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 Psalm 8 is our reading this morning.

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 Psalm 8.

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 O Lord, our Lord,

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 how majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 You have set your glory above the heavens,

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 out of the mouth of babes, babies and infants.

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 You have established strength because of your foes

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 to still the enemy and the avenger.

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 When I look at your heavens,

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 the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars,

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 which you have set in place,

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 what is man that you are mindful of him

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 and the son of man that you care for him?

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 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings

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 and crowned him with glory and honour.

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 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands.

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 You have put all things under his feet,

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 all sheep and oxen and also the beasts of the field,

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 the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea,

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 whatever passes along the paths of the seas.

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 O Lord, our Lord,

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 how majestic is your name in all the earth.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 If you're visiting with us this morning,

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 my name's David.

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 I'm one of the pastors here.

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 It's great to have you here this morning.

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 Well, having just given thanks for and prayed

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 for these little human beings,

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 if next Sunday we got everyone to bring in their pet puppy

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 and we did the same thing,

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 we got them on stage

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 and we thanked God for our pet puppies

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 and prayed for them,

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 would you find that appropriate?

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 We love our puppies, right?

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 We name our puppies.

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 We give them names.

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 We dress them,

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 or some people do at least.

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 We send them to puppy school.

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 We order puppy chinos at the cafe.

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 We get pet insurance.

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 We let them sleep in our bed and cuddle them.

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 Some even call them their children.

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 And yet, intuitively,

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 I'm guessing all of us would think

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 having a puppy Thanksgiving and prayer service

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 service is out of place.

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 And anyone who took it seriously,

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 I don't know how to be politically correct

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 and finish that sentence.

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 But only human beings can ask the sort of questions

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 we find in Psalm 8

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 and contemplate the universe like Psalm 8,

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 what we've heard read.

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 What is my place in this universe?

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 Human beings,

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 we all ask that question.

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 There's something very different to human beings

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 than puppies.

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 What is my life about?

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 What is a human life about?

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 Where do I find value and purpose?

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 Asking those questions

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 and trying to find our value and purpose

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 in this great universe,

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 can I suggest is what a human being does.

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 We can't help it.

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 Can I suggest that's worship?

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 Now, I know I'm introducing a religious term there,

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 but it's not just when we gather like this

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 that we worship.

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 Worship is not a religious thing only.

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 It's a human thing.

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 We can't help it.

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 We all do it.

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 Because if you look in this universe and go,

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 what is important?

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 What am I going to base my life on?

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 What am I going to fill my mind and heart with?

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 What gives me purpose and value?

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 You're worshipping that thing,

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 whatever it is.

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 It's not a religious thing only.

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 It's a human thing to worship.

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 Here's a non-Christian who says that very thing.

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 David Wallace at a graduation speech at a university said,

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 there's no such thing as not worshipping.

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 Everybody worships.

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 The only choice we get is what to worship.

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 If you worship money and things,

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 then you'll never have enough.

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 Never feel you have enough.

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 He kept saying,

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 worship your body and beauty,

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 and you'll always feel ugly.

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 And when time and age start showing,

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 you will die a million deaths before they finally grieve you.

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 You worship power.

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 You'll end up feeling weak and afraid.

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 And you'll need ever more power over others to numb you to your own fear.

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 If you worship your intellect,

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 being seen as smart,

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 you'll end up feeling stupid,

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 a fraud,

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 always on the verge of being found out.

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 That was his conclusion.

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 He's saying,

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 we all worship.

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 That's just a human thing.

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 What's important in life?

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 Why am I important?

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 We all do it.

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 The only choice we get is

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 what we look to,

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 what we worship,

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 what we centre our lives on.

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 In Psalm 8,

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 we find a human being

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 contemplating the universe,

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 and we find him overwhelmed

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 at someone great,

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 and he's overwhelmed at his place

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 in this incredible universe.

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 My father-in-law, Clay,

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 I know anyone who comes to this church

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 knows who he is,

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 but for those visiting,

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 he's stuck stars

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 on Sam and Rory's bedroom ceiling,

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 and it's the constellations

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 that we would see

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 from our vantage point here in Australia.

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 And he's gone to great effort

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 to get the precise ratios of the distance.

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 Anyone who knows Clay knows why.

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 He's ordered it so beautifully

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 on the kid's ceiling.

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 My dad, Gary,

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 always loves to go back

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 to the country sky in Townworth

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 because his telescope is there.

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 He wants to be in the cold night air

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 just staring up at the sky.

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 He gets up in crazy hours

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 in the middle of the night

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 to go take pictures of Aurora Borealis.

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 What makes these grown men

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 act like children?

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 Obsessed with the night?

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 What's going on?

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 Well, they're in good company.

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 King David,

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 who wrote this psalm,

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 this song,

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 is doing the exact same thing.

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 He's looking at the stars going,

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 you have set your glory above the heavens.

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 He's just looking at this universe

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 and he's overwhelmed.

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 The light from the sun

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 takes only eight minutes to get to earth,

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 but the nearest star in the southern cross,

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 nearest star to us,

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 takes 90 years.

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 Now, the vastness of the universe,

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 you cannot fit in your head.

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 No one can.

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 It's too mind-boggling.

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 There's billions of stars and galaxies

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 behind billions of stars and galaxies.

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 Now, if the universe was made

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 just for our home

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 and our dwelling as human beings,

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 it's a bit excessive.

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 It's a bit...

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 Couldn't you just make the solar system

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 and that's...

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 Even then,

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 probably didn't even need that.

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 But,

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 if the universe was made

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 so that with David,

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 we can be like children

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 and just look up at the stars

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 and go,

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 wow,

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 God,

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 creator,

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 the grandeur

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 overwhelms me.

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 Then the universe is a pretty good size

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 for us to look up

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 and see just how amazing God is.

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 you are the greatest.

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 Majestic is your name.

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 The work of your fingers.

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 It's not his arm

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 as if it took a lot of strength.

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 He created it all with his fingers.

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 It's just...

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 He's that powerful.

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 He's like an artist with care.

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 He's declaring from the depths of his heart,

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 when I look at this universe,

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 it is impossible to add to your greatness, God.

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 When we sing,

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 we are not adding to God's greatness.

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 We can't add anything.

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 We're enjoying.

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 We're just enjoying his greatness.

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 That's what we're doing.

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 Your glory is above the heavens.

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 Your greatness is above the heavens.

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 And then verse 2,

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 it seems a bit odd.

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 Out of the mouth of babies and infants,

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 you have established strength or praise

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 because of your enemies.

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 What is that doing there?

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 I think what David is saying is,

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 okay, it's impossible to add to God's greatness,

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 but it's also impossible for you and me

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 to take away from God's greatness.

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 Enemies,

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 many people,

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 in the name of science,

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 make unscientific spiritual claims,

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 spiritual claims,

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 trying to remove God from this world,

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 from our minds,

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 from society.

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 Others, with their words,

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 try and redefine God

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 as this impersonal,

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 I don't know,

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 force,

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 like in Star Wars.

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 You've just got to connect in

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 and just,

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 you don't have to listen to God's words.

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 Others try and make themselves

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 the master of their life

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 and sing with Frank Sinatra,

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 I did it my way.

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 But then there's

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 religious people who,

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 false religion,

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 not true religion,

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 but false religion,

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 who

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 come to church,

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 but in their heart,

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 they're using God to get

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 X,

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 whatever X is.

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 I will pray to you to get X,

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 I will go to church to get

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 whatever it is,

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 health,

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 the benefit of my children even.

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 Whatever X is,

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 is your real God,

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 if you're using God

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 to some other end.

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 false religion,

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 tells God,

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 this is what you should be like.

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 You should be doing this in the world.

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 You should be doing this in my life.

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 False religion

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 claims to believe in God

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 and goes,

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 no,

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 this part of my life is mine.

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 Don't touch it,

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 God.

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 When you look at this universe,

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 you don't have a,

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 you don't ask the God of the universe

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 to come in and be your advisor in life.

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 You don't come and say,

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 hey,

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 can you counsel me in this situation?

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 God's not your personal assistant.

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 When you look at the universe,

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 we are made for him.

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 All these attempts,

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 there's non-religious attempts,

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 there's religious attempts

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 to try and rob God

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 of his place in the universe

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 and in our hearts.

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 Now,

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 what's God going to do about that?

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 How is he going to restore his honour?

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 Is he going to send angels?

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 Is he going to send armies?

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 Nope.

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 He's happy with children.

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 He is going to silence his enemies

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 with what we heard this morning,

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 the children singing,

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 my God is so big,

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 so strong and so mighty.

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 There's nothing my God cannot do.

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 That's true.

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 God uses the weak.

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 Those little children

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 are one day going to be proven

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 to be right.

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 They're in the position of strength.

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 They know what's going on in the universe.

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 With ease,

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 God created the universe.

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 With ease,

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 he's going to silence his enemies.

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 He's happy with children.

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 Praising him.

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 That's all he needs.

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 It's impossible

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 to add to God's greatness.

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 It is impossible

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 to take away

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 from his greatness.

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 And David,

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 contemplating

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 the universe,

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 asks a question

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 I think we all ask

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 in verses 3 to 4.

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 When I look at your heavens,

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 the work of your fingers,

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 the moon and the stars

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 which you have set in place,

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 what is mankind,

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 what is man

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 that you're mindful of him

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 and the son of man

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 that you care for him.

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 Only human beings

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 ask this question.

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 What is my place

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 in this vast universe?

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 And it's a scary question.

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 does the universe care?

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 Now those who want to find

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 their meaning

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 without reference to God,

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 here's the kind of conclusion

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 you need to draw.

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 Here's Stephen

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 Jay Gould.

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 He's an evolutionary biologist.

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 We're here simply because

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 one odd group of fish

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 had a peculiar anatomy

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 that just happened

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 to be able to transform

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 itself into legs

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 for terrestrial preachers.

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 We're here just because

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 comets struck the earth

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 and wiped out dinosaurs

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 and gave mammals a chance.

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 We're here just for those reasons.

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 We yearn for a higher answer

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 but none exists.

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 Now this explanation,

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 though superficially troubling,

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 if not terrifying,

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 is ultimately liberating.

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 We have to construct

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 any meaning ourselves.

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 Any sense of human dignity,

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 any sense of human rights,

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 they're just feelings

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 that it helped our ancestors

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 to evolve.

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 It's not actually real.

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 Today you'll go into

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 a psychology session

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 and the problems

00:16:52.339 --> 00:16:52.939
 in your life

00:16:52.939 --> 00:16:54.480
 is because of low self-worth

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 and then you'll go

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 to a science class

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 and say,

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 well, you're actually

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 nothing special.

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 You're just evolved fish

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 and when the universe

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 runs out,

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 no one will remember

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 anything that you do.

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 There's a play

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 by Samuel Beckett

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 called Breath

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 and it lasts for 35 seconds

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 and you go in

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 and it's dark

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 and the lights

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 slowly come on

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 as you hear

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 whoosh

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 and the lights dim

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 as you hear

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 whoosh

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 and that's the end

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 of the play.

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 That's life.

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 If there's no God,

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 what's my place

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 in this universe?

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 Well,

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 we're surrounded

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 by the culture

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 that's saying

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 you don't have a place

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 in the universe.

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 Your universe

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 doesn't care about you.

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 Now,

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 even if you believe

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 in God,

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 it's a frightening question.

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 If we start

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 to get our head

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 around who God is,

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 his greatness,

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 why would he care

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 about little me?

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 I'm so finite

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 and fragile

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 and limited

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 before this unlimited God.

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 I'm here today

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 and gone tomorrow

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 before this everlasting God.

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 Does he care about me?

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 What's our place

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 in this universe?

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 And there's two

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 amazing answers

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 that Psalm 8 gives us.

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 The first is

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 we are created

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 to rule

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 God's world

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 as his representatives.

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 David uses two names

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:54.039
 for God in this psalm.

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 O Lord,

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 our Lord.

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 The first one,

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 Sovereign Lord.

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 He's all-powerful.

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 We've already covered that.

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 But then

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 he's saying

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 Yahweh,

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 the personal name

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.500
 of God.

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 He's saying

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 our Lord.

00:19:12.419 --> 00:19:13.399
 He's speaking

00:19:13.399 --> 00:19:14.279
 to this God.

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 He's not this

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 distant being.

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 God has created

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 us to know him.

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 Personal relationship.

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 And then David

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 recalls God's

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:29.420
 original design

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 in Genesis chapter 1

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 of our purpose

00:19:31.640 --> 00:19:32.600
 as human beings

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 which launches him

00:19:34.560 --> 00:19:35.620
 into even more

00:19:35.620 --> 00:19:36.560
 worship of God.

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 If we just hear

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.420
 the verbs,

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 you have crowned him.

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 You have crowned

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 mankind

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 with glory

00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:46.299
 and honour.

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 You have given him

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 dominion,

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 rule.

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 God's entrusted

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 the work of his hands

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 to you and me.

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 you have put

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 all things

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 under his feet.

00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.460
 Now these

00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:05.720
 terms are usually

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.740
 reserved for God.

00:20:07.139 --> 00:20:07.639
 Glory,

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.200
 honour,

00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.099
 dominion,

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:09.859
 crown.

00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.700
 He's talking about

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:13.220
 human beings.

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:20.379
 Why has God

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:22.220
 created us

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:23.579
 like him

00:20:23.579 --> 00:20:25.419
 to represent him,

00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.339
 to rule the world

00:20:27.339 --> 00:20:28.659
 and show his

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:29.079
 goodness,

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:30.259
 his patience,

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.240
 his justice,

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.179
 his forgiveness,

00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:33.159
 his care

00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:34.039
 in all we do,

00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.619
 in all our

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.259
 interactions.

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.500
 He's put us here

00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.720
 to represent God.

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:39.759
 God.

00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:44.539
 We're here to know

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:45.100
 this God

00:20:45.100 --> 00:20:46.160
 and enjoy him

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.860
 and we're here

00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:48.079
 to represent him

00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:49.039
 in all we say

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.380
 and do.

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.059
 Even changing

00:20:50.059 --> 00:20:50.500
 a nappy,

00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:52.460
 you can represent,

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.279
 you're representing

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.740
 God.

00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.039
 It's a beautiful

00:20:55.039 --> 00:20:55.539
 picture.

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:00.640
 The God of the

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.240
 universe

00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.839
 cares.

00:21:04.579 --> 00:21:05.839
 He's crowned us

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.539
 with glory

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.960
 and honour.

00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:11.860
 Now,

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.539
 this sounds good

00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.120
 in theory,

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.180
 but is it

00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.640
 our daily

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.440
 experience?

00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:21.259
 Why is there

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.140
 such beauty

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.819
 in the world

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:24.819
 but also

00:21:24.819 --> 00:21:25.400
 bombs?

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.120
 Do we see

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:32.019
 people treating

00:21:32.019 --> 00:21:32.640
 each other

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:35.000
 as being

00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.840
 crowned

00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.539
 with glory

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.039
 and honour?

00:21:39.459 --> 00:21:40.199
 Do the words

00:21:40.199 --> 00:21:40.759
 coming out

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.779
 of my mouth

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:42.579
 and your mouth

00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:43.339
 to other people

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:44.480
 treat human

00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.139
 beings

00:21:45.139 --> 00:21:46.899
 with such

00:21:46.899 --> 00:21:48.379
 dignity?

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.539
 We were made

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.220
 to control

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.839
 the world

00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:54.519
 under God

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.899
 and yet

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.539
 I can barely

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.639
 control myself.

00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:01.959
 The man

00:22:01.959 --> 00:22:02.819
 writing this,

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.459
 he failed

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.500
 big time.

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.440
 He did

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.019
 some awful

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.680
 things

00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:15.140
 to human

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.539
 beings

00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.319
 crowned

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.579
 in glory

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:17.980
 and honour.

00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:21.620
 It's not

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:22.039
 our daily

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.579
 experience.

00:22:22.759 --> 00:22:22.860
 So,

00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.039
 by all

00:22:24.039 --> 00:22:24.360
 means,

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.279
 if you're

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:25.799
 at the

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.059
 beach

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.759
 overlooking

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:28.600
 a sunset,

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:29.720
 use

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:30.059
 psalm,

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.759
 pray

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.180
 psalm,

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.819
 sing

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.240
 psalm.

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.380
 mate,

00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:33.339
 it's

00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.880
 fitting

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.480
 for that

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:35.039
 because how

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.380
 else are

00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.559
 you going

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.120
 to describe

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:36.460
 what you're

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.759
 seeing?

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.920
 It's a

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.319
 beautiful

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:39.400
 word

00:22:39.400 --> 00:22:40.120
 to praise

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.380
 God.

00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:40.900
 But

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:43.440
 a bigger

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.200
 answer that

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.740
 psalm 8

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:45.339
 gives us

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:47.400
 is what

00:22:47.400 --> 00:22:47.900
 God has

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.480
 done to

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.680
 restore us

00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:50.839
 to glory

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.220
 and honour.

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:55.299
 our

00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.720
 creator

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.220
 doesn't

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.579
 just

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:58.180
 look down

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.660
 and know

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:58.900
 us,

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.279
 he's

00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:00.220
 come down

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:02.079
 as one

00:23:02.079 --> 00:23:02.460
 of us.

00:23:06.860 --> 00:23:07.480
 God

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.220
 had promised

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.620
 in the

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:08.920
 Bible

00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:10.620
 another king

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.339
 like David

00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:11.779
 who would

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.819
 save and

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.440
 put this

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.279
 world right.

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:15.299
 He would

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.059
 save us.

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.819
 God

00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:16.819


00:23:16.819 --> 00:23:17.279
 Jesus

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.200
 when he

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.179
 walked

00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.659
 on earth

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:21.480
 he came

00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:21.879
 into the

00:23:21.879 --> 00:23:22.179
 capital

00:23:22.179 --> 00:23:22.619
 city,

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.299
 David's

00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.559
 capital

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:23.940
 city

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.379
 and he

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:25.000
 announced

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.460
 himself

00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:26.859
 as the

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.359
 promised

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.940
 saviour,

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.379
 as the

00:23:28.379 --> 00:23:28.639
 promised

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.159
 king.

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.460
 There

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.039
 was a

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.440
 parade

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.240
 like whoever

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 wins the

00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:33.240
 world cup

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 I'm guessing

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 there's going

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.299
 to be a

00:23:34.299 --> 00:23:35.000
 great parade.

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.519
 This

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:35.980
 parade

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.460
 it would

00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:37.960
 be more

00:23:37.960 --> 00:23:38.419
 ecstatic.

00:23:38.879 --> 00:23:39.259
 They were

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:40.000
 looking forward

00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:40.440
 to this

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.259
 saviour for

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:42.259
 thousands

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.859
 of years.

00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.879
 There was a

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.259
 parade

00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:45.559
 and the

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.119
 children got

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.759
 caught up

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.140
 in the

00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:47.720
 praise and

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.839
 just praising

00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:50.059
 Jesus and

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.900
 the enemies

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.319
 of Jesus

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.700
 were like

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:52.579
 do you hear

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:52.940
 what they're

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.279
 saying?

00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:54.799
 They're

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.680
 praising you.

00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.660
 They should

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.160
 be praising

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.740
 God.

00:23:58.900 --> 00:23:59.279
 That's

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.960
 blasphemy.

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.440
 Tell those

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:02.079
 kids to be

00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:02.559
 quiet.

00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.720
 And Jesus

00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:05.460
 quotes Psalm

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:05.900
 8 verse

00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.299
 2.

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 Haven't

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.180
 you read

00:24:09.180 --> 00:24:11.099
 out of the

00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.379
 mouths of

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.000
 babies and

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:13.359
 infants?

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:16.000
 In other

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:19.920
 words, I'm

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.559
 the God of

00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:21.240
 Psalm 8.

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.379
 It was my

00:24:23.379 --> 00:24:24.740
 fingers that

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.220
 made the

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.640
 heavens.

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.879
 These little

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.539
 children are

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.220
 absolutely

00:24:29.220 --> 00:24:31.759
 right to

00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:32.500
 praise me.

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 And just

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:37.220
 days later

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.259
 these enemies

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.839
 put him on

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.279
 a cross

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:43.640
 to silence

00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:43.900
 him.

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.920
 Now their

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:47.460
 plan would

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.040
 have worked

00:24:48.040 --> 00:24:48.560
 except for

00:24:48.560 --> 00:24:49.160
 one thing.

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.320
 Whose hands

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:51.020
 these were

00:24:51.020 --> 00:24:52.340
 that they

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:53.220
 were crucifying?

00:24:56.020 --> 00:24:56.860
 Hands that

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.780
 touched the

00:24:57.780 --> 00:24:59.759
 blind and

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.440
 they saw

00:25:00.440 --> 00:25:01.060
 for the very

00:25:01.060 --> 00:25:01.880
 first time.

00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.320
 Hands that

00:25:03.320 --> 00:25:04.900
 took a

00:25:04.900 --> 00:25:05.560
 dead 12

00:25:05.560 --> 00:25:06.120
 year old

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:07.960
 cold limp

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:09.040
 hand by the

00:25:09.040 --> 00:25:09.840
 hand and

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:10.780
 raised her back

00:25:10.780 --> 00:25:11.480
 to life and

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.200
 gave her back to

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.860
 her parents.

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.080
 Jesus'

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.200
 majesty is

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.860
 above the

00:25:16.860 --> 00:25:17.160
 heavens.

00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:18.059
 He showed

00:25:18.059 --> 00:25:19.220
 himself as

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.980
 our creator.

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.819
 And so he

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.580
 rose to life

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.039
 on the third

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.400
 day.

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.940
 All

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:29.480
 authority in

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:29.920
 heaven and

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.500
 on earth is

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.580
 under Jesus'

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.620
 feet.

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.279
 Our creator

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:37.100
 came down and

00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.700
 did that for

00:25:37.700 --> 00:25:38.019
 us.

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:39.420
 God

00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.259
 so all

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.900
 human beings,

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.619
 all of us

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.000
 ask the

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.319
 question,

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:43.299
 what is my

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.000
 place in the

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.299
 universe?

00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.440
 You can only

00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:46.480
 find an answer

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.019
 to that in

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.339
 Jesus.

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:51.059
 He didn't

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.759
 just look down

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.180
 from heaven,

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:53.359
 he came down.

00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.680
 Even while

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:56.619
 we were

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.859
 putting our

00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.660
 lives on

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.980
 everything except

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.500
 for him,

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.440
 even while we

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.559
 were using

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:03.720
 power to live

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.460
 for ourselves

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.279
 rather than

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.160
 represent him,

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.440
 even while we

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.380
 were mistreating

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.019
 the dignity

00:26:09.019 --> 00:26:10.160
 of human

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.820
 beings,

00:26:11.300 --> 00:26:12.160
 he came

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:12.840
 down.

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.820
 And those

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:16.580
 hands, those

00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:17.140
 fingers,

00:26:18.060 --> 00:26:19.560
 crucified for

00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:20.200
 us, to

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:21.100
 rescue us, to

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:22.200
 restore us

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:24.800
 back to

00:26:24.800 --> 00:26:25.720
 himself, back

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.100
 to the

00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.279
 dignity to be

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:28.080
 crowned with

00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:28.620
 glory and

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:28.800
 honour.

00:26:32.560 --> 00:26:33.380
 We have

00:26:33.380 --> 00:26:34.220
 lost every

00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:34.980
 right for our

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.779
 creator to care

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.440
 about us and

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:36.960
 yet he did

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.299
 that.

00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.579
 Does our

00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:49.700
 creator, is

00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:50.740
 he mindful of

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.639
 you and

00:26:51.639 --> 00:26:51.940
 me?

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.460
 Well,

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:58.039
 that's how

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.920
 much you

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.399
 were in his

00:26:59.399 --> 00:27:00.500
 mind, that he

00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:01.180
 came down and

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.859
 died for you.

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:08.720
 psalm 8 leaves

00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.119
 us with a

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.539
 choice.

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.279
 All human

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.660
 beings

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.139
 worship.

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.379
 We're all

00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.099
 singing and

00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.680
 living for

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.460
 something, trying

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.019
 to find our

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.639
 purpose in

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.379
 life somewhere.

00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.660
 You can't

00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.139
 help it, we

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.779
 can't help it.

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.519
 Our only choice

00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:24.119
 is where

00:27:24.119 --> 00:27:24.399
 are you going

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:26.559
 to find your

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:26.940
 purpose?

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.599
 Whose song

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:29.980
 are you going

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.460
 to sing?

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.079
 You can

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.559
 join the

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.640
 chorus of

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.420
 those who

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.019
 keep telling

00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:39.440
 us there

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.900
 is no

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.440
 meaning in

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.920
 life, there

00:27:40.920 --> 00:27:41.259
 is no

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:43.380
 God, who

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.360
 try and rob

00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:45.039
 our creator

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.920
 of his

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.720
 greatness, who

00:27:46.720 --> 00:27:47.420
 try and rob

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.319
 human beings

00:27:48.319 --> 00:27:49.460
 of our purpose

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:49.960
 in the world,

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.620
 who try and

00:27:50.620 --> 00:27:51.819
 rob themselves

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.279
 of the peace

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:54.000
 and wonder

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.559
 of knowing

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:56.500
 this God, who

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.299
 try and use

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:59.460
 God rather

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.119
 than being

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:01.379
 overwhelmed by

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:02.940
 his love and

00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:03.539
 his greatness.

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:05.119
 You can join

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.839
 that chorus

00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:09.519
 or you can

00:28:09.519 --> 00:28:10.039
 join the

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.500
 chorus of

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:12.919
 children and

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.579
 just be weak,

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.859
 dependent,

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:19.399
 and just

00:28:19.399 --> 00:28:20.659
 receive everything

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.460
 as a gift

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.480
 from Jesus.

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:25.220
 who has come

00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:26.619
 and done

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:27.299
 everything to

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.159
 restore our

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:28.599
 place.

00:28:28.679 --> 00:28:29.480
 He says when

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.139
 he comes to

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:31.179
 fix this world,

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.679
 it's going to

00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:33.480
 be his children

00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:34.059
 are going to

00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.379
 rule.

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:36.000
 He's done all

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.619
 that for us.

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.440
 So whose song

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:37.839
 are you going

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.240
 to sing?

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.200
 To try and

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:51.240
 put my

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.179
 little kids

00:28:53.179 --> 00:28:53.759
 to sleep

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.200
 at night,

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:56.079
 I always

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.659
 reach for

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.299
 the children's

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.579
 song.

00:28:59.879 --> 00:29:00.200
 Jesus

00:29:00.200 --> 00:29:01.019
 loves me,

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.500
 this I

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:02.799
 know,

00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:04.500
 for the

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.139
 Bible tells

00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.579
 me so.

00:29:07.019 --> 00:29:07.359
 Little

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:07.779
 ones,

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.559
 sorry,

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.559
 I don't know

00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:09.799
 why it's

00:29:09.799 --> 00:29:10.139
 getting too

00:29:10.139 --> 00:29:10.319
 big.

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.000
 Little

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.599
 ones to

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.419
 him belong,

00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:14.599
 they are

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.039
 weak,

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.119
 but he

00:29:16.119 --> 00:29:16.879
 is strong.

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:18.639
 Jesus

00:29:18.639 --> 00:29:19.480
 loves me,

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.099
 he who

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:21.599
 died,

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.740
 heaven's

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.000
 gate,

00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:24.220
 to open

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.759
 wide,

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.460
 he will

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.319
 wash away

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.019
 my sin,

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.839
 let his

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:28.180
 little

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.859
 children

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.819
 come in.

00:29:30.680 --> 00:29:31.019
 So it's

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.460
 up to you,

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:32.059
 what song

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.400
 are you going

00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:32.740
 to sing?

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.420
 Will you pray

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:35.660
 with me?

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.220
 Let's pray.

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:45.779
 Father, I'm

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.960
 deeply aware my

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.940
 words can't

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.579
 capture your

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:50.240
 greatness of

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:52.220
 in creation or

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.860
 what you've done

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.720
 to save us,

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.740
 but your

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.400
 words can.

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.600
 I just pray for

00:29:57.600 --> 00:29:58.279
 each one of

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.680
 us, you

00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.400
 would press on

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:01.000
 our hearts

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:02.019
 just the

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:03.539
 wonder of

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.960
 who you

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.740
 are and

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:06.220
 that you

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:07.079
 care enough

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.359
 that you

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.940
 came down

00:30:07.940 --> 00:30:08.599
 to rescue

00:30:08.599 --> 00:30:09.139
 us, that

00:30:09.139 --> 00:30:09.519
 you love

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.879
 us that

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.240
 much.

00:30:13.599 --> 00:30:14.259
 Fill us

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.619
 with that

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:16.200
 wonder so

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:16.420
 that we

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:16.940
 may know

00:30:16.940 --> 00:30:18.460
 you and

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.480
 live for

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:19.819
 you and

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.579
 treat others

00:30:20.579 --> 00:30:22.839
 with the

00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:23.740
 respect that

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.259
 you call

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.559
 for.

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.659
 I pray

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.000
 this in

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.200
 Jesus'

00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:26.500
 name.

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.000
 Amen.