WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.000 Well, I don't know if you're aware of this, but it's the beginning of football season. 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:16.920 Some of you may care, some of you may not. 00:00:17.920 --> 00:00:25.039 And you probably will know that this is pretty significantly, though not completely, New 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:26.440 England Patriots territory. 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:32.620 There's still a contingent that has pretty strong ties down to that large city to the 00:00:32.620 --> 00:00:34.439 south, the Jets and the Giants. 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:41.780 But I've been fascinated for a long time about a particular phenomenon that I've sort of 00:00:41.780 --> 00:00:44.060 picked up anecdotally along the way. 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:49.920 There's actually an interview with Tom Brady after he won his second Super Bowl a couple 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:50.600 years ago. 00:00:51.140 --> 00:00:53.680 And you know how there are all these commercials that come up? 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:57.299 I think Disney World puts it on like, what are you going to, you've won the Super Bowl, 00:00:57.380 --> 00:00:58.479 what are you going to do now? 00:00:58.939 --> 00:01:00.179 And you know what they say? 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:01.460 We're going to go to Disney World. 00:01:01.740 --> 00:01:03.420 What a great celebration. 00:01:04.579 --> 00:01:08.099 But you think, seriously, like what happens? 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:12.900 And so this guy asked Tom Brady the question, what do you do after you win the Super Bowl? 00:01:13.939 --> 00:01:18.760 He's like, well, you go home, you sleep for a couple days and then you get back to work 00:01:18.760 --> 00:01:19.719 so you can do it again. 00:01:21.800 --> 00:01:23.020 And then what happens? 00:01:24.300 --> 00:01:27.320 Think about Michael Jordan and what his life is like. 00:01:27.420 --> 00:01:29.040 He's been immensely successful. 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:34.920 But when you read some of the stories about his life now, he is a man who is addicted to 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:42.740 trying to continue to experience the height of competitive success that he had when he 00:01:42.740 --> 00:01:44.020 played professional basketball. 00:01:44.019 --> 00:01:45.979 And he's grasping for it. 00:01:46.579 --> 00:01:52.479 And it's almost sad to me that he continues to live this life hoping for something. 00:01:54.659 --> 00:01:57.099 And I wonder if we're all like that in different ways. 00:01:57.479 --> 00:02:00.659 We're not, obviously, professional athletes. 00:02:01.459 --> 00:02:05.159 And so the pinnacle or the thing that we set our sights on may not be the same. 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:11.859 But I wonder if we all, deep in our hearts, have something out there, a success that we 00:02:11.859 --> 00:02:18.139 long for, an achievement that we think will be the pinnacle of what we're striving for, 00:02:18.519 --> 00:02:25.060 something that will actually give us satisfaction and joy in our lives. 00:02:27.079 --> 00:02:31.139 And you know, the funny thing about it is when we stop and think about it, we look around 00:02:31.139 --> 00:02:32.179 what happens with people. 00:02:32.179 --> 00:02:33.879 We're all seeking this. 00:02:34.039 --> 00:02:41.179 And yet, I think that the story of human history is that we never reach that point of true 00:02:41.179 --> 00:02:43.179 satisfaction and of true joy. 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:49.519 Because the people who achieve those goals end up like Michael Jordan or Tom Brady going, 00:02:49.679 --> 00:02:50.439 what's next? 00:02:50.619 --> 00:02:52.159 There's got to be something next. 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:57.599 And for those of us who never achieve those goals, you just live your life frustrated that 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:58.819 you've never achieved them. 00:02:58.819 --> 00:03:06.340 And it feels like we're chasing after shadows, chasing after something that can't actually 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:13.939 give us what we want, which is real satisfaction, real purpose, real meaning, real joy in life. 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:18.680 I think that's true in humanity. 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:25.099 Do you know, I think there's even a particularly sort of Christian version of this, a particular, 00:03:25.099 --> 00:03:30.000 and what I think it's what we call being a blessed person, right? 00:03:30.139 --> 00:03:34.780 So I'm going to, in the church or in a religious life, I want to be a blessed person. 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:41.539 And so I want to see my life be full of prosperity in my work and harmony in my relationships. 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:49.879 And I raise good kids and I'm a reputable person in my society and in my community. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:55.199 And none of those things are necessarily bad, are they? 00:03:55.319 --> 00:03:58.180 But we set our sights on this. 00:03:58.859 --> 00:04:01.060 And this is what it means to be blessed by God. 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:02.099 And this is the pinnacle. 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.519 This is the life that we're looking for. 00:04:04.520 --> 00:04:12.200 And in church, it can even have a particularly churchy feel to it. 00:04:12.600 --> 00:04:14.300 I want to be well-known in my church. 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.620 I want to be the Bible guy who knows my Bible really well or my theology. 00:04:18.780 --> 00:04:26.180 I want to be known as a great servant in the church or a successful minister to other people. 00:04:26.860 --> 00:04:29.240 And we set our sights on these things. 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:30.400 And you know what? 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.300 None of these things are necessarily wrong. 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:34.420 It's not wrong to want to win the Super Bowl. 00:04:34.699 --> 00:04:38.459 And it's not wrong to want to serve in the church and know your Bible. 00:04:40.939 --> 00:04:50.039 But I think that if we set our sights on these things, ultimately we find none of these things can actually deliver. 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:56.099 None of these will actually do for us what we want them to do. 00:04:57.879 --> 00:04:59.419 We're going to look at a psalm tonight. 00:04:59.539 --> 00:05:01.659 We're in the middle of a series on the book of Psalms. 00:05:02.099 --> 00:05:03.740 We're actually looking at book two. 00:05:03.740 --> 00:05:06.460 So Psalms 42 through 72. 00:05:06.460 --> 00:05:10.639 We're picking selected psalms from that chunk to go through. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.960 And we're going to be looking at Psalm 67 tonight. 00:05:14.079 --> 00:05:18.379 It's at page 481 in the Bible in front of you in the pew if you want. 00:05:19.259 --> 00:05:22.000 But we're going to be looking at Psalm 67. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:39.560 And as we look at this, what I want, my greatest desire for you is that you will see this psalm points us to a greater joy and a greater satisfaction, a greater sense of purpose and blessing from God than all these things that we've talked about. 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.280 So let's look at Psalm 67 together. 00:05:42.280 --> 00:05:47.660 Let's read it and then I'll pray and ask the Lord to help us as we look at this tonight. 00:05:47.660 --> 00:05:50.740 Psalm 67. 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:54.160 May God be gracious to us and bless us. 00:05:54.460 --> 00:05:57.500 Make his face to shine upon us. 00:05:57.500 --> 00:06:06.660 Let the peoples praise you, O God. 00:06:06.740 --> 00:06:08.560 Let all the peoples praise you. 00:06:08.860 --> 00:06:12.100 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy. 00:06:12.899 --> 00:06:17.579 For you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon the earth. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:20.899 Let the peoples praise you, O God. 00:06:20.979 --> 00:06:22.779 Let all the peoples praise you. 00:06:23.180 --> 00:06:25.419 The earth has yielded its increase. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.079 God, our God, shall bless us. 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:31.000 God shall bless us. 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:34.839 Let all the ends of the earth fear him. 00:06:35.899 --> 00:06:36.939 Please pray with me. 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.459 God, we pray you would help us tonight. 00:06:39.979 --> 00:06:41.439 Help us to understand your word. 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:44.639 Help us to understand the truth of this psalm. 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:49.300 And Lord, even more than that, may this psalm be the prayer of our hearts. 00:06:50.659 --> 00:06:54.199 That you would be gracious to us and that you would bless us. 00:06:55.719 --> 00:07:00.339 And Lord, that the nations would know what a great God you are. 00:07:01.039 --> 00:07:05.240 That they would worship you in gladness and joy. 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:08.279 We pray these things in Jesus' name. 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:09.560 Amen. 00:07:10.500 --> 00:07:11.060 Amen. 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:11.180 Amen. 00:07:11.500 --> 00:07:16.600 So as we look at this psalm, there's one point that I think it has. 00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:18.639 There's only one point in this whole psalm. 00:07:19.220 --> 00:07:20.480 So that's the good news. 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:22.000 If you think we're going to get out early. 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:23.459 However, there's one point. 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:25.500 There are three implications and two applications. 00:07:25.699 --> 00:07:26.879 So we'll be here for a little while. 00:07:27.100 --> 00:07:30.699 But I think it's going to be a rich exploration of this psalm together. 00:07:30.840 --> 00:07:35.180 So one point, three implications, and two applications as we explore it. 00:07:35.180 --> 00:07:38.939 The one point, the main point of this psalm is this. 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:40.980 It is in verse four. 00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:48.660 At the desire, what the psalmist is calling God's people to see and to recognize and to long for is 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:54.280 that the nations would be glad in God and in His saving work. 00:07:54.279 --> 00:08:02.119 That they would sing for joy because of what God has done and is doing in the world. 00:08:03.039 --> 00:08:07.139 Now, you may ask, why do I think this is the point of the passage? 00:08:07.239 --> 00:08:10.479 So for some of you who love Bible study, I'm going to give you a few hints. 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:14.399 There are some structural reasons that I think why this is the key. 00:08:14.819 --> 00:08:14.959 Okay. 00:08:15.259 --> 00:08:17.579 First of all, I started. 00:08:17.779 --> 00:08:20.659 Did you notice that verse three and verse five are the same? 00:08:21.719 --> 00:08:22.639 Look at them again. 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.019 They're exactly the same verse. 00:08:25.620 --> 00:08:27.199 And you just think, why is that there? 00:08:27.379 --> 00:08:29.479 And one of the options could be it's a refrain. 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:33.080 And surprisingly, the commentators, lots of them say, well, this is a refrain. 00:08:33.379 --> 00:08:39.120 But a refrain, like in a hymn or a song, you have a verse and a chorus and a verse and a refrain 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:40.199 and a verse and a refrain. 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:41.919 And there's that kind of a pattern. 00:08:42.100 --> 00:08:43.860 But that doesn't seem to make sense here. 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:47.819 It doesn't fit that because the refrain doesn't, that pattern doesn't fit. 00:08:48.299 --> 00:08:49.980 So you think, okay, why else is it here? 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:55.920 Well, as you look at it again, you realize it's actually bracketing verse four and it's 00:08:55.920 --> 00:08:56.740 pointing to it. 00:08:57.019 --> 00:09:01.300 And actually, there's a structure that sort of, it starts out here in verse one and it 00:09:01.300 --> 00:09:03.720 points like an arrow to verse four. 00:09:03.800 --> 00:09:05.700 And verse four is sort of the big idea. 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:11.240 And then you see beyond that sort of a mirroring of the same ideas going back. 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:12.659 So three and five are the same. 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:17.440 And then verses one and two and verses six and seven actually mirror each other thematically. 00:09:17.539 --> 00:09:20.440 And I'll show you that as we go along and look at it. 00:09:21.039 --> 00:09:23.840 And so I think structurally, the psalm points to it. 00:09:24.060 --> 00:09:28.680 Another really neat thing is that Hebrew poetry is usually written in couplets, right? 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:32.019 So each verse will have two parts, part A and part B. 00:09:32.019 --> 00:09:38.480 So if you look at this psalm, verses one, two, and three are all couplets, A, B, A, B, A, B. 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:42.539 And verses five, six, and seven are all couplets, A, B, A, B, A, B. 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:46.600 But verse four is A, B, C. 00:09:47.100 --> 00:09:48.579 And it just sort of stands out. 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:51.360 And most of us don't even stop and think about this. 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:52.039 But you know what? 00:09:52.079 --> 00:09:56.279 If you were Hebrew, if you were reading this or hearing this in the original language, 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:57.399 that would strike you. 00:09:57.399 --> 00:09:59.819 The poetry in the meter would strike you. 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:06.819 And so anyway, this is why I believe that this is the central idea. 00:10:07.139 --> 00:10:11.259 Not only that, but thematically, there's sort of a continuity that I think runs through it. 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:13.139 And we're going to explore that. 00:10:13.939 --> 00:10:20.620 So the question is, if this is the big idea, that the nations would be glad because of what God is doing, 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.480 his saving work in the world, why does it need to be said? 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:27.700 Well, the reason is, I think, starting in verse one. 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:28.180 Okay? 00:10:28.300 --> 00:10:30.259 So as we start in verse one, it says, 00:10:30.420 --> 00:10:34.340 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us. 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:38.360 Now, if you were a Hebrew, if you were a part of the nation of Israel, 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:43.879 these words would resonate like nothing you've ever seen. 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:49.120 Because these words were part of a blessing that was given to God's people 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:54.740 as they were leaving Mount Sinai after God had given them the Ten Commandments 00:10:54.740 --> 00:10:58.419 and given them the law, after he delivered them from Egypt before then, 00:10:58.820 --> 00:11:02.019 through the overcoming the Egyptians, parting the Red Sea, 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:05.139 all these great tremendous works of saving his people. 00:11:05.860 --> 00:11:07.080 And then he gave them their law. 00:11:07.179 --> 00:11:09.139 And as they're about to leave, 00:11:09.580 --> 00:11:14.200 numbers one through ten is the final instructions before they set off to the promised land. 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:19.360 And in the middle of it is this blessing given to Aaron the priest to bless the people. 00:11:20.060 --> 00:11:21.940 The Lord bless you and keep you. 00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:27.580 The Lord be gracious to you and make his face to shine upon you. 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:32.980 And it's this beautiful blessing. 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:36.600 And these words resonate here. 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:44.540 But the psalmist then takes it and says that this blessing is meant to have a purpose. 00:11:45.300 --> 00:11:48.740 And he's speaking this because if you read through the rest of the Old Testament, 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:51.460 God's people didn't always get this. 00:11:52.040 --> 00:11:57.920 They thought we are blessed so that we can be prosperous and happy and successful. 00:11:57.920 --> 00:12:03.879 So that we can live in the promised land and God will give us success in everything we set our hearts to. 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.580 And we will be satisfied in being blessed by God. 00:12:08.639 --> 00:12:10.799 And they thought that was the whole point. 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:18.600 When you read the New Testament, Jesus comes right up against this over and over again. 00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:23.019 That there are people in the first century, first century Jewish people who thought, 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:27.860 this isn't, God's purposes can't be for broader than this. 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:29.059 It's about Israel. 00:12:29.059 --> 00:12:35.919 But this psalm reminds us that this has never been God's intention. 00:12:36.959 --> 00:12:37.919 You see verse 2? 00:12:38.459 --> 00:12:39.599 Do you see the so that? 00:12:39.739 --> 00:12:41.339 That it begins as a purpose clause. 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:42.879 May God bless you. 00:12:43.339 --> 00:12:47.739 May God do these great things to his people, for his people. 00:12:48.359 --> 00:12:49.879 These undeserved things. 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:51.439 May he be gracious to you. 00:12:52.379 --> 00:12:52.799 Why? 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:54.039 So that. 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:58.519 So that your way may be known on the earth. 00:12:58.719 --> 00:13:04.500 So that your saving power may be known among all the nations. 00:13:04.959 --> 00:13:08.559 This has been God's plan from the very beginning. 00:13:09.839 --> 00:13:14.639 That God would not only work through Israel, but God would work in the whole world. 00:13:14.819 --> 00:13:18.319 So that they would see what a great God he is. 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:25.840 So that they would see the work of salvation that he is going to do in this world. 00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:27.420 And praise him. 00:13:28.760 --> 00:13:34.540 And friends, we know even more than the psalmist what that way of salvation looks like. 00:13:34.800 --> 00:13:39.100 Because we have seen God send his very son, Jesus Christ, 00:13:39.100 --> 00:13:42.340 to take on human form and walk the earth. 00:13:43.460 --> 00:13:47.820 And to live a life of perfect obedience to God. 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:51.000 And to die for sinners like you and me. 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:54.860 Who can never be perfect and never please God on our own. 00:13:55.540 --> 00:13:57.759 And Jesus came and he died for us. 00:13:57.940 --> 00:14:02.240 And then he was raised to life so that he might conquer sin and death. 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:06.620 And offer to us forgiveness and eternal life with him. 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:10.139 And these are the saving ways. 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:17.080 When we get to the beginning of Hebrews, we'll see that God spoke to his people in various times and forms in the past. 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:22.100 But now he has spoken finally, fully, completely in his son, Jesus. 00:14:22.759 --> 00:14:27.080 And this is the high point of God's saving work in all of history. 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:37.560 And it has always been God's desire that this great truth would be proclaimed to the ends of the earth. 00:14:38.580 --> 00:14:42.940 I'm going to spend a few minutes trying to walk you through the whole of scripture to see this. 00:14:43.040 --> 00:14:47.000 So if you're the kind of people who doesn't usually take notes, you might want to pull out a pen. 00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:54.080 Because I'm going to quote a bunch of scriptures to try and give you a sense of how this theme has been true throughout all of the scriptures. 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:54.740 All right? 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:55.400 So here we go. 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.000 Quickly. 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:58.939 Starting all the way back in Genesis. 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.879 Genesis 12. 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:02.100 Right? 00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:06.759 After some of the great beginning stories of the creation of humanity. 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:09.039 And how humanity rebelled against God. 00:15:09.139 --> 00:15:15.019 And how ultimately humanity was divided amongst themselves. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:17.319 Because of their rebellion against God. 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.540 Out of the story of the Tower of Babel. 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:22.680 Where people were given all these different languages. 00:15:22.860 --> 00:15:26.160 So they could not unite in rebellion against God any longer. 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:29.160 God then picks a man. 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:31.140 He picks a man, Abraham. 00:15:31.920 --> 00:15:32.800 And he says. 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:36.959 I have called you. 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:39.419 And I will bless you. 00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:42.620 And I will make you the father of a great nation. 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:45.719 And not only will I do that. 00:15:46.339 --> 00:15:47.719 But as I bless you. 00:15:47.939 --> 00:15:50.620 I will make your descendants a blessing. 00:15:50.620 --> 00:15:54.360 To all the peoples of the world. 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.659 To all the families. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:58.159 To all the nations of the world. 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:00.980 God comes and he says. 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.700 Abraham, I will bless you. 00:16:02.779 --> 00:16:05.159 So that you and your descendants may be a blessing. 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:06.860 To the whole world. 00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:10.740 So then fast forward on. 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:11.960 Through all the history of. 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:14.500 All the history of Israel. 00:16:14.779 --> 00:16:15.779 They go to Egypt. 00:16:15.940 --> 00:16:16.519 They're enslaved. 00:16:16.680 --> 00:16:17.240 They're rescued. 00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.980 They're brought up to the promised land. 00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:23.820 They live in increasing unfaithfulness to God. 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:27.740 They are not the people of God. 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:29.419 That they're called to be. 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:31.379 And yet in the midst of that. 00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:33.120 God is faithful to them. 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:33.879 God says. 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.539 I have not abandoned you. 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.820 I have not let you go. 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.620 My purposes will still. 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.039 Be achieved through you. 00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:41.940 In the world. 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:44.600 And in Isaiah 49.6. 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:46.000 God predicts. 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:48.100 That one day he will send a servant. 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.980 And that this servant will bring. 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:51.779 Will restore Israel. 00:16:52.320 --> 00:16:55.259 And will come and bring a renewal of God's people. 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:58.080 But he says this in Isaiah 49.6. 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:01.120 It is too light a thing. 00:17:01.420 --> 00:17:02.899 That you should be my servant. 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:06.079 To raise up the tribes of Jacob. 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:08.879 To bring back the preserved of Israel. 00:17:08.879 --> 00:17:12.779 I will make you as a light for the nations. 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:18.319 So that my salvation may reach the ends of the earth. 00:17:21.199 --> 00:17:22.619 Throughout the whole Old Testament. 00:17:22.839 --> 00:17:25.720 You see God including people from outside the nation. 00:17:26.419 --> 00:17:26.899 Right? 00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:28.940 You look at the genealogy of Jesus. 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.740 You have Ruth. 00:17:30.840 --> 00:17:31.940 And you have Rahab. 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:33.080 And you have Bathsheba. 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:35.019 All of these Gentiles. 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:36.380 Who are brought in. 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:39.019 These people who are outside. 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:40.320 Who are brought in. 00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:43.140 To God's people. 00:17:44.340 --> 00:17:45.560 And here in Isaiah. 00:17:45.820 --> 00:17:47.120 You see this promise. 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:48.180 A servant is coming. 00:17:48.300 --> 00:17:49.320 One is coming. 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.259 And it's too small. 00:17:51.259 --> 00:17:53.700 That I would simply restore Israel. 00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:55.399 To its former glory. 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:58.399 But I'm going to raise up this one. 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:00.919 And he will not only bring renewal to Israel. 00:18:01.119 --> 00:18:03.500 But he will be a light to the whole world. 00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:05.740 And so then. 00:18:05.939 --> 00:18:07.039 When this servant comes. 00:18:07.179 --> 00:18:08.980 When Jesus arrives on the scene. 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:11.700 You see this theme. 00:18:11.799 --> 00:18:12.559 And this idea. 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.399 Unfold and flower. 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:16.159 Before you. 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:17.640 And so when Jesus comes. 00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.460 He's constantly. 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:20.519 Confounding the religiously. 00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.480 Complacent. 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:23.100 Who think by their position. 00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:24.160 They have a right. 00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:25.400 To being God's people. 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:27.500 And constantly reaching out to people. 00:18:27.620 --> 00:18:28.620 Who don't deserve it. 00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.860 And who don't know it. 00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.820 And who are looked down. 00:18:31.060 --> 00:18:32.120 Who are the ones who are not. 00:18:32.340 --> 00:18:33.660 Blessed in Israel. 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:35.019 The sick. 00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:35.640 The poor. 00:18:35.779 --> 00:18:36.460 The needy. 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:39.140 And Jesus comes. 00:18:39.200 --> 00:18:40.300 And he reaches out to them. 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:41.740 And he reaches out to people. 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:43.300 Outside the tribe. 00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:45.900 The Samaritan woman. 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.200 At the well. 00:18:47.320 --> 00:18:48.160 In John 4. 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.840 The Syrophoenician woman. 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.940 Who begs. 00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:51.800 Jesus. 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:52.960 Please. 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:55.259 Let me eat from the scraps of your table. 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.259 And Jesus. 00:18:57.540 --> 00:18:58.580 After challenging her. 00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.700 Ultimately says. 00:18:59.800 --> 00:19:00.019 Yes. 00:19:00.040 --> 00:19:00.880 I will do this. 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:02.340 I will bless you. 00:19:02.680 --> 00:19:04.019 The Roman centurion. 00:19:04.140 --> 00:19:05.140 About whom he says. 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:07.960 I've never seen any faith in Israel. 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.340 Like the faith of this. 00:19:10.600 --> 00:19:11.759 Pagan outsider. 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:14.860 So in the life of Jesus. 00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.860 You see this theme. 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:17.619 Happening over and over again. 00:19:17.939 --> 00:19:19.000 And at the end of his. 00:19:19.579 --> 00:19:20.019 Ministry. 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.699 After his life and death. 00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.399 And resurrection. 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:23.419 He gives a commission. 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:24.240 To his church. 00:19:24.339 --> 00:19:24.959 To his people. 00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.859 He says. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.599 Go. 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:28.079 And make disciples. 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:30.079 Of all nations. 00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:32.939 Baptizing them. 00:19:33.019 --> 00:19:33.740 And teaching them. 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.939 All that I've commanded you. 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:37.779 And this then. 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.619 Sets the trajectory. 00:19:38.859 --> 00:19:39.599 For the rest of. 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.659 The. 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.439 The New Testament. 00:19:41.579 --> 00:19:42.159 In the church. 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:44.380 You see in Acts 17. 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:46.040 A striking thing. 00:19:47.540 --> 00:19:48.460 Acts 17. 00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:49.560 Paul goes to Athens. 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:50.300 And he's preaching. 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:51.980 In a very pagan setting. 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.820 Where there are lots and lots of gods. 00:19:54.320 --> 00:19:55.680 In the city. 00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.840 And there's a statue. 00:19:58.840 --> 00:20:00.000 To an unknown God. 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.880 He says. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.140 What you worship is unknown. 00:20:02.300 --> 00:20:03.680 I now proclaim to you. 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:06.880 And after preaching. 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.620 About the God. 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.299 Who made the heavens. 00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.799 And the earth. 00:20:08.860 --> 00:20:09.960 And everything in it. 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.860 The end of the sermon. 00:20:12.019 --> 00:20:12.820 He says this. 00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:15.100 The times of ignorance. 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.880 God overlooked. 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.460 And ignorance. 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.940 Isn't a pejorative term. 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:19.279 He's not speaking badly. 00:20:19.380 --> 00:20:19.840 He's just saying. 00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:21.640 What you didn't know before. 00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:24.299 Now I'm proclaiming to you. 00:20:24.299 --> 00:20:25.440 So that you know. 00:20:25.580 --> 00:20:26.320 Now you know. 00:20:26.560 --> 00:20:28.160 And so now you're no longer ignorant. 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.920 The times of ignorance. 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:31.980 God overlooked. 00:20:31.980 --> 00:20:33.720 But now he commands. 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:36.120 Not just his people. 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:38.360 But all people everywhere. 00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.160 To repent. 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:41.380 Because he's fixed a day. 00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:42.579 On which he will judge the world. 00:20:42.660 --> 00:20:43.120 In righteousness. 00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.500 By a man whom he's appointed. 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.960 And this he's given assurance. 00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:48.440 By raising him from the dead. 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:50.460 The apostle Paul. 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:51.920 In his letters. 00:20:52.079 --> 00:20:53.279 In Ephesians 3. 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:53.819 He says. 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.900 This is the mystery. 00:20:55.319 --> 00:20:56.299 That in Christ. 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:58.160 God has expanded the scope. 00:20:58.700 --> 00:21:00.180 So that the Gentiles. 00:21:00.180 --> 00:21:01.779 Are meant to be a part of the church. 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.720 Along with God's people. 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.599 And it's so hard for us. 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.160 To imagine. 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:07.579 How radical that is. 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.640 Because my guess is. 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:11.680 99.6% of us here. 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.480 Are not Jewish. 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:15.339 And so we have no idea. 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.259 The sense of privilege. 00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:17.660 That might be too high. 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:17.920 But. 00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:19.160 But. 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.900 But we have no sense. 00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:22.660 Of how radical. 00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:24.140 A change this was. 00:21:24.539 --> 00:21:25.559 Because all of us. 00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.160 Are recipients. 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:27.180 Of this blessing. 00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:29.980 That me. 00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:31.779 From my Anglo-Saxon. 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:32.799 Roots. 00:21:33.060 --> 00:21:34.259 Can be included. 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.779 In the people of God. 00:21:37.060 --> 00:21:38.519 A God who was worshipped. 00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.220 In Jerusalem. 00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.940 What a great privilege. 00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.900 What a great joy. 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:42.519 It is. 00:21:43.880 --> 00:21:44.600 And of course. 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.220 The trajectory. 00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.100 Goes on ahead. 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:47.140 The verse that I read. 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:48.320 At the beginning of the service. 00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:50.200 That in Revelation 7. 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.100 There's this picture. 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.740 The apostle has a vision. 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:55.359 And around the throne of God. 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:57.640 In this great arena. 00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.460 Of worship. 00:22:00.120 --> 00:22:02.960 Are not just the people of Israel. 00:22:03.819 --> 00:22:05.660 But people from every nation. 00:22:05.900 --> 00:22:07.220 From every tribe. 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:09.079 From every tongue. 00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:13.140 And they're worshipping God. 00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.480 And they're saying to him. 00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.859 To you be glory. 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.259 And honor. 00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.759 And praise. 00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.299 And power. 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.799 And honor. 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:19.660 And thanksgiving. 00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:24.320 And this is the plan of God. 00:22:24.820 --> 00:22:26.040 This has always been. 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:27.360 The plan of God. 00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.980 In the world. 00:22:29.620 --> 00:22:31.560 And the psalmist reminds us of this. 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:33.380 May God bless us. 00:22:34.800 --> 00:22:37.620 So that your ways may be known. 00:22:37.820 --> 00:22:38.660 On the earth. 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.480 Your salvation. 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:42.320 Among all people. 00:22:43.540 --> 00:22:45.160 And this is the plan of God. 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:45.660 In the world. 00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:49.040 So that's the point. 00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.560 That's the main point. 00:22:50.560 --> 00:22:51.180 Of the passage. 00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.700 I promise. 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:53.460 The implications. 00:22:53.620 --> 00:22:54.160 And applications. 00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:55.060 Won't take so long. 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.180 Three implications. 00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.060 From the text. 00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.380 And then two applications. 00:22:59.180 --> 00:23:00.040 The first implication. 00:23:00.040 --> 00:23:00.820 Is this. 00:23:01.700 --> 00:23:02.700 If this is the plan. 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.040 Of God. 00:23:03.100 --> 00:23:03.620 In the world. 00:23:04.220 --> 00:23:05.500 Knowing God. 00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:07.040 Is the point. 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.480 Of his blessing. 00:23:09.480 --> 00:23:09.820 Right. 00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.700 So verse one. 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.180 Is a prayer. 00:23:11.300 --> 00:23:11.960 God will you. 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.860 Will you bless us. 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:14.800 But do you see. 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:16.060 Some of the things around it. 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.540 May you be gracious. 00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:18.100 To us. 00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.360 That is. 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:19.219 Will you treat us. 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.639 In a way. 00:23:19.719 --> 00:23:20.759 That we don't deserve. 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:22.659 And will you make your face. 00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:24.119 Shine upon us. 00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:26.139 And this is indicating. 00:23:26.479 --> 00:23:28.359 A relational component. 00:23:29.439 --> 00:23:30.219 God is saying. 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.959 The great purpose. 00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.419 For God. 00:23:32.459 --> 00:23:33.000 In the world. 00:23:33.139 --> 00:23:34.339 Is that we would know. 00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:34.979 God. 00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.099 That each of us. 00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.079 Would know God. 00:23:38.199 --> 00:23:39.819 And be able to relate to him. 00:23:39.899 --> 00:23:40.799 Face to face. 00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.599 That his face. 00:23:41.679 --> 00:23:42.639 Would shine upon us. 00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:44.179 Would be his favor. 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.399 Towards us. 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.479 In relationship. 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:50.160 We see this. 00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.559 Personal nature. 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.059 Also reflected. 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:54.019 In verse six. 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:55.440 Where he says. 00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.720 The earth has yielded. 00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.380 Its increase. 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:57.860 That is. 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.920 Like Jesus says. 00:23:59.039 --> 00:23:59.759 God has blessed. 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.759 The whole world. 00:24:01.079 --> 00:24:01.860 The rain falls. 00:24:01.920 --> 00:24:02.400 On the wicked. 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:03.259 And the righteous. 00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.900 He makes no distinction. 00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:06.099 In his common grace. 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.740 Blessing. 00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.940 But then. 00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.120 The second half. 00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.700 Of verse six. 00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.279 Do you see it? 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:10.700 He says. 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:11.620 God. 00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.640 Our God. 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:15.600 Will bless us. 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:17.720 And there's this sweetness. 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:19.400 And this tenderness there. 00:24:19.940 --> 00:24:20.740 Where the psalmist. 00:24:20.740 --> 00:24:21.520 Is not saying. 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:22.700 Oh this God. 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:24.100 Who's just sort of far off. 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.900 But God who. 00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:26.960 The one who has made us. 00:24:27.620 --> 00:24:28.040 His. 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.140 And so. 00:24:30.300 --> 00:24:31.340 Knowing God. 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.280 Is. 00:24:33.860 --> 00:24:34.860 The point. 00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:35.780 Of blessing. 00:24:36.520 --> 00:24:37.640 All of the blessing. 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.680 That he brings in the world. 00:24:38.780 --> 00:24:40.620 Is so that we might know him. 00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:44.159 And there's a sting in this. 00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:44.639 Isn't there? 00:24:45.219 --> 00:24:45.619 Because. 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:48.119 I don't know if you are like me. 00:24:48.219 --> 00:24:48.339 But. 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:49.739 I want God's blessing. 00:24:49.739 --> 00:24:50.819 To be about me. 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:52.959 I want God to bless me. 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.739 So that my life. 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:55.139 Is a little bit more prosperous. 00:24:55.359 --> 00:24:56.699 A little bit easier. 00:24:56.919 --> 00:24:58.500 A little bit more successful. 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:01.099 I want my kids. 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.419 To be a little bit more. 00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:03.359 Well behaved. 00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:04.719 Et cetera. 00:25:04.859 --> 00:25:05.159 Et cetera. 00:25:05.459 --> 00:25:06.079 That's what I. 00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:08.199 I want God to bless me. 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.459 So that that will happen. 00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:13.619 And this point says no. 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:16.679 God's blessing is so that we. 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.479 Would know God. 00:25:20.119 --> 00:25:21.059 And of course. 00:25:21.219 --> 00:25:23.359 This is not just an individual thing. 00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.379 That I would know God. 00:25:24.439 --> 00:25:25.459 But the second implication. 00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.539 Is that this goal. 00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.419 Is not. 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.019 Is for. 00:25:28.219 --> 00:25:29.859 All of the peoples of the world. 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.739 We've just spent a lot of time. 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.619 Unpacking that. 00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:33.519 But I want to. 00:25:33.699 --> 00:25:34.839 Come back to it again. 00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.259 Because. 00:25:35.739 --> 00:25:36.539 These words. 00:25:36.659 --> 00:25:38.319 It's almost a technical term. 00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:40.579 All the peoples of the earth. 00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.779 Are all the nations. 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.879 You see it in the revelation. 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.559 Where it talks about. 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.960 Every tribe and tongue. 00:25:46.379 --> 00:25:47.779 It seems that when God. 00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.359 Scattered the people. 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.359 In Genesis 11. 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.399 He looked ahead. 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.879 To the picture in revelation. 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.460 And he said. 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:55.839 My glory will be magnified. 00:25:56.339 --> 00:25:57.179 Through language. 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.179 And culture. 00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:59.059 And diversity. 00:26:00.059 --> 00:26:02.079 And I have created a world. 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.759 With this incredible richness. 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.680 So that they. 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:06.559 Will respond to me. 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:08.220 From every tribe. 00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.759 And tongue. 00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.799 And language. 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.759 And worship me. 00:26:15.339 --> 00:26:16.460 And this means. 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.599 That the God of the Bible. 00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:19.160 Is no tribal God. 00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:21.359 He is not just the God. 00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.420 Of this people. 00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:24.640 And not of that people. 00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:26.799 He is not just a local deity. 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:28.019 Like many of the gods. 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.140 Around Israel. 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.140 At that time. 00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.940 Who would be a God of a place. 00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:33.400 Or a God of a harvest. 00:26:33.880 --> 00:26:34.580 He is the God. 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.660 Who created the heavens. 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:36.240 And the earth. 00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.040 He is a God. 00:26:37.080 --> 00:26:38.640 Who created all things. 00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.560 And he calls. 00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:41.000 All of his creation. 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.120 To turn to him. 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.540 In worship. 00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.240 And praise. 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:51.259 We live in a world today. 00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:52.500 In a pluralistic world. 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.800 Where it's very easy. 00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:55.200 To think that. 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.800 God may be interested. 00:26:56.800 --> 00:26:58.140 In collecting the people. 00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:58.580 Who have. 00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.280 Don't really have. 00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.180 Religious tradition. 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.360 Or who are going through. 00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:02.440 Some kind of crisis. 00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.380 But you know. 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.240 If you're in your own. 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.940 Faith tradition. 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.759 Bless you. 00:27:05.840 --> 00:27:07.000 We're really glad you're there. 00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.100 And friends. 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.420 We need to treat one another. 00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.740 With immense respect. 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:13.960 And we need to honor one another. 00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:16.700 God is not wanting to. 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:18.540 Impose upon us. 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.380 And yet. 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:21.820 And yet. 00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.259 He calls. 00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.740 All people everywhere. 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.720 To repent. 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.140 His plan. 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.740 In the world. 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.400 Is that people. 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:30.420 Is that people. 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:31.680 From every tribe. 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.160 And tongue. 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.839 Would turn to him. 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.880 And honor him. 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.559 And worship. 00:27:36.120 --> 00:27:36.680 Him. 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:39.299 He is not just the God. 00:27:39.299 --> 00:27:40.099 Of the West. 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.980 And this is a remarkable thing. 00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.920 If you actually. 00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.720 Opened. 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.740 Your eyes. 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.359 And looked. 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.140 And could see. 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:49.039 What God is doing. 00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.599 In the world. 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.720 The greatest growth. 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.279 In the church. 00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.319 The biggest things. 00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.880 That God seems to be doing. 00:27:54.880 --> 00:27:56.680 In exalting Jesus Christ. 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:57.180 In the world. 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:58.620 Isn't happening here. 00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.480 It's not happening in America. 00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:02.060 It's not happening in Europe. 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:05.020 It's happening in the rest of the world. 00:28:05.540 --> 00:28:07.120 One of the greatest blessings. 00:28:07.120 --> 00:28:08.240 That I can think of. 00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:10.200 In the last 10 years of my life. 00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:12.560 Is sitting with a group of brothers. 00:28:13.300 --> 00:28:14.540 Believers in China. 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:16.240 As they lived. 00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:19.240 Going to underground churches. 00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:21.740 Seeking to live their. 00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:22.660 Out their faith. 00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.920 In a culture. 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.500 In a country. 00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.000 That is. 00:28:25.320 --> 00:28:25.820 Generally. 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:26.860 Hostile. 00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.779 To their belief. 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:28.980 And yet. 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:30.240 They're not thinking about. 00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.200 Just surviving. 00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:33.180 These men and women. 00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.240 Were praying. 00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:35.380 And plotting. 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.200 And planning. 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:38.019 To take the gospel. 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:40.620 To Central Asia. 00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:42.500 And to the Middle East. 00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.560 And to places where. 00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:44.380 Honestly. 00:28:44.560 --> 00:28:45.460 My white skin. 00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.700 Does me no good. 00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.620 In trying to be a herald. 00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:49.640 Of Jesus Christ. 00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.779 And their longing. 00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:55.440 To be a part of this. 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:56.320 To reach. 00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.779 What's called. 00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:58.019 The 1040 window. 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.880 One of the greatest. 00:28:59.060 --> 00:28:59.860 The greatest. 00:29:00.380 --> 00:29:00.940 Unreached. 00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.580 Peoples. 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.460 In the world. 00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:04.840 And God is doing this. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.779 So that's the second implication. 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.779 Is that the. 00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:10.039 The purpose of God. 00:29:10.120 --> 00:29:10.600 Is to reach. 00:29:10.940 --> 00:29:11.700 The extent. 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.900 Of all peoples. 00:29:14.120 --> 00:29:14.580 Everywhere. 00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:16.600 And the third implication. 00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.420 Is this. 00:29:18.100 --> 00:29:19.080 And that is that. 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.359 God is not. 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.379 Simply doing this. 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.139 Because. 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:24.019 He's a cultural hegemon. 00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:26.059 Because he really wants to be. 00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.319 The top dog. 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.419 And squash. 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.419 All of the rivals. 00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.240 That's not actually. 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.740 His purpose. 00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:36.059 He is not. 00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.199 Working. 00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.039 To impose himself. 00:29:39.179 --> 00:29:39.799 So that people. 00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.740 Out of fear. 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:42.259 Or out of mere duty. 00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.960 Will respond to him. 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.759 So that they don't get. 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.360 Slapped. 00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.579 On the hand. 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.799 In judgment. 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.720 But verse 4. 00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:53.740 Reminds us. 00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.900 That to know God. 00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:00.000 Is to make us glad. 00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.640 And to fill us. 00:30:01.819 --> 00:30:02.539 With songs. 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.759 Of joy. 00:30:05.740 --> 00:30:06.840 Verses 3 and 5. 00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.460 Tell us that. 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:08.960 That all the peoples. 00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:09.640 Of the world. 00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:11.319 Are to praise him. 00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:13.019 What are the things. 00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.840 That you pray. 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.039 That the things. 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.660 That you see. 00:30:15.759 --> 00:30:17.220 To be so intrinsically. 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.180 Beautiful. 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.160 Or lovely. 00:30:19.340 --> 00:30:20.200 Or valuable. 00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:21.940 That you can't help. 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:22.779 But say. 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:24.220 What an amazing. 00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.600 Thing that is. 00:30:27.259 --> 00:30:28.759 God doesn't come. 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:31.019 And ride roughshod. 00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.059 Over his world. 00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.880 But God. 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.700 Powerfully works. 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.160 To win our hearts. 00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.920 So that we would be filled. 00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.840 With joy. 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.340 And gladness. 00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.600 In him. 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:47.359 This is a joy. 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.000 Of a people. 00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:48.619 Who have lived. 00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.399 Under oppression. 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.659 When their savior. 00:30:51.879 --> 00:30:52.319 Rides. 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.719 And sets them free. 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.139 From all that they've. 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.980 Experienced. 00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:57.079 This is the joy. 00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.859 Of a child. 00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.579 Rescued. 00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.480 And returned. 00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.299 To his father. 00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.279 Out of the hands. 00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.079 Of a kidnapper. 00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:04.240 This is the joy. 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.159 Of a bride. 00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:06.859 Reunited. 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:08.019 After a long. 00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:09.159 Forced separation. 00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:11.459 From her bridegroom. 00:31:12.679 --> 00:31:14.019 This is the joy. 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:15.679 That God has called. 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.719 The world. 00:31:16.979 --> 00:31:17.539 To know. 00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:18.339 In him. 00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.579 It's what Jesus said. 00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.079 Would come. 00:31:21.159 --> 00:31:21.659 When he said. 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:23.240 My prayer to you. 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.519 Is that. 00:31:24.679 --> 00:31:25.439 My joy. 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.319 Would be in you. 00:31:26.439 --> 00:31:27.379 And that your joy. 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.339 Would be complete. 00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:30.539 It is the joy. 00:31:30.539 --> 00:31:31.879 That the apostle. 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.220 Peter writes about. 00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.200 In the first chapter. 00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.319 When he talks about. 00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:36.539 The great things. 00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.420 That God has done. 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.519 In causing us. 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.399 To be born again. 00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.379 To a living hope. 00:31:40.859 --> 00:31:41.619 And then at the end. 00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:42.180 He says. 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:44.259 Though you have not seen him. 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.119 You love him. 00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:47.279 And though you do not see him now. 00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.519 You are filled with this joy. 00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:51.319 That is inexpressible. 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.879 And full of hope. 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.119 Obtaining. 00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.960 For your souls. 00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:58.099 The outcome of your faith. 00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.819 Your salvation. 00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.539 This. 00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.720 Is the joy. 00:32:03.980 --> 00:32:05.480 That God has for us. 00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:07.099 And this is what. 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.420 His great plan. 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.259 For the world. 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:11.220 Is for us. 00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:13.059 Is that we would. 00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:14.200 Call the nations. 00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.859 And that we would be caught up. 00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.839 In this great thing. 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:17.839 That God is doing. 00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:20.180 Of finding joy in him. 00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:23.960 So those are three implications. 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:26.000 That knowing God. 00:32:26.079 --> 00:32:27.279 Is the purpose of blessing. 00:32:27.619 --> 00:32:28.460 That the nations. 00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:29.579 Are the goal. 00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.180 Of all. 00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:31.299 Of that blessing. 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:33.799 But that the outcome. 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.920 Is joy. 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:37.460 And gladness. 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.880 And songs of praise. 00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:40.600 And worship. 00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:45.519 So two applications. 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.880 What does this mean for us? 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.740 Firstly. 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.740 It means this. 00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:52.539 It means that our greatest joy. 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:54.180 Is meant to be found. 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.360 In God. 00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:56.340 And his plans. 00:32:56.340 --> 00:32:57.200 For the world. 00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.980 Not us. 00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.120 We are not. 00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:01.259 We are not meant to be. 00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:03.900 The end of the line. 00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:04.940 Of God's blessing. 00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:07.720 We are not meant to be. 00:33:07.900 --> 00:33:08.660 A pool. 00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:10.039 In which the streams of God. 00:33:10.120 --> 00:33:11.259 Blessing flow into. 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.500 But not out of. 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:15.799 That creates a very stagnant. 00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.660 Smelly pool. 00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:18.200 A lot of the time. 00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:20.200 But we are meant to be. 00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:22.580 A refreshing pool. 00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:24.080 Into which the. 00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:26.580 The stream of God's blessings flow. 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.920 And out of which. 00:33:29.019 --> 00:33:30.480 The streams of God's blessing. 00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:32.080 Will flow to others. 00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:38.000 God calls us. 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.500 To be a conduit. 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:41.000 To be a. 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.539 A display case. 00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:43.240 If you will. 00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:45.099 Of God's blessing. 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.759 In Jesus Christ. 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:49.299 So that the world. 00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:49.799 Would see. 00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.940 What a great God. 00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.680 We serve. 00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:54.120 An amazing thing. 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.000 Is that we find. 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.120 Our greatest joy. 00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.319 And satisfaction. 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.960 And purpose. 00:33:58.160 --> 00:33:58.779 In this. 00:33:59.059 --> 00:33:59.779 Not because. 00:33:59.960 --> 00:34:01.220 We are the center of it anymore. 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.039 God. 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.200 Overrides. 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.420 Our self-centeredness. 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.140 And our concern. 00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:06.539 About taking care of ourself. 00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.180 And he says. 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.839 If you will look. 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.480 Outward. 00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.539 And look upward. 00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:11.320 That is where you will find. 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:12.820 The thing that you are looking for. 00:34:13.239 --> 00:34:17.559 And that is worth setting your life on. 00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:19.119 Your hopes. 00:34:19.299 --> 00:34:20.139 Your aspirations. 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.459 Your dreams. 00:34:21.939 --> 00:34:22.739 On God. 00:34:22.939 --> 00:34:24.239 And his plan. 00:34:24.399 --> 00:34:25.119 In this world. 00:34:26.419 --> 00:34:27.459 And on knowing him. 00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.259 You know. 00:34:31.419 --> 00:34:32.599 There is a man in our church. 00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:34.579 That I have seen this happen in recently. 00:34:35.419 --> 00:34:36.479 It has been really fun. 00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.379 To see it happen. 00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:39.119 He came to me a little while ago. 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.699 And he said. 00:34:39.959 --> 00:34:40.199 You know. 00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.239 For the last couple of years. 00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:41.919 I have just been. 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.860 I have kind of been living the American dream. 00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.880 I have got a good job. 00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:45.940 I have got a good family. 00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.780 They are doing well. 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:48.500 We moved into a bigger house. 00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.400 We are really comfortable. 00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:51.320 But for the last couple of years. 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.039 I have struggled. 00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.380 I just. 00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.740 What is it all for? 00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:56.579 What is the purpose of all this? 00:34:56.900 --> 00:34:58.780 And I have been frustrated. 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.019 And empty. 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.800 And just despairing. 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:02.920 About. 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:04.860 Am I just going to do this. 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.800 Until I die? 00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:05.880 Why? 00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:09.420 And then he came. 00:35:10.140 --> 00:35:10.620 Across. 00:35:10.780 --> 00:35:11.320 The truth. 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.880 Of what we have been preaching tonight. 00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:17.080 That the nations will be glad in God. 00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:19.280 And that we are meant to be caught up in this. 00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:21.640 And it changed everything. 00:35:22.940 --> 00:35:24.019 He realized. 00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.440 That. 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.360 His. 00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.460 Chief end. 00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:26.800 Of course. 00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:28.980 As the Westminster Catechism says. 00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:31.580 Is to glorify God. 00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.780 And to enjoy him. 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.320 Forever. 00:35:33.320 --> 00:35:33.480 Forever. 00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.559 And you know what? 00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.500 It has changed everything. 00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:38.460 It has changed his time. 00:35:38.820 --> 00:35:39.880 He is now available. 00:35:40.200 --> 00:35:42.740 He is spending the capital of his time. 00:35:43.120 --> 00:35:44.260 In knowing God. 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.280 And being involved in our church community. 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.840 And being involved in ministry. 00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.100 And being. 00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.640 Heading out to conferences. 00:35:51.019 --> 00:35:52.480 When he has a chance to learn. 00:35:52.580 --> 00:35:53.120 And to grow. 00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:54.920 And to see more. 00:35:55.320 --> 00:35:56.800 It has changed his finances. 00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.920 As he is thinking about. 00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:59.820 What do I do with all this blessing. 00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.800 That God has given me. 00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.900 How do I use it. 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.940 Not just for my. 00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.740 Like greater. 00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.720 Building of barns. 00:36:05.780 --> 00:36:07.099 And accumulation of wealth. 00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:08.079 But how do I use this. 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.059 For the glory of God. 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.900 It has changed his future plans. 00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.220 He said. 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.519 I have a successful. 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.440 Career. 00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:13.740 But. 00:36:13.900 --> 00:36:15.579 But I am willing to leave it all tomorrow. 00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:16.720 If God can show me. 00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:18.099 That he wants to use me. 00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:19.320 Somewhere else in the world. 00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.300 And you know. 00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.320 He knows that. 00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.760 God may not take him anywhere. 00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:25.940 God may want him to be. 00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.619 Faithful. 00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.720 And remain where he is. 00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:29.139 But all that he is doing. 00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.559 Is now. 00:36:29.980 --> 00:36:31.139 Released to be used. 00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:32.139 For God's glory. 00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.900 And he started speaking. 00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.799 To his co-workers. 00:36:35.059 --> 00:36:36.519 With much greater freedom. 00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.779 About Christ. 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.139 This. 00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:39.819 This. 00:36:40.359 --> 00:36:41.480 Church job. 00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:41.739 Of. 00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.759 Doing evangelism. 00:36:43.879 --> 00:36:44.759 And telling other people. 00:36:44.839 --> 00:36:45.400 About Jesus. 00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:47.279 Isn't a job anymore. 00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:48.119 It's a joy. 00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:50.179 Because he just overflows. 00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:51.440 About the wonderful things. 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.179 That God is doing. 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:52.900 In his life. 00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:56.360 He no longer pursues. 00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.599 A life of prosperity. 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.280 And ease. 00:36:58.680 --> 00:36:59.760 But he is pursuing. 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.599 God's purposes. 00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:02.440 And my prayer is. 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:03.139 That that would be true. 00:37:03.139 --> 00:37:03.639 For you. 00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:06.220 And for me. 00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:10.119 So that's the first application. 00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:11.240 The second application. 00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:12.019 Is this. 00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.639 That. 00:37:14.160 --> 00:37:14.599 Individually. 00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.300 And corporately. 00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.240 We are called. 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.180 To be a part. 00:37:17.300 --> 00:37:18.320 Of God's great work. 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:19.160 In the world. 00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.340 We are called. 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:21.300 To look at the world. 00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:22.519 And to see what God is doing. 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:23.480 And to be. 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.539 A part of it. 00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:27.759 Probably. 00:37:27.900 --> 00:37:28.400 Many of you. 00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.880 Don't know. 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.119 Because in the evening service. 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:31.340 We don't go downstairs. 00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.340 But downstairs. 00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:33.400 In our fellowship hall. 00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:34.480 There is a bulletin board. 00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:35.579 That has pictures. 00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.400 Of the missionaries. 00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.079 That we support. 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.759 As a church. 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.980 And if you want. 00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.679 I'll go downstairs. 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.619 And turn the lights on. 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.780 So you can go see. 00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:44.059 Who those people are. 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.940 And you can learn. 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.420 A bit about their ministry. 00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:47.519 So that you can begin. 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:48.440 To pray for them. 00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.440 So that you can begin. 00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.179 To know. 00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:52.300 What God is doing. 00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.640 In other parts of the world. 00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:59.039 That's one way. 00:37:59.080 --> 00:38:00.360 To begin to be involved. 00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:01.060 In what God is doing. 00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.519 Another way. 00:38:01.560 --> 00:38:02.580 Is to pick up your newspaper. 00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:03.100 I don't know. 00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:04.539 Have you been reading the papers? 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:05.700 Can you imagine. 00:38:05.700 --> 00:38:07.000 What your brothers and sisters. 00:38:07.260 --> 00:38:07.980 In Egypt. 00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.720 Have endured. 00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.620 This week. 00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:12.240 It's been a terrible week. 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.539 Churches have been burned. 00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.980 The whole country. 00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:19.179 Country seems to be in uproar. 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.880 Friends. 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.699 Pray for them. 00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.940 Let your newspaper. 00:38:24.199 --> 00:38:25.260 Guide your prayer. 00:38:25.900 --> 00:38:26.940 And ask that God. 00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:28.059 Would be glorified. 00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:28.880 In the world. 00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:33.059 Learn to be a discerning reader. 00:38:33.619 --> 00:38:34.780 To see through. 00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.800 Some of the mess. 00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.860 Of our media. 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:38.840 And to perceive. 00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.240 And to ask. 00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.059 For God. 00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.659 To show you. 00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:42.480 What he's doing. 00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:44.039 Pray for the growth. 00:38:44.039 --> 00:38:44.800 Of the church. 00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:46.880 In trial. 00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:48.279 And in prosperity. 00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.840 In the rest of the world. 00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:51.400 Be involved in that. 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.759 Think through. 00:38:52.860 --> 00:38:53.759 Your finances. 00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:54.820 What are you doing. 00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.400 With your money. 00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:56.539 Are you hoarding. 00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.480 And trying to build. 00:38:57.659 --> 00:38:59.300 A great retirement account. 00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.019 For yourself. 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:01.000 Or are you thinking. 00:39:01.199 --> 00:39:02.199 How can I take. 00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:03.440 What God has given me. 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.820 So that I can use it. 00:39:05.900 --> 00:39:06.619 For his glory. 00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:08.099 And for the spread of his fame. 00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.559 To the whole world. 00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:13.019 How about going. 00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:16.679 As far as I know. 00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:18.000 Trinity has not sent. 00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:19.340 A short term missions trip. 00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:20.239 From our church. 00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:22.000 In the last 10 years. 00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:24.559 Maybe longer than that. 00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.360 Friends. 00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.420 This needs to change. 00:39:27.759 --> 00:39:29.199 Not because short term missions. 00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.219 Is the be all end all. 00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:30.739 Of everything. 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:32.679 But we need to be involved. 00:39:32.820 --> 00:39:33.599 And we need to know. 00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:34.239 How to partner. 00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.639 Some of our missionaries. 00:39:35.779 --> 00:39:37.059 Are not people from America. 00:39:37.380 --> 00:39:38.559 They're people from other parts. 00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.000 Of the world. 00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:40.079 We need to figure out. 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.719 How we can go. 00:39:40.779 --> 00:39:41.519 And encourage. 00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.380 These. 00:39:43.219 --> 00:39:43.659 Servants. 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:45.119 We need to figure out. 00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:45.639 How we can go. 00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.519 And partner with them. 00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.059 In the ministry. 00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:48.059 That they are doing. 00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:49.440 In other places. 00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:51.500 We need to figure out. 00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:52.239 How we can go. 00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:54.579 That means. 00:39:54.659 --> 00:39:55.739 We need to clear our schedule. 00:39:56.699 --> 00:39:58.039 We need to find the money. 00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.139 And even if it's not. 00:40:01.239 --> 00:40:02.159 The most efficient. 00:40:02.519 --> 00:40:04.219 Or the most effective way. 00:40:04.719 --> 00:40:05.719 We need to pray. 00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:06.960 That God would make a way. 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.619 For us. 00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:09.179 To see his heart. 00:40:09.259 --> 00:40:10.539 And to be captured by it. 00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.079 God. 00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.440 God. 00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.500 And finally. 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:15.759 Some of you. 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:16.460 May be called. 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:19.019 God may be calling. 00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.759 Some of you. 00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:20.559 Here tonight. 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:23.159 To lay aside. 00:40:23.300 --> 00:40:24.179 Your career plans. 00:40:24.259 --> 00:40:25.099 And your aspirations. 00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.039 To lay aside. 00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:26.739 The security. 00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:28.759 Of whatever you perceive. 00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.820 To be your security. 00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.719 Here in America. 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.179 In the. 00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.340 Everyday life. 00:40:32.460 --> 00:40:32.719 Here. 00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:34.079 And to go. 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.980 To go to a different culture. 00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:37.179 Where the language. 00:40:37.179 --> 00:40:38.679 Will always be a second language. 00:40:38.679 --> 00:40:40.419 Where life will always be. 00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:41.799 A little bit harder to live. 00:40:42.319 --> 00:40:43.339 Where you'll always be. 00:40:43.339 --> 00:40:44.799 Learning more about the culture. 00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.739 And yet. 00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.839 In the midst of that. 00:40:46.940 --> 00:40:48.419 What looks like foolishness. 00:40:48.819 --> 00:40:49.779 In the world. 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:50.960 God. 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:52.500 Has used people. 00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.719 Over and over again. 00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:54.919 To take the good news. 00:40:54.960 --> 00:40:55.859 Of Jesus Christ. 00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.079 To people. 00:40:57.199 --> 00:40:58.079 Who've never heard it. 00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.940 Or don't know it. 00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.440 Or don't have exposure to it. 00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:02.619 And friends. 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:04.019 We all need to ask ourselves. 00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:04.619 A question. 00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:05.859 Would God want. 00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:07.279 To do that with me. 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:09.280 And he might send you. 00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.400 As a full time missionary. 00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.800 He might send you. 00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:13.920 As a vocational tent maker. 00:41:14.180 --> 00:41:15.740 But instead of setting your goal. 00:41:15.880 --> 00:41:16.740 On moving to. 00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.700 New York. 00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.500 Or Chicago. 00:41:18.720 --> 00:41:19.340 Or Boston. 00:41:20.180 --> 00:41:21.800 Maybe you should set your sights. 00:41:21.800 --> 00:41:23.120 On moving to Abu Dhabi. 00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:24.620 Or Delhi. 00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:26.340 Or Shanghai. 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.900 To do the work. 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:29.860 That he's called you to. 00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:31.100 So that you can be a part. 00:41:31.280 --> 00:41:32.320 Of building his church. 00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:33.280 Somewhere in the world. 00:41:33.280 --> 00:41:38.680 And finally. 00:41:39.240 --> 00:41:40.440 I said that last time. 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.780 Didn't I? 00:41:41.080 --> 00:41:41.980 Finally again. 00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.640 Recognize that we live. 00:41:44.720 --> 00:41:45.420 In one of the most. 00:41:45.780 --> 00:41:46.260 Remarkable. 00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.640 Small cities. 00:41:48.060 --> 00:41:48.720 In the country. 00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:50.000 Because you know what? 00:41:50.040 --> 00:41:50.760 The whole world. 00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.500 Comes here. 00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:55.460 The whole world. 00:41:55.580 --> 00:41:56.620 Comes to New Haven. 00:41:57.100 --> 00:41:57.600 Because. 00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:59.400 Of Yale University. 00:41:59.980 --> 00:42:00.820 And the academic. 00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.840 Opportunities there. 00:42:01.840 --> 00:42:03.340 Because we're a refugee. 00:42:03.340 --> 00:42:04.300 Resettlement city. 00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:04.800 For the. 00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.440 U.S. 00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:06.220 State Department. 00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.960 People come here. 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:09.600 From all over the world. 00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.539 From places. 00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:12.140 Where you can't even go. 00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:12.960 As an American. 00:42:13.320 --> 00:42:14.300 Or as a missionary. 00:42:17.160 --> 00:42:17.980 And so. 00:42:18.160 --> 00:42:19.160 We can be a part. 00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:20.500 Of reaching the nations. 00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.539 By shopping. 00:42:21.620 --> 00:42:22.400 At Stop and Shop. 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.360 And simply. 00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.120 Walking down. 00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:26.240 The ethnic food aisle. 00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:26.960 And seeing. 00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:28.160 Who's shopping there. 00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.860 And striking up. 00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:30.079 A conversation with them. 00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:32.579 By recognizing. 00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.779 The diversity. 00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.819 Of your neighbors. 00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:37.699 And reaching out to them. 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:38.900 And getting to know them. 00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.659 And seeing that. 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:41.719 God may have positioned you. 00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:43.559 To reach a part of the world. 00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:44.960 That you would never go to. 00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:47.239 Simply because you live in New Haven. 00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:49.159 Because you're here for study. 00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.799 Or for work. 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:51.119 And he's going to allow you. 00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:52.199 To rub shoulders. 00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:53.860 With people from all over the world. 00:42:53.860 --> 00:42:57.579 It's why we have a French speaking fellowship. 00:42:57.579 --> 00:42:58.620 That meets once a month. 00:42:58.660 --> 00:42:59.800 And a Spanish speaking fellowship. 00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:02.780 And we're hoping to have a Mandarin speaking fellowship soon. 00:43:03.140 --> 00:43:04.440 Because we recognize that. 00:43:04.620 --> 00:43:06.620 Even if language is a barrier. 00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:09.160 There's something that you can invite people to. 00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.519 As you meet them. 00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:11.960 Where they can begin. 00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:13.039 To hear. 00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:15.380 About the glorious things. 00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:16.840 Of what God has done. 00:43:17.220 --> 00:43:18.500 In Jesus Christ. 00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:20.320 Not just for you. 00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:21.380 And not just for me. 00:43:21.380 --> 00:43:22.680 But for the whole world. 00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:27.300 So let the nations be glad. 00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:29.059 And let us. 00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.140 Be glad. 00:43:31.099 --> 00:43:32.320 In all the greatness. 00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:33.640 Of what God has done. 00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.640 Let's pray. 00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:38.599 God we do pray tonight. 00:43:39.140 --> 00:43:40.320 We pray that you would. 00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:41.780 Lord. 00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:43.140 Catch us up. 00:43:43.340 --> 00:43:43.559 In. 00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.420 Your purposes. 00:43:45.660 --> 00:43:46.320 In your plan. 00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:46.920 In your heart. 00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.599 For the world. 00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:49.240 God I pray. 00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:49.800 That. 00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:50.720 Lord. 00:43:50.719 --> 00:43:52.379 If you have shown us tonight. 00:43:53.039 --> 00:43:54.000 Where our hearts. 00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:54.939 Are selfish. 00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.299 Where we are. 00:43:56.859 --> 00:43:58.500 Seeking to find our satisfaction. 00:43:58.759 --> 00:43:59.299 And joy. 00:43:59.459 --> 00:44:00.679 In things of this world. 00:44:01.299 --> 00:44:03.519 And are pursuing them wholeheartedly. 00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:03.980 God. 00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.619 Will you. 00:44:05.759 --> 00:44:06.899 By your grace. 00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:08.439 Turn our hearts towards you. 00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.439 That we might repent. 00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:11.379 And believe. 00:44:12.379 --> 00:44:13.119 And know that. 00:44:13.459 --> 00:44:15.059 Your purposes in the world. 00:44:15.199 --> 00:44:16.359 Are the greatest goal. 00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:17.439 That you have given us. 00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:18.239 And God. 00:44:18.299 --> 00:44:19.899 We pray that as you do that. 00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.200 Lord. 00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:21.480 That you would then. 00:44:21.700 --> 00:44:22.680 Open our ears. 00:44:22.680 --> 00:44:23.440 And our hearts. 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:24.660 To hear your calling. 00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:26.559 You're calling to go. 00:44:26.680 --> 00:44:27.780 You're calling to stay. 00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:29.320 You're calling to pray. 00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:30.340 You're calling to. 00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:32.780 Reach out to those around us. 00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:34.160 Not because we. 00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:35.579 Have anything in ourselves. 00:44:35.740 --> 00:44:36.720 But simply because. 00:44:37.180 --> 00:44:38.220 Of the great thing. 00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:39.539 That you have done in Christ. 00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:40.260 And the joy. 00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:42.039 That we have found in it. 00:44:43.180 --> 00:44:43.660 And God. 00:44:43.740 --> 00:44:44.840 Will you equip us. 00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.039 Lord. 00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:47.699 With our stammering tongues. 00:44:47.699 --> 00:44:48.219 And our. 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:50.099 Fearful hearts. 00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:50.619 Lord. 00:44:50.699 --> 00:44:51.259 Will you. 00:44:52.159 --> 00:44:53.139 Give us. 00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.139 Lord. 00:44:54.199 --> 00:44:55.300 The ability to do. 00:44:55.380 --> 00:44:56.360 What you've called us to. 00:44:56.500 --> 00:44:57.300 In the moments. 00:44:58.340 --> 00:44:58.719 Lord. 00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.739 For your glory. 00:45:00.159 --> 00:45:01.000 And for our joy. 00:45:01.599 --> 00:45:02.539 We pray these things. 00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:03.340 In Jesus name. 00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.320 Amen. 00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:08.139 As the. 00:45:09.139 --> 00:45:09.860 Worship team. 00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:10.559 Comes forward. 00:45:10.559 --> 00:45:11.340 We're going to. 00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:12.680 Respond with songs. 00:45:13.720 --> 00:45:14.940 Songs of praise. 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:16.640 Songs that. 00:45:17.120 --> 00:45:17.300 That. 00:45:17.780 --> 00:45:18.700 Fulfill this. 00:45:19.099 --> 00:45:20.140 Verses three and five. 00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:21.300 Let all the nations. 00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.340 Let all the peoples. 00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:23.200 Praise you. 00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:25.039 Songs of joy. 00:45:25.460 --> 00:45:26.260 And I just want to ask. 00:45:26.420 --> 00:45:26.740 You. 00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.059 To. 00:45:27.260 --> 00:45:28.340 To sing these songs. 00:45:28.420 --> 00:45:29.059 And as you're. 00:45:29.240 --> 00:45:29.380 Look. 00:45:29.640 --> 00:45:30.400 Thinking about it. 00:45:30.640 --> 00:45:31.960 I want the words. 00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:32.800 That you sing. 00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.599 To reflect. 00:45:34.059 --> 00:45:35.079 The reality of your heart. 00:45:35.620 --> 00:45:36.260 And if you're finding. 00:45:36.340 --> 00:45:36.920 That's hard. 00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:38.460 Because you recognize. 00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:39.840 My heart is not there. 00:45:40.640 --> 00:45:42.440 Then spend a little bit of time. 00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.180 Just praying. 00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.120 And asking God. 00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:45.500 To change your heart. 00:45:46.100 --> 00:45:47.100 And then join in. 00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:48.059 Because sometimes. 00:45:48.260 --> 00:45:49.380 We need to open our mouths. 00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.500 And to sing these things. 00:45:50.720 --> 00:45:52.280 So that God can use that. 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:53.340 To capture our hearts. 00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:53.820 So. 00:45:54.180 --> 00:45:55.340 Let's continue to worship. 00:45:55.600 --> 00:45:56.240 God tonight.