28.759 --> 00:28:29.719
 and we center

00:28:29.719 --> 00:28:30.599
 all of it

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.339
 on the preaching

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.799
 of the Word of God.

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.559
 Basically,

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:35.059
 we sing the Word,

00:28:35.459 --> 00:28:36.299
 pray the Word,

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.359
 hear the Word,

00:28:37.659 --> 00:28:38.399
 preach the Word,

00:28:38.719 --> 00:28:39.519
 see the Word.

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.199
 Why do we do this?

00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.599
 Is it because

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.359
 we just got together

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.699
 and said,

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:45.019
 this is what we want to do?

00:28:45.099 --> 00:28:46.059
 This is our preference?

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.500
 No.

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.299
 It's because the Lord

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.599
 in His Word

00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:52.119
 has prescribed us

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.660
 to worship

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:54.180
 in this way.

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:58.400
 David has committed himself

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.099
 to worship

00:28:59.099 --> 00:29:00.980
 as God has prescribed,

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.920
 but

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:05.279
 if that were all it was,

00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:07.279
 it would still not be enough.

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.279
 Faithful,

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:13.180
 obedient worship,

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:15.779
 totally adhering

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.759
 to the Word of the Lord

00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:18.220
 completely in line

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:20.160
 with all of His revealed will

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:22.380
 would still be rejected

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:23.460
 by the Lord

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:25.860
 if not for this third component,

00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:26.640
 which is

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:28.660
 David is committed

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.360
 to worship

00:29:29.360 --> 00:29:30.759
 from the heart.

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.759
 It is

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.840
 empty

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:36.880
 and vain

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:39.019
 to simply follow

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.900
 all the guidelines

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:42.460
 and get everything right,

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.400
 check all the boxes,

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.480
 go through the motions,

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:45.840
 do things the right way

00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:47.819
 if your heart

00:29:47.819 --> 00:29:49.299
 is not engaged

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:49.940
 in worship.

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.559
 Wasn't that

00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.600
 the Pharisees' problem?

00:29:53.940 --> 00:29:54.960
 Wasn't that

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.360
 what Jesus

00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:55.900
 condemned

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.960
 the Pharisees for

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.539
 through the words

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.160
 of Isaiah?

00:29:58.579 --> 00:29:59.000
 Well,

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.579
 does Isaiah

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:00.740
 prophesy about you,

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.400
 hypocrites?

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.860
 This people

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.640
 honors me

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.519
 with their lips,

00:30:04.620 --> 00:30:05.940
 but their heart

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:07.319
 is far

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.400
 from me.

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.500
 We don't want

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:10.019
 to worship

00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.799
 like that

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:12.879
 because that's

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.279
 no worship

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.660
 at all,

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.019
 is it?

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.859
 David worships

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.319
 the Lord

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:17.980
 ultimately

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.859
 because he says,

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.519
 verse 8,

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.359
 O Lord,

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.779
 I love

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.879
 the habitation

00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:24.079
 of your house.

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.339
 Lord,

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.740
 I love

00:30:26.740 --> 00:30:27.700
 the place

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.660
 where your glory

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.359
 dwells.

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.519
 Lord,

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.759
 I love

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.660
 the gathering

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.519
 of the saints

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.160
 in the temple.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.180
 Lord,

00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:36.299
 I love

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.879
 coming

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.700
 and proclaiming

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.100
 the goodness

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.660
 of God.

00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:39.600
 I love

00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:39.920
 coming

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:40.420
 to worship

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.880
 the Lord

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.580
 because I

00:30:41.580 --> 00:30:42.680
 love the Lord.

00:30:42.780 --> 00:30:43.320
 His heart

00:30:43.320 --> 00:30:44.200
 is engaged

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.880
 in worship

00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.780
 of the Lord.

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.060
 Is that

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.960
 true of you,

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:49.660
 church?

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.840
 Why are you

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.420
 here today?

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:58.280
 Why did you

00:30:58.280 --> 00:30:59.200
 stand and sing

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.000
 the hymns

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.580
 that we sang

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:01.680
 moments ago?

00:31:03.300 --> 00:31:03.940
 Why are you

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.500
 sitting here

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.580
 listening to a sermon?

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.800
 It's just out

00:31:07.800 --> 00:31:08.340
 of habit?

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.180
 A routine?

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.960
 Something you

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.420
 feel like would

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.160
 be good to do?

00:31:13.280 --> 00:31:13.720
 Your family

00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.360
 brought you here?

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.840
 Your wife

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.420
 brought you here?

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:15.820
 Your husband

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.440
 brought you here?

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.340
 Is it something

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:18.540
 that feels right?

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.780
 Or is it

00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:21.820
 the response

00:31:21.820 --> 00:31:22.720
 of a heart

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.880
 that is in love

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.600
 with the Lord?

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:28.240
 Do you love

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.880
 to gather

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.820
 with God's people

00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.300
 in worship?

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.520
 Do you love

00:31:32.520 --> 00:31:33.360
 to come and sing

00:31:33.360 --> 00:31:34.860
 loudly the truths

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:36.080
 of God's character

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.720
 and His goodness

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:37.240
 even if you're

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.799
 not very good

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.500
 at singing at all?

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.059
 Do you love

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.980
 to hear His word

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.900
 read?

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:43.900
 Do you love

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:44.640
 to hear the word

00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:45.360
 preached?

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.019
 Do you love

00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.819
 to worship

00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.920
 because you love

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.779
 the Lord

00:31:49.779 --> 00:31:50.480
 and know

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.400
 He is worthy

00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:51.900
 of it?

00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:54.880
 One sign

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.640
 of God's grace

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.460
 at work in you

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:58.519
 is an ever-increasing

00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.920
 love for the Lord

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.000
 and a desire

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:02.220
 to worship Him

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:03.039
 not necessarily

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.600
 according to

00:32:03.600 --> 00:32:04.299
 your preference

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:05.079
 but according

00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:05.899
 to His

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.799
 preference

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:08.599
 a desire

00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.500
 to gather

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.000
 together

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.799
 with God's

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.319
 people

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.720
 you know

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.299
 that's what

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.980
 eternity

00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:13.639
 has in store

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.159
 for us

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:16.559
 together

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.299
 for the rest

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.019
 of eternity

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:19.359
 all of God's

00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.700
 people

00:32:19.700 --> 00:32:20.440
 the congregation

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.759
 of the redeemed

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:22.960
 will worship

00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.059
 and praise

00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.659
 the name

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.399
 of the Lord

00:32:25.399 --> 00:32:26.680
 out of completely

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:28.579
 purified hearts

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.879
 that are just

00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.759
 filled to the brim

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.319
 with love

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.939
 for the Lord

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.439
 so that it

00:32:32.439 --> 00:32:33.240
 overflows

00:32:33.240 --> 00:32:33.960
 in songs

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:34.639
 of praise

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:35.139
 for the rest

00:32:35.139 --> 00:32:35.799
 of eternity

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.720
 does your heart

00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:38.559
 want to be there?

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:41.079
 we get a taste

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.720
 of it here

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.379
 as we gather

00:32:42.379 --> 00:32:42.799
 together

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.339
 with God's

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:43.659
 people

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.279
 in worship

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:48.519
 David closes

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.240
 out this song

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.720
 appealing

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.720
 to the Lord

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.379
 again

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:51.819
 he says

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.039
 Lord

00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.819
 lay me

00:32:52.819 --> 00:32:53.220
 bare

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.939
 vindicate

00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:54.299
 me

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.960
 refine

00:32:54.960 --> 00:32:55.639
 me

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.220
 expose

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.299
 all my faults

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.880
 let me

00:32:57.880 --> 00:32:58.559
 be counted

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.299
 among the

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.700
 righteous

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.360
 verse 9

00:33:00.360 --> 00:33:01.779
 do not sweep

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.339
 my soul

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.860
 away with

00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.259
 sinners

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.900
 nor my life

00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.740
 with bloodthirsty

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.100
 men

00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:06.779
 and whose hands

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.299
 are evil

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.839
 devices

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.319
 and whose

00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:09.180
 right hands

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.660
 are full

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.440
 of bribes

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:12.000
 but whatever

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.559
 happens

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.140
 look at this

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.460
 commitment

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:15.339
 as for me

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:16.860
 I shall

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.380
 walk

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.079
 in my

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.660
 integrity

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:20.460
 my foot

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:20.920
 stands

00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:21.460
 on level

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:22.039
 ground

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:23.079
 in the

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.779
 great assembly

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.579
 I will

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:25.079
 bless

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:26.039
 the Lord

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.559
 he is

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:27.279
 resolved

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.519
 he will

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.000
 be

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.960
 blameless

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.460
 friend

00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:31.899
 can we

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.279
 say the

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.559
 same

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:35.579
 are we

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:35.980
 committed

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.420
 to

00:33:37.420 --> 00:33:38.319
 blamelessness

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:40.440
 do you

00:33:40.440 --> 00:33:41.159
 desire to

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.839
 walk in

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.359
 the paths

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:43.079
 of righteousness

00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:43.779
 for his

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.599
 name's sake

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:46.519
 are you

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:46.779
 committed

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.680
 to walk

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.039
 in his

00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:48.440
 path

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.980
 surrounded

00:33:48.980 --> 00:33:49.599
 by his

00:33:49.599 --> 00:33:50.019
 people

00:33:50.019 --> 00:33:50.599
 offering

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:50.980
 up a

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:51.299
 praise

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.819
 that flows

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.220
 from a

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:52.460
 heart

00:33:52.460 --> 00:33:53.099
 that knows

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:53.420
 him

00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.200
 and loves

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.480
 him

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.379
 I wonder

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.820
 if the

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.040
 Lord

00:33:56.040 --> 00:33:56.320
 were to

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:56.580
 cut

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:56.940
 us

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.480
 open

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.920
 and lay

00:33:58.920 --> 00:33:59.260
 us

00:33:59.260 --> 00:33:59.660
 bare

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:01.160
 examine

00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.420
 us

00:34:01.420 --> 00:34:02.040
 inside

00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:02.420
 and out

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:02.880
 what would

00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.080
 he

00:34:03.080 --> 00:34:03.700
 find

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:06.120
 if you

00:34:06.120 --> 00:34:06.300
 were to

00:34:06.300 --> 00:34:07.040
 be totally

00:34:07.040 --> 00:34:07.620
 exposed

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.160
 before the

00:34:08.160 --> 00:34:08.440
 Lord

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.059
 what would

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.340
 he

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.200
 find

00:34:10.200 --> 00:34:11.000
 lacking

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.420
 you know

00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:11.720
 the word

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.260
 tells us

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.480
 that

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.380
 that time

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:13.800
 is coming

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:15.720
 when each

00:34:15.720 --> 00:34:16.059
 and every

00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:16.660
 one of us

00:34:16.660 --> 00:34:17.579
 will stand

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.180
 before the

00:34:18.180 --> 00:34:18.500
 Lord

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.380
 the judge

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:19.980
 and we

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:21.059
 will give

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.739
 an account

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.340
 for our

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:22.860
 lives

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:25.340
 on what

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.960
 basis

00:34:25.960 --> 00:34:26.440
 will we

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:26.840
 cry

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.279
 on that

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:27.559
 day

00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:27.940
 Lord

00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.500
 vindicate

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:28.960
 me

00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:30.340
 Lord

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.679
 don't

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:30.980
 sweep

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.239
 me

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.500
 away

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.719
 with

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:31.840
 the

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.139
 wicked

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.079
 Lord

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.420
 count

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.639
 me

00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:33.960
 among

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.179
 the

00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:34.599
 righteous

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:35.099
 will

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.199
 it

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:35.380
 be

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:35.940
 on

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.099
 the

00:34:36.099 --> 00:34:36.380
 basis

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.559
 of

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.920
 our

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.480
 righteousness

00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:40.779
 on

00:34:40.779 --> 00:34:40.980
 that

00:34:40.980 --> 00:34:41.199
 day

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:42.320
 situational

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:43.059
 moment

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.279
 to

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.519
 moment

00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:44.179
 blamelessness

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:44.599
 will only

00:34:44.599 --> 00:34:44.960
 get you

00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.559
 so far

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:45.900
 one

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:46.219
 good

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.639
 day

00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:47.320
 one

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:48.279
 unworthy

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:49.179
 accusation

00:34:49.179 --> 00:34:49.519
 one

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.779
 good

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.219
 hour

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:50.859
 innocent

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.440
 in this

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.739
 case

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:52.179
 but not

00:34:52.179 --> 00:34:52.559
 in that

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.139
 will only

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.659
 go so

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.000
 far

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.379
 on that

00:34:54.379 --> 00:34:54.619
 day

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.399
 you must

00:34:55.399 --> 00:34:55.639
 be

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.239
 totally

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:57.259
 blameless

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:57.899
 inside

00:34:57.899 --> 00:34:58.500
 and out

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:58.940
 for your

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.419
 entire

00:34:59.419 --> 00:35:00.099
 life

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.619
 for the

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.879
 Lord

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:01.059
 the

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.339
 judge

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:01.519
 to

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.859
 declare

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.119
 you

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.480
 righteous

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.960
 on that

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.239
 day

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:06.279
 so what's

00:35:06.279 --> 00:35:06.699
 our hope

00:35:06.699 --> 00:35:09.379
 our only

00:35:09.379 --> 00:35:09.960
 hope

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.579
 is the

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.000
 Lord

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:11.599
 Jesus

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.359
 Christ

00:35:12.359 --> 00:35:13.539
 the

00:35:13.539 --> 00:35:14.159
 true

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.239
 totally

00:35:15.239 --> 00:35:16.139
 blameless

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:16.719
 king

00:35:16.719 --> 00:35:17.519
 of God's

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:17.859
 people

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:19.800
 Jesus

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.400
 Christ

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.860
 not

00:35:20.860 --> 00:35:21.280
 David

00:35:21.280 --> 00:35:21.780
 Jesus

00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.220
 Christ

00:35:22.220 --> 00:35:22.539
 is the

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.820
 only

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.180
 one

00:35:23.180 --> 00:35:23.360
 to

00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:23.980
 walk

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.220
 in

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.660
 true

00:35:24.660 --> 00:35:24.960
 and

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.599
 total

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.220
 perfect

00:35:26.220 --> 00:35:26.980
 blamelessness

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.460
 not just

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:28.120
 in this

00:35:28.120 --> 00:35:28.720
 situation

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.200
 and that

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.539
 but in

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:29.900
 all

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.660
 situations

00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:32.420
 there's

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.099
 only one

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.440
 who can

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.980
 cry out

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:34.900
 for vindication

00:35:34.900 --> 00:35:36.019
 and receive

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.460
 it not

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.700
 on the

00:35:36.700 --> 00:35:36.960
 basis

00:35:36.960 --> 00:35:37.200
 of

00:35:37.200 --> 00:35:37.720
 mercy

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.320
 but on

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.440
 the

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.740
 basis

00:35:38.740 --> 00:35:39.000
 of

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.340
 pure

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.620
 and

00:35:39.620 --> 00:35:40.059
 perfect

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.640
 merit

00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:41.120
 it's

00:35:41.120 --> 00:35:41.460
 Christ

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:41.860
 Jesus

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.120
 the

00:35:42.120 --> 00:35:42.440
 Lord

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:44.640
 Jesus

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.059
 Christ

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.420
 is the

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:45.900
 perfect

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:46.700
 sinless

00:35:46.700 --> 00:35:47.120
 son of

00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.400
 David

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:48.000
 who walked

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.139
 in

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.619
 integrity

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.320
 all the

00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:49.619
 days

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.760
 of

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:49.920
 his

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.220
 life

00:35:50.220 --> 00:35:50.579
 never

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.000
 once

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:51.559
 yielding

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.720
 to

00:35:51.720 --> 00:35:52.160
 sin

00:35:52.160 --> 00:35:52.579
 or

00:35:52.579 --> 00:35:53.139
 temptation

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:53.800
 all

00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:54.099
 his

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.519
 paths

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:54.780
 are

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.240
 pure

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:57.039
 and

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.160
 his

00:35:57.160 --> 00:35:57.500
 perfect

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:57.760
 son

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:57.900
 of

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.180
 God

00:35:58.180 --> 00:35:58.660
 came

00:35:58.660 --> 00:35:58.960
 to

00:35:58.960 --> 00:35:59.420
 seek

00:35:59.420 --> 00:35:59.740
 and

00:35:59.740 --> 00:35:59.940
 to

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.380
 save

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:00.800
 the

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.139
 lost

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.500
 yes

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.740
 he

00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.059
 ate

00:36:02.059 --> 00:36:02.340
 and

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.660
 drank

00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:02.920
 with

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.280
 sinners

00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:03.579
 not

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:03.760
 as

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:03.920
 their

00:36:03.920 --> 00:36:04.400
 associate

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.980
 but

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:05.160
 as

00:36:05.160 --> 00:36:05.360
 their

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.800
 savior

00:36:05.800 --> 00:36:07.539
 those

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:07.700
 who

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:07.860
 were

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:08.420
 unclean

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:08.760
 touched

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.000
 him

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.160
 and

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:09.300
 what

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.599
 happens

00:36:09.599 --> 00:36:09.760
 they

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.260
 become

00:36:10.260 --> 00:36:10.820
 clean

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:12.380
 those

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:12.720
 sinners

00:36:12.720 --> 00:36:12.960
 who

00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.460
 come

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:13.599
 to

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:13.840
 know

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:14.039
 him

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.240
 by

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:14.740
 faith

00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:14.740


00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:14.940
 they

00:36:14.940 --> 00:36:15.360
 become

00:36:15.360 --> 00:36:16.079
 saints

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.760
 it's

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.119
 Christ

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.300
 who

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.440
 has

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.700
 come

00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:17.900
 to

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:18.340
 purchase

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:18.599
 a

00:36:18.599 --> 00:36:19.220
 people

00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.700
 for

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.280
 himself

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:20.740
 a

00:36:20.740 --> 00:36:21.420
 pure

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.720
 and

00:36:21.720 --> 00:36:22.340
 spotless

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:22.760
 bride

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:22.960
 of

00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:23.440
 Christ

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:25.579
 it's

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:25.940
 Christ

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.159
 who's

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.240
 the

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:26.440
 great

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:26.860
 dividing

00:36:26.860 --> 00:36:27.179
 line

00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:27.500
 between

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:27.940
 the

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.280
 righteous

00:36:28.280 --> 00:36:28.700
 and

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:28.880
 the

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.119
 wicked

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.380
 and

00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:29.519
 it

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.679
 is

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.260
 Christ

00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:31.260
 Christ

00:36:31.260 --> 00:36:31.380
 it

00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.380


00:36:31.380 --> 00:36:31.520
 is

00:36:31.520 --> 00:36:31.980
 Christ

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.160
 who

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:32.300
 is

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:32.500
 the

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.920
 center

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.420
 and

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.620
 the

00:36:33.620 --> 00:36:34.100
 substance

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.620
 of

00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.020
 all

00:36:35.020 --> 00:36:35.340
 our

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.940
 worship

00:36:35.940 --> 00:36:37.620
 he

00:36:37.620 --> 00:36:38.180
 is

00:36:38.180 --> 00:36:38.360
 the

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.680
 one

00:36:38.680 --> 00:36:38.860
 in

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.080
 whom

00:36:39.080 --> 00:36:39.580
 all

00:36:39.580 --> 00:36:40.060
 God's

00:36:40.060 --> 00:36:40.520
 glory

00:36:40.520 --> 00:36:41.280
 dwells

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:41.620
 our

00:36:41.620 --> 00:36:41.940
 love

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.080
 is

00:36:42.080 --> 00:36:42.460
 attached

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:42.780
 to

00:36:42.780 --> 00:36:43.400
 him

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:44.580
 he's

00:36:44.580 --> 00:36:44.700
 the

00:36:44.700 --> 00:36:44.960
 only

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.280
 one

00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:45.420
 the

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:45.620
 only

00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:46.000
 true

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:46.680
 perfect

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.280
 righteous

00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:47.920
 man

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.280
 and

00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:48.460
 the

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.700
 good

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:48.980
 news

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.200
 of

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.360
 the

00:36:49.360 --> 00:36:49.860
 gospel

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:51.640
 is

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:51.780
 that

00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:51.940
 by

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.340
 coming

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.540
 to

00:36:52.540 --> 00:36:52.940
 him

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.260
 in

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.680
 faith

00:36:53.680 --> 00:36:54.420
 sinners

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.900
 like

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.340
 us

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.740
 may

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:55.960
 be

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.440
 counted

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.240
 righteous

00:36:57.240 --> 00:36:57.740
 in

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:57.900
 the

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.140
 sight

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 of

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 God

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 the

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 only

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 hope

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 for

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 sinful

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 people

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 like

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 you

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 and

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 I

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 to

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 be

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 vindicated

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 on

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 that

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 day

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 and

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 not

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 swept

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 away

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 with

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 the

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 wicked

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 is

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 that

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 Christ's

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 righteousness

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 might be

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 credited

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 to

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 our

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 account

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 by

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 faith

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 this

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 exactly

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 what

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 came

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 do

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 for

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 our

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 sake

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 he

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 made

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 him

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 to

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 be

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 sin

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 who

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 knew

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 no

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 sin

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 that

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 in

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 him

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 we

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 might

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 become

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 the

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 righteousness

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 of

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 God

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 Christ

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 also

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 suffered

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 once

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 sins

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 the

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 righteous

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 for

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 the

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 unrighteous

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 that

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 he

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 might

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 bring

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 us

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 to

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 God

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 out

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 of

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 the

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 anguish

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 of

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 his

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 soul

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 he

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 shall

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 see

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 and

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 be

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 satisfied

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 by

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 his

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 knowledge

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 shall

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 the

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 righteous

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 one

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 my

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 servant

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 make

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 many

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 to

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 be

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 accounted

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 righteous

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 and

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 he

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 shall

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 bear

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 their

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 iniquities

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 praise

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 God

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 we

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 worship

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 a

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 just

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 God

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 who

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 will

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 vindicate

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 the

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 faithful

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 he

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 is a

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 God

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 of

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 justice

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 and

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 praise

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 God

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 we

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 worship

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 a

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 merciful

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 and

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 gracious

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 God

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 who

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 justifies

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 sinners

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 like us

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 by faith

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 in

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 Christ

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 the

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 true

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 and

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 perfect

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 righteous

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 king

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 Lord

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 we

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 praise

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 you

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 for the

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 good news

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 of the

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 gospel

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 we

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 confess

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 that

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 not a

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!

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 not a

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 single

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 one

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 of us

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 can

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 cry

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 out

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 to

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 you

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 in

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 this

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 way

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 on

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 the

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 basis

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 of

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 our

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 righteousness

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 and

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 say

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 declare

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 me

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 innocent

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 but

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 it's

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 only

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 by

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 faith

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 in

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 Christ

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 that

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 sinners

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 are

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 accounted

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 righteous

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 in

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 your

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 sight

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 and

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 so

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 we

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 pray

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 Lord

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 that

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 if

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 there

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 are

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 any

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 who

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 don't

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 know

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 you

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 in

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 this

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 way

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 that

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 have

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 not

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 yet

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 cried

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!

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 out

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 to

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 you

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 in

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 faith

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 Lord

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 would

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 you

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 by

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 the

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 power

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 of

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 your

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 spirit

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 right

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 now

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 draw

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 them

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 to

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 faith

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 in

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 Christ

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 for

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 the

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 church

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 Lord

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 the

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 community

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 of

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 the

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 redeemed

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 we

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 pray

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 that

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 all

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 our

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 ways

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 would

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 be

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 blameless

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 before

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 you

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 father

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 lead

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 us

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 guide

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 us

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 to

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 walk

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 in

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 holiness

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 all

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 the

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 days

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 of

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 our

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 life

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 until

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 the

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 day

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 that

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 you

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 return

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 and

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 we

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 gather

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 together

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 and

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 worship

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 for

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 you

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 before

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 you

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 for

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 the

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 rest

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 of

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 eternity

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 so

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