The Bible tells us, "In
the beginning was the Word,
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and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God."
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It says, "To
receive with meekness
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the implanted Word,
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which is able
to save your souls.
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And to be diligent
to present yourself
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approved to God,
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rightly dividing
the Word of truth."
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Join us now for the
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Our study today
is Ezra and Nehemiah.
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Hello and welcome once again
to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Man, what a delight,
we're all privileged to be
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able to be come into your home
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and to study the
Word of God together.
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We're very grateful and thankful
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that you have decided,
you made a choice today
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and there's a lot of
choices you could make,
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but you chose to join here
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at 3ABN for the
Sabbath School Panel,
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and we're very
grateful and thankful
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that you have today.
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It's going to
be exciting lesson,
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we're gonna be on
lesson number 10, panel,
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you know that.
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So I know everyone's
studied up and prayed up
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and we believe the Holy Spirit's
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gonna do great things.
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Hope you've been
having a good week.
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And I say this, it's
gonna be a better day today,
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because we're gonna stay
the Word of God together.
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Amen.
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And we're gonna
to lesson number 10,
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our quarter's been
on Ezra and Nehemiah.
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And I know we've
learned a lot of things.
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I know I have, and
a lot of things been
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brought back to memory.
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And so that I want to
incorporate in my life
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and I'm sure you wanna
incorporate in your life also.
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We're gonna be talking
about worshiping the Lord.
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I mean, that's quite a title,
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how many ways can
you worship the Lord?
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Here it brings out
an awful a lot of them.
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So I'm sure, you're gonna
enjoy our study for today,
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and it's not too late.
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If you don't have
your study guides,
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it's never too late.
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I'm gonna encourage you
always to get study guides.
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I like to have
something before me
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and I hope you do too.
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You can get those study guides.
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You can download,
that you can go to
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absg.adventist.org,
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and you can get these, I
always say free study guide,
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download those things,
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get them and you
can put notes on there
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and you can go along
with some of the ones
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who're on this panel,
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different nice things
that the Holy Spirit brings
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to their mind and jot those down
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and then pass them on.
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So anyway, make
sure you get your copy,
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stop by a local
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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They'd be more than
happy to have you, you know,
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give you one of these
guides and they'd probably
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invite you to stay
for fellowship lunch
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if you're having it so
they'll make you feel like
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part of the family of God.
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More on this little bit later,
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but let's introduce
our panel, shall we?
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And to my left here,
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Sister Jill Morikone, blessings,
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so glad to always have
you, I love to work with you.
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Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny,
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privilege to be here
and to study God's Word.
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Praise the Lord.
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And next you have
Brother John Dinzey.
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Now, Dinzey, what a
blessing right to be
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able to work together
in the cause of Christ,
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shoulder to shoulder.
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Well, the Lord is wonderful.
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He gives us the
wonderful opportunity
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also to be a part of
this Sabbath School Panel,
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and it's always
a delight and joy.
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Oh, how wonderful.
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And you have next to
you, Sister Shelley Quinn.
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Always a treat and a delight.
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I know, she's always
got a smile on her face
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and always helpful
and just such a blessing.
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Thank you. Praise the Lord.
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Well, this is one of my
favorite topics, worship.
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Worship and praise. Wonderful!
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And you have
sitting next to you,
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man of God,
Pastor John Lomacang,
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always it's good to
have you and a minute man,
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more you're in
the cause of Christ,
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not trying to elevate
and lift up, but, you know,
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as Christians and
followers of Christ,
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we should be able to identify
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those who are in
the service of the Lord,
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and we thank you for
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what you do for
the cause of Christ.
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Praise the
Lord. Praise the Lord.
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Thank you, Pastor Kenny.
Okay, we need to pray, right?
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Let's get into the
lesson because it's good.
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John Dinzey, how
about you please,
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would you pray for us?
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Sure. Let's pray together.
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Our loving Heavenly Father,
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we approach Your throne of grace
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with
thanksgiving for Your mercy.
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We come before
You in Jesus' name.
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We pray for Your
blessing upon us.
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Bless us with the Holy Spirit,
that we may speak Your words.
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Yes.
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And we pray,
Lord, that Your words
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will come as
refreshing and encouragement,
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but also a call to a
holier way of living.
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Amen.
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We pray for Your
blessings upon all that stop
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and listen and study
with us, in Jesus' holy
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blessed name, amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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We're gonna just quickly go
right to the Sabbath portion
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here into our memory text.
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I like the memory
text, in Ezra 3:11.
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If you have it at
home, be sure to look it up,
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or at least jot it down.
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It has some
words, I like this...
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You see, I like music.
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You know, I never
involved so much with it.
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But I was always a listener,
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and always appreciated
good music, at least in my ear.
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And so our text
here in Ezra 31:1, says,
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"And they sang responsively."
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I kinda like that.
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You see, what do you
mean they sang responsively?
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That's quite a different word.
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You look it up in
original language.
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They said they sang together.
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And another word, I
thought was interesting.
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They sang, notice this
word, tunefully, on tune,
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and I think, Pastor,
in parts, they sang parts.
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How wonderful that
God gives ears to people
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who can see music.
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That's right.
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And they make this
harmony and this beautifully.
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So when they sing, I
know it was wonderful, good,
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God gave good gifts
and as He does today,
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so I'm sure that
people were blessed
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and they raised their
voices what it says here,
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and they were
praising and it says,
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giving thanks to the Lord,
for He is good for His mercy
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endureth forever toward Israel.
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You know, they
sang responsively.
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And sometime in church,
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we need to do maybe
more than that we do.
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You know, when
the music's going,
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I like to see mouth,
you know, lips moving,
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the sounds coming out.
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And people say, "Well,
I can't sing very well."
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The Bible said, make
a what? A joyful noise.
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A joyful noise unto
the Lord. So I'm joyful.
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And then when you're
making a joyful noise,
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don't forget to have
that joy in your face.
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Bless your
heart. That's a smile.
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You can't be
singing praises to God
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and have a legal
long face, can I say that?
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Sure.
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A long face, we're
gonna have a smile,
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because we're
giving praise to God.
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It's been, you know, they say,
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good week, it's
been a good years.
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God's blessed in a
lot of different ways.
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And so we praise Him for that.
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That memory text
there, it gets us.
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To me, it gives
us a good picture
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of what we're
gonna be studying about,
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how Israel worship God.
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Oh, how wonderful, think
about how they worshiped God.
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And I think we
can learn some things,
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don't you from this.
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They had a custom, and
I'm running a little late,
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but the custom,
always dedication,
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when they had dedication,
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where they dedicated their home,
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whether it was a temple
or whatever it might be,
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the wall, there was
always a celebration went on,
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there was a dedication.
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And I'm sure we
have enough of those,
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just in my own thought,
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because
everything that God gives us
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or we're involved with,
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should it not be
dedicated back to Him.
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Amen.
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Should it not be
sanctified for holy use,
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I think really basic,
I think, we can do that.
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They did that,
they celebrate that,
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you know, the
building of the new temple
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in Ezra Chapter
6, 60 years later,
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they just celebrated
the wall being completed
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in Nehemiah Chapter 6.
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And they did it by
singing and they did music,
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instruments, festivity,
feasting and sacrifices.
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So all those may
be can be too extreme,
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but I think
there's a good balance
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in the Word of God.
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We need to find that.
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This week, we're
gonna take a peek.
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I was gonna take a peek
in how they worshiped God.
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And I believe maybe
we can learn some things.
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Well, I did.
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I've been little too quiet
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when I should have
been a little louder
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I think so anyway.
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Singing the songs of the
Lord there in Sunday's lesson,
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singing the songs of the Lord,
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Nehemiah 12:27, I'm
just gonna read 27 here.
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And notice what it says.
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Nehemiah 12:27,
"And at the dedication
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of the wall of Jerusalem
they sought the Levites
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out of all their places,
to bring them to Jerusalem,"
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now notice, "to keep
the dedication with,"
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what?
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"Gladness, both
with thanksgivings
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and with
singing, and with cymbals,
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and psalteries, and with harps."
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Man, there were
musical instruments going on,
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there was singing,
there was festivity,
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this was a good
time to come together
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to praise the Lord.
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So I think it reveals
what kind of a worship service
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they were having
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and what kind
of a praise service
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because it was all
intertwined together,
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music and praise.
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I like the word
dedication. Did you notice that?
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And at the
dedication is what it says.
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And at the dedication.
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What does that mean,
you talk about dedication?
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It seems to be
the first dedication
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of a city wall that
can be found in the Bible.
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You know, somebody
may find differently,
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first when you find the
first dedication of a wall,
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and you say, well,
why was it, you know,
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the first dedication of a
wall, and how did it come about?
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Well, number one is,
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I was kind of
interested in this,
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that the high priest
and the priest had a part
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in building a
portion of the wall.
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Other words, the preachers
didn't get away with it.
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They had to... Thank you.
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I wanna say I am one,
so it's okay to say it.
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And you know it's
not our panel mate,
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I didn't say, you know,
Pastor John, Pastor John
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or Pastor Kenny,
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you know, here
we just kind of like
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go each other by first name,
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but we realize as you
have maybe a title of work.
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That means we
need to be out there,
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I think, doing something.
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The high priest
helped built that wall.
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And then the priests came along,
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they built that wall.
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Okay, the first
thing they did was what?
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First thing they did
as soon as they got done,
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the Bible tells us there
in Nehemiah 3:1, it says,
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they quickly sanctified
it soon as they built it.
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What an example?
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'Cause we're
gonna be talking about
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as we're gonna
singing and praising
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and in our next
lessons influence.
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And so the
influence was wonderful,
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the influence because it's,
the high priest is out there.
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I won't say he's
laying stone, or laying brick,
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laying whatever it was,
you know, he's not a guy.
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He's got his hands in
it. He's got the shovel.
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Man, what an example,
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if he can do it
by the grace of God,
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I'm gonna be doing it.
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So maybe I'll help
with some of the pastors
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we not only learn
to delegate things
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and those in leadership,
but get right in there
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and help too because
it's always such a blessing.
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It always has been for me
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and I know I could
certainly improve on that.
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But they sanctified
it. People were watching.
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And then I
believe this, I believe
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that Nehemiah saw them doing it,
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not that maybe he
didn't do it before,
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in a sense.
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Nehemiah saw
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what they were
doing and he said,
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we need to do this as a people.
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We're gonna have a ceremony,
the wall was completed.
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There needs to be some joy.
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There needs to be
some praise giving to God,
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somebody who lifting holy hands,
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you know, toward heaven.
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It's all right to do that,
sometime that we talk about
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one-hander, there's two-handers.
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Really every blessing of
God really is the two-hander
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as far as I'm concerned.
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But sometime we can
say, by the two-hander.
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We should be praising God,
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lifting holy
hands and voices to Him.
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The wall was
completed, the people were happy
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that something
needed to be done.
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Zachariah 2:5, the Bible
says, "For I, saith the Lord,
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will be unto you a
wall," notice this,
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they were interested in
the wall, were they not?
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Had to get it built,
you know, protection.
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They had to make sure
the gates were in there,
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the city was built.
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But notice this,
that's all well and good.
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I'm just gonna
pose a little question,
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throw it out there and then
we don't need an answer to it.
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You can always think about.
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Could God have without
a wall, without a gate,
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could He have protected
His people in that city?
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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Okay, well, it's good
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because it kind
of demands an answer,
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God could have done it.
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But because of the
surrounding nations,
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and because of His own people,
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going back on not doing
what He wanted them to do,
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an apostasy, God
for the protection.
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I believe that
people wanted this done
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and, of course, He
mandated it to be done.
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But notice what
this passage says,
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"For I, saith the Lord,
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will be unto you a
wall of fire round about,
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and will be the
glory in the midst,"
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notice that "of her."
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So what does that tell us?
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That tells us walls,
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gates are all useless.
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In a sense, notice
this, unless God defends them.
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It's good. Amen. Right?
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Unless God defends
them, it's useless,
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no matter what
you do in this world,
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I'm gonna protect myself,
I've got this set up here,
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I got burglar alarms, I
got all the thing right here,
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unless God builds the house.
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That's right.
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Unless God protects the house,
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unless guards that
wall of fire around it,
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something's going to happen.
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You noticed it,
this is a dedication,
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Levites were asked to sing
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and to give thanks and
use musical instruments.
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I've always had a
hard time, Pastor John,
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about those who teach you
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not to have musical instruments.
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That's another subject, I know,
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but I've always
loved them to hear it
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and the Bible does not speak
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a lot about these
musical instruments,
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about harps and musics and, hmm,
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a couple of things on
here, I have to be careful
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where they said, they
used things that rattled.
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A little...
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I'm not gonna go on with that,
I'll get in trouble, right?
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They had singers,
and they had musicians,
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and they had a special
class, you noticed that,
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special class, the best.
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They did really the
best, they did the singing,
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I thought that was interesting.
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God does say,
make a joyful noise,
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but interesting
as when we put God
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and puts it all together,
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He demands us
to do our very best
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and often said in that song,
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I think about it
often that same song.
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At the end of the day,
I say, oh, Lord, I wonder,
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have I done my best for Jesus
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when He has done so much for me?
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That's gonna leave it
quite open for the rest of you
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when you come back here,
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because there's a
lot to praise God about.
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There is some more songs
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and praises
something that goes on
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that maybe we need to
hear about, Sister Jill?
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Thank you, so
much, Pastor Kenny.
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You're fired up. Oh,
I'm so excited about it.
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The anointing
of the Holy Spirit.
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I'm excited to
get into my day here.
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Thank you, so much for that.
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The importance of enthusiasm
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and energy in the
worship service and music.
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Mine is Monday's
lesson which is Purification.
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I have one verse
to talk about today,
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but it is vitally important.
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We're talking about
purity in the worship service,
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and purity preceding
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or coming before
the worship service.
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So let's read our
verse, we're in Nehemiah 12:30.
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Then the priests and
Levites purified themselves
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and purified the
people, the gates and the wall.
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You notice they
didn't just purify themselves
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and they started
with purifying themselves.
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Then they went to the people,
then the gates and the wall.
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The word purified in Hebrew aher
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means to be clean or pure.
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Now it's used
many different ways
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in the Old Testament,
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Pastor Kenny, sometimes
it means ceremonial clean,
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sometimes it means morally clean
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and sometimes it means perfect.
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It depends on the
context you can see that.
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In 2 Kings 5:10,
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this is the story
of Captain Naaman.
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He was told go wash in
the River Jordan seven times
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and your flesh
will be restored to you
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and you shall be clean.
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aher, that just means clean.
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He's physically
going to be clean.
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Now in Ezekiel 36:25, it
refers to a moral cleansing.
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Then I will
sprinkle clean water on you,
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and you shall be clean, aher.
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I will cleanse you,
there that's word again,
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from all your filthiness
and from all your idols,
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so that's indicating a
moral cleansing, right?
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From the sin,
the pollution of sin
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in our hearts.
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Psalm 51:7,
"Purge me with hyssop,
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and I shall be clean,"
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that word again wash me
and I will be whiter than snow.
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That's obviously talking
about a moral cleansing as well.
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That cleansing from
sin and then, of course,
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in Leviticus,
there's many references,
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where it refers to a
ceremonial cleansing.
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I wanna talk today
about the importance
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of purity of
heart, preceding worship.
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We're gonna have
a list, Pastor John,
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seven aspects or
seven outgrowth of purity.
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So number one,
internal purity precedes
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external purity.
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Okay.
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Internal purity precedes,
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it comes before external purity.
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Matthew 15:19-20,
"For out of the heart
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proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries,
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fornications, thefts,
false witness, blasphemies.
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These are the
things which defile a man,
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but to eat with unwashed
hands does not defile a man."
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One more verse, Luke 6:45.
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"A good man out
of the good treasure
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of his heart,"
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what happens, Pastor Johnny?
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"Brings forth
good, but an evil man
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out of the evil treasure of
his heart brings forth evil:
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for out of the abundance of
the heart the mouth speaks."
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Amen.
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We can come to worship, church,
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sanctuary come
to worship the Lord.
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Externally pure.
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We take a
shower, we fix our hair,
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we get dressed in nice clothes.
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But our inside
is where it counts
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and the inside is what matters.
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Internal purity always
precedes the external purity.
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Number two, purity
precedes God's presence.
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If you want the presence of God,
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you must be pure in heart.
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Matthew 5:8.
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This is one of the beatitudes
from the Sermon on the Mount.
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"Blessed are the
pure in heart," why?
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"For they shall see God."
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If you want to meet God,
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if you want to
see God as it were,
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we need to be pure in
heart because sin cannot stand
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in the presence of a holy God.
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You ever been embarrassed
or ashamed, Pastor Johnny,
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to be in someone's presence
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if you know you did
something against them?
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You know, if you
knew you lied about them
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or you took
something or you did something
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that you weren't supposed to do,
00:18:05.81\00:18:07.15
and then you're
kind of embarrassed
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or you really don't
want to be seen with them.
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I think that's the same thing.
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If we know we are
harboring or holding onto sin,
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it puts a barrier and
it pushes us from Jesus
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and from His presence.
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Now, this is not
meant to discourage you,
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because I'm getting to
hope so don't flip the channel
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and say, oh, well, I'm not pure.
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I'm not gonna come to church
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because we're
going somewhere good.
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Number three,
purity precedes God's joy.
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Purity proceeds God's joy.
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Psalm 16:11, "You will
show me the path of life,
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in Your presence
is fullness of joy,
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at Your right hand are
pleasures forevermore."
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And remember, we could not
come in the presence of God
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unless we were pure in heart.
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So when God cleanses our heart,
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we can enter His presence
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and that presence
will bring us joy.
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Number four,
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purity precedes God's blessing.
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Do you want God's
blessing in your life?
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Are you wishing and
longing for His blessing?
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Purity precedes that.
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Psalm 24:3-5,
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"Who may ascend into
the hill of the Lord?
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Who may stand in His holy place?
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He who has clean
hands and a pure heart,
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who has not lifted
up his soul to vanity,"
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King James, as
New King James say,
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"to an idol, nor
sworn deceitfully,
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He shall receive," what?
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"Blessing from the
Lord, and righteousness
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from the God of his salvation."
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Clean hands and a pure
heart precedes God's blessings.
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Number five, purity
precedes God listening.
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Psalm 66:18,
this is a heavy verse.
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"If I regard
iniquity in my heart,
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the Lord will not hear me."
00:20:06.57\00:20:09.14
There's one more verse
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and then we're going
to give you some hope.
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Isaiah 59:1-2, "Behold,
00:20:12.04\00:20:14.14
the Lord's hand
is not shortened,
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that it cannot save,
00:20:16.85\00:20:18.38
nor His ear heavy,
that it can't hear.
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But your iniquities
00:20:21.72\00:20:23.22
have separated
you from your God,
00:20:23.25\00:20:26.19
and your sins have
hidden His face from you
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that He will not hear."
00:20:30.03\00:20:31.43
So I want to pause
just a moment and tell you,
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God longs to hear your prayer.
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And what I mean by that?
00:20:38.23\00:20:40.17
John 6:37, He says,
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"Whoever comes to me I
will never cast aside."
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1 John 1:9, "If
we confess our sins,
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He is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins
00:20:49.08\00:20:52.28
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness."
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2 Peter 3:9,
00:20:56.28\00:20:57.62
"The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise,
00:20:57.65\00:21:01.12
as some men count slackness,
but is longsuffering to us,
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not willing that
any should perish
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but that all should
come to repentance."
00:21:07.20\00:21:10.43
So the moment your
heart even longs for God,
00:21:10.47\00:21:14.14
the moment you
say, you know what?
00:21:14.20\00:21:15.87
I'd really like to
step into a worship service,
00:21:15.90\00:21:18.64
step into church,
the Lord receives you,
00:21:18.67\00:21:22.51
the Lord longs to forgive you.
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You cannot have
done anything too bad
00:21:25.51\00:21:27.72
that He will not hear.
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You cannot have fallen too
low that He cannot pick you up.
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There is nothing that you can do
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that will make
Jesus love you any less.
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Ever that will make Jesus say,
oh, I can't forgive that sin.
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He can forgive anything.
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The scriptures
that we're referring to,
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I believe refers
to cherished sin.
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Another words, if
you've accepted Jesus
00:21:51.97\00:21:54.24
and He's in your heart,
00:21:54.28\00:21:55.71
and He shows you
an area in your heart
00:21:55.74\00:21:57.71
that's not pleasing to Him
00:21:57.75\00:21:59.08
or something He wants
you to surrender to Him?
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And you say, No, I'm
not gonna give that up.
00:22:01.38\00:22:04.55
I like that too much,
00:22:04.59\00:22:05.92
it becomes an idol in your life.
00:22:05.95\00:22:08.22
That's what the
scriptures are talking about,
00:22:08.26\00:22:10.33
where it says, He
will not hear you,
00:22:10.36\00:22:12.16
when you hang on to sin
00:22:12.19\00:22:14.50
when He's asked
you to give it up.
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Good.
00:22:15.90\00:22:17.23
Number six,
purity precedes worship.
00:22:17.27\00:22:21.47
Matthew 5:23-24,
00:22:21.50\00:22:24.11
"If you bring
your gift to the altar,
00:22:24.17\00:22:25.94
and remember if your
brother has ought against you,"
00:22:25.97\00:22:29.78
don't worship, don't
sacrifice, don't continue,
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.71
"you leave your
gift at the altar.
00:22:32.75\00:22:34.75
You go and be
reconciled to your brother,
00:22:34.78\00:22:38.09
then come back
and offer your gift."
00:22:38.12\00:22:42.19
We cannot worship, truly worship
00:22:42.22\00:22:44.96
if there's
something between us and God,
00:22:44.99\00:22:47.03
or if there's
something between us
00:22:47.10\00:22:48.66
and our brothers and sisters.
00:22:48.70\00:22:50.53
And finally, number seven,
purity precedes fellowship.
00:22:50.60\00:22:55.80
1 John 1-7,
00:22:55.84\00:22:57.17
"If we walk in the
light as He is in the light,
00:22:57.24\00:22:58.97
we have fellowship,"
Koinonia "one with another,
00:22:59.01\00:23:03.18
and the blood of Jesus Christ
00:23:03.21\00:23:04.61
His Son cleanses
us from all sin."
00:23:04.65\00:23:08.55
Purity leads to praise.
00:23:08.58\00:23:09.92
And we'll see that
and the dedication here.
00:23:09.95\00:23:12.62
The praise, why do we praise?
00:23:12.65\00:23:14.16
Because we are forgiven,
because we're restored,
00:23:14.19\00:23:17.43
and we're
reconciled to the Father,
00:23:17.46\00:23:18.96
and we're made new in his image
00:23:18.99\00:23:21.40
because we are
transformed by His grace.
00:23:21.43\00:23:23.83
And sons and
daughters of the king,
00:23:23.87\00:23:25.87
we have an internal
inheritance and grace,
00:23:25.90\00:23:28.94
peace and joy now.
00:23:28.97\00:23:30.57
So purity
precedes God's presence,
00:23:30.61\00:23:33.84
His joy, His blessing,
Him listening to us worship
00:23:33.88\00:23:39.25
and it even precedes fellowship
as brothers and sisters.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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That kind of resets
really a foundation, doesn't it?
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What we're talking
about on this lesson.
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Right now, we're gonna
take a little short break.
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Pastor John Dinzey's
gonna give this lesson.
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I'm kind of excited about seeing
00:24:39.21\00:24:40.64
because it has such
an interesting title.
00:24:40.68\00:24:42.64
It says, Two Large
Thanksgiving Choirs.
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Praise the Lord. Yeah.
00:24:46.51\00:24:47.88
You know, this is a...
00:24:47.92\00:24:50.05
I'm on Tuesday's lesson
00:24:50.09\00:24:51.55
and this is a
wonderful lesson to consider.
00:24:51.59\00:24:54.22
And this takes us
into Nehemiah 12:31-42.
00:24:54.26\00:24:59.69
And I'm just gonna read it
00:24:59.73\00:25:01.10
because it sets the stage
for what is going on here.
00:25:01.13\00:25:06.47
"So I brought the
leaders of Judah up on the wall,
00:25:06.50\00:25:10.01
and appointed two
large thanksgiving choirs.
00:25:10.04\00:25:13.51
One went to the right hand
00:25:13.58\00:25:15.38
on the wall
toward the Refuse Gate.
00:25:15.41\00:25:18.28
After them went," Oh,
here comes some names,
00:25:18.31\00:25:22.75
"Hoshaiah and half
of the leaders of Judah,
00:25:22.78\00:25:25.32
and Azariah, Ezra, and
Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin,
00:25:25.35\00:25:29.59
Shemaiah, Jeremiah, and
some of the priests' sons
00:25:29.62\00:25:32.53
with trumpets,
00:25:32.56\00:25:33.90
Zechariah the son of Jonathan,
00:25:33.93\00:25:35.63
the son of Shemaiah,
the son of Mattaniah,
00:25:35.66\00:25:37.87
the son of
Michaiah, the son of Zaccur,
00:25:37.90\00:25:41.24
the son of Asaph, and
his brethren, Shemaiah,
00:25:41.27\00:25:44.67
Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai,
00:25:44.71\00:25:48.58
Maai, Nethanel,
Judah, and Hanani,
00:25:48.61\00:25:52.58
with the musical instruments
of David the man of God.
00:25:52.61\00:25:55.75
And Ezra the
scribe went before them.
00:25:55.78\00:25:59.25
By the Fountain
Gate, in front of them,
00:25:59.29\00:26:01.49
they went up the
stairs of the City of David,
00:26:01.52\00:26:04.36
on the stairway of the
wall, beyond the house of David,
00:26:04.39\00:26:07.66
as far as the
Water Gate eastward.
00:26:07.66\00:26:10.17
The other thanksgiving
choir went the opposite way,
00:26:10.20\00:26:13.94
and I was behind them
00:26:13.97\00:26:15.30
with half of the
people on the wall,
00:26:15.34\00:26:17.04
going past the
Tower of the Ovens
00:26:17.11\00:26:19.31
as far as the Broad Wall,
and above the Gate of Ephraim,
00:26:19.34\00:26:22.34
above the Old Gate,
above the Fish Gate,
00:26:22.38\00:26:24.91
the Tower of Hananel,
the Tower of the Hundred,
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.75
as far as the Sheep Gate,
00:26:27.78\00:26:29.12
and they stopped by
the Gate of the Prison.
00:26:29.15\00:26:31.45
So the two thanksgiving choirs
00:26:31.49\00:26:33.96
stood in the house of God,
00:26:33.99\00:26:35.32
likewise I and the
half of the rulers with me,
00:26:35.36\00:26:37.79
and the priests,
Eliakim, Maaseiah,
00:26:37.83\00:26:41.66
Minjamin, Michaiah, Elioenai,
00:26:41.70\00:26:45.53
Zechariah, and Hananiah,
with trumpets, also Maaseiah,
00:26:45.57\00:26:50.51
Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi,
00:26:50.57\00:26:53.34
Jehohanan,
Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer.
00:26:53.38\00:26:57.25
The singers sang loudly
with Jezrahiah the director."
00:26:57.31\00:27:03.02
So we have here this
setting, you have the singers,
00:27:03.05\00:27:06.22
you have the instruments,
and of course the director,
00:27:06.25\00:27:08.42
which is very
important for the director
00:27:08.46\00:27:10.39
to organize the choir
and lead them in worship.
00:27:10.46\00:27:13.83
Now I have to say
that God wants people
00:27:13.86\00:27:17.47
to worship Him in spirit.
00:27:17.50\00:27:19.50
And in truth. Good.
00:27:19.53\00:27:20.87
And Jill brought out
00:27:20.94\00:27:22.27
that there was a
purification of the heart,
00:27:22.30\00:27:24.04
preparation for
the worship of God.
00:27:24.11\00:27:27.28
And this group went
and it was heard all over,
00:27:27.31\00:27:32.31
the praising of
God, Thanksgiving.
00:27:32.35\00:27:35.02
Now, remember
they're Thanksgiving choirs.
00:27:35.05\00:27:37.49
And when you're Thanksgiving,
00:27:37.52\00:27:38.85
you're rejoicing,
you're being thankful
00:27:38.89\00:27:40.66
for something God has done.
00:27:40.69\00:27:42.52
And I was thinking as
I was going through this,
00:27:42.56\00:27:45.43
I said, Boy, I
remember the first time they...
00:27:45.46\00:27:47.60
I was somewhere and
they sang happy birthday,
00:27:47.60\00:27:49.20
it was a large group of
people and I did know that
00:27:49.23\00:27:51.43
somebody knew
about my birthday, say,
00:27:51.47\00:27:53.54
hey, it's John's birthday,
00:27:53.60\00:27:54.94
let's sing
happy birthday to him,
00:27:54.97\00:27:56.87
and it was early morning.
00:27:56.91\00:27:59.21
And so they started singing,
and I was just, you know,
00:27:59.24\00:28:02.38
well, thank you.
00:28:02.41\00:28:03.78
You know, but somebody that was,
00:28:03.81\00:28:06.01
that actually began
to sing and say hey,
00:28:06.05\00:28:08.45
wait, wait, wait, let's stop.
00:28:08.48\00:28:10.62
We're singing like
it's a funeral march here.
00:28:10.65\00:28:13.62
This is a happy occasion.
00:28:13.69\00:28:15.29
Yeah, they were singing,
happy birthday to you...
00:28:15.32\00:28:19.59
Very, you know,
like sorrowful, like,
00:28:19.63\00:28:22.56
this person is about to
die, that type of singing.
00:28:22.60\00:28:25.53
But God wants us to
sing in spirit and in truth.
00:28:25.57\00:28:29.40
God has done so much for us.
00:28:29.44\00:28:31.14
Amen. Yes.
00:28:31.17\00:28:32.51
I mean, every one of
us, you just stop and think,
00:28:32.54\00:28:36.48
how good God has been to you.
00:28:36.51\00:28:39.11
You have something
to thank God about.
00:28:39.15\00:28:40.52
Amen.
00:28:40.55\00:28:41.88
I remember one person
00:28:41.92\00:28:43.25
that called 3ABN many years ago.
00:28:43.28\00:28:44.62
Hey, why do I have
to be thankful for?
00:28:44.65\00:28:47.09
And I was surprised by the call.
00:28:47.16\00:28:49.92
And I say, "Well,
are you in prison?"
00:28:49.96\00:28:52.36
"No." "You should be thankful.
00:28:52.39\00:28:54.30
Are you in a hospital?" "No."
00:28:54.30\00:28:56.63
"Well, you should be thankful.
Are you in an insane asylum?"
00:28:56.67\00:28:59.90
"Well, no." "Well,
you should be thankful."
00:28:59.93\00:29:02.84
And a person began,
"Did you eat today?"
00:29:02.87\00:29:05.51
"Yes."
00:29:05.54\00:29:07.01
And all of a
sudden, he began to realize,
00:29:07.04\00:29:08.68
yeah, I do have some
things to be thankful for.
00:29:08.71\00:29:11.05
Really, if you stop and think
00:29:11.08\00:29:12.85
you can look back
in your life and say,
00:29:12.88\00:29:14.38
you know, God has saved
me even from destruction.
00:29:14.42\00:29:17.65
And God has done so much for us,
00:29:17.69\00:29:19.55
we have no idea.
00:29:19.59\00:29:20.92
I mean, we may come
up with a little list.
00:29:20.99\00:29:23.22
But God says, no, no,
this is what I have done.
00:29:23.26\00:29:24.69
Yes. That's right.
00:29:24.73\00:29:26.06
That's right.
00:29:26.09\00:29:27.40
This is what I
have done for you.
00:29:27.46\00:29:28.76
On top of this list
is what Jesus Christ
00:29:28.80\00:29:30.37
has done for us on the cross.
00:29:30.40\00:29:33.10
And we have a lot
to be thankful for.
00:29:33.13\00:29:35.20
So this was a wonderful occasion
00:29:35.24\00:29:37.54
for the praise of the Lord.
00:29:37.61\00:29:39.37
And I want to bring out
something interesting here
00:29:39.41\00:29:43.28
because music
serves a holy purpose
00:29:43.35\00:29:48.48
and it should be
for the adoration
00:29:48.52\00:29:50.39
and praise of God.
00:29:50.42\00:29:51.75
A lot of singing today,
00:29:51.79\00:29:53.76
talking about secular
music is a lot of self
00:29:53.79\00:29:56.56
and a lot of this terrible thing
00:29:56.59\00:29:59.86
happened to me, you know,
00:29:59.89\00:30:01.30
but when you're
worshiping the Lord,
00:30:01.33\00:30:04.03
adoration,
glorify, you should enter
00:30:04.07\00:30:07.04
into worshiping the
Lord in spirit and in truth.
00:30:07.10\00:30:09.30
In other words,
00:30:09.34\00:30:10.67
and I've seen
this happen in churches
00:30:10.71\00:30:12.04
and I even when
asked, I support him,
00:30:12.07\00:30:13.44
I may have done this myself.
00:30:13.48\00:30:14.81
Okay, let's sing this song.
00:30:14.84\00:30:17.05
And so the singing
starts and it seems like
00:30:17.11\00:30:19.88
people's thoughts are far away,
00:30:19.91\00:30:22.58
thinking about problems of life.
00:30:22.62\00:30:24.89
Do yourself a
favor, rejoice in the Lord,
00:30:24.92\00:30:28.26
sing with understanding,
sing in spirit and in truth
00:30:28.29\00:30:32.99
because God has
been good to you.
00:30:33.03\00:30:34.83
That's right.
00:30:34.86\00:30:36.20
And I like to read this to
you from Christian Education.
00:30:36.23\00:30:40.94
"Music forms a
part of God's worship
00:30:40.97\00:30:44.17
in the courts above,
00:30:44.24\00:30:45.57
and we should endeavor,
in our songs of praise,
00:30:45.61\00:30:48.44
to approach as
nearly as possible
00:30:48.48\00:30:51.51
to the harmony of
the heavenly choirs.
00:30:51.55\00:30:53.58
The proper training of the voice
00:30:53.65\00:30:55.22
is an important
feature in education
00:30:55.25\00:30:57.52
and should not be neglected."
00:30:57.55\00:30:58.89
Singing... notice this.
00:30:58.92\00:31:00.49
"Singing, as a part
of religious service,
00:31:00.56\00:31:02.72
is as much an act of
worship as is prayer.
00:31:02.76\00:31:07.66
The heart must feel
the spirit of the song
00:31:07.66\00:31:11.67
to give it right expression."
00:31:11.70\00:31:14.44
This is from
Christian Education,
00:31:14.47\00:31:16.20
page 62.
00:31:16.24\00:31:17.57
And I encourage you to consider
00:31:17.61\00:31:19.81
this part of
singing that should be
00:31:19.84\00:31:23.11
a part of worship.
00:31:23.14\00:31:24.61
There are some
scriptures that are also shared
00:31:24.65\00:31:27.02
during the lesson that
I like to quickly look at.
00:31:27.08\00:31:29.52
One is Exodus
15:1-2. Exodus 15:1-2.
00:31:29.55\00:31:35.49
This is after the Lord
made a great deliverance
00:31:35.52\00:31:38.29
for the people of Israel.
00:31:38.33\00:31:39.66
And it says, "Then Moses
and the children of Israel
00:31:39.69\00:31:42.46
sang this song to the
Lord, and spoke, saying:
00:31:42.50\00:31:46.40
'I will sing to the Lord,
00:31:46.43\00:31:49.00
for He has triumphed gloriously!
00:31:49.04\00:31:52.07
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
00:31:52.11\00:31:56.38
The Lord is my
strength and song,
00:31:56.41\00:31:59.68
and He has
become my salvation.'"
00:31:59.71\00:32:02.62
Notice, my salvation,
00:32:02.65\00:32:04.02
you have to make it your own.
00:32:04.09\00:32:05.92
"He is my God,
and I will praise Him,
00:32:05.95\00:32:08.72
My father's God,
and I will exalt Him."
00:32:08.76\00:32:12.26
The Lord had delivered
them from the Egyptians,
00:32:12.29\00:32:14.73
and they are
commemorating this in song.
00:32:14.73\00:32:17.37
Perhaps the Lord will put a song
00:32:17.43\00:32:19.07
in your heart
of your experience.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.54
And I encourage you
to consider the things
00:32:21.57\00:32:23.67
that God has done for you
and thank God accordingly.
00:32:23.71\00:32:28.48
Now, this is interesting,
00:32:28.51\00:32:31.08
in Patriarchs and Prophets, 289.
00:32:31.11\00:32:33.38
Speaking of this, it says,
00:32:33.42\00:32:34.85
"This song and
the great deliverance
00:32:34.88\00:32:37.69
which it commemorates,
00:32:37.72\00:32:39.05
made an impression
never to be effaced
00:32:39.09\00:32:42.42
from the memory
of the Hebrew people.
00:32:42.46\00:32:44.29
From age to age it
was echoed by the prophets
00:32:44.33\00:32:46.76
and singers of Israel,
testifying that Jehovah
00:32:46.80\00:32:50.33
is the strength and deliverance
of those who trust in Him.
00:32:50.40\00:32:54.40
That song does not belong
to the Jewish people alone.
00:32:54.44\00:32:58.61
It points forward
to the destruction
00:32:58.64\00:33:01.34
of all the foes
of righteousness,
00:33:01.38\00:33:03.45
and the final
victory of the Israel of God.
00:33:03.48\00:33:06.05
The prophet of Patmos beholds
the white-robed multitude
00:33:06.08\00:33:09.78
that 'have gotten the victory,'
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.59
standing on the 'sea of
glass mingled with fire,'
00:33:11.62\00:33:14.26
having 'the harps of God.
00:33:14.29\00:33:15.66
And they sing the song
of Moses the servant of God,
00:33:15.69\00:33:19.73
and the song of the Lamb.'"
00:33:19.76\00:33:21.13
Amen.
00:33:21.16\00:33:22.50
Look at it, Revelation 15:2-4,
00:33:22.53\00:33:25.13
"And I saw something
00:33:25.17\00:33:26.50
like a sea of
glass mingled with fire,
00:33:26.53\00:33:28.84
and those who have the
victory over the beast,
00:33:28.87\00:33:31.81
and over his
image, and over his mark,
00:33:31.84\00:33:33.34
and over the number of his name,
00:33:33.38\00:33:34.71
standing on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God.
00:33:34.74\00:33:37.65
They sing the song of
Moses, the servant of God,
00:33:37.68\00:33:40.58
and the song of
the Lamb, saying:
00:33:40.62\00:33:42.75
'Great and
marvelous are Your works,
00:33:42.78\00:33:45.85
Lord God Almighty!
00:33:45.89\00:33:47.89
Just and true are Your
ways, O King of the saints!
00:33:47.92\00:33:52.26
Who shall not fear You, O
Lord, and glorify Your name?
00:33:52.29\00:33:55.80
For You alone are holy.
00:33:55.83\00:33:57.90
For all nations shall
come and worship before You,
00:33:57.93\00:34:01.77
for Your judgments
have been manifested.'"
00:34:01.80\00:34:04.61
And so, I encourage you
00:34:04.64\00:34:07.21
to consider the
great salvation of the Lord
00:34:07.28\00:34:10.55
and enter into worship
and praise of the Lord.
00:34:10.58\00:34:13.82
That's right. Yes.
00:34:13.85\00:34:15.18
Perhaps it is a good time
even now, as this lesson ends,
00:34:15.22\00:34:18.92
stop and thank the Lord
for things He has done for you.
00:34:18.95\00:34:21.89
Amen.
00:34:21.92\00:34:23.26
Because even this week,
may have been such a week
00:34:23.29\00:34:27.20
that you can say,
wow, I'm glad that's over.
00:34:27.23\00:34:30.87
I'm glad that it's the Sabbath.
00:34:30.93\00:34:33.34
I am glad that now
00:34:33.40\00:34:35.30
I can look back
and rest and say,
00:34:35.34\00:34:37.81
God has been good to me.
00:34:37.84\00:34:39.71
Amen.
00:34:39.74\00:34:41.08
So, we look
forward to a great victory
00:34:41.11\00:34:43.21
through Jesus Christ,
00:34:43.24\00:34:44.58
continue to follow Him
with all of your heart.
00:34:44.61\00:34:46.05
Amen.
00:34:46.08\00:34:47.42
And let me say this, if
you are a worship leader,
00:34:47.48\00:34:50.65
please start the song
service with songs about God
00:34:50.69\00:34:55.19
because people
are still coming in
00:34:55.22\00:34:57.53
and they're
talking to one another
00:34:57.59\00:35:00.23
and then move
from those praise songs
00:35:00.26\00:35:02.70
into the worship songs.
00:35:02.73\00:35:04.60
And if you're in the audience,
don't be talking to someone
00:35:04.63\00:35:08.24
when they're
singing to the Lord,
00:35:08.27\00:35:09.87
we need to really
make music worship.
00:35:09.90\00:35:13.38
Okay.
00:35:13.41\00:35:14.74
Wednesday's lesson is Sacrifices
00:35:14.78\00:35:19.21
as part of worship.
00:35:19.25\00:35:20.62
Let's look at Nehemiah 12:43.
00:35:20.65\00:35:26.79
Nehemiah 12:43.
00:35:26.86\00:35:29.96
"Also that day they
offered great sacrifices."
00:35:30.03\00:35:35.16
Now, the sacrifices was,
00:35:35.20\00:35:37.83
this was the most
essential part of worship.
00:35:37.87\00:35:41.24
And what did those
sacrifices point to?
00:35:41.27\00:35:44.41
They pointed to the
Messiah, Jesus Christ.
00:35:44.44\00:35:48.61
So this was how people
00:35:48.64\00:35:50.51
learn the truth of
God and who He was,
00:35:50.55\00:35:53.68
and also the weight of sin.
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.95
Now think how
solemn it would have been,
00:35:56.99\00:35:59.65
you know, when animals
were being slaughtered,
00:36:02.86\00:36:05.29
that's a solemn occasion.
00:36:05.33\00:36:06.93
But look what it
says, "That day they offered
00:36:06.96\00:36:09.70
great sacrifices and rejoiced,
00:36:09.73\00:36:13.67
for God had made them
rejoice with great joy."
00:36:13.74\00:36:18.61
So there's reverence
and there's godly fear.
00:36:18.64\00:36:21.51
But they knew what
these sacrifices meant
00:36:21.54\00:36:24.45
that their sin
00:36:24.48\00:36:25.95
was being
transferred to a substitute.
00:36:25.98\00:36:29.25
It pointed to
the coming Messiah.
00:36:29.28\00:36:31.49
So they rejoiced.
00:36:31.52\00:36:33.39
"God made them
rejoice with great joy,
00:36:33.46\00:36:35.82
the women and the
children also rejoiced,
00:36:35.86\00:36:39.53
so that the joy of
Jerusalem was heard afar off."
00:36:39.56\00:36:45.43
When was the last time
the joy of your church service
00:36:45.47\00:36:50.87
was heard afar off?
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.24
You now, I just have to say
00:36:53.27\00:36:54.61
these sacrifices were worthless
00:36:54.64\00:36:58.21
if they weren't accompanied
00:36:58.25\00:37:00.25
with repentance
and an obedient life.
00:37:00.28\00:37:04.02
I mean, this is something
that we have to remember,
00:37:04.05\00:37:06.15
this symbol of the
sacrifice is to be reflected
00:37:06.19\00:37:09.66
in the heart of the worshipper.
00:37:09.69\00:37:12.63
And as we approach God, yes,
00:37:12.66\00:37:15.16
we approach Him
in awe and reverence,
00:37:15.20\00:37:19.53
but we should
approach Him in joy.
00:37:19.57\00:37:22.84
You know, in the New Testament,
00:37:22.87\00:37:24.91
the New Testament we
see that the sacrifices
00:37:24.94\00:37:29.01
of the Levitical system
00:37:29.04\00:37:32.18
continued until the
crucifixion with the believers.
00:37:32.21\00:37:36.15
But with Christ's death,
Christians understood that
00:37:36.18\00:37:39.92
animal sacrifices
were no longer necessary
00:37:39.95\00:37:43.73
because He died
as Hebrews 7:27 said,
00:37:43.76\00:37:48.23
"He gave the perfect
sacrifice once for all."
00:37:48.26\00:37:52.90
Yes.
00:37:52.93\00:37:54.27
He doesn't need to
be sacrificed again.
00:37:54.30\00:37:57.71
And after the cross,
00:37:57.74\00:37:59.54
we understand
that our sacrifices,
00:37:59.57\00:38:02.71
we offer up
spiritual sacrifices,
00:38:02.74\00:38:07.48
the Thanksgiving and the joy,
00:38:07.55\00:38:10.02
the praise to God
through Jesus Christ.
00:38:10.05\00:38:12.99
You know, Paul
called the Philippians gift,
00:38:13.02\00:38:15.19
a sweet aroma
00:38:15.22\00:38:16.66
and an
acceptable sacrifice to God.
00:38:16.69\00:38:20.63
Now, the Jewish
sacrificial system
00:38:20.66\00:38:23.47
came to a complete halt in AD 70
00:38:23.50\00:38:26.30
when the temple was destroyed.
00:38:26.33\00:38:29.57
But what we find
in the New Testament
00:38:29.60\00:38:32.54
is the New Testament is
always using terminology
00:38:32.57\00:38:36.34
about Jesus that goes
along with the sacrificial terms
00:38:36.38\00:38:41.68
like the Passover
lamb, the fragrant aroma.
00:38:41.72\00:38:46.02
John 1:29, when
John the Baptist saw
00:38:46.05\00:38:49.56
Jesus
approaching the River Jordan.
00:38:49.59\00:38:52.19
It says, "The next day John
saw Jesus coming toward him,
00:38:52.23\00:38:55.20
and he said, 'Behold!
00:38:55.23\00:38:57.67
The Lamb of God who takes away
00:38:57.70\00:39:00.77
the sins of the world!'"
00:39:00.80\00:39:04.14
So, in the temple,
00:39:04.17\00:39:05.81
the morning and
the evening services,
00:39:05.84\00:39:08.48
they were the sacrifice
00:39:08.51\00:39:10.68
for the sins of
the corporate sin
00:39:10.71\00:39:14.75
if you would.
00:39:14.78\00:39:16.12
But once again,
this pointed to Jesus
00:39:16.15\00:39:20.02
becoming the Lamb of
God, actually, the Lamb of God
00:39:20.09\00:39:23.56
who was slain before
the foundation of the world,
00:39:23.59\00:39:26.63
Revelation 13:8, is
the everlasting gospel
00:39:26.66\00:39:30.60
that He was coming.
00:39:30.67\00:39:32.23
And by the way, I was
reading a couple of months ago.
00:39:32.27\00:39:36.71
Did you know in classical Greek,
00:39:36.74\00:39:40.68
the word gospel meant good news
00:39:40.71\00:39:45.18
of a victory in a battle?
00:39:45.21\00:39:48.42
It wasn't just good news.
00:39:48.45\00:39:50.32
It was good news of
a victory in a battle.
00:39:50.39\00:39:54.19
So the good news is,
00:39:54.26\00:39:56.32
Jesus came to pay
the price for our sin,
00:39:56.36\00:39:59.66
the penalty for our sin.
00:39:59.69\00:40:01.53
But He also
came, what did He say,
00:40:01.56\00:40:04.03
to do away with sin
and the ways of the world?
00:40:04.07\00:40:07.50
Now, it's interesting to me
in 1 Corinthians 5:7, it says,
00:40:07.54\00:40:11.94
"Therefore purge
out the old leaven,
00:40:11.97\00:40:16.08
that you may be a new lump,
00:40:16.11\00:40:18.45
since you truly are unleavened."
00:40:18.48\00:40:22.28
We're unleavened hopefully.
00:40:22.32\00:40:25.19
"For indeed
Christ, our Passover,
00:40:25.22\00:40:28.42
was sacrificed for us."
00:40:28.46\00:40:31.19
What does it
mean to be unleavened?
00:40:31.23\00:40:33.50
Well, leaven
was a symbol of sin.
00:40:33.56\00:40:36.26
And you
remember at the Passover,
00:40:36.30\00:40:38.20
God had them slay a lamb,
00:40:38.23\00:40:40.70
and then they applied
the blood to the doorpost,
00:40:40.77\00:40:45.07
and the reason
it's called Passover
00:40:45.11\00:40:47.01
is because the angel
of death passed over.
00:40:47.04\00:40:49.78
But they also
made unleavened bread,
00:40:49.81\00:40:52.15
bread that they didn't have time
00:40:52.18\00:40:54.05
to let the bread rise,
00:40:54.08\00:40:55.75
but God had them sweep out
their houses any of the leaven,
00:40:55.78\00:41:01.32
because that is a symbol of sin.
00:41:01.36\00:41:05.19
So when Christ,
00:41:05.23\00:41:07.23
when we accept Him
as our Passover lamb,
00:41:07.30\00:41:10.23
He cleanses us of sin.
00:41:10.27\00:41:12.70
I mean, it's not something
that we know we're justified,
00:41:12.73\00:41:17.41
that we are declared not guilty.
00:41:17.47\00:41:19.81
But then He takes us
00:41:19.84\00:41:21.18
through this
process of sanctification
00:41:21.21\00:41:23.85
and continually bringing us
00:41:23.91\00:41:27.95
and clearing us of sin.
00:41:27.98\00:41:30.15
Now it's interesting to
me, let's turn to Exodus 12.
00:41:30.19\00:41:35.36
And in Exodus 12,
we're going to see
00:41:35.39\00:41:39.73
something that
happened with the Passover lamb.
00:41:39.76\00:41:43.40
Exodus 12, you guys are getting,
00:41:43.43\00:41:45.83
get there before me.
00:41:45.87\00:41:47.80
Isn't it funny how sometimes...
00:41:47.84\00:41:50.14
I wanna look at
verses 3 and then verse 6.
00:41:50.17\00:41:55.08
Exodus 12:3, He says,
00:41:55.11\00:41:58.38
"Speak to all the
congregation of Israel, saying:
00:41:58.41\00:42:00.92
'On the tenth of this month
00:42:00.95\00:42:02.58
every man shall
take for himself a lamb,
00:42:02.62\00:42:05.09
according to the
house of his father,
00:42:05.12\00:42:07.46
a lamb for a household.'"
00:42:07.49\00:42:08.82
This is for the Passover.
00:42:08.86\00:42:10.73
So they went on the 10th,
00:42:10.76\00:42:14.10
and they got this little lamb.
00:42:14.10\00:42:17.03
And then when you jump
down to verse 6, it says,
00:42:17.07\00:42:19.90
"Now you shall keep it
until the fourteenth day
00:42:19.93\00:42:25.01
of the same month
and kill it at twilight."
00:42:25.04\00:42:29.44
So the lamb was in their house,
00:42:29.48\00:42:32.81
three and a half
days this beautiful,
00:42:32.85\00:42:36.18
spotless, little baby lamb.
00:42:36.22\00:42:39.32
Just think, the
children probably,
00:42:39.35\00:42:42.26
mom and dad are saying,
don't name it, don't name it.
00:42:42.29\00:42:45.63
And the kids, you know,
00:42:45.66\00:42:47.00
how could you not
love a little lamb?
00:42:47.03\00:42:49.70
Well, it's interesting.
00:42:49.73\00:42:51.30
In Revelation 5:6,
when it is speaking of Jesus
00:42:51.33\00:42:57.07
as our lamb.
00:42:57.14\00:42:58.47
It says, "I looked, and beheld,
in the midst of the throne
00:42:58.51\00:43:01.48
and of the four
living creatures,
00:43:01.51\00:43:03.65
and in the midst of the elders,
00:43:03.68\00:43:05.48
stood a lamb as
though it had been slain."
00:43:05.51\00:43:09.65
The word lamb here
is not the same word
00:43:09.68\00:43:13.22
that has been used
00:43:13.25\00:43:16.06
when John said,
"Behold the Lamb of God."
00:43:16.09\00:43:19.46
This word is a
lambkin, a little baby lamb,
00:43:19.49\00:43:24.50
and He ministered for
three and a half years.
00:43:24.53\00:43:27.94
Yes, yes.
00:43:27.97\00:43:29.30
I think what the
purpose of this is,
00:43:29.34\00:43:31.91
is that God wants us to see
00:43:31.94\00:43:35.54
and make this sacrifice
00:43:35.58\00:43:38.58
a very personal thing.
00:43:38.61\00:43:41.22
Well, you know,
when we recognize
00:43:41.25\00:43:43.55
that only worthy is
the lamb who was slain.
00:43:43.59\00:43:48.36
When we recognize
that God came down
00:43:48.39\00:43:52.86
to earth to die for us.
00:43:52.89\00:43:55.96
He humiliated
Himself by becoming a man,
00:43:56.00\00:43:59.50
to me that's probably
His greatest sacrifice
00:43:59.53\00:44:02.47
was taking on our flesh,
because He returned to heaven
00:44:02.50\00:44:06.37
as the perfect God-man.
00:44:06.41\00:44:08.68
That's right.
But He died for us.
00:44:08.71\00:44:12.58
That is something
that is so personal.
00:44:12.61\00:44:15.05
And that's why
God had the Passover.
00:44:15.08\00:44:19.95
He had the instructions,
so that it wasn't just,
00:44:19.99\00:44:23.63
you're saying, oh, okay,
I'll take that lamb over there,
00:44:23.66\00:44:26.19
go kill him and let's...
00:44:26.23\00:44:29.16
that will be my Passover.
00:44:29.20\00:44:30.83
No, it was a
very personal thing.
00:44:30.87\00:44:33.40
And we pray for you,
and for each one of us
00:44:33.44\00:44:36.81
that we will
continually remember
00:44:36.87\00:44:39.24
what our God has done.
00:44:39.27\00:44:41.34
And as we
remember, that we will, yes,
00:44:41.38\00:44:45.51
worship with reverence
and awe, but worship with joy.
00:44:45.55\00:44:49.92
Amen. That's right.
00:44:49.95\00:44:51.29
Thank you, Shelley,
thank you every one of you,
00:44:51.32\00:44:53.72
as we lead into now the Priests
00:44:53.76\00:44:55.09
and Levites as
a part of worship.
00:44:55.12\00:44:58.59
Now before I dive into Nehemiah,
00:44:58.63\00:45:00.53
what I'd like to outline
are some cautioned parameters
00:45:00.56\00:45:04.87
about worship.
00:45:04.90\00:45:06.33
Because Matthew 7:21-23,
00:45:06.37\00:45:10.31
cautions us that everything
00:45:10.34\00:45:12.74
that appears to be
00:45:12.77\00:45:16.75
Christian is really not.
00:45:16.78\00:45:18.35
Well. That's good.
00:45:18.38\00:45:20.12
You know, many will
say to me in that day,
00:45:20.15\00:45:22.22
Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in the name,
00:45:22.25\00:45:24.99
cast out demons,
done many wonderful works,
00:45:25.02\00:45:27.56
and I'll declare
I never knew You.
00:45:27.59\00:45:29.36
Now when we go back to
this very act of worship,
00:45:29.39\00:45:32.33
because worship was
prevalent in Babylon,
00:45:32.36\00:45:35.80
when you look at
some of the hindrances
00:45:35.83\00:45:37.80
that the
Israelites had to deal with,
00:45:37.83\00:45:39.57
they had to get past the way
that they worshiped in Babylon
00:45:39.60\00:45:43.00
and recalibrate to the way
that they worship in Israel.
00:45:43.04\00:45:45.44
That's good.
00:45:45.47\00:45:46.84
So I wanna begin with a caution.
00:45:46.88\00:45:48.21
Let's go to
Deuteronomy 12:30-31.
00:45:48.24\00:45:52.18
Deuteronomy 12:30-31,
this is a very amazing caution.
00:45:52.21\00:45:56.48
Matter of fact I read
my Bible so frequently
00:45:56.52\00:45:58.89
and we've gone
through this, my wife and I
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.12
are now up to the
Book of Ezra and Nehemiah,
00:46:01.16\00:46:02.96
we just finished Ezra.
00:46:02.99\00:46:04.89
But I came across this
00:46:04.93\00:46:07.66
in our devotional life together.
00:46:07.66\00:46:10.00
Look at verse 30
of Deuteronomy 12.
00:46:10.07\00:46:13.57
"Take heed to yourself
00:46:13.64\00:46:17.31
that you are not
ensnared to follow them,
00:46:17.34\00:46:22.24
after they are
destroyed from before you,
00:46:22.28\00:46:24.91
and that you do not inquire
after their gods, saying,
00:46:24.95\00:46:29.15
'How do these
nations serve their gods?
00:46:29.18\00:46:32.52
I also will do likewise.'
00:46:32.55\00:46:34.26
You shall not worship the
Lord your God in that way,
00:46:38.19\00:46:41.06
for every
abomination to the Lord
00:46:41.10\00:46:43.93
which He hates they
have done to their gods,
00:46:43.97\00:46:47.14
for they burn even
their sons and daughters
00:46:47.20\00:46:49.74
in the fire to their gods.'"
00:46:49.77\00:46:51.81
And there was an example
established by heathen nations
00:46:51.84\00:46:55.18
that were a part
of their worship.
00:46:55.21\00:46:57.51
And the Lord
said, whatever you do,
00:46:57.55\00:46:58.91
do not ask how do
they worship their gods
00:46:58.95\00:47:02.12
and we will do likewise.
00:47:02.15\00:47:03.52
Right. That's good.
00:47:03.55\00:47:04.89
What's happening
in Christianity today,
00:47:04.92\00:47:06.25
there's a melting
happening in Christianity,
00:47:06.29\00:47:09.42
I call it the wax factor.
00:47:09.46\00:47:12.59
Now, the reason I use that term
00:47:12.63\00:47:13.96
is because hearts are
being melted from truth
00:47:14.00\00:47:18.90
and are going towards...
00:47:18.93\00:47:21.24
And I'm a musician,
00:47:21.27\00:47:22.60
so this is a very
strong term for me.
00:47:22.64\00:47:24.67
People are putting
truth second and music first.
00:47:24.71\00:47:29.51
I've seen that
happening in Christianity,
00:47:29.54\00:47:31.58
where music is coming first,
00:47:31.61\00:47:34.02
and worship is coming second.
00:47:34.05\00:47:36.05
Music is coming
first, and truth is coming.
00:47:36.08\00:47:40.06
We are talking less
about worship the Lord
00:47:40.09\00:47:42.46
in spirit and in truth.
00:47:42.49\00:47:43.86
And the term if you listen to it
00:47:43.93\00:47:45.26
and look forward,
worship the Lord in experience,
00:47:45.29\00:47:48.36
experience
worship, experience God,
00:47:48.40\00:47:50.73
experience Jesus,
not worship Him in spirit
00:47:50.77\00:47:53.94
and in truth.
00:47:54.00\00:47:55.37
And one is being pushed
aside in favor of the other.
00:47:55.40\00:47:58.27
And the Lord
always cautioned to that.
00:47:58.31\00:48:00.71
Matter of fact, in
Psalm 29:2, it says,
00:48:00.74\00:48:03.58
"Give unto the Lord
the glory due to His name,
00:48:03.61\00:48:07.65
Worship the Lord in
the beauty of holiness."
00:48:07.68\00:48:11.15
Not in the emotion of holiness.
00:48:11.19\00:48:13.12
I wanna make this really clear,
00:48:13.15\00:48:14.72
because not everything
that's emotional is holy.
00:48:14.76\00:48:16.96
That's right.
00:48:16.99\00:48:18.33
We know that today,
00:48:18.36\00:48:19.69
there are those
who would rather say,
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.03
well, you don't
know what I felt.
00:48:21.06\00:48:22.53
Well, Jesus, when
He went to the cross,
00:48:22.56\00:48:25.33
it wasn't a feeling.
00:48:25.37\00:48:27.34
That's why He responded to
every appeal the enemy made,
00:48:27.37\00:48:31.61
He said, it is written.
00:48:31.64\00:48:32.97
So the foundation of our worship
00:48:33.01\00:48:34.38
should be
parametered into the pages
00:48:34.41\00:48:36.18
of the Word of God.
00:48:36.21\00:48:38.81
Another example is,
you find the question
00:48:38.85\00:48:42.78
that I would like to a
pose before I go to Nehemiah,
00:48:42.82\00:48:47.99
is when does worship
cease to be acceptable to God?
00:48:48.02\00:48:52.03
It's a powerful
question. That is.
00:48:52.06\00:48:53.83
Let's go to Daniel Chapter
3. I want you to see this.
00:48:53.90\00:48:57.90
When does worship cease
to be acceptable to God?
00:48:57.93\00:49:01.17
Now, you'd say that,
well, how could worship
00:49:01.20\00:49:03.04
ever cease to be
acceptable to God?
00:49:03.07\00:49:05.44
Well, let's look at one
of the most classic examples
00:49:05.47\00:49:07.31
we find in Scripture.
00:49:07.34\00:49:08.78
In Daniel 3,
well, we know the scene.
00:49:08.81\00:49:11.65
The scene is the Hebrews
are there on the plane of Dura,
00:49:11.68\00:49:14.92
and all the nations are gathered
00:49:14.95\00:49:17.02
before King Nebuchadnezzar
00:49:17.05\00:49:21.36
and the golden
image has been erected.
00:49:21.39\00:49:24.89
And notice what's happening.
00:49:24.93\00:49:26.86
All the
instruments are being played.
00:49:26.93\00:49:29.53
All the instruments,
you find, verse 5, verse 4,
00:49:29.56\00:49:33.54
"Then a herald cried aloud:
00:49:33.57\00:49:35.60
'To you it is commanded,
00:49:35.64\00:49:37.01
O people,
nations, and languages,
00:49:37.04\00:49:38.67
that at the time you
hear the sound of the horn,
00:49:38.71\00:49:40.88
the flute, the harp,
the lyre, the psaltery,
00:49:40.91\00:49:44.45
the symphony with
all kinds of music,
00:49:44.48\00:49:47.22
you shall fall down
and worship the gold image
00:49:47.25\00:49:50.82
that King
Nebuchadnezzar has set up.'"
00:49:50.89\00:49:53.25
Notice, the focus was worship.
00:49:53.29\00:49:55.09
Yeah. Yeah.
00:49:55.12\00:49:56.46
So we have to keep in mind,
00:49:56.49\00:49:57.83
not all worship
is acceptable to God.
00:49:57.86\00:49:59.19
That's right.
00:49:59.23\00:50:00.60
And I was
sitting in a parking lot
00:50:00.63\00:50:02.63
one day in Florida
00:50:02.66\00:50:04.03
when my wife went into
Wal-Mart to get something.
00:50:04.07\00:50:06.23
And the Lord poured
this into my musician mind.
00:50:06.27\00:50:09.50
Because music, we
have to always maintain
00:50:09.54\00:50:12.44
a parameter to make
sure that our music...
00:50:12.47\00:50:15.01
And I'm not talking
about instruments here because
00:50:15.04\00:50:16.58
what I discovered
when I saw the instruments,
00:50:16.61\00:50:19.28
I began to study the
instruments used in Israel
00:50:19.31\00:50:22.45
and they were
the same instruments,
00:50:22.48\00:50:24.49
very slight variation.
00:50:24.52\00:50:27.02
But the instruments
were pretty much the same,
00:50:27.06\00:50:28.66
the flute, the harp,
the lyre, the psaltery.
00:50:28.69\00:50:30.89
And I said, well, okay,
00:50:30.93\00:50:33.09
I guess the
instrument is not the issue.
00:50:33.13\00:50:35.20
And here's what
the Lord brought to me.
00:50:35.23\00:50:37.20
Let's look at Daniel
3:15. This was a key.
00:50:37.23\00:50:43.07
"Now if you are
ready at the time you hear
00:50:43.10\00:50:45.21
the sound of the
horn, flute, harp, lyre,
00:50:45.24\00:50:48.54
and psaltery, and symphony
with all kinds of music,
00:50:48.58\00:50:52.51
and you fall down."
00:50:52.55\00:50:54.48
You do what? Fall down.
00:50:54.52\00:50:55.88
"Fall down and worship the image
00:50:55.92\00:50:57.72
which I have made, good!
00:50:57.75\00:51:00.16
But if you do not worship,
you shall be cast immediately
00:51:00.19\00:51:03.22
into the midst of a
burning fiery furnace.
00:51:03.26\00:51:05.69
And who is the god
00:51:05.73\00:51:07.10
who will deliver
you from my hands?"
00:51:07.13\00:51:09.30
The key is when
worship leads you
00:51:09.33\00:51:12.17
to bow at the wrong altar,
00:51:12.20\00:51:14.70
it ceases to be
worship to the true God.
00:51:14.74\00:51:17.37
It's never about the music,
and most cases not about them,
00:51:17.41\00:51:20.64
because you can
sing some of the...
00:51:20.68\00:51:22.01
same praise songs in a
place where truth is proclaimed,
00:51:22.04\00:51:25.78
as well as a place
where truth is not proclaimed.
00:51:25.81\00:51:28.65
But if it leads you to
bow at the wrong altar,
00:51:28.68\00:51:31.09
and that was the issue
in the Hebrews' hearts,
00:51:31.12\00:51:33.32
we will not bow at
your altar, we will not bow.
00:51:33.36\00:51:37.49
Because they remember,
what's the commandment?
00:51:37.53\00:51:39.96
"Thou shall not bow
down themselves to them
00:51:40.00\00:51:42.86
nor serve them."
00:51:42.90\00:51:44.43
Bowing is always
an act of service.
00:51:44.47\00:51:47.37
When it leads you
to the wrong altar,
00:51:47.40\00:51:49.94
that's when it ceases to
be worship to the true God,
00:51:49.97\00:51:52.07
and today and the
reason I lead with that is
00:51:52.11\00:51:53.71
because the joy over the Levites
00:51:53.74\00:51:56.08
and the Priests were we have
00:51:56.11\00:51:59.01
and the reason
why Nehemiah rejoiced,
00:51:59.05\00:52:00.45
the reason why
there was rejoicing
00:52:00.52\00:52:02.18
over the Levites and Priests
00:52:02.22\00:52:04.09
that ministered in
the time of worship
00:52:04.12\00:52:05.92
is we have parameters.
00:52:05.95\00:52:08.12
These men were taught
the parameters of worship.
00:52:08.16\00:52:13.50
Worship without
parameters is not worship.
00:52:13.53\00:52:16.93
These men were given
the parameters by God
00:52:16.97\00:52:20.10
as to how our worship
should be communicated.
00:52:20.14\00:52:22.17
That's why in one
of our former lessons,
00:52:22.20\00:52:24.27
you have those who read
13 and those who interpreted
00:52:24.31\00:52:27.61
what was read,
00:52:27.64\00:52:28.98
so that people
will go forth to God
00:52:29.01\00:52:30.51
and worship Him, not
based on just feeling
00:52:30.55\00:52:33.25
or emotion or music,
but on understanding.
00:52:33.28\00:52:37.05
And so
understanding is so significant
00:52:37.09\00:52:39.32
when it comes to
worshiping the Lord.
00:52:39.35\00:52:41.56
So we find here
that was the big issue,
00:52:41.59\00:52:45.33
that when it leads you
to bow at the wrong altar,
00:52:45.36\00:52:47.60
it ceases to be
worshiped to the true God,
00:52:47.60\00:52:49.90
because you know,
they had no issue bowing,
00:52:49.93\00:52:51.93
but it was where
they were told to bow.
00:52:51.97\00:52:53.67
That's right.
So here's my point.
00:52:53.70\00:52:55.04
Let's make application to today.
00:52:55.07\00:52:56.84
If you are
walking away from truth
00:52:56.87\00:52:58.84
and find yourself in a
place where truth is not taught,
00:52:58.87\00:53:01.74
and you say,
well, I like the music,
00:53:01.78\00:53:03.35
you're bowing
at the wrong altar.
00:53:03.38\00:53:04.71
That's right.
I'm gonna be candid.
00:53:04.75\00:53:06.72
And so many of our young
people are following music
00:53:06.75\00:53:09.62
and abandoning truth in
favor of feeling and emotion
00:53:09.65\00:53:13.39
and so called "Worship."
00:53:13.46\00:53:14.79
That's why the Lord say,
00:53:14.82\00:53:16.16
"Many will come
in my name saying,
00:53:16.19\00:53:17.53
'I am Christ, and
will deceive many.'"
00:53:17.56\00:53:19.33
So there's a false
Christ centeredness today
00:53:19.36\00:53:22.33
that's taking over worship
that belongs to the true God,
00:53:22.36\00:53:25.87
be careful with that.
00:53:25.90\00:53:27.24
Yes.
00:53:27.30\00:53:28.64
Another question is,
why did Judah rejoice
00:53:28.67\00:53:30.01
over the Priests and
Levites who ministered?
00:53:30.04\00:53:32.11
Five very important points.
00:53:32.14\00:53:34.38
Judah rejoiced over the Levites
00:53:34.41\00:53:35.84
because they represented
00:53:35.88\00:53:37.21
those that
interceded for God's people.
00:53:37.25\00:53:39.25
Yes.
00:53:39.28\00:53:40.62
They were to intercede,
00:53:40.68\00:53:42.02
they were the
ones who interceded.
00:53:42.05\00:53:43.59
There was a connection
00:53:43.65\00:53:44.99
between the
worship of the people
00:53:45.02\00:53:46.39
and those who had led
them into the presence of God.
00:53:46.42\00:53:48.86
Secondly, the Priest and Levites
00:53:48.89\00:53:50.59
had exclusive access
to the holy things of God.
00:53:50.63\00:53:54.46
That's why Uzzah was destroyed.
00:53:54.46\00:53:57.50
He shouldn't touch things.
00:53:57.53\00:53:58.87
Don't allow
yourself to cross a barrier.
00:53:58.90\00:54:02.67
And that was the
issue in Uzziah's life.
00:54:02.70\00:54:05.01
He went to the temple
and the Lord cast him out,
00:54:05.04\00:54:08.18
80 priests came and
told him, get out of here
00:54:08.21\00:54:10.55
because you are
not appointed by God
00:54:10.58\00:54:13.45
to minister in these things.
00:54:13.52\00:54:14.85
Yeah.
00:54:14.88\00:54:16.22
Don't allow the
place that God puts you
00:54:16.25\00:54:17.99
to become a place of discontent
00:54:18.02\00:54:19.82
and cross over
where God never put you.
00:54:19.85\00:54:21.72
Amen.
00:54:21.76\00:54:23.09
The third thing,
00:54:23.12\00:54:24.46
without the Priests and Levites,
00:54:24.49\00:54:25.83
the temple
services would not function.
00:54:25.86\00:54:27.30
The Priests and
Levites were exclusively chosen
00:54:27.30\00:54:29.83
and anointed of
God as His ministers.
00:54:29.86\00:54:32.80
The singers and
the worship leaders
00:54:32.83\00:54:34.74
were also considered ministers.
00:54:34.77\00:54:37.57
And so whenever God
anoints you to do something,
00:54:37.61\00:54:40.34
and I can't get to
Hebrews 9, right now,
00:54:40.38\00:54:41.88
but I'll just
summarize it by saying,
00:54:41.91\00:54:44.71
why was it vitally important?
00:54:44.75\00:54:46.41
The Levites and all the Priests
00:54:46.45\00:54:49.28
were a symbol
of the true Christ.
00:54:49.32\00:54:51.25
And so here it is. Yes.
00:54:51.29\00:54:53.22
True worship takes us
00:54:53.25\00:54:54.92
from the symbolic
to the substantial.
00:54:54.96\00:54:58.56
Never get locked
into the symbolic.
00:54:58.59\00:54:59.96
That's right.
00:55:00.06\00:55:01.36
It always leads
us to the substantial
00:55:01.40\00:55:02.73
who is Christ Himself. Amen.
00:55:02.76\00:55:04.43
Amen. Awesome.
00:55:04.47\00:55:06.23
Well, I
appreciate each and every one
00:55:06.27\00:55:07.67
of you more, good input,
00:55:07.70\00:55:09.07
the Holy Spirit
gives to each one.
00:55:09.10\00:55:10.84
It really makes
the lesson come alive
00:55:10.91\00:55:13.07
and does
something to our thinking,
00:55:13.11\00:55:14.91
we praise on the
same thing to you.
00:55:14.94\00:55:16.48
We've got just a
few minutes left.
00:55:16.51\00:55:17.85
And again, always we go back
00:55:17.88\00:55:19.41
and just get a final
thought that the Holy Spirit
00:55:19.45\00:55:21.72
through listening to each
other what the Holy Spirit
00:55:21.75\00:55:24.09
might have said to you?
00:55:24.12\00:55:25.82
I had Monday's
talking about purity
00:55:25.85\00:55:28.36
and the importance
of purity for worship.
00:55:28.39\00:55:30.56
I wanna read Revelation 21:3,
00:55:30.63\00:55:33.70
"I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
00:55:33.73\00:55:35.70
'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:55:35.73\00:55:39.60
and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people.'"
00:55:39.63\00:55:44.47
So God wants to
purify our hearts,
00:55:44.51\00:55:46.74
so that we can
dwell with Him forever.
00:55:46.78\00:55:49.08
Amen.
00:55:49.11\00:55:50.61
Well, I like to say
that far more than we do,
00:55:50.65\00:55:53.48
we really need
to praise the Lord
00:55:53.52\00:55:55.38
and thank the Lord,
00:55:55.42\00:55:57.05
for the things
He has done for us.
00:55:57.09\00:55:58.45
And I encourage
you to take the time.
00:55:58.49\00:56:00.69
Yeah, there's a song,
00:56:00.72\00:56:02.06
Heritage
Singers used to sing it,
00:56:02.09\00:56:04.46
where the person says,
00:56:04.49\00:56:06.03
"Lord, I'm just
coming to thank You."
00:56:06.06\00:56:09.60
Yeah.
00:56:09.63\00:56:11.10
Tomorrow there may be sorrow,
tomorrow there may be trials,
00:56:11.13\00:56:13.64
but I'm just
coming to thank you.
00:56:13.67\00:56:15.84
Take your time to pray
and just say, Lord, I just...
00:56:15.87\00:56:19.61
I'm not gonna ask for anything,
00:56:19.64\00:56:20.98
I'm just gonna thank
You for this, and this,
00:56:21.01\00:56:22.34
and this, and this.
00:56:22.38\00:56:23.75
And I think you'll be blessed.
00:56:23.78\00:56:25.11
Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:56:25.15\00:56:26.48
Our Sabbath School quarterly
asked an interesting question.
00:56:26.51\00:56:29.25
When we think that
at the cross the creator
00:56:29.28\00:56:32.15
of all that is
created, hung there,
00:56:32.19\00:56:34.06
dying for the
sins of His creation,
00:56:34.09\00:56:36.59
what emotion do
we first experience?
00:56:36.62\00:56:38.96
What role can
and should joy play
00:56:38.99\00:56:42.83
in our experience of the cross?
00:56:42.86\00:56:45.27
And so, what we have
to do is find that balance
00:56:45.30\00:56:49.20
between joy and reverence.
00:56:49.24\00:56:53.38
It's crucial to show
the Lord that we adore Him,
00:56:53.44\00:56:58.28
that we praise Him
and that we are worshiping
00:56:58.31\00:57:01.52
Him as our Creator.
00:57:01.55\00:57:03.02
But I do believe
we need to smile.
00:57:03.05\00:57:06.49
That's right. Amen. Good.
00:57:06.52\00:57:08.22
And worship is a
continual act in a holy life.
00:57:08.26\00:57:13.83
The NIV, Romans 12:1,
"Therefore, I urge you,
00:57:13.86\00:57:16.70
brethren, in
view of God's mercy,
00:57:16.77\00:57:18.40
to offer your
bodies a living sacrifice,
00:57:18.43\00:57:21.37
holy and pleasing to God."
00:57:21.40\00:57:23.07
And listen to this.
00:57:23.10\00:57:24.74
"This is your
spiritual act of worship."
00:57:24.77\00:57:26.98
That's right. Amen.
00:57:27.01\00:57:28.34
Praise the Lord.
00:57:28.38\00:57:29.71
I have one passage of scripture,
00:57:29.74\00:57:31.08
maybe we might get two of them,
00:57:31.11\00:57:32.45
I found in Book of Psalms 127:1,
00:57:32.48\00:57:35.15
it says, simply says,
00:57:35.18\00:57:36.52
"Except the
Lord build the house,
00:57:36.55\00:57:38.62
they labor in
vain that build it:
00:57:38.65\00:57:41.52
except the Lord keep the city."
00:57:41.56\00:57:43.93
What's going to happen?
00:57:43.96\00:57:45.29
"The watchman
waketh but in vain."
00:57:45.33\00:57:47.73
You know what a good lesson,
00:57:47.76\00:57:49.06
we pray it's touched your heart,
00:57:49.10\00:57:50.43
touched your life.
00:57:50.47\00:57:51.80
And you know, really,
00:57:51.83\00:57:53.17
next week's lesson
is really, really good
00:57:53.20\00:57:54.54
because we're
gonna be talking about
00:57:54.57\00:57:55.90
not that we want
to talk about it,
00:57:55.94\00:57:57.27
but we need to
because we can learn from it.
00:57:57.31\00:57:58.64
It talks about
the backsliding people
00:57:58.67\00:58:01.04
and God's gonna bless
00:58:01.08\00:58:02.41
so you make sure you tune
in next week to join us here.
00:58:02.44\00:58:04.45
Thank you. We'll
see you next time.
00:58:04.48\00:58:06.41