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 Would you open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 1, it's on page 1187 of your pew Bible.

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 I'm going to read through 5 through 14, but I'm going to start in verse 4.

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 Hear God's Word.

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 Regarding the Son, having become as much superior to angels as the name He has inherited is

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 more excellent than theirs, for to which of the angels did God ever say, you are my Son,

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 today I have begotten you?

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 Or again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son.

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 And again, when He brings the firstborn into the world, He says, let all God's angels worship

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 Him.

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 Of the angels, He says, He makes His angels' winds, His ministers a flame of fire.

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 But of the Son, He says, your throne, O God, is forever and ever.

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 The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

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 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.

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 Therefore, God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.

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 And you, Lord, referring to the Son, you, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the

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 beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

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 They will perish, but you remain.

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 They will all wear out like a garment, like a robe.

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 You will roll them up like a garment.

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 They will be changed, but you are the same.

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 And your years will have no end.

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 And to which of the angels has He ever said, sit at my right hand until I make your enemies

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 a footstool for your feet?

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 Are they, the angels, not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those

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 who are to inherit salvation?

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 May God bless the hearing of His word.

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 I have an iPhone, a smartphone, I'm guessing you do too.

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 And it runs an operating system.

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 And that operating system, it runs all the software hardware and all the applications.

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 That operating system in your smartphone is the controlling center of your smartphone.

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 And just like a smartphone, every human being has a central operating system, a controlling

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 center that governs all that we do.

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 Prior to becoming a Christian, everyone has one of two operating systems.

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 You're running one of these two.

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 It's either hedonism, which is also known as lawlessness.

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 It's a person who's being ruled by their passions and desires.

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 Whether that's something sexual or something you just have a passion to shop to, you drop.

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 A passion to please people, it rules you.

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 It's a man-centered operating system.

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 There's no life in it.

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 It's a brutal taskmaster.

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 The other side, if it's not hedonism, it's legalism.

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 And if hedonism is a lawlessness, legalism is a lawfulness, but not in a good sense.

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 It's when a person who is being ruled by keeping rules,

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 they have the sense that their security and that their acceptance is dependent on their ability

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 to keep rules, to keep in between the lines.

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 If you're a perfectionist, chances are you're a legalist.

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 It's another man-centered operating system.

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 So whether you're a hedonist or a legalist, you know what you have in common.

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 You have in common, you are the controlling center of your life.

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 And that's what the gospel calls us out of.

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 The gospel gives us a new operating system.

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 It's the good news of Jesus Christ as the controlling center of your life.

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 Because he is life.

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 It's the son OS.

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 The Jesus operating system.

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 And once you start living with Jesus as the controlling center of your life,

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 there's just no going back.

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 Hedonism, legalism, it just doesn't have it anymore.

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 You've been set free.

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 Don't go back.

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 Don't go back.

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 But, we are prone to wander.

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 In 1758, a 22-year-old young man named Robert Robinson penned,

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 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.

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 Prone to wander.

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 Lord, I feel it.

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 Prone to leave the God I love.

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 Prone to drift from the God I love.

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 Christians, the blood-bought, called out of these idolatrous operating systems,

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 we tend to drift back to them.

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 The book of Hebrews was originally written to a church.

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 And they had suffered for Christ.

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 And they had become spiritually dull to Christ.

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 And with that, they were starting to stray back into a religious legalism.

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 They were so familiar with Judaism, they wanted to go back.

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 There were just rules.

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 It was safe, or so they thought.

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 But the old covenant that was mediated by angels,

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 there's no salvation in it.

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 There's no Christ in it.

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 Maybe you're not tempted to go back to Jewish sacrificial systems and strict dietary laws.

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 But you're definitely tempted to drift back to pleasure-seeking or rule-following.

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 The book of Hebrews is one long exhortation to hold fast to God's exalted Son,

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 who is high and lifted up on His throne.

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 Hold fast to Him.

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 Don't drift to the things you've been called out of.

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 Jesus is greater.

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 Greater than any other operating system.

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 And what we have before us this morning, verses 5 through 14,

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 is an argument.

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 You can look at it in your Bibles.

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 Do you see all the Old Testament quotes?

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 There are seven.

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 One scholar calls it a chain quotation.

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 One after the other.

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 And what you're going to see is there's actually a little bit more nuance.

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 They're set up in pairs.

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 Verse 5, there's a pairing.

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 Verses 6 through 7, there's a pairing.

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 Verses 8 through 12, there's a big pairing.

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 And verse 13, a stand-alone finale of the whole passage.

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 And it's there to show you that Jesus is greater than the angels.

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 Don't drift from Him.

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 Don't go back to the old ways.

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 Hold fast to Him.

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 So let's walk through this.

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 Let's start with the first pair.

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 It's in verse 5 of chapter 1.

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 And don't forget, verse 5 is following verse 4,

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 where we've been introduced to this son who is superior to the angels

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 because he has a name that is more excellent than theirs.

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 It's the name son, the title son.

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 What is beautiful about this passage is that it takes all these seven Old Testament quotes

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 and the author is going to convince you that this son is none other than Jesus.

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 So let's look at this first pair.

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 It starts with a quote from Psalm chapter 2.

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 For to which of the angels did God ever say,

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 You are my son, today I have begotten you.

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 That's Psalm chapter 2, verse 7.

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 And if you're not familiar with Psalm 2, it's about the coming king, a Messiah, the Messiah of God.

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 The nations rule, the nations rage against God.

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 But as John read, just to start the service, God's in heaven.

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 He laughs.

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 And he is going to set up a king who will be enthroned in Zion.

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 And what you're going to learn from Hebrews, it's the heavenly Jerusalem.

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 Verse 7, I will tell the decree, the Lord said to me,

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 You are my son, today I have begotten you.

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 Ask of me and I will make the nations your heritage.

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 When you hear the word begotten,

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 that might make you a little uncomfortable.

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 Because when we talk about begottenness,

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 we typically talk about it in terms of biological conception or birth.

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 Not in chapter 2, not Psalm 2.

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 Psalm 2 is talking about this begottenness.

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 Today, today you're my son, I've begotten you.

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 It's the day that God sets his Messiah on his throne in Zion.

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 It's an enthronement moment.

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 He's been appointed.

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 And in the New Testament, that moment of appointment

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 is when Jesus is, after his crucifixion,

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 he's raised from the dead, he ascends to high

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 and he sits at the right hand of God.

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 Enthroned.

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 What we have going on in chapter 2

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 is this introduction of the son

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 as being a king enthroned.

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 And he's been given a worldwide dominion.

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 The second of the pair,

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 the second in this Old Testament quotation chain

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 is 2 Samuel 7, 14.

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 It says,

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 Or again, I will be to him a father

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 and he shall be to me a son.

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 2 Samuel 7,

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 if you're not familiar with it,

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 it's when God makes a covenant with David.

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 And he says to David,

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 David, I am going to raise up

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 someone from your line

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 who will sit and reign from your throne forever.

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 It wasn't Solomon.

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 It's Jesus,

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 David's greater son.

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 2 Samuel 7, 13, 14, read this.

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 He shall build a house for my name.

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 And Les is going to preach on this in a couple weeks.

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 The Messiah is building a house.

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 And I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

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 I will be to him a father

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 and he shall be to me a son.

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 And so again, you have this kingdom, kingship.

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 You have a throne,

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 but here it's being kind of connected to David

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 from the line of David.

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 It's the Messiah that's going to come.

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 It's one from David's line

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 who will be established on God's throne

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 and he will establish a forever kingdom

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 that has worldwide dominion.

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 What these two Old Testament quotes

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 have in common is the word son.

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 You are my son.

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 Today I begotten you.

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 I will be to him a father

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 and he shall be to me a son.

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 What the argument is,

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 is hey, Jesus is greater than the angels

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 because God has never called an angel

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 this son, the Messiah,

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 sits on the throne.

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 Do you know who Charles III of England is?

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 Real question.

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 Do you know who Charles III of England is?

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 Let me maybe introduce him.

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 He's over 50 years old.

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 I'm over 50 years old.

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 He's 5'10".

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 I'm 5'9 1⁄2".

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 You can just say I'm 5'10".

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 He speaks English.

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 I speak English.

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 He speaks British English.

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 I speak American English.

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 Still English.

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 He loves polo.

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 I could probably get into polo

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 if they have good snacks.

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 The major difference between

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 Charles III of England

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 and yours truly of Kenosha

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 is King Charles

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 is the enthroned king of Britain.

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 I am not.

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 And what the author of Hebrews is doing here

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 is he's showing us

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 that the son is greater than the angels

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 because he is right now

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 the enthroned king of all.

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 I'm not.

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 You're not.

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 There's no angel that is.

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 So the argument will go

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 through the book of Hebrews is

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 why would you go back?

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 Why would you go back

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 to the law of the old covenant

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 mediated by angels

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 who are lesser than the son?

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 No.

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 Hold fast to the son.

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 Hold fast to the one

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 who's established a new covenant

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 by his blood

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 and is now exalted

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 seated on his throne.

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 Don't go back

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 to old operating systems.

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 Your old hedonism

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 or your old legalism

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 that there's no life in them.

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 They don't sit on the throne.

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 There's no Christ in them.

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 In Psalm 2,

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 verse 12,

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 the psalmist lands that psalm

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 by telling of the kings of the time

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 to kiss the son,

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 to pay homage to him,

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 to affectionately

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 declare loyalty to him,

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 to come under his reign,

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 to delightedly

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 bow your knee

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 to this son.

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 And that's true for all of us.

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 Hey, brother, sister in Christ,

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 did you kiss the son this morning?

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 Did you declare your loyalty to him?

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 He's on his throne.

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 So this first pair

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 is dealing with the son.

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 Now the second pair of quotations,

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 third and fourth

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 on the quotation chain,

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 the focus shifts.

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 And again,

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 when he brings his firstborn

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 into the world,

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 he says,

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 let all God's angels worship him.

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 Of the angels,

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 he says,

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 he makes his angels wins

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 and his ministers a flame of fire.

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 So this next pair

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 of Old Testament quotes

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 shifts from focusing on the son

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 to focusing on angels

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 in order to help us

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 see the relationship

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 between the son and angels.

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 The first quote

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 is from Deuteronomy 32, 43,

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 and it's dealing with worship.

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 By the way,

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 as you look at verse 6,

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 and again,

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 when he brings the firstborn

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 into the world,

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 the firstborn is another way

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 of talking about the son.

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 And it might throw you

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 a little bit

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 because you hear firstborn

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 and you think in terms of

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 birth order,

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 that's not how it's being used here.

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 Psalm 89, 27

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 talks about the firstborn,

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 but it's talking about David

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 as the king of Israel.

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 Does anybody know

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 where David fell

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 in the birth order

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 with Jesse, his father?

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 Number eight.

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 But he's described

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 as the firstborn

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 in Psalm 89.

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 He's the king

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 who reigns over all.

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 And again,

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 when he brings

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 the firstborn son,

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 the king,

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 into the world,

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 that could be his incarnation,

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 that could be his return.

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 I think it's probably

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 talking about his exaltation.

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 He says,

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 let all God's angels

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 worship him.

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 The author of Hebrews

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 is saying,

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 when he was exalted,

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 all of God's angels,

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 when he took his place

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 on the throne,

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 there was a roar in glory.

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 All of the angels

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 worshiped him.

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 You've got to get

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 the relationship straight.

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 the firstborn

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 isn't worshiping

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 the angels.

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 The angels

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 are worshiping

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 the firstborn.

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 That's why

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 he's greater than them.

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 He's worshiped

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 by them.

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 The second quote

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 is from

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 Psalm 104,

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 verse 4.

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 And of the angels,

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 he says,

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 he makes his angels

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 winds

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 and his ministers

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 a flame of fire

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 where the

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:17.460
 Deuteronomy 32 quote

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 talks about worship.

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 This is talking

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 about service.

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 A minister,

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 his ministers

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 is talking about

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 serving

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 this exalted

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 king.

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 He makes

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 his angels.

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 He's the creator

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 of them

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 to be his servants.

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 If you look

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 at verse 14

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 at the end

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 of chapter 1,

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 speaking of the

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 angels,

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 are they not

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 all ministering

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 spirits

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 sent out

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 to serve

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 for the sake

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 of those

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 who are to

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 inherit salvation?

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 You see,

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 the Son,

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 who is also

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 the creator,

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 created the angels

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 to serve

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 his glorious

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 salvific

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 purposes.

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 The Son

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 doesn't serve

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 the angels.

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 The angels

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 serve the Son.

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 Do you remember

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 in Matthew

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 chapter 4,

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 Jesus is

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 in the wilderness,

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 is tempted

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 by the devil,

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 and Jesus

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 does what

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 the first Adam

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 could not do.

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 He resists

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 the temptations.

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 He holds

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 to God's word,

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 and after

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 40 days of

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 fasting,

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 after these

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 temptations

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 by the devil,

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 do you know

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 what you read

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 in chapter 11?

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 The angels

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 came to him

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 in the wilderness,

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 and they

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 ministered to him.

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 They served

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 him.

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 These two

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 Old Testament

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.400
 quotes are

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 making it

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 clear just

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 exactly what

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 is the

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 relationship

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 between the

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 Son and

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 the angels,

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 and they

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 worship him,

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 and they

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 serve him,

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 because he's

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 greater than

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 them.

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 Now,

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 in Revelation

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 chapter 22,

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 this is not

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 the only

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 account of

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 something like

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:08.960
 this in

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 your Bible.

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 We read

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 this in

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 verses 8 and

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 9.

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 I, John,

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 am the one

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 who heard

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 and saw

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 these things,

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 and when I

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 heard and saw

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 them, I fell

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 down to

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 worship at

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 the feet of

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 the angel

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 who showed

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 them to

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 me.

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 What is

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:24.980
 that angel

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 going to

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 do?

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 But he,

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:28.620
 the angel,

00:20:28.700 --> 00:20:29.140
 said to me,

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 you must not

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 do that.

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 I'm a

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 fellow servant

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 with you and

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 your brothers

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 and the

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 prophets, and

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 with those who

00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:37.720
 keep the words

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.279
 of this book,

00:20:38.639 --> 00:20:39.700
 worship God.

00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:42.379
 If you went

00:20:42.379 --> 00:20:43.799
 into the

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.519
 heavenly throne

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:44.940
 room right

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 now, and you

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 started to bow

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 down and worship

00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:48.899
 the myriads of

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.559
 angels in there,

00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:50.119
 they would all

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:50.480
 tell you,

00:20:50.619 --> 00:20:51.279
 stop it!

00:20:52.679 --> 00:20:53.359
 Worship the

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:53.859
 one on the

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.200
 throne!

00:20:56.159 --> 00:20:57.019
 He's greater!

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.440
 Now, maybe

00:20:59.440 --> 00:20:59.960
 you're sitting in

00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:00.480
 your pew and

00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:00.799
 you're like,

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.620
 hmm, I don't

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.259
 have a problem

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:03.000
 with worshiping

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.360
 angels.

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.660
 This feels a

00:21:05.660 --> 00:21:07.420
 little irrelevant.

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.360
 Okay?

00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:12.640
 What do you

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.220
 worship in the

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.700
 place of the

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:13.880
 sun?

00:21:15.420 --> 00:21:16.039
 Maybe it's

00:21:16.039 --> 00:21:16.539
 not angels.

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:20.160
 What is your

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.720
 choice operating

00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:24.079
 system that you

00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.980
 drift back to?

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:28.160
 What is the

00:21:28.160 --> 00:21:29.519
 idol that is

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.420
 the default

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.480
 controlling center

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.560
 of your life?

00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.940
 If you

00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:34.640
 neglect the

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:38.380
 sun, are

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:38.620
 you a

00:21:38.620 --> 00:21:38.880
 pleasure

00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:39.320
 seeker?

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.220
 If you

00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.779
 neglect the

00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.360
 sun, are

00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:44.120
 you a rule

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.519
 keeper?

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.820
 Thinking that

00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:47.480
 life is in

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.420
 either of those?

00:21:48.940 --> 00:21:49.500
 Thinking that

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.500
 salvation is in

00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.380
 either of those?

00:21:52.000 --> 00:21:52.920
 Jesus is in

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.900
 neither of those.

00:21:53.900 --> 00:21:55.860
 the king is not

00:21:55.860 --> 00:21:56.220
 there.

00:21:56.220 --> 00:22:01.019
 The sun is

00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:02.840
 greater than the

00:22:02.840 --> 00:22:03.519
 angels.

00:22:06.300 --> 00:22:07.500
 He's greater than

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:07.920
 your pleasure

00:22:07.920 --> 00:22:08.280
 seeking.

00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:10.680
 He's greater than

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.620
 your rule

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:11.980
 keeping.

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.700
 He's greater than

00:22:13.700 --> 00:22:14.019
 you.

00:22:16.080 --> 00:22:18.040
 Don't drift from

00:22:18.040 --> 00:22:18.460
 the sun.

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:22.100
 kiss the

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.400
 sun.

00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:26.620
 Hold fast

00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.700
 to him.

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.299
 Which now

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.880
 brings me to

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.819
 the third pair

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.559
 of Old Testament

00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:33.059
 quotes.

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.160
 Number five and

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.960
 six on this

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:36.079
 quotation chain.

00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:37.940
 And we shift

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.579
 back to the

00:22:38.579 --> 00:22:38.819
 sun.

00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:42.559
 Now, I just

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:42.939
 want you to

00:22:42.939 --> 00:22:43.539
 notice something.

00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:44.500
 If you're

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.960
 looking at your

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.659
 Bible right now,

00:22:46.679 --> 00:22:47.559
 the first two

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:48.740
 pairs, they're

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.200
 just single

00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:49.619
 quotes.

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.439
 These next two

00:22:51.439 --> 00:22:52.419
 pairs, they're

00:22:52.419 --> 00:22:53.179
 expansions.

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.419
 It's because the

00:22:55.419 --> 00:22:56.279
 argument's building.

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.839
 It's because the

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.539
 author wants you to

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:01.259
 feel the weight of

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:03.379
 who this sun is.

00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:07.599
 And where the

00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:08.379
 word sun,

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:10.099
 it holds those

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.799
 first two quotes

00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:11.139
 together.

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.240
 And angels holds

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.939
 the second two

00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.619
 quotes together.

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:15.639
 What holds these

00:23:15.639 --> 00:23:17.000
 next two quotes,

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.259
 these next two

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.319
 psalms, are the

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:21.220
 word you and

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:23.220
 explicit claims of

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.639
 divinity for the

00:23:24.639 --> 00:23:24.859
 sun.

00:23:26.899 --> 00:23:27.759
 Your throne, O

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.639
 God, is forever

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.059
 and ever.

00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:29.919
 You have loved

00:23:29.919 --> 00:23:30.759
 righteousness and

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.579
 hated wickedness.

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.839
 Verse 10, you,

00:23:34.159 --> 00:23:35.039
 Lord, lay the

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.879
 foundation of the

00:23:35.879 --> 00:23:36.460
 earth in the

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:36.799
 beginning.

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:40.220
 This is building

00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.559
 to a climax.

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.759
 This is building to

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.319
 a finale.

00:23:44.180 --> 00:23:45.399
 And so, let's look

00:23:45.399 --> 00:23:45.960
 at each one of

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.079
 them.

00:23:46.159 --> 00:23:47.240
 Verses 8 and 9 is

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:49.159
 quoting Psalm 45,

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.419
 6 and 7.

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:52.159
 Again, it gets at

00:23:52.159 --> 00:23:53.079
 enthronement.

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.659
 Your throne, O God,

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.799
 is forever and

00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.119
 ever.

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.519
 It's alluding back

00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.680
 to 1-3 where the

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:01.339
 sun sat down at the

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.779
 right hand of

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.779
 majesty after making

00:24:02.779 --> 00:24:03.399
 purification.

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:03.519
 salvation.

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:10.000
 This throne is

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.980
 forever and ever.

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 2 Samuel 7, 13, and

00:24:13.900 --> 00:24:14.300
 14.

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:17.640
 The nature of this

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:19.080
 reign of the sun

00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:20.320
 exalted on high.

00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:23.220
 Well, the scepter of

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.380
 uprightness is the

00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.120
 scepter of your

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.420
 kingdom.

00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.500
 A scepter was this

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:28.600
 kind of fancy rod and

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:30.200
 it was a symbol of a

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:31.840
 king's authority and

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.259
 reign.

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 And what this rod is

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.900
 is a rod, it's a

00:24:35.900 --> 00:24:37.319
 scepter of uprightness.

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:39.339
 It characterizes the

00:24:39.339 --> 00:24:41.259
 reign of the sun, his

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.640
 rule and his authority.

00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:44.400
 In verse 9, you have

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.720
 loved righteousness and

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.640
 hated wickedness.

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.319
 Do you know what this

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.599
 means?

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:49.099
 His reign is a holy

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.500
 reign.

00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:52.819
 His kingdom is a

00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.960
 kingdom of saints.

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.440
 The New Testament

00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:58.500
 speaks of Christians as

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.799
 saints, as holy ones.

00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:00.799
 Christ.

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:03.119
 Because our king holds a

00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:04.779
 scepter of uprightness.

00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:06.720
 He loves righteousness.

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.259
 He hates wickedness.

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:10.700
 And we're to love and

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:13.259
 hate what he loves and

00:25:13.259 --> 00:25:13.779
 hates.

00:25:15.379 --> 00:25:18.200
 But the feature of Psalm

00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:21.059
 45 that stands out is

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:24.059
 your throne, O God, is

00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:26.240
 forever and ever.

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:29.400
 It's an explicit claim to

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:31.579
 the sun being fully God,

00:25:31.720 --> 00:25:32.420
 totally God.

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:35.480
 It goes back to what we

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.799
 read last week in verse

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.180
 3.

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.960
 He, the sun, is the

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.019
 radiance of the glory of

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:41.740
 God and the exact imprint

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.680
 of his nature.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.740
 This one on the throne,

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:47.299
 this king who's exalted,

00:25:48.359 --> 00:25:49.039
 he's God.

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:51.819
 God, there's no angel.

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.480
 There's no angel called

00:25:54.480 --> 00:25:54.740
 that.

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:02.299
 The second, the next pair

00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.639
 is in verses 10 through

00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:05.440
 12, and it's a quote from

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:07.299
 Psalm 102, 25 through 27,

00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:09.079
 and it starts with you

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:10.180
 referring to the sun.

00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:14.399
 Lord, you, Lord, laid the

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:15.579
 foundations of the earth in

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.500
 the beginning, and the

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:18.599
 heavens are the work of your

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.079
 hands.

00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:22.039
 And so now what's added is

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:23.740
 that this sun is the

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.899
 creator of all.

00:26:26.699 --> 00:26:29.179
 The earth, its foundations,

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.159
 and the heavens.

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.719
 This goes back to what we

00:26:31.719 --> 00:26:33.079
 read at the end of verse 2

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:33.699
 last week.

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.919
 Through whom also he created

00:26:35.919 --> 00:26:36.439
 the world.

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.699
 He upholds the universe by

00:26:38.699 --> 00:26:39.719
 the word of his power.

00:26:41.419 --> 00:26:43.219
 He is the creator of all,

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.879
 and he's sitting on the

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.159
 throne.

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:49.779
 He creates angels.

00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.840
 But there's more.

00:26:55.600 --> 00:26:56.500
 Look at verse 11.

00:26:57.540 --> 00:26:59.300
 Speaking of the earth and the

00:26:59.300 --> 00:27:00.519
 heavens, they will perish.

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:03.080
 Look at the end of verse 12.

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:05.640
 Your years will have no end.

00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:06.640
 Here's a contrast.

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:09.680
 Between the temporary nature of

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:13.460
 the heavens and the earth and

00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:15.340
 the everlasting to everlasting

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:17.320
 nature of the sun on his

00:27:17.320 --> 00:27:17.600
 throne.

00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:21.840
 He's eternal.

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.500
 But there's more.

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.039
 But you remain.

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.900
 They will all wear out like a

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.200
 garment.

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.360
 Like a robe, you will roll them

00:27:33.360 --> 00:27:33.580
 up.

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:34.900
 Like a garment, they will be

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.620
 changed.

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:37.840
 But you are the same.

00:27:41.040 --> 00:27:43.620
 Unlike the created order that

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.920
 will change, that will be

00:27:44.920 --> 00:27:46.500
 brought to a close and

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:49.880
 recreated by this sun, this

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:52.920
 sun does not change.

00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:55.259
 He is what theologians call

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:56.400
 immutable.

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.840
 Maybe you're familiar with

00:27:58.840 --> 00:28:00.060
 Hebrews 13.8.

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:02.540
 Jesus Christ is the same

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:04.980
 yesterday and today and

00:28:04.980 --> 00:28:05.579
 forever.

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:08.259
 That's who the sun is.

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:12.899
 Who would you rather have on

00:28:12.899 --> 00:28:13.379
 the throne?

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:17.500
 Someone like yourself, who's

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:20.720
 changing daily, or the

00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:24.079
 creator, who's eternal and

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:28.059
 unchanging, life giver, and he

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.259
 gave himself for you and me.

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:32.900
 Jesus is greater.

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.819
 He's greater than the angels.

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.759
 He's greater than you and me.

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:42.200
 What we see going on here in

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:44.619
 this last pair of Psalm 45 and

00:28:44.619 --> 00:28:48.839
 102 is that this sun is greater

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:55.019
 than the angels because he's the

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:56.059
 king of an eternal kingdom

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.779
 forever and ever.

00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:59.139
 He's the king of a holy kingdom,

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:01.139
 scepter of uprightness.

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.980
 He's exalted.

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.460
 He's been anointed.

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:09.940
 He's God's son, the creator,

00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:11.639
 eternal, unchanging.

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:18.480
 He's got the whole world in his

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.019
 hands.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.099
 Jesus.

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:25.599
 What I find absolutely striking

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:28.000
 about these Old Testament

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:30.720
 passages is that they're all

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:32.000
 being fulfilled in some way in

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.319
 the sun.

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.639
 Jesus.

00:29:36.579 --> 00:29:38.019
 Any football fans in the room?

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.559
 A couple.

00:29:40.559 --> 00:29:40.579
 A couple.

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:48.779
 During the Super Bowl, at some

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.059
 point, I believe, there was a

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:51.099
 quarterback comparison.

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.919
 Patrick Mahomes, Jalen Hurts,

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.919
 yards passed, completion

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:57.579
 percentages, TDs, interceptions,

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.879
 QB ratings.

00:29:58.880 --> 00:30:05.200
 What this quotation chain does with

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:07.640
 all these pairs is it's a

00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:11.420
 comparison between the sun and the

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.800
 angels.

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:13.840
 The sun is the creator.

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:15.460
 The angels are the created.

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:19.020
 The sun is to be worshipped.

00:30:19.300 --> 00:30:20.620
 The angels are the worshippers.

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:23.660
 The king tells people what to do.

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.460
 Angels serve.

00:30:25.460 --> 00:30:31.360
 This is the king on his throne.

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.480
 He's God.

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.299
 Angels aren't on the throne,

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.519
 and they're not God.

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:40.740
 This king made purification for our

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.160
 sins.

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:44.220
 Only he, in his eternal nature,

00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:46.579
 could bear all the fullness of God's

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:48.740
 eternal wrath to forgive us of all

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.360
 of our sin.

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:51.259
 There is no angel that could have

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.799
 done that.

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:51.799


00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:55.440
 there is no angel that could have

00:30:55.460 --> 00:31:07.460
 life in pleasure seeking.

00:31:08.480 --> 00:31:11.299
 There's a way to enjoy God's good

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:13.220
 gift, but don't make an idol out of

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.400
 it.

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:16.059
 And rules serve a purpose, but man,

00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:17.340
 there's no life there.

00:31:17.340 --> 00:31:17.519
 There.

00:31:21.779 --> 00:31:23.019
 Don't drift back.

00:31:23.019 --> 00:31:26.900
 Fix your eyes on the one on the throne.

00:31:28.619 --> 00:31:30.299
 Hold fast to him.

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:36.019
 Kiss the risen, exalted king.

00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.160
 And if you find yourself a little stuck,

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:43.460
 you can always compare yourself to him.

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.500
 He's the creator.

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.119
 You're the creator.

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:49.119
 You're the created.

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:51.099
 He's the savior.

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.880
 You need saving.

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.960
 He's a life giver.

00:31:59.339 --> 00:32:00.920
 We're in constant need.

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:07.460
 The last of the quotation chain,

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:09.200
 number seven.

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:12.080
 This is the finale.

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:17.940
 Verse 13.

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.519
 Can I just point something out?

00:32:21.580 --> 00:32:25.380
 For you nerds in the room.

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:30.700
 In verse 13, it starts,

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:32.840
 and to which of the angels has he ever

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.160
 said?

00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:34.880
 Look at verse five.

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.940
 For to which of the angels did God

00:32:37.940 --> 00:32:38.600
 ever say?

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:41.860
 It's verbatim, virtually verbatim.

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:43.120
 It's called an inclusio.

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:45.519
 And what it is is a book-ended unit.

00:32:46.060 --> 00:32:48.279
 And what it is is it tells you this is

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:49.640
 the beginning and the end of this

00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.840
 particular line of thought.

00:32:51.860 --> 00:32:53.040
 It's all to go together.

00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:58.440
 But what makes this last quote unique

00:32:58.440 --> 00:33:00.600
 is it stands alone.

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.660
 And to which of the angels has he

00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.019
 ever said?

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.220
 The other way to say that is

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:12.500
 only of the son has he ever said

00:33:12.500 --> 00:33:13.019
 this.

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:16.480
 Sit at my right hand until I make

00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:18.620
 your enemies a footstool for your

00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:18.960
 feet.

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:23.320
 It's a quote of Psalm 10.1.

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.960
 Did you know that Psalm 110 is the

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:28.799
 most often quoted Old Testament

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:30.360
 passage in the New Testament?

00:33:31.620 --> 00:33:32.740
 Over 20 times?

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:34.600
 I think it's over 25 times.

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:37.259
 In fact, Psalm 110.1 has already

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:39.620
 been alluded to in verse 3.

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:43.360
 He sat down at the right hand of

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:44.400
 the majesty on high.

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:50.600
 What the author is doing is he's

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:52.799
 bringing together his argument.

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.980
 This one on the throne.

00:33:56.960 --> 00:33:58.000
 This son.

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.079
 God's king.

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.240
 The creator.

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.240
 Who's eternal.

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.559
 Who's unchanging.

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.740
 Savior of all.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:08.740
 He is on his throne right now.

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:13.280
 All of these seven Old Testament

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:17.079
 quotations are pointing to Jesus.

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:20.980
 God's exalted son reigning on high.

00:34:21.220 --> 00:34:22.500
 Seated on his throne.

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:24.119
 On my iPhone.

00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:25.780
 I have this really interesting

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:29.139
 option to see where my daughter

00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:31.320
 and wife are at any given moment.

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:35.900
 Technically, I can see where their

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:37.639
 iPhones are at any given moment.

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.420
 But you know what it does?

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.679
 It assures me.

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:47.919
 Oh, I know where they are.

00:34:51.419 --> 00:34:54.460
 Do you know what Psalm 110 is doing?

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:59.719
 It's locating for us

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:03.079
 where our king is

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.779
 right now

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:07.340
 to assure us

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:10.560
 of who he is

00:35:10.560 --> 00:35:11.200
 and what he's doing.

00:35:12.220 --> 00:35:13.880
 So that we would draw near to him,

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:14.820
 not drift from him.

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:18.820
 King Jesus is on his throne

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.840
 right now

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:21.660
 reigning over all things.

00:35:22.040 --> 00:35:23.880
 All things have been put under his feet.

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:26.120
 And he is reigning

00:35:26.120 --> 00:35:28.240
 as all things are being

00:35:28.240 --> 00:35:30.120
 subjected to him.

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:30.719
 We'll look at that

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.440
 in two weeks.

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.500
 This past week,

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.000
 I was

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:38.799
 swapping texts

00:35:38.799 --> 00:35:39.880
 with a beloved brother

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.759
 who has been waiting

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.599
 to hear some

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.400
 very significant news.

00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.219
 And at one point,

00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:45.259
 he texted me,

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:48.759
 the Lord is on his throne.

00:35:51.179 --> 00:35:52.359
 It was both

00:35:52.359 --> 00:35:55.139
 focusing

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:57.359
 and assuring

00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:00.900
 because our king Jesus

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.500
 who's been raised

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.140
 from the dead

00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:05.800
 is on a throne of grace.

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:09.039
 His unchangingness,

00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:09.860
 his immutability

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.340
 means his love

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.300
 for you,

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.740
 Christian,

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.980
 doesn't change.

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.079
 It's not dependent

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:17.140
 on your obedience

00:36:17.140 --> 00:36:17.800
 or not.

00:36:18.740 --> 00:36:20.240
 He loves you

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:21.579
 unconditionally.

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:28.420
 An angel

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:30.139
 is not

00:36:30.139 --> 00:36:31.179
 sitting on the throne

00:36:31.179 --> 00:36:32.059
 of David right now.

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.860
 You

00:36:35.860 --> 00:36:38.099
 are not

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:38.900
 sitting on the throne

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.819
 of David right now.

00:36:42.360 --> 00:36:43.079
 There's no

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.940
 pleasure

00:36:43.940 --> 00:36:45.119
 sitting

00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:46.299
 on the throne

00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:47.559
 of David right now.

00:36:47.639 --> 00:36:48.179
 There is no

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.880
 rule

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.739
 sitting

00:36:49.739 --> 00:36:50.619
 on the throne

00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:51.380
 of David

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.259
 right now.

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.239
 Our

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.039
 risen

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.779
 king

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.559
 is sitting

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.359
 on the throne

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:57.000
 of David

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.819
 right now.

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.940
 And it is

00:36:58.940 --> 00:37:00.319
 to locate him

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:01.380
 for our wandering

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.900
 hearts.

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.319
 It helps us

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:04.199
 to see him,

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.880
 to fix our eyes

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.400
 on him.

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.539
 He's totally

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:09.880
 God,

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.659
 totally man.

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.420
 You know

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.799
 what you do?

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.900
 Kiss the sun.

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:19.980
 I'm all

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.400
 yours.

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:22.220
 I will

00:37:22.220 --> 00:37:22.660
 follow you

00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:23.079
 anywhere.

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.059
 I won't

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.720
 drift to the

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.260
 left or to the

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:26.440
 right.

00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:27.200
 I will stay

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:28.079
 on your

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.599
 way

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.740
 wholeheartedly

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:30.660
 depending on

00:37:30.660 --> 00:37:31.559
 you because

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:32.059
 you are my

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.880
 risen and

00:37:32.880 --> 00:37:33.519
 reigning king.

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.099
 It's what the

00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:34.740
 Old Testament

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.800
 points us

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.380
 all to.

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.300
 And it also

00:37:39.300 --> 00:37:39.920
 means this.

00:37:42.200 --> 00:37:42.820
 You've got

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.619
 some dethroning

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.079
 to do,

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:44.559
 I'm guessing.

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.519
 Dethrone your

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.099
 hedonism.

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.219
 Dethrone your

00:37:50.219 --> 00:37:50.839
 legalism.

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:52.619
 They're

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.960
 idolatrous

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:55.500
 counterfeits

00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.839
 to the one

00:37:56.839 --> 00:37:57.679
 true God

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.460
 who is reigning

00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.319
 on the throne

00:37:59.319 --> 00:37:59.920
 right now.

00:38:00.159 --> 00:38:00.920
 The true

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.900
 controlling center

00:38:01.900 --> 00:38:02.799
 of your life

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:04.039
 who alone

00:38:04.039 --> 00:38:04.719
 brings fullness

00:38:04.719 --> 00:38:05.400
 of joy

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.739
 and life

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.779
 everlasting.

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:09.019
 What hedonists

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:09.719
 and legalists

00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:11.420
 don't remember

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.420
 is their paths

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:13.079
 that lead to

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.720
 destruction.

00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:17.940
 There's no

00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:18.519
 life in them.

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:22.460
 We find

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.099
 grace to

00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:23.900
 endure

00:38:23.900 --> 00:38:26.340
 from the

00:38:26.340 --> 00:38:26.619
 throne

00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:28.960
 because of

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.159
 the one

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.559
 who sits

00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:29.960
 on it.

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.980
 This

00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:32.340
 morning

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:35.079
 locate him.

00:38:37.240 --> 00:38:37.860
 Fix your

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.519
 eyes on him.

00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:40.539
 Do you

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:40.880
 remember the

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:41.340
 words of that

00:38:41.340 --> 00:38:42.280
 22-year-old

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:43.620
 prone to

00:38:43.620 --> 00:38:44.000
 wander?

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:44.940
 Lord, I feel

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.100
 it.

00:38:45.240 --> 00:38:45.780
 Prone to

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:47.320
 leave, drift

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:49.420
 from the

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:50.140
 God I love?

00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:52.180
 Don't go

00:38:52.180 --> 00:38:52.560
 back.

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.440
 This

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:54.980
 afternoon,

00:38:55.580 --> 00:38:57.100
 don't go

00:38:57.100 --> 00:38:57.480
 back.

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:59.440
 This week

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.680
 when things

00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.400
 get hard

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.620
 and you

00:39:02.620 --> 00:39:03.080
 lose sight

00:39:03.080 --> 00:39:03.460
 of Jesus,

00:39:03.620 --> 00:39:04.400
 don't go

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.000
 back.

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.840
 No,

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.600
 locate him

00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:08.180
 on his

00:39:08.180 --> 00:39:08.580
 throne.

00:39:08.760 --> 00:39:09.320
 Remember who

00:39:09.320 --> 00:39:10.080
 he is.

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.840
 He's greater

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.200
 than the

00:39:11.200 --> 00:39:11.640
 angels.

00:39:12.340 --> 00:39:12.720
 Fix your

00:39:12.720 --> 00:39:13.260
 eyes on

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.579
 him.

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.620
 Hold fast

00:39:14.620 --> 00:39:15.079
 to him.

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:17.400
 Kiss the

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.100
 son.

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.820
 Hold fast

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.440
 to him

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:24.120
 and find

00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:24.600
 joy.

00:39:26.600 --> 00:39:27.300
 Joy in

00:39:27.300 --> 00:39:27.740
 enduring.

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.840
 Joy in

00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:31.539
 being faithful

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:31.980
 to him.

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.920
 Joy in even

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.620
 suffering for

00:39:35.620 --> 00:39:35.800
 him.

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.200
 He's worth

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.380
 it.

00:39:38.380 --> 00:39:44.680
 God in

00:39:44.680 --> 00:39:45.140
 heaven, we

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:45.599
 are so

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.220
 grateful that

00:39:46.220 --> 00:39:46.619
 Lord Jesus,

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.180
 you are on

00:39:47.180 --> 00:39:47.619
 your throne.

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:49.079
 When we

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.800
 slept last

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:50.760
 night, whether

00:39:50.760 --> 00:39:51.260
 it's for

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:52.019
 eight hours or

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.940
 three, you

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.780
 were on your

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:54.160
 throne.

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:57.200
 No matter

00:39:57.200 --> 00:39:57.640
 what we're

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:58.480
 facing this

00:39:58.480 --> 00:40:00.860
 week, whether

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:02.119
 it is an

00:40:02.119 --> 00:40:04.619
 unknown or

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:29.750
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