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 Please take your copy of God's Word and turn with me to two places this morning.

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! First Colossians chapter 3 and then Ephesians chapter 5.

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! So go ahead and find both places.

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! Mark one with your finger, the other with a ribbon.

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 Bookmark them in your phone.

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 It is our normal habit and I think the most healthy way of preaching here at Christ of the Church of Dahlonega

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 for us to do verse by verse exposition.

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 And I want you to not confuse that with expository preaching generally speaking.

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 You'll hear many defenses for expository preaching and I would stand with those defenses to be sure.

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 But what we can tend to do is to think that if we're not doing a verse by verse exposition

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 that we've abandoned expository preaching altogether.

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 And preaching that's not expository is not preaching at all.

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 Expository preaching is simply this.

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 It works to bring forth for your benefit, glory of God, for your good, what the Bible says.

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 So it may be concerning a specific text.

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 Expository preaching can be done with a chapter of the Bible.

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 It can be done with a book of the Bible.

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 Expository preaching can also explore a theme of the Bible as well.

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 So, again, we think verse by verse exposition is the best general habit for us as a church.

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 But from time to time, we think there's a great deal of value in stopping, considering something together,

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 a particular topic together and trying to take a look at, not in an exhaustive form,

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 but what the Bible may have to say about that given topic.

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 Throughout history, many faithful preachers have held different views on such things.

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 I'll give you just two quick ones.

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 Jonathan Edwards was a verse-by-verse expositor, even to a fault.

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 There was a period of time, this church in New England, he was dismissed from for a couple of years.

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 And when he came back, he picked up in the verse he left off.

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 And I think Calvin did the same thing in Geneva when he was kicked out of Geneva for a while.

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 Came back, and he was in, like, Deuteronomy.

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 Came back to the very verse that he had left off there.

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 Charles Spurgeon, who's one of my favorite preachers,

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 thought that it quenched the Spirit of God to not consider each week

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 what text the church may have needed exposited for that week.

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 And so, we try to step in the middle of that.

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 We try to come into the midst of that, trying to preach verse by verse.

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 It's good for you to have big, full understandings of books of the Bible,

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 but also to be sensitive in the midst of the coming and going of our church

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 and what's happening in the life of our church to, at times, step away from that study.

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 So, we've been in the book of Acts.

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 I'm not even sure where we are.

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 I think we may have finished chapter 17.

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 We're in chapter 17, or we finished it.

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 I should remember that from just last week.

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 But we're going to take some time to talk this morning a bit about music.

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 Musical worship.

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 And I want you to know that my intention for doing this

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 is not to make this church seem better than other churches.

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 It's not my goal in what we're doing.

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 It's not to defend the way that we do music together,

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 but rather to equip you to understand that we don't just have a preference for music,

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 but that there are theological, there are biblical underpinnings

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 to the why of the way we do music.

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 We may carry it out in particular ways that could change,

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 but there's reason behind what we do.

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 And I became aware of this.

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 I mentioned to you a few weeks ago at a community group

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 that there were some questions asked, and they were good, honest questions.

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 And I know some of those people are here.

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 I'm not diminishing you in any way in that conversation,

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 but I realized that we hadn't taught on this in quite some time.

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 It had been a long time since we had ever mentioned the why of what we do

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 when we do music together.

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 And I began to think about since this church started January 1 of 2009,

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 so a little over eight years ago.

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 You're going to get, I think you're going to get a kick out of this.

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 Since then, right now, there are only six people

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 that were part of that original beginning.

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 There are six people.

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 Myself and my wife, Wes and Liz, you saw on stage, Liz with the mandolin,

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 and Sid and Ruth, who I don't think are here this morning with us,

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 but most of you know Sid and Ruth.

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 Six.

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 So we have this big turnaround.

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 And I will say that largely 95% of that is not unhealthy turnaround.

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 I haven't across the years run people off all the time,

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 but we live in kind of a transitionary town.

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 A lot of our congregation across the years has been college students.

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 One of the wonderful things about that is we've been able to equip

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 and send out countless people across the years.

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 And it's a wonderful privilege that we have as a church,

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 and I think we should pick it up and seize it as such,

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 to build into people good biblical founding

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 for the way they should live their lives in the world

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 and the way they should be involved with

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 and the way a church should meet together.

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 So we have the ability to have influence in really broad ways because of that.

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 So it's important for you to understand then the why.

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 So you can go find healthy churches,

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 and you can bring health to churches and communities.

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 So that's the aim.

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 That's what we're trying to accomplish this morning as we start,

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 and we're going to kind of do this across.

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 I'm going to call it a series, but we're not going to do it in series.

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 Series in that it'll jump months, but in order.

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 And we're going to call it this.

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 You ready?

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 Why we do what we do,

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 and why we do what we do the way we do what we do.

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 So why we do what we do,

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 and why we do what we do the way we do what we do.

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 Okay?

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 And this morning, music.

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 Right?

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 This morning, music.

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 Now, before I get into this,

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 I want to commend just two resources to you really quickly.

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 If you want to know more about this,

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 a wonderful book by a man named Bob Coughlin called Worship Matters.

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 Really, really great read.

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 My only complaint about this book,

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 as he uses a term for music leaders that I don't particularly like,

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 which I'm going to talk about in just a moment.

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 He actually makes a case against using such a term,

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 and then he continues to use the term.

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 Drove me crazy, Wes.

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 Drove Wes crazy as well.

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 Drove me absolutely nuts this week.

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 Secondly, put out by Grace to You,

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 which is the ministry John MacArthur is most related to.

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 Master's Seminary.

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 Hymns of Grace.

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 It's a hymnal.

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 You guys haven't touched one of these in a long time, have you?

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 We typically are using screens now

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 because we can introduce new songs more quickly.

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 If we were to do a hymnal in our church,

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 this would be the one.

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 We buy a bunch of copies of this.

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 It's a wonderful, wonderful hymnal.

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 It has a bunch of wonderful, rich, true,

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 well-vetted songs and resources in it.

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 So if you have an interest in having something like that in your home,

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 Hymns of Grace would be a really great one for you to pick up.

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 Okay, so music, specifically music together.

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 So when we gather together as a church,

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 why do we engage in musical worship?

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 And why do we engage in musical worship the way we engage in musical worship?

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 Why do we do what we do?

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 And why do we do what we do the way we do what we do?

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 I practiced that this week.

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 I want to begin with an aside

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 concerning our language concerning music in the church.

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 For far too long,

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 the music sung in church has been referred to as

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 quote-unquote worship.

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 And the individual leading the music as

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 quote-unquote the worship leader.

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 Music,

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 rightly sung in our church gatherings,

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 or even possibly outside of our church gatherings,

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 but music rightly sung certainly is worship.

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 It is.

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 Music sung together is worship,

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 but it is not the totality of worship.

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 And the individual leading music

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 is certainly leading us in worship,

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 but not in the totality of worship.

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 To call our singing together worship,

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 and the individual leading the music as the worship leader suggests.

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 This is why this matters.

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 It suggests

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 that our worship of God is reduced

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 to a bit of time

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 during a service.

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 So not even the whole service,

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 but a bit of time during a service on Sunday morning.

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 And it excludes our prayers together,

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 and our scripture reading together,

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 and our preaching together.

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 This is participatory as well.

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 I'm speaking,

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 and I hope you're engaged in listening.

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 And this,

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 all that we do together in a worship service

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 is all worship.

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 But it even goes beyond that.

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 It goes outside the doors of here.

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 We're meant to have lives

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 that are given to worship.

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 Paul stated in Romans 12, verse 1.

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 He says,

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 I appeal to you, therefore,

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 based on the first 11 chapters,

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 his great treatise on the Christian faith.

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 I appeal to you, therefore, brothers,

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 by the mercies of God,

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 to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,

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 holy and acceptable to God,

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 which is your spiritual worship.

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 And the English word,

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 translated from the Greek here, body,

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 it's a good word to be translated.

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 I wouldn't pick on any of our Bible translators

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 in this case,

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 but it has a grander meaning

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 in the original language.

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 I like the word being.

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 God means for all of our lives

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 to be committed to his praise.

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 Everything that we do,

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 it's all worship.

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 So I have a real problem

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 with this over-reduction of the idea.

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 So it's musical worship.

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 It is worship.

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 But it's a part.

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 It's part of our worship,

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 both together and as individuals

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 in the world.

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 So we will never call the music here,

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 quote-unquote, worship,

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 or the individual leading the music,

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 the, quote-unquote, worship leader,

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 because it is confusing.

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 Now some will say,

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 and I've done this,

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 brought a little correction.

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 What are you talking about?

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 Some will say,

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 well, you know what I mean

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 when being corrected.

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 But the problem, beloved,

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 is that words have meaning.

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 And you don't just get to

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 willy-nilly change the meaning of words.

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 You can't be so cavalier

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 with your use of words,

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 because my response will be,

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 no, I do not know what you mean.

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 And as the children learned this morning,

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 the heart is where the words of the mouth grow.

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 So we need to be careful about

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 the words that we use

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 and what we're communicating

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 when we use those words.

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 This is why we will speak in terms

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 of musical worship

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 and why we call Wes our

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 Pastor for Worship Arts.

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 It's not a bad title.

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 I think he came up with it.

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 It's good.

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 I like it.

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 Now the subject of musical worship

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 in churches has been

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 a highly contested one

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 in my lifetime.

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 For many of you,

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 this may be true.

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 Some have called it

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 the worship wars,

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 where churches began

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 to try to pick up new ideas

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 of the way that we worship God

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 in music.

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 And some wanted to stay

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 very entrenched in the ways

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 they like to engage

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 in worshiping God in music.

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 And these worship wars

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 have had much heat

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 with little to no light.

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 Meaning they were very much

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 fueled by preference

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 and fueled very little

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 by the Bible.

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 The current solution

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 seems to be

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 for small churches

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 to work to serve

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 a particular demographic.

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 So church planters

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 will actually look

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 at demographic studies

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 and they'll figure out

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 the general population

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 of an area

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 and they'll figure out

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 the favorite style of music

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 for that population

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 in an area

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 and they'll try to find

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 somebody who can

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 meet that need,

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 who can present that style.

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 And they'll say to anybody else

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 who doesn't like the style,

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 sorry,

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 we only do one style here.

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 For the large church,

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 the solution seems to be

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 to cater to every demographic

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 with multiple services.

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 You see,

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 most large churches

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 will have multiple services

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 and they will contain within them

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 multiple styles of music.

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 So you've got your

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 contemporary service

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 and you've got your

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 traditional service

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 and you've got your

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 blended service.

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 And sometimes these

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 even happen at the same time

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 on the same campus,

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 just in different locations.

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 Beloved,

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 none of this

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 is good

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 for your faith

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 or for the community

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 of faith.

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 It is not proper

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 for a church

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 to serve preference

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 over purpose

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 in the way that we gather.

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 It is not healthy

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 for the church

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 to meet felt needs

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 over real needs

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 at the expense

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 of real needs.

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 To promulgate

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 consumerism

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 in the worship

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 of our God.

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 So,

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 Wes and I,

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 in the very early days

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 of Christ Family Church,

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 we were a musician

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 becoming a pastor

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 and a teacher

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 becoming a pastor

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 and by God's grace,

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 hear me say that,

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 Wes and I

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 are not better

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 than anyone else.

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 By God's grace,

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 we picked up,

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 and I wish I could

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 trace the contours

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 of how we

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 so came to love

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 the doctrine of Scripture

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 called the sufficiency

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 of Scripture.

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 But we came to love it

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 and we came to see

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 that if we were to

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 lead a church well,

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 we must do it

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 by the Word of God.

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 We must do it

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 by His instruction.

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 And then if it's sufficient,

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 then it contains

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 within it

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 all the instruction

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 that we need.

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 And then by grace,

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 we picked it up

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 and we began asking

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 questions

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 and finding answers

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 from God's

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 own Word.

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 We picked up a principle

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 that was employed

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 by the Reformers

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 and the Puritans

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 called the regulative

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 principle of worship.

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 And that was

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 if we couldn't find

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 prescribed in the Scripture

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 worship of God

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 in a particular way,

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 then we wouldn't do it.

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 And we would just

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 simply do

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 the thing

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 that God

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 prescribed for us

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 to do.

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 And we have,

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 over the past

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 eight years,

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 put that in place.

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 It has been

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 our prayer

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 that we would be

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 faithful to the Bible.

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 Not just Wes and I.

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 We have had other elders

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 in the life of our church

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 as well.

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 We have pressed at this.

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 Let's do

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 the worship of God

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 in God's way

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 and let's trust

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 that He'll build a church

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 and He'll reach

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 our community

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 as a result.

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 So that's where we're at.

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 That's why I want to

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 loop you back in, right?

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 Some of you are new here,

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 so I want you to understand

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 what we've learned

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 and why we practice

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 music the way

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 that we do.

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 So let's begin our study

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 with Colossians 3.16.

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 Colossians 3.16.

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 Beloved,

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 this is God's Word

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 to us.

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 It was written

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 for His glory

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 and for our good

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 and we would all do well

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 to listen to it

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 this morning

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 in order to believe

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 its promises

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 and obey

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 its commands.

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 Paul writes,

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 verse 16,

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 Colossians 3,

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 let the Word of Christ

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 dwell in you richly,

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 teaching

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 and admonishing

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 one another

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 in all wisdom,

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 singing psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs

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 with thankfulness

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 in your hearts

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 to God.

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 Now turn to

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 Ephesians chapter 5.

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 verses 18 and 19,

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 Paul writes,

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 and do not get drunk

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 with wine

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 for that is debauchery,

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 but be filled

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 with the Spirit,

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 addressing one another

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 in psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs,

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 singing and making

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 melody to the Lord

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 with your heart.

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 So why

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 do we do

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 what we do?

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 Why do we sing

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 together

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 when we gather?

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 Well,

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 it's because the Bible

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 commands it

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 for God's glory

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 and for our good.

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 You can see two places

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 that I've read to you

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 just already this morning.

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 Colossians 3,

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 16,

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 Ephesians 5,

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 18 and 19.

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 There's instruction

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 here for the singing

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 together.

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 Psalm 33,

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 3 says,

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 Sing to Him

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 a new song.

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 Place skillfully

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 on the strings.

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 I like this,

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 with loud shouts.

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 Psalm 47,

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 6,

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 Sing praises

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 to God.

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 Sing praises.

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 Sing praises

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 to our King.

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 Sing praises.

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 The Bible contains

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 over 400

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 references

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 to singing

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 and 50

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 direct commands

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 to sing.

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 In fact,

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 the longest book

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 of the Bible

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 by verse count,

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 at least,

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 I know that you want

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 to contend with me

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 on that maybe,

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 by verse count,

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 the longest book

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 of the Bible

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 is the Psalms,

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 which is a book

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 of songs,

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 every single

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 one of them.

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 Further,

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 we have

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 the example

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 of Jesus

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 in Matthew 26,

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 verse 30,

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 with the apostles,

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 and when they had

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 sung a hymn,

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 they went out

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 to the Mount of Olives.

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 We have the example

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 of heaven

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 in the book

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 of Revelation

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 many,

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 many times.

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 You know what book

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 has more songs

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 in it than any other book

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 except the book

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 of Psalms?

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 The book of Revelation,

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 right?

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 This vision that John

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 has of heaven.

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 Lots of singing

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 in heaven.

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 One example,

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 Revelation 15,

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 verses 2 and 3.

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 And I saw what appeared

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 to be a sea of glass

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 mingled with fire,

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 and also those

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 who had conquered

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 the beast

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 and its image

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 and the number

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 of its name

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 standing beside

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 the sea of glass

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 with harps of God

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 in their hands.

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 And they sing

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 the song of Moses,

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 the servant of God,

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 and the song

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 of the Lamb,

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 saying,

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 Great and amazing

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 are your deeds,

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 O Lord God,

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 the Almighty,

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 just and true

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 are your ways,

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 O King of the nations.

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 And we have the example

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 of Paul and Silas

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 in the Philippian jail.

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 Not long ago,

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 we studied this together

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 on the Lord's Day.

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 Acts 16,

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 verse 25.

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 About midnight,

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 Paul and Silas

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 were praying,

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 remember they're

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 in the Philippian jail,

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 and singing hymns

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 to God.

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 James says in James 5.13,

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 Is anyone cheerful?

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 Let him sing praise.

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 The Bible is full

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 of this type of instruction.

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 John Calvin once wrote,

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 I think many people

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 are sold a very staunch view

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:56.039
 of Calvin,

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 but he said wonderful things

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 like this.

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 wherever faith is lively,

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 holy rejoicing

00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:04.440
 will follow.

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 So,

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 we should sing

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 when we are gathered.

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 We should.

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 We're instructed to do so.

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 We should sing

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 when we are gathered.

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 And we're told,

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 both in Ephesians 5

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 and Colossians 3,

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 to sing psalms

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 and hymns

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 and spiritual songs.

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 Now,

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 there is no need

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 in overcomplicating

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 what these three things are.

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 We don't need to set these

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 on a scale

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 and make sure we're doing

00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:33.960
 33 and a third percent

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 of each

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 of the following things.

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 But there were types

00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:38.940
 of music,

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 and Paul's referencing

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 those specific types,

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 and I think it's valuable

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 for us to pull those up

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 and use those types

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 as well here.

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 So,

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 Psalms are pretty obvious

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 what the Psalms were.

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 Those are the songs

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:52.099
 of the Bible,

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 and we should sing

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 from God's song book.

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 We find some challenge

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:59.119
 with that, though,

00:21:59.259 --> 00:22:01.179
 in the 21st century

00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:02.679
 English-speaking culture

00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:03.799
 in which we live

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 because those songs

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 were written in Hebrew

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 and they rhymed most often,

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 but they rhymed in Hebrew

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 and they don't tend

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 to rhyme in English,

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 so it becomes difficult,

00:22:14.699 --> 00:22:14.959
 right,

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.740
 to sing a song as such.

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 But lots of our songs

00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.839
 reference the Psalms

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.059
 and pull text

00:22:22.059 --> 00:22:23.059
 from the Psalms.

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 And Wes does a good job,

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 and I think he works hard

00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:26.319
 at trying to sing

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 Psalms to you,

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 particularly during

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 the offering

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 or the Lord's Supper

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 when you're not expected

00:22:31.839 --> 00:22:33.279
 to sing with necessarily

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 because they're often

00:22:34.139 --> 00:22:35.539
 difficult to sing.

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:37.459
 They can be hard songs

00:22:37.459 --> 00:22:39.259
 to sing as they don't rhyme

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.720
 and you're trying

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 to make the near rhymes

00:22:40.639 --> 00:22:41.279
 work out,

00:22:41.679 --> 00:22:41.939
 etc.

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 But we should want

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 to sing such songs

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 and be Scripture-rich

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.880
 in our singing.

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 Just before I came up

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 to preach during

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 the offering time,

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.519
 Wes mentioned

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:58.200
 understanding what

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 we are about to do

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 from the rising of the sun

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 is based on Psalm 113.

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 We're also instructed

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:06.860
 to sing hymns,

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 and there's all kinds

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:09.660
 of talk of hymology,

00:23:09.840 --> 00:23:11.340
 like what makes a hymn,

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 but most simply,

00:23:13.159 --> 00:23:14.659
 a hymn is a song

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 to or about God

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 and what He has done.

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 To or about God

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 and what He has done.

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 Two examples

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 that would be,

00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:25.099
 I think, well known.

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 How Great Thou Art

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 and Holy, Holy, Holy,

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 which we sang

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.939
 just a few moments ago

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 would be considered hymns.

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 Just because it's in a hymnal

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.919
 doesn't necessarily

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 make it a hymn.

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:39.079
 We're also instructed

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:41.240
 to sing spiritual songs,

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 and these are most

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.779
 often understood

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.899
 to be kind of

00:23:44.899 --> 00:23:46.059
 reflexive of hymns.

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 So, spiritual songs

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.220
 are songs

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:50.459
 to or about us,

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 but I'd add

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 that there are songs

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 to or about us

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 in relation to

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 who God is

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 and what He has done.

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 So, what is the effect

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 of God's work

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.919
 in the world?

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 And we sing a lot of songs

00:24:03.959 --> 00:24:04.980
 that would be categorized

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:06.240
 as spiritual songs.

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.059
 Songs like

00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:08.119
 Amazing Grace

00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:10.220
 and it is well.

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 Let's speak of the

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:13.220
 human experience

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 of God's goodness

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:16.079
 and grace

00:24:16.079 --> 00:24:16.579
 and mercy

00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:17.619
 to mankind.

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 So, we should sing together.

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.700
 Why should we sing together?

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:26.220
 The Bible instructs it,

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.059
 but why does the Bible

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.579
 instruct it?

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 For God's glory,

00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.679
 for our good,

00:24:29.680 --> 00:24:33.840
 humans are wired

00:24:33.840 --> 00:24:35.380
 to give

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.539
 and receive

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 through song.

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 And this is still

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 a bit of a mystery to me.

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 I want to spend more time

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:42.620
 considering

00:24:42.620 --> 00:24:44.140
 why that is.

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 And it may not be

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:46.360
 a thing that I can answer,

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.680
 but we are wired

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:50.720
 to love music.

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.279
 Musicians have been

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.360
 wildly popular

00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:56.779
 for good and for bad

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:58.779
 throughout history.

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 Every movement,

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.399
 every uprising,

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:05.339
 every cultural expression

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:07.240
 has its music.

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 Consider that.

00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:08.599
 It's true.

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:11.119
 There's always a rally cry

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:13.639
 that's driven by music.

00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:15.079
 We seem to be

00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:17.399
 musical beings.

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.799
 Some people will say

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:19.980
 that they don't like music,

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.700
 but they do.

00:25:20.920 --> 00:25:21.279
 They do.

00:25:21.339 --> 00:25:22.859
 You could find the thing

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:24.180
 that would cause them

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:25.180
 to tap their foot

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.980
 or to bob their head.

00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.639
 There's something

00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:28.539
 that will do that.

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:30.740
 For a person.

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.160
 So,

00:25:31.599 --> 00:25:32.920
 when we sing,

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.759
 when we are gathered,

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:35.059
 it is our hope

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:37.420
 that our feelings

00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.539
 catch up

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.379
 to the truth

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.859
 we believe.

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.319
 Right?

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.299
 And we should

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.779
 feel the truth.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.359
 Right?

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:46.339
 Feelings don't define truth,

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.740
 but we want to feel

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:49.099
 the truth,

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.819
 and music helps us

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.740
 to do that.

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:54.599
 I have to tell you

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.660
 that I know

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:57.400
 that as a group of people

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.299
 we're typically drawn

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:59.299
 to similar things,

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 and I know that

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.779
 that's often

00:26:00.779 --> 00:26:02.500
 an adherence to the Bible,

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:04.720
 maybe even a staunchness

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.059
 in our teaching

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:07.539
 of the Bible,

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.539
 but I wish you guys

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.400
 would be more expressive

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.000
 sometimes.

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.079
 It's okay to move

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.839
 the music.

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.880
 Guys,

00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.759
 don't stand in the back

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.160
 of the room

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:16.079
 with your arms folded.

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:21.899
 Consider the words.

00:26:22.179 --> 00:26:22.299
 Right?

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:23.159
 Consider the words

00:26:23.159 --> 00:26:24.240
 and have it move you

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:25.779
 to praise.

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.220
 Jonathan Edwards wrote

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:28.240
 in Religious Affections,

00:26:28.679 --> 00:26:30.220
 the duty of singing praises

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.859
 to God

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.119
 seems to be appointed

00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.019
 wholly

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:34.359
 to excite

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:35.519
 and express

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:37.740
 religious affections.

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.299
 No other reason

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.179
 can be assigned

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:41.139
 why we should

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:42.000
 express ourselves

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.599
 to God

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.740
 in verse

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.960
 and to do it

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.899
 with music

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:47.240
 but only

00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.960
 that such

00:26:47.960 --> 00:26:49.160
 is our nature

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:50.500
 and frame.

00:26:50.600 --> 00:26:50.759
 He's saying

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.840
 we were made for that.

00:26:52.180 --> 00:26:52.220
 Right?

00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:53.340
 Such is our nature

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:54.140
 and frame

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:55.480
 that these things

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.460
 have a tendency

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.940
 to move

00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:59.800
 our affections.

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:01.259
 And so that's

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:03.240
 why we sing

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.840
 together.

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.640
 That's why

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.440
 it's important

00:27:05.440 --> 00:27:06.600
 that we sing together

00:27:06.600 --> 00:27:07.740
 when we're gathered.

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.860
 I was challenged

00:27:08.860 --> 00:27:09.759
 this week by Wes

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:10.759
 that maybe

00:27:10.759 --> 00:27:12.040
 my community group,

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.540
 we don't sing

00:27:12.540 --> 00:27:13.240
 at my community group,

00:27:13.280 --> 00:27:13.820
 maybe we should.

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.400
 I don't know

00:27:14.400 --> 00:27:15.280
 if we have any musical talent

00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:16.099
 in our community group.

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.379
 It doesn't matter.

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:20.000
 It doesn't matter.

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.019
 As long as I don't

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.639
 have to lead it.

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:29.000
 So that's why

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:29.859
 we do what we do.

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.740
 But why do we do

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.139
 what we do

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:32.319
 the way we do

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.940
 what we do?

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:36.119
 You may have noticed

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.839
 that our church

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.399
 does music

00:27:37.399 --> 00:27:38.440
 a little different

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:39.700
 than many churches.

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.119
 Not all,

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.099
 but many churches

00:27:41.099 --> 00:27:42.699
 of our day.

00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.559
 Colossians 3.16

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:46.839
 and Ephesians 5.18

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.559
 and 19

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:49.559
 show us

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:50.480
 that our singing

00:27:50.480 --> 00:27:51.219
 together

00:27:51.219 --> 00:27:53.459
 is the result

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:56.379
 of the outflow

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:58.519
 of being filled

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:59.199
 with the Spirit

00:27:59.199 --> 00:28:00.459
 and letting

00:28:00.459 --> 00:28:01.740
 the Word of Christ

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.119
 dwell in you richly.

00:28:03.219 --> 00:28:04.480
 If you diagram

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:06.259
 the Greek language out,

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:06.500
 right,

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.259
 this instruction

00:28:07.259 --> 00:28:08.019
 by Paul

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.079
 to not be

00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:10.460
 drunk with wine,

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.440
 that's debauchery,

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.279
 but rather be

00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:13.339
 filled with the Spirit

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.680
 and his instruction

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.960
 to let the Word of Christ

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.319
 dwell in you richly

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:19.299
 has things

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.279
 that define

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:21.819
 what that looks like

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.819
 beyond it.

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.559
 And there's lists

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.259
 and there's a lot

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.720
 of parallel

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.180
 between those texts.

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.440
 That parallel

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.920
 is incredibly

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:31.160
 striking

00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.879
 between much

00:28:31.879 --> 00:28:32.940
 of Colossians 3

00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:35.099
 and Ephesians 5.

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.459
 They both have

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.219
 Paul as their author

00:28:37.219 --> 00:28:38.859
 which allows

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.859
 for an incredible

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.559
 connection

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:42.259
 to be drawn

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:42.639
 from them.

00:28:42.699 --> 00:28:43.199
 If you've been here

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.599
 with us

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.059
 in our study

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.539
 of Acts,

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.279
 I've made this

00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:46.240
 connection for you

00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.059
 as we've been

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.919
 looking at

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.539
 what it means

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:48.959
 to be filled

00:28:48.959 --> 00:28:49.459
 with the Spirit.

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.419
 You see

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:53.919
 this connection

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:55.359
 between the two

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.099
 being filled

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.659
 with the Spirit

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.279
 and letting

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.959
 the Word of Christ

00:28:57.959 --> 00:28:58.679
 dwell in you richly.

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.299
 He's using

00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.359
 these phrases

00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.359
 interchangeably.

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.839
 Study the text.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.759
 You've got all

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.199
 of these things

00:29:04.199 --> 00:29:04.699
 that are the same

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:05.519
 but these two phrases

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.200
 he swaps out

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:08.920
 in these cases.

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.259
 So,

00:29:10.460 --> 00:29:11.039
 we're being filled

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.400
 with the Spirit.

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:12.120
 We're letting

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:13.400
 the Word of Christ

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:15.660
 dwell in us richly.

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.019
 And I'm going to

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.779
 wrap back to

00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.340
 what it means

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:17.680
 to be filled

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.140
 with the Spirit

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.799
 but let's talk

00:29:18.799 --> 00:29:19.220
 for a moment

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.200
 about letting

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.460
 the Word of Christ

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:23.240
 dwell in you richly.

00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:23.640
 The word

00:29:23.640 --> 00:29:25.259
 dwell in the

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:26.360
 original language

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:28.059
 means to

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.580
 take up residence,

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.620
 to inhabit.

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.840
 So,

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.840
 the Word of Christ,

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.779
 the Scripture

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.179
 is meant to

00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:37.399
 inhabit us

00:29:37.399 --> 00:29:38.399
 richly

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:39.659
 in abundance.

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.619
 Let the Word

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.579
 of Christ

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:44.059
 fill you.

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.039
 Change your

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.919
 very being

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:48.079
 from the inside

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.119
 out.

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:50.439
 And to do that,

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.339
 we're to

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:52.419
 read

00:29:52.419 --> 00:29:53.659
 and we're to

00:29:53.659 --> 00:29:54.299
 meditate

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.299
 on the Scripture

00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.099
 and we're to

00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:56.819
 memorize

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:58.000
 the Scripture

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.720
 and we're to

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.579
 speak the Scripture

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:01.000
 to one another

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.880
 and we're to

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.599
 preach and

00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:03.259
 listen to

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.079
 preaching

00:30:04.079 --> 00:30:05.119
 and we're to

00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:07.700
 sing songs

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:09.319
 to one another.

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:14.240
 So, you can see

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.640
 that letting

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.359
 the Word of Christ

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.480
 dwell in you richly

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:18.019
 looks like

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.660
 picking it up,

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.579
 taking it up

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.319
 within us,

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.839
 having it fill us

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.960
 to overflowing.

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.559
 It creates

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.200
 activity,

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.579
 obedience in us

00:30:25.579 --> 00:30:26.559
 is the same

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:26.960
 as being

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.639
 filled

00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:29.480
 with the Spirit.

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:31.699
 In case this

00:30:31.699 --> 00:30:32.539
 connection between

00:30:32.539 --> 00:30:33.139
 Colossians and

00:30:33.139 --> 00:30:33.939
 Ephesians is too

00:30:33.939 --> 00:30:35.319
 vague for you,

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.460
 we bring you to

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.259
 another text,

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.519
 Romans chapter 8

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.500
 verse 5.

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.480
 Paul writes

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.740
 there,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:44.500
 those who live

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.120
 according to

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.880
 the flesh

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:47.960
 set their

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.220
 minds

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.660
 on the

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.339
 things

00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:52.120
 of the

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.539
 flesh.

00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:53.759
 But those

00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:54.319
 who live

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.200
 according to

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.900
 the Spirit,

00:30:56.799 --> 00:30:57.180
 who are

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:58.099
 filled with

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:58.500
 the Spirit,

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.480
 set their

00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.859
 minds

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:03.079
 on the

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.920
 things

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.740
 of the

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.000
 Spirit.

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.620
 What are

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.279
 the things

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.620
 of the

00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:07.900
 Spirit

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.000
 but the

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.440
 book He

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:10.059
 inspired?

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.420
 The book,

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:11.980
 the way in

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.620
 which He

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:14.239
 works out

00:31:14.239 --> 00:31:15.039
 and the

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.419
 tool that He

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:15.919
 uses to

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.459
 work in

00:31:16.459 --> 00:31:17.699
 to us.

00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:18.659
 Paul wrote

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.000
 in Galatians

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.559
 chapter 5

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.259
 verse 16,

00:31:20.979 --> 00:31:21.799
 walk by

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.679
 the Spirit

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.259
 and you

00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:24.019
 will not

00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.959
 gratify

00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:26.299
 the desires

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:27.739
 of the

00:31:27.739 --> 00:31:28.219
 flesh.

00:31:29.139 --> 00:31:29.659
 So having

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:29.879
 the Word

00:31:29.879 --> 00:31:30.239
 of God

00:31:30.239 --> 00:31:30.679
 dwell in

00:31:30.679 --> 00:31:31.359
 us richly

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.779
 is to be

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.259
 filled with

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:32.719
 the Spirit

00:31:32.719 --> 00:31:33.799
 and produces

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.519
 in us

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.359
 good and

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:36.000
 proper

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:37.539
 praise.

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.219
 Proper

00:31:39.219 --> 00:31:39.719
 worship of

00:31:39.719 --> 00:31:40.819
 God is

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:41.779
 Spirit-filled

00:31:41.779 --> 00:31:42.720
 worship of

00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:43.059
 God,

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.180
 which is

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:45.440
 mindful

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.399
 worship

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:47.720
 of God.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:49.000
 Our

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.700
 singing

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.700
 together

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:51.960
 must be

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:53.940
 head

00:31:53.940 --> 00:31:55.759
 and heart.

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.240
 Too much

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:59.220
 singing in

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.779
 church these

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:00.200
 days

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:01.220
 divorces

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:02.119
 thinking from

00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:02.319
 it

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.519
 all together.

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.700
 And we're

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.559
 to do this,

00:32:07.879 --> 00:32:08.079
 right?

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.579
 We're to be

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:09.460
 teaching and

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.360
 admonishing

00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:11.440
 one another

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.319
 in all

00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:14.100
 wisdom,

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:16.180
 addressing

00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.500
 one another.

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.279
 And I don't

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.600
 think the

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:19.980
 teaching and

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.440
 admonishing one

00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.819
 another in

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:22.120
 Colossians 3.16

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.819
 doesn't also

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.539
 include

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:26.120
 speaking to

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.840
 one another.

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.900
 But it

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.400
 certainly

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.200
 includes

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.140
 singing

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.220
 psalms and

00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:31.640
 hymns and

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:33.279
 spiritual songs.

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.840
 I think that's

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.720
 more clear for

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.400
 us in

00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:36.920
 Ephesians 5.19.

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.680
 We're meant to be

00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:38.620
 addressing one

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:38.880
 another.

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.600
 That's the way

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:40.140
 in which he's

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.820
 suggesting that

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.519
 we teach

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:43.380
 and admonish.

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:43.740
 And teaching

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.160
 and admonishing,

00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:44.900
 teaching is the

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.759
 positive way in

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.180
 which we should

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.600
 walk and

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.279
 admonishing is

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.840
 the correction,

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.640
 is the warning

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.380
 away from

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:50.360
 walking in

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:51.580
 the wrong

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.920
 way.

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.860
 John Owen

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.380
 once said,

00:32:55.580 --> 00:32:56.160
 a Puritan

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.560
 pastor,

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.060
 it's on your

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:57.420
 bulletin,

00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.000
 we must not

00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.940
 allow ourselves

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:00.400
 to be satisfied

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.740
 with vague

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:02.960
 ideas of the

00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:04.100
 love of Christ

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:05.039
 which present

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:06.080
 nothing of

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.759
 his glory

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.779
 to our

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.240
 minds.

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.699
 I find

00:33:10.699 --> 00:33:11.659
 that songs

00:33:11.659 --> 00:33:12.480
 are improving,

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.599
 like pop

00:33:13.599 --> 00:33:14.619
 Christian songs

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.419
 are getting a

00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:16.139
 little better,

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.139
 not much,

00:33:17.199 --> 00:33:17.740
 but a little

00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.199
 better.

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.220
 But in my

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.980
 teen years

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.579
 into early

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.579
 college years,

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:24.500
 so many

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.059
 of the new

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.480
 songs,

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:25.980
 you could have

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.679
 replaced

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:28.519
 Jesus with

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.919
 your girlfriend's

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.379
 name and it

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.639
 would have

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:31.220
 still made

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.919
 sense.

00:33:31.920 --> 00:33:35.100
 vague ideas

00:33:35.100 --> 00:33:36.320
 of the love

00:33:36.320 --> 00:33:36.920
 of Christ

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.960
 which present

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:39.140
 nothing of

00:33:39.140 --> 00:33:39.980
 his glory

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.779
 to our

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.300
 minds.

00:33:42.860 --> 00:33:43.400
 Christ,

00:33:43.720 --> 00:33:44.039
 prophet,

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:44.660
 priest,

00:33:45.120 --> 00:33:45.440
 king.

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.400
 Paul writes

00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:47.980
 in 1 Corinthians

00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:49.039
 14-15,

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:50.600
 I will sing

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:52.060
 praise with

00:33:52.060 --> 00:33:52.900
 my spirit,

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.060
 but I will

00:33:54.060 --> 00:33:54.860
 sing with

00:33:54.860 --> 00:33:55.759
 my mind

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.700
 also.

00:33:58.600 --> 00:34:00.120
 John 4-23,

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:00.860
 Jesus said,

00:34:00.859 --> 00:34:01.299
 but the hour

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:01.819
 is coming

00:34:01.819 --> 00:34:03.479
 and is now

00:34:03.479 --> 00:34:05.079
 here when

00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:05.939
 true worshipers

00:34:05.939 --> 00:34:06.379
 will worship

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:06.879
 the Father

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.679
 in spirit

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:09.299
 and truth.

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.440
 For the

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.880
 Father is

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.839
 seeking such

00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:12.980
 people to

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.579
 worship him.

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.859
 Jesus does

00:34:14.859 --> 00:34:15.819
 not say in

00:34:15.819 --> 00:34:17.119
 spirit and

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.699
 emotional

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.219
 expression.

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:20.880
 Truth must

00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.519
 be central

00:34:21.519 --> 00:34:22.619
 to our

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.420
 worship of

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.639
 our God.

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.079
 So,

00:34:25.859 --> 00:34:26.319
 we,

00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.179
 and really,

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:29.539
 maybe we

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.119
 a bunch of

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.639
 years ago,

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.940
 but we

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:32.359
 now,

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:32.879
 I really

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:33.519
 mean Wes,

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.960
 as he

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.619
 handles music

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.980
 for our

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.460
 church so

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.799
 well,

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:38.739
 use three

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.319
 parameters in

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.859
 considering new

00:34:39.859 --> 00:34:40.099
 music.

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:40.319
 So,

00:34:40.359 --> 00:34:40.659
 Wes uses

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.259
 three parameters

00:34:41.259 --> 00:34:42.659
 in considering

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:43.299
 new music,

00:34:43.739 --> 00:34:44.539
 which I

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.019
 appreciate.

00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:46.559
 And they

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.259
 are truth,

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.079
 depth,

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.739
 and singability.

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:53.079
 The truth,

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:55.420
 is the song

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.219
 true?

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.539
 And when I

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:57.860
 say new

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.179
 songs,

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:58.420
 I don't

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:58.759
 just mean

00:34:58.759 --> 00:34:59.460
 newly produced

00:34:59.460 --> 00:34:59.759
 songs,

00:34:59.819 --> 00:35:00.179
 I mean new

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.719
 songs for

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.539
 our congregation.

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:01.880
 So,

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:02.340
 maybe a

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.519
 very,

00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.159
 very old

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:03.539
 song,

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:03.799
 but that

00:35:03.799 --> 00:35:04.079
 may be

00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:04.719
 new to

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:04.920
 us.

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.219
 These are

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.599
 all getting

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.659
 run through

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:07.960
 these filters.

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:09.299
 Is the

00:35:09.299 --> 00:35:10.179
 song true?

00:35:10.340 --> 00:35:10.619
 Is it

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:11.360
 biblically

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.920
 true,

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.699
 objectively

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.920
 true?

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.260
 Does it

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.000
 contain within

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.940
 it any

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:17.800
 error?

00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:19.680
 Or,

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.599
 and or,

00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:21.820
 is it as

00:35:21.820 --> 00:35:23.460
 precise as

00:35:23.460 --> 00:35:24.099
 it should be?

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.680
 Does it

00:35:24.680 --> 00:35:26.000
 properly present

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.880
 doctrine to

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.260
 us so that

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:28.039
 as we sing

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.720
 we can pick

00:35:28.720 --> 00:35:29.159
 those things

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.980
 up and we

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.559
 can have

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:30.900
 them for

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.680
 ourselves and

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:32.200
 have it

00:35:32.200 --> 00:35:33.360
 shape us?

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.300
 I'll give you

00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:35.180
 an example of

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:36.780
 some lyrical

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.599
 changes that

00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:38.360
 Wes made.

00:35:38.440 --> 00:35:38.820
 Some of you,

00:35:39.220 --> 00:35:39.980
 especially new

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.300
 to us,

00:35:40.400 --> 00:35:40.700
 may have

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.519
 experienced the

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:42.039
 awkwardness of

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.380
 singing the

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.800
 song as it

00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:44.160
 was written

00:35:44.160 --> 00:35:45.620
 and being

00:35:45.620 --> 00:35:46.240
 totally thrown

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:46.640
 off because we

00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:46.900
 sang it

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.220
 differently,

00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.260
 How Deep

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.660
 the Father's

00:35:48.660 --> 00:35:48.980
 Love for

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.200
 Us,

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.940
 which is a

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:51.280
 wonderful song,

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:53.039
 a spiritual

00:35:53.039 --> 00:35:53.980
 song we would

00:35:53.980 --> 00:35:54.539
 suggest here.

00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.500
 We sing,

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.220
 it was his

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.920
 love that

00:35:58.920 --> 00:35:59.360
 held him

00:35:59.360 --> 00:35:59.700
 there,

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:00.800
 speaking of

00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:01.400
 Christ on

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:01.860
 the cross,

00:36:02.380 --> 00:36:02.840
 but it was

00:36:02.840 --> 00:36:03.240
 written,

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.820
 it was my

00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:06.200
 sin that

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.740
 held him

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.680
 there.

00:36:08.780 --> 00:36:09.360
 And I

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:09.760
 wouldn't,

00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:10.060
 you know,

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.640
 contend,

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:10.960
 and I don't

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.360
 think Wes

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:11.800
 would either,

00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:12.640
 with the

00:36:12.640 --> 00:36:13.039
 author of

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.539
 the song,

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:15.000
 I think the

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:16.100
 general idea

00:36:16.100 --> 00:36:16.500
 of what he

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:16.880
 was trying to

00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.600
 communicate there

00:36:17.600 --> 00:36:18.860
 is proper,

00:36:19.180 --> 00:36:19.380
 right?

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.240
 He was

00:36:20.240 --> 00:36:20.860
 suffering for

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.340
 our sin,

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.940
 that's the

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.660
 suggestion of

00:36:22.660 --> 00:36:23.680
 that line.

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.120
 But it also

00:36:25.120 --> 00:36:26.240
 seems to go a

00:36:26.240 --> 00:36:26.720
 little further

00:36:26.720 --> 00:36:29.260
 to maybe make

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.840
 someone believe

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.800
 that we had

00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.340
 in our

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.160
 sinfulness the

00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:33.580
 power to put

00:36:33.580 --> 00:36:34.440
 Christ on the

00:36:34.440 --> 00:36:34.780
 cross,

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:36.180
 that our sin

00:36:36.180 --> 00:36:38.300
 actually placed

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:39.019
 him there and

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.620
 held him there

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:40.980
 and that he

00:36:40.980 --> 00:36:41.819
 wasn't powerful

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:43.719
 over it.

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:44.380
 And so I

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:46.420
 think changing

00:36:46.420 --> 00:36:46.980
 it to it was

00:36:46.980 --> 00:36:48.139
 his love that

00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.859
 held him here

00:36:48.859 --> 00:36:49.460
 is a more

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:51.380
 precise way to

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:52.460
 think about what

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.059
 Jesus was doing

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.139
 for us on the

00:36:54.139 --> 00:36:54.380
 cross.

00:36:54.480 --> 00:36:54.880
 In John 10,

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.159
 18,

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:55.559
 Jesus says,

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.359
 no one takes

00:36:56.359 --> 00:36:57.339
 my life for

00:36:57.339 --> 00:36:57.500
 me,

00:36:57.579 --> 00:36:58.159
 but I lay it

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:59.339
 down of my

00:36:59.339 --> 00:37:01.359
 own accord.

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.019
 And so those

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.859
 types of things

00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:03.319
 are being

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:04.199
 considered the

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:06.739
 truthfulness of

00:37:06.739 --> 00:37:07.219
 a song.

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:07.859
 And I will

00:37:07.859 --> 00:37:08.319
 suggest to you

00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:08.920
 even to the

00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:09.780
 degree that

00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.680
 sometimes I'll

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:11.519
 misunderstand what

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.019
 a song is

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.860
 saying.

00:37:13.700 --> 00:37:14.400
 And I'll ask

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:14.720
 Wes,

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:15.000
 like,

00:37:15.080 --> 00:37:15.260
 hey,

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:15.820
 I'm not sure

00:37:15.820 --> 00:37:16.600
 about because,

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.000
 and he'll

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.400
 explain to me

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.920
 exactly what it

00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.019
 means.

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.220
 No,

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.539
 that's not

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.720
 what he's

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:18.900
 saying.

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.360
 If you pay

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.820
 attention to,

00:37:20.300 --> 00:37:20.640
 I'll go,

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:20.920
 oh,

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.160
 yeah,

00:37:21.240 --> 00:37:21.400
 yeah.

00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.280
 Sometimes I

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.620
 check out

00:37:22.620 --> 00:37:22.840
 there.

00:37:23.460 --> 00:37:23.940
 You're right.

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.480
 It's a very

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.320
 good and true

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.820
 song.

00:37:27.440 --> 00:37:28.160
 So truth is

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:28.660
 one of the

00:37:28.660 --> 00:37:29.559
 filters that we

00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.200
 run through.

00:37:30.660 --> 00:37:31.019
 Secondly,

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:31.800
 depth.

00:37:32.980 --> 00:37:33.140
 Right?

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:33.720
 Depth.

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.519
 Does a song

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.960
 merely skip a

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:38.080
 stone off the

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.679
 surface of the

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.000
 truth,

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.440
 or does it

00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:41.519
 sink deep

00:37:41.519 --> 00:37:42.400
 into it?

00:37:43.360 --> 00:37:44.019
 Does a song

00:37:44.019 --> 00:37:44.759
 teach us

00:37:44.759 --> 00:37:45.420
 something about

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.739
 God and

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.860
 his work,

00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:48.840
 or is a

00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:50.299
 song content

00:37:50.299 --> 00:37:51.059
 rich?

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.500
 We only have

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.559
 so much time

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:53.980
 together,

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.980
 but you only

00:37:54.980 --> 00:37:55.739
 have so much

00:37:55.739 --> 00:37:56.840
 capacity in your

00:37:56.840 --> 00:37:57.579
 brain to hang

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.360
 on to

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.099
 information.

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.619
 So what do

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.259
 we do with

00:38:00.259 --> 00:38:01.500
 the time that

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.779
 we're together?

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.659
 Our song

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.179
 should be

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:05.159
 deep,

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.319
 which means

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:07.340
 most often

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:07.760
 that our

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.480
 songs are

00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:09.160
 wordy.

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:09.920
 So you

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.160
 have a

00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:10.539
 friend who

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.960
 asks you,

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.539
 why so

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.559
 many words

00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:12.820
 in your

00:38:12.820 --> 00:38:13.000
 song?

00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:13.700
 I feel

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.380
 like I

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:14.880
 worship God

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.300
 better with

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.300
 less words.

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.019
 Because you

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.640
 need truth.

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.079
 Right?

00:38:20.300 --> 00:38:20.600
 Because we

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:21.420
 want to meet

00:38:21.420 --> 00:38:22.620
 real need,

00:38:22.720 --> 00:38:23.740
 not felt

00:38:23.740 --> 00:38:24.740
 need.

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:25.720
 We don't

00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:26.140
 want you

00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:26.940
 zoning out.

00:38:27.059 --> 00:38:27.500
 We want you

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:29.079
 paying attention.

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.340
 We put it on

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:30.640
 the screen.

00:38:30.700 --> 00:38:30.980
 You'll note

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.360
 that we don't

00:38:31.360 --> 00:38:31.880
 put a line

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.400
 at a time

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:33.280
 on the screen.

00:38:33.280 --> 00:38:34.760
 And that's

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.760
 in part for

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.120
 the sanity

00:38:36.120 --> 00:38:36.600
 of the person

00:38:36.600 --> 00:38:37.060
 sitting in the

00:38:37.060 --> 00:38:37.920
 back to try

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.080
 to keep up.

00:38:39.140 --> 00:38:39.560
 It's in part

00:38:39.560 --> 00:38:40.260
 because we

00:38:40.260 --> 00:38:40.880
 don't have

00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:42.480
 close-up of

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:43.120
 Wes's hands

00:38:43.120 --> 00:38:43.540
 playing the

00:38:43.540 --> 00:38:44.080
 guitar with

00:38:44.080 --> 00:38:44.680
 the person

00:38:44.680 --> 00:38:45.320
 in all black

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:45.760
 clothes running

00:38:45.760 --> 00:38:46.140
 around him

00:38:46.140 --> 00:38:46.360
 with the

00:38:46.360 --> 00:38:46.620
 camera.

00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:49.100
 But it's

00:38:49.100 --> 00:38:49.640
 primarily

00:38:49.640 --> 00:38:50.940
 because we

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.600
 want you to

00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:52.240
 look at the

00:38:52.240 --> 00:38:52.740
 words,

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:54.180
 to see them,

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:55.140
 to see the

00:38:55.140 --> 00:38:55.360
 verse.

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:56.100
 And we put as

00:38:56.100 --> 00:38:56.500
 much as we

00:38:56.500 --> 00:38:57.500
 can up there,

00:38:57.720 --> 00:38:58.000
 the verse

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.300
 so you can

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:58.780
 actually go,

00:38:59.180 --> 00:38:59.519
 oh,

00:39:00.120 --> 00:39:00.780
 what does that

00:39:00.780 --> 00:39:01.440
 word mean?

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.860
 That's an

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.679
 old word,

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.099
 I think.

00:39:03.179 --> 00:39:03.820
 What does it

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.220
 mean?

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:04.820
 Write it down.

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.700
 Look it up.

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.900
 Be informed

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:09.099
 by this music.

00:39:09.420 --> 00:39:09.760
 Our songs

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:10.579
 should have

00:39:10.579 --> 00:39:11.659
 depth.

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.840
 We get,

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.599
 Wes,

00:39:14.679 --> 00:39:15.380
 five songs.

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.320
 Seven if you

00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:18.159
 include those

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:18.420
 that people

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.980
 don't participate

00:39:18.980 --> 00:39:19.280
 in.

00:39:21.019 --> 00:39:22.200
 Wes's ministry

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:23.019
 here at our

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.800
 church is the

00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:24.460
 same as my

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:24.820
 ministry.

00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:25.880
 He just uses

00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:26.380
 a different

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.039
 vehicle to

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.559
 deliver it.

00:39:27.720 --> 00:39:28.059
 It's ministry

00:39:28.059 --> 00:39:28.619
 of the word.

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:30.260
 We're united

00:39:30.260 --> 00:39:31.360
 in what we

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:31.559
 do.

00:39:31.660 --> 00:39:32.280
 Wes's job

00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:32.599
 isn't to

00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:32.880
 make you

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.120
 feel,

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:33.579
 my job

00:39:33.579 --> 00:39:33.860
 to make

00:39:33.860 --> 00:39:34.440
 you think.

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.599
 I'm going

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:35.880
 to minister

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.360
 the word

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:37.440
 of God

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:37.680
 to you.

00:39:37.840 --> 00:39:37.980
 And then

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.360
 thirdly,

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:40.620
 singability.

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:42.160
 Is a

00:39:42.160 --> 00:39:42.860
 song

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:44.700
 congregational?

00:39:45.160 --> 00:39:45.539
 Is a

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:45.880
 song

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.460
 congregational?

00:39:48.280 --> 00:39:49.620
 I love

00:39:49.620 --> 00:39:50.180
 concerts.

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.400
 I really

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:51.860
 appreciate

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.519
 going to

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:52.840
 concerts,

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.160
 especially

00:39:53.160 --> 00:39:53.700
 skilled

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.180
 musicians,

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.380
 watching them

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.860
 perform the

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:56.320
 music that

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:56.680
 you can hear

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:56.920
 on the

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.320
 album is

00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:57.599
 an

00:39:57.599 --> 00:39:58.059
 incredible

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.960
 thing to

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.180
 do.

00:39:59.620 --> 00:40:00.180
 I love

00:40:00.180 --> 00:40:00.559
 a good

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.240
 rock show.

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.099
 Like,

00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:03.180
 make me

00:40:03.180 --> 00:40:03.539
 not be

00:40:03.539 --> 00:40:03.840
 able to

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.620
 hear things

00:40:04.620 --> 00:40:05.120
 afterwards.

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.740
 I love

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:07.760
 that kind

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:08.460
 of big

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.280
 production,

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:11.120
 big experience,

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:12.000
 blinding with

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.420
 lights,

00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:13.460
 throw smoke,

00:40:13.539 --> 00:40:13.900
 where'd that

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:14.260
 guy come

00:40:14.260 --> 00:40:14.400
 from?

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.620
 I don't

00:40:14.620 --> 00:40:14.920
 know.

00:40:15.240 --> 00:40:15.800
 He's on

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.079
 top of

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.180
 the

00:40:16.180 --> 00:40:17.120
 speaker stack.

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.000
 that's

00:40:18.000 --> 00:40:18.259
 not what

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.400
 we're

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:18.699
 called to

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:18.880
 do.

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.179
 We

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.259
 sing

00:40:20.259 --> 00:40:25.099
 congregationally

00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.420
 so we

00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:26.099
 have light.

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.639
 You can

00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:27.199
 see each

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.440
 other.

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.199
 We don't

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:28.519
 bring the

00:40:28.519 --> 00:40:29.019
 lights down.

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:29.299
 You need

00:40:29.299 --> 00:40:29.719
 to see the

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.159
 people who

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:30.539
 are around

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:30.839
 you.

00:40:31.139 --> 00:40:31.319
 Hello,

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:31.679
 beloved.

00:40:32.039 --> 00:40:32.239
 Hello,

00:40:32.359 --> 00:40:32.739
 church.

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.480
 We gather

00:40:33.480 --> 00:40:33.880
 to be

00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:34.519
 together,

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.799
 not separate

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.500
 from one

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.839
 another.

00:40:37.859 --> 00:40:38.480
 Put you in

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.920
 isolation

00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:39.480
 chambers and

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.739
 put your

00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:40.559
 earbuds in so

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:40.739
 that you

00:40:40.739 --> 00:40:41.699
 can't

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:42.239
 distract it

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:42.619
 by anybody

00:40:42.619 --> 00:40:43.119
 else.

00:40:43.699 --> 00:40:44.379
 You need

00:40:44.379 --> 00:40:44.719
 the people

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:45.179
 around you

00:40:45.179 --> 00:40:45.579
 to sing

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.119
 off key

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.759
 and to

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.419
 sing loud

00:40:47.419 --> 00:40:47.899
 off key

00:40:47.899 --> 00:40:48.339
 because they

00:40:48.339 --> 00:40:49.199
 love Jesus.

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.000
 That your

00:40:50.000 --> 00:40:50.879
 affections would

00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:51.599
 be inflamed

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.619
 for him as

00:40:52.619 --> 00:40:52.819
 well.

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.899
 We need

00:40:53.899 --> 00:40:54.059
 that.

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:55.019
 I missed

00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.599
 this morning.

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.319
 Almost every

00:40:56.319 --> 00:40:57.639
 morning I

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.379
 get you guys,

00:40:58.459 --> 00:40:58.799
 the sound

00:40:58.799 --> 00:40:59.459
 bounces out of

00:40:59.459 --> 00:40:59.859
 this corner

00:40:59.859 --> 00:41:00.359
 and I stand

00:41:00.359 --> 00:41:00.659
 in the back.

00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.119
 That's why I

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.500
 stand back

00:41:01.500 --> 00:41:01.779
 there.

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.419
 It's not

00:41:02.419 --> 00:41:02.679
 because I'm

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.259
 trying to

00:41:03.259 --> 00:41:03.719
 avoid you

00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:03.979
 guys.

00:41:04.059 --> 00:41:04.359
 It's because

00:41:04.359 --> 00:41:04.979
 the sound

00:41:04.979 --> 00:41:05.500
 goes back

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.739
 to that

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:06.439
 corner and

00:41:06.439 --> 00:41:06.779
 I can hear

00:41:06.779 --> 00:41:07.279
 everybody

00:41:07.279 --> 00:41:07.739
 singing.

00:41:07.919 --> 00:41:08.039
 There's a

00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:09.059
 big choir.

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.159
 It so

00:41:10.159 --> 00:41:10.719
 warms my

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.679
 heart before I

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.059
 come up to

00:41:12.059 --> 00:41:12.440
 preach.

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:13.539
 But I

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.039
 missed this

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:15.000
 morning Clay

00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:15.379
 who usually

00:41:15.379 --> 00:41:15.799
 stands back

00:41:15.799 --> 00:41:16.159
 there with

00:41:16.159 --> 00:41:16.799
 me and

00:41:16.799 --> 00:41:17.659
 sings alongside

00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:18.719
 me in his

00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:20.199
 gruff CF

00:41:20.199 --> 00:41:21.719
 caused voice

00:41:21.719 --> 00:41:23.179
 because I

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.619
 know he

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:24.379
 believes the

00:41:24.379 --> 00:41:25.259
 truth and

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:25.839
 it helps me

00:41:25.839 --> 00:41:26.279
 believe the

00:41:26.279 --> 00:41:27.019
 truth and

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:28.579
 it builds

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.000
 me up.

00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.099
 It spurs me

00:41:30.099 --> 00:41:31.299
 on to

00:41:31.299 --> 00:41:32.019
 sing songs

00:41:32.019 --> 00:41:32.639
 like that.

00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:33.839
 Let me

00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:34.799
 posit to you

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:35.079
 that if

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:36.019
 you're not

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.500
 a singer,

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:36.960
 you should

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.419
 be because

00:41:37.419 --> 00:41:37.699
 the people

00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.099
 around you

00:41:38.099 --> 00:41:38.739
 need to

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.159
 hear you

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.539
 sing.

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.480
 It takes

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.659
 a little

00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:41.059
 practice.

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:41.860
 I'm not a

00:41:41.860 --> 00:41:42.199
 good singer

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:42.480
 but I

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:42.739
 sing.

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:43.779
 Sing.

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.239
 We need to

00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:46.019
 be singing

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.739
 to one

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:46.960
 another.

00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:47.679
 The volume

00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:48.139
 level in

00:41:48.139 --> 00:41:48.440
 here needs

00:41:48.440 --> 00:41:48.900
 to be low

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:50.159
 enough that

00:41:50.159 --> 00:41:50.559
 you can hear

00:41:50.559 --> 00:41:51.599
 people around

00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:51.880
 you.

00:41:52.019 --> 00:41:52.320
 We need to

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.619
 be able to

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.099
 hear each

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:54.000
 other singing.

00:41:54.099 --> 00:41:54.360
 There's a

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:55.099
 different way

00:41:55.099 --> 00:41:55.940
 to lead a

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:56.500
 congregation

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.119
 in singing

00:41:57.119 --> 00:41:58.099
 than to

00:41:58.099 --> 00:41:58.739
 put on

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.920
 a concert.

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:00.420
 Why?

00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:02.559
 Because Paul's

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.279
 instruction is

00:42:03.279 --> 00:42:03.739
 that we're to

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.440
 be teaching

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:06.000
 and admonishing

00:42:06.000 --> 00:42:07.440
 one another.

00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:09.240
 that includes

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:10.240
 the band

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:10.840
 teaching and

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:11.300
 admonishing

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.280
 you but we

00:42:12.280 --> 00:42:12.579
 need to be

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:13.019
 teaching and

00:42:13.019 --> 00:42:13.360
 admonishing

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:14.260
 one another

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:15.159
 and addressing

00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:16.519
 one another

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:17.940
 as we sing

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.940
 together.

00:42:19.940 --> 00:42:20.700
 Not only that

00:42:20.700 --> 00:42:21.200
 but we actually

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:21.720
 need to be able

00:42:21.720 --> 00:42:22.159
 to sing it

00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:22.700
 and there's so

00:42:22.700 --> 00:42:23.320
 many songs

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:23.900
 now that are

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:24.639
 wonderful songs.

00:42:24.860 --> 00:42:25.420
 There are great

00:42:25.420 --> 00:42:26.159
 great great

00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:26.840
 songs written

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.400
 by Christian

00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:28.200
 people that

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:28.599
 will minister

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:29.280
 to your soul

00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:29.940
 that you should

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:30.659
 definitely listen

00:42:30.659 --> 00:42:31.880
 to by yourself

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.420
 in a car

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:32.960
 singing at the

00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:33.300
 top of your

00:42:33.300 --> 00:42:33.599
 lungs.

00:42:33.700 --> 00:42:33.920
 Do that.

00:42:33.920 --> 00:42:34.700
 They're so

00:42:34.700 --> 00:42:35.380
 hard to sing.

00:42:35.460 --> 00:42:35.920
 There's many

00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:36.619
 songs like this

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.099
 like almost

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:37.619
 every Christmas

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:39.700
 song is that

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.200
 way.

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.220
 Difficult to

00:42:41.220 --> 00:42:42.019
 sing but good.

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.159
 Oh so good.

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.300
 Be ministered

00:42:44.300 --> 00:42:45.659
 to by those

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:46.099
 songs but when

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.940
 we come together

00:42:46.940 --> 00:42:48.059
 to sing there's

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.639
 some songs we're

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:49.360
 just not going to

00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:50.440
 do because they're

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.079
 not singable.

00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:52.760
 Wonderful songs

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.659
 but not singable.

00:42:53.740 --> 00:42:54.680
 Sometimes the

00:42:54.680 --> 00:42:55.300
 band will do a

00:42:55.300 --> 00:42:56.360
 song like during

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:56.900
 the offering time

00:42:56.900 --> 00:42:57.619
 and also just say

00:42:57.619 --> 00:42:58.200
 you don't have to

00:42:58.200 --> 00:42:58.880
 sing this with us.

00:42:59.260 --> 00:42:59.760
 Like it's cool

00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.820
 because it's hard

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:01.180
 to sing.

00:43:02.599 --> 00:43:03.599
 Does it have a

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.839
 recognizable rhythm?

00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:06.299
 We all like those

00:43:06.299 --> 00:43:06.579
 songs.

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.019
 Come on.

00:43:07.079 --> 00:43:07.739
 We know exactly.

00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:08.319
 We know what to

00:43:08.319 --> 00:43:08.639
 expect.

00:43:08.759 --> 00:43:09.239
 We know when it's

00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:09.579
 coming.

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:10.799
 Does it have a

00:43:10.799 --> 00:43:11.639
 recognizable rhythm?

00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.480
 Is it in a range

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:14.739
 designed for the

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.860
 average human being?

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:19.619
 A lot of songs

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.400
 are the chance for

00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:21.920
 a music leader to

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:23.940
 show off how high

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.880
 his voice can go.

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:27.819
 Can it be played

00:43:27.819 --> 00:43:28.500
 well by our

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:28.940
 musicians?

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:32.480
 Is it stylistically

00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.559
 can they get

00:43:33.559 --> 00:43:34.179
 together on it

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:34.719
 and play it?

00:43:34.740 --> 00:43:35.360
 That matters,

00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:35.760
 right?

00:43:35.820 --> 00:43:36.119
 That they can

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:37.000
 actually perform

00:43:37.000 --> 00:43:38.760
 the song for us.

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:40.260
 And I'm not saying

00:43:40.260 --> 00:43:41.320
 that style is the

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:42.300
 question here.

00:43:42.559 --> 00:43:43.519
 And you've heard me

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.139
 say if you've been

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:45.400
 here for very long

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:47.300
 that if all we had

00:43:47.300 --> 00:43:48.099
 was a little old

00:43:48.099 --> 00:43:49.559
 lady and a piano,

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.599
 that's how we do

00:43:50.599 --> 00:43:50.960
 music.

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.740
 We're just fortunate

00:43:52.740 --> 00:43:53.400
 to have a bunch of

00:43:53.400 --> 00:43:55.099
 musicians who do

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:55.860
 their folk rocky

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:58.079
 kind of thing for us.

00:43:58.219 --> 00:44:00.559
 But the style itself

00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:01.400
 is never the point.

00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:02.280
 It's the content.

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:03.059
 It's the content

00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:04.500
 that carries it that

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:07.059
 is the point of

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:09.300
 what we do together.

00:44:09.579 --> 00:44:11.160
 So I want to run a

00:44:11.160 --> 00:44:11.760
 couple songs through

00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:12.539
 that filter for you.

00:44:12.740 --> 00:44:13.180
 I just want to give

00:44:13.180 --> 00:44:15.099
 you an example to be

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:16.039
 able to look at this.

00:44:18.680 --> 00:44:19.740
 First, I'm going to

00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:21.340
 look at, super brief,

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:23.400
 three songs from CCLI.

00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:25.340
 CCLI is the Christian

00:44:25.340 --> 00:44:26.720
 Copyright Licensing

00:44:26.720 --> 00:44:27.340
 International.

00:44:27.860 --> 00:44:29.360
 It's the way all of the

00:44:29.360 --> 00:44:30.460
 contemporary Christian

00:44:30.460 --> 00:44:31.700
 artists get paid for

00:44:31.700 --> 00:44:32.320
 their music that's

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:33.140
 performed each and

00:44:33.140 --> 00:44:33.559
 every Sunday.

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:35.019
 We keep track of it

00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:36.200
 and they get a payment.

00:44:36.340 --> 00:44:37.019
 I'm really glad we do

00:44:37.019 --> 00:44:37.920
 lots of songs that are

00:44:37.920 --> 00:44:38.440
 public domain.

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:41.120
 So I just looked in

00:44:41.120 --> 00:44:41.860
 the top 20.

00:44:42.120 --> 00:44:43.820
 So these are three of

00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:47.340
 the most, dare I say,

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.660
 performed songs on

00:44:48.660 --> 00:44:50.099
 Sunday mornings.

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:52.900
 And I want to point out

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.819
 some things to you

00:44:53.819 --> 00:44:54.400
 about them.

00:44:54.799 --> 00:44:55.659
 They're not all bad.

00:44:55.779 --> 00:44:56.400
 They're not all bad.

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:56.960
 They're not all bad.

00:44:57.360 --> 00:44:59.380
 But reasons why we

00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:00.000
 would never sing these

00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:00.719
 songs on a Sunday

00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:00.920
 morning.

00:45:01.779 --> 00:45:02.460
 The first one is called

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:03.519
 Good, Good Father by

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:04.019
 Chris Tomlin.

00:45:04.239 --> 00:45:04.920
 Familiar with this song?

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:07.360
 Flip on radio, you'll

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:07.599
 hear it.

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:08.319
 This is number one,

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:10.400
 Good, Good Father by

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.360
 Chris Tomlin.

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:12.139
 It's not a bad song.

00:45:12.139 --> 00:45:12.940
 It's got some good stuff

00:45:12.940 --> 00:45:13.119
 in it.

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:13.619
 And I want to point out

00:45:13.619 --> 00:45:14.339
 one little thing that

00:45:14.339 --> 00:45:15.599
 irks me about it.

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.940
 But let me read the

00:45:16.940 --> 00:45:17.440
 lyrics to you.

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:19.240
 I thought about having

00:45:19.240 --> 00:45:19.679
 them put up on the

00:45:19.679 --> 00:45:20.139
 screen, but I don't

00:45:20.139 --> 00:45:20.720
 actually think you need

00:45:20.720 --> 00:45:21.139
 them on the screen.

00:45:22.300 --> 00:45:22.960
 This is how the song

00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:23.200
 goes.

00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:25.200
 I've heard a thousand

00:45:25.200 --> 00:45:26.900
 stories of what they

00:45:26.900 --> 00:45:28.860
 think you're like, but

00:45:28.860 --> 00:45:29.860
 I've heard the tender

00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:31.480
 whispers of love in the

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.039
 dead of night.

00:45:32.860 --> 00:45:33.880
 And you tell me that

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:35.039
 you're pleased and that

00:45:35.039 --> 00:45:35.700
 I'm never alone.

00:45:36.679 --> 00:45:37.440
 You're a good, good

00:45:37.440 --> 00:45:37.840
 father.

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:39.159
 It's who you are.

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:40.320
 It's who you are.

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:41.280
 It's who you are.

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:42.900
 And I'm loved by you.

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:44.119
 It's who I am.

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:45.440
 It's who I am.

00:45:45.740 --> 00:45:46.460
 It's who I am.

00:45:47.460 --> 00:45:48.539
 I've seen many

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:49.619
 searching for answers

00:45:49.619 --> 00:45:51.519
 far and wide, but I

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.500
 know we're all

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:53.460
 searching for answers

00:45:53.460 --> 00:45:54.720
 only you provide.

00:45:55.220 --> 00:45:56.420
 Because you know just

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:58.139
 what we need before we

00:45:58.139 --> 00:45:58.760
 say a word.

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.099
 You're a good, good

00:46:00.099 --> 00:46:00.440
 father.

00:46:00.980 --> 00:46:01.880
 It's who you are.

00:46:02.220 --> 00:46:03.099
 It's who you are.

00:46:03.400 --> 00:46:04.360
 It's who you are.

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:05.619
 And I'm loved by you.

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:07.099
 It's who I am.

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:07.980
 It's who I am.

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:09.360
 It's who I am.

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:10.860
 Because you are

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:12.079
 perfect in all your

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:12.539
 ways.

00:46:13.840 --> 00:46:14.639
 Repeat that five

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:14.980
 times.

00:46:14.980 --> 00:46:17.900
 Oh, it's love so

00:46:17.900 --> 00:46:18.500
 undeniable.

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:20.960
 I can hardly speak.

00:46:21.219 --> 00:46:21.820
 Here comes the thing

00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:22.300
 I don't like.

00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:23.960
 Peace so

00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:24.900
 unexplainable.

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:27.039
 I can hardly

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:28.079
 think.

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:30.260
 As you call me

00:46:30.260 --> 00:46:30.920
 deeper still,

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:31.740
 as you call me

00:46:31.740 --> 00:46:32.320
 deeper still,

00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:33.099
 as you call me

00:46:33.099 --> 00:46:33.679
 deeper still,

00:46:33.780 --> 00:46:34.460
 into love,

00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:36.039
 love, love.

00:46:37.019 --> 00:46:37.559
 You're a good,

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:38.119
 good father.

00:46:38.380 --> 00:46:39.139
 It's who you are.

00:46:39.219 --> 00:46:39.980
 It's who you are.

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:41.380
 It's who you are.

00:46:41.699 --> 00:46:42.840
 And I'm loved by you.

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.380
 It's who I am.

00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:45.179
 It's who I am.

00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:46.240
 It's who I am.

00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:48.000
 Repeat four more times.

00:46:49.320 --> 00:46:49.480
 Okay?

00:46:49.639 --> 00:46:49.840
 So,

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:51.780
 the only thing

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:52.579
 that I find

00:46:52.579 --> 00:46:53.000
 I'm uncomfortable

00:46:53.000 --> 00:46:53.500
 with is that

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.219
 I can hardly think,

00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:54.480
 right?

00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:55.679
 And I can get

00:46:55.679 --> 00:46:57.039
 the thrust

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:57.460
 of what he was

00:46:57.460 --> 00:46:58.119
 trying to say there

00:46:58.119 --> 00:46:58.639
 and even be

00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:00.699
 okay with that.

00:47:00.820 --> 00:47:01.039
 So, right,

00:47:01.119 --> 00:47:01.960
 there's not like,

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:02.320
 it's not like,

00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:03.559
 oh, my word,

00:47:03.719 --> 00:47:03.940
 right?

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.800
 The heresy of the song.

00:47:04.860 --> 00:47:05.960
 It's not that.

00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:07.039
 It's not.

00:47:07.039 --> 00:47:07.599
 It's not.

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:09.340
 But if we were

00:47:09.340 --> 00:47:10.440
 just to scale out

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:11.179
 some of,

00:47:11.300 --> 00:47:12.059
 you know,

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.400
 truth,

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:12.840
 depth,

00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:14.059
 singability,

00:47:14.599 --> 00:47:16.460
 I listened to a recording

00:47:16.460 --> 00:47:17.279
 of it this week.

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:18.500
 I think it's pretty singable.

00:47:18.599 --> 00:47:19.199
 I'd give him an A

00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:20.320
 on singability.

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:21.079
 I think you can hang.

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:21.920
 I think Tomlin

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.779
 does a pretty good job

00:47:22.779 --> 00:47:24.019
 of writing songs

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:24.739
 that way,

00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:25.960
 maybe even intentionally so.

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.739
 Truth,

00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:28.519
 I'd give him a B.

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.420
 I think

00:47:30.420 --> 00:47:32.619
 because of that

00:47:32.619 --> 00:47:33.380
 one little error,

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:35.679
 bugs me particularly

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:36.360
 a bit.

00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:37.320
 And I'm the one

00:47:37.320 --> 00:47:37.820
 giving the grade,

00:47:37.900 --> 00:47:38.500
 so I'm allowed to.

00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:41.280
 For depth,

00:47:41.400 --> 00:47:41.599
 though,

00:47:41.720 --> 00:47:43.340
 I'm going to give it a D

00:47:43.340 --> 00:47:45.300
 because here's the summary.

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:47.120
 And it's good truth,

00:47:47.180 --> 00:47:47.320
 right?

00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:47.820
 It's good truth

00:47:47.820 --> 00:47:48.320
 and it's good things

00:47:48.320 --> 00:47:48.800
 to consider.

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.340
 But again,

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:49.840
 I'm saying like,

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:50.900
 are we going to spend

00:47:50.900 --> 00:47:51.940
 six minutes

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.900
 of our very short time

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:54.260
 together,

00:47:54.260 --> 00:47:55.579
 our longer time

00:47:55.579 --> 00:47:56.280
 this morning together

00:47:56.280 --> 00:47:58.420
 on this?

00:47:58.500 --> 00:47:59.240
 Is this what we're

00:47:59.240 --> 00:47:59.620
 going to do?

00:47:59.920 --> 00:48:01.079
 Summary of this song.

00:48:01.640 --> 00:48:02.599
 You're a good father

00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:03.280
 and you love me.

00:48:03.280 --> 00:48:06.040
 Good father

00:48:06.040 --> 00:48:06.480
 and you love me.

00:48:06.540 --> 00:48:06.680
 Again,

00:48:06.800 --> 00:48:07.320
 good truths,

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.060
 right?

00:48:08.320 --> 00:48:09.120
 But why

00:48:09.120 --> 00:48:10.060
 and how?

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:11.340
 To what degree?

00:48:12.460 --> 00:48:13.240
 Important things

00:48:13.240 --> 00:48:13.960
 for us to be

00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:15.140
 considering.

00:48:17.019 --> 00:48:17.740
 Next song,

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.240
 I'm not going to read

00:48:18.240 --> 00:48:18.760
 the lyrics of these

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:19.200
 next two.

00:48:19.860 --> 00:48:20.540
 The next song

00:48:20.540 --> 00:48:21.180
 is called

00:48:21.180 --> 00:48:21.980
 Holy Spirit

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:24.080
 by Brian and Katie

00:48:24.080 --> 00:48:24.840
 Torwalt.

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.940
 These are Jesus culture

00:48:25.940 --> 00:48:27.180
 folks,

00:48:27.240 --> 00:48:27.780
 a couple from

00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:29.140
 Jesus culture.

00:48:29.139 --> 00:48:31.119
 this song,

00:48:31.299 --> 00:48:33.059
 just of interesting

00:48:33.059 --> 00:48:33.440
 note,

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:35.000
 is typically

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.579
 performed,

00:48:35.779 --> 00:48:36.739
 I found a bunch

00:48:36.739 --> 00:48:37.379
 of YouTube

00:48:37.379 --> 00:48:39.139
 recordings of this

00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:39.460
 song.

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:40.440
 The shortest one

00:48:40.440 --> 00:48:40.960
 I found was

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:41.779
 nine minutes.

00:48:43.239 --> 00:48:44.319
 The longest one

00:48:44.319 --> 00:48:44.920
 I found was

00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:46.719
 18 minutes.

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:49.519
 This song

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:52.139
 and I just,

00:48:52.319 --> 00:48:53.059
 it doesn't say

00:48:53.059 --> 00:48:53.879
 nearly enough

00:48:53.879 --> 00:48:55.000
 for 18 minutes.

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.480
 There's just,

00:48:55.599 --> 00:48:56.659
 there's just not

00:48:56.659 --> 00:48:59.359
 that much in it.

00:48:59.480 --> 00:48:59.980
 Now again,

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:00.940
 the song itself

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.480
 doesn't,

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:02.239
 doesn't air.

00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:02.920
 There's nothing

00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:03.420
 in there that I

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:03.559
 went,

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:03.819
 ooh,

00:49:03.899 --> 00:49:04.940
 that's not good

00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:05.579
 for God's,

00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:06.239
 God's people

00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:08.980
 to hear.

00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:10.599
 Singability,

00:49:10.859 --> 00:49:11.379
 an A.

00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:12.519
 Depth,

00:49:12.539 --> 00:49:12.899
 depth,

00:49:12.980 --> 00:49:13.299
 a D.

00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:13.859
 Again,

00:49:14.019 --> 00:49:14.799
 it's not a lot

00:49:14.799 --> 00:49:16.199
 of strong substance.

00:49:16.379 --> 00:49:16.679
 It's about the

00:49:16.679 --> 00:49:17.099
 Holy Spirit

00:49:17.099 --> 00:49:17.940
 and God's presence

00:49:17.940 --> 00:49:19.839
 being the world.

00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:22.079
 But for truth,

00:49:22.460 --> 00:49:23.259
 I give it a D

00:49:23.259 --> 00:49:23.899
 because

00:49:23.899 --> 00:49:26.339
 Jesus culture,

00:49:26.659 --> 00:49:28.539
 as well as

00:49:28.539 --> 00:49:30.199
 Hillsong United,

00:49:30.279 --> 00:49:30.859
 the other song,

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.420
 I actually graded

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:32.000
 these the same.

00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:33.739
 Hillsong United

00:49:33.739 --> 00:49:34.879
 has a song

00:49:34.879 --> 00:49:35.179
 out called

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:35.639
 Oceans.

00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:37.139
 It's a really

00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:37.879
 pretty song.

00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:38.579
 It's really,

00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:39.099
 really pretty.

00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:40.699
 I like the song.

00:49:41.839 --> 00:49:42.460
 But both

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:43.460
 Hillsong United

00:49:43.460 --> 00:49:44.519
 and Jesus culture

00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:45.619
 are part of a

00:49:45.619 --> 00:49:46.239
 movement called

00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:47.019
 the Word of Faith

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:47.519
 movement.

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:49.319
 It's the prosperity

00:49:49.319 --> 00:49:51.239
 gospel dressed up

00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:52.219
 in different language.

00:49:52.879 --> 00:49:53.679
 It's very

00:49:53.679 --> 00:49:54.719
 extra biblical

00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:56.039
 and very dangerous.

00:49:56.659 --> 00:49:58.279
 Both of these,

00:49:58.759 --> 00:49:59.739
 we'll call them

00:49:59.739 --> 00:50:00.059
 bands,

00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:00.779
 Hillsong United

00:50:00.779 --> 00:50:01.799
 and Jesus Culture

00:50:01.799 --> 00:50:02.960
 support ministries

00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:04.019
 of Word of Faith

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:04.839
 teachers.

00:50:06.079 --> 00:50:06.980
 That's also called

00:50:06.980 --> 00:50:08.000
 the New Apostolic

00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:08.579
 Reformation.

00:50:08.859 --> 00:50:09.259
 If you want to go

00:50:09.259 --> 00:50:09.839
 look some of this

00:50:09.839 --> 00:50:10.299
 stuff up,

00:50:10.379 --> 00:50:10.659
 you'll go,

00:50:10.879 --> 00:50:11.299
 whoa,

00:50:11.399 --> 00:50:11.819
 they're teaching

00:50:11.819 --> 00:50:12.339
 what?

00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:14.960
 And this is like

00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:15.899
 the soft entry

00:50:15.899 --> 00:50:16.559
 to it because

00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:17.159
 their songs are

00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:18.539
 never astoundingly

00:50:18.539 --> 00:50:19.980
 erroneous,

00:50:20.480 --> 00:50:21.000
 but you get

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.639
 introduced to the

00:50:21.639 --> 00:50:22.539
 teaching of

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:23.599
 the men that

00:50:23.599 --> 00:50:24.319
 then come to

00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:25.559
 stage afterwards

00:50:25.559 --> 00:50:26.760
 and it's

00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:27.400
 horrible,

00:50:27.740 --> 00:50:28.180
 heretical,

00:50:28.680 --> 00:50:29.840
 dangerous teaching

00:50:29.840 --> 00:50:30.400
 that you're getting

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:30.980
 introduced to.

00:50:31.059 --> 00:50:32.320
 So we'll never do

00:50:32.320 --> 00:50:33.140
 Jesus Culture

00:50:33.140 --> 00:50:34.400
 or Hillsong United

00:50:34.400 --> 00:50:35.300
 song knowingly,

00:50:35.360 --> 00:50:35.880
 I should probably

00:50:35.880 --> 00:50:36.240
 say,

00:50:36.740 --> 00:50:38.100
 because we don't

00:50:38.100 --> 00:50:38.680
 want to suggest

00:50:38.680 --> 00:50:39.340
 to you that we

00:50:39.340 --> 00:50:40.120
 think it's okay

00:50:40.120 --> 00:50:41.140
 that what they're

00:50:41.140 --> 00:50:41.840
 involved with

00:50:41.840 --> 00:50:43.519
 as a total

00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:44.900
 is good

00:50:44.900 --> 00:50:46.400
 because the truth

00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:47.140
 matters,

00:50:47.300 --> 00:50:47.460
 right?

00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:48.120
 Because the truth

00:50:48.120 --> 00:50:49.500
 matters.

00:50:49.500 --> 00:50:51.380
 Let me walk

00:50:51.380 --> 00:50:51.820
 through a song

00:50:51.820 --> 00:50:52.239
 that we do

00:50:52.239 --> 00:50:53.000
 sing together.

00:50:54.360 --> 00:50:55.440
 This song gets

00:50:55.440 --> 00:50:56.460
 A's across the

00:50:56.460 --> 00:50:56.739
 board.

00:50:58.000 --> 00:50:58.840
 It's a new

00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:59.179
 song,

00:50:59.340 --> 00:50:59.460
 right?

00:50:59.460 --> 00:50:59.739
 So we don't

00:50:59.739 --> 00:51:00.420
 sing all old

00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:00.739
 songs,

00:51:00.780 --> 00:51:01.420
 although a lot

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:01.940
 of them feel

00:51:01.940 --> 00:51:02.559
 old because

00:51:02.559 --> 00:51:03.280
 they have words,

00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:04.219
 which is just

00:51:04.219 --> 00:51:06.239
 not a thing we

00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:06.900
 tend to like as

00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:07.320
 a culture,

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:10.739
 it would seem.

00:51:11.300 --> 00:51:12.159
 Come behold the

00:51:12.159 --> 00:51:12.820
 wondrous mystery.

00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:13.960
 I think we're

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.400
 going to sing it

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:14.880
 this morning,

00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:15.980
 this afternoon,

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:19.119
 together,

00:51:19.460 --> 00:51:19.800
 and I think

00:51:19.800 --> 00:51:21.599
 we have lyrics

00:51:21.599 --> 00:51:22.260
 on the screen.

00:51:24.119 --> 00:51:24.800
 Come behold

00:51:24.800 --> 00:51:25.240
 the wondrous

00:51:25.240 --> 00:51:26.000
 mystery.

00:51:26.920 --> 00:51:27.599
 In the

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.199
 dawning of

00:51:28.199 --> 00:51:28.719
 the king,

00:51:29.639 --> 00:51:30.360
 he the theme

00:51:30.360 --> 00:51:31.119
 of heaven's

00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:31.800
 praises,

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:33.079
 robed in

00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:34.059
 frail humanity.

00:51:35.099 --> 00:51:35.619
 In our

00:51:35.619 --> 00:51:36.260
 longing,

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:37.280
 in our

00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:38.039
 darkness,

00:51:38.659 --> 00:51:39.059
 now the

00:51:39.059 --> 00:51:39.659
 light of

00:51:39.659 --> 00:51:40.320
 life has

00:51:40.320 --> 00:51:40.719
 come.

00:51:41.500 --> 00:51:42.099
 Look to

00:51:42.099 --> 00:51:43.860
 Christ who

00:51:43.860 --> 00:51:44.820
 condescended,

00:51:45.519 --> 00:51:45.900
 took on

00:51:45.900 --> 00:51:47.400
 flesh to

00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:47.960
 ransom us.

00:51:48.019 --> 00:51:48.260
 There is

00:51:48.260 --> 00:51:49.340
 more depth

00:51:49.340 --> 00:51:50.019
 in verse

00:51:50.019 --> 00:51:51.500
 one of

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:52.400
 that song

00:51:52.400 --> 00:51:53.160
 than all

00:51:53.160 --> 00:51:53.519
 the three

00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:54.460
 songs previous

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:55.119
 combined.

00:51:56.720 --> 00:51:57.700
 The writers

00:51:57.700 --> 00:51:58.300
 here speak

00:51:58.300 --> 00:51:58.639
 of the

00:51:58.639 --> 00:51:59.180
 incarnation

00:51:59.180 --> 00:52:00.680
 of Christ,

00:52:00.940 --> 00:52:02.079
 John 1,

00:52:02.139 --> 00:52:03.119
 1-5,

00:52:03.740 --> 00:52:04.740
 the purpose

00:52:04.740 --> 00:52:05.139
 of his

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:05.720
 incarnation,

00:52:05.960 --> 00:52:06.980
 Luke 19-10,

00:52:07.059 --> 00:52:07.260
 for the

00:52:07.260 --> 00:52:07.480
 Son of

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:08.000
 Man came

00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:08.860
 to seek

00:52:08.860 --> 00:52:09.660
 and to

00:52:09.660 --> 00:52:10.059
 save

00:52:10.059 --> 00:52:11.220
 the lost.

00:52:12.400 --> 00:52:12.740
 Verse

00:52:12.740 --> 00:52:13.160
 2,

00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:14.760
 come behold

00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:15.220
 the wondrous

00:52:15.220 --> 00:52:15.700
 mystery,

00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:16.680
 he the

00:52:16.680 --> 00:52:17.280
 perfect

00:52:17.280 --> 00:52:17.960
 Son of

00:52:17.960 --> 00:52:18.460
 Man,

00:52:19.060 --> 00:52:19.480
 in his

00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:19.980
 living,

00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:20.620
 in his

00:52:20.620 --> 00:52:21.120
 suffering,

00:52:21.620 --> 00:52:22.620
 never trace

00:52:22.620 --> 00:52:23.340
 nor stain

00:52:23.340 --> 00:52:23.820
 of sin.

00:52:24.700 --> 00:52:25.160
 See the

00:52:25.160 --> 00:52:25.780
 true and

00:52:25.780 --> 00:52:26.500
 better Adam

00:52:26.500 --> 00:52:27.160
 come to

00:52:27.160 --> 00:52:27.880
 save the

00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:28.380
 hell-bound

00:52:28.380 --> 00:52:28.860
 man,

00:52:29.640 --> 00:52:30.180
 Christ the

00:52:30.180 --> 00:52:30.820
 great and

00:52:30.820 --> 00:52:31.560
 sure fulfillment

00:52:31.560 --> 00:52:32.120
 of the

00:52:32.120 --> 00:52:32.460
 law,

00:52:33.420 --> 00:52:34.080
 in him we

00:52:34.080 --> 00:52:34.580
 stand.

00:52:35.640 --> 00:52:36.280
 It speaks

00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:36.660
 of the

00:52:36.660 --> 00:52:37.400
 judgment

00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:38.120
 of man,

00:52:38.200 --> 00:52:38.840
 the hell-bound

00:52:38.840 --> 00:52:39.220
 man,

00:52:39.280 --> 00:52:40.040
 the deprivacy

00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:40.960
 of man,

00:52:41.219 --> 00:52:41.659
 speaks of

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:42.579
 the active

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:43.519
 and passive

00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:45.139
 suffering of

00:52:45.139 --> 00:52:46.400
 Jesus Christ,

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:47.279
 2 Corinthians

00:52:47.279 --> 00:52:48.079
 5,

00:52:48.279 --> 00:52:49.059
 21,

00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:49.639
 for our

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:49.980
 sake,

00:52:50.099 --> 00:52:50.460
 he made

00:52:50.460 --> 00:52:50.860
 him to

00:52:50.860 --> 00:52:51.400
 be sin

00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:52.239
 who knew

00:52:52.239 --> 00:52:52.880
 no sin,

00:52:53.219 --> 00:52:53.719
 so that in

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:54.219
 him we

00:52:54.219 --> 00:52:54.960
 might become

00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:56.039
 the righteousness

00:52:56.039 --> 00:52:57.659
 of God.

00:52:58.460 --> 00:52:59.380
 Romans 5,

00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:00.219
 17,

00:53:01.179 --> 00:53:01.579
 another.

00:53:03.139 --> 00:53:04.019
 Verse 3,

00:53:04.139 --> 00:53:04.420
 we're only

00:53:04.420 --> 00:53:05.079
 halfway in,

00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:08.139
 come behold

00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:08.639
 the wondrous

00:53:08.639 --> 00:53:09.179
 mystery,

00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:10.159
 Christ the

00:53:10.159 --> 00:53:11.099
 Lord upon

00:53:11.099 --> 00:53:11.799
 the tree,

00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:12.920
 in the

00:53:12.920 --> 00:53:13.920
 stead of

00:53:13.920 --> 00:53:14.460
 ruined

00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:14.980
 sinners,

00:53:15.059 --> 00:53:15.339
 that's to

00:53:15.339 --> 00:53:15.920
 say instead

00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:16.579
 of ruined

00:53:16.579 --> 00:53:16.940
 sinners,

00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:17.440
 in the

00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:18.039
 stead of

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:18.500
 ruined

00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:19.279
 sinners,

00:53:20.099 --> 00:53:20.839
 hangs the

00:53:20.839 --> 00:53:21.679
 lamb in

00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:22.099
 victory.

00:53:23.039 --> 00:53:23.400
 See the

00:53:23.400 --> 00:53:24.059
 price of

00:53:24.059 --> 00:53:24.639
 our redemption,

00:53:24.900 --> 00:53:25.239
 see the

00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:25.879
 Father's

00:53:25.879 --> 00:53:27.199
 plan unfold,

00:53:27.900 --> 00:53:28.599
 bringing many

00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:29.440
 sons to

00:53:29.440 --> 00:53:29.839
 glory,

00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:30.500
 grace

00:53:30.500 --> 00:53:32.059
 unmeasured,

00:53:32.420 --> 00:53:32.879
 love

00:53:32.879 --> 00:53:33.940
 untold.

00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:35.019
 He speaks

00:53:35.019 --> 00:53:35.259
 of the

00:53:35.259 --> 00:53:35.859
 sovereignty of

00:53:35.859 --> 00:53:36.420
 God in

00:53:36.420 --> 00:53:36.879
 the suffering

00:53:36.879 --> 00:53:37.599
 of Christ,

00:53:38.139 --> 00:53:39.019
 speaks of

00:53:39.019 --> 00:53:39.179
 the

00:53:39.179 --> 00:53:40.400
 substitutionary

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:41.059
 atonement

00:53:41.059 --> 00:53:42.519
 of Christ,

00:53:42.659 --> 00:53:43.119
 1 Corinthians

00:53:43.119 --> 00:53:43.739
 15,

00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:44.719
 3,

00:53:44.839 --> 00:53:45.759
 Christ died

00:53:45.759 --> 00:53:46.359
 for our

00:53:46.359 --> 00:53:47.819
 sins in

00:53:47.819 --> 00:53:48.219
 accordance

00:53:48.219 --> 00:53:49.420
 with the

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:49.739
 scriptures.

00:53:51.199 --> 00:53:52.059
 Verse 4,

00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:53.799
 come behold

00:53:53.799 --> 00:53:54.279
 the wondrous

00:53:54.279 --> 00:53:54.819
 mystery,

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:56.379
 slain by

00:53:56.379 --> 00:53:57.179
 death the

00:53:57.179 --> 00:53:57.579
 God of

00:53:57.579 --> 00:53:58.019
 life,

00:53:58.699 --> 00:53:59.319
 but no

00:53:59.319 --> 00:54:00.179
 grave could

00:54:00.179 --> 00:54:00.639
 e'er

00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:01.239
 restrain

00:54:01.239 --> 00:54:01.500
 him,

00:54:01.659 --> 00:54:02.259
 praise the

00:54:02.259 --> 00:54:02.539
 Lord,

00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:03.359
 he is

00:54:03.359 --> 00:54:03.839
 alive.

00:54:04.420 --> 00:54:05.079
 What a

00:54:05.079 --> 00:54:05.739
 foretaste

00:54:05.739 --> 00:54:06.639
 of deliverance,

00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:07.539
 how

00:54:07.539 --> 00:54:08.679
 unwavering

00:54:08.679 --> 00:54:09.619
 our hope,

00:54:10.219 --> 00:54:10.759
 Christ in

00:54:10.759 --> 00:54:11.279
 power

00:54:11.279 --> 00:54:12.179
 resurrected

00:54:12.179 --> 00:54:13.559
 as we

00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:14.119
 will be

00:54:14.119 --> 00:54:14.699
 when he

00:54:14.699 --> 00:54:15.179
 comes.

00:54:15.619 --> 00:54:16.199
 What a

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:16.900
 foretaste

00:54:16.900 --> 00:54:18.000
 of deliverance,

00:54:18.579 --> 00:54:19.679
 how unwavering

00:54:19.679 --> 00:54:20.539
 our hope,

00:54:21.199 --> 00:54:21.699
 Christ in

00:54:21.699 --> 00:54:22.199
 power

00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:23.199
 resurrected

00:54:23.199 --> 00:54:24.460
 as we

00:54:24.460 --> 00:54:24.960
 will be

00:54:24.960 --> 00:54:25.619
 when he

00:54:25.619 --> 00:54:26.039
 comes.

00:54:26.579 --> 00:54:26.799
 It speaks

00:54:26.799 --> 00:54:27.000
 of the

00:54:27.000 --> 00:54:27.460
 resurrection

00:54:27.460 --> 00:54:28.359
 of Christ,

00:54:28.480 --> 00:54:29.259
 our conquering

00:54:29.259 --> 00:54:30.379
 king.

00:54:31.179 --> 00:54:32.000
 1 Corinthians

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:32.360
 15,

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:33.000
 4,

00:54:33.099 --> 00:54:33.340
 he was

00:54:33.340 --> 00:54:33.719
 buried,

00:54:33.840 --> 00:54:34.019
 he was

00:54:34.019 --> 00:54:35.739
 raised on

00:54:35.739 --> 00:54:36.139
 the third

00:54:36.139 --> 00:54:36.699
 day in

00:54:36.699 --> 00:54:37.039
 accordance

00:54:37.039 --> 00:54:38.119
 with the

00:54:38.119 --> 00:54:38.539
 scripture.

00:54:38.699 --> 00:54:38.800
 And it

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:39.239
 also speaks

00:54:39.239 --> 00:54:39.460
 of the

00:54:39.460 --> 00:54:40.019
 glorification

00:54:40.019 --> 00:54:40.659
 of the

00:54:40.659 --> 00:54:41.059
 saints.

00:54:41.559 --> 00:54:41.780
 It turns

00:54:41.780 --> 00:54:42.280
 to us

00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:42.500
 and what

00:54:42.500 --> 00:54:42.920
 will one

00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:43.460
 day become

00:54:43.460 --> 00:54:43.820
 of us

00:54:43.820 --> 00:54:44.019
 that we

00:54:44.019 --> 00:54:44.380
 will have

00:54:44.380 --> 00:54:45.539
 resurrected

00:54:45.539 --> 00:54:46.539
 bodies,

00:54:46.659 --> 00:54:47.139
 Colossians

00:54:47.139 --> 00:54:47.539
 3,

00:54:47.679 --> 00:54:48.019
 4,

00:54:48.219 --> 00:54:49.000
 when Christ

00:54:49.000 --> 00:54:49.440
 who is

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:50.039
 your life

00:54:50.039 --> 00:54:50.539
 appears,

00:54:50.659 --> 00:54:50.940
 then you

00:54:50.940 --> 00:54:51.760
 will also

00:54:51.760 --> 00:54:52.860
 appear with

00:54:52.860 --> 00:54:54.239
 him in

00:54:54.239 --> 00:54:54.599
 glory.

00:54:55.599 --> 00:54:55.960
 And so I

00:54:55.960 --> 00:54:56.380
 hope,

00:54:56.579 --> 00:54:57.519
 just in

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:58.280
 brief,

00:54:58.840 --> 00:54:59.000
 right,

00:54:59.039 --> 00:54:59.380
 to give

00:54:59.380 --> 00:55:00.480
 you a

00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:01.059
 better

00:55:01.059 --> 00:55:01.659
 picture.

00:55:02.559 --> 00:55:03.260
 Sometimes I

00:55:03.260 --> 00:55:03.619
 know we

00:55:03.619 --> 00:55:03.940
 can sing

00:55:03.940 --> 00:55:04.400
 songs and

00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:04.599
 you can

00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:05.139
 just fly

00:55:05.139 --> 00:55:05.820
 past all

00:55:05.820 --> 00:55:06.059
 of the

00:55:06.059 --> 00:55:06.920
 meaning of

00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:07.300
 a song.

00:55:07.440 --> 00:55:07.900
 And that

00:55:07.900 --> 00:55:08.380
 was just

00:55:08.380 --> 00:55:08.900
 a few

00:55:08.900 --> 00:55:09.199
 of the

00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:09.579
 things,

00:55:09.699 --> 00:55:11.240
 packed full

00:55:11.240 --> 00:55:12.079
 of good,

00:55:12.500 --> 00:55:13.420
 rich truth,

00:55:13.559 --> 00:55:13.960
 which will

00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:15.539
 help the

00:55:15.539 --> 00:55:16.039
 word of

00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:17.099
 God dwell

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:17.740
 in you

00:55:17.740 --> 00:55:18.440
 richly.

00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:18.760
 Which is

00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:19.139
 the same

00:55:19.139 --> 00:55:19.679
 thing as

00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:20.960
 walking by

00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:21.440
 the Spirit.

00:55:21.500 --> 00:55:21.740
 And if you

00:55:21.740 --> 00:55:22.059
 walk by

00:55:22.059 --> 00:55:22.360
 the Spirit,

00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:22.800
 you will

00:55:22.800 --> 00:55:23.480
 not fulfill

00:55:23.480 --> 00:55:24.300
 the desires

00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:25.639
 of the

00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:25.980
 flesh.

00:55:26.059 --> 00:55:26.260
 You'll be

00:55:26.260 --> 00:55:26.800
 pleasing to

00:55:26.800 --> 00:55:26.960
 God.

00:55:27.019 --> 00:55:27.320
 And you'll

00:55:27.320 --> 00:55:27.960
 worship him

00:55:27.960 --> 00:55:29.380
 with everything

00:55:29.380 --> 00:55:30.400
 that you

00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:30.740
 do.

00:55:31.639 --> 00:55:32.360
 Truth,

00:55:33.180 --> 00:55:33.820
 depth,

00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:35.400
 singability,

00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:36.320
 for the

00:55:36.320 --> 00:55:36.920
 glory of

00:55:36.920 --> 00:55:38.019
 God and

00:55:38.019 --> 00:55:38.360
 for the

00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:39.720
 good of

00:55:39.720 --> 00:55:40.160
 his people.

00:55:41.160 --> 00:55:41.639
 Let us

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:42.380
 be a

00:55:42.380 --> 00:55:42.639
 people,

00:55:42.760 --> 00:55:43.320
 a church,

00:55:43.619 --> 00:55:44.500
 who sing

00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:44.860
 to one

00:55:44.860 --> 00:55:45.200
 another,

00:55:46.019 --> 00:55:46.420
 and who

00:55:46.420 --> 00:55:47.119
 know why

00:55:47.119 --> 00:55:47.680
 we sing

00:55:47.680 --> 00:55:48.300
 to one

00:55:48.300 --> 00:55:48.660
 another,

00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:49.559
 and who

00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:50.320
 know what

00:55:50.320 --> 00:55:51.539
 and how

00:55:51.539 --> 00:55:52.780
 we should

00:55:52.780 --> 00:55:53.660
 sing to

00:55:53.660 --> 00:55:54.059
 one another.

00:55:54.480 --> 00:55:55.059
 Let's pray

00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:55.340
 together.