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 Thank you again for coming.

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 I don't think thank you this morning.

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 I certainly thank the people who came last night.

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 I took a fresh look at this passage and thought,

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 I didn't see before.

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 Isn't that how scriptural it is?

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 I didn't notice that before.

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 So rather than coming to this passage asking the question,

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 why do we sing?

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 That's what we think we have on the program.

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 We're going to be asking a different question.

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 And the question is, what effect does the gospel have on our singing?

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 We're just singing about the gospel.

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 So we're talking about the gospel and our singing.

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 On a recent flight, one of the flight attendants asked

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 if there was someone named Johnny, who was the last name,

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 to identify themselves.

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 And she went on to inform me and say,

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 it's Johnny's the 11th birthday.

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 And she said, but I'm not going to sing a happy birthday to him

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 because you wouldn't enjoy that.

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 And I thought, oh, man.

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 Poor Johnny, that's been clean now.

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 It's your birthday, but we're not singing.

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 And I'm sure the flight attendant was telling the truth,

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 and I'm glad she didn't sing.

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 And I doubt that Johnny's day was ruined because

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 the flight attendant didn't sing at the perfect day.

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 Or asked the passengers to join him.

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 And she did that.

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 Hey, why did I make that she didn't do that?

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 But I'm also sure that the flight attendant represents

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 a number of people.

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 What?

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 Did someone call my name?

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 Okay, good.

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 I'm just not going to hear it.

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 The flight attendant represents a number of people

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 who don't think they have a very good voice.

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 And singing in public is not something they ever look forward to.

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 Whether it's violence also with your group.

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 You might have some of them in your church.

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 You know, as you're looking out,

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 and you're thinking, yeah, that's one.

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 Well, they say that.

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 Years ago, I read this book by Ronald Allen and Gordon Boer,

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 and it came across these words that have always stayed with me,

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 and they speak directly to those who don't like to sing,

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 whether it's with the church or anywhere.

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 The question is not, has God given me a voice?

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 But has God given me a song?

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 That just landed on me with such voice.

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 I've met people through the decades,

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 many people who say, yeah, I don't know a good voice.

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 It's not the question.

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 Has God given you a voice?

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 The question is, has God given you a song?

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 And we're going to see,

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 as we look at this passage,

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 we're going to focus on it.

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 We're going to read verses 12 through 17.

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 Actually, we're going to read the whole,

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 1 through 17.

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 We're going to focus on 12 through 17,

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 and specifically on verses 16 and 17.

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 But we're going to see that if we're among the people

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 that Paul's describing here,

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 those to whom this letter has written,

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 God has given us a song to sing.

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 Because the gospel not only turns sinners into saints,

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 it turns saints into singers.

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 That's what the gospel does.

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 It doesn't want to turn sinners into saints,

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 turns saints into singers.

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 It doesn't turn saints into soloists.

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 It doesn't turn saints into superstars.

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 But it does turn them into singers.

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 One of the reasons Paul wrote this letter,

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 just to set the context of what we're reading,

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 was this concern that the Colossians

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 were being influenced by false teachers

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 who were adding to Christ.

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 And you can't add something to Christ

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 to make Him better.

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 You can only take something away.

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 You can add something to Christ.

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 And he wants them to be clear

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 on who Jesus is and what the gospel is.

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 That's why he's writing.

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 So the gospel's all over this book

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 and this passage.

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 So in chapter 1,

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 he talks about the gospel,

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 the word of truth

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 that has come to the Colossians

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 and to the whole world.

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 It's the story of Jesus Christ,

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 the image of the invisible God

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 who created all things,

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 holds all things together.

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 He's the firstborn from the dead

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 and has reconciled a people to God.

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 He's actually reconciled all things to God

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 through His blood shed on the cross.

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 And he exhorts them to stand fast

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 in that truth.

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 Be steadfast in it.

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 Don't shift from the hope it brings

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 because it's the gospel.

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 It's what we have.

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 Then in chapter 2,

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 he goes on to say

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 that we're to be rooted in Christ

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 and that if we are rooted in Christ,

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 we're to walk in Him

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 and be built up in Him

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 and not be misled

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 by the people who are saying

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 that we need something else,

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 something extra,

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 something more than Jesus

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 to be accepted by God.

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 And here in chapter 3,

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 he's going to double down

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 on what the gospel is,

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 what it means for us,

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 and how to live

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 in light of the fact

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 that because we are united in Christ,

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 we've been raised up with Him

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 and now He is our life.

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 And in the midst of those

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 cosmically significant truths,

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 He's going to talk about singing.

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 So that's how we want to make that connection.

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 So I'm going to read

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 Colossians 1,

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 I'm sorry,

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 Colossians 3,

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 verses 1-17.

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 This is God's word to us.

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 And Father,

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 we pray that You would enable us

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 to hear this word,

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 these words,

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 by Your Spirit,

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 with fresh ears,

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 with fresh hearts,

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 open hearts,

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 that we may receive

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 everything You have for us

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 for Your glory,

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 for the glory of Your Son,

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 and for our joy and good.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 If then,

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 verse 1,

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 you have been raised with Christ,

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 seek the things that are above,

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 where Christ is,

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 seated at the right hand of God.

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 Set your minds

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 on things that are above,

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 not on things that are on earth.

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 For you,

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 you have died.

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 And your life is hidden

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 with Christ in God.

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 But when Christ,

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 who is your life,

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 appears,

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 then you also

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 will appear with Him in glory.

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 Put to death,

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 therefore,

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 what is earthly in you?

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 Sexual immorality,

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 impurity,

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 passion,

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 evil desire,

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 and covetousness,

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 which is idolatry.

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 On account of these things,

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 the wrath of God is coming.

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 In these,

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 you too once walked

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 what you were living in,

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 but now,

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 you just put them all away.

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 In,

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 wrath,

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 malice,

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 slander,

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 and obscene talk from your mouth.

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 Do not lie to one another,

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 seeing that you have put off

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 the old self with its practices,

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 and have put on the new self,

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 which is being renewed in knowledge

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 after the image of its creator.

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 Here,

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 there is not Greek and Jew,

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 uncircumcised,

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 circumcised and uncircumcised,

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 barbarian,

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 Scythian,

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 slain,

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 free,

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 but Christ

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 is all

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 and in all.

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 Put on,

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 then,

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 talk about what we're to put off,

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 now,

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 put on,

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 then,

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 as God's

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 chosen ones,

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 holy,

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 and beloved,

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 compassionate hearts,

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 kindness,

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 humility,

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 obedience,

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 and patience,

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 bearing with one another.

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 And if one has a complaint

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 against another,

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 forgiving each other,

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 as the Lord

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 has forgiven you,

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 so you also

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 must forgive.

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 And above all these,

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 put on love,

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 which binds everything together

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 in perfect harmony,

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 and let the peace of Christ

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 rule in your hearts,

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 to which indeed

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 you were called

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 in one body.

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 And be

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 thankful.

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 Let the word

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 of Christ

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 dwell in you

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 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 songs

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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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 And whatever you do,

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 in word,

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 deed,

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 do everything

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 in the name

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 giving thanks

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 to God

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 the Father

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 through

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 Him.

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 God,

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 stop right there.

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 But we're not going

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 to.

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 We were talking

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 about four things

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 that this passage

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 tells us

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 about how the gospel

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 affects our singing.

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 Number one,

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 the gospel

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 specifies

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 the participants

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 of our singing.

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 The gospel

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 answers the question,

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 who is singing?

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 We can jump

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 right to verse 16

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 and assume

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 it doesn't really

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 matter who's

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 doing the singing.

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 Just that people

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 are singing.

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 You hear the sound

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 of singing.

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 Oh,

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 but it does matter

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 who's doing the singing.

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 Not just anyone

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 can sing

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 like this.

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 Now,

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 despite the fact

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 that we are a culture

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 in which singing

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 together

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 is on the decline,

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 we are still

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 a culture

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 that's fascinated

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 by singing.

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 Our diction

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 shows like

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 the voice

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 of an American

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 idol

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 and a masked

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 singer

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 can attest

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 to that.

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 I don't get

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 the last one.

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 But it's

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 the most positive.

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 But when

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 Christians sing,

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 when Christians

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 sing,

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 it's different.

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 What makes

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 congregational

00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:07.620
 singing

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 so glorious

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 and moving

00:11:10.279 --> 00:11:11.980
 isn't simply

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 the sound

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 they make.

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 It's who

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 makes up

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 the congregation.

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 It's who

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 is singing.

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 The gospel

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 produces

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 individuals

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 who have been

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 transformed.

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 It turns

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 saints

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 into

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 singing.

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 So how

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 does

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 the gospel

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 define

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 the participants

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 of our singing?

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 How does this

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 passage define

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 the participants?

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 Well,

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 we have to look

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 at what comes

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 before verse 16

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 and get the answer.

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 Right before

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 the passage

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 that we read,

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 Paul's talking

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 about false

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 teachers

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 who were seeking

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 to influence

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 the Colossian church.

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 They were

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 encouraging things

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 like asceticism,

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 being strict

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 with yourself,

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 disciplining

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 the body.

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 They talked

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 about the worship

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 of angels

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 going on

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 and on

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 about visions

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 they had seen

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 and puffing

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 themselves up

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 in the process.

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 Hey,

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 guess what I see?

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 Guess what I know?

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 In other words,

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 what they were saying,

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 what you have

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 in Jesus

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 is good,

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 but you need

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 just a little

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 bit more

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 than what you got.

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 And we happen

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 to have

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 what we're talking about.

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 That kind

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 of thinking

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 is common

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 in every religion

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 outside

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 Christianity.

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 You have

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 to do more.

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 Something else

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 you have to do.

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 And he describes

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 what they were saying

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 in verses

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 16 and 18

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 of verse 2,

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 chapter 2,

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 sorry,

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 therefore let

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 no one pass

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 judgment on you

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 in questions

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 of food and drink

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 or with regard

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 to a festival

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 or a new moon

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 or a Sabbath.

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 Don't let them

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 judge you

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 for those things.

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 These are a shadow

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 of the things

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 to come.

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 The substance

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 belongs to Christ.

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 Let no one

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 disqualify you

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 insisting

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 on asceticism

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 and worship

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 with angels

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 going in

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 and down

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 in detail

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 about visions

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 puffed up

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 without reason

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 by a central

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 mind.

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 In other words,

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 they were saying

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 a little more

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 attention to the

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 laws and

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 environments

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 of the Old

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 Testament.

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 Just a little

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 more attention.

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 A little more

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 self-effort.

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 And by the way,

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 if you really

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 want spiritual

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 fullness,

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 we can tell you

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 about some

00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:24.360
 angelic worship

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 that is really

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 amazing.

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 yet,

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 you just

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 won't believe

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 that we have

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 to be.

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 I love what

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 St.

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 Claire Ferguson

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 says about this.

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 The technique

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 here may sound

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 vaguely familiar.

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 Various versions

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 of it are

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 promulgated on

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 television,

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 promoted in books.

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 The common

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 factor is this.

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 You may get

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 some teaching

00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:43.659
 in your own

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 church,

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 but what we

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 have,

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 what we teach,

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 is superior.

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 You will really

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 learn about the

00:13:49.939 --> 00:13:50.539
 spiritual life

00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:50.919
 here,

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 with us,

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 and you

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 will find

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 the fullness

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 you desire.

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 What Paul

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 says in

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 response to

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 that is,

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 you already

00:14:03.180 --> 00:14:03.840
 have fullness

00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:04.300
 in Christ.

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 You don't

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 need something

00:14:06.280 --> 00:14:06.940
 else to make

00:14:06.940 --> 00:14:07.759
 you more full.

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 In verse,

00:14:09.060 --> 00:14:09.520
 chapter 1,

00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:10.000
 verse 19,

00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.440
 he says,

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 for in him,

00:14:11.520 --> 00:14:11.960
 in Christ,

00:14:12.300 --> 00:14:13.120
 all the fullness

00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.700
 of God

00:14:13.700 --> 00:14:14.440
 is pleased to

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 dwell.

00:14:15.400 --> 00:14:15.860
 And then in

00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:16.600
 chapter 2,

00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.580
 verses 9 and 10,

00:14:17.660 --> 00:14:18.060
 he says,

00:14:18.400 --> 00:14:18.860
 for in him,

00:14:18.920 --> 00:14:19.560
 the whole fullness

00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:19.940
 of deity

00:14:19.940 --> 00:14:20.740
 grows bodily,

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 and you

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 have been

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 filled in

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 him.

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 Because we

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 are filled

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 with Christ,

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 who is the

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 head of all

00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:30.740
 rule and

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 authority.

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 And that's

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 what he's spelling

00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:33.560
 out in the

00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:34.039
 beginning of

00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.740
 the passage

00:14:34.740 --> 00:14:35.259
 we read.

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 You've been

00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:36.680
 raised with

00:14:36.680 --> 00:14:37.039
 Christ.

00:14:38.259 --> 00:14:38.860
 You've died

00:14:38.860 --> 00:14:39.360
 with Christ.

00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:40.919
 Your life is

00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:41.340
 hidden with

00:14:41.340 --> 00:14:41.740
 Christ.

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 You will

00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:43.700
 appear with

00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.320
 Christ in

00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:45.019
 glory when

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 he returns.

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 Do you

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 ever think

00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.120
 about that?

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 Not enough,

00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:50.399
 we don't think

00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:51.019
 about that enough.

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 we will

00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:52.419
 appear with

00:14:52.419 --> 00:14:53.379
 Christ in

00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:55.279
 glory when

00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:55.819
 he returns.

00:14:55.939 --> 00:14:56.279
 Why?

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 Because we

00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:57.379
 have been

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.399
 filled with

00:14:58.399 --> 00:14:59.179
 the fullness

00:14:59.179 --> 00:15:00.879
 of Christ.

00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:01.980
 We don't

00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:02.559
 need that

00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:03.279
 extra added

00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:04.779
 something to

00:15:04.779 --> 00:15:05.379
 bring us to

00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:05.740
 God.

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.740
 We bring

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.559
 Christ.

00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:09.360
 But more

00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:09.879
 precisely,

00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.579
 he brings

00:15:11.579 --> 00:15:11.919
 us.

00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:14.779
 And then

00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.579
 in verses 12,

00:15:15.720 --> 00:15:16.360
 Paul uses

00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:17.200
 these three

00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:18.800
 really

00:15:18.800 --> 00:15:19.379
 remarkable

00:15:19.379 --> 00:15:20.139
 terms to

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 describe the

00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:21.700
 participants of

00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:22.159
 our singing.

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 And they

00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:23.800
 go by so

00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:24.220
 quickly you

00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:24.580
 can almost

00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:24.980
 miss them.

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 Put on

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 them as

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 God's

00:15:31.840 --> 00:15:33.580
 chosen

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 ones,

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 holy

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 and

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 lush.

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 shh.

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 That's

00:15:44.659 --> 00:15:44.839
 what's

00:15:44.839 --> 00:15:45.079
 singing

00:15:45.079 --> 00:15:45.279
 this

00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:45.559
 morning.

00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:47.319
 That's

00:15:47.319 --> 00:15:47.439
 what's

00:15:47.439 --> 00:15:47.679
 singing

00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:47.959
 every

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 Sunday

00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:48.600
 country.

00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:50.679
 With

00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.159
 God,

00:15:51.819 --> 00:15:52.339
 you see a lot

00:15:52.339 --> 00:15:52.860
 of problems.

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 You see

00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:55.659
 a lot of

00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:56.039
 things that

00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:56.319
 matter.

00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:56.759
 You see

00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.279
 what God

00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.659
 sees?

00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:00.620
 These are my

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:01.039
 writings.

00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:03.299
 These are my

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 whole wounds.

00:16:03.940 --> 00:16:07.380
 these are my

00:16:07.380 --> 00:16:07.860
 favorite.

00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.860
 Paul's doing

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:11.340
 something kind

00:16:11.340 --> 00:16:11.760
 of shocking

00:16:11.760 --> 00:16:12.040
 here.

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.380
 He is

00:16:12.380 --> 00:16:13.120
 intentionally

00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:15.300
 applying these

00:16:15.300 --> 00:16:16.480
 words to the

00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:17.340
 Gentiles,

00:16:17.940 --> 00:16:19.020
 the non-Jews

00:16:19.020 --> 00:16:19.460
 who are part

00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:19.700
 of the

00:16:19.700 --> 00:16:20.240
 Colossian

00:16:20.240 --> 00:16:20.740
 church.

00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:22.580
 And in the

00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:22.940
 past,

00:16:23.140 --> 00:16:23.840
 those words

00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.220
 were used

00:16:24.220 --> 00:16:24.500
 for this

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:24.800
 God's

00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:25.100
 chosen,

00:16:25.260 --> 00:16:25.500
 people,

00:16:25.720 --> 00:16:26.140
 Jews.

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.120
 But now

00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.840
 the Gentiles

00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:28.380
 are included.

00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.060
 There's

00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:30.300
 something

00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:30.740
 even more

00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.060
 shocking,

00:16:31.260 --> 00:16:31.500
 and that

00:16:31.500 --> 00:16:32.280
 is he's

00:16:32.280 --> 00:16:32.900
 using the

00:16:32.900 --> 00:16:33.300
 words

00:16:33.299 --> 00:16:34.339
 that

00:16:34.339 --> 00:16:35.339
 have only

00:16:35.339 --> 00:16:35.919
 been applied

00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.559
 to Christ

00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:37.079
 himself.

00:16:39.859 --> 00:16:40.699
 1 Peter 2

00:16:40.699 --> 00:16:41.139
 4 says,

00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:41.379
 As you

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.719
 come to

00:16:41.719 --> 00:16:41.919
 him,

00:16:41.979 --> 00:16:42.219
 a living

00:16:42.219 --> 00:16:42.719
 stone

00:16:42.719 --> 00:16:43.099
 protected

00:16:43.099 --> 00:16:43.539
 by men

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:43.740
 that are

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:43.879
 the

00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.219
 sight of

00:16:44.219 --> 00:16:44.439
 God,

00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:45.039
 chosen

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 and crushed.

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 Jesus is

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 the chosen

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 one.

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 John 6

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 verse 69,

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 Peter says

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 to Jesus,

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 We have

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 believed and

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 come to

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 know that

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 you are

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 the holy

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 one of

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 God.

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 Jesus is

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 the true

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 holy one.

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 And if

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 Jesus is

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 being

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 baptized,

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 the voice

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 from heaven

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 said,

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 This is

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 my beloved

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 son in

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 whom I

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 know

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 I

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 believe.

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 God

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 refers to

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 his people

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 the same

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 way that

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 he refers

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 to his

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 son.

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 Do you

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 think it

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 would be

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 more amazing,

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 more breathtaking

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 than that?

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 God.

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 I

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 often

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 hear

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 people

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 say,

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 I

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 just

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 don't

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 know

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 why

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 God

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 chose

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 me.

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 Why

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 would

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 God

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 pick

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 someone

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 like

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 me?

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 Maybe

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 he

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 thought

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 that.

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 Why

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 would

00:17:41.280 --> 00:17:41.500
 God

00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.780
 pick

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 someone

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 like

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 me?

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 Apostle

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 Paul

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 answers

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 that

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 question

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 in the

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 passage

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 we

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 read

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 earlier

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 in the

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 planet.

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 he

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 saved

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 us

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 not

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 because

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 of

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 works

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 done

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 by

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 us

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 in

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 righteousness

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 but

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 according

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 to

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 his

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 own

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 mercy

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 by

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 the

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 washing

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 and

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 regeneration

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 and

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 renewal

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 of the

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 Holy

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 Spirit.

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 It

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 was

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 nothing

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 in

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 us

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 that

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 caused

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 God

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 to

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 choose

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 us.

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 Nothing.

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 It's a

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 fruitless

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 pursuit.

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 Why

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:13.240
 did

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.420
 God

00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:13.620
 choose

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 me?

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 Don't

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 spend

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 too

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 long

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 trying

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 to

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 find

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 the

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 answer

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 that.

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 There

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 is

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 not

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!

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 I

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 heard

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 one

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 teacher

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:22.559
 say

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 recently

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 before

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 there

00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:24.399
 were

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 any

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 atoms

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 or

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 any

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 atom

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 God

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 chose

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 part

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 of

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 his

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 people.

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 Which

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 means

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.159
 from

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 the

00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:36.779
 foundations

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.119
 of

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 the

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 earth

00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:39.180
 God

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 chose

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 us

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 to

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 be

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 a

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 part

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 of

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 the

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 choir.

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 Paul

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 says

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 in

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 Romans

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 8.33

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 who

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 will

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 bring

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 any

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 charge

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:45.859
 against

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 God's

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:46.940
 elect.

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 It

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 is

00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:49.039
 God

00:18:49.039 --> 00:18:49.659
 who

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 justifies.

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 We

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.339
 are

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 his.

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 But

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 that's

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.079
 not

00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.359
 all.

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 We're

00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.200
 not only

00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:54.940
 chosen.

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:55.579
 God

00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:55.899
 says

00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:56.220
 we're

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 holy.

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 We've

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 been

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:58.779
 set

00:18:58.779 --> 00:18:59.200
 apart

00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.500
 for

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 God's

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:00.519
 purposes,

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.399
 God's

00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:01.759
 plans,

00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.619
 God's

00:19:02.619 --> 00:19:02.899
 glory.

00:19:03.159 --> 00:19:03.279
 And

00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:03.899
 most

00:19:03.899 --> 00:19:04.359
 Christians

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:04.779
 think of

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.119
 holiness

00:19:05.119 --> 00:19:05.539
 in terms

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:06.039
 of moral

00:19:06.039 --> 00:19:06.819
 categories,

00:19:07.159 --> 00:19:07.559
 behavioral

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.180
 categories.

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 A

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:08.980
 holy

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.680
 person

00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:11.079
 is

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 someone

00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:11.379
 who

00:19:11.379 --> 00:19:11.619
 doesn't

00:19:11.619 --> 00:19:12.139
 sin,

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.119
 stays

00:19:13.119 --> 00:19:13.339
 away

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.519
 from

00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:13.899
 worldly

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 things,

00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:14.599
 and

00:19:14.599 --> 00:19:14.879
 has

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.359
 consistent

00:19:15.359 --> 00:19:15.799
 quiet

00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.159
 time.

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:16.879
 We

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.100
 can

00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:17.960
 feel

00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:19.260
 holy,

00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:19.940
 more

00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:20.520
 holy,

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.400
 if we've

00:19:21.400 --> 00:19:21.600
 done

00:19:21.600 --> 00:19:21.880
 those

00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.220
 things.

00:19:22.280 --> 00:19:22.560
 As we're

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:22.880
 sitting

00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:23.440
 with the

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.960
 people around

00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.060
 us,

00:19:24.080 --> 00:19:24.340
 we can

00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:24.780
 feel

00:19:24.780 --> 00:19:25.160
 more

00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.620
 holy

00:19:25.620 --> 00:19:27.120
 if we've

00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:27.540
 done

00:19:27.540 --> 00:19:27.840
 the right

00:19:27.840 --> 00:19:28.140
 things.

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:29.640
 But

00:19:29.640 --> 00:19:30.000
 holiness

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.380
 applies

00:19:30.380 --> 00:19:30.660
 something

00:19:30.660 --> 00:19:30.980
 deeper

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.460
 than that.

00:19:32.560 --> 00:19:32.880
 It comes

00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.280
 from the word

00:19:33.280 --> 00:19:33.860
 meaning to

00:19:33.860 --> 00:19:35.020
 cut or

00:19:35.020 --> 00:19:35.520
 separate.

00:19:35.800 --> 00:19:36.260
 Holiness

00:19:36.260 --> 00:19:38.400
 means we've

00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:38.920
 been cut

00:19:38.920 --> 00:19:39.420
 off or

00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.020
 separated

00:19:40.020 --> 00:19:41.900
 from other

00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:42.220
 things,

00:19:42.320 --> 00:19:42.800
 separated from

00:19:42.800 --> 00:19:43.640
 common use.

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:45.140
 in his

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:46.040
 wonderful book

00:19:46.040 --> 00:19:46.600
 devoted to

00:19:46.600 --> 00:19:46.860
 God,

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.100
 St.

00:19:47.140 --> 00:19:47.280
 Clark

00:19:47.280 --> 00:19:47.640
 Ferguson

00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.040
 defines

00:19:48.040 --> 00:19:48.380
 God's

00:19:48.380 --> 00:19:48.700
 holiness

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.480
 as his

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:50.120
 utter and

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:50.520
 complete

00:19:50.520 --> 00:19:51.259
 devotion to

00:19:51.259 --> 00:19:52.080
 himself as

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.600
 the ultimate

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.100
 glory,

00:19:53.460 --> 00:19:53.980
 the ultimate

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.740
 treasure,

00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:56.240
 the ultimate

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.480
 existence.

00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:59.200
 So when God

00:19:59.200 --> 00:19:59.780
 says something

00:19:59.780 --> 00:20:00.540
 is holy,

00:20:00.820 --> 00:20:01.160
 he talked

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:02.040
 about the

00:20:02.040 --> 00:20:02.420
 Sabbath,

00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:03.880
 vessels,

00:20:04.160 --> 00:20:04.560
 nations,

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.100
 garments,

00:20:05.259 --> 00:20:05.640
 men and

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:05.900
 women,

00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:07.420
 it means

00:20:07.420 --> 00:20:07.700
 they are

00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.640
 exclusively

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.340
 devoted

00:20:09.340 --> 00:20:10.940
 to him.

00:20:10.940 --> 00:20:12.500
 so he

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.779
 shows us

00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.460
 to be

00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.059
 devoted

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:16.059
 to himself

00:20:16.059 --> 00:20:16.940
 as much

00:20:16.940 --> 00:20:17.480
 as he

00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:18.360
 is devoted

00:20:18.360 --> 00:20:19.640
 to himself.

00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.100
 We are

00:20:21.100 --> 00:20:22.500
 holy.

00:20:23.860 --> 00:20:24.380
 But that's

00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:24.740
 not all.

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.160
 We're not

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.880
 only chosen

00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.460
 and holy,

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.299
 we are

00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.240
 beloved.

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:30.640
 We're

00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.440
 dearly

00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.640
 loved.

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:34.860
 Notice

00:20:34.860 --> 00:20:35.120
 this,

00:20:35.600 --> 00:20:36.519
 Paul isn't

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.660
 saying in

00:20:37.660 --> 00:20:38.019
 his list

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.820
 of imperatives,

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.840
 if you put

00:20:39.840 --> 00:20:40.400
 off these

00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:40.799
 vices,

00:20:40.940 --> 00:20:41.340
 and put

00:20:41.340 --> 00:20:41.799
 on these

00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:42.340
 sins,

00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.320
 then,

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.960
 and only

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.480
 then,

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.019
 will you

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.740
 be loved.

00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:47.779
 Mine

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.279
 is about

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.740
 parenting

00:20:48.740 --> 00:20:49.440
 sometimes.

00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.559
 Not a

00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:51.900
 good way

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:52.279
 to parent.

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.660
 God

00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.059
 doesn't

00:20:55.059 --> 00:20:55.840
 tell us

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 that.

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 He starts

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 with,

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 you are

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 beloved,

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 cherished,

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 held,

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 in great

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 affection.

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 That's

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 who we

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 are.

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 That's

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 who's

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 singing

00:21:07.720 --> 00:21:08.059
 in the

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:08.440
 choir.

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 That's

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 who we're

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 looking

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 out at

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 or

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 standing

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 with

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 every

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 Sunday

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 morning.

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 Those

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 who are

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 chosen

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 and

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 holy

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 and

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 dearly

00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:18.339
 loved.

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 We

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 aren't

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 singing

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.419
 in a

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 choir

00:21:19.679 --> 00:21:20.019
 like

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.659
 soloist

00:21:20.659 --> 00:21:21.240
 wabies.

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 We're

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 not

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 singing

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 because

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 our

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.319
 performance

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 this week

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 made us

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 worthy to

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 sing in

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 the Lord's

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 Choir.

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 In our

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 church,

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 like most

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 churches,

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 requires a

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 musical

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 audition,

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 I call it

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 an interview,

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 if you want

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 to be part

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 of a choir,

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 part of the

00:21:35.740 --> 00:21:36.099
 band.

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 We're

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 just

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 checking,

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 can they

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 sing in

00:21:39.199 --> 00:21:39.539
 tunes?

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 Can they

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 sing in

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 harmony?

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 Is their

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 voice

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 pleasing?

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 Can they

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 blend in?

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 I'd

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 encourage you

00:21:46.939 --> 00:21:47.199
 in your

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 church to

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 have that

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 kind of

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 choir.

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 But there's

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 good news,

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 you don't

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 have an

00:21:52.279 --> 00:21:52.919
 audition to

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 sing in

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 the

00:21:53.419 --> 00:21:53.879
 church.

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 The fact

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 that you're

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 in the

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 church means

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 that you're

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 in the

00:21:58.699 --> 00:21:59.019
 choir.

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 If you're

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 in Christ,

00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:01.599
 you're in.

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 You're

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.219
 chosen.

00:22:04.159 --> 00:22:04.539
 You're

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 holy.

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:07.299
 You're

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 dearly

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:07.840
 love.

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 It's not

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 dependent on

00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:09.720
 the range,

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.480
 the timbre,

00:22:10.579 --> 00:22:11.120
 the sound,

00:22:11.259 --> 00:22:11.700
 the skill

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.000
 of your

00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.220
 spirit.

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.720
 Christ

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.100
 gets you

00:22:15.100 --> 00:22:15.340
 into the

00:22:15.340 --> 00:22:15.559
 choir.

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 So the

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.980
 gospel specifies

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.259
 who the

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.620
 participants

00:22:19.620 --> 00:22:19.920
 of our

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 singing are.

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 Number

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.539
 two, the

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.559
 gospel describes

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.140
 the nature

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 of our

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 singing.

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.440
 How should

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.059
 we sing?

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.360
 What should

00:22:26.360 --> 00:22:26.940
 those who

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.400
 are chosen

00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:27.819
 all in

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 dearly

00:22:28.100 --> 00:22:28.440
 love,

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 what should

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.079
 their

00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:29.420
 singing

00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.299
 look like?

00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:31.660
 These

00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:31.920
 passages

00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.440
 tell us.

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.740
 It tells

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.140
 us that

00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:35.400
 our

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:35.660
 singing

00:22:35.660 --> 00:22:35.960
 should

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.220
 be

00:22:36.220 --> 00:22:36.500
 as

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:36.960
 one,

00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:37.440
 to be

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 unified.

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.480
 The

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.940
 passage is

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.839
 relentlessly

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 corporate

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 congregational.

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 It doesn't

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.539
 make any

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:44.960
 sense to

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.200
 think of

00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:45.359
 these

00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:45.779
 commands

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.319
 and promises

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:47.019
 outside the

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.579
 reality of

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 the church.

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:49.740
 Of course

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.519
 we can

00:22:50.519 --> 00:22:51.500
 and sing

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:52.380
 should sing

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 on our

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.200
 own,

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.460
 but here

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.519
 we're

00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.099
 reminded

00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:57.839
 that we

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.099
 are the

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:58.700
 body of

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.180
 Christ.

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 We're

00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:01.319
 united

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.939
 in

00:23:01.939 --> 00:23:02.419
 Christ.

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 And no

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:04.079
 secondary

00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.939
 differences

00:23:04.939 --> 00:23:07.039
 or skill

00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:07.720
 differences

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.299
 are going

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:08.700
 to keep

00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.059
 us from

00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.720
 celebrating

00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.919
 our common

00:23:10.919 --> 00:23:11.639
 share in

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 Christ.

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.619
 David and

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:12.899
 I did

00:23:12.899 --> 00:23:13.460
 this podcast

00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.720
 called

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.059
 Southless

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.559
 Doctrine.

00:23:15.159 --> 00:23:15.859
 One of the

00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.779
 episodes we

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.159
 did was

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:18.439
 musicians are

00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:18.819
 part of the

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.200
 congregation

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.759
 too.

00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.179
 You know,

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.720
 we're not

00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.359
 up on this

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.000
 platform

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.679
 separate from

00:23:25.679 --> 00:23:26.939
 people in

00:23:26.940 --> 00:23:27.820
 some higher

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.299
 level,

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:28.740
 well,

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.259
 physically

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.680
 speaking,

00:23:29.860 --> 00:23:30.019
 we are,

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:31.440
 but we're

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.820
 not different

00:23:32.820 --> 00:23:33.720
 in God's

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:33.940
 eyes.

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.400
 We're just

00:23:34.400 --> 00:23:34.720
 part of

00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.039
 the choir.

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.940
 And we're

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.299
 not leading

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.759
 that choir.

00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:38.820
 Jesus is

00:23:38.820 --> 00:23:39.220
 leading that

00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:39.440
 choir.

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.559
 So we're

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.100
 singing as

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.500
 one.

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.140
 The gospel

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:45.019
 enables us

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:46.120
 to look past

00:23:46.120 --> 00:23:47.160
 the differences

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:48.680
 and peculiarities

00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.380
 and quirks of

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:49.840
 those around

00:23:49.840 --> 00:23:50.320
 us and say,

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:50.680
 oh,

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.299
 you're in

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.720
 Christ,

00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:53.259
 just like

00:23:53.259 --> 00:23:53.620
 I am.

00:23:55.080 --> 00:23:55.519
 And you

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.000
 notice in

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.599
 Paul's list

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:57.480
 to put on

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 because he

00:23:57.700 --> 00:23:58.660
 highlights those

00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.619
 sins and

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.640
 virtues which

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.559
 either threaten

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.599
 or strengthen

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.960
 our unity.

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.019
 Put off

00:24:06.019 --> 00:24:06.519
 coveting.

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.420
 Put off

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:07.980
 anger,

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.619
 malice,

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.299
 slander.

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.220
 Put on

00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:12.180
 compassionate

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.920
 hearts,

00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:14.660
 kindness,

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.180
 meekness,

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.619
 patience.

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.579
 Bear with

00:24:17.579 --> 00:24:18.259
 one another.

00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.380
 Forgive others

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.980
 as the Lord

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.460
 is forgiving

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.359
 you, so you

00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.019
 also must

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.400
 forgive.

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:22.720
 Oh,

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.220
 by the way,

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.759
 above everything,

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.279
 put on the

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:24.740
 love which

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.480
 binds it all

00:24:25.480 --> 00:24:25.859
 together.

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.700
 Perfect Harmony.

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.220
 We're not a

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:29.779
 group of random

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.480
 individuals who

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.680
 are not a

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.099
 show in the

00:24:31.099 --> 00:24:31.619
 same room

00:24:31.619 --> 00:24:32.180
 at the same

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.579
 house.

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.519
 We are one

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:35.539
 in Christ.

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:35.940
 We're not

00:24:35.940 --> 00:24:36.460
 pursuing our

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:37.160
 own agendas,

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.700
 our own

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.019
 interests,

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.480
 our own

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.779
 goals.

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.660
 We were

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.440
 called in

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.160
 one body,

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.700
 he says in

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.180
 verse 15.

00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.299
 We are

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.240
 called in

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:45.039
 one body.

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.640
 We are

00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:46.220
 one in

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.640
 Christ.

00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.460
 And because

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.740
 of that,

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.420
 we're eager

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:49.039
 to maintain

00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.480
 the unity

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:49.740
 of the

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.180
 spirit and

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.460
 the bond

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.779
 of peace.

00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:51.220
 And that's

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:52.099
 so ironic

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.640
 that the

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.000
 source of

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.779
 so many

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:55.859
 differences and

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.980
 conflicts in the

00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:57.480
 church have been

00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:57.980
 over you.

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.460
 Isn't that

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:00.819
 wrong?

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.140
 When God

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.539
 says,

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.400
 if you're

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.900
 chosen to

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.140
 hold a

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:04.400
 dear in

00:25:04.400 --> 00:25:04.700
 love,

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.140
 you're to

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.480
 sing as

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.740
 one.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.019
 That's why I

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.460
 called you to

00:25:07.460 --> 00:25:07.680
 sing.

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.940
 You sing as

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.180
 one.

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.740
 What else does the

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.519
 gospel say about how

00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:13.019
 we're to sing?

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.619
 Well, the gospel

00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:14.420
 calls us to sing

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:15.099
 with gratefulness,

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.680
 gratefully.

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.619
 Verses 15-17,

00:25:19.239 --> 00:25:19.859
 thankfulness is

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.639
 mentioned three

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.059
 times.

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:21.500
 I've tried to

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.179
 emphasize it

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.519
 in the last

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.979
 reading.

00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:25.259
 Verse 15,

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:25.719
 let the peace

00:25:25.719 --> 00:25:26.500
 of Christ rule

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.039
 in your hearts

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.699
 to which indeed

00:25:27.699 --> 00:25:28.279
 you were called

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.939
 in one body.

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.339
 And be

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:29.719
 thankful.

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.239
 Verse 16,

00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:32.919
 let the word

00:25:32.919 --> 00:25:33.339
 of Christ

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:33.779
 dwell in you,

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.939
 literally singing,

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.579
 teaching and

00:25:35.579 --> 00:25:36.179
 moshing women

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.899
 in all wisdom,

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.239
 singing songs

00:25:38.239 --> 00:25:38.599
 and hymns

00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:38.979
 and spiritual

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.379
 songs,

00:25:39.939 --> 00:25:40.719
 giving the

00:25:40.719 --> 00:25:41.339
 thankfulness

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.579
 in your

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.000
 hearts to

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.259
 God.

00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.439
 And then

00:25:43.439 --> 00:25:43.859
 whatever you

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.079
 do,

00:25:44.199 --> 00:25:44.639
 in word or

00:25:44.639 --> 00:25:44.759
 deed,

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.619
 do everything

00:25:45.619 --> 00:25:45.959
 in the name

00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.299
 of the Lord

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:46.539
 Jesus.

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:47.399
 Giving thanks

00:25:47.399 --> 00:25:47.959
 to God.

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:49.859
 Isn't that

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.259
 beautiful?

00:25:50.719 --> 00:25:50.859
 It's

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.379
 bothering you.

00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:53.739
 Why do you

00:25:53.739 --> 00:25:55.819
 think God

00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:58.139
 had Paul put

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.839
 that in there

00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:00.059
 three times,

00:26:00.479 --> 00:26:01.319
 in three

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.739
 verses?

00:26:04.139 --> 00:26:04.299
 Well,

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.559
 really,

00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:05.019
 it's because

00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.319
 a lot of

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.559
 times when

00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.839
 we come to

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:06.099
 the meeting

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:06.399
 we're not

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:06.899
 so thankful.

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.039
 We're

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.679
 discouraged.

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:11.759
 Just feeling

00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.159
 down,

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.739
 distracted,

00:26:12.919 --> 00:26:13.519
 way down,

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.219
 like sins

00:26:15.219 --> 00:26:15.759
 were bad,

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.979
 or suffering

00:26:16.979 --> 00:26:17.479
 were going

00:26:17.479 --> 00:26:17.839
 through,

00:26:17.839 --> 00:26:19.019
 or maybe

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.419
 even just

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.819
 a sense

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.619
 of numbness,

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.759
 disconnectedness.

00:26:24.459 --> 00:26:25.379
 This passage

00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:26.220
 tells us that

00:26:26.220 --> 00:26:27.720
 we can enter

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.259
 his gates

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.099
 with thanksgiving

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:30.039
 and his

00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.740
 courts with

00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.279
 grace.

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.899
 And we

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.740
 don't have

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.439
 to ignore

00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:35.159
 the reality

00:26:35.159 --> 00:26:35.699
 of the things

00:26:35.699 --> 00:26:36.059
 that are going

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.619
 on in our

00:26:36.619 --> 00:26:37.039
 lives.

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:38.059
 God wants

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.339
 us to

00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.740
 transcend

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.159
 them.

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.079
 It says

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.359
 there is

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.799
 something

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.740
 going on

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.240
 that's a

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:44.079
 greater reality

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.959
 that you can see.

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:47.779
 there are

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.480
 times for

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.880
 lament.

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.579
 There are

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.500
 times for

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.120
 repentance.

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:52.900
 There are

00:26:52.900 --> 00:26:53.680
 times for

00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.460
 reflection.

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.579
 But God

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.079
 wants us

00:26:57.079 --> 00:26:58.079
 to see

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.960
 that greater

00:26:58.960 --> 00:26:59.860
 reality that

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.960
 surrounds what

00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.420
 we see so

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.079
 vividly

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:03.539
 among.

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.140
 Remember

00:27:06.140 --> 00:27:06.819
 Christ,

00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:08.019
 who he is,

00:27:08.120 --> 00:27:08.740
 what he's done.

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.840
 Remember who

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.399
 you are.

00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.019
 Remember

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.879
 whose you

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.399
 are.

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.259
 Remember

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:15.819
 where you're

00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.259
 headed.

00:27:17.959 --> 00:27:18.459
 It's just

00:27:18.459 --> 00:27:19.019
 you can't

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.579
 think about

00:27:19.579 --> 00:27:20.259
 these things

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:22.000
 without being

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:22.740
 thankful.

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:25.039
 The phrase

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.419
 singing with

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:27.399
 thankfulness in

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.039
 your hearts to

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.679
 God, this is a

00:27:28.679 --> 00:27:29.179
 little bit of a

00:27:29.179 --> 00:27:30.859
 twist, might be

00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.779
 more accurately

00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:33.659
 translated in

00:27:33.659 --> 00:27:36.139
 grace singing

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:36.779
 in your hearts

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.299
 to God.

00:27:37.939 --> 00:27:38.839
 It parallels

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:40.059
 what came

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.419
 right before,

00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:40.899
 in all

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.419
 wisdom,

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.139
 teaching and

00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.759
 admonishing one

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.500
 another, in

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:45.500
 grace, singing

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.000
 in your hearts

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.440
 to God.

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:47.379
 We are

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:48.539
 singing in

00:27:48.539 --> 00:27:49.119
 grace.

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.480
 And this is

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.240
 what Richard

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.839
 Malick says

00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:51.460
 about that.

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.539
 Grace reminds

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:54.220
 singers that

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.700
 the message

00:27:54.700 --> 00:27:55.220
 and not the

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.839
 singers bring

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.259
 salvation.

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.240
 It further

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.700
 reminds us

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.039
 that everything

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.599
 good about

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.079
 what they sing

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.559
 comes from

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:01.099
 God because

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:01.539
 of God's

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.139
 grace.

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.919
 There is

00:28:03.919 --> 00:28:04.779
 no room for

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.659
 self-praise,

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.619
 ambition, or

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:07.460
 high-mindedness

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:07.940
 in the realm of

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.179
 grace.

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.819
 Those who

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.019
 are saying

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.679
 do so,

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.720
 because they

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.720
 have felt the

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.619
 transforming power

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:13.119
 of God in

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.700
 their own lives

00:28:13.700 --> 00:28:14.379
 and they sing

00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.200
 with an awareness

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:16.299
 of that grace.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.940
 Are we aware

00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.759
 of that grace

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.159
 from this?

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.259
 God intends us

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.480
 to be.

00:28:21.539 --> 00:28:22.119
 He wants us

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:22.419
 to be.

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.539
 We're thankful

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.119
 because of the

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:25.220
 grace we stand

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.859
 in as our

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.339
 Christ.

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.000
 Our sins,

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.740
 the ones we've

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.519
 committed today

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.039
 already,

00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.559
 do for

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.679
 good.

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.859
 Our sins,

00:28:34.980 --> 00:28:35.279
 the ones we're

00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:35.799
 committed for

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.419
 the rest of the

00:28:36.419 --> 00:28:36.740
 day,

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:38.779
 do for

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:39.079
 care.

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.819
 We have

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.279
 no fear

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:41.700
 of health.

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:43.099
 The grave

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.399
 has been

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.759
 overcome.

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.700
 We're headed

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.440
 for eternal

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:46.639
 pleasures at

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.559
 God's right

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:47.859
 hand.

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.500
 And if you're

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.200
 in a band,

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:50.019
 a pure musician

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.720
 who serves

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.259
 in your

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.819
 church,

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.920
 often that

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.980
 thankfulness is

00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.379
 dampened by

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.980
 thoughts of

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.460
 anxiety or

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.519
 comparison or

00:28:59.519 --> 00:28:59.980
 envy.

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.259
 It should not

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.740
 be so.

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:06.380
 we live in

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:07.480
 reality that

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:09.059
 transcends our

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:12.200
 petty grievances

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:13.220
 against others.

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.120
 How often is a

00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:16.120
 thankful heart

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:17.620
 overruled by a

00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:19.279
 judgmental or

00:29:19.279 --> 00:29:20.079
 critical heart?

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.599
 It's the

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.160
 gospel that

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.099
 enables us.

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:25.079
 It's only the

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:27.380
 gospel to put

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:28.680
 all those thoughts

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.620
 aside and be

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.940
 truly grateful

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.380
 that our sins

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.059
 are paid for,

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.480
 that we've been

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:34.399
 reconciled to

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:35.940
 God and that

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.899
 all around us

00:29:36.899 --> 00:29:37.519
 are brothers and

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.119
 sisters who

00:29:38.119 --> 00:29:38.659
 have received

00:29:38.659 --> 00:29:39.299
 the same

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:40.659
 unfathomable

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.299
 mercy of

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.899
 Christ that

00:29:41.899 --> 00:29:42.240
 we have.

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.980
 You're a

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:45.579
 Christian part

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:45.819
 of me.

00:29:47.599 --> 00:29:48.359
 We're to sing

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.119
 as one and

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:49.819
 sing thankfully

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:51.419
 and the

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:51.899
 gospel says

00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.339
 we're to sing

00:29:52.339 --> 00:29:53.659
 wholeheartedly.

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.679
 And you guys

00:29:55.679 --> 00:29:56.019
 have done a

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.480
 great job

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.859
 that way.

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:58.379
 Sing wholeheartedly.

00:30:00.139 --> 00:30:00.919
 Singing with

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.679
 thankfulness

00:30:01.679 --> 00:30:03.039
 naturally means

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:04.000
 to a whole

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.539
 hearted

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.059
 participation.

00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.159
 Verse 16.

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.639
 Let the

00:30:08.639 --> 00:30:09.139
 word of Christ

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.659
 dwell in you

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.159
 richly,

00:30:10.420 --> 00:30:11.019
 teaching and

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.799
 promising one

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:12.079
 another,

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.440
 and all

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.879
 with him,

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:14.119
 singing songs

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.500
 and things

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:14.899
 and spiritual

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.500
 songs with

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.539
 thankfulness in

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.799
 your hearts

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:19.720
 to God.

00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:21.259
 Some people

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.680
 have tried to

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.180
 make the case

00:30:22.180 --> 00:30:22.779
 that that means

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.980
 it doesn't

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.940
 really matter

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.500
 if we sing

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:26.379
 authorly,

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:27.500
 we're really

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.180
 singing this

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:29.099
 in our hearts

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.700
 to God.

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:31.120
 so I

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:31.519
 can just

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:31.980
 sit here

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.299
 and not

00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.160
 do anything

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:34.120
 but God

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.720
 hears me.

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.200
 That's not

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.600
 what that

00:30:36.600 --> 00:30:36.980
 was to

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:37.120
 mean.

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.080
 When the

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:39.039
 Bible uses

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.860
 the word

00:30:39.860 --> 00:30:40.700
 heart,

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.900
 it is

00:30:41.900 --> 00:30:42.720
 generally

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:43.519
 talking about

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.180
 our whole

00:30:44.180 --> 00:30:44.660
 being,

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:46.420
 the center

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.539
 of our

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.160
 thinking

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.380
 and will

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.660
 and affection.

00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:51.779
 So what

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.240
 Paul's saying

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.820
 is we're

00:30:52.820 --> 00:30:53.220
 not just

00:30:53.220 --> 00:30:53.720
 singing with

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.500
 our lips,

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.500
 we're singing

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.140
 with our

00:30:57.140 --> 00:30:58.740
 whole hearts,

00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:00.100
 our whole

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:01.140
 being.

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:03.900
 This means

00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:05.000
 that our

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.560
 singing isn't

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:06.000
 just meant

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.779
 to be heard,

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.680
 it's meant

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:09.100
 to be seen.

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:12.100
 Seeing is

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:13.320
 a powerful

00:31:13.320 --> 00:31:14.480
 and beautiful

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.779
 way of

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.040
 expressing our

00:31:17.040 --> 00:31:17.980
 gratefulness

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.880
 to God as

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.640
 we consider

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.920
 the grace

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.660
 that he has

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.520
 shown us

00:31:22.520 --> 00:31:23.600
 in Christ.

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.560
 No one

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:25.440
 else can

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.620
 sing like

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.320
 this.

00:31:28.280 --> 00:31:28.680
 Do we

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:29.340
 get that?

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.320
 No one

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.320
 else knows

00:31:31.320 --> 00:31:31.860
 what we

00:31:31.860 --> 00:31:32.340
 know.

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.720
 No one

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:34.120
 else has

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:35.200
 experienced

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.700
 what we

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:35.860
 have

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.800
 experienced.

00:31:37.120 --> 00:31:37.640
 So God

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.180
 gives us

00:31:38.180 --> 00:31:39.020
 singing

00:31:39.020 --> 00:31:40.000
 both to

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.080
 express it

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.600
 and to

00:31:41.600 --> 00:31:42.440
 elicit

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.660
 that kind

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:44.460
 of gratefulness.

00:31:44.520 --> 00:31:45.000
 So Jonathan

00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.780
 Edmund in his

00:31:45.780 --> 00:31:46.340
 book Religious

00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:46.880
 Affection

00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:47.500
 says,

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:49.539
 the duty

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.619
 of singing

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.480
 praises to

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.799
 God seems

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.480
 to be given

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.460
 wholly,

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:56.220
 wholly,

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.900
 completely,

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:58.000
 to excite

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.900
 and express

00:31:58.900 --> 00:31:59.460
 religious

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.180
 affection.

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.559
 There's no

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.279
 reason why we

00:32:03.279 --> 00:32:03.720
 should express

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.140
 ourselves to

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.480
 God in

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.099
 verse rather

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.500
 than in

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.000
 prose and

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.819
 with music

00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:08.920
 except that

00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:09.920
 these things

00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:10.720
 have a

00:32:10.720 --> 00:32:11.480
 tendency to

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.440
 move our

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.059
 affection,

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:13.119
 affection.

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.039
 Quick

00:32:17.039 --> 00:32:18.019
 sidebar here.

00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:18.919
 There's a

00:32:18.919 --> 00:32:19.440
 difference between

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:20.200
 emotions and

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.659
 affection.

00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:22.579
 Emotions are

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.299
 what I feel.

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.980
 Happiness,

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:26.000
 anger,

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.000
 excitement,

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.259
 anxiety.

00:32:30.700 --> 00:32:32.480
 Affections are

00:32:32.480 --> 00:32:33.339
 why I feel

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:33.579
 them.

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.299
 That's what

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.759
 goes down

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:36.559
 deeper than

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.000
 emotions.

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.220
 Emotions are

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.839
 response.

00:32:38.960 --> 00:32:39.819
 Affections drive

00:32:39.819 --> 00:32:40.299
 the car.

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:42.099
 So when

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:42.599
 we're talking

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.180
 about speaking

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.440
 to our

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.279
 affections,

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.839
 we're not

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.240
 talking about

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.539
 just getting

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.240
 people happy

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:47.339
 and excited.

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.079
 We're talking

00:32:49.079 --> 00:32:49.480
 about bringing

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:49.839
 them,

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:51.379
 bringing to

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.279
 their minds,

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.680
 to their

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.220
 hearts,

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.980
 what is true,

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:56.859
 what is real,

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:57.839
 who they are,

00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:58.599
 what Christ has

00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:58.819
 done,

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.619
 who He is.

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:02.059
 Those kinds

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.460
 of things.

00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.000
 Singing both

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.819
 expresses and

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:07.759
 excites those

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.559
 truths.

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.539
 It supplies a

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.139
 way of giving

00:33:12.139 --> 00:33:13.299
 voice to what's

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.019
 in our hearts,

00:33:14.099 --> 00:33:14.559
 but it also

00:33:14.559 --> 00:33:17.019
 stirs up what

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.519
 might be

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:18.019
 dormant.

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.500
 So we might

00:33:20.500 --> 00:33:21.059
 come into the

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:21.519
 science service

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.919
 overflowing with

00:33:22.919 --> 00:33:23.919
 thankfulness for

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.539
 what God has

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.259
 done for us in

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.539
 Christ.

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:27.159
 Singing helps

00:33:27.159 --> 00:33:28.240
 us express that

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.940
 wholeheartedly.

00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:31.059
 Sometimes we

00:33:31.059 --> 00:33:31.759
 become distracted.

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.559
 Sometimes we

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.519
 become overwhelmed

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:35.419
 by our sin or

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:35.899
 our suffering.

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:36.819
 And that's

00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.139
 okay.

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.839
 And then we

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.379
 start singing.

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:43.119
 singing reminds

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:44.539
 us of what

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.139
 we're about,

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:47.019
 who we are,

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.960
 what God has

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.539
 done for us

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:49.980
 and is for

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.619
 us in Christ.

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.319
 It excites

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:53.299
 and draws out

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:55.299
 our affections.

00:33:57.919 --> 00:33:58.460
 We're to sing

00:33:58.460 --> 00:33:59.299
 with thankfulness

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:01.000
 in our whole

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.359
 being.

00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:04.359
 It doesn't

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:04.960
 mean that you're

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.619
 a continuation

00:34:05.619 --> 00:34:06.419
 of charismatic

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:07.359
 if you do that.

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.599
 and you

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:08.960
 should be,

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.179
 but it

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.599
 doesn't mean

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:12.599
 that you're

00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:13.119
 becoming an

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.839
 extrovert.

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.259
 This isn't

00:34:16.259 --> 00:34:16.639
 me.

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:17.799
 Well, you

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.219
 just got a

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.599
 passing

00:34:18.599 --> 00:34:19.019
 better to

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.559
 sing about.

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.380
 It doesn't

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.179
 matter about

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.559
 you.

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.539
 It means the

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.079
 Lord of Christ

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.739
 is dwelling in

00:34:25.739 --> 00:34:26.219
 your rich

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.500
 life.

00:34:26.779 --> 00:34:27.279
 That's what it

00:34:27.279 --> 00:34:27.599
 means.

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.179
 And you

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.739
 can't help

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.460
 but respond.

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.539
 That's why

00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.559
 hearts include,

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.299
 it's in your

00:34:34.299 --> 00:34:34.579
 hearts.

00:34:34.659 --> 00:34:35.099
 It includes

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.679
 what we do

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.359
 of our faces

00:34:36.359 --> 00:34:36.799
 and our

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.259
 bodies.

00:34:37.899 --> 00:34:38.839
 Psalm 34

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.319
 verse 5

00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:39.559
 says,

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.199
 Those who

00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:41.799
 look to

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:43.480
 him are

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:43.980
 dour.

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:45.659
 It doesn't

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.039
 say it.

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.539
 Those who

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:47.899
 look to

00:34:47.899 --> 00:34:48.339
 him are

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:48.980
 distracted.

00:34:49.899 --> 00:34:50.159
 It doesn't

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.440
 say it.

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.299
 Those who

00:34:52.299 --> 00:34:52.619
 look to

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.879
 him are

00:34:53.879 --> 00:34:54.539
 radiant.

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:58.039
 Their faces

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.699
 shall never

00:34:58.699 --> 00:34:59.299
 be ashamed.

00:35:01.099 --> 00:35:01.399
 It's good

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.719
 to ask

00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:02.059
 ourselves

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.659
 occasionally,

00:35:03.500 --> 00:35:04.579
 what am I

00:35:04.579 --> 00:35:05.259
 communicating

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.820
 with my

00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.720
 face,

00:35:07.560 --> 00:35:08.920
 my body,

00:35:09.520 --> 00:35:10.180
 my engagement

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.920
 to others

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.500
 as I

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.840
 sing.

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:13.260
 What am I,

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:14.720
 what can

00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:15.600
 people see

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:16.660
 about the

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.160
 God I'm

00:35:17.160 --> 00:35:17.920
 singing about?

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.140
 What kind

00:35:20.140 --> 00:35:21.200
 of Savior do

00:35:21.200 --> 00:35:22.020
 I communicate

00:35:22.020 --> 00:35:23.120
 Jesus is

00:35:23.120 --> 00:35:23.780
 through my

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.160
 body?

00:35:25.720 --> 00:35:26.080
 That's why

00:35:26.080 --> 00:35:26.400
 at our home

00:35:26.400 --> 00:35:26.760
 church we

00:35:26.760 --> 00:35:27.040
 ask our

00:35:27.040 --> 00:35:27.300
 inch of

00:35:27.300 --> 00:35:27.660
 mouth to

00:35:27.660 --> 00:35:28.360
 sing and

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:29.340
 the folks

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.600
 are going

00:35:29.600 --> 00:35:29.880
 to hear.

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.720
 These are

00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.100
 all members

00:35:31.100 --> 00:35:31.320
 of the

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.860
 community

00:35:31.860 --> 00:35:32.480
 church.

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.480
 Love

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.100
 serving with

00:35:34.100 --> 00:35:34.280
 them.

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:35.380
 We ask

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:36.019
 everyone else

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.420
 to sing

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.280
 because it's

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.580
 not just

00:35:37.580 --> 00:35:37.820
 about

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.080
 playing

00:35:38.080 --> 00:35:38.600
 the notes.

00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.300
 It's about

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.640
 who you are

00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:41.120
 in Christ.

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:41.920
 The one

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.180
 who's done

00:35:42.180 --> 00:35:42.480
 for you.

00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:44.620
 Now there

00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:45.280
 may be

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.760
 occasionally

00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:46.440
 some who

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.780
 say,

00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.400
 well I

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.680
 don't want

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:47.800
 to be

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.180
 a distraction.

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.260
 Okay?

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.100
 Great,

00:35:52.140 --> 00:35:52.460
 that's a good

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.660
 thing.

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.220
 Don't be

00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.660
 a distraction.

00:35:54.560 --> 00:35:55.080
 But being

00:35:55.080 --> 00:35:55.940
 a distraction

00:35:55.940 --> 00:35:56.740
 is different

00:35:56.740 --> 00:35:57.340
 from showing

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.840
 affection.

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:57.900
 affection.

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.600
 So if my

00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:00.000
 wife,

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:00.460
 Julie,

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:02.680
 when I

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:03.820
 miss all

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.320
 my heart,

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:05.579
 we're

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:05.940
 walking

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.320
 to this

00:36:06.320 --> 00:36:06.600
 room,

00:36:08.280 --> 00:36:09.160
 I can

00:36:09.160 --> 00:36:10.200
 stop the

00:36:10.200 --> 00:36:11.180
 mess and

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:11.500
 have a

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.260
 local group

00:36:12.260 --> 00:36:13.059
 to her and

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.760
 kiss her

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.320
 passionately.

00:36:14.380 --> 00:36:14.620
 Because we

00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:15.100
 always kiss

00:36:15.100 --> 00:36:15.519
 passionately.

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.160
 That's what we

00:36:16.160 --> 00:36:16.600
 try to do.

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:17.860
 Actually,

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.420
 don't try to

00:36:18.420 --> 00:36:18.500
 do it.

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:18.900
 We do it.

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:22.079
 And you

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.200
 know,

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.680
 I was

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.320
 thinking,

00:36:23.740 --> 00:36:24.220
 here's what I

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.700
 was thinking.

00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:25.980
 I wonder

00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:26.579
 what people

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.180
 are thinking

00:36:27.180 --> 00:36:27.840
 about me.

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:30.940
 Is this

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.880
 my show?

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.039
 My show

00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:33.420
 is my

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:33.820
 attraction?

00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.340
 I don't

00:36:36.340 --> 00:36:36.519
 want to

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.920
 seem like

00:36:36.920 --> 00:36:37.079
 too

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.360
 on the

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:37.579
 top

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:37.820
 like

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.059
 this.

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.860
 That

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:40.099
 would be

00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.619
 the fear

00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:40.980
 of me,

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.180
 huh?

00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.019
 I don't

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.360
 care what

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.740
 you think

00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.740
 in relation

00:36:45.740 --> 00:36:46.599
 to my

00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:46.880
 wife.

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:48.780
 I

00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.220
 never

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.380
 worked

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.640
 on my

00:36:49.640 --> 00:36:49.920
 arm

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.119
 in the

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:50.500
 year 50

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:50.760
 years.

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:50.980
 It's

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.300
 always.

00:36:52.700 --> 00:36:53.000
 You know,

00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:53.220
 I was

00:36:53.220 --> 00:36:53.680
 only one.

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:55.700
 How much

00:36:55.700 --> 00:36:58.740
 should people

00:36:58.740 --> 00:37:00.820
 see who

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.460
 it is

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:02.820
 that we

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:02.940
 are

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.220
 seeing

00:37:03.220 --> 00:37:05.119
 and how

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.579
 the Lord

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:07.240
 is

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:07.519
 and how

00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:07.820
 good?

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:11.200
 You don't

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.400
 have to be

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.860
 distracted.

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.240
 You shouldn't

00:37:12.240 --> 00:37:12.800
 be distracted.

00:37:13.019 --> 00:37:13.280
 You're not

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.780
 talking about

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.800
 these problems.

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:16.480
 And I

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.820
 saw them

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.380
 in all

00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:17.840
 kinds of

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:18.079
 places

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:18.579
 all over the

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:18.800
 world.

00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:19.420
 And,

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:20.480
 you know,

00:37:20.519 --> 00:37:20.800
 there's some

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.260
 very

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.699
 conservative

00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.179
 places.

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.039
 David and

00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:24.260
 I,

00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:24.420
 here,

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.480


00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:24.740
 to a

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.240
 conference

00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:26.280
 in

00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:26.760
 California.

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:27.840
 We're

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.019
 like,

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.320
 you know,

00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:29.099
 two people

00:37:29.099 --> 00:37:29.320
 in the

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:29.519
 room.

00:37:29.719 --> 00:37:30.280
 You seem

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.659
 to be

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.139
 doing

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.460
 anything.

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:34.980
 And it's

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.260
 okay,

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.659
 because by

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:35.880
 the end

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.019
 of the

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.460
 conference,

00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.880
 more people

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:38.860
 are engaged.

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.380
 And that's

00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:39.800
 the key word,

00:37:39.900 --> 00:37:40.519
 engaged.

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.300
 We know

00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:41.960
 what's going

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.599
 on.

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:43.780
 Know.

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.220
 So,

00:37:44.580 --> 00:37:46.019
 wholeheartedly.

00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:47.600
 Because one

00:37:47.600 --> 00:37:47.980
 other way,

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:48.860
 this is,

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.760
 end of this

00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.100
 point,

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.820
 how do we

00:37:50.820 --> 00:37:51.260
 sing?

00:37:52.060 --> 00:37:52.519
 We talked

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:53.160
 about as

00:37:53.160 --> 00:37:53.700
 one,

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.540
 gratefully,

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:55.960
 wholeheartedly,

00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:56.820
 and then to

00:37:56.820 --> 00:37:57.200
 God,

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:57.640
 ourselves,

00:37:57.780 --> 00:37:58.120
 and others.

00:37:58.260 --> 00:37:59.040
 There is an

00:37:59.040 --> 00:37:59.660
 audience for

00:37:59.660 --> 00:37:59.980
 singing.

00:38:01.660 --> 00:38:02.220
 Let the

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.660
 word of Christ

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:03.140
 dwell in your

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.440
 richly,

00:38:03.540 --> 00:38:03.980
 teaching and

00:38:03.980 --> 00:38:04.600
 admonishing one

00:38:04.600 --> 00:38:05.380
 another in all

00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:05.840
 wisdom,

00:38:06.500 --> 00:38:07.580
 singing songs and

00:38:07.580 --> 00:38:08.019
 hymns and

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.000
 spiritual songs with

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.680
 thankfulness in

00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:10.400
 your hearts to

00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.840
 God.

00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:11.400
 So,

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:11.680
 what do we

00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:11.800
 do?

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.820
 We're singing,

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.579
 teaching and

00:38:13.579 --> 00:38:14.200
 admonishing one

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.600
 another,

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:16.019
 but we're also

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.620
 singing to

00:38:16.620 --> 00:38:17.240
 God.

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.120
 Now,

00:38:18.160 --> 00:38:18.600
 no one would

00:38:18.600 --> 00:38:19.260
 argue that when

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:19.820
 we sing,

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.360
 we're meant to

00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:21.200
 sing to God.

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:21.920
 We're singing in

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.800
 our hearts to

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.140
 God.

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:23.820
 And amazingly,

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:24.780
 because of

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.019
 Christ,

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.039
 he delights to

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.960
 hear our praises

00:38:26.960 --> 00:38:29.240
 perfected through

00:38:29.240 --> 00:38:30.160
 the work of

00:38:30.160 --> 00:38:30.960
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.280
 But the

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.320
 gospel reminds us

00:38:33.320 --> 00:38:33.579
 that we're

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.100
 singing to

00:38:34.100 --> 00:38:34.539
 each other.

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.039
 Back in

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.539
 Colossians 1.

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:37.960
 28,

00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.700
 Paul described

00:38:38.700 --> 00:38:39.220
 his ministry.

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.680
 He said,

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:41.119
 him we proclaim,

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:43.119
 warning everyone

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:43.639
 and teaching

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.299
 everyone with

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:45.339
 all wisdom that

00:38:45.339 --> 00:38:46.000
 we may present

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:47.019
 everyone mature in

00:38:47.019 --> 00:38:47.339
 Christ.

00:38:47.839 --> 00:38:48.799
 That's what Paul's

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.579
 apostolic ministry

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:50.159
 was about.

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.419
 Warning everyone

00:38:51.419 --> 00:38:51.980
 and teaching

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.679
 everyone with

00:38:52.679 --> 00:38:53.219
 all wisdom.

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.440
 You know what

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.159
 that does to

00:38:55.159 --> 00:38:55.339
 us?

00:38:55.399 --> 00:38:55.919
 Warning everyone

00:38:55.919 --> 00:38:56.259
 and teaching

00:38:56.259 --> 00:38:56.480
 everyone?

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.199
 Those are the

00:38:57.199 --> 00:38:57.879
 same ones he

00:38:57.879 --> 00:38:58.299
 used right

00:38:58.299 --> 00:38:58.539
 here.

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.919
 Teaching and

00:39:00.919 --> 00:39:02.139
 admonishing one

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.539
 another.

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:05.139
 We're doing as

00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.119
 a community what

00:39:06.119 --> 00:39:06.899
 Paul was doing

00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.480
 as an apostle.

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.279
 We're helping

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:10.400
 each other see

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.600
 what's true,

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.480
 what's real.

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.260
 And when he

00:39:13.260 --> 00:39:13.740
 says one

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.340
 another,

00:39:15.340 --> 00:39:15.980
 that can be

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.000
 yourselves,

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.960
 both reflexively

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.940
 as I'm singing

00:39:19.940 --> 00:39:20.720
 to myself,

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.160
 we're singing

00:39:21.160 --> 00:39:21.720
 to ourselves,

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:23.140
 or we're singing

00:39:23.140 --> 00:39:23.840
 to each other.

00:39:26.720 --> 00:39:27.560
 Talk about that

00:39:27.560 --> 00:39:28.600
 first part for a

00:39:28.600 --> 00:39:28.760
 moment.

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.100
 First,

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:29.680
 we're singing

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.560
 to ourselves.

00:39:32.440 --> 00:39:33.620
 How often do we

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.200
 bondlessly

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.180
 participate in

00:39:35.180 --> 00:39:35.860
 congregational

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.320
 singing?

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:36.440
 singing.

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.200
 I'm aware

00:39:38.200 --> 00:39:38.620
 that the

00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:39.440
 very words

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.280
 we're singing

00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:41.480
 can provide

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.780
 strength

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.440
 before weary.

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.920
 They can

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:46.160
 provide truth

00:39:46.160 --> 00:39:47.160
 before confused

00:39:47.160 --> 00:39:47.920
 or distracted.

00:39:49.100 --> 00:39:49.600
 They can

00:39:49.600 --> 00:39:51.200
 provide eternal

00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:52.760
 delights for our

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.500
 relentlessly

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.280
 idol-making

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:54.720
 heart.

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.640
 If we're not

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:58.519
 singing to

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.100
 ourselves,

00:39:59.200 --> 00:39:59.640
 if we're just

00:39:59.640 --> 00:40:00.980
 passing on data

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.860
 or information

00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:02.660
 to other people,

00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:03.500
 we're missing

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:05.920
 out on how

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.679
 singing the

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.299
 word of Christ

00:40:07.299 --> 00:40:07.759
 is meant to

00:40:07.759 --> 00:40:08.619
 function for us.

00:40:09.879 --> 00:40:10.500
 People ask me

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.839
 sometimes,

00:40:11.899 --> 00:40:12.839
 or we talk

00:40:12.839 --> 00:40:13.639
 with leaders,

00:40:14.500 --> 00:40:15.000
 music teams,

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.519
 worship teams,

00:40:15.779 --> 00:40:16.019
 you know,

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:16.639
 the difference

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.559
 between doing it

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.299
 up here and

00:40:18.299 --> 00:40:18.799
 doing it down

00:40:18.799 --> 00:40:19.079
 there.

00:40:19.319 --> 00:40:19.500
 You know,

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.239
 there should be

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:20.879
 very little

00:40:20.879 --> 00:40:21.139
 words.

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:23.420
 I'm singing

00:40:23.420 --> 00:40:24.219
 myself up here.

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.819
 It's not just

00:40:25.819 --> 00:40:26.319
 about singing

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:26.619
 you.

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.039
 I am singing

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:28.299
 you,

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:28.799
 because that's

00:40:28.799 --> 00:40:29.079
 what we're

00:40:29.079 --> 00:40:29.460
 looking at in a

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:29.639
 second.

00:40:30.099 --> 00:40:30.639
 But if I'm not

00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:31.159
 singing myself,

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:32.000
 I'm missing

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:34.179
 the grace

00:40:34.179 --> 00:40:34.519
 that could

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.339
 come to me

00:40:35.339 --> 00:40:36.099
 through the

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.899
 very words

00:40:36.899 --> 00:40:37.420
 that we're

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.739
 singing.

00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.399
 So we do

00:40:39.399 --> 00:40:39.599
 that,

00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.699
 but we also

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.859
 sing to one

00:40:41.859 --> 00:40:42.179
 another.

00:40:42.779 --> 00:40:44.199
 Sometimes we

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:45.960
 do that by

00:40:45.960 --> 00:40:47.000
 singing songs

00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:48.379
 to God.

00:40:49.319 --> 00:40:50.119
 Jesus is

00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:50.519
 now,

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:50.839
 Lord,

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:53.500
 Jesus is

00:40:53.500 --> 00:40:53.819
 now,

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:55.199
 O Lord,

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:56.099
 I rock you.

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:57.039
 We sing

00:40:57.039 --> 00:40:58.059
 to the Lord,

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:59.019
 but a large

00:40:59.019 --> 00:40:59.440
 number of

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.899
 songs we

00:40:59.899 --> 00:41:00.179
 sing.

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:01.619
 Or something

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.460
 about God.

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.440
 Not to Him.

00:41:05.099 --> 00:41:05.839
 In Christ

00:41:05.839 --> 00:41:06.500
 alone,

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.480
 my hope

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.179
 is found.

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.000
 What gift

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.940
 of grace

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.719
 is Jesus

00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:12.920
 my Redeemer?

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.359
 We're not

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:13.819
 singing that

00:41:13.819 --> 00:41:14.659
 to the Lord.

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:16.679
 In one

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.119
 sense we

00:41:17.119 --> 00:41:17.259
 are.

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.179
 Those words

00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:19.239
 are to each

00:41:19.239 --> 00:41:19.440
 other.

00:41:19.799 --> 00:41:20.460
 Crown with

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.639
 many crowns.

00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:22.019
 We sing that

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.460
 in just a few

00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:22.739
 minutes.

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:24.500
 Who are we

00:41:24.500 --> 00:41:24.980
 singing those

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.500
 songs to?

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:28.259
 Well,

00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.440
 to God,

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.399
 but to each

00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:30.700
 other,

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:32.420
 are we

00:41:32.420 --> 00:41:33.180
 aware that

00:41:33.180 --> 00:41:33.860
 the gospel

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.980
 invites us

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.800
 and encourages

00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:36.720
 us and

00:41:36.720 --> 00:41:37.680
 exhorts us to

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.340
 proclaim the

00:41:38.340 --> 00:41:38.980
 good news to

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:39.380
 those that

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:39.740
 they know?

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.400
 Now,

00:41:41.460 --> 00:41:41.840
 it's easy

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.139
 when you're

00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:42.619
 up on a

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.220
 platform,

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:44.019
 you can get

00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:44.220
 it,

00:41:44.340 --> 00:41:45.019
 you're seeing it.

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.019
 But when I'm

00:41:46.019 --> 00:41:46.760
 down front,

00:41:46.860 --> 00:41:47.200
 which is where I

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:47.900
 usually am,

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:50.380
 I'm just going

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:50.960
 to turn around

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.320
 and look at

00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:51.460
 it,

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:52.619
 it's not like

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.199
 steer somebody

00:41:53.199 --> 00:41:53.539
 down.

00:41:55.300 --> 00:41:55.980
 It's just

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.440
 nothing to

00:41:56.440 --> 00:41:56.559
 say,

00:41:56.699 --> 00:41:57.179
 hey,

00:41:57.699 --> 00:41:58.679
 we're doing

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.460
 this together.

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.119
 These words

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:01.000
 are true.

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.079
 They're true

00:42:02.079 --> 00:42:02.539
 for you,

00:42:02.659 --> 00:42:03.000
 they're true

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:03.460
 for me.

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:03.940
 Isn't this

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.539
 amazing that

00:42:05.539 --> 00:42:06.599
 we've received

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.699
 this grace?

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.760
 This is awesome.

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:09.920
 This is truly

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:11.340
 awesome that a

00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.679
 bunch of

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.380
 neutrals like

00:42:12.380 --> 00:42:13.220
 us are in the

00:42:13.220 --> 00:42:14.059
 same song and

00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.980
 such joy in

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.920
 them because we

00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:16.599
 didn't deserve it,

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:17.420
 we didn't earn it,

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:18.780
 we didn't ask for it.

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:21.660
 God is daily.

00:42:24.080 --> 00:42:24.940
 It's amazing.

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:29.140
 We often

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:30.640
 envision singing

00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:31.800
 together as an

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.940
 individual event.

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.100
 We're concerned

00:42:34.100 --> 00:42:34.920
 with how we

00:42:34.920 --> 00:42:35.340
 look,

00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:36.320
 how we sound,

00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:37.240
 how we feel,

00:42:38.300 --> 00:42:38.760
 and the

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.880
 ultimate idea

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.220
 of worship

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:40.519
 with God

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:41.200
 for many

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:42.120
 Christians is

00:42:42.120 --> 00:42:43.640
 this singing

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:44.560
 with our eyes

00:42:44.560 --> 00:42:45.160
 closed,

00:42:45.540 --> 00:42:46.380
 shutting out

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:47.260
 the distracting

00:42:47.260 --> 00:42:48.240
 people around

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.519
 us,

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.059
 to see

00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:49.440
 you.

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:51.300
 That's the

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:52.219
 height of worship.

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:53.940
 You know,

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.579
 that's not the

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.199
 height of worship.

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:56.519
 Surprisingly.

00:42:57.280 --> 00:42:58.420
 That can be

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.400
 one aspect,

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:01.300
 but sorry,

00:43:02.019 --> 00:43:02.699
 you're always

00:43:02.699 --> 00:43:03.219
 going to be

00:43:03.219 --> 00:43:03.639
 with other

00:43:03.639 --> 00:43:03.960
 people.

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:04.639
 Heaven's not

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.119
 going to be

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:05.880
 just us and

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.199
 Jesus,

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.320
 our own.

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:08.360
 There's

00:43:08.360 --> 00:43:08.699
 a way

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:10.400
 myriad to

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:10.679
 myriad,

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.380
 thousands and

00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:11.920
 thousands of

00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:12.460
 people with

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:12.639
 us.

00:43:12.699 --> 00:43:12.980
 What are we

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.219
 going to do

00:43:13.219 --> 00:43:13.480
 then?

00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:13.860
 Jesus,

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.400
 just right

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.619
 here.

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:15.019
 I want

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.400
 these other

00:43:15.400 --> 00:43:15.699
 people.

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.079
 Can we

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.420
 put that?

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:16.980
 I want

00:43:16.980 --> 00:43:18.980
 to sing

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.360
 because it's

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:20.300
 so distracting.

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:22.139
 God says,

00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:22.320
 no,

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:22.699
 you're going to

00:43:22.699 --> 00:43:23.320
 sing to

00:43:23.320 --> 00:43:23.579
 them.

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:25.940
 They're to

00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.360
 sing.

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:28.480
 That's what,

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.099
 there's a

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:30.019
 biblical reason

00:43:30.019 --> 00:43:30.519
 for why

00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:31.320
 sitting in your

00:43:31.320 --> 00:43:32.019
 living room

00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.760
 in front of a

00:43:32.760 --> 00:43:33.880
 screen can't

00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.460
 be described

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:35.159
 as going to

00:43:35.159 --> 00:43:35.639
 church.

00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:38.780
 Or going to

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.199
 the meeting.

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:41.000
 Church online

00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:42.360
 is an oxymoron.

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:43.900
 It's two

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.440
 things that

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:45.240
 can't go

00:43:45.240 --> 00:43:45.620
 together.

00:43:45.800 --> 00:43:46.220
 Can God

00:43:46.220 --> 00:43:46.860
 use church

00:43:46.860 --> 00:43:47.300
 online?

00:43:48.300 --> 00:43:48.960
 Is that

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:49.240
 what the

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:50.079
 gospel compels

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.680
 us to do

00:43:50.680 --> 00:43:51.220
 and pursue?

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:51.820
 No.

00:43:53.320 --> 00:43:53.900
 The reality

00:43:53.900 --> 00:43:56.039
 is, even

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.620
 when we're

00:43:56.620 --> 00:43:57.300
 singing about

00:43:57.300 --> 00:43:57.800
 God, we're

00:43:57.800 --> 00:43:58.500
 singing to

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:58.940
 others,

00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.720
 proclaiming

00:43:59.720 --> 00:44:01.099
 truths that

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:01.800
 both they

00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:02.640
 and we

00:44:02.640 --> 00:44:03.700
 need to be

00:44:03.700 --> 00:44:04.640
 reminded of

00:44:04.640 --> 00:44:05.300
 and are

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:06.519
 encouraged to

00:44:06.519 --> 00:44:06.940
 celebrate.

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:08.360
 And it's

00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:08.860
 worth noting

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:09.220
 that there's

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.640
 no mention

00:44:09.640 --> 00:44:10.039
 of worship

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:10.760
 leaders here.

00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:13.580
 responsibility

00:44:13.580 --> 00:44:14.140
 for teaching

00:44:14.140 --> 00:44:14.560
 and admonishing

00:44:14.560 --> 00:44:15.140
 falls on the

00:44:15.140 --> 00:44:15.740
 congregation.

00:44:17.000 --> 00:44:17.660
 So as

00:44:17.660 --> 00:44:18.720
 leaders, we

00:44:18.720 --> 00:44:19.080
 don't want to

00:44:19.080 --> 00:44:19.960
 be so

00:44:19.960 --> 00:44:20.920
 involved in

00:44:20.920 --> 00:44:22.380
 leading that

00:44:22.380 --> 00:44:23.060
 the congregation

00:44:23.060 --> 00:44:23.740
 can't survive

00:44:23.740 --> 00:44:24.020
 anymore.

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:27.440
 We are

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:28.600
 facilitators.

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:29.940
 We're

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.700
 shepherding.

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:31.200
 We're not

00:44:31.200 --> 00:44:32.500
 the main

00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:33.300
 thing.

00:44:34.520 --> 00:44:34.800
 The most

00:44:34.800 --> 00:44:35.340
 encouraging

00:44:35.340 --> 00:44:36.020
 comment,

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.240
 someone told

00:44:37.240 --> 00:44:37.560
 me in the

00:44:37.560 --> 00:44:37.860
 conference,

00:44:38.020 --> 00:44:39.700
 that I

00:44:39.700 --> 00:44:40.460
 could receive

00:44:40.460 --> 00:44:40.980
 for what I

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.280
 do.

00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:42.380
 So he

00:44:42.380 --> 00:44:42.539
 said,

00:44:42.599 --> 00:44:42.820
 you know,

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:43.119
 after a

00:44:43.119 --> 00:44:43.300
 while,

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:43.599
 I didn't

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:43.960
 even know

00:44:43.960 --> 00:44:44.079
 this

00:44:44.079 --> 00:44:44.440
 were there.

00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:46.920
 I said,

00:44:47.000 --> 00:44:47.480
 amen.

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:49.599
 I'm a

00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:49.860
 lead,

00:44:50.019 --> 00:44:50.260
 I'm a

00:44:50.260 --> 00:44:50.500
 shepherd,

00:44:50.780 --> 00:44:51.079
 I'm a

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:51.340
 shepherd,

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:52.300
 but I

00:44:52.300 --> 00:44:53.059
 want to

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.420
 get people

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:54.000
 to the

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.500
 place where

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:54.920
 they're

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.260
 going.

00:44:56.699 --> 00:44:56.940
 Because

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:58.099
 they're so

00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:58.699
 called up

00:44:58.699 --> 00:45:00.079
 the Lord

00:45:00.079 --> 00:44:59.799
 and the

00:44:59.799 --> 00:45:00.079
 Lord

00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:00.379
 and his

00:45:00.379 --> 00:45:00.659
 goodness

00:45:00.659 --> 00:45:00.980
 and his

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.399
 kindness

00:45:01.399 --> 00:45:03.079
 with

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:04.059
 people

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.579
 of God's

00:45:04.579 --> 00:45:04.819
 savior.

00:45:05.819 --> 00:45:06.079
 So the

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.359
 gospel

00:45:06.359 --> 00:45:06.719
 name is

00:45:06.719 --> 00:45:07.039
 to sing

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.159
 the

00:45:07.159 --> 00:45:07.319
 God

00:45:07.319 --> 00:45:07.460
 and

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:07.659
 together.

00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:08.119
 Number

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:08.500
 three,

00:45:08.779 --> 00:45:09.179
 the gospel

00:45:09.179 --> 00:45:09.899
 supplies the

00:45:09.899 --> 00:45:10.419
 content

00:45:10.419 --> 00:45:11.239
 of our

00:45:11.239 --> 00:45:11.539
 singing.

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.759
 What should

00:45:13.759 --> 00:45:14.199
 we sing?

00:45:14.259 --> 00:45:14.599
 These last

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:14.939
 two points

00:45:14.939 --> 00:45:15.500
 are shorter

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:15.779
 than the

00:45:15.779 --> 00:45:16.000
 others,

00:45:17.000 --> 00:45:17.379
 just in

00:45:17.379 --> 00:45:17.619
 case you're

00:45:17.619 --> 00:45:17.779
 wondering.

00:45:19.219 --> 00:45:19.460
 The

00:45:19.460 --> 00:45:19.779
 process

00:45:19.779 --> 00:45:20.399
 316

00:45:20.399 --> 00:45:20.819
 begins,

00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:21.399
 let the

00:45:21.399 --> 00:45:21.899
 word of

00:45:21.899 --> 00:45:22.319
 Christ

00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:23.139
 dwell in

00:45:23.139 --> 00:45:23.439
 you

00:45:23.439 --> 00:45:24.399
 richly.

00:45:24.539 --> 00:45:24.799
 Notice,

00:45:25.219 --> 00:45:26.339
 we're not

00:45:26.340 --> 00:45:27.079
 the actors

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.559
 in that

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.019
 phrase,

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:29.620
 we're the

00:45:29.620 --> 00:45:30.079
 receivers.

00:45:31.740 --> 00:45:32.740
 Let the

00:45:32.740 --> 00:45:33.160
 word of

00:45:33.160 --> 00:45:33.519
 Christ

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:34.000
 dwell in

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.480
 you richly.

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:35.940
 Let this

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:36.280
 word,

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:37.039
 this amazing

00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:37.500
 gospel,

00:45:37.660 --> 00:45:38.240
 this amazing

00:45:38.240 --> 00:45:38.539
 goodness,

00:45:38.680 --> 00:45:39.140
 let that

00:45:39.140 --> 00:45:39.600
 dwell in

00:45:39.600 --> 00:45:40.019
 you richly.

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:40.860
 We don't

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:41.360
 have to come

00:45:41.360 --> 00:45:41.960
 up with new

00:45:41.960 --> 00:45:42.480
 things to

00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:42.980
 sing about.

00:45:44.120 --> 00:45:44.559
 We don't

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:44.960
 have to come

00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:45.440
 up with new

00:45:45.440 --> 00:45:46.120
 ways of

00:45:46.120 --> 00:45:46.620
 stirring our

00:45:46.620 --> 00:45:47.360
 affections or

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:47.980
 more creative

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.519
 ways of

00:45:48.519 --> 00:45:48.760
 singing.

00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:50.480
 We're to

00:45:50.480 --> 00:45:51.200
 let the

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:51.680
 word of

00:45:51.680 --> 00:45:52.079
 Christ,

00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:52.620
 already

00:45:52.620 --> 00:45:53.200
 established,

00:45:53.480 --> 00:45:53.760
 already

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.320
 proclaimed,

00:45:54.519 --> 00:45:54.860
 already

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.559
 accomplished,

00:45:56.160 --> 00:45:56.320
 dwell in

00:45:56.320 --> 00:45:56.980
 us

00:45:56.980 --> 00:45:58.340
 richly.

00:45:59.519 --> 00:45:59.860
 Now that

00:45:59.860 --> 00:46:00.200
 word of

00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:00.820
 Christ could

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:01.580
 be understood

00:46:01.580 --> 00:46:02.140
 in a number

00:46:02.140 --> 00:46:02.559
 of ways,

00:46:02.640 --> 00:46:03.000
 could be the

00:46:03.000 --> 00:46:03.420
 words of

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:03.840
 Christ,

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:05.400
 the things

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:06.300
 that Jesus

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:06.840
 taught and

00:46:06.840 --> 00:46:07.039
 said,

00:46:07.120 --> 00:46:07.320
 I don't

00:46:07.320 --> 00:46:07.680
 think that's

00:46:07.680 --> 00:46:07.960
 what it

00:46:07.960 --> 00:46:08.220
 means,

00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:08.760
 but it

00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:09.160
 could be

00:46:09.160 --> 00:46:09.420
 that.

00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:10.700
 It could

00:46:10.700 --> 00:46:10.940
 be the

00:46:10.940 --> 00:46:11.760
 word about

00:46:11.760 --> 00:46:12.559
 Christ,

00:46:13.380 --> 00:46:14.200
 the gospel,

00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:14.700
 the good

00:46:14.700 --> 00:46:15.160
 news of

00:46:15.160 --> 00:46:15.660
 coming to

00:46:15.660 --> 00:46:15.820
 earth,

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:16.120
 becoming

00:46:16.120 --> 00:46:16.480
 flesh,

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:16.820
 we take

00:46:16.820 --> 00:46:17.120
 on our

00:46:17.120 --> 00:46:17.480
 nature,

00:46:17.600 --> 00:46:17.780
 to live

00:46:17.780 --> 00:46:18.160
 a perfect

00:46:18.160 --> 00:46:18.559
 life of

00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.140
 obedience,

00:46:19.280 --> 00:46:19.539
 to bear

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.059
 the punishment

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.800
 for our

00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:21.180
 sins that

00:46:21.180 --> 00:46:21.920
 we deserve,

00:46:22.180 --> 00:46:22.680
 to rise

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:23.059
 from the

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:23.260
 dead,

00:46:23.360 --> 00:46:23.460
 as

00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:23.740
 Samuel

00:46:23.740 --> 00:46:24.180
 follows

00:46:24.180 --> 00:46:24.400
 our

00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:24.740
 hand,

00:46:24.800 --> 00:46:25.059
 let he

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:25.420
 reigns

00:46:26.320 --> 00:46:27.240
 and intercedes

00:46:27.240 --> 00:46:27.760
 for us

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.220
 until he

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:28.860
 comes again

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.200
 as a

00:46:29.200 --> 00:46:29.640
 faithful

00:46:29.640 --> 00:46:30.320
 judge

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:30.740
 to end

00:46:30.740 --> 00:46:30.940
 all

00:46:30.940 --> 00:46:31.800
 wickedness,

00:46:32.500 --> 00:46:32.860
 and the

00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:33.220
 faithful

00:46:33.220 --> 00:46:33.940
 husband

00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:35.140
 to claim

00:46:35.140 --> 00:46:35.320
 the

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:35.700
 bride

00:46:35.700 --> 00:46:35.900
 he

00:46:35.900 --> 00:46:36.280
 needs.

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.320
 It's

00:46:37.320 --> 00:46:37.800
 such a

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:38.220
 Christ.

00:46:40.320 --> 00:46:40.920
 So it

00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:41.220
 could be

00:46:41.220 --> 00:46:41.640
 that,

00:46:42.700 --> 00:46:43.080
 and the

00:46:43.080 --> 00:46:43.340
 word of

00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:43.740
 Christ could

00:46:43.740 --> 00:46:44.200
 also point

00:46:44.200 --> 00:46:44.580
 to the

00:46:44.580 --> 00:46:45.100
 word of

00:46:45.100 --> 00:46:45.519
 God,

00:46:45.680 --> 00:46:46.019
 which in

00:46:46.019 --> 00:46:46.940
 its entirety

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:48.160
 points to

00:46:48.160 --> 00:46:49.740
 Christ.

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.539
 And it

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:50.900
 seems to

00:46:50.900 --> 00:46:51.420
 all for it.

00:46:51.740 --> 00:46:52.100
 It's the

00:46:52.100 --> 00:46:52.620
 gospel of

00:46:52.620 --> 00:46:52.960
 the same.

00:46:54.460 --> 00:46:55.300
 The singing

00:46:55.300 --> 00:46:55.720
 is meant to

00:46:55.719 --> 00:46:56.219
 be grounded

00:46:56.219 --> 00:46:56.659
 in and

00:46:56.659 --> 00:46:57.299
 fueled by

00:46:57.299 --> 00:46:57.980
 the objective

00:46:57.980 --> 00:46:59.359
 truth of

00:46:59.359 --> 00:47:00.459
 the gospel

00:47:00.459 --> 00:47:02.079
 revealed in

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:02.899
 his word.

00:47:03.219 --> 00:47:03.459
 But is

00:47:03.459 --> 00:47:03.939
 the word of

00:47:03.939 --> 00:47:04.459
 Christ,

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:06.139
 the root

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:07.179
 of the

00:47:07.179 --> 00:47:07.639
 teaching of

00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:07.659
 the

00:47:07.659 --> 00:47:07.639
 teaching of

00:47:07.639 --> 00:47:07.679
 the

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:08.239
 teaching of

00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:08.959
 the

00:47:08.959 --> 00:47:09.199
 singing,

00:47:09.299 --> 00:47:09.579
 or is it

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.199
 the fruit of

00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:10.639
 those things?

00:47:10.879 --> 00:47:11.599
 Is it what

00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:12.559
 inspires those

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:14.279
 things, or is it

00:47:14.279 --> 00:47:14.899
 the result of

00:47:14.899 --> 00:47:15.279
 those things?

00:47:15.619 --> 00:47:15.959
 Let the

00:47:15.959 --> 00:47:16.519
 word of

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:16.659
 Christ

00:47:16.659 --> 00:47:16.839
 go

00:47:16.839 --> 00:47:17.259
 universally

00:47:17.259 --> 00:47:17.679
 so you

00:47:17.679 --> 00:47:18.319
 can sing,

00:47:18.759 --> 00:47:19.899
 or sing

00:47:19.899 --> 00:47:20.559
 so the

00:47:20.559 --> 00:47:20.859
 word of

00:47:20.859 --> 00:47:21.079
 Christ

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:21.339
 go

00:47:21.339 --> 00:47:21.699
 universally.

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:23.559
 Well, I

00:47:23.559 --> 00:47:23.799
 don't think

00:47:23.799 --> 00:47:23.960
 we have

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:24.379
 to choose.

00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:26.039
 And as a

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:26.299
 word of

00:47:26.299 --> 00:47:26.779
 commentators,

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.719
 they don't

00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:29.039
 seem to

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.419
 be, it

00:47:29.419 --> 00:47:29.759
 doesn't seem

00:47:29.759 --> 00:47:30.099
 to be a

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:30.659
 consensus.

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:32.500
 The word of

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:33.019
 Christ dwell

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.279
 in us

00:47:33.279 --> 00:47:33.899
 richly does

00:47:33.899 --> 00:47:34.619
 produce singing

00:47:34.619 --> 00:47:35.599
 psalms and

00:47:35.599 --> 00:47:36.000
 hymns and

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:36.539
 spiritual songs,

00:47:36.779 --> 00:47:37.939
 but it also

00:47:37.939 --> 00:47:38.659
 dwells in us

00:47:38.659 --> 00:47:39.919
 richly as we

00:47:39.919 --> 00:47:40.799
 sing psalms and

00:47:40.799 --> 00:47:41.619
 hymns and

00:47:41.619 --> 00:47:42.219
 spiritual songs.

00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:44.019
 Have you ever

00:47:44.019 --> 00:47:44.259
 had the

00:47:44.259 --> 00:47:44.859
 experience of

00:47:44.859 --> 00:47:45.339
 singing the

00:47:45.339 --> 00:47:46.199
 same psalm

00:47:46.199 --> 00:47:46.919
 before a

00:47:46.919 --> 00:47:47.659
 message and

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:48.099
 then after

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:48.539
 a message?

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:51.279
 You should

00:47:51.279 --> 00:47:51.719
 try that

00:47:51.719 --> 00:47:51.940
 sometimes.

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:54.320
 We sang,

00:47:54.659 --> 00:47:55.360
 the most recent

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:56.019
 example is we

00:47:56.019 --> 00:47:56.880
 sang he is a

00:47:56.880 --> 00:47:57.179
 word of

00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:59.539
 program,

00:48:00.440 --> 00:48:01.500
 and then we

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:02.119
 heard him

00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:03.559
 and then we

00:48:03.559 --> 00:48:04.179
 had this on

00:48:04.179 --> 00:48:05.619
 playing and

00:48:05.619 --> 00:48:05.960
 thought we

00:48:05.960 --> 00:48:06.239
 got to do

00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:06.779
 the word of

00:48:06.779 --> 00:48:06.940
 it.

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.500
 Because that's

00:48:08.500 --> 00:48:08.659
 what the

00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:09.059
 message is

00:48:09.059 --> 00:48:09.279
 about.

00:48:10.380 --> 00:48:11.059
 And you

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:12.500
 would have

00:48:12.500 --> 00:48:13.059
 thought the

00:48:13.059 --> 00:48:13.460
 word of

00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:13.739
 was going

00:48:13.739 --> 00:48:14.219
 to blow

00:48:14.219 --> 00:48:14.659
 off.

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:15.779
 They were

00:48:15.779 --> 00:48:16.300
 the same

00:48:16.300 --> 00:48:16.699
 song,

00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:17.039
 it was

00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:17.480
 separated

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:17.759
 by

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:17.980
 by

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:18.420
 time.

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:19.280
 Same

00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:19.760
 people,

00:48:20.060 --> 00:48:20.380
 same

00:48:20.380 --> 00:48:20.820
 room.

00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:21.460
 What

00:48:21.460 --> 00:48:21.820
 happened?

00:48:23.080 --> 00:48:23.960
 The word

00:48:23.960 --> 00:48:25.120
 of Christ

00:48:25.120 --> 00:48:25.980
 was

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.400
 well

00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:26.620
 in

00:48:26.620 --> 00:48:26.820
 that

00:48:26.820 --> 00:48:27.160
 worship.

00:48:28.600 --> 00:48:29.060
 It

00:48:29.060 --> 00:48:29.980
 transforms

00:48:29.980 --> 00:48:31.280
 our

00:48:31.280 --> 00:48:31.780
 seeing.

00:48:33.560 --> 00:48:33.920
 But it

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:34.240
 works the

00:48:34.240 --> 00:48:34.600
 other way

00:48:34.600 --> 00:48:34.980
 as well.

00:48:35.600 --> 00:48:36.020
 As we

00:48:36.020 --> 00:48:37.160
 sing songs

00:48:37.160 --> 00:48:38.400
 that expound

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:38.760
 on the

00:48:38.760 --> 00:48:39.460
 reality of

00:48:39.460 --> 00:48:39.820
 the first

00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:40.080
 in the

00:48:40.080 --> 00:48:40.460
 work of

00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:40.860
 Christ,

00:48:41.680 --> 00:48:41.860
 the

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:42.340
 word of

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.680
 Christ

00:48:42.680 --> 00:48:43.020
 is

00:48:43.020 --> 00:48:43.340
 sung

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:43.840
 in us

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:45.000
 richly.

00:48:46.160 --> 00:48:47.020
 And while

00:48:47.019 --> 00:48:47.599
 the heart

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:47.900
 of the

00:48:47.900 --> 00:48:48.360
 gospel

00:48:48.360 --> 00:48:48.900
 is the

00:48:48.900 --> 00:48:50.099
 substitutionary

00:48:50.099 --> 00:48:51.079
 sacrifice

00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:51.840
 of Christ,

00:48:52.179 --> 00:48:52.500
 when we

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:52.960
 talk about

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.199
 the word

00:48:53.199 --> 00:48:53.440
 Christ,

00:48:53.480 --> 00:48:53.659
 it means

00:48:53.659 --> 00:48:53.980
 everything

00:48:53.980 --> 00:48:54.539
 in us.

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:55.659
 It means

00:48:55.659 --> 00:48:56.800
 his preexistence

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:57.199
 state,

00:48:57.320 --> 00:48:57.940
 his incarnation,

00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:58.759
 his perfect

00:48:58.759 --> 00:48:59.300
 life,

00:48:59.460 --> 00:49:01.099
 his suffering,

00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:02.300
 his death

00:49:02.300 --> 00:49:02.920
 on the cross,

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:03.759
 his resurrection,

00:49:04.019 --> 00:49:04.500
 ascension,

00:49:04.699 --> 00:49:05.340
 his intercession,

00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:06.119
 his reign,

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:08.039
 and his return.

00:49:08.300 --> 00:49:08.659
 It's all

00:49:08.659 --> 00:49:09.320
 those things

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:09.820
 that we want

00:49:09.820 --> 00:49:10.099
 to draw

00:49:10.099 --> 00:49:11.659
 people's attention

00:49:11.659 --> 00:49:12.099
 to.

00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:13.559
 And we

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:13.799
 want to

00:49:13.799 --> 00:49:14.440
 make sure

00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:15.920
 that with

00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:16.759
 this content

00:49:16.759 --> 00:49:17.179
 we're not

00:49:17.179 --> 00:49:17.679
 just trying

00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:18.360
 to squeeze

00:49:18.360 --> 00:49:18.980
 so much

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.779
 doctrine into

00:49:19.779 --> 00:49:20.299
 our songs

00:49:20.299 --> 00:49:20.719
 that people

00:49:20.719 --> 00:49:21.079
 don't have

00:49:21.079 --> 00:49:21.480
 time to

00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:21.839
 read,

00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:23.699
 that people

00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:24.079
 don't have

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.860
 time to

00:49:24.860 --> 00:49:25.699
 respond.

00:49:26.579 --> 00:49:26.900
 That

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:27.739
 doctrine of

00:49:27.739 --> 00:49:29.119
 fuel is

00:49:29.119 --> 00:49:29.539
 meant to

00:49:29.539 --> 00:49:30.139
 produce an

00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:30.619
 emotional

00:49:30.619 --> 00:49:31.759
 fire,

00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:32.699
 an

00:49:32.699 --> 00:49:33.480
 affectional

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:34.299
 fire.

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:34.980
 We need

00:49:34.980 --> 00:49:35.639
 opportunities

00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:36.819
 to respond

00:49:36.819 --> 00:49:37.420
 to that

00:49:37.420 --> 00:49:37.739
 word of

00:49:37.739 --> 00:49:37.880
 Christ,

00:49:37.940 --> 00:49:38.940
 to express

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:39.639
 that

00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:40.759
 thankfulness.

00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:41.360
 That's why

00:49:41.360 --> 00:49:41.800
 songs

00:49:41.800 --> 00:49:42.200
 seem to

00:49:42.200 --> 00:49:42.580
 be spiritual

00:49:42.580 --> 00:49:43.120
 songs,

00:49:43.260 --> 00:49:43.420
 because

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:43.660
 when you

00:49:43.660 --> 00:49:43.840
 make

00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:44.040
 out

00:49:44.040 --> 00:49:44.160
 it

00:49:44.160 --> 00:49:44.460
 applies

00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:44.700
 a

00:49:44.700 --> 00:49:45.380
 variety

00:49:45.380 --> 00:49:45.700
 of

00:49:45.700 --> 00:49:46.280
 songs,

00:49:46.520 --> 00:49:47.120
 not necessarily

00:49:47.120 --> 00:49:47.820
 a specific

00:49:47.820 --> 00:49:48.360
 type,

00:49:48.680 --> 00:49:49.380
 but it is a

00:49:49.380 --> 00:49:50.200
 variety of

00:49:50.200 --> 00:49:50.780
 songs that

00:49:50.780 --> 00:49:51.120
 make us

00:49:51.120 --> 00:49:51.620
 both to

00:49:51.620 --> 00:49:52.360
 hear the

00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:52.840
 truth of

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:53.880
 Christ and

00:49:53.880 --> 00:49:55.280
 to respond

00:49:55.280 --> 00:49:55.740
 to that.

00:49:56.620 --> 00:49:57.300
 And then

00:49:57.300 --> 00:49:57.700
 finally,

00:49:58.120 --> 00:49:59.060
 this is the

00:49:59.060 --> 00:49:59.600
 fourth point,

00:49:59.720 --> 00:50:00.020
 the gospel

00:50:00.020 --> 00:50:00.700
 informs the

00:50:00.700 --> 00:50:01.360
 purpose of

00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:01.860
 our singing.

00:50:03.120 --> 00:50:03.840
 It talks

00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:04.160
 about who

00:50:04.160 --> 00:50:04.600
 the systems

00:50:04.600 --> 00:50:05.080
 are,

00:50:06.080 --> 00:50:06.680
 how we

00:50:06.680 --> 00:50:07.320
 should sing,

00:50:07.680 --> 00:50:08.040
 what we

00:50:08.040 --> 00:50:08.660
 should sing,

00:50:10.060 --> 00:50:10.600
 and what's

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.099
 the effect.

00:50:13.579 --> 00:50:14.480
 Verse 17

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:14.779
 says,

00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:15.199
 whatever you

00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:15.500
 do in

00:50:15.500 --> 00:50:15.880
 word or

00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.159
 deed,

00:50:16.299 --> 00:50:16.839
 do everything

00:50:16.839 --> 00:50:17.159
 in the

00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:17.500
 name of

00:50:17.500 --> 00:50:17.799
 the Lord

00:50:17.799 --> 00:50:18.219
 Jesus,

00:50:19.019 --> 00:50:19.679
 giving thanks

00:50:19.679 --> 00:50:20.099
 to God

00:50:20.099 --> 00:50:20.539
 for all

00:50:20.539 --> 00:50:20.960
 peace.

00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:23.259
 P.T. O'Brien

00:50:23.259 --> 00:50:24.799
 in one

00:50:24.799 --> 00:50:25.159
 of the

00:50:25.159 --> 00:50:27.179
 commentator

00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:28.079
 remarks,

00:50:28.219 --> 00:50:28.819
 there are

00:50:28.819 --> 00:50:29.059
 few

00:50:29.059 --> 00:50:29.659
 expectations

00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:30.019
 in the

00:50:30.019 --> 00:50:30.539
 New Testament

00:50:30.539 --> 00:50:31.119
 which are

00:50:31.119 --> 00:50:32.219
 as comprehensive

00:50:32.219 --> 00:50:33.139
 as they are.

00:50:34.380 --> 00:50:35.679
 Do whatever

00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:36.360
 you do,

00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:37.619
 in word or

00:50:37.619 --> 00:50:37.880
 deed,

00:50:38.079 --> 00:50:39.139
 do everything.

00:50:39.139 --> 00:50:40.079
 that's

00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:40.460
 that kind

00:50:40.460 --> 00:50:40.500
 of

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:40.719
 culture.

00:50:41.359 --> 00:50:41.819
 In the

00:50:41.819 --> 00:50:42.179
 name of

00:50:42.179 --> 00:50:42.539
 the Lord

00:50:42.539 --> 00:50:42.900
 Jesus,

00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:43.719
 giving thanks

00:50:43.719 --> 00:50:44.139
 to God

00:50:44.139 --> 00:50:45.159
 the Father

00:50:45.159 --> 00:50:45.980
 true of

00:50:45.980 --> 00:50:46.139
 him.

00:50:46.299 --> 00:50:46.500
 This

00:50:46.500 --> 00:50:46.719
 means

00:50:46.719 --> 00:50:47.079
 seeing

00:50:47.079 --> 00:50:47.679
 everything

00:50:47.679 --> 00:50:48.099
 in light

00:50:48.099 --> 00:50:48.420
 of who

00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:48.699
 Jesus

00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:49.159
 is

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:49.779
 and

00:50:49.779 --> 00:50:50.000
 what

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:50.219
 he's

00:50:50.219 --> 00:50:50.519
 done.

00:50:51.659 --> 00:50:52.079
 Our

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:52.960
 singing

00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:54.400
 is meant

00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:55.319
 to propel

00:50:55.319 --> 00:50:55.920
 us into

00:50:55.920 --> 00:50:56.679
 life with

00:50:56.679 --> 00:50:58.039
 fresh faith,

00:50:58.460 --> 00:50:59.019
 with fresh

00:50:59.019 --> 00:51:00.199
 understanding,

00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:01.059
 and with

00:51:01.059 --> 00:51:02.259
 fresh zeal

00:51:02.259 --> 00:51:03.019
 to live

00:51:03.019 --> 00:51:03.659
 for the

00:51:03.659 --> 00:51:04.259
 glory of

00:51:04.259 --> 00:51:04.619
 God

00:51:04.619 --> 00:51:05.659
 in Christ.

00:51:05.659 --> 00:51:07.539
 there's

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:08.319
 nothing more

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:08.940
 we can do

00:51:08.940 --> 00:51:09.359
 to earn

00:51:09.359 --> 00:51:09.659
 God's

00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:10.019
 forgiveness.

00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:10.559
 We're no

00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:11.239
 longer under

00:51:11.239 --> 00:51:11.899
 condemnation.

00:51:12.920 --> 00:51:13.619
 When Satan

00:51:13.619 --> 00:51:14.579
 turns to

00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:14.960
 lead to

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:15.579
 despair,

00:51:15.759 --> 00:51:16.000
 our

00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:18.559
 suffering is

00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:19.519
 never wasted.

00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:20.519
 It has

00:51:20.519 --> 00:51:21.460
 purpose and

00:51:21.460 --> 00:51:21.920
 meaning.

00:51:22.099 --> 00:51:22.599
 No guilt

00:51:22.599 --> 00:51:23.139
 in life,

00:51:23.359 --> 00:51:23.799
 no fear

00:51:23.799 --> 00:51:24.219
 in death.

00:51:24.299 --> 00:51:24.719
 This is the

00:51:24.719 --> 00:51:25.119
 power of

00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:25.559
 Christ to

00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:25.699
 me.

00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:26.119
 From

00:51:26.119 --> 00:51:26.599
 life's

00:51:26.599 --> 00:51:27.379
 first cry

00:51:27.379 --> 00:51:28.159
 to final

00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:28.719
 breath,

00:51:29.000 --> 00:51:29.460
 Jesus

00:51:29.460 --> 00:51:30.500
 commands my

00:51:30.500 --> 00:51:31.139
 destiny.

00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:31.779
 Yes,

00:51:31.819 --> 00:51:32.359
 he does.

00:51:33.299 --> 00:51:33.599
 We have

00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.319
 confidence in

00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:35.220
 battle against

00:51:35.220 --> 00:51:35.940
 sin in the

00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:36.340
 flesh.

00:51:36.720 --> 00:51:37.640
 Christ has

00:51:37.640 --> 00:51:38.340
 defeated

00:51:38.340 --> 00:51:39.280
 every sin.

00:51:39.460 --> 00:51:39.760
 Those

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:40.300
 aren't just

00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:40.940
 words to a

00:51:40.940 --> 00:51:41.320
 song that

00:51:41.320 --> 00:51:41.860
 somebody came

00:51:41.860 --> 00:51:42.380
 up with in

00:51:42.380 --> 00:51:43.620
 a dull

00:51:43.620 --> 00:51:44.160
 moment.

00:51:45.460 --> 00:51:45.860
 That's

00:51:45.860 --> 00:51:46.460
 what life

00:51:46.460 --> 00:51:47.200
 transforming

00:51:47.200 --> 00:51:47.420
 is.

00:51:48.039 --> 00:51:50.120
 Christ has

00:51:50.120 --> 00:51:50.720
 defeated

00:51:50.720 --> 00:51:51.680
 every sin,

00:51:52.019 --> 00:51:52.580
 including

00:51:52.580 --> 00:51:53.300
 ours.

00:51:54.420 --> 00:51:54.860
 Isn't

00:51:54.860 --> 00:51:55.539
 that great

00:51:55.539 --> 00:51:55.980
 news?

00:51:58.680 --> 00:51:59.440
 Cast all

00:51:59.440 --> 00:52:00.019
 your burdens

00:52:00.019 --> 00:52:00.420
 down.

00:52:02.600 --> 00:52:03.080
 It's one

00:52:03.080 --> 00:52:03.200
 of the

00:52:03.200 --> 00:52:03.500
 reasons I

00:52:03.500 --> 00:52:03.780
 singing,

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.400
 by singing

00:52:04.400 --> 00:52:05.400
 worship and

00:52:05.400 --> 00:52:06.159
 singing as

00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:07.219
 synonymous is

00:52:07.219 --> 00:52:08.019
 so awful.

00:52:09.059 --> 00:52:09.539
 It's

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:10.219
 misguided.

00:52:10.460 --> 00:52:10.820
 It's even

00:52:10.820 --> 00:52:11.340
 dangerous.

00:52:12.539 --> 00:52:13.139
 God intends

00:52:13.139 --> 00:52:13.760
 our singing to

00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:14.619
 be an aspect

00:52:14.619 --> 00:52:15.159
 of our

00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:15.579
 worship,

00:52:15.800 --> 00:52:16.340
 an expression

00:52:16.340 --> 00:52:16.719
 of our

00:52:16.719 --> 00:52:16.940
 worship,

00:52:17.059 --> 00:52:17.380
 but not

00:52:17.380 --> 00:52:17.820
 the sum

00:52:17.820 --> 00:52:18.599
 total of

00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:18.800
 it.

00:52:19.960 --> 00:52:20.480
 Romans 12

00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:21.260
 1 says

00:52:21.260 --> 00:52:21.840
 that we're

00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:22.719
 in view of

00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:23.019
 the verses

00:52:23.019 --> 00:52:23.820
 of God

00:52:23.820 --> 00:52:24.500
 which present

00:52:24.500 --> 00:52:25.679
 our bodies

00:52:25.679 --> 00:52:26.179
 as a living

00:52:26.179 --> 00:52:26.639
 sacrifice,

00:52:26.760 --> 00:52:27.139
 not just

00:52:27.139 --> 00:52:27.860
 our singing,

00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:28.300
 but our

00:52:28.300 --> 00:52:28.900
 bodies,

00:52:29.679 --> 00:52:30.199
 holy and

00:52:30.199 --> 00:52:30.500
 acceptable

00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:30.980
 to God,

00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:31.300
 which is

00:52:31.300 --> 00:52:31.960
 your spiritual

00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:32.800
 worship.

00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:33.400
 gospel

00:52:33.400 --> 00:52:34.320
 singing is

00:52:34.320 --> 00:52:34.760
 meant to

00:52:34.760 --> 00:52:35.720
 lead to

00:52:35.720 --> 00:52:36.280
 gospel

00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:37.320
 living.

00:52:39.780 --> 00:52:40.140
 But our

00:52:40.140 --> 00:52:40.860
 singing here

00:52:40.860 --> 00:52:42.019
 on Sundays

00:52:42.019 --> 00:52:42.660
 or here

00:52:42.660 --> 00:52:43.060
 wherever

00:52:43.060 --> 00:52:43.760
 any of this

00:52:43.760 --> 00:52:44.120
 is meant to

00:52:44.120 --> 00:52:44.600
 progress to

00:52:44.600 --> 00:52:44.860
 life,

00:52:44.940 --> 00:52:45.460
 let's prepare

00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:46.140
 for a

00:52:46.140 --> 00:52:47.980
 glorious

00:52:47.980 --> 00:52:49.080
 unending

00:52:49.080 --> 00:52:49.560
 song

00:52:49.560 --> 00:52:49.900
 that you

00:52:49.900 --> 00:52:50.140
 signed

00:52:50.140 --> 00:52:50.440
 out of

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:50.740
 the floor.

00:52:53.640 --> 00:52:53.940
 Our

00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:54.260
 singing

00:52:54.260 --> 00:52:55.000
 reflects that

00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:55.300
 song,

00:52:56.740 --> 00:52:57.660
 but it's

00:52:57.660 --> 00:52:57.980
 limited.

00:52:58.580 --> 00:52:59.180
 It's limited

00:52:59.180 --> 00:52:59.660
 in at least

00:52:59.660 --> 00:53:00.340
 three ways.

00:53:00.340 --> 00:53:01.980
 time,

00:53:03.059 --> 00:53:03.740
 understanding,

00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:04.559
 and strength.

00:53:04.900 --> 00:53:05.320
 Time,

00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:06.440
 the meetings

00:53:06.440 --> 00:53:06.940
 can't go

00:53:06.940 --> 00:53:07.480
 on forever.

00:53:08.539 --> 00:53:08.980
 Some pastors

00:53:08.980 --> 00:53:09.700
 are more

00:53:09.700 --> 00:53:10.960
 attentive to

00:53:10.960 --> 00:53:11.340
 that than

00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:11.620
 others.

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:15.079
 We don't

00:53:15.079 --> 00:53:15.740
 understand

00:53:15.740 --> 00:53:16.680
 everything we

00:53:16.680 --> 00:53:17.320
 need to

00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:17.940
 understand

00:53:17.940 --> 00:53:18.320
 like the

00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:18.539
 Lord,

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:20.460
 and our

00:53:20.460 --> 00:53:21.000
 bodies give

00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:21.300
 out.

00:53:22.220 --> 00:53:22.600
 We just

00:53:22.600 --> 00:53:23.019
 can't keep

00:53:23.019 --> 00:53:23.400
 singing.

00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:25.780
 But one

00:53:25.780 --> 00:53:26.200
 day time

00:53:26.200 --> 00:53:26.460
 will never

00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:26.860
 run out.

00:53:26.860 --> 00:53:29.260
 one day

00:53:29.260 --> 00:53:29.640
 will see

00:53:29.640 --> 00:53:29.960
 as it

00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:30.539
 really is

00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:30.760
 and we'll

00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:31.079
 be like

00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:31.260
 it.

00:53:33.660 --> 00:53:34.200
 One day

00:53:34.200 --> 00:53:34.380
 we're

00:53:34.380 --> 00:53:34.900
 stronger,

00:53:35.300 --> 00:53:36.019
 glorifying

00:53:36.019 --> 00:53:36.740
 God.

00:53:38.539 --> 00:53:39.079
 What would

00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:39.320
 that be

00:53:39.320 --> 00:53:39.500
 like?

00:53:40.160 --> 00:53:40.680
 What would

00:53:40.680 --> 00:53:41.000
 it be like

00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:41.240
 to hear

00:53:41.240 --> 00:53:41.960
 songs we

00:53:41.960 --> 00:53:43.280
 never heard

00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:43.700
 before?

00:53:43.980 --> 00:53:44.320
 Sometimes

00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:44.780
 people say,

00:53:44.860 --> 00:53:44.980
 yeah,

00:53:45.059 --> 00:53:45.300
 when you

00:53:45.300 --> 00:53:45.640
 see that

00:53:45.640 --> 00:53:46.039
 song in

00:53:46.039 --> 00:53:46.220
 heaven,

00:53:46.380 --> 00:53:46.760
 they kind

00:53:46.760 --> 00:53:47.000
 of think

00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:47.140
 that.

00:53:48.900 --> 00:53:49.700
 Maybe,

00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:50.380
 maybe.

00:53:51.320 --> 00:53:51.780
 But you

00:53:51.780 --> 00:53:51.960
 know,

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:52.559
 once more

00:53:52.559 --> 00:53:53.280
 glorified

00:53:53.280 --> 00:53:54.140
 with Christ,

00:53:54.700 --> 00:53:55.579
 like actually,

00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:56.519
 I just

00:53:56.519 --> 00:53:56.860
 think we

00:53:56.860 --> 00:53:57.420
 wrote better

00:53:57.420 --> 00:53:57.940
 songs.

00:53:59.059 --> 00:53:59.679
 Are you

00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:02.619
 kidding me?

00:54:03.139 --> 00:54:04.019
 Come on!

00:54:07.159 --> 00:54:08.039
 But this

00:54:08.039 --> 00:54:08.699
 is what we

00:54:08.699 --> 00:54:09.019
 know.

00:54:09.199 --> 00:54:10.019
 Every time

00:54:10.019 --> 00:54:10.960
 we sing,

00:54:11.599 --> 00:54:12.159
 it's a

00:54:12.159 --> 00:54:12.779
 preparation

00:54:12.779 --> 00:54:13.360
 for that

00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:13.880
 time.

00:54:14.599 --> 00:54:15.039
 We will

00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:15.739
 behold our

00:54:15.739 --> 00:54:16.719
 Savior face

00:54:16.719 --> 00:54:17.420
 to face

00:54:17.420 --> 00:54:18.079
 and we

00:54:18.079 --> 00:54:18.639
 will look

00:54:18.639 --> 00:54:19.299
 back

00:54:19.299 --> 00:54:23.619
 and wonder

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:25.519
 our

00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:26.159
 singing

00:54:26.159 --> 00:54:27.339
 could have

00:54:27.339 --> 00:54:28.259
 been so

00:54:28.259 --> 00:54:29.480
 restrained

00:54:29.480 --> 00:54:31.599
 and so

00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:32.679
 distracted

00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:35.079
 and so

00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:35.739
 optional.

00:54:38.299 --> 00:54:39.219
 We sing

00:54:39.219 --> 00:54:39.500
 for the

00:54:39.500 --> 00:54:40.039
 glory and

00:54:40.039 --> 00:54:40.380
 honor,

00:54:41.779 --> 00:54:42.259
 especially

00:54:42.259 --> 00:54:42.759
 Jesus

00:54:42.759 --> 00:54:43.519
 Christ,

00:54:44.739 --> 00:54:45.880
 who has

00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:46.420
 given us

00:54:46.420 --> 00:54:47.099
 a reason

00:54:47.099 --> 00:54:48.039
 to sing.

00:54:49.319 --> 00:54:49.739
 And as

00:54:49.739 --> 00:54:50.639
 His word

00:54:50.639 --> 00:54:51.539
 dwells in

00:54:51.539 --> 00:54:52.359
 us richly,

00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:52.639
 in our

00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:53.199
 minds and

00:54:53.199 --> 00:54:53.639
 hearts,

00:54:53.779 --> 00:54:54.359
 the meaning

00:54:54.359 --> 00:54:54.679
 and the

00:54:54.679 --> 00:54:55.399
 content and

00:54:55.399 --> 00:54:55.919
 the purpose

00:54:55.919 --> 00:54:56.239
 of our

00:54:56.239 --> 00:54:56.939
 singing become

00:54:56.939 --> 00:54:57.539
 clear.

00:54:59.739 --> 00:55:00.579
 Worshiping God

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:01.279
 in song,

00:55:01.379 --> 00:55:01.919
 isn't this a

00:55:01.919 --> 00:55:02.480
 nice idea

00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:03.019
 for mutually

00:55:03.019 --> 00:55:03.759
 gifted people?

00:55:05.119 --> 00:55:06.279
 It's for our

00:55:06.279 --> 00:55:07.119
 churches.

00:55:07.699 --> 00:55:08.539
 It's for those

00:55:08.539 --> 00:55:09.379
 who are chosen

00:55:09.379 --> 00:55:09.859
 to hold

00:55:09.859 --> 00:55:10.139
 and have

00:55:10.139 --> 00:55:10.659
 their love.

00:55:11.739 --> 00:55:11.960
 And we

00:55:11.960 --> 00:55:12.419
 can say

00:55:12.419 --> 00:55:13.279
 to those

00:55:13.279 --> 00:55:13.619
 in the church,

00:55:13.699 --> 00:55:14.099
 I don't know

00:55:14.099 --> 00:55:14.419
 if God has

00:55:14.419 --> 00:55:14.799
 given you a

00:55:14.799 --> 00:55:15.059
 voice,

00:55:15.199 --> 00:55:16.539
 but I know

00:55:16.539 --> 00:55:17.059
 if you've

00:55:17.059 --> 00:55:17.539
 trusted in the

00:55:17.539 --> 00:55:17.960
 finished word

00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:18.359
 of Christ,

00:55:18.599 --> 00:55:18.919
 He has

00:55:18.919 --> 00:55:19.500
 given you a

00:55:19.500 --> 00:55:19.919
 song.

00:55:20.859 --> 00:55:21.159
 And I

00:55:21.159 --> 00:55:21.359
 want to

00:55:21.359 --> 00:55:21.639
 help them

00:55:21.639 --> 00:55:21.960
 sing.

00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:23.780
 It's a

00:55:23.780 --> 00:55:24.300
 song that

00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:24.920
 will continue

00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:25.260
 throughout

00:55:25.260 --> 00:55:26.039
 eternity for

00:55:26.039 --> 00:55:26.579
 the glory

00:55:26.579 --> 00:55:27.440
 and the

00:55:27.440 --> 00:55:28.159
 triumph of

00:55:28.159 --> 00:55:28.340
 it.

00:55:28.840 --> 00:55:29.360
 And what a

00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:30.500
 joy it is

00:55:30.500 --> 00:55:31.199
 every time you

00:55:31.199 --> 00:55:32.159
 sing to prepare

00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:33.559
 for that day.

00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:35.019
 Father, we

00:55:35.019 --> 00:55:35.639
 ask that you

00:55:35.639 --> 00:55:36.599
 would prepare

00:55:36.599 --> 00:55:37.119
 us for that

00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:37.900
 day as we sing

00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:38.039
 here.

00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:38.820
 We would not

00:55:38.820 --> 00:55:40.800
 be so

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:42.039
 caught up in

00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:42.740
 our views

00:55:42.740 --> 00:55:43.099
 and our

00:55:43.099 --> 00:55:43.780
 single singing

00:55:43.780 --> 00:55:44.599
 that we forget

00:55:44.599 --> 00:55:45.380
 what the

00:55:45.380 --> 00:55:46.099
 gospel has

00:55:46.099 --> 00:55:46.639
 done to

00:55:46.639 --> 00:55:47.860
 transform our

00:55:47.860 --> 00:55:48.179
 singing,

00:55:48.179 --> 00:55:48.500
 and what

00:55:48.500 --> 00:55:49.259
 Jesus has

00:55:49.259 --> 00:55:50.099
 done to

00:55:50.099 --> 00:55:51.639
 transform our

00:55:51.639 --> 00:55:52.219
 singing.

00:55:52.379 --> 00:55:53.119
 May we sing

00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:53.639
 as one,

00:55:53.779 --> 00:55:54.619
 may we sing

00:55:54.619 --> 00:55:55.639
 with all

00:55:55.639 --> 00:55:56.179
 our hearts,

00:55:56.299 --> 00:55:57.480
 may we sing

00:55:57.480 --> 00:55:58.859
 of Christ

00:55:58.859 --> 00:55:59.279
 and His

00:55:59.279 --> 00:55:59.739
 glory,

00:55:59.919 --> 00:56:00.359
 and may we

00:56:00.359 --> 00:56:01.000
 sing in such

00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:01.399
 a way that

00:56:01.399 --> 00:56:01.879
 our lives

00:56:01.879 --> 00:56:02.500
 will transform.

00:56:04.779 --> 00:56:05.319
 We know

00:56:05.319 --> 00:56:05.919
 that we want

00:56:05.919 --> 00:56:06.519
 to do this,

00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:07.219
 but we will

00:56:07.219 --> 00:56:07.779
 do this by

00:56:07.779 --> 00:56:08.239
 the power of

00:56:08.239 --> 00:56:08.639
 our Spirit

00:56:08.639 --> 00:56:09.460
 working in

00:56:09.460 --> 00:56:10.659
 us to do

00:56:10.659 --> 00:56:11.000
 more than

00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:11.519
 we can ask

00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:11.879
 to do.

00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:13.940
 So we

00:56:13.940 --> 00:56:14.440
 thank you

00:56:14.440 --> 00:56:15.059
 and help us

00:56:15.059 --> 00:56:15.599
 Father to

00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:15.940
 serve our

00:56:15.940 --> 00:56:16.300
 church as

00:56:16.300 --> 00:56:17.200
 well in

00:56:17.200 --> 00:56:17.760
 this area

00:56:17.760 --> 00:56:18.320
 for your

00:56:18.320 --> 00:56:18.640
 glory.

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:19.820
 We pray

00:56:19.820 --> 00:56:21.119
 in Jesus'

00:56:21.280 --> 00:56:21.480
 name,

00:56:21.980 --> 00:56:22.240
 Amen.