? Jesus is worthy ?
? oh yes, he's worthy ?
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? worthy of all...
? ? all the praise ?
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Pastor Byrd: Psalm 150.
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A very familiar
psalm, a psalm of praise.
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Come on, say Amen.
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Aud: Amen.
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PB: This is an
exhortation, praise to God.
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Psalm 150.
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If you have it, let
me hear you say Amen.
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Aud: Amen.
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PB: Praise ye the Lord.
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Praise God in his sanctuary:
praise him in the firmament
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of his power.
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Praise him for his mighty
acts: praise him according
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to his excellent greatness.
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Praise him with the sound
of the trumpet: praise him
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with the psaltery and harp.
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Praise him with the
timbrel and dance: praise him
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with stringed
instruments and organs.
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Praise him upon the
loud cymbals: praise him upon
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the high sounding cymbals.
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Let every thing -- oh, I
need a witness in this place.
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Let me try that again.
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Let every thing that
hath what, everybody?
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Aud: Breath.
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PB: Breath .
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Let every thing
that had what, everybody?
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Aud: Breath.
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PB: Praise the Lord.
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Praise ye the Lord.
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God, right now, for the
next couple of moments, fill us
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with your spirit and
anoint us with your grace.
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God, may your
anointing fall in this place.
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Hide me behind your
cross, forgive us of our sins,
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we pray.
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And when the appeal is
made, may individuals come run
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and say, what
must I do to be saved?
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It's in the name
of Jesus we pray.
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Let everyone say Amen.
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And Amen.
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Today let's
just praise the Lord.
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I said, let's
just praise the Lord.
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Do you know that how we
respond to God has everything
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to do with our knowledge
about how God responds to us?
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I must admit today that I
used to wonder, growing up
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in church, I used to wonder
why some people praised God
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like they did.
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Why would some people say, Amen.
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Why would some
people say, Hallelujah.
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Why some people
would clap their hands.
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But as soon as I discovered
that I hadn't been through
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anything yet, and I was
criticizing folk because
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I didn't understand the things
that they were going through,
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I understood then that I
had judged them unfairly.
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Because after I had gone
through some stuff for myself,
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that after I had been
talked about, after I had been
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criticized, after I had
been lied on and misused
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and abused and left confused,
I better came to understand why
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people praised God like they
did, because I found out that
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if God has ever done anything
for you, you just can't keep
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it to yourself.
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But you gotta tell somebody.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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You see, you look at
some folk, we come to Oakwood,
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and we look at some folk
and we don't know what folk
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have been through.
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Some folk have been
bruised, but they're here.
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Some folk have been
battered, but they're here.
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Some folk have been
laid off, but they're here.
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Some folk have been
furloughed , but they're
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here.
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Some folk have been
talked about, but they're here.
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Some of you have come
out of some messy situations,
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but you're still here.
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And it's difficult
to understand and relate
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to somebody who's been the
recipient of God's goodness,
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because there are some
people who express themselves
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in ways that other
folk just don't understand.
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But when God has been
there for you, when all else
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has failed you, and you
have nothing else to sustain
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you but God, you will
learn to praise God like you
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just don't care.
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Aud: Amen.
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PB: You see, when you've
seen God pay the rent and you
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don't have any money --
come on, tell the truth today.
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[Aud response]
PB: When you've seen
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God literally pay that tuition,
when the loan check got lost
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or your passbook got
lost, or you didn't have
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tuition money, when
you've seen God put food on
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your table when you
didn't have money to buy food,
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when you've seen God
raise you or a family member off
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your sickbed of
affliction, when the doctor said
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there's nothing
else they can do,
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when you've seen
God literally put cancer
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in remission [Aud
response] PB: when you've seen
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God save your
life and rescue you,
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when all you grew up
with, all the folk you hung out
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with, they are nowhere to
be found, and God just saved
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you, and you're wondering
why and where all your friends
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are, and you're saying,
God, what have I done to be
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the recipient of all this
goodness, what have I done,
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when you've been the
recipient of God in that way,
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your praise is so real.
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[Aud response] PB: So deep,
so heartfelt, that you don't
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care where you are.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud response] PB: You don't
care what part of the service
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we're at, you don't care
who's even looking at you,
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but you have the kind
of response to the goodness
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of God that transcends
your situation, and you're able,
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even in your car, on the
way to church, to have a praise
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service.
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[Aud response] PB:
You're the kind of person
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who can stand in
Walmart and say God is good,
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and you have a praise service.
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You're the kind of
person that can go to Huntsville
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Hospital and say,
that's where I'm supposed
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to be today.
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But God has been good to me.
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[Aud response]
PB: And because God
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has been good, you
can't help but praise
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his name.
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As a matter of fact,
to somebody God's been
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so faithful that by now you
don't even have to wait until
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you come out of a situation,
but you've learned how
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to praise God right in the midst
of what you're going through.
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When you can be experiencing
something that seeks
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to destroy you, when you can
be going through something that
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was designed to take you out,
when you come into the house
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of God and you lift up holy
hands, and you begin to bless
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God, and you say, God
is blessing me, regardless
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of how the devil is stressing
me, because you made up
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in your mind that despite
your feelings, despite your
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circumstances, you're
going to be like David and say,
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I will bless the Lord at
all times, and his praise shall
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continually be in my mouth.
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The story is told of a
woman who went to her church one
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day to meet her pastor.
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She went to the pastor's
study, and she said, Pastor,
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I'm going through
problems with my family.
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The Pastor said, Hallelujah.
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The woman looked at her
pastor and said, Well, Pastor,
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two more things.
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I'm going through
problems on my job.
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The pastor said,
Thank you, Jesus.
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She then stood up and
she said, Pastor, there's
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one more thing.
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I'm going
through health problems.
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The pastor looked at the woman
and said, Well, praise the Lord.
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The woman then said,
Now, hold up, Pastor.
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Wait a minute.
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I come in here and
you're mocking me now.
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I came here and told you
I was going through problems
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with my family.
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I told you I was going
through problems on my job,
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I told you I was going through
health problems, and I've come
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up in here, and here you tell
me that you're going to make
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mockery of my problems,
you're going to sit up here
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and shout hallelujah,
thank you, Jesus, and praise
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the Lord, when I'm
talking about I'm going through
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all of this.
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The pastor said to the woman,
Sister, the reason why I'm
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praising God for you is
because you said you were
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going through.
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You didn't say you
were in it to stay.
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You said you
were going through it.
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[Aud response] PB:
And some of us need
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to learn that right now.
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You need to learn that you're
just going through some stuff.
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You're not in it to stay,
you're just going through it,
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trying to get to it, and God
wouldn't take you to it if God
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couldn't bring you through it.
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That's why I praise him like
I do, because I've learned my
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setback is just a setup
for a comeback, and I love
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to praise him.
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Aud: [applause]
PB: Isaiah 66, the Word
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says, "For as the new
heavens and the new earth
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which I will make shall remain
before me, saith the Lord,
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so shall your seed
and your name remain.
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It shall come to
pass," the Word of God says,
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"that from one new moon
from another, from one Sabbath
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to another, shall all
flesh," how much of flesh,
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everybody?
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Aud: All.
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PB: "All flesh come to worship
before me, saith the Lord."
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So that means if you
don't like to worship God
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here, how are you going
to make it over there, when
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we get to God's great heaven?
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Because when we get
to heaven, we're going
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to worship him,
we're going to worship him.
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I said, we're
going to worship him.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud response] PB:
Now, let me get into
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the text quickly.
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Psalm 150 is very interesting.
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It's the final of
the hallelujah psalms.
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It is the great
closing hallelujah or doxology
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of the Psalmist.
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The book of Psalms concludes
with a call for everything
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that has breath to join in
this great anthem of praise.
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Psalm 150 is broken
up into three parts.
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First of all, it helps us
understand what God should be
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praised for.
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Secondly, it helps us
understand how God should
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be praised, and then number
three, it helps us understand
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who must praise God.
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The Psalms, or these songs,
are out of Israel's history,
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and they culminate with praise.
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Praise is a powerful thing.
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When people who have been
the recipients of the blessings
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of God understand how to
praise God, look out, 'cause
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hallelujah, somebody,
all the way through Psalm 146
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to Psalm 149, they
are the same thing.
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Praise ye the Lord.
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Psalm 147, praise ye the Lord.
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Psalm 148, praise ye the Lord.
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Psalm 149, praise ye the Lord.
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And then look
at the culmination.
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Psalm 150
declares, praise ye the Lord.
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Now, I want you to
understand, lesson number one
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for us today, you have
to have the right attitude
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if you're going to praise God.
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[Aud response] PB:
Let me say that again.
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If you're going to
praise God, you've got to have
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the right attitude.
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Everybody say right attitude.
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Aud: Right attitude.
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PB: You have to understand
why your attitude is important,
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because if your attitude
isn't right, you're rejecting
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the admonition to praise God.
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If your attitude isn't right
when you come to worship God,
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you'll find yourself in worship
criticizing the preacher,
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talking about the
choir, finding fault
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with the musicians,
complaining about the elders,
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sitting miserably in
church, and you'll miss out on
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the blessings God
has for your life.
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Thirteen times in this
six verses we heard, praise
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the Lord.
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And because repetition
deepens the impression,
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the admonition to
praise the Lord is not up
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for negotiation.
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It's not up for debate.
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It's not a
suggestion, but it's a command.
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Everybody say command.
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Aud: Command.
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PB: Which means it
doesn't make a difference
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how you feel about it.
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You see, too many of
us, I don't feel like it.
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I'm so glad Jesus didn't say
that when he went to Calvary.
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Aud: Amen.
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PB: I don't feel like it.
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God says, I need you
to praise me, because God
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inhabits the
praises of his people.
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Look at verse 1, the
Word of God says, "Praise ye
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the" what, everybody?
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Come on, praise ye
the what, everybody?
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[Aud response] PB:
Praise God in his sanctuary,
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praise him in the firmament
of his what, everybody?
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House.
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Now, the Clear Word
Bible says, to paraphrase,
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"Praise the Lord.
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Praise God in his
heavenly sanctuary.
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Praise him, all you who
live throughout the universe."
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Which means that the
command to praise God extends
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to all the inhabitants
of both heaven and earth.
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Everywhere.
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Everybody is to praise God.
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On the mountaintop, praise God.
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In the valley low, praise God.
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Everybody is to praise God.
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It doesn't matter
what's happening in your life,
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praise God.
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It doesn't make a difference
where you are in your life,
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praise God.
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Verse number 2
says, "Praise him for his
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mighty acts."
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Praise him for
his what, everybody?
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[Aud response] PB:
"Praise him according
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to his excellent
greatness." Let me
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stop there.
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Let me tell you something.
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In life all you
have to do is remember.
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All you have to do
is remember his acts
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or his actions.
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Actions deal with
what God has already done.
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How has God acted in your life?
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It's important to understand
this, because when you look
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back over your life at
all the things God has done
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for you, all the things
God has brought you out of, all
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the times God has healed your
body, all the times, somebody
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knows, that God has made a
way out of no way, you have
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to be convinced that
God is worthy to be praised.
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Now, according to
means as a result of.
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Or, as God has
demonstrated in your life.
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Which then means the
intensity of that act
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represents the
intensity of your praise.
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If God has never
done anything for you,
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then I understand
why you are like you are.
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But I believe that I've got
some witnesses in this place
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[Aud response]
PB: that can go back
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in the recesses of their
minds and remember what God
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has done for them.
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[Aud response] PB:
When I look back over
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my life, and I think
things over, all of my good days
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outweigh my bad
days, I won't complain.
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When the devil starts telling
you in your ear, it's not
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going to work out, you
ought to give up, that's when
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the Holy Ghost
says, wait a minute.
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All you need to do is just
remember that if God was able
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-- everybody say able Aud: Able.
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PB: If God was able five years
ago, then God is able right now.
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If God were able ten years
ago, then God is able right now.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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[Aud response] PB:
And so I used to wonder,
00:15:51.80\00:15:53.80
as I said, why people
would praise God like they did.
00:15:53.80\00:15:55.93
But not only did I wonder
why they would praise God like
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they did, but I would
wonder why they wouldn't stop.
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When the song got good,
when the sermon got good,
00:16:03.93\00:16:09.13
why was it
necessary for reprise?
00:16:09.13\00:16:12.93
Why did the instruments
have to strike it up again?
00:16:12.93\00:16:16.70
Why did the preacher
have to keep on preaching?
00:16:16.70\00:16:19.70
Why didn't he stop?
00:16:19.70\00:16:21.53
I know how you all talk about
me in the appeal -- come on,
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say Amen.
00:16:24.30\00:16:25.30
Aud: [laughter]
PB: Why won't he stop?
00:16:25.30\00:16:28.30
The music stopped, the sermon
stopped, but some people kept
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on praising God.
00:16:35.63\00:16:37.50
And we were like, come
on, now, let's move it on.
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Settle down.
00:16:41.20\00:16:42.20
It's over, move it on.
00:16:42.20\00:16:44.23
But when I look at this
verse and I understand verse 2,
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it makes sense why
they kept going on.
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It says, praise him according
to his excellence, greatness.
00:16:54.13\00:16:58.56
I realized then that
some people kept praising God
00:16:58.56\00:17:02.80
because it's according
to his excellent greatness
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toward them.
00:17:06.76\00:17:07.76
Morning by
morning, new mercies I see.
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You see, if you understood
what they've been through,
00:17:12.20\00:17:15.06
and the mess that God had
to snatch some of us up out of,
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you would understand that
the devil tried to keep some of
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us in it.
00:17:23.00\00:17:24.00
But if you understood
the extremity of their mess,
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you'd understand the
extremity of their praise.
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You're all not hearing
me. I'm going to preach
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this somewhere else.
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You all don't hear me.
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But somebody knows, when
I look back over my life,
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my praise can't be programmed.
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This praise can't
be dictated by a clock.
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This praise can't be controlled.
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This praise makes me
praise God in strange places
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at strange times.
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Let me help you
quickly understand the cultural
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implications of
Israel's worship.
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Israel's worship
was rooted in music.
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Its worship was
rooted in instrumentation.
00:18:13.50\00:18:15.96
Because, remember,
these psalms are songs.
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These are 150
songs sung in worship.
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And when these things
are sung in worship, I must
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understand, then, they had
significance, that they were
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tied to music.
00:18:27.86\00:18:29.30
Now, I must understand,
friends of mine, where
00:18:29.30\00:18:31.63
the origin of all
of this came from.
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Because in heaven, before
the creation of this earth,
00:18:34.76\00:18:37.60
remember, guess who's
over the music ministry?
00:18:37.60\00:18:41.66
Lucifer.
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Satan.
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The Bible says that
Lucifer was full of music,
00:18:46.73\00:18:51.40
and he directed the heavenly
courts. Lucifer could sing
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all the parts.
00:18:55.16\00:18:56.26
Soprano, alto, tenor and
bass, all at the same time.
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Lucifer could play
all the instruments.
00:19:01.20\00:19:03.76
But the Bible says in
Isaiah 14 that something
00:19:03.76\00:19:07.13
rose up in him, that
pride rose up in him.
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Pride goeth before destruction,
a haughty spirit before
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a fall.
00:19:13.80\00:19:14.80
Pride rose up in him,
he got tired of the music,
00:19:14.80\00:19:17.70
he got tired of
giving glory to God,
00:19:17.70\00:19:20.10
he convinced a third
of the angels to fall
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from heaven with him,
and therefore he became
00:19:22.10\00:19:24.10
a fallen angel.
00:19:24.10\00:19:26.06
Lucifer was cast to
Earth, now he walks the Earth.
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Now watch what happens.
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Guess what fell with him.
00:19:31.06\00:19:33.13
He took music.
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Why?
00:19:36.80\00:19:39.46
Because music -- listen to
me good -- has the greatest
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influence on a generation.
00:19:42.73\00:19:46.13
What is it all these
young folk listen to all day?
00:19:46.13\00:19:49.70
What's on all these
iPads, iPods and iPhones?
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Why do they dress like
they dress and talk like they
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talk?
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Music.
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Music is powerful
and it's an influence.
00:20:03.80\00:20:07.20
And music in the wrong
hands is a terrible influence.
00:20:07.20\00:20:13.96
Understand, friends of
mine, there's nothing wrong
00:20:13.96\00:20:18.13
with that keyboard.
00:20:18.13\00:20:20.13
But the keyboard in the wrong
hands is a terrible influence.
00:20:21.83\00:20:26.83
I'm going to preach it anyway.
00:20:26.83\00:20:28.83
There's nothing wrong
with that Hammond organ.
00:20:28.83\00:20:31.90
But the Hammond organ in
the wrong hands is a terrible
00:20:31.90\00:20:37.33
influence.
00:20:37.33\00:20:38.43
There is nothing
wrong with those drums.
00:20:38.43\00:20:43.26
But drums in the wrong
hands are a terrible influence.
00:20:43.26\00:20:48.13
News flash.
00:20:48.13\00:20:49.83
There is no such thing
as a Christian instrument.
00:20:49.83\00:20:53.26
Aud: [applause] PB:
There is no church piano
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or a worldly piano.
00:21:02.90\00:21:05.03
All these pianos in
the education department,
00:21:05.03\00:21:08.66
also in the church,
came from the same place.
00:21:08.66\00:21:12.16
A. V. Stevens Music Company.
00:21:12.16\00:21:14.46
A piano is a piano.
00:21:14.46\00:21:17.43
But a piano in a wrong
hands is a terrible influence.
00:21:17.43\00:21:23.50
Oh, what am I talking about?
00:21:23.50\00:21:24.70
Remember, Nebuchadnezzar's
grand idolatry in Daniel
00:21:24.70\00:21:27.30
chapter 3 was accompanied
by elaborate and well-produced
00:21:27.30\00:21:30.86
music, what we would
now call anthem music.
00:21:30.86\00:21:35.16
Daniel chapter 3, it
wasn't gospel, it wasn't R&B,
00:21:35.16\00:21:38.83
it wasn't jazz, it
wasn't the drums, it wasn't
00:21:38.83\00:21:43.06
the keyboard,
it wasn't the bass,
00:21:43.06\00:21:45.96
it wasn't the Hammond,
but the Bible says it was
00:21:45.96\00:21:50.63
the coronet.
00:21:50.63\00:21:51.63
The flute.
00:21:51.63\00:21:52.63
The sackbuts, the
psaltery and the dulcimer.
00:21:52.63\00:21:55.70
Let me be clear.
00:21:55.70\00:21:57.06
No instrument in
and of itself is bad.
00:21:57.06\00:21:59.26
It's the person
playing the instrument.
00:21:59.26\00:22:03.93
Is the pianist consecrated?
00:22:03.93\00:22:06.60
Is the drummer dedicated?
00:22:06.60\00:22:09.46
Does the organist love Jesus?
00:22:09.46\00:22:12.93
But an instrument
in the wrong hands
00:22:12.93\00:22:16.00
is a terrible influence.
00:22:16.00\00:22:18.20
[Aud response] PB:
I've opened this door,
00:22:18.20\00:22:20.20
so let me go on and walk in it.
00:22:20.20\00:22:22.20
Let me give you
some Adventist history.
00:22:22.20\00:22:24.20
I had to study for this.
00:22:24.20\00:22:26.13
We talk about what's
appropriate and what's
00:22:26.13\00:22:28.13
inappropriate.
00:22:28.13\00:22:29.13
Noted Adventist historian
Ronald Graybill, in his article
00:22:29.13\00:22:32.96
"Enthusiasm in Early
Adventist Worship," written
00:22:32.96\00:22:35.53
in "Ministry
Magazine," by the way --
00:22:35.53\00:22:37.13
that's the magazine from
the G.C. to the preachers,
00:22:37.13\00:22:39.50
says that our spiritual
ancestors had livelier services
00:22:39.50\00:22:42.80
than many of us
would be comfortable with
00:22:42.80\00:22:44.80
today.
00:22:44.80\00:22:46.43
That's what he says.
00:22:46.43\00:22:47.90
He says that if those who
view the Adventist pioneers
00:22:47.90\00:22:50.66
as cold, stoic and stiff
liturgists could turn back
00:22:50.66\00:22:54.36
the clock and visit a
19th-century Adventist
00:22:54.36\00:22:56.73
worship service, they
would be shocked at what
00:22:56.73\00:22:58.93
they would hear.
00:22:58.93\00:23:01.20
Now, he says, while the
use of musical instruments
00:23:01.20\00:23:04.00
was not a major factor, and
you need to know why it wasn't
00:23:04.00\00:23:07.10
a major factor
-- let me explain.
00:23:07.10\00:23:09.10
It wasn't a major
factor, he says, because many
00:23:09.10\00:23:11.06
of the early Adventist groups
met in homes where no musical
00:23:11.06\00:23:14.53
instruments were present
because they couldn't afford
00:23:14.53\00:23:16.66
to buy musical
instruments, or they lacked the
00:23:16.66\00:23:18.90
skill to play them.
00:23:18.90\00:23:21.73
In fact, in the
early Methodist church,
00:23:21.73\00:23:24.46
the Methodist congregation
that Ellen White once belonged
00:23:24.46\00:23:27.46
to was one of the first
to buy and install an organ
00:23:27.46\00:23:30.83
in their church.
00:23:30.83\00:23:32.96
And she was
criticized for doing it.
00:23:32.96\00:23:36.10
Why?
00:23:36.10\00:23:37.10
Not because it
was spiritually wrong,
00:23:37.10\00:23:39.10
but because nobody
had ever done it before.
00:23:39.10\00:23:42.10
Ronald Graybill continues,
he says, the music of that era
00:23:43.60\00:23:46.80
was rhythmic, enthusiastic,
repetitious, and possessed
00:23:46.80\00:23:51.06
broad appeal.
00:23:51.06\00:23:52.06
He says the singing
was pervasive, provided
00:23:52.06\00:23:54.06
a powerful emotional stimulant,
and served the same pragmatic
00:23:54.06\00:23:56.83
function as the music
of the frontier revival
00:23:56.83\00:23:59.10
tradition.
00:23:59.10\00:24:00.16
Adventist pioneer Jeannie
Ayars Kellogg, in her article
00:24:00.16\00:24:02.80
"Growing Up With the Third
Angel's Message," as recorded
00:24:02.80\00:24:05.80
in the "Adventist
Review," said that almost all
00:24:05.80\00:24:07.80
of the early Adventist
meetings she attended began
00:24:07.80\00:24:10.16
with singing.
00:24:10.16\00:24:12.10
Singing.
00:24:12.10\00:24:13.46
She said they were full
of hearty singing throughout.
00:24:13.46\00:24:16.66
They ended, she said, with
hand-shaking, they ended with
00:24:16.66\00:24:20.26
hugging, and they
ended with hearty singing.
00:24:20.26\00:24:22.80
According to her, most of
the catchy tunes of the early
00:24:22.80\00:24:26.56
Adventist church reflected
the ardent hope of the soon
00:24:26.56\00:24:29.56
return of Jesus Christ.
00:24:29.56\00:24:31.10
Since the imminent return
of Jesus was the core belief
00:24:31.10\00:24:34.73
that united early Adventists,
early Adventists opted
00:24:34.73\00:24:38.43
to discard the primary use
of European hymns for music
00:24:38.43\00:24:41.90
that more accurately reflected
the contemporary hopes,
00:24:41.90\00:24:45.93
aspirations,
dreams and disappointments
00:24:45.93\00:24:49.33
of the church.
00:24:49.33\00:24:50.46
They chose to employ
musical styles that were solidly
00:24:50.46\00:24:53.16
grounded in Jesus
Christ but were more in touch
00:24:53.16\00:24:57.30
with current popular forms.
00:24:57.30\00:24:59.56
Early Adventists sang gospel
tunes to well-known secular
00:24:59.56\00:25:03.50
notes.
00:25:03.50\00:25:05.03
You don't believe me?
00:25:05.03\00:25:06.96
Our Seventh-day
Adventist hymnals.
00:25:06.96\00:25:09.16
Today's popular songs such
as "What Child is This?" "How
00:25:09.16\00:25:13.20
Sweet Are the Tidings."
00:25:13.20\00:25:15.33
Both of these songs borrow their
direct melodies from popular
00:25:15.33\00:25:18.83
secular tunes.
00:25:18.83\00:25:20.33
Which means it
can't, that it's the music
00:25:20.33\00:25:24.10
that's Christian.
00:25:24.10\00:25:25.16
We always talk about
what's Christian and what's not.
00:25:25.16\00:25:27.36
We've got to
listen to the words.
00:25:27.36\00:25:29.36
Early Adventists were
also vocal worshipers.
00:25:29.36\00:25:31.53
Ellen White, in a
letter written in 1876, after
00:25:31.53\00:25:33.80
attending Adventist
camp meetings from Kansas
00:25:33.80\00:25:35.80
to Minnesota, declared, "I
saw singing to the glory of God
00:25:35.80\00:25:38.80
often drove away the enemy."
00:25:38.80\00:25:40.80
Drove away the enemy,
she said, and shouting
00:25:43.53\00:25:47.33
would beat him back.
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We do hope that you
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and that we gave a
healing word in a hurting world.
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In order for Breath of
Life to continue ministry,
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we need you.
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We need your
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We want you to know that
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To contact us or to make
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Or you may write to us at
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PB: You need to learn
that you're just going through
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some stuff.
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You're not in it to stay,
you're just going through it,
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trying to get to it.
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